the others include stirling, wrexham and bradford. the title is awarded every four years and is currently held by coventry. southampton, derby and armagh city, banbridge and craigavon are also on the longlist, unveiled by new culture secretary nadine dorries. for culture secretary nadine dorries. the first time in 1 competition s for the first time in the competition s history, each location will now receive £a0,000 worth of investment. the winner will be announced next spring. let s go to our reporter simon novaya gazeta, whojoins me from one of our reporter simon novaya gazeta, who joins me from one of the contenders, darby simon hare. yes. contenders, darby - simon hare. yes, a real sense contenders, darby - simon hare. yes, a real sense of contenders, darby - simon hare. yes, a real sense of excitement contenders, darby simon hare. yes a real sense of excitement that derby has made this short and some degree of people pleasantly surprised as derby was quite late to the w