A number of promotions has been announced for senior editorial staff at the Derby Evening Telegraph, as editor Mike Norton strengthens his newsroom team. Mick Hill has been appointed assistant editor. Mick, (32), began his career at the Leicester Herald
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New Gazette editor
Damian Holmes has been named successor to Phil Pledger as editor of the Whitby Gazette. Damian, formerly the deputy at Whitby, is now in post and looking forward to taking the 13,000-circulation weekly forward, with the help of his seven
"Terrific response" in search for new Whitby editor
Interviews for a new editor of the Whitby Gazette are currently taking place. David Penman, editorial director of Johnston Press’s Yorkshire Regional Newspapers, said there had been “a terrific response” to advertisements for a successor to Phil Pledger. Applications had
Disabled to benefit from Evening News appeal
A badly-needed new rescource centre for disabled children is to be built after a terrific reader response to a £250,000 appeal. Donations have poured into the Scarborough Evening News Millennium Appeal since it was launched in September. The cash that
Gazette 'steps up' campaign to raise £199,000
The Whitby Gazette has raised more than £199,000 in 14 weeks to save the town’s historic 199 steps. The newspaper launched an appeal asking readers to sponsor the grade one listed steps which lead up to St Mary’s Church for
Petition to protect maternity sevices goes online
The Whitby Gazette is launching a campaign to save threatened maternity services – and to make the Scarborough and District Health Trust think twice before considering cuts in the area. The Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust is
Mail crowned Yorkshire Newspaper of the Year for third time
Ceremony in Leeds saw 18 prizes handed out last night – see the full roll of honour here
Sir Bernard Ingham to entertain news staff on regional press awards night
Journalists from across Yorkshire will be fighting it out for the prizes at the Yorkshire Press Awards later this week. News staff from across the county will gather at the Thorpe Park Hotel and Spa in Leeds on Thursday, when
Contenders line up as judges make their choices
The finalists for the Newspaper Society Weekly Newspaper Awards 2004 are: Editorial categories Aberdeen IndependentBangor & Anglesey MailBirkenhead NewsBristol ObserverCornish GuardianDunfermline PressEdgware & Mill Hill TimesEssex ChronicleHinckley TimesHunts PostIsle of Man CourierKent on SundayKentish Express (Ashford)Kentish Gazette (Canterbury)Manchester Metro NewsNorth
National honour for coastal campaigner
A 16-page full-colour lifeboat supplement has won a local newspaper a prestigious national award. The twice-weekly Whitby Gazette picked up the prize for its work to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Whitby lifeboat station. The supplement was included with every