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A former Fleet Street journalist who also worked at the Bucks Free Press has died. Tributes have been paid to Harry Warschauer, who died aged 76, after a short illness. He was with the Sunday People for more than 20
“Son of God”, BBC anchorman, ideological writer… David Icke has been, or professed to have been, all of these things during his life, but it is a less well-known fact that he took his first steps on the career ladder
With the holiday season in full swing and hundreds of holiday-makers jetting off for their summer breaks, feature writer Amanda Volley decided something had to be done about her fear of flying. Ten years ago, Amanda, a journalist at the
York has been chosen to pioneer a massive, year-long energy-saving project – with the Evening Press playing a key part in the drive to make the city a world leader in tackling climate change. The Evening Press has been invited
Police are praising readers of the Mansfield Chad after an appeal in the the paper led to two arrests following a shop theft at Sutton-in-Ashfield. Phone calls, many anonymous, were made to detectives after the Chad published images taken by
The Leicester Mercury has been meeting some of its most loyal readers. Following a story in the paper featuring Roy and Marguerite Webb, who have been reading the paper every day for the last 52 years, the Mercury has been
A phone poll of Gloucester residents carried out by the Citizen has found that two out of three people in the area would welcome a cull of seagulls. The random phone poll follows a warning from seagull expert Dr John
A Yorkshire woman who was separated from her family as a baby has been reunited with her father and brother after almost 45 years following a plea in the Hull Daily Mail. When Patricia Mouncey was just six weeks old
A weekly round-up of how regional newspapers are helping their community… Building work is ready to begin on the Donna Louise Trust children’s hospice less than two years after a £5m appeal was launched in the Stoke Sentinel.The fund total
The Newspaper Society has announced the promotion of two members of its senior management team: Santha Rasaiah and Lynne Anderson. Previously head of Political, Editorial and Regulatory Affairs, Santha becomes PERA director, while Lynne, previously head of communications, becomes communications
A former Grimsby Telegraph journalist has been remembering how jailed Jeffrey Archer kept him supplied with good exclusives. Pat Otter, former assistant editor of the Grimsby Telegraph and one-time political correspondent, had his first encounter with Archer in 1969 when
The Somerset Standard is set to more than double its team of village correspondents. The paper, which circulates in an area near Bath, is advertising for people who like to pick up the local gossip. It wants to provide a
The winners of this year’s Ipswich Evening Star School Reporter scheme have been announced. In the high school category, 16-year-old Phong Luu was chosen after submitting several articles over the year including a review of a school play, and in
The Western Daily Press has published a guide to the West of England for the Prime Minister and his family after it was reported they were considering a holiday in the area in a bid to boost tourism following the
Andy Tipler, managing director of the Guardian Series, Warrington, has been promoted to managing director of Newsquest, Worcester. His successor will be Chris Hughes, currently finance director of Newsquest Cheshire/Merseyside at Warrington. Andy, who has more than 25 years’ experience
The editor of the Lincolnshire Echo has been explaining to youngsters who read the paper how he decides what should go on its pages. He replied in response to their questions as to why there weren’t more limericks, jokes and