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Liz Truss government to ‘re-examine’ business case for sale of Channel 4

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan also declined to be drawn on future of BBC licence fee

Evening Standard

Channel 4 privatisation could be axed as Liz Truss government 're-examines' plan

Boris Johnson's resignation threw his plans to sell off the broadcaster up in the air, as it had faced fierce backlash from Tory MPs and Government insiders, according to reports.

Daily Mirror

Britain cleans up and looks to future after queen's funeral

London (AFP) - Flags on government buildings returned to full mast and an epic clean-up operation was underway on Tuesday as British public life resumed after the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, although the royal family remains in mourning for another week.

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Queen’s funeral: London gives late monarch a send-off befitting her extraordinary reign

At least 200,000 people lined the route through central London on Monday

Evening Standard

Channel 4 sell-off could be ditched, new culture secretary says, after protests

Michelle Donelan will also look again at future of BBC licence fee – after Nadine Dorries outlined overhaul

The Independent UK

Liz Truss needn’t apologise to Emmanuel Macron for saying jury’s out on whether he is friend or foe, says minister

A Cabinet minister has said Liz Truss should not apologise to French president Emmanuel Macron for saying the jury is out on whether he is a friend or foe of Britain.

Evening Standard

National mourning ends in Britain after queen's funeral

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More than 29m people in UK watched Queen’s funeral, TV data shows

Figure is fewer than 31m who watched Euro 2020 final, and peaked at 19.5m viewers on BBC One

The Guardian - UK

Culture Secretary seems to forget Tories have been in power for over a decade

Have you ever seen the film Men in Black? The Jouker has, and it seems the Tories have got a hold of the neuralyzer – a device used to wipe…

The National (Scotland)

Queen’s funeral – latest: King Charles in Balmoral for week of private mourning

King Charles not expected to carry out any official engagements for seven days

The Independent UK

Ministers to review Channel 4 privatisation and scrapping of BBC licence fee

Culture secretary says she will ‘re-examine the business case’ but declines to say if licence fee could be axed

The Guardian - UK

No plans to ‘water down’ online safety reform plans – Culture Secretary

Michelle Donelan said the Online Safety Bill would face tweaks only in certain areas.

The Independent UK

Taxpayers will argue Queen's funeral was 'money well spent', says Culture Secretary

CULTURE Secretary Michelle Donelan has said that taxpayers will argue the cost of the Queen’s state funeral was “money well spent”.

The National (Scotland)

Good Morning Britain share estimate of how many people were in The Queue

The Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said she never expected the line to become the marvel it did

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250,000 viewed queen's coffin at lying-in-state: govt

London (AFP) - Around a quarter of a million people queued round the clock to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it lay in state, the UK government said Tuesday, a day after her elaborate state funeral.

The Independent UK

Around 250,000 people viewed Queen’s coffin as she lay in state

Government officials ‘still crunching numbers’ to determine exact number of people who queued for hours to pay respects

The Independent UK

Quarter of a million people filed past Queen’s coffin in London

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan gave the figure the morning after the nation’s longest-reigning monarch was buried at Windsor Castle.

Wales Online

The Queue: Minister says how many people are believed to have waited to see the Queen lying in state

Thousands of people waited for hours to see the coffin on the late monarch before her state funeral on Monday

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Minister reveals how many people waited in 'The Queue' to see the Queen's coffin

Waiting times in the line to file past the coffin hit a peak of more than 14 hours

Evening Standard

More than 250,000 people queued to see Queen lying-in-state

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan revealed the number on Tuesday morning

Reuters

As national mourning period ends, 250,000 viewed Queen's lying-in-state

Some 250,000 mourners filed past Queen Elizabeth's coffin at Westminster Hall in London during her lying-in-state, the government said on Tuesday, as the nation's mourning period ended.

Daily Mirror

More than 250,000 people filed past Queen's coffin during lying in state

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said she couldn't give a figure for the cost of the state funeral but said 'I think the British public would argue that was money well spent'

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Channel 4 privatisation: a moment to step back

Editorial: The new culture secretary would be wise to abort a move that makes no economic sense and few people want anyway

Daily Mirror

Mourners face 30-hour queue for '5 miles' to see Queen’s coffin, ministers fear

The lying-in-state will last four and a half days from 5pm on Wednesday, and queue lines were already being set up outside the Palace of Westminster this morning

Wales Online

New culture secretary wants to scrap BBC licence fee 'altogether'

Michelle Donelan previously called it an 'unfair tax' and said the Beeb was failing older viewers

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