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.
A council’s head of communications has been criticised for pre-empting a council decision – while attacking the local press for doing the same thing. Simon Taylor, of East Riding Council, admitted he took a “calculated risk” in assuming the council’s
For 60 years pensioner Stan Williams has bought every issue of the Walthamstow Guardian… and even the battle of El Alamein could not stop him reading it. The 81-year-old was sent regular copies of the paper while serving four years
One of the Midlands’ most respected journalists, Clem Jones CBE, has died aged 87. He was dedicated to journalism and press freedom and spent many years working for the Express and Star in Wolverhampton. Picture courtesy of the Shropshire Star
Sunday Herald picture editor Neil Bennett is to be reunited with his former editor when he joins the Western Mail in December. Neil, (31), is to join the paper in the newly created role of deputy editor and his appointment
A public forum to discuss the role of the media in issues surrounding refugees and asylum seekers will take place next week. The panel for the OneScotland event in Edinburgh will include MSP Margo MacDonald, former Scottish Journalists’ Union president
A Crown Court judge who sentenced a paedophile to eight years and two months has taken the unusual step of writing to the local newspaper to explain issues surrounding the sentencing process. The sentence, for indecent assaults on two small
A popular clergyman who preached through the pages of the Daily Post, North Wales, has died at the aged of 88.Pastor Stanley Attwood contributed to the paper’s End of the Week column every Saturday. A mother has enjoyed an emotional
The Gloucester Citizen has issued a rallying call to readers to support city centre shops this Christmas. A front-page comment by editor Ian Mean, headlined ‘We’re backing Gloucester!’ asks readers to shop in the city’s stores to help convince “all
It seems everyone is searching for the next singing sensation… And in South Devon, local radio station Gemini FM is trying to unearth its own talent, with the Torquay Herald Express’ very own showbiz writer John Clamp as one of
A newspaper serving an area where the power was cut off for more than five days is calling on the electricity firm to pay out compensation. The Cambridge Evening News complained: “It’s just not good enough”, in a front page
The Hull Daily Mail is putting its weight behind a bid to recover a notorious run-down area of west Hull and turn the shattered community into a bustling area once again. An amazing series of stories, pictures and interviews has
Richard Williams is to become editor-in-chief at North Wales Newspapers. Currently deputy editor at the Daily Post in North Wales, Richard, (34), will take on his new role in the New Year. He will be responsible for North Wales Newspapers’
The Newham recorder has been honoured for its tireless work for the community.Awards were given to particular supporters of Community Links at the organisation’s 25th anniversary, which included the Newham, Docklands and City Recorder. Some 5,000 glass negatives taken by
A respected and popular member of The Northern Echo staff has died after a lengthy illness. Valerie Morley, from Darlington, died on October 23 of a brain tumour. Colleagues in the special features department, of which she was deputy editor,
A North West Evening Mail reporter is recovering in hospital after she was involved in a serious car crash. Sian Ellidge, (25), had been travelling from Hexham to Barrow when there was a collision with a car travelling in the
A reporter on the Southend Evening Echo has fulfilled a burning desire – by training as a retained firefighter. James Howell spent a day with the latest batch of recruits and took part in their gruelling exercise sessions and equipment