NEWS
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Covent Garden sold for £420m
08 Aug 2006
The Covent Garden Market Limited Partnership, owned by Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and Henderson Global Investors, has sold the Covent Garden market in London to Capital & Counties for £420m.
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Ancestral roots to bear tourism fruits
07 Aug 2006
An estimated 50 million people across the globe have Scots ancestry and the Scottish region of Angus & Dundee hopes to tap into this market with the launch of a two-year ancestry initiative for the area.
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King’s Fountain set to flow
07 Aug 2006
The King’s Fountain at Linlithgow Palace, half way between Edinburgh and Stirling in Scotland, is to flow for the general public throughout August.
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Scone Palace steps back in history
07 Aug 2006
Scone Palace, near Perth in Scotland, has launched a series of living history events, based on the life and characters at the palace throughout its history.
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach tops latest attractions monitor
BY Sarah Todd | 07 Aug 2006
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has topped a survey of Britain’s most popular free visitor destinations with six million visitors in 2005 according to VisitBritain’s latest Visits to Visitor Attractions Survey.
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Adaland unveils new Dolphinpark
03 Aug 2006
Adaland Aquapark in Turkey has unveiled its latest attraction, the 3m euro (£2.05m, US$3.8m) 40,000sq m (430,000sq ft) Dolphinpark.
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New addition to Legoland’s Miniland
BY Helen Patenall | 03 Aug 2006
Legoland Windsor in the UK has introduced a miniature version of the London Duck Tours vehicle, which makes tourist trips down the Thames, to its Miniland attraction.
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Alnwick Garden visitor offer
BY Helen Patenall | 03 Aug 2006
The Alnwick Garden Trust has announced that the two millionth visitor to The Alnwick Garden in Alnwick, Northumberland, will win the opportunity to hold a private event in the attraction’s grounds.
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HLF turns down bid for Mary Rose museum
28 Jul 2006
A bid for lottery money to help fund the £23m new museum planned to showcase the Mary Rose in Portsmouth, UK, has been turned down by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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Tyntesfield mansion set for £20m revamp
BY Helen Patenall | 27 Jul 2006
The National Trust has announced that Tyntesfield – a Victorian gothic mansion near Bristol, UK – is set for a £20m revamp.
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Application submitted for Mann Island
BY Sarah Todd | 27 Jul 2006
A planning application has been submitted to Liverpool City Council by Neptune Developments for a £120m mixed-use scheme at Mann Island in Liverpool's city centre, UK.
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Victoria and Albert Museum awarded £9.7m by HLF
27 Jul 2006
The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in South Kensington, London, has been awarded a £9.75m grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop its medieval and Renaissance galleries.
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