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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Two long-lost friends have been reunited through the pages of the Burton Mail. Enid Munro and Marianne Biddle had not seen each other for more than 20 years until, by chance, they appeared in separate articles in the same edition
An assignment to bring the work of north Scotland’s road gritters to life turned into drama for reporter Morag Lindsay, when the gritting lorry she was travelling in ended up in a ditch. Morag, from the Press & Journal, braved
A sports editor is celebrating losing 17 per cent of his body weight in a slimming challenge with his colleagues. Andy Bash, from the Norfolk Weeklies series of newspapers, is 2.7st lighter and has been named Norwich Fat Boy 2001.
The post of chairman of the Parliamentary Press Gallery for 2002 has been given to a regional journalist. Eastern Daily Press political editor Chris Fisher was elected unopposed. He has covered Westminster for 20 years. The Parliamentary Press Gallery comprises
Reporter Sam Lennon became a suspected shoplifter – but quickly proved his innocence. He was collecting a trolley packed with food parcels from the Asda store in Chatham for Medway Today’s Help the Homeless Christmas Appeal. But before he could
Former Leicester Mercury workers have got together again for their annual reunion. The event took place at Filbert Street where almost 100 pensioners from all departments enjoyed a Christmas lunch and drinks in Leicester City FC’s Carling stand. Among the
In a bid to step up the hunt for a pensioner’s killer, traders in a Suffolk village are displaying posters produced by the Evening Star’s graphics team. They urge anyone with information to come forward help detectives track down her
A £5,000 grant has been awarded to a York-based charity from the EveningPress’ American owners Gannett. The Evening Press applied for the grant for children with learningdifficulties after backing a fundraising campaign for the SNAPPY charityearlier this year. The cash
Editorial staff are set to party at three Ecng papers after they each won a £1,000 award for putting new ideas into practice. The Hitchin Comet, Ilford Recorder and Evening News in Norwich won the cash, to be spent on
Police are conducting an inquiry into alleged “serious criminal offences” surrounding a £28.5m bypass scheme following an investigation by freelance journalist Richard Orange. The former Lincolnshire Echo and Western Daily Press reporter teamed up with BBC reporter Matthew Gull to
Former Evening Gazette sports editor Neil Thomas has been made editor of the Braintree and Witham Times.He was sports editor at Colchester’s evening paper for about two years andhas now taken up his new post in Braintree. The Telegraph &
The Norwich Evening News is leading calls for police to release a photograph of a serial sex offender. The paper asked police for a photograph of Norfolk man Stephen Watson, who in the past 23 years has been convicted of
Iain Martin is to succeed Rebecca Hardy as editor of The Scotsman. He will take up the role on January 2, and at 30 years old will be the youngest editor in the paper’s history. Iain began his newspaper career
The chairman of The Irish Times Trust Ltd, Major Thomas B McDowell, has announced his retirement. He was actively involved in the establishment of the trust in 1974, which was brought into being to guarantee the independence of the newspaper,
Company results that show a downturn in newspaper advertising areforcing companies to become more efficient and increase economies of scale,according to a new report. The survey, by Mintel, shows the regional press is in a strong position tomove forward and
Newspaper staff turned daredevils to walk across broken glass and hotcoals to raise cash for a local hospice. Kent and Sussex Courier news editor Melanie Whittaker was among 50 peoplefrom Tunbridge Wells who took part in the event, which involved