MyLondon has appointed its first Transport Editor. Callum Maruis, who joined MyLondon to cover the transport brief a year, has been promoted to the position. A new transport correspondent will be appointed in due course too. Callum said: “It’s been a very busy 12 months since I started my first…

North East England daily The Journal marked its 190th anniversary this month. Graeme Whitfield, appointed editor of the historic title earlier this year, looks back at how The Journal came into being — and where it’s going next “WE HAVE to commence our editorial labours by proclaiming the momentous intelligence…

The promotion of AFC Bournemouth back to the Premier League made the front page two days in a row for the town’s Daily Echo newspaper. The Echo cleared its front on May 4 after the Cherries secured a 1–0 win over promotion rivals Nottingham Forest Not surprisingly, it was back…

The Manchester Evening News will soon have a three-strong team dedicated to covering money matters, in response to audience demand for information The phrase ‘cost of living’ has increasingly crept into everyday conversations over the past year. From interest rates to queues for fuel, ’heating or eating’ dilemmas and skyrocketing…

Newsquest — the UK’s leading local media group —has launched the “Your Money Matters” campaign to help its readers overcome the surge in the cost of living. Across its 160 daily and weekly newsbrands in the UK, the publisher has stated that the campaign’s “mission” is to offer money-saving deals…

The BBC, Google and Facebook all found themselves in the firing line in the opening session of the inquiry into the sustainability of local journalism. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport-led inquiry, which opened on Tuesday, heard there lacked a level playing field between commercial publishers and the BBC…

Journalists in Birmingham have produced a special publication to mark the 40th anniversary of Aston Villa winning the European Cup. Birmingham Mail and BirminghamLive journalists pulled together the 64-page souvenir to celebrate the night Aston Villa beat Bayern Munich to become champions of Europe. Interviews with players who featured that…

Hyperlocal news titles around the UK are throwing their weight behind a campaign to base the HQ of British Railways in the Cheshire town of Crewe. Titles which are part of the Nub News network of hyperlocal titles are backing Crewe because the company is based in Crewe. 42 towns…

The Northern Echo cleared its front page on Monday to back County Durham’s bid to be UK Capital of Culture in 2025. The county is battling Bradford, Wrexham and Southampton for the honour, which will be chosen for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Judges are visiting each place…