Newspaper sales continue to fall but some hope for some Sunday's in September

There were one or two interesting quirks in yesterday's ABC's.

Interestingly both the Observer and the Sunday Times saw their circulation's rise in Septemeber.Cynics may well put the former's rise down to talk of closure though GMG scotched speculation that the paper may close by confirming it will continue publishing and is to be revamped.

The News of the World also bucked the trend with its circulation up 0.26% month on month in September, to 3,129,162.

Sunday sales though continue to fall year on year and the Independent's saw a 2.72% drop in sales last month compared with August and a 14.29% decline year on year.

The Mail on Sunday also took a battering having posted the largest year-on-year fall of any title in the sector with a 10.11% drop in circulation to 2,012,741 copies.