Sunday Mirror and Fleet Street veteran journalist William Nutting has died at the age of 80 after falling ill at his home in Spain last week.

Known as Bill to friends and colleagues, he joined the Mirror Group in the early 1990s after a succession of senior roles on newspapers including the Daily Mail, the Evening News and the Evening Standard.

He worked at the European, Sunday People magazine and in a troubleshooting role across several titles before settling at the Sunday Mirror, where he was late chief sub-editor for many years.