Journalist Liz Wakefield has given birth to her second child. Baby James, weighing 8lb 10oz, joins the rest of the family – husband John and sister Annabel – at their Nottingham home. Liz (35) is currently on maternity leave from
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Tributes are paid to Frank Palmer
Journalists throughout the UK will remember Frank Palmer with gratitude and affection. The 66-year-old author, who was the Daily Mirror’s man in the East Midlands for more than 20 years, died on Thursday at Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre. He suffered
Baby it's cold outside
A new member of staff arrived in the newsroom of the Lincolnshire Echo – for one day only. Maya Ranganathan is a senior reporter at the New Indian Express, Chennai, India. A national daily, it is published from 13 centres
News In Brief – from around the regions
FULL-TIME FOR PUPILS: Lunch was being served with a football theme today for pupils in Cambridgeshire schools. Twenty four hours before Chelsea were due to face Aston Villa in the FA Cup, the youngsters were tucking into turkey footballers, mini
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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
Peace and reconciliation in Japan
Reporter Alex Gore was pictured in the Lincolnshire Echo tackling a 28-stone sumo wrestler whose name means “Wisteria branch”. Albert Edward Gore died in 1942 at the hands of the Japanese Army. Fifty eight years later, the grandson he never
A well-deserved pat on the back
Editor of the Nottingham Evening Post, Graham Glen, shows Prince Charles a board charting the progress of work at the Queen’s Medical Centre’s parents’ unit transformed through an Evening Post Community Challenge. Photo: Courtesy of Nottingham Evening Post Local Newspaper
A well-deserved pat on the back: Hull Daily Mail
The Hull Daily Mail told its readers that Research Surveys of Great Britain had found that more people in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire read its evening newspaper than read a national newspaper. Every day, the researchers found,
A well-deserved pat on the back: Lincolnshire Echo
The Lincolnshire Echo, first published in 1893, has more than 148,000 readers each day. Four months ago, the newspaper revealed the plight of 30-year-old mum Lyn York who had been diagnosed with cervical cancer and given just months to live.
A well-deserved pat on the back: Yorkshire Evening Post
The Yorkshire Evening Post has been proud to officially back the Can Do campaign, since it was launched in Leeds last summer. Already the scheme, run by the Scarman Trust charity, is helping dozens of community projects across the city,
A well-deserved pat on the back: Birmingham Evening Mail
As well as reflecting on its achievements and its vital role at the heart of its community, the Birmingham Evening Mail used a double page spread this week to give its readers a detailed insight into a day in the
News In Brief – from around the regions
HOT OVERALLS WRECK TAKEAWAY: A blaze which wrecked a Chinese takeaway had an unsual cause, the Wolverhampton Express and Star reported. Fire officers told the paper it was caused by spontaneous combustion in a pair of grease-stained overalls. The overalls
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PIKACHU FRENZY: Is there a regional newspaper in the land that hasn’t found an angle on the Pokemon card craze? “Schools bans card craze” has become commonplace. This week, the Hull Daily Mail revealed that two youngsters were threatened with
Oldham's new deputy going back to his roots
Dave Whaley (pictured) will be going back to his roots when he takes up his new job as deputy editor of the Oldham Chronicle. Mr Whaley (39), assistant editor of the Birmingham Evening Mail, will be teaming up again with
History-making columnist dies at 106
Jack Rogers, who made history as the world’s oldest columnist when he started writing for the Lincolnshire Echo at the age of 103, has died. Jack, who had been ill for some time, celebrated his 106th birthday just weeks ago.
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BONDAGE AND BURGLARY: A middle-aged man had to be cut free from a tangle of chains after a bondage session with a woman who took advantage of him in more ways than one. As he lay clad in a black