Former Yorkshire Evening Post reporter Barry Plumb has died, aged 58. Barry joined the Evening Post in the late 1960s and was the paper’s motoring correspondent for many years. He was a popular figure among journalism circles in Leeds and
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Strike action set to hit after union vote
The Wakefield Express and its sister papers are set to suffer three days of industrial action over pay with National Union of Journalists members voting to strike on Wednesday and Thursday March 27 and 28, and on Tuesday April 2.
Johnston plans to buy RIM in £560m deal
Johnston Press is planning to buy Regional Independent Media for £560m. Johnston, the UK’s fourth-largest regional newspaper group, is launching a £220m rights issue of shares in connection with the deal. The deal is agreed and has already been approved
Lockwood launch imminent
The Dewsbury & District Press is due to hit the streets shortly in an operation designed to offer keen competition to existing local titles. It is being set up by former Dewsbury Reporter and Lancaster Guardian editor Danny Lockwood. From
Stay safe in cyberspace
A website that provides support and advice for bullied children has launched a new section to help them stay safe in cyberspace. The Internet safety section is part of www.bullying.co.uk, run by Liz Carnell, a sub-editor at the Yorkshire Evening
Bullying resource bids for award
A website that provides support and advice for bullied children is in line for a prestigious industry award. www.bullying.co.uk is run by Yorkshire Evening Post sub-editor Liz Carnell, and is receiving tremendous feedback. The website, also a charity, is through
Early tribute to Queen Mum
Tributes to the Queen Mother that appeared prematurely on the Yorkshire Evening Post’s website caused red faces for the Internet team. Around ten stories surrounding her death were posted in the archives, despite the fact the centenarian was recovering from
"John Wellington" has died
Former Yorkshire Evening Post journalist Barrie Farnill has died in hospital aged 77. Born in Leeds, Mr Farnill retired as assistant editor (features) in 1988, after 41 years with the paper. In 1970 he launched the John Wellington diary column,
Cash lure for murder information
A £5,000 reward is being offered in the hunt for the killer of Leeds pensioner Edna Slater. The Yorkshire Evening Post put up the cash in a bid to bring in information that might lead to the killer’s arrest and
Small screen beckons for Liz
Yorkshire Evening Post sub editor Liz Carnell, who is also the director of the charity Bullying Online at www.bullying.co.uk was a speaker at this week’s national Kidscape conference in London. She spoke to an audience of 300, including teachers, police
Court reporter death
A well-known Yorkshire court reporter has died aged 81. Ray Linfoot, formerly of The Star, Sheffield, covered the city’s crime scene for 22 years until his retirement in 1985. Former editor Michael Corner said: “Ray was very much a journalist
Evening Post is just the job
A manufacturing company in Yorkshire has been inundated with job applications after the Evening Post stepped in to help its recruitment search. Bosses at Otley paper-making company Garnett had been left scratching their heads after receiving very little response when
Death of David Riley
David Riley, a former Yorkshire Evening Post feature writer, has died. He was 58 and had been ill. He began his career in journalism in 1959 as a trainee reporter on the Dewsbury Reporter. He also worked at the Huddersfield
News in brief
Our weekly news round-up… A website that provides support and advice for bullied children has been commended in the Online Communities section at the New Statesman/BT New Media Awards 2001.Bullying Online, which is also a charity, is run by Yorkshire
Appeal's result is new baby
A Yorkshire Evening Post reader has enabled a couple to become a family – by giving them the baby of their dreams. In April last year a desperate appeal for an egg donor was made through the paper after a
Away from it all in the mountains
Away from it all in the mountains When award-winning journalist Tim Power decided to take a “stress break”, he did it in style. He quit his job on the Yorkshire Evening Post and headed for north Pakistan with a builder