postcodes in north london suddenly finding yourself at a choral school, as a choral scholar in peterborough for the first time. are you saying, in a sense, what civic national service could do is take people out of their environments and introduce them to very different people and very different places? absolutely. now, because i believe in an encounter culture. i grew up poor, black, literally never went much beyond the n15 postcode in tottenham, and it was only because i went to choral school in peterborough that i came across middle england. i was exposed to a different life. i didn't realise at the time that if i had just gone three miles up the road to enfield, it would it wouldn't have been that different, but i got on a city train, i went for voice trials, it was the era of aled jones, i became a chorister. and i'm... i'm hugely struck that you can be growing up in cleethorpes and if you don't go to university, this is half the country, you may never come into contact with a young person who is growing up in tottenham. where do we come together to share our values as a country? now,

much beyond the n15 postcode in tottenham, and it was only because i went to choral school in peterborough england. i was exposed to a different life. i didn't realise at the time that if i had just gone three miles up the road to enfield, it would it wouldn't have been that different, but i got on a city train, i went for voice trials, it was the era of aled jones, i became a chorister. and i'm... i'm hugely struck that you can be growing up in cleethorpes and if you don't go to university, this is half the country, you may never come into contact with a young person who is growing up in tottenham. where do we come together to share our values as a country? now, the royal family do provide some of that glue, we have just been through the platinum jubilee, but i suspect there is more to do around this business of a healthy patriotism and belief in our national identity. what is interesting is you have called that your billy elliot moment, when you went to that school, it was your x factor moment, it obviously worked for you, you became head boy, you went on to a top university. but linking

well, it's a bit different at peterborough cathedral at the moment.in the cathedral cloisters, creatures lurk. dark and dangerous, mean and menacing. prehistory made flesh after roaming the earth millions of years in the past. these dinosaurs are bringing to life what it would've been like to actually see a real dinosaur, and an enormous effort has been made with these models to create very realistic movements. and if you look very carefully you can even see some of the models breathing. i think we're all very relieved when we got the big, static t—rex which is life—size into the building, because it was a very tight squeeze, even into such a large space. it's taken one week to bring the natural history museum epic exhibition into peterborough cathedral. the life—sized t—rex to its temporary home. for some lucky and brave children, a chance to see how dinosaurs really lived. how they look and how tall they are, and their personality. the ankylosaurus is my favourite because it looks really nice - and all the spikes on its back. very cool, amazing and

it's taken a week to bring the natural history museum epic exhibition into peterborough cathedral.a chance to see how dinosaurs really lived. how they look and how tall they are, and their personality. the ankylosaurus is my favourite because it looks really nice and all the spikes on its back. very cool, amazing and awesome. i think that it's really cool because its teeth, how it, like, munches and it tries to eat all the bones and... and you're not worried you might get eaten, you're not scared? no. the dinosaurs�* arrival in the picture helps us see the bigger picture. what does this tell us about our place in the world? i think it makes us think about our place in the creative order. we only have one planet. we think about what our human species is doing to our planet. we think about the climate crisis that we are experiencing at the moment, and that these dinosaurs help us think about that in some sort of perspective. the dinosaurs have finally found a home grand enough to call their own, and a chance for visitors to see them up close and personal. emma baugh, bbc news. a new

to whiten peterborough, who has died at the age of 97. —— peterborough, who has died at the age of 97ve people today according to emergency service. it happened near the dolomites, 60 miles north of venice. at least five killed and eight others injured, more on that as we get it. now it's time for a look at the weather with lucy martin. hello there. broadly speaking, today is a day of sunny spells and showers. the showers generally in the west, pushing east through the afternoon. here is the pressure chart, high pressure to the southwest, low pressure in the north, so blustery in scotland, particularly the north, through the day. the temperatures in the high teens, low 20s. through tonight, showers fading away across england and wales, we continue to see a flow of showers on that blustery wind across scotland, northern ireland, into northern england and the far north of wales into the early hours. temperatures generally sitting at an overnight low of eight celsius. tomorrow, a band of cloud sitting across northern england and north wales, bringing the odd, isolated shower. that slips

i'm joined now by wayne fitzgerald, the leader of peterborough council, and chair of the peterborough afternoon. good afternoon. just remindin: good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our— good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our viewers _ good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our viewers that _ good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our viewers that it - good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our viewers that it is - good afternoon. good afternoon. just reminding our viewers that it is not i reminding our viewers that it is not the general public that will choose the general public that will choose the next leader of the conservative party. it is ordinary members up and down the country, around 106,000 also. which way are you swinging at the moment?— the moment? that's a difficult one. so difficult that _ the moment? that's a difficult one. so difficult that we've _ the moment? that's a difficult one. so difficult that we've lost - the moment? that's a difficult one. so difficult that we've lost the - so difficult that we've lost the line and

meeting the electorate of tomorrow, liz truss was in peterborough this afternoon.n secretary's gaze beyond this conversation has been on her opponent, rishi sunak, putting up taxes when he was chancellor, but now, she is extending her critique. the fact is, we have had economic policy, notjust under this government, for the past two decades, there has been a consensus on our economic policy and it has not delivered economic growth. what i know about the treasury from having worked there, they do resist change, and what people in britain desperately need now is change. and yes, liz truss was the chief secretary to the treasury for two yea rs. here she is on budget day, five years ago, and here she is, a year later, full of enthusiasm about the then chancellor philip hammond's speech. her opponent rishi sunak was chancellor himself until a fortnight ago. what gives you the edge over liz truss? his instincts and hers on tax cuts are strikingly different. they both want them but she says they should happen now and rishi sunak�*s supporters say the responsible thing to

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damage to the east coast main line at sandy, is expected to keep the route between london and peterboroughs were far from running smoothly. i'm at london kings cross company hub for the east coast main line that connects the capital with yorkshire, tyneside, scotland and there are no trains running at all. i was expecting to see at 5:a5am this morning the very first train going north to edinburgh but that was cancelled as has every other train today, lner says do not travel. it is rumoured that might be some trains from noon onwards, nothing going north because of a fire at peterborough which has damaged the overhead wires. that has also a common problem on other lines, the west coast main line is having a really serious issues going north from london, also in the birmingham new street area, and on top of that between lancaster and carlisle. as a result, it all depends where you aren't. if you are in scotland you are going to get a much better service today and you have for the last two months because the drivers' dispute is over and 700 trains had been reinstated. i've looked at other pla

there are also a number of fires along some routes including one between king's cross and peterboroughl turning up at the station. i don't know if you can see, it is pretty crowded on the main concourse and they've been turning up to find a special notice on the departure board saying no trains until midday. this is not the only place with disruption, lots of delays and cancellations out of london euston station as well this morning and across the avanti west coast network. still lots of disruption. across the picture up there have not been any direct trains between london and scotland this morning. the hope is things will improve as the day goes on but so much damage caused over the past day or so as there is really extreme temperatures hit, although the of network rail's teams have worked through the night, but everything has yet been repaired and even when things are fixed, the disruption we've seen can mean trains and crews are in the wrong place. still a lot of knock—on impacts being felt today around the rail network although in places trains are running and more back to normal.—

which _ because of the fire at peterborough which has _ because of the fire at peterborough which hasr kent, but you cannot— amsterdam, brussels or kent, but you cannot travel— amsterdam, brussels or kent, but you cannot travel on the east midlands railway— cannot travel on the east midlands railway to — cannot travel on the east midlands railway to leicester, derby, nottingham or sheffield at the moment. all sorts of problems and network— moment. all sorts of problems and network rail engineers are at work overnight— network rail engineers are at work overnight and continuing to do that but if— overnight and continuing to do that but if you _ overnight and continuing to do that but if you are trying to travel a long _ but if you are trying to travel a long distance, check in advance. so it really— long distance, check in advance. so it really depends where you're heading — it really depends where you're heading and starting out. yesterday's temperatures caused several wildfires across the uk. in europe, where temperatures have been consistently fires are continuing to burn — causing

we can cross to andrew plant in peterborough. what sort of temperatures have you got there?ng they have that gritter is out today, out repairing roads today. a few reservoirs closed because they are worried about people jumping into open water when they're not used to it and i don't know what is underneath and not lifeguard on duty, it can be pretty dangerous and we had that tragic death of a 13—year—old on sunday. a lot of advice about not doing that in open water reservoirs. the advice, pretty much the same three things, keep hydrated, keep out of direct sunshine and keep checking on those people who perhaps can't regulate their body temperature quite as well, that tends to be older and younger people, too. all good advice, thank you very much indeed. we are hearing a new record temperature for wales reached in a flint shirt, in flintshire in wales. pretty sure that might be broken in other parts of the uk but we'll see. joining me now is jane tyson, the senior scientific officer at the rspca. what sort of advice do you have for people with animals who are worried about th

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and on these over the weekend, she met with the children in the city of peterborough and the youngerely. and to say cheeky, let's hear what they said. discuss it actively. naturally, the united kingdom is discussing the previous speech or passion about the restoration of peace in ukraine and how peaceful life will be there, no one needs it, but they are already trying to discuss it. and apparently . peri money and budgets on it. well , first of all, this is a very funny performance when she promises to evict johnson there because it is passion that just supports those who were for johnson and those who, in general, are logisticians who are fighting johnson is their creature, madam of the route, which regarding we have already said many times that when the british american any other politicians officials, they say we allocated 10-20 million, 30 billion 30 billion dollars to ukraine. we understand that the lion's share of this money. it does not even reach ukraine with this money. the work of western consultants is paid for with this money american companies are already buying american