Reporter who drunkenly resigned from Birmingham Mail on Youtube wins weekly reporter of the year prize
A Birmingham reporter whose drunken resignation became a Youtube sensation was the toast of the Midlands media last night after…
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‘I came in with him, and I go out with him’: John Sweeney leaves The Oldie following exit of ‘hero’ Richard Ingrams
John Sweeney has resigned as a columnist for The Oldie following the departure of his “hero” Richard Ingrams as editor.…
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Contributors write to Oldie board: ‘We can’t bear to see our magazine unravelling before our very eyes’
Oldie contributors have written to the board of the magazine asking that Richard Ingrams (pictured) be reinstated as editor. The…
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Newspaper exec who brought a million classified ads a year to Nottingham Post dies aged 82
David Teague, who has died aged 82, was one of the ‘giants’ of the regional newspaper industry’s halcyon days in…
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Comet editor Darren Isted stands down after 25 years
Darren Isted, the editor of Stevenage and North Hertfordshire newspaper the Comet, has moved on after 25 years at the…
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As Richard Ingrams supporters hope for reconciliation, Oldie editor says he would take his job back
Friends and colleagues of retiring Richard Ingrams are calling for him to be reinstated as editor of The Oldie. On…
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Journalists who have worked under Richard Ingrams at Private Eye and The Oldie described him as “brilliant”, “extraordinarily brave”, “reckless”…
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Richard Ingrams, a co-founder of Private Eye, is retiring from journalism after more than 50 years following “a series of…
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