Recent changes to the Hull Daily Mail reflect a continuing drive to please the reader. Reporter Kathryn Cecile explains how the Customers First programme helps staff achieve this goal. With 201,000 readers every day, the Hull Daily Mail undeniably has
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A well-deserved pat on the back: Hull Daily Mail
The Hull Daily Mail told its readers that Research Surveys of Great Britain had found that more people in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire read its evening newspaper than read a national newspaper. Every day, the researchers found,
Paper hands photos to police
by HoldTheFrontPage staff Hull Daily Mail front pages from Monday and Tuesday The Hull Daily Mail is co-operating with West Yorkshire Police to help them bring to justice the yobs who marred Hull FC’s appearance in the rugby league Challenge
Double campaign delight in Hull
For weeks the Hull Daily Mail has been pursuing Home Secretary Jack Straw for answers to vital questions on policing in Humberside. The paper is running a “Save Our Bobbies” campaign. The Humberside force bid for £7.4m from the Government’s
Mail to launch legal moveon ID bid
Legal moves are being launched by the Hull Daily Mail to overturn a ban on identifying a youngster who has been made the subject of an anti-social behaviour order. Magistrates imposed the restriction because the youngster is also facing separate
PCC rejects 'name withheld' complaint
Letters page anonymity has been given a vote of confidence by the Press Complaints Commission after it rejected a council complaint against the Hull Daily Mail. Mail editor John Meehan said he was “pleased but not surprised” that a complaint
PCC threat over letters page anonymity
Hull Daily Mail editor John Meehan has expressed surprise after East Riding Council members passed a motion calling for the newspaper to be reported to the Press Complaints Commission. The move follows the publication of a letter on July 6
Happy Christmas from Hull
The Hull Daily Mail is stepping in to help make Christmas a little better for some of the poorest children in Europe. Operation Christmas Child is under way to collect presents for needy children across Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia and Yugoslavia.
Fourfold triumph in Hull
The Hull Daily Mail is celebrating its fourth campaign success in as many weeks. Two consecutive front-page splashes last week announced the latest triumphs. The Mail has won a Fair Deal for Brough, Saved Our Bobbies, given the Gift of
Mail renews fight for deported woman with P1 plea to immigration minister
Editor calls for MP to personally intervene and reunite family torn apart by “bureaucracy”
Judge hears Mail's call for return of deported woman
Yorkshire title hands over dossier of support including 2,000 letters and a DVD of online news bulletins
Print and web combine to celebrate rugby's big night
Extensive coverage from Mail marks double sporting celebration
Mail fights for freedom and calls for end to slavery
Petition which targets modern-day slavery follows in footsteps of former campaigning Hull MP
Mail steps up Concorde fight
The Hull Daily Mail has stepped up its fight to bring Concorde to Yorkshire, with a direct plea to British Airways boss Lord Marshall. As part of its Let’s Land Concorde campaign the paper has sent him an open letter
Mail steps up Concorde fight
The Hull Daily Mail has stepped up its fight to bring Concorde to Yorkshire, with a direct plea to British Airways boss Lord Marshall. As part of its Let’s Land Concorde campaign the paper has sent him an open letter
Mail pressure helps secure £800m deal
An £800m deal at BAE Systems in Brough has signalled victory for the Hull Daily Mail’s campaign to keep the plant open. The paper has kept the issue in the spotlight with its Sign it Now campaign, calling on the