Skegness Standard
- Address: Unit 22, The Hildreds, Skegness, Lincolnshire
- Phone: 01754 897120
- Frequency: Weekly
What we have written about Skegness Standard
June 25, 2007
Birthday preparations under way
The Skegness Standard will soon be celebrating its 80th birthday. And as part of the celebrations the paper is planning to adopt a local charity…
June 25, 2007
Newspaper trio throw themselves off castle…
Three Skegness Standard girls put their back into their work when they joined a local abseiling group to scale the walls of Tattershall Castle. The…
June 25, 2007
Five-week strike is over
More than five weeks of strike action by journalists has come to an end with agreement over pay and conditions. The National Union of Journalists…
June 25, 2007
News in brief
Becky Gunn has been appointed chief reporter at the Skegness Standard.Essex girl Becky (23) moved to the Lincolnshire coast as a girl and earned a…
June 25, 2007
News in brief
Newspaper magnate, Freddie Johnston, is reported to be on the move – relocating his home south to Shropshire.He retired last year as the chairman of…
June 25, 2007
News in brief
A charity cheque for £150 was awarded to Daily Echo Bournemouth staff swimmers for raising the second greatest sum of money at the Poole Lions…
June 25, 2007
Becky's Burning Questions
Page 2 of 2 What was your nickname at school and why? Westy – the reason is obvious. What was the first record you bought?…
June 25, 2007
Becky's Burning Questions
Page 1 of 2 Seasoned hack Nigel West, (42), has worked in journalism for the past 24 years, starting out at the Boston Standard.In 1982…
June 25, 2007
Becky's Burning Questions
Page 1 of 2 Skegness Standard reporter Rebekah Gunn devised a light-hearted questionnaire to try to find out a little more about some of the…
June 25, 2007
Big changes for Lincolnshire weeklies
The face of weekly newspapers in Lincolnshire is changing, with the launch of a new free weekly newspaper. Welland Valley Newspapers, part of Johnston Press,…
June 25, 2007
Journalist becomes mayor
A former editor of the Skegness Standard has become mayor of nearby Alford. Coun Gordon Collins has worked for several editions of the Lincolnshire Standard…
June 25, 2007
P-p-p-pick up a penguin: Standard's prank gets readers in a flap
Global warming blamed for rare “Royal” visit, as media follows weekly’s lead
June 25, 2007
Commission finds "no grounds" for accuracy and privacy complaint
The Press Complaints Commission found “no grounds” to continue an investigation into a complaint made about the Skegness Standard. The paper published an article about…
June 25, 2007
Skegness team sets the 'Standard'
A team of staff from a Lincolnshire weekly launched a charity putting tournament to help with the paper’s St Barnabas Hospice at Home Appeal. The…
June 25, 2007
Standard declares victory in fight to save pool
Closure sparked paper’s most popular campaign in living memory
