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With a wingspan larger than a 747 and a movie theater onboard, the Bristol Brabazon was the crown jewel of postwar British aviation—until it became obsolete before it ever took off. Discover how one ...
All 700,000 voters in the West of England Combined Authority (Weca) mayoral election have been sent a booklet. It contains information about voting, and each of the six candidates gets a double-page ...
With a wingspan wider than a 747 and luxuries like sleeper cabins, a cocktail bar, and even a movie theater, the Bristol Brabazon was built to rule the skies. But by the time it flew, jetliners had ...
The Peter McEvoy Trophy was first played in 1981 and acts as the traditional curtain-raiser to the junior golf season. McEvoy ...
After more than 20 years of promises, bitter rows and tens of millions of pounds spent, the prospect of a music arena in ...
More than half of those with robot vacuums at home have lovingly named their devices with monikers like Mr Cleaner or Tony Shark. A survey polling 1,000 UK adults discovered that a whopping eight ...
British Steel has started consultation on the closure of its two blast furnaces, its steelmaking operations and a reduction of steel rolling mill capacity in Scunthorpe. The move comes after the ...
It’s hard to describe classic British dishes without reinforcing the stereotype that English food is bland, beige and soggy. Fish pie: a monochromatic pairing of milky cod and mashed potato.
Set to open in 2026, the new neighbourhood of Brabazon will address the "housing crisis" in the west of England using brownfield land at the former Filton Airfield in Bristol. The town will have ...
Japanese developer Mitsui Fudosan has committed to go it alone and spend £1.1bn on the delayed British Library Extension project with plans to start construction next year. The developer will ...
A deadly deer disease has found its way into the urban deer population in Cranbrook, in B.C.'s Kootenay region. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in a female white-tailed deer during a ...
Bosses at YTL have admitted they will need to get new planning permissions from Bristol’s council planners if they want to build the Brabazon Arena to the size they say they are going to build.