Wednesday 30 September 2015

Sexual Consent Classes

I've been filming a story at the University of Sheffield as it's one of the first universities in the country to pilot sexual consent classes for new students. It's after National Union of Students' research showed worrying levels of lad culture, sexual harassment and sexual assaults on campuses across the country...



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Monday 21 September 2015

Kosta Erik Scurfield

The mother of a former Marine from Barnsley who's thought to be the first Briton killed fighting the so-called Islamic State - wants the Government to arm Kurdish groups in Syria. Vasiliki Scurfield says six months on from Kosta's death, not enough is being done to tackle extremists in the Middle East...



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Saturday 12 September 2015

Tour of Britain

Usually when I'm in the Peak District it's to ride my bike but I've been out there to cover the pros in the Tour of Britain who were cycling on the roads I know so well. The race attracts some of the biggest names in the sport. I covered the story for BBC Look North and BBC Radio Sheffield - another example of how we're now doing more multi-media journalism than ever before.

Here's my TV live...



And my report for the programme...



And I did lots of reporting for BBC Radio Sheffield too, including this piece for Rony Robinson's live broadcast from Hathersage...



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Sunday 6 September 2015

Anti-radicalisation Conference

Parents who are worried about their children becoming radicalised are being urged to talk to them openly - rather than sweeping the problem under the carpet. That's the message from a counter-radicalisation campaigner from Bradford who's been speaking at a conference in the city that I went along to...



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