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Burnham sets Olympic ambition for school sport - Coaching and competition for all in main sports by 2012

29/08/2008

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29 August 2008

Culture Secretary Andy Burnham set out his ambition to offer coaching and competition for all by 2012 as part of plans to offer young people five hours of sport a week.

Listing of 25 historic buildings amended to highlight their links to slavery and its abolition

23/08/2008

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23 August 2008

Today, on UNESCO International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, Margaret Hodge, Culture Minister, announced new protection for four historic buildings and monuments linked to the slave trade, and upgrades and amendments for 21 others.

£4 million boost for museums across England – Egyptian coffins, long-dead Norwich criminals and extinct animals to be given a new lease of life

22/08/2008

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26 August 2008

Thirty one museums and galleries in England will benefit from grants totalling £4 million, Culture Minister Margaret Hodge announced today.

Government to launch 'Medal Hopes' scheme - business invited to support UK athletes in the run up to 2012

20/08/2008

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20 August 2008

The Government is to launch a national funding drive to support Britain’s elite athletes in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

‘Shell’ of a house ‘listed’ at Grade I by Margaret Hodge

15/08/2008

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15 August 2008

The unusual step of listing a building at Grade I was taken by Culture Minister Margaret Hodge, as she listed The Shell House in Sherborne, Dorset.

Export drama over earliest manuscript of opera in English

07/08/2008

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7 August 2008

Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on an important musical manuscript, giving UK purchasers a last chance to acquire it before it is sold abroad.

Team GB best prepared British team ever

04/08/2008

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04 August 2008

Team GB for Beijing is the best prepared British team ever, Andy Burnham said today.

Cutting bureaucracy for licensees

04/08/2008

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04 August 2008

A package of measures to reduce bureaucracy and save money for managers of licensed premises was published today by licensing Minister Gerry Sutcliffe.

7 July Permanent Memorial design unveiled

01/08/2008

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1 August 2008

The final design for the permanent Memorial to the 52 innocent victims killed in the London bombings on 7 July 2005 was unveiled today.

£10 million for coastal resorts in first wave of Sea Change grants

01/08/2008

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01 August 2008

A new 20,000 capacity performance space, a revitalised Napoleonic fort and improved facilities at a world class heritage site will all go ahead in England’s coastal towns following the award of over £10 million from the Government’s Sea Change programme.

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