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Urban Cottage Industries (UCI) and Print Club London will host a celebration of all things print in London this month, the highlight of which will be an actual working Linotype machine.

Former print finisher Michael Carroll, 60, has been convicted of murdering his 64-year-old wife Elisabeth following a re-trial at Cambridge Crown Court.

Roland DG has announced an upgrade to its VersaCAMM print and cut series, the VS-i, which is up to 2,500 cheaper than its predecessor (at launch) despite being faster and having more colour options.

Distributor I-Sub Digital is to host three lots of open days to show off wide-format print and finishing kit from Agfa, Mimaki and Zund.

Fespa has granted full membership to the Bulgarian Association for Contemporary Graphics and Printing (BACGP) following completion of its two-year qualifying period.

St Ives Clays will up its digital printing capacity to 20m books a year with the installation of a fifth production line.

A man in his forties suffered life-threatening injuries when he was crushed under a paper reel on an industrial estate in Essex last week.

Print profit margins are up at St Ives as the group says it has achieved a "fundamental realignment" of its overall business.

St Ives has announced the sale of its Bradford-based direct mail business, St Ives Direct Bradford, to Cogent B2B for 8m.

Drytac has launched a range of laminating films in widths of up to 1.5m for "cost-conscious" print service providers.

Tesco has replaced its bi-monthly Tesco Real Food and A5 format Tesco magazine with a new-look A4 title that will have one of the highest circulations in the UK.

Daventry-based JR Press has installed a new Heidelberg Polar 78 ECO guillotine as part of a wider move away from commercial print into B3 packaging.