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This story published 10.6.2000 Paper’s complaints hotlineturns up heat on builder A builder who is the subject of a string of consumer complaints has been exposed by the Birmingham Evening Mail. A hotline has been inundated with calls from worried
Former Daily Mirror Editor Richard Stott led the tributes to journalist and crime writer Frank Palmer at his funeral in Nottinghamshire yesterday (Fri June 9). Former colleagues and friends packed the church of St Mary Magdalene in Mr Palmer’s home
Andy Warhol once said that everyone gets 15 minutes of fame. But some people, either by accident or design, are destined to a lifetime in lights…and it’s all in a name. Aberdeen Press & Journal readers were tantalised by a
Patients at a Gloucester hospital won’t have to take a chance on clean sheets being available – thanks to a front-page investigation by The Citizen. A hospital insider claimed wards regularly ran out of clean linen – and when calls
The Oldham Evening Chronicle has begun publishing pictures of car crime offenders. The move is part of a joint campaign with the police to cut car crime in the town centre. Police have agreed to supply pictures of the villains
Operating profits for the Northcliffe regional newspaper group were up by five per cent in the half year to April 2 – to a new record level of £38 million. The profits include acquisitions – Bristol United Press became wholly-owned
Journalist Liz Wakefield has given birth to her second child. Baby James, weighing 8lb 10oz, joins the rest of the family – husband John and sister Annabel – at their Nottingham home. Liz (35) is currently on maternity leave from
Reporter Susie Boniface landed a scoop about British forces in Sierra Leone – from her office thousands of miles away in Plymouth. The Evening Herald’s 23-year-old defence correspondent revealed that Plymouth Royal Marines rescued a 14-year-old girl who had fled
The sniffy Sun thinks we’re “very sad” in telling you how they claimed a regional newspaper exclusive as their own. The Grimsby Telegraph splashed on Monday with the horrific tale of 11-year-old Porl French, who slipped from a chair on
The funeral of Midlands-based journalist and author Frank Palmer will be held at Keyworth Parish Church, Nottinghamshire, tomorrow (Friday June 9) at 10.45am. Mr Palmer (66), who was the Daily Mirror’s man in the East Midlands for more than 20
A woman who turned to her local paper to raise awareness of a little-known illness has received a flood of calls and letters about the condition. Evelyn Beaumont had her illness – lupus – highlighted in The Stoke Sentinel as
Newspaper tipster Bob Downing was bitten by a police dog as he helped officers who were chasing a burglary suspect. The Birmingham Evening Mail’s horse racing editor was woken in the middle of the night by the sound of a
An old soldier’s heartfelt plea to find an army pal from the past found its way from Australia to the Paisley Daily Express – despite having no address on the envelope. Good luck – and a little help from the
Internet message boards could be taking a closer look at their content after personal abuse aimed at a regional daily sports reporter was removed after his editor intervened. The row blew up in Blackpool, where football fans took exception to
Students from a Lincolnshire school have won an award in the Times Educational Supplement National Newsday competition – for the third time. The youngsters, from Caistor Grammar School, had to produce a balance of national and local news stories, plus
An ambitious actor on the verge of hitting the big time has thanked the Derby Evening Telegraph for kick-starting his career. The paper stepped in when he was struggling to find cash for a key project – and now he