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Culture Minister Ed Vaizey addressed a gathering of ‘The Treasure Houses of England’, a group of England’s most splendid country houses open to the public.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Astronomers have taken a meteoric leap closer to discovering how our Solar System began, unveiling the most detailed atlas of the Milky Way in history
Companies licensed to drill in North Sea to report findings to regulator in new powers brought forward in Energy Bill amendment.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A £15 million investment to digitise the world’s largest collection of plant and fungal specimens will “revolutionise” climate change research and help protect biodiversity for generations to come, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury announced today (4 November).
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Secretary of State has reappointed Christopher Martin as a Member of the Treasure Valuation Committee for a term of five years from 7 February 2021.
16th Century toy coach, Bronze Age gold bracelet and hoard of 50,000 Roman coins are some finds detailed in the report published this week
Silverdale Viking Hoard just one of many interesting public discoveries.
A major road upgrade in the north of England uncovered fascinating new evidence about a significant phase in British history – including the fact the Romans not only built roads, but also had to repair potholes!
Liz Truss said that geopolitics is back, and argued for a reboot in the free world’s approach to tackling global aggressors in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.
The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Leslie Webster to the Treasure Valuation Committee as a Trusteefor a term of five years commencing on 15 April 2022 until 14 April 2027.
Employment Tribunal decision.
New headline figures, published today, show that last year (2012) saw 998 finds of treasure reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the highest number since statistics were first published 5 years ago.
Employment Tribunal decision
The International Trade Secretary delivers a keynote speech at Asia House outlining her plan to position the UK at the heart of future growth opportunities in the Indo-Pacific
Finds in 2011 up by eight per cent
Rare and beautiful photographs of Colonial Africa have been made available online for the first time by The National Archives (TNA).
Britain’s cultural treasures could be made accessible from our homes, schools and public libraries thanks to a £19 million government investment.
Temporary export bar announced
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Half a million pages of maps, photos, manuscripts and letters will be freely available online.
Information from the National Food Survey has been released as open data
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