everyone is really excited. . everyone s coming together. it s nice to be doing it for ukraine and trying to make it a really special event. it feels really good. we ve been watching eurovision since we were tiny. our dad used to make us scorecards as a family and we would watch. and we remember katrina and the waves winning in 97 and we remember the uk hosting in 98. if you had told us then, when we were 12 and ten, that the next time that the uk was hosting on behalf of ukraine, we would get to be here, we wouldn t have believed you. it makes us proud. we were born and bred here, so it makes us so proud of the city as well. actually, we are from ukraine. we really appreciate that liverpool and the united kingdom support ukraine so much. we can get united by music, so thank you, everyone, for that! thank you! what is it about eurovision that
im act of the generations together. the impact of bank the generations together. tie: impact of bank holidays on the generations together. t i2 impact of bank holidays on the economy is mixed. when the nation celebrated the platinum jubilee last year the office for national statistics suggested it may have contributed to a fall in output but the extra day off can provide a boost for sectors like hospitality and tourism where they hope people will take any opportunity to celebrate. in liverpool, they are looking further ahead for a chance to get people into this bar. eurovision events will be playing here for a whole week and peter hopes the booster to business will stick. we and peter hopes the booster to business will stick. business will stick. we will have screens business will stick. we will have screens up business will stick. we will have screens up and - business will stick. we will have screens up and then. business will stick. we will l have screens up and then we will
we ll have screens up and then we have, like, a big viewing party for the finale. everyone will have their own scorecards. it ll be, like, special menus. and just basically bring a lot of people together for a good old party. from a business point of view, how big an opportunity is this for you? i think it s probably one of the biggest opportunities liverpool s had notjust in the sense of the amount of visitors coming for the city and what it means now, but the sense of legacy moving forward, i think. there s going to be 100,000 people in the city, and if each of them go away and tell five friends how great liverpool was, then we ve got a great few years for liverpool to come on. cheers. and many businesses are hoping that the weather plays its part, too, to lift the spirits and bring people out. hannah miller, bbc news. let s speak to steve, the landlord here at the bread & cheese or should i say the charles and camilla for the next week or so? tell me how
all those generations together. the impact of bank holidays on the economy is mixed. when the nation celebrated the platinum jubilee last year, the office for national statistics suggested it may have contributed to a fall in output. but the extra day off can provide a boost for sectors like hospitality and tourism, where they hope people will take any opportunity to celebrate. in liverpool, they re looking further ahead for a chance to get people into this bar. eurovision events will be playing here for a whole week, and peter hopes the boost to business will stick. we ll have screens up and then we have, like, a big viewing party for the finale. everyone will have their own scorecards. it ll be, like, special menus. and just basically bring a lot of people together for a good old party. from a business point of view, how big an opportunity is this for you? i think it s probably one of the biggest opportunities liverpool s had notjust in the sense of the amount of visitors coming fo
halvings together, i think they can get a point and call a great upset. i think everybody can kind of throw their scorecards out. all of these upsets some upsets. what is this? guys, upsets are somewhat common in soccer. not just because it a world cup but also because if you look at those two games with argentina and saudi arabia and yesterday with and the other team either got lucky or they got a break or somebody made a great play in a great moment. so if you don t put the game to bed early when you have so many chances, upsets usually tend to bite you. i m actually going to try to watch. i ve never watched world cup. am i a terrible human? and independent going to watch