Mary Rhodes

Jan 7, 2025 | yahoo.com | Gavin Kermack |Mary Rhodes

A veteran who was badly injured while serving in Iraq is getting ready to trek more than 300 miles (500km) across part of the Arctic in aid of SSAFA, the armed forces charity. Karl Hinett, from Tipton, suffered 37% burns and spent 10 days in an induced coma when his armored personnel carrier was hit by petrol bombs. Twenty years on, Mr Hinett, who served with the Staffordshire regiment, will be taking part in the unsupported journey across the snow and ice of Swedish Lapland.

Oct 18, 2024 | theculturenewspaper.com | Alex McIntyre |Mary Rhodes

A six-year-old boy who has written and published three books is set to receive a national award for inspiring other children. Jayce, from Birmingham, has been named this year’s youngest recipient of the British Citizen Youth Award, Medal of Honour, which recognises the impact he has made on his community. He published his first book, Jayce’s Sweet Tooth, about a boy who cannot resist candy, when he was four years old and became a member of Mensa with an IQ of 150 before he turned five.

Apr 17, 2024 | yahoo.com | Mary Rhodes |Oprah Flash

A journalist and author from Wolverhampton shared her memories of how libraries shaped her career as she threw her support behind campaigns to save them. Caitlin Moran, who penned the bestseller How to Be A Woman, was home-schooled and attributes libraries in her home city for providing the "greatest possible education a child can have".

Jan 11, 2024 | coventrytelegraph.net | Mary Harrison |Mary Rhodes |Sophie Madden |Claire Harrison

A Coventry-born sub-postmaster has spoken about how he was sectioned three times after being accused of stealing £108,000. Balvinder Singh Gill left his hometown of Coventry to move to Oxford, where he set up business - but it ended with him being declared bankrupt. He told the BBC that his optimism following the move soon became a 'nightmare'. It led to him being sectioned three times and forced him to take out loans to cover the debt he was told he owed.

Jan 11, 2024 | msn.com | Mary Rhodes |Sophie Madden |Claire Harrison

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