Thanks to a new government arts and culture fund, two London museums are getting a financial boost. The Brentford-based Museum of Water and Steam will receive a hefty £2.6 million, while the Foundling Museum in Brunswick Square will get £319,000 of financial support.

Museums, galleries and other cultural venues in England are to receive £270m funding to stay afloat and fix their crumbling buildings, the government has said. The money will go to attractions "in urgent need of financial support to keep them up and running,