Barking Riverside: East London’s new mega housing development
The housing crisis in London is a hot topic. And there’s then always the question of where to build them. Well the Barking Riverside development hopes to go at least some way to answering these questions. One of the largest newbuild developments in the country with plans for a total of 20,000 dwellings, the ‘new […]
Banksy: Street artist drops three London installations in three days
Banksy has been making moves in London recently, with the third installation in three days added to a railway bridge above Brick Lane – depicting three monkeys. It follows a mural of a goat, or mountain gazelle, perched on a ledge – located near Kew Bridge on Monday (August 5). Two elephants poking their heads […]
Grenfell Tower inquiry reveals ‘all deaths were avoidable’
The 72 people who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire died as a result of systemic dishonesty. The damning final report from the inquiry into the 2017 disaster displays a chain of failures by governments, companies, and the fire service starting back as early as the early 1990s with how fire safety in […]
56% of working families in London using food banks
More than half of working families in London have used a food bank in the past year. It’s a finding revealed by Censuswide who have recently surveyed 2,000 working adults in London, who have at least one child under the age of 16. Self-planned, self-produced, self-edited package for London Live News at 6.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ day surgery theatre nurses launch three days of strike action
Guy’s and St Thomas’s day surgery theatre nurses are holding a series of protests this week over issues of ‘safe staffing’. Nurses say that their workloads have steadily increased over the years – to a point where it has become ‘unsustainable’.
10 applicants competing for each property on the London rental market
In-studio hit for London Live News at 6 programme on September 13th. SOTs used in the piece from interviews conducted by myself.
Tony Cottee & MND warrior Steve Redgwell fighting for awareness
Sit-down interview with Tony Cottee (honorary patron of Challenging MND charity) and Steve Redgwell (diagnosed with MND in 2018). Booked by myself, self-filmed, self-produced, self-edited.
Team GB female stars front body positive event in London
Sixty-five percent of female athletes feel that their physical appearance when participating in sport is more heavily scrutinised than that of a man. Those lived experiences of body image scrutiny and pressures are having a knock-on impact, with many young girls not wanting to participate in sport in the first place. It’s why Team GB […]
London hospital hackers publish 400GB of stolen patient data on dark web
NHS England has said that data from a ransomware attack on NHS provider Synnovis has allegedly been published online by a cyber criminal group. Synnovis, which provides pathology services on blood tests for two NHS trusts in London, was the victim of a cyber attack on June 3. In-studio hit for London Live News at […]
TfL launch London’s first designated walking route in almost 20 years
Transport for London have launched their first designated London walking route in almost 20 years. Called the Green Link Walk, it’s a 15 mile route from Peckham to Epping Forest, connecting communities along it to over 40 green spaces. It’s been introduced to meet demand, with a 10% increase in leisure walking in the capital […]
Interview with Team GB hockey star Darcy Bourne
With the Paris Olympics fast approaching, UK Sport are highlighting a series of powerful social impact stories across a variety of sports. One of the first athletes they’re profiling is Darcy Bourne, a Team GB Women’s Hockey player from London. Darcy is hugely active in her community, where she hopes to use her platform to […]
Plans approved for new City of London Police base on Aldgate housing estate
A new police base has been approved in an area where documents showed there was a “significant” demand for policing. The new eastern base for the City of London Police has been approved to be situated on an Aldgate housing estate. The base will not act as a front desk for the force, but will […]
London’s Year in Transport 2023
Click here to view the full programme on the London Live website This ‘year in review’ programme of London’s transport network focused on the biggest headlines and most-compelling interviews covered on London Live throughout 2023. After getting the programme’s title signed off, I had entire editorial control for the content – and as well […]
Battersea charity celebrates 100th anniversary with a royal visit
Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Edinburgh, paid a visit to a charity here in the capital. Sophie visited the ‘Katherine Low Settlement’ in Battersea to find out about the work they do to reduce poverty and isolation by bringing the community together. I secured this filming opportunity exclusively for London Live, having previously interviewed […]
Interview with DJ Fabio on drum & bass origins ahead of live orchestral gig
London is the place where so many creative ideas and concepts were born, including the roots of jungle and drum and bass music, which has teetered on the fence between underground and mainstream culture since its birth more than 30 years ago. Two of the key pioneers of the genre are Fabio and Grooverider, both […]
Selection of social media content
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London’s Weekend (Sunday 5th November)
Presenting London’s Weekend on London Live – cut down to only include my links, plus one pre-record interview of mine too. At present, I present this programme every other week on average.
‘Reusing our stuff’: How Londoners fare at recycling and repurposing waste materials
In this special report, London Live’s Paul Harrison has been investigating the capital’s relationship with the stuff we use and dispose of – and he met a couple of Londoners turning ‘one man’s trash’ into ‘another man’s treasure’. Michael Connell, from Catford, has built a garden shed made entirely from waste materials. Meanwhile Robi Walters […]
Londoner tackling four ultramarathons for Movember
November for many people means Movember – with moustaches grown all in the name of men’s health. Movember are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, but the issues surrounding the mental health of the male population remain as stark as ever, with 3 in 4 suicides male. One Londoner who’s hoping to raise awareness and […]
Wimbledon to expand? Opinion split on plans as council’s decision nears
A decision on the All England tennis club’s plan to expand at Wimbledon is expected in the coming months, and has seen an interesting divide in the community. The expansion will see a new 8,000 seater stadium, 38 practice courts and public parkland built on the site of the neighbouring Wimbledon Park golf course that […]