The ''Eastbourne Herald'', commonly known locally as just ''The Herald'', is a weekly tabloid newspaper, published on Fridays and published since 1865 in
Eastbourne
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England
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The Eastbourne Herald is also a monthly published newspaper in Eastbourne, Wellington,
New Zealand
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History
The newspaper was originally named the ''Eastbourne Chronicle'' but changed its name to the ''Eastbourne Herald Chronicle'' in 1951. The name remained until 1966 when then name was shortened to the ''Eastbourne Herald''. Nowadays, the paper is edited and created by Beckett Newspapers, based in Eastbourne, and printed by Johnston Press at their headquarters in
Hilsea
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
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Sister newspaper
The Herald also had a sister newspaper, owned by Beckett Newspapers, called the ''