Burgled woman in crime plea to Howard

I had moved from a local paper in Cumbria to one of the major news agencies in the north east… Read more Burgled woman in crime plea to Howard

Lenny Henry stakeout

In May 1999 I got a call from the Sun‘s northern reporter, as I was working that weekend, and basically… Read more Lenny Henry stakeout

I always liked this shot from Durham station looking towards the castle and the cathedral and it was taken during… Read more Prince William

As a general news reporter, which is one that does not specialise in a particular type of news such as… Read more Calls

This was such a nice story to work on and it was the last article I wrote last year. Family… Read more Rena is 100 not out on birthday

Towards the end of last week it was revealed that the National Glass Centre (NGC) in Sunderland could be relocated… Read more Uncertain future for the National Glass Centre

This week I heard that one of the north east’s regional daily newspapers, The Northern Echo, would finally be moving… Read more End of an era

Watch the video. One of the highlights at work this week was interviewing the comic actors, Ford Kiernan and Greg… Read more Jack and Victor

Stowmarket: Tuesday, May 12, 1992: They say never meet your heroes but I might disagree. When I was at college… Read more The day I met John Peel

Ukraine, Wednesday, January 16, 2008: We have an early start and I managed to do my final interview of the… Read more The Shoebox Diaries: Day Seven