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Regional press news – this story updated 10.6.2000 News In Brief from around the regions by HoldTheFrontPage staff CROWNING GLORY: A quiet Bolton street has been unmasked as the most famous neighbourhood in the country. The row of terraced houses
One of the longest editorships in the regional daily press ended yesterday when Peter Butterfield retired from the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. He had been in charge of the Blackburn-based Newsquest title for 15 years – a period he described as
Freedom of information will be a key theme at the Newsquest editors’ annual conference being held in Bradford this month. Key speakers on the subject will include Leader of the Opposition William Hague; Bob Satchwell, Director of the Society of
Artist Jo Addison is to spend two weeks “in residence” at the Cambridge Evening News as part of the biggest celebration of the arts ever launched in Britain. During her time at the newspaper’s offices in Milton she will be
The Grimsby Telegraph has launched a massive survey inviting its readers to tell the Government what they think about law and order. Five years ago, the newspaper conducted a poll among its readers on crime and its effects. Hundreds of
The fatherly exploits of editor Peter Barron are set to aid charity through a new book based on his weekly column in the Northern Echo. Volume 1 of Dad at Large – a compilation of articles from the column of
Sports minister Kate Hoey has written to football safety experts for assurances about safety at all of England’s Euro 2000 venues after the Nottingham Evening Post cast new doubts over the safety of the ground where England will play Germany.
Aberdeen’s Evening Express has helped put an 82-year-old ex-soldier back in touch with a Belgian family he befriended during World War Two. George Anderson was stationed at Meerhout, in Belgium, in December 1944. When he had any time off, Mr
The South Wales Evening Post is celebrating 10 years of success with its annual Youth Proms. This year 16 schools from south west Wales took to the stage of Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall to provide a feast of musical entertainment. They
The number of people from ethnic minorities enrolling on journalism courses has almost doubled in the past four years. The information comes from a BT survey released to coincide with BT’s annual Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards. It revealed that 208
A newspaper is launching a High Court challenge over councillors’ expenses in what is thought to be the first case of its kind. The action is being taken by Nottingham Evening Post deputy editor Jon Grubb, as a council taxpayer,
Children as young as eight have entered the world of journalism. They have set up their own news agency and are researching and writing stories on issues that affect their lives. They hope to sell their copy to local and
An eccentric huntsman, whose columns on the sport entertained newspaper readers in Birmingham, has died at the age of 92. John Morrison’s enthusiastic reports on the exploits of the Albrighton Wood Hunt in the 1960s featured regularly in the Evening
SNAKE’S ALIVE: Sonia Howick had an unexpected guest in her conservatory, reported the Portsmouth News – a five-feet long corn snake which she discovered hanging from a cupboard door. An RSPCA inspector called to the scene had to extricate the
Carol Smillie Famous women including Anthea Turner, Carol Smillie, Jane Asher and Betty Boothroyd are helping a photographer from the Southern Daily Echo raise cash towards a resource and research centre for ovarian cancer. The celebrities have all agreed to
Bill Johnson, the Northern Echo’s art critic for 40 years, has died at the age of 75. Mr Johnson was nicknamed “Wedge” after signing his first articles for the paper with his initials, W.E.J. A former Royal Navy navigator, he