Welcome to summer in the uk city of culture. And summer means festivals. We have got them all, literature, theatre and music. Were here for the humber street sesh, 30,000 people, 1a stages, 200 acts, it is incredible we will try to get you round as much as possible, and we got this. Hull has seen its first ever childrens literature festival, inspiring the next generation of writers. What happens when you grew up is you are still a child inside, fortunately, so the stories i write, are the stories i wrote for myself when i was about eight. Uk pride comes to the city of culture. Im so proud now that things have come on leaps and bounds for everyone, whether you are transgender or whatever. And bringing comedy and curiosity to the world of museums, bill bailey curates his first exhibition. I shot tomas limpkin from but two feet away, but the pistol ball did not strike but instead flew upon the ground striking a hedgehog. It is the cultural quarter of the city. And this happens. The first saturday of every august. There are more than 200 bands here today. 200 bands playing across 14 stages with 13,000 people descending here. You can feel the excitement and the vibe, its fantastic one of the bands here today is the happy endings. A couple of months ago they were playing at glastonbury, but tonight they are here. For me, it was like, i made it because i played at the sesh. Only a few months ago, you were at glastonbury, how does this compare . That is a different animal. I had as much fun playing earlier as i did at glastonbury. Do you think city of culture has made a difference . A lot of people are looking to see what all the fuss is about and i think it is really nice. I have sensed a lift. When you went to glastonbury do people know where you were from . 0nly because i announced it tell the world. Too right beautiful harmonies. We cannot stay here all day, we need to go. It is brilliant that it is all local talent. It advertises hull as the city of culture. This year, particularly, it is special because we are the city of culture. It is fantastic, great family day out for us all. The atmosphere is really good. I have been involved with the local community. It is a really amazing atmosphere. Really good. For the younger generation, this is vital for the growth of the music scene. For them, setting their sights, you can play these big stages. My first ever gig was here a few years ago, and it is brilliant because new people come to watch you, yourfriends come, it is such a brilliant event. What are you thinking . We are sitting on an amazing wealth of talent in this region and i think it is about time that the rest of the country was aware of it. The crowds just keep coming and a man who could draw a big crowd like this is bill bailey, and he has gone and created his own museum. We had a chat with him. There is the basic cockney intro. 0h there is no doubt that bill bailey is a man of many talents. He started out in stand up but has acted in Television Series from black books and spaced, to doctor who and hustle. And he is a perennial favourite on tv panel shows. They pointed at me and they said, youre trying to be bill bailey, arent you . And then they went, nice try able to play pretty much every instrument and with perfect pitch, he has successfully combined his musical talents with comedy. But he has other passions as well. Bird watching is one of them. And now he has taken to museum curating as well. At the Maritime Museum in hull, he has assembled a cabinet of curiosities, fascinating objects accompanied by their true descriptions and concocted comedy ones as well. Like this. Or are they baboon buttocks . He has roped in the children of hull as well to make up some cracking tales. Morgan, age 11, the cursed dog. It was found in the year 1989. A dark wizard cast a spell on him and turned him into wood. If you touch this dog for more than five minutes you will also get turned into wood, just like other people. These people are found in the cabinet called, i have made a terrible mistake. Isnt that wonderful . It is amazing. How did you decide what you were going to pick out . I imagine there was a lot to choose from. There was a huge array of fantastic artefacts. I also wanted to have a balance of the really odd, the really curious, the strange. Also for it to have a link to the city as well. Things that were specific to hull. Did you pick them because you could make up a fantastic story, or was it that you saw something and you were genuinely interested in it . A bit of both. Some of them are genuinely interesting. They are beautiful artefacts. Like the scrimshaw. The art on the whales teeth. It is so strange and beautiful. There is a pistol that looks a bit like a kosh. That triggers an idea or a story or a scenario, and i started to embellish it. A famous dueller at the time said of the pistol, i shot thomas from two feet away, but the pistol ball did not strike and instead flew upon the ground, striking a hedgehog, which when examined was found to be mildly stunned. I then wished to club him, but he had become perturbed and run away. This whole exhibition has inspired me to write a book about extraordinary tales that could be true, they might not be true, but they are embellished and i think that is something that probably i will do more of, is storytelling. For the visitors, this museum has a sneak peek to what might be in that . Do you think youre the first comedian to have curated a Museum Exhibition . I dont know. I am going to say yes. It certainly does seem like new ground. In the spirit of this exhibition, yes, i, bill bailey, bill of bailey, am the first comedian to curate an exhibition of this kind, anywhere in the world. Bill bailey seemed like such a sound guy. He was as funny as he is on television. Can you hear me . This is the loudest silent disco i have been at. What . I cant help it. This is a place for big kids and small, not unlike the malarkey festival, where i found out it was not just about books. This is the big malarkey, hulls first ever literature festival for children. And if you thought a childrens literature festival was all about books, think again. From theatre to hip hop and arts and crafts, this week long event has something for everyone. Turning the east park of hull into a cultural paradise. Just look, its true. I just feel blue. There has been a huge programme of activity and storytelling including a packed house forjulian clary talking about his children book. I caught up withjulian after he met the children of hull. What happens when you grow up, youre still a child inside. It was easy for me to revert back to being a child, and the stories that i write about and the stories i made up for myself when i was about eight years old and to my surprise, it was already there. They all live at number 41 fairfield rd and their next door neighbour is mr nigel, the grizzly bear. I would like to challenge myself to do things that i am not sure that i can do or not. Later this year, i am doing a quite serious play and i have no idea if i can remember the line or manage to act and it was similar with childrens stories. 0therwise, youre just doing the same thing, which is fine, but i need the challenge. Events that promote literature for children are especially important in places like hull, which is below the National Average for a reading at key stage two level. The children i met at the festival were certainly no strangers to a good book. I like reading books with my mum. I like books because it reminds me of the movies. When i am reading, it makes me feel happy. I like snuggling into bed with lots of books. I like tractor books. Any big books. Any books about this wide. Being the face of hull and all, i like to get stuck in with the culture. The organisers of the festival roped me into a rendition of one of my favourite childrens books. The toe bone is connected to the. The foot bone is connected to the. Leg bone. The leg bone is connected to the hip bone. The hip bone is connected to the backbone. Well done, thank you guys there is still much more to come from here at the humber street sesh. And we are going to see how hull celebrated 50 years of gay rights. We are going behind the scenes of the dramatic theatre show called flood, but in the meantime, lets look at what has happened and what is to come. For the First Time Since 1930, the bbc proms travelled out of london to before a special outdoor concert right here in hull. As part of the lgbt 50 season, a Ground Breaking photography project explores what life was like for the Lgbt Community in the twin city of hull in sierra leone where homosexuality is still illegal. Electric fence is a provocative installation examining the everyday experience of people facing hate crimes. There was a hate preacher in america who said that all gays and lesbians should be locked in an electric fence, and occasionally thrown in some food and water and they would die out because they could not breed. It is quite a nasty hate crime, bit of hate speech there. Philip larkin spent 30 years as the librarian at the university of hull where a new exhibition reveals his private life like never before. It celebrates playfulness in all its forms with three floors of interactive exhibits including an excitable purple robot. I am a loose cannon. These aerial acrobats took inspiration from european comics for a breathtaking outdoor spectacle, on display for free in the west park of hull. In edinburgh, hull 2017 supported Theatre Company is going to the Fringe Festival and send volunteers to spread the word about the city of culture. We are representing hull. September is set to be a huge month culture wise, for a start, it is the tenth anniversary of the Freedom Festival which includes over 200 free events, exploring themes of freedom. One day maybe is part live performance, part installation using Cutting Edge Technology to transport audiences into a dystopian future. And after a £60 million refurbishment, the new theatre in hull is preparing to reopen, playing host to world class touring productions, new commissions and a one off performance from the royal ballet. You cant come to a festival and not get some glitter on, and i think you should have it in your beard as well. I will just stick with this. At the first uk National Pride there was a lot of glitter and i had serious glitter envy. It was an amazing day marking 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the uk and it was fantastic. Wasnt it . It was a great day, it was such a family orientated event, it was a great way for the city to turn out and celebrate such a monumental occasion. And we had an amazing guide, hulls longest standing drag artist. I am bobby and welcome to hull pride 2017. Busta bus, that is us. After all these years. How many do you think are in the parade . About 2300 people, which is incredible. Out of 116 prides we have in the uk, i suggested that we have the first uk pride, because of the city of culture. It is incredible. We are in the middle of all the queer icons, 50 years, 50 queers they are unbelievable. That is beautiful. Took a few years off. Come out, and you have got to be different, you know you will get laughed at, you know people will have a dig at you, from a social point of view, there was not much of a problem. I worked in the Financial Services industry, and within six months, it was like, nobody would book me or hire me. I came out as a 19 year old gay man and i have been beaten up, had my nose broken, i have been spat on, it was not nice. No. Sorry. Lam 78. It was mad. You get to 21, it get married, buy a house, have kids. I was exactly 21 when i got married. Eventually, we got divorced. It was not easy at all. Especially as she could not talk to anyone about it. It all had to be very clandestine. It wasnt funny at all. You could actually get arrested for it. They used to raid houses. When did you come out . Not until i was 31. We have been together now for 34 years and we are very happy. 45 years i have been slapping this on. I was married at 17, divorced just after 19 and i have two children two boys in that time. It is the wonderful bobby i am what i am. 0pening uk pride was such an honour. The crowd is going crazy for you. I do so many prides up and down the country but to be asked to come today to hull is fantastic. It is amazing. An amazing day. For 50 years, and i know, these years have passed for the better. I am so proud now that things have come on in leaps and bounds, for everyone, whether youre a transgender or whatever, you know, gay, straight, we can all come together. Ill come get my things, but i cant let go. Im waiting for it, that feeling, i wanted. Ill come get my things, but i cant let go. Im waiting for it, that feeling, i wanted. We have come down out to the urban stage, but a couple of weeks ago, the proms were taking place here. Now there is hip hop and break dancing. Where else could that happen . Only in the uk city of culture. We are right down on the river humber and a little bit further downstream, an incredible theatrical production has been taking place. It was called flood and they filmed it on the water using pyrotechnics and light sounds and it was fantastic. We went behind the scenes as they made it for bbc two. The rains have been getting worse day by day. Something terrible is happening. There are ways, she wanted to save them. Please, help us. Is that how far faith can carry us . It is a story about a catastrophic flood, imagining a future where water engulfs europe, thousands stranded or become refugees and the last city is an island and it is a story that is being told across a whole year in hull. Tell me how i can save them, save the world. Flood is about a flood that happens 20 years in the future and the whole of europe is overtaken by a huge tidal wave and it looks like the impact on the people who live in our floating city. The idea of being overwhelmed by water and by people is something we can all appreciate and empathise with. It seems a brave choice of subject matter, given that the city of hull would be one of the first in the uk to be submerged if sea levels rise. Swathes of the city flooded ten years ago, leaving thousands of homes underwater and many in hull still fear it happening again. The year long story of flood started online and screened in supermarket car parks in hull, with a film showing fishermen hauling in dozens of empty life jackets and one survivor. At easter, 3000 people braved the cold to watch the story unfold and the endless rains begin. This is the fishing trawler bastion, we have a casualty on board, requesting emergency services. This piece of theatre is not just about the water, it is set on it. It has taken three weeks to build this set, they had to lower in a boat and there is a car that you will see a peering from behind there as well as building the whole of the stage. They have also got to set up plenty of special effects, ready for the tv filming to begin. The third instalment was filmed for bbc two and took the story from hull to a national audience. And to the misery of the crew but delight of the director, the weather changed right on cue. It is coming up to ten oclock, so it is almost dark enough to start the first of two nights of filming. In a show called flood there is obviously a lot of water and the crew have spent hours putting those rainmakers up there, but in the event, nature has provided its own special effects. The cast is notjust professional actors. Some of the army of volunteers are taking part and when they signed up last year to martial events and hand out leaflets in 2017, they never thought they would end up on national telly. When you signed up for this job, what did you think you would be doing . Standing in front of the camera was none of them. I wanted to be part of the history, showcasing the culture of hull. I held the guy who gets onto the boat, with another volunteer. And then he hits him and id like him onto the floor and i punched him in the face twice. I drag him onto the floor. How nice yes part four of the story will be performed live on the dock in october. A city itself threatened by water, once again hosting this apocalyptic story about the devastation it could cause. They have had a lot of noise. Humber street sesh is almost over, so it is time for the headline act, he is introducing one. Let us hear it for them they have played festivals like reading and leeds and i chatted to them earlier. For us, we are trying to showcase how you can be empowered to make music on a shoestring and really show the bands around hull that you can go out and do it and the things that we have achieved have all come naturally and organically for us and it can be done, you have to have the right mentality and i think that is coming on, the music scene in hull is amazing and we are so happy to be involved with it and trying to wave the flag for it. You guys are being modest, a lot of this is about your success. How important is it for fans to realise you can go your own way . It is the only way. There is no golden ticket. When people ask for advice, there is no quick route. The best advice is to work hard and dont expect it to be easy. That is it from us. We didnt get to see all the bands, but we gave it a good effort. There is always next year. And we will be back in the autumn on we will have the royal ballet in hull and the worlds most controversial art competition, the turner prize. If you want to get your cultural fix, head to this website. I think we have got time forjust one more band. Goodbye. Hello. If you approved of saturdays weather, then sunday shouldnt disappoint. Lets look at some images from saturday. There was a warm sunny spells coming through. 0ne one or two places stayed dry. There we re one or two places stayed dry. There were some isolated showers. This finger of High Pressure that has moved in across the uk will keep most pieces dry for part two of the weekend during sunday. There could just be a few spots of drizzle around, north wales, North Western england, feeding into scotland, northern ireland, in north west england. Elsewhere, the cloud will break and some sunny spells will come through. While most places will be dry, there is a weather system close to north west scotland. There is an patchy outbreaks of rain especially into south wales. Most of us into the mid 20s. We are looking fine at the test match at headingley. There will be some sunny spells coming through that cloud, a bit more breeze by monday. For the notting hill carnival, glorious weather. Temperatures had up even further by the time we get to the bank holiday. Head. The winds will remain quite light. Here is how it is looking to sunday evening. If you are planning a barbecue, you are in good shape. Going through sunday night cover the rain starts to gather a bit more towards the north west of the uk into northern scotland. Some outbreaks of rain moving through. 0n towards the Northern Isles as well. The wind is picking up. These overnight temperatures. Mondays big picture looks a little different. High pressure being squeezed away and weather fronts coming in. They are poised to move their way southwards through monday into tuesday. For monday, that means for scotland and northern ireland, more cloud, stronger winds, and outbreaks of rain moving south. Monday, some will be moving into Northern England and north wales. To the south of that, plenty of sunshine. A range of weather on monday. A range of temperatures, as a break from the breeze in the rain to where we see the best of the sunshine, with some places reaching into the upper 20s to nearly 30 celsius. Looking ahead to tuesday and wednesday, we will take that cool and fresher air and gradually filter that further southwards across the uk. This is how it is looking over the next two days. Not a great deal of change in texas. Even though harvey has been downgraded to a category 3, a significant amount of wind is being generated, along with rain. It will continue to do so for a few days. The extremely dangerous situation continues in texas. This is bbc news. Im duncan golestani. Our top stories texas braces itself for further catastrophic flooding as Hurricane Harvey moves inland. The power of the hurricane is all too clear, when you looks at the damage it caused these homes. This is a really poor neighbourhood. 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