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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
BirminghamLive audience grows after winning major national awards
BirminghamLive has rounded off a month to remember by reporting rising audience numbers. No fewer than 8.4 million people visited our website in a month, according to latest Ipsos Iris data - which means more than one in six adults in the UK enjoyed our stories. Industry-respected data showed BirminghamLive was again one of the three biggest regional news brands in the UK. This comes amid celebrations over a raft of award wins. READ MORE: Massive Birmingham bin strike update as council tells binmen 'you're fired' READ MORE: Man shot in street in shocking school run time gun attack News like strking binmen holding the city to ransom fed into the month-on-month rise BirminghamLive saw in February. Of course, that remained news well into March. It also came as our journalism was recognised as industry-leading in a national awards ceremony. BirminghamLive won two of the eight team honours at the 2025 Regional Press Awards. Editor Graeme Brown said: "It is always pleasing when the data shows we are serving our audience well. "Our aim is to grow and to inform and delight the people of the people of the West Midlands and this latest Ipsos Iris data shows we are succeeding." BirminghamLive, and print sister title the Birmingham Mail, won in the communities category for the third time in five years at the Regional Press Awards. Judges praised the focus and care given to local communities, including through our Brummie Muslims and UKSikhs brands. BirminghamLive was also awarded for the top digital initiative for its Child Poverty Emergency campaign, calling for seismic change to address soaring levels which have left nearly half of the city's children in poverty. The initiative included coding a special "letter to your MP" tool enabling people to raise the issue and a chatbot supported by AI. BirminghamLive was also highly commended in the biggest category of the night - large title of the year.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Liverpool ECHO named daily news brand of the year at Regional Press Awards
The Liverpool ECHO was named large daily news brand of the year at the 2025 Regional Press Awards. The ECHO won the honour at the awards ceremony in London, along with the Best Live Coverage award, in recognition of its coverage of major events including the riots which followed the horrific murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Bebe King in Southport in July. Political editor Liam Thorp won the Specialist Journalist of the Year award, as well as being highly commended in the Daily Reporter of the Year category. Reporter Ben Roberts-Haslam was highly commended in the Young Journalist category. The ECHO's live coverage was praised as an "integral part of its storytelling", while live coverage of the disorder during the summer "sought to combat the disinformation widely shared on social media. READ MORE: 'Huge' song Paul McCartney wrote for The Beatles but gave to another band on one condition READ MORE: Staff in tears as they're told they have no job after restaurant's shock closure "Echo journalists were on the streets late into the night to cover the rioting, using a live blog to verify facts and amplify messages released by official sources." Live coverage of Taylor Swift's huge Anfield concerts last summer was also praised, with the judges describing this as a "refreshing and positive approach." Hundreds of guests from across regional media in the UK gathered for the awards ceremony on Wednesday in central London. Judges praised the ECHO's "brilliantly handled, first rate coverage" of the Southport murders and subsequent violence across the UK, with judges adding "the team has demonstrated time and again commitment to serving their communities and audiences." Also singled out was the ECHO's special data-led report on the impact of austerity on Liverpool, published ahead of the general election to highlight the challenges facing the incoming government. Meanwhile, judges said Jurgen Klopp's love letter to Liverpool, published through the ECHO before he left Liverpool FC in May, "spoke volumes of the regard the publication is held in, at all levels." In awarding Liam Thorp the Specialist Journalist prize, judges said he was "a journalist who understands his newspaper's readers and is at the top of his game." As well as the award wins and high commendations, the ECHO was nominated for the Supporting Communities Award, while photographers Iain Watts and Colin Lane were nominees for Photographer of the Year. Liam Thorp was also nominated for Feature Writer of the Year. ECHO editor Maria Breslin said: "I could not be prouder of my Liverpool ECHO colleagues who go above and beyond to deliver the trusted news our audience deserves and expects. "Last year was challenging and I know how much the harrowing murders of Elsie Dot, Bebe and Alice impacted them as they did people around the country. But their resilience and determination to honour the little girls' memories shone through and their reporting was always compassionate and considered. "No one embarks on a career in journalism to win awards of course. But every once in a while it's nice to see our hard work and passion for the Liverpool city region and its remarkable people recognised."
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
BirminghamLive wins raft of honours at Regional Press Awards
BirminghamLive was one of the biggest winners at the 2025 Regional Press Awards. The awards ceremony, held in London on March 12, is the Oscars of the regional media industry and pits hundreds of local and regional news titles against each other. BirminghamLive came away with two of the eight team awards, and was lavished with praise for its reporting for and about local communities. READ MORE: New bin rules in England scrapped in major u-turn for thousands of households READ MORE: Birmingham Labour under fire over garden waste 'fiasco' as update issued on £61.80 service BirminghamLive, and print sister title the Birmingham Mail, won in the communities category for the third time in five years. Judges praised the focus and care given to local communities, including through our Brummie Muslims and UKSikhs brands. BirminghamLive was also awarded for the top digital initiative for its Child Poverty Emergency campaign, calling for seismic change to address soaring levels which have left nearly half of the city's children in poverty. The initiative included coding a special "letter to your MP" tool enabling people to raise the issue and a chatbot supported by AI. BirminghamLive was also highly commended in the biggest category of the night - large title of the year. Editor Graeme Brown said it was another proud day for the title, which is consistently one of the largest in the UK for audience. He said: "We take local communities very seriously at BirminghamLive and the Birmingham Mail and I was thrilled to see this once again recognised at the Regional Press Awards. "Projects like Brummie Muslims and UKSikhs are a labour of love for people in our newsroom. "They are about more than just audience but experiencing, commiserating and celebrating with our readership. "In recent years, we have also been recognised for our focus on the LGBT+ community as well." BirminghamLive was second only to the Liverpool Echo in the large title category.
