22 h. ago Tourists abandoning iconic UK seaside town as locals say 'it shows'

Despite its popular beaches, landmarks and attractions, some seaside businesses have seen a drop in trade this summer and have put it down to the cost-of-living crisis.

Culture

6 d. ago Cotswolds tourists should travel in ‘smaller vehicles’, say councillors

The village started a traffic management trial in May

Politics

6 d. ago Abandoned seaside village started crumbling into sea when they removed beach

Once a prosperous fishing village on the South Devon coast, this abandoned seaside destination has become a testament to the dangers of disrupting natural beauty

Politics

1 week ago Livingston village will see regular bus service restored next month

The agreement follows discussions with West Lothian Council’s public transport staff and a robust campaign and petition raised by villagers which started earlier this year.

Politics

1 week ago What time does Manchester Pride 2025 start and finish? Open and closing timings for Gay Village Party, Pride parade and vigil

Full timings for Manchester Pride 2025

Politics

1 week ago Mystery of massive sinkhole that engulfed Surrey street closer to being solved

The sinkhole that took over a street in the Surrey village of Godstone started with a burst water main, engineers say

Politics

1 week ago Inside Emmerdale star Charley Webb's life after devastating Debbie Dingle update

Charley Webb played Debbie Dingle on Emmerdale, but hasn't been seen on-screen since 2021 when the character moved away from the Yorkshire village for a fresh start

Politics

3 w. ago UK’s most expensive seaside town 'abandoned' by tourists over £10 charge

Salcombe in Devon has been deserted by tourists after it was revealed to be the UK's most expensive seaside town - and a new £10 parking charge has been implemented

Economics

3 w. ago The Origin of Language by Madeleine Beekman review – the suprising history of speech

It takes a village to raise a child – and that’s why we started talking to each other, argues an evolutionary biologistThe story of human evolution has undergone a distinct feminisation in recent decades. Or, rather, an equalisation: a much-needed rebalancing after 150 years during which, we were told, everything was driven by males strutting, brawling and shagging, with females just along for the ride. This reckoning has finally arrived at language.The origins of our species’ exceptional communication skills constitutes one of the more nebulous zones of the larger evolutionary narrative, because many of the bits of the human anatomy that allow us to communicate – notably the brain and the vocal tract – are soft and don’t fossilise. The linguistic societies of Paris and London even banned talk of evolution around 1870, and the subject only made a timid comeback about a century later. Plenty of theories have been tossed into the evidentiary void since then, mainly by men, but no...

Politics

3 w. ago The Origin of Language by Madeleine Beekman review – the surprising history of speech

It takes a village to raise a child – and that’s why we started talking to each other, argues an evolutionary biologistThe story of human evolution has undergone a distinct feminisation in recent decades. Or, rather, an equalisation: a much-needed rebalancing after 150 years during which, we were told, everything was driven by males strutting, brawling and shagging, with females just along for the ride. This reckoning has finally arrived at language.The origins of our species’ exceptional communication skills constitutes one of the more nebulous zones of the larger evolutionary narrative, because many of the bits of the human anatomy that allow us to communicate – notably the brain and the vocal tract – are soft and don’t fossilise. The linguistic societies of Paris and London even banned talk of evolution around 1870, and the subject only made a timid comeback about a century later. Plenty of theories have been tossed into the evidentiary void since then, mainly by men, but no...

Politics