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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
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.
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Newsquest Oxfordshire nominated for national newspaper awards
Newsquest Oxfordshire has been nominated for three national newspaper awards. The Oxford Mail, Oxford Times and Oxford Print Centre are up for top prizes at the Newspaper Awards and Regional Press Awards. The Oxford Mail has been nominated for Regional Daily Newspaper of the Year and The Oxford Times is up for Local Weekly Newspaper of the Year at the Newspaper Awards. The Oxford Print Centre is up for Regional Newspaper Printer of the Year at the Regional Press Awards. The Newspaper Awards is on April 2 and Regional Press Awards on March 12. The Oxford Mail is up against Belfast Telegraph, Liverpool Echo, The Courier, The Irish News, The Press & Journal and The Yorkshire Post. READ MORE: Gordon Ramsay dines at Oxfordshire Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir (Image: NQ) The Oxford Times is up against Cambridge Independent, Isle of Wight County Press, New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times, Salisbury Journal and The Impartial Reporter. Regional Editor Andrew Colley said: 'This series of nominations for our Oxford-based teams in editorial, advertising, sales and the print centre is a testament to the huge amount of hard work which goes in to serving our community. '2024 was a huge news year for the city and county and day-in, day-out our reporters on the ground delivered essential trusted local news to our tens of thousands of readers. 'We've broken major exclusives, launched agenda-setting investigations and put our name to campaigns to champion Oxfordshire. 'There has never been a more important time to do what we do. We are fortunate to have a strong, loyal readership which is growing across our platforms as we continue to see record digital performances. Thank you for your support. 'Finally, a huge thank you to my formidable team of editors and reporters who continue to show they are the best in the business.' The Oxford Print Centre will be competing against Discovery Print, Interpress NI, Mortons Print and Newsquest Scotland. Newsquest Oxfordshire print manager Jerry Secker said: 'We're thrilled to be nominated for the award again after we won it in 2021.' The 2025 Newspaper Awards will be focused entirely on recognising excellence in the printed newspaper. Gary Cullum, director of Newspaper Awards, said 'Newspaper print is in decline, that is an undeniable fact. However, the printed newspaper remains integral to the success and profitability of the news media industry. Printed newspapers will evolve for many years to come and will continue to be published alongside their digital counterparts. 'The 2025 Newspaper Awards will focus on production and innovation in national, international, regional, weekly and hyperlocal newspapers. It will recognise the skill and expertise of all the employees involved in producing the printed publication.' For more details about the award categories and nominations, visit
