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The Queen has opened the new Reuters building at Canary Wharf, London.
She met photographers, toured the newsroom and met staff and customers before “filing” the story of her visit by pressing a button to make the news go live on the main reception area screen.


Archant Print was fined £8,000 after a press worker got his arm trapped in machinery at its Thorpe St Andrew plant.
The Norwich-based publisher admitted failing to provide a safe system of work after the trainee post press technician was injured. City magistrates also ordered the firm to pay £4,244 costs.


The role of Trinity Mirror in the Welsh media market is to come under the microscope of the Welsh Assembly, after members agreed to carry out a review.
Their decision follows a cost-cutting drive and redundancies at both the Western Mail and Echo, and Trinity Mirror North West, which publishes the north Wales Daily Post.


The Newspaper Society has hosted a demand-planning meeting to help sales staff reduce their waste while maintaining availability of their newspapers.
They saw new returns scanning equipment at Northcliffe centres in Stoke-on-Trent and Leicester and had presentations from suppliers Harland Simon and Milan-based software firm TXT e-solutions.


Northcliffe Newspapers managing director Michael Pelosi has been elected honorary treasurer of the Newspaper Society.
He has taken over from Ian Aschroft, who has been in the role since 2002.