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Mick Ferris is to become the new editor of the Hackney Gazette. Currently deputy editor of North West London Newspapers, he is due to take over at the Gazette next month. Originally from Wolverhampton, Mick, (46), has had a varied
The National Union of Journalists issued a statement to deplore Monday’s demonstration by British National Party members outside its London office, saying: “The union condemns all attempts by the BNP to harass and intimidate journalists and anybody else.”The BNP said
Richard Whiteley will be the guest speaker at a celebrity lunch organised by the West Midlands district of the Newspaper Press Fund. Best-known as the frontman of Channel 4’s longest running quiz show Countdown, he will entertain guests with tales
The major event of the year to help raise the profile of the regional press industry is now less than 10 weeks away. The Newspaper Society is preparing for Local Newspaper Week 2004 to raise the profile of the regional
The Royal Mail is this week due to respond to the Newspaper Society’s concerns over the proposed withdrawal of the Newspaper Registration Service. The industry body met with Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier in January to discuss the importance
Mark Bradley has been appointed editor of the Wakefield Express. He was officially installed in the post on Monday, and had been acting editor at the Yorkshire title since Ed Asquith left to edit the Scarborough Evening News in June
The start of February brought the South Wales Argus its highest selling week for seven years. Base sale for Monday-Saturday topped 31,800 for the first time since 1997, a rise of nearly two per cent on the same week in
The Hebridean newspaper, which recently stopped production after just nine months in operation, has been bought by its former rival, the Stornoway Gazette. The deal follows the closure of The Hebridean earlier this month, resulting in the loss of four
Two Romford Recorder staff have been rewarded for their loyalty and long service after each clocking up 25 years’ service with parent-company Archant. Editor Mark Sweetingham and assistant editor Kevin English were each presented with a cheque for £500 in
Education secretary Charles Clarke has helped launch an online service at the Eastern Daily Press which will help youngsters to pick their future career.The EDP24 website “So you want to be…”, has information on a wide range of careers. Dundee
An exclusive poll from The Journal has shown the north-east’s lack of interest in changes to local politics. Most people questioned in a poll commissioned by the paper do not know that a vote is to be held on whether
The country’s first ‘penny’ title, the Evening Advertiser in Swindon, is about to celebrate its 150th anniversary. When it was founded in 1854 as Britain’s first penny newspaper, it had just one employee – editor and proprietor William Morris –
When the Birmingham Evening Mail’s Guy Newey was asked to look into the high demand for driving instructors he decided to get a real insight – by retaking his driving test. A surge in hopeful drivers taking their test has
Staff at the Kent Messenger Group welcomed a royal visitor this week when Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, paid a visit to the company’s headquarters. The Prince was welcomed by KMG chairman Edwin Boorman, and during his two-hour visit
Darlington Football Club’s fight for survival has been given an important boost thanks to a fund-raising initiative by The Northern Echo. The Newsquest title has raised nearly £25,000 in only a week after appealing to local businesses, organisations and individuals
Queen of the jungle Kerry McFadden should be welcomed home with civic reception in her honour, says the Warrington Guardian. Hot on the heels of its Vote Kerry campaign, her home town newspaper is urging local council chiefs to roll