British press

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.

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. 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. 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. The London Economic is another example of a British digital/online only newspaper, however, unlike The Independent it has never run a print publication.

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'', ''Los Angeles Times''). 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

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Tabloid newspapers

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Freesheet newspapers in urban centres

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Street newspapers

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Major news and political magazines

Newspapers in England

Regional newspapers in England

Local newspapers in England

Newspapers in Northern Ireland

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Local newspapers

Newspapers in Scotland

Daily newspapers

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Sunday newspapers

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Newspapers in Wales

National newspapers

*'' The Western Mail'' – owned by Reach plc
*''Y Cymro'' (weekly, Welsh language)
*''Wales on Sunday'' - sister publication of The Western Mail

Regional daily newspapers

*''North Wales Daily Post''
*''South Wales Argus'' (Gwent area)
*''South Wales Echo'' (Cardiff area)
*''South Wales Evening Post'' (Swansea Bay area)
*'' The Leader'' (Wrexham & Flintshire)

Regional newspapers

*'' Abergavenny Chronicle''
*'' Abergele Visitor''
*''Bangor and Anglesey Mail''
*'' Brecon and Radnor Express''
*'' Business Lancashire''
*'' Business Manchester''
*'' Business Merseyside''
*'' Business Cheshire''
*'' Caernarfon Herald''
*'' Caerphilly Observer''
*''Cambrian News''
*''Carmarthen Journal''
*''Celtic Weekly Newspapers''
*'' Denbighshire Visitor''
*'' Flintshire Chronicle''
*''Holyhead and Anglesey Mail''
*'' Llanelli Star''
*''North Wales Weekly News''
*'' The Pembrokeshire Herald''
*'' The Powys County Times''
*''Pembrokeshire (North) County Echo''
*'' Rhyl Visitor''
*''Tenby Observer''
*'' The Western Telegraph''
*'' Wrexham Chronicle''

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 (; 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, Bulgarian, Bangla, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Urdu, and other languages are published.

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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

*'' The Baptist Times'' – Baptist/general Protestant newspaper
*''The Catholic Herald'' – Catholic newspaper
*''Christian Today'' – trans-denominational Christian newspaper
*'' Church of England Newspaper'' – weekly Anglican paper
*''Church Times'' – weekly Anglican paper
*'' English Churchman'' – fortnightly newspaper aimed at Protestants
*''Hamazor'' – published by the London-based World Zoroastrian Organisation
* '' The Friend'' – weekly independent Quaker newsmagazine
*'' Jewish Chronicle'' – oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world
*''Jewish Telegraph'' – editions published for Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Scotland, Britain's only region Jewish newspaper and has the longest serving editor of any newspaper in the country at its helm in Paul Harris.
*'' Jewish Tribune'' – Haredi Jewish; has section in Yiddish language
*'' Leeds Catholic Post'' – monthly Catholic paper for Leeds Diocese
*''The Messenger'' – fortnightly Seventh-day Adventist news magazine
*''The Muslim News'' – Islamic newspaper
*''The Tablet'' – Catholic newspaper
*'' The Universe'' – Catholic newspaper
*Several Muslim newspapers

Politics

*''Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!'' – bi-monthly newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Group
*'' Irish Democrat'' – an Irish Republican weekly
*''The New European'' – weekly pro-EU newspaper owned by Archant
*'' The News Line'' – daily newspaper of the Workers Revolutionary Party
*''Scottish Socialist Voice'' – fortnightly newspaper of the Scottish Socialist Party
*'' The Socialist'' – weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party in England and Wales
*'' Socialist Appeal'' – fortnightly newspaper of the British section of the International Marxist Tendency
*''Socialist Worker'' – weekly newspaper from the Socialist Workers Party
*'' Solidarity'' – weekly newspaper of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty

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
*''The Sports Journal'' – Friday paper looking back at the weeks sporting news
*''Wisden'' – Weekly paper covering cricket news, articles, results and fixtures & other cricket related stories

Miscellaneous special interest

*''Black Country Bugle'' – weekly look at the history of the Black Country, published in newspaper format
*''Bulletin'' – online only UK newspaper
* ''The Day'' – online daily newspaper for schools
*''The Economist'' – weekly news-focused magazine
*'' Estates Gazette'' – weekly newspaper aimed at property professionals
*'' Farmers Guardian'' – weekly newspaper aimed at the farming industry
*''First News'' – weekly newspaper for children
*''Lloyd's List'' – daily international maritime, shipping and transport newspaper
*'' London Gazette'' – official notices have to be published here; it is the oldest surviving English newspaper
*'' London Review of Books'' – fortnightly literary newspaper
*''Mature Times'' – UK's only campaigning newspaper for the over-50s
*''The National Student'' – UK's independent national student newspaper
*''PinkNews'' – UK-based online newspaper marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community
*'' Private Eye'' – fortnightly satirical magazine
*''The Stage'' – weekly newspaper covering entertainment issues, focused primarily on the theatre
*'' The Student'' – fortnightly independent newspaper produced by students at the University of Edinburgh
*''Times Educational Supplement'' – weekly newspaper for the teaching profession
*''Times Higher Education'' – weekly newspaper for university / higher education profession
*''Times Literary Supplement'' – weekly literary and cultural journal
*Classic Car Weekly – weekly newspaper for the classic car enthusiast

Restricted circulation newspapers

Corporate newspapers

*''Ariel'' – BBC
*''The Gazette'' – John Lewis Partnership

Student newspapers

Student newspapers include:

National

*''Affairs Today'' – online student business news
*''The National Student'' – UK's independent national student newspaper
*'' Student Times'' – free national student newspaper

Regional

Defunct newspapers

Notes

References

Further reading

* Viscount Camrose. ''Brutish Newspapers and their Controllers'' (1947
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ownership of all major papers in 1947

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