YouTube urged by Nandy to promote higher quality children’s content Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy praised the site for ‘democratising’ content creation but urged it to show more educational videos. Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2024
Government launches consultation on copyrighted material being used to train AI There is intense debate around how, when and if copyrighted material should be used to train AI models. Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2024
Annual Covid day of reflection to be held on March 9 It will be the fifth annual day of reflection, with the first having been held in 2021. Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2024
Culture Secretary considers new industry standards amid Gregg Wallace furore Lisa Nandy wants to explore whether stronger legal powers can be offered to an independent body to hold the creative sector accountable. Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2024
Culture Secretary says she is prepared to take action on ‘cultures of silence’ Lisa Nandy addressed recent questions of behaviour, including around MasterChef host Gregg Wallace, in a Culture, Media and Sport Committee meeting. Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024
No 10 brands Gregg Wallace’s response to claims ‘inappropriate and misogynistic’ The MasterChef presenter said the claims have come from ‘a handful of middle-class women of a certain age’ in an Instagram post. The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024
BBC licence fee to rise to £174.50 from April in line with inflation The household payment, which funds much of the BBC’s operations, had been frozen at £159 until this year. Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2024
BBC TV licence fee to rise from April in line with inflation The household payment, which funds much of the BBC’s operations, had been frozen at £159 until this year. The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024
'Disappointed': BBC and Channel 4 urged to bring more productions to Scotland SCOTLAND'S Culture Secretary has urged broadcasters to bring more productions north of the Border. The National (Scotland) · Nov 29, 2024
Charities in ‘real danger’ due to employers’ national insurance rise, Tories say The shadow culture secretary said the Government’s ‘charity tax’ will cost the sector £1.4 billion. Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024
Royal Shakespeare Company to look at AI and immersive technology in theatre The RSC has previously used motion capture technology in a performance of Dream The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024
Church And State Clash Over Entry Fee For Paris's Notre Dame France's powerful culture minister on Monday locked horns with the country's Roman Catholic establishment on whether tourists should pay to enter Notre Dame cathedral when it reopens next month. International Business Times · Nov 19, 2024
Government announces end of National Citizen Service and launches youth strategy The scheme has helped more than one million young people since 2011. Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024
Culture Secretary looks at adding online news platforms to media plurality rules Lisa Nandy said she wants to make changes for the ‘digital age’. Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024 Readers reply: Which works of fiction have an optimistic view of the future? The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Radio France Internationale · Oct 26, 2024 France mulls charging tourists to enter Notre-Dame cathedral French ministers have suggested charging tourists to enter Paris’s iconic Notre-Dame cathedral when it reopens in December after a five-year restoration. The proposal has drawn mixed reactions from both Parisians and visitors.
Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024 Health Secretary’s opposition to assisted dying Bill disappointing, says Rantzen Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has confirmed she will vote for Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024 Starmer urged by Commonwealth leaders to discuss slavery reparations A Bahamian foreign affairs minister has said a discussion should take place about the ‘ill effects’ of the slave trade.
Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024 Keir Starmer No10 chief at centre of growing row over Labour 'interference' in Trump v Harris election battle Cabinet ministers strongly reject the allegations made by the Trump camp
Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024 Donald Trump 'fascist' row: I wouldn't use that language, says Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy Her comment came as the Labour Party is denying its senior figures have advised the Kamala Harris campaign
Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2024 Bolstered football watchdog Bill to return to Parliament A strengthened Football Governance Bill will aim to ensure a new regulator is fully independent of Government and industry.
The National (Scotland) · Oct 15, 2024 Ofcom ignores devolved calls and allows Channel 4 to focus budget in England OFCOM has risked drawing anger from the devolved nations after confirming plans to allow Channel 4 to spend a disproportionate amount of its budget…
Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024 Taylor Swift police convoy through London for Wembley gigs was Met Police decision, insists No10 Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy insisted the decision for a motorbike escort was an operational decision by the Met Police
The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2024 Creative Scotland funding delayed until 'UK Budget clarity', says Culture Secretary Culture Secretary Angus Robertson said the Scottish Government wants to “substantially increase” funding for the arts – but could not confirm…
Top News · Sep 27, 2024 Naomi Campbell's Charity Barred For Financial Mismanagement Naomi Campbell banned as charity trustee for financial mismanagement of 'Fashion for Relief' charity. Trustees breached duties, leading to charity dissolution.