Arthur Firth was an editor of the ''

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'' between June 1980 and October 1981. He replaced Derek Jameson as editor. Firth started his career at the '' Lancashire Evening Post'', a local daily newspaper then based on Fishergate in Preston, Lancashire. After a spell as a sub-editor on the Daily Herald in Manchester, at 32 he gained a position as a sub-editor at the ''Daily Express'' and rose to become northern editor 12 years later and deputy editor under Derek Jameson 6 years after that.

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