Regional Independent Media Scotland Ltd, part of the RIM Group, is to acquire The Galloway Gazette. The deal includes three paid for weeklies, the Galloway Gazette and Stranraer News, the Stornoway and West Coast Advertiser and the Carrick Gazette. Still
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YP appeal tops £100,000 mark
An appeal launched by a Yorkshire newspaper less than a month ago has already raised more than £100,000 to help pupils at a school for autistic children. Local businesses and readers of the Yorkshire Post have shown their generosity with
Celebrity toilet seats up for grabs
Question: What has the Yorkshire Post got in common with Posh and Becks’ toilet seat? Answer: Both are helping to raise money for a school for children with autism. The Post launched its Hidden Disablity appeal in support of the
Heartfelt concert
The Yorkshire Post’s Heartbeat Scanner Appeal has been given a boost by funds raised at a charity concert organised by a family whose son died from a heart condition. The concert raised more than £3,000 and the money will go
Post launches schoolsports website
Britain’s first website devoted to sport in schools has been launched by the Yorkshire Post. Yorkshireschoolsport.com gives schools the opportunity to publicise their sporting achievements, log match reports, arrange fixtures and pick up sporting tips. The site is part of
Would-be sports reporters put through their paces
An initiative in Yorkshire is giving the next generation of sports reporters a chance to be put through their paces. The scheme, run by the Yorkshire Post, allows pupils from primary and secondary schools in the circulation area to take
Media-Plus gives training help
A group of media friends and colleagues – with years of training experience between them – has set up a company called Media-Plus to offer bespoke training packages for newspapers as well as magazines and PR firms. Driving forces behind
Death of veteran broadcaster
Veteran BBC commentator Godfrey Talbot, who has died, aged 91, had his roots in the regional press. Mr Talbot earned an OBE for reporting the Desert Rats campaign during the Second World War for the BBC and then followed the
Latest on RIM merger bids
Three newspaper groups have been sent “issues letters” by the Competition Commission as the next stage in the process to decide who could take over Regional Independent Media – the sixth largest regional publisher in the UK. This routine step
Curtain's for new title …Parkin space at YP
One former Derby Evening Telegraph journalist is following another as business editor of the award-winning Yorkshire Post. David Parkin (29), London editor of the Western Mail, will succeed Peter Curtain, who is joining the new Scottish business paper, Business a.m.,
BT winners celebrate
The Yorkshire Post and the Hinckley Times were named Daily and Weekly Newspapers of the Year in the prestigious BT UK Regional Press and Broadcast Awards 2000. An audience of 240 journalists at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, heard praise
BT UK Regional Press and Broadcast Awards 2000
Business Journalist of the Year: Steve Brauner, North West Business Insider (now assistant editor, Daily Post) The runner-up was:Chris Starkie, Evening Post, Bristol The other nominations were:Simon Bain, The HeraldDavid Litterick, The News, PortsmouthJennifer Chapman, Cambridge Evening NewsMark Currie, Daily
Awards hopefuls line up for prestigious BT final
The cream of the regional media will be saluted on Thursday as the prestigious BT national awards for excellence are handed out. A quality field of entrants, already crowned regional winners in nine heats across the country, has been chosen
Swain to manage combined North East operations for Trinity Mirror
Trinity Mirror’s newspaper titles in the North East are being consolidated through the appointment of a new regional operations director, Ian Swain (pictured). His role will be to manage the operations of Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Ltd, whose core titles
Yorkshire Post named North East Daily Newspaper of the Year
The Yorkshire Post was yesterday named Daily Newspaper of the Year in the BT North East Press and Broadcast Awards. The Wakefield Express won the Weekly Newspaper of the Year title in a ceremony at York racecourse. HoldTheFrontPage will publish
Post's coverage was unrivalled
The Yorkshire Post was ahead of the nationals today in its coverage of the deaths of two Leeds United fans in Turkey. Good contacts with the club, built up over the years, meant that this morning’s edition had latest news