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PM gives his backing to Telegraph appeal

Prime Minister Tony Blair has given his backing to an appeal launched by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. The East Lancashire Magic Eye Cancer Scanner Appeal aims to raise £200,000, which will help save lives and radically improve the treatment of

Call for Govt help unanswered

Tony Blair has turned down a newspaper request to discuss the future of a deaf charity worker, jailed on drugs charges in India. The York Evening Press asked the PM if he would meet political reporter Adam Nichols to receive

PM gives his backing to Telegraph appeal

Top-level support form triple-pronged attack

A newspaper’s scheme to crack down on crime has received the personal support of the Prime Minister. Since the Evening News launched its fight in May, the number of break-ins in and around Norwich has dropped significantly. The paper teamed

War fears scupper India trip

The threat of war between India and Pakistan has scuppered the York Evening Press’s efforts to take its latest campaign to the Delhi parliament. The newspaper has collected nearly 5,000 signatures demanding that deaf and one-legged charity worker Ian Stillman

PM announces court fight progress

Tony Blair has taken time out to answer a series of key questions put to him by the Bolton Evening News. The Prime Minister addressed a variety of topics that directly affect Bolton – and revealed some positive news for

"Waste of money" hospitals targeted

The Southern Daily Echo has launched a campaign to slash the amount of money it claims is being wasted in local hospitals. The campaign, You Can Help Your NHS, has been backed by Prime Minister Tony Blair and aims to

Fireworks fight taken to Downing Street

The Prime Minister has welcomed a campaign by the Nottingham Evening Post to end the misuse of fireworks. Tony Blair was given a full dossier of the Post’s Be Safe Not Sorry campaign by Broxtowe MP Nick Palmer during a

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

Petition takes to streets

A campaign backed by the Western Morning News is being taken to the streets to provoke more support. Elderly American Betsy van Warmer and her son Mark are campaigning to the Home Office to let him stay to care for

Fireworks campaign soars to success with law change hint

Tony Blair has hinted at a change in the law after news of an Evening Post campaign reached his desk. A dossier on the Nottingham paper’s Be Safe Not Sorry campaign, which wants firework sales restricted, was handed to the

Papers team up to demand action

A petition demonstrating anger over the Government’s failure to hold a public inquiry into foot and mouth has been delivered to Tony Blair. The huge petition, signed by 146,500 people, was handed over at Downing Street. It calls on the

PM joins Chronicle culture club

The Prime Minister has applauded a ‘Culture Vulture’ drive by The Chronicle that’s aiming to make Newcastle the Capital of Culture for 2008. Although Tony Blair must stay neutral in the battle between 13 cities Europe-wide, he said: “The Chronicle’s

Quid for a kid education fight

A county’s children could be in with a bigger chance of a better education thanks to input from the Burton Mail. The paper has launched a Quid for Kids campaign – asking readers to donate enough cash to take the

Labour peer joins Journal fight

Page 2 of 2 “A commitment which, had it been adhered to, clearly would have saved an enormous number of people not just from serious illnesses but from death. “What I have asked Tony Blair is whether the Department of

Daily Press on board inF&M protest

The Western Daily Press has launched a new campaign calling for a full public inquiry into the foot-and-mouth epidemic. It follows moves by the Western Morning News, the Newcastle Journal and the Western Mail, which have linked up to put