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London Eye loses rent court case
27 Oct 2005
The High Court has dismissed The London Eye Company’s (LEC) case against the South Bank Centre (SBC) after a dispute over rent.
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Museums warned over looted goods
25 Oct 2005
The government has published new guidelines for the heritage industry following increased concern regarding the trade in illicit cultural property.
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Sky’s the limit for new Sydney attraction
20 Oct 2005
The Centrepoint Tower in Sydney, Australia, opened its latest attraction this week, the AUS$6m (£2.6m, US$4.6m, 3.8m euro) Skywalk, which offers visitors a 360-degree view of the city from 268m (880ft) up.
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Formula One World for Dubai
19 Oct 2005
Middle Eastern development company Union Properties has signed an agreement with the Formula One Administration (FOA) team to build a US$360m (£206m, 301m euros) Formula One World theme park within the MotorCity area of Dubailand.
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Disney to build Seoul theme park?
19 Oct 2005
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is reportedly in early negotiations with the South Korean capital, Seoul, to open a theme park near the city.
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RSPB to turn wasteland into £4.1m reserve
18 Oct 2005
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is to create Britain’s biggest urban wetland nature reserve from more than 1,000 acres (43.6 million sq ft, 4.05 million sq m) of industrial wasteland in the Tees Valley.
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Spinnaker lift sticks on opening day
18 Oct 2005
Three people were trapped in the external glass lift at Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower today – its opening day – but the tower's operator, Heritage Projects, has denied that it detracted from what it says was a very successful launch.
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National Waterfront Museum Swansea opens today
17 Oct 2005
The £31m National Waterfront Museum (NWM) Swansea opens today as part of the UK-wide Trafalgar Week celebrations – the culmination of the year-long SeaBritain Festival which was inspired by the 200th anniversary of Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.
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Latest Aardman set saved from fire by exhibition
14 Oct 2005
Wallace and Gromit models and sets used in the latest block-buster movie, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, have been saved from destruction thanks to a travelling exhibition produced by the ecsite-UK Travelling Exhibitions Consortium (eTEC).
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Sky’s the limit for new Sydney attraction
11 Oct 2005
The Centrepoint Tower in Sydney, Australia, is set to open it latest attraction next week, the AUS$6m (£2.6m, US$4.6m, 3.8m euro) Skywalk, which offers visitors a 360-degree view of the city from 268m (880ft) up.
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US$3.8bn project for Dubailand
13 Oct 2005
Ground has been broken on the site of the US$3.8bn (£2.16bn, 3.15bn euro) mixed-use Legends in Dubailand scheme.
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Sale of Melbourne's Luna Park complete
13 Oct 2005
Luna Park Melbourne Pty, a company jointly owned and managed by Lindsay Fox and family, David Goldberger and David Wieland, and Virtual Communities has officially taken ownership of Melbourne’s Luna Park in Australia.
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New visitor centre for Giant's Causeway
12 Oct 2005
Roisin Heneghan’s winning design for a new £12m visitor centre at Giant’s Causeway – Northern Ireland’s only UNESCO world heritage site – has been unveiled following an international architectural competition.
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