Cheltenham Literature Festival ‘not going anywhere’ despite funding blow
Cheltenham Literature Festival Nicola Tuxworth said Cheltenham Literature Festival’s free family events would continue Cheltenham Literature Festival is “not planning to go anywhere” after an investment firm withdrew its funding, a senior member of its team has said. Baillie Gifford has ended sponsorship deals with a number of book festivals, including Hay Festival and the […]
Cannock museum and theatre closure in council cost-cutting plan
Google The Prince of Wales Theatre was due to temporarily close from spring, but could now close permanently, according to council chiefs A theatre and museum are being lined up for closure as part of measures to cut costs at a local authority in Staffordshire. Cannock Chase District Council said plans to close the Museum […]
US firms race to get ahead of Trump tariffs
BBC Handbag designer Sherrill Mosee says Trump’s tariff threats are already having an impact When handbag designer Sherrill Mosee learned that roughly 2,700 purses and backpacks she had ordered from her Chinese manufacturing partner would not make it onto one ship this autumn, she was initially content to wait. Then Donald Trump was re-elected as […]
Sturgeon’s £5m climate pledge and Rossi prints match
Several Scottish front pages look to the COP27 summit in Egypt, where a stark warning was issued by the United Nations. “We are on a highway to climate hell” and we have to “co-operate or perish” reports the i newspaper, which calls it the gravest warning yet. The Herald leads with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s […]
Wolverhampton open to calls for Liam Payne memorial
Wolverhampton could in the future have a permanent memorial to Liam Payne or a statue of the late singer, the leader of the local authority has said. Stephen Simkins said it was “right that we recognise every son and daughter from Wolverhampton that’s been an absolute asset to us”. But he said it would only […]
What we know about Israel-Hezbollah deal
Reuters Israel launched an air campaign and ground invasion against Hezbollah in late September A ceasefire deal to end 13 months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has taken effect. The US and France said the agreement would “cease the fighting in Lebanon, and secure Israel from the threat of Hezbollah […]
UK fruit picking farms like prison, migrant worker tells peers
Kat Pirnak/Bureau of Investigative Journalism A South African woman has described working as a fruit picker on farms in the south of England as “slave labour”. “We weren’t viewed as humans,” Sybil Msezane told a House of Lords committee. She said workers were addressed by numbers, rather than names, as if they were in prison, […]
Repairs to 150 roads across Somerset planned for summer
Somerset Council Surface dressing will be taking place across Somerset all summer Nearly 150 roads across Somerset will be repaired this summer. Somerset Council has tasked its new highways contractor with surface dressing the routes. Road surface treatment specialists Kiely Bros were awarded a four-year contract by the council effective from April 1. Surface dressing […]
National Science and Media Museum to reopen Imax before Christmas
National Science and Media Museum The Imax cinema will relaunch with screenings of Mufasa: The Lion King The National Science and Media Museum has confirmed its Imax cinema will reopen in time for Christmas, ahead of the venue’s full relaunch in January. The Bradford museum has been closed since last summer for a “once-in-a-generation” refurbishment […]
The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is a respite, not a wider solution
BBC For most of the people of Lebanon, a ceasefire could not come quickly enough. A leading Lebanese analyst at a conference on the Middle East that I’m attending in Rome said she couldn’t sleep as the appointed hour for the ceasefire came closer. “It was like the night before Christmas when you’re a kid. […]