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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Former Leicester Mercury art correspondent Ron Moore has died. He was 88. He died at Leicester General Hospital after a short illness. A talented artist himself, Ron wrote for the Mercury for more than 40 years, promoting local art and
NUJ members at the Rotherham Advertiser are to strike over pay from Saturday August 24 to Thursday August 29. The chapel has called a solidarity demonstration for noon on the Saturday outside the family-owned company’s building on Fitzwilliam Road in
A GCSE pupil has won the chance to be a Leicester Mercury journalist for a day. Nirma Muslim won the prize – which will see her work alongside the reporters in the St George Street newsroom – after writing a
A respected and well known reporter has died in hospital after a short illness. Tom Ashworth, (85), was a journalist for 53 years. He began his career at the Torquay Times, aged 17, before moving to Whitby where he became
The assistant editor of Mid Somerset Newspapers has received a top honour from the City of Wells. Michael Chamberlain has been made a Freeman of Wells at a meeting of the city council. The title is recognition for Michael’s work
Former regional newspaper reporter Peter Roberts has been appointed editor of the Farmers’ Union of Wales’s monthly newspaper Welsh Farmer. Peter, (53), who is the union’s press officer, will now also edit the paper, which was relaunched in a new
Readers with burning issues to discuss can make use of a new way to communicate with the Evening Chronicle in Newcastle. The paper has launched a text message service for readers to send in their news and comments. Tapping a
An old newspaper building has been restored to its former glory in a multi-million pound refit. The former Evening World offices in Bristol have been renamed Colston 33 and is now an office building complete with restored Art Deco features.
A journalist’s husband was stabbed in the head by a young thug in the street – just days after the couple moved into their new home. Kent Messenger Group journalist Debbie Eales was with her husband Philip Allen when he
Society of Editors director Bob Satchwell has sacrificed the beard he firstv grew 30 years ago in the name of charity. The former editor of the Cambridge Evening News had the shave to help launch a fundraising appeal in aid
The Morley Advertiser has escaped action from the Press Complaints Commission over a furore surrounding a story which led to the newspaper being stripped from the shelves by the publisher. Some readers were outraged at comments which ran alongside a
Industrial action at the Newcastle Chronicle and Journal is to be stepped up tomorrow as National Union of Journalists members begin a new two-day stoppage. The days have been chosen to this time affect the Sunday Sun, which is also
The North West Evening Mail has become a focus for the people of Barrow-in-Furness, who have been in the grip of a Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak for the past week. The newsroom team has been working to be first with the
A Birmingham paper produced a special edition to try to convince judges that the city is worthy of the title Capital of Culture. The Post and Mail put it together as a special publication to hand out to judges at
Even the smallest of local newspapers could be caught up in new rules over mergers and acquisitions under the new Communications Bill, the Newspaper Society is warning. In its final submission to the Government on the Bill, the Newspaper Society
KM Radio is proving popular, with more people than ever tuning in to the five independent local stations owned and run by the Kent Messenger Group. Latest annual listening figures issued by Radio Joint Authority Research reveal increases in listenership,