Matt Hancock, Minister of State responsible for digital and culture policy, has said that devolution has made local newspapers and the scrutiny they provide of authority at a local level even more important than ever. Speaking in a parliamentary debate...

Ben Fogle has backed highly trusted local newspapers and local journalism in the fightback against news for this year’s Local Newspaper Week. In an article for this year’s LNW, the adventurer and television star has issued a passionate defence of...

Local media is seeing an uplift in adspend after publishers issued a rallying cry to ad agencies and national brands to use highly trusted local press rather than risk blind programmatic buying which has seen global brands being placed...

Local newspapers are a catalyst for activity in the property market with local press readers far more likely than average to be considering buying or selling property in the next year, according to independent data. And the chief executive of...

Organised by Local Media Works, this year’s Local Newspaper Week highlighting the power of local newspapers to make a difference to the communities they serve through campaigning will be held from 15 to 21 May. Weekly and daily local newspapers...

Business Secretary Greg Clark has said that local newspapers “make a vital contribution” to the success of local businesses. Mr Clark was responding to a Parliamentary question from Ian Austin, MP for Dudley North, Labour, about the Wolverhampton Express and...

Local Media Works has released a new filler ad for member local and regional media publishers highlighting the high levels of trust in local newsbrands amid the debate on fake news and the importance of trusted journalism.      Print...

Newsquest has demonstrated its faith in the power of printed newspapers with the launch of two new editions of Sussex title The Argus in just four weeks.   Boasting a bumper 48 pages for its launch edition, the Lewes and...

More than 70 daily and weekly local newspaper titles are to run a Featurelink campaign for the Department of Work and Pensions encouraging people to get a forecast for their state pension.   Running later this month, the campaign -...