The cream of the regional media will be saluted on Thursday as the prestigious BT national awards for excellence are handed out. A quality field of entrants, already crowned regional winners in nine heats across the country, has been chosen
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Golfer shuns the press
Journalists were left out in the cold after being invited to cover an appearance by top golfer Darren Clarke. But the Irish News proved that no comment need not mean no story, by running a nine-paragraph piece, with picture, on
News In Brief – from around the regions
BIG JUGS FOR SALE: Saucy signs in shop windows have come under fire in Edinbrugh. One city bar has a huge poster on an outside wall declaring: “Big Jugs Well Hung”. Small print explains that the jugs are pitchers of
News In Brief – from around the regions
A REAL HANDFUL: Pensioner Godfrey Hill has been called The Messiah, an alien and a freak – because he has a thumb and five fingers on each hand. The 72-year-old retired engineer has hexadactyly. The condition is said to affect
No news today:Read all about it
Some more headlines and items from the local papers that made us smile… Ten out of ten for getting you to read the story: And the same again. What was she thinking of?: But there might have been problems at
Papers respond to claims of inaccuracy and breaches of privacy
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC. The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors and complainants. These are
Irish News sales success a 'tremendous result' – editor
New press and compact format all part of meeting the challenge, says Noel Doran
Downward trend continues for regional newspapers
Update on the latest ABC circulation figures
Dailies continue to see sales fall – Latest ABCs
Circulation hit at every daily in Britain in the second half of last year – but figures are better for weeklies
£12m press investment sparks compact plan for News
The Irish News has revealed plans to switch to a new compact format next spring, when it opens its own £12m purpose-built press facility. The move will give the paper a capacity of 96-pages of full-colour, and will see it
Base sale growth main feature in latest ABCs
Latest circulation figures show that almost all regional newspapers are “actively purchased”, with figures no longer taking into account bulk drops and free copies. The Audit Bureau Circulations data for January to June this year shows that 80 per cent
Regional titles scoop top prizes at Newspaper Awards
Plaudits for MEN, Oxford Times and Sunday Herald as Tim Bowdler is named Personality of the Year
Winners announced for Newspaper Society's annual editorial awards
Evening Times scoops top prize – plus all the other highlights
Irish press and broadcasters honoured at CIPR media event
Irish News and Impartial Reporter are among those to receive judges’ praise and prizes
Northern Ireland prize winners celebrate
Northern Ireland’s top journalists and broadcasters have been recognised at this year’s CIPR/BT Press and Broadcast Awards. Topping the list of winners was the Irish News, which was crowned Daily Newspaper of the Year and also clinched the overall Newspaper
Belfast duo scoop top awards
The Belfast Telegraph emerged victorious as Newspaper of the Year in the IPR/BT Northern Ireland Press and Broadcast Awards. Its sister title Sunday Life was named Best Sunday Newspaper at the awards night in the Ramada Hotel Belfast, while staff