17/03/2026 10:58
The Guardian
Emily Thornberry is the latest figure to call on the king’s visit to the US to be delayed, citing the ongoing war against IranFunding for community radio stations will double (to £1m per year) and the government will spend more of its advertising budget with local media (including “hyperlocal news titles”), under a local media strategy being announced today. Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, will speak about it at a conference this afternoon. In a news release, she says:This strategy will provide unprecedented funding for local media outlets to invest in innovation and infrastructure, almost tripling the size of funding for community radio, harnessing the power of local and national government and giving more young people access to high quality journalism and the opportunity to pursue careers in it.Because local media was and always has been a ladder of opportunity to help new voices break into journalism. This is not a nice to have. It is essential to a cohesive country. Our debate is too narrow and too small. We will change that. The strategy we publish today is the start – not the end point – and we recognise there is more to do. But it is the start of a new approach to local media, which nurtures it and places it directly at the heart of our government’s support for our country. Because the future of news is local.The UK and Ukraine are set to agree a new world-leading partnership to boost global defensive capability against the the proliferation of low cost, high tech military hardware, including drones …As part of the agreement, the UK and Ukraine will also look at opportunities for increased defence industrial and technological cooperation with third countries, boosting international security and ensuring the latest defence technology is in the hands of those who need it most. Continue reading...
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