A new Saturday special from the Lincolnshire Echo hit the streets at the weekend. The 64-page paper, complete with entertainments and TV listings pages, was published from a 7am print run to compete with the nationals on the news-stands. The
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Regional editors decide on Queen Mother coverage
The death of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, announced on Saturday justbefore 6pm, left regional editors with a key decision to make. Should they recall staff to the office there and then to produce an extraSunday edition to compete with
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
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
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
Echo provides new Imps chairman
A football fan who got a seat on the board thanks to a Lincolnshire Echo campaign has been elected chairman in his first season on the board at Lincoln City. Rob Bradley, the fans’ representative, was put in temporary charge
Early birds prosper at Lincoln
Word that national papers might be thin on the ground because of the fuel crisis prompted the Lincolnshire Echo to produce an early edition yesterday (Friday). And early indications show it was a great success. Deputy editor Richard Bowyer paid
Concorde 'specials' beat the nationals
Fast-reacting staff at two Lincolnshire papers pulled out the stops to be among the first to break news of the Concorde crash. The Grimsby Evening Telegraph and the Lincolnshire Echo both had special editions rolling off the presses at 5.30pm.
Grass roots victory
People power has won the day in Lincoln, where residents can now look forward to getting their grass verges cut by the council. A row blew up when verges were allowed to grow wild between cuts, after the county and
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
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
Putting the "e" in Echo
Belief in the value of its readers views has prompted the Lincolnshire Echo to set up its own People’s Panel. Editor Mike Sassi hopes to get together 100 readers who will give their reactions to the major issue of the
Tip-off gives Echo a head start
It’s a news editor’s nightmare. You take a day off and a great story breaks. It happened at the Lincolnshire Echo yesterday, and Editor Mike Sassi was the one who answered the newsdesk telephone at 7.30am and sparked off a
Revellers to help life-saving service
A free dance music event – being backed by the Lincolnshire Echo – will help a vital life-saving service. The newspaper has teamed up with Lincoln’s Pulse nightclub to stage the Lavish extravaganza on Sunday (Feb 13) where partygoers will
Extra news for Lincs rail passengers
A Trainwatch column has been launched by the Lincolnshire Echo in response to a readers’ demand for more information. The new feature has proved particularly helpful in the current rail crisis. The column gives readers vital information about changes to
Echo dedicates nine pages to Parking Mad roll of honour
The strength of feeling over car parking price hikes at Lincoln County Hospital has been demonstrated through the pages of the Lincolnshire Echo. Over the past few weeks the newspaper has been inundated with letters of protest over the new