News on Sunday was a left-wing tabloid that launched to great fanfare in 1987 and went bankrupt just eight weeks later. It was one of the boldest business ventures ever attempted by the far left and it was a disaster. A group who met through a tiny left-wing faction called Big Flame were convinced it was possible to market a left-wing mass-circulation newspaper. They were led by ex-Ford worker Alan Hayling (now head of BBC Documentaries) under the editorial leadership of John Pilger, who walked out before the paper had even launched.
Alan Hayling
John Pilger
Keith Sutton
Joe Farrag
John Bohanna
Mike Power
Polly Patullo
Kolton Lee
Chris Horrie
Eugenie Verney
Christine Jackson
Val McDermid
Brian Whitaker
John Hegarty
Jane Shepherd
Barbara Altounyan
John Hoyland
Martin Huckerby
Gerry Taylor
William Flatau
Karen Needham
Henry Stewart
Danny Webb
Owen Oyston