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PCC chief gives Leicester Mercury Lecture
Q&A session follows Tim Toulmin’s PCC presentation
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC
The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors and complainants. These are either settled to the express satisfaction of the
Resolved complaints
Resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC during July, August & September 2001 The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff,
Mercury bid for Christmas cheer
Landlords are putting profit before lives – that’s the verdict of the Leicester Mercury as it launches a new campaign. The newspaper has criticised local brewers for charging sky-high prices for soft drinks. It claims that by making non-alcoholic drinks
Plea for silent remembrance
The Leicester Mercury is leading calls for a silent tribute across offices, shops, streets and stations to mark Armistice Day. Bosses at the Haymarket Shopping Centre in Leicester have already announced that the two-minute silence will be observed at 11am
Success for Shelflife
The power of the press was demonstrated when the Leicester Mercury’s Shelflife team stepped in to win a refund for a couple having problems with their new kitchen table. It was an unusual and high quality table – costing £2,550
Honours received after campaign victory
A year-long campaign has resulted in hard-earned war medals finally being sent to forces veterans. The Leicester Mercury’s battle for recognition for the RAF and naval veterans who defended Crete means medals are now being sent to 60 old servicemen.
More than 100 potential governors come forward
The Leicester Mercury’s efforts to recruit more school governors have resulted in more than 100 new applications. The newspaper has been running a series of features after it was revealed that the county was short of around 450 governors. The
Mercury devotes pages to recruiting school governors
The Leicester Mercury has devoted pages of coverage each day for over a week in a bid to recruit governors to ease a crisis in the county’s schools. The paper has told readers that head teachers have been left without
Perfect score for anti-vandalism campaign
A Leicester Mercury summer holiday campaign to crack down on school vandalism has achieved a 100% record. Deputy Editor Jeremy Clifford reported that during the seven-week campaign, not one of the six schools signed up was broken into. That compares
Beating the vandals
A crackdown on child vandals, launched by the Leicester Mercury, has been hailed a great success. The Mercury got involved after it found five schools in Braunstone village were joining forces to spend thousands of pounds employing private security patrols
Positive people in Leicester
The Leicester Mercury is a driving force behind Positive People, a Millennium campaign launched to help individuals make a difference to their communities and start a positive change for their area. From the middle of this month, individuals can apply
Young vandals targeted in Mercury campaign
A crackdown on child vandals has been launched by the Leicester Mercury. The move – to galvanise community action against attacks and a provide a free telephone hotline to report incidents – comes as schools are bracing themselves for summertime
Mercury campaign scents success
Road safety could soon be made a priority on a street targeted by the Leicester Mercury as needing improvements. The paper is fighting for traffic calming on one of the city’s housing estates after Mitchell Tebbutt (10) suffered fatal injuries
Harsher penalties bid by Mercury for drivers who flout the law
Paper hands 3,600-strong petition to minister in get tough call for “selfish” drivers