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The UK Government has earmarked almost £1.3m (US$1.7m, €1.5m) towards a scheme that aims to involve young people in heritage, through a new grant to ... More

Funding support for York's National Railway Museum, Coventry's 2021 UK City of Culture programme and infrastructure and maintenance work at local and regional museums across ... More

Thirty-five museums and galleries in England are to benefit from a funding boost after the award of a total of £4m (US$5.16m, €4.49m) by the ... More

A £200,000 (US$252,605, €221,270) cash injection from the UK Government to Black Cultural Archives (BCA) in Brixton, London, is intended to buy time for the ... More

The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published an action plan that will enable joined-up strategic thinking for English museums at ... More

The Sport and Recreation Alliance (SRA) is encouraging the sports sector to engage in a new consultation launched by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media ... More

UPDATE: David Edmonds, the chair of Olympic Stadium operators the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), has resigned from his role amid mounting pressure over the ... More

New government data suggests that more than half of adults (53 per cent) have visited a museum or gallery in the past year, boosting increased ... More

The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has announced details of funding for all its bodies - including a five percent cut to international ... More

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has received a £5.3m (US$8m, €6.2m) bonus payment from London 2012 organisers Locog after its final accounts had a £30m ... More

The UK's tourism sector has outperformed the economy on the whole after racking up a 12.6 per cent increase in total revenue between 2007 and ... More

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a new Cabinet team based on “all change”. Who are the Ministers whose policies and decisions will now affect our ... More

The main Parliamentary watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee, has lambasted three Permanent Secretaries – for Health, Education & Skills and Culture, Media & Sport – ... More

£36m of funding has been secured to transform Rotherham’s sporting and leisure facilities. The sum includes a £20m government cash injection, a £3.8m grant from ... More