instead money will be given to theatres in coventry and on merseyside, and libraries in yorkshire andfirst time. with the details of a major shake—up, here's our arts correspondent, david sillito. blackpool's famous illuminations have been admired by millions over the last 140 years or so, but here's a question, is it art? the the last140 years or so, but here's a question, is it art?— a question, is it art? the arts council is _ a question, is it art? the arts council is certainly _ a question, is it art? the artsj council is certainly convinced. a question, is it art? the arts i council is certainly convinced. it is going to be giving the illuminations a grant for the first time. ~ . ., _, ., time. we are delighted to come out fantastic accolade _ time. we are delighted to come out fantastic accolade from _ time. we are delighted to come out fantastic accolade from them - time. we are delighted to come out fantastic accolade from them that i time. we are delighted to come out. fantastic accolade from them that we can demonstrate to the world we are very serious — can demonstrate to

for people who don't know knowsley, it's a pretty poor part of merseyside.very big liverpool catholic family. yes. all living near to each other, i imagine. yep, yep. there were seven in our street. seven of your family. seven of our family in our street. yeah, well, doors always open, always in and out of. yeah, yeah. i mean, it was good for things like tools, you know, you didn't have to buy a full set, you could all, you know, share it between the households. that was the saturday morning routine of my dad, my uncles, etc, my cousins. i mean, we're a super close family. my mum and grandad, my paternal grandparents lived on a council estate, you know, less than a mile away and my nanna and grandad lived on a council estate at the end of our road and we were all within a mile of each other. yeah. politics discussed at home? the only time i remember it was my grandad was a miner, so when the miners strike was happening, that was a big discussion. now, miners families. usually, not always, but usually very anti—tory, would have been anti ted heath in the seve

and on merseyside where and we start on merseyside where st helens council have criticised for displayingst christmas tree in britain for the second year in a row. now i mean obviously you took very good grief. i mean if you are listening on radio , imagine a listening on radio, imagine a christmas tree and then imagine the opposite of that. there is the opposite of that. there is the tree in question. you can all see a pretty sorry looking specimen. i mean it looks like it's got money depression. one local said the town become local said the town will become a laughing stock while observed we pay enough council to get a christmas tree i'll now scoff over say it looks like it's going to be back in the ground like a sinking but i want to go home. it. yeah, it's in recession it's going back to seedling because can't see seedling because you can't see us. see the wood bit, us. you can't see the wood bit, the branches probably the branches off. i probably look in the woods before look nice in the woods before they down. then they got they cut it down. then they got home, like a haircut. home,

and on merseyside where and we start on merseyside where st helens council have criticised for displayingbed the worst christmas tree in britain for the second year in a row. now i mean obviously you took very good grief. i mean if you are listening on radio , imagine a listening on radio, imagine a christmas tree and then imagine the opposite of that. there is the opposite of that. there is the tree in question. you can all see a pretty sorry looking specimen. i mean it looks like it's got money depression. one local said the town become local said the town will become a laughing stock while observed we pay enough council to get a christmas tree i'll now scoff over say it looks like it's going to be back in the ground like a sinking but i want to go home. it. yeah, it's in recession it's going back to seedling because can't see seedling because you can't see us. see the wood bit, us. you can't see the wood bit, the branches probably the branches off. i probably look in the woods before look nice in the woods before they down. then they got they cut it down. then they got home, like a hai

merseyside in the 1980s, dreams of european football success were coming true and fans were driving ang from iconic days, things i used to wear, my friends used to wear to go to the games. derek remembers the so—called casuals, who lived for branded clothes and trainers and are being celebrated in the exhibition. the fans went to away games in europe and came back with all this new gear from various parts of europe. and it became a bit of a culture in those days, people would go away not even to watch the football, but just to get the clothes and shoes and everything else and bring them back. there are casuals behind the art of the terraces exhibition. liverpool supporter dave hewitson is one of the co—creators. 1982, i went to watch aston villa play in the european cup final against bayern munich in holland. the reason we went was so we could go across the border into germany to get trainees and bring them back. that sort of started to spread, then, from liverpool, manchester, leeds, and developed into the subculture that we know today. you know, it spread across the country. # all t

particularly in merseyside. you know, there's been a lot of— merseyside.ou? how is that for you, isn't it? you talk about direct experience and what you hear and see when you do those conversations? what we do is with yea six, ten and 11—year—olds. they are a little bit more young to go into too much graphic detail so we have an actor go into the school and she does a presentation and it is all about, she shows pictures of adam and she shows pictures of the close we are to pick out for him on the davis funeral and it is very impactful but she's also saying, you know, there are safe places. people you can talk to so talking to them as they go into senior school then we usually go in with a gentleman called alan walsh and he runs boxing clubs for young people and he is very impactful and a member of ourfamily is usually there to help, with a story about her demand it is very emotional. but we've had a lot of great feedback. i’m emotional. but we've had a lot of great feedback.— emotional. but we've had a lot of great feedback. i'm sure there are few thin . s

money will be go to theatres in coventry and on merseyside, and libraries in yorkshire and warwickshirest time. among the losers is the english national opera, which is also moving its headquarters out of london. the royal opera house, the national theatre and the donmar warehouse theatre will also lose funding. here's our arts correspondent david sillito. blackpool�*s famous illuminations have been admired by millions over the last 140 years or so, but here's a question — is it art? it's absolutely beautiful, so that's what art is, so why not? it should be inspiring, it should be beautiful, it should be eye—catching, so yeah, i would say so, yeah. i think it is art. it's imagination and how. you use your imagination. the arts council is certainly convinced. it's going to be giving the illuminations a grant for the first time. we're over the moon, we're delighted. it's a fantastic accolade from them that we can demonstrate to the world we are very serious about our collection and our work. blackpool is not alone. there are many winners in this funding settlement, especially towns that h

they collect donations and surplus from the food industry and bring it to locations around merseyside deck over here! when the localjack�*s store closed in walton, robbie's team started to bring their pop—up pantry to the area. it's become the busiest place they serve. most of the customers have actually said to us, "we used to go to jack's because it was discounted food "or cheaper foods." so, i think a lot of the people that used to go there come here now. from your chats with people here, how bad are things right now? i've never seen it this bad in my lifetime. mince or chicken? chicken? enjoy. i would say about 60% of people that come here are in poverty. the wages aren't enough to keep them warm at home and feed them as well. we've had postmen here. we've had firemen here. we've had nurses. and we have loads of pensioners. people actually depend on us now. when we started this about 18 months ago, the outdoor mobile pantry, we were getting about 500 people a month. and now...now we're feeding 7,000 a month. we can't cope with it and other organisations can't cope with it, so it's

i think there is a link- between inner city challenges in certain pockets of merseyside and his abilityoutdoors i and through his engagement with school and working alongside other partner agencies, _ i was happy to nominate for this opportunity. - why would someone pay for just a random lad from liverpool to go to antarctica? so it was quite a shock. the expedition aims to be carbon neutral, so the team has been planting trees. the teenagers had to take part in a pay it forward scheme, earning their place on the trip by volunteering in their local area. i did litter picking to help our community, so there is not much rubbish going around to make the place prettier and better for everyone. i am really excited to go see what is happening on the adventure i'm going to have, being everything and also very interested in the science part of it, the experiments we will be doing. guys, in front of you, you see i the suitcases, these are yours. this has all of your specialist antarctica equipment in it. they do not quite know what they will discover but one thing is for certain, it will be cold

and a second half harvey barnes goal sealed the points on merseyside.iide dundee united — as they pulled further clear at the top. it was nother late show at celtic park — the serbian international put them 2—1 up going into half time. late goals eventually wrapped up a 4—2 win — to send celtic 7 points clear of rangers. ross county came from behind to beat st mirren. in the championship, burnley�*s 16 match unbeaten run is over — as the leaders were thrashed at sheffield united. in a game that had seven goals, burnley did lead twice — thanks to two strikes from manuel benson. but on both occasions — united responded — and eventually ran out 5—2 winners at bramall lane — 0li mcburnie scoring twice. the win leaves united three points behind burnley. it's been a busy day of action in the first round of the fa cup — 33 ties in total, and the pick of the upsets came from national league south side chippenham town. as they beat league one lincoln city 1—0 — there were 78 places between the two sides butjoe hanks' sensational finish was enough for the bluebir

two spells at goodison park — and was the first man to score for both liverpool and everton in a merseysiden crime. his close friends son was shot and killed in london last month. whyte, who himself had a difficult upbringing, turned his life around through kickboxing and boxing. he spoke to our reporter ade adedoyin ahead of his fight against the americanjermaine franklin at wembley arena this weekend, and talked about how recent events had affected him. it has been a major problem for the longest of time. it is bad, it is bad. obviously, it is ruining people's lie. mentally, i call him every day. he is angry, he is angry. i am trying to counsel him but on the other hand i would probably have lost the plot already. i am doing the best i can do to help him and his family and make sure he stays on the right path. you will never get over it, man you just have to try and live with the memories. i have grown up losing people, suffering and struggling and growing up with people dying around me. there is nothing positive about it, ijust got used to dealing with it and moving on and realising i ha

you fight to on the bitter i did merseyside. bitter end i did in merseyside. i was going to lose. i was minus points the year was minus 30 points the year before and took it down to 0.8. so a lot of hard work and so it's a lot of hard work and you should stick where you are so let me say get so we've got to let me say get our views in from our viewers. so please tell us what you think to give views at gb news uk because coming up we'll be looking into why conservative mps are leaving at the moment. we'll be talking about that . we'll be talking about that. we'll be talking about that. we'll also have kevin and ali at 11:00 as well. so don't go away. stay with us . hello. good stay with us. hello. good morning to you. it is a dry start out there for many of us, but more wet and windy weather will soon be on the way. however it is the last bout of atlantic weather before a change arrives next week . for the time being, next week. for the time being, a brief ridge of high pressure has affected us through the last 24 hours. but weather fronts are knocking on the d

yes liverpool echo picks up on the story of two everton supporters from merseyside who are over in qatars what happenedin are over in qatar. here's what happened in their own words . happened in their own words. last night we met one of the sheikh's sons and he took us back to the palace and he showed his yacht lions and everything they made to show welcome. they brought bit brought him obviously on a bit of some fish and he of a hunt for some fish and he was yeah, yeah. we saw was like, yeah, yeah. we saw fish. jumped into the back fish. so we jumped into the back of landcruiser and of his toyota landcruiser and then open a big polish on it in then open a big polish on it in the back. he showed it as monkeys as exotic birds . yeah monkeys as exotic birds. yeah well our view can now see what happened then. i'll describe it for our radio listeners we've got there is basically a scouser , a lion and messing around with it in the back of a sheik's huge gaff. so there we are i mean, i find it fascinating as you imagine, that that particular sheikh son is now got a rather a lot of explaining

yes liverpool echo picks up on the story of two everton supporters from merseyside who are over in qatars what happenedin are over in qatar. here's what happened in their own words . happened in their own words. last night we met one of the sheikh's sons and he took us back to the palace and he showed his yacht lions and everything they made to show welcome. they brought him obviously on a bit of some fish and he of a hunt for some fish and he was yeah, yeah. we saw was like, yeah, yeah. we saw fish. jumped into the back fish. so we jumped into the back of toyota landcruiser and of his toyota landcruiser and then open a big polish on it in then open a big polish on it in the back. he showed it as monkeys as exotic birds . yeah monkeys as exotic birds. yeah well our view can now see what happened then. i'll describe it for our radio listeners we've got there is basically a scouser , a lion and messing around with it in the back of a sheik's huge gaff. so there we are i mean, i find it fascinating as you imagine, that that particular sheikh son is now got a rather a lot of explaining to do

two spells at goodison park — and was the first man to score for both liverpool and everton in a merseysidechtime that due to a decrease in frequency in the energy system of ukraine, the operator had used emergency powers to activate the protection at three sites. those three power plants in different parts of the country, and again, there have been missile strikes on infrastructure targets around ukraine. and it's already been reported by the mayor of kyiv. now there is confirmation from the grid operator that they have switched off, in effect, three, or disconnected from the grid three nuclear power stations. the big fear has been that if one of the stations were to receive a direct hit, whether from a were to receive a direct hit, whetherfrom a ukrainian russian attack for ukrainians using anti—aircraft missiles to bring something down and collateral damage ends up causing is damage, it could trigger an out—of—control activity ljy trigger an out—of—control activity by the nuclear power plant and they might not be in a position to stop it once it started, so the idea is a precautionary ap

tim muffett, bbc news, st helens in merseyside.e in berkshire. this month, it is coming up for auction in a sale that is expected to attract the attention of magicians from around the world. joe campbell has been to meet debbie mc6ee, who gave him a preview. he was essential saturday night viewing. while paul daniels was indisputably the start of the show, many will also remember his props. six years after his death, the guardian of his his collection has finally emptied the most magical of garden sheds and put the content is “p garden sheds and put the content is up for sale. t garden sheds and put the content is u- for sale. ~ garden sheds and put the content is u- for sale. ,, ., garden sheds and put the content is up for sale-— up for sale. i think for anybody when they _ up for sale. i think for anybody when they have _ up for sale. i think for anybody when they have lost _ up for sale. i think for anybody | when they have lost somebody, up for sale. i think for anybody i when they have lost somebody, even though people have t

clean hydrogen in south yorkshire, merseyside and the east of england . offshore wind in england.n scotland , teesside, east and scotland, teesside, east and nonh scotland, teesside, east and north yorkshire, solar power growing rural communities in the south—east, the southwest and yes, here in midlands. it won't be easy. we know that on planning on ofgem's remit on getting ahead of demand issues with the grid . we not only see with the grid. we not only see the battles ahead , we'll run the battles ahead, we'll run towards them because nothing reeks of decline more than the idea. britain no longer knows how to build. i won't accept that. how to build. i won't accept that . and with real partnership that. and with real partnership we'll win . the same is true on we'll win. the same is true on finance . big ambitions require finance. big ambitions require pubuc finance. big ambitions require public investment and we provide it . but we know that the real it. but we know that the real game changer is private investment and that this is the perennial challenge for british productivi

i'll give you an i example of something i know that's very an area of merseyside at the moment, thereare moving around from different flight to flat depending on who's actually got money on the metre to light and keep that space. there is a stark example and we really appreciate you joining us. just as lead feedback global which is a campaign group. thank you. let's turn to the us, where the outgoing speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has announced she won't seek re—election for leading the democrats in the us house of representatives. that's after the republicans today gained control of the lower chamber of congress — a week after the midterms. here she is speaking earlier. for me, there is come for a new generation to leap in the democratic caucus that i deeply respect. and i'm grateful that so many are ready and willing to shoulder this awesome responsibility. the and willing to shoulder this awesome responsibilitv-— responsibility. the first woman to hold the office _ responsibility. the first woman to hold the office talked _ responsibility. the first woman to

clean hydrogen in south yorkshire, merseyside and the east of england, offshore wind in scotland, teessideast, southwest and, yes, here in the midlands. it won't be easy, we know that. on planning, on ofgem's remix, i'm getting ahead of demand issues with the grid, we not only see the battles ahead, we will run towards them, because nothing weeks of decline more than the idea britain no longer knows how to build things. i won't accept that. with real partnership, we will win. the same is true on finance. big ambitions require public investment and we will provide. we know that the real game changer is private investment and that this is the perennial challenge for british productivity. that is why we will also set up a national sovereign wealth fund and use it to manage risk on the critical investments we need to become a green growth superpower, but also to create spill—over opportunities for businesses and supply chains right across the country, in manufacturing and services. that is what an industrial strategy in partnership must deliver in a nutshell, a new mate —— new way of managing

tim muffett, bbc news, st helens in merseyside.. in the early 80s. about _ type two. that's right. in the early 80s. about 100 — type two. that's right. in the early 80s, about 100 million _ type two. that's right. in the early 80s, about 100 million people - type two. that's right. in the early i 80s, about 100 million people suffer 805, about 100 million people suffer from diabetes worldwide and today it is around 537 million. 95% of people with diabetes have type two, and around 5%, type one. just as you have described, type one is a disease linked to chronic inflammation and type two is a late onset, we call it late onset because generally it is due to lifestyle factors, so the bad news it is growing in the world and can lead to heart failure, kidney failure, stroke, lower limb amputation, that the good news is it is reversible, tjy the good news is it is reversible, by improving diet and lifestyle. shat by improving diet and lifestyle. at the importance is you tackle it and diagnose it as quickly as possible, so what should pe

tim muffett, bbc news, st helens in merseyside. we'rejoined by dr lucy chambers from diabetes uk.ells in the pancreas and people can no longer make insulin. what the study is designed to do is to look at people's blood. we can see signals in the blood that show the immune system is planning an attack, basically. we can intervene earlier because we know these people with these signals are at high risk of developing type1 these signals are at high risk of developing type 1 diabetes in the future. ii developing type 1 diabetes in the future. , t, developing type 1 diabetes in the future. . future. if you can intervene, what does it mean? _ future. if you can intervene, what does it mean? we _ future. if you can intervene, what does it mean? we say _ future. if you can intervene, what does it mean? we say the - future. if you can intervene, what does it mean? we say the sooner future. if you can intervene, what. does it mean? we say the sooner we screen the sooner— does it mean? we say the sooner we screen the sooner we _ does it mean? we say the sooner we screen the sooner we can _ d

her mum leanne and sister mia told bbc radio merseyside about the ava they knew. the souk. give us the guide, what did yesterday's results mean? wales are not out of it yet. it was a bad result yesterday. technically they can still progress. it hinges on this final match. they need to beat england by at least 4—0. a big went for wales against england, and then other results go their way. that is the lie the land. for wales it was difficult to stop iran was a big game, to have so much riding going into that big with a thing that will potentially be a tad task. but where there is hope, there is no reason why wheels couldn't produce. disappointing for england, they are still in pole position to qualify from the group after beating iran uncomfortably in their opening game. many people were thinking they would build on that, there would be excitement and adventure to the game last night, but it did not prove to be the case, as they plead out what was a drab nil— nil draw. lots of fans watching here, lots of fans have been grew 7— fans watching here, lots of fans have b