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“Old-style newspaper man” kept newsroom running even after it was bombed
Blair praise for work of PA after office blaze
Tony Blair has praised the role of The Press Association of Ireland after a fire destroyed the agency’s Belfast office last month. In a letter to Ireland editor Deric Henderson, the Prime Minister said he was shocked by the destruction.
New editor appointed to Cambridge Evening News
A journalist who has worked on regional newspapers in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales has been named as the new editor at the Cambridge Evening News. Murray Morse, who is deputy editor at The Chronicle, Newcastle, starts his new
MBEs for serving regional newspaper staff
Chichester Observer boss Keith Newbery (right) is now an MBE. He was awarded the honour for services to journalism. He has spent his entire working life in journalism, beginning as a junior reporter on the now defunct Isle of Wight
Pay deal halts further walkouts
A dispute over pay at the Belfast Telegraph has been settled after journalists and management reached agreement. Last month National Union of Journalists members at the paper staged a 48-hour walkout in protest of a three per cent offer, and
Belfast journalists' walk-out rallies support
The National Union of Journalists is appealing for support – both financial and moral – for journalists who were today due to embark on a 48-hour stoppage over pay. Staff at the Belfast Telegraph, Sunday Life, and Community Telegraph have
News in brief
Belfast Telegraph journalist Mary Fitzgerald has won a fellowship which will take her to the Washington Post for three months this summer.Mary, who has been at the Telegraph almost three years after completing a postgraduate journalism course at the University
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The ‘golden era’ of newspapers in Northern Ireland is to be remembered by comedian Frank Carson for the BBC’s Bits of Belfast TV series.He’ll meet up with News Letter columnist Mervyn Pauley to remember the days when four newspapers –
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Oldham Evening Chronicle journalist Roger Halstead has become the first recipient of a Golden Boot award from Oldham Rugby League Club’s official supporters’ club.The rugby league writer has worked at the Chronicle since 1961, and the award recognises Roger’s devotion
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The East Anglian Daily Times has launched a campaign to secure the future of an under-threat maternity ward.Health bosses sparked outrage when they moved midwives from Harwich Hospital’s maternity unit to cover for staff shortages at Colchester General Hospital –
Veteran journalists rewarded in Queen's birthday honours
Mervyn Dane, a former editor of The Impartial Reporter, has received an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours. The 74-year-old, who retired in 1994 after almost 50 years at the newspaper, received the award for his services to journalism. Mervyn
Press hall fire fails to halt publication
A major fire forced the Belfast Telegraph to launch contingency plans when the press hall was knocked out of action before yesterday’s paper could be published. A spark from welding work is suspected to have caused the blaze, which was
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Vijay Vaghela is appointed group finance director for Trinity Mirror Plc with immediate effect, succeeding Margaret Ewing, who left the group at the end of June 2002 to join BAA. Vijay, (36), has been acting finance director since July 1.National
Football club favourite has died
A former Northern Ireland journalist has died aged 90. John McAnulty worked for the Belfast Telegraph, and before that the Newry Reporter and Armagh Guardian. He spent his entire life in journalism, retiring in 1988, and was frequently asked by
Pay offer halts industrial action threat
Journalists have called off a threatened strike at the Belfast Telegraph following an improved pay offer from the company. National Union of Journalists members at the Independent News and Media-owned Belfast titles had voted to strike today and tomorrow after