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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Former Aberdeen Journals distribution manager Jackie Sutherland has died. He was 76 and had been suffering from heart problems. He joined Aberdeen Journals after leaving school in 1939 and spent his entire working life with the company. He worked his
Michelle Lalor has spent her last day as editor of the Scunthorpe Telegraph in the company of the Queen. Michelle, (36), will take over as editor of sister paper the Grimsby Telegraph next week when Peter Moore retires. And on
The Sunderland Echo is to get a new editor as Andrew Smith steps aside to concentrate on a new role within the company. He will become full-time editorial director of Northeast Press Ltd, and will be succeeded by Rob Lawson,
A second day of strike action was today due to take place at Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Ltd, with more than 100 journalists protesting over pay. National Union of Journalists members at the company, publishers of The Journal, Evening Chronicle,
Richard Trevena, a sports sub-editor at Medway Today, has become the first person to receive a Kent Messenger diploma in sub-editing after completing a two-year course with the newspaper group. Richard was among 269 applicants for six places on the
The Evening Star, Ipswich, has managed to breach the air exclusion zone over the power stations at Sizewell in Suffolk. An investigation by the paper has shown how easy it could be for terrorists to attack a nuclear power station
Journalists are renowned for being a dodgy bunch – which came in handy for Lee Marlow on a recent assignment. The Leicester Mercury reporter was sent to the local police station to take part in an identity parade. Each volunteer
Prime Minister Tony Blair paid a visit to the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette during his trip to Teeside. The PM travelled to the Gazette’s Borough Road offices with his wife, Cherie, to officially launch the paper’s newly refurbished Gazette Media Centre.
Experience SCAD – it’s the ultimate adrenaline rush and not quite as weird as it sounds. Richard Edwards, of the Western Daily Press, paid £40 for two second of pure terror on the Suspended Catch Air Device. It drops you
Readers with burning issues to discuss can make use of a new way to communicate with the Evening Chronicle in Newcastle. The paper has launched a text message service for readers to send in their news and comments. Tapping a
The Big Brother hens are to be auctioned off by Newsquest’s farming magazine, Smallholder. The national magazine is organising an exclusive auction for the hens featured in the television series and the winner will also get a guided tour of
Great stories and dogged journalism have resulted in The Argus, Brighton, notching up impressive sales in the past two weeks. The manslaughter conviction of notorious Sussex property tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten boosted that evening’s overall sale to 816 copies above last
Aberdeen Journals worker Alex Cormack has been commended after completing 30 years service with the company. Alex, pre-press production manager for the Press and Journal, was presented with a long-service award from managing director Alan Scott. During the special presentation
Life as a reporter can have its up and downs – and this was certainly the case for Lynwen Davison when she took part in a charity abseil. The Derby Evening Telegraph reporter had volunteered to scale the 189ft tower
A special report by the Colchester Evening Gazette revealed a third of all schoolchildren in the town were learning in classrooms less than 500m from mobile phone masts. The article and accompanying spread was the result of a five-week investigation
Northcliffe Newspapers has completed the purchase of a series of weekly newspapers based in Staffordshire. The deal was given the green light when the Government gave consent for the deal in the middle of last month. It sees the transfer