A charity cheque for £150 was awarded to Daily Echo Bournemouth staff swimmers for raising the second greatest sum of money at the Poole Lions Swimathon event.
The swimmers, Judith Barton, Roan Fair, Amanda Langton, Scott Harrison, Rolf Niven and Paul Stevens, together raised £1,079 for local charities with cash still coming in.
The cheque for £150, collected by the team’s non-swimming captain – and deputy editor – Ed Perkins, was donated to the Domino Appeal which aims to raise £1.2m to build a school for autistic children.

Three daring girls from the Skegness Standard are preparing to go over the top for charity.
Reporters Becky Gunn and Marie Deeming, with field sales rep Joanne Beech will abseil 270 feet down Grimsby Dock Tower for Marie Curie Cancer Care in what is described as one of the most exhilarating abseils in Lincolnshire.

The murder of Evan Jones in Stokes Croft, Bristol, has prompted the Evening Post to print posters appealing for key witnesses to come forward.
The police are keen to speak to the drivers of two vehicles, who took evasive action to avoid two men apparently fighting in the area on the night the tragedy took place.

A new studio of a talking newspaper that was re-housed by The Northern Echo has received its first high-profile visitor, MP Alan Milburn.
He was invited for a tour of the premises – at the Echo’s offices – and asked to contribute an interview to the first edition from its new home.

The Express & Star has been praised by councilors for its part in recruiting eight new lollipop patrols in the Wolverhampton area.
A nationwide shortage left the service in crisis and the newspaper joined forces with Radio WM after it found there was a shortfall of 27 across Sandwell.

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