Kelvin MacKenzie leaves the Sun

Kelvin MacKenzie was editor of the Sun from 1981 until 1994.The Sun has confirmed that its former editor Kelvin MacKenzie has left the newspaper after he was suspended for writing a column comparing the footballer Ross Barkley to a gorilla.News UK, the publisher of the Sun and the Times, said on Monday that MacKenzie, who edited the Sun between 1981 and 1994 and has written a weekly column since 2015, would not return to work after being suspended in April.