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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

Daily Press sets family telly challenge

The Eastern Daily Press has set a Norfolk family a tough 21st century challenge – to live without television for two weeks. The Foster family from South Norfolk volunteered to give up their television in a bid to find out

Risk of wolves in sheep's clothing?

The Government is stepping in to investigate the sale of old police uniforms after the Eastern Daily Press showed the ease with which they could be bought “off the peg”. Full uniforms, including caps, helmets and tunics, can be legally

Things that go bump in the byte

Things that go bump in the byte Weird and wonderful things are going on at Eastern Counties Newspapers. The group’s website includes a section called The N-Files, devoted to reports of spooky goings-on in East Anglia. There are drop-down menus

CBE for services to the newspaper industry

The vice-chairman of Eastern Counties Newspaper Group, Geoffrey Copeman, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours. Mr Copeman,(64), has been honoured for his services to the newspaper industry, which he joined in 1961. His company is responsible

Reporter hounded by abusive e-mails

Page 1 of 2 Hilary Fletcher knows all about life’s little ironies. In recent weeks, the Norwich Evening News reporter has had his inbox filled with personal and abusive messages after a “comic” website printed his work e-mail address in

Staff charity cash efforts are doubled

Norwich-based Eastern Counties Newspapers Group has given more than £18,000 to a range of charities in a new scheme which doubles thefund-raising efforts of its staff. The staff match-funding scheme, launched in January, aims to double charity cash raised by

Village roll of honour

Some 75 communities entered this year’s Eastern Daily Press Norfolk Village of the Year competition. Each winner proved itself to be a champion of community life and the environment. Winner in the under 500 population category was Stradsett, winner in

Six papers back air aid

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)

Brian Waite funeral details announced

The funeral of Eastern Daily Press photographer Brian Waite is to be held tomorrow (Thursday) in King’s Lynn. Brian (50) died while on an assignment for his newspaper on May 31 when he suffered a heart attack. The funeral will

Journalist agrees settlement in sex discrimination case

A senior journalist, who was sacked from the Eastern Daily Press, has accepted an offer from the newspaper ahead of an employment tribunal. HoldTheFrontPage reported in April how Caroline Culot (31) had worked for the Norwich-based newspaper for seven years

Leak puts a dampener on Mercury celebrations

New era: the Teesdale Mercury as it was (above) and after its relaunch. A new era got off to a wet start at the 146-year-old Teesdale Mercury. One day, staff were celebrating after the paper had been produced electronically for

Employees offered £2,000 for ideas

Staff working for ECNG Newspapers Ltd’s Norfolk Publishing business are being offered up to £2,000 for ideas for new publications. There will be £1,000 paid on the launch and a further £1,000 if it’s still being published a year later.

Top honour for Geoffrey Copeman

Geoffrey Copeman, vice-chairman of Eastern Counties Newspapers Group, has become only the seventh person to be awarded the Newspaper Society’s prestigious President’s Prize. The honour is reserved for people who have given exceptional service to the regional newspaper industry. Mr