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Deadline fumes scare sees newroom evacuated

A weekly newspaper team became part of the news this week when their offices were evacuated in a contamination scare just hours before their deadline. The Skegness Standard offices, along with other shops and commercial premises in the town centre,

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The Evesham Journal’s St Richard’s New Hospice Appeal has received more than £1,600 in just two weeks.The paper has set a target of £25,000 to contribute towards the £5.25m needed for the state of the art development. The University of

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Eight computers, worth around £12,000 in total, were stolen from the Kent and Sussex Courier offices after a break-in.Police were alerted at around 1.40am but found nothing suspicious and left. When a member of staff arrived again at 2am it

Paper coughs up reward after 'big cat' evidence is verified

A weekly newspaper has paid out a reward offered for photographic evidence of a mysterious “big cat” seen on several occasions. In a rare move for a newspaper, the Skegness Standard actually handed over reward cash to readers Sandy and

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Daily Star editor Peter Hill has joined the Press Complaints Commission as an editorial member, replacing Neil Wallis, former editor of The Sunday People.Before joining the Daily Star in 1978, Peter had worked at several other national and regional newspapers,

New look for Lincs weeklies will strengthen branding

Lincolnshire Newspapers this week unveiled a new look for all its paid-for titles. New mastheads have been introduced across the portfolio – part of Johnston Press – to strengthen each title’s brand identity. The new-look papers also share a tightly-knit

Resort retort follows hack's 'hatchet attack'

Skegness has been revealed as the victim of a hatchet attack – in the local paper where many of its visitors come from. The Nottingham Evening Post’s Mhairi McFarlane was responsible for the “crime”, published in the paper’s weekend supplement.

Weeklies' big cat search intensifies

As the “silly season” gets into full swing, readers of four Lincolnshire weekly papers are being kept up-to-date with the latest sightings of the infamous Wolds panther. They are leading the search for hard evidence of the local “beast” that