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A trainee journalist seeking graduate roles and work experience in local and national newsrooms to develop my reporting skillset. 

Words in The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Star and The Sun. 

Freelance writer and music critic. 

Bookworm, biscuit lover and Swiftie!

Daily Star •

Baby born with four arms and four legs after parasitic twinning stuns doctors

A newborn with four arms and four legs has left doctors stunned after being born with an additional undeveloped body structure attached to its torso.

The baby, weighing around 3kg, was delivered at a community health centre and was found to have an extra set of limbs attached around the upper chest and abdomen. Doctors believe the extremely rare case could involve parasitic twinning, where an incompletely developed twin remains attached to the normally developing baby.

The condition is reporte...
Daily Mirror •

'I lost 3st without jabs or gym thanks to cheap home-made kitchen drink'

A woman has explained the routine which saw her lose 3st without jabs or the gym - including a kitchen ingredient that costs pennies

Gracie Maxim, 41, weighed 15st 8Ibs at her heaviest and felt "uncomfortable" all the time due to bloating. She had tried all the crash diets but after researching online and from “old wives tales from the Caribbean” she decided to implement some simple hacks into her diet.

Now she drinks lemon and boiling water with cayenne pepper first thing, and has a cinnamon-...
Mail Online •

UK couple who moved to New Zealand reveal it was 'completely worth it'

A couple who ditched the UK for New Zealand have revealed that the move was 'completely worth it' due to the country's 'safer' lifestyle and 'beautiful' scenery.Liv Dainton, 27, and her partner Cameron Ellenor, also 27, originally from Northallerton, North Yorkshire, left the UK for Queenstown, New Zealand, in February 2025.The couple, who have been together for over nine years, made the leap after Cameron was offered an exciting work op...
Daily Mirror •

Mum has decorated Xmas tree, bought presents and is listening to festive music

A Christmas mad mum already has her tree up and decorated, has bought all her presents early and is listening to festive songs every day. Natalie Wiseman, 40, has always been obsessed with the festive season and has her tree up all year round.

Each year the regional gym operations manager rotates her decorations - putting them on in June and July. And she's saved £800 on her gifts by getting bargains in the January sales.

Natalie, from Newham, East London, said: “I reckon I must save at least...
Manchester Evening News •

'I used to spend £540 a month on takeaways, then everything changed'

A woman who started using Mounjaro after being diagnosed with type two diabetes diagnosis says she has saved £4,000 on her food shopping in a year. Holly Barron, 22, from Urmston, weighed 21st 8Ibs at her heaviest - aged just 20.

She was placed on the diabetes medication Metformin but, after developing an intolerance that left her in hospital for four days, she was prescribed a 2.5mg dose of Mounjaro instead.

Since being placed on the medication in June 2025, Holly says she has lost more than...
Daily Star •

Student makes £3k flogging mini masterpieces painted by her pet rats

A student has made £3,000 flogging mini masterpieces painted by her RATS - and it's helping to fund her university degree. Ella Woodland, 19, decided to see if her eight pet rodents - Rumple, Reid, Gubler Hotch, Morgan, Luke, Rossi and Gideon - had artistic flair and let them play with some paints in February 2025.

She was inspired after seeing Facebook creator, TooGoods Tiny Paws, flogging her rats' artwork online.

Ella bought watercolour and kids' paint and encouraged her rats to run through...
Manchester Evening News •

'We ditched the UK for Portugal and now save £26,000 on kids school fees'

A family who moved from the UK to Portugal to save money on their children's school fees say the decision has saved them £26,000 a year.

Abbie Shone, 36, and her husband Michael, 38, moved from Buckhurst Hill, Essex, to Algarve, Portugal, in April 2022 with their three boys - a 10-year-old and six-year-old twins. After paying for private education in the UK for their eldest son, Abbie and Michael realised it would cost them around £48,000 to pay for all three of their children.

They felt they...
Forge Press •

Twenty-Five and Chronically Online: Holly Humberstone’s Cruel World

Holly Humberstone has been a slow burn climber in British pop music over the last five years. Steadily building a small, dedicated fanbase who have followed the 26-year-old English singer-songwriter from her 2021 Brit Award for Rising Star through to open for international star Taylor Swift at a Wembley Stadium Eras Tour show. Humberstone has demonstrated she is a hardworking, skilled musician who has earned the respect of performers from Olivia Rodrigo to Sam Fender. This April, Humberstone rel...
Daily Mirror •

'I thought it was just bloating - now I'm fighting for my life'

A young woman's tummy bug and uncomfortable bloating proved to be a rare and potentially fatal illness. Jess Gibelli, 28, began suffering from nausea, vomiting, extreme tiredness and bloating in November 2025, but initially assumed it was simply a stomach bug.

She was juggling two physically taxing roles as a florist while running her own events styling company - Viva La Fiesta - and found herself heading straight to bed after shifts without eating dinner. However, when her pulse suddenly rocke...
Sheffield Wire •

EXCLUSIVE: Talented Sheffield waterskier youngster to compete at upcoming world waterskiing championships - Sheffield Wire

A teenage waterskier from Sheffield will be competing in a world championships next week with strong hopes of achieving a medal for Great Britain.


Charlie Fearn, 16, is a pupil at Bradfield Secondary School in Sheffield and he will be flying to compete as a Team GB member for waterskiing at the Under-17 Waterski World Championships in Argentina next week.


He will be competing alongside 110 other athletes from across 18 countries in Córdoba, Argentina in the slalom, tricks and jumps. Th...
Sheffield Star •

Sheffield pickleball company hosts first ever all-abilities community festival

Pickleball is a sport which combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis. It can be played indoors and outdoors with two or four players using solid paddles to hit a perforated polymer ball over a net. Points are won if the defending side does not return the ball, hits the ball out, does not let the serve ball bounce, volleys in the non-volley zone, or is hit by the ball.Peak Pickleball Sheffield was founded in November 2025 by Gina Floyd and her partner Anna when they quit their jobs...