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Deadline passes for UK City of Culture 2017 bids | Deadline passes for UK City of Culture 2017 bids |
(about 11 hours later) | |
The deadline for bids to become UK City of Culture 2017 passes on Tuesday. | The deadline for bids to become UK City of Culture 2017 passes on Tuesday. |
Aberdeen, Chester, Dundee, east Kent, Hastings and Bexhill-on-Sea, Hull, Leicester, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Southampton, Southend-on-Sea and Swansea Bay are all in the running. | Aberdeen, Chester, Dundee, east Kent, Hastings and Bexhill-on-Sea, Hull, Leicester, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Southampton, Southend-on-Sea and Swansea Bay are all in the running. |
The winner will be the second city to hold the title after Derry-Londonderry. | The winner will be the second city to hold the title after Derry-Londonderry. |
A string of celebrities have backed various cities, with Lord Attenborough speaking up for Leicester and Orlando Bloom supporting east Kent. | |
The bids have to be handed to the Department for Culture Media and Sport on Tuesday with a shortlist announced in June. | The bids have to be handed to the Department for Culture Media and Sport on Tuesday with a shortlist announced in June. |
The submissions will be considered by an independent panel chaired by Phil Redmond, creator of popular TV series including Grange Hill, Brookside and Hollyoaks. | |
'Rich cultural vein' | 'Rich cultural vein' |
Oscar winner Lord Attenborough is the latest high profile name to come out in support of one particular bid and announced his backing for Leicester, where he first got a taste for acting. | |
He said: "My experience and knowledge of Leicester's rich vein of cultural and, in particular, theatrical activity goes back over 80 years - from my first stumbling steps on the stage of the Little Theatre, through to the Phoenix, the Haymarket and now Curve. | He said: "My experience and knowledge of Leicester's rich vein of cultural and, in particular, theatrical activity goes back over 80 years - from my first stumbling steps on the stage of the Little Theatre, through to the Phoenix, the Haymarket and now Curve. |
"It is why I chose to create a Centre for Disability and the Arts in Leicester and more recently decided to loan my Picasso ceramics to the city's New Walk Museum." | "It is why I chose to create a Centre for Disability and the Arts in Leicester and more recently decided to loan my Picasso ceramics to the city's New Walk Museum." |
Bloom started his career treading the boards at Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre aged just four. | Bloom started his career treading the boards at Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre aged just four. |
Meanwhile comic Billy Connolly and musician Dame Evelyn Glennie backed Aberdeen's hopes and diver Tom Daley supported his home town Plymouth. | Meanwhile comic Billy Connolly and musician Dame Evelyn Glennie backed Aberdeen's hopes and diver Tom Daley supported his home town Plymouth. |
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