A row between politicians in the idyllic Roman city of Lincoln has led the Lincolnshire Echo to launch its Supergrass campaign. Not to do with drugs, not the rock group and not snitching to the police – but the green
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Echo dedicates nine pages to Parking Mad roll of honour
The strength of feeling over car parking price hikes at Lincoln County Hospital has been demonstrated through the pages of the Lincolnshire Echo. Over the past few weeks the newspaper has been inundated with letters of protest over the new
Victory for Mercury's battlefield fight
Helped by 2,000 protest letters from readers, the Leicester Mercury has succeeded in stopping rubbish dumping on a famous First World War battlefield site. Thousands of British men – including 500 from Leicestershire – lost their lives near the northern
Meaty issue gets Lincs to fight for its links
A newspaper has launched a sizzling campaign to give the Lincolnshire sausage protected status. The Lincolnshire Echo’s Save Our Sausages campaign is in support of local butchers who are calling for only sausages actually made in the county to have
Newspaper 'stunned' as readers go parking mad
Readers of the Lincolnshire Echo have gone ‘parking mad’ over price hikes in car parking charges at Lincoln County Hospital. The newspaper has been inundated with letters since new fees were introduced by the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust and
Evening Telegraph makes plea for 'show of solidarity'
The Derby Evening Telegraph has stepped up its campaign against the announced closure of 16 post offices in the city centre. The petition, Don’t rip the heart out of our community, has received front-page exposure on three occasions, in a
Echo's support for 'whistle-blower'
The Lincolnshire Echo has launched a campaign in support of a council ‘whistle-blower’ after it emerged he had been told to stay away from work. Lincolnshire County Council chief executive David Bowles gave evidence in the trial of jailed former
"Keep Keith" – says the Echo
The Lincolnshire Echo has revealed that Lincoln City manager Keith Alexander looks set to quit the team for Peterborough. And it’s started up a “Keep Keith” campaign to try to persuade the long-serving Imps man to stay. The rallying cry
Power station demolition follows Echo campaign
Demolition workers have begun knocking down one of Lincoln’s most infamous eyesores in a move which marks victory for the Lincolnshire Echo’s Clean it Up campaign. The demolition comes 26 years after the St Swithin’s Power Station was vacated. The
Reporter's firearms purchase rocks authorities
The Lincolnshire Echo has started a campaign to Ban Replica Guns following an increase in armed incidents in the county over the past five years. In 1997-98, the county police’s armed response unit was called out to 29 incidents, with
Community plan fails – so now Echo pleads: "Save the Imps"
The Lincolnshire Echo is pleading with readers to donate cash to a fighting fund to secure the future of ailing Lincoln City FC. The paper reported on Thursday how the club was seeking permission to go into administration. And for
Echo's speed plea sees results
A safety campaign spearheaded by the Lincolnshire Echo has resulted in new speed limits outside some of the county’s schools. The Slow Down campaign aimed to get drivers to cut their speeds and make it safer for children going to
Powerful Tory exposed by battling paper
An evening paper fought to win the right to expose a council leader who it says was found to rule using “improper pressure”. The Lincolnshire Echo devoted eight pages to an auditors’ report on Coun Jim Speechley, leader of the
Council to act on paper's speed plea
A county council has agreed to discuss imposing 20mph speed limits outside schools as a result of a campaign in the local newspaper. The Lincolnshire Echo’s Slow Down initiative began last month to cut drivers’ speeds outside schools and raise
Echo on the lookout for danger
The Lincolnshire Echo is spearheading a campaign to get drivers to cut their speeds and make it safer for children going to school. The Slow Down campaign is asking drivers to think carefully when they are driving near schools, cut
Echo enlists readers to offer support to America's victims
The Lincolnshire Echo is enlisting the help of its readers to offer support for the victims of the New York and Washington terrorist attacks. The paper is asking its readers to write personal messages to bereaved families, as part of