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Press Gazette award winners
Winners of the Press Gazette Regional Press Awards have received their prizes from former Coventry Evening Telegraph journalist Dermot Murnaghan – who now presents ITV’s nightly news. The top prize of Newspaper of the Year, sponsored by National Savings, was
Banks's Midlands Press Photographer of the Year Award Winners
Award-winners from the Express and Star, Wolverhampton: Geoff Wright (front) with Tim Sturgess (left), Marie Morrison and Tim Thursfield. Press Photographer of the YearWinner:Tim Easthope (Birmingham Post & Mail) Click here to see his pictures Runner-up:Christopher Radburn (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
Football team bares all for press snapper Jane
A football club’s bid to raise money for Cancer Research led to an unusual assignment for press snapper Jane Jordan when she was asked to photograph the entire – naked – team. Chasetown FC decided to bare their souls –
Tributes paid to former chief photographer
Former Sunday Mercury chief photographer Ken Green has died, aged 67, after a year-long battle against leukaemia. Peter Whitehouse, a past editor of the Mercury, pays tribute to one of Britain’s best lensmen. Ken Green was one of the most
Midlands photographers are a picture of success
The cream of Midlands press photography has been recognised at the eighth annual Banks’s Midlands Press Photographer Awards. Twenty prizes were handed during a presentation at Edgbaston cricket ground, and the winners included Max Ewen of the Leicester Mercury. He
Top of the shots: Awards recognise photo talent
The Banks’s Midlands Press Photographer awards have announced winners in ten categories to recognise the talents of newspaper photographers all over the region. The Press Photographer of the Year is Roy Kilcullen of the Coventry Evening Telegraph, whose portfolio of
'Quality journalism' plea for Trinity Mirror's midlands titles
MPs and business figures will be guests at breakfast meeting to discuss future of key newspapers
MPs call for investment in Midlands newspapers
Early Day Motion says any new owner of Trinity Mirror titles should move to “boost editorial quality”
Post & Mail plans city centre move
Planning application could pave the way for relocation to more modern building
'Keep Mail an evening paper', urges NUJ petition
More than 100 staff put their names to letter for publisher
Mail's Sports Argus is sent off
Falling sales prompt closure of standalone Saturday sports edition after more than 100 years
Sub-editor tells of tornado terror
Journalist feared for her safety as her home and car were hit by extreme weather
Mercury editor in demand as 'alert edition' boosts sales by eight per cent
Team worked through bomb scare to produce special edition on the drama
Mercury sets up face-to-face Q&A with Tory leader Howard
Tory leader Michael Howard has visited the Birmingham newsroom of the Sunday Mercury for a face-to-face question-and-answer session from readers. The meeting, set up by Mercury head of content Tony Larner, brought readers face-to-face with Mr Howard – and they
New chairman for Newspaper Conference
Post & Mail political editor succeeds Kirsty Buchanan