The ''Shields Gazette'', established in 1849, is a daily newspaper, which claims to be the oldest provincial evening newspaper in the
United Kingdom
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.
It was originally established as a weekly paper - the ''North and South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser'' - but became a daily evening paper after the repeal of
Stamp Duty in 1855. Later it became the ''Shields Gazette and Shipping Telegraph''.
It is now part of
North East Press, a division of
Johnston Press, and the paper has been printed on the presses of the ''
Sunderland Echo'' in
Pennywell,
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...
, since 1992. In July 2012 most of the reporters, sports and editing staff moved to a new base at the ''
Sunderland Echo''.
North-East daily newspapers' offices to be closed - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage
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The paper covers the whole of South Tyneside. In the period December 2010-June 2011, it had an average daily circulation of 15,161.
References
External links
''Shields Gazette'' website
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