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 petition of more than 5,000 signatures has been handed to the House of Commons in the culmination of a campaign by the Sutton Coldfield Observer to save a local magistrates court from closure. The West Midlands weekly paper began
A two-pronged campaign to keep elderly people both warm and safe during the winter months has been launched by the Grimsby Telegraph. Winter Warmer aims to encourage pensioners to help themselves and urge others to look after their elderly relatives,
The Manchester Evening News has launched its annual anti-drink drive campaign. Each year during the run up to Christmas and the New Year the paper names and shames local people convicted of drink driving. The move is designed to highlight
The Bristol Evening Post’s Save Our Streets campaign has taken to the road – in a big way, with shoppers in the city being warned about the risks of street crime on a giant 20ft by 10ft colour poster. The
A campaign to free a charity worker imprisoned in India has scored a success for the York Evening Press. The paper fought for the release of Ian Stillman and generated huge public pressure, including a 5,400-name petition signed by readers
Action to raise awareness of wild ponies on Dartmoor’s busy roads has resulted in electronic speed warnings being installed to slow drivers down. And it is a newspaper campaign that’s being thanked for raising awareness of the problem of drivers
An early Christmas appeal by the Mid Devon Star has proved a big hit with readers. The Newsquest group’s only weekly free in Devon, which covers a mainly rural population, took the unusual step of launching a shoebox appeal on
A newspaper’s anti-drink-drive campaign has persuaded the local bus company to run campaign posters in its vehicle fleet. The Leicester Mercury launched Don’t Ruin a Life This Christmas with a case study interviewing the mum of a 20-year-old who was
Home Office minister Hilary Benn has told readers of the Express & Echo in Exeter that it was their newspaper’s Kids at Risk campaign that helped influence proposals in the 34-page White Paper, Protecting the Public. The document, which was
The Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph has paid tribute to its readers who have raised more than £1,000 for its Save A Life appeal in just three days. The paper has launched an urgent appeal to raise £5,000 by Christmas to buy
Hundreds of textiles jobs could be saved as the Chronicle calls on its readers to join its fight against a factory closure. The Newcastle paper is joining forces with the GMB trade union to show factory bosses the strength of
As part of the Bristol Evening Post’s Save Our Streets campaign, BT has donated all the interior advertising space in nearly 100 phone boxes across the city to carry a personal safety message. A total of 96 special kiosks are
The editor of the Hull Daily Mail is urging the Government and BAE Systems to “get their act together” over a £10bn contract which could cost hundreds jobs in Brough. BAE Systems is East Yorkshire’s largest private employer, with a
An Evening Times, Glasgow, appeal has topped £1m – double its original target. The campaign was launched 18 months ago to raise money to build Maggie’s Centre – a dedicated cancer care centre – in Glasgow. The original target of
A London weekly has teamed up with the local council, a campaigning group and three local businesses to set up the Tip Us Off campaign against flytipping. It is a bid by the Walthamstow Guardian to start cleaning up the
Yeovil Town football supporters have dug deep for the Fund A Scanner Today appeal run by the Yeovil Express. A bucket collection coined in the cash during Yeovil’s Nationwide Conference clash with title rivals Doncaster Rovers at Huish Park, which