City of Culture: Aberdeen and Dundee vie for prize

Eleven contenders have been put forward to become the next UK City of Culture in 2017.

By The Newsroom

Published 6th Mar 2013, 02:23 BST

Culture minister Ed Vaizey announced the bids, which include Aberdeen, Chester, Dundee, Hastings and Bexhill-on-Sea, Hull, Leicester, Plymouth, Southend-on-Sea and a joint application from Portsmouth and Southampton.

They also include East Kent – which covers Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Thanet – and Swansea Bay, made up of Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Neath and Port Talbot.

Mr Vaizey said: “This shows the appetite for the prestigious City of Culture title is in healthy supply.”