this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 12.003m: a 23—year—old man is arrested in connection with the manchester terror attack in the sussex town of shoreham—on—sea, near brighton. police are also searching addresses in manchester and chester. the latest arrest means there are now 1a people in custody. ba says its flights are gradually returning to normal after a global system crash, although there are still some cancellations. blue peter's longest serving presenter, john noakes, dies at the age of 83. his family say his escapades with his dog shep will live on in people's memories. also this hour: a crackdown on drivers using their mobile phones. more than 200 people a day have been caught breaking the law in the month since the rules were tightened. "just a mundane thing" — an australian pensioner describes how a great white shark leaped into his boat knocking him over and wounding his arm.

this thing was beside me. i've looked over and they said, "oh, a shark." he was doing a dance around. he was thrashing everywhere. in half—an—hour we head to hull, the european city of culture for a circus performance in a cemetery. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the intelligence service mi5 is to review the way it deals with information from the public, in the light of the manchester suicide bombing. it will look in particular at its response to warnings that the man who carried out the attack, salman abedi, was a threat. this morning, police are searching

properties in chester and greater manchester and have arrested a man in west sussex. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. it's been nearly a week, and the pace of this massive counterterrorism operation is not letting up. last night, it was rusholme and gorton, more armed police and controlled explosions. a 19—year—old man was arrested, taking to 13 the total in custody. earlier yesterday, there was anger in the moss side area of south manchester after heavily armed officers blew the door off this house. they arrested three people and then, within hours, released them with no public explanation. police are working their way through friends and acquaintances of salman abedi. but now at least they hope, as the bank holiday draws to a close, to begin scaling back the use of soldiers to guard key locations. using the military to do the job

of the police is never comfortable for the government. 5a victims of the bombing are still being treated in hospital. the people of manchester are coming together to remember those who lost their lives. they came to this event in memory of martyn hett, 29, and a lover of social media and coronation street. his mother was overwhelmed by the support for her family. they were all very tearful and yet they said the most beautiful things about him. i know i have lost a son to this horrible event, but they were his friends before, i have gained more sons now. police on the streets, people coming to terms with loss. these are the days after the bomb — not easy, but bearable. earlier, our correspondent danny savage was in whalley range in manchester, where officers had been searching a property.

i think the message has been pretty clear from greater manchester police over the last few days, there are going to be more arrests and the operation is ongoing. it seems to be afamiliar operation is ongoing. it seems to be a familiar pattern, if information comes to light of interest to this investigation, then greater manchester police supported by collea g u es manchester police supported by colleagues from elsewhere are quickly run to those addresses, carrying my grades, taking things away, asking questions, and this is exactly what happened here at whalley range. at six o'clock this morning this house behind me, still tipped off, police were here early. no arrests were made but we understand it took some items away with them. officers are still standing guard here. neighbours say the families —— the family who lived here are a libyan family. no arrests have been made here. we have had other raids in the last 12 hours.

there was a raid in chester and insurer in sussex as well, so it does feel that the familiar pattern which became established on tuesday last week of arrests and raids taking place his ruling on ritz with police continuing their investigation. with me isjohn gearson, a professor of national security studies. thank you forjoining us. what went wrong in the intelligence, on salman abedi? we can't say anything went wrong, but clearly this individual was not being watched in the way that certain individuals are. if we consider the numbers of people who are being watched at the moment, 500 active cases possibly involving 3,000 people, a figure given in the last few days, up to 20,000 people in the past or in the present who might be of interest. these are

beyond the capabilities of any normal internal security organisation. what criteria didn't he meet for them to be on their active watchlist? this material is not something that is discussed in the public domain, but i think it would be in connection to active plots, possibly connections to people that the authorities know are planning to do something in the uk. there are priority given to plots that threaten the uk rather than overseas. reports suggested he might gone to libya to carry out some sort of training or do things in libya. that wouldn't have been offers great interest as being part of a network that might be planning to do something in the uk. the indications we have got warrant another look, albeit that these warnings have come across a number of years, there have not been consistent warnings, there have been several years between these alerts. mi5 says that's they

are going to look at their processes . are going to look at their processes. what you are saying is it sounds like it is just sheer volume that they are unable to cope with. what is the process when somebody has flagged up? if a case worker is assigned to an individual, it might usually be a number of people, but let's say an individual is flagged up, that officer would go to a superior and said this is what i know about this person, i would like resources to do is something. judgments are made on a weekly basis, probably a daily basis in many cases about whether or not resources should be devoted to those particular targets. this is about as well not alienating a whole community. let's say you watched 4,000 people on an ongoing basis, it

would be a reasonable response by people to say this is completely beyond is the necessary needs for security when you're talking about a handful of attacks occurring over a 15 year period. that balance puts pressure on the security services to provide security, but not to carry out surveillance just because they can. your specialism is national—security studies. and you look at this incident and what mi5 note conducting, the second investigation, it is almost an audit of their processes. where would you point them in the direction that there is a glaring hole, or that they need to tighten up in an area. i would like to see greater connection between what is happening overseas and what is happening at home. i think there has been an temp two do that in the uk. the foreign

office has established a joint unit with the home office to look at terrorism. because terrorism can no longer be seen as international or national, greater resources need to be put into what linkages come from overseas international terrorist activities that could come back to oui’ activities that could come back to our shores. i think the security services struggles to do this because it is primarily focused on the security of the uk, quite properly. thank you very much. the former blue peter presenter john noakes has died aged 83. he was known for his daredevil stunts afterjoining the programme in 1965 and remaining for nearly 13 years. david sillito looks back at his career. i'm upside down at 30,000 feet i'm

upside down! i'm sure it does me good! how is that, then? blue peter has said many presenters, butjohn noa kes has said many presenters, butjohn noakes was special. the cheery funny daredevil from halifax. noakes was special. the cheery funny daredevilfrom halifax. at noakes was special. the cheery funny daredevil from halifax. at this level the plinth on which belsen stands overhangs the column. i find myself literally hanging from the ladder with nothing at all beneath me. in an age with a rather relaxed attitude to health and safety, the words and then it my turn led to some startling moments. take the moment he crashed out of the bobsleigh on the cresta run.|j carried on down the track on my backside still doing around 80 miles an hour. he had grown up near halifax, joined the raf then trained as an actor before landing the job of presenting blue peter. the yorkshire accent and the willingness to do anything for a last died at a

time when children's television was rather more formal. quick, have a sniff! he also had as a programme, go with noakes, where he sampled all the pleasures of life out and about in britain. he tired of television and set off on a yacht with his wife settling in majorca after a shipwreck. his memories of blue peter were not entirely fond. he felt he had been badly paid, under insured and overworked. felt he had been badly paid, under insured and overworkedlj felt he had been badly paid, under insured and overworked. i had been doing two years ago with noakes was still doing the peter. i was doing a 14 month year. you might wonder what i'm doing up here. i'm beginning to wonder myself. occasionally, he returned to tv screens, one stand a question, whatever happened tojohn noa kes question, whatever happened tojohn noakes and shep?” question, whatever happened tojohn noakes and shep? i have very sad news. he died on saturday. i haven't

got over it. no, shep, dumped by tim! in truth, the john noakes we all knew was in many ways an act. he was happy to say goodbye to. but, that good—humoured dyne died daring did give us some memorable tv moments. you can feel the speed. john noakes family have released a statement. in it they say: "john noakes, died peacefully on sunday morning, 28th may. british airways continues to face questions over the failure

of its computer system and how it's handled the fallout. the airline says it's making "good progress" in returning flights to normal after what it described as a "power supply issue" to its it system. experts say compensation claims, from thousands of passengers left stranded, could run into many millions of pounds. let's cross live to heathrow and our correspondent nick quraishi. bring us up to date. not everybody is happy? that's right. things are using, we are told this morning. we have been told that ba has cancelled i3 flights from heathrow between nine this morning and one o'clock this afternoon, short—haul flights. it was a far cry to what happened over the weekend with nothing operating in and out of heathrow or gatwick on saturday. yesterday,

gatwick on saturday. yesterday, gatwick was getting back to normal. the airline this morning saying it is aiming to provide a full long —— long haul schedule today and summer short—haulflights. long haul schedule today and summer short—haul flights. at this long haul schedule today and summer short—haulflights. at this has proved over the last few days, passengers saying they had not been told what was going on for getting confusing messages, it is turning into something of a pr disaster for british airways. i have been here all night. i slept here all night. all the hotels were booked up. the closest hotel was in london. it would have cost me about 400 euros a night. we arrived at denver airport having no communication from british airways that are fly—tipping council. we had to stay overnight in denver. spent three yards on the phone trying to

build the new flight. after they transferred us through to a line that was closed for the evening then we had to dial up again, we were told to dial another number then finally got through. that was stressful. then we got sent to chicago and then chicago to hear, then find out flight edinburgh has been cancelled, so now we have to go to gatwick to hopefully get another flight. to gatwick to hopefully get another flight. hopefully. iwork to gatwick to hopefully get another flight. hopefully. i work in it to gatwick to hopefully get another flight. hopefully. iwork in it and they blame this on it problems. it is basic enterprise back the recovery solution. they should have had their communication system and booking system in different places that they could send us an e—mail. how hard is that? they tried to give the best information they could, but they understand it is difficult for them. ithink they understand it is difficult for them. i think they did their best because it isjust misfortune, i guess. through the british airways twitter

feed, the chief executive has admitted it has been a horrible time per passengers. he says there have been trying experiences for them. what this does suggest he happened here raises more questions than a nswe rs. here raises more questions than answers. we have a global power failure. where were the back—up systems ? failure. where were the back—up systems? how come that in effect close an airline for three days or more? as well as the cost implications there is reputational damage to british airways. some think the pay—out would be in the region of hundred and £50 million. 300,000 passengers have been inconvenienced around the world by bob was one stand the world's favourite airline. well, ba's ceo has been repeatedly criticised in the past few days. the businessman set up the low—cost spanish carrier clickair in 2006. three years later, the company merged with another low cost airline and cruz became ceo.

last year, mr cruz was appointed chairman and ceo of british airways and the spanish businessman began looking for ways to lower the cost of air fares. expert it staff were made redundant as their work was outsourced to india. cuts were also made to the in—flight passenger food service. two months ago, the airline announced plans to offer less legroom than ryanair on some planes. aviation expertjulian brayjoins me from peterborough now. thank you forjoining us. what are you make of the last three days? well, it has been a pr nightmare.

absolute disaster. there has been reputational damage and i'm afraid this all has to be laid at the door of mr cruz. he has been running budget airlines, but even budget airlines need to offer a standard. ryanair airlines need to offer a standard. rya na ir started airlines need to offer a standard. rya nair started off airlines need to offer a standard. ryanair started off the budget airline, still offers good flights at good prices but still offers a service. the computer system was outsourced to tech consultancy services, but what they did, they actually brought in about 200 tear to these indian computer experts and populated various centres in the uk with them. i understand they have a centre in wales, which is very near their port talbot installation, and some of the ba work is being done there. a lot of people have been pointing the finger of blame at mr

cruz, but what about the man who brought him on? we haven't heard anything from willie walsh. he essentially got what he wanted, a low—cost premium quality brand. essentially got what he wanted, a low-cost premium quality brand. yes, you are quite right. it sounds as though willie walsh has washed his hands of british airways because they have appointed mr cruz chairman and chief executive, which is always questionable because it means whatever mr cruz says ghouls. he is the operational chief and also the head of the board. so there is no room for willie walsh to come in and rescue the situation. i do remember way back in the day if anything happened on the ba front, i would not only get the pr chiefs on the phone to me, there would be e—mail is an motorcycle messengers with additional bits of information. it would be information overload. it is

gone the other way. this is terrible for british airways and a lot of people will be taking their business elsewhere. they will forget this in a hurry. i'm sure british airways will become ikea study for a lot of pr and marketing courses at university. they ran an event recently that was tied ba investing for you. has there been any investment in ba? well, there has been investment in new aircrafts and you mentioned the shorter seat pitch. they are trying to cram more people into their new range of aircraft, but the point is, if you're going to do this, you still need to offer the basic service and you can't penny pinched these days because you find that rival airlines are offering... they understand the rules of competition which meet you really have to fight for your customers these days and you can't

just impose conditions on people. the computer system is basically a very old system. it is what they call a legacy computer with a new smart end on the front of it. the point is we need to find out exactly what went wrong with that computer because there could be industry knowledge to be passed on. i don't buy this idea that there was a power outage because you have back—up power supplies. if the bbc had a power supplies. if the bbc had a power outage you would push a switch and another circuit will come in. i'm afraid mr cruz you have got to doa i'm afraid mr cruz you have got to do a lot better than that and appear in person, rather than these video clips, which is terribly annoying and tells us nothing, even if you have a high vizjacket on, in an office, that is. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. we'll start at lords where england's batsmen are having a terrible time

in the final one—day international against south africa. just have a look at this. at one point, england were 20 for 6 — losing all those wickets in the first half an hour of the match. jason roy, joe root, eoin morgan, alex hales, jos buttler and adil rashid tamely dismissed. kagiso rabada with four of those wickets. here's how they went. jason roy was dispatched in the first over and joe root not long after. england' s slow start proceeded to stutter and stall as skipper eoin morganjoined the procession. then it was alex hales who conked out and left england on 15—4. kagiso rabada had this third wicket as england's shocker continued withjos buttler sent packing. the very next bowl from rabada and adil rashid went for a duck and south africa had claimed four wickets in 7 deliveries. england were 20 for 6. they're now 65—6 from 16 overs britain's aliash bedene has

won his first round match of the french open, beating american ryan harrison by three sets to one. bedene eased into a two set lead — winning the second by 6—0 injust 18 minutes — the american winning only seven points. harrison pulled a set back but the british number three, who's ranked 10 places below harrison in the world rankings at 52, had no problems with the fourth to progress to the second round. world number two novak djokovic has just got his tournament underway. the reigning champion is up against marcel granollers of spain. it's djokovic's first match since taking on new coach andre agassi. meanwhile, women's champion garbine muguruza got her defence off to a winning start. she eased past the 2010

winner francesca schiavone in straight sets. now, it's billed as the most lucrative match in world football, and its estimated at least 170 million pounds awaits the winner of today's championship play—off final between huddersfield town and reading. one of those two clubs willjoin newcastle and brighton in promotion to the premier league. sometimes the feeling if you're not a reading supporter then nearly everybody in england, in britain, and maybe in europe supports huddersfield town and likes to bring this fairytale to a happy end. so this looks like the second fairytale in british football in a row after leicester last season and this is what we are feeling and we are feeling that we getting backed from a lot of people all over britain. we need to think about what we need to do now to win that game. that is what we will be facing. we would not be thinking about what it does to the club or to the city if you win, there is also the chance

that you lose. that's all sport for now. the liberal democrats have accused the conservatives of weakening national security because of their approach to the brexit negotiations. the former deputy prime minister nick clegg says britain will be excluded from a vital data base holding information about criminals and suspects if theresa may insists on leaving the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. because this is completely different to sharing intelligence between security services. this is a live database that the police and the border forces across the european union can't use at their computer terminals or their hand—held devices at the push of a button. it is the most effective, sophisticated crime—fighting database anywhere in europe. we helped create the thing, but of course you cannot legally

upload data on your citizens and the people who are subject to some suspicion unless you abide by european union laws on data protection and so on. that is the fundamental conundrum, which is not of mine or europe's making, it is a conundrum created by the conservatives. yes, there are a number of databases which help to keep all european countries safe and we have been instrumental sometimes in helping build those tools. when we leave the european union we will need to have a new form of agreement to make sure that we have access to those information databases and the information databases which will be part of the eu have access to the information we can feed into them, as well. that will be part of the negotiation. i'm confident we will get a good outcome because we want to make sure

that the uk stays safe, and other european countries, as well. more than 200 drivers today have been caught using their mobile phones. that is the equivalent of one offence every seven minutes. campaigners say the findings are very worrying. down under there has been the shark encounter other very different kind. a great white jumped into the boot ofa a great white jumped into the boot of a pensioner. itjust happened off the north coast of new south wales. the 200 kilogram beast injured terry selwood after knocking him to the floor of his vessel. here's terry sharing his story with abc news in australia. the hand lying on the left—hand side made a bit of the jump. i said,

the hand lying on the left—hand side made a bit of thejump. i said, oh, i have a bike. i touched the hand line and! i have a bike. i touched the hand line and ijust caught a blur in the corner of my eye. i didn't think i threw my right arm up and this thing hit me in the forearm and spun me around and knock me off my feet. i fell on the floor on my hands and knees and this thing was beside me. i looked over and i thought, oh, i shark. ijust... he was doing a mad dance around, thrashing everywhere. i got dance around, thrashing everywhere. igot up dance around, thrashing everywhere. i got up as quick as good. i thought he had broken my arm, but he hasn't. hejust badly bruised he had broken my arm, but he hasn't. he just badly bruised it and tour of the skin. i took at highgate of my pocket and wrapped it around as tight as i could to stop the bleeding a bit. ijust hung on, i grabbed my little radio and i called the coastguard and they came and picked me up. time for a look at the weather. it is cloudy across much of the

country for bank holiday monday. outbreaks of rain will be pushing northwards. the north—east of scotla nd northwards. the north—east of scotland should stay dry, maybe a bit of brightness here. a bit of sunshine in the south—east that will be replaced by brain the afternoon. we could see heavy, thundery showers. temperatures still warm and humid in the south—east, but the cloverfield did things under the cloud and rain further north. damp this evening and from much of the night with the rain clearing northwards. it will be a drier end the night in the side. miles here, but fletcher night in the north and west. into tuesday we see this band of rain pushing in the atlantic, across northern ireland then into scotland, fizzling out as it reaches england and is. some good spells of sun chang moving into northern ireland and scotland later in the day. we will see temperatures between 15 and 22 celsius. hello.

this is bbc news. the headlines: officers investigating the attack at manchester arena last week, arrest a 23—year—old man in shoreham—by sea, near brighton. police are also searching addresses in manchester and chester. the latest arrest brings the total number of people in custody to 14. british airways say its flights are gradually returning to normal, 48 hours after a worldwide crash of their computer systems led to major disruption.the former blue peter hostjohn noakes, who hosted the show in the 1960s and ‘70s, has died at the age of 83. now on bbc news, hull is nearly half way through being the uk's 2017 city of culture. anne—marie tasker and kofi smiles have the latest instalment

of what's happening in the year long celebration. hello and welcome to hull, the uk city of culture. showcasing the brightest and the best of contemporary culture has brought us here to hull's general cemetery for a circus performance with a difference. and continuing our celebration of difference, we'll meet matt fraser who will be putting his disability centre stage to play shakespeare's richard iii. i'm a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain which is extraordinary that it should be the first, but it's exciting that i get to do it. we'll meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. # there's a starman waiting in the sky #. and go on a trip down memory lane with a spider from mars. hello, i'm anne—marie

tasker i'm the arts and culture correspondent for the bbc here in hull and this is kofi smiles. i'm the face of hull. chosen by the bbc with a mission — to bring you culture whenever and wherever it happens. and and today, we're taking that quite literally because we are not ina quite literally because we are not in a concert hall or a theatre but here ina in a concert hall or a theatre but here in a graveyard. is the setting for a performance that is quite difficult to sum up in just a few words. it is part circus acrobats, party music, part dance and it all ta kes pla ce party music, part dance and it all takes place under the cover of darkness. acrobats, video artists,

singers... coming together to tell an ancient greek legend in a new way. depart explores the tragic love story of orpheus when he descends into the underworld and tries and fails to bring his dead wife eurydice back to life. the audience happens upon the action as they wander to hull's general cemetery but trying to find the right trees and battling the british weather has been challenging. performing outdoors has its challenges like that, namely the weather. you find yourself quite drippy and wet. it also really exciting being outdoors because it's not often you get the chance to perform in a tree or under starters. what's magical about it is the audience is outdoor in the wilderness with get to go and share an experience a lot more than in a theatre when you were on a stage and they are in a seat and they are in a seat at its very separate. the show is by world—renowned australian

company circa who only arrived to rehearse a few days before the first performance and although this graveyard closed in the choice of venue caused some controversy.“ you approach something with respect and with care and if you are intent is to help bring a community to improve this place and a great deal of merger has come to the site, then i think you are only doing good. the show premiered last summer but for the city of culture performances circa are working with one of hull's community—acquired. —— community choir. more than a hundred members of this chorus have spent months rehearsing and add material soundtrack to be performance. it's brilliant to be part of the city of culture. to be able to perform alongside circa as well as really incredible. it's not a venue that

anybody knows as a venue of course and great respect will be paid because of where we are. it's getting dark now and everyone is waiting for the event to start. i'm really excited. you very excited? you are entering our place. what in silence. that's what in silence. who'd have thought you'd spend your friday night around a graveyard. i thought it was great how they use such a different location for such a great event. a unique experience. i only have one difficulty, how to describe it to somebody who wasn't there. you couldn't describe it in words. where it was, where it was held, the performers were fantastic, absolutely fantastic. brilliant. captivating, enthralling. absolutely brilliant. and after hull, the cemetery circus

moves from brighton to blackpool. depart is just moves from brighton to blackpool. depart isjust one moves from brighton to blackpool. depart is just one of hundreds of events taking place in hull during 2017. in fact, events taking place in hull during 2017. infact, an events taking place in hull during 2017. in fact, an event has been promised every day of the year. and when you make a promise like that, you're going to need a lot of people to help with the staging and that is ready hull 2017 volunteers come in. everyday people giving up their free time to lend a hand. there are more than 2000 of them ranging in age from 16 all the way up to 84. caroline has been to meet some of them. they are the blue coated army, an army of volunteers from all backgrounds, all ages, from all over the uk. from greeting people at

events to performing as extras in plays, the 2017 volunteers are the engine that is helping to drive this year of culture in hull. in much the same way as the games makers did at the london olympics, hull's volu nteers the london olympics, hull's volunteers are the welcoming face of the city in its culture year. my name's sue. there was no way i was going to miss this year of volunteering. silcott the bug at london 2012. she was one of the original games makers. tonight, the blue jacket has been left at home. a green tabard is a uniform for this particular event in one of the city's public parks. seal on the other volunteers are collecting information on their audience.” find in most of the activities we do, people are coming from all over the world. it's just incredible. do, people are coming from all over the world. it'sjust incredible. has that surprised you? it has, yes. are

you here tojoin that surprised you? it has, yes. are you here to join the search? you can't say that the job of a 2017 volunteer isn't varied. this one event alone, they have been directing all these people where they need to be, collecting their data and some are even part of the performance themselves. i'm grace. i'm louise. we wanted to be volunteers because we couldn't resist being involved in such an amazing opportunity. the toilets are downstairs on the ground floor. mum of two louise also works full—time asa of two louise also works full—time as a teacher. she is squeezing in her volunteering on evenings and weekends. put the blue jacket on and it gives you a license to strike up a conversation with absolutely anybody. somehow you have permission to do that. even out of the uniform, i'm finding! to do that. even out of the uniform, i'm finding i am far more likely to start a conversation with people i

don't know that i was before. 18—year—old grace has autism. volunteering for her is stepping com pletely volunteering for her is stepping completely out of her comfort zone. but today, she's helping out at a stress for an upcoming theatre production. this is a rehearsalfor a performance due to take place in a few weeks' time and it will evolve live bands but also require the audience to move around the performance space. the volunteers are being used here today to put it all to the test, to make sure that it works when it does call life. it's been interesting to see how a theatre company works like this and it has been quite enjoy your ball with such a large amount of people. i wasn't as before, come to the reed talking to people, strangers, but i feel now i am a lot more confident. i have seen already that she has flown in terms of confidence. she is the welcoming face of hull and for

me, that isjust a gift that city the welcoming face of hull and for me, that is just a gift that city of culture has given to me as a mum. i'm enid. and i'm jason. at first, i didn't think we would be able to be involved. enid and jason adams have full throne themselves out of their comfort zone to become volunteers. both are partially sighted. which is your favourite? some people both are partially sighted. which is yourfavourite? some people see both are partially sighted. which is your favourite? some people see as is visually impaired and kind of bidders in a corner but we have been put out front which is nice. because it is challenging you more, you feel more engaged with what is going on in the city of culture and the process in general, but it gives you an insight also into things you possibly thought you couldn't do which you can with that support network that is there and the background that is there.” network that is there and the background that is there. i think we should all give something back to our communities and city of culture year has given such a massive opportunity to do that. ijust

year has given such a massive opportunity to do that. i just think it's absolutely wonderful that i've been given the opportunity. hopefully, at the end of 2017, we will have this huge army of people who i then in a position to be able to volunteer for all sorts of organisations and really just to volunteer for all sorts of organisations and reallyjust left the community life of the city in general. still to come, the city of culture goes global with celebrations in hull's twin city. and we remember david bowie and the spiders from mars with drummer woody woodman c. but first, here is my guide to some highlights and a little look ahead at what is to come. north atlantic flux to does on a four—day journey of come. north atlantic flux to does on a four—dayjourney of musical discovery, bringing a host of icelandic and scandinavian musicians to hull. on the orchard park estate, local residents collaborated with artists to put on a vibrant parade around their neighbourhood. the

fere ns around their neighbourhood. the ferens art gallery has an amazing new exhibition which featured works by ron newark, lucien freud and a sea of hull photographs taken in 2016 featuring over 3200 naked, blue volunteers. i am about there! you've only one life, just live it and i don't care whether anyone sees me or not. we are looking forward to assemble fest which takes over an ordinary shopping street turning unlikely places into performance spaces. nearly 30 years ago, the beautiful south performed in hull and injune, paul and jacqui beautiful south performed in hull and injune, pauland jacqui return for a special one off stadium gig. east park will be transformed into the fictional malarkey park for hull's first children's literature festival. and in july, hull's first children's literature festival. and injuly, the bbc proms will come to hull for a day of outdoor concerts, the first time in

recent history that this british institution has travelled outside of london. well, from a circus performance in a graveyard to something a little more traditional. we're talking shakespeare, which would be fair to be precise. but hull being hull, this is not a traditional performance. kofi has gone to sit in on rehearsals and meet the lead actor, mat fraser.l horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse! returning to his the ethical roots, after being on screen most recently in american horror story. can you imagine this mark on a normal body? i could have ruled the world. now, he is one of the first disabled actors to ever play theatre's most famous disabled villain. mat fraser has been in rehearsals with the northern broadside theatre company for three weeks now. and for matt, this is one

of the toughest roles he has ever had with 685 lines to learn. and so i close my naked villainy with holy writ... director barrie rutter started northern broadside 25 years ago with the aim of making shakespeare accessible to all. he has always sought to break new ground and with matt as his lead, his theatre company is still blazing a trail where others are sure to follow. you've done lots of theatre, but never any shakespeare. why now? well, i did park in a kind of adapted version of midsummer nights dream called the dream of chaos in 2007, but that was my only previous experience of shakespeare. i think the reason now is because... because i was really surprised to be offered to audition and intrigued and scared

and, you know, i'm what we might call a and, you know, i'm what we might calla mid—career and, you know, i'm what we might call a mid—career artist and i suppose you go a long and every time you do something, it's less shocking or dangerously next time you do it and it has been a long time since i'd been scared of something. and just the notion of doing that huge, wonderful, eponymous character, i thought... richard iii is not the easiest chicks you play, is it? no, richard iii is one of the more famous plays, done more often than hamlet i think. it is the only one worthy character talks directly to the audience and they are in on his of evil. richard iii is drama's most famous villain and most famous disabled person and to be, apart from kathryn hunter who played him in this country and has spinal issues, i think i am the first person who can say i'm a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be

the first, but exciting that i get to do it. obviously, it's a huge and it must be a big dealfor to do it. obviously, it's a huge and it must be a big deal for yourself. it wasn't from me, i didn't push to get this role. i was offered it. times are changing and although one can say it's about blooming time, it was can say it's about blooming time, it wa s offe re d can say it's about blooming time, it was offered to me and not anyone else. i'm taking it and i'm going to run with it, albeit with a slight hobble, and see what we do. i'm fascinated to see what audiences make of it. he is out and out evil with no redeeming qualities, he is horrible to everyone. lovely to their face then stabs them in the back. by any means necessary, ascension to the throne and as a disabled person, i can relate to having to think around the corners. perhaps not quite to the extent of stabbing my own cousins or having them smothered, but i can relate too much of it. not to the murderer or the death and destruction, ruin and decay that he causes. what

challenges might the role calls? for me, the challenges are to step up to playing such a huge character. it is one of the great roles and i have never. . . one of the great roles and i have never... i mean, i have played a leading characters but never at the leading characters but never at the lead before and you have to own that. i am very much a company, team player. i don't have a monstrous ego that wants to be the star, so for me, that is the challenge. meeting the role head on and owning the lead. in terms of the challenges for the audience, of course, it is whether my real, physical deformity pools them out of the play. but i do think a lot of lenny henry doing a fellow as a black man playing a famous character that a lot of boot polish was used over the years, you know? and in my terms, there has beena know? and in my terms, there has been a lot of boot polish and now we have the real thing. so let's see what happens! few people living

outside of hull realise it is twinned with freetown, the capital of sierra leone. it is a relationship that goes back more than 200 years. it all started with william wilberforce, mp for hull, who led the campaign to abolish slavery and took slaves from west africa to the uk. more than 30 years ago, hull and freetown were twins and it's a relationship that is of course being celebrated with a concert later this summer. ahead of that, surely henry has been finding out more about how the people of freetown are getting involved in the city of culture. we love you people of hull... a message from freetown to hull. this is the capital of sierra leone. and as its partner celebrates a year as city of culture, expectations are growing for what does mean for freetown.

everyone expects to see is a musical treats coming from sierra leone, our sister or city. all those sounds, all that stuff that we have going on, they don't have a choice but to be true. but for most people, sierra leone is not known for its culture but for this. the deadly ebola virus. progress has been made, but its impact still resonates. and for that, a brutal civil war in the 19905 that, a brutal civil war in the 1990s left more than 50,000 people dead and thousands more homeless. sierra leone's refugee all—stars was formed during that crisis. people we re formed during that crisis. people were killed in front of my eyes. they burned people. i lost brothers,

sisters, friends. it was too bad. the all stars translated their suffering into lyrics that inspire and uplift. as part of the city of culture celebrations, they have travelled to hull to spread hope, i°y travelled to hull to spread hope, joy and faith. city of culture means a lot. it brings a good connection between freetown and hull city, so is means something. for many, this year of city of culture is notjust about showcasing talent like this but about building educational links and letting people know that freetown is open for business. and to cement theirfuture freetown is open for business. and to cement their future relationship, the twin cities are now building

collections through education. pupils at the school share cultural links with sutton park primary via skype. your pen pal wants to know, what is your favourite food? we have the resources needed not only for the resources needed not only for the children, but to be able to develop more creative thinking. i like school because when i go to school, i express my opinion and i learned many things. when i finish school, i'd like to become a lawyer. we love this city. this is freetown's version of the promotionalfilm that freetown's version of the promotional film that propelled hull to city of culture. sierra leoneans love their country, their history and culture. they now want the world to know it's open for business.

it's one of rock music's most celebrated partnerships. during the 19705, celebrated partnerships. during the 1970s, david bowie and the spiders from mars changed for ever the face of popular music. and well the london born bowie was an art school graduate, the spiders from mars had a very different musical apprenticeship. they honed their skills on the tough club and pub circuit in hull playing as the rats. and suddenly there is only one spider left, drummer woody woodmansey and when he returned to hull earlier this year, he was taken ona hull earlier this year, he was taken on a walk down memory lane. 1972 and david bowie introduced to britain's music fans to ziggy stardust and his band, the spiders from mars. but the spiders weren't from mars, they were in fact from

hull. drummer woody woodmansey is the only surviving member of the group and he has come back home to visit some of the places he hung out asa visit some of the places he hung out as a young musician before his book became the spiders and work the rats. this was the first place i ever recorded with anybody. it was with the rats with mick ronson. we came here around 1968, i think. mick had been been with the rats with anotherdrummerand they had been been with the rats with another drummer and they did a song called the rise and fall of bernie gribble stunned which is quite a cool fact in the history of ziggy stardust. i don't think it would have gone quite as far if bowie has saidi have gone quite as far if bowie has said i am bernie gribble storm. it would not have worked. woody toured the world with david bowie and his bandmates, mick ronson and trevor bolder. but as the rats, they played their first

bolder. but as the rats, they played theirfirst gigs in hull and east yorkshire from church halls to pubs. we are in the duke of cumberland in north there be. when to play here? about 1969 with the rats. how much is it changed ? about 1969 with the rats. how much is it changed? i don't recognise any thing. different net curtains then! iremember in thing. different net curtains then! i remember in between the spiders tours with bowie, we would have a weekend off and come back to hull and we would come here. you, mick and we would come here. you, mick and trevor? we would watch bands and have a night out. it doesn't look like you're drunk it would fit on there. mike it would fit on there but the band wouldn't. but stripped homes were rare as they toured the world playing the iconic album the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars. but they never performed it in their home city. finally in this point in your

career come into play here. that was the biggest gig in hull. that was the biggest gig in hull. that was the dream, to play city hall. so, here we are on the stage. how does it feel to actually be up here and get ready to play? it's great, it's great. it's somewhere that bowie wanted to play himself, because he knew we were from hull. so it was always on our kind of wish list and itjust never always on our kind of wish list and it just never happened always on our kind of wish list and itjust never happened so to come back now... hull as city of culture is amazing. to be able to celebrate bowie's legacy of music and do it for mick and trevor as well. it would have been nice for them to be here in theircity would have been nice for them to be here in their city and be playing. more than four decades since that hurt, woody and bowie's producer

tony visconti performed the ziggy stardust album live in full for the first time ever as part of the city of culture celebrations. woody's dream of playing the spiders songs in hull has finally come true. that's it from hull's general cemetery and our latest look at some of the highlights from the uk city of the highlights from the uk city of culture. will be back later in the summer, but in the meantime you can get your cultural fix over at our website... goodbye. bye-bye. hello there. looking pretty cloudy

for bank holiday monday. sunshine will be limited, the best of it so far has been aghast exactly and the south—east but we will see more rain pushing in here to the afternoon. some of it could be quite heavy. outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, scotland and northern england but a drag of the north—east of scotland. there could be heavy, thundery showers into parts of south—west england, wales, the midlands and into north—west england. very cool across the north—west but still quite warm and humid in an south—east. says cloudy, damp with further outbreaks of rain across the country this evening for the first part of the night. turning dryer across the south and fairly mild once again a little bit fresher across this north—west corner. into tuesday, the next band of rain spreads westward, initially into northern ireland and scotland but then weakens as it reaches england

and wales but we should seek sunshine developing behind. will be quite breezy but ahead of it, a bit of warmth. 21 or 22 degrees that feeling fresher in the north and west. m15 says it will investigate its handling of information from the public about the manchester bomber, salman abedi. but as raids continue, the home secretary says the focus should remain on arresting abedi's known associates. i think it's too early to try and look for where the mistakes, if they were made, might have been made. the important thing is that we conclude the operation now. meanwhile, nick clegg and the liberal democrats warn national security could be at risk if theresa may negotiates a hard brexit deal. as british airways continues to deal with the disruption caused by computerfailings, the chief executive says sorry. we will make a full

investigation, exhaustive. we will find out exactly what happened and we will make sure that this will never happen again. and tributes to the blue peter presenterjohn noakes,