 Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Wednesday 16 July 2025. Browse through #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. Here are tonight's Page 1 previews. This page will be updated as the headlines come in. The Independent: "HOW WE EXPOSED THE EMAIL BLUNDER THAT PUT 100,000 LIVES AT RISK - AND COULD COST BILLIONS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Holly Bancroft A 2022 Ministry Of Defence data breach exposed 100,000 Afghans' details, triggering a £6-7 billion covert evacuation, silenced by a superinjunction until 2025. FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/superinjunction-afghan-evacuation-mod-data-breach-b2789204.html  Glasgow Times: "WE WANT TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF RAT ISSUE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Aidan MacDonald Residents of a tenement block say rats are "taking over" the site. Graig MacPherson who lives in a flat on Ferguson Street insists the vermin have moved into the buildings.  Lancashire Telegraph: "CHRISTMAS COCAINE GANG JAILED" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jack Stott The first day of the sentencing of a dozen East Lancashire men who supplied cocaine throughout the 2023 Christmas period has taken place. FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25313273.east-lancashire-men-involved-cocaine-supply-sentenced  The Guardian: "THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS RELOCATED TO UK IN SECRET SCHEME AFTER DATA LEAK" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emine Sinmaz / Dan Sabbagh Conservative Party ministers used an unprecedented superinjunction to suppress a Data Breach that requires the United Kingdom to offer relocation to 15,000 Afghans. FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/15/the-worst-day-of-all-time-afghans-speak-of-safety-fears-after-uk-data-leak  Down Recorder: "OFF-DUTY NURSES RESCUE CHILDREN IN BEACH DRAMA" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kirsty King The family of five young children, who got into difficulty in the sea off Minerstown Beach, have thanked the off-duty nurses who saved their lives.  Financial Times: "UK SECRETLY RELOCATED AFGHANS AFTER DATA LEAK PUT THEM IN PERIL OF TALIBAN" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lucy Fisher / Alistair Gray The UK Government set up a secret multibillion-pound scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to Britain after a Data Breach put them at risk. FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/f6b41172-dcc3-405f-8dd2-a5eb1d024454  Wirral Globe: "REGENERATION COSTS DOUBLE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ed Barnes The "shocking" early results of an independent investigation into regeneration works in Birkenhead have been revealed as costs have doubled. FULL REPORT: WirralGlobe.co.uk/news/25299024.spiralling-costs-transform-birkenhead-town-centre-revealed  Daily Record: "WHY DID MY SEAN LIE DEAD FOR 6 DAYS IN COUNCIL HQ TOILET?" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Douglas Walker A grieving widow wants to know why her husband's body lay undiscovered for six days inside a toilet cubicle at a Council HQ. FULL REPORT: DailyRecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/first-picture-gentle-giant-found-35525568  City AM: "COME ON IN THE MARKET'S GREAT" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Simon Hunt Rachel Reeves has thrown her weight behind the campaign to get more Brits investing in the Stock Market. The UK Chancellor unveils plans for retail investing revolution as part of sweeping city overhaul. FULL REPORT: CityAM.com/regulation-is-a-boot-on-the-neck-of-businesses-rachel-reeves-to-warn-at-mansion-house  Metro (South Edition): "£850M AFGHAN AIRLIFT COVER-UP" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Munro Secret £850 million scheme bringing Afghans on '33,000-long kill list' to United Kingdom. Thousands of Afghans have secretly moved to Britain at a cost of £850 million after a military official's email blunder putting their lives at risk from The Taliban. FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/07/15/thousands-afghans-brought-uk-secret-850-000-000-scheme-data-leak-23667651  Metro (North Edition) [Sport]: "MacINTYRE'S SMASHING IT" LEAD SPORT CORRESPONDENT: Fraser Rorison Golfer Robert MacIntyre admits he would rather 'smash something up' than accept polite applause when he performs poorly on the Golf Course.  The Bolton News: "DRIVER IS JAILED AFTER CAUSING FATAL COLLISION" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan A "reckless" speeding driver caused a crash that killed a man on one of Bolton's main roads. Daniel Kelly from Leigh, was driving a Ford Focus on St. Helens Road at well above the 30 miles per hour speed limit when he caused the fatal crash. FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25315199.reckless-driver-killed-man-st-helens-road-bolton-crash  Daily Mail: "MINISTERS STILL WON'T COME CLEAN ON SECRET AFGHAN AIRLIFTS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sam Greenhill / David Williams Ministers were urged to 'come clean' over a Government operation smuggling Afghans into United Kingdom. After a two-year battle to lift Government super-injunction, 18,500 Afghans were brought into Britain. FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14901607  Daily Star: "SACKINGS DON'T GET TOUGHER THAN THIS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ed Gleave John Torode has been given the boot as MasterChef presenter after a claim he used an extremely racist term was upheld. He said no-one at the Beeb told him.
The Times: "REVEALED: COVER-UP AFTER LEAK RISKED LIVES OF 100,000 AFGHANS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Larisa Brown A dataset was emailed to the wrong people, leading to fears of a Taliban 'kill list', a huge evacuation and an unprecedented superinjunction. FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/defence/article/leak-afghans-cover-up-taliban-tgf0p9c62  The Scotsman: "WHISKY CHIEFS WANT STARMER TO TELL TRUMP 'DITCH TARIFFS'" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Bol Donald Trump is poised for Aberdeen talks with Keir Starmer and John Swinney later this month. The Prime Minister has been told to "seize the moment" and thrash out a deal with Donald Trump to ditch his controversial tariffs on Scotch Whisky when the pair meet in Aberdeen later this month. FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/politics/whisky-leaders-urge-starmer-to-seize-the-moment-in-trump-meeting-to-ditch-tariffs-5225704  Morning Star: "'STOP CRACKDOWN ON OUR RIGHT TO PROTEST'" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre 22 General Secretaries sign joint statement demanding charges be dropped against Alex Kenny, Sophie Bolt, Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham over peaceful Palestine demo in January. Twenty-two Union General Secretaries raised "deep concern about the erosion of the right to peaceful protest" in an open letter, urging Metropolitan Police to drop charges against four Palestine march leaders. FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/stop-prosecuting-protest-say-britains-union-leaders  Morning Star (Sport): "I STILL HAVE 'FIRE TO PLAY IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE'" LEAD SPORT CORRESPONDENT: TBA Jordan Henderson says he is determined to prove he can still cut it in the Premier League after joining Brentford Football Club. FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/henderson-determined-prove-he-has-fire-play-premier-league-after-moving-brentford  Scottish Daily Mail: "MINISTERS STILL WON'T COME CLEAN ON SECRET AFGHAN AIRLIFTS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sam Greenhill / David Williams Ministers were urged to 'come clean' over a Government operation smuggling Afghans into United Kingdom. After a two-year battle to lift Government super-injunction, 18,500 Afghans were brought into Britain. FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14901607  Daily Express: "GAP YEARS!" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Paul Jeeves Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers who mounted a "moronic mission" to cut down the much-loved Sycamore Gap tree have been jailed for a total of eight and a half years. FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/2082091
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