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Arts and Heritage Minister Lord Parkinson unveils first official blue plaque outside London — to Daphne Steele, the first black matron in the NHS — in Ilkley, West Yorkshire

• Updated: 23 February 2024

Local residents will be protected from being pushed out of their communities by excessive short-term lets thanks to changes in planning rules.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

£20 million from the Levelling Up Fund has been awarded to the Gateshead Quays development.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

Shropshire was allocated over £18.7 million from the Levelling Up Fund for a package of two projects in Shrewsbury.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

£17.7 million from the Levelling Up Fund will be used by Neath Port Talbot Council to establish the Vale of Neath as a major visitor destination.

• Updated: 1 November 2023

Over 1,000 miles of the King Charles III England Coast Path completed as Ramsgate to Whitstable stretch is officially opened.

• Updated: 25 October 2023

Fife Council has been allocated £19.4 million from the Levelling Up Fund to support regeneration in Glenrothes and Leven. This funding will help deliver an ambitious long-distance footpath connecting Loch Leven, Kinross and …

• Updated: 23 October 2023

Dumfries and Galloway were awarded £17.7 million in the second round of the Levelling Up Fund. The funding will support a package of projects across Stranraer and Dalbeattie.

• Updated: 23 October 2023

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council were allocated £8.1 million from the Levelling Up Fund. The funding will be used to create a new leisure centre in Ballycastle.

• Updated: 23 October 2023

A interactive map showing thousands of low and no-cost events across the country to help plan your half term activities.

• Updated: 23 October 2023

Ashfield District Council was awarded £3.1 million from the Levelling Up Fund.

• Updated: 23 October 2023

The Secretary of State has appointed William Burton and Beth Knight as Board Members of the British Tourism Authority for five year terms commencing 18 September 2023.

• Updated: 17 October 2023

The Falkland Islands Government and the British Embassies in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay announce the winners of the Regional Student Competition.

• Updated: 9 October 2023

The Falklands Regional Student Competition offers a one-week trip for students in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay to visit the Falkland Islands.

• Updated: 2 October 2023

The Secretary of State has reappointed Ben Derbyshire and Professor Helena Hamerow as Commissioners of Historic England for second terms of four years.

• Updated: 7 September 2023

The Secretary of State has appointed Victoria Borwick as Chair of VisitEngland Advisory Board for a term of five years commencing 04 September 2023.

• Updated: 1 September 2023

Pride campaign supports Great’s work boosting inward investment into the UK.

• Updated: 30 June 2023

Operator of VisitEngland and VisitBritain is being independently reviewed to ensure the organisation is effectively supporting tourism across Great Britain

• Updated: 18 May 2023

Royal Yachting Association (UK) and The National Family Island regatta Committee (The Bahamas) pledge support for sailing as a national sport.

• Updated: 26 April 2023

New proposals will introduce a requirement for planning permissions for short term lets in tourist hot spots.

• Updated: 12 April 2023