Three undercover reporters from the Sentinel Sunday went out to test church services as “mystery worshippers” after an attack from a senior clergyman on the way the Church of England gets its message across. The investigative exercise has been welcomed
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A new memorial to World War II hero Colin Grazier has been erected in the Tamworth suburb of Two Gates – the final goal in the Tamworth Herald’s long-running campaign to honour the sailor who died during a mission to
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Newsquest’s American parent company Gannett has said its second-quarter profits success has been helped by the UK subsidary’s operations.Stronger advertising revenue at Newsquest, which publishes more than 300 titles, including 17 dailies, and atotal weekly circulation/ distribution of 10.8m copies,
£12m investment for newspaper HQ
A £12m investment at the Stoke Sentinel head offices will allow up to 80,000 papers to be printed every hour. The investment by Northcliffe Newspapers means a second Goss Colorliner 80 press has been installed at the Etruria site to
New weekly hits market town
A new weekly paper has hit the streets of the market town of Leek this week. Your Leek Paper has been set up by several former employees of the Staffordshire-based Leek Post & Times, which was recently bought by the
Reporter 'shocked' after racist attack
A reporter at The Sentinel in Stoke-on-Trent has spoken of his shock at becoming the victim of a racist attack. Seb Short, (22), had been on a night out with colleagues in Newcastle-Under-Lyme when the incident occurred. Seb, who is
Two punches that changed my life
It states on my birth certificate that I am half English and half Iranian. But seeing as I never knew my natural father – who gave me my Persian blood – was born and raised in England and adopted to
Former editor dies aged 72
Former newspaper editor Bill Sneyd has died after a short illness. He was 72. He had edited the Lincolnshire Echo and the Hull Daily Mail, and before his retirement was the London editor of the Northcliffe Group. Born in Stoke-on-Trent,
Weekly series gets a new editor
The Leek, Cheadle and Uttoxeter Post & Times has appointed a new editor in Doug Pickford. He takes charge of a series of paid-for weeklies with a combined circulation of around 18,000, comprising the The Leek Post & Times, Cheadle
Raft of promotions at The Sentinel
The Sentinel has made a number of changes to senior staff, headed by features editor Peter Bossley being promoted to assistant editor of Sentinel Sunday. He has been working at the Stoke-on-Trent papers since 1996 when he joined as a
E-tour of Sentinel newsroom!
Children across Staffordshire are set to learn about the world of newspapers without stepping foot outside their classrooms. The Sentinel has teamed up with Staffordshire Partnership to produce a virtual tour of the industry, in CD Rom form, which will
Mayoral race is brought into focus
The fast-moving race to be the first elected Mayor of Stoke is the subject of the latest new module on Northcliffe Electronic Publishing’s This is… websites. The Sentinel at Stoke is covering the election in huge detail, because of the
Sentinel office suffers smoke damage
The Sentinel office in Stafford was inches away from being caught up a blaze when the restaurant beneath caught fire. Two fire crews attended the scene when flames flashed up a back wall where repairs were being carried out. Polyurethane
Death of former sports editor
Former Stoke Sentinel sports editor Peter Buxton has died, aged 80. He worked at the paper for 37 years and was head of sport for 27 of them. He began his journalism career at the old City Times, and following
Evening Post editor named
Spencer Feeney has been named the new editor of the South Wales Evening Post. Currently editor of The Citizen in Gloucester, Spencer will take over from the Post’s current editor, George Edwards, when he retires in October. It will be
Floored by right hook from a psychic
A reporter from The Sentinel has been floored by what he labelled “a mystical right hook” from a psychic who seemed to know all about him from 200 miles away – on the end of a telephone. John Woodhouse said: