A Western Daily Press journalist had an anxious wait at the altar – when his fiancée’s hired car broke down on the way to church. Past experiences of fast-approaching deadlines in the newsroom paled into insignificance as Matt Childe’s nerves
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Western Morning News readers have raised £12,000 in just seven days to help children in Southern Africa.The record amount for Unicef is more than any other regional paper has ever raised in such a short space of time.The paper launched
The longest two seconds
Experience SCAD – it’s the ultimate adrenaline rush and not quite as weird as it sounds. Richard Edwards, of the Western Daily Press, paid £40 for two seconds of pure terror on the Suspended Catch Air Device. It drops you
The longest two seconds
Experience SCAD – it’s the ultimate adrenaline rush and not quite as weird as it sounds. Richard Edwards, of the Western Daily Press, paid £40 for two seconds of pure terror on the Suspended Catch Air Device. It drops you
The longest two seconds
Experience SCAD – it’s the ultimate adrenaline rush and not quite as weird as it sounds. Richard Edwards, of the Western Daily Press, paid £40 for two second of pure terror on the Suspended Catch Air Device. It drops you
Regionals praised in foot and mouth inquiry
The Western Morning News and Western Daily Press were two newspapers singled out for praise in Dr Iain Anderson’s report into the foot and mouth crisis. The report – Lessons to be Learned – acknowledged the valuable role the WMN
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A 32-page supplement to celebrate the success of the Eden Project in Cornwall has been published by the Western Daily Press.It looks at the history of the popular tourist attraction near St Austell, its origins, and explores what makes it
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An appeal launched by the Ilkley Gazette three years ago to trace the crash site of a WWII bomber has been commemorated with the erection of a memorial plaque to one of the airmen.John Reilly MBE, of Lanarkshire, has bought
Tamsin on top of Somerset's news
Tamsin Jones has been appointed as news editor at Newsquest’s Taunton centre. In her new role, Tamsin will be responsible for the editorial content of the Somerset County Gazette and its sister free paper, The Star, which covers Taunton and
Retirement decisions prompt hunt for two new editors
The search has begun for successors to the editors at two Northcliffe evening papers. George Edwards is retiring from the South Wales Evening Post in Swansea after 40 years with the group, while Peter Moore is also retiring, after 20
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A newspaper run entirely by young people in Stoke-on-Trent has won £25,000 to continue reaching out to its young readership.The Whisper is the only paper in the UK written and edited by teenagers and has been a runaway success in
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The Cambridge Evening News has begun the countdown to Cambridge United’s LDV Vans trophy showdown with Blackpool on Saturday.The paper has produced hundreds of car stickers to mark the Millennium Stadium event and had the trophy on show at its
Editor will miss his life in news
The Salisbury Journal is to see a change of editor for the first time in more than 12 years. David Eidlestein will stand down in April when Bill Browne, currently editor of the Basingstoke Gazette, will take over. The pair,
Puppy power at the Post
A reporter for the Bristol Evening Post has made the headlines after she found and rescued a litter of abandoned puppies. Catherine Hole spotted the two-month-old cross-collie terriers wandering by the side of the road. And, after failing to find
On the move
Bristol United Press finance director Andrew Calvert is to fill a newly-created Northcliffe group position of corporate development director. His new role will be to advise the board on mergers and acquisition strategy, competition compliance issues and risk management. Chief
"Handout" author has died
Peter Rodford, one of the National Council for the Training of Journalist’s most active supporters for nearly 40 years, has died at his Cardiff home after a short illness aged 74. He had been a member of the NCTJ Newspaper