The sense of lost Eden also comes from the story of the Patels.

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Andy Atkinson, of Cornish Orchards, said the Eden Project, along with other attractions such as the Lost Gardens of Heligan and restaurants such as Rick Stein's, had helped create a Cornwall "brand".

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Staff at the Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall have been told up to 70 jobs could be lost.

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