INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: FRIDAY 20 DECEMBER 2024 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Friday 20 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 Independent: "FREEDOM FOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kate Devlin / John Johnston

Three former UK Foreign Secretaries have today called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, currently imprisoned by a brutal military dictatorship in Myanmar.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/aung-san-suu-kyi-free-myanmar-hague-straw-rifkind-b2665994.html

South Wales Evening Post: "COP CAUGHT WITH CRIME GANG WAS 'ON CAREER BREAK'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Evans

A former Albanian policeman was caught with members of an organised crime group in Swansea.
Igli Ajazi was arrested when officers swooped on a car.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/policeman-on-career-break-caught-30618036

Glasgow Times: "MAN ADMITS BUS CRASH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Connor Gordon

A man has admitted crashing a double decker bus into a bridge leaving a number of his passengers injured.
Alan Carey smashed into a bridge in Tradeston.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/24807591.bus-driver-admitted-crashing-double-decker-bridge

Daily Express: "GISELE'S BRAVE MESSAGE OF HOPE AFTER HORROR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Peter Allen

The woman who was raped by dozens of strangers after being drugged by her husband has told fellow Sex Abuse survivors: "we share the same fight".

​The Bolton News: "UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON GIVEN A NEW NAME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan

The University Of Bolton has changed its name to The University Of Greater Manchester.
The proposal of renaming the Deane Road education facility sparked widespread debate. 

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/24807071.university-bolton-now-university-greater-manchester

Metro (England): "I HAVE NO REGRETS..."
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Gergana Krasteva

Courageous Gisèle Pelicot watched her husband and 50 other men go to jail for raping her. 
51 men jailed for more than 400 years in Monster Of Avignon's rape trial.
Gisèle Pelicot - a woman who has became a feminist symbol of the fight against sexual violence in France - has today broken her silence on the mass rape trial.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2024/12/19/ex-husband-gisele-pelicot-found-guilty-drugging-raping-22216956

​The Yorkshire Post: "WATER TO COST £101 MORE NEXT YEAR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Michael Crossland

Yorkshire Water are set to increase average bills for customers by just over £100 next year.
Firm plans major upgrades.

Western Mail: "YET ANOTHER RISE IN NHS WAITING TIMES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lucy John

Waiting lists have hit a new high in Wales with concerning figures also recorded for ambulance response times.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/health/change-coming-says-nhs-wales-30621285

Lancashire Telegraph: "BUS MOLESTER 'BIT WOMAN ON SHOULDER'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Bellard

A woman on a Blackburn bus going to work was indecently assaulted by a total stranger.
Dion Wightman repeatedly tried to kiss the victim.

​Morning Star: "SHAREHOLDERS REJOICE AS WE PAY WATER BILL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre

Water company fat cats are being rewarded for decades of criminal behaviour.
Industry regulator announced an average £86 bill hike from April.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/water-company-fat-cats-are-making-us-pay-for-decades-of-criminal-behaviour

​Daily Mail: "NOW LOOK WHO'S REALLY CRASHING THE ECONOMY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: John-Paul Ford Rojas / Jason Groves

Rachel Reeves was accused of killing growth as Bank Of England warned the economy was grinding to a halt. 

Edinburgh Evening News: "JANE'S IN CHARGE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ian Swanson

Edinburgh council elects Labour's Jane Meagher as council leader to replace Cammy Day.
Edinburgh Labour Group Leader Jane Meagher was elected as Leader Of The City Council, replacing Cammy Day, who resigned from the post after it was revealed police were investigating him over allegations of "inappropriate conduct".

FULL REPORT: EdinburghNews.Scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-council-elects-labours-jane-meagher-as-council-leader-to-replace-cammy-day-4917020

South Wales Echo: "TEEN ROBBED MAN ON CANCER 'BUCKET LIST' TRIP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Philip Dewey

A former soldier with terminal cancer was visiting Cardiff on a bucket list trip - then he was targeted by Adam Benasghir.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/former-soldier-terminal-cancer-visiting-30614979

The Guardian: "GISÉLE PELICOT: 'I WANTED ALL OF SOCIETY TO BE A WITNESS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Angelique Chrisafis

Ex-husband jailed for 20 years as all 51 men found guilty.
Gisèle Pelicot addresses other sexual violence victims after the verdicts.
Cheers, chants and hope: supporters thank Gisèle Pelicot.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2024/dec/19/gisele-pelicot-trial-husband-jailed-for-20-years-as-all-51-men-found-guilty

Daily Star: "WORLD'S BOFFIEST BOFFIN AFTERLIFE IS REAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jerry Lawton

A man who is so clever he makes Albert Einstein look like a dimwit says he has proof the afterlife exists.
Which is nice.​

The Scotsman: "NEW DELAY HITS FOUR CALMAC FERRIES BEING BUILT IN TURKEY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alastair Dalton

CalMac reveals exactly when hugely-delayed ferry Glen Sannox will start carrying passengers.
Operator confident that Caledonian Isles will return to join new vessel on its busiest route in March after unprecedented repairs.

FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/transport/glen-sannox-calmac-arran-caledonian-isles-passengers-start-date-4916904

​The Daily Telegraph: "PM PICKS MANDELSON TO WIN OVER TRUMP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Daniel Martin / Tony Diver

New Labour grandee named as Washington Ambassador to avoid United States trade crisis.