Offer Document Posted

Trinity Mirror PLC
1 November 2000


Not  for  release, publication or distribution in or into  the
United States, Canada, Japan or Australia

                              
                      Trinity Mirror plc
                               
           Recommended Cash Offer for Southnews plc

An  offer  document setting out the details of the recommended
cash  offer being made by Greenhill & Co. on behalf of Trinity
Mirror Regionals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trinity Mirror,
to  acquire  the  whole of the issued and to be  issued  share
capital  of  Southnews  not already  held  by  Trinity  Mirror
Regionals (the 'Offer Document'), is being posted to Southnews
Shareholders today.  The first closing date of the Offer is 22
November 2000.

Definitions  used  in  the Offer Document  shall,  unless  the
context    otherwise   requires,   apply    throughout    this
announcement.

Enquiries:

Trinity Mirror     020 7293 3000                         
Philip Graf                                        
Margaret Ewing
                                                   
Greenhill & Co.    020 7440 0400                         
Simon Borrows
Brian Cassin
                                                   
Finsbury     020 7251 3801                         
Rupert Younger
James Leviton

The  Directors of Trinity Mirror and the Directors of  Trinity
Mirror  Regionals  accept responsibility for  the  information
contained  in this announcement.  To the best of the knowledge
and  belief  of  the  Directors  of  Trinity  Mirror  and  the
Directors  of  Trinity Mirror Regionals (who  have  taken  all
reasonable  care  to  ensure  that  such  is  the  case),  the
information  contained in this announcement is  in  accordance
with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the
import of such information.

Greenhill  & Co., which is regulated in the United Kingdom  by
The  Securities and Futures Authority Limited, is  acting  for
Trinity  Mirror and Trinity Mirror Regionals and  for  no  one
else  in relation to the Offer and will not be responsible  to
anyone  other than Trinity Mirror and Trinity Mirror Regionals
for  providing  the  protections  afforded  to  customers   of
Greenhill & Co., nor for providing advice in relation  to  the
Offer.

The  Offer (including the Loan Note Alternative) is not  being
made,  directly  or indirectly, in or into the United  States,
Canada,  Japan  or  Australia.  Accordingly,  copies  of  this
announcement  are  not  being, and  must  not  be,  mailed  or
otherwise distributed or sent into or from the United  States,
Canada, Japan or Australia.

The  Loan  Notes will not be listed on any stock exchange  and
have  not  been,  and  will  not  be,  registered  under   the
Securities  Act or under any relevant securities laws  of  any
state  of  the United States and the relevant clearances  have
not  been,  and  will  not be, obtained  from  the  regulatory
authority  of  any  province  or  territory  of  Canada.    In
addition,  no  prospectus in relation to the  Loan  Notes  has
been,  or will be, lodged with or registered by the Australian
Securities and Investments Commission and no steps have  been,
nor  will be, taken to enable the Loan Notes to be offered  in
compliance with the applicable securities laws of Japan or any
other country or jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom.  The
Loan  Notes  will not be offered, sold, resold,  delivered  or
distributed,  directly or indirectly, in or  into  the  United
States,  Canada, Japan or Australia or any other  jurisdiction
if  to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws
in such jurisdiction.