The Belfast Telegraph has a new business editor. Lindsay Fergus, 33, has stepped up into the role from her current position as senior reporter (business).

She succeeds Robin Morton who has been acting business editor since April last year.

The National Union of Journalists is looking to cut four posts as part of plans to save £500,000.

National broadcasting organiser Paul McLaughlin has taken voluntary redundancy along with two admin position and one other posts which will go unfilled when the current employee retires.

Paul will be replaced by Sue Harris, currently organiser for magazine, books and public relations in a staff reshuffle.

Grantham Journal reporter Neil Graham and photographer Toby Roberts stepped up the poker table for a charity fundraiser.

In Neil’s first ever poker tournament, he managed to bluff his way through to the final stages before eventually being crowned the overall winner.

He was rewarded with the £80 first prize while £130 was donated to Marie Curie Cancer Care.

A new campaign aimed at encouraging free debate among university students is running a journalism competition.

Prizes in the ‘Free-D’ competition include a day at the Guardian’s offices in London, a laptop and camcorder.

To enter students must submit a video or written piece between 500 and 650 words on one of the following issues: universities and their role in maintaining free debate; human rights; role of students in maintaining free debate and can debate prevent extremism.

Deadline for entries is 29 May – visit the Guardian website for more information and to enter.

Freelance rural photographer Wayne Hutchinson swept the board by winning all four photography prizes in a competition run by the Guild of Agricultural Journalists.

Wayne, who was born and raised on a farm in Cumbria, said: “Agriculture is such an exciting environment; as a farmer and photographer, I notice the fields change every week and livestock bloom from youngsters to full-grown animals. My ‘office’, the countryside, is a tremendous place to work.”