Sally-Anne Youll

With almost three decades in journalism under her belt, most recently as assistant editor at Midland News Association, Sally knows a good story when she sees one. Her razor-sharp instinct and news sense is a massive asset to our team - whether in digging out exclusives for the nationals or nurturing publicity clients to maximum exposure.

Anyone can do it! Our podcast journey

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‘I’d like you do a podcast,’ she said. ‘No problem,’ I said, as my head filled with a million questions and a voice inside said ‘no way, you can’t do that.’  But another voice inside me, the one that likes a challenge – and the one I like to listen to – said ‘why not?’  So I Googled ‘how to do a podcast’ and found myself presented with a sea of information and advice. Through it all, the running theme appeared to be ‘anyone can do it’.  And with that firmly in mind, my podcast journey began.  I should point out that I […]

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Dad’s mission to help families get immediate health advice

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A dad fed up of wasted trips to A&E and long waits for doctors to see his young daughter has launched a new online GP service. Andrew Bretherton launched Quick Doctors as an option for families who need immediate medical reassurance. He also wanted to offer an alternative service for those who didn’t want to add to their GP’s workload during the Covid crisis. It followed reports that people were sometimes putting off seeing a doctor to avoid bothering them, potentially delaying diagnosis and treatment for serious conditions. “We are not trying to replace the GP service, but we wanted

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Ambitious community hub plan for Hednesford

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Hednesford is to get a new community hub, café and garden under ambitious new plans. The scheme is going ahead following the award of a £105,000 grant from the Customer and Communities Fund at West Midlands Railway. The main attraction will be a fully-restored rail carriage converted into a café and community hub set within a newly-created leisure garden. There will also be Incredible Edible planting boxes, outdoor seating and a greenhouse. Local mining heritage will be celebrated with a restored coal wagon and secure cycle racks will create an integrated travel hub for visitors and local people. David Wisehall,

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Lockdown toilet paper venture cleans up with £1 million sales forecast

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An environmentally friendly toilet paper business rolled out since lockdown hit is set for £1 million of sales in its first year.  Award-winning Tanki, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, is both glue and plastic-free and as well as for household use, is also aimed at the maritime and leisure market.   Founder Matt O’Crowley, 37, is a former deck officer with the Merchant Navy and switched careers as the pandemic took hold after discovering he was ineligible for furlough cash.    He said he turned to toilet paper because everyone needs it and there was a gap in the market for a brand that doesn’t

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The media and me

Exes and eyebrow trolls – how my lockdown experiment put me in the spotlight

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Rebecca Lockwood, a student and journalist, decided to use her free time during the first lockdown to contact all her exes and ask them ‘what went wrong?’. Her story attracted interest from the national media and she was even offered a slot on This Morning – only to be usurped by Prince Charles. Here she reveals how she felt about being on the other side of the news. Download the podcast here. Listen on Google podcasts here and on Spotify here.

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Resilient, determined and focused – how our clients have inspired us

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We’ve come a long way since the seeds for International Women’s Day were sown back in 1908. The day was first celebrated officially in 1911, so this year we’re technically celebrating the 110th International Women’s Day. There have been some great strides forward in terms of gender equality over those years – the inauguration of Kamala Harris as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice president being a recent high point. But at Nurture Media, we know that closer to home and out of the global spotlight, there are millions of women working hard to make a

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Dad’s 1,000-mile challenge in memory of Marie

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A dad is embarking on a 1,000-mile cycling challenge in memory of the mother of his young son and to raise money for charity. Chris Hopkins and a team of nine other fundraisers will cycle from John O’Groats to Land’s End over nine days in September in memory of Marie O’Toole. She is the mother of his nine-year-old son Lewis and also mum to Elizabeth,19, Oliver, 16, and Charlie, 15. Marie, a carer, died in January at the age of 37, 12 months after first being diagnosed with cervical cancer and just three months after being told it was terminal.

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Businesses donate 10,000 drinks and snacks to support NHS staff

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Two Midland businesses have joined forces to help support under-pressure NHS workers by collecting over 10,000 donations of bottled water, coffee, tea and biscuits.  Bosses at Drain Doctor Plumbing and Coinadrink jumped in to help when they saw an appeal by Hampers for Heroes, a community enterprise which helps key workers by delivering hampers of treats and wellbeing items.  Hampers for Heroes had received a request from ICU doctors, who were looking for coffee, toiletries and other essentials, and shared it on social media to gather support.  When Richard Scandrett, director at Drain Doctor Plumbing in Burntwood, and Tom Williams, sales and

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Good Morning Britain producer shares Covid reporting battle in new media podcast

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A TV producer who battled to report the Covid pandemic amid a government boycott has described the ‘extraordinary’ situation she faced, in an interview for a Midlands communications agency’s new podcast.   Anne Alexander reveals how, in her role as senior political producer at Good Morning Britain, things reached a ‘worrying state of affairs’ after ministers refused to be interviewed.   “It was really tricky because we were trying to get the correct information out there and we hadn’t got a minister to ask the specific questions we needed answers to,” she said.  “You needed to hold people to account and we weren’t

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Hannah’s golden opportunity for businesses to help charity

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Businesses are being offered the chance to help elderly people who may be struggling during lockdown with the launch of a new marketing venture. Award-winning marketing professional Hannah Montgomery is launching her new business Golddust Direct this week. Dubbed ‘Moonpig for businesses’ it offers firms a direct mail package to raise their profile. As part of the service, firms can add an extra donation to help Hannah’s charity Re-Engage Lichfield, which helps combat loneliness in the elderly by providing social contact. The donation through Golddust Direct would pay for a letter or card to be sent to an elderly person.

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