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BAE Systems withdraws sponsorship of Great Exhibition of the North, minister calls artists’ campaign “a disgrace”

The arms manufacturer is no longer a ‘premier partner’ of the government-backed exhibition after artists and arts professionals backed a campaign against the company’s involvement.

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Petition calls on Great Exhibition of the North to refuse sponsorship from arms manufacturer as artists pull out of event

by Chris Sharratt

The petition addressed to the CEO of the NewcastleGateshead Initiative calls for sponsorship from BAE Systems, which has been accused of “profiteering from the deaths of innocent children” in Yemen, to be refused.