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  2. History of British newspapers - Wikipedia

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    This plaque in London marks the publication in 1702 of The Daily Courant as London's first daily newspaper. There were twelve London newspapers and 24 provincial papers by the 1720s. The Daily Courant (11 March 1702–1703) was the first successful daily newspaper in London. In 1695 the Postboy had been started as a daily paper (actually the ...

  3. The Daily Telegraph - Wikipedia

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    The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily conservative broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as The Daily Telegraph & Courier. The Telegraph is considered a newspaper of ...

  4. Richard Desmond - Wikipedia

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    In November 2000, Northern & Shell acquired Express Newspapers from United News & Media for £125 million, enlarging the group to include the Daily and Sunday Express titles, the Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday (which Desmond started), and the Irish Daily Star (owned jointly with the Irish Independent News & Media group). The Daily and Sunday ...

  5. The Times - Wikipedia

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    The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp.

  6. Nottingham Daily Express - Wikipedia

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    Nottingham Daily Express. Former offices of the Nottingham Daily Express, Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham. Main entrance with the heads of the Liberal leaders. The Nottingham Daily Express was a local newspaper published in Nottingham between 1860 and 1918. It was a radical, Liberal and strongly Nonconformist newspaper.

  7. Express & Star - Wikipedia

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    The Express & Star is a regional evening newspaper in Britain. Founded in 1889, it is based in Wolverhampton, England, and covers the West Midlands county and Staffordshire . Currently edited by Martin Wright, the Express & Star publishes six editions a week between Monday and Saturday. In 2007 the newspaper had a daily circulation of 174,989 ...

  8. Rupert Bear - Wikipedia

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    Stuart Trotter (2008–present) Rupert Bear is a British children's comic strip character and franchise created by Herbert Tourtel [1] and illustrated by his wife, the artist Mary Tourtel, first appearing in the Daily Express newspaper on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival Daily Mail and Daily Mirror.

  9. Carl Giles - Wikipedia

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    Carl Giles. Ronald "Carl" Giles OBE (29 September 1916 – 27 August 1995), often referred to simply as Giles, was a cartoonist who worked for the British newspaper the Daily Express . His cartoon style was a single topical highly detailed panel, usually with a great deal more going on than the single joke.