Story Ideas
Quiet day in the office? In need of some inspiration to fill that slot on the features page? Check out our story ideas here and see if you can take news developments from around the UK and localise them for your patch.
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Being a butcher for all seasons
Small, independent businesses are often the first to suffer in a recession. And some reports now suggest that traditional butchers are closing at a rate…
Sweetie shop stop-off en route to school
Almost a quarter of seven to 14-year-olds are chomping their way through junk food on their way to school. A new survey by cereal maker…
There's warning signs to be spotted
Ignorance is bliss so the saying goes but perhaps not when it comes to matters of personal health. A worrying new survey from Cancer Research…
Bored but are they boozing?
The devil will find work for idle hands to do – and one alcohol charity is worried that bored teenagers will hit the bottle over…
Helping out with hand-me-downs
New research from Save the Children and Family Action suggests that families across the UK are struggling to buy school uniforms and essential educational items…
Tackling the rise of the tasers
Deployment of tasers by police increased by 25pc in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the final three months of 2008. New figures show…
Losing weight – there's an app for that
Love them or loath them, Apple iPhones are very popular and generally everywhere you turn. The marketing and technology companies have had a field day…
Pub, pint, peanuts, parcel, parting
The plight of the postal service, and particularly small post offices, has been well-documented in recent years. Meanwhile, the local pub is also struggling during…
Take inspiration from this failure
A world record attempt to photograph the highest number of bikini-clad women in one place proved a miserable failure. The bid on an Essex beach…
Taking Memory Lane to court
Nostalgia features and Memory Lane slots have been a staple of the local paper for decades. But now they can take a darker and more…
Could the unaware be made more aware?
Over half the population is unaware that dementia can kill while 70pc wrongly think it is mainly a hereditary illness. The eye-opening stats came out…
Going away from the grape
Scenes of young, sophisticated types enjoying a glass of Chablis as they put the world to rights may be becoming a thing of the past….
Don't bumble about with bumblebees
Not enough is being done to protect the future of the humble honeybee. According to MP Edward Leigh, chair of the public accounts committee, colonies…
Some people will do anything for Olympic glory
Footballers and F1 drivers are exceptionally well paid but for other sportsmen and women chasing the Olympic dream, the reality is somewhat harsher. Undeterred by…
Kids will be 'leaning on the lamppost'
Most of us can recall with a sweaty-palmed sense of fear being made to sing or play an instrument in front of our peers and…
