DIZZEE RASCAL ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF BING’S YOUR BRITAIN NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Last night Dizzee Rascal revealed the overall winner of the Bing.com Your Britain national photography competition to be Carl Haynes, who captured an image of cyclists speeding through a pedestrian tunnel in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. His image was picked by the judges out of more than 8,500 entries and scooped the £10,000 prize plus the chance to appear on the Bing homepage today. Mercury award winning artist Dizzee Rascal, who kicked off the...
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Follow our live blog of the Your Britain photography event

Tonight at an exclusive event, Dizzee Rascal will join us to announce the winner of the Your Britain photography competition. The judging panel have looked at more than 8,500 entries to crown the winner who will win £10,000 plus the chance to appear on the Bing homepage tomorrow (Wednesday 13th July). For over 2 months we have been inundated with amazing images from around the country and tonight the overall winner will be crowned. The...
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Tonight the Bing Your Britain winner is revealed

1 rapper, over 8,000 entries and more than 120,000 votes has culminated in the Bing Your Britain photography competition. Tonight, in an exclusive event being hosted by UK rapper Dizzee Rascal, we will announce the overall winner whose image will be shown on the Bing homepage. The Mercury award winning artist, who kicked off the competition by capturing a series of photos for the visually led search engine’s homepage, will join an esteemed...
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New news experience for Bing

Bing UK has a new ‘news browse’ page that makes it easier than ever to scan headlines and pinpoint news. With reading news one of the most popular online activities in the UK, the fresh and visual design of the new news browse page will feature even more UK sources to ensure even greater relevancy, as well as including pictures in each search result. For easy browsing, news is now split into the following categories: top stories...
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There is no place like home - Brits reveal what they love and loath about their Britain

Brits are extremely loyal to their region with 70 per cent happy to live and stay in their local area, according to research findings unveiled by Bing.com today. Whilst seven in ten would consider moving in the future, the majority would simply jump from one city to another in their region, rather than packing up and moving far away.   Following the overwhelming number of entries to its Your Britain national photography competition, Bing...
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Win An Exclusive Dizzee Rascal Signed Print Courtesy Of Bing’s Your Britain

To celebrate Dizzee Rascal’s curation of Bing’s homepage to launch its www.your-britain.com national photography competition we are giving away exclusive prints signed by Dizzee. The images show the different places around Britain that have inspired Dizzee on his personal journey into making the music we love today. For your chance to win, simply tweet the name of your favourite photographer before Thursday 30 June with the hashtag ...
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Dizzee Rascal picks Shackleton RAF plane

Mercury prize winning artist Dizzee Rascal’s pick of the week is a wind and rain swept image of a grounded Shackleton, which was a British long-range, maritime patrol aircraft for use by the Royal Air Force.    The photo is a new entry in the local, urban and secret categories of Bing’s Your Britain national photography competition, which Dizzee kicked off last month with Dizzee curating the visually led search engine...
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Dizzee Rascal goes Bonkers for Bobbies

Mercury prize winning artist Dizzee Rascal is waxing lyrical about some of the images captured for the Bing.com Your Britain photography competition. But the photo that really strikes a chord with the music artist is a close up shot of a Metropolitan Policeman with his iconic helmet with shiny badge. The photo is a new entry in the local, urban and secret categories of Bing’s Your Britain national photography competition, which Dizzee kicked...
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Bing launches new journey planner – first of its kind for a major UK mapping site

Bing Maps has released a new feature – The Bing London Journey Planner. This is the first time a major UK mapping site has integrated London tube and bus routes into point to point journey planning. Bing brings together bus, tube and walking information with visual organisation to provide all the information and tools people need to plan their journeys around London. The Bing London Journey Planner provides detailed information about the...
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Dizzee Rascal shows an unexpected side to his repertoire of photographs on Bing.com today

Dizzee Rascal shows an unexpected side to his repertoire of photographs on Bing.com today with an image of the Carp Lake in Dorking, Surrey where he enjoys fishing. The shot is part of an original collection of his photographs to launch the Bing.com ‘Your Britain’ photography competition. Enter the www.your-britain.com for a chance to win £10,000. The winning image will also secure a 24-hour slot on the Bing.com homepage later...
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