49-486: The Sentinel is a daily regional newspaper circulating in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire areas of England. It is owned by Reach plc and based at Hanley , Stoke-on-Trent. It is the only newspaper delivering daily news and features on professional football clubs Stoke City , Port Vale and Crewe Alexandra . The Sentinel also operates a website with sections on news, sport and entertainment, as well as
98-597: A comprehensive directory of local businesses. The publication, which became a morning paper in 2009, is printed from Monday to Saturday. The Sentinel' s patch includes the six towns of The Potteries ( Hanley , Burslem , Tunstall , Fenton , Longton and Stoke ), Newcastle-under-Lyme , Leek , Cheadle , Cheddleton , Crewe , Nantwich , Alsager , Sandbach , Stafford , Stone , Biddulph , Congleton and Eccleshall . From 29 June 2015 to 3 January 2016 it had an average daily circulation of 30,957, down from 33,426 from 29 December 2014 to 28 June 2015, and 35,112 during
147-460: A former nanny of David and Victoria Beckham. As of September 2014, a further 19 claims were registered at the High Court and another 10 claimants had indicated they would bring proceedings against Trinity Mirror. Other reports claimed that the number of victims could be much higher, with Evan Harris, associate director of the pressure group Hacked Off describing the revelations as: "… just the tip of
196-537: A major stakeholder in local news titles, from DMGT . Local World had been formed by former Trinity chief exec David Montgomery in 2012 to consolidate all DMGT's local newspaper holdings other than the Metro , expanding their holdings while streamlining production, to make the group more saleable. Its 115 titles were formed primarily by those of Harmsworth's historic Northcliffe Newspapers Group , alongside other smaller purchases made by DMGT and Local World subsequently, including
245-753: A merger between his own paper, the Staffordshire Post , and the Sentinel , with the apparent objective of removing political leanings. In 1898, a new paper company was registered as the Staffordshire Sentinel Ltd. The Daily sentinel ran until 1929 before being replaced by the Evening edition, the Weekly Sentinel ran until 1985, after which only the Evening Sentinel continued. A full archive of
294-573: A number of measures to manage discretionary spending more carefully, some of which attracted press attention. In 2007, the company sought to sell a number of titles: the Reading Chronicle was sold to Berkshire Media Group and 25 Trinity Mirror South titles were sold to Northcliffe Media . On 1 October 2007 it was announced that the sale of the Racing Post had been completed: the entire sale process had raised £263 million. In September 2008
343-652: A number of titles from the Guardian Media Group in 2010. In 2013, Trinity Mirror launched the content websites UsVsTh3m and Ampp3d on an experimental basis. UsVsTh3m was a website similar to BuzzFeed focused on quizzes and Flash games, edited by B3ta founder Rob Manuel and running the Tumblr platform. Ampp3d focused on data journalism and used the WordPress platform. Both websites were closed down in 2015. Daily Record (Scotland) The Daily Record
392-583: A plan to rebrand as Reach , subject to investor approval at a meeting scheduled for May 2018. Following completion of the acquisition, the Competition and Markets Authority launched a preliminary investigation into the deal, requiring Trinity Mirror to keep Express Newspapers as a standalone entity. In July 2020, Reach announced that it was cutting 550 jobs, 12% of its workforce, because of falling income amid reduced demand for advertising in its titles. In January 2011, former MP Paul Marsden announced that he
441-476: A purpose-built headquarters at Renfield Lane in Glasgow city centre. The five-storey building was designed by the eminent Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh . Mackintosh wanted to maximise light in the poorly-lit lane and adopted a striking use of colour on the exterior, combining yellow sculpted sandstone with blue and white glazed reflective bricks. The lower floors were used for newspaper production while
490-456: A very big iceberg". On 6 November 2014, Graham Johnson , pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court . On 13 February 2015, Trinity Mirror published a public apology to "all its victims of phone hacking" on page two of the Daily Mirror . It also set aside funds to cover the cost of settling phone hacking compensation payments. The same apology was printed in the following editions of
539-543: A well-funded Scottish edition of The Sun in 1987. The new title's launch editor was Jack Irvine, who was poached from the Record by Murdoch. In 2006 the Scottish edition of The Sun claimed to have finally over taken the Record in terms of print copies being sold each day. This was the result of aggressive cost-cutting, which saw the Sun sold for just 10p per copy – half the cost of
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#1732851957682588-584: Is a Scottish national tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow . The newspaper is published Monday–Saturday and its website is updated on an hourly basis, seven days a week. The Record 's sister title is the Sunday Mail . Both titles are owned by Reach plc and have a close kinship with the UK-wide Daily Mirror as a result. The Record covers UK news and sport with a Scottish focus. Its website boasts
637-787: Is located at nine press sites throughout the UK, printing and distributing thirty-six major newspapers for the UK, including the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror , the Sunday People , the Daily Record (in Scotland), and other contract titles including titles for the Guardian Media Group . Reach plc also owns a number of local titles in Northern England and in Surrey and Berkshire, after acquiring
686-558: Is no longer published by the Daily Record . The Record endorsed Harold Wilson ahead of the 1964 general election and supported Labour at every subsequent national election for the next forty years. The paper has taken a much more critical stance towards the party in the 21st century, coinciding with Labour's decline as an electoral force in Scotland. The paper is a vigorous promoter of Scottish industries and associated trade unions. It
735-549: The Daily Express . The post-war years were a time of intense competition among daily newspapers across the UK to attract both readers and lucrative advertising business. The competition was particularly fierce among the Scottish press, which served a country with an above average number of papers despite a population of just over five million. The rivalry between the Record and the Express to be first to publish exclusive stories
784-1042: The Sunday People and Sunday Mirror . A hearing at the High Court in London heard on 3 March 2015 that one Mirror group journalist had hacked the phones of some 100 celebrities every day and that 109 stories had been published about just seven claimants. On 21 May 2015, damages totalling nearly £1.25m were awarded to eight people as the result of phone hacking by Mirror Group journalists, including actress Sadie Frost (£260,000) and ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne (£188,250). Other damages recipients included soap opera actors Shane Richie (£155,000), Shobna Gulati (£117,500) and Lucy Benjamin (real name Lucy Taggart, £157,250), as well as BBC creative director Alan Yentob (£85,000), TV producer Robert Ashworth (former husband of Coronation Street actress Tracy Shaw , £201,250) and flight attendant Lauren Alcorn (former girlfriend of footballer Rio Ferdinand , £72,500). The Mirror Group said it would consider whether to seek permission to appeal against
833-597: The British Newspaper Archive . In August 2006, the paper launched afternoon editions in Glasgow and Edinburgh entitled Record PM . Both papers initially had a cover price of 15p, but in January 2007, it was announced that they would become freesheets , which are distributed on the streets of the city centres. It was simultaneously announced that new editions were to be released in Aberdeen and Dundee . The PM
882-453: The Daily Mirror from Reed International. The company was relisted as Mirror Group in 1991. In 1991 the company was due to be investigated via an Anton Piller order for alleged theft of software from companies including Adobe Inc. , Autodesk and Microsoft . The action was delayed as it coincided with Maxwell's death, but was recommenced in 1992. Subsequently it was reported that "At
931-544: The Mail in 1864 and oversaw its expansion. By 1895 Glasgow was a global industrial centre and its population was approaching one million. The Daily Record was launched to meet the increasing appetite for reading material and also to take advantage of the huge demand for advertising space from the city's booming commercial sector. The Record was a product of the Amalgamated Press company established by Alfred Harmsworth ,
980-623: The Record at the time. The Record and its sister title, the Sunday Mail , were purchased by Trinity Mirror in 1999, from the estate of Robert Maxwell . The first dedicated Daily Record website was launched by 2002. At first, it merely uploaded stories published in the previous day's newspaper. By the end of the decade the digital operation of the Record grew substantially, with breaking news and sports stories published first online and then subsequently expanded for print. From 2012 onwards there
1029-424: The prospect of a second Scottish independence referendum , the paper said in a pre-election editorial: "If the people of Scotland vote for parties that support another referendum, that is what should happen." The Record has campaigned for the decriminalisation of drug use in Scotland since 2019. In several special editions, it spoke to doctors, politicians, academics, recovery groups and former drug addicts, with
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#17328519576821078-491: The 2007 purchase from Trinity. The purchase increased Trinity Mirror's local circulation by around 50%. The deal valued Local World at around £220 million. In February 2018, the company completed the acquisition of the publishing assets of Northern & Shell , including the Daily Express , Sunday Express , Daily Star (collectively the Express & Star Group), and OK! . Following completion, Trinity Mirror announced
1127-468: The London-based Mirror Group in 1955. Glasgow was by then still served by three evening newspapers, despite the city's population having peaked. The Evening News was closed in January 1957. Production of the Record and Sunday Mail moved to a purpose-built office and printing plant at Anderston Quay in 1971. The Record made British newspaper history on 7 October 1936 by publishing
1176-574: The Mirror Group, for instance, 700 out of the 800 software programs in use were found to be illegal". The company bought Scottish & Universal Newspapers in 1992, and in 1997 it acquired the Birmingham Post and Mail group of newspapers. In 1999 Trinity International Holdings, owners of the Liverpool Echo , merged with Mirror Group to form Trinity Mirror. During 2005 the company introduced
1225-513: The UK capital were then reliant on correspondents sending information in the post, which could take days to arrive. The rapid expansion of the British railway network in the 1840s revolutionised the postal service as letters could now be sent from London to Scotland overnight, making daily newspapers produced outside of the south-east commercially viable. Sir Charles Cameron , one of the most celebrated Scottish journalists of his day, became editor of
1274-399: The amount of heroin needles on city pavements, counter the spread of diseases such as HIV and ultimately save lives. However, it stated that there would need to be changes to current law in the UK, such as decriminalising the bringing in of certain drugs to these facilities, before it would be possible to open and effectively run such facilities. The paper said that the biggest route to progress
1323-684: The company announced that it would be closing the printing plant in Liverpool after 154 years of printing in the city, and transferring the work to Oldham. In February 2010, Trinity Mirror bought the regional M.E.N. Media and S&B Media divisions of Guardian Media Group , containing 22 local titles across Northern England and in Surrey and Berkshire. This included the Manchester Evening News and Reading Evening Post . In March 2010 Trinity Mirror stated that it would end its bout of staff cuts and newspaper closures. The announcement came as
1372-636: The company reported pre-tax profits of £72.7m for 2009, exceeding analysts expectations. In January 2012 it was announced Trinity Mirror acquired Communicator Corp, a digital communications company specialising in email and mobile communications for £8m. In August 2013, Trinity Mirror announced its partnership with whocanfixmycar.com, a portal connecting motorists nationwide with trusted local garages and mechanics. In June 2014, Trinity Mirror transitioned its online bingo software from Dragonfish to Virtue Fusion from Playtech for its group of bingo brands. In November 2015, Trinity Mirror purchased Local World ,
1421-467: The first colour advertisement seen in a daily title – a full page advertising Dewar's White Label Whisky. It took some time for colour advertisements to become popular across other newspapers as printing techniques of the time could lead to smudging. In June 1936, the Record also published what was hailed as the first colour photograph to accompany a news story when the paper printed an image of then-exiled Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie upon his visit to
1470-429: The largest readership of any publisher based in Scotland. The title was at the forefront of technological advances in publishing throughout the 20th century and became the first European daily newspaper to be produced in full colour. As the Record 's print circulation has declined in line with other national papers, it has focused increasing attention on expanding its digital news operation. The Daily Record
1519-418: The majority advocating treating drugs as a health matter rather than a criminal one. It suggested that criminal convictions inappropriately punished drug users for their addictions, handing down fines they could not afford to pay or custodial sentences that made their drug problems worse. The paper also highlighted the use of drug consumption facilities , stating that they encourage addicts into treatment, reduce
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1568-673: The national Daily Mirror , Sunday Mirror , The Sunday People , Daily Express , Sunday Express , Daily Star , Daily Star Sunday as well as the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail and the magazine OK! Since purchasing Local World , it has gained 83 print publications. Reach plc's headquarters are at the One Canada Square in London . It is listed on the London Stock Exchange . The Daily Mirror
1617-449: The paper's circulation jump to 750,000 copies per day. Printers from around the world, including a team from Asahi Shimbun in Japan, visited the Record's Glasgow plant to learn about the potential of the new printing press. By the time of the UK general election of 1970 , the Daily Record was described as one of "the two best-selling Scottish newspapers" along with the Scottish edition of
1666-473: The press baron who would become Lord Northcliffe. The paper was first printed at a factory in Frederick Lane. The daily edition of the Mail ceased publication in 1901 and was incorporated into the Record , which was renamed the Daily Record and Mail . The separate Sunday Mail continued publication and survives to this day. In 1904, the paper's growing success was reflected when the Record moved into
1715-530: The six months before that. In 1854, The Staffordshire Sentinel and Commercial and General Advertiser was first published as a Liberal weekly newspaper from offices in Cheapside, Hanley, on 7 January. The publisher was Hugh Roberts, the Editor Thomas Phillips, a former Northampton bookseller and printer. One of the objects of the publishers was to campaign for the incorporation of Hanley, but news of
1764-529: The size of the damages, but increased the money allocated to deal with phone hacking claims from £12 million to £28 million. On 15 December 2023, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex was awarded £140,600 by the High Court in damages against Mirror Group Newspapers after 15 out of 33 sample articles in his claim against MGN were ruled as being the product of phone hacking or other unlawful information gathering. Reach plc's printing division, Reach Printing Services,
1813-599: The upper levels were used by editorial and commercial staff. Lord Kemsley bought the Record, Sunday Mail and another newspaper, the Glasgow Evening News , for £1 million in 1922. He formed a controlling company known as Associated Scottish Newspapers Ltd. Larger premises were required for the three titles and production was switched from the Mackintosh building to a new building at 67 Hope Street in 1926. The Record, Sunday Mail and Evening News were all sold to
1862-569: The versions of the paper is available up to 1995 on the British Newspaper Archive . In 2007 the broadsheet Sentinel Sunday ceased production. In 2012: Local World acquired the Sentinel , along with other newspapers owned by Northcliffe Media, from the Daily Mail and General Trust . In 2015, the Sentinel's parent company, Local World, was acquired by the Trinity Mirror Group. The newspaper
1911-488: The west of Scotland, where he stayed at Castle Wemyss . In 1971 the Daily Record became the first European newspaper to be printed in "full colour" and was the first British national title to introduce computer page make-up technology. This was made by possible by the opening of a purpose-built printing plant at Anderston Quay on the River Clyde. The switch to colour printing was overseen by editor Derek Webster and saw
1960-557: The whole pottery district was contained in its columns. The initial price was 3d. By 1873: The Staffordshire Daily Sentinel was introduced at a halfpenny on Tuesday 15 April, publishing daily editions from Monday to Friday, with the Weekly Sentinel , at two pence, continuing to appear on Saturday with by 1883 a large sports section. The Sentinel was the first daily paper to be published in the Potteries. In 1892, Thomas Twyford agreed
2009-426: Was at its height during the 1960s and 1970s, an era when most London-based newspapers had yet to establish themselves in Scotland. The Scottish edition of the rival Express was drastically scaled back with large job losses in 1974, by which time the Record had become the biggest-selling newspaper in Scotland. The Record 's dominance of the daily newspaper market was challenged when Rupert Murdoch launched
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2058-441: Was based at Sentinel House on Bethesda Street, Hanley. In 2021, Reach PLC announced the office would close with all journalists subsequently working from home. Marc Waddington became the editor in 2020. Reach plc Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. It is one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, publishing 240 regional papers in addition to
2107-777: Was considering taking legal action against Trinity Mirror, over alleged phone hacking . On 24 September 2014, Trinity Mirror admitted that some of its journalists had been involved in phone hacking. It admitted liability and agreed to pay compensation to four people who had sued for the alleged hacking of voicemails (entertainer Shane Richie , soap actresses Shobna Gulati and Lucy Benjamin and BBC creative director Alan Yentob ). The four also received an apology. Trinity Mirror also announced that it had earlier settled six other phone hacking claims in relation to former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson , footballer Garry Flitcroft , actor Christopher Eccleston , showbusiness agent Phil Dale, Richie's wife Christine Roche and Abbie Gibson,
2156-547: Was first published in 1895 in Glasgow as a sister title to the North British Daily Mail . The Mail – which was not linked to the London-based newspaper of the same name – was the first daily newspaper to be published in Glasgow when launched in 1847. The Glasgow-based Mail was among the first papers to offer readers in Scotland the latest political and business news direct from London. Publishers based outside
2205-489: Was launched by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe , "for gentlewomen" in 1903. The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange on 2 December 1953. In 1958 the International Publishing Company (IPC) acquired Mirror Group Newspapers, but IPC was in turn taken over by publishing giant Reed International in 1970. In 1984 Pergamon Holdings , a company owned by Robert Maxwell , acquired
2254-533: Was opposed to the Scottish National Party (SNP) and both Scottish independence and urged voters to stick with Labour at the 2007 Holyrood election , which the party lost by one seat. At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election , the Record accepted the SNP would emerge as the largest party in terms of seats. It called on Nicola Sturgeon to work with Labour if she failed to win an outright majority. Regarding
2303-496: Was particularly critical of Margaret Thatcher during her premiership and blamed Conservative Party economic policies for the closure of numerous factories, shipyards and foundries throughout Scotland in the 1980s and 1990s. The Record campaigned doggedly to save the Ravenscraig steel works, a major employer in the west of Scotland, and organised a mass petition of support which was in turn handed in at Downing Street. The plant
2352-405: Was substantial investment in the website with a dedicated online editor and several assistant editors focusing entirely on stories which would be published online. A Daily Record newspaper archives website was launched in 2019, with beginning with the first edition from 1895. Historical copies of the Daily Record from the years 1914 to 1918 are available to search and view in digitised form at
2401-522: Was ultimately closed in 1992. Like its sister title the Mirror , the Record opposed the Conservative Party under the premiership of Boris Johnson . The Record backed Labour's policy of creating a Scottish Parliament , despite opposition from the then Conservative Government, throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The paper advocated for a "Yes-Yes" vote at the 1997 devolution referendum . The Record
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