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Tributes paid to journalist found dead at cliffs

Tributes have been paid to a former regional press journalist who died after falling from cliffs. The body of Robert House was found at the foot of cliffs in Rhossili last week. Police are not treating his death as suspicious.

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A new book on self-regulation of the press has been published by Richard Shannon, a professor of modern history at the University of Wales in Swansea.The 400-page A Press Free and Responsible – Self regulation and the Press Complaints Commission

New editor chosen for south Wales daily

Richard Williams is to become the new editor of the South Wales Echo. Currently editor-in-chief of the Evening Leader in Wrexham, he will succeed Alastair Milburn, who announced plans to launch his own media and PR agency earlier this year.