A group of 16 journalists was stranded on the £18million rollercoaster during its opening – and it's had several problems since Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to ...

A young man left badly injured on The Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers last year has appeared to back calls for the ride to be permanently closed. Thrill-seekers at the Staffordshire theme park ...

Thrill-seekers at Alton Towers were left stranded on The Smiler rollercoaster for an hour some 15 months after a crash on the ride seriously injured five people. Pictures showed a carriage stuck on ...

Everything we know about 14-loop rollercoaster at centre of major investigation after four passengers seriously injured when two carriages crash It boasts a world record-breaking 14 loops and is the ...

Four teenagers have been seriously injured after two carriages on The Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers collided. Sixteen people were riding in one carriage on the attraction when the crash ...

The Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure, based on the popular CBeebies show, was brought to a halt by a fault and a thrill-seeker became extremely anxious Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts ...

Thrill-seekers on the Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers were left stranded in mid-air today after the ride was dramatically stopped. The theme park says it stopped the white-knuckle ride after ...

We are wrapping up over live coverage of the Alton Towers crash for today. The latest news we have to hand can be found here. Two couples suffered "significant crush-type lower limb injuries", which ...

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