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Derek Mapp to Chair Sport England

29/09/2006

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Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has today announced the appointment of Derek Mapp as the new Chair of Sport England.

Ofsted Report Praises Creative Partnerships Programme for Improving Pupils’ Personal and Social Skills

29/09/2006

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The Government today welcomed evidence from Ofsted that the Creative Partnerships programme is generating good creative approaches and positive attitudes by teachers, school leaders and creative practitioners, while raising the personal and social skills of pupils.

Tessa Jowell Backs Boost to Coaching in Britain

28/09/2006

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Plans announced today to boost sports coaching throughout the UK were welcomed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Tessa Jowell.

 

Culture Minister David Lammy acts to protect historic Cornish shipwreck - 'The St Anthony' - sunk in 1527 by ‘great and urgent tempest’

22/09/2006

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Culture Minister David Lammy has today announced the re-designation of the wreck site of the St Anthony, located off Gunwalloe Fishing Cove, Cornwall. This will ensure that the whole of the St Anthony wreck site will now be protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

Culture Minister David Lammy Defers Export Licence For ‘Outstanding’ Watercolour By JMW Turner, The Blue Rigi

21/09/2006

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Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on a watercolour by JMW Turner, The Blue Rigi.  This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the painting in the United Kingdom. 

New Appointments to the Board of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)

19/09/2006

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Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell announced today that Michael Walsh, Roy Clare, Yinnon Ezra, Nicholas Dodd and Sara Selwood, have been appointed as Members of the MLA Board.

Liverpool’s Casbah Club, scene of The Beatles first-ever gig, is ‘listed’ by Culture Minister David Lammy

15/09/2006

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‘There are places I’ll remember…’

The Casbah Club in Liverpool, where The Beatles played their first live performance, has become a Grade II listed building, Culture Minister David Lammy announced today.

£2m Funding and new activities to inspire & support music education

14/09/2006

Music education received another boost today as Schools Minister Andrew Adonis and Culture Minister David Lammy announced a further package of funding and activity for music educators to realise the aims of the Music Manifesto – the shared strategy for improvement in music education.

 

Memorial Service to Commemorate Britons Killed in Terrorist Attacks Abroad

07/09/2006

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The 13 British victims of Sharm el-Sheikh, Kusadasi and Doha bombings are to be commemorated later this month at a national memorial service.

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