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
Appeal bags £3m ahead of schedule
An appeal to raise £3m for the new Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital has hit its target – five months ahead of schedule. Organisers of the…
June 25, 2007
Telegraph gathers evidence in bid to crack down on crime
The Greenock Telegraph is gathering evidence of anti-social behaviour in a bid to help crack down on crime in Inverclyde. Readers are writing to the…
June 25, 2007
10,500-name petition in last gasp zoo plea
Battersea Park Children’s Zoo is facing closure within two weeks – despite a 10,500-signature petition and campaign by the South London Press pleading for it…
June 25, 2007
Twelve-year EADT campaign finally gets result
Twelve years after the East Anglian Daily Times launched a campaign for improvements to be made to a “death-trap” junction, a £5.5m safety scheme has…
June 25, 2007
Town centre tidy after council shamed by press
A weekly newspaper has prompted a clean up of a town centre grot spot by sticking up for residents and businesses in the area. The…
June 25, 2007
Target is trebled in six-month donor push
The Lancashire Evening Post has signed up more than 3,000 donors to the NHS Organ Donor Register. The total brings success to the paper’s six-month…
June 25, 2007
Chronicle push to beat the bogus callers
The Essex Chronicle has joined forces with the Chelmsford police to launch a campaign to stop bogus callers preying on the elderly and vulnerable. The…
June 25, 2007
Take yet more care, warns Western Morning News
The Western Morning News is re-launching its Take Moor Care campaign. Originally implemented in 1999 to encourage drivers on the Dartmoor roads to slow down…
June 25, 2007
Park life to be taken on by the Telegraph
When the derelict state of local parks came to the attention of the Grimsby Telegraph, the paper decided to do something about it. The Telegraph…
June 25, 2007
Citizen writes to PM asking for minister for elderly
The editor of The Citizen has written to the Prime Minister asking him to appoint a minister for the elderly. The move comes as part…
June 25, 2007
Mail steps up Concorde fight
The Hull Daily Mail has stepped up its fight to bring Concorde to Yorkshire, with a direct plea to British Airways boss Lord Marshall. As…
June 25, 2007
Mail pressure helps secure £800m deal
An £800m deal at BAE Systems in Brough has signalled victory for the Hull Daily Mail’s campaign to keep the plant open. The paper has…
June 25, 2007
Justice for Zoe petition presented to Home Secretary
The Wiltshire Times’ Justice For Zoe petition has been presented to Home Secretary David Blunkett by Westbury MP Dr Andrew Murrison in the House Of…
June 25, 2007
Crime hotline set up by Gazette
The Basingstoke Gazette has joined forces with Hampshire Constabulary to launch a burglary hotline. The hotline, part of the paper’s Burglary – Let’s Beat It…
June 25, 2007
Hillingdon paper rallies readers for hospital cause
The Hillingdon and Uxbridge Times has launched a campaign to fight a proposed move or closure of the much needed cancer services centre at the…
