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.
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A bold headline saying “SCRAP IT!”, and a hard-hitting page one comment, was the Gloucester Citizen’s reaction to news that a planned TV dramatisation of the Fred and Rosemary West story was on hold. Channel 5 first announced plans to
Newcastle Chronicle and Journal and Associated Newspapers are to work together to develop the Chronicle’s free daily newspaper Metro. The agreement is the first local franchise agreement to be made by Associated as part of a strategy to expand the
Headquarters of the Liverpool Echo and the Daily Post are in the middle of a major regeneration scheme in the city’s business district. The length of Old Hall Street is getting a facelift and the newspaper offices’ main entrance area
Television presenter Davina McCall turned the tables on reporter Tristan Nicholas, from the Plymouth Evening Herald, when she visited the city to film her dating show Streetmate Tristan had been tipped-off that Davina and the cameras were in the city
Letters written by the composer Sir Edward Elgar to a Birmingham Daily Post music critic go up for auction at Sotheby’s in London on Friday. Elgar and fellow composer Sir Granville Bantock both wrot letters to the critic Ernest Newman
Bob Satchwell, Director of the Society of Editors’ has written to a Government Minister to state the organisation’s continuing fears about the planned Local Government Bill. The Society met Hilary Armstrong, Minister for Local Government and the Regions, to discuss
Football correspondent of the Leicester Mercury, Bill Anderson, was ahead of the national media who were today buzzing with speculation linking Martin O’Neill with the vacant manager’s job at Celtic. It was back in mid-April that Mr Anderson told his
Nic Outterside is leaving the Aberdeen Press and Journal to edit a weekly newspaper in Scotland. Mr Outterside (44), chief investigative reporter with the P&J since last year, will take up his post as editor of the Buchan Observer on
Play-off fever is gripping the regional press in the run-up to the weekend’s crunch games which will decide the future for football fans. Two of the papers caught up in the excitement are the East Anglian Daily Times – which
A teenager battling multiple sclerosis – who was the focus of the Bath Chronicle’s NHS Postcode Lottery campaign – has enjoyed a VIP theatre trip after winning her fight for fairness. The newspaper took up the case of Stephanie Millward,
They came from all points of the compass and from all walks of life to the first-ever reunion of past and present staff of the Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard, at the Thames Head Inn near Cirencester. Among the 70-plus present
Hundreds of journalists who have worked in the north west and North Wales will remember Rex Thelwall. After more than 30 years with Chester Chronicle and associated newspapers, Mr Thelwall is retiring at the end of June and a party
A newspaper’s appeal for information about a Second World War airman brought results within hours. The Nottingham Evening Post reported that historian Martyn Ford-Jones wanted to add details of Flight Lieutenant Arthur Jarvis – killed in a plane crash in
NUDE FOOTIE: Police were called to playing fields at Cheltenham at 4am after a caller reported six men playing football in the nude, the Gloucestershire Echo told its readers. There was no sign of anyone by the time officers arrived,
A woman has landed her first job in journalism as a direct result of advertising on HoldTheFrontPage. Rajeshree Sisodia paid £10 to advertise her CV on the site for three months. Now she has phoned us to say: “I’ve got
Another battle over council secrecy has erupted in the north-west. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph has blasted the county council for rejecting a move to force its new, single-party cabinet to meet in public. The paper’s Opinion column accused the ruling