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New editor to build on weeklies' 'campaigning ethos'
Elaine Cole takes the reins at Hampshire newspapers series
Journalist loses cystic fibrosis battle aged 30
Tributes have been paid to Farnham Herald journalist James Bowman, who has died aged 30. The chief reporter (pictured), who joined the Herald’s editorial team in 1998, had fought a long battle against cystic fibrosis. He joined The Herald from
News in brief
A firm which sent unsolicited text messages saying mobile telephone owners had won a £1,000 prize has been halted in its tracks – thanks to the Sunday Mercury.Telephone watchdog ICSTIS invoked “emergency procedures” to stop the firm sending any more
Advertiser House development
The former offices of the Surrey Advertiser have been sold, with planning permission for office development, for £2.85m. Advertiser House, Guildford, was home to the newspaper for almost 65 years before it moved to Stoke Mill, Woking Road in 1999.
Inaccuracy and intrusion
Resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC in January and February 2003. The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors
Weekly helps raise £50,000 in just three months
The Surrey Advertiser has helped raise more than £50,000 in just three months for a local charity which provides overnight and day care for disabled children. The Advertiser is backing the Cherry Trees charity’s Upstairs Appeal – which aims to
The Citizen picks up Regional Newspaper of the Year prize
The Citizen in Gloucester has been named Regional Newspaper of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards. The title picked up the award during a ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane last night, at the competition dedicated to
Regional titles in running for prizes at Newspaper Awards
Regional newspapers have once again scooped a host of nominations for the Newspaper Awards. Now in its ninth year, the competition is dedicated to newspaper production, and will see regional newspapers go head to head with their national counterparts in
2003 Newspaper Award nominations announced
The nominees for the 2003 Newspaper Awards are: Regional Newspaper of the Year The Goss International Premier Award Eastern Daily Press Jersey Evening Post Manchester Evening News Press & Journal, Aberdeen Reading Evening PostShropshire Star Sunday Newspaper of the Year