Floored by right hook from a psychic
A reporter from The Sentinel has been floored by what he labelled “a mystical right hook” from a psychic who seemed to know all about him from 200 miles away – on the end of a telephone. John Woodhouse said:
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Ear ear, what's up with Dennis?
Golfing-mad Dennis Payter enjoyed a game with some clout when he was on the green recently. The Bristol Evening Post district news editor was holding the flag for night editor Peter Watson’s 20ft putt on a pre-work round when he
Home team debut for Canaries fan Ian
Football fan Ian Clarke has finally made it onto the field of dreams – playing a game with Norwich City heroes on the hallowed turf of Carrow Road. It is the dream of every Canaries fan to tread the same
Things that go bump in the night
(Re our ghostbusting story)
Editor will miss the team spirit at weekly
Midlands editor Diane Chalmers is to leave the Hinckley Times after almost four years in the hot seat. Diane, who will be 49 next week, will leave the paper on June 7 after seeing through Hinckley’s jubilee celebrations, which she
125 years of The News
The News, Portsmouth, will celebrate its 125th birthday on Saturday. To mark the occasion it has produced a 32-page supplement looking back on the paper’s history so far, and the history of the communities it serves. Editor Mike Gilson said:
News in brief
A front page splash by the Manchester Evening News to appeal for a bone marrow donor to save the life of seven-year-old Shannon Bradshaw led to more than 600 people queuing for blood tests in the hope they could help
Spinning the wheel of fortune
Blackpool will have to change – that is the unanimous verdict of readers of the Gazette in the biggest survey yet on public gambling and casinos at the resort. A 24-page report was produced by the paper, which is leading
Improved offer rejected
A strike at a series of weekly newspapers in Manchester looks set to resume next week after an improved pay offer was rejected by the National Union of Journalists. Union members have been on strike for two days a week
Rogue traders closed down thanks to MEN dossier
Stories in the Manchester Evening News about two rogue companies have resulted in them being closed down by the Department of Trade. The kitchen firms were operated from premises in Manchester, Bury and Rochdale and supplied kitchens across the country
Bouncing story ideas around…
Three reporters from the Great Yarmouth Advertiser have shown the lengths they will go to to get the right feel for a story. The trio – Victoria Nicholls, Leah Hunt and Dawn Humphreys – bounced 30ft high on a bungee
Retirement decisions prompt hunt for two new editors
The search has begun for successors to the editors at two Northcliffe evening papers. George Edwards is retiring from the South Wales Evening Post in Swansea after 40 years with the group, while Peter Moore is also retiring, after 20
Columnist wins €84,000 libel award
Irish Times columnist John Waters has won a High Court libel action against the Sunday Times. He was awarded damages of €84,000 and costs estimated at €250,000. Sunday Times gossip columnist Terry Keane had written an article in June 2000
Reporter is plane crazy!
Daredevil Gayle Nicol, a reporter on the Aberdeen Evening Express, is out to prove she is just plane crazy! The brave 25-year-old is preparing to take part in a charity wing-walk to raise money for cancer research. Gayle will stand
Herald team in early Afghan war zone visit
A reporter from the Evening Herald has flown to Afghanistan to report on marines and commandos from the Plymouth area fighting on the frontline. Defence reporter James Garnett is believed to be the first writer from the English regional press
Death of former Yorkshire journalist
Former Yorkshire Evening Post reporter Barry Plumb has died, aged 58. Barry joined the Evening Post in the late 1960s and was the paper’s motoring correspondent for many years. He was a popular figure among journalism circles in Leeds and