内容摘要：Performances on the day includes Red Letter Crew and their fusion of Afro Jazz and poetry, East Timor Dance, Peterborough Opera and Jumped Up Theatre among others. Peterborough Pride will put on a variety show in the Big Top.

Performances on the day includes Red Letter Crew and their fusion of Afro Jazz and poetry, East Timor Dance, Peterborough Opera and Jumped Up Theatre among others. Peterborough Pride will put on a variety show in the Big Top.

More than 350,000 young people have taken part in the festival, including pupils with special educational needs and pupils in Pupil Referral Units.Lauren Brewer, programmes coordinator at the CSSF, said this year, it was prioritising reimagining and reinterpreting Shakespeare to interest new audiences.

"What is so amazing about this project is that it has such a wide reach," she said."We work with people who are really enthusiastic about performing arts, but also young people that have never ever performed on stage before."Tony Hughes, a teacher from Greenfields School said: "You can see the children grow, particularly in confidence.

"They change in a matter of weeks and months."The school has been part of CSSF for the past eight years and had their most recent performance at The Deco Theatre in Northampton in March.

The students began rehearsing for the performance six months ago, and have shown commitment throughout, according to their teacher.

Flood defences to protect a town are set to receive £20,000 in government funding.South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews attended 27 fires on Thursday.

More than 20 wildfires were tackled by North Wales Fire and Rescue Service.The cause of the fire around Ms Hirst's farm in Ponsticill remains unknown, but she suspected it may have been triggered by scramblers as their "tracks are everywhere" in the area.

Firefighters were transported to the scene on the farm's quad bikes, where they managed to prevent the blaze from spreading towards the farm.Ms Hirst said: "It is very stressful when we get fires on the mountain any time of the year but especially now when there is livestock on the mountain that are due to lamb in the next couple of weeks.