INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW (SATURDAY'S PAPERS): SATURDAY 24 JANUARY 2026 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

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Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Saturday 24 January 2026.
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This is a selection of newspaper publications from United Kingdom, and around the world.

All papers are from within United Kingdom, unless otherwise stated.
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If the leading story is available, links will be provided.
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​This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

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Daily Mirror: "SAY SORRY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dave Burke

United States President Donald Trump is facing mounting pressure to say sorry for insulting the British Armed Forces by claiming they stayed away from the Afghanistan front line.

FULL REPORT: MIRROR.CO.UK/news/politics/breaking-keir-starmer-says-donald-36602296

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The Bolton News: "ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT PLAN TO CUT A&E WAITS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Gee

Patients arriving at Bolton's busy Emergency Department will be given a GP appointment or told to visit a pharmacy instead of being treated there.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25786234.warning-patients-sent-away-royal-bolton-hospital-e

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Daily Express: "'WHAT A BLOODY CHEEK!'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mieka Smiles / Lauren Welch

Prince Harry has given a furious response to controversial comments made by Donald Trump over the war in Afghanistan.
United States President Donald Trump has provoked fury after saying Armed Forces from NATO stayed 'off the front lines' in Afghanistan.

FULL REPORT: EXPRESS.CO.UK/news/politics/2161556

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The Yorkshire Post: "KEY £160M FOR AIRPORT UNDER THREAT IN DISPUTE OVER LEASE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Burn

The release of £160m of taxpayer funding to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport will not happen unless the terms of a controversial lease for the site are changed – with a deal yet to be agreed, The Yorkshire Post can
reveal.

FULL REPORT: YorkshirePost.co.uk/business/doncaster-sheffield-airport-ps160m-funding-wont-be-released-until-controversial-lease-is-changed-5488203

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Morning Star: "UNIONS WARN: STARMER STOP THE STITCH-UPS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre

Unions and Members Of Parliament from The Labour Party have warned Sir Keir Starmer against trying another "stitch-up", amid reports the Prime Minister is trying to block Andy Burnham's potential return to Westminster. 

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/democratic-outrage

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Lancashire Telegraph: "'I HAVE BOTTLED A GUY' ATTACKER TELLS POLICE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alec Whitaker

A holidaymaker committed an 'impulsive and reckless' act by hitting a stranger over the head with a gin bottle, a court heard.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25784280.airbnb-holidaymaker-glassed-stranger-night

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Daily Star: "CLAUDIA'S TRAITORS SECRET"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ed Gleave

Claudia Winkleman has revealed her secret to the success of BBC's hit The Traitors as the nation came to a standstill for the Grand Finale.

FULL REPORT: DailyStar.co.uk/tv/claudia-winkleman-reveals-orange-secret-36603956

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Glasgow Times: "'CHILDREN ARE AT RISK'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Donald Erskine

Children are at risk due to dangerous roads around a Primary School in Glasgow.
Concerned locals, including Gordon McKee MP, gathered outside King's Park Primary School on Kingsbridge Drive.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25791393.glasgow-kings-park-primary-school-parents-say-children-risk

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The Daily Telegraph: "STARMER FORCED TO PULL CHAGOS BILL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Genevieve Holl-Allen

Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to pull his Chagos Islands bill in the wake of a United States backlash over the deal.
The legislation was expected to be debated in the House Of Lords.

FULL REPORT: TELEGRAPH.CO.UJK/politics/2026/01/23/starmer-pulls-chagos-deal-following-trump-backlash

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​The Scotsman: "NO PRESSURE TO OPEN HOSPITAL SAYS STURGEON"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Bol

Nicola Sturgeon has denied putting pressure on NHS chiefs to open the SNP Government's flagship Glasgow Hospital after the mother of a 10-year-old who was killed after contracting an infection told her to “be honest” about what she knew about the scandal.

FULL REPORT: SCOTSMAN.COM/news/politics/nicola-sturgeon-qeuh-hospital-deaths-infections-snp-scandal-5488314

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The Times Saturday: "ANXIETY 'TO CAUSE A LOST GENERATION ON BENEFITS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Max Kendix

Britain is "writing off" a generation of young people with "normal" Mental Health conditions such as anxiety and depression to a life on benefits, the Government's Work Tsar has warned.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/anxious-young-britons-risk-becoming-lost-generation-on-benefits-0870rsmh2

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Scottish Daily Mail: "NOW TRUMP DELAYS CHAGOS SURRENDER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Claire Ellicott

United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer pulled his deal to surrender Chagos Islands.
Just days after United States President Donald Trump blasted the United Kingdom for 'an act of great stupidity'.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-15492909

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The Guardian: "PM REBUKES TRUMP AMID ANGER AT NATO TROOP 'INSULT'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alexandra Topping / Rowena Mason / Jamie Crierson

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has issued an unprecedented rebuke to President Donald Trump for his "insulting and frankly appalling" remarks about British troops in Afghanistan and suggested he should apologise.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/donald-trump-outrage-nato-troops-avoided-afghanistan-frontline

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Edinburgh Evening News: "CARS TORCHED OUTSIDE HOME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Neil Johnstone

Police Officers from Police Scotland in East Lothian have launched an investigation after a car was deliberately set on fire outside a property on Jackson Way in Tranent.

FULL REPORT: EdinburghNews.Scotsman.com/news/police-investigating-potential-gang-feud-links-after-cars-torched-outside-east-lothian-home-5487547

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Daily Mail: "NOW TRUMP DELAYS CHAGOS SURRENDER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Claire Ellicott

Prime Minister Keir Starmer pulled his deal to surrender Chagos Islands.
This is after President Donald Trump blasted the UK for 'an act of great stupidity'.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-15492909

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The Times Scotland: "STURGEON'S DENIAL OVER HOSPITAL 'PRESSURE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: John Boothman

Nicola Sturgeon has denied that she applied any pressure to rush the opening of the troubled Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, describing such accusations as "completely untrue".

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/scotland/article/sturgeon-rejects-accusations-over-rush-to-open-queen-elizabeth-university-hospital-89cl03bh0

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FT Weekend: "GOLD PRICES SURGE AFTER TRUMP'S GREENLAND MOVES BATTER DOLLAR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ian Smith / Leslie Hook / Rachel Rees

Gold recorded its best week in nearly 20 years and the US Dollar its worst since May, after the Greenland crisis sent investors looking for safe alternatives to the United States currency amid renewed concerns over erratic White House policymaking.

FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/6d7ab91c-fc2a-4766-8ebd-3108c5446946

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Daily Record: "AN INSULT TO OUR WAR HEROES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mark McGivern

Gary Scorgie-Hart, a Soldier who saw British comrade Mark Wright killed in action, has slammed Donald Trump's "insult" to our heroes.

FULL REPORT: DailyRecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/starmers-fierce-response-donald-trump-36603496

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The Independent: "STARMER BLASTS TRUMP: SAY SORRY FOR APPALLING SLUR ON OUR WAR DEAD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kate Devlin, Athena Stavrou & David Maddox

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has slammed President Donald Trump's false claims that NATO troops stayed away from the front line in the conflict in Afghanistan as "insulting and frankly appalling" and demanded an apology.

FULL REPORT: INDEPENDENT.CO.UK/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-afghanistan-nato-soldiers-b2906174.html

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