''Chad'' (also known as the ''Mansfield Chad'') is a weekly

regional newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports, art, ...

for

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city ...

and Ashfield,

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

, England. The newspaper was first published using the name "Mansfield and North Nottinghamshire Chronicle Advertiser" on 3 April 1952; its common short name was formed as a

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of "Chronicle Advertiser". The last issues of the previous iterations, the Mansfield Chronicle and the Mansfield Advertiser, were published on 27 March 1952.Annals of Mansfield from 1086 to 1999
ourmansfieldandarea.org. Retrieved 11 February 2025 ''Chad'' staff held their 60-year anniversary celebrations at the Old Town Hall on 4 April 2012. Traditionally family owned and published by W. & J. Linney Ltd, their newspaper interests including ''Chad'' were sold to Johnston Press plc in November, 1995 for £20 million. ''Chad'' is a member of the

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Mansfield District Ashfield District Newspapers established in 1952 Newspapers published in Nottinghamshire {{England-newspaper-stub 1952 establishments in England

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