Away from the cities, there are sparks of hope in regionals' circulation

Been missing our regionals coverage? One Greenslade commenter, MCornish , has gently chided us for not keeping up Roy's vigilant watch of the regional newspaper industry during his sabbatical. So, if you have been missing our regionals coverage, this report, from my colleague Chris Tryhorn, explains why weekly local and regional papers away from metropolitan centres are in better shape circulation-wise than some of our flagship regional titles. And here is a report about how Sally Murrer, the Milton Keynes Citizen journalist who was prosecuted for receiving leaked police information the case later collapsed), has had her bid for compensation rejected by the Thames Valley force .