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The next announcement about the BBC licence fee “ will be the last ”, the Culture Secretary has said, amid reports it will be frozen for the next two years. The annual payment, which normally changes on April 1 each year, is expected to be kept at the current rate of ￡159 until April 2024. Nadine Dorries indicated she wanted to find a new funding model for the BBC after the current licence fee funding deal expires in 2027. She wrote on Twitter: “ This licence fee announcement will be the last. R

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A Supreme Court judge has given evidence in the trial of four men accused of breaching Covid-19 regulations, saying he had a “ hazy, broad knowledge ” of guidelines for the reopening of the hospitality sector. Seamus Woulfe told the trial of two politicians and two hoteliers the guidelines were Government approved. The former Attorney General was appointed to the Supreme Court in July 2020, a month before the controversy over his attendance at a golf club dinner. Galway East Independent TD Noel