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BBC News
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Blackpool's Showtown museum nominated for two awards
A family attraction in Blackpool has been shortlisted for two prestigious awards – one of them an international the town's only museum, has already won Permanent Exhibition of the Year at the Museums and Heritage £13m centre is now up for the Children in Museums Award 2025 - the only UK museum shortlisted - as well as the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2025 - judged by the summer, undercover family judges will visit and decide the overall winner. The museum - which celebrates the Lancashire seaside town's entertainment history - opened in March 2024, the Local Democracy Reporting Service Spencer Phillips said: "To be recognised not just nationally but internationally is beyond anything we imagined. "Showtown was created as a joyful, welcoming space for families and communities to come together, learn and celebrate their stories."This recognition is a powerful reminder that culture should be accessible to everyone – no matter where you're from." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Kentucky Christmas trees repurposed into fish habitats by Fish and Wildlife
MUHLENBERG COUNTY, Ky. (WEHT) — The Christmas season is over for humans, but not for fishes. In Muhlenberg County, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife carried out its Christmas for Fishes program. In January, real Christmas trees were collected at the Grimes Avenue Transfer station in Owensboro. It's an unexpected pair: Lake Malone and Christmas Trees. Spencer Phillips, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife's Fish Habitat Biologist, says the evergreens are perfect for fish to feed, reproduce and live in. 5K on the Runway returns to Evansville 'You get something out of what would just be trash,' says Phillips. 350 Christmas trees were loaded onto a boat on Tuesday, before sending them crashing into the lake's water. 'Putting these into the lake…they'll slowly decay still. While they're decaying, they grow other stuff on them that help attract smart fish such as largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappie to them as well for anglers to target,' says Phillips. The Muhlenberg County lake undergoes fish sampling every year, but haven't gotten as much attention when it comes to habitat investments. Stacks of around 70 trees were transported to areas based on a creel study. The study draws from fishing lover's feedback. 'A lot of the guys wanted structure on the cliff walls for those crappie [fish]. So, we're adding these Christmas trees. We're going to come back with gas pipe trees that have bigger branches,' says Maddy Ruble, the Assistant Fisheries Biologist for Northwestern Fisheries District. With the push of a button, the stack of trees are dropped down in one swoop and then marked with a floating GPS tracker. 'We know that fish like height. We are kind of focusing this habitat a little bit more towards the crappie today. So, they typically like about 15 to 20 feet of depth,' says Ruble. Phillips says areas with evergreen donations see 500% more fish than areas without the tree drop-offs. GPS coordinates are shared on the fish and wildlife website for fishing lovers looking to increase their luck. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
