Peter Charlton is to become the new editor of the Yorkshire Post. Currently editor of the Sheffield Star, which along with the Yorkshire Post is owned by Johnston Press, he will also become director of Yorkshire Post Newspapers Limited. His
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Journalist and mental health campaigner John Hooper has died after a battle with cancer. He was 72.John was a correspondent for the Gloucester Citizen’s Grapevine column for more than 15 years and also worked as reporter in Canada. The Sheffield
Letters to Clinton recall heady days in the regional press
A former regional journalist has relived his days in local newspapers in a book which has become easily available in the UK for the first time. Letters to a U.S. President has sold well in the States, and now the
Downing was offered chance to work as Post photographer
Stephen Downing, the man whose conviction for murder was quashed after 27 years in prison, turned down a chance to work at the Nottingham Evening Post. Downing had an interview last year, soon after the appeal court victory which meant
Media Ball brings in cash to beat cancer
The Yorkshire Press & Media Ball has this year raised more than £2,300. The total sum raised by the organizers, for Yorkshire Cancer research, has now topped £6,000 overall. More than 230 people enjoyed a night of fun and fundraising
Pay deal reached at Sheffield Newspapers
National Union of Journalists members at Sheffield Newspapers have agreed a pay deal with company management. Journalists at the Sheffield Star, Sheffield Telegraph, Sheffield Weekly Gazette, Sheffield Journal and the website www.sheffieldtoday.net, all owned by Johnston Press, had voted in
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NUJ members on the Sheffield Star have voted for industrial action in a ballot over pay. Eighty per cent voted for a strike and 88 per cent for “action short” of a stoppage.According to the union, the latest offer stands
Cancer claims life of journalist and lecturer
A former regional press journalist, turned journalism lecturer, has died aged 43. Nick Maybury, who previously worked for the Sheffield Star, Northampton Chronicle & Echo, and Aberdeen Evening Express, had been suffering from cancer. He had also worked at the
Assistant editor post for award-winning reporter
Inverness Courier senior reporter Robert Taylor has been appointed assistant editor at the paper. The twice-weekly paper based in the Scottish Highlands appointed award-winning reporter Robert, (43), to the position last week. He joined the paper in April this year,
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The Gloucester Citizen has decided to stop using the word ‘bed-blocking’ because it considers the term out-dated and insulting to patients who, through no fault of their own, are stuck in hospital while social services and the NHS organise their
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Keen golfer Janis Gallon-Smith is looking forward to working on her golf handicap after calling time on a hectic career at Aberdeen Journals.The customer services director retired after 16 years with the company, which began as classified manager with Aberdeen
Senior appointments announced
The Kent Messenger Group has made three senior appointments. On January 1, Simon Irwin will become editorial director and Simon Clubley will become advertisement director. They are currently associate director editorial and associate director advertising but will now join the
Footballers' farewell to Kevin
A minute’s silence was held before a Galloping Gweilos football team match in Hong Kong following the death of one of its players, former Sheffield Newspapers journalist Kevin Faure. He had played for the team for six years, moving to
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A special part of Broadland nature reserve in Norfolk has been named after Michael Seago, a former Eastern Daily Press wildlife correspondent who died in 1999.The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has named the area ‘Seago’s Marsh’ after
Fire at newspaper offices
Production of the Sheffield Star was interrupted on Wednesday after fire broke out in the printing room at the paper’s York Street offices. Staff were evacuated for more than two hours when a machine in the basement overheated and caught
"Dark crime" debut for journalist-turned-novelist
Journalist Robert Rennick has penned his first crime novel – and it’s about a regional press reporter fending off competition to get his scoop on an evening paper! Robert, formerly of the Slough Express, South Wales Argus and Sheffield Star,