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.
Humber Bridge chiefs have been forced to sit up and listen after being bombarded with nearly 3,000 pleas to axe a planned toll on health. The Grimsby Telegraph has presented coupons, petitions and letters to bridge master Roger Evans on
The threat of war between India and Pakistan has scuppered the York Evening Press’s efforts to take its latest campaign to the Delhi parliament. The newspaper has collected nearly 5,000 signatures demanding that deaf and one-legged charity worker Ian Stillman
The Evening Star has pledged to fight “tooth and nail” to safeguard the future of intensive care facilities at Ipswich Hospital amid fears that the unit may be moved. The paper has revealed senior doctors in Ipswich are concerned that
The teenage victim of a serious sex attack has won her two-year fight to change identity parade laws – with help from the Keighley News. It happened after the courageous schoolgirl turned to the paper for help after her suspected
The Evening Herald Move It campaign has welcomed moves by the Government to help clear the streets of abandoned cars. New measures give local authorities extra powers to remove vehicles from the streets after just 24 hours. Plymouth City Council
Humber Bridge chiefs have been forced to sit up and listen after being bombarded with nearly 3,000 pleas to axe a planned toll on health. The Grimsby Telegraph has presented coupons, petitions and letters to bridge master Roger Evans on
The Bolton Evening News has won its year-long fight to save the town’s magistrates’ courts. Bolton will now either get a new multi-million pound courthouse or the cash will be spent on refurbishing the existing court building. A recommendation to
The editor of a Huddersfield newspaper has written to retail, commerce and industry leaders in a bid to help solve the problem of wheel-clamping. John Williams, of the Examiner, has invited them to join him in calling for “sensible, regulated
Fears of years of delay on a line extension for the London Underground has prompted the South London Press to push for a target date of 2006 for its opening. The East London Line extension was supposed to be an
The Liverpool Echo’s Sunrise Fund, designed to help charities all over Merseyside, has raised £12,000 on the day of its launch. The paper held a glittering launch party at its city centre offices that helped get the fund off to
Two Derby Evening Telegraph journalists have been recognised for their part in the paper’s Think First road safety campaign. Reporter Ursula Hudson and deputy chief sub-editor Pete Pheasant have been awarded police commendations. In March the Evening Telegraph launched Think
A newspaper campaign to free a deaf charity worker being detained in Delhi has suffered a blow with the news that the latest attempt to secure his release has failed. Ian Stillman, originally from York, is serving a ten-year sentence
Racism is being tackled by The Argus with input from its staff into a new calendar. It is to promote the work of the Newport Forum to Counter Racial Harassment. The paper is joining the initiative in a bid to
A new campaign by the Yorkshire Evening Post and Crimestoppers to catch criminals has brought several important breakthroughs. Since the beginning of this year, the paper’s Crime Watch appeals to trace people sought by police have led to the arrest
Food and farming minister Lord Whitty has heaped praise on the Western Morning News Buy Local campaign at a conference on sourcing local food. He congratulated the paper on its work, aimed at revitalizing local industries in the wake of
The Bucks Free Press has helped to prompt a fresh Government review into the use of air ambulances after the paper revealed that the NHS does not fund the service. In November, the paper revealed air ambulance charities – which