From: "Mark Andrew" <faxmark@blueyonder.co.uk> > Very Sad Day > At least one excellent journalist made redundant > The people who will miss the daily paper most are the older > generation who do not use the internet and therefore cannot see the daily on-line editions > and updated news. > We bought the first new edition yesterday and while it continues to > provide local news I dont really like the way it is edited and presented. > Being the first edition for the Jubilee Week end there was no report > or picture of our new Mayor Cllr John Hardy, along with Mayoress Janet Hardy and DL > Chris Harris when they attended the Guides Jubilee event at Riverside Park, > Elland last Saturday. > As I was there I know the Courier took a photograph.< I was appalled when an old school friend drew my attention to the fact that the Courier was going weekly. It has been an evening paper since lord-knows-when! Sadly, this seems to be the way the world is going now. I doubt there will be any printed newspapers left in 5-10 years' time. Obviously, the owners (and the Courier is owned by some American outfit) will start charging for Internet access to the website. If you aren't on the Internet you will soon be a non-person. Very very sad! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE