Clap for Carers Week 7

For the third time I put together the weekly clap for carers report for our late bulletin so it was a tight turnaround but I'm getting the knack of it now! The first shot I filmed on my iPhone after going for a run which culminated in the 2 minutes applause at Leeds Dock. I then rushed back to the BBC newsroom in Leeds to edit it.



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Supporting the Frontline

Ethnic minority organisations in Sheffield are teaming up to support frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. They’ve been delivering food parcels to the most needy in the city and are hoping to make ten thousand face masks and shields for carers.



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Cancer & Coronavirus

I covered a really troubling story which reflected the impact coronavirus on cancer treatment and detection. The stats are alarming - nationally more than two thousand cancer cases are likely to be going undiagnosed a week and an estimated 18,000 more people could die from cancer.

I filmed with Ben Hurd from Goldthorpe in Barnsley. He should have been having ongoing chemotherapy but it’s been postponed because he’s at high risk of dying if he were to contract Covid-19.

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The making of the story included many firsts for me - the first story I've filmed myself since lockdown started, the first including a Skype interview I filmed at home and my first pkg edited at home.