Regional press news – this story published 17.6.2000 Under cover story brings results by HoldTheFrontPage staff Four thousand new sheets are going into circulation at a hospital after a local paper revealed a severe shortage. The linen crisis at Gloucestershire
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Clean sheets investigation
Patients at a Gloucester hospital won’t have to take a chance on clean sheets being available – thanks to a front-page investigation by The Citizen. A hospital insider claimed wards regularly ran out of clean linen – and when calls
Help for the homeless
The Citizen, Gloucester, has presented almost £470 to housing charity Shelter. The money was raised through a Santa’s grotto which the newspaper ran in a local market. Spencer Feeney, editor of The Citizen, said: “We have great admiration for the
Irwin joins press watchdog board
KMG editorial director takes on role following departure of Paul Horrocks from PCC
Editor Feeney joins Press Complaints Commission
South Wales journalist’s appointment follows the retirement of Ed Curran
Two newspapers are thanked for blood donor drives
Spencer Feeney, editor of the Gloucester Citizen, has received a certificate of thanks from the National Blood Service in recognition of the newspaper’s recent campaign to recruit more blood donors. The paper’s target was to attract 500 new donors in
A pint with your pinta
News of the latest move in the Gloucester Citizen’s Time For A Pint campaign comes from editor Spencer Feeney. The paper has already signed up 250 new blood donors in six weeks and wants to find as many again in
Health minister turns his back on 90,000-name Evening Post petition
Claims that accepting petition might suggest a lack of impartiality are dismissed as “nonsense”
Post's Health Warning fight wins support of 40,000
Readers make their feelings clear as campaign to save hospital services gathers pace
Press snappers target lazy parents
Lazy parents in Swansea who park their cars on yellow lines outside schools when they drop off or collect their children had a shock when they found South Wales Evening Post photographers on the scene. The Swansea-based daily’s blitz on
Paper accused of 'moral blackmail' in campaign
The South Wales Evening Post has come under attack for lobbying Swansea’s health watchdogs over the future of key medical services. Post editor Spencer Feeney stands accused by the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales of subjecting its members
Who killed Phil? Post steps in to help solve murder mystery
The South Wales Evening Post has stepped in to offer its support to the investigation into the death of a well-known local tramp. The body of Neath man Phillip Jones – known locally as Phil the Tramp – was found
Victory for care campaign?
Gloucestershire County Council has ordered a dramatic overhaul of its home care charges following a hard-hitting campaign by the Citizen. In April Gloucestershire social services increased the cost of home care for pensioners and disabled people as one of several
Phase in price hikes, demands Citizen
The Gloucester Citizen is calling for controversial price rises in social services home care to be phased in over several years. Gloucestershire social services has dramatically increased the cost of home care for pensioners and disabled people as one of