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The Western Morning News is a politically independent daily regional
Régional

R?gional Compagnie A?rienne Europ?enne, or R?gional for short, is a subsidiary airline wholly owned by Air France which connects hubs at Paris, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, and Bordeaux to 49 airports in Europe....
 newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
 covering Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
 and Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 and parts of Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
 and Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
. Its main office is based in Plymouth
Plymouth

Plymouth is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority on the coast of Devon, England, about south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers River Plym to the east and River Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound....
 and it has journalists based in offices in Truro
Truro

Truro is a City status in the United Kingdom in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, and is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population of 20,920....
, Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
, Penzance
Penzance

Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK.Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and Incorporation in 1614, it has a population of 20,255 and is currently Penwith's principal town....
, Torquay
Torquay

Torquay is a town in the unitary authority of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies 16 miles south of Exeter along the A380 road on the north of Torbay, 38 miles north-east of Plymouth and adjoins the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay....
, Barnstaple
Barnstaple

Barnstaple is a town in the in the Districts of England of North Devon in the county of Devon in the South West England. It lies west southwest of Bristol, north of of Plymouth and northwest of the county town of Exeter....
 and Exeter
Exeter

Exeter Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Roman Britain and has existed since time immemorial. Exeter Cathedral, founded in 1050 is Anglicanism....
. It also has a London editor based in Westminster
Westminster

Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....
. It was founded by Edward Spender, father of Sir Wilfrid Spender
Wilfrid Spender

Sir Wilfrid Bliss Spender, Military Cross was an army officer, colonial administrator and civil servant - being responsible for laying the foundations for the civil service of Northern Ireland....
, on 3 January 1860. The Western Morning News is published by South West Media Group (formerly known as Westcountry Publications), a division of the Northcliffe Newspapers Group.






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The Western Morning News is a politically independent daily regional
Régional

R?gional Compagnie A?rienne Europ?enne, or R?gional for short, is a subsidiary airline wholly owned by Air France which connects hubs at Paris, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, and Bordeaux to 49 airports in Europe....
 newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
 covering Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
 and Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 and parts of Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
 and Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
. Its main office is based in Plymouth
Plymouth

Plymouth is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority on the coast of Devon, England, about south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers River Plym to the east and River Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound....
 and it has journalists based in offices in Truro
Truro

Truro is a City status in the United Kingdom in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, and is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population of 20,920....
, Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
, Penzance
Penzance

Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK.Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and Incorporation in 1614, it has a population of 20,255 and is currently Penwith's principal town....
, Torquay
Torquay

Torquay is a town in the unitary authority of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies 16 miles south of Exeter along the A380 road on the north of Torbay, 38 miles north-east of Plymouth and adjoins the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay....
, Barnstaple
Barnstaple

Barnstaple is a town in the in the Districts of England of North Devon in the county of Devon in the South West England. It lies west southwest of Bristol, north of of Plymouth and northwest of the county town of Exeter....
 and Exeter
Exeter

Exeter Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Roman Britain and has existed since time immemorial. Exeter Cathedral, founded in 1050 is Anglicanism....
. It also has a London editor based in Westminster
Westminster

Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....
. It was founded by Edward Spender, father of Sir Wilfrid Spender
Wilfrid Spender

Sir Wilfrid Bliss Spender, Military Cross was an army officer, colonial administrator and civil servant - being responsible for laying the foundations for the civil service of Northern Ireland....
, on 3 January 1860. The Western Morning News is published by South West Media Group (formerly known as Westcountry Publications), a division of the Northcliffe Newspapers Group. Alan Qualtrough is editor of the Western Morning News, while Philip Bowern in deputy editor. Steve Grant is news editor and Scott Harrison is web editor.

History

The Western Morning News has been published continuously since 1860, including throughout the 1926 General Strike and the Plymouth Blitz
Plymouth Blitz

The Plymouth Blitz is an American football team based in Plymouth, Devon, England. It is a member of the British Universities American Football League's Southern Conference-Western Division....
. By 1920, however, the Devon newspaper market was getting cramped, with all papers running into financial difficulties. The same year, year, Sir Leicester Harmsworth acquired the Western Morning News; from 1 February 1921, the Western Daily Mercury and Western Evening Herald were also taken over, with the papers continuing to be published from the old Mercury offices in Frankfort Street. Shortly before World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, new offices were constructed on the same site after the demolition of the previous premises; the modern construction allowed the offices to survive the Blitz and publishing continued there until the move to Derriford.

On 8 February 1997, the Morning News followed most local newspapers in the UK and changed format from broadsheet
Broadsheet

Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of matter, from ballads to political satire....
 to tabloid
Tabloid

A tabloid is an industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge ; or to a newspaper that tends to emphasize sensationalism crime stories, gossip columns repeating scandalous innuend...
.

Readership and website

The Western Morning News is published six days a week, Monday to Saturday, and it aims to provide readers with all the regional, national and international news they need, with a consistent editorial standpoint
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
. The paper also prides itself on the supplements it provides, which cover a vast range of topics, including:

  • Western Morning Views (Tuesday)
  • Living Cornwall (Tuesday)
  • Westcountry Farming (Wednesday)
  • WoMaN (Wednesday)
  • Westcountry Business (Thursday)
  • Westcountry Motoring (Friday)
  • Westcountry Horses (Friday)
  • Out & About (Friday)
  • Westcountry Antiques (Saturday)
  • Westcountry Property (Saturday)
  • Westcountry Weekend (Saturday)


It also operates a 24-hour news service through its website.

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