For a long time it maintained the largest daily sale of any evening newspaper in London.

After financial struggles and falling sales, it was eventually merged with its long-time rival the Evening Standard in 1980.

The rivalry between halfpenny papers in the late 19th century was fierce, and almost ended the Evening News.

Under editor Kennedy Jones, the Evening News was one of the papers that transformed the English press with their so-called 'new journalism'.

The estimate for the average circulation of July 1914 is approximately 600,000, which would have made it the biggest evening paper in London.

Ninety-four short stories by crime fiction writer Will Scott were published in the paper between 1952 and 1964.

[2] In 1954, it was the first paper in the world to publish the Moomin comic strip by Finnish artist Tove Jansson.

The revived newspaper was edited by Lori Miles, one of the first female editors in Fleet Street.

[4] Following the collapse of the London Daily News in July, the Evening News continued for a further three months as a separate brand from the Evening Standard,[1] catering for a more "female and South London"[4] readership before being re-absorbed into its sister publication and former rival on 30 October 1987.