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Students to explore 40 years of punk in Pompey A student reads about the punk scene in old copies of the Portsmouth News 19/03/2016 Portsmouth Cultural Trust has been awarded a £30,900 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to celebrate punk’s major …

Businesses ready to dive in as former swimming baths reopen The exterior of Ashton Old Baths Place First / James Maddox 18/03/2016 A derelict Victorian swimming baths in Tameside, Greater Manchester has been transformed and is now ready to open as a …

Unusual perspectives – First World War projects gain National Lottery funding The Wear Valley First World War project 18/03/2016 German communities and circus animals, High Street businesses and soldiers training for the Western Front – these are just …

North East perspectives on the First World War Volunteers from the River Wear project 18/03/2016 Eight projects in the North East are the latest to benefit from £750,000 of funding to explore the local legacy of the First World War. These eight projects …

Design Museum set to open this autumn The Design Museum in Kensington Alex Morris Visualisation 18/03/2016 It has been announced that the Design Museum's new site in Kensington will be opening on 24 November 2016. The Design Museum’s first exhibition in …

Last surviving operational railway roundhouse gets £1.1m for revamp Locomotives line up inside the Barrow Hill Roundhouse Paul Bigland 17/03/2016 Britain's only surviving operational railway roundhouse will be turned into a nationally important Derbyshire …

National Lottery grant boost for last surviving railway roundhouse Locomotives outside the Barrow Hill Roundhouse Peter Zabek 17/03/2016 The money will be used to repair and refurbish Barrow Hill Roundhouse in Derbyshire, transforming it into a …

Opening day for transformed American Air Museum at IWM Duxford American Air Museum at IWM Duxford IWM Duxford 17/03/2016 Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford’s transformed American Air Museum, containing the best collection of American aircraft on display …

Clear road ahead for the ‘Moving Poppy’ Clear road ahead for Moving Poppy thanks to National Lottery funding Stewart Attwood 27/03/2018 Thanks to the National Lottery, the story of the poppy is to be taken on the road in Scotland for the first time in a …