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Darlington and Stockton Times
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Belfast broadsheet turns totally tabloid
Switch brings to an end 139 years of broadsheet printing
Weekly switches to tabloid after 162 years
North East newspaper follows sister title’s lead
Northern Echo journalists face pay deduction
Newsquest ups the stakes in redundancies row
Strike action planned at Newsquest North East
NUJ chapel to hold mandatory meetings over job cuts
North East journalists vote in favour of strike action
Union members upset at pay freeze at Northern Echo and sister titles
Union threatens strike action over job cuts
Newsquest North East chapel vows to fight any compulsory redundancies
17 job losses announced at Northern Echo
No pay awards for staff at Darlington centre until April at earliest
Scores sign up for future of media debate
Birmingham panel welcomes ex-radio controller, PPC seminar on reporting suicide – and more news in brief
Popular reporter loses two-year cancer fight
Tributes flood in for much-loved north-east journalist
Vote of no confidence in regional press editor and Newsquest management
Northern Echo union members express anger over edition changes
Morning newspaper loses three editions in production shake-up
Northern Echo confirms plans to shed five jobs and create two editions as union members meet
Journal named best newspaper for second year running
Newcastle daily makes history as it lands seven prizes at Tom Cordner awards
Long-serving Echo reporter dies aged 61
Brian Redhead spent many years covering his hometown in North Yorkshire
Readability scoops prize
A former Darlington and Stockton Times journalist has scooped a national award for her work in the world of PR. Caroline Parnell is now public relations manager at the Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust and penned a health
MBE-winning photographer found dead at home
A retired photographer, who worked on North Yorkshire newspapers for 40 years, and was honoured by the Queen, has died. Bill Robson, (74), had worked for the Harrogate-based Ackrill Newspaper Group, publishers of the Harrogate Advertiser Series. He was well