The visitors, including four children, were standing on a feeding platform used by keepers when it collapsed and they found themselves swimming with turtles, stingrays and sharks. The water level was about 3ft below the edge of the glass tank, so those inside had to wait in the .... More>>

The permanent exhibition, being designed in house in association with Conran & Partners, will cover 330sq m and explore the Thames Valley over the past 500,000 years.

There will be eight chrono-thematic sections including a Riverwall - featuring almost 500 objects recovered from the banks of the Thames - .... More>>

'The have been a string of highly-publicised deaths on school trips, at activity centres and in swimming pools,' said Peter Cornall, RoSPA water safety manager.

'Many water site operators are still confused about their responsibilities and do .... More>>

The funding package, announced on 31 July, includes a commitment of £26m from the Heritage Lottery Fund, at least £10m from the government and £11.7m from English Heritage. A major fund raising appeal will launched by English Heritage later this year to raise the balance.

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The 12inch marble head worth around £25,000, was taken from the Greek archaic gallery, which is part of a suite that does not have a full-time attendant. Consequently the museum is unable to pinpoint the exact time of the theft.

Interpol has been alerted, and curators and dealers across the world have been told to look out for .... More>>

The UK Theme Parks Leisure Intelligence report says that many parks were hit very hard by unusually wet weather in 2000 and in 2001, not only foot and mouth disease, but the events of 11 September saw parks struggling by the end of the year.

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It is hoped that work can begin in 2003 with an 18month to two year construction period and the finished building could also contain an educational facility and exhibition space.

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The popular attraction which opened in 2000 at a cost of £75m was initially granted permission for five years, but its owners, the London Eye Company (LEC), a consortium of BA, the Tussaud's Group and Mark Barfield architects, want it to have a permanent part of London's skyline.

Lambeth are currently .... More>>

Funded by £5m of grants from the government and backed by tourism minister Kim Howells, the project promises to revolutionise the way tourism businesses, tourist information centres, travel agents and consumers do businesses.

Englandnet will link tourism .... More>>

Part of a six year redevelopment plan costing more than £1m per year, the exhibition has been designed by Imagination to take children on a magical tour of such faraway places as the arctic and the desert. A family of characters designed by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment will lead visitors through the garden. Details: .... More>>

The funding, £500,000 this year, will be administered by the new Regional Agencies for museums, archives and libraries being set up in each of the nine English regions. Details; www.resource.gov.uk .... More>>

Designed by a team of inhouse designers with the help of interactives manufacturer and supplier EDM, the gallery houses more than 30 exhibits under the themes of senses, materials and energy. Bright and bold, it also has a mind maze and an under-fives area. Details: www.msim.org.uk .... More>>

Changes to the museum include repairs to historic buildings, landscaping of the colliery site, the construction of a new building to store collections, two education rooms, a new café and conference facilities. Details: www.ncm.org.uk .... More>>

The traineeships will allow four people of Asian, African-Caribbean or Chinese background to undertake a two year postgraduate course in museum studies and gain work experience.

Deputy director of the MA, Maurice Davies, said: 'Too few museum .... More>>