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Opposition Leader William Hague has written the following article to mark Local Newspaper Week, organised by the Newspaper Society. In it, he reveals why he thinks more and more people are turning back to the regional press. Something remarkable is
Today is World Press Freedom Day, organised by the World Association of Newspapers. It aims to recognise the sacrifices made by publishers, editors and journalists world-wide in the struggle for freedom of the press and also to put pressure on
Terence O’Neill has been at the sharp end of his paper’s battle over council secrecy. Here, he describes how the battle was fought – and won – and offers fellow journalists some advice on dealing with politicians who want to
Called Echoes of the Century the A4 softback book starts with a chapter detailing the Echo’s own history from August 20, 1900, when the first edition was about to be launched – and someone spotted that a page was upside
Harold Evans began his career as a weekly newspaper reporter and went on to become editor of The Sunday Times for 14 years. He has written five books on editing and design and has been honoured by the British press
A letter posted from the former head office of the Western Morning News in Frankfort Street, Plymouth, in October, 1934, has found its way to the paper’s current hi-tech offices in Derriford in the city. Where it has been in
Journalists on The News, Portsmouth, rang HoldTheFrontPage to tell us about the story of the day on the Hampshire Police voicebank. The recording which was played to them yesterday had a female voice saying: “No information available”, then a man
Liberal Democrats are making life easy for journalists covering the Romsey by-election. They have produced a pocket-sized media guide that lists local industries and past election results and gives a potted summary of the constituency. One hundred of the 20-page
Bygones pages have a loyal following in regional daily papers throughout the UK, but the Nottingham Evening Post has taken this interest a “quickstep” further by organising a Bygones tea dance in the city. The event was held at the
The victim, identified only as “Gilly” by the newspaper, is suffering from a fractured skull after she was battered five or six times around the head with an unknown weapon when she disturbed the raider in the kitchen of her
The Gloucestershire Echo has devoted a page to an appeal to its readers to enter The Prince’s Trust Local Reporting Award. The award has been introduced as part of this year’s Local Newspaper Week (May 1-7) organised by the Newspaper
Brave youngsters have been honoured by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. An eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy won top prize in the paper’s Children of Courage awards, sponsored by Riva Clubs. The Telegraph ran a page one picture and a report
Former South Wales Evening Post industrial correspondent David Williams has been appointed as BBC Wales’s new political editor. Mr Williams, (49), is currently the presenter, producer and director of HTV Wales’s current affairs and factual programmes department. A former editor
A trio of famous TV faces is backing the Aberdeen Evening Express Children 2000 Appeal. Nigel Havers, from Dangerfield, Roger Lloyd Pack, from Only Fools and Horses, and Barry Foster, who played detective Van Der Valk, are currently starring in
PIKACHU FRENZY: Is there a regional newspaper in the land that hasn’t found an angle on the Pokemon card craze? “Schools bans card craze” has become commonplace. This week, the Hull Daily Mail revealed that two youngsters were threatened with
A senior journalist on an award-winning regional newspaper has been given the go-ahead to make a claim for sex discrimination after telling a hearing she was too ill after the birth of her baby to go back to full time