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Cat tales from the West Country

Big cat stories have cropped up in the regional press with monotonous regularity over the years – and the year 2000 has started with a bumper crop. The Citizen in Gloucester has reported this year on the discovery of four

News NIBs from around the regions

PULL THE UDDER ONE: Dairy farmers are turning to aromatherapy in a bid to cure mastitis in their cows, reports The Telegraph & Argus, Bradford. A former farmer from Skipton has created a blend of lavender, eucalyptus, geranium and damask

And it's goodbye from me!

Page 1 of 2 She’s done the lot – investigations, features, reporting and reviewing – but now it’s time for Western Morning News feature writer Gloria Schofield to pack away her notebook and unglue the phone from her ear. As

Gaz-guzzling unity

Freelance journalist Lynne Curry has little sympathy for mad-eyed hysterical motorists who remove their brains and put them in a bucket before entering a discussion about car use. This column first appeared in the Western Morning News. What marvellous irony

Newspaper ready to publish after beating Govt gag

The Western Morning News has won its secrecy battle with the Government over making public a report into repairs to a leaky tunnel at the gateway to Cornwall. The row blew up when a local MP found that a Highways

Legal challenge could see "libellous" report go public

The Western Morning News has issued a legal challenge to the Government over its attempt to “cover up” a secret report. Transport Minister David Jamieson has refused to publish a document commissioned by the Highways Agency about the Saltash Tunnel

Resolved complaints

Resolved complaints dealt with by the Press Complaints Commission during April, May and June 2001 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

Resolved complaints

Resolved complaints dealt with by the Press Complaints Commission during October, November and December 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

£10,000 in three days' post

The Western Morning News’ Christmas appeal to raise money for food and medical aid for people in Kenya has already raised £10,000. Staff are delighted with the response which has come in only three days’ post. In association with the

Kenya mission for WMN pair

The Western Morning News has launched a Christmas appeal to raise money for food and medical aid for people in Kenya. In association with the African Medical and Research Foundation, the paper is aiming to provide both emergency and long-term

FRED success

A new appeal has raised enough cash to buy a heart defibrillator after just two weeks. The Western Morning News campaign has scored an early success by raising £4,400 for the FRED – First Response Emergency Defibrillator – appeal. They

Save lives with Fred

Readers in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset are being given the chance to support Fred – and save lives. Fred, in this instance, is a mobile machine to treat heart attacks, and the campaign is a joint venture between the Western

Tolls plan hits a nerve

A campaign to stop VAT being charged on Tamar Bridge tolls has captured the imagination of Western Morning News readers. Hundreds have written in voicing their support, with coupons printed in the paper being sent back by the sackload. The

Fuel for the lifeboats

Readers of the Western Morning News are poised to reach their cash target to fuel each of the Westcountry’s 34 lifeboats for a year. The Fuel for the Lifeboats fund was launched to mark the 175th anniversary of the lifeboat

WMN nears double campaign success

The Western Morning News has reached a milestone with one campaign and is counting down to the climax of another. More than 100,000 people have signed the paper’s petition to save rural post offices. The six-figure barrier was smashed after