the city.that will host the 67th eurovision song contest in 2023 is. and the winner, announced on this evening s one show. ..liverpool. congratulations! what fantastic news! i m absolutely over the moon. when graham was opening that envelope, iwas like, oh, my goodness, please, please! oh, i m ecstatic, it s marvellous! of course, this eurovision should be taking place in ukraine, and it is now for liverpool to prove that while it can t take place in ukraine, this is going to be a eurovision for ukraine. liverpool s already had the endorsement of its twin city, odesa, and this year s winner, the kalush orchestra have offered their congratulations to a city that wants eurovision to be a citywide party and a celebration of music and peace. wejust had a real moment, haven t we, in this city, where we ve won eurovision? and it feels like the whole city
liverpool, and fingers were being crossed. the choice of which uk city would host eurovision was down to a battle between the mersey and the clyde. the city. ..that will host the 67th eurovision song contest in 2023 is. and the winner, announced on this evening s one show. ..liverpool. congratulations! cheering. what fantastic news! i m absolutely over the moon. when graham was opening that envelope, iwas like, oh, my goodness, please, please! oh, i m ecstatic, it s marvellous! of course, this eurovision should be taking place in ukraine, and it is now for liverpool to prove that while it can t take place in ukraine, this is going to be a eurovision for ukraine. liverpool s already had the endorsement of its twin city, odesa, and this year s winner, the kalush orchestra have offered their congratulations to a city that wants eurovision to be a citywide party and a celebration
kind ofjumped in the air at exactly the same time tonight. and now we ve got seven months to deliver something that will be truly astonishing, incredible for ukraine, our sister city odesa, but also incredible for the whole uk, so we are delighted. but tonight liverpool, it will be absolutely buzzing, it will be incredible. and in the bars, watching the announcement, you could see what this means. the place that prides itself on being a party city. # and celebrations. # ..now has a lot to organise. david sillito, bbc news, liverpool. before we go, we thought we d bring you the official unveiling of a statue to honour a rescue dog called frida. known for her custom made doggy goggles and boots, the yellow labrador became a social media star after her search and rescue efforts in mexico in the aftermath of the september 2017 earthquake, turning into a source of inspiration
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anti says police are supporting their family as they try to come to terms with this tragedy. he said he would like to echo the words of the chief constable appealing for the community to keep helping this family, he says we will continue to do all we can to take those involved in gun crime the streets. he says this is not the time for anyone who knows who was responsible to stay silent. now we will return to our top story. ukraine is marking the 31st anniversary of the country s independence from the soviet union today and six months since the russian invasion. i m joined now by oleksiy goncharenko who is the mp for odesa. he is in the capital, kyiv. thank you forjoining us today and before we begin by talking about what s happening in odesa, grain exports and so forth, i can see you are