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Former Welsh editor Alun Lloyd has died after a lengthy illness. He was 76. Born in Tan-y-Fron, Y Foel in the Banaw Valley in the old Montgomeryshire, he worked as a teacher and lecturer, but his main pleasure was writing.
A range of projects will get underway in Bridgwater in memory of three blaze victims thanks to the Bridgwater Mercury’s Lily’s Fund appeal. A children’s play area, youth centre music facilities, benches, and a memorial fishing cup will all now
More than £40,000 has been raised by the Evening Star, Ipswich, at its annual Press Ball. The gigantic fund raising effort – this year renamed Thunder Ball to reflect its special James Bond theme – raised double the amount that
The Leicester Mercury’s longest-serving employee has retired. Tim McCaffrey, (59), had worked for the company for more than 44 years. He joined the Leicester Evening Mail as an office boy in 1958 and moved into the paper’s publishing department the
An old newspaper building has been restored to its former glory in a multi-million pound refit. The former Evening World offices in Bristol have been renamed Colston 33 and is now an office building complete with restored Art Deco features.
Columnist Michael Eaton is to follow up his controversial docu-drama about disgraced GP Harold Shipman with a two-hour film about the trial of Leeds United footballers Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate. The Shipman drama was shown last night and has
More than 400 hundred mourners turned out to pay their last respects at the funeral of Welsh journalist Michael Boon. Michael, who was 67, died from cancer. He had been a journalist for 50 years and received an MBE for
The Northampton Chronicle & Echo is taking the lion’s share of the credit for saving some 400 jobs in the town. Railway company Lionverge, a signal firm which provides engineering staff for the West Coast Main Line, was ready to
A late court verdict over the murders of a young mother, her two daughters and her elderly mother led to a swift response from the local paper – which resulted in as special edition that evening and a 12.8 per
Broadcaster Brian Barron was guest of honour at a graduation day for students at Falmouth College of Arts.Among the 496 graduates were media studies, creative writing, broadcasting studies and photography students.Brian Barron is the BBC’s foreign correspondent of 35 years
A number of promotions has been announced for senior editorial staff at the Derby Evening Telegraph, as editor Mike Norton strengthens his newsroom team. Mick Hill has been appointed assistant editor. Mick, (32), began his career at the Leicester Herald
Lanarkshire People reporter Graeme Watson managed to team up with Scottish Premier League side Motherwell – but despite support from his family and friends he never got to kick a ball on their newly-relaid pitch. He joined the stars of
The end of more than 200 years of iron and steel working in a South Wales town has been marked with a specal edition of the Argus. Ebbw Vale’s tinplate works ceased production on July 5 with the loss of
Two newspapers are backing supporters who are opposed to the planned move of Wimbledon FC to Milton Keynes next season. The plan has prompted howls of protest from supporters who are being backed by their local papers the Wimbledon News
Frank Johnson has said farewell to The Northern Echo after 45 years service as Sunderland Football Club reporter. Colleagues paid tribute to what editor Peter Barron described as “one of the most remarkable careers in the history of The Northern
A runaway mum who has disappeared with her three daughters has allayed fears for their safety by writing to her local newspaper. Colchester mother Lindsey Meadows decided the East Anglian Daily Times was the best place to get in touch