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• 27/11/07 05:47

  Tourism awards hail Bournemouth attractions
  

  Hospitality businesses and tourist attractions in Bournemouth have been celebrated in an awards ceremony held last week at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC). The Bournemouth Tourism Awards 2007 recognised the "quality, achievements and continuous hard work of the tourism industry" across the Dorset town.....

  
  

• 26/11/07 05:24

  Scottish tarts go down well with Sainsbury's shoppers
  

  A traditional Scottish tart is proving to be a festive rival for the mince pie, after going on sale in Sainsbury's. Ecclefechan tarts are made with grated lemon peel, ground cinnamon, raisins and walnuts.....

  
  

• 26/11/07 04:45

  Santa's grotto comes to the UK
  

  Children won't have to fly to Lapland to meet Father Christmas this year, after it emerged that he also has a base in the Kent countryside. Lapland UK, described by its proprietors as an exciting and ambitious Christmas experience, is based in Forestry Commission-managed Bedgebury forest, near Cranbrook.....

  
  

• 23/11/07 01:47

  £90 'nappies' for Blackpool's horses
  

  Plans to fit Blackpool's famous carriage horses with a form of nappy have been approved by the town's council. Residents and visitors to Blackpool have complained about the smell of horse droppings on the promenade, and a voluntary scheme encouraging carriage drivers to pick up the dung has proved only partially successful.....

  
  

• 23/11/07 01:44

  Transport Museum reopens in London
  

  The London Transport Museum (LTM) reopens today, after a £22 million refurbishment project that closed the museum's doors for two years. The Covent Garden museum tells the story of the development of London and its transport systems over the last 200 years.....

  
  

• 22/11/07 02:10

  Hogmanay programme launched
  

  The official programme for this year's Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh has been launched by the event's organisers. Hogmanay 2007 will begin on 29 December, with a ceremonial torchlit procession and "spectacular celebration" of fire and music.....

  
  

• 21/11/07 05:09

  Baby rhino born at Whipsnade
  

  The birth of a rhino at Whipsnade Zoo has boosted the zoo's endangered species breeding programme. The male Asian one-horned rhino arrived on 5 November, just ten months after the birth of the Bedfordshire zoo's first rhino for 17 years.....

  
  

• 20/11/07 12:54

  London lightens up
  

  Last week saw London's Oxford Street Christmas lights switched on by singer Leona Lewis, but festivities in the capital certainly aren't ending there. At 6 o clock tonight the Regent Street Christmas lights, which organisers describe as "modern and futuristic", will be turned on.....

  
  

• 19/11/07 12:48

  Sea eagle surge for Scotland
  

  One of Britain's rarest and most impressive birds of prey has staged a strong comeback this year, the RSPB has announced. The number of breeding white-tailed eagles in Scotland has jumped to a record 42 pairs, up from 36 pairs in 2006.....

  
  

• 16/11/07 03:14

  Swimming squirrel surprises tourists
  

  Visitors to the Lake District were given a shock when they saw a red squirrel going for a dip in the middle of Ullswater. Passengers on a pleasure boat spotted the squirrel 300 yards from the lake shore.....