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Charges ruled out after death crash

FATAL CRASH: The bus lies on its side after the accident in August  2008. Inset, our story at the time.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

NO CHARGES are to be brought over a fatal bus crash near Alton Towers.

Polish fruit-picker Piotr Wolksi, aged 26, died and four people were seriously injured after a coach carrying foreign workers, who had been on a day out at the theme park, plunged down an embankment....

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Market woes delay listing

Saturday, February 13, 2010

THE owner of Alton Towers has halted plans for a stock market flotation in the face of increasing market volatility. Private equity group Blackstone...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

SADDLE UP: Ten employees from Alton Towers are hoping to raise more than £8,000 for charity by taking part in a sponsored cycle ride from the...

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850 jobs on offer with theme park

Thursday, December 31, 2009

ALTON Towers has around 850 jobs up for grabs as it prepares for the new season. The resort has began its annual recruitment drive earlier this year...

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Festive opening is a first for Towers

Festive opening is a first for Towers

Friday, November 20, 2009

THEME Park Alton Towers is opening attractions to the public in the run-up to Christmas. The move, the first of its kind, has prompted speculation...

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Cash plea to treat children

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

AN APPEAL has been launched to pay for poorly children to have a day out at Alton Towers. Fund-raisers have already gathered £4,000 towards a...

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Have you got the Hex Factor?

CURSED?   Owner of Chained Oak Farm, Liz Bradley, with  the legendary Chained Oak tree.   Picture:   Mark Scott

Friday, November 13, 2009

SPECIAL auditions are to be held for the starring role in a film about a famous North Staffordshire legend. The story of the Chained Oak, in Alton, is...

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Pink to play Alton Towers

Pink to play Alton Towers

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

GRAMMY award winning singer Pink is set to play a concert at Alton Towers. The 30-year-old performer, real name Alecia Beth Moore, will appear at the...

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Towers ball nets £11k

Thursday, November 05, 2009

FUND-RAISERS are in the pink after the success of a charity ball at Alton Towers. The Pink Tie Ball featured a charity auction, music, dancing and a...

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New rail link 'best thing in years for Moorlands'

DO THE LOCOMOTION: A freight train rattles by Leek station in the 1960s. Inset, Moorlands and City Railways Ltd commercial director David Kemp. Above, the overgrown track at Endon.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

THE return of the railways to Staffordshire Moorlands has been described as the best thing to happen to the area in decades. Moorlands and City...

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