Bridlington Free Press

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Bridlington Free Press
Type Weekly newspaper
FormatTabloid [1]
Owner(s) National World
EditorEd Asquith
Circulation 1,281(as of 2023) [2]
Sister newspapersScarborough News [3]
ISSN 0963-455X
Website bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk

The Bridlington Free Press is a newspaper that was launched in 1859, [4] is now owned by National World and is distributed in the Bridlington area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

A new edition of the paper is released every Thursday.

The editor is Steve Bambridge [5] who is also editor of The Scarborough News , [6] The Pocklington Post, The Filey Mercury and The Whitby Gazette . [7]

The paper also employs a number of freelance editorial and photographic staff members.

A new independent paper, the Bridlington Echo was launched in July 2016 in competition against the Bridlington Free Press. [8]

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