Nottingham Evening Post is Britain's first newspaper to start direct input by journalists.

First Stamp Act; advertisement, paper and stamp duties condemned as taxes on knowledge. Stamford Mercury believed to have been launched.

Newspaper Proprietors Association founded for national dailies.

The Times and The Sunday Times ceased publication for 11 months.

Leeds Mercury started (later merged into Yorkshire Post).

National Union of Journalists founded as a wage-earners union.

Association of Free Newspaper founded (folded 1991). Regional Newspaper Advertising Bureau formed.

Belfast News Letter founded (world's oldest surviving daily newspaper).

Rothermere launched Sunday Pictorial (later Sunday Mirror).