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Minefeld in angola. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with john. World atheltics championships in doha getting underway. They are due to start any minute now, out into hat, agitate, by the heat and he militates proving as much a talking point as much the track. Thanks john and stav has all the weather. Unsettled weekend in prospect. We had very heavy showers around this afternoon, blustery winds, too. A little bit of sunshine, a rainbow behind me. As we head on into the weekend, somethin...

The plan, if it goes ahead, could save money, a councillor says.

After eight years of turmoil, the museum will be given a more modest $250 million revamp and promises the savings will go towards schools and hospitals.

It’s not the size of your surplus that’s important, but whether it lasts long enough to satisfy.

Experts claim dismantling the world’s oldest working rotative steam engine is ‘extremely risky’, but museum says specialist engineers have advised it can be done safely

<strong>Exclusive:</strong> Staff say buildings are not maintained and exhibits have been put at risk during parties, with a former director saying ‘you just don’t believe what you’re looking at’

Now home to an entertainment venue, the landmark structure in Greenwich, south-east London, was opened to the public on 1 January 2000 as the Millennium

An ambitious scheme costing up to £120million was mooted to move the Millennium Dome to Swindon as part of a plan including a museum, gardening exhibition and retirement village.

Files released to the National Archives show the Science Museum director wanted to use it to house a new museum in Wiltshire.

SWINDON could have been the new home of the Millenium Dome.