The usual top three performing UK news websites suffered declines last month, according to the latest ABC analysis.

Only four daily titles managed to record any growth in the latest ABC results showing circulation figures for the national newspapers as the London Free Press sees good yearly growth.

March brought a slight increase to the UK’s online digital population, marking the first time the amount of internet users has grown in 2014, after seeing a small month on month rise of 1.5%.

The online presence of the UK’s free press saw the largest declines in March, according to the latest ABC report into the performance of digital newsbrands.

Following an increase in its print run earlier this year, the London Evening Standard is the only title to record any yearly growth in circulation, according to March’s ABC figures.

The UK’s online population has seen a steady, if minute, decline over the last few months, according to data released by online measurement company Nielsen.

Guardian.co.uk was the only online news platform to record any significant growth in February, while the MailOnline lost over half a million daily browsers.

The latest ABC regional newspaper results reveal an relatively stable picture for most of the top performing groups and titles, but a -35.7% decrease for Newsquest Midlands South lost the group an average of 103,500 copies.

The Guardian and the ‘i‘ record small year-on-year increases in the latest ABC figures, as the Sun’s monthly figures slide -7.4%.

Readership figures for print and online show how the Daily Mail continues to dominate, as the Daily Express and the Guardian see strong growth; but bad news for the Financial Times which was down almost 30% on the previous period.