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
Government's waiting list promises "in tatters"
The Northern Echo’s latest update on its long-running A Chance to Live campaign revealed that Government promises to tackle hospital waiting lists were “in tatters”…
June 25, 2007
Horror of rail campaign is brought home
Deputy Editor of the Liverpool Echo, Tony Storey, saw at first hand the need for the newspaper’s current Stay Away, Stay Alive railway safety campaign….
June 25, 2007
Praise for donor campaign
Transplant chiefs have praised the Hartlepool Mail’s Carry the Card campaign for helping to double the number of would-be organ donors. Dozens of Hartlepool and…
June 25, 2007
Massage parlour exposed
In the best traditions of the “I made my excuses and left” journalist – the Sunday Mercury in Birmingham has exposed a city massage parlour…
June 25, 2007
Ale and hearty in Tamworth
The much-heralded Colin Grazier Ale is finally being quaffed in the Tamworth area in celebration of one of the local heroes. The speciality brew was…
June 25, 2007
Donor crisis in Yorkshire
Yorkshire has been plunged into a transplant crisis, the Evening Post has reported, with the number of organ transplants plummeting to an all-time low. Not…
June 25, 2007
Celebrating achievements
A celebration event to mark West Cumbria’s achievements is being organised by the Carlisle News & Star for Pride In West Cumbria Weekend. It is…
June 25, 2007
Bid to protect children
A mum whose son was killed by a sex offender has written to a top police officer to bolster the Newcastle Chronicle’s Never Again campaign….
June 25, 2007
Putting the brakes on clampers
A campaign to Clamp the Clampers is hotting up in Peterborough. The Evening Telegraph is leading the fight to crack down on the “bandits” who…
June 25, 2007
Echo brings comfort to bereaved families
Families who were in dispute with Liverpool City Council about the graves of their loved ones, have sent a big thank you to staff at…
June 25, 2007
New health checks soon thanks to paper's appeal
An appeal under way at the South London Guardian series aims to enable every new-born baby to be screened for 20 inherited diseases. The Tandem…
June 25, 2007
Citizen saves a life
Save a Life: that’s the latest message from The Citizen. It wants people to enrol on training courses so they could give vital first aid…
June 25, 2007
Welsh support for Post
A £10,000 boost has taken a newspaper’s cancer appeal to more than £58,000. Swansea health chiefs are delighted with the progress of the South Wales…
June 25, 2007
Fresh Argus bid to speed up cash for sick miners
A campaigning newspaper has launched a bid to pay every sick miner £10,000. The South Wales Argus is calling on the Government to make the…
June 25, 2007
Petitions flood in
Readers have responded to a campaign to save hospital services in Hayward’s Heath with one of the biggest postbags in years. The Brighton Evening Argus…
