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The kidnapping of renowned businessman Colin Armstrong owner of theme park The Forbidden Corner has shocked the Dales community.

The kidnapping of renowned businessman Colin Armstrong, owner of theme park The Forbidden Corner, has shocked the Dales community.

The story reads a little like a Graham Greene novel reimagined for the Narcos audience. The protagonist looks like John Waters playing Leslie Phillips playing Alan Whicker. The setting’s exotic, the supporting cast extraordinary, the details bizarre. But for Colin Armstrong, the ordeal of the past four days must have felt all too real, and all too scary.

The details of Colin Armstrong’s four-day ordeal could have been lifted from the pages of a bestselling thriller, but it was all too real

A British businessman and former honorary consul who has been kidnapped in Ecuador owns an estate in the Yorkshire Dales and the Forbidden Corner visitor attraction

British intelligence services are assisting the Ecuadorian police in the hunt for a Yorkshire businessman kidnapped from his South American home.

Officials suspect Colin Armstrong, 78, was dragged from his ranch on Saturday morning and taken captive by the Los Tiguerones gang

The expat and a Colombian woman, thought to be his wife, were taken from his home in the east of the country

A British businessman has been kidnapped from his home in eastern Ecuador by gunmen, local media reported on Saturday.

Middleham is known for its castle as well as its links to horse racing. Picture: Simon Hulme You could say it’s a great archaeological mystery, and one with which we can easily connect, because we’ve all lost things as we wander through life. In most cases the object is found – or can be replaced. But every now and then, something is lost which is so precious that it has a more profound effect. There’s an example of that here. Today, we can see this treasured object in the Yorkshire Mus...