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

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.