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Exclusive: MPs and Ukrainian artists sign letter saying Anna Netrebko is ‘symbol of cultural propaganda for a regime responsible for war crimes’

COMMENT: Promises in Anwar Ibrahim’s manifesto to repeal draconian legislation around media freedoms appear to be missing from the prime minister’s government, writes John Whittingdale

Adrian and Joanne Fenton had called the police when they discovered the boy hiding inside a bike-rack cover

Sir John Whittingdale was the last culture secretary to renegotiate the BBC charter including the licence fee but now believes it needs to find a new means of funding

Farming minister Daniel Zeichner told the Commons it was rare for the disease to infect humans.

Ministers could introduce an exception to copyright law for ‘text data and mining’.

ITV had a huge hit with the powerful real-life drama ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ back in January, but the broadcaster believes that it’s getting harder and harder to make ‘very distinctively British’ shows. Katie Rosseinsky explores why series like this might be a dying breed

Culture minister Sir John Whittingdale said the powers would be “focused” on benefit claimants, but MPs were not convinced.

Amazon and TikTok representatives also among those attending ‘policy’ discussions at party conference