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23/11/07 01:44
Transport Museum reopens in LondonThe London Transport Museum (LTM) reopens today, after a £22 million refurbishment project that closed the museum's doors for two years. The Covent Garden museum tells the story of the development of London and its transport systems over the last 200 years.....
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22/11/07 02:10
Hogmanay programme launchedThe official programme for this year's Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh has been launched by the event's organisers. Hogmanay 2007 will begin on 29 December, with a ceremonial torchlit procession and "spectacular celebration" of fire and music.....
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21/11/07 05:09
Baby rhino born at WhipsnadeThe birth of a rhino at Whipsnade Zoo has boosted the zoo's endangered species breeding programme. The male Asian one-horned rhino arrived on 5 November, just ten months after the birth of the Bedfordshire zoo's first rhino for 17 years.....
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20/11/07 12:54
London lightens upLast week saw London's Oxford Street Christmas lights switched on by singer Leona Lewis, but festivities in the capital certainly aren't ending there. At 6 o clock tonight the Regent Street Christmas lights, which organisers describe as "modern and futuristic", will be turned on.....
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19/11/07 12:48
Sea eagle surge for ScotlandOne of Britain's rarest and most impressive birds of prey has staged a strong comeback this year, the RSPB has announced. The number of breeding white-tailed eagles in Scotland has jumped to a record 42 pairs, up from 36 pairs in 2006.....
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16/11/07 03:14
Swimming squirrel surprises touristsVisitors to the Lake District were given a shock when they saw a red squirrel going for a dip in the middle of Ullswater. Passengers on a pleasure boat spotted the squirrel 300 yards from the lake shore.....
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16/11/07 02:33
Huddersfield turns on the bright lightsHuddersfield is set to be transformed tonight by this year's Festival of Light. Creative group Pascticiens Volants will be taking centre stage later today, putting on a show featuring giant inflatables.....
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15/11/07 05:40
Cigarette sketch of matchstick menA 1930s sketch by the artist L S Lowry has sold at auction for £5,280, despite being crammed onto the inside of a cigarette packet. The pencil sketch, which measures only 2.....
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15/11/07 05:36
Eurostar settles into St Pancras homeEurostar trains are into their second day of operation from London's St Pancras International station. The European service, which until yesterday was based from Waterloo on the South Bank, moved to the newly-restored station 13 years to the day after the first Waterloo to Paris train left London in 1994.....
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14/11/07 05:30
New Forest wins top eco tourism prizeThe New Forest has beaten exotic locations like Costa Rica and Sri Lanka to be named overall winner at the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards. The national park also scooped two other gongs: best personal contribution for New Forest tourism destination manager Anthony Climpson OBE, and best destination award.....
