You can say what you like about TV’s the X-Factor, but it certainly gets people talking. Last night’s decision by Simon Cowell to reprieve talentless twins John and Edward Grimes at the expense of Welsh songbird Lucie Jones has been
November 2009 News
Ex-journalist stirred by new cocktails venture
Online business aims to shake-up the world of party planning
Newspaper's Jacko ebay auction nets £999
Plus: NUJ training for Wales and more news in brief
Photographer recalls historic fall of Berlin Wall
Evening Post snappers paints vivid picture of events 20 years on
Echo triumphs in hunt for EuroMillions lottery winners
Call centre syndicate claims £45m says north-west daily
Publisher closes pension scheme to existing staff
Timing of Trinity Mirror move condemned by union
Lowe’s big tease
As his one-time deputy Keith Perch recently noted, Mike Lowe was one of the great ‘personality editors’ of the 1990s, bringing his unique style of journalism to first the Gloucester Citizen, then the Derby Evening Telegraph, and finally the Bristol
The Commons: ‘A killer place’
The funeral of former MEN political editor Ian Craig took place in his family’s home town of Wrexham yesterday, with many regional lobby figures past and present paying their respects. So today’s obituary by David McKittrick in the Independent was
The right to give offence
Tory blogger Iain Dale’s connection to the regional press is somewhat tenuous – he writes a column for the Eastern Daily Press – so we didn’t carry today’s story about the PCC adjudication against him on the main site. Nonetheless,
FoI request uncovers 99-year-old burglary suspect
Newspaper reveals extent of criminality among society’s elders
Wanted man sends local paper new mug shot
Rogues gallery photo not good enough for burglary suspect
Journalism training chief quits post after six weeks
Commute too far for ex-EADT deputy editor
New editor for Midlands weeklies series
Content editor steps up after ten years with titles
Print move goes ahead for Scottish titles
Plus: Papers feature on new Monopoly board and more news in brief
Punish the parents playing with the truth
Up to 3,500 parents make fraudulent or misleading claims on applications in order to get their kids into popular schools. Tougher action is needed to curb the trend, says the chief adjudicator Ian Craig – read about it here. Mr
Final edition of big city daily rolls off presses
Editor reflects as Post begins new era