The Times recorded the largest year-on-year print circulation growth among the UK’s paid-for national newspapers last month, bucking the overall trend of decline.

New ABC figures for March, published today, show The Times has grown its print circulation by 5 per cent year-on-year to an average of 440,736 copies per day (level month on month).

The News UK title’s reach has been bolstered by a 1.5 per cent increase in the number of bulk copies issued since January, up from 79,790 to 81,033.