New editors for Echo, Gazette as Journal loses top two Pastures new: Mark Dickinson (left) and Paul Robertson. Three big regional newspapers are set for new editors as The Journal, Newcastle, prepares to lose its top two. Editor Mark Dickinson
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Coroner's support for reporter asked to leave inquest
Reporter Karl Grafton had an uncomfortable encounter when an irate man tried to get him to leave an inquest he was covering. The Exmouth Journal man explained why he was entitled to stay – and was backed up by the
Regional papers making good use of FOI, report shows
Campaign for Freedom of Information looks at how new Act is used to unearth a wide variety of stories
Home Office supplies FOI answer within two hours
North East paper ready to claim record after prison’s ‘commercial secrets’ are revealed
Journal urges councillors to stop and think
A Devon newspaper has launched a “stop and think” plea to planners as they prepare to decide on a crazy golf scheme for an area subject to flooding. The North Devon Journal has stepped in and told planning committee members
UK regional press campaigns
Fighting injustice and pulling in cash Regional newspapers across the UK are demonstrating their campaigning zeal on issues ranging from the state of playground swings to the allocation of Government cash. One of the most vigorous campaigns has been waged
Sister papers' team effort gives much-needed lifeline to theatre
Rescue looks likely after “power of the press” helps attract new backers
Journal rally sees 5,000 protesters say 'no' to hospital cuts
Editor leads the way as readers make their feelings heard on proposed changes
Journal says no to sex shop plan
Plans to open a sex shop in Barnstaple are being opposed by the town’s weekly newspaper, the North Devon Journal. The newspaper has launched the BRASS – Barnstaple Rejects A Sex Shop – campaign in response to proposals by Kent
Campaign to save RAF base gets off to a flying start
A campaign to save the North’s only RAF base from possible closure has got off to a flying start. The Journal in Newcastle is campaigning to save RAF Boulmer in Northumberland – one of four bases under threat in a
Chronicle delegation to meet Blunkett over killer drivers
A delegation from the Evening Chronicle was due to travel to London today to demand tougher sentences for killer drivers. Representatives from the Evening Chronicle and its sister paper in Newcastle, The Journal, were to meet with Home Secretary David
30,000 back paper's joyriding proposal
More than 30,000 people have signed the Newcastle Evening Chronicle’s petition in support of its Justice for Rebecca campaign calling for a change in the law so that killer joyriders can be jailed for life. The newspaper launched the campaign
Death crash mother speaks out in The Journal
The mother of a six-year-old girl killed when a stolen Vauxhall Astra hit the car she was in, has penned an emotional letter to her local paper revealing how the killer driver has wrecked the lives of her family. Sharon
Reporter visits Malawi for North East famine launch
An appeal launched by The Journal, Newcastle, to help the victims of Africa’s famine has received the personal backing of Tony Blair. Responding to calls for help from North East aid workers, feature writer Anna Ralph went to Malawi and
Be a Buddy, says Journal
The Newcastle Journal has launched a five-month campaign to stamp out bullying. The paper has joined forces with the region’s education chiefs to ask schoolchildren in Years 5 to 8 to help its campaign and Be a Buddy not a
Health group takes up Journal message
An in-depth special by the Journal into how the foot and mouth crisis affected the North of Britain has been taken up by a pressure group. The mental health group RuralMinds – dedicated to the well-being of people who live