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Radio London,5 mins

The north-Londoner who went from stab victim to chief scout

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The UK's new scout chief has credited the group for providing him with a place to "belong" after he survived a stabbing and an attempted shooting during his youth. Explorer and presenter Dwayne Fields, from North London, was the first black Briton to reach the North Pole. He first attended a Scouts meeting in Palmers Green, north London, when he was seven, and said: "I never thought I belonged anywhere until the moment I walked into that hut." Dwayne's been speaking to the Âé¶¹Éç's Nick Robinson. (Image credit: PA)

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