In the news: 4-10 Dec 2020

Our resident health expert Dr Steve O’Brien was on BBC Radio Northampton, on Tuesday, for his weekly chat about coronavirus with presenter Annabel Amos (clips at 1h 13m; 1h 46m and 2h 46m).

Keen to bring about a bit of Covid-safe, festive fun, student Ashlee has launched a community Santa Trail in the Delapre Far Cotton and Briar Hill areas of Northampton. She chatted to BBC Radio Northampton about it (starts 1h 31m).

Business Studies Grad, Amy Houldsworth, chatted to Dorset Biz News about her marine career and her connection to Admiral Lord Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar.

Our television expert, Brendan Sheppard, appeared in the weekly Life’s A Pitch segment of Tim Wheeler’s Monday night show on BBC Radio Northampton. This week’s star subject was Dion Dublin (starts 1h 40m).

Our Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Kate Ironside, has vast experience as a political reporter. She gave her views on the Prime Minister’s attempts to strike a Brexit deal, when she spoke to BBC London on Wednesday (starts 1h 10m).

Our Engine Shed building at Waterside campus has won a heritage award. The news was covered by Premier Construction News.

The Chronicle & Echo reported almost 2,000 students had been tested at our Covid-19 testing centre.