00:01Good morning everyone, I'm Darren Burke, one of your live team and digital reporters for the Doncaster Free Press,
00:06bringing you some of the main headlines in Doncaster this Wednesday.
00:10Starting with the news that a £160 million funding package to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport has been agreed.
00:18Council leaders and the Mayor of South Yorkshire met at the airport yesterday to push the package through
00:23to give the green light to the reopening of the airport which closed three years ago.
00:28We've got all the details and reactions to that on our Facebook page and website.
00:33Also in the news today, an 18-year-old has been arrested in Doncaster after the theft of a motorbike which was being used in a round-the-world trip.
00:42Yogesh Alakari, who's from India, was 15,000 miles into his round-the-world voyage and the bike was stolen in Nottingham.
00:49We've got details of that for you on our Facebook page and website as well.
00:53And it's the ledger week in Doncaster. Racing gets underway at Townmoor tomorrow with four days of action.
01:00The ledger itself taking place on Saturday.
01:03We've got all the details of this year's Betfred Ledger Festival on our Facebook page and website
01:08and we'll be keeping you updated throughout the next few days.
01:12Stay in touch with us throughout the day for everything else that's going on in Doncaster
01:15and as always, have a great day.
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