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A wildfire in Spain’s Catalonia region killed two people Tuesday; several countries in the region issued heat alerts.
A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean is combining with a powerful heat dome to cause Europe to swelter under a brutal ...
BRITAIN’S Got Talent legends have announced a shock comeback tour – just three years after splitting. Musical theatre group Collabro won the ITV show’s eighth series back in ...
Blackpool is famous for its light display, roller coasters and tower. How did these attractions help to cement the seaside ...
When it opened, Blackpool Tower was the tallest man-made structure in the British Empire and inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, gazing over the Lancashire town's famous golden sands.
On this day in 2015, this paper reported that four JCT600 colleagues - from left, Neil Widdowson, Garry Gilmour, Tony Dent, and Neill Richards - were preparing for a European road trip in a 1983 ...
The Tower Power expedition saw the Sunday Times bestselling author and former soldier travel from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, via the Eiffel Tower in France, to Blackpool Tower in the most ...
The Eiffel Tower is 330m tall. With the masts making the stadium visible for miles around it is expected Old Trafford could be seen from more 37kms away, making it visible from the Peak District ...
Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Blackpool Tower was opened to the public on 14 May, 1894. It is the 125th-tallest freestanding tower in the world.
He described the latest plans as "sub-standard alternatives". "Instead of delivering the Eiffel Tower, we are being asked to accept a Blackpool Tower. A far cry from what was originally planned." ...
An entrepreneur's plan for a farm site has been rejected by councillors, one of whom claimed the standard of proposed work had gone from "an Eiffel Tower to a Blackpool Tower". Ribble Valley ...