The East London and West Essex Guardian – one of the UK’s top 20 selling weekly papers -has launched a new edition in Stratford, East London.
The Guardian already serves the neighbouring boroughs of Waltham Forest and Redbridge and, according to publisher Richard Byham, the Stratford launch was a logical extension of its circulation area.
He said: “Stratford faces enormous growth over the next few years as part of the Thames Gateway and as the place where the major international rail terminal is to be situated.”
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The Stratford Guardian’s first issue on 4 November led with a fire which killed a disabled pensioner. It also featured an interview with the family of a man beaten to death. But this was not necessarily the sort of news that editor Pat Stannard was hoping for.
She said: “Stratford is an inner city area with all its attendant problems but it is a community with an enormous heart and we will be reporting on that. We will look for the positive among any bad news and plan to give the Stratford Guardian a strong community feel.”
The first issue ran to 152 pages.
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