Six regional newspapers have sent reporters to the Middle East to cover the expected conflict in Iraq. Several military units requested that their local newspaper should be positioned with them in any forthcoming conflict, including The Portsmouth News, and its
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Regional newspapers' war correspondents prepare to fly
Nine editorial staff from the regional press will travel to the Gulf with the Ministry of Defence in the event of war breaking out with Iraq. The seven reporters and two photographers would travel as war correspondents and have been
Former news editor dies at 65
Former Gloucestershire Echo news editor John Flint has died. He was 65. He joined the Echo after 25 years working for the Daily Mirror, and began his career in 1956 as a trainee reporter on the Wythenshaw Recorder. In 1958
Paper's survey shows two thirds of kids have seen a gun
A survey by the Manchester Evening News has found that two out of every three children in the city have seen a gun in real life. The newspaper interviewed 650 young people aged between 11 and 16 in the Greater
Wider audience in donor plea
The search for a potentially life-saving bone marrow donor for little Shannon Bradshaw has gone online thanks to the Manchesteronline website. The seven-year-old, from Warrington, is fighting for her life in hospital after being diagnosed with aplastic anaemia – bone
Successful "first" for website
ManchesterOnline has seen the launch of what it hopes will be a popular new feature, as it held its first web chat earlier this week. The first guest to be quizzed by an army of ManchesterOnline readers was Manchester Evening
Conmen stripped of profits after MEN exposé
Two fraudsters who conned thousands of pounds out of their victims have been stripped of their profits following an undercover investigation by the Manchester Evening News. Judge Anthony Hammond ordered the two men to pay back almost £50,000 and praised
NS treasurer role for Ian
Ian Ashcroft, the chief executive of Guardian Media Group’s regional newspapers division, has been elected as the new honorary treasurer of the Newspaper Society. He was selected at the Society’s half-yearly meeting of members and takes over from Sir Ray
MEN steps in to boost Kirsty single
The Manchester Evening News has stepped in to try to help a song dedicated to a terminally-ill girl get to number one. Opera star Russell Watson has recorded a single for Kirsty Howard, who was born with a rare heart
Quake leaves paper's switchboard jammed
The telephone switchboard at the Manchester Evening News was jammed yesterday morning as the second earthquake in a month hit the city. Earthquake experts later confirmed that there had been a series of four tremors due to “a seismic incident”
Newspaper offices evacuated during bomb scare
The offices of the Manchester Evening News had to be evacuated during a bomb scare in the city centre. Staff were told to leave their desks and gather near their Deansgate office at around 2.40pm as the final edition of
Beer today, none tomorrow?
The Manchester Evening News and Manchesteronline are backing a major new campaign to keep Boddingtons brewery jobs in the city. The newspaper says Boddingtons is as Mancunian as Manchester United, Coronation Street and Oasis – and has long-traded on its
Trio plead guilty after being exposed by Evening News
Three conmen have been brought to justice by the Manchester Evening News. A reporter went undercover as a telesales rep to expose their conning of hundreds of thousands of pounds out of people by pretending to run a crime prevention
Former editor takes on cancer role
A former daily newspaper editor from Liverpool has been named as the new boss of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Centre. Mike Unger, (58), was the editor of the Liverpool Daily Post between 1979 and 1982, before moving to the
Evening News records the big event
The Manchester Evening News is producing the official record of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Throughout the games, one of the biggest events to ever hit Manchester, the paper is producing a series of supplements detailing every event and medal. The
Editors look ahead to October date
More top names from national and regional newspapers have joined the list of speakers at the York conference of the Society of Editors in October. Tim Bowdler, president of the Newspaper Society, will give the Society of Editors Lecture at