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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Former staff from the Falkirk Herald have been reunited at an event which raised more than £1,300 for charity. Journalists, editors and publishers who had worked at the newspaper over the past 50 years met up for a reunion at
The Newspaper Society’s annual lunch is due to take place on Tuesday May 4 at The Savoy Hotel in London.All newspaper society members have been invited to the event, at which former director general of the BBC Greg Dyke was
A row between the Hull Daily Mail and Hull City football club appears to be over with the release of a joint statement from the two sides. The newspaper had been refused access to players and staff at the club
Lord Rothermere has been confirmed as one of the key speakers at the 57th World Newspaper Congress, 11th World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2004 in May. The chairman of the Daily Mail and General Trust, which owns Northcliffe
A team of young newshounds will be on hand to help the Leicester Mercury fill its news pages from next month, as part of a scheme to develop community links. The Pathfinder scheme is a city-wide project aimed at encouraging
Journalist Graham Smith has submitted his own investigation to the judge conducting an inquiry into a lost trawler. The Gaul sank with all hands in 1974 in the Barents Sea off the North Cape at the height of the Cold
Kerry McFadden should stay in the jungle – that’s the view of the Warrington Guardian, which has launched a campaign to keep her in a reality TV show. The cry-baby has emerged as the favourite to be first to be
An investigation by the weekly North Devon Journal has revealed a disheartening lack of customer care amongst some of the areas businesses and local authorities. In today’s service-driven, technology-influenced world, organisations often stress the importance of customer care. So the
The Cornishman’s new sports editor is Matt Dixon.He began his career seven years ago with the Cornish Guardian before moving to the West Briton, where he has been for the past six years, becoming deputy sports editor there in 1999.
Keith Perch has been appointed to the joint role of managing director and editor of Northcliffe Electronic Publishing. Keith, who is already editor at NEP, will take up his new position on March 1, succeeding Richard Karn who is leaving
A major development at Northcliffe Newspapers’ press centre in Plymouth will see it treble its colour production capacity. The move follows a £6.5m deal with press manufactuer Goss. When the upgrade is completed later this year the maximum colour capacity
A long-serving reporter of the Royston Crow has died, aged 82. Debbie Hawkins, who was a reporter there for ten years and then a district correspondent for a further 20 on her retirement, had suffered from cancer. Editor Les Baker
A plea has gone out for an experienced regional press journalist to speak at a charities’ public relations forum later this year. The event is being run by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, and is aimed at PR professionals
Gareth Dunning is the new news editor at the Warrington Guardian.He has replaced Peter Magill, who is now deputy editor of its sister paper, the Crewe Guardian. The National Union of Journalists is running a course on Getting Started as
The Thurrock Gazette is welcoming a new editor this week, with the appointment of Neil Speight. Previously the launch editor of the East Riding Gazette, Neil joined the Essex-based newspaper on Monday and, after a brief hand-over period, will succeed
A New Year shake-up at the Western Daily Press has seen a host of its staff appointed to new roles. The raft of changes has seen Ellie Campbell promoted from her job as news editor to the wider role of