The first issue of a new magazine within the Kent and Sussex Courier and Sevenoaks Chronicle has met with a positive response. Newsagents and supermarkets reported sell-outs as readers were enticed to take a look at Kent and Sussex Life
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Chronicle is game for a laugh
The Sevenoaks Chronicle is known as a good read – but it’s not often the paper provides enough material for a 20-minute comic routine. But comedienne Jo Brand cracked a whole series of jokes based on the week’s paper when
National paper follows a local lead
A swiftly-published denial in the Sevenoaks Chronicle of a Kenneth Noye story in The Mirror has finally encouraged a retraction from the national daily. Once again it shows the nationals following up leads from the local press, where many of
Life in the fast lane for girl racer Louise
It was a challenge Sevenoaks Chronicle reporter Louise Powell couldn’t turn down – the chance to take a Formula One driver’s view of the world from a racing car cockpit at Brand’s Hatch. Here the girl racer tells her story…
Chronicle editor moves on -to see the world
Sevenoaks Chronicle editor Roger Perkins has left his job to travel the world. He’ll be flying out to South America with his partner Kate Hanney, a primary school teacher, in a couple of weeks – hoping to find work that
Unusual round-up of suspects
A gallery of security camera video stills is being published on the pages of a weekly newspaper series to help bring suspects to book. The Kent and Sussex Courier and Sevenoaks Chronicle are working together with the district councils and
Appeal for missing Lucie
The Sevenoaks Chronicle has launched a fund to help the family of missing Lucie Blackman search for her. The paper has worked closely with the family since her disappearance on July 1 in Japan. Editor Roger Perkins was interviewed in
Missing Lucie: Chronicle editor on Japanese TV
Japanese TV journalists have been to the Sevenoaks Chronicle to get the low-down on how the British media is covering the disappearance of Lucie Blackman. Lucie, from Sevenoaks, went missing while working as a hostess in bars in Japan. The
Kent weekly celebrates 125 years
The Sevenoaks Chronicle is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. The paper was launched in February 1881 by William Wicking at a time when Sevenoaks already had three local newspapers – the Sevenoaks Free Press, the Sevenoaks Herald and the
Courier Newspapers rewards the staff
‘Oscars’ evening celebrates year of success
Regional press in the running for top awards
Staff from the Bristol Evening Post, Bournemouth Daily Echo, Shields Gazette and Western Mail are among those in the running for a Newspaper Society award. The nominations are part of the Society’s Newspaper Sales and Promotions Awards, which include several