Desmond, who denied attacking Young, was reportedly unhappy that a story about the death of 1960s pop star Carl Wayne had not been included in the newspaper.
[4][7] Young was hired as editor of the New York Daily News Online by the newspaper's then editor-in-chief and fellow Briton Colin Myler in May 2012.
[12] Following a series of changes under Young, including a redesign and an expansion of its publication regions, Metro became the highest circulation newspaper in the UK in March 2018.
[1] Young was asked to appear before the UK Parliament's Home Affairs Select Committee in April 2018, alongside other national newspaper editors, as part of its inquiry into the relationship between the media and hate crime in British society.
Young told the committee: 'Mistakes happen but we definitely as a paper try to be proactive in promoting racial harmony and a sense of national togetherness, especially in times of crisis.'