Lauren Hockney

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Day 1: Selfies and sunshine as ride begins

WHEN my alarm went off at 5.15am on Saturday morning, I almost felt like I was dreaming, it certainly didn't feel like I was about to embark on a 500 mile bike ride, taking myself and five others from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Birmingham, to Hamelin - yep that's right, Hamelin as in the Pied Piper, Hamelin in North Germany!

Teen's new firm is icing on the cupcakes

TAKE one ambitious teenager, add a spoonful of culinary skill, a sprinkle of dedication and the end result is a girl who has launched her own cupcake business at just 16 years old.

Ice theory for biker's road death

AN experienced biker who fell off his motorcycle and was struck by a lorry on the A127 could have slipped on the icy road surface, an inquest heard.