Directorate Change

Trinity Mirror PLC
26 June 2002

                              TRINITY MIRROR PLC

                    APPOINTMENT OF NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR

Trinity Mirror Plc announces the appointment of Richard (Ric) Piper as Group
Finance Director. He succeeds Margaret Ewing who leaves the group at the end of
June to join BAA.

Mr. Piper is currently Group Finance Director at W S Atkins Plc, a position he
has held since 1993. A Chartered Accountant, his previous companies have
included ICI, Citicorp and Logica. He is a non-executive director of Synstar plc
and a member of the Urgent Issue Task Force of the Accounting Standards Board.
He is married with two children.

Mr. Piper will join Trinity Mirror in mid September.

For further information contact:

Trinity Mirror Plc

Nick Fullagar                                                   020 7293 3622
Director of Corporate Communications

Finsbury

James Levition                                                  020 7251 3801


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