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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Guardian media critic Roy Greenslade has spoken out about the row between the Western Daily Press and the Countryside Alliance. The Countryside Alliance’s head of media relations Tim Bonner has made a formal complaint to the Press Complaints Commission about
Staff at The Hunts Post were faced with an unexpected interruption to press day when a bomb scare forced them to leave their offices – three hours before deadline. In true newspaper fashion, when news of the alert broke their
Rod Brewster has retired from the Borehamwood and Elstree Times after 13 years as editor. The 62-year-old put away his notebook and pen for the last time on Friday, following a farewell party attended by staff from across the Times
Gazette reporter Frances Bickerdike was up all night on Wednesday to capture dramatic pictures of a major fire at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Frances was off duty when she received a tip-off about the fire at 1.15am and headed to the
Former South Cheshire Chronicle series sports editor Roy Greer has died after a battle with cancer. He was 64. Roy enjoyed a career of more than 40 years with the Chronicle series after joining as a reporter in 1956 at
Double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes may be one of the most sought after sporting stars of the moment, but she hasn’t forgotten her roots – or her local paper. The Kent and Sussex Courier scooped the nationals when it
The South Wales Evening Post won the right to name a teenager who murdered a 76-year-old woman after its reporter David O’Callaghan wrote a letter to Mr Justice Pitchford at Swansea Crown Court.The letter said the section 39 order which
Up to 280 journalists are expected to gather for the annual Birmingham Press Club Ball on November 26. The black-tie event will be a chance for members of the West Midlands media scene to get together for a night of
A new book on the history of Bolton Wanderers – as seen through the pages of the Bolton Evening News – is to hit bookstores next month. Former Evening News editor Les Gent’s book Making Headlines will look at the
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The Newcastle Evening Chronicle brought readers its “biggest story of the year” – the sacking of Sir Bobby Robson – after stopping the presses mid-way through printing its bank holiday edition. Confirmation of the sacking of the Newcastle United boss
The Lowestoft Journal has been brightening up summer for its readers with a series of ‘Page 3 girls’ to promote a charity calendar. Each week the paper is featuring pictures of daring women who have stripped down to the bare
The NUJ’s National Freelance Activists’ Conference has been scheduled to take place on November 13 and 14 in Manchester. The event hopes to improve the organisation of the freelance sector and will debate such topics as the role of the
The Olympic success of boxer Amir Khan has provided the Bolton Evening News with its own success story – with its coverage of the local boy’s rise to glory resulting in year on year sales increases of more than five
Former Trinity Mirror man Russell Borthwick has launched his own media, marketing and communications company in Sunderland. Russell, (left), held several circulation and marketing roles within Trinity Mirror, most recently as regional marketing and business development director for its north
Following the news that Liverpool’s taxi drivers are being tested on their tourism knowledge for the city’s role as European Capital of Culture 2008, Scotsman reporter William Lyons went on the hunt for cultured cabbies in Edinburgh during the summer