"I am 18 and work 60 hours a week managing a chippy - I love it!"

A teenager who left school without any GCSEs after being bullied has told how she has turned her life around by landing a job - in a fish and chip shop. Franky Taylor, 18, often works 60 hours a week a the Churchill's Fish and Chips shop on Collier Row Road in Romford, Essex. After experiencing bullying throughout her teen years, Franky dropped out of school in Year 10 with no GCSEs. That's when she found work in a chip shop and begun working full-time hours while studying part-time. From the minimum wage earnings she made at these shifts - an average of £400 per week - Franky was able to move out at 16 and has been supporting herself since.