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Daily news & jobs: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk Javid appointed new culture secretary


Continued from front cover Sajid Javid has been appointed as new secretary of state for culture, media, sport and equal- ities, replacing Maria Miller who resigned last week. He joins the cabinet hav-


ing previously occupied the ministerial role of financial secretary to the treasury. Javid is a muslim and


became the Conservative par- ty’s first British-Pakistani MP when he was elected as mem- ber for Bromsgrove in 2010. Javid pursued a successful


Sajid Javid has replaced Maria Miller as culture secretary for the government


career in banking, before taking an estimated 98 per cent pay cut to become an MP. His appointment was warmly received by


top Tories, with several – including Lord Ashcroft, George Freeman and Andrew Griffiths – tweeting their approval.


Te move also elicited a positive response


from the Sport & Recreation Alliance, which tweeted to Javid’s official account: “Congrats on new appointment. From your CASC work we know you get sport.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=z9j5m


Hadrian’s Wall Trust to dissolve after funding disappears Following an internal review, the trustees


Hadrian’s Wall Trust – which oversees


maintenance of the wall and adjoining visi- tor centre – is to close down within six months aſter finance for the project evaporated, leav- ing funding support for the World Heritage Site mired in uncertainty.


decided that current arrangements for the site were “unsustainable”. A number of organisa- tions are attempting to generate funds for the attraction though nothing is set in stone. Details: http://lei.sr?a=J5v7g


Southwest rail reconnected to rest of UK


Dawlish’s storm damaged railway line has reopened, reconnecting the south west rail service with the rest of the UK following an estimated loss of £50m in tourism income alone during the closure. A section of track was swept away with part


of the sea wall in early February, cutting off the service linking Cornwall and much of Devon with the rest of the UK. Te track has been rebuilt two weeks ahead of schedule at a cost of £35m – a relatively small amount compared with the estimated losses for the region. Sir Tim Smit, founder of Cornwall’s Eden


Project, told Radio 4’s Today programme : “We get viewed by the capital as if it’s still at the old days of the Cornish Riviera, with a few nice things to do for people who’ve got wealth to come down and have holidays, but actually it’s a really thriving place. I mean, it’s one of the hubs of the


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Te rail line was closed for more than two months


creative industries in Britain. Yet you wouldn’t know that the way we’re talked about”. Prime Minister David Cameron, who travelled


to Dawlish to mark the reopening, hailed it as “a great day” and said the south-west of England was “open once again”. Details: http://lei.sr?a=N9u8v


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