WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Hillsborough disaster - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster

    The Times was the only major UK newspaper not to give the story front-page coverage other than fellow News UK-owned Sun. [295] [297] Gary Lineker described the incident as "disgusting as it is unsurprising", [298] and David Walsh , chief sports writer at the Sunday Times , said it was a "shocking misjudgment" to not include this story on the ...

  3. Coverage of the Hillsborough disaster by The Sun - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverage_of_the...

    Coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster by the British tabloid The Sun led to the newspaper's decline in Liverpool and the broader Merseyside region, with organised boycotts against it. The disaster occurred at a football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Ninety-seven Liverpool supporters were crushed to death, and several ...

  4. The Sun (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)

    The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper, published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lachlan Murdoch's News Corp. [11] [12] It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald , and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner. [13]

  5. Sun and Daily Mail publishers propose combining newspaper ...

    www.aol.com/sun-daily-mail-publishers-propose...

    Two of the UK’s biggest newspaper publishers have proposed combining their printing operations amid a climate of declining print sales. In a press release, News UK and DMG Media said they ...

  6. Top Eleven meets a new challenger in The Sun Football Legends

    www.aol.com/2011/11/25/the-sun-football-legends...

    Oddly enough, The Sun--one the UK's leading tabloids--has launched its first Facebook game. Developed by social game maker Enteraction, The Sun Football Legends allows players to create their own

  7. Football hooliganism in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism_in...

    His remarks led to Liverpool F.C. calling for his resignation. Many newspapers also reported that football hooliganism was a major factor in the tragedy, most notably The Sun, whose article entitled "The Truth" sparked a sharp fall in sales of the tabloid on Merseyside, with many newsagents refusing to stock it.

  8. List of British comic strips - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_comic_strips

    A strip that appeared in The Sun between 1994 and 1999. Written by Pete Nash (Striker) and illustrated by Nash, John Cooper and John M Burns. Sporting Sam was thirty years from 1944 in the Sunday Express. It was produced by Reg Wootton. Spotlight on Sally by Arthur Ferrier appeared in the News of the World at the end of World War

  9. List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the...

    Breakdown of UK daily newspaper circulation, 1956 to 2019. At the start of the 19th century, the highest-circulation newspaper in the United Kingdom was the Morning Post, which sold around 4,000 copies per day, twice the sales of its nearest rival. As production methods improved, print runs increased and newspapers were sold at lower prices.