nearly 15 years to the day it was named european capital of culture, a title is then took up in 2008. there were lots of exa m ples took up in 2008. there were lots of examples around here of what that has meant for liverpool. of course leaving the eu means uk cities are no longer eligible to be named capital of culture for europe, one of the more visible effects leaving the eu has had on the arts and culture industry, but of course it is something that has affected entire swathes of british life. my colleague david sillitoe has been looking at what post brexit britain might look like, the potential benefits and deficits for what might happen once we do leave the eu in a rts happen once we do leave the eu in arts and culture... what you're looking at is the work of a british company called jellyfish, which isjust a part of the uk's fast—growing visual effects industry. this is rogue one, star wars, we've done a lot of work on star wars within the last two or three years. this is really high—end hollywood stuff, though. yeah, and we are one of the — if not the leading centre for

they were down to try and become the european capital of culture but instead they will celebrate the ethnic diversity, so a lot of things going on and a lot of companies come here as well and we have channel for and sky moving into the city and burberry and the atm company link. mark goldstone is from the west and north yorkshire chamber of commerce. thanks for coming along. let's talk about the big news of the day, £150 billion is the policy that labour have set out today, an awful lot of money but for business leaders in the north, they would welcome that sort of commitment. absolutely and i wouldn't put it to a cost, this is an investment for the future and perhaps making up for some of the past inadequate investment we have had in the north. people in the north are playing a full part in this. it's a balance, because we don't want to break the economy and the conservatives would say it is reckless and we do need this. we are not talking about spending this in a single year. you might be getting train track today that is of the victorian era. i was trundling for four hours to go

when we were european capital of culture in 2008 savannah in norway but the other non—eu capital of culture. it's not about being part of the eu, the reason why you are european capital of culture is to be pa rt european capital of culture is to be part of europe and showcase what you have as a city. it was a huge game for liverpool, for anybody who knows the city the last ten years have been completely transformational and capital of culture was just the start. we hat £800 million of economic development. it accelerated the whole regeneration said the city is completely transformed. it carried on that growth after capital of culture. it's notjust about a year where you get the chance to tell your story on a world stage. it's about what happens after that as well. claire mccolgan, director of culture for the city, said she was surprised by the decision to disallow the uk. join us in the joining me in the studio is rosie millard, who is the deputy chief executive of the creative industries federation. she is also a member of the judging panel that was meant to assess the bids for the 2023 e

the uk‘s turn to host the european capital of culture in 2023. dundee, nottingham, leeds, milton keynes, belfast and londonderry had all already submitted bids to hold the title in 2023 and spent hundreds of thousands of pounds in the process. the commission said it was a concrete consequence of brexit. sarah corker reports. liverpool was the last british city to be european capital of culture, almost a decade ago. the programme of arts, music and dance attracted millions of extra visitors and pounds. in 2023, the uk had been due to hold the title again. five cities were in the running but, just days before the winner was supposed to be announced, this bombshell from brussels. the european commission said... you look back in the past and countries that are not members of european union have had capitals of culture — bergen, in norway, and istanbul, in turkey. but the second thing that is really extraordinary, they knew the result of the referendum injune 2016, why did they wait until all the bids had been put in. leeds‘s bid has cost them a m

the european commission has said the uk can no longer host the european capital of culture, in 2023, because of brexit. it says it's only open to countries which arein or applying to be in the european union, european free trade area or european economic area. rosie millard is from the creative industries federation and was going to be one of thejudges. it just seems like itjust seems like the eu throwing its ties out of the rather large european shaped pram and just saying, well, if you do not want to be part of ask you cannot have one of our lovely things which is the capital of cultures. these are game changes are for the city. they com pletely changes are for the city. they completely change outcomes for the people living in the city and the city itself. it can completely change the way the city looks, he brought in millions of pounds in tourists and investments and the same with liverpool. it was just remarkable and cities want this price. now it's time for newsnight with evan davis. your house is deliberately burnt down. you see your children killed. you run to safety in a neig

a bitter blow to britain — brussels ruled it cannot host the european 2023 capital of culture. sport now. day two of the first ashes moeen ali was promoted to six in the batting line—up, in the absence of ben stokes, so he and dawid malan will resume their innings at half past eleven this evening — half an hour earlier to make up for some time lost to rain this morning. are ina are in a england fairly decent position. we would like to get reasons early. the conditions are not as we expected. a huge amount of pace at the start of the day. came on to the bat as the day wore on. they bowled pretty well. the morning is crucial. if we can get through the first hour and edge towards a big score. its with a pick up and throw. disappointing, no matter what score a batter gets, they always want more. it would have been nice to have been there at the end of the day but, yeah, stuff like that happens in cricket. i think it is evenly poised. it depends what happens on the next morning. they batted the whole day but didn't get away from us. i thought they batted well. 4—down at the en

and in galway in ireland, it is the 2020 european capital of culture, they we re european capital of culture, they were going to have an 0pening ceremony tomorrow but that, as you can imagine, has been cancelled. thank you very much for the update. this is bbc news. the headlines. 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. gusts of 63 miles per hour already in stornoway and ba cancels dozens of flights tomorrow. there are severe weather warnings as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. an update on our developing story, the shooting rampage that has been taking place in thailand. the greatest —— latest we're hearing from writers is new —— two casualties have been brought out of the shopping mall, terminal 21 in the shopping mall, terminal 21 in the town of korat. this is early on in sunday morning local time, that is the light seen, the life shot, you can see there, of the mall, where the secur

capital of culture in 2023. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hotair balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." when bob geldof of the boomtown rats saw the tv pictures from ethiopia, he decided he had to do something. and he found his rock music friends felt the same. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: prayers for the crew of a missing argentine submarine but hopes fade as the navy says there may have been an explosion at the vessel's last�

the uk government created this award because of the success that the european capital of culture had the glasgow and liverpool. i was living in glasgow back in 1990 when it was the european capital of culture. it really did help change perceptions of that city. that year, they brought in pavarotti to perform in glasgow. they went the bighearted is. what they are trying to do in hull this year is make it home—grown, bring back people who are sons and daughters of hull to come and perform, the likes of richard bean, he will be performing, he has written a new plate which will be performed. we are now getting a countdown on the screens that says 2016 05. i think we have 50 seconds to go. they often linger time on the screens, i can tell you that! we are now one 2021 and i have an exact what! hull, you are not fooling me with your time! —— i have an exact watch. to sum up what i was saying, the hope is that it will do for hull what it did for glasgow and liverpool when they were the capital of culture for europe. and both those cities have really undergone regeneration, places wher

then i was elected to represent our city during the european capital of culture year as its lord mayor, i nearly burst with pride. when i was health secretaried twice to parliament —— when i was elected twice to parliament, as the mpfor elected twice to parliament, as the mp for walton, some of the most proud memories to me and my family. so it's beyond an honour and privilege to stand before you as the first ever metro mayor of the liverpool city region. today, the 1. 5 million people in our area have spoken loud and clear in favour of a labour metro mayor. they voted in favour of a bold manifesto, a labour vision and a fresh start. but this election campaign has been like no other. politics is in a state of flux. in this country too many policy ideas are progressed through the prism of what london and the south—east needs. the policies that whitehall sets all too often reflect the needs of the south whilst ignoring the needs of areas like oui’s. ignoring the needs of areas like ours. ina ignoring the needs of areas like ours. in a one size fits all approach. no wonder people

the city of galway is the european capital of culture for 2020. this is the eu nation most affected by brexit but it sees itself as having a different rhythm from its us neighbour, the uk. the moment when britain ripped itself out of europe, we are a proud european nation and the values of welcome and a progressive approach are really interesting. the coastline on the edge of the atlantic will take centre stage. the west of ireland is in line for development in an effort to spread more wealth to the regions. ireland has the fastest growing economy in the eu and galway seems to be feeling the benefits of that. across the country, opposition parties are emphasising issues like the shortage of housing, problems with the health service and a rise in the pension age. all that means is that the current prime minister is behind in the polls. leo varadkar does notjust have a high profile at home he has become well—known abroad because of his role in the brexit process. he said that with trade talks coming up, a change of government may be risky. the mes

year's european capitals of culture. kickstarting a year of cultural events, the crowds came out for a night of music and light shows. king willem—alexander and queen maxima started things off, ringing in the opening bell. 60 years ago, godtfred kirk christiansen, the second generation owner of lego, patented the lego brick, which took the world by storm. godtfred's then 10—year—old son kjeld regularly helped his father test out the new toys in the family workshop founded by his grandfather. kjeld kirk kristiansen spoke to witness about his —— kjeld kirk christiansen spoke to witness about his family's extraordinary business. the village was invented when there was not enough work. spare time toymaking has developed into a huge danish export. my grandfather was a very happy person. he made a lot of different kinds of wooden toys. for him, it was about making quality toys that were good for children. that is why he came up with the name lego, which means "play well" in danish. after the second world war, so many

years european capitals of culture. kick starting a year of cultural events, the crowds came out for a night of music and light shows. king alexander and queen maxima started things off ringing in the opening bell. carnival is up and floating on the canals of venice. spectacularly dressed acrobats, dancers and musicians were part of a show with a circus theme. it's one of the oldest carnivals in the world, dating back to the 11th century. thousands of people from around the world are expected to visit the italian city to see the two—week long event, that will include masked balls, concerts and gondola parades — on land and water. that is the way it is looking. don't forget, you can reach me on twitter. hello again, good morning. yesterday, we had some rain for a time, then we saw the cloud thinning, but we will see the clouds thickening up again and more rain returning across northern parts of the uk on that weather front. that area of low pressure to the north, though, for a while has been bringing some very windy

taking place during galway‘s year as european capital of culture. very good. time for a look at the weather. here's phil avery. a bracing start to say the least across the northern half of the british isles. this was the scene in the scottish borders. it was not like that everywhere. across southern counties of england, it is rather like that, and that's because we have a vigorous area of low pressure named alberto, across the channel can we are on the northern periphery. some of the coastal spots have been picking up strong winds and afair have been picking up strong winds and a fair bit of rain as well and the bad news is, i will run it on an hour or two, but it is moving slowly, so things will back up eventually across the south—west and wales, elsewhere across the uk, getting away from that low, not a warm afternoon, despite all of the sunshine and a peppering of showers across northern and western scotland with the odd one reaching the cumbrian tales. this evening and overnight, eventually the rain stops in the south—east, keeping that veil

of culture, a title it took up in 2008, so where better to look at the impact of europe on the arts and culture. i am joined impact of europe on the arts and culture. iamjoined by impact of europe on the arts and culture. i am joined by stand—up comedian will vranken. a lot of people in the creative industries seem people in the creative industries seem to have voted remain. do you think this has created something of a problem? i think that it has done is inadvertently highlighted the fa ct is inadvertently highlighted the fact there is a difference of opinion, and for a long time in the arts there has been one political direction only. so by brexit happening, the people spoke up and all of a sudden their artist agreeing saying that they don't agreeing saying that they don't agree with the status quo and we're finally hearing from those artists. has it particularly affected you? finally hearing from those artists. has it particularly affected you ?|j think has it particularly affected you?” think so, i have a pretty big mouth andi think so, i have a pretty big mouth and i don't

it is ten years since liverpool was europe's european capital of culture. every artist wants to perform here now, all the artists had a love for the city but now they really want to perform here. this is all about moving spectacle of street theatre on a grand scale. for the next 48 hours, merseyside really is the land of giants. danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. ok, it is now time for news watch. this week the bbc‘s politicaljournalism comes under the spotlight. hello and welcome to news watch. the dancing prime minister garnered most of the headlines at this week's conservative party conference but did the bbc do itsjob in covering policy as well as performance. and has the way we have got to talking about politics on the news just got too rude and argumentative? the party conference season is when we expect a leading politicians to set out their big ideas in the full glare of the media spotlight. sometimes though they declined broadcasters invitations to submit themselves to questioning and this week that led to a row. on tuesday, representatives from

capital of culture and it was a very busy year, and usually by this point, the tourists are flocking in. this is a new place on the tourist map of italy, but right now, as you can see, there is no one here and here right in the sassi of matera, there is nobody. it's very strange, very eerie. it must be. do you feel that the advice you are getting about how you could conduct yourself, what you should do has been clear? absolutely. from this morning, the rules have been very, very clear here. the government made it very clear what we can do, what we can't do. so the rules we have to follow, for example, the first thing is we cannot leave our towns, i local districts, if you like, unless we have permission for work or we have a medical emergency of some sort with a family member. we can go shopping, we can go to supermarkets, but only one person from a family is allowed to go in. they are being quite strict with that in the supermarkets. we are not allowed to form big groups on the street or even inside people have been fined for doing that this morning, i understand, in the matera. the

the european commission has cancelled the uk's turn to host the european capital of culture. dundee, nottingham, leeds, milton keynes, belfast and londonderry had all already submitted bids to hold the title in 2023. the government says it's deeply disappointed. the commission said it was a concrete consequence of brexit. the argentine navy says it believes there was an explosion close to the last known location of a submarine that went missing over a week ago with aa crew members on board. the blast — described as abnormal and violent — was detected around the time the submarine sent its last signal. britain is part of a huge international search effort that's under way to locate the vessel. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has the latest. it's known as the silent service. but there's been no communication from the sanjuan and her aa crew for more than a week. the search had already reached a critical phase, with fears this submarine would soon be running out of air. now, more worrying news. scientists confirm they've detected an abnormal sound underwater near he

the uk has been told that none of its towns and cities can now compete to the european capital of culture. the 70th ashes series is under way in australia, and england have done better than many expected. they reached 196—4 at the end of the first day in brisbane. they recovered from the loss of alastair cook in the third over, with mark stone and james vince sharing a partnership of 125 on their ashes debuts. our sports correspondent andy swiss sent this report. it is almost a national hobby. beating england is what australia have done so often hear and their fa ns have done so often hear and their fans flocked to the stadium with the confidence to match the visitors' caution. without ben stokes, england's low—key line—up began as the ashes underdogs and after opting to bat, it didn't take long to see why. mitchell starc snaring alastair cook forjust two. why. mitchell starc snaring alastair cook for just two. the script seemed worryingly familiar. australia's pace man floundering in. instead of a collapse, a comeback. not many expected james vince to be picked for this tour but he

the city of galway is the european capital of culture for 2020. this is the eu nation most affected by brexit but it sees itself as having a different rhythm from its nearest neighbour, the uk. the moment when britain ripped itself out of europe, we are a proud european nation and the values of welcome and a progressive approach are really interesting. the coastline on the edge of the atlantic will take centre stage. the west of ireland is in line for development in an effort to spread more wealth to the regions. ireland has the fastest growing economy in the eu and galway seems to be feeling the benefits of that. across the country, opposition parties are emphasising issues like the shortage of housing, problems with the health service and a rise in the pension age. all that means is that the current prime minister is behind in the polls. leo varadkarjust does not have a high profile at home, he has become well—known abroad because of his role in the brexit process. he said that with trade—offs coming up, a change of government may be risky.

this year marks the tenth anniversary of liverpool as the european capital of culture. as newcastle gateshead gears up for their great exhibition of the north — steph mcgovern has been back to liverpool to find out what impact their year in the cultural spotlight is still having on the city. for so long it was so easy to talk liverpool down. but then came a moment. the uk's nomination to be capital of culture in 2008 is liverpool. 2008 definitely felt like a moment. hundreds of thousands of people celebrating and everybody wanted to be a scouser. i was right there in that crowd as 2008 drew to a close. i was right there in that crowd as 2008 drew to a close. at one time we were getting really bad press, and now it isjust wonderful, i am choking up again. you are, aren't you? aw, bless you! an occasionally cynical city had been won over. were there cynics? well, yeah. i would have been foremost among cynics. really? because i've been trying to save my culture lots and lots of times. frank went from early day doubter too firm believer that something brilliant would come

and given that. to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. years since the city was european capital of culture.. liverpool was the capital of culture ? liverpool was the capital of culture? 2008 it was. this is going to be a huge event. to be a huge event. them puppets, whatever you do, don't call them puppets. call them puppets. for a final time in october, for anyone who hasn't seen them before. anyone who hasn't seen them before. they are until you see them close up. the liverpool giants are an odd phenomenon. phenomenon. them and they have added millions of pounds to the local economy. pounds to the local economy. hardly notice the cranes holding them up. them up. centenary of the sinking of the titanic. titanic. the girl wasjoined by her grandmother. it was brilliant. wandering the streets until she was reunited with her granddaughter. reunited with her granddaughter. very emotional. impressive puppets! you can't call them puppets! i know, i only said that to wind you up! i only said that to wind you up! do you know which ones are coming? not yet. yet. naughty, he used to clock his leg an

capital of culture in 2023. dundee, nottingham, leeds, milton keynes, belfast and londonderry had all submitted bids — but the european commission said the decision was one of the many concrete consequences of brexit. the government says it's deeply disappointed. the former labour minister ivan lewis has been suspended by the labour party while allegations of inappropriate behaviour are investigated. a complaint against mr lewis was made to the labour whips office earlier this month. mr lewis denies wrongdoing or non—consensual bahviour — but says he's sorry if he has made women who work with him feel "awkward". the labour party says it takes all allegations of sexual harassment extremely seriously. dozens of people had to be rescued from their homes in parts of cumbria and lancashire last night after heavy rainfall caused flooding. more than 70 people were helped to safety after the emergency services received hundreds of calls. a number of flood warnings are still in place. let's get the latest from our

taking place during galway‘s year as the european capital of culture. in a moment, will have a special programme about the coronavirus outbreak, but now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. we've got some very large contrasts in our weather today, from the stunning sunshine that some of us are enjoying across parts of northern england, northern ireland and scotland, to the rather drab, cloudy and wet conditions we have across parts of southern england. now, the rain that's been working in across parts of the south of england into east anglia, that's going to be pushing away during the first part of the evening. we'll be left with clearing skies and with light winds around, that's a recipe for it turning cold. the frost pushing a little bit further southwards into parts of wales and the midlands, along with northern england and scotland, but perhaps not quite as chilly in northern ireland, here we'll have some cloud and showers to start the day. otherwise, a fine sunny cold, likely frosty start to the day, maybe an odd fog