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29 Feb 2012
Northwich leisure facility plans move forward
Plans for the development of a new £12.5m entertainment and leisure complex in Northwich, Cheshire have moved forward after the project timetable was outlined by the local authority.
Users and staff at the town's Memorial Hall, which will be replaced by the new facility, were given the chance to learn more by Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWCC).
Memorial Hall is due to close in February 2013, with a
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29 Feb 2012
Deal secures future of Swansea arts centre
An agreement between the University of Wales and Swansea Council has secured the future of the city's Dylan Thomas Centre, as well as helping to promote local creative businesses.
The Dylan Thomas Exhibition is to remain at the Maritime Quarter arts centre following the deal, which sees the institution lease the facility from the local authority.
Meanwhile, the main use of the building will be to house dedicated
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29 Feb 2012
UK City of Culture contest 'to continue'
The government has announced that the UK's City of Culture competition is to continue, with a nationwide contest to launch later this year in order to find who will hold the title in 2017.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey said that another UK location will have the opportunity to follow Derry-Londonderry,
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29 Feb 2012
Work starts on Aberdeen park restoration
Aberdeen City Council (ACC) has announced that work has commenced on a multi-million pound restoration of Duthie Park, which is scheduled for completion by the end of the year.
The local authority approved the scheme in November 2010 and has contributed £2.67m to help fund the work, with the Heritage
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28 Feb 2012
New theatre to open in central London
St James Theatre is to become central London's first newly-built theatre complex for three decades when it opens on the site of the former Westminster Theatre in September.
The new facility, which has been designed by Foster Wilson Architects, is located on Palace Street, Victoria, and has been entirely
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28 Feb 2012
UK firms target Indian tourism potential
VisitBritain has revealed that a "record number" of UK businesses have joined the tourism agency in India as part of a bid to capitalise on one of the world's fastest growing markets.
India Mission 2012 is set to feature representatives from the tourism, sport and retail sectors, with around 250 key Indian buyers to meet with the group at a number of briefing sessions.
In 2010, the UK accounted for just 3 per
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28 Feb 2012
£10m Greenock arts complex topped out
Renowned musical theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has marked the topping out of a new £10m arts complex being built overlooking the River Clyde in Greenock, Scotland.
The LDN Architects-designed Beacon Arts Centre is on course to open this summer and is to replace Greenock Arts Guild Theatre, which has
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28 Feb 2012
£2.5m multi-use centre unveiled in Fife
A new multi-purpose arts and sports facility in Lochgelly, Scotland, has been unveiled by Fife Council and ON at Fife following the completion of a £2.5m transformation.
Lochgelly Centre incorporates a 415-seat theatre; a studio; a sports hall; art rooms; and a visual arts exhibition space, with the
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28 Feb 2012
Latest Fourth Plinth commission unveiled
Elmgreen and Dragset's large sculpture of a child on a rocking horse has become the latest artwork to take up residence on the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.
The duo's Powerless Structures, Fig 101 replaces Nelson's Ship in a Bottle by Yinka Shonibare, after it was commissioned by
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28 Feb 2012
Edinburgh WHS Action Plan to launch
A new action plan to promote and preserve the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh's World Heritage Site is to be launched by the Edinburgh World Heritage Site Steering Group.
The steering group comprises the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC), Historic Scotland and Edinburgh World Heritage, with the plan containing a number of key actions and priorities.
A review of signage to identify and interpret the World Heritage
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28 Feb 2012
AtmosFEAR completes Greece project
Lancaster, UK-based AtmosFEAR Entertainment Group has completed its first continental Europe project with the installation of a permanent scare attraction at a Greece theme park.
The company worked on the new House of Fear at Allou! Fun Park in Athens, which is the 47th scare attraction project involving AtmosFEAR and its first outside the UK and Ireland.
Designed with a variable throughput for high and low season operation, the new House of Fear includes a 2,300sq ft (214sq m) set with 13 individual
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28 Feb 2012
£1.5m gift for Shakespeare's Globe scheme
Shakespeare's Globe has received a £1.5m gift from an anonymous private donor towards its plans to open the historic London arts venue's Indoor Jacobean Theatre next year.
The £1.5m donation will be used to match every pound raised by the Globe and it is hoped the match-giving scheme will
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27 Feb 2012
KidZania signs deal for first UK location
KidZania, the Mexico-based educational theme park concept, has signed a license agreement with Longshot Kids to open its first location in the UK within the next two years.
Longshot Kids is an affiliate of Longshot, a company led by entrepreneurs Ollie Vigors and Joel Cadbury and former owner of private
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27 Feb 2012
BOA unveils new Olympic Museum plans
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has revealed plans to build an Olympic Museum at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, as a permanent legacy from the 2012 Games.
Located adjacent to the ArcelorMittal Orbit viewing tower, it is thought the new museum will become a major tourist attraction for the
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