The Week Ahead with Yorkshire Post features writer Laura Reid

Assistant Features Editor Laura Reid looks at what's happening in the week ahead.

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00:00 Hi, I'm Laura Reid, the Assistant Features Editor at the Yorkshire Post and here's a

00:05 look at what's coming up in the week ahead, which is of course the last week of the school

00:09 summer holidays and the final week of recess for the House of Commons.

00:15 The Duke of Sussex's Heart of Invictus documentary is to finally be aired this week on August

00:21 30th. There had been speculation that the docuseries had been cancelled by the streaming

00:26 giant Netflix but it will be released in the run-up to next month's Invictus Games in Düsseldorf,

00:32 Germany. Harry is the executive producer and the show forms part of the Sussex's multi-million

00:38 pound deal with Netflix, with their main output so far being last year's controversial Harry

00:43 and Meghan documentary.

00:48 Taking place in Yorkshire this week is Hull's Freedom Festival that's returning to the city

00:53 with a five-day programme starting on August 30th. It's named after the city's association

00:59 with the abolition of the slave trade and for 16 years it has provided arts and cultural

01:05 offerings in Hull. This year's line-up includes indoor shows, exhibitions and installations

01:10 culminating in a big finale weekend.

01:14 Also taking place this week is the Leeds West Indian Carnival. That event got underway yesterday,

01:19 Sunday, with a live music concert but today we'll see the main carnival parade take place

01:24 through Chapel Town and Hare Hills. The carnival was founded in 1967 by Arthur Franz as a remedy

01:31 for homesickness for his native St Kitts and Nevis. It brings colourful costumes, steel

01:36 pan music and arts, crafts and cuisine of the Caribbean together, making it Europe's longest

01:43 running Caribbean carnival and the biggest outside of London.

01:48 And finally in sports, September 1st sees the end of the summer football transfer window.

01:54 Premier League clubs last year spent £1.9 billion during the summer transfer window

01:59 and similar figures could be hit this time around. It's been a busy window for teams

02:05 across Yorkshire with a clear out at Leeds United, upgrades for the promoted Sheffield

02:10 clubs and a complete revamp at Doncaster Rovers. Clubs have got until 11pm on September 1st

02:16 and that'll be the end of their trade-in for 2023.

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