Theatres, museums and music venues are being given £1.5 billion to help them survive the pandemic.

They'll be able to access the grants via government loans and grants.

It follows weeks of warnings about the future of performance venues, but what about panto this Christmas? Hear from our senior features writer Angela Cole.

Also in the podcast, tributes are paid following two fatal crashes in Kent, and a salon boss is angry they still can't reopen.

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