The Star was a London evening newspaper founded in 1888. It ceased publication in 1960 when it was merged with the Evening News, as part of the same takeover that saw the News Chronicle absorbed into the Daily Mail. For some years afterward, the merged paper was called The Evening News and Star.
Editors 1888: T. P. O'Connor 1890: Henry W. Massingham 1891: Ernest Parke 1908: James Douglas 1920: Wilson Pope 1930: Edward Chattaway 1936: Robin Cruickshank 1941: Arthur Leslie Cranfield 1957: Ralph McCarthy
Jack the Ripper The Star achieved early prominence and high circulation by sensationalising the Whitechapel murders of 1888–1891. Some suspect that one of its journalists wrote the Dear Boss letter that gave Jack the Ripper his name to boost circulation numbers.TV review: Nasa: Triumph and Tragedy | Jack the Ripper: Tabloid Killer RevealedAndrew Cook, Jack the Ripper: Case Closed,
The 2025 British documentary series Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood explores the team of reporters from the newspaper who helped fuel this legend.
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