The Shields Gazette got the inside story on a man who had climbed to the top of the Tyne Bridge, after he called the newsdesk to tell his tale during a four-and-half-hour protest. Staff were shocked to receive the unusual
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Conservative Party co-chairman Lord Maurice Saatchi was the guest at a Newspaper Society presidential lunch for regional publishers and editors.He was the co-founder of Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising in 1970 and is now a partner in M&C Saatchi. He was
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Belfast Telegraph journalist Mary Fitzgerald has won a fellowship which will take her to the Washington Post for three months this summer.Mary, who has been at the Telegraph almost three years after completing a postgraduate journalism course at the University
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Archant Norfolk is opening a new city centre office in Norwich.Most of the staff from the company’s main reception at Prospect House will move to the new unit, part of the city’s Forum complex. The Gloucestershire Echo has scored a
Journalism examiner steps down
Bill Wood, the chief examiner for journalism training organisation the NCTJ, has stepped down from the key role. He worked full time at the National Council for the Training of Journalists for 17 years until 1992 and for many years
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The Scotsman has celebrated the publication of its 50,000th edition.The paper launched in 1817 at 10p per copy – a price that would be the equivalent of £2 today. Steam enthusiasts took to the rails in memory of Bristol Evening
More press trips to the Gulf are announced
More regional press journalists will travel to the Gulf as part of the Regional Press Corps, a facility organised by The Newspaper Society. The trips are being organised for the run-up to Christmas, to give the UK regional press the
Journalist is jailed for indecent assault
A journalist has been jailed for three years for carrying out a string of indecent assaults against a five-year-old girl. Former Shields Gazette chief sub-editor David Blakelock gained the trust of the girl’s mother and then abused her daughter while
Long hours payment to north-east journalists
A one-off cash payment has been made to Johnston Press journalists in the north-east to make up for “exceptionally” long hours being worked while changes are made at their newspapers. The problem was brought to the attention of management at
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Complaints made by parents about ‘selfish’ people parking in parent and child parking spaces at local shops, prompted the Aberdeen Evening Express to visit Safeway’s King Street store to see for themselves the problem which is causing such outcry.In just
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Former foreign secretary Lord Hurd will be a guest speaker at the Bristol Evening Post’s eighth Literary Lunch in October.The former Conservative cabinet minister’s memoirs are due to be published days before the event and he will be joined there
Retirement for John – who broke into journalism at 48
Sports editor John Cornforth is retiring after 16 years with the Shields Gazette – and proving it’s never too late to change horses in mid-life. John, a grandfather of six, has reached the ripe old age of 65 and will
Press picture leads to three-year terms for young robbers
Two brothers who robbed a shop assistant have been put behind bars thanks to the Shields Gazette. The paper printed closed circuit television pictures taken during the raid, and their publication led to the brothers’ arrest and subsequent court appearance.
Regional newspapers' war correspondents prepare to fly
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