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McKee honoured at Regional Press Awards as Belfast daily takes top prize
All the winners from the year’s premier regional media event
UK’s only WW1 battlefield museum saved thanks to daily and Swedish metal band
Rockers’ fundraising boost helps keep attraction open
Seven police officers face probe over monitoring of journalists’ phones
Force staff served notices of gross misconduct
Police force warned as journalist wins fight to reveal scandal involving staff
Local democracy reporter faced six-month battle over investigation
Regional news site aims to rid patch of single-use plastics
Campaign relaunched with pressure group’s support
Pop star loses IPSO complaint against regional daily over murder case story
Singer was mentioned in application for reporting restriction
Regional reporter flies to Washington to speak at parent company’s AGM
Gannett shareholders reject candidates from company planning hostile takeover
Regional Press Awards: Who will win Best Picture?
We showcase 12 of the best regional press photographs of 2018
Journalist who worked on regional daily with TV’s Motson dies aged 79
Tributes paid to reporter who went on to commentary career
Regional Press Awards: Gazette aims for front page double
We showcase 12 of the best front pages from 2018
Bestselling author talks past depression on publisher’s mental health podcast
New episode released every day this week to mark awareness campaign
Cops hunt tram user who subjected daily journalist to sexual ordeal
Local democracy reporter harassed and abused for 15 minutes
Daily writer who was ‘font of knowledge’ about patch dies aged 67
Tributes paid to “prolific” nostalgia supplement contributor
Council attacks retired journalist for publishing FoI response on his blog
Authority claims publicising information is “entirely inappropriate”
Regional publisher unveils first of new-look ‘mobile first’ websites
Daily is first site to make switch to new look