546150GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material Ride removed eight months after crashhttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/ride-removed-eight-months-after-crash-9hslvtbthA rollercoaster at the centre of a safety investigation after a carriage flew off its rails at 40mph and injured ten people has been removed from a theme park eight months after the crash. The Tsunami ride at M&D’s in Motherwell was dismantled last week and taken away at the weekend. A spokesman for the park said: “The ride will not be returning.Tue, 28 Feb 2017 05:48:00 +0100thetimes-9c0281bd24f70fbf8c0ba8cc0247d58220170228054800Marlborough to launch tourism offensive in Nelson and the North Islandhttp://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/89871536/Marlborough-to-launch-tourism-offensive-in-Nelson-and-the-North-IslandTourism funding for Marlborough will be used to attract tourists from further up the country, offsetting a slump in Cantabrian visitors post-quake. A new $150,000 government grant will be used on a campaign targeting the lower North Island, Wellington, Auckland, as well as Nelson and Tasman.Tue, 28 Feb 2017 05:41:00 +0100Stuff-dcc067c94bdced9cdbde71402a599a4b20170228054100Ride removed eight months after crashhttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/ride-removed-eight-months-after-crash-9hslvtbthA rollercoaster at the centre of a safety investigation after a carriage flew off its rails at 40mph and injured ten people has been removed from a theme park eight months after the crash. The Tsunami ride at M&D’s in Motherwell was dismantled last week and taken away at the weekend. A spokesman for the park said: “The ride will not be returning.Tue, 28 Feb 2017 05:39:00 +0100thesundaytimes-9c0281bd24f70fbf8c0ba8cc0247d58220170228053900More than 80 percent of all wildfires caused by humans, new study sayshttp://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20170227/more-than-80-percent-of-all-wildfires-caused-by-humans-new-study-saysEven as climate change worsens the nation’s fire season — making it longer and easier to burn more acres — researchers said human activities play an even bigger role. In Southern California, large populations living in close proximity to fire-prone foothills and national forests make the region a....Tue, 28 Feb 2017 05:37:00 +0100dailybreeze-be05492521945ccd664b4653f4dda18e20170228053700