A poll on the Bournemouth Daily Echo’s website revealed that 77 per cent of voters believe the paper should be allowed to publish pictures of convicted paedophiles.
The poll was conducted after Dorset police prevented the Echo from printing a picture of a man who was jailed for eight years after raping a ten-year-old girl.

The Hull Daily Mail’s coverage of the death of 12-year-old Gary Young, who choked on his own vomit after drinking cider, will be used in schools to help warn youngsters of the dangers of drink.
PC Chris Chapman said: “We have already begun approaching schools to arrange to take in copies of the Mail’s stories on the issue and other safety information.”

The Hartlepool Mail has urged readers to Have a Heart and help two-year-old Melissa Murphy, who has a debilitating form of epilepsy.
Money raised by Mail readers will go towards paying for Melissa to attend an intensive exercise and stimulation course at a specialist treatment centre in Somerset.

An appeal by the South Wales Echo to recruit 500 new blood donours has reached its target after just a month.
The success was achieved in half the time expected and the paper is now appealing for even more donors to come forward.

The Bath Chronicle has launched a campaign to ban heavy goods vehicles from using the city as a shortcut to other parts of the country.
The No Through Route initiative calls for all lorries with no direct business in the city to be re-routed around Bath.

Local authorities in Devon have given their backing to the Take Moor Care campaign which is being run by the Western Morning News.
The National Park Authority and Dartmoor farmers have joined Devon County Council in voicing their support for the initiative which aims to protect livestock on unfenced roads from speeding motorists.

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