The latest circulation figures for UK newspapers (June 30 to July 27) indicate that the papers with the largest circulation were the popular national weekly The Sun and Sunday title News of the World. The lowest circulation figures for that time period, meanwhile, were seen at the weekly up-market nationals The Scotsman and the Sunday Herald.

Here are the figures for the weeklies from www.publicitas.com:

Popular national newspapers:
The Sun: 2,896,330
Daily Mirror: 1,318,168
Daily Star: 605,261

Middle market national newspapers:
The Daily Mail: 2,077,545
Daily Express: 687,069

Up-market national newspapers:
The Daily Telegraph: 799,021
The Times: 547,381
The Guardian: 292,909
The Independent: 178,576
Financial Times: 130,695 (worldwide circulation: 423,575)
The Herald: 61,317
The Scotsman: 49,417

Evening London newspapers:
Evening Standard: 292,455

Free daily newspapers:
Metro (all editions): 1,359,261
The London Paper: 500,068
London Life: 401,543
City AM: 88,042

The figures for the Sunday publications are:

Popular national newspapers:
News of the World: 2,918,661
Sunday Mirror: 1,212,838
The People: 577,718
Daily Star Sunday: 308,606

Middle market national newspapers:
The Mail on Sunday: 1,956,981
Sunday Express: 604,282
Sunday Post: 380,728

Up-market national newspapers:
The Sunday Times: 985,848
The Sunday Telegraph: 580,909
The Observer: 375,776
Independent on Sunday: 151,301
Scotland on Sunday: 60,024
Sunday Herald: 43,374

Source: Publicitas