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Best October half-term holiday destinations in the UK for a 2023 staycation

Where to go to keep the kids entertained this autumn

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden: 50 years of banal royalism

The death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 and the subsequent coronation of King Charles III eight months later, were international media events of historic proportions. People around the world observed, in close detail, how the UK’s royal institution consolidates its authority by using ritual to link to the…

The Conversation · Sep 1, 2023

Octopus to buy Shell’s UK household energy business

Octopus promised “a smooth transition and no disruption to customer energy supply”

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

UK economy bounced back from pandemic much faster than previously thought, revised GDP figures show

The new stats say the UK economy hit its pre-pandemic size by the end of 2021, a stark difference from data that claimed GDP today is still below 2019 levels

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

UK expected to enjoy final blast of summer next week

Temperatures could reach the high 20s, forecasters say.

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

Met Office verdict on September heatwave - will Scotland be hotter than Barcelona?

Scotland could be set for a mini heatwave in September thanks to an Iberian Plume bringing temperatures of up to 24C

The National (Scotland) · Sep 1, 2023

Lidl becomes UK’s joint-highest-paying supermarket as it gives London workers £12.85 an hour

It comes as Lidl aims to recruit former staff of Wilko, which is set to make a wave of layoffs after collapsing into administration last month

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Is Britain’s infrastructure failing?

“We need to talk about the dire state of British transport infrastructure.” So wrote John Burn-Murdoch, chief data reporter for the Financial Times (FT), on Twitter. 

The Week · Sep 1, 2023

London’s first Ukrainian wine tasting to launch in October

Eleven wineries from six Ukraine wine regions will show 60 wines next month

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Book now: 20 must-see exhibitions in the UK

The largest exhibition of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s work in decades is on show at Tate Britain along with paintings by his wife, Elizabeth Siddal. Fans of pre-Raphaelite art will be thrilled with “The Rossettis”, which features splendid loans alongside much-loved paintings from our national collections. Until 24 September 2023, Tate…

The Week · Sep 1, 2023