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.
The deputy Prime Minister has cleared the way for the Eastern Daily Press to fly a badly injured African boy to Norfolk for vital surgery. The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital had already agreed to waive treatment charges for ten-year-old Issa
A photographer from the Leigh Journal, who bears more than a passing resemblance to Sven Goran is preparing for an on-screen sporting double. Photographer Colin Lyne, who has already appeared on Channel Four’s Big Breakfast, will begin filming for a
Things just seem to go from bad to worse for Andy Tilley – the unluckiest reporter in the regional press. Back in June this year, Andy, deputy sports editor at the Burton Mail, went on a press trip to Fort
Yorkshire people would vote themselves an extra Bank Holiday, if they could. A survey of Evening Press readers found that they would like an extra day’s holiday to mark Yorkshire Day, after a plea by the campaign group Independent Yorkshire.
A new charity fund being launched by the Leicester Mercury to benefit communities has already attracted more than £15,000 in donations. The Mercury Action Trust will help groups and individuals working within their communities across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The
There are easier ways to raise money for charity than conquering two mountains, but that didn’t stop three Basingstoke Gazette reporters taking on the challenge. Ceri Rees, Clint Lambert and Graeme Hamlett completed the peak double last month in their
A man handed himself in to police after seeing his photo on the front page of the Telegraph and Argus as police stepped up a campaign to identify riot suspects. Ten more have given themselves up since then and officers
The world has gone potty over window boxes following an exclusive story in the Norwich Evening News. Since the paper revealed that a housing officer had ordered residents in a tower block in Norwich to ditch their flower boxes, the
One of the Tamworth Herald’s longest serving employees, Gilbert Brown, has died. He was 81. Gilbert worked at the Herald for 51 years, starting as a tea boy in 1933 when he was 14. He worked his way up to
For someone who had never flown in her 83 years, Kentish Express reporter Barbara Butcher made a pretty good go of it in Wye. The oldest female working journalist in Kent became probably the oldest bungee jump enthusiast as she
A bus driver who appealed to the Grimsby Telegraph to find a long-lost aunt had a shock when an uncle answered the article instead.And the 72-year-old relative, who had no idea he had any relatives in the area, works at
The Hull Daily Mail is calling for the Government to pay up on the trawlermen compensation scheme after it was revealed that some cash has been wrongly paid out, while hundreds are still waiting for their claims to be settled.
Remember the old television programme What’s My Line? Editor Peter Barron was asked if he was a psychiatrist – and then a farmer – after miming his job to schoolchildren… Peter, who is editor of The Northern Echo, found himself
Two westcountry newspaper staff have gained success in the academic field by successfully graduating from their universities. Weston and Worle News reporter Wenna Coombs has achieved a 2:1 in her BA (Hons) degree course in American Studies from the University
A former Chronicle writer has turned her attention to fantasy as she launches her first book on the road to literary success. Jessica Rydill’s new novel Children of the Shaman is influenced by the work of Tolkein and hopes her
The Congleton Chronicle is once again pushing back the boundaries of journalism in its pages. The most recent example of staff working hard to bring their readers all the local news involved a one-act play competition organised by local thespians.