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...Until recently, the most démodé kitchen object was not a specific implement but an entire category, what celebrity chef Alton Brown calls “unitaskers”: implements that have only one function....
...Pubs are also facing a staff shortage that Alton warned threatened to “undermine” the benefits of the World Cup....
...“The true test for our industry and our pubs will come in the autumn and winter months, when sales naturally reduce, but the increased costs will remain.”...
...The Mid-Hants Railway, the so-called Watercress Line, opened in 1865, joining the key growing area of Alresford in Hampshire with Alton, where the line connected with London....
...But it was a winter getaway for white Christians only. Black Miamians were banned from hotels and most beaches, and only allowed to spend the night as live-in servants for white households....
...The grounds include an outdoor pool, winter garden, orangery and views over the Mediterranean....
...Four teenagers were injured in a roller coaster crash at the Alton Towers leisure park....
...Investors will be hoping for a smoother ride* after Merlin floats its shares this winter. The company pulled a listing amid market volatility in 2010....
...“Previously we closed during the winter but with an indoor offering we were able to move to all year opening and offer an all weather experience,” said Andrew Wolfe, Willows’ chief executive....
...Alton Towers is in the middle of its annual Scarefest in the run-up to Hallowe’en before the theme park is closed for much of the winter....
...It was a nuclear winter.” Northwest was forced to cut its employees from 70 to five and to stop one of its clinical trials....
...They take place at her nursery near Alton in Hampshire....
...Moving to weekend opening during winter further extends the season. ■ Expand hotel capacity to satisfy an increasing focus on short-break visitors, rather than traditional day coach trippers....
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