The best in British and international journalism will be honoured this month at The Foreign Press Association Media Awards 2002 - with competition especially fierce among a record-breaking number of nominations.
The eight journalistic categories, which have attracted 180 entries, are: Journalist of the Year; Financial/Economic Story of the Year; Foreign Story of the Year; TV Story of the Year; Travel Story of the Year; Environmental Story of the Year; Young Journalist of the Year; and UK Story of the Year by a Foreign Correspondent based in Britain.
The winners will be announced in London on November 26 at an event hosted by Clive Anderson.

The Colchester Evening Gazette has arranged a sell-out magic show to raise money for its Sparkle campaign.
The Gazette is raising £20,000 to help create a sensory room at the Children's Ward at Colchester General Hospital for children with special needs and also to buy wardrobes which double up as beds and a hydraulic bath for disabled children.

The South Wales Evening Post has joined a campaign to help save the lives of elderly people in South Wales this winter.
The paper is part of a partnership to raise awareness in the Keep Warmer this Winter, providing advice, hints and tips to help keep homes warm in the coldest months of the year.

The Daily Echo has got on its bike to hail unsung heroes - and is rewarding newspaper delivery boys and girls with a massive gaming event and the chance to win a new mountain bike.
All the competitors at Sega Park in Southampton were given a free lunch and cinema tickets.

Charities and voluntary groups are to benefit from a high-tech gift from the Huddersfield Examiner.
The paper has given a batch of unwanted computers, monitors and keyboards to be recycled for use in schools, charities and other worthwhile causes.

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