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
Save the zoo, pleads SLP
The South London Press has bowed to public pressure and launched a campaign to prevent the closure of Battersea Zoo. Readers have been flooding the…
June 25, 2007
Plea for private input into paper's green campaign
Phase II of the Greener, Cleaner Northampton initiative has been kick-started by the Chronicle & Echo. The paper is inviting businesses in the private sector…
June 25, 2007
Court reporting assured as paper repels closure threat
The Surrey Comet is celebrating after its year-long Save our Magistrates Court campaign succeeded in preventing the closure of Kingston’s ancient court. Yvette Cooper, Minister…
June 25, 2007
Newspapers link up to push for life sentences
A Midlands newspaper is joining forces with a sister publication on Tyneside to campaign for life sentences for drink drivers who kill. The Birmingham Evening…
June 25, 2007
Editor's wet and windy evenings set to pay off
The editor of a Scottish weekly is to run the Edinburgh Marathon in June to raise money towards building a new cancer care centre. East…
June 25, 2007
Messages of support could save abandoned babies
Messages of support are accompanying cash that is being sent from the Ely Standard to victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Babies are still being…
June 25, 2007
Appeal is a sparkling success – but it doesn't stop there
The Colchester Evening Gazette has reached its £20,000 target to help bring a touch of sparkle to the lives of children in Essex – and…
June 25, 2007
Donations set to smash hospital target
The Ilford Recorder is about to smash a £60,000 target set to boost specialist cancer treatment at a local hospital. A superb response from readers…
June 25, 2007
Press campaign wins sea safety move
The Spirit of Lelaina rescue hovercraft has been launched at the end of a remarkable campaign by the Western Daily Press. The newspaper started to…
June 25, 2007
Paper joins pensioners to march on Parliament
The South London Press has marched on Parliament with hundreds of pensioners to demand that the Government safeguards their free travel. For the past two…
June 25, 2007
Four-page special in support of Boots workers
The Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser is fighting to save the jobs of more than 1,000 workers at a cosmetics factory earmarked for closure. The plans,…
June 25, 2007
News & Star calls for resignation
The News & Star has rounded on the NHS executive who is in charge of the £87m hospital serving North Cumbria. It came under fire…
June 25, 2007
Buses to travel at 10mph for safety after MEN probe
Buses in Manchester city centre are to be restricted to a 10mph limit after an investigation by the city’s newspaper. The decision was made after…
