The Newspaper Society’s Weekly Newspaper Awards 2000 were announced at a gala dinner in Newcastle after the Weekly Newspaper Conference. Here is the full list: Best advertisement feature – Paid-for weekly newspapers Winner: Somerset County Gazette Highly Commended: Luton News/Dunstable
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Awards salute cream of the weeklies
The Bucks Herald has been named Weekly Paid-for Newspaper of the Year by the Newspaper Society. The Milton Keynes Citizen won the Free Newspaper of the Year title in the society’s Weekly Newspaper Awards 2000. Both papers were praised for
My secret calls from Prince Edward
This story published 16.6.2000 My secret calls from Prince Edward Cambridge Evening News deputy editor Peter Wells has announced that he is to retire early after 35 years in journalism. Here, he recalls the special relationship he forged with a
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Best publisher organised event – weekly newspapersWinner: West Lothian Courier – Livingston F.C. Open DayHighly commended: Morecambe Visitor – The Night Before ChristmasCertificate of merit: Oxford Times Series – In Business Exhibition Best in-paper reader offer – daily/Sunday newspapersWinner: Evening
Together we can boost sales
Teamwork between editorial, sales and promotions is the key to boosting regional newspaper sales. That will be one of the key messages at the Newspaper Society’s two-day annual newspaper sales conference which started in Manchester today. More than 300 delegates
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC
Plus: clarification on taking photos in public places – and more news from the press watchdog
Papers respond to claims of inaccuracy
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC. This story: 9.5.2003 The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors and
Bucks Herald
January, February and March 2001 Adjudication of a complaint against the Bucks Herald Complaints under Clauses 4, 5: Mr and Mrs Kimble of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, complained that they had been approached by a reporter from the Bucks Herald in breach
Father and son reunion
A teenager has been reunited with his father after more than ten years thanks to an article in the Bucks Herald. The boy’s father left home after his parents separated when he was five. They managed to stay in contact
'Dear John…' campaign targets Patricia too!
Housing growth prompts paper to call for assurances that health services can cope
Key support for Herald protest
Community leaders in Aylesbury have backed The Bucks Herald’s Save Our Post Office campaign with a protest march in the town centre. For the past five weeks, the Herald has run feature articles detailing the arguments against the closure of
200 on the march to back Herald campaign
Residents turned out in force for a protest march to back their local newspaper and show the town’s anger at plans to close four post offices. Nearly 200 people brought Aylesbury town centre to a standstill in support of The
Blanket coverage aims to save threatened service
A weekly newspaper is tackling one of the biggest community issues in its patch – the fight to save four post offices. The Bucks Herald carried a front page article, which ran inside onto page two, a double-page spread to
Move to cut mums' travel
The Bucks Herald has launched a Safe and Sound campaign to help raise the money to buy important equipment to watch babies growing in the womb. The Herald has appealed to its readers to raise £73,000 for a new ultrasound
Reporter scoops top award after sharing experiences of epilepsy
Personal account is praised for exploding some of the myths and stigma that surround condition
Judging line-up revealed for EDF Energy South West Media Awards
Find out which industry experts will be deciding on this year’s contest