List of newspapers in the United Kingdom

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For the context of journalism history, see History of journalism in the United Kingdom. For circulation numbers of British newspapers, see List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation.

There are newspapers distributed nationally in the United Kingdom and some in Scotland only, and others serving a smaller area. National daily newspapers publish every day except Sundays and 25 December, and there are also Sunday newspapers. Sunday newspapers may be independent; e.g. The Observer was an independent Sunday newspaper from its founding in 1791 until it was acquired by The Guardian in 1993. Many daily newspapers now have Sunday stablemates, usually with a related name (e.g. The Times and Sunday Times), but editorially distinct.

UK newspapers can generally be split into two distinct categories: the more serious and intellectual newspapers, usually referred to as the broadsheets due to their large size, and sometimes known collectively as "the quality press", and others, generally known as tabloids, and collectively as "the popular press", which have tended to focus more on celebrity coverage and human interest stories rather than political reporting or overseas news. The tabloids in turn have been divided into the more sensationalist mass market titles, or "red tops", such as The Sun and the Daily Mirror, and the middle-market papers, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail.

The Independent and The Times have changed in recent years to a compact format, not much bigger than that used by the tabloids. The Guardian moved in September 2005 to what is described as a "Berliner" format, slightly larger than a compact. Its Sunday stablemate The Observer followed suit.

Other Sunday broadsheets, including The Sunday Times, which tend to have a large amount of supplementary sections, have kept their larger-sized format. The national Sunday titles usually have a different layout and style from their weekly sister papers, and are produced by separate journalistic and editorial staff.

All the major UK newspapers currently have websites, some of which provide free access. The Times and The Sunday Times have a paywall requiring payment on a per-day or per-month basis by non-subscribers. The Financial Times business daily also has limited access for non-subscribers. The Independent became available online only upon its last printed edition on 26 March 2016.[1] However unlike the previously mentioned newspapers it does not require any payment to access its news content. Instead the newspaper offers extras for those wishing to sign up to a payment subscription, such as crosswords, Sudoku puzzles, weekend supplements and the ability to automatically download each daily edition to read offline.

Most towns and cities in the UK have at least one local newspaper, such as the Evening Post in Bristol and The Echo in Cardiff. They are not known nationally for their journalism in the way that (despite much syndication) some city-based newspapers in the USA are (e.g. The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe). An exception to this was the Manchester Guardian, which dropped the "Manchester" from its name in 1959 and relocated its main operations to London in 1964. The Guardian Media Group produced a Mancunian paper, the Manchester Evening News, until 2010 when along with its other local newspapers in the Greater Manchester area it was sold to Trinity Mirror.

Broadsheet and former broadsheet newspapers[edit]

Title Days of
Publication 		Format Estab
-lished 		Editor Owner Political
Orientation 		Political party support
in 2017 General Election
The Daily Telegraph Daily Broadsheet 1855 Chris Evans The Barclay brothers' Press Holdings Centre-right, conservative Conservative Party
The Sunday Telegraph Sunday Broadsheet 1961 Allister Heath
The Times Daily Compact since November 2004 1785 John Witherow News Corporation - Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch
The Sunday Times Sunday Broadsheet 1821 Martin Ivens
Financial Times Daily Broadsheet 1888 Lionel Barber Nikkei Inc. - Japanese media company Economically liberal
The Guardian Daily Berliner (12 September 2005 – 13 January 2018).
Tabloid since 15 January 2018[2] 		1821 Katharine Viner Scott Trust Limited's Guardian Media Group. Centre-left Labour Party
The Observer Sunday Berliner (8 January 2006 – 14 January 2018).
Tabloid since 21 January 2018[2] 		1791 John Mulholland
The Guardian Weekly Weekly Berliner (2005–2018)
Tabloid (since 2018)		 1919 Graham Snowdon (acting) None
i Daily (Mon – Fri)
and
i Weekend		 Compact 2010 Oliver Duff Johnston Press Liberal, centrist None

Tabloid newspapers[edit]

Title Published Format Estab-
lished 		Owner Political
Orientation 		Political party support
in 2017 General Election
Daily Mail Daily Tabloid
(Broadsheet until 1971) 		1896 Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust plc Right-wing, conservative Conservative Party
The Mail on Sunday Sunday Tabloid 1982
Daily Express Daily Tabloid (Broadsheet until 1977) 1900 Reach Right-wing, Eurosceptic
Sunday Express Sunday Tabloid (Broadsheet until 1992) 1918
The Sun Daily Tabloid 1964 News Corporation - Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch Right-wing, conservative
The Sun on Sunday Sunday Tabloid 2012
Daily Mirror Daily Tabloid 1903 Reach Centre-left Labour Party
Sunday Mirror Sunday Tabloid 1915
Sunday People Sunday Tabloid 1881 None
Daily Star Daily Tabloid 1978 Largely non-political
Daily Star Sunday Sunday Tabloid 2002
Morning Star Daily Tabloid 1930 People's Press Printing Society -
an independent readers' co-operative		 Left-wing, socialist Labour Party

Freesheet newspapers in urban centres[edit]

Title Published Format Est. Owner Political
Orientation 		Distribution
London Evening Standard Weekdays (evening) Tabloid 1827 Alexander Lebedev (75.1%)
& Lord Rothermere (24.9%)		 Centre-right, conservative Greater London
Metro Weekdays Tabloid 1999 Daily Mail and General Trust plc Wide availability in the major cities
City A.M. Weekdays (morning) Tabloid 2005 City A.M. Ltd Centre-right, conservative Wide availability in the major cities
The Shuttle Weekly Tabloid 1870 Newsquest Media Group Wyre Forest area of Worcestershire
Asian Express Uhm Uhm Weekly Tabloid 1999 Media Buzz Ltd
Yorkshire Reporter Monthly Tabloid 2013 Pick up Publications Ltd Widely available in Leeds and its surrounding areas

Newspapers in England[edit]

Regional newspapers in England[edit]

(Incomplete list)

Exterior of Hampshire Chronicle office, 1999

Local newspapers in England[edit]

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Newspapers in Northern Ireland[edit]

Title Market type Print time Political alignment Format Circulation[20]
The Belfast Telegraph Regional Morning Non-Sectarianism/British Unionism Compact 35,931
The Irish News Regional Morning Irish nationalism Compact 33,647
The News Letter Regional Morning British unionism Tabloid 13,374

Local newspapers[edit]

Newspapers in Scotland[edit]

Daily newspapers[edit]

Title Market type Print time Location Format Scottish circulation
The Herald National – Quality Morning Scottish Broadsheet 47,020
The Scotsman National – Quality Morning Scottish Compact 38,423
The National National – Mid Market Morning Scottish Compact 30,471
Daily Record National – Tabloid Morning Scottish Tabloid 275,175
The Courier Regional Morning Scottish Compact 61,981
The Press and Journal Regional Morning Scottish Compact 71,044
Greenock Telegraph Local Morning Scottish Tabloid 14,342
Paisley Daily Express Local Morning Scottish Tabloid 7,538
Edinburgh Evening News Local Evening Scottish Tabloid 39,947
Evening Express Local Evening Scottish Tabloid 47,849
Evening Telegraph Local Evening Scottish Tabloid 23,631
Evening Times Local Evening Scottish Tabloid 52,400
The Daily Telegraph (Scottish edition) National – Quality Morning Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Broadsheet 22,172
The Times (Scottish edition) National – Quality Morning Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Compact 19,994
Scottish Daily Express National – Mid Market Morning Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Tabloid 65,689
Scottish Daily Mail National – Mid Market Morning Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Tabloid 109,643
Daily Star of Scotland National – Tabloid Morning Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Tabloid 65,084
Scottish Daily Mirror National – Tabloid Morning Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Tabloid 24,333
The Scottish Sun National – Tabloid Morning Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Tabloid 314,595
The Financial Times National – Quality Morning UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland Broadsheet 3,528
The Guardian National – Quality Morning UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland Berliner 14,069
i National – Quality Morning UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland Compact 12,411
Metro, Scottish Edition Urban – Free Morning Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Tabloid 125,002

Sunday newspapers[edit]

Title Market type Location Format Scottish circulation
Scotland on Sunday National – Quality Scottish Broadsheet 50,897
Sunday Mail National – Tabloid Scottish Tabloid 354,396
The Sunday Post National – Tabloid Scottish Tabloid 224,471
The Sunday Times Scotland National – Quality Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Broadsheet 59,502
The Sunday Telegraph Scotland National – Quality Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Broadsheet 18,339
Mail on Sunday Scotland National – Mid Market Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Tabloid 105,223
Scottish Sunday Express National – Mid Market Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Tabloid 35,337
Scottish Sunday Mirror National – Tabloid Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Tabloid 21,809
The Observer National – Quality UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland Berliner 17,880
The Independent on Sunday National – Quality UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland Compact 6,317
Daily Star Sunday National – Tabloid UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland Tabloid 26,889
The Sunday Sport National – Tabloid UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland Tabloid n/a
For local weekly newspapers in Scotland, see List of newspapers in Scotland.

Newspapers in Wales[edit]

National Newspapers[edit]

Regional Daily Newspapers[edit]

Regional newspapers[edit]

Papurau Bro[edit]

Papurau Bro ("Area Papers") are Welsh language newspapers produced nominally monthly (typically 10 issues a year with a summer break) which cover the news in a small area - a town, group of parishes, one or a few valleys, etc. - with a circulation of perhaps a few thousand each. There are between 50 and 60 Papurau Bro which cover the whole of Wales, plus the Welsh communities of Liverpool and London. Papers are frequently named after local features, connections, crafts, etc., or in dialect (clebran, clecs, clochdar, and clonc; all imply "gossip"). The first papur bro (Y Dinesydd) appeared in 1973 in Cardiff, and the following decade saw the establishment of most of the others. Much of the work of producing the papers is done voluntarily (aside from the printing), although financial support is given by Bwrdd yr Iaith (Welsh Language Board). Some of the papers listed may have ceased publication.

  • Yr Angor (The Anchor) – Aberystwyth, Comins Coch, Llanbadarn Fawr, Penparcau and Waunfawr
  • Yr Angor – Merseyside Welsh Community
  • Yr Arwydd (The Signal) – Bodafon mountain area, Anglesey
  • Y Barcud (The Kite) – Tregaron and District, Ceredigion
  • Y Bedol (The Horseshoe) – Ruthin and District, Denbighshire
  • Y Bigwn (The Thorn) – Denbigh
  • Y Blewyn Glas (The Blue Grass) – Dyfi valley, Machynlleth, Powys
  • Y Cardi Bach (The Little Cardi) – Whitland, Carmarthenshire
  • Y Clawdd (The Dyke) – a reference to Offa's Dyke – Wrexham and District
  • Clebran (The Tattler) – Y Frenni
  • Clecs Y Cwm A'r Dref (Valley and Town Gossip) – Neath and District
  • Clochdar (Cackle) – Cynon Valley, Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf
  • Clonc (Gossip) – Lampeter and District
  • Cwlwm (The Knot) – Carmarthen
  • Dail Dysynni (Leaves of the Dysynni) – Dysynni valley, Tywyn, Gwynedd
  • Y Ddolen (The Link) – Ystwyth to Wyre valleys, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
  • Y Dinesydd (The Citizen) – Cardiff and District
  • Y Dydd (The Day) – Dolgellau, Gwynedd
  • Eco'r Wyddfa (The Snowdon Echo) – Llanrug, Llanberis and Llanddeiniolen parishes, Gwynedd
  • Y Fan A'r Lle – Brecon and District
  • Y Ffynnon (The Spring) – Eifionydd, Garndolbenmaen, Gwynedd
  • Y Gadlas (The Barnyard) – The district between the Conwy and Clwyd valleys
  • Y Gambo (The Horse-cart) – Southwest Ceredigion
  • Y Garthen (The Coverlet) – Teifi valley, Ceredigion
  • Y Glannau (The Riverbanks) – Lower Vale of Clwyd, St Asaph.
  • Glo Man (Small Coal) – Aman valley, Carmarthenshire[24]
  • Y Glorian (The Scales) – Top of the Rhondda valley, Tonpentre, Rhondda
  • Y Glorian – Llangefni, Anglesey
  • Goriad (The Key) – Bangor and Port Dinorwic
  • Yr Hogwr (The Sharpener) – Bridgend area
  • Llafar Bro (Area Speech) – Blaenau Ffestiniog and District, Gwynedd
  • Llais (The Voice) – Tawe valley, Swansea
  • Llais Aeron (The Voice of Aeron) – Aeron valley, Ceredigion
  • Llais Ardudwy (The Voice of Ardudwy) – Ardudwy, Gwynedd
  • Llais Ogwan (The Voice of Ogwen) – Ogwen valley, Bethesda, Gwynedd
  • Llanw Llŷn (The Flow of Llŷn (postcode area)) – Llŷn Peninsula, Pwllheli, Gwynedd
  • Lleu – Dyffryn Nantlle, Caernarfon
  • Y Llien Gwyn (The White Sheet) – Fishguard and District, Pembrokeshire
  • Y Lloffwr (The Gleaner) – Dinefwr area, Carmarthen
  • Nene – Ponciau, Penycae, Johnstown and Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham
  • Yr Odyn (The Kiln) – Conwy valley, Llanrwst, Conwy
  • Papur Fama (Moel Famau mountain Paper) – Mold and District, Flintshire
  • Papur Menai (The Menai Paper) – Menai strait east of Penmon, Anglesey
  • Papur Pawb (Everybody's Paper) – Talybont, Taliesin, Tre'r Ddol, Ceredigion
  • Papur Y Cwm (The Valley Paper) – Gwendraeth valley, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
  • Y Pentan (The Ingle-nook) – Conwy Valley and estuary[25]
  • Pethe Penllyn (Penllyn Things) – five parishes of Penllyn, Bala, Gwynedd
  • Plu'r Gweunydd (Cotton Grass) – Y Foel, Llangadfan, Llanerfyl, Llanfair Caereinion, Adfa, Cefn Coch, Llwydiarth, Llangynyw, Dolanog, Rhiwhiraeth, Pontrobert, Meifod and Welshpool, Powys
  • Y Rhwyd (The Net) – North West Anglesey
  • Seren Hafren (The Star of the Severn) – Severn Valley, Newtown, Powys
  • Tafod-Elai (The Tongue of the Ely) – Taff Ely, Cardiff
  • Tafod Tafwys (The Tongue of the Thames) – for Welsh learners in London
  • Y Tincer (The Tinker) – Mouths of the Glyn, Llangorwen, Tirymynach, Tremeurig and Borth valleys, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
  • Tua'r Goleuni (Towards the Light) – Rhymney valley, Caerphilly
  • Wilia – Swansea and District
  • Yr Wylan (The Seagull) – Penrhyndeudraeth, Porthmadog, Beddgelert and District, Gwynedd
  • Yr Ysgub (The Wheatsheaf) – Ceiriog, Tanat and Cain valleys, Powys

Non-English-language newspapers[edit]

Several newspapers in languages other than English are published in Britain, for immigrant and expatriate readers. Newspapers, both national and local, in Arabic, Bulgarian, Bangla, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Urdu, and other languages are published.[26]

Title Published Language Audience
BG Ben Fortnightly Bulgarian Bulgarian newspaper for people living in UK
Hanin Herald Weekly Korean Newspaper for the Korean community in the UK and abroad
Dziennik Polski Daily Polish Newspaper aimed at Britain's Polish community
Cooltura Weekly Polish Most popular magazine for the Polish community in the UK
Goniec Polski Polish Weekly Magazine Weekly Polish Magazine for the Polish community in the UK
Polish Express Weekly Polish Tabloid magazine for the Polish Community in the UK
Nowy Czas Fortnightly Polish Magazine for educated Polish people living in UK
Sing Tao Daily Chinese Newspaper aimed at Britain's and Europe's Chinese community
Achievements Russian UK's national Russian newspaper
Nuacht24 Daily Irish For the Irish speaking community of Northern Ireland and Irish immigrants
Y Cymro Weekly Welsh For the Welsh-speaking areas of Wales and Welsh immigrants

Specialist newspapers[edit]

For specific ethnic groups[edit]

For specific religions[edit]

Politics[edit]

Sport[edit]

  • The Cricket Paper – Friday paper summarising the week's cricketing news and action
  • The Football Paper
  • League Express – Monday paper covering all Rugby League news, results and fixtures
  • The Non-League Paper – Sunday paper summarising the weekend's non-league football action and the week's non league football news
  • Racing +
  • Racing Post – daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper
  • The Rugby Paper – Sunday paper summarising the weekend's rugby union action and the week's rugby union news[29]
  • The Sports Journal – Friday paper looking back at the weeks sporting news[30]
  • Wisden – Weekly paper covering cricket news, articles, results and fixtures & other cricket related stories

Miscellaneous special interest[edit]

Restricted circulation newspapers[edit]

Corporate newspapers[edit]

University newspapers[edit]

National[edit]

  • Affairs Today – online student business news [31]
  • The National Student – UK's independent national student newspaper

Regional[edit]

See also:[32][33]

Defunct newspapers[edit]

References[edit]

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  31. ^ "Affairs Today - Global Student Business Journal". Affairstoday.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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