Kids & Family

You can get tickets to visit Chester Zoo for just £10 this summer

Standard admission usually sets you back up to £38.

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 10th June 2026

Chester Zoo is offering people the chance to visit for just £10 this summer.

For the past three years running now, Chester Zoo has officially been named the UK’s best zoo thanks to tens of thousands of positive TripAdvisor reviews, and now this summer, you’ll get to see exactly what makes it such a special place worth visiting for a cut price, as £10 tickets are now available to book for a limited time only.

With the offer only applicable to afternoons this summer, Afternoon Tickets allow entry to Chester Zoo from 2pm onwards – with the last entry being one-hour before it closes.

Founded in 1931 by George Mottershead, Chester Zoo is the UK’s most popular wildlife attraction, and is home to more than 37,000 animals and 500 species across its 130-acre site.

The zoo also operates as a registered conservation charity and frequently ranks among the top zoos globally.

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It’s even more of a cause for celebration this year, as the zoo has claimed a record 11,666 ‘excellent’ ratings for the first time.

World's rarest lions at Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo elephants
Chester Zoo is offering £10 tickets to visitors this summer / Credit: Chester Zoo

Afternoon tickets are only available online, and must be booked in advance if you want to claim the £10 offer this summer before it runs out.

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Without this offer, standard admission tickets to Chester Zoo usually cost up to £38 for adults, £37 for students, and £28 for children, all including a 10% donation to the zoo’s conservation efforts, while babies and carers go free, so it really is worth making the most of these limited-time £10 tickets while you can.

Sharing the offer on social media last week, the zoo said: “Discover the zoo for just £10 with our new afternoon tickets. Perfect for after-school adventures, quick visits to see your favourite animals, or your first taste of Chester Zoo.”

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Tickets can only be purchased online before 4pm on the day of your visit, and tandard admission tickets can be purchased from our ticket office at the main entrance.

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Find out more and book your £10 tickets online here.

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Kids & Family

The ITV hype video for the 2026 World Cup has just done that – let’s make some memories

Danny Jones Danny Jones ITV Sport World Cup 2026 titles sequence

We’ll admit, much like with Qatar ’22, there have been a few things about this upcoming World Cup that have made it harder to get in the mood than usual, but we must confess: ITV’s new opening titles for the 2026 edition have got us well and truly HYPED.

It’s funny what a quick little montage and some feel-good music can do.

Let’s face it, there are a lot of things about modern football we don’t like, and there are always going to be criticisms of FIFA and how they handle major tournaments, especially when it comes to the biggest international fixtures of them all.

Sadly, a lot of this is out of our control, but what we can do is our bit as supporters and get behind the boys; with trailers like this, it’s hard not to get yourself up for it…

How well you remember the customary title sequences for each tournament is usually a good barometer.

We have a feeling that this one is going to stick out in the memories of not just the kids enjoying maybe some of their first real major tournaments, but plenty of us adults, too.

Not least of all because they chose Rascal Flatts’ ‘Life Is a Highway’ as their World Cup theme for 2026 (though Shakira has released another official song with Burna Boy) – and yes, it is the one from the Disney movie, Cars.

The reaction online has been largely positive too, with popular football social media account, The 44, writing: “Oh my god! ITV have smashed it. Better or just as good as 2014”.

Another went on to say, “[It’s] mental how this one minute and nineteen second video has just made me incredibly excited for the World Cup. ITV know how to do an intro, don’t they?”

Furthermore, a third added: “Great intro. And FIFA might’ve messed everything up with 48 teams instead of 32 and blown it on ticket prices, but once the World Cup kicks off, there’s nothing like it.

With fewer fans being able to travel or even begin to remotely afford flying out for just one game, let alone the whole month, it’s great to see Manchester setting up big screens like these.

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All that being said, there has, of course, still been lots of backlash over how hosting the World Cup in North America has been handled in general thus far.

Be it the plight of scammers, exorbitant ticket prices, punters and even referees being denied entry to the country due to President Trump’s travel sanctions, or the general political state over in the US, it’s far from a perfect year for ‘the beautiful game’ and its biggest competition.

However, it’s worth reminding that nations like Mexico have as strong an obsession with football as anyone on the planet, and Canada is clearly relishing the opportunity to host matches in Toronto and Vancouver, where footy is still their largest sport overall.

We expect there will still be plenty of protests and demonstrations, not to mention fairly public messages and statements up around the stadiums in the cities involved, no doubt, but one thing we can make sure of is that England will back the Three Lions both up in the stands and back here at home.

Those clips seen in the ITV video serve as yet another undeniable reminder that there is simply nothing like cheering on your country on the big stage, so make sure you lock down where to watch the World Cup in Manchester soon, and don’t miss a second of the action. It’s coming home.

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Featured Images — ITV (screenshots)/Vincenzo Togni (via Wikimedia Commons)

Kids & Family

Disney are bringing a live music crossover tour featuring three cult favourite films to Manchester

Danny Jones Danny Jones Disney World Collide live concert tour Manchester date tickets

The latest Disney Concerts live tour is coming to the UK and Ireland in 2027, bringing a music crossover of three straight-to-TV teen movie favourites to Manchester and more.

For any fans of the old Disney Channel films of the noughties and the 2010s, this next musical adaptation might be right up your street.

Set to land at the AO Arena early next year, the ‘Disney Worlds Collide Concert Tour’ will be embarking on its first-ever run outside of North America, where it’s already proved to be a big success.

Here’s a trailer from the start of the tour just a few months ago:

They’re bringing the singalong, and the crowd helps bring the energy.

Throw a kids’ cult classic like Camp Rock into the mix, and you’ve got a great lineup with nostalgia spanning across multiple generations.

Sharing the news on social, Manchester’s legendary venue wrote: “Ready for THE family pop show of the year?! The Disney Worlds Collide Concert Tour is coming to AO Arena next year, bringing the cast from Descendants, ZOMBIES, and Camp Rock together live for the first time!

That’s right, linking up with a talented cast of live singers bringing the 2015 and ’18 Disney flicks to life, respectively, songs from 2008’s Camp Rock will also be performed to what we’re sure will be an audience of various different ages.

Famously featuring the likes of young Demi Lovato, the Jonas Brothers and more familiar ‘Disney kid’ faces, people remain super nostalgic for the musical/coming-of-age Disney film; even the memes have gone on to enjoy a life of their own.

As for the concerts themselves, these live shows will include stars from the original theatrical releases, too, such as Malachi Barton, Liamani Segura and Dara Reneé; Mekonnen Knife, Hudson Stone, Swayam Bhatia, Kiara Romero, Alexandro Byrd and more.

Disney Worlds Collide Concert 2027 EU tour dates

  • February 6 – Dublin, 3Arena
  • February 9 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
  • February 10 – Manchester, AO Arena
  • February 12 – Birmingham, bp pulse LIVE
  • February 13 – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
  • February 15-16 – London, The O2
  • February 18 – Cologne, LANXESS Arena
  • February 19 – Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome
  • February 21 – Paris, Accor Arena
  • February 24 – Madrid, Movistar Arena

Having first hit US stages last year, it didn’t take long for this new Disney production to receive positive reviews, notching sold-out arenas in over 40 huge venues, and being named in the ‘Top Family Tour of 2025’ by Billboard Magazine, not to mention being nominated for ‘Top Family Tour’ of 2025 by Pollstar.

For British and Irish fans who might fancy going along to one of these dates, general admission tickets and VIP packages go on sale this coming Friday, June 12, from 10am.

You can get ready to grab yours right HERE.

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Featured Images — Publicity pictures (supplied via Deacon Communications/AO Arena)

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