Page 3 topless girls return to UK Sun

A topless woman appears on page three of today's edition of The Sun newspaper for the first time in almost a week, bringing to an end speculation the British paper had dropped the long-running feature.

A tweet from The Sun newspaper

 

• The sun may have set on the topless Page 3 girl
• Comment: Let's get real - The Sun still treats women as sex objects

It had been widely thought that the controversial segment had ended after 44 years, moving online to the paper's website, and

this week government ministers welcomed the move.

But the paper on Thursday shows Nicole from Bournemouth winking and baring her breasts.

Under the headline "Clarifications and Corrections" the paper states: "Further to recent reports in all other media outlets, we would like to clarify that this is Page 3 and this is a picture ofNicole, 22, from Bournemouth.

"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."

A tweet posted by The Sun newspaper.