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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A former Bath Chronicle journalist is finding the world of public relations a real challenge – just as tough as his old career in newspapers. Paul Mullins joined Bristol-based agency Strategy PR in April after eight years in journalism, including
A former regional press reporter has completed a 16-month trek from one end of Japan to the other. Mary King, (41), who now works as a journalist in Tokyo, embarked on the challenge with her friend Etsuko Shimabukuro. Mary previously
Western Morning News readers have raised £12,000 in just seven days to help children in Southern Africa.The record amount for Unicef is more than any other regional paper has ever raised in such a short space of time.The paper launched
A new editor of the Bristol Observer series of newspapers has been announced following the retirement of Patrick Randall. Simon Harding has taken up the post after 19 years with the company. Simon, (42), joined the Bristol Observer series in
A former Somerset County Gazette journalist has written a spiritual biography on the first registered victim of the September 11 terrorist attack on New York. Mike Ford worked for the Gazette for eight years, during which time he began to
A poll on the Bournemouth Daily Echo’s website revealed that 77 per cent of voters believe the paper should be allowed to publish pictures of convicted paedophiles.The poll was conducted after Dorset police prevented the Echo from printing a picture
Eastern Daily Press journalist Colin Chinery has retired after more than 30 years with the paper. The senior features and leader writer first joined the EDP in 1965, before becoming leader writer of the East Anglian Daily Times in 1969.
Matlock Mercury columnist Jon Barry wasted no time getting into the fundraising spirit as an appeal to bring in cash for a new football stand was launched. With the Mercury backing Matlock Town FC’s stand appeal, Jon contacted sports writer
When a new white-knuckle ride opened at a Bristol leisure park, the Bristol Evening Post sent its funfair-phobic reporter Nick Pearson to try it out. Prior to his daring ride on the new attraction, Hi-Speed, Nick’s worst ride experience had
The Yeovil Express Fund A Scanner Today Appeal has been given a big boost from the Ilchester Cheese Company which has donated £2,000. The appeal total now stands at £6,176 — more than a quarter of the way towards the
Journalists at the Rotherham Advertiser are preparing to strike in a 14-day protest over pay. National Union of Journalists members at the paper returned to work following a six-day protest over pay last week but are due to walk out
Keith Whetstone, former editor-in-chief of the Birmingham Post and Mail, and editor of the Coventry Evening Telegraph and Cambridge Evening News has died, aged 72. He had been ill with prostate cancer. The three newspapers were owned at the time
A special concert is planned to celebrate the life of a former journalist who died recently. Bill Brunt, who worked at the Gloucester Citizen for 26 years before retiring in 1992, died in June aged 74. The performance dedicated to
The Herald, Glasgow, has become the first Scottish newspaper to deliver up-to-date news to readers around the world using handheld devices. Using Personal Digital Assistants, readers will be able to access the latest available digital version of the paper wherever
A fundraising appeal by the Cambridgeshire Times was given a boost with a hair-raising experience for one of the newspaper’s reporters. Lisa Cleverdon was sponsored by staff at the Wisbech Standard and March Times to do a skydive for the
A former sports editor of The Citizen in Gloucester has died of cancer. Jack Hughes, who worked at The Citizen for nearly 30 years, was 85. Born in Stroud, he joined the staff of the Stroud News as a reporter