West Briton
The West Briton is a weekly tabloid newspaper sold across mid-Cornwall. Until recently (2007) it claimed to be the highest selling weekly newspaper in Britain, but appears to have dropped that claim since.
It was founded in 1810 as a liberal opposition paper to the Royal Cornwall Gazette. It’s been owned by the Daily Mail & General Trust’s Northcliffe Newspapers Group (now Northcliffe Media) since the 1970s and is part of their South West Media Group (formerly Westcountry Publications).
It isn’t actually printed in Cornwall any more; since 1993 it’s been printed in Plymouth on the same presses as the Western Morning News. In 1995 it switched to tabloid format.
It has four editions:
- Truro & Mid-Cornwall
- Redruth, Camborne & Hayle
- Falmouth & Penryn
- Helston & The Lizard
It used to have its own pages within the South West Media Group’s thisiscornwall.co.uk website, which it shares with the Cornish Guardian, The Cornishman and the Western Morning News. However, in common with Northcliffe newspapers elsewhere, its online identity has rather been lost behind that of the website.
It comes out on Thursdays.
- Website:
- http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/
- Address:
- West Briton
High Water House
City Wharf
Malpas Road
TRURO
TR1 1QH
- Tel:
- 01872 271451
- Fax:
- 01872 247432
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