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Boris Johnson led the congratulations when Bradford was announced as the successor to Coventry as City of Culture 2025.

Forget the negative media portrayals: from the Brontës to chai shops, this city is teeming with culture old and new, says the investigative journalist and researcher Ghazal Abbasi

Durham may not have brought home the big prize, but the county will receive £125,000 to take forward elements of its bid

There are celebrations tonight - and commiserations for the three failed bids on the shortlist

City announced winner after months of competition, beating Southampton, Wrexham and County Durham

Bradford fought off County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough to clinch the title

The announcement was made live on the One Show

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announced the winner of the four-yearly title live on the BBC’s The One Show after Coventry won hundreds of millions of funding for its title in 2021

Durham is battling it out with Bradford, Southampton and Wrexham to bring home the coveted honour - after being shortlisted as one of just four finalists in March.

On an overcast morning in Bradford, northern England, a steady stream of locals arrive at a foodbank to collect produce parcels described as "a lifesaver" during the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Bradford Central Foodbank is helping twice as many people compared to pre-pandemic, as spiraling prices for energy,…

It followed on from an evacuation the previous day