The attraction in Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent, has been sold by entrepreneur Mo Chaudry to the European leisure giant, Looping Group, which operates 21 leisure parks across Europe, including West Midlands Safari Park and Drayton Manor Park.

The new owner of Waterworld has issued a statement after a four-year-old girl died following an incident at the UK's biggest aqua park

A GIRL who died after an incident at a water park was from Bradford, an inquest has heard. Four-year-old Vethavalli Vasu-Dharma died at Royal Stoke University Hospital on August 4 following the incident at Waterworld in Festival Park,

An inquest has opened into the death of a four-year-old girl who died in hospital following an incident at a water park in Stoke-on-Trent. Vethavalli Vasu-Dharma, from Bradford in West Yorkshire, was found “unresponsive and submerged in water” by a member of the public at Waterworld in Festival Park on 4 August, coroner Daniel Howe said.

Looping Group, which finalised a deal to buy Waterworld Leisure Limited on July 31, has said it is 'deeply saddened'

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