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When the £1.57bn rescue package was announced in July, the government described it as “the biggest ever one-off investment in UK culture”.

Despite being diagnosed with dementia late last year, 80-year-old Paul Harvey, a composer and teacher, has continued to be able to play piano pieces from memory. After a clip filmed by his son Nick went viral, BBC Breakfast reunited Paul with some of his former students and colleagues whose lives …

Ryan and Isaac, aged 11 and eight, have been playing the tabla, traditional drums, since they were very young. The brothers, from Lahore in Pakistan, rose to fame on Instagram after celebrities praised them for their talent. They had a go at playing the BBC News theme tune for us.

Movie-goers cannot cross the Welsh border to use the toilet facilities at the drive-in cinema.

Trump and Biden row over Covid, climate and racism The bitter rivals’ final TV debate was more restrained this time but there were plenty of personal jabs.

“No cliché is spared, not even the most desperate,” wrote Premiere’s Charles Martin in his French-language review when the show made its debut earlier this month.

It adds: “We believe children should not have to depend on pot luck charity, and there should be official, organised, government support across the nation to ensure no child experiences the insecurity of hunger as well as the stress of the pandemic.”

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Anna Burns thanks Belfast’s libraries after winning one of the world’s most valuable literary prizes.

In June 2020, an open letter was published calling on the UK’s film and TV industry to “tackle structural and systemic racism” in broadcasting and film-making.