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The Midweek Herald has celebrated publishing its 1,000th edition. The east Devon free sheet was set up in 1982 and was the Sidmouth area’s first free newspaper. It is well-known for its campaigning editorial, recently highlighted by coverage of plans
Crime reporter Geoff Bennett was part of a team from the Swindon Evening Advertiser that took part in the Three Peaks Challenge. Here, he gives his account of the adventure. It was half way up Mount Snowdon when a wind-battered
Journalists from the Swindon Evening Advertiser have shown they are at the top of their field – by climbing the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales! A team from the paper – dubbed the Adver Social Climbers – left
A special ‘Toon’ edition of the Eastern Daily Press was printed to mark the retirement of Tom Stevenson, Archant’s managing director of digital media and group operations. Produced by EDP editor Peter Franzen, the edition marked the end of Tom’s
The Evening Echo has won the right to name a teenager handed an anti-social behaviour order by magistrates. The 17-year-old was the first in Southend to receive the order, which is designed to protect people and property on an estate
A literacy scheme for schoolchildren set up by a weekly newspaper is going from strength to strength. The fifth wave of Reading Together has been launched by the Newham Recorder. The scheme was piloted in spring 2000 but has proved
Motoring writer Alyson Marlow has joined forces with top Canadian rally driver Pat Richard for an assault on one of the country’s toughest rally championships. The pair have just completed their first event together as part of the Peugeot 206
Becky Gunn has been appointed chief reporter at the Skegness Standard.Essex girl Becky (23) moved to the Lincolnshire coast as a girl and earned a languages degree at Lancaster University before returning to Skegness to follow a career in journalism.
It was a lazy Sunday afternoon, pouring with rain, and I was expected to strap two planks to my feet and try to manoeuvre a ski slope. It’s just not natural is it? But I plucked up the courage and
There’s been a baby boom at the Tamworth Herald with four new arrivals in the last few weeks. Photographer Paul Kyte, page planner Mandy Boyle, ledger clerk Faye Simpson and sales administrator Adele Hall all produced baby girls in the
The Bristol Evening Post is currently running a series of stories about the city’s ongoing problem with beggars. It was prompted by an investigation last year by the paper’s current affairs editor, Chris Maguire, in which he spent a day
The dirty cardboard placard in the bushes adjoining Bond Street was symptomatic of the day ahead. Next to the words “homeless and losing hope” was the message “God bless you” and a hastily drawn smiling face. The other side of
Reporter Gillian Robertson, of the Western Morning News, has enjoyed a seasonal assignment – she’s been out picking daffodils to send to market… “I’ll be surprised if you can do a hundred an hour,” said Carol, my supervisor. Well that
The Shropshire Star is on the move in Oswestry – and the change of scene has unearthed a few memories among the junk from the cupboards in the old office. Ten members of staff are based in the district office,
The Lincolnshire Echo is launching a new book to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, depicting the first 50 years of Her Majesty’s reign. The book, Elizabethan Lincoln, 50 Golden Years, 1952 – 2002, will include pictures from the Echo archives
Why would a reporter walks through Leicester city centre dropping coke cans into flower beds and lobbing half-eaten McDonald’s over his shoulder? Well it must be part of an experiment, of course! As the Leicester Mercury’s anti-litter campaign Clean Up