The Headlines Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Headlines Podcast
Celebrating local and regional news in the UK - each week we will bring you a selection of interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers.
Thanks for listening to The Headlines Podcast, February 14 2021, with a guest interview with Nick Pollard, former head of Sky News and a trustee of The John Schofield Trust
Find Nick on Twitter @nickpollard2
Find out more about The John Schofield Trust at johnschofieldtrust.org.uk
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Links to the stories featured in this episode:
echo-news.co.uk/news/19088715.essex-weather-even-sea-frozen-southend
thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/19088767.river-thames-frozen-teddington-lock-london
glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/homeless-teams-photo-huge-soup-19811740
guardian-series.co.uk/news/19086106.london-bus-drivers-go-strike-wage-cuts
oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19066263.story-behind-oxfords-headington-shark
stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/staffordshire-police-reap-120k-profit-4967923
theargus.co.uk/news/19087989.brighton-couple-move-horsebox-home-built-scratch
devonlive.com/news/devon-news/farmer-puts-music-festival-cows-4991924
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Thanks for listening to The Headlines Podcast, January 31 2021, with a guest interview with Jim Waterson - media editor at The Guardian
Read Jim's work at www.theguardian.com/profile/jim-waterson
Read Jim's story about the Woolworths hoax at www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/28/sixth-form-student-revealed-behind-woolworths-reopening-fake-news
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Links to the stories featured in this episode:
www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/video-shows-chester-binman-giving-19734679
www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/kirklees-binman-caught-video-weeing-19697287
www.herefordtimes.com/news/19049812.hundreds-call-council-give-binman-destroyed-snowman-job-back
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/flying-taxis-trialled-bristol-two-4931722
londonnewsonline.co.uk/residents-back-restaurant-after-rita-ora-birthday-bash
www.burytimes.co.uk/news/19043173.election-first-north-korean-teacher-bidding-join-bury-council
www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/tree-plan-remember-coronavirus-victims-19725459
walthamforestecho.co.uk/developers-discount-discussed-in-private
nation.cymru/news/campaigners-in-cardiff-create-guide-on-how-to-oppose-unpopular-planning-applications
www.theargus.co.uk/news/19045022.burning-pink-demands-brighton-rebellion-government
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THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Series 2 Episode 4 - Peter Barron, former Northern Echo editor interview - November 8 2020
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Series 2 Episode 4 - November 8 2020
A podcast about interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
This week’s episode features a chat with Peter Barron, longest serving editor of the Northern Echo, about local newspaper campaigns, what happens when they go wrong and tips for young journalists
Find Peter Barron on Twitter @PeteBarronMedia
Follow the podcast on Twitter @theheadlinespod
Links to stories featured in this week's episode:
https://www.ayrshiredailynews.co.uk/post/south-ayrshire-golf-club-owner-loses-2020-presidential-election
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-live-readers-raise-nearly-4667904
https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/18846029.absolutely-quackers---duck-bow-tie-spotted-prudhoe/
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/amazon-workers-complaining-unpaid-wages-4671509
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18841732.huge-boa-constrictor-loose-oxford/
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/18854084.rspca-rescues-6ft-boa-caught-roaming-residents-garden/
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/sheer-horror-finding-155-children-19221958
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/coronavirus-conspiracy-leaflets-left-cars-4670144
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/harry-potter-fan-fears-life-19240049
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/edinburgh-city-council-spending-outside-consultants-rocketed-ps14m-last-year-3027715
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-artist-plastic-bag-museum-19216179
‘Peter Barron on The Northern Echo's world changing campaigns’: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18168892.peter-barron-northern-echos-world-changing-campaigns/
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Series 2 Episode 2 - September 20 2020 - with Greg Dyke
A podcast about interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
This week’s episode features a chat with Greg Dyke, who spoke about starting out on local newspapers, his connections with York and his thoughts on journalism
Follow the podcast on Twitter @theheadlinespod
Links to stories featured in this week's episode:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/men-find-very-long-fork-4531923
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/strict-rules-residents-prince-charles-4514679
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18726965.apology-behalf-students-oxford-brookes/
https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/18730979.london-new-year-fireworks-cancelled-due-coronavirus/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18727186.i-cant-go-back-afghan-refugee-naqeeb-saide-speaks/
https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/18722747.mums-jig-delight-50p-bet-wins-50-000/
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/demand-south-west-ambulances-soars-4527780
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18724045.failing-test-trace-system-putting-pressure-nhs-people-arrive-e-tests/
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/18725753.meet-abbas-man-touring-dorset-towns-share-name/
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Series 2 Episode 1 - September 13 2020
A podcast about interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
Welcome back to the second series!
This week’s episode is all stories, but tune in again next week for a guest appearance.
Follow the podcast on Twitter @theheadlinespod
Links to stories featured in this week's episode:
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18711539.north-yorkshire-pub-bans-18-25-year-olds-rise-coronavirus-cases/
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/binman-colleague-pays-tribute-refuse-4503710
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18716555.coronavirus-extraordinary-number-glasgow-teachers-test-positive-past-week/
https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/18701869.meet-man-spends-time-visiting-rating-public-benches-across-uk/
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/politics/sheffields-clean-air-zone-under-review-because-coronavirus-2968079
https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/slavery-statues-black-lives-matter-18899909
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/council-slaps-pensioner-with-asbo-for-painting-fountain-233412/
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/18716232.blackburn-muslim-women-say-covid-face-mask-rule-changed-attitudes-towards-wearing-veil/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18704165.brighton-carers-promise-find-disabled-mans-birth-mother/
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 19 - with Aran Dhillon, journalist and creator of blog Home Away From Homeland - July 19 2020 A podcast about interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
This week's episode features an interview with Aran Dhillon, journalist and creator of blog Home Away From Homeland @arandhillonWG
Links to stories featured in this week's episode:
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/victim-shares-film-revenge-seagulls-4333806
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18589526.i-dont-know-sending-them-76-year-old-puzzled-nine-mystery-ducks-arrive-post/
https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/cornwall-pub-installs-electric-fence-4320031
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/adorable-penguins-newquay-zoo-cheered-4332495
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/health/more-100-hospital-patients-were-4333180
https://www.yourthurrock.com/2020/07/16/one-third-of-essex-population-furloughed-or-relying-on-universal-credit/
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18580066.99-year-old-care-home-resident-miraculously-survives-coronavirus/
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 18 - with Alistair Coleman, journalist and creator of Angry People in Local Newspapers - June 28 2020
A podcast about interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
This week's episode features an interview with Alistair Coleman, journalist and creator of Angry People in Local Newspapers @alistaircoleman
Links to stories featured in this week's episode:
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18542616.sacred-heart-rc-primary-issues-zoom-warning-parents/
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/autistic-schoolboy-who-loves-lamp-4259077
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/first-ever-reuse-shop-open-4248399
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/i-raised-a-goose-during-lockdown-and-now-we-go-for-walks-229010/
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/council-removes-cycle-lane-just-18474037
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18546414.lewisham-foodbank-responds-chocolate-crisp-criticism/
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/rescue-mission-save-160000-honeybees-4247745
https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/health/coronavirus/east-northants-student-nurse-made-feel-worthless-health-ministers-letter-2891461
https://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/14518441.stoned-sheep-cause-mayhem-in-swansea-valley-after-eating-cannabis-plants/
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 17 - with Adam Payne, Senior Political Reporter at Business Insider - June 14 2020
A podcast about interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
This week's episode features an interview with Adam Payne, Senior Political Reporter at Business Insider @adampayne26
Links to stories featured in this week's episode:
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18508017.face-che-guevara-spotted-tree-bromley-woodland/
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18509310.baden-powell-statue-removed-poole-quay/
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/marsden-couple-give-up-fight-18369059
https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/health/coronavirus/major-covid-19-outbreak-northampton-childrens-home-2880334
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife/petition-launched-rename-colston-hall-4208526
https://www.cornwalllive.com/whats-on/uks-first-purpose-built-socially-4215315
https://www.mylondon.news/news/health/scientists-anger-redundancies-plan-london-18386374
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 16 - with Lachlan Leeming, Local Democracy Reporter - June 7 2020
A podcast about interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
This week's episode features an interview with Lachlan Leeming, local democracy reporter at News Shopper in London
Links to stories featured in this week's episode:
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/18495346.inside-fownes-hotel-coronavirus---staff-saved-lives-say-worcesters-rough-sleepers/
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/edinburgh-swan-litter-police-scotland-22144044
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/woolsington-suffragette-flowers-destroyed-sign-18372164
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18497236.queueing-mcdonalds-customers-blocked-bolton-food-parcel-vans/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18500611.nearly-1-000-people-got-coronavirus-hospital-conditions/
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/anger-grieving-families-miss-funerals-18367471
https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/18486715.hoglet-boom-predicted-amid-hedgehog-summer-love/
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/woman-alone-lockdown-gets-jeremy-18351088
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 15 - with Lucy Ashton, Local Democracy Reporter - May 31 2020
A podcast about interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
This week's episode features an interview with Lucy Ashton, local democracy report at The Star in Sheffield
Links to stories featured in this week's episode:
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18470833.fake-oxford-city-council-poster-bashes-swindon/
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18460231.thames-valley-police-officer-quit-stealing-7-breakfasts/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18480913.meet-mike-barrett-behind-signs-brighton-hove/
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/permanent-homes-being-setup-baths-4170350
https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/18481867.chineham-man-flabbergasted-ability-whisk-egg-still-shell/
https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/18484048.north-wales-mental-health-charity-left-apalled-almost-1-700-patients-north-wales-wrongly-discharged/
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/fury-scots-transport-police-chief-22036007
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18485591.coronavirus-police-powerless-deal-youths/
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18484091.men-caught-picture-climbing-crystal-palace-dinos/
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/18468130.vandalised-tree-hollybrook-cemetery-southampton-collected-staff-marwell-zoo/
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 14 - May 17 2020 This week's episode features an interview with North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Chief Fire Officer Andrew Brodie about how the fire service is adapting to the coronavirus pandemic - and his thoughts on local newspapers A podcast about interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism. In this week’s episode - A politician caught drinking wine during a virtual scrutiny meeting - Odd shoes mysteriously turning up in a teacher’s garden - at a rate of about two a night - More than 500 parks in Birmingham getting mowed in stripes https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/18452713.no-cufflinks-boris----isle-wight-man-cancels-controversial-fundraiser/ https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18442009.mystery-shoes-appear-brighton-garden-night/ https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2020/05/13/jersey-politician-caught-on-camera-drinking-wine-in-scrutiny-hearing/ https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/extinction-rebellion-paint-road-elizabethway-18262364 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/council-ridiculed-over-cutting-bonkers-18246213 https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/council/sheffield-food-bank-use-more-1000-cent-lockdown-2851928 https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/london-coronavirus-police-reveal-huge-18249214 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/aldi-michael-shedworth-shed-head-4120127 https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/18448288.insta-famous-canary-a-bit-diva-hairstyle-sees-hitting-6-000-followers/ https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/tree-ribbons-hope-clifton-downs-4135529
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 13 - May 10 2020
This week's episode features an interview with Simon Walton about
- the first coronavirus cases confirmed in the UK in York
- reporting on the disappearance of 'canoe man' John Darwin
- covering the election of a football mascot as the first directly elected mayor of Hartlepool
- comments on news websites
A podcast about interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
In this week’s episode
- A ferret running a marathon for charity
- An online competition to eat as many Dorset knob biscuits as possible in a minute
- A dog that has learned to do the washing and gardening for its owner
I'm afraid there is some swearing in this episode - but it was apparently a 'direct quote'
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/leicesters-hospitals-came-within-8-4115696
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18429301.ferret-called-bandit-running-marathon-oxford-childrens-book-project-charity/
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/salford-ppe-stolen-warehouse-police-18217339
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18427847.assistance-dog-learns-washing-gardening-horwich-woman/
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/wacky-scots-artist-brightens-up-21996713
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/gallery/poignant-doorstep-pictures-capture-faces-4110676
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/dorset-knob-eating-contest-cockermouth-4115875
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 12 - May 3 2020
Interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
In this week’s episode
- An asparagus fortune-teller says May is going to be a good month
- The T-Rexes brightening Bradford's streets during lockdown
- Police use riot shields and a loaf of bread to herd a ‘mental’ swan back home
- Cornwall holiday homes grants 'taking the p*ss' says councillor
- Cerne Abbas Giant gets an unofficial facelift for lockdown
- Customers discovered hiding in pub cupboards during lockdown
- 'Scary' early estimates show coronavirus could lead to 100,000 job losses across the Glasgow region
- A sculptor has spoken out after her huge model of a tiger was mistaken for a real big cat - leading to an armed police response - and a helicopter search
And an interview with journalist and PR coach Maxine Gordon, who shares some of her favourite recent stories
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/this-morning-asparagus-fortune-lockdown-4094997?
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18412847.spotted-t-rexs-brightening-bradfords-streets-lockdown/
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/watch-police-use-riot-shields-14193560
https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/18406238.cornwall-holiday-homes-grants-taking-p-ss-says-councillor/
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/cerne-abbas-giant-face-mask-4079973
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/police-close-sheffield-pub-disobeying-lockdown-laws-customers-hiding-cupboards-2555445
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18421781.scary-early-estimates-show-coronavirus-cause-100-000-job-losses-across-glasgow-region/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sevenoaks/news/sculptor-speaks-out-after-life-size-tiger-model-sparked-armed-police-hunt-226627/
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 11 - April 26 2020
Interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
In this week’s episode
- 300 'severely ill' patients refused to go to hospital over coronavirus fears
- A police force saw a 30 per cent rise in reports of domestic abuse - in just 24 hours
- Angry mourners have spat at and assaulted funeral staff - after being told the number of people allowed to attend a service has been limited
- Frontline NHS worker completes 'miracle' recovery from illness
- Batman has been spotted patrolling the streets urging children to stay safe
- A dad got to witness the birth of his son - thanks to the kindness of a complete stranger
- Peacocks set themselves up in a car garage
- A cat that went missing - was spotted in the window of a charity shop by its owners
- A 70 year old car was found buried in a garden
- A nurse spotted an elderly man trying to climb over the fence of a closed cemetery - to lay flowers at his dead wife’s grave
And an interview with local democracy reporter Gurdip Thandi, who shares some of his favourite recent stories
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/300-severely-ill-patients-refused-18147593
https://lincolnshirereporter.co.uk/2020/04/domestic-abuse-in-lincolnshire-rises-by-30-in-24-hours/
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/angry-mourners-spit-funeral-staff-18138295
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/miracle-recovery-of-nhs-worker-paralysed-by-coronavirus-225882/
https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/18383700.batman-says-stay-home-stay-safe-kilbirnies-streets/
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/18394442.blackburn-dad-witnesses-birth-son-thanks-kind-stranger/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/peacocks-disobey-stay-at-home-rules-and-invade-office-226000/
https://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/18402783.cat-rescued-charity-shop-missing-two-weeks/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18394889.bizarre-mystery-car-dug-garden-solved/
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus/dup-calls-for-ni-cemeteries-to-reopen-but-sf-says-closure-is-a-price-we-must-pay-to-beat-coronavirus-39143684.html
THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 10 - April 19 2020
Interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
In this week’s episode
- Less than half of equipment ordered to protect care workers in Birmingham is delivered, claims councillor
- Flamingo filmed strolling down road after escaping Dudley Zoo
- ‘Stop panting viruses through our village; stay away’ the sign that provoked an outcry in part of Cambridgeshire
- 'Swastika' hot cross bun row sees Portsmouth Conservative councillor suspended from Tory party
- Rows of wine and beer bottles lined up at recycling site during lockdown
- 'Petty' council calls police over chalk drawing 'vandalism'
- Thieves are stealing life-saving kit from ambulances while paramedics treat patients
- Singing parrot joins in weekly NHS clap
- Winsford teenager fed up with lockdown turns bedroom wall into climbing wall
And an interview with former journalist Dan Bean, who shares three stories and tells me about his story about a man in a pothole.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/less-half-equipment-ordered-protect-18094266
https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/attractions/2020/04/15/flamingo-strolling-down-road-after-escaping-dudley-zoo/
https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/stay-away-sign-causes-outrage-n-coveney-near-ely-1-6605330
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/swastika-hot-cross-bun-row-sees-portsmouth-conservative-councillor-lee-mason-suspended-tory-party-2539985
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18386713.coronavirus-brighton-hundreds-glass-bottles-recycled/
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18389195.petty-wallingford-town-council-calls-police-chalk-vandal/
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/thieves-stealing-life-saving-kit-18107869
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/singing-parrot-joins-weekly-nhs-4057946
https://www.winsfordguardian.co.uk/news/18389408.winsford-teenager-fed-lockdown-turns-bedroom-wall-climbing-wall/
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/17621024.i-thought-hell-had-opened-up-says-driver-in-hole-in-york-road/
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THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 9 - April 12 2020
Interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
In this week’s episode
- The Cornish shop that will only serve local customers
- The online council meeting in Somerset trolled with adult content
- The nurses fined £75 a day for parking in an empty car park
- Jokers in Edinburgh posting a ransom not for a missing roll of toilet paper
- An angry dad who blockaded his street after a row with the bin men over a pot noodle
- A nurse who finished a 14-hour shift - and got home to find a bin set on fire next to her house
- A heroic teacher from Grimsby walking five miles a day to deliver food to vulnerable pupils
- A priest delivering a drive-by Easter blessing in a pope-mobile
- The owners of a pub who painted half of it yellow - and are now being threatened with prison
- The 99-year-old man walking 100 lengths of his garden to raise money for the NHS
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornish-shop-asks-customers-prove-4020832
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/adult-content-zoom-council-meeting-4032737
https://www.thestar.co.uk/health/sheffield-nurses-parking-fines-overturned-2530896
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/hilarious-missing-toilet-roll-poster-and-ransom-note-appear-stockbridge-2528386
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18367205.angry-dad-blockades-street-pot-noodle-row-bolton-binmen/
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18371200.hero-bolton-nurse-tackles-bin-arson-fire-14-hour-shift/
https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/hero-teacher-walking-over-fives-3988622
https://www.irishpost.com/news/watch-irish-priest-delivers-drive-blessing-louth-parish-popemobile-coronavirus-lockdown-183299
https://www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk/business/todmorden-pub-responds-brighten-borough-call-told-paint-it-white-again-2534361
https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/health/bedford-man-walk-100-lengths-his-garden-nhs-his-100th-birthday-2532073
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The Headlines Podcast on March 29 2020
Interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
In this week’s episode
Inevitably - coronavirus - but also stories about a Dalek, dinosaur and a homemade false leg.
https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/18342103.warnings-stay-home-reissued-woman-rides-flamingo-inflatable-ulverston-canal/
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/tunnocks-factory-shuts-down-production-17979885
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/irn-bru-production-continue-despite-17999035
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/west-midlands-police-mow-93-17989301
https://caerphilly.observer/news/987157/dalek-warns-residents-to-stay-indoors-to-stop-coronavirus-spread/
https://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/18339084.drones-speakers-used-council-enforce-lockdown/
https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/farmer/18336456.battersea-dogs-cats-home-reports-soaring-pet-rehoming-figures/
https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/health/coronavirus/banbury-womans-dancing-dinosaur-routine-brings-smiles-community-during-coronavirus-outbreak-2517740
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/new-mums-maternity-leave-return-3987560
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18328531.wife-makes-prosthetic-leg-things-found-shed
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EPISODE 6 - MARCH 22 2020
Interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
In this week’s episode
Coronavirus, the nursing home playing a life-sized game of Hungry Hippoes, and the man who has been collecting the stickers from fruit for 20 years
- https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/recently-blinded-dog-truly-amazing-3946047
- https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/wh-smith-store-forced-make-3969015
- https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/18314633.somerset-man-turned-obscure-hobby-international-business/
- https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/dundees-defiant-dominoes-players-are-spot-on-despite-virus-warnings/
- https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/crime-figures-drop-drastically-overnight-3971739https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/care-home-residents-hungry-hippos-17953816
- https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/self-isolating-welsh-pensioner-whose-17958576
- https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/man-proposes-iceland-after-romantic-17960566
- https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/when-youre-your-own-we-are-there-you-letter-our-readers-2502694
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THE HEADLINES PODCAST - A newspaper review celebrating some of the best local and regional journalism this week
Episode 5 March 15
Interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
In this week’s episode:
- coronavirus, a pirate set to have his ashes fired from a cannon, and a man who loves service stations so much he had his honeymoon in one
LINKS TO ALL OF THE STORIES IN THIS EPISODE:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/hand-gel-manufacturer-receives-abuse-for-hike-in-prices-223739/
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/coronavirus-tea-rooms-appeal-support-after-daily-takings-drop-ps1350-2451055
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/parents-warned-children-share-school-3941875
https://www.scotsman.com/health/coronavirus-scotland-cornershop-gives-away-facemasks-and-hand-gel-oaps-2448037
https://www.facebook.com/oxfordmail/photos/a.190605624285572/3069336366412469/?type=3&theater
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/meet-bristol-man-obsessed-service-3940062
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/he-always-brings-catalogue-home-3929534
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/beloved-devon-pirate-clive-ashes-3933159
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EPISODE 4 - MARCH 8 2020 Interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism. In this week’s episode we talk about Coronavirus: - Coronavirus: Hand sanitiser stolen from 80-year-old Age UK volunteer in Maidstone via Kent Online - Pharmacist's anger as hand sanitiser is being priced at £1,500 amid coronavirus fears via Bucks Free Press - Bridlington amusement arcade mocks coronavirus panic by filling its grabber machine with toilet roll via Hull Live - Why a Bucks dogging group is going viral via Bucks Free Press
And in other news: - New 'eco-tourism' guide to Scotland suggests visitors give Edinburgh Castle a miss via Edinburgh Evening News - ‘They don’t care’ Shameful dish given to patient, 98, at Glasgow hospital via Glasgow Evening Times - You've been sharing your thoughts on our suicide prevention campaign (& we're very grateful) via The Stoke Sentinel - Bristol great grandmother reveals ploys used by scammers on dating websites as she hunts the fraudsters via the Bristol Post - Crowdfunding campaign launched to erect a Womble statue in Wimbledon Common via The Wimbledon Times Links to all the stories featured can be found on Twitter @theheadlinespod and if you enjoy the podcast, please rate us.
EPISODE 3 - MARCH 1 2020
Interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.
In this week’s episode we talk about
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A binman who found two children sleeping inside a bin he was about to empty into a crusher via The Daily Post
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A barber offering one-on-one chats in his shop to encourage men suffering with depression or mental health issues to open up via Runcorn and Widnes World
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Mass balloon and lantern releases will be banned by a council - to protect the environment via The Gazette
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A BBC Cornwall listener found dead after a tip off from the station newsreader via Cornwall Live
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People from Bristol making abusive comments about Greta Thunberg named and shamed via Bristol Post
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The burglars who stopped to feed a llama at a tourist attraction during a nighttime raid via South Wales Argus
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An eight-year-old who discovered a Bronze Age axe on her first attempt at using a metal detector via the Southern Daily Echo
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A man who spent two years building a replica ship from matchsticks - because he wanted to do something more constructive than follow Brexit via the Southern Daily Echo
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FEBRUARY 23 2020 - interesting and quirky stories from local newspapers in the UK this week.
In this week’s episode - a man who has written a letter to his local paper every day for 40 years, a police boss who says tasers could only be good for throwing at criminals, a county’s plan to become the first smoke free place in Britain, the 77-year-old man who fought off and armed robber and a five-year-old girl’s charming message to drivers.
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