Page 1 of 2 A regional newspaper editor has made an impassioned plea to the Government to try to secure the future prosperity of his town. Brian Vertigen, editor-in-chief of the Burton Mail, has appealed to Trade and Industry secretary

A Crimestoppers column run by the Burton Mail is so successful that staff who man the police hotline are having to work extra hours. The Staffordshire Crimestoppers telephone line is usually manned from 9am until 5pm. But when the Mail’s

Page 1 of 2 With the worst of the flooding crisis over – and mopping-up operations well underway – regional papers around the country have set their sights on souvenir supplements and photo sale opportunities. At the Burton Mail –

Page 2 of 2 But to get their pictures, the Mail photographers had to use initiative – and in at least one case unusual transport. Photographer and keen canoeist Ian Hodgkinson (pictured below) paddled down Scropton Lane, Hatton, to get

Page 1 of 2 There comes a time in every reporter’s life when they have to interview one of their heroes. And for Burton Mail trainee Chris Watson, it was a nerve-wracking experience when he spoke to comic actor Rik

When you work in Burton-on-Trent – with its proud history of brewing – you have more reason that most journalists to take a keen interest in beer. And when the Burton Mail’s Andy Tilley took a swipe at Wolverhampton &

Burton Mail features editor Bill Pritchard spent a long week hoping that a pub landlord didn’t turn up. He told HoldTheFrontPage: “Features writer Genevra Jones interviewed a local landlord who had been a rugger player and yachtsman. Now as Burton

It’s an occupational hazard for journalists and photographers – thatinsistent ringing of the telephone at unearthly hours of the night summoningyou to the back of beyond all in the line of duty. So when Ian Hodgkinson, the newest photographer at