the city of liverpool — world —famous for its music and football — was named european capital of culture in 2008. it's outward looking, and home to more than 37,000 businesses and several universities. a majority of its residents voted remain in the eu referendum, and in the last election its five seats were all won by labour. as the uk looks ahead to polling day, alison freeman has been finding out how the city might vote this time around. three years of brexit uncertainty has hung over liz's business, an international events company in the heart of liverpool. she voted remain and thinks an election is the last thing we need. i don't think this is going to be a general election as we know them, in the past. i think it literally is going to be an election to see who you vote for, in terms of, do we go out of europe or do we stay in europe? so you don't think we should have a general election? what do you think should happen next? whatever the deal is, and however the deal is, let's just try and get out now. the baltic triangle where liz's business is based is a hub for tech and creative

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

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

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

i spent a decade of my career in liverpool, working through the european capital of culture, and i watched a city transform. some of that was about telling our story in liverpool, and across the tees valley we have this amazing story to tell, which is part of industry, pa rt tell, which is part of industry, part of nature, part of the landscape and people, and i think that 2025 would give us that opportunity to reshape and retell a story that matters. it matters to a huge volume of people. good luck with that. thank you, laura sellers. don't forget, you can let us know what you think, particularly if you are watching in middlesbrough. the details are on the screen. those are all the ways to get in touch with us. we are middlesbrough goes on all week, and culminates in the big weekend on radio one. now, let's get a look at the weather with sarah. hi, simon. 0ne a look at the weather with sarah. hi, simon. one of those days. blue skies and sunshine, some fairly heavy showers. not all of us will see them, the atmosphere isn't reactive at the moment, so lots of energy and some cloud. some of o

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