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Every day regional newspapers up and down the land go into battle on behalf of their readers. On this page you will find an archive of the hundreds of stories which HoldtheFrontPage has carried about newspapers fighting for their communities.

Key support for Herald protest

Community leaders in Aylesbury have backed The Bucks Herald’s Save Our Post Office campaign with a protest march in the town centre. For the past five weeks, the Herald has run feature articles detailing the arguments against the closure of

Chronicle joins graffiti battle

The Oldham Evening Chronicle has joined the fight against a plague of graffiti which is costing the town tens of thousands of pounds to remove. The newspaper is publishing a series of photographs of graffiti taken around the town in

WMN to fight on as horse export debate ends in failure

The Western Morning News is to continue its fight for a ban on the export of live horses, ponies and donkeys to the Continent after crucial European talks on the issue collapsed without agreement. It had been hoped that an

Echo's support for 'whistle-blower'

The Lincolnshire Echo has launched a campaign in support of a council ‘whistle-blower’ after it emerged he had been told to stay away from work. Lincolnshire County Council chief executive David Bowles gave evidence in the trial of jailed former

200 on the march to back Herald campaign

Residents turned out in force for a protest march to back their local newspaper and show the town’s anger at plans to close four post offices. Nearly 200 people brought Aylesbury town centre to a standstill in support of The

Newspaper prints photos to find graffiti culprits

The Oldham Evening Chronicle has joined the fight against a plague of graffiti which is costing the town tens of thousands of pounds to remove. The newspaper is publishing a series of photographs of graffiti taken around the town in

Blanket coverage aims to save threatened service

A weekly newspaper is tackling one of the biggest community issues in its patch – the fight to save four post offices. The Bucks Herald carried a front page article, which ran inside onto page two, a double-page spread to

Journal says no to sex shop plan

Plans to open a sex shop in Barnstaple are being opposed by the town’s weekly newspaper, the North Devon Journal. The newspaper has launched the BRASS – Barnstaple Rejects A Sex Shop – campaign in response to proposals by Kent

Hundreds back Free Press in hospital demo

Hundreds of people flocked to a protest organised by the Bucks Free Press over the relocation of vital hospital services. The paper arranged the demonstration after being inundated with complaints from the public about plans to move maternity and children’s

Special school saved from closure thanks to Chronicle

The Newcastle Evening Chronicle has helped save a world-renowned school for deaf and disabled children from closure. Newcastle’s Northern Counties School for the Deaf came under threat following a decline in the number of pupils, and a Government policy of

Gazette's War on Knives goes to Westminster

The Gazette in Blackpool has taken its fight to ban the sale of knives to under 18s to the Houses of Parliament – and been given political support by Home Office minister Hazel Blears. The newspaper launched its War on

£17,000 pulled in by newspaper's cancer appeal

A charity aerobathon run by the Bracknell News has raised £17,000 to help children with cancer. Hundreds of people gave up their Sunday morning to pack Bracknell’s sports centre for the first big event in the newspaper’s Sebastian Gates Action

£2m stadium plan answers newspaper's plea

A two-and-a-half year campaign by the Dartford Times to get a purpose-built stadium for the town’s football club has netted a great result. Since the early nineties “the Darts” have been forced to play outside the borough after their ground

Editors join forces to reverse 'baffling' proposal

The Gloucestershire Echo has joined forces with its sister paper The Citizen to send an open letter to lobby Fire & Rescue Service Minister Nick Raynsford. Editors Anita Syvret and Ian Mean invited the minister to see for himself the

Evening Press campaign move is thwarted in capital

An evening paper and its city MP found themselves snubbed by cinema bosses the day they trekked to London to deliver a petition. The Evening Press has been campaigning to save York’s Odeon Cinema, a listed art deco building which

Press campaign forces political leader's departure

A long-running campaign in the Portsmouth News has claimed its first scalp – that of a local politician who has been vilified for his mishandling of a building project in the city. The local Labour leader Leo Madden was ordered