List of newspapers in the United Kingdom

This is a list of newspapers in the United Kingdom.

UK newspapers can generally be split into two distinct categories, the more serious and intellectual newspapers, usually referred to as the broadsheets due to their large size, and sometimes known collectively as "the quality press", and less serious newspapers, generally known as tabloids, and collectively as "the popular press", which have tended to focus more on celebrity coverage and human interest stories rather than political reporting or overseas news. The tabloids in turn have been divided into the more sensationalist mass market titles, or "red tops", such as The Sun and The Mirror, and the middle-market papers, The Daily Express and The Daily Mail.

Both The Independent and The Times have changed in recent years to a compact format, not much bigger than that used by the tabloids. The Guardian moved in September 2005 to what is described as a "Berliner" format, slightly larger than a compact. Its Sunday stablemate The Observer has since followed suit.

Other Sunday broadsheets, including The Sunday Times, which tend to have a large amount of supplementary sections, have kept their larger sized format. The national Sunday titles usually have a different layout and style to their weekly sister papers, and are produced by separate journalistic and editorial staff.

All the major UK newspapers currently have websites, some of which provide free access. The Times and The Sunday Times have a paywall requiring payment on a per-day or per-month basis for non-subscribers. The Financial Times business daily also has limited access for non- subscribers.

Most towns and cities in the UK have at least one local newspaper, such as the Evening Post in Bristol and The Echo in Cardiff. They are not known nationally for their journalism in the way that (despite much syndication) city-based newspapers in the USA are (e.g. The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe). An exception to this was the well-regarded Manchester Guardian, which dropped the "Manchester" from its name (1959) and relocated its main operations to London (1964). The Guardian Media Group produced a Mancunian paper, the Manchester Evening News until 2010 when the MEN and its other local newspapers in the Greater Manchester area were sold to Trinity Mirror.

Broadsheet and former broadsheet newspaper

Political Party Support in Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation 2015 General Election The Daily Press Right, Conservative Daily Broadsheet 1855

Telegraph Holdings conservative Party The Sunday Press Centre-right, Conservative Sundays Broadsheet 1961 [1] Telegraph Holdings conservative Party Compact since News Conservative

The Times Daily 1785 Centre-right

November Corporation Party 2004 Conservative Party and the Economically Liberal Financial Pearson liberal, Daily Broadsheet 1888 Democrats (a

Times PLC politically continuance of centrist the current coalition)[2] The Sunday News Conservative Sunday Broadsheet 1822 Right [3] Times Corporation Party Labour, Green Berliner Party and The since 12 Scott Trust Centre-left and Liberal Daily 1821

Guardian September Limited social-liberal Democrats in 2005 marginal non- Labour seats[4] Berliner The since 8 Scott Trust Centre-left, Sunday 1791 Labour [5]

Observer January Limited social-liberal 2006 Alexander endorses a Economically Compact Lebedev's Conservative- The liberal, Daily since May 1986 Independent Liberal

Independent politically 2004 Print Democrat centre-left Limited coalition [6] Alexander Compact Lebedev's Independent since Centre-left, Sunday 1990 Independent None [7]

on Sunday October liberal views Print 2005 Limited Political Party Support in Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation 2015 General Election Economically liberal, Alexander politically None, though Lebedev's centre-left previously

i Daily Compact 2010 Independent (aimed supported the Print primarily Liberal Limited towards younger Democrats readers and commuters)[8]

"Middle-market" tabloid newspapers

Political Party Support in Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation 2015 General Election Conservative Lord Tabloid Party, UKIP Rothermere' (Broadshee 189 in non-Tory

Daily Mail Daily s Daily Mail Right t until 6 seats they are and General 1971) more likely Trust plc to win[9] Compact Richard (Broadshee 190 Desmond's

Daily Express Daily Right UKIP t until 0 Northern & 1977) Shell Compact Richard

(Broadshee 191 Desmond's [10] Sunday Express Sunday Right UKIP t until 8 Northern & 1992) Shell Lord Rothermere' The Mail on 198 Conservative Sunday Tabloid s Daily Mail Right [11] Sunday 2 Party and General Trust plc Political Party Support in Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation 2015 General Election Political Tabloid Party Publishe Orientatio Support in newspapers Format Est. Owner d n 2015 [ General Title Election Conservativ e Party in 196 News conservativ [12] The Sun Daily Tabloid the UK,

4 Corporation e SNP in Scotland [13] Conservativ e Party in 201 News conservativ

The Sun on Sunday Sunday Tabloid the UK,

2 Corporation e SNP in Scotland 190 left-wing, Labour

Daily Mirror Daily Tabloid Trinity Mirror

3 populist Party 191 left-wing, Labour

Sunday Mirror Sunday Tabloid Trinity Mirror 5 populist Party Richard 197 Desmond's conservativ

Daily Star Daily Tabloid None

8 Northern & e Shell Richard 200 Desmond's conservativ

Daily Star Sunday Sunday Tabloid None

2 Northern & e Shell People's Press Printing Follows 193 Society, an Britain's Labour

The Morning Star Daily Tabloid 0 independent Road to Party [14] readers' co- Socialism operative 188 left-wing, Labour

Sunday People Sunday Tabloid Trinity Mirror 1 populist Party[15]

Freesheet newspapers in urban centre Title Published Format Est. Owner Orientation Distribution Alexander Lebedev London Weekdays (75.1%) Greater Evening Tabloid 1827 right-wing

(evening) & Lord London

Standard Rothermere (24.9%) Daily Mail wide

Metro Daily Tabloid 1999 and General centre-right availability in

Trust plc the major cities wide Weekdays

City A.M. Tabloid 2005 City A.M. Ltd centre-right availability in (morning) the major cities Pick up Yorkshire

Daily Tabloid 2013 Publications centre-left Leeds Reporter Ltd

Non-English-language newspaper

Several newspapers in languages other than English are published in Britain, for immigrant and expatriate readers. Newspapers, both national and local, in Arabic, Bangla, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Urdu, and other languages are published.[20]

Title Published Language Audience newspaper for the Korean community

Hanin Herald Weekly Korean in the UK and abroad newspaper aimed at Britain's Polish

Dziennik Polski Daily Polish community the most popular magazine for the

Cooltura Weekly Polish Polish community in the UK Goniec Polski Polish a magazine for the Polish community in Weekly Polish

Weekly Magazine the UK a tabloid magazine for the Polish

Polish Express Weekly Polish Community in the UK a magazine for educated Polish people

Nowy Czas Fortnightly Polish living in UK newspaper aimed at Britain's and

Sing Tao Daily Chinese Europe's Chinese community

Achievements Russian The UK's national Russian newspaper for the Irish speaking community of

Nuacht24 Daily Irish Northern Ireland and Irish immigrants Title Published Language Audience for the Welsh-speaking areas of Wales

Y Cymro Weekly Welsh and Welsh immigrants