INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: FRIDAY 04 JULY 2025 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Friday 04 July 2025.

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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.
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​The Yorkshire Post: "'GIVE MAYORS TOURISM TAX POWERS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

Britons are in favour of visitor levies being introduced in parts of United Kingdom that are popular with tourists, a new poll has found. 

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Glasgow Times: "FATHER FORCED TO CARRY KID DOWN ESCALATOR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: TBA

A man with a wheelchair-bound daughter was stranded as lift broke at a Glasgow-based TK Maxx store.

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​Daily Star: "'A FANTASTIC PLAYER, GREAT FRIEND AND A LOVING HUSBAND & FATHER'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Cameron Winstanley

Jurgen Klopp has paid tribute to his former Liverpool star Diogo Jota after the Reds hero tragically died in car accident at the age of 28 on Thursday morning

FULL REPORT: DailyStar.co.uk/sport/football/breaking-klopp-tribute-diogo-jota-35494868

Daily Star (Sport): "YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE"
LEAD SPORT CORRESPONDENT: David McDonnell

Arne Slot led the tributes after the football world was left in mourning following the death of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota.

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The Scottish Farmer: "BORDER BTV-3 BLOCKADE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Peter Harrison

Livestock movements into Scotland and Wales from England now require a licence under new Bluetongue regulations.
The Scottish Government have been urged to reconsider policies regarding the movement of livestock into the North of Britain.

FULL REPORT: TheScottishFarmer.co.uk/news/25283750.bluetongue-tracker-tool-guides-farmers-livestock-movement

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The Times: "NHS APP TO GIVE PATIENTS A 'DOCTOR IN YOUR POCKET'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Smyth / Poppy Koronka

As the Government makes consumer technology a focus of the ten-year plan for the health service, the Prime Minister promised patients a 'doctor in your pocket'.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/nhs-app-news-jc9qp6gd2

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Liverpool Echo: "FOREVER OUR NUMBER 20"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jess Molyneux / Ryan Paton

Liverpool fans say 'forever our number 20' as Diogo Jota tributes mount at Anfield.
Flowers and messages of tribute to footballer Diogo Jota continue to be laid at Anfield Stadium today after if was announced that the Liverpool FC player had died in a car accident.

FULL REPORT: LiverpoolEcho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/diogo-jota-forever-number-20-31985294

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Morning Star: "CLINGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is fighting to save his political future as polls and parliamentarians alike give his precarious premiership the thumbs down on the first anniversary of Labour Party's General election win, tomorrow.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/labour-party-will-get-trouncing-next-election

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FE Week: "BURNLEY COLLEGE BUSTED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Anviksha Patel

Burnley College principal resigns amid investigation.
Burnley College's principal Karen Buchanan has resigned – months after she was mysteriously suspended, FE Week can reveal. 

FULL REPORT: FEWeek.co.uk/burnley-college-principal-resigns-amid-investigation

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​The National: "BROKEN PROMISES. U-TURNS. SCANDALS. FAILURES."
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: TBA

Sir Keir Starmer is facing Labour dissent, economic uncertainty and spiralling conflict abroad as he marks a year in Number 10.

FULL REPORT: TheNational.Scot/news/national/25285364.starmer-faces-labour-turmoil-global-volatility-marks-year-number-10

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The Guardian: "HUNDREDS KILLED AS ISRAEL STEPS UP GAZA STRIKES DESPITE CEASEFIRE HOPE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Burke

Israel has escalated its offensive in Gaza before imminent talks about a ceasefire, with warships and artillery launching one of the deadliest and most intense bombardments in the devastated Palestinian territory for many months.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2025/jul/03/israel-bombardment-offensive-gaza-hamas-ceasefire-talks

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​The Independent: "CRISIS, WHAT CRISIS? 'I WAS HAVING A TOUGH DAY,' INSISTS REEVES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Maddox

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves hugged each other as they launched their new plan for the NHS and put behind them a troubled week which saw markets panic over the Chancellor's future.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-keir-starmer-unity-nhs-plan-b2782126.html

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Metro (South Edition): "DEVASTATING TRAGEDY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Anthony Morgan

Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his brother have died after a car crash in Spain.
Tributes have flooded in for Liverpool striker Diogo Jota who was killed in a car accident.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/07/03/diogo-jota-dies-car-crash-liverpool-brother-live-23567539

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Daily Record: "HOLIDAY STRIKE CHAOS THREAT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ruth Suter

Holidaymakers in United Kingdom could be hit by flights chaos as hundreds of key Airport Workers prepare to strike.

FULL REPORT: http://DailyRecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ryanair-axes-170-flights-air-35491512

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Daily Express: "'OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN'... FANS SHOCK OVER DEATH OF KOP STAR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Riches

Stunned Liverpool Football Club fans flocked to Anfield after Diogo Jota was killed in a horror car crash in Spain.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/sport/football/2077066

Daily Express (Sport): "FOOTBALL MOURNS JOTA"
LEAD SPORT CORRESPONDENT: David McDonnell

Football is in mourning following the death of Liverpool Football Club's forward Diogo Jota in a car crash.

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Financial Times: "BIG ASSET MANAGERS PILED IN TO GILTS AS MARKETS DIPPED DURING REEVES CRISIS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ian Smith / Jim Pickard / Emily Herbert

BlackRock and Fidelity seize moment.
Bets placed on sell-off passing.
Keir Starmer bolsters Rachel Reeves.

FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/20493a21-bd13-40a1-b021-7408c409214c

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