How to make a female carpenter: Step one

A female construction apprentice winning a national award might not seem a big deal, but we assure you it is, that it speaks volumes for Gloucestershire and is well worth celebrating. Here's why...

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We hope your week is going well. Welcome to your Wednesday edition of The Raikes Journal (CIC). We thank you again for your support. We’re now beginning to gear up to start releasing three editions a week (two of those will eventually become paid-members-only editions. That latter step being a little way off yet!).

For those who have not yet digested what we are trying to do, please visit our About page and our story ‘Raikes: The rebirth of community journalism for Gloucestershire’ to find out how this operation is part of our drive to put back in place in the county some real community journalism.

As for today’s main story, featured below, we take a proper look at what lies beneath news you may have seen - that Amy Brown, a female carpenter, has been named as a UK national apprentice of the year. And what better week to do that than National Apprenticeship Week?

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