The Week Ahead with The Yorkshire Post features writer John Blow.
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00:00 Hi there, it's John Blow from the Yorkshire Place Features team. I'm going to be taking through some of the things coming up in the week ahead.
00:06 First of all, Sheffield's Festival of the Outdoors has returned for 2024 with activities taking place around the Steel City throughout March.
00:13 Sheffield Beer Week, which is part of that festival, takes place over the next few days.
00:18 While the festival encourages city residents to participate in the outdoors, it is also seen as an opportunity to showcase Sheffield to potential tourists.
00:27 A service of thanksgiving to mark the 200th anniversary of the RNLI will take place at Westminster Abbey in London today.
00:34 Since being founded in 1824, the charity's lifeboat crews have saved more than 144,000 lives, the organisation says.
00:44 The 40th anniversary of the miners' strike begins on Wednesday, March 6th. That's the date in 1984 when the main strike started with a walkout at Cawtonwood Colliery, South Yorkshire.
00:58 This enormously significant episode in the region's history has been covered extensively in the Yorkshire Post over recent days and that reporting will continue throughout the week.
01:08 On Friday, it is International Women's Day, aiming to highlight female achievements, raise awareness of discrimination and take action to reach gender equality.