Every day for the past 12 months, at sunrise and sunset, different people have watched over the city of hull from a glass pod eight storeys above the ground. it was for an unusual art project called hull vigil, which came to an end yesterday. more than 700 people took part, and crispin rolfe has been speaking to some of them. i can t believe it s a whole year since i was standing here doing the first vigil. hull is the perfect place. interesting. eye opening. yeah. so many ranges of emotions, so many thoughts going through your head, - all at one space of time, really. the 730 places for the vigil went in four hours. but i ll miss it. for a year now, at both sunset
That is the only way i can put it. it was the first british ship lost in action since the second world war. it is a day old comrades will never forget. every day for the past 12 months, at sunrise and sunset, different people have watched over the city of hull from a glass pod eight storeys above the ground. it was for an unusual art project called hull vigil, which came to an end yesterday. more than 700 people took part, and crispin rolfe has been speaking to some of them. i can t believe it s a whole year since i was standing here doing the first vigil. hull is the perfect place. interesting. eye opening. yeah. so many ranges of emotions, so many thoughts going through your head, all at one space of time, really. the 730 places for the vigil
Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: the first shipment of us military aid to ukraine has arrived in kyiv. it follows talks between russia and the us secretary of state in geneva on friday. moscow has denied it plans to invade. a conservative backbencher who accused downing street of trying to blackmail mps seeking to drive out borisjohnson is to meet police to discuss his allegations. william wragg said he will be speaking to a met police detective early next week. the government has denied the allegations. humanitarian aid is begining to reach the tens of thousands of people affected by the volcano and tsunami in tonga. the new zealand navy is providing 250,000 litres of water. five of the uk s leading business groups have called on the government to act now to support consumers facing spiralling energy bills. for the last eight months, with every passing sunrise and sunset, a solitary figure has stepped into a glass box eight storeys above the ground in hull. i
Of the eye. it is the most common cause of significant sight loss in the developed world. when i first heard about this particular technology and seeing the results from stanford, i thought this has potential to really be a game changer, and we re now seeing in a clinical trial so from a personal note, i am just so happy now that i can talk to patients about a new technology that potentially could benefit them, and all of these years, there has been nothing. this grandmother will have to undergo many training sessions to encourage improvements in her vision but moorfields eye hospital hopes to recruit more people into the study and help the millions affected by a life changing disease. for the last eight months, with every passing sunrise and sunset, a solitary figure has stepped into a glass box eight stories above the ground in hull. it s part of an art installation called the hull vigil , which aims to encourage a selection of local volunteers to peacefully keep watch over their
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