News about John Burton

An inferno broke out inside of the historic Timberline Lodge in Oregon late on Thursday, the hotel and ski resort was made famous in 1980 as the setting for horror classic The Shining. Four different fire departments were called to the scene in the community of Government Camp, around 60 miles eat of Portland , at 9:30 pm after blaze broke out in the attic of the building. An official said that rescue workers are trying to preserve the 'historic assets' from the lodge, reports Fox Portland.

In a recent update, the broadcaster revealed that filming for the twelfth series is well and truly underway.  Meanwhile, a thirteenth series has also reportedly been recommissioned and confirmed too. 

The iconic Staffordshire-based attraction has reopened with a new look and a new name, 'Nemesis Reborn', after closing in November 2022 to undergoing extensive renovations. The rollercoaster's 250-tonne 716-meter-long white track is now black, with'mysterious' red veins snaking along the route...

A 500-tonne crane helped get the 92nd and final piece of track into place this week, after months of construction. (3,265 feet) long ride. The thrill seekers will 'twist like never before' and 'feel weightless' aboard the Surrey-based theme park, according to the park.

Eliot (inset), whose real name was Mary Ann Evans, but who later published The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch, as well as under a male pseudonym, grew up at Griff House, near Nuneaton, Bedfordshire. Although Eliot went away to attend college, she returned aged 16 in 1836 after her mother's death to work in the dairy and as a housekeeper. The main store is now a restaurant run by Whitbread's Beefeater brand. The original bricks are also owned by Whitbread, which the George Eliot Fellowship now plans to demolish and replace with a museum and visitor center (inset). The Victorian Society, which promotes the establishment of a visitor center in principle, is vehemently opposed to the proposals. The buildings, which are believed to have been built in the early 19th century, were considered part of the world' Eliot, who grew up rather than demolished.

John Burton, 46, of Bilston, Birmingham, and an accomplice smashed their way into the Esso Service Station in Great Witley, Worcestershire. When the raid broke in the early hours of July 27, a terrified member of staff was able to lock herself in the office. The crooks are seen repeatedly pulling a motorcycle into the petrol station's glass door on CCTV. As they storm the store, one of them props the bike up, they discover thousands of pounds worth of cigarettes and alcohol.

A forbidding tunnel leads away from the tiny Argyll village of Tyndrum into the darkness beneath the majestic hulk of Beinn Chuirn. Many people who want to try the arduous tramp up the remote farm track to this spot will be blocked by large metal gates that guard the entrance from unauthorised visitors. Presently, this includes those who had been searching for their shiny prize for the longest time. Cononish is once praised as Scotland's only working gold mine and the country's first in more than 500 years. The mine has been a pillar of wealth for more than 40 years, with rumors that more than £200 million worth of the world's most sought-after precious metal would be revealed deep inside the rock.