List of newspapers in the United Kingdom

For circulation numbers of British newspapers, see List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation.

This is a list of newspapers in the United Kingdom.

UK newspapers can generally be split into two distinct categories, the more conservative and political newspapers, usually referred to as the broadsheets due to their large size, and sometimes known collectively as "the quality press", and less serious newspapers, 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 Mirror, and the middle-market papers, The Daily Express and The Daily Mail.

Both 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 has since 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 to 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 for non-subscribers. The Financial Times business daily also has limited access for non-subscribers.

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) 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 well-regarded Manchester Guardian, which dropped the "Manchester" from its name (1959) and relocated its main operations to London (1964). The Guardian Media Group produced a Mancunian paper, the Manchester Evening News until 2010 when the MEN and its other local newspapers in the Greater Manchester area were sold to Trinity Mirror.

Broadsheet and former broadsheet newspapers

Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation Political Party Support in 2015 General Election
The Daily Telegraph Daily Broadsheet 1855 Press Holdings Right, conservative Conservative Party
The Sunday Telegraph Sundays Broadsheet 1961 Press Holdings Centre-right, conservative
Financial Times Daily Broadsheet 1888 Pearson PLC Economically liberal, politically centrist Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats (a continuance of the current coalition)
The Sunday Times Sunday Broadsheet 1822 News Corporation Right Conservative Party
The Guardian Daily Berliner since 12 September 2005 1821 Scott Trust Limited Centre-left and social-liberal Labour, Green Party and Liberal Democrats in marginal non-Labour seats
The Observer Sunday Berliner since 8 January 2006 1791 Scott Trust Limited Centre-left, social-liberal
The Independent Daily Compact since May 2004 1986 Alexander Lebedev's Independent Print Limited Economically liberal, politically centre-left No view in this election, though previously supported the Liberal Democrats[1]
The Times Daily Compact since November 2004 1785 News Corporation Centre-right Conservative Party
Independent on Sunday Sunday Compact since October 2005 1990 Alexander Lebedev's Independent Print Limited Centre-left, liberal views No view (independent)
i Daily Compact 2010 Alexander Lebedev's Independent Print Limited Economically liberal, politically centre-left (aimed primarily towards younger readers and commuters)[2] No view in this election, though previously supported the Liberal Democrats

"Middle-market" tabloid newspapers

Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation Political Party Support in 2015 General Election
Daily Mail Daily Tabloid (Broadsheet until 1971) 1896 Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust plc Right Conservative Party, UKIP in non-Tory seats they are more likely to win
Daily Express Daily Compact (Broadsheet until 1977) 1900 Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell Right UKIP
Sunday Express Sunday Compact (Broadsheet until 1992) 1918 Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell Right UKIP
The Mail on Sunday Sunday Tabloid 1982 Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust plc Right Conservative Party, UKIP in non-Tory seats they are more likely to win

Tabloid newspapers

Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation Political Party Support in 2015 General Election
The Sun Daily Tabloid 1964 News Corporation conservative Conservative Party in the UK, SNP in Scotland
The Sun on Sunday Sunday Tabloid 2012 News Corporation conservative Conservative Party in the UK, SNP in Scotland
Daily Mirror Daily Tabloid 1903 Trinity Mirror left-wing, populist Labour Party
Sunday Mirror Sunday Tabloid 1915 Trinity Mirror left-wing, populist Labour Party
Daily Star Daily Tabloid 1978 Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell conservative
Daily Star Sunday Sunday Tabloid 2002 Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell conservative
The Morning Star Daily Tabloid 1930 People's Press Printing Society, an independent readers' co-operative Follows Britain's Road to Socialism () Labour Party
Sunday People Sunday Tabloid 1881 Trinity Mirror left-wing, populist Labour Party

Freesheet newspapers in urban centres

Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation Distribution
London Evening Standard Weekdays (evening) Tabloid 1827 Alexander Lebedev (75.1%)
& Lord Rothermere (24.9%) 		right-wing Greater London
Metro Daily Tabloid 1999 Daily Mail and General Trust plc centre-right wide availability in the major cities
City A.M. Weekdays (morning) Tabloid 2005 City A.M. Ltd centre-right wide availability in the major cities
Yorkshire Reporter Daily Tabloid 2013 Pick up Publications Ltd centre-left Leeds

Newspapers in England

Regional newspapers in England

(Incomplete list)

Exterior of Hampshire Chronicle office, 1999

Local newspapers in England

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Newspapers in Northern Ireland

Title Market type Print time Political alignment Format Circulation
The Belfast Telegraph Regional Morning Neutral Compact 53,847
The News Letter Regional Morning British unionism Tabloid 23,492
The Irish News Pan-Ireland Morning Irish nationalism Compact 43,647
An Phoblacht Pan-Ireland Monthly Irish republicanism Tabloid 15,000

Local newspapers

Newspapers in Scotland

Daily newspapers

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 – Quality 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
The Independent National – Quality Morning UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland Compact 7,970
Metro, Scottish Edition Urban – Free Morning Scottish edition of UK Newspaper Tabloid 125,002

Sunday newspapers

Title Market type Location Format Scottish circulation
Scotland on Sunday National – Quality Scottish Broadsheet 50,897
Sunday Herald National – Quality Scottish Compact 42,111
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

Newspapers focused on serious journalism

Regional newspapers

Papurau Bro

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.

Non-English-language newspapers

Several newspapers in languages other than English are published in Britain, for immigrant and expatriate readers. Newspapers, both national and local, in Arabic, Bangla, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Urdu, and other languages are published.[7]

Title Published Language Audience
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 the most popular magazine for the Polish community in the UK
Goniec Polski Polish Weekly Magazine Weekly Polish a magazine for the Polish community in the UK
Polish Express Weekly Polish a tabloid magazine for the Polish Community in the UK
Nowy Czas Fortnightly Polish a magazine for educated Polish people living in UK
Sing Tao Daily Chinese newspaper aimed at Britain's and Europe's Chinese community
Achievements Russian The 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

For specific ethnic groups

For specific religions

Politics

Sport

Miscellaneous special interest

Restricted circulation newspapers

Corporate newspapers

University newspapers

National

Regional

See also:[10][11]'

Defunct newspapers

References

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  2. ↑ Bintliff, Esther; Bradshaw, Tim (26 October 2010). "Independent aims i at younger readers". FT.com. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
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  4. ↑ Champ CyberNews : Front Page. Champnews.com. Retrieved on 31 August 2011.
  5. ↑ CaerphillyObserver.co.uk
  6. ↑ North Wales Weekly News, Conwy county. Mediauk.com. Retrieved on 31 August 2011.
  7. ↑ /englanda-k.htm List of English newspapers. Onlinenewspapers.com. Retrieved on 31 August 2011.
  8. ↑ The World Zoroastrian Organisation, with information on Hamazor. W-z-o.org. Retrieved on 31 August 2011.
  9. ↑ http://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/socialsciences/info/students/employability/spotlighton/headline_306818_en.html
  10. ↑ http://www.studentzone.org.uk/news/studnews.html
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  13. ↑ "Manchester Evening Chronicle closing down". The Times. 26 July 1963. Retrieved 23 August 2013.