Verdict
examinerlive.co.uk appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Local Yorkshire news site (YorkshireLive) with regional news, sports, events and a cookie/consent banner offering an ad-free paid subscription. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 8.1 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 20185000 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by Amazon RSA 2048 M01 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: 3 to 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2018.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
This website is examinerlive.co.uk, presenting the YorkshireLive brand as a local Yorkshire news and media service covering regional news, sport, events, crime, traffic and travel, funded by advertising with an optional paid subscription for an ad-free experience.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent local-news publishing model rather than a deceptive financial, investment, or credential-harvesting proposition; analysis found no suspected brand impersonation, phishing indicators, malicious reputation findings, or sensitive login form. The domain also demonstrates sustained historical continuity and an established public presence, supporting the assessment that it is an apparently legitimate, established website. The real-world operator identity remains independently unverified, so the on-site association with Reach plc should not be treated as independently proven.
- The homepage is titled “YorkshireLive - Yorkshire News, Sport, Events & more” and identifies news, sport, events, crime, and traffic and travel as its principal topics.
- Domain registration: 2018-07-20T11:34:06Z; age 8.06 years; expiry 2027-07-20T11:34:06Z.
- Web archives record 5,000 snapshots spanning 2018-09-21 through 2023-03-08, covering 6 years with a maximum gap of 1 year.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious results, 0 suspicious results, no Google Safe Browsing malicious finding, and no external blacklist hit.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site operates as a news publisher rather than presenting a regulated financial service. Its homepage describes free access supported by advertising and a Privacy Plus subscription priced at £2.99 per month, with consent controls explaining personalised advertising and data processing. The available material does not provide a verified regulatory licence or registration number; this is a limited disclosure point for independent confirmation, not evidence of a scam. The site associates the service with Reach plc, while the available evidence does not independently verify the real-world operator identity. Registration through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., a valid transport certificate, recognised Amazon hosting, and clean external reputation provide affirmative support for an established online service. No matching third-party broker warning was identified.
- The homepage consent panel states that Privacy Plus costs £2.99 per month and removes advertising while limiting data-sharing for advertising purposes.
- The domain registrar is CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- Hosting is on AS16509, operated by AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US.
- The site's TLS certificate is issued by Amazon RSA 2048 M01, uses DV validation, and is valid until 2027-01-03T23:59:59+00:00.
What to Verify Next
Before a subscription or account-related transaction, an organisation should independently confirm the publisher’s corporate relationship through an authoritative corporate source, review the applicable subscription terms for billing, cancellation and renewal provisions, and confirm that payment processing provides standard consumer protection. Official support and contact channels should also be confirmed through an independently obtained source rather than relying solely on information presented during a payment flow.
- The homepage provides a direct Terms and Conditions pathway associated with the Privacy Plus subscription.
- The homepage provides consent controls, including the ability to change preferences, withdraw consent, or object to processing.
- The page analysis found no sensitive form and no untrusted form destination, making independent confirmation of any later payment flow a separate control point.
Summary Verdict
Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website and supports a high-trust, low-risk posture. No scam, phishing, impersonation, or identity-conflict indicators were identified, although the operator’s real-world identity is not independently verified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The website is protected by AWS CDN/WAF infrastructure, with all observed addresses associated with CDN edge servers and no origin candidate observed in the analysis. This provides a meaningful mitigation against direct exposure of the underlying service, but it is an infrastructure control rather than proof of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Normal browsing is proportionate; before credential or payment interactions, ordinary independent checks of merchant identity, subscription terms, and payment protection should be completed.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-11 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of examinerlive.co.uk.
- The request stayed on examinerlive.co.uk. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by org., across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-07-20. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2018-09-21. Clear
- It is hosted on AMAZON-02, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | CSC Corporate Domains, Inc |
|---|---|
| Hosting | AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 34.250.150.35 |
| Name servers | ns-1108.awsdns-10.org., ns-1839.awsdns-37.co.uk., ns-359.awsdns-44.com., ns-925.awsdns-51.net. |
| SSL issuer | Amazon RSA 2048 M01 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-01-03 |
| Domain age | 8.06 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-07-20 |
| Archive first seen | 2018-09-21 |
| Archive snapshots | 5000 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about examinerlive.co.uk at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.