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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The Scunthorpe Telegraph has been given a makeover as part of the launch of a series of new features and campaigns. It has unveiled a new look that includes a new masthead and new content. The weekly entertainment guide, Twentyfour
Keith Sutton, editorial director of the Cumbrian Newspapers Group, has been nominated as the next vice president of the Society of Editors. The 57-year-old, who is also editor of the News & Star in Carlisle and The Cumberland News, has
The Buckingham Advertiser & Review Group has marked its 150th birthday with a special 16-page supplement. It is part of a host of celebrations that have been taking place as staff and readers take a trip back in time. Throughout
It was hair today, gone tomorrow when Colchester Evening Gazette staff shaved their heads in the name of charity. To show solidarity for reporter Jeremy Price, who has lost his hair while he undergoes radiotherapy for a brain tumour, a
Chief sports writer Tony Garnett has retired from the East Anglian Daily Times after 46 years working for owners Archant. Tony has covered Ipswich Town for the past 42 years, during which time at various stages he has been sports
Representatives from the Press Complaints Commission were among delegates and observers from 16 countries who attended the fifth annual gathering of the Alliance of Independent Press Councils hosted by the Swedish Press Ombudsman in Stockholm. The Alliance was established in
Westmorland Gazette Newspapers marked a new phase in its 185-year history when it moved into new premises in the heart of Kendal. Around 80 staff have transferred to the brand-new four-storey home at 1, Wainwright’s Yard, built as part of
The latest reunion of former Leicester Evening Mail staff is being planned for November. It will mark 40 years since the publication ceased and the organisers have decided this year’s event will be the last. Former staff had been meeting
A phone company error in a newspaper phone poll indicated almost one in four of the population may have called to register their view. Jersey Telecom counted the number of seconds of call time rather than the number of calls
Four victims of a predatory paedophile have waived their right to anonymity to tell the Nottingham Evening Post about their ordeals. The four women decided to tell their story to Rebecca Sherdley, the Evening Post’s legal affairs correspondent, after the
Newcastle Evening Chronicle’s Chron’ll Fix It!, in association with Barclays, is back this autumn with £50,000 to give away to local community groups.For a six-week period, readers will be able to collect tokens for their chosen project. At the end
A newspaper editor is denying he broke a gentlemen’s agreement to bring an exclusive update on a running story to the people of Rugby. Rugby Observer editor Chris Smith is a member of the Town Centre Company, and sits in
Selby Post reporter Andy Germaine was today due to officially open a new adult fun shop in the town – right next door to rival newspaper the Selby Times. The store, called “Good Vibrations”, which sells lingerie and sex toys,
Jason Gibbins is to become the new editor of the Daventry Express. Currently deputy editor of the Buckingham Advertiser and Review Group, Jason (pictured) will join the Express on November 17, succeeding David Granger who is leaving to work in
The Evening Press backed a winner when it sponsored a fun-packed family race meeting at York Racecourse. More than 21,000 people turned out for the Evening Press Sunday Race Day, when hen parties, birthday groups and families mingled with racing
Long-serving sports editor Ray Tucker has retired after 34 years with the Spalding Guardian and Lincolnshire Free Press. Colleagues past and present, together with Ray’s family, gathered to mark the occasion at a party at The Woodlands Hotel in Spalding.