Spielberg set for top film honour

STEVEN Spielberg is to be honoured at the Berlin International Film Festival in February for his life’s work.

Festival organisers said yesterday that the 75-year-old American director will be awarded an honorary Golden Bear, the annual event’s top prize, for a body of work that comprises more than 100 movies and series.

The multiple Oscar winner’s work “is unique in the history of international cinema of the past 60 years for its immense variety”, the festival said.

The Berlin festival will also screen his latest film, The Fabelmans.

“A full public consultation will take place before any new funding arrangements are implemented.”

South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Alun Michael’s Medium Term Financial Strategy 2022-26 states: “The capital city of Wales has an additional annual policing cost of £4m which is not recognised in the existing funding formula.

“The Government has announced an intention to implement a new funding formula during the life of the current parliament and it is understood that proposals will emerge during 2022.

“It is not clear whether South Wales Police will be a beneficiary or a casualty in the formula review, although it is hoped that anomalies such as the lack of capital city funding will be rectified.

“The force polices around 600 events each year which require varying levels of police intervention in terms of planning and resources.

“These can include policing Championship and international football, international cricket and rugby and other sporting events, concerts, royal visits, public military events, demonstrations and protest marches and policing of the night-time economies of Cardiff and Swansea.

“The scale and complexity of incidents routinely dealt with by the force and the additional issues involved in policing a capital city make it unique within Wales and more widely.”