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Editor pays tribute to Ipswich MP

Nigel Pickover, editor of the Evening Star, has paid tribute to Ipswich MP Jamie Cann who died earlier this week. The MP was a personal friend of the editor and wrote a column for the Ipswich Evening Star, Jamie Cann’s

Tractor Boy is "real"!

There’s a real-life Tractor Boy to lead the crowds supporting Ipswich Town. Well almost… The eight-foot Tractor Boy mascot provided by the Ipswich Star is about to follow the team around Europe as the football team pursues its UEFA Cup

Star chooses its top School Reporters

The winners of this year’s Ipswich Evening Star School Reporter scheme have been announced. In the high school category, 16-year-old Phong Luu was chosen after submitting several articles over the year including a review of a school play, and in

Star reaps the benefits of footballing success

The Evening Star is making the most of the town’s fervour over its football club’s success – by feeding the readers’ appetite for more football-related stories. The interest generated by Ipswich Town’s successful Premiership run – and now their guaranteed

Teen revolution at the Star

Budding young reporters were given the freedom of the Ipswich Evening Star newsroom as part of an open day at the paper. Schoolkids from four high schools in the region travelled to paper’s office to be given the task of

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

The Evening Star has launched a scathing attack on Tony Blair over his handling of the foot and mouth crisis and his seeming lack of concern over its impact on the date of a General Election. The Suffolk paper say’s

"Show her you care"

The Ipswich Evening Star has handed over £500 to launch a campaign to show support for a 92-year-old rape victim. The Show Her You Care appeal is being jointly run between the newspaper and Sainsbury’s, the store where the pensioner

New look Star celebrates sales boost

The Ipswich Evening Star is sporting a new look amid a bagful of successful campaigns and increased sales figures. The Star has scooped 15 industry accolades in the last four years and recently picked up an award for its part

They think it's Pickover – it is now!

A triumphant Nigel Pickover starts his celebration run after seeing the ball hit the back of the net Ipswich Evening Star editor Nigel Pickover has achieved his schoolboy dream – he stuck the ball in the back of the net

Crisis bites in the regions

The chaos brought about by the fuel crisis is hitting the regional press hard. Many papers around the country have been forced to reduce the number of issues they produce, casual sales are being hit, and staff are beginning to

Star coverage for Premiership new boys

The Evening Star has struck a deal with British Gas to provide its best-ever coverage for Premiership newcomers Ipswich Town. The paper is promising unrivalled coverage and told its readers that no other newspaper in the country will follow its

Tabloid stars with broadsheet treatment as town celebrates

The evening paper in Ipswich proved that it’s in a league of its own as the town’s football club celebrated promotion to the Premiership. The Evening Star had its own team at Wembley for Monday’s First Division play-off final and

Press Ball aims to raise £25,000

Evening Star editor Nigel Pickover admits he’s taking a £10,000 gamble with this year’s Ipswich and Suffolk Press Ball. The paper aims to raise £25,000 for disabled children through the fourth annual Press Ball. With all tickets sold, Mr Pickover

Love bug strikes newspaper offices

A computer virus, which paralysed computer networks across the world, provided copy for the regional press – but few real problems. Warnings about the “ILOVEYOU” virus were sent to newsrooms by many of their own IT departments soon after work

Paper takes itself to PCC in storm over rapist

The Ipswich Evening Star has taken the unusual step of referring itself to the Press Complaints Commission. The move follows what it claims have been threats by Essex Probation Service to take the paper to the PCC over its coverage

BT awards shortlist unveiled

IT’S down to two – Metro London and the Ipswich Evening Star – in the battle to be named London and Northern Home Counties Daily Newspaper of the Year. Shortlisted entrants in the annual BT Press and Broadcast Awards were