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Sporting reporter rediscovers her 'swing'

Bristol Year of Sport wants to get more local people involved in sport, so Bristol Evening Post reporter Ayesha Gilani opted for a round of golf and went along to rediscover her swing. My first encounter with golf was when

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Former Downing Street press secretary Alistair Campbell was quizzed by public relations and journalism students during a visit to Cardiff Uinversity.Campbell gave advice on pursuing a career in political communications as well as providing an insight into the pressures of

Business editor forges commerce links in India

Business editor Chris Starkie has travelled to India to report on the trend of UK firms setting up bases overseas and taking thousands of jobs with them. The Eastern Daily Press man saw at first hand the general election there,

BNP candidate threatens to sue Evening Post

The Bristol Evening Post has rebuffed a complaint from a former BBC worker who is standing for the British National Party in next month’s European elections. Michaela MacKenzie, a former Labour Party parish councillor, is standing for the far-right party

Dating in the dark

Dinner In The Dark is the new dating craze for single people looking for love – in a darkened restaurant. Bristol Evening Post journalist Sarah Feeley decided to give it a try. Here is how she got on… Love may

Evening Post to auction historic stadium floodlights

The Bristol Evening Post is auctioning one of the original stadium floodlights from the former Bristol Rovers ground at Eastville Stadium in aid of its One In Four Cancer Campaign. The piece of footballing history was on the last pylon

Vicki reports on her dream job

Newsroom junior Vicki Mathias (right) gives an insight into what brought her to work at the Bristol Evening Post. Find out about her ambitions, and what makes her tick, as she starts out in the regional press industry. My journalistic

Haunted Bristol information plea

Northcliffe Electronic Publishing and the Bristol Evening Post are collaborating on a new book – Haunted Bristol. The collection of ghost stories, spooky legends and supernatural tales is due to be on sale in time for Hallowe’en. And the compiler

Students take over at Seven

The Bristol Evening Post handed over editorial control of its weekend magazine Seven to a group of sixth form students – resulting in a two per cent increase in circulation. The features department decided to let the students loose on

New editor appointed at Teesdale Mercury

Adrian Braddy has been appointed editor of the Teesdale Mercury in County Durham. Previously deputy editor at the weekly paper, Adrian has taken over from Matthew Mills who has moved to Bristol for family reasons. Adrian said: “Although it is

Former editor loses battle with cancer

Former Bristol Observer editor Pat Randall has died after a long battle with cancer. The 60-year-old had spent 17 years as editor before deciding to retire when he was taken ill in 2002. An experienced regional journalist, Pat joined the

News in brief

The Newspaper Society’s annual lunch is due to take place on Tuesday May 4 at The Savoy Hotel in London.All newspaper society members have been invited to the event, at which former director general of the BBC Greg Dyke was

Raft of new appointments among Northcliffe top brass

Two senior managers from Northcliffe Newspapers are about to retire, sparking a series of new appointments throughout the regional publishing group. Alan Goode, chief executive of Bristol United Press, and Ken Hayward, managing director at Central Independent Newspapers, will both

More readers reached as Post initiative goes online

The Bristol Evening Post is aiming to further raise the profile of its hard-hitting cancer campaign with the launch of a new dedicated website. The paper launched its campaign – labelled One in Four because the disease claims a life

News in brief

Archant has been assessing the results of its latest company survey, which almost half the workforce completed, a figure up from 45 per cent last year.Although overall satisfaction levels were down, most staff were positive about the work they did