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12 Nov 2002
Gas alert on Chessington World of Adventures ride
Guests were evacuated from the Tomb Blaster ride queue line at Chessington World of Adventures during the UK theme park's Halloween festivities. The ride operator initiated the attraction's closure after becoming aware of an unusual smell in the queue line area. Several guests who were evacuated suffered from coughing and were given medical attention by the park's medical team; ambulances were also called as a safety
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11 Nov 2002
Vegetable Kingdom to open next year
Construction has begun on the Vegetable Kingdom, a new visitor attraction due to open in May 2003 at Ryton Organic Gardens in Coventry. The £1.7m project, which received £939,000 in funding from the Heritage lottery fund and a further £351,000 from the European Regional Development Fund, is a permanent exhibition designed by Rugby-based HB Architects. The attraction will tell the history of vegetables in the
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8 Nov 2002
London in position to mount 'world-beating' bid for 2012 Olympics
London has the potential to launch a world-beating bid for the 2012 Olympic Games says an independent report by Arup. The report claims that for an initial expenditure of £1.8bn, bidding for and staging the Olympics in London could produce a profit of £79m. London mayor, Ken Livingstone, has welcomed the report's conclusion that staging the Games in London, centred around the Lower Lee Valley and Thames
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7 Nov 2002
Vivendi Universal denies reports of theme park assets disposal
Speculation over the future of Vivendi Universal is continuing. The company acknowledged this week that it intends to co-operate fully with the US Attorney's office for the Southern State of New York, which has opened a preliminary criminal investigation involving the organisation. Neither party has elaborated on the scope of the inquiries. The news comes a week after prosecutors in France announced they were examining whether
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7 Nov 2002
Techniquest exports exhibits to Europe
Techniquest Enterprises Ltd (TQE), the trading company of the Cardiff Bay Science Discovery Centre in the UK, has secured a contract to supply a suite of hands-on exhibits to a new science attraction in Germany. Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg - also home to the headquarters of Volkswagen and its branded attraction, Autostadt - is due to open in 2004. The centre aims to attract 260,000 visitors a year. TQE will
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5 Nov 2002
New marketing force for UK
The British Tourist Authority (BTA) and the English Tourism Council (ETC) are to join forces to form a national tourism marketing organisation for the UK. Speaking in the House of Commons, culture secretary, Tessa Jowell announced the proposal to bring together the resources and strengths of the two organisations in a bid to reduce the UK's tourism balance of payments. The yet to be named marketing unit is
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5 Nov 2002
Bond drives into Heritage Motor Centre
The Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire will be able to boast a spectacular new exhibit later this month when it takes delivery of the Jaguar XKR which features in the forthcoming Bond movie, Die Another Day. The car comes with an array of accessories including a Gatling gun mounted behind the driver and passenger seats, missiles, rocket launchers and mortar bombs as well as a bullet proof windscreen.
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