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BBC Radio 2
Paul O’Grady has decided to leave his Sunday afternoon show on BBC Radio 2. Paul’s last programme will be on Sunday 14 August as he comes to the end of his current 13 week run of shows. From Sunday 21 August, Rob Beckett returns to Sunday afternoons for his next 13 week run of shows.

Drapers
Zoe Hu (@zoeyinghu) has joined Drapers as a News Reporter, where she will cover fashion and retail news, especially menswear, value fashion retailers and the retail property market. Zoe previously worked freelance at News UK.

Express.co.uk
Holly Gonsalves has started as Commercial Consumer Writer at Express.co.uk. She will be writing mostly lifestyle, shopping, style, food & drink and beauty focused articles.  

gal-dem
Niellah Arboine (@NiellahArboine), Life Editor at gal-dem, will be leaving the title later this month to focus on freelance writing and her role as Deputy Editor at quarterly magazine Where the Leaves Fall. More information is available on Niellah’s website.

i
Sophie Gallagher (@SCFGallagher) has been appointed Acting Features Editor at the i. Sophie was made Deputy Features Editor earlier this summer after nine months of freelancing.

The Independent
Phil Thomas (@philipthomaspt) has been appointed West Coast Editor (US) at The Independent. Phil was previously located in New York as Assistant Editor (US) and will now be based in Los Angeles.

ITV
Simon Keogan (@SimonKeogan) has returned to ITV's This Morning in the role of Senior Digital Producer, responsible for all the digital output for the show across their website, social media and app. Simon was a Digital Producer for This Morning until 2021, when he joined The Walt Disney Company as a Content Producer.

MailOnline
Tom Cotterill (@pn_tomcotterill) will be joining MailOnline in September as a Senior Reporter. Tom has worked at The News, Portsmouth for seven years, most recently as Defence Correspondent and Chief Reporter.

NBC News Digital
Mary-Ann Russon has started a new role as Weekend & Late News Editor for NBC News Digital in London. Mary-Ann will be steering the website during the overnight U.S. time, and editing and reporting on weekdays, with a focus on foreign news. She is still open to pitches on a variety of subjects, including politics (U.K., Europe, Middle East, Asia etc); human rights; royals and internet pop culture trends. Mary-Ann has been a multi-media journalist for 16 years, working most recently for the last five years as a freelance journalist at BBC News Online on the technology, business and science desks. She was nominated for the Technology Journalism Award at the British Journalism Awards 2021. Contact Mary via email or on Twitter @Concertina226.

Pathology in Practice 
Andy Myall has been appointed Editor of Pathology in Practice magazine for Step Communications. He joins the team from FMC, where he worked on their dentistry titles. Andy can be reached via email or found on LinkedIn. 

Radio Times
Frances Taylor (@fraylor) has been appointed TV Previews Editor at the Radio Times, where she will now oversee all the television and streaming reviews in the magazine. Frances was previously Commissioning Editor, Entertainment & Comedy and can still be reached at the same email address.

The Telegraph
Sophie Dickinson (@sdickinson8) has joined The Telegraph as a Travel Writer. Sophie has previously worked freelance and wrote about travel for Time Out. She can be reached at her new email address.

Freelance Update - Mared Parry
Mared Parry (@maredparry) is now a working Monday to Wednesday at The Sun Online as a Digital Reporter covering TV & showbiz lifestyle. She also works at Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine Show on Thursdays and Fridays as their Digital Producer. Mared continues her freelance fashion, beauty & travel journalism at various publications and is a presenter for BBC and S4C. She was previously the Short Form Content Editor (Showbiz & Lifestyle) at The Independent.

PR News
Kate Jackson has left her role as features writer at The Sun. She is now Senior Communications Officer at the University of Bradford. For requests for academic experts or students, please contact her new email address.