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Former Newark MP Fiona Jones has been told that charges against four Nottinghamshire Police officers have been withdrawn. The charges were brought after a lengthy investigation by the Police Complaints Authority decided that officers should face a disciplinary hearing for
The Glenrothes Gazette has appointed a new editor in the shape of its former chief reporter, Brian Stormont. Brian, (30), has been acting editor at the Gazette since Iain Muirhead left to join the East Fife Mail in June, and
Free newspaper pioneer Colin Houghton has retired after 35 years. Peterborough-born Colin, (58), worked in advertising, sales and marketing before moving to general management in 1982.
We do like to be beside the seaside… or do we? These days, most of us are more likely to hop on a budget flight to a foreign clime than consider the coast of our own island for a holiday.
The Media Society is to hold debates at all three major Party Conferences later this year. Chaired by president Richard Lindley, the Society, which brings together people working in all branches of the media, will debate the proposal ‘Relations between
Skegness has been revealed as the victim of a hatchet attack – in the local paper where many of its visitors come from. The Nottingham Evening Post’s Mhairi McFarlane was responsible for the “crime”, published in the paper’s weekend supplement.
Daventry Express editor David Granger is set to embark on a new challenge in PR. The 32-year-old has revealed plans to leave the weekly title in October, when he will join Impact PR in Bidford upon Avon, Warwickshire. David said:
Evening Advertiser staff in Swindon went back to school for a day in aid of Swindon Cares week. Everybody from their Victoria Road HQ took part in a range of activities including fancy dress, raffles, lucky dip, an e-bingo contest,
Archives from the Ipswich Evening Star are being made available online to schools throughout Suffolk. The scheme is supported by Eduzone websites who encourage national curriculum teaching of local history by tapping into newspaper coverage down the years. Three similar
A crowd of anonymous faces graced the front page of the Lincolnshire Echo this week as the paper went to dramatic lengths to explain how problems in the National Health Service might not all be down to the managers. Editor
A £5,000 grant was awarded to The Friendly Film Society in York after they made a request to the Gannett Foundation to enable them to buy a new projector. The Foundation is the charitable arm of the American owners of
Two Westcountry newspapers have produced special supplements to mark the biggest royal occasion since last year’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. The Western Morning News and Plymouth Evening Herald both commemorated the Queen’s visit to Plymouth to present a new Colour to
The daring editor of a Hertfordshire weekly paper dropped from the top of a local hospital to help raise money for charity. Terry Mitchinson of the Archant-owned Welwyn and Hatfield Times joined 70 other high-flyers in raising more than £10,000
When a Bucks Free Press feature writer went to investigate a local lingerie shop that guarantees a perfect fit, she ended up revealing more than she expected… No sooner had Alice Eaton (right) stepped into the shop’s office, than she
The Waltham Forest Guardian stretched its deadlines to literally “hold the front page” last night. The paper wanted to cover a special town hall meeting where the Labour council leader was expected to be ousted by his own party. The
Award-winning regional journalist and broadcaster Jerry Clarke has died at his home in Redruth after suffering a stroke on a trip to America. He was 64. Jerry began his journalism career on the West Briton at Truro before working for