In praise of the local rag

The local newspaper – once a common sight on coffee tables across the UK – is starting to look as out of date as a record player. Not so long ago if you wanted to move house, needed a new job, wondered what the council was up to, or who had been up to no good, there was just one place to go – the daily or weekly newspaper. Now Facebook is the no 1 news referral website, 95% of all UK homes ... [More]