The catchphrase of a former reporter and sub on the Burton Mail has been immortalised in the newsroom. A plaque bearing the words “We’ve got the best job in town” has been unveiled to mark the first anniversary of the
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Readers views sought on great stripping debate
Readers of the Burton Mail are being given the chance to vote on East Staffordshire’s great stripping debate. Strip shows are currently banned in all of the borough’s pubs and clubs due to a standard condition on all public entertainment
Scarborough's loss was Burton's gain
The phone call came through to the Burton Mail newsdesk on Tuesday afternoon. Would the paper let a crew from Channel 4’s Big Breakfast film at the newspaper the next morning to mark Local Newspaper Week? Editor Brian Vertigen didn’t
Big Breakfast for Mail staff
Channel 4’s Big Breakfast marked Local Newspaper Week with a visit to the offices of the Burton Mail. Viewers saw presenter Richard Bacon meeting news editor Andy Parker and deputy news editor Julie Crouch in the newsroom soon after 7.30am
Sad farewell to a colleague
Journalists from all over the Midlands were among some 200 mourners at the funeral of reporter Richard Wood yesterday. Richard, 49, who was known as “Dickie” to his many friends and colleagues, died when he was struck by a train