Evening News editor Murray Morse quit suddenly last week, saying he had taken the paper as far as he could.

He cleared his desk on Friday, as we reported on Friday afternoon.

Shocked staff are said to have stood and applauded after he had briefed his senior team on the news he was to leave.

His departure prompted lively debate among holdthefrontpage readers about the Evening News and Murray's tenure there and rumours that someone was about to be appointed above him.

And editorial staff passed a vote of "no confidence" in the management, about the handling of the matter.

Now, the company says Colin Grant's first job will be to find a successor for Murray.

Colin, (left), will be responsible for all the company's editorial output, both printed and digital, and he will be seeking to put in place a management structure to "build on the successes of the editorial function" and "enhance the portfolio of products" across the board.

He is joining from Herts & Essex Newspapers, where he has been the group editor-in-chief since leaving the Evening News in 2004 after six years as editor there.

In a memo to staff, Cambridge Newspapers managing director Graham Ayres said: "Colin brings a wealth of editorial and management experience to our business and will be joining the company on Monday May 12, where amongst his first duties will be the recruitment of a new editor for the Cambridge Evening News.

The no-confidence motion from staff asked: "Why does the company feel it necessary to introduce a further tier of editorial management in this way? Surely the extra cost of the additional post will put unwarranted pressure on the budget, which we are repeatedly told is already stretched?"

There has still been no official company comment on the developments.

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