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as the godivas make ready, the streets reverberate to a different sound. engine revs. made in coventry. the motorcade stops at various points on its journey through the city. out leap dancers — irish... ..caribbean... ..bollywood. each routine a tribute to the different migrant communities that came to coventry to help rebuild after the destruction of the war. i think everyone on the street really needed that, after the past 18 months — and just to have that happen on our street has cheered everyone up, and, yeah, love it. i've lived on the street all of my life, my parents live just six doors up, and we've never seen anything like that. it's always been a friendly, multicultural street, but that was just brilliant, thatjust brought everybody together. the irish settled first and brought with them their love of dance. two of the motorcade performers are sisters —17—year—old grace and 14—year—old molly. we've got a very irish background, and most of our family is irish and our mum also irish—danced at the same school that we dance at as well, so it wasjust inevitable th

this modern—day godiva is an nhs nurse, campaigning for better pay and ppe during the pandemic.out empowerment and ensuring that everyday people, like the community, are empowered to be able to be involved. and giving people opportunities, you know? it's been a challenging feat, planning a cultural programme in a pandemic. concerns about crowds have kept announcements low—key and secret. so, a city of surprises awaits. colleen harris, bbc news. now on bbc news...it�*s time for our world in the summer of 2014, is militants swept across northern iraq. in sinjar, they would go on to commit a mask, taking thousands of young women like amsha hostage. —— commit a massive her. almost seven years later, much of the region remains in ruins and thousands remain missing. despite everything, amsha chose to remain in sinjar. now every day she confronts the deadly legacy left hidden by her former captors. 0n the 3rd of august 2014 is militants invaded sinjar, the land of the yazidi. the so—called islamic state regarded this religious minority as infidels. preserving for them their most brutal

this modern—day godiva is an nhs nurse, campaigning for better pay and ppe during the pandemic.yday people like the community are empowered to be able to be involved. and helping people, you know? it has been a challenging feat, planning a cultural programme in a pandemic. concerns about crowds have kept announcements low—key in secret. so a city of surprises awaits. colleen harris has spent the afternoon talking to the performers in coventry. i'm in the beautiful grounds of coventry cathedral and on my right is the herbert gallery, where the turner prize will be coming later this year. this is a centre point for part of the uk city of culture opening event and also for the city, its rich history of resilience is a nod to coventry�*s past, when it was bombed in world war ii, and out of that, it became a symbol of peace and reconciliation. and these are the stories that will be told by street performers and artists that are moving through the city currently. moving because organisers have had a real challenge to deliver a programme that is covid—safe, they are asking people to wa

this modern—day godiva is an nhs nurse, campaigning for better pay and ppe during the pandemic.community, are empowered to be able to be involved. and giving people opportunities, you know? it has been a challenging feat, planning a cultural programme in a pandemic. concerns about crowds have kept announcements low—key and secret. so a city of surprises awaits. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. we have had a weather front pushing into western areas and that has brought cloud and outbreaks of rain. ahead of that there is some clear skies from the far south—east of england and skies were clear for western scotland and northern ireland. quite a mild night to come. we had a weather front across much of england and wales and it will be cloudier, some showery burst of rain and heavy downpours into the afternoon, whereas full scotland and northern ireland, they will see the best of the sunshine with temperatures and notch down across—the—board, 19 or 20, 21 degrees. it looks like weather fronts could bring a little bit of rain to north—west part of

this modern—day godiva is an nhs nurse, campaigning for better pay and ppe during the pandemic.or me, it's about empowerment and ensuring that everyday people, like the community, are empowered to be able to be involved. and giving people opportunities, you know? it's been a challenging feat, planning a cultural programme in a pandemic. concerns about crowds have kept announcements low—key and secret. so, a city of surprises awaits. colleen harris, bbc news. time for a look at the weather here's tomasz schafernaker. the it's looking good for most of us, mostly driver some brief showers and warm, sunny spells. on the satellite picture you can see a weather front across the south—east and east anglia. that gave us a wet day in the south—east. it wasn't very pleasant at all. you can see the rain still lingering across the south—east, but for the vast majority of us, it is a clear evening and it is going to be a dry night. you can see clear skies across central areas, bar the odd shower in the western isles. overnight lows around six in the north—east of england to around 9—13 in th

this modern—day godiva is an nhs nurse, campaigning for better pay and ppe during the pandemic.munity are empowered to be able to be involved. and helping people, you know? it has been a challenging feat, planning a cultural programme in a pandemic. concerns about crowds have kept announcements low—key in secret. so a city of surprises awaits. let's cross live to colleen harris in coventry. good afternoon. we are in the beautiful grounds of coventry cathedral, which is part of the centrepoint of uk city of culture's opening event, and also for the city it is a rich history of resilience, which is a nod to coventry�*s past when it was bombed in world war ii. 0ut when it was bombed in world war ii. out of that it became a symbol of peace and reconciliation. street performers and street artists are telling this story in moving parts throughout the day. moving parts because organisers have had a real challenge to deliver a covid safe programme, really. they are trying to avoid crowds coming into the centre and asking people to stay at home and watch online. we've been here all day.

this modern—day godiva is an nhs nurse, campaigning for better pay and ppe during the pandemic.or me, it's about empowerment and ensuring that everyday people like the community are empowered to be able to be involved. and helping people, you know? it has been a challenging feat, planning a cultural programme in a pandemic. concerns about crowds have kept announcements low—key in secret. so a city of surprises awaits. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. much of the country saw a fine day today with some good spells of sunshine, including the south—east of england, which had that wash—out on friday. but we've had a weather front pushing into western areas, bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rain, and it's going to continue to trundle its way eastwards overnight into parts of scotland and into england and wales. but ahead of it, i should think we should hold on, with some clearer skies for the far south—east of england and skies will be clearing as well for western scotland and northern ireland. they're the overnight means, so quite a mild night t

this modern—day godiva is an nhs nurse, campaigning for better pay and ppe during the pandemic.yday people like the community are empowered to be able to be involved. and giving people opportunities, you know? _ it has been a challenging feat, planning a cultural programme in a pandemic. concerns about crowds have kept announcements low—key in secret. so a city of surprises awaits. let's cross live to colleen harris in coventry. you and i both know coventry pretty well and it is looking beautiful today. it well and it is looking beautiful toda . , . . well and it is looking beautiful toda . , ., ., , today. it is and i have been in the beautiful grounds _ today. it is and i have been in the beautiful grounds of _ today. it is and i have been in the beautiful grounds of coventry - beautiful grounds of coventry cathedral, and on my right behind me is the herbert gallery, whether turner prize will come later this year. this is the centre point for part of the uk city of culture opening and it is a nod to coventry�*s past when it was bombed in world war ii. out of that, it became a

this modern—day godiva is an nhs nurse, campaigning for better pay and ppe during the pandemic.empowerment and ensuring that everyday people, like the community, are empowered to be able to be involved. and giving people opportunities, you know? it's been a challenging feat, planning a cultural programme in a pandemic. concerns about crowds have kept announcements low—key and secret. so a city of surprises awaits. colleen harris, bbc news. that's it. have a very good night. hello. while most parts of the uk got to see sunshine on friday, four eastern areas of england, hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are claire cohen, who's the women's editor at the daily telegraph, and joanna jarjue, the tv and radio commentator. the key both for being with us. —— thank you both for being with us tonight. tomorrow's front pages starting with... the financial times leads on the deal that leading economies are aiming to reach on taxing multinational companies — leaders are hoping to end what the paper calls �*a three—decade race to t

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this modern—day godiva is an nhs nurse, campaigning for better pay and ppe during the pandemic.nity are empowered to be able to be involved. and helping people, you know? it has been a challenging feat, planning a cultural programme in a pandemic. concerns about crowds have kept announcements low—key in secret. so a city of surprises awaits. let's cross live to colleen harris in coventry. uk city of culture in coventry is under way. street theatre and performance are moving across the city we've already had pauline black, the singer from the selecter, performing in a residential part of the city so there was an element of surprise there for residents waking up surprise there for residents waking up in the area. organisers have had a challenge trying to get this off the ground and keep things low to avoid attracting mass crowds. but look where we are now in the beautiful coventry cathedral ruins. this is just one of the centrepoint of today's opening event. coventry was bombed in the second world war. out of that the city became a symbol of peace and reconciliation. it's a city t

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