STAY at home dad of two John Adams has been shortlisted in the 2016 brilliance in blogging awards and says without Barnsley he would never have made it.

John’s is a lifestyle blog about parenting, family life, fatherhood and men’s interests and issues, appealing to mums and dads alike.

He admits he couldn’t have made it into the shortlists if it wasn’t for Barnsley.

John studied journalism at Barnsley College and says without the skills he learned there, he would never have launched his blog.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle