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
Bid for Clough memorial gathers pace
A campaign by the Evening Gazette to honour football legend Brian Clough with a statue in his home town is gathering pace. Since the death…
June 25, 2007
Times takes OBE fight to Downing Street
The Wiltshire Times has taken its fight to strip an Army officer of his OBE to Downing Street. Readers of the paper reacted with outrage…
June 25, 2007
Steel fight victory for Gazette
The Evening Gazette on Teesside has claimed victory in its Save Our Steel campaign after the future of the Corus Redcar plant was secured for…
June 25, 2007
Trainee leads pony appeal to success
An animal charity is more than £8,000 better off thanks to the fund-raising efforts of a weekly newspaper. The North Devon Journal set itself a…
June 25, 2007
Telegraph hits the Magic Million
Success for biggest campaign in paper’s history ensures hospitals get cancer kit
June 25, 2007
Telegraph call for justice over killer drivers
The Evening Telegraph in Kettering is calling for a review in the law to allow drivers involved in fatal accidents to be given tougher sentences….
June 25, 2007
Voice of readers 'cannot be ignored'
‘We want our paddling pools back’ is the resounding message from readers of the Skegness Standard, who have spoken out in the newspaper’s most popular…
June 25, 2007
Chronicle acts after 300 ship workers are given notice
The Evening Chronicle in Newcastle has launched a campaign calling on the Government to act urgently to safeguard thousands of jobs on the Tyne. The…
June 25, 2007
Editor takes campaigners to to meet Defence Secretary
The Citizen has taken its campaign to save the Glorious Glosters’ famous regimental Back Badge to Westminster. The Gloucester newspaper took a group of Back…
June 25, 2007
Front page photos set to target suspects
The Grimsby Telegraph has teamed up with the local police to crack down on shop crime. The paper has carried a front page story to…
June 25, 2007
MP listens to paper's SOS
MP Don Foster has congratulated The Bath Chronicle on its Support Our Schools campaign. The campaign was launched at the beginning of the academic year…
June 25, 2007
Paper bids to ban city's public smoking
The Nottingham Evening Post has launched an ambitious campaign calling for a ban on smoking at all workplaces in Nottingham. The paper wants to protect…
June 25, 2007
Echo dedicates nine pages to Parking Mad roll of honour
The strength of feeling over car parking price hikes at Lincoln County Hospital has been demonstrated through the pages of the Lincolnshire Echo. Over the…
June 25, 2007
Press drug rape campaign gives out free detection kits
Fears over spiked drinks have led the South London Press to mount a massive give-away of drugs testing kits. Its Safe and Sound campaign, to…
