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The Flying Pig pub in Cambridge, famous for being the birthplace of Pink Floyd, was saved from bulldozers - only to find itself dwarfed by a vast £500m office development

Pink Floyd pub saved but dwarfed by offices

Painter Tai Shan Schierenberg reinterprets celebrated Greenwich riverscapes to mark Scenic Eclipse II's

Ad Feature World’s most luxurious yacht to dock in London marked with new artwork

Praia do Camilo, Algarve, Portugal

Ad Feature How to secure a Golden Visa for Portugal

Madonna has solved the football club’s mystery

Madonna tells football club their missing shirt is ‘in my archives’

Ad Feature Czech city break inspiration: Tune up and visit Czechia

This is why the UK's Best Coastal Community is truly not to be missed

Could you be related to William the Conqueror? One man definitely thinks so after taking a bargain DNA test

A £27 home DNA test sent one man down a rabbit hole of royal ancestry

Talk TV host Peter Cardwell used a MyHeritage DNA kit to trace his ancestry - and it certainly threw up a few surprises

TV host's DNA test reveals family story stretching back centuries

Christina Buckler never felt like she fitted in - and a £27 DNA kit transformed her life

Women discover shocking family secret after using a £27 DNA kit

Vasanthi Balachandar, Branch Manager of Jubilee Oak Post Office, displays the first 5p coins bearing the portrait of King Charles III. Around 23.2 million coins have been minted, marking the first 5p design change in 17 years (Photo: Ian West/Royal Mint)

23 million new King Charles coins with hidden detail enter circulation

The King's coat of arms will be on the front of all new passports from December, the Home Office has announced. Pages on the inside of the passport have also been changed as part of the revamp and will feature images of natural landscapes from across the four nations

UK Passport redesign will see King’s coat of arms on the front

Royal Mail is issuing new stamps showcasing iconic British steam locomotives (Images: Getty Images/Royal Mail)

Royal Mail's new stamp set honours British history, and may gain value

Across the UK, these spectacular trees have significant in literature, film, history and more

The 10 contenders for UK Tree of the Year - with votes closing soon

Hotel Indigo Coventry

'Coventry more stylish than I imagined' Indigo Hotel and Cogs reviewed

I was lucky enough to be one of the first to visit a new tourist attraction in Leicester. (Photo: Isabella Boneham)

I visited a new tourist attraction in the UK - it didn't disappoint

Flags of our Historic Counties, resplendent in Parliament Square

Historic county flags day: A celebration of identity and heritage

There are some very strange laws in the UK which are still technically standing but few people know about

The weirdest laws still standing, including little-known pub rule
There are some very odd laws which still exist today
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Dennis Jackson from Preston in his 1958 Wolesley classic car. Inset: Demonstrating how he uses a 'crank handle' to start the engine, and places a clothes peg on the choke button. All photos credit Lucinda Herbert

I spent £13,000 restoring classic 1958 Wolseley - I kept every receipt

The Miss World 2025 quarterfinalists

Model Opal Suchata wins Miss World title in Thailand's first ever win

Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid pose backstage prior to a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

Gigi and Bella Hadid "cherishing" newly-discovered secret half-sister

Seven Coloured Earth Geopark

The seven best experiences in Southern Mauritius

Liberty 150th anniversary one of one 1.5kg masterwork medallion from the Royal Mint

Royal Mint Liberty £5 coin celebrates fashion house's 150th birthday

Helena Mellenchip with one of her willow sculptures at Lytham Hall

Meet the willow artist behind 'mesmerising' sculpture trail

These pictures perfectly describe why everyone needs these purple blossoms in their life

Wisteria hysteria: Here's why every garden needs these purple blossoms

Few sights are more breath-taking that the ruins of Whitby Abbey - home to Dracula

Yorkshire: 12 gorgeous photos that show God's Own County at its best

HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar, is now in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard home

National Lottery Open Week is back and it's bigger than ever

Footage released by Warwickshire Rural Crime Team shows the moment a lorry driver smashed into the 5ft-tall William Gladstone memorial cross in Lea Marston, Warwickshire, in August 2024.

Watch: Moment trucker smashes into 1905 memorial causing £40k damage

Laura Carter presents Braemar Community Limited Volunteers with their award

Heritage Heroes 2024: Celebrating the volunteers who keep our history alive
The UK's volunteer heritage champions take the spotlight as the winners of the 2024 Ecclesiastical Heritage Heroes Awards are revealed.
Laura Rettie

A serious embankment failure has occurred on the Severn Valley Railway leaving the track impassable at one location along the 16 mile route.

Aerial footage shows aftermath as landslip collapses onto railway

The Moon has, for the first time, appeared on the World Monuments Fund's endangered heritage sites list.

The Moon on World Monuments Fund's endangered heritage sites list

The first trailer for "Superman" has landed online, with fans treated to the likes of Lex Luthor, Lois Lane and Krypto throughout the two-plus minute video.

Superman trailer released - what fans say

Subway launches new limited-edition merch line including T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, and a Tote Bag

Subway swaps sandwiches for streetwear with first merchandise range

Immortal Enemies by Tina Rogers

Weekend of events celebrate Heritage, Community and Environment in Welsh World H...

Antler luggage is on sale

Antler iconic luggage brand launches early Black Friday sale from £99

New podcast, 'Wise Words', caters exclusively for retirees - presented by David Hamilton

Over-65 spends less than an hour a day talking to other people

Our Little Hour: the musical based on the life of Walter Tull

The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, was all smiles on her visit to West Yorkshire textiles company, The SIL Group

No stranger to luxury fabrics, Princess Anne gets lesson in textiles

Catherine, Princess of Wales in the Alexa Chung Barbour Edith' khaki waxed jacket. Alexa Chung in the Barbour X Alexa Liam Wax Jacket

My favourite pieces from Alexa Chung’s collaboration with Barbour Marina Licht

Waleed Ali, 42, from Scunthorpe, raped a teenager 21 years ago after seeing her sitting alone and forcing her into an alleyway. He was jailed on Friday, September 13, 2024, for five years.

Man forced girl, 14, in town centre alleyway and raped her

A dozen "magnificent oaks" have been shortlisted for this year's Tree of the Year contest, with the public now able to vote for their favourite.

12 'magnificent oaks' shortlisted for Tree of the Year 2024

Avani Alonso Martínez in Madrid

Avani Alonso Martínez hotel in Madrid celebrates first anniversary

German Observation Tower on south coast cliffs, Guernsey

Visit Guernsey to discover underground bunkers and WW2 history

The Red Arrows performing before the British Grand Prix in 2018 (Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Royal Mail celebrates Red Arrows with new stamps - how to get them

Castle Cornet, Guernsey

Visit Guernsey launches new historical routes ahead of D-Day

This gold torc and bracelet dating from the Bronze Age were stolen from a museum in the south of the county on May 7. Picture: Cambridgeshire Police/X

3000-year-old gold artefacts stolen as manhunt launched

Residents of Stratford-upon-Avon are blighted by antisocial behaviour along South Green Drive and Cottage Lane, just a stones throw from Anne Hathaway's Cottage.

Watch: Drug gangs create misery on posh Shakespeare heritage street

Appeal to save historic steam loco that used to thunder across the UK

Breaking Fashion innovator dies at 42

St George's Flag. Picture: Michael Regan/Getty Images

Petition to make St George's Day a holiday

North West album: Everything we know so far about ‘Elementary School Dropout’ including possible release date

All we know so far about North West's ‘Elementary School Dropout’

Brit Awards 2024: Who will win at UK's biggest night of music? - final picks and predictions

Who will win at the Brit Awards 2024? - Picks & Predictions

N Scott Momaday, Pulitzer-winning giant of Native American stories, dies at 89

Pulitzer winning author dies

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Minecraft takes gamers to farm where Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne

Barry Keoghan leads an all-star cast in Saltburn.

Explainer Saltburn: where was the film shot and is it family-friendly viewing?

The Dome, Doncaster Leisure Park, Doncaster. Listed at Grade II in 2023

England's first 'car wash' and other buildings listed in 2023

Shaun Williamson as Hook (back) and James Argent as Peter Pan (right) joining other cast members for a photocall on board HMS Warrior at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

UK's Cultural Heritage Register embraces pantomime and eisteddfodau

The Old Royal Public House, 53 and 55 Church Street, Birmingham (Grade II listed)

These cities are full of historic pubs - here's how you can see them

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