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Composing room trainer Fred has died

A man who was an integral part of the history of the Lincolnshire Echo for more than 30 years has died. Fred Couling (85) joined the firm in 1950 and spent his working life in the composing room in the

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The Lincolnshire Echo is getting behind an appeal to send ten city children to meet Father Christmas on the trip of a lifetime to Lapland.The paper is helping with the fundraising and is also asking readers to nominate deserving youngsters.“We

Echo colleagues pay tribute to "invaluable" technician

The former MD of the Lincolnshire Echo has paid tribute to the company’s former maintenance manager Bryan Mustoe, who has died at the age of 69. Ted Skaith said Bryan was a valued member of staff who began work as

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A weekly round-up of how regional newspapers are helping their community… Building work is ready to begin on the Donna Louise Trust children’s hospice less than two years after a £5m appeal was launched in the Stoke Sentinel.The fund total

More limericks, jokes and riddles please editor!

The editor of the Lincolnshire Echo has been explaining to youngsters who read the paper how he decides what should go on its pages. He replied in response to their questions as to why there weren’t more limericks, jokes and

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Youngsters from the Leicester Mercury-backed Internet broadcaster Takeover Radio have taken their show on the road to appear live before 12,000 people at Drayton Manor Park in Staffordshire.The station was set up to fill a gap in children’s broadcasting and

Readers given chance to have say on planned sculpture

Readers of the Lincolnshire Echo are being given the chance to have their say on a planned sculpture for the city. A model of the £34,000 Brayford Wharf sculpture is being displayed in the paper’s office foyer along with designs

More limericks, jokes and riddles please editor!

Echo celebrates 60 years of the Lancaster

The story of RAF Waddington and the Lancaster PA474 is being told in two special publications by the Lincolnshire Echo in the run up to the Waddington International Air Show. In a full preview of the show, which takes place

Honour in memory of Frank Palmer

The Nottingham branch of the National Union of Journalists has unveiled a tribute to journalist and author Frank Palmer. The memorial bench, at Keyworth Cricket Club, near Nottingham, bears the words “Ey up sunshine”, a familiar greeting to those who

Election woe for industry candidates

Journalist Fiona Jones lost her marginal Labour seat at the general election, claiming there had been a vendetta in her constituency of Newark, in Nottinghamshire. She was a key target for the Conservatives, whose Patrick Mercer took the seat with

Goodbye to Bob

A popular and well-known photo-journalist has died at the age of 62. Bob Whitaker worked for both the regional press and in broadcasting and will be sadly missed in both fields. Born in Nottingham he was initially based in Cornwall

Echo provides too many cooks…

As masters of proverb and metaphor, journalists should be only too aware that too many cooks can spoil the broth. But five volunteers from the Lincolnshire Echo decided to prove the old adage wrong and revisit the education process for

Echo readers make wishcome true

A terminally ill girl whose final wish is to meet Mickey Mouse and the gang is all set for the trip – thanks to the generosity of Lincolnshire Echo readers. They sent in the cash when they read about the

Mysteries Out of the Blue

Unsolved mysteries, freak accidents and tales of the unexpected are all covered in the latest publication from the Lincolnshire Echo. Out of the Blue is a one-off special which has been put together after several readers wrote in with stories

MP ignored by press – claim

A local newspaper is being rebuked by an MP who says she is being ignored. Newark MP Fiona Jones, a journalist by profession, claims she was even cropped off a photo taken for the paper of an official visit by