None of the 22 UK paid-for local weekly newspapers audited by ABC in the first half of this year increase sales.
The best performer, in relative terms, was the West Highland Free Press – which fell by just 2.1 per cent year on year to 7,410.
There are more than 370 paid-for weekly newspapers in the UK but most now opt to be audited only once a year. More than 100 have withdrawn from ABC auditing altogether over the last year.
For regional Sundays see daily/Sunday newspaper chart.
| Title | Avg circulaion | Change y/y |
| Banbridge Chronicle | 3,737 | -3.80% |
| Beccles & Bungay Journal | 5,133 | -4.40% |
| Boston Target | 8,872 | -41.60% |
| Bridgnorth Journal | 6,307 | -4.30% |
| Dereham & Fakenham Times | 5,639 | -5.80% |
| Dover Express | 5,913 | -12.00% |
| East Grinstead Courier.co.uk | 4,158 | -57.20% |
| Great Yarmouth Mercury | 13,513 | -2.20% |
| Isle of Wight County Press | 28,852 | -6.70% |
| Lowestoft Journal | 12,679 | -4.60% |
| New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times | 18,048 | -5.90% |
| Newport Advertiser | 5,935 | -6.60% |
| Newry Reporter | 9,437 | -4.10% |
| North Norfolk News | 5,963 | -3.00% |
| Rotherham & South Yorkshire Advertiser | 23,539 | -5.50% |
| Sleaford Target | 3,592 | -69.10% |
| South Shropshire Journal | 6,419 | -2.20% |
| The Orcadian | 8,348 | N/A |
| Welwyn Hatfield Times | 9,466 | -16.10% |
| West Highland Free Press | 7,410 | -2.10% |
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