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Visitors relive youth on Wicksteed Park's 100-year-old chute
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (689+ words) Visitors to a theme park have been taking a nostalgic plunge on one of the oldest water rides in the world as the attraction turns 100. The water chute at Wicksteed Park in Kettering, Northamptonshire, was designed by the park's founder…...
Wicksteed Park Water chute celebrates centenary with 100 riders
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (278+ words) A hundred visitors will ride a century'old water chute at a theme park to mark the attraction's 100th anniversary. On Thursday, participants chosen for their memories of the ride will go on the attraction at Wicksteed Park in Kettering, between 09:00 BST…...
Plymouth Sound swimming pontoons to be put away for the winter
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (369+ words) Two swimming pontoons are to be removed for the winter months. Plymouth Sound National Marine Park said they would be removed during the week of the 6 October depending on weather conditions. The pontoons are due to be cleaned and put…...
Guernsey coastguards incidents 'consistent' with last year
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (173+ words) Coastguard rescues in Guernsey so far this summer are consistent with the same period last year, according to Guernsey Ports. Between 19 July and 19 August, coastguards attended 34 incidents, the same number as the previous year, it said. Between 1 January and 31 July,…...
Man steering Norway ship that crashed into a garden was asleep, police say
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) Police say the ship's watch officer admitted to being asleep during the incident The watch officer of a huge container ship that ran aground and crashed into a garden in Norway has told police he was asleep at the time…...
Watch: Man in Norway sleeps as cargo ship crashes into his garden
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (415+ words) A man in Norway woke up to find a huge container ship had run aground and crashed into his front garden. The 135m-ship (443ft) missed Johan Helberg's house by metres at about 05:00 local time (03:00 ... A man in Norway woke up to…...
Review into proposal to make Jersey waters safer
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (255+ words) Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to [email protected]. A review has been launched into proposals to introduce penalties for people found to have harmed others in Jersey waters The change to the Harbours (Inshore Safety)…...
Sister carries on search for missing Neil Nortrop from Devon
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (314+ words) Neil Nortrop's sister renews a plea to try and find her brother who went missing in 2003. The sister of a man who went missing nearly 22 years ago has resumed her mother's hunt for answers after she died last year. Neil…...
More boats ignore tolls on Norfolk and Suffolk Broads - authority
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (332+ words) The Broads Authority says it issued 1,708 notices to boat owners who had not paid fees in 2024. A percentage of boaters on'a stretch of waterways have not been paying tolls, an authority has said. In 2024 the Broads Authority gave 1,708 notices to…...