The Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington State is held in George, Washington on May 27-30th  2011.Foo Fighters are headlining together with a long list of other acts including Modest Mouse and Death Cab for Cutie. A visit to the Sasquatch! will really enliven your spring tour of the western states.

Visitors to Legoland California this year will be able to see the Star Wars Miniland depicting the scenes and scenery of the six Star Wars films plus the Clone Wars series in Lego bricks after the 31st March when it will have its debut.

The USAs Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have announced new security pat down procedures at USA airports. The organisation said “ pat downs  are one important  tool to help TSA to detect hidden and dangerous items such as explosives. 

The  hugely successful Mummies of the World exhibition at the California Science Centre is said to be the largest travelling exhibition of mummies ever brought together.  150 previously unexhibited mummies of humans, animals and accompanied by burial artefacts , and assembled from collections of  European Museums.

The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has revealed the design of the new UK passport to be introduced from October 2010. It has new design and physical security features which will help fight identity fraud.