Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - news

~ n 1 information about something that has happened recently  (That's great news! | Sit down and tell me all your news.) + about/of  (There hasn't been any news of him since he left home.) + tha  (Our delegates returned with the news that negotiations had broken down.) good/bad news  (You're looking upset - not bad news, I hope? | hear news (=receive news))  (Have you heard any news from Emily yet? | piece of news)  (Your brother's just told me an interesting piece of news. | have news for)  (I've some good news for you - they've signed the contract. | I've got news for you (=some bad news))  (You may think you've fooled him, but I've got news for you - he's wise to your little trick. | break the news to (=tell someone some bad news))  (I don't know how to break the news to her.) 2 reports of recent events in the newspapers or on the radio or television + of/abou  (News is coming in of a major explosion at the World Trade Centre. | We'll bring you more news about the election at 11 o'clock. | news that)  (Several evening papers carried the news that a cabinet minister was about to resign. | latest news)  (the latest news from the Olympic stadium | local/national etc news)  (a programme bringing you national and international news | make the news (=be considered important enough to be in the news))  (Twenty years ago environmental issues rarely made the news. | be in the news)  (I see Michael Jackson's in the news again. | be front page news (=be interesting enough to be on the front page of a newspaper))  (Wallace's resignation was front page news. | news story/report)  (Wilks had been paid by journalists to simply invent bogus news stories.) 3 the news a regular television or radio programme that gives you reports of recent events  (on the news)  (It must be true - I heard it on the news last night.) 4 be good/bad news for if the facts about something are good or bad news for someone, they are likely to make life better or worse for them  (House prices are very low at the moment, which is good news for first-time buyers.) 5 he's/she's bad news informal used to say that someone is likely to cause trouble  (Stay away from that guy, he's bad news.) 6 that's news to me! spoken used when you are surprised or annoyed because you have not been told something earlier  (So, the meeting's been cancelled? Well that's news to me!) 7 no news is good news spoken used when you have not received any news about someone and you hope this means that nothing bad has happened