The Somerset County Gazette took centre stage in the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions when Taunton’s Tory MP Adrian Flook, posing his debut query at the traditional examination of the PM, quizzed Tony Blair about the future of
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'Spiritual' September 11 book reveals journalist's vocation
A former Somerset County Gazette journalist has written a spiritual biography on the first registered victim of the September 11 terrorist attack on New York. Mike Ford worked for the Gazette for eight years, during which time he began to
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Broadcaster Brian Barron was guest of honour at a graduation day for students at Falmouth College of Arts.Among the 496 graduates were media studies, creative writing, broadcasting studies and photography students.Brian Barron is the BBC’s foreign correspondent of 35 years
Dawn goes OTT in Taunton
As an editorial assistant with the Somerset County Gazette, Dawn Case often goes beyond the call of duty – but now she’s gone way over the top. With other volunteers she abseiled from the top of Taunton’s Debenhams store to
Tamsin on top of Somerset's news
Tamsin Jones has been appointed as news editor at Newsquest’s Taunton centre. In her new role, Tamsin will be responsible for the editorial content of the Somerset County Gazette and its sister free paper, The Star, which covers Taunton and
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The South Wales Argus has launched a Young and Positive Award aimed at highlighting goodnews about teenagers in its circulation area.A £500 cash prize, donated by sponsors Consignia, is on offer for the mostoustanding example of a young and positive
Reader research leads to revamp
It’s a new look for the new year at the Somerset County Gazette. The paper has been revamped to make it easier to read after a survey to find out what the readers wanted to see. Different sections of the
Readers' views are sought
Readers of Taunton-based Newsquest titles are being surveyed on a number of topical issues. The Bridgwater Mercury is asking readers to vote on whether a 40ft willow sculpture alongside the M5 motorway – recently destroyed by arsonists – should be
Hague chooses the Gazette
William Hague chose the Somerset County Gazette for his first exclusive interview of the 2001 general election. The Conservative leader met chief reporter Phil Hill during a visit to Taunton and told him that the constituency was ‘very winnable’. Mr
Commitment gets results
Staff at the Somerset County Gazette are celebrating an increase in sales. Latest figures issued by the Audit Bureau of Circulation show the paper sold an average 30,524 copies per week in the period of January to June – an
Countdown to BT awards for cream of the weeklies
Staff at nine weekly newspapers will find out tomorrow (Thursday) if they have scooped one of the top prizes in British journalism. The papers were regional winners in the annual BT Press and Broadcast Awards and have gone on to
Weekly Newspaper Awards 2000
The Newspaper Society’s Weekly Newspaper Awards 2000 were announced at a gala dinner in Newcastle after the Weekly Newspaper Conference. Here is the full list: Best advertisement feature – Paid-for weekly newspapers Winner: Somerset County Gazette Highly Commended: Luton News/Dunstable
'What I miss now is not knowing what is happening until I read it in the paper'
by HoldTheFrontPage staff When Lloyd Jefferies started work as an apprentice reporter with the Wellington Weekly News way back in 1938, little did he realise that he would end up as the paper’s editor. In this article, reproduced from the
Awards hopefuls line up for prestigious BT final
The cream of the regional media will be saluted on Thursday as the prestigious BT national awards for excellence are handed out. A quality field of entrants, already crowned regional winners in nine heats across the country, has been chosen
Gazette beats ban on identifying gang leader
The Somerset County Gazette has successfully fought off an attempt to ban it identifying a 17-year-old gang leader given an anti-social behaviour order. The victory for press freedom was a case of third time lucky for the Taunton-based Newsquest title.
Pharmacy fight wins support
A Somerset weekly newspaper is backing a campaign to reinstate an out-of-hours pharmacy service. Almost 750 names have been collected on Somerset County Gazette petitions in support of Wellington Town Council’s campaign to keep the out-of-hours pharmacy service in the