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The Evesham Journal’s St Richard’s New Hospice Appeal has received more than £1,600 in just two weeks.
The paper has set a target of £25,000 to contribute towards the £5.25m needed for the state of the art development.


The University of Warwick has awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree to former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond.
Jennie started her career as a journalist in 1972 on local newspapers in London.


The Evening Chronicle in Newcastle has teamed up with UNICEF to ask readers to donate to the charity’s Children of Sudan appeal.
UNICEF hopes to raise £25m to support its work in the Darfur region of Sudan and Chad until December.


The Rippon Gazette has helped secure extra free buses for shoppers to a local Morrisons store following the closure of the firm’s city centre outlet.
The paper had been critical of the supermarket chain for only providing the bus service three days a week.


The Lanarkshire Extra is to support a special charity Italian Night at Hamilton Park racecourse on August 11.
The first race of the meet which will be named the Lanarkshire Extra Claiming Stakes after the paper.


A local guide printed by the Daily Echo in Bournemouth has had a second print run after the first edition sold out.
Down Your Way features an A-Z guide to the towns and villages in the paper’s circulation area.


The Skegness Standard’s charity appeal for the year has completed its first target with the purchase of a new bus for the Coast and Country Bus Club.
The bus which cost £35,000 will be used for trips the club provides for the elderly and disabled.


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