by holdthefrontpage staff
The doors of the Frontline Club in London are to be opened up next month for a special tour. The club was launched in 2003 for journalists and people interested in foreign affairs.
Vaughan Smith will be giving a talk about the club and his work as a TV news cameraman. Tickets are £10 and include a free drink and a sample of the Frontline Restaurants' new menu. To book your ticket for Tuesday October 11, email editor@newspad.co.uk or call 07976 720705. More details on the club can be found at http://www.thefrontlineclub.co.uk
Exchange Enterprises, a subsidiary of regional newspaper publisher Newsquest Media Group, has acquired Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange from United Advertising Publications.
Newsquest chief executive Paul Davidson said: “We are delighted to acquire these titles. They are strong brands which we look forward to growing and developing.”
Newsquest is the UK’s second largest regional newspaper company, publishing more than 300 titles, including 17 daily newspapers.
The latest Bristol Evening Post literary lunch has sold out.
Novelist, playwright and screenwriter Fay Weldon, journalist and broadcaster Victoria Mather, and crime novelist and journalist Jessica Mann will entertain around 150 readers at the Jurys Hotel on September 30.
Cousins living just 20 miles apart have been reunited after 50 years, thanks to a report in the Somerset Guardian.
Brian Taylor, from Timsbury, and Hazel Langford, who lives at Yate, had not seen each other since 1955. But a report in the Guardian's Looking Back section featured the death of Hazel's cousin – and Brian's brother – Frederick Taylor in a lorry accident in Egypt in June 1953. Hazel contacted the Guardian in the hope of meeting up again, and arrangements were made for the two 64-year-olds to meet for an emotional reunion.
The names of more than 3,000 Sentinel readers have been added to a petition calling for Herceptin to be prescribed by the health service for treatment of early stage cancer.
The Women Fighting For Herceptin campaign reckons more than 14,000 people in total have now signed the petition calling for the life-saving drug to be prescribed on the NHS.
Northcliffe Electronic Publishing’s Headline History has been awarded the title of Outstanding Website at this year's WebAward Competition. The unique educational site, which takes children back in time to interview famous characters from history, was recognised as being “above and beyond the standard of excellence” by the competition judges.
Now in its ninth year, WebAwards names the best websites in 85 industry categories.