Hinckley Herald & Journal

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Hinckley Herald & Journal
TypeWeekly freesheet
Format Tabloid
PublisherCoventry Newspapers
Founded1985
Political alignment Non-partisan
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication2011
Headquarters Hinckley
Leicestershire
Country England
Sister newspapers Bedworth 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]

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