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 ...

THE Smiler rollercoaster is set to reopen at Alton Towers today - nine months after an accident which left five people with serious or life-changing injuries. The theme park, which is owned by ...

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 ...

Four people have been seriously injured in a collision between two carriages on Alton Towers amusement park's Smiler rollercoaster. The collision involved 16 guests, with the carriages coming together ...

Thrill-seekers were left dangling on Alton Towers' Smiler rollercoaster for more than 30 minutes today, 15 months after the ride crashed and left five people seriously injured. In total 32 visitors ...

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 ...

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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