The 32 Most Important And Earth-Shattering Local Newspaper Stories Of 2018

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Twitter: @simonharley

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Bournemouth Echo / Via bournemouthecho.co.uk

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Somerset County Gazette / Via somersetcountygazette.co.uk

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Hertfordshire Mercury / Via Twitter: @Otto_English

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Devon Live / Via devonlive.com

"The owners of the herd said he had been visiting for a decade: 'We assumed that he just liked cows, we did not realise he liked them that much.'"

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Wigan Today / Via wigantoday.net

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Dereham Times / Via derehamtimes.co.uk

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News Shopper / Via newsshopper.co.uk

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Kent Online / Via kentonline.co.uk

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Yorkshire Post / Via yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Northern Echo

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The Argus, Brighton / @stephensaul / Via Twitter: @stephensaul

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Derbyshire Times / Via derbyshiretimes.co.uk

"In the summer, a black pair of underwear and a pink sock were found on a Chesterfield footpath."

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Stoke Sentinel / Via stokesentinel.co.uk

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Northern Echo / Via thenorthernecho.co.uk

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Manchester Evening News / Via manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Dawlish Gazette / Via dawlishnewspapers.co.uk

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Daily Gazette / Via gazette-news.co.uk

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The News, Portsmouth / Via portsmouth.co.uk

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@richardosley / Via Twitter: @RichardOsley

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Isle of Wight County Press / Via iwcp.co.uk

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Worcester Observer / @JohnDonoghue64 / Via Twitter: @JohnDonoghue64

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Nottinghamshire Live / Via nottinghampost.com

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Gloucestershire Live / Via gloucestershirelive.co.uk

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Cornwall Live / Via @alastairjam

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Cornwall Live / Via cornwalllive.com

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South Wales Daily Post / Via dailypost.co.uk

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Devon Live / Via devonlive.com

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Basildon Echo / Via echo-news.co.uk

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Nottingham Post / Via nottinghampost.com

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Teesside Gazette / Via gazettelive.co.uk

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Plymouth Herald / Via plymouthherald.co.uk

CORRECTION

Dec. 21, 2018, at 10:18 AM

One of these entries has been removed because, although hilarious, it was a story from 2016.