Elaine Pritchard, of HoldTheFrontPage, is spending this week in her pajamas. But much as she loves a lie-in, this isn’t an act of laziness. It’s the lure of the theatre, dahh-ling! Elaine is in the cast of the 1950s comedy
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£10 ad brings a job in journalism
A woman has landed her first job in journalism as a direct result of advertising on HoldTheFrontPage. Rajeshree Sisodia paid £10 to advertise her CV on the site for three months. Now she has phoned us to say: “I’ve got
LOVED
It’s a sore toy store story Elaine Pritchard, of www.HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk, wants to round-up the brains behind the latest toy shortage lark and teach them a lesson…….they can start by ringing for cinema tickets. Being a mum is the most stressful
Heading says it all
We are indebted to the contributor who sent us this classic piece of subbing work at the top of Sharon Symon’s column in The Scotsman. If you’ve got anything for us, fax it, marked for the attention of Elaine Pritchard,
Crime and punishment
Contributions this weekend to our selection of headlines includes a website – where a banner advert sat rather unfortunately at the top of an update on the Jill Dando murder investigation. We liked this headline from those glory days at
Killer cows and peanuts
We liked this headline: The tragic death of Inspector Morse has left an opening for a new hero: What dreadful offence with a rope prompted this skipping trial? Sentences can be harsh: But sometimes the crimes deserve it: And even
Headlines of the hour
Thanks to those of you who have contributed headlines you’ve spotted in the regional press for our latest round-up. Here they are: A quick glance made us wonder if Gordon Brown was in a spot of bother – but thankfully,
Golfing gaffe
Our thanks to the HoldtheFrontPage reader who alerted us to the unfortunate juxtaposition of a story from a murder trial and a picture about a charity golf event in the Belfast News Letter If you’ve got anything for us, fax
More headlines here
It’s a hard life being a sub-editor, but life can be even tougher when you’re a thug. Consider, the plight of poor old Bill the hooligan who featured in one East Midlands daily newspaper recently: If he’s really fortunate, the
Another clutch of classics
More classic headlines, this time remembered with fondness and sent to us by Sandra Dyson of the Hull Daily Mail: Local agricultural show results….Cattle do nicely in the beef stakes Home education feature…Clarity begins at home Man who fell off
It can happen to anyone – honestly
Winner of the “It can happen to anyone – but thank God it wasn’t me” award goes to the team behind this gem…. We loved this one…. …And the assortment below tickled our fancy too… If you’ve seen a classic
Something for the weekend
Here’s the latest crop of funny, strange and unusual headlines from the regional press: Presumably these signs just say “Glos” – or maybe they’re only tiny. OK…we know it was a sports story really. Here are some more which raised
"Foxes offer a mint"
On one of our regular trawls through the regional press for headlines which are good, bad or just plain bizarre, we liked this one from the Aberdeen Evening Express when Leicester City made a last-ditch bid to keep manager Martin
Food back on the menu
More strange and surreal headlines from the regional press: If you liked those, try these click here If you’ve seen a classic headline – good, bad or just plain bizarre – anywhere in the regional press, fax it to us,
BAFTA-winning website poised for international honour
A BAFTA award-winning website from the Northcliffe publishing group is waiting to hear if it has scooped its first international honour. www.headlinehistory.co.uk – devised and created by Northcliffe Electronic Publishing, the internet division of the Northcliffe Newspaper Group – is
HoldtheFrontPage is Europe’s best!
Holdthefrontpage has been named the best journalism service in Europe. The accolade came last night when the site was named the Best Overall Journalism Service in the 2002 European Online Journalism Awards. Publisher Patrick Astill and journalist Nikki Sargeson picked