Local People

RSS Feed

Bright young things: Photographer Zac Patsalides

Rating: 3

March 21st 2012

Northgate High School sixth form student Zac Patsalides, 16, has been taking photographs for less than a year but is already staging his own solo exhibition

Derbyshire's Wayne Madsen

Rating: 2

March 20th 2012

As preparations get underway for the start of the cricket season, Nathan Fearn meets the county’s new captain

Niki Clappison - My Yorkshire weekend

Rating: 3

March 17th 2012

Niki Clappison, owner of The Barn House and Garden Retreat in Walkington, takes us for a relaxing stroll through her hectic weekend

Calling all ex- Dukies! Your school needs you

Rating: 3

March 17th 2012

Did you attend The Duke of York’s Royal Military School, Dover, any time between 1940 and the present day? Then please report to the school for a reunion on 25 March celebrating a major milestone its 209-year-history

Devon Portrait: Keith White MBE

Rating: 2

March 16th 2012

Keith White has been fanatical about sport all his life. He started playing squash at the age of seven and went on to represent Devon and England on the squash court.

Talented teenagers in Herts

Rating: 3

March 14th 2012

Success stories are not just for enterprising adults. Pat Parker talks to two Hertfordshire 14-year-olds who have high hopes for a bright future...

Rheagan Hendry named Inspirational Woman of the Year

Rating: 3

March 13th 2012

Rheagan Hendry was named Inspirational Woman of the Year for the work she’s been doing in her mother’s memory. Amanda Griffiths met her Photography by Kirsty Thompson

Meet Sheffield climber Andy Kirkpatrick who relishes a mountain challenge

Rating: 2

March 13th 2012

One of Yorkshire’s most accomplished climbers can’t get enough of the battle to reach the top of the world as Terry Fletcher reports

Essex Olympians - Andrew Osagie

Rating: 3

March 12th 2012

Harlow middle-distance runner Andrew Osagie has had a love affair with the Olympics since his uncle returned from Atlanta with a GB hat as a gift. Words by Nick Dine

Hertfordshire portrait: TV presenter, radio DJ and model Lisa Snowdon

Rating: 2

March 12th 2012

Hertfordshire girl Lisa Snowdon stuck to her county roots when it came to choosing a special piece of jewellery to mark her 40th birthday.

Meet Sheena Byrom - the midwife from Whalley

Rating: 3

March 9th 2012

Sheena Byrom’s book about life as a midwife made the best seller list and now she has an OBE. Amanda Griffiths reports Photography by Kirsty Thompson

Who's doing what on the Wirral

Rating: 3

March 9th 2012

There is no better proof of the claim that ‘small is beautiful’ than the Wirral WORDS BY MIKE SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN COCKS

Ormskirk’s Dean Chisnall lands lead role in Shrek the Musical

Rating: 3

March 8th 2012

We meet some of the remarkable people putting this West Lancashire market town on the map. Roger Borrell reports Photography by John Cocks

Why the Olympics is everything to Wilmslow's Victoria Pendleton

Rating: 2

March 4th 2012

Wilmslow-based Olympic hopeful Victoria Pendleton explains why Cheshire has such a part to play in her success WORDS BY DANNY BOWMAN

Simon Wallis - My Yorkshire Weekend

Rating: 3

March 3rd 2012

Simon Wallis, director of The Hepworth Wakefield gallery, paints a picture of his perfect weekend

Halifax’s iconic Dean Clough Mill recreated in Lego

Rating: 3

March 2nd 2012

Lego enthusiasts are recreating Halifax’s iconic Dean Clough Mill using a million (give or take) of their favourite bricks. Jo Haywood reports

Hertfordshire’s Richest 50

Rating: 3

March 1st 2012

It’s been a good 12 months for many of Hertfordshire’s wealthiest residents. Philip Beresford takes a look at the ups and downs of the county’s elite...

Meet the Hertfordshire mumpreneurs

Rating: 3

March 1st 2012

Juggling a business and a family is no mean feat. Michelle Rosenberg talks to three mumpreneurs about how they are successfully doing just that...

Clive has fun...at a Zumba class

Rating: 2

March 1st 2012

Clive Agran embraces the popular dance work-out in an effort to regain his physique.

Farmer Richard Thomas: one man and his dogs

Rating: 3

February 29th 2012

Richard Thomas farms with his father at Risbury Court in Herefordshire