The shortlist for the 2025 Wales Media Awards has been announced with 19 categories up for grabs. The awards, organised by the Journalists’ Charity, aim to showcase excellence in print, online and ...

The editor and proprietor of a family-owned weekly in a seaside town has died suddenly at the newspaper’s offices. The body of Toni Carver, who owned and edited the St Ives Times and Echo, was found ...

A former editor broke down in the dock after being cleared of sending an indecent message on Twitter. Greg Hadfield, who edited the Brighton & Hove Independent between 2013 and 2015, was found not ...

Tory councillors have been accused of breaching the terms of the local democracy reporting scheme after posting an interview with their leader on Facebook. Wayne Fitzgerald, leader of the opposition ...

A young reporter was hailed as the “individual star” of the revived Midlands Media Awards after taking home three trophies. Leicestershire Live ’s Dylan Hayward won the Best Newcomer of 2025 and ...

The editorships of the EADT and Star were combined in 2017 under Brad Jones, then the editor of the Star, following the retirement of long-serving EADT boss Terry Hunt. In 2021, the Star briefly ...

A long-serving journalist based at an independent hyperlocal website has been named the country’s top local democracy reporter. Sarah Booker-Lewis, of Brighton and Hove News, took home the local ...

Acting legend Sir David Suchet has recalled his first ever acting review in a local newspaper. The Hercule Poirot actor has remembered being covered by the Wellington Weekly News after he played ...

The co-founder of a hyperlocal city website has won a £4,000 award which will be used to fund media literacy workshops across its patch. Emma Guy, editor of the Leicester Gazette, has won Women in ...

A regional news website which was subject to a month-long ban by a Reform UK-led council has been named the news organisation of the year by the Society of Editors. The Society’s Media Freedom Awards ...

A group of journalism students have won a national award for their local election coverage. The University of Northampton students scooped the Elections & Political Coverage of the Year prize at the ...

A former regional daily press photographer has appeared in court in the US on charges of sexually exploiting children. Aaron St Clair, pictured, spent five years with Brighton daily The Argus before ...