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Broadcaster Brian Barron was guest of honour at a graduation day for students at Falmouth College of Arts.Among the 496 graduates were media studies, creative writing, broadcasting studies and photography students.
Brian Barron is the BBC’s foreign correspondent of 35 years and witnessed many scenes of conflict around the world. He is currently the BBC’s South European Correspondent and is based in Rome.


The Burton Mail has doubled the number of hits to its website after unveiling a new service to readers.
The newspaper’s website, www.burtonmail.co.uk now offers readers the chance to search through hundreds of local jobs.


Young Jakob Gilbert is looking forward to the trip of a lifetime next summer, thanks to fund-raising by kind-hearted Somerset County Gazette readers.
Firefighters and ambulance staff joined forces with Asda staff in Taunton to bag up customers’ shopping and raise £3,000 to send six-year-old Jakob to Disney World, Florida, before he becomes wheelchair bound. He suffers from progressively worsening Duchenne muscular dystrophy.


School children have been benefiting from the Newscastle Chronicle’s involvement in the Newcastle Education Achievement Zone.
They have been visiting the paper’s newsroom to write and produce their own newspapers.


The Manchester Evening News has been working with the Manchester archives unit and local studies centre to produce a new publication Manchester – Then and Now.
The book showcases a collection of photos showing the city and its suburbs from the past 120 years.


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