| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Reach plc |
| Publisher | Reach plc |
| Editor | Denis Mann |
| Founded | 15 September 2002; 23 years ago (2002-09-15) |
| Headquarters | London,EC3 United Kingdom |
| Circulation | 54,101 (as of September 2025)[1] |
| Sister newspapers | Daily Star |
| Website | dailystar |
TheDaily Star Sunday is a weeklytabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom. It was launched as a sister title to theDaily Star on 15 September 2002.[2]
TheDaily Star Sunday is published byExpress Newspapers, which along with theDaily Star also publishes theDaily Express andSunday Express. The group was formerly owned byRichard Desmond'sNorthern and Shell company but is now part ofReach plc (formerly Trinity Mirror). The paper predominantly features stories about celebrities, sport, and news andgossip about popular television programmes, such as soap operas andreality TV shows.
The current editor is Denis Mann, who replaced Stuart James after Reach plc took control of the title in 2018.
The newspaper features a picture of a glamorous woman on Page 3. It is always nudity-free.
Other regular features in theDaily Star Sunday include Bushell On The Box, a TV column byGarry Bushell, a film column by Andy Lea and Ed Gleave's Hot TV column. Football, racing and rugby league make up the bulk of the sports pages, with the weekend's football action covered in depth in the Result pullout. In addition, the Irish edition covers Gaelic Games and the domestic soccer scene.
The newspaper features a large amount of showbiz coverage, including many reality TV and soap stories. There is also weekly coverage of troops, crime and consumer stories.
It celebrated its tenth anniversary in late 2012.
Both theDaily Star Sunday and its daily equivalent, as well as its stablemates theDaily Express andSunday Express, featured heavy coverage of thedisappearance of Madeleine McCann in May 2007. In 2008 the McCann family sued theStar andExpress forlibel. The action concerned more than 100 stories across theDaily Express,Daily Star and their Sunday sisters, which accused the McCanns of involvement in their daughter's disappearance. The newspapers' coverage was regarded by the McCanns as grossly defamatory. In a settlement at theHigh Court of Justice, the newspapers agreed to run a front-page apology to the McCanns on 19 March 2008, publish another apology on the front pages of the Sunday editions on 23 March and make a statement of apology at the High Court. They also agreed to pay costs and substantial damages, which the McCanns plan to use to aid their search for their daughter.[3] In its apology, theDaily Star apologised for printing "stories suggesting the couple were responsible for, or may be responsible for, the death of their daughter Madeleine and for covering it up" and stated that "We now recognise that such a suggestion is absolutely untrue and that Kate and Gerry are completely innocent of any involvement in their daughter's disappearance."[4]
Like its sister paper theDaily Star, theDaily Star Sunday carries fewer political stories than its rivals, and it has never openly supported one political party. However its political stance has been seen to be more centre-ground than the right-of-centreDaily Star, and when the daily paper was accused of supporting the far-rightEnglish Defence League, the Sunday version pointedly spoke out against the group.[5]
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