National World YourWorld Top Stories 9 July, 2025

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00:00This is your world. Top stories for Wednesday 9th July 2025. Brought to you by National World.

00:11Osset couple go head-to-head in Brisker F1 stock car racing showdown. Sparks will fly on the

00:17racetrack as stock car racing champion Lee Fairhurst prepares to compete against his wife

00:22Jacqueline on the Brisker F1 stock car racing circuit. The fiercely competitive couple from

00:29Osset Yorkshire who met through their mutual love of racing will go head-to-head at Lee's next race of

00:35the season which will take place at Skegness Raceway July 12 13 just days after they celebrate their

00:43second wedding anniversary. Hastings runners beat the heat around Buell Water. Over 40 members of

00:51Hastings runners headed north to Wadhurst for last weekend's Buell 15 and Buell 5 races where

00:59those wearing the club's green and black colours achieved both podium places and age category wins.

01:07Dragon's Den Theatre School opening in Preston. After a successful appearance on BBC's Dragon's Den

01:14in January 2007, Razamata's theatre schools have been opening all across the country and now it is

01:21the turn of Preston. When founder and director of Razamata's Denise Hutton-Gosney appeared on the show,

01:28Duncan Bannertine was quick to spot the huge potential of the part-time theatre schools business

01:34and offered the full investment. This has enabled the team to rapidly grow the company and turn Razamata's

01:41into one of the top five part-time theatre schools in the UK, according to the Stage newspaper.

01:49Scarborough races wet weekend in Scotland. Ben Tolliday had an up-and-down weekend at round four

01:56of the Bennett's British Superbike Championship at Knockhill in Scotland at the weekend.

02:01Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize during US visit. Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Donald

02:11Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize during dinner at the White House last night.

02:17Leeds gears up for biggest ever Pride celebration on July 20th. Leeds is once again preparing to roll

02:25out the rainbow carpet as Leeds Pride 2025 returns on Sunday, July 20th, bringing colour, celebration

02:33and community spirit to the heart of the city. Recognised as the UK's friendliest Pride, this free

02:40one-day festival is Yorkshire's largest LGBTQ plus celebration and this year promises to be its most vibrant

02:48event yet. Ballroom bruiser, Nicola hopes to waltz off with world belt. Nicola Hopewell literally danced

02:57her way from ballroom to brawling. New Dudley Police HQ set to open in autumn. Campaigners have spoken of

03:06their delight following a recent visit to the site of Dudley's new police station at the Castlegate complex.

03:13Generations come together to plant communal garden. The residents of extra care facility Dovestone

03:22Gardens got into their gardening groove last week as they began planting their communal garden space

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