A campaign to help readers get into shape kicks off in the Grimsby Telegraph this month. It is launching a new supplement, Life, full of news, views and advice on every aspect of living a healthier life – and living
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Court sketch plan draws reporter into witness box
Courtroom drama followed the Grimsby Telegraph’s latest bid to publish pictures of people involved in major court cases. The paper has campaigned for years against a police’s refusal to issue photographs, following conviction, except in cases such as rape and
The Sun don't like it up 'em!
The sniffy Sun thinks we’re “very sad” in telling you how they claimed a regional newspaper exclusive as their own. The Grimsby Telegraph splashed on Monday with the horrific tale of 11-year-old Porl French, who slipped from a chair on
Winning ways for cub reporters
Students from a Lincolnshire school have won an award in the Times Educational Supplement National Newsday competition – for the third time. The youngsters, from Caistor Grammar School, had to produce a balance of national and local news stories, plus
Telegraph poll on law and order
The Grimsby Telegraph has launched a massive survey inviting its readers to tell the Government what they think about law and order. Five years ago, the newspaper conducted a poll among its readers on crime and its effects. Hundreds of
Paper in search of couch potatoes
A newspaper is urging readers to nominate the idlest person they know for an award. The Grimsby Telegraph has launched a search for Couch Potato 2000 in a competiton run in conjunction with fish and chip shop chain Ramsden’s. “Does
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FULL-TIME FOR PUPILS: Lunch was being served with a football theme today for pupils in Cambridgeshire schools. Twenty four hours before Chelsea were due to face Aston Villa in the FA Cup, the youngsters were tucking into turkey footballers, mini
Life would be dull without the Telegraph, says MP
MP Austin Mitchell could not let Local Newspaper Week go by without paying tribute to his own local evening paper – the Grimsby Telegraph. In an article published in the paper, he said: “A good local paper is an essential
Life would be dull without the Telegraph
A good local paper is an essential part of the local life of any community. So essential that it’s hard to think what things would be like without one. Let’s have a go just to show how important a good
Telegraph publishes rapist's picture after police refuse to help
A vicious rapist has been pictured in the Grimsby Telegraph – despite a refusal by police to provide a photograph. Terence Maver (38) was jailed for nine years at Lincoln Crown Court after terrorising a schoolteacher in her own home.
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Best publisher organised event – weekly newspapersWinner: West Lothian Courier – Livingston F.C. Open DayHighly commended: Morecambe Visitor – The Night Before ChristmasCertificate of merit: Oxford Times Series – In Business Exhibition Best in-paper reader offer – daily/Sunday newspapersWinner: Evening
Together we can boost sales
Teamwork between editorial, sales and promotions is the key to boosting regional newspaper sales. That will be one of the key messages at the Newspaper Society’s two-day annual newspaper sales conference which started in Manchester today. More than 300 delegates
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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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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,
Ex-sports writer dies aged 66
Brian Patrick Hurley, a former sports sub-editor and writer on the Grimsby Telegraph, has died in Lincoln’s St George’s Hospital. He was 66. Born in Ireland, Mr Hurley attended Dublin’s Catholic University School and Newbridge College in County Kildare before
Woman is not Maxine Carr
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