David Helliwell is making a return to Lancashire to take up his first editorship – at the Blackpool Gazette. The newspaper is already on the up, having recently been named Regional Newspaper of the Year at the Newspaper Society’s Newspaper
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The Prince of Wales has commended The Blackpool Gazette for helping raise funds for the new £2.5m cancer unit at Blackpool’s Victoria Hospital. Speaking at a special reception held in Fulwood, Prince Charles urged the public to keep up the
Former editor dies of cancer
Barry Stocks, a former editor of the Lytham St Annes Express, has died. The 63-year-old had battled against cancer for the last three years and died at the Trinity Hospice in Blackpool. Barry had taken early retirement in 1992 after
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A front page splash by the Manchester Evening News to appeal for a bone marrow donor to save the life of seven-year-old Shannon Bradshaw led to more than 600 people queuing for blood tests in the hope they could help
Johnston plans to buy RIM in £560m deal
Johnston Press is planning to buy Regional Independent Media for £560m. Johnston, the UK’s fourth-largest regional newspaper group, is launching a £220m rights issue of shares in connection with the deal. The deal is agreed and has already been approved
Death of two Gazette veterans
Two former Blackpool Gazette veterans, who clocked up almost 100 years service between them, have died. Herbert Cockell, who joined the paper in 1934 as a publisher’s assistant and helped publish the paper for almost 50 years, died aged 82.
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Postal firm Consignia is investigating after a letter addressed to one of its bosses in Gloucester was instead delivered to The Citizen.The story came a week after the paper revealed how postal services in Gloucestershire were in “disarray”, and carried
Old Gazette base to be KFC
The former home of the Blackpool Gazette is being torn down to make way for fast food restaurants. The imposing office complex on Preston New Road housed the paper between 1987 and 1998 and was a familiar sight to millions
Christmas appeal round-up
As December 25 approaches, newspapers are getting into the traditional festive spirit with Christmas campaigns for the less fortunate. Up and down the country, papers are joining forces with local charities to do their bit. Pictures of smiling children, and
Latest on RIM merger bids
Three newspaper groups have been sent “issues letters” by the Competition Commission as the next stage in the process to decide who could take over Regional Independent Media – the sixth largest regional publisher in the UK. This routine step
North West Newspaper Awards 2000
The award-winning Blackpool Gazette has another trophy to add to its cabinet – scooping the North West Daily Newspaper of the Year Award for the second time in three years. Editor Gerard Henderson picked up the BNFL Society of Editors
MEN bids for seven titles
The Manchester Evening News dominates the shortlist for this year’s BT North West Press and Broadcast Awards. The paper is up against the Liverpol Echo and the Carlisle News & Star in the North West Daily Newspaper of the Year
Gazette Direct to the rescue
A service launched by the Blackpool Gazette is putting readers at the heart of the newspaper’s decision-making process. Gazette Direct has its own dedicated telephone line straight to executive editor Alison Bott. Readers can then pass on story ideas; get
Gazette campaign raised in Parliament
A Pounds Not Pennies for Pensioners campaign, launched by the Blackpool Gazette, has been raised in Parliament by Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden. Mr Marsden paid tribute to The Gazette’s crusade when he urged Social Security Minister Jeff Rooker to
Pier shows return after four-month Gazette campaign
Venue would have stood empty for summer season without newspaper’s fight
Time running out in cash plea
The Blackpool Gazette’s chosen charity could be in for a major cash boost – but only if readers raise a set amount by February. Design company ITM Communications has pledged to donate £333,000 to the MacMillan Windmill Appeal if the