A regional daily editor has defended its decision to place local democracy reporter content behind a paywall amid protests from a rival title. The Manchester Evening News published an article about ...

A former editor who quit his job to join the police force is facing potential dismissal after being convicted of criminal damage. Trevor Brookes, who edited the Teesdale Mercury for 15 years, pleaded ...

A sports journalist who spearheaded a successful fund-raising campaign to save a city’s rugby club from demotion has died aged 74. John Wilkinson was rugby union correspondent at the Coventry Evening ...

A university is launching a £75,000 fellowship to support journalists working on long-form investigative journalism. Oxford Brookes University is launching The David McClure Public Interest Journalism ...

Regional publisher Newsquest has announced the appointment of a new editor for two of its regional daily titles. Anna Starnes, pictured, will take charge of the East Anglian Daily Times and Ipswich ...

A city website has been sanctioned by the press watchdog after attributing a vehicle fire to a ‘petrol bomb’ being thrown ...

HoldtheFrontPage is a news and jobs website for journalists everywhere with a particular focus on the UK regional press. The site attracts around 70,000 visitors a month and has more than 18,500 ...

A police officer had admitted killing a ‘legendary’ former regional daily press photographer who died after being hit by a police vehicle. Trevor Bartlett, who spent his entire career with the ...

A community news title entirely run by volunteers is marking half a century of uninterrupted publication next month. C&B News was originally launched as Currie & Balerno News in February 1976 and has ...

Two regional daily editors have been announced among the line-up of speakers for this year’s Society of Editors conference. Natalie Fahy, pictured, editor of the Nottingham Post and Reach’s regional ...