Welcome to our main news index. Here you will find all the news stories that have appeared on the site since our launch in February 2000.
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When it came to organising the customary office Christmas party, staff at Edinburgh-based picture agency Big Scotland decided to push the boat out this year – literally – and hire the Royal Yacht Britannia. While most of us may be
A fun assignment for a Bath Chronicle photographer, 500ft above the city, has given the paper a boost in circulation and revenue. Staff photographer Sam Farr took to the skies in a hot air balloon to capture more than a
First woman photographer wins football accreditation
Regional press photographer Horace Wetton has retired after 42 years of taking pictures. He was deputy picture editor at the Sentinel, Stoke. Here, his colleague Alan Cookman looks back at a remarkable life spent capturing the moment with style. Horace
A football club’s bid to raise money for Cancer Research led to an unusual assignment for press snapper Jane Jordan when she was asked to photograph the entire – naked – team. Chasetown FC decided to bare their souls –
A mysterious “ghost” picture taken at a haunted pub by a photographer from the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald has created international interest. The Gazette website – thisiswiltshire.co.uk – attracted more than 100,000 extra page impressions within a day of the
A kind-hearted press photographer has raised £2,500 for learning disability charity Mencap after finally fulfilling his dream of going to China. Doug Moody, chief photographer at the Evening Gazette in Middlesbrough, had first planned to take part in a charity
Press photographer Tim Keeton has scooped a top award and with it a VIP trip to Valencia and a camera worth £3,500 in an international photography competition. The 39-year-old lensman won over the judges at the Federation Internationale De Motorcyclisme’s
A former Gloucestershire Echo photographer is urging budding sports snappers to apply for a scholarship to win the chance to cover Marylebone Cricket Club both home and abroad. Anthony Devlin, who left the Echo in April, is the current MCC
Gazette Newspapers staff have played a big part in a Basingstoke club’s fundraising effort – by photographing its rugby players in unusual poses for a very special calendar. The Down Grange-based club is trying to raise £250,000 for a series
Photo service PictureDeskDirect has launched its new direct distribution system through the Page One picture agency in Nottingham. They expect the system to revolutionise the way photographs are distributed and level the playing field between the small operator and the
Former Hull Daily Mail picture editor Maurice Shepley has died. He had spent 40 years working at the newspaper, joining in 1951. During his career he had photographed many celebrities who visited the city, including Laurel and Hardy, The Beatles,
Some of the best press photography from the past 15 years has been unveiled this week in a new book put together by the British Press Photographers’ Association. Five Thousand Days – Press Photography in a Changing World features images
A Burton Mail photographer has told how he was forced to do an impromptu abseil after he became stranded in mid-air in a mountain cable car. Picture editor Neil Barker (left), who is currently on holiday in America, was on
A bogus photographer who claimed to work for the Scunthorpe Telegraph asked about taking pictures outside a school. The individual approached a crossing patrol outside Crosby Primary School and asked when the crossing would be busy as he wanted to
Press & Journal photographer Colin Rennie, who was once personally requested by the Queen Mother to cover a story, is celebrating 30 years with Aberdeen Journals. Colin, (48), worked up a rapport with the Queen Mother when he photographed her