The Competition Commission has put back the date by which it will report to the Department of Trade and Industry on the proposed take over of newspaper publisher Regional Independent Media (RIM) from September 27 until October 6. Gannett UK,
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Profits up for Johnston
Johnston Press has revealed a 36 per cent jump in profits in its half-year results announcement. The figure is strengthened by rising advertising revenues, which are continuing strongly into the second half of the financial year. The group, which publishes
Latest on RIM merger bids
Three newspaper groups have been sent “issues letters” by the Competition Commission as the next stage in the process to decide who could take over Regional Independent Media – the sixth largest regional publisher in the UK. This routine step
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
Scarborough?Simply the best!
Residents of the north Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough have hit back after vitriolic columnist Victor Lewis-Smith attacked their town. In one of his regular columns for the London Evening Standard, Mr Lewis-Smith condemned Scarborough as being “dismal in season
Scarborough's loss was Burton's gain
The phone call came through to the Burton Mail newsdesk on Tuesday afternoon. Would the paper let a crew from Channel 4’s Big Breakfast film at the newspaper the next morning to mark Local Newspaper Week? Editor Brian Vertigen didn’t
New editor promises a Posh and Becks-free zone
The newly-appointed editor of Newcastle’s Morning News has spoken of his confidence in the future of quality, free, regional morning papers. “I think people just need to look at the way the idea has snowballed for a hint as to
The full story
We recently carried a story about Essex Chronicle girl Kate Eshmade spending a day with the Territorial Army. She wasn’t the only hack from around the country who spent time in the company of the part-time soldiers at their Midlands
Trainee wins court challenge after attempt to stifle mitigation
Kirsty quotes the experts to persuade magistrates to see her point
Reporter's argument on S39 order persuades the judge
Scarborough Evening News reporter Richard Harris has successfully argued that a court order should not be imposed in a case involving cruelty to a baby. It was his second successful legal identification challenge in a few months. In a letter
Trainee reporter texted and called schoolgirl: Paper apologises
Evening News admits breaching Code after “stupid, one-off, openly admitted error of judgement”
Complaints and corrections
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC. This story 21.5.2003 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
Papers respond to inaccuracy and breach of privacy claims
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC during June, July and August 2002 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
Resolved complaints
Resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC during July, August & September 2001 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,
Dualling plea from accident victims
A campaign to dual a Yorkshire ‘A’ road has received backing from a couple who were involved in a fatal accident there. George and Doreen Bowser were in a crash on the A64 between Scarborough and York in September in
Disabled to benefit from Evening News appeal
A badly-needed new rescource centre for disabled children is to be built after a terrific reader response to a £250,000 appeal. Donations have poured into the Scarborough Evening News Millennium Appeal since it was launched in September. The cash that