Former Kent Messenger and Daily Mirror staffer Ken Bindoff has died at his Kent home, aged 93.
During his career, he covered murders, shipwrecks, the Torrey Canyon oil disaster and the hunt for Great Train robber Jimmy White.

A former Falkirk Sentinel journalist who went on to be crowned America's "king of sleaze", has published his autobiography.
Ian Calder, who worked for the sentinel, then the Stirling Journal, Falkirk Mail, Daily Record and Sunday Mail, became the editor of the National Enquirer, and has now revealed all in The Untold Story: My 20 Years Running The National Enquirer.

Manchesteronline, the website for the Manchester Evening News, has become the latest high-profile organisation to incorporate the Gift-tracker personal shopping assistant on its website.
Users of the website can enjoy exclusive offers thanks to the development.

A newspaper's appeal to rebuild a burnt-out scout hut has been boosted to the tune of £3,000 thanks to a collection in memory of a road accident victim.
The Kidderminster Shuttle/Times fund was handed the £3,098 collection made at the funeral of former guide Suzanne Smith, of Hawkbatch, near Bewdley.

The coveted Archant five-a-side football trophy has been lifted by Ipswich Pressroom after their team beat rivals the EADT Hacks 3-2 in a close-fought final.
Tournament organiser Bob Crawley said: "The whole event was played in an excellent spirit and I think everyone had plenty of fun."

Shropshire Star journalist Toby Neal has launched a book that tells the story of a moral-boosting magazine which was sent to Shropshire lads in the trenches of the First World War.
Owd Jockeys at War is a compilation of surviving copies of the Dawley News magazine.

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