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OPINION - Years of austerity have cut arts education to the bone – it's time to restore the music

With an incoming government that is yet to announce how it will address and dramatically improve the current funding landscape for the arts in the UK, as Co-founder and CEO of Restore the Music, I offer up a blueprint for a successful funding model for music education in state schools…

Evening Standard

"The impact and influence of music artists like The Beatles, Oasis and others from the north of England have had on the music industry in decades past is redoubtable" – so why are young northern musicians less supported than the rest of the UK?

"The impact and influence of music artists like The Beatles, Oasis and others from the north of England have had on the music industry in decades past is redoubtable" – so why are young northern musicians less supported than the rest of the UK?

A new report highlights a north / south divide emerging

Ministers accused of ‘rail betrayal’ as they refuse to confirm HS2 to Manchester

Ministers accused of ‘rail betrayal’ as they refuse to confirm HS2 to Manchester

A leaked photograph suggested the Government is weighing up scrapping the second phase from Birmingham to the North West.

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'This is a fight we have to win for the North of England'

Business leaders from across the country have backed Greater Manchester's bid for a new underground station at Piccadilly

Manchester Evening News

UK weather: Hottest day of the year expected this weekend as temperatures soar

Temperatures on both days will be at least in the late teens, but 21C can be expected in the North of England on Sunday, as a band of high pressure ushers in some balmy spring conditions

Plans for new £350m data centre revealed

The centre will be the company's first site in the North of England

Birmingham Post

TransPennine Express to be nationalised after months of delays and cancellations

The rail company, which runs services between the North of England and Scotland, will be brought under UK Government control later this month.

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Cash-strapped town halls splash £23m on consultants in battle for Levelling Up funds

Cash-strapped town halls splash £23m on consultants in battle for Levelling Up funds

Investigation reveals 'Hunger Games style bidding system' for Levelling Up cash, with millions paid by councils across the country to consultants, including £9.27m by leaders in the North of England

TV comes North: Event will highlight the story of television in our region

TV comes North: Event will highlight the story of television in our region

Watch a clip from TV Comes North to Hexham, an event presented by the North East Film Archive, looking back at television programming in the North of England

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