the life of neil baldwin. neil is the one in a chicken suit.ry night, a light comes on to me and i get up and wave and be happy. we don't want any more injuries. who's that? new kit man. and this isn't the first drama based on his life. he was the subject of a bafta award—winning film featuring tobyjones. i talked a girl out of killing herself once. young student. dressed as a chicken? no, of course not. dressed as father christmas. his best—known job was mascot and official spreader of cheer for stoke city. at school, few thought he'd ever be able to work or live independently, but nothing stopped neil. hello, i'm neil baldwin, welcome to keele university. he got an honorary degree from keele university for his work welcoming students at freshers' week. you'd shake their hands when you were 14? and you've carried on doing that for every year. yeah. 62 yea rs ? mm—hm. why? because it's nice to meet people and get to know more people in life. he then became a professional clown. and stoke city manager lou macari aays he was his best ever signing

the life of neil baldwin. baldwin is the one in a chicken suit. re you introduced each night? every night, a light comes on to me and i get up and wave and be happy. we don't want any more injuries. who's that? new kit man. you may already know about him. he was the subject of a bafta award winning film starring tobyjones. talked a girl out of killing herself once. young student. dressed as a chicken? no, of course not. dressed as father christmas. but here's a quick rundown of some of the things he's done. when he was young, expectations around him were low but neil, aged 1a, was not put off. hello, i'm neil baldwin, welcome to keele university. 0ne venture was greeting every student at keele university. you'd shake their hands, and you were 14? and you carried on doing that for every year, 62 years? why? because it's nice to meet people and get to know them, other people in life. he then became a professional clown. and then when that came to an end, he bumped into stoke city manager lou mccarry who suddenly decided to give him a job. i didn't kn

david sillito, bbc news, the home of marvellous neil baldwin, newcastle—under—lyme.thing is possible. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. i always ask where your pictures from, can you tell me today? i’m from, can you tell me today? i'm much better— from, can you tell me today? in much better prepared, it is a gorgeous photograph which sums up the weather across the uk at the moment, a glorious weather watcher photo, very springlike, centred by a weather watcher from northamptonshire. those blue skies overhead pretty much right across—the—board thanks to high pressure —— sent in by a weather watcher. mostly dry and sunny for the next few days, the warmth could spark off an isolated shower but most places remaining fine and dry. high pressure to the east, low pressure in the atlantic drawing up warm south south—easterly winds. like i mentioned yesterday, poor air quality, pollutant levels building up quality, pollutant levels building up because the winds are light, that is the only downside. an isolated shower through wales and the midlands in the af