INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2025 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN26/6/2025  Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Friday 27 June 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 I Paper: "LABOUR REBELS FORCE STARMER TO WATER DOWN BENEFITS CUTS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Richard Vaughan Sir Keir Starmer has edged closer to heading off a major Labour revolt over his controversial welfare reforms after offering major concessions on benefits cuts to rebel MPs. FULL REPORT: INews.co.uk/news/politics/labour/labour-rebel-fury-starmer-plan-ram-through-benefits-reforms-3773154  Daily Mirror: "NEW HOPE ON PIPS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashley Cowburn Prime Minister Keir Starmer was close to striking a deal with Labour Party rebels over his welfare cuts.  Evesham Observer: "PARKING SCAM PROMPTS A WARNING" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sonny Rackham Residents in Wychavon are being warned about a rise in parking scams across the district. Several people in the region have been tricked by a scam text message.  Daily Star: "IT'S ALIVE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jerry Lawton Boffins hope to create artificial human parts to tackle desease. But experts fear we could end up with hybrid creatures.  The Yorkshire Post: "MINISTER'S MISSION TO PROTECT UK STEEL FIRMS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is making it his "personal" mission to protect the British Steel Industry.  Scottish Daily Mail: "SNP PLANS NEW TAX RAID ON YOUR HOME" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tom Gordon Tens of thousands of families face higher bills as Council Tax 'losers' amid a revaluation plan by ministers in The SNP.  Kidderminster Standard: "£7M COUNCIL TAX DEBT LEADS TO CALLS FOR HELP" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sonny Rackham Wyre Forest District Council are owed £6.99Million in unpaid Council Tax bills, according to data collected by Ministry Of Housing. The debt is accured by residents of Kidderminster, Stouport and Bewdley.  The Times: "PM PLEDGES PROTECTIONS FOR DISABLED TO RESCUE BILL" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Oliver Wright / Chris Smyth / Max Kendix Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives in to welfare rebels by offering to water down cuts. FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/labour-welfare-benefits-concessions-zv3dgd7hf  The Bolton News: "WE'RE STILL IN THE DARK" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan "Frustration" is mounting at Bolton Council about an investigation into around £900,000 that went missing from their budget. FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25266410.frustration-900k-bolton-council-fraud-investigation  Daily Mail: "STARMER CAVES IN TO REBELS ON BENEFITS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Churchill / Jason Groves Keir Starmer was forced into a humiliating climbdown by Labour Party's army of welfare rebels. FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14851671  Glasgow Times: "CARE HOME WORKER MOLESTED OAPS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Connor Gordon Pervert Care Home worker David Hillhouse molested three vulnerable residents in Glasgow and is facing a lengthy jail-term. FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25270441.glasgow-care-home-worker-molested-vulnerable-oaps  The Guardian: "'MASSIVE CONCESSIONS' ON WELFARE BILL WIN OVER KEY LABOUR REBELS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Pippa Crerar / Kiran Stacey / Jessica Elgot Keir Starmer has offered Labour Party MPs "massive concessions" on his controverial Welfare Bill. FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/politics/2025/jun/26/starmer-offers-massive-concessions-on-welfare-bill-to-labour-rebels  Malvern Observer: "SPOTLIGHT ON THOSE WHO HELP COMMUNITIES" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sonny Rackham Heroes from across the Malvern Hills District were recently praised and celebrated at a recent community event. FULL REPORT: MalvernObserver.co.uk/news/malvern-heroes-celebrated-at-community-event  The Scotsman: "RETURN £150K PAY-OFF, UNI CHIEF IS URGED" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rachel Amery John Swinney has claimed the disgraced former principal of Dundee's University should hand back his £150,000 pay-off. FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/education/dundee-university-john-swinney-joins-calls-for-disgraced-former-boss-to-hand-back-ps150k-pay-off-5197331  Bromsgrove Standard: "NEW GROUP AIMS TO OFFER MUCH-NEEDED SUPPORT" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tristan Harris Kate Andres who lost her leg is setting up a support group for fellow amputees after finding there was not much help across Worcestershire for people in a similar position to her. FULL REPORT: BromsgroveStandard.co.uk/news/calling-for-more-help-for-amputees-across-worcestershire-56597  The Daily Telegraph: "STARMER CAVES IN TO REBELS ON BENEFITS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Riley Smith / Amy Gibbons / Daniel Martin Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has caved in to welfare rebels by agreeing that existing disability claimants can keep their benefits. FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/06/26/keir-starmer-caves-in-to-rebels-on-benefits  Coventry Observer: "CITY MURDERER TOLD HE'LL SERVE AT LEAST 22 YEARS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Morris A man who attacked and killed Astra Sirapina in Coventry has been sentenced to a minimum of 22-and-a-half years in prison for her murder. FULL REPORT: CoventryObserver.co.uk/news/man-jailed-for-over-22-years-for-murder-of-astra-sirapina  Daily Express: "HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST SHE IS ON HER DEATH BED!" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hanna Geissler Rebecca Wilcox and her family blasts fake imagery shown online depicting veteran broadcaster Esther Rantzen on her deathbed. FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/2073912  Lancashire Telegraph: "£3.3M YOUTH CENTRE DREAM TAKING SHAPE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Bill Jacobs The steel frame for the new £3.3million Darwen Youth Centre has been lowered into place as works take a major step forward. FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25268762.darwens-new-youth-hubs-steel-frame-craned-o-place  Metro (South Edition): "KEIR NOT FARING TO WELL" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Munro Sir Keir Starmer has said he is in talks with more than 120 Labour Party MPs threatening to rebel over welfare reforms. FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/06/26/pip-rebels-mulling-confidence-vote-pm-say-dont-threaten-us-good-time-23510177  The Courier: "'I'M NOT CORRUPT... JUST INCOMPETENT'" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alasdair Clark Ex-Dundee University principal Iain Gillespie says he’s incompetent – not corrupt. Professor Iain Gillespie attempted to salvage his reputation in a three-hour session at Holyrood. FULL REPORT: TheCourier.co.uk/fp/politics/5278105/dundee-university-iain-gillespie-incompetent  Financial Times: "STARMER YIELDS TO AVERT LABOUR 'CIVIL WAR' OVER CUTS TO WELFARE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jim Pickard / David Sheppard / Sam Fleming Sir Keir Starmer was forced to make big concessions to rebel Labour Party MPs on planned welfare cuts. FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/d7504206-24b6-45ef-96ec-007726e95549  The Redditch & Alcester Standard: "TOWN WORST IN COUNTY FOR UNPAID COUNCIL TAX" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashleigh Osborne New data has revealed that Redditch Borough Council is owed £11.1Million in unpaid Council Tax bills, the highest in the county. FULL REPORT: RedditchStandard.co.uk/news/11-1million-in-council-tax-owed-across-redditch-borough  Morning Star: "COULD NEW LEFT PARTY ROCK THE POLITICAL BOAT?" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray A new Political Party could secure 10 per cent of the vote, a move that could force a rethink of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's floundering political strategy. FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/could-new-left-party-change-political-weather  Droitwich Standard: "POLICE SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN TO ALFIE SAYS CASE REVIEW" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sonny Rackham At no point during West Mercia Police's 20 welfare visits to the home of Droitwich's late Alfie Steele did a Police Officer speak to him alone, a police watchdog investigation has revealed. FULL REPORT: DroitwichStandard.co.uk/news/officers-poorly-trained-in-indentifying-child-abuse-before-alfie-steeles-death  The Independent: "STARMER CRACKS: PM FORCED INTO WELFARE TALKS WITH REBEL MPS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Millie Cooke / Kate Devlin / Archie Mitchell Sir Keir Starmer is locked in last-minute talks with Labour Party rebels as he paves the way for a major climbdown on his planned benefit cuts. FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-labour-welfare-benefit-cuts-rebellion-b2777237.html  
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 Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Friday 10 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. 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.  Daily Express: "JIHADI BRIDE COULD 'RUN FREE WITHIN DAYS'" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Richard Ashmore Shamima Begum could be "running free within days" as her Prison Guards, and thousands of ISIS Terrorists, have come under attack. FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/1998226  The Reddich & Alcester Standard: "FAMILY DEMAND ANSWERS OVER DEATH OF THEIR SON" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tristan Harris The family of Marcus Meade, who died after being shot by police on Christmas Eve, want answers. FULL REPORT: RedditchStandard.co.uk/news/family-of-redditchs-marcus-meade-fatally-shot-by-police-want-answers  Scottish Daily Mail: "UK FACES CRISIS LIKE THE 1970S, REEVES WARNED" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: John-Paul Ford Rojas / Jason Groves Chancellor Rachel Reeves is heading for a 1970s-style debt 'nightmare'. Sterling Pound fell in Financial Markets.  Daily Star: "LETTUCE WHO CRASHED THE ECONOMY TELLS BLOKE WHO IS CRASHING THE ECONOMY: DON'T SAY I CRASHED THE ECONOMY" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: James Caven Our worst ever Prime Minister has told our third worst Prime Minister to stop saying she crashed the economy. Which she did. And he is currently doing.  Glasgow Times: "FRESH HOPE TO COMBAT DRUG CRISIS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Stewart Paterson United Kingdom's first safer drug consumption room to open on Monday. The facility will be opened on Hunter Street in East Glasgow. FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/national/24832400.uks-first-drug-consumption-room-open-later-month  The Guardian: "WORLD TEMPERATURES OVERSHOOT 1.5C PARIS DEAL LIMIT FOR FIRST TIME" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Damian Carrington Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C limit for the first time last year.  Western Mail: "NEW PLAN TO RECOVER £600M LOST FORTUNE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Conor Gogarty James Howells loses fight against Council to dig up landfill for lost £600m BitCoin - but now has a new plan. FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-loses-fight-dig-up-30745248  Lancashire Telegraph: "RESIDENTS ON STEEPER STREETS 'FEELING CUT OFF OFF BY LACK OF GRIT'" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Shuiab Khan People living on some of the steepest streets in Blackburn have complained about the lack of grit bins in their neighbourhoods. FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/24844222.council-says-working-quickly-fill-400-grit-bins  Coventry Observer: "CONTEST IS A GAME OF TWO VERY DISTANT HALVES" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tristan Harris A Coventry City suppporters club are hoping to help complete a football match that was left unsettled 37 years ago. FULL REPORT: CoventryObserver.co.uk/news/scottish-sky-blues-supporters-club-want-to-get-forgotten-and-unfinished-coventry-v-st-mirren-match-finally-completed  Morning Star: "IT'S AUSTERITY BY ANY OTHER NAME" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray The Labour Party's cuts spell danger ahead as Sir Keir Starmer's growth fantasy hits the wall. Austerity by any other name smells just as rank. FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/labour-cuts-spell-danger-ahead-as-starmer-growth-fantasy-hits-the-wall  The Courier: "GROOMING GANG FACING LIFE IN JAIL" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Grant McCabe A grooming gang from Dundee could be facing life behind bars after being convicted of sexually exploiting 10 vulnerable women. FULL REPORT: TheCourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/5158716/dundee-grooming-gang-life-sentences  Daily Mirror: "MUSK HATE PROBE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sophie Huskisson Elon Musk historic tweets probed by UK Counter-Extremism Unit as alarm raised over risk to Britain. FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/politics/elon-musk-tweets-probed-uk-34453044  Evesham Observer: "A NEW YEAR'S HONOUR FOR VALE CHARITY FOUNDER" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lise Evans Freedom Day Centre founder Tracey Hemming is set to receive a British Empire Medal (BEM) in The King's New Year Honours list. FULL REPORT: EveshamObserver.co.uk/news/evesham-charity-founder-receives-kings-honour-in-2025  The Yorkshire Post: "COURT CASE BACKLOG 'LIKELY TO GET WORSE'" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kit Sandeman Radical measures considered to speed up justice. The record levels of Crown Court backlog are likely to get even worse.  The Daily Telegraph: "REEVES 'MISSING IN ACTION' ON DEBT CRISIS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Melissa Lawford / Lucy Burton Rachel Reeves flew to China in an attempt to revive closer ties and boost United Kingdom economy. FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/09/ftse-100-markets-latest-news-uk-profits-financial-crisis  Bromsgrove Standard: "MIU REVAMP IS A BOOST FOR PATIENTS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sonny Rackham Bromsgrove's Minor Injury Unit (MIU) is set to undergo a major transformation to increase capacity and improve patient care. FULL REPORT: BromsgroveStandard.co.uk/news/miu-at-bromsgroves-Princess-Of-Wales-community-hospital-to-get-a-1-6million-revamp  South Wales Evening Post: "KIDS' COACH UNMASKED AS DRUGS DEALER" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Evans Junior football coach led double life as a major drug dealer. Benjamin Simons and Leon Simons dubbed themselves the "Swansea Boys" and were running a major cocaine-dealing operation. FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/junior-football-coach-led-double-30734580  The Bolton News: "WORK 'TO START' ON ESTATE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan Work is planned this year on an historic estate embarked for a £240m project to build a Ryder Cup standard Golf Course.  Metro (England): "LOST ANGELES" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Gergana Krasteva Satellite images show the apocalyptic scenes of the California Wildfires. At least 150,000 people have been evacuated. FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/01/09/devastating-la-wildfires-big-can-seen-space-22327710  Droitwitch Standard: "COUNTY TO GET UNITARY AUTHORITY" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sonny Rackham Worcestershire County Council has asked The Government to postpone this year's Local Elections.  Daily Mail: "UK FACES CRISIS LIKE THE 1970S, REEVES WARNED" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: John-Paul Ford Rojas / Jason Groves Chancellor Rachel Reeves is heading for a 1970s-style debt 'nightmare'. Sterling Pound fell in Financial Markets.  South Wales Echo: "BITCOIN TIP BID REFUSED" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray The BitCoin Hard Drive revovery has been a "a full-time operation" for James Howells of Newport. FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-loses-fight-dig-up-30745248 |
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