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Editor to face public at watchdog roadshow
Western Mail editor Alan Edmunds is to link up with the Press Complaints Commission when it goes out on the road in Cardiff next month. He will be part of a panel of members from the press watchdog who will
Day out in Wales for press watchdog group
Western Mail editor Alan Edmunds joined members of the Press Complaints Commission for its public open day in Wales. The event, in Cardiff, was set up to show the Commission was not merely a London-centric organisation but a service for
Inaccuracy and intrusion
Resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC in January and February 2003. The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors
Inaccurate and intrusive?
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC during April 2002 The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors and
Papers respond to claims of inaccuracy
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC during May 2002 The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors and
Resolved complaints
Resolved complaints dealt with by the Press Complaints Commission during April, May and June, 2000 The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the
Ditching Christmas cards
Firms are being given the chance to have their corporate messages printed in the Western Mail – in return for donating cash to charity. The Mail is asking companies not to send corporate Christmas cards to each other this year
"Shameful cover up" on foot and mouth
The Government’s decision to avoid a full public inquiry into the foot and mouth crisis has been slammed as a “shameful cover-up” by the editor of the Western Morning News. Barrie Williams was speaking following a High Court ruling that
Papers team up to demand action
A petition demonstrating anger over the Government’s failure to hold a public inquiry into foot and mouth has been delivered to Tony Blair. The huge petition, signed by 146,500 people, was handed over at Downing Street. It calls on the
Editor's local produce plea
A newspaper that has campaigned for farmers and the wider rural community during the devastating foot and mouth crisis has opened its campaign on a new front. The Western Morning News has launched a massive campaign to achieve a huge
Minister attacks calls for public inquiry
Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael has hit out at the Newcastle Journal and its readers who are backing a campaign for a public inquiry into foot-and-mouth. So far 22,330 Journal readers have signed its petition calling for a full and
90,000 sign papers' petitions for public inquiry
More than 90,000 people have told the Government it must review its decision not to hold a full public inquiry into the foot and mouth crisis by signing a petition from four regional newspapers. The petition, jointly launched by the
Strong call for inquiry
More than 43,000 people have now signed petitions on foot and mouth disease which are being run by the Western Morning News, the Newcastle Journal, Western Mail, Farmers Weekly and Horse & Hound. They are calling for a full public
Daily Press on board inF&M protest
The Western Daily Press has launched a new campaign calling for a full public inquiry into the foot-and-mouth epidemic. It follows moves by the Western Morning News, the Newcastle Journal and the Western Mail, which have linked up to put
Nerves of steel in fight against closure
Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan is backing the Western Mail’s efforts to save the steel industry in Wales. The paper launched its campaign after steel giant Corus announced plans to close the Llanwern steel finishing plant with the loss of