Conversation

Yes, local newspapers are essential in so many ways.

But it is getting so that life is too short to ever click onto a local news website.

Avoiding the onslaught of adverts is like playing Space Invaders. And working out where the next paragraph of a news item is like Where's Wally.

There must be a more balanced way of supporting local news sites.

The sheer un-usability of so many of the sites now means that the advertisers cannot be benefitting, and so the journalists cannot be benefitting.