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Women working at the festival have reported facing sexual harassment on a daily basis while promoting their shows. Actors' union Equity says it is receiving more reports of incidents each year of the Fringe, while Police Scotland had not received any reports of harassment.

Christopher Hoare, a former IT director for classical music management agency HarrisonParrott, faces jail time after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud. Hoare ordered items online with the company credit card, resold them for personal gain and doctored the invoices, a prosecutor told the Westminster magistrates' court.

A Liverpool community group is spearheading a campaign to restore The Garston Empire to its former glory. The theatre has been empty for about 20 years. It was a cinema until 1961, then became a bingo hall, and later ended up on the Theatre Trust's 'at risk' register. 

A short survey from the department is asking creative businesses if they are aware of how a no-deal Brexit might affect them, and whether they have measures in place to "mitigate negative impacts". DCMS has commissioned the survey to "better understand how we can best support you in your Brexit planning", the survey says.

Simon Armitage says he has no plans to mark Britain's upcoming exit from the European Union with a poem, despite the efforts of Brexiteer MPs, including Jacob Rees-Mogg and David Jones, to inspire him. Rees-Mogg wrote the following limerick:

The Poet Laureate used to be paid in sherry/

Which made him decidedly merry/

Now he is paid in hard cash/

Which makes him awfully slapdash/

But when it comes to Brexit he needn’t be wary? 

Londondance.com has closed after 18 years in operation. A statement on the website says "the dance sector has considerably changed, as have the communication channels and services available to dance professionals in London and beyond" and that it is no longer needed.