Local Papers in England.
London Evening Standard - founded in1827 - London's only evening newspaper,
Yorkshire Post - founded in 1754 - a quality right wing paper published in Leeds; sober style and content; one of the most influential regional papers in England,
Birmingham Post,
Liverpool Daily Post,
Liverpool Echo,
Manchester Evening News,
Wolverhampton Express and Star.
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Press in Scotland.
Most national papers are sold in Scotland (and Northern Ireland) in Scottish (and Irish) editions. Scotland, however, has its own newspapers based in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee with roughly the same circulation as the London owned papers.
Qualities:
The Scotsman - founded in 1817, published in Edinburgh,
Glasgow Herald.
Populars:
Daily Records - sister of Daily Mirror, published in Glasgow,
Dundee Courier and Advertiser.
Sundays:
Sunday Mail,
Sunday Post - published in Dundee.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ITC's Local TV Companies.
Anglia TV (based in Norwich) - broadcasts to East Anglia,
Border TV (Carlisle) - the Borders and the Isle of Man,
Carlton TV (London) - London on weekdays,
Central TV (Birmingham) - the Midlands,
Channel TV (St Helier, Jersey) - the Channel Islands,
Grampian TV (Aberdeen) - northeastern Scotland,
Granada TV (Manchester) - Greater Manchester,
HTV (Cardiff) - Wales and western England,
London Weekend TV (London) - London on weekends,
Meridian TV (London) - southern and southeastern England,
Scottish TV (Glasgow) - central Scotland,
Tyne Tees TV (Newcastle) - northeastern England,
Ulster TV (Belfast) - Northern Ireland,
Westcountry TV (Plymouth) - Somerset, Devon, Cornwall,
Yorkshire TV (Leeds) - Yorkshire counties.
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Terms.
agony aunt - the Archers - Ceefax -
the fourth estate - freebies - glossies -
gossip column - gutter press - "human interest" -
libel - page three - personal column -
the pips - red book - silly season -
third leader - top shelf magazine - Wapping -