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With a digital subscription you will experience up to 80% less advertising, this means faster loading pages and ultimately a much better user experience.
We provide unrivalled local, trusted news coverage and only subscribers can enjoy our content in an unrestricted advert-light environment.
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Ad-light subscriptions
Many of our readers understand that our journalism is increasingly funded by the display advertising that appears on our website. But, we also understand that some find this advertising intrusive. So we are now offering readers the chance to enjoy our content in an ad-light environment.
Pages load faster
Advertising systems can cause delayed loading of webpages.
With Ad-light, pages load up to 80% faster
Advertising-light reading
Large or intrustive ad formats can obscure the content you are most interested in.
With Ad-light, you won’t see any intrusive ad formats and will only see advertising for local businesses
Reduced bandwidth
We understand the concerns of our readers - advertising consumes bandwidth.
Up to 80% less bandwidth with Ad-light
Support our journalism
Advertising, in print and online, is our major source of revenue.
An Ad-light subscription is a great way to enjoy our content and support this important service.