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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Newsquest |
| Editor | Vanessa Sims |
| Founded | 1898 as theNorth-Western Daily Mail |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Kendal |
| Circulation | 2,004 (as of 2024)[1] |
| Website | nwemail |
The Mail, known previously as theNorth-West Evening Mail (1987–2017), is a daily, localnewspaper in theUnited Kingdom, printed every morning. It is based inBarrow-in-Furness.
The Mail was founded as theNorth-Western Daily Mail in 1898, becoming theNorth-Western Evening Mail in 1941 and theNorth-West Evening Mail in 1987.[2] Although its title suggests alarger area, it in fact only covers news in the SouthLakes andFurness. Typically, this isBarrow,Dalton-in-Furness,Ulverston,Grange-Over-Sands,Windermere,Millom, and some of the more notable stories fromKendal andCopeland.
It is in atabloid style, and has three separate editions (Barrow, Ulverston and Millom), though the only difference is the story on the front page. Before changes to printing arrangements it had four - Barrow Early, Barrow Late Final, Ulverston and South Lakes, and Millom: although the only difference was on the front page and page six; the remainder of the paper was the same throughout. Articles typically range between important local news items (such as major council decisions, local business news, etc.), to more personal stories about residents of the area.
The Mail is printed and published by Furness Newspapers Ltd., asubsidiary ofCarlisle-based media companyCN Group Ltd. The current circulation is around 7,500 copies a day (down from 14,500), within South Cumbria (a region with a total population of almost 250,000). Market penetration is at its highest in its core area of Barrow and Dalton, at almost 10 per cent of households and at its lowest in Ambleside.
James Higgins, formerly assistant editor ofThe Bolton News, edited the paper from July 2014 to March 2018 and having spent the previous four years as deputy editor. During his tenure, the newspaper won the coveted Newspaper of the Year award (2017) at the Society of Editors' UK press Awards, O2 North West Media Awards Scoop of the Year (2017) for an exposé on animal deaths at theSouth Lakes Safari Zoo, and Front Page of the Year (2015) for what became an iconic edition of the newspaper. He left the role in 2018 following Newsquest's acquisition of the CN Group. He was preceded by Jonathan Lee, who joined in 2008. Lee was previously editor of theShetland Times, but left after avote of no confidence from colleagues.[3][4] Previous editors ofThe Mail include Steve Brauner, Sara Hadwin, Donald Martin, Keith Sutton, Tom Welsh and Joe Gorman.
The newspaper became a subject of a boycott because of its reporting about theEleanor Williams case and is said to suffer financial collapse.[5]
Former Lancashire Telegraph news editor Vanessa Sims is currently the editor of the paper.
The local newspaper was subject to boycotts and ultimately, I am told, collapsed for financial reasons – though there is no evidence before me upon which I could conclude that this was a direct result of the boycott.
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