The News Of The World has announced that its showbiz man, Rav Singh, is leaving the tabloid to go freelance. Singh was one of the UK's best known showbusiness reporters, and was behind no less than 52 c'leb-based front page stories at the NoW during his eight years with the paper.
Confirming his departure from the paper, Singh is quoted in the Guardian thus: "I have had the best years of my life working at the News Of The World but all great things come to an end. I am keen to try something new and I have big plans which I can't wait to get working on".
NoW editor Colin Myler responded thus: "Rav has been an outstanding showbiz editor. He set the bar for others to follow".
TV editor Dan Wootton is set to take over the paper's showbiz column, which will relaunch in November.