Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: William Saunders da Edward Spender, mahaifin Sir Wilfrid Spender, ne suka kafa "Western Morning News" a ranar 3 ga Janairu, 1860. An buga shi ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba tun daga farkon fitowar, har ma a duk faɗin Turai.
1926 Janar Strike da kuma Plymouth Blitz. A shekara ta 1920, kasuwar jaridu ta Devon ta fara samun matsala, tare da dukkan takardun da ke cikin matsalolin kudi. A wannan shekarar, Sir Leicester Harmsworth ya sayi "Western Morning News"; daga 1 ga Fabrairu 1921, an kuma karɓi "Western Daily Mercury" da "Western Evening Herald", tare da takardun ci gaba da bugawa daga tsoffin ofisoshin "Mercury" a titin Frankfort. Ba da daɗewa ba kafin Yaƙin Duniya na II, an gina sabbin ofisoshin a wuri guda bayan rushewar wuraren da suka gabata; ginin zamani ya ba da damar ofisoshin su tsira daga Blitz kuma buga littattafai ya ci gaba a can har zuwa ƙaura zuwa Derriford.