For the covid deLayed year as Uk City of culture 2021. Radio Jingle Bbc cwr Good morning, happy saturday this is rachel new. I hope youve had some caffeine in you already, because today is Going to be a very big day. The start of a Summer Weekend in coventry But this is no ordinary saturday. Today, the whole city will be become a giant stage, to mark the start of a big year. As the Uk City of culture. Stay with us all day, because were Going to make sure that you do not miss a moment of this. Cove ntry. Its been a long time coming. Coventry won the honour back in 2017. Cove ntry . Way before covid forced Artistic Directorjustine Themen to change all her pLans. You see the track . Its down here. Because we cant be bringing audiences together in Large numbers, or even participants, we have had to think very differently. For a start, what is about to take pLace on these streets has had to be kept a complete secret. Theres one of you that isnt. To avoid Large crowds gathering to watch, wit
Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. The queen has welcomed the us president Joe Biden at windsor castle. The G7 Summit concludes with Member States agreeing to deliver more than A Billion coronavirus vaccinations to poorer countries and raise A Hundred Billion dolLars to help them cut carbon emissions. But there is also being a continuing row over the Northern IreLand protocol. Doctors confirm denmarks Christian Eriksen suffered a Cardiac Arrest during a match at the European Championship. And a Sterling Effort from engLand as they beat Croatia I O in their Opening Game of the European Championship at wembley. Well be back at the top of the hour with more news. Now on bbc news, were in coventry as the citys streets are transformed into a giant stage and the celebrations finally begin for the covid deLayed year, as Uk City of culture 2021. Good morning, happy saturday this is rachel new. I hope youve had some caffeine in you already, because today is Going to be a very big day. The
A city wide celebration will be held in Coventry Today to mark the launch of the uks 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. Its been a long wait. Now coventry is ready. From Street Theatre to music, preparations are being finalised for tomorrows 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 Citys 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 forward. But to
Hello and welcome If you re watchIng In the uk or around the world. WatchIng In the Uk FInance mInIsters of the worlds 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. Germanys 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 am sure that thIs wI