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Cutty Sark saved by private gift
BY Tom Walker | 30 Jun 2008
Israeli shipping magnate Sammy Ofer has donated £3.3m towards the restoration of the London, UK-based tea clipper Cutty Sark, devastated in a fire in May 2007.
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Modern art museum planned for Dubai
BY Tom Walker | 30 Jun 2008
Plans to build a museum of Middle Eastern modern art in Dubai have been revealed by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.
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Dreamworld welcomes tiger triplets
BY Tim Nash | 27 Jun 2008
Dreamworld's Tiger Island has herladed three new arrivals this month after one of its Sumatran tigers, Soraya, gave birth to three female cubs on 9 June.
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BALPPA Summer Conference a success
BY Tom Walker | 24 Jun 2008
The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions's (BALPPA) annual Summer Conference was held at the German theme park Europa-Park in Rust, the Black Forest, last week.
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Work begins on Europa-Park expansion
BY Tom Walker | 23 Jun 2008
Construction work has begun on a 15 hectare expansion of German theme park Europa-Park. A spokesperson confirmed that as part of the project, the attraction is to open a new major ride in time for the summer season 2009.
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RSPB launches campaign to improve Wiltshire landscape
BY Andrea Jezovit | 23 Jun 2008
RSPB has launched a campaign to restore chalk grassland to Wiltshire County, conserving the landscape surrounding the Stonehenge World Heritage Site, and nearby nature reserves and areas of outstanding natural beauty.
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New home for Southampton’s Spitfire museum
BY Caroline Wilkinson | 17 Jun 2008
Solent Sky Aviation Museum in Southampton, which tells the story of the creation of the Spitfire aircraft, is to be rebuilt and its collection extended in a bid to increase visitor numbers. The plans have been granted outline permission by Southampton City Council.
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Visitor centre for Giant's Causeway
BY Tom Walker | 16 Jun 2008
Work on a new visitors centre at UNESCO world heritage site Giant’s Causeway could begin in autumn 2009 for a spring 2011 opening if a planning application by the National Trust is approved by the end of this year.
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Chester Zoo expansion plans
BY Luke Tuchscherer | 13 Jun 2008
Chester Zoo could undergo expansion works that would see the site triple in size.
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Dowd defends UKinbound chair over tourism row
BY Luke Tuchscherer | 13 Jun 2008
Outgoing UKinbound chief executive Stephen Dowd has defended comments made by the organisation’s chair, Philip Green, which led tourism minister Margaret Hodge to walk out of a cocktail reception on the House of Commons terrace.
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Keith James takes over JRA ownership
BY Tom Walker | 12 Jun 2008
Keith James, president of Jack Rouse Associates (JRA) has wholly taken over the ownership of the Cincinnati, US-based design and project management company.
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Powerhouse museum launches space exhibition
BY Tom Walker | 10 Jun 2008
Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum has reopened its space gallery, with a refurbished exhibition featuring a Zero Gravity Space Lab, which allows visitors to experience the illusion of weightlessness, just like astronauts do on a daily basis.
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