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A “copycat” survey by a city’s football club seems to mock the original – sent out by the local newspaper – and is being branded a “tit-for-tat” exercise by football fans. Aberdeen FC fans have blasted what they see as
Next month’s MTV Europe Music Awards in Edinburgh will be swarming with journalists, but trainee reporter Fiona Armstrong will get a unique view – when she performs on stage at the event. Stars such as Beyoncé Knowles, Dido, Kylie Minogue
The owner of the Shropshire Star and the Express & Star in Wolverhampton has launched a £50m takeover bid for the Guiton Group, the parent company of the Jersey Evening Post and Guernsey Press and Star. The bid by the
A 40-page supplement has been published to mark the 125th anniversary of the Gazette series in Dursley, Gloucestershire. It included a focus on stories from years gone by, messages from civic leaders and MPs, and a look at each 25th
More than 60 former Cambridge Evening News staff have been reunited – many for the first time in more than 20 years. Staff who worked at the newspaper’s former offices in Newmarket Road, where the newspaper was based from 1963-89,
Yorkshire Post journalist Robert Mills has died suddenly, aged 51. The chief sports writer suffered a heart attack at his home. In his role at the Yorkshire Post Robert covered the county’s cricket and wrote a Saturday column, Mills on
Borough councillors in a Lincolnshire town are being ordered to consult their chief executive before talking to the press. In a letter leaked to the Boston Target, borough councillors are reminded of an “agreed protocol” whereby officers and councillors should
The Scotsman has celebrated the publication of its 50,000th edition.The paper launched in 1817 at 10p per copy – a price that would be the equivalent of £2 today. Steam enthusiasts took to the rails in memory of Bristol Evening
A copy of the Aberdeen Press & Journal is on sale for £175 – but the high price tag reflects the fact that the paper up for grabs is the very first edition from 1748. And the cover price was
The Newcastle Evening Chronicle welcomed a newshound with a difference to its newsroom, when children’s TV favourite Basil Brush paid a visit. The furry fox popped into the Chronicle’s offices after enjoying his brush with journalism, writing an exclusive comedy
Using images of children in newspapers – and access to schools by press photographers – will be discussed at a key meeting between Whitehall education officials and industry experts. Discussions will also cover the reporting of exam results, and photography
Oxford Mail editor Jim McClure is to retire at the end of this year. He has been in the hotseat since August 2000 and has resisted the temptation to work until his 65th birthday in October 2004. Jim (right) took
Rats, snakes, whitewater rafting and live ammunition were just some of the hazards faced by reporter Ben Rooth while on a 10-day adventure in Kenya. Now safely back in the newsroom, the Lincolnshire Echo says the trip was an “eye-opening
Tributes to 10-month-old Hassan Martin, who was killed in a stabbing at a Carlisle baker’s shop last week, have been pouring in to the News & Star. The newspaper opened a book of condolence at its Bank Street offices in
Motoring broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson beached a top-notch motor on the beach – and the Exmouth Journal was there to see him come unstuck. The incident happened around sunset when a production crew from BBC TV’s Top Gear descended on Budleigh
Journalists are being discouraged from using misleading terminology with regard to asylum seekers.The Press Complaints Commission says the use of language – particularly phrases like “illegal asylum seeker”, of which there is no such thing in law – had led