INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: THURSDAY 22 AUGUST 2024 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Thursday 22 August 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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DAILY RECORD: "TEEN DEAD IN IBIZA BALCONY PLUNGE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lynn Love / Eve Beattie

Scots teen Emma Ramsay fell from the sixth floor of Hotel Vibra District in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

FULL REPORT: DailyRecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-teenager-dies-ibiza-after-33510575
Digital article by Lynn Love / Eve Beattie / Natalia Penza

SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL: "SWINNEY ON RACK OVER ISRAEL ROW"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tom Gordon

The First Minister's leadership was called into question after he broke off relations with the Israeli Government under pressure from party members.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-13766547

DAILY EXPRESS: "DIVERS FIND BODIES TYCOON AND HIS DAUGHTER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Giles Sheldrick

Bodies found in Bayesian superyacht wreckage include Mike Lynch and daughter.
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FULL REPORT: EXPRESS.CO.UK/news/world/1938900
Digital article Ciaran McGrath / Giles Sheldrick

DAILY MAIL: "SUPERYACHT HOPE LOST AS DIVERS FIND FIVE BODIES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Inderdeep Bains / Nick Craven

Search called off for the day after 'bodies of Mike Lynch and daughter Hannah were recovered from sunken £30m superyacht alongside two others' - with one body remaining in the yacht and sixth passenger unaccounted for.

FULL REPORT: https://DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-13766507
Digital article by Nick Craven / Katherine Lawton / Rory Tingle / Matthew Lodge

THE GUARDIAN: "UK POLICE THREATEN EXTRADITION TO TACKLE SEXTORION CRIMINALS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Libby Brooks / Dan Milmo

Agency says foreign gangs not safe from prosecution in UK and plans new recording label to track extent of the crime

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/21/national-crime-agency-threatens-extraditions-rise-in-sextortion-cases

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: "ALZHEIMER'S WONDER DRUG IS GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Laura Donnelly
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Lecanemab could be the 'beginning of the end' for the disease, experts suggest.

FULL REPORT: TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/news/2024/08/21/alzheimers-wonder-drug-lecanemab-approved

DAILY STAR: "PYTHON BIT MY GOOLIES WHILE I WAS ON THE BOG"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jerry Lawton

A 12FT python hiding in a toilet bowl bit a man's nuts as he quietly went about his business... and it was left dangling from his privates when he lept up in agony.

FINANCIAL TIMES: "PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS CHALLENGE LABOUR TO REPAIR LOSSES FROM DECADE OF PAY CUTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jim Pickard
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Calls follows health and rail deals.
Motion set for TUC Conference.
Big test for Starmer Government.

THE BOLTON NEWS: "WALK THIS WAY FOR A TV AND FILM TOWN TOUR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Leah Collins

Lights, camera, Bolton!
Dates have now been released for the eagerly anticipated Bolton's TV and Walking tours, which were announced earlier this month - giving film and TV buffs a chance to walk in the footsteps of Thomas Shelby, Sgt. Catherine Cawood, and even Rocky Balboa.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/24530006.date-set-boltons-tv-film-walking-tours---get-tickets

WOKINGHAM TODAY: "DOG WALKER ISSUED DRUG WARNING"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Batt

A Wokingham woman is urging dog owners to be vigilant following an incident where her pet ingested drugs thought to be cannabis.

SOUTH WALES ECHO: "MAN BIT AND STRANGLED WOMAN AFTER ROW OVER HER DRIVING"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jonathon Hill 

Man chased girlfriend before biting, strangling and headbutting her following argument over her driving.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-chased-girlfriend-before-biting-29782665

WARRINGTON GUARDIAN: "OFFICER FLIRTY TEXTS SHAME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Anne Suslak
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A Prison Officer from Warrington is now a jail resident herself after sharing 'flirtatious' texts with an inmate in an illicit relationship.

FULL REPORT: WarringtonGuardian.co.uk/news/24524047.prison-officer-sent-flirty-texts-inmate-illicit-relationship

ROYSTON CROW: "THEFT LEAVES FOOTBALL CLUB IN THE DARK"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Anne Suslak

Guilden Morden Walking Football Club are appealing for donations after their vital equipment was stolen.

FULL REPORT: Royston-Crow.co.uk/news/24531069.equipment-stolen-guilden-morden-walking-football-team

THE MESSENGER: "NEW PLAN FOR TOWN CENTRE SUBMITTED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nick Jackson

A revised planning applicatio​n for the redevelopment of a chunk of Altrincham town centre has been submitted.

FULL REPORT: https://MessengerNewspapers.co.uk/news/24516302.revised-plan-altrincham-town-centre-88-homes

BURY TIMES: "MURDER GETAWAY SISTERS ARE JAILED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Jaffray
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Two sisters, Husna Khan and Farah Khan, have been jailed for 30 months each for helping their brother flee to Pakistan after he murdered a man in Bury. 

FULL REPORT: BuryTimes.co.uk/news/24527694.bury-sisters-jailed-trying-get-brother-abroad-murder

TYLDESLEY AND ATHERTON LEIGH JOURNAL: "SUPERHERO DAD TAKES ON TRIATHLON"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Conal Cunningham

An inspirational man who has "not let his disability hold him back" embarked on an incredible 'Superhero triathlon' last weekend.

FULL REPORT: LeighJournal.co.uk/news/24522542.inspirational-michael-reynolds-embark-superhero-triathlon

METRO (ENGLAND): "FREEDOM OF THE SWIFTIE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Munro

Taylor Swift could be handed the Freedom of the City Of London as a thank-you for giving the capital a cash boost with two separate stops on her record-breaking tour.

FULL REPORT: METRO.CO.UK/2024/08/21/taylor-swift-may-awarded-freedom-city-london-mp-backs-bid-21460485

SOUTH WALES EVENING POST​: "SWIM GROUP'S WATER WORRY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Robert Dalling

Gower Open Water Swim Training uses Langland Bay every week but some members are falling ill and sessions are having to be cancelled because of storm sewer overflow activations.

FULL REPORT: WalesOnline.co.uk/news/wales-news/sewage-leaking-sea-suspected-making-29776857

NORTHWICH & WINSFORD GUARDIAN: "TRADERS' FEAR OVER 'DYING' TOWN CENTRE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ethan Turton

Traders in Northwich have spoken of the challenges they face operating their businesses in the town. 
 
FULL REPORT: NorthwichGuardian.co.uk/news/24509151.northwich-traders-speak-challenges-town-centre-businesses-face

MORNING STAR: "ACTIVISTS WARN AGAINST 'TOUGH BORDER' STUNTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ceren Sagir

The Labour Party urged not to copy dangerous Conservative rhetoric on returning refugees.

​LANCASHIRE TELEGRAPH: "XL BULLY KILLS OWNER IN HORROR ATTACK"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Shuiab Khan

53-year-old David Daintree has died after being attacked by a dog inside a house in the Ashley Court area of Accrington.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/24533923.accrington-man-killed-following-attack-xl-bulley

ST. HELENS STAR: "MUM INSPIRED BY TWINS' COURAGE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kelsey Maxwell

A Mum of twin boys born prematurely at Whiston Hospital has done a skydive in aid of the Special Care Baby Unit which saved their lives.

FULL REPORT: StHelensStar.co.uk/news/24515918.mum-thought-twin-sons-bravery-took-skydive-challenge/

WESTERN MAIL: "PUPILS RECEIVE GCSEs IN WAKE OF COVID TURMOIL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Eleanor Busby

Teenagers are waking up to their GCSE Results in a year when grading is expected to be restored to pre-pandemic levels. 

THE OLDHAM TIMES: "SHATTERED DREAMS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Olivia Bridge

Elite swimmers speak out as support for training club withdrawn and announced 'in very cold, uncaring and brief email'.

FULL REPORT: TheOldhamTimes.co.uk/sport/24524871.oldham-olympic-swimmers-react-training-club-closure

KNUTSFORD GUARDIAN: "DRIVER LEFT YOUNG VICTIMS DEVASTATED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lois Dean

A man who drove his car after drinking two bottles of wine at a music festival crashed into four young people, leaving them with irreversable injuries - including Brain Damage.