List of newspapers in the United Kingdom

Twelve daily newspapers and eleven Sunday-only weekly newspapers are distributed nationally in the United Kingdom. Others circulate in Scotland only and still others serve smaller areas. National daily newspapers publish every day except Sundays and 25 December. 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 editions, usually with a related name (e.g. The Times and The Sunday Times), but are editorially distinct.

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.

UK newspapers can generally be split into two distinct categories: the more serious and intellectual newspapers, usually referred to as the broadsheets, 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.

Most of the broadsheets, so called because of their historically larger size, have changed in recent years to a compact format, the same size as the tabloids. The Independent and The Times were the first to do so. 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. Both The Guardian and The Observer now use the tabloid format, having done so since January 2018.[1] Despite these format changes, these newspapers are all still considered 'broadsheets'.

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.[2] 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
Title Days of
publication		 Circulation Established Editor Owner Political
orientation		 Political party support
in the 2019 general election		 Format
The Daily TelegraphDaily N/A1855 Chris EvansPress Holdings (Barclay brothers)Right-wingConservative PartyBroadsheet
The Sunday TelegraphSundays1961 Allister Heath
The TimesDaily 1785 John WitherowNews Corporation Centre-rightCompact
The Sunday TimesSundays1821 Emma TuckerBroadsheet
Financial TimesDaily 104,024 1888 Roula KhalafNikkei Inc.NoneNone
The Guardian Daily 111,953 1821 Katharine Viner Scott Trust Limited's Guardian Media Group. Centre-left Labour Party Compact
The Observer Sundays 152,129 1791 Paul Webster None Berliner
Compact
iDaily 148,163 2010 Oliver DuffDaily Mail and General TrustCentrist
i Weekend Saturdays N/A 2017
The Independent N/A 1986 Chris Broughton Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel
Alexander Lebedev
Evgeny Lebedev		 Centrist Online only

Tabloid newspapers
Title Days of publication Circulation Established Editor Owner Political
orientation		 Political party support
in the 2019 general election
Daily Mail Daily 990,106 1896 Geordie Greig Daily Mail and General Trust plc Right-wing Conservative Party
The Mail on Sunday Sundays 870,745 1982
Daily Express Daily 248,967 1900 Gary Jones Reach
Sunday Express Sundays 222,804 1918 Michael Booker
The SunDaily N/A1964 Tony GallagherNews Corporation
The Sun on SundaySundays2012
Daily MirrorDaily 378,653 1903 Lloyd EmbleyReachCentre-leftLabour Party
Sunday MirrorSundays 315,475 1915
Sunday PeopleSundays 126,793 1881 Peter Willis
Daily StarDaily 232,013 1978 Jon ClarkLargely non-politicalNone
Daily Star SundaySundays 145,320 2002 Denis Mann
Morning StarDaily N/A1930 Ben ChackoPeople's Press Printing SocietyLeft-wingLabour Party

Freesheet newspapers in urban centres
Title Days of Publication Circulation Format Established Editor Owner Political
orientation		 Distribution
Evening StandardWeekdays (evening) 488,698 Tabloid1827 Emily SheffieldAlexander Lebedev
Lord Rothermere		Centre-rightGreater London
MetroWeekdays 767,421 Tabloid1999 Ted YoungDaily Mail and General Trust plcLargely non-political[3] Wide availability in the major cities
City A.M.Weekdays (morning) N/ATabloid2005 Christian MayCity A.M. LtdCentre-right
The ShuttleWeeklyTabloid1870 Peter JohnNewsquest Media GroupN/A Wyre Forest area of Worcestershire
Asian Express Weekly Tabloid 1999 N/A Media Buzz Ltd Wide availability in the major cities
Yorkshire ReporterMonthlyTabloid2013Pick up Publications LtdWidely available in Leeds and its surrounding areas

National magazines
Title Established Editor Owner Political
orientation
New Statesman1913 Jason Cowley Mike Danson Centre-left
The Spectator1828 Fraser Nelson Press Holdings (Barclay brothers)Right-wing
Prospect1995 Tom Clark Prospect Publishing LtdCentre-left
The Economist 1843 Zanny Minton Beddoes The Economist Group Centre
Standpoint2008 Andreas Campomar Social Affairs Unit Magazines Limited Centre-right
Tribune1937 Ronan Burtenshaw Bhaskar Sunkara Left-wing
The Week1995 Jeremy O'Grady Dennis Publishing Centre
Private Eye 1961 Ian Hislop Pressdram Ltd Centre

Newspapers in England

Regional newspapers in England
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Exterior of Hampshire Chronicle office, 1999

Local newspapers in England
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Newspapers in Northern Ireland
TitleMarket typePrint timePolitical alignmentFormatCirculation[23]
The Belfast TelegraphRegionalMorningBritish Unionist - LiberalCompact35,931
The Irish NewsRegionalMorningIrish NationalistCompact33,647
The News LetterRegionalMorningBritish Unionist - ConservativeTabloid13,374

Local newspapers

Newspapers in Scotland

Daily newspapers
TitleMarket typePrint timeLocationFormatScottish circulation
The HeraldNational – QualityMorningScottishBroadsheet47,020
The ScotsmanNational – QualityMorningScottishCompact38,423
The NationalNational – Mid MarketMorningScottishCompact30,471
Daily RecordNational – TabloidMorningScottishTabloid275,175
The CourierRegionalMorningScottishCompact61,981
The Press and JournalRegionalMorningScottishCompact71,044
Greenock TelegraphLocalMorningScottishTabloid14,342
Paisley Daily ExpressLocalMorningScottishTabloid7,538
Edinburgh Evening NewsLocalEveningScottishTabloid39,947
Evening ExpressLocalEveningScottishTabloid47,849
Evening TelegraphLocalEveningScottishTabloid23,631
Evening TimesLocalEveningScottishTabloid52,400
The Daily Telegraph (Scottish edition)National – QualityMorningScottish edition of UK NewspaperBroadsheet22,172
The Times (Scottish edition)National – QualityMorningScottish edition of UK NewspaperCompact19,994
Scottish Daily ExpressNational – Mid MarketMorningScottish edition of UK NewspaperTabloid65,689
Scottish Daily MailNational – Mid MarketMorningScottish edition of UK NewspaperTabloid109,643
Daily Star of ScotlandNational – TabloidMorningScottish edition of UK NewspaperTabloid65,084
Scottish Daily MirrorNational – TabloidMorningScottish edition of UK NewspaperTabloid24,333
The Scottish SunNational – TabloidMorningScottish edition of UK NewspaperTabloid314,595
The Financial TimesNational – QualityMorningUK Newspaper widely available in ScotlandBroadsheet3,528
The GuardianNational – QualityMorningUK Newspaper widely available in ScotlandBerliner14,069
iNational – QualityMorningUK Newspaper widely available in ScotlandCompact12,411
Metro, Scottish EditionUrban – FreeMorningScottish edition of UK NewspaperTabloid125,002

Sunday newspapers
TitleMarket typeLocationFormatScottish circulation
Scotland on SundayNational – QualityScottishBroadsheet50,897
Sunday MailNational – TabloidScottishTabloid354,396
The Sunday PostNational – TabloidScottishTabloid224,471
The Sunday Times ScotlandNational – QualityScottish edition of UK NewspaperBroadsheet59,502
The Sunday Telegraph ScotlandNational – QualityScottish edition of UK NewspaperBroadsheet18,339
Mail on Sunday ScotlandNational – Mid MarketScottish edition of UK NewspaperTabloid105,223
Scottish Sunday ExpressNational – Mid MarketScottish edition of UK NewspaperTabloid35,337
Scottish Sunday MirrorNational – TabloidScottish edition of UK NewspaperTabloid21,809
The ObserverNational – QualityUK Newspaper widely available in ScotlandBerliner17,880
The Independent on SundayNational – QualityUK Newspaper widely available in ScotlandCompact6,317
Daily Star SundayNational – TabloidUK Newspaper widely available in ScotlandTabloid26,889
The Sunday SportNational – TabloidUK Newspaper widely available in ScotlandTabloidn/a
For local weekly newspapers in Scotland, see List of newspapers in Scotland.

Newspapers in Wales

National newspapers

Regional daily newspapers

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.

  • 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 Mân (Small Coal) – Aman valley, Carmarthenshire[31]
  • 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[32]
  • 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

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.[33]

TitlePublishedLanguageAudience
BG BenFortnightlyBulgarianBulgarian newspaper for people living in UK
Hanin HeraldWeeklyKoreanNewspaper for the Korean community in the UK and abroad
Tydzień PolskiweeklyPolishNewspaper aimed at Britain's Polish community
CoolturaWeeklyPolishMost popular magazine for the Polish community in the UK
Goniec Polski Polish Weekly MagazineWeeklyPolishMagazine for the Polish community in the UK
Polish ExpressWeeklyPolishTabloid magazine for the Polish Community in the UK
Nowy CzasFortnightlyPolishMagazine for educated Polish people living in UK
Sing TaoDailyChineseNewspaper aimed at Britain's and Europe's Chinese community
AchievementsRussianUK's national Russian newspaper
Nuacht24DailyIrishFor the Irish speaking community of Northern Ireland and Irish immigrants
Y CymroWeeklyWelshFor the Welsh-speaking areas of Wales and Welsh immigrants
Garavi Gujarat Weekly Gujarati Newspaper for the Gujarati community in the UK established in 1968

Specialist newspapers

For specific ethnic groups
  • Desi Xpress – The UK's only national Asian entertainment weekly tabloid newspaper
  • Lanka Tribune – fortnightly newspaper for British Sri Lankans
  • Nigerian Watch – fortnightly newspaper aimed at the Nigerian community in the UK
  • The Irish World – aimed at Britain's Irish community
  • The Voice – a weekly tabloid newspaper aimed at the British Afro-Caribbean community
  • Eastern Eye – weekly newspaper for British Asians

For specific religions

Politics

Sport
  • 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[36]
  • The Sports Journal – Friday paper looking back at the weeks sporting news[37]
  • Wisden – Weekly paper covering cricket news, articles, results and fixtures & other cricket related stories

Miscellaneous special interest

Restricted circulation newspapers

Corporate newspapers

National

Regional

See also:[39][40]

Defunct newspapers

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Further reading
  • Viscount Camrose. Brutish Newspapers and their Controllers (1947) online, ownership of all major papers in 1947
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