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Nicola Weir goes to the 154th Balmoral Show.

Nicola Weir goes to the 154th Balmoral Show to examine the livestock on display. She speaks to Suzie Truesdale, whose donkey, Pablo, won Champion of Champions last year and checks out the eye-catching bronze turkey in the poultry tent. She also gets Ulster Wool joint Depot Manger, Jayne Harkness- Bones to roll up a fleece in record quick time and sends beef farmer, Libby Clarke, into the cattle ring. She also speaks to Dawn Stewart from the Farmers’ Choir, who was part of the Coronation Choir.

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