hull, chosen by bbc to tell the world about the city of culture. on top of the humber bridge. over there is lincolnshire, and behind you is the city of hull. this is one of the north's most famous landmarks. it has stunning views and is an amazing piece of engineering. by the way, it is 156 metres tall, — that's just under 500 feet. just a bit shorter than the blackpool tower. i don't know how i'll get down from here, but i guess i will cross that bridge when i come to it. i'll let you into a little secret — there's actually a lift up to here. oh, my gosh! this was us earlier, getting all of the people and the kids up to the top of the humber bridge, and if you take a look over the edge, you can see the very first people to experience the humber bridge as a musical instrument. the swans bend their necks backwards to see god. they know the magnetism of the blue space. listening through headphones, they're hearing a piece of work which combines music with poetry and sounds of the bridge as it creaks and sways in the wind. here's lucy hester to explain

now on bbc news: britain's city of culture. hello, and welcome to hull, which, for the whole of 2017 is the uk's city of culture. and this is the humber bridge, just the latest location to take part in the 365 day celebration of arts and culture. pulled between stars and asteroids, meteors and satellites... this stunning landmark is being turned into a giant musical instrument, taking you on a sonic journey across the humber. and i've been on myjourneys, too, exploring the cultural links between this maritime city and its sister city of reykjavik. i think all this talk about girls not boxing is old—fashioned. we will also find out how women's boxing pioneer barbara buttrick is finally being recognised in her home city. i'm annemarie tasker, and 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 bbc to tell the world about the city of culture. we're on top of the humber bridge. over there is lincolnshire, and behind you is the city of hull. this is one of the

now on bbc news, the city of hull is being transformed by a year—long festival of arts and culture. marie tasker and kofi smiles report on the highlights. hello and welcome to hull, which for the whole of 2017 is the uk's city of culture. and this is the humber bridge, the latest location to take pa rt bridge, the latest location to take part in the 365 day celebration of oui’ part in the 365 day celebration of our culture. pool between stars and asteroids, meteors and satellites... this is being turned into a giant musical instrument taking you on a sonicjourney musical instrument taking you on a sonic journey across the musical instrument taking you on a sonicjourney across the humber. musical instrument taking you on a sonic journey across the humber. and i have been on myjourneys, too, to explore the cultural links between this maritime city and its sister city of reykjavik. this talk of girls not boxing is old—fashioned. we will also find out how the women's boxing pioneer barbara patrick is finally being recognised in her home city. iam i am annemarie tasker and i have the a r

hull is the uk city of culture and every day throughout 2017 it will host a series of events. e a look at what is still to come. i recognise that, that is the poppies. they are back. this is queen victoria square. those are the ceramic poppies that were outside the tao of london in 2014, commemorating those who died in the first world war. this is the maritime museum in hull and many other fishermen were involved maritime museum in hull and many otherfishermen were involved in maritime museum in hull and many other fishermen were involved in the first world war and their boats were used to look for submarine. this is just one of many events happening right now for the city of culture. this week hull went 100 days as city of culture so we thought it was time for breakfast to find out what has been going on. i ended up in some unusual places. the place would have spelt of carpet, overalls and a makeshift fire. hull, city of culture, where even taxis have been turned into theatres. and it raises up, pumping to handle. for the next three months, wayne jackson is presenting a show t

it's britain's smallest city and is bidding for the chance of becoming the uk city of culture. u say, the smallest city in written, a population of 1800, no more than a large village but it has ambition. it is one of the 11 places bidding to become the uk city of culture in 20 to anyone. but find out what it has too far. paul runs hotels here in the city. make your pitch. why then david? there is something special here. we punch above our weight in terms of culture. we have something special in our landscape, not merely the cathedral and art galleries, we are the art capital of wales, but also the art capital of wales, but also the landscape. we are preserved by the landscape. we are preserved by the national park nearby so the opportunity for the government is to offer the offer from regeneration and community support as opposed to just an and community support as opposed to justan urban and community support as opposed to just an urban city. all the talk about the surrounding area as well, surely you have not got, have you, enough cloud here or in a free sources to mount a ser

on bbc news, anne—marie tasker and kofi smiles present highlights from hull 2017 in britain's city of culturehe uk's city of culture. and this is the humber bridge, just the latest location to take

now on bbc news: britain's city of culture. culture. and this is the humber bridge, just the latest location to take part in the 365 day celebration of arts and culture. pulled between stars and asteroids, meteors and satellites...

a new exhibition for this year's city of culture. it's a big cup weekend in england and scotland.e'll look ahead to all four semi—finals, starting with chelsea's bid for the double. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. on day three of the campaign trail the prime minister and the chancellor have given theirfirst hints of what will and what won't be in the conservative manifesto. theresa may says she'll keep the current spending on foreign aid, despite pressure from within her own party to cut it. but she would not commit to keep the so—called triple lock on pensions, which guarantees they rise by inflation, average earnings or 2.5% each year, whichever is highest. labour has said it will. and the chancellor, philip hammond, has hinted that he would like to end the party's promise not to increase taxes. our first report tonight is from our deputy political editor, john pienaar. trust me, i'm a politician. no leader stays popular forever but theresa may clearly feels that she is well liked enough for now to make promises that some might like but others wilmot. she looks

hull is taking centre stage this year as it hosts a series of arts events as the uk city of culture. have already been flooding in to see what the city has to offer — as colin paterson reports. the place would have smelt of carpet, overalls and the makeshift fire. hull, city of culture, were even taxis are being turned into theatres. and he'd raise us up by pumping a handle up and down. for the next three months, wayne jackson is performing his show, now then, about people's memories of hull to an audience of six in the back of his father's cab. it's quite close. and the show is only 20 minutes, so i'm doing it, kind of, eight times a day. so, it's demanding and challenging. and his dad is loving it. it's absolutely brilliant. it's combining my son's work and mine. we've always been so proud of him. had you ever done anything arty before? nothing at all, whatsoever. and venues have been popping up all over the city. this week's big opening, flood, a state—of—the—nation parable, is performed on a floating stage right in the middle of a residential area. these people in their flats hav

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now on bbc news, the city of hull is being transformed by a year—long festival of arts and culture. location to take part in the 365 day celebration of our culture.

st david's in pembrokeshire is britain's smallest city, but it is bidding to become the uk city of culturehigham reports. george formby, famous for his ukelele playing and his saucy songs, was born here in 1904. britain's first ikea opened here in 1987. in 1968, the place was made a new town and the town hall has some spectacular golden gates. but culture...in warrington? has it always been at the forefront of what we've been doing, culture? no, it hasn't. now they want to change all that. as we transition from a new town to a new city, that city has to have a compelling cultural offer, because we know what cities that don't have that end up like. they are abandoned of an evening in the centre. they don't have the vibrancy. they aren't the magnets of talent and for young people that they ought to be. warrington's economically successful and unemployment‘s low but you wouldn't know it, looking at the town centre. this is what they call warrington's cultural quarter. there's a museum, a library. they say it's the oldest public library in england. there is a small concert hall. there's the py

of complaints. i offered observations about new york city's pretensions of culture which never measure up to the sophistication of what a series but if i let her talk uninterrupted, it would unveil like a labyrinth. i hear symptoms from every organ, a rundown of her mother's medical bills, critique of metropolitan opera. i wouldn't be able to provide an easy solution for her symptoms and force them to explain the decision of her mother's doctors and the director of the net. who defecates on a routine basis. and by the end the whole thing would turn out to be a sprawling, onerous mess. and would excoriate on gold grounds. i promised myself to let every patient talk. i eliminated the difficult patients, my dated however informal would be flawed. i went to battle and asked how can i help you today? and clicked a stopwatch. every single thing hurt, she said. from my toes to my head. there were shooting pains in her gums, her scalp was sensitive. neck pain was radiating down her spine with her mother had insomnia, of all hours of the night complaining. each time she called i said gamely anything else? there always

city last summer — thousands of naked people, painted blue. now, they are finally getting to see themselves as others did, all in the name of art. colin paterson reports from hull, this year's uk city of culturee? that's me... laura dykes, support worker, hull resident and now hanging in a gallery. i really wanted to be on a piece art work in ferens art gallery, that's what drew me to it. i have a little boy who's about eight. i wanted him to come to the art gallery, and me to say, "that's me." it was july last year when people came from as far as japan and australia to take part in artist spencer tunick‘s latest photographic extravaganza, sea of hull, featuring four different shades of blue body paint. well, i was trying to bring the sea back into hull, over paved and concrete landscapes, and i think it worked out well. cheek—by—jowl—by—buttock, from a distance, it looks like a gigantic smurf nudist colony. i'm quite, obvious, just there. but, with so many people from hull taking part, it led to more than a few awkward moments. i actually bumped into somebody from work, which was a bit awkward. but no, not really. everyone was there to do the same thing. so once everyone was kind of in the s

lucy hester reports from the uk's city of culture. s from opera north are putting the finishing touches to a recording which will evoke the essence of one of yorkshire's most iconic sights, the humber bridge. many of us will have driven across the bridge, taking in the sights of the humber river, but this unique project is hoping to inspire people to walk along its mile long length and get lost in the incredible sounds. opera north is working with norwegian composers jan bang and arve henriksen to create this musical guided walk. it is a fantastic construction, and it is so much bigger than i expected. it has been interesting to walk across the bridge together with avre and to hear the sound of the bridge itself. meanwhile, the opera north orchestra is recording its part. it is a truly beautiful sound, produced by top—class musicians. how could we blend different instruments into that, and then building melodies on top of it, or chords or sounds? the music just felt like it was a natural blood running through your veins. some of these

of what you're missing a bit later. —— what he was saying a little bit later. st davids in pembrokeshire is britain's smallest city but it is bidding to become the uk city of culturen? has it always been at the forefront of what we've been doing, culture? no, it hasn't. now they want to change all that. as we transition from a new town to a new city, that city has to have a compelling cultural offer, because we know what cities that don't have that end up like. they are abandoned of an evening in the centre. they don't have the vibrancy. they aren't the magnets of talent and for young people that they ought to be. warrington's economically successful and unemployment‘s low but you wouldn't know it, looking at the town centre. this is what they call warrington's cultural quarter. there's a museum, a library. they say it's the oldest public library in england. there is a small concert hall. there's the pyramid arts centre. but it's quiet. the truth is, people in warrington who want theatre or major art galleries go to liverpool or manchester. the concert venue's called parr hall. outside, i meta musician and promoter who says warrington's live music scene has enjoye

ess.ir david am amess: as part of southend's celebrations as the alternative city of culture, stilt walkerslk non-stop from southend to no. 10 downing street on the morning of monday 1 may to raise money for the music man project to help people with learning difficulties, and for a charity for child refugees. will my right hon. friend arrange, on the morning of tuesday 2 may, for someone on her behalf to receive the stilt walkers and accept from southend's town crier the proclamation that in this, the 125th anniversary of the founding of the borough, southend be declared a city? when i firstr: heard about the stilt walkers, i thought it sounded a bit of a tall order, but i am sure they will be making great strides as they approach downing street. i am pleased to hear what my hon. friend says about the southend celebrations, but also about the efforts that are being made to raise funds for very, very important causes. we will certainly look very carefully at what can be done in downing street when the stilt walkers arrive. skinner.nis mr. skinner: will the prime minister give a guarantee tha

lucy hester reports from the uk's city of culture. north are putting the finishing touches to a recording which will invoke the essence of one of yorkshire's most iconic sites, the humber bridge. many of us will have driven across the bridge, taking in the sights of the humber river. but this unique project is hoping to inspire people to walk along its mile—long length and get lost in incredible sounds. 0pera north is working with norwegian composers to create this musical guided walk. it's a fantastic construction and it's so much bigger than i expected. it's been interesting to walk across the bridge and to actually hear the sound of the bridge. meanwhile, the opera north orchestra is recording its part. it's a beautiful sound recorded by top—class musicians. how can we blend different instruments into that and then build things on top of chords and sounds? the music just felt like it was natural blood running through your veins. some of these musicians are using their instruments in a very unusual way. the opera north chorus also ha

chance to see the results for the first time in a new art exhibition to mark hull as this year's city of culture people strip off their clothes and paint themselves blue? that is me... laura dykes is a support worker, hull resident and now hanging in a gallery!|j support worker, hull resident and now hanging in a gallery! i really wa nted now hanging in a gallery! i really wanted to be in some art in a gallery. i have a little boy who is eight years old and i wanted to come into a gallery and say that is me! injuly last year, into a gallery and say that is me! in july last year, people into a gallery and say that is me! injuly last year, people came from as far as injuly last year, people came from as farasjapan injuly last year, people came from as far asjapan and injuly last year, people came from as far as japan and australia to ta ke as far as japan and australia to take part in artist spencer tunick‘s latest photographic extravaganza, sea of hull. featuring four shades of blue body paint. i wanted to bring some of the sea back to remark. it worked. from a distance, it looks like a gigantic

with help help of our cable comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes we will learn about the cities history and literary culture from local authors. we begin with a driving tour of the city. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts.

. >> the emphasis of our show is creative culture of the city of san francisco, and the many artists,e locally born and raised and others came from all over the country that created this amazing moment of cultural and creative expression. >> the reason i think it is so good is when i came out, i felt like i was stoned. >> reporter: but you weren't? >> but i wasn't, no. but back then, i did inhale. >> reporter: helene's collection is part of the exhibit, to this day she said she still dresses in the vintage pieces for special occasions. >> it is just what we wanted to wear, and mainly we wanted to be outrageous, no matter where we were, we wanted people to go, that is outrageous. >> reporter: the cureiators tried to capture the fellowship and sense of community among young people back then trying to make a change. the cureiators say it is an exhibit that is different for them to present because it is meant to be emerseive and participatory. >> a different exhibition for us to do, one that we see in a way, almost as a gift to the citizens of san francisco and the bay area. >> i did the

as part of southend‘s celebrations as the alternative city of culture, on the morning of monday the eighth, when i first heard this issue of the stilt walkers, i thought it sounded a bit ofa walkers, i thought it sounded a bit of a tall order myself. but i am sure they will be making great strides as they approach downing street, and we will look carefully at that. i am pleased to hear what he says about southend‘s celebrations but also the efforts being made to raise money for important causes, and we will certainly look into what can be done in downing street when they arrive. will the prime minister give a guarantee that no tory mp who is under investigation by the police and the legal authorities over election expenses in the last general election be a candidate in this election because, if she won‘t accept that, this is the most squalid election campaign that has happened in my lifetime?” squalid election campaign that has happened in my lifetime? i stand by all the conservative mps who are in this house and who will be out there, standing again, campaigning, campaigning fora there, s

with the help of our comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes, we'll look at the city's history and literary culture from local authors. >> we begin the special feature on charlottesville with a driving tour of the city. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts. there is the city, the county of albro morrow and then you have the university of virginia, that really is the window through which you can understand local issues, local politics, history there which one -- : charlottesville we took a driving tour of the city. >> i know charlottesville because it's on the back of the nickel. monticello right? >> that's correct. as we speak were driving towards monticello. it is that rise right there, the little mountain and thomas jefferson was born here on apri. his father had moved out here to the west to get land and his father peter jefferson was a surveyor. he actually co-authored, in 175d what was the official new map of virginia. at that time it was nothing like it was the best map of virginia. so, little tommy was raised on stories by this man who would go out and explore and make maps and dis

with help help of our cable comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes we will learn about the cities history and literary culture from local authors. we begin with a driving tour of the city. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts. there's the city. there's the county of albemarle which surrounds the city, and the virginia with separate local governments for cities and counties and vignette university of virginia. and that really is the window through which you can understand local issues, local politics, history. there really is that cooperation and attention of those goings on between the three-part. >> we took a driving tour of the city with radio and television host coy barefoot. >> i know of charlottesville because it's on the back of the nickel. monticello, right? >> that is correct there were actually as we think we are driving towards monticello come as a matter fact it is that rise right there, the little mountain as he called it. thomas jefferson was born here april 13, 1743. his father had moved out here to the west to get land, and his father was a surveyor who can actually co-authored in 175

fell in one single day and, of course, that's a big part of the question but, also, where the city was established, the movement of the cultural call it, with the cutting trees and working the land, has had an effect and also it is quite amazing the amount of garbage, plastic bags and everything you can find near the other rivers in the places where the water should flow of the water to find another way. we should brace ourselves, i guess, for some bad news over the course of the next few days, beyond the initial impact of this tragedy. let's hope for some bright moments of hope for people. thanks very much. that is to row was from bbc mundo talking about the mudslides that seem to have claimed so many lives. —— arturo wallace. four men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a young asylum seeker was attacked in south london. andy moore reports. the young man, believed to be kurdish—iranian, was waiting at a bus stop late on friday night with two friends when he was approached by a group of about eight people. he was attacked after telling them where he came from. we believe it's a hate crime.

of england's great cities. leeds is a great financial centre, its cultural centre, as i say, it's a modern, thriving, diverse city city, it represents so much of what is good in our country today. i am here this evening to celebrate that. but also to make a simple pledge. that if you vote for me, to strengthen my hand at the negotiating table in brussels, i will do everything i can to represent the interests of every person in this great city and every person in this great city and every person in this great city and every person in this great country. applause and i know that this is a city, a place where people perhaps might call a traditional labour area. but here and in constituencies across the country, although it may say labour on the ballot, it will be jeremy corbyn who gets the vote. and there are only two people who it is possible to beat prime minister on june nine, only two people who can possibly represent britain in europe. and the choice is between five years of strong and stable leadership with me as prime minister oi’ leadership with me as prime minister ora leadership with me as prime minister o

islamic state took control of iraq's second largest city mosul two—and—a—half years ago, damaging priceless assyrian and sumerian antiquities in a campaign to erase elements of culturalthe iraqi security forces. 0ur middle east editorjeremy bowen has been to see the damage done to mosul‘s museum. these were the statues of gods, sumerian gods, and they were great big statues with wings, feet with claws, and the faces and torsos of humans. you can see on it cuneiform. cuneiform writing is one of the earliest kinds of alphabets, about 5,000 years old, and it's considered one of the greatest contributions to civilisation. and this wasn'tjust cultural vandalism, though it was that, it was an attempt to remake history, to destroy a civilisation, to destroy a memory. the things that contributed to making this part of the world special. inside there are large... what were once, i suppose, exhibition rooms. high ceilings, pillars, it's a classic museum. now, in other buildings here, other parts of the museum here, you can see that this wasn'tjust an exhibition hall, it was a working museum. a place of research. and when they came here to destroy all of this, they were also tr

for half a century now it's been one of the city's most popular events celebrating japanese culture and the beginning of spring. this is the largest festival outside washington, d.c. if you missed it today, it's happening again next weekend. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast withdrew tuma. >> and accuweather tracking an unsettled pattern ahead. while rain is in the forecast it does not look to be like a soaking rain like we just experienced last week. a break today, live doppler 7 showing you we're getting the all clear skies. for moisture quiet this evening. tamme cam showing a beautiful look. we're looking south along the coast. san francisco in the background, really just a nice evening to be out soaking in the sunshine. that sun going down at 7:40 p.m. out there right now, the mixed bag of numbers. along the coast right off the ocean cool 54 san francisco, about 55 half moon bay, away from the coast we are not as breezy. 62 current number san ramon, 61 san jose and vallejo, right now 63 degrees. overnight tonight, not as cold as you were last night. no frost advisory in ef

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for half a century now it's been one of the city's most popular events celebrating japanese culture andditions with the beginning of spring. this is the largest festival outside washington, d.c. if you missed it today, it's happening again next weekend. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast withdrew tuma. >> and accuweather tracking an unsettled pattern ahead. while rain is in the forecast it does not look to be like a soaking rain like we just experienced last week. a break today, live doppler 7 showing you we're getting the all clear skies. for moisture quiet this evening. tamme cam showing a beautiful look. we're looking south along the coast. san francisco in the background, really just a nice evening to be out soaking in the sunshine. that sun going down at 7:40 p.m. out there right now, the mixed bag of numbers. along the coast right off the ocean cool 54 san francisco, about 55 half moon bay, away from the coast we are not as breezy. 62 current number san ramon, 61 san jose and vallejo, right now 63 degrees. overnight tonight, not as cold as you were last night. no frost ad

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. >> we are stand in front of the john bidwell mansion in chico, california, as we continue our look at the cities nonfiction literary culture. we will hit one authors story about the life and writings of this california pioneer. >> the john bidwell was one of the early california pioneers and he's most famous as the organizer of the first wagon train immigrant party of overland pioneers who came from the front of the united states, at the time in missouri, and blazed the california trail in 1841, to northern california, arriving at marshes and then sutter stored in november of 1841.

. >> we are stand in front of the john bidwell mansion in chico, california, as we continue our look at the cities nonfiction literary culture. we will hit one authors story about the life and writings of this california pioneer. >> the john bidwell was one of the early california pioneers and he's most famous as the organizer of the first wagon train immigrant party of overland pioneers who came from the front of the united states, at the time in missouri, and blazed the california trail in 1841, to northern california, arriving at marshes and then sutter stored in november of 1841. bidwell was born in upstate new york in 1819, and his family moved around. they were frontier homesteaders and then they moved from new york into pennsylvania and then ohio. and then in his early 20s bidwell left his family and had about to what was then the front tier in iowa and missouri. he tried developing a claim in westerwestern missouri and gaven that after just a year or two. and decide to head to california, which was then still mexican territory. he helped organize what became known as the bidwell bartleson party, and again, great clai