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7 Jun 2001
Blair to split the DCMS?
Speculation is suggesting that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport will be broken up if the government is re-elected today. Political analysts expect that the sprawling department's component parts will be divided and apportioned to other ministries. Culture may return to its former hope at the Department of Education, Media is expected to be given to the Department of Trade and Industry, and Sport, formerly part of
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7 Jun 2001
Sculpture reflects on Trafalgar plinth
Culture Secretary Chris Smith has unveiled the new sculpture on Trafalgar Square's long-vacant north-west plinth. The sculpture, entitled 'Monument' is a clear resin structure shaped to look like an upturned reflection of the granite plinth that supports it. Created by Rachel Whiteread, Monument is the largest work ever cast in resin and will reside on the plinth for a year.
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7 Jun 2001
Dog foul threat to Britain's beaches
The Tidy Britain Group (TBG) has asked dog owners to keep beaches clean after the foot and mouth disease has led to owners walking their dogs at the beach rather than on footpaths. Dog fouling on beaches has increased, particularly in holiday hotspots such as Devon, and the TBG, keen to maintain the 55 European Blue Flags for clean beaches awarded last week, has created special areas by the beach for owners to walk their dogs.
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7 Jun 2001
Nazi museum opens in Nuremburg
Nuremburg's stadium, the biggest architectural survivor of the Nazi era and home of the Hitler rallies, is to be transformed into a museum. Embarrassed by its heritage, city officials will turn part of the stadium into a museum showing how the German people were seduced by Nazi propaganda. The museum, Fascination and Violence, opens in the congress hall in November.
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6 Jun 2002
Queen's Gallery used timber from endangered rainforests
The Guardian has revealed that the new £20m Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace has used timber from endangered rainforests in Africa, in contrast to the official policy of the royal household to only purchase sustainable tropical hardwood. The renovated gallery - opened as part of the Queen's jubilee celebrations - is reported to included wood from the Cameroons where the environment of the last of the great
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6 Jun 2001
Japanese dome to become world's biggest indoor theme park
Japan has been inspired by the Dome enough to build its own, only theirs will be 30 metres taller and cost around three times as much. The 69,279sq m theme park will house hotels and a ski slope among mixed landscapes of mountains, savannahs and rainforests in its zones based on regions of the world, with themed rides and attractions interwoven throughout. The dome, about 90 minutes from Tokyo, will be the world's largest
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6 Jun 2001
Sir Neil Cossons lays first stone at Tramway Village
Chair of English Heritage, Sir Neil Cossons, will this week lay the foundation stone for the National Tramway Museum's £330,000 extension. The Derbyshire attraction is to extend the workshop at its Crich Tramway Village by 325sq m to provide improved conditions and space for conservation to the museum's vintage tram collection. The extension will also include a 130sq m mezzanine viewing platform to enable visitors to see the
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6 Jun 2001
Compton Acres encourages visitors to touch
Poole attraction, Compton Acres, has worked with the Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired for its latest feature, a Sensory Sculpture Garden. Featuring a combination of African sculptures designed and carved by the Shona people of Zimbabwe, the garden is unique in Europe. The sculptures feature a variety of human and animal subjects in a selection of stones, including opal, serpentine and springstone. Trees, shrubs
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1 Jun 2001
Six terms could help tourism
The English Tourism Council is backing proposals for a six term school year. According to a survey from the Local Government Association, 60 per cent of headteachers, teachers, parents, governors and pupils think a six term year is a good idea. The proposed system would not differ greatly from the existing one, with the main change being a longer holiday in autumn. The English Tourism Council predicts that it would not make
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31 May 2001
New public exhibition space at Royal College of Art
Plans for a £22m expansion project for the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London have been released, revealing a new five-storey building to be named 'the ellipse', designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners. To be constructed opposite the Royal Albert Hall, the ellipse will offer purpose-built painting and drawing facilities and a new public exhibition space. Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, rector of the RCA, says the
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31 May 2001
Brighton Pier challenges rival pier lottery grant
Brighton's West Pier is facing a challenge over its £15m National Lottery Fund grant from the owners of a neighbouring pier. The West Pier, the country's only Grade I listed pier, has received lottery approval of the £15m grant for renovations to the Edwardian property, closed in 1975. Owners of the nearby Brighton Pier, formerly called the Palace Pier, believe that the grant represents unfair competition and is to challenge
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30 May 2001
New publications from Resource
Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, has published the consultation drafts of its plans for action for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and for Learning and Access. The ICT Strategic Plan presents a framework for the future of ICT with museums, archives and libraries, and is intended to provide a bridge between strategy and action. The Learning and Access Strategy is designed to help
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30 May 2001
Merlin to open Helsinki aquarium
Aquarium operator, Merlin Entertainments, has teamed up with a Finnish organisation to open a Sea Life Centre at a theme park near Helsinki. Merlin and Finnish children's day foundation, Lasten Päivän Säätiö will go 50:50 on the development of a FM 50m (£5m) Sea Life Centre at LPS's Linnanmaki Amusement Park. Scheduled to open next June it will house a range of sea creatures including shrimps, starfish, sharks and stingrays.
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29 May 2001
Dome heist suspect arrested in Spain
The suspected mastermind behind the Millennium Dome diamond heist has been arrested at his Costa del Sol hideaway, James Hurley is alleged to have planned the foiled robbery of the £350m De Beers diamonds from the Money Zone last November. Acting on a tip-off the police were prepared for the 'audacious' JCB ambush, and had replaced the centrepiece Millennium Star and its surrounding display with replicas. Hurley was arrested
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