Hinckley Herald & Journal
TypeWeekly freesheet
FormatTabloid
PublisherCoventry Newspapers
Founded1985
Political alignmentNon-partisan
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication2011
HeadquartersHinckley
Leicestershire
CountryEngland
Sister newspapersBedworth Echo
Coventry Citizen
Hinckley Times
Nuneaton Tribune

The Hinckley Herald & Journal,[1][2][3] best known as The Hinckley Herald and Classified Journal,[4][5][6] was a weekly freesheet tabloid newspaper founded in 1985.[7] It served its main target area of Hinckley and Bosworth, as well as the villages of Barwell, Burbage, and Earl Shilton in Leicestershire.[8][9]

The Hinckley Herald was the town's first weekly freesheet newspaper[10][11] and was launched as the sister title to the town's more well-known and recognisable title of The Hinckley Times.[12][13][14] Both publications were owned by the same parent company of Coventry Newspapers Limited,[15][16][17] a division of the Trinity Mirror group.[18][19][20]

On 17 June 2007, writers at the Herald decided to go on a 24-hour organised strike and walk-out which was arranged by members of the National Union of Journalists to protest over pay with Coventry's newspaper journalists at their Trinity Mirror-owned titles.[21][22]

The paper was headquartered on Station Road in Hinckley before the publication's staff members merged with The Hinckley Times staff members in their now-demolished offices which were located on Brunel Road.[23]

The last copy of the Herald & Journal to be printed was in 2011 before it finally ceased publication.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "icCoventry - Weekly Titles". icCoventry. Archived from the original on 26 January 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Olivia Broadfield on Twitter: "Me on the front page of the Hinckley Herald and Journal...well well!"". Twitter. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Hinckley and SW Leicestershire - Hinckley Info: News and Information". Hinckley Info. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Lambourne, Helen (23 February 2011). "ABC figures: How the UK's weekly newspapers fared". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Staff, Hold the Front Page (25 August 2010). "ABC figures: How the UK's weekly newspapers fared". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Linford, Paul (31 August 2011). "ABC figures: How all the UK weeklies performed". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "icCoventry - Weekly Titles". icCoventry. Archived from the original on 26 January 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Hinckley Herald & Classified Journal". British Newspapers Online. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "icCoventry - Weekly Titles". icCoventry. Archived from the original on 26 January 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "icCoventry - Weekly Titles". icCoventry. Archived from the original on 26 January 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Advertise in the Hinckley Herald & Journal - Advertising in Leicestershire". Trinity Mirror Midlands. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "News Index". The Hinckley Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Hinckley Times information". The Hinckley Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "Coventry Newspapers - Weekly titles". icCoventry. Archived from the original on 29 June 2001. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Hinckley Herald and Classified Journal - Data - ABC". Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  16. ↑ "Amra - Midlands". Amra. Archived from the original on 11 September 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Trinity Mirror - Coventry Newspapers Ltd". Trinity Mirror. 5 June 2004. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Midlands division of Trinity Mirror". Trinity Mirror Midlands. Archived from the original on 14 July 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  19. ↑ "Midlands Index - Trinity Mirror plc". Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  20. ↑ "Newspaper Reports". The Newspaper Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  21. ↑ Staff, Hold the Front Page (25 June 2007). "NUJ hails strike a success - but no deal is reached". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  22. ↑ Staff, Hold the Front Page (25 June 2007). "Coventry journalists vote to strike in protest over pay". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  23. ↑ Holden, Simon (4 February 2014). "Past Times: The Hinckley Times is celebrating its 125 year anniversary". The Hinckley Times. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  24. ↑ "Hinckley Herald and Classified Journal - Data - ABC". Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Retrieved 8 January 2021.


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