Newsquest Oxfordshire’s website, thisisoxfordshire.co.uk has been relaunched with a fresh look and some great new features. Oxford took the opportunity to update the design and add some new content as part of a nation-wide revamp of Newsquest sites. Additions include:
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Vandal-hit club gets another chance
An Oxford under-eights football team that had its changing rooms wrecked and equipment burned by vandals has been given a new set by another club which learned of their plight in the Oxford Mail. Littlemore Youth Football Club has been
Nationals' exclusive was regional scoop
An Oxford Mail splash about a builder who took the law into his own hands and dug up a speed hump outside his house became a national headline overnight. True to Fleet Street’s finest traditions, some nationals still claimed it
Mail writer made patron of cancer charity
An Oxford Mail journalist has been made patron of a charity fighting to prevent breast cancer. Deputy magazines and supplements editor Denise Barkley, (46), was asked to take on the role for Harwell-based charity Against Breast Cancer after supporting the
Press for action
Newspapers in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire look set to benefit from a Newsquest investment in a new printing press, capable of producing 96 full-colour tabloid pages at 75,000 copies an hour. It has ordered a Geoman 75 press from MAN Roland,
Illness brings out the strength in George
Features editor George Frew is facing up to life with inoperable lung cancer. Instead of buckling under the news, George, of the Western Daily Press, has grown in stature in spite of the incredible blow. Despite starting chemotherapy treatment, he
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A purge on street crime from the Bolton Evening News has received backing from a leading Government minister.Its Streetwise campaign was praised by Criminal Justice Minister Lord Falconer, who said in an open letter to the newspaper that he “was
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Legendary political journalist Chris Moncrieff is to join the Western Daily Press as a columnist.He will give readers an insight into life in the corridors of power.Awarded the CBE in the 1989 New Year’s Honours for services to Parliamentary journalism,
'Treasure' unearthed at Oxford
Archaeologists have discovered 4,000-year-old artefacts while doing excavation work for Newsquest Oxfordshire’s new £20m press hall. Irrigation gullies and pottery dating from the Bronze Age have been unearthed as well as coins which are thought to be medieval. The work
Mail appoints first woman news editor
The Oxford Mail has appointed its first woman news editor. Stephanie Preece, who was previously deputy news editor at the Oxford Mail, is the first woman to hold the post in the paper’s 74-year history. She succeeds John Chipperfield, who
Mail men on the move
Andy Chatfield has been appointed deputy editor of the Oxford Mail and Oxford Star. Andy, who is 37 and has held the post of assistant editor since September, will have responsibility for production and digital media, in addition to his
£20m press hall plans agreed
Newsquest Oxfordshire has been granted planning permission to build a £20m press hall at its Osney Mead base. Oxford City Council has given the newspaper publisher the go-ahead for the development which will see a new press replace outdated machinery.
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Becky Gunn has been appointed chief reporter at the Skegness Standard.Essex girl Becky (23) moved to the Lincolnshire coast as a girl and earned a languages degree at Lancaster University before returning to Skegness to follow a career in journalism.
Journalist's new novel is set in the newspaper world
A new novel based on the headlines-and-deadlines world of newspapers is due to hit the shelves this week. Freelance journalist Emma Lee-Potter’s latest book Taking Sides is published on Thursday. It tells the story of journalist Juliette Ward, who’s fed
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The East Anglian Daily Times and Evening Star, Ipswich, have teamed up with Anglia Railways in a new sponsorship deal which is part of a £3m investment by the train operator at Ipswich station.The sponsorship provides a welcome sign at
Mail in pioneering move with television news
A local television presenter is teaming up with the Oxford Mail in what is believed to be the first tie-up of its kind in the UK. Wesley Smith, from TV’s Central News, is teaming up with the Newsquest title to