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 Bath Chronicle campaign is helping fight the battle against drink-driving and reduce the number of motorists caught over the limit. The number of drink drive tests being carried out in the Bath area has risen, but the number of
Under age drinking is to be outlawed around Hull and Yorkshire’s East Riding as the Daily Mail launches a hard-hitting Show You Care campaign. The paper is teaming up with the local alcohol advisory service in a bid to prevent
The Government is being asked to step in to save one of Bolton’s key institutions from closure. A committee of magistrates is proposing to close the historic courts and send people for trial in Bury, Manchester and Trafford instead. The
A decision to reject calls for a bypass for Bexhill-on-Sea has been branded a “massive blow” by the Observer. The weekly paper has now struck up its own campaign for improvements to roads in the area with a plea for
The Home Office has backed a high profile campaign against bogus callers, set up by the Norwich Evening News. John Denham MP, who has special responsibility for crime, has sent a letter praising the paper’s work after reading articles from
A newspaper campaign has forced a public meeting to tackle the future of tourist trip coaches travelling through the centre of Stratford. The Standard’s No More Buses Campaign, which has collected almost 1,000 signatures, will draw hundreds of people to
A leading Gloucestershire councillor has broken ranks to condemn recent hikes in the cost of home care in the county and support a campaign against them set up by the Citizen. Tory county councillor for Barnwood Andrew Gravells has blasted
New figures from the National Blood Service have shown that a campaign by the Yorkshire Evening Post has boosted the number of potential bone marrow donors. Since a coupon was launched in the paper last month as part of the
A £1m hotel is to be named after Tamworth’s greatest war hero following a campaign by the Herald. The Old Police Station, one of the Tamworth’s most important buildings, is to be turned into the Colin Grazier Hotel. War hero
A national newspaper has taken up a Torquay Herald Express campaign for better sports facilities at a school in Torbay. The Herald Express has been campaigning for better facilities at Curledge Street Primary School in Paignton where pupils have to
The Cornishman has launched a campaign calling for investment in a Cornwall hospital. The Don’t move it – Improve it campaign has been launched in conjunction with St Ives MP Andrew George to press local health managers and the Government
Kerb crawlers are being banished from city streets and a name and shame campaign launched by the Manchester Evening News is being given the credit. Police have revealed that areas once rife with street prostitution have now become virtual no-go
The Prime Minister has agreed to overhaul the system of bone marrow donor recruitment following a campaign, backed by the Yorkshire Evening Post, which called for a revamp of the Bone Marrow Register. Carol and Dean Maddocks, who are searching
The Newcastle Journal’s campaign for an independent public inquiry into the foot and mouth crisis has received the backing of one of Northumberland’s largest farming co-operatives. Cheviot Farmers will be circulating the paper’s petition forms to all of its 300
The South Wales Argus has been campaigning to keep Big Brother housemate Helen Adams in the house – with national newspapers now following its lead. The Argus has been backing Gwent hairdresser Helen Adams for victory in the Channel Four
More than 10,000 people have expressed their opposition to the proposed part-privatisation of the London Underground by signing an online petition launched by the London Evening Standard and This is London. Since the campaign was launched just 10 days ago,