The UK government has announced the 14 cities eligible to bid for money to make themselves "super-connected".

Chancellor George Osborne said in his Autumn Statement that he was making £100m available to create 100Mbps (megabits per second) citywide networks in 10 urban areas.

It forms part of government plans to kickstart the economy

Among cities eligible to bid are Birmingham, Liverpool and Newcastle.

The four UK capitals - London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast - had already been announced. The others on the list are Bradford, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester and Sheffield.