'No reply' leads to campaign
Busy Tony Blair has yet to reply to an open letter from the North Devon Journal pleading for more help in the region to cope with the foot and mouth crisis. The letter from the newspaper was written on behalf
Newspaper Campaigns
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.
Singer aims to save Shakers
She may be part of the pop group whose debut single shot straight to the top of the charts but she’s still got time to back the Bury Times Save Our Shakers campaign. Suzanne Shaw is best known as a
Park appeal targeted by conmen
Charity conmen have targeted the Paisley Daily Express Laura’s Playpark Appeal, trying to dupe shopkeepers into collecting cash for them. A pair of crooks claiming to work at the newspaper asked shop staff in the town centre to put out
Race for cash
Children’s groups in the North East of Scotland are set to benefit from the Aberdeen Evening Express Children 2000 campaign. The newspaper is receiving applications from any group that helps to benefit children in the area and is asking readers
Generous Herald readers raise money for new hospice
Big-hearted Lennox Herald readers have raised more than £2,000 for the paper’s CHAS Balloch Hospice Appeal in just over three weeks. Donations have been made by individuals, families, groups and clubs, who are all delighted the Children’s Association Hospice Scotland
'We're getting a raw deal' says Westcountry paper
Furious rail commuters in Devon have been given the backing of their local paper, which is waging a campaign to stamp out poor rail services. The Exeter Express and Echo has published a passionate open letter on its front page
Telegraph asks readers todig deep for farmers
A campaign to help those affected by foot and mouth disease has been launched by the Derby Evening Telegraph. The paper is asking its readers to help local farmers in two ways – by helping raise money, and by buying
Anne to unveil memorial
Work has finally started to build a special harbourside memorial dedicated to the thousands of Bristol merchant seaman who have died at sea. Construction experts have laid the foundations for the tribute garden, at Welsh Back, in time for a
Appeal to keep artwork in Scotland
The Glasgow Herald is offering its readers a chance to help save an important part of the city’s heritage as it launches a campaign in partnership with the city council. The appeal aims to raise £300,000 to help a museum
Keep the campus in Woolwich!
A weekly London paper is making an unusual plea to a local university: ‘Don’t take your campus away from Woolwich!’ The appeal in the Greenwich Mercury is being made on behalf of the town centre which is battling to re-establish
Big support but little time for theatre campaign
A campaign to secure the future of a popular South Wales theatre group is being backed by more then 4,500 people – but it may be too late to save it. The Llanelli Star begain its Save our Stars appeal
Scanner appeal reaches target
A Glasgow Herald campaign to buy a hospital scanner has broken the £120,000 target. The newspaper has been backing the appeal to raise money toward the cost of an endoscopic scanner for use oesophageal cancer – cancer of the gullet.
Manchester's vice scene revealed
The findings of a major investigation by the Manchester Evening News into the city’s vice scene have been revealed in the newspaper. The investigation reveals the lives of pimps – and it names and shames two men who make money
Homes for horses
Two horses have been rehomed after the North Devon Journal teamed up with a charity to appeal to the public for help. The Society for the Protection and Rehoming of Animals found itself inundated with calls after the story of
Praise for Power Watch
Northern Ireland’s electricity watchdog has praised the Belfast Telegraph for its Power Watch Campaign. The newspaper highlighted the plight of 600,000 Northern Ireland Electricity customers after problems with the supply. The paper was thanked by the chairman of the consumer
Roundabout campaign for accident blackspot
MP Andy King has backed the Rugby Observer campaign to have a roundabout built at a junction on the A45 known as a notorious accident blackspot. Laura Faulks, 23, was the third driver to die on the stretch of road