pianos have been popping up in precincts and places all round leeds. the reason? to celebrate the leeds international piano competitionke tom hanks in big. the leeds international piano competition has been taking place every three years since the start of the ‘60s. it's a truly global event to find the best young pianist in the world, with finalists this year from as far as china, russia and the usa. and the judges — who are concert pianists themselves — have been giving impromptu performances in the centre of the city, in what's been dubbed the world's smallest concert hall. this is great. yeah, it's noisy but i don't care. it doesn't matter, music wins out. yeah. oh, what a lovely, magical thing. it was such a tedious day. i had nothing but boring things to do and i'm absolutely uplifted by it. it's just magnificent. the build—up to the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgowan returning to his alma mater, the university of leeds, to talk about taking up the piano at the age of a9. it's sort of taken over my life, i must admit. i can't wait, i itch, i salivate, if i see a piano in a room i want to play

pianos have been popping up in precincts and places all round leeds. the reason? to celebrate the leeds international piano competitiontart of the ‘60s. it's a truly global event to find the best young pianist in the world, with finalists this year from as far as china, russia and the usa. and the judges — who are concert pianists themselves — have been giving impromptu performances in the centre of the city, in what's been dubbed the world's smallest concert hall. this is great. yeah, it's noisy but i don't care. it doesn't matter, music wins out. yeah. oh, what a lovely, magical thing. it was such a tedious day. i had nothing but boring things to do and i'm absolutely uplifted by it. it's just magnificent. the build—up to the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgowan returning to his alma mater, the university of leeds, to talk about taking up the piano at the age of 49. it's sort of taken over my life, i must admit. i can't wait, i itch, i salivate. if i see a piano in a room, i just want to play it, and i keep wanting to learn new pieces and my big frustration at starting late in life is thinking of th

jenny, from the leeds international piano competition. tune full. s the globe aged 20 to 30 and they have been playing the most exquisite music to be crowned the winner on saturday night. and karen butler, it is yourjob to try to get people into the city involved in the competition. how did you go about that? we have done that by creating piano themes installations, giant piano themes installations, giant piano keys outside town hall, the world's smallest concert hall in a shipping container, we've got letters that have been decorated with the piano keys, and we've also got 12 pianos that have been beautifully decorated and they are all across the city. and people are coming out in their droves. it is great. we will hear more from joe, but first, time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara orchard. the number of offences involving images of child abuse recorded by the met police has risen by more than 40% in the last year. that's according to the nspcc, which asked the force for its data. in

pianos have been popping up in precincts and places all round leeds. the reason? to celebrate the leeds international piano competitione tom hanks in big. the leeds international piano competition has been taking place every three years since the start of the '60s. it's a truly global event to find the best young pianist in the world, with finalists this year from as far as china, russia and the usa. and the judges — who are concert pianists themselves — have been giving impromptu performances in the centre of the city, in what's been dubbed the world's smallest concert hall. this is great. yeah, it's noisy but i don't care. it doesn't matter, music wins out. yeah. oh, what a lovely, magical thing. it was such a tedious day. i had nothing but boring things to do and i'm absolutely uplifted by it. it's just magnificent. the build—up to the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgowan returning to his alma mater, the university of leeds, to talk about taking up the piano at the age of a9. it's sort of taken over my life, i must admit, i can't wait, i itch, i salivate, if i see a piano in a room i want to play i

piano music as the ukip is one of its most prestigious competitions. pianos have been popping up in precincts and places all around leeds. the reason, to celebrate the leeds international as china, russia and the usa. and the judges, who are concert pianists themselves, have been giving impromptu performances in the centre of the city in what has been dubbed the world's smallest concert hall. this is great. it is noisy but... it doesn't matter, music wins out. yes. oh, what a lovely, magical thing. it was such a tedious day. i had nothing but boring things to do and i am absolutely uplifted by it, it is just magnificent. the build—up to the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgovern returning to his alma mater, the university of leeds, to talk about taking up the piano at the age of 49. it has sort of taken over my life, i must admit, i can't wait, i itch, i salivate, if i see a piano in a room i want to play and i keep wanting to learn pieces and my frustration at starting late in life is thinking of the pieces i will never play. the event is trying to make sure that rather younger people are encouraged to take up the instrument. press any notes you want,