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A photographer at the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette is planning to take part in an epic charity bike ride. Doug Moody has signed up to take part in the China Bike Ride, organised by learning disability charity Mencap, which involves cycling
A special collection of images from the Falklands War, taken by the Plymouth Evening Herald’s picture editor, has gone on display in the city. Before joining the Herald, Pete Holdgate (pictured) was a green beret-trained Royal Navy Petty Officer with
A former Western Morning News photographer has been named Canon Photojournalist of the Year 2002. Simon Burt won the title at the British Environment and Media Awards held at Vinopolis in London. Simon, (42), worked at the Western Morning News
New speed and flexibility is being applied to photo services at the Express & Star newspaper after the transfer of picture sales work to digital photography firm dipinto.co.uk. The Leamington firm has won the contract to supply digital re-prints of
Some of the best photos from The Argus archives have been brought together in one book covering the entire 20th Century. The Argus has been recording events in Brighton since 1880 and over the years many thousands of pictures have
A Bristol photographer is celebrating 25 years of taking news pictures for a regional daily paper. Fran Stothard, (50), began working for the Western Daily Press in 1977. He has captured many memorable images during his career, including some from
An auction of pictures taken by a former East Anglian Daily Times photographer has helped raise £2,000 for charity. The auction was part of an exhibition organised by photographer Nicky Lewin, together with charity worker Maralyn Bambridge and Page 3
One of the biggest baby photo competitions held by a regional newspaper has been an overwhelming success – but it was only made possible because of the digital wizardry introduced to photo sales by digital photographic printing company dipinto.co.uk. Nearly
The Daily Post was handed a world exclusive by Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie while she was filming her new blockbuster in North Wales. The actress has been filming Tomb Raider 2 in Snowdonia and gave the paper a genuine picture
The organisers of two popular photographic awards have announced that the events are to merge. The Picture Editors’ Awards and the Nikon Press Awards will now operate under the Picture Editors’ Awards name, with Nikon UK joining founding sponsors Fujifilm,
A picture taken by a photographer at the Hull Daily Mail is set to be seen worldwide as part of a charity’s publicity campaign. Samaritan’s Purse will use the picture of a Romanian gipsy boy gleefully hugging a gift-wrapped shoebox,
Three photographers from the Western Daily Press have received recognition for their work in a regional competition. Paul Gillis (left), Fran Stothard and Paul Stallard all scooped prizes in the annual Geoff Benger Memorial Awards. The top prize in both
Grimsby Telegraph photographer Bob Pick has retired. He has spent 37 years in the profession, joining the Telegraph’s sister paper in Scunthorpe as a darkroom assistant in November 1964. Since then he has snapped hundreds of thousands of faces, and
Eddie Rutherford, a popular and respected news photographer, has died. He was 55. He had been on holiday, staying with his son in London, when he suffered a heart attack. Eddie had worked on The Gateshead Post since 1978 and
Newham Recorder photographer Steve Poston proved he has one of the sharpest eyes in the business by spotting an unusual story angle while out on an assignment. The paper recently covered the funeral of Abbas Malik, a 15-year-old bike stunt
Pictures taken by a team of photographers from The Argus, Brighton, are to be used to illustrate Fatboy Slim’s new CD and DVD. The superstar DJ will soon be releasing an album recorded at his Big Beach Boutique event on