INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: FRIDAY 18 APRIL 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 18 April 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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Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.
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​This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

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​The Daily Telegraph: "UK'S BIGGEST BANK VOWS 'SOLIDARITY' WITH TRANS WORKERS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Samuel Montgomery / Janet Eastham

Lloyds executives vow to support colleagues after 'unsettling day' at the Supreme Court.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/04/17/britains-biggest-bank-pledges-solidarity-with-trans-staff

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The Times: "'THIRD SPACES' COULD BE NEEDED FOR TRANS PEOPLE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Geraldine Scott / Sanchez Manning / Aubrey Allegretti

Proposal after equalities watchdog inundated with calls about definition of a woman ruling.

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Droitwich Standard: "MAX AIMS TO GET THE MOST FROM HIS LATEST CHALLENGE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sonny Rackham
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A young rugby player in Droitwich is set to take on another sporting challenge to raise funds for his club after the success of his previous athletic feat a year ago.

FULL REPORT: DroitwichStandard.co.uk/news/droitwich-sporting-ace-max-set-for-100-mile-cycle-in-aid-of-his-rugby-club

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The Guardian: "MINISTERS SCRAMBLE TO STOP LABOUR REBELLION ON DISABILITY BENEFIT CUTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Aletha Adu / Kiran Stacey

Ministers are scrambling to avoid a damaging rebellion this summer when MPs vote on controversial cuts to disability benefit payments.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/politics/2025/apr/17/ministers-avoid-labour-rebellion-disability-cuts

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Glasgow Times: "PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER TRIED TO KILL MAN OUTSIDE COURT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Grand McCabe

A Private Hire driver tried to kill a man outside court on the day he was due to give evidence against him.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25098159.taxi-driver-tried-kill-man-outside-glasgow-sheriff-court

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Daily Mirror: "IT'S TIME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lucy Thornton

A widow has described her heartbreaking final moments with her husband before he took his own life at Dignitas.

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wife-who-assisted-husbands-dignitas-35071111

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The Redditch & Alcester Standard: "'DROP THE KNIFE' HAS SUCCESSFUL FIRST YEAR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashleigh Osborne

Residents, volunteers and campaigners got together on Sunday to celebrate the first anniversary of the Drop The Knife scheme at its headquarters in The Old Needleworks.

FULL REPORT: RedditchStandard.co.uk/news/redditch-community-celebrates-one-year-of-the-drop-the-knife-campaign

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The Scotsman: "FALLOUT OVER GENDER POLICY INTENSIFIES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rachel Amery

SNP ministers have requested an emergency meeting with the UK Government as they come under increasing pressure to drop self-ID policies.

FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-government-told-to-urgently-update-its-self-id-gender-guidance-on-single-sex-spaces-5089278

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​Malvern Observer: "FLOOD DEFENCE SCHEME 'REMAINS ON THE LIST'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sonny Rackham
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Tenbury Wells permanent flood defence scheme remains on the list of future Government projects, a meeting between environment chiefs and the region's MP has confirmed.

FULL REPORT: http://MalvernObserver.co.uk/news/constructive-meetings-say-tenburys-flood-defence-scheme-not-forgotten

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Scottish Daily Mail: "NOW GET MEN OUT OF WOMEN'S JAILS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dan Barker

Prison bosses are under pressure to immediately remove male-born trans inmates from female jails. 

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14623563

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Kidderminster Standard: "PADDLING POOL WILL STAY SHUT THIS SUMMER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tristan Harris

The Paddling Pool at Riverside Meadows will not be opening this year, Stourport-On-Severn Town Council has revealed.

FULL REPORT: KidderminsterStandard.co.uk/news/stourports-popular-riverside-paddling-pool-will-not-open-until-next-year

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The Independent: "CRUEL COST OF TRUMP'S CUTS: 4 MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE FROM AIDS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Bel Trew

A brutal reduction in United States foreign aid has led to suspension of global HIV programmes and the withdrawal of lifesaving medicines. 

FULL REPORT: http://Independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/trump-usaid-hiv-aids-africa-b2734448.html

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Evesham Observer: "ACTION IS TAKEN OVER 'ROTTING' TOWN HALL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lise Evans
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The chair of an Evesham voluntary body that champions civic pride has called for the owners of the historic Town Hall to take immediate action to restore the building.

FULL REPORT: EveshamObserver.co.uk/news/civic-group-calls-for-action-on-town-hall

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Morning Star: "BOSSES IN FRESH BID TO HOBBLE WORK RIGHTS BILL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Elizabeth Short

Ministers warned not to water down workers' rights at behest of big business.
Ministers were told not to listen to tired arguments from vested interests after Britain's biggest business groups wrote to the Government lobbying for changes to Employment Rights Bill.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/ministers-warned-not-water-down-workers-rights-behest-big-business

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​Morning Star (Sport): "VAN DIJK COMMITS HIS FUTURE TO THE REDS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: TBA

Liverpool Captain Virgil Van Dijk has committed his future to the club by signing a new two-year contract.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/van-dijk-follows-salahs-lead-and-signs-new-liverpool-deal

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Daily Star: "NOT NOW SEAGULLS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kate Nelson

Psycho seagulls can't resist muscling in on raider rats during the Birmingham Bin Strike.
Don't say we didn't warn you!!!

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Coventry Observer: "PARENTS CALL FOR URGENT ACTION ON 'DANGER' ROAD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Morris

Worried parents call for safety improvements to 'dangerous' road in Mount Nod.
Residents who 'take their lives in their hands' taking their children to school are calling for safety improvements to a 'dangerous' road in Mount Nod.

FULL REPORT: CoventryObserver.co.uk/news/worried-parents-call-for-safety-improvements-to-dangerous-road-in-mount-nod

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Daily Express: "REVOLUTIONARY WEIGHT LOSS PILL ON WAY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hanna Geissler

A potentially revolutionary daily weight loss pill could eliminate the need for jabs in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/2043062

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The National: "AXE TRUMP INVITE TO UK, MAJORITY OF SCOTS SAY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hamish Morrison

Readers of The National have voted in a poll saying President Donald Trump's UK visit must be cancelled.

FULL REPORT: TheNational.Scot/news/25099311.scots-say-donald-trumps-uk-visit-must-cancelled-poll-finds

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Bromsgrove Standard: "REMEMBERING MOTOR HERITAGE 20 YEARS ON"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tristan Harris

A rallying call has been issued to make this year's Pride Of Longbridge the best one ever.
The event happens next Saturday.

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Daily Mail: "LABOUR TURMOIL ON TRANS RULING"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sam Merriman / Harriet Line

Labour's stance on Women's Rights descended into farce as a minister failed to back Single-Sex Spaces.
Party faces pressure to end Gender Laws.

That's all the papers.

If all being well, check back here on Sunday for Monday's headlines. 

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