Former foreign secretary Lord Hurd will be a guest speaker at the Bristol Evening Post’s eighth Literary Lunch in October.
The former Conservative cabinet minister’s memoirs are due to be published days before the event and he will be joined there by TV war correspondent Kate Adie.

A lucky Coventry City fan is set to become a journalist for the day thanks to an auction by the Division One football club.
It is offering people the chance to spend a day reporting on the team, writing about the match for the club website and then join journalists asking questions at the post-match press conference.

The Oxford Mail has signed a five-figure sponsorship deal with the Oxford Boys Football League to cover the next three years.
Publishing manager Tom Mitchell handed over the cheque at the League’s recent presentation evening.

The Skegness Standard has been praised by the new Mayor of Skegness for the diligence, accuracy and competence of its reporting.
Coun Andy Fletcher also told fellow town councillors: “We all need to be aware it is not the job of the press to massage our egos.”

“We’re Great”, is the new rallying call from The Citizen, which has launched a new campaign for Gloucester – Pride in our City.
The paper is working alongside the city council, local radio and city experts for the project.

School pupils enjoying a day making the headlines were briefed by Shields Gazette deputy editor Joy Yates before putting together their own newspapers, complete with gossip columns, showbiz and hard news, features and sport.
The event took place at the Open Zone City Learning Centre in South Shields.

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