Sunderland is one of the cheapest places in the UK to get on the property ladder, according to new figures. And the city is also in the list of the ten cheapest places to rent in the country. Rightmove found that the average asking price for a first-time buyer-type property with two bedrooms or fewer in the city is £111,263 - the equivalent of £413 a month, assuming a 35-year mortgage and 25% deposit. Aberdeen is the country’s cheapest place to buy a first home, with an average price of ...
One popular chippy in Cornwall made the top ten best rated in the UK
The UK’s top spots for fish and chips have been revealed – and it seems nowhere is better than a chippy in East Lothian. East Coast, on Musselburgh’s North High Street, shared top spot with the Fish Lounge in London after a recent study by Betway. And that’s not all – Edinburgh’s own #Fish, on Marchmont Road, also claimed a place in the Top 10. The study, which revealed the top 12 fish and chips shops to try in 2024, measured the popularity of each location by a unique index score based on the...
THE UK’s best hotel in the UK has been revealed – and people have called it a “hidden gem” despite just 57 rooms inside. The hotel was named the best in the 2024 TripAdvisor
Scotland’s only luxury floating hotel has sailed to the top of the world’s best hotels list in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice awards 2024. Permanently berthed in the Port of Leith in Edinburgh, Fingal has been singled out by reviewers on the world’s largest travel guidance platform as one of the highest rated hotels on the planet and ‘Best of the Best’ in the UK. The five-star hotel has been named among best Small and Boutique hotels in the world by TripAdvisor reviewers, taking first and...
New analysis suggests Aberdeen is the least expensive city in Britain to get on the property ladder – but it’s a different story entirely for those looking to buy their first home in Edinburgh. Rightmove found that the average asking price for a first-time buyer-type property with two bedrooms or fewer in Aberdeen is £102,601. Assuming a 20% deposit, a typical first-time buyer in Aberdeen could pay around £406 per month in mortgage costs, Rightmove calculated. The research looked at more than 50...
After a historic inaugural campaign, the awards continue to pile up for the Iowa women’s wrestling team. Head coach Clarissa Chun was named the USA Women’s Wrestling Coach of the Year on April 20. The announcement was made by the organization during the 2024 Olympic Team Trials in State College, Pennsylvania. This is Chun’s second
Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa and W1A’s Hugh Skinner will star in a National Theatre revival of Oscar Wilde’s play about courtships, betrothals, and confused identities. The Importance of Being Earnest also stars three-time Olivier Award winner Sharon D. Clarke playing the imperious Lady Bracknell. Director Max Webster, making his NT debut, told Deadline exclusively that casting Gatwa and […]
CNN’s David Culver spent a day with the notorious accused kidnapper Vitelhomme Innocent, whose armed group Kraze Baryé is among the allied gangs terrorizing the Caribbean nation.
Improving transparency is well and good, but the FCA's name and shame plans will damage innocent firms, writes UK Finance CEO David Postings.
Yesterday, in an on-air "What You're Weather App Can't Tell You" segment, I referred to the pretty big change in rain from the north side to the south side of the Kansas City metro so far this month. Kansas City International Airport is around 2.5", while down toward Olathe and near Gardner and Lee's Summit, []
They can swallow road signs and trigger lethal neighbour feuds. From the suburbs of Britain to the deserts of Arizona, we explore a show celebrating glorious green bordersSomewhere in the leafy depths of British suburbia, a thick circular hedge sprouts from the top of a grassy hill in the middle of a roundabout. The top of the hedge is carefully trimmed with rectangular crenellations, giving it the look of a motte-and-bailey castle, while a second more threadbare hedge encircles the foot of the...