NUJ members on the Sheffield Star have voted for industrial action in a ballot over pay. Eighty per cent voted for a strike and 88 per cent for “action short” of a stoppage.
According to the union, the latest offer stands at a rise of 2.75 per cent or £640 – whichever is the greater – a new minimum rate for two year seniors, a rise of five per cent on the two lowest senior bandings.

Newspaper Society president John Robertson has spoken about the strengths of the regional press at a ceremony to reward voluntary endeavour.
He said: “Local and regional newspapers are an important part of community focus. This is because they are so involved in their communities.”

Police hunting the killer of a Plympton pensioner have been helped in their search for information by a poster published by the Plymouth Evening Herald.
It was the latest in a series of media appeals and led to two potential suspects being eliminated from their inquiries.

icCoventry, the website for the Coventry Evening Telegraph and its associated newspapers, has been redesigned to make it easier for readers to use.
The new colour scheme and layout has been designed to make the website friendlier, more “clickable” and more interactive.

The Bath Chronicle is naming and shaming court fine dodgers in a bid to encourage them to pay up.
The newspaper says more than £1m is still owed to the city’s magistrates court in unpaid fines, and wants to shame people with a warrant against their names into paying what they owe.

Readers of the Somerset Guardian will have a chance to quiz editorial staff when they hold a “surgery” session at a local shop on Thursday.
Editor Joanna Roughton, news editor Phil Chamberlain and reporter Wendy Walker will be there to talk to readers.

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