Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from DCMS

Sir Elton John’s husband urges DCMS to champion value of British culture

The Canadian filmmaker, who has been married to Sir Elton since 2014, said emerging British artists and their crews needed to be allowed to tour “without bureaucracy and red tape”.

Irish Independent

Scotland's arts sector loses millions in funding due to Brexit, analysis finds

SCOTLAND’s arts and film industry has lost out on millions in funding due to Brexit, new analysis has suggested.

The National (Scotland)

Ancient Egyptian limestone relief of female musicians at risk of leaving UK

The artwork is thought to have been created between 1351 and 1334 BC.

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

MPs to question governing bodies over fan safety at sporting events

Representatives from the football, cricket and horse racing authorities will face questions from the DCMS select committee on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Liverpool is still waiting for Rishi Sunak's £2m waterfront promise

£2 million to begin work on the project was announced by the Government in October 2021, but 15 months on no money has been received

Liverpool Echo

Government urged to combat ‘pitiful returns’ for musicians

Parliamentary report calls for more streamlined policymaking for the creative industries, in order to make the British music ecosystem more amenable to artists

The Guardian - UK

Musicians making ‘pitiful’ returns on streaming, MPs say

There needs to be a ‘complete reset’ of the streaming market, according to the DCMS committee

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Performers make pitiful returns on streaming their music, MPs say

Performers and creators are making a “pitiful” amount of money from streaming their music online, MPs have said.

Irish Independent

Damian Green appointed acting chairman of Commons DCMS Committee

The former Cabinet minister said there were ‘major policy challenges’ which his committee would scrutinise.

The Independent UK

Government drops plans to privatise Channel 4: What you need to know

The Government has scrapped plans to privatise Channel 4 with an “ambitious package of measures” to serve as an alternative to the sale.

Irish Independent

Rishi Sunak ditches plan to privatise Channel 4, government confirms

Culture secretary Michelle Donelan hails ‘British success story’ as U-turn announced

The Independent UK

Culture Secretary confirms decision not to sell Channel 4

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has confirmed the Government has scrapped plans to privatise Channel 4 but has agreed c4 must make specific reforms to help it compete with streaming culture.

Irish Independent

‘I have decided that Channel 4 should not be sold’, says Culture Secretary

The decision to take the broadcaster out of public ownership was announced under the tenure of her predecessor, Nadine Dorries.

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries fumes as Tories 'ditch plans to privatise Channel 4'

NADINE Dorries has been left fuming amid reports the Government is planning to abandon plans to sell off Channel 4.

The National (Scotland)

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Channel 4 privatisation ‘to be scrapped’ by new Culture Secretary

Michelle Donelan said the broadcaster’s ability to support the UK’s independent production sector ‘would be very disrupted’

Manchester Evening News

Government set to drop plans to privatise Channel 4

Culture secretary Michelle Donelan has recommended that the government drop its plans to privatise Channel 4

Wales Online

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan tells PM Rishi Sunak that plans to privatise Channel 4 should be dropped

The move was led by the previous Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, while Boris Johnson was Prime Minister

Irish Independent

‘Culture Secretary recommends Government drop Channel 4 privatisation’

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has written to the Prime Minister, recommending the Government drops its plans to privatise Channel 4, according to reports.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan to take ‘short’ maternity leave

She will become the second Cabinet minister to take maternity leave.

Daily Mirror

Azeem Rafiq slams Sky Sports over David Lloyd exit as he opens up on "attacks"

Azeem Rafiq has called Sky Sports' decision to let David Lloyd go 'as bad a decision as anyone has made through these last two years'

The Independent UK

Azeem Rafiq to provide fresh testimony on racism in cricket to DCMS committee

The 31-year-old first appeared before MPs in November last year

Chronicle Live

County Durham museum gets share of £4m funding pot to develop four new gallery spaces

The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle has been awarded a grant of more than quarter of a million pounds

Wales Online

Elon Musk’s Starlink internet-beaming satellites to be used in UK trials

The new technology will be put to the test at three remote locations in the Lake District and Snowdonia National Park

The Guardian - UK

BT asks ministers to help pay for low-cost broadband for poorest customers

Critics say telecoms firms such as BT – which made £1.9bn profit last year – can afford to keep customers on benefits connected

The Independent UK

Online self-harm content to be made illegal five years after death of teenager Molly Russell

The maximum penalty for the offence will be published in due course, the government said

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Liverpool City Council

726 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.