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

00:04the things coming up in the week ahead. First of all, it's 40 years this week since the

00:08original Do They Know It's Christmas single was recorded, and the new version can be heard

00:12for the first time today on BBC Breakfast Radio. The latest track blends voices from

00:17three previous editions of the song, the original in 1984, 2004 and 2014, including Harry Styles,

00:26George Michael and U2's Bono. In politics, a sensitive and divisive issue comes to the

00:32House of Commons on Friday, as MPs could vote on a bill seeking to change the law on assisted

00:36dying. MPs will debate the Terminally Ill Adults End of Life Bill, introduced by Spen

00:42Valley member for Labour, Kim Leadbeater, when it returns to Parliament for its second

00:46reading. It is intended to allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards

00:52and protections, to request and be provided with assistance to end their own life. And

00:58meanwhile, on a much lighter note, Christmas will become inescapable as we reach December

01:051st on Sunday. Events are taking place around Yorkshire to get people in the spirit, whether

01:10that be the first Christmas market fair on Friday, Skipton Christmas market starting

01:16on Sunday, the Otley Victoria market on the same day, or the four-day Great Yorkshire

01:20Christmas fair in Harrogate on Thursday.