In an article for this year’s Local Newspaper Week, the former Labour Party Shadow Chancellor and Strictly Come Dancing 2016 contestant champions the important role that local newspapers play in distributing highly trusted news. The article, which will be made...

Kate Langston Yorkshire Post lobby correspondent in Westminster, has been appointed chair of the Newspaper Conference representing London editors and political correspondents of News Media Association member regional newspapers. Kate was elected at the Conference’s annual general meeting...

Newsworks analysis of the ABC figures for March show that the UK national newspaper market enjoyed a 21 per cent year-on-year uplift across digital platforms, adding up to 36 million unique browsers daily. In the month that the Prime Minister...

The News Media Association has issued nearly 900 press cards to journalists, photographers and freelance newsgatherers in the first quarter of the year. The NMA is one of the UK Press Card Authority gatekeepers and issues press cards to professional...

Damian Collins, chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has issued a warning to Google and Facebook that they must work to ensure fake news does not interfere with the UK general election. Speaking to Channel 4 News yesterday,...

The Daily Mail's advertising arm Mail Advertising has announced that Dominic Williams will join its leadership team as chief investment officer. Mr Williams is currently chief trading officer at Dentsu Aegis Network and will report directly to chief revenue officer Clare...

The Daily Echo in Bournemouth has revived a weekly sister newspaper which has not been published for almost 35 years. The Mayor of Christchurch, Councillor Trish Jamieson helped Echo editor Andy Martin and Newsquest Hampshire, Dorset and Cornwal managing director...

National, regional and local newspapers have today covered the news of Prime Minister Theresa May's call for a general election to be held on 8 June this year.  Images courtesy of NLA media access. 

Facebook is at risk of a criminal prosecution in Britain for refusing to remove potentially illegal terrorist and child pornography content despite being told it was on the site, The Times reported this morning. The social media company failed to...