:00:00. > :00:07.Good afternoon, Newsrounders, Ayshah here with a jam-packed programme on
:00:08. > :00:14.the way, including the news that made a whole city scream. And the
:00:15. > :00:23.amazing escape for this powerboat pilot. Stay tuned. Let's start with
:00:24. > :00:26.the fierce competition that pitted four UK cities against each other in
:00:27. > :00:30.a head-to-head race for one special prize. These were the excited
:00:31. > :00:33.celebrations this morning when Hull saw off Swansea, Leicester and
:00:34. > :00:41.Dundee to become the newly crowned UK City of Culture. Now, it doesn't
:00:42. > :00:45.come with a big cash prize - in fact the council there will have to find
:00:46. > :00:49.about ?15 million to spend on doing a cultural event every day of 2017.
:00:50. > :00:58.But it's still a pretty big deal. Nel's been there all day and can
:00:59. > :01:02.tell us why. Thanks Ayshah. This is a landmark day for Hull. As I'm
:01:03. > :01:08.walking around here today people have been talking about it excitedly
:01:09. > :01:11.- it's big news. There is no big potted a money and no guaranteed
:01:12. > :01:16.investment in the local area, but what a lot of people are talking
:01:17. > :01:21.about and excited about is that the new time. Can mean big things for
:01:22. > :01:30.Hull and put it on the map. Take a look at this. Hull, a port city on
:01:31. > :01:36.the eastern side of England. A place these kids hope will be on the
:01:37. > :01:40.cultural map of the UK forever. But Hull hasn't always had it easy. It
:01:41. > :01:46.is famed for its once thriving the fishing industry, which declined in
:01:47. > :01:49.the 1970s, hitting the place hard. In World War II it suffered the
:01:50. > :01:53.heaviest bombing of any British city outside London. And in recent years
:01:54. > :01:56.it has been a tough place to find a job, with high levels of
:01:57. > :02:01.unemployment in the city. But there's also plenty to shout about.
:02:02. > :02:05.I'm excitemented because we can attract more tourists to see our art
:02:06. > :02:10.galleries. It is important because we'll have better opportunities. I
:02:11. > :02:15.think it is brilliant that we won it. I'm really excited. One of
:02:16. > :02:21.Brita's best post-war poets, Philip Larkin, lived here for 30 years and
:02:22. > :02:26.it was the birthplace of William Wilberforce, one of the key men
:02:27. > :02:29.behind the abolition of slavery. For Londonderry and Northern Ireland
:02:30. > :02:33.who've held the title since 2011 it has meant hosting Radio 1's big
:02:34. > :02:38.weekend and the prestigious arts competition, the Turner Prize It
:02:39. > :02:43.will likely attract people here who may not otherwise visited. That's
:02:44. > :02:49.enough to get a famous son of Hull very excited. It is great for the
:02:50. > :02:54.city. There's a lot of good for the city. Hull doesn't take the title
:02:55. > :02:59.over until 2017 but particular plans for an incredibly lavish onlying
:03:00. > :03:03.ceremony, including dancing elephants and a river of light,
:03:04. > :03:10.something which has got these kids in Hull very excited. Cheers, Nel,
:03:11. > :03:15.and congratulations to the City of hull Hull. That news has got you
:03:16. > :03:29.telling us what is the best thing about the city where you live.
:03:30. > :03:34.To the Philippines next, where we've just received some great footage
:03:35. > :03:38.showing how people are surviving in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.
:03:39. > :03:43.Many victims have come up with inventive ways of getting by in the
:03:44. > :03:47.devastated city of Tacloban. We'll have more on this at 6.50pm, but
:03:48. > :03:53.here's a quick taste of some of the ways they're making do. Survival
:03:54. > :03:58.skill one - getting water. This man's persuaded a neighbour to let
:03:59. > :04:05.him pump clean water out of a pump that survive typhoon, a welcome
:04:06. > :04:08.alternative to dirty rain. Skill 2 - getting food. This family's caught
:04:09. > :04:13.and cooked their own pig on the street. A desperate measure but one
:04:14. > :04:17.that's needed after shops and houses were wiped out.
:04:18. > :04:22.Next, who do you think would win a race between you and your mum and
:04:23. > :04:27.dad when they were your age? Researchers reckon you would have no
:04:28. > :04:30.chance they've looked at how fast 25 million kids in 28 difficulty
:04:31. > :04:34.countries could run a mile. They found today's children are about a
:04:35. > :04:39.minute-and-a-half slower than they were 30 years ago. They say it is
:04:40. > :04:43.down to a general lack of exercise. Finally, how about this for a
:04:44. > :04:45.miraculous escape for one powerboat pilot. Inside there is Keith
:04:46. > :04:48.Whittle. He was travelling at record-breaking speeds of 130 miles
:04:49. > :04:52.per hour when this happened on a lake in Cumbria - a double backflip.
:04:53. > :04:58.Amazingly, he survived with only minor injuries.
:04:59. > :05:02.That's it for now. See you back here at 6.50pm. Bye-bye.