Got your Diamond Jubilee plans all sorted? No? Well, keep calm and carry on reading… If you want to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee and you haven’t made any plans yet, there’s plenty going on all over England for what is going to be a four-day weekend to remember (yes… four days off). Here are a [...]

As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, loveable duo Wallace and Gromit is back and they’ve teamed up with the National Trust in a short feature film created by Bristol-based Aardman Animations.

Queen Victoria’s private beach at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight is opening to the public in July, so you’ll soon be  able to splash about on a beach fit for royalty. The grand opening is 27 to 31 July, when mini-golf tournaments and Punch and Judy will keep the whole family smiling.

Alan Fidler lives and breathes the North East. He can tell you the exact date and place where the first electric light was switched on and will show you some of the most impressive views of Northumberland while pointing out 1,000-year-old churches snoozing in the distance – all from the comfort of his taxi.