Atlantic FM

You are not logged in. Log In or Sign Up

On Air

Through the night Midnight - 6:00AM

Cornwall fails in bid to become 'City of Culture'

Wednesday, February 24th 2010 16:30

Birmingham, Londonderry, Norwich and Sheffield left in the running

Cornwall has failed in its bid to become the first UK City of Culture for 2013.

Cornwall Council had launched a bid to become the country's first city of culture last year.

Despite not being a city the county had been allowed to submit a bid.

It had been named on a shortened list of 14 last year but have discovered that we've not made the final shortlist

Margaret Hodge, the Culture Minister announced today that the four finalists were Birmingham, Londonderry, Norwich and Sheffield

More from Atlantic News

Navigation