Good Friday

The paper's out on Good Friday this week, which means we'll sell far fewer copies than a normal week.

We could have 'done a Bolton' and put out a weakened paper with all the good stories saved up for the following week, but we haven't.

Pupils behaving badly take centre spot again, and although nobody's been stabbed in the head with a pair of scissors this week it's still an intriguing story.

On the subject of stabbings, it's fair to say the 'Another week of blood and violence' headline from a couple weeks ago - following the Shirley stabbings - prompted a succession of complaints from the great and the good of Croydon.

Too much negativity, does nothing for the borough's image etc etc. We've just had the sales figures through and, no surprise, it was the biggest selling edition of the year by some margin.

That's not to say I don't take those kind of complaints on board, but I do know what stories are likely to sell newspapers in this particular market.