The Daily Record is to launch two timed, geographical editions targeting the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The new editions, Daily Record GLASGOW PM and Daily Record EDINBURGH PM, will be on sale from 3pm each afternoon in more than 1,000 outlets across both cities.
Former Paisley Daily Express editor Jonathan Russell and Daily Record deputy editor Murray Foote will head up the launch team, and more than 20 journalists have been recruited to work on the new editions.

The lack of an official town map for Chorley Borough, in Lancashire, has sparked the Chorley Guardian’s Give Us A Map campaign.
The paper is calling on the local authority to produce a new guide to the area, and incorporate a map of the town centre.

Journalism student Seher Ipek has found herself in the fashion limelight after turning a humble work placement into the experience of a lifetime.
Seher, who is studying print journalism and history at the University of Gloucestershire, worked alongside TV presenters Jodie Kidd and Ben de Lisi when she organised a catwalk show to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the bikini. Her efforts were showcased last night on Channel 4’s The Ultimate Bikini Guide.

The Sevenoaks Chronicle is backing the town’s people in calling for a local theatre to be reopened.
In the wake of the collapse of Sevenoaks Playhouse Ltd, the paper has pledged to do all it can to see the theatre building up and running again, under the campaign banner Raise the Curtain, with regular in-paper updates.

PA Sport has launched a content-on-demand service giving print, Internet and broadcast media the ability to produce bespoke page-ready football content in minutes.
The web-based Actim Control Centre is powered by statistics from the Actim Index – the Official Player Ratings Index for the Barclays Premiership and Coca-Cola Championship. Regional media can find new angles on their local team, players, opponents and rivals and create page-ready features.

Pictures of graffiti “tags” have flooded into the Daventry Express newsroom after a newspaper appeal to tackle graffiti across the town.
One resident took in 15 different images and they have been passed on to the authorities to help catch those responsible.

Archant Specialist has acquired a new travel title, So British, adding to its range of lifestyle, photographic and leisure magazines.
The new bi-annual title was bought from Visit Britain for an undisclosed sum and will be distributed free worldwide to promote luxurious, relaxing health and leisure breaks to Britain.