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The Sun
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
First look at new £165million theme park opening in Spanish hotspot – five years after being abandoned
NEW plans have finally been revealed for the reopening of the much-loved Tívoli World amusement park in Spain. Located in Costa del Sol, Tívoli World closed back in 2020 due to financial constraints and the global Covid-19 pandemic. 3 But plans have been approved by authorities who met yesterday and will see if increase in size to include a large tourist complex with shops. First images of the site reveal that it could have a large wheel and a free-fall tower and that the shopping are will have brands like Domino's Pizza, Forster's Hollywood, Rodilla or La Tagliatella, according to Sur in English. These details will be confirmed at a later stage though. There is also expected to be two new hotels. However, the council has agreed that Tívoli will reopen before or alongside the complete complex. In total, the park is expected to cost over €200million (£165million) to redevelop and estimated to create around 1000 new jobs. As part of the agreement, Tivoli World will rehire previous employees - who over the past years have maintained and guarded the park whilst it has been closed to the public. Many former fans of the park took to social media to express their joy at the news. One user said: "It should be brought back bigger and more beautiful. Great." Another added: "Itching to go back to Tivoli." Kids can enter Diggerland for free with this trick Tívoli World was formerly loved for being a family entertainment hub, having originally opened in 1972. The first owner of the attraction - Dane Bent Olsen - dubbed the park as a "factory of illusions" according to Euro Weekly, with fireworks, a rollercoaster, a Chinese pagoda, a lake with boars and around 20 fountains that offered water, light and sound shows. The Mayor, Juan Antonio Lara commented that it was a historic step and that "we have no time to waste". "We're pulling out all the stops to fast-track the process," said Lara. 3 Tivoli World is around a half-an-hour drive from Malaga or about 40 minutes on the train. According to Experience UK, the park is anticipated to reopen in 2028. There are also a number of other great spots to explore surrounding the park including stunning sandy beaches such as Playa de los Álamos. And if you are wanting another attraction for the family, just down the road is Aqualand Torremolinos - which is home to a range of different water slides, a large jacuzzi, children's paradise and will soon have speed racer slides too. A popular beachfront theme park has also been forced to close twice a week. Plus, a major U K theme park to get huge new land by 2027 with rollercoasters, kids rides and indoor attractions. 3
CTV News
7 hours ago
- General
- CTV News
Popular Toronto Island café gutted by fire last year marks grand reopening
The Island Cafe is seen in this photo from August 2024. (Island Cafe/Facebook) A popular Toronto Island café destroyed in a fire last March will mark its grand reopening on Friday. 'We're very excited to celebrate that we're back and fully re-open again this year with an expanded cafe, kitchen, and licensed bar,' Zorah Freeman-McIntyre, the owner of The Island Café, said in a news release. The fire broke out on March 17, 2024 at the Ward's Island Association Clubhouse on Withrow Street, a building which also housed the café. While no injuries were reported, the café was completely gutted in the blaze. At the time of the fire, Former Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg said additional support crews were needed from the mainland to extinguish the flames. He called the blaze a 'devastating loss for everyone.' 'We want to share our heartfelt thanks with all our friends in the community who've supported us over the last year,' Freeman-McIntyre said in Friday's news release. 'That includes Mayor Olivia Chow and Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, who were always there for us when we needed support to get back open as fast as possible.' The new space will feature seating for 100 and to mark the reopening, the café is hosting weekend festivities to celebrate, including live music and beer samplings by Great Lake Brewery.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Alfreton florist rises from ashes of devastating fire
A Derbyshire florist is set to reopen after a devastating Rose, in High Street, Alfreton, was forced to close after a nail salon at the top of the building caught alight on 21 Insley, who runs the florist with her mother and sister, said support from the community and customers "was so strong" that they "couldn't give up".The family business was able to continue running from the back room of the Trafford Lowes funeral parlour and is set to reopen at new premises on Saturday. Ms Insley said: "We've worked so hard since 2020, we weren't willing to give it up." The fire service said the blaze was caused by an electrical fault in a tumble dryer in the left the roof needing repairs, said Ms Insley, and without being able to return inside for several weeks, water damage had destroyed stock and led to mould inside Enchanted Rose's Insley said: "It was just thousands of pounds worth of stock, not to mention furniture."I had made a handmade 7ft wedding arch that had just got completely ruined."Now it smells in there, there's mould all over the walls, the ceiling's come down, the flooring needs to be ripped out, the electrics are all gone - companies want their stuff back but it was ruined."The fire-hit building remains clad in scaffolding and neither business is able to operate from it currently, said Ms Insley. Instead Enchanted Rose, which has had a shop in Alfreton for three-and-a-half-years, picked up the keys to a unit in High Street previously used by Shoezone on 1 store will be ready to open to the public on Saturday, with Gogglebox's Siddiqui family cutting the Insley said: "We've met the most wonderful landlord, he even painted the shop pink for us - which I don't think he was overly impressed with when they were coming out covered in pink paint."The support of the community was so strong that we couldn't just give up on them or our customers, everyone has just been so kind."
BBC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bowness's Royalty Cinema reopens with red carpet welcome
A historic cinema has reopened with a red carpet welcome after being taken back to its art deco Royalty, in Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District, closed last summer after its then-manager decided against renewing his lease, due to falling customer closure temporarily brought an end to an association with the town going back to the with one screen rather than three, the venue will also stage theatre, comedy and musical events as it widens its offering. Mark Naunton, who has taken over the running of the Westmorland and Furness Council-owned building with his business partner, Bryn Tyson, said Saturday's relaunch followed "five months of working flat out".A sold-out audience of 380 people attended the grand reopening night on Saturday."We've got a real passion for what we're doing. It's been intense, but we could see the light at the end of the tunnel as things came together." Mr Naunton said: "Our ethos was to take the building back as close to how it was in the 1920s as we could."I think we'll be able to offer something people want to see. Hopefully word will spread."We don't have a magic button to push to attract all the holidaymakers who come to Bowness, but we're looking to get onside with the local community."The opening night saw a Beatles tribute band headline, with a supporting set by Barrow band The Naked new owners replaced the outdated and inoperable gas heating system with a new air source heating and air conditioning council said it would also install solar panels to further improve the energy efficiency of the venue was previously managed by Charles Morris, who had held the role since told the BBC last year he had been subsidising the Royalty from the profits of his other cinemas in Yorkshire as customer numbers fell, and revealed he was sad to be bringing his involvement with the venue to a Naunton paid tribute to those efforts, adding: "We wouldn't have had the opportunity without Charles." Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
CBS News
5 days ago
- Climate
- CBS News
Pacific Palisades evacuations lifted, fully opening area for the first time in months
Authorities have lifted the remaining evacuation orders for the burn area of the Pacific Palisades, allowing unrestricted access to the area for the first time since a devastating fire leveled it in January. The Los Angeles Fire Department announced Sunday afternoon that the orders were fully lifted for all zones in the area. Prior to Sunday, access was restricted to anyone outside of residents, business owners, and others with previous authorization to enter the area. The move to reopen comes just a few weeks after Pacific Coast Highway restrictions were lifted last month. The Palisades Fire tore through the neighborhood in early January, destroying thousands of structures and killing 12. Sunday's move to reopen restricted areas is the latest move toward progressing back to normalcy for residents of the Palisades. Earlier this month, Palisades Charter High School held its graduation for its senior class at the Hollywood Bowl, celebrating students who spent the final months of their high school lives at a temporary campus, after theirs was destroyed in the blaze.
