Every day regional newspapers up and down the land go into battle on behalf of their readers. On this page you will find an archive of the hundreds of stories which HoldtheFrontPage has carried about newspapers fighting for their communities.
A Northern Echo investigation has discovered that virtually nothing has been done to prevent a repeat of the Selby rail disaster. It found that more than ten months after the Selby rail crash, railway bridges in the region are still
A bus operator is to fit special alarms in a bid to prevent passengers becoming trapped in vehicle doors. In the wake of a campaign by the Exeter Express & Echo, the alarms will be fitted to around 60 Stagecoach
The Prime Minister has applauded a ‘Culture Vulture’ drive by The Chronicle that’s aiming to make Newcastle the Capital of Culture for 2008. Although Tony Blair must stay neutral in the battle between 13 cities Europe-wide, he said: “The Chronicle’s
Stephen Downing, who spent more than 27 years in prison for a murder he always claimed he did not commit, has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal. His case was heard largely as a result of campaigning
The Western Morning News has been praised in Parliament for its campaign to promote local food and produce. The campaign is an attempt to reverse the negative effects on the economy and the countryside suffered through foot and mouth disease.
The Bolton Evening News campaign to save the town’s historic magistrates’ courts has won support from the Law Society. Its president, David McIntosh, signed the Evening News petition and called on the Government to recognise the town’s needs. A committee
The Nottingham Evening Post is going all the way to Parliament with its Be Safe Not Sorry fireworks campaign. The newspaper is calling for a complete ban on the sale of fireworks to the public and, following an overwhelming response
A £1.5m campaign – the biggest in the history of the Northampton Chronicle & Echo – has closed with the official opening of a new hospital cancer unit. The three years of fund-raising came to an end when Earl Spencer
More than 11,000 readers have now backed the Newcastle Evening Chronicle’s petition to win a change in the law on airguns. The newspaper has joined forces with Gateshead Council to lobby Home Secretary David Blunkett into making it illegal to
A county’s children could be in with a bigger chance of a better education thanks to input from the Burton Mail. The paper has launched a Quid for Kids campaign – asking readers to donate enough cash to take the
The Basingstoke Gazette is celebrating an excellent ‘strike rate’ with itsChristmas campaign in aid of a local hostel for the homeless. Shortly after signing up Ian Botham as one of its supporters, it learnedthat it had been successful with its
Gloucestershire County Council has ordered a dramatic overhaul of its home care charges following a hard-hitting campaign by the Citizen. In April Gloucestershire social services increased the cost of home care for pensioners and disabled people as one of several
The Nottingham Evening Post is to challenge the Government about its “dithering” over laws to protect children from paedophiles. The paper devoted four inside pages and a front page editorial comment to the story in the first two days of
Readers have been firing petitions in to the Newcastle Evening Chronicle calling for tighter airgun controls. The paper teamed up with Gateshead Council to launch the push after a teenage girl was left blind in one eye after being hit
A newspaper campaign to try to clear the streets of dog mess is calling on readers to dish the dirt. The name-and-shame fight of the Portsmouth News is listing the 20 worst hotspots for dog dirt and calling for official
Readers of the Nottingham Evening Post have handed over enough cash to place 25 life-saving defibrillators at key points throughout Nottinghamshire. The original target was to buy 25 – but the Start-a-Heart campaign has been such a success that the