Localnewspapers are increasingly under threat, and it's all your fault. You don't buy local newspapers any more, do you? You get all your news off the TV and the internet, and usually from a restrictive handful of national-based media. There's lots of news happening much closer to home, but you never notice. Shame on you, because if local newspapers fold (and many will), there'll be far less social glue to hold your local community together. You could at least read your local newspaper website, couldn't you? Even if it is a bit bland, and rather generic, and all about street crime and hospitals and golden wedding anniversaries. You'll miss it when it's gone.
If you live in London, you'll probably find your local newspaper website on this helpful list. I've picked out just a few to see what their TOP local story is this weekend. Prepare to be excited (especially if you live in Muswell Hill)...
» Barking and Dagenham Recorder: FOUR HELD OVER SUSPECTED KIDNAP Hostage negotiators secured a man's release after a siege near Barking Park... » Barnet & Potters Bar Times: "IT'S INCREDIBLE NOBODY WAS HURT" A mature oak tree came crashing to the ground near Friary Park last weekend... » Bexleyheath, Welling and Crayford Chronicle: TESCO TO OPEN NEW STORE IN BEXLEYHEATH Barnehurst Ward councillors Bill McEwan and Simon Windle have welcomed the news... » Camden Gazette: 50 EVACUATED IN FLATS BLAZE Residents have described how a flaming chest of drawers flung from a tower block window sparked a blaze leading to the evacuation of 50 people... » Croydon Guardian: NORBURY'S FIRST DANCE FESTIVAL GOES WITH A SWING Despite the weather Norbury’s first-ever dance festival was a great success... » Ealing Gazette: TRAFFIC LIGHTS SCRAPPED AFTER BORIS SEES RED IN EALING Frustrated drivers will have to rely on common sense navigating congested junctions following a move to switch off traffic lights in the borough... » East London Advertiser: ADVERTISER 'PAPER OF THE YEAR' 2ND YEAR RUNNING The East London Advertiser has just been voted Britain’s best local weekly newspaper... » Haringey Independent: MUSWELL HILL BUS STOP GETS ITS COUNTDOWN RETURNED A bus stop in Muswell Hill has had a new countdown timer installed... » Hounslow Chronicle: HOUNSLOW WOMAN GIVES BIRTH IN A TAXI A speedy baby was born in the back seat of a taxi as the parents raced to West Middlesex Hospital... » News Shopper: CARETAKER'S CHARITY WALK FOR YOUTH CLUB A caretaker is raising money for a local youth club by walking 31 miles in one day. » Richmond & Twickenham Times: TRADERS FEAR WHITE HART LANE CLOSURE WILL HURT BUSINESS Barnes traders fear businesses could be dealt a deathblow as planned utility works are set to close White Hart Lane for three months... » Romford Recorder: BEYOND BELIEF! Local artists saw red this week after they were asked by Havering Council to help brighten up Queen's Hospital with paintings of any subject - except churches. » South London Press: THOUSANDS ATTEND RALLY TO SUPPORT AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS More than 2,000 Latin Americans travelled from Elephant & Castle to Trafalgar Square to join the national rally on Monday... » Stratford & Newham Express: CHRISSIE O GETS FREEDOM Newham's brilliant athlete Christine Ohuruogu is granted the Freedom of Newham next Thursday... » Uxbridge Gazette: HUGE HAUL AS CANNABIS FACTORIES RAIDED A staggering £140,000 worth of cannabis was found after two factories were raided by police in South Ruislip this week...
