The bbc obtains cctv pictures appearing to show the Manchester Bomber Salman Abedi Shopping A Day before the attack. Staff say its the same man. Meanwhile, Greater Manchester police are searching a Landfill Site in pilsworth in bury in connection with the attack. Vistors have been evacuated from Hamerton Park Zoo in cambridgeshire amid reports of a very serious incident. Police and an Air Ambulance have been seen at the scene. Now on bbc news hull is nearly half way through being the uks 2017 City Of Culture. Anne marie tasker and kofi smiles have the latest instalment of whats happening in the year long celebration. Hello and welcome to hull, the uks City Of Culture for 2017. Show casing the brightest and the best of culture has brought us here to hulls cemetery for a performance with a difference. We meet matt fraser who will put his Disability Centre stage. Im a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain. Its extraordinary that its the first, but exciting i get to do it. We meet the army of volunteers giving up their time for culture. Theres a star man waiting in the sky. And go on a Trip Down Memory Lane with a spider from mars. Hello. Im the arts and Culture Correspondent for the bbc here in hull. This is kofi. Im the face of hull, chosen by the bbc with a mission to bring you culture whenever and wherever it happens. Today were taking that literally because were not in a concert hall or in because were not in a Concert Hall Orina because were not in a concert hall or in a theatre, were here in a graveyard its the setting for a performance thats difficult to sum up performance thats difficult to sum up in performance thats difficult to sum upina performance thats difficult to sum up in a few words. Its parts circus acrobat, part music, part dance and it takes place under the cover of danceness aerialists, acrobats, video artists, singers coming together to tell an Ancient Greek legend in a new way. Depart explores the tragic love story of orpheus when he descends into the underworld and tries and fails to bring his dead wife back to life. The audience happens upon the action as they wonder through hulls general cemetery. Trying to find the right trees and battling the british weather has been challenging. Performing outdoors has its challenges like that, namely the weather. Quite often you find yourself a bit drippy and wet. Its kind of really exciting being outdoors. Its not very often you get the chance to perform in a tree or under stars. Whats magical about it is the audience is outside in the wilderness with you. You get share and experience a lot moore than in a a lot more than in a theatre. And experience a lot moore than in a a lot more than in a theatre. The show is by the world Renowned Company circumstancea, who only arrived to rehearse a few days before the performance. Though this graveyard closed in the 1970s, the choice of venue caused controversy. If you approach something with respect and with care and if your intent is to help bring a community to this place, to improve the place and a great deal of care and nurture has been given to this site, i think youre only doing good. The show premiered last summer, about you for the City Of Culture performances circumstancea are working with one of Hulls Community choirs. More than 100 members of the Freedom Chorus have spent months rehearsing and add an etheerl soundtrack to the performance. Its brilliant to be pa rt performance. Its brilliant to be part of the City Of Culture, but to be able to perform alongside circumstancea as well, its really incredible. Its not a venue that anybody knows as a venue of course. Great respect will be paid because of where we are. Its getting dark now and everyones here waiting for the event to start. Im really excited, are you . Little bit spooked actually. Shall we have a look any way. Lets go. Follow the torches and dont look back, you are entering our place. Walk in silence. You wouldnt normally spend your friday night Walking Around a graveyard. So i thought it was brilliant the way theyd brought out a different location for such a great event. Unique experience. Ive only got one difficulty how do you describe it to somebody who wasnt there . You couldnt describe it in words. The set up, where it was, where it was held, the performance, they were fantastic brilliant, fantastic. Captivating, enthawing, brilliant. Applause after hull, The Cemetery Circus moves from brighton to blackpool. Depart is one of hundreds of events taking place in hull in 2017. An event has been promised every day of the year when you make a promise like that, youre going to need a lot of people to help with the staging. And thats where the hull 2017 volunteers come in. Everyday people giving up their free time to lend a hand. There are more than 2,000 of them, ranging in age from just 16 all the way up to sa. Weve been to meet some of them. They are the blue coated army, an army of volunteers from all backgrounds, all ages, from all over the uk. From greeting people at events to performing as extra in plays, the 2017 volunteers are the engine that is helping to drive this year of culture in hull. In much the same way as the games makers at the london olympics, hulls volunteers are the welcoming face of the city, in its culture year. Im sue. Theres no way i was going to miss this year of volunteering. Sue caught the bug for volunteering at london 2012. She was one of the original games makers. Youve seen the poppies . Of course, they love it. Tonight the blue jacket is left at home, a green tabard is the uniform for this event in one of the public parks. Sue and the other volu nteers public parks. Sue and the other volunteers are collecting information on their audience. Three of you from spain were finding in most of the activities redo there are people from All Over The World coming. It isjust are people from All Over The World coming. It is just incredible. Are people from All Over The World coming. It isjust incredible. Has that surprised you . It has, yeah. Are you here to join the search for the seven alleys . You cant say the job of a volunteer isnt varied. At this one event alone, theyve been directing all of these people where they need to be. Theyve been collecting their data and some are even part of the performance themselves. Im grace. Im louise. We wanted to be volunteers because we couldnt resist being involved in a fantastic opportunity. Toilets are down stairs. Mum of two louise works fulltime as a teacher. Shes squeezing in her volunteering on evenings and weekends. You put the blue jacket on and it gives you license to strike up a conversation with anybody. Somehow you have permission to do that. What im finding now, im far more likely to start a conversation with people who i dont know than i was br. 18 year old grace has autism, Volume Untiering for her is Stepping Com Pletely Untiering for her is stepping completely out of her comfort zone. Today, shes helping out at a stress test for an upcoming theatre production. What im going to do. This is a rehearsal of a Performance Due to take place in a few weeks. It will involve live bands, but also require the awe audience to audience to move round the space. The volunteers are putting it to the test. Its been interesting to see how a Theatre Company works out numbers for a show. Its been quite enjoyable with this large amount of people. I wasnt as confident as before, like talking to people, like strangers. I feel now im a lot more confident. Ive seen already in the first three months that actually shes just flown in terms of confidence. Shes the welcoming face of hull. For me, thatsjust confidence. Shes the welcoming face of hull. For me, thats just a confidence. Shes the welcoming face of hull. For me, thatsjust a gift that City Of Culture has given to me asa that City Of Culture has given to me as a mum. Im enid. Im jason. At first i didnt think we would be able to be involved. Gaffer. Hi. Found any favourites yet . These two have also thrown themselves out of their comfort zone to become volunteers. Both are partially sighted. Which is your favourite one of these . Some people see us as visually impaired, youre kind of put in a corner. Weve been put out front which is nice. Because it challenging you more, you feel a bit more engaged with whats going on with the City Of Culture process. It gives you insight into things you possibly thought you couldnt do, which you can, with that Support Network thats in the background. Which you can, with that Support Network thats in the backgroundlj Think Network thats in the background. think we should all give Something Back to our communities. The City Of Culture year has given such a massive opportunity to do that. just think its absolutely wonderful that ive been given the opportunity. Hopefully, at the end of 2017, well have a huge army of people who are then in a position to be able to volunteer for all sorts of organisations. And reallyjust lift the Community Life of the city in general. Still to come the City Of Culture goes global with celebrations in hulls twin city freetown. We remember david bowie and the Spiders From Mars with drummer woody woodmansey. First heres my guide to some 2017 highlights and a little look ahead at whats to come. North atlantic flux took us on a four day journey of North Atlantic flux took us on a four dayjourney of musical discovery, bringing a hose of icelandic and scandinavian musicians to hullment hull. Local residents collaborated with artists to put on a vibrant parade around their neighbourhood. An amazing new exhibition is called skin and features works, featuring over 3,200 naked blue volunteers in one piece of work. I am about there. Youve only one life, just live. It i dont care whether anybody sees me or not. We look forward to assemble fest which takes over an ordinary Shopping Street turning unlikely places into pop up performance spaces. Shes a perfect ten. Nearly 30 yea rs shes a perfect ten. Nearly 30 years ago the Beautiful South was formed in hull. Injune paul heaton and Jackie Abbot Return for a special one off stadium gig. East park will be transformed into the fictional Malarkey Park for hulls first childrens literature festival. Angel eye, the bbc proms, will come to hull for a day of outdoor concerts, the first time in recent history that this British Institution has travelled outside of london. Snvm london. From a Circus Performance in a graveyard to something a little more traditional. Were talking shakespeare, Richard The Third to be precise. Hull being hull, this isnt a traditional performance. Kofis sat in on rehearsal and met the lead actor matt fraser. A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse. Hes returning to his theatrical roots. After playing most recently in American Horror story. Can you imagine this mug on a normal body . I could have ruled the world. Now hes one of the first disabled actors to ever play theatres most famous disabled villain. Matt fraser has beenin disabled villain. Matt fraser has been in rehearsals with the northern Theatre Company for thee weeks now. You back off like that in a greek play with a mask. And for matt, this is one of the toughest roles hes ever had, with 685 lines to learn. Soi ever had, with 685 lines to learn. So i clothe my naked villain. The director started northern broadside 25 years ago with the aim Of Making Shakespeare accessible to all. He has always sought to break new ground. With matt as his lead, his Theatre Company is still blazing a trail where others are sure to follow. Youve done lots of theatre, but never any shakespeare, why now . Well, i did puck in a kind of adapted version of midsummer nights dream with chaos Theatre Company about 2007. But that was my only previous experience of shakespeare. The reason why now is because i was really surprised to be offered to audition and intrigued and scared. You know, im what we might term a mid career artist. I suppose you go along and each time you do something, its less shocking or dangerous the next time you do it. It had been a long time since ive been scared of something. Just the notion of doing that huge, wonderful character i thought ohhh. Richard iii is not the easiest of shakespeares plays. No richard iii is one of the most famous plays. Its done more than hamlet even. Its done more than hamlet even. Its the only one where the character talks directly to the audience and theyre in on his secrets of evil. Rich ad iii is dramas most famous villain and most famous disabled person. To be, apart from Katherine Hunter who played it in this country and has spinal issues, i think im the first person who can say im a deformed actor playing a deformed characterfor the first time in britain. That is extraordinary that it should be the first. But exciting that i get to do. It its huge and it must be a big dealfor yourself. Do. It its huge and it must be a big deal for yourself. This time it wasnt from me. I didnt push to get this role. I was offered it. Times are changing. Although one can say, well, its about blooming time, barry offered it to me and not anybody else. Im taking it. Were going to run with it, albeit with a slight hobble, and see what we do. Im fascinated to see what audiences make of it. Hes out and out evil with no redeeming qualities. He is horrible to everyone. Hes lovely to theirface and horrible to everyone. Hes lovely to their face and stab them in the back. By any means necessary, ascension to the throne. As a disabled person, i can relate to the having to think round the corners, perhaps not quite to the extent of stabbing my own cousins, or something them smothered but i can relate to much of it, although not to the murder and death and destruction, ruin and decay that he causes. What sort of challenges do you think the role might cause . Well, for me, the challenges are to step up to playing such a huge character. Its one of the great roles. Ive played leading characters, but never the with the with the lead before. You have to own that. Im a Troop Company team player. I have an agoier, obviously. I wouldnt be an actor if i didnt. I dont have a monstrous one that wa nts to i dont have a monstrous one that wants to be the star. For me, thats the challenge, is meeting the role head on and owning the lead. In terms of the challenges for the audience, of course, its whether my real physical deformity pulls them out of the play, but i do think a lot of lenny henry doing othello, as a Black Man Playing A Famous Character that a lot of boot polish was used over the years, you know. In my terms, theres been a lot of boot polish going on and now weve got the real thing, so lets see what happens. Woo hoo, lets go few People Living outside of hull realise its twinned with freetown, the capital of sierra leone. Its a relationship that goes back more than 200 years. It started with william wilberforc, an mp of hull, who put the slave trade to an end. More than 30 years ago, hull and freetown were twinned. Its a relationship that is being celebrated during 2017 with a concert later this summer. Ahead of that, Shirley Henry has been finding out more about how the people of freetown are getting involved with the City Of Culture. We love you a message from freetown to hull. This is the capital of sierra leone and as its partner celebrates a year as City Of Culture, expectations are growing as to what this will mean for freetown. I think the people will expect to see some musical treats coming from sierra leone, a sister or brother city. When we come with all that freetown, all that style a nd with all that freetown, all that style and all that stuff that weve got going, im sure they dont have a choice but to be thrilled. But for most people sierra leones not known for its culture, but for this, the deadly ebola virus. Progress has been made but its impact still resonates. Before that, a brutal civil war in the 1990s, left more than 50,000 people dead and thousands more homeless. Sierra leones refugee all stars was formed during that crisis. People are being killed in front of my eyes. I saw them burn people like charcoal. lost brothers, i lost sisters, i lost brothers, i lost sisters, i lost friends. Really, it was too bad. The all stars translated their suffering into lyrics that inspire and uplift. As part of the City Of Culture celebrations, theyve travelled to hull to spread hope, iy travelled to hull to spread hope, joy and faith. City of culture means a lot. It will bring good connection between freetown and hull city. I think it means something. For many, this year of City Of Culture is not just about Show Casing Talent like this, but its about building educational links and letting people know that freetown is open for business. And to cement their future relationship, the twinned cities are now building connections through education. Pupils at this school share cultural links with sutton park primary via skype. Your pen pal Wa Nts To Park primary via skype. Your pen pal wants to know what is your favourite food . The ethos that is needed but for children in this community to access more information, to be able to develop more creative thinking. like about school because when i come to school, i express my feeling andi come to school, i express my feeling and i learn many things. When i finish my school, i like to become a lawyer. This is freetowns version of the promotionalfilm lawyer. This is freetowns version of the promotional film that propelled hulls bid to City Of Culture status. Were proud of this place. Sierra leonians love their country, their history and culture. They now want the world to know its open for business. Its one of rock musics most celebrated partnerships. During the 19705, celebrated partnerships. During the 1970s, david bowie and the Spiders From Mars changed forever the face of popular music. While the london born bowie was an art school graduate, the spiders had a different musical apprenticeship. They honed their skills on the tough clu b they honed their skills on the Tough Club And Pub Circuit in hull, playing as the rats. Sadly theres only one spider left, the drummer. When he returned to hull, earlier in the year, ann marie took him on a walk down memory lane. Theres a star man waiting in the sky hed like to come and meet us, but he thinks hed blow our minds. 1972 and david bowie introduced britains music fans to Ziggy Stardust and his band the Spiders From Mars. The spiders werent from mars, they were in fact from hull. The drummer, woody, is the only surviving member of the group. Hes come back home to visit some of the places he hung out as a young musician. Before his group became the spiders and were called the rats. This was the first place i ever recorded with anybody. It was with the rats, with nick ronson. We came here around 68 i think. Nick had been with the rats with another drummer. They did a track, The Rise And Fall of bernie gripplestone, which is quite cool really in the history of Ziggy Stardust. I dont think it would have gone quite as far if he had said, i am bernie griplestone, it wouldnt quite have worked no. Woody toured the world with david bowie and his band mates, guitarist nick ronson and bass player trevor bolder. As the rats the group played their first gigs in hull and east yorkshire, from church halls to pubs. Were in the duke of cumberland. When did you play here . About 1969 with the rats. How much has it changed since then . about 1969 with the rats. How much has it changed since then . I dont recognise anything. Different net curtains then i remember in between the spiders tours with bowie we would have a weekend off. We would come back to hull and we would come here. You mick and trevor . Yeah it would be a good place to watch bands and have a night out. It doesnt look like youd fit on there with the drum kit. My kit would, but the band wouldnt, definitely not. Those trips home were rare, as they toured the world playing the iconic album, the world playing the iconic album, The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. There was one place they never performed it, the spiders home city. At this point in your career, coming to play here. Its brilliant. That was the biggest gig in hull, so it was always like the drome to play city hall. Here we are on the stage. How does it feel to actually be up here and getting ready to play . Its great. Its somewhere that bowie wanted to play himself. Because he knew we were from hull. So it was always on our wish list and itjust never happened. So to come back now, hull the City Of Culture is amazing and do it for mick and trevor as well. It would have been nice for them to be here in their city and to be playing. Theres a star man waiting in the sky hed like to come and meet us hed like to come and meet us but he thinks hed blow our minds more than four decades since that tour, woody and bowies producer have formed the performed the album live in full for the First Time Ever as part of the City Of Cultures celebrations. Woodys dream of playing the spiders songs in hull has finally come true. Cheering and applause thats it from hulls general seam tear and thats it from hulls general seam tearand our thats it from hulls general seam tear and our latest look at some of the highlights from the uks City Of Culture. Were back later in the summer, get your cultural fix on the website, bbc. Co. Uk hull2017. Summer, get your cultural fix on the website, bbc. Co. Uk hul12017. Byebye hello. There disappointingly cloudy through the afternoon for bank holiday monday. Outbreaks of reason continuing to move north across Northern Ireland and scotland and Northern England. Heavy, thundery showers continuing to clear away from the midlands and Northern England as we head into this evening and first part of the night. It turns drier in the south. Still some showery rain, mist and murk across northern areas. Fairly mild night across the south, fresher in the north and the west. Then into tuesday, a dry start for many. A bit of sunshine, Weather Front off the atla ntic of sunshine, Weather Front off the atlantic Brings Rain Initially to Northern Ireland, then to scotland as it clears through, it will allow sunshine and showers to move in behind. The Rain Band Fizzling out as it reaches england and wales. Here, a bit of cloud, one or two showers and sunny spells. Warm again in the south east. Fresher in the north and the west. At least bright to spenisation. Compensate. For most its looking dry and warm spells of sunshine midweek. The headlines on bbc news at 5 00pm the bbc obtains cctv pictures appearing to show the manchester bomber salman abedi shopping in the hours before the attack. Staff say its the same man. Looking at that cctv, its the same guy thats been in the shop several times in the past. He looks exactly like the guy that theyre saying has done the bombings. Greater Manchester Police are searching a Landfill Site near bury in connection with the attack. Visitors have been evacuated from hamerton zoo park in cambridgeshire after what Emergency Services describe a very serious incident. British airways Chief Executive says hes sorry about the disruption caused by a global Computer Meltdown but says he wont resign. Also this hour we will make a fool and exhaustive investigation and find out
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