A press agency is hitting the headlines itself after taking the unusual step of launching a campaign over the rights of the unborn child. South West News Service had no hesitation in getting involved when a drink-driver walked free from
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Paper scents victory in 10-year fight over cash for fishermen
A 10-year campaign involving the Grimsby Telegraph to win job-loss compensation for distant-water fishermen may soon be over. Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised to resolve the issue “soon” – and the indications are that the payout could be as
Rethink follows 3,000,000 signatures
The Western Daily Press has helped to force a Government rethink on the future of rural post offices by delivering the largest petition in newspaper history to 10 Downing Street. Dozens of mailbags containing 3,120,833 names were piledoutside Tony Blair’s
Editor delivers campaign message to Downing Street
10,000-name petition to support under-threat A&E unit is “voice of the people”
Press call for more protection for UK troops
Mail tackles “scandal” of soldiers on patrol in soft-top Land Rovers
Samurai victory draws closer in Echo ban bid
Home Office says sword sales could be outlawed by end of the year
Diary of terror launched by News in community campaign
Fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour, prostitution and graffiti are among targets
Alexine's Law success follows pressure from Telegraph
“Justice is finally being done”, says campaigning newspaper
Evening News in bid to free man from Brazilian jail
Press backs family of man who says he was imprisoned without fair trial
Times takes OBE fight to Downing Street
The Wiltshire Times has taken its fight to strip an Army officer of his OBE to Downing Street. Readers of the paper reacted with outrage when Lt Col Giles Stibbe was awarded the honour – for services in the former
Medals campaign peaks with London demo
The fight for a medal to recognise the sacrifices of the Arctic Campaign heroes of the Second World War will be taken to Tony Blair tomorrow in a demonstration organised by The News, Portsmouth. Campaigners from around the country will
True justice 'first' thanks to the News
Britain is to have its first Community Justice Panel – thanks to a campaign in the Chard & Ilminster News. The pioneering Somerset scheme, which aims to deal with vandals and other petty villains on a more local level, has
Echo opposes health chiefs' plan
The Gloucestershire Echo has launched a campaign to try and prevent a hospital children’s ward from leaving the town. Health chiefs are discussing plans that could signal the closure of the 26-bed ward at Cheltenham General Hospital, with services switching
Pompey stars back Arctic campaign
Portsmouth’s Russian star Alexei Smertin and his team mates have shown strong support for The News’s Last Chance for Justice campaign which demands a medal for the Arctic convoy veterans. The Pompey midfielder was keen to back the campaign to
Blair backing for anti-yob fight
The Prime Minister has given his backing to the Peterborough Evening Telegraph’s fight to stamp out “yobbish” behaviour on city centre streets. The newspaper has been running its Shop the Yobs campaign since May, in a bid to get residents
Post's 78 faces spell out the spectre of cancer
The Bristol Evening Post has launched a cancer campaign with a front and back cover featuring the faces of 78 local people who all died of the illness. Yesterday’s campaign launch – marked with a special edition – was the