New TV series to track down best local news stories… but none of them will rival these

Josh Widdicombe and Nish Kumar will star in the show 

Sky has announced a new six-part TV series about local news, the Press Gazette revealed today. Hold The Front Page will see Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe head out to bag a front-page exclusive for a local newspaper. The six-part series comes on the back of a successful pilot last year in which the comedians wrote a series of articles for the West Sussex Gazette, which was founded in 1853 and lays claim to being England's oldest newspaper. They also filed a match report from the Carabao Cup tie between Crawley Town and Gillingham, which finished 9-10 after penalties. https://twitter.com/pressgazette/status/1554790697911435264 But they'll be hard pressed to find better stories than the 20 JOE compiled in 2016. Here's the best of the competition:

1. "Why did you call me a pirate, Miss?" "Because you arrrrrr."

Photo: @Adiwoodley

2. There's something in the water in Hackney.

Photo: @DanOgus1

3. They probably deserved it.

Photo: @Viking_Beard_Co

4. Full investigation on pages 2 - 38

Photo: @MetalOllie

5. I thought they closed that place down.

Photo: @OliverJudson

6. So disrespectful.

Photo: @manstondrive

7. Who you gonna call? Seriously, who do you call in this scenario?

Photo: @CosRyan

8. Finally, some good news.

Photo: @theJeremyVine

9. So much blood.

Photo: @carolinemenzies

10. We've already got 100,000 signatures.

Photo: @fergup

11. Big question: who won?

Photo: @doolishofmann

12. To the tune of 'Panic' by The Smiths.

Photo: @NationRadio

13. A nation mourns.

14. Even heroes need saving sometimes.

Photo: @TigerTaggart

15. It's always in the last place you look.

Photo: @PaulChantler

16. That's just a list of words.

Photo: @BGillan82

17. The same pair?

Photo: @dids_1977

18. Harsh. Elton was just trying to get some stuff off his chest.

Photo: @BristolBestof

19. Well, shit. Well, shit. *bwark* Well, shit.

Photo: @Nottsvthetories

20. The prisoner assured the judge he was only shoplifting.

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