The owner of Alton Towers has today pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations over The Smiler crash which left five people seriously hurt. Sign up for the top news stories every day to ...

A Shrewsbury woman who visited Alton Towers on a day out was told she couldn't go on the Smiler ride because she only has one hand. Sarah Pond, 33, from Shrewsbury, was on a trip to the theme park ...

The crash on the The Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers which seriously injured five people was caused by "human error" and the ride will reopen next year, the theme park's owner Merlin ...

Alton Towers bosses refuse to say when the theme park will reopen after 16 people were injured in a rollercoaster crash. Nick Varney, chief executive of Merlin Entertainments – which runs the ...

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The crash on the The Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers which seriously injured five people was caused by "human error" and the ride will re-open next year, it was revealed today. Sign up for the ...