Welcome to our main news index. Here you will find all the news stories that have appeared on the site since our launch in February 2000.
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The Bath Chronicle has unveiled a bigger and better newspaper to its readers, with the introduction of several new pages and supplements. The title is one of the smallest evening newspapers in the country – but it says it ‘thinks
Readers of the Wiltshire Times are being given a unique insight into events in Iraq thanks to one of the paper’s regular columnists. Westbury MP Andrew Murrison, who writes the column From Wiltshire to Westminster for the weekly newspaper, is
Former Daily Record journalist Mandy Appleyard is to join the Press Association as head of features. In the newly-created role Mandy will be responsible for developing feature content across all the editorial marketsserved by PA, including national and regional newspapers,
The Leicester Mercury is helping to create footballing history by co-organising a football match dedicated to fallen war heroes. The Premiership clash between Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers on Sunday, November 2, will be the first game to commemorate Remembrance
The tables were turned on Bristol Evening Post journalist Julie Harding when she found herself on the receiving end of a “media frenzy”. Julie was thrust into the spotlight when her mother, Yvonne Watts, who has arthritis, won a High
Redundancies have been announced at a group of free weekly newspapers owned by Trinity Mirror. Restructuring at the northern division of Midlands Weekly Media will see the roles of five editors replaced by two group editors. Consultations are currently taking
A reunion of former Cambridge Evening News employees is to be held later this month. Staff who worked at the newspaper’s former offices in Newmarket Road will gather on Friday, October 24 – at the Burleigh Arms pub where many
In the wake of the recent sex attacks in Weston-super-Mare, martial arts expert Justin Dodd has been offering free self-defence lessons to women in the resort. Bristol Evening Post reporter Ayesha Gilani went along to pick up some tips… “Self-defence
Staff at the Daily Echo in Bournemouth have returned to their silky smooth selves after taking part in hairy challenge which helped raise hundreds of pounds for charity. Twelve staff at the paper’s Richmond Hill headquarters pledged to bin their
The Leicester Mercury has today launched a new 16-page nostalgia supplement. Those Were The Days, will be published on the first Tuesday of every month and distributed free with each of the paper’s five county editions. The newspaper decided to
Two key appointments have been made at the Derby Evening Telegraph following the departure of its picture editor and sports editor. Peter Green, (33), has been promoted to the role of sports editor, after previously working on the sports desk
The Evening Leader has kick-started a month long series of celebrations to mark its 30th birthday. The family-owned newspaper, which is published by North Wales Newspapers, has editions in Wrexham, Flintshire and Chester. It was launched in October 1973 and
The East Anglian Daily Times has launched a campaign to secure the future of an under-threat maternity ward.Health bosses sparked outrage when they moved midwives from Harwich Hospital’s maternity unit to cover for staff shortages at Colchester General Hospital –
A number of redundancies are being sought at Newsquest in Glasgow. The newspaper group has said it is to make a “small number” of job cuts at The Herald and Evening Times, which it bought from SMG earlier this year.
National Union of Journalists members at Sheffield Newspapers have agreed a pay deal with company management. Journalists at the Sheffield Star, Sheffield Telegraph, Sheffield Weekly Gazette, Sheffield Journal and the website www.sheffieldtoday.net, all owned by Johnston Press, had voted in
The Evening Press is playing a key role in a partnership which is drawing up a 20-year vision for York. Publisher Liz Page, who was previously editor of the paper, has been elected vice-chairman of York’s local strategic partnership, Without