Local newspapers up and down the country have recently run political wraparounds of their publications - and some people are getting very hot under the collar about it. Those titles who’ve accepted the ads - owned by a range of publishers - have come under attack for ‘selling their soul’ or turning a blind eye [...]

It’s true I didn’t have to negotiate a crowd of photographers blocking the way to my opening day in charge of the first newspaper I edited. Neither as I stepped into the newsroom was I potentially preoccupied with the problems of my parliamentary constituents from my other day job or still hankering to play a [...]