Jockey Frankie Dettori has officially launched an appeal to get a life-saving air ambulance for East Anglia. The appeal is backed by the Cambridge Evening News, Eastern Daily Press, East Anglian Daily Times, the Evening Star (Ipswich), Evening News (Norwich)
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Awards hopefuls line up for prestigious BT final
The cream of the regional media will be saluted on Thursday as the prestigious BT national awards for excellence are handed out. A quality field of entrants, already crowned regional winners in nine heats across the country, has been chosen
News In Brief from around the regions
Regional press news – this story updated 15.6.2000 News In Brief from around the regions by HoldTheFrontPage staff FUN FOOD: Crab ice cream, tobacco-flavoured liqueurs and inside-out baked Alaska – they’re all on the menu at Bristol University, where scientists
Preparing for the play-offs
Play-off fever is gripping the regional press in the run-up to the weekend’s crunch games which will decide the future for football fans. Two of the papers caught up in the excitement are the East Anglian Daily Times – which
BT awards shortlist unveiled
IT’S down to two – Metro London and the Ipswich Evening Star – in the battle to be named London and Northern Home Counties Daily Newspaper of the Year. Shortlisted entrants in the annual BT Press and Broadcast Awards were
'Fantastic' Journal named Regional Newspaper of the Year
The Journal, Newcastle, was named Regional Newspaper of the Year at the UK newspaper industry’s biggest gathering. A record 900-plus industry executives, suppliers, sponsors and guests attended the 2000 Awards – recognising excellence in newspaper production – in the Great
Beeb gets a tongue-lashing over accents
Television producers have been taken to task by the East Anglian Daily Times over phoney local accents. “They’ve done it again. Beautiful East Anglian locations, great actors, a strong script..but those TV drama people just can’t get the Suffolk accent
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WHAT A MOUTHFUL: A pub regular swapped beer for a gigantic chocolate bar in a charity challenge at his local. The Lancashire Evening Post reported that engineer Geoff Evans guzzled nine pounds of Toblerone in nine hours. The stunt, at
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A REAL HANDFUL: Pensioner Godfrey Hill has been called The Messiah, an alien and a freak – because he has a thumb and five fingers on each hand. The 72-year-old retired engineer has hexadactyly. The condition is said to affect
New title joins post office campaign
The Coventry Evening Telegraph is one of the latest daily regional newspapers to ask its readers to help “Save Our Post Offices”. It joins the Western Morning News, the East Anglian Daily Times and a host of other titles fighting
Former music critic dies
Former East Anglian Daily Times music critic Gordon Hawkins has died at the age of 88. Mr Hawkins had a distinguished naval career, rising to the rank of acting commander. After the navy, he was bursar of the Royal Hospital
Trust earns Times a scoop on sea tragedy
A yachtsman involved in a double tragedy has broken his silence on the affair in an exclusive interview with his local paper. The East Anglian Daily Times carried Colin Jessey’s story over two days, starting on Monday with a Page
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UNITED ON BABY’S NAME: A West Midlands husband who wanted to name his son after the entire Manchester United team has been persuaded by his wife to settle instead for a simple Ryan Matthews – in honour of United’s Ryan
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POSTMAN’S NIGHTMARE: A Rottweiler chased unlucky postman Paul Elliott into a telephone kiosk after stealing a full mail bag out of his hand. The Shields Gazette reported that Paul rang the assistant manager at the South Shields sorting office who
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FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART: Cheeky baby Cameron Morton has a perfect heart-shaped red birthmark on his bottom – which shows no sign of fading. The Grimsby Telegraph could not resist showing the world a picture of one-year-old Cameron,
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PULL THE UDDER ONE: Dairy farmers are turning to aromatherapy in a bid to cure mastitis in their cows, reports The Telegraph & Argus, Bradford. A former farmer from Skipton has created a blend of lavender, eucalyptus, geranium and damask