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Should we celebrate being British?
5 Live listeners have their say with Nicky Campbell
A school has offered "unreserved apologies" to a pupil prevented from making a speech at school about being British, while wearing a union jack dress. The 12-year-old from Rugby wore the outfit for a Culture Celebration Day, but her father says she was told her outfit wasn’t appropriate and was sent home. The school says it “deeply regrets the distress this has caused and offer our sincere and unreserved apologies." Nicky Campbell asked 5 Live listeners if we should we celebrate being British?