Newspapers hit presses despite terror

14 July 2005

Londons horrific terrorist attacks failed to thwart newspaper production in the capital last week, as many titles increased print runs by as much as 40%.

The Evening Standard, printed flexo at Harmsworth Quays, added 100,000 to its normal run of around 425,000, with presses rolling on the first edition to cover the blasts at around 10.15am.

The Guardian, which prints at West Ferry in the capital, upped its run by 40% to more than 500,000 and printed a higher proportion of the run at its Manchester print site, Trafford Park Printers, than usual.

Joe Clark, Guardian Newspapers print and circulation director, said: "At one stage on Thursday morning the Isle of Dogs was shut so we put plans in place so that if we couldn't print at West Ferry we could still get the paper out."

The Financial Times added a "modest" number of copies to its UK print run of around 140,000, according to a spokeswoman, and also distributed its afternoon freesheet FTpm an hour early at 3pm.

Story by Josh Brooks