Two papers in South Wales are teaming up to raise cash to help the families of victims of the explosion at Port Talbot’s steel plant. The South Wales Evening Post, and its sister paper The Courier, have set up the
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Readers raise £550,000
A new cancer unit paid for entirely by readers of the South Wales Evening Post has opened its doors to patients. The newly-completed £550,000 Cancer Institute was paid for by the paper’s successful Cancer Appeal and the Cancer Fund which
Evening Post gives its side of the story
The South Wales Evening Post has hit back at Swansea council leader Lawrence Bailey over his claims that the newspaper has been publishing “bizarre” stories about the authority. In a statement published in the Evening Post, Councillor Bailey claimed the
Death of Jim Smith
Former Western Mail journalist Jim Smith has died, aged 62. He had worked for The Western Mail for more than 20 years, most of that time covering his home county of Pembrokeshire. He started his career at the Western Telegraph
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A new £550,000 cancer research institute has opened, funded by donations from readers of the South Wales Evening Post.The centre, in the grounds of Swansea’s Singleton Hospital, is hoped to be one of the best in the country for cancer
Readers support gave orphan a better start in life
A Romanian orphan who escaped poverty thanks to readers of the South Wales Evening Post is celebrating her tenth birthday. Nicholetta Codreanu’s plight was first featured in the Evening Post in December 1993. A front-page article showed the appalling conditions
Former Evening Post chief photographer dies
Former South Wales Evening Post chief photographer Len Pitson has died aged 68, after a three-and-a-half year battle with stomach cancer. Mr Pitson worked at the Evening Post for 45 years, starting as a trainee photographer in 1948 and retiring
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An elderly war veteran, whose electric wheelchair was wrecked by vandals, has been overwhelmed by the generosity of readers of the Croydon Guardian.The newspaper told how the incident had left Fred Taylor a prisoner in his own home, prompting dozens
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The blanket-knitting record is set to be broken for the Idle Tide feast celebrated near Bradford – and the Telegraph and Argus is set to feature heavily in the celebrations.The blanket being created is emblazoned with the letters T&A as
Photographer hopes to raise money for unit
A former South Wales Evening Post photographer, who is fighting a terminal illness, has launched an appeal in aid of the chemotherapy unit at a Swansea Hospital. Len Pitson, (68), former chief photographer at the Post, is hoping to raise
Former Post man to head ITC publicity
Former South Wales Evening Post reporter Huw Rossiter is to be head of public affairs at the Independent Television Commission. The journalist will join the London based-company to be head of press and publicity. His role will involve managing the
How to give up smoking
A journalist from Wales has managed to give up smoking – and raise a wedge of money for charity whilst he was at it. Brian Walters, the political editor of the South Wales Evening Post, decided to quit the evil
Evening Post launches search for new media stars
The South Wales Evening Post has launched a competition to find two young reporters and two young photographers for the year 2001. After the success of the paper’s competition last year, it is again calling on youngsters to show off
Former Wales reporterdies abroad
A former journalist and motoring enthusiast from South Wales has died of a sudden heart attack in Dubai. Mike Williams, (56), started in journalism as a junior reporter with the Carmarthen Journal before becoming a reporter with the Herald of
Writers' websites take off
www.toowrite.com a website launched by the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 2000 has announced the £1,000 winner of its first non-fiction writing competition. More than 1,000 entries were received from people all over the UK and abroad writing about their
From truth to fiction
Top fantasy writer Mark Chadbourn (pictured left) once spent his working day committing more mundane matters to print as the Swadlincote district reporter for the Burton Mail. After a spell on the Birmingham Post & Mail, he took voluntary redundancy