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Harrods marks Jubilee by broadcasting national anthem every day – Telegraph
Posted on 16 May 2012.
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‘Staycation’ campaign washes over most Britons – Telegraph
Posted on 16 May 2012.
The advertising campaign has made no difference to the travel plans of more than two thirds of respondents in survey a carried out by YouGov for the prepaid currency card provider Caxton FX. The research, which was completed by more than 2,000 people, asked if the campaign – which reportedly cost £4million – had [...]
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Number of English beaches gaining Blue Flag awards rises | The Guardian
Posted on 15 May 2012.
The number of England’s beaches gaining Blue Flag awards for cleanliness has increased in 2012. But about 30% of the beaches might not reach tougher water quality standards being introduced next year, said Blue Flag scheme organisers Keep Britain Tidy. For 2012, a total of 79 English beaches have received blue flag awards – nine [...]
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Going bananas! Hilarious video shows 40 cheeky monkeys who are challenged to pull brand new car apart | Mail Online
Posted on 14 May 2012.
They press all the buttons, try to open the windows, then drop their lunch down every crevice in the upholstery. And that’s just the kids when you take them for a drive in the car. So what better way to test the durability of a brand new family saloon than to leave it at the [...]
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Buggy walks in England | guardian.co.uk
Posted on 07 May 2012.
The river takes its time to meander through a wooded valley. You’ll want to, too, as you wind gently along its banks, crossing the water by this famed Exmoor monument. The River Barle is knee-deep to a toddler, every shining blue-grey stone visible on its bed. Children scout in the shallows for sticklebacks and splash [...]
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On the hunt for an Easter adventure – The Independent
Posted on 28 March 2012.
What’s the attraction? Lambs are frolicking in the fields, gardens are bursting into bloom and stately homes are throwing off the dust sheets. From farms to heritage sites, there are events to keep your brood occupied throughout the holidays. For example, Cadbury is joining the National Trust (nationaltrust.org.uk) and National Trust for Scotland (nts.org.uk) for [...]
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Alton Towers sets pulses racing with first age-restricted ride | Travel | The Guardian
Posted on 26 March 2012.
For the 32 years of its existence, Alton Towers has had a very simple system to decide who can try its scariest rides. Not 140cm? Then no loop-the-loop, it’s back to the spinning teacups for you. “We do get some on their tiptoes,” said Carla Woolridge, who has worked at the park for five years. [...]
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Announcing the shortlist for The Sunday Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award – Telegraph
Posted on 26 March 2012.
The shortlist for The Sunday Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award is announced – and there’s something for every family. A panel of judges, led by Jenny Abramsky, chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund, and including Anne Cuthbertson, editor of Life, had a tough job picking a shortlist of six from the 20 longlisted museums nominated [...]
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Angry Birds Theme Parks Coming To Europe
Posted on 23 March 2012.
Angry Birds might be coming for the little green pigs near you. Rovio Mobile, makers of the worldwide mobile game phenomenon, are in talks to open a theme park in the U.K. and additional parks in the U.S. and China at a later date, further expanding the Angry Birds empire of goods. This news comes [...]
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Legoland Windsor: inside the new hotel – Telegraph
Posted on 20 March 2012.
We were wet and cold, because the children had insisted we cap a full morning on the rides with a descent down one of the water flumes, where spectators are encouraged to spray you from the bank with water cannon as you descend the rapids. We were hungry, too, and in the main Legoland theme [...]
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BBC News – Alton Towers Nemesis Sub-Terra ride given 12A rating
Posted on 19 March 2012.
A new ride at Alton Towers theme park has been classified as “too scary” for children under 12 by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). The Nemesis Sub-Terra ride at Alton Towers – which runs underground, completely in the dark – has been given a 12A age rating. The BBFC, which was invited by [...]
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New Alton Towers attraction too scary for under-12s – Telegraph
Posted on 19 March 2012.
A new attraction at Alton Towers has been deemed unsuitable for visitors younger than 12 by the British Board of Film Classification BBFC.Younger theme park goers will not be allowed on to Nemesis Sub-Terra, the theme parks new underground attraction, which is due to open in time for the Easter holidays.Murray Perkins of the BBFC [...]
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Unforgettable family holidays on the Isle of Wight
Posted on 08 March 2012.
Watch the Cowes sailing events from the beautiful bay – just a three minute walk from your accommodation. Our 8 sleeper self-catering holiday caravan is situated in a quiet wooded corner of the Thorness Bay Holiday Park on the Isle of Wight. A stones throw from sandy beaches, coastal footpaths, and unrivalled facilities for both adults and children.
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Video: Britons urged to take a ‘staycation’ this summer – Telegraph
Posted on 08 March 2012.
The “staycation” campaign will offer incentives for Britons choosing to holiday in the UK during the Olympic Games and Golden Jubilee celebrations. To mark the Olympic year, discounts of 20.12 percent will be offered on thousands of hotels, restaurants, attractions and other goods and services. Tourists will be able to take advantage of the discount [...]
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Girls, 13, banned from Salford Museum and Art Gallery for being too YOUNG | Mail Online
Posted on 02 March 2012.
When 13-year-olds Emily Downs and Ashleigh Robinson had a free afternoon during their half-term holiday, they chose to go to a museum. But rather than helping youngsters fulfill their desire for knowledge, Salford Museum and Art Gallery turned the girls away – for being too young The museum insists it was right to turn away [...]
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Center Parks to build new resort – The Independent
Posted on 01 March 2012.
Holiday firm Center Parcs confirmed today it will press ahead with plans to build its fifth UK resort in a move set to create 2,700 jobs. It has secured £250 million of funding for the development, which will see 625 forest lodges, a 75-bed hotel, a swimming pool, a lake and other leisure facilities built [...]
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Museums love teenagers, but only if they are in uniform | Dea Birkett | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Posted on 28 February 2012.
What do you have to do to get thrown out of a museum? Smear sticky fingers on the Persian tapestries? Scream so loud that other visitors can’t thumb quietly through the browning albums of dried Azolla caroliniana? Do a cartwheel in front of a Caravaggio? Last week, two girls were asked to leave Salford Museum [...]
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Bronze statue of a boy on a rocking horse adorns Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth – Telegraph
Posted on 24 February 2012.
Joanna Lumley unveiled the sculpture, which was designed by two artists famous for opening a Prada boutique in the middle of the Texan desert. Elmgreen and Dragset’s ‘Powerless Structures, Fig. 101′ depicts a classically proportioned young boy atop a flat rocking horse. The 4.1m high statue is the fifth contemporary artwork to adorn the empty [...]
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A family tour of Britain: part four – Cumbria – Telegraph
Posted on 25 January 2012.
When Ben Hatch and his wife Dinah were asked to write a guidebook about family travel they naively imagined spending whole days licking ice lollies at zoos and aquariums, and ignored friends’ warnings about spending five months away with their two small children (Charlie, aged one, and Phoebe, three). Their subsequent 8,000-mile journey around Britain [...]
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A family tour of Britain: part two – the Midlands – Telegraph
Posted on 12 January 2012.
When Ben Hatch and his wife Dinah were asked to write a guidebook about family travel they naively imagined spending whole days licking ice lollies at zoos and aquariums, and ignored friends’ warnings about spending five months away with their two small children (Charlie, aged one, and Phoebe, three). Their subsequent 8,000-mile journey around Britain [...]
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A family tour of Britain: part one – leaving Brighton – Telegraph
Posted on 06 January 2012.
When Ben Hatch and his wife Dinah were asked to write a guidebook about family travel they naively imagined spending whole days licking ice lollies at zoos and aquariums, and ignored friends’ warnings about spending five months away with their two small children (Charlie, aged one, and Phoebe, three). Their subsequent 8,000-mile journey around Britain [...]
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How rise in ‘staycations’ is set to give British economy a £7.3billion boost
Posted on 18 May 2011.
The rise in popularity of ‘staycations’ is set to give the UK tourism industry a £7.3billion boost this year, it is claimed.
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Madeleine McCann’s mother reveals suicidal thoughts in new book
Posted on 08 May 2011.
Kate McCann writes of how at times she wanted to swim out to sea and ‘let the water relieve me of this torment’
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Fears that university has been infiltrated by Islamist extremists
Posted on 13 April 2011.
A university has elected a student with links to Muslim extremism as president of the student union, prompting fears that it has been infiltrated by radicals.
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Mosques ‘teaching extreme views’ to children
Posted on 13 February 2011.
Young Muslims are being taught extremist views in British mosques, an undercover investigation has found.
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Amazing! Pregnant elephant’s ultrasound from ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Posted on 15 November 2010.
Jumbo Ultrasound at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
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Is a shopping trip with her friends a suitable birthday treat for my teenager?
Posted on 16 October 2010.
Is a shopping trip with her friends a suitable birthday treat for my teenager?
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Johnny Depp pays surprise visit to London primary school dressed as Jack Sparrow after letter from girl, 9
Posted on 08 October 2010.
Help us mutiny’
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Pope leads assembly of children in London
Posted on 17 September 2010.
Pope leads assembly of children in London
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Back-to-school’ Monday
Posted on 06 September 2010.
Back-to-school’ Monday
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The Queen marks official birthday with Trooping the Colour and 30 aircraft fly-past
Posted on 13 June 2010.
The Queen marks official birthday with Trooping the Colour and 30 aircraft fly-past
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A grand day out and where you can find it
Posted on 08 April 2010.
Don’t spend hours at the airport and head for foreign climes — take a newly fashionable day trip in Britain instead
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Fossil hunting: Searching for a pooh-stone
Posted on 15 March 2010.
Nicola Venning takes her children on a fossil-fuelled adventure in Dorset .
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Paula Rego, Tracey Emin and Mat Collishaw: Suffer the little children
Posted on 22 February 2010.
A show of contemporary artists’ work inspired by 18th century setting of Foundling Museum is brilliantly disturbing
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Family museum tickets ‘don’t fit modern life’
Posted on 14 January 2010.
Ed Balls, the Children’s Secretary, has asked museums and galleries to come up with alternatives to the ‘two adults plus two children’ family ticket.
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Night walks for children: where the wild things are
Posted on 29 September 2009.
Urban children rarely experience the outdoors at night. Sarah Lonsdale reports on a chance to stay up late.
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