''The News Line'' is a daily newspaper published by a British

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group, the Workers' Revolutionary Party.

History

The paper was launched in 1969 as ''Workers Press'' and renamed ''News Line'' in 1976. For a time during the 1980s, the WRP split into two rival factions, and for a short time there were two versions of ''The News Line'' being produced every day, one by each faction.

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wrote a football column for the newspaper in the 1970s.

Editors

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:1974: Alex Mitchell :1980s: Paul Jennings

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The News Line

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