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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami and Josh Halliday

Glastonbury festival welcomes back crowds amid rail strikes

People arrive on the first day of the Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
People arrive for the first day of the Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis said she was overcome with emotion as she welcomed 200,000 people to the world’s biggest greenfield festival for the first time in three years.

Under blue skies and a blazing sun, thousands of people streamed into Worthy Farm as soon as the gates opened at 8am on Wednesday, many having camped out overnight.

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