Final hope in widow's 'lost at sea' mystery?
Page 1 of 2 There is new hope for a woman who has been told she must divorce her dead husband before she can remarry. A search of the sunken trawler The Gaul is under way – which may provide
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.
Page 1 of 2 There is new hope for a woman who has been told she must divorce her dead husband before she can remarry. A search of the sunken trawler The Gaul is under way – which may provide
Page 2 of 2 “I reported that at the time and since and it is a story in its own right. Still she cannot remarry so she waits and hopes with the others families that this survey reveals the truth.
An evening paper is backing calls to ensure servicemen who made sacrifices in one of the Cold War’s stand-offs 50 years ago are recognised. The Western Morning News says a “glaring omission” in the official medals lists for conflicts and
Readers of the Evening Press received a royal “thank you” from the Duke of York for their part in creating a £2m new-look at a York hospice. He toured the new in-patient unit and chatted to staff and patients, as
The Lancashire Evening Post is “throwing down the gauntlet” to the people of Preston to get them to clean up their act. The newspaper revealed the grubby state of the city’s streets and is backing a campaign – along with
A Skate Safe appeal run by the Chard & Ilminster News has closed after raising £2,114 towards Chard’s official skateboard and BMX park. Launched by the News three months ago, the campaign touched the lives of many people in the
A 75-year-old murder case is to go to Appeal Court judges this month following a newspaper campaign to clear the name of a miner hanged for the killing. The Ilkeston Advertiser launched a campaign to quash the conviction two years
More than 5,000 people have joined a campaign launched by the South Wales Evening Post objecting to plans to move a neurosurgery unit from Swansea to Cardiff. Readers have registered their objection by sending in vouchers printed in the Post
A campaign by the Bury Times to save the Shakers has ended after the club was brought out of administration. During the paper’s Five to Stay Alive fundraising campaign, which was part of the Save Our Shakers Appeal, readers helped
A man is alive today after staff used a Nottingham Evening Post defibrillator to re-start his heart. The campaigning newspaper has been raising cash to get the medical machinery placed in key areas across Nottinghamshire as part of its Start-a-Heart
Rival newspapers have become involved in a battle over posters put up after the tragic death of a youngster on mud flats in Somerset. As a result, the Western Daily Press has invited Bridgwater Mercury reporters to its offices for
The relaunch of the Arrive Alive campaign by the York Evening Press is hoping to curb the growing number of motorcyclists killed on North Yorkshire’s roads. The campaign comes on the back of recently released Government figures which show that
An initiative aiming to combat an increasing problem of bored youngsters who turn to petty crime has been launched by the Weston & Somerset Mercury. Through its Safety In Numbers campaign, the paper is highlighting the problems caused by groups
A commemorative bench dedicated to Tamworth War hero Colin Grazier has been officially unveiled during a moving service at the National Arboretum, Alrewas – barely three years after he was a virtual unknown. The turnabout is down to a campaign
The Evening Press is claiming victory in its long-running campaign to make safe a killer stretch of road near York. The Government has given the go-ahead for a flyover on the A64 at the notorious Bilbrough Top accident blackspot between
The Yeovil Express has launched the FAST Appeal to raise money for a new scanner at Yeovil District Hospital. The Fund A Scanner Today Appeal hopes to raise £20,000 towards a planned £65,000 investment by the hospital’s bone density unit