News chief underwent operations in recent months
Ken Bird
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Editor recovering from cancer stages Elvis tribute night fundraiser
News chief had prostate and part of lung removed
Editor takes charge of hometown title after 10-year break from journalism
News chief returns to industry after working in PR
Editor axed at South Coast daily after 13 years in chair
Newspaperman was at helm of title for 13 years
Trainee journalist given prize in reporter’s memory
Award presented annually after death of 23-year-old
Weekly welcomes heroes home with souvenir wrap
Title printed 1,000 posters for Marines’ parade
Manslaughter and kidnap case naming bans overturned
Two Westcountry titles win fight to name and shame teenage thugs
Regional press news in brief
Somerset County Gazette readers are being asked for help in treating oil-stricken birds at the RSPCA’s animal centre near Taunton.The paper has launched Operation Guillemot as the West Hatch centre takes in hundreds of birds covered in oil after the
Record start to 2004 for Gazette
The Somerset County Gazette has produced the biggest issue in the paper’s 168-year history. The 160-page edition included a record Homelife property supplement, which ran at 64 pages. It also contained a 16-page Nativity plays special, featuring more than 90
Gazette claims victory in fight to save 1,000 jobs
Weekly Newsquest title teams up with politicians over relocation of major employer
Weekly paper's campign to save 1,000 jobs is a winner
Hundreds of readers backed campaign and MP took petition to the Commons
West of England winners in the picture Photographs by Sarah Wyatt News Editor Alison Hulls and Editor Ken Bird celebrate their paper, the Somerset County Gazette, winning Weekly Newspaper of t
News Editor Alison Hulls and Editor Ken Bird celebrate their paper, the Somerset County Gazette, winning Weekly Newspaper of the Year All smiles from guests at the West of England BT awards – including Editor of the Exeter Express &
Former sub-editor dies in car accident aged just 23
“Hard-working and popular” newspaperman worked for Newsquest titles in Somerset
PM congratulates Gazette as it celebrates 170th anniversary
Taunton-based weekly prints supplement to mark milestone
Gazette news team get their running shoes on for half marathon
Editor-in-chief leads the fundraising pack
Cub reporter dies at 23
Tributes from a news team stunned at talented trainee’s death