The city also identified nearly 40 sites that could sprout new towers when it rezoned Midtown East in 2017. For any project to move forward, the developer must first land an anchor tenant.

A RIDE at Alton Towers that opened more than 10 years ago is finally shutting down for good. Found in Cbeebies Land, the popular theme park confirmed that the ride has officially been shut to the ...

Water fountains dramatically shoot up around the attraction, representing the chemical solution formed from the Nemesis’ saliva. Bianca Sammut, Vice President of Alton Towers Resort, said ...

Two victims of the Alton Towers crash will be throwing a charity ball to mark that 10 years has passed since the accident. Amputee Leah Washington and her husband Joe Pugh, from Barnsley ...

Leah Washington-Pugh and Joe Pugh, then 17 and 18, were on a date at Alton Towers in Staffordshire when the Smiler crash, a collision that garnered world-wide attention, took place. Leah's legs ...

It was all smiles when The Smiler opened at Alton Towers, in 2013. Technicians Charlotte Tomkiss, Georgia Wright and Simon Cross were the first people to sample the £18 million ride during a ...

Imposing the fine on Merlin, Judge Michael Chambers QC said the crash had been foreseeable, but accepted the company which owns Alton Towers had subsequently taken full and extensive steps to ...

Your device does not support the audio. ALTON — A 41-year-old man, Christopher D. Green, of East Alton, has been identified as the person fatally shot early Sunday morning, June 1, 2025 ...

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One man is dead, and another person injured following gunfire in Alton on Wednesday evening. Just after 9:30pm, the Alton Police Department received multiple reports of gunfire in the 3100 block of ...