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Newsquest motoring expert Alyson Marlow is back in the rallying hot seat asthe Hampshire-based rally co-driver heads to Dumfries for the Scottish roundof the Peugeot 206 Super Cup. She has teamed up with top Canadian rally driver Pat Richard for
Amardeep Bassey, the Sunday Mercury journalist arrested in Pakistan last month amid spying allegations, has arrived back in the UK. He was deported from Pakistan on Thursday night and arrived at London Heathrow this morning on a connecting flight from
Former Bury FC player Don Hale has responded to an appeal to help save the cash-strapped club – by offering some of the profits of his book Town Without Pity to the team. Don used to be the Matlock Mercury
National Union of Journalists members at the Spalding Guardian were today due to strike over pay. Members at the Lincolnshire paper have voted to hold two five-day strikes, the first of which was scheduled to begin today. On Thursday, representatives
A group of daily newspaper editors from newspaper group Archant have met Prime Minister Tony Blair. Editors Terry Hunt, from the East Anglian Daily Times; Nigel Pickover from the Evening Star, Ipswich; and David Bourn from the Evening News, Norwich,
Gerry Kreibich, formerly lecturer in charge of journalism courses at Sheffield’s Richmond College (later Stradbroke College) for about 10 years, now describes himself as a freelance journalist, lecturer and musician who does just enough in those three roles to keep
A man who worked at the Southern Daily Echo for 50 years has died. Wilfred James Benham, who was 90, started work at the Daily Echo in 1926 as a copy boy to reporters and sub-editors. His wage was 8s
Reporter Sarah Lupton is preparing to abseil down Hull College to raise money for charity. The Hull Daily Mail reporter will take part in the 100ft abseil on June 22 to raise funds for KIDS – a charity which works
The world’s longest suspended rollercoaster, Jubilee Odyssey, has opened at Fantasy Island, near Skegness, to mark the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Among the first to try it out, was Nottingham Evening Post reporter Stevie Roden… As we climbed to the peak
A South Wales Evening Post journalist has secured the first interview with the ex-wife of a man suspected of two murders which happened 30 years ago. After weeks of trying, reporter Ron Cant managed to persuade Joe Kappen’s ex-wife, Christine
Prime Minister Tony Blair has backed the Evening Star’s fight against regional government for Eastern England. During a whistle-stop tour around Suffolk and Norfolk, Mr Blair told the Ipswich paper that if people didn’t want a directly-elected assembly based in
The Hull Daily Mail has lost its High Court battle against an injunction preventing it from revealing details about an HIV health scare. The paper had applied to vary the injunction protecting the identity of a health worker at the
After more than 40 years as a journalist on the Hull Daily Mail, Anne Lightfoot has put away her notebook for the last time, and decided to retire. In her time as a reporter on the Mail, Anne has spent
The Evening Star, Ipswich, has pledged a £1,000 reward to help find a masked rapist who attacked a woman in her own home in broad daylight. Since the attack a week ago, there have been just six calls to the
National Union of Journalists members at the Spalding Guardian have announced plans to strike over pay. Members at the Lincolnshire paper are to hold two five-day strikes, the first from June 1 to June 5, and the second from June
An appeal has gone out for journalists willing to help non-profit making organisations in need of help with media relations. Last month Community Service Volunteers (CSV) launched the Journalist Network, which aims to put experienced print and broadcast journalists, producers