Council calls on local newsagents to stop selling the The Sun newspaper

Derry City and Strabane District Council this evening passed a motion calling on local newsagents to stop selling The Sun newspaper.

The motion was put forward by independent councillor Paul Gallagher at the council's monthly meeting in the Guildhall.

Cllr Gallagher's motion called on all local retailers to stop selling The Sun.

It also called on the council to support a group called 'Total Eclipse of the S*n' in their campaign to 'rid the district of this paper'.

When put to a vote, the motion was supported by the 27 SDLP, Sinn Fein and independent councillors present at the meeting.

One of the unionist councillors present voted against it, while the other six unionist representatives abstained from voting.