The assistant editor of the Coventry Evening Telegraph, Paul Simoniti, has died aged 43. He had been battling against cancer and died in Myton Hospice in Warwick. Paul began his career on the Nuneaton Evening Tribune as a reporter and
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Amardeep Bassey to be freed
Sunday Mercury journalist Amardeep Bassey took a step towards freedom today as his deportation was arranged by the Pakistan authorities. He has been held for 28 days after attempting to return to Pakistan from Afghanistan without the required exit stamp
Amardeep Bassey is freed
Amardeep Bassey, the Sunday Mercury journalist arrested in Pakistan last month amid spying allegations, has arrived back in the UK. He was deported from Pakistan on Thursday night and arrived at London Heathrow this morning on a connecting flight from
Journalist still awaiting deportation
Amardeep Bassey, the Sunday Mercury journalist being held in Pakistan, is still waiting to be deported despite his release being rubber-stamped by the Interior Ministry in Islamabad. It had been hoped that Amardeep (pictured) would be released without charge by
Amardeep's "release expected by Tuesday"
Amardeep Bassey, the Sunday Mercury journalist held in Pakistan amid claims of spying, is expected to be released without charge by Tuesday. After reviewing a report of Amardeep’s case, based on his interrogation, the Home Secretary of the North West
New Gazette editor named
Stephen Dyson has been appointed the new editor of the Evening Gazette, Middlesbrough. He will take over from Paul Robertson, who next week becomes editor of the Evening Chronicle, Newcastle. Stephen, (34), is currently deputy editor of the Birmingham Evening
Amardeep awaits decision
A Sunday Mercury journalist held by the authorities in Pakistan amid claims of espionage has been placed in a lower security facility. Amardeep Bassey had been held at the Joint Interrogation Centre in Peshawar after he was found not to
"Crucial day" for Midlands journalist
A judicial review hearing which could decide the fate of the Sunday Mercury journalist being held by the authorities in Pakistan will take place tomorrow. Amardeep Bassey (left) was detained in the border town of Torkham 12 days ago when
Trinity papers press ahead
The Evening Gazette in Middlesbrough has been given planning permission to extend its Borough Road premises to allow a new printing press to be installed. The new press will significantly increase colour capacity and could be operational by as early
Jailed journalist makes contact from Pakistan
The Sunday Mercury journalist being held by the authorities in a jail in Pakistan has managed to send two messages to his editor. The notes, sent by email by a friend outside the prison, represent the first direct contact since
Midlands journalist held in Pakistan
A Sunday Mercury journalist is being held by the authorities in Pakistan. Amardeep Bassey, (29), the paper’s investigations editor, was arrested on Friday when he tried to return to Pakistan from Afghanistan. He had been reporting on the upheavals in
Sunday Mercury exposes "brothel"
The manageress of a gentleman’s club has been ordered to pay £4,000 after being exposed in an undercover Sunday Mercury investigation. She was prosecuted after Mercury reporter Simon Mowbray was offered sex and a massage while posing as a client
Midlands websitessimply 'click'
A new network of websites with a local focus has been launched around the country by Trinity Mirror. Sister sites icBirmingham and icCoventry have been set up in the Midlands, backed by Trinity’s regional papers, including the Sunday Mercury. The
New faces and promotions at Sunday title
Andy Mallabone (39) has been appointed head of design on the Sunday Mercury, the Birmingham-based Trinity Mirror tabloid. He was previously on secondment from the Birmingham Evening Mail and had been heavily involved in the recent relaunch of the title.
Presenter broadcasts from Telegraph's offices
The Coventry Evening Telegraph made its own headlines when a local radio presenter visited its offices to present his morning show. Ed Doolan, from BBC WM, chatted to reporters, press room operators and editor Alan Kirby to find out how
Mercury reporter tracks down Taliban recruiter in Pakistan
A former Wolverhampton student has been exposed by the Sunday Mercury as a “traitor” who is luring British Muslims to Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban. Reporter Amardeep Bassey travelled to Lahore in Pakistan and secured the first interview for