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Editor-in-chief Roger Watkins to retire from SE weeklies
“Enormous satisfaction” from seeing Courier become best-performing weekly
Newsquest sees video content produced across the group
September saw video clips viewed more than 45,000 times
Weekly's launch gives Cornish town a new Voice
Success of sister title prompts new competitor for Northcliffe weeklies
Support floods in for pool appeal as readers raise £127,000 in nine months
“Life-saving” hydrotherapy pool a testament to readers’ generosity
Support floods in for pool appeal as readers raise £127,000 in nine months
Hereford Times readers have poured support into a special school’s appeal for a new pool, raising £127,000 in just nine months. The hydrotherapy pool for Barrs Court School in Hereford is, literally, a life-saver for the pupils, helping exercise limbs
Hereford Times wins secrecy battle over meetings
Controversial training sessions for Herefordshire Council members are to be opened up to the Hereford Times. After previous confusion, which resulted in a reporter being asked to leave a meeting, council leader Roger Phillips has now said he is happy
Reporter barred from meeting labelled a 'training exercise'
An editor has rounded on her local authority after a reporter was turned away from a council meeting set to discuss a critical issue facing thousands of voters. Hereford Times reporter Ian Morris was hoping to inform the public about
Major printworks investment by Newsquest
Newsquest has announced a major printworks investment to improve quality and reduce running costs at its Worcester plant. The development, which adds to its current capacity, will improve printing speed; give better colour and more colour options; allow higher pagination.
Invitations sent to 24 editors for Galway get-together
A host of prominent names from the British press – all linked by the Greenslade Bursary – will be brought together by the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors. In 1977 the Society set up a scholarship in memory of
Success at the double for weekly
The Hereford Times is celebrating a double success. Within hours of the paper publishing a front-page article about Herefordshire Council’s decision to ban toy windmills from children’s graves in the city cemetery, the decision was reversed. After the council claimed
Key speakers address Newsquest conference
More than 100 senior Newsquest staff are attending this year’s Newsquest Editorial Conference & Awards at the Moat House Hotel, Stratford-Upon-Avon. The two-day event kicked off yesterday with an awards dinner where the cream of Newsquest journalism was honoured. It
How county weekly broke Rachel's Story
The story that shocked the nation – describing the death of a 21-year-old heroin addict – was broken by the regional press before it was picked up by the nationals. National media bombarded The Hereford Times with requests for information.
Editor to take up post
Steve Hughes, deputy editor of the East Anglian Daily Times, is about to take up his new job as editor-in-chief of the Newsquest-owned Bolton Evening News Group. Hughes, 45, has more than 20 years experience on regional papers. He began
Nick steps up to editor
Nick Howells, who is deputy editor of the Malvern Gazette & LedburyReporter, is to take over the editor’s chair. Nick takes the post after several years holding senior positions with otherpapers in the Midlands, including the Hereford Times and the
New editor takes the helm of the News
Editor Stewart Gilbert has taken over at the Worcester Evening News after several successful years editing its sister papers The Hereford Times and Ludlow/Tenbury Wells Advertiser. During his years in charge at the Hereford Times, the circulation, readership and pagination