Can £3m pounds buy you the perfect wave? Alf Alderson goes to Bournemouth to test Europe's first artificial surf reef Surfing can bring in big money. A 2008 survey in north Devon found that the sport was worth £52m a year to the local economy; Newquay property developers use surfing to lure buyers to beachside homes above Fistral, which sell for up to £1m; and at nearby Watergate...
The Ayrshire youths side remain undefeated in this years West Of Scotland Inter County Leagues after a 5 - 5 draw against a strong Renfrewshire side on Saturday at Caprington. Match results were :- Scott Clark (Ayr Belleisle) lost to Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyington) by 3 & 2 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) lost to Michael Campbell (Renfrew) by 3 & 1 David Currie (Royal Troon) halved with...
Tourism officials in Bournemouth have accused the Met Office of costing the town £1m in lost revenue because its forecasters wrongly predicted that bank holiday Monday would be a wash-out. Mark Smith, director of tourism at Bournemouth Borough Council, and Met Office spokesman David Britton discuss the extent to which mistakes in the weather forecast affect local businesses.
Tourism bosses say inaccurate forecast of thundery weather cost Dorset resort millions of pounds in lost revenue Tourism bosses in Bournemouth have accused the Met Office of costing the resort millions of pounds in lost revenue after forecasters predicted thundery conditions on bank holiday Monday – which turned out to be the hottest day of the year. Officials, seemingly not content with the...
A British seaside resort has accused the Met Office of costing it millions of pounds in lost revenue, after forecasters predicted a thundery washout on what turned out to be hottest day of the year. Tourism officials in Bournemouth say that "inaccurate and overcautious" forecasts for Bank Holiday Monday caused 25,000 would-be visitors to cancel their plans. They claim that the town's traders...
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