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A reporter from the MK News endured a horror flight when she saw a woman die on a plane travelling from Majorca to Luton.
Journalist Alicia Babaee was returning from a family holiday when a woman on the same flight had a fit and stopped breathing.
The plane made an emergency landing in Barcelona as attempts were made to resuscitate the woman, but she died before medics were able to board the plane.


The Southern Daily Echo marked this year's Isle of Wight festival with a special 12-page supplement and wrap.
Assistant news editor Jenny Makin, entertainments editor Lorelei Reddin and deputy picture editor Stuart Martin made the journey from Southampton for the event, and gathered pictures, interviews, reports and celebrity gossip from backstage.
The team also filed a two-hourly web blog throughout the entire three days.
Their special edition was sold at four different ferry ports to catch festival goers making the journey home, and every one of the 2,100 copies was sold.


MP Tom Brake's Freedom of Information (Amendment) (No2) Bill was opposed at a second reading in the Commons and adjourned until June 29.
It would remove ministers' power to veto decisions of the information commissioner and limit the time by which public authorities can extend their 20-day limit for replies involving considering the public interest.


Jim Marshall, chairman of Starcom MediaVest Group in the UK and chair of IPA's Media Futures Group, will host this year's Newspaper Society Advertising and Digital Media Awards.
A ceremony will be held on October 10 at The Brewery in London. Entry forms will be available in the next few days.


Newsquest (Sussex) pre-press trainee Debbie Aldridge has been named Trainee of the Year by the British Printing Industries Federation.
She received a trophy and £500 at an event held at The Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.





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