Every year, the world’s elite universities compete to be named the best on the planet. Rankings take into account all sorts of things, from student satisfaction and the quality of research to the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes. Now a new university ranking has just dropped, naming the 100 best unis in the...
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All the Leeds Festival 2024 road closures and travel disruption to know over Bank Holiday weekend
In case you weren’t aware, the UK is about to have a very busy weekend. Leeds and Reading festivals are happening at the same time as Creamfields, which is happening at the same time as the Notting Hill Carnival, which is all happening at the same time as the last bank holiday this summer. Basically, roads...
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Olympics tennis schedule: when Andy Murray and Dan Evans are playing next and how to watch
As much as these Paris 2024 Olympics have been a joyful affair, with a bonkers opening ceremony and an already-impressive medal haul for Team GB – it’ll be also marked by one rather sad event. These Games will feature Andy Murray’s last ever tennis tournament. Murray is set to retire this summer as Britain’s most...
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How to watch the Paris 2024 Olympics in the UK for free, including channel and schedule
2024’s edition of the Olympics: the ‘greatest show on Earth’ and world’s most entertaining, dramatic and diverse celebrations of sport has officially begun. While the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place this evening on Friday July 26 (find out everything you need to know about the ceremony here), the festivities have already started. On...
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All the UK stores changing their opening hours for the Euro 2024 final
Three years after defeat to Italy at Wembley, the Three Lions have been given another chance at winning the European Championship. The last time England won a major tournament was way back in 1966, so this really could be a once in a lifetime occasion. And no one wants to miss that. In that spirit,...
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M&S is opening two massive new flagship stores in the UK
Marks and Spencer is enjoying a renaissance. It’s cool now. Millennials post TikToks and Tweets lauding their meal deals, and Gen Z has started buying their clothes. Earlier this year M&S was revealed as one of the country’s fastest-growing brands, while a month ago the chain announced 13 new locations across the UK. And now we’ve got two more M&S...
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5 UK schools have been nominated for World’s Best School 2024
The UK is known for having some of the best schools on the planet, but many of them are private and cost a very pretty penny. Getting a gold-standard education doesn’t necessarily require tens of thousands of pounds, though. There are lots of state schools going truly above and beyond to improve the lives and...
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8 UK universities are the best in the world, according to the prestigious QS World University Rankings 2025
Picking a uni is no easy task. Perhaps you want to stay close to home or flee the nest as far away as possible. Maybe you’re after a city university or would prefer to be on a campus, looking for cool contemporary modules or something more traditional. The choices can be overwhelming, but that’s where rankings and...
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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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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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