Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Friday 26 September 2025.
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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.
The Independent: "NEW DIGITAL ID CARD TO BE COMPULSORY FOR ALL UK WORKERS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Millie Cooke / Kate Devlin
Every working adult in Great Britain will be required to have a new Government-issued Digital Identity Card as part of a fresh attempt to crack down on illegal migration.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce his backing for the "Brit Card" scheme, which would verify an individual's right to live and work in the United Kingdom.
FULL REPORT: http://Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/digital-id-starmer-migration-brit-card-b2833633.html
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Millie Cooke / Kate Devlin
Every working adult in Great Britain will be required to have a new Government-issued Digital Identity Card as part of a fresh attempt to crack down on illegal migration.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce his backing for the "Brit Card" scheme, which would verify an individual's right to live and work in the United Kingdom.
FULL REPORT: http://Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/digital-id-starmer-migration-brit-card-b2833633.html
Lancashire Telegraph: "JAY'S MUM HITS OUT AT 'ARMCHAIR DETECTIVES'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah McGee
The mum of Oswaldtwistle's Jay Slater, whose death sparked a huge police and Social Media response says 'armchair detectives' accused her of murdering her own son.
Debbie Duncan is now calling for tougher regulations about what can be posted online during Missing Person searches.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah McGee
The mum of Oswaldtwistle's Jay Slater, whose death sparked a huge police and Social Media response says 'armchair detectives' accused her of murdering her own son.
Debbie Duncan is now calling for tougher regulations about what can be posted online during Missing Person searches.
Financial Times: "BURNHAM BORROWING SPREE WOULD ROCK GILTS AND HURT STERLING, INVESTORS WARN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ian Smith / George Parker / Jim Pickard / Jennifer Williams
Labour Mayor 'financially naïve'.
£40BN debt policy stirs alarm.
Starmer allies see 'over-reach'.
Bond investors have warned that a Labour Party government led by Andy Burnham would spark a fresh sell-off in gilts and the pound if it launched a borrowing spree against a backdrop of fragile markets.
FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/c18f8a1a-2cce-4e37-8a6c-a2a463ca72aa
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ian Smith / George Parker / Jim Pickard / Jennifer Williams
Labour Mayor 'financially naïve'.
£40BN debt policy stirs alarm.
Starmer allies see 'over-reach'.
Bond investors have warned that a Labour Party government led by Andy Burnham would spark a fresh sell-off in gilts and the pound if it launched a borrowing spree against a backdrop of fragile markets.
FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/c18f8a1a-2cce-4e37-8a6c-a2a463ca72aa
Kashmir Despatch (JAMMU & KASHMIR): "PM MODI'S VISION DRIVING INNOVATION IN J&K: LG SINHA AT ATL SARTHI LAUNCH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Unlisted
Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is transforming India into a society driven by innovation.
Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha said India is a Global Leader in Artificial Intelligence.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Unlisted
Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is transforming India into a society driven by innovation.
Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha said India is a Global Leader in Artificial Intelligence.
Barnsley Chronicle: "A DAMN GOOD INNINGS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Josh Timlin
Tributes have been paid across the town to Barnsley's own Dickie Bird who has died, aged 92.
The Barnsley man played cricket for both Yorkshire and Leicestershire before retiring aged 31.
"A global sporting icon, a wonderful ambassador for Barnsley and a friend to anyone he met", says Mayor Dave Leech.
FULL REPORT: BarnsleyChronicle.com/article/33202/club-plans-minutes-applause-for-dickie-as-tributes-pour-in
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Josh Timlin
Tributes have been paid across the town to Barnsley's own Dickie Bird who has died, aged 92.
The Barnsley man played cricket for both Yorkshire and Leicestershire before retiring aged 31.
"A global sporting icon, a wonderful ambassador for Barnsley and a friend to anyone he met", says Mayor Dave Leech.
FULL REPORT: BarnsleyChronicle.com/article/33202/club-plans-minutes-applause-for-dickie-as-tributes-pour-in
The Guardian (AUSTRALIA EDITION): "FIRST NEW QANTAS AIRBUS JETS COME WITH ONE TOILET FOR EVERY 90 ECONOMY PASSENGERS - WORSE THAN JETSTAR, SCOOT AND RYANAIR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Catie McLeod
The first three aircraft in Qanats' new fleet will arrive with a worse economy passenger-to-toilet ratio than on planes used by budget carriers Scoot, RyanAir and JetStar.
After ordering the AirBus 321XLR aircraft in 2022 to replace its ageing Boeing 737s, Qantas used the new planes on commercial flights for the first time on the Sydney to Melbourne and Sydney to Perth routes.
FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/business/2025/sep/25/qantas-airbus-come-with-one-toilet-for-every-90-economy-passengers-worse-than-jetstar-scoot-and-ryanair
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Catie McLeod
The first three aircraft in Qanats' new fleet will arrive with a worse economy passenger-to-toilet ratio than on planes used by budget carriers Scoot, RyanAir and JetStar.
After ordering the AirBus 321XLR aircraft in 2022 to replace its ageing Boeing 737s, Qantas used the new planes on commercial flights for the first time on the Sydney to Melbourne and Sydney to Perth routes.
FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/business/2025/sep/25/qantas-airbus-come-with-one-toilet-for-every-90-economy-passengers-worse-than-jetstar-scoot-and-ryanair
| Morning Star: "BURNHAM TURNS UP THE HEAT ON AILING STARMER" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has turned up the heat on the Government as he made it clear he wants to replace Sir Keir Starmer as leader of The Labour Party. After days of mounting speculation, Mr. Burnham used a series of media interviews to outline his alternative policy agenda and underline his ambitions, clearly "trailing his coat" in the words of one MP. FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/burnhams-leadership-aspirations-turns-heat-starmers-government | Morning Star (SPORT/BACK PAGE): "UEFA PREPARE TO VOTE ON ISRAEL SUSPENSION" LEAD SPORT CORRESPONDENT: Unlisted Israel's Football Clubs and National Teams could be suspended by UEFA next week, Press Association reported. As first reported by The Times, it is understood plans are being put in place to hold an extraordinary meeting next week of UEFA's Executive Committee to discuss this topic, though nothing has yet been firmly scheduled. FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/uefa-moves-toward-vote-suspend-israel |
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Glasgow Times: "'IT IS NINE YEARS LATE'
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashley Pemberton
People in the East End of Glasgow have waited nine years for a supermarket, part of the promised 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy, that still has not been built, Councillor George Redmond has said.
Commonwealth Games looming on the horizon, calls are being made for the legacy of the previous games to be fully delivered before the event begins.
FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/25496090.councillor-says-east-end-supermarket-nine-years-late
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashley Pemberton
People in the East End of Glasgow have waited nine years for a supermarket, part of the promised 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy, that still has not been built, Councillor George Redmond has said.
Commonwealth Games looming on the horizon, calls are being made for the legacy of the previous games to be fully delivered before the event begins.
FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/25496090.councillor-says-east-end-supermarket-nine-years-late
The Daily Telegraph: "STARMER: LABOUR GOT IT WRONG ON MIGRATION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Riley Smith / Charles Hymas
Sir Keir Starmer admits that The Labour Party has previously got it wrong on migration, ahead of a speech countering Reform UK.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Prime Minister acknowledges that before his leadership, the party "did shy away" from voters' concerns on Illegal Immigration.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Riley Smith / Charles Hymas
Sir Keir Starmer admits that The Labour Party has previously got it wrong on migration, ahead of a speech countering Reform UK.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Prime Minister acknowledges that before his leadership, the party "did shy away" from voters' concerns on Illegal Immigration.
Daily Star: "KEIR'S CARD TRICK"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashley Pemberton
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer has come up with a plan to crack down on Illegal Migrants working in the UK.
ID cards for every adult.
Opponents have branded him a plonker.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashley Pemberton
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer has come up with a plan to crack down on Illegal Migrants working in the UK.
ID cards for every adult.
Opponents have branded him a plonker.
The Guardian: "MICROSOFT BLOCKS ISRAEL'S USE OF ITS TECHNOLOGY FOR MASS SURVEILLANCE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Harry Davies / Yuval Abraham
Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, The Guardian can reveal.
FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/microsoft-blocks-israels-use-of-its-technology-in-mass-surveillance-of-palestinians
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Harry Davies / Yuval Abraham
Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, The Guardian can reveal.
FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/microsoft-blocks-israels-use-of-its-technology-in-mass-surveillance-of-palestinians
Daily Express: "SCHOOLS SHOULD BAN PHONES TO PROTECT NATION'S PUPILS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jonathan Walker
Schools must ban smartphones to protect children from "bullying, online abuse, pornography and other harmful content", Conservatives said.
Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott has written to school inspectors OfSted urging them to make it clear "that phones have no place in the classroom".
FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2113516
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jonathan Walker
Schools must ban smartphones to protect children from "bullying, online abuse, pornography and other harmful content", Conservatives said.
Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott has written to school inspectors OfSted urging them to make it clear "that phones have no place in the classroom".
FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2113516
The West Australian (AUSTRALIA): "ALBO'S HARD EARNED THIRST"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Latika M. Bourke
Anthony Albanese has ended his New York trip by rolling into an Aussie-themed bar popular with celebrities after defying United States President Donald Trump in his first speech at United Nations.
A day after snapping a selfie with Donald Trump.
FULL REPORT: TheWest.com.au/politics/anthony-albanese-un-speech-pm-champions-green-energy-after-donald-trumps-green-energy-scam-rant-c-20136400
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Latika M. Bourke
Anthony Albanese has ended his New York trip by rolling into an Aussie-themed bar popular with celebrities after defying United States President Donald Trump in his first speech at United Nations.
A day after snapping a selfie with Donald Trump.
FULL REPORT: TheWest.com.au/politics/anthony-albanese-un-speech-pm-champions-green-energy-after-donald-trumps-green-energy-scam-rant-c-20136400
Metro (SOUTH EDITION): "COMPULSORY DIGITAL ID CARDS ARE ON THE CARDS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah Hooper
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce that all working adults in the United Kingdom will be required to have a Government-issued Digital ID Card.
New plans, which Starmer will unveil are hoped to help tackle levels of Illegal Immigration and make it easier to identify if a person can live and work in the United Kingdom – whether a citizen or those on Visas.
FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/09/25/uk-citizens-will-soon-required-a-digital-brit-card-id-24261542
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah Hooper
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce that all working adults in the United Kingdom will be required to have a Government-issued Digital ID Card.
New plans, which Starmer will unveil are hoped to help tackle levels of Illegal Immigration and make it easier to identify if a person can live and work in the United Kingdom – whether a citizen or those on Visas.
FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/09/25/uk-citizens-will-soon-required-a-digital-brit-card-id-24261542
The National: "HOW LONG HAS KEIR GOT LEFT?"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lucy Jackson
Thousands of people are signing a petition to stop the rollout of compulsory Digital IDs.
It emerged The Labour Party plan for Digital IDs to be made law for all United Kingdom adults, marking the latest screeching U-turn in Keir Starmer's government.
FULL REPORT: TheNational.scot/news/25496309.thousands-sign-do-not-introduce-digital-id-cards-petition
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lucy Jackson
Thousands of people are signing a petition to stop the rollout of compulsory Digital IDs.
It emerged The Labour Party plan for Digital IDs to be made law for all United Kingdom adults, marking the latest screeching U-turn in Keir Starmer's government.
FULL REPORT: TheNational.scot/news/25496309.thousands-sign-do-not-introduce-digital-id-cards-petition
Arab News (SAUDI ARABIA): "ABBAS BLASTS 'GREATER ISRAEL' PLAN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Unlisted
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for an end to the war in Gaza and condemned Israel’s "expansionary plans", in a virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly.
He demanded “intervention” to stop Israel’s war in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank, warning that plans for a "Greater Israel" would encroach upon the territory of other Arab states.
FULL REPORT: ArabNews.com/node/2616721
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Unlisted
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for an end to the war in Gaza and condemned Israel’s "expansionary plans", in a virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly.
He demanded “intervention” to stop Israel’s war in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank, warning that plans for a "Greater Israel" would encroach upon the territory of other Arab states.
FULL REPORT: ArabNews.com/node/2616721
Daily Mirror: "PLAYING THE BRITCARD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sophie Huskisson
Keir Starmer is set to announce Digital ID cards - so-called "BritCards" - for adults in the UK in a bid to tackle illegal migration.
The Prime Minister, who is expected to confirm the move in a speech tomorrow, will allow the verification of a citizen's right to live and work in the UK.
FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-digital-id-cards-set-35966437
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sophie Huskisson
Keir Starmer is set to announce Digital ID cards - so-called "BritCards" - for adults in the UK in a bid to tackle illegal migration.
The Prime Minister, who is expected to confirm the move in a speech tomorrow, will allow the verification of a citizen's right to live and work in the UK.
FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-digital-id-cards-set-35966437
The Scotsman: "CHILDREN 'CAN SEE PORN' ON SCHOOL IPADS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Catriona Stewart
Children as young as seven can view graphic sexual material on school-issued iPads, it has been claimed.
More than 82,000 pupils in two council areas have been given tablets that allow access to search engines that can act as a gateway to extreme images and pornography.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Catriona Stewart
Children as young as seven can view graphic sexual material on school-issued iPads, it has been claimed.
More than 82,000 pupils in two council areas have been given tablets that allow access to search engines that can act as a gateway to extreme images and pornography.
The Bolton News: "TENANT FARM COUPLE FACING LAND SELL-OFF"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan
Farmland that was occupied by a couple with "300 years of history" is set to be sold by Bolton Council to "progress housing delivery".
David and Karen Yates had opposed their eviction from Earls Farm off Stitch-Mi-Lane in Harwood since they were first served notice in March 2022.
FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25491695.earls-farm-bolton-sold-housing-delivery
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan
Farmland that was occupied by a couple with "300 years of history" is set to be sold by Bolton Council to "progress housing delivery".
David and Karen Yates had opposed their eviction from Earls Farm off Stitch-Mi-Lane in Harwood since they were first served notice in March 2022.
FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25491695.earls-farm-bolton-sold-housing-delivery
The Times: "PRESSURE ON PM TO LIFT TWO-CHILD BENEFIT CAP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Chris Smyth
Keir Starmer will be told by a task force before the budget to make the change — but it will cost £3billion a year when Rachel Reeves is trying to plug a spending gap.
It bars families from claiming the £292.81-a-month child element of Universal Credit for third and subsequent children born after 6 April 2017.
FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/two-child-benefit-cap-keir-starmer-news-qngfl2xb8
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Chris Smyth
Keir Starmer will be told by a task force before the budget to make the change — but it will cost £3billion a year when Rachel Reeves is trying to plug a spending gap.
It bars families from claiming the £292.81-a-month child element of Universal Credit for third and subsequent children born after 6 April 2017.
FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/two-child-benefit-cap-keir-starmer-news-qngfl2xb8
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