The Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph is set to open a new office in Wellingborough after local planners gave permission for the move.
A former butchers’ shop will be used as a newspaper office and Coun Peter Morrall said of the proposal: “The Evening Telegraph is an important part of our community and this would put them right back in the heart of the community.”

Ground Force TV star Tommy Walsh proved a hit with the ladies when he was asked to hand out Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News goodie bags at a garden event in Norfolk.
The stunt proved a success for the parent company Archant, which saw an extra 1,065 copies of the EDP and 810 copies of the Evening News sold.

V Magazine, the glossy full colour lifestyle publication aimed at the affluent over 50’s market in Greater Manchester, is celebrating its half-year anniversary.
Now into its seventh issue, the magazine has established itself as the voice of the 50-plus market in Greater Manchester. Its distribution base is now well established in the region, reaching 20,000 specially selected ABC1 households in a rolling distribution programme every month.

Generous Press & Journal readers have stumped up almost £700 so that a hard-up mum can pay for her teenage son’s funeral.
She had already sold computer games, toys and books on e-Bay to try to meet the £1,500 cost but needed an extra £7,090 on what she had raised.