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 Evening Mail is joining forces with West Midlands Police and the www.ukwatch.net in a massive campaign to halt the alarming spread in gun crimes across the region. Operation Ceasefire, launched by the paper, aims to restrict the sale of
The Hemel Hempstead Gazette has invited the Queen to visit the town as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations next summer. The Jubilee celebrations coincide with the anniversary of the Queen’s visit to Hemel Hempstead 50 years ago when she
Jobseekers in Bristol have been finding work thanks to a campaign run by the Evening Post. On Friday August 10, the paper ran a front page story headlined ‘We Want To Work’ profiling 16 unemployed local residents. This was accompanied
A major campaign has been launched by the Aberdeen Evening Express in a bid to rid the city of vandalism and graffiti. The Smash The Vandals initiative has been introduced in conjunction with the city council and local police. A
Three months after it began, the Nottingham Evening Post Start-a-Heart appeal is close to reaching its target. The campaign urged readers to send in donations so that 25 life-saving defibrillators could be bought for busy public places. Now the figure
The Sentinel is campaigning for the right to choose whether or not Stoke-on-Trent has a directly elected mayor. The Government is offering people in the city an alternative to the way the council has been run for a century, with
The Hemel Hempstead Gazette has joined forces with its local Community Policing Team to try and curb the spiralling amount of vandalism in the area. The paper has launched the Shop-A-Yob campaign after vandals sent the number of incidents of
The Ayrshire Post is campaigning for the town of Ayr to gain city status in 2002. Joining forces with South Ayrshire Council, the newspaper is encouraging readers to rally round the City bid to try and beat off the challenge
The Hull Daily Mail has helped to improve the GCSE fortunes of the city’s schools and lift Hull off the bottom of the league tables. Through its Moving On Up education campaign, the paper aimed to support the LEA, teachers,
A Yorkshire hospice celebrating its 14th anniversary has received an extra special birthday present, thanks to the Evening Post. Six months after it was launched, an appeal by the paper has so far managed to raise £1,232,770 for Martin House,
The South Wales Evening Post has reported a good response to its campaign to eliminate potholes from the roads. The Get It Sorted campaign was launched in an attempt to allow local residents to get the voices heard. Since the
A campaign being run by the Yorkshire Evening Post has gathered momentum with some high profile backing. The Ban The Fake Firearms campaign was launched after a big increase in crime in West Yorkshire involving replica guns. Between 1998 and
A successful newspaper campaign has improved conditions for road users. After the Aberdeen Evening Express publicised the threat posed by the broken lighting on one of the region’s busiest roads, contractors were brought in to rectify the problem. But the
A newspaper campaign that is helping women to get home safely at night has gone from strength to strength in its first year. The ‘ClubSafe’ initiative was launched by the Bristol Evening Post after two high profile murders of lone
A drugs hotline set up by a newspaper six months ago is proving a continued success. At first, the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald’s Shop A Pusher initiative was launched for only one week in conjunction with Wiltshire Constabulary. But after
The Western Daily Press has launched a new campaign calling for a full public inquiry into the foot-and-mouth epidemic. It follows moves by the Western Morning News, the Newcastle Journal and the Western Mail, which have linked up to put