It's so tempting to abolish the culture department — but don't do it, Keir
It was only in 1992, when John Major had to find a suitably grand and flamboyant job for the grand and flamboyant David Mellor, that the Department of National Heritage was founded, only for its initials to be instantly translated as 'department of nothing happening'. When Tony Blair came to
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Proposals for TV and film training centre at Littlewoods Building
A Liverpool-born TV producer responsible for the likes of Have I Got News for You and Derry Girls has said he wants to bring a film and TV production school to the city's Littlewoods Building studios Trick Productions co-founder Jimmy Mulville is now part of a group working with Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram and industry experts to provide an education hub inside the building on Edge said conversations about how to fund it were taking place behind the scenes with government and private sector opposition politicians in Liverpool have been sceptical that the mammoth regeneration project will ever come to fruition, due to the costs involved. 'Big opportunity' While remediation work on the landmark site has been completed, the conversion of the building into a film studio will require millions of pounds in Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has so far committed up to £ said he was working with the London Screen Academy, a free school in the capital which provides16-18 year olds with vocational training in aspects of film and television said adding a school in Liverpool would be "the jewel in the crown" of the film studio project and would be part of the same academy trust as its southern said conversations with government had been positive. He said: "They see it as a big opportunity in one fell swoop to not just bring the creative industries to the North West, but also to level up and to increase the skills uptake in an area where it's needed."The Treasury has been asked to comment on the plans. 'I owe the city' There has always been the intention for an education provider to be part of the Littlewoods studio John Moores University had been signed up as an anchor tenant, but pulled out in and raised in the Walton area of Liverpool, Mulville said he felt he "owed the city" for his education and council grant which saw him graduate from Cambridge co-founded Hat Trick Productions in 1986. His other credits include Drop the Dead Donkey and Room said he would love students to learn "inside a thriving production centre, opposite two state-of-the-art studios" and that they would be "rubbing shoulders with the people who are actually doing what they want to do" in film and added: "I'm very happy to sell this idea. Someone once said to me, what's the secret of pitching? "I said find something brilliant to pitch, and I think this IS something brilliant to pitch." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
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Nora celebrates 103rd birthday with loop-the-loop
Nora Gilliver has become known at her care home for celebrating her birthdays in unique that did not change when she turned 103, as the centenarian took in the sights of Leicestershire in the cockpit of a the flight from the Gliding Centre, near Market Bosworth, the pilot who accompanied Mrs Gilliver on the flight even treated her to a spot of aerobatics, including a loop-the-loop."I didn't feel sick at all when it went upside down," she said. Mrs Gilliver was joined by friends and carers at Husbands Bosworth Airfield, home of the Gliding Centre, for the flight on was taken up in the aircraft by Rob Barsby, a display pilot with events firm the flight over the Leicestershire countryside, she said: "It was lovely, looking out I saw Bradgate Park, the airfield and lots of fields with animals in."I was flying it but being helped by Rob." Mr Barsby said: "She's the oldest student I've taught in my career. "She flew the aeroplane, we did some exciting manoeuvres including the loop the loop." "We believe Nora is the oldest person in the UK to ever fly in a glider."Mr Barsby said he had flown with all ages, from seven to 103, and had always given the person a chance to fly the glider. "The great thing is there's no barrier to gliding, and that includes age," he added. "We've had a run of people who want to achieve things in later life lately." Mrs Gilliver, who turned 103 on 24 June, is no stranger to extreme birthday celebrations, according to staff at her care Welsh, manager of The Lawns Care Home in Oadby, said she chose to go for a ride in a sports car for her 100th had wanted to parachute for her 103rd - but that wasn't possible. Although she didn't feel sick after the loop-the-loop, Mrs Gilliver said: "I'd wait a bit longer before doing it again".
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Junior Andre admits he's ‘overcoming a few challenges' in his career as sister Princess lands her very own show
JUNIOR Andre has admitted he is "overcoming challenges" as he prepares to get his music career back on track. The 20-year-old made his debut on the music scene three years ago with his viral track, Slide. 4 4 4 It became a trending sound on TikTok and saw Junior propelled into the spotlight on his own for the first time. He soon signed his first record deal but in the months that followed, a number of delays appeared to stall the release of further tracks. Now, the son of Peter Andre and Katie Price has revealed there have been "challenges" for the first time but that his music is still very much underway and in the pipeline. Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Junior said: "I haven't been putting pressure on myself and I've been overcoming a couple of challenges. "It's nothing that I can't beat but it will be good in due time. "Don't sleep on me - trust me, it's coming hot!" Junior later re-iterated he was focusing on "music and acting" going forward as well as teasing plans for his own business as well as a fragrance line. Junior is no stranger to music being the son of Peter Andre. Peter is best known for his hit single, Mysterious Girl, and has continued to release music ever since. He revived his music career shortly before his split with wife Katie with the track, Behind Closed Doors. EXC Princess and Junior Andre reveal deal-breaker demand for I'm A Celeb and why they don't care about 'nepo-baby' label Katie herself is no stranger to being a singer having taken part in the 2005 Eurovision search with her pop song, Not Just Anybody. She later teamed up with husband Peter for the duet album, A Whole New World - arguably her most famous musical release to date. Katie released further singles with 2010's Free To Love Again, her well-known 2017 song I Got U as well as follow-up track, Hurricane. In recent years, she has begun to perform at various events and has toured the country with her singing show. New details on Junior's music career comes as his sister Princess took to the spotlight for the first time in her own right too with her ITV2 series, The Princess Diaries. The show follows his younger sister's life as she prepares to launch her own make-up line. However, the show has been mixed in controversy after Princess' mother Katie claimed she was banned from being featured. Katie was reportedly left hurt after being banned from filming amid concern that it could be detrimental to Princess' image to appear alongside her mother. It led to the mum-of-five declaring that she wouldn't bother to watch the programme. 4
