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Historic cinema has new festival...but they won't be making a big noise about it 19/01/2011 The Hippodrome cinema in Bo’ness, on the Firth of Forth in West Lothian, will be the centre of a new annual festival in March which will show the silent …

New gallery depicting changes in rural life opens at Melton Museum! 14/02/2011 After a successful couple of months since opening its doors to the public, Melton Carnegie Museum’s new £1million gallery was officially opened last week on Friday 4 February, …

Whitechapel ‘High Street 2012’ historic building scheme confirmed thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund 27/01/2011 The award, made under HLF’s Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) scheme to Tower Hamlets Council will see the Whitechapel Market Conservation area …

Three regimental collections to be displayed in new museum 11/02/2011 These fascinating collections are of national importance and will be displayed together for the first time in the newly renovated wing of Thoresby Courtyard. Over the course of their …

Are you Scotland's next all-weather eco-surveyor? 11/01/2011 The Scottish Wildlife Trust will soon call for applications for an exclusive training programme set to turn 10 promising environmentalists into the ecological surveyors of Scotland’s future, it …

Welsh Pride – Celebrating LGBT Heritage in Wales 31/01/2011 Launched at the Senedd on 1 February 2011, the Welsh version of the UK campaign will encourage organisations, companies and community groups to host events to help raise awareness of issues faced …

Young people to study canal heritage 07/02/2011 Young people will be helping to keep the traditions of the North West’s canals alive, thanks to a project awarded a grant of £20,500 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). A wide range of educational activities …

The Heritage Lottery Fund says ‘Whey aye’ to the North East with a £25,000 Young Roots grant. 26/01/2011 Led by young people, from Newcastle, and run by a leading UK charity Headliners, the project focuses on the origins of the Geordie dialect and its …

City of dreaming spires to benefit from £3.4million investment 25/01/2011 The University Church of St Mary the Virgin – featuring the tallest ‘dreaming spire’ in Oxford and nestling among some of the most iconic built heritage in the country – has been …

Elsecar beaming thanks to initial backing 03/02/2011 Plans to restore the site and establish it as a premier tourist destination were boosted last night, Wednesday 2 February, when Barnsley Museum and Heritage Service was awarded a first-round pass* with …