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According to the report, the negative effects of massive and rapid urbanisation can be mitigated by fully integrating cultural components into urban strategies from the start.

A pledge to broadcast more music by composers from BAME backgrounds and a revised commissioning process involving external representatives are at the heart of a new committment to greater diversity by BBC Radio 3.

A volunteer-led theatre renovation project in Plymouth is facing accusations of financial mismanagement and Health and Safety breaches, while a funding gap leaves suppliers with invoices unpaid. 

The 200-seat 53Two theatre and arts centre is housed in the vacant showroom for luxury car brand Bauer Millet, which is owned by developer Ask and being rented to operators Simon Naylor and Paul Norris as part of a place-making scheme.

The Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival, Salisbury Arts Centre and Salisbury Playhouse, which collectively receive over £1m a year from Arts Council England, are in talks to combine their programme to attract "greater audiences in terms of numbers and diversity".

Figures released by campaigners Act for Change show that BME students make up 17.5% of final-year drama students, but only 1% are south Asian, compared with 8% in the population as a whole.