Welcome to our main news index. Here you will find all the news stories that have appeared on the site since our launch in February 2000.
If you want to look up a story from a certain month you can use our Journalism News Archive which lists stories by date and also according to which channel or category they appeared in (eg law, campaigns, awards.)
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The Colchester Evening Gazette has launched a major new campaign to help add a touch of sparkle to the lives of youngsters on the children’s ward at Colchester General Hospital. With the help of readers it’s hoped the Sparkle Appeal
Readers of the Ipswich Evening Star have overwhelmingly backed the paper’s campaign to name and shame local troublemakers. A poll on the Evening Star’s website showed that 90 per cent of people think the youths in question, who admitted causing
Health minister Alan Milburn has added his support to the Daily Echo’s You can help your NHS campaign. And he’s in good company – because his boss, the Prime Minister, has already backed the initiative, which aims to save the
Tony Blair has turned down a newspaper request to discuss the future of a deaf charity worker, jailed on drugs charges in India. The York Evening Press asked the PM if he would meet political reporter Adam Nichols to receive
A safety campaign spearheaded by the Lincolnshire Echo has resulted in new speed limits outside some of the county’s schools. The Slow Down campaign aimed to get drivers to cut their speeds and make it safer for children going to
The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald has launched a campaign to raise money for a new ambulance in the county. The campaign, in conjunction with Wiltshire St John Ambulance, comes after three new Crusader ambulances were bought through donations. But there
The Derby Telegraph and Thisisderbyshire have teamed up for a major safety campaign Think First. It will look at the major causes of road accidents and how drivers can avoid them. Almost 2,000 people have lost their lives on Derbyshire’s
The Amersham and Chesham edition of the Bucks Free Press has been leading the debate on the deteriorating state of London Underground’s Metropolitan line service for the past two months. The paper has run a series of hard-hitting exclusives calling
A cash appeal by the Winchester NewsEXTRA to help a five-year-old boy suffering from a rare disease has more than doubled its original target. The story of John-James Entwistle, who has Alstrom Syndrome, was first featured in the NewsEXTRA in
Transport Secretary Stephen Byers has first-hand knowledge of a controversial rail link between Plymouth and London – now that letters backing an Evening Herald campaign have been handed to him. The letters were from business, tourism, politics and community leaders
An appeal success generated by “community values from a community newspaper” has helped get a cancer unit up and running. The Lynn News and its readers have co-ordinated a £535,000 bounty for a £1.2m unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
An emergency appeal to restore the fire-ravaged Peterborough Cathedral looks set to top the landmark £100,000 figure. More than 1,000 donations have been banked during the Evening Telegraph appeal and the fund stands at more than £92,000. The fire caused
The latest weapon in the fight to save a hospital maternity unit is… stickers. The campaign stickers have been produced by the Hemel Hempstead Gazette, which has already set up an online protest petition and a campaign diary. Public meetings
The Hull Daily Mail’s charity of the year has raised its first £10,000 – and is a quarter of the way to its target. The money raised by readers will help pay for two minibuses for Hull and East Riding
Rail bosses have praised a hard-hitting rail safety campaign run by the Coventry Evening Telegraph. The Keep Off The Tracks initiative was launched by the newspaper, Railtrack and Coventry’s British Transport Police in July. During the National Rail Awards in
The high toll of house burglaries in part of the South West has prompted the Weston & Worle News to start up a campaign to put burglars out of business. The paper is working with the police, who told reporters