Sun set to open new Manchester HQ for the North

The UK's biggest-selling newspaper is set to expand, sources say.

By Andrew Pugh Published 19 April 2012

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The Sun is planning to open a new Manchester HQ eight years after closing its base in the city, according to sources at the paper.

Last week Press Gazette reported on the how the paper was recruiting four new reporters and two photographers in the North.

Several sources have since confirmed that they are expected to be based in a new office in Manchester – the first time the paper has had a base in the city since 2004.

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