Owners of MK News plan to combine web resources with its existing newspaper interests
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Cambridge Newspapers invests £9m in new presses
Investment follows clamour for full colour and opens up opportunities for the future
Heartland Evening News bought by Iliffe News and Media
Independent paper joins Burton Mail group
Burton Mail group snaps up Staffordshire weekly
Weekly set up with redundancy money proves too good to miss out on for big news group
Bedfordshire on Sunday bought by owners of Cambridge Evening News
Iliffe adds six sister weeklies to its portfolio
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
Newspaper chairman set to retire
Ian Richard, group publishing director of Yattendon Investment Trust plc, is to retire at the end of the year. He is also currently chairman of all the group’s newspaper businesses, which include Cambridge Newspapers, Herts & Essex Newspapers and Staffordshire