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A journalist from the East Anglian Daily Times has raised more than £3,000 for charity – with another £3,000 expected to be added to the total in the next month. Richard Smith, (41), the paper’s chief reporter for the Woodbridge
Hugh Worsnip is preparing to retire after 41 years reporting for The Citizen in Gloucester. Hugh, (60), has spent his entire career in journalism with the newspaper and says – on the whole – it has been a very happy
A former Hull Daily Mail journalist has been appointed head of public relations at East Riding Council.Carol Lamb, (44), began her career in communications as a reporter on the Mail in 1981 before moving into PR. Staff at the Bolton
A new all-colour tabloid weekly paper is being launched by Archant Norfolk. Samples of The Jumbo, the only free ads paper to concentrate just on Norfolk, are set to be distributed to almost a quarter of a million newspaper readers
The Mansfield and Ashfield Recorder has been given a new look. The first issue of the revamped paper hit the streets this week and includes more local news, together with many new features. The layout of the paper has also
The recent local elections gave Newsquest’s daily titles a welcome sales boost, according to the regional newspaper publisher. Many of the group’s titles saw healthy year-on-year increases, including the Daily Echo in Bournemouth which saw sales rise 17 per cent
Former East Anglian Daily Times journalist Kate McNally has been appointed managing editor of Archant’s France Magazine. The former business correspondent of the EADT, also published by Archant, will co-ordinate the editorial strategy of the bi-monthly English-language magazine for Francophiles,
The Colchester Evening Gazette has stepped in to save the town’s major festival. Colchester Festival 2003 was in jeopardy after the council decided not to continue funding the event. Festival organisers decide to ask local businesses for help, and the
An Oxford Mail reporter unexpectedly found himself the subject of a ‘hijack’ while covering a local event, when he was taken for a ride in a hot air balloon. Nigel Hanson had been reporting on the annual Oxford Balloon Fiesta
South Wales Argus editor Gerry Keighley has joined the board of Newport’s Urban Regeneration Company.He is one of three new non-executive members of Newport Unlimited, which aims to develop the city into a centre for business, leisure and living. Staff
An editorial team from Gazette Newspapers in Basingstoke have gone on the run – but all for a good cause. The team were among entrants who took part in this year’s Run 4 Fun event to raise funds for research
Wiltshire Times reporter Craig Evry came face to face with the Queen of Mean Anne Robinson when he took part in cult quiz show The Weakest Link. Craig, (24), travelled to Pinewood Studios this week and joined eight other contestants
Newcastle Evening Chronicle journalist Brian Severs has died, aged 56. He had been one of company’s longest serving members of staff, joining in 1971. He first worked at the Chronicle’s sister paper, The Journal, as a linotype operator and compositor.
Award-winning journalist Jim McTaggart has come out of retirement to join The Northern Echo part-time. The former Teesdale Mercury editor (pictured) has returned to Barnard Castle to write a weekly column reflecting the lives and views of people in the
Regional newspapers up and down the country have been taking part in Local Newpaper Week, which came to an end yesterday. The event, run by the Newspaper Society, celebrates the work carried out by the industry on a day-to-day basis,
The Lowestoft Journal has been given a bright new look as part of a project to redesign and relaunch a number of weekly titles published by Archant. The newspaper group plans to revamp all of its titles in its Norfolk