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Breaking news that the girl has sadly died :(

Thorpe Park are stating Rumba Rapids will not be open tomorrow - clearly for the same reasons as Alton, awaiting whether it's a ride/design/operations fault that caused the incident. I expect Legoland will do the same on Thursday if necessary. (or whether it's a guest failing to follow safety...

BBC reporting that 11 yr old girl has been airlifted to hospital - I hope that this is positive news as air ambulances will not carry patients in an unstable condition (those are taken by road).

Not in work today, but will certainly check the newswires tomorrow for the 'not-Daily-Fail' reports of events and post the news agency versions accordingly...

Not sure what all the plans are over the York weekend, but Diogo & I are def. aiming to head to the Railway Museum on the Sunday morning (we're not too bothered about trying for Jorvik). After that we'll see what the time is for wandering/visiting elsewhere. Ashlee has a good list of pubs to...

Just as a point, the only other UK theme park I've visited this year is Paulton's and it impressed me no end. As someone pointed out, at the moment they're a park filled with potential and Alton Towers is at it's maximum for expansion so that does help. But it's not simply a case of giving them...

"A fire? At a Sea Park?!"

But this isn't just about where Towers has gone wrong. This is about the Merlin group and their approach as a whole to running their theme parks. I haven't got the experience of visiting Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington WOA or LegoLand as a child (though I can claim Parc Asterix and DLP)...

Er, nope you didn't, just talked about the Sunday. ;) Hence the question. It's not like we're going back to Towers anytime soon after this, and clearly it will have to be booked in advance esp (as you said) the Saturday tends to be 'rammed' on park and there's no way it wont end up with mega queues.

I was thinking about booking a meal at Rollercoaster Restaurant, possibly on the Sat evening if we're all watching the fireworks on the Sun night but not sure as I've never been to a Fireworks meet before so don't know the usual itinery or the best time for it :p

Diogo and I are booked into Splash for Sat & Sun nights, so will be doing both days of the meet!

Vicky Balch is back on Victoria Derbyshire Show tomorrow, no doubt talking about the fine.

And today's reports from the courts (so far): --- PRESS ASSOCIATION (27/09/2016 11:11) Alton Towers operator Merlin Attractions has been fined #5 million at Stafford Crown Court after admitting health and safety breaches over The Smiler rollercoaster crash. --- ALTON TOWERS OWNER FINED Â#5M...

I have access to the newswires today, and these are the reports from the Press Association (that go to all media outlets). This is in chronological order from yesterday morning. Will add a second post with today's reports. ---- ALTON TOWERS OWNER BACK IN COURT OVER SMILER CRASH Press...

Here's the Press Association release (rather than linking to the Daily Fail :p) from 18th July: HSE BANS SAFETY INSPECTOR AS PART OF ROLLERCOASTER CRASH INQUIRY Press Association Scotland A safety inspector has been given a temporary ban as part of the probe into a rollercoaster crash which...

was looking on the newswires for info about M&D's... no luck on that front, however, did spot this among the search results of what significant moments are coming up in the next few months: Monday September 26 1000 STAFFORD: Sentencing hearing for Alton Towers Smiler ride prosecution. The...

Ahahaha, well that was an entertaining half hour. Where do I start? Now in fairness it's been a while since I've been part of an evac rehearsal, and never an 'event of all out nuclear war' scenario (something to look up). But assuming there would initially be as much attempt as possible for...

A few from me.... Everyone remembers Virtual Insanity, but the Jamiroquai track we played at parties (at my best mates place in the middle of nowhere in the Kent countryside) was Cosmic Girl. True fact: the first album I bought was by The Lightning Seeds. The riff from 'Life of Riley' was...

press release from Press Association Scotland, 30/06/2016. 15.20pm: M&D's amusement park has partially re-opened following a rollercoaster crash which put 10 people in hospital. The Tsunami ride derailed and hit the ground at the theme park at Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, North...

Interesting suggestion from Michael Heseltine tonight that the person leading the negotiations in Brussels does not necessarily have to be the Prime Minister. A negotiating team could be put together, led by Boris and Gove of course as they were so insistent the UK leaves the EU, while the PM...