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Borja Mayor Eduardo Arilla said some 160,000 people had come to see the fresco since Cecilia Gimenez’s restoration of a Christ fresco in a town sanctuary went viral in 2012. He said with the new centre, they hoped to draw some 30,000 visitors annually.
Arilla said the aim is to give the painting “a new impulse”. The centre brings together newspaper clippings, photographs, and videos documenting the fresco’s story.
A ferris wheel in Dudley has been described as “Britain’s worst tourist attraction” because of its panoramic views of the town, the BBC reported.
The 35m big wheel, nicknamed the Dudl-eye, promises a “bird’s eye view of the regeneration of the town centre, including the zoo and castle”.
Some residents have complained about seeing little more than rooftops and concrete.
Dog owners are happier, more sociable, and earn bigger salaries than cat owners, according to a new study by VetPlus.
Researchers who carried out the study of 1,500 adults who have pet cats or dogs also found those who choose a feline friend rather than a canine companion are more likely to enjoy their own company. The data suggests that dog owners are more likely to have paid off their mortgage — and they’ll be inclined to describe their job as “stressful”.
Police in a Massachusetts town are warning residents to be on the lookout for men challenging passers-by to rap battles.
Charlton police said a black SUV containing a group of men in their late teens or early twenties pulled up next to three teenage boys.
One of the men got out of the vehicle and started rapping. The other men then asked the teenagers if they wanted to “spit some bars” with them. When the boys declined, the men drove off.
Police say it does not appear to be an attempted abduction but the boys were frightened.
New York City restaurants with outdoor tables will soon be able to welcome four-legged guests under new rules announced by the city health department.
The regulations will permit dogs that are licenced and vaccinated against rabies to join their human chowhounds at participating restaurants. The state legislature passed a law last year allowing municipalities to set their own rules for dogs in outdoor dining areas.
The bill’s sponsor, Democratic assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, said she is pleased that the city health department “threw dog lovers a bone”.
City health commissioner Mary Bassett said the new rules will go into effect in 30 days, just in time for outdoor dining season.
New York City restaurants were previously required to restrict dogs to the area outside the patio railing.
Former college coach Bobby Bowden proved football isn’t his only sport when he recently shot his second hole-in-one.
The former Florida State coach was playing on Monday at the Golf Club of Quincy, about a half-hour from Tallahassee. The 86-year-old was swinging his 3-wood when he aced the par-3 12th hole.
Bowden was in a foursome with former college football coach and FSU player Gene McDowell and two local players. They all signed Bowden’s scorecard.
Bowden said he recorded his first hole-in-one several years ago while playing in Mobile, Alabama.
A murder of crows? Dozens of dead birds have been found along railroad tracks in southern Michigan, and wildlife officials are trying to figure out what happened to them.
Some area residents estimated there could be as many as 300 carcasses stretching at least 200m along the tracks. They were discovered in Springfield, south-east of Grand Rapids.
A Calhoun County official found 57 dead crows along the tracks on Tuesday, said Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Tom Cooley. Two birds were found to have fractures and may have been struck by a train.
Dozens of crows were found dead near tracks in the same general area last month. About six were looked at and determined to have been killed by a passing train, he said.
Birds are susceptible to the weather, especially windy or stormy conditions, according to Cooley. “With these, there’s got to be something in that general area that makes them prone to be struck,” he said.
The livers of the two birds brought to Lansing will be tested to see if pesticides played a role in their deaths.
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