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Headline History makes for culture online

Actors and actresses slapped on their make-up to face the cameras at the Derby Evening Telegraph for a new electronic education initiative. The filming, by Northcliffe Electronic Publishing, was for the company’s Headline History virtual newspaper project. The web-based resource

News in brief

Huddersfield Examiner business reporter Henryk Zientek is celebrating 25 years with the paper.His milestone was marked at a business networking event, where he was presented with a hamper, a case of real ale from local suppliers. The Bucks Free Press

News in brief

A school nativity scene with Mary, Joseph and the “baby Jesus” (a doll) became a one-parent family – temporarily – when a photographer from the North West Evening Mail turned up.Joseph was photographed alone with the “baby” after Mary’s parents

Clare takes the reins at Herts title

Clare Bourke has been appointed editor of Review and Observer Newspapers in St Albans. Currently deputy editor of the Bucks Free Press, she takes over the role from Deborah Williams in January. Clare, (right), has worked for the Free Press

Surprise, surprise for reporter Margaret

Veteran Bucks Free Press reporter Margaret Smith was given an unexpected ‘surprise surprise’ when she was handed an award by Cilla Black. Margaret was standing with her notebook at an event celebrating four years of fund raising for the local

Jemma faces her fear

Reporter Jemma Pearce is currently gaining first-hand knowledge of a range of new experiences for her regular feature ‘Challenge Jem’. In her latest task, the Bucks Free Press writer faced her fear of flying with a helicopter lesson – and

Reporter's 'fear factor' at losing vital sense of sight

A reporter got to grips with some of the obstacles faced by blind people, when he took a stroll down his local high street blindfold. The stunt was to draw attention to World Sight Day, when Mike Flynn, of the

25 years for Midweek

Twenty-five years of the Midweek newspaper, sister to the Bucks Free Press, ware being celebrated. The anniversary marks a quarter of a century from when the paper was re-launched in a tabloid format in 1978. The paper is the first

Sporting news teams have fun in the sun

A team of ‘finely-tuned’ athletes from the Bucks Free Press and South Bucks Star showed what they were made of when they took part in a major sporting event on the South Bucks calendar. Teams from the two sister titles

Lingerie assignment is'chest the job'

When a Bucks Free Press feature writer went to investigate a local lingerie shop that guarantees a perfect fit, she ended up revealing more than she expected… No sooner had Alice Eaton (right) stepped into the shop’s office, than she

Reporter makes a meal of half marathon

When Buckinghamshire reporter James Webb decided to attempt a half marathon, he ate up the course – literally. The well-fed wordsmith, who writes for the Bucks Free Press, South Bucks Star and Midweek, joined hundreds of runners for the Wycombe