Local news is dying.
We're fixing that.

Local newsrooms across the UK are under pressure. Titles that once kept communities informed — from town-centre weeklies to borough-level independents — are shrinking, merging or closing altogether. The stories they tell matter: council decisions that affect your street, planning applications in your neighbourhood, the pub that's reopening or the school that's fundraising. Without local journalism, those stories go untold.

The Local exists to amplify that work, not replace it. Every story in your morning briefing links directly to the original source — whether that's a community blog, an independent local paper, or a regional newsroom. When you tap a headline, you're visiting and supporting the journalist who wrote it. More readers means more ad revenue, more subscriptions, and a stronger case for keeping those newsrooms open.

We deliberately prioritise independent and local outlets over national publishers in your doorstep section. Your local paper over a London desk rewrite. Your borough's community blog over a wire story. A neighbourhood forum post over a county-wide roundup. That's not just editorial preference — it's how we drive traffic to the people who need it most.

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