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YORKSHIRE SHEPHERDESS AMONG FAMOUS FACES AT ANNUAL EVENT
HUDDERSFIELD’S Amanda Owen – as well as Matt Baker and Peter Wright – will be among the celebrity guests at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show.
The Yorkshire Shepherdess, who grew up in Newsome and is the star of Our Yorkshire Farm, will be on stage, organisers of the show have confirmed. Amanda will be appearing on the new Great Yorkshire Show (GYS) Stage, on Friday, July 15.
The day before, Countryfile and Animal Rescue Squad presenter Matt Baker will be appearing.
Matt, from a farming family, said he had grown up with the Great Yorkshire Show.
Matt said: “I’ve been to the show many times over the years either filming, or with my family who compete here. It’s one of the best agricultural shows there is, with some of the finest animals in the country competing, as well as plenty of entertainment. I always recommend it as a terrific day out.”
Meanwhile, the star of The Yorkshire Vet, Peter Wright, will be appearing every day at Britain’s biggest country show.
Peter said: “We always love coming to the GYS and have been coming for years, with my family as well as filming. I’m delighted to be taking part in the brand new GYS Stage which will be an exciting new addition to the show.”
Former JLS singer-turned-farmer Jonathan “JB” Gill will appear on Wednesday, July 13, the day after
Countryfile presenter Adam Henson appears.
Former ITV Calendar presenter Christine Talbot will be interviewing all the guests who will be available for a meet and greet afterwards.
The festival, which runs at the GYS Showground, Harrogate, from July 12 to July 15 (8am-6pm), will feature all the classic show animal classes plus a new show jumping competition.
More features of the show will be announced in the coming weeks, show organisers Yorkshire Agricultural Society said.
Tickets must be bought in advance as there will be no tickets sold at the gates. This is to manage visitor numbers.
For tickets and more information visit the official GYS website.
RAIL funding cuts will increase the risk of serious train crashes, trade unions have claimed.
A report by the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) stated that Network Rail plans to slash its annual expenditure by £100 million, mainly through the loss of 2,500 maintenance jobs.
The union organisation believes it is “impossible” to make such cuts without losing “safety-critical jobs”.
It also warned train timetables will be reduced as the Treasury has ordered the Department for Transport (DfT) to bring down its annual budget by 10%.
The TUC’s report said: “These cuts threaten essential services and maintenance, and increase the risk of the types of accidents that marked the first decades of privatised rail.”
Britain’s railways were hit by a series of deadly crashes in the years after train operation was privatised in the mid-1990s.
These included accidents at Southall, west London, in September 1997; Ladbroke Grove, west London in October 1999; Hatfield, Hertfordshire in October 2000; and Potters Bar, Hertfordshire in May 2002.