as last minute preparations are made for the final of the eurovision song contest. the uk will be the last of the 26 acts to perform. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, it s time to party. eurovision rolls into liverpool, so we ask are scousers really the greatest showmen? i m proud to be a scouser. the greatest showmen? i m proud to come from liverpool. a little taste of ukraine in the heart of merseyside. very nice indeed. ..and the midlife handbrake turn that saw one woman choose life on the road. i wanted to go and explore life and see if there was another way of living. hi and welcome to liverpool, where a wild extravaganza otherwise known as the 67th eurovision song contest is taking place this weekend after last year s winners ukraine were unable to host the competition because of the ongoing war. last year s event was watched by 160 million people and this year, the city that knows how to celebrate is pulling out all the stops to make sure that the competiti
now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, it s time to party. eurovision rolls into liverpool, so we ask are scousers really the greatest showmen? i m proud to be a scouser. i m proud to come from liverpool. a little taste of ukraine in the heart of merseyside. very nice indeed. ..and the midlife handbrake turn that saw one woman choose life on the road. i wanted to go and explore life and see if there was another way of living. hi and welcome to liverpool, where a wild extravaganza otherwise known as the 67th eurovision song contest is taking place this weekend after last year s winners ukraine were unable to host the competition because of the ongoing war. last year s event was watched by 160 million people and this year, the city that knows how to celebrate, is pulling out all the stops to make sure that the competition is bigger than ever. now, later on, i ll be off to see some of the massive spectacle the city is putting on with much of it dedicated to celebrating ukr
was another way of living. hi and welcome to liverpool, where a wild extravaganza, otherwise known as the 67th eurovision song contest, is taking place this weekend after last year s winners, ukraine, were unable to host the competition because of the ongoing war. last year s event was watched by 160 million people. and this year, the city that knows how to celebrate is pulling out all the stops to make sure that the competition is bigger than ever. now, later on, i ll be off to see some of the massive spectacle the city is putting on, with much of it dedicated to celebrating ukrainian culture. but first, will s been to find out why, out of the 20 cities that applied to host, liverpool was chosen. and it might be something to do with their reputation for showmanship. all: we love liverpool! in the 19th century, the port of liverpool was considered the busiest on the planet. at one time, an estimated 40% of global trade passed through these waters, exporting the fruits of the
perfect and there was more that needed to be done but he said that every year that the conservatives were in power, they had built more houses than labour did in its previous administrations and we will have to go and fact check that but thatis have to go and fact check that but that is the claim from michael gove this morning and also, finally, on levelling up, i put to him that people from the red wall that did very well under boris johnson s people from the red wall that did very well under borisjohnson s of look for money for northern communities in particular, they would have really noticed a difference and will they really put conservative? and he said that real money had gone into these communities and more can be done but they won t need a conservative government to do that. the liberal democrats are talking about the country s roads today with a promise to invest £300 million in the next parliament to fill 1.2 million pot holes a year. the party says money from the