Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre to step down after 26 years in role

Paul Dacre is stepping down as editor of the Daily Mail newspaper after 26 years in the role.In a statement, Mr Dacre said he had decided to "step back from the responsibilities of day-to-day editing" by his 70th birthday in November.Parent company DMGT said Mr Dacre's new roles had been announced to facilitate a handover to the Mail's new editor, "who will be named in due course".