The ''Paisley Daily Express'' is a
Scottish newspaper based in
Glasgow
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, covering the
Renfrewshire
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area. The paper, which is currently owned by
Reach plc
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has its main offices in Glasgow. The paper is sold in newsagents and general stores throughout Renfrewshire. The contents of the "Wee Express", as it is known locally (to distinguish it from the "Big Express" i.e. the ''
Scottish Daily Express'') are typical of a local newspaper: local news, human interest stories, classified advertisements, intimations, church news, crosswords, wedding photographs, school photographs, local sports (mainly about the town's football team
St Mirren), letters to the editor and so on.
The paper was once based in New Street in Paisley, but its main editorial operation was relocated to Glasgow in March 2012. A small office within Paisley's
YMCA
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building serves the paper.
References
External links
''Paisley Daily Express'' homepage
Newspapers published in Scotland
Newspapers established in 1874
Paisley, Renfrewshire
Newspapers published by Reach plc
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