The Croydon Advertiser has turned down advertising from the British National Party, despite accepting political adverts from other parties. Editor Ian Carter said: “The BNP are a legitimate political party and will no doubt argue they should have the same right as the others.
“But we’ve turned them away on the basis I’d feel deeply uncomfortable with any of their material appearing in our publications.”

A judge in Scotland has lifted the anonymity normally given to young people involved in criminal proceedings so a nine-year-old could be hailed a hero.
Lord Brodie told Glasgow High Court that Nathan Thomas was “a very courageous young man” after he leapt to his mother’s defence when she was attacked by a drunk knifeman. Under-16s involved in criminal proceedings in Scotland are automatically given anonymity.

A play by former Aberdeen Press and Journal reporter Jack Webster is on stage in the city later this month. His Majesty’s Theatre is hosting Grassic Gibbon which follows journalist Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s struggle for recognition in his youth.
Gibbon, a pseudonym for J Leslie Mitchell, wrote 17 books covering topics such as archaeology. Jack Webster also worked for the Scottish Daily Express and The Herald, in Glasgow.

Jonathan Lee is due to start his new role as editor of the North West Evening Mail, in Cumbria, next Tuesday. He replaces Steve Brauner who left last autumn to join new specialist title Crain’s Manchester Business.
Jonathan’s previous position was as editor of the Shetland Times, one of the UK’s most northerly weeklies.

The Herald, in Glasgow, marked its 225th birthday with a 68-page full colour commemorative magazine. The Glasgow Advertiser, as it was originally known, first started production on January 27, 1783.