MPs, newspaper readers and a town crier joined members of the National Union of Journalists as staff from Newsquest titles held a series of events as part of their campaign for better pay.
The protests in Blackburn, Bolton, Bromley, Oxford and other centres followed previous protests and lengthy industrial action last year.

A campaign in The Scotsman to support the work of Sight Savers International has raised more than £25,000 from readers – enough to restore the sight of almost 1,500 people.
The charity has said it is “absolutely delighted” with the result of the push, which was launched after journalist Frank O’Donnell and photographer Ian Rutherford travelled to Bangladesh to report on the charity’s work.

For the first time in its 232-year history, the Hampshire Chronicle Group is offering readers the chance to win a car.
The £7,495 Skoda Fabia is being offered in conjunction with Winchester Motor Company which has just taken on the Skoda franchise. And the chance to win ties in nicely with the launch of S3wheels, the Chronicle’s new motoring section.

Archant Life’s East division has announced a senior editorial appointment and a move for staff to its main office in Saffron Walden.
Robyn Bechelet, publisher of EADT Suffolk magazine, will join Life East as group editor to run three titles: Essex Life, Hertfordshire Life and Cambridgeshire Life.

The Newcastle Chronicle has backed a campaign to keep a special needs school in Jesmond open.
It is said to be under threat because of a Government policy that encourages disabled children to go into mainstream education.

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