Following on from the announcement last week that Wilmington Group is giving its Regional Press Awards an enforced hiatus due to the "current climate" within the industry, comes the report that The Newspaper Society will not be running a trio of its schemes this year.

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McCann Manchester's TV commercial for Durex Play, the female 'pleasure gel', has escaped a ban from the ASA, despite its unashamedly 'racy' nature.

A hardcore of never-say-die Brookside fans are campaigning to get the classic Merseyside soap released onto DVD.

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Laura Sillars, the programmes director at Liverpool’s FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) has been named on a national list of “Women to Watch.”

Paul Tyrrell, Manchester City’s former head of communications has returned to the Premiership as Liverpool Football Club’s new head of press.

In the build up to the election, MPs in Merseyside have been given free reign on a new website from The Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Echo.

ITV will not be commissioning another series of Blue Murder, the Caroline Quentin-led crime drama, which is filmed in Manchester.

The Raft has developed a marketing campaign for the launch of Neilson’s new range of lakes and mountain-orientated summer holidays.

Katie Taylor has become the first woman to run the in-house entertainment department of the BBC, with responsibility for Strictly Come Dancing, Eurovision, Top Gear, Dragons’ Den and events including Children in Need.