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Article: Glastonbury freebies cost BBC GBP70,000 COSTS: FESTIVAL
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- July 15, 2007
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THE BBC spent almost GBP70,000 entertaining MPs and guests at this
year's Glastonbury Festival, the broadcaster said yesterday.
While travel and accommodation costs were not covered, the total
cost of providing tickets for guests, running the BBC's marquee and
laying on hospitality at the long-running Somerset institution came
to GBP68,000.
MPs received 10 premium tickets for the three-day event the
world's largest greenfield and performing arts festival costing the
BBC GBP255 per ticket. The beneficiaries were Labour MP Sion Simon,
Conservatives Nick Herbert, Damian Green and Theresa Villiers and
LibDem Jenny Willott.
A BBC ...