Comic Eddie Large has sent a personal "get well" message to John Thompson, of the Bristol Evening Post, who recently suffered a heart attack.
The pair became good friends as John traced Eddie's recovery from a heart transplant operation and his successful return to the stage. John began his recovery on the same hospital ward where got his treatment.

The Sixth Commonwealth Editors' Forum has been inked in for February next year - in Sydney.
More than 90 editors from around 45 Commonwealth countries are expected to attend.

A press appeal in the Express and Echo resulted in the conviction of a man who had been groping women in Exeter.
Several people put the man's name forward after police asked the newspaper to run an appeal to identify him.

Western Morning News reporter Martin Hesp launched the paper's campaign to raise funds for two local hospices with an 11-mile walk.
Readers are being urged to register for Walk Cornwall and to undertake sponsored walks to help the appeal.

The Bradford Telegraph & Argus has raised £39,526 in six months to secure the future of Bradford Toy Library for another three years.
The facility at St Luke's Hospital provides education and stimulation for thousands of children with disabilities and special needs across the Bradford district.

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