Northern regional newspapers owned by Johnston Press, Newsquest and Reach have joined forces in an “unprecedented show of unity” to demand action from the government over the continuing Northern Rail debacle.
Newspapers including the Yorkshire Post, Northern Echo, Sheffield Star and Manchester Evening News have come together for a campaign – using the hashtag #OneNorth on Twitter – that calls “enough is enough” on the “chaos and confusion” affecting millions of commuters across the region.
A similar editorial is running across all the titles and reporters are live reporting from trains across the region to give readers “a snapshot of the misery”.
An editorial carried in the Manchester Evening News says: “Following a period of unprecedented misery and upset for thousands of people, caused by a broken railway, the regional press across the north of England is today making an historic united stand to demand: enough is enough.
“In a week where the transport secretary Chris Grayling blamed everyone bar himself for the chaos and confusion that has hit Northern Rail, the Manchester Evening News is joining forces with our regional peers to fight for the north.
