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A council is refusing to comment on a story about one of its officers being suspended, unless the weekly newspaper carrying the report reveals its sources. The Walsall Advertiser is refusing to tell Walsall Council where it got the information
A launch party last night celebrated the redesign and refocus of The Glaswegian. The free newspaper, launched in 1996 as a paid-for, unveiled a fresh 64-page full-colour design. The first edition of the revamped product was being distributed to more
Editors at two Scottish weekly papers are recovering this week after taking part in the Edinburgh Marathon. Graeme Scott of the Fife Herald and Colin Hume from the Falkirk Herald were among the thousands of runners who endured the 26.2
The National Union of Journalists and management at the News Shopper series in south east London have reached agreement on pay negotiations which will see staff receive a 2.5 per cent pay rise. This will also be topped up with
Ed Asquith is to become the new editor of the Scarborough Evening News. Currently editorial director of the Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper Group, he will join the Scarborough title on June 30. He takes over from Paul Napier, who was appointed
A reporter at The Sentinel in Stoke-on-Trent has spoken of his shock at becoming the victim of a racist attack. Seb Short, (22), had been on a night out with colleagues in Newcastle-Under-Lyme when the incident occurred. Seb, who is
It states on my birth certificate that I am half English and half Iranian. But seeing as I never knew my natural father – who gave me my Persian blood – was born and raised in England and adopted to
A North East newspaper editor has revealed how he was among the first to know Alan Milburn was to quit government, after receiving a call from the MP hours before it was officially announced. Peter Barron, editor of the MP’s
Long-serving Bristol Evening Post journalist Roger Burton has retired. The 55-year-old, who joined the Evening Post in 1972, spent many years reporting from the city’s Crown Court – and on his last day on the press bench members of the
A North East newspaper which ran a page full of scouse jokes after Newcastle lost out to Livepool in its bid to become Capital of Culture 2008 refused to run an advert that suggested Liverpudlians were thieves. The Newcastle Evening
A reporter and photographer investigating an indecent assault were attacked by thugs while doing their job on a city estate. The pair, from the Peterborough Evening Telegraph, were sworn at and spat on while speaking to residents in Stanground for
Kevin Booth, who is soon to become the new editor of the Evening Press in York, has spoken of his delight at joining the paper. Currently editor of the Peterborough Evening Telegraph, Kevin, (45), will join the paper in early
A new book looking into the past in Bristol has been published by the Evening Post. Based on its supplement Bristol Times, the book Bristol Times Revisited gives a more permanent read to look again at favourite articles from the
A memorial plaque has been unveiled at Havering council chamber in memory of a council reporter who died earlier this year. Roy Weal had worked at the Romford Recorder since 1979, and died in March after a long illness. The
Mervyn Dane, a former editor of The Impartial Reporter, has received an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours. The 74-year-old, who retired in 1994 after almost 50 years at the newspaper, received the award for his services to journalism. Mervyn
A journalist has set a record by catching trout in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland between sunrise and sunset in one day. Journalist and fly fisherman Philip Clarke, from Sussex – who writes for Farmers’ Weekly – rode 400