The Week Ahead with The Yorkshire Post
The Week Ahead with The Yorkshire Post features writer John Blow.
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00:00Hi there, it's John Blow from the Yorkshire Post. I'm going to take you through some of the things coming up in the week ahead.
00:06So first of all, the Conservative conference is already underway. It's the first since the party was thrown out of government in the last general election.
00:14It started yesterday in Birmingham and will run until Wednesday when there will be leadership candidate speeches from Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverley, Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch ahead of the winner being announced in November.
00:27Park Run has for many people become an essential weekend ritual and on Wednesday this week it will be 20th anniversary of the first event.
00:36It was founded by Paul Sinton Hewitt on October 2nd 2004 at Bushey Park in London.
00:43As the weekend comes up, people should expect bumper crowds at Park Run events on Saturday.
00:49Elsewhere, during the Leeds International Festival of Ideas, legendary musician Rogers will be in conversation at Leeds Playhouse on Wednesday.
00:57Ilkley Literature Festival gets started on Friday and Moulton Harvest Food Lovers Festival also takes place over the weekend.