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Morecambe Visitor
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Daytime TV star releases song to boost papers’ campaign
Charity single will help fundraising appeal for hospice
Newspapers set to move after offices put up for sale
Daily and weekly offices in region could be sold by publisher
Titles join forces for £500,000 hospice campaign
Sister papers strive to plug charity’s funding shortfall
Row erupts over Johnston Press cover price rises
Regional publisher cuts margins say newsagents
Newspaper office up for sale for £400,000
No plans to move journalists says publisher
Weekly newspaper office proposed for closure
Journalists could be moved to base in neighbouring town
Did weekly paper inspire comedian’s name change?
BBC drama suggests title was behind choice of surname
Former editor and Guild president dies aged 78
Three decades with same paper capped long career in local press
Ford Grandad for sale – and other classic howlers
Regional press features strongly in new collection of misprints
From the pitch to the Post
Before Nottingham Evening Post sub-editor Andy Collins began his work in newspapers, he enjoyed another successful career as a professional footballer. In the fourth part of our series looking at sportsmen now working in the regional press, he reveals how
For or against Bubbles?
Residents of a seaside town are being asked to help make up the council’s mind over what to do with a seafront leisure complex. The Morecambe Visitor is asking: “Should we keep Bubbles or not?” Local politicians have been sparring
New Gazette editor
Damian Holmes has been named successor to Phil Pledger as editor of the Whitby Gazette. Damian, formerly the deputy at Whitby, is now in post and looking forward to taking the 13,000-circulation weekly forward, with the help of his seven
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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
Hat-trick for YEP
The Yorkshire Evening Post has been named Daily Newspaper of the Year for the third year in a row. The Leeds-based newspaper chalked up the hat-trick of wins at the annual Johnston Press awards, after winning praise from judges because