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Whats happening in the year long celebration. Hello, and welcome to hull, the uk City Of Culture. Showcasing the brightest and The Best Of Contemporary Culture has brought us here to hulls cemetery for a Circus Performance with a difference. And continuing our celebration of difference, we meet matt fraser who will be putting his Disability Centre stage to play shakespeares richard iii. Im a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it...

Whats happening in the year long celebration. Hello, and welcome to hull, the uk City Of Culture. Showcasing the brightest and The Best Of Contemporary Culture has brought us here to hulls cemetery for a Circus Performance with a difference. And continuing our celebration of difference, we meet matt fraser who will be putting his Disability Centre stage to play shakespeares richard iii. Im a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it...

Culture has brought us here to hulls cemetery for a Circus Performance with a difference. And continuing our celebration of difference, we meet mat fraser, who will be putting his Disability Centre stage to play shakespeares richard iii. Im a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first, but its exciting that i get to do it. We will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. Theres a sta...

Culture has brought us here to hulls cemetery for a Circus Performance with a difference. And continuing our celebration of difference, we meet mat fraser, who will be putting his Disability Centre stage to play shakespeares richard iii. Im a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first, but its exciting that i get to do it. We will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. Theres a sta...

The bbc obtains cctv pictures appearing to show the Manchester Bomber Salman Abedi Shopping A Day before the attack. Staff say its the same man. Meanwhile, Greater Manchester police are searching a Landfill Site in pilsworth in bury in connection with the attack. Vistors have been evacuated from Hamerton Park Zoo in cambridgeshire amid reports of a very serious incident. Police and an Air Ambulance have been seen at the scene. Now on bbc news hull is nearly half way through being the uks 2017 Ci...

If he is to compete at augusta. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Any parent who takes their child out of school in england during term time could be fined, or even face prosecution. Thats the ruling of the Supreme Court after a father lost his case that he could take his daughter out of school as long as she attended regularly. Jon platt whos from the Isle Of Wight had refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter for an unauthorised holiday. The high court had originally ruled...

More than 1,000 children came together to take part in the annual Cornwall School Games last week.

A decade ago EDP editor David Powles was at the start of a two-week stint as a games maker at the 2012 Olympics. He reflects on that time.

Being a Games Maker at the London Olympics meant a free ticket, good memories and a great line on your CV. But capitalising on all that good will for the community takes government investment.

More than 2,500 children and 50 schools came together on Friday (July 1) to take part in the annual Cornwall School Games.