On the third anniversary of the murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan, the NUJ has expressed “grave concern” at the lack of progress in the police investigation. NUJ president Jim Corrigall has urged the police service of Northern Ireland to guarantee that all resources needed are made available.

The Shields Gazette has appealed for the borough’s courts and police to re-think their responsibilities, after the paper was restrained from naming and shaming two accused young thugs. The Gazette was ordered to refrain from identifying the yobs until their individual sentences have been passed.

A Manchester Evening News investigation has revealed that convicted criminals in the North West are frequently being given cab driving licences. When approached by the M.E.N, the Manchester Council ordered for the ruling to be immediately revised.

An NUJ survey has shown that half of their gay and lesbian members believe they’ve been discriminated against at work, because of their sexuality. Despite the introduction of employment legislation in 2003 to protect lesbian, gay and bisexual workers, the result suggests that homophobia remains a stubborn stigma for the union to tackle.

The Evening Mail’s Why My Child campaign has raised £650,000 in its bid to help save and improve the lives of sick children across the West Midlands. The paper is now within touching distance of its £1million target needed to set up Europe’s first flagship research centre into childhood diseases.

The Burton Mail’s campaign to keep free bus travel for pensioners has received support from Burton’s MP Janet Dean. East Staffordshire’s free bus pass scheme is under threat after a community transport review labelled the existing scheme as flawed.

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