The UK’s largest coach operator, National Express has revealed the most Instagrammed activities and trending attractions across Great Britain.
The research analysed popular hashtags and trending topics from Instagram and uncovered the rising stars of Instagram fame in different regions and locations across Great Britain.
Glasgow is the top hotspot for foodies, with 22% more Instagram food related posts than any other location in Great Britain
Manchester is revealed as the number one city for photography with 99,000 related posts
Bristol is a top hotspot for art lovers, with close to 100,000 Instagram posts using the hashtag of ‘Bristol art’
Glaswegians leading the ‘Insta-foodie’ trend and Bristol top art hotspot
According to the data, foodie content tops the trending topics chart. Glasgow takes the crown for the top foodie city, with 300,000 posts relating to ‘food’ and ‘foodie’, a figure that’s 22% higher than anywhere else across Great Britain.
When it comes to photography and blogging, two other top trending topics, Manchester leads the way with over 235,000 posts. At county level however, Cornwall and Norfolk are the most prominent for photography and blogging posts, respectively.
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The most Instagrammable hotspot for art looks to be Bristol with nearly 100,000 posts under art related hashtags. The city is also leading the flower trend, with over 24,000 ‘florist’ related Instagram posts coming from Bristolians.
Outdoors and home crafting on the rise
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With many activities paused due to lockdown restrictions, it is revealed that activities to do outdoors, such as coastline walking or stargazing, are frequently cropping up. These outdoor related hashtags are popular in several locations with ‘coast’ trending in Yorkshire, ‘walks’ in Lancashire, ‘skies’ in Suffolk, ‘coast path’ in South Wales, and ‘scenery’ in Devon, most likely down to the fact we’ve all been spending extra time outdoors!
Home crafting activities such as handicrafts and pottery, beer brewing or baking are also gaining Instagram fame with residents in regions including Staffordshire, Birmingham and Cambridgeshire jumping on the trend.
When it comes to London, even Instagram data reveals a North vs. South divide. Surprisingly, even in recent months ‘pubs’ has remained a popular hashtag with over 4,000 Instagram posts in North London – they really must have been pining for a pint! Whereas ‘yoga’ is clearly South Londoners’ top trending pastime, with close to 5,000 Instagram posts.
The hearing over Manchester City’s 115 FFP charges will officially start next week
Danny Jones
After more than a year of speculation as to when proceedings will finally start, it has been confirmed that the hearing regarding Manchester City and their 115 FFP charges is set to begin next week.
Man City were first slapped with the laundry list of alleged breaches of FFP (financial fair play) and failure to comply with Premier League rules on profit and sustainability (PSR) back in February 2023, but little movement on the case has been reported since then.
In that time, they also won the coveted Treble and their record-breaking fourth league title in a row; meanwhile, the club have continued to deny all claims of rule-breaking.
However, it has now been revealed that City‘s hearing will now kick off on Monday, 16 September.
BREAKING: The hearing over Manchester City's 115 charges will start on Monday 🚨 pic.twitter.com/9ujOCryVMF
As explained in various reports, given the extended nature of the claims made against the Manchester side, it is estimated that the case could run on for up to two months if not longer.
Furthermore, it is thought a decision isn’t expected to arrive until spring 2025 – again, this is simply due to the number of charges brought up over the best part of a decade.
In case you need a refresher, the allegations levelled at Man City date back to 2009 and concern a supposed nine years of financial irregularities, as well as subverting UEFA FFP rules.
Some of the accusations made against them also include failing to cooperate with the European football body and the Premier League, as well as offering ‘secret contracts’ so as to pay one particular manager a larger sum than what they recorded in their financial statements.
The final verdict, whenever it is reached, will be handed down by an independent commission and City will still be able to make an official appeal.
It goes without saying that were they to be found guilty, it would be the biggest financial scandal in English football history and could be seismic for the future of money in the sport and regulations surrounding ownership, which have already grown tighter following the charges being issued.
And in case you needed a more detailed refresher on what exactly they are being tried for and what the possibilities are regarding punishment if found guilty, here’s a quick rundown:
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Oasis address Glastonbury headline rumours – but heavily hint at something much bigger
Danny Jones
Oasis have come out to address the widespread rumour that they will be headlining Glastonbury 2025, playing down the speculation and instead hinting at something much bigger.
The world’s heartbeat has barely even settled since the Gallagher brothers confirmed they will finally be getting back together for a series of reunion shows next summer, but they have continued to get pulses raising with each and every social media update.
For instance, their most recent post is arguably much more momentous than playing the globally renowned music festival.
While the official Oasis account did dismiss talk of them being the Glastonbury headliners for 2025 rumours, they did seem to casually announce a world tour instead. As you do…
As you can see, the words are there in black and white (quite literally): “Oasis Live ’25 World Tour”.
While it feels premature to jump straight to the conclusion given how nonchalantly this supposed announcement was delivered, the post does suggest rather blatantly that plans for a world tour – i.e. separate from the limited number of dates already announced – do exist.
If that wasn’t their intention then they really should have chosen different words as the replies were quick to fill up with reactions like, “WORLD TOUR YESSSSS. KNEBWORTH HERE WE GO”, “World tour???” and many more to that effect.
Once again, while there has been no official standalone announcement post detailing tour dates, it looks like the 14 comeback shows are just the start of the reunion and that the Oasis boys will be heading back out on the road properly after the likes of Heaton Park and Wembley shows.
Questions have also been circling around whether this reunion will include other previous members of the legendary Britpop icons or just the Gallagher brothers.
For now, as much as we want it to be true, there’s nothing definite and we’ll just have to settle for still being absolutely over the moon that one of the greatest rock bands of all time is returning to our lives in the most important music news for a generation.
Meanwhile, fans are currently being tested on their Oasis trivia in order to access the red-hot pre-sale ticket ballot. They’re making us work for it.
The Manc -
6th August 2021 
