INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: TUESDAY 13 MAY 2025 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Tuesday 13 May 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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Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.
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​This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

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The Times: "STARMER HOUSE FIRES MYSTERY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Woode / Steven Swinford / Shayma Bakht / Peter Chappell

Police investigate fires at properties and car linked to Keir Starmer.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/crime/article/keir-starmer-fire-north-london-home-nsc7vk7sj

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Daily Mirror: "TERROR COPS PROBE BLAZE AT PM HOME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sophie Huskisson

A mystery blaze at Keir Starmer's home is being investigated by counter-terrorism police.
Neighbours were woken by loud noises. 

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-home-fire-live-35212822

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The Scotsman: "IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN 'A GUILLOTINE ON THE CARE SECTOR'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alexander Brown

Labour’s new immigration controls are a "guillotine" on the Care Sector that will see homes close, the industry has warned.

FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/politics/immigration-crackdown-a-guillotine-on-care-sector-that-will-see-homes-close-industry-warns-5124864

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Daily Mail: "LABOUR'S TAKING US ALL FOR FOOLS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martin Beckford / David Barrett

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was accused of 'taking the public for fools' as he proposed an immigration crackdown - after years of backing open borders.

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Financial Times: "CHINA AND US CALL TRUCE IN TRADE WAR WITH DEAL TO SLASH PUNISHING TARIFFS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Leahy / Aime Williams / Demetri Sevastopulo / Mercedes Ruehl 

Levies cut for 90 days.
Stocks and dollar rally.
Gold prices retreat.
Show of 'mutual respect'.

FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/92887b83-1b99-4d69-ba70-6bc812e23dbe

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Edinburgh Evening News: "TRAMBUSTERS!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alastair Dalton

Runners will be challenged to race a tram across Edinburgh in an innovative event planned for next month.
Competitors will dash between St. Andrew Square or Newhaven and Edinburgh Park.
Race director Catriona Bruce, of Blast Running, said the event was inspired by her friend Richard Guthrie.

FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/transport/runners-to-race-a-tram-across-edinburgh-in-new-event-5121521

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Daily Star: "TERROR COPS IN PM FIRE PROBE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jerry Lawton / Claudia Trotman

Counter terror cops are probing a fire at PM Sir Keir Starmer's North London house.
It was previously targeted by protesters.

FULL REPORT: DailyStar.co.uk/news/latest-news/keir-starmers-house-fire-suspicious-35214092

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The I Paper: "'GRENADE IN THE ROOM': CARE HOMES WARN OF CLOSURE OVER HOME OFFICE MIGRANT VISA BAN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jane Merrick / Joe Duggan

Social Care is facing a "catastrophe" because of the Government’s decision to scrap Visas for migrant carers, with unions claiming the sector was not consulted about the decision.

FULL REPORT: INews.co.uk/news/politics/care-homescatastrophe-migrant-visa-ban-3689591

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Metro (South Edition): "50YRS FOR PUTIN'S 'MINIONS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sam Corbishley / Sam Courtney-Guy

Six members of a spy ring paid to plot the kidnap, murder or smearing of President Vladimir Putin's enemies in the UK have been jailed for a total of 50 years.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/05/12/spy-gang-working-putin-a-dingy-seaside-hotel-jailed-50-years-23042020

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The Bolton News: "'USE WATER WISELY' CALL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Eoin McCaul

Bolton residents have been urged to to use water wisely following an unusual drop in reservoir levels.
Recent warm and dry weather – the driest start to the year since 1956 – has led to lower than usual reservoir levels across Britain.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25150053.united-utilities-warns-public-reservoir-levels-drop

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The Yorkshire Post: "FEARS FOR FUEL PLANT AFTER TRADE DEAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

Two bioethanol firms in Hull and Redcar have called for help from Prime Minister Keir Starmer, warning thousands of jobs are at risk over his trade deal with President Donald Trump.

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The Irish World: "IRELAND WANTS EU TRADE DEAL WITH ISRAEL SUSPENDED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: TBA

Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Harris said the country will press ahead with a call on the European Union to suspend their partnership agreement Israel because of Human Rights violations in Gaza.

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IW2 (The Irish World): "KEEPING THE FAITH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: TBA
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Singer-Songwriter Ciara Lawless on why her new album Divine Intervention recalls for her a serious accident she survived when she was just six years old.

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Morning Star: "FURY AS STARMER LURCHES TO RIGHT OVER MIGRATION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Elizabeth Short

Campaigners accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today of fanning the flames of the far-right after he claimed that Britain will become an "island of strangers" without tougher controls on migration.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/straight-out-reform-playbook

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​Lancashire Telegraph: "DARKER DAYS FOR PUBGOERS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah McGee

Campaign pub shuts and debts see another axed. Campaigners have been foiled in their fight to save much-loved East Lancashire pub Hare And Hounds in Clayton-Le Moors.

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Glasgow Times: "COPS CLOSE CASE INTO TAPLIN MURDER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Morgan Carmichael

Police Scotland have closed the investigation into the murder of a 28-year-old man in Glasgow.
Josh Taplin, an ex-footie starlet, was found dead inside a house in the city's Knightswood area on Monday 05 May 2025.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25156746.update-murder-josh-taplin-glasgows-knightswood

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The Independent: "DISMAY AT PM OVER 'ISLAND OF STRANGER' MIGRANT RHETORIC"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Maddox / Millie Cooke / Archie Mitchell

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has warned that the United Kingdom risks becoming "an island of strangers" as he laid out some of the toughest rules in recent history to crack down on immigration.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-immigration-white-paper-b2749440.html

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