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
Tolls plan hits a nerve
A campaign to stop VAT being charged on Tamar Bridge tolls has captured the imagination of Western Morning News readers. Hundreds have written in voicing…
June 25, 2007
Fife wants to keep it free
The Fife Free Press Keep It Free campaign against hospital parking charges has attracted enormous public backing. The campaign was launched at the start of…
June 25, 2007
Young vandals targeted in Mercury campaign
A crackdown on child vandals has been launched by the Leicester Mercury. The move – to galvanise community action against attacks and a provide a…
June 25, 2007
Time running out for project
A campaign to save a children’s project is pulling out all the stops to raise £60,000 in just eight weeks. St George’s Community and Children’s…
June 25, 2007
Card boost from Mail
A man still alive thanks to a heart transplant has hailed the Hartlepool Mail’s latest campaign – Carry a Card – a “great idea”. The…
June 25, 2007
Footballing future assured
A community football club’s future is secure thanks to a long-running campaign victory by the Southern Daily Echo. Brendon FC had been under threat for…
June 25, 2007
No more cold for the old
A 15-year newspaper battle to make it easier for pensioners to heat their homes has struck victory. The Nottingham Evening Post’s Old and Cold Campaign…
June 25, 2007
Save our gardens!
An entire class of infants put pen to paper to back the Bournemouth Daily Echo’s appeal to save the Winter Gardens. The six and seven-year-olds…
June 25, 2007
Secret meeting under attack
Parents fighting for the right to attend a meeting which will decide the fate of a Warrington school are being backed by a campaigning Cheshire…
June 25, 2007
Argus wins ambulance campaign victory
The South Wales Argus has won a major victory in its campaign demanding a shake-up in Gwent’s ambulance service. It comes after the Newport-based evening…
June 25, 2007
Save a life – for the price of a packet of cigarettes
An ambitious campaign has been launched to put smoke alarms in every house in Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire Echo has teamed up with the county’s fire…
June 25, 2007
Exeter ecstatic aboutroad victory
Staff at the Express and Echo in Exeter are celebrating with their readers after a campaign to get a road resurfaced was vindicated. Firstly, Prime…
June 25, 2007
"Well done!" says Jack
Pensioners’ champion and former trade union leader Jack Jones has said he is “overwhelmed” by response to an evening newspaper’s campaign for justice for pensioners….
June 25, 2007
'Ripper hoaxer' clues uncovered
New evidence that could link an unsolved murder to the infamous Ripper hoaxer could be investigated by the police after a Sunderland Echo investigation was…
June 25, 2007
Plight of vaccine victim highlighted
The Bristol Evening Post has launched a campaign to win compensation for a city man left brain-damaged after a routine vaccination when he was a…
