[PaulRobinson]

I am yet another person who built something like this some years ago (2006, I think).

The idea is OK, but you're missing something important. People don't care about local news, they care about relevant news. Some news is relevant to me even though it's happening on the other side of the World. Some news is only relevant to me because it affects my next door neighbour (who knew he was into that, huh?).

You're going to need to spend a lot of time fixing up the design as it is right now, and audience building is going to be so, so hard in this climate.

Good luck, but you've a way to go.

[zack2018]

Thanks for the feedback, it's much appreciated :)