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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.)

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.

Lennox Herald celebrates 150th anniversary

The Lennox Herald has celebrated its 150th anniversary. To mark the event a celebratory dinner was held in Dumbarton Football Club’s Strathclyde Homes stadium function suite, when the guests were piped in by Dumbarton and District Pipe Band. Charles Birrell,

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New Brighton University students were handed free copies of The Argus at a fair to welcome them. Two thousand papers were given away at the event, held in the university’s Cockcroft Building on Wednesday. More than 150 stalls were set

Yvonne's friends tell of strong character

As the world saw journalist Yvonne Ridley emerge from a car at the border with Pakistan after ten days in captivity, her friends from the regional press around Britain also watched the story unfold. The 43-year-old mum was seized by

Evening Post is just the job

A manufacturing company in Yorkshire has been inundated with job applications after the Evening Post stepped in to help its recruitment search. Bosses at Otley paper-making company Garnett had been left scratching their heads after receiving very little response when

Popular and respected journalist dies at 73

Former South Wales Argus journalist Tom Ellis has died suddenly at the age of 73. He was returning to his Newport home after collecting a copy of the Argus from his local newsagent when he collapsed. He was a hugely

The secret behind Tony Chestnut

An evening paper and its website are throwing themselves into the football fever generated by England’s improving World Cup bid by showing readers how to master all those fancy football tricks. Logging into the Norwich Evening News site at www.eveningnews24.co.uk

Death of David Riley

David Riley, a former Yorkshire Evening Post feature writer, has died. He was 58 and had been ill. He began his career in journalism in 1959 as a trainee reporter on the Dewsbury Reporter. He also worked at the Huddersfield

A secret yearning to return to school

Schooldays are meant to be the happiest days of our lives, so Leicester Mercury writer Lee Marlow went back to his old haunt of Castle Rock High to see how things had changed. Leicester Mercury reporter Lee Marlow left high

Hull man is Star For a Night

A Yorkshire singing sensation brought the Hull Daily Mail’s switchboard to a standstill when he appeared on TV’s Star for a Night show – because he’s one of the paper’s motors reps! Dozens of well-wishers phoned in to try to

Frontline team deployed by Herald

A city that has strong links with the armed forces is taking a close interest in its soldiers and sailors on tours of duty overseas. But the Plymouth Evening Herald has gone one step further – and has journalists with

News in brief

Wolves boss Dave Jones took time out from his footballing exploits to visit the headquarters of the Express & Star.The high-flying Division One boss won September’s manager of the month and joined his chief executive and commercial manager for a

Oxford Mail staff mourn colleagues

Staff at the Oxford Mail are mourning the deaths of two colleagues. Colin Dobson, a former deputy editor of the Mail, died from bronchial pneumonia on Friday. He had worked there for 18 years, joining as deputy editor in 1970,

Where are they now?Ron Eyley

We’re still keen to track down the names of people in the regional press throughout the country for our extensive Who’s Who. It is some 4,500-strong now and we’re still adding the details of people who’ve moved out of the

New MD for Western Mail and Echo Ltd

Western Mail and Echo Ltd has announced Keith Dye as its new managing director. Mr Dye has worked in the newspaper industry for more than 20 years, and is currently managing director of Trinity Mirror’s Midlands Weekly Media division. He

Readers vote to keep eternal flame

Readers of the Daily Echo have voted to keep Bournemouth’s eternal flame. An overwhelming 96 per cent of readers who called the paper’s voteline said the city’s Millennium Candle should not be snuffed out. The candle’s funding body Churches Together

New section is The Business

The Torquay Herald Express has launched a new weekly business section. The Business will carry news, features and advice from key players in South Devon’s business community, and is sponsored by local firm Francis Clark Chartered Accountants. Francis Clark senior