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The '''''Daily Courant''''' was the first regular daily [[newspaper]] to be published in the [[United Kingdom]].
The '''''Daily Courant''''' was the first regular daily [[newspaper]] to be published in the [[United Kingdom]].


It was first published on 11 March 1702 by Edward Mallet from rooms above the White Hart pub in [[Fleet Street]] <ref> {{cite news | title=Fleet Street | author=SilkTork | date=January 19, 2006 | publisher=RateBeer.com | url=http://www.ratebeer.com/Story.asp?StoryID=577 }}[http://www.ratebeer.com/Story.asp?StoryID=577]</ref> "against the Ditch at Fleet Bridge" <ref>[http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1785311]</ref>, and lasted until 1735<ref>{{cite news | title=NEWSPAPERS | author=Mercurius Politicus | publisher=Bexley Council | url=http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/lib-newspapers.html }} [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/lib-newspapers.html]</ref>.
It was first published on 11 March 1702 by Edward Mallet from rooms above the White Hart pub in [[Fleet Street]] <ref> {{cite news | title=Fleet Street | author=SilkTork | date=January 19, 2006 | publisher=RateBeer.com | url=http://www.ratebeer.com/Story.asp?StoryID=577 }}[http://www.ratebeer.com/Story.asp?StoryID=577]</ref>, which he described as being: "against the Ditch at Fleet Bridge". <ref>[http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1785311]</ref> The paper lasted until 1735.<ref>{{cite news | title=NEWSPAPERS | author=Mercurius Politicus | publisher=Bexley Council | url=http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/lib-newspapers.html }} [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/lib-newspapers.html]</ref>





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The Daily Courant was the first regular daily newspaper to be published in the United Kingdom.

It was first published on 11 March 1702 by Edward Mallet from rooms above the White Hart pub in Fleet Street [1], which he described as being: "against the Ditch at Fleet Bridge". [2] The paper lasted until 1735.[3]


References

  1. ^ SilkTork (January 19, 2006). "Fleet Street". RateBeer.com.[1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ Mercurius Politicus. "NEWSPAPERS". Bexley Council. [3]