Why some newspapers are claiming an increase in readership despite sales decline
Birmingham Post
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Latest regional press ABC figures are released
Snapshot of daily and weekly regional newspapers across the UK
'Smallest paper' keeps one eye on developments in Bath
Midlands paper which survives on circulation of less than 10,000 has no plans to change
Death of former Midlands newspaper editor
Ex-Sutton Coldfield News boss had also worked for the Birmingham Post and Walsall Observer
Potential Mail buyers targeted by trade union's pre-emptive strike
Private equity firms are warned against “savage cost cuts” and possible move to overnight production
News in brief
‘Sensitive’ parts of a Birmingham City Council document made public after a request from the Birmingham Post have been censored by council lawyers.The report, on the feasibility of a £1bn redevelopment of Paradise Circus, was made public – apart from
Sunday Mercury scoops top prize at awards ceremony
Sentinel defeated by weekly title after four years at the top – click through to read the full winners’ list
Regional press reporters scoop medical journalism gongs
“In-depth analysis” and “vivid illustration” on health topics bring rewards for writers
Midlands Media Awards shortlist is revealed
Birmingham Press Club announces who’s battling it out for its annual regional contest
Sub-editor is remembered with new Mail award
Geoff Fielding Memorial Trophy will honour staff who make an outstanding contribution
Press Gazette award winners
Winners of the Press Gazette Regional Press Awards have received their prizes from former Coventry Evening Telegraph journalist Dermot Murnaghan – who now presents ITV’s nightly news. The top prize of Newspaper of the Year, sponsored by National Savings, was
Highbury College, Portsmouth
www.highbury.ac.uk Highbury is renowned as a centre of excellence for journalism training on the south coast. Every year dozens of Highbury graduates gain a job in journalism – many of them snapped up by newspapers, magazines and radio and television
Echo photographers scoop awards
Photographs from the Gloucestershire Echo won four award categories – and were runner-up in three – in the annual Geoff Benger Memorial Awards. The competition, which is open to photographers throughout the county of Gloucester, is organised by a different
Tim scoops top award
Photographers from newspapers all over the Midlands converged on Tamworth for the Banks’s Midlands Press Photographer of the Year Awards. Some £3,500 in total prize money was handed out, with the top award of the night – Press Photographer of
Banks's Midlands Press Photographer of the Year Award Winners
Award-winners from the Express and Star, Wolverhampton: Geoff Wright (front) with Tim Sturgess (left), Marie Morrison and Tim Thursfield. Press Photographer of the YearWinner:Tim Easthope (Birmingham Post & Mail) Click here to see his pictures Runner-up:Christopher Radburn (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
Former Post & Mail lensman team up for new online venture
John James and Andrew Fox put photo archives online for stock image business