I've never heard of a place called Dudley in England until today.
Four or five years ago there was an earthquake in the UK which centred in Dudley. I live down south but still felt the ground shake a bit. I remember reading in the paper afterwards that most people hadn't heard of Dudley before the earthquake happened Apparently Lenny Henry was born there too, though I might be remembering wrong.
If they keep announcing new cities then there won't be any towns or villages left within 20 years
The only places that should be counted as cities are
London Glasgow Edinburgh Manchester Liverpool Newcastle Birmingham Leeds Belfast Cardiff Londonderry Aberdeen Swansea Dundee Sheffield
What are your criteria for inclusion on the list?
Also, isn't Scotland massively over represented when the population of Scotland is about 5 5 million and the England about 50 million? Shouldn't your list be more representative of that?
Also, why exclude places like Nottingham, Bristol and Leicester?
I think us here in Doncaster (and Goole) knew that we wouldn't get it, but it's a little disappointing. I thought Reading would get it too
For those complaining about St Asaph, they chose one from Scotland, England and Wales, and so there wasn't much other competition for the Welsh one, although i'm not sure what else was on the list.