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Its new owners are celebrating the pub's first birthday

“How do you think we should live on Mars?” That’s the question that was recently posed to more than 200 people in England. The answer has just landed in a public square in Bristol, UK—and it’s a two-story, solar-powered dwelling with a kitchenette, a hydroponic garden, and a “Martian toilet.”…

There's a lot to recommend it - even if it's quite expensive to live here

A pilot scheme of the homes in Bristol was deemed a success

The current chief executive Mike Jackson announced in July that he would leave the post after four years' service

Bristol Zoo is the world's oldest provincial zoo

The zoo opened in Clifton in 1836 and is the fifth oldest zoo in the world - it still has many of its original Victorian buildings, such as its gatehouse, the old giraffe house and its monkey temple

Pavements will be made wider and a new cycle lane will be introduced on the busy city centre junction

Nicola Tanner reveals living in Bristol as a single woman during rising costs