Reports in today's trade press suggest widescale job cuts across Newsquest regional newspapers, including the Northern Echo, and at Johnston Press's Midlands group. Based on claims by the NUJ published by the Press Gazette, as many as 60 jobs could be cut, some through voluntary redundancies and early retirement. The impact on sports desks has yet to be resolved. In Darlington, 18 jobs could go as the Echo is to cut back to a single edition. The Press Gazette reports that the job cuts would be mainly in production departments. Nearly twice as many jobs could be cut through a "reorganisation" at Johnston Press's weekly newspaper division in the Midlands. The 34 job cuts, including in editorial, will be made at Aylesbury-based Central Counties Newspapers, which publishes 18 weeklies including the Leamington Spa Courier and the Rugby Advertiser.