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Tamworth Herald and Kent on Sunday win top gongs at press awards
Click through for the winners and runners-up from last night’s event
Respected local press man has died, aged 76
Tributes are paid to “journalist of great integrity – with a mischievous sense of humour”
Journalist recalls first job and tells how it led to love…
Anniversary prompts editor to look back to a time of typewriters and two phones per office
Reporter faces inconvenience in the line of duty
Mercury writer tries to flush out the full story as stately home introduces authentic pongs
Judo assignment brings journalist down to earth
When Cannock & Rugeley Mercury reporter Andrew Wragg got a call from former British judo champion Andrew Smith it didn’t take much persuading to agree to doing a feature on his judo club. But when Andrew arrived to join the
Curry capers as reporter tries "UK's hottest"
A fiery challenge was on the table for one Cannock and Rugeley Mercury reporter as he taste-tested a curry billed as the hottest in the country. In his three and a half years with the paper, Alex Keller, (24), had
Revamp for weekly results in dedicated news
A weekly newspaper is exploiting a potential 7,000-strong readership boost by taking in a neighbouring area. The Cannock Mercury has been renamed the Cannock & Rugeley Mercury and now has a readership of almost 45,000 across the Chase district of
Ellie goes under the needle for the sake of journalism
In the interests of investigative journalism, Rugeley Mercury reporter Ellie Piovesana has gone under the needle to find out more about acupuncture. To help her, she visited Tony Braines, a Kung Fu teacher, who turned to acupuncture after suffering problems
Weekly Newspaper Award winners announced
The Newbury Weekly News and Hunts Post took the top honours at the Newspaper Society Weekly Newspaper Awards last night. The Newbury Weekly News was crowned Paid-for Weekly Newspaper of the Year, judges hailing it as “a supreme example of
Weekly newspapers line up for annual industry awards
Journalists from weekly newspapers around the country are to gather in Warwickshire for the Weekly Newspaper Awards. The Forest of Arden Marriott hotel will host the Newspaper Society event on Thursday. The judges will reward both advertising and editorial successes