The Week Ahead with The Yorkshire Post

The Week Ahead with The Yorkshire Post features writer Laura Reid.

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00:00Hi, I'm Laura Reid, the Deputy Features Editor at the Yorkshire Post, and here's a look

00:04at what's coming up in the week ahead.

00:07The Royal Society is hosting its Summer Science exhibition this week, showcasing the latest

00:11research from across the country with interactive exhibits, activities and talks. Highlights

00:16this year include being able to walk in an elephant's footsteps to uncover how vibrations

00:21help animals communicate and sense their environment, as well as being able to get hands-on with

00:25a new Surgical Sensation, a glove that's been designed to measure the smallest of forces

00:31to help train surgeons more precisely, affordably and safely.

00:37In music, the streets of Brighouse Town Centre will come alive with the sound of brass on

00:40Sunday. The 24th annual Brass Band March and Hymn Tune Contest is being hosted by Huddersfield

00:46Lions Club and is promising a full day of music, energy and community spirit. Around 20 bands

00:54in full regalia will parade through the town and they'll be competing for trophies including

00:59for musicality, marching and solo performances.

01:04In sport, the Wimbledon Tennis Championships will begin today and will be played over 14 days

01:09until July the 13th. Two of Yorkshire's emerging tennis talents have been handed wild cards into

01:15the tournament. That's Francesca Jones of Bradford and Hull's Johannes Munday who've got a place

01:21in the singles draw. It'll be 24-year-old Jones's third appearance at Wimbledon.

01:28Monday has never played a Grand Slam singles match before.

01:32In arts, the annual Home Firth Art Week gets underway on Sunday. It's one of the country's largest

01:38open arts exhibitions, featuring more than 400 exhibitors and 2,000 artworks. A large number

01:44of exhibitors are from the area, but the event attracts visitors from all over the UK to view

01:49and buy. It also supports national and local charities, having raised over 1.1 million for

01:55good causes since it first started in 1966.