More than eight out of ten adults read a regional newspaper, significantly more than read a national title. The days when the Evening Press was available only locally on paper are long behind us. Now we are a world-wide presence. Getting it done From funding a new hospice extension to fighting for better schools, Evening Press campaigns are driven along by our readers here is the news The Evening Press delivers the news in good times and bad. 84 per cent of all UK adults read a regional newspaper, compared with 69 per cent who read a national.
Regional press is considered by the UK population to be the most trustworthy of all media.
Some 4,266 local newspapers are sold in the UK every minute. 37 per cent of those who read a regional newspaper do not read a national daily. There are more than 1,300 regional and local newspapers in the UK today. The regional and local press is the UK's second biggest advertising medium.