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A former regional newspaper journalist has been named as the man to head Yorkshire Television’s news magazine programme Calendar. Will Venters studied journalism in Sheffield before starting work as a reporter at the Huddersfield Daily Examiner in the late 1970s.
The Hartlepool Mail has come in for harsh criticism from the police after its exclusive about Cleveland Chief Constable Barry Shaw and his role in the ‘Robocop’ Ray Mallon affair. Cleveland Police Authority has threatened to report the Mail to
Kathleen Corby, political editor of the Essex Chronicle, has retired. She has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in journalism, including 24 years at the Chronicle. Her first job was on the Chelmsford Weekly News in the 1950s, and she
The Western Morning News and Western Daily Press were two newspapers singled out for praise in Dr Iain Anderson’s report into the foot and mouth crisis. The report – Lessons to be Learned – acknowledged the valuable role the WMN
More than 100 journalists at Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Ltd were today due to take strike action in a protest over pay. National Union of Journalists members at the company, publishers of The Journal, Evening Chronicle, Sunday Sun and Herald
Former Irish News editor Edward Gallagher has died. He was 89. Also known as Ted, he edited the paper during the early 1980s. His career at the Irish News began in 1929, when, aged 16, he got a job as
Journalist Robert Rennick has penned his first crime novel – and it’s about a regional press reporter fending off competition to get his scoop on an evening paper! Robert, formerly of the Slough Express, South Wales Argus and Sheffield Star,
A new free paper has been launched for the Edinburgh Festival. It will be edited by Glasgow Herald Student Journalist of the Year Helen Pidd, and Dan Lerner. The three times weekly arts and entertainment newspaper Fest will have a
The speed limit along a stretch of road in Norfolk has been slashed following a campaign from the Norwich Evening News.Motorists driving along the A140 Norwich to Ipswich link road have to abide by a new 50mph limit after pressure
Investigative journalist Don Hale has been subjected to a threat from an attacker who targeted the mother of Stephen Downing, the man who had his conviction quashed after spending 27 years in jail for a murder he claims he did
A woman who ran an internet auction scam from her home was brought to justice with help from the Derby Evening Telegraph. Eight customers paid money after bidding for computers on the world wide web, spending more than £8,000 between
Former York Evening Press journalist Vivian Brooks has died, aged 79. She had spent 27 years with the Evening Press, and has been remembered by former colleagues as a “friendly, eccentric and highly-skilled journalist”. Her career in journalism began in
The excitement surrounding the new Spiderman movie has left Bristol residents climbing the walls – quite literally. So the Evening Post sent reporter Claire Snook along in time-honoured fashion to find out more. She was sent out on assignment to
Journalists could go on strike at Wales’s biggest newspaper in a bid to win union recognition for the National Union of Journalists. Union members are balloting after three years of failed efforts to agree a recognition deal with management at
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The News Shopper is going head to head with rivals South London Press – with its campaign to propel Kate to Big Brother victory. The weekly south east London and north Kent series has been pushing for her to win