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Stuart Higgins
Stuart Higgins (born c.1956)Andy Becket ''The Independent on Sunday'', 13 October 1996 is a British public relations consultant and former newspaper editor. In 1972 Higgins left school in Kingswood, on the outskirts of Bristol, and began his career as a reporter at the South West News, an agency founded by Roland Arblaster. He began working for '' The Sun'' in 1979 as their West Country reporter. He was arrested in 1982 by the police after being found with a ''Sun'' photographer "testing security" at Highgrove House, home of Charles, Prince of Wales. At one point, Kelvin MacKenzie printed Higgins' direct phone number in ''The Sun'', billed him as the "human sponge" and asked readers to call Higgins to "get things off their chest".Media Monke"Oscar Pistorius: can the 'Human Sponge' help handle the crisis?"guardian.co.uk, 15 February 2013 In 1994, Higgins succeeded MacKenzie as editor of the newspaper.David HenckThe case of the Sun editor, sexual harassment and a £500,000 payoff" '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British People
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" can refer to the Ancient Britons, the indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain and Brittany, whose surviving members are the modern Welsh people, Cornish people, and Bretons. It also refers to citizens of the former British Empire, who settled in the country prior to 1973, and hold neither UK citizenship nor nationality. Though early assertions of being British date from the Late Middle Ages, the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 triggered a sense of British national identity.. The notion of Britishness and a shared Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reeva Steenkamp
Reeva Rebecca Steenkamp (; 19 August 1983 – 14 February 2013) was a South African model and paralegal. She modeled for ''FHM'' magazine and was the first face of Avon cosmetics in South Africa. Steenkamp once worked as the live roaming presenter for FashionTV in South Africa and starred in television advertisements for Toyota Land Cruiser, Clover "The One", Redds and Aldor Pin Pop. She was a celebrity contestant on the BBC Lifestyle show ''Baking Made Easy'' in 2012 and on ''Tropika Island of Treasure'' season 5 which aired on SABC 3 in February 2013. On Valentine's Day 2013, Steenkamp was shot dead by her boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius, at his home in Pretoria. He stated that he thought Steenkamp was an intruder hiding in the bathroom. Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide at a first trial, and was sentenced to five years in prison. On 3 December 2015, the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa overturned this conviction and instead convicted Pistorius of murder. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Journalists
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Newspaper Editors
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1950s Births
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Yelland (journalist)
David Yelland (born 14 May 1963) is a former journalist and editor of ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'' and founder of Kitchen Table Partners, a specialist public relations and communications company in London, which he formed in 2015 after leaving the Brunswick Group LLP. Early life and education Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, Yelland was adopted at birth by Michael and Patricia Yelland of York. He has a younger brother, Paul. Yelland subsequently traced his birth father, now deceased. Yelland's natural mother was a children's writer from Harrogate, who died before he could meet her. In childhood he suffered alopecia and after wearing a series of wigs he decided to go without them when he was 31 and living in New York City, New York. Yelland was educated at Sir John Nelthorpe School, Brigg Grammar School in Brigg, Lincolnshire, from 1976 to 1981, followed by Coventry University, Coventry Polytechnic (now Coventry University), where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts, BA in Econom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piers Morgan
Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (; né O'Meara; born 30 March 1965) is a British broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality. He began his Fleet Street career in 1988 at '' The Sun''. In 1994, aged 29, he was appointed editor of the '' News of the World'' by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest editor of a British national newspaper in more than half a century. From 1995, Morgan edited the ''Daily Mirror'', but was sacked in 2004. He was the editorial director of ''First News'' during 2006 to 2007. As a television presenter, Morgan has previously hosted the ITV talk show '' Life Stories'' from 2009 to 2021 as well as the CNN chat show ''Piers Morgan Live'' from 2011 to 2014. Morgan also co-presented the ITV Breakfast programme ''Good Morning Britain'' with Susanna Reid from 2015 to 2021, and was a judge on both '' America's Got Talent'' (2006–2011) and ''Britain's Got Talent'' (2007–2010). In 2008, he won '' The Celebrity Apprentice US'', appearing with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patsy Chapman
Patsy Chapman (born 3 May 1948) is a former British newspaper editor. Chapman grew up in Romford and worked on the magazine ''Boyfriend'' before becoming a reporter with the ''Romford Times''. She then joined '' The Sun'' and was gradually promoted to become Deputy Editor. In 1988, she swapped jobs with Wendy Henry to become Editor of the '' News of the World''. In 1990, Chapman chaired the group which drew up the code of conduct that the Press Complaints Commission subsequently enforced. She was then a member of the first Commission. Chapman stepped down as editor of ''News of the World'' in 1993 due to illness.Sophie Morris,Inside Story: The ex-editors' files, ''The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publish ...'', 9 May 2005 References 1948 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News Of The World
The ''News of the World'' was a weekly national Tabloid journalism#Red tops, red top Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the world's highest-selling English-language newspaper, and at closure still had one of the highest English-language circulations. It was originally established as a broadsheet by John Browne Bell, who identified crime, sensation and vice as the themes that would sell most copies. The Bells sold to Henry Lascelles Carr in 1891; in 1969 it was bought from the Carrs by Rupert Murdoch's media firm News Limited. Reorganised into News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation, the newspaper was transformed into a Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid in 1984 and became the Sunday sister paper of ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun''. The ''News of the World'' concentrated in particular on celebrity scoops, gossip and populist news. Its somewhat prurient focus on sex sca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Wallis
Neil John Wallis (born 4 October 1950) is a British former newspaper editor. He is currently a media consultant and media commentator. Early life Wallis was born in Lincolnshire. He attended Skegness Grammar School. Wallis left school with four O Levels, an AS Level and an A Level. Career Journalism Wallis gained his first employment working for the ''Skegness Standard'', leaving after six months to work for the ''Worksop Guardian'' as part of a National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) scheme, during which he also studied at Richmond College of Further Education in Sheffield. Having passed his NCTJ exams, Wallis worked for ''The Northern Echo'' (in its Durham office) before becoming a senior reporter for the ''Manchester Evening News''. At this point in his career, Wallis became a Crime Reporter, giving talks to police officers on police-media relations, whilst also freelancing for ''The Sunday People'', progressing from the paper's Manchester desk to its Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Dunn (journalist)
Martin Dunn (born 26 January 1955) is a British people, British journalist and former newspaper editor.Roy Greenslad"Martin Dunn's wife dies of cancer" theguardian.com (Greenslade blog), 12 January 2014 Dunn attended Dudley Grammar School, then started his journalistic career on the ''Dudley Herald''. In 1977, he moved to the ''Birmingham Evening Mail'', then the ''Birmingham Post'', and the ''Daily Mail''. After a period as a freelance, he joined ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'' in 1983, as the papers' New York correspondent. In 1988, he became the Deputy Editor of the ''News of the World'', and the following year, Deputy Editor of ''The Sun''. He left the News International group in 1991 to take up a post as Editor of ''Today (UK newspaper), Today'', where he spent two years, before moving to become Editor of the ''Boston Herald'', and almost immediately Editor-in-Chief of the ''New York Daily News''. In 1996, he moved on to Channel One Television, then worked for DMG N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
