Northants Post
The ''Northants Herald & Post'' was a local weekly newspaper distributed free of charge in Northampton, England, and the surrounding towns and villages. The distribution also included the town of Towcester following the closure of local paid-for newspapers. It was closed by owners Trinity Mirror in December 2016. Publication history The newspaper was founded as the ''Northants Post'' in 1975 by a company managed by businessman and journalist Tony Boullemier, who worked for the ''Daily Express'', where he was chief sub-editor. Boullemier was born in Newcastle and originally trained on news and sport with the '' Newcastle Journal''.''Midlands boss Boullemier explores French ancestry in first novel'' Press Gazett ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Local Newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, Sport, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituary, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of Subscription business model, subscription revenue, newsagent's shop, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymy, metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published printing, in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also electronic publishing, published on webs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is known as "The Rose of the Shires". Covering an area of 2,364 square kilometres (913 sq mi), Northamptonshire is landlocked between eight other counties: Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east, Buckinghamshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the south-west and Lincolnshire to the north-east – England's shortest administrative county boundary at 20 yards (19 metres). Northamptonshire is the southernmost county in the East Midlands. Apart from the county town of Northampton, other major population centres include Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough, Rushden and Daventry. Northamptonshire's county flower is the cowslip. The Soke of Peterborough fal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Newspapers In The United Kingdom
Twelve daily newspapers and eleven Sunday-only weekly newspapers are distributed nationally in the United Kingdom. Others circulate in Scotland only and still others serve smaller areas. National daily newspapers publish every day except Sundays and 25 December. Sunday newspapers may be independent; e.g. ''The Observer'' was an independent Sunday newspaper from its founding in 1791 until it was acquired by ''The Guardian'' in 1993. Many daily newspapers now have Sunday editions, usually with a related name (e.g. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times''), but are editorially distinct. UK newspapers can generally be split into two distinct categories: the more serious and intellectual newspapers, usually referred to as the broadsheets, and sometimes known collectively as 'the quality press', and others, generally known as tabloids, and collectively as 'the popular press', which have tended to focus more on celebrity coverage and human interest stories rather than political reportin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Northampton Chronicle & Echo
The ''Northampton Chronicle & Echo'' (known locally as ''"The Chron"'') is a local newspaper serving Northampton, England, and the surrounding towns and villages. It was published daily from Monday-Saturday until 26 May 2012 at a price of £0.48. It then began to publish one edition per week each Thursday for £1.00 (2014: £1.20) (2015: £1.30) (2016: £1.40) (2017: £1.45) (2018: £1.50) (2019: £1.60). It had a circulation of 17,483 in the first half of 2010, a year on year decline of 7.8%, and the decline continued into 2012. The paper is owned by JPIMedia. Origin The title was the result of a 1931 merger of two dailies: the ''Northampton Daily Chronicle and Evening Herald'' (founded 1880) and the ''Daily Echo'' (founded in 1885 and retitled as the ''Northampton Daily Echo'' in 1908), which occupied a striking art deco office building overlooking Northampton's famous market square. This was demolished in the late 1970s to make way for a shopping development. A blue plaque m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Northampton Mercury
The ''Northampton Mercury'' was an English news and media company founded in 1720. Published in Northampton, it was sold throughout the midlands, as far west as Worcester and as far east as Cambridge. When it ceased publication in 2015, it was the oldest continuously published newspaper in the U.K. History The ''Northampton Mercury'' was founded in 1720 by William Dicey, who had moved to Northampton from London and set up a printing office with Robert Raikes. Ownership of the newspaper remained in the Dicey family through the 19th century. One of its proprietors was Thomas Edward Dicey, senior wrangler in 1811, Chairman of the Midland Railway, and father of jurist A.V. Dicey. In 1931, it merged with the ''Northampton Herald'', becoming the ''Mercury & Herald'', and was published under that name until 1988, when it became the ''Northampton Mercury & Herald''. It was sold in 1992 to the EMAP newspapers and in 1996 to the Johnston Press group of regional newspapers. In later yea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ribbon
A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying. Cloth ribbons are made of natural materials such as silk, cotton, and jute and of synthetic materials, such as polyester, nylon, and polypropylene. Ribbon is used for useful, ornamental, and symbolic purposes. Cultures around the world use ribbon in their hair, around the human body, body, and as ornament (art), ornament on non-human animals, buildings, and Packaging and labeling, packaging. Some popular fabrics used to make ribbons are satin, organza, sheer fabric, sheer, silk, velvet, and grosgrain. Etymology The word ribbon comes from Middle English ''ribban'' or ''riban'' from Old French ''ruban'', which is probably of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. Cloth Along with that of Twill tape, tapes, fringe (trim), fringes, and other smallwares, the manufacture of cloth ribbons forms a special department of the textile industry, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hertfordshire Mercury
The ''Hertfordshire Mercury'' is a weekly newspaper covering east and north Hertfordshire and parts of west Essex. It used to be published every Friday but from December 3, 2009, its publication day switched to Thursdays. The ''Mercury'' has four editions. The main edition, called the ''Hertfordshire Mercury'', covers Hertford, Ware and neighbouring villages in East Herts. The ''Hoddesdon and Broxbourne Mercury'' covers the northern part of Broxbourne borough, plus the Essex villages of Nazeing and Roydon. The ''Cheshunt and Waltham Mercury'' covers the southern part of Broxbourne borough, including Waltham Cross, plus Waltham Abbey in Essex. The ''Buntingford and Royston Mercury''Buntingford and Royston Mercury' covers areas of east and north Herts. The paper is based at the Media Centre in Ware Road, Hertford and printed by Cambridge Newspapers in Cambridge. It is part of Herts and Essex Newspapers which is owned by Local World Local World Holdings Ltd. was a large regional ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Burton Mail
The ''Burton Mail'' (formerly the ''Burton Daily Mail'') is a British daily newspaper published each weekday and on Saturdays. It covers the East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire areas. In the period December 2010 to June 2011, it had an average daily circulation of 12,198. The only paid-for title in Burton-on-Trent, the ''Mail'' has been established for more than a century, and prints news from the town and its surrounding area. ''Burton Mail'' is part of Staffordshire Newspapers Limited, a media group which encompasses two daily newspapers, five weekly newspapers, and a selection of magazine titles. The Burton Mail is printed at Cambridge Newspapers Ltd's Milton base. History The ''Burton Mail'' first appeared on 2 May 1898, as the local mouthpiece of the town's Conservative Party. It was set up in competition to the existing ''Burton Guardian'', which in turn represented the views of the Liberal Party. Financial backing for the ''Burton Mail'' ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cambridge News
The ''Cambridge News'' (formerly the ''Cambridge Evening News'') is a British daily newspaper. Published each weekday and on Saturdays, it is distributed from its Waterbeach base. In the period December 2010 – June 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 20,987, but by December 2016 this had fallen to around 13,000. In 2018, the circulation of the newspaper fell to 8,005 and by June 2022 the preceding 6-month average was 3,552 readers per issue. History The paper was founded by William Farrow Taylor as the ''Cambridge Daily News'' in 1888, and after a slow start saw sales rise as an appetite for knowledge of the news and sport grew among the Cambridge public. As its following steadily grew, the fledgling paper survived the need for modernisation in the early twentieth century (Captain Archibald Taylor, son of the founder, was the first managing director to introduce a standard typeface during this time, for example), the uncertain economic climate during the 1920s and 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yattendon Group
Yattendon Group plc (formerly Yattendon Investment Trust) is a British-based private company owned by the Iliffe family. It has interests in Vancouver, Seattle, agriculture, marinas and local newspaper printing and publishing. Property Yattendon owns marinas via its subsidiary MDL Marinas. It also owns large areas of land in West Berkshire. Media Yattendon previously owned Channel Television, and sold this to ITV plc in 2011. Iliffe Media Iliffe Media publishes 38 local newspapers, magazines, KMFM radio stations and associated online products. In 2016, the Iliffe family launched a new weekly newspaper and associated media under the banner of the ''Cambridge Independent'' following the absorption of its former title, the ''Cambridge News'', into the Trinity Mirror Group after failing to return the title following the Local World venture. This publication quickly attained two newspaper awards, adopting a positive stance to news and strong local content printed on a higher grad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council was abolished in 2009. Bedfordshire is bordered by Cambridgeshire to the east and north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east and south. It is the fourteenth most densely populated county of England, with over half the population of the county living in the two largest built-up areas: Luton (258,018) and Bedford (106,940). The highest elevation point is on Dunstable Downs in the Chilterns. History The first recorded use of the name in 1011 was "Bedanfordscir," meaning the shire or county of Bedford, which itself means "Beda's ford" (river crossing). Bedfordshire was historically divided into nine hundreds: Barford, Biggleswade, Clifton, Flitt, Manshead, Redbornestoke, S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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LSN Media
Yattendon Group plc (formerly Yattendon Investment Trust) is a British-based private company owned by the Iliffe family. It has interests in Vancouver, Seattle, agriculture, marinas and local newspaper printing and publishing. Property Yattendon owns marinas via its subsidiary MDL Marinas. It also owns large areas of land in West Berkshire. Media Yattendon previously owned Channel Television, and sold this to ITV plc in 2011. Iliffe Media Iliffe Media publishes 38 local newspapers, magazines, KMFM radio stations and associated online products. In 2016, the Iliffe family launched a new weekly newspaper and associated media under the banner of the ''Cambridge Independent'' following the absorption of its former title, the ''Cambridge News'', into the Trinity Mirror Group after failing to return the title following the Local World venture. This publication quickly attained two newspaper awards, adopting a positive stance to news and strong local content printed on a higher grad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |