Department for Culture Media and Sport
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19 December 2008
Britain could be ready to migrate from analogue to digital radio as early as 2017 according to the Digital Radio Working Group (DRWG), which published its final report today.
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19 December 2008
Lady Cobham has been appointed as the new chairman of the national tourism body, VisitEngland.
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18 December 2008
Culture Secretary Andy Burnham today said ‘thank you’ to Liverpool on delivering an inspirational programme of arts and culture throughout its period as Liverpool Capital of Culture.
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16 December 2008
Dame Liz Forgan has been appointed as Chair of Arts Council England, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham announced today.
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12 December 2008
Culture Minister, Barbara Follett, has placed a temporary export bar on a pair of important Queen Anne giltwood stools. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to prevent this furniture from leaving the United Kingdom.
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10 December 2008
Joint DCSF/DCMS Press Release
National Play Strategy launched with 89 local authorities awarded funding to build and revamp playgrounds
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10 December 2008
David Davies, former Executive Director of the Football Association, will lead a review and possible overhaul of the events that must be broadcast free to the nation, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham announced today.
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10 December 2008
Culture Minister, Barbara Follett, has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by J M W Turner - Pope’s Villa at Twickenham. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the painting in the United Kingdom.
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9 December 2008
A new nationwide survey suggests public enthusiasm for London staging the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012 now stands at 78 per cent – with more people interested in London 2012 and more believing that the Games will have a positive impact on their own lives and local communities.
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8 December 2008
More than twenty million people aged 16 and under and over 60 will be able to swim for free from next April as Culture Secretary Andy Burnham today announced that 82 per cent of local authorities in England have signed up to take part in a £140 million Government scheme.
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