21/01/2015

Other News In Brief

Tour De Yorkshire Route Revealed

The route of the Tour de Yorkshire has been revealed.

Beginning on Friday 01 May in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, the three-day cycling event will travel around Yorkshire to Scarborough, Selby, Wakefield and York, before finishing at Roundhay Park in Leeds.

The route can be viewed in full at letour.yorkshire.com.

Underground Dinosaur Museum Proposed For Dorset

Plans have been unveiled for an underground dinosaur museum at Portland in Dorset.

The £80m attraction, christened Jurassica, proposes a 40m-deep limestone quarry, with the charity behind the plans saying that it could attract almost one million visitors a year and bring £20m into the local economy.

If approved, the park could be operational by 2020 and create 150 new jobs.

Brian Blessed Finishes Play After Collapsing Onstage

Brian Blessed returned to finish a performance of King Lear, twenty minutes after collapsing onstage.

The play had just gotten underway at Holy Trinity Church in Guildford on Monday when the 78-year-old actor fainted and fell from a raised platform.

It is understood that co-star Noel White, addressed the audience, saying that it was not part of the performance and called for a doctor.

Mr Blessed was seen by a doctor backstage, and around twenty minutes after the incident, returned and completed the play.

(MH/JP)

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