X Factor winner Shayne Ward came face to face with his waxwork at Madame Tussauds today – and declared: “My mum’s going to love it. She’ll probably want to take it home with her.”

The London Eye is set for a £50m (€72.9m) cash injection after British Airways sold its stake in the top-selling attraction today.

Victoria Beckham and Ant and Dec have been given the pantomime treatment by Madame Tussauds.

An English engineering firm dating back more than 200 years was snapped up for £700m (€1.03bn) today by the Dubai-based owner of Madame Tussauds.

A waxwork of Prince William is to go on show at Madame Tussauds. Organisers at the tourist attraction in London are predicting its first model of the 23-year-old royal will take over from pop star Robbie Williams in the women’s affection stakes.

Elton John wowed the crowds at Madame Tussauds looking good enough to eat... literally.

Madame Tussauds and a host of major theme parks were sold today in a £800m (€1.1bn) deal with an investment firm controlled by the government of Dubai.

UK leisure group Tussaud’s expanded into Germany today through the acquisition of one of Europe’s leading theme parks.