When a star of Harry Potter found himself in danger of missing the the world premiere of the film, the Eastern Daily Press came to the rescue. Seventeen-year-old Chris Rankin, the film’s snooty Hogwarts prefect Percy Weasley, was due to
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The Nottingham Evening Post is featuring in a new edition of Monopoly which has gone on sale in the city.The Post has secured a Community Chest space on the famous board, which has been altered to reflect Nottingham’s important roads
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The Lincolnshire Echo is getting behind an appeal to send ten city children to meet Father Christmas on the trip of a lifetime to Lapland.The paper is helping with the fundraising and is also asking readers to nominate deserving youngsters.“We
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A new £550,000 cancer research institute has opened, funded by donations from readers of the South Wales Evening Post.The centre, in the grounds of Swansea’s Singleton Hospital, is hoped to be one of the best in the country for cancer
Paper's poll shows support for reform of pub opening times
A snapshot Eastern Daily Press survey has found more than 80 per cent of licensees support a reform of pub opening times. The survey of 50 licencees in the Norfolk and Suffolk area found the majority of landlords backed the
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The blanket-knitting record is set to be broken for the Idle Tide feast celebrated near Bradford – and the Telegraph and Argus is set to feature heavily in the celebrations.The blanket being created is emblazoned with the letters T&A as
Prescott steps in to aid EDP's humanitarian bid
The deputy Prime Minister has cleared the way for the Eastern Daily Press to fly a badly injured African boy to Norfolk for vital surgery. The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital had already agreed to waive treatment charges for ten-year-old Issa
Daily Press backs stranger danger scheme
The Eastern Daily Press is backing a scheme that warns children about the danger of talking to strangers. Nearly every primary school in Norfolk has already had a visit from The Norfolk Partners Against Crime Taskforce scheme’s community safety dogs
Reader loyalty at EDP
A Norfolk couple has hit the headlines for remaining loyal to the Eastern Daily Press for an amazing 63 years. Arthur and Daisy Bumfrey claim not to have missed a single issue. Their obsession began when the storm clouds were
Back seat of a loaded gun
Top gun heroes with a flamboyant past and an uncertain future allowed a Norwich-based journalist unprecedented access to their air base for a series of exclusive features. Writer Mark Nicholls was invited to experience behind-the-scenes work at RAF Coltishall for
Royal seal of approval
The Queen has donated money to a newspaper’s appeal fund for the third year running. The Eastern Daily Press We Care 2000 Appeal has been given the royal seal of approval, with Her Majesty making a donation from the Privy
Cycling "ambassador" dies
The cycling correspondent for the Eastern Daily Press has collapsed and died. Ivan Jeckell, 65, had been writing his daily column for the newspaper for the last 34 years and was well known on the cycling scene as a competitor,
Daily Press family reunited with television
The family that took part in the big television switch-off experiment, run by the Eastern Daily Press, has been reunited with its television set. For the past two weeks, the Foster family from South Norfolk has been experiencing life without
Tribute to writer
The life and times of a Norfolk journalist with a passion for nature are to be commemorated by a leading animal charity. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds are seeking planning permission a build a memorial to former
Political classic topslibrary poll
Eastern Daily Press readers have chosen a classic political text as the book they would most like to see on the shelves of Norwich’s millennium library. More than 1,000 readers voted for their favourite Norfolk-related books – and the race
Norfolk's worst dressed male
An unusual competition has been started by the Eastern Daily Press… to find the area’s Worst Groomed Man. The paper is asking readers to nominate the man in their life if his personal grooming means cultivating an aroma of cigarettes