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UK City of Culture for 2025 shortlist announced
The BBC reported, Bradford, County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham have made the shortlist to be named UK City of Culture for 2025.
A different location is given the title every four years.
The winning place will be announced in May and will be the fourth holder, after Derry-Londonderry, Hull and the current City of Culture, Coventry.
The title has brought £172m to Coventry, according to the government, as well as events like BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend and the Turner Prize.
Arts Minister Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay says: "We have seen a huge positive impact in this year's host city, Coventry, with millions of pounds in investment and thousands of visitors."
The government said the finalists would have to show how they would use culture "to transform a place through social, cultural and economic regeneration" and recover from the Covid pandemic.
For the first time, groups of towns, areas and counties have been able to bid, as well as single urban areas.
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The four locations that missed out on progressing from the longlist were Cornwall, Derby, Stirling and a bid covering Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon.
Source: BBC
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