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York scores success against highway robbery

The Evening Press in York has scored a major campaign victory with councillors set to make a spectacular turnaround over controversial parking charges. The paper launched its Stop the Highway Robbery campaign in July amid growing concern about the impact

Laycock and the chocolate factory

An evening paper’s campaign to save a famous chocolate factory has gone national – thanks to the quick thinking of its chief reporter. Terry’s of York – makers of the world-renowned Chocolate Orange – is under threat, with American parent

Evening Press campaign move is thwarted in capital

An evening paper and its city MP found themselves snubbed by cinema bosses the day they trekked to London to deliver a petition. The Evening Press has been campaigning to save York’s Odeon Cinema, a listed art deco building which

High praise for Telegraph fight

The Peterborough Evening Telegraph has won Government praise for its fight to stamp out “yobbish” behaviour on city centre streets. Prompted by increasing concern over gangs of youths terrorising residents, the paper launched its Shop the Yobs campaign in May,

Public opinion keeps "yob" coverage on news agenda

The Peterborough Evening Telegraph is leading the fight to stamp out “yobbish” behaviour on city centre streets. The paper has launched a campaign encouraging readers to Shop the Yobs after increasing concern over gangs of youths terrorising residents. It is

Duke hears of Telegraph's work

The key role played by an evening paper to help raise £7.3m to save a historic cathedral has been praised by fund-raisers. The Duke of Gloucester heard of the work done by the Peterborough Evening Telegraph to help the city’s

Compact format for Evening Press

The Evening Press at York is converting to a compact format. The move is what readers and advertisers have been asking for since the paper first experimented successfully with a tabloid Saturday edition in 1997. In the build-up to making