The ''Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph'' is the local newspaper for north and east

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It ...

and is the sister paper of Northampton's ''

Chronicle & Echo The ''Northampton Chronicle & Echo'' (known locally as ''"The Chron"'') is a local newspaper serving Northampton, England, and the surrounding towns and villages. It was published daily from Monday-Saturday until 26 May 2012 at a price of £0.4 ...

''. It is based at Newspaper House in Rothwell Road,

Kettering Kettering is a market and industrial town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located north of London and north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) ...

, and has since 1996 been part of the

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newspaper group. The paper also has district offices in

Wellingborough Wellingborough ( ) is a large market and commuter town in the unitary authority area of North Northamptonshire in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, 65 miles from London and from Northampton on the north side of the River Nen ...

Rushden Rushden is a market town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, around east of Northampton. The parish is on the border with Bedfordshire, north of Bedford. The parish of Rushden covers an area of some . The population of Rushd ...

and

Corby Corby is a town in North Northamptonshire, England, located north-east of Northampton. From 1974 to 2021, the town served as the administrative headquarters of the Borough of Corby. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census, the built-up ...

. The ''Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph'' is published in full colour every Thursday. Two editions of the paper are printed—one distributed in Corby and the other in Kettering, Wellingborough, Rushden and the surrounding areas. In spring 2012 a decision was made by the newspaper's owners that the newspaper would become a weekly publication, along with several other local newspapers. The paper has been published continuously since 4 October 1897. A sports edition, the ''Football Telegraph'', was also published until 1914 and again from 1921 to 1939.

History and ownership

The East Midland Allied Press was formed in 1947 by merger of the Northamptonshire Printing and Publishing Co. with the Peterborough Advertiser Co., the West Norfolk and King's Lynn Newspaper Co. and commercial printing sections at

King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough, nor ...

and Bury St. Edmunds. It was overseen by Pat Winfrey, the son of Sir

Richard Winfrey Sir Richard Winfrey (5 August 1858 – 18 April 1944) was a British Liberal politician, newspaper publisher and campaigner for agricultural rights. He served as Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, 1906–1923, and for Gainsborough, 19 ...

, who had bought the ''Spalding Guardian'' in 1887. In 1996, EMAP, as it had become known, divested 69 newspapers, including the ''Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph''. The ''Evening Telegraph'' and its sister paper, the '' Northampton Chronicle & Echo'', are now owned by Northamptonshire Newspapers Ltd., part of

. The separate '' Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', owned by another Johnston subsidiary, began as localised edition with four change pages in 1948. Between 1946 and 1976, four geographically distinct editions were published with up to three change pages. From 1988, the Kettering, Corby and Wellingborough editions were recommenced with minor page changes.

Campaigns and major stories

*The ''Evening Telegraph's'' fundraising campaign for 2008 is to raise £20,000 for the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. *Schoolgirl singer

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's career has been followed closely since she was seven years old. The ET even launched a campaign for Faryl to win

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in May 2008. *On 18 November 2008 the paper covered a story of more than 60 people from Eastern Europe who had been trafficked illegally into the country and had been rescued by Northamptonshire Police. *

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roll of honour - a list of all the people from the region who died during the Great War. *Get Active campaign - a campaign to get 20,000 people in Northamptonshire exercising to win the region £1m for sporting facilities. *Campaigns for Jenna Mae Tokens, 7, and Chelsea Knighton, 3, both battling childhood cancer. *Have a Heart appeal - an appeal to raise £100,000 for a new Heart Unit at Kettering General Hospital. *University Campaign to get a campus in the north of the county. This has not been supported in Corby as the article clearly indicates. The Corby residents wish to have their own bid considered.

References

External links

''Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph'' website''Chronicle & Echo'' websiteJohnston Press
{{UK regional daily newspapers Newspapers published in Northamptonshire Publications established in 1897 Wellingborough Kettering Rushden Newspapers published by Johnston Press