stop press

stop press

News that is added to a publication shortly before or as it is printed. Primarily heard in UK. We had to rush to get that stop press into today's paper.
See also: press, stop
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • go to press
  • the printed word
  • in press
  • publication
  • clear (something) for publication
  • clear for publication
  • clearing
  • in no rush
  • dead-tree press
  • bum’s rush
References in periodicals archive
DO you remember our Stop Press supplement for kids?
Children in charge
The members of Sudan's parliament who deliberated on the parliament formal response to president Bashir's speech, called upon the government to stop press censorship.
Sudan MPs call for dialogue and ceasing press censorship
STOP PRESS: Arsenal's Boxing Day clash in 2013 has been postponed, as the Finsbury Park toilets are having new loo rolls delivered.
A VIEW FROM THE GALLOWGATE
Meanwhile, recently a post on London's Wireless festival's Twitter page read: "Stop press - It's just been announced that @PiNk will headlining Wireless 2010 in Hyde Park.
Pink praises Lily Allen's "real" music
Stop Press: At the time of going to press, JDSU has announced a new product aimed at the identity document security market.
JDSU launches holographic polycarbonate
STOP PRESS: Blackstone, one of the world's largest private equity groups could be about to make a bid for the Birds Eye brand and Findus in a move to create a 2-billion [pounds sterling] European frozen food empire, according to the Sunday Times and informed industry observers.
Stop press
The new records will feature in the Stop Press Section of the 2006 edition of Guinness World Records, out in September
Star Wars film a triple record breaker
The rules were drawn up long enough ago to have made the stop press column of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Farcically Antiquated
STOP PRESS: Portadown News journalist Anne Phoblacht has been
The Portadown News; www.PortadownNews.com - edited by Newton Emerson
They are pictured with organisers of the event, Ray Spencer (front) and Roy Adkin JS*103878490 Luke Robinson had a new addition to his wardrobe after winning a Stop Press competition.
We're ready to meet the Snow Queen
Stop press. There is something Lionel Messi is not very good at.
Lionel Messi ISN'T the best finisher in the world after all as girlfriend beats him in snow race; At least not when it comes to racing on the snow with his family, as the Barcelona superstar's sledge gets stuck going down a hill
01BREAKING news in the Stop Press column of the ECHO's front page revealed that the Kaiser was heading for the frontline.
On This Day
Stop Press: My mate has just phoned to say he got food poisoning yesterday.
Feeling sick as a parrot gave me food for thought
MARION McMULLEN STOP PRESS: Coventry performer Nicholas Duncan, who trained at the Julie Bromage Dance Academy, also went on yesterday to play puppet stars Princeton and Rod.
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