lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.n west yorkshire this evening as the first event to mark bradford's status as the uk's city of culture for 2025 will go ahead, despite the icy temperatures. the open—air event, titled rise, has been co—created by the bradford—born magician steven frayne, formerly known as dynamo. more than two—hundred performers will take to the stage at city park. let's speak to our media and arts correspondent david sillito who's in bradford .. i'm glad to see you have taken your big coat! it i'm glad to see you have taken your his coat!— your big coat! it is -2 at the moment. — your big coat! it is -2 at the moment, and _ your big coat! it is -2 at the moment, and when - your big coat! it is -2 at the moment, and when we - your big coat! it is -2 at the i moment, and when we arrived your big coat! it is -2 at the - moment, and when we arrived it was 41 — moment, and when we arrived it was 41 it — moment, and when we arrived it was 41 it is _ moment, and when we arrived it was —11. it is nippy! bradf

lorna gordon reports.gers on board. some here taking the trip specially to witness the long—awaited maiden voyage. it is just quite exciting to at last get a chance to be on the boat and come across here. and what i�*ve seen so far is absolutely beautiful. it�*s so fresh, like getting a new car. hopefully there will be less cancellations, there will be more capacity for people to get on and off the island. it remains to be seen, i suppose, but fingers crossed. it has been really difficult, especially this year, - because the ferry has been off so often. - you can be on the island for two or three days with no ferry- service at all, so that can be - difficult, especially for people who need to get over to the mainland for appointments and things like that, i so hopefully this isjust going to be a bigger, . more reliable ship. the ferry is seven years overdue and hundreds of millions of pounds over budget. the saga of costly delays and technical problems cost islanders dear. it�*s been difficult for islander

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.eme court will hear closing arguments today in a case over whether tiktok should be banned in the country, if it doesn t separate from its chinese owner bytedance. the split is required by a biden administration law which says it's necessary to protect national security. tiktok and some its content creators have argued the ban would violate their first amendment rights to free speech. tiktok says it's used by around 170 million americans. the new law is set to take effect in nine days time. 0ur north america technology correspondent lily jamali has more. well, congress passed that law in april on national security grounds. lawmakers expressed concerns that tiktok�*s chinese ownership, bytedance, means that the data of millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist party. tiktok has consistently denied those allegations. they have expressed confidence that they will get the outcome that they seek from the supreme court. pres

the west coast of scotland, south ayrshire, and the isle of arran. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon't normally attract this attention but this is the glenn sannox and took its first passengers this morning from the scottish mainland to the island of arran. it has come in four times over budget in seven years late, the cost for the two ferries running at around £400 million. it's indicative of a problem across the west coast ferry network where the fleet is ailing and ageing and the average age of the ten major vessels on the calmac fleet is more than 23 years old. breakdowns are common, islanders suffer delays and problems with business and sometimes going to the problems w

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. hey, girls, thank you very much. support and advice. paul and barry volunteer here. they're both in recovery after years of abusing drugs. talking about like heroin and that. i started taking like 14, 15 a day and just get worse. it just progresses. you're smoking it one minute and the next minute you're jagging it and then in the prison, for years. been very lucky to come out of the overdoses. and what i see with a consumption room is so many people are dying on the streets. and what we need to remember is that's somebody's son or daughter or uncle. you need to remember that and give these people a chance. around 100 people every month are dying from drug misuse in scotland, and the issue is most acute in glasgow. preventing deaths is one of the aims of this new facility, which will be the only one of its kind in the uk. that area is a using space. they'll speak to nurses about the equipment they're going to use today, and they'll be given a clean set of equipment. do they bring in their own drugs or do you provide