Evidence from the trial of a former council leader, jailed for misconduct in public office, is now available on the Internet, thanks to the Orchard News Bureau, which raised the questions that led to his arrest. Jim Speechley, who is
Archant staff are set to receive up to £900,000 worth of free shares in the company following its 2004 Share Incentive Plan. A record 2,232 staff from the group, which publishes the Eastern Daily Press, East Anglian Daily Times, Norwich
A journalist has been told he will not have to reveal the source of a story he published online. The Treasury Solicitor has dropped demands for Graham Smith to speak out about his exclusive interview with a submariner who claims
The Bristol Evening Post is auctioning one of the original stadium floodlights from the former Bristol Rovers ground at Eastville Stadium in aid of its One In Four Cancer Campaign. The piece of footballing history was on the last pylon
Have you checked your entry on our Who’s Who of editorial staff from regional daily and weekly papers? It has grown to more than 6,400 entries. And although we update regularly, if you’re on the move and didn’t let us
A newsman’s dream of announcing “Hello Glastonbury” from the main stage at the country’s premier music event will remain just that – a dream. Clinton Rogers and his band Shattered Acoustics was hoping to make the grade for an all-comers
Messenger Newspapers scooped the national media by securing an exclusive interview with former immigration minister Bev Hughes. The ex-minister was inundated with requests from the national media and television, including an invitation for a guest appearance on Have I Got
A postman who lied about his father and two sisters dying to save himself from jail is behind bars – thanks to the South Wales Echo. Michael Jones dumped hundreds of Christmas letters in woods and in court blamed his
A former Grimsby Telegraph journalist has been shot in Iraq. Colin Freeman, who worked at the paper between 1994 and 1996, was reporting from Basra when a bullet narrowly missed his spine on Friday. The freelance told the Evening Standard,
Newsroom staff from Gazette Newspapers in Basingstoke have been doing their bit to help fund the fight against cancer. Seven members of the editorial team put on their running shoes to take part in the Alberto-Culver Run4Fun in aid of
The Press Complaints Commission can today announce that it received 1,018 complaints between January and March 2004, in line with the figures for 2003, when a record number was received over the course of the year. Of those complaints that
The highest criminal review body in England has said it will re-examine the safety of a murder conviction following a series of articles in the Western Morning News. Reporters Neil Young and Aislinn Simpson, pictured, have re-investigated the controversial case
A unique home care project for children with incurable conditions has been launched in the Scottish Highlands and Moray … with backing from Scottish Provincial Press, the biggest newspaper publisher in the area. The project is being run by the
A former regional newspaper editor has unmasked the killer of a Suffolk farmer more than 60 years after he was murdered. David Williams, (71), spent 18 months writing and researching his new book Poison Farm, A Murderer Unmasked After 60
An editor has rounded on her local authority after a reporter was turned away from a council meeting set to discuss a critical issue facing thousands of voters. Hereford Times reporter Ian Morris was hoping to inform the public about
The case of a man convicted of being the “inside man” on a major Securicor robbery is to be heard in mid-July. Graham Huckerby is hoping his conviction will be ruled as a miscarriage of justice after fresh evidence –