0:00:05 > 0:00:08Tonight at ten.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13On the eve of crucial talks in Brussels, Theresa May comes
0:00:13 > 0:00:16under renewed pressure, to get tough over Brexit.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Ahead of a meeting with the EU President, Tory Brexiteers
0:00:18 > 0:00:21draw their red lines.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23But there's a warning for backbenchers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:31The choice we face now is not between this Brexit or that Brexit.
0:00:31 > 0:00:38If we don't back Theresa May we will have no Brexit.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40A deal on the future status of the Irish border has
0:00:40 > 0:00:41still to be reached.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43We'll have the latest from Brussels.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Also tonight.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46The White House says North Korea's nuclear ambitions,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49pose "the greatest threat to the United States,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52and to the world".
0:00:52 > 0:00:55New hope for young people, who say they have to wait too long
0:00:55 > 0:01:00to get mental health support in England.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And, in the race to become UK City of Culture 2021,
0:01:03 > 0:01:13we look at Coventry's chances in the first of our profiles.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Good evening.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Theresa May is coming under increasing pressure
0:01:30 > 0:01:32to adopt a tougher line during Brexit negotiations
0:01:32 > 0:01:34as she prepares to travel to Brussels tomorrow,
0:01:34 > 0:01:39for talks with the President of the European Commission.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42She is hoping Jean-Claude Juncker will signal that sufficient progress
0:01:42 > 0:01:47has been made to allow negotiations to begin on trade and the UK's
0:01:47 > 0:01:52future relationship with the EU. Yet some leading Brexiteers have written
0:01:52 > 0:01:58an open letter to Mrs May setting out their demands.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Here's our Political Correspondent, Alex Forsyth.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04When these two meet tomorrow it will take more than polite greetings.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06His verdict will be crucial in deciding
0:02:06 > 0:02:08if they have edged close enough together on key issues for EU
0:02:08 > 0:02:11leaders to agree to start talking trade when they meet later this
0:02:11 > 0:02:12month.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Meanwhile, a handful of Brexit-backing Conservative MPs have
0:02:14 > 0:02:17increased the pressure on the Prime Minister,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20signing a letter setting out their demands including a
0:02:20 > 0:02:23promise that the European Court of Justice will cease to have any
0:02:23 > 0:02:26jurisdiction over the UK.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29For some this goes to the heart of the Brexit
0:02:29 > 0:02:30debate.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33The European Court of Justice is there to rule on all
0:02:33 > 0:02:37matters to do with the European Union.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40We will have left the European Union and therefore the
0:02:40 > 0:02:49simple point is that we should not therefore have to look to the
0:02:49 > 0:02:50by them bound directly
0:02:50 > 0:02:52back into the UK.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55When it comes to this Court Theresa May has signalled
0:02:55 > 0:03:00that it will have a role during any transition, a possible two-year
0:03:00 > 0:03:02period to prepare for new systems.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05But some Brexiteers fear there could
0:03:05 > 0:03:09be compromised beyond that, as the EU wants it to keep
0:03:09 > 0:03:10overseeing citizens' rights.
0:03:10 > 0:03:20Today one Cabinet minister said there would have to be
0:03:20 > 0:03:23co-operation between legal systems but European law wouldn't hold sway
0:03:23 > 0:03:26over a British law and he had a warning for some MPs.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28The Supreme Court will decide what the law of
0:03:28 > 0:03:30the country is in this country, as voted on by Parliament.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32That is the big thing that Theresa May has
0:03:32 > 0:03:34achieved.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35I think there's an even bigger point here.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38The choice we face now is not between this
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Brexit or that Brexit.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44If we do not back Theresa May we will have no
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Brexit.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48But there are competing views of several aspects of these
0:03:48 > 0:03:49talks.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51The island of Ireland will be where the UK meets the EU.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54All agree there should be no hard border but
0:03:54 > 0:03:56today the Irish government still was not convinced as to how
0:03:56 > 0:03:57that can be achieved.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02The Irish government is not being unreasonable here.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04We are simply asking questions that need
0:04:04 > 0:04:12more credible answers before we can allow
0:04:12 > 0:04:14more credible answers before we can allow this process
0:04:14 > 0:04:15to move on to phase two.
0:04:15 > 0:04:25Here the government said they had made headway on the Irish
0:04:25 > 0:04:28border as well as citizens' rights and the financial settlement but say
0:04:28 > 0:04:29nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Tonight there are still outstanding issues in these key
0:04:31 > 0:04:34areas in which the EU had wanted progress before agreeing to talk
0:04:34 > 0:04:35trade.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Tomorrow's meeting is a crucial step in deciding whether or
0:04:38 > 0:04:39not enough has been done.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41The outcome is vital but it is still far
0:04:41 > 0:04:42from certain.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Alex Forsyth, BBC News, Westminster.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Our Europe Editor Katya Adler is in Brussels tonight.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49What are the chances of Mrs May being told watcher wants to go
0:04:49 > 0:04:54tomorrow, that there has been significant progress in the talks?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58significant progress in the talks? What I can tell you is that tonight
0:04:58 > 0:05:02on this rainy night Brussels is upbeat, after months of the EU and
0:05:02 > 0:05:07the member states complaining of what they saw was dragging feet by
0:05:07 > 0:05:11the British government on the main exit, tonight I am hearing the words
0:05:11 > 0:05:15movement, traction and an absence of negativity on both sides. Diplomats
0:05:15 > 0:05:19have worked throughout the weekend to finalise an agreement on money
0:05:19 > 0:05:24and on citizens rights. Ireland remains an outstanding issue. The
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Irish government want written assurances from the British
0:05:27 > 0:05:30government that the Good Friday Agreement will be protected and
0:05:30 > 0:05:34there won't be a reintroduction of the border between the Irish
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Republic and Northern Ireland. I'm told that as we speak wedding
0:05:37 > 0:05:43acceptable to all sides is being set out and there's cautious optimism
0:05:43 > 0:05:47tonight, remember what we are looking at is not a final deal but
0:05:47 > 0:05:52for the EU to say that enough progress has been made to widen the
0:05:52 > 0:05:56talks to include trade and transition. Tomorrow is hugely
0:05:56 > 0:06:00important. That's when the Prime Minister comes to have lunch at the
0:06:00 > 0:06:03commission with the European Commission. She will be expected to
0:06:03 > 0:06:07give personal assurances to any agreement and to iron out any
0:06:07 > 0:06:12wrinkles. If we get that far this joint report being written by the EU
0:06:12 > 0:06:16and the UK to lock in any written agreement. Even then they be those
0:06:16 > 0:06:22in the UK who feel that the government has caved in to much to
0:06:22 > 0:06:27EU demands and in the EU countries who are more concerned than others
0:06:27 > 0:06:34about forging ahead to the future. Thank you Katya Adler, in Brussels.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36The head of the Social Mobility Commission
0:06:36 > 0:06:41says he's resigning, amid claims the government's
0:06:41 > 0:06:43focus on Brexit means it cannot concentrate
0:06:43 > 0:06:44on tackling social inequality.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46The departure of the former Labour Cabinet Minister,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Alan Milburn, comes days after the Commission's annual
0:06:48 > 0:06:50report warned of alienation in many communities outside London.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52But the government has defended its record on social mobility,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54saying it was already planning to replace Mr Milburn,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57as Jonathan Blake reports.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Your chances of getting a job, finding a good school for your
0:07:00 > 0:07:03children and being able to afford somewhere decent to live.
0:07:03 > 0:07:09Issues at the heart of social mobility.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12And from day one in power, tackling inequality was a personal priority
0:07:12 > 0:07:13for Theresa May.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15The mission to make Britain a country that works for
0:07:15 > 0:07:20everyone means more than fighting these injustices.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22If you are from an ordinary working class family, life
0:07:22 > 0:07:26is much harder than many people in Westminster realise.
0:07:26 > 0:07:33But for the former Labour Cabinet minister Alan
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Milburn, who was until now in charge of monitoring the government's
0:07:37 > 0:07:39progress on social mobility, not enough is being done.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41What is lacking here is meaningful political
0:07:41 > 0:07:43action to translate very good words into deeds.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46In the end what counts in politics is not what you talk
0:07:46 > 0:07:47about, it is what you do.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49And I'm afraid the divisions in Britain are
0:07:49 > 0:07:50becoming wider.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52They are becoming wider economically, socially, and
0:07:52 > 0:07:53geographically.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Mr Milburn's deputy, a former Conservative Education
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Secretary and the Commission's two other board members have also
0:07:59 > 0:08:00resigned.
0:08:00 > 0:08:07Downing Street said it had already told Mr Milburn and planned
0:08:07 > 0:08:10to appoint a new chair as his term in office had ended.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12He suggested at least one Cabinet minister wanted
0:08:12 > 0:08:13him to stay.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Alan Milburn and I both care deeply about social mobility
0:08:15 > 0:08:17and equality of opportunity.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19He said that and he said you wanted to keep
0:08:19 > 0:08:21him on, is that true?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23I'm not going to get into discussions we have in
0:08:23 > 0:08:27government, he's done a fantastic job but his term has come to an end.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29And I think it was about getting some fresh blood
0:08:29 > 0:08:34into the commission.
0:08:34 > 0:08:42The Education Secretary went on to defend the government's record.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43We're seeing standards in our schools rise
0:08:43 > 0:08:45and critically we are seeing the
0:08:45 > 0:08:49attainment gap narrow, this is the difference in outcomes
0:08:49 > 0:08:52between disadvantaged children and their
0:08:52 > 0:08:55better off peers.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57The social mobility commission's most recent report
0:08:57 > 0:08:59described Britain as a deeply divided nation.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05Two-thirds of the areas where young people face their
0:09:05 > 0:09:08brightest prospects are in London while many coastal, rural and from
0:09:08 > 0:09:09industrial areas are being left further behind.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11It singled out the Midlands as the worst performing
0:09:11 > 0:09:12area in England.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Deprived areas registered some of the highest
0:09:14 > 0:09:16support for leaving the European Union.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18The government is now facing criticism that it is so focused on
0:09:18 > 0:09:20the process of Brexit that it is ignoring
0:09:20 > 0:09:21some of the reasons that
0:09:22 > 0:09:23led people to vote for it.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Jonathan Blake, BBC News.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28President Trump's National Security Advisor says
0:09:28 > 0:09:30North Korea's nuclear ambitions pose "the greatest threat
0:09:30 > 0:09:33to the United States, and to the world".
0:09:33 > 0:09:37The comments from H R McMaster come on the eve of the largest ever
0:09:37 > 0:09:39joint military exercise in the region, between US
0:09:39 > 0:09:41and South Korean forces.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Pyongyang has called the drill an "all out provocation".
0:09:43 > 0:09:50From Washington, Laura Bicker reports.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55Weapons experts have described the latest North Korean missile is a
0:09:55 > 0:10:02beast, capable of striking the US mainland. There were celebrations in
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Pyongyang, staged event to declare that North Korea is becoming a
0:10:05 > 0:10:10nuclear nation. This is something the Trump administration has said it
0:10:10 > 0:10:15will not accept.The greatest immediate threat to the United
0:10:15 > 0:10:21States...Speaking at defence forum the US National Security adviser had
0:10:21 > 0:10:27this morning.China has tremendous coercive economic power over North
0:10:27 > 0:10:31Korea. You cannot shoot a missile without fuel. There are ways to
0:10:31 > 0:10:35address this problem, short of armed conflict. But it is a race because
0:10:35 > 0:10:42he is getting closer and closer. And there is not much time left.The US
0:10:42 > 0:10:46is keeping a show of force in the Korean peninsula and stealth
0:10:46 > 0:10:49fighters have been deployed to the region as part of the largest air
0:10:49 > 0:10:55exercise ever held with South Korea. They have been dubbed as war games.
0:10:55 > 0:11:03But in North Korean television broadcast described drills as
0:11:03 > 0:11:07provocation. The US has made it clear it doesn't want war with North
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Korea but Kim Jong-un has continued to build missiles and sanctions have
0:11:11 > 0:11:16not stopped. The into International committee is running out of
0:11:16 > 0:11:22diplodocus options.I'm going to urge the Pentagon not to send any
0:11:22 > 0:11:26more dependence to South Korea. It should be an unaccompanied tour.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31It's crazy to send spouses and children to South Korea, given the
0:11:31 > 0:11:35provocation of North Korea.Military experts have warned that a war on
0:11:35 > 0:11:40the peninsula would have devastating consequences and North Korea would
0:11:40 > 0:11:45be utterly destroyed. The hope must be that the threat of action
0:11:45 > 0:11:47alongside stringent sanctions will force the young Korean leader to
0:11:47 > 0:11:51change course.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55The warnings coming from the USA are not only aimed at North Korea but
0:11:55 > 0:12:00and China. The US wants paging to stop exporting crude oil to its
0:12:00 > 0:12:03neighbour, something they have appeared not willing to do and that
0:12:03 > 0:12:06is one reason why the from top message generals of the White House
0:12:06 > 0:12:10is now so clear. If Kim Jong-un continues on this path and sanctions
0:12:10 > 0:12:15don't work, America will act. Laura, thank you. Laura Bicker, live in
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Washington.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22A lorry driver who crashed into stationary traffic on the M6
0:12:22 > 0:12:24after apparently falling asleep at the wheel has been
0:12:24 > 0:12:26jailed for 16 months at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Police have released footage of the incident.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33This was the moment Mariusz Wlazlo
0:12:33 > 0:12:36smashed his HGV into two cars at 43 miles per hour in March this year.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42He admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47A woman in her 50s was in hospital for weeks receiving treatment for
0:12:47 > 0:12:49broken ribs and fractured vertebrae.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Children are to get access to mental health support in schools
0:12:52 > 0:12:53and colleges in England.
0:12:53 > 0:13:02£300 million of funding
0:13:02 > 0:13:05will be made available over three years, in a joint initiative
0:13:05 > 0:13:07between the Departments of Health and Education.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09A waiting time of four weeks for those who need specialist
0:13:09 > 0:13:11support will be tested in some areas.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Labour says the plans don't go far enough.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Here's our Health Editor Hugh Pym.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Young fashion designer George discovered the harsh reality
0:13:18 > 0:13:20of young people's mental health services.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Very long waits in many areas.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25He struggled with anxiety and OCD, but was told he would have to
0:13:25 > 0:13:26wait nine months for NHS care.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29That really hit me hard.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I thought, "Oh my God, I'm in this situation and I now
0:13:32 > 0:13:35have to wait 40 weeks to get help that I need."
0:13:35 > 0:13:36What can happen in that time?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39It's quite scary.
0:13:39 > 0:13:45I didn't know what I'd do to myself during that time.
0:13:45 > 0:13:55How do we encourage people to speak out about it?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58That's what the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, says is the
0:13:58 > 0:13:59aim of a new government plan.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02If your child has a mental health issue, we want to make
0:14:02 > 0:14:05sure you get the help much, much earlier than happens at the moment.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08And, if possible, we want to work within the school system to prevent
0:14:08 > 0:14:09that condition deteriorating.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12But Labour argues that children's mental health services have been
0:14:12 > 0:14:17underfunded for too long.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Services are really overstretched and children are waiting
0:14:19 > 0:14:21years for the vital support that they need.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23So, this is a drop in the ocean compared
0:14:23 > 0:14:31to the cuts unfortunately that many services have faced.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I didn't have any therapy...
0:14:34 > 0:14:36This is one teenager who had to be sent
0:14:36 > 0:14:39hundreds of miles from home for treatment for an eating disorder.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43I felt I had never been properly treated for the mental side, they
0:14:43 > 0:14:47just sort of put me in hospital and my physical side is bad and they
0:14:47 > 0:14:50don't treat anything else and they keep wondering why it's happening,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54why I keep going back to hospital.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Her mother, Rachel, is angry they were failed by local services.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58She says the stress on the whole family
0:14:58 > 0:14:59has been devastating.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02You keep going and you keep going to do all you can
0:15:02 > 0:15:03to aid their recovery.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05You travel to where you've got to travel.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08It's difficult for them and it's excruciating for the family
0:15:08 > 0:15:13really left behind.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16At the Department of Health vicar working closely with colleagues in
0:15:16 > 0:15:19education to try to ensure that schools and the NHS have a more
0:15:19 > 0:15:23joined up approach. It has been welcomed by mental health charities
0:15:23 > 0:15:28but they say it's just a start. There are still big questions over
0:15:28 > 0:15:31whether enough funding has been committed to allow for the training
0:15:31 > 0:15:34of thousands of new support staff and the delivery of a four-week
0:15:34 > 0:15:44treatment target for those who most need it. George could afford to go
0:15:44 > 0:15:48private because his family could afford it but he knows others are
0:15:48 > 0:15:51not so lucky and he is campaigning to his fashion brand for effective
0:15:51 > 0:15:53treatment on the NHS.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58Hugh Pym, BBC News.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Now the sport with Olly Foster.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03It's been another difficult day for England's cricketers.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Already one down in the Ashes series, they may struggle
0:16:06 > 0:16:09to save the Second Test.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12They'll resume on 29-1 on the third day,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14over 400 runs behind Australia's first innings total.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss is in Adelaide.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20For England, a demoralising day.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22For the Ashes, a potentially defining one.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27And yet, the visitors began it so brightly.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Third ball, Peter Handscomb, leg before.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Stuart Broad quite enjoyed that.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32But England didn't enjoy what followed.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Tim Payne and Shaun Marsh both given out, both reprieved by the video
0:16:35 > 0:16:37umpire with match-changing results.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Payne went on to 50, Marsh an outstanding hundred.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42He had seemed a strange selection to many people,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44not any more.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46When he did finally offer up a chance, this moment pretty
0:16:46 > 0:16:55much summed up England's day.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Alastair Cook and James Vince's calamitous collision
0:16:57 > 0:16:58a symbol of their struggles.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00And Marsh simply piled on the misery.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Australia declaring on 442-8.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06England, remember, had put them in to bat.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Now they had a mountain to climb under floodlights
0:17:08 > 0:17:11and the fiercest pressure, their batsmen soon faltered.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Mark Stoneman trapped for just 18, Australia were
0:17:13 > 0:17:14closing in.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17But so was the weather.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20The rain rescuing England, only for now though.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Tomorrow they'll have to produce something very special.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25It's not impossible to score runs.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30There's a long time left in the game.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33So, it will be up to one or two of our guys to go out and
0:17:33 > 0:17:36make a big score, and not just add 40 or 50.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38For England then, a frustrating and deflating day.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41They now need to bat at their very best
0:17:41 > 0:17:43if they're to save this match and realistically
0:17:43 > 0:17:45save their Ashes hopes.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Andy Swiss, BBC News, Adelaide.
0:17:49 > 0:17:55Highlights of today's football in England and Scotland are coming
0:17:55 > 0:17:58up later on BBC1 depending where you are watching.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00If you keep watching
0:18:00 > 0:18:02now...you'll get the results.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Rangers are now second in the Scottish Premiership
0:18:04 > 0:18:07after beating Aberdeen 2-1 and Manchester City
0:18:07 > 0:18:09are 8 points clear in the Premier League again
0:18:09 > 0:18:11after beating West Ham by the same scoreline.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13They came from behind to equal the top-division record
0:18:13 > 0:18:16for consecutive league wins in a row, it's now 13.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Elsewhere Bournemouth against Southampton finished 1-1.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Teenager Alfie Hewett has become the first British singles champion
0:18:21 > 0:18:24at the season ending Wheelchair Tennis Masters.
0:18:24 > 0:18:32He beat compatriot Gordon Reid in the Loughborough final.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Hewett, who is 19, also won his first Grand Slam title this
0:18:34 > 0:18:36year at the French Open.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Fellow Briton Andy Lapthorne lost in his quad final.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40There was just the one game in the Rugby Union Premiership.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42It was a good one for Harlequins
0:18:42 > 0:18:45as they came from behind to beat Saracens 20-19 -
0:18:45 > 0:18:48the winning points coming from Tim Visser's try in the last 90
0:18:48 > 0:18:50seconds of the match at the Stoop.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Don't forget, there's much more on all those stories
0:18:52 > 0:18:55on the BBC sport website, you'll also find the goals
0:18:55 > 0:18:56from today's FA Cup 2nd round ties.
0:18:56 > 0:19:05That's all your sport.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06Coventry, Paisley, Stoke, Sunderland and Swansea,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10are all competing for the title of UK City of Culture 2021.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13The winner will be announced this week.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16The year-long celebration of arts, music and culture has
0:19:16 > 0:19:19boosted local economies, proving a huge success
0:19:19 > 0:19:29for the current holder, Hull.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Tonight in the first of five profiles of the contenders,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42we'll be taking a look at all the cities in contention,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44and first tonight it's Coventry, from where Colleen Harris reports.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46MUSIC: Ghost Town by The Specials
0:19:46 > 0:19:48This is a city that has embraced its reputation
0:19:48 > 0:19:49for peace and reconciliation.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Transformed by post-war immigration, Coventry's culture has been
0:19:51 > 0:19:52shaped by its history.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53The cathedral symbolises its resilience.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56What stands today in my home city are the ruins
0:19:56 > 0:19:58from a campaign of bombings during the Blitz.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59The martyred city of Coventry.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01It was also the heart of the British car industry.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Its decline turned it into a ghost town.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Yeah, most of the songs written down here are off the first album.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10The song Ghost Town became an anthem for a generation,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13written by The Specials.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15The Coventry band captured racial tensions of the early 80s
0:20:15 > 0:20:17through their music.
0:20:17 > 0:20:23Walking around in Coventry at the time, it was horrendous.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26And you couldn't walk down the street without being
0:20:26 > 0:20:27attacked by National Front.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30So, when The Specials got together,
0:20:30 > 0:20:40that was to get black and whites united.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Coventry is hoping to breathe new life into its rich multicultural
0:20:51 > 0:20:52and industrial past.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55And its bid to win the City of Culture 2021 puts young people
0:20:55 > 0:21:00at the heart of its focus.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03There are so many exciting things to see and do, but people just
0:21:03 > 0:21:07don't know for the need to do a lot of work as part of the city
0:21:07 > 0:21:10of culture bid as to what our city has two offer.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Helping to move the city forward is Louis Lewinson, a choreographer,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15taking his work from Coventry to young people around the world.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17He represents a new generation looking for hope
0:21:17 > 0:21:20in a city trying to shake off its post-war image.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23It is more than important, it is crucial that it wins.
0:21:23 > 0:21:30This is like the biggest thing that has ever happened in Coventry.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34It's bringing a lot of hope and excitement to the city.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37This is the one time for the underdog to come up and rise
0:21:37 > 0:21:38and show what we really have.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Winning the City of Culture can help transform a city's fortunes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43The people of Coventry hope the city's rich heritage
0:21:43 > 0:21:44can secure its future.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Colleen Harris, BBC News, Coventry.
0:21:49 > 0:21:55If you gazed at the sky depending on where you live, you may have seen a
0:21:55 > 0:21:58supermoon. That is where the moon appears bigger and brighter than
0:21:58 > 0:22:02usual and it only happens when it reaches its closest point to earth.
0:22:02 > 0:22:08These are some of the images viewers have been sent in from North
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Yorkshire to Derbyshire. Astronomers say skywatchers will get the most
0:22:12 > 0:22:14spectacular views tonight and tomorrow morning.
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