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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.)

If you are looking for a story about a particular newspaper or media company, you can use the links in the ‘Main News Links’ list to the right to take you to our directory pages. Here you will find indexes of all the stories we have written about each of the newspapers and media companies featured on the site.

Journalism careers boost

A national youth support and advice service has teamed up with the Lincolnshire Echo to encourage young people from a variety of backgrounds to consider a career in journalism. The Echo’s assistant content editor Mel West spoke to several small

Late shift turns up trumps for Standard team

Late night shopping was more than just a late shift on the diary for staff at the Skegness Standard. They all turned out in Restoration period costumes to scoop first prize in the town’s fancy dress contest. Visitors to the

High praise for newsroom education scheme

Education chiefs have praised a project run by the Newcastle Evening Chronicle which gives young people the chance to be newspaper reporters for the day. George Anderson, team leader of the DfES’s School Business Links Team, visited the paper’s Newspapers

Reporter heads to High Court to fight for mum's op

The mother of Bristol Evening Post crime reporter, Julie Harding is taking the Government to the High Court because it is refusing to let her go to France for an NHS-funded hip replacement. Here Julie tells of the battle to

Why reporter David just walked on by…

Brave-soled Essex County Standard reporter David Grocott trampled over burning coals to raise cash for charity. He was raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre in an event organized by sufferer and former cricketer David Thomas. The reporter joined

Back in the driving seat

Whether we are aware of it or not, we all fall into bad driving habits. So seven years after passing her driving test, would Bristol Observer reporter Sharon Kelly still pass with flying colours? She took a mock test to

A wheely good career?

There’s currently a shortage of driving instructors – but what qualities do you need to become one? Bristol Evening Post reporter Olivier Vergnault, a self-confessed speedster who learnt to drive in his native France, attended an assessment course in Bristol

"Editorial independence" plea for Scots titles

Members of the Scottish parliament are urging any new owner of The Herald, Glasgow, and its sister titles to allow them to maintain their editorial independence. Clydesdale MSP Karen Gillon urged the new owners not to cut staff and to

Gazette takes centre stage in Commons

The Somerset County Gazette took centre stage in the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions when Taunton’s Tory MP Adrian Flook, posing his debut query at the traditional examination of the PM, quizzed Tony Blair about the future of

News in brief

The Portsmouth News has launched a campaign calling on festive drinkers to either leave their car behind before going out or appoint a designated driver who sticks to soft drinks. Its Steer Clear campaign is being backed by pub chain

Imposter represents Chronicle on radio phone-in

A radio station has apologised to the Chronicle in Newcastle after broadcasting offensive comments from someone claiming to represent the paper. Century FM’s “Baldy Brothers” show was targeted by a hoaxer who claimed to be the Chronicle’s official spokesman during

Fire delays the news

Extra copies of the Derby Evening Telegraph had to be printed when a delivery van taking them out to newsagents went up in flames. Driver Anthony Baker said: “I went on to Burton Road and noticed flames at my feet

"Loyal and determined" former news boss has died

The former chief executive of Home Counties Newspapers, Bill Coppen-Gardner, has died after a long illness, aged 67. He joined the company in 1989 as managing director, was appointed to the board and went on to become chief executive. It

Reality TV chance for young journalists

A television company is looking for young journalists to spend three months in a new reality TV show. The innovative programme, provisionally titled Ca Roule – or “We’re rolling” – would throw eight young Europeans together on a once-in-a-lifetime bus

£200m papers bid referred to Competition Commission

Gannett has asked the Government for permission to buy the Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times, as the sale of the three SMG papers draws closer to a conclusion. The American firm, which owns regional newspaper group Newsquest, is already

NS treasurer role for Ian

Ian Ashcroft, the chief executive of Guardian Media Group’s regional newspapers division, has been elected as the new honorary treasurer of the Newspaper Society. He was selected at the Society’s half-yearly meeting of members and takes over from Sir Ray