Every week, tens of thousands of children go to Ballet Classes at their local clubs. The most talented compete for a place at one of the top ballet boarding schools. There, they train like elite athletes, with one aim to join a professional ballet company. It really was that, like, billy elliot moment, where you get the letter and i ran up to my room. India thompson was 11 and living with her family in yorkshire when she was offered a place at the Royal Ballet School in 2007. I was just like. Wow this is it now, like, this is my life. The Junior Section of the Royal Ballet School is for children aged 11 to 16, and it nestles in the heart of londons richmond park. King charles is its president. Its the top Ballet School in britain, and widely regarded as one of the best in the world. It is an extraordinary place. It produces fabulous dancers. Some of the best dancers of our time. For india, it was a dream come true. I couldnt wait to pack my parents off. I was like, bye and they were pr
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perhaps into scotland. but here is where we are starting to see the cold air. 3 7 in northern scotland and central areas, further south of the front, we stilljust hang on to double digits. it is not going to last, the front sinks steadily south. not that much in the way of rain on it as it does say but it will open the back door for those temperatures to fall away and that cold, arctic air to be really quite a dominant feature. on friday, quite a dominant feature. on friday, quite a quiet start. there will be some sunshine around. wendy with gail s unexposed north and east coast. sunny spells but a notable noticeable difference on friday, feeling quite cold. as we going to saturday, the wind will fall lighter so we could see our first widespread frost for the start of the weekend. lots of sunshine on saturday but the potential for some lots of sunshine on saturday but the potentialfor some rain lots of sunshine on saturday but the potential for some rain on sunday. and col
blackout, but unreliable fuel supplies could still cause communications blackouts. meanwhile, israel is still facing backlash to al aqsa hospital now where our correspondent yogita limaye has been working with freelance journalist majdi fathi to tell the story of one family brought there, including a young child who later died. and a warning there are distressing images from the start. monday in central gaza. shouting tuesday. he cries wednesday. thursday. and today, another air strike, all in so called safer areas, away from the north where israel is conducting ground operations and had asked civilians to evacuate. this family was bombed in deir al balah. we re being killed and no one is doing anything about it, this man shouts. abed is still breathing, in critical condition. doctors scramble to treat the boy. 0n the floor, by his bed, they check his father for a heartbeat. they can t hear it. his family in shock, still finding out. ..who s been rescued, who s survived a
david amess. we can t live in a society where those who represent our views inside our democracy are exposed to that level of violence. and i m afraid that level of violence starts with a tolerance of the sorts of narratives we have seen projected towards people. so the sorts of narratives we have seen projected towards people. pro ected towards people. so there is projected towards people. so there is still quite projected towards people. so there is still quite a projected towards people. so there is still quite a jump projected towards people. so there is still quite a jump from projected towards people. so there is still quite a jump from toxic- is still quite a jump from toxic tweets to what you have described? look, i think thatjump is too great. because we now see we have seen for some considerable time, terrorist organisations formalising how they radicalise people through what i would describe as quite professional propaganda campaigns. islamic state are on