Gazette to become closer to its readers

Mobile equipment – from portable laptops to hand-held communications – means our stories can be written where and when the news is happening.

With video and audio to enhance our coverage like never before, the Gazette can bring you breaking news on its website and in its comprehensive weekly newspaper presentation.

To facilitate the changes it is leaving its office in Beach Road on Wednesday, February 5 as it no longer meet its needs.

But our reporters will continue to attend the meetings of county, district, town and parish councils, the local courts, and all the other community events the Gazette has always taken part in.

And there will also be regular reporters’ surgeries across the areas served by the Gazette to ensure readers have access to the people who write your paper – without the need to make a journey to a specific office base. Full details of these will be published shortly.

At the same time, we want to encourage more contributions from community organisations.

Send us your reports; tell us your news. Contact chief reporter Alex Therrien on 01903 714135 or email [email protected]

The Gazette - it’s your newspaper, and from February it will be getting even closer to the people it represents: You.

For anyone who has photographs that need to be picked up from the office, or who needs to visit for any other reason, the office will be open from 9am to noon tomorrow (Friday), and from 9am to 4pm on Monday and Tuesday.