colin paterson, bbc news, birkenhead.he london neural festival is running throughout september with many galleries still shut its perfect way for people to appreciate some truly up for people to appreciate some truly up amazing art. art or eyesore? if there is some colour there, then i will go to that street. it is more interesting. i could take it or leave it, quite honestly. i mean, it brightens up the place, but some of it is a bit... it does something for the area, don't ask me what. across the capital this month, street art is getting bigger and bolder. the first london mural festival is under way. more than 150 artists transforming sites across the city. i am painting "happy—go—lucky" across these two shutters. this shutter is always down, so i had to think of something to say that would work on its own. the more people who can see the art, the better. art can be in galleries where not everyone can see that, so anything on the street is accessible to anyone. so i think it is a good thing it is becoming more mainstre

colin paterson, bbc news. 0ur arts editor will gompertz is in london's west end.isa it is a pretty dramatic warningm is a dramatic warning. i think the point is andrew lloyd webber is talking about much more than his own theatres and his own productions, he is talking about more than theatre. he is talking about the role theatre plays in the economy and ecology of city centres up and down the country. i am standing in shaftesbu ry, country. i am standing in shaftesbury, west end. the cafe is empty, the hotels are empty, the shops are empty. his point is if you do not open the theatres, those shows are shut. there is no reason to come into the west end and everything else collapses. this scene is being replicated throughout the country. one restaurant owner i spoke to in bellingham said, i do not know why i opened before they open the theatre because it is not worth my while. it is notjust an issue for theatres, it is for city centres around the country. he said £1 . 575 centres around the country. he said £1.575 billion the government has set aside to help the art

colin paterson, bbc news.lves back into the forest, none the worse for wear. this is scooter. he's a poodle—cross, and has been learning to surf forjust one year. his owner, kirstie martin, took him in as a therapy dog to support her with the effects of ptsd. he's now been entered into his first competition — the surfdog surf—a—thon, based in california. this year, contestants are sending video entries, because of the pandemic. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. it is a somewhat brighter day out there compared with yesterday, especially across the eastern side of the uk, where we are seeing some sunshine. eastern scotland as well, you can see on the satellite picture, yesterday it was cloud pretty much across the uk, but there are some brakes to be had. again, mainly across the eastern side. we are in this gap here between this one front and cold front on the big picture here, and whenever you see something like that you know there is quite a lot of moist air out there, you can ex

colin paterson was at the sound check to find out how it's going to work. to open a venue will come back. craig wanted to open a venue in birkenhead on the wirral to help people in the area break into the industry, and because he believes the area's musical pedigree is too often lumped in with liverpool's. elvis costello formed his first band in birkenhead. the coral hailfrom the wirral. and it is where omd have been based for their whole career. # enola gay... i think it is hugely important to essentially encourage and generate, bea essentially encourage and generate, be a catalyst for local musicians to have a place to play and a place to develop their talent. there will be bans from the wirral peninsula who will make it because of this space. yesterday, new coronavirus restrictions for merseyside were announced. there is a slight panic that sets in every time i get the alert from the bbc news app on my phone, but we have got to react to the situation we find ourselves in, thatis the situation we find ourselves in, that is the nature of the beast to a cer

we're joined now by our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. morning, colin.ke a cup of tea and come back. it is the scope of it. we have freddie mercury trying to destroy the world because rami malek who won an oscar for playing freddie mercury is the baddie, safin, a man with a mission. we hear that millions might die, we hear that james bond thinks there might be nothing left for him to save. compare this to daniel craig's other films. this is save. compare this to daniel craig's otherfilms. this is thrown back to the days of men breaker and the likes of abadie trying to take over the whole planet. —— moonraker. a roll in the film for a 00 operative and very careful not to mention which number this is. a theory is this picks up five years after the last james bond film and this picks up five years after the lastjames bond film and james bond has been retired for five years so much believed it could actually be her who is 007 when this film starts. good, sound great. the whole point is, with this trailer, they delayed the release of this film because of the

our entertainment correspondent colin paterson caught up millie and her on screen mum, helena bonhams going through a coming—of—age story. she has gone on an adventure. aweek has gone on an adventure. a week ago i awoke to find my mother was missing and she did not return. lam was missing and she did not return. iamon was missing and she did not return. lam on my was missing and she did not return. i am on my way to collect my brothers, microsoft and sherlock. getting to play the mum of sherlock holmes, is a role! it was fun. i have always been a sherlock holmes fan. i was only —— 18 onjury service, i took the complete works of sherlock holmes to jury service. because i thought somehow if i imbibed all of sherlock's deductive abilities and be able to read people and to code, i would be able to tell if the man in the dock was guilty or not. did you find him guilty, what are the person done? not guilty. let's start with history. the historical perspective is the only way to begin a day. then we were at lunch. after lunch, iwould way to begin a day. then we were at lunch. after lunch, i

in enola holmes she plays sherlock holmes' younger sister. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin patersonplain enola. she is very witty and brutally honest, a young person who is going through a coming—of—age story, she is going on an adventure. a week ago, i awoke... mother? ..to find that my mother was missing. and she did not return. i'm presently on the way to collect my brothers, mycroft and sherlock. helena, getting to play sherlock holmes' mum, that's quite a role? it was fun. it was fun taking something so famous, and i've always been a sherlock holmes fan, when i was 18 i was onjury service and this is what i was like, millie, when i wasjust slightly older than you, i actually took the complete works of sherlock holmes tojury service because i thought somehow if i imbibed all of sherlock's detective possibilities... ..abilities and be able to read people and decode, i would be able to tell if the man who was on the dock was guilty or not. classic! i want to know, did you find him guilty? what had the person done? he was guilty. i'm not sure i ever described how a typical day's ed