Nine editorial staff from the regional press will travel to the Gulf with the Ministry of Defence in the event of war breaking out with Iraq. The seven reporters and two photographers would travel as war correspondents and have been
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The Evening Express in Aberdeen has launched a major campaign to protect Stonehaven’s historic harbour.Scottish Water plans to build a sewage plant at the heart of the tourist hot spot, but the paper feels this would be a violation of
Heroic Huw is a life-saver
A North East journalist is to receive a top life-saver award for rescuing a teenager from the Tyne. Huw Lewis, (31), has been awarded a Royal Humane Society testimonial after he waded into the river to save 19-year-old Spencer Bailey
Media manager on the move
Victoria Coulson, Media Centre manager at the Middlebrough Evening Gazette, is leaving to take up a wider role within Trinity Mirror. Victoria, (36), has been involved in developing links between schools and the newspaper during the past nine years. And
Echo and Gazette to get new editors
The Sunderland Echo is to get a new editor as Andrew Smith steps aside to concentrate on a new role within the company. He will become full-time editorial director of Northeast Press Ltd, and will be succeeded by Rob Lawson,
Former newsman dies aged 99
A former managing director of the North of England Newspaper Company has died aged 99. Shannan Stevenson became managing director of the former publishing company, whose portfolio included the Northern Echo, in 1950 and steered it through the print strike
Johnston plans to buy RIM in £560m deal
Johnston Press is planning to buy Regional Independent Media for £560m. Johnston, the UK’s fourth-largest regional newspaper group, is launching a £220m rights issue of shares in connection with the deal. The deal is agreed and has already been approved
Gazette searches for model readers
The Shields Gazette is giving its readers the chance to win a modelling contract. Wannabe models will have the chance to strut their stuff on the catwalk at a fashion show organised by the paper – and two of them
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A loan company that was exposed by the Manchester Evening News – for targeting the poor and then keeping them hanging on £1-a-minute premium phone calls – has been fined £1,000 by phone watchdogs.More than 45 people complained to the
Gazette offers reward
The Shields Gazette has put up a £1,500 reward to catch the killer of a homeless man who died on South Shields seafront. Ex-soldier Richard Jones, (47), was battered to death a week ago. Police say there has been a
Johnston revenues growing
Revenues are growing at Johnston Press, despite a national advertising slump. Circulation of the group’s weekly newspapers remains stable but the nine evening titles are currently showing small declines in a tough period for the industry as a whole. But
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Wolves boss Dave Jones took time out from his footballing exploits to visit the headquarters of the Express & Star.The high-flying Division One boss won September’s manager of the month and joined his chief executive and commercial manager for a
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Our weekly news round-up… A campaign from the Gloucester Citizen to give tougher sentences to criminals has moved a step forward.The paper had been trying to hold the Labour Government to a pledge that Jack Straw made when he was
Advertising growth boosts Johnston
Johnston Press has announced a growth in advertising revenues for the year – despite tough trading conditions in the industry as a whole. Circulation of its weekly titles is “marginally ahead” overall, but its evening titles are showing a slight
Gazette organises guns amnesty
Air gun attacks could be coming to an end in South Tyneside – thanks to the Shields Gazette. The paper is making a concerted effort to outlaw the dangerous ‘toys’ – one of which claimed the life of 14-year-old boy
Gazette's Send Elliott to Oz appeal off to a flying start
An appeal launched by the Shields Gazette just two weeks ago has raised £5,000 to help send a young boy to Australia to undergo a vital brain operation. Eight-year-old Elliott Lamb was diagnosed four years ago as having gelastic epilepsy,