From Coventry to Normandy (via Faslane)

I'm off to Scotland on Friday for the NATO exercise I'm taking part in with a group of people from my course and I sure hope we'll have a swell time, just like these fellows.

I had a good few days at the BBC in Coventry - this afternoon I got to interview the chairman of the Haemophilia Society at Warwick University, who spoke to me about the start of an inquiry into how a generation of people were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C in the 1970s and 80s.

The patients were made ill when they were given blood transfusions from contaminated supplies, but until now the government has resisted calls to allow an inquiry to go ahead.

I also did a couple of telephone interviews and a few sets of the inevitable vox pops.

While my documentary progress has been lamentably slow (for which I mainly blame Rachael), I've enjoyed working at BBC Coventry and Warwickshire again and am really looking forward to ten days on an aircraft carrier.

Sent to Coventry - again!!

I'm back at BBC Coventry and Warwickshire for a few days of voluntary work experience.

There still doesn't appear to be a logo for the station on the internet so I've had to make do with this little gem, showing the delectable Mrs Pru Poretta, who somebody has decided looks like Lady Godiva.

I've been chasing a couple of Coventry stories today, including an initiative announced by Coventry Police Force that is supposed to help them stamp out antisocial behaviour.

So what resources are being devoted to this ambitious project? Hundreds of officers? Extra CCTV cameras across the city? Community Support Officers?

Nope.

A grand total of one patrol car is being solely dedicated to eradicate antisocial behaviour from the whole of Coventry.

I can almost hear the hoodies running for cover.