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Ashley Blake: I paid my debt to society - yet no-one will give me a job

Birmingham Post — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Former broadcaster Ashley Blake is urging firms to at least consider employing ex-offenders, two years after leaving prison himself. He tells Graeme Brown about his struggle to find work ever since.

Firms urged to consider employing ex-offenders

Birmingham Post — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:40:00 GMT

Business executives have called on firms across the Midlands to consider employing former prisoners.

Former BBC presenter Ashley Blake to publish his prison diaries

Birmingham Post — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:30:00 GMT

Former BBC newsreader Ashley Blake, who was jailed for attacking a teenager with a wooden pole, is publishing his prison diaries.

Council pays £50,000 for celebrity backing of Birmingham events

Birmingham Post — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:40:00 GMT

Council bosses in Birmingham paid a string of celebrities a combined £50,000 to back events and hand out awards, according to new figures.

Former BBC presenter Ashley Blake freed from prison

Birmingham Post — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:26:00 GMT

Shamed former BBC TV presenter Ashley Blake has been released from prison less than nine months into a two-year sentence for attacking a teenager with a wooden pole.

Victim happy that Ashley Blake's appeal is rejected

Birmingham Post — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT

The teenager attacked by Ashley Blake has welcomed the news that his appeal over his sentence has been thrown out.

Ashley Blake may lose his honorary degree from Staffordshire University

Birmingham Post — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMT

Jailed BBC TV presenter Ashley Blake could be stripped of his honorary degree.

Ashley Blake lodges appeal against jail sentence

Birmingham Post — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMT

Jailed television presenter Ashley Blake has officially lodged an appeal against his sentence.

BBC's Ashley Blake to appeal against jail sentence

Birmingham Post — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:37:00 GMT

Jailed BBC TV presenter Ashley Blake is to appeal against his sentence, his legal team has revealed.

Ashley Blake pays heavy price for fame

Birmingham Post — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:54:00 GMT

Ashley Blake is by no means the first television personality to discover that celebrity status is not always a one-way ticket to happiness.