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A Merseyside supermarket has agreed to stop selling The S*n newspaper after a campaign group held a demonstration outside its store.

Morrisons Speke was the target of a protest over the weekend by a Facebook group called Total Eclipse of the S*n, which has been calling on shops and newsagents to withdraw the reviled tabloid from sale following the unlawful killing verdicts in the Hillsborough inquests.

Although the group had succeeded in persuading nearly every shop in the Speke area to stop selling the paper, Morrisons stopped short of banning it outright and would agree only to sell it under the counter.

During the demonstration on Saturday, shoppers were invited to sign a petition calling on the supermarket not to sell The S*n, while a picket line was set up at the entrance to the adjacent petrol station to persuade drivers to turn round and re-fuel at nearby stations.

Morrisons confirmed the paper would no longer be on sale at its Speke store from tomorrow after a meeting with members of the campaign group.

A company spokesperson said: “After listening to the views of our customers in Speke we have decided to withdraw the Sun from sale in our local store.”

Gary Gaze, who set up the Facebook group and is based in Speke, said: “It’s a total result and a victory for people power.”

He added that another protest planned to take place outside the Morrisons store in Speke on Saturday would now be turned into an event to welcome the supermarket’s decision and to encourage people to shop there.