Former South Wales Evening Post photographer Phyllis Hampton has died, aged 89. A funeral service was held at Clyne Chapel for Mrs Hampton, who was known as Ina. The former Wren worked for the Evening Post in the 1940s and
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West End beckons young stars
Young stars of the South Wales Evening Post’s charity show, The Best Is Yet To Come, are heading for London’s West End. Some 150 entertainers, aged four to 18, will perform at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the Haymarket on August
Llanelli team branches out
The publishers of the South Wales Evening Post have been awarded the contract to produce Y Tir (The Land) – the monthly newspaper for the Farmers Union of Wales. South West Wales Publications, which also produces the Llanelli Star and
New appeal to build on £725,869 success
Cancer care in Wales is getting a boost from a new appeal by the South Wales Evening Post. Readers have created a fund of £41,000 in just three months. It follows their impressive effort of donating £725,869 for a previous
OBE for newspaper man
Former president of the Newspaper Society, John Aldridge, has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. He started out in the newspaper industry as a tea boy at the Grimsby Evening Telegraph and rose to become president
News In Brief from around the regions
Regional press news – this story updated 23.6.2000 News In Brief from around the regions by HoldTheFrontPage staff THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: Football fans can now log on and share poetic thoughts on a new Internet site. The Gloucestershire Echo reported
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Regional press news – this story updated 10.6.2000 News In Brief from around the regions by HoldTheFrontPage staff CROWNING GLORY: A quiet Bolton street has been unmasked as the most famous neighbourhood in the country. The row of terraced houses
Decade of success for Youth Proms
The South Wales Evening Post is celebrating 10 years of success with its annual Youth Proms. This year 16 schools from south west Wales took to the stage of Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall to provide a feast of musical entertainment. They
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NUDE FOOTIE: Police were called to playing fields at Cheltenham at 4am after a caller reported six men playing football in the nude, the Gloucestershire Echo told its readers. There was no sign of anyone by the time officers arrived,
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HOT OVERALLS WRECK TAKEAWAY: A blaze which wrecked a Chinese takeaway had an unsual cause, the Wolverhampton Express and Star reported. Fire officers told the paper it was caused by spontaneous combustion in a pair of grease-stained overalls. The overalls
New political role for Swansea journalist
Former South Wales Evening Post industrial correspondent David Williams has been appointed as BBC Wales’s new political editor. Mr Williams, (49), is currently the presenter, producer and director of HTV Wales’s current affairs and factual programmes department. A former editor
Boules bust-up
Staff at the South Wales Evening Post have been having some fun in the run-up to a weekend charity boules tournament. Sixteen teams – including one from the newspaper – will take part in the French sport on Sunday (April
MBE for retired journalist
Former South Wales Evening Post journalist Michael Boon received his MBE from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace. Mr Boon, who recently retired as specialist writer and Westgate columnnist with the Western Mail, was honoured for services to journalism
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A REAL HANDFUL: Pensioner Godfrey Hill has been called The Messiah, an alien and a freak – because he has a thumb and five fingers on each hand. The 72-year-old retired engineer has hexadactyly. The condition is said to affect
Dylan festival honour for Post
The South Wales Evening Post is in the running for an award thanks to its backing for Swansea’s annual Dylan Thomas Festival. The paper has been shortlisted for a prize in the annual Arts & Business Cymru Awards, which celebrate
Winners applauded
Regional newspapers were honoured for sales increases at the Newspaper Society’s Newspaper Sales and Promotions Conference and Exhibition. The Peterborough Evening Telegraph won the Bristol Evening Post & Press Award for Best Evening Newspaper, and the Johnston Press Award for