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Tag Archives: manchester evening news
FOI Friday: Cannabis, university spending, race crimes at the football and asbestos in council buildings
Unpaid court fines tops £4million – Bedfordshire On Sunday MORE than £4 million in court fines is owed to courts in Bedfordshire, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The figures, released by Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), … Continue reading
FOI FRIDAY: Lost property, tobacco investments, repeat offenders and long ambulance waits
10 good examples of FOI in action from the local, regional and national media: The longest ambulance delays – Huddersfield Examiner Tony Blair – and politicians in general – may not be made keen on the Freedom of Information Act, … Continue reading
Much ado about Facebook (or: Why shouldn’t we ask commenters to use a real name?)
You may have read in the last couple of days about a decision by Trinity Mirror – my employer – to implement a commenting system on websites which requires log-in via Facebook. Before I go on, I should stress I … Continue reading
Why is it always the easy questions that leave ‘em stumped?
One of my New Year resolutions was to try and stop spending so much money on car parks, especially at train stations (£15 a day is now, frighteningly, actually good value). It’s for that reason that on Tuesday I was … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom of information, manchester evening news, metrolink
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FOI FRIDAY: Asbestos, Facebook, police cells and sham marriages
10 good examples of FOI in action from the local, regional and national media: 1. Asbestos found at public buildings – Milford Mercury Asbestos, known as the silent killer, is regularly the subject of health and safety campaigns – so … Continue reading
Ho Ho Ho: It wouldn’t be Christmas without Jesus being stolen … and four other festive news favourites (including Christmas Day babies)….
Mince pies. Turkey. Tinsel. The Queen’s Speech in 3D. Traditions are created all the time at Christmas, and it wouldn’t be Christmas without these five Festive-themed stories…
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Tagged birmingham mail, blackpool gazette, Brighton Argus, Coventry Telegraph, glasgow evening times, hemel hempstead gazette, Leicester Mercury, manchester evening news, Milton Keynes Citizen, reading evening post, rhondda gazette, sheffield star, swindon advertiser, walesonline, Wolverhampton express and star
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Why small news should be big news for local newspapers – mock it at your peril
Do you remember the story of the burnt office chair which appeared in the Westmorland Gazette? Back in 2007, the posting of what was essentially a nib on the Gazette’s website led to widespread sniggering behind hands about how a … Continue reading
Here’s a picture which speaks just one word – but shows the value of social media search
If a picture can speak a thousands words, then I reckon the first one this picture on the front page of the Manchester Evening News would say is ‘ouch.’ A still from a video posted on YouTube, it shows the … Continue reading
Why we should all worry about national media and politicians dropping the local from local elections
In the days before the death of Baroness Thatcher, the Labour Party unveiled its campaign poster for the local elections (above). Only you’d be hard-pushed to know it was about the local elections. It wouldn’t look out of place in … Continue reading →