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Luckily, the UK has a wealth of potential destinations that are accessible on a budget, from stunning beach holidays to ...
A timber footbridge could be built over a river next to a towering Derbyshire landmark. Plans from the Friends of Bennerley ...
Bennerley Viaduct was reopened in 2022 after 50 years of dereliction and now a footbridge underneath the 'Iron Giant' could ...
Britons may have to embrace the US practice of washing birds in chlorine. But is this a health hazard, or a welcome low-price alternative?
We reveal original designs and alternative plans for some iconic monuments, so you can imagine the world's cityscapes as they ...
Anyone walking or catching the train across the Hungerford Bridge in central London can't have failed to notice that much of ...
The original plan was to erect it in Parliament Square, alongside statues of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Joseph Locke ... suitable for the statue as it’s opposite the Gaunless Bridge, which was ...
1747: Simon Fraser, 12th Baron Lovat Jacobite, is the last man beheaded in England. 1806: Birth of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel in Portsmouth. 1838: The National Gallery re-opens in its new ...
A blue plaque honouring Great Western Railway’s first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon as part of the 200th anniversary celebrations of the birth of the railway. James ‘Jim ...
James 'Jim' Hurst, was appointed as the GWR's first locomotive shunter in 1837 and worked closely with railway pioneers Daniel Gooch, George Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The plaque was ...
The historic Parkhead Viaduct, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, has been carefully restored and modernised as part of the route. Strengthening the viaduct for tram use has cut carbon emissions ...
The tiny southern African kingdom of Lesotho has been hit with a 50% reciprocal trade tariff by U.S. President Donald Trump, the highest levy of any single state on his long list of target economies.