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A 19th century time capsule containing a copy of the Lichfield Mercury and Herald and City Times from 1891 has been discovered. There were several other documents found buried at Lichfield Methodist Church as well as a penny, a half
Journalists are set to strike over pay at the Blackpool Gazette and its sister weekly newspapers. The National Union of Journalists has held a number of ballots and agreed on the one-day stoppage for its members on Friday June 11,
Former editors, journalists and photographers from the Telegraph & Argus in Bradford have been remembering ‘the good old days’ at a reunion in the city. Seventy former staff, whose time at the paper spanned the 1970s to the present day,
The Bristol Evening Post has rebuffed a complaint from a former BBC worker who is standing for the British National Party in next month’s European elections. Michaela MacKenzie, a former Labour Party parish councillor, is standing for the far-right party
A group of MPs has added their support to the fight to save the Newspaper Registration Service, and are calling on the Government to intervene. Michael Connarty, Labour MP for Falkirk East, has tabled an Early Day Motion highlighting the
A state-of-the-art laptop computer and insider knowledge from a leading London literary agent are some of the prizes on offer to the winner of The bloc-online Writing Prize 2004 – a new kind of writing competition launched by Falmouth College
Regional press staff from around the country are set to travel to Normandy next week to cover events taking place to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Dozens of newspapers are planning to send reporters and photographers out
Dinner In The Dark is the new dating craze for single people looking for love – in a darkened restaurant. Bristol Evening Post journalist Sarah Feeley decided to give it a try. Here is how she got on… Love may
Free newspaper Metro has been launched across the East Midlands, hitting the streets of Leicester, Nottingham and Derby for the first time this week. Published by Associated Newspapers in partnership with Northcliffe Newspapers, the paper will be available Monday to
Archant South West chief photographer Simon Horn has been awarded the Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain after submitting his work.Simon said: “The portfolio took around three years to put together and contained photographs chosen to demonstrate
The Newark Advertiser has celebrated its 150th anniversary with a gala dinner attended by more than 300 people. Among the guests was veteran journalist Kate Adie, who congratulated the paper on the milestone. She said: “It is terrific to be
Essex journalist Kim Gandy is stepping into the political arena by standing as an English Democrats Party candidate in the forthcoming local elections. The freelance journalist, who has written for local newspapers such as the Essex Enquirer, is one of
Are judges and magistrates out of touch? Could members of the public do a better job of sentencing? Reporter James Glover was invited along with other journalists, Inland Revenue staff and teachers to sit as magistrates at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court
A newspaper says a revenge attack on the chief witness in a court case will not alter the way editorial decisions are made in the future. Derek Senior, (50), is still in hospital with serious injuries after being shot at
Ernest Petrie has been elected president of the Scottish Newspaper Publishers’ Association. Veteran newspaperman Ernest is chairman of Forth Independent Newspapers, which publishes the Alloa-based Wee County News, and was previously group managing director of Regional Independent Newspapers. The association
Dunbartonshire newspaper journalist Tina Kemp has become a Church of Scotland auxiliary minister. Tina, (44), who works for The Lennox, was licensed at her home church of St Andrew’s in Bellsmyre during a service attended by 140 friends and family.