Donna Anthony

Donna Anthony left court a free woman in April this year

Donna Anthony, from Yeovil, served nearly seven years in jail for a crime she didn't commit - the murder of her two children.

She was freed in April 2005 when the evidence that convicted her was ruled unsafe.

Life in Durham prison was tough for Donna.

The other inmates spat in her food and she was scalded with boiling water down the back of her neck.

She also had to cope with the death of her mother during her time inside.

In the days that followed her release a national newspaper gave her a makeover for a set of photographs.

She was asked to visit the grave of her two children, Jordan and Michael, which she found very upsetting. So far, she's felt unable to go back.

Now, she's trying to rebuild her life in a Wiltshire village.

She tells Tessa Dunlop that she couldn't return to Yeovil because, despite her acquittal, many local people were whispering and pointing at her.

Now, she's learning to drive and she's taken on a part time job in a kitchen.

She's been helped by her solicitor George Hawks and his wife Sally, who have become friends.

They still talk on the phone every week, and Donna is a regular visitor to their home.

In the future she'd like to go to college.

Links relating to this story:

• BBC News - Q&A - Donna Anthony Case
• BBC Radio 4 - Women's Hour - Donna Anthony
• BBC - Health - Baby Safety Week

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The source of the Avon

Rob sets sail on the River Avon

Rob Salvidge sets sail on another nautical adventure - only this time he's in a coracle, paddling upstream to try to discover the source of the River Avon.

His journey begins at the Victorian boating station in Bath.

Rob quickly discovers that lurking along the banks are increasing numbers of a foreign invader - American signal crayfish.

They probably escaped into the river further upstream. They have no predators and worryingly also spread a plague that’s deadly to our native species.

At Malmesbury Rob meets Ian and Barbara - the famous naked gardeners who have created an Eden-like oasis at the bottom of their garden where the river flows.

Journey's end is near the village of Luckington. There are seven contenders for the source of the river but local resident Lesley Bennett believes the true source lies very close to her home.

Links relating to this story:

• BBC Schools - Rivers
• The River Avon Trail
• The Rivers of South West England
• Naked Gardeners
• Abbey House Gardens

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Paperbacks

Meet the man behind Penguin Books!

This week on Inside Out, best-selling author Lesley Pearse tells the amazing story of how paperback books were pioneered by a man from Bristol.

Allen Lane lived for nine years in a house in the Cotham area of Bristol.

He went to Bristol Grammar School, where a portrait of him hangs in the library.

In the 1930s he worked in his family's publishing firm.

In those days, most good books had hard covers and were bought mainly by the upper classes.

But then Lane had a brilliant idea.

He was on his way back to London after visiting his best friend Agatha Christie in Devon.

He was waiting for a train at Exeter station, but he couldn't find a suitable book for the journey in the platform shop.

Wouldn't it be great, he thought, if you could buy decent books in a paperback format, costing no more than a packet of fags.

He created Penguin Books. The famous logo was inspired by one of his office juniors who was sent to London Zoo to sketch the penguins there.

In the first twelve months Penguin sold three million books, bringing literature to the masses.

The Penguin archives are held at Bristol University.

Among the records are documents relating to the famous trial over the publication of DH Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

Modern day authors like Lesley Pearse owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Allen Lane.

His pioneering work popularised reading, creating the medium for today's writers to enthrall readers up and down the country.

Links relating to this story:

• BBC - The Big Read
• BBC Arts - Books
• The Allen Lane Foundation
• Penguin - Lesley Pearse
• Lesley Pearse Bibliography

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