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• Collect-a-Can up the ante with

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    Immediate Release                18 November 2009

    Collect-a-Can has broken its previous Guinness World Records™ figure for collecting the most steel cans in one month!
     
    Collect-a-Can are proud to announce that they have beaten the record they set in the 2007 Guinness World Records for collecting the most steel cans in one month! The total cans for all collections in the month of October 2009 amounted to 2,122,238 that were collected by school children. This impressive result overreaches the previous schools record of 1,971,026 cans by 7.6%.

    The record was first set in October 2007 when Collect-a-Can managed to collect a staggering 1,971,026 cans from schools in a single month, accounting for almost 10% of the total can production in Southern Africa, for 2006.  The company attempted to beat the record again in 2008 but fell short by just a few cans. This year however, despite the economic downturn which has resulted in fewer canned drinks being consumed and thus fewer cans being available for collection, there has been a terrific response from collectors who have really put in a lot of effort in submitting their cans to help break the record.

    “None of this would have been possible were it not for the collectors who recover the cans for us,” said Annie Tsima, Managing Director of Collect-a-Can. “We are particularly proud of the school children whose efforts have helped boost our collection numbers significantly. There is an old saying that goes, ‘you need to bend a stick while it is still young’ meaning that you can best reach people in their youth, and instil healthy waste management habits. It is for this reason that one of Collect-a-Can’s main focuses has always been to get the youth involved and excited about our collection efforts and initiatives, and the Guinness World Records attempt is a wonderful concept for them to be part of,” Tsima continued.

    Publishing group Pan MacMillan have generously sponsored book prizes for the three schools that collected the most cans for Collect-a-Can per region during the Guinness World Records attempt in Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal and the Western Cape. Pan Macmillan is known for its high-quality academic, scholarly, educational, fiction, non-fiction and reference publishing and will be sponsoring 45 to 50 books per school to the libraries of these top collecting schools.

    MySchool, South Africa's biggest community support and fundraising programme has been the initiative’s media partner, ensuring that schools and supporters across the country stay informed and motivated to make a change for the good of our environment.

    Up until now Collect-a-Can have only been able to offer prizes to schools participating in their Guinness World Records attempt; it is hoped however, that additional sponsors will come forward in subsequent years to offer prizes to members of the public and other institutions who participate as well.

    With the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors into the country next year, Collect-a-Can look forward to a bumper year of can collections and the opportunity to set an even bigger and better record for 2010!

    For more information visit Collect-a-Can’s website www.collectacan.co.za or contact Collect-a-Can’s head office on (011) 466 2939.

    Issued by Reputation Matters:
    Lindi Berrino
    Tel: (011) 317 3861
    Fax: (011) 317 3601
    lindi@reputationmatters.co.za

     

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• The Most People To Write a Sto

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    Elderly Australian couple, Richard Tendys and Wendy Stenberg-Tendys, CEO’s of YouMe Support Foundation, a registered charity in Vanuatu, are hosting a Guinness World Record on November 19th in Vanuatu, a tropical island in the South Pacific.

    
    The aim is to raise awareness of the vital need of literacy and education in Vanuatu.

    On November 19th, 2009, 820 Ni-Vanuatu children will attempt to beat the world record for ‘The Most Number Of People To Write a Story In 24 Hours’. The current record is held by 797 participants, organized by Novum Verlag GmbH in Neckenmarkt, Austria, on 15th July, 2007.

    Vanuatu has around 156 different languages, in a tropical island archipelago that stretches across nearly 1000 kms. For the majority of the Ni-Vanuatu children English is their third or fourth language, following their home island language and Bishlama, the local common language used by the Ni-Vanuatu people. The students will have to add a sentence to the story, every 30 seconds, in English, if the challenge is to succeed.

    
    In 2006 Vanuatu was voted the Happiest Country on Earth, based on its environmental footprint. Yet it is a tropical island country that has no free or compulsory education. Only 56% of children can afford to go to school and of those only 25% go to high school, with less than 2 % able to afford tertiary education. Plus there are many children who never set foot inside a school classroom.

    
    The Guinness World Record Challenge story will be based around two children and a magic giant tortoise, (Vanuatu was once the home of giant tortoises). The characters fly over 1000 kms, across all 83 Vanuatu islands, in their race to gather pieces of a map, which reveals the hiding place of a long lost treasure chest.
    The children’s travels will highlight the truly great features of Vanuatu, as they fly from the giant kauri forests and the biggest banyan tree in the world, as well as a live volcano in the deep south, to fire walking and water music in the north. They will visit a bank where pig tusks are the only currency and uncover all sorts of exciting challenges in their travels.

    
    The story will be visualized by a talented Ni-Vanuatu cartoonist, Guy Deroin. The story will be published as an ebook on the Internet, as well as being printed into a hard copy. All sponsors to this exciting project will be published in the book.

    
    These kids have dreams like all other kids. They just want the opportunity to be allowed to let their dreams come true. As the United Nations Charter says, every child has the right to an education. If the Tendys get to fulfill their dream (they are raffling their property on the Internet, to raise funds for the Foundation), many more students will be attending high school in the very near future.

     

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• Largest singing lesson

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    Mix four parts barbershop harmony with equal parts showmanship and fun to write a melody pitch-perfect for Guinness World Records™ success!

    Guinness World Records™ adjudicator Danny Girton Jr. observed the 24 October record attempt from the Sommet Center stage in Nashville, Tennessee – endearingly nicknamed ‘music city’ – to witness Tulsa, Oklahoma-based singing organization Sweet Adelines International earn the largest singing lesson title.

    

    6,651 participants, led by International President Peggy Gram and 2009 International Champion Quartet Moxie Ladies, sang in unison throughout the complete record-setting lesson, which took place during the organization’s 63rd annual international competition and convention.

    

    According to event sources, Sweet Adelines International is one of the globe’s biggest women’s singing organizations, dedicated to progressing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through performance and education. The group’s membership includes ‘nearly 25,000 singers, 1,200 registered quartets and 600 choruses in most of the fifty United States, Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, The Netherlands and Wales.’

    30 October 2009

     

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• It's Back! The Original Guinne

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    London, UK (22nd of October, 2009) – The global authority on record-breaking achievement, Guinness World Records, today launched an exact replica of the very first “Guinness Book of Records” in a limited and individually-numbered facsimile edition available exclusively for purchase at the company’s website (www.guinnessworldrecords.com).

    

    The phenomenon of Guinness World Records began in September 1955 when the Chairman of the Guinness Brewery, Sir Hugh Beaver, decided to publish a volume of definite facts, in hopes that such a book would put an end to pub arguments. The very first Guinness Book of Records was printed in 1,000 copies with a plastic cover to protect it from beer stains and despite an initial skepticism from retailers (WHSmith ordered five copies), the book became an instant hit, was reprinted and reached bestseller status by Christmas the same year.

    55 years later, the current Guinness World Records 2010 edition is published in 26 languages, 3 million copies and sold in 100 countries around the world. Although the popularity of Guinness World Records has remained steady for half a century the world that the record-keeping company measures has certainly seen some changes.

    Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records, Craig Glenday, said: “The world is moving at a dizzying pace and we’ve been there documenting and celebrating the changes for half a century. By reproducing our very first edition, we can offer a snapshot of the world in the 1950s and a true sense of how our planet and its inhabitants have changed in the past 55 years.”

    “Guinness Book of Records” will take today’s readers back to a time when the most expensive bottle of perfume was Jean Patou’s “joy” from Paris retailing at 103 s. 6d. per ¼ oz (£225 per pint), compared to the current record attributed to the limited edition of Clive Christian No.1 Collection priced at £115,000 ($205,000) per 500 ml (17 fl oz); and the tallest building  was the Empire State Building in New York at 448.7 m (1,472 ft), which is nearly half the size of the Burj Dubai, “Dubai Tower,” which today tops out at a record breaking 818 m (2,648 ft).

    Readers will also notice that a category such as “uncontrolled drinking,” which is no longer monitored by Guinness World Records, appears in the very first edition with record holders Auguste Maffrey (France) and Spaniard Dionsio Sanchez (Spain),  who consumed 24 pints of beer in 52 minutes and 40 pints of wine in 59 minutes, respectively. Other records remain unbroken until this day, including the largest diamond (a 3106 carat diamond found in 1905 in South Africa) and the tallest man ever (American Robert Pershing Wadlow 2.72 m - 8 ft 11.1 in). Not to mention the largest pandemic (Black Death in 1347 eradicating around a quarter of the population of Europe and some 75 million worldwide) - a record which thankfully has not been surpassed in modern times.

    "The Guinness Book of Records" facsimile edition is available exclusively on the Guinness World Records website www.guinnessworldrecords.com at £25 in a strictly-limited print-run of 5,000 copies. Each copy is individually numbered as a collector’s item.

    
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    NOTES TO EDITOR:  Please contact press office for review copies or fact-checking of current records.

    * Sample text from The Guinness Book of Records (1955) with present day comparisons:

    
    Largest National Debt
    • 1955: The country with the largest national debt is the United States with a gross public debt of $271,259 million (96,780 million) or $1,670 (£596) per head
    • Present Day: The largest debtor nation in history is the United States. As of 9 January 2009, the US national debt stood at $10,635,772,096,222.74 (£6,963,531,082,944.11).

    Highest newspaper circulation
    • 1955: The highest circulation of any newspaper in the world is that of the London Sunday paper ‘News of the World’ printed in Bouverie Street, London, which rises to 9,000,000 copies with an estimated readership of over 19,000,000.  To provide sufficient pulp for the 62,400 five-mile reels, over half a million trees have to be felled each year.
    • Present Day: The newspaper with the highest daily circulation is the Yomiuri Shimbun, founded in 1874 and published Tokyo, which had a combined morning and evening circulation of 14,532,694 in 2005. 
    • Six out of the top ten biggest-selling daily newspapers in the world are Japanese. In the UK, The Sun is the biggest daily, with an average circulation in 2005 of 3,718,354. The only other non-Asian paper in the top ten is Germany's Bild-Zeitung (5th with a circulation of 5,674,400). 

    African-American Rights
    • 1955: Lynching still persists in the United States.  The worst year in the 20th Century was 1901 with 130 lynching’s (105 Negroes, 25 White) and 1952 the first year with no reported cases.
    • Present Day: Barack Hussein Obama II (USA) was inaugurated as the 44th President of the USA on 20 January 2009.  Over 136 million voters turned out on election day – the most since 1960 – and more than two million descended on the Capitol in Washington, DC for his inauguration

    Greatest Robbery of a Bank
    • 1955: The biggest ‘inside job’ was that at the National City Bank of New York from which the Assistant Manager, Richard Crowe, removed $883,660 (£315,590).  He was arrested on 11th April, 1949.
    • Present Day: The largest amount of money stolen from a bank by robbers is estimated at 164,755,150 Brazilian reais ($69.8 million, £38.6 million).

    Deepest Lake
    • 1955: The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal, Central Siberia.  It is approximately 250 miles long abd between 20 and 45 miles wide.  It reaches depths of 5,650 feet.
    • Present Day: Lake Baikal in the southern part of eastern Siberia, Russia is the deepest lake in the world. It is 620 km (385 miles) long and 32-74 km (20-46 miles) wide. In 1974 the lake's Olkhon Crevice was measured by the Hydrographic Service of the Soviet Pacific Navy and found to be 1,637 m (5,371 ft) deep, of which 1,181 m (3,875 ft) is below sea level.

    Tallest Building
    • 1955: The tallest building in the world is the Empire State Building, New York.  Standing on approximately two acres of ground, it is 1,472 feet high to the top of the television tower, which was added to the existing 1,250 feet building in 1950.
    • Present Day: Taipei 101 (also known as the Taipei Financial Centre) is the world's tallest building at 508 m (1,666 ft). It overtopped the Petronas Towers in mid August 2003, and reached its maximum height in October 2003, although it was only due to be completed in the summer of 2004

    Largest Holiday Camp
    • 1955: The largest holiday camp in the world is Butlin’s FileyHoliday Camp.  Every year more than 150,000 people spend a holiday there, and, in 1955, 9,000 holiday makers were accommodated during the peak weeks
    • Present Day: N/R

    About Guinness World Records
    Guinness World Records is the universally recognized authority on record-breaking achievement. First published in 1955, the annual Guinness World Records book is published in more than 100 countries and 25 languages and is the highest-selling books under copyright of all time with more than 3 million copies sold annually across the globe. Guinness World Records celebrated its 50th anniversary edition in 2004, a year after the sale of its 100 millionth copy. Guinness World Records also annually publishes the Gamer’s Edition; a records book devoted solely to the world of computer gaming and high score record achievements. The Guinness World Records website (www.guinnessworldrecords.com) receives more than 11 million visitors a year. Guinness World Records is part of the Jim Pattison Group, one of Canada’s largest privately owned companies which is a conglomerate of interests, including advertising, broadcasting, grocery stores and automotive retailing.
    Media Enquiries: Amarilis Espinoza or Karolina Thelin. Phone: 0207 891 4516/4584
    Email press@guinnessworldrecords.com.

     

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• Where in the World is Sultan?

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    Tuesday, October 20th 2009

    Kelly accompanies the tallest man in the world to the land of Lorca, Almodovar, tortilla española and Rioja as they travel west to Spain.  Read on as Sultan's adventures continue in wonderful España!

    The unstoppable Sultan keeps going as his world tour takes him across the border of Portugal to Madrid, Spain. First stop is an appearance on Spain’s biggest morning show, Ana Rosa, for an interview with Ana herself who is interested in comparing things like her foot and hand with Sultan. 

    Next a visit to Elmundo España, an online interactive digital format where local people can send in questions live via the internet. 

    

    If you speak Spanish, log on here to to view the questions and answers, they're very interesting!
     
    http://www.elmundo.es/encuentros/invitados/2009/10/3847/index.html

    Here are a selection of them translated from the Spanish with Sultan's answers:

    1. What's the most inconvenient thing about being so tall?
    Not finding clothes y shoes that fit me. Another inconvenience is getting in and out of cars.

    2. Hello, nice to meet you. Your parents, how tall are they?
    My father is 1.75 m (5 ft 7 in) and my mother is 1.70 m (5 ft 5 in).

    3. What size clothes do you wear?
    Size 60

    4. How tall were you when you were born?
    I don't remember, I was born as a normal baby, of normal size.  I started to really grow from age 10 onwards.

    5. Hello Sultan, what are some of the advantages of being so tall?
    Until I got in to the Guinness World Records book almost everything was a disadvantage.  But since then, everybody now knows who I am and are interested in me, which I like.

    6. How do you tie your shoes?
    As normal. I don't have a problem doing that.

    7. If you could be born again, would you want to be normal size?
    No. I'm used to it now and happy with who I am.  My biggest problem is not having a girlfriend!

    Sultan signed off with: "I would like to ask society to accept us as we are, we should not be discriminated against, and be treated equally. Thank you everybody!"

    Sultan wraps up the day with an interview on an afternoon talk show called Tal Cual Lo Contamos followed by an interview with Spain’s largest newspaper El Pais.  He will be featured on Sunday’s edition with pictures taken at Madrid’s famous historic bullring Las Ventas.

    

    Sultan is busy this morning being interviewed by several newspapers but wraps up his trip to Madrid with a final fun-filled interview with a childrens' magazine called Muy Interesante Junior.  Considering his size, they bring giant sized props for the photoshoot including a GIANT PEN that fits his record sized hands which Sultan uses to sign autographs and claims for himself!  No idea how he's going to fit that inside his jacket!!

    
     
    This afternoon, Sultan heads for the Palacio Real de Madrid (Madrid's Royal Palace).  Unfortunately, neither King Juan Carlos nor the Royal Family will be around for a cup of tea, so Sultan will have to settle for a short tour of the Palace. 

    After that, it's back to the hotel for a good night's sleep as he prepares for his next stop - Iceland!

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• London's Christmas Carol

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    STARS FROM DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL: JIM CARREY, COLIN FIRTH AND BOB HOSKINS TO LIGHT UP LONDON’S BIGGEST EVER CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

    ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL ANNOUNCED AS THE CITY LOCATION CELEBRATING THE LAUNCH OF DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL AS THEIR CHOIR LAUNCHES WORLD RECORD BREAKING CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-A-LONG

    London, Tuesday, 13 October 2009:- Today, it was announced that St Paul’s Cathedral will join the West End’s Oxford Street and Regent Street on November 3 as the third location celebrating the launch of Disney’s A Christmas Carol creating the biggest most dazzling start to the festive season that London has ever seen.

    The stars of Disney’s A Christmas Carol will illuminate London, getting the capital’s biggest ever festive season off to a glittering start ahead of the World Premiere in Leicester Square.
    Bob Hoskins will get the festivities underway in the very heart of Dickens’ London, at
    St Paul’s Cathedral, Colin Firth will push the button to light up Regent Street, and Jim Carrey will light up Oxford Street. Further announcements will follow about additional stars from music and theatre who will take part in the dazzling celebrations.

    As part of the evening’s festivities, St Paul’s Cathedral Choir will perform, joining London in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the biggest ever Christmas Carol sing-a-long. From tomorrow, people can vote at www.londonschristmascarol.com for their favourite Christmas Carol to be performed on the night. Once the votes are counted, and the crowds are gathered across London for the World Premiere and the Christmas lights celebration, the choir will join the capital in song as the record attempt begins.

    The inclusion of St Paul’s Cathedral as the City of London location ensures that the capital’s festivities embrace the very heart of Dickens’ London. The City’s streets and alleyways are home to many of the buildings that Dickens would have known and which are referenced in his works, including A Christmas Carol, which, in 1843 helped re-define the Christmas period as the festive season of goodwill to all and re-popularised Christmas amongst the people.  In the weeks following the start of the dazzling Christmas celebrations, a large number of events have been programmed by the City’s venues to tie in with this traditional festive theme and with Dickens’ work.

    The City event is sponsored by the City of London Corporation and the Cheapside Initiative, a partnership representing the vibrant Cheapside area.  Once one of London’s great shopping districts, it is set to rediscover its glory days of old when building developments including One New Change are completed later next year.

    Bob Hoskins who plays Old Fezziweg and Old Joe in the film said: “It’s a fantastic privilege to be involved in such a huge London event, especially as I will be starting the celebrations at St Paul’s Cathedral in the heart of Dickensian London. The film is a fantastic achievement using ground-breaking technology and perfect for the whole family this Christmas time.”

    
    Stuart Fraser, Chairman of the City of London Corporation's Policy and Resources Committee said:  "St Paul's is an iconic building, synonymous with the City of London.  It is an obvious choice of location for this ground breaking event and is excellent news for the City.

    “We will be able to help showcase to the world that London has a huge and varied amount to offer which spans the West End, the City and beyond.  How fitting that the City's historic past will provide a backdrop for an innovative event in our present which will continue to reverberate well into our future."

    The Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral said: “St Paul’s Cathedral is delighted to be bringing together people from all over London to celebrate the launch of Disney’s ‘A Christmas Carol’.

    “When ‘A Christmas Carol’ was published in 1843, Dickens was contributing to the popular movement to make Christmas a more significant festival, but he was also drawing attention to the social injustice about which he was always concerned.  We are particularly pleased to be involved with this event because Dickens did so much to promote goodwill and compassion for others as a significant part of the celebration of Christmas.   We look forward to welcoming people to the Cathedral to join in the celebrations and to enjoy an evening of great musical performances.”

    Tim Lineham of Hermes and Chairman of the Cheapside Initiative said:  “In Great Expectations, Pip described the market of Cheapside as "all asmear with filth and fat and blood". We’ve come a long way since then…
    “Destined to become one of the City’s most prestigious shopping destinations, Cheapside will offer visitors a great variety of retail and leisure facilities 7-days a week. We are proud to support this event which will bring visitors from home and abroad to the area and which will show to the world the amazing transformation of this once-neglected City street.

    
    “Ebenezer Scrooge – the central character of A Christmas Carol is forced by ghosts to look deep into his past, his present and future. We too have done that – working to preserve and enhance our historical attractions with buildings such as One New Change and the spectacular views of St Paul’s it will provide from its roof garden; managing the present with a coordinated approach to development; and looking to a future when Cheapside will rediscover its glory days as one of London’s great shopping streets.”
     
    Sally Chatterjee, Visit London’s Chief Executive, said: “I’m delighted that St Paul’s will play a key role in London’s festive celebrations this year. As one of the most iconic venues in London, it’s entirely appropriate that it will take centre stage in making London a compelling destination for visitors.”

    Tickets are now on sale at www.londonschristmascarol.com for the public to take part in the world premiere which is in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. A donation will be made to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (Registered Charity no. 235825) as part of Disney’s partnership with the hospital, to help towards an ongoing Disney campaign to raise an invaluable £10 million towards their much-needed redevelopment appeal.

    
    London’s Christmas Carol is a celebration of a traditional Christmas as London turns back the clock and brings to life the spirit of Christmas with events, promotions and activity across the capital.  Partners involved in this initiative are The Walt Disney Company UK, The Mayor’s Office, Westminster Council, the New West End Company, The Crown Estate, The City Of London, Visit London and many more.

    
    For further information on Christmas in The City, visit www.visitthecity.co.uk/christmas

    
    Disney’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ will be released through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK
    in cinemas across the UK November 6, 2009
    Certificate: PG |Running Time: 96mins

    
    For further information regarding London’s Christmas Carol please contact DDA PR:
    James Knox: 020 7932 9830 / Bee Jordan: 020 7932 9814
    dacc@ddapr.com

    
    For information regarding Disney’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ please contact Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK:
    Charlotte Tudor: 020 8222 2581 / Charlotte.Tudor@disney.com
    Natacha Clarke: 020 8222 2580 / Natacha.Clarke@disney.com

    Images are available to download from www.image.net

    
    www.londonschristmascarol.com
     

    
    NOTES TO EDITORS

    DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL AND CHRISTMAS ACROSS LONDON
    Dickens classic novel published in 1843 has become the essential Christmas tale, symbolizing and representing all the elements of the festive season with charity, compassion, celebration, families uniting and gift giving. Many people claim that Dickens helped re-popularise the notion of a traditional Christmas season which became very fashionable for the Victorians.

    “In 'A Christmas Carol' Charles Dickens captured the very essence of traditional English Christmas while telling a hugely innovative, fanciful and above all socially responsible tale for the modern age. The story's characters, just like Dickens himself, have become part of our festive season and spread a powerful message of moral and social redemption throughout the world - today as much as it did in 1843 when it was written.” Dr Florian Schweizer, Strategic Director of the Charles Dickens Museum, London.

    For more information on Charles Dickens and the Dickens Museum please contact: Dr Florian Schweizer: +44 (0)20 7405 2127 ext 214

    DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL - THE FILM
    Disney’s ‘A Christmas Carol’, a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, The Polar Express, Beowulf), captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event.  Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth).  But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late. 

    Disney’s ‘A Christmas Carol’, based on the classic Dickens’ tale, is re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event starring Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins and Robin Wright Penn.

    The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with five business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, interactive media and consumer products. Disney is a Dow 30 company with revenues of nearly $38 billion in its most recent fiscal year.

    ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL
    St Paul’s is the Cathedral church of the diocese of London, which it has served for over 1,400 years. The current building has become a potent symbol of the life of a nation and is also one of the world’s most beautiful buildings. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren in the late seventeenth century, its stones have absorbed the hopes, fears, sorrows and joys of generations and stand as an enduring symbol of our communion with those gone before and those still to come. Each year nearly two million people flock to the Cathedral for services, concerts, debates, educational events, performing arts and sightseeing. All are most welcome. For more information please see page 6.

    THE CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION
    The City of London Corporation is a uniquely diverse organisation. It supports and promotes the City as the world leader in international finance and business services and provides local services and policing for those working in, living in and visiting the Square Mile. It also provides valued services to London and the nation. These include the Barbican Centre and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama; the Guildhall Library and Art Gallery and London Metropolitan Archives; a range of education provision (including three City Academies); five Thames bridges (including Tower Bridge and the Millennium Bridge); the Central Criminal Court at Old Bailey; over 10,000 acres of open spaces (including Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest), and three wholesale food markets. It is also London’s Port Health Authority and runs the Animal Reception Centre at Heathrow. It works in partnership with neighbouring boroughs on the regeneration of surrounding areas and the City Bridge Trust, which it oversees, donates more than £15m to charity annually. Full details on www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

     
    THE CHEAPSIDE INITIATIVE
    A unique partnership that brings together the local business community to work as a collective in helping to shape and influence Cheapside to become a premier retail and leisure destination.
    Our agenda for change in Cheapside is about to become a reality. Cheapside is becoming one of the City of London’s most prestigious shopping destinations, offering visitors a variety of contemporary retail and leisure facilities seven days a week.
    The aim of the Cheapside Initiative is to manage a coordinated approach to development, generating a step change in visitor’s perceptions of Cheapside by creating a strong business and retail voice for the area. Long term benefits will be established for existing businesses, as well as attracting new ones into the area.
    The Initiative will be attracting further inward investment by strengthening the retail offer of the area. Anchored by two major new retail developments at each end of the street – One New Change and Walbrook Square, the initiative will transform this historic marketplace within the Square Mile. Full details on www.incheapside.co.uk

    GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
    Guinness World Records is the universally recognized authority on record-breaking achievement. First published in 1955, the annual Guinness World Records book is published in more than 100 countries and 25 languages and is the highest-selling books under copyright of all time with more than 3 million copies sold annually across the globe. Guinness World Records celebrated its 50th anniversary edition in 2004, a year after the sale of its 100 millionth copy. Guinness World Records also annually publishes the Gamer’s Edition; a records book devoted solely to the world of computer gaming and high score record achievements.

    NEW WEST END COMPANY:
    New West End Company is a company dedicated to driving forward London’s West End as the world’s top shopping destination. It is supported and run by major retailers and property owners in Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street. 

    New West End Company ensures the ongoing commercial success of the area by promoting the district, delivering street management services, funding public realm projects to improve the shopping environment.  It is a leading partner in the biggest regeneration programme of London’s West End in its history.  Find out more at www.newwestend.com.

    200 million visitors travel into the West End each year spending over £5.5bn.  Of these visitors 25% are from overseas and a further 21% are from outside of London. 

    London’s West End is the world’s top shopping destination, with a world-class mix of over 600 shops, 176 flagship stores, 120 international brand, 40 renowned theatres, 30 museums and galleries, 17 Michelin starred restaurants and 7 tranquil green spaces. 

    For New West End Company and London’s West End contact Jace Tyrrell Phone: +44 7791 123 513 Email: jace.tyrrell@newwestend.com

    REGENT STREET
    The world class shopping destination of Regent Street was one of the first purpose built shopping streets in the world and today celebrates 180 years of shopping.  In 1954 Regent Street was the first European shopping street to have illuminated Christmas lights.

    Regent Street has undergone a £750 million investment plan and has attracted many new flagship brands including; Europe’s first Banana Republic store, the world’s first National Geographic store, Toy Watch, Guess as well as Cos, Camper, Ferrari, Hoss Intropia and the finest toy shop in the world, Hamleys.  New fashion shops soon to open on Regent Street include Anthropologie (23 October); the first outside the US and Gant.  Aqua Hong Kong’s renowned restaurant will be opening a roof top venue in Regent Street at the end of October.

    For further information and images on Regent Street and the Regent Street Christmas lights contact Sarah Millar or Rufus Stone at Sister on 020 7 287-9601or email sarah@sister-pr.com or rufus@sister-pr.com

    
    OXFORD STREET
    The UK’s favourite High street has over 300 retailers from designer outlets to department stores and is the most visited shopping street in Europe.

    Since the first illumination of Oxford Street’s world famous Christmas Lights in 1959 the central London spectacle has become an integral part of the country’s preparation for the Christmas period. Every year on a chilly November evening 50,000 shoppers flood the length of Oxford Street, the ultimate UK shopping destination, to witness the spectacle of the glittering Christmas lights scheme adorning the retail haven.

    With no greater pull than the pull of celebrity, the nation’s number one celebrities have climbed the platform to push the red button every year since the early 1980s. It became common knowledge in the world of celebrity that to be invited to switch on the Christmas lights in Oxford Street meant you were currently the people’s favourite.

    Oxford Street Christmas Lights schemes are widely known to be the most superior designs in the country, ranging from the traditional schemes of the 1980s and early 1990s featuring real Christmas trees along the length of the street, to the more elaborate schemes seen today involving LED displays.

    As 2009 anticipates Oxford Street’s biggest and most elaborate lights scheme in its 50 year history London’s ultimate Christmas spectacle is certain to dazzle the British public for years to come.

    Oxford Street was named best shopping destination in the Visit London awards 2007 & 2008.

    For further images and information on Oxford Street and the Oxford Street Christmas Lights contact Laura Ramos at New West End Company Phone: +44 207 462 0681 Email: laura.ramos@newwestend.com

    THE REGENT STEET AND OXFORD STEET LIGHTS
    The Oxford Street and Regent Street Christmas Lights use LED bulbs - the most energy efficient bulbs in the UK – using 75% less energy than traditional bulbs.
     
    The bulbs use energy from renewable sources.

    All carbon generated by the festivities will be offset through PURE – the first UK registered charity dedicated to climate change by carbon offsetting.

    VISIT LONDON
    Visit London is the official visitor organisation for London. A leader in best practice destination marketing, Visit London promotes the UK capital internationally, across Britain and to Londoners targeting leisure and business visitors. Visit London works in partnership with the Mayor of London, the London Development Agency, London Councils and the tourism industry.

    For broadcast-standard video of London, please visit www.thenewsmarket.com/visitlondon. If you are a first-time user, please take a moment to register. Visit London footage is free for all editorial purposes.

    Media enquiries: Visit London Press Office – 020 7234 5710/ pressoffice@visitlondon.com

    ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL CHOIR
    There has been a choir of boys and gentlemen at St Paul's Cathedral for over nine centuries. The earliest records date from 1127, when the Bishop of London, Richard de Belmeis, founded what was the first choir school and made provision for 'almonry' boys to serve the Cathedral.

    The present Cathedral Choir consists of 30 choristers (boy trebles), eight probationers (who will become choristers) and 12 professional adult singers (or Vicars Choral): four altos, four tenors and four basses.

    St Paul’s Cathedral Choir has established itself as one of the major forces in British church music today. The choristers rehearse every day for their busy workload; which may be a Sung Evensong or the chance to sing before HM The Queen at a special service. Situated at the east end of the cathedral, the school combines its musical heritage with a pursuit of academic excellence.

    ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL - A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
    A Cathedral dedicated to St Paul has overlooked the City of London since 604AD, a constant reminder to this great commercial centre of the importance of the spiritual side of life.

    The current Cathedral – the fourth to occupy this site – was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1675 and 1710 after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. Its architectural and artistic importance reflect the determination of the five monarchs who oversaw its building that London’s leading church should be as beautiful and imposing as their private palaces.

    As the Cathedral of the capital city, St Paul’s is the spiritual focus for the Nation. This is where people and events of overwhelming importance to the country have been celebrated, mourned and commemorated since the first Service took place in 1697. Since then important services have included the funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill; Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria, King George V; peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars; the launch of the Festival of Britain; the Service of Remembrance and Commemoration for the 11th September 2001: the 80th and 100th birthdays of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, to Lady Diana Spencer and the Thanksgiving for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen.

    Throughout, St Paul’s has remained a busy, working church where millions have come to worship and find peace. It is a heritage site of international importance that attracts thousands of people each year, a symbol of the City and Nation it serves and, above all, a lasting monument to the glory of God.

    
    ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL – FACTS AND FIGURES
    • St Paul’s is the only Cathedral to have been designed, built and completed by a single architect. It took 35 years to build, from 1675–1710.
    • The present St Paul’s is the fourth to occupy the site on Ludgate Hill; the first Cathedral dedicated to St Paul was built in 604 AD.
    • St Paul’s actually has three domes: an inner dome, a brick cone that supports the lantern, and the outer dome ‘skin’. The inner dome is 225ft high with a diameter of 102 ft. The whole structure weighs 64,000 tonnes.
    • The golden ball on the top of the dome is six feet in diameter, with room inside for ten people. The golden cross on top of the dome is 355.5ft from the ground.
    • The crypt of St Paul’s is the largest in Western Europe, and unusually for a Cathedral, is the exact ‘footprint’ of the Cathedral floor.
    • St Paul’s was the venue for some of the nation’s grandest funerals, including Admiral Lord Nelson (1806), Arthur, Duke of Wellington (1852) and Sir Winston Churchill (1965).
    • The Crypt is the final resting place for many famous names including Nelson, Wellington, Joseph Turner and Sir Alexander Fleming.
    • Sir Christopher Wren is also buried here, in a very plain grave. On the wall at the head of his tomb is a plain inscription, in Latin, arranged by his son. It translates as If you seek his monument, look around you. Wren himself had not wanted a memorial at all.
    • John Donne, a Dean of St Paul's, was buried in the crypt in 1631. His is the only monument from 'old St Paul's' to survive the Great Fire of London. Scorch marks can still be seen on the urn on which his statue is standing.
    • In 1964 human rights campaigner Martin Luther King preached at St Paul’s on his way to Oslo to collect the Nobel Peace Prize.

     

     

     

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