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June 2005 Adding Value To Your Business CONCURRENT RELEASE REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS This report contains ABC circulation figures for Regional Newspapers

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Page Contents xx PAID REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS 4 Daily Newspapers by Country (Mon-Fri) 7 Daily Newspapers by Country (Sat) 10 Daily Newspapers by Country (Mon-Sat) 13 Sunday Newspapers by Country 14 Weekly Newspapers by Primary County 27 Scotland 30 Wales 32 Northern Ireland 34 Republic of Ireland 36 All Editions 39 Group Certificates 41 Daily Titles Ranked by: Actively Purchased Sales by Country 47 Top 100 Weekly Titles Ranked by Actively Purchased Sales

FREE REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS 49 Regional Newspapers Free - Listing by County 63 Regional Newspapers Free - Marketing Groups 66 Regional Newspapers Free - Newspapers Ranked by Distribution Size 75 Regional Newspapers Free - Newspaper Groups Ranked by Distribution Size

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Actively Purchased includes: Newstrade/Single Copy/Paid Postal Subscriptions/Single Copy Special & Sports Edition Sales

Regional Newspapers Concurrent Release Report - Jun end 2005 ABC Regional Newspapers Concurrent Release - Jun 2005.xls Daily Newspapers by Country (Mon-Fri) Period / No of Effective Publishing Effective Noof Period / Basic Cover Price at the end of endof the Basic CoverPriceat No of Publishing Days in the PublishingDaysinthe No of Analysis of Average Net Circulation Per Issue Average Net Circulation Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Average Period Average Year Per Effective Publishing Day Net Net on Net on Newstrade/Single Copy the Period. the Sales/Paid Postal Subscriptions Days Circulation Circulation Period Circulation Year Issue Regular Specific Special Sports Multiple %% Multiple Edition Edition Jun end Dec end Jun end At Full At Lower Copy +/- +/- Total Copy Sales Sales 2005 2004 2004 Rate Rate Sales Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Sales

Regional Morning - England 14,535 14,500 14,200 14,423 14,290 13,706 Birmingham Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.50 to £0.60 81.0% 14,256 12,936 10.2% 14,360 -0.7% 11,553 11,422 131 2,703 - - - 45,580 45,814 45,627 44,694 44,622 44,415 Bristol - Western Daily Press (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 97.3% 45,115 45,002 0.3% 47,051 -4.1% 43,940 42,920 1,020 1,175 - - - 56,788 56,374 56,413 56,268 55,440 54,782 Darlington - The Northern Echo - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 55,979 56,213 -0.4% 57,690 -3.0% 55,979 55,037 942 ---- 38,597 38,816 39,046 38,332 38,856 37,689 Ipswich - East Anglian Daily Times (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.47 100.0% 38,538 38,735 -0.5% 40,144 -4.0% 38,538 38,047 491 ---- 52,085 51,195 50,906 50,414 49,494 49,361 Leeds - Yorkshire Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 100.0% 50,541 51,827 -2.5% 55,454 -8.9% 50,541 50,486 55 ---- 20,049 19,822 19,588 20,170 22,023 19,224 Liverpool Daily Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 100.0% 20,089 20,241 -0.8% 19,619 2.4% 20,089 20,089 ----- 38,325 37,874 38,133 38,362 38,509 37,989 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Journal (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 96.7% 38,187 38,159 0.1% 39,074 -2.3% 36,943 36,191 752 1,213 31 - - 69,253 68,918 68,602 68,681 68,528 67,800 Norwich - Eastern Daily Press (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.45 100.0% 68,599 69,029 -0.6% 70,837 -3.2% 68,599 68,546 53 ---- 43,068 42,557 41,957 42,223 42,345 41,970 Plymouth - Western Morning News - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.40 97.8% 42,325 43,267 -2.2% 43,307 -2.3% 41,401 41,341 60 924 - - -

Regional Evening - England 37,704 37,625 37,100 37,195 36,389 35,420 The Argus Sussex (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.35 100.0% 36,854 38,361 -3.9% 41,383 -10.9% 36,854 35,788 1,066 ---- 20,315 20,166 20,082 19,982 19,850 19,549 Barrow - North West Evening Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.36 100.0% 19,973 19,752 1.1% 20,210 -1.2% 19,973 19,911 62 ---- 14,226 13,922 14,000 13,705 13,030 13,062 Bath Chronicle (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 98.8% 13,686 13,947 -1.9% 14,788 -7.5% 13,531 13,531 - 139 16 - - 97,374 96,613 94,680 95,095 93,182 89,907 Birmingham Evening Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 98.4% 94,339 96,143 -1.9% 104,219 -9.5% 92,888 91,781 1,107 1,451 - - - 35,897 36,064 35,126 35,135 34,909 33,427 Bolton Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 35,036 35,350 -0.9% 36,162 -3.1% 35,036 34,497 539 ---- 34,275 34,318 34,079 34,514 34,188 33,283 Bournemouth - The Daily Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 100.0% 34,086 33,782 0.9% 34,633 -1.6% 34,086 34,086 ----- 44,318 44,089 44,072 43,655 43,269 42,877 Bradford - Telegraph & Argus (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 100.0% 43,696 45,069 -3.0% 46,584 -6.2% 43,696 43,200 496 ---- 61,784 61,509 61,199 60,857 59,183 58,090 Bristol Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 97.7% 60,394 59,444 1.6% 62,159 -2.8% 58,850 56,795 2,055 1,365 - 179 - 16,197 16,267 16,051 15,950 16,323 15,721 Burton Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.35 100.0% 16,072 16,065 0.0% 16,792 -4.3% 16,072 16,072 ----- 33,520 32,779 32,698 32,654 32,822 32,592 Cambridge Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.36 97.9% 32,827 32,830 0.0% 34,347 -4.4% 32,160 31,112 1,048 128 539 - - 21,466 18,405 18,368 18,353 18,197 17,313 Carlisle - News and Star East (Mon-Fri) 104 / 100 £0.37 100.0% 18,610 18,143 2.6% 18,072 3.0% 18,610 18,610 ----- 7,762 7,593 7,858 7,770 7,585 7,357 Carlisle - News and Star West (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.37 100.0% 7,649 7,543 1.4% 7,944 -3.7% 7,649 7,640 9 ---- 18,529 18,635 18,665 18,400 18,809 18,210 The Castle Point & Basildon Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 18,532 18,456 0.4% 19,267 -3.8% 18,532 17,289 1,243 ---- 29,371 29,126 29,259 28,973 29,372 27,971 The Citizen (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.33 98.0% 28,979 28,782 0.7% 29,576 -2.0% 28,415 26,220 2,195 564 - - - 25,700 25,807 25,895 25,294 25,321 24,932 Colchester - Evening Gazette (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 25,483 26,179 -2.7% 26,981 -5.6% 25,483 23,372 2,111 ---- 57,737 57,840 57,608 57,143 56,932 55,039 Coventry Evening Telegraph & The Pink (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.35 to £0.40 100.0% 57,000 58,217 -2.1% 61,498 -7.3% 56,352 56,240 112 - - - 648 50,427 49,829 49,587 49,078 48,798 48,164 Derby Evening Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.30 98.1% 49,279 49,412 -0.3% 51,364 -4.1% 48,054 47,599 455 893 - 332 - 5,598 5,557 5,538 5,592 5,554 5,385 Doncaster Star (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 5,532 5,638 -1.9% 7,464 -25.9% 5,532 5,513 19 ---- 26,547 25,334 25,359 25,003 24,577 23,920 Exeter - Express & Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.33 98.0% 25,084 25,627 -2.1% 26,381 -4.9% 24,584 24,508 76 500 - - - 160,208 160,206 159,813 158,379 157,114 153,743 Express & Star (West Midlands) All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.32 99.9% 158,130 157,783 0.2% 164,430 -3.8% 158,082 158,082 - - 48 - - 34,210 34,346 34,829 34,130 33,577 33,155 The Gazette (Mon-Fri) - Blackpool 130 / 125 £0.34 100.0% 34,034 34,890 -2.5% 35,674 -4.6% 34,034 33,664 370 ---- 23,972 23,766 24,344 23,397 23,374 22,711 Gloucestershire Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.33 98.1% 23,582 23,625 -0.2% 23,991 -1.7% 23,156 22,763 393 426 - - - 40,243 39,944 39,277 39,328 39,681 38,114 Grimsby Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 98.9% 39,364 39,690 -0.8% 40,580 -3.0% 38,517 38,365 152 422 1 424 - 23,901 24,221 24,104 24,563 24,218 23,660 Halifax - Evening Courier (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.35 100.0% 24,097 23,901 0.8% 25,370 -5.0% 24,097 24,062 35 ---- 21,395 21,331 21,355 21,121 21,263 20,558 Hartlepool Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.34 100.0% 21,153 20,981 0.8% 21,149 0.0% 21,153 20,908 245 ---- 30,122 30,548 30,455 30,359 30,038 29,226 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.38 100.0% 30,105 29,953 0.5% 30,992 -2.9% 30,105 30,105 ----- 69,775 69,780 70,158 67,642 66,332 63,935 Hull Daily Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 98.2% 67,860 65,607 3.4% 69,183 -1.9% 66,073 65,221 852 1,194 - 593 - 24,435 23,743 22,968 22,102 22,405 23,272 Ipswich - Evening Star (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.43 98.7% 23,148 24,241 -4.5% 25,481 -9.2% 22,862 22,637 225 - 286 - -

Section 01a Page 4 ABC Regional Newspapers Concurrent Release - Jun 2005.xls Daily Newspapers by Country (Mon-Fri) Period / No of Effective Publishing Effective Noof Period / Basic Cover Price at the end of endof the Basic CoverPriceat No of Publishing Days in the PublishingDaysinthe No of Analysis of Average Net Circulation Per Issue Average Net Circulation Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Average Period Average Year Per Effective Publishing Day Net Net on Net on Newstrade/Single Copy the Period. the Sales/Paid Postal Subscriptions Days Circulation Circulation Period Circulation Year Issue Regular Specific Special Sports Multiple %% Multiple Edition Edition Jun end Dec end Jun end At Full At Lower Copy +/- +/- Total Copy Sales Sales 2005 2004 2004 Rate Rate Sales Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Sales

39,270 39,452 38,710 38,181 37,829 36,321 Lancashire Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.34 100.0% 38,237 40,010 -4.4% 42,569 -10.2% 38,237 38,210 27 ---- 36,606 36,717 35,484 35,163 34,710 34,251 Lancashire Evening Telegraph - Blackburn (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 100.0% 35,426 36,026 -1.7% 36,309 -2.4% 35,426 35,261 165 ---- 70,139 70,621 69,748 68,374 68,221 65,953 Leeds - Yorkshire Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 68,767 68,635 0.2% 75,147 -8.5% 68,767 68,609 158 ---- 82,075 82,372 80,579 81,725 80,422 85,681 Leicester Mercury (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 to £0.35 97.6% 82,232 80,494 2.2% 86,196 -4.6% 79,663 78,154 1,509 573 1,400 596 - 25,561 25,617 25,705 25,426 25,370 25,226 Lincolnshire Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 97.8% 25,481 25,108 1.5% 26,399 -3.5% 24,945 24,548 397 536 - - - 132,455 129,969 129,578 130,373 135,079 124,908 Liverpool Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.38 100.0% 130,145 129,681 0.4% 135,273 -3.8% 130,145 130,110 35 ---- 147,056 145,387 144,829 144,931 144,157 140,126 Manchester Evening News & The Pink (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.10 to £0.50 97.1% 144,201 141,737 1.7% 148,094 -2.6% 138,223 138,223 - 4,063 - 340 1,575 94,796 91,587 92,421 89,868 91,187 90,599 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Evening Chronicle (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 98.0% 91,703 89,074 3.0% 91,553 0.2% 89,255 88,604 651 782 1,051 615 - 24,892 24,965 24,598 24,807 24,140 23,485 Northampton Chronicle & Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 100.0% 24,456 24,434 0.1% 25,859 -5.4% 24,456 24,395 61 ---- 27,691 27,716 27,277 27,000 26,977 26,154 Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 27,105 27,536 -1.6% 29,429 -7.9% 27,105 26,783 322 ---- 27,835 27,120 26,701 26,824 26,483 25,886 Norwich - Eastern Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.37 100.0% 26,771 28,100 -4.7% 29,726 -9.9% 26,771 26,489 282 ---- 71,771 72,038 71,928 71,734 70,577 68,774 Nottingham Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 96.2% 71,080 72,156 -1.5% 75,516 -5.9% 68,427 67,015 1,412 2,605 48 - - 26,172 26,049 26,052 25,963 25,871 24,747 Oldham Evening Chronicle (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 25,768 25,957 -0.7% 27,234 -5.4% 25,768 25,648 120 ---- 26,664 26,566 26,198 25,549 25,688 26,017 Oxford Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 26,112 26,428 -1.2% 27,245 -4.2% 26,112 25,912 200 ---- 22,936 22,666 22,868 23,209 23,257 22,437 Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.32 100.0% 22,884 22,368 2.3% 23,734 -3.6% 22,884 22,835 49 ---- 44,278 44,123 43,749 42,930 42,560 41,557 Plymouth - Evening Herald (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.33 98.2% 43,157 42,629 1.2% 44,525 -3.1% 42,366 42,195 171 740 - 51 - 60,573 60,514 59,351 59,519 59,328 59,383 Portsmouth - News & Sports Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 59,752 60,663 -1.5% 62,922 -5.0% 59,703 59,413 290 - - 49 - 17,965 17,741 19,681 17,161 18,568 19,149 Reading Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 105 / 100 £0.30 87.2% 18,425 18,681 -1.4% 20,050 -8.1% 16,056 15,927 129 105 2,235 29 - 15,104 15,548 15,768 15,452 15,340 15,143 Scarborough Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 100.0% 15,397 15,261 0.9% 15,488 -0.6% 15,397 15,359 38 ---- 20,855 20,531 20,682 21,654 22,207 20,919 Scunthorpe Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.32 97.8% 21,116 20,467 3.2% 20,794 1.5% 20,375 20,339 36 450 1 290 - 2,404 2,310 2,300 1,297 940 1,026 Scunthorpe Telegraph - Axholme Edition (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.32 100.0% 1,700 2,265 -24.9% - N/A 1,675 1,675 - - - 25 - 76,045 75,663 75,526 75,158 74,814 72,574 The Sentinel (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.30 99.4% 74,892 74,145 1.0% 76,523 -2.1% 74,498 73,068 1,430 394 - - - 62,921 63,068 63,780 62,079 63,424 61,907 Sheffield Star (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 62,850 62,623 0.4% 67,450 -6.8% 62,571 62,115 456 - - 279 - 81,240 81,070 81,053 80,358 80,254 78,603 Shropshire Star All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.35 99.9% 80,394 79,460 1.2% 82,692 -2.8% 80,384 80,384 - - 10 - - 21,445 21,292 21,426 21,368 21,006 20,678 South Shields - Shields Gazette (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 21,191 21,190 0.0% 21,947 -3.4% 21,191 20,807 384 ---- 43,130 42,857 42,493 41,872 41,593 39,822 Southampton - Southern Daily Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 122 £0.35 100.0% 41,919 40,768 2.8% 42,120 -0.5% 41,919 41,919 ----- 19,805 19,425 19,431 19,167 19,250 19,106 Southend Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 19,355 19,625 -1.4% 20,177 -4.1% 19,355 18,689 666 ---- 47,223 46,846 46,839 47,353 46,734 46,086 Sunderland Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 46,820 46,475 0.7% 48,177 -2.8% 46,820 46,590 230 ---- 23,503 23,632 23,354 23,367 23,055 23,069 Swindon Advertiser (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 23,323 23,204 0.5% 24,042 -3.0% 23,323 23,097 226 ---- 60,240 59,568 58,154 57,353 57,079 55,538 Teesside - Evening Gazette (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 57,903 57,686 0.4% 59,771 -3.1% 57,903 57,589 314 ---- 27,726 27,339 27,140 27,021 26,946 26,751 Torquay - Herald Express (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.33 97.8% 27,138 26,838 1.1% 27,576 -1.6% 26,556 26,554 2 581 1 - - 19,257 19,938 19,564 19,810 20,294 19,765 Weymouth - Dorset Evening Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 120 £0.32 100.0% 19,763 19,949 -0.9% 21,236 -6.9% 19,763 19,502 261 ---- 10,265 10,535 10,623 10,378 10,523 10,028 Wigan Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 10,386 10,527 -1.3% 10,946 -5.1% 10,386 10,383 3 ---- 19,782 19,786 19,549 19,718 19,286 18,564 Worcester News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.30 100.0% 19,418 19,427 0.0% 20,528 -5.4% 19,418 19,369 49 ---- 36,834 36,743 38,327 35,427 36,535 36,244 York - Yorkshire Evening Press (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 36,711 36,715 0.0% 37,398 -1.8% 36,711 35,530 1,181 ----

Section 01a Page 5 ABC Regional Newspapers Concurrent Release - Jun 2005.xls Daily Newspapers by Country (Mon-Fri) Period / No of Effective Publishing Effective Noof Period / Basic Cover Price at the end of endof the Basic CoverPriceat No of Publishing Days in the PublishingDaysinthe No of Analysis of Average Net Circulation Per Issue Average Net Circulation Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Average Period Average Year Per Effective Publishing Day Net Net on Net on Newstrade/Single Copy the Period. the Sales/Paid Postal Subscriptions Days Circulation Circulation Period Circulation Year Issue Regular Specific Special Sports Multiple %% Multiple Edition Edition Jun end Dec end Jun end At Full At Lower Copy +/- +/- Total Copy Sales Sales 2005 2004 2004 Rate Rate Sales Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Sales

Regional Morning - Wales 40,472 40,227 40,305 39,842 39,676 39,153 Daily Post (Wales) (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 100.0% 39,927 39,876 0.1% 39,963 -0.1% 39,927 39,927 ----- 41,859 43,250 45,662 42,581 41,853 42,304 Wales - The Western Mail - Morning (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.45 100.0% 42,981 40,403 6.4% 41,271 4.1% 42,981 42,538 443 ----

Regional Evening - Wales 60,059 60,761 61,155 59,184 57,979 56,787 Cardiff - South Wales Echo - Evening (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 100.0% 59,289 59,474 -0.3% 60,936 -2.7% 59,289 48,213 11,076 ---- 26,205 26,057 26,244 25,868 25,214 24,326 Evening Leader - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.37 100.0% 25,623 26,331 -2.7% 26,988 -5.1% 25,623 25,565 58 ---- 31,680 31,911 31,903 32,256 31,714 30,883 South Wales Argus - Evening (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.35 100.0% 31,704 30,788 3.0% 31,803 -0.3% 31,704 31,704 ----- 57,404 57,470 57,660 56,659 55,645 54,344 South Wales Evening Post - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.35 98.6% 56,484 56,500 0.0% - N/A 55,474 53,641 1,833 754 - 256 -

Regional Morning - Scotland 88,799 87,817 87,315 86,765 86,329 85,135 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.40 99.1% 86,942 88,124 -1.3% 89,353 -2.7% 86,184 84,462 1,722 758 - - - 80,863 80,757 79,744 78,852 78,850 78,422 Dundee Courier & Advertiser (Mon-Fri) 130 / 130 £0.36 99.9% 79,479 80,491 -1.3% 82,571 -3.7% 79,419 79,418 1 60 - - - 11,153 11,531 12,181 11,225 11,222 11,110 Paisley Daily Express - Morning (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.38 100.0% 11,424 11,289 1.2% 11,370 0.5% 11,424 11,424 -----

Regional Evening - Scotland 61,319 60,167 59,901 59,178 58,649 57,718 Aberdeen - Evening Express (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.35 98.1% 59,415 58,887 0.9% 60,644 -2.0% 58,297 56,761 1,536 1,118 - - - 25,946 25,959 25,615 25,088 25,472 25,225 Dundee Evening Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 130 £0.32 99.8% 25,499 25,545 -0.2% 26,502 -3.8% 25,459 25,459 - 40 - - - 66,842 66,068 64,809 63,475 63,473 62,407 Edinburgh - Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.35 98.1% 64,422 63,771 1.0% 68,479 -5.9% 63,246 63,151 95 1,176 - - - 94,542 94,716 92,639 90,632 91,933 88,829 Glasgow - Evening Times (Mon-Fri) 130 / 122 £0.35 100.0% 92,088 91,613 0.5% 95,121 -3.2% 92,088 91,488 600 ---- 19,269 19,454 19,261 19,067 19,113 18,768 Greenock Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 99.9% 19,151 18,806 1.8% 19,366 -1.1% 19,141 19,141 - - 10 - -

Regional Morning - Northern Ireland 46,940 48,999 48,810 48,406 48,049 49,161 Irish News - Morning (Mon-Fri) 130 / 130 £0.50 99.9% 48,405 50,274 -3.7% 50,294 -3.8% 48,401 48,401 - - 4 - - 26,604 26,783 26,618 26,265 26,139 25,366 Ulster - News Letter (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.55 97.3% 26,270 25,778 1.9% 25,775 1.9% 25,583 25,064 519 687 - - -

Regional Evening - Northern Ireland 94,829 94,794 97,645 96,264 96,264 97,538 Belfast Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.50 90.5% 96,299 94,540 1.9% 94,602 1.8% 87,187 85,356 1,831 9,068 44 - -

Regional Evening - Channel Islands 16,138 16,207 16,191 16,144 16,386 16,125 Guernsey Evening Press & Star (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.40 95.5% 16,195 16,215 -0.1% 16,200 0.0% 15,470 15,350 120 725 - - - 21,398 21,495 21,491 21,440 21,901 21,463 Jersey Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.40 97.6% 21,538 21,872 -1.5% 22,335 -3.6% 21,023 20,881 142 515 - - -

Regional Evening - Republic of Ireland 94,893 93,941 101,964 95,444 90,513 85,302 Dublin - Evening Herald 130 / 123 `€1.00 92.2% 93,830 88,284 6.3% 92,510 1.4% 86,547 85,404 1,143 6,548 735 - -

Section 01a Page 6 ABC Regional Newspapers Concurrent Release - Jun 2005.xls Daily Newspapers by Country (Sat) Period / No of Effective Publishing Effective Noof Period / Basic Cover Price at the end of endof the Basic CoverPriceat No of Publishing Days in the PublishingDaysinthe No of Analysis of Average Net Circulation Per Issue Average Net Circulation Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Average Period Average Year Per Effective Publishing Day Net Net on Net on Newstrade/Single Copy the Period. the Sales/Paid Postal Subscriptions Days Circulation Circulation Period Circulation Year Issue Regular Specific Special Sports Multiple %% Multiple Edition Edition Jun end Dec end Jun end At Full At Lower Copy +/- +/- Total Copy Sales Sales 2005 2004 2004 Rate Rate Sales Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Sales

Regional Morning - England 12,667 12,345 12,757 12,376 12,140 11,961 Birmingham Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 to £0.60 91.0% 12,373 12,138 1.9% 13,518 -8.5% 11,264 11,133 131 1,109 - - - 62,833 63,427 62,459 62,873 62,395 61,915 Bristol - Western Daily Press (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 99.9% 62,615 63,948 -2.1% 66,581 -6.0% 62,589 61,609 980 18 8 - - 53,144 53,098 53,084 53,125 52,063 51,481 Darlington - The Northern Echo - All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 52,635 52,919 -0.5% 54,198 -2.9% 52,635 51,720 915 ---- 41,081 41,965 41,360 42,175 41,856 40,653 Ipswich - East Anglian Daily Times (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 41,476 42,173 -1.7% 43,288 -4.2% 41,476 40,515 961 ---- 89,103 90,031 89,335 90,494 88,698 87,493 Leeds - Yorkshire Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 89,132 89,705 -0.6% 91,878 -3.0% 89,132 89,079 53 ---- 19,159 19,036 19,079 19,476 19,701 18,647 Liverpool Daily Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 19,158 19,984 -4.1% 19,912 -3.8% 19,158 19,158 ----- 58,598 59,288 59,000 59,414 59,324 57,967 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Journal (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 99.5% 58,897 59,616 -1.2% 63,055 -6.6% 58,609 57,944 665 288 - - - 80,699 80,727 80,619 80,274 80,251 79,008 Norwich - Eastern Daily Press (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 80,228 81,834 -2.0% 82,827 -3.1% 80,228 79,968 260 ---- 60,390 60,403 60,272 61,326 61,396 60,324 Plymouth - Western Morning News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.55 98.4% 60,655 61,268 -1.0% 61,010 -0.6% 59,722 59,321 401 933 - - -

Regional Evening - England 36,590 37,470 35,635 36,733 34,465 33,738 The Argus Sussex (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 to £0.50 100.0% 35,688 37,516 -4.9% 40,472 -11.8% 32,516 31,510 1,006 - - - 3,172 19,386 18,296 18,098 17,907 17,841 17,935 Barrow - North West Evening Mail (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.36 100.0% 18,238 18,023 1.2% 18,276 -0.2% 18,238 18,176 62 ---- 13,523 13,684 13,380 13,346 13,190 12,588 Bath Chronicle (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 98.9% 13,262 13,481 -1.6% 14,062 -5.7% 13,125 13,125 - 137 - - - 86,751 83,584 81,302 82,526 75,795 72,813 Birmingham Evening Mail & Sports Argus (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.25 to £0.50 99.5% 80,200 85,996 -6.7% 93,247 -14.0% 68,999 67,419 1,580 356 - - 10,845 28,624 28,443 27,215 27,604 27,234 26,653 Bolton Evening News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 27,575 28,466 -3.1% 28,513 -3.3% 27,575 27,317 258 ---- 37,299 36,693 37,286 37,271 37,033 35,945 Bournemouth - The Daily Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 36,898 37,287 -1.0% 37,422 -1.4% 36,898 36,898 ----- 39,293 39,308 38,958 38,732 38,194 38,016 Bradford - Telegraph & Argus (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 38,721 40,466 -4.3% 41,183 -6.0% 38,721 38,233 488 ---- 52,450 51,928 51,987 52,043 50,952 51,809 Bristol Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 99.7% 51,864 50,489 2.7% 53,377 -2.8% 51,710 49,765 1,945 154 - - - 5,236 5,420 5,357 5,789 5,770 - Bristol Evening Post - Green 'Un (Sat) 26 / 18 £0.50 100.0% 5,463 5,889 -7.2% 7,190 -24.0% 5,463 5,457 6 ---- 15,665 15,583 14,970 15,050 14,985 14,948 Burton Mail (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 15,182 15,414 -1.5% 16,092 -5.7% 15,182 15,182 ----- 29,579 28,418 28,763 28,751 28,406 28,093 Cambridge Evening News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.36 99.7% 28,650 28,969 -1.1% 29,214 -1.9% 28,575 27,537 1,038 75 - - - 19,111 17,277 17,736 17,443 17,304 16,495 Carlisle - News and Star East (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.37 100.0% 17,463 17,266 1.1% 17,158 1.8% 17,463 17,463 ----- 7,711 7,681 7,702 7,784 7,463 7,413 Carlisle - News and Star West (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.37 100.0% 7,617 7,699 -1.1% 8,058 -5.5% 7,617 7,608 9 ---- 27,936 28,199 27,798 27,875 27,901 26,629 The Citizen (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 99.4% 27,684 27,597 0.3% 32,009 -13.5% 27,538 24,348 3,190 146 - - - 48,789 48,318 47,631 47,259 47,343 46,259 Coventry Evening Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 47,549 49,634 -4.2% 55,237 -13.9% 47,549 47,438 111 ---- 53,113 53,467 52,121 52,935 49,357 45,609 Derby Evening Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.30 98.5% 50,840 53,763 -5.4% 52,710 -3.5% 44,260 43,815 445 754 - 1,834 3,992 4,341 4,323 4,376 4,366 4,360 4,229 Doncaster Star (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 4,330 4,421 -2.1% 4,770 -9.2% 4,330 4,311 19 ---- 23,817 22,463 23,244 21,944 22,249 21,433 Exeter - Express & Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.33 97.7% 22,510 23,442 -4.0% 24,223 -7.1% 22,012 21,936 76 498 - - - 152,296 151,520 150,235 149,068 147,150 145,170 Express & Star (West Midlands) All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 149,121 149,241 -0.1% 155,065 -3.8% 149,121 149,121 ----- 8,877 7,202 7,691 6,779 5,539 - Express & Star (West Midlands) Sporting Star (Sat) 26 / 18 £0.25 100.0% 7,524 8,436 -10.8% 8,317 -9.5% 7,524 7,524 ----- 31,726 31,792 31,387 31,146 30,725 31,174 The Gazette (Sat) - Blackpool 26 / 26 £0.34 100.0% 31,322 31,801 -1.5% 32,347 -3.2% 31,322 30,924 398 ---- 23,358 23,076 22,987 22,622 22,337 21,966 Gloucestershire Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 98.9% 22,705 22,362 1.5% 21,913 3.6% 22,457 22,069 388 248 - - - 40,395 40,302 39,347 39,210 38,836 37,542 Grimsby Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 98.9% 39,208 39,632 -1.1% 40,307 -2.7% 34,991 34,850 141 422 - - 3,795 22,039 22,248 21,997 22,272 22,147 21,406 Halifax - Evening Courier (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 21,994 21,941 0.2% 23,291 -5.6% 21,994 21,965 29 ---- 19,576 19,978 19,685 20,004 19,660 19,215 Hartlepool Mail (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.34 100.0% 19,668 19,377 1.5% 19,532 0.7% 19,668 19,423 245 ---- 25,202 25,513 24,957 24,744 24,619 24,376 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 24,884 24,449 1.8% 24,814 0.3% 24,884 24,884 ----- 74,660 74,161 74,471 71,240 65,960 65,005 Hull Daily Mail (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 98.6% 70,825 71,736 -1.3% 82,738 -14.4% 61,021 60,349 672 958 - - 8,846 29,320 28,714 26,902 25,267 22,026 20,201 Ipswich - Evening Star (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.43 100.0% 25,263 28,119 -10.2% 29,102 -13.2% 21,473 21,248 225 - - - 3,790

Section 01b Page 7 ABC Regional Newspapers Concurrent Release - Jun 2005.xls Daily Newspapers by Country (Sat) Period / No of Effective Publishing Effective Noof Period / Basic Cover Price at the end of endof the Basic CoverPriceat No of Publishing Days in the PublishingDaysinthe No of Analysis of Average Net Circulation Per Issue Average Net Circulation Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Average Period Average Year Per Effective Publishing Day Net Net on Net on Newstrade/Single Copy the Period. the Sales/Paid Postal Subscriptions Days Circulation Circulation Period Circulation Year Issue Regular Specific Special Sports Multiple %% Multiple Edition Edition Jun end Dec end Jun end At Full At Lower Copy +/- +/- Total Copy Sales Sales 2005 2004 2004 Rate Rate Sales Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Sales

33,473 33,408 31,867 31,885 31,127 30,082 Lancashire Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.34 100.0% 31,897 34,089 -6.4% 35,790 -10.9% 31,897 31,897 ----- 31,663 31,347 30,145 29,831 29,693 29,695 Lancashire Evening Telegraph - Blackburn (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 30,359 30,757 -1.3% 31,134 -2.5% 30,359 30,189 170 ---- 60,548 62,315 60,247 59,313 58,223 57,101 Leeds - Yorkshire Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 59,551 58,730 1.4% 61,246 -2.8% 59,551 59,399 152 ---- 98,347 99,567 98,425 99,189 96,625 90,678 Leicester Mercury (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 99.4% 96,940 104,321 -7.1% 106,523 -9.0% 87,613 85,616 1,997 490 - 117 8,720 26,039 26,012 26,749 25,745 25,208 25,415 Lincolnshire Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 95.0% 25,878 25,485 1.5% 26,963 -4.0% 21,938 21,582 356 330 - 630 2,980 104,315 101,538 103,035 103,607 106,817 102,706 Liverpool Echo - Weekend (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 103,608 101,867 1.7% 97,758 6.0% 103,608 103,573 35 ---- 104,698 105,619 104,692 106,132 103,865 103,018 Manchester Evening News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.30 97.0% 104,643 101,652 2.9% 101,787 2.8% 101,560 101,560 - 3,083 - - - 69,952 65,914 66,018 64,779 64,040 63,242 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Evening Chronicle (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 to £0.50 99.2% 65,579 65,175 0.6% 65,392 0.3% 59,934 59,283 651 521 - - 5,124 19,704 19,566 19,134 19,260 19,122 18,163 Northampton Chronicle & Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 19,119 19,502 -2.0% 20,158 -5.2% 19,119 19,071 48 ---- 22,575 22,696 21,890 21,522 22,002 21,495 Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 22,004 22,675 -3.0% 23,846 -7.7% 22,004 21,700 304 ---- 30,153 29,847 29,021 29,584 25,644 23,192 Norwich - Eastern Evening News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.37 100.0% 27,768 30,072 -7.7% 31,325 -11.4% 24,003 23,401 602 - - - 3,765 71,990 72,169 77,972 72,201 70,952 73,892 Nottingham Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.32 to £0.50 97.6% 73,400 72,848 0.8% 78,042 -5.9% 60,674 59,263 1,411 1,490 200 4,522 6,514 24,476 24,215 23,618 23,254 23,601 23,198 Oxford Mail (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 23,702 24,298 -2.5% 25,370 -6.6% 23,702 23,679 23 ---- 18,203 17,996 18,288 18,899 18,702 18,230 Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 18,377 18,120 1.4% 19,047 -3.5% 18,377 18,335 42 ---- 39,008 38,115 37,914 37,774 36,461 36,335 Plymouth - Evening Herald (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.33 98.0% 37,564 37,951 -1.0% 39,141 -4.0% 36,824 36,653 171 740 - - - 65,159 63,551 62,666 65,207 63,169 62,372 Portsmouth - News & Sports Mail (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 63,597 65,761 -3.3% 67,591 -5.9% 55,322 55,055 267 - - - 8,275 12,776 13,161 13,035 13,442 12,865 12,819 Scarborough Evening News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 13,009 12,808 1.6% 12,990 0.1% 13,009 13,001 8 ---- 19,346 18,871 18,922 19,964 19,992 19,404 Scunthorpe Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 97.8% 19,397 18,996 2.1% 18,777 3.3% 18,621 18,587 34 413 - - 363 1,907 1,871 1,804 886 608 764 Scunthorpe Telegraph - Axholme Edition (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 1,305 1,882 -30.7% - N/A 1,289 1,289 ----16 70,011 69,476 68,607 69,065 68,972 66,670 The Sentinel (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.30 to £0.40 99.4% 68,712 68,260 0.7% 69,082 -0.5% 65,525 64,133 1,392 394 - - 2,793 66,081 65,583 65,497 64,447 60,415 58,247 Sheffield Star & Green 'Un (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 63,263 64,641 -2.1% 65,227 -3.0% 50,397 49,962 435 - - - 12,866 80,901 80,421 79,970 79,671 79,426 77,693 Shropshire Star (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 99.7% 79,615 78,805 1.0% 81,584 -2.4% 79,421 79,421 - - 194 - - 19,826 20,045 19,803 19,954 19,372 19,293 South Shields - Shields Gazette (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 19,703 19,826 -0.6% 20,166 -2.3% 19,703 19,380 323 ---- 52,399 51,288 49,444 49,506 47,753 45,963 Southampton - Southern Daily Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 49,262 49,023 0.5% 50,805 -3.0% 43,253 43,253 ----6,009 52,617 51,849 52,831 54,526 47,472 39,596 Sunderland Echo & Football Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 to £0.45 100.0% 49,538 50,814 -2.5% 51,181 -3.2% 47,795 47,565 230 - - 77 1,666 19,906 19,594 19,297 19,485 18,963 19,110 Swindon Advertiser (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 19,378 19,639 -1.3% 20,298 -4.5% 19,378 19,378 ----- 64,348 63,649 61,301 61,898 60,006 59,264 Teesside - Evening Gazette (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 61,632 62,337 -1.1% 63,386 -2.8% 50,336 50,022 314 - - - 11,296 23,908 23,263 22,967 23,658 23,022 23,243 Torquay - Herald Express (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.33 97.5% 23,325 22,260 4.8% 23,020 1.3% 22,755 22,753 2 518 52 - - 21,160 21,498 21,343 21,689 21,738 21,701 Weymouth - Dorset Evening Echo (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 21,514 21,953 -2.0% 22,347 -3.7% 21,514 21,256 258 ---- 7,681 8,228 7,986 8,249 7,928 7,554 Wigan Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 7,925 8,135 -2.6% 8,452 -6.2% 7,925 7,925 ----- 18,205 18,300 17,611 17,528 17,652 16,861 Worcester News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 17,657 17,570 0.5% 18,288 -3.5% 17,657 17,657 ----- 36,144 35,701 35,786 36,544 36,351 34,958 York - Yorkshire Evening Press (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 35,872 35,754 0.3% 36,260 -1.1% 35,872 34,741 1,131 ---- 7,509 8,126 7,307 8,124 6,755 5,527 Yorkshire Sport (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 7,162 8,414 -14.9% 20,558 -65.2% 7,162 7,157 5 ----

Regional Morning - Wales 46,265 45,861 45,599 45,837 45,347 44,769 Daily Post (Wales) (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 45,580 45,740 -0.3% 45,938 -0.8% 45,580 45,580 ----- 59,136 62,553 62,463 59,635 58,268 56,213 Wales - The Western Mail - Morning (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 59,682 57,809 3.2% 59,232 0.8% 59,682 59,239 443 ----

Section 01b Page 8 ABC Regional Newspapers Concurrent Release - Jun 2005.xls Daily Newspapers by Country (Sat) Period / No of Effective Publishing Effective Noof Period / Basic Cover Price at the end of endof the Basic CoverPriceat No of Publishing Days in the PublishingDaysinthe No of Analysis of Average Net Circulation Per Issue Average Net Circulation Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Average Period Average Year Per Effective Publishing Day Net Net on Net on Newstrade/Single Copy the Period. the Sales/Paid Postal Subscriptions Days Circulation Circulation Period Circulation Year Issue Regular Specific Special Sports Multiple %% Multiple Edition Edition Jun end Dec end Jun end At Full At Lower Copy +/- +/- Total Copy Sales Sales 2005 2004 2004 Rate Rate Sales Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Sales

Regional Evening - Wales 49,949 49,522 49,087 48,734 47,499 47,562 Cardiff - South Wales Echo - Evening (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 48,695 49,551 -1.7% 50,796 -4.1% 48,695 37,512 11,183 ---- 28,305 28,065 27,990 27,966 27,781 27,543 South Wales Argus - Evening (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 27,928 27,751 0.6% 28,262 -1.2% 27,928 27,928 ----- 56,807 55,337 55,807 56,269 52,063 50,131 South Wales Evening Post All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.35 98.7% 54,292 56,386 -3.7% - N/A 50,353 48,558 1,795 680 - - 3,259

Regional Morning - Scotland 87,601 86,213 84,844 84,954 83,813 82,820 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Sat) Var / Var Var 99.3% 84,947 86,455 -1.7% 84,869 0.1% 84,406 82,684 1,722 541 - - - 84,463 83,764 82,668 82,337 82,244 81,220 Dundee Courier & Advertiser (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.36 99.9% 82,682 83,639 -1.1% 86,263 -4.2% 82,622 82,621 1 60 - - - 10,274 10,225 10,726 10,100 10,328 10,019 Paisley Daily Express - Morning (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 10,286 10,073 2.1% 10,003 2.8% 10,286 10,286 -----

Regional Evening - Scotland 54,049 53,197 52,700 52,838 51,670 51,958 Aberdeen - Evening Express (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 98.4% 52,704 52,366 0.6% 54,467 -3.2% 51,898 50,362 1,536 806 - - - 46,765 44,468 43,177 41,970 41,527 40,495 Edinburgh - Evening News & Sports Pink (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 98.7% 42,972 44,253 -2.9% 46,948 -8.5% 42,436 42,430 6 536 - - - 49,556 49,981 49,066 48,206 48,282 47,098 Glasgow - Evening Times - Weekend (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 48,651 50,341 -3.4% 50,476 -3.6% 48,651 48,051 600 ---- 17,891 17,897 17,376 17,232 16,725 16,240 Greenock Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 17,253 17,073 1.1% 17,593 -1.9% 17,253 17,253 -----

Regional Morning - Northern Ireland 46,383 46,661 47,303 48,733 46,996 49,084 Irish News - Morning (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 47,633 48,628 -2.0% 49,047 -2.9% 47,633 47,633 ----- 43,081 42,849 42,661 42,210 43,341 41,754 Ulster - News Letter (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.65 98.4% 42,615 41,320 3.1% 42,695 -0.2% 41,959 41,418 541 656 - - -

Regional Evening - Northern Ireland 76,535 87,261 83,504 78,169 79,345 94,103 Belfast Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 96.1% 83,587 76,207 9.7% 79,020 5.8% 70,758 69,274 1,484 3,222 - - 9,607

Regional Evening - Channel Islands 16,558 16,710 16,613 16,546 16,821 16,562 Guernsey Evening Press & Star (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 94.9% 16,629 16,679 -0.3% 16,744 -0.7% 15,792 15,672 120 837 - - - 23,222 22,962 22,414 22,408 22,496 21,811 Jersey Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 98.1% 22,566 22,876 -1.4% 23,488 -3.9% 22,156 22,014 142 410 - - -

Regional Evening - Republic of Ireland 58,022 56,498 57,868 54,091 52,693 51,086 Weekend Herald 26 / 26 `€1.00 92.8% 54,825 55,002 -0.3% 58,614 -6.5% 50,917 50,389 528 3,754 154 - -

Section 01b Page 9 ABC Regional Newspapers Concurrent Release - Jun 2005.xls Daily Newspapers by Country (Mon-Sat) Period / No of Effective Publishing Effective Noof Period / Basic Cover Price at the end of endof the Basic CoverPriceat No of Publishing Days in the PublishingDaysinthe No of Analysis of Average Net Circulation Per Issue Average Net Circulation Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Average Period Average Year Per Effective Publishing Day Net Net on Net on Newstrade/Single Copy the Period. the Sales/Paid Postal Subscriptions Days Circulation Circulation Period Circulation Year Issue Regular Specific Special Sports Multiple %% Multiple Edition Edition Jun end Dec end Jun end At Full At Lower Copy +/- +/- Total Copy Sales Sales 2005 2004 2004 Rate Rate Sales Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Sales

Regional Morning - England 14,224 14,141 13,943 14,082 13,916 13,405 Birmingham Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.50 to £0.60 82.5% 13,934 12,806 8.8% 14,216 -2.0% 11,504 11,373 131 2,430 - - - 48,580 48,749 48,633 47,723 47,713 47,433 Bristol - Western Daily Press (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.50 97.9% 48,127 48,097 0.1% 50,529 -4.8% 47,151 46,138 1,013 975 1 - - 56,155 55,827 55,820 55,744 54,853 54,213 Darlington - The Northern Echo - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 55,404 55,675 -0.5% 57,092 -3.0% 55,404 54,467 937 ---- 39,029 39,341 39,460 38,973 39,378 38,200 Ipswich - East Anglian Daily Times (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.47 to £0.60 100.0% 39,044 39,297 -0.6% 40,700 -4.1% 39,044 38,472 572 ---- 58,523 57,668 57,768 57,094 56,312 55,935 Leeds - Yorkshire Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.60 100.0% 57,186 57,976 -1.4% 61,691 -7.3% 57,186 57,131 55 ---- 19,894 19,691 19,497 20,054 21,616 19,124 Liverpool Daily Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 100.0% 19,928 20,199 -1.3% 19,669 1.3% 19,928 19,928 ----- 41,851 41,443 41,859 41,871 42,129 41,434 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Journal (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 to £0.50 97.0% 41,753 41,665 0.2% 43,315 -3.6% 40,522 39,755 767 1,205 26 - - 71,244 70,886 70,674 70,613 70,567 69,732 Norwich - Eastern Daily Press (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.45 to £0.60 100.0% 70,588 71,095 -0.7% 72,936 -3.2% 70,588 70,499 89 ---- 46,080 45,531 45,228 45,407 45,658 45,134 Plymouth - Western Morning News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 to £0.55 97.9% 45,482 46,189 -1.5% 46,460 -2.1% 44,557 44,438 119 925 - - -

Regional Evening - England 37,501 37,599 36,838 37,118 36,054 35,130 The Argus Sussex (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.35 to £0.50 100.0% 36,652 38,223 -4.1% 41,229 -11.1% 36,102 35,047 1,055 - - - 550 20,146 19,841 19,728 19,636 19,501 19,318 Barrow - North West Evening Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 148 £0.36 100.0% 19,680 19,468 1.1% 19,877 -1.0% 19,680 19,618 62 ---- 14,039 14,040 13,855 13,702 13,338 12,822 Bath Chronicle (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 98.8% 13,614 13,871 -1.9% 14,663 -7.2% 13,462 13,462 - 139 13 - - 95,604 94,441 92,291 92,909 90,158 86,960 Birmingham Evening Mail & Sports Argus (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.25 to £0.50 98.6% 91,906 94,316 -2.6% 102,278 -10.1% 88,775 88,586 189 1,263 - - 1,868 34,632 34,794 33,713 33,880 33,574 32,259 Bolton Evening News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 33,751 34,225 -1.4% 34,843 -3.1% 33,751 33,260 491 ---- 34,802 34,714 34,652 34,973 34,705 33,759 Bournemouth - The Daily Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 to £0.50 100.0% 34,577 34,359 0.6% 35,126 -1.6% 34,577 34,577 ----- 43,404 43,292 43,314 42,835 42,386 42,009 Bradford - Telegraph & Argus (Mon-Sat) 156 / 148 £0.35 100.0% 42,855 44,317 -3.3% 45,659 -6.1% 42,855 42,360 495 ---- 60,161 59,912 59,554 59,324 57,751 56,968 Bristol Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 98.0% 58,906 57,981 1.6% 60,655 -2.9% 57,604 55,568 2,036 1,154 - 148 - 16,104 16,153 15,858 15,800 16,091 15,583 Burton Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.35 100.0% 15,918 15,960 -0.3% 16,657 -4.4% 15,918 15,918 ----- 32,835 32,052 31,995 32,004 32,054 31,816 Cambridge Evening News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.36 98.2% 32,108 32,199 -0.3% 33,462 -4.0% 31,543 30,497 1,046 119 446 - - 21,074 18,179 18,236 18,171 18,009 17,142 Carlisle - News and Star East (Mon-Sat) 130 / 125 £0.37 100.0% 18,381 17,972 2.3% 17,879 2.8% 18,381 18,381 ----- 7,755 7,608 7,830 7,773 7,563 7,367 Carlisle - News and Star West (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.37 100.0% 7,644 7,568 1.0% 7,964 -4.0% 7,644 7,635 9 ---- 29,122 28,971 29,002 28,790 29,117 27,740 The Citizen (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.33 to £0.40 98.2% 28,757 28,587 0.6% 30,007 -4.2% 28,265 25,904 2,361 492 - - - 56,246 56,253 55,826 55,496 55,264 53,525 Coventry Evening Telegraph & The Pink (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.35 to £0.40 100.0% 55,384 56,805 -2.5% 60,403 -8.3% 54,847 54,736 111 - - - 537 50,793 50,435 50,039 49,721 48,895 47,724 Derby Evening Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.30 98.2% 49,539 50,133 -1.2% 51,604 -4.0% 47,423 46,975 448 869 - 582 665 5,379 5,351 5,331 5,388 5,346 5,186 Doncaster Star (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 5,325 5,439 -2.1% 6,985 -23.8% 5,325 5,306 19 ---- 26,072 24,856 24,981 24,493 24,172 23,491 Exeter - Express & Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.33 97.9% 24,639 25,270 -2.5% 26,024 -5.3% 24,140 24,064 76 499 - - - 158,833 158,758 158,103 156,828 155,380 152,265 Express & Star (West Midlands) All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.32 99.9% 156,579 156,387 0.1% 162,826 -3.8% 156,539 156,539 - - 40 - - 33,778 33,920 34,214 33,633 33,081 32,813 The Gazette - (Mon-Sat) Blackpool 156 / 151 £0.34 100.0% 33,567 34,389 -2.4% 35,104 -4.4% 33,567 33,192 375 ---- 23,866 23,651 24,102 23,268 23,193 22,583 Gloucestershire Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.33 to £0.40 98.3% 23,432 23,419 0.1% 23,635 -0.9% 23,039 22,646 393 393 - - - 40,271 40,008 39,293 39,305 39,519 38,020 Grimsby Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 to £0.35 98.9% 39,338 39,681 -0.9% 40,533 -2.9% 37,912 37,762 150 420 1 352 653 23,577 23,892 23,740 24,181 23,858 23,272 Halifax - Evening Courier (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.35 100.0% 23,737 23,583 0.7% 25,017 -5.1% 23,737 23,703 34 ---- 21,078 21,106 21,057 20,935 20,984 20,327 Hartlepool Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.34 100.0% 20,897 20,719 0.9% 20,873 0.1% 20,897 20,652 245 ---- 29,266 29,709 29,474 29,423 29,096 28,390 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.38 100.0% 29,206 29,054 0.5% 29,907 -2.3% 29,206 29,206 ----- 70,624 70,510 70,928 68,241 66,267 64,119 Hull Daily Mail & Sports Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 98.3% 68,371 66,608 2.6% 71,580 -4.5% 65,203 64,299 904 1,154 - 491 1,523 25,284 24,572 23,671 22,629 22,339 22,743 Ipswich - Evening Star (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.43 98.9% 23,513 24,896 -5.6% 26,117 -10.0% 22,624 22,399 225 - 237 - 652 38,261 38,444 37,488 37,132 36,664 35,246 Lancashire Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.34 100.0% 37,145 39,043 -4.9% 41,416 -10.3% 37,145 37,118 27 ---- 35,707 35,783 34,530 34,275 33,838 33,465 Lancashire Evening Telegraph - Blackburn (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 100.0% 34,542 35,159 -1.8% 35,418 -2.5% 34,542 34,376 166 ----

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68,471 69,237 68,052 66,864 66,483 64,426 Leeds - Yorkshire Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 67,180 67,027 0.2% 72,767 -7.7% 67,180 67,023 157 ---- 84,905 85,238 83,766 84,635 83,240 86,543 Leicester Mercury (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 to £0.35 97.9% 84,764 84,419 0.4% 89,786 -5.6% 81,032 79,439 1,593 559 1,159 513 1,501 25,644 25,683 25,892 25,479 25,342 25,259 Lincolnshire Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 97.3% 25,550 25,169 1.5% 26,496 -3.6% 24,427 24,037 390 501 - 108 514 127,561 125,231 124,838 125,912 130,164 121,080 Liverpool Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.38 to £0.45 100.0% 125,575 125,136 0.4% 128,849 -2.5% 125,575 125,540 35 ---- 139,587 138,759 137,662 138,464 137,150 133,728 Manchester Evening News & The Pink (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.10 to £0.50 97.1% 137,391 135,186 1.6% 139,959 -1.8% 131,911 131,911 - 3,895 - 281 1,304 90,475 87,308 87,706 85,686 86,466 85,883 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Evening Chronicle (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 to £0.50 98.1% 87,205 85,194 2.4% 87,073 0.2% 84,206 83,555 651 737 870 509 883 23,949 24,065 23,622 23,882 23,267 22,534 Northampton Chronicle & Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 100.0% 23,524 23,655 -0.6% 24,856 -5.4% 23,524 23,465 59 ---- 26,801 26,879 26,315 26,087 26,112 25,351 Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 26,226 26,742 -1.9% 28,466 -7.9% 26,226 25,907 319 ---- 28,238 27,574 27,115 27,284 26,337 25,422 Norwich - Eastern Evening News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.37 100.0% 26,942 28,420 -5.2% 30,007 -10.2% 26,294 25,957 337 - - - 648 71,801 72,060 73,007 71,812 70,642 69,656 Nottingham Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.32 to £0.50 96.5% 71,467 72,269 -1.1% 75,963 -5.9% 67,135 65,723 1,412 2,419 73 754 1,086 26,283 26,174 25,737 25,167 25,325 25,531 Oxford Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 25,697 26,080 -1.5% 26,924 -4.6% 25,697 25,497 200 ---- 22,113 21,888 22,051 22,491 22,465 21,658 Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.32 100.0% 22,098 21,693 1.9% 22,905 -3.5% 22,098 22,051 47 ---- 43,362 43,122 42,707 42,070 41,499 40,656 Plymouth - Evening Herald (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.33 98.2% 42,194 41,865 0.8% 43,603 -3.2% 41,412 41,241 171 740 - 42 - 61,371 61,020 59,943 60,467 59,996 59,898 Portsmouth - News & Sports Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 60,414 61,474 -1.7% 63,723 -5.2% 58,949 58,663 286 - - 40 1,425 14,681 15,133 15,280 15,117 14,909 14,742 Scarborough Evening News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 100.0% 14,981 14,889 0.6% 15,054 -0.5% 14,981 14,935 46 ---- 20,593 20,256 20,366 21,371 21,824 20,667 Scunthorpe Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.32 to £0.35 97.8% 20,822 20,228 2.9% - N/A 20,074 20,039 35 444 1 241 62 2,317 2,237 2,212 1,229 882 982 Scunthorpe Telegraph - Axholme Edition (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 1,633 2,204 -25.9% - N/A 1,609 1,609 - - - 21 3 74,996 74,631 74,290 74,142 73,798 71,556 The Sentinel (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.30 to £0.40 99.4% 73,830 73,210 0.8% 75,240 -1.9% 72,955 71,531 1,424 394 - - 481 63,471 63,487 64,087 62,474 62,900 61,276 Sheffield Star & Green 'Un (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 62,921 62,952 0.0% 67,053 -6.2% 60,475 60,023 452 - - 231 2,215 81,183 80,961 80,866 80,243 80,110 78,443 Shropshire Star (Mon-Sat) 156 / 153 £0.35 99.9% 80,261 79,353 1.1% 82,504 -2.7% 80,220 80,220 - - 41 - - 21,164 21,085 21,136 21,132 20,721 20,439 South Shields - Shields Gazette (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 20,935 20,967 -0.2% 21,502 -2.6% 20,935 20,617 318 ---- 44,742 44,262 43,734 43,199 42,713 40,919 Southampton - Southern Daily Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 148 £0.35 to £0.50 100.0% 43,209 42,137 2.5% 43,579 -0.8% 42,153 42,153 ----1,056 48,161 47,680 47,909 49,032 46,862 44,967 Sunderland Echo & Football Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 to £0.45 100.0% 47,365 45,929 3.1% 48,691 -2.7% 45,622 45,392 230 - - 77 1,666 22,877 22,959 22,630 22,720 22,343 22,386 Swindon Advertiser (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 22,644 22,622 0.1% 23,401 -3.2% 22,644 22,457 187 ---- 60,954 60,248 58,716 58,111 57,588 56,180 Teesside - Evening Gazette (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 58,545 58,446 0.2% 60,415 -3.1% 56,599 56,285 314 - - - 1,946 27,062 26,660 26,421 26,461 26,263 26,146 Torquay - Herald Express (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.33 97.8% 26,486 26,095 1.5% 26,806 -1.2% 25,906 25,904 2 570 10 - - 19,588 20,222 19,882 20,123 20,545 20,075 Weymouth - Dorset Evening Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 145 £0.32 to £0.40 100.0% 20,065 20,277 -1.0% 21,422 -6.3% 20,065 19,805 260 ---- 9,815 10,151 10,152 10,023 10,071 9,602 Wigan Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 9,962 10,136 -1.7% 10,521 -5.3% 9,962 9,959 3 ---- 19,508 19,539 19,203 19,336 19,002 18,270 Worcester News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.30 100.0% 19,113 19,123 -0.1% 20,127 -5.0% 19,113 19,072 41 ---- 36,714 36,569 37,873 35,614 36,504 36,022 York - Yorkshire Evening Press (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 36,566 36,555 0.0% 37,208 -1.7% 36,566 35,398 1,168 ----

Regional Morning - Wales 41,478 41,166 41,250 40,841 40,662 40,121 Daily Post (Wales) (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 to £0.50 100.0% 40,900 40,835 0.2% 40,986 -0.2% 40,900 40,900 ----- 44,864 46,467 48,662 45,424 44,707 44,702 Wales - The Western Mail - Morning (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.45 to £0.60 100.0% 45,857 43,247 6.0% 44,470 3.1% 45,857 45,414 443 ----

Regional Evening - Wales 58,300 58,888 59,000 57,442 56,157 55,197 Cardiff - South Wales Echo - Evening (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 100.0% 57,465 57,852 -0.7% 59,200 -2.9% 57,465 46,371 11,094 ---- 31,093 31,270 31,228 31,541 31,030 30,307 South Wales Argus - Evening (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.35 100.0% 31,058 30,295 2.5% 31,201 -0.5% 31,058 31,058 ----- 57,143 57,114 57,330 56,594 55,007 53,617 South Wales Evening Post - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.35 98.6% 56,104 56,487 -0.7% 58,269 -3.7% 54,586 52,760 1,826 741 - 212 565

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Regional Morning - Scotland 88,582 87,549 86,903 86,464 85,890 84,750 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.40 to £0.45 99.1% 86,602 87,858 -1.4% 88,599 -2.3% 85,881 84,159 1,722 721 - - - 81,463 81,258 80,231 79,433 79,415 78,888 Dundee Courier & Advertiser (Mon-Sat) 156 / 156 £0.36 99.9% 80,013 81,002 -1.2% 83,186 -3.8% 79,953 79,952 1 60 - - - 10,993 11,313 11,930 11,038 11,066 10,922 Paisley Daily Express - Morning (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.38 100.0% 11,228 11,091 1.2% 11,138 0.8% 11,228 11,228 -----

Regional Evening - Scotland 59,997 59,005 58,701 58,076 57,435 56,758 Aberdeen - Evening Express (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.35 98.1% 58,267 57,893 0.6% 59,608 -2.2% 57,203 55,667 1,536 1,064 - - - 63,191 62,468 60,946 59,891 59,656 58,629 Edinburgh - Evening News & Sports Pink (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.35 98.2% 60,704 60,602 0.2% 64,792 -6.3% 59,639 59,559 80 1,065 - - - 86,362 87,260 84,570 83,254 84,342 81,634 Glasgow - Evening Times (Mon-Sat) 156 / 148 £0.35 100.0% 84,457 84,780 -0.4% 87,225 -3.2% 84,457 83,857 600 ---- 19,023 19,183 18,919 18,751 18,698 18,346 Greenock Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 99.9% 18,820 18,522 1.6% 19,062 -1.3% 18,810 18,810 - - 10 - -

Regional Morning - Northern Ireland 46,851 48,609 48,587 48,469 47,887 49,147 Irish News - Morning (Mon-Sat) 156 / 156 £0.50 99.9% 48,276 50,007 -3.5% 50,080 -3.6% 48,272 48,272 - - 4 - - 29,470 29,460 29,589 28,922 29,131 28,192 Ulster - News Letter (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.55 to £0.65 97.6% 29,103 28,403 2.5% 28,788 1.1% 28,421 27,899 522 682 - - -

Regional Evening - Northern Ireland 91,647 93,538 95,026 93,248 93,322 96,945 Belfast Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.50 91.4% 94,095 91,505 2.8% 92,040 2.2% 84,339 82,568 1,771 8,055 36 - 1,665

Regional Evening - Channel Islands 16,208 16,291 16,258 16,222 16,462 16,203 Guernsey Evening Press & Star (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.40 95.4% 16,270 16,291 -0.1% 16,293 -0.1% 15,525 15,405 120 745 - - - 21,716 21,739 21,659 21,601 22,011 21,521 Jersey Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.40 97.7% 21,716 22,037 -1.5% 22,532 -3.6% 21,218 21,076 142 498 - - -

Regional Morning - Republic of Ireland 87,718 87,284 88,714 85,205 75,635 74,261 Dublin - Irish Independent - Morning Broadsheet 156 / 148 `€1.50 96.7% 82,771 99,684 -17.0% 129,035 -35.9% 80,077 79,004 1,073 2,551 143 - - 72,365 77,674 82,150 84,865 85,824 84,434 Dublin - Irish Independent - Morning Compact 156 / 148 `€1.50 80.2% 81,431 72,226 12.7% 52,045 56.5% 65,352 62,456 2,896 15,070 1,009 - - 117,399 122,061 116,353 119,572 117,013 113,769 Dublin - Irish Times - Morning 156 / 150 `€1.50 97.1% 117,543 114,528 2.6% 116,009 1.3% 114,184 108,523 5,661 2,731 628 - - 59,929 57,744 57,753 56,779 56,343 55,809 Irish Examiner - Morning 156 / 151 `€1.50 98.8% 57,331 58,778 -2.5% 57,609 -0.5% 56,681 56,088 593 650 - - -

Regional Evening - Republic of Ireland 30,123 28,425 27,940 27,445 26,611 26,122 Cork - Evening Echo 156 / 150 `€1.10 100.0% 27,714 27,938 -0.8% 28,341 -2.2% 27,714 27,515 199 ----

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Regional Sunday - England 77,924 75,416 77,984 77,557 77,287 76,679 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Sunday Sun 26 / 25 £0.70 99.4% 77,123 80,066 -3.7% 81,571 -5.5% 76,700 75,916 784 423 - - - 12,460 13,002 12,914 13,294 12,693 11,812 The Sentinel Sunday 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 12,660 13,140 -3.7% 12,226 3.5% 12,660 11,481 1,179 ---- 72,932 71,036 69,579 70,199 66,963 66,268 Sunday Mercury 26 / 26 £0.75 to £0.80 98.5% 69,375 75,049 -7.6% 79,527 -12.8% 68,361 67,946 415 1,014 - - -

Regional Sunday - Wales 49,212 60,166 65,493 50,138 46,609 49,578 Wales on Sunday 26 / 25 £0.75 100.0% 53,374 48,060 11.1% 49,700 7.4% 53,374 52,408 966 ----

Regional Sunday - Scotland 491,961 489,972 485,746 483,022 473,847 468,935 Sunday Post 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 481,767 497,800 -3.2% 514,181 -6.3% 481,767 481,762 5 ----

Regional Sunday - Northern Ireland 5,949 5,600 5,945 5,609 5,847 5,938 Sunday Journal incorporating Donegal on Sunday 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 5,824 5,327 9.3% 3,519 65.5% 5,824 5,776 48 ---- 86,074 87,031 85,313 83,396 84,317 79,257 Sunday Life 26 / 26 £1.00 89.4% 84,082 82,850 1.5% 83,766 0.4% 75,221 73,272 1,949 8,861 - - - 63,621 71,245 65,453 67,038 67,671 66,888 Sunday World - Northern Ireland Edition 26 / 25 £1.00 100.0% 66,963 62,990 6.3% 62,318 7.5% 66,963 66,963 -----

Regional Sunday - Republic of Ireland 149,408 153,651 146,823 140,568 129,385 123,472 Ireland on Sunday 26 / 25 `€1.90 99.5% 139,170 144,172 -3.5% 151,899 -8.4% 138,605 138,605 - 565 - - - 51,472 52,734 50,976 53,460 53,796 48,430 Sunday Business Post 26 / 24 `€2.00 99.3% 51,823 48,639 6.5% 52,115 -0.6% 51,508 51,416 92 315 - - - 294,338 296,003 284,451 298,748 281,590 291,732 Sunday Independent 26 / 25 `€2.00 93.1% 291,036 291,323 -0.1% 291,926 -0.3% 271,199 271,063 136 18,912 925 - - 75,221 73,166 69,856 70,830 68,629 69,340 Sunday Tribune 26 / 25 `€2.00 95.3% 71,187 79,769 -10.8% 87,026 -18.2% 67,882 67,882 - 3,305 - - - 208,954 219,562 203,412 205,038 201,962 203,371 Sunday World - Republic Of Ireland Edition 26 / 25 `€1.90 100.0% 206,704 205,390 0.6% 206,010 0.3% 206,704 206,704 -----

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Average Net Circulation Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Average Period Average Year (for more detail visit www.abc.org.uk) Per Effective Publishing Day Net Net on Net on Newstrade/Single Copy the Period. the Sales/Paid Postal Subscriptions Days Circulation Circulation Period Circulation Year Issue Regular Specific Special Sports Multiple %% Multiple Edition Edition Jun end Dec end Jun end At Full At Lower Copy +/- +/- Total Copy Sales Sales 2005 2004 2004 Rate Rate Sales Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Sales

Avon 15,925 15,826 15,781 16,017 16,548 16,107 Weston & Somerset Mercury Series 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 16,039 16,028 0.1% 16,448 -2.5% 16,039 15,964 75 ----

Bedfordshire 11,513 11,666 11,509 10,856 10,716 10,737 Biggleswade Chronicle 26 / 25 £0.32 100.0% 11,149 11,139 0.1% 11,305 -1.4% 11,149 10,982 167 ---- 5,135 5,082 5,036 5,210 5,105 4,691 Dunstable Gazette 26 / 24 £0.34 100.0% 5,027 4,900 2.6% 5,142 -2.2% 5,027 5,027 ----- 8,078 8,373 8,232 8,119 7,919 7,806 Leighton Buzzard Observer 26 / 24 £0.35 100.0% 8,076 8,300 -2.7% 8,544 -5.5% 8,076 8,034 42 ---- 11,544 11,644 11,446 11,992 11,601 10,917 Luton News 26 / 24 £0.34 100.0% 11,494 11,306 1.7% 11,709 -1.8% 11,494 11,494 -----

Berkshire 9,388 9,333 9,047 9,235 8,633 8,752 Bracknell News Series 26 / 24 £0.45 100.0% 9,038 9,317 -3.0% 10,278 -12.1% 9,038 9,038 ----- 27,677 27,633 27,786 27,307 26,595 26,114 Maidenhead Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.30 100.0% 27,123 27,840 -2.6% 29,158 -7.0% 27,123 27,087 36 ---- 25,787 25,993 25,314 25,707 25,104 24,513 Newbury Weekly News 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 25,367 24,386 4.0% 25,040 1.3% 25,367 25,367 ----- 17,667 17,932 17,879 17,006 17,276 16,607 Reading Chronicle Series 26 / 24 £0.45 100.0% 17,350 18,575 -6.6% 19,927 -12.9% 17,350 16,948 402 ---- 8,573 8,612 8,602 8,649 10,555 9,134 Wokingham Times Series 26 / 26 £0.35 94.5% 9,009 10,103 -10.8% 10,375 -13.2% 8,517 7,981 536 - 492 - -

Buckinghamshire 10,994 11,262 10,996 11,252 11,428 10,923 Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser Series 26 / 25 £0.38 100.0% 11,134 10,727 3.8% 11,563 -3.7% 11,134 11,134 ----- 17,050 16,977 16,616 16,689 16,361 15,963 Bucks Advertiser & Examiner Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 16,584 17,300 -4.1% 18,005 -7.9% 16,584 16,584 ----- 6,010 5,695 5,949 5,986 6,015 6,015 Bucks Free Press - Midweek 26 / 24 £0.25 100.0% 5,945 6,063 -1.9% 6,049 -1.7% 5,945 5,894 51 ---- 25,229 24,814 27,384 25,677 24,970 24,464 Bucks Free Press Series 26 / 24 £0.45 100.0% 25,408 24,557 3.5% 26,244 -3.2% 25,408 25,317 91 ---- 22,531 23,105 22,400 21,842 21,774 20,768 Bucks Herald 26 / 24 £0.38 100.0% 22,065 21,669 1.8% 22,739 -3.0% 22,065 22,065 -----

Cambridgeshire 5,642 5,681 5,574 5,568 5,415 5,403 Cambridgeshire Times Series 26 / 25 £0.44 100.0% 5,541 5,663 -2.2% 5,869 -5.6% 5,541 5,541 ----- 7,205 7,243 7,130 7,157 6,997 7,177 Ely Standard Series 26 / 25 £0.44 99.4% 7,152 7,121 0.4% 7,177 -0.3% 7,112 7,112 - - 40 - - 3,892 3,931 3,724 3,791 3,819 3,707 Hunts Post Series 26 / 25 £0.70 100.0% 3,806 3,773 0.9% 3,943 -3.5% 3,806 3,806 ----- 5,160 5,089 5,052 5,085 5,085 4,947 Wisbech Standard 26 / 25 £0.44 100.0% 5,065 5,199 -2.6% 5,434 -6.8% 5,065 5,065 -----

Cheshire 33,000 33,363 36,218 34,841 33,073 31,588 Chester Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.60 100.0% 33,596 33,515 0.2% 35,040 -4.1% 33,596 33,596 ----- 21,220 20,716 20,961 20,440 20,701 20,356 Crewe Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 20,717 20,770 -0.3% 21,433 -3.3% 20,717 20,717 ----- 6,618 6,667 6,723 6,555 6,321 6,253 Ellesmere Port Pioneer 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 6,512 6,784 -4.0% 6,874 -5.3% 6,512 6,512 ----- 6,888 6,879 7,074 6,921 6,932 6,639 Knutsford Guardian 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 6,879 6,742 2.0% 6,946 -1.0% 6,879 6,877 2 ---- 17,684 17,946 17,909 17,988 17,517 17,272 Macclesfield Express 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 17,701 17,368 1.9% 17,825 -0.7% 17,701 17,701 ----- 1,399 1,331 1,313 1,294 1,279 1,248 Newton & Golborne Guardian 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 1,308 1,421 -8.0% 1,514 -13.6% 1,308 1,308 ----- 7,609 7,580 7,496 7,547 7,243 7,091 Northwich Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 7,414 7,588 -2.3% 7,425 -0.1% 7,414 7,414 ----- 16,358 16,364 16,314 16,024 15,813 15,505 Northwich Guardian 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 16,041 16,148 -0.7% 16,599 -3.4% 16,041 16,033 8 ---- 15,302 15,604 15,341 15,091 14,646 14,174 Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 14,992 15,340 -2.3% 15,696 -4.5% 14,992 14,992 ----- 37,030 37,921 37,640 37,125 36,497 35,626 Warrington Guardian 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 36,919 36,800 0.3% 37,966 -2.8% 36,919 36,829 90 ----

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2,107 2,142 2,114 2,164 2,087 1,984 Wilmslow Express 26 / 25 £0.36 100.0% 2,095 2,006 4.4% 2,079 0.8% 2,095 2,095 ----- 6,021 6,113 6,347 6,354 6,229 6,071 Winsford & Middlewich Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 6,185 6,135 0.8% 6,090 1.6% 6,185 6,183 2 ----

Cornwall 38,562 39,038 40,089 39,677 40,778 40,886 Cornish Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.80 100.0% 39,941 40,991 -2.6% 41,370 -3.5% 39,941 39,820 121 ---- 19,963 19,899 20,687 20,149 20,601 20,532 Cornishman 26 / 25 £0.75 100.0% 20,343 21,376 -4.8% 21,134 -3.7% 20,343 20,343 ----- 48,651 48,974 50,130 49,165 49,076 48,549 West Briton Series 26 / 25 £0.80 99.9% 49,128 50,694 -3.1% 50,952 -3.6% 49,118 49,118 - - 10 - -

Cumbria 19,635 19,396 19,392 19,374 19,330 19,276 Cumberland & Westmorland Herald Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 19,395 19,601 -1.1% 19,670 -1.4% 19,395 19,395 ----- 40,105 38,491 38,695 37,967 37,558 37,103 Cumberland News Series 26 / 25 £0.70 100.0% 38,271 38,773 -1.3% 39,208 -2.4% 38,271 38,271 ----- 18,471 18,533 18,656 18,575 18,251 18,206 West Cumberland Times & Star Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 18,439 18,557 -0.6% 18,893 -2.4% 18,439 18,438 1 ---- 32,861 33,070 33,670 33,704 33,873 33,303 Westmorland Gazette 26 / 26 £0.70 100.0% 33,419 33,644 -0.7% 33,755 -1.0% 33,419 33,419 ----- 17,726 17,838 17,885 17,679 17,618 18,446 Whitehaven News 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 17,889 17,846 0.2% 18,113 -1.2% 17,889 17,889 -----

Derbyshire 4,458 4,405 4,380 4,385 4,424 4,431 Belper News 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 4,413 4,441 -0.6% 4,460 -1.1% 4,413 4,413 ----- 13,546 14,017 13,757 13,867 13,713 13,495 Buxton Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 13,724 13,924 -1.4% 14,058 -2.4% 13,724 13,724 ----- 43,384 44,029 43,779 43,735 43,116 42,219 Derbyshire Times Series 26 / 26 £0.47 100.0% 43,348 43,682 -0.8% 44,886 -3.4% 43,348 43,348 ----- 9,352 9,252 9,238 9,305 9,167 8,893 Ilkeston Advertiser & Erewash Valley Weekly News 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 9,191 9,588 -4.1% 9,629 -4.5% 9,191 9,191 ----- 5,143 5,134 5,132 5,105 5,238 5,174 Long Eaton Advertiser Series 26 / 26 £0.30 to £0.32 100.0% 5,154 5,044 2.2% 5,091 1.2% 5,154 5,154 ----- 8,842 8,959 9,004 9,011 8,834 8,615 Matlock Mercury 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 8,872 9,372 -5.3% 9,333 -4.9% 8,872 8,872 ----- 2,079 2,057 2,108 2,066 2,035 2,003 NuNews 26 / 26 £0.25 100.0% 2,058 2,106 -2.3% 2,216 -7.1% 2,058 2,058 ----- 12,243 12,218 12,199 11,998 11,780 11,515 Ripley & Heanor News 26 / 26 £0.34 100.0% 11,982 12,302 -2.6% 12,459 -3.8% 11,982 11,982 -----

Devon 7,508 7,476 7,734 7,543 7,547 7,463 Exmouth Journal Series 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 7,544 7,854 -3.9% 7,780 -3.0% 7,544 7,465 79 ---- 13,266 13,248 13,140 13,382 13,271 12,748 The Mid Devon Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 13,154 12,963 1.5% 13,253 -0.7% 13,154 13,154 ----- 33,977 33,827 34,178 34,204 34,238 34,129 North Devon Journal Series 26 / 25 £0.70 100.0% 34,102 34,794 -2.0% 35,754 -4.6% 34,102 33,966 136 ---- 7,015 7,077 7,207 7,021 7,010 7,054 Sidmouth Herald 26 / 26 £0.36 100.0% 7,061 7,292 -3.2% 7,106 -0.6% 7,061 6,993 68 ----

Dorset 10,674 10,953 11,263 11,308 11,413 11,183 Bridport News Series 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 11,139 11,432 -2.6% 10,997 1.3% 11,139 11,139 -----

Durham 29,259 29,616 29,566 29,726 29,293 28,946 Darlington & Stockton Times Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 29,383 29,601 -0.7% 30,337 -3.1% 29,383 29,270 113 ---- 6,662 6,676 6,719 6,624 6,702 6,747 The Teesdale Mercury 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 6,690 - N/A - N/A 6,690 6,690 -----

Essex 14,899 15,120 14,959 14,902 14,747 14,621 Braintree & Witham Times Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 14,864 14,961 -0.6% 15,223 -2.4% 14,864 14,864 -----

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17,784 18,149 17,952 17,621 18,295 17,416 Brentwood Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.55 99.3% 17,851 17,915 -0.4% 18,598 -4.0% 17,743 17,513 230 108 - - - 16,617 16,658 16,890 16,879 16,759 16,965 Clacton Gazette Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 16,805 17,594 -4.5% 17,207 -2.3% 16,805 16,805 ----- 43,545 44,163 43,610 42,295 43,238 41,637 Essex Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.65 99.5% 43,023 43,675 -1.5% 45,024 -4.4% 42,816 42,211 605 207 - - - 23,440 23,842 23,489 23,576 23,319 22,793 Essex County Standard 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 23,385 23,758 -1.6% 24,190 -3.3% 23,385 23,385 ----- 5,172 5,162 5,129 5,018 5,134 4,983 Halstead Gazette 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 5,095 5,155 -1.2% 5,249 -2.9% 5,095 5,095 ----- 6,373 6,502 6,446 6,567 6,378 6,461 Harwich & Manningtree Standard Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 6,455 6,508 -0.8% 6,420 0.5% 6,455 6,455 ----- 10,824 10,971 11,089 10,948 10,833 10,564 Maldon & Burnham Standard Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 10,859 11,207 -3.1% 11,147 -2.6% 10,859 10,859 -----

Gloucestershire 11,066 11,095 10,774 11,235 11,358 10,563 The Forester Series 26 / 26 £0.45 99.3% 10,988 10,865 1.1% 10,487 4.8% 10,917 9,365 1,552 71 - - - 17,711 17,765 17,711 17,898 17,520 17,375 Gloucestershire County Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 17,652 17,712 -0.3% 18,064 -2.3% 17,652 17,652 ----- 18,663 18,955 18,670 18,855 18,857 18,240 Stroud News & Journal 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 18,687 18,892 -1.1% 19,485 -4.1% 18,687 18,687 ----- 17,215 16,920 16,789 17,041 16,758 16,256 Wilts & Glos Standard Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 16,790 16,958 -1.0% 17,200 -2.4% 16,790 16,790 -----

Hampshire 13,028 13,309 13,412 12,922 12,443 12,041 Aldershot Mail Series 26 / 25 £0.20 100.0% 12,826 13,002 -1.4% 12,977 -1.2% 12,826 12,826 ----- 20,624 20,607 20,516 20,266 19,708 19,889 Aldershot News Series 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 20,254 20,136 0.6% 20,220 0.2% 20,254 20,254 ----- 16,208 16,320 16,532 16,767 16,607 16,398 Hampshire Chronicle Series 26 / 24 £0.60 100.0% 16,463 16,593 -0.8% 17,183 -4.2% 16,463 16,463 ----- 8,013 7,972 7,861 7,914 8,054 7,985 Petersfield Post Series 26 / 25 £0.32 to £0.34 100.0% 7,967 8,037 -0.9% 8,169 -2.5% 7,967 7,967 ----- 7,126 7,110 7,012 7,030 6,981 6,957 Romsey Advertiser 26 / 24 £0.40 100.0% 7,035 7,152 -1.6% 7,197 -2.3% 7,035 7,035 -----

Hereford & Worcestershire 42,603 43,100 42,391 42,744 42,874 41,424 Hereford Times Series 26 / 25 £0.60 100.0% 42,479 42,781 -0.7% 43,546 -2.5% 42,479 42,447 32 ---- 18,035 18,292 18,055 18,225 18,238 17,817 Malvern Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 18,098 17,954 0.8% 18,157 -0.3% 18,098 18,063 35 ----

Hertfordshire 15,224 15,586 15,416 15,630 15,572 15,254 Hemel Hempstead Gazette 26 / 24 £0.38 100.0% 15,455 14,975 3.2% 16,298 -5.2% 15,455 15,455 ----- 31,811 32,500 31,964 31,506 30,453 30,526 Hertfordshire Mercury Series 26 / 25 £0.35 to £0.55 99.5% 31,423 30,737 2.2% 31,883 -1.4% 31,280 31,138 142 40 103 - - 17,602 17,644 17,505 17,386 17,013 16,759 Herts & Essex Observer Series 26 / 25 £0.50 99.2% 17,296 17,313 -0.1% 17,552 -1.5% 17,171 17,029 142 27 98 - - 5,572 5,608 5,343 5,451 5,262 5,161 Royston Crow Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 5,390 5,760 -6.4% 5,900 -8.6% 5,390 5,390 ----- 3,732 3,715 4,199 3,763 3,738 3,711 St Albans Observer Series 26 / 24 £0.35 100.0% 3,809 3,558 7.1% 3,668 3.8% 3,809 3,809 ----- 18,305 17,890 17,558 17,689 17,769 17,228 Welwyn & Hatfield Times Series 26 / 24 £0.50 100.0% 17,745 18,220 -2.6% 18,607 -4.6% 17,745 17,745 ----- 20,695 20,469 20,736 20,553 20,174 20,355 West Herts & Watford Observer 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 20,506 19,251 6.5% 19,503 5.1% 20,506 20,506 -----

Isle of Man 14,262 14,278 14,471 14,478 14,247 14,791 Isle of Man Examiner 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 14,436 14,287 1.0% 14,748 -2.1% 14,436 14,436 ----- 12,851 12,454 12,455 12,736 12,610 13,071 Manx Independent 26 / 25 £0.48 100.0% 12,711 12,081 5.2% 12,570 1.1% 12,711 12,711 -----

Isle of Wight 39,940 40,413 40,821 40,562 40,814 41,670 Isle of Wight County Press 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 40,669 41,022 -0.9% 40,566 0.3% 40,669 40,669 -----

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Kent 4,190 3,504 3,642 3,671 4,037 3,618 Bexley Times 26 / 23 £0.35 93.2% 3,758 3,937 -4.5% 4,632 -18.9% 3,503 3,381 122 168 87 - - 2,184 2,333 2,447 2,543 2,838 2,933 Bromley Times 26 / 24 £0.35 96.1% 2,566 2,587 -0.8% 3,261 -21.3% 2,466 2,254 212 - 100 - - 3,972 3,901 3,992 4,161 4,153 3,789 Dartford & Swanley Messenger Series 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 3,987 4,049 -1.5% 4,303 -7.3% 3,987 3,987 ----- 2,063 2,352 2,195 2,480 2,787 2,603 Dartford and Swanley Times Series 26 / 23 £0.35 96.6% 2,445 2,481 -1.5% 3,485 -29.8% 2,362 2,198 164 83 - - - 10,027 10,005 9,757 9,884 9,714 9,509 Dover Express 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 9,804 10,026 -2.2% 10,391 -5.6% 9,804 9,804 ----- 13,106 12,864 12,940 12,945 12,666 12,401 East Kent Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.42 to £0.50 100.0% 12,804 13,438 -4.7% 13,722 -6.7% 12,804 12,804 ----- 14,300 14,393 14,167 14,274 14,456 13,967 East Kent Mercury Series 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 14,245 14,537 -2.0% 14,256 -0.1% 14,245 14,245 ----- 3,609 3,626 3,615 3,568 3,546 3,404 Faversham News 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 3,557 3,577 -0.6% 3,615 -1.6% 3,557 3,557 ----- 2,620 2,639 2,609 2,607 2,517 2,523 Faversham Times 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 2,583 2,713 -4.8% 2,843 -9.1% 2,583 2,583 ----- 12,967 12,946 13,051 13,316 13,082 12,949 Folkestone Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 13,048 13,249 -1.5% 13,635 -4.3% 13,048 13,048 ----- 4,972 4,871 4,821 5,049 5,058 4,817 Gravesend Messenger 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 4,923 5,157 -4.5% 5,064 -2.8% 4,923 4,922 1 ---- 6,090 6,323 6,391 6,830 6,689 6,701 Gravesend Reporter 26 / 24 £0.35 98.7% 6,517 6,985 -6.7% 7,440 -12.4% 6,435 6,087 348 82 - - - 4,860 4,742 4,802 4,626 4,588 4,377 Herne Bay Gazette 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 4,660 4,853 -4.0% 4,724 -1.4% 4,660 4,660 ----- 15,221 15,107 15,006 15,084 14,885 14,619 Isle of Thanet Gazette 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 14,972 15,479 -3.3% 15,931 -6.0% 14,972 14,972 ----- 36,980 37,345 37,407 37,908 37,148 36,850 Kent and Sussex Courier Series 26 / 25 £0.60 97.9% 37,256 37,798 -1.4% 38,872 -4.2% 36,476 35,775 701 28 752 - - 2,373 2,354 2,008 1,843 1,790 1,706 Kent Jobs 26 / 26 £1.50 100.0% 2,000 2,107 -5.1% 2,202 -9.2% 2,000 2,000 ----- 57,210 58,585 58,665 59,054 57,356 55,757 Kent Messenger Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 57,690 57,450 0.4% 59,195 -2.5% 57,690 57,690 ----- 25,363 25,314 25,231 25,039 24,864 24,089 Kentish Express Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 24,958 25,484 -2.1% 25,914 -3.7% 24,958 24,955 3 ---- 19,981 19,601 19,341 19,122 19,054 18,553 Kentish Gazette Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 19,250 19,831 -2.9% 19,823 -2.9% 19,250 19,250 ----- 13,105 13,620 13,887 14,592 13,822 13,268 Medway Messenger (Monday) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 13,705 13,560 1.1% 14,153 -3.2% 13,705 13,705 ----- 11,330 11,386 10,988 10,793 10,739 10,279 Medway News 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 10,894 11,286 -3.5% 11,902 -8.5% 10,894 10,894 ----- 4,324 4,550 4,458 4,064 3,940 3,636 Medway Standard 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 4,141 4,205 -1.5% 4,741 -12.7% 4,141 4,141 ----- 14,431 14,768 14,321 14,686 14,479 14,436 Sevenoaks Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.60 99.4% 14,517 14,767 -1.7% 15,623 -7.1% 14,438 14,339 99 39 40 - - 8,540 8,660 8,646 8,771 8,514 8,447 Sheerness Times Guardian 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 8,592 8,830 -2.7% 8,709 -1.3% 8,592 8,592 ----- 8,339 8,621 8,403 8,353 8,111 8,374 Thanet Times 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 8,367 8,870 -5.7% 9,135 -8.4% 8,367 8,367 ----- 5,099 5,329 5,375 5,256 5,221 5,030 Whitstable Times Series 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 5,211 5,580 -6.6% 5,630 -7.4% 5,211 5,211 -----

Lancashire 14,824 15,214 15,131 15,050 14,793 15,037 Accrington Observer 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 15,006 14,508 3.4% 14,665 2.3% 15,006 15,006 ----- 20,046 20,040 20,197 19,815 19,903 19,204 Burnley Express (Fri) Series 26 / 24 £0.58 100.0% 19,832 19,342 2.5% 19,763 0.3% 19,832 19,832 ----- 13,682 14,410 14,310 14,175 14,209 13,593 Burnley Express (Tue) Series 26 / 24 £0.42 100.0% 14,059 13,726 2.4% 14,093 -0.2% 14,059 14,059 ----- 9,949 10,007 10,109 10,132 10,022 9,877 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times 26 / 24 £0.58 100.0% 10,013 9,879 1.4% 9,958 0.6% 10,013 10,013 ----- 5,047 5,132 5,030 5,072 5,125 5,020 Garstang Courier 26 / 26 £0.48 100.0% 5,067 5,157 -1.7% 5,232 -3.2% 5,067 5,067 ----- 18,164 18,278 18,293 18,394 18,000 17,428 Lancaster Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.58 100.0% 18,066 18,405 -1.8% 18,637 -3.1% 18,066 18,066 ----- 3,313 3,330 3,266 3,326 3,432 3,398 Longridge News 26 / 26 £0.48 100.0% 3,343 3,386 -1.3% 3,401 -1.7% 3,343 3,343 ----- 9,954 10,332 10,311 10,129 9,976 10,195 Lytham St. Annes Express 26 / 25 £0.47 100.0% 10,151 10,044 1.1% 9,958 1.9% 10,151 10,151 ----- 16,707 17,034 16,947 16,897 16,695 16,523 Nelson Leader Series 26 / 24 £0.58 100.0% 16,793 16,321 2.9% 16,629 1.0% 16,793 16,793 ----- 14,192 13,786 13,689 14,314 14,432 13,639 Ormskirk Advertiser Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 13,994 14,491 -3.4% 14,678 -4.7% 13,994 13,994 -----

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14,904 14,920 14,885 14,786 14,644 14,331 Rossendale Free Press 26 / 25 £0.48 100.0% 14,725 14,719 0.0% 14,698 0.2% 14,725 14,725 ----- 14,374 14,581 14,738 14,811 14,796 14,529 The Visitor 26 / 26 £0.52 100.0% 14,638 14,906 -1.8% 15,004 -2.4% 14,638 14,638 -----

Leicestershire 10,641 10,413 10,673 10,522 10,692 10,417 Coalville Times 26 / 26 £0.33 100.0% 10,553 10,531 0.2% 10,768 -2.0% 10,553 10,553 ----- 13,334 13,774 13,756 13,925 13,678 13,103 Harborough Mail Series 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 13,575 13,506 0.5% 13,573 0.0% 13,575 13,575 ----- 17,599 18,252 18,340 17,804 17,890 17,588 Hinckley Times 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 17,899 18,222 -1.8% 18,132 -1.3% 17,899 17,885 14 ---- 22,512 22,765 22,724 22,664 22,696 22,333 Loughborough Echo Series 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 22,609 22,652 -0.2% 23,216 -2.6% 22,609 22,609 ----- 14,111 14,411 14,216 14,411 14,212 13,779 Melton Times 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 14,174 14,262 -0.6% 14,529 -2.4% 14,174 14,174 -----

Lincolnshire 13,762 13,985 13,754 13,485 13,407 13,328 Boston Standard 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 13,614 14,636 -7.0% 15,043 -9.5% 13,614 13,614 ----- 2,791 2,800 2,852 2,859 2,823 2,928 Epworth Bells 26 / 25 £0.36 100.0% 2,846 2,859 -0.5% 2,955 -3.7% 2,846 2,846 ----- 4,209 4,258 4,202 4,189 3,996 3,971 Gainsborough Standard (Fri) 26 / 25 £0.36 100.0% 4,131 4,286 -3.6% 4,442 -7.0% 4,131 4,131 ----- 21,701 21,758 21,522 21,721 21,686 21,315 Grantham Journal 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 21,605 21,157 2.1% 21,335 1.3% 21,605 21,605 ----- 5,978 6,095 5,993 6,020 6,075 5,942 Horncastle News 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 6,013 6,054 -0.7% 6,275 -4.2% 6,013 6,013 ----- 20,237 20,228 20,152 20,073 20,083 19,453 Lincolnshire Free Press 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 20,014 20,252 -1.2% 20,671 -3.2% 20,014 20,014 ----- 10,654 10,758 10,942 11,048 11,082 11,138 Louth Leader Series 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 10,945 11,273 -2.9% 11,414 -4.1% 10,945 10,945 ----- 4,697 4,849 4,809 4,804 4,762 4,754 Market Rasen Mail 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 4,779 4,799 -0.4% 4,875 -2.0% 4,779 4,779 ----- 21,784 22,098 21,696 21,738 21,626 21,762 Rutland & Stamford Mercury Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 21,783 21,640 0.7% 22,297 -2.3% 21,783 21,783 ----- 10,002 10,415 11,309 11,775 11,841 12,030 Skegness Standard Series 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 11,262 11,948 -5.7% 11,958 -5.8% 11,262 11,262 ----- 4,956 4,969 4,849 4,869 4,739 4,637 Sleaford Standard 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 4,829 5,031 -4.0% 5,391 -10.4% 4,829 4,829 ----- 16,609 16,648 16,412 16,199 16,098 15,833 Spalding Guardian 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 16,281 17,292 -5.8% 17,262 -5.7% 16,281 16,281 -----

London & Greater London 14,651 14,605 14,736 14,452 15,687 14,584 Barking & Dagenham Post Series 26 / 23 £0.40 94.4% 14,785 15,786 -6.3% 14,923 -0.9% 13,958 13,719 239 501 326 - - 23,628 23,190 22,380 22,892 22,819 21,875 Croydon Advertiser Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 22,760 24,072 -5.5% 24,848 -8.4% 22,760 22,760 ----- 15,894 15,895 15,640 15,454 15,291 15,027 Ealing & Acton Gazette Series 26 / 24 £0.45 100.0% 15,508 16,533 -6.2% 17,785 -12.8% 15,508 15,508 ----- 12,630 12,878 12,653 12,552 12,829 12,356 East London Advertiser 26 / 22 £0.40 96.1% 12,650 13,699 -7.7% 13,811 -8.4% 12,159 12,011 148 400 91 - - 10,319 10,922 10,846 10,353 10,806 9,938 Epping Forest Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 10,544 16,052 -34.3% 17,026 -38.1% 10,544 10,536 8 ---- 10,702 10,818 10,941 11,123 11,101 14,007 Hackney Gazette 26 / 22 £0.40 98.4% 11,506 11,005 4.6% 10,476 9.8% 11,324 10,746 578 - 182 - - 11,569 12,368 12,519 11,610 11,920 13,473 Hampstead & Highgate Express 26 / 22 £0.45 to £0.50 95.5% 12,261 - N/A - N/A 11,716 11,097 619 545 - - - 11,097 11,306 10,992 10,951 10,727 10,254 Harrow Observer Series 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 10,863 11,769 -7.7% 13,161 -17.5% 10,863 10,863 ----- 6,318 6,245 6,275 6,105 6,230 6,681 Hornsey Journal Series 26 / 22 £0.40 100.0% 6,331 6,327 0.1% 6,870 -7.8% 6,331 6,147 184 ---- 5,456 5,577 5,593 5,555 5,337 5,227 Hounslow Borough Chronicle Series 26 / 26 £0.35 87.0% 5,454 5,455 0.0% 5,625 -3.0% 4,748 4,748 - 706 - - - 18,899 19,749 19,093 19,187 18,873 18,688 Ilford, Barking & Dagenham Recorder Series 26 / 23 £0.35 to £0.45 98.4% 19,081 18,664 2.2% 20,386 -6.4% 18,794 18,794 - 244 43 - - 11,673 11,879 11,904 11,776 12,429 11,735 Islington Gazette Series 26 / 22 £0.40 100.0% 11,878 12,832 -7.4% 13,128 -9.5% 11,878 11,709 169 ---- 3,915 3,826 3,834 3,978 4,001 4,139 London Newspaper Group Series 26 / 26 £0.45 97.4% 3,952 4,055 -2.5% 4,105 -3.7% 3,852 3,852 - 100 - - - 18,400 18,805 18,565 19,227 18,594 18,955 Newham Recorder Series 26 / 22 £0.35 to £0.45 96.7% 18,757 18,885 -0.7% 21,073 -11.0% 18,143 17,322 821 546 68 - - 29,313 30,019 30,156 29,771 28,172 27,320 Romford Recorder Series 26 / 24 £0.45 99.3% 29,007 28,702 1.1% 30,509 -4.9% 28,820 28,820 - 187 - - -

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26,414 27,627 25,910 25,967 26,174 25,073 South London Press (Fri) 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 26,149 27,300 -4.2% 29,282 -10.7% 26,149 26,149 ----- 20,873 22,668 21,310 20,679 21,412 20,100 South London Press (Tue) 26 / 23 £0.45 100.0% 21,168 21,984 -3.7% 23,844 -11.2% 21,168 21,168 ----- 445 420 433 401 375 348 St Johns Wood & Maida Vale Express 26 / 22 £0.45 100.0% 400 -N/A-N/A400400----- 19,349 19,437 18,847 18,714 19,529 18,746 Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 19,089 19,832 -3.7% 20,236 -5.7% 19,089 19,089 ----- 16,674 17,057 16,945 16,475 16,062 15,471 Waltham Forest Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 16,467 16,587 -0.7% 17,353 -5.1% 16,467 16,442 25 ---- 5,633 5,490 5,448 5,337 5,386 5,158 Wanstead & Woodford Guardian 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 5,410 - N/A - N/A 5,410 5,409 1 ----

Manchester & Greater Manchester 23,565 23,766 23,496 23,749 23,300 23,074 Bury Times Friday Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 23,475 23,614 -0.6% 24,609 -4.6% 23,475 23,421 54 ---- 7,092 7,098 7,155 7,222 7,181 6,951 Heywood Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 7,112 6,970 2.0% 7,027 1.2% 7,112 7,112 ----- 7,837 8,012 7,950 8,029 8,002 7,715 The Middleton & North Manchester Guardian 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 7,916 7,906 0.1% 8,222 -3.7% 7,916 7,916 ----- 4,537 4,457 4,458 4,452 4,491 4,391 Prestwich and Whitefield Guide 26 / 25 £0.30 100.0% 4,461 4,543 -1.8% 4,509 -1.1% 4,461 4,432 29 ---- 3,919 3,943 3,836 3,822 3,843 3,596 Radcliffe Times 26 / 25 £0.30 100.0% 3,817 4,059 -6.0% 4,229 -9.7% 3,817 3,788 29 ---- 25,760 25,995 25,832 25,880 25,772 25,134 Rochdale Observer (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.48 100.0% 25,707 25,806 -0.4% 26,524 -3.1% 25,707 25,707 ----- 17,951 17,998 17,986 17,906 17,808 17,293 Rochdale Observer (Wed) 26 / 25 £0.38 100.0% 17,802 18,158 -2.0% 18,270 -2.6% 17,802 17,802 ----- 14,870 15,504 15,212 15,525 15,237 14,353 Stockport Express 26 / 25 £0.40 99.8% 15,086 14,607 3.3% 14,939 1.0% 15,061 15,061 - 25 - - - 17,258 18,164 18,018 18,942 18,625 17,931 Wigan Observer 26 / 25 £0.58 100.0% 18,178 18,151 0.1% 18,066 0.6% 18,178 18,145 33 ----

Merseyside 12,818 12,962 13,093 13,074 12,952 12,710 Crosby Herald 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 12,926 13,132 -1.6% 13,482 -4.1% 12,926 12,926 ----- 4,632 4,561 4,668 4,619 4,447 4,408 Formby Times 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 4,550 4,685 -2.9% 4,903 -7.2% 4,550 4,550 ----- 18,413 18,374 18,452 18,488 18,371 17,921 Southport Visiter 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 18,320 18,593 -1.5% 19,144 -4.3% 18,320 18,320 -----

Norfolk 6,839 7,084 7,230 7,198 7,201 7,145 Beccles & Bungay Journal 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 7,117 6,824 4.3% 6,647 7.1% 7,117 7,117 ----- 8,540 8,755 8,735 8,583 8,534 8,400 Dereham & Fakenham Times 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 8,589 8,536 0.6% 8,408 2.2% 8,589 8,584 5 ---- 8,915 8,966 8,824 8,856 8,760 8,743 Diss Express 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 8,840 9,103 -2.9% 9,114 -3.0% 8,840 8,840 ----- 19,009 19,378 18,876 18,651 18,517 18,549 Great Yarmouth Mercury 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 18,821 18,991 -0.9% 18,911 -0.5% 18,821 18,772 49 ---- 30,445 30,967 30,501 30,781 30,445 30,612 Lynn News (Fri) Series 26 / 25 £0.48 100.0% 30,625 30,763 -0.4% 31,273 -2.1% 30,625 30,625 ----- 21,638 21,759 21,753 21,636 21,141 21,342 Lynn News (Tue) 26 / 25 £0.48 100.0% 21,541 21,649 -0.5% 22,362 -3.7% 21,541 21,541 ----- 8,084 8,318 8,426 8,411 8,620 8,823 North Norfolk News 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 8,461 8,547 -1.0% 8,426 0.4% 8,461 8,456 5 ----

Northamptonshire 10,231 10,213 9,972 10,133 10,007 9,774 Daventry Express 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 10,041 10,277 -2.3% 10,351 -3.0% 10,041 10,041 -----

Northumberland 18,711 18,774 18,658 18,592 18,650 18,302 Hexham Courant 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 18,602 18,535 0.4% 18,359 1.3% 18,602 18,602 ----- 2,974 2,972 3,064 2,907 3,132 2,997 Morpeth Herald 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 3,009 3,078 -2.2% 3,064 -1.8% 3,009 3,009 ----- 10,820 11,170 11,130 11,120 11,100 11,065 Northumberland Gazette 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 11,070 11,276 -1.8% 11,147 -0.7% 11,070 11,070 -----

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Nottinghamshire 4,583 4,700 4,617 4,638 4,509 4,369 Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.25 100.0% 4,563 4,625 -1.3% 4,826 -5.4% 4,563 4,563 ----- 8,982 9,089 8,970 9,258 9,217 8,734 Hucknall & Bulwell Dispatch 26 / 25 £0.32 100.0% 9,029 8,988 0.5% 9,039 -0.1% 9,029 9,029 ----- 50,180 50,373 50,299 49,538 48,365 47,966 Mansfield Chad Series 26 / 25 £0.52 100.0% 49,394 49,032 0.7% 49,432 -0.1% 49,394 49,394 ----- 10,639 10,785 10,757 10,999 11,010 10,694 Retford Gainsborough & Worksop Times 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 10,809 10,695 1.1% 10,719 0.8% 10,809 10,809 ----- 15,772 16,010 15,522 17,952 17,577 17,709 Worksop Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.50 99.9% 16,795 15,434 8.8% 15,351 9.4% 16,790 16,790 - 5 - - -

Oxfordshire 20,165 20,411 19,989 19,792 19,696 19,464 Banbury Guardian 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 19,905 20,111 -1.0% 20,943 -5.0% 19,905 19,905 ----- 5,814 5,793 5,721 5,769 5,746 5,692 Bicester Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 5,753 5,732 0.4% 5,854 -1.7% 5,753 5,576 177 ---- 13,850 13,916 13,836 13,787 14,346 13,683 Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 13,894 13,655 1.8% 13,951 -0.4% 13,894 13,717 177 ---- 27,214 27,147 26,883 26,384 26,817 26,746 Oxford Times 26 / 25 £0.60 100.0% 26,860 26,262 2.3% 28,229 -4.8% 26,860 26,683 177 ---- 7,519 7,534 7,504 7,512 7,523 7,561 Witney Gazette 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 7,527 7,406 1.6% 7,485 0.6% 7,527 7,350 177 ----

Shropshire 9,170 9,426 9,470 9,403 9,384 9,349 Bridgnorth Journal 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 9,378 9,289 1.0% 9,312 0.7% 9,378 9,378 ----- 6,394 6,415 6,405 6,391 6,394 6,304 Ludlow Advertiser Series 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 6,381 6,450 -1.1% 6,490 -1.7% 6,381 6,350 31 ---- 9,179 9,422 9,494 9,410 9,482 9,413 Newport Advertiser Series 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 9,413 9,394 0.2% 9,407 0.1% 9,413 9,413 ----- 11,530 11,640 11,901 11,322 11,749 11,580 Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer 26 / 26 £0.50 98.8% 11,630 11,601 0.2% 11,628 0.0% 11,498 11,285 213 132 - - - 18,357 18,418 18,357 18,237 18,219 18,017 Shrewsbury Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 18,257 18,487 -1.2% 19,049 -4.2% 18,257 18,257 ----- 8,082 8,502 8,494 8,380 8,416 8,353 South Shropshire Journal Series 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 8,387 8,459 -0.9% 8,326 0.7% 8,387 8,387 ----- 5,040 5,072 4,978 5,037 5,018 4,893 Whitchurch Herald 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 5,002 5,074 -1.4% 5,062 -1.2% 5,002 5,002 -----

Somerset 8,868 8,922 8,687 8,910 8,692 8,461 Frome & Somerset Standard 26 / 26 £0.55 100.0% 8,743 9,129 -4.2% 7,929 10.3% 8,743 8,743 ----- 9,561 9,622 9,530 9,890 9,790 10,472 Mid Somerset Gazette Series 26 / 26 £0.60 99.0% 9,826 9,724 1.0% 9,664 1.7% 9,730 9,730 - - 96 - - 9,349 9,614 9,439 9,691 9,404 10,186 Mid Somerset Journal Series 26 / 26 £0.60 99.0% 9,629 9,581 0.5% 9,590 0.4% 9,533 9,533 - - 96 - - 9,276 9,308 9,251 9,283 9,184 9,264 Somerset and Avon Guardian 26 / 26 £0.55 100.0% 9,261 9,427 -1.8% 9,829 -5.8% 9,261 9,261 ----- 4,350 4,415 4,361 4,354 4,394 4,235 Wellington Weekly News 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 4,347 4,385 -0.9% 4,302 1.0% 4,347 4,347 ----- 40,772 40,735 40,601 40,978 41,552 41,607 Western Gazette Series 26 / 26 £0.55 99.1% 41,046 41,704 -1.6% 42,852 -4.2% 40,681 40,681 - - 365 - -

Staffordshire 2,113 2,218 2,090 2,093 1,942 1,900 Cheadle Post & Times 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 2,053 2,113 -2.8% 2,034 0.9% 2,053 2,042 11 ---- 11,707 11,877 11,837 12,043 11,728 12,001 Leek Post & Times 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 11,870 11,412 4.0% 11,242 5.6% 11,870 11,865 5 ---- 27,943 28,498 28,369 27,993 27,238 26,635 Tamworth Herald Series 26 / 26 £0.50 99.2% 27,758 27,329 1.6% 28,324 -2.0% 27,550 25,839 1,711 208 - - - 4,041 4,051 3,922 3,941 3,938 4,114 Uttoxeter Post & Times 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 4,005 3,976 0.7% 4,000 0.1% 4,005 3,903 102 ----

Suffolk 29,930 30,898 30,388 29,990 29,858 29,020 Bury Free Press Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 29,974 30,113 -0.5% 30,724 -2.4% 29,974 29,974 ----- 5,757 5,910 5,778 5,602 5,502 5,346 Haverhill Echo 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 5,637 5,763 -2.2% 5,830 -3.3% 5,637 5,637 -----

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18,979 19,437 19,122 19,384 19,016 18,882 Lowestoft Journal 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 19,126 19,257 -0.7% 19,376 -1.3% 19,126 19,123 3 ---- 11,604 11,817 11,759 11,630 11,649 11,371 Newmarket Journal Series 26 / 25 £0.38 100.0% 11,627 11,766 -1.2% 11,964 -2.8% 11,627 11,627 ----- 10,482 10,547 10,597 10,552 10,305 10,019 Suffolk Free Press Series 26 / 25 £0.43 100.0% 10,401 10,469 -0.6% 10,526 -1.2% 10,401 10,401 -----

Surrey 12,595 12,771 12,724 12,858 12,613 12,099 Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 12,589 12,451 1.1% 12,807 -1.7% 12,589 12,589 ----- 6,675 6,800 6,797 6,775 6,872 6,685 Esher News & Mail Series 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 6,764 7,139 -5.3% 7,149 -5.4% 6,764 6,764 ----- 36,138 36,425 35,454 35,423 35,960 34,319 Surrey Advertiser Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 35,562 35,678 -0.3% 37,445 -5.0% 35,562 35,562 ----- 15,411 15,513 15,425 15,289 15,257 15,162 Surrey Herald & Staines News Series 26 / 26 £0.40 98.3% 15,339 15,919 -3.6% 16,204 -5.3% 15,081 15,081 - 258 - - - 13,686 13,743 13,583 13,377 13,238 12,943 Surrey Mirror Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 13,409 13,658 -1.8% 14,060 -4.6% 13,409 13,409 ----- 10,068 10,313 10,214 10,382 10,534 10,297 Woking News & Mail Series 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 10,304 10,291 0.1% 10,986 -6.2% 10,304 10,304 -----

Sussex (East) 9,807 9,836 9,579 9,623 9,534 9,345 Bexhill Observer 26 / 25 £0.34 100.0% 9,610 9,779 -1.7% 9,754 -1.5% 9,610 9,554 56 ---- 12,700 12,603 12,459 12,660 12,309 12,603 Eastbourne Gazette Series 26 / 26 £0.34 100.0% 12,554 12,906 -2.7% 12,438 0.9% 12,554 12,554 ----- 27,224 27,246 27,208 27,472 26,684 26,427 Eastbourne Herald 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 27,019 27,600 -2.1% 27,543 -1.9% 27,019 26,820 199 ---- 21,870 21,522 22,052 22,279 21,823 21,416 Hastings & St Leonards Observer 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 21,810 22,139 -1.5% 22,411 -2.7% 21,810 21,810 ----- 6,339 6,392 6,278 6,350 6,368 6,261 Rye & Battle Observer Series 26 / 25 £0.34 100.0% 6,328 6,536 -3.2% 6,451 -1.9% 6,328 6,327 1 ---- 16,020 15,922 15,832 15,981 15,968 15,904 Sussex Express & County Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 15,936 16,169 -1.4% 16,415 -2.9% 15,936 15,936 -----

Sussex (West) 36,739 36,935 36,710 38,879 38,020 36,728 Chichester Observer Series 26 / 25 £0.42 to £0.45 100.0% 37,311 38,006 -1.8% 38,473 -3.0% 37,311 37,259 52 ---- 9,645 9,866 9,566 9,881 9,547 9,131 Crawley Observer 26 / 26 £0.25 100.0% 9,586 9,726 -1.4% 10,425 -8.0% 9,586 9,586 ----- 4,974 5,122 5,242 5,584 5,498 5,459 East Grinstead Courier 26 / 25 £0.40 99.9% 5,319 5,163 3.0% 5,412 -1.7% 5,317 4,982 335 - 2 - - 9,554 9,547 9,700 9,658 9,684 9,498 Littlehampton Gazette 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 9,606 9,831 -2.3% 9,937 -3.3% 9,606 9,606 ----- 13,904 14,071 13,858 13,812 13,584 13,269 Mid Sussex Times Series 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 13,730 13,899 -1.2% 14,249 -3.6% 13,730 13,730 ----- 4,131 4,184 4,240 4,102 4,101 4,067 Shoreham Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.32 100.0% 4,134 4,236 -2.4% 4,300 -3.9% 4,134 4,134 ----- 23,849 24,490 24,188 24,092 24,423 23,694 West Sussex County Times Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 24,105 24,503 -1.6% 24,898 -3.2% 24,105 24,105 ----- 9,330 9,607 9,864 10,196 10,372 10,179 West Sussex Gazette & South Of England Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.33 100.0% 9,935 10,529 -5.6% 11,035 -10.0% 9,935 9,935 ----- 17,991 18,552 18,094 18,611 18,425 17,933 Worthing Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.32 100.0% 18,254 18,405 -0.8% 18,521 -1.4% 18,254 18,254 -----

Warwickshire 4,669 4,695 4,545 4,520 4,396 4,332 Kenilworth Weekly News 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 4,520 4,538 -0.4% 4,719 -4.2% 4,520 4,520 ----- 16,565 16,865 16,423 16,386 16,097 15,938 Leamington Spa Courier Series 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 16,364 16,270 0.6% 17,025 -3.9% 16,364 16,364 ----- 13,958 13,606 13,485 13,465 13,018 12,733 Rugby Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 13,357 13,220 1.0% 13,348 0.1% 13,357 13,357 -----

West Midlands 3,252 3,498 3,328 3,233 3,254 3,153 Bedworth Echo 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 3,283 3,456 -5.0% 3,472 -5.4% 3,283 3,283 -----

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Wiltshire 27,975 28,169 28,497 28,228 27,819 27,171 Wiltshire Gazette & Herald Series 26 / 24 £0.50 to £0.60 100.0% 27,943 27,717 0.8% 28,110 -0.6% 27,943 27,716 227 ---- 19,619 19,422 19,588 19,848 19,700 19,364 Wiltshire Times Series 26 / 23 £0.50 100.0% 19,579 19,527 0.3% 19,601 -0.1% 19,579 19,352 227 ----

Yorkshire (East) 14,639 14,718 15,467 15,679 15,740 15,673 Bridlington Free Press 26 / 26 £0.42 100.0% 15,339 15,820 -3.0% 15,172 1.1% 15,339 15,339 ----- 5,084 5,328 5,244 5,370 5,252 5,181 Driffield Times 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 5,241 5,302 -1.2% 5,281 -0.8% 5,241 5,241 ----- 4,449 4,420 4,585 4,674 4,738 4,667 Holderness Gazette Series 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 4,592 4,648 -1.2% 4,636 -0.9% 4,592 4,592 -----

Yorkshire (North) 19,302 19,353 19,232 19,512 19,344 19,154 Craven Herald & Pioneer 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 19,307 19,529 -1.1% 19,438 -0.7% 19,307 19,180 127 ---- 2,778 2,774 2,788 2,834 2,872 2,889 Filey and Hunmanby Mercury 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 2,824 2,933 -3.7% 2,925 -3.5% 2,824 2,824 ----- 17,676 17,714 17,854 17,770 17,727 17,200 Harrogate Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.70 100.0% 17,638 17,671 -0.2% 17,958 -1.8% 17,638 17,638 ----- 3,656 3,722 3,752 3,652 3,621 3,577 Knaresborough Post 26 / 25 £0.70 100.0% 3,660 3,626 0.9% 3,663 -0.1% 3,660 3,660 ----- 2,990 2,994 3,031 3,560 3,400 3,225 Malton and Pickering Mercury 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 3,195 3,113 2.6% 3,002 6.4% 3,195 3,195 ----- 653 713 639 660 697 781 Northallerton, Thirsk & Bedale Times 26 / 25 £0.32 100.0% 694 755 -8.1% 771 -10.0% 694 694 ----- 1,935 1,977 1,979 2,031 1,977 1,933 Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald 26 / 25 £0.70 100.0% 1,970 1,972 -0.1% 1,976 -0.3% 1,970 1,970 ----- 6,622 6,664 6,629 6,802 6,609 6,460 Ripon Gazette 26 / 25 £0.70 100.0% 6,624 6,558 1.0% 6,596 0.4% 6,624 6,624 ----- 9,356 9,833 9,953 10,046 9,770 9,430 Selby Times 26 / 25 £0.32 100.0% 9,719 9,658 0.6% 9,718 0.0% 9,719 9,719 ----- 5,871 6,049 5,926 6,024 5,805 5,771 Wetherby News 26 / 25 £0.70 100.0% 5,902 5,972 -1.2% 6,213 -5.0% 5,902 5,902 ----- 11,537 11,762 11,915 12,211 12,303 12,112 Whitby Gazette 26 / 26 £0.42 100.0% 11,976 12,468 -3.9% 12,139 -1.3% 11,976 11,976 ----- 5,700 5,722 5,911 6,338 6,258 6,110 Whitby Gazette - Tuesday 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 6,007 6,151 -2.3% 5,976 0.5% 6,007 6,007 ----- 12,664 12,772 13,211 13,075 13,222 13,325 Yorkshire - Gazette & Herald 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 13,062 12,833 1.8% 12,864 1.5% 13,062 12,850 212 ----

Yorkshire (South) 45,188 46,434 45,500 45,108 44,254 43,902 Barnsley Chronicle 26 / 25 £0.48 100.0% 45,053 44,683 0.8% 45,280 -0.5% 45,053 45,053 ----- 38,572 38,983 38,186 38,948 37,588 36,501 Doncaster Free Press 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 38,064 37,756 0.8% 39,015 -2.4% 38,064 38,064 ----- 33,754 34,682 34,488 34,665 34,338 34,779 Rotherham & South Yorkshire Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 34,506 33,963 1.6% 33,783 2.1% 34,506 34,506 ----- 26,268 28,705 27,221 26,749 26,655 25,414 The Sheffield Telegraph 26 / 25 £0.75 100.0% 26,778 26,892 -0.4% 28,687 -6.7% 26,778 26,778 ----- 6,552 6,691 6,624 6,700 6,343 6,650 South Yorkshire Times Series 26 / 25 £0.30 100.0% 6,596 6,581 0.2% 6,759 -2.4% 6,596 6,596 -----

Yorkshire (West) 9,863 10,046 9,811 9,890 9,650 9,448 Batley News Series 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 9,771 9,434 3.6% 9,698 0.8% 9,771 9,771 ----- 6,686 6,698 6,728 6,823 6,746 6,743 Brighouse Echo 26 / 24 £0.40 100.0% 6,740 6,622 1.8% 6,738 0.0% 6,740 6,740 ----- 13,710 13,727 13,532 13,815 13,615 13,186 Dewsbury Reporter Series 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 13,581 13,415 1.2% 13,856 -2.0% 13,581 13,581 ----- 5,559 5,548 5,556 5,518 5,429 5,387 Express & Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 5,495 5,516 -0.4% 5,662 -2.9% 5,495 5,495 ----- 3,631 3,624 3,612 3,717 3,653 3,669 Hebden Bridge Times 26 / 25 £0.38 100.0% 3,651 3,570 2.3% 3,601 1.4% 3,651 3,651 ----- 5,605 5,755 5,920 6,052 5,863 5,765 Ilkley Gazette (Incorp. The Ilkley Free Press) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 5,828 5,750 1.4% 5,721 1.9% 5,828 5,708 120 ---- 16,141 16,318 16,012 16,194 16,080 15,869 Keighley News 26 / 26 £0.55 100.0% 16,090 16,620 -3.2% 16,680 -3.5% 16,090 15,965 125 ------5,618 4,990 Morley Observer & Advertiser 7 / 7 £0.30 100.0% 5,169 - N/A - N/A 5,169 5,169 -----

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4,200 4,241 4,354 4,351 4,209 4,341 Pocklington Post 26 / 26 £0.52 100.0% 4,288 4,274 0.3% 4,239 1.2% 4,288 4,288 ----- 24,956 25,481 25,465 25,441 25,230 24,391 Pontefract & Castleford Express 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 25,129 24,381 3.1% 25,023 0.4% 25,129 25,129 ----- 8,572 8,684 8,507 8,492 8,330 8,277 Spenborough Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 8,469 8,244 2.7% 8,486 -0.2% 8,469 8,469 ----- 4,532 4,496 4,390 4,440 4,422 4,433 Todmorden News & Advertiser 26 / 24 £0.38 100.0% 4,448 4,405 1.0% 4,437 0.2% 4,448 4,448 ----- 35,051 35,864 35,145 34,602 34,257 32,955 Wakefield Express Series 26 / 24 £0.40 100.0% 34,591 34,263 1.0% 34,717 -0.4% 34,591 34,591 ----- 5,396 5,253 5,301 5,422 5,395 5,475 Wharfedale & Airedale Observer 26 / 26 £0.65 100.0% 5,375 5,440 -1.2% 5,556 -3.3% 5,375 5,255 120 ----

Scotland 19,284 19,531 19,774 19,768 19,280 19,436 Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 26 / 24 £0.63 100.0% 19,519 19,090 2.2% 18,885 3.4% 19,519 19,519 ----- 8,840 9,050 9,158 8,923 9,023 9,297 Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.37 100.0% 9,036 9,138 -1.1% 8,845 2.2% 9,036 9,036 ----- 3,204 3,209 3,198 3,167 3,170 3,151 Annandale Herald 26 / 26 £0.48 100.0% 3,181 3,178 0.1% 3,215 -1.1% 3,181 3,181 ----- 6,976 6,966 6,792 6,875 6,860 6,800 Annandale Observer 26 / 26 £0.52 100.0% 6,875 6,873 0.0% 6,898 -0.3% 6,875 6,875 ----- 9,796 10,041 10,092 10,035 10,070 10,009 The Arbroath Herald (inc Broughty Ferry, Carnoustie, Monifieth Guide & G 26 / 26 £0.44 100.0% 10,010 10,079 -0.7% 10,081 -0.7% 10,010 10,010 ----- 29,426 29,655 29,791 29,556 29,576 28,818 Ayrshire Post Series 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 29,445 29,220 0.8% 29,875 -1.4% 29,445 29,445 ----- 8,002 7,997 8,053 8,076 8,118 8,083 Berwick Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.55 100.0% 8,056 8,252 -2.4% 8,105 -0.6% 8,056 8,056 ----- 5,672 5,798 5,787 5,809 5,767 5,712 Berwickshire News & East Lothian Herald 26 / 26 £0.55 100.0% 5,757 5,745 0.2% 5,702 1.0% 5,757 5,757 ----- 3,403 3,335 3,393 3,396 3,392 3,434 Blairgowrie Advertiser 26 / 24 £0.52 100.0% 3,394 3,421 -0.8% 3,497 -2.9% 3,394 3,394 ----- 3,187 3,212 3,232 3,237 3,234 3,258 Brechin Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.48 100.0% 3,228 3,228 0.0% 3,224 0.1% 3,228 3,228 ----- 8,663 8,592 8,703 8,620 8,872 8,626 The Buchan Observer 26 / 25 £0.42 99.7% 8,689 8,625 0.7% 8,535 1.8% 8,669 8,615 54 20 - - - 2,897 3,000 3,016 3,146 3,210 3,206 Carrick Gazette 26 / 26 £0.48 100.0% 3,087 3,020 2.2% 3,003 2.8% 3,087 3,087 ----- 6,656 6,718 6,701 6,706 6,869 6,743 Central Fife Times & Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.27 100.0% 6,728 6,737 -0.1% 6,603 1.9% 6,728 6,728 ----- 12,705 13,274 12,980 13,039 12,954 12,919 Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.38 100.0% 12,987 13,151 -1.2% 13,287 -2.3% 12,987 12,987 ----- 9,870 9,830 9,908 9,820 9,895 9,887 Deeside Piper Series 26 / 26 £0.54 100.0% 9,867 9,906 -0.4% 9,892 -0.3% 9,867 9,867 ----- 13,138 13,558 13,438 13,277 13,425 13,137 Dumbarton Lennox Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 13,321 13,382 -0.5% 13,329 -0.1% 13,321 13,321 ----- 9,518 9,601 9,652 9,567 9,554 9,623 Dumfries & Galloway News 26 / 24 £0.63 99.8% 9,594 9,703 -1.1% 9,500 1.0% 9,578 9,578 - - 16 - - 18,573 18,628 18,472 18,334 18,341 18,459 Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Fri) 26 / 24 £0.65 99.9% 18,463 18,481 -0.1% 18,667 -1.1% 18,461 18,461 - - 2 - - 11,783 11,765 11,477 11,563 11,376 11,524 Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Wed) 26 / 25 £0.60 99.9% 11,567 11,595 -0.2% 11,668 -0.9% 11,556 11,556 - - 11 - - 22,332 22,365 22,109 22,349 22,319 22,080 Dunfermline Press & West of Fife Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 22,265 21,710 2.6% 22,091 0.8% 22,265 22,265 ----- 11,327 11,344 11,384 11,301 11,284 11,256 East Fife Mail Series 26 / 25 £0.37 100.0% 11,316 11,472 -1.4% 11,555 -2.1% 11,316 11,316 ----- 15,333 15,788 15,683 15,349 15,614 14,965 East Kilbride News 26 / 24 £0.63 100.0% 15,440 15,163 1.8% 15,689 -1.6% 15,440 15,440 ----- 3,960 3,947 3,924 3,960 4,072 3,985 East Lothian News Series 26 / 24 £0.38 100.0% 3,975 4,059 -2.1% 4,153 -4.3% 3,975 3,975 ----- 2,103 2,087 2,204 2,166 2,171 2,172 The Ellon Times & East Gordon Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 2,155 2,218 -2.8% 2,180 -1.1% 2,155 2,155 ----- 31,919 32,128 31,682 31,255 31,729 30,988 Falkirk Herald 26 / 24 £0.42 99.8% 31,578 31,326 0.8% 31,729 -0.5% 31,515 31,515 - - 63 - - 19,940 20,020 19,835 19,772 19,885 19,348 Fife Free Press 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 19,778 20,178 -2.0% 20,486 -3.5% 19,778 19,778 ----- 13,272 13,642 13,766 13,837 13,868 13,787 Fife Herald News & St. Andrews Citizen Series 26 / 26 £0.37 100.0% 13,702 13,799 -0.7% 13,758 -0.4% 13,702 13,702 ----- 6,227 6,260 6,268 6,256 6,260 6,224 Forfar Dispatch Series 26 / 26 £0.54 100.0% 6,249 6,356 -1.7% 6,390 -2.2% 6,249 6,249 ----- 5,614 5,672 5,736 5,659 5,668 5,642 The Fraserburgh Herald 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 5,666 5,653 0.2% 5,659 0.1% 5,666 5,659 7 ---- 6,536 6,564 6,674 6,580 6,583 6,562 The Galloway Gazette 26 / 26 £0.55 100.0% 6,582 6,680 -1.5% 6,635 -0.8% 6,582 6,582 ----- 6,241 6,259 6,300 6,282 6,300 6,399 Glenrothes Gazette 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 6,301 6,332 -0.5% 6,377 -1.2% 6,301 6,301 ----- 25,558 26,306 26,087 25,500 25,742 25,792 Hamilton Advertiser Series 26 / 23 £0.63 100.0% 25,855 25,432 1.7% 25,712 0.6% 25,855 25,855 -----

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5,474 5,424 5,421 5,366 5,501 5,434 Hawick News and Scottish Border Chronicle 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 5,436 5,483 -0.9% 5,693 -4.5% 5,436 5,436 ----- 11,015 11,198 11,248 11,142 11,133 10,904 Irvine Herald 26 / 24 £0.55 100.0% 11,102 11,110 -0.1% 10,924 1.6% 11,102 11,102 ----- 19,570 19,822 20,052 19,579 19,356 18,948 Kilmarnock Standard 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 19,528 19,709 -0.9% 19,969 -2.2% 19,528 19,528 ----- 1,146 1,190 1,160 1,134 1,155 1,160 Kincardineshire Observer 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 1,157 1,131 2.3% 1,105 4.7% 1,157 1,157 ----- 11,678 12,159 12,031 11,824 11,813 11,754 Kirkintilloch Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.30 100.0% 11,886 12,251 -3.0% 12,446 -4.5% 11,886 11,886 ----- 11,703 12,530 12,069 12,329 12,265 12,511 Lanark & Carluke Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 12,260 12,019 2.0% 12,400 -1.1% 12,260 12,260 ----- 8,781 9,087 8,600 8,815 8,983 8,998 Linlithgowshire Journal & Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 8,875 8,867 0.1% 9,066 -2.1% 8,875 8,875 ----- 4,832 4,920 4,853 4,813 4,750 4,716 Mearns Leader 26 / 26 £0.52 100.0% 4,810 4,820 -0.2% 4,901 -1.9% 4,810 4,810 ----- 7,455 7,424 7,431 7,187 7,488 7,512 Midlothian Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.38 100.0% 7,419 7,447 -0.4% 7,793 -4.8% 7,419 7,419 ----- 7,158 7,212 7,113 6,937 6,922 6,954 Milngavie & Bearsden Herald 26 / 25 £0.28 100.0% 7,044 7,228 -2.5% 7,659 -8.0% 7,044 7,044 ----- 1,135 1,151 1,156 1,153 1,160 1,150 Moffat News 26 / 26 £0.48 100.0% 1,151 1,140 1.0% 1,125 2.3% 1,151 1,151 ----- 5,541 5,610 5,601 5,610 5,604 5,677 Montrose Review 26 / 26 £0.52 100.0% 5,610 5,606 0.1% 5,506 1.9% 5,610 5,610 ----- 14,859 15,194 15,356 15,306 15,011 14,848 Motherwell Times & Bellshill Speaker Series 26 / 25 £0.30 100.0% 15,105 15,013 0.6% 15,332 -1.5% 15,105 15,105 ----- 10,753 10,658 10,658 10,682 10,743 11,090 Orcadian 26 / 25 £0.57 100.0% 10,773 10,888 -1.1% 10,942 -1.5% 10,773 10,773 ----- 5,897 6,040 6,150 6,058 6,082 6,399 Orkney Today 26 / 23 £0.65 91.3% 6,129 5,831 5.1% 5,425 13.0% 5,600 5,600 - 529 - - - 18,325 18,354 18,319 18,243 17,996 18,174 Perthshire Advertiser (Fri) 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 18,229 18,232 0.0% 18,659 -2.3% 18,229 18,229 ----- 10,539 10,747 10,605 10,605 10,507 10,514 Perthshire Advertiser (Tue) 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 10,585 10,687 -1.0% 10,975 -3.6% 10,585 10,585 ----- 5,177 5,324 5,540 5,416 5,554 5,263 Rutherglen Reformer 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 5,389 5,356 0.6% 5,207 3.5% 5,389 5,389 ----- 11,323 11,291 11,401 11,024 11,285 11,308 Shetland Times 26 / 25 £0.67 100.0% 11,273 11,273 0.0% 11,269 0.0% 11,273 11,222 51 ---- 18,638 18,867 19,111 19,073 19,279 18,770 Southern Reporter 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 18,955 18,920 0.2% 18,874 0.4% 18,955 18,955 ----- 5,972 6,046 6,133 5,912 5,922 5,935 Stirling Observer (Fri) 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 5,985 5,900 1.4% 6,080 -1.6% 5,985 5,985 ----- 13,794 14,098 14,085 13,746 13,729 13,782 Stirling Observer (Wed) 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 13,872 13,871 0.0% 14,276 -2.8% 13,872 13,872 ----- 12,887 13,173 12,793 12,655 12,841 12,969 Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 12,886 12,954 -0.5% 12,842 0.3% 12,886 12,886 ----- 2,944 2,974 2,954 2,914 2,930 2,931 Strathearn Herald 26 / 24 £0.57 100.0% 2,941 3,065 -4.0% 2,984 -1.4% 2,941 2,941 ----- 18,864 19,210 18,962 18,714 19,197 18,955 The West Lothian Courier 26 / 25 £0.63 100.0% 18,987 18,897 0.5% 19,355 -1.9% 18,987 18,987 ----- 7,196 7,456 7,355 7,106 7,142 7,216 Wee County News 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 7,250 7,282 -0.4% 7,254 -0.1% 7,250 7,250 ----- 9,065 9,052 9,439 9,447 9,081 9,412 West Highland Free Press 26 / 26 £0.56 100.0% 9,263 9,256 0.1% 9,285 -0.2% 9,263 9,263 ----- 10,750 11,059 11,272 11,062 10,935 10,912 Wishaw Press 26 / 24 £0.63 100.0% 11,005 10,919 0.8% 11,111 -1.0% 11,005 11,005 -----

Wales 2,047 2,102 2,092 2,077 2,058 1,984 Abergavenny Free Press 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 2,058 2,035 1.1% 1,903 8.1% 2,058 2,058 ----- 4,156 4,151 4,257 4,343 4,334 4,280 Abergele & St Asaph Visitor Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 4,254 4,607 -7.7% 4,531 -6.1% 4,254 4,254 ----- 6,366 6,498 6,736 6,500 6,430 6,233 Barry & District News 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 6,466 6,631 -2.5% 6,747 -4.2% 6,466 6,466 ----- 14,729 14,682 14,913 14,932 14,710 14,507 Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 14,736 14,965 -1.5% 14,944 -1.4% 14,736 14,736 ----- 8,538 8,515 8,594 8,467 8,476 8,539 Cardigan & Tivy-Side Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 8,524 8,562 -0.4% 8,636 -1.3% 8,524 8,524 ----- 22,291 22,741 22,683 22,202 21,859 22,583 Carmarthen Journal Series 26 / 25 £0.50 99.8% 22,401 22,447 -0.2% 22,376 0.1% 22,369 21,421 948 32 - - - 5,054 5,138 5,230 5,325 5,310 5,222 Chepstow Free Press 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 5,214 5,205 0.2% 5,015 4.0% 5,214 5,214 ----- 18,535 18,315 18,444 18,366 18,456 18,482 County Times and Express Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 18,435 18,280 0.8% 18,069 2.0% 18,435 18,371 64 ---- 10,749 10,974 11,667 10,905 10,777 10,448 Cynon Valley Leader 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 10,901 11,002 -0.9% 11,151 -2.2% 10,901 10,820 81 ---- 7,030 7,056 7,007 7,062 7,120 7,100 Denbighshire Free Press Series 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 7,062 7,328 -3.6% 6,915 2.1% 7,062 7,062 -----

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22,581 22,812 24,109 23,150 22,878 22,400 Glamorgan Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 22,965 22,819 0.6% 23,228 -1.1% 22,965 22,866 99 ---- 12,756 13,067 13,688 13,176 12,888 12,668 Gwent Gazette 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 13,025 13,008 0.1% 13,325 -2.3% 13,025 12,949 76 ---- 12,104 11,870 11,832 12,058 11,966 12,001 Holyhead & Anglesey Mail 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 11,973 12,470 -4.0% 12,250 -2.3% 11,973 11,973 ----- 16,615 16,837 17,086 16,996 16,582 16,773 Llanelli Star Series 26 / 25 £0.48 99.0% 16,813 16,807 0.0% 16,612 1.2% 16,651 16,471 180 162 - - - 19,073 19,659 20,719 19,862 19,582 19,151 Merthyr Express Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 19,653 18,725 5.0% 18,305 7.4% 19,653 19,570 83 ---- 5,987 6,135 6,228 6,288 6,265 6,067 Milford & West Wales Mercury Series 26 / 25 £0.37 100.0% 6,168 6,155 0.2% 6,276 -1.7% 6,168 6,168 ----- 1,570 1,696 1,607 1,633 1,748 1,722 Monmouth Free Press 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 1,663 1,683 -1.2% 1,634 1.8% 1,663 1,663 ----- 6,533 6,767 7,165 6,826 6,877 6,579 Neath & Port Talbot Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 6,783 7,003 -3.1% 7,060 -3.9% 6,783 4,388 2,395 ---- 20,505 20,562 20,428 20,837 20,257 19,916 North Wales Weekly News Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 20,397 21,191 -3.7% 20,968 -2.7% 20,397 20,397 ----- 5,751 5,805 5,882 5,844 5,677 5,812 Penarth Times 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 5,801 5,852 -0.9% 5,820 -0.3% 5,801 5,801 ----- 4,744 4,868 4,881 4,836 4,768 4,661 Pontypool Free Press 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 4,791 4,776 0.3% 4,731 1.3% 4,791 4,791 ----- 12,779 12,946 13,561 13,237 12,916 12,657 Pontypridd & Llantrisant Observer 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 13,002 12,868 1.0% 12,852 1.2% 13,002 12,944 58 ---- 13,443 13,864 14,367 13,840 13,771 13,628 Rhondda Leader 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 13,811 13,339 3.5% 13,487 2.4% 13,811 13,762 49 ---- 9,564 9,597 9,868 9,457 9,389 9,525 South Wales Guardian Series 26 / 24 £0.40 100.0% 9,565 9,373 2.0% 9,557 0.1% 9,565 9,565 ----- 26,478 26,852 27,203 27,223 27,193 26,600 Western Telegraph Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 26,941 27,295 -1.3% 27,411 -1.7% 26,941 26,941 -----

Northern Ireland 6,266 6,350 6,241 6,319 6,340 6,167 Banbridge Chronicle 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 6,274 6,158 1.9% 6,167 1.7% 6,274 6,274 ----- 7,709 7,880 7,838 7,574 7,626 7,627 Coleraine Times Series 26 / 26 £0.85 100.0% 7,701 7,724 -0.3% 7,710 -0.1% 7,701 7,680 21 ---- 23,817 24,105 23,577 23,270 22,775 22,486 Derry Journal (Fri) Series 26 / 25 £0.80 100.0% 23,304 23,112 0.8% 23,921 -2.6% 23,304 23,253 51 ---- 22,926 22,817 22,698 22,672 22,157 21,683 Derry Journal (Tue) Series 26 / 24 £0.80 100.0% 22,440 22,782 -1.5% 23,712 -5.4% 22,440 22,390 50 ---- 3,515 3,669 3,574 3,704 4,083 4,302 Derry News - Monday 26 / 25 £0.65 100.0% 3,796 3,472 9.3% - N/A 3,796 3,796 ----- 6,487 6,489 6,290 6,451 6,261 6,149 Derry News - Thursday 26 / 25 £0.65 100.0% 6,346 6,360 -0.2% 6,511 -2.5% 6,346 6,346 ----- 2,692 2,568 2,333 2,243 2,306 2,046 Derry On Monday 26 / 23 £0.50 100.0% 2,339 2,452 -4.6% - N/A 2,339 2,292 47 ---- 12,660 12,671 12,713 12,636 12,602 12,565 Down Recorder 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 12,641 12,566 0.6% 12,604 0.3% 12,641 12,641 ----- 12,834 12,860 12,733 12,868 12,930 12,841 Fermanagh Herald 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 12,845 12,678 1.3% 12,464 3.1% 12,845 12,835 10 ---- 2,689 2,809 2,661 2,741 2,706 2,582 Foyle News 26 / 25 £0.60 100.0% 2,692 2,414 11.5% 2,263 19.0% 2,692 2,643 49 ---- 14,485 14,348 13,998 14,622 14,408 14,004 Impartial Reporter 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 14,287 14,355 -0.5% 14,237 0.4% 14,287 14,287 ----- 11,320 11,662 11,672 11,371 11,344 11,212 Larne Times Series 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 11,420 11,609 -1.6% 11,947 -4.4% 11,420 11,420 ----- 3,887 3,946 3,983 3,972 4,073 4,014 The Leader Series 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 3,980 4,035 -1.4% 4,315 -7.8% 3,980 3,980 ----- 5,160 5,336 5,165 4,991 5,398 5,328 Londonderry Sentinel Series 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 5,224 5,341 -2.2% 5,524 -5.4% 5,224 5,224 ----- 8,443 8,645 8,286 8,504 8,645 8,492 Lurgan Mail 26 / 26 £0.85 100.0% 8,502 8,508 -0.1% 8,736 -2.7% 8,502 8,502 ----- 11,885 12,035 11,645 11,683 11,781 11,543 Mid Ulster Mail Series 26 / 26 £0.85 100.0% 11,750 11,881 -1.1% 12,145 -3.3% 11,750 11,747 3 ---- 11,461 11,494 11,439 11,440 11,481 11,365 Mourne Observer Series 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 11,443 11,667 -1.9% 11,557 -1.0% 11,443 11,443 ----- 15,564 15,561 15,286 15,341 15,122 14,879 Newry Reporter 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 15,276 - N/A - N/A 15,276 15,276 ----- 10,861 11,009 10,774 10,797 10,851 10,578 Portadown Times 26 / 26 £0.85 100.0% 10,802 10,817 -0.1% 10,943 -1.3% 10,802 10,802 ----- 5,262 5,307 5,116 5,106 5,041 5,231 Strabane Chronicle 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 5,176 5,102 1.5% 5,197 -0.4% 5,176 5,166 10 ---- 4,208 3,966 3,768 3,776 3,884 4,198 Tyrone Herald 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 3,968 4,666 -15.0% - N/A 3,968 3,958 10 ---- 3,383 3,356 3,437 3,443 3,347 3,277 Tyrone Times 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 3,373 3,564 -5.4% 3,540 -4.7% 3,373 3,373 ----- 12,301 12,519 12,290 12,292 12,332 12,336 Ulster Herald 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 12,343 12,199 1.2% 12,288 0.4% 12,343 12,333 10 ----

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11,242 11,298 11,223 11,039 11,011 10,890 Ulster Star Series 26 / 26 £0.85 100.0% 11,105 11,085 0.2% 11,488 -3.3% 11,105 11,105 -----

Republic of Ireland 14,824 15,224 16,196 15,398 15,705 15,839 Anglo Celt 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 15,568 15,703 -0.9% 15,465 0.7% 15,568 15,568 ----- 11,723 12,110 11,890 12,078 11,808 11,898 The Argus 26 / 26 `€1.70 100.0% 11,954 11,762 1.6% 11,804 1.3% 11,954 11,954 ----- 6,111 6,315 6,184 6,146 6,174 6,104 Bray People 26 / 25 `€1.70 100.0% 6,200 - N/A - N/A 6,200 6,200 ----- 3,768 3,845 3,904 3,759 3,711 3,724 Carlow People 26 / 25 `€1.50 100.0% 3,803 3,720 2.2% 3,453 10.1% 3,803 3,803 ----- 7,601 7,896 7,718 7,669 7,525 7,390 Connacht Sentinel 26 / 25 `€0.40 100.0% 7,634 7,607 0.4% 7,440 2.6% 7,634 7,634 ----- 26,866 27,903 27,430 27,416 26,745 27,133 Connacht Tribune 26 / 25 `€1.50 100.0% 27,266 28,370 -3.9% 27,703 -1.6% 27,266 27,266 ----- 7,804 8,176 8,108 8,311 8,462 8,107 The Corkman Series 26 / 26 `€1.60 100.0% 8,186 7,473 9.5% 7,975 2.6% 8,186 8,186 ----- 12,414 12,626 12,240 12,378 12,650 12,640 Derry People Donegal News 26 / 26 £1.05 100.0% 12,493 12,320 1.4% 12,257 1.9% 12,493 12,483 10 ---- 15,549 15,824 15,449 15,301 15,421 15,423 Donegal Democrat (Thurs) Series 26 / 23 `€1.25 100.0% 15,491 15,634 -0.9% 15,818 -2.1% 15,491 15,447 44 ---- 11,469 12,349 11,475 11,162 11,115 11,216 Donegal Democrat (Tues) Series 26 / 25 `€1.15 100.0% 11,454 11,786 -2.8% 11,545 -0.8% 11,454 11,410 44 ---- 10,471 10,848 10,607 10,665 10,654 10,474 Drogheda Independent 26 / 25 `€1.70 100.0% 10,674 10,547 1.2% 10,919 -2.2% 10,674 10,674 ----- 6,628 6,736 6,687 6,902 6,940 6,789 Enniscorthy Guardian Series 26 / 26 `€1.70 100.0% 6,832 6,726 1.6% 6,451 5.9% 6,832 6,832 ----- 5,664 5,978 5,818 5,832 5,524 5,596 Fingal Independent 26 / 25 `€1.70 100.0% 5,770 5,757 0.2% 5,755 0.3% 5,770 5,770 ----- 27,350 27,495 26,934 26,834 27,205 27,071 The Kerryman Series 26 / 26 `€1.60 100.0% 27,151 27,492 -1.2% 26,723 1.6% 27,151 27,151 ----- 17,712 17,977 18,575 17,594 17,721 17,932 Kilkenny People 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 17,907 18,179 -1.5% 18,152 -1.3% 17,907 17,907 ----- 25,464 25,895 24,492 24,771 24,544 23,474 Limerick Leader (Weekend) Series 26 / 26 `€1.75 100.0% 24,713 25,057 -1.4% 26,236 -5.8% 24,713 24,713 ----- 17,249 17,803 17,232 17,493 17,540 17,161 Meath Chronicle 26 / 26 `€1.70 100.0% 17,158 16,788 2.2% - N/A 17,158 17,158 ----- 12,096 12,222 11,714 11,912 11,655 11,683 Munster Express Series 26 / 25 `€1.55 100.0% 11,872 12,074 -1.7% 12,289 -3.4% 11,872 11,872 ----- 15,028 15,670 14,757 15,167 14,775 15,532 Nationalist & Munster Advertiser 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 15,170 15,128 0.3% 15,474 -2.0% 15,170 15,170 ----- 8,502 8,435 8,275 8,390 8,486 8,577 Nenagh Guardian 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 8,443 8,484 -0.5% 8,562 -1.4% 8,443 8,443 ----- 5,900 6,070 6,013 6,181 6,040 5,982 New Ross Standard 26 / 26 `€1.70 100.0% 6,051 5,940 1.9% 5,892 2.7% 6,051 6,051 ----- 9,177 9,436 9,753 9,403 8,989 9,524 Tipperary Star 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 9,387 9,603 -2.2% 9,516 -1.4% 9,387 9,387 ----- 9,742 10,073 10,001 9,981 9,811 9,738 Westmeath Examiner 26 / 26 `€1.75 100.0% 9,888 9,666 2.3% - N/A 9,888 9,888 ----- 12,039 12,122 12,093 12,316 12,164 12,087 Wexford People 26 / 26 `€1.70 100.0% 12,145 12,129 0.1% 11,914 1.9% 12,145 12,145 ----- 12,688 12,892 12,571 12,730 12,848 12,679 Wicklow People 26 / 25 `€1.70 100.0% 12,747 18,821 -32.3% 18,797 -32.2% 12,747 12,747 -----

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Regional Morning (Mon-Fri) 88,799 87,817 87,315 86,765 86,329 85,135 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.40 99.1% 86,942 88,124 -1.3% 89,353 -2.7% 86,184 84,462 1,722 758 - - - 80,863 80,757 79,744 78,852 78,850 78,422 Dundee Courier & Advertiser (Mon-Fri) 130 / 130 £0.36 99.9% 79,479 80,491 -1.3% 82,571 -3.7% 79,419 79,418 1 60 - - - 11,153 11,531 12,181 11,225 11,222 11,110 Paisley Daily Express - Morning (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.38 100.0% 11,424 11,289 1.2% 11,370 0.5% 11,424 11,424 -----

Regional Morning (Mon-Sat) 88,582 87,549 86,903 86,464 85,890 84,750 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.40 to £0.45 99.1% 86,602 87,858 -1.4% 88,599 -2.3% 85,881 84,159 1,722 721 - - - 81,463 81,258 80,231 79,433 79,415 78,888 Dundee Courier & Advertiser (Mon-Sat) 156 / 156 £0.36 99.9% 80,013 81,002 -1.2% 83,186 -3.8% 79,953 79,952 1 60 - - - 10,993 11,313 11,930 11,038 11,066 10,922 Paisley Daily Express - Morning (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.38 100.0% 11,228 11,091 1.2% 11,138 0.8% 11,228 11,228 -----

Regional Morning (Sat) 87,601 86,213 84,844 84,954 83,813 82,820 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Sat) Var / Var Var 99.3% 84,947 86,455 -1.7% 84,869 0.1% 84,406 82,684 1,722 541 - - - 84,463 83,764 82,668 82,337 82,244 81,220 Dundee Courier & Advertiser (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.36 99.9% 82,682 83,639 -1.1% 86,263 -4.2% 82,622 82,621 1 60 - - - 10,274 10,225 10,726 10,100 10,328 10,019 Paisley Daily Express - Morning (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 10,286 10,073 2.1% 10,003 2.8% 10,286 10,286 -----

Regional Evening (Mon-Fri) 61,319 60,167 59,901 59,178 58,649 57,718 Aberdeen - Evening Express (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.35 98.1% 59,415 58,887 0.9% 60,644 -2.0% 58,297 56,761 1,536 1,118 - - - 25,946 25,959 25,615 25,088 25,472 25,225 Dundee Evening Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 130 £0.32 99.8% 25,499 25,545 -0.2% 26,502 -3.8% 25,459 25,459 - 40 - - - 66,842 66,068 64,809 63,475 63,473 62,407 Edinburgh - Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.35 98.1% 64,422 63,771 1.0% 68,479 -5.9% 63,246 63,151 95 1,176 - - - 94,542 94,716 92,639 90,632 91,933 88,829 Glasgow - Evening Times (Mon-Fri) 130 / 122 £0.35 100.0% 92,088 91,613 0.5% 95,121 -3.2% 92,088 91,488 600 ---- 19,269 19,454 19,261 19,067 19,113 18,768 Greenock Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 99.9% 19,151 18,806 1.8% 19,366 -1.1% 19,141 19,141 - - 10 - -

Regional Evening (Mon-Sat) 59,997 59,005 58,701 58,076 57,435 56,758 Aberdeen - Evening Express (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.35 98.1% 58,267 57,893 0.6% 59,608 -2.2% 57,203 55,667 1,536 1,064 - - - 63,191 62,468 60,946 59,891 59,656 58,629 Edinburgh - Evening News & Sports Pink (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.35 98.2% 60,704 60,602 0.2% 64,792 -6.3% 59,639 59,559 80 1,065 - - - 86,362 87,260 84,570 83,254 84,342 81,634 Glasgow - Evening Times (Mon-Sat) 156 / 148 £0.35 100.0% 84,457 84,780 -0.4% 87,225 -3.2% 84,457 83,857 600 ---- 19,023 19,183 18,919 18,751 18,698 18,346 Greenock Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 99.9% 18,820 18,522 1.6% 19,062 -1.3% 18,810 18,810 - - 10 - -

Regional Evening (Sat) 54,049 53,197 52,700 52,838 51,670 51,958 Aberdeen - Evening Express (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 98.4% 52,704 52,366 0.6% 54,467 -3.2% 51,898 50,362 1,536 806 - - - 46,765 44,468 43,177 41,970 41,527 40,495 Edinburgh - Evening News & Sports Pink (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 98.7% 42,972 44,253 -2.9% 46,948 -8.5% 42,436 42,430 6 536 - - - 49,556 49,981 49,066 48,206 48,282 47,098 Glasgow - Evening Times - Weekend (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 48,651 50,341 -3.4% 50,476 -3.6% 48,651 48,051 600 ---- 17,891 17,897 17,376 17,232 16,725 16,240 Greenock Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 17,253 17,073 1.1% 17,593 -1.9% 17,253 17,253 -----

Regional Sunday 491,961 489,972 485,746 483,022 473,847 468,935 Sunday Post 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 481,767 497,800 -3.2% 514,181 -6.3% 481,767 481,762 5 ----

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Regional Weekly 19,284 19,531 19,774 19,768 19,280 19,436 Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 26 / 24 £0.63 100.0% 19,519 19,090 2.2% 18,885 3.4% 19,519 19,519 ----- 8,840 9,050 9,158 8,923 9,023 9,297 Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.37 100.0% 9,036 9,138 -1.1% 8,845 2.2% 9,036 9,036 ----- 3,204 3,209 3,198 3,167 3,170 3,151 Annandale Herald 26 / 26 £0.48 100.0% 3,181 3,178 0.1% 3,215 -1.1% 3,181 3,181 ----- 6,976 6,966 6,792 6,875 6,860 6,800 Annandale Observer 26 / 26 £0.52 100.0% 6,875 6,873 0.0% 6,898 -0.3% 6,875 6,875 ----- 9,796 10,041 10,092 10,035 10,070 10,009 The Arbroath Herald (inc Broughty Ferry, Carnoustie, Monifieth Guide & G 26 / 26 £0.44 100.0% 10,010 10,079 -0.7% 10,081 -0.7% 10,010 10,010 ----- 29,426 29,655 29,791 29,556 29,576 28,818 Ayrshire Post Series 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 29,445 29,220 0.8% 29,875 -1.4% 29,445 29,445 ----- 8,002 7,997 8,053 8,076 8,118 8,083 Berwick Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.55 100.0% 8,056 8,252 -2.4% 8,105 -0.6% 8,056 8,056 ----- 5,672 5,798 5,787 5,809 5,767 5,712 Berwickshire News & East Lothian Herald 26 / 26 £0.55 100.0% 5,757 5,745 0.2% 5,702 1.0% 5,757 5,757 ----- 3,403 3,335 3,393 3,396 3,392 3,434 Blairgowrie Advertiser 26 / 24 £0.52 100.0% 3,394 3,421 -0.8% 3,497 -2.9% 3,394 3,394 ----- 3,187 3,212 3,232 3,237 3,234 3,258 Brechin Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.48 100.0% 3,228 3,228 0.0% 3,224 0.1% 3,228 3,228 ----- 8,663 8,592 8,703 8,620 8,872 8,626 The Buchan Observer 26 / 25 £0.42 99.7% 8,689 8,625 0.7% 8,535 1.8% 8,669 8,615 54 20 - - - 2,897 3,000 3,016 3,146 3,210 3,206 Carrick Gazette 26 / 26 £0.48 100.0% 3,087 3,020 2.2% 3,003 2.8% 3,087 3,087 ----- 6,656 6,718 6,701 6,706 6,869 6,743 Central Fife Times & Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.27 100.0% 6,728 6,737 -0.1% 6,603 1.9% 6,728 6,728 ----- 12,705 13,274 12,980 13,039 12,954 12,919 Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.38 100.0% 12,987 13,151 -1.2% 13,287 -2.3% 12,987 12,987 ----- 9,870 9,830 9,908 9,820 9,895 9,887 Deeside Piper Series 26 / 26 £0.54 100.0% 9,867 9,906 -0.4% 9,892 -0.3% 9,867 9,867 ----- 13,138 13,558 13,438 13,277 13,425 13,137 Dumbarton Lennox Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 13,321 13,382 -0.5% 13,329 -0.1% 13,321 13,321 ----- 9,518 9,601 9,652 9,567 9,554 9,623 Dumfries & Galloway News 26 / 24 £0.63 99.8% 9,594 9,703 -1.1% 9,500 1.0% 9,578 9,578 - - 16 - - 18,573 18,628 18,472 18,334 18,341 18,459 Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Fri) 26 / 24 £0.65 99.9% 18,463 18,481 -0.1% 18,667 -1.1% 18,461 18,461 - - 2 - - 11,783 11,765 11,477 11,563 11,376 11,524 Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Wed) 26 / 25 £0.60 99.9% 11,567 11,595 -0.2% 11,668 -0.9% 11,556 11,556 - - 11 - - 22,332 22,365 22,109 22,349 22,319 22,080 Dunfermline Press & West of Fife Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 22,265 21,710 2.6% 22,091 0.8% 22,265 22,265 ----- 11,327 11,344 11,384 11,301 11,284 11,256 East Fife Mail Series 26 / 25 £0.37 100.0% 11,316 11,472 -1.4% 11,555 -2.1% 11,316 11,316 ----- 15,333 15,788 15,683 15,349 15,614 14,965 East Kilbride News 26 / 24 £0.63 100.0% 15,440 15,163 1.8% 15,689 -1.6% 15,440 15,440 ----- 3,960 3,947 3,924 3,960 4,072 3,985 East Lothian News Series 26 / 24 £0.38 100.0% 3,975 4,059 -2.1% 4,153 -4.3% 3,975 3,975 ----- 2,103 2,087 2,204 2,166 2,171 2,172 The Ellon Times & East Gordon Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 2,155 2,218 -2.8% 2,180 -1.1% 2,155 2,155 ----- 31,919 32,128 31,682 31,255 31,729 30,988 Falkirk Herald 26 / 24 £0.42 99.8% 31,578 31,326 0.8% 31,729 -0.5% 31,515 31,515 - - 63 - - 19,940 20,020 19,835 19,772 19,885 19,348 Fife Free Press 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 19,778 20,178 -2.0% 20,486 -3.5% 19,778 19,778 ----- 13,272 13,642 13,766 13,837 13,868 13,787 Fife Herald News & St. Andrews Citizen Series 26 / 26 £0.37 100.0% 13,702 13,799 -0.7% 13,758 -0.4% 13,702 13,702 ----- 6,227 6,260 6,268 6,256 6,260 6,224 Forfar Dispatch Series 26 / 26 £0.54 100.0% 6,249 6,356 -1.7% 6,390 -2.2% 6,249 6,249 ----- 5,614 5,672 5,736 5,659 5,668 5,642 The Fraserburgh Herald 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 5,666 5,653 0.2% 5,659 0.1% 5,666 5,659 7 ---- 6,536 6,564 6,674 6,580 6,583 6,562 The Galloway Gazette 26 / 26 £0.55 100.0% 6,582 6,680 -1.5% 6,635 -0.8% 6,582 6,582 ----- 6,241 6,259 6,300 6,282 6,300 6,399 Glenrothes Gazette 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 6,301 6,332 -0.5% 6,377 -1.2% 6,301 6,301 ----- 25,558 26,306 26,087 25,500 25,742 25,792 Hamilton Advertiser Series 26 / 23 £0.63 100.0% 25,855 25,432 1.7% 25,712 0.6% 25,855 25,855 ----- 5,474 5,424 5,421 5,366 5,501 5,434 Hawick News and Scottish Border Chronicle 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 5,436 5,483 -0.9% 5,693 -4.5% 5,436 5,436 ----- 11,015 11,198 11,248 11,142 11,133 10,904 Irvine Herald 26 / 24 £0.55 100.0% 11,102 11,110 -0.1% 10,924 1.6% 11,102 11,102 ----- 19,570 19,822 20,052 19,579 19,356 18,948 Kilmarnock Standard 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 19,528 19,709 -0.9% 19,969 -2.2% 19,528 19,528 ----- 1,146 1,190 1,160 1,134 1,155 1,160 Kincardineshire Observer 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 1,157 1,131 2.3% 1,105 4.7% 1,157 1,157 ----- 11,678 12,159 12,031 11,824 11,813 11,754 Kirkintilloch Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.30 100.0% 11,886 12,251 -3.0% 12,446 -4.5% 11,886 11,886 ----- 11,703 12,530 12,069 12,329 12,265 12,511 Lanark & Carluke Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 12,260 12,019 2.0% 12,400 -1.1% 12,260 12,260 ----- 8,781 9,087 8,600 8,815 8,983 8,998 Linlithgowshire Journal & Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 8,875 8,867 0.1% 9,066 -2.1% 8,875 8,875 -----

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4,832 4,920 4,853 4,813 4,750 4,716 Mearns Leader 26 / 26 £0.52 100.0% 4,810 4,820 -0.2% 4,901 -1.9% 4,810 4,810 ----- 7,455 7,424 7,431 7,187 7,488 7,512 Midlothian Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.38 100.0% 7,419 7,447 -0.4% 7,793 -4.8% 7,419 7,419 ----- 7,158 7,212 7,113 6,937 6,922 6,954 Milngavie & Bearsden Herald 26 / 25 £0.28 100.0% 7,044 7,228 -2.5% 7,659 -8.0% 7,044 7,044 ----- 1,135 1,151 1,156 1,153 1,160 1,150 Moffat News 26 / 26 £0.48 100.0% 1,151 1,140 1.0% 1,125 2.3% 1,151 1,151 ----- 5,541 5,610 5,601 5,610 5,604 5,677 Montrose Review 26 / 26 £0.52 100.0% 5,610 5,606 0.1% 5,506 1.9% 5,610 5,610 ----- 14,859 15,194 15,356 15,306 15,011 14,848 Motherwell Times & Bellshill Speaker Series 26 / 25 £0.30 100.0% 15,105 15,013 0.6% 15,332 -1.5% 15,105 15,105 ----- 10,753 10,658 10,658 10,682 10,743 11,090 Orcadian 26 / 25 £0.57 100.0% 10,773 10,888 -1.1% 10,942 -1.5% 10,773 10,773 ----- 5,897 6,040 6,150 6,058 6,082 6,399 Orkney Today 26 / 23 £0.65 91.3% 6,129 5,831 5.1% 5,425 13.0% 5,600 5,600 - 529 - - - 18,325 18,354 18,319 18,243 17,996 18,174 Perthshire Advertiser (Fri) 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 18,229 18,232 0.0% 18,659 -2.3% 18,229 18,229 ----- 10,539 10,747 10,605 10,605 10,507 10,514 Perthshire Advertiser (Tue) 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 10,585 10,687 -1.0% 10,975 -3.6% 10,585 10,585 ----- 5,177 5,324 5,540 5,416 5,554 5,263 Rutherglen Reformer 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 5,389 5,356 0.6% 5,207 3.5% 5,389 5,389 ----- 11,323 11,291 11,401 11,024 11,285 11,308 Shetland Times 26 / 25 £0.67 100.0% 11,273 11,273 0.0% 11,269 0.0% 11,273 11,222 51 ---- 18,638 18,867 19,111 19,073 19,279 18,770 Southern Reporter 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 18,955 18,920 0.2% 18,874 0.4% 18,955 18,955 ----- 5,972 6,046 6,133 5,912 5,922 5,935 Stirling Observer (Fri) 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 5,985 5,900 1.4% 6,080 -1.6% 5,985 5,985 ----- 13,794 14,098 14,085 13,746 13,729 13,782 Stirling Observer (Wed) 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 13,872 13,871 0.0% 14,276 -2.8% 13,872 13,872 ----- 12,887 13,173 12,793 12,655 12,841 12,969 Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 12,886 12,954 -0.5% 12,842 0.3% 12,886 12,886 ----- 2,944 2,974 2,954 2,914 2,930 2,931 Strathearn Herald 26 / 24 £0.57 100.0% 2,941 3,065 -4.0% 2,984 -1.4% 2,941 2,941 ----- 18,864 19,210 18,962 18,714 19,197 18,955 The West Lothian Courier 26 / 25 £0.63 100.0% 18,987 18,897 0.5% 19,355 -1.9% 18,987 18,987 ----- 7,196 7,456 7,355 7,106 7,142 7,216 Wee County News 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 7,250 7,282 -0.4% 7,254 -0.1% 7,250 7,250 ----- 9,065 9,052 9,439 9,447 9,081 9,412 West Highland Free Press 26 / 26 £0.56 100.0% 9,263 9,256 0.1% 9,285 -0.2% 9,263 9,263 ----- 10,750 11,059 11,272 11,062 10,935 10,912 Wishaw Press 26 / 24 £0.63 100.0% 11,005 10,919 0.8% 11,111 -1.0% 11,005 11,005 -----

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Regional Morning (Mon-Fri) 40,472 40,227 40,305 39,842 39,676 39,153 Daily Post (Wales) (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 100.0% 39,927 39,876 0.1% 39,963 -0.1% 39,927 39,927 ----- 41,859 43,250 45,662 42,581 41,853 42,304 Wales - The Western Mail - Morning (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.45 100.0% 42,981 40,403 6.4% 41,271 4.1% 42,981 42,538 443 ----

Regional Morning (Mon-Sat) 41,478 41,166 41,250 40,841 40,662 40,121 Daily Post (Wales) (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 to £0.50 100.0% 40,900 40,835 0.2% 40,986 -0.2% 40,900 40,900 ----- 44,864 46,467 48,662 45,424 44,707 44,702 Wales - The Western Mail - Morning (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.45 to £0.60 100.0% 45,857 43,247 6.0% 44,470 3.1% 45,857 45,414 443 ----

Regional Morning (Sat) 46,265 45,861 45,599 45,837 45,347 44,769 Daily Post (Wales) (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 45,580 45,740 -0.3% 45,938 -0.8% 45,580 45,580 ----- 59,136 62,553 62,463 59,635 58,268 56,213 Wales - The Western Mail - Morning (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 59,682 57,809 3.2% 59,232 0.8% 59,682 59,239 443 ----

Regional Evening (Mon-Fri) 60,059 60,761 61,155 59,184 57,979 56,787 Cardiff - South Wales Echo - Evening (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 100.0% 59,289 59,474 -0.3% 60,936 -2.7% 59,289 48,213 11,076 ---- 26,205 26,057 26,244 25,868 25,214 24,326 Evening Leader - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.37 100.0% 25,623 26,331 -2.7% 26,988 -5.1% 25,623 25,565 58 ---- 31,680 31,911 31,903 32,256 31,714 30,883 South Wales Argus - Evening (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.35 100.0% 31,704 30,788 3.0% 31,803 -0.3% 31,704 31,704 ----- 57,404 57,470 57,660 56,659 55,645 54,344 South Wales Evening Post - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.35 98.6% 56,484 56,500 0.0% - N/A 55,474 53,641 1,833 754 - 256 -

Regional Evening (Mon-Sat) 58,300 58,888 59,000 57,442 56,157 55,197 Cardiff - South Wales Echo - Evening (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 100.0% 57,465 57,852 -0.7% 59,200 -2.9% 57,465 46,371 11,094 ---- 31,093 31,270 31,228 31,541 31,030 30,307 South Wales Argus - Evening (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.35 100.0% 31,058 30,295 2.5% 31,201 -0.5% 31,058 31,058 ----- 57,143 57,114 57,330 56,594 55,007 53,617 South Wales Evening Post - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.35 98.6% 56,104 56,487 -0.7% 58,269 -3.7% 54,586 52,760 1,826 741 - 212 565

Regional Evening (Sat) 49,949 49,522 49,087 48,734 47,499 47,562 Cardiff - South Wales Echo - Evening (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 48,695 49,551 -1.7% 50,796 -4.1% 48,695 37,512 11,183 ---- 28,305 28,065 27,990 27,966 27,781 27,543 South Wales Argus - Evening (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 27,928 27,751 0.6% 28,262 -1.2% 27,928 27,928 ----- 56,807 55,337 55,807 56,269 52,063 50,131 South Wales Evening Post All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.35 98.7% 54,292 56,386 -3.7% - N/A 50,353 48,558 1,795 680 - - 3,259

Regional Sunday 49,212 60,166 65,493 50,138 46,609 49,578 Wales on Sunday 26 / 25 £0.75 100.0% 53,374 48,060 11.1% 49,700 7.4% 53,374 52,408 966 ----

Regional Weekly 2,047 2,102 2,092 2,077 2,058 1,984 Abergavenny Free Press 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 2,058 2,035 1.1% 1,903 8.1% 2,058 2,058 ----- 4,156 4,151 4,257 4,343 4,334 4,280 Abergele & St Asaph Visitor Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 4,254 4,607 -7.7% 4,531 -6.1% 4,254 4,254 ----- 6,366 6,498 6,736 6,500 6,430 6,233 Barry & District News 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 6,466 6,631 -2.5% 6,747 -4.2% 6,466 6,466 ----- 14,729 14,682 14,913 14,932 14,710 14,507 Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 14,736 14,965 -1.5% 14,944 -1.4% 14,736 14,736 ----- 8,538 8,515 8,594 8,467 8,476 8,539 Cardigan & Tivy-Side Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 8,524 8,562 -0.4% 8,636 -1.3% 8,524 8,524 ----- 22,291 22,741 22,683 22,202 21,859 22,583 Carmarthen Journal Series 26 / 25 £0.50 99.8% 22,401 22,447 -0.2% 22,376 0.1% 22,369 21,421 948 32 - - - 5,054 5,138 5,230 5,325 5,310 5,222 Chepstow Free Press 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 5,214 5,205 0.2% 5,015 4.0% 5,214 5,214 ----- 18,535 18,315 18,444 18,366 18,456 18,482 County Times and Express Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 18,435 18,280 0.8% 18,069 2.0% 18,435 18,371 64 ----

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10,749 10,974 11,667 10,905 10,777 10,448 Cynon Valley Leader 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 10,901 11,002 -0.9% 11,151 -2.2% 10,901 10,820 81 ---- 7,030 7,056 7,007 7,062 7,120 7,100 Denbighshire Free Press Series 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 7,062 7,328 -3.6% 6,915 2.1% 7,062 7,062 ----- 22,581 22,812 24,109 23,150 22,878 22,400 Glamorgan Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 22,965 22,819 0.6% 23,228 -1.1% 22,965 22,866 99 ---- 12,756 13,067 13,688 13,176 12,888 12,668 Gwent Gazette 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 13,025 13,008 0.1% 13,325 -2.3% 13,025 12,949 76 ---- 12,104 11,870 11,832 12,058 11,966 12,001 Holyhead & Anglesey Mail 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 11,973 12,470 -4.0% 12,250 -2.3% 11,973 11,973 ----- 16,615 16,837 17,086 16,996 16,582 16,773 Llanelli Star Series 26 / 25 £0.48 99.0% 16,813 16,807 0.0% 16,612 1.2% 16,651 16,471 180 162 - - - 19,073 19,659 20,719 19,862 19,582 19,151 Merthyr Express Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 19,653 18,725 5.0% 18,305 7.4% 19,653 19,570 83 ---- 5,987 6,135 6,228 6,288 6,265 6,067 Milford & West Wales Mercury Series 26 / 25 £0.37 100.0% 6,168 6,155 0.2% 6,276 -1.7% 6,168 6,168 ----- 1,570 1,696 1,607 1,633 1,748 1,722 Monmouth Free Press 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 1,663 1,683 -1.2% 1,634 1.8% 1,663 1,663 ----- 6,533 6,767 7,165 6,826 6,877 6,579 Neath & Port Talbot Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 6,783 7,003 -3.1% 7,060 -3.9% 6,783 4,388 2,395 ---- 20,505 20,562 20,428 20,837 20,257 19,916 North Wales Weekly News Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 20,397 21,191 -3.7% 20,968 -2.7% 20,397 20,397 ----- 5,751 5,805 5,882 5,844 5,677 5,812 Penarth Times 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 5,801 5,852 -0.9% 5,820 -0.3% 5,801 5,801 ----- 4,744 4,868 4,881 4,836 4,768 4,661 Pontypool Free Press 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 4,791 4,776 0.3% 4,731 1.3% 4,791 4,791 ----- 12,779 12,946 13,561 13,237 12,916 12,657 Pontypridd & Llantrisant Observer 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 13,002 12,868 1.0% 12,852 1.2% 13,002 12,944 58 ---- 13,443 13,864 14,367 13,840 13,771 13,628 Rhondda Leader 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 13,811 13,339 3.5% 13,487 2.4% 13,811 13,762 49 ---- 9,564 9,597 9,868 9,457 9,389 9,525 South Wales Guardian Series 26 / 24 £0.40 100.0% 9,565 9,373 2.0% 9,557 0.1% 9,565 9,565 ----- 26,478 26,852 27,203 27,223 27,193 26,600 Western Telegraph Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 26,941 27,295 -1.3% 27,411 -1.7% 26,941 26,941 -----

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Regional Morning (Mon-Fri) 46,940 48,999 48,810 48,406 48,049 49,161 Irish News - Morning (Mon-Fri) 130 / 130 £0.50 99.9% 48,405 50,274 -3.7% 50,294 -3.8% 48,401 48,401 - - 4 - - 26,604 26,783 26,618 26,265 26,139 25,366 Ulster - News Letter (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.55 97.3% 26,270 25,778 1.9% 25,775 1.9% 25,583 25,064 519 687 - - -

Regional Morning (Mon-Sat) 46,851 48,609 48,587 48,469 47,887 49,147 Irish News - Morning (Mon-Sat) 156 / 156 £0.50 99.9% 48,276 50,007 -3.5% 50,080 -3.6% 48,272 48,272 - - 4 - - 29,470 29,460 29,589 28,922 29,131 28,192 Ulster - News Letter (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.55 to £0.65 97.6% 29,103 28,403 2.5% 28,788 1.1% 28,421 27,899 522 682 - - -

Regional Morning (Sat) 46,383 46,661 47,303 48,733 46,996 49,084 Irish News - Morning (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 47,633 48,628 -2.0% 49,047 -2.9% 47,633 47,633 ----- 43,081 42,849 42,661 42,210 43,341 41,754 Ulster - News Letter (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.65 98.4% 42,615 41,320 3.1% 42,695 -0.2% 41,959 41,418 541 656 - - -

Regional Evening (Mon-Fri) 94,829 94,794 97,645 96,264 96,264 97,538 Belfast Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.50 90.5% 96,299 94,540 1.9% 94,602 1.8% 87,187 85,356 1,831 9,068 44 - -

Regional Evening (Mon-Sat) 91,647 93,538 95,026 93,248 93,322 96,945 Belfast Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.50 91.4% 94,095 91,505 2.8% 92,040 2.2% 84,339 82,568 1,771 8,055 36 - 1,665

Regional Evening (Sat) 76,535 87,261 83,504 78,169 79,345 94,103 Belfast Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 96.1% 83,587 76,207 9.7% 79,020 5.8% 70,758 69,274 1,484 3,222 - - 9,607

Regional Sunday 5,949 5,600 5,945 5,609 5,847 5,938 Sunday Journal incorporating Donegal on Sunday 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 5,824 5,327 9.3% 3,519 65.5% 5,824 5,776 48 ---- 86,074 87,031 85,313 83,396 84,317 79,257 Sunday Life 26 / 26 £1.00 89.4% 84,082 82,850 1.5% 83,766 0.4% 75,221 73,272 1,949 8,861 - - - 63,621 71,245 65,453 67,038 67,671 66,888 Sunday World - Northern Ireland Edition 26 / 25 £1.00 100.0% 66,963 62,990 6.3% 62,318 7.5% 66,963 66,963 -----

Regional Weekly 6,266 6,350 6,241 6,319 6,340 6,167 Banbridge Chronicle 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 6,274 6,158 1.9% 6,167 1.7% 6,274 6,274 ----- 7,709 7,880 7,838 7,574 7,626 7,627 Coleraine Times Series 26 / 26 £0.85 100.0% 7,701 7,724 -0.3% 7,710 -0.1% 7,701 7,680 21 ---- 23,817 24,105 23,577 23,270 22,775 22,486 Derry Journal (Fri) Series 26 / 25 £0.80 100.0% 23,304 23,112 0.8% 23,921 -2.6% 23,304 23,253 51 ---- 22,926 22,817 22,698 22,672 22,157 21,683 Derry Journal (Tue) Series 26 / 24 £0.80 100.0% 22,440 22,782 -1.5% 23,712 -5.4% 22,440 22,390 50 ---- 3,515 3,669 3,574 3,704 4,083 4,302 Derry News - Monday 26 / 25 £0.65 100.0% 3,796 3,472 9.3% - N/A 3,796 3,796 ----- 6,487 6,489 6,290 6,451 6,261 6,149 Derry News - Thursday 26 / 25 £0.65 100.0% 6,346 6,360 -0.2% 6,511 -2.5% 6,346 6,346 ----- 2,692 2,568 2,333 2,243 2,306 2,046 Derry On Monday 26 / 23 £0.50 100.0% 2,339 2,452 -4.6% - N/A 2,339 2,292 47 ---- 12,660 12,671 12,713 12,636 12,602 12,565 Down Recorder 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 12,641 12,566 0.6% 12,604 0.3% 12,641 12,641 ----- 12,834 12,860 12,733 12,868 12,930 12,841 Fermanagh Herald 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 12,845 12,678 1.3% 12,464 3.1% 12,845 12,835 10 ---- 2,689 2,809 2,661 2,741 2,706 2,582 Foyle News 26 / 25 £0.60 100.0% 2,692 2,414 11.5% 2,263 19.0% 2,692 2,643 49 ---- 14,485 14,348 13,998 14,622 14,408 14,004 Impartial Reporter 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 14,287 14,355 -0.5% 14,237 0.4% 14,287 14,287 ----- 11,320 11,662 11,672 11,371 11,344 11,212 Larne Times Series 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 11,420 11,609 -1.6% 11,947 -4.4% 11,420 11,420 ----- 3,887 3,946 3,983 3,972 4,073 4,014 The Leader Series 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 3,980 4,035 -1.4% 4,315 -7.8% 3,980 3,980 -----

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5,160 5,336 5,165 4,991 5,398 5,328 Londonderry Sentinel Series 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 5,224 5,341 -2.2% 5,524 -5.4% 5,224 5,224 ----- 8,443 8,645 8,286 8,504 8,645 8,492 Lurgan Mail 26 / 26 £0.85 100.0% 8,502 8,508 -0.1% 8,736 -2.7% 8,502 8,502 ----- 11,885 12,035 11,645 11,683 11,781 11,543 Mid Ulster Mail Series 26 / 26 £0.85 100.0% 11,750 11,881 -1.1% 12,145 -3.3% 11,750 11,747 3 ---- 11,461 11,494 11,439 11,440 11,481 11,365 Mourne Observer Series 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 11,443 11,667 -1.9% 11,557 -1.0% 11,443 11,443 ----- 15,564 15,561 15,286 15,341 15,122 14,879 Newry Reporter 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 15,276 - N/A - N/A 15,276 15,276 ----- 10,861 11,009 10,774 10,797 10,851 10,578 Portadown Times 26 / 26 £0.85 100.0% 10,802 10,817 -0.1% 10,943 -1.3% 10,802 10,802 ----- 5,262 5,307 5,116 5,106 5,041 5,231 Strabane Chronicle 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 5,176 5,102 1.5% 5,197 -0.4% 5,176 5,166 10 ---- 4,208 3,966 3,768 3,776 3,884 4,198 Tyrone Herald 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 3,968 4,666 -15.0% - N/A 3,968 3,958 10 ---- 3,383 3,356 3,437 3,443 3,347 3,277 Tyrone Times 26 / 26 £0.80 100.0% 3,373 3,564 -5.4% 3,540 -4.7% 3,373 3,373 ----- 12,301 12,519 12,290 12,292 12,332 12,336 Ulster Herald 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 12,343 12,199 1.2% 12,288 0.4% 12,343 12,333 10 ---- 11,242 11,298 11,223 11,039 11,011 10,890 Ulster Star Series 26 / 26 £0.85 100.0% 11,105 11,085 0.2% 11,488 -3.3% 11,105 11,105 -----

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Regional Morning (Mon-Sat) 87,718 87,284 88,714 85,205 75,635 74,261 Dublin - Irish Independent - Morning Broadsheet 156 / 148 `€1.50 96.7% 82,771 99,684 -17.0% 129,035 -35.9% 80,077 79,004 1,073 2,551 143 - - 72,365 77,674 82,150 84,865 85,824 84,434 Dublin - Irish Independent - Morning Compact 156 / 148 `€1.50 80.2% 81,431 72,226 12.7% 52,045 56.5% 65,352 62,456 2,896 15,070 1,009 - - 117,399 122,061 116,353 119,572 117,013 113,769 Dublin - Irish Times - Morning 156 / 150 `€1.50 97.1% 117,543 114,528 2.6% 116,009 1.3% 114,184 108,523 5,661 2,731 628 - - 59,929 57,744 57,753 56,779 56,343 55,809 Irish Examiner - Morning 156 / 151 `€1.50 98.8% 57,331 58,778 -2.5% 57,609 -0.5% 56,681 56,088 593 650 - - -

Regional Evening (Mon-Fri) 94,893 93,941 101,964 95,444 90,513 85,302 Dublin - Evening Herald 130 / 123 `€1.00 92.2% 93,830 88,284 6.3% 92,510 1.4% 86,547 85,404 1,143 6,548 735 - -

Regional Evening (Mon-Sat) 30,123 28,425 27,940 27,445 26,611 26,122 Cork - Evening Echo 156 / 150 `€1.10 100.0% 27,714 27,938 -0.8% 28,341 -2.2% 27,714 27,515 199 ----

Regional Evening (Sat) 58,022 56,498 57,868 54,091 52,693 51,086 Weekend Herald 26 / 26 `€1.00 92.8% 54,825 55,002 -0.3% 58,614 -6.5% 50,917 50,389 528 3,754 154 - -

Regional Sunday 149,408 153,651 146,823 140,568 129,385 123,472 Ireland on Sunday 26 / 25 `€1.90 99.5% 139,170 144,172 -3.5% 151,899 -8.4% 138,605 138,605 - 565 - - - 51,472 52,734 50,976 53,460 53,796 48,430 Sunday Business Post 26 / 24 `€2.00 99.3% 51,823 48,639 6.5% 52,115 -0.6% 51,508 51,416 92 315 - - - 294,338 296,003 284,451 298,748 281,590 291,732 Sunday Independent 26 / 25 `€2.00 93.1% 291,036 291,323 -0.1% 291,926 -0.3% 271,199 271,063 136 18,912 925 - - 75,221 73,166 69,856 70,830 68,629 69,340 Sunday Tribune 26 / 25 `€2.00 95.3% 71,187 79,769 -10.8% 87,026 -18.2% 67,882 67,882 - 3,305 - - - 208,954 219,562 203,412 205,038 201,962 203,371 Sunday World - Republic Of Ireland Edition 26 / 25 `€1.90 100.0% 206,704 205,390 0.6% 206,010 0.3% 206,704 206,704 -----

Regional Weekly 14,824 15,224 16,196 15,398 15,705 15,839 Anglo Celt 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 15,568 15,703 -0.9% 15,465 0.7% 15,568 15,568 ----- 11,723 12,110 11,890 12,078 11,808 11,898 The Argus 26 / 26 `€1.70 100.0% 11,954 11,762 1.6% 11,804 1.3% 11,954 11,954 ----- 6,111 6,315 6,184 6,146 6,174 6,104 Bray People 26 / 25 `€1.70 100.0% 6,200 - N/A - N/A 6,200 6,200 ----- 3,768 3,845 3,904 3,759 3,711 3,724 Carlow People 26 / 25 `€1.50 100.0% 3,803 3,720 2.2% 3,453 10.1% 3,803 3,803 ----- 7,601 7,896 7,718 7,669 7,525 7,390 Connacht Sentinel 26 / 25 `€0.40 100.0% 7,634 7,607 0.4% 7,440 2.6% 7,634 7,634 ----- 26,866 27,903 27,430 27,416 26,745 27,133 Connacht Tribune 26 / 25 `€1.50 100.0% 27,266 28,370 -3.9% 27,703 -1.6% 27,266 27,266 ----- 7,804 8,176 8,108 8,311 8,462 8,107 The Corkman Series 26 / 26 `€1.60 100.0% 8,186 7,473 9.5% 7,975 2.6% 8,186 8,186 ----- 12,414 12,626 12,240 12,378 12,650 12,640 Derry People Donegal News 26 / 26 £1.05 100.0% 12,493 12,320 1.4% 12,257 1.9% 12,493 12,483 10 ---- 15,549 15,824 15,449 15,301 15,421 15,423 Donegal Democrat (Thurs) Series 26 / 23 `€1.25 100.0% 15,491 15,634 -0.9% 15,818 -2.1% 15,491 15,447 44 ---- 11,469 12,349 11,475 11,162 11,115 11,216 Donegal Democrat (Tues) Series 26 / 25 `€1.15 100.0% 11,454 11,786 -2.8% 11,545 -0.8% 11,454 11,410 44 ---- 10,471 10,848 10,607 10,665 10,654 10,474 Drogheda Independent 26 / 25 `€1.70 100.0% 10,674 10,547 1.2% 10,919 -2.2% 10,674 10,674 ----- 6,628 6,736 6,687 6,902 6,940 6,789 Enniscorthy Guardian Series 26 / 26 `€1.70 100.0% 6,832 6,726 1.6% 6,451 5.9% 6,832 6,832 ----- 5,664 5,978 5,818 5,832 5,524 5,596 Fingal Independent 26 / 25 `€1.70 100.0% 5,770 5,757 0.2% 5,755 0.3% 5,770 5,770 ----- 27,350 27,495 26,934 26,834 27,205 27,071 The Kerryman Series 26 / 26 `€1.60 100.0% 27,151 27,492 -1.2% 26,723 1.6% 27,151 27,151 ----- 17,712 17,977 18,575 17,594 17,721 17,932 Kilkenny People 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 17,907 18,179 -1.5% 18,152 -1.3% 17,907 17,907 ----- 25,464 25,895 24,492 24,771 24,544 23,474 Limerick Leader (Weekend) Series 26 / 26 `€1.75 100.0% 24,713 25,057 -1.4% 26,236 -5.8% 24,713 24,713 ----- 17,249 17,803 17,232 17,493 17,540 17,161 Meath Chronicle 26 / 26 `€1.70 100.0% 17,158 16,788 2.2% - N/A 17,158 17,158 -----

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12,096 12,222 11,714 11,912 11,655 11,683 Munster Express Series 26 / 25 `€1.55 100.0% 11,872 12,074 -1.7% 12,289 -3.4% 11,872 11,872 ----- 15,028 15,670 14,757 15,167 14,775 15,532 Nationalist & Munster Advertiser 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 15,170 15,128 0.3% 15,474 -2.0% 15,170 15,170 ----- 8,502 8,435 8,275 8,390 8,486 8,577 Nenagh Guardian 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 8,443 8,484 -0.5% 8,562 -1.4% 8,443 8,443 ----- 5,900 6,070 6,013 6,181 6,040 5,982 New Ross Standard 26 / 26 `€1.70 100.0% 6,051 5,940 1.9% 5,892 2.7% 6,051 6,051 ----- 9,177 9,436 9,753 9,403 8,989 9,524 Tipperary Star 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 9,387 9,603 -2.2% 9,516 -1.4% 9,387 9,387 ----- 9,742 10,073 10,001 9,981 9,811 9,738 Westmeath Examiner 26 / 26 `€1.75 100.0% 9,888 9,666 2.3% - N/A 9,888 9,888 ----- 12,039 12,122 12,093 12,316 12,164 12,087 Wexford People 26 / 26 `€1.70 100.0% 12,145 12,129 0.1% 11,914 1.9% 12,145 12,145 ----- 12,688 12,892 12,571 12,730 12,848 12,679 Wicklow People 26 / 25 `€1.70 100.0% 12,747 18,821 -32.3% 18,797 -32.2% 12,747 12,747 -----

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Regional Morning - England (Mon-Fri) 56,788 56,374 56,413 56,268 55,440 54,782 Darlington - The Northern Echo - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 55,979 56,213 -0.4% 57,690 -3.0% 55,979 55,037 942 ---- 9,554 9,526 9,638 9,541 9,337 9,087 Darlington - The Northern Echo - Durham North (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 9,440 9,539 -1.0% 9,891 -4.6% 9,440 9,403 37 ---- 6,791 6,690 6,628 6,602 6,485 6,509 Darlington - The Northern Echo - North Yorkshire (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 6,614 6,752 -2.0% 6,776 -2.4% 6,614 6,550 64 ---- 35,674 35,451 35,464 35,454 34,846 34,337 Darlington - The Northern Echo - South West Durham & Darlington (Mo 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 35,182 34,977 0.6% 36,000 -2.3% 35,182 34,379 803 ---- 4,769 4,707 4,683 4,671 4,772 4,849 Darlington - The Northern Echo - Tees Valley (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 4,743 4,945 -4.1% 5,023 -5.6% 4,743 4,705 38 ---- 43,068 42,557 41,957 42,223 42,345 41,970 Plymouth - Western Morning News - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.40 97.8% 42,325 43,267 -2.2% 43,307 -2.3% 41,401 41,341 60 924 - - - 18,573 18,351 18,192 18,415 18,563 18,614 Plymouth - Western Morning News - Cornwall Edition (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 97.9% 18,448 - N/A - N/A 18,066 18,036 30 382 - - - 24,495 24,206 23,765 23,808 23,782 23,356 Plymouth - Western Morning News - Devon Edition (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 97.7% 23,877 - N/A - N/A 23,335 23,305 30 542 - - -

Regional Morning - England (Mon-Sat) 56,155 55,827 55,820 55,744 54,853 54,213 Darlington - The Northern Echo - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 55,404 55,675 -0.5% 57,092 -3.0% 55,404 54,467 937 ---- 9,428 9,420 9,511 9,437 9,215 8,965 Darlington - The Northern Echo - Durham North (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 9,322 9,426 -1.1% 9,752 -4.4% 9,322 9,285 37 ---- 6,696 6,618 6,550 6,544 6,427 6,445 Darlington - The Northern Echo - North Yorkshire (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 6,543 6,689 -2.2% 6,708 -2.5% 6,543 6,480 63 ---- 35,364 35,171 35,169 35,175 34,531 34,057 Darlington - The Northern Echo - South West Durham & Darlington (Mo 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 34,889 34,702 0.5% 35,709 -2.3% 34,889 34,090 799 ---- 4,667 4,618 4,590 4,588 4,680 4,746 Darlington - The Northern Echo - Tees Valley (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 4,650 4,858 -4.3% 4,923 -5.5% 4,650 4,612 38 ----

Regional Morning - England (Sat) 53,144 53,098 53,084 53,125 52,063 51,481 Darlington - The Northern Echo - All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 52,635 52,919 -0.5% 54,198 -2.9% 52,635 51,720 915 ---- 8,831 8,889 8,924 8,917 8,634 8,377 Darlington - The Northern Echo - Durham North (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 8,753 8,847 -1.1% 9,078 -3.6% 8,753 8,717 36 ---- 6,243 6,262 6,187 6,253 6,151 6,139 Darlington - The Northern Echo - North Yorkshire (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 6,202 6,364 -2.5% 6,377 -2.7% 6,202 6,141 61 ---- 33,890 33,772 33,809 33,782 33,038 32,712 Darlington - The Northern Echo - South West Durham & Darlington (Sa 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 33,482 33,290 0.6% 34,303 -2.4% 33,482 32,701 781 ---- 4,180 4,175 4,164 4,173 4,240 4,253 Darlington - The Northern Echo - Tees Valley (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 4,198 4,418 -5.0% 4,440 -5.5% 4,198 4,161 37 ----

Regional Evening - England (Mon-Fri) 160,208 160,206 159,813 158,379 157,114 153,743 Express & Star (West Midlands) All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.32 99.9% 158,130 157,783 0.2% 164,430 -3.8% 158,082 158,082 - - 48 - - 10,661 10,564 10,414 10,297 10,486 10,246 Express & Star (West Midlands) Birmingham / First (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 99.5% 10,435 10,572 -1.3% 10,908 -4.3% 10,387 10,387 - - 48 - - 14,043 14,050 14,002 13,810 14,153 14,357 Express & Star (West Midlands) Cannock / Lichfield / Stafford (Mon-Fri 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 14,076 13,875 1.4% 14,410 -2.3% 14,076 14,076 ----- 50,799 50,763 50,482 50,021 49,227 48,077 Express & Star (West Midlands) City Final (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 49,849 50,074 -0.4% 51,965 -4.1% 49,849 49,849 ----- 40,865 40,926 40,804 40,424 39,970 39,057 Express & Star (West Midlands) Dudley / Stourbridge / Kidderminster ( 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 40,310 40,462 -0.4% 42,333 -4.8% 40,310 40,310 ----- 20,005 20,034 20,209 20,237 19,924 19,486 Express & Star (West Midlands) Sandwell (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 19,972 19,517 2.3% 20,474 -2.5% 19,972 19,972 ----- 23,835 23,869 23,902 23,590 23,354 22,520 Express & Star (West Midlands) Walsall (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 23,488 23,283 0.9% 24,340 -3.5% 23,488 23,488 ----- 81,240 81,070 81,053 80,358 80,254 78,603 Shropshire Star All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.35 99.9% 80,394 79,460 1.2% 82,692 -2.8% 80,384 80,384 - - 10 - - 59,036 58,910 58,901 58,445 58,482 57,129 Shropshire Star (Midday, South, Bridgnorth, Shrewsbury & Last Edition 130 / 127 £0.35 99.9% 58,455 57,444 1.8% 59,944 -2.5% 58,445 58,445 - - 10 - - 9,575 9,580 9,581 9,469 9,441 9,335 Shropshire Star - North Edition (Mon-Fri) 130 / 127 £0.35 100.0% 9,495 9,485 0.1% 9,778 -2.9% 9,495 9,495 ----- 7,142 7,127 7,134 7,083 7,009 6,877 Shropshire Star - Oswestry Edition (Mon-Fri) 130 / 127 £0.35 100.0% 7,059 7,021 0.5% 7,299 -3.3% 7,059 7,059 ----- 5,487 5,453 5,437 5,361 5,322 5,262 Shropshire Star - Powys Edition (Mon-Fri) 130 / 127 £0.35 100.0% 5,385 5,510 -2.3% 5,671 -5.0% 5,385 5,385 -----

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Regional Evening - England (Mon-Sat) 158,833 158,758 158,103 156,828 155,380 152,265 Express & Star (West Midlands) All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.32 99.9% 156,579 156,387 0.1% 162,826 -3.8% 156,539 156,539 - - 40 - - 10,690 10,532 10,308 10,095 10,279 10,091 Express & Star (West Midlands) Birmingham / First (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 99.6% 10,322 - N/A - N/A 10,282 10,282 - - 40 - - 13,908 13,901 13,817 13,663 13,995 14,214 Express & Star (West Midlands) Cannock / Lichfield / Stafford (Mon-Sa 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 13,923 - N/A - N/A 13,923 13,923 ----- 50,521 50,463 50,133 49,706 48,881 47,769 Express & Star (West Midlands) City Final (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 49,532 - N/A - N/A 49,532 49,532 ----- 40,397 40,439 40,310 40,013 39,491 38,656 Express & Star (West Midlands) Dudley / Stourbridge / Kidderminster ( 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 39,854 - N/A - N/A 39,854 39,854 ----- 19,748 19,777 19,929 19,984 19,650 19,246 Express & Star (West Midlands) Sandwell (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 19,712 - N/A - N/A 19,712 19,712 ----- 23,569 23,646 23,606 23,367 23,084 22,289 Express & Star (West Midlands) Walsall (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 23,236 - N/A - N/A 23,236 23,236 -----

Regional Evening - England (Sat) 152,296 151,520 150,235 149,068 147,150 145,170 Express & Star (West Midlands) All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 149,121 149,241 -0.1% 155,065 -3.8% 149,121 149,121 ----- 10,827 10,370 9,818 9,085 9,299 9,349 Express & Star (West Midlands) Birmingham / First (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 9,775 - N/A - N/A 9,775 9,775 ----- 13,267 13,158 12,970 12,924 13,241 13,532 Express & Star (West Midlands) Cannock / Lichfield / Stafford (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 13,187 - N/A - N/A 13,187 13,187 ----- 49,200 48,962 48,528 48,128 47,241 46,290 Express & Star (West Midlands) City Final (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 48,008 - N/A - N/A 48,008 48,008 ----- 38,173 38,005 38,034 37,959 37,218 36,728 Express & Star (West Midlands) Dudley / Stourbridge / Kidderminster (S 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 37,663 - N/A - N/A 37,663 37,663 ----- 18,523 18,496 18,641 18,716 18,349 18,095 Express & Star (West Midlands) Sandwell (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 18,462 - N/A - N/A 18,462 18,462 ----- 22,306 22,529 22,244 22,256 21,802 21,176 Express & Star (West Midlands) Walsall (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 22,026 - N/A - N/A 22,026 22,026 -----

Regional Evening - Wales (Mon-Fri) 26,205 26,057 26,244 25,868 25,214 24,326 Evening Leader - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.37 100.0% 25,623 26,331 -2.7% 26,988 -5.1% 25,623 25,565 58 ---- 2,116 2,084 2,100 2,080 1,985 1,731 Evening Leader - Chester (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.37 100.0% 2,008 2,222 -9.6% 2,318 -13.4% 2,008 2,008 ----- 9,887 9,884 9,930 9,589 9,430 9,253 Evening Leader - Flintshire (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.37 100.0% 9,656 10,196 -5.3% 10,280 -6.1% 9,656 9,656 ----- 14,202 14,089 14,214 14,199 13,799 13,342 Evening Leader - Wrexham (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.37 100.0% 13,959 13,913 0.3% 14,390 -3.0% 13,959 13,901 58 ---- 57,404 57,470 57,660 56,659 55,645 54,344 South Wales Evening Post - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.35 98.6% 56,484 56,500 0.0% - N/A 55,474 53,641 1,833 754 - 256 - 13,312 13,372 13,244 13,093 12,878 12,283 South Wales Evening Post - Neath & Port Talbot (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.35 99.0% 13,012 13,097 -0.6% - N/A 12,890 12,204 686 122 - - - 44,092 44,098 44,416 43,566 42,767 42,061 South Wales Evening Post - Swansea, Swansea Final and Carmarthens130 / 124 £0.35 98.5% 43,472 43,403 0.2% - N/A 42,584 41,437 1,147 632 - 256 -

Regional Evening - Wales (Mon-Sat) 57,143 57,114 57,330 56,594 55,007 53,617 South Wales Evening Post - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.35 98.6% 56,104 56,487 -0.7% 58,269 -3.7% 54,586 52,760 1,826 741 - 212 565 13,033 13,062 12,896 12,824 12,542 12,046 South Wales Evening Post - Neath & Port Talbot (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.35 99.0% 12,716 12,861 -1.1% - N/A 12,593 11,909 684 123 - - - 44,110 44,052 44,434 43,770 42,465 41,571 South Wales Evening Post - Swansea, Swansea Final and Carmarthens156 / 150 £0.35 98.5% 43,388 43,626 -0.5% - N/A 41,993 40,851 1,142 618 - 212 565

Regional Evening - Wales (Sat) 56,807 55,337 55,807 56,269 52,063 50,131 South Wales Evening Post All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.35 98.7% 54,292 56,386 -3.7% - N/A 50,353 48,558 1,795 680 - - 3,259 11,708 11,515 11,293 11,478 11,030 10,913 South Wales Evening Post - Neath & Port Talbot (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 98.8% 11,306 11,650 -3.0% - N/A 11,179 10,504 675 127 - - - 45,099 43,822 44,514 44,791 41,033 39,218 South Wales Evening Post - Swansea, Swansea Final and Carmarthens 26 / 26 £0.35 98.7% 42,986 44,736 -3.9% - N/A 39,174 38,054 1,120 553 - - 3,259

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Regional Morning - Scotland (Mon-Fri) 88,799 87,817 87,315 86,765 86,329 85,135 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.40 99.1% 86,942 88,124 -1.3% 89,353 -2.7% 86,184 84,462 1,722 758 - - - 18,605 18,275 18,187 17,984 18,122 17,572 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Aberdeen (Mon-Fri) 130 / 127 £0.40 96.8% 18,098 18,189 -0.5% 18,832 -3.9% 17,532 16,994 538 566 - - - 19,193 19,007 19,014 18,869 18,822 18,585 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Aberdeenshire (Mon-Fri) 130 / 127 £0.40 99.8% 18,902 19,123 -1.2% 19,523 -3.2% 18,877 18,623 254 25 - - - 23,516 23,213 23,016 22,912 22,662 22,445 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Highlands & Islands (Mon-Fri) 130 / 127 £0.40 99.3% 22,936 23,390 -1.9% 23,273 -1.4% 22,783 22,213 570 153 - - - 2,932 2,949 2,910 2,908 2,877 2,798 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Latest - (Mon-Fri) 130 / 127 £0.40 99.5% 2,892 2,978 -2.9% 2,891 0.0% 2,878 2,872 6 14 - - - 11,885 11,810 11,758 11,722 11,656 11,572 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Moray (Mon-Fri) 130 / 127 £0.40 100.0% 11,727 11,875 -1.2% 12,010 -2.4% 11,727 11,641 86 ---- 12,668 12,563 12,430 12,370 12,190 12,163 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - North East (Mon-Fri) 130 / 127 £0.40 100.0% 12,387 12,569 -1.4% 12,824 -3.4% 12,387 12,119 268 ----

Regional Morning - Scotland (Mon-Sat) 88,582 87,549 86,903 86,464 85,890 84,750 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.40 to £0.45 99.1% 86,602 87,858 -1.4% 88,599 -2.3% 85,881 84,159 1,722 721 - - - 18,079 17,801 17,685 17,472 17,545 17,052 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Aberdeen (Mon-Sat) 156 / 153 £0.40 to £0.45 96.9% 17,581 17,734 -0.9% 18,164 -3.2% 17,046 16,508 538 535 - - - 19,263 19,073 19,056 18,943 18,896 18,646 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Aberdeenshire (Mon-Sat) 156 / 153 £0.40 t0 £0.45 99.8% 18,966 19,183 -1.1% 19,531 -2.9% 18,943 18,689 254 23 - - - 23,661 23,310 23,041 22,984 22,705 22,473 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Highlands & Islands (Mon-Sat) 156 / 153 £0.40 to £0.45 99.3% 23,002 23,468 -2.0% 23,222 -0.9% 22,853 22,283 570 149 - - - 2,952 2,951 2,914 2,922 2,876 2,812 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Latest (Mon-Sat) 156 / 153 £0.40 to £0.45 99.5% 2,901 2,992 -3.0% 2,880 0.7% 2,887 2,881 6 14 - - - 11,902 11,805 11,728 11,714 11,625 11,544 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Moray (Mon-Sat) 156 / 153 £0.40 to £0.45 100.0% 11,711 11,857 -1.2% 11,964 -2.1% 11,711 11,625 86 ---- 12,725 12,609 12,479 12,429 12,243 12,223 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - North East (Mon-Sat) 156 / 153 £0.40 to £0.45 100.0% 12,441 12,624 -1.4% 12,839 -3.1% 12,441 12,173 268 ----

Regional Morning - Scotland (Sat) 87,601 86,213 84,844 84,954 83,813 82,820 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.40 to £0.45 99.3% 84,947 86,455 -1.7% 84,869 0.1% 84,406 82,684 1,722 541 - - - 15,713 15,430 15,173 14,910 14,806 14,450 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Aberdeen (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 97.4% 15,059 15,348 -1.9% 14,851 1.4% 14,675 14,137 538 384 - - - 19,574 19,403 19,266 19,312 19,250 18,948 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Aberdeenshire (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.45 99.9% 19,278 19,494 -1.1% 19,570 -1.5% 19,262 19,008 254 16 - - - 24,315 23,795 23,167 23,342 22,911 22,617 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Highlands & Islands (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.45 99.4% 23,322 23,878 -2.3% 22,974 1.5% 23,195 22,625 570 127 - - - 3,039 2,963 2,937 2,990 2,873 2,880 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Latest (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.45 99.5% 2,944 3,066 -4.0% 2,822 4.3% 2,930 2,924 6 14 - - - 11,978 11,779 11,578 11,678 11,477 11,403 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - Moray (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 11,636 11,762 -1.1% 11,741 -0.9% 11,636 11,550 86 ---- 12,982 12,843 12,723 12,722 12,496 12,522 Aberdeen - Press & Journal - North East (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 12,708 12,907 -1.5% 12,911 -1.6% 12,708 12,440 268 ----

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Aldershot News Group 33,080 33,138 -0.2% 33,197 -0.4% Archant London Group 151,942 155,872 -2.5% 165,081 -8.0% Celtic Newspapers Group 100,140 98,764 1.4% 99,408 0.7% Central Counties Newspapers Group 48,654 47,371 2.7% 50,600 -3.8% Chester Chronicle Group 88,233 89,071 -0.9% 91,530 -3.6% Cornish Weekly Newspapers Group 109,412 113,061 -3.2% 113,456 -3.6% Courier Newspapers Group 57,092 57,728 -1.1% 59,907 -4.7% Cumbrian Weekly Newspapers Group 93,994 94,777 -0.8% 95,884 -2.0% Derbyshire Times Group 57,072 57,606 -0.9% 58,944 -3.2% Derry Journal Group 83,544 83,507 0.0% 82,153 1.7% Derry News Group 10,142 9,832 3.2% - N/A Drogheda Independent Group 16,444 16,304 0.9% 16,674 -1.4% Dumfries & Galloway Standard Group 30,030 30,076 -0.2% 30,335 -1.0% Dunfermline Press Group 1 28,993 28,447 1.9% 28,694 1.0% Dunfermline Press Group 2 38,029 37,585 1.2% 37,539 1.3% East Kent Gazette Group 15,387 16,151 -4.7% 16,565 -7.1% East London & West Essex Group 32,421 32,640 -0.7% 34,379 -5.7% The Echo Group - Southend (Mon-Fri) 37,887 38,081 -0.5% 39,444 -3.9% Essex Chronicle Group 60,874 61,590 -1.2% 63,622 -4.3% Essex County Newspaper Group 77,463 105,362 -26.5% 106,417 -27.2% Express Group 32,787 31,975 2.5% 32,764 0.1% Fife Free Press Group 51,097 51,781 -1.3% 52,176 -2.1% Folkestone Herald Group 22,852 23,275 -1.8% 24,026 -4.9% Free Press of Monmouthshire Group 13,726 13,699 0.2% 13,283 3.3% Gravesend and Dartford & Swanley Messenger Group 8,910 9,206 -3.2% 9,367 -4.9% Grimsby Telegraph Group (Mon-Fri) 62,180 39,690 56.7% 40,580 53.2% Grimsby Telegraph Group (Mon-Sat) 61,793 62,113 -0.5% 40,533 52.5% Grimsby Telegraph Group (Sat) 59,910 62,113 -3.5% 63,156 -5.1% Hampstead & Highgate Express Group 12,661 13,982 -9.4% - N/A Harrogate Advertiser Group 36,488 36,554 -0.2% 37,177 -1.9% Heart of England Newspapers Group 64,187 64,416 -0.4% 66,386 -3.3% Herald Series/Gazette Group 31,994 32,472 -1.5% - N/A Hertfordshire Mercury & Herts & Essex Observer Group 48,719 48,050 1.4% 49,435 -1.4% Kent Messenger Weekly Newspaper Group 157,567 159,435 -1.2% 161,958 -2.7% Kent Regional Newspapers Ltd 81,824 84,846 -3.6% 87,930 -6.9% Kentish Gazette Group 27,467 28,261 -2.8% 28,162 -2.5% Lancashire & Wigan Evening Post Group (Mon-Fri) 48,623 50,537 -3.8% 53,515 -9.1% Lancashire & Wigan Evening Post Group (Mon-Sat) 47,107 49,179 -4.2% 51,937 -9.3% Lancashire & Wigan Evening Post Group (Sat) 39,822 42,224 -5.7% 44,242 -10.0% Leamington Courier Group 20,884 20,808 0.4% 21,744 -4.0% Lincolnshire Newspapers Group 51,442 53,741 -4.3% 54,956 -6.4% Luton News & Dunstable Gazette Group 16,521 16,206 1.9% 16,851 -2.0% Lynn News Group 52,166 52,412 -0.5% 53,635 -2.7% Mid Somerset Group 19,455 19,305 0.8% 19,254 1.0% Morton Newspaper Group 73,857 74,564 -0.9% 76,348 -3.3% Newsquest (Oxfordshire) Ltd 54,034 79,483 -32.0% 82,764 -34.7% The North West of Ireland Printing & Publishing News Group 46,825 46,965 -0.3% 42,206 10.9% Northwich, Winsford & Middlewich Guardian Group 22,226 22,283 -0.3% 22,689 -2.0%

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People Newspaper Group 47,778 47,336 0.9% 46,507 2.7% Perthshire Advertiser Group 28,814 28,919 -0.4% 29,634 -2.8% Pontypridd & Llantrisant Observer Group 26,813 26,207 2.3% 26,339 1.8% The Post & Times Group 17,928 17,501 2.4% 17,276 3.8% The Reporter Group 36,990 33,492 10.4% 34,751 6.4% Rochdale Observer Group 88,268 88,067 0.2% 89,406 -1.3% Scunthorpe Telegraph Group (Mon-Fri) 22,816 22,732 0.4% 20,794 9.7% Scunthorpe Telegraph Group (Mon-Sat) 22,455 22,432 0.1% 22,623 -0.7% Scunthorpe Telegraph Group (Sat) 20,702 20,878 -0.8% 18,777 10.3% Sheffield Star & Green 'Un Group (Mon-Sat) 68,246 68,391 -0.2% 74,038 -7.8% Sheffield Star & Green 'Un Group (Sat) 67,593 69,062 -2.1% 69,997 -3.4% Sheffield Star Group (Mon-Fri) 68,382 68,261 0.2% 74,914 -8.7% Shropshire Weeklies Group 45,435 45,629 -0.4% 46,094 -1.4% South Essex Recorders Group 66,845 66,251 0.9% 71,968 -7.1% South London Press Group 47,317 49,284 -4.0% 53,126 -10.9% Standard & Guardian Weekly Group 18,004 18,556 -3.0% 17,758 1.4% Stirling Observer Group 19,857 19,771 0.4% 20,356 -2.5% Sunday World - All Editions Group 273,667 268,380 2.0% 268,328 2.0% Surrey Advertiser All Papers Group 85,710 86,246 -0.6% 88,777 -3.5% Surrey Advertiser Group 52,630 53,108 -0.9% 55,580 -5.3% Surrey Mirror Group 25,998 26,109 -0.4% 26,867 -3.2% Trinity Mirror Merseyside, Weekly News Group 49,790 50,901 -2.2% 52,207 -4.6% The Wharfedale Newspapers Group 11,203 11,190 0.1% 11,277 -0.7%

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Regional Morning - England (Mon-Fri) Norwich - Eastern Daily Press (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.45 100.0% 68,599 68,599 68,546 53 Darlington - The Northern Echo - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 55,979 55,979 55,037 942 Leeds - Yorkshire Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 100.0% 50,541 50,541 50,486 55 Bristol - Western Daily Press (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 97.3% 45,115 43,940 42,920 1,020 Plymouth - Western Morning News - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.40 97.8% 42,325 41,401 41,341 60 Ipswich - East Anglian Daily Times (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.47 100.0% 38,538 38,538 38,047 491 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Journal (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 96.7% 38,187 36,943 36,191 752 Liverpool Daily Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 100.0% 20,089 20,089 20,089 - Birmingham Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.50 to £0.60 81.0% 14,256 11,553 11,422 131

Regional Morning - England (Mon-Sat) Norwich - Eastern Daily Press (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.45 to £0.60 100.0% 70,588 70,588 70,499 89 Leeds - Yorkshire Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.60 100.0% 57,186 57,186 57,131 55 Darlington - The Northern Echo - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 55,404 55,404 54,467 937 Bristol - Western Daily Press (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.50 97.9% 48,127 47,151 46,138 1,013 Plymouth - Western Morning News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 to £0.55 97.9% 45,482 44,557 44,438 119 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Journal (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 to £0.50 97.0% 41,753 40,522 39,755 767 Ipswich - East Anglian Daily Times (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.47 to £0.60 100.0% 39,044 39,044 38,472 572 Liverpool Daily Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 100.0% 19,928 19,928 19,928 - Birmingham Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.50 to £0.60 82.5% 13,934 11,504 11,373 131

Regional Morning - England (Sat) Leeds - Yorkshire Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 89,132 89,132 89,079 53 Norwich - Eastern Daily Press (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 80,228 80,228 79,968 260 Bristol - Western Daily Press (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 99.9% 62,615 62,589 61,609 980 Plymouth - Western Morning News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.55 98.4% 60,655 59,722 59,321 401 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Journal (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 99.5% 58,897 58,609 57,944 665 Darlington - The Northern Echo - All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 52,635 52,635 51,720 915 Ipswich - East Anglian Daily Times (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 41,476 41,476 40,515 961 Liverpool Daily Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 19,158 19,158 19,158 - Birmingham Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 to £0.60 91.0% 12,373 11,264 11,133 131

Regional Evening - England (Mon-Fri) Express & Star (West Midlands) All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.32 99.9% 158,130 158,082 158,082 - Manchester Evening News & The Pink (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.10 to £0.50 97.1% 144,201 140,138 140,138 - Liverpool Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.38 100.0% 130,145 130,145 130,110 35 Birmingham Evening Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 98.4% 94,339 92,888 91,781 1,107 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Evening Chronicle (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 98.0% 91,703 89,870 89,219 651 Shropshire Star All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.35 99.9% 80,394 80,384 80,384 - Leicester Mercury (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 to £0.35 97.6% 82,232 80,259 78,750 1,509 The Sentinel (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.30 99.4% 74,892 74,498 73,068 1,430 Leeds - Yorkshire Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 68,767 68,767 68,609 158 Nottingham Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 96.2% 71,080 68,427 67,015 1,412 Hull Daily Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 98.2% 67,860 66,666 65,814 852 Sheffield Star (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 62,850 62,850 62,394 456 Portsmouth - News & Sports Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 59,752 59,752 59,462 290 Bristol Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 97.7% 60,394 59,029 56,974 2,055 Teesside - Evening Gazette (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 57,903 57,903 57,589 314 Coventry Evening Telegraph & The Pink (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.35 to £0.40 100.0% 57,000 57,000 56,880 120 Derby Evening Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.30 98.1% 49,279 48,386 47,931 455 Sunderland Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 46,820 46,820 46,590 230 Bradford - Telegraph & Argus (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 100.0% 43,696 43,696 43,200 496 Plymouth - Evening Herald (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.33 98.2% 43,157 42,417 42,246 171 Southampton - Southern Daily Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 122 £0.35 100.0% 41,919 41,919 41,919 - Grimsby Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 98.9% 39,364 38,941 38,789 152 Lancashire Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.34 100.0% 38,237 38,237 38,210 27 The Argus Sussex (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.35 100.0% 36,854 36,854 35,788 1,066 York - Yorkshire Evening Press (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 36,711 36,711 35,530 1,181 Lancashire Evening Telegraph - Blackburn (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 100.0% 35,426 35,426 35,261 165 Bolton Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 35,036 35,036 34,497 539 Bournemouth - The Daily Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 100.0% 34,086 34,086 34,086 - The Gazette (Mon-Fri) - Blackpool 130 / 125 £0.34 100.0% 34,034 34,034 33,664 370

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Total At At Jun end 2005 Full Lower Rate Rate

Cambridge Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.36 97.9% 32,827 32,160 31,112 1,048 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.38 100.0% 30,105 30,105 30,105 - The Citizen (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.33 98.0% 28,979 28,415 26,220 2,195 Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 27,105 27,105 26,783 322 Norwich - Eastern Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.37 100.0% 26,771 26,771 26,489 282 Torquay - Herald Express (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.33 97.8% 27,138 26,556 26,554 2 Oxford Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 26,112 26,112 25,912 200 Oldham Evening Chronicle (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 25,768 25,768 25,648 120 Colchester - Evening Gazette (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 25,483 25,483 23,372 2,111 Lincolnshire Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 97.8% 25,481 24,945 24,548 397 Exeter - Express & Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.33 98.0% 25,084 24,584 24,508 76 Northampton Chronicle & Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 100.0% 24,456 24,456 24,395 61 Halifax - Evening Courier (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.35 100.0% 24,097 24,097 24,062 35 Swindon Advertiser (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 23,323 23,323 23,097 226 Gloucestershire Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.33 98.1% 23,582 23,156 22,763 393 Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.32 100.0% 22,884 22,884 22,835 49 Ipswich - Evening Star (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.43 98.7% 23,148 22,862 22,637 225 South Shields - Shields Gazette (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 21,191 21,191 20,807 384 Hartlepool Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.34 100.0% 21,153 21,153 20,908 245 Scunthorpe Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.32 97.8% 21,116 20,665 20,629 36 Barrow - North West Evening Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.36 100.0% 19,973 19,973 19,911 62 Weymouth - Dorset Evening Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 120 £0.32 100.0% 19,763 19,763 19,502 261 Worcester News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.30 100.0% 19,418 19,418 19,369 49 Southend Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 19,355 19,355 18,689 666 Carlisle - News and Star East (Mon-Fri) 104 / 100 £0.37 100.0% 18,610 18,610 18,610 - The Castle Point & Basildon Echo (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 100.0% 18,532 18,532 17,289 1,243 Reading Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 105 / 100 £0.30 87.2% 18,425 16,085 15,956 129 Burton Mail (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.35 100.0% 16,072 16,072 16,072 - Scarborough Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 100.0% 15,397 15,397 15,359 38 Bath Chronicle (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.35 98.8% 13,686 13,531 13,531 - Wigan Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 10,386 10,386 10,383 3 Carlisle - News and Star West (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.37 100.0% 7,649 7,649 7,640 9 Doncaster Star (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.32 100.0% 5,532 5,532 5,513 19 Scunthorpe Telegraph - Axholme Edition (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.32 100.0% 1,700 1,700 1,700 -

Regional Evening - England (Mon-Sat) Express & Star (West Midlands) All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.32 99.9% 156,579 156,539 156,539 - Manchester Evening News & The Pink (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.10 to £0.50 97.1% 137,391 133,496 133,496 - Liverpool Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.38 to £0.45 100.0% 125,575 125,575 125,540 35 Birmingham Evening Mail & Sports Argus (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.25 to £0.50 98.6% 91,906 90,643 90,454 189 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Evening Chronicle (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 to £0.50 98.1% 87,205 85,598 84,947 651 Leicester Mercury (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 to £0.35 97.9% 84,764 83,046 81,402 1,644 Shropshire Star (Mon-Sat) 156 / 153 £0.35 99.9% 80,261 80,220 80,220 - The Sentinel (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.30 to £0.40 99.4% 73,830 73,436 72,011 1,425 Nottingham Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.32 to £0.50 96.5% 71,467 68,975 67,079 1,896 Hull Daily Mail & Sports Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 98.3% 68,371 67,217 66,077 1,140 Leeds - Yorkshire Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 67,180 67,180 67,023 157 Sheffield Star & Green 'Un (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 62,921 62,921 62,468 453 Portsmouth - News & Sports Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 60,414 60,414 60,128 286 Teesside - Evening Gazette (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 58,545 58,545 58,231 314 Bristol Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 98.0% 58,906 57,752 55,716 2,036 Coventry Evening Telegraph & The Pink (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.35 to £0.40 100.0% 55,384 55,384 55,266 118 Derby Evening Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.30 98.2% 49,539 48,670 48,215 455 Sunderland Echo & Football Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 to £0.45 100.0% 47,365 47,365 47,135 230 Southampton - Southern Daily Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 148 £0.35 to £0.50 100.0% 43,209 43,209 43,209 - Bradford - Telegraph & Argus (Mon-Sat) 156 / 148 £0.35 100.0% 42,855 42,855 42,360 495 Plymouth - Evening Herald (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.33 98.2% 42,194 41,454 41,283 171 Grimsby Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 to £0.35 98.9% 39,338 38,917 38,767 150 Lancashire Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.34 100.0% 37,145 37,145 37,118 27 The Argus Sussex (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.35 to £0.50 100.0% 36,652 36,652 35,597 1,055 York - Yorkshire Evening Press (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 36,566 36,566 35,398 1,168 Bournemouth - The Daily Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 to £0.50 100.0% 34,577 34,577 34,577 - Lancashire Evening Telegraph - Blackburn (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 100.0% 34,542 34,542 34,376 166

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Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Actively Purchased Circulation Net the Period. the

Days Circulation

Total At At Jun end 2005 Full Lower Rate Rate

Bolton Evening News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 33,751 33,751 33,260 491 The Gazette - (Mon-Sat) Blackpool 156 / 151 £0.34 100.0% 33,567 33,567 33,192 375 Cambridge Evening News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.36 98.2% 32,108 31,543 30,497 1,046 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.38 100.0% 29,206 29,206 29,206 - The Citizen (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.33 to £0.40 98.2% 28,757 28,265 25,904 2,361 Norwich - Eastern Evening News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.37 100.0% 26,942 26,942 26,605 337 Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 26,226 26,226 25,907 319 Torquay - Herald Express (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.33 97.8% 26,486 25,906 25,904 2 Oxford Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 25,697 25,697 25,497 200 Lincolnshire Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 97.3% 25,550 24,883 24,493 390 Exeter - Express & Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.33 97.9% 24,639 24,140 24,064 76 Halifax - Evening Courier (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.35 100.0% 23,737 23,737 23,703 34 Northampton Chronicle & Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 100.0% 23,524 23,524 23,465 59 Ipswich - Evening Star (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.43 98.9% 23,513 23,276 23,051 225 Gloucestershire Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.33 to £0.40 98.3% 23,432 23,039 22,646 393 Swindon Advertiser (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 22,644 22,644 22,457 187 Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.32 100.0% 22,098 22,098 22,051 47 South Shields - Shields Gazette (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.35 100.0% 20,935 20,935 20,617 318 Hartlepool Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.34 100.0% 20,897 20,897 20,652 245 Scunthorpe Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.32 to £0.35 97.8% 20,822 20,377 20,342 35 Weymouth - Dorset Evening Echo (Mon-Sat) 156 / 145 £0.32 to £0.40 100.0% 20,065 20,065 19,805 260 Barrow - North West Evening Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 148 £0.36 100.0% 19,680 19,680 19,618 62 Worcester News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.30 100.0% 19,113 19,113 19,072 41 Carlisle - News and Star East (Mon-Sat) 130 / 125 £0.37 100.0% 18,381 18,381 18,381 - Burton Mail (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.35 100.0% 15,918 15,918 15,918 - Scarborough Evening News (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 100.0% 14,981 14,981 14,935 46 Bath Chronicle (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 98.8% 13,614 13,462 13,462 - Wigan Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 9,962 9,962 9,959 3 Carlisle - News and Star West (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.37 100.0% 7,644 7,644 7,635 9 Doncaster Star (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.32 100.0% 5,325 5,325 5,306 19 Scunthorpe Telegraph - Axholme Edition (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 1,633 1,633 1,633 -

Regional Evening - England (Sat) Express & Star (West Midlands) All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.32 100.0% 149,121 149,121 149,121 - Liverpool Echo - Weekend (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 103,608 103,608 103,573 35 Manchester Evening News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.30 97.0% 104,643 101,560 101,560 - Leicester Mercury (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 99.4% 96,940 96,450 94,155 2,295 Birmingham Evening Mail & Sports Argus (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.25 to £0.50 99.5% 80,200 79,844 78,264 1,580 Shropshire Star (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 99.7% 79,615 79,421 79,421 - Nottingham Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.32 to £0.50 97.6% 73,400 71,710 67,398 4,312 Hull Daily Mail (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 98.6% 70,825 69,867 67,826 2,041 The Sentinel (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.30 to £0.40 99.4% 68,712 68,318 66,923 1,395 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Evening Chronicle (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 to £0.50 99.2% 65,579 65,058 64,407 651 Portsmouth - News & Sports Mail (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 63,597 63,597 63,330 267 Sheffield Star & Green 'Un (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 63,263 63,263 62,825 438 Teesside - Evening Gazette (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 61,632 61,632 61,318 314 Leeds - Yorkshire Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 59,551 59,551 59,399 152 Bristol Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 99.7% 51,864 51,710 49,765 1,945 Derby Evening Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.30 98.5% 50,840 50,086 49,634 452 Sunderland Echo & Football Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 to £0.45 100.0% 49,538 49,538 49,308 230 Southampton - Southern Daily Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 49,262 49,262 49,262 - Coventry Evening Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 47,549 47,549 47,438 111 Grimsby Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 98.9% 39,208 38,786 38,645 141 Bradford - Telegraph & Argus (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 38,721 38,721 38,233 488 Bournemouth - The Daily Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 36,898 36,898 36,898 - Plymouth - Evening Herald (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.33 98.0% 37,564 36,824 36,653 171 York - Yorkshire Evening Press (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 35,872 35,872 34,741 1,131 The Argus Sussex (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 to £0.50 100.0% 35,688 35,688 34,682 1,006 Lancashire Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.34 100.0% 31,897 31,897 31,897 - The Gazette (Sat) - Blackpool 26 / 26 £0.34 100.0% 31,322 31,322 30,924 398 Lancashire Evening Telegraph - Blackburn (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 30,359 30,359 30,189 170 Cambridge Evening News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.36 99.7% 28,650 28,575 27,537 1,038 Norwich - Eastern Evening News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.37 100.0% 27,768 27,768 27,166 602

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Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Actively Purchased Circulation Net the Period. the

Days Circulation

Total At At Jun end 2005 Full Lower Rate Rate

Bolton Evening News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 27,575 27,575 27,317 258 The Citizen (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 99.4% 27,684 27,538 24,348 3,190 Ipswich - Evening Star (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.43 100.0% 25,263 25,263 25,038 225 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 24,884 24,884 24,884 - Lincolnshire Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 95.0% 25,878 24,586 24,230 356 Oxford Mail (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 23,702 23,702 23,679 23 Torquay - Herald Express (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.33 97.5% 23,325 22,755 22,753 2 Gloucestershire Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 98.9% 22,705 22,457 22,069 388 Exeter - Express & Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.33 97.7% 22,510 22,012 21,936 76 Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 22,004 22,004 21,700 304 Halifax - Evening Courier (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 21,994 21,994 21,965 29 Weymouth - Dorset Evening Echo (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 21,514 21,514 21,256 258 South Shields - Shields Gazette (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 19,703 19,703 19,380 323 Hartlepool Mail (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.34 100.0% 19,668 19,668 19,423 245 Swindon Advertiser (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 19,378 19,378 19,378 - Northampton Chronicle & Echo (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 19,119 19,119 19,071 48 Scunthorpe Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 97.8% 19,397 18,984 18,950 34 Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 18,377 18,377 18,335 42 Barrow - North West Evening Mail (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.36 100.0% 18,238 18,238 18,176 62 Worcester News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.30 100.0% 17,657 17,657 17,657 - Carlisle - News and Star East (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.37 100.0% 17,463 17,463 17,463 - Burton Mail (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 15,182 15,182 15,182 - Bath Chronicle (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 98.9% 13,262 13,125 13,125 - Scarborough Evening News (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 13,009 13,009 13,001 8 Wigan Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 7,925 7,925 7,925 - Carlisle - News and Star West (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.37 100.0% 7,617 7,617 7,608 9 Express & Star (West Midlands) Sporting Star (Sat) 26 / 18 £0.25 100.0% 7,524 7,524 7,524 - Yorkshire Sport (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 7,162 7,162 7,157 5 Bristol Evening Post - Green 'Un (Sat) 26 / 18 £0.50 100.0% 5,463 5,463 5,457 6 Doncaster Star (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 100.0% 4,330 4,330 4,311 19 Scunthorpe Telegraph - Axholme Edition (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.32 to £0.35 100.0% 1,305 1,305 1,305 -

Regional Sunday - England Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Sunday Sun 26 / 25 £0.70 99.4% 77,123 76,700 75,916 784 Sunday Mercury 26 / 26 £0.75 to £0.80 98.5% 69,375 68,361 67,946 415 The Sentinel Sunday 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 12,660 12,660 11,481 1,179

Regional Morning - Wales (Mon-Fri) Wales - The Western Mail - Morning (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.45 100.0% 42,981 42,981 42,538 443 Daily Post (Wales) (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 100.0% 39,927 39,927 39,927 -

Regional Morning - Wales (Mon-Sat) Wales - The Western Mail - Morning (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.45 to £0.60 100.0% 45,857 45,857 45,414 443 Daily Post (Wales) (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 to £0.50 100.0% 40,900 40,900 40,900 -

Regional Morning - Wales (Sat) Wales - The Western Mail - Morning (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 59,682 59,682 59,239 443 Daily Post (Wales) (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 45,580 45,580 45,580 -

Regional Evening - Wales (Mon-Fri) Cardiff - South Wales Echo - Evening (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.40 100.0% 59,289 59,289 48,213 11,076 South Wales Evening Post - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.35 98.6% 56,484 55,730 53,897 1,833 South Wales Argus - Evening (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.35 100.0% 31,704 31,704 31,704 - Evening Leader - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.37 100.0% 25,623 25,623 25,565 58

Regional Evening - Wales (Mon-Sat) Cardiff - South Wales Echo - Evening (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.40 100.0% 57,465 57,465 46,371 11,094 South Wales Evening Post - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.35 98.6% 56,104 55,363 53,537 1,826 South Wales Argus - Evening (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.35 100.0% 31,058 31,058 31,058 -

Regional Evening - Wales (Sat) South Wales Evening Post All Editions (Sat) Var / Var £0.35 98.7% 54,292 53,612 51,817 1,795 Cardiff - South Wales Echo - Evening (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 100.0% 48,695 48,695 37,512 11,183

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Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Actively Purchased Circulation Net the Period. the

Days Circulation

Total At At Jun end 2005 Full Lower Rate Rate

South Wales Argus - Evening (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 27,928 27,928 27,928 -

Regional Sunday - Wales Wales on Sunday 26 / 25 £0.75 100.0% 53,374 53,374 52,408 966

Regional Morning - Scotland (Mon-Fri) Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Mon-Fri) Var / Var £0.40 99.1% 86,942 86,184 84,462 1,722 Dundee Courier & Advertiser (Mon-Fri) 130 / 130 £0.36 99.9% 79,479 79,419 79,418 1 Paisley Daily Express - Morning (Mon-Fri) 130 / 125 £0.38 100.0% 11,424 11,424 11,424 -

Regional Morning - Scotland (Mon-Sat) Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Mon-Sat) Var / Var £0.40 to £0.45 99.1% 86,602 85,881 84,159 1,722 Dundee Courier & Advertiser (Mon-Sat) 156 / 156 £0.36 99.9% 80,013 79,953 79,952 1 Paisley Daily Express - Morning (Mon-Sat) 156 / 151 £0.38 100.0% 11,228 11,228 11,228 -

Regional Morning - Scotland (Sat) Aberdeen - Press & Journal - All Editions (Sat) Var / Var Var 99.3% 84,947 84,406 82,684 1,722 Dundee Courier & Advertiser (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.36 99.9% 82,682 82,622 82,621 1 Paisley Daily Express - Morning (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 10,286 10,286 10,286 -

Regional Evening - Scotland (Mon-Fri) Glasgow - Evening Times (Mon-Fri) 130 / 122 £0.35 100.0% 92,088 92,088 91,488 600 Edinburgh - Evening News (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.35 98.1% 64,422 63,246 63,151 95 Aberdeen - Evening Express (Mon-Fri) 130 / 126 £0.35 98.1% 59,415 58,297 56,761 1,536 Dundee Evening Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 130 £0.32 99.8% 25,499 25,459 25,459 - Greenock Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 123 £0.35 99.9% 19,151 19,141 19,141 -

Regional Evening - Scotland (Mon-Sat) Glasgow - Evening Times (Mon-Sat) 156 / 148 £0.35 100.0% 84,457 84,457 83,857 600 Edinburgh - Evening News & Sports Pink (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.35 98.2% 60,704 59,639 59,559 80 Aberdeen - Evening Express (Mon-Sat) 156 / 152 £0.35 98.1% 58,267 57,203 55,667 1,536 Greenock Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 149 £0.35 99.9% 18,820 18,810 18,810 -

Regional Evening - Scotland (Sat) Aberdeen - Evening Express (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 98.4% 52,704 51,898 50,362 1,536 Glasgow - Evening Times - Weekend (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 48,651 48,651 48,051 600 Edinburgh - Evening News & Sports Pink (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 98.7% 42,972 42,436 42,430 6 Greenock Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 17,253 17,253 17,253 -

Regional Sunday - Scotland Sunday Post 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 481,767 481,767 481,762 5

Regional Morning - Northern Ireland (Mon-Fri) Irish News - Morning (Mon-Fri) 130 / 130 £0.50 99.9% 48,405 48,401 48,401 - Ulster - News Letter (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.55 97.3% 26,270 25,583 25,064 519

Regional Morning - Northern Ireland (Mon-Sat) Irish News - Morning (Mon-Sat) 156 / 156 £0.50 99.9% 48,276 48,272 48,272 - Ulster - News Letter (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.55 to £0.65 97.6% 29,103 28,421 27,899 522

Regional Morning - Northern Ireland (Sat) Irish News - Morning (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 47,633 47,633 47,633 - Ulster - News Letter (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.65 98.4% 42,615 41,959 41,418 541

Regional Evening - Northern Ireland (Mon-Fri) Belfast Telegraph (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.50 90.5% 96,299 87,187 85,356 1,831

Regional Evening - Northern Ireland (Mon-Sat) Belfast Telegraph (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.50 91.4% 94,095 86,004 84,233 1,771

Regional Evening - Northern Ireland (Sat) Belfast Telegraph (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.60 96.1% 83,587 80,365 78,881 1,484

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Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Actively Purchased Circulation Net the Period. the

Days Circulation

Total At At Jun end 2005 Full Lower Rate Rate

Regional Sunday - Northern Ireland Sunday Life 26 / 26 £1.00 89.4% 84,082 75,221 73,272 1,949 Sunday World - Northern Ireland Edition 26 / 25 £1.00 100.0% 66,963 66,963 66,963 - Sunday Journal incorporating Donegal on Sunday 26 / 26 £0.75 100.0% 5,824 5,824 5,776 48

Regional Evening - Channel Islands (Mon-Fri) Jersey Evening Post (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.40 97.6% 21,538 21,023 20,881 142 Guernsey Evening Press & Star (Mon-Fri) 130 / 124 £0.40 95.5% 16,195 15,470 15,350 120

Regional Evening - Channel Islands (Mon-Sat) Jersey Evening Post (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.40 97.7% 21,716 21,218 21,076 142 Guernsey Evening Press & Star (Mon-Sat) 156 / 150 £0.40 95.4% 16,270 15,525 15,405 120

Regional Evening - Channel Islands (Sat) Jersey Evening Post (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 98.1% 22,566 22,156 22,014 142 Guernsey Evening Press & Star (Sat) 26 / 26 £0.40 94.9% 16,629 15,792 15,672 120

Regional Morning - Republic of Ireland (Mon-Sat) Dublin - Irish Times - Morning 156 / 150 `€1.50 97.1% 117,543 114,184 108,523 5,661 Dublin - Irish Independent - Morning Broadsheet 156 / 148 `€1.50 96.7% 82,771 80,077 79,004 1,073 Dublin - Irish Independent - Morning Compact 156 / 148 `€1.50 80.2% 81,431 65,352 62,456 2,896 Irish Examiner - Morning 156 / 151 `€1.50 98.8% 57,331 56,681 56,088 593

Regional Evening - Republic of Ireland (Mon-Fri) Dublin - Evening Herald 130 / 123 `€1.00 92.2% 93,830 86,547 85,404 1,143

Regional Evening - Republic of Ireland (Mon-Sat) Cork - Evening Echo 156 / 150 `€1.10 100.0% 27,714 27,714 27,515 199

Regional Evening - Republic of Ireland (Sat) Weekend Herald 26 / 26 `€1.00 92.8% 54,825 50,917 50,389 528

Regional Sunday - Republic of Ireland Sunday Independent 26 / 25 `€2.00 93.1% 291,036 271,199 271,063 136 Sunday World - Republic Of Ireland Edition 26 / 25 `€1.90 100.0% 206,704 206,704 206,704 - Ireland on Sunday 26 / 25 `€1.90 99.5% 139,170 138,605 138,605 - Sunday Tribune 26 / 25 `€2.00 95.3% 71,187 67,882 67,882 - Sunday Business Post 26 / 24 `€2.00 99.3% 51,823 51,508 51,416 92

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Rank Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Actively Purchased Circulation Net the Period. the

Da Circulation y s Total At At Jun end 2005 Full Lower Rate Rate

1 Kent Messenger Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 57,690 57,690 57,690 - 2 Mansfield Chad Series 26 / 25 £0.52 100.0% 49,394 49,394 49,394 - 3 West Briton Series 26 / 25 £0.80 99.9% 49,128 49,118 49,118 - 4 Barnsley Chronicle 26 / 25 £0.48 100.0% 45,053 45,053 45,053 - 5 Derbyshire Times Series 26 / 26 £0.47 100.0% 43,348 43,348 43,348 - 6 Essex Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.65 99.5% 43,023 42,816 42,211 605 7 Hereford Times Series 26 / 25 £0.60 100.0% 42,479 42,479 42,447 32 8 Western Gazette Series 26 / 26 £0.55 99.1% 41,046 40,681 40,681 - 9 Isle of Wight County Press 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 40,669 40,669 40,669 - 10 Cornish Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.80 100.0% 39,941 39,941 39,820 121 11 Cumberland News Series 26 / 25 £0.70 100.0% 38,271 38,271 38,271 - 12 Doncaster Free Press 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 38,064 38,064 38,064 - 13 Chichester Observer Series 26 / 25 £0.42 to £0.45 100.0% 37,311 37,311 37,259 52 14 Warrington Guardian 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 36,919 36,919 36,829 90 15 Kent and Sussex Courier Series 26 / 25 £0.60 97.9% 37,256 36,476 35,775 701 16 Surrey Advertiser Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 35,562 35,562 35,562 - 17 Wakefield Express Series 26 / 24 £0.40 100.0% 34,591 34,591 34,591 - 18 Rotherham & South Yorkshire Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 34,506 34,506 34,506 - 19 North Devon Journal Series 26 / 25 £0.70 100.0% 34,102 34,102 33,966 136 20 Chester Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.60 100.0% 33,596 33,596 33,596 - 21 Westmorland Gazette 26 / 26 £0.70 100.0% 33,419 33,419 33,419 - 22 Falkirk Herald 26 / 24 £0.42 99.8% 31,578 31,515 31,515 - 23 Hertfordshire Mercury Series 26 / 25 £0.35 to £0.55 99.5% 31,423 31,280 31,138 142 24 Lynn News (Fri) Series 26 / 25 £0.48 100.0% 30,625 30,625 30,625 - 25 Bury Free Press Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 29,974 29,974 29,974 - 26 Ayrshire Post Series 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 29,445 29,445 29,445 - 27 Darlington & Stockton Times Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 29,383 29,383 29,270 113 28 Romford Recorder Series 26 / 24 £0.45 99.3% 29,007 28,820 28,820 - 29 Wiltshire Gazette & Herald Series 26 / 24 £0.50 to £0.60 100.0% 27,943 27,943 27,716 227 30 Tamworth Herald Series 26 / 26 £0.50 99.2% 27,758 27,550 25,839 1,711 31 Connacht Tribune 26 / 25 `€1.50 100.0% 27,266 27,266 27,266 - 32 The Kerryman Series 26 / 26 `€1.60 100.0% 27,151 27,151 27,151 - 33 Maidenhead Advertiser 26 / 25 £0.30 100.0% 27,123 27,123 27,087 36 34 Eastbourne Herald 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 27,019 27,019 26,820 199 35 Western Telegraph Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 26,941 26,941 26,941 - 36 Oxford Times 26 / 25 £0.60 100.0% 26,860 26,860 26,683 177 37 The Sheffield Telegraph 26 / 25 £0.75 100.0% 26,778 26,778 26,778 - 38 South London Press (Fri) 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 26,149 26,149 26,149 - 39 Hamilton Advertiser Series 26 / 23 £0.63 100.0% 25,855 25,855 25,855 - 40 Rochdale Observer (Sat) 26 / 25 £0.48 100.0% 25,707 25,707 25,707 - 41 Bucks Free Press Series 26 / 24 £0.45 100.0% 25,408 25,408 25,317 91 42 Newbury Weekly News 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 25,367 25,367 25,367 - 43 Pontefract & Castleford Express 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 25,129 25,129 25,129 - 44 Kentish Express Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 24,958 24,958 24,955 3 45 Limerick Leader (Weekend) Series 26 / 26 `€1.75 100.0% 24,713 24,713 24,713 - 46 West Sussex County Times Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 24,105 24,105 24,105 - 47 Bury Times Friday Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 23,475 23,475 23,421 54 48 Essex County Standard 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 23,385 23,385 23,385 - 49 Derry Journal (Fri) Series 26 / 25 £0.80 100.0% 23,304 23,304 23,253 51 50 Glamorgan Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 22,965 22,965 22,866 99 51 Croydon Advertiser Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 22,760 22,760 22,760 -

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Rank Newspaper Title % Purchased Actively Average Actively Purchased Circulation Net the Period. the

Da Circulation y s Total At At Jun end 2005 Full Lower Rate Rate

52 Loughborough Echo Series 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 22,609 22,609 22,609 - 53 Derry Journal (Tue) Series 26 / 24 £0.80 100.0% 22,440 22,440 22,390 50 54 Carmarthen Journal Series 26 / 25 £0.50 99.8% 22,401 22,369 21,421 948 55 Dunfermline Press & West of Fife Advertiser 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 22,265 22,265 22,265 - 56 Bucks Herald 26 / 24 £0.38 100.0% 22,065 22,065 22,065 - 57 Hastings & St Leonards Observer 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 21,810 21,810 21,810 - 58 Rutland & Stamford Mercury Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 21,783 21,783 21,783 - 59 Grantham Journal 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 21,605 21,605 21,605 - 60 Lynn News (Tue) 26 / 25 £0.48 100.0% 21,541 21,541 21,541 - 61 South London Press (Tue) 26 / 23 £0.45 100.0% 21,168 21,168 21,168 - 62 Crewe Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 20,717 20,717 20,717 - 63 West Herts & Watford Observer 26 / 25 £0.40 100.0% 20,506 20,506 20,506 - 64 North Wales Weekly News Series 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 20,397 20,397 20,397 - 65 Cornishman 26 / 25 £0.75 100.0% 20,343 20,343 20,343 - 66 Aldershot News Series 26 / 26 £0.35 100.0% 20,254 20,254 20,254 - 67 Lincolnshire Free Press 26 / 25 £0.35 100.0% 20,014 20,014 20,014 - 68 Banbury Guardian 26 / 26 £0.38 100.0% 19,905 19,905 19,905 - 69 Burnley Express (Fri) Series 26 / 24 £0.58 100.0% 19,832 19,832 19,832 - 70 Fife Free Press 26 / 25 £0.42 100.0% 19,778 19,778 19,778 - 71 Merthyr Express Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 19,653 19,653 19,570 83 72 Wiltshire Times Series 26 / 23 £0.50 100.0% 19,579 19,579 19,352 227 73 Kilmarnock Standard 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 19,528 19,528 19,528 - 74 Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 26 / 24 £0.63 100.0% 19,519 19,519 19,519 - 75 Cumberland & Westmorland Herald Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 19,395 19,395 19,395 - 76 Craven Herald & Pioneer 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 19,307 19,307 19,180 127 77 Kentish Gazette Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 19,250 19,250 19,250 - 78 Lowestoft Journal 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 19,126 19,126 19,123 3 79 Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 19,089 19,089 19,089 - 80 The West Lothian Courier 26 / 25 £0.63 100.0% 18,987 18,987 18,987 - 81 Southern Reporter 26 / 26 £0.60 100.0% 18,955 18,955 18,955 - 82 Great Yarmouth Mercury 26 / 26 £0.45 100.0% 18,821 18,821 18,772 49 83 Ilford, Barking & Dagenham Recorder Series 26 / 23 £0.35 to £0.45 98.4% 19,081 18,794 18,794 - 84 Stroud News & Journal 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 18,687 18,687 18,687 - 85 Hexham Courant 26 / 25 £0.55 100.0% 18,602 18,602 18,602 - 86 Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Fri) 26 / 24 £0.65 99.9% 18,463 18,461 18,461 - 87 West Cumberland Times & Star Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 18,439 18,439 18,438 1 88 County Times and Express Series 26 / 26 £0.50 100.0% 18,435 18,435 18,371 64 89 Southport Visiter 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 18,320 18,320 18,320 - 90 Shrewsbury Chronicle Series 26 / 25 £0.45 100.0% 18,257 18,257 18,257 - 91 Worthing Herald Series 26 / 25 £0.32 100.0% 18,254 18,254 18,254 - 92 Perthshire Advertiser (Fri) 26 / 24 £0.65 100.0% 18,229 18,229 18,229 - 93 Wigan Observer 26 / 25 £0.58 100.0% 18,178 18,178 18,145 33 94 Newham Recorder Series 26 / 22 £0.35 to £0.45 96.7% 18,757 18,143 17,322 821 95 Malvern Gazette Series 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 18,098 18,098 18,063 35 96 Lancaster Guardian Series 26 / 25 £0.58 100.0% 18,066 18,066 18,066 - 97 Kilkenny People 26 / 26 `€1.65 100.0% 17,907 17,907 17,907 - 98 Hinckley Times 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 17,899 17,899 17,885 14 99 Whitehaven News 26 / 25 £0.50 100.0% 17,889 17,889 17,889 - 100 Rochdale Observer (Wed) 26 / 25 £0.38 100.0% 17,802 17,802 17,802 -

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Avon Bath, Norton Radstock & Frome Times Series 31,575 26 46 71 VFDL 29,409 29,946 Bristol Observer Series 180,155 G Various Various Various VFDL 179,609 182,367 Bristol Observer - Keynsham & Saltford (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 7,715 15 70 78 VFDL 7,414 7,950 Bristol Observer - East Kingswood & Keynsham Observer (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 60,739 15 70 78 VFDL 7,414 7,950 Bristol Observer - East Kingswood & Keynsham Observer (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 67,655 11 71 84 VFDL 7,414 7,950 Bristol Observer - North West Bristol 38,468 26 46 63 VFDL 39,210 39,610 Bristol Observer - South Bristol 38,926 26 54 72 VFDL 38,662 38,962 Bristol Observer - South Glo'shire 35,106 26 67 76 VFDL 34,850 34,791 Mercury Newspapers 36,046 26 108 75 VFDL 35,003 34,878 Weston and Worle News 38,188 26 106 77 VFDL 37,151 36,903

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire on Sunday Group 107,842 G 26 Various Various 104,473 105,247 Bedfordshire on Sunday Borough Edition 62,505 26 114 86 60,853 61,712 Bedfordshire on Sunday Mid Edition 45,337 26 99 84 43,620 43,535 Bedfordshire Times & Citizen 80,794 G 26 195 82 78,851 82,491 Bedford & Kempston Times & Citizen 61,814 26 195 82 60,420 62,832 Mid Beds Times & Citizen 18,980 26 195 82 18,431 19,659 Biggleswade & Sandy Comet 10,645 25 196 80 10,889 8,541 Biggleswade Advertiser 14,570 26 97 95 VFDL 14,642 14,609 Herald & Post - Luton & Dunstable 92,558 G 26 196 82 90,341 93,141 Dunstable Herald & Post 23,870 26 196 82 23,018 24,002 Luton Herald & Post 68,688 26 196 82 67,323 69,139 Leighton Buzzard & Linslade Citizen 15,680 26 90 67 15,850 15,916 LSN Media 361,729 G 26 Various Various 348,916 346,632 Bedfordshire on Sunday Borough Edition 62,505 26 114 86 60,853 61,712 Bedfordshire on Sunday Mid Edition 45,337 26 99 84 43,620 43,535 Dunstable on Sunday 30,027 26 78 86 28,854 29,258 Hertfordshire on Sunday 42,267 26 27 67 39,856 40,118 Leighton Buzzard on Sunday 16,516 26 43 78 16,393 16,532 Luton on Sunday 71,568 26 78 86 69,030 67,633 MK News 93,509 26 76 76 90,310 87,844 Luton and Dunstable on Sunday Group 101,595 G 26 78 86 97,884 96,891 Dunstable on Sunday 30,027 26 78 86 28,854 29,258 Luton on Sunday 71,568 26 78 86 69,030 67,633

Berkshire Bracknell & Wokingham Standard Series (Jan 3 - Feb 27) 41,516 8 99 36 VFDL 50,547 60,797 Bracknell & Wokingham Standard Series (Feb 28 - Jul 3) 56,656 18 110 46 VFDL 50,547 60,797 Bracknell Midweek News Series 57,202 26 37 89 58,010 60,083 The Midweek 75,131 26 51 83 77,301 79,391 Midweek Observer 51,280 26 39 59 VFDL 55,227 54,396 Newbury & Thatcham Chronicle (Jan 3 - May 22) 21,227 20 49 73 21,474 21,604 Newbury & Thatcham Chronicle (May 23 - Jul 3) 18,654 6 49 73 21,474 21,604 Newbury Advertiser & News 33,486 G Various Various 56 VFDL 33,404 32,471 The Advertiser 24,513 26 30 56 VFDL 7,455 23,530 Thatcham News (Jan 3 - Jan 9) 8,037 1 24 48 VFDL 7,455 8,941 Thatcham News (Jan 10 - Jul 3) 8,973 25 28 56 VFDL 7,455 8,941 Reading Post 96,378 25 148 69 VFDL - - Slough & Windsor Express Series 84,017 26 123 63 85,080 34,258

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Limited Edition 19,151 6 88 60 VFDL 20,340 20,290 Central Counties Newspapers 105,258 G 26 Various Various VFDL 103,956 183,413 Bicester Review 8,514 26 96 48 VFDL 8,779 9,176 Bucks Advertiser/Thame Gazette Series 42,542 26 85 74 VFDL 41,132 42,718 Herald Express 54,202 26 118 83 VFDL 54,045 53,674 Leighton Buzzard on Sunday 16,516 26 43 78 16,393 16,532 Milton Keynes Citizen Group 117,031 G 26 Various Various 117,045 116,727 Leighton Buzzard & Linslade Citizen 15,680 26 90 67 15,850 15,916 Milton Keynes Citizen 101,351 26 330 83 101,195 100,811 MK News 93,509 26 76 76 90,310 87,844 South Bucks Star 59,189 26 65 72 VFDL 62,485 63,884 Tuesday Citizen 90,768 26 60 62 90,526 91,180

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Cambridgeshire Cambridge Weekly News Series 166,349 G 26 Various Various 165,794 162,125 Cambridge Weekly News 47,049 26 55 71 46,033 46,577 Ely Weekly News 17,145 26 77 77 17,080 16,126 Haverhill Weekly News 13,096 26 66 81 13,204 12,756 Huntingdon Weekly News 14,532 26 53 74 14,748 14,383 Newmarket Weekly News 16,865 26 56 74 17,106 16,865 Royston Weekly News 10,903 26 58 74 11,008 10,893 Saffron Walden Weekly News 19,445 26 60 72 19,369 19,351 St Ives Weekly News 13,615 26 53 74 13,248 12,275 St Neots Weekly News 13,699 26 52 75 13,998 12,899 Fenland Citizen Series 41,060 26 107 67 40,562 39,780 Hunts Post Series 41,074 26 145 82 40,946 40,478 Peterborough Citizen 57,857 26 55 76 56,939 57,449 Peterborough Herald & Post 53,208 26 70 73 VFDL 49,315 52,550 Town Crier - Cambridge 51,915 26 40 73 51,732 47,515 Town Crier - West Cambridgeshire Series 47,792 26 65 67 46,599 46,594

Cheshire Chester Mail 56,749 26 43 85 VFDL 55,234 51,631 Chester Standard Group 88,613 G 26 Various Various VFDL 88,141 88,104 Chester & District Standard 54,391 26 54 76 VFDL 53,987 53,984 Ellesmere Port Standard 34,222 26 44 69 VFDL 34,154 34,120 Congleton Guardian 20,279 26 42 78 VFDL 20,113 20,021 Crewe & Nantwich Guardian Series 40,633 26 50 71 VFDL 40,548 36,820 Crewe Mail 24,797 26 57 89 VFDL 24,725 24,759 Macclesfield/Poynton Times 28,343 G 26 35 86 27,281 26,842 Macclesfield Times 22,961 26 35 86 21,939 21,675 Poynton Times 5,382 26 35 86 VFDL 5,342 5,167 The Northwich Mail 20,000 26 34 74 VFDL 19,680 19,937 Runcorn & Widnes Herald & Post 27,529 26 87 87 VFDL 27,151 27,713 Runcorn World 20,195 26 58 73 VFDL 20,064 15,727 South Cheshire Advertiser Series 22,002 26 30 66 VFDL 21,894 22,174 South Manchester Reporter 42,002 26 78 78 VFDL 41,735 39,306 South Wirral News 21,940 26 55 86 VFDL 20,882 21,861 Stockport Times East 50,028 26 102 88 VFDL 49,966 49,516 Stockport Times West 47,272 26 107 87 VFDL 47,382 45,456 Warrington Mercury 37,043 26 36 75 VFDL 38,247 34,960 Warrington Midweek Guardian 42,422 26 34 76 VFDL 42,869 42,827 Widnes World 20,944 26 58 73 VFDL 20,726 16,257 Wilmslow Express 14,963 26 79 81 VFDL 14,865 15,220

Cleveland East Cleveland Advertiser 31,849 26 25 79 VFDL 31,794 31,853 Teesside Herald & Post Series 159,506 G 26 Various Various VFDL 162,105 162,399 East Cleveland Herald & Post 48,073 26 56 79 VFDL 48,895 49,219 Middlesbrough Herald & Post 46,838 26 56 80 VFDL 48,060 47,976 Stockton & Billingham Herald & Post 64,595 26 60 81 VFDL 65,150 65,204

Cornwall Camborne-Redruth Packet 20,114 26 45 55 VFDL 20,307 20,739 Truro Packet 15,536 26 45 55 VFDL 15,622 15,855

Cumbria Advertiser 39,716 26 38 93 VFDL 39,409 39,403 The Cumbrian Gazette (East) 33,881 26 25 74 34,557 34,358 The Cumbrian Gazette (West) 45,321 26 35 78 45,046 44,781 The South Lakes Citizen (incorporating The Lakes Leader) 20,664 26 25 67 VFDL 21,877 22,365

Derbyshire Alfreton Chad 17,746 26 54 79 17,768 18,275 Alfreton Echo 13,471 26 16 63 13,382 13,693 Bolsover Advertiser 11,765 13 15 62 11,957 11,548 Buxton Times 6,202 26 21 61 5,836 6,243 Chesterfield Advertiser 55,806 26 41 77 54,440 54,057 Chesterfield Express 37,663 26 24 80 38,209 38,116 Derby Express Series 122,791 26 60 82 VFDL 122,847 122,278 Derbyshire Trader 128,242 G 26 Various Various VFDL 128,288 125,738 Derby Trader 76,692 26 49 59 VFDL 76,696 74,066

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The Trader 51,550 26 51 60 VFDL 51,592 51,672 Dronfield Advertiser 10,317 26 23 72 10,313 10,315 Eckington Leader 22,930 26 34 75 22,904 22,749 High Peak Courier Series 24,530 26 20 61 24,623 24,751 Peak Times 16,357 26 18 61 15,486 15,718

Devon Exeter Times 43,137 26 27 54 VFDL 42,718 42,858 Exmouth Herald 17,775 26 30 79 18,193 17,808 Mid Devon Star 18,884 26 35 52 VFDL 19,006 19,040 Newton Abbot & District Weekender 13,274 26 31 65 VFDL 12,805 12,776 North Devon Gazette & Advertiser Series 50,726 26 77 74 49,954 50,339 Plymouth Extra Series 96,810 26 36 70 VFDL 95,388 96,620 Torbay Weekender 43,310 26 31 60 VFDL 43,155 42,339

Dorset Advertiser Series 142,072 G Various Various Various VFDL 154,526 158,320 Bournemouth Advertiser (Jan 3 - Jan 23) 68,986 3 43 76 VFDL 69,100 69,639 Bournemouth Advertiser (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 60,845 23 104 83 VFDL 69,100 69,639 Christchurch Advertiser 22,362 26 97 82 VFDL 21,803 22,386 Poole Advertiser 58,865 26 97 82 VFDL 63,623 66,295 Avon Advertiser - Hants & Dorset 39,182 26 27 73 VFDL 40,114 40,151 Property Advertiser - Avon (Jan 3 - Jan 30) 46,884 4 62 99 VFDL 47,018 47,165 Property Advertiser - Avon (Jan 31 - Jul 3) 40,313 22 64 98 VFDL 47,018 47,165 Swanage & Wareham District Advertiser Series 13,179 26 27 79 VFDL 12,840 13,137 Weymouth & Dorchester Advertiser 35,843 26 22 72 VFDL 35,350 34,552

Durham Advertiser Series (North of England) 223,622 G 26 Various Various VFDL 220,676 220,328 Chester-Le-Street Advertiser 16,748 26 65 89 VFDL 16,753 16,986 Consett-Stanley Advertiser 26,839 26 61 88 VFDL 26,884 27,152 Darlington Aycliffe and Sedgefield Advertiser 65,071 26 52 86 VFDL 62,893 61,629 Durham Advertiser 26,383 26 69 88 VFDL 25,955 25,952 East Cleveland Advertiser 31,849 26 25 79 VFDL 31,794 31,853 North Yorkshire Advertiser 27,210 26 63 87 VFDL 26,942 27,264 Wear Valley Advertiser 29,522 26 47 86 VFDL 29,455 29,492 Herald & Post Series 246,807 G 26 Various Various VFDL 250,948 252,111 South Durham Herald & Post Series 87,301 G 26 Various Various VFDL 88,843 89,712 Darlington Herald & Post 40,386 26 57 78 VFDL 41,216 41,664 North Yorkshire Herald & Post 14,864 26 43 73 VFDL 14,863 15,130 South Durham Herald & Post 32,051 26 46 73 VFDL 32,764 32,918 Teesside Herald & Post Series 159,506 G 26 Various Various VFDL 162,105 162,399 East Cleveland Herald & Post 48,073 26 56 79 VFDL 48,895 49,219 Middlesbrough Herald & Post 46,838 26 56 80 VFDL 48,060 47,976 Stockton & Billingham Herald & Post 64,595 26 60 81 VFDL 65,150 65,204 Peterlee Star (Jan 3 - Feb 27) 19,624 8 32 75 20,891 21,848 Peterlee Star (Feb 28 - Apr 17) 16,782 7 36 72 20,891 21,848 Peterlee Star (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 18,904 11 37 77 20,891 21,848

Essex Chelmsford Weekly News Group 83,254 G 26 Various Various VFDL 82,751 80,946 Braintree & Witham Weekly News 22,749 26 58 89 VFDL 22,684 22,835 Chelmsford Weekly News 48,119 26 69 85 VFDL 47,702 46,110 South Woodham & Maldon Weekly News 12,386 26 59 89 VFDL 12,365 12,001 Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder 11,590 26 32 74 11,538 11,704 Echo Newspapers Free Newspaper Group 230,934 G 26 161 86 VFDL 231,623 229,633 Standard Recorder Group 171,348 G 26 Various Various VFDL 172,183 171,555 Basildon and Wickford Recorder 54,962 26 72 88 VFDL 55,076 54,817 Southend Standard Group 116,386 G 26 140 90 VFDL 117,107 116,738 Southend Standard 62,783 26 140 90 VFDL 63,523 63,195 Southend Standard - Castle Point, Rayleigh & Rochford 53,603 26 140 90 VFDL 53,584 53,543 Thurrock Gazette 59,586 26 161 86 VFDL 59,440 58,078 Harlow, Epping and Sawbridgeworth Star Series 44,274 26 102 76 VFDL 44,005 43,930 Havering Post (Jan 3 - Jan 16) 48,964 2 68 62 63,776 51,866 Havering Post (Jan 17 - Jul 3) 70,621 24 67 78 63,776 51,866 Herald - Harlow and Bishops Stortford Series (Jan 3 - Mar 13) 43,199 9 59 71 40,503 28,202 Herald - Harlow and Bishops Stortford Series (Mar 14 - Jul 3) 47,385 16 64 74 40,503 28,202 Redbridge Post Series 63,879 25 44 75 62,756 62,393 Saffron Walden Observer 5,358 26 125 67 VFDL 5,379 5,734

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Saffron Walden Weekly News 19,445 26 60 72 19,369 19,351 Saffron Walden, Stansted & Sawston Reporter 25,539 26 40 67 25,541 24,722 Weekly News Group 195,849 G 26 Various Various VFDL 195,097 191,071 Braintree & Witham Weekly News 22,749 26 58 89 VFDL 22,684 22,835 Brentwood & Billericay Weekly News Series 36,527 26 42 83 VFDL 36,438 35,414 Chelmsford Weekly News 48,119 26 69 85 VFDL 47,702 46,110 Colchester & Mersea Weekly News 44,876 26 34 89 VFDL 44,850 43,511 South Woodham & Maldon Weekly News 12,386 26 59 89 VFDL 12,365 12,001 Tendring Weekly News 31,192 26 31 89 VFDL 31,058 31,200 Yellow Advertiser Series 470,015 G Various Various Various 483,654 485,987 Yellow Advertiser (Barking & Dagenham) (Jan 3 - Apr 10) 20,759 14 25 72 21,021 20,943 Yellow Advertiser (Barking & Dagenham) (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 18,828 12 23 73 21,021 20,943 Yellow Advertiser (Basildon) 56,117 26 116 84 57,896 58,516 Yellow Advertiser (Brentwood) 19,675 26 25 70 20,320 20,495 Yellow Advertiser (Castle Point) 48,331 26 92 81 48,533 49,180 Yellow Advertiser (Chelmsford) 44,992 26 31 67 45,444 45,848 Yellow Advertiser (Havering) 67,224 26 78 75 71,008 70,981 Yellow Advertiser (Redbridge) 63,789 26 32 79 65,455 65,847 Yellow Advertiser (Southend) 63,001 26 90 80 63,821 63,236 Yellow Advertiser (Thurrock) 40,392 26 37 67 40,310 41,041 Yellow Advertiser (Waltham Forest) 47,666 26 27 72 49,846 49,900

Gloucestershire Admag Group 26,550 G 26 Various Various VFDL 26,338 26,452 Evesham Admag 13,914 26 23 84 VFDL 13,817 13,747 Tewkesbury Admag 12,636 26 31 88 VFDL 12,521 12,705 Gloucester News Group 66,342 G 26 40 Various 66,788 65,694 Cheltenham News Series 29,506 26 40 68 29,670 29,273 Gloucester News 36,836 26 40 66 37,118 36,421 Gloucestershire Independent Series 54,961 26 32 87 VFDL 57,854 -

Hampshire Andover Advertiser Midweek 23,773 26 27 80 VFDL 24,250 22,116 The Basingstoke Extra 46,394 26 59 78 VFDL 46,244 46,818 Courier Series 80,733 26 111 66 VFDL 79,517 79,762 Journal Group 141,835 G 26 38 71 VFDL 142,296 145,048 Journal Fareham and Gosport 51,330 26 38 71 VFDL 11,688 12,195 Journal Havant and Waterlooville 29,759 26 38 71 VFDL 29,660 28,537 Journal Portsmouth and Southsea 60,746 26 38 71 VFDL 60,786 64,267 New Forest Post 47,765 26 34 75 VFDL 47,763 47,910 News Extra 60,125 26 54 90 VFDL 60,605 62,476 Southampton Advertiser 148,895 26 38 75 VFDL 146,517 153,749 Southern Property Advertiser 154,071 26 70 91 VFDL 149,734 158,211

Hereford & Worcestershire Evesham Admag 13,914 26 23 84 VFDL 13,817 13,747 Hereford & Leominster Journal Series 49,134 26 47 65 VFDL 49,503 45,088 Hereford Admag 58,476 26 41 96 VFDL 57,596 57,871 The Journal Series including Evesham Journal and Cotswold Journal (Jan 3 - Mar 6) 38,883 9 95 80 VFDL 39,395 40,018 The Journal Series including Evesham Journal and Cotswold Journal (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 33,494 17 95 82 VFDL 39,395 40,018 Kidderminster Chronicle 38,488 26 34 66 VFDL 38,140 37,147 Kidderminster Shuttle & Stourport News Series 42,065 26 107 75 VFDL 41,990 42,276 Observer Standard Newspapers Ltd Group 545,466 G Various Various Various VFDL 500,032 498,489 Bromsgrove Standard Series 40,647 26 96 80 VFDL 40,471 40,150 Coventry Observer 123,977 26 57 71 VFDL 120,674 122,052 Leamington Spa Observer Series 47,216 26 78 77 VFDL 46,636 46,602 North Herts Advertiser Group 107,482 G 26 Various 95 VFDL 105,450 104,455 Biggleswade Advertiser 14,570 26 97 95 VFDL 14,642 14,609 Hitchin Advertiser 41,765 26 100 95 VFDL 41,010 40,737 Stevenage Advertiser 25,587 26 100 95 VFDL 25,204 24,771 Welwyn Garden City & Hatfield Advertiser 25,560 26 54 95 VFDL 24,594 24,338 Redditch Standard Series 50,515 26 105 81 VFDL 50,357 50,050 Rugby Observer 42,030 26 84 79 VFDL 40,478 41,107 Solihull & Shirley Observer Series (Feb 14 - Jul 3) 50,575 20 54 70 VFDL - - Stratford Observer Series (Jan 3 - Feb 13) 47,154 6 61 74 VFDL 45,701 43,944 Stratford Observer Series (Feb 14 - Jul 3) 33,079 20 59 78 VFDL 45,701 43,944 Worcester Standard 49,945 26 60 71 VFDL 50,265 50,129 Redditch & District Why Magazine 30,984 26 34 100 31,323 23,010 Redditch, Bromsgrove & Droitwich Advertiser Group 85,498 G 26 Various Various VFDL 85,260 85,070

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Bromsgrove Advertiser / Messenger / Droitwich Spa Advertiser 38,485 26 114 81 VFDL 38,389 38,360 Redditch Advertiser & Alcester Chronicle 47,013 26 127 80 VFDL 46,871 46,710 Worcester Journal (Berrows) 48,400 26 49 78 VFDL 48,804 48,997

Hertfordshire Bishops Stortford Citizen 17,818 26 44 63 VFDL 19,342 15,962 Borehamwood & Elstree Times 15,099 26 130 73 VFDL 15,247 15,347 The Comet Series 84,630 G Various Various 80 80,835 68,570 Biggleswade & Sandy Comet 10,645 25 196 80 10,889 8,541 The Comet - Letchworth & Baldock Edition 22,098 25 196 80 20,847 17,396 The Comet - Stevenage Edition 32,336 25 196 80 31,816 24,921 Hitchin Comet (Jan 3 - Jan 23) 18,910 2 204 80 17,283 17,712 Hitchin Comet (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 19,551 23 195 80 17,283 17,712 The Harlow Herald Series 89,872 G Various Various Various 77,842 60,180 East Herts Herald (Jan 3 - Feb 20) 40,916 6 69 77 37,339 31,978 East Herts Herald (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 42,487 19 68 75 37,339 31,978 Herald - Harlow and Bishops Stortford Series (Jan 3 - Mar 13) 43,199 9 59 71 40,503 28,202 Herald - Harlow and Bishops Stortford Series (Mar 14 - Jul 3) 47,385 16 64 74 40,503 28,202 Herald - Stevenage (Jan 3 - May 22) 17,408 19 47 71 22,237 19,387 Herald - Stevenage (May 23 - Jul 3) 14,293 6 41 70 22,237 19,387 Herald Express 54,202 26 118 83 VFDL 54,045 53,674 Hertfordshire on Sunday 42,267 26 27 67 39,856 40,118 Herts & Essex Newspapers Group 136,083 G 26 Various Various VFDL 135,517 136,289 Hertfordshire & Lea Valley Star Series 67,121 G 26 Various Various VFDL 66,530 66,975 Hertfordshire Star 30,660 26 69 81 VFDL 30,246 30,413 Lea Valley Star 36,461 26 53 73 VFDL 36,284 36,562 Saffron Walden Observer 5,358 26 125 67 VFDL 5,379 5,734 Star/Classified Series 63,604 G Various Various Various VFDL 63,608 63,580 Harlow, Epping and Sawbridgeworth Star Series 44,274 26 102 76 VFDL 44,005 43,930 Herts and Essex Star Classified 19,330 25 53 91 VFDL 19,603 19,650 The Herts Advertiser - St Albans & Harpenden Edition 52,464 25 190 86 51,708 51,175 North Herts Advertiser Group 107,482 G 26 Various 95 VFDL 105,450 104,455 Biggleswade Advertiser 14,570 26 97 95 VFDL 14,642 14,609 Hitchin Advertiser 41,765 26 100 95 VFDL 41,010 40,737 Stevenage Advertiser 25,587 26 100 95 VFDL 25,204 24,771 Welwyn Garden City & Hatfield Advertiser 25,560 26 54 95 VFDL 24,594 24,338 Royston Weekly News 10,903 26 58 74 11,008 10,893 St Albans/Harpenden Review 49,792 26 122 86 VFDL 50,479 50,923 The Watford Free 51,285 26 173 86 VFDL 53,214 52,149 Welwyn and Hatfield Review 19,666 26 33 63 VFDL 19,989 20,647

Isle of Man Isle of Man Courier 36,018 26 70 72 35,793 34,939

Kent Adscene Group 360,756 G 26 Various Various VFDL 364,874 369,429 Adscene (Ashford & Tenterden) 31,660 26 59 70 VFDL 31,636 31,929 Adscene (Canterbury) 60,095 26 89 77 VFDL 60,093 62,108 Adscene (Folkestone & Dover) Series 60,459 26 43 83 VFDL 62,439 62,487 Adscene (Maidstone) 50,690 26 65 71 VFDL 51,768 52,492 Adscene (Medway) 84,309 26 98 87 VFDL 85,161 85,834 Adscene (Sittingbourne & Sheppey) 17,925 26 32 82 VFDL 17,576 17,704 Adscene (Thanet) 55,618 26 77 86 VFDL 56,201 56,875 Bexley & North Kent News Shopper Group 135,456 G Various Various Various VFDL 143,874 147,044 Bexley Borough News Shopper 72,830 26 83 68 VFDL 73,048 72,805 North Kent News Shopper Series (Jan 3 - Feb 6) 66,421 5 85 72 VFDL 70,826 74,239 North Kent News Shopper Series (Feb 7 - Jul 3) 62,626 21 89 70 VFDL 70,826 74,239 Bexley Borough Property News 65,795 26 52 87 VFDL 65,558 65,916 Bexley Express 69,774 25 69 74 67,597 70,328 Bexley Mercury (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 20,839 15 32 90 19,485 19,502 Bexley Mercury (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 16,920 11 28 90 19,485 19,502 Bromley & District Express and Orpington & Chislehurst Express 80,522 25 60 80 78,027 80,036 Bromley News Shopper 101,169 26 93 69 VFDL 98,061 97,643 Bromley Property News 97,746 26 72 90 VFDL 94,237 95,350 Dartford & Swanley Express 46,565 25 72 73 45,525 46,213 Gravesend & District Express 36,014 25 71 75 35,215 35,288 KM Extra Group (Kent) 698,010 G 26 Various Various 593,067 518,538 KM Extra (Ashford) Series 32,041 26 49 78 31,586 31,439 KM Extra (Bexley) 73,035 26 96 41 73,005 -

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KM Extra (Bromley) 105,951 26 107 47 - - KM Extra (Canterbury) Series 63,455 26 82 78 63,197 62,144 KM Extra (Dartford and Swanley) 46,641 26 63 71 46,974 46,874 KM Extra (Folkestone, Dover) Series 63,354 26 79 68 63,414 63,403 KM Extra (Gravesend) 36,395 26 60 73 37,005 37,074 KM Extra (Maidstone) 52,697 26 49 78 52,732 52,774 KM Extra (Medway) 90,079 26 116 79 90,779 90,763 KM Extra (Sittingbourne) 18,270 26 60 72 18,127 18,350 KM Extra (Thanet) 57,417 26 138 72 57,505 57,030 KM Extra (Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Sevenoaks) Series 58,675 26 51 54 58,743 58,687 News in Focus Series 71,235 26 40 62 69,825 70,502

Lancashire The Blackburn, Darwen and Hyndburn Citizen 59,180 26 36 84 VFDL 59,139 - Blackpool Citizen Series 64,133 26 61 79 VFDL 62,802 63,287 Blackpool Reporter Series 67,232 26 55 73 70,015 69,422 The Burnley and Pendle Citizen 54,780 26 39 80 VFDL 54,331 - Chorley Citizen 30,971 26 53 78 VFDL 29,482 29,996 Lancaster & Morecambe Reporter (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 46,351 23 30 71 - - The Lancaster and Morecombe Citizen 45,286 26 54 67 VFDL 45,154 - Leigh Reporter (Incorporating Atherton & Tyldesley) 61,768 26 66 78 62,859 62,930 Preston & Leyland Reporter 67,159 26 65 80 67,263 67,274 The Preston and Leyland Citizen 66,840 26 62 81 VFDL 64,451 64,304 The Reporter (Pendle, Burnley, Clitheroe, Whalley) Series 65,030 26 26 57 65,086 - Skelmersdale Champion 17,628 26 46 74 VFDL 17,498 17,536 St Helens (incorporating the Prescot & Knowsley Reporter) Series 79,768 26 111 82 81,497 81,662 St. Helens Star 80,132 26 116 81 VFDL 79,650 75,561 Wigan Reporter including The Homes Supplement 62,885 26 139 84 67,064 67,237

Leicestershire Coalville & Ashby Echo Series 24,521 26 34 58 VFDL 24,587 23,130 Harborough Herald & Post 9,471 26 17 63 VFDL 9,027 9,411 Hinckley Herald and Classified Journal 31,469 26 37 85 VFDL 30,373 31,355 Leicester Mail Group 145,509 G Various Various Various VFDL 151,118 160,490 Ashby & Coalville Mail (Jan 3 - Jan 16) 22,005 2 56 77 VFDL 20,432 24,655 Ashby & Coalville Mail (Jan 17 - Jul 3) 17,472 24 59 87 VFDL 20,432 24,655 Leicester Mail Series 92,021 26 53 85 VFDL 93,923 96,968 Loughborough Mail 36,016 26 30 83 VFDL 36,763 38,867 Loughborough Echo Trader Xtra 41,424 26 28 70 VFDL 41,440 40,103

Lincolnshire Lincoln Chronicle 46,311 26 36 54 46,511 46,582 Lincolnshire Citizen Series 56,702 26 64 69 57,840 57,221 The News (Jan 3 - Mar 6) 19,570 9 26 61 19,768 20,867 The News (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 17,229 17 23 64 19,768 20,867 Stamford Herald & Post (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 10,759 15 24 70 VFDL 9,886 10,417 Stamford Herald & Post (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 12,027 11 26 68 VFDL 9,886 10,417 Stamford, Bourne & The Deepings Citizen 13,070 26 21 76 - - Target Series - Grimsby & Scunthorpe 132,530 G 26 Various Various VFDL 131,994 132,240 Grimsby Target 70,440 26 39 87 VFDL 70,169 70,004 Scunthorpe Target 62,090 26 42 88 VFDL 61,825 62,236 Target Series - Lincoln & Boston & Gainsborough 173,198 G Various Various Various VFDL 149,494 147,112 Boston Target 28,943 26 112 74 VFDL 28,348 27,852 East Lindsey Target Series 24,721 26 91 64 VFDL 24,429 23,782 Gainsborough Target 13,326 26 83 71 VFDL 13,107 12,625 Lincoln Target 52,490 26 60 73 VFDL 50,941 50,949 Sleaford Target 17,934 26 118 58 VFDL 17,360 17,193 Spalding Target (Jan 3 - May 15) 19,253 19 90 47 VFDL - - Spalding Target (May 16 - Jul 3) 20,485 7 90 45 VFDL - - Wolds Target Series 15,299 26 82 50 VFDL 15,309 14,711

London & Greater London The Chiswick and Hounslow Guardian Group 68,538 G Various Various Various VFDL 64,618 - The Chiswick 20,867 26 22 61 VFDL 20,850 - Hounslow Guardian (Jan 3 - Jan 9) 47,767 1 40 73 VFDL 43,768 48,737 Hounslow Guardian (Jan 10 - Jul 3) 47,671 25 54 70 VFDL 43,768 48,737 Croydon Guardian 105,501 26 65 59 VFDL 106,788 108,464 Croydon Guardian Property Series 103,165 26 64 88 VFDL 105,005 107,613 Ealing Leader Series 75,779 26 53 88 75,579 74,403

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Ealing Times 55,405 26 74 77 VFDL 55,657 54,584 East End Life 76,932 25 40 48 75,579 67,437 Enfield Advertiser 91,715 26 142 86 90,402 94,614 Enfield Independent Series 90,393 26 109 76 VFDL 89,948 90,978 Epping Forest Independent 14,693 26 55 69 VFDL - - Epsom & Leatherhead Guardian Property 41,737 26 69 84 VFDL 42,005 42,724 Haringey Advertiser Series (Jan 3 - May 29) 41,982 21 48 81 35,265 42,488 Haringey Advertiser Series (May 30 - Jul 3) 38,934 5 46 82 35,265 42,488 Harlow Citizen 29,309 26 49 63 VFDL - - Harrow & Wembley Group 117,849 G Various Various Various 101,171 101,109 Harrow Leader Series 70,538 26 54 89 70,046 71,251 Wembley Leader Series (Jan 3 - Mar 6) 31,165 9 28 88 31,125 29,858 Wembley Leader Series (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 47,311 17 43 85 31,125 29,858 Harrow Times 71,457 26 139 81 VFDL 71,676 74,469 Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times 54,999 26 61 68 VFDL 55,911 56,838 Informer Group 298,036 G Various Various Various 299,968 311,782 Hounslow & Staines Informer Group 101,180 G 26 Various Various 105,622 110,999 Hounslow Informer Series 49,226 26 107 90 51,070 53,374 Staines Informer 51,954 26 68 89 54,552 57,625 Kingston, Richmond & Walton Informer Group 160,061 G 26 Various Various 162,853 168,277 Kingston Informer 53,700 26 54 77 52,333 55,924 Richmond & Twickenham Informer 52,358 26 56 75 55,504 55,505 Walton & Weybridge Informer 54,003 26 60 80 55,016 56,848 Woking Informer (Jan 3 - Jan 23) 31,565 3 40 80 31,493 32,506 Woking Informer (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 36,795 23 36 80 31,493 32,506 The Kensington & Chelsea Informer Series 96,776 26 33 78 97,179 96,782 Kingston & Elmbridge Guardian Group 101,430 G 26 Various 64 VFDL 102,889 - Elmbridge Guardian 45,148 26 62 64 VFDL 45,606 - Kingston Guardian 56,282 26 56 64 VFDL 57,283 92,000 Kingston Property Weekly 52,270 26 54 84 VFDL 53,904 54,602 Kingston, Richmond & Elmbridge Guardian Group 132,536 G 26 Various Various VFDL 135,299 123,852 Elmbridge Guardian 45,148 26 62 64 VFDL 45,606 - Kingston Guardian 56,282 26 56 64 VFDL 57,283 92,000 Richmond Guardian 31,106 26 39 66 VFDL 32,410 31,852 Lewisham & Greenwich Mercury Series 103,410 G Various Various Various 96,003 96,590 Greenwich Borough Mercury (Jan 3 - Apr 10) 62,385 14 71 74 58,857 58,822 Greenwich Borough Mercury (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 64,592 12 67 73 58,857 58,822 Lewisham Borough Mercury 38,818 26 69 74 37,146 37,768 Lewisham & Greenwich News Shopper Series 97,469 26 113 73 VFDL 97,943 100,918 Limited Edition Group 109,441 G 6 Various 60 VFDL 111,528 111,241 Buckinghamshire Limited Edition 19,151 6 88 60 VFDL 20,340 20,290 Limited Edition - Barnet & Enfield 36,431 6 71 60 VFDL 36,873 36,893 Limited Edition - Hertfordshire 27,222 6 79 60 VFDL 28,043 27,563 Limited Edition - Middlesex 26,637 6 79 60 VFDL 26,272 26,495 Mitcham & Morden Guardian Property 26,127 26 23 85 VFDL 27,155 28,131 Muswell Hill & Crouch End Times (Jan 3 - Jan 30) 28,768 4 54 64 VFDL 39,453 41,184 Muswell Hill & Crouch End Times (Jan 31 - Jul 3) 20,471 22 60 67 VFDL 39,453 41,184 The Press Series 116,170 26 100 78 110,611 111,057 Putney & Wandsworth Property Weekly 43,866 26 25 77 VFDL 46,444 47,672 South London Press & Mercury Group 200,269 G Various Various Various 202,453 203,073 Bexley Mercury (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 20,839 15 32 90 19,485 19,502 Bexley Mercury (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 16,920 11 28 90 19,485 19,502 Greenwich Borough Mercury (Jan 3 - Apr 10) 62,385 14 71 74 58,857 58,822 Greenwich Borough Mercury (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 64,592 12 67 73 58,857 58,822 Lewisham Borough Mercury 38,818 26 69 74 37,146 37,768 Mitcham, Morden & Wimbledon Post 46,652 26 36 80 47,360 47,850 Streatham, Clapham & West Norwood Post (Jan 3 - Apr 3) 37,743 13 45 83 39,605 39,131 Streatham, Clapham & West Norwood Post (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 33,287 13 42 84 39,605 39,131 Staines Guardian Group 90,260 G Various Various Various VFDL 79,297 91,347 Hounslow Guardian (Jan 3 - Jan 9) 47,767 1 40 73 VFDL 43,768 48,737 Hounslow Guardian (Jan 10 - Jul 3) 47,671 25 54 70 VFDL 43,768 48,737 Staines Guardian 42,589 26 41 59 VFDL 35,529 42,610 Staines Leader Series 54,000 26 103 90 53,286 57,336 Stratford & Docklands Express Series 51,093 26 43 65 49,663 50,029 Streatham Guardian 34,162 26 29 57 VFDL 34,596 34,690 Surrey & Sussex Newspapers Group 283,949 G Various Various Various 289,632 288,946 Crawley News 39,872 26 134 74 39,761 39,498 Croydon Borough Post 100,664 26 154 88 100,703 100,529 East Grinstead Observer 15,027 26 70 72 14,729 14,418

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Epsom, Ewell & Banstead Post 31,636 26 92 76 31,092 31,937 Reigate, Redhill & Horley Post (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 40,082 15 105 78 39,610 39,320 Reigate, Redhill & Horley Post (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 34,747 11 113 78 39,610 39,320 Sutton Borough Post 62,003 26 93 78 63,737 63,244 Sutton Guardian Property 61,148 26 95 84 VFDL 62,723 63,232 Sutton Guardian Series 107,041 26 76 66 VFDL 109,011 108,489 Times Chronicle Series 54,651 G Various 56 Various 54,806 53,853 Kilburn Times Series (Jan 3 - Apr 10) 27,536 13 57 53 28,088 26,838 Kilburn Times Series (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 22,398 12 56 51 28,088 26,838 Wembley Times Series (Jan 3 - Feb 13) 26,668 5 58 40 26,718 27,015 Wembley Times Series (Feb 14 - Jul 3) 32,253 20 56 55 26,718 27,015 Times Group 115,304 G 26 Various Various VFDL 120,438 120,051 Barnet & Potters Bar Times 39,707 26 153 75 VFDL 42,356 41,660 Borehamwood & Elstree Times 15,099 26 130 73 VFDL 15,247 15,347 Edgware & Mill Hill Times 19,912 26 134 71 VFDL 20,806 20,331 Hendon & Finchley Times 40,586 26 140 73 VFDL 42,029 42,713 Tottenham & Wood Green Independent (Jan 17 - Apr 3) 17,413 11 50 76 VFDL - - Tottenham & Wood Green Independent (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 16,070 13 55 73 VFDL - - Tottenham, Wood Green & Edmonton Journal 19,926 24 51 46 - - Uxbridge Leader Series 63,055 26 76 89 64,620 64,868 Waltham Forest Independent 40,277 26 51 66 VFDL 43,008 45,186 Wandsworth Guardian Series 55,702 26 33 56 VFDL 56,901 59,396 Wimbledon Guardian Series 53,100 26 45 65 VFDL 55,522 57,003 Wimbledon Property Weekly (Jan 3 - May 29) 23,041 21 16 72 VFDL 24,615 26,283 Wimbledon Property Weekly (May 30 - Jul 3) 21,232 5 16 73 VFDL 24,615 26,283 Yellow Advertiser (Barking & Dagenham) (Jan 3 - Apr 10) 20,759 14 25 72 21,021 20,943 Yellow Advertiser (Barking & Dagenham) (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 18,828 12 23 73 21,021 20,943

Manchester & Greater Manchester The Advertiser (covering North and East Manchester) 72,593 26 58 77 VFDL 71,947 73,700 The Advertiser (Oldham) 86,153 26 80 72 VFDL 86,185 86,377 The Advertiser - Prestwich & West Manchester 120,436 G 26 Various Various VFDL 120,366 121,295 The Advertiser - Prestwich, Whitefield & Radcliffe 33,654 26 41 77 VFDL 33,139 33,168 The Salford Advertiser, incorporating the Salford City Reporter 86,782 26 114 84 VFDL 87,227 88,127 The Advertiser Series (Glossop and Tameside) 102,781 G 26 98 86 VFDL 102,550 102,590 The Advertiser (Glossop) 12,437 26 98 86 VFDL 12,420 12,388 The Advertiser (Tameside) 90,344 26 98 86 VFDL 90,130 90,202 Bolton Journal 59,237 26 33 83 VFDL 59,419 58,825 Bury Journal 39,448 26 20 69 VFDL 38,617 38,693 Express (Rochdale) 50,093 26 19 71 49,470 49,741 Leigh, Tyldesley & Atherton Journal 62,193 26 99 84 VFDL 61,078 60,715 Manchester Metro News Series 309,462 26 93 74 VFDL 308,589 303,231 Oldham Chronicle Weekend 90,239 26 17 64 90,231 90,339 Sale & Altrincham Messenger 49,674 26 102 80 VFDL 51,195 39,531 Stretford & Urmston Messenger 25,662 26 41 76 VFDL 25,538 19,427

Merseyside Champion Series 76,049 26 66 73 VFDL 75,682 75,626 Liverpool Weekly Newspaper Group 163,830 G 26 Various Various VFDL 163,647 163,728 Anfield & Walton Star 32,489 26 53 78 VFDL 32,650 32,664 Bootle Times 18,556 26 51 84 VFDL 18,608 18,653 Huyton & Roby Star 12,408 26 49 76 VFDL 12,300 12,319 Maghull & Aintree Star 13,397 26 61 80 VFDL 13,344 13,340 South Liverpool Merseymart 55,042 26 63 78 VFDL 54,691 54,538 West Derby and Tuebrook Merseymart 31,938 26 49 75 VFDL 32,054 32,214 Southport Group 88,538 G 26 Various Various VFDL 87,798 87,858 Bootle Times 18,556 26 51 84 VFDL 18,608 18,653 Midweek Advertiser 11,379 26 46 76 VFDL 11,325 11,396 Midweek Visiter Series 52,540 26 79 84 VFDL 51,021 50,442 Village Visiter 6,063 26 46 82 VFDL 6,844 7,367 Wirral Globe Series 134,486 26 90 71 VFDL 134,458 131,865 Wirral Newspapers Group 156,226 G 26 Various Various VFDL 155,238 156,014 Birkenhead News 40,942 26 115 80 VFDL 40,961 40,904 Bromborough & Bebington News 23,402 26 115 80 VFDL 23,419 23,415 Heswall News 13,180 26 115 80 VFDL 13,200 12,968 Hoylake & West Kirby News 16,122 26 115 80 VFDL 16,131 16,126 Neston News 5,220 26 115 80 VFDL 5,273 5,301 South Wirral News 21,940 26 55 86 VFDL 20,882 21,861 Wallasey News 35,420 26 115 80 VFDL 35,372 35,439

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Norfolk Anglia Advertiser Group 235,116 G Various Various Various 229,383 273,793 The Advertiser - North Norfolk Edition 19,605 26 28 77 19,410 19,538 The Advertiser - Norwich Edition 77,557 26 57 78 76,718 78,227 The Advertiser - South Norfolk 17,701 26 27 73 17,110 - The Advertiser - Waveney Edition 43,933 26 72 86 44,123 44,517 The Advertiser - Yarmouth Edition 40,711 26 74 85 40,519 41,036 Fenland Post (Jan 3 - Mar 6) 34,238 9 43 72 31,503 - Fenland Post (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 35,609 17 48 69 31,503 - Diss Wymondham & Attleborough Mercury 31,743 G 26 65 65 31,576 31,477 Diss Mercury 15,362 26 65 65 15,304 15,210 Wymondham & Attleborough Mercury 16,381 26 65 65 16,272 16,267 Thetford & Watton Times Series 25,022 26 52 48 25,047 25,137

Northamptonshire Brackley & Towcester Post Series 12,903 26 30 72 VFDL 13,176 10,877 East Northants Herald & Post Group 49,208 G 26 60 77 VFDL 48,956 47,267 Corby Herald & Post 5,511 26 60 77 VFDL 5,761 6,713 Kettering Herald & Post 20,158 26 60 77 VFDL 19,502 16,739 Wellingborough & Rushden Herald & Post 23,539 26 60 77 VFDL 23,693 23,815 Northampton Herald & Post 52,094 26 84 79 VFDL 49,884 51,453 Northampton Mercury 52,560 26 67 83 55,340 55,172 Northants Citizen Group 47,125 G Various Various 75 53,610 54,039 Corby Citizen 8,524 26 37 75 8,548 8,632 Kettering Citizen (Jan 3 - Jan 9) 22,416 1 24 67 22,507 22,799 Kettering Citizen (Jan 10 - Jul 3) 17,874 25 38 75 22,507 22,799 Wellingborough & Rushden Citizen 20,727 26 37 75 22,555 22,608

Northumberland Berwick Gazette 10,397 25 15 75 10,172 10,417 North East Press Ltd 255,004 G Various Various Various 266,640 286,358 Hartlepool Star 25,654 26 20 64 25,855 25,734 News Guardian Series 60,225 26 111 68 51,896 63,119 News Post Leader Series (Jan 3 - Jan 20) 64,309 2 88 70 71,699 71,896 News Post Leader Series (Jan 21 - May 15) 53,975 17 111 69 71,699 71,896 News Post Leader Series (May 16 - Jul 3) 63,533 7 111 68 71,699 71,896 Peterlee Star (Jan 3 - Feb 27) 19,624 8 32 75 20,891 21,848 Peterlee Star (Feb 28 - Apr 17) 16,782 7 36 72 20,891 21,848 Peterlee Star (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 18,904 11 37 77 20,891 21,848 Seaham & Houghton Star Series 15,858 G Various 27 Various 18,486 21,272 Houghton Star (Jan 3 - Mar 27) 10,179 12 27 70 10,933 11,724 Houghton Star (Mar 28 - Jul 3) 8,449 14 27 70 10,933 11,724 Seaham Star 7,409 26 27 71 7,553 9,548 South Tyne Star (Jan 3 - Mar 13) 26,178 10 20 67 27,327 27,967 South Tyne Star (Mar 14 - Jul 3) 22,499 16 20 72 27,327 27,967 Sunderland Star (Jan 3 - Feb 20) 32,662 7 22 66 34,774 36,258 Sunderland Star (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 30,643 19 20 68 34,774 36,258 Washington Star (Jan 3 - Apr 24) 15,999 16 44 77 15,712 18,264 Washington Star (Apr 25 - Jul 3) 17,688 10 44 78 15,712 18,264 Northumberland Herald & Post 72,067 26 41 73 VFDL 71,822 70,839

Nottinghamshire Long Eaton Trader 50,127 26 39 56 VFDL 50,172 45,044 Mansfield & Ashfield Observer (Jan 3 - Jun 5) 67,268 22 43 78 68,496 68,680 Mansfield & Ashfield Observer (Jun 6 - Jul 3) 60,943 4 44 75 68,496 68,680 Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper 212,236 26 63 83 208,876 163,569 Nottingham Recorder Group 263,375 G 26 Various Various VFDL 264,333 264,032 Mansfield and Ashfield Recorder 62,322 26 49 80 VFDL 62,905 63,015 Nottingham and Long Eaton Recorder 47,196 26 84 84 VFDL 47,104 47,154 Nottingham Recorder 153,857 26 58 82 VFDL 154,324 153,863 Retford & Bawtry Trader 21,426 26 27 73 21,564 19,244 Retford Guardian 16,765 26 25 67 17,044 15,992 Worksop Trader 34,120 26 50 80 33,880 34,222

Oxfordshire The Banbury & District Review 35,320 26 30 67 35,588 35,569 Bicester Review 8,514 26 96 48 VFDL 8,779 9,176 Courier Newspaper Group (Oxfordshire) 58,645 G Various Various 61 VFDL 76,888 82,296

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Courier City Edition (Jan 3 - May 29) 10,896 21 49 59 VFDL 17,695 21,537 Courier City Edition (May 30 - Jul 3) 9,692 5 50 61 VFDL 17,695 21,537 Courier South Oxon Edition (Jan 3 - Apr 10) 18,734 14 47 57 VFDL 24,269 24,808 Courier South Oxon Edition (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 23,282 12 51 61 VFDL 24,269 24,808 Oxford Journal (Jan 3 - Jan 23) 32,004 3 45 61 VFDL 34,924 35,951 Oxford Journal (Jan 24 - May 1) 23,895 14 48 58 VFDL 34,924 35,951 Oxford Journal (May 2 - Jul 3) 25,671 9 52 61 VFDL 34,924 35,951 Newsquest (Oxfordshire) Ltd Free Newspaper Group 112,172 G Various Various Various VFDL 119,959 119,307 Banbury Cake 35,807 26 47 79 VFDL 34,188 33,475 Oxford Star (Jan 3 - Apr 3) 81,633 13 55 89 VFDL 85,771 85,832 Oxford Star (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 76,365 13 55 88 VFDL 85,771 85,832 Property Weekly 41,483 26 54 85 VFDL 54,703 56,340

Shropshire Shrewsbury Admag 55,595 26 48 95 VFDL 54,741 55,366 Shropshire Newspapers Group 119,087 G 26 Various Various VFDL 119,610 110,923 Hereford & Leominster Journal Series 49,134 26 47 65 VFDL 49,503 45,088 Ludlow Journal 9,206 26 45 75 VFDL 9,315 8,515 Telford Journal 60,747 26 68 80 VFDL 60,792 57,320 Telford and Wrekin Admag 48,688 26 28 93 VFDL 48,696 48,615

Somerset Bridgewater Star 20,301 26 28 64 VFDL 20,356 20,357 The Mendip Messenger 15,130 24 63 74 VFDL - - North Somerset Times 30,910 25 52 80 VFDL 30,357 29,358 Somerset Free Newspaper Group 143,534 G 26 Various Various VFDL 140,363 153,540 North Somerset Series 74,234 G 26 Various Various VFDL 72,154 71,781 Mercury Newspapers 36,046 26 108 75 VFDL 35,003 34,878 Weston and Worle News 38,188 26 106 77 VFDL 37,151 36,903 Somerset Times Series 69,300 G 26 Various Various VFDL 68,209 81,759 Bridgwater Times 26,181 26 64 75 VFDL 26,011 25,716 Burnham & Highbridge Times 13,169 26 54 73 VFDL 12,600 12,819 Taunton Times 29,950 26 65 66 VFDL 29,598 28,605 The Star 30,755 26 61 71 VFDL 31,424 31,534 Weston Super Mare Admag 45,535 26 53 97 VFDL 44,363 43,778 Yeovil Express 33,706 26 40 58 VFDL 34,594 34,939 Yeovil Times 45,880 26 51 84 VFDL 46,293 46,865

Staffordshire The Burton & South Derbyshire Advertiser 64,971 26 37 70 VFDL 65,767 65,005 Burton Trader 64,515 26 61 73 VFDL 64,532 61,765 Cannock & Lichfield Chronicle Series 74,135 26 67 81 VFDL 74,355 51,702 Cannock Chase & Burntwood Post Series 52,435 26 81 66 VFDL 50,885 51,890 Community News (Macclesfield, Bollington and Poynton Edition) 29,603 6 55 61 VFDL 29,428 - Herald Leader 39,257 26 38 71 40,048 40,169 The Journal 34,701 5 73 49 34,914 35,371 Lichfield & Rugeley Post Series 30,376 26 45 63 VFDL 29,135 29,980 Lichfield Mercury Newspapers Group 73,242 G 26 Various Various 73,205 74,761 Cannock Mercury 35,290 26 64 72 35,270 35,314 Lichfield Mercury Series 37,952 26 127 77 37,935 39,447 North Staffs Advertiser Series 108,857 26 35 74 VFDL 109,105 109,096 Rugeley Mercury 9,077 26 88 74 9,428 9,468 Stafford & Stone Chronicle 38,149 26 42 78 VFDL 38,185 30,696 Stafford Post 39,805 26 76 73 VFDL 38,121 38,741 Tamworth Times 32,543 26 34 60 VFDL 31,721 32,380

Suffolk The Advertiser - Waveney Edition 43,933 26 72 86 44,123 44,517 Haverhill Weekly News 13,096 26 66 81 13,204 12,756 Newmarket Weekly News 16,865 26 56 74 17,106 16,865 Suffolk & Ipswich and Advertiser Group 94,522 G 26 Various 74 89,800 90,475 The Advertiser - Ipswich Edition 77,949 26 58 74 72,474 72,763 The Advertiser - Suffolk Edition 16,573 26 37 74 17,326 17,712 West Suffolk Mercury Series 45,472 G 26 49 81 45,489 45,388 Bury St. Edmunds Mercury 27,263 26 49 81 27,293 27,218 Sudbury Mercury 18,209 26 49 81 18,196 18,170

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Surrey Epsom, Ewell & Banstead Post 31,636 26 92 76 31,092 31,937 Kingston Informer 53,700 26 54 77 52,333 55,924 Redhill & Reigate Life 25,067 26 31 55 VFDL 25,310 25,260 Reigate, Redhill & Horley Post (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 40,082 15 105 78 39,610 39,320 Reigate, Redhill & Horley Post (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 34,747 11 113 78 39,610 39,320 Review Series 46,972 26 102 77 VFDL 44,984 47,335 Surrey & Hants News 13,706 26 16 76 14,195 12,012 Surrey Hants Star 78,145 26 37 56 VFDL 78,323 78,138 Surrey Times Series (Jan 3 - Feb 20) 39,327 7 56 66 VFDL 36,356 40,531 Surrey Times Series (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 41,027 19 57 71 VFDL 36,356 40,531 Sutton Borough Post 62,003 26 93 78 63,737 63,244 The Times and Mail Series 27,364 26 17 77 26,462 25,147 Walton & Weybridge Informer 54,003 26 60 80 55,016 56,848 Woking Informer (Jan 3 - Jan 23) 31,565 3 40 80 31,493 32,506 Woking Informer (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 36,795 23 36 80 31,493 32,506

Sussex (East) Brighton & Hove Leader 69,066 26 46 72 68,637 68,173 South Coast Leader 23,559 26 71 85 23,611 23,503

Sussex (West) Crawley News 39,872 26 134 74 39,761 39,498 East Grinstead Observer 15,027 26 70 72 14,729 14,418 Mid Sussex Leader 36,879 26 118 84 36,910 36,738 Weekend Herald 47,766 26 82 100 46,783 48,068

Tyne & Wear Gateshead Herald & Post 58,695 26 76 85 VFDL 58,870 58,764 Hartlepool Star 25,654 26 20 64 25,855 25,734 Newcastle Herald & Post 89,545 26 45 80 VFDL 93,365 93,596 News Guardian Series 60,225 26 111 68 51,896 63,119 North East Exclusive 19,488 6 69 48 20,381 20,730 North Tyneside Herald & Post 68,129 26 43 75 VFDL 69,241 69,687 Seaham & Houghton Star Series 15,858 G Various 27 Various 18,486 21,272 Houghton Star (Jan 3 - Mar 27) 10,179 12 27 70 10,933 11,724 Houghton Star (Mar 28 - Jul 3) 8,449 14 27 70 10,933 11,724 Seaham Star 7,409 26 27 71 7,553 9,548 South Tyne Star (Jan 3 - Mar 13) 26,178 10 20 67 27,327 27,967 South Tyne Star (Mar 14 - Jul 3) 22,499 16 20 72 27,327 27,967 South Tyneside Herald & Post 47,518 26 25 74 VFDL 49,593 49,484 Sunderland Star (Jan 3 - Feb 20) 32,662 7 22 66 34,774 36,258 Sunderland Star (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 30,643 19 20 68 34,774 36,258 Washington Star (Jan 3 - Apr 24) 15,999 16 44 77 15,712 18,264 Washington Star (Apr 25 - Jul 3) 17,688 10 44 78 15,712 18,264

Warwickshire Leamington & Mid-Warwickshire Review 43,824 26 35 78 42,216 42,276 Leamington Spa Observer Series 47,216 26 78 77 VFDL 46,636 46,602 Rugby & Mid-Warwickshire Review Series 43,836 26 42 73 46,045 46,724 Rugby Observer 42,030 26 84 79 VFDL 40,478 41,107 Solihull & Shirley Observer Series (Feb 14 - Jul 3) 50,575 20 54 70 VFDL - - Stratford Observer Series (Jan 3 - Feb 13) 47,154 6 61 74 VFDL 45,701 43,944 Stratford Observer Series (Feb 14 - Jul 3) 33,079 20 59 78 VFDL 45,701 43,944

West Midlands Adnews - Willenhall, Wednesbury, Darlaston 19,574 26 24 55 VFDL 19,457 19,755 Birmingham News Group 162,451 G Various Various Various VFDL 158,475 157,987 Birmingham News (North) 53,284 26 42 58 VFDL 54,446 54,278 Birmingham News - South East (Jan 3 - Jan 30) 104,082 4 31 55 VFDL 104,029 103,709 Birmingham News - South East (Jan 31 - Jul 3) 64,621 22 74 75 VFDL 104,029 103,709 Birmingham News - South West Edition (Jan 31 - Jul 3) 44,546 22 81 76 VFDL - - Chronicle Newspapers Group 523,769 G Various Various Various VFDL 501,623 430,989 Cannock & Lichfield Chronicle Series 74,135 26 67 81 VFDL 74,355 51,702 Dudley Chronicle (Jan 3 - Feb 20) 40,349 7 69 82 VFDL 40,111 31,325 Dudley Chronicle (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 50,347 19 70 79 VFDL 40,111 31,325 Great Barr & Erdington Chronicle (Jan 3 - Apr 3) 28,583 13 20 70 VFDL 28,597 26,976 Great Barr & Erdington Chronicle (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 40,387 13 33 65 VFDL 28,597 26,976 Halesowen Chronicle 39,885 26 46 73 VFDL 40,170 40,255

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Kidderminster Chronicle 38,488 26 34 66 VFDL 38,140 37,147 Sandwell Chronicle 58,100 26 68 79 VFDL 57,866 43,976 Stafford & Stone Chronicle 38,149 26 42 78 VFDL 38,185 30,696 Stourbridge Chronicle 47,070 26 47 73 VFDL 47,145 38,693 Walsall Chronicle Series 67,252 26 66 79 VFDL 67,081 60,514 Wolverhampton Chronicle 69,956 26 74 81 VFDL 69,973 69,705 Coventry Citizen 114,249 26 56 80 VFDL 113,948 112,052 Coventry Observer 123,977 26 57 71 VFDL 120,674 122,052 Kenilworth Citizen (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 8,970 19 80 54 VFDL - - News Group 131,912 G 26 Various Various VFDL 131,600 131,733 Dudley News 38,931 26 53 59 VFDL 38,692 38,658 Halesowen News 41,139 26 65 68 VFDL 41,144 41,300 Stourbridge News 51,842 26 114 74 VFDL 51,764 51,775 Select Living (Jan 3 - Apr 3) 41,981 3 71 58 41,996 42,156 Select Living (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 67,508 3 103 50 41,996 42,156 Select Wolverhampton (Jan 3 - Apr 3) 33,957 3 52 47 35,165 39,408 Solihull News 71,955 26 152 85 VFDL 71,820 71,503 Solihull Times 70,704 26 111 84 VFDL 70,768 70,800 Sutton Coldfield and Great Barr Observers 89,923 G 26 Various Various 88,786 88,851 Great Barr Observer 31,586 26 81 81 31,671 31,714 Sutton Coldfield Observer 58,337 26 196 85 57,115 57,137 Sutton Coldfield News 65,507 26 56 64 VFDL 65,361 65,460 Walsall Advertiser 61,908 26 100 79 61,644 61,863 Walsall Observer 64,975 26 40 68 VFDL 63,486 61,560 The Weekly Tribune 50,836 26 95 81 VFDL 49,760 50,686 Why Magazine Group 87,359 G 26 Various 100 123,174 106,767 Redditch & District Why Magazine 30,984 26 34 100 31,323 23,010 Solihull & District Why Magazine 40,970 26 38 100 39,636 37,282 Stratford and Banbury Why Magazine 15,405 26 48 100 15,828 13,174 Wolverhampton Ad News 69,475 26 45 66 VFDL 68,016 70,385

Wiltshire Avon Advertiser Group 78,675 G 26 Various Various VFDL 81,044 81,723 Avon Advertiser - Hants & Dorset 39,182 26 27 73 VFDL 40,114 40,151 Salisbury Avon Advertiser incorporating the Salisbury Times 39,493 26 28 72 VFDL 40,930 41,572 Swindon Star Group 122,558 G 26 Various Various VFDL 119,087 124,192 Devizes, Melksham, Vale of Pewsey and Marlborough News Series 23,475 26 29 84 VFDL 24,246 23,654 Swindon Star 49,773 26 52 87 VFDL 47,091 51,582 West & North Wilts Star 49,310 26 75 89 VFDL 47,750 48,956 West Wilts Advertiser Series 45,592 26 78 77 VFDL 44,196 42,563

Yorkshire (East) Advertiser Series - Hull 159,673 G 26 Various Various VFDL 158,690 158,424 Beverley Advertiser 22,431 26 72 75 VFDL 22,055 21,667 East Hull Advertiser 44,277 26 52 71 VFDL 43,413 44,300 East Riding Advertiser 28,769 26 53 71 VFDL 28,909 27,969 Holderness Advertiser 17,940 26 54 70 VFDL 17,919 17,551 West Hull Advertiser 46,256 26 52 71 VFDL 46,394 46,937 Goole, Howden, Thorne Courier 21,718 26 65 63 21,260 20,889 The Journal 16,670 6 94 45 17,493 18,498

Yorkshire (North) The Herald 46,917 26 26 64 49,118 45,395 North Yorkshire Advertiser 27,210 26 63 87 VFDL 26,942 27,264 North Yorkshire Herald & Post 14,864 26 43 73 VFDL 14,863 15,130 North Yorkshire News 32,990 26 42 68 33,604 33,573 Selby Chronicle 13,284 26 18 92 13,289 12,954 York Star Series 65,981 G Various Various Various VFDL 57,983 58,587 Selby Star incorporating the Advertiser 12,277 26 42 88 VFDL 12,865 13,102 York Star incorporating the Advertiser (Jan 3 - Mar 13) 43,245 10 36 86 VFDL 45,118 45,485 York Star incorporating the Advertiser (Mar 14 - Jul 3) 53,704 16 39 85 VFDL 45,118 45,485

Yorkshire (South) The Barnsley Independent 67,562 26 36 90 67,504 67,559 Dearne Advertiser 27,481 26 52 74 24,530 23,758 Dearne Valley Weekender (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 62,515 15 54 85 62,696 62,802 Dearne Valley Weekender (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 55,242 11 53 85 62,696 62,802 Dinnington & Maltby Trader (Jan 3 - Feb 20) 24,769 7 27 71 22,614 25,944 Dinnington & Maltby Trader (Feb 21 - Jun 5) 24,434 15 29 69 22,614 25,944

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Dinnington & Maltby Trader (Jun 6 - Jul 3) 21,242 4 31 72 22,614 25,944 Doncaster Advertiser Series (Jan 3 - Mar 6) 74,614 9 54 77 75,952 79,983 Doncaster Advertiser Series (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 66,311 17 51 73 75,952 79,983 Profile Magazine 17,208 6 87 19 22,133 22,345 Rotherham Record 67,177 26 60 77 67,272 67,343 Sheffield Journal (Jan 3 - Jan 16) 61,988 2 16 66 62,537 63,213 Sheffield Journal (Jan 17 - Apr 17) 54,159 13 18 67 62,537 63,213 Sheffield Journal (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 60,775 11 19 69 62,537 63,213 Sheffield Weekly Gazette Series 109,546 26 33 68 118,239 106,522

Yorkshire (West) Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express 16,824 26 32 88 17,319 17,191 Huddersfield Weekly News 66,559 26 40 71 VFDL 64,752 65,848 Leeds Weekly News Group 135,092 G 26 40 Various 137,526 137,019 East Leeds Weekly News 35,823 26 40 80 36,509 36,362 Headingley, Armley & Meanwood Weekly News 35,876 26 40 80 36,336 36,455 Morley, Beeston & Hunslet Weekly News 32,212 26 40 81 32,777 32,284 North Leeds Weekly News 31,181 26 40 79 31,904 31,918 Ossett & Horbury Observer 12,170 26 22 94 12,466 12,371 Pontefract & Castleford Extra 33,302 26 20 93 34,151 34,192 The Press (Dewsbury & District) (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 13,471 15 34 39 12,945 - The Press (Dewsbury & District) (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 16,426 11 36 40 12,945 - Pudsey Times 23,855 26 24 78 23,850 23,444 Target Group 112,300 G 26 Various Various VFDL 110,293 112,621 Bradford Target 48,636 26 34 81 VFDL 47,971 48,498 Keighley & Craven Target Series 20,461 26 24 87 VFDL 20,213 20,337 Target Series 43,203 26 35 81 VFDL 42,109 43,786 Wakefield Extra Series 51,555 26 27 93 54,364 52,633 The Weekly Advertiser 42,006 26 21 96 42,173 42,167 Wharfe Valley Times 44,059 26 34 82 44,058 42,218

Scotland Aberdeen & District Independent 80,153 26 62 73 53,866 33,506 Aberdeen Citizen 76,107 25 42 81 VFDL 75,999 76,014 The Advertiser 23,063 25 18 81 23,098 22,234 Ayrshire Extra (Ayr, Kilmarnock & Irvine Extra) 63,153 G 26 Various 80 VFDL 66,121 - North Lanarkshire Extra 33,205 26 39 80 VFDL 34,664 27,744 South Lanarkshire Extra 29,948 26 38 80 VFDL 31,457 24,943 Ayrshire Extra Series 66,236 G 26 44 84 VFDL 65,218 68,033 Ayr & South Ayrshire Extra 30,541 26 44 84 VFDL 30,725 31,913 Irvine & North Ayrshire Extra 11,324 26 44 84 VFDL 10,891 11,530 Kilmarnock & East Ayrshire Extra 24,371 26 44 84 VFDL 23,602 24,590 Ayrshire World & North Ayrshire World Group Certificate 24,051 G 25 Various Various VFDL 22,752 23,406 Ayrshire World 19,181 25 33 72 VFDL 18,243 17,793 North Ayrshire World 4,870 25 17 48 VFDL 4,509 5,613 Bearsden/Milgavie & West End Extra Series 29,850 26 34 79 VFDL 28,326 29,504 Clyde Weekly News 15,379 25 31 54 VFDL 15,742 15,996 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Advertiser 16,900 26 24 80 18,300 17,120 Dumfries & Galloway Today 15,709 25 14 34 VFDL 15,257 15,787 Dumfries Courier 23,935 26 60 65 23,680 23,400 Dunfermline Press Group 4 84,832 G Various Various Various VFDL 84,009 82,741 Fife & Kinross Extra 50,023 26 32 66 VFDL 50,674 50,894 Stirling News incorporating Alloa and Hillfoots News Extra 34,809 25 20 54 VFDL 33,335 31,847 Edinburgh Herald & Post Series 254,126 G Various Various Various 252,019 231,779 Herald & Post Edinburgh 142,963 26 62 85 144,968 145,529 Herald & Post Perth 19,784 26 31 72 19,619 - Herald & Post, Fife (Jan 3 - Feb 13) 42,699 6 25 80 40,378 40,649 Herald & Post, Fife (Feb 14 - Jul 3) 46,294 20 30 81 40,378 40,649 Herald & Post, West Lothian 45,085 26 43 85 47,054 45,601 The Extra, Glasgow South & Eastwood 38,417 26 56 84 VFDL 39,923 40,266 Falkirk & Grangemouth Advertiser & Linlithgow Advertiser Series 53,306 26 28 71 53,270 50,384 The Fife Leader - North Edition 23,681 26 20 65 23,655 25,801 The Fife Leader - South Edition 49,807 26 26 68 51,427 52,620 Glasgow East News 7,738 26 16 66 5,572 7,747 The Glaswegian Series 148,614 26 53 73 VFDL 148,806 156,477 The Inverclyde Extra 20,179 25 13 54 19,932 19,095 Inverness & Nairnshire Herald 18,079 26 19 96 VFDL 18,196 15,462 The Lanarkshire Extra Series 63,153 G 26 Various 80 VFDL 66,121 52,687 North Lanarkshire Extra 33,205 26 39 80 VFDL 34,664 27,744

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South Lanarkshire Extra 29,948 26 38 80 VFDL 31,457 24,943 Lanarkshire World 65,326 25 19 56 VFDL 66,747 67,179 Lanarkshire World Series 65,326 G 25 19 56 VFDL 68,283 66,982 Airdrie and Coatbridge World 17,070 25 19 56 VFDL 18,010 19,056 East Kilbride World 19,921 25 19 56 VFDL 21,000 18,752 Hamilton World 19,641 25 19 56 VFDL 20,521 20,048 Wishaw World 8,694 25 19 56 VFDL 8,752 9,126 Lothian Times Series 50,439 G 25 21 80 50,689 51,013 East Lothian Times 24,273 25 21 80 24,239 24,355 Midlothian Times 24,068 25 21 80 24,366 24,559 Peebles Times 2,098 25 21 80 2,084 2,099 Northern Scot Mid Week Extra 24,515 26 23 78 VFDL 24,149 24,461 Paisley and Renfrewshire Extra Series 38,957 26 35 79 VFDL 39,029 44,927 Paisley People 29,561 26 17 52 VFDL 36,272 34,059 Perth Shopper 21,387 25 25 33 VFDL 21,392 15,585 Renfrewshire World 25,757 25 25 43 VFDL 27,102 28,497 Ross-Shire Herald 10,076 26 21 97 VFDL 10,435 9,826 Stirling/Alloa Hillfoots Shopper 21,573 25 26 35 VFDL 21,679 25,011

Wales Bangor/Anglesey Mail 11,055 26 106 64 VFDL 10,579 11,284 Bridgend & District Recorder Series 20,076 26 19 35 19,823 20,004 Campaign Free Newspapers Group 82,143 G Various Various Various VFDL 89,145 79,946 Campaign Blackwood, Risca & Newbridge (Jan 3 - Apr 24) 18,590 16 53 75 VFDL 19,030 18,424 Campaign Blackwood, Risca & Newbridge (Apr 25 - Jul 3) 16,076 10 54 73 VFDL 19,030 18,424 Campaign Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach & Bargoed 27,985 26 76 82 VFDL 28,734 24,537 Campaign Pontypridd, Porth, Mountain Ash & Llantrisant 25,123 26 26 79 VFDL 23,901 23,026 Campaign Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, Brynmawr & Abertillery (Jan 3 - Apr 24) 17,438 16 23 80 VFDL 17,480 13,959 Campaign Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, Brynmawr & Abertillery (Apr 25 - Jul 3) 12,959 10 21 74 VFDL 17,480 13,959 Carmarthen Herald 6,390 26 12 80 6,492 6,402 Flintshire Leader & Standard 32,981 26 45 83 VFDL 33,043 33,078 Glamorgan Gem Series 28,536 26 46 69 28,487 27,774 The Neath & Port Talbot Tribune 26,031 6 23 57 24,855 25,011 North Wales Chronicle Series 44,964 26 56 73 VFDL 44,777 46,675 North Wales Pioneer 34,976 26 59 68 VFDL 34,676 34,545 The Post Series 156,219 G 26 Various Various VFDL 156,610 154,162 The Post 100,712 26 68 90 VFDL 100,640 101,159 The Post - Barry 22,031 26 28 81 VFDL 22,031 18,574 The Post Bridgend 33,476 26 17 68 VFDL 33,939 34,429 The Rhyl, Prestatyn & Abergele Journal 32,787 26 63 74 VFDL 32,839 32,806 Rhyl/Prestatyn Visitor 23,646 26 94 70 VFDL 23,845 22,537 Swansea Herald 70,997 26 30 63 71,314 71,396 Vale Advertiser 7,074 26 54 68 VFDL 7,591 7,600 Weekly Argus (Jan 3 - May 1) 41,320 17 38 76 VFDL 42,243 34,774 Weekly Argus (May 2 - Jul 3) 37,316 9 36 75 VFDL 42,243 34,774 Wrexham Leader 47,541 26 38 73 VFDL 47,544 47,588 Wrexham Mail 37,214 26 51 63 VFDL 36,215 37,600

Northern Ireland Belfast News 50,269 26 32 75 50,281 50,493 City News (Jan 3 - Mar 20) 33,197 10 24 93 30,481 33,713 City News (Mar 21 - Jul 3) 33,718 14 25 94 30,481 33,713 Community Telegraph Group 127,192 G 26 Various Various 113,679 135,698 Community Telegraph East Belfast 40,651 26 32 36 39,504 45,518 Community Telegraph North & Newtownabbey 28,656 26 28 24 23,247 29,080 Community Telegraph North Down 31,478 26 28 17 26,766 33,902 Community Telegraph South Belfast 26,407 26 28 27 24,162 27,198 Morton Newspaper Group 85,658 G 23 Various Various 84,272 84,771 Craigavon Echo 19,217 23 17 47 18,601 19,592 Lisburn Echo 24,357 23 18 48 23,351 22,784 Mid Ulster Echo 11,421 23 14 48 11,461 11,535 North West Echo 30,663 23 16 51 30,859 30,860

Republic of Ireland Galway Advertiser (Jan 3 - Apr 3) 18,964 13 121 69 18,325 17,548 Galway Advertiser (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 21,293 13 128 75 18,325 17,548 Galway Independent 20,816 26 62 51 18,424 - Limerick Post 14,207 26 72 66 14,189 13,504

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Midland News Association Group 642,856 G 26 Various Various VFDL 621,233 541,912 Chronicle Newspapers Group 523,769 G Various Various Various VFDL 501,623 430,989 Cannock & Lichfield Chronicle Series 74,135 26 67 81 VFDL 74,355 51,702 Dudley Chronicle (Jan 3 - Feb 20) 40,349 7 69 82 VFDL 40,111 31,325 Dudley Chronicle (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 50,347 19 70 79 VFDL 40,111 31,325 Great Barr & Erdington Chronicle (Jan 3 - Apr 3) 28,583 13 20 70 VFDL 28,597 26,976 Great Barr & Erdington Chronicle (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 40,387 13 33 65 VFDL 28,597 26,976 Halesowen Chronicle 39,885 26 46 73 VFDL 40,170 40,255 Kidderminster Chronicle 38,488 26 34 66 VFDL 38,140 37,147 Sandwell Chronicle 58,100 26 68 79 VFDL 57,866 43,976 Stafford & Stone Chronicle 38,149 26 42 78 VFDL 38,185 30,696 Stourbridge Chronicle 47,070 26 47 73 VFDL 47,145 38,693 Walsall Chronicle Series 67,252 26 66 79 VFDL 67,081 60,514 Wolverhampton Chronicle 69,956 26 74 81 VFDL 69,973 69,705 Shropshire Newspapers Group 119,087 G 26 Various Various VFDL 119,610 110,923 Hereford & Leominster Journal Series 49,134 26 47 65 VFDL 49,503 45,088 Ludlow Journal 9,206 26 45 75 VFDL 9,315 8,515 Telford Journal 60,747 26 68 80 VFDL 60,792 57,320 Newsquest (Midlands South) Ltd 354,005 G Various Various Various VFDL 359,570 360,799 The Journal Series including Evesham Journal and Cotswold Journal (Jan 3 - Mar 6) 38,883 9 95 80 VFDL 39,395 40,018 The Journal Series including Evesham Journal and Cotswold Journal (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 33,494 17 95 82 VFDL 39,395 40,018 Kidderminster Shuttle & Stourport News Series 42,065 26 107 75 VFDL 41,990 42,276 News Group 131,912 G 26 Various Various VFDL 131,600 131,733 Dudley News 38,931 26 53 59 VFDL 38,692 38,658 Halesowen News 41,139 26 65 68 VFDL 41,144 41,300 Stourbridge News 51,842 26 114 74 VFDL 51,764 51,775 Redditch, Bromsgrove & Droitwich Advertiser Group 85,498 G 26 Various Various VFDL 85,260 85,070 Bromsgrove Advertiser / Messenger / Droitwich Spa Advertiser 38,485 26 114 81 VFDL 38,389 38,360 Redditch Advertiser & Alcester Chronicle 47,013 26 127 80 VFDL 46,871 46,710 Tewkesbury Admag 12,636 26 31 88 VFDL 12,521 12,705 Worcester Journal (Berrows) 48,400 26 49 78 VFDL 48,804 48,997 Northcliffe Newspapers Group 2,611,829 G Various Various Various VFDL 2,616,002 2,624,470 Aberdeen Citizen 76,107 25 42 81 VFDL 75,999 76,014 Advertiser Series - Hull 159,673 G 26 Various Various VFDL 158,690 158,424 Beverley Advertiser 22,431 26 72 75 VFDL 22,055 21,667 East Hull Advertiser 44,277 26 52 71 VFDL 43,413 44,300 East Riding Advertiser 28,769 26 53 71 VFDL 28,909 27,969 Holderness Advertiser 17,940 26 54 70 VFDL 17,919 17,551 West Hull Advertiser 46,256 26 52 71 VFDL 46,394 46,937 Bath, Norton Radstock & Frome Times Series 31,575 26 46 71 VFDL 29,409 29,946 Bristol Observer Series 180,155 G Various Various Various VFDL 179,609 182,367 Bristol Observer - East Kingswood & Keynsham Observer (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 60,739 15 70 78 VFDL 59,473 7,950 Bristol Observer - East Kingswood & Keynsham Observer (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 67,655 11 71 84 VFDL 7,414 7,950 Bristol Observer - North West Bristol 38,468 26 46 63 VFDL 39,210 39,610 Bristol Observer - South Bristol 38,926 26 54 72 VFDL 38,662 38,962 Bristol Observer - South Glo'shire 35,106 26 67 76 VFDL 34,850 34,791 Carmarthen Herald 6,390 26 12 80 6,492 6,402 Derby Express Series 122,791 26 60 82 VFDL 122,847 122,278 Exeter Times 43,137 26 27 54 VFDL 42,718 42,858 Gloucester News Group 66,342 G 26 40 Various 66,788 65,694 Cheltenham News Series 29,506 26 40 68 29,670 29,273 Gloucester News 36,836 26 40 66 37,118 36,421 Herald Leader 39,257 26 38 71 40,048 40,169 Hereford Admag 58,476 26 41 96 VFDL 57,596 57,871 Leicester Mail Group 145,509 G Various Various Various VFDL 151,118 160,490 Ashby & Coalville Mail (Jan 3 - Jan 16) 22,005 2 56 77 VFDL 20,432 24,655 Ashby & Coalville Mail (Jan 17 - Jul 3) 17,472 24 59 87 VFDL 20,432 24,655 Leicester Mail Series 92,021 26 53 85 VFDL 93,923 96,968 Loughborough Mail 36,016 26 30 83 VFDL 36,763 38,867 Lichfield Mercury Newspapers Group 73,242 G 26 Various Various 73,205 74,761 Cannock Mercury 35,290 26 64 72 35,270 35,314 Lichfield Mercury Series 37,952 26 127 77 37,935 39,447 The Neath & Port Talbot Tribune 26,031 6 23 57 24,855 25,011 News in Focus Series 71,235 26 40 62 69,825 70,502 Newton Abbot & District Weekender 13,274 26 31 65 VFDL 12,805 12,776 North Staffs Advertiser Series 108,857 26 35 74 VFDL 109,105 109,096 Nottingham Recorder Group 263,375 G 26 Various Various VFDL 264,333 264,032 Mansfield and Ashfield Recorder 62,322 26 49 80 VFDL 62,905 63,015 Nottingham and Long Eaton Recorder 47,196 26 84 84 VFDL 47,104 47,154

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Nottingham Recorder 153,857 26 58 82 VFDL 154,324 153,863 Plymouth Extra Series 96,810 26 36 70 VFDL 95,388 96,620 Rugeley Mercury 9,077 26 88 74 9,428 9,468 Shrewsbury Admag 55,595 26 48 95 VFDL 54,741 55,366 Somerset Free Newspaper Group 143,534 G 26 Various Various VFDL 140,363 153,540 North Somerset Series 74,234 G 26 Various Various VFDL 72,154 71,781 Mercury Newspapers 36,046 26 108 75 VFDL 35,003 34,878 Weston and Worle News 38,188 26 106 77 VFDL 37,151 36,903 Somerset Times Series 69,300 G 26 Various Various VFDL 68,209 81,759 Bridgwater Times 26,181 26 64 75 VFDL 26,011 25,716 Burnham & Highbridge Times 13,169 26 54 73 VFDL 12,600 12,819 Taunton Times 29,950 26 65 66 VFDL 29,598 28,605 South Cheshire Advertiser Series 22,002 26 30 66 VFDL 21,894 22,174 Sutton Coldfield and Great Barr Observers 89,923 G 26 Various Various 88,786 88,851 Great Barr Observer 31,586 26 81 81 31,671 31,714 Sutton Coldfield Observer 58,337 26 196 85 57,115 57,137 Swansea Herald 70,997 26 30 63 71,314 71,396 Target Series - Grimsby & Scunthorpe 132,530 G 26 Various Various VFDL 131,994 132,240 Grimsby Target 70,440 26 39 87 VFDL 70,169 70,004 Scunthorpe Target 62,090 26 42 88 VFDL 61,825 62,236 Target Series - Lincoln & Boston & Gainsborough 173,198 G Various Various Various VFDL 149,494 147,112 Boston Target 28,943 26 112 74 VFDL 28,348 27,852 East Lindsey Target Series 24,721 26 91 64 VFDL 24,429 23,782 Gainsborough Target 13,326 26 83 71 VFDL 13,107 12,625 Lincoln Target 52,490 26 60 73 VFDL 50,941 50,949 Sleaford Target 17,934 26 118 58 VFDL 17,360 17,193 Spalding Target (Jan 3 - May 15) 19,253 19 90 47 VFDL - - Spalding Target (May 16 - Jul 3) 20,485 7 90 45 VFDL - - Wolds Target Series 15,299 26 82 50 VFDL 15,309 14,711 Telford and Wrekin Admag 48,688 26 28 93 VFDL 48,696 48,615 Torbay Weekender 43,310 26 31 60 VFDL 43,155 42,339 Walsall Advertiser 61,908 26 100 79 61,644 61,863 West Wilts Advertiser Series 45,592 26 78 77 VFDL 44,196 42,563 Why Magazine Group 87,359 G 26 Various 100 123,174 106,767 Redditch & District Why Magazine 30,984 26 34 100 31,323 23,010 Solihull & District Why Magazine 40,970 26 38 100 39,636 37,282 Stratford and Banbury Why Magazine 15,405 26 48 100 15,828 13,174 Yeovil Times 45,880 26 51 84 VFDL 46,293 46,865 Standard Selling Group 121,594 G 26 Various Various VFDL 121,184 121,182 Chester & District Standard 54,391 26 54 76 VFDL 53,987 53,984 Ellesmere Port Standard 34,222 26 44 69 VFDL 34,154 34,120 Flintshire Leader & Standard 32,981 26 45 83 VFDL 33,043 33,078 Trinity Mirror Southern 2,450,353 G Various Various Various VFDL 2,460,707 1,421,355 Adscene Group 360,756 G 26 Various Various VFDL 364,874 369,429 Adscene (Ashford & Tenterden) 31,660 26 59 70 VFDL 31,636 31,929 Adscene (Canterbury) 60,095 26 89 77 VFDL 60,093 62,108 Adscene (Folkestone & Dover) Series 60,459 26 43 83 VFDL 62,439 62,487 Adscene (Maidstone) 50,690 26 65 71 VFDL 51,768 52,492 Adscene (Medway) 84,309 26 98 87 VFDL 85,161 85,834 Adscene (Sittingbourne & Sheppey) 17,925 26 32 82 VFDL 17,576 17,704 Adscene (Thanet) 55,618 26 77 86 VFDL 56,201 56,875 Bexley Mercury (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 20,839 15 32 90 19,485 19,502 Bexley Mercury (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 16,920 11 28 90 19,485 19,502 Bracknell Midweek News Series 57,202 26 37 89 58,010 60,083 Ealing Leader Series 75,779 26 53 88 75,579 74,403 Enfield Advertiser 91,715 26 142 86 90,402 94,614 Haringey Advertiser Series (Jan 3 - May 29) 41,982 21 48 81 35,265 42,488 Haringey Advertiser Series (May 30 - Jul 3) 38,934 5 46 82 35,265 42,488 Harrow & Wembley Group 117,849 G Various Various Various 101,171 101,109 Harrow Leader Series 70,538 26 54 89 70,046 71,251 Wembley Leader Series (Jan 3 - Mar 6) 31,165 9 28 88 31,125 29,858 Wembley Leader Series (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 47,311 17 43 85 31,125 29,858 Hounslow Informer Series 49,226 26 107 90 51,070 53,374 The Kensington & Chelsea Informer Series 96,776 26 33 78 97,179 96,782 Kingston, Richmond & Walton Informer Group 160,061 G 26 Various Various 162,853 168,277 Kingston Informer 53,700 26 54 77 52,333 55,924 Richmond & Twickenham Informer 52,358 26 56 75 55,504 55,505 Walton & Weybridge Informer 54,003 26 60 80 55,016 56,848 Lewisham & Greenwich Mercury Series 103,410 G Various Various Various 96,003 96,590

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Greenwich Borough Mercury (Jan 3 - Apr 10) 62,385 14 71 74 58,857 58,822 Greenwich Borough Mercury (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 64,592 12 67 73 58,857 58,822 Lewisham Borough Mercury 38,818 26 69 74 37,146 37,768 The Midweek 75,131 26 51 83 77,301 79,391 Mitcham, Morden & Wimbledon Post 46,652 26 36 80 47,360 47,850 Newbury & Thatcham Chronicle (Jan 3 - May 22) 21,227 20 49 73 21,474 21,604 Newbury & Thatcham Chronicle (May 23 - Jul 3) 18,654 6 49 73 21,474 21,604 The Press Series 116,170 26 100 78 110,611 111,057 Slough & Windsor Express Series 84,017 26 123 63 85,080 34,258 Staines Leader Series 54,000 26 103 90 53,286 57,336 Streatham, Clapham & West Norwood Post (Jan 3 - Apr 3) 37,743 13 45 83 39,605 39,131 Streatham, Clapham & West Norwood Post (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 33,287 13 42 84 39,605 39,131 Surrey & Sussex Newspapers Group 283,949 G Various Various Various 289,632 288,946 Crawley News 39,872 26 134 74 39,761 39,498 Croydon Borough Post 100,664 26 154 88 100,703 100,529 East Grinstead Observer 15,027 26 70 72 14,729 14,418 Epsom, Ewell & Banstead Post 31,636 26 92 76 31,092 31,937 Reigate, Redhill & Horley Post (Jan 3 - Apr 17) 40,082 15 105 78 39,610 39,320 Reigate, Redhill & Horley Post (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 34,747 11 113 78 39,610 39,320 Sutton Borough Post 62,003 26 93 78 63,737 63,244 Uxbridge Leader Series 63,055 26 76 89 64,620 64,868 Woking Informer (Jan 3 - Jan 23) 31,565 3 40 80 31,493 32,506 Woking Informer (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 36,795 23 36 80 31,493 32,506 Yellow Advertiser Series 470,015 G Various Various Various 483,654 485,987 Yellow Advertiser (Barking & Dagenham) (Jan 3 - Apr 10) 20,759 14 25 72 21,021 20,943 Yellow Advertiser (Barking & Dagenham) (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 18,828 12 23 73 21,021 20,943 Yellow Advertiser (Basildon) 56,117 26 116 84 57,896 58,516 Yellow Advertiser (Brentwood) 19,675 26 25 70 20,320 20,495 Yellow Advertiser (Castle Point) 48,331 26 92 81 48,533 49,180 Yellow Advertiser (Chelmsford) 44,992 26 31 67 45,444 45,848 Yellow Advertiser (Havering) 67,224 26 78 75 71,008 70,981 Yellow Advertiser (Redbridge) 63,789 26 32 79 65,455 65,847 Yellow Advertiser (Southend) 63,001 26 90 80 63,821 63,236 Yellow Advertiser (Thurrock) 40,392 26 37 67 40,310 41,041 Yellow Advertiser (Waltham Forest) 47,666 26 27 72 49,846 49,900 The Walton, Woking, Staines, Kingston and Richmond & Twickenham Informer Group 248,810 G Various Various Various 248,898 258,408 Kingston Informer 53,700 26 54 77 52,333 55,924 Richmond & Twickenham Informer 52,358 26 56 75 55,504 55,505 Staines Informer 51,954 26 68 89 54,552 57,625 Walton & Weybridge Informer 54,003 26 60 80 55,016 56,848 Woking Informer (Jan 3 - Jan 23) 31,565 3 40 80 31,493 32,506 Woking Informer (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 36,795 23 36 80 31,493 32,506

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1 Manchester Metro News Series 309,462 308,589 0.30% 303,231 2.10% 2 Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper 212,236 208,876 1.60% 163,569 29.80% 3 Southern Property Advertiser 154,071 149,734 2.90% 158,211 -2.60% 4 Nottingham Recorder 153,857 154,324 -0.30% 153,863 0.00% 5 Southampton Advertiser 148,895 146,517 1.60% 153,749 -3.20% 6 The Glaswegian Series 148,614 148,806 -0.10% 156,477 -5.00% 7 Herald & Post Edinburgh 142,963 144,968 -1.40% 145,529 -1.80% 8 Wirral Globe Series 134,486 134,458 0.00% 131,865 2.00% 9 Coventry Observer 123,977 120,674 2.70% 122,052 1.60% 10 Derby Express Series 122,791 122,847 0.00% 122,278 0.40% 11 The Press Series 116,170 110,611 5.00% 111,057 4.60% 12 Coventry Citizen 114,249 113,948 0.30% 112,052 2.00% 13 Sheffield Weekly Gazette Series 109,546 118,239 -7.40% 106,522 2.80% 14 North Staffs Advertiser Series 108,857 109,105 -0.20% 109,096 -0.20% 15 Sutton Guardian Series 107,041 109,011 -1.80% 108,489 -1.30% 16 KM Extra (Bromley) 105,951 - N/A - N/A 17 Croydon Guardian 105,501 106,788 -1.20% 108,464 -2.70% 18 Croydon Guardian Property Series 103,165 105,005 -1.80% 107,613 -4.10% 19 Milton Keynes Citizen 101,351 101,195 0.20% 100,811 0.50% 20 Bromley News Shopper 101,169 98,061 3.20% 97,643 3.60% 21 The Post 100,712 100,640 0.10% 101,159 -0.40% 22 Croydon Borough Post 100,664 100,703 0.00% 100,529 0.10% 23 Bromley Property News 97,746 94,237 3.70% 95,350 2.50% 24 Lewisham & Greenwich News Shopper Series 97,469 97,943 -0.50% 100,918 -3.40% 25 Plymouth Extra Series 96,810 95,388 1.50% 96,620 0.20% 26 The Kensington & Chelsea Informer Series 96,776 97,179 -0.40% 96,782 0.00% 27 Reading Post 96,378 - N/A - N/A 28 MK News 93,509 90,310 3.50% 87,844 6.40% 29 Leicester Mail Series 92,021 93,923 -2.00% 96,968 -5.10% 30 Enfield Advertiser 91,715 90,402 1.50% 94,614 -3.10% 31 Tuesday Citizen 90,768 90,526 0.30% 91,180 -0.50% 32 Enfield Independent Series 90,393 89,948 0.50% 90,978 -0.60% 33 The Advertiser (Tameside) 90,344 90,130 0.20% 90,202 0.20% 34 Oldham Chronicle Weekend 90,239 90,231 0.00% 90,339 -0.10% 35 KM Extra (Medway) 90,079 90,779 -0.80% 90,763 -0.80% 36 Newcastle Herald & Post 89,545 93,365 -4.10% 93,596 -4.30% 37 The Salford Advertiser, incorporating the Salford City Reporter 86,782 87,227 -0.50% 88,127 -1.50% 38 The Advertiser (Oldham) 86,153 86,185 0.00% 86,377 -0.30% 39 Adscene (Medway) 84,309 85,161 -1.00% 85,834 -1.80% 40 Slough & Windsor Express Series 84,017 85,080 -1.20% 34,258 145.20% 41 Courier Series 80,733 79,517 1.50% 79,762 1.20% 42 Bromley & District Express and Orpington & Chislehurst Express 80,522 78,027 3.20% 80,036 0.60% 43 Aberdeen & District Independent 80,153 53,866 48.80% 33,506 139.20% 44 St. Helens Star 80,132 79,650 0.60% 75,561 6.00% 45 St Helens (incorporating the Prescot & Knowsley Reporter) Series 79,768 81,497 -2.10% 81,662 -2.30% 46 Surrey Hants Star 78,145 78,323 -0.20% 78,138 0.00% 47 The Advertiser - Ipswich Edition 77,949 72,474 7.60% 72,763 7.10% 48 The Advertiser - Norwich Edition 77,557 76,718 1.10% 78,227 -0.90% 49 East End Life 76,932 75,579 1.80% 67,437 14.10% 50 Derby Trader 76,692 76,696 0.00% 74,066 3.50% 51 Oxford Star (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 76,365 85,771 -11.00% 85,832 -11.00% 52 Aberdeen Citizen 76,107 75,999 0.10% 76,014 0.10% 53 Champion Series 76,049 75,682 0.50% 75,626 0.60% 54 Ealing Leader Series 75,779 75,579 0.30% 74,403 1.80% 55 The Midweek 75,131 77,301 -2.80% 79,391 -5.40% 56 Cannock & Lichfield Chronicle Series 74,135 74,355 -0.30% 51,702 43.40% 57 KM Extra (Bexley) 73,035 73,005 0.00% - N/A 58 Bexley Borough News Shopper 72,830 73,048 -0.30% 72,805 0.00% 59 The Advertiser (covering North and East Manchester) 72,593 71,947 0.90% 73,700 -1.50% 60 Northumberland Herald & Post 72,067 71,822 0.30% 70,839 1.70% 61 Solihull News 71,955 71,820 0.20% 71,503 0.60% 62 Luton on Sunday 71,568 69,030 3.70% 67,633 5.80% 63 Harrow Times 71,457 71,676 -0.30% 74,469 -4.00% 64 News in Focus Series 71,235 69,825 2.00% 70,502 1.00% 65 Swansea Herald 70,997 71,314 -0.40% 71,396 -0.60% 66 Solihull Times 70,704 70,768 -0.10% 70,800 -0.10% 67 Havering Post (Jan 17 - Jul 3) 70,621 63,776 10.70% 51,866 36.20% 68 Harrow Leader Series 70,538 70,046 0.70% 71,251 -1.00% 69 Grimsby Target 70,440 70,169 0.40% 70,004 0.60%

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70 Wolverhampton Chronicle 69,956 69,973 0.00% 69,705 0.40% 71 Bexley Express 69,774 67,597 3.20% 70,328 -0.80% 72 Wolverhampton Ad News 69,475 68,016 2.10% 70,385 -1.30% 73 Brighton & Hove Leader 69,066 68,637 0.60% 68,173 1.30% 74 Luton Herald & Post 68,688 67,323 2.00% 69,139 -0.70% 75 North Tyneside Herald & Post 68,129 69,241 -1.60% 69,687 -2.20% 76 Bristol Observer - East Kingswood & Keynsham Observer (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 67,655 59,473 13.80% 61,054 10.80% 77 The Barnsley Independent 67,562 67,504 0.10% 67,559 0.00% 78 Select Living (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 67,508 41,996 60.70% 42,156 60.10% 79 Walsall Chronicle Series 67,252 67,081 0.30% 60,514 11.10% 80 Blackpool Reporter Series 67,232 70,015 -4.00% 69,422 -3.20% 81 Yellow Advertiser (Havering) 67,224 71,008 -5.30% 70,981 -5.30% 82 Rotherham Record 67,177 67,272 -0.10% 67,343 -0.20% 83 Preston & Leyland Reporter 67,159 67,263 -0.20% 67,274 -0.20% 84 The Preston and Leyland Citizen 66,840 64,451 3.70% 64,304 3.90% 85 Huddersfield Weekly News 66,559 64,752 2.80% 65,848 1.10% 86 Doncaster Advertiser Series (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 66,311 75,952 -12.70% 79,983 -17.10% 87 Bexley Borough Property News 65,795 65,558 0.40% 65,916 -0.20% 88 Sutton Coldfield News 65,507 65,361 0.20% 65,460 0.10% 89 Lanarkshire World 65,326 66,747 -2.10% 67,179 -2.80% 90 Darlington Aycliffe and Sedgefield Advertiser 65,071 62,893 3.50% 61,629 5.60% 91 The Reporter (Pendle, Burnley, Clitheroe, Whalley) Series 65,030 65,086 -0.10% - N/A 92 Walsall Observer 64,975 63,486 2.30% 61,560 5.50% 93 The Burton & South Derbyshire Advertiser 64,971 65,767 -1.20% 65,005 -0.10% 94 Birmingham News - South East (Jan 31 - Jul 3) 64,621 104,029 -37.90% 103,709 -37.70% 95 Stockton & Billingham Herald & Post 64,595 65,150 -0.90% 65,204 -0.90% 96 Greenwich Borough Mercury (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 64,592 58,857 9.70% 58,822 9.80% 97 Burton Trader 64,515 64,532 0.00% 61,765 4.50% 98 Blackpool Citizen Series 64,133 62,802 2.10% 63,287 1.30% 99 Redbridge Post Series 63,879 62,756 1.80% 62,393 2.40% 100 Yellow Advertiser (Redbridge) 63,789 65,455 -2.50% 65,847 -3.10% 101 News Post Leader Series (May 16 - Jul 3) 63,533 71,699 -11.40% 71,896 -11.60% 102 KM Extra (Canterbury) Series 63,455 63,197 0.40% 62,144 2.10% 103 KM Extra (Folkestone, Dover) Series 63,354 63,414 -0.10% 63,403 -0.10% 104 Uxbridge Leader Series 63,055 64,620 -2.40% 64,868 -2.80% 105 Yellow Advertiser (Southend) 63,001 63,821 -1.30% 63,236 -0.40% 106 Wigan Reporter including The Homes Supplement 62,885 67,064 -6.20% 67,237 -6.50% 107 Southend Standard 62,783 63,523 -1.20% 63,195 -0.70% 108 North Kent News Shopper Series (Feb 7 - Jul 3) 62,626 70,826 -11.60% 74,239 -15.60% 109 Bedfordshire on Sunday Borough Edition 62,505 60,853 2.70% 61,712 1.30% 110 Mansfield and Ashfield Recorder 62,322 62,905 -0.90% 63,015 -1.10% 111 Leigh, Tyldesley & Atherton Journal 62,193 61,078 1.80% 60,715 2.40% 112 Scunthorpe Target 62,090 61,825 0.40% 62,236 -0.20% 113 Sutton Borough Post 62,003 63,737 -2.70% 63,244 -2.00% 114 Walsall Advertiser 61,908 61,644 0.40% 61,863 0.10% 115 Bedford & Kempston Times & Citizen 61,814 60,420 2.30% 62,832 -1.60% 116 Leigh Reporter (Incorporating Atherton & Tyldesley) 61,768 62,859 -1.70% 62,930 -1.80% 117 Sutton Guardian Property 61,148 62,723 -2.50% 63,232 -3.30% 118 Mansfield & Ashfield Observer (Jun 6 - Jul 3) 60,943 68,496 -11.00% 68,680 -11.30% 119 Bournemouth Advertiser (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 60,845 69,100 -11.90% 69,639 -12.60% 120 Sheffield Journal (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 60,775 62,537 -2.80% 63,213 -3.90% 121 Telford Journal 60,747 60,792 -0.10% 57,320 6.00% 122 Journal Portsmouth and Southsea 60,746 60,786 -0.10% 64,267 -5.50% 123 Adscene (Folkestone & Dover) Series 60,459 62,439 -3.20% 62,487 -3.20% 124 News Guardian Series 60,225 51,896 16.00% 63,119 -4.60% 125 News Extra 60,125 60,605 -0.80% 62,476 -3.80% 126 Adscene (Canterbury) 60,095 60,093 0.00% 62,108 -3.20% 127 Thurrock Gazette 59,586 59,440 0.20% 58,078 2.60% 128 Bolton Journal 59,237 59,419 -0.30% 58,825 0.70% 129 South Bucks Star 59,189 62,485 -5.30% 63,884 -7.30% 130 The Blackburn, Darwen and Hyndburn Citizen 59,180 59,139 0.10% - N/A 131 Poole Advertiser 58,865 63,623 -7.50% 66,295 -11.20% 132 Gateshead Herald & Post 58,695 58,870 -0.30% 58,764 -0.10% 133 KM Extra (Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Sevenoaks) Series 58,675 58,743 -0.10% 58,687 0.00% 134 Hereford Admag 58,476 57,596 1.50% 57,871 1.00% 135 Sutton Coldfield Observer 58,337 57,115 2.10% 57,137 2.10% 136 Sandwell Chronicle 58,100 57,866 0.40% 43,976 32.10% 137 Peterborough Citizen 57,857 56,939 1.60% 57,449 0.70% 138 KM Extra (Thanet) 57,417 57,505 -0.20% 57,030 0.70%

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139 Bracknell Midweek News Series 57,202 58,010 -1.40% 60,083 -4.80% 140 Chester Mail 56,749 55,234 2.70% 51,631 9.90% 141 Lincolnshire Citizen Series 56,702 57,840 -2.00% 57,221 -0.90% 142 Bracknell & Wokingham Standard Series (Feb 28 - Jul 3) 56,656 50,547 12.10% 60,797 -6.80% 143 Kingston Guardian 56,282 57,283 -1.70% 92,000 -38.80% 144 Yellow Advertiser (Basildon) 56,117 57,896 -3.10% 58,516 -4.10% 145 Chesterfield Advertiser 55,806 54,440 2.50% 54,057 3.20% 146 Wandsworth Guardian Series 55,702 56,901 -2.10% 59,396 -6.20% 147 Adscene (Thanet) 55,618 56,201 -1.00% 56,875 -2.20% 148 Shrewsbury Admag 55,595 54,741 1.60% 55,366 0.40% 149 Ealing Times 55,405 55,657 -0.50% 54,584 1.50% 150 Dearne Valley Weekender (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 55,242 62,696 -11.90% 62,802 -12.00% 151 South Liverpool Merseymart 55,042 54,691 0.60% 54,538 0.90% 152 Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times 54,999 55,911 -1.60% 56,838 -3.20% 153 Basildon and Wickford Recorder 54,962 55,076 -0.20% 54,817 0.30% 154 Gloucestershire Independent Series 54,961 57,854 -5.00% - N/A 155 The Burnley and Pendle Citizen 54,780 54,331 0.80% - N/A 156 Chester & District Standard 54,391 53,987 0.70% 53,984 0.80% 157 Herald Express 54,202 54,045 0.30% 53,674 1.00% 158 Walton & Weybridge Informer 54,003 55,016 -1.80% 56,848 -5.00% 159 Staines Leader Series 54,000 53,286 1.30% 57,336 -5.80% 160 York Star incorporating the Advertiser (Mar 14 - Jul 3) 53,704 45,118 19.00% 45,485 18.10% 161 Kingston Informer 53,700 52,333 2.60% 55,924 -4.00% 162 Southend Standard - Castle Point, Rayleigh & Rochford 53,603 53,584 0.00% 53,543 0.10% 163 Falkirk & Grangemouth Advertiser & Linlithgow Advertiser Series 53,306 53,270 0.10% 50,384 5.80% 164 Birmingham News (North) 53,284 54,446 -2.10% 54,278 -1.80% 165 Peterborough Herald & Post 53,208 49,315 7.90% 52,550 1.30% 166 Wimbledon Guardian Series 53,100 55,522 -4.40% 57,003 -6.80% 167 KM Extra (Maidstone) 52,697 52,732 -0.10% 52,774 -0.10% 168 Northampton Mercury 52,560 55,340 -5.00% 55,172 -4.70% 169 Midweek Visiter Series 52,540 51,021 3.00% 50,442 4.20% 170 Lincoln Target 52,490 50,941 3.00% 50,949 3.00% 171 The Herts Advertiser - St Albans & Harpenden Edition 52,464 51,708 1.50% 51,175 2.50% 172 Cannock Chase & Burntwood Post Series 52,435 50,885 3.00% 51,890 1.10% 173 Richmond & Twickenham Informer 52,358 55,504 -5.70% 55,505 -5.70% 174 Kingston Property Weekly 52,270 53,904 -3.00% 54,602 -4.30% 175 Northampton Herald & Post 52,094 49,884 4.40% 51,453 1.20% 176 Staines Informer 51,954 54,552 -4.80% 57,625 -9.80% 177 Town Crier - Cambridge 51,915 51,732 0.40% 47,515 9.30% 178 Stourbridge News 51,842 51,764 0.20% 51,775 0.10% 179 Wakefield Extra Series 51,555 54,364 -5.20% 52,633 -2.00% 180 The Trader 51,550 51,592 -0.10% 51,672 -0.20% 181 Journal Fareham and Gosport 51,330 11,688 339.20% 40,049 28.20% 182 The Watford Free 51,285 53,214 -3.60% 52,149 -1.70% 183 Midweek Observer 51,280 55,227 -7.10% 54,396 -5.70% 184 Stratford & Docklands Express Series 51,093 49,663 2.90% 50,029 2.10% 185 The Weekly Tribune 50,836 49,760 2.20% 50,686 0.30% 186 North Devon Gazette & Advertiser Series 50,726 49,954 1.50% 50,339 0.80% 187 Adscene (Maidstone) 50,690 51,768 -2.10% 52,492 -3.40% 188 Solihull & Shirley Observer Series (Feb 14 - Jul 3) 50,575 - N/A - N/A 189 Redditch Standard Series 50,515 50,357 0.30% 50,050 0.90% 190 Dudley Chronicle (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 50,347 40,111 25.50% 31,325 60.70% 191 Belfast News 50,269 50,281 0.00% 50,493 -0.40% 192 Long Eaton Trader 50,127 50,172 -0.10% 45,044 11.30% 193 Express (Rochdale) 50,093 49,470 1.30% 49,741 0.70% 194 Stockport Times East 50,028 49,966 0.10% 49,516 1.00% 195 Fife & Kinross Extra 50,023 50,674 -1.30% 50,894 -1.70% 196 Worcester Standard 49,945 50,265 -0.60% 50,129 -0.40% 197 The Fife Leader - South Edition 49,807 51,427 -3.20% 52,620 -5.30% 198 St Albans/Harpenden Review 49,792 50,479 -1.40% 50,923 -2.20% 199 Swindon Star 49,773 47,091 5.70% 51,582 -3.50% 200 Sale & Altrincham Messenger 49,674 51,195 -3.00% 39,531 25.70% 201 West & North Wilts Star 49,310 47,750 3.30% 48,956 0.70% 202 Hounslow Informer Series 49,226 51,070 -3.60% 53,374 -7.80% 203 Hereford & Leominster Journal Series 49,134 49,503 -0.70% 45,088 9.00% 204 Telford and Wrekin Admag 48,688 48,696 0.00% 48,615 0.20% 205 Bradford Target 48,636 47,971 1.40% 48,498 0.30% 206 Worcester Journal (Berrows) 48,400 48,804 -0.80% 48,997 -1.20% 207 Yellow Advertiser (Castle Point) 48,331 48,533 -0.40% 49,180 -1.70%

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208 Chelmsford Weekly News 48,119 47,702 0.90% 46,110 4.40% 209 East Cleveland Herald & Post 48,073 48,895 -1.70% 49,219 -2.30% 210 Town Crier - West Cambridgeshire Series 47,792 46,599 2.60% 46,594 2.60% 211 Weekend Herald 47,766 46,783 2.10% 48,068 -0.60% 212 New Forest Post 47,765 47,763 0.00% 47,910 -0.30% 213 Hounslow Guardian (Jan 10 - Jul 3) 47,671 43,768 8.90% 48,737 -2.20% 214 Yellow Advertiser (Waltham Forest) 47,666 49,846 -4.40% 49,900 -4.50% 215 Wrexham Leader 47,541 47,544 0.00% 47,588 -0.10% 216 South Tyneside Herald & Post 47,518 49,593 -4.20% 49,484 -4.00% 217 Herald - Harlow and Bishops Stortford Series (Mar 14 - Jul 3) 47,385 40,503 17.00% 28,202 68.00% 218 Wembley Leader Series (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 47,311 31,125 52.00% 29,858 58.50% 219 Stockport Times West 47,272 47,382 -0.20% 45,456 4.00% 220 Leamington Spa Observer Series 47,216 46,636 1.20% 46,602 1.30% 221 Nottingham and Long Eaton Recorder 47,196 47,104 0.20% 47,154 0.10% 222 Stourbridge Chronicle 47,070 47,145 -0.20% 38,693 21.60% 223 Cambridge Weekly News 47,049 46,033 2.20% 46,577 1.00% 224 Redditch Advertiser & Alcester Chronicle 47,013 46,871 0.30% 46,710 0.60% 225 Review Series 46,972 44,984 4.40% 47,335 -0.80% 226 The Herald 46,917 49,118 -4.50% 45,395 3.40% 227 Middlesbrough Herald & Post 46,838 48,060 -2.50% 47,976 -2.40% 228 Mitcham, Morden & Wimbledon Post 46,652 47,360 -1.50% 47,850 -2.50% 229 KM Extra (Dartford and Swanley) 46,641 46,974 -0.70% 46,874 -0.50% 230 Dartford & Swanley Express 46,565 45,525 2.30% 46,213 0.80% 231 The Basingstoke Extra 46,394 46,244 0.30% 46,818 -0.90% 232 Lancaster & Morecambe Reporter (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 46,351 - N/A - N/A 233 Lincoln Chronicle 46,311 46,511 -0.40% 46,582 -0.60% 234 Herald & Post, Fife (Feb 14 - Jul 3) 46,294 40,378 14.70% 40,649 13.90% 235 West Hull Advertiser 46,256 46,394 -0.30% 46,937 -1.50% 236 Yeovil Times 45,880 46,293 -0.90% 46,865 -2.10% 237 West Wilts Advertiser Series 45,592 44,196 3.20% 42,563 7.10% 238 Weston Super Mare Admag 45,535 44,363 2.60% 43,778 4.00% 239 Bedfordshire on Sunday Mid Edition 45,337 43,620 3.90% 43,535 4.10% 240 The Cumbrian Gazette (West) 45,321 45,046 0.60% 44,781 1.20% 241 The Lancaster and Morecombe Citizen 45,286 45,154 0.30% - N/A 242 Elmbridge Guardian 45,148 45,606 -1.00% - N/A 243 Herald & Post, West Lothian 45,085 47,054 -4.20% 45,601 -1.10% 244 Yellow Advertiser (Chelmsford) 44,992 45,444 -1.00% 45,848 -1.90% 245 North Wales Chronicle Series 44,964 44,777 0.40% 46,675 -3.70% 246 Colchester & Mersea Weekly News 44,876 44,850 0.10% 43,511 3.10% 247 Birmingham News - South West Edition (Jan 31 - Jul 3) 44,546 - N/A - N/A 248 East Hull Advertiser 44,277 43,413 2.00% 44,300 -0.10% 249 Harlow, Epping and Sawbridgeworth Star Series 44,274 44,005 0.60% 43,930 0.80% 250 Wharfe Valley Times 44,059 44,058 0.00% 42,218 4.40% 251 The Advertiser - Waveney Edition 43,933 44,123 -0.40% 44,517 -1.30% 252 Putney & Wandsworth Property Weekly 43,866 46,444 -5.60% 47,672 -8.00% 253 Rugby & Mid-Warwickshire Review Series 43,836 46,045 -4.80% 46,724 -6.20% 254 Leamington & Mid-Warwickshire Review 43,824 42,216 3.80% 42,276 3.70% 255 Torbay Weekender 43,310 43,155 0.40% 42,339 2.30% 256 Target Series 43,203 42,109 2.60% 43,786 -1.30% 257 Exeter Times 43,137 42,718 1.00% 42,858 0.70% 258 Staines Guardian 42,589 35,529 19.90% 42,610 0.00% 259 Bucks Advertiser/Thame Gazette Series 42,542 41,132 3.40% 42,718 -0.40% 260 East Herts Herald (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 42,487 37,339 13.80% 31,978 32.90% 261 Warrington Midweek Guardian 42,422 42,869 -1.00% 42,827 -0.90% 262 Hertfordshire on Sunday 42,267 39,856 6.00% 40,118 5.40% 263 Kidderminster Shuttle & Stourport News Series 42,065 41,990 0.20% 42,276 -0.50% 264 Rugby Observer 42,030 40,478 3.80% 41,107 2.20% 265 The Weekly Advertiser 42,006 42,173 -0.40% 42,167 -0.40% 266 South Manchester Reporter 42,002 41,735 0.60% 39,306 6.90% 267 Hitchin Advertiser 41,765 41,010 1.80% 40,737 2.50% 268 Epsom & Leatherhead Guardian Property 41,737 42,005 -0.60% 42,724 -2.30% 269 Property Weekly 41,483 54,703 -24.20% 56,340 -26.40% 270 Loughborough Echo Trader Xtra 41,424 41,440 0.00% 40,103 3.30% 271 Halesowen News 41,139 41,144 0.00% 41,300 -0.40% 272 Hunts Post Series 41,074 40,946 0.30% 40,478 1.50% 273 Fenland Citizen Series 41,060 40,562 1.20% 39,780 3.20% 274 Surrey Times Series (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 41,027 36,356 12.80% 40,531 1.20% 275 Solihull & District Why Magazine 40,970 39,636 3.40% 37,282 9.90% 276 Birkenhead News 40,942 40,961 0.00% 40,904 0.10%

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277 The Advertiser - Yarmouth Edition 40,711 40,519 0.50% 41,036 -0.80% 278 Community Telegraph East Belfast 40,651 39,504 2.90% 45,518 -10.70% 279 Bromsgrove Standard Series 40,647 40,471 0.40% 40,150 1.20% 280 Crewe & Nantwich Guardian Series 40,633 40,548 0.20% 36,820 10.40% 281 Hendon & Finchley Times 40,586 42,029 -3.40% 42,713 -5.00% 282 Yellow Advertiser (Thurrock) 40,392 40,310 0.20% 41,041 -1.60% 283 Great Barr & Erdington Chronicle (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 40,387 28,597 41.20% 26,976 49.70% 284 Darlington Herald & Post 40,386 41,216 -2.00% 41,664 -3.10% 285 Property Advertiser - Avon (Jan 31 - Jul 3) 40,313 47,018 -14.30% 47,165 -14.50% 286 Waltham Forest Independent 40,277 43,008 -6.30% 45,186 -10.90% 287 Halesowen Chronicle 39,885 40,170 -0.70% 40,255 -0.90% 288 Crawley News 39,872 39,761 0.30% 39,498 0.90% 289 Stafford Post 39,805 38,121 4.40% 38,741 2.70% 290 Advertiser 39,716 39,409 0.80% 39,403 0.80% 291 Barnet & Potters Bar Times 39,707 42,356 -6.30% 41,660 -4.70% 292 Salisbury Avon Advertiser incorporating the Salisbury Times 39,493 40,930 -3.50% 41,572 -5.00% 293 Bury Journal 39,448 38,617 2.20% 38,693 2.00% 294 Herald Leader 39,257 40,048 -2.00% 40,169 -2.30% 295 Avon Advertiser - Hants & Dorset 39,182 40,114 -2.30% 40,151 -2.40% 296 Paisley and Renfrewshire Extra Series 38,957 39,029 -0.20% 44,927 -13.30% 297 Haringey Advertiser Series (May 30 - Jul 3) 38,934 35,265 10.40% 42,488 -8.40% 298 Dudley News 38,931 38,692 0.60% 38,658 0.70% 299 Bristol Observer - South Bristol 38,926 38,662 0.70% 38,962 -0.10% 300 Lewisham Borough Mercury 38,818 37,146 4.50% 37,768 2.80% 301 Kidderminster Chronicle 38,488 38,140 0.90% 37,147 3.60% 302 Bromsgrove Advertiser / Messenger / Droitwich Spa Advertiser 38,485 38,389 0.30% 38,360 0.30% 303 Bristol Observer - North West Bristol 38,468 39,210 -1.90% 39,610 -2.90% 304 The Extra, Glasgow South & Eastwood 38,417 39,923 -3.80% 40,266 -4.60% 305 Weston and Worle News 38,188 37,151 2.80% 36,903 3.50% 306 Stafford & Stone Chronicle 38,149 38,185 -0.10% 30,696 24.30% 307 Lichfield Mercury Series 37,952 37,935 0.00% 39,447 -3.80% 308 Chesterfield Express 37,663 38,209 -1.40% 38,116 -1.20% 309 Weekly Argus (May 2 - Jul 3) 37,316 42,243 -11.70% 34,774 7.30% 310 Wrexham Mail 37,214 36,215 2.80% 37,600 -1.00% 311 Warrington Mercury 37,043 38,247 -3.10% 34,960 6.00% 312 Mid Sussex Leader 36,879 36,910 -0.10% 36,738 0.40% 313 Gloucester News 36,836 37,118 -0.80% 36,421 1.10% 314 Woking Informer (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 36,795 31,493 16.80% 32,506 13.20% 315 Brentwood & Billericay Weekly News Series 36,527 36,438 0.20% 35,414 3.10% 316 Lea Valley Star 36,461 36,284 0.50% 36,562 -0.30% 317 Limited Edition - Barnet & Enfield 36,431 36,873 -1.20% 36,893 -1.30% 318 KM Extra (Gravesend) 36,395 37,005 -1.60% 37,074 -1.80% 319 Mercury Newspapers 36,046 35,003 3.00% 34,878 3.30% 320 Isle of Man Courier 36,018 35,793 0.60% 34,939 3.10% 321 Loughborough Mail 36,016 36,763 -2.00% 38,867 -7.30% 322 Gravesend & District Express 36,014 35,215 2.30% 35,288 2.10% 323 Headingley, Armley & Meanwood Weekly News 35,876 36,336 -1.30% 36,455 -1.60% 324 Weymouth & Dorchester Advertiser 35,843 35,350 1.40% 34,552 3.70% 325 East Leeds Weekly News 35,823 36,509 -1.90% 36,362 -1.50% 326 Banbury Cake 35,807 34,188 4.70% 33,475 7.00% 327 Fenland Post (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 35,609 31,503 13.00% - N/A 328 Wallasey News 35,420 35,372 0.10% 35,439 -0.10% 329 The Banbury & District Review 35,320 35,588 -0.80% 35,569 -0.70% 330 Cannock Mercury 35,290 35,270 0.10% 35,314 -0.10% 331 Bristol Observer - South Glo'shire 35,106 34,850 0.70% 34,791 0.90% 332 North Wales Pioneer 34,976 34,676 0.90% 34,545 1.20% 333 Stirling News incorporating Alloa and Hillfoots News Extra 34,809 33,335 4.40% 31,847 9.30% 334 Reigate, Redhill & Horley Post (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 34,747 39,610 -12.30% 39,320 -11.60% 335 The Journal 34,701 34,914 -0.60% 35,371 -1.90% 336 Ellesmere Port Standard 34,222 34,154 0.20% 34,120 0.30% 337 Streatham Guardian 34,162 34,596 -1.30% 34,690 -1.50% 338 Worksop Trader 34,120 33,880 0.70% 34,222 -0.30% 339 The Cumbrian Gazette (East) 33,881 34,557 -2.00% 34,358 -1.40% 340 City News (Mar 21 - Jul 3) 33,718 30,481 10.60% 33,713 0.00% 341 Yeovil Express 33,706 34,594 -2.60% 34,939 -3.50% 342 The Advertiser - Prestwich, Whitefield & Radcliffe 33,654 33,139 1.60% 33,168 1.50% 343 The Journal Series including Evesham Journal and Cotswold Journal (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 33,494 39,395 -15.00% 40,018 -16.30% 344 The Post Bridgend 33,476 33,939 -1.40% 34,429 -2.80% 345 Pontefract & Castleford Extra 33,302 34,151 -2.50% 34,192 -2.60%

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346 Streatham, Clapham & West Norwood Post (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 33,287 39,605 -16.00% 39,131 -14.90% 347 North Lanarkshire Extra 33,205 34,664 -4.20% 27,744 19.70% 348 Stratford Observer Series (Feb 14 - Jul 3) 33,079 45,701 -27.60% 43,944 -24.70% 349 North Yorkshire News 32,990 33,604 -1.80% 33,573 -1.70% 350 Flintshire Leader & Standard 32,981 33,043 -0.20% 33,078 -0.30% 351 The Rhyl, Prestatyn & Abergele Journal 32,787 32,839 -0.20% 32,806 -0.10% 352 Tamworth Times 32,543 31,721 2.60% 32,380 0.50% 353 Anfield & Walton Star 32,489 32,650 -0.50% 32,664 -0.50% 354 The Comet - Stevenage Edition 32,336 31,816 1.60% 24,921 29.80% 355 Wembley Times Series (Feb 14 - Jul 3) 32,253 26,718 20.70% 27,015 19.40% 356 Morley, Beeston & Hunslet Weekly News 32,212 32,777 -1.70% 32,284 -0.20% 357 South Durham Herald & Post 32,051 32,764 -2.20% 32,918 -2.60% 358 KM Extra (Ashford) Series 32,041 31,586 1.40% 31,439 1.90% 359 West Derby and Tuebrook Merseymart 31,938 32,054 -0.40% 32,214 -0.90% 360 East Cleveland Advertiser 31,849 31,794 0.20% 31,853 0.00% 361 Adscene (Ashford & Tenterden) 31,660 31,636 0.10% 31,929 -0.80% 362 Epsom, Ewell & Banstead Post 31,636 31,092 1.70% 31,937 -0.90% 363 Great Barr Observer 31,586 31,671 -0.30% 31,714 -0.40% 364 Bath, Norton Radstock & Frome Times Series 31,575 29,409 7.40% 29,946 5.40% 365 Community Telegraph North Down 31,478 26,766 17.60% 33,902 -7.20% 366 Hinckley Herald and Classified Journal 31,469 30,373 3.60% 31,355 0.40% 367 Tendring Weekly News 31,192 31,058 0.40% 31,200 0.00% 368 North Leeds Weekly News 31,181 31,904 -2.30% 31,918 -2.30% 369 Richmond Guardian 31,106 32,410 -4.00% 31,852 -2.30% 370 Redditch & District Why Magazine 30,984 31,323 -1.10% 23,010 34.70% 371 Chorley Citizen 30,971 29,482 5.10% 29,996 3.30% 372 North Somerset Times 30,910 30,357 1.80% 29,358 5.30% 373 The Star 30,755 31,424 -2.10% 31,534 -2.50% 374 North West Echo 30,663 30,859 -0.60% 30,860 -0.60% 375 Hertfordshire Star 30,660 30,246 1.40% 30,413 0.80% 376 Sunderland Star (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 30,643 34,774 -11.90% 36,258 -15.50% 377 Ayr & South Ayrshire Extra 30,541 30,725 -0.60% 31,913 -4.30% 378 Lichfield & Rugeley Post Series 30,376 29,135 4.30% 29,980 1.30% 379 Dunstable on Sunday 30,027 28,854 4.10% 29,258 2.60% 380 Taunton Times 29,950 29,598 1.20% 28,605 4.70% 381 South Lanarkshire Extra 29,948 31,457 -4.80% 24,943 20.10% 382 Bearsden/Milgavie & West End Extra Series 29,850 28,326 5.40% 29,504 1.20% 383 Journal Havant and Waterlooville 29,759 29,660 0.30% 28,537 4.30% 384 Community News (Macclesfield, Bollington and Poynton Edition) 29,603 29,428 0.60% - N/A 385 Paisley People 29,561 36,272 -18.50% 34,059 -13.20% 386 Wear Valley Advertiser 29,522 29,455 0.20% 29,492 0.10% 387 Cheltenham News Series 29,506 29,670 -0.60% 29,273 0.80% 388 Harlow Citizen 29,309 - N/A - N/A 389 Boston Target 28,943 28,348 2.10% 27,852 3.90% 390 East Riding Advertiser 28,769 28,909 -0.50% 27,969 2.90% 391 Community Telegraph North & Newtownabbey 28,656 23,247 23.30% 29,080 -1.50% 392 Glamorgan Gem Series 28,536 28,487 0.20% 27,774 2.70% 393 Campaign Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach & Bargoed 27,985 28,734 -2.60% 24,537 14.10% 394 Runcorn & Widnes Herald & Post 27,529 27,151 1.40% 27,713 -0.70% 395 Dearne Advertiser 27,481 24,530 12.00% 23,758 15.70% 396 The Times and Mail Series 27,364 26,462 3.40% 25,147 8.80% 397 Bury St. Edmunds Mercury 27,263 27,293 -0.10% 27,218 0.20% 398 Limited Edition - Hertfordshire 27,222 28,043 -2.90% 27,563 -1.20% 399 North Yorkshire Advertiser 27,210 26,942 1.00% 27,264 -0.20% 400 Consett-Stanley Advertiser 26,839 26,884 -0.20% 27,152 -1.20% 401 Limited Edition - Middlesex 26,637 26,272 1.40% 26,495 0.50% 402 Community Telegraph South Belfast 26,407 24,162 9.30% 27,198 -2.90% 403 Durham Advertiser 26,383 25,955 1.60% 25,952 1.70% 404 Bridgwater Times 26,181 26,011 0.70% 25,716 1.80% 405 Mitcham & Morden Guardian Property 26,127 27,155 -3.80% 28,131 -7.10% 406 The Neath & Port Talbot Tribune 26,031 24,855 4.70% 25,011 4.10% 407 Renfrewshire World 25,757 27,102 -5.00% 28,497 -9.60% 408 Oxford Journal (May 2 - Jul 3) 25,671 34,924 -26.50% 35,951 -28.60% 409 Stretford & Urmston Messenger 25,662 25,538 0.50% 19,427 32.10% 410 Hartlepool Star 25,654 25,855 -0.80% 25,734 -0.30% 411 Stevenage Advertiser 25,587 25,204 1.50% 24,771 3.30% 412 Welwyn Garden City & Hatfield Advertiser 25,560 24,594 3.90% 24,338 5.00% 413 Saffron Walden, Stansted & Sawston Reporter 25,539 25,541 0.00% 24,722 3.30% 414 Campaign Pontypridd, Porth, Mountain Ash & Llantrisant 25,123 23,901 5.10% 23,026 9.10%

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415 Redhill & Reigate Life 25,067 25,310 -1.00% 25,260 -0.80% 416 Thetford & Watton Times Series 25,022 25,047 -0.10% 25,137 -0.50% 417 Crewe Mail 24,797 24,725 0.30% 24,759 0.20% 418 East Lindsey Target Series 24,721 24,429 1.20% 23,782 3.90% 419 High Peak Courier Series 24,530 24,623 -0.40% 24,751 -0.90% 420 Coalville & Ashby Echo Series 24,521 24,587 -0.30% 23,130 6.00% 421 Northern Scot Mid Week Extra 24,515 24,149 1.50% 24,461 0.20% 422 The Advertiser 24,513 7,455 228.80% 23,530 4.20% 423 Kilmarnock & East Ayrshire Extra 24,371 23,602 3.30% 24,590 -0.90% 424 Lisburn Echo 24,357 23,351 4.30% 22,784 6.90% 425 East Lothian Times 24,273 24,239 0.10% 24,355 -0.30% 426 Midlothian Times 24,068 24,366 -1.20% 24,559 -2.00% 427 Dumfries Courier 23,935 23,680 1.10% 23,400 2.30% 428 Dunstable Herald & Post 23,870 23,018 3.70% 24,002 -0.50% 429 Pudsey Times 23,855 23,850 0.00% 23,444 1.80% 430 Andover Advertiser Midweek 23,773 24,250 -2.00% 22,116 7.50% 431 The Fife Leader - North Edition 23,681 23,655 0.10% 25,801 -8.20% 432 Rhyl/Prestatyn Visitor 23,646 23,845 -0.80% 22,537 4.90% 433 South Coast Leader 23,559 23,611 -0.20% 23,503 0.20% 434 Wellingborough & Rushden Herald & Post 23,539 23,693 -0.60% 23,815 -1.20% 435 Devizes, Melksham, Vale of Pewsey and Marlborough News Series 23,475 24,246 -3.20% 23,654 -0.80% 436 Bromborough & Bebington News 23,402 23,419 -0.10% 23,415 -0.10% 437 Courier South Oxon Edition (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 23,282 24,269 -4.10% 24,808 -6.20% 438 The Advertiser 23,063 23,098 -0.20% 22,234 3.70% 439 Macclesfield Times 22,961 21,939 4.70% 21,675 5.90% 440 Eckington Leader 22,930 22,904 0.10% 22,749 0.80% 441 Braintree & Witham Weekly News 22,749 22,684 0.30% 22,835 -0.40% 442 South Tyne Star (Mar 14 - Jul 3) 22,499 27,327 -17.70% 27,967 -19.60% 443 Beverley Advertiser 22,431 22,055 1.70% 21,667 3.50% 444 Kilburn Times Series (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 22,398 28,088 -20.30% 26,838 -16.50% 445 Christchurch Advertiser 22,362 21,803 2.60% 22,386 -0.10% 446 The Comet - Letchworth & Baldock Edition 22,098 20,847 6.00% 17,396 27.00% 447 The Post - Barry 22,031 22,031 0.00% 18,574 18.60% 448 South Cheshire Advertiser Series 22,002 21,894 0.50% 22,174 -0.80% 449 South Wirral News 21,940 20,882 5.10% 21,861 0.40% 450 Goole, Howden, Thorne Courier 21,718 21,260 2.20% 20,889 4.00% 451 Stirling/Alloa Hillfoots Shopper 21,573 21,679 -0.50% 25,011 -13.70% 452 Retford & Bawtry Trader 21,426 21,564 -0.60% 19,244 11.30% 453 Perth Shopper 21,387 21,392 0.00% 15,585 37.20% 454 Galway Advertiser (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 21,293 18,325 16.20% 17,548 21.30% 455 Dinnington & Maltby Trader (Jun 6 - Jul 3) 21,242 22,614 -6.10% 25,944 -18.10% 456 Wimbledon Property Weekly (May 30 - Jul 3) 21,232 24,615 -13.70% 26,283 -19.20% 457 Widnes World 20,944 20,726 1.10% 16,257 28.80% 458 The Chiswick 20,867 20,850 0.10% - N/A 459 Galway Independent 20,816 18,424 13.00% - N/A 460 Wellingborough & Rushden Citizen 20,727 22,555 -8.10% 22,608 -8.30% 461 The South Lakes Citizen (incorporating The Lakes Leader) 20,664 21,877 -5.50% 22,365 -7.60% 462 Spalding Target (May 16 - Jul 3) 20,485 - N/A - N/A 463 Muswell Hill & Crouch End Times (Jan 31 - Jul 3) 20,471 39,453 -48.10% 41,184 -50.30% 464 Keighley & Craven Target Series 20,461 20,213 1.20% 20,337 0.60% 465 Bridgewater Star 20,301 20,356 -0.30% 20,357 -0.30% 466 Congleton Guardian 20,279 20,113 0.80% 20,021 1.30% 467 Runcorn World 20,195 20,064 0.70% 15,727 28.40% 468 The Inverclyde Extra 20,179 19,932 1.20% 19,095 5.70% 469 Kettering Herald & Post 20,158 19,502 3.40% 16,739 20.40% 470 Camborne-Redruth Packet 20,114 20,307 -1.00% 20,739 -3.00% 471 Bridgend & District Recorder Series 20,076 19,823 1.30% 20,004 0.40% 472 The Northwich Mail 20,000 19,680 1.60% 19,937 0.30% 473 Tottenham, Wood Green & Edmonton Journal 19,926 - N/A - N/A 474 East Kilbride World 19,921 21,000 -5.10% 18,752 6.20% 475 Edgware & Mill Hill Times 19,912 20,806 -4.30% 20,331 -2.10% 476 Herald & Post Perth 19,784 19,619 0.80% - N/A 477 Yellow Advertiser (Brentwood) 19,675 20,320 -3.20% 20,495 -4.00% 478 Welwyn and Hatfield Review 19,666 19,989 -1.60% 20,647 -4.80% 479 Hamilton World 19,641 20,521 -4.30% 20,048 -2.00% 480 The Advertiser - North Norfolk Edition 19,605 19,410 1.00% 19,538 0.30% 481 Adnews - Willenhall, Wednesbury, Darlaston 19,574 19,457 0.60% 19,755 -0.90% 482 Hitchin Comet (Jan 24 - Jul 3) 19,551 17,283 13.10% 17,712 10.40% 483 North East Exclusive 19,488 20,381 -4.40% 20,730 -6.00%

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484 Saffron Walden Weekly News 19,445 19,369 0.40% 19,351 0.50% 485 Herts and Essex Star Classified 19,330 19,603 -1.40% 19,650 -1.60% 486 Craigavon Echo 19,217 18,601 3.30% 19,592 -1.90% 487 Ayrshire World 19,181 18,243 5.10% 17,793 7.80% 488 Buckinghamshire Limited Edition 19,151 20,340 -5.80% 20,290 -5.60% 489 Mid Beds Times & Citizen 18,980 18,431 3.00% 19,659 -3.50% 490 Peterlee Star (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 18,904 20,891 -9.50% 21,848 -13.50% 491 Mid Devon Star 18,884 19,006 -0.60% 19,040 -0.80% 492 Yellow Advertiser (Barking & Dagenham) (Apr 11 - Jul 3) 18,828 21,021 -10.40% 20,943 -10.10% 493 Newbury & Thatcham Chronicle (May 23 - Jul 3) 18,654 21,474 -13.10% 21,604 -13.70% 494 Bootle Times 18,556 18,608 -0.30% 18,653 -0.50% 495 KM Extra (Sittingbourne) 18,270 18,127 0.80% 18,350 -0.40% 496 Sudbury Mercury 18,209 18,196 0.10% 18,170 0.20% 497 Inverness & Nairnshire Herald 18,079 18,196 -0.60% 15,462 16.90% 498 Holderness Advertiser 17,940 17,919 0.10% 17,551 2.20% 499 Sleaford Target 17,934 17,360 3.30% 17,193 4.30% 500 Adscene (Sittingbourne & Sheppey) 17,925 17,576 2.00% 17,704 1.20% 501 Kettering Citizen (Jan 10 - Jul 3) 17,874 22,507 -20.60% 22,799 -21.60% 502 Bishops Stortford Citizen 17,818 19,342 -7.90% 15,962 11.60% 503 Exmouth Herald 17,775 18,193 -2.30% 17,808 -0.20% 504 Alfreton Chad 17,746 17,768 -0.10% 18,275 -2.90% 505 The Advertiser - South Norfolk 17,701 17,110 3.50% - N/A 506 Washington Star (Apr 25 - Jul 3) 17,688 15,712 12.60% 18,264 -3.20% 507 Skelmersdale Champion 17,628 17,498 0.70% 17,536 0.50% 508 Ashby & Coalville Mail (Jan 17 - Jul 3) 17,472 20,432 -14.50% 24,655 -29.10% 509 The News (Mar 7 - Jul 3) 17,229 19,768 -12.80% 20,867 -17.40% 510 Profile Magazine 17,208 22,133 -22.30% 22,345 -23.00% 511 Ely Weekly News 17,145 17,080 0.40% 16,126 6.30% 512 Airdrie and Coatbridge World 17,070 18,010 -5.20% 19,056 -10.40% 513 Bexley Mercury (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 16,920 19,485 -13.20% 19,502 -13.20% 514 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Advertiser 16,900 18,300 -7.70% 17,120 -1.30% 515 Newmarket Weekly News 16,865 17,106 -1.40% 16,865 0.00% 516 Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express 16,824 17,319 -2.90% 17,191 -2.10% 517 Retford Guardian 16,765 17,044 -1.60% 15,992 4.80% 518 Chester-Le-Street Advertiser 16,748 16,753 0.00% 16,986 -1.40% 519 The Journal 16,670 17,493 -4.70% 18,498 -9.90% 520 The Advertiser - Suffolk Edition 16,573 17,326 -4.30% 17,712 -6.40% 521 Leighton Buzzard on Sunday 16,516 16,393 0.80% 16,532 -0.10% 522 The Press (Dewsbury & District) (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 16,426 12,945 26.90% - N/A 523 Wymondham & Attleborough Mercury 16,381 16,272 0.70% 16,267 0.70% 524 Peak Times 16,357 15,486 5.60% 15,718 4.10% 525 Hoylake & West Kirby News 16,122 16,131 -0.10% 16,126 0.00% 526 Campaign Blackwood, Risca & Newbridge (Apr 25 - Jul 3) 16,076 19,030 -15.50% 18,424 -12.70% 527 Tottenham & Wood Green Independent (Apr 4 - Jul 3) 16,070 - N/A - N/A 528 Dumfries & Galloway Today 15,709 15,257 3.00% 15,787 -0.50% 529 Leighton Buzzard & Linslade Citizen 15,680 15,850 -1.10% 15,916 -1.50% 530 Truro Packet 15,536 15,622 -0.60% 15,855 -2.00% 531 Stratford and Banbury Why Magazine 15,405 15,828 -2.70% 13,174 16.90% 532 Clyde Weekly News 15,379 15,742 -2.30% 15,996 -3.90% 533 Diss Mercury 15,362 15,304 0.40% 15,210 1.00% 534 Wolds Target Series 15,299 15,309 -0.10% 14,711 4.00% 535 The Mendip Messenger 15,130 - N/A - N/A 536 Borehamwood & Elstree Times 15,099 15,247 -1.00% 15,347 -1.60% 537 East Grinstead Observer 15,027 14,729 2.00% 14,418 4.20% 538 Wilmslow Express 14,963 14,865 0.70% 15,220 -1.70% 539 North Yorkshire Herald & Post 14,864 14,863 0.00% 15,130 -1.80% 540 Epping Forest Independent 14,693 - N/A - N/A 541 Biggleswade Advertiser 14,570 14,642 -0.50% 14,609 -0.30% 542 Huntingdon Weekly News 14,532 14,748 -1.50% 14,383 1.00% 543 Herald - Stevenage (May 23 - Jul 3) 14,293 22,237 -35.70% 19,387 -26.30% 544 Limerick Post 14,207 14,189 0.10% 13,504 5.20% 545 Evesham Admag 13,914 13,817 0.70% 13,747 1.20% 546 Surrey & Hants News 13,706 14,195 -3.40% 12,012 14.10% 547 St Neots Weekly News 13,699 13,998 -2.10% 12,899 6.20% 548 St Ives Weekly News 13,615 13,248 2.80% 12,275 10.90% 549 Alfreton Echo 13,471 13,382 0.70% 13,693 -1.60% 550 Maghull & Aintree Star 13,397 13,344 0.40% 13,340 0.40% 551 Gainsborough Target 13,326 13,107 1.70% 12,625 5.60% 552 Selby Chronicle 13,284 13,289 0.00% 12,954 2.50%

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553 Newton Abbot & District Weekender 13,274 12,805 3.70% 12,776 3.90% 554 Heswall News 13,180 13,200 -0.20% 12,968 1.60% 555 Swanage & Wareham District Advertiser Series 13,179 12,840 2.60% 13,137 0.30% 556 Burnham & Highbridge Times 13,169 12,600 4.50% 12,819 2.70% 557 Haverhill Weekly News 13,096 13,204 -0.80% 12,756 2.70% 558 Stamford, Bourne & The Deepings Citizen 13,070 - N/A - N/A 559 Campaign Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, Brynmawr & Abertillery (Apr 25 - Jul 3) 12,959 17,480 -25.90% 13,959 -7.20% 560 Brackley & Towcester Post Series 12,903 13,176 -2.10% 10,877 18.60% 561 Tewkesbury Admag 12,636 12,521 0.90% 12,705 -0.50% 562 The Advertiser (Glossop) 12,437 12,420 0.10% 12,388 0.40% 563 Huyton & Roby Star 12,408 12,300 0.90% 12,319 0.70% 564 South Woodham & Maldon Weekly News 12,386 12,365 0.20% 12,001 3.20% 565 Selby Star incorporating the Advertiser 12,277 12,865 -4.60% 13,102 -6.30% 566 Ossett & Horbury Observer 12,170 12,466 -2.40% 12,371 -1.60% 567 Stamford Herald & Post (Apr 18 - Jul 3) 12,027 9,886 21.70% 10,417 15.50% 568 Bolsover Advertiser 11,765 11,957 -1.60% 11,548 1.90% 569 Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder 11,590 11,538 0.50% 11,704 -1.00% 570 Mid Ulster Echo 11,421 11,461 -0.30% 11,535 -1.00% 571 Midweek Advertiser 11,379 11,325 0.50% 11,396 -0.10% 572 Irvine & North Ayrshire Extra 11,324 10,891 4.00% 11,530 -1.80% 573 Bangor/Anglesey Mail 11,055 10,579 4.50% 11,284 -2.00% 574 Royston Weekly News 10,903 11,008 -1.00% 10,893 0.10% 575 Biggleswade & Sandy Comet 10,645 10,889 -2.20% 8,541 24.60% 576 Berwick Gazette 10,397 10,172 2.20% 10,417 -0.20% 577 Dronfield Advertiser 10,317 10,313 0.00% 10,315 0.00% 578 Ross-Shire Herald 10,076 10,435 -3.40% 9,826 2.50% 579 Courier City Edition (May 30 - Jul 3) 9,692 17,695 -45.20% 21,537 -55.00% 580 Harborough Herald & Post 9,471 9,027 4.90% 9,411 0.60% 581 Ludlow Journal 9,206 9,315 -1.20% 8,515 8.10% 582 Rugeley Mercury 9,077 9,428 -3.70% 9,468 -4.10% 583 Thatcham News (Jan 10 - Jul 3) 8,973 7,455 20.40% 8,941 0.40% 584 Kenilworth Citizen (Feb 21 - Jul 3) 8,970 - N/A - N/A 585 Wishaw World 8,694 8,752 -0.70% 9,126 -4.70% 586 Corby Citizen 8,524 8,548 -0.30% 8,632 -1.30% 587 Bicester Review 8,514 8,779 -3.00% 9,176 -7.20% 588 Houghton Star (Mar 28 - Jul 3) 8,449 10,933 -22.70% 11,724 -27.90% 589 Glasgow East News 7,738 5,572 38.90% 7,747 -0.10% 590 Seaham Star 7,409 7,553 -1.90% 9,548 -22.40% 591 Vale Advertiser 7,074 7,591 -6.80% 7,600 -6.90% 592 Carmarthen Herald 6,390 6,492 -1.60% 6,402 -0.20% 593 Buxton Times 6,202 5,836 6.30% 6,243 -0.70% 594 Village Visiter 6,063 6,844 -11.40% 7,367 -17.70% 595 Corby Herald & Post 5,511 5,761 -4.30% 6,713 -17.90% 596 Poynton Times 5,382 5,342 0.70% 5,167 4.20% 597 Saffron Walden Observer 5,358 5,379 -0.40% 5,734 -6.60% 598 Neston News 5,220 5,273 -1.00% 5,301 -1.50% 599 North Ayrshire World 4,870 4,509 8.00% 5,613 -13.20% 600 Peebles Times 2,098 2,084 0.70% 2,099 0.00%

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1 Northcliffe Newspapers Group 2,611,829 2,616,002 -0.20% 2,624,470 -0.50% 2 Trinity Mirror Southern 2,450,353 2,460,707 -0.40% 1,421,355 72.40% 3 KM Extra Group (Kent) 698,010 593,067 17.70% 518,538 34.60% 4 Midland News Association Group 642,856 621,233 3.50% 541,912 18.60% 5 Observer Standard Newspapers Ltd Group 545,466 500,032 9.10% 498,489 9.40% 6 Chronicle Newspapers Group 523,769 501,623 4.40% 430,989 21.50% 7 Yellow Advertiser Series 470,015 483,654 -2.80% 485,987 -3.30% 8 LSN Media 361,729 348,916 3.70% 346,632 4.40% 9 Adscene Group 360,756 364,874 -1.10% 369,429 -2.30% 10 Newsquest (Midlands South) Ltd 354,005 359,570 -1.50% 360,799 -1.90% 11 Informer Group 298,036 299,968 -0.60% 311,782 -4.40% 12 Surrey & Sussex Newspapers Group 283,949 289,632 -2.00% 288,946 -1.70% 13 Nottingham Recorder Group 263,375 264,333 -0.40% 264,032 -0.20% 14 North East Press Ltd 255,004 266,640 -4.40% 286,358 -10.90% 15 Edinburgh Herald & Post Series 254,126 252,019 0.80% 231,779 9.60% 16 The Walton, Woking, Staines, Kingston and Richmond & Twickenham Informer Group 248,810 248,898 0.00% 258,408 -3.70% 17 Herald & Post Series 246,807 250,948 -1.70% 252,111 -2.10% 18 Anglia Advertiser Group 235,116 229,383 2.50% 273,793 -14.10% 19 Echo Newspapers Free Newspaper Group 230,934 231,623 -0.30% 229,633 0.60% 20 Advertiser Series (North of England) 223,622 220,676 1.30% 220,328 1.50% 21 South London Press & Mercury Group 200,269 202,453 -1.10% 203,073 -1.40% 22 Weekly News Group 195,849 195,097 0.40% 191,071 2.50% 23 Bristol Observer Series 180,155 179,609 0.30% 182,367 -1.20% 24 Target Series - Lincoln & Boston & Gainsborough 173,198 149,494 15.90% 147,112 17.70% 25 Standard Recorder Group 171,348 172,183 -0.50% 171,555 -0.10% 26 Cambridge Weekly News Series 166,349 165,794 0.30% 162,125 2.60% 27 Liverpool Weekly Newspaper Group 163,830 163,647 0.10% 163,728 0.10% 28 Birmingham News Group 162,451 158,475 2.50% 157,987 2.80% 29 Kingston, Richmond & Walton Informer Group 160,061 162,853 -1.70% 168,277 -4.90% 30 Advertiser Series - Hull 159,673 158,690 0.60% 158,424 0.80% 31 Teesside Herald & Post Series 159,506 162,105 -1.60% 162,399 -1.80% 32 Wirral Newspapers Group 156,226 155,238 0.60% 156,014 0.10% 33 The Post Series 156,219 156,610 -0.20% 154,162 1.30% 34 Leicester Mail Group 145,509 151,118 -3.70% 160,490 -9.30% 35 Somerset Free Newspaper Group 143,534 140,363 2.30% 153,540 -6.50% 36 Advertiser Series 142,072 154,526 -8.10% 158,320 -10.30% 37 Journal Group 141,835 142,296 -0.30% 145,048 -2.20% 38 Herts & Essex Newspapers Group 136,083 135,517 0.40% 136,289 -0.20% 39 Bexley & North Kent News Shopper Group 135,456 143,874 -5.90% 147,044 -7.90% 40 Leeds Weekly News Group 135,092 137,526 -1.80% 137,019 -1.40% 41 Kingston, Richmond & Elmbridge Guardian Group 132,536 135,299 -2.00% 123,852 7.00% 42 Target Series - Grimsby & Scunthorpe 132,530 131,994 0.40% 132,240 0.20% 43 News Group 131,912 131,600 0.20% 131,733 0.10% 44 Derbyshire Trader 128,242 128,288 0.00% 125,738 2.00% 45 Community Telegraph Group 127,192 113,679 11.90% 135,698 -6.30% 46 Swindon Star Group 122,558 119,087 2.90% 124,192 -1.30% 47 Standard Selling Group 121,594 121,184 0.30% 121,182 0.30% 48 The Advertiser - Prestwich & West Manchester 120,436 120,366 0.10% 121,295 -0.70% 49 Shropshire Newspapers Group 119,087 119,610 -0.40% 110,923 7.40% 50 Harrow & Wembley Group 117,849 101,171 16.50% 101,109 16.60% 51 Milton Keynes Citizen Group 117,031 117,045 0.00% 116,727 0.30% 52 Southend Standard Group 116,386 117,107 -0.60% 116,738 -0.30% 53 Times Group 115,304 120,438 -4.30% 120,051 -4.00% 54 Target Group 112,300 110,293 1.80% 112,621 -0.30% 55 Newsquest (Oxfordshire) Ltd Free Newspaper Group 112,172 119,959 -6.50% 119,307 -6.00% 56 Limited Edition Group 109,441 111,528 -1.90% 111,241 -1.60% 57 Bedfordshire on Sunday Group 107,842 104,473 3.20% 105,247 2.50% 58 North Herts Advertiser Group 107,482 105,450 1.90% 104,455 2.90% 59 Central Counties Newspapers 105,258 103,956 1.30% 183,413 -42.60% 60 Lewisham & Greenwich Mercury Series 103,410 96,003 7.70% 96,590 7.10% 61 The Advertiser Series (Glossop and Tameside) 102,781 102,550 0.20% 102,590 0.20% 62 Luton and Dunstable on Sunday Group 101,595 97,884 3.80% 96,891 4.90% 63 Kingston & Elmbridge Guardian Group 101,430 102,889 -1.40% - N/A 64 Hounslow & Staines Informer Group 101,180 105,622 -4.20% 110,999 -8.80% 65 Suffolk & Ipswich and Advertiser Group 94,522 89,800 5.30% 90,475 4.50% 66 Herald & Post - Luton & Dunstable 92,558 90,341 2.50% 93,141 -0.60% 67 Staines Guardian Group 90,260 79,297 13.80% 91,347 -1.20% 68 Sutton Coldfield and Great Barr Observers 89,923 88,786 1.30% 88,851 1.20% 69 The Harlow Herald Series 89,872 77,842 15.50% 60,180 49.30%

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70 Chester Standard Group 88,613 88,141 0.50% 88,104 0.60% 71 Southport Group 88,538 87,798 0.80% 87,858 0.80% 72 Why Magazine Group 87,359 123,174 -29.10% 106,767 -18.20% 73 South Durham Herald & Post Series 87,301 88,843 -1.70% 89,712 -2.70% 74 Morton Newspaper Group 85,658 84,272 1.60% 84,771 1.00% 75 Redditch, Bromsgrove & Droitwich Advertiser Group 85,498 85,260 0.30% 85,070 0.50% 76 Dunfermline Press Group 4 84,832 84,009 1.00% 82,741 2.50% 77 The Comet Series 84,630 80,835 4.70% 68,570 23.40% 78 Chelmsford Weekly News Group 83,254 82,751 0.60% 80,946 2.90% 79 Campaign Free Newspapers Group 82,143 89,145 -7.90% 79,946 2.70% 80 Bedfordshire Times & Citizen 80,794 78,851 2.50% 82,491 -2.10% 81 Avon Advertiser Group 78,675 81,044 -2.90% 81,723 -3.70% 82 North Somerset Series 74,234 72,154 2.90% 71,781 3.40% 83 Lichfield Mercury Newspapers Group 73,242 73,205 0.10% 74,761 -2.00% 84 Somerset Times Series 69,300 68,209 1.60% 81,759 -15.20% 85 The Chiswick and Hounslow Guardian Group 68,538 64,618 6.10% - N/A 86 Hertfordshire & Lea Valley Star Series 67,121 66,530 0.90% 66,975 0.20% 87 Gloucester News Group 66,342 66,788 -0.70% 65,694 1.00% 88 Ayrshire Extra Series 66,236 65,218 1.60% 68,033 -2.60% 89 York Star Series 65,981 57,983 13.80% 58,587 12.60% 90 Lanarkshire World Series 65,326 68,283 -4.30% 66,982 -2.50% 91 Star/Classified Series 63,604 63,608 0.00% 63,580 0.00% 92 Ayrshire Extra (Ayr, Kilmarnock & Irvine Extra) 63,153 66,121 -4.50% - N/A 93 The Lanarkshire Extra Series 63,153 66,121 -4.50% 52,687 19.90% 94 Courier Newspaper Group (Oxfordshire) 58,645 76,888 -23.70% 82,296 -28.70% 95 Times Chronicle Series 54,651 54,806 -0.30% 53,853 1.50% 96 Lothian Times Series 50,439 50,689 -0.50% 51,013 -1.10% 97 East Northants Herald & Post Group 49,208 48,956 0.50% 47,267 4.10% 98 Northants Citizen Group 47,125 53,610 -12.10% 54,039 -12.80% 99 West Suffolk Mercury Series 45,472 45,489 0.00% 45,388 0.20% 100 Newbury Advertiser & News 33,486 33,404 0.20% 32,471 3.10% 101 Diss Wymondham & Attleborough Mercury 31,743 31,576 0.50% 31,477 0.80% 102 Macclesfield/Poynton Times 28,343 27,281 3.90% 26,842 5.60% 103 Admag Group 26,550 26,338 0.80% 26,452 0.40% 104 Ayrshire World & North Ayrshire World Group Certificate 24,051 22,752 5.70% 23,406 2.80% 105 Seaham & Houghton Star Series 15,858 18,486 -14.20% 21,272 -25.50%

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