INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER 2024 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

​Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Thursday 12 December 2024.
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This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.
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Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

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The Guardian: "MINISTERS TO AXE MORE THAN 10,000 CIVIL SERVICE JOBS IN BUDGETS PURGE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rowena Mason

Ministers are planning to cut more than 10,000 civil service jobs as Whitehall departments battle to stay within spending limits under a new government efficiency drive, the Guardian has learned.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/politics/2024/dec/11/ministers-planning-to-cut-more-than-10000-civil-service-jobs

Glasgow Times: "MEMORIAL FOR MAN'S LATE WIFE OF 68 YEARS TO BE DUG UP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emily Moore

Council apologises for planting trees in protected area.
John Gibson who planted a Memorial Tree to remember Alexandra Gibson has been told it will be uprooted after it was placed on protected ground. 

​Daily Mirror: "THE SMILE THAT HID A LIFE OF TORTURE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tom Pettifor

Sara Sharif was murdered by her dad and stepmum after two years of sickening abuse at their hands. 

The Independent: "DOZENS FACE POLICE PERJURY PROBE OVER POST OFFICE SCANDAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Amy-Clare Martin

Dozens of Post Office and Fujitsu staff investigated for perjury and perverting course of justice over Horizon scandal.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/post-office-horizon-fujitsu-police-crimes-b2662540.html

Daily Mail: "LITTLE SARA, LET DOWN BY EVERYONE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT HER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rebecca Camber / Andy Jehring / Mary O'Connor

Sara Sharif's evil killer father was finally brought to justice after a decade of failure by authorities. 

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14181703

The New European: "GISÉLE PELICOT - PERSON OF THE YEAR 2024"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jamie Klingler

Gisèle Pelicot named The New European's 2024 Person Of The Year.
She changed the rules, reversed the language and given women permission to reject shame.

FULL REPORT: http://TheNewEuropean.co.uk/viva-gisele-pelicot-my-che-guevara

Metro (England): "NOT EVEN A TEAR FOR SARA"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sam Corbishley

Sara Sharif's father Beinash Batool and stepmother Urfan Sharif have been found guilty of murder after subjecting her to a horrific 'campaign of abuse' that eventually killed her.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2024/12/11/sara-sharifs-dad-stepmum-guilty-murder-campaign-abuse-22112976

The Scotsman: "GOVERNMENT BODY STEPS IN TO RESCUE STRICKEN UNIVERSITY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Calum Ross

Efforts to steady crisis-hit Dundee facing jobs cuts amid budget deficit of up to £30m. 

The Yorkshire Post: "ELDERLY FARMERS 'DRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY INHERITANCE TAX'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

The National Farmers Union has warned MPs that elderly farmers are considering taking their own life before Labour's Inheritance Tax.

​Western Mail: "'DRUGS SMUGGLED INTO WELSH JAIL IN NAPPIES'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rhiannon James / Conor Gogarty

Drugs smuggled 'in children's nappies' as new details emerge into deaths of 17 in Welsh prison.
Bosses faced questions about deaths and drug use at the prison.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/parc-prison-bosses-reveal-new-30559739

​Daily Star: "RISE OF PSYCHO SCUMBAG CHATBOT ZOMBIES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kate Nelson

Using chatbots and AI will turn humans into zombies with no memories, say boffins.
We might even forget why we hate those bloody psychos!

Scottish Daily Mail: "LITTLE SARA, LET DOWN BY EVERYONE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT HER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rebecca Camber / Andy Jehring / Mary O'Connor

Sara Sharif's evil killer father was finally brought to justice after a decade of failure by authorities. 

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14181703

Morning Star: "ALL WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS THE PAY WE DESERVE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre

Teacher and NHS worker Unions threatened strike action over Government-backed below-inflation Public Sector pay rises.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/teachers-and-nhs-workers-unions-put-the-government-on-notice-over-below-inflation-pay-rises

The National: "A NEW LOW"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Adam Robertson

Shona Robison has taken aim at the Scottish Tories for their motion aiming to strip asylum seekers of free bus travel.

FULL REPORT: TheNational.Scot/news/24788110.shona-robison-tears-tories-attack-asylum-seekers

​Daily Express: "'KILLED BY THE VERY ADULTS WHO SHOULD HAVE LOVED AND PROTECTED HER'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Paul Jeeves

The "pure evil" dad and stepmum of 10-year-old- Sara Sharif have been found guilty of her murder. 

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/1987392