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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.

Journal appeal raises £230,000 for farmers

An appeal launched by the Newcastle Journal to help the region’s farmers during the foot and mouth crisis has raised nearly £230,000. The Rural Rescue Appeal was kick-started on March 23 with a £100,000 donation from the Duke of Northumberland,

Pride and passion for home town

Huddersfield – and proud of it! That’s the message that’s going around the globe as part of the Examiner’s campaign to boost the town’s image and take pride in the area. It was sparked by a row over postcode changes

Anger over campaign setback

A paper’s campaign on a dockyard development may have hit a brick wall. Defence minister Geoff Hoon has given a disappointing response to efforts by the Plymouth Evening Herald to get a wartime dockyard wall removed so that the area

Green Wellie brigade to the rescue

Amazing generosity from readers of the Western Morning News means its Green Wellie appeal to help farmers and small rural businesses in the foot and mouth crisis has reached £880,000. Editor Barrie Williams said: “I believe this is the biggest

Team scheme praised

Road safety officials have praised a Bath Chronicle campaign that names and shames dangerous driving and parking outside schools. Photos printed in the paper even show mums and dads ignoring traffic cones at the side of the road to drop

Cash was waiting in the wings

Readers of the Ham & High have helped rescue Hampstead Theatre’s £15m bid to build a new venue. The newspaper featured an urgent appeal five weeks ago and readers have donated £13,000 for the project, a figure boosted by a

Thousands back Punch appeal

Thousands of animal-lovers from all walks of life have backed a newspaper campaign to save a breed of horse that is dying out. The Save the Suffolk Punch appeal, launched by the East Anglian Daily Times in February, has resulted

Knight-error, paper cries

A newspaper campaign to strip steel firm boss Brian Moffat of his knighthood has been backed by 65 MPs. The Newcastle-based Sunday Sun is even printing special campaign t-shirts demanding the move, endorsed by the MPs in an Early Day

Think bike!

The potential dangers of life on a motorbike were brought into focus by Evening Press reporter David Wiles, who joined an advanced motorcyclist for a spin on the road. He made the trip along north Yorkshire’s highways and byways as

Bad news for criminals

Criminals in Wetherby have been dealt a blow after a local paper’s campaign for CCTV took a further step forward. The town has been shortlisted to have spy cameras fitted after the Wetherby News joined forces with local MP Colin

Minister backs work campaign

The Shields Gazette has received Government recognition for its efforts to help people in South Tyneside find work. The We Can Work It Out campaign was praised by the Minister for Employment, Welfare to Work and Equal Opportunities, Tessa Jowell,

Tribute to spitfire workers

Support is flooding in for the Southampton Daily’s Echo’s campaign for a Spitfire memorial. The paper is calling for the city council to erect a permanent tribute to the war plane which was built at the Supermarine factory in Woolston.

Newspaper support during foot and mouth crisis

The Mid Wales County Times will give 10p from every issue sold during the next four weeks to alleviate hardship caused by foot and mouth disease. The cash will go to an organisation providing financial support to businesses struggling to

Mercury pays tribute to readers' support

The Leicester Mercury has paid tribute to readers who have given their support to its Mercury Challenge campaign. Pledges have been flooding in after the paper launched the challenge in conjunction with Leicestershire police. The paper urged readers and businesses

Club chairman supports newspaper campaign

A new football campaign from the Ipswich Evening Star has now been given the all-important thumbs-up by the chairman of Ipswich Town. David Sheepshanks said he was impressed by the newspaper’s Back the Blues for Europe campaign, which is encouraging

Hospice campaign reaches £1.7m

A fund raising campaign launched by the York Evening Press has reached the £1.7m mark. The Hospice 2000 appeal is to help meet the costs of the extension to St Leonard’s Hospice, which will cost £2m overall. Guests were given