Tapton Terrace Flood Anniversary Live

I reported live from a flood-prone street in Chesterfield where residents say they've been 'forgotten' by authorities. It's two years since their neighbour Maureen Gilbert drowned in her home when Tapton Terrace was flooded during Storm Babet. I first reported from the street a year ago and people living there say lives are still at risk and no action has been taken to stop it happening again.

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Dickie Bird Funeral

Yorkshire's iconic cricket umpire Dickie Bird was laid to rest at his funeral in Barnsley last week. Mourners watched the funeral procession as famous faces from the world of cricket came to pay their respects. He died last month at the age of 92. I had the great pleasure of interviewing Dickie when he turned 90. I always found him such a warm, open and engaging person.

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Balloon Artist

I've been to see a balloon artist from Yorkshire who's won Designer of the Year award at an international competition in the Netherlands. Alison Garnham from Ossett lost her job during the first Covid lockdown and started her business making balloon designs for parties and events. It’s been so successful she opened a shop in Ossett earlier this year.

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Keeley Thornton Inquest

I've been reporting from an inquest in Sheffield which has found a vulnerable woman, said to have been “exploited” on social media, died as a result of a drug overdose. Keeley Thornton, known online as “Sheffield Keeley”, died in January aged 34, after suffering a cardiac arrest in Sheffield city centre.

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Network Rail Training Centre

A new rail training centre has opened in Doncaster. It's on the site of the former National College for High Speed Rail which closed in 2023 due to low student numbers. Network Rail took over the site near the Lakeside development last year and will use the facility to train their staff. The official opening is a few weeks away but training sessions have already started and I was given a first look.

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Running Partners Podcast

I've been interviewed on the brilliant Running Partners Podcast about a race I did last month called Harwick Hall Backyard Ultra where I ran 100km/62 miles. It's on all podcast platforms but here's it is on Spotify: 

Alfie Franco Murder Trial Defence

This week I covered a murder trial in Leeds. A man accused of stabbing a 16-year-old Syrian refugee to death said he only intended to cut his cheek and "didn't believe it" when police told him he’d died. Alfie Franco from Kirkburton, denies the murder of Ahmad Al Ibrahim, who was stabbed in the neck in a crowded shopping street in Huddersfield on the afternoon of the 3rd April this year. 

Alfie Franco has since been found guilty of Ahmad Al Ibrahim's murder.

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Flooded home revisit

I've been to revisit a story that was really shocking when I first covered it. Back in January this year Lavina Raywood was flooded just as she was about to move into her home, five years after it originally flooded. Lavina has discovered that a "man-made dam" was partly responsible for the latest flooding. A new council report has confirmed that a man who blocked a nearby drain with soil was a factor in the incident.

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Ovarian Cancer

It took nearly 18 months for a young woman from Sheffield to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer despite regularly going to see a GP with of symptoms of the disease. 23-year-old Natasha Reynolds was only diagnosed after she went to A&E in agonising pain. It comes as new NHS data shows 40% of women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer only once they'd reached emergency care - as happened with Natasha. I've been filming with Natasha and made the TV story below and wrote this story for the BBC News Website.

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