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In the UK, three previously broadsheet daily newspapers — The Independent, The Times, and The Scotsman — have switched to tabloid size in recent years, and two — Daily Express and Daily Mail — in former years, although all of the above call the format " compact " to avoid the down-market connotation of the word tabloid.

Similarly, when referring to the down-market tabloid newspapers the alternative term " red-top " ( referring to their traditionally red-coloured mastheads ) is increasingly used, to distinguish them from the up-and middle-market compact newspapers.

The Morning Star also comes in tabloid format ; however, it avoids celebrity stories, instead favouring socialist issues and those relating to labour unions.