Lifelong Bournemouth fan Jamie Bird is set to be remembered with a 31st minute applause in their game against West Ham this Saturday. The commemoration has been arranged by his brother, Luke Fletcher, after suggesting it on Twitter and Facebook. Jamie died last week aged 31, following a long battle with brain cancer. “He was […]
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Dorset charity financially helps young Poole cancer patient
A Dorset charity has helped a young woman from Poole who has been diagnosed with cancer just five months after undergoing a liver transplant. Sophie Houghton-Hinks, a 20-year-old from Poole, has been given financial support from Dorset Cancer Care Foundation since the liver transplant and being diagnosed with post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder. She has also lost her mother […]
Beating Cervical Cancer – The ‘C Word’
The ‘Jade Goody Effect’ seems to have worn off of women in Britain. I looked into why the number of smear test attendees is at a 20-year low.
Cannabis Oil and Cancer Patients- The ‘C Word’
With back-and-forth decisions and information on the availability of medicinal cannabis in the UK, I wanted to explore the facts, as well as the benefits it can have on cancer patients.
Is routine cancer screening effective? -The ‘C Word’
In the UK 350,000 people die from Cancer each year. One in two of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives, according to a press release by Cancer Research in 2015. The statistic was previously one in three. Cancer Research also suggest that people living longer is the main reason […]
Cannabis saved me: Online added value
For this project, I created social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter, which was useful to build up an online presence, reaching a wider audience. I also created an infographic to highlight important statistics and a Google Fusion table to outline historical dates. Click on the links below to access the online added value. Facebook Twitter: […]
Cannabis saved me: Online article
The legalisation of medical cannabis hit news in early November – allowing specialist doctors to prescribe the drug, but only for certain conditions. Celine Byford investigates if a cancer cure has been resting in the plant for years Cancer is one of the biggest killers worldwide, and researchers continue to try to find a cure. […]
Cannabis saved me: Print Article
‘Cannabis saved me’ is a Multimedia Journalism project which investigates the use of medicinal cannabis. It delves into the new cannabis prescription law, personal experiences of using the drug and investigates whether cannabis could be considered a ‘cure’ for cancer. The print article is below, based on The Guardian magazine. It is the largest portion […]
Cannabis saved me: Audio | Legalisation
The print article highlights the new cannabis law, allowing specialist doctors to prescribe cannabis to those with limited conditions. However, I wondered why the possession of cannabis still remains illegal in the UK. I managed to get in contact with Eoin and Brynn, both from the cannabis industry and based in different areas of the […]
Cannabis saved me: Video
Exploring whether cannabis can be used as medicine led to a wider discovery of the black market. When it was revealed to me that only people with limited conditions would be prescribed cannabis legally, I realised that the illegal drug business would still live on. To accommodate the project, I created this video below. I […]