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Open justice wins through court anonymity bid

A court move to keep the identity of a defendant anonymous in a bid to protect his children – who had no connection with the case – has failed. Middlesbrough Council’s Protection Agency made the application under the Human Rights

Henderson to edit The Journal

Gerard Henderson, editor of The Gazette, Blackpool, has been named as the editor of The Journal, Newcastle. He will take up his post on July 3, succeeding Mark Dickinson, whose appointment as editor of the Liverpool Echo was announced in

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New editors for Echo, Gazette as Journal loses top two Pastures new: Mark Dickinson (left) and Paul Robertson. Three big regional newspapers are set for new editors as Thomas’s Newcastle Journal prepares to lose its top two – both to

Journal to lose its top two

New editors for Echo, Gazette as Journal loses top two Pastures new: Mark Dickinson (left) and Paul Robertson. Three big regional newspapers are set for new editors as The Journal, Newcastle, prepares to lose its top two. Editor Mark Dickinson

Chronicle libel case is settled

A libel action launched against the Evening Chronicle in Newcastle, by the chairwoman and managing director of a care home company, has been settled. Mark McArdle, his mother Helen McArdle and Helen McArdle Care Ltd raised the action against the

Chronicle wins right to name rapist

The Evening Chronicle in Newcastle has won the right to name a 15-year-old boy who has been jailed for life for raping a middle-aged woman. Court reporter Garry Willey successfully appealed for a Section 39 order not to be imposed

Cleared nursery nurses agree libel settlement with Chronicle

A libel action against the Newcastle Evening Chronicle has been settled out of court by two nursery nurses wrongly accused of child abuse in a council report.This is the full statement on the matter by Chronicle editor Paul Robertson. CHRISTOPHER

Gazette's Christmas wishes

Middlesbrough’s Evening Gazette has launched its Christmas Wish Appeal. It is asking readers to nominate deserving groups or individuals and tell the newspaper what it can do to make their festive dreams come true. Twelve lucky groups, or individuals, will

PM supports Business A Day campaign

Prime Minister Tony Blair has backed a campaign launched by the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette to create new jobs in the Tees Valley. The paper wants to help create a business a day in the area – a total of 365

Chronicle acts after 300 ship workers are given notice

The Evening Chronicle in Newcastle has launched a campaign calling on the Government to act urgently to safeguard thousands of jobs on the Tyne. The newspaper has put out a rallying call to local MPs to put pressure on to

Special school saved from closure thanks to Chronicle

The Newcastle Evening Chronicle has helped save a world-renowned school for deaf and disabled children from closure. Newcastle’s Northern Counties School for the Deaf came under threat following a decline in the number of pupils, and a Government policy of

Chronicle and partners are doing the business

What began as a business each day for a year campaign is now hoping to undergo a transformation into a two businesses-a-day success. And it’s all down to the impressive accomplishment of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle ‘business-a-day campaign’ reaching the

Chronicle delegation to meet Blunkett over killer drivers

A delegation from the Evening Chronicle was due to travel to London today to demand tougher sentences for killer drivers. Representatives from the Evening Chronicle and its sister paper in Newcastle, The Journal, were to meet with Home Secretary David

Papers claim victory in killer drivers battle

The Birmingham Evening Mail is claiming a victory in its battle to jail drink and drug killer drivers for life. An amendment to the Government’s Criminal Justice Bill has been tabled to increase the maximum sentences for causing death by