List of newspapers in the United Kingdom

Twelve daily newspapers and eleven Sunday-only weekly newspapers are distributed nationally in the United Kingdom. Others circulate in Scotland only and still others serve smaller areas. National daily newspapers publish every day except Sundays and 25 December. Sunday newspapers may be independent; e.g. The Observer was an independent Sunday newspaper from its founding in 1791 until it was acquired by The Guardian in 1993, but more commonly, they have the same owners as one of the daily newspapers, usually with a related name (e.g. The Times and The Sunday Times), but are editorially distinct.

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

Most of the broadsheets, so called because of their historically larger size, have changed in recent years to a compact format, the same size as the tabloids. The Independent and The Times were the first to do so. The Guardian moved in September 2005 to what is described as a 'Berliner' format, slightly larger than a compact. Its Sunday stablemate The Observer followed suit. Both The Guardian and The Observer now use the tabloid format, having done so since January 2018. Despite these format changes, these newspapers are all still considered 'broadsheets'.

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

All the major UK newspapers currently have websites, some of which provide free access. The Times and The Sunday Times have a paywall requiring payment on a per-day or per-month basis by non-subscribers. The Financial Times business daily also has limited access for non-subscribers. The Independent became available online only upon its last printed edition on 26 March 2016. However, unlike the previously mentioned newspapers, it does not require any payment to access its news content. Instead the newspaper offers extras for those wishing to sign up to a payment subscription, such as crosswords, Sudoku puzzles, weekend supplements and the ability to automatically download each daily edition to read offline. The London Economic is another example of a British digital/online only newspaper; however, unlike The Independent it has never run a print publication. Alongside traditional outlets, newer digital-first publications such as The Scone have emerged, offering a satirical take on UK headlines.

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. Local newspapers were listed in advertising guides such as the Mitchell's Press Directories.

They are not known nationally for their journalism in the way that (despite much syndication) some city-based newspapers in the USA are (e.g. The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times). An exception to this was the Manchester Guardian, which shortened its name to The Guardian in 1959 and relocated its main operations to London in 1964. The Guardian Media Group produced a Mancunian paper, the Manchester Evening News, until 2010 when along with its other local newspapers in the Greater Manchester area it was sold to Trinity Mirror.

Broadsheet and former broadsheet newspapers

Title	Days of publication	Circulation	Established	Editor	Owner	Political orientation	Political party support in the 2024 general election	Format
The Sunday Times	Sundays	647,622Template:Efn	1821	Ben Taylor	News Corporation	Centre-right	Labour Party	Broadsheet
The Times	Daily	365,880Template:Efn	1785	Tony Gallagher			None	Compact
The Daily Telegraph	Daily	317,819Template:Efn	1855	Chris Evans	Press Holdings (Barclay twins)	Right-wing	Conservative Party	Broadsheet
The Sunday Telegraph	Sundays	248,288Template:Efn	1961	Allister Heath
The Observer	Sundays	136,656	1791	Paul Webster	Tortoise Media	Centre-left	Labour Party	Compact
The i Paper	Daily	131,562	2010	Oliver Duff	Daily Mail and General Trust	Non-partisan	None
The Guardian	Daily	105,134	1821	Katharine Viner	Scott Trust Limited's Guardian Media Group	Centre-left	Labour Party
iWeekend	Saturdays	N/ATemplate:Efn	2017	Oliver Duff	Daily Mail and General Trust	Non-partisan	None
The Independent	N/A		1986	Geordie Greig	Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel Alexander Lebedev Evgeny Lebedev	Centrist	Labour Party	Online only
Financial Times	Daily	106,038	1888	Roula Khalaf	Nikkei Inc.	Centre to centre-right	Labour Party	Broadsheet

Tabloid newspapers

Title	Days of publication	Circulation	Established	Editor	Owner	Political orientation	Political party support in the 2024 general election
The Sun	Daily	1,210,915Template:Efn	1964	Victoria Newton	News Corporation	Right-wing	Labour Party
The Sun on Sunday	Sundays	1,013,777Template:Efn	2012				None
Daily Mail	Daily	745,629	1896	Ted Verity	Daily Mail and General Trust		Conservative Party
The Mail on Sunday	Sundays	637,877	1982	David Dillon
Daily Express	Daily	163,610	1900	Gary Jones	Reach plc
Sunday Express	Sundays	163,610	1918	Michael Booker
Daily Mirror	Daily	258,043	1903	Lloyd Embley		Centre-left	Labour Party
Sunday Mirror	Sundays	193,360	1915
Sunday People	Sundays	65,460	1881	Peter Willis
Daily Star	Daily	146,949	1978	Jon Clark		Largely non-political	Count Binface
Daily Star Sunday	Sundays	87,798	2002	Denis Mann			None
Morning Star	Daily	N/A	1930	Ben Chacko	People's Press Printing Society	Left-wing	None

Freesheet newspapers in urban centres

Title	Days of publication	Circulation	Format	Established	Editor	Owner	Political orientation	Distribution	Political party support in the 2024 general election
Metro	Weekdays	951,684	Tabloid	1999	Ted Young	Daily Mail and General Trust plc	Largely non-political	Wide availability in the major cities	None
City A.M.	Tuesday to Thursday (mornings)	67,600		2005	Andy Silvester	City A.M. Ltd	Centre-right
London Standard	Weekly	302,602		1827	Dylan Jones	Alexander Lebedev Lord Rothermere		Greater London	Labour Party
The Shuttle		10,152		1870	Peter John	Newsquest Media Group	N/A	Wyre Forest area of Worcestershire	None
Asian Express		N/A		1999	N/A	Media Buzz Ltd		Wide availability in the major cities
Yorkshire Reporter	Monthly	N/A		2013		Pick up Publications Ltd		Widely available in Leeds and its surrounding areas

Street newspapers

Title	Days of publication	Circulation	Established	Owner	Distribution
The Big Issue	Weekly	57,059	September 1991	The Big Issue	UK-wide

Major news and political magazines

Title	Established	Editor	Owner	Political orientation
New Statesman	1913	Jason Cowley	Mike Danson	Centre-left
The Spectator	1828	Michael Gove	Paul Marshall	Right-wing
Prospect	1995	Alan Rusbridger	Prospect Publishing Ltd	Centre-left
The Economist	1843	Zanny Minton Beddoes	The Economist Group	Centre
Tribune	1937	Ronan Burtenshaw	Tribune Media Group	Left-wing
The Week	1995	Jeremy O'Grady	Dennis Publishing	Centre
Private Eye	1961	Ian Hislop	Pressdram Ltd	None

Newspapers in England

Regional newspapers in England

File:Front window of Hampshire Chronicle newspaper, England, 1999.jpg

Exterior of Hampshire Chronicle office, 1999

Newspapers in Northern Ireland

Title	Market type	Print time	Political alignment	Format	Circulation
The Belfast Telegraph	Regional	Morning	British Unionist - Liberal	Compact	35,931
The Irish News	Regional	Morning	Irish Nationalist	Compact	33,647
The News Letter	Regional	Morning	British Unionist - Conservative	Tabloid	13,374

Newspapers in Scotland

Daily newspapers

Title	Market type	Print time	Location	Format	Scottish circulation
The Herald	National – Quality	Morning	Scottish	Broadsheet	47,020
The Scotsman	National – Quality	Morning	Scottish	Compact	38,423
The National	National – Mid Market	Morning	Scottish	Compact	2,986
Daily Record	National – Tabloid	Morning	Scottish	Tabloid	275,175
The Courier	Regional	Morning	Scottish	Compact	61,981
The Press and Journal	Regional	Morning	Scottish	Compact	71,044
Greenock Telegraph	Local	Morning	Scottish	Tabloid	14,342
Paisley Daily Express	Local	Morning	Scottish	Tabloid	7,538
Edinburgh Evening News	Local	Evening	Scottish	Tabloid	39,947
Evening Express	Local	Evening	Scottish	Tabloid	47,849
Evening Telegraph	Local	Evening	Scottish	Tabloid	23,631
Evening Times	Local	Evening	Scottish	Tabloid	52,400
The Daily Telegraph (Scottish edition)	National – Quality	Morning	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Broadsheet	22,172
The Times (Scottish edition)	National – Quality	Morning	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Compact	19,994
Scottish Daily Express	National – Mid Market	Morning	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Tabloid	65,689
Scottish Daily Mail	National – Mid Market	Morning	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Tabloid	109,643
Daily Star of Scotland	National – Tabloid	Morning	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Tabloid	65,084
Scottish Daily Mirror	National – Tabloid	Morning	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Tabloid	24,333
The Scottish Sun	National – Tabloid	Morning	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Tabloid	314,595
The Financial Times	National – Quality	Morning	UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland	Broadsheet	3,528
The Guardian	National – Quality	Morning	UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland	Berliner	14,069
i	National – Quality	Morning	UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland	Compact	12,411
Metro, Scottish Edition	Urban – Free	Morning	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Tabloid	125,002

Sunday newspapers

Title	Market type	Location	Format	Scottish circulation
Scotland on Sunday	National – Quality	Scottish	Broadsheet	50,897
Sunday Mail	National – Tabloid	Scottish	Tabloid	354,396
The Sunday Post	National – Tabloid	Scottish	Tabloid	224,471
The Sunday Times Scotland	National – Quality	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Broadsheet	59,502
The Sunday Telegraph Scotland	National – Quality	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Broadsheet	18,339
Mail on Sunday Scotland	National – Mid Market	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Tabloid	105,223
Scottish Sunday Express	National – Mid Market	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Tabloid	35,337
Scottish Sunday Mirror	National – Tabloid	Scottish edition of UK Newspaper	Tabloid	21,809
The Observer	National – Quality	UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland	Berliner	17,880
The Independent on Sunday	National – Quality	UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland	Compact	6,317
Daily Star Sunday	National – Tabloid	UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland	Tabloid	26,889
The Sunday Sport	National – Tabloid	UK Newspaper widely available in Scotland	Tabloid	n/a

Newspapers in Wales

National newspapers

• Bylines Cymru – owned by Byline Times
• The Western Mail – owned by Reach plc
• Y Cymro (monthly, Welsh language)
• Wales on Sunday - sister publication of The Western Mail

Regional daily newspapers

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

Regional newspapers

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

Papurau Bro

Papurau Bro ('Area Papers') are Welsh language newspapers produced nominally monthly (typically 10 issues a year with a summer break) which cover the news in a small area - a town, group of parishes, one or a few valleys, etc. - with a circulation of perhaps a few thousand each. There are between 50 and 60 Papurau Bro which cover the whole of Wales, plus the Welsh communities of Liverpool and London. Papers are frequently named after local features, connections, crafts, etc., or in dialect (; all imply 'gossip'). The first papur bro (Y Dinesydd) appeared in 1973 in Cardiff, and the following decade saw the establishment of most of the others. Much of the work of producing the papers is done voluntarily (aside from the printing), although financial support is given by Bwrdd yr Iaith (Welsh Language Board). Some of the papers listed may have ceased publication.

Non-English-language newspapers

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

Title	Published	Language	Audience
BG Ben	Fortnightly	Bulgarian	Bulgarian newspaper for people living in UK
Hanin Herald	Weekly	Korean	Newspaper for the Korean community in the UK and abroad
Tydzień Polski	Weekly	Polish	Newspaper aimed at Britain's Polish community
Cooltura	Weekly	Polish	Most popular magazine for the Polish community in the UK
Goniec Polski Polish Weekly Magazine	Weekly	Polish	Magazine for the Polish community in the UK
Polish Express	Weekly	Polish	Tabloid magazine for the Polish Community in the UK
Nowy Czas	Fortnightly	Polish	Magazine for educated Polish people living in UK
Sing Tao	Daily	Chinese	Newspaper aimed at Britain's and Europe's Chinese community
Achievements		Russian	UK's national Russian newspaper
Nuacht24	Daily	Irish	For the Irish speaking community of Northern Ireland and Irish immigrants
Y Cymro	Weekly	Welsh	For the Welsh-speaking areas of Wales and Welsh immigrants
Garavi Gujarat	Weekly	Gujarati	Newspaper for the Gujarati community in the UK established in 1968

Specialist newspapers

For specific ethnic groups

• Lanka Tribune – fortnightly newspaper for British Sri Lankans
• Nigerian Watch – fortnightly newspaper aimed at the Nigerian community in the UK
• The Irish World - weekly newspaper aimed at Britain's Irish Community
• The Irish Post - weekly newspaper aimed at Britain's Irish Community
• The Voice – weekly tabloid newspaper aimed at the British Afro-Caribbean community
• Eastern Eye – weekly newspaper for British Asians
• The South African – started as a London-based broadsheet newspaper aimed at providing news for South Africans living in London, now online.

For specific religions

• 5Pillars - Muslim news site
• The Baptist Times – Baptist/general Protestant newspaper
• The Catholic Herald – Catholic newspaper
• Christian Today – trans-denominational Christian newspaper
• Church of England Newspaper – weekly Anglican paper
• Church Times – weekly Anglican paper
• Hamazor – published by the London-based World Zoroastrian Organisation
• The Friend – weekly independent Quaker newsmagazine
• Jewish Chronicle – oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world
• Jewish Telegraph – editions published for Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Scotland, Britain's only region Jewish newspaper and has the longest serving editor of any newspaper in the country at its helm in Paul Harris.
• Jewish Tribune – Haredi Jewish; has section in Yiddish language
• Leeds Catholic Post – monthly Catholic paper for Leeds' Diocese
• Life and Work - monthly Church of Scotland magazine
• The Messenger – fortnightly Seventh-day Adventist news magazine
• The Muslim News – Islamic newspaper
• The Record - monthly Free Church of Scotland magazine
• The Tablet – Catholic newspaper
• The Universe – Catholic newspaper
• Several Muslim newspapers

Politics

• Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! – bi-monthly newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Group
• Freedom – an anarchist publication.
• Irish Democrat – an Irish Republican weekly
• The New World – weekly pro-EU newspaper owned by Archant (formerly The New European)
• The News Line – daily newspaper of the Workers Revolutionary Party
• Scottish Socialist Voice – fortnightly newspaper of the Scottish Socialist Party
• The Socialist – weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party in England and Wales
• Socialist Worker – weekly newspaper from the Socialist Workers Party
• Solidarity – weekly newspaper of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty
• Weekly Worker – newspaper published by the Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)

Sport

• The Cricket Paper – Friday paper summarising the week's cricketing news and action
• The Football Paper
• League Express – Monday paper covering all Rugby League news, results and fixtures
• The Non-League Paper – Sunday paper summarising the weekend's non-league football action and the week's non-league football news
• Racing +
• Racing Post – daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper
• The Rugby Paper – Sunday paper summarising the weekend's rugby union action and the week's rugby union news
• The Sports Journal – Friday paper looking back at the weeks sporting news
• Wisden – weekly paper covering cricket news, articles, results and fixtures & other cricket related stories

Miscellaneous & special interests

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

Restricted circulation newspapers

Corporate newspapers

• Ariel – BBC
• The Gazette – John Lewis Partnership

Prison newspapers

• Inside Time – a newspaper for prisoners and detainees.

Student newspapers

Student newspapers include:

National

• Student Times – free national student newspaper
• The Tab – national tabloid-style student news website

See also

• Mass media in the United Kingdom
• History of journalism in the United Kingdom
• Byline Times
• History of British newspapers
• Talking Newspaper Association of the United Kingdom

Further reading

• Viscount Camrose. Brutish Newspapers and their Controllers (1947) online, ownership of all major papers in 1947