Kids can now ride bus for free in and around Bristol
"Our £1 child fare is already one of the cheapest tickets in the whole country but, ideally, children and young people should be able to travel by bus for free. "That's something I've heard loud and clear," she added.The free travel scheme will apply to most local services, though some, such as airport routes, will be exempt.
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24 minutes ago
- Scottish Sun
World's best holiday cities revealed and three of them are only two hours from the UK
Plus, here's what Deputy Travel Editor Kara Godfrey thought when she visited one CITIES OF DREAMS World's best holiday cities revealed and three of them are only two hours from the UK Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THREE of the world's best cities are just a few hours away from the UK, offering sun and beautiful sights. Florence, Seville and Porto all won big at the Travel + Leisure Awards 2025 - and you can get to all three of them in just over two hours from the UK. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 7 Florence came in a number 11 when it comes to the world's best cities Credit: Alamy 7 The Ponte Vecchio in Florence has beautiful views and is great for a picture Credit: Getty Travel + Leisure readers voted for their favourite worldwide cities, and Florence came in at number 11 with a reader score of 90.08 out of 100. Voters praised the capital of Tuscany for its shopping, quality of hotels as well as artistic treasures. There was an honourable mention of the Ponte Vecchio for its incredible views. Florence is considered a romantic city, full of beautiful architecture like the Duomo cathedral, which has its own piazza. It's the ideal destination for art lovers too as its home to work by Michelangelo, Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci. Just because it's a hub of culture, doesn't mean that it's necessarily costly. In fact in Florence you can pick up slices for pizza for €1.50 (£1.30) and pasta dishes from €5 (£4.33). Florence is 80 miles inland, but you could still be at the beach in an hour and a half. Or even head over to Pisa which is an hour and a half by both car and rail. One Sun Travel writer travelled to Florence where she tried olive oil tasting, and checked out the famous sites. You can fly directly from London Gatwick to Florence in two hours 25 minutes. San Sebastian cider season 7 Seville is one of the most popular cities - and it two and a half hours away from the UK Credit: Alamy 7 There's plenty of beautiful architecture around the city Credit: Alamy Seville came in twelfth place with a reader score of 89.49. It was described as offering a "window on thousands of years of history" with its best site being Alcázar Palace. The Spanish city is famous for its Cathedral and Plaza de España. It's also famous for tapas, Seville orange trees and the traditional art of flamenco - if you're lucky, you'll catch some dancers in the street. Deputy Travel Editor Kara Godfrey visited the city earlier this year - and ventured out on a secret food tour in the southern district of Triana. For anyone wanting to visit Seville Cathedral, Kara discovered 100 free tickets are given out at a certain time of day. You can fly directly from London Gatwick to Seville in two hours 40 minutes. 7 Porto has plenty to offer and it's two hours and 20 minutes away from the UK Credit: Alamy 7 The city is famous for it's port production Credit: Getty Porto, in the northwest of Portugal, is little but packs a punch. The colourful city came in 24th place on the list of Top 25 best cities - and was awarded a reader score of 88.24. Porto is filled with restaurants and bars and, of course, is known for its port wine production. Readers of Travel + Leisure said they love the city because of it's "wine-soaked culture". Porto is found on the River Douro where visitors can take a boat trip or even head down it on a kayak. When one writer visited last year, he couldn't get enough of the custard tarts, or pastel de nata, which he said you can pick up on every street for around €1. And of course there are vineyards aplenty and an opportunity to do tastings all around the city. Brits can fly directly to Porto from several UK airports, including London Gatwick, which takes two hours 20 minutes. These Are The 25 Best Cities For 2025 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Chiang Mai, Thailand Tokyo, Japan Bangkok, Thailand Jaipur, India Hoi An, Vietnam Mexico City, Mexico Kyoto, Japan Ubud, Bali Cuzco, Peru Florence, Italy Seville, Spain Granada, Spain Istanbul, Turkey Siem Reap, Cambodia Mumbai, India Cape Town, South Africa Rome, Italy Santa Fe, New Mexico Agra, India Oaxaca, Mexico Mendoza, Argentina Siena, Italy Porto, Portugal Mérida, Mexico Here are 20 of Europe's most beautiful islands that have direct flights from the UK - with the world's best beaches. Plus, the European city with £15 flights that feels like 'going to Japan without the cost'.
The Herald Scotland
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- The Herald Scotland
Struan Walker on a mission to help Scotland achieve Euro hockey glory
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The Guardian
3 hours ago
- The Guardian
‘He will find resistance': The Cotswolds braces itself for JD Vance's summer holiday
The narrow lanes and honeyed stone walls of the Gloucestershire market town of Stow-on-the-Wold are not the setting where one would expect to see an angry altercation – unless it was a standoff between Range Rovers for the last parking spot in the gridlocked market square. This is a place of ancient doorways and expensive condiments, where the pavements are dotted with teashops and vintage cars drift past with their roofs down and a plaque on the war memorial records the last time a battle was fought here, in 1646. But could this almost parodistically charming town, or another very like it, soon find itself at the heart of the angry US culture wars? According to reports, the US vice-president, JD Vance, will be holidaying in the Cotswolds with his family next month, and protesters are determined to let him know just how warm the welcome will not be in England's chocolate box countryside. 'JD Vance is every bit as unwelcome in the UK as Donald Trump,' said the Stop Trump Coalition, which mobilises British opposition to the US president. 'We are sure that, even in the Cotswolds, he will find the resistance waiting.' If so, it will not be a new experience for the veep. Vance's wife, Usha, and their three young children had to abandon a ski holiday in Vermont in March after they were met with crowds of protesters with signs reading 'Go ski in Russia'. The Vances were also jeered at Disneyland in California after part of the park was closed off for their sole use. For some, such as the comedian and former chatshow host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, the actor Portia de Rossi, outrage at the Trump administration has gone further. The couple moved to the Cotswolds earlier this year and now regarded it as permanent, DeGeneres said last week, explicitly so they could escape the Trump administration. Luxury estate agents say they are among growing numbers of wealthy Americans seeking a foothold in what some, inevitably, are calling the English Hamptons (others, on account of the many posh people here already, prefer to call it 'the Couttswolds'). And now, the VP? He may not be popular, but in Stow at least, the Vance resistance did not yet appear to have mobilised earlier this week. Local people know the value of the tourist dollar or yuan, and despite the crowds of tourists disgorging from coaches and the backed-up traffic on the A429, they welcome them, if occasionally through gritted teeth. 'That's the balancing act that [we live with],' said Ken Greenway, who had ridden his scooter into Stow 'to escape the crowds in Burford', his equally picturesque village nearby. Vance and his compatriots were welcome, he said, 'and anybody who has got a business must be over the moon to see all these people coming in. But the locals, we're struggling. I mean, it's taken me 20 minutes to come two miles [into town] on the main road.' Some of the VP's countrymen are less polite about his trip. 'I'm glad we'll have gone by then,' says Laurelyn Karagianis, visiting with a family party from Los Angeles. It had been a dream for a decade to visit the Cotswolds. 'When I think about a cosy, Christmassy holiday, I think of Bourton-on-the-Water, Castle Combe,' she says, adding that it is a shame that US politics has followed the family down the winding lanes. 'I just met with a [British] friend who I haven't seen in 15 years, and that was the main topic of discussion over dinner. It's sad that our politicians are kind of a laughing stock that the world has to protest,' Karagianis says Whatever the cause – US political refugees, a post-Covid exodus of London's wealthy, or sun-dappled social media posts in which Americans visit a pub or try to work an Aga – most local people agree that visitor numbers have swelled significantly in the past decade. For some, enough is enough. After eight years living in Stow, Lesley Webb is moving to West Sussex after a change in her circumstances – which she admits is a relief. 'It's an awful thing to say, but for me, it's just become too touristy. Stow itself has got busier and busier and busier. It's just the volume of people, everywhere,' Webb says. Perhaps happily for the village, rumours now suggest the Vances may end up not in this idyllic part of Gloucestershire so favoured by Americans, but across the Oxfordshire border, closer to Chipping Norton. The Spectator, quoting 'almost impeccable sources', reported that 'a filthy rich Anglo' could be lending his own home to the second family to spare them the deprivations of Airbnb. 'Apparently some senior British political figures, who have knowledge of Cotswolds social scene, are helping the Vance family plan their trip,' the magazine said. Whoever could they mean?
