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Media veteran Dawn Airey to take over as chair of Arts Council England

Arts Council England](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/arts-council-england) (Ace) and has immediately identified AI as a key challenge facing

Theatre touring 'in crisis' as performances of plays drop 70%

Arts Council England. "This steep decline is a long-term and continuing trend, which is likely to reach a critical level without intervention," it said. Overall, the system is "not entirely broken", the report said

Struggling theatres must ‘programme their way out’, says Young Vic director

facing financial difficulty can only prosper by “programming their way out of it”, according to the Young Vic artistic director, Nadia Fall, who has announces her new slate of shows, including an anti-Trump musical

How pupils with special educational needs are more likely to see their schools close

facing closure will have high numbers of SEND pupils and those from disadvantaged backgrounds - as these pupils typically perform less well on attainment measures, the most popular schools tend to have fewer of them

Friday briefing: ​As Israel’s coalition collapses, can its prime minister hang on to power?

England, Wales and Scotland must [exclude transgender men and women](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/single-sex-toilets-exclude-transgender-people-england-wales-scotland-code-of-practice), according to a new code of practice from the equalities watchdog. 5. ***Ukraine*** | Ukrainian drones [hit the Syzran oil refinery](https://www.theguardian.com