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Statement and Right of Reply by Ambassador Karen Pierce at the Security Council briefing on the situation in Syria
Four national treasures worth over £29 million in total were saved from leaving the country in the last year and purchased for public collections.
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Important medieval panel painting could leave UK.
A very large painted altarpiece painted by Benjamin West for the church of St Stephen Walbrook, London, has had a temporary export bar placed on it.
National treasures worth over £3.7 million were saved from export in the last year and purchased for public collections across the UK
Minister Ed Vaizey saves Vernet's Avignon from export
A valuable painting by one of England’s greatest 20th century artists has been returned to its owners five years after it was stolen from a gallery.
Oxford museum acquires nineteenth century work.
£9.5 million work by founder of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood John Everett Millais is now at risk of permanently leaving the UK
Employment Tribunal decision.
Export bar placed on Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap
Road markings will be repainted on the M3 next week to keep journeys safe and reliable between junction 8 (A303) and junction 9 (A34).
Culture Minister steps in to prevent 18th century painting from export
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on Portrait of a Young Woman, said to be by Rubens.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on Portrait of a Young Woman
Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on 'Venice, A View of the Rialto Bridge from the Fondamenta del Carbon'
Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on the Helmand provincial reconstruction team and the process of transition.
Arts minister steps in to prevent rare watercolour from export.
In a speech in London today, the International Development Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, doubled UK aid support for plastic recycling in poor nations.
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