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Retiring editor says goodbye

Martin Throssell, editor of the Great Yarmouth Mercury, has retired.

He has spent more than 10 years at the helm of the Mercury, 36 years working for the Archant newspaper group, and 40 years in regional journalism.

Martin began his journalism career with EMAP on the Newmarket Journal in 1962 when the late John Sindall was editor.

He has since worked for a number of East Anglian papers, including the Eastern Daily Press where he worked as chief reporter, assistant news editor and deputy editor.

He was also the launch editor of the King’s Lynn Mercury before joining the Great Yarmouth Mercury, one of the group’s flagship weeklies.

Martin was given a send-off by colleagues in the Norfolk Weeklies section who had put together a special front-page edition of the Mercury for him.

He will be succeeded as editor of the Mercury by Anne Edwards, formerly deputy editor of The Journal in Newcastle.

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