School takes over Big Issue North

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Ever since I started this business in 2009, and before in a voluntary capacity, my passion has always been school newspapers and encouraging literacy. Through this commission I was given the most amazing opportunity of spending three days at Unity Community Primary...

BLOG – A rainy morning in Manchester

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The alarm goes – 7am and my plan swings into action. Meds, up, dressed and drive to Rochdale in the pouring rain to catch the 8.15am train to Manchester Victoria. Simple. The half-an-hour needed between meds and breakfast sorted 7.50 get in the car for the 8.5...

‘High standards and integrity’

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As ever Catherine you always provide excellent news stories and a standard of reporting at the highest level. Those stories are always a very enjoyable read and in some case’s are heartwarming real life stories of a great number of honest hardworking members of...

‘Rocketman’ saved my life

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I have had to privilege this month of writing some incredibly inspirational stories, not least this one about Elliott who kicked his drug and alcohol habit after watching the biopic about Elton John’s struggle with addiction. As part of a series of articles...

40…50…80… Anniversaries Galore

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In one week I was assigned to cover a 40th, 50th and 80th anniversaries which saw me hopping on a steam train, donning ’60s dress and taking a nostalgic trip down memory lane. The 40th was the anniversary of Rossendale Talking Newspaper Association, an audible...

Steam train ride evokes passionate memories

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When I was asked to capture with words and pictures the experience enjoyed by people living with dementia on board a memory steam train it was an honour. You could see the joy in their faces as the train ride took them back to happy times in their lives. They chatted,...

‘You have made a difference to our child’s life’

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I just wanted to say thanks for everything you have done to support Harris this week. He has always struggled reading, we have had him tested for Dyslexia recently but either way, if it comes back that he is or isn’t, we know he massively struggles, it has...

‘What an amazing experience’

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Catherine has been working with my daughter and others for the school newspaper for the last 3 years and what an amazing experience they have had under her tutelage. Catherine manages to balance her incredible talent for all types of media with a wonderful educational...

Four months in and more national success

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I’m late… I’m late… well just like the White Rabbit is Lewis Carroll’s bizarre tale ‘Alice in Wonderland’ this post too is very late. I made myself a promise when I invested in my new website and oops I have already broken it....

Telling Millie’s story again

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When I was told that Millie O’Shea had been diagnosed with cancer again I was devastated. I was the news editor of the Rossendale Free Press when I first learnt about Millie, she was only three then and had been diagnosed with a Wilm’s Tumour and I met the...