Andrew Martin was the editor of the Evening News in the 1990s - now known as Worcester News. Veteran Worcester News reporter Mike Pryce said: He was great at the job and a very good cricketer. When he left, he edited on other titles and this doesn t surprise me. David Wood, former sub-editor at the Worcester News and Cotswold Journal said: Andrew took me on as a sub-editor at Worcester in 1997. I only worked for him for a relatively short time but my abiding memory was my job interview. It was more of an informal chat than a grilling. I was living in Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire at the time, about an hour away, and Andrew s main question to me was How long will it take you to drive from Shipston to Worcester? .
TRIBUTES are being paid to a committed coastal newspaper editor who died suddenly aged 69. Andrew Martin took over from Steve Rogers as editor of the coastal titles, including the Rhyl Journal, North Wales Pioneer and North Wales Chronicle, in 2012. He had been with the company, then NWN Media now Newsquest, for six years. During that period, he also edited the Denbighshire Free Press. Andrew, who was married to Sue, 68, planned to retire late 2019 / early 2020 but continued to remain an essential part of the team throughout the pandemic, helping and offering advice in the background as well as a listening ear.