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Becky Gunn has been appointed chief reporter at the Skegness Standard.
Essex girl Becky (23) moved to the Lincolnshire coast as a girl and earned a languages degree at Lancaster University before returning to Skegness to follow a career in journalism.


Fourteen Teesside charities have received a total £12,500 from the Evening Gazette.
The money was handed out at the annual Gazette Charities Awards 2002 as proceeds from a fundraising campaign sponsored by 12 businesses.


More than 25 years work at Courier newspapers was celebrated as staff at Courier Newspapers paid tribute to business development manager on his retirement.
He was presented with several gifts including a television and a caricature.


The Oxford Mail hosted a visit by executive members of the county council, when six decision-makers saw how the paper is put together.
The visitors, who normally find their names in print, spent a day at the Osney Mead headquarters.


An animal welfare group is hoping to re-home Echo the cat, rescued from derelict buildings next to the Linconshire Echo offices.
Echo and her kitten were saved by the Cats Protection League.


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