Arthur Firth was an editor of the '' Daily Express'' between June 1980 and October 1981. He replaced

Derek Jameson Derek Jameson (29 November 1929 – 12 September 2012) was a British tabloid journalist and broadcaster. He began his career in the media in 1944 as a messenger at Reuters and worked his way up to become the editor of several British tabloid ...

as editor. Firth started his career at the ''

Lancashire Evening Post The ''Lancashire Evening Post'' is a daily newspaper based in Fulwood, a suburb of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. According to the British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one of t ...

'', a local daily newspaper then based on Fishergate in

Preston, Lancashire Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding distri ...

. 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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