The Local Media Works Awards launches today with a brief set by Subway, the submarine sandwiches and salads restaurant, offering entrants a chance of winning brunch with unlimited bubbles at the Shard*. The Awards, powered by JICREG the industry currency for local...

The GDPR came into force on 25 May, and every business should be aware of the requirements of the GDPR and the new Data Protection Act, and should continue to work to ensure compliance.  To help businesses with this, the ICO...

Fitness to practice hearings must be kept public in order to avoid undermining public trust in nursing as the profession continues to endure intense scrutiny, the News Media Association has stressed. Responding to a Nursing and Midwifery Council consultation, which...

Local newspaper titles from across the north of England have united in calling for immediate improvement to rail services after the region endured weeks of chaos caused by thousands of cancellations to train services. Titles including the Yorkshire Post, Manchester...

The News Media Association will be meeting the Law Commission to discuss the potential impact upon the media of its new proposals for modernisation of the laws around search warrants. This will include their potential interaction with the Law Commission’s...

Paul Dacre has announced that he is to step aside as editor of the Daily Mail after 26 years. DMGT chairman Lord Rothermere described him as "quite simply the greatest Fleet Street Editor of his generation" and praised him for...

It is "imperative" that the tech platforms are held to a level of responsibility that reflects both their financial dominance and the detrimental effect that this dominance has on other sectors such as the news media sector, the News...

Specsavers is running a Featurelink, the Local Media Works’ native content and advertising service for national advertisers, to promote its hearing tests. The ad, which is running next to native content explaining how hearing can deteriorate, is running in 400...

The national and local news media industry has voiced its support for Leeds Live reporter Stephanie Finnegan who was targeted with rape threats and abuse on social media after covering a court case. Stephanie was targeted on social media after...