Kelly Foran

1 week ago | bbc.com | Kelly Foran |Lauren Hirst

'Direct payments helped me to become an artist' Kelly Foran and Lauren HirstBBCArtist Sally Hirst was able to hone her skills during a placementAn award-winning autistic artist said she was able to follow her dreams after being given the freedom to manage her own social care funding. Sally Hirst, who also has learning disabilities, is currently an artist in residence at the Everyday Art School at the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester.

1 week ago | bbc.com | Laura O'Neill |Kelly Foran

Boy, 2, reunites with 'life-saving' strangerLaura O'Neill & Kelly ForanBBCHuxley was saved by Tom Lee-Newton after he choked while out to dinnerA two-year-old boy who was given first aid after choking on a chip has been reunited with the man who saved him. Huxley was out for tea with his mother Sarah Watters in Burnley on Tuesday when he began to choke. He was saved by fellow diner Tom Lee-Newton who sprung into action when he heard screaming.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Kelly Foran |Gemma Sherlock

'My 100-mile round-trip for life-saving medicine'Kelly Foran & Gemma SherlockBBCJonathan Kitson has cystic fibrosis and has to take 30 Creon tablets every day A man with cystic fibrosis who has to do a two-hour round trip to get medication to keep him alive said a shortage of the drug was an "appalling disaster". Jonathan Kitson, 29, from the Ribble Valley in Lancashire, said he sometimes had to travel 50 miles to Manchester to pick up his prescription of Creon.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Kelly Foran

'Fellow Liverpool fans saved my life with CPR'Kelly ForanLynette HorsburghBBCTim Easton says he can hopefully sing Liverpool's famous You'll Never Walk Alone anthem for many years to come thanks to the Casey brothersA lifelong Liverpool fan has said the fellow supporters who "saved him" when he had a cardiac arrest while driving home from a game encapsulated everything that is good about their club.

Jun 27, 2024 | itv.com | Kelly Foran

It's probably not unusual for three mums meeting for the first time to strike up a rapport, and when Esther, Kelly and Leeann came together in a Liverpool hotel it was obvious there was an instant connection. But their connection is one based on a similar, unimaginable pain. Esther Ghey, Kelly Brown and Leeann White have all lost their children to knife crime, and are now calling on the next government to take urgent action to stop more "children dying on our streets".