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UK's Imperial War Museum to benefit from banker fines
BY Tom Anstey | 10 Dec 2014
Money collected by the UK government from banks fined for wrongdoing is to
be redistributed in-part to the education sector, with Cambridgeshire’s Imperial
War Museum to benefit by around £8m (US$12.5m, €10m) following a plea
from a local member of parliament.
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City of Culture title brought £47m tourism boost to Londonderry
BY Ashley Harrison | 09 Dec 2014
Londonderry’s recent UK City of Culture title increased tourism to the area by 50 per cent
and pumped £47m into the economy in associated expenditure, according to
statistics compiled by NISRA (the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency).
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Mandela Museum to get R16m facelift
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Dec 2014
A museum dedicated to the late South African leader, Nelson Mandela, is to be
given a multi-million rand renovation, restoring the facility to its former glory
after it fell into a state of disrepair over the past decade.
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HLF grants £21m to various projects in latest round of funding
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Dec 2014
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has green-lighted more than £21m in funding
for a variety of heritage projects across the UK, including the renovation of a
World War One social club, construction of Scotland’s first building conservation
centre and the creation of an aerospace centre.
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UNESCO names five new Cities of Design
BY Tom Anstey | 04 Dec 2014
Five cities – Dundee, Bilbao, Curitiba, Helsinki and Turin – have been
designated UNESCO Cities of Design for their significant contributions to the
international design industry.
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