Friends and colleagues are in shock following the sudden death of a former Derbyshire Times photographer. John Smith, 49, was watching his youngest son, Sam, play football at cubs when he suffered a massive brain haemorrhage. He was rushed to
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Country Reflections website is a winner
Country Reflections, a website started by a former reporter on the SheffieldStar and Bournemouth Daily Echo, has already been named one of the country’stop sites – just months after it was launched. Country Reflections, the brainchild of David Kavanagh, 38,
One2One worry
Tony Belshaw, at the Sheffield Star’s Action desk, stepped in when One2One sent a reader a £255 bill on a phone she didn’t have. The firm promised to wipe the debt from its computers but each month a new demand
Transport troubles solved
The Sheffield Star’s Actiondesk has secured a double victory over public transport companies – after one of its readers was locked ON a train, and a pensioner was accused of forging her bus pass! Both stories won an apology from
Headline Sheffield
A former assistant editor at the Sheffield Star is refusing to spend his retirement pottering around the garden. Instead he’s compiling a series of books charting the city’s proud history. Peter Goodman’s first book, Headline Sheffield, has now been published
Interactive letters page may double in size
The Newcastle Evening Chronicle may be forced to expand its letters section due to public demand. Assistant Editor, Jane Pikett, told HoldTheFrontPage that the number of letters received is growing week by week. She said: “The letters page just seems
I blame Cliff Richard
Next month the Peter Pan of Pop – alias Cliff Richard – will be 60. One of the first regional daily papers to pay tribute to his apparently endless appeal to legions of fans was the Sheffield Star. And reporter
Passage to India
A lucky reader of the Sheffield Star is about to join the South Yorkshire police on an aid expedition to India and Pakistan. The paper is looking for a member of the public to join the trip and act as
Arson attack results in reader appeal
The Sheffield Star has launched an appeal to get a disabled children’s charity back on its feet after a cruel arson attack. Firebugs forced the closure of Paces, which runs a special school for youngsters with cerebral palsy. Some £20,000
Latest on RIM merger bids
Three newspaper groups have been sent “issues letters” by the Competition Commission as the next stage in the process to decide who could take over Regional Independent Media – the sixth largest regional publisher in the UK. This routine step
Media clamour for weekly editor
Editor of the Matlock Mercury Don Hale has found himself in demand as speculation rises that his quest for justice for one of Britian’s longest-serving prisoners may be about to succeed. Mr Hale believes that Stephen Downing has spent 27
Babies' football fee waived
The Sheffield Star stepped in when a Sheffield Wednesday fan was told it would cost him £22 to take his eight-month-old twin babies to watch the first home game of the season. Dad Paul Orton was set to call off
Moves for recognition
Talks are under way at newspapers around the country to thrash out agreements on recognition of the National Union of Journalists. Meetings between union representatives and management were taking place this week at the Yorkshire Evening Post and Sheffield Star
It's not all beer and skittles, says Bob
Bob Turner went to the pub seven years ago…but now he’s back. A journalist for 27 years, Bob left the Nottingham Evening Post in 1993 for a complete career change to become a licensee. Now, after successfully running a number
News In Brief – from around the regions
PIKACHU FRENZY: Is there a regional newspaper in the land that hasn’t found an angle on the Pokemon card craze? “Schools bans card craze” has become commonplace. This week, the Hull Daily Mail revealed that two youngsters were threatened with
Yorkshire Post named North East Daily Newspaper of the Year
The Yorkshire Post was yesterday named Daily Newspaper of the Year in the BT North East Press and Broadcast Awards. The Wakefield Express won the Weekly Newspaper of the Year title in a ceremony at York racecourse. HoldTheFrontPage will publish