Plymouth newspaper the Evening Herald has reinvented itself as a morning paper.

Now renamed The Herald, it will be printed overnight and available on news stands from breakfast time.

This means it will be on sale locally next to the Western Morning News, although content and character varies between the two publications. They share some staff, with a central subbing operation.

Alan Qualtrough is editor-in-chief of both Northcliffe titles, and told HoldtheFrontPage the change would not mean that people in Plymouth would have to make a choice.

He said The Herald was a city-based community paper, more like a red-top, while the WMN was a regional paper covering the whole of Devon and Cornwall.

He said: “They are not in the same market. The crossover is about 3,000 to 4,000.

“The Herald used to go out at about 9am anyway, and people already read either The Herald, the WMN or both.

“They have completely different agendas. The WMN looks at the region which stretches from Taunton to Penzance and covers issues such as regeneration, food production and the environment.”