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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.

Online project gives Mercury readers their say

The Leicester Mercury has become the latest paper to embark on an online project that will help it find out what readers really think about important local issues. The Northcliffe title is asking hundreds of people to join its new

Using journalism skills to solve arguments

Listening to arguments and reporting on them in a fair way is a key skill for journalists. So Ian Onions, from the Bristol Evening Post, went on a three-day mediation course to focus on the next stage – to find

News in brief

Journalist had a rare genetic disorder. Plus new multimedia appointment at PA and more news in brief

Laughter is the best medicine

Split your sides with laughter yoga – and find out if it tickled Birmingham Post reporter Helen Gabriel

News in brief

Plus: former Echo home is demolished – and more news in brief