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, 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 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 some city-based newspapers in the USA are. 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

Tabloid newspapers

Freesheet newspapers in urban centres

Street newspapers

Major news and political magazines

TitleEstablishedEditorOwnerPolitical
orientation
New Statesman1913Jason CowleyMike DansonCentre-left
The Spectator1828Michael GovePaul MarshallRight-wing
Prospect1995Alan RusbridgerProspect Publishing LtdCentre-left
The Economist1843Zanny Minton BeddoesThe Economist GroupCentre
Tribune1937Ronan BurtenshawTribune Media GroupLeft-wing
The Week1995Jeremy O'GradyDennis PublishingCentre
Private Eye1961Ian HislopPressdram Ltd-

Newspapers in England

Regional newspapers in England

Local newspapers in England

Newspapers in Northern Ireland

Local newspapers

Newspapers in Scotland

Daily newspapers

Sunday newspapers

Newspapers in Wales

National newspapers

  • Bylines Cymru – owned by Byline Times
  • The Western Mail – owned by Reach plc
  • Y Cymro
  • Wales on Sunday - sister publication of The Western Mail

    Regional daily newspapers

  • North Wales Daily Post
  • South Wales Argus
  • South Wales Echo
  • South Wales Evening Post
  • ''The Leader''

    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 County Echo
  • Rhyl Visitor
  • Tenby Observer
  • The Western Telegraph
  • ''Wrexham Chronicle''

    Papurau Bro

Papurau Bro are Welsh language newspapers produced nominally monthly 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. The first papur bro 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, although financial support is given by Bwrdd yr Iaith. 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.

Specialist newspapers

For specific ethnic groups