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6 Nov 2001
Football fans can kick-off drinking at dawn
UK pubs will be allowed to serve from 5am during the World Cup, to make up for the eight-hour difference between the UK and the event's hosts, Japan and South Korea. The government made the unprecedented announcement after talks with breweries and magistrates. The new experimental drinking regime will last during the finals, being held from 31 May to 30 June 2002, but how many pubs take up the opportunity is
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6 Nov 2000
Dome sale suffers further setback
The government's attempts to sell the Millennium Dome have suffered a new setback after the Duke of Westminster's property company dropped its bid for the attraction. Grosvenor Estate Holdings and Stanhope have pulled out of a consortium that had been tipped to take the Dome off the government's hands. Reports that a new deadline for the sale has been ordered by government were denied by a spokesperson at
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6 Nov 2001
Nuremberg's Nazi past in permanent exhibition
A permanent £7m exhibition examining the role of Nuremberg during the Third Reich has opened in the grounds of the city's infamous National Socialist Party rallies site. The Fascination and Violence project is the first major German exhibition devoted to explaining Nazism's rise from the perspective of the perpetrators rather than the victims. The six square-mile site was developed by Hitler's architects and
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6 Nov 2001
Space Centre exceeds targets
The National Space Centre is the latest Millennium Commission backed attraction to smash its visitor targets. The Leicester-based attraction, which opened at the end of June this year, has already exceeded its 2001 target visitor numbers of 154,174. The Space Centre is supported by a £23m grant for the Millennium Commission and comprises four key elements: the Exhibition, the Space Theatre, the Challenger
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5 Nov 2001
Landmark Arts Centre for Margate
A £7m arts centre is to be built on the seafront in Margate, Kent as part of a wider project to revitalise the town. Snøhetta and Spence Associates fought off 150 entries to win the international architecture competition to design the new Turner Centre in Margate. Named after the British artist Joseph Mallord William Turner, the sail shaped centre will show historic work alongside contemporary, and is
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5 Nov 2001
Regeneration for Blackpool
Leisure Parcs, the company that owns the Blackpool Tower, the Winter Gardens and Blackpool's three piers, has applied for planning permission to develop a Las Vegas style resort complex. The 12-acre site on Blackpool seafront would include a 1,000-bedroom hotel, 3,800sq m of conference and exhibition space, a 3,000-seat theatre and 10,000sq m of gaming space. Planning permission will be granted subject to the
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5 Nov 2001
London Zoo's ends 170-year tradition
The elephants at London Zoo are to be permanently moved to Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, ending a tradition of keeping elephants in London, which dates back to 1831. The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said that the three female Asian elephants are being moved to its bigger rural site at Whipsnade in Bedfordshire as part of a long-standing plan to increase the success of their breeding programme.
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1 Nov 2001
Half a million for London's West End
Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London, has pledged £500,000 to fund 100,000 free and discounted tickets In a bid to revive London's declining theatre audiences. The West End has experienced a fall in audience number since the September 11 terrorist attacks, and some shows, such as Nôtre Dame De Paris, have been forced to close. The Mayor is supporting this cash injection with an offer of free bus travel, and
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31 Oct 2001
New hotel for Alton Towers
A second hotel is to be built at Alton Towers in a bid to position the theme park as a short break destination. A second hotel will be built adjacent to the park's existing 175-room hotel. The owners want Alton Towers to viewed as a short break option and will be targeting the top end of the market with a room for four costing around £130 a night. The £35m hotel will offer 200 rooms and a pool with rides and
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30 Oct 2001
Millennium Project Completes
The final phase of the Forum, Norwich's £63.5m Millennium project has opened. Origins, the Forum's star attraction opened in time for the half term break, closely followed by the Millennium Library, the original 'rason d''tre' for the project. The original library was destroyed in a fire seven years ago. Billed as the 'gateway' to Norwich and Norfolk, Origins stretches over three floors and takes visitors on
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29 Oct 2001
Somerset House Ice Rink to become annual event
The Somerset House Ice Rink looks set to become as much a part of London's Christmas and New Year festivities as Regent Street's lights and the Trafalgar Square celebrations. After its successful launch last year, the stunning courtyard of Somerset House will be transformed into an even bigger open air ice rink capable of accommodating up to 2,000 people a day. Another improvement this year is the
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