Mike Gilson, editor of The News in Portsmouth, has been appointed to the Editors' Code of Practice Committee.

He replaces Paul Horrocks, editor of the Manchester Evening News, who joined the Press Complaints Commission on October 1.

The Code Committee is responsible for drafting and framing the Code of Practice that binds all national and regional newspapers and periodicals and which the PCC upholds.

A new lay member has also been appointed to the PCC following the retirement of Brian Cubbon and Lord Tordoff.

Arzina Bhanji will sit on the Commission for six months until the end of March next year when a new lay appointment will be made by the Independent Appointments Commission.

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