Long-serving Huddersfield Daily Examiner athletics correspondent Granville Beckett has died aged 69. A great ambassador for the sport, he had also provided coverage as a freelance correspondent for the Yorkshire Post, Sheffield Star, Halifax Courier, York Evening Press and Bradford
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Eighty-eight-year-old Derby County fan Ernest Hallam is blaming his son’s job as a journalist with the Derby Trader after the club eased him out of the role giving matchday tours around the ground.He said: “They must think I feed Neil’s
Your chance to interview Gabby
A news reporting contest is offering an interview with sports TV presenter Gabby Logan as its prize. Winners of the Local Reporting Awards will travel to meet her at The Prince’s Trust in London to conduct the interview. There are
Hoon apology demanded by war widow's local paper
The Telegraph and Argus has pre-empted a visit to war widow Samantha Roberts by Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon by handing him an open letter asking for a full apology over her husband’s death. The Shipley widow visited Geoff Hoon at
Strike action to be debated by union's top brass
Members of the National Union of Journalists are to be officially recognised for their help in sustaining strike action in a six-month pay dispute at the Bradford Telegraph and Argus. The Bradford chapel is to table a motion at the
Media Ball brings in cash to beat cancer
The Yorkshire Press & Media Ball has this year raised more than £2,300. The total sum raised by the organizers, for Yorkshire Cancer research, has now topped £6,000 overall. More than 230 people enjoyed a night of fun and fundraising
Bradford strike gets a mention in the Commons
Striking staff at Newsquest Bradford were back at work this week after completing a ten-day walkout. The National Union of Journalists, which is leading the dispute over pay, says seven new members joined during that time. The strike has also
Pickets return as strike action resumes
Two lots of strike action by journalists over their pay look set to resume in the next few days. National union of Journalists members at the Bradford Telegraph & Argus and its associated newspapers, owned by Newsquest, are due to
Strikes draw to a close: Papers publish as planned
Two strikes at a series of newspapers in Lancashire and Yorkshire were drawing to a close today. Editorial staff at Newsquest’s Kendal centre were back at work after a four-day stoppage by National Union of Journalists members looking for an
Pay talks fail: Strike is on
Pay talks this week have failed to halt a planned walkout by NUJ staff, due to start on Monday at Newsquest’s Bradford and Kendal centres. In Bradford, where management has offered a two per cent increase, the strike is due
Journalists back at work after strike action
National Union of Journalists members at Newsquest (Bradford) have returned to work following two days of strike action. Group offices in Bradford, Keighley, Shipley, Ilkley, Otley and Skipton were picketed as union members stayed away from their desks in the
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Entertainer and explorer Pete McCarthy will be one of the speakers at the Bristol Evening Post’s next literary lunch.He is part of a triple bill of top writers and will be joined by romantic novelist Sarah Harrison and Bristol author
Editor speaks out over public inquiry row
The Telegraph and Argus is supporting Bradford residents in their bid to save green belt land from housing developers. The feud is concerning the council’s Unitary Development Plan, which was passed three years ago. It designated certain strips of land
Tributes paid to sub-editor
Tributes have been paid to Keighley News sub-editor Clive Pratt who died on Saturday. He had suffered a brain haemorrhage while celebrating his 49th birthday on Thursday and died in hospital. Clive had worked at the weekly Keighley News since
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After reading of his crime in the Cornish Guardian, a thief with a conscience returned £100 of child benefits that he stole from a young mother of three.Police in St Austell received an envelope containing the money – and an
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Liverpool Daily Post & Echo boss John Bills has taken on a broader role within the Trinity Mirror group as managing director for the North West and Ireland.His deputy, Sara Wilde, has been appointed as the new managing director for