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List of newspapers in the United Kingdom

 
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This article is a list of newspapers in the United Kingdom.

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UK national daily newspapers

Traditionally newspapers could be split into serious-minded newspapers, usually referred to as broadsheets due to their large size, and sometimes collectively as the quality press, and less serious newspapers, known for their small size as tabloids, and collectively as the popular press. However, due to considerations of convenience of reading, for example in cafés and on trains, The Independent and The Times both switched to a compact format, not much bigger than that used by tabloids. The Guardian switched in September 2005 to what it describes as a Berliner format, slightly larger than a compact. Its stablemate The Observer has since followed suit. Other Sunday broadsheets have tended to keep their larger size, as the amount of content and number of sections they provide would, in tabloid form, be too thick, heavy and cumbersome. All major UK newspapers now have a free online version, though the four Murdoch titles plan to introduce charges for content.

As well as individual newspapers there are newspapers which collect news from each of the major newspapers and combine it into one. In the UK there is the The Weekend City Press Review (WCPR) which summarizes business and financial news from 13 papers and distributes the paper electronically on a subscription basis.

Newspapers focused on serious journalism

Broadsheet format

Daily
Sunday

Berliner format

Daily
Sunday

Compact format

Daily
Sunday
  • Independent on Sunday (est. 1990) – Sunday paper compact from October 2005. Centre-left, liberal views.

Middle-market newspapers

Daily
Sunday

Tabloid newspapers

Daily
Sunday

Newspapers in Scotland

Newspapers focused on serious journalism

Broadsheet format

Daily
Sunday

Compact format

Daily

Tabloid newspapers in Scotland

Daily
  • Daily Record (est. 1842) — owned by Trinity Mirror
  • The UK-wide Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Express all have daily Scottish editions.
Sunday

Newspapers in Wales

Newspapers focused on serious journalism

Freesheet newspapers in urban centres

  • Metro (est. 1999) — owned by Daily Mail and General Trust plc; distributed free; working towards national status, wide availability in the major cities makes it the UK's 4th highest circulation paper. The Metro enjoys high circulation among users of public transport, with newspapers placed on trains and buses and distributors operating near stations.

Regional newspapers

England

Wales

Scotland

For a detailed list, see List of regional newspapers in Scotland

Northern Ireland

Local newspapers

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. However, 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). A major exception to this pattern was the well-regarded Manchester Guardian, which dropped the 'Manchester' from its name (1959) and relocated its main operations to London (1964). The group continues to produce a Mancunian paper, the Manchester Evening News.

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England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

  • East Dunbartonshire
    • Kirkintilloch & Bishopbriggs Herald
    • Lennox Herald
    • Milngavie & Bearsden Herald
    • Strathkelvin Advertiser
  • Fife
    • Dunfermline Press
    • East Fife Mail - Tabloid weekly sister paper of Fife Free Press for Levenmouth area
    • Fife Advertiser
    • Fife Free Press - Weekly broadsheet newspaper for Kirkcaldy
    • Fife Herald
    • Fife Herald & Post
    • Fife Leader
    • Glenrothes Gazette (Leslie and Markinch News) - Tabloid sister weekly paper of Fife Free Press
    • St Andrews Citizen
  • Scottish Borders
    • Berwick Advertiser
    • Berwickshire News
    • Hawick News
    • Peeblesshire News
    • Selkirk Advertiser
    • Southern Reporter
  • Stirling
    • Stirling Observer
    • Stirling & Alloa Shopper

Wales

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
  • The Cambrian News - Aberystwyth
  • 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 Dinesydd (The Citizen) - Cardiff and District
  • Y Ddolen (The Link) - Ystwyth to Wyre valleys, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
  • 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
  • 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 (web page)
  • 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

Specialist newspapers

Restricted circulation newspapers

Corporate newspapers

University newspapers

National

Regional

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Defunct newspapers

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