Tag: bad weather
Three injured at Bearded Theory festival as Stage collapses
Three people have been injured at a festival in Derbyshire. The music fans were hurt when a stage collapsed at the Bearded Theory bash in Ashbourne on May the 16th, according to BBC News. Strong winds caused the collapse and those injured are reportedly receiving treatment in Derby Royal Infirmary. Sally Booth, site manager at [...]
Event warnings as temperature plummets
New Year’s Eve revellers have been warned that they face freezing temperatures when they see in 2009. Nearly 400,000 people are expected to take to the streets of London ahead of a midnight fireworks display centred on the London Eye. Similar outdoor events in Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh should also prove popular. But weather [...]
Jazz festival calls in receivers
The Brecon Jazz Festival has called in the receivers two months after telling creditors it was suspending payments. The festival, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this summer, said in October it had suffered a “significant loss” financially. It had said it was trying to obtain additional funds to cover the deficit. Members of the festival’s [...]
Event ‘risk list’ to be set up after Cumbrian fell run rescue
Emergency services in Cumbria will form a priority risk list of all events after thousands of fell runners taking part in an organised event in the Lake District became stranded during atrocious weather last month. Cumbria Local Resilience Forum, which is made up of the police, the ambulance service, the RAF and coastguard and the [...]
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