As part of my NCTJ course final portfolio, I needed to submit a one and a half minute video report. The NCTJ guidelines required me to film and edit the clips, then write the script and record a voice over. I decided to make my report on local historian John Walker. John, 81, was evacuated…
Being a firefighter was always Kelly’s dream. In 2007, after 5 years of applying, she took her place at the West Midlands Fire Service Training School. In 2010 though, an unbeknown heart problem nearly took Kelly’s life. Whilst drilling at Oldbury Fire House, West Midlands, Kelly collapsed. It was the immediate action of her…
Welder Hayley Willetts, 42, isn’t in the typical career you may expect a woman to enter. With a degree in Philosophy and Education and ten years experience working with abused children, Hayley left her chosen career path to “pull her weight” in the family business when her father fell ill. Based in the heart of…
Maggie Burford 