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23 Oct 2012
Funding for Staffordshire Great War Trail project
Staffordshire County Council has been awarded £80,000 from the Arts Council England to develop a trail to support plans for the county's commemoration of the Great War. The project is being led by Staffordshire County Council on behalf of the Staffordshire Museums Strategic Consortium and will commemorate Staffordshire's involvement in the Great War, improve the historical research base, and explore how the Staffordshire
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23 Oct 2012
Football tourism worth £706m to British economy
Figures released by national tourism agency VisitBritain show that nearly one million overseas visitors attended a game of football in the UK last year. It is estimated that foreign football tourists spent around £706m, the equivalent of £785 per fan and £200 more than the average 'non-football' visitor (£583).
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22 Oct 2012
Museums need to prioritise security
Thefts at regional museums are all too frequent, according to a BBC investigation by Inside Out, which will be aired in the east this evening. The programme discovered 110 thefts have taken place over the last six years, including millions of pounds worth of Chinese art from the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge and a rhino horn from Ipswich. A large number of thefts
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22 Oct 2012
Isle of Man awarded Dark Skies status
Seven sites around the Isle of Man have been designated Dark Sky Discovery Sites under the Dark Skies Discovery Initiative, an international scheme operated by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. It's hoped that the Island's dark skies will encourage more visitors to the Isle of Man, particularly during the dark winter months which are perfect for stargazing. Manx National Heritage (MNH) will now be working
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18 Oct 2012
Swansea gallery gets additional funding
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea has been given a further boost as it received additional funding for its £6.7m redevelopment from the Welsh regeneration programme. The gallery is currently being redeveloped in a bid to conserve the original character of the 1911 building while also bringing the attraction up to date with the 21st century requirements. Expected to open next year, the gallery was awarded £250,000 from the
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17 Oct 2012
Arts Council announces recipients of £2.6m Strategic Touring grants
Arts Council England has today (17 October) announced the successful applicants to the fourth round of its Strategic touring programme. A total of £2.6m has been awarded to five organisations - Chrysalis Arts Development, The Dance Touring Partnership (DTP), Multistory, Rural Arts North Yorkshire and The Touring Consortium Theatre Company (TCTC). The largest single grant (£1.1m) was given to TCTC which will use the funding
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17 Oct 2012
Detailed plans submitted for Battersea Power Station
Detailed plans for the first phase of Rafael Viñoly's Battersea Power Station masterplan have now been submitted to Wandsworth Council. The project in Nine Elms in London was granted outline planning consent in 2011 and the new application provides a detailed specification for the first stage of the development.
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17 Oct 2012
Cornish mine museum gets HLF grant
The Grade II King Edward Mine Museum near Camborne in Cornwall has been awarded a Your Heritage grant of £35,700 by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The grant has been match-funded with £10,000 from Cornwall Council and £2,477 from the Rural Development Programme for England. The King Edward Mine (KEM) is the oldest complete mine site left in Cornwall and the funding will support the development of a larger programme of events and
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17 Oct 2012
Museum of Somerset reopens following £7m revamp
Image: The Earl of Wessex at the museum The Museum of Somerset in Taunton has now fully reopened following a £7m redevelopment of the site. The Earl of Wessex officially opened the attraction during a visit to the region. The Earl also
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16 Oct 2012
London's 02 Arena up for sale
The American concert venue giant, AEG, which owns the O2 Arena in Greenwich, is up forsale, which could see the break up of the group. Anschutz Entertainment Group, owned by Anschutz Company, is the world’s second largest concert ticket and live music company. AEG has transformed the beleagured Millennium Dome into a 20,000-seat arena and shopping complex, which measured by ticket sales, is the
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16 Oct 2012
Historic London cinema receives £1.5m grant restoration
A London cinema, which hosted the first public screening in the UK, is being restored after receiving a £1.5m Heritage Lottery Fund grant. The Regent Street Cinema, within the University of Westminster's flagship Grade II listed building, will reopen to the public, filmmakers and students in 2014. The Heritage Lottery Fund award will support the restoration of the cinema by helping to evoke its 19th century heritage. The
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16 Oct 2012
US $20m aquarium to open in Utah next year
Construction work has begun on a US $20m (£12.4m 15.3m euro) expansion at the Living Planet Aquarium in Utah, US. Located in Draper, Salt Lake City, the 136,000sq ft (41,452sq m) 'Loveland
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16 Oct 2012
National Media Museum to hold spending review
The National Media Museum in Bradford is undertaking a spending review after experiencing a fall in visitor numbers. The three-week consultation will focus on cutting running costs and going "back to basics". Visits to the museum have halved since 2001, with 500,000 visiting the museum last year. It is not clear how many jobs will be affected until the consultation period is over. Deputy director of the Science Museum
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16 Oct 2012
Eden Project nominated for music awards
Cornwall eco-attraction, The Eden Project, has been nominated for two awards at the UK Festival Awards for its annual music events, The Eden Sessions. The Sessions are in the running for the Best Small Festival Award – which celebrates events with quirky touches and a sense of community – and the Grass Roots
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