relations lawyer. also this afternoon. there were more excess deaths than usual in the uk last year. the highest number outside the covid pandemic in half a century. some shops open at midnight to meet demand for prince harry s heavily trailed autobiography, which is now on sale. and a setback, not a roadblock. the team behind a uk space mission which failed to launch say they will keep on trying. and this picture has been causing something of a stir on social media today, because someone or something is missing. we will be revealing all. good afternoon. in the last few minutes, the government has been introducing draft legislation to limit future industrial action in the public sector. the bill would cover health, fire and railway workers. ministers say it would introduce a minimum level of service. unions have reacted angrily to the proposals, which they say potentially are undemocratic and unworkable, and would limit the right to strike. the business secretary grant shapps
waiting in the sky. and go on a trip down memory lane with a spiderfrom mars. hello, i m anne marie tasker, and i m the arts and culture correspondence for the bbc here in hull and this is kofi smiles. i m the face of hull, chosen by the bbc with a mission, to bring you culture whenever and wherever it happens. today, we are taking it quite literally because we are not in a concert hall or in a theatre, we are here in a graveyard. it s a setting for a performance which is quite difficult to sum up in just a few words. it s part circus acrobats, part music, part dance and it all takes place under the cover of darkness. areialists, acrobats, video artists, singers. coming together to tell the story of 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, eurydice, back to life. the audience happens upon the action as they wander through hull s general cemetery. we
what s happening in the year long celebration. hello, and welcome to hull, the uk city of culture. showcasing the brightest and the best of contemporary culture has brought us here to hull s cemetery for a circus performance with a difference. and continuing our celebration of difference, we meet matt fraser who will be putting his disability centre stage to play shakespeare s richard iii. i m a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first but it s exciting that i get to do it. we will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. # there s a star man, waiting in the sky.# and go on a trip down memory lane with a spiderfrom mars. hello, i m anne marie tasker, and i m the arts and culture correspondence for the bbc here in hull and this is kofi smiles. i m the face of hull, chosen by the bbc with a mission, to bring you culture whenever and wherever it happens. today, we
the uk city of culture. showcasing the brightest and the best of contemporary culture has brought us here to hull s cemetery for a circus performance with a difference. and continuing our celebration of difference, we meet matt fraser who will be putting his disability centre stage to play shakespeare s richard iii. i m a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first but it s exciting that i get to do it. we will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. # there s a star man, waiting in the sky. and go on a trip down memory lane with a spiderfrom mars. hello, i m anne marie tasker, and i m the arts and culture correspondent for the bbc here in hull, and this is kofi smiles. i m the face of hull, chosen by the bbc with a mission, to bring you culture whenever and wherever it happens. today, we are taking it quite literally because we are not in a concert hall or in a t
culture has brought us here to hull s cemetery for a circus performance with a difference. and continuing our celebration of difference, we meet mat fraser, who will be putting his disability centre stage to play shakespeare s richard iii. i m a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first, but it s exciting that i get to do it. we will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. # there s a starman, waiting in the sky. and go on a trip down memory lane with a spider from mars. hello, i m anne marie tasker, and i m the arts and culture correspondent for the bbc here in hull, and this is kofi smiles. i m the face of hull, chosen by the bbc with a mission, to bring you culture whenever and wherever it happens. today, we are taking it quite literally, because we are not in a concert hall or in a theatre, we are here in a graveyard. it s a setting for a performance which i