Leo Whitlock, editor of the Kentish Gazette covering Canterbury, says holy trinity of local news is dog poo, parking and rubbish

Our audiences are inevitably interested in the big breaking stories but they are also obsessed with the day-to-day issues affecting their lives.

from KentOnline News http://www.kentonline.co.uk/blogs/in-the-editors-chair/holy-trinity-of-local-newspaper-119930/