The Leamington Courier has been named Newspaper of the Year at the internal awards for Heart of England Newspapers.
Other awards were presented to editorial, advertising, reception and support staff, with reporter Rachel Extance being named Writer of the Year. She was also rewarded for finding the Best Off-Diary Story.

Zoe Hughes has been promoted to chief parliamentary correspondent for evening titles taking the Northcliffe lobby service.
The former PA regional reporter will take responsibility for organizing party conference coverage, news events in London and in-depth coverage of special topics from January 1.

Droves of eager men, including Cannock Mercury reporter Alex Keller, flocked to the launch of the town's controversial new lapdancing club to check out the moves from the performers…
And Alex was luckier than most of the rest of the 250 men there, getting his photo taken for the paper with three of the scatily clad lovelies.

The national media was left in the starting blocks when Archant title the Newham Recorder exclusively revealed in October that Stratford would strike gold in the race to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
A recent announcement of preferred locations for key venues confirmed news editor Pat Coughtrey's exclusive story that Stratford would win the lion's share of the action.

Derby Evening Telegraph columnist Derek Bell has died, aged 66.
He was a contributor to the paper's Bygones pages and was also a genealogist and local historian.

Pupils from an Aberdeen school have been inspired to produce their very own newspaper after a visit to the Evening Express.
They saw journalists at work, learnt how to write articles and were told the importance of advertising, before seeing the final product come off the presses.

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