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The Newark Advertiser's chairman and editor-in-chief, Mr Roger Parlby, died in Lincoln County Hospital yesterday after a short illness. Mr Parlby, 89, joined the paper after leaving Worksop College in 1941 and succeeded his father, Mr Cyril Parlby, as editor in 1967. Mr Parlby, whose home was in Collingham, was one of the UK's most eminent [...]

Alan Woods, the current news editor of the Brentwood Gazette, has been promoted to editor at the Local World title. Mr Woods learned his trade as a reporter on the News Shopper titles in South London, working his way up to deputy news editor, before joining theBrentwood Gazette in November 2013. He said: "I'm really excited to [...]

TIME is running out to take advantage of the early bird rate for tickets to the Journalism Skills Conference 2014 in Sheffield. The conference, co-hosted this year by Sheffield College and the University of Sheffield, will provide an opportunity to debate the latest issues in journalism training. The winners of the NCTJ Awards for Excellence sponsored [...]

Archant, the leading independent UK regional publisher, has announced that Adrian Jeakingshas stepped down as Archant chief executive and board member. Mr Jeakings joined Archant as group finance director in 2002 and took over as chief executive in 2008. On his appointment as chief executive he was faced with the combination of a severe recession [...]

The Duke of Cambridge has written of the “unique and highly trusted relationship” that local newspapers have with the communities they serve in an article about the importance of preserving outdoor spaces. The Duke, president of Fields In Trust charity which launched the Centenary Fields programme to safeguard war memorials from development, was visiting the [...]

Trinity Mirror’s UK national news brands have today unveiled plans to introduce a single newsroom structure centred on better serving a growing multiplatform audience. The creation of the integrated newsroom will result in more journalists contributing more content across all platforms. The ambitious plans will be introduced over the coming months but yesterday’s announcement sees [...]

Sir Ray Tindle is convinced the local press will almost completely “return... to full viability and to its vital role in the many communities it serves”. Speaking at Tindle Newspapers’ half-yearly management conference, Sir Ray said that during the past six years of recession Tindle Newspapers has launched 19 weekly newspapers and purchased a further [...]

Malcolm Starbrook, editor-in-chief of Archant London’s east London and Essex newspapers, will leave the company on July 25. Malcolm leaves almost 45 years to the day that he became a journalist as trainee reporter for the East London Advertiser. Malcolm was first appointed as an editor 35 years ago and went on to own and [...]

John Leek has joined Sun Chemical as business director, publications, covering the UK and Nordic region. He will succeed Peter Hepworth who is due to retire at the end of the year. In announcing the appointment Sun Chemical group managing director for Northern Europe Greg Hayes said: “John is a highly experienced business leader who [...]

Archant Herts & Cambs has announced a new editor for its flagship Comet series and Royston Crow weekly newspapers. John Francis (pictured), who is already a Comet reader and knows the area well having lived in North Herts for more than 30 years, will take over from long-standing editor Darren Isted from July 7. John [...]