New editor of the Daily Express, Gary Jones, has said he “doesn’t want the paper to be offensive to anybody” as he settles in at the title having made some obvious front page changes.

Jones took over the reigns from Hugh Whittow on 2 March following Trinity Mirror’s acquisition of Express Newspapers from Northern & Shell the month before in a deal worth £126.7m.

The former Sunday Mirror and Sunday People editor told Press Gazette: “I grew up reading the Express as a child and it’s probably the reason why I came into newspapers”.