INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: THURSDAY 19 JUNE 2025 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Thursday 19 June 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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Daily Mail: "BENEFITS BILL IS ON COURSE TO ROCKET BY £18BN A YEAR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Groves

Spending on sickness benefits is on course to rise by £18billion.
That's the same as the entire police budget.

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Scottish Daily Mail: "SNP DENY 192,000 SCOTS OAPS WINTER FUEL CASH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Michael Blackley

Nearly 200,000 British OAPs won't get Winter Fuel help after The SNP broke their promise on universal payments.

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Gloucestershire Echo: "CANCER CENTRE APPEAL HITS £9M MILESTONE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: TBA

The new centre at Cheltenham will feature natural light, bright designed gardens, and patient rooms.

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Daily Star: "FRANKIE IS IN BINNER'S ENCLOSURE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jerry Lawton

Race fans blasted Ascot bosses after bins were dumped near a statue of the world famouus jockey Frankie Dettori.

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The Scotsman: "CRISIS-HIT GPS STUCK WITH IT SYSTEMS 'FROM THE DARK AGES'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Neil Pooran / Alistair Grant

GPs in Scotland are using IT systems that are more than two decades old amid an ongoing crisis. 

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Gloucester Citizen: "SHOCK AS FAMILY KILLED IN AIR CRASH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alex Driscoll

A couple and their four-year-old daughter who died in the Air India plane crash were "widely loved and deeply respected", their family has said.

FULL REPORT: GloucestershireLive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/heartbreaking-tributes-gloucester-family-killed-10261912

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Metro (South Edition): "ARMAGEDDON"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jessica Kwong

Iran has threatened the United States with 'irreparable harm' if Donald Trump sends in war planes to destroy its nuclear sites. 
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FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/06/17/trump-us-wont-assassinate-irans-leader-for-now-abruptly-leaves-g7-23440956

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Reading Today: "READING REMEMBERS FORBURY VICTIMS FIVE YEARS ON"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jake Clothier

Residents of Reading are set to mark the fifth anniversary of the victims of the Forbury Gardens attack next week.

FULL REPORT: RDG.Today/reading-to-mark-fifth-anniversary-of-forbury-gardens-attack-next-week

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The Independent: "'I MAY DO IT, I MAY NOT': TRUMP TAUNTS IRAN OVER AIRSTRIKES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tom Watling

Donald Trump taunted Iran on Wednesday over the extraordinary prospect of US airstrikes on Tehran after The Ayatollah rejected demands for unconditional surrender.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-israel-war-donald-trump-us-strikes-b2772480.html

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Royston Crow: "'CHARMING' LISTED PUB ON THE MARKET"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Anne Suslak

A Grade II-listed pub in Abington Pigotts is up for sale for £799,500.
The Pig and Abbot is situated in the heart of Abington Pigotts, and is a Queen Anne period public house.
 
FULL REPORT: Royston-Crow.co.uk/news/25245859.pig-abbot-pub-abington-pigotts-goes-sale

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​Glasgow Times: "TENANTS FIGHT OFF RENT RISES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ava Whyte

Tenants of the Water Row development in Govan took to the streets of Glasgow to celebrate after their landlord halted a rent increase.

FULL REPORT: http://GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25250345.glasgow-tenants-celebrate-landlord-halts-rent-hike

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Andersonstown News: "MO CHARA BAILED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: TBA

Hundreds of Kneecap fans turned up outside a court in London to support Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, better known as his stage name Mo Chara, as he was released on bail.
 
FULL REPORT: BelfastMedia.com/hundreds-turn-out-in-support-of-kneecap-s-mo-chara-as-he-is-released-on-bail

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​Morning Star: "ANGER AS TRUMP HINTS AT JOINING ATTACKS ON IRAN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ceren Sagir

Anti-war campaigners have hit back at Donald Trump after the United States President said that his nation might join forces with Israel in attacking Iran. 
 
FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/us-must-not-drive-world-worst-middle-east-war-ever

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Daily Express: "ASSISTED DYING LAW WOULD BE A WONDERFUL PRESENT FOR MUM"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hanna Geissler

Esther Rantzen health latest as Rebecca Wilcox issues update on her condition and discusses the Assisted Dying campaign.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/2070516

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​The Guardian: "'I MAY DO, I MAY NOT': TRUMP KEEPS WORLD WAITING ON US JOINING WAR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emma Graham-Harrison / Dan Sabbagh

President Donald Trump has not decided if he will take the United States into war with Israel on Iran. 

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2025/jun/18/iran-threatens-us-with-irreparable-damage-if-trump-joins-war

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Daily Mirror: "PIP CUTS A CATASTROPHE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lizzy Buchan

The Government has been accused of turning its back on sick and disabled people after pressing ahead with "catastrophic" benefit cuts. 

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dwp-disability-cuts-branded-catastrophic-35413196

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The Times: "BRITAIN COULD SUPPORT US TO STRIKE IRAN FROM THE AIR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Larisa Brown / Alistair Dawber

Britain is weighing up whether to provide United States military support in the event of Donald Trump deciding to bomb Iran.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/defence/article/uk-troops-middle-east-iran-x0gw626r7