Terms of Access to the Website

The websites listed in Appendix A, and the subdomains of it ("the Website") along with the publications in Appendix B ("the Publication") are published and operated by Johnston Press plc, 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS, registered in Scotland no. SC015382 and the operating companies listed in Appendix B ("the Publisher").

Use of and access to the Website is subject to the following terms which include:

  • Copyright Notice and Licence;
  • Submitting Content;
  • Terms and Conditions of Acceptance of Advertisements;
  • Data Protection Notice and Cookie Policy;
  • Registration Terms and Conditions;
  • Forum House Rules;
  • Swear Word Policy; and
  • Disability Access Statement.

Access to particular areas of the Website may be subject to additional terms to which you must consent in order to use those areas.

  1. BY ENTERING THE WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS THEN PLEASE LEAVE THE WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY.
  2. Links. No metatags hyperlinks or other forms of linkage whatsoever to any other site may be imposed on the website without the prior express written consent of the Publisher.
  3. Viruses. If you knowingly send or infect the Website with a virus, Trojan horse, worm, etc then the Publisher retains the right at its sole discretion to pursue you for all legal fees (including its own and those of any third party), damages and other expenses that may be incurred by it as a result of your actions.
  4. Liability. The Publisher accepts no liability in respect of the content of any third party material appearing on the Website or in respect of the content of any other website to which the Website may be linked from time to time. The Publisher makes no warranty in respect of the contents of this Website and accepts no liability for any loss or damage whatsoever and however arising whether directly or indirectly as a result of access to and use of this Website including without limitation acting or failing to act in reliance on any information contained herein.
  5. Indemnity. You understand that you are personally responsible for your behaviour while on the Website, and agree to indemnify and hold the Publisher, all other companies within the Johnston Press Plc Group, their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees and agents harmless from and against any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense of any kind (including legal fees and costs) that they may incur in connection with a third party claim or otherwise, in relation to your use of the Website, access to the Website, your violation of either these Terms or the rights of any third party, disclosure of membership passwords and any other matter in connection with your participation in the services on the Website.
  6. Force Majeure. The Publisher does not warrant that functions contained in the Website content will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Publisher or the server(s) that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.
  7. UK & Republic of Ireland Law. These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the applicable laws of the United Kingdom (in respect of users residing in the United Kingdom) and the applicable laws of the Republic of Ireland (in respect of users residing in the Republic of Ireland) without regard to conflict of law principles, and users agree that all legal proceedings relating to the matters herein shall be adjudicated solely in the courts of either the United Kingdom or, where relevant, the Republic of Ireland. Save where specifically indicated otherwise, in respect of users residing in the UK the Website and its contents are targeted only at UK residents and goods and services offered are available only to UK residents.  In respect of users residing in the Republic of Ireland save where specifically indicated otherwise, the Website and its contents are targeted only at ROI residents and goods and services offered are available only to ROI residents.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND LICENCE

  1. Ownership. Except in the case of the Forums and any other content you create, the copyright in the Website and its contents belongs to the Publisher, or has been included with the consent of other copyright owners. Reproduction in any form, printing or downloading of part or all of the contents is forbidden save in accordance with the licence granted below.
  2. Licence to copy for personal use: You may print copies of any item in hard copy provided that you do not edit, alter, amend or delete any part of it or combine it with other material. You may recopy the material to individual third parties for their personal information only if you acknowledge the Website as the source of the information by including such acknowledgement and the address of the Publisher and the Website in the copy of the material AND you inform the third party that the material may not be copied or reproduced in any way. You may not supply the material to any third party for commercial gain.
  3. Web Aggregation: If you are a paid-for web aggregator you require a license to redistribute the content of this site.  Licenses can be obtained through the Newspaper Licensing Agency (www.nla.co.uk). 
  4. No Transmission. No part of the Website or the contents thereof may be reproduced on or transmitted to or stored in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

SUBMITTING CONTENT

  1. Ownership. If you submit content to the Publisher (including without limitation any text, photograph, graphics, video or audio), you grant the Publisher a licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, create derivative works from, distribute and display in public that content in any form and media on or in connection with the Site, at no cost to us and for as long as we require and you warrant that you own or have rights to the intellectual property in such content and have the right to grant this licence. You waive any moral rights in your contribution. You will indemnify us and keep us indemnified from and against all costs, claims, damages and expenses made against or incurred by us as a result of a third party alleging that the use of such content by us infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party.
  2. Submissions. When submitting content, you agree not to do any of the following:
  • defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate or infringe the rights of any person or entity (including, but not limited to, rights of intellectual property, confidentiality, or rights of privacy);
  • upload or transmit any material which is unlawful, indecent, defamatory, hateful or racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive or objectionable, politically sensitive or of an obscene or menacing character, or that may cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;
  • upload or transmit files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents;
  • upload or transmit any materials that infringe any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights of any third party;
  • upload or transmit material that you do not have a right to make available under any law or contractual or fiduciary relationship (such as confidential information);
  • upload or transmit any computer viruses, macro viruses, Trojan horses, worms, corrupted files or anything else designed to interfere with, interrupt or disrupt the normal operating procedures of a computer;
  • use the system of uploading  or transmitting content (or any part thereof) in a way that may cause the system (or the servers or networks connected to the system) to be interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or such that the effectiveness or functionality of the system is in any way impaired;
  • where you are not the author of any material you are uploading or transmitting, delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or within the material.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE OF ADVERTISEMENTS (NEWSPAPER AND WEBSITE)

The Publication and the Website are produced and published by the Publisher. 

In these Conditions:

  • "the Publisher" means Johnston Publishing Ltd and its associated Agency Companies (Listing of Agency Companies is available on request from the Group Data Protection Manager data.protection@jpress.co.uk or by visiting www.johnstonpress.co.uk).
  • "the Advertiser" means any person or company placing with the Publisher an order for the publication of an advertisement in any of the Publisher’s newspapers, other publications or hosted websites. For the avoidance of doubt, in this section the words "published" or "Publication" shall mean published in any newspaper and/or on any Website(s) owned and produced by the Publisher.

Orders for insertion of advertisements in the Publication and/or the Website are accepted subject to the following conditions. 

  1. Warranty. The placing of an order constitutes a warranty from the advertiser and/or advertising agency to the Publisher:
    • that the advertisement is legal, decent, honest and truthful, complying with the British Codes of Advertising and Sales Promotion, with any relevant codes of practice and with the requirements of current legislation; and
    • that the advertisement is not defamatory and does not infringe the copyright moral rights or any other rights of any third party.
  2. Links. No hyperlinks or metatags may be included in any advertisements save with the express prior permission of the Publisher.
  3. Indemnity. The Advertiser and/or advertising agency agrees to indemnify the Publisher in respect of all costs, claims, damages, or other charges arising directly or indirectly as a result of the publication of the advertisement(s).
  4. No Guarantee. While every endeavour will be made to meet the wishes of advertisers, the Publisher does not guarantee the publication of any particular advertisement or its publication on any particular date or in a particular part or edition of the publication or to be inserted under a particular classification.
  5. Errors. It is the responsibility of the Advertiser/advertising agency to check the first appearance of any series of advertisements and notify the Publisher immediately of any errors. The Publisher assumes no responsibility for the correction of errors unless notified by the Advertiser. In the event of any error, misprint or omission in the Publication or the Website of an advertisement or part of an advertisement (however caused) the Publisher will either re-publish the advertisement or relevant part of the advertisement as the case may be or make a reasonable refund of or adjustment to the cost. No re-publication, refund or adjustment will be made where the error, misprint or omission does not materially detract from the advertisement.
  6. Limitation on Liability. In no circumstances shall the total liability of the Publisher for any error, misprint or omission exceed:
  7. the amount of a full refund of any price paid to the Publisher for the advertisement in connection with which liability arose; or
  8. the cost of a further or corrective advertisement of a type and standard reasonably comparable to that in connection with which liability arose.
  9. Save as set out above, the Publisher accepts no liability in respect of any loss or damage occasioned directly or indirectly as a result of publication of any advertisement or any loss or damage occasioned directly or indirectly by any total or partial failure (however caused) of publication of any advertisement or of any title or website in which any advertisement is scheduled to appear.
  10. Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Publisher accepts no liability in respect of any loss or damage alleged to have arisen through delay in forwarding or omitting to forward replies to box numbers to the Advertiser (however caused). The advertiser hereby authorises the Publisher to return to its originator or destroy any communication which, in the reasonable opinion of the Publisher, should not be delivered to the Advertiser.
  11. Refuse any advertisement or if already accepted to cancel the order at any time by giving reasonable notice before the next insertion, but in that event the Advertiser/advertising agency shall not be liable for payment of the difference (if any) between the rates for the series specified in the order and the usual price for the series of insertions which has appeared when the order is stopped; and
  12. require any alteration it considers necessary or desirable in any advertisement.
  13. Refusals and Amendments. The Publisher reserves the right to:

Mail order advertisements will not be accepted for publication by the Publisher unless the Advertiser completes and returns to the Publisher a Mail Order Guarantee Form, produced by the Newspaper Society, prior to the deadline for publication of the advertisement.

  1. Cancellation. An advertising agency may cancel any unexpired part of an order without penalty in the event of the death or failure of its client. Orders cannot be cancelled once the Publisher has commenced to carry out the order in accordance with the first publication date requested by the Advertiser. In other cases the Publisher will require seven clear working days’ notice of cancellation of any order or unexpired part of an order, or in the case of an advertisement which by reason of its position is chargeable at a premium rate, not less that twenty-eight clear working days’ notice. All cancellations must be notified in writing. E-mail notification of cancellation is not acceptable.

It is the responsibility of the Advertiser to retain a note of any ‘stop number’ issued by the Publisher.

  1. Self Service Advertising. The Publisher reserves the right to edit any advertisements created through its online self service facilities. The Publisher may remove photographs and alter text based content. It is the responsibility of the Advertiser to check their self-created online advertisement on a regular basis and to notify the Publisher of any apparent issues. All self service access is password controlled. It is the responsibility of the Advertiser to keep their password confidential. You, the Advertiser, are completely responsible for activities that happen under your account and password. If you think there has been unauthorised use of your account or password, you agree immediately to notify the Publisher and co-operate with the Publisher to resolve it. The Publisher will not issue compensation should the web site be temporarily unavailable for any period of time. Any notice of advertisement withdrawal must be submitted to the Publisher in writing. The Publisher endeavours to carry out the request within a time period agreed with the Advertiser. 
  2. Copyright. The copyright for all purposes in all artwork, copy, video, audio and other material which the Publisher or his employees have originated, contributed to or reworked shall vest in the Publisher. The Advertiser authorises the Publisher to record, reproduce, publish, distribute and broadcast (or to permit the same) all advertisements (including, but not limited to text, artwork, video and photographs) and to include and make them available in any information service, electronic or otherwise.
  3. Consents. The placing of an order by an Advertiser, or an advertising agency on behalf of a client, constitutes an assurance that all necessary authority and consents have been secured in respect of the use in the advertisement(s) (a) of pictorial or any other representations of (or purporting to be of) living persons, and of references to any words attributed to living persons and (b) any material the copyright in which vests in a third party.
  4. Risk. Any material submitted by the Advertiser is held by the Publisher at the Advertiser’s risk and should be insured by the Advertiser against loss or damage from whatever cause. The Publisher reserves the right to destroy without notice all such property after the date of its last appearance in an advertisement unless the advertiser has given instructions to the contrary.
  5. Box Numbers. The Publisher will endeavour to forward all replies to a box number to the Advertiser as soon as is possible after receipt, but the Publisher accepts no liability in respect of any loss or damage alleged to have arisen through delay in forwarding or omitting to forward such replies, howsoever caused.  The Advertiser authorises the Publisher to examine material passing through boxes and to return to its originator any communication which, in the opinion of the Publisher, should not be delivered to the Advertiser.  Advertisements from dealers are not accepted under a box number.
  6. Rates. The rates charged for the transmission of any advertisement shall be those set out in the Publisher's rate card in force at the time the order is placed. The rate card is subject to change at any time and may vary between Companies and publications within the Johnston Publishing Limited Group of titles. Copies are available on request.  It is the responsibility of the Advertiser to bring to the Publisher's attention at the time of booking any discount, allowance or exemption from VAT (Value Added Tax) to which entitlement is claimed. All gross advertising rates (except classified lineage and semi display) are subject to the Advertising Standards Board of Finance (ASBOF) levy from time to time (currently 0.1 %) payable by the Advertiser to help finance the self regulatory system.
  7. Advertising Agencies. Commission will only be granted to agencies formally recognised by the Newspaper Society or the Publisher at the time of placing the order. The rate of commission payable will be determined by the Publisher and may be varied or withdrawn at the Publisher's discretion at any time, subject to giving the advertising agency seven days written notice thereof. All advertising agencies claiming commission must quote order numbers for every booking made. The Publisher reserves the right to vary these terms of acceptance of advertising and payment in respect of any advertising agency at the Publisher's discretion, subject to giving the advertising agency seven days written notice thereof.
  8. Time of Payment. Pre-payment may be required for any advertisement at the Publisher's discretion. Where pre-payment is not required, subject to completion and approval of a Credit Application Form, payment shall be made for each advertisement within seven days of the date of the invoice, except that payment of advertisements charged to an approved credit account shall be made no later than:
  • that specified to the Advertiser when credit terms are granted; or
  • the 30th day of the month following the month in which the invoice was dated.

Should the Advertiser be in breach of these terms, or of any contract with the Publisher, then the full amount in respect of all advertising published and all other amounts accruing from the Advertiser shall become due and payable. The Publisher reserves the right to withdraw credit facilities from any Advertiser at the Publisher's discretion subject to giving the Advertiser seven days written notice thereof, if practicable, or forthwith upon the issue of any Court proceedings against the Advertiser. All payments must be accompanied by the remittance advice issued by the Publisher or a similar document approved by the company. Any query in respect of an invoice must be brought to the attention of the Publisher in writing within seven days of its issue.

  1. Late Payments The Publisher shall be entitled to charge statutory interest pursuant to the Late payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (as amended 2002)/ The late payment of Commercial Debts (Rate of Interest) (Scotland) Order 2002 on all sums due at a current rate of 8% above the Bank of England base rate for the time being until payment is received.

Compensation for reasonable debt recovery costs arising from late payment will also apply at the following rate:

Debt up to £999.99 £  40
Debt £1000 to £9,999.99 £  70
Debt £10,000 plus £ 1

The Publisher shall be entitled to add to any sums due any reasonable costs and expenses (including administrative costs) incurred by the Publisher in obtaining. The Publisher shall be entitled to an administration charge from the Advertiser of £25.00 in respect of any cheque tendered which is not met upon presentation (and to vary this charge at any time without notice). The Publisher reserves the right to exercise a lien over any documents or other property of the Advertiser in its possession if the Publisher's charges are not paid in accordance with these terms and the Publisher's rate card from time to time.

  1. Data Protection. The Publisher will hold personal information obtained in dealings with customers and process it in accordance with the Publisher’s Data Protection Notice which can be found at http://ww1.investorrelations.co.uk/jpplc/termsofaccess/ .  A primary use of Advertiser personal information is for the marketing purposes of the Publisher and its associated business partners.  If an Advertiser does not wish for their personal information to be used for this purpose this should be indicated at the time of booking the advertisement.  Any subsequent request to remove consent for personal information to be used for marketing purposes should be submitted in writing to the Group Data Protection Manager, Johnston Press plc, Yorkshire Post Newspapers, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 1RF. 
  2. Disclosure of Identity. The Publisher reserves the right to disclose the name and address and any other account details of advertisers and/or agencies to the police, trading standards officials, or any other relevant authority and, where the Publisher in its sole discretion deems it reasonable, to other third parties.
  3. Advertising Orders. Advertising orders are issued by an advertising agency as a principal and must be on the agency’s official form. When copy instructions not constituting an official order are issued, they shall be clearly marked "Copy instruction - not an order".
  4. The Newspaper Society. The terms of the Recognition agreement between the Newspaper Society and the Publisher, or between the Newspaper Society and the Newspaper Proprietors Association and recognised advertising agencies are deemed to be incorporated in these conditions of acceptance of advertisement orders for the publication and transmission of all advertisements accepted from the recognition advertising agency. Without prejudice to the generality of these terms, these conditions of acceptance specifically extend to any personal guarantee given by the Directors or any other person on behalf of a recognised agency at the time of recognition in respect of any unsatisfied liabilities of the agency in the event of the agency’s liquidation or insolvency. Such guarantee is part of these conditions of acceptance.
  5. Acceptance. The placing of an order for the insertion of an advertisement shall amount to an acceptance of the above conditions and any conditions stipulated on an agency’s or advertiser’s order form or elsewhere by an agency or an advertiser shall be void insofar as they are in conflict with them.  

DATA PROTECTION, PRIVACY  & COOKIE POLICY

  1. The Publisher is committed to protecting your privacy. The Publisher knows that you care how information about you is used and appreciates your trust in it to do that carefully and sensibly. At times you will be asked to submit personal information about yourself (name, email address, postcode etc.). By entering your details in the fields as requested you enable the Publisher to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, the Publisher will treat that information in accordance with this notice and policy. All email correspondence includes instructions on how to ‘unsubscribe’ from the service to which you have subscribed. Our services are designed to give you the information that you want to receive not to bombard you with information you do not want. The Publisher will act in accordance with current legislation. This notice and policy do not apply to companies that the Publisher does not own or control.
  2. Use of Data. The Publisher will use your personal details and information it obtains from other sources to provide you with its goods and services, for administration and customer services, for credit scoring, for marketing, to analyse your purchasing preferences and to ensure that the content, services and advertising that it offers are tailored to your needs and interests. The Publisher may keep your information for a reasonable period for these purposes. The Publisher may need to share your information with its service providers, with other companies within the Johnston Press Plc Group and with its agents for these purposes. The Publisher may disclose personal data in order to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
  3. Cookie Policy. Details of cookies we use and how you can opt out of receiving them can be found here http://www.johnstonpress.co.uk/jpplc/disclaimer/
  4. IP Address. When you visit our site, we may also log your IP address, a unique identifier for your computer or other access device.
  5. Web Beacons. The Publisher also includes web beacons (also known as clear GIFs or web bugs) in its emails to track the success of its marketing campaigns. This means that if you open an email from the Publisher it can see which pages of the Website you visit. The Publisher’s web beacons do not store additional information on your computer, but by communicating with the cookies on your computer, they can tell the Publisher when you have opened its email. If you object to web beacons, the Publisher recommends you follow the instructions for deleting existing cookies and disabling future cookies in paragraph 8. The Publisher will still know how many of its e-mails are opened and will automatically receive your IP address, a unique identifier of your computer and other access device, but this will not identify you as an individual.
  6. Credit References. In assessing your application for credit, to prevent fraud, to check your identity and to prevent money laundering, the Publisher may search the files of credit reference agencies who will record any credit searches on your file. This may include using N2Check or an equivalent company. The Publisher may also disclose details of how you conduct your account to such agencies. The information will be used by other credit grantors for making credit decisions about you and the people with whom you are financially associated, for fraud prevention, money laundering prevention and occasionally for tracing debtors. Information used for these purposes will include publicly available information such as electoral roll, county court judgments, bankruptcy orders or repossessions.
  7. Credit Reference Agencies. The Publisher may ask credit reference agencies to provide a credit scoring computation. Credit scoring uses a number of factors to work out risks involved in any application. A score is given to each factor and a total score obtained. Where automatic credit scoring computations are used, acceptance or rejection of your application will not depend only on the results of the credit scoring process.
  8. Sharing Data. The Publisher may also share your information with its business partners in the travel, property, automotive, financial services, leisure, entertainment, advertising, media, retail and mail order business for marketing purposes or it may send you information about other organisations’ goods and services. The Publisher or its business partners may contact you by mail, telephone, fax, e-mail or other electronic messaging service with offers of goods and services or information that may be of interest to you e.g. holidays, cars, property, financial and leisure services, entertainment, media products, advertising, clothing or household goods. By providing the Publisher with your fax number, land line and/or mobile telephone numbers or email address you consent to being contacted by these methods for these purposes. If you do not wish to receive marketing information from the Publisher or from the Publisher’s business partners tick the appropriate box or include the appropriate command word on the form you complete.
  9. Sensitive Personal Data. By providing the Publisher with your personal information, you consent to it processing your sensitive personal data, such as health data, for the above purposes.
  10. Transfer of Personal Data out of the UK. By providing the Publisher with your personal information you also consent to the Publisher transferring your information to countries or jurisdictions which do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK, if necessary for the above purposes. If the Publisher does make such a transfer, it will, if appropriate, put a contract in place to ensure that your information is protected.
  11. Third Party Data. If you provide the Publisher with information about another person, you confirm that they have appointed you to act for them, to consent to the processing of their personal data including sensitive personal data and that you have informed them of the Publisher’s identity and the purposes (as set out above) for which their personal data will be processed.
  12. WorldPay. Johnston Press Group plc, of which the Publisher is a member, have a partner account with WorldPay. The processing of online transactions is dealt with by WorldPay. WorldPay have a comprehensive privacy policy which can be located at www.worldpay.co.uk/about/index.php?go=privacy. The only data released to Johnston Press Group plc via WorldPay are the name, delivery address, contact number, goods purchased, email address and IP address of the individual concerned.
  13. eMeta. The Scotsman Publications Limited have a partner account with eMeta to process online transactions. eMeta are a member of Macrovision whose privacy policy can be viewed at http://www.macrovision.com/company/about/legal/legal_and_privacy.shtml. eMeta release to The Scotsman Publications Limited via an administration suite the following data relating to the transaction; the individual’s email address, their last login date, userID (unique reference to the individual), a history of transactions made, financial instrument used (i.e. Visa Debit, Mastercard), the card holder's name and address, current subscriptions, expired subscriptions, licenses (if applied) and whether the individual is currently logged in to subscription. eMeta release to The Scotsman Publications Limited via a reports suite the following data relating to a series of transactions; number of sales, amount of cash taken, number of cancellations, number of subscriptions purchased, number of subscriptions terminated, number of charge backs, number of expired subscriptions and number of users per product.
  14. Secure Server Software. The Publisher offers the use of a secure server when you place orders or access your account information. SSL (the secure server software) encrypts your information before it is sent to us. The Publisher also takes appropriate measures to ensure that the information disclosed is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used.
  15. Links to Third Party Sites. The Publisher links to a wide variety of other sites and it displays advertisements from third parties on the Website. The Publisher is not responsible for the content or privacy policies of these sites and third party advertisers, nor for the way in which information about their users is treated. In particular, unless expressly stated, the Publisher is not an agent for these sites or advertisers nor is it authorised to make representations on their behalf.
  16. Requests. You are entitled to ask for a copy of the information the Publisher holds about you (for which the Publisher may charge a small fee) and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected. If you wish to exercise your rights to this information please forward your request, in writing, to Data Protection Officer, Johnston Press plc, Yorkshire Post Building, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 1RF.
  17. Monitoring. For quality control and training purposes, the Publisher may monitor or record your communications with it.
  18. Changes in Your Data. If your personal details change, if you change your mind about any of your marketing preferences or if you have any queries about how the Publisher uses your information, please let the Publisher know online where appropriate, or by contacting its Data Protection Officer at Johnston Press plc, Yorkshire Post Building, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 1RF or email data.protection@jpress.co.uk.
  19. Changes to this Policy. This data protection notice may change and therefore you should review it regularly. The Publisher will of course notify you of any changes where we are required to do so.

FORUMS REGISTRATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  1. Acceptance of Terms. In order to contribute to any of the interactive pages of the Website ("the Forums") you must agree to abide by the House Rules and Swear Word Policy detailed below. If you do not agree then please leave the Forums immediately. By completing the Forum registration form and by entering your email address and password, you will be deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions in their entirety. Also, by signing up for any of the Website's online services (including but not limited to: email news headlines, competitions, news archive), you are deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions in their entirety.
  2. Accuracy of Records. During the registration process, you agree to provide true, accurate and complete information about yourself, and to update this information when it changes. If you do not update it, the Publisher may suspend or terminate your use of the Website. Any personal information that you provide to the Publisher is subject to the terms of the Data Protection Notice and Cookie Policy detailed above.
  3. Password. When you register, you will choose a password so that you can access your account with the Publisher. You agree that you will keep this information confidential. You are completely responsible for activities that happen under your account and password. If you think there has been unauthorised use of your account or password, you agree immediately to notify the Publisher and co-operate with the Publisher to resolve it. You understand that if you do not follow the terms of this paragraph, the Publisher may suspend or terminate your use of the Website.
  4. Unauthorised Access to your Password. You will not do anything that would assist anyone who is not a registered user to gain access to any secure area of the Website. You undertake that you will not maliciously create additional registration accounts for the purpose of abusing the functionality of the Website, or other users; nor will you seek to pass yourself off as another user.
  5. Access Termination. The Publisher can terminate your access to the Website at any time. The Publisher may also remove any content that you post without cause, without giving reasons and without notice to you. This includes all email accounts, postings, profiles or other personalised information you have created while on the Website.

FORUM HOUSE RULES

These House Rules have been developed so that everyone can get the best out of contributing to the Forums. They aim to protect anyone who reads or contributes to the Forums and to help everyone to have an enjoyable and safe time.

By participating in the Forums you agree to abide by these House Rules. The Publisher reserves the right to change these Forum House Rules at any time by posting these changes online. You are responsible for regularly reviewing information posted online to obtain notice of such changes. Your continuing use of the Forums once these changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of these Forum House Rules as modified by the posted changes.

* Please be warned that if any content breaks the rules below it may be removed by the moderators of the Website.

Rules for Contributing to the Forums and Principles that You Must Accept.

  1. Adding Comments. To add your comment to a Forum, click the "Add Your Comment" (or similar) button on the bottom of the article. If the comment on that specific Forum requires the user to log in or register then please click on the relevant link.
  2. Moderation. The Publisher is keen to encourage lively and informed debate but at the same time considers that some of its topics will require a closer level of editorial oversight. That is why the Publisher has introduced moderation for some of our discussions. When comments appear on the Forums they will either be "moderated" or "non-moderated". Moderation means that the Publisher’s staff will check each comment before posting it onto the Website. The Publisher cannot guarantee that all comments can be published. The Publisher will publish as many comments as it can without editing. However, the Publisher may edit your comments.
  3. Complaints. We want to encourage safe and open discussions but if you think a comment breaks the Forum House Rules, click on the "Report As Unsuitable" (or similar) button which appears beside each comment. You will be asked to log in / register (if not already logged in). Once you have logged in, the "Report This Comment" form will appear with a field to enter your reason. Please fill this in telling the Publisher why you think the comment is not acceptable. Once you press the "Report" button, your complaint will be brought to the attention of the Publisher’s moderators, who will decide whether the comment breaks the rules. If it does, they will remove it. If it doesn’t, it will be allowed to remain on the Forum. This process may be automated, and the comment may be removed automatically, before being reviewed by the moderators. Then it will either be reinstated, or remain removed from the site. The Publisher will not normally enter into correspondence about complaints, but will do so in special cases. If you want to take the matter further, you can do it via the Contact Us section, listing the article in question (please include the web address) and the offending comment and author. Please do not abuse the complaints system. It is there to allow users to report any comments which you deem unsuitable and in breach of the Rules. Similarly, please do not use the "Report as Unsuitable" icon to complain about spelling errors, differences of opinion or multiple postings. Anyone who repeatedly abuses the complaints system simply because they disagree with comments may have their account suspended.
  4. Personal attacks are prohibited. Commonly known as flaming, personal attacks are posts which are designed to put down or insult Forum members. Text of this nature is not beneficial to the Publisher’s community spirit and will not be tolerated.
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As with the above House Rules, this Swear Word Policy has been developed so that everyone can get the best out of contributing to the Forums.

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* Please be warned that if any content breaks the rules below it may be removed by the moderators of the Website.

  1. If you see one of the swear words listed below within a posting or an article we’d like you to bring it to the attention of the site moderator by using the link provided. The moderator will then remove the offending word.
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  3. The Publisher would like to point out that it would prefer you not to use swear words at all. The Forum attracts a wide range of readers and members, in terms of age, culture, nationality and personal attitude and many people are genuinely offended by swear words that others consider perfectly acceptable.
  4. If you feel you must use swear words within a posting please star out the word yourself (see examples below). Please note though that the starring out of swear words is not a means to get around the Forum House Rules. If your posting breaks the House Rules (i.e. it is obscene, profane, abusive, racially offensive etc.) it will be removed regardless of whether the words have been starred out or not. Swear words on the banned list that have been deliberately or accidentally mis-spelt will also be removed.
  5. Swear Words: The Banned List
    This is a selection of some of the words on the Banned List. Please note that all derivatives of the following words are also currently included on the banned word list:
    • b*****k(s) – testicle
    • c**t – vagina
    • f**k – to have sex
    • j*sm – ejaculated semen (also spelt j*zm)
    • t**t – another word for vagina
    • w**k – masturbate
  6. Words with Dual Meanings
    These are a number of words which have both acceptable and unacceptable meanings.
  7. b*****d – illegitimate person (forbidden in the context of an insult, allowed as a term for an illegitimate person)
  8. p**s – urinate (banned in the context of urination and insult, but allowed as a slang term for being angry or drunk)
  9. p***k – a penis, a pricking feeling (not to be used as a substitute for penis nor as an insult, allowable in the context of pins)
  10. c**n – black person, possibly from raccoon. You are allowed to use ´coon as a slang term for raccoons, but the word must be proceeded by an apostrophe to indicate the shortened word.
  11. n****r – another term for black person
  12. s*****c – a term which used to be used to describe a person with cerebral palsy
  13. y*d – short for Yiddish
  14. Minority Groups
    Some words are banned not because they are profane or swearing, but because they may offend members of any minority, religious or ethnic group. The list below is not definitive; any posting or article using a slang word that may be seen to be offensive to any group of people will be removed and the posting may result in the termination of your account.

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The Publisher is dedicated to supporting all users. If you experience any difficulties using the Website please contact the Publisher at jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk.

APPENDIX A: LIST OF WEBSITES

www.AJobToday.co.uk
www.JobsToday.co.uk
www.Jobstoday.ie
www.Autofinder.co.uk
www.BereavementToday.co.uk
www.BlogsToday.co.uk
www.BusinessDirectory.co.uk
www.ChristmasToday.co.uk
www.ClassifiedGold.co.uk
www.CVMatch.co.uk
www.DateMeToday.co.uk
www.DaysOut.co.uk
www.DirtbikeRider.co.uk
www.EasterToday.co.uk
www.EireMotorsToday.co.uk
www.epaperToday.co.uk
www.EquestrianPost.co.uk
www.FarminginYorkshire.co.uk
www.FarmingLife.co.uk
www.FarmWeekToday.co.uk
www.GoingOut.co.uk
www.GotoBlackpoolToday.co.uk
www.JohnstonPress.co.uk
www.LocalPagesToday.co.uk
www.MadAboutMotors.co.uk
www.MotherandBaby.co.uk
www.MothersDay.co.uk
www.MotorsToday.co.uk
www.Motorstoday.ie
www.MySportToday.co.uk
www.NonExecDirectory.co.uk
www.PhotosToday.co.uk
www.propertytoday.ie
www.PropertyToday.co.uk
www.SalesToday.co.uk
www.ShoestyleUK.co.uk
www.StamfordBridgeToday.co.uk
www.StudentsToday.co.uk
www.ThePompeyPages.co.uk
www.TMXNews.co.uk
www.TodaysEducation.co.uk
www.TrialsWorld.co.uk
www.UKWeatherWise.co.uk
www.UniqueToday.co.uk
www.ValentinesToday.co.uk
www.WeddingsToday.co.uk
www.WheretoStayToday.co.uk
www.Yeller.co.uk
www.YorkshireJobsToday.co.uk
www.YorkshireRugbyLeague.co.uk
www.YorkshireSchoolSports.co.uk
www.Scotsman.com
www.AlwoodleyToday.co.uk
www.AntrimToday.co.uk
www.ArbroathToday.co.uk
www.ArmleyToday.co.uk
www.AshfieldToday.co.uk
www.AylesburyToday.co.uk
www.AytonToday.co.uk
www.BakewellToday.co.uk
www.BallymenaToday.co.uk
www.BallymoneyToday.co.uk
www.BanbridgeToday.co.uk
www.BanburyToday.co.uk
www.BarnsleyToday.co.uk
www.BatleyToday.co.uk
www.BearsdenToday.co.uk
www.BedfordToday.co.uk
www.BeestonToday.co.uk
www.BelfastToday.co.uk
www.BellshillToday.co.uk
www.BelperToday.co.uk
www.BerkhamsteadToday.co.uk
www.BerwickshireToday.co.uk
www.Berwicktoday.co.uk
www.BeverleyToday.co.uk
www.Bexhilltoday.co.uk
www.BicesterToday.co.uk
www.BiggleswadeToday.co.uk
www.BirstallToday.co.uk
www.BlackpoolToday.co.uk
www.Blythandwansbeck.co.uk
www.BognorToday.co.uk
www.BonessToday.co.uk
www.BordersToday.co.uk
www.BostonToday.co.uk
www.BourneToday.co.uk
www.BrackleyandTowcesterToday.co.uk
www.BramleyToday.co.uk
www.BrechinToday.co.uk
www.BridlingtonToday.co.uk
www.BrighouseToday.co.uk
www.BuckinghamToday.co.uk
www.BurnistonToday.co.uk
www.BurnleyToday.co.uk
www.BuryToday.co.uk
www.BuxtonToday.co.uk
www.CarlukeToday.co.uk
www.CarnoustieToday.co.uk
www.CarrickToday.co.uk
www.CarrickfergusToday.co.uk
www.ChapelAllertonToday.co.uk
www.ChesterfieldToday.co.uk
www.ChichesterToday.co.uk
www.ChorleyToday.co.uk
www.ClitheroeToday.co.uk
www.CloughtonToday.co.uk
www.ColeraineToday.co.uk
www.CommuterHerald.co.uk
www.CorbyToday.co.uk
www.CountyLeitrimToday.co.uk
www.CraigavonToday.co.uk
www.CrawleyToday.co.uk
www.CrossgatesToday.co.uk
www.CumbernauldToday.co.uk
www.DaventryToday.co.uk
www.DearneToday.co.uk
www.DeesideToday.co.uk
www.DerryToday.co.uk
www.DewsburyToday.co.uk
www.DinningtonToday.co.uk
www.DissToday.co.uk
www.DoncasterToday.co.uk
www.DonegalToday.co.uk
www.DonsideToday.co.uk
www.DriffieldToday.co.uk
www.DromoreToday.co.uk
www.DublinToday.co.uk
www.Dundalkdemocrat.ie
www.DundalkToday.co.uk
www.Dunstable.co.uk
www.EastbourneToday.co.uk
www.EastfieldToday.co.uk
www.EastLothianToday.co.uk
www.EastwoodToday.co.uk
www.FalkirkToday.co.uk
www.FenlandToday.co.uk
www.FifeToday.co.uk
www.FileyToday.co.uk
www.FlamboroughToday.co.uk
www.FleetwoodToday.co.uk
www.ForfarToday.co.uk
www.GainsboroughToday.co.uk
www.GallowayToday.co.uk
www.GarforthToday.co.uk
www.GarstangToday.co.uk
www.GooleToday.co.uk
www.GranthamToday.co.uk
www.HailshamToday.co.uk
www.HalifaxToday.co.uk
www.HarboroughToday.co.uk
www.HarrogateToday.co.uk
www.HartlepoolToday.co.uk
www.Hastingstoday.co.uk
www.HaverhillToday.co.uk
www.HawickToday.co.uk
www.HaylingIsland.co.uk
www.HeadingleyToday.co.uk
www.HeathfieldToday.co.uk
www.Hebdenbridgetoday.co.uk
www.HelmsleyToday.co.uk
www.HemelToday.co.uk
www.HemsworthandSouthelmsallToday.co.uk
www.HorncastleToday.co.uk
www.HornseaToday.co.uk
www.HorsforthToday.co.uk
www.HorshamToday.co.uk
www.HucknallToday.co.uk
www.HunmanbyToday.co.uk
www.HuntingdonToday.co.uk
www.HuttonCranswickToday.co.uk
www.Ilkestontoday.co.uk
www.InverurieToday.co.uk
www.IsleOfButeToday.co.uk
www.IsleOfLewisToday.co.uk
www.IsleofManToday.co.uk
www.KenilworthToday.co.uk
www.KetteringToday.co.uk
www.KildareToday.co.uk
www.kilkennypeople.ie
www.KilkennyToday.co.uk
www.Kilsythtoday.co.uk
www.KincardineshireToday.co.uk
www.KingsLynnToday.co.uk
www.KirkbyMoorsideToday.co.uk
www.KirkintillochToday.co.uk
www.KirkstallToday.co.uk
www.KirriemuirToday.co.uk
www.KnaresboroughToday.co.uk
www.LakelandToday.co.uk
www.LanarkToday.co.uk
www.LancasterToday.co.uk
www.LarneToday.co.uk
www.LeamingtonToday.co.uk
www.LeedsToday.net
www.LeighToday.net
www.LeightonBuzzardOnline.co.uk
www.Leinsterexpress.ie
www.Leinsterleader.ie
www.Leitrimobserver.ie
www.LetterkennyToday.co.uk
www.LevenandBrandesburtsonToday.co.uk
www.LewesToday.co.uk
www.LeylandToday.co.uk
www.Limerickleader.ie
www.LimerickToday.co.uk
www.Lincolntoday.co.uk
www.LinlithgowToday.co.uk
www.LisburnToday.co.uk
www.LittlehamptonToday.co.uk
www.LondonderryToday.co.uk
www.Longfordleader.ie
www.LongfordToday.co.uk
www.Longridgetoday.co.uk
www.Louthtoday.co.uk
www.LurganToday.co.uk
www.LutonToday.co.uk
www.LutterworthToday.co.uk
www.LythamToday.co.uk
www.MaltonToday.co.uk
www.MansfieldToday.co.uk
www.MarketRasenToday.co.uk
www.MarketWeightonToday.co.uk
www.MatlockToday.co.uk
www.MeanwoodToday.co.uk
www.MearnsToday.co.uk
www.MeltonToday.co.uk
www.MidhurstandPetworthToday.co.uk
www.MidlothianToday.co.uk
www.MidSussexToday.co.uk
www.MidulsterToday.co.uk
www.MilngavieToday.co.uk
www.MiltonKeynesToday.co.uk
www.MirfieldToday.co.uk
www.MontroseToday.co.uk
www.MoortownToday.co.uk
www.MorecambeToday.co.uk
www.MoretonhallToday.co.uk
www.MorleyToday.co.uk
www.MorpethToday.co.uk
www.MotherwellToday.co.uk
www.MunsterToday.co.uk
www.NaasToday.co.uk
www.NaffertonToday.co.uk
www.Nationalist.ie
www.NewbridgeToday.co.uk
www.NewhavenToday.co.uk
www.NewmarketToday.co.uk
www.NewtonAbbeyToday.co.uk
www.NidderdaleToday.co.uk
www.NorthallertonToday.co.uk
www.NorthamptonToday.co.uk
www.NorthantsNews.co.uk
www.NorthTyneside.co.uk
www.NorthumberlandToday.co.uk
www.NortonToday.co.uk
www.Offalyexpress.ie
www.OllertonToday.co.uk
www.OtleyToday.co.uk
www.PendleTodayco.uk
www.PeterboroughToday.co.uk
www.PeterleeToday.co.uk
www.PetersfieldToday.co.uk
www.PickeringToday.co.uk
www.PocklingtonToday.co.uk
www.PontefractandCastlefordtoday.co.uk
www.PortadownToday.co.uk
www.PortaloiseToday.co.uk
www.PortsmouthToday.co.uk
www.PrestonToday.net
www.PudseyToday.co.uk
www.QueensferryToday.co.uk
www.RetfordToday.co.uk
www.RipleyToday.co.uk
www.RiponToday.co.uk
www.RobinHoodsBayToday.co.uk
www.RoeValleyToday.co.uk
www.RotherhamToday.co.uk
www.RoundhayToday.co.uk
www.RugbyToday.co.uk
www.RushdenToday.co.uk
www.RutlandToday.co.uk
www.RyeandBattleToday.co.uk
www.ScarboroughToday.co.uk
www.SeafordToday.co.uk
www.SelbyToday.co.uk
www.SelkirkToday.co.uk
www.SheffieldToday.co.uk
www.ShorehamToday.co.uk
www.SkegnessToday.co.uk
www.Sleafordtoday.co.uk
www.SleightsToday.co.uk
www.Southtipptoday.ie
www.SouthTynesideToday.co.uk
www.SpaldingToday.co.uk
www.SpenboroughToday.co.uk
www.StaithesandHinderwellToday.co.uk
www.StamfordToday.co.uk
www.StHelensToday.net
www.StIvesToday.co.uk
www.StNeotsToday.co.uk
www.StornowayToday.co.uk
www.StowmarketToday.co.uk
www.Sudburytoday.co.uk
www.SunderlandToday.co.uk
www.ThameToday.co.uk
www.ThorneToday.co.uk
www.Thornton-le-DaleToday.co.uk
www.Tipperarystar.ie
www.TipperaryToday.co.uk
www.Todmordentoday.co.uk
www.TringToday.co.uk
www.TyroneToday.co.uk
www.UckfieldToday.co.uk
www.WakefieldToday.co.uk
www.WarwickToday.co.uk
www.WellingboroughToday.co.uk
www.WestSussexToday.co.uk
www.WetherbyToday.co.uk
www.WhitbyToday.co.uk
www.WiganToday.net
www.WorksopToday.co.uk
www.WorthingToday.co.uk
www.YeadonToday.co.uk
www.YorkshireToday.co.uk

and any other website operated by a Johnston Press plc company

APPENDIX B: LIST OF NEWSPAPERS AND OPERATING COMPANIES

Johnston Publishing Limited, Oundle Road, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 9QR.

The Scotsman Publications Ltd, Barclay House, 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AS: The Scotsman, Edinburgh Evening News, Scotland on Sunday, Herald & Post series.

Johnston (Falkirk) Ltd, Redbrae Road, Camelon, Falkirk FK1 4ZA: The Falkirk Herald, Falkirk & Grangemouth Advertiser, Cumbernauld News/Cumbernauld & Kilsyth Advertiser, Kilsyth Chronicle, Linlithgowshire Journal & Gazette/Linlithgow Advertiser, Carluke Gazette, Lanark Gazette, Kirkintilloch Herald/The Advertiser, Milngavie & Bearsden Herald, Motherwell Times, Bellshill Speaker, Glasgow East News.

Strachan & Livingston Ltd, 23 Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 1EP: Fife Free Press/Fife Leader North, Fife Leader South, East Fife Mail, Glenrothes Gazette, St Andrews Citizen, Fife Herald.

Tweeddale Press Ltd, 90 Marygate, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland TD15 1BW: Berwick Advertiser, Berwickshire News, Berwick Gazette, Southern Reporter, Selkirk Weekend Advertiser, Hawick News, The Advertiser (Midlothian), Musselburgh News, East Lothian News, The Lothian Times, Peebles Times.

Galloway Gazette Ltd, Victoria Lane, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire DG8 6DA: Galloway Gazette, Carrick Gazette.

Angus County Press Ltd, Craig O’Loch Road, Forfar DD8 1BT: Forfar Dispatch, Kirriemuir Herald, Car Mart, Brechin Advertiser, Deeside Piper & Herald, Donside Piper & Herald, Inverurie Herald, Montrose Review, Kincardineshire Observer, Mearns Leader, The Buteman, Arbroath Herald.

Stornoway Gazette Ltd, 10 Francis Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2XE: Stornoway Gazette, The Hebridean, Back in the Day, Island Life.

Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd, PO Box 168, Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 1RF: Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Evening Post, Yorkshire Sport, Absolute Leeds, Farming in the North, Farming in Yorkshire, Leeds Weekly News, Pudsey Times, Wharfe Valley Times, The Yeller, Metro.

Northeast Press Ltd, Echo House, Pennywell, Sunderland SR4 9ER: Sunderland Echo, Star series, Hartlepool Mail, Shields Gazette, Morpeth Herald, News Post Leader, News Guardian, Northumberland Gazette.

Ackrill Media Group, 1 Cardale Park, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 1RZ: Harrogate Advertiser, Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald, The Herald North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire News, Northallerton, Thirsk & Bedale Times, Knaresborough Post, Ripon Gazette & Boroughbridge Herald, Wetherby, Boston Spa & Tadcaster News.

Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper Group Ltd, Express House, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 1TE: Wakefield Express, Wakefield Extra, Ossett & Horbury Observer, Rothwell & Oulton Extra, Pontefract & Castleford Express, Pontefract & Castleford Extra, Selby Times, Selby Chronicle, Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express, Morley Observer & Advertiser, Dewsbury Reporter, Mirfield Reporter, The Weekly Advertiser, Batley News, Birstall News, Spenborough Guardian, Heckmondwike Herald.

The Halifax Courier Ltd, PO Box 19, King Cross Street, Halifax HX1 2SF: Evening Courier, Calderdale News, Pub Speak, Brighouse Echo, Todmorden News, Hebden Bridge Times.

Yorkshire Regional Newspapers Ltd, 17-23 Aberdeen Walk, Scarborough YO11 1BB: Scarborough Evening News, Bridlington Free Press, Bridlington Gazette & Herald, Whitby Gazette, Malton & Pickering Mercury, Trader, Driffield Times, Driffield Post, Beverley Guardian, Pocklington Post.

Sheffield Newspapers Ltd, York Street, Sheffield S1 1PU: The Star, The Green ‘Un, The Doncaster Star, Sheffield Telegraph, Property Today, Sheffield Weekly Gazette (incorporating Motor Guide), Sheffield Journal, Angling Star, Profile, Profile Hillsborough, Yorkshire Jobs Today.

South Yorkshire Newspapers Ltd, Sunny Bar, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN1 1NB: Doncaster Free Press, The Entertainer (incorporating Courier Shopper), Doncaster Advertiser, Rossington Community Newsletter, Armthorpe Community Newsletter, Askern Community Newsletter, Tickhill Community Newsletter, Bentley Community Newsletter, Sprotborough Community Newsletter, Rawmarsh Community Newsletter, Conisbrough Community Newsletter, Thorne Gazette, Northern Farming Gazette, Goole & Thorne Courier, South Yorkshire Times/Mexborough & District Leader, Epworth Bells, Gainsborough Standard, Gainsborough News.

North Notts Newspapers Ltd, 121 Newgate Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 2PA: Mansfield Chad, Ashfield Chad, Alfreton Chad, Mansfield & Ashfield Observer, Worksop Guardian, Worksop Trader, Dinnington Guardian, Dinnington Trader, Retford Trader and Guardian, Dispatch.

Wilfred Edmunds Ltd, Station Road, Chesterfield S41 7XD: Derbyshire Times, Chesterfield Express, Buxton Advertiser/Times, High Peak Courier, Alfreton Echo, Ripley & Heanor News, Alfreton Echo, Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser, Eastwood & Hucknall Shopper, Matlock Mercury, Peak Times, Belper News, Ilkeston Advertiser, Ilkeston Shopper, Eckington Leader, Derbyshire Times, Matlock Mercury, Peak Times.

Lancashire Evening Post Ltd, Oliver’s Place, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9ZA: Lancashire Evening Post, Lancashire Jobs Today, Wigan Evening Post, Preston & Leyland Reporter, Chorley Guardian, Leyland Guardian, The Courier (Garstang), The News (Longridge).
Lancashire Publications Ltd: Martland Mill Lane, Wigan, Greater Manchester WN5 0LX: Wigan Observer, Wigan Reporter, Ashton News, Standish News, Prescot News, St Helens, Prescot & Knowsley Reporter, Leigh Reporter.L

ancaster & Morecambe Newspapers Ltd, Victoria Street, Morecambe, Lancashire LA4 4AG: The Visitor (Morecambe), Lakeland Echo, Lancaster & Morecambe Reporter, Lancaster Guardian, Morecambe Guardian, Garstang Guardian, Carnforth Guardian, Bentham Guardian.

Blackpool Gazette & Herald Ltd, Avroe Crescent, Blackpool Business Park, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 2DP: The Gazette, Blackpool Reporter Series, Style in The Fylde, Lytham St Annes Express, Fleetwood Weekly News.

East Lancashire Newspapers Ltd, Bull Street, Burnley, Lancashire BB11 1DP: Burnley Express, Padiham Express, Pendle Express, Burnley and Pendle Reporter, Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Clitheroe and Whalley Reporter, Nelson Leader, Barnoldswick & Earby Times, Colne Times, Pendle and Burnley Reporter.

Isle of Man Courier Holdings Ltd, Peel Road, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 5PZ: Isle of Man Examiner, Manx Independent, Isle of Man Courier.

Northamptonshire Newspapers Ltd, Upper Mounts, Northampton NN1 3HR: Chronicle & Echo, The Mercury, Image Magazine, Northants on Sunday, Jobs Today, Evening Telegraph, Citizen Series, Harborough Mail. Rugby Review/Rugby Advertiser, Rugby Choice, Daventry Express/Daventry Review. Leamington Spa Courier, Leamington Review, Warwickshire Choice, Banbury Guardian/Banbury Citizen, Oxfordshire Choice, Jobs Today Oxfordshire,

East Midlands Newspapers Ltd, 57 Priestgate, Peterborough PE1 1JW: Evening Telegraph/Peterborough Citizen, Fenland Citizen, Lynn News/Norfolk Citizen, Stamford Mercury & Citizen, Spalding Guardian & Lincs Free Press, The Rutland Times, The Local.

Lincolnshire Newspapers, 5 & 6 Church Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire PE21 6ND: Boston Standard, Sleaford Standard, Louth Leader, Lincoln Chronicle, Horncastle News, Market Rasen Mail, Skegness Standard, Grantham Journal & Citizen, Melton Times & Citizen.

Anglia Newspapers Ltd, Kings Road, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk IP33 3ET: Bury Free Press/Bury Citizen, Suffolk Free Press, Diss Express, Newmarket Journal, Haverhill Echo.

Premier Newspapers Ltd, Napier House, Auckland Park, Mount Farm, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK1 1BU: Milton Keynes Citizen, Leighton Buzzard Citizen, Tuesday Citizen, Business Citizen, MK Review, Style, Jobs Today, Exclusive Homes, Leighton Buzzard Observer, Bedfordshire Times & Citizen, Jobs Today, Herald & Post, Luton News, Dunstable Gazette, Biggleswade Chronicle, St Neots/Huntingdon Town Crier/St Ives Town Crier, Bucks Herald/Bucks Advertiser, Exclusive Homes, Jobs Today, Style, Jobs Today, Thame Gazette, Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser, Brackley & Towcester Advertiser, Bicester Review, Exclusive Homes, Jobs Today, Hemel Gazette/HeraldExpress, TV Guide, Exclusive Homes, Jobs Today,

Portsmouth Publishing & Printing Ltd, The News centre, Hilsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO2 9SX: The News, Hayling Islander, Petersfield Post.
 

Sussex Newspapers Ltd, 14-16 Market Square, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1HD: West Sussex County Times, Horsham & District Advertiser, Mid Sussex Times, Mid Sussex Citizen, Crawley Observer, Weekend Herald, Sussex Express series, Worthing Herald, Shoreham Herald, Lancing Herald, Worthing Advertiser series, Worthing Advertiser/Littlehampton Advertiser/Shoreham Advertiser, Worthing Guardian Series, Southwick Courier, Storrington Chronicle, Observer Newspapers Chichester Observer, West Sussex Gazette, Bognor & Chichester Journal & Guardian, Property Today, Ems Valley Gazette, etc Magazine, Bognor Observer, Midhurst Observer, Littlehampton Gazette.
 

T.R Beckett Ltd, 1 Commercial Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 3XQ: Eastbourne Herald, Gazette Series (Eastbourne Gazette/Hailsham Gazette/Seaford Gazette), Eastbourne Advertiser, Hastings & St Leonards Observer, Hastings & Bexhill AdNews, Rye & Battle Observer, Bexhill Observer.
 

Days Out UK, PO Box 427, Northampton NN1 3YN.
 

Morton Newspapers, 2 Esky Drive, Carn Industrial Estate, Portadown, County Armagh BT63 5YY: Antrim Times, Ballymena Times, Ballymoney & Moyle Times, Carrick & East Antrim Times, East Antrim Advertiser, Larne Times, Lisburn Echo, Newtonabbey Times, Ulster Star, Lurgan Mail, Portadown Times, Coleraine Times, Londonderry Sentinel, North West Echo, Roe Valley Sentinel, Banbridge Leader, Craigavon Echo, Dromore Leader, Farmweek, Mid Ulster Echo, Mid Ulster Mail, Mid-Ulster Mail (South Derry Edition), Tyrone Times, Belfast News, Ulster News Letter.
 

Derry Journal Ltd, 22 Buncrana Road, Derry BT48 8AA: Derry Journal Tuesday, Derry Journal Friday, Sunday Journal, Derry on Monday, Foyle News, City News, Donegal Democrat, Donegal Peoples Press, Donegal on Sunday, Letterkenny People.
 

Johnston Newspapers (Republic of Ireland):
 

Midlands/South Leinster Region, 18-19 South Main Street, Naas, County Kildare: Leinster Leader, Leinster Express, Offaly Express, South Tipp Today, Kilkenny People.
 

Northern Region, Leader House, Dublin Road, Longford: Longford Leader, Dundalk Democrat, Leitrim Observer.
 

Munster Region, 54 O’Connell Street, Limerick: Limerick Leader, The Nationalist & Munster Advertiser, Tipperary Star.