The editor of The Sun has claimed that it is his female readers who have convinced him to continue the paper's controversial tradition of publishing topless photos of women on page three.
David Dinsmore, who has been editing the paper for five months, claimed he had examined views of Page Three "in some depth" by consulting readers in focus groups. "The word that came back loud and clear was 'do not touch it!'," he said.
"Strangely and slightly counter-intuitively the women were more vociferous than the men. The felt it was intrinsic to the brand and they didn't want to be told by someone what should be in the paper.