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National Football museum set for Manchester move
Museum trustees agree a deal with Manchester City Council to relocate to the Urbis centre by end of 2011
By Pete Hayman Under the plans, the
National Football Museum will
The National Football Museum remain open to the public in
has announced plans to Preston to allow for the
relocate to Manchester's Urbis creation of the new attraction
centre in 2011 after trustees of in Manchester, while it is hoped
the attraction resolved to enter to retain current exhibitions in
into a deal with Manchester Preston beyond 2012 if
City Council. funding can be secured.
It is hoped the new partner- The museum also plans to
ship will secure the long-term continue its research partner-
future of the museum, which ship with the University of
no longer has sufficient funds Central Lancashire, which had
hopkinson
to remain at its current location teamed up with Lancashire
in Preston, Lancashire, despite County Council and Preston
:
daniel
attracting more than 100,000 City Council to keep the image
visitors a year. attraction in the city. The museum is set to move to Manchester's Urbis centre by 2011
Contractor appointed for New Brighton scheme
Local grants for
coastal change
By Tom Walker The £35m second phase will The government has
include a 66-room Travelodge, awarded grants worth
Neptune Developments has a six-screen, 1,000-seat digital £11m to fifteen local
named developer Bowmer & cinema, a watersports training authorities who have
Kirkland as its preferred centre and a public lido. come up with the best
contractor for the second phase The Marine Lake and a new and most innovative ideas
of the New Brighton project in Promenade and Model Boating for dealing with and
Wallasey, Merseyside. Lake are due to be completed adapting to coastal
Work is set to start on the Phase two includes restaurants by summer 2010. The Travelo- change. A total of 20 bids
scheme by the end of the year dge, Light Cinema and some for funding were received
with civil engineering works, The first phase of the £60m leisure venues are set to open and the programme will
including draining the Marine scheme was completed late last by spring 2011. The remaining run from November 2009
Lake prior to refurbishment year with the 800-seat Floral facilities and the Lido will be until Spring 2011.
and works to the Promenade. Pavilion and Conference Centre. completed by summer 2011.
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