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Campaigns Stories 2006

Cameron and McGowan back Journals' environmental push
Big names in the fold as sister titles launch year-long campaign to help Keep It Green

Press claims victory in fight for law change on child kidnappers
Editor is "immensely proud" his newspaper brought a change in the law

Judge hears Mail's call for return of deported woman
Yorkshire title hands over dossier of support including 2,000 letters and a DVD of online news bulletins

Telegraph claims victory in fight to stop prisoners' automatic early release
Paper wins Justice For Attracta after six-month fight backed by more than 30,000 readers

Print and online bid to save rural post offices
Don't Sound the Last Post petition will be delivered to Downing St

TT racer honoured after pressure from Citizen news team
Freedom of Borough for racer John McGuinness, after chief reporter co-ordinates campaign

Print and online bid to save rural post offices

Mail delivers New Street pleas to Westminster
More than 7,000 readers back campaign for investment in just two weeks

Herald fights for improved care for Alzheimer's sufferers
Reader's story prompts full-blown campaign for more help for sufferers and their carers

Press prints 2,000-strong roll of honour in A&E fight
Readers get behind Star campaign to safeguard future of unit

Free Press defeats bid to launch parking charges
Pressure leads council to shelve its plan for extra "taxes" on shoppers

Regional press news in brief
Round-up of the latest regional newspaper campaigns fighting for their local communities

Paper launches £250,000 fundraising bid for new hospice at home service
Advertiser adds its weight to new push for 24-hour nursing care for people in their own homes

Cheeky news staff stunt helps score campaign victory in sports pitch row
Paper wins closure u-turn after staging a unique pitch invasion

Press anti-crime drive gets results
Five arrests made after CCTV camera stills were published on front page

Chronicle petition attracts signatures from more people than buy the paper
Fight to keep rugby club in the city attracts strong response

Five-year fight nets a result for Times as football comes home
Club plays first match in new ground that weekly paper campaigned for

Cancer care centre that Press readers helped to build is officially opened
Event was culmination of £500,000 fundraising effort

Cliff Richard on board for Northern Echo dementia campaign
Pop star joins more than 1,000 readers in backing fight to overturn new restrictions on vital NHS drugs

Advertiser says 'show must go on' as new campaign is launched
Town theatre closure prompts initiative to highlight grassroots talent

Echo wins praise in Parliament
Early Day Motion recognises paper's work to expose bogus callers

Star launches fight as scores of specialist nurses face the axe
"Nursing angels are being slapped in the face," says editor

Local paper fights back after town gets a battering from national press
Weekly aims to put pride back in the community after round of negative publicity

Victory for Telegraph as hospital scraps disabled parking charges
Turnaround follows calls from more than 6,000 readers to drop "despicable" charges

Echo celebrates victory in campaign to save beauty spot
More than 9,000 readers signed petition in protest at new homes plan

Health minister turns his back on 90,000-name Evening Post petition
Claims that accepting petition might suggest a lack of impartiality are dismissed as "nonsense"

Readers hit streets in support of Post's fight to safeguard hospital's future
Campaign gathers momentum as more than 1,000 people turn out for march

York Press marks milestone for Guardian Angels campaign
Appeal's first birthday is marked with a cake which is sold to further boost coffers

Paper raises £70,000 as it bids to save hospice care service
Tally almost half-way to target after just two months as money floods in to Evening News appeal

Guardian launches fight on dodgy DVDs
Readers are asked to call newsdesk as street sellers are targeted

Somerset roads set to be safer thanks to Mercury
Council acts after road deaths prompted paper's campaign to ask How Many More?

Print and web combine to celebrate rugby's big night
Extensive coverage from Mail marks double sporting celebration

Post's mobile phone message is 'Hands Off'
Newspaper teams up with telecomms firm for seven-week campaign

Judge backs Echo calls for ban on samurai swords
Comments came in exclusive interview which followed sentencing of sword slayer

Bracknell News helps raise £500,000 - and make schoolboy's dream a reality
Cash will be used to build a holiday home for seriously ill children

Victory for Observer in campaign prompted by train tragedy
Weekly called for action after death of teenagers on an unmanned level crossing

More than 3,000 readers get behind Tele fight to scrap 'unfair' charges
Support floods in after paper revealed hospital car parking charges for the disabled

Paper campaigns to oust St George as patron saint of England
Calls are made for former East Anglian king
St Edmund to be reinstated as patron

'Save pink school custard!'- Post issues rallying cry
Campaign is serious, not slapstick, in focus on healthy eating message

Bid to raise £100,000 launched by paper 'at centre of its community'
Cash will help create a Garden of Tranquillity at Bolton hospice

P&J readers help raise £500,000 to treat 'ignored' cancers
Campaign sees public dig deep for urological illness

'Speak Out, Stop Bullying', Mail tells readers
Online and in-paper initiative aims to get schools to talk about problems and highlight success stories

Paper's fight to save spiritual home of rugby club
Rallying call to Keep Rugby at the Rec launches stickers, posters, petition and more

T&A targets dangerous dogs
Victim gives her backing as spate of attacks sparks call for new measures

Diary of terror launched by News in community campaign
Fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour, prostitution and graffiti are among targets

Bus chaos regulation plea from Evening News
Claims city is being brought to a standstill by free-for-all bus war prompts calls for action

Mail fights for freedom and calls for end to slavery
Petition which targets modern-day slavery follows in footsteps of former campaigning Hull MP

Somerset town on the road to safety thanks to Mercury push
Months of media pressure results in feasibility study for crossing

Calls for scrapping of automatic early release of prisoners goes to No.10
33,000-name petition presented after Telegraph sounds rallying call

Journal rally sees 5,000 protesters say 'no' to hospital cuts
Editor leads the way as readers make their feelings heard on proposed changes

'Cull the gulls' calls paper
Serious debate on emotive issue brings strong response from readers of the Advertiser

Reporter gets local 'lifeline' back on the road
Council steps in after paper campaigns to save the 'post bus'

Lynn News lensman gets on his bike for lifeboat appeal
Photographer leads the way with charity stunt as paper launches £125,000 fundraising bid

Triple fatality prompts press plea
Year-long delay into crash report brings demand for immediate measures

Feel safer with The Star
Pro-active newspaper campaign encourages readers to Stand Together

'Dear John...' campaign targets Patricia too!
Housing growth prompts paper to call for assurances that health services can cope

Post's Health Warning fight wins support of 40,000
Readers make their feelings clear as campaign to save hospital services gathers pace

Weeklies bid to raise cash for kids' cancer care
Great start towards £20,000 appeal target from Times series newspapers

Four-month campaign yields free bus victory for News
No more full-fare trips for pensioners thanks to 'On the Buses' initiative

Readers give backing to News's fight to save city music venue
Thousands sign up to show their support for the Queen's Hall

Evening News bid to plug £175,000 hospice care funding shortfall
Newspaper campaign to save under threat "hospice at home" service

Shuttle/Times & News effort sees activity centre rise from the ashes
Editor "overwhelmed" by support for paper's biggest ever appeal

Bid to stop controversial beauty spot development plan gathers momentum
More than 2,500 readers sign Echo petition in protest at new homes move

'Keep Your Kit On', Advertiser tells readers
Readers urged to stay sun safe as figures show high skin cancer rate for men in the town

Guardian takes care of New Life as it smashes appeal target
Cash flows into weekly paper's appeal after spotlight falls on sick babies

Evening News uses MP3 technology in a bid to track down hoaxers
Hoax 999 callers the target in paper/web initiative

Lord Chancellor backs Post's calls for tougher sentences on knife crime
Campaign also aims to educate youngsters on the dangers of carrying knives

Press bid to save urban and rural post offices
Bid to keep services is key to WDP push

Paper's atomic dumping protest hits Parliament
Echo gets behind public who fear contaminated warhead scrapyard nearby

Echo's danger dog campaign snaps at heels of Government
Paper calls for a clampdown on irresponsible owners of dangerous dogs

North West paper targets off-road bike 'menace'
Deaths prompt campaign for compulsory DVLA registration

Paper launches wristband bid to save under-threat hospital
"Stroud maternity matters, keep it open", says Citizen

Editor takes On The Buses fight to Blair's front door
More than 10,000 readers sign petition calling for county-wide free bus travel for over 60s

Herald rallies support for key meeting against health closures
Readers urged to sign petition as hospitals' fate hangs in the balance

Speedway campaign stalls but Advertiser refuses to give up hope
Strong backing from readers could not reverse decision by stadium owners

Farewell to popular Robin after 26 years
Veteran Ayrshire Post photographer retires

Press wins breakthrough in campaign for law change for child kidnappers
Automatic sex register listing a step closer after newspaper's push for reform

Drink-drive 'name and shame' praised by police
"No apologies" from Post as it reveals full details of drink-drive menace

Pier shows return after four-month Gazette campaign
Venue would have stood empty for summer season without newspaper's fight

Gazette event helps cancer appeal smash £35,000 barrier
Generous readers help paper reach fundraising target two months early

Two more buildings saved in Liverpool's push to 'stop the rot'
Critical list gets smaller as public opinion sways the authorities

'Pride' logo to help identify positive stories for Times & Star
Weekly starts push to find good news around the area

Wildlife plea by the Echo could halt development
Outcry over 400+ species looks set to raise questions over beauty spot

Argus claims victory as police merger plans are scrapped
Welsh paper said police must remain local to stay accountable

Telegraph calls on readers to 'bring a pound to work'
Thousands of city workers are expected to take part in paper's fundraising initiative

Telegraph in fight to protect children at risk of sex crime
Investigation leads to six-pronged campaign to 'Keep Them Safe'

Independents Day launch by Chronicle
Key retail campaign aims to protect "the heart of Bath's unique appeal"

Editor voices readers' fears in impromptu meeting with health minister

Express gets ready to do battle over hospital cuts

School run parking madness tackled after Post campaign

South West weekly notches up first victory in CCTV fight

Echo throws its weight behind academy bid

Pride supplement celebrates 101 great citizens

'Draconian measures' force Echo to abandon Olympic campaign plans

Newspaper's On the Buses push secures support from 7,000

£100,000 Daily Times cancer campaign smashes target within a year

Evening News says 'No' to incinerators

Gazette launches NHS campaign to save town's hospital

Paper 'will continue to fight' after court blow for Guantanamo detainee

'Save Our Sauce' battle cry from the Mail

Gazette's priority is ABC initiative

Victory for Times in battle to save local market

Echo launches bid to get more Wearsiders to go to university

'Victory for common sense' as council does u-turn on loos closure

Clean beach plea wins environmental accolade

Guardian campaign is backed by Chancellor Brown

Paper locked out as it bids to handover petition

Police and Mail team up in knife crackdown

Future bright for Grimsby after Telegraph secures £150,000 funding

Paper awaits court decision on Guantanamo detainee

Guardian campaign success is good news for commuters

Chronicle's community campaign opposes vulnerable people's move

Speed boat death probe plea from Shopper

Samurai sword ban bid moves closer to a result

Express SOS plea brings forward 400

Calls to axe 'toll on health' are brought to the fore

Star calls on Govt to override health chiefs' closure decision

New miners' fight aiming to repeat success of 1999 campaign

News staff to run marathon for their latest campaign

Careless driving law change hailed by Evening News

Gazette appeal passes magic £50,000 milestone

Campaign saves learning centre inside a week

Editor accused of scare tactics says: 'I'd do it all again'

Welsh weekly makes its own headlines with hard-hitting campaign

Guardian takes on borough's eyesore architecture

'Super centre' for babies backed by News

More than 20,000 people back Gazette's Campaign for Lloyd

Hard-hitting front page shows faces of 43 victims

Express appeal gives tsunami-hit villagers a new home

Echo calls for ban on samurai swords after death of local man

Readers donate £10,000 to shelter appeal after death of homeless man

Changes could cost lives, warns evening paper

Echo campaign helping drive down doorstep crime

South coast paper's campaign saves landmark from the scrap heap

Victory at last for The News in Arctic Medal crusade