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.
Worldwide backing from more than 20,000 people is set to help a campaign to save the endangered Suffolk Punch horse. Their petitions have been signed, sealed and delivered and the East Anglian Daily Times is to compile a dossier to
A 13-year-old cancer patient is closer to being sent to America for revolutionary treatment thanks to the readers of the Derbyshire Times. The Times launched the campaign to raise the £40,000 needed to send David Hatton for the treatment in
There is mixed news for the Ipswich Evening Star in its battle to get changes made to a deadly roundabout in Felixstowe. The Highways Agency has agreed to install warning signs, road markings and an advisory 20mph limit at the
The Western Daily Press is celebrating after its efforts to save provincial post offices took a major step forward. The Halifax has finally decided to sign up for the Universal Bank scheme, after months of careful deliberation. The scheme formed
Government ministers are being urged to tackle the hidden hospital waiting list for MRI scans after the Leicester Mercury spoke up on behalf of its readers. Some people had written in saying they were waiting up to 18 months for
The on-going battle to beat cancer is being boosted by money from readers of the South Wales Evening Post. The paper originally set up a campaign to raise £600,000 for a new chemotherapy unit at Singleton Hospital in Swansea. Generous
The Glasgow Evening Times could not mask its delight after party-goers at a May Day ball raised a £41,000 for its cancer care centre appeal. Thanks to the generosity of the guests who attended the Masked May Day Ball event
A Yorkshire Post-backed campaign to help the victims of foot and mouth, has received a massive boost – thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. The Farmers Fund has now raised more than £137,000 – including the £50,000 gift,
A Tynecastle newspaper has got off to a flying start with its campaign to send an eight-year-old boy to Australia for pioneering brain tumour surgery. Elliott Lamb was diagnosed with a rare form a epilepsy four years ago, causing him
A Halifax hospital is moving closer to equipping its new cancer unit – thanks to an Evening Courier appeal. The Macmillan cancer unit appeal is now only £75,000 short of its £800,000 target, which will enable the newly-opened Calderdale Royal
The editor of a Tyneside newspaper has taken his paper’s fight to Westminster, backed by a 1,100-name petition. Rob Lawson, of The Shields Gazette, met energy minister Peter Hain to urge the Government to provide a much-needed miners’ testing centre
The Bournemouth Daily Echo has lent its support to the campaign to catch the killer of a lift engineer – by offering a £1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction. Editor Neal Butterworth made the offer after seeing harrowing
When Kentish Express reporter Mike Bennett heard that urgent action wasneeded to help the award-winning Rare Breeds Centre in Woodchurch, nearAshford, he immediately contacted the KM Group’s directors. The centre, which helps protect rare breed farm animals, has been unable
A split in Leeds City Council has given an welcome boost to a newspaper campaign to save an amateur theatre from closure. Tory and Lib Dem councillors have back the Yorkshire Post’s campaign by raising their oppositions to the Labour-run
The Evening Post Start-A-Heart Appeal to buy 25 life-saving defibrillators has enjoyed a good start – and a great leap forward – with one of Nottingham’s main shopping centres installing two of the machines. The campaign will also raise awareness
Kids will no longer be able to enjoy a pint of ale on boats – thanks to a campaign by the Exeter Express and Echo. The paper has been battling for four years to get the Government to close a