You just can’t keep a good man down! Just days after quitting his post at the Matlock Mercury and securing a new position at the Sunday Mercury, Don Hale been popping up on television again and is preparing the next
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Sunday Mercury to increase its East Midlands coverage
The Sunday Mercury is to expand its current East Midlands edition with the help of Don Hale. The paper’s existing coverage of Derby, Nottingham and Leicester mainly focuses on sport, and Hale has been brought on board to help pull
Big names for Sunday
Three big-name writers have joined the Sunday Mercury as it consolidates its position as the biggest-selling regional Sunday newspaper. The Birmingham-based paper, which covers a wide area of the east and west midlands, now has TV sports supremo Gary Newbon,
New projects beckon for Hale as leaving deal is struck
Award-winning editor Don Hale is to embark on a myriad of new projects when he leaves the Matlock Mercury after 16 years as editor, at the end of this month. His departure follows an uneasy few months during which he
Campaign stalwart's death
A doctor who supported a Birmingham newspaper campaign fund for more than 30 years has died, aged 83. Dr John Morrison Smith was honuorary consultant to the Sunday Mercury’s Give a Child Health Fund. Dr Smith, whose post involved assessing
Midlands lottery suspended after Mercury investigation
A Midlands lottery has been suspended after an investigation by the Sunday Mercury found it was operating illegally. The Mercury discovered that Simplex Golf Society, the promoters of Big Chance Lottery, had broken laws set by the Government to protect
Sunday Mercury devotes seven pages to murder exclusive
The Sunday Mercury has revealed how police are to investigate the possibility that the unsolved murders of up to 40 women could be linked. The paper dedicated seven pages to its exclusive story that West Midlands Police are undertaking their
Journalist cleared of attempting to pervert the course of justice
A journalist accused of trying to pervert the course of justice by asking another reporter to publish a prejudicial expose about a crack dealer has been cleared by a jury. A recorder at Birmingham Crown Court directed the jury to
Mercury man dies two days before his 90th birthday
Relatives, friends and former colleagues remembered former journalist Vivian Bird at his funeral in Birmingham yesterday (Nov 6). Mr Bird, who worked on the Birmingham Post & Mail and its sister paper the Sunday Mercury, died two days before his
Four down, six to go
The Sunday Mercury has reported that a fourth fugitive from the list of the “10 most wanted men in the West Midlands” has been arrested. The arrest is the latest success for the West Midlands Police’s pioneering crime-fighting initiative which
Experts to prowl the Midlands' 'Big Cat' country
The Leicester Mercury’s in-depth coverage of big cat sightings in its county has led a team of specialist investigators to the area. The Bristol-based Exotic Animal Register (EAR) decided to stake out fields in Leicestershire and Rutland after an increase
Another Big Brother Exclusive for Mercury re-launch
The Sunday Mercury’s new look is a hit with readers across the Midlands. Its main section was an 88-page read with a front page exclusive that Big Brother winner Craig Phillips’ best friend has been inside for drug use. Inside
Sunday Mercury to be "lighter and brighter"
A major re-launch of the Birmingham-based Sunday Mercury this weekend aims to make it “lighter and brighter”. The radical redesign, including a host of new features, comes just 10 weeks after editor David Brookes and deputy editor Paul Cole took
Trinity Mirror profits grow in the regions
Regional newspapers in the Trinity Mirror Group have seen operating profits grow by 10% to £66.8m in the last six months. Revenue profits have grown by 6.1% to £245.3m in the same period. Papers in the group – formed a
Two "most wanted" are arrested
The Sunday Mercury claimed a major success after two of the 10 most wanted men on Midland streets were arrested just a week after they were exposed by the Birmingham-based newspaper. The Mercury reported exclusively on how West Midlands Police
Reporter goes public in hisbid to quit smoking
Simon Mowbray, a Sunday Mercury reporter with a 15-cigarettes-a-day habit, is trying out the Allen Carr method of escaping the “nicotine pit”. Simon visited the Allen Carr Easy Way To Stop Smoking clinic in Birmingham for a session with group