History of British newspapers to those being employed by News International. Even though the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005, the term "Fleet Street" continues to be used as a metonym for the British national press. "The Independent" was first published on 7 October 1986. The paper was created at a time of fundamental change and attracted staff from the two Murdoch broadsheets who had chosen not to move to the new headquarters in Wapping. Launched with the advertising slogan "It is. Are you?", and challenging "The Guardian" for centre-left readers, and "The Times" as a newspaper of record, it reached
Morning Star (British newspaper) Morning Star (British newspaper) The Morning Star is a left-wing British daily tabloid newspaper with a focus on social, political and trade union issues. The paper was founded in 1930 as the Daily Worker by the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). Since 1945, it has been owned by the People's Press Printing Society. It was renamed the "Morning Star" in 1966. The paper's editorial stance is in line with "Britain's Road to Socialism", the programme of the Communist Party of Britain. Articles and comment columns are now contributed by writers from socialist, communist, social democratic, Green and religious perspectives.