News and Media Links

	News and Media Local, National, International, Journalists, Research
	Local
	BBC Radio Leicester Programme and presenter info from BBC Radio Leicester, the UKs first BBC local radio station Independent Radio Leicester (IRL) A trip down memory lane with excerpts from the 1977 Christmas show of local pirate radio station IRL broadcast from Wally's Bucket and Ladder shop on the Humberstone Road in Leicester Leicester Mercury Leicester's daily paper Takeover Radio A local children's radio station produced and presented by kids aged 8 to 19 Back to top
	National
	Anorak Keeping tabs on the tabloids British Newspapers Scroll down for links to every national newspaper under the sun Indymedia UK A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues Westminster Watch Includes Opinion Roundup with leading articles, columns and comment from todays papers Back to top
	International
	BBC World Service Read the news in any one of 43 languages Schnews Alternative take on the news The Spoof Spoof news and political satire Back to top
	Journalists
	Arianna Online Arianna Huffington keeping it real - and playing local band 'The Used Johnnies" on her radio show! George Monbiot Archive of his syndicated column about international and British politics Greg Palast Greg Palast reports the news he couldn't get the corporate media to cover Back to top
	Research
	Google News Alerts Alerts are sent by email when news articles appear online that match the topics you specify. Some handy uses of Google News Alerts include:monitoring a developing news story, getting the latest on a celebrity or event or keeping tabs on your favourite sports teams Back to top

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