 Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Friday 01 August 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 United Kingdom, it may not be all of the Front Pages. If the leading story is available, links will be provided. This page will be updated as the headlines come in. Here are tonight's Page 1 previews. The Independent: "NOW NURSES AND GPS THREATEN STRIKE AS NHS BRACES FOR WINTER CHAOS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rebecca Thomas NHS patients face months of Winter strikes as nurses and GPs are the latest to threaten walkouts if their pay demands are not met. FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/health/nurses-doctors-strike-streeting-nhs-bma-b2799470.html  Lancashire Telegraph: "ROW OVER COMPLEX NAME" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Bill Jacobs A new row has erupted over a controversial £12.6 million health and fitness project - this time over what it should be called. It comes after a senior Hyndburn Conservative said the Leisure Centre at Wilson Sports Village should have been named after one of the European Championships-winning Lionesses, not a former Labour councillor. FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25354960.hyndburn-hub-naming-row-tory-says-call-lioness  Financial Times: "MICROSOFT MARKET VALUE TOUCHES $4TN AS US TECH STOCKS SURGE TO FRESH HIGHS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emily Herbert / Ian Smith / George Steer Microsoft hit $4TN in Stock Market captitalisation as a United States tech share surge that also pushed Meta's stock up 12 per cent. FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/884cb7a1-7bf6-4726-a91b-c0a14fcc1edf 
Leicester Mercury: "MAN, 76, IS HELD OVER SUSPECTED POISONING AT SUMMER CAMP" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dylan Hayward A pensioner has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison after multiple children fell ill at a Summer Camp in Stathern, near the Melton area of Leicestershire. A major investigation has been launched in connection with the incident. FULL REPORT: LeicesterMercury.co.uk/news/local-news/poisoning-arrest-made-after-leicestershire-10388797  Metro (North Edition): "PARA TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT GAMES" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Stuart A record number of Paralympic Sport medals will be up for grabs at next Summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. There are set to be 63 medals of each colour handed out.  The Guardian: "THE MATHEMATICS OF STARVATION - HOW ISRAEL CAUSED A FAMINE IN GAZA" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emma Graham-Harrison The mathematics of famine are simple in Gaza. Palestinians cannot leave. Israel knows how much food is needed. FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2025/jul/31/the-mathematics-of-starvation-how-israel-caused-a-famine-in-gaza  The Yorkshire Post: "NURSES SET TO VOTE ON STRIKES FOR BETTER PAY" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mike Waites Patients could face wide scale disruption across the NHS after a vote paved the way for nurses to be balloted over Industrial Action. 
The Bolton News: "EARLY BUS BAN LIFTED FOR FREE PASS HOLDERS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Saiqa Chaudhari Pensioners will be able to use their free Bus Pass whenever they like as changes come into force. This will affect passengers of Bolton's Bee Network, amongst other Public Transport providers in Greater Manchester. FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25338200.free-bus-pass-60s-update-following-petition 
Metro (South Edition): "'POISONED' AT THE SUMMER CAMP" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sam Corbishley / Barney Davis A pensioner has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning children at a Summer Camp after eight were taken to a local Medical Facility. A 76-year-old man was arrested at a pub nearby on suspicion of poisoning children at the Summer Camp in Stathern, Leicestershire. FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/07/31/eight-children-rushed-hospital-summer-camp-poisoning-man-76-arrested-23799455  The Scotsman: "ANGER AS HUGE WINDFARM GETS THE GO-AHEAD" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Bol An offshore wind farm which developers say could be the world's biggest has been approved by the Scottish Government. Scottish ministers had been urged to reject plans for Berwick Bank - an offshore wind farm that conservationists have predicted would kill tens of thousands of seabirds. FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/politics/one-of-worlds-biggest-wind-farms-with-307-turbines-approved-near-edinburgh-by-snp-ministers-5250851 
Scottish Daily Mail: "ANGER AS SNP BACKS BIGGEST WIND FARM ON PLANET" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Michael Blackley The ‘largest’ offshore Wind Farm in the world could be built in the north of Britain after The SNP Government granted planning permission. FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14960335 
Daily Mail: "PROOF STARMER'S SMASH THE GANGS CAMPAIGN'S A JOKE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rory Tingle / Harriet Line Keir Starmer's pledge to 'smash the gangs' was in tatters on Thursday night after a new record was set for Channel crossings. More than 25,000 migrants have now arrived in the United Kingdom in small boats this year, the earliest the milestone has been hit. FULL REPORT: http://DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14960425  
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