Advertising revenues at the Leicester Mercury are down 45pc over the past five years with circulation down 30pc.

Now bosses are proposing an editorial restructure which could mean the loss of up to 11 journalists’ roles.

The proposals, which have been slammed as “appalling” by the National Union of Journalists, were announced to staff at the Northcliffe-owned title earlier this week.

Mercury publisher David Simms said in a statement:  “Over the last number of months we have reviewed our cost base as revenues, across all categories, have come under increasing pressure.

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