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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW (SATURDAY'S PAPERS): SATURDAY 24 JANUARY 2026 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

23/1/2026

Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Saturday 24 January 2026.

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This is a selection of newspaper publications from United Kingdom, and around the world.

All papers are from within United Kingdom, unless otherwise stated.

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

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

Daily Mirror: "SAY SORRY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dave Burke

United States President Donald Trump is facing mounting pressure to say sorry for insulting the British Armed Forces by claiming they stayed away from the Afghanistan front line.

FULL REPORT: MIRROR.CO.UK/news/politics/breaking-keir-starmer-says-donald-36602296

The Bolton News: "ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT PLAN TO CUT A&E WAITS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Gee

Patients arriving at Bolton's busy Emergency Department will be given a GP appointment or told to visit a pharmacy instead of being treated there.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25786234.warning-patients-sent-away-royal-bolton-hospital-e

Daily Express: "'WHAT A BLOODY CHEEK!'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mieka Smiles / Lauren Welch

Prince Harry has given a furious response to controversial comments made by Donald Trump over the war in Afghanistan.
United States President Donald Trump has provoked fury after saying Armed Forces from NATO stayed 'off the front lines' in Afghanistan.

FULL REPORT: EXPRESS.CO.UK/news/politics/2161556

The Yorkshire Post: "KEY £160M FOR AIRPORT UNDER THREAT IN DISPUTE OVER LEASE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Burn

The release of £160m of taxpayer funding to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport will not happen unless the terms of a controversial lease for the site are changed – with a deal yet to be agreed, The Yorkshire Post can
reveal.

FULL REPORT: YorkshirePost.co.uk/business/doncaster-sheffield-airport-ps160m-funding-wont-be-released-until-controversial-lease-is-changed-5488203

Morning Star: "UNIONS WARN: STARMER STOP THE STITCH-UPS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre

Unions and Members Of Parliament from The Labour Party have warned Sir Keir Starmer against trying another "stitch-up", amid reports the Prime Minister is trying to block Andy Burnham's potential return to Westminster.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/democratic-outrage

Lancashire Telegraph: "'I HAVE BOTTLED A GUY' ATTACKER TELLS POLICE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alec Whitaker

A holidaymaker committed an 'impulsive and reckless' act by hitting a stranger over the head with a gin bottle, a court heard.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25784280.airbnb-holidaymaker-glassed-stranger-night

Daily Star: "CLAUDIA'S TRAITORS SECRET"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ed Gleave

Claudia Winkleman has revealed her secret to the success of BBC's hit The Traitors as the nation came to a standstill for the Grand Finale.

FULL REPORT: DailyStar.co.uk/tv/claudia-winkleman-reveals-orange-secret-36603956

Glasgow Times: "'CHILDREN ARE AT RISK'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Donald Erskine

Children are at risk due to dangerous roads around a Primary School in Glasgow.
Concerned locals, including Gordon McKee MP, gathered outside King's Park Primary School on Kingsbridge Drive.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25791393.glasgow-kings-park-primary-school-parents-say-children-risk

The Daily Telegraph: "STARMER FORCED TO PULL CHAGOS BILL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Genevieve Holl-Allen

Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to pull his Chagos Islands bill in the wake of a United States backlash over the deal.
The legislation was expected to be debated in the House Of Lords.

FULL REPORT: TELEGRAPH.CO.UJK/politics/2026/01/23/starmer-pulls-chagos-deal-following-trump-backlash

The Scotsman: "NO PRESSURE TO OPEN HOSPITAL SAYS STURGEON"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Bol

Nicola Sturgeon has denied putting pressure on NHS chiefs to open the SNP Government's flagship Glasgow Hospital after the mother of a 10-year-old who was killed after contracting an infection told her to “be honest” about what she knew about the scandal.

FULL REPORT: SCOTSMAN.COM/news/politics/nicola-sturgeon-qeuh-hospital-deaths-infections-snp-scandal-5488314

The Times Saturday: "ANXIETY 'TO CAUSE A LOST GENERATION ON BENEFITS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Max Kendix

Britain is "writing off" a generation of young people with "normal" Mental Health conditions such as anxiety and depression to a life on benefits, the Government's Work Tsar has warned.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/anxious-young-britons-risk-becoming-lost-generation-on-benefits-0870rsmh2

Scottish Daily Mail: "NOW TRUMP DELAYS CHAGOS SURRENDER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Claire Ellicott

United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer pulled his deal to surrender Chagos Islands.
Just days after United States President Donald Trump blasted the United Kingdom for 'an act of great stupidity'.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-15492909

The Guardian: "PM REBUKES TRUMP AMID ANGER AT NATO TROOP 'INSULT'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alexandra Topping / Rowena Mason / Jamie Crierson

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has issued an unprecedented rebuke to President Donald Trump for his "insulting and frankly appalling" remarks about British troops in Afghanistan and suggested he should apologise.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/donald-trump-outrage-nato-troops-avoided-afghanistan-frontline

Edinburgh Evening News: "CARS TORCHED OUTSIDE HOME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Neil Johnstone

Police Officers from Police Scotland in East Lothian have launched an investigation after a car was deliberately set on fire outside a property on Jackson Way in Tranent.

FULL REPORT: EdinburghNews.Scotsman.com/news/police-investigating-potential-gang-feud-links-after-cars-torched-outside-east-lothian-home-5487547

Daily Mail: "NOW TRUMP DELAYS CHAGOS SURRENDER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Claire Ellicott

Prime Minister Keir Starmer pulled his deal to surrender Chagos Islands.
This is after President Donald Trump blasted the UK for 'an act of great stupidity'.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-15492909

The Times Scotland: "STURGEON'S DENIAL OVER HOSPITAL 'PRESSURE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: John Boothman

Nicola Sturgeon has denied that she applied any pressure to rush the opening of the troubled Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, describing such accusations as "completely untrue".

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/scotland/article/sturgeon-rejects-accusations-over-rush-to-open-queen-elizabeth-university-hospital-89cl03bh0

FT Weekend: "GOLD PRICES SURGE AFTER TRUMP'S GREENLAND MOVES BATTER DOLLAR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ian Smith / Leslie Hook / Rachel Rees

Gold recorded its best week in nearly 20 years and the US Dollar its worst since May, after the Greenland crisis sent investors looking for safe alternatives to the United States currency amid renewed concerns over erratic White House policymaking.

FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/6d7ab91c-fc2a-4766-8ebd-3108c5446946

Daily Record: "AN INSULT TO OUR WAR HEROES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mark McGivern

Gary Scorgie-Hart, a Soldier who saw British comrade Mark Wright killed in action, has slammed Donald Trump's "insult" to our heroes.

FULL REPORT: DailyRecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/starmers-fierce-response-donald-trump-36603496

The Independent: "STARMER BLASTS TRUMP: SAY SORRY FOR APPALLING SLUR ON OUR WAR DEAD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kate Devlin, Athena Stavrou & David Maddox

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has slammed President Donald Trump's false claims that NATO troops stayed away from the front line in the conflict in Afghanistan as "insulting and frankly appalling" and demanded an apology.

FULL REPORT: INDEPENDENT.CO.UK/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-afghanistan-nato-soldiers-b2906174.html

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INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW (SATURDAY'S PAPERS): SATURDAY 17 JANUARY 2026 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

16/1/2026

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Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Friday 16 January 2026.

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 United Kingdom, and around the world.

All papers are from within United Kingdom, unless otherwise stated.

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

This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

Daily Express: "WE WILL FIX BROKEN BRITAIN ...JUST NOT TOGETHER!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steph Spyro / Martyn Brown

The Conservative Party's Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK's Robert Jenrick have each vowed to rescue Britain from The Labour Paryt's grip of the United Kingdom Government, following their explosive split.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2158827

The Bolton News: "LATEST STEP IN NEW HOTEL AND HOMES SCHEME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan

The latest step in a major project to build a new hotel and hundreds of new homes in Bolton town centre has been approved.
The Church Wharf scheme, which will include a 130-room hotel and 415 homes along the River Croal was unanimously approved by Bolton Council's planning committee.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25753586.latest-step-approved-church-wharf-bolton-project

Morning Star: "BLOW TO NHS AS RAAC WOES FORCE DELAY ON HOSPITALITY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Christophe Domec

Further delays in replacing Medical Facilities built with RAAC concrete are a "blow" to National Health Service staff, as campaigners wanted to prevent the "severe risk of collapsing floors and ceilings".

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/blow-staff-patients-and-local-communities

Lancashire Telegraph: "PAEDOPHILE'S 13-YEAR REIGN OF CHILD ABUSE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jack Stott

A "manipulative and scheming" paedophile who sexually abused his victims over 13 years has been jailed.
Robert Crompton, 67, of no fixed abode, appeared before Preston Crown Court.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25771589.blackburn-paedophile-jailed-historic-sexual-offences

Daily Star: "TRUMP'S IG-NOBEL PEACE PRIZE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nadeem Badshah

Donald Trump shows off the Nobel Peace Prize gifted to him by winner Marina Machado.
He thinks it has a ring to it.
But just NO!!

FULL REPORT: DailyStar.co.uk/news/us-news/trump-brags-accepting-nobel-peace-36566299

The Yorkshire Post: "REVIEW OF TRAM PLAN CASE 'MUST STAY SECRET'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

An independent review into West Yorkshire's mass transit system, which caused it to be delayed to the late 2030s, will remain shrouded in secrecy, with the publication now restricted for legal reasons.

Daily Mirror: "FARAGE CAN'T BE TRUSTED WITH BRITAIN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashley Cowburn

Reform UK are not fit to keep Britain safe, Defence Sectretary John Healey has said.
It comes after Nigel Farage said he would not vote for a United Kingdom peacekeeping force in Ukraine.

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/politics/chilling-farage-warning-defence-secretary-36563830

The Times Saturday: "PM UNDER PRESSURE TO GET RID OF STREETING"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Patrick Maguire

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls from Cabinet Ministers to sack Health Secretary Wes Streeting for disloyalty amid deepening splits in his top team.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/wes-streeting-keir-starmer-labour-news-sxn8tjsdt

Scottish Daily Mail: "TRANS ROW NURSE HAILS NEW VICTORY FOR COMMON SENSE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dan Barker

Sandie Peggie, the NHS Fife nurse at the centre of a transgender row tribunal, has praised the courage of colleagues South of the Border after they won a landmark case against NHS bosses.

FULL REPORT: http://DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-15471491

The Daily Telegraph: "BADENOCH: BRITAIN IS NOT BROKEN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Riley Smith

Britain is not broken, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has declared in a rebuke to Robert Jenrick following his defection to Reform UK.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/16/kemi-badenoch-britain-is-not-broken

The Scotsman: "MOST SCOTS 'BACK FULL USE OF NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alistair Grant

Almost six in ten British people in Scotland back the development and extraction of the United Kingdom's remaining oil and gas reserves, a new poll has found.

FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/politics/six-in-ten-scots-back-full-development-of-north-sea-oil-and-gas-poll-finds-5478166

The Guardian: "BACK MY GREENLAND PLANS OR FACE TARIFFS, SAYS TRUMP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Miranda Bryant / Joseph Gedeon

United States President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on countries that do not "go along" with his plan to annex Greenland, increasing pressure on European allies who have opposed his effort to take over the Arctic territory.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2026/jan/16/trump-greenland-envoy-us-denmark

FT Weekend: "EU EYES TWO-TIER ACCESSION FOR KYIV"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Henry Foy

Brussels are drafting proposals to tear up the European Union accession system used since the Cold War, replacing it with a contentious two-tier model that could fast-track Russia's invasion.

FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/a42ea7ba-af22-4133-b1d3-e2fdf561c7ba

Edinburgh Evening News: "RACE TO BRING UP TO 1M FANS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Stuart Reid

Up to a million sports fans could come to Edinburgh next Summer to watch the start of the Tour De France cycle race, organisers have said.

Daily Mail: "LABOUR IS TOLD: NOW PROTECT ALL WOMEN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Glen Keogh

The Government is facing accusations by the Darlington nurses of “dragging their feet" on Single Sex Spaces guidance while the NHS has been warned they must ensure safe spaces for women.
The Darlington nurses urged Government Ministers to stop 'dragging their heels' over national guidance on Single Sex Spaces.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-15470809

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