Copy-editors at Newsquest’s Weymouth subbing hub are facing redundancy as the regional publisher looks to stop all copy-editing at the Dorset office by the end of June this year.

In a letter to staff, regional production manager Carl Blackmore said 17 full time equivalent staff are at risk of redundancy, including copy-editors and regional co-ordinator roles.

Press Gazette understands 12 full-time roles and six part-time positions are affected, all of which are editorial, and that the redundancies could spell the closure of the Weymouth hub.