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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

30/1/2025

Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Friday 31 January 2025.

Follow #IBPapers on 𝕏, and #IBPapers on BlueSky, to keep up with the latest from Informing Britain Papers on Social Media.

This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

If the leading story is available, links will be provided.

Although links appear to be for the news source's website homepage, when clicked it will direct you straight to the leading article of that paper's front page.

Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

The Daily Telegraph: "TENTH OF FARMLAND AXED FOR NET ZERO"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emma Gatten

Solar Farms and tree planting are set to replace food production in fresh blow to rural life.

Evesham Observer: "WARM TRIBUTES FOLLOW DEATH OF FORMER MAYOR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lise Evans

Tributes have been paid to former Mayor and Councillor Alan Booth, whose death was announced on Monday.

FULL REPORT: EveshamObserver.co.uk/news/tributes-to-mr-evesham-who-would-do-anything-for-anybody

Morning Star: "PROTEST RIGHTS ARE YOUR RIGHTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre

Climate activists surround Court of Appeal in protest against harsh sentencing of environmentalists.
Just Stop Oil sentences have 'become symbolic and totemic of an increasingly oppressive', Chris Packham says.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/climate-activists-surround-court-of-appeal-in-protest-against-harsh-sentencing-of-environmentalists

The Redditch & Alcester Standard: "COUNCIL'S £500K TEAM TO TACKLE DAMP HOMES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashleigh Osborne

£500,000 investment to target damp and mould for Redditch tenants.
Investment in a new Damp And Mould Team which will focus on eradicating damp and mould in Redditch Borough Council properties.

FULL REPORT: RedditchStandard.co.uk/news/500000-investment-to-target-damp-and-mould-for-redditch-tenants

The Independent: "HORROR AS 67 KILLED IN PLANE AND HELICOPTER CRASH IN WASHINGTON"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mike Bedigan / Kelly Rissman

No survivors after American Airlines flight collides with military aircraft.
Rescuers recover bodies from Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.
President Donald Trump blams incident on Democrats and Government diversity drive.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/plane-crash-washington-dc-helicopter-victims-updates-b2689282.html

Western Mail: "BACK THE BOYS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Glen Williams / Ben James

No-one can deny these are exceptionally difficult times for Welsh rugby.
Warren Gatland's men aim to turn it around in Six Nations.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/todays-rugby-news-gatland-vows-30893651

Daily Mail: "NOW PROVE YOUR 'GROWTH AGENDA' ISN'T ALL HOT AIR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Groves

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was under pressure to 'get serious' about growth and sign off two North Sea oil fields controversially blocked by the courts.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14344179

Glasgow Times: "TRIO SET UPON MAN IN BRUTAL GYM BRAWL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Connor Gordon

Three thugs scarred a man for life in a brutal gym brawl.
Andrew Reynolds, Callum Reynolds, and Louis Stuksis, pounced on Dean Miller outside JD Gyms in Glasgow's Southside.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/24898709.man-struck-metal-bar-brutal-glasgow-gym-brawl

The Yorkshire Post: "WARNING OVER CHILD POVERTY IN THE REGION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

The number of applications for support packages of essentials made to Yorkshire Children's Charity this Winter has doubled.

Scottish Daily Mail: "NOW PROVE YOUR 'GROWTH AGENDA' ISN'T ALL HOT AIR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Groves

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was under pressure to 'get serious' about growth and sign off two North Sea oil fields controversially blocked by the courts.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14344179

Droitwich Standard: "SCOUTING SUPPORT FOR A MARATHON CHALLENGE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sonny Rackham

Rebecca Twiselton is to run London Marathon to raise funds for the Scout Association in honour of her young son.

FULL REPORT: DroitwichStandard.co.uk/news/wychbold-mom-preps-for-fundraising-marathon-to-thank-scouts-for-helping-her-son

Metro (England): "A NATION OF SHOPLIFTERS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Flora Thompson

Nearly half a million offences in a year as staff warned against challenging shameless raiders.

Lancashire Telegraph: "'DREAMS' BID IN MEMORY OF CANCER BATTLER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah McGee

A family is looking at setting up a charity to make dreams come true for adults battling life-limiting conditions in memory of Kia Shaw.

Financial Times: "'HEADWINDS' AND STAGNATING GROWTH DRIVE ECB TO QUARTER-POINT RATE CUT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Olaf Storbeck / Sam Fleming / Ian Smith

2.75% level lowest in 2 years.
Decrease follows Fed's move to hold.
Markets price in more reductions.

South Wales Evening Post: "TEEN RIOTER STABBED HIS NEIGHBOUR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Evans

Teen rioter Nathan Smith stabbed neighbour while on bail over mayhem on the streets of Mayhill.
Nathan Smith, aged 16, was waiting to be sentenced when he stabbed his neighbour in the back with a knife just 14 days before being locked up for taking part in the Mayhill riot.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/teen-rioter-stabbed-neighbour-bail-30868126

The Guardian: "WATCHDOG: WOMEN FACE AN EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alexandra Topping

An "epidemic of violence against women and girls" in the United Kingdom is getting worse, Whitehall watchdog warns.

Bromsgrove Standard: "MP JOINS FAMILY'S FIGHT TO GET JUSTICE FOR JOHN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sonny Rackham

A family in Bromsgrove's fight for justice continues after John Cross took his own life after suffering health complications following his COVID-19 vaccine.

FULL REPORT: BromsgroveStandard.co.uk/news/bromsgrove-family-fight-for-justice-after-husbands-covid-vaccine-health-complications

The Scotsman: "SWINNEY URGES MINIMUM RISE IN COUNCIL TAX AS 10% IS 'TOO HIGH'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alistair Grant

First Minister John Swinney has urged Local Authorities to keep Council Tax rises to a minimum as hikes of 10 per cent are too high.

The Bolton News: "GOLF PLAN 'ALIVE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan

A developer has been given the go-ahead to keep plans for a luxury golf course and more than 1000 houses 'alive'.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/24898599.bolton-council-passes-bid-keep-hulton-park-plan-alive

Daily Express: "'WE NEED PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN BREXIT'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martyn Brown / Katie Harris

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says Britain needs a Government that believes in being outside the European Union.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2007757

Coventry Observer: "'WAKE-UP CALL' PETITION OVER DEMOLITION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Morris

Unauthorised demolition of historic building described as 'wake-up call' to Coventry.
A Councillor has launched a petition.

FULL REPORT: CoventryObserver.co.uk/news/unauthorised-demolition-of-historic-building-described-as-wake-up-call-to-coventry

The Times: "LEGAL CHIEF 'IS FREEZING POLICY'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Geraldine Scott

The Attorney General is facing strong criticism from Cabinet Ministers over claims that changes he made to how the executive gets legal advice.

South Wales Echo: "FULL STEAM AHEAD!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sion Barry

Massive Cardiff Parkway Railway Station and business park project finally gets approved by Welsh Government.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-parkway-train-station-approved-30898430

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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: THURSDAY 30 JANUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

29/1/2025

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Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Thursday 30 January 2025.

Follow #IBPapers on 𝕏, and #IBPapers on BlueSky, to keep up with the latest from Informing Britain Papers on Social Media.

This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

If the leading story is available, links will be provided.

Although links appear to be for the news source's website homepage, when clicked it will direct you straight to the leading article of that paper's front page.

Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

Financial Times: "LONDON VAULTS HIT BY GOLD SHORTAGE AS NEW YORK STOCKPILES $82BN OF BULLION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Leslie Hook

Tariff fears drive shipments.
Queue lengthens for BOE withdrawals.
Traders see arbitrage opening.

Knutsford Guardian: "OUTCRY FORCES MEALS REVIEW"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Belinda Ryan

Cheshire East to carry out review of extra care meal provision.
Cheshire East is to carry out a full review of meal service provision for elderly residents living in Oakmere and Willowmere after councillors criticised 'major failures' in the way it closed their restaurants.

FULL REPORT: KnutsfordGuardian.co.uk/news/24870762.cheshire-east-carry-review-extra-care-meal-provision

Daily Star: "CREEPY McCREEPFACE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: James Caven

As U-turns go this is a humdinger...
Britain's new Ambassador to America says Donald Trump - who he once called a racist - is actually a nice chap.

Wokingham Today: "CANTLEY: 'YOU'LL NEED TO PAY TO PARK'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ruth Lucas / Andrew Batt

Parking in the spotlight, again.
Users of Cantley Park will be expected to pay to park and use their facilities.

FULL REPORT: Wokingham.Today/parking-in-the-spotlight-again

The National: "AND NOTHING FOR YOU, SCOTLAND"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hamish Morrison

SNP say Rachel Reeves' push for growth which pledges investment across England leaves Scotland in the lurch.

FULL REPORT: TheNational.Scot/news/24894676.rachel-reeves-panned-growth-plans-nothing-scotland

Lancashire Telegraph: "MUM WAS BATTERED SENSELESS WITH BAR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah McGee

Kevin Gallagher has been jailed after attacking a woman with a metal bar in Blackburn last year.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/24892404.man-jailed-attacking-woman-metal-bar-blackburn

The Independent: "REEVES HEATHROW PLAN TO 'TURBOCHARGE' ECONOMY STRUGGLES TO TAKE OFF"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Maddox

Chancellor’s optimistic economic growth vision hit in the short term as Tesco and Lloyds announce hundreds of job losses and she admits fixing the economy is 'not an easy job'.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-heathrow-third-runway-economy-growth-b2688537.html

St. Helens Star: "ABSOLUTELY DESPICABLE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Simon Mulligan

A man in his 80s was duped into withdrawing thousands in cash from a bank as "despicable" conmen pretended to be Police Officers targeted elderly victims.

Metro (England): "IT'S BOOM OR BUST!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Munro

Rachel Reeves has announced Labour Government is backing a third runway for Heathrow Airport.

Western Mail: "UNIVERSITY STAFF SET FOR BALLOT ON STRIKE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Abbie Wightwick / Eleanor Busby / Jordan Reynolds

Mass walkout of Cardiff University staff over planned cuts likely this term says union.
An indicative ballot has already been held at Cardiff University.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/education/cardiff-university-job-cuts-latest-30888257

Northwich & Winsford Guardian: "CAFE ORDERED TO SHUT DOWN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rob Goulding

The Venue Community Café shut over 'malicious' hygiene claim.
A 'vital' pay-what-you-can community café has been shut down after what its operators called a 'malicious' hygiene report despite its five-star Food Standards Agency rating.

FULL REPORT: NorthwichGuardian.co.uk/news/24883481.venue-community-cafe-shut-malicious-hygiene-claim

Glasgow Times: "FAMILY PLEA AFTER GRANDAD COLLAPSES IN SPAIN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Amanda Keenan

A family have been told they need to find £35,000 to bring a stricken Glasgow grandad back from Spain after he took seriously ill while on holiday.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/24894184.shettleston-man-collapsed-spanish-holiday-benidorm

Bury Times: "BREAK-IN HEARTACHE FOR HOSPICE OUTLET"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lisa Valentine

A Bury Hospice charity shop on Dale Street Industrial Estate has been burgled on Sunday 26 January 2025.

FULL REPORT: BuryTimes.co.uk/news/24890604.bury-hospice-shop-burgled-devastating-blow

The Messenger: "DRAMA AS BUILDING COLLAPSES IN TOWN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jessica Rothwell

A building which is thought to be more than 100 years old in the centre of Hale has collapsed after cracks in the brickwork were spotted last week.

FULL REPORT: MessengerNewspapers.co.uk/news/24888066.historic-building-hale-collapses-cracks-spotted

South Wales Evening Post: "AMBULANCE WORKERS UNDER ATTACK"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jonathon Hill

One paramedic told of receiving death threats when arriving at a job to help a patient in need.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/weve-worked-military-security-nothing-30883399

Royston Crow: "HARE COURSERS CAUSE DAMAGE TO FARMLAND"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Anne Suslak

Hare coursers caused "significant damage" to arable land while trespassing on private property on Mill Lane in Therfield.

FULL REPORT: Royston-Crow.co.uk/news/24891594.suspected-hare-coursers-pursued-police-therfield

Tyldesley And Atherton Leigh Journal: "MAN SMASHES WORLD RECORD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Conal Cunningham

A man diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy as a baby has been on an incredible journey from learning to walk to earning a World Record for his half-marathon time.

FULL REPORT: LeighJournal.co.uk/news/24872497.atherton-man-wins-world-record-half-marathon-cerebral-palsy

The Bolton News: "M&S IS SET FOR BIG EXPANSION AT RETAIL PARK"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan

Store wants to move into two units.
More than 100 jobs are set to be created as a major High Street store undergoes a 'brand-defining' transformation.

The Yorkshire Post: "REEVES BACKS AIRPORT REOPENING"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

Mayors welcome support for plan that could have benefits.
Rachel Reeves has said The Government backs plans to reopen Doncaster-Sheffield Airport.

Warrington Guardian: "SON KILLED MUM IN BRUTAL ATTACK"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nathan Okell

Teenager convicted of manslaughter of his mother fled the scene in Chapelford on a train to London following the brutal incident.

FULL REPORT: WarringtonGuardian.co.uk/news/24887455.chapelford-teen-got-train-london-hammer-manslaughter

South Wales Echo: "NHS WORKER ACCUSED OF PLOT TO MURDER CHILD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Conor Gogarty

University Hospital of Wales theatre assistant Tracy Turner has been charged with conspiring to kidnap, rape, and murder a child.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/hospital-worker-accused-planning-kidnap-30886594

The Oldham Times: "BRAGGING CAR THIEF JAILED FOR 14 YEARS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jessica Rothwell

Kyle Camp who stole cars in and around Oldham and then bragged about it on Social Media has been jailed.

FULL REPORT: TheOldhamTimes.co.uk/news/24885849.man-stole-cars-around-oldham-jailed

Reading Today: "CINEMA SAVED FROM CLOSURE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: James Aldridge

An independent cinema at one of the main Shopping Centres in Reading has been saved from closure, even though the company that set it up has gone into liquidation.

FULL REPORT: RDG.Today/independent-cinema-at-reading-shopping-centre-saved-from-closure-despite-liquidation

Morning Star: "LABOUR RIFT OVER HEATHROW PLAN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray

The Labour Party's economic growth plans hit fresh turbulence as Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced Government backing for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/reeves-meets-headwinds-over-heathrow-expansion

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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

28/1/2025

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Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Wednesday 29 January 2025.

Follow #IBPapers on 𝕏, and #IBPapers on BlueSky, to keep up with the latest from Informing Britain Papers on Social Media.

This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

If the leading story is available, links will be provided.

Although links appear to be for the news source's website homepage, when clicked it will direct you straight to the leading article of that paper's front page.

Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

Daily Express: "KING SAID 'NON' TO AGINCOURT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martyn Brown

King Charles personally ordered the renaming of Navy submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2006658

Glasgow Times: "MUM SETTLES LEGAL CLAIM AFTER LOSING LEG IN HIT-AND-RUN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Waddell

Young mum Kerrie Lavery who lost her leg in a horror hit-and-run has settled a huge legal action claim against the driver.

The Daily Telegraph: "REEVES: I WILL FIGHT FOR GROWTH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tim Wallace / Daniel Martin / Szu Ping Chan / Amy Gibbons

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' backing for airport expansions faces opposition from Cabinet and MPs.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/28/reeves-targets-private-sector-pensions-in-push-for-growth

Western Mail: "'SHELL-SHOCK- AT UNI PLAN TO CUT 400 JOBS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Abbie Wightwick / Sion Barry / Eleanor Busby

Cardiff University announced plans to shed 400 jobs amid cuts to degree courses.
Hundreds of jobs are set to go.

FULL REPORT: http://WalesOnline.co.uk/news/education/cardiff-university-job-cuts-400-30882168

Daily Star: "NOW PSYCHO SCUMBAG CHATBOTS LEARN TO CLONE THEMSELVES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Faretra

Dastardly chatbots have learned to replicate themselves without human help amid fears they will go rogue.
Yiiiikes!

Scottish Daily Mail: "ANOTHER DRAIN ON FAMILY FINANCES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tom Gordon

Households face an 'eye-watering' 10 per cent hike in their Water Bills from April.
The change for a modest home will rise to £50 a month.

South Wales Evening Post: "'DEATH THREATS' SENT TO SWANS OFFICIALS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tom Coleman

Swansea City officials receive death threats as urgent meeting called for.
Members of the club have received unacceptable abuse.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-city-officials-receive-death-30881996

South Wales Evening Post (Sport): "SKY BLUES CONTINUE PURSUIT OF GRIMES"
LEAD SPORT CORRESPONDENT: Tom Coleman

Coventry City submit third bid for Matt Grimes as Swansea City valuation emerges.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/coventry-city-submit-third-bid-30881656

Metro (England): "ABRAMOVICH, SUPERYACHTS AND A TAX AVOIDING SCANDAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emma Lewis

Leaked emails reveal a tax dodge.
Roman Abramovich avoided paying millions of pounds of tax by leasing out his superyachts to himself.

Metro (England) [Sport]: "PEP'S COLD FRONT"
LEAD SPORT CORRESPONDENT: Ben Fleming

Pep Guardiola is demanding a cool clinical approach from his players with no room for emotion.

The Yorkshire Post: "A THIRD OF CHILDREN 'ARE IN POVERTY'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

One in three children in Yorkshire and The Humber are in poverty, a major report has found.
Region among worst in United Kingdom.

Daily Mirror: "GO WYNNE GO WYNNE GONE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tom Bryant

Wynne Evans has finally been axed from Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour for using a vulgar sexual term.
BBC bosses caved in to pressure.

Morning Star: "IN-WORK POVERTY AT 'SHOCKING HIGH'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray

The UK Poverty 2025 Report, published by Joseph Rowntree Foundation is released.
Work does not save you from poverty, TUC has warned.

South Wales Echo: "UNIVERSITY TO AXE 400 JOBS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Abbie Wightwick

Union to ballot for strike over 'brutal and unnecessary' cuts to job and courses at Cardiff University.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/education/cardiff-university-job-cuts-400-30882168

South Wales Echo (Sport): "BLUEBIRDS STRENGTHEN AS MANNSVERK DEAL IS DONE"
LEAD SPORT CORRESPONDENT: Glen Williams

Cardiff City announce signing of Sivert Mannsverk as he reveals reason behind move.

FULL REPORT: Walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/cardiff-city-announce-signing-sivert-30880393

Daily Mail: "TEAR DOWN BARRIERS TO GROWTH YOU CREATED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Groves

The Labour Party was urged to stop 'punishing' business with anti-growth measures as it launched its latest bid to revive the economy.

FULL REPORT: http://DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14335351

Oxford Mail: "GIVE NEW HOMES PLAN THE RED CARD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Toby Oliver

East Oxford Football Club's plea as ground embarked for 120 properties project.
A grassroots Football Club which attract many children from across Oxford has said it would be "incredibly damaging" if a recreation ground would be used to build 120 new homes.

The Guardian: "REEVES PLEDGES TO CREATE 'EUROPE'S SILICON VALLEY' IN PUSH FOR GROWTH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Pippa Crerar / Heather Stewart

Chancellor Rachel Reeves to announce plans to improve infrastructure in region to put it at forefront of science and tech advances.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/business/2025/jan/28/reeves-plans-to-create-silicon-valley-between-oxford-and-cambridge

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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

27/1/2025

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Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Tuesday 28 January 2025.

Follow #IBPapers on 𝕏, and #IBPapers on BlueSky, to keep up with the latest from Informing Britain Papers on Social Media.

This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

If the leading story is available, links will be provided.

Although links appear to be for the news source's website homepage, when clicked it will direct you straight to the leading article of that paper's front page.

Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

Daily Mirror: "IT'S OUR DUTY TO REMEMBER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lucy Thornton

Last survivors of Nazi horror beg world to keep alive memory of the lost millions.

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/emotional-scenes-holocaust-survivors-visit-34557503

Daily Mail: "BEFORE THAT GATEWAY OF DEATH, THEY GATHERED FOR THE LAST TIME - THE HANDFUL OF EYEWITNESSES TO HISTORY'S GREATEST ABOMINATION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Matt Strudwick

Royals mark Austwich's 80th anniversary.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14330729

The Scotsman: "SNP ACCUSED OF HYPOCRISY AS WAGE BILL INCREASES BY £42M"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Bol

SNP Ministers have been accused of "breathtaking hypocrisy" after Scottish Government's wage bill has sored by £42 million.

Daily Express: KING CHARLES: 'It is a moment when we recall the depths to which humanity can sink when evil is allowed to flourish, ignored for too long by the world'
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sophia Papamavroudi / Emily Ferguson

King Charles wipes away tears during incredibly moving Auschwitz ceremony.
King Charles attended commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/royal/2006121

Daily Star: "WAR OF THE PSYCHO SCUMBAG CHATBOTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jerry Lawton

A PoundLand new AI from China has given tech bros a real kicking and wiped millions and millions off the value of their stocks.
Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

City AM: "CHINESE APP CRASHES US TECH PARTY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Saskia Koopman

Wall Street's tech firms bore the brunt of a brutal sell-off of AI-related stocks that wiped up to $1 million off US markets following emergence of DeepSeek.

Glasgow Times: "FLY-TIP FURY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Morgan Carmichael

A Glasgow OAP Lorraine Hargan has hit out over a "dreadful" fly-tipping site near her Ibrox home which she has deemed an "eyesore".

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/24888250.glasgow-grandmother-says-dreadful-fly-tipping-site

The Irish World: "GROWING UP IN IRELAND"

More than 9 in 10 young adults in Ireland are 'concerned' about access to housing, according to a study which has tracked them since childhood.

Inside and back pages of The Irish World.

Morning Star: "THE GREAT RETURN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Roger McKenzie

Gazans head home as United States President Donald Trump slammed for 'ethnic cleansing'.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed back into the most heavily destroyed part of the Gaza Strip today after Israel lifted its closure of the north for the first time since the early weeks of 15 months of fighting.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/the-great-return

The Independent: "LONG WALK HOME FOR 200,000 IN GAZA"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Bel Trew

200,000 Palestinians trek home to Northern Gaza for first time in more than year.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-palestinians-war-hamas-b2686825.html

Financial Times: "CHINESE AI LEAP TRIGGERS TECH TUMBLE BY SOWING DOUBT OVER CHIP SPENDING"

Advances by China's DeepSeek sow doubts about AI spending.
Start-up's model raises questions about need for huge western hardware investment.

FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/e670a4ea-05ad-4419-b72a-7727e8a6d471

The Daily Telegraph: "NON-CRIME HATE LAWS SET TO BE EXPLAINED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Charles Hymas

Claims of two-tier policing would be seen as 'extremist' under guidance in report that follows investigation into Allison Pearson.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/01/27/home-office-non-crime-hate-incidents-pearson

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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: MONDAY 27 JANUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

26/1/2025

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Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Monday 27 January 2025.

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This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

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This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

Daily Mail: "4 MILLION FACE MONSTER HIKE TO COUNCIL TAX"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kumail Jaffer

More than four million people are facing punishing council tax rises above the maximum normally allowed by law.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14327603

The Scotsman: "SWINNEY VOWS 150,00 EXTRA NHS APPOINTMENTS PER YEAR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Bol

First Minister John Swinney has pledged his personal "leadership and direction" to resuscitate The NHS.
Critics say his claims 'will fool no-one'.

The Guardian: "TRUMP ACCUSED OF 'ETHNIC CLEANSING' OVER CALL FOR PALESTINIANS TO QUIT GAZA"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emma Graham-Harrison

President Donald Trump's Gaza proposal rejected by allies and condemned as Ethnic Cleansing plan.
US President Donald Trump has suggested Palestinians should leave Gaza for neighbouring countries to 'just clean out' whole strip.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/26/trump-resumes-sending-2000-pound-bombs-to-israel-undoing-biden-pause

Daily Mirror: "I'M HERE FOR MY FAMILY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lucy Thornton

British Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich visits Auschwitz Concentration Camp because she doesn't want people to be forgotten.

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/only-brit-holocaust-survivor-visit-34555912

Scottish Daily Mail: "PROOF SNP DOES RUN GOVERNMENT BY TALKING SHOP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Michael Blackley

Scotland is being run by hundreds of costly Talking Shops that 'achieve nothing', it has been claimed.

The Times: "STARMER TO DEFY TRUMP OVER CASH FOR DEFENCE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / George Grylls

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to resist pressure from President Trump and the British Military to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2030 because of concerns about the state of public finances.

The Independent: "BUSINESS LEADERS RAMP UP PRESSURE ON REEVES WITH PLANS TO CUT JOBS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Millie Cooke

Rachel Reeves is under increasing pressure to U-turn on key economic policies after a report suggested businesses are preparing to cut staff.

The Daily Telegraph: "STARMER AND TRUMP SET PATH FOR STATE VISIT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Daniel Martin

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer becomes first European leader to speak to President Donald Trump since he was sworn in.

The I: "A&E PATIENTS MAY BE TREATED AT HOME IN STREETING'S OVERHAUL OF NHS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jane Merrick

A&E patients could be treated at home to avert another Winter 'Armageddon'.
Ministers and officials are working on an urgent emergency care plan.

FULL REPORT: INews.co.uk/news/politics/accident-and-emergency-patients-treated-home-winter-armageddon-3500006

Daily Express: "NEVER FORGET"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Giles Sheldrick

In a special report, Giles Sheldrick reminds readers why Holocaust Memorial Day reminds us that we forget humanity's darkest hour at our peril.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/2002807

Daily Star: "FOUR BLIMEY!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Brendan McFadden

Four new storms will hit Britain this week bringing the wildest weather for decades.
Get ready for a drench warfare, folks.

Metro (England): "SMUGGLER GANGS LOGGED OUT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Munro

More than 8,000 Social Media accounts used to promote people smuggling have been shut down as part of efforts to stop dangerous Channel boat crossings.

Morning Star: "'WE WILL BREAK GOVERNMENT'S CLIMATE OF FEAR'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Chacko

Peace Campaigners vowed to "break the climate of fear" fed by intensified police repression in a weekend rally to defend protest rights.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk

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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: FRIDAY 24 JANUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

23/1/2025

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Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Friday 24 January 2025.

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This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

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Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

The Guardian: "SOUTHPORT ATTACKER JAILED FOR 'SAVAGE' MURDER OF THREE GIRLS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Josh Halliday

Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana jailed for 52 years for murder of Alice Da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/23/southport-attacker-axel-rudakubana-jailed

Scottish Daily Mail: "SCOTLAND SHUT DOWN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dan Barker

Scotland was today braced for a devastating 100MPH storm which threatens to wreck havoc across huge swathes of the north.

Western Mail: "'PURE EVIL'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Josh Payne / Eleanor Barlow / Pat Hurst / Dave Higgens / Katie Dickinson

How Axel Rudakubana went from would-be actor to one of Britain's most notorious murderers.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk

Daily Mirror: "YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.. WE HOPE IT HAUNTS YOU EVERY DAY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hollie Bone / Phil Cardy

Axel Rudakubana faces spending the rest of his life in jail over the horrific knife murders of three young girls in Southport.

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-court-axel-rudakubana-sentencing-34541935

Glasgow Times: "'DANGER TO LIFE' STORM HITS TODAY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Molly Court

Millions of people in Scotland received an emergency alert to their mobile phones after the Met Office issued a red danger to life warning for wind.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/24880755.storm-eowyn-4-5-million-people-receive-emergency-alert

The Independent: "'GIVE ME A REASON FOR WHAT YOU DID'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Amy-Clare Martin

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was given 13 life sentences at Liverpool Crown Court for the Southport murders that happened on 29 July 2024.
A disturbed teenager who murdered three innocent girls in a mass stabbing at a children’s dance class in Southport and later gloated “I’m glad they’re dead” is likely to never be released from prison.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk

The Bolton News: "SHOCK RISE IN SCHOOL TERM TIME HOLIDAYS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Gee

Parents in Bolton who flouted the rules of term time holidays have been hit with a total of £800,000 in fines over the past three years.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk

The Daily Telegraph: "WE FACE A LIFETIME OF GRIEF. HE SHOULD FACE THE SAME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Allison Pearson

Heart-rendering statements from the families of the victims of the Southport killer.

South Wales Echo: "'CRUEL AND PURE EVIL'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Haslam / Adam Everett / Patrick Edrich

Cardiff-born child killer jailed for at least 52 years for brutal Southport atrocity.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/how-axel-rudakubana-went-would-30852346

The Scotsman: "SCOTLAND PUT ON RED ALERT FOR 'VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alastair Dalton / Dale Miller

A "do not travel" warning has been issued to the Central Belt during a rare red extreme weather alert triggered by Storm Éowyn.

FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/weather/storm-eowyn-rare-red-weather-alert-issued-as-very-dangerous-100mph-winds-to-hit-scotland-4956700

Metro (England): "HONOUR THEM"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sam Corbishley / Brooke Davies

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana jailed for at least 52 years.
Southport victims Alice Da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe are paid tribute to on the front page.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk

The Times: "'EVIL' KILLER JAILED FOR 52 YEARS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Constance Kampfner

Law reform plea as Axel Rudakubana avoids whole-life term.
The unrepentant teenager jailed for a minimum of 52 years but judge was restricted by his age when he committed the crime.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/crime/article/law-reform-plea-as-evil-axel-rudakubana-avoids-whole-life-term-qfs7qrm86

The Yorkshire Post: "CONCERN AT £105M LOAN FOR AIRPORT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alex Wood

Serious concerns have been raised over how long it will take to repay a £105M taxpayer-funded loan which is to be used to reopen Donacaster Sheffield Airport.

Daily Express: "'CRUEL AND PURE EVIL... THE ACT OF A COWARD'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Riches / Paul Jeeves

The parents of children killed by Axel Rudakumana called him "pure evil" as he hid in his cell while being jailed for 52 years.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/2004246

South Wales Evening Post: "DRIVER WHO KILLED BABY MABLI JAILED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Robert Harries

Bridget Carole Curtis was jailed after she drove her car over a kerb and directly into the path of Mabli Cariad Hall.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/all-could-hear-screaming-parents-30851918

Daily Star: "THERE'S A RAT IN ME KITCHEN WHAT AM I GONNA DO?"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sian Hewitt

Hordes of heat-seeking rats could be joining you for breakfast today as Storm Eowyn brings 100MPH winds to Britain.

Lancashire Telegraph: "DRIVER GUILTY IN PEDESTRIAN FATAL COLLISION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Bellard

Kulsoom Ahmed of Dartford Close has pleaded guilty to causing the death of an 88-year-old pedestrian in Blackburn by careless driving.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk

Daily Mail: "'WHAT YOU DID WAS NOT ONLY CRUEL AND PURE EVIL, IT WAS THE ACT OF A COWARD'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Richard Marsden

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana is likely to die in jail for the 'sadistic' murders of three young girls.

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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: THURSDAY 23 JANUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

22/1/2025

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Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Thursday 23 January 2025.

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Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

The Times: "BRITISH SUB SURFACES TO WARN PUTIN SPYING SHIP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Larisa Brown

Defence Secretary warns of growing aggression from Russia in British waters after the Yantar was caught loitering over undersea cables.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com

St. Helens Star: "RECKLESS DRIVER INJURES BABY BOY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lois Dean

Police have slammed a 'reckless' Daniel Halliwell who left a newborn baby with brain injuries after hitting speeds of around 130mph on the Daresbury Expressway.

FULL REPORT: StHelensStar.co.uk

Daily Express: "ISIS DEATH CULT BACK ON STREETS OF SYRIA"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Richard Ashmore

Chilling images have emerged of gun-toting fighters wearing symbols used by ISIS returning to the streets of the Middle East.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/world/2002758

Glasgow Times: "BUILDING COLLAPSE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nicole Mitchell

Firefighters rush to scene after former city office block facing demolition crumbled early.
A resident has told of the exact moment he heard a 'massive crash' before a building near his flat 'collapsed'.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk

Metro (England): "WE CAN SEE YOU, VLAD!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Munro

Defence Secretary John Healy has warned Russia's Vladimir Putin 'we see you' after revealing Kremlin spy ship has been 'loitering' UK waters.

The Oldham Times: "DRIVER 'BLINDED BY SUN' HIT MAN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jessica Rothwell

Denise Stott was driving up Sheepfoot Lane when she hit Joseph Muldowney on the morning of 3 April 2023.

FULL REPORT: TheOldhamTimes.co.uk

The Guardian: "PRINCE CLAIMS 'HISTORIC' WIN OVER SUN OWNER AFTER SETTLING INTRUSION CASE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Caroline Davies

News Group Newspapers offered Prince Harry 'full and unequivocal apology' for 'serious intrusion' by the paper.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com

The Bolton News: "HUNT IS ON FOR NEW BOSS AS EVATT GOES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Marc Iles

Bolton Wanderers have parted ways with manager Ian Evatt after four-and-a-half years.
Ian Evett leaves 'by mutual consent'.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk

Daily Mail: "NUCLEAR SUB WARNS OFF PUTIN'S SPY SHIP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mark Nicol

A Royal Navy submarine surfaced just yards from a Russian spy ship in a dramatic show of force to protect British waters.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk

Melton Times: "MELTON TO HOST QUESTION TIME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nick Rennie

One of the BBC's flagship political programmes – Question Time – will be recorded in Melton Mowbray next week.

FULL REPORT: MeltonTimes.co.uk

Daily Mirror: "BOY, 12, 'MURDERED' ON WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martin Fricker / Adam Aspinall

A boy of 12 has become the latest tragic victim of the Knife Crime Epidemic plaguing Britain.

Northwich & Winsford Guardian: "ANGER AS 'DOG ATTACKS HORSE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rob Goulding

A 'Bully-type' dog leapt over a fence at Budworth Dog Park on Christmas Day and bit a 'petrified' horse on the face.

FULL REPORT: NorthwichGuardian.co.uk

Daily Record: "DAD & GIRL MURDER SUICIDE TRAGEDY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: TBA

A dad is suspected of killing his young daughter before taking his own life in a devastating murder-suicide.

FULL REPORT: DailyRecord.co.uk

Wokingham Today: "RBH REBUILD TO FACE MAJOR DELAYS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emma Merchant / Andrew Batt / Jake Clothier

The planned rebuild of the Royal Berkshire hospital may be delayed until the late 2030s.

FULL REPORT: Wokingham.Today

Knutsford Guardian: "ANIMAL SHELTER GETS A REPRIEVE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Barbara Jordan

A clousure-threatened Animal Hospital in Cheshire has won an 11th hour reprieve, thanks to an emergency appeal.
Staff at Lower Moss Wood Nature Reserve feared they may not survive.

FULL REPORT: KnutsfordGuardian.co.uk

Morning Star: "INTRUSIVE WELFARE BILL 'WILL CREATE TWO-TIER JUSTICE FOR VULNERABLE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre

Campaigners warn DWP proposals could be counterproductive and create a two-tier justice system.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk

Royston Crow: "GANG LEADER SENTENCED TO OVER 30 YEARS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Huw Richards

A Thriplow criminal has been jailed for over 30 years after he was arrested in a nationwide crime bust.

Tyldesley And Atherton Leigh Journal: "INVESTIGATION INTO BUS TRAGEDY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Conal Cunningham

A bus driver who was involved in a serious collision in Leigh last week has died aged 62, police have confirmed.

FULL REPORT: LeighJournal.co.uk

The National: "ICE CREAM BRAND'S MOVE 'EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Adam Robertson

A food campaigner has said a Scottish ice cream brand’s move to Yorkshire is "extremely disappointing".

FULL REPORT: Thenational.Scot

Bury Times: "DAD IN DOCK OVER SON'S FARM DEATH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan

Neil Speakman unlawfully killed his three-year-old son when he reversed a defective farm vehicle over him.

FULL REPORT: BuryTimes.co.uk

Reading Today: "ROCKETS BECOME CHAMPIONS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: TBA

Reading Rockets Basketball Club captured silverware as they became the National Cup champions for the fifth time in their history.

FULL REPORT: RDG.Today

Lancashire Telegraph: "PERVERT POSED AS CRYPTO WHIZZ"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nat Goodlad

A "depraved" Christopher Wearing who groomed and raped a teenage girl has been given a sentence of more than 20 years.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk

South Wales Echo: "'WILD WEST' CLAIMS AT HOSPITAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Conor Gogarty

All Operating Theatre staff at University Hospital Of Wales have received a letter announcing a probe into "serious concerns" over working practices.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk

Daily Star: "BATTLE OF THE YMCA"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: James Caven

Original members of Village People are at war with johnny-come-lately members of the band for playing at Donald Trump's inauguration.

Warrington Guardian: "'SHOW OFF' DRIVER LEFT BABY INJURED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lois Dean

Shocking footage has been shown of the moment a Ferrari driven by Daniel Halliwell travelling at around 130MPH crashed into a car carrying a three-week-old baby.

FULL REPORT: WarringtonGuardian.co.uk

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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

21/1/2025

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Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Wednesday 22 January 2025.

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This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

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Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

The Daily Telegraph: "BENEFIT CHEATS TO BE BANNED FROM ROADS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Riley Smith

Minister enforces 'toughest fraud measures in a generation'.
Benefit cheats face being banned from driving for two years under a proposed new anti-fraud law.

Glasgow Times: "WORRIES FREE DANCE SCHOOL COULD VANISH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Morgan Carmichael

The future of a Glasgow dance academy is uncertain as there may not be enough money to sustain it through the academic year.

The Guardian: "PM'S PLEDGE TO OVERHAUL TERROR LAWS AMID 'TIDAL WAVE' OF ONLINE VIOLENCE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Robert Booth / Vikram Dodd / Peter Walker / Jessica Elgot

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says Social Media platforms must act to remove extreme content that is inspiring violence.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com

South Wales Evening Post: "SCAM FEAR OF MURDER ACCUSED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jonathon Hill

Mother of two left for dead on kitchen floor with set of keys on her back.
Murder accused told ex-partner 'don't say a word' after killing 'adored' mum-of-two.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk

Daily Express: "BRITAIN'S 'NEW THREAT' FROM VIOLENT ONLINE 'MISFITS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jonathan Walker

Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper fear school attacks after Southport killings.
162 people were referred to the counter-terrorism Prevent programme in 2024.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk

Western Mail: "PM WARNS OF 'MISFITS' THREAT AFTER MURDERS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Neil Shaw

Britain faces a new threat of terrorism from "extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms".

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/uk-news/sir-keir-starmer-says-uk-30827101

Daily Star: "LOCK UP YER BINS!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jerry Lawton

Strap down your bins, your garden gnomes, and your ill-fitting hairpiece as Storm Eowyn batters Britain with 90MPH winds on Friday and Saturday.

Lancashire Telegraph: "DRUG-FUELLED YOB'S HAMMER HORROR SPREE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nat Goodlad

A thug who carried out a brutal hammer attack on a man and woman while high on Crack Cocaine in Blackburn has been jailed for 18 years.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/24870602.man-blackburn-hammer-attack-given-23-year-sentence

Morning Star: "TUC PRESSES FOR ACTION TO GROW WAGES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre / David Nicholson

"The Bank Of England must play its part" -Experts warn not to overplay the risk of wage growth to inflation.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk

The Yorkshire Post: "KEY HOSPITAL PROJECTS TO BE DELAYED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

Two hospital project in West Yorkshire that were promised by Boris Johnson may not be completed until mid-2030.

Wirral Globe: "MOTORCYCLIST DIES IN CRASH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Manning

Floral tributes have been laid after a 25-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash on Dock Road in Seacombe.

FULL REPORT: WirralGlobe.co.uk/news/24869408.floral-tributes-motorcyclist-died-wirral-crash

The Independent: "TRUMP TO HOLD UK OVER BARREL ON TRADE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Maddox

Donald Trump's newly-elected administration believes it has Sir Keir Starmer's Government "over a barrel" on trade.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk

Metro (England): "WAR ON 'MISFITS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Munro

Sir Keir Starmer has described the Southport attack as a 'devastating moment in our history' and warned of a new type of terrorism threat from 'loners'.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk

The Bolton News: "INQUEST: WARD WAS NOT RIGHT FOR EVELIN, 16"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Eoin McCaul

The plan to prevent a Farnworth teenager leaving Royal Bolton Hospital was 'unworkable', an inquest into her death heard.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk

South Wales Echo: "SUDDEN DEATH TRAGEDY OF DAD, 43"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Bryana Francis

43-year-old dad-of-three Michael Murphy who was normally up first in the morning was found dead in his bed with no explanation.
Michael Murphy was a popular father-of-three young children known for his funny and contagious personality.
His family are now trying to raise money for his funeral

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk

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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: TUESDAY 21 JANUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

20/1/2025

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Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Tuesday 21 January 2025.

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This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

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Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

Daily Mail: "SOUTHPORT KILLER PLOTTED MASSACRE AT HIS OLD SCHOOL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Richard Marsden / Rebecca Camber / James Tozer

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana plotted Britain's firsrt High School massacre a week before his knife rampage.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk

Glasgow Times: "COMPANY BEHIND £1 MILLION MYSTERY DONATION REVEALED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Learmonth

The owners of McVitie's are the mystery organisation behind a controversial donation to Glasgow City Council.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk

City AM: "GROWTH PUSH WILL TEST RISK APPETITE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Charlie Conchie

The Financial Conduct Authority's push to slash red tape and unleash growth in the City will test United Kingdom's appetite for risk.

The Daily Telegraph: "STARMER ACCUSED OVER SOUTHPORT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Gordon Rayner / Martin Evans / Charles Hymas / Will Bolton

Summer Riots could have been avoided had PM been honest with public about murders.
Sir Keir Starmer has admitted the British state failed the three girls who were killed by Axel Rudakubana at a dance class in Southport.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk

The Bolton News: "WIFE'S TRIBUTE TO HER TRAGIC HUSBAND, 61"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Leah Collins

A heartbroken wife has paid an emotional tribute to her husband ahead of an inquest into his death.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk

The National: "'ISRAEL DOES NOT WANT THE WORLD TO SEE WHAT IT HAS DONE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steph Brawn

A BBC journalist has called out an Israeli block on international journalists reporting from Gaza.
BBC journalist slams Israel for ban on interntional reporters in Gaza.

FULL REPORT: TheNational.Scot

Cambridge News: "RESIDENTS SOUTH CAMBS DISTRICT COUNCIL WANTS YOU"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hannah Brown

Referendum on South Cambs four-day week trial would be 'meaningless'.
A referendum on the four-day week trial at South Cambridgeshire District Council would be "meaningless", Bridget Smith has said.

FULL REPORT: Cambridge-News.co.uk

Daily Star: "ORANGE MANBABY SWORN IN AS 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - SO HELP US GOD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: James Caven

Giant Orange Manbaby Donald Trump became 47th President of USA.
Then gave a well-mental speech to celebrate.

Scottish Daily Mail: "SOUTHPORT KILLER PLOTTED MASSACRE AT HIS OLD SCHOOL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Richard Marsden / Rebecca Camber / James Tozer

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana plotted Britain's firsrt High School massacre a week before his knife rampage.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk

Financial Times: "'GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA BEGINS NOW'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: James Politi

President Trump takes office vowing to roll back Biden era.
Pledge to take on 'radical, corrupt establishment'.

Liverpool Echo: "GUILTY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Patrick Edrich / Adam Everett

"Is this all for me?" - Five words Axel Rudakubana spoke when he first arrived at court before falling silent.
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty of murdering Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice de Silva Aguiar.

FULL REPORT: LiverpoolEcho.co.uk

The Times: "'THE GOLDEN AGE STARTS NOW'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Charter / Alistair Dawber / Hugh Tomlinson

Donald Trump announces changes to immigration and economy.
Joe Biden issues Presidential Pardons to family as last act as President.

Lancashire Telegraph: "COMPANY BOSS LIED TO GET £50K PANDEMIC LOAN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nat Goodlad

The owner of a plastering and rendering company fraudulently claimed a Government Loan during COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Scotsman: "WORLD HOLDS ITS BREATH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martyn McLaughlin

Donald Trump promises Americans a 'golden era'.
New US President says he was saved by God to restore country.
Raft of Executive Orders set to dismantle Joe Biden's legacy.

Morning Star: "RETURN OF THE VILLAGE IDIOT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Roger McKenzie

Activists vowed to mobilise "in our thousands and our millions" against Donald Trump's second term as United States President.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk

The Irish World: "MARTIN STANDS BY HIS CRITICISM OF MICHAEL LOWRY..AFTER DOING DEAL FOR HIS SUPPORT"

Ireland's incoming Taoseach, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin defended his deal with Fine Gael Communications Minister Michael Lowry.

Metro (England): "TRUMP'S BACK"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah Hooper / Jessica Kwong / Craig Munro / Tom Sanders

Now the world waits to see what happens next.
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, returning to office after four years.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk

Daily Record: "KILLERS' JAIL SEX ROW"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mark McGivern

A child killer and her trans lover claim they have been subjected to a four year hate campaign in jail.
Nyomi Fee, who killed her toddler stepson, and Alex Stewart, who changed sex after being jailed for murder, have accused another prisoner of branding them “the trannie and the beast”.

FULL REPORT: DailyRecord.co.uk

Daily Express: "WHY WASN'T DANCE CLASS KILLER STOPPED?"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Riches / Paul Jeeves

Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murder of three schoolgirls and the attempted murder of eight other people on the first day of his trial.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/2002867

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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: MONDAY 20 JANUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

19/1/2025

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Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Monday 20 January 2025.

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This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

From Monday 12 August 2024, the category section will list the various newspapers featured in Informing Britain Paper, so if you want to see all posts featuring a specific title, click down the list on the right of this page.

Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

Scottish Daily Mail: "THANK YOU FOR BRINGING EMILY HOME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Jehring

British hostage Emily Damari smiled defiantly at her Hamas captors as she was freed - before an emotional reunion with her mother.

FULL STORY: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14302161

Daily Record: "FERGIE'S GOODBYE TO THE KING"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ryan McDonald

Sir Alex Ferguson hailed Denis Law as The King before laying a wreath in an emotional tribute to the Manchester United legend.

FULL REPORT: DailyRecord.co.uk/sport/football/denis-law-remembered-man-united-34510287

The Daily Telegraph: "STARMER RACES FOR TRUMP TRADE DEAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Daniel Martin / Tony Diver

Sir Keir Starmer has stepped up efforts to secure a trade deal with Donald Trump as the President-Elect takes power.

Daily Star: "THE FRY-UP DEVIANTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Adela Whittingham

One in ten people go against the Full English orthodoxy by choosing to put gravy on their fry-up instead of brown sauce.
The perverts.

Adela Whittingham has decided to be ignorant towards Scotland and Wales in her article on the front page of tomorrow's Daily Star.
'Full English'?
I beg your pardon.
Do readers outside of England not matter?

The Guardian: "HOSTAGES OUT AS TRUCE HOLDS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lorenzo Tondo / Bethan McKernan / Peter Beaumont

Israel and Hamas have begun a ceasefire.
Hostages Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher return to Israel after 15 months in captivity.

FULL STORY: TheGuardian.com/world/2025/jan/19/hamas-releases-first-three-hostages-ceasefire-deal-israel

Daily Mirror: "OUT OF THE DARKNESS.. BACK IN MUM'S ARMS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Lines

British hostage Emily Damari is reunited with her mother after being held by Hamas for 471 days.

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ceasefire-gaza-israel-news-live-34508751

Metro (England): "HOME AT LAST"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Gergana Krasteva / Danny Rigg

A British-Israeli woman is among the first three hostages to have been handed over to Israeli forces by as part of a ceasefire deal in Gaza.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/01/19/questions-gaza-ceasefire-israel-raises-last-minute-concerns-22389224

The Scotsman: "TRUMP TOLD TARIFFS NOT IN SCOTLAND'S OR US INTERESTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rachel Amery

Donald Trump's administration has been warned the imposition of damaging tariffs on products such as whisky and salmon is not in the interests of Scotland or USA.

FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/politics/ex-scottish-minister-terrified-of-donald-trump-presidency-but-scotland-office-will-work-with-us-president-4949871

Morning Star: "BRAZEN ATTACK ON OUR RIGHT TO DEMONSTRATE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Elizabeth Short

Metropolitan Police arrest 77 protesters during national demonstration for Palestine.
Metropolitan Police waged a direct assault on freedom of assembly at Saturday’s national demonstration for Palestine — then spun a misleading narrative.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/a-frightening-lurch-towards-political-repression-in-britain

Daily Mail: "THANK YOU FOR BRINGING EMILY HOME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Jehring

British hostage Emily Damari smiled defiantly at her Hamas captors as she was freed - before an emotional reunion with her mother.

FULL STORY: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14302161

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