Tony Gallagher is a British

British people

The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...

 newspaper editor.

Career

Gallagher attended Finchley Catholic High School

Finchley Catholic High School

Finchley Catholic High School for Boys is in North Finchley, part of the London Borough of Barnet.-Admissions:Finchley Catholic High School is, as its name declares, a faith school; it is also - up to the end of Year 11 - exclusively for boys...

 and Bristol University and then City University London before becoming a journalist at the Southern Evening Echo in Southampton and then South West News press agency back in Bristol. He soon moved to Today

Today (UK newspaper)

Today was a national newspaper in the United Kingdom, which was published between 1986 and 1995.-History:Today, with the American newspaper USA Today as inspiration, launched on Tuesday, 4 March 1986, with the front page headline, "Second Spy Inside GCHQ". At 18 pence, it was a middle-market...

, before joining the Daily Mail, where he became News Editor and attracted attention for his Princess Diana-related exclusives. He later became the Assistant Editor, and in 2006 moved to head its web team, before joining the Daily Telegraph in 2007 as Deputy Editor.

As Deputy Editor, Gallagher took the lead on exclusives relating to the MPs' expenses scandal. In November 2009, he was promoted to Editor.

Personal life

He is a fan of West Ham United FC, a team he came to support because his father worked in London's East End. He is married with three children.
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