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.
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Newcastle midfielder Laurent Robert could face internal disciplinary action after he confronted a Newcastle Chronicle sports reporter after this weekend’s 2-1 win over Spurs. The former Paris-Saint Germain player reportedly had to be restrained by fellow Newcastle players Kieron Dyer
A Derby Evening Telegraph reader has enjoyed living the high life and ‘lording it up’ for a year after winning the title of the Lord of the Manor of Smalley in a competition run by the paper. DHL worker Jeff
The Westmorland Gazette and its website thisisthelakedistrict have joinedforces for an exciting new education initiative. Kendal South Lakes Education Business Partnership has provided funding for the newspaper to commission a special film for the Internet which gives pupils and teachers
Two fraudsters who conned thousands of pounds out of their victims have been stripped of their profits following an undercover investigation by the Manchester Evening News. Judge Anthony Hammond ordered the two men to pay back almost £50,000 and praised
Have-a-go reporter Rebecca Camber spent an exhilarating month at sea as part of a 14-strong yachting team in a round-the-world race. She’s back home safely now, leaving the Bristol Clipper and its crew to start the second leg of its
SMG has agreed to sell The Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times to American firm Gannett as part of a £216m deal. The sale, which is subject to approval by the Competition Commission, will also include 11 business to business
The funeral of David Dalton, production director of the Kent Messenger Group, is to be held at Peterborough Crematorium on Friday January 3, at noon. David died on December 19 after a long battle with cancer. He was 61. Before
When travel agents called off a trip to Lapland, Christmas lovers Grant Cleverley and his girlfriend Ella Stiles were devastated. But Grant, (25), had a secret reason to be stunned – he’d been planning to propose to 19-year-old Ella in
The Stoke Sentinel’s photographic archives have been trawled to produce a new book about life in the Potteries in the 1950s. The Way We Were in the 1950s has been put together by veteran columnist John Abberley. John has been
The Kent Messenger Group has made three senior appointments. On January 1, Simon Irwin will become editorial director and Simon Clubley will become advertisement director. They are currently associate director editorial and associate director advertising but will now join the
Long-serving Scarborough Evening News columnist Athol Wallis has died, aged 83. Thought to be the longest serving regular contributor to the paper in its history, he wrote a natural history column under the pen name AJW for 49 years. His
Jane Wolstenholme has been confirmed as the editor of the Daily Post in Liverpool. The 28-year-old has been in the role of acting editor since October, when editor Alastair Machray was promoted to editor-in-chief of the Post & Echo’s Welsh
It is simply amazing what a dedicated reporter will do to get a story… Ace hack Ashley Loveridge (left), of the Stroud News & Journal in Gloucestershire, stripped off and took the plunge, braving a soggy notepad to join wealthy
What is it like being Santa? Adored by children and having to only work a few days each year… Bournemouth Echo journalist Julie Magie decided find out by swapping the cosy confines of the newsroom for what she hoped would
Kent Messenger Group’s production director David Dalton has died at the age of 61 following a brave battle with cancer. He was due to retire as an executive director in a few days time, at the end of the year.
The Argus in Brighton has made a family’s Christmas wish come true – by sending Santa Claus to tell them the paper would be funding their entire Christmas. The Win a Christmas prize ranged from presents and food to toys