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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South Wales Evening Post editor George Edwards has retired after a journalism career spanning 44 years. A special function was held at Margam Orangery where colleagues, friends, politicians and showbiz personalities turned out to say farewell. Lord Rothermere sent a
The offices of the Manchester Evening News had to be evacuated during a bomb scare in the city centre. Staff were told to leave their desks and gather near their Deansgate office at around 2.40pm as the final edition of
Big hearted readers of the Kentish Times series have sent in hundreds of pounds to pay for a kitten’s operation. Two weeks ago the Bexley and Bromley editions of the south east London paper ran a story about a black
The Argus in Brighton has helped a local basketball team’s new season get off to a great start. The paper is showing its support for the Brighton Bears by handing out special A3 posters at the start of every home
After more than 30 years at the South Wales Argus, business editor Nigel Jarrett is to retire. And with such a vast experience of the daily goings on in a newsroom, he is planning to put his experience to good
Pat Randall has officially left the Bristol Observer after 17 years as editor. He was taken ill in January and had been doing much of his work from home before deciding to retire. Pat joined the paper in 1985 from
A special musical tribute has been paid to a former Derby Evening Telegraph journalist who died in March. Roy Hollingworth began his journalistic career on the Derby paper and at the age of 16 became its pop correspondent – a
A Nottinghamshire MP who volunteered to help out in a charity shop, initially as a publicity stunt, enjoyed the day so much that he has decided to help out whenever he can. To discover what rewards it can bring, the
Greg Dyke is to be the keynote speaker at the York Evening Press’s Business of the Year awards. The director general of the BBC will give a speech at the ceremony on the theme of awards – the Secret to
Legendary political journalist Chris Moncrieff is to join the Western Daily Press as a columnist.He will give readers an insight into life in the corridors of power.Awarded the CBE in the 1989 New Year’s Honours for services to Parliamentary journalism,
A former newspaper editor has fulfilled a lifelong ambition by piloting an aeroplane at the age of 83. Roy Baker, former editor of the Exeter Express & Echo, took the controls of a Cessna – and in doing so achieved
Archaeologists have discovered 4,000-year-old artefacts while doing excavation work for Newsquest Oxfordshire’s new £20m press hall. Irrigation gullies and pottery dating from the Bronze Age have been unearthed as well as coins which are thought to be medieval. The work
Southern Daily Echo journalist Alyson Marlow has returned from France after an action-packed trip rally driving. The deputy business and motoring editor recently teamed up with Canadian Rally Champion Pat Richard, and the pair took part in the penultimate round
The Argus, Brighton, has raised a record £57,000 for charity in one night – beating last year’s total by more than £19,000. Almost 500 people from the worlds of stage, screen, media and business attended the launch of The Argus
The Essex Chronicle entered a new era this week as the printing of the paper moved from Chelmsford to the West Country. The weekly paper has been printed in Chelmsford since it was launched 238 years ago. But following the
A new Saturday special from the Lincolnshire Echo hit the streets at the weekend. The 64-page paper, complete with entertainments and TV listings pages, was published from a 7am print run to compete with the nationals on the news-stands. The