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
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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
Ad revenues continue to drop at Trinity Mirror
Group’s regional division saw advertising revenues drop by 10.4 per cent in first four months of 2006
Ad revenues for Trinity Mirror regionals expected to fall 9.7 per cent
Trading update says no improvement is expected for the rest of the year
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Compact Mail set for autumn launch
The Western Mail has announced plans to convert to a compact format this autumn. The move follows extensive market research by the Cardiff-based newspaper, which showed “overwhelming support” for the idea from readers. The change from a broadsheet format comes
Revenues growth expected at Trinity Mirror
Trinity Mirror is expecting advertising and circulation revenues across all its businesses to have improved on last year, according to its latest trading update. The group, which publishes more than 250 titles, has said that overall advertising revenues for the
Redesign puts Echo 'at the heart of South Wales'
The South Wales Echo, the largest selling evening newspaper in Wales, has a fresh new look, with a new masthead, new sections and new supplements. Following extensive market research, the Cardiff-based title has also unveiled a new strapline, At the
Operating profits up 4.4 per cent for group's regional titles
Trinity Mirror’s regional newspapers saw operating profits increase by 4.4 per cent to £120.1m in 2002, the group has announced. The figures were revealed in the group’s preliminary results for the year ending December 29, 2002, which also showed that
Titles show "encouraging signs" of ad growth
Trinity Mirror has released its latest set of trading results, which show encouraging advertising growth in the past two months. The figures are an update for the second half of the financial year and are issued prior to the preliminary
Trinity "on target" for £32m cost saving
The regional newspaper arm of Trinity Mirror was one of the company’s strengths as half-year profits fell slightly on last year. Pre-tax profits were down to £78.4m from £80.6m. Advertising revenue among the regionals was down just 2.2 per cent,