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 Deputy Features Editor at the Yorkshire Post, and here's a look at

00:05 what's coming up in the week ahead.

00:07 So, from Thursday to Sunday, best-selling authors will descend on Harrogate to share

00:12 stories for this year's Raworth's Harrogate Literature Festival. The likes of Victoria

00:18 Hislop over there, introducing her new novel. There'll be a talk from a celebrated royal

00:24 correspondent Robert Hardman, who will look at Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the transition

00:32 then to King Charles. England cricketer and broadcaster Monty Panniser is going to be

00:39 recounting stories from his sporting career, and also husband and wife pair Carrie and

00:45 David Grant are telling the tale of their extraordinary family, which is explored in

00:50 their new book. Elsewhere, the National Infrastructure Commission is set to publish its latest report

00:59 on Wednesday, and that's analysing the UK's long-term economic infrastructure needs. The

01:05 latest version, which is published every five years, is expected to focus on reaching net

01:12 zero targets, reducing environmental impacts and adapting to a changing climate, as well

01:19 as supporting the levelling-up agenda. It will be the second report by the Commission

01:24 looking at future priorities for the UK, and it will include costed recommendations to

01:30 the government on policy and funding, and aims to ensure the country is ready to face

01:34 the demands and opportunities over the next 30 years.

01:40 Meanwhile, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee will consider the merits

01:44 of a ban on bully dogs in an evidence session on Wednesday. Following a spate of attacks

01:51 involving the breed, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced last month that a ban would

01:55 be brought into law by the end of the year. This session will be a one-off, and it will

02:01 feed into the Committee's wider current inquiry on pet welfare and abuse, which so far has

02:06 seen its MPs hear from specialists in animal rescue, retail, breeding and local government.

02:13 And finally, a weekend of steampunk Halloween activity is set to take place in Hull. The

02:19 programme for the Halloween event, which is supported by Hull BID, includes a market,

02:25 dancing, exhibitions, talks and tours and a parade, and it's all inspired by Victorian

02:30 fashions and engineering, with lots of costumes to keep an eye out there over the weekend

02:38 as well.

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