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Disappointment over culture bid

(4 June 2003)

After hearing of Liverpool's success in the bid to become the UK's Capital of Culture in 2008, the Vice-Chancellor of Durham University, Sir Kenneth Calman, said: "This is hugely disappointing, of course, but we should not let it become a set-back. Thousands of people throughout the North East have worked extremely hard to prepare and support the bid. On behalf of the University I thank them for their superb efforts. We must all now find the way to carry on from where we are. The region may have missed out on the title but we still have the teamwork."