The Archant Awards Night 2003, in November, will take staff back to the heady days of disco dancing with the theme Saturday Night Fever.As well as sweating on the annual awards decisions, staff will be worrying over whether it will be tank tops or platforms for their time-travelling date.

Nearly £4,000 was raised for children with cancer and leukaemia at a charity ball that was part of the East Anglian Daily Times’ Clic into Action appeal.
The £50,000 target has now been brought well within reach thanks to the 200 guests at the ball which was held at the BT Adastral Park last Saturday.

Tired of finding burnt out car debris on the Weelsby woods, Grimsby resident Tony Bell decided to launch a campaign to get rampaging gangs banished from the picturesque area.
Following a meeting hosted by the Grimsby Telegraph in June a Park Watch scheme, similar to neighbourhood watch, has been proposed by Councillor Steve Hocknell.

The Leicester Mercury is appealing to readers to join their Right to Read campaign trying to boost literacy levels of the county’s children.
Organisers are looking for 750 reading helpers to go into schools and read to children. Businesses are also being called to sign up to the scheme and get employees to join in.

The brand new South West Wales Cancer Centre is thanking Swansea’s Evening Post this week.
The Evening Post launched the Cancer Fund and raised a sum of £70,000 to go towards the £380,000 centre.

The Western Morning News is calling for its readers to let them know of any Westcountry road in need of desperate repair.
The paper is putting pressure on the Government to provide funding for the maintenance of local highways.

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