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.
The victims of a rail crash 50 years ago are finally to be honoured with a permanent memorial, thanks to a campaign by the Sutton Coldfield Observer. Seventeen people died when a York-to-Bristol express which had been diverted through Sutton
Editor praises “incredibly generous readers” as £600,000 is raised for cancer appeal
The Liverpool Echo launched a campaign to help readers give up smoking by featuring a success story from one of its senior staff. Assistant editor Rob Irvine was one of a number of case studies covered by the paper. He
The Sutton Coldfield Observer has launched a campaign to remember the victims of a rail crash at Sutton station 50 years ago. Eighteen people died when a York-to-Bristol express which had been diverted through Sutton was derailed, in January 1955
The Home Office is set to be lobbied by journalists and supporters of Mansoor Hassan as he protests against his threatened deportation. Members of the National Union of Journalists will hold a peaceful demonstration tomorrow (Weds) outside the Home Office
Readers’ support helps Express save benevolent fund mansion house
The Somerset County Gazette has successfully completed the biggest fund-raising campaign in the paper’s 168-year history. Cancer services in the county are to receive a huge boost thanks to the £485,000 raised in the Newsquest title’s ‘Cash for Cancer Relief’
The Boston Standard’s innovative Litter Blitz campaign has proved so successful it could soon be introduced across the whole country. The weekly paid-for paper has been publishing closed-circuit television footage of people who have dropped litter or allowed their dogs
The Sunderland Echo is putting its weight behind a bid to win a direct rail service to London. The paper believes getting a national rail service – which could also run through Seaham and Hartlepool – would boost the city’s
The Press and Journal is mounting a year-long campaign for the Anthony Nolan Trust and, just three months in, readers have already raised more than £100,000 for the charity. The Aberdeen-based newspaper is urging readers to consider becoming bone marrow
Norfolk title joins forces with police in bid to help victims
Lazy parents in Swansea who park their cars on yellow lines outside schools when they drop off or collect their children had a shock when they found South Wales Evening Post photographers on the scene. The Swansea-based daily’s blitz on
Newspaper will foot medical bills as part of unique initiative
The Evening Telegraph in Peterborough has claimed a first round victory in its campaign to improve road safety at an accident blackspot. The North Bank road between Peterborough and Whittlesey has claimed many victims over the past few years and
A campaign by the Evening Gazette to honour football legend Brian Clough with a statue in his home town is gathering pace. Since the death of the former football manager the Middlesbrough-based newspaper has been calling for a permanent memorial,