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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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Views sought on Liverpool's culture bid

Readers of the Liverpool Echo are being invited to have their say in the city’s bid to be the European capital of culture. The paper is asking its readers for their views on the bid to win the title in

Festival supplement targets one in three

A 16-page supplement has been produced by the Leicester Mercury to celebrate the Asian festival of Diwali. Around a third of the city’s population is of Asian descent and the city hosts several major events each year to coincide with

Living like a Lord

There’s a new member of the aristocracy in Derbyshire today – the Derby Evening Telegraph has awarded the title of the Lord of the Manor of Smalley to the winner of its latest prestige competition. The Telegraph’s Live Like a

News in brief

A reunion to mark the tenth anniversary of the closure of the Birmingham Daily News attracted 25 people from all corners of the UK.The event, held in Birmingham, had been delayed due to the foot and mouth crisis and the

Pre-war Express and Echo found

A man from Exeter has discovered a 62-year-old copy of the Express and Echo while stripping the carpets at his new home. The newspaper, dated May 5, 1939, was printed just four months before the outbreak of the Second World

Star man misses out on jackpot

Shropshire Star man Andy Maxwell has missed out on the £5,550 top prize on daytime quiz show The Biggest Game in Town. Andy, circulation representative for the Star at Ketley, beat two other contestants in a general knowledge quiz to

In the eye of the storm

When she jetted off for the holiday of a lifetime in Cuba, Lincolnshire Echo reporter Emma Snedden expected sun, sea and cigars. But Hurricane Michelle changed her plans… Palm-fringed beaches, plazas dappled with warm sun and lots of time to

Herald's fitness five!

Five fitness guinea pigs from the Tamworth Herald are quickly coming to terms with their new-found life at the gym. They volunteered for a get-fit purge and are already feeling the benefit – and the strain – of a daily

Newsrooms react to NY air crash tragedy

Regional newspapers across the country took their chance to beat the nationals and publish news of the latest New York air crash in special editions or late print runs on Monday. As news came in of the tragedy, which claimed

EADT Tory scoop

The East Anglian Daily Time has secured the first regional newspaper interview with Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith. The Ipswich-based paper’s political editor Graham Dines asked him about the forthcoming Ipswich by-election, the policy review of his party and how

Presenter broadcasts from Telegraph's offices

The Coventry Evening Telegraph made its own headlines when a local radio presenter visited its offices to present his morning show. Ed Doolan, from BBC WM, chatted to reporters, press room operators and editor Alan Kirby to find out how

Kelly's in the picture

An artistic sales rep at the Leamington Observer is brightening up the lives of patients and doctors at her local surgery. Kelly and her mural. Picture courtesy of the Leamington Observer Kelly Glenn has been painting cartoon favourites from the

Every girl's dream?Jen's day with the firemen

Whether it’s the New York firefighters or the actors of London’s Burning – there’s always a certain ‘something’ about those brave recruits in uniform. Jen Bishop, of the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald, wasn’t slow to take her chance to join

Death of 'TP' – one of football's true characters

Tony Pritchett, The Sheffield Star’s chief sport writer, died this week after a long illness.Sports editor Martin Smith, pays tribute toa Sheffield legend in an article which first appeared in The Star. Tony Pritchett, The Star and Green Un’s Sheffield

Regional news role in ABC figures

Representatives from the regional press are among the candidates for places on the Council of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The ABC was founded to provide an independent verification of circulation and data figures to allow buying and selling of

Belfast paper hits London

The Belfast Telegraph is branching out to a new readership and will now be available in London everyday. Ulster’s largest-selling daily paper will be printed in London and distributed throughout the city and surrounding areas. Readers can now buy their