Journalists are being discouraged from using misleading terminology with regard to asylum seekers.
The Press Complaints Commission says the use of language – particularly phrases like “illegal asylum seeker”, of which there is no such thing in law – had led to a number of breaches of its editors’ Code of Practice.

Copies of the Lindsey Observer from 1854 to 1857, and the Lincolnshire Chronicle and General Advertiser between 1833 and 1837 are being microfilmed for Grimsby reference library by the Newsplan 200 project.
They were in a poor condition at the local studies collection but funding from Telegraph parent company Northcliffe Newspapers has helped the preservation work get under way.

The Weston and Somerset Mercury was the only paper allowed to witness Jeffrey Archer’s first public appearance since being released from prison.
He was in his home town of Weston-super-Mare to speak at the International festival of Clowns.

Attorney General Lord Goldsmith will discuss the laws of contempt at a Newspaper Society event on November 28.
Also taking the floor will be Jonathan Caplan QC, lawyer Richard Shillito, BBC legal advisor Glenn del Medico, and Guardian head of legal affairs Siobhan Butterworth.

An alcoholic who turned up at the headquarters of the Lincolnshire Echo drunk and refused to leave the premises ended up being fined £50 in court after admitting being drunk in a public place.

Keep Britain Tidy is to support the Evesham Journal’s campaign to clean up the streets around Evesham Vale.
The campaign has already received support from the local MP, the council and the public of Evesham.

Do you have a story about the regional press? Ring 0116 227 3122/3121, or
e-mail [email protected]