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Percy Roberts, a former reporter at The Argus in Brighton, who later became chairman of Mirror Group Newspapers, has died. He had been on holiday in Africa where he had spent some of his career. He was 82. Percy began
The Hull Daily Mail is offering cash rewards to schoolchildren in the city to encourage them to work harder towards their GCSE exams. The newspaper plans to give £200 to the headteachers of each of the city’s 15 secondary schools,
Question: What does the deputy editor of the Bristol Evening Post have in common with Linford Christie, Gareth Gates and Sean Bean? Not much you might think, but, like his more well-known counterparts, people are trying to get their hands
A thanksgiving service for Mid Somerset Newspapers assistant editor Michael Chamberlain attracted 700 people to his parish church in Wells. There was standing room only as the Dean of Wells, police chiefs, firemen, daily newspaper editors and the whole Wells
Union members at a second Newsquest company have voted to take strike action in a bid to secure improved pay. The National Union of Journalists at Newsquest Kendal – which publishes the Westmorland Gazette, Lancaster and South Lakes Citizens, Westmorland
A Welwyn & Hatfield Times reporter enjoyed a dinner date with a mystery man after winning her way to the final of a Blind Date-style competition. The 28-year-old female reporter entered a contest on local radio station Chiltern FM to
Cutting down from 25 cigarettes a day to just 12 was hard work for Lichfield Mercury reporter Alistair Harris – but it was still 12 too many. Gum, lozenges and inhalers weren’t going to help wipe out the cravings –
Jeremy Spooner, managing director of Baylis and Co., which publishes the Maidenhead Advertiser, has been elected as the new chairman of the Independent Publishers’ Forum. He takes over from Newbury Weekly News chairman John Robertson. He was the first chairman
The story of a Malmesbury man who named and shamed his rebel children on a community website brought a huge increase in new users to This is Wiltshire.The story of single parent Dave Forward and his two children, picked up
For the past 24 years, life has been a blur for the Derby Evening Telegraph’s Jill Gallone. The short-sighted feature writer hadn’t been able to see a thing without her glasses, and had even been known to stand on them
Two reporters with a background in entertainment have been asked to join the judging panel of the Hull Daily Mail’s talent contest Talent Trail 2003. Kelly Todd and Jessica Boulton were picked because of their expertise in the field –
Readers of the Western Morning News have voted overwhelmingly against British forces going to war with Iraq. In a poll run by the newspaper, 96 per cent – 2,115 readers – said “no” to war, while just four per cent
Former Oxford Times editor Cecil Hudson has died, aged 95. He was editor between 1953 and 1972 and is credited with turning the paper into a powerful forum of public opinion, being associated with the title for more than 45
The Burton Mail is claiming another victory after a second councillor decided to quit her East Staffordshire borough council role following calls by the paper to do so. Councillor Penny Perry has decided not to stand in the May elections
Editor Dan Mason is answering his critics in a troubled part of Birmingham by sending his journalists out into the community. He is setting up a temporary district office of the Birmingham Post in Aston. A team of reporters will
I was interested to read your story of January 23 in which Newsquest Bradford boss David Coates rebuts his journalist colleagues’ claim for a decent wage.