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Browne moves into top role

Bill Browne has been appointed publisher of Newsquest Salisbury. Recently appointed to the editorship of the titles published by Salisbury Newspapers – including the Salisbury Journal and Avon Advertiser – he has now moved to the cathedral city in the

Death of former Echo man

A man who worked at the Southern Daily Echo for 50 years has died. Wilfred James Benham, who was 90, started work at the Daily Echo in 1926 as a copy boy to reporters and sub-editors. His wage was 8s

Mark Jones steps up to editorship

Mark Jones is the new editor of Gazette Newspapers at Basingstoke. Mark (right) – who started his career in 1985 at the Evening News in Worcester, has been deputy editor at Gazette Newspapers since February 1997. Prior to working in

Alyson takes on "toughest" rally

Motoring writer Alyson Marlow has joined forces with top Canadian rally driver Pat Richard for an assault on one of the country’s toughest rally championships. The pair have just completed their first event together as part of the Peugeot 206

News in brief

The East Anglian Daily Times and Evening Star, Ipswich, have teamed up with Anglia Railways in a new sponsorship deal which is part of a £3m investment by the train operator at Ipswich station.The sponsorship provides a welcome sign at

Ali strikes a pose

Meet Ali Kefford – the Southern Daily Echo’s very own Kate Winslet! In what is believed to be a civilian first, the paper’s chief feature writer struck the famous pose from Titanic on HMS Southampton as the Type-42 destroyer sailed

Handbags and gladrags? No – fishnets and medallions!

Visitors to the Southern Daily Echo in Southampton could have been forgiven for thinking they had stepped on to the set of Chicago. Heartbeats were raised as the paper’s female staff slipped into fishnets to raise money for a Southampton-based

Third editorship for Bill

Bill Browne, editor-in-chief of Gazette Newspapers, is leaving Basingstoke to take up his third editorship. After six years Bill will leave the Gazette on March 22 and take up his new role as editor of the Salisbury Journal and Avon

Journalist claims TV's Millionaire was his idea

The man who claims the hit ITV show Who Wants to be a Millionaire was his idea is a journalist who used to work for the Southern Daily Echo. Still based in Southampton, Mike Bull now operates as a freelance.

Death of a Princess

Page 2 of 2 Editor Steve Hall said: “Two of our editions had already gone by the time the announcement was made. “We immediately stopped the run and did a page one and inside spread ready to go inside an

Island life reflected in new website

Newsquest Southern has stepped-up its offensive on the Isle of Wight market with the launch of a new website dedicated to inhabitants of the island. The Southern Daily Echo recently introduced a weekly Isle of Wight edition, which is shipped

Warning story leads to prison for school gates man

A front-page story in the Southern Daily Echo led to an investigation that has sent a man to prison for four years for two indecent assaults on a five-year-old girl. The article led police to their suspect and as a

Record attendance at media careers day

More than 2,500 people have attended the biggest media careers event ever held in the south. The Southern Media Careers Information Day, which was backed by the Southern Daily Echo, was held at the Southampton Guildhall. The event allowed potential

News in brief

A former Southern Daily Echo reporter has won a top honour in her new role as a television journalist.Christine Alsford was named best regional TV journalist at the Royal Television Society Southern Centre Awards 2001.Before leaving the Echo in the

Daily Echo sets the scene at the theatre

A huge set decorated with 12,000 copies of the Southern Daily Echo is to form the backdrop for a youth theatre’s latest production. A cast of 77 young people from the Eastleigh Borough Youth Theatre are to stage the musical

Sahara rally beckons for Alyson

A Westcountry journalist is gearing up for a rallying adventure that will take her across Europe to the Sahara Desert and back. Alyson Marlow, a motoring writer for the Southern Daily Echo, will embark on the 21 day trip on