Paul Dacre to stand down as Daily Mail editor

Paul Dacre is stepping down as Daily Mail editor after 26 years.
Dacre will leave the post in November, when he turns 70, and take up the position of chairman and editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers.
The publisher's owner, Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), said Dacre's departure was being announced now to "facilitate handover to the new editor", who will be announced "in due course".
“I would like to put on record my and DMGT’s gratitude to Paul Dacre for his brilliant stewar