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'Extraordinary' response to paper's bid to save regiment

The Lancashire Evening Telegraph has received an “extraordinary” response to its bid to save the county’s only remaining army regiment after almost 600 readers backed the paper’s initiative in just three days. The paper is campaigning to save the Queen’s

Local papers fight to save Army regiments

Two regional newspapers are campaigning to save local Army regiments after defence secretary Geoff Hoon’s announcement that 20,000 armed forces jobs are to be axed. The News & Star in Carlisle is asking readers to sign a petition to save

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Education secretary Charles Clarke has helped launch an online service at the Eastern Daily Press which will help youngsters to pick their future career.The EDP24 website “So you want to be…”, has information on a wide range of careers. Dundee

Media rivalries fought on the pitch

Staff from the Scottish media took their rivalries onto the pitch when they gathered for a football tournament at Glasgow’s Hampden Park. Teams were fielded from 28 newspapers, TV and radio stations, including the Edinburgh Evening News, the Evening Express

Reporter re-opens 20-year murder mystery

Dundee reporter Graeme Strachan has re-opened a 20-year-old unsolved murder case – and claims that Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was not responsible. The body of 20-year-old Elizabeth McCabe was found in 1980 on the outskirts of Dundee and popular belief

Head-to-head to beat the jam

Two reporters from the Dundee Courier have gone head-to-head in a bid to test a new park and ride scheme. The pair took part in the contest to see if changes to ease congestion on the Forth Road Bridge actually

Press trip to Kosovo will be "no holiday camp"

David Price is escaping the hustle and bustle of the newsroom – by heading off to war-torn Yugoslavia. The reporter, from the North Devon Journal, is joining nine other journalists to spend four days shadowing the Royal Marines in Kosovo.

RNLI thanks regionals for their support

Regional newspapers from across the UK have been recognised for their support of the RNLI. The charity, which rescues an average of 21 people from the sea every day, has handed out media supports awards to the Caithness Courier, Dundee

Farming award for Dundee journalist

Dundee Courier farming editor Andrew Arbuckle has scooped an award for the best horticultural news story of the year. Andrew was honoured for his work by the National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Royal