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href="/wiki/Honorary_doctorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary doctorate">Honorary doctorate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire University">Staffordshire University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ashleyblake.tv">www<wbr />.ashleyblake<wbr />.tv</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ashley Blake</b> (born 1969 in <a href="/wiki/Lozells" title="Lozells">Lozells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, England<sup id="cite_ref-lozells_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lozells-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a British television presenter and newsreader. A well-known personality in the <a href="/wiki/English_Midlands" class="mw-redirect" title="English Midlands">English Midlands</a>, he worked mostly for the BBC, where his credits include reporting and presenting on <i><a href="/wiki/Midlands_Today" class="mw-redirect" title="Midlands Today">Midlands Today</a></i>, the region's edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Out_(2002_TV_programme)" title="Inside Out (2002 TV programme)">Inside Out</a></i>, and briefly on the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Watchdog_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Watchdog (TV series)">Watchdog</a></i>. In September 2009 he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment after being convicted of wounding without intent. He was released on 8 June 2010, after serving nine months of his sentence, as part of the home curfew system for early release. He is now a Sky News reporter. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashley_Blake&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blake grew up in the Lozells area of Birmingham in a single-parent household. He is mixed-race, and is the youngest of six children.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashley_Blake&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blake has one son Calam, together with his former partner Sharon Blatchford.<sup id="cite_ref-Release_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Release-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his mother died of cancer in 2000, he raised money for a cancer support charity.<sup id="cite_ref-macmillan_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macmillan-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashley_Blake&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blake has had a career "from driving and renting out cars and trucks to working with young offenders in the care of social services in Birmingham."<sup id="cite_ref-insideoutprofile_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insideoutprofile-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After spending almost three years as a flight attendant for <a href="/wiki/Britannia_Airways" title="Britannia Airways">Britannia Airways</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-midlandstodayprofile_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-midlandstodayprofile-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by a postgraduate degree in journalism, Blake started working in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/L!VE_TV" title="L!VE TV">L!VE TV</a></i>, before moving to its sister station in Birmingham (UK). </p><p>In 2001, he moved to London where he worked as a reporter on <i>Watchdog</i> as well as both <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_London_News" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC London News">BBC London News</a></i> and ITV's <i><a href="/wiki/London_Tonight" class="mw-redirect" title="London Tonight">London Tonight</a></i>. Blake produced various holiday reports and then worked on London Weekend Television's <i>Dream Ticket</i> programme.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had a short period of service as a presenter on National TV for <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Breakfast" title="BBC Breakfast">BBC Breakfast</a></i>, before he returned to his home city to become a presenter and reporter on the BBC's <i>Midlands Today</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-tvnewsroom_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvnewsroom-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his time at Midlands Today, Blake worked as a regular reporter, while also presenting the Friday Evening Late News Bulletin and the weekly edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Out_(2002_TV_programme)" title="Inside Out (2002 TV programme)">Inside Out</a></i> for the region. Blake also regularly filled in for <a href="/wiki/Nick_Owen" title="Nick Owen">Nick Owen</a> as presenter of the main edition of Midlands Today, and had occasionally presented the <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Breakfast" title="BBC Breakfast">BBC Breakfast</a></i> editions in addition to presenting the Midlands regional segments of the BBC's annual <i><a href="/wiki/Children_in_Need" title="Children in Need">Children in Need</a></i> telethon with <a href="/wiki/Shefali_Oza" title="Shefali Oza">Shefali Oza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Falkland" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarah Falkland">Sarah Falkland</a>. Blake presented his last edition of <i>Midlands Today</i> on 23 January 2009, before being suspended following an incident at the <a href="/wiki/New_Oscott" title="New Oscott">New Oscott</a> restaurant, The Place 2 B, which he co-owned with his partner, Jessica Hayes, from 2003 until February 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-bhampostfracas_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhampostfracas-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This incident eventually resulted in him being sacked by the BBC. </p><p>In 2007, he was awarded an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_doctorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary doctorate">honorary doctorate</a> by <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire University">Staffordshire University</a> for his contributions to television journalism.<sup id="cite_ref-staffsuni_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staffsuni-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 September 2016 Ashley returned to the TV screen as a presenter on the (Midlands) regional edition of 'Inside Out', with a report on Croome Park and <a href="/wiki/Capability_Brown" title="Capability Brown">Capability Brown</a>'s garden design.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 September 2016 Blake featured in a local newspaper report, in which he declared his conviction was 'spent' and the BBC explained he had been employed 'As a freelancer, he is entitled to pitch ideas and offer his services as a presenter or reporter, and we felt this segment within Inside Out was a good fit for him on this occasion.'<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blake has also appeared in various TV shows and films including <i><a href="/wiki/Nativity!" title="Nativity!">Nativity!</a></i> (2009) and <i>The Snarling</i> (2018).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criminal_convictions">Criminal convictions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashley_Blake&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Criminal convictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 26 January 2009, Blake was charged following an incident at his former restaurant<sup id="cite_ref-quitrestaurant_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quitrestaurant-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the early hours of 25 January in which a 17-year-old was wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-bhampostwounding_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhampostwounding-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not present any BBC programmes for the duration of the legal proceedings.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcsuspended_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcsuspended-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He appeared before <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield" title="Sutton Coldfield">Sutton Coldfield</a> <a href="/wiki/Magistrates%27_court_(England_and_Wales)" title="Magistrates' court (England and Wales)">Magistrates' Court</a> charged with possessing an offensive weapon, wounding with intent and affray. Blake appeared with a second man, Steven Sproule, aged 38, of Booths Farm Road, <a href="/wiki/Great_Barr" title="Great Barr">Great Barr</a>. Sproule was charged with assault and affray. Magistrates <a href="/wiki/Bail" title="Bail">bailed</a> Blake and Sproule to appear at <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Crown_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Crown Court">Birmingham Crown Court</a> on 27 April.<sup id="cite_ref-bhammailcourt_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhammailcourt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 April, both men denied the charges brought against them and were granted unconditional bail pending trial.<sup id="cite_ref-bhammaildenies_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhammaildenies-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The trial began at Birmingham <a href="/wiki/Crown_Court" title="Crown Court">Crown Court</a> on 27 July 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-bhampostjury_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhampostjury-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blake's co-defendant, Sproule, pleaded guilty to <a href="/wiki/Assault_occasioning_actual_bodily_harm" title="Assault occasioning actual bodily harm">assault occasioning actual bodily harm</a>. Blake denied the charges, and also pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice by throwing the alleged weapon – a 3-foot (1 m) long patio umbrella pole – into a nearby garden centre.<sup id="cite_ref-bhampostpeacemaker_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhampostpeacemaker-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The court was told that Blake hit the teenager in the face with the pole.<sup id="cite_ref-bhampostpole_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhampostpole-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The jury retired on 31 July 2009 before giving their verdict on 3 August 2009. Blake was found guilty of unlawful wounding and <a href="/wiki/Perverting_the_course_of_justice" title="Perverting the course of justice">perverting the course of justice</a>, but was cleared of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. He was <a href="/wiki/Remand_(court_procedure)" title="Remand (court procedure)">remanded</a> on bail. On 2 September 2009, he was sentenced to two years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2009, his appeal against the sentence was rejected by the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Appeal of England and Wales">Court of Appeal</a><sup id="cite_ref-Release_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Release-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was released under <a href="/wiki/Home_Detention_Curfew" title="Home Detention Curfew">home curfew</a> in June 2010 after serving nine months of his sentence,<sup id="cite_ref-Release_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Release-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at first in <a href="/wiki/HMP_Birmingham" class="mw-redirect" title="HMP Birmingham">HMP Birmingham</a> and later <a href="/wiki/HMP_Stafford" class="mw-redirect" title="HMP Stafford">HMP Stafford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the conviction, Blake was dismissed by the BBC on 14 August following an internal review.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Previous_convictions">Previous convictions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashley_Blake&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Previous convictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of the wounding trial, Blake's previous <a href="/wiki/Criminal_record" title="Criminal record">criminal record</a> was revealed. He had been convicted of theft on six occasions (twice in 1986, three times in 1987 and once in 1993) and <a href="/wiki/Handling_stolen_goods" class="mw-redirect" title="Handling stolen goods">handling stolen goods</a> in 1988. In 1988, Blake was found guilty of altering documents following a traffic collision, resulting in him being disqualified from driving, a ban he broke in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-fearscareer_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fearscareer-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview with rival regional news programme, ITV's <i><a href="/wiki/Central_Tonight" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Tonight">Central Tonight</a></i> on the day of his sentencing, Blake revealed that the BBC were unaware of his previous convictions as they were all <a href="/wiki/Spent_conviction" title="Spent conviction">spent convictions</a> when he joined the corporation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drink-driving">Drink-driving</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashley_Blake&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Drink-driving"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After being released from prison, Blake kept out of the media limelight. In March 2011, he admitted a charge of <a href="/wiki/Drink_driving" class="mw-redirect" title="Drink driving">drink driving</a> at Sutton Coldfield Magistrates' Court.<sup id="cite_ref-McCarthy_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCarthy-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When stopped on his <a href="/wiki/BMW" title="BMW">BMW</a> motorbike on 10 January, the morning after a night out, he was found to be over the limit and was subsequently banned from driving for one year and ordered to pay £220 in fines and court fees.<sup id="cite_ref-McCarthy_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCarthy-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashley_Blake&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-lozells-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-lozells_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/10/25/ashley_blake_whats_happened_to_my_streets_feature.shtml">"What's happened to my streets?"</a>. 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