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A policeman due to testify at an inquest into the deaths of five teenagers in a car crash while apparently being chased by police has withdrawn a bid for anonymity after objections by the bereaved families and the Press Association.

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Calls for hearing to be held in public. Plus: Paper faces reporting ban – and more news in brief

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The Haverhill Weekly News has been cleared of wrongly dismissing two receptionists.An employment tribunal threw out claims of constructive unfair dismissal against the pair, who were part-time workers, and said that the company had the right to allocate specific days

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The Western Daily Press has scored a success for its use of photography, lifting the European Newspaper Award – a contest which rewards ideas and design.West Country Life, a Saturday supplement, was commended for the way it used its pictures.

New editor is named at Hartlepool Mail

Paul Napier has been appointed as the new editor of the Hartlepool Mail, succeeding Harry Blackwood, who left the company in March. Paul is currently editor of the Scarborough Evening News, a post he has held since November 2001. He

Staff mourn Oxfordshire editor

The Banbury Guardian is mourning the loss of its former editor who died on Christmas Eve after a three-year battle with cancer. Paul Bithell was just 44 when he died from a brain tumour. He was first diagnosed in 1999,

Click-a-pic in online improvements

A new feature from the Banbury Guardian lets the readers preview and order photos from the newspaper’s website. By following a link on the homepage, readers can select the image they’re after, click on it and fill in their payment

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Readers of the Oldham Evening Chronicle are being quizzed about what they think of their paper.The Chronicle is putting a series of questions to its readers as part of Local Newspaper Week.It plans to highlight the views of readers, newsagents,

New editor for Scarborough newspaper

Paul Napier has been named as the new editor of the Scarborough Evening News. Paul, (35), joins the Evening News from the Bucks Herald in Aylesbury, where he was previously editor-in-chief. He said: “I’m delighted to be joining the Evening

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The Banbury Guardian has helped save a local scout group from forcing to close.Following a burglary in May, Middleton Cheney Scout Group faced repairs of £1,181, but when the group tried to claim on its Norwich Union insurance policy, it

Guardian launches cancer care appeal

Readers of the Banbury Guardian are being urged to dig deep to ease the pain of cancer sufferers. A new £80,000 appeal has been launched by the newspaper to pay for a third Macmillan nurse at Horton Hospital. Around 50