The streets where i grew up havent changed much. You cant say that for the Beating Heart of the capital. Now i know not everyone enjoys hearing a cardiff accent, like, and many people around wales view my city with suspicion. They tell me that almost daily on my radio show. And, in a way, i can see why, because, lets face it, cardiff has benefited just from being our capital city. But fair play to the place, its taken its chance, reinventing itself against all the odds. I used to come to butetown to go to the mosque. It was the docks back then derelict and depressed. Old, heavy industries were shrinking, as was cardiffs population. But then things began to change. Just look at cardiff now. This city has completely transformed itself in around 20 yea rs. The jobs are in government, theyre in media, in leisure and also in shopping. It describes itself as europes youngest capital and its got even more growing to do. My dad used to be a bus driver and finished up on this very route, taking
I was born and bred in this city. The streets where i grew up havent changed much. You cant say that for the Beating Heart of the capital. Now, i know not everyone enjoys hearing a cardiff accent, like, and many people around wales view my city with suspicion. They tell me that almost daily on my radio show. And, in a way, i can see why, because, lets face it, cardiff has benefited just from being our capital city. But fair play to the place, its taken its chance, reinventing itself against all the odds. I used to come to butetown to go to the mosque. It was the docks back then derelict and depressed. Old, heavy industries were shrinking, as was cardiffs population. But then things began to change. Just look at cardiff now. This city has completely transformed itself in around 20 years. The jobs are in government, theyre in media, in leisure and also in shopping. It describes itself as europes youngest capital and its got even more growing to do. My dad used to be a bus driver and fini
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The so called Islamic State group claims one of its followers was behind the new years eve Nightclub Attack in istanbul, which killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. A number of arrests have been made, but the hunt continues for the gunman who opened fire. Officials have now identified all but one of the victims, saying most were foreign nationals. Some of their funerals have been taking place today, as mark lowen reports from istanbul. It is slowly sinking in. Grief binding together a nation pulled apart by terror. They mourned 23 year old yunus gormek, killed in the attack on the reina nightclub. A student working there for new years eve, who was simply in the wrong place. At his funeral, his colleague. She took refuge from the gunman in the bathroom. I was in the toilet. The electricity went out. And i was like, yes, ok, thats all. And i said my last goodbyes to one of my friends. Telling, 0k, goodbye, thats all, i love you. You thought
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The so called Islamic State group claims one of its followers was behind the new years eve Nightclub Attack in istanbul, which killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. A number of arrests have been made, but the hunt continues for the gunman who opened fire. Officials have now identified all but one of the victims, saying most were foreign nationals. Some of their funerals have been taking place today, as mark lowen reports from istanbul. It is slowly sinking in. Grief binding together a nation pulled apart by terror. They mourned 23 year old yunus gormek, killed in the attack on the reina nightclub. A student working there for new years eve, who was simply in the wrong place. At his funeral, his colleague. She took refuge from the gunman in the bathroom. I was in the toilet. The electricity went out. And i was like, yes, ok, thats all. And i said my last goodbyes to one of my friends. Telling, 0k, goodbye, thats all, i love you. You thought
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The so called Islamic State group claims one of its followers was behind the new years eve Nightclub Attack in istanbul, which killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. A number of arrests have been made, but the hunt continues for the gunman who opened fire. Officials have now identified all but one of the victims, saying most were foreign nationals. Some of their funerals have been taking place today, as mark lowen reports from istanbul. It is slowly sinking in. Grief binding together a nation pulled apart by terror. They mourned 23 year old yunus gormek, killed in the attack on the reina nightclub. A student working there for new years eve, who was simply in the wrong place. At his funeral, his colleague. She took refuge from the gunman in the bathroom. I was in the toilet. The electricity went out. And i was like, yes, ok, thats all. And i said my last goodbyes to one of my friends. Telling, 0k, goodbye, thats all, i love you. You thought