BBC’s Jon Leyne dies of brain tumour aged 55
One of the BBC’s most experienced foreign correspondents Jon Leyne has died of a brain tumour aged 55. Acting director…
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Ed Miliband pays tribute to former New Statesman and Scotsman journalist Kirsty Milne
Labour leader Ed Miliband has paid tribute to journalist Kirsty Milne, who died earlier this month. Writing in the Guardian,…
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Tributes paid to BBC Breakfast editor Alison Ford
Colleagues have been paying tribute to BBC Breakfast editor Alison Ford, who died last night. The BBC’s head of newsroom…
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Stalwart of the Liverpool journalism scene Alan Jones dies aged 75
Alan Jones, one of Liverpool's most admired and respected journalists, has died at the age of 75. A proud Liverpudlian,…
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Tributes pour in after BBC newsreader dies, aged 48
BBC Radio 4 newsreader Rory Morrison has died at the age of 48, the corporation has said. Morrison, who joined…
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Harry Whewell: We shall not see his like again
Harry Whewell's Old Man was a dust man. As a child on Friday nights Harry sat round the kitchen table…
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Grant Lockhart: The last editor of Weekend magazine – a ‘deft touch and wry sense of humour’
Grant Lockhart, the last editor of the former Associated flagship title Weekend magazine, has died at 72 after a long…
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Sunday Telegraph foreign correspondent Ronald Payne has died aged 87. According to the Telegraph, one of Payne’s “most striking” assignments…
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