Funding boost for Great Central Railway

The manager of a heritage railway has said a £250,000 funding boost from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will ensure the organisation is "ready to face" the next 20 years.

Malcolm Holmes, general manager of Great Central Railway - which maintains a double-track stretch of heritage railway in Leicestershire - told the BBC the organisation wanted to make its volunteer workforce "better represent" communities in the area.

Holmes said the money will be used to "strengthen the organisation" for the future and enhance its "visitor experience".

Malcolm spoke to BBC Leicester's Ady Dayman.

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