The ''Leader'' (formerly ''The Wrexham Evening Leader'') is a daily

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in Wales which is distributed on weekday mornings, combining both local and national news. There are two ''Leader'' editions in the north-east of Wales: in

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

and

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with the

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

edition being terminated in 2018. It costs 70 pence and is produced from an office in

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. It was sold to

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in September 2017. NWN Media Ltd dissolved in January 2019 after being formed in 1920. JICREG data from November 2015 show a circulation of 2,567 in Wrexham and 1,935 in Wrexham Rural. NWN titles de-registered from ABC measurement in 2015 however Newsquest re-registered them in 2018 showing a drop in circulation to just 3,825 copies of the Wrexham edition and 2,445 copies for Flintshire. ''The Leader'' celebrated 40 years of publishing in October 2013, having launched the first edition in October 1973. A ''Wrexham Leader'' free edition used to be produced for Friday and Saturday delivery however was terminated in 2018, and the Wrexham office of the newspaper closed in December 2018. On 3 April 2006, ''The Leader'' underwent a style change, and changed its logo to a new, more modern style. The old font and style had been used since the newspaper began. From 14 September 2009, the paper shifted from being an evening paper called ''The Evening Leader'' to a morning paper entitled ''The Leader'' and adopted the current masthead. ''The'' ''Saturday Leader'' was launched as a Saturday edition of the newspaper on 4 August 2018. however was stopped in December 2019.

References

External links

The Leader's website
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