I’m all for local press (obviously!) and for using it to hold local organisations to account when necessary, but I’ve always seen local newspapers posted through your door as nuisance junk mail rather than a helpful resource. Nevertheless, today I picked the one stuck in my letter box out and read the first page. The lead story opened with the words “Tight fisted Wandsworth Council…” and later went on to use one resident’s quote that included a blanked out swear word.

The point of the article may have been valid, but the way it was written was bizarre. It wasn’t even a comedy article, although I did read halfway through hoping for the punchline. It was all too reminiscent of the Daily Mail or The Sun shock tactics. With The Guardian already foreseeing the end of the local newspaper, what are your thoughts on them? Do you read them? How can they improve to secure their future?