WATCH: The Women in Local News Awards as they happened

Two newsrooms produced striking front pages to mark the end of an era on Teesside. The Northern Echo and Teesside Evening Gazette newspapers both cleared their front pages as the demolition of the Redcar blast furnace took place. Redcar’s former steelworks has dominated the Teesside skyline since the 1970s. Built…

MyLondon journalists have explored the impact gentrification of parts of the Capital are having as part of a new series by the news website. Led by chief reporter Zak Garner-Purkis, a team of three reporters producing features on how communities around the Capital had changed over the years. Zak looked…

Details of why a number of firefighters in Cornwall were sacked have been made public after an investigation by CornwallLive. Bullying, racism and pornography are some of the reasons why five firefighters were sacked by Cornwall Council, CornwallLive reported. Their so-called banter included pictures of female breasts, vaginas as well…

A senior government minister has vowed to act on a Manchester Evening News campaign triggered by the tragic death of a two-year-old killed by mould and damp in his flat. Michael Gove, secretary of stare for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pledged to act on implementing ‘Awaab’s Law’ following a…

A police force performed a U-turn on its decision not to name a police officer sacked for gross misconduct after protests from local journalists. Avon and Somerset Police decided to grant anonymity to the police officer, despite being sacked without notice for gross misconduct. BristolLive challenged the decision, which had…

Hello, A special edition of the Behind Local News email today, celebrating the winners of the Women In Local News Awards. Now in their second year, the awards were presented in person for the first time this year, as part of the Behind Local News Conference which took place in…

Ten years ago, Mat Kendrick heard the words most football writers dread when speaking to a football manager: “I won’t take a question from you.” The manager in question, Martin O’Neill, who had left Aston Villa, the club covered by Mat for the Birmingham Mail at the time, a year…

The Manchester Evening News has launched a campaign demanding a law change to prevent the repeat of the death of two year old boy living in sub-standard housing. The M.E.N first shone a light on the horrific events which led to the death of Awaab Ishak following a six-week investigation…