Jeremy Blackmore

Jeremy Blackmore reports on the rescue and revival of a famous Bristol double-decker once used by Paul McCartney’s band Wings and now destined for a new lease of life as a travelling performance space

The brightly painted psychedelic 1972 tour bus which launched Paul McCartney as a major solo artist in the wake of the Beatles’ split has been reborn as a travelling performance space inspired by the Beatles’ final concert on the roof of the Apple building in 1969. The 1953 Bristol KSW 5G ECW open-top double-decker first entered service in 1953 with the Eastern National Omnibus Company in Chelmsford, and later ran with Eastern Counties in Great Yarmouth, before finding rock and roll stardom during Paul McCartney’s first major tour with new band Wings.

Jeremy Blackmore reports on the rescue and revival of a famous Bristol double-decker once used by Paul McCartney’s band Wings and now destined for a new lease of life as a travelling performance space.

The brightly painted psychedelic 1972 tour bus which launched Paul McCartney as a major solo artist in the wake of the Beatles’ split has been reborn as a travelling performance space inspired by the Beatles’ final concert on the roof of the Apple building in 1969. The 1953 Bristol KSW 5G ECW open-top double-decker first entered service in 1953 with the Eastern National Omnibus Company in Chelmsford, and later ran with Eastern Counties in Great Yarmouth, before finding rock and roll stardom during Paul McCartney’s first major tour with new band Wings.

The cut and thrust of car racing may seem at odds with life as a rural vicar in northeast Hampshire, but for the Reverend Simon Butler it's a match made in heaven.

Basingstoke's Aaron Morgan is rewriting the rules for what can be achieved in motorsport.

Flying remote control planes over the beautiful Somerset countryside has inspired Taunton schoolboy Luke Bannister
to travel the world and become a five-time world champion drone racer.

What started as a hobby has provided Luke with a full-time job in the drone industry alongside competing regularly in tournaments in spectacular locations around the world. Now aged 20, he films drone footage for top global brands and works with the NHS to make crucial medical deliveries.

Harrogate's gardens: it's all in the planning - and the pride

Harrogate's gardens: it's all in the planning - and the pride (page 1)

The first recorded visitors to what we now call Fountains was a 13-strong group of 12th century monks looking to live as hermits and seek their souls' salvation.

The first recorded visitors to what we now call Fountains was a 13-strong group of 12th century monks looking to live as hermits and seek their souls' salvation.