News
Welcome to our main news index. Here you will find all the news stories that have appeared on the site since our launch in February 2000.
If you want to look up a story from a certain month you can use our Journalism News Archive which lists stories by date and also according to which channel or category they appeared in (eg law, campaigns, awards.)
If you are looking for a story about a particular newspaper or media company, you can use the links in the ‘Main News Links’ list to the right to take you to our directory pages. Here you will find indexes of all the stories we have written about each of the newspapers and media companies featured on the site.
June 25, 2007
Don't give to beggars
A campaign warning people not to give money to beggars – because the cash could line the pockets of drug dealers – has been given…
June 25, 2007
Downing decision: "any time"
The fate of a man convicted for a murder he claims he did not commit could finally be determined within the next seven days. Stephen…
June 25, 2007
Belt up campaign
Local authorities are being warned they could be prosecuted if children are killed on school buses where seatbelts are not fitted. The warning is part…
June 25, 2007
"Wanted" suspects face football violence charges
Police have charged 10 men with conspiracy to commit violent disorder after disturbances at a Stoke City away game. Trouble flared at Wigan Athletic’s stadium…
June 25, 2007
Life-saving campaign launched in Aberdeen
The Evening Express in Aberdeen has launched a Millennium bid to find 600 new North-east blood donors. In a launch feature by journalist Elise Jenkins,…
June 25, 2007
Happy Christmas from Hull
The Hull Daily Mail is stepping in to help make Christmas a little better for some of the poorest children in Europe. Operation Christmas Child…
June 25, 2007
Voters help to shape council
Readers of the Evening Herald, in Plymouth, have kept local government reporter Nick Lester busy sorting reading their responses to the proposals for a radical…
June 25, 2007
Plymouth readers have a say in city council shake-up
The Plymouth Evening Herald has gone on the offensive to shake-up the city’s electorate in preparation for sweeping local government changes. Plymouth City Council is…
June 25, 2007
NHS Trust chief praises paper
Swansea NHS Trust chief executive David Williams has praised the South Wales Evening Post and its readers for the success of the paper’s cancer appeal…
June 25, 2007
More than 100 potential governors come forward
The Leicester Mercury’s efforts to recruit more school governors have resulted in more than 100 new applications. The newspaper has been running a series of…
June 25, 2007
Pensioner's flat is cleaned up after Express steps in
Council bosses agreed to clear up an Aberdeen pensioner’s water-hit flat after the Evening Express stepped in. Council officials had told 86-year-old Lois Hallam to…
June 25, 2007
Freedom of Information
I’ve seen for myself the effect that the worst kind of international business can have on people’s lives. And when you do see the truth,…
June 25, 2007
Freedom of Information Bill is "woefully inadequate"
A campaign by the Newspaper Society against the Freedom of Information Bill – now going through the House of Lords – received a boost today…
June 25, 2007
Freedom of Information comment
The Government is clinging on to secrecy in its Freedom of Information Bill. The bill would give us no right to see the facts on…
June 25, 2007
Western Gazette saves families from eviction
The Western Gazette, in Somerset, has intervened to save 14 families from eviction. The newspaper got involved after the families were told that the tenancies…
