Holding in Company

Trinity Mirror PLC
25 January 2001


                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Trinity Mirror plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

The Capital Group Companies, Inc

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
n/a


4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

The Capital Group Companies, Inc ('CG') holding 23,565,007 being 8.12% and
made up as follows:-

Capital Guardian Trust Company      3,462,214 shares being 1.19%

Capital International Limited       19,794,493 shares being 6.82%

Capital International SA            288,100 shares being 0.10%

Capital International, Inc          20,200 shares being 0.01%


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

2,373,500

6) Percentage of issued class

0.82%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

n/a

8) Percentage of issued class

n/a

9) Class of security

Ordinary 10p shares

10) Date of transaction

24 January 2001

11) Date company informed

24 January 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

23,565,007


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

8.12%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Kate Diggory 01244 687214

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Kate Diggory, Deputy Group Company Secretary


Date of notification .25th January.2001.....