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 series of historical plaques have been unveiled at St John’s Lane, home of the Gloucester Citizen. Together with a new archway, emblazoned with the paper’s logo (below), the plaques depict the history of Gloucester and St John’s Lane where
Bristol United Press finance director Andrew Calvert is to fill a newly-created Northcliffe group position of corporate development director. His new role will be to advise the board on mergers and acquisition strategy, competition compliance issues and risk management. Chief
The Wakefield Express is planning a number of special events to mark its 150th anniversary next month. Staff are busy producing special supplements to be included in the paper, such as an insight into how the paper is produced, a
Former regional newspaper journalist Alec Greenhalgh has died aged 68. He started his journalism career aged 15, as a reporter with the Oldham Evening Chronicle, and later worked for Oldham Press Agency, the Daily Sketch and the Manchester Guardian. While
Page 1 of 2 The Birmingham Evening Mail is to embark on a television, radio and poster campaign to promote its relaunch tomorrow. The £1m makeover, which includes a new, more contemporary masthead (below), is the paper’s most dramatic transformation
The busy A40 ‘Golden Bypass’ is being rebuilt, with old exhausted carriageways being replaced with modern surfaces. But it’s causing jams for the commuters, with lane closures on the main Gloucester-Cheltenham link road. The work is expected to take 14
The Kent Messenger Group is offering readers the chance of a ring-side view of the Queen’s visit to Canterbury on Maundy Thursday. An offer of 850 special places on March 28 came through an approach from the Lord Lieutenant’s office
The Evening Press at York played cupid for a couple who had a Valentine’s Day wedding. Kay Iveson, (34), and Barry Derbyshire, (40), went on their first date on St Valentine’s Day in 1999 after they met through the pages
A newspaper has carried good news about the NHS – after a pensioner took out a £40 advert to praise the service at Swindon’s Princess Margaret Hospital. Patricia Brown was rushed in after a visit to her GP who suspected
Regional newspaper publishers will celebrate the Golden Jubilee at the Newspaper Society’s Annual Lunch next month where Her Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will be the guests of honour. Regional newspapers will have an important part to
George Purnell, one of the founding members of staff at the Bristol Evening Post has died, aged 90. He originally worked in the press room of the Bristol Times and Echo until it closed in the 1930s. He then moved
Journalist Jennifer Veitch is finding she has the best of both worlds in her latest role as associate editor of the Edinburgh Evening News. At just 28 years old, Jennifer has moved around the industry more than many journalists twice
Former Matlock Mercury editor Don hale will be pitting his wits against a range of celebrities as he faces the “queen of mean” Ann Robinson for a special edition of The Weakest Link on Thursday.He will be playing for a
Thankfully, most of us will never know what it is like to be homeless and forced to sleep rough on the streets. But Swindon Evening Advertiser reporter Andy Blizzard got an insight when gave up his warm bed for one
Page 1 of 2 Harborough Mail reporter Jo Done found herself part of the news when she sounded the alert as fire broke out at the house next door. Her neighbour, Simon Whittingham, was found alive by firefighters at his
Macclesfield Express editor-in-chief Nigel Wareing grabbed his frying pan to lead a team of flipping journalists in the town’s sixth annual pancake race. Stephanie Turnerlimbering up The editorial team – christened The Express Tossers for the event – raced from