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The Editor/Founder/Chief Mischief Maker: Simon Young (<a href="https://twitter.com/MrSimonYoung" target="_blank">@MrSimonYoung on Twitter</a>)

Crime Editor: Rob Banks

Crime Correspondent: Hugh Dunnett

Gardening Writer: Anita Bush - see her <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/category/features/lady-garden/">In My Lady Garden column</a>

Property Correspondent: Ruth Tyler

Farming Correspondent (intern): Ivor Traktor

Political Correspondent: Polly Ticks

Railway Correspondent: Casey Jones

Defence Editor: Doug Trench

Royal Correspondent: Jane Seymour

Consumer Correspondent: Colin Allcabs

Entertainment Editor: Arthur Pint

Economics Editor (on secondment from the Peking Times): Foo Tse

Security Correspondent: Ben Twarters

Angling Correspondent: Courtney Pike

Cycling Correspondent: Bernie Legg

Cricket Correspondent: Jock Strapp

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