Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a greater need for trusted information and with growing readership, newspapers continue to play a vital role in informing and educating readers, communicating advice and holding government to account. Publishers...

MPs from across the political spectrum have condemned protests by Extinction Rebellion which disrupted supplies of national and local newspapers, denying the public access to trusted journalism during the coronavirus pandemic. Following the protests, which saw protestors blockade two...

News publishers have asked the Government to waive competition rules so the industry can discuss contingency plans for Britain’s newspaper supply chain, the FT reported yesterday. Publishers want to start discussing emergency plans to keep the newsagent supply chain running...

Journalism has never been more important to the public than it is now and the Government will continue to look at “all possible options” for supporting it, Minister for Media and Data John Whittingdale has said. In written answers to...

Newspapers are providing an essential service to customers during the coronavirus outbreak and major retailers must maintain supply levels so they can continue to be available for customers, the News Media Association board has said in an unprecedented joint...

Journalists are critical to providing essential information about coronavirus to the public and that it is imperative that they are able to continue doing so during lockdown, the Government has said.  In a Lords debate on public interest reporting on...

Scientists and health experts have confirmed that newspapers are not transmitters of COVID-19 owing to the ink and the printing process they go through.  Speaking on Good Morning Britain earlier today, and setting the record straight regarding newspapers safety, Dr...

Locl and national publishers are collaborating to offer free Home News Delivery to ensure readers can continue to access vital news and information during the coronavirus epidemic.   National publishers have come together to extend the Deliver My Newspaper Home News Delivery...

News Media Association chairman Henry Faure Walker has written to retailers to assure them that publishers are "doing their utmost" to get newspapers delivered to them without disruption amid the challenges posed by the coronavirus outbreak.  In a letter to retailers,...