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Culture Secretary and BBC’s Ros Atkins among 54 banned from entering Russia

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the sanctions were ‘in the context of London’s unrelenting military support for the Kyiv neo-Nazi regime’.

The Independent UK

Kuwait bans Barbie movie as Lebanese minister calls for action

Kuwaiti ban comes as Lebanon’s culture minister asked authorities to censor film for ‘promoting homosexuality’.

Al Jazeera

Culture Minister Saji Cherian beats a hasty retreat after his comments about practice of faith in Saudi Arabia draw flak

Culture Minister Saji Cherian's comments on Saudi Arabia's religious practices draw flak. He claims to have found a tolerant and progressive nation, but his remarks draw criticism. Congress leader V.T. Balaram accuses him of undermining religious harmony. Cherian later clarifies, saying his comments were based on wrong information. LDF legislature…

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PP And Vox Back Down In Borriana: Veto On Catalan Language Magazines Is Lifted

Magazines in Catalan are back in Borriana's library (Valencian Community), after the social pressure due to the censorship

Zenger

BBC may need to consider alternative funding options in future, minister says

Culture minister Sir John Whittingdale suggested the decline in licence fee payers could mean the BBC needs to consider other funding options.

The Independent UK

Jane Birkin dead: Actress and singer passes away aged 76

British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wildchild who became a beloved figure in France, has died in Paris aged 76, the French Culture Ministry said on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Peers demand curbs on harmful algorithms introduced to online safety Bill

The House of Lords inflicted a defeat on the Government with calls to prevent social media using algorithms which could cause harm.

The Independent UK

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Lawyer for young person at centre of BBC presenter sex case says ‘nothing inappropriate happened’

The Metropolitan Police said there is no current investigation as they carry out further inquiries into the claims

The Independent UK

TV licence fee rise 'could be cut' next year to ease financial strain on households

Last year, former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announced that the fee would be frozen for two years, before rising in 2024 - with inflation this rise could take to price from £159 to £172

Daily Mirror

Culture Secretary holds urgent talks with BBC boss amid 'deeply concerning' presenter allegations

The BBC are said to be investigating the claims 'swiftly and sensitively' following reports that an unnamed presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit images

Chronicle Live

Culture Secretary to speak to BBC boss over 'deeply concerning' allegations

Senior officials told the broadcaster the allegations must be investigated 'urgently and sensitively' with the Department of Culture Media and Sport kept updated.

Daily Record

Culture Secretary speaks out after crunch talks with BBC over teen sex pics allegations

It comes amid claims one of the broadcaster’s presenters paid a teenager more than £35,000 for sexually explicit photos

Daily Mirror

Minister defends crime record as antisocial behaviour funding rolled out

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has been touring broadcast studios to announce £3 million for youth organisations.

The Independent UK

The Ashes: Rishi Sunak backs Ben Stokes in full-blown bust-up with Aussies over Bairstow dismissal

‘The PM agrees with Ben Stokes when he said he simply wouldn’t want to win a game in the manner Australia did,’ says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s official spokesman

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Where to start with: Iain Banks

He catapulted to fame with depraved, funny novel The Wasp Factory in 1984, but the much-loved Scottish writer had a parallel career as an influential sci-fi writer

The Independent UK

Italy looks for man seen in viral video carving names into Rome's almost 2,000-year-old Colosseum

Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the Colosseum in Rome

Daily Mirror

Tory minister says it's time for a female James Bond to succeed Daniel Craig

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said it is "always time for females to lead" when asked her views about who should succeed Daniel Ctaig in the the 007 franchise

The Independent UK

Creative industries get £77 million funding boost

The sector has grown at more than 1.5 times the rate of the wider economy over the past decade.

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Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer says BBC is ‘biased on occasion’

The BBC ‘doesn’t always get it right’, the MP told the Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Wales Online

Welsh woman Dame Elan Closs Stephens named acting BBC chair

Dame Elan Closs Stephens will replace Richard Sharp as acting BBC chair on June 27

Daily Mirror

Dame Elan Closs Stephens named acting BBC chair after Richard Sharp saga

Dame Elan was appointed by Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer to replace Richard Sharp, who stepped down after an investigation found he had breached rules around public appointments

The Independent UK

ITV launches Phillip Schofield review – letter in full

Dame Carolyn McCall has written to the Culture Secretary and Ofcom about the presenter’s departure from This Morning.

Daily Mirror

Battle to save This Morning amid 'toxic culture' claims as Holly Willoughby vows to stay

A source told us that ITV bosses are 'determined to prove that the brand is stronger than any single presenter' following the Philip Schofield scandal and claims of a 'toxic' culture on This Morning

The Hindu

G20 CWG meeting in Odisha to focus on joint heritage conservation projects: Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy Sunday said the Second G20 Culture Working Group (CWG) meeting here will discuss joint heritage conservation projects and various exchange programmes in order to boost interconnected communities.

Daily Mirror

Tory civil war as Priti Patel blasts Rishi Sunak at Boris Johnson-backing conference

Disgruntled right-wing Conservatives, frustrated at the direction the party is taking, descended on Bournemouth for the first conference of the Boris Johnson-backing Conservative Democratic Organisation

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