Journalists' Charity loses a champion with death of News of the World's Robert Warren

Sad news today that Robert Warren, the veteran News of the World journalist, has died aged 73 from cancer. He was a stalwart of the Journalists' Charity and had just completed a highly successful two years as chairman of its charity council which included leading a major fund raising drive to develop the charity's care home in Dorking. A huge presence and big personality he will be greatly missed.

Journalists' Charity wants new media members

The Journalists' Charity, founded by among others Charles Dickens, needs to recruit new members working in new media, its chairman Chris Boffey said last night.

Boffey, news editor of The Observer, was giving the address at the journalists' carol concert at St. Bride's, Fleet Street. He said: "What we most need is new members from new media." Boffey wished everyone a New Year of "full employment". Those who help run the charity, which has a care home in Dorking for retired and elderly journalists, say they are having an increasing number of journalists in their 40s and early 50s coming to them for help because of the high level of redundancies across the industry.

The concert was in aid of the Journalists' Charity and supported by Luther Pendragon. To find out more visit the Journalists' Charity website.