INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2024 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Wednesday 18 September 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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The Scotsman: "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MUST DELIVER AN 'ECONOMIC BOOST'
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alexander Brown

Business leaders have urged organisers to guarantee a fresh "legacy" from Glasgow hosting Commonwealth Games.

FULL REPORT: SCOTSMAN.COM/news/scottish-news/scotland-agrees-to-host-2026-commonwealth-games-4785765
Digital article by Alexander Brown / Amy Watson

Daily Mirror: "EXPLODING PAGER HELL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Simon Murphy / Chris Hughes

At least nine people are said to have been killed and 2,800 injured after pagers blew up in Lebanon and Syria.

Western Mail: "WALES' MOST WANTED WOMAN IS JAILED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Evans

Wales' Most Wanted woman, Lynne Leyson, dramatically caught by police and is starting a nine years in prison.

FULL REPORT: https://WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wales-most-wanted-woman-dramatically-29951676

Glasgow Times: "GAME ON AGAIN!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Stewart Paterson

The Commonwealth Games are set to return to Glasgow, 12 years after the city last hosted the international event.
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FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/24590716.commonwealth-games-set-return-glasgow-deal-agreed

The Bolton News: "VENUE SWITCH PLAN FOR TRIALS SPARKS WORRY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan

Witnesses will have to travel miles away from Bolton to give evidence in court, sparking fears people could be "denied justice".

South Wales Echo: "COP ACCUSED OF CARDIFF SEX ATTACKS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Angharad Thomas 
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Police Officer Fiona Anderson carried out sex attacks.
Victim told 'I know the law, you need to say yes'.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/uk-news/female-police-officer-carried-out-29952589

​The Independent: "EXPLODING PAGERS KILL 9 AND INJURE 2,700 IN CYBERHIT ON HEZBOLLAH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Bel Trew / Tom Watling / Alexander Butler

Hezbollah vows to respond after multiple dead and thousands wounded in mass pager explosions.

FULL REPORT: INDEPENDENT.CO.UK/news/world/middle-east/hezbollah-pagers-explode-injured-israel-iran-b2614334.html

Wirral Globe: "REGENERATION PLANS DOUBTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ed Barnes

Over half of the regeneration projects Wirral Council is working on are either "in doubt" or "unachievable", with a further 16 "on hold".

FULL REPORT: WirralGlobe.co.uk/news/24576971.half-wirrals-regeneration-projects-unachievable

Daily Star: "AGE OF THE ZOMBIES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kate Nelson

Real life zombies could come back from the dead after boffins discovered a "third state" our bodies enter after we cark it.

Lancashire Telegraph: "PHARMACY FUNDING 'PUTS SITES AT RISK'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nat Goodlad

A severe lack of funding is behind the closures of several pharmacies, a Blackburn pharmacist has said.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/24587988.data-shows-three-pharmacies-blackburn-closed-two-years

Metro (Scotland): "GAMES ON"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Stuart

Glasgow is set to host a scaled down version of The Commonwealth Games in 2025 after The Scottish Government backed the event.
John Swinney excited.

Morning Star: "LIVES AT RISK AS 1.7M SET TO KEEP THE HEATING OFF"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ceren Sagir

Morning Star lead with results of a recent survey which concluded 1.7Million people will keep heating off this Winter.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/let-there-be-no-doubt-lives-will-be-lost

The Daily Telegraph: "THOUSANDS OF PAGER BOMBS ROCK HEZBOLLAH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jotam Confino / Gordon Rayner

Israel is suspected of being behind an audacious attack on Hezbollah commanders after nine people were killed and 2,750 wounded.

FULL REPORT: TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/world-news/2024/09/17/exploding-pagers-kill-11-suspected-israeli-attack-hezbollah

The Journal: "CITY CHIEF FACING BULLYING COMPLAINT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Daniel Holland

Newcastle City Council leader Nick Kemp faces bullying complaint from senior director.

FULL REPORT: ChronicleLive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-city-council-leader-nick-29951272

The Observer: "ALARM GROWS OVER POSSIBLE IRAN-RUSSIA NUCLEAR DEAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dan Sabbagh
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US president Joe Biden and British PM Keir Starmer fear secret arms link-up amid talks in Washington over Ukraine

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/politics/2024/sep/14/alarm-in-uk-and-us-over-possible-iran-russia-nuclear-deal

Daily Record: "EDWARDS RUINED MY LIFE AND HE SHOULD BE IN JAIL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tom Bryant

The young person who sparked the beginning of Huw Edwards downfall says the BBC newsreader should be in jail.

South Wales Evening Post: "MAN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO HIRE HITMAN TO KILL WIFE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Evans

Former Tata Steel worker is accused of paying his co-conspirator £1,500 to secure the services of a killer.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/husband-accused-plotting-hire-hitman-29953667