Two exclusive stories by the Birmingham-based Sunday Mercury about Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse are to be presented to a top inquiry team. Lord Nolan is heading an investigation into child-sex scandals across the country. An interim report is
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Massage parlour exposed
In the best traditions of the “I made my excuses and left” journalist – the Sunday Mercury in Birmingham has exposed a city massage parlour as a brothel. The club was controversially given planning permission to trade as a “tonal
£10,000 reward to bring attacker to justice
The Sunday Mercury in Birmingham has joined forces with the family of a man who was paralysed in an attack to offer a £10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction. David Davoren was almost killed by the assault in
Investigation costs phone firm £1,000
A premium rate phone firm was fined £1,000 by watchdogs following a Sunday Mercury investigation into charges levied for its information and advice line. Telecom247 runs competition, joke lines and fax-back services. The Mercury found it was sending unsolicited faxes
Mercury pulls the plug on premium-rate conmen
The Sunday Mercury has won a major battle to stamp out the ruthless conmen cashing in on premium-rate telephone lines. As a direct result of the paper’s hard-hitting Pull the Plug campaign, the Department of Trade and Industry has announced
Downward trend continues for regional newspapers
Update on the latest ABC circulation figures
Sentinel Sunday named Newspaper of the Year – again
Staff at Stoke-based title pick up top award for fourth year running
'All-round' Echo scoops Newspaper of the Year prize
Praise for Merseyside paper as Chester Chronicle and Bangor and Anglesey Mail also pick up prizes
Sentinel Sunday is named Newspaper of the Year
Sentinel Sunday has been named Newspaper of the Year at the Midlands Media Awards – completing a hat-trick for the Stoke based news team. Staff at the Sunday paper also produce daily The Sentinel, and have picked up the Newspaper
Echo is named regional newspaper of the year
The Lincolnshire Echo has been named Regional Newspaper of the Year, at the Newspaper Society’s Circulation, Editorial and Promotions Awards. The judges said it was “innovative on a quiet patch”, and its bold campaigning was praised for its intrepid efforts
Nominations revealed for Midlands event
The nominations for this year’s Midlands Media Awards have been announced. The competition attracted a record number of entries, and those in the running for an award include staff from the Nottingham Evening Post, Birmingham Post & Mail, Coventry Evening
Nominations revealed for Midlands event
Page 1 of 2 The nominations for this year’s Midlands Media Awards are: NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR The Sentinel/Sentinel Sunday Nottingham Evening Post Coventry Evening Telegraph Gloucestershire Echo North Shropshire Chronicle/Shrewsbury Chronicle Birmingham Evening Mail Sunday Mercury Express and Star
Young writers are praised for their positive reporting
Young journalist Emily Andrews was the winner of the professional category at this year’s Prince’s Trust Local Reporting Awards. She penned an article in the Birmingham Evening Mail during Local Newspaper Week to show how the Trust helped someone to
Echo scoops awards hat-trick
The South Wales Echo has scooped a hat-trick of top prizes at this year’s Trinity Mirror regional editorial awards. Editor Alistair Milburn collected trophies for Daily/Sunday Newspaper of the Year and best news pages indaily/Sunday titles, during a ceremony to
Sentinel is hailed 'the best' at regional press awards
The Sentinel has been named West Midlands Newspaper of the Year at an event to reward the best of the region’s press. For the second year running the top prize at the West Midlands Media Awards went to the Stoke
Award entries go under the scrutiny of the judges
Eight newspapers are in with a chance of being crowned Newspaper of theYear at the West Midlands Media Awards. It has been revealed that the Tamworth Herald, The Sentinel, SentinelSunday, Coventry Evening Telegraph, Shrewsbury Chronicle, Sunday Mercury,Birmingham Post and Birmingham