Wow, is it really almost ten o'clock? How bizarre. It feels like I've only just got in. Mind you, I was quite late this morning as I had to nip to the post office beforehand to get a postal order filled out.

The post office is the last possible place you want to be in the morning, seriously. Full of people getting their benefits, paying bills, ( Read more... )

Tis indeed a quiet day. I've almost cleared out my inbox now, I've not got many stories on the to-do list and I'm just enjoying a cup of fruit tea courtesy of Steve - some rather nice hibiscus, spearmint, cherries, orange peel concoction that wakes you right up. Apparently he got it from Holland & Barrett so methinks I'll have to get some.

Anna ( Read more... )

Just a quick update on new and forthcoming adventures in the world of Kelza: Journalist, Bereted Warrior, Eccentric of the Star. I didn't know these things were coming up for me this morning otherwise I would have written about them in my last couple of entries.

First and foremost, the latest Harry Potter film is coming out soon, and I've been ( Read more... )

I'm going to be working really hard these next few days to get some stories done and dusted in the hope that they'll get into either this week's or next week's paper. Like I've mentioned in a previous entry, I've got some good ones going on. It's great to be able to get my teeth into some of the more intriguing stories.

This week is set to be a ( Read more... )

Just writing a random journal entry to tick away the minutes before home time. Nothing spectacular has happened today - nothing journal-worthy except that whole faff with my art work... but meh. Let's write random stuff!

I was a bit worried that after the last few weeks' big stories like the Claire Glover IVF, Carl Pickervance's flat, the ( Read more... )

Despite the less-than-ideal weather, I actually got some joy with the picket lines! The PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union) were outside the Job Centre and Inland Revenue in St Helens this morning since half seven, so I had a chance to interview them before they made the pilgrimage to Liverpool, like local NUT members, to attend a regional ( Read more... )

Today is the day of the public sector strikes. Workers all across the country are walking out in protest against the government's proposed pension reforms - reforms which come on top of a pay freeze that means they're already getting less money for their efforts.

I've already done a piece for the Star covering the National Union of Teachers (NUT ( Read more... )

I've been back from my lunch break for a while now, but I still feel stuffed. Yes, for once I got food.

It was around 11. I was flicking through my to-do list and one of the pieces I had was about a local charity having an event at their allotment on Windle Hall Drive. I remembered that Jason was looking for a suitable work placement that he could ( Read more... )

Just a quick update before I pop off to work.

The whole Tom situation from the other day has resolved itself. I can't remember if I've already mentioned it (I probably have, as a little side-note in a huge entry somewhere), but anyway, it has. I think I slept over at Jason's the Friday after all that went down.

In fact, it was Friday. Because ( Read more... )

I've been here just over two months in total now and there's one good habit I've not yet gotten into.

When people phone in with a story and we answer, I always forget to ask people for exclusivity on whatever story they're ringing in. It's vitally important that we run a story first, what with us having the rival paper just down the road and all ( Read more... )