AN Ilminster firefighter is blazing a trail as the king of rock and roll.

Father-of-two Barry Paull, 39, has an incredible 140 bookings to entertain as Elvis Presley throughout Britain in 2006.

Having feasted on a diet of Elvis as a child, Barry launched a career as an Elvis tribute in September 2003 after being made redundant from an engineering firm after 22 years.

Read all about him in this week's News