nick higham, bbc news, swansea. the letter was written by an american businessman, oskar holverson, and today it was sold at an auction in england for $166,000. mr holverson had written the letter to his mother the day before the ship sank. it's the only letter on headed titanic paper to have survived the waters of the north atlantic. the ship hit an iceberg in april 1912, killing more than 1,500 people, including mr holverson. weather with chris fawkes. hello there. storm brian has been bringing some strong winds across the united kingdom over the last 2a hours. the centre of brian crossed northern england during saturday night and headed out into the north sea, where it was going to be weakening through the course of the day today. rain or showers, though, showing up on the radar picture. and we did have some strong winds around the coastline of wales and south—west england, yesterday. the forecast was for gusts up to 70 mph, which wasn't far off the mark. inland, the forecasts were gusts to around a0 mph or 50 mp

nick higham has been to swansea to discover why it thinks it deserves the title.amous for industrial grime and male voice choirs, the birthplace of the poet dylan thomas, now hopes to be the uk's next city of culture. tammy davis grew up 15 miles away. now she's back, performing cabaret in the city centre, and she's delighted by swansea's bid. nobody loves music like welsh people. i honestly believe that. and when they say to be born welsh is to be born privileged, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but with music in your heart and soul, i believe that. that's how we're born. with music. ourvoices, ouraccents, sing. she is performing here at a new venue in the city's dilapidated high—street. swansea has problems — high unemployment, homelessness, depravation. —— deprivation. the city of culture bid could be part of the solution. for decades swansea has been struggling to revive a local economy which never really recovered from the collapse of traditional industries like this. bidding to be city of culture is one way of doing that, and of turning the decaying l

nick higham looks back on his life. # one day, you'll cry. # i won't come back to you. # just wait andaying piano in the bars of new orleans, rolling rhythm and blues with its rich jazz and latin roots. # but i love to see you with a smile... # oh well, goodbye. # although i'll cry. # ain't that a shame... but soon he developed a much more popular style, one of the first black artists to top the white—dominated charts. the genial fats delighted crossover audiences and, in the process, found he'd helped to invent rock and roll. # i've found my thrill. # 0n blueberry hill... blueberry hill, his biggest seller, was one of 30 top a0 hits, though one he didn't write himself. he made millions and gambled much of it away, but went on playing into old age. when hurricane katrina hit his home town in 2005, he chose to stay at home and was rumoured dead. later there was a visit from george w bush to replaced fats domino's presidential gold medal, lost in the floods and looting. as for his music, it remained as appealing and infectious as ever. quick look at some of the front pages, the financial

our correspondent, nick higham has been taking a look back at his life. # one day, you'll cry. # i won't"fats" domino started playing piano in the bars of new orleans, rolling rhythm and blues with its rich jazz and latin roots. # but i love to see you with a smile... # oh well, goodbye. # although i'll cry. # ain't that a shame... but soon he developed a much more popular style, one of the first black artists to top the white—dominated charts. the genial fats delighted crossover audiences and, in the process, found he'd helped to invent rock and roll. # i've found my thrill. # on blueberry hill... blueberry hill, his biggest seller, was one of 30 top a0 hits, though one he didn't write himself. he made millions and gambled much of it away, but went on playing into old age. when hurricane katrina hit his home town in 2005, he chose to stay at home and was rumoured dead. later there was a visit from george w bush to replaced fats domino's presidential gold medal, lost in the floods and looting. as for his music, it remained as appealing and infectious as ever. fats domino, one of the king

nick higham looks back on his life. # one day, you cried... #.ng piano in the bars of new orleans, rolling rhythm and blues with its rich jazz and latin roots. # but i love to see with a smile... # when you said goodbye... # ain't that shame... but soon he developed a much more popular style, one of the first black artists to top the white dominated charts. the genial fats delighted crossover audiences and, in the process, found he'd helped to invent rock and roll. # i've found my thrill on blueberry hill... #. blueberry hill was one of 30 top 40 hits, though one he didn't write ins. he made millions and gambled much of it away but went on playing into old age. when hurricane katrina hit his hometown in 2005, he chose to stay at home and was rumoured dead. later there was a visit from george w bush to present fats domino a gold medal lost in the floods and looting. as for his music, it remained as appealing and infectious as ever. fats domino, who has died at the age of 89. time for a look at the weather... here's chris fawkes. the aurora boreali

nick higham looks back on his life. # one day, you'll cry. # i won't come back to you. # just wait andano in the bars of new orleans, rolling rhythm and blues with its rich jazz and latin roots. # but i love to see you with a smile. # oh well, goodbye. # although i'll cry. # ain't that a shame. but soon he developed a much more popular style, one of the first black artists to top the white—dominated charts. the genial fats delighted crossover audiences and, in the process, found he'd helped to invent rock and roll. # i've found my thrill. # on blueberry hill. blueberry hill, his biggest seller, was one of 30 top 40 hits, though one he didn't write himself. he made millions and gambled much of it away, but went

our correspondent, nick higham has been taking a look back at his life. # one day, you cried...ying piano in the bars of new orleans, rolling rhythm and blues with its rich jazz and latin roots. # but i love to see with a smile... # when you said goodbye... # ain't that shame... but soon he developed a much more popular style, one of the first black artists to top the white dominated charts. the genial fats delighted crossover audiences and, in the process, found he'd helped to invent rock'n'roll. # i've found my thrill # on blueberry hill... blueberry hill was one of 30 top a0 hits, though one he didn't write. he made millions and gambled much of it away but went on playing into old age. when hurricane katrina hit his hometown in 2005, he chose to stay at home and was rumoured dead. later, there was a visit from george w bush to present fats domino a gold medal lost in the floods and looting. as for his music, it remained as appealing and infectious as ever. fats domino, one of the kings of rock'n'roll, has died at the age of 89. a little known fact, i was born in a village cal

nick higham looks back at his life. # one day you'll cry # and i won't come back to you # just you waitis piano—playing in the bars of new orleans, where he was spotted working for $3 a week by the record producer dave bartholomew. together, they turned his rolling rhythm and blues style, with its rich jazz and latin roots, into something far more popular and conquered the ‘50s pop charts. rhythm and blues would only sell at the time maybe 100,000 records. but we found the guys was buying pop, they were selling like a million, so we crossed over and we went to ain't that a shame, and we never looked back. he was one of the first black artists to top the white—dominated chart and see his songs released on mainstream labels. his friendly, polished style delighted white audiences, though in britain rock and roll was blamed for teenage delinquency. # i've found my thrill # 0n blueberry hill...# blueberry hill was one of more than 30 top—a0 hits, though the one he didn't write himself. he made millions and gambled much of it away but went on playing into old age. when hurricane katrina hit h

nick higham looks back at his life. # one day you'll cry # and i won't come back to you # just you waithm and blues would only sell at the time maybe 100,000 records. but we found the guys was buying pop, they were selling like a million, so we crossed over and we went to ain't that a shame, and we never looked back. he was one of the first black artists to top the white—dominated chart and see his songs released on mainstream labels. his friendly, polished style delighted white audiences, though in britain rock and roll was blamed for teenage delinquency. # i've found my thrill # on blueberry hill...# blueberry hill was one of more than 30 top—40 hits, though the one he didn't write himself. he made millions and gambled much of it away but went on playing into old age. when hurricane katrina hit his hometown in 2005, he chose to stay at home and was rumoured dead. later, there was a visit from george w bush to replace his national arts medal, lost in the floods and looting. as for his music, that remained as appealing and infectious as ever. fats domino, who has died at the age of 89.