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Contractor appointed for Weston pier rebuild
BY Pete Hayman | 06 Aug 2009
The owners of the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, have appointed John Sisk and Son to rebuild the historic tourist attraction, which was severely damaged by a large fire in July 2008.
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Restored Leeds mansion reopens
BY Pete Hayman | 06 Aug 2009
A historic Grade II-listed mansion at Roundhay Park in Leeds has reopened to the public for the first time in six years, following the completion of a multi-million pound restoration scheme.
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Lottery funding for Margate rides museum
BY Martin Nash | 04 Aug 2009
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded development funding of £384,500 to The Dreamland Trust in Margate, UK to develop plans for creating the world's first amusement park of historic rides.
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Historic palace reopens at Dover Castle
BY Pete Hayman | 04 Aug 2009
A historic 12th century royal palace inside the Great Tower at Dover Castle, Kent, has reopened to the public following a major £2.45m refurbishment carried out by English Heritage (EH).
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Six Flags reports losses
BY Tom Walker | 04 Aug 2009
Troubled theme park operator Six Flags has announced further losses for the second quarter of 2009.
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HLF cash injection for Belfast maritime project
BY Pete Hayman | 03 Aug 2009
Plans to create a new permanent exhibition space to house thousands of artefacts from Belfast's maritime history in Northern Ireland have been handed a £624,000 boost by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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Eureka unveils plans for London site
BY Tom Walker | 31 Jul 2009
Eureka, the national children’s museum, has announced its plans for the future of the attraction in Halifax, Yorkshire.
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National Trust unveils new dragonfly centre
BY Pete Hayman | 30 Jul 2009
A new purpose-built centre designed to protect dragonflies from the threat of extinction, the first of its kind in the UK, has been opened by the National Trust (NT) at Wicken Fen near Ely, Cambridgeshire.
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Wet 'n' Wild waterpark opens in Phoenix
BY Tim Nash | 29 Jul 2009
A new US$30m (£18.3m, AUD$36.6m, €21.2m) Wet 'n' Wild waterpark opened in Phoenix, Arizona, US, last month at the Adobe Dam Regional Park.
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Dune Raiders at Legoland
BY Tim Nash | 29 Jul 2009
A new Dune Raiders themed slide attraction has been installed at Legoland California, US, by Prime Play by Whitewater.
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Merlin nets payout in London Bridge settlement
BY Pete Hayman | 29 Jul 2009
Merlin Entertainments, the operator of the London Dungeon attraction, has been awarded "substantial" compensation after an out-of-court settlement was reached with the London Bridge Experience (LBE).
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£2.4m plans for Northern Ireland folk park
BY Pete Hayman | 28 Jul 2009
Plans for a major £2.4m expansion of the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh, County Tyrone, have been announced by the Northern Ireland culture minister, Nelson McCausland.
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Investigation into Alton Towers blaze
BY Pete Hayman | 23 Jul 2009
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has launched an investigation into the cause of a blaze that destroyed part of the Skyride cable car ride at Alton Towers theme park in the UK on 21 July.
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Jorvik Viking Centre set for £1m upgrade
BY Pete Hayman | 22 Jul 2009
Plans for the £1m redevelopment of the Jorvik Viking Centre have been unveiled by York Archaeological Trust (YAT) as part of a wider bid to increase the UK city's annual visitor spend by £300m over the next three years.
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Morecambe initiative nets HLF funding
BY Pete Hayman | 22 Jul 2009
Improvement work is set to be carried out on a number of historic buildings in Morecambe, Lancashire, after the local authority received a £923,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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Theme park unveils record breaking coaster
BY Pete Hayman | 21 Jul 2009
A new £4m (US$6.6m, AUD$8m, €4.6m) rollercoaster, which has been unveiled at the Flamingo Land Resort near Malton, North Yorkshire, UK, has been named as the world's steepest by Guinness World Records.
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Yorkshire CCC set for new museum
BY Pete Hayman | 21 Jul 2009
Mather and Co, the Cheshire-based museum design consultants, has been appointed to create a new purpose-built museum dedicated to the history of Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC).
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