{{short description|British former newspaper editor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} '''Hugh Whittow''' is a [[British people|British]] former [[newspaper editor]].
Whittow worked for the ''[[Western Telegraph]]'' and the ''[[South Wales Echo]]'', before moving to London to work on the ''[[London Evening News]]'', and then the ''[[Daily Star (UK)|Daily Star]]''. In the mid-1980s, he joined ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'', where he became known for obtaining scoops. In October 1986, Whittow became one of the first{{cn|date=August 2021}} journalists to report that [[Queen (band)|Queen]] singer [[Freddie Mercury]] could be suffering from [[AIDS]].
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''.<ref name="Conlan">Tara Conlan, "[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/feb/08/hugh-whittow-profile-express Hugh Whittow rides to Express top job despite Blackie the Donkey]", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 8 February 2011</ref>
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 ''[[Daily Express]]''. In February 2011, he was promoted to become Editor of the paper.<ref name="Conlan" /> He retired from his role at the ''Express'' at the beginning of March 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mayhew|first=Freddy|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/all-change-as-daily-express-and-daily-star-editors-leave-following-trinity-mirror-buyout/|title=All change as ''Daily Express'' and ''Daily Star'' editors leave following Trinity Mirror buyout|work=Pres Gazette|date=1 March 2018|accessdate=1 March 2018}}</ref>
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