While some high street brands have been having a hard time of late (Wilko, Boots, we’re looking at you), others like Aldi, Asda and the Range have been positively thriving. All have announcing a tonne of new openings across the country. Now joining their ranks is beloved blue-and-orange bargain store B&M. Over the next three...
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The UK’s 20 best fish and chip shops right now have been crowned
When it comes to fish and chips, we Brits have high standards: chips tripled cooked to perfection, crispy ASMR-worthy batter and creamy, herby mushy peas are all components of the ideal newspaper-wrapped dinner. It’s not an easy combination to nail. Done badly, you can be lumped with chewy sticks of potato and soggy, flavourless cod. But done well,...
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This UK city is officially one of the best in the world for food
When it comes to repping British cuisine on an international stage, London has been dominant for far, far too long: it’s time for somewhere else to hold the torch for the UK. And in Time Out’s brand-new ranking of the best cities for food in the world right now, it was revealed that the country has a...
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It’s official: two of the world’s richest cities are in the UK
We’re all aware that the UK is an expensive place to exist right now. It might feel like things get more expensive basically every single day, but we’ve got some good news. Two of our cities are actually amongst the wealthiest in the world! That’s right. According to Henley & Partners, a wealth management company,...
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The UK is officially the world’s sixth-most beautiful country
That this planet should exist at the exact right point in space and time to be inhabitable for life is a cosmic miracle. That it should be so laden with beautiful natural landscapes and manmade wonders is possibly the most wonderful luck humans have ever had. The world is full of stunning scenery, but where...
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Lidl is opening hundreds of new UK stores: full list of target locations
Today marks a very special day in the UK supermarket calendar – it’s Lidl’s 30th birthday! Just like anyone else on their 30th, Lidl’s got a wish-list. The main difference is that while the average person’s birthday list contains some clothes and maybe a piece of jewellery, Lidl’s after several hundred new locations across Britain. ...
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Toys ‘R’ Us is opening 30 new UK shops
Once upon a time, Toys ‘R’ Us was a UK retail giant. With its huge warehouses of goodies and shelves stacked to the ceiling with toys, the American company was an essential part of growing up in this country. Well, up to the 2010s, anyway: in 2017, online competition forced Toys ‘R’ Us to close...
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The UK is officially one of the world’s best road trip destinations
From the tippity top of the mountain highways in Scotland to Wales’ winding coastal roads, the UK has plenty of marvellous spots for a scenic drive. And we at Time Out certainly know a place or two that make for a really cracking road trip. But there’s a little more to a road trip than prettiest drives...
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A London fish and chips shop has been named the best in the UK
London is known for many things: tall buildings, fast-paced locals, extremely overpriced pints of beer. But, unfortunately for some, it’s been a while since fried fish, chunky chips and mushy peas made that list. In the National Fish and Chip Awards earlier this year, only one London chippy was nominated. But Stones Fish and Chips in...
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It’s official: Four of the world’s best B&Bs are right here in the UK
TripAdvisor has officially announced the winners of its 2024 Travellers’ Choice Hotels Awards. The awards celebrate the highest rated hotels, B&Bs and inns across the globe, based on TripAdvisor review data from the past 12 months. And this year the UK scrubbed up pretty nicely. Not one, not two but four British B&Bs made it onto...
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Aldi is opening 500 brand-new stores across the UK
Bargain supermarket and marketing menace Aldi is one of the UK’s fastest growing supermarkets – though, surprisingly, not so fast as Lidl and M&S – and that makes a lot of sense. Amid the cost-of-living crisis, Brits increasingly want their groceries on the cheap. And if that means settling for Aldi’s iconically shameless rip-offs of well-known products, so...
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Muji has gone into administration
Lovers of the immaculately tidy and sumptuously minimalist goods of Japanese retailer Muji, we have terrible news. Following in the wake of the Body Shop and Ted Baker so far this year, today (March 28), Muji has called in administrators in order to avoid going bust. Not all of Muji is going into administration. As...