National Union of Journalists members at Northcliffe’s Bristol Evening Post and Western Daily Press have passed a vote of ‘no confidence’ in the group’s managing director, Michael Pelosi, following the announcement that Daily Mail and General Trust is considering putting its regional newspaper arm up for sale.
They have called on Northcliffe to scrap its Aim Higher programme until the future of the company had been decided. Under the programme up to 36 editorial jobs could be lost in Bristol.

The Hampshire Chronicle has switched its publication day from Friday to Thursday.
To mark the change, the first reader to buy a copy of the Thursday edition from its city centre office got a bottle of champagne. Ten other people spotted with a copy of the paper around Winchester on the day also got a bottle of wine each.

The Press and Journal in Aberdeen has had its farming news recognised as being among the best in the world.
The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists awarded second prize in its new global writing contest to a feature on the eradication of bovine viral diarrhoea in Orkney, which was written by Perth-based freelance Claire Powell. The top prize went to Swede Gunilla Anders, for an article on new competitors to farmers in the European Union.

The National Union of Journalists held simultaneous demonstrations outside Guardian Media Group’s offices in London and Manchester on Friday in protest at the closure of City Life magazine.
Manchester journalist and pop impresario Tony Wilson – played by Steve Coogan in the film 24 Hour Party People – has pledged his support for the Save City Life campaign.

Sheffield Wednesday fans can look back on the day they won promotion to the Championship in a new book packed with photos from the Sheffield Star, The Green Un and Owls photographer Steve Ellis.
Kings of Cardiff, named after the stadium where they sealed their promotion bid, uses press photos to illustrate the team’s success, and costs £14.99.