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Teenage daredevil who climbed One Canada Square has flown to Dubai to climb more skyscrapers

Rooftopping: Should YouTube allow these daredevil stunt videos?

A teenage daredevil facing a police investigation after he was filmed scaling a Canary Wharf skyscraper has since flown to Dubai, where it is believed he has climbed more buildings.

Although Gallagher is yet to upload his latest stunt on Youtube, he tweeted fans early on Tuesday morning, adding “Right now i gotta keep a tunnel vision…”

Speaking to The Telegraph, Gallagher refused to say which skyscraper he had climbed, but added that he had arrived back in London on Wednesday. 

Back in the UK! Dubai videos will be up very soon, stay tuned! @apex.mob

A post shared by Harry Gallagher (@night.scape) on Feb 21, 2017 at 11:51pm PST

More information about the East London-born teen emerged last night, revealing that Mr Gallagher and his daredevil group, known as Nightscape, have been subject to multiple police investigations.

Prior to his scaling of Canary Wharf’s tallest skyscraper, Gallagher, a self-styled “rooftopper”, had also been caught breaking into Robin Hood airport, Doncaster, trespassing on the roof of West Ham’s Olympic Stadium, and climbing cranes and buildings across London.

He was also arrested after he was caught scaling the Olympic Park’s Sideman Tower, but was later released without charge.

New video up now! Rooftopping Canary Wharf! Link in my bio �� Shot by @hd.xr

A post shared by Harry Gallagher (@night.scape) on Feb 20, 2017 at 4:08pm PST

Whilst a spokesman for the Canary Wharf Group said that the latest incident was under police investigation, Gallagher had in fact left the country six days beforehand, boarding a flight to the United Arab Emirates last week.

It is understood that he returned to the UK on a flight from Dubai International Airport on Wednesday. 

More vlogs & content in the works... �� Shot by @hd.xr

A post shared by Harry Gallagher (@night.scape) on Nov 26, 2016 at 5:19am PST

Whilst the teenager’s feats have turned him into an internet sensation - he now has more than half a million followers and runs a start-up clothing brand - his mother, Amanda Gallagher, said her son’s activities were a “double-edge sword”.

“Nobody wants their child risking life and limb. His brother was the freerunner in the family but he gave it up because he decided he didn’t want to kill himself,” she told The Times.

“Harry never had that fear. He just has this passion for it. He is fearless. And as a parent, you can’t stop that journey. You can’t repress them. You have to find the strength and just roll with it.”

Mrs Gallagher, a freelance poker dealer from Barkingside, east London, added that she had been forced to accept the risks taken by her son.

“I have to deal with statistics and odds every day. If it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen,” she said. “There are so many sports involving risk, whether it’s motorcycles or horseriding. You have to live in the moment, one day at a time. Every day is precious.”

Gallagher is a member of a new generation of young daredevils seeking fame on the internet, many of which record themselves performing similar stunts across the world before uploading them to Youtube and their social media pages.

However, the new freerunning craze is considered extremely dangerous, with a number of internet stars dying in recent years attempting to capture ever riskier footage.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said that no arrests had been made yet and investigations were ongoing.