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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.

New look and new name for West Midlands website

The Express & Star, Wolverhampton, has re-launched its website with a new look – and a new name. Expressandstar.com replaces Westmidlands.com, which won a succession of industry awards for its publishers, Midlands News Association. The new site (pictured) extensively increases

West Riding Post goes online

An online version of the West Riding Post, the newspaper produced by journalism trainees at Trinity and All Saints College in Leeds, has been launched. The weekly paper is run by trainees on the college’s postgraduate print journalism diploma course,

Readers have their say on redesign

The website of the Evening Star, Ipswich, is to undergo a redesign – despite recently winning a top award. Last month www.eveningstar.co.uk was named Website Publication of the Year at the South East and Eastern BT Regional Media Awards. And

"Building site" webcam notches up the hits

The latest innovation at the Shropshire Star’s award-winning website is a webcam… overlooking a building site. But the site is the main focus of shoppers’ attention in Telford because it is the centerpiece of a major retail development that prompted

Inquest followed around the world

The Croydon Guardian’s coverage of the inquests at last year’s Biggin Hill air show stretched across the globe when it was read by friends and relatives of the dead pilot in New Zealand. Two flyers, Sir Ken Hayr and Jonathan

Successful "first" for website

ManchesterOnline has seen the launch of what it hopes will be a popular new feature, as it held its first web chat earlier this week. The first guest to be quizzed by an army of ManchesterOnline readers was Manchester Evening

Publisher launches learning resource

Archant Suffolk has launched a new website designed as a learning resource for thousands of school pupils across Suffolk. Eduzone, produced by the publishers of the Evening Star, Ipswich, and the East Anglian Daily Times, is an interactive website aimed

Digital media opens up Titanic experience

A digital media team has taken to the water with the launch of a brand new section on This is Southampton devoted to the city’s maritime past and present. Taking content from the pages of the Daily Echo and Hampshire

Online first at T&A

The Bradford Telegraph & Argus has launched Newsquest’s first online TV listings service. Readers can check the T&A’s website for programmes on dozens of cable and satellite channels – far more than it can carry in print – as well

Readers share Budget 'wish list' online

A new section looking at the regional issues in the Budget has been launched at www.manchesteronline.co.uk. The Budget section includes the latest news in the run-up to the Chancellor’s speech tomorrow as well as the key issues likely to affect

5,000 online in Newsquest venture

The free CommuniGate community website initiative from Newsquest now has more than 5,000 clubs and groups online. The facility was launched 18 months ago to boost the newspaper group’s relationships with local communities. Some 20 per cent of the total

Find your football heroes!

A new Internet site from the Express & Star means football fans can now buy pictures of their Wolves and West Brom heroes on the web. Past and present stars will be available from the online catalogue – and the

Rally boost for news website

Website ThisisWiltshire has its URL emblazoned across the vehicle of one of Britain’s rising motor racing stars. Digital media sales executive James Hannah secured the deal with young driver Matthew Rivett in exchange for a new website created by Wiltshire

World wide web now at the centre of journalists' work

The Internet is now at the heart of the way UK journalists compile information and manage their contacts, according to a new industry survey. It showed the Internet was welcomed as a massive step forward for reporting practices. It had

Extra web pages mean business

Kentonline is about to increase its local coverage with extra pages to cover the area’s business scene. From Monday, readers will be able click onto www.kentonline/business for up-to-the-minute information. It will carry all the latest business news and features from

Bid to halt Foxes slide

The Leicester Mercury has issued a rallying call to help keep rapidly sinking Leicester City football club in the Premiership. It claims the current season is the most important in the club’s 116-year-history. And the next four months and 17