Former South Wales Echo editor Alastair Milburn has announced plans to expand his media and PR agency, just a month after it was officially launched. Peter Bibby is to join the firm as account director, after a successful first month
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Tributes paid to journalist found dead at cliffs
Tributes have been paid to a former regional press journalist who died after falling from cliffs. The body of Robert House was found at the foot of cliffs in Rhossili last week. Police are not treating his death as suspicious.
Nursery out of action? Use my lounge!
18 tots invade photographer’s home as he covers nursery blaze
New Year, new business, for former editor
Former South Wales Echo editor Alastair Milburn has begun the New Year with a bang, with the launch of his new business, Effective Communication.
Journalist-turned-minister spreads church message
A former regional press journalist who left the newsroom for a new career as a Methodist minister has told how he is now using his journalism skills to help spread the message of the church. For the past three years
New appointment sees editorship kept in the family
The editorship of the Liverpool Daily Post is being kept in the family, with Jon Brown’s appointment as acting editor, while the paper’s editor – his wife – Jane Wolstenholme is on maternity leave. Jon, (38), is currently deputy editor
New editor chosen for south Wales daily
Richard Williams is to become the new editor of the South Wales Echo. Currently editor-in-chief of the Evening Leader in Wrexham, he will succeed Alastair Milburn, who announced plans to launch his own media and PR agency earlier this year.
Editor Gledhill set for vice presidency role
Bath Chronicle editor David Gledhill is set to become the next vice president of the Society of Editors. He will be unanimously nominated by the board at the AGM during next month’s conference in Newcastle, and if the nomination is
Business venture beckons for Echo editor
South Wales Echo editor Alastair Milburn is leaving the Cardiff-based newspaper to set up his own business. The 35-year-old, who has edited the Echo for the past three years, plans to launch his own media and PR agency, advising businesses
Regionals man to leave Trinity Mirror
Stephen Parker, managing director of Trinity Mirror’s regional newspaper division, is to step down from his role at the end of the month. In a company statement Trinity Mirror said the newspaperman would resign as a director on July 26
Postie's court lies exposed by Echo
A postman who lied about his father and two sisters dying to save himself from jail is behind bars – thanks to the South Wales Echo. Michael Jones dumped hundreds of Christmas letters in woods and in court blamed his
'I'll be there for you!' says the Echo
The South Wales Echo was definitely there for fans of the smash TV comedy Friends. The Cardiff-based paper set up a special hotline for readers who were desperate to find out how the last-ever episode of the show ended when
Chip shop cop shock earns trainee Nick a P1 splash
Quick-thinking South Wales Echo reporter Nick Sharpe proved that you’re never off-duty when his eagle eyes earned him a front page splash. Trainee reporter Nick was taking an early hours stroll home in Cardiff after a Sunday night out with
Newspaper inquiry sparks change to local government
Sweeping changes in the way Wales’ biggest local authority is run will take place following an inquiry sparked by the South Wales Echo. The evening newspaper last year revealed details of a “dirty tricks” campaign – dubbed Echogate – centred
Advertiser names its man
Mark Waldron is to become the new editor of the Swindon Evening Advertiser. Currently deputy editor of the South Wales Echo in Cardiff, he will succeed Simon O’Neill, who left to become editor of the Oxford Mail in February. The
Brave-sole Chris risks a scorching
South Wales Echo journalist Chris Beckett proved what a brave-sole he is when he took part in a fundraising fire walk. The trainee reporter risked a scorching to perform a red-hot walk across burning coals – and survived to tell