[Brekkie]

I don't know what other areas are like but my local website of choice (wrexham.com) isn't associated with a newspaper, though I think they do benefit from the LDR scheme. It's not the BBC local papers are losing out too, and then of course you have things like Facebook groups which although unverified can provide hyper local information.

In reality too people don't tend to use these things in isolation - if I see a story on the BBC website or Facebook I'm probably looking for other sources which may give more info too, especially as a BBC story will usually be tailored for a national readership rather than for the locals it might affect.


It is criminal though how regulation has pretty much allowed the local media in this country (TV, radio and print) to pretty much self destruct whilst in other countries where it has been protected it somewhat continues to thrive.