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]
| Type | Weekly freesheet |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Publisher | Coventry Newspapers |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Political alignment | Non-partisan |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Hinckley Leicestershire |
| Country | England |
| Sister newspapers | Bedworth Echo Coventry Citizen Hinckley Times Nuneaton Tribune |
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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