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• 05/08/08 02:25

  Visitor’s to London Zoo boom after birth of piglet
  

  London Zoo in Regent's Park is celebrating the birth of its first warthog in nearly 100 years. Harry the hog - who was named after JK Rowling's Harry Potter - is drawing visitors from all over to the zoo's Into Africa exhibit.....

  
  

• 04/08/08 02:24

  Hampshire zoo welcomes two giraffe calves
  

  Marwell Zoo in Bishops Waltham is now celebrating the birth of a second giraffe calf within one month. The first calf - Christa - was born to Matilda on 14th of May and was followed by Tiye, who arrived on 6th June.....

  
  

• 04/08/08 02:13

  Edinburgh's Festival Fringe officially kicks off
  

  Edinburgh's Festival Fringe - also known as the world's largest arts festival - is now under way. This year's festival will showcase a record 2,088 shows, many of which have been holding preview performances since last week.....

  
  

• 01/08/08 02:00

  Special events mark 34th annual Yorkshire Day
  

  The 34th annual Yorkshire Day is being celebrated with a series of special events. Occurring each year on August 1, the first Yorkshire Day was held in 1975 in honour of soldiers from Yorkshire regiments who fought in the Battle of Minden in Germany.....

  
  

• 01/08/08 01:48

  Sell-out Edinburgh Tattoo begins three week run
  

  The 59th Edinburgh Military Tattoo is starting its three week, sell-out run. The show, which takes place on the esplanade at Edinburgh Castle, will run from August 1 to 23.....

  
  

• 31/07/08 01:36

  Two Liverpool buildings shortlisted for World Architecture Festival Awards
  

  It's been announced that two Liverpool buildings have been shortlisted for first World Architecture Festival Awards.Liverpool's new Arena and Convention centre and the old, refurbished Bluecoat arts centre are both competing for the international architectural award which pits structural achievements of the past 18 months against one another.....

  
  

• 31/07/08 01:24

  Grand Pier set to partially re-open despite fire damage
  

  Surviving parts of the devastated Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare are set to re-open for business. Despite fire damage that destroyed the pavilion end of the pier in Monday's massive blaze, much of the pier's walkway can still be used.....

  
  

• 30/07/08 01:01

  First Edinburgh Comedy Festival gets underway
  

  2008 sees the launch of the first Edinburgh Comedy Festival (ECF), a celebration of diverse comedic stylings taking place during the Capital's August festivities.Characterised as a "festival-within-a-festival", the inaugural celebration intends to be a separate institution for comedy within the world-renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe.....

  
  

• 30/07/08 00:01

  Coastal protection campaigners to demonstrate in Suffolk
  

  Demonstrators campaigning for better protection of the east coast will stage a protest demanding government funding. The Blyth Estuary Group has placed a call on its websites inviting those concerned about the coastline to join it in protest on Southwold promenade today "to draw attention to our neglected river and shoreline defences".....

  
  

• 29/07/08 09:36

  Weston-super-Mare owners pledge to rebuild pier
  

  The owners of the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare have pledged to rebuild the 104-year-old structure after it was destroyed in a fierce blaze on Monday.The fire, which is believed to have begun when a deep fat fryer caught alight in its kitchens, has reduced the popular Somerset tourist attraction to its basic structural foundations.....