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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.

Milan versus Leeds

The Yorkshire Evening Post was on hand to report the views of an Italian photojournalist who visited Leeds to discover what it could offer visitors. Emanuela de Santis, of the Italian newspaper Donna di Repubblica, was in the city in

Heard it through the Grapevine

Grapevine is the name of a scheme set up jointly by the Hartlepool Mail and the Wesley nightclub to offer 11 to 17-year-olds a good, safe night out in an alcohol-free environment. The mail has been offering youngsters the chance

Reporter is on a roll

Those brave people at the Llanelli Star aren’t the kind to turn down a challenge – especially when it’s issued by the Rollercoaster Club of Great Britain. Without a moment’s hesitation they waved reporter Diane Williams off as she joined

Calling ex-Lincs Echo staff

Did you work in the Lincolnshire Echo newsroom in the very early 90s? Some of the old team are planning a Millennial get-together to remember the good old days – and keep a check on each other’s expanding waist-lines! It

Sunday Mercury to be "lighter and brighter"

A major re-launch of the Birmingham-based Sunday Mercury this weekend aims to make it “lighter and brighter”. The radical redesign, including a host of new features, comes just 10 weeks after editor David Brookes and deputy editor Paul Cole took

Talking pages

The Ripley and Heanor News has been celebrating the 20th anniversary of the organisation which brings the week’s local news to the blind and partially sighted. And it was one of the paper’s former editors who played a key part.

Trinity Mirror profits grow in the regions

Regional newspapers in the Trinity Mirror Group have seen operating profits grow by 10% to £66.8m in the last six months. Revenue profits have grown by 6.1% to £245.3m in the same period. Papers in the group – formed a

Senior management changes at Trinity Mirror

Trinity Mirror’s board is soon to announce who will fill a new senior executive role in charge of all its newspapers. Two existing directors are to step down, and Stephen Parker, who is currently Regional Director (North), will become Managing

No fuel for Bristol journos

Following our story about Bristol and Bath journalists failing to get fuel as priority users click here to read it again we received this e-mail:

Life IS local ABC figures show

For the third consecutive year more than half of all regional newspaper titles have sold more copies, with 61% of weekly titles enjoying a year-on-year increase. Newspaper Society marketing director, Chris Stanley, said: “As media choice continues to grow and

Euro poll for readers

A paper that clearly sets out its stall on most issues in the public eye has taken care to see both sides of the argument on the Single European Currency. Now, the Western Morning News is launching a referendum among

Former Evening News man dies at sea

The Bolton Evening News has remembered former reporter Andrew Hunter, who was found dead in the sea off the Cornish coast. Mr Hunter (43) was an Evening News district reporter for the Atherton area before leaving to become a freelance

Newcastle's pages are subbed in Australia

It’s always a blow when well-trained, popular members of staff decide to move on from the newsroom. But the Morning News, in Newcastle, wasn’t going to let the small matter of a few thousand miles get in their way when

Thank you Val!

Some of the best neighbours in the north-west have been highlighted as the Manchester Evening News announced the winners of its latest community venture. The paper asked readers to nominate their good neighbours for a thank you as a surprise.

Stray cat strut – with bite

More Big Cat sightings have been reported to HoldtheFrontPage after we revealed a spate of summer predators across the nation. After our initial story we’ve been told of yet more of the mysterious beasts – dotted around the country in

Plugging another council leak

A council warning against leaking information to the press has been leaked… to the Bournemouth Daily Echo. The paper has reported that a watchdog investigator was brought in to find out what was behind the strict edict against passing on