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Press campaign raises £100,000 for 'bile bears' in 28 days
Local charity’s target was £5,000 but Daily Press readers’ money continues to pour in
Active service for Press-backed life-saver
A hovercraft lifeboat paid for by readers of the Western Daily Press has gone into active service. The Spirit of Lelaina was bought with funds raised following the death of a five-year-old girl on mudflats in Somerset, when the paper
Press campaign wins sea safety move
The Spirit of Lelaina rescue hovercraft has been launched at the end of a remarkable campaign by the Western Daily Press. The newspaper started to raise funds for a rescue craft after five-year-old Lelaina Hall drowned in sinking mud on
First the hovercraft, now the boathouse
After reaching its £35,000 target to buy a hovercraft in just two weeks, the Western Daily Press is now going one step further by continuing to raise enough money to also buy a boathouse. The newspaper launched a campaign to
Somerset to get its hovercraft
Somerset is to gets a new rescue hovercraft after a campaign by the Western Daily Press reached its £35,000 target in just two weeks. Thanks to the generosity of its readers, £37,000 has so far been raised – with the
Let us train your news staff:Regional daily taunts weekly
Rival newspapers have become involved in a battle over posters put up after the tragic death of a youngster on mud flats in Somerset. As a result, the Western Daily Press has invited Bridgwater Mercury reporters to its offices for
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
Universal Bank is on its way
The Western Daily Press is celebrating after its efforts to save provincial post offices took a major step forward. The Halifax has finally decided to sign up for the Universal Bank scheme, after months of careful deliberation. The scheme formed
Political heavyweights join campaign
A Western Daily Press campaign to protect the final resting places of sunken war vessels has been well received in Parliament. More than a third of Britain’s MPs have backed the paper’s calls for an international agreement to be drawn
WDP gains supportof 100 MPs
The Government is facing increasing pressure to bring in new laws to protect naval war graves after 100 MPs from all parties backed a Western Daily Press campaign to ban the plundering of wartime wrecks. The campaign has prompted a
Parliament to learn of Daily Press plea
A campaign to protect sunken warships from rogue divers is heading for the House of Commons. The Western Daily Press launched a move to Let Them Rest In Peace after reports that vessels lost in battle over the last 100
Unwelcome souvenir hunters are condemned
War heroes fighting to protect the watery graves of their fallen colleagues have received the backing of the Western Daily Press. The Second World War veterans are furious that the wrecks of two ships off the coast of Malaysia have
Daily Press delivers 'people's bank'
Post Office bosses have praised the Western Daily Press after it was announced that the Government had reached agreement with leading banks for a ‘people’s bank’. The scheme was suggested by the newspaper in February, as part of its popular
Highlights and lowlights:Post journalists tell all
As the Bristol Evening Post celebrates its 70th anniversary this week, we share its illuminating focus on the journalists through the decades. Present-day reporter David Harrison interviewed some of the characters from the past 70 years and revealed their highs,
Putting the past in focus
Page 4 of 4 Twice in his career Brian has been offered the mostly desk-based job of chief photographer and twice he has returned to the passion of taking pictures and meeting people. In his career, there have also been