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The lengthy and detailed report suggests that the decline of the industry may be hindering the ‘Big Society’ push at a time when there is renewed focus on community and suggests that local news hubs could be established with funding from councils to help support local news services.

More than 25 external sites have signed up to the initiative and agreed to have their content used by the Mail in print and online with credits and links back to their websites. RSS feeds from the independent sites will also appear on the community pages and the Mail will make relevant images available to those taking part.