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I am currently Editorial Assistant for Slimming World Magazine and have experience of producing original content for newspapers, magazines and online.
I’m a graduate of News Associates London with a Gold Standard NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. I have written original news stories and features for local newspapers, as well as national magazines and websites.
I specialise in writing about true life weight loss stories but I have written about many diverse subjects, including entertainment, sport, politics and human interest stories.
I have previously written for FlickFeast.co.uk, Radio Times, Little White Lies, TV Choice and Total TV Guide, SW Londoner, Johnstone Press and the Newark Advertiser.
Until recently, I produced an online blog (https://matthewburtonfilmandtv.wordpress.com) on all things film and television.
At over 27st, Paul Holmes was losing the thrill of riding his motorbike, and worried for his health. Now more than 12st lighter, he's enjoying more energy than ever and living life at full throttle
Andria Palmer longed to share her partner's sporty hobbies. Then she lost 10st 2½lbs to start married life with an action-packed honeymoon
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Join Heather Jackson as she cooks up four delicious, single-serve meals
After successfully delivering a jaw-dropping live-action remake of The Jungle Book earlier this year, it looks like director Jon Favreau is not quite done with revisiting beloved Disney properties. The Hollywood director cheekily sent a cryptic tweet out this morning teasing that he might be about to board a remake of The Lion King, which was swiftly confirmed by Disney in a press release.
Louis Theroux is embarking on his first tour of Australia this month. As you might expect of a chance to meet the king of the documentary, tickets have been in hot demand. But fear not, the man himself has revealed there's an easy way to get a free ticket to one of his gigs: you just need to look like Louis Theroux.
There was an unusual sight at this year's London Comic Con. Amid the usual previews, expert panels and cosplay contests, a gay superhero was brought to life for the first time via a fake movie trailer. Launched by social change company Shape History, the #LGBTSuperheroes campaign video is leading calls for more LGBT superheroes to be portrayed in Hollywood productions.
A documentary maker is hoping to humanise London's gentrification debate with his film examining a Lambeth council estate's destruction screening at Brixton's Ritzy Picturehouse on Sunday. Uprooted highlights the plight of Myatts Field North residents who have been forced from their homes as part a Lambeth Council's controversial regeneration project - an essential part of the Labour-led authority's pledge to build 1,000 new homes by 2018.
Jamie Oliver returns to the campaign trail to reveal why our collective sweet tooth could be our downfall
A cycling duo will make history this weekend when they become the first to ride non-stop around Richmond Park for 24 hours. Chris Hall, 26, and Chris Pressdee, 42, who ride for Berkshire-based cycling club Ripcor, gained special permission from Richmond Council to ride continuously around the park's 10.8km loop from 8am on Saturday June 18.
Shocking statistics revealed that nearly two-thirds of people surveyed in Greater London felt a dementia diagnosis would mean their life is over, t he Alzheimer's Society released today in line with Dementia Awareness Week.
A mother and daughter have made history by becoming the first to serve side-by-side as London firefighters at Tooting Fire Station. Katie Holloway, 22, has just joined Tooting Fire Station - the same station her mother, Station Manager Sally Harper, was first posted to when she passed out as a firefighter back in 1988.
Dutch korfball champions showed off their skills at three Tooting schools in a bid to encourage sport participation today. The Dutch under-17s reigning World Champions took time out from their preparations for the upcoming European Championships to put on a series of taster sessions for pupils of Graveney School, Furzedown Primary School and Fircroft Primary School today.
Vulnerable people in Wandsworth are increasingly being forced into food poverty and associated suicidal tendencies by the government's welfare reforms, a new report has warned. Wandsworth Foodbank distributed enough emergency food to feed more than 4,000 people in the last 12 months, according to their annual food poverty report, which is a 25% increase on the previous year.
A Brixton man is running the London Marathon to fulfil a 17-year-old promise he made to a school friend whose mum died of cervical cancer. George Stephen hopes to raise £6,000 for Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, a charity set up in honour of Jo Maxwell after she died in 1999.