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| Updated: 17:08, 04 April 2021
Local arts and heritage groups celebrated being thrown financial lifelines after the second round of government loans and grants were announced on Friday under the Culture Recovery Fund.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announced details of 2,700 organisations being offered nearly £400 million in grants and loans to help the culture sector reopen and recover, on top of the £1 billion that has already been allocated in the first round.
Locally some of the organisations included:
Compton Verney given £460,000 grant (45820661)
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, £3,000,000 repayable loan
Warwick Arts Centre, £1,919,000 repayable loan
The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, £261,500 grant
Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, £460,000 grant
Rail passengers urged to check journey times as timetables are cut
People who need to travel by train during lockdown are being urged to check journey planners as timetables are slashed.
Services are being cut from around 87% of normal levels to 72% due to the latest
COVID-19 lockdown in England.
Industry body the
Rail Delivery Group (RDG) said this reflects the lower number of people travelling and provides better value for money for taxpayers, who are subsiding franchised train operators to keep trains running.
RAIB investigation after trains ‘more than double speed limit’
An investigation has been launched into trains speeding through the site of the Stonehaven rail crash despite emergency restrictions being in place over landslip fears.
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway facing uncertain future
| Updated: 11:54, 14 January 2021
Steam railways are facing a crisis as supplies of coal are under threat, the Heritage Railway Association has warned.
This means that the much-loved Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway is now facing an âuncertain futureâ, according to spokesperson Ian Crowder.
In December, Newcastle City Council refused a planning permission application for a new coal mine at Dewley Hill, outside the city.
The decision means that coal production in the UK has come to an end and has slashed the hopes of Britainâs heritage railways, which need affordable coal to continue running steam trains.
The Railway Magazine
Rail passengers urged to check journey times as timetables are cut
People who need to travel by train during lockdown are being urged to check journey planners as timetables are slashed.
Services are being cut from around 87% of normal levels to 72% due to the latest
COVID-19 lockdown in England.
Industry body the
Rail Delivery Group (RDG) said this reflects the lower number of people travelling and provides better value for money for taxpayers, who are subsiding franchised train operators to keep trains running.
RAIB investigation after trains ‘more than double speed limit’
An investigation has been launched into trains speeding through the site of the Stonehaven rail crash despite emergency restrictions being in place over landslip fears.