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May 2008 News
Birmingham Press Club prepares for annual awards ceremony
Midlands media talent to be recognised as press club welcomes two new broadcast awards
Ballet fraud on voting day – more funny news items
…including the BBC’s Great Tit story
Society of Editors announces new president
Evening Star’s Nigel Pickover unanimously nominated to take over top role
Long-serving Echo reporter dies aged 61
Brian Redhead spent many years covering his hometown in North Yorkshire
New-look multimedia newsroom to feature on study tour
Evening Post to feature as a model of future news hubs
Former editor dies shortly after moving to France
Colin Lucas edited a range of newspapers across south England
Three weeklies work together to secure air ambulance
Target reached less than a year after campaign began
'Training standards key' to multimedia future – editors' chief
Work will ensure next generation of trainee journalists is well-equipped
Council hands back sponsorship cash after newspaper's BNP ad
Ham&High’s donation to community awards scheme rejected over fears for event’s reputation
New pay deal at Trinity Mirror newspapers
Union chapel in Liverpool agrees new wage structure after rejecting last management offer
Can councils cut pointless spending?
Average council tax bills could be slashed by £40 if town halls shaved ten per cent off low-priority budgets. The claim was made the TaxPayers’ Alliance which has launched a Ten Per Cent challenge. The lobby group wants to see
Are parents' evenings on the way out?
The dreaded parents’ evening could be a thing of the past if education secretary Ed Balls gets his way. The cabinet minister is urging schools to explore other ways of communicating with the families of its pupils as the popularity
Strike action threat at Newsquest newspapers
Staff to ballot if compulsory redundancies pushed through, UK ranked 25th for press freedom and more news in brief
Family-owned newspaper group in major expansion
Baylis & Co snaps up Express titles in Home Counties
Freelance journalist's rare footy photo find generates national headlines
Nostalgia website’s ‘world picture exclusive’ of 1800s England football team