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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.

Rookie reporter turns amateur sleuth after hold-up

A suspected robber was photographed by a journalist from the Norwich Evening News as he left the scene of an armed hold-up at a fast food restaurant. Quick-witted trainee Pete Walsh, who is studying at Hastings, is more used to

Echo initiative helps clear streets of crime

Forty suspects have been arrested after Merseyside police joined forces with the Liverpool Echo to cut down on street crime. Detectives made the arrests during the past week following a massive drive to clear the streets of south Liverpool of

Recorder target reached

The Romford Recorder has raised a welcome £100,000 for a local hospice. The money, raised as a result of a year-long appeal, will help towards patient care at the Saint Francis Hospice which has annual running costs of £3.2m. The

Cherries: Let's keep them up!

The Daily Echo, Bournemouth, has launched a campaign to stop the town’s football team – the Cherries – from being relegated to Division Three.

Poster bid to step up campaign

People of historical Leith have stepped up the campaign to save its name with the help of the Edinburgh Evening News. Residents of Leith, known as Leithers, have been fighting the decision by Scotland’s Boundary Commission to change the constituency

Xtreme fun – thanks to the News

A popular local skate park has been saved thanks to a campaign by the Norwich Evening News. The Xtreme Fun Park, which attracts up to 2,000 young skaters a week, was threatened with closure due to high financial demands. Now,

T&A funds push tops £100,000

An appeal by the Telegraph and Argus to raise £1m within 18 months to aid cancer research has got off to a flying start. The appeal, named Bradford Can…, has managed to reach £100,000 with the help of local people.

Appeal nets £350,000 in 24 hours

The Bolton Evening News has launched an appeal to raise £1m to build a new 10 bed Coronary Care Unit for the town. Bolton has one of the highest heart attack rates in England and not enough beds in its

Paper stirs support for under-threat services

The Southend Echo’s campaign to save the town’s cancer services has been met with widespread support from the community. Proposals were unveiled by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence – an NHS think-thank – to move some specialist services away

Star a success on open market!

A newspaper campaign to preserve a historic market is claiming successafter the council agreed to let it open three days a week. Traders were celebrating at the news, which follows a concerted push fromthe Ipswich Star to save the market

Fastest campaign successfor Maya

The Ipswich-based East Anglian Daily Times is celebrating its fastest-evercampaign success. The newspaper launched ‘A Haven for Maya’ with a target of raising £15,000to build a new playroom for Maya Felton. Campaign launched Two-year-old Maya was born with an extremely

Fighting for justice

The Romford Recorder has made a double appeal to help attack victim Dean Everett. A gang of yobs left Dean, (21), paralysed from the chest down in a vicious assault in September 2000 and since then he has been having

Putting an end to drugs

The Weston and Somerset Mercury has launched a campaign to end the problem of drugs in Weston. The campaign is being run in conjunction with Avon and Somerset Police and aims to try to make Weston a safer place. Detective

Be a Buddy, says Journal

The Newcastle Journal has launched a five-month campaign to stamp out bullying. The paper has joined forces with the region’s education chiefs to ask schoolchildren in Years 5 to 8 to help its campaign and Be a Buddy not a

Editor puts her shirt on result

There’s another chance for people to show their pride in part ofEdinburgh – as the Evening News launches a Keep Leith campaignt-shirt. The idea is to give the city’s historic port area a boost at a time whenits very name

News staff take a trip to Downing St

A petition boasting more than 2,000 signatures is now at Downing Streetbegging the Government to improve access to NHS dentistry. The petition, from readers of the Yeovil Express, was delivered byeditor-in-chief Ken Bird, accompanied by chief reporter Steve Sowden and