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Worcester Standard
What we have written about Worcester Standard
ABC figures: How the UK's weekly newspapers fared
Latest circulations for all the weeklies revealed
West Midlands editor steps down after 14 years
News chief to pursue new career working for local MP
Publisher rapped over 'higher circulation' claim
Advert’s claims contradicted independently-audited figures
ABC figures: How all the weeklies performed
The full list of circulation figures for all 791 weekly titles
Pass rate tops 50pc for November NCE
Number of trainees entering exam up 35pc in 2009
Eight jobs set to go at Midlands weeklies
Observer Standard group to cut staff levels by 20pc
Newspaper publishers' joint venture for new weekly title
Iliffe and Observer Standard combine forces for 50,000-copy per week freebie
Successful NCE candidates – Spring 2005
The following candidates, listed under the centre at which they sat the examination, have now gained the National Certificate: BOURNEMOUTH Samantha Chapman Aldershot News Gary Cleland Newbury Weekly News Matthew Dickinson The News, Portsmouth Huw Griffith Dorset Echo Lisa-Marie Harrity
NCE success for 44 per cent of candidates
A 44 per cent pass rate in the National Certificate Examination means that 116 candidates have qualified as journalists. A total of 263 candidates sat the National Certificate Examination in October at 15 centres across the UK. The candidates who
NCE photography success
Fourteen press photographers have passed their National Certificate Examinations. The latest candidates sat the exam on November 7, when there were 17 entrants. Two distinctions were awarded to Ben Birchall, of the Lincolnshire Echo, and Skye Brackpool, of the Evening
Regional press news in brief
Chris Bullivant junior has become managing director of family-owned Observer Standard Newspapers, succeeding his mother Pat. The 35-year-old has previously held various roles within the company, which publishes titles such as the Worcester Standard, Bromsgrove Standard and Stratford Observer. Pat
Editor goes public on wife's illness to raise awareness
A regional newspaper editor has gone public on his private life to boost awareness of the rare illness that has affected his wife. Worcester Standard editor James Iles and his wife Louise have suffered heartache and pain since she was
News in brief
The York Evening Press’s Stop The Highway Robbery campaign has collected more than 5,000 signatures – including that of former cabinet minister Frank Dobson.The campaign calls on the City of York Council to abolish evening and on-street parking charges, remove
Standard's drugs initiative reaches 25,000
A weekly newspaper has joined forces with an anti-drugs campaign to distribute 25,000 information leaflets warning children of the dangers of heroin. The Worcester Standard has been involved with the campaign – Take Action to Curb the Killer – for