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 im 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 glint in a young person
Because of more cloud, 18 to 21 degrees. For monday, we are in between weather systems, a similar story, quite a bit of sunshine around, variable cloud, some heavy showers potentially across parts of central, northern, eastern england. Temperature is reaching 22, may 23. Around 19 or 2a Scotland and Northern Ireland. Moving through the week, in and eastern areas that see the best of the bright and dry weather, but further north and west, there are some weather systems, may be bringing some more cloud and spots of rain. The Travel Shows hitting across the uk again in a series of four special programmes. The Travel Show Road to recovery, streaming now on bbc iplayer. Hello, this is Bbc News. The headlines. The Uks Health Secretary says Thejune 21st Decision on Easing Restrictions has become more difficult because the Delta Variant is 40 more transmissible. That does make life more challenging for everybody. And you have seen that the case rates have risen a little. But, the good news is
Need a helping hand, or trunk, to get them on the way. Translation such a situation has happened for the first time in history. Its never happened before, so everyone s thinking about the reasons. It remains to be further observed and studied. Its not entirely clear when their odyssey began, but some suggest they may have set out as early as december. The animals forging a trail through the chinese countryside, occasionally straying into towns and villages, even helping themselves to something to eat as theirjourney progressed. Translation they like to go| to areas frequented by humans as Theres Plenty of food. The asian elephants take such areas as their habitats. The authorities have deployed thousands of people to evacuate homes, block Off Roads and try to lure the animals away from the local population, but theyve now reached a major city of more than 6 Million people. What they plan to do next is anyone s guess. Tim allman, Bbc News. Now its time for a look at the weather with sta
And thousands fleeing across the border in africa, seeking refuge from an erupting volcano. It is sunday, may 23rd, thank you so much for waking up with us. Christi, always great to see you. And you as well. Lets get into these conversations this morning. As u. S. Officials are pushing to get more people vaccinated, theres another state thats reached a critical milestone this morning. According to cdc data, Rhode Island is now the 8th State to have administered at least one Vaccine Dose to 70 of its adult population. This is a prime achievement as the country is really trying to reach Herd Immunity as you know. Yeah, the news comes amid an unprecedented surge of covid cases in southeast asia. India now surpassing 26 1 2 Million cases, with more than 3,000 covid deaths a day for the past month. There is some good news, though, a new scientific report shows that two doses of either the Oxford Astrazeneca or the Pfizer Vaccines are quote highly effective against the new variant that was f