I'm afraid that's the way it's got to be, rolling news and the internet have taken away stop press news and in a way most of the content will be one form of comment or another, often dressed up as news stories.
Where the regional press go, particularly the weeklies is a more vexing problem: Do they have a role at all? The regional press is substantially paid for by what are called the three pillars of classified: Recruitment; Motors and Property - I would think that it's hard to argue that those aren't internet strengths, and probably all that's delaying the demise is that 42% of people in rural areas don't have an acceptable broadband speed, and 70% of the over 65%'s don't have internet access.