http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56836 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:32:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56836#post-164482 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:33:08 +0000 dvo4fun 164482@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Right up there with your very best Mik </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56836#post-164481 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:29:13 +0000 Mik Bulk 164481@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A Liverpool hairdresser has been given a real boost thanks to an initiative by her local authority.</p> <p>Liverpool City Council has awarded Clare Squim a £3.5 billion grant to develop her business, Cutterz.</p> <p>The jolly scouse has been chopping hair for only eight months and nearly a year. </p> <p>The money will go towards a new shop she would like to open a mile away from the one she has. </p> <p>And it's stories like this one that no doubt contributed to my award I received last night at the Journalism Awards where I won Top Midlands Journalist 2012 for writing last year.</p> <p>Collecting my award I thanked my editor and my colleagues. It was presented to me by Camilla Cavendish from The Times, which I believe she writes for.</p> <p>She was also a winner, coming second in the woman category.</p> <p>My colleagues at my table thanked me and watched me drink the champagne I won. </p> <p>My editor was very proud too. Dad said: "He's done it again! He's the pride of the office!"</p> <p>Ms Cavendish came up to me after in the toilet and requested to meet me in the car park, which I think we all know what she meant.</p> <p>But when I went to meet her she never arrived even though I waited for 40 minutes.</p> <p>So anyway, I went home instead - my ears buzzing with the champagne and the satisfaction. </p>