Hello!, goodbye: how the off licence appeared in the Mirror, left, and the Sun
It isn't uncommon for picture editors at the Sun to do a little airbrushing. But whoever was asked to pass over page three and get to work on a snap of Laxmi News and Off Licence must have felt more than a little disgruntled. Both the Sun and the Mirror carried a snap depicting the spot from which a van-load of passports were nicked while its driver bought a Mars bar on Tuesday. But while the Mirror saw fit to leave the image intact, the Sun got busy with Photoshop. The picture has been altered to exclude Daily Mirror branding that runs along the shop front and similar advertising for Hello!, the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday have been scrupulously airbrushed out. However, it seems the Sun perceives no threat to its 3,089,321 circulation from the Manchester Evening News. Branding for this title - part of the group that brings you Monkey - remains in clear view. The Sun - doing its bit to support regional newspapers.
