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Long-serving athletics writer dies at 69
Long-serving Huddersfield Daily Examiner athletics correspondent Granville Beckett has died aged 69. A great ambassador for the sport, he had also provided coverage as a freelance correspondent for the Yorkshire Post, Sheffield Star, Halifax Courier, York Evening Press and Bradford
Examiner's Malcolm says farewell after 20 years
Malcolm Robertshaw has said farewell to the Huddersfield Daily Examiner after 20 years at the paper. The senior journalist had edited the Examiner’s popular Drivetime and Property supplements as well as the Weekly News, before deciding to retire. He said:
Publishers pool resources in £45m press investment
Newspapers published by Guardian Media Group and Trinity Mirror are to benefit from a £45m joint investment in new press technology. They have agreed to jointly buy four state-of-the-art press and inserting lines which will be housed at the Mirror
More changes in pipeline at the Examiner
Readers of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner are set to see more changes to their local paper as it responds to the latest round of research into their likes and dislikes. The Trinity Mirror title converted to a new compact size
Regionals man to leave Trinity Mirror
Stephen Parker, managing director of Trinity Mirror’s regional newspaper division, is to step down from his role at the end of the month. In a company statement Trinity Mirror said the newspaperman would resign as a director on July 26
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Newcastle Evening Chronicle’s Chron’ll Fix It!, in association with Barclays, is back this autumn with £50,000 to give away to local community groups.For a six-week period, readers will be able to collect tokens for their chosen project. At the end
New-look Examiner about to hit the streets
A new-look Huddersfield Daily Examiner will be unveiled to its readers on Monday. Changes have been made to the design and content of the paper, which will see a slightly sharper masthead and a host of new features. Such is
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The Bristol Evening Post’s deputy editor put his best foot forward to raise money to fund research into a cure for juvenile diabetes.Stan Szecowka is the chairman of the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes 2002 and joined almost 1,000 others
John says farewell to the Examiner
John Williams has said farewell to the Huddersfield Daily Examiner after almost seven years as editor. He left the paper on Friday to rejoin the Liverpool Daily Post. John is succeeded by Roy Wright, who was previously assistant editor of
TV news chief was newspaper reporter
A former regional newspaper journalist has been named as the man to head Yorkshire Television’s news magazine programme Calendar. Will Venters studied journalism in Sheffield before starting work as a reporter at the Huddersfield Daily Examiner in the late 1970s.
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Former journalist Peter Green has won the Order of Mercy, for 50 years of charity work.He has volunteered for the National Association of Hospital and Community Friends since the 1950s. The award – the charity equivalent of the OBE –
Roy is promoted to editor
Roy Wright is to take over the editor’s chair at the Huddersfield Daily Examiner later this month. He succeeds John Williams, who plans a return to his native North Wales in a role for the paper’s parent company Trinity Mirror.