The Daily Star was the only UK popular daily national newspaper to record a year-on-year circulation rise in September.

Richard Desmond's red-top, which has enjoyed almost a year of circulation gains thanks to a price cut to 20p last November, saw sales rise by 18% year on year last month to 863,559 copies.

However, there are signs that the Daily Star's price-cutting circulation boost is running out of steam, with month-on-month circulation down by 2.62% compared with August, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures published today.

The Sun, which in August was the only title in the sector to record a month-on-month circulation rise, saw its sales slip in September.

News International's daily tabloid saw sales drop by 1.57% month on month to 3,079,451. Sales fell by 2.39% year on year.

The Trinity Mirror-owned Daily Mirror was down 1.4% on August's figure, selling 1,306,394 copies a day last month, and was also down 9.32% year on year. The paper raised its cover price by 5p to 45p in January.

In the mid market, both Associated's Daily Mail and the Daily Star's Northern & Shell stablemate the Daily Express saw month-on-month and year-on-year declines in September.

More ...