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UK's lockdown-hit arts venues to get $2B rescue package

by Associated Press
| July 8, 2020 12:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — The British government has announced more than 1.5 billion pounds (almost $2 billion) to help the country’s renowned arts and cultural institutions recover from the coronavirus pandemic, after some theaters and music venues warned that without support they might never open again.

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