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New editor for Rutland weekly

Eileen Green has been named the new editor of the Rutland and Stamford Mercury. Currently deputy editor of the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, she will leave the Kettering-based title next month after winning her own editorship at one of the oldest

Wilts weekly names its editor

Andy Sambidge, (left), has been appointed as the new editor of the Wiltshire Times and West & North Wilts Star. Currently editor of Newsquest’s East Wales Weeklies – part of the group’s Wales and Gloucestershire region – he will take

Press denied entry to meeting that wasn't public or private

An evening newspaper was banned from a council meeting on the basis that it was “neither public nor private”. This was despite council officers advising that the inquiry into cost of repaving a busy Oxford Street should be “totally transparent”

Press probe reveals 'sorry mess' of postal delivery

An investigation by the Oxford Mail has revealed that 20 per cent of first class post in Oxfordshire is delivered late. The paper sent out 80 first class letters – 40 to addresses in Oxfordshire from outside the county and

Weekly editor packs his bags to take up new challenge

Wiltshire Times editor Toby Granville is leaving the paper to become assistant editor at the Oxford Mail. He has been in his current job for two years and will replace Peter Unsworth, who retired in July. Before moving to Wiltshire,

Reporter secures three book crime writing deal

Oxford Mail reporter Michael Litchfield is to leave the newspaper next month to concentrate on his work as an author. Local government reporter Michael, who also writes for the Mail’s sister paper the Oxford Times, has secured a three-book deal

Mail bids farewell to retiring assistant editor

Staff at the Oxford Mail have bid a fond farewell to retiring assistant editor Peter Unsworth at a party attended by more than 100 colleagues and the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. The popular Yorkshireman served Westminster Press and Newsquest for

Newsroom staff set for triple mountain climb

More than 40 journalists have now signed up to take part in a high-rise charity event later this year, when they tackle The George Frew Memorial Three Peaks Challenge. The event is being organised in honour of the former Western

Advertiser names its man

Mark Waldron is to become the new editor of the Swindon Evening Advertiser. Currently deputy editor of the South Wales Echo in Cardiff, he will succeed Simon O’Neill, who left to become editor of the Oxford Mail in February. The

New Oxford Mail editor is announced

Simon O’Neill is to become the new editor of the Oxford Mail following the retirement of Jim McClure. Currently editor of Swindon’s Evening Advertiser, as well as group editor for Newsquest Wiltshire, he will take up his new post on

Farewell to 'Gentleman Jim'

The final curtain has come down on one of the most illustrious journalism careers in Newsquest’s history with the retirement of the Oxford Mail’s editor Jim McClure. Jim first joined the paper 37 years ago as a sub-editor and is