Victoria is an investigative reporter, who has written extensively about Sheffield's music and hospitality sectors. She was previously the editor of the Waltham Forest Echo.
‘It feels like the nursery has had a visit from the 50s’
‘The anonymity is quite freeing, especially when some of the subjects I touch on are quite sensitive or political’
‘The youth will grow up not wanting to live the way that their relatives, fathers or brothers have’
A writer's edition from Victoria
‘I felt the biggest way I could make up for it was by working as hard as humanly possible’
Veronica Crawford was housed by a company paid millions to support the most vulnerable. Less than three months later, she was dead
The town has declared itself the first "Children's Capital of Culture"
'You have a very short window in terms of being part of the Royal Foundation’s focus'
“Are we just going to write off provincial England?”
“Members of the executive team would say things like ‘I believe in unions, but just not one here’.”
‘It’s such a great showcase of a quarter of a century of local people’s opinions’
Why did police shoot a family dog to death?
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'There are not many company directors who would willingly forgo three quarters of a million pounds'
‘I don’t think you could find one person in the industry with a good word to say’
'People gave up secure housing to live here, we are quite content to see their business collapse'