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News team pulls together for fatal rail crash coverage

A fatal rail accident near Lincoln on the anniversary of the Selby rail tragedy set pulses racing at the Lincolnshire Echo. It happened when a vehicle left the road and collided with a train at around 6.30pm yesterday. The Echo

News in brief

Junior school teachers are being offered the chance to take a closer lookat the Lincolnshire Echo as part of an education business partnership forliteracy exams.They will be able to explore the processes of running a daily newspaper,look at how pupils

Former editor Leys becomes MD

Several senior appointments have been announced at Northcliffe Newspapers. The moves will see former editor Alex Leys become managing director of the Nottingham Evening Post. Alex’s track record includes editorships of the Lincolnshire Echo, Derby Evening Telegraph and Leicester Mercury

Death of columnist

Tony Turp, a regular columnist for the Lincolnshire Echo, has died. Mr Turp, (49), had been suffering from cancer. He was a enthusiastic chess player and chairman of Lincoln’s chess club. His son, Michael-John, said: “He was always enthusiastic about

Festivities begin online

Christmas has arrived early at four regional papers in the Lincolnshire area, which have launched the new website, ThisisChristmas. The website, from the Grimsby Telegraph, Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, Hull Daily Mail and Lincolnshire Echo features a winter wonderland of ideas

Now Bette's a TV star too

Lincolnshire Echo writer Bette Vickers has become a star of the small screen, after appearing on Yorkshire Television’s Calendar news programme. Presenter Alan Hardwick visited the Echo offices to talk to best-selling author Bette about her new book Bread ‘n’

Carry on hunting say Echo readers

As the debate about fox hunting rumbles on, the Lincolnshire Echo has decided to ask its readers whether they want a ban. And the people of Lincolnshire have voted overwhelmingly in favour of keeping fox hunting as it is. The

Detective work leads to criminal inquiry

Police are conducting an inquiry into alleged “serious criminal offences” surrounding a £28.5m bypass scheme following an investigation by freelance journalist Richard Orange. The former Lincolnshire Echo and Western Daily Press reporter teamed up with BBC reporter Matthew Gull to

Virtual driver

Remember Emma Snedden? She’s the Lincolnshire Echo reporter who took 13 attempts to pass her driving test.Now she’s a fully-fledged driver, the Echo sent her to Sheffield to try a virtual-reality experience that is soon to become part of the

News in brief

A reunion to mark the tenth anniversary of the closure of the Birmingham Daily News attracted 25 people from all corners of the UK.The event, held in Birmingham, had been delayed due to the foot and mouth crisis and the

In the eye of the storm

When she jetted off for the holiday of a lifetime in Cuba, Lincolnshire Echo reporter Emma Snedden expected sun, sea and cigars. But Hurricane Michelle changed her plans… Palm-fringed beaches, plazas dappled with warm sun and lots of time to

Newsrooms react to NY air crash tragedy

Regional newspapers across the country took their chance to beat the nationals and publish news of the latest New York air crash in special editions or late print runs on Monday. As news came in of the tragedy, which claimed

Echo say no to trick or treaters

The Lincolnshire Echo is asking children and teenagers going trick or treating this Hallowe’en not to disturb residents who do not wish to take part. The paper has joined forces with Age Concern and Lincoln City Council to encourage youngsters

Echo readers send Letters to America

Hundreds of letters of support written by Lincolnshire Echo readers for the grieving families of victims of the American terrorist attacks have been delivered to the American Embassy in London. Following the launch of the Echo’s Letter to America campaign,

News in brief

New Brighton University students were handed free copies of The Argus at a fair to welcome them. Two thousand papers were given away at the event, held in the university’s Cockcroft Building on Wednesday. More than 150 stalls were set

Yvonne's friends tell of strong character

As the world saw journalist Yvonne Ridley emerge from a car at the border with Pakistan after ten days in captivity, her friends from the regional press around Britain also watched the story unfold. The 43-year-old mum was seized by