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.
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
A £2m plan to clean up Leicester has been unveiled – giving a huge boost to the Leicester Mercury’s Cleaning Up the Streets campaign. For the past three months the Mercury has been regularly highlighting the problem ‘grotspots’ that readers
Would-be life-savers turned out after an appeal for help in their local paper to support desperate efforts to save a man dying of leukaemia. More than 160 people registered at the five-hour long recruitment clinic to try to find a
Reporter Ursula Hudson went for a drive as part of the Derby Telegraph’s road safety awareness campaign Think First and realised how long boring journeys can make you sleepy in just minutes. She tried out a car simulator at the
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
The News & Star is being blamed for a football club owner’s threat to withdraw Carlisle United from the football league and close it down. Club owner Michael Knighton says bad publicity in the paper, along with a supporters’ campaign
A front page story from more than 30 years ago has secured Cod War compensation for trawlermen in Scotland. The article, in the Aberdeen Evening Express, showed the Government how fishermen were entitled to more compensation than they were originally
A review of hospital services in west Cumbria has brought out the fighting instincts of the Times & Star. Consultants are worried their area will lose out on vital services or even lose the hospital itself – leaving patients with
The Evening Echo in south Essex has drawn up a campaign to tackle the scourge of rubbish dumped on our streets. Clean up our County was launched by editor Martin McNeill in response to reader complaints of litter-strewn pavements, dumped
The Lincolnshire Echo is pleading with readers to donate cash to a fighting fund to secure the future of ailing Lincoln City FC. The paper reported on Thursday how the club was seeking permission to go into administration. And for
A safety campaign spearheaded by the Lincolnshire Echo has resulted in new speed limits outside some of the county’s schools. The Slow Down campaign aimed to get drivers to cut their speeds and make it safer for children going to
Tony Blair has taken time out to answer a series of key questions put to him by the Bolton Evening News. The Prime Minister addressed a variety of topics that directly affect Bolton – and revealed some positive news for
An evening paper fought to win the right to expose a council leader who it says was found to rule using “improper pressure”. The Lincolnshire Echo devoted eight pages to an auditors’ report on Coun Jim Speechley, leader of the
The Grimsby Telegraph has sent an open letter to Transport Secretary Stephen Byers asking him to put right an injustice over health. More than 2,000 readers have sent in their petitions in a bid to cancel a Humber Bridge toll
A weekly newspaper’s Christmas appeal success means that homeless people in part of London will continue to enjoy a hot meal every week. The Hampstead & Highgate Express asked readers to donate money for the Camden Soup Kitchen – and
The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald has launched a campaign to raise money for a new ambulance in the county. The campaign, in conjunction with Wiltshire St John Ambulance, comes after three new Crusader ambulances were bought through donations. But there