‘Proud of our Polish Pope’

When an international story breaks you have to try and localise it and make it relevant for your patch and… Read more ‘Proud of our Polish Pope’

In memory … Ceremony for 150th anniversary of disaster

I quite enjoyed working on this and it had a connection with my hometown. Bizarrely the remains of a Scarborough… Read more In memory … Ceremony for 150th anniversary of disaster

I was covering calls on Thursday when a body was found on the beach at Nairn which is a few… Read more Body found on Nairn beach

The latest report from Ukraine as Inverness surgeon Andy Kent returned to the Highlands after working with the medical charity… Read more Life on the front line for surgeon

The final article from Iraq which I feel shows the realities of war for the regular soldiers. I had to… Read more Tank crewman witnessed death by friendly fire

Another article from Iraq which highlights the conditions and the stark contrast between the lifestyle of Saddam Hussein and that… Read more ‘Camp came under enemy rocket fire’

This was the obvious follow up to an earlier article. I had written about a phone call from a soldier… Read more Pleased to be back at home

I far as I can remember this is probably the only time I have got the word diarrhoea into a… Read more Mortar fire, bullets and diarrhoea

Another serviceman returning from Iraq – this time a member of the Royal Marines. And there was an interesting comparison… Read more Battle to get Basra was ‘like Vietnam’

As I have said before sometimes during an interview you hear an off the cuff remark that leads to a… Read more Hero’s welcome for brave Para