New Sunday Herald editor Richard Walker is to be assisted by two deputies.They are David Dick, currently sports editor, and David Milne, currently news editor. The decision follows the departure of Australia bound former editor, Andrew Jaspan. A 24-hour experiment
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Sixteen-year-old schoolgirl Liz Williams won a top prize in a national political journalism contest, after taking a few tips from Reading Evening Post editor Andy Murrill.She submitted her item to the Citizenship Foundation in the form of an Evening Post
Post staff clean up their act
Staff at the Reading Evening Post are leading by example after they took to the streets to clear up their doorstep as part of a new clean-up campaign in the town. Reading Borough Council has unveiled its Your Reading strategy,
New role for Butterfield
Former Lancashire Evening Telegraph editor Peter Butterfield has been appointed to the Calderstones NHS Trust. He was editor from 1985 to 2000 and has since worked as a lecturer in journalism at Edge Hill College in Ormskirk. He is also
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Readers of the Llanelli Star have embarked on a letter writing campaign to save the town’s 24-hour accident and emergency service.Readers are signing ready-printed letters published in the paper after the paper ran five pages of news stories, opinions and
"Hand yourself in," pleads paper
An evening newspaper has appealed to a driver of a van, involved in a collision which killed a 23-year-old teacher, to hand himself in to police. The Reading Evening Post made the unusual plea after teacher Helen Clark was killed
Industry experts tour Evening Post
Printing experts from around Europe received a guided tour of the Reading Evening Post’s production facilities during an industry meeting in the town. Members of the Goss European Users Association visited the Evening Post to see the paper’s new press
Second break-in fails to halt FM launch
New radio station Reading 107fm has been targeted for the second time by burglars – this time just hours before its launch onto the airwaves. The music station, which is part-owned by the Reading Evening Post, went “live” this week.
Name change for Post's station
A radio station owned by the Reading Evening Post is to change its name before it launches this autumn. The station, which until now had been known as New City FM, will now be called Reading 107FM. The owners, a
Journalist's death accidental- inquest
An inquest into the death of a respected Yorkshire journalist has recorded a verdict of accidental death. Halifax Evening Courier business editor Arnold Woods, (55), was involved in a collision with a car while out cycling at the beginning of
Post link-up on radio news
The Reading Evening Post will work with the news and sports team at New City FM to provide a comprehensive local coverage. The paper is part of a business group which won the FM radio licence to cover the Berkshire
Berkshire nets holiday offer
A new Internet holiday service has been launched by Surrey and Berkshire Newspapers as an extension to the service offered in the Reading Evening Post. Readers are invited to browse through the holidays available and make online requests for brochures
College role for former Lancs Evening Telegraph editor
Former Lancashire Evening Telegraph editor Peter Butterfield has taken on a new role at Edge Hill College of Higher Education. Peter retired from the East Lancashire-based daily paper on his 57th birthday in May last year. But he’s about to
Bid to identify drug-dealing pupil is blocked
A court order is preventing parents being warned about a young drug dealer who supplied cannabis to his classmates – despite magistrates branding it “worse than murder”. The Reading Evening Post had applied to West Berkshire Youth Court to be
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The Lincolnshire Echo is getting behind an appeal to send ten city children to meet Father Christmas on the trip of a lifetime to Lapland.The paper is helping with the fundraising and is also asking readers to nominate deserving youngsters.“We
Argus backs Helen
South Wales supporters of Big Brother housemate Helen Adams are campaigning to keep her in the house with the help of the Argus. Hairdresser Helen is facing eviction for the second time in seven weeks after being nominated by her