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It’s coming home! Football returns to Charlton brothers’ childhood park Hirst Park is where the three Ashington youngsters - Bobby and Jack Charlton and Jackie Milburn - began their journey to footballing legend 14/01/2016 The park where three Ashington …

Football returns to sporting heroes’ childhood park Hirst Park in Ashington is where footballers Sir Bobby Charlton, Jack Charlton OBE and Jackie Milburn first began to play and train 14/01/2016 The park where three Ashington youngsters took their first …

Shedding the January blues with £3.5m for Welsh projects Mae grantîon o Amgueddfa Ceredigion yn Aberystwyth yn dathlu eu grant CDL 13/01/2016 2016 promises to be a great year for 16 projects across Wales, as HLF announces awards worth over £3.5million. …

London Jewish Cultural Centre secures National Lottery grant Jewish soldiers during the First World War www.jewisheastend.com 13/01/2016 We Were There Too, which has received a £408,000 HLF grant, is a unique cross-community project run by the London …

£1.5m investment in the East of England’s Second World War heritage Prototype Mosquite airplane at the de Havilland Museum 12/01/2016 Some of our nation’s most important Second World War heritage will be safeguarded, conserved and shared more widely …

World’s first operational radar station to be restored Bawdsey Transmitter Block 12/01/2016 Set to be transformed are the Bawdsey Radar Transmitter Block in Suffolk, home to the world’s first operational radar station, and the de Havilland Aircraft Museum …

National Lottery funding for historic library conservation Documents from the St Malachy’s College's archives 11/01/2016 The grant, which was made possible by National Lottery players, will be used to create a new library space, and conserve and catalogue …

Sir Neil Cossons gets on board! 11/01/2016 We’re about to welcome a new trustee – Sir Neil Cossons - to the Board of the NHMF/HLF. This appointment, made by Prime Minster David Cameron, runs for three years from 31 January 2016. Sir Neil joins the …

England’s 1966 World Cup triumph remembered A poster advertising the 1966 World Cup in England 05/01/2016 The 50th anniversary of England’s generation-defining World Cup win will be celebrated this year thanks to National Lottery funding. The National …