coventry has hosted an array of small scale performances around the city to mark the start of its year as the uk city of culture. from music and dance performances to horseback rides, the event called coventry moves was billed as a playful and engaging introduction to the city. colleen harris reports. # i rise above # life is below, river flows.# breathing new life into coventry s ska and 2 tone legacy, the singer pauline black of the 70s and 80s band the selecter opened the uk city of culture with a performance in a residential part of the city. i play the river spirit. there is a river that runs under coventry called the sherbourne, and i m enticing the future generation by telling a story about how coventry came together. big up the bolly dancers! organisers have had to keep plans low key and secret to avoid attracting crowds, so performers and street theatre is moving through the city telling its story of resilience, innovation and youthfulness. youthfulness is the
coventry has hosted an array of small scale performances around the city to mark the start of its year as the uk city of culture. from music and dance performances to horseback rides, the event called coventry moves was billed as a playful and engaging introduction to the city . colleen harris reports. # rise above # life is below, river flows.# breathing new life into coventry s ska and 2 tone legacy, the singer pauline black of the 70s and 80s band the selecter opened the uk city of culture with a performance in a residential part of the city. i play the river spirit. there is a river that runs under coventry called the sherbourne, and i m enticing the future generation by telling a story about how coventry came together. big up the bolly dancers! organisers have had to keep plans low key and secret to avoid attracting crowds, so performers and street theatre is moving through the city telling its story of resilience, innovation and youthfulness. youthfulness is the
a city wide celebration will be held in coventry today to mark the launch of the uk s city of culture programme. there will be no mass gathering due to covid restrictions, but instead, a spectacle of art and performance, live streamed online throughout the day, as colleen harris reports. it s been a long wait. now coventry is ready. from street theatre to music, preparations are being finalised for tomorrow s launch. welcome to coventry. the city will showcase its cultural heritage, from post war brutalist architecture to the birth of iconicjaguars. # but when i switch on, i rotate the dial.# breathing new life into coventry s two tone legacy is pauline black from 80s band the selecter. she says the city s year in the cultural spotlight will bring much needed regeneration and investment. coventry is, if you like, a phoenix rising from the ashes, because of how much it was, you know, it was decimated here by the world war ii bombing. it is the youth that is going to take that
as the un warns that hundreds of thousands could starve we ll be speaking to a rights advocacy group calling for more international action we are live from coventry cathedral. a central point for today s opening events at lunch as coventry s year as uk city series of pop up events are moving through the city to avoid mass crowds due to coronavirus restrictions. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. finance ministers of the world s leading economies remain confident of striking an historic deal in london today on taxing tech giants. the agreement by the g7 group of finance ministers is set to include a global minimum rate of corporation tax. the base rate of 15% is seen as a starting point, but is lower than the minimum rate of 21% that had been proposed by president biden. the plans are also set to stop major multinational companies, include apple and microsoft, from paying little or no tax in countries where they make money. the uk chancello
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. watching in the uk finance ministers of the world s leading economies remain confident of striking an historic deal in london today on taxing tech giants. the agreement by the g7 group of finance ministers is set to include a global minimum rate of corporation tax. the base rate of 15% is seen as a starting point, but is lower than the minimum rate of 21% that had been proposed by president biden. the plans are also set to stop major multinational companies, include apple and microsoft from paying little or no tax in countries where they make money. the uk chancellor, rishi sunak said businesses should pay the right amount of tax in the right place. germany s finance minister olaf sholz said the deal if struck would change the world . it will be very effective, yes. many countries will have higher taxes, but it is helpful that they know that there is a basis. and it will be looked country by country. i