The Sun has announced that Victoria Newton has been appointed editor of The Sun on Sunday. She will continue to report to David Dinsmore, Editor of The Sun.

The decision is part of a multi-million pound investment to strengthen the journalism and production of the best-selling Sunday title.

Born in Liverpool, Victoria was educated at Cambridge and began her career on The Express. She joined The Sun's showbiz team before becoming Los Angeles correspondent and later editing Bizarre.

A major marketing campaign will herald changes in the look and content of The Sun on Sunday this weekend. Award-winning writer Tony Parsons will start a new column and the paper recently announced it is looking to hire 16 journalists to enhance its world class news, sport and entertainment coverage.

Victoria Newton said: "I am thrilled to be given the opportunity and the resources to take Britain's number one Sunday newspaper to an even better place. The Sun has a formidable reputation for exclusive, hard hitting and investigative journalism and alongside the humour and headlines, showbiz and comment I look forward to securing The Sun firmly as the home of the best Sunday stories.”

David Dinsmore, who retains overall control of the 7-day Sun operation, said: "Victoria is ideally placed to build on the Sun's long-standing success and ensure our readers our amused, informed, provoked and championed every Sunday, as they are during the week. I am delighted to welcome her to this vital role.

"Our recent investment in Premier League, FA Cup and Scottish Premier League football rights, as well as our core news, entertainment and sport coverage will secure the paper as best in class across all platforms."