Kevin Lavelle, the last northern night editor of the Daily Telegraph in Manchester, has died at age 77.

Lavelle suffered a heart attack only a few days after he was diagnosed with cancer and he died at the Royal Blackburn Hospital in his home town of Darwen, Lancashire, on 24 October.

Born in Liverpool, Lavelle started out his career in journalism as a reporter for the Southport Visiter. He quickly progressed and worked as a sub-editor for a number of newspapers including the Manchester Evening Chronicle and the Daily Mail in Manchester, and the Liverpool Daily Post where he was chief sub-editor. He then went on to work for the News of the World before moving to the Daily Telegraph where he became the last northern night editor.