A departure...and arrivals

We say farewell at the end of this week to our news editor Maria Breslin who is off to the Liverpool Echo. She will be greatly missed by the team - a very talented journalist and an inspiration to work with and for.
But we never let the seats go cold here, oh no. At the start of next week we are joined by Will Batchelor, one of the rising stars of the Press Association. He's a bloody good news-hound who has an uncanny knack of spotting the real story amid the bullshit...spin doctors beware!
Also next Monday we are joined by our new columnist Dylan Jones-Evans who will be writing on all matters Welsh. The Monday comment slot is a big one to fill after the loss of Ivor Wynne-Jones. Ivor was irreplaceable but I am sure that Professor Jones-Evans will rise to the challenge and make his own mark on the Daily Post.
We are just putting the finishing touches to the 2008 Daily Post calendar (I know, it's not even June, but we have to get it ready to go into shops in August). The theme is North Wales from the Air and we are also including a DVD, with aerial footage and lots more still photos, in the price.
We're also staring work on an overhaul of some of our specialist sections - notably business and farming...more details to follow in due course but the changes should be ready for September.