Reach is the first UK news publisher to cross 40m unique visitors in a single month, according to new Comscore web figures.

The news group collectively reached 41.05m unique visitors in October, amounting to 82 per cent of the UK digital population.

The figure encompasses Reach’s entire editorial digital network, which includes the Mirror, Express, Star and OK websites and some 50 regional titles such as the Liverpool Echo and Manchester Evening News.