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The wait is nearly over. We’re pleased to confirm that the British Newspaper Archive will officially move to its new site on Tuesday 28 July 2026.This marks a major milestone in the evolution of the archive, designed to make discovering, saving, and developing your newspaper research easier, faster, and more flexible than ever before.What happens on 28 July? On 28 July, the current British Newspaper Archive site will transition to the new experience. From that day: Visiting the British Newspaper Archive will…

If you’re returning to the British Newspaper Archive after the site update in July and can’t find your old bookmarks or saved searches, don’t worry! Nothing has been lost. Here’s where everything went, and why.Everything migrated to WorkspacesWhen the new site is launched, all legacy bookmarks and saved searches will be preserved and moved into Workspaces, the new home for everything related to your research. To find them, sign in and open Workspaces from the main navigation. Finding…

In this special blog, we look how features on the new British Newspaper Archive can turn newspaper clippings into structured, shareable research.Collections & Workspaces Searching the British Newspaper Archive is often the starting point of discovery, a name, a place, a moment in time. But the real value emerges after the search, when individual clippings are brought together, shaped, and interpreted. That’s where themed collections and workspaces come in. Used well, they transform isolated articles into structured research, coherent narratives,…

An exciting feature of the new British Newspaper Archive will be the advanced search capabilities that are coming to the site.Searching historic newspapers has always been a balancing actSearching historic newspapers has always been a bit of a tightrope walk. Search too narrowly and you miss the articles you need. Cast the net too wide and you’re wading through pages of irrelevant results. Throw in inconsistent spelling, occasionally damaged print, and the inevitable quirks of Optical Character Recognition…

July is getting closer, and so is the launch of the new British Newspaper Archive. Here’s everything you need to know about how the migration is going, what happens next, and what (if anything) you need to do. The migration is on track Behind the scenes, our teams have been working carefully to make sure everything is ready for day one.  Everything is progressing well, and we’re on track for the migration to take place in July. We’ll confirm the…

Exciting news, we’re delighted to announce that we’re rebuilding the British Newspaper Archive on a modern, future-ready foundation, one that will grow with you and open the door to powerful new capabilities. All the popular features and capabilities will still be here, with a range of thoughtful improvements and enhancements designed to make your experience even better. We’re planning to move across to the new site in Summer 2026. As we get closer, we’ll share exact dates. You won’t need to…

Since August 2021, the Archive has been working in partnership with the British Library to build a collection of free to view newspaper pages. This collection enables enhanced access to the diverse newspaper holdings of the British Library, with the titles, which have carefully curated by the British Library, spanning four centuries of news and covering not just Britain and Ireland, but the Caribbean, India, and beyond.You can search our free to view pages by creating a free account with…

Merseyside-born, Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Dod, is the youngest ever winner of the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championship, achieving her triumph in 1887 at the tender age of 15 years and 285 days.She won the singles title a remarkable five times in total, between the years 1887 and 1893.An article in the Sheffield Independent chronicles Lottie’s first ever Wimbledon victory in 1887.About the ladies’ singles there is little to be said – only five entered as against eight last year. Miss Lottie Dod simply “cantered” through the…

As part of our ongoing partnership with the British Library, we are delighted to announce that one million more pages on the British Newspaper Archive have now been made free to view on our site, meaning that we now have two million pages in total that can be accessed freely as part of our collection.And we’re not stopping here. We’re planning to release a total of five million free to view pages on The Archive over five years, meaning…

Following the extension of our successful partnership with the British Library, we are delighted to announce that millions of pages will be made free to view on the British Newspaper Archive, with one million of these free to view pages made available today.Register now to explore FREE pagesWorking together over the past decade to provide the largest online collection of British newspapers, the British Newspaper Archive now hosts over 48 million pages in total, with a remit that extends…