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The Southport Lead covers people, place and policy across the town. Shining a light with investigative and thoughtful journalism in Southport. Direct to your inbox every Wednesday and Sunday, edited by Jamie Lopez with contributions from Andrew Brown.

Our sister title covering Southport in Merseyside

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The Calderdale Lead

The Calderdale Lead covers people, place and policy across the county. Shining a light with investigative and thoughtful journalism across Calderdale. Direct to your inbox every Wednesday and Sunday, edited by Andrew Greaves.

The Teesside Lead

The Teesside Lead is news that's on your side - a new voice to connect, enable and help find solutions. Edited and written by Leigh Jones. Direct to your inbox every Wednesday and Sunday.

Our sister title covering all things Teesside, politics and more - edited by Leigh Jones

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The Blackpool Lead

The Blackpool Lead covers people, place and policy across the town. Direct to your inbox every Wednesday and Sunday, edited by Luke Beardsworth with writing from Michael Holmes and Jamie Lopez.

The Blackpool Lead looks beyond the Tower to bring a weekly newsletter filled with in-depth storytelling and campaigning journalism. Our sister title, edited by Ed Walker and Luke Beardsworth.

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Eyes & Ears North East

By Brian Aitken

Eyes & Ears is a curated round-up of what's been happening in the North East in the past seven days and was a popular part of The QT, an online news magazine for the North East of England

The Sun'll Come Out

By Natalie Morris

Grief, love, and learning to live (thrive?) alongside the inevitability of loss.

The Burning Times

By Leah Borromeo

How to tell stories and make the world less shit.

The Detail

Updates from Northern Ireland's leading investigative news site

The Lancashire Lead

The Lancashire Lead covers people, place and policy across the county. Shining a light with investigative and thoughtful journalism across Lancashire. Direct to your inbox every Wednesday and Sunday, edited by Luke Beardsworth and Jamie Lopez.

Our sister title, diving deep into Lancashire, its identify, politics, news digests and more. Edited by Jamie Lopez.

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