Alan Formby-Jackson

The Daily Mirror sold an average of 1,662,930 copies last month - up 0.17% on July but still has a year-on-year decline of 6.04%.

The Sun, was up 0.51% to an average of 3,223,841 copies in August, a fall of 4.09% year on year.

The Daily Star’s year-on-year sale fell 7.26% to 828,728, a monthly rise of 3.96%.

The Daily Mail was down 0.35% month on month and 1.55% year on year with a circulation in August of 2,381,461.

The Daily Express suffered another year-on-year decline - down 5.37% year on year to 829,504.

The Guardian, with an average daily circulation of 362,844, enjoyed the best year-on-year figures, up 6.19%, but was down 2.10% on the month.

The Independent saw a month-on-month rise of 1.63% to 254,854. This was down 0.41% year on year, while the Times also enjoyed a slight month-on-month rise of 1.13% to 675,030, down just 0.76% compared with August 2005.

The Daily Telegraph fell below 900,000 for only the third time, up 0.10% on the month but down 0.70% on last year. 

The Observer (Sunday only) sold an average of 439,892 in August - up 3.32% on August 2005 but 3.91% down on July.

The Independent on Sunday’s year-on-year sale rose 7.91% to 218,240. Its month-on-month rise was just 0.96%.

The Sunday Times, which has raised its cover price to £2, had a rise of 3.51% to a circulation of 1,354,489. It was down by just 0.25% on August 2005.

The Sunday Telegraph sold 653,664 copies, down 0.36% on July and down 2.40% on August 2005.

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