DETECTIVES investigating the Dreamspace disaster have travelled to Liverpool and Scotland as part of their inquiries, it has been revealed.

Investigators were looking into two previous incidents involving works by the artist Maurice Agis.

Hundreds of people saw the tragedy unfold, when Mr Agis's art work Dreamspace came free from its moorings, upended and was blown across the Riverside Park in Chester-le-Street Sunday, July 23.

Two women were killed and about a dozen people were injured.

It emerged after the tragedy that in 1988, another of the artist's inflatable sculptures - Clause 28 - had slipped its moorings in high winds and became airborne during the Glasgow Garden Festival.

Mr Agis and a fellow worker were dragged up to 30ft into the air as they held on to mooring ropes. The artist, suffered back injuries, while the worker was dumped into the River Clyde.

And the latest incarnation of Dreamspace was repeatedly slashed by a gang of vandals when it appeared in Liverpool last month.

A police spokesman said last night: "Detectives from the Serious Crime Squad, who are leading the joint inquiry with the Health and Safety Executive, have been to Liverpool and Glasgow.

"It is part of establishing the totality of the history of Dreamspace, since its inception through to what happened on that fateful day in Chester-le-Street.

"We are looking at anything and everything to find out what might be relevant or otherwise to the inquiry."

The spokesman also confirmed that minutes from a meeting of Chester-le-Street District Council's safety advisory group, which had discussed the planning of the event, was now part of the investigation.

He said: "The minutes of that meeting have been made available to us by the safety advisory group. The minutes will be studied and we plan to speak to members of the group."

The group assesses planned events to ensure it they can take place safely.

Meanwhile three-year-old Rosie Wright, of Langley Park, County Durham, who suffered horrendous injuries, as she was thrown from Dreamspace continues to make her recovery.

Her parents, Penny and Lee Wright, said Rosie was in high spirits after leaving an intensive care unit.

Gemma, Nadolski, 23, of nearby Sacriston, who fell from the inflatable artwork is also recovering in hospital