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Regional ABCs: 38 weeklies increase sales year-on-year

By Rachael Gallagher

Only 38 of the UK’s 388 paid-for weekly newspapers put on sales in the first half of this year.

The average rate of decline in the sector, including regional Sundays with local weeklies, was 4.9 per cent and total average weekly sales dropped from 5,010,499 in the same period a year before to 4,794,886.

The biggest increase in sales came from the Whitby Gazette (Tuesday), which shot up 8.5 per cent year on year to 6,220. The Thursday edition of the paper also saw an increase, up 1.7 per cent to 11,651.

The Derry News (Monday) also saw a healthy increase, up 8.1 per cent to 6,925, up from 6,406 for the first half of 2007.

The Reading Chronicle saw the biggest decrease in the weekly paid-for sector again, down 18.5 per cent to 10,213. The Esher News & Mail also saw a double digit decrease, down 18.1 per cent to 5,530.

Press Gazette’s regional weekly newspaper of the year, Archant’s East London Advertiser, saw sales drop 4.7 per cent to 8,859, down from 9,295 for the first half of 2007.

Archant stablemate the Hackney Gazette saw a greater decline, dropping 8.2 per cent to 9,832.

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The Bath Chronicle, which moved from daily to weekly circulation in September last year, achieved an average sale in the first half of this year of 20,275. This was down on its launch ABC figure of 22,776 but was still a considerable increase on its old average daily sale of around 12,000.

Top ten fastest growing weeklies:

  • Whitby Gazette: Tuesday: 6,220, up 8.5 per cent
  • Derry News: Monday: 6,925, up 8.1 per cent
  • Down Democrat: 3,295, up 4.5 per cent
  • Hawick News and Scottish Border Chronicle: 5,384, up 4.2 per cent
  • Hounslow Borough Chronicle (Series): 4,773, up 4.0 per cent
  • Strabane Chronicle: 5,547, up 3.7 per cent
  • Tyrone Herald: 6,547, up 3.4 per cent
  • Winsford & Middlewich Guardian (Series): 6,278, up 2.9 per cent
  • Shoreham Herald: 4,328, up 2.7 per cent
  • Wee County News: 6,888, up 2.7 per cent

Regional Weeklies

  • Abergavenny Free Press: 1,506; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.7%
  • Abergele & St Asaph Visitor (Series): 3,150; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.8%
  • Accrington Observer: 14,644; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.4%
  • Ads for Free: 11,107; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: N/A
  • Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser: 16,028; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.4%
  • Aldershot Mail: 8,807; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -17.6%
  • Aldershot News: 14,552; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.8%
  • Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser: 9,031; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.5%
  • Annandale Herald: 3,129; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.9%
  • Annandale Observer: 6,658; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.1%
  • Ayrshire Post: 26,375; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.0%
  • Ballymena Guardian: 14,605; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.0%
  • Ballymena Times: 4,066; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.0%
  • Banbridge Chronicle: 5,945; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.5%
  • Banbury Guardian: 16,926; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.7%
  • Barking & Dagenham Post: 12,356; 92.6% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.4%
  • Barnsley Chronicle: 43,473; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.1%
  • Barry & District News: 6,413; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.4%
  • Bath Chronicle: 20,275; 96.9% paid for; year-on-year change: N/A
  • Batley News: 8,292; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.9%
  • Beccles & Bungay Journal: 7,184; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.8%
  • Bedworth Echo: 1,996; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.1%
  • Belper News: 3,355; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.9%
  • Berwick Advertiser: 7,698; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.0%
  • Berwickshire News & East Lothian Herald: 5,834; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.5%
  • Bexhill Observer: 9,347; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.2%
  • Bicester Advertiser: 5,287; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.3%
  • Biggleswade Chronicle: 9,733; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.6%
  • Blairgowrie Advertiser: 3,080; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.0%
  • Border Telegraph: 4,585; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: N/A
  • Boston Standard: 11,305; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.9%
  • Bracknell News: 5,304; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -15.7%
  • Braintree & Witham Times: 13,611; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.7%
  • Brechin Advertiser: 2,981; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.9%
  • Brentwood Gazette: 14,395; 98.1% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.6%
  • Bridgnorth Journal: 9,014; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.1%
  • Bridlington Free Press: 14,928; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.6%
  • Brighouse Echo: 6,564; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.7%
  • Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser (Series): 9,429; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.2%
  • Bucks Advertiser & Examiner (Series): 13,598; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.3%
  • Bucks Free Press: 23,887; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.8%
  • Bucks Free Press – Midweek: 5,452; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.5%
  • Bucks Herald: 17,311; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.9%
  • Burnley Express (Fri): 17,234; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.2%
  • Burnley Express (Tue): 11,362; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.6%
  • Bury Free Press (Series): 26,533; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.9%
  • Bury Times (Series): 23,141; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.1%
  • Buxton Advertiser: 12,703; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.0%
  • Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald (Series): 13,442; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.2%
  • Cardigan & Tivy-Side Advertiser: 7,962; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.3%
  • Carmarthen Journal: 20,689; 99.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.1%
  • Carrick Gazette: 2,791; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.7%
  • Carrickfergus Advertiser and East Antrim Gazette: 3,571; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.9%
  • Central Fife Times & Advertiser: 6,635; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.3%
  • Cheadle Post & Times: 1,849; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.6%
  • Chepstow Free Press: 4,517; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.7%
  • Chester Chronicle (Series): 24,642; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.9%
  • Chichester Observer: 34,896; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.0%
  • Chorley Guardian: 13,832; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.4%
  • Clacton Gazette: 15,944; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.7%
  • Clitheroe Advertiser & Times: 9,009; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.0%
  • Coalville Times: 8,851; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.2%
  • Coleraine Chronicle: 14,581; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.1%
  • Coleraine Times: 7,005; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.9%
  • Cornish Guardian (Series): 32,384; 99.1% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.3%
  • Cornishman: 17,569; 99.3% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.4%
  • County Down Outlook: 3,779; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.0%
  • County Times and Express: 16,658; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.6%
  • Craven Herald & Pioneer: 16,913; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.0%
  • Crawley Observer: 9,044; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.8%
  • Crewe Chronicle (Series): 17,523; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.7%
  • Crosby Herald: 10,214; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -13.2%
  • Croydon Advertiser: 19,383; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.2%
  • Cumberland & Westmorland Herald: 18,353; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.6%
  • Cumberland News: 33,716; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.5%
  • Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle: 11,450; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.4%
  • Cynon Valley Leader: 9,904; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.4%
  • Darlington & Stockton Times: 27,237; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.7%
  • Daventry Express: 8,959; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.9%
  • Deeside Piper: 8,232; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.4%
  • Denbighshire Free Press: 7,183; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.9%
  • Derbyshire Times: 39,614; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.8%
  • Dereham & Fakenham Times: 7,738; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.8%
  • Derry Journal (Fri): 20,606; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.5%
  • Derry Journal (Tue): 18,342; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.0%
  • Derry News – Monday: 6,925; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 8.1%
  • Derry News – Thursday: 7,651; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 1.8%
  • Dewsbury Reporter: 11,554; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.8%
  • Diss Express: 8,085; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.9%
  • Doncaster Free Press: 33,635; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.7%
  • Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser (Series): 11,344; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.3%
  • Dover Express: 9,126; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.0%
  • Down Democrat: 3,295; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 4.5%
  • Down Recorder: 11,576; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.3%
  • Driffield Times: 5,010; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.1%
  • Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Fri): 16,355; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.8%
  • Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Wed): 10,219; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.2%
  • Dunfermline Press & West of Fife Advertiser: 20,611; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.7%
  • Dungannon News & Tyrone Courier: 15,230; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.4%
  • Dunstable Gazette: 4,385; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.7%
  • Ealing & Acton Gazette (Series): 11,503; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.1%
  • East Fife Mail: 10,873; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.0%
  • East Grinstead Courier: 4,722; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.8%
  • East Kent Gazette: 11,179; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.7%
  • East Kent Mercury: 13,191; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.7%
  • East Kilbride News: 12,400; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.3%
  • East London Advertiser: 8,859; 82.1% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.7%
  • East Lothian Courier: 14,141; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: N/A
  • East Lothian News: 4,383; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.6%
  • Eastbourne Gazette: 10,728; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.0%
  • Eastbourne Herald: 24,162; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.1%
  • Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser: 4,186; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.6%
  • Ellesmere Port Pioneer: 5,028; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.8%
  • Epping Forest Guardian: 9,368; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.8%
  • Epworth Bells: 3,152; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.6%
  • Esher News & Mail: 5,530; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -18.1%
  • Essex Chronicle: 34,152; 98.7% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.0%
  • Essex County Standard: 19,842; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.2%
  • Exmouth Journal: 8,375; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 1.2%
  • Falkirk Herald: 27,677; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.4%
  • Faversham News: 3,328; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.7%
  • Faversham Times: 2,299; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.0%
  • Fermanagh Herald: 13,354; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.1%
  • Fife Free Press: 17,019; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.0%
  • Fife Herald News & St. Andrews Citizen: 12,940; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.4%
  • Filey and Hunmanby Mercury: 2,871; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.1%
  • Folkestone Herald: 12,785; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.5%
  • Forfar Dispatch: 5,386; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.4%
  • Formby Times: 3,684; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -12.7%
  • Gainsborough Standard: 4,106; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.0%
  • Garstang Courier: 4,923; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.1%
  • Glamorgan Gazette (Series): 21,731; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.9%
  • Glenrothes Gazette: 6,278; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.4%
  • Gloucestershire County Gazette (Series): 15,170; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.3%
  • Grantham Journal: 20,446; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.7%
  • Gravesend & Dartford Messenger (Series): 8,008; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.9%
  • Gravesend Reporter: 5,640; 92.8% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.0%
  • Great Yarmouth Mercury: 18,097; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.2%
  • Gwent Gazette: 11,353; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.5%
  • Hackney Gazette: 9,832; 86.7% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.2%
  • Halstead Gazette: 5,089; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.2%
  • Hamilton Advertiser (Series): 23,123; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.7%
  • Hampstead & Highgate Express: 10,067; 82.2% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.0%
  • Harborough Mail: 12,036; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.5%
  • Harrogate Advertiser: 15,621; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.6%
  • Harrow Observer (Series): 7,654; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.0%
  • Harwich & Manningtree Standard: 6,254; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.0%
  • Hastings & St Leonards Observer: 19,671; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.7%
  • Haverhill Echo: 4,782; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.5%
  • Hawick News and Scottish Border Chronicle: 5,384; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 4.2%
  • Hebden Bridge Times: 3,291; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.7%
  • Hemel Hempstead Gazette (Series): 13,575; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.7%
  • Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express: 6,451; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.1%
  • Herald (Series): 13,486; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.2%
  • Hereford Times: 39,291; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.9%
  • Herne Bay Gazette: 4,242; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.7%
  • Hertfordshire Mercury (Series): 26,671; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.0%
  • Herts & Essex Observer (Series): 15,186; 99.8% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.7%
  • Hexham Courant: 17,933; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.8%
  • Heywood Advertiser: 6,626; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.4%
  • Hinckley Times: 15,574; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.8%
  • Holderness Gazette: 4,631; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.1%
  • Holyhead & Anglesey Mail: 9,861; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.1%
  • Horncastle News: 5,423; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.2%
  • Hornsey Journal: 5,931; 84.3% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.9%
  • Hounslow Borough Chronicle (Series): 4,773; 89.5% paid for; year-on-year change: 4.0%
  • Hucknall Dispatch: 8,331; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.7%
  • Ilford, Barking & Dagenham Recorder: 14,890; 92.5% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.2%
  • Ilkeston Advertiser & Erewash Valley Weekly News: 8,458; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.9%
  • Ilkley Gazette (Incorp. The Ilkley Free Press): 5,681; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.0%
  • Impartial Reporter: 14,195; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.2%
  • Irvine Herald and Kilwinning Chronicle: 9,972; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.5%
  • Isle of Man Examiner: 12,614; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.8%
  • Isle of Thanet Gazette: 13,862; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.0%
  • Islington Gazette: 9,682; 89.8% paid for; year-on-year change: -15.8%
  • Keighley News: 14,351; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.8%
  • Kenilworth Weekly News: 3,866; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.5%
  • Kent and Sussex Courier (Series): 31,075; 98.8% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.5%
  • Kent Messenger (Series): 49,834; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.1%
  • Kentish Express: 21,300; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.9%
  • Kentish Gazette: 16,713; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.3%
  • Kilmarnock Standard (Ayrshire Weekly News and Irvine Valley News): 17,013; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.0%
  • Kincardineshire Observer: 1,064; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.0%
  • Kirkintilloch Herald: 11,430; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.6%
  • Knaresborough Post: 3,400; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.8%
  • Knutsford Guardian: 6,446; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.6%
  • Lanark & Carluke Gazette: 12,160; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.3%
  • Lancaster Guardian: 16,230; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.6%
  • Larne Times: 9,594; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.4%
  • Leamington Spa Courier (Series): 13,364; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.2%
  • Leek Post & Times: 11,254; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.1%
  • Leighton Buzzard Observer: 6,902; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.2%
  • Lennox Herald: 11,754; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.2%
  • Limavady Northern Constitution: 1,602; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 2.1%
  • Lincolnshire Free Press: 17,652; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.1%
  • Linlithgowshire Journal & Gazette: 8,546; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.9%
  • Littlehampton Gazette: 9,887; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.5%
  • Llanelli Star: 16,056; 99.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.0%
  • London Newspaper Group (Series): 3,150; 98.2% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.1%
  • Londonderry Sentinel: 4,496; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.3%
  • Long Eaton Advertiser: 5,201; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.8%
  • Longridge & Ribble Valley News & Advertiser: 3,321; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.0%
  • Loughborough Echo: 20,267; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.3%
  • Louth Leader: 9,732; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.6%
  • Lowestoft Journal: 18,072; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.0%
  • Ludlow Advertiser (Series): 5,649; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.1%
  • Lurgan Mail: 8,239; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.7%
  • Luton News: 9,776; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.1%
  • Lynn News (Fri): 28,086; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.3%
  • Lynn News (Tue): 19,513; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.6%
  • Lytham St. Annes Express: 9,212; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.2%
  • Macclesfield Express: 16,238; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.8%
  • Maidenhead Advertiser: 22,949; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.4%
  • Maldon & Burnham Standard: 9,288; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.1%
  • Malton and Pickering Mercury: 2,854; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.4%
  • Malvern Gazette: 16,477; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.8%
  • Mansfield Chad (Series): 44,639; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.4%
  • Manx Independent: 11,972; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.0%
  • Market Rasen Mail: 4,478; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.2%
  • Matlock Mercury: 7,913; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.6%
  • Mearns Leader: 4,243; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.6%
  • Medway Messenger (Monday): 12,362; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.7%
  • Medway News: 8,901; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.9%
  • Medway Standard: 3,212; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -13.1%
  • Melton Times: 12,612; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.8%
  • Merthyr Express (Series): 17,110; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.7%
  • Mid Somerset Gazette (Series): 9,319; 98.9% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.4%
  • Mid Somerset Journal (Series): 9,467; 98.9% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.8%
  • Mid Sussex Times: 12,410; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.2%
  • Mid Ulster Mail: 9,655; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.1%
  • Midlothian Advertiser: 7,023; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.8%
  • Milford & West Wales Mercury: 5,090; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.5%
  • Milngavie & Bearsden Herald: 6,339; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.6%
  • Moffat News: 1,202; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 2.2%
  • Monmouth Free Press: 1,374; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.5%
  • Montrose Review: 5,061; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.7%
  • Morley Observer & Advertiser: 5,149; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.3%
  • Morpeth Herald: 2,955; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.7%
  • Motherwell Times & Bellshill Speaker: 13,290; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.1%
  • Mourne Observer: 11,476; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.6%
  • Neath & Port Talbot Guardian (Series): 4,120; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -14.4%
  • Nelson Leader: 15,164; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.7%
  • Newbury Weekly News: 22,578; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.1%
  • Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Sunday Sun (Series): 63,953; 99.1% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.3%
  • Newham Recorder: 12,943; 92.2% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.9%
  • Newmarket Journal (Series): 9,956; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.3%
  • Newport Advertiser (Series): 8,748; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.4%
  • Newry Democrat: 8,291; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.4%
  • Newry Reporter: 14,124; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.6%
  • North Devon Journal (Series): 30,752; 98.8% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.6%
  • North Norfolk News: 7,734; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.0%
  • North Wales Weekly News (Series): 16,512; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.3%
  • Northallerton, Thirsk & Bedale Times: 495; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -16.1%
  • Northumberland Gazette: 10,395; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.9%
  • Northwich Guardian: 14,484; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.1%
  • NuNews: 1,720; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.6%
  • Omagh Tyrone Constitution: 8,976; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.3%
  • Orcadian: 9,861; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.1%
  • Orkney Today: 5,752; 99.3% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.3%
  • Ormskirk Advertiser (Series): 10,972; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.5%
  • Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer: 10,285; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.7%
  • Oxford Times: 22,336; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.3%
  • Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald: 1,700; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.1%
  • Peeblesshire News: 5,357; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: N/A
  • Penarth Times: 6,182; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.7%
  • Perthshire Advertiser (Fri): 16,279; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.0%
  • Perthshire Advertiser (Tue): 8,473; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.0%
  • Petersfield Post (Series): 7,979; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.6%
  • Pocklington Post: 4,355; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.1%
  • Pontefract & Castleford Express: 23,525; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.8%
  • Pontypool Free Press: 3,703; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.0%
  • Pontypridd & Llantrisant Observer: 11,250; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.6%
  • Portadown Times: 10,191; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.6%
  • Prestwich and Whitefield Guide: 3,726; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -13.7%
  • Reading Chronicle (Series): 10,213; 99.7% paid for; year-on-year change: -18.5%
  • Retford Gainsborough & Worksop Times: 11,151; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.4%
  • Rhondda Leader: 12,494; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.4%
  • Richmond & Twickenham Times (Series): 10,689; 91.8% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.5%
  • Ripley & Heanor News: 10,014; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.8%
  • Ripon Gazette: 5,935; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.7%
  • Rochdale Observer (Sat): 22,117; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.3%
  • Rochdale Observer (Wed): 15,391; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.5%
  • Romford Recorder: 24,960; 96.2% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.0%
  • Rossendale Free Press: 14,250; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.8%
  • Rotherham & South Yorkshire Advertiser: 34,251; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.9%
  • Rugby Advertiser: 10,809; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.6%
  • Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News (Series): 12,118; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.6%
  • Rutherglen Reformer: 4,167; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.6%
  • Rutland & Stamford Mercury: 20,068; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.9%
  • Rutland Times: 4,626; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: N/A
  • Rye & Battle Observer: 6,189; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.9%
  • Selby Times: 8,686; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.0%
  • Sevenoaks Chronicle: 11,748; 99.9% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.4%
  • Sheerness Times Guardian: 8,289; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.6%
  • Shetland Times: 11,211; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.3%
  • Shoreham Herald: 4,328; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 2.7%
  • Shrewsbury Chronicle (Series): 14,731; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -11.7%
  • Sidmouth Herald: 6,769; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.1%
  • Skegness Standard: 10,474; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.5%
  • Sleaford Standard: 4,057; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.8%
  • Somerset and Avon Guardian: 8,425; 99.4% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.7%
  • Somerset Standard: 7,095; 98.8% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.4%
  • South London Press (Fri): 20,894; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.5%
  • South London Press (Tue): 17,302; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.3%
  • South Shropshire Journal (Series): 8,480; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.4%
  • South Wales Guardian: 8,350; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.6%
  • South Yorkshire Times: 5,646; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.9%
  • Southern Reporter: 17,905; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.4%
  • Southport Visiter: 14,972; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.5%
  • Spalding Guardian: 14,665; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.3%
  • Spenborough Guardian: 7,519; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.5%
  • Stirling Observer (Fri): 4,851; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.9%
  • Stirling Observer (Wed): 11,573; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.7%
  • Stockport Express: 14,793; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 1.0%
  • Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser: 12,207; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.2%
  • Strabane Chronicle: 5,547; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 3.7%
  • Strabane Weekly News & Donegal Reporter: 3,276; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.1%
  • Strathearn Herald: 2,996; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.9%
  • Stroud News & Journal: 16,368; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.8%
  • Suffolk Free Press: 9,360; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.1%
  • Sunday Journal: 2,729; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -59.2%
  • Sunday Life: 66,763; 94.6% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.8%
  • Sunday Mercury: 57,470; 95.5% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.4%
  • Surrey Advertiser: 28,990; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.8%
  • Surrey Comet (Series): 9,975; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.6%
  • Surrey Herald & Staines News (Series): 14,026; 99.5% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.5%
  • Surrey Mirror (Series): 12,418; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 2.2%
  • Sussex Express & County Herald (Series): 14,451; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.7%
  • Tamworth Herald: 25,229; 99.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.8%
  • Thanet Times: 8,057; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.7%
  • The Arbroath Herald (inc Broughty Ferry, Carnoustie, Monifieth Guide & Gazette) (Series): 10,074; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.1%
  • The Buchan Observer: 7,209; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -14.4%
  • The Ellon Times & East Gordon Advertiser: 2,025; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.3%
  • The Forester: 10,710; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.6%
  • The Fraserburgh Herald: 5,631; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 1.1%
  • The Galloway Gazette: 6,003; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.1%
  • The Galloway News: 8,838; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.2%
  • The Leader: 3,699; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.0%
  • The Mid Devon Gazette: 12,002; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.6%
  • The Middleton & North Manchester Guardian: 7,207; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.2%
  • The Sheffield Telegraph: 21,305; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -15.2%
  • The Teesdale Mercury: 6,162; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.2%
  • The Visitor: 12,786; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.3%
  • The Watford Observer: 20,289; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.3%
  • The West Lothian Courier: 16,896; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.9%
  • Todmorden News: 4,121; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.4%
  • Tyrone Herald: 6,547; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 3.4%
  • Tyrone Times: 2,979; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -9.0%
  • Ulster Gazette & Armagh Standard: 9,908; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.6%
  • Ulster Herald: 12,585; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.4%
  • Ulster Star: 9,513; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.1%
  • Uttoxeter Post & Times: 3,613; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 0.1%
  • Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette (Series): 14,821; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -8.5%
  • Wakefield Express: 32,860; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.9%
  • Wales on Sunday (Series): 42,763; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 1.6%
  • Waltham Forest Guardian: 12,017; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.8%
  • Wanstead & Woodford Guardian: 4,784; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.8%
  • Warrington Guardian: 35,246; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.3%
  • Wee County News: 6,888; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 2.7%
  • Welwyn & Hatfield Times: 16,611; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.7%
  • West Briton (Series): 39,363; 99.3% paid for; year-on-year change: -6.0%
  • West Cumberland Times & Star: 17,054; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.8%
  • West Highland Free Press: 8,719; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.6%
  • West Sussex County Times (Series): 21,438; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.2%
  • West Sussex Gazette & South Of England Advertiser: 7,631; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -13.2%
  • Western Gazette: 35,194; 99.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.4%
  • Western Telegraph: 24,808; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.6%
  • Westmorland Gazette: 29,921; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.8%
  • Weston & Somerset Mercury: 15,156; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.7%
  • Wetherby News: 5,004; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.0%
  • Wharfedale & Airedale Observer: 4,953; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -4.5%
  • Whitby Gazette: 11,651; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 1.7%
  • Whitby Gazette – Tuesday: 6,220; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 8.5%
  • Whitchurch Herald: 4,537; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.0%
  • Whitehaven News: 16,972; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.3%
  • Whitstable Times (Series): 5,312; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -0.4%
  • Wigan Observer: 16,776; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.1%
  • Wilts & Glos Standard (Series): 14,224; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.8%
  • Wiltshire Gazette & Herald (Series): 25,707; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -5.7%
  • Wiltshire Times: 18,402; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -7.7%
  • Winsford & Middlewich Guardian (Series): 6,278; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 2.9%
  • Wishaw Press: 10,086; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -1.2%
  • Witney Gazette: 7,380; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -2.3%
  • Woking News & Mail: 8,259; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -13.2%
  • Wokingham Times: 6,139; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -10.5%
  • Worksop Guardian (Series): 17,570; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.4%
  • Worthing Herald: 18,112; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: 2.1%
  • Yorkshire – Gazette & Herald: 12,781; 100.0% paid for; year-on-year change: -3.5%

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