Two-thirds of Brits follow local news, mostly via social media and TV
Ofcom’s survey suggests Northern Ireland follows local news more than anywhere else in the UK.
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Sunday Times editor Ben Taylor given ‘crystal clear’ assurance no Times merger coming
The Scottish editions of the Times titles were merged into a seven-day operation last month.
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News UK proposes merger of Scottish Times and Sunday Times into seven-day operation
A legal obligation for The Times and Sunday Times to remain separate was removed last year.
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BBC’s Scotland editor James Cook called ‘scumbag rat’ and ‘traitor’ by independence campaigners
The BBC has backed its Scotland editor James Cook and praised his “professionalism” after he was abused by Scottish independence…
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Features team at Newsquest’s The Herald saved after strike threat
Update 19/4/22: Newsquest has reversed its decision to lay off the entire six-person features team at The Herald newspaper. The…
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Scottish Government mulls idea of grants to sustain diverse news media
The Scottish Government has been urged to create a Public Interest Journalism Institute that would independently administer grants “to support…
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Business rates relief for Scottish newspapers to be extended following fears of ‘death knell’ for industry
Newspapers in Scotland will benefit from 100% business rates relief for a further 12 months after MSPs warned a failure…
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‘Great fear’ of fresh round of mass journalist redundancies this winter
Another round of “mass redundancies” among journalists is expected over the winter, a Scottish representative of the National Union of…
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