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ABC figures: How all the weeklies performed

How did your newspaper perform last year? Here are the circulation figures is the full list of 791 weekly titles across the UK, together with their percentage increase or decrease for the period July to December 2008 to July to December 2009.

  • How the regional dailies performed
  • Scottish and Irish weeklies lead the way
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  • Newspaper websites see mixed results

  • Avon

    Bath Chronicle 17,929 -9.1pc
    Bristol Observer – East, Kingswood & Keynsham Observer 63,113 -0.3pc
    Bristol Observer – South Glo’shire 39,647 16.9pc
    Bristol Observer – South West Bristol 51,166 39.4pc
    Mercury Newspapers 29,142 6.7pc

    Bedfordshire

    Bedford Borough Times & Citizen 58,565 -1.3pc
    Bedfordshire on Sunday Central Beds Edition 13,161 -43.5pc
    Bedfordshire on Sunday North Edition 54,673 5.3pc
    Biggleswade Advertiser 9,436 -28.6pc
    Biggleswade Chronicle 8,995 -0.1pc
    Dunstable Gazette 3,965 -4.8pc
    Herald & Post – Luton & Dunstable 84,206 -2.3pc
    Leighton Buzzard & Linslade Citizen 11,968 -26.9pc
    Leighton Buzzard Observer 5,959 -5.4pc
    Luton & Dunstable Express 72,091 2.0pc
    Luton News 8,701 -5.8pc
    Mid Beds Times & Citizen 16,831 -3.7pc

    Berkshire

    The Advertiser 22,872 3.1pc
    Bracknell & Wokingham Standard 49,361 -1.5pc
    Bracknell Midweek News 32,895 -21.7pc
    Bracknell News 3,441 -27.3pc
    Get Reading 73,239 -5.0pc
    Maidenhead Advertiser 19,807 -9.3pc
    Midweek (Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead) 53,524 -17.1pc
    Newbury & Thatcham Chronicle 9,045 -19.5pc
    Newbury Weekly News 20,405 -5.8pc
    Newbury Weekly News – Complimentary Pick-Ups 1,885 N/A
    Reading Chronicle 7,389 -21.3pc
    Reading Midweek 60,402 -3.0pc
    Reading Post 14,921 N/A
    Slough & Windsor Express 44,340 -2.9pc
    Slough Eton & Windsor Observer 7,640 -19.6pc
    Wokingham Times 5,026 -14.7pc

    Buckinghamshire

    Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser 8,562 2.8pc
    Bucks Advertiser & Examiner (Series) 12,074 -5.4pc
    Bucks Advertiser/Thame Gazette (Series) 32,584 -10.3pc
    Bucks Free Press 20,346 -8.8pc
    Bucks Free Press – Midweek 4,270 -13.4pc
    Bucks Herald 14,395 -7.1pc
    Citizen First 47,916 -6.8pc
    LB News (Leighton Buzzard) 6,638 -51.4pc
    Milton Keynes Citizen 94,626 -9.5pc
    MK News 72,911 -9.0pc
    South Bucks Star 35,811 -20.8pc

    Cambridgeshire

    Cambridge News & Crier 46,139 41.6pc
    Cambs Times 21,884 -3.4pc
    Ely Standard 13,633 -33.8pc
    Ely Weekly News 15,207 -7.7pc
    Fenland Citizen 40,140 -1.5pc
    Hunts Post (Series) 46,612 -3.5pc
    News & Crier 37,804 N/A
    Peterborough Citizen 42,693 -6.7pc
    Royston Crow 14,511 -8.4pc
    Wisbech Standard 14,300 -18.0pc

    Cheshire

    The Chester & District Standard 53,708 -4.9pc
    Chester Chronicle (Series) 20,656 -6.4pc
    Chronicle Xtra 55,552 -2.1pc
    Chronicle Xtra South Cheshire 21,283 N/A
    Crewe & Nantwich Guardian 34,176 -16.9pc
    Crewe Chronicle (Series) 15,241 -7.0pc
    The Ellesmere Port & Neston Standard 28,137 -11.1pc
    Ellesmere Port Pioneer 3,761 -20.7pc
    Knutsford Guardian 5,261 -13.8pc
    Macclesfield Express 13,875 -9.9pc
    Macclesfield Times 22,293 -2.8pc
    Northwich Guardian 12,717 -8.9pc
    Poynton Times 5,337 -0.6pc
    Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News (Series) 10,682 -7.1pc
    Runcorn and Widnes World 36,422 85.1pc
    The South Cheshire Advertiser 23,144 -4.0pc
    South Manchester Reporter 47,640 -2.0pc
    Stockport Times East 49,332 -2.2pc
    Stockport Times West 45,659 -1.5pc
    Warrington Guardian 30,513 -8.5pc
    Warrington Midweek 49,236 -28.3pc
    Weekly News Xtra 21,921 -16.2pc
    Wilmslow Express 15,532 -3.4pc
    Winsford & Middlewich Guardian (Series) 5,544 -12.4pc

    Cleveland

    East Cleveland Herald & Post 40,741 -5.3pc
    Middlesbrough Herald & Post 45,522 -1.7pc
    Stockton & Billingham Herald & Post 57,203 -2.3pc

    Cornwall

    Camborne and Redruth Packet 15,360 -11.5pc
    Cornish Guardian (Series) 29,347 -6.9pc
    Cornishman 16,550 -4.2pc
    Packet Newspapers – Falmouth 6,643 -6.4pc
    Packet Newspapers – Helston 2,310 -5.4pc
    Truro Packet 9,513 -8.2pc
    West Briton (Series) 35,137 -6.9pc

    Cumbria

    Advertiser 37,144 -7.4pc
    Cumberland & Westmorland Herald 17,830 -1.0pc
    Cumberland News 30,075 -5.7pc
    The Cumbrian Gazette (East) 35,834 -1.2pc
    The Cumbrian Gazette (West) 27,108 -0.2pc
    The South Lakes Citizen (incorporating The Lakes Leader) 18,874 -11.8pc
    West Cumberland Times & Star 16,239 -0.8pc
    Westmorland Gazette 27,792 -4.2pc
    Whitehaven News 15,450 -4.6pc

    Derbyshire

    Alfreton Chad 15,248 -7.5pc
    Belper News 3,006 -5.3pc
    Bolsover Advertiser 10,574 -7.7pc
    Buxton Advertiser 11,625 -5.0pc
    Chesterfield Advertiser 50,901 -4.9pc
    Derby Express (Series) 100,824 -10.1pc
    Derbyshire Times 35,476 -6.1pc
    Dronfield Advertiser 9,219 -10.4pc
    Eckington Leader 20,027 -7.6pc
    Ilkeston Advertiser & Erewash Valley Weekly News 8,247 -1.4pc
    Matlock Mercury 7,461 -2.3pc
    Peak Courier 36,081 N/A
    Ripley & Heanor News 9,020 -7.1pc

    Devon

    Exeter Times 37,562 -15.9pc
    Exmouth Herald 16,194 -3.1pc
    Exmouth Journal 8,442 -7.6pc
    The Extra 74,727 -20.0pc
    The Mid Devon Gazette 11,046 -4.8pc
    Mid Devon Star 14,071 -19.8pc
    Newton Abbot & District Weekender 11,879 -2.0pc
    North Devon Gazette & Advertiser 45,000 -11.6pc
    North Devon Journal (Series) 28,447 -2.2pc
    Sidmouth Herald 6,753 -1.5pc
    Torbay Weekender 34,748 -9.6pc

    Dorset

    The Advertiser (Weymouth, Dorchester & Portland) 27,608 -19.2pc
    Avon Advertiser – Ringwood, Verwood & Fordingbridge 16,584 -9.9pc
    Bournemouth Advertiser 52,008 -12.2pc
    Bridport News 9,627 -1.2pc
    Christchurch Advertiser 19,617 -8.0pc
    Poole Advertiser 50,063 -12.4pc
    Swanage & Wareham District Advertiser 10,720 -9.7pc

    Durham

    Chester-Le-Street Advertiser 14,293 -14.1pc
    Consett-Stanley Advertiser 26,103 -14.1pc
    Darlington & South Durham Herald & Post 48,472 N/A
    Darlington & Stockton Times 24,276 -5.4pc
    Darlington Aycliffe and Sedgefield Advertiser 55,512 -12.8pc
    Durham Advertiser 22,299 -17.5pc
    Peterlee Star 15,016 -1.1pc
    Wear Valley Advertiser 25,309 -12.8pc

    Essex

    Basildon and Wickford Recorder 59,785 18.5pc
    Braintree & Witham Times 11,903 -5.6pc
    Braintree & Witham Weekly News 20,756 4.5pc
    Brentwood & Billericay Weekly News 21,227 -36.3pc
    Brentwood Gazette 13,489 -4.5pc
    Chelmsford Weekly News 47,415 -0.2pc
    Clacton Gazette 15,462 -0.6pc
    Colchester Weekly News 30,585 -12.2pc
    Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder 12,020 2.0pc
    Essex Chronicle 29,457 -7.8pc
    Essex County Standard 17,169 -5.8pc
    Halstead Gazette 4,783 -2.5pc
    Harlow Herald 36,854 0.9pc
    Harlow Star 37,803 14.7pc
    Harwich & Manningtree Standard 6,112 -0.6pc
    Havering Post 30,011 -46.3pc
    Maldon & Burnham Standard 8,008 -8.3pc
    Saffron Walden Reporter 22,109 0.8pc
    Saffron Walden Weekly News 19,352 16.8pc
    Southend Standard 50,940 -11.4pc
    Southend Standard – Castle Point, Rayleigh & Rochford 44,856 -14.4pc
    Thurrock Gazette 51,021 -9.5pc

    Gloucestershire

    The Forester 9,832 -3.8pc
    Gloucestershire County Gazette (Series) 13,321 -5.1pc
    Gloucestershire Independent 16,907 -59.8pc
    News (Series) 37,163 -29.4pc
    Stroud Life 15,365 -4.1pc
    Stroud News & Journal 13,058 -7.7pc
    Wilts & Glos Standard (Series) 12,364 -5.7pc

    Hampshire

    Aldershot News 12,603 -8.7pc
    Andover Advertiser 13,605 -9.0pc
    Andover Advertiser Midweek 22,016 -3.1pc
    Avon Advertiser – Wimborne & Ferndown 15,313 -6.9pc
    The Basingstoke Extra 28,809 -31.9pc
    Basingstoke Midweek Gazette 5,760 -23.0pc
    Basingstoke Weekend Gazette 16,434 -10.8pc
    Hampshire Chronicle 13,273 -10.5pc
    Journal Fareham and Gosport 41,439 -13.1pc
    Journal Havant and Waterlooville 25,624 0.0pc
    Journal Portsmouth and Southsea 45,157 -18.6pc
    New Forest Post 41,777 -8.9pc
    Petersfield Post (Series) 7,689 -1.9pc
    Romsey Advertiser 6,861 -1.1pc

    Hereford and Worcestershire

    Bromsgrove Advertiser/Droitwich Spa Advertiser 31,881 -9.9pc
    Bromsgrove Standard 33,909 -8.3pc
    The Evesham and Cotswold Journal 28,812 -6.7pc
    Evesham Observer 25,640 -12.3pc
    Hereford & Leominster Journal 43,774 -14.4pc
    Hereford Admag 55,993 -2.8pc
    Hereford Times 35,531 -4.6pc
    Kidderminster Chronicle 34,307 -3.9pc
    Malvern Gazette 15,084 -5.8pc
    Redditch Advertiser & Alcester Chronicle 39,786 -5.6pc
    Redditch Standard 39,075 -8.2pc
    The Shuttle (incorporating the Kidderminster Times and Stourport News) 37,444 -5.0pc
    Worcester Journal (Berrows) 41,754 -12.1pc
    Worcester Standard 34,645 -18.8pc

    Hertfordshire

    Borehamwood & Elstree Times 10,593 -23.5pc
    East Herts Herald 31,541 -27.2pc
    Hemel Hempstead Gazette 11,274 -7.4pc
    Herald Express 40,784 -9.6pc
    Hertfordshire Mercury (Series) 22,925 -8.1pc
    Herts & Essex Observer (Series) 13,802 -5.4pc
    Herts & Lea Valley Star 31,098 -17.2pc
    The Herts Advertiser – St Albans & Harpenden Edition 48,823 -6.3pc
    Hitchin Comet 19,788 1.4pc
    Hitchin, Letchworth and Baldock Advertiser 38,857 -2.4pc
    Letchworth GC & Baldock Comet 22,702 3.5pc
    Royston Weekly News 11,288 -9.2pc
    St Albans/Harpenden Review 37,947 -21.7pc
    Stevenage Advertiser 28,184 2.8pc
    Stevenage Comet 33,364 -8.6pc
    The Watford Free 37,241 -14.2pc
    The Watford Observer 18,367 -4.7pc
    Welwyn and Hatfield Review 7,952 -51.7pc
    Welwyn Hatfield Times 14,183 -10.1pc

    Isle of Man

    Isle of Man Examiner 11,740 -5.0pc
    Manx Independent 11,094 -2.9pc

    Isle of Wight

    Isle of Wight County Press 36,663 -2.1pc

    Kent

    Bexley Borough News Shopper 48,039 -26.9pc
    Bexley Times 33,937 -48.2pc
    Bromley News Shopper 77,910 -16.8pc
    The Bromley Times 29,631 -53.1pc
    Dartford & Swanley Times 15,461 -62.3pc
    Dartford and Gravesend News Shopper (Series) 32,166 -33.6pc
    Dover Express (Series) 21,929 138.3pc
    East Kent Gazette (Series) 14,793 41.5pc
    East Kent Mercury (Series) 11,931 -5.9pc
    Faversham News 2,986 -7.1pc
    Folkestone Herald (Series) 16,765 38.0pc
    Gravesend & Dartford Messenger (Series) 5,744 -17.9pc
    Gravesend Reporter 21,676 52.2pc
    Herne Bay Gazette 3,214 -19.6pc
    Isle of Thanet Gazette 12,958 -3.3pc
    Kent and Sussex Courier 27,920 -4.5pc
    Kent Messenger (Series) 42,873 -8.3pc
    Kentish Express (Series) 18,365 -7.2pc
    Kentish Gazette (Series) 13,776 -11.3pc
    KM Extra (Canterbury) 46,111 -16.8pc
    KM Extra (Folkestone and Ashford) 38,535 -31.7pc
    KM Extra (Maidstone) 32,661 -34.1pc
    KM Extra (Medway) 60,789 -23.9pc
    KM Extra (Sittingbourne) 13,971 -8.2pc
    KM Extra (Thanet) 39,725 -20.6pc
    Medway Messenger (Monday) 10,676 -10.1pc
    Medway News 59,513 612.0pc
    Messenger Extra (Gravesend, Dartford and Swanley) 43,112 -10.2pc
    Sevenoaks Chronicle 10,786 -4.6pc
    Sheerness Times Guardian 8,014 -3.9pc
    Thanet Times 19,387 151.3pc
    Times (Faversham, Whitstable & Herne Bay and Canterbury) (Series) 41,541 -24.6pc

    Lancashire

    Accrington Observer 12,670 -11.6pc
    The Blackburn, Darwen and Hyndburn Citizen 41,065 -31.1pc
    Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Reporter 65,567 -0.3pc
    The Burnley and Pendle Citizen 43,625 -22.1pc
    Burnley Express (Fri) 15,292 -7.1pc
    Burnley Express (Tue) 10,337 -5.3pc
    Chorley Citizen 24,555 -26.7pc
    Chorley Guardian 12,636 -4.3pc
    Clitheroe Advertiser & Times 8,110 -4.5pc
    Garstang Courier 4,690 -2.0pc
    Lancaster & Morecambe Reporter 34,636 -24.4pc
    Lancaster Guardian 14,415 -5.7pc
    Leigh Reporter (Incorporating Atherton & Tyldesley) 51,197 -16.8pc
    Longridge & Ribble Valley News & Advertiser 3,107 -2.2pc
    Lytham St. Annes Express 7,591 -12.5pc
    Nelson Leader 13,681 -6.4pc
    Ormskirk Advertiser (Series) 8,815 -11.0pc
    Preston Reporter 64,430 0.0pc
    The Reporter (Pendle, Burnley, Clitheroe, Whalley) (Series) 43,541 -23.1pc
    Rossendale Free Press 12,944 -6.4pc
    St Helens (incorporating the Prescot & Knowsley Reporter) 77,068 -2.6pc
    St. Helens Star 74,827 -5.6pc
    The Visitor 12,203 -2.9pc
    Wigan Reporter 62,248 0.8pc

    Leicestershire

    Ashby Mail 7,494 N/A
    Charnwood Mail 10,289 N/A
    Coalville Mail 12,079 7.6pc
    Coalville Times 8,606 0.4pc
    Harborough Mail 11,168 -2.5pc
    Hinckley Herald and Classified Journal 27,646 -10.6pc
    Hinckley Times 13,498 -8.9pc
    Leicester Mail 87,696 -2.3pc
    Loughborough Echo 18,634 -2.2pc
    Melton Times 11,428 -6.2pc

    Lincolnshire

    Boston Standard 10,017 -6.2pc
    Boston Target 24,618 -14.4pc
    Cleethorpes Life 23,953 -0.1pc
    East Coast Target 16,676 -31.3pc
    Epworth Bells 2,988 -2.4pc
    Gainsborou
    gh Standard 3,626 -6.4pc
    Gainsborough Target 14,262 3.0pc
    Grantham Journal 18,045 -6.9pc
    Grimsby Life 42,902 -0.9pc
    Horncastle News 4,929 -5.0pc
    Lincoln Target 34,581 0.0pc
    Lincolnshire Citizen 23,423 -20.7pc
    Lincolnshire Free Press 16,411 -2.1pc
    Louth Leader 9,070 -6.5pc
    Market Rasen Mail 4,001 -6.1pc
    The News 9,575 -14.9pc
    Rutland & Stamford Mercury 17,917 -5.8pc
    Rutland Times 3,840 -10.2pc
    Scunthorpe Target 54,588 -4.3pc
    Skegness Standard 9,509 -4.4pc
    Sleaford Standard 3,312 -11.9pc
    Sleaford Target 15,891 -9.2pc
    Spalding Guardian 13,894 0.4pc
    Stamford, Bourne & The Deepings Citizen 9,442 -3.2pc
    Wolds Target (Series) 18,642 19.2pc

    London

    Barking & Dagenham Post 11,131 -6.0pc
    Barnet & Potters Bar Times 28,702 -20.5pc
    Croydon Advertiser 16,552 -11.9pc
    Croydon Guardian 77,614 -22.6pc
    Ealing & Acton Gazette (Series) 9,328 -14.2pc
    Ealing Leader (Series) 57,910 -23.9pc
    East End Life 82,359 1.7pc
    East London Advertiser 6,917 2.0pc
    Edgware & Mill Hill Times 14,220 -18.6pc
    Elmbridge Guardian 32,485 -18.9pc
    Enfield Independent 65,878 -22.6pc
    Epping & Waltham Independent Series (Series) 27,938 -16.5pc
    Epping Forest Guardian 7,408 -17.6pc
    h&f news 76,284 1.0pc
    Hackney Gazette 7,593 -5.2pc
    Hampstead & Highgate Express 8,073 -6.5pc
    Haringey Independent 22,064 -16.2pc
    Harrow Leader (Series) 58,559 -7.8pc
    Harrow Observer (Series) 6,293 -12.2pc
    Harrow Times 52,991 -12.4pc
    Hendon & Finchley Times 30,476 -14.5pc
    Hornsey Journal 4,721 2.0pc
    Hounslow Chronicle (Series) 48,203 N/A
    Ilford, Barking & Dagenham Recorder 10,562 -21.8pc
    Islington Gazette 7,069 -12.5pc
    Kingston Guardian 32,163 -34.3pc
    Lambeth Life 116,538 0.6pc
    Lewisham & Greenwich News Shopper (Series) 65,069 -19.7pc
    London Newspaper Group (Series) 2,728 -13.3pc
    Newham Recorder 9,360 -15.6pc
    Richmond & Kingston Informer (Series) 69,451 55.0pc
    Richmond & Twickenham Times (Series) 50,985 48.3pc
    Romford Recorder 21,448 -11.2pc
    Staines Informer (Series) 45,367 -7.8pc
    Stratford & Newham Express 21,778 -18.9pc
    Surrey Comet 7,612 -17.9pc
    Sutton Guardian 66,115 -34.4pc
    Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette (Series) 13,312 -4.6pc
    Uxbridge Leader (Series) 41,310 -23.8pc
    Waltham Forest Guardian 8,899 -20.0pc
    Wandsworth Guardian 62,990 -34.7pc
    Wanstead & Woodford Guardian 3,686 -17.4pc
    Wembley & Kingsbury Times 13,335 -59.5pc
    Willesden & Brent Times 9,052 -10.5pc
    Wimbledon Guardian (Series) 31,380 -30.8pc

    Manchester

    The Advertiser (covering North and East Manchester) 64,132 -11.5pc
    The Advertiser (Glossop) 12,436 -1.9pc
    The Advertiser (Oldham) 83,076 -2.1pc
    The Advertiser (Tameside) 87,497 -1.9pc
    The Advertiser – Prestwich, Whitefield & Radcliffe 33,226 -2.2pc
    Bolton Journal 42,094 -29.9pc
    Bury Journal 30,533 -23.0pc
    Bury Times (Series) 19,764 -10.5pc
    Express (Rochdale) 48,655 -2.1pc
    Heywood Advertiser 5,780 -12.4pc
    Leigh, Tyldesley & Atherton Journal 58,787 -5.9pc
    The Middleton & North Manchester Guardian 6,609 -4.4pc
    Prestwich and Whitefield Guide 2,757 -19.6pc
    Rochdale Observer (Sat) 19,078 -9.7pc
    Rochdale Observer (Wed) 13,023 -12.0pc
    Sale & Altrincham Messenger 47,014 -1.9pc
    The Salford Advertiser, incorporating the Salford City Reporter 84,867 -2.0pc
    Stockport Express 12,944 -11.4pc
    Stretford & Urmston Messenger 24,109 -4.1pc
    Trafford Metro 74,939 -2.2pc
    Wigan Observer 14,688 -8.4pc

    Merseyside

    Anfield & Walton Star 26,915 -0.2pc
    Bootle Times 15,037 -0.7pc
    Champion (Series) 109,918 43.9pc
    Crosby Herald 8,564 -7.8pc
    Formby Times 10,533 -0.3pc
    Maghull & Aintree Star 2,461 -67.9pc
    Midweek Visiter 48,228 -10.9pc
    South Liverpool Merseymart 46,984 -0.2pc
    Southport Visiter 12,947 -9.3pc
    West Derby and Tuebrook Merseymart 22,566 0.0pc
    Wirral Globe (Series) 112,911 -15.6pc
    Wirral News (Birkenhead Edition) 37,438 0.0pc
    Wirral News (Bromborough & Bebington Edition) 23,015 0.2pc
    Wirral News (Heswall, Hoylake, West Kirby & Neston Edition) 33,269 45.9pc
    Wirral News (Wallasey Edition) 32,597 0.3pc

    Norfolk

    The Advertiser – Norwich Edition 56,361 -7.5pc
    The Advertiser – Yarmouth Edition 37,948 -2.1pc
    Beccles & Bungay Journal 6,832 -3.5pc
    Dereham & Fakenham Times 7,009 -5.0pc
    Diss Express 7,367 -4.2pc
    Diss Mercury 12,258 -20.0pc
    Great Yarmouth Mercury 17,140 -4.7pc
    Lynn News (Fri) 25,196 -6.3pc
    Lynn News (Tue) 17,172 -7.9pc
    North Norfolk News 7,376 -4.4pc
    Thetford & Watton Times 18,762 -24.6pc
    Wymondham & Attleborough Mercury 13,773 -21.4pc

    Northamptonshire

    Daventry Express 8,324 0.3pc
    Daventry Review 8,350 -21.5pc
    Northampton Herald & Post 42,891 -9.3pc
    Northampton Mercury and Citizen 50,594 3.8pc
    Northants Mercury & Citizen 40,702 0.1pc
    Wellingborough & Rushden Herald & Post 16,723 -30.8pc

    Northumberland

    Berwick Advertiser 7,392 -2.1pc
    Hexham Courant 16,502 -4.9pc
    Morpeth Herald 2,904 -6.4pc
    News Post Leader 57,329 -13.8pc
    Northumberland Gazette 10,017 -2.1pc

    Nottinghamshire

    Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser 4,021 -2.9pc
    Hucknall Dispatch 7,577 -5.7pc
    Mansfield & Ashfield Observer 55,357 -6.9pc
    Mansfield Chad 39,628 -6.5pc
    Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper 212,787 0.9pc
    Nottingham and Long Eaton Recorder 46,722 0.1pc
    Nottingham Recorder (Series) 151,000 -0.9pc
    Retford Gainsborough & Worksop Times 9,364 -6.3pc
    The Retford Trader and Guardian 18,348 -14.4pc
    Worksop Guardian 15,220 -8.3pc
    Worksop Trader (Series) 25,133 -15.1pc

    Oxfordshire

    The Banbury & District Review 27,726 -10.7pc
    Banbury Cake 24,740 -25.5pc
    Banbury Guardian 14,571 -7.2pc
    Bicester Advertiser 4,513 -6.6pc
    Bicester Review 7,933 -14.5pc
    Henley and South Oxfordshire Standard 11,285 -1.3pc
    Herald (Series) 12,491 -3.4pc
    Oxford Star 28,881 -39.2pc
    Oxford Times 19,463 -5.9pc
    Witney Gazette 7,134 -1.9pc

    Shropshire

    Bridgnorth Journal 8,359 -5.5pc
    Ludlow Advertiser (Series) 4,894 -10.4pc
    Ludlow Journal 9,297 1.2pc
    Newport Advertiser (Series) 7,869 -6.8pc
    Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer 10,207 -4.9pc
    Shrewsbury Admag 49,806 -4.6pc
    Shrewsbury Chronicle (Series) 36,619 161.3pc
    South Shropshire Journal (Series) 8,220 -1.8pc
    Telford
    Journal 53,933 -12.3pc
    Whitchurch Herald 3,847 -7.0pc

    Somerset

    Bridgwater Mercury 12,328 -4.0pc
    Bridgwater Times 19,002 3.0pc
    Burnham & Highbridge Times 11,129 -1.4pc
    Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News 2,481 -11.0pc
    Chard & Ilminster News 6,544 -7.7pc
    Mid Somerset Gazette (Series) 8,470 -2.2pc
    Mid Somerset Journal (Series) 8,686 -1.4pc
    Mid Week Mercury 32,039 -23.4pc
    Nailsea, Clevedon, Portishead Times 31,331 -0.6pc
    Somerset and Avon Guardian 7,473 -8.4pc
    Somerset County Gazette 26,446 -5.3pc
    Somerset Standard 6,741 -2.7pc
    The Star 24,301 -15.8pc
    West Somerset Free Press 9,308 -5.4pc
    Western Gazette (Series) 30,789 -7.1pc
    Weston & Somerset Mercury 15,910 -6.5pc
    Yeovil Express 20,653 -11.5pc
    Yeovil Times 28,718 -29.1pc

    Staffordshire

    The Burton & South Derbyshire Advertiser 33,854 -30.9pc
    Cannock & Lichfield Chronicle 65,126 -7.7pc
    Cannock Chase & Burntwood Post (Series) 48,861 -0.2pc
    The Journal 28,259 -12.4pc
    Leek Post & Times 10,562 -0.8pc
    Lichfield, Burntwood and Rugeley Mercury 42,020 -5.1pc
    The Moorlands Advertiser 16,527 -11.1pc
    North Staffs Advertiser (Series) 94,697 -4.0pc
    Stafford Post (Series) 33,313 -7.1pc
    Tamworth Herald (Series) 21,879 -6.7pc
    Uttoxeter Post & Times 3,558 0.3pc

    Suffolk

    The Advertiser – Coastal 14,082 3.3pc
    The Advertiser – Ipswich/Felixstowe/Stowmarket 56,595 -14.5pc
    The Advertiser – Waveney Edition 40,547 -1.7pc
    Bury Citizen 21,778 -9.9pc
    Bury Free Press 23,921 -3.7pc
    Bury St. Edmunds – East Anglian Daily Times Mercury 26,867 -2.4pc
    Haverhill Echo 4,494 -3.5pc
    Haverhill Weekly News 9,830 -13.9pc
    Lowestoft Journal 16,473 -5.2pc
    Newmarket Journal 9,145 -3.6pc
    Newmarket Weekly News 11,130 -19.0pc
    Sudbury – East Anglian Daily Times Mercury 17,928 -2.5pc
    Suffolk Free Press 8,167 -6.9pc

    Surrey

    Croydon & Sutton Post 108,477 N/A
    Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser 10,348 -5.0pc
    Reigate & Epsom Post 45,286 N/A
    Review 40,789 2.3pc
    Surrey & Hants Star Courier 68,660 1.8pc
    Surrey Advertiser 27,532 0.2pc
    Surrey Herald & Staines News (Series) 12,151 -12.7pc
    Surrey Mirror 11,638 -2.5pc
    Surrey Times 30,915 -7.1pc
    Walton & Weybridge Informer 40,636 -14.3pc
    Woking Informer 29,445 -16.8pc
    Woking News & Mail 6,856 -10.9pc

    Sussex

    Bexhill Observer 9,013 -2.4pc
    Eastbourne Gazette 9,570 -10.3pc
    Eastbourne Herald 24,039 -1.8pc
    Hastings & St Leonards Observer 19,177 -3.0pc
    Rye & Battle Observer 6,192 -2.2pc
    Sussex Express & County Herald 13,158 -6.6pc
    Chichester Observer 32,512 -3.5pc
    Crawley News 33,203 -4.1pc
    Crawley Observer 8,047 -9.9pc
    East Grinstead Courier and Observer 12,331 1.0pc
    Littlehampton Gazette 9,756 -1.7pc
    Mid Sussex Times 11,427 -4.0pc
    Shoreham Herald 3,979 -1.2pc
    Weekend Herald 32,461 -2.7pc
    West Sussex County Times 20,213 -5.1pc
    West Sussex Gazette & South Of England Advertiser 6,886 -0.9pc
    Worthing Herald 17,467 -1.7pc

    Tyne and Wear

    Chronicle Extra – Gateshead 52,809 -1.7pc
    Chronicle Extra – Newcastle 70,267 -8.8pc
    Hartlepool Star 15,396 -32.4pc
    Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Sunday Sun 58,882 -4.8pc
    News Guardian 55,762 -4.9pc
    Seaham and Houghton Star 15,822 73.0pc
    South Tyne Star 17,855 -18.3pc
    Sunderland Star 24,077 -15.2pc
    Washington Star 16,983 -0.2pc

    Warwickshire

    The Courier Midweek 29,233 -32.8pc
    Kenilworth Weekly News 3,533 -4.8pc
    Leamington Spa Courier 12,162 -1.1pc
    Leamington Spa Observer 39,776 -7.8pc
    Nuneaton News 37,631 -23.2pc
    The Review 33,180 -16.7pc
    Rugby Advertiser 10,098 -2.0pc
    Rugby Observer 35,087 -0.7pc
    Stratford upon Avon Observer 16,971 -8.2pc

    West Midlands

    Atherstone, Bedworth and Nuneaton Tribune 49,025 -11.8pc
    Birmingham Mail Extra (South East) 49,766 -18.2pc
    Birmingham Mail Extra (South West) 52,124 -15.1pc
    Birmingham Post 14,685 N/A
    Coventry Observer 78,507 -22.7pc
    The Coventry Times 88,718 -25.5pc
    Dudley Chronicle 42,169 -4.5pc
    Dudley News 30,571 -17.6pc
    Feel Alive Magazine 130,557 -5.8pc
    Great Barr Observer 25,815 -17.5pc
    Halesowen Chronicle 30,550 -18.0pc
    Halesowen News 35,092 -11.6pc
    Sandwell & Great Barr Chronicle 61,193 -22.6pc
    Solihull News 84,602 -11.1pc
    Solihull Observer 48,737 -22.4pc
    Stourbridge Chronicle 44,050 -3.8pc
    Stourbridge News 48,182 -3.7pc
    Sunday Mercury 49,535 -8.9pc
    Sutton Coldfield News 56,863 -6.0pc
    Sutton Coldfield Observer 51,046 -8.7pc
    Walsall Advertiser 46,358 -26.0pc
    Walsall Chronicle 64,390 -1.6pc
    Warwick, Leamington and Kenilworth Times 34,340 -29.6pc
    Wolverhampton Chronicle 62,893 -1.8pc

    Wiltshire

    Avon Advertiser – Salisbury & Amesbury 11,890 -64.0pc
    Salisbury Journal 24,205 -7.6pc
    Swindon Star 38,295 -10.2pc
    Wiltshire Gazette & Herald (Series) 23,510 -6.8pc
    Wiltshire Star (Series) 45,234 4.0pc
    Wiltshire Times 16,182 -6.7pc

    Yorkshire (East)

    Beverley Advertiser 15,812 -21.1pc
    Bridlington Free Press 14,702 -1.5pc
    Driffield Times 4,731 -4.4pc
    East Hull Advertiser 37,034 -6.9pc
    East Riding Advertiser 26,615 -4.1pc
    The Goole and Selby Courier (Series) 20,698 -15.3pc
    Goole Times 9,453 -4.8pc
    West Hull Advertiser 34,422 -1.6pc

    Yorkshire (North)

    Craven Herald & Pioneer 15,082 -5.0pc
    Filey and Hunmanby Mercury 2,814 -2.8pc
    Harrogate Advertiser 13,977 -3.7pc
    The Herald 31,025 -17.0pc
    Knaresborough Post 3,151 -2.2pc
    Malton and Pickering Mercury 2,911 6.0pc
    Midweek Extra (Series) 69,044 N/A
    North Yorkshire Advertiser 22,975 -15.1pc
    North Yorkshire News 28,150 -10.6pc
    Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald 1,612 -2.5pc
    Ripon Gazette 5,429 -4.5pc
    Selby Times 7,925 -5.0pc
    Wetherby News 4,405 -3.3pc
    Whitby Gazette 10,874 -2.4pc
    Whitby Gazette – Tuesday 5,713 -3.5pc
    York and Selby Star 49,254 1.3pc
    Yorkshire – Gazette & Herald 11,797 -7.4pc

    Yorkshire (South)

    Barnsley Chronicle 39,395 -5.3pc
    The Barnsley Independent 72,552 -9.3pc
    Dearne Valley Weekender 49,917 -0.9pc
    Dinnington & Maltby Trader 16,757 -14.8pc
    Doncaster Advertiser 42,609 -20.9pc
    Doncaster Free Press 29,176 -4.0pc
    Profile Magazine 19,063 0.4pc Rotherham & South Yorkshire Advertiser 30,537 -5.9pc
    Rotherham Record 60,473 0.0pc
    The Sheffield Telegraph 16,479 -8.1pc
    South Yorkshire Times 4,459 -9.2pc
    Thorne Gazette 13,316 -12.2pc
    Weekly Gazette (Series) 130,869 24.1pc

    Yorkshire (West)

    Aire, Wharfe and Worth Valley Target 30,922 -40.0pc
    Batley & Birstall News 6,816 -12.4pc
    Bradford & District Target 31,189 -26.9pc
    Brighouse Echo 6,509 -2.0pc
    Dewsbury Reporter 10,836 -3.9pc
    East Leeds Weekly News 28,844 -16.6pc
    Examiner Weekly News 35,961 -28.5pc
    Hebden Bridge Times 3,380 -1.1pc
    Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express 6,434 -1.2pc
    Ilkley Gazette (Incorp. The Ilkley Free Press) 5,238 -5.3pc
    Keighley News 12,803 -7.4pc
    Morley Observer & Advertiser 5,180 5.2pc
    North Leeds Weekly News 25,868 -15.8pc
    Pocklington Post 3,944 -3.4pc
    Pontefract & Castleford Express 21,666 -4.5pc
    Pudsey Times 18,454 -15.3pc
    Reporter Extra 32,710 -15.9pc
    South Leeds Weekly News 23,343 -15.5pc
    Spenborough Guardian 7,227 -1.4pc
    Todmorden News 3,966 -5.5pc
    Wakefield Express 29,413 -4.2pc
    West Leeds Weekly News 26,021 -15.8pc
    Wharfe Valley Times 35,421 -15.1pc
    Wharfedale & Airedale Observer 4,376 -8.7pc

    Wales

    Bangor/Anglesey Mail 8,924 0.0pc
    Barry & District News 5,819 -0.5pc
    Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald (Series) 12,349 -5.9pc
    Campaign Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach & Bargoed (Series) 29,840 -26.0pc
    Cardigan & Tivy-Side Advertiser 7,487 -3.0pc
    Carmarthen Journal 18,576 -5.3pc
    County Times and Express 15,976 -4.5pc
    Cynon Valley Leader 7,618 -16.9pc
    Denbighshire Free Press 6,974 -3.7pc
    Echo Extra 56,255 -18.1pc
    The Flintshire Standard 22,712 -20.1pc
    Free Press – Monmouth (Series) 7,456 -24.0pc
    Glamorgan Gazette (Series) 18,149 -10.0pc
    Gwent Gazette 7,549 -24.8pc
    Holyhead & Anglesey Mail 8,778 -6.2pc
    Llanelli Star 13,880 -4.3pc
    Merthyr Express (Series) 14,177 -13.5pc
    Milford & West Wales Mercury 4,059 -10.7pc
    North Wales Chronicle 30,693 -8.9pc
    North Wales Pioneer 25,264 -12.1pc
    North Wales Weekly News (Series) 14,920 -7.4pc
    Penarth Times 5,384 -5.9pc
    Pontypridd & Llantrisant Observer 8,455 -18.4pc
    Rhondda Leader 9,944 -14.6pc
    The Rhyl, Prestatyn & Abergele Journal 28,965 -1.4pc
    South Wales Guardian 7,028 -12.4pc
    Swansea Herald 49,604 -26.0pc
    Wales on Sunday 32,268 -10.3pc
    Weekly Argus 20,115 -7.9pc
    Western Telegraph 22,487 -4.7pc
    Wrexham Leader 33,305 -12.9pc

    Scotland

    Aberdeen Citizen 67,337 -12.0pc
    The Advertiser 16,628 -21.8pc
    Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 14,334 -7.5pc
    Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser 7,754 -11.5pc
    Annandale Herald 2,976 -3.3pc
    Annandale Observer 6,233 -4.9pc
    The Arbroath Herald (inc Broughty Ferry, Carnoustie, Monifieth Guide & Gazette) (Series) 9,443 -4.0pc
    Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 12,812 -8.4pc
    Arran Banner 3,172 -4.3pc
    Ayr Advertiser 4,057 -23.3pc
    Ayrshire Post 23,998 -4.9pc
    Banffshire Journal 4,750 -4.0pc
    Bearsden/Milngavie & West End Extra (Series) 21,068 -15.1pc
    Berwickshire News & East Lothian Herald 5,462 -4.7pc
    Blairgowrie Advertiser 2,481 -13.2pc
    Border Telegraph 3,928 -8.5pc
    Brechin Advertiser 2,910 -1.4pc
    The Buchan Observer 6,933 -1.6pc
    The Buteman 3,016 N/A
    Caithness Courier 6,482 -4.8pc
    Campbeltown Courier & Argyllshire Advertiser (Series) 6,940 -3.1pc
    Carrick Gazette 2,598 -1.6pc
    Central Fife Times & Advertiser 6,193 -7.7pc
    Clydebank Post 10,721 -11.6pc
    Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Advertiser 14,057 -23.2pc
    Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle 9,507 -11.0pc
    Cumnock Chronicle 6,821 -7.5pc
    Deeside Piper 5,637 -26.2pc
    Dumbarton & Vale of Leven Reporter 3,576 -10.4pc
    Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Fri) 15,021 -4.4pc
    Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Wed) 9,200 -4.8pc
    Dumfries Courier 22,950 -7.2pc
    Dunfermline Press & West of Fife Advertiser 17,103 -12.7pc
    East Fife Mail 10,315 -4.2pc
    East Kilbride News 10,487 -9.1pc
    East Lothian Courier 13,195 -4.9pc
    East Lothian News 4,076 -4.8pc
    The Ellon Times and Inverurie Herald (Series) 3,275 78.6pc
    The Extra, Glasgow South & Eastwood 30,813 -17.3pc
    Falkirk & Grangemouth Advertiser & Linlithgow Advertiser 44,757 -15.1pc
    Falkirk Herald 24,322 -7.5pc
    Fife & Kinross Extra 42,064 -21.2pc
    Fife Free Press 14,257 -11.3pc
    Fife Herald News & St. Andrews Citizen 12,289 -2.7pc
    The Fife Leader – North Edition 21,125 -12.1pc
    The Fife Leader – South Edition 42,229 -13.3pc
    Forfar Dispatch 5,039 -2.9pc
    Forres Gazette 3,435 -6.1pc
    The Fraserburgh Herald 5,230 -5.0pc
    The Galloway Gazette 5,464 -7.6pc
    The Galloway News 8,234 -5.0pc
    The Glaswegian (Series) 77,657 -3.5pc
    Glenrothes Gazette 5,921 -0.1pc
    Hamilton Advertiser (Series) 20,378 -7.9pc
    Hawick News and Scottish Border Chronicle 5,218 -1.9pc
    Helensburgh Advertiser 5,636 -9.0pc
    Herald & Post Dunfermline & West Fife 38,952 -12.8pc
    Herald & Post Edinburgh 115,592 -10.7pc
    Herald & Post, West Lothian 41,886 -10.1pc
    Highland News 7,903 -6.0pc
    The Inverclyde Extra 6,430 -61.9pc
    Inverness Courier (Fri) 15,400 -9.0pc
    Inverness Courier (Tue) 11,114 -9.5pc
    The Inverness Herald 15,411 -12.1pc
    Irvine Herald and Kilwinning Chronicle 9,338 -4.0pc
    Irvine Times 2,860 -15.1pc
    John O’Groat Journal 8,263 -4.0pc
    Kilmarnock Standard (Ayrshire Weekly News and Irvine Valley News) 16,102 -3.1pc
    Kirkintilloch Herald 10,249 -6.4pc
    Lanark & Carluke Gazette 11,206 -4.1pc
    Largs & Millport Weekly News 5,436 -5.2pc
    Lennox Herald 10,200 -9.1pc
    Linlithgowshire Journal & Gazette 8,109 -3.2pc
    Lochaber News 3,213 -5.4pc
    Lothian and Peebles Times (Series) 42,468 -7.9pc
    Mearns Leader and Kincardineshire Observer (Series) 4,786 18.8pc
    Midlothian Advertiser 6,617 -3.3pc
    Milngavie & Bearsden Herald 5,698 -5.8pc
    Moffat News 1,129 -2.8pc
    Montrose Review 4,664 -7.1pc
    Motherwell Times & Bellshill Speaker 12,734 -0.7pc
    North Lanarkshire Extra 22,062 -11.9pc
    North Star 4,908 -3.0pc
    Northern Scot 17,296 -5.0pc
    Northern Scot Mid Week Extra 18,884 -20.3pc
    Northern Times 4,724 -4.2pc
    Oban Times (Series) 16,151 -4.8pc
    Orcadian 9,447 -4.2pc
    Orkney Today 5,156 -6.3pc
    Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 8,239 -11.4pc
    Paisley and Renfrewshire Extra (Series) 28,999 -12.4pc
    Paisley People 4,984 -31.7pc
    Peeblesshire News 4,979 -6.4pc
    Perthshire Advertiser (Fri) 14,313 -8.8pc
    Perthshire Advertiser (Tue) 7,633 -7.1pc
    Ross-shire Journal 9,242 -7.9pc
    Rutherglen Reformer 3,701 -7.7pc
    Shetland Times 10,943 -2.5pc
    South Lanarkshire Extra (Series) 13,136 -12.6pc
    Southern Reporter 16,412 -4
    .9pc
    Stirling News incorporating Alloa and Hillfoots Weekender 25,536 -22.4pc
    Stirling Observer (Fri) 3,872 -10.6pc
    Stirling Observer (Wed) 9,333 -11.9pc
    Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser 11,455 -2.9pc
    Stranraer & Wigtownshire Free Press 7,712 -1.4pc
    Strathearn Herald 2,574 -9.8pc
    Strathspey & Badenoch Herald 4,700 -6.6pc
    Wee County News 5,861 -4.5pc
    West Highland Free Press 8,642 0.3pc
    The West Lothian Courier 14,405 -11.6pc
    Wishaw Press 8,383 -12.4pc

    Northern Ireland

    Ads for Free 12,007 9.9pc
    Andersonstown News 12,627 -12.2pc
    Andersonstown News (Monday) 7,088 -14.4pc
    Ballymena Times 3,785 -4.8pc
    Banbridge & District Weekender 9,694 -2.5pc
    Banbridge Chronicle 5,342 -7.7pc
    Belfast News 49,418 4.2pc
    Coleraine Times 7,602 7.3pc
    Community Telegraph East Belfast 30,609 -17.4pc
    Community Telegraph North Belfast 23,194 -14.2pc
    Community Telegraph North Down & Ards 26,952 -14.1pc
    Community Telegraph South Belfast 20,372 -27.4pc
    County Derry Post 5,191 N/A
    County Down Spectator 9,713 -7.5pc
    Craigavon Echo 19,460 -10.3pc
    Derry Journal (Fri) 18,525 -5.4pc
    Derry Journal (Tue) 16,479 -6.0pc
    Derry News – Monday 6,410 -3.5pc
    Derry News – Thursday 6,395 -7.3pc
    Down Recorder 10,857 -5.4pc
    Fermanagh Herald 13,204 -0.8pc
    Impartial Reporter 13,335 -4.3pc
    Larne Times 8,979 -3.2pc
    The Leader 3,495 -0.3pc
    Lisburn Echo 18,993 -12.0pc
    Londonderry Sentinel 4,473 5.6pc
    Lurgan Mail 7,650 -4.4pc
    Mid Ulster Mail 9,028 -3.1pc
    Mourne Observer 11,067 -2.5pc
    Newry Democrat 8,246 2.1pc
    Newry Reporter 13,253 -3.4pc
    Newtownards Chronicle & County Down Observer 9,302 -1.1pc
    Newtownards Spectator 844 -14.2pc
    North Belfast News 4,208 -14.4pc
    Portadown Times 9,661 -2.2pc
    Strabane Chronicle 5,481 -0.9pc
    Sunday Journal 2,616 0.0pc
    Sunday Life 60,057 -5.5pc
    Tyrone Herald 6,404 -6.2pc
    Tyrone Times 3,612 4.2pc
    Ulster Herald 12,352 -1.2pc
    Ulster Star 8,676 -3.1pc

    Comments

    R McGeddon (25/02/2010 17:43:46)
    Well done for this – much better coverage than in previous years.

    Onlooker (26/02/2010 10:15:42)
    Excellent coverage.

    Gerald Nelson (26/02/2010 17:11:16)
    Details — downwards — are frightening, but we really need to know which are paid-for and which are free titles. Then it would become noticeable just how much some freesheet distributions have been cut back.