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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Editor Melody Ryall joined a host of big name broadcasters and journalists invited to appear on a popular television chat show. Melody, of the Kentish Times/Gravesend Reporter Group, joined Private Eye founder and editor of The Oldie, satirist Richard Ingrams,
The East Anglian Daily Times and Evening Star, Ipswich, have teamed up with Anglia Railways in a new sponsorship deal which is part of a £3m investment by the train operator at Ipswich station.The sponsorship provides a welcome sign at
Mark Bennett, from the South Wales Argus, was attacked by a gang of youths when he went to the aid of workers at a Newport shop. The classified ads controller suffered bruising after helping remove some abusive youngsters from a
Head of features, Sally King, is to lead the editorial pack of runners from the Evening Echo in south Essex as they embark on Tesco’s Race for Life 2002. The team, which hopes to notch up top sponsorship figures for
Nottingham Evening Post readers were treated to a four-page pull-out commemorating the life of Dudley Moore yesterday. It wasn’t because the self-styled “sex-thimble” had any particular connection with the city or county – it was all down to a printing
The Irish Times has announced 130 of its staff have applied for a voluntary severance package as the firm aims to cut jobs. The company is trying to save €22m in the face of rising costs and a severe drop
Planned industrial action over pay at the Wakefield Express and its sister papers has been called off after the dispute was resolved. National Union of Journalists members at the Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper Group had voted to strike today and tomorrow,
The South Essex Evening Echo was invited to take a unique glimpse into the secret world of the Ministry of Defence’s largest weapons testing complex. Spanning ten miles from Shoebury to Foulness Island, the New Ranges – now run by
A local television presenter is teaming up with the Oxford Mail in what is believed to be the first tie-up of its kind in the UK. Wesley Smith, from TV’s Central News, is teaming up with the Newsquest title to
The Queen has praised the vital community role of the regional press during her Jubilee and said its traditional work has never been more important. She was speaking at The Newspaper Society’s annual lunch at The Savoy in London in
A charity cheque for £150 was awarded to Daily Echo Bournemouth staff swimmers for raising the second greatest sum of money at the Poole Lions Swimathon event.The swimmers, Judith Barton, Roan Fair, Amanda Langton, Scott Harrison, Rolf Niven and Paul
The News Shopper’s call to lift an injunction preventing it from printing details about a health scare has received massive support from its readers. More than 80 per cent of readers who called the paper’s special phone line agreed it
The Shropshire Star is on the move in Oswestry – and the change of scene has unearthed a few memories among the junk from the cupboards in the old office. Ten members of staff are based in the district office,
A community press office – the first of its kind in the country – has opened at the Grimsby Telegraph. Based in the paper’s Cleethorpe Road building, the office offers support and guidance to communities. It publishes and distributes newsletters
When Derek Lambie was appointed editor of the Scottish Sunday Express at the beginning of this month it realised one of his biggest ambitions. But he is already proving he is not prepared to stop there. At just 26 years
Trainee reporter Karen Barichievy got a taste of life from the other side of a shorthand pen when she was caught up in the news last week. The Ealing Gazette journalist was one of 100 passengers on board a Go