 Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Thursday 26 February 2026. Browse through #IBPapers on 𝕏, and #IBPapers on BlueSky, to keep up with the latest from Informing Britain Papers on Social Media. This is a selection of newspaper publications from United Kingdom, and around the world. All papers are from within United Kingdom, unless otherwise stated. If the leading story is available, links will be provided. This page will be updated as the headlines come in. The Independent: "SPEAKER TIPPED OFF POLICE MANDELSON WAS A FLIGHT RISK" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Millie Cooke Metropolitan Police have apologised to Sir Lindsay Hoyle after officers told Peter Mandelson's lawyers he tipped them off about claims the disgraced former peer planned to flee to the British Virgin Islands, prompting his arrest. FULL REPORT: INDEPENDENT.CO.UK/news/uk/politics/peter-mandelson-arrest-lindsay-hoyle-b2927268.html  Messenger Newspapers: "HIGH COURT SIDES WITH COUNCIL OVER DISPUTE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kent Lawlor The High Court has sided with Trafford Council in a dispute over planning permission for a 19,000 Square Metre industrial scheme in Carrington. FULL REPORT: MessengerNewspapers.co.uk/news/25877937.high-court-sides-council-19-000sqm-carrington-scheme  Metro (South Edition): "HIGH ROLLERS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ed Chatterton / Carly Odell A huge Cannabis Farm has been busted by Northamptonshire Police - hidden in plain sight inside Aspers Casino on Commercial Street in Northampton.  Glasgow Times: "DRUG TRAFFICKER HAD £1M OF 'MIXER'" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dave Finlay Police Scotland have seized heroin worth more than £1 million on the streets at an industrial yard during an operation against a Glasgow-based serious crime gang with international links. FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25887326.drug-trafficker-henry-mcaulay-court-1m-glasgow-seizure  Daily Express: "JUST SAY NON! DON'T REWARD FRENCH FOR BOATS FAILURE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Michael Knowles Britain's Government ministers have been told that France must get no more of United Kingdom taxpayers' money until Government Of France stop the boats crossing the English Channel. FULL REPORT: EXPRESS.CO.UK/news/politics/2175602  The Yorkshire Post: "CRIMINALS BURYING FARMLAND WITH WASTE" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn Fields belonging to farmers, and country lanes, are being buried under piles of waste. New figures show Fly-Tipping incidents in Yorkshire reached the highest level since comparable records began.  Daily Mirror: "DON'T LET HATE WIN" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lizzy Buchan Keir Starmer has called on voters to "strike a blow against hate" by backing The Labour Party in today's crucial By-Election. FULL REPORT: MIRROR.CO.UK/news/politics/keir-starmer-by-election-fight-36781401  Edinburgh Evening News: "PHONE BAN SEES MORE RESPONSES THAN TRAMS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ian Swanson Edinburgh Council's consultation on banning Mobile Phones in schools has produced more responses than the recent consultation on Edinburgh's proposed North-South tramline. FULL REPORT: EdinburghNews.Scotsman.com/news/consultation-on-edinburgh-schools-mobile-phone-ban-sees-more-responses-than-tram-consultation-5611941  The Guardian: "DAMNING REPORT EXPOSES SCANDAL OF NHS MATERNITY UNIT 'COVER-UPS'" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Denis Campbell Medical Facilities that cause harm and injury to women and babies during childbirth often resort to a "cover-up" of their mistakes by falsifying Medical Records.  Lancashire Telegraph: "ISSA BROTHERS AND M&S EYE NEW FOOD HALL" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Bill Jacobs The Issa Brothers' property arm and Marks & Spencer have unveiled plans for a new Food Hall in the Colne area of Lancashire. The 2,300 Square Metre out-of-town store, with 1,672 Square Metres of trading space, would be built. FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25885384.issa-bros-colne-m65-site-earmarked-new-m-s-food-hall  The Daily Telegraph: "DOUBLING CASH FOR NHS 'HAD NO IMPACT'" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Laura Donnelly According to Lord James Bethell, a former Health Minister for The Conservative Party under Boris Johnson, spending by The NHS has doubled in 17 years with "no impact" on the nation's health. FULL REPORT: TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/news/2026/02/25/lord-bethell-nhs-waste-disaster-warning  Metro (North Edition): "HUNTED AND EXECUTED" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nick Forbes David Campbell, a former gamekeeper who 'hunted down' former colleague Brian Low on an E-Bike and murdered him with a shotgun, has been jailed for a minimum of 19 years. The murder took place near Aberfeldy in Perthshire.  Bury Times: "BOROUGH IN 'GOOD HEALTH' FALL SHOCK" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ruby Watson Boys and girls born in Bury, Greater Manchester can expect to live fewer years of healthy lives than elsewhere in Britain as figures show a decline in good health across the borough. FULL REPORT: BuryTimes.co.uk/news/25878126.many-years-good-health-bury-residents-can-expect  Morning Star: "LABOUR BRACES FOR BRUISING AT THE BALLOT BOX" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray Sir Keir Starmer's future is once more on a knife-edge as voters in Manchester go to the Ballot Box in a By-Election that seems too close to call. FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/starmer-future-knife-edge-greens-labour-and-reform-neck-and-neck-gorton-and-denton  The Oldham Times: "PREDATOR JAILED FOR TARGETING CHILDREN" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kent Lawlor Ryan Greenhow, who threatened children into sending Indecent Images has been jailed for more than seven years. Ryan Greenhow targeted victims between the ages of 12 and 15, across multiple Social Media platforms. FULL REPORT: TheOldhamTimes.co.uk/news/25882765.oldham-man-jailed-child-sex-offences-social-media  Daily Star: "GORILLAS GET ON MY WICKS" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Bekka Barnard Strictly Come Dancing star Pete Wicks has revealed his greatest fear, that gorillas could takeover the world. FULL REPORT: DailyStar.co.uk/showbiz/pete-wicks-terrified-gorillas-take-36777817  The Bolton News: "£13M TO HELP KEEP CHILDREN CLOSER TO HOME" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan Multi-million pound plans to build a new Sixth Form School will save the Council in Bolton around £6.4 million a year.  Scottish Daily Mail: "GUILTY OF A BRAZEN AND BRUTAL EXECUTION" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dan Barker / Grant McCabe A retired gamekeeper who hunted a former colleague 'like quarry' before blasting him with a shotgun in the Aberfeldy area of Perthshire has been found guilty of murder. FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-15591829  The Times: "EPSTEIN 'USED UK AS A HUB TO TRAFFIC SCORES OF WOMEN'" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emma Yeomans Records appear to show that Jeffrey Epstein was trafficking women through British airports as late as 2019, only a month before his arrest. FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-trafficking-uk-airports-dwc6f2hg8  The Scotsman: "POLICE APOLOGY FOR FAILINGS AS SHOTGUN KILLER FOUND GUILTY" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martyn McLaughlin Police Scotland have apologised to the family of a murdered man for initally treating his death as "non-suspicious", despite the fact he had sustained dozens of injuries from shotgun pellets. FULL REPORT: SCOTSMAN.COM/news/police-apologise-to-family-over-gamekeeper-murder-case-and-accept-response-fell-short-5611983  Daily Mail: "IS PRINCE OF DARKNESS UP TO HIS OLD TRICKS?" LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rebecca Camber Scotland Yard made an extraordinary apology to House Of Commons Speaker yesterday as a row broke out over Peter Mandelson's arrest.  
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