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Jack Seddon, the film writer who died of cancer last week, was a former regional journalist. Mr Seddon, who co-wrote the Second World War film The Longest Day, worked as a reporter on the Farnworth and Worsley Journal and as
Readers of the Plymouth Evening Herald have voted to keep a controversial sundial in the city. More than 60 per cent of readers said they did not want the city centre landmark demolished. Since the paper revealed that the city
A reunion for journalists who worked on the former Birmingham Daily News will now take place on Saturday November 10. The venue is what was the newsroom’s favourite watering hole, the Unspolit by Progress, opposite the Francis Road base, which
Former Grimsby Telegraph sub-editor Denis Cross has died after suffering a heart attack. He had struggled bravely against a serious heart condition throughout the summer, and had spent a long spell in hospital. Denis, (70), worked on a number of
A Romanian orphan who was helped to escape poverty by readers of the South Wales Evening Post is celebrating her tenth birthday. Nicholetta Codreanu’s plight was first featured in the Evening Post in December 1993. A front-page article showed the
The Society of Editors is offering a 20 per cent discount of a new publication which charts the history of self-regulation of the press. A Press Free and Responsible by Richard Shannon takes the readers through regulation and the Press
A bridegroom’s wedding wish has been fulfilled as the Birmingham Evening Mail reunited him with the mother he had not seen for 30 years. Steven Gibbs, 34, was fostered as a baby and then later adopted and was desperate to
A former chairman of the old North Devon Journal-Herald has died aged 81. Hugh Trebble, whose newspaper career spanned more than 47 years, died in his sleep after suffering failing health for several weeks. Mr Trebble was general manager of
A new charity fund being launched by the Leicester Mercury to benefit communities has already attracted more than £15,000 in donations. The Mercury Action Trust will help groups and individuals working within their communities across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The
A former Chronicle writer has turned her attention to fantasy as she launches her first book on the road to literary success. Jessica Rydill’s new novel Children of the Shaman is influenced by the work of Tolkein and hopes her
A phone poll of Gloucester residents carried out by the Citizen has found that two out of three people in the area would welcome a cull of seagulls. The random phone poll follows a warning from seagull expert Dr John
A piece of newspaper history has been uncovered at a car boot sale in Wales. Eagle-eyed Mike Hughes found bound copies of the Rhyl Leader from 1927 to 1928 while he was rummaging for bargains at a car boot sale
Readers of the Evening Gazette have voted overwhelmingly against a new experimental traffic system in Middlesbrough. The paper asked readers if they thought the trial, which involved the pedestrianisation of a street in Middlesbrough town centre, had been a success.
A medical technician who was forced to retire at 39 after a series of heart attacks has revived his career – as a journalist. Richard Hill left the NHS in 1995 after the last of his three heart attacks and
The hit Oscar-winning film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon has sent crowds flocking to the cinema in a way not seen since Bruce Lee’s heyday. It may be coincidence, but the Midlands’ first dedicated martial arts video and DVD store has
Page 1 of 2 Following in the footsteps of one of the biggest names in journalism is a daunting prospect for any applicant, but Roger Borrell is relishing the prospect of joining the Birmingham Evening Mail. Currently editor of the