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 Liverpool Echo is becoming even bigger with a series of new supplements that will be introduced next month. The paper, which has a total readership of more than 400,000, plans to give readers more for their money with new
A photographer for the Evening Gazette was shot at by a youth with a pellet gun when he stopped to take pictures of the teenager firing at cars from a rooftop. Dave Charnley was in central Middlesbrough when he heard
The Chard and Ilminster News has written to the Lord Chancellor to express its concerns over centralised justice after preliminary court hearings on a local defendant were moved to Bristol.The paper believes justice should be done and be seen to
A former Exeter Express & Echo journalist has published a new book charting the history of oval track motor racing in the South West. Andy Weltch has compiled the 128-page Oval Racing in Devon and Cornwall title, which contains more
This year’s Evening Post “volunteers” to run the Bristol Half Marathon are battling through the pain barrier as the training heats up ahead of the big race. Reporter Olivier Vergnault and trainee Niamh Byrne are both suffering from knee injuries
The Evening Express is taking the unusual step on Saturday of publishing the name of every season ticket holder at Aberdeen FC. The paper wants to pay tribute to the fans who are supporting the club – and reiterate its
Another light-hearted entry in our recent contest to write about the dangers of journalism came from John Turner, ex-Western Gazette, Bristol Evening Post and, lately of the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. The countdown has begun to the day when I
Basingstoke Gazette reporter Paul Stamp got to grips with top pop act the Cheeky Girls when the duo appeared at an open-air concert in the town. Paul, who was covering the event for the paper, managed to get backstage and
Tweeddale Press is making the most of its unique cross-border position to help celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland. A host of events is taking place in Berwick-upon-Tweed. The last significant chapter
Duncan Hamilton has been named as the new deputy editor of the Yorkshire Post. He replaces John Furbisher, who left to become editor at the Halifax Evening Courier. Duncan is currently assistant editor at the Nottingham Evening Post and his
The Sunderland Echo has offered a £500 reward in a bid to catch a “depraved” sex attacker who may have struck twice on a local estate. An indecent assault on an 87-year-old widow on August 6 has been linked to
The Isle of Man Examiner has been officially recognised as a world record breaker – for the longest ever bra chain. The paper set the record last October as part of a fundraising event for its Beat Breast Cancer Appeal.
The Daily Record has announced new investment to bring SportsWeek to its readers. Dedicated to sport, the 16-page supplement will cover Scottish Premier League football, junior football, the Highland League, rugby, golf, boxing, speedway, Amercian football, basketball and cricket. There
Only one in three Daily Post readers backed the outspoken North Wales Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom in a phone poll organised by the paper.He has been under attack recently after ordering a crackdown on speeding motorists, his stance on drugs
Two would-be journalists have each been awarded £1,500 to pursue their dream careers. Photographer Gavin Close, (15), and 17-year-old cub reporter Sarah Manning, scooped the cash from the Millennium Commission, which uses money raised by the National Lottery for community
Pictures of half-naked babes basking in the heatwave have been rammed down readers’ throats during the past couple of weeks. So when he was asked to try to gather some out-of-the-ordinary hot weather pictures for a spread, Isle of Man