Hugh Whittow is a

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former

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. Whittow worked for the '' Western Telegraph'' and the ''

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'', before moving to London to work on the ''

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'', and then the '' Daily Star''. In the mid-1980s, he joined '' The Sun'', where he became known for obtaining scoops. In October 1986, Whittow became one of the first journalists to report that Queen singer

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could be suffering from

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. In 1987, Whittow travelled to Spain with a brief to purchase a donkey which was due to be beaten as part of a fiesta, and send it to a sanctuary in the UK. However, a ''Daily Star'' journalist achieved this before him, and his newspaper taunted ''The Sun'' over this in a front-page story. Soon after, Whittow returned to the ''Star''.Tara Conlan,
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, ''

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'', 8 February 2011 Whittow became deputy editor of the ''Daily Star'', and edited the '' Daily Star Sunday'' from its launch until 2003, then became Deputy Editor of the ''

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''. In February 2011, he was promoted to become Editor of the paper. He retired from his role at the ''Express'' at the beginning of March 2018.

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