Liverpool's odds of hosting next year's Eurovision Song Contest have jumped up after some five cities were taken out of the running on Tuesday.
Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester made up a previous shortlist of potential cities to host Eurovision in 2023 in place of Ukraine. But now just Glasgow and Liverpool are potential host locations.
Ukrainian entry Kalush Orchestra triumphed at the 2022 competition in Turin, Italy, but the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which produces the annual event, decided the show cannot be held in the country following Russia's invasion.