by holdthefrontpage staff
A clerical assistant at Somerset County Council has been appointed the MCC's Young Cricket Photographer of the Year.
Adam Venn, (22), from Taunton, has won the role that Anthony Devlin took last year.
The amount of money raised by Western Daily Press readers passed the £50,000-mark only days after the paper asked for £5,000 to save a Chinese bear from torture. The Bear Appeal has received backing from a number of influential backers, including television presenter Michaela Strachan, all fighting to save ten bears from cruelty.
An appeal in the Lancashire Evening Post to raise money for a hospice in memory of bride-to-be Jeanette Martin, who died at 37 from lung cancer, is achieving an impressive response.
The total had reached £14,000 inside the first week and is now up to £18,000 in just three weeks.
Two youngsters have enjoyed a guided tour around Archant London's new head office building in Ilford, after requesting a look around the "coolest building" in town.
They wrote to editor Chris Carter with their request, and editorial assistant Maxine Leckerman showed them around.
More than 10,000 people have signed up to the Hull Daily Mail’s Hands Off Our Hospitals campaign.
The paper is keen to protect, maintain or improve services as NHS trusts across the region, and support has come from campaign groups, MPs, councillors, community leaders and patients.