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The Daily Mail is a large, well-known newspaper. It started in 1896. It is published every weekday and Saturday from a factory in London, England. It is not printed on Sundays. Its sister paper, the Mail on Sunday, is printed instead.

It is the second-most sold newspaper in the United Kingdom. It sells more than a million copies a day. Its political opinion is right-wing, and it supports the Conservative Party in elections. The newspaper is available in many countries outside the United Kingdom, such as Egypt and the US. There is a different Scottish edition of the newspaper, which is sold in Scotland only and differs mainly in the Sport pages. There is also an Irish version of the newspaper, but the main international version is the English one.

It is the principal publication of the Daily Mail and General Trust, but the company also prints the Evening Standard, London Lite and Metro newspapers in the UK.

The Daily Mail was first published by Lord Northclife in 1896. It started as a broadsheet. It is now a tabloid.

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  • Daily Mail Zeppelin Fund WWI

    Advertisement by the Daily Mail for insurance against Zeppelin attacks during the First World War

  • The Makings of a Modern Newspaper- the Production of 'The Daily Mail' in Wartime, London, UK, 1944 D20463

    Bundles of newspapers loaded into the back of a Daily Mail van in the early hours for delivery to newsagents

  • The Makings of a Modern Newspaper- the Production of 'The Daily Mail' in Wartime, London, UK, 1944 D20471

    Sub-editor's room at the offices of the Daily Mail newspaper in 1944

  • Scottish Daily Mail masthead

    The Scottish Daily Mail header

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