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Arts body knew theatre project included ‘genital contact’ before awarding funds

A public arts body knew a controversial theatre project would include “a scene with genital contact” nine months before almost £85,000 of public money was awarded, documents have revealed. Creative Scotland has since withdrawn the funding for the ...

21 May 2024 at 16:47

Local News

Doherty: Minister’s RTÉ scandal is ‘public humiliation of a public servant’

Pearse Doherty says Minister Catherine Martin’s assertion that she did not expect to be asked on a television interview whether she had confidence in the now departed RTÉ Board Chair as “guff.” Ms Martin, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, ...

28 Feb 2024 at 19:33

Scotland

Minister: Decision to award cash to ‘genital contact’ art project is concerning

Scotland’s Culture Secretary has branded documents which revealed a public arts body knew a theatre project awarded almost £85,000 involved “genital contact” as “deeply concerning”. Angus Robertson has requested an urgent meeting with Creative ...

21 May 2024 at 17:51

Scotland

Immigration policy causing destitution and homelessness, study suggests

People coming to live in Scotland are being forced into extreme poverty and homelessness by existing immigration policy, according to researchers. A survey carried out by Heriot-Watt University of more than 130 people who travelled to the UK ...

16 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Government speeds up ‘skills passport’ for workers to move to clean energy jobs

The Government is speeding up the delivery of a “skills passport” to support oil and gas workers to move into jobs in renewables such as offshore wind, it has said. As Energy Secretary Ed Miliband visits Aberdeen, recently announced as the ...

17 Oct 2024 at 07:49

Scotland

Swinney shares concerns over funding given to ‘genital contact’ art project

John Swinney has said he shares the Culture Secretary’s concerns after it was revealed Creative Scotland knew a theatre project awarded almost £85,000 would involve “genital contact”. The First Minister said the arts organisation must be ...

22 May 2024 at 17:44

World

Trump signs executive order cutting federal funding to broadcasters

US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal ...

02 May 2025 at 13:08

Spending review: Schools to get more funding but police warned to ‘do their bit’

Schools are set to receive a funding boost in the spending review, a Cabinet minister has confirmed, as he insisted other public services must “do their bit” amid concerns about cuts to budgets elsewhere. Technology Secretary Peter ...

08 Jun 2025 at 13:36

Watchdog’s investment body findings prompt concern over UK research ‘leadership’

Ongoing shortcomings at the UK’s largest public funder of research and innovation (R&I) projects threaten to undermine the UK’s position as a “global leader” in supporting the development of new knowledge, a senior MP has warned. ...

15 May 2025 at 09:27

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