Close Dome, says Short

London - A cabinet minister yesterday broke ranks with the government and said the troubled Millennium Dome should be closed …

London - A cabinet minister yesterday broke ranks with the government and said the troubled Millennium Dome should be closed down as soon as possible. Ms Clare Short, minister for international development, described the attraction as a "disaster," and said "very soon it will be put it out of its misery".

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