• The Millennium Commission, a United Kingdom public body, was set up to celebrate the turn of the millennium. It used funding raised through the UK National...
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    The Millennium Dome was the original name of the large dome-shaped building on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, which housed a major...
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    of the stadium was £121 million, of which the Millennium Commission funded £46 million. The Millennium Stadium opened in June 1999 and its first major...
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    The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in...
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    by the Commission on the Thames (the others being Blackfriars Millennium Pier, London Eye Pier, Tower Millennium Pier and Millbank Millennium Pier). Its...
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    Wales Millennium Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru) (WMC) is Wales' national arts centre located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales. The site...
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    the Commission on the Thames (the others being Blackfriars Millennium Pier, London Eye Pier, Westminster Millennium Pier and Millbank Millennium Pier)...
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    The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne between Gateshead arts quarter on the south bank and Newcastle...
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    being awarded a Millennium Commission grant in 1995, the project commenced in 1996, and is now housed in the Wellcome Trust Millennium Building situated...
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    Professor in perpetuity at Gresham College, London. She served on the Millennium Commission, for which she was appointed a CBE in 2007. Asteroid 3922 Heather...
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  • In contemporary history, the third millennium is the current millennium in the Anno Domini or Common Era, under the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January...
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  • However, the project failed to win financial support from the Millennium Commission, the body which distributed funds from the UK National Lottery....
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    Falkirk Wheel (category Buildings and structures celebrating the third millennium)
    Enterprise Network, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Millennium Commission. Planners decided early on to create a dramatic 21st-century landmark...
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  • one of several buildings funded by the Millennium Commission to celebrate the turn of the millennium Millennium Hall (Addis Ababa), a multi-purpose venue...
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  • Lanarkshire Council West Dunbartonshire Council West Lothian Council Millennium Commission Millennium Forest for Scotland British Waterways Scottish Natural Heritage...
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    partially funded by £46 million from the Millennium Commission, as such the new development was named the Millennium Stadium. The project was completed by...
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  • In 2013, Norstedts Förlag commissioned Swedish author and crime journalist David Lagercrantz to continue the Millennium series with Larsson's characters...
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    The Millennium Forest for Scotland project was an initiative created by the Millennium Commission and funded by the National Lottery of the United Kingdom...
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    Nations, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 created following the Millennium Summit, following...
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    Peninsula, a new science and learning centre was planned in 2000 by the Millennium Commission, to celebrate the history of invention and inventors. An estimated...
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    any of them to the events in the song. Nevertheless, the Dublin Millennium Commission in 1988 endorsed claims made for a Mary Malone who died on 13 June...
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    of the Millennium Commission (13 July 2000). "Ken Livingstone Opens New Millennium Commission Funded Pier". The Millennium Commission. Archived from the...
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    year 2000, and was jointly funded by Leeds City Council and the Millennium Commission. Total cost of production was £12 million. It is an L-shaped pedestrian...
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    which £31 million (equivalent to £65 million in 2023) was from the Millennium Commission. The library has been named one of the most popular in the country...
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  • the country. Opened in 1999, it used funding from the Millennium Commission, the European Commission and English Partnerships. It closed its doors in 2004...
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    The Deep (aquarium) (category Buildings and structures celebrating the third millennium)
    by Terry Farrell and built as part of the UK National Lottery's Millennium Commission project. The Deep is also a landmark centre for marine research...
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    1979–1990 and London Transport 1984–1986. He was a member of the Millennium Commission from February 1994 to December 2000, and has also sat on the Board...
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  • A Millennium stamp is a postage stamp issued by a postal administration commemorating a millennium associated with that country's history but several countries...
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    million for the Glasgow Tower, with over £37 million coming from the Millennium Commission. The largest of the three main, titanium-clad buildings takes a...
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  • with the Charity Commission. The Trust was established between the Millennium Stadium plc and the Millennium Commission when the Millennium Stadium was built...
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