Management and subbing of the Evening Gazette in Colchester are to be moved 40 miles away to Basildon – with 13 editorial jobs and the role of editor set to be axed.

According to the National Union of Journalists the changes will effectively make the 21,000-selling Gazette an edition of its Newsquest sister paper, the Basildon Echo – which has an ABC figure of of 34,692.

The news comes a day after Trinity Mirror revealed that is was centralising subbing at one centre for its network of 26 local papers in London and the South East with the loss of 16 editorial jobs.