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Watchdog investigating £120m Festival of Brexit after just 1% of crowd turns up

Boris Johnson branded the year-long event Unboxed: Creativity in the UK

Wales Online

Spending watchdog to probe £120m ‘festival of Brexit’ amid concerns taxpayer cash was ‘frittered away’

Festival’s design and execution ‘has been an unadulterated shambles,’ MP says

The Independent UK

Public spending watchdog to investigate so-called ‘festival of Brexit’

The Government invested £120 million in the event, which has been described as an ‘unadulterated shambles’.

The Independent UK

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Discrimination in cricket DCMS hearing to take place in mid-December

Azeem Rafiq and Lord Patel are set to be asked to appear.

The Independent UK

Adil Rashid reveals how cricket is evolving to embrace diversity

Racism allegations made by Azeem Rafiq in 2020 led to a series of government hearings and major questions about the state of English cricket

The Independent UK

Channel 4 boss in discussion with Government after doubt cast over privatisation

Chief executive Alex Mahon spoke at the RTS London Convention.

The Independent UK

eBay bans listings for Queen’s lying-in-state wristbands after prices hit £70,000

The wristbands allow mourners to leave the queue, grab food and drink, visit the loo and then rejoin - but the ones being listed on eBay do not guarantee entry to see the Queen's coffin

Daily Mirror

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Queue to see the Queen lying in state CLOSES as mourners told to stay away

The queue to see the Queen lying in state in Westminster Hall has finally closed after the line stretched more than five miles at its peak, with estimated waiting times reaching over 25 hours

Daily Mirror

The Guardian view on Channel 4 privatisation: a moment to step back

Editorial: The new culture secretary would be wise to abort a move that makes no economic sense and few people want anyway

The Guardian - UK

More than 250 people queuing to see Queen needed medical attention in one day

St John's Ambulance and the London Ambulance Service have been busy providing medical help to huge numbers of people queuing to view the Queen's coffin and gathering to pay their respects as temperatures fall

Daily Mirror

Minute’s silence to be held as Duke of York pays tribute to Queen

Big Ben will toll to mark the beginning of the national moment of reflection and the bell will be struck once more at 8.01pm as it ends.

The Independent UK

Public told NOT to leave homes to join Queen queue with wait time of 14 hours

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said it will announce later on Sunday when the queue will close

Evening Standard

Brits told not to set off for Queen lying-in-state queue with closure imminent

The government is monitoring the situation and will provide an official cut-off point for people hoping to join, with public viewing set to close at 6.30am tomorrow

Daily Mirror

People still trying to sell Queen lying in state wristbands for hundreds - despite eBay crackdown

Many have been listed for over £100 as mourners continue to queue on Sunday morning

Manchester Evening News

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The Guardian - UK

Queue for lying in state closes after UK holds minute’s silence – as it happened

Decision taken to close entry to queue permanently after it reached capacity before Monday’s funeral

The Independent UK

Big screens at public parks and venues across UK to show Queen’s funeral

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said the historic event will also be shown at 125 cinemas across the UK.

The Guardian - UK

Ebay removes listings for Queen’s lying in state wristbands selling for up to £70k

Dozens of coloured bands given to people joining queue were being offered as memorabilia for up to £70k online

Wales Online

Accessible queue to see Queen lying in state now permanently closed

All time slots have been allocated between now and the closure of Westminster Hall in Monday morning

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Daily Mirror

Queen queue now 14 HOURS long as people freeze on streets and Brits warned not to join

Mourners braved temperatures as cold as 10C to see the Queen lying in state at Westminster Hall - but winding five-mile queues reached Southwark Park in southeast London

The Independent UK

Queue time ticks over 25 hours as thousands brave the cold to mourn the Queen

The DCMS warned people not to travel to join the queue and to check back later on Saturday morning for updates on wait times.

The Independent UK

Lying in state queue 24 hours long as overnight temperatures look set to fall

The queue to see the Queen lying in state is now expected to take more than 24 hours and the Government has warned it will be cold overnight.

Evening Standard

#TheQueue – the best memes, tweets and reactions

#TheQueue has now reached capacity, and the Twitter reactions are flooding in

Wales Online

Queue to see Queen lying in state reopens with 24-hour wait

Admission to the queue had been paused for six hours on Friday after it reached capacity

Evening Standard

What is What3Words? System government is using to track the queue explained

What3Words is being used by the Government to livestream a map showing the queue’s location

The Independent UK

Queue to see Queen’s coffin resumes after pause due to capacity

The line is now almost five miles long

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