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

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

the end of the european summer holiday season, a lot of people will have booked on short—term rental sites but we have an article questioning whether the whole model is destroying the very rich historic centres and cultural capitals. posing the question of whether the short—term light opportunities are a double—edged sword. they have brought in a lot of money and investment and reinvigoration particularly to a lot of these european centres that suffered a lot in the european crisis, but at the expense of locals, whether its local services, locals, whether its local services, local traditions and cultures, pushed up prices, and that's pushed people out into the suburbs. we are getting some responses. someone says what was lauded as a wonderful use of underused assets and parts of the circular economy is being seen by many environmental correspondence as a way for those with money to further fill their nests. that is true, you have to own the property in the first place in order to be renting it out. that is true, and it is how much is that controlled, how much gets put back and re

diverse cultures in 2023 — a decision taken after a bid to be a european capital of culture collapsed. and i'm joined now by robyn vinter, social affairs correspondent at the yorkshire post. if you want to know about local issues, look at the local paper. let us look at the latest headline. that is about as uniting with newspapers across the north of england to call for more investment and tackle the north— south divide and to be taken more seriously generally. 0ver north— south divide and to be taken more seriously generally. over the yea rs more seriously generally. over the years to seen various investment around the region and back in austerity, we were happy with that and we understood that is what had to happen but none of that money has combined to the north which is a really big issue, especially here in leeds. let us talk about key issues, transport is of his manager one,. especially needs, we have a huge problem, leeds is the biggest city in europe without a mass transit system. if you go to sheffield and manchester, they have chance and in london that is the tube but th

we are talking about that idea of a city of culture, different to a european capital of culture, which has taken off recently. what we're talking about is a uk city of culture. they talk about liverpool back into thousand and eight, it became the european capital of culture, really kickstarted reinvigoration and revival on merseyside. it led to 10 million extra visits of people to the city, generating more than £750 million for the local economy. so it was really seen as a driver of that regeneration. so back into thousand nine, the government decided it would announce a uk version of this, where just would announce a uk version of this, wherejust uk would announce a uk version of this, where just uk cities were eligible. and it means that one uk city gets to hold the title every four years. now, doesn't provide the same level of funding as the european one, but nonetheless it really puts it on the map, puts it in the spotlight for those four years, and gives it a bit ofa those four years, and gives it a bit of a boost. so if you look at some of a boost. so if you look at some of the

, they will be inviting us all to visit it, as the 2020 european capital of culture. they are promising quite a show. and as we all know, the irish are wonderful hosts, unless you happen to be the english rugby team, of course, where different rules apply. talking of sport and hosting, 2020 is an 0lympics year, and so to tokyo where the games are being held and, with them, a cultural 0lympiad, the highlight of which will be the country—wide nippon festival. and finally, a few important 2020 anniversaries worth noting. the national gallery in london will be celebrating raphael's 500th. the great renaissance master only lived to the age of 37, having exhausted himself chasing ladies — he should have stuck to the dayjob — he really was an excellent painter. whereas beethoven was a really excellent composer. the legendary berlin philharmonic 0rchestra will be playing a 24—hour beethoven marathon to mark his 250th birthday. let's hope it's as good as his ninth! which was an absolute cracker. and so, where better to finish this look ahead than in deepest, darkest so