good stuff, stephen brady, hull city council, good to see you. the first of a regular bbc news channel programme featuring the highlights of hull's year as britain's city of culture. that is also cross the weekend on bbc news. nat mps have called for the government to publish a long delayed plan for approving nature in england. the government promised in his manifesto that it would restore damaged wildlife habitat and lead them ina damaged wildlife habitat and lead them in a better state than before but mps want to see how they propose to do it. the environment analyst roger harriman. guillem act to the west of manchester, a landscape devastated by digging for pete to make garden compost. so many wildlife sites degraded in england and the government has pledged to improve them. here is one way how, i’ow improve them. here is one way how, row on i’ow, improve them. here is one way how, row on row, of tiny plants. being nurtured in a poly tunnel. planted out, they are helping to recreate a peat bog, that stores carbon and a tt ra cts peat bog, that

city in britain, st davids. the chosen area will succeed hull, which is the city of culture for 2017. earlier i spoke to the leader of hull city councilecession setting and was to manage decline. we have wonderful story to tell in hull but unless we won this competition we would never be able to tell that story. there are a lot of false perceptions about hull as there will be in many of those cities that are bedding. we set about putting a good case for work, which i think we did. clearly because you won it. you made it clear what hull was about. what was true about hull and honest and summed up the area and summed up the city. how would you encapsulate that inafew city. how would you encapsulate that in a few words? i think it is hull's spirit. they have wonderful stories to tell. such a rich history in hull and we went out and we told those judges and we used the community to tell those judges how great the city was. and how important was that then for you to wind it and to actually be the city that you put forward and that you want other people to accept? we have wonderful theatres, art galleries and museums, the marina area, and i

jo is a cafe owner, darren is the deputy leader of hull city council.ew money for health and social ca re need new money for health and social care to replace the money taken out in the last five years. so you are waiting to hear about the long—term solutions, the proposals being put forward by the government. as a local business, hull is uk city of culture, that must be good for business. definitely, it is uplifting. it is good, people are more positive, the business is doing well. will that be enough to offset the rise in the national living wage? that is something that was announced in the autumn but will come into force next month. the good news about business rates will help offset that, and the business doing so well will obviously be a good thing as well. we may have to increase prices, hopefully not much. i employ ten people. are you thinking of expanding? not in the near future. what about information? the projection is it will go up to about 2.4%, the highest it has been in quitea about 2.4%, the highest it has been in quite a while, what impa