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The Culture Secretary announced the full programme of events to mark the anniversary.

Hollyoaks star Isabelle Smith said ‘it’s not very easy to get a job… especially in an arts industry’.

Victory in Europe Day is celebrated on May 8 each year to mark when the Allies formally accepted Germany’s surrender in 1945.

“In any civilised community the arts … serious or comic, light or demanding, must occupy a central place. Their enjoyment should not be regarded as something remote from everyday life.” This was a central statement in the white paper (a statement of policy intent) issued 60 years ago by Jennie…

BBC’s handling of the documentary had ‘serious flaws’, a review has found

The corporation has said it has no plans to broadcast the documentary again.

It was a by-election that caused a political earthquake. In 1981, Shirley Williams changed the temperature in Westminster when the new Social Democratic Party triumphed in the once true blue seat of Crosby. Months before, her fellow Gang of Four member Roy Jenkins had come tantalisingly close to winning a…

The Culture Secretary said she will keep MPs informed on the findings of an internal BBC investigation.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the Government will not ban greyhound racing, despite the Welsh Labour Government announcing their plan to do so.