United News & Media is to sell 47 local newspaper titles owned by United Provincial Newspapers in south east England and south Wales. This will see it withdraw completely from local papers in southern England. Interested parties are thought to include Northcliffe, Newsquest and Trinity Newspapers.
- Financial Times 28/08/96 page 20
- The Times 28/08/96 page 22
- The Guardian 28/08/96 page 17
- The Independent 28/08/96 page 17
- The Daily Telegraph 28/08/96 page 25
