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By Mark Savage
image captionDownload Festival was run as a limited-capacity pilot event last weekend
Festivals and freelancers in the cultural sector face devastating consequences unless the government offers more support, MPs have warned.
The Public Accounts Committee praised a government scheme to bail out cultural institutions, but said festivals faced a survival threat unless ministers set up a cancellation insurance scheme.
It noted the government had not yet modelled how such a scheme could work.
The government said more help was coming via its culture recovery fund.
In its report published on Wednesday, the Public Accounts Committee also raised concerns over the lack of support for crew and technicians.
AN £8m project monitoring cliff falls at key points along the Jurassic Coast will be launched in Dorset. 5G RuralDorset has announced it will develop a coastal landslip monitoring system which will use 5G connected sensors to monitor ground movement, temperature and rainfall so coastal landslips can be better understood. Project leaders hope that the research can prove that by using 5G sensors, the process of data collection can be made safer, more cost effective, responsive and efficient, as well as contribute to coastal resilience in the face of climate change and rising sea levels. The system will be trialled at Lyme Regis and Burton Bradstock, which are both sites with active landslides posing public safety risks for the local community and visitors. The current management and monitoring systems at Lyme Regis represent a significant cost to Dorset Council and councillors are hoping the new system will provide significant savings moving forward.
AN £8m project monitoring cliff falls at key points along the Jurassic Coast will be launched in Dorset. 5G RuralDorset has announced it will develop a coastal landslip monitoring system which will use 5G connected sensors to monitor ground movement, temperature and rainfall so coastal landslips can be better understood. Project leaders hope that the research can prove that by using 5G sensors, the process of data collection can be made safer, more cost effective, responsive and efficient, as well as contribute to coastal resilience in the face of climate change and rising sea levels. The system will be trialled at Lyme Regis and Burton Bradstock, which are both sites with active landslides posing public safety risks for the local community and visitors. The current management and monitoring systems at Lyme Regis represent a significant cost to Dorset Council and councillors are hoping the new system will provide significant savings moving forward.
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image captionSefton Park in Liverpool hosted Fusion Festival in 2019
Music fans in Liverpool are to get the chance to enjoy a near-normal gig as part of a government pilot event.
The 5,000-strong crowd at Sefton Park on 2 May will not need to be socially distanced or wear face coverings.
But they will have to provide proof of a negative Covid test to gain entry.
Meanwhile, the FA Cup semi-final between Leicester City and Southampton at London s Wembley Stadium will host a crowd of 4,000 later as part of a series of government trial events.
The outdoor concert at Sefton Park will operate slightly below its capacity of 7,500. Performers for the live event have not yet been announced.