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 life of a man left crippled in an industrial accident has been turned around thanks to readers of the Mansfield Chad. Father-of-two Andrew Towle (38) was paralysed from the waist down when a metal bar fell on him from
Norwich-based Eastern Counties Newspapers Group has given more than £18,000 to a range of charities in a new scheme which doubles thefund-raising efforts of its staff. The staff match-funding scheme, launched in January, aims to double charity cash raised by
Football in Cambridge received a boost from the Evening News when the paper reserved an executive box at United’s new stadium – even though the plans are still on the drawing board. The newspaper wants to help the club realise
Congleton Chronicle reporter Sue Dickens got an unexpected scoop when she went to a debate on the result of an investigation into the leader of a local council. Coun Linda Short, the leader of Congleton Borough Council, had been independently
Six members of the Derby Evening Telegraph team are celebrating nearly two centuries of service between them. Each has spent more than 30 years at the Telegraph – 194 in total. They were given gifts by Northcliffe News Group at
An horrific sex attack has led the police to ask the Peterborough Evening Telegraph to print a series of posters appealing for witnesses. A 16-year-old girl was hit over the head, dragged into bushes and raped as she walked home
Former Manchester Guardian journalist, E R Thompson, has died. After spells in the regional press and with the Manchester Guardian and Evening Standard, Thompson joined the BBC in 1945 and pioneered the art of parliamentary reporting on radio and television.
Johnston Press has revealed its latest set of trading figures – and predicts profit at December 31 will be towards the top end of city forecasts. The group has seen strong advertising revenue growth in the second half of the
Manchester is to get a new free evening paper in the new year. The title will be in direct competition with the Manchester Evening News, which has dominated the city for more than 130 years. The rival is being launched
The Plymouth Evening Herald has organised a Christmas party for children who dedicate much of their lives to looking after loved ones. Together with the Plymouth Carers Centre, the paper has invited 50 young carers to a local bowling alley,
One of Hull’s best-known journalists has received recognition from a local heritage group. Rex Booth, who edits the Hull Daily Mail’s Flashback supplement, was given a Good Mark award by Hull Civic Society for his work on the feature. He
For the second time in as many months, the Battle Observer has become involved in a row with a national newspaper journalist. In November, HoldtheFrontPage told how the paper confronted Independent writer Caroline Stacey over a feature in which she
Page 1 of 2 Malcolm Starbrook, editor of the Croydon Advertiser, has gone back to basics to revamp the newspaper. The Advertiser has been re-sized and redesigned using feedback from readers. Research found that people thought the paper was unwieldy
Tributes have been paid to a versatile South Devon photo-journalist who has died from cancer. George Fitt, 74, spent his life in newspapers and worked for The Times in London before moving to South Devon 26 years ago. He worked
A bid by the Manchester Evening News to name a young tearaway, who was described in court as a “one person crimewave”, has been thrown out by magistrates. They said his crimes were not serious enough to lift the automatic
Staff at the Lincolnshire Echo have been paying tribute to one of the company’s friendliest faces. Mark Barton, who worked in the machine room at the Echo, was well known for his generous nature and and willingness to help. Malcolm