Regional dailies splash on cortege flight
Sale and Altrincham Messenger
What we have written about Sale and Altrincham Messenger
Publisher criticised for margin cuts aimed at giving weeklies ‘sustainable future’
Retailers left ‘reeling’ by new measure
Weekly editions to merge after regional publisher’s review
New look newspaper will cover whole borough
Weekly to cease print publication as publisher considers sister titles’ merger
Newspaper to go online only
North West journalists to hold one-day strike
Newsquest ‘extremely disappointed’ with planned 24-hour stoppage
Saucepan fire makes hot news
Slow news week in the Manchester suburb of Timperley where the Sale and Altrincham Messenger reports on a culinary escapade gone wrong. The real killer is in the last paragraph: “The damage was limited to the food in the saucepan.”
Local newspaper boss leaves company after five weeks
Managing director left with immediate effect
Strike at North-West newspapers is back on
Union is pushing for talks with management
North West journalists call off strike
Company has made four compulsory redundancies
Newsquest title reports on its own job losses
Weekly title carries strike story in paper
Strikers launch petition over ‘reduced work force’
Staff from five titles say company failed to heed concerns
North-West journalists begin strike action
Staff will work to rule as part of protest at job cuts
Journalists from newspapers in North West to strike
Industrial action will begin next week
Journalists at three titles to ballot over job cuts
Matrix system will be used to decide which staff are axed
Fresh redundancies on the way at North West titles
Three Newsquest-owned newspapers will be affected
Rival publishers set to go head to head in Manchester
Metro to relaunch as two separate newspapers