The News Letter in Belfast is proposing to close the pre-press department in Belfast and centralise other departments between the News Letter and weekly titles recently acquired by Johnston Press.

In September, Johnston acquired Morton Newspapers from Score Press, which publishes 17 weekly and five free titles including Londonderry's North West Echo, the Ulster Star and Portadown Times.

Production would be moved to the purpose-built production centre in Portadown, within 30 miles of the News Letter's Boucher Crescent offices. It is unclear what impact the move would have on editorial jobs.