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Susan Windram is to become the new editor of the Southern Reporter. The 41-year-old, who is currently a features sub-editor at the Scotsman, said the chance to edit the Selkirk-based weekly was “too good an opportunity to pass by”. She
Forty-seven editorial posts are to be cut at Trinity Mirror Southern as departments across the company are merged. Six casual posts are included in that total and 14 unfilled vacancies will remain unfilled. Twelve new jobs are to be created
Much-loved journalist Tina Currie has died after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Warm tributes have been paid to the writer who charted the trials, tribulations and triumphs of her home city of Bath over more than four decades. The former
When is a public meeting not a public meeting? Staff at the Waltham Forest Guardian are trying to find out – and are putting pressure on their local authority after chief reporter Naomi Wright was thrown out of the borough
Dartford and Swanley Times reporter Emma Durdle has appeared on a radio show with stand-up comedian Mark Steel.The producers got in touch because he wanted to quiz someone about Swanley, in Kent, where he grew up, for the programme. Members
A man who began work at the Yorkshire Post as a cub reporter during the war, has died, aged 79. One of his first stories was being on the spot when a downed German fighter pilot gave himself up. Stanley
Warrington Guardian editor Jan Lever is to become managing director of Newsquest (Blackburn). She is already editorial director for Newsquest (Cheshire) and will take up her new role on January 1. Jan began her career by training as a journalist
An editor who’s in charge of the paper he joined as a junior 40 years ago has told of the “buzz” he gets from dealing with the news. Dave Russell’s time at the Barking and Dagenham Post has taken in
A county council leader is to be charged with bringing the Labour Party into disrepute following alleged correspondence between himself and a newspaper columnist. Coun Peter Clarke, the leader of Gloucestershire County Council, has been suspended from the party since
The Kentish Express has paid tribute to Barbara Butcher, Kent’s second oldest working journalist, who has died following more than 60 years of serving the community.Ashford edition chief reporter Mike Bennett remembers the veteran reporter whose final contribution to the
Investigative journalist Don Hale was due in London today for the Court of Appeal hearing into the conviction of Graham Huckerby, jailed for his part in a £6m robbery. Don, a former editor of the Matlock Mercury, who received national
The Evening Press at York has made three key editorial appointments to strengthen the team as the newspaper enters the next stage of its development as a compact. Bill Hearld, (left), assistant editor for six years, has been promoted to
A former North West Evening Mail sports journalist is tipped to become the new chief executive of the Football Association. Evening Mail columnist Cornwallis took an offbeat look at his track record… It was interesting to hear that my former
Stratford, the town that hopes to host the Olympics in 2012, has a wealth of new local news coverage. The East London and West Essex Guardian – run by Newsquest and one of the UK’s top twenty selling weekly papers
Trinity Mirror’s regional newspaper division has appointed Georgina Crace as managing director. Georgina is currently MD at IPC Advertising and MD of the Wallpaper* magazine group. Her appointment, which follows the summer resignation of Stephen Parker, will begin in February.
Former National Union of Journalists headquarters Acorn House could be sold off as the union buys new offices in Glasgow and Dublin to replace rented accommodation there.The current tenants of Acorn House, who pay £200,000 a year for the King’s