Jonathan Webb edits Today’s Railways UK, a monthly about contemporary British rail. We welcomes illustrated articles about individual railways and tramways. Contact before submission. Payment is £50 per page. Details: email: editorial@platform5. com; website: www.platform5.com
Amazon Studios is producing a TV series based on JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings with cooperation from the Tolkien Estate.
The Northern Echo announced that its former evening sister title the Northern Despatch, is returning as a ‘part-paid, part-free’ weekly newspaper serving Darlington, and other towns in the south of County Durham.