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Former Belfast Telegraph reporter Kim Kelly jetted out to Australia to catch the start of Ant and Dec’s I’m a Celebrity… TV show.
She’s now deputy celebrity editor of Reveal magazine, and will be down-under for a month – with one of her first tasks being to undergo a daring “bushtucker trial”, a task all the press there had to complete.


Three youngsters caught on camera riding a motorbike without protective clothing have sparked concerns for safety.
An Evening Express photographer spotted them and the photo was passed onto the police, and published in the paper, sparking a debate on danger on the roads.


South Wales Chronicle columnist Joan Stockdale has been celebrating following the publication of her first novel, Flower Fields, which she began writing three years ago after a near-death experience and the powerful imprint it left on her life.
She said: “I saw a vision of my late father, who told me it wasn’t time to die, and to go back and join my husband, John.”


Racing journalist Doug Moscrop, who worked at the Journal in Newcastle for 44 years, has been honoured with a race in his name at Kelso. He is still chief racing correspondent for Tyne Tees TV.


The Sentinel is urging readers to back local Potteries sporting hero Phil Taylor for BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
The darts legend has won the world title in his sport 13 times and retained it again in January. His agent, Steve Motteshead, said: “I am really pleased the Sentinel is backing this. It is Phil’s local paper and had always given him lots of support.”


Archive photographs published in the Lincolnshire Echo can now be bought online.
A new Internet ordering service has gone live, allowing readers to pick and buy their favourite images from home. Gift ideas including T-shirts, calendars and mugs with the image on are also now available – in time for Christmas orders.