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.
An evening newspaper has taken up the challenge to make a difference to people’s lives. The Leicester Mercury is planning to launch a series of campaigns encouraging both residents and the business community to join the crusade. Each Challenge will
A campaign by the Derby Evening Telegraph to bring a young African woman to Derby, so she can train as a nurse, has raised its first £1,000. Cheques from well wishers have begun to flood in just a week after
The Stoke Sentinel’s popular Caring About Tomorrow campaign has ended with backing from 17,688 readers. The campaign for a new £200m single-site hospital was launched by the newspaper to put pressure on Health Secretary Alan Milburn, who has to make
War heroes fighting to protect the watery graves of their fallen colleagues have received the backing of the Western Daily Press. The Second World War veterans are furious that the wrecks of two ships off the coast of Malaysia have
An appeal to save a sports club where Jackie Charlton used to coach has reached the £1,000 mark. The Weston Lane Sports and Social Club in Otley was devastated by an arson attack in November. Thousands of pounds worth of
Thousands of free phonecards were handed to revellers in the south west over Christmas and the New Year as part of the Bristol Evening Post’s ClubSafe campaign. A total of 10,000 cards are available and they all include five minutes
A march to protest at Stephen Downing’s continued detention, after serving more than 10 years beyond his recommended prison tariff, is being planned for Bakewell on Saturday January 20. On the same day the Crown Prosecution Service must give its
A drink-drive name and shame campaign is being praised for its part in keeping offenders of the roads around Bath during Christmas and New Year. Police say the fact people knew they would be named, and their photos put in
A newspaper campaign to stamp out gun violence on a city’s streets has been told criminals can hire out handguns loaded with two bullets for £25 a time. The revelation was made to the Bradford Telegraph and Argus by city
Children who have been sexually and physically abused in Leicestershire could soon have a less traumatic time – thanks to the Leicester Mercury. The newspaper is asking readers to donate money, toys, clothes and furniture for a new centre which
The Hull Daily Mail has taken a look back at a roller-coaster six months for Molly-Ann after it helped find a donor for the young leukaemia sufferer – and raised £30,000 for charity. The paper launched its Gift of Life
The Mercury group’s Baby BJ appeal has smashed through its £12,000 target. The newspaper, which covers Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley and Streatham, launched the appeal to buy therapeutic equipment for a baby with meningitis. BJ – full name Brian James –
A dramatic drop in road deaths in Lincolnshire is being seen as an indicator of the success of the Echo’s Staying Alive programme. The accident and fatality figures are the lowest for five years with deaths down to 68 from
The South Wales Argus has launched an appeal to raise extra cash for a local hospice which it helped to set up. Five years ago the paper donated a total of £250,000, including £100,000 from the Julian Hodge Bank, to
Wales’s Tory leader Nick Bourne has vowed to do all he can to support the Carmarthen Journal’s £50,000 Have A Heart campaign. The Assembly Member, who is an active member of the British Heart Foundation, has pledged his full support
Panto stars have lent their support to the Sunshine Fund – the Newcastle Evening Chronicle appeal which helps sick, disabled and disadvantaged children in the North East. Families have been packing out the Tyne Theatre’s production of Sleeping Beauty, which