INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Tuesday 25 February 2025.
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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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​This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

​The Daily Telegraph: "FRANCE'S NUCLEAR SHIELD FOR EUROPE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: James Rothwell / James Crisp / Colin Freeman

France is ready to use their nuclear deterrent to help protect Europe, The Telegraph understands.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/24/france-to-offer-nuclear-shield-for-europe

Daily Express: "REEVES URGED TO STOP STATE PENSION BEING AXED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Katie Harris

Rachel Reeves must take "urgent action" to ensure the state pension is never taxed, campaigners have demanded.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2018645

The Scotsman: "DEMAND FOR 'NIGHT COURTS' TO CLEAR CRIMINAL JUSTICE BACKLOG"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Bol

The body representing Police Officers in the North of Britain has called for "night courts" to clear the backlog in the justice system.

​Daily Mail: "TEEN KILLER WAS ON WAY TO SCHOOL MASSACRE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rebecca Camber / Ryan Hooper

A teenager who shot his mother and two siblings to death at their family home has admitted their murders.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14430213

The Independent: "ZELENSKY OFFERS OLIVE BRANCH TO TRUMP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sam Kiley

Ukraine has offered an olive branch to Donald Trump by suggesting they are close to signing a minerals deal with the United States.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-mineral-deal-with-trump-b2703714.html

​Daily Star: "WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER NUKE!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Aaron Tinney

A huge asteroid bothering Earth will need to be diverted using Nuclear Weapons, says a boffin who knows a thing or two. 

​The Yorkshire Post: "CARE PROVIDERS TO STEP UP PROTESTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

Adult Social Care providers are considering stepping up action.
Sector warns of further action if march on Westminster fails to yield Government reforms.

Lancashire Telegraph: "ROGUE DRIVER HIT 100MPH ON BUILT-UP STREETS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nat Goodlad

A man who drove through residential streets in Blackburn at speeds reaching 100MPH trying to evade police is now beginning a prison sentence. 

Morning Star: "WASPI WOMEN THREATEN DWP WITH LAWSUIT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ceren Sagir

WASPI campaigners threaten legal challenge over Government's rejection of compensation.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/waspi-campaigners-threaten-legal-challenge-over-government-rejection-of-compensation

The Guardian: "TRUMP: PUTIN WILL ACCEPT EUROPE'S TROOPS IN UKRAINE AFTER CEASEFIRE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Smith

President Donald Trump has said President Vladimir Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/trump-ukraine-putin-peacekeepers-macron

The Bolton News: "DAWN 'CUCKOOING' RAID"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Leah Collins

Greater Manchester Police carried out a dawn raid at a property in Horwich as part of an investigation into drugs and suspected 'cuckooing'.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/24957800.horwich-police-arrest-carry-dawn-raid-property

Metro (England): "NO HIDING PLACE FOR PREDATORS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Munro

Sex Offenders will no longer be able to change their names to hide from the consequences of their crimes under new measures unveiled.

The Irish World: "SURGE IN BRITISH APPLICATIONS FOR IRISH CITIZENSHIP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: TBA

Irish Citizenship applications from Britain are at their highest since Brexit became an inconvenient and expensive reality.

Financial Times: "BRITAIN TO JOIN EU LEADERS FOR TALKS ON CONTINENT-WIDE DEFENCE FUNDING PUSH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Paola Tamma / Henry Foy / George Parker / Sam Fleming

Reeves talks this week.
Merz win adds impetus.
US retreat fears spur action.
Fiscal rules hurdle.

FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/1a828a79-2bf1-4e3d-9136-83f110315645