{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61f81889f89a4d001269b898/624c6d9af0a29500120cc1ce?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ellie Simmonds","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61f81889f89a4d001269b898/1649176159120-0b46460d3251e56fd3256dec9b4bcb34.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Paralympian Ellie Simmonds is starting a life away from the Midlands but still lives close enough to the motorway to be able to get to the place she will always call home: “<em>To be that poster girl for the Midlands... It makes me so proud because I love the Midlands. I love going back home. I love being able to talk about the Brummie accent and all those amazing things that Birmingham&nbsp;has to offer.”&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p>Midlands Hero: Dave Heeley aka “Blind Dave” - a phenomenal charity fund raiser from Birmingham. Ellie met him at a sports award ceremony - “I remember just being in awe of him…”</p><p><br></p><p><em>Commissioned by Coventry City of Culture 2021 and proudly produced by Loftus Media. </em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Music by Maia Miller-Lewis. </em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Image of Ellie Simmonds courtesy of Ellie Simmonds. </em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Who are your Midlands Heroes and what are your Midlands Masterpieces? Tell us at: madeinthemidlands@loftusmedia.co.uk</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Dive into the sound of the Midlands via our 'Made in the Midlands' playlist on Spotify: </em>https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lTguCtjyUEMxzGoQYheLu</p>","author_name":"Loftus Media"}