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The Sun’s Page 3 ‘returns’ as paper takes swipe at rivals.
A topless woman appears on Page 3 of British tabloid The Sun newspaper for the first time in almost a week, bringing to an end speculation that the paper had dropped the long-running feature.
The newspaper featured a winking “Nicole, 22, from Bournemouth” on Page 3 in Thursday’s edition – the first such image published since last Friday.
“Further to recent reports in all other media outlets, we would like to clarify that this is Page 3 and this is a picture of Nicole, 22, from Bournemouth,” the paper states beneath a headline “Clarifications and Corrections”.
“We would like to apologise on behalf of the print and broadcast journalists who have spent the last two days talking and writing about us.”
It was widely reported that the 44-year-old feature had been moved online and would only be available on the paper’s website.
Campaigners have long been pushing for the feature to be scrapped, labelling it sexist, harmful to children and out-of-date.
The campaign group No To Page 3 said the “fight might be back on” after Thursday’s edition of the paper hit the newsstands.
Writing on their Facebook page the group said: “Thanks to The Sun for all the publicity they’ve given the campaign.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
