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A Britain of Lakes, Lochs, Loughs And Tarns
As I travel through Britain on many a hike or climb it can be very hard to not come across a body of water in some shape or form. Why even a National Park, the Lake District is named from bodies of wa (12/11/2012)
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Tourism Ministers to debate barriers to travel
Reducing visa constraints, simplifying entry processes and developing policies that improve connectivity across borders are the topics on the agenda for the worlds Tourism Ministers as they meet (31/10/2012)
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Live like James Bond
To celebrate the release of Skyfall we explore Bond’s Britain. The UK is the home of James Bond and his creator, Ian Fleming, so where better to live like the world-famous spy?
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There's more to London than sport, says Boris Becker
Tennis legend Boris Becker urges Games spectators to make the most of their visit to London, regretting the many times that he played tennis over the years without ever getting chance to properly expl (12/08/2012)
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Sports tours and museums in London
Football, cricket, rugby, golf: name a sport and there\'s a good chance we Brits invented it, wrote the rules or are just plain obsessed by it. And if playing or watching your favourites isn\'t enough (09/07/2012)
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Shakespeare: staging the world
During the summer of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games the British Museum is presenting a major exhibition on the world and works of William Shakespeare, supported by BP
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Coasteering and Cliff-diving in Wales
I am coasteering along the Pembrokeshire coastline of West Wales, getting a taste of the country’s wild side. Along with my group of travel partners, our wits and courage are put to the test.
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Hajj: Journey to the heart of Islam
The final exhibition in the British Museum’s series on spiritual journeys. This is the first ever major exhibition dedicated to the Hajj; the pilgrimage to Mecca which is central to the Muslim (17/02/2012)
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European tourism grows above expectations
International tourist arrivals grew by a healthy 4.5% in the first eight months of 2011 according to the latest data from UNWTO. Europe (+6%), surprisingly (20/11/2011)
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bmi launches international flight sale
bmi, British Midland International, has today launched its international seat sale offering huge savings on flights to London Heathrow from Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam. (06/09/2011)
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Speed Networking Overhauled for WTM 2011
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, has overhauled its Speed Networking programme for WTM 2011 to allow exhibitors and buyers even more time to conclude deals. (23/08/2011)
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World Travel Market’s Social Media Revolution
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, is for the first time reaching out to the global online travel community with the launch of a new travel blog, a number of social (15/08/2011)
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RCA Hotels announces the launch of a new hotel
The London Guards Hotel is located near some of the major historical landmarks, such as the Royal Albert Hall, Hyde Park, Madame Tussauds, Oxford Street and Knightsbridge. Furthermore, the Paddington (08/08/2011)
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Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam
Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam will be the first major exhibition dedicated to the Hajj; the pilgrimage to Mecca which is central to the Muslim faith (25/07/2011)
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Tips on how to make the most of a cruise
An independent cruise comparison website has outlined the top 10 ways to make the most out of a cruising holiday for any holidaymaker thinking of embarking on a cruise. (20/07/2011)
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City Fair Welcomes Europe to London
With less than four weeks to go until the first ever City Fair, over 80 destinations from 23 different European countries and 130 buyers are attending what promises to be a very busy and productive wo (26/05/2011)
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Transfer in London , Travelling as a family
We aim to take the stress out of travelling with children. To make life easier, we board families before other passengers to enable you to get comfortably settled in (30/03/2011)
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RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
FIRST AND FOREMOST WTM Stages Extended Programme
WTM World Responsible Tourism Day 2009, sponsored by BBC World News, will see (26/10/2009)
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THE TRAVEL CLUB OPENS FOR BUSINESS
The Travel Club - the international travel and tourism’s new ‘home from home’ in London - was opened this week in style by Jean-Claude Baumgarten, president of the World Travel & T (13/10/2009)
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Tourism Industry To Be Challenged On Green Record
A new scheme is being launched to help transform the environmental record of hundreds of Scotland's tourism businesses.
Hotels, guest houses, restaurants and visitor attractions will be challenged by (18/09/2008)
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Bradt Goes Italian
Bradt have signed a deal with FBE Edizioni to translate and publish their guides. (30/04/2008)
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Ramadan In Britain
My first experience of the blessing of Ramadan happened before I was Muslim. My friend and I were walking in the countryside on the outskirts of Slough when we stopped to ask a postman for directions. (27/09/2007)
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Viking Ship Buried Under Inn
A 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under a pub car park on Merseyside. (21/09/2007)
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Tourism Record For UK
The number of tourists coming to the UK hit 30m for the first time last year. (23/11/2006)
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Press Release
Islamic Tourism Celebrates Fifth Anniversary (29/09/2006)
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United Kingdom
1001 Inventions: Enlightened Tribute To Muslim Discoveries (04/05/2006)
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United Kingdom
London's International Travel Shows Attract Muslim Countries (02/03/2006)
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Festival Of Flight
London's Royal Air Force Museum is hosting a festival of flight. (09/02/2006)
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Happy Eid
On the occasion of Eid Al-Adha (End of Pilgrimage), Islamic Tourism Magazine wishes its readers a happy Eid. May Allah makes it a blessing day for the Muslim Nation and gives it peace and prosperity. (06/01/2006)
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First German/Arabic Edition Of Islamic Tourism
The first issue of Islamic Tourism magazine sees the publication embrace German in addition to the other languages in its multi-lingual editions: English/Arabic, French/Arabic and Spanish/Arabic. (06/01/2006)
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Tourism of Stay or Stay Tourism
The positive and negative aspects of certain phenomena, which emerge from time to time, are often not considered but if they were taken seriously they could prove extremely beneficial. (06/01/2006)
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Languages and globalization of tourism
At the beginning of 2006, Islamic Tourism magazine will also be published in German, the fifth language, in addition to Arabic, English, French and Spanish. (03/11/2005)
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GREENWICH - WHERE TIME BEGAN
Greenwich is viewed by thousands on river cruises but it is rewarding to spend a day, or more, in a place where the sheer concentration of art and architecture has earned Greenwich the status of a Wor (03/11/2005)
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New Boss At British Airways
The former head of Aer Lingus, Willie Walsh, has taken over as chief executive of British Airways. (13/10/2005)
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Greetings for the Holy Month of Ramadan
Greetings for the Holy Month of Ramadan
Islamic Tourism Magazine wishes Muslims all over the world a happy and blessed Ramadan. May Allah bless them all, grant them His grace and forgiveness an (06/10/2005)
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History Of UK’s Oldest Door Unlocked
A battered old storeroom door at Westminster Abbey that thousands of visitors walk past each day without a second glance has been identified as the oldest known door in Britain. (23/09/2005)
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New frontiers for tourism and peace
A well known writer wrote at the beginning of the 20th century that we have discovered all corners of the world; what is left now is to work out the details. (02/09/2005)
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Tourism and the Constitution
Through our participation in international travel and tourism exhibitions, and from our personal experience of travel in most Arab and European countries during the past 58 years, (02/09/2005)
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Ice Age Art Show
Britain's oldest examples of rock art have been found. (16/06/2005)
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Earth From The Air
Yann Arthus-Bertrand's spectacular photos are displayed outside London's City Hall. (19/05/2005)
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Be wary of nature’s response
The Tsunami disaster has brought us face to face with our responsibility for the environment. The planet has been suffering from human evil in the form of wars, nuclear testing and dumping as well as (29/04/2005)
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The Hadj and the 21st century
The Hadj is probably one of God's miracles. Since the beginning of human history God called on Ibraham: "Behold! We gave the site, to Abraham on account of journeys through deep and distant mountain h (29/04/2005)
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Destinations: Newcomers set up impressive stands
Relative newcomers to the tourist industry, both in the Muslim world and elsewhere, set up impressive stands at Destinations, the Daily Telegraph’s holiday and travel show held in London at the (29/04/2005)
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Mind the Gap
With thousands of young Britons planning to take a gap year or taking a career break to go travelling, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) launched a new 'gap travel' campaign to help ensure th (17/03/2005)
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Destinations: Newcomers set up impressive stands
Relative newcomers to the tourist industry, both in the Muslim world and elsewhere, set up impressive stands at Destinations, the Daily Telegraph’s holiday and travel show held in London at the (04/03/2005)
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Destinations: Newcomers set up impressive stands
Relative newcomers to the tourist industry, both in the Muslim world and elsewhere, set up impressive stands at Destinations, the Daily Telegraph’s holiday and travel show held in London at t (10/02/2005)
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RAF Museum nominated for award
The European Museum Forum has nominated the Royal Air Force Museum site at Hendon, London for this year's European Museum of the Year Award
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Read Islamic Tourism now in Spanish
The new issue of Islamic Tourism magazine has just been published. Issue number 15 has been published in Spanish in addition to the usual Arabic, English and French languages. We present here a review (06/01/2005)
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Echoes of Islamic Tourism: new ideas and ventures
We are getting many interesting emails from readers. In the limited space we have here, I will discuss only one of them. It is a detailed suggestion from Mr. Hassan Saeed, from the Education Develop (06/01/2005)
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Tourist infrastructure
Different civilizations throughout history built monuments that stood for thousands of years, such as fortresses, minarets, churches, mosques etc, in accordance with their beliefs and conceptions of t (06/01/2005)
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Haj: the most sacred journey on earth
Every year millions of Muslims from all around the world head to Mecca to perform the largest ritual of faith known to mankind; Haj, the most sacred trip on earth. The first Haj was performed in the 9 (06/01/2005)
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Arab guide to Britain
www.internationalguides.co.uk International Guides Limited have published a new Arabic guide to Britain. If you would like to attend please (02/12/2004)
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Visit Britain Welcomes Olympic Bid
VisitBritain, the authority for tourism in Britain, welcomed the submission of the full technical bid by London for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. (25/11/2004)
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Fifth Global Travel Summit launched
At an event to launch the 5th Global Travel & Tourism Summit, which will take place from April 8-10, 2005 in New Delhi, India, a panel of industry leaders all pointed to the huge potential offered by (18/11/2004)
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3rd London Kurdish Film Festival
www.kurdishmedia.com The Rio Cinema (107 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2PB E-mail: c.rubinstein@riocinema.ndirect.co.uk Tel: 020 7241 9415 Fax: 020 7923 0566)
www.riocinema.org.uk) is pleased (29/10/2004)
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Black heritage tours: a unique concept
Black heritage tours will be tailored to the various regions of Britain. In London, for example, there will be a tour to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum.
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Off the Beaten Track
Legendary explorers of the Arab world feature prominently in the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition Off the Beaten Track – three centuries of women travelers on display until Octobe (15/10/2004)
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Ethiopian Treasures on Loan
Campaigns by Greece, Nigeria and Egypt to retrieve treasures from the British Museum were encouraged after it emerged that talks were under way that may result in the Ethiopian church keeping objects (07/10/2004)
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Branson pioneers space tourism
Richard Branson, Britain’s best-known entrepreneur and part-time daredevil, plans to launch the world’s first passenger service to space in 2007, offering zero-gravity flights for £11 (07/10/2004)
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New Home for London's Petrie Museum
With the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the support of private donors, University College London (UCL) plans to re-house the Petrie Museum in purpose-built galleries within a new building, The (23/09/2004)
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Lost Roman capital of 1st century found in Cotswolds
An archaeologist has chanced upon a previously unrecorded Roman town in the Cotswolds. The town, which was established shortly after the Roman invasion in the 1st century, was large enough to have be (24/08/2004)
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UK tourism sees 'best ever' six months
Britain's tourism industry has been given a major boost with a report from VisitBritain showing that 12.5 million visitors travelled to the UK in the first half of this year. (14/08/2004)
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Bradt: 30 years of courageous publishing
Sixteen years ago Hilary Bradt won a competition run by the Independent. Contestants were asked: “If a film was being made about you, who would you chose to play the lead?” “Colonel (30/07/2004)
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FCO amends travel advice for Saudi Arabia and Algeria
The Foreign Office revised its Travel Advice for Saudi Arabia and Algeria. We are no longer advising against all but essential travel to Saudi Arabia and against all holiday and non-essential travel t (30/07/2004)
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Hot summer and great expectations
Growth in life and nature is a sign of vitality and life. Human being has fought from early times to control his natural environment by using his mental abilities. The achievements in land, sea and ai (22/07/2004)
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Tourism: a boon for the Muslim world
Every era has its ideology and the ideology of our time seems to be tourism. Travel, adventure, embracing the exotic has never been more popular – fears about terrorism aside. (29/06/2004)
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Confidence in ITM & ITW grows daily
Dear Reader,
Every morning seems to be a good morning for Islamic Tourism Magazine (ITM) and its website (ITW).
The ITM is now bimonthly and we are going to published it in additional languages; ini (06/06/2004)
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Sun, sea, sand ... and surgery
We travel for business. We travel for pleasure. And now, increasingly, we travel for our health as well. The health tourism industry is still in its infancy and hard figures are difficult to come by, (21/05/2004)
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The Silk Road: war travel and faith
This new exhibition (7 May – 21 September ) at the *British Library provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view priceless and rarely seen Silk Road treasures from Sir Aurel Stein’s (21/05/2004)
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Wales at the Arabian Travel Market
The Wales Tourist Board and partners took Wales to the Arabian Travel Market, p from the 4-7 May 2004 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. (12/05/2004)
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Signpost on the Road
Dear Readers,
The team of Islamic Tourism website is eager to provide the best of services for you. (27/03/2004)
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Disasters that may lead to hope
Just after the last issue came out of we were all shocked by the disaster in Bam, and just before we were preparing for the present issue, we were shocked by the death of large numbers of pilgrims i (01/03/2004)
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Nine eleven step aside:
Tour operators at this years Destinations 2004 travel show in London's Earls Court noticed that the dark cloud cast over tourism in Muslim countries by the 9/11 atrocity is no longer hindering trave (25/02/2004)
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Online travel shaken
The internet travel sector hit turbulence yesterday after the Civil Aviation Authority cast the spotlight on company balance sheets (02/01/2004)
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All that glisters isn't Oxus
One of the British Museum’s most important collections — the Oxus treasure, 180 gold and silver objects and coins dating from the sixth century BC — has been labelled as mostly f (02/01/2004)
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Treasure beneath your feet
The pursuit of buried treasure is a mix of art and chance which varies by method of discovery. (02/01/2004)
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Aspirin won't beat DVT, doctors told
Dr Richard Dawood, a specialist in travel medicine, reports from an MPs' conference on travel-related deep-vein thrombosis, and urges caution when prescribing remedies for the condition. (22/12/2003)
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FCO and Muslim Council of Britain celebrate Eid
The Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, and Secretary General of the Muslim
Council of Britain, Iqbal Sacranie, hosted a reception to mark the festival of Eid Al-Fitr at the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centr (22/12/2003)
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Health tourism under cloud
Debt collectors are to lead a crackdown on foreign health spongers who cost the NHS Ă‚ÂŁ2 billion every year. (22/12/2003)
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Wildlife sites 'being ruined by over-grazing'
More than half of England's sites of special scientific interest are unable to support the wildlife and geology that they should, a report by English Nature said in a recent report. (22/12/2003)
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Birmingham tempts foreign tourists
By Chris Gray The Independent, 29 November 2003
Birmingham, for so long the ugly duckling of British cities, has become the country's third most popular destination for foreign visitors. (16/12/2003)
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Charity 'snubbed'
By Charles Starmer-Smith 29 November 2003
A human rights charity which criticised British Airways for failing to support its campaign against child tourism has been nominated for the airline's Tour (16/12/2003)
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Victoria and Albert popular with youngsters
Guardian 29 November 2003
'I want to see the rockets," said Bruno. His mother, Emma Miles, explained gently that there are no rockets in the Victoria & Albert. (16/12/2003)
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Help us help local communities, says charity
Daily Telegraph 1 November 2003 Millions of British holidaymakers will soon be asked to contribute to a charity to help limit the environmental impact of tourism and assist local communities. (16/12/2003)
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Environmentalists clash over of Harris island
By Severin Carrell
Senior conservationists in the WWF have fallen out over a Ă‚ÂŁ3.5m donation from the world's largest cement company because it plans to build a vast "super quarry" on a picturesque (30/12/2003)
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Conifers face axe to save British woodland
by John Vidal The Guardian 23 November 2003
Much of the landscape is to be radically altered over the next 100 years as the Forestry Commission fells tens of millions of conifer trees to stimulate (30/12/2003)
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