INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Tuesday 30 September 2025.

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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.
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​Metro (South Edition): "THINGS CAN ONLY GET BITTER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah Hooper

Labour Party leaders have delivered a gloomy warning of hard times ahead - refusing to rull out tax rises and claiming the country faces a bitter battle for its soul against Reform UK.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/tag/labour-party

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Glasgow Times: "COPS RAMP UP SEARCH IN WOODS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Donald Erskine

Scotland Police have expanded their forensic investigation deeper into a woodland in Castlemilk six days after they sealed off the area.
A significant police presence remains in the Southside area for a sixth day as specialist officers appear to focus on woods behind the Jenniburn Centre on Ardencraig Road near Tormusk Road.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25503200.police-expand-search-castlemilk-wooded-area-forensic-probe

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Morning Star: "AXE-SWINGING REEVES SLAPS DOWN MAYOR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray

Rachel Reeves backed the Bond Market as the Government's confrontation with Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham over the economy and more continued to dominate The Labour Party Conference.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/chancellor-reeves-backs-bonds-markets-and-bashes-andy-burnham

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Scottish Daily Mail: "'NOW GET MEN OUT OF WOMEN'S JAILS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Claire Elliot

All schools North of the Border have been told they must have single-sex toilets following a major Scottish Government U-turn.
But campaigners said the SNP’s new 64-page guidance is ‘muddled’ and may still be in breach of the Supreme Court ruling that sparked the change.

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The Bolton News: "PROTEST OVER PLANS TO BUILD 100 HOMES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lisa Valentine

Councillors and residents attended a protest in Bromley Cross today (September 28) to voice their concerns ahead of formal plans being submitted for a new development.
Around 100 new homes could be built on Green Belt land at Tongefields, just north west of Kiln Field on the western edge of Bromley Cross.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25500742.bromley-cross-councillors-residents-protest-development

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The West Australian (Australia): "SWAP THE BOATS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Harvey

Australian Border Force are secretly buying crayfishing boats in Geraldton and giving them to People Smugglers intercepted off the North West coast. 
Asylum Seekers aboard unseaworthy vessels are transferred to the safer cray boats before being turned back to Indonesia.

FULL REPORT: TheWest.com.au/news/police/australian-border-force-secretly-buying-400k-boats-for-people-smugglers-intercepted-off-north-west-coast-c-20119654

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The Yorkshire Post: "PM 'IS AT RISK OF BEING REJECTED BY RURAL BRITAIN'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

Sir Keir Starmer risks "being rejected by rural Britain" unless he can rebuild trust on immigration and the cost of living crisis starting with today's conference speech, new polling has shown.

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​The Times Scotland: "ISRAEL SUPPORTS TRUMP PLAN TO END WAR IN GAZA"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Charter

President Donald Trump said he was close to achieving "eternal peace in the Middle East", supported by the Israeli Prime Minister, as the pair challenged Hamas to accept a US-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/us/news-today/article/trump-press-conference-live-netanyahu-meeting-latest-news-w7fth6lk6

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State Times (Jammu & Kashmir): "CM INAUGURATES, LAYS FOUNDATION OF RS 36 CR DEV PROJECTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Unlisted

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday inaugurated and laid foundation stone for more than a dozen development projects worth ?36.50 crore during an extensive tour of Ganderbal District, reaffirming his Government's commitment to strengthening infrastructure in sports, power sectors and improving road connectivity in the district.

FULL REPORT: StateTimes.IN/cm-inaugurates-lays-foundation-of-rs-36-cr-dev-projects

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City AM: "FANCY VAT!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mauricio Alencar

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned that her choices will be "harder" at this year’s Budget, with questions being raised on whether she will row back on Labour manifesto tax commitments to plug a £30bn shortfall.

FULL REPORT: CityAM.com/rachel-reeves-warns-harder-choices-coming-at-budget

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Daily Star: "FORK YOU, NIGE!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Isobel Dickinson

Sir Keir Starmer will attack Nigel Farage, warning Britain has come to a "fork in the road" with the country choosing between decency and Reform UK.

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Albany Advertiser (Australia): "TIME FOR A STORE CALL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Melissa Sheil

The fate of a new supermarket in the centre of Denmark will be decided this week, with Shire Of Denmark staff recommending that the council approve the plan, despite overwhelming community opposition.

FULL REPORT: AlbanyAdvertiser.com.au/news/albany-advertiser/long-standing-metcash-proposal-for-new-shopping-centre-on-south-coast-highway-to-be-decided-in-denmark-council-c-20177931

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The Times: "ISRAEL SUPPORTS TRUMP PLAN TO END WAR IN GAZA"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Charter

President Donald Trump said he was close to achieving "eternal peace in the Middle East", supported by the Israeli Prime Minister, as the pair challenged Hamas to accept a US-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza.

FULL REPORT: http://TheTimes.com/us/news-today/article/trump-press-conference-live-netanyahu-meeting-latest-news-w7fth6lk6

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Lancashire Telegraph: "TREE FALL DEATH 'COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Bill Jacobs

Blackburn with Darwen Council has received expert advice that there was nothing it could have done to prevent the tragic incident in which a mother of two was killed by a falling branch in one of its parks.
Madia Kauser died at Witton Park in Blackburn when she was out walking with her family.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25502156.blackburn-park-branch-tragedy-not-prevented

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The Guardian: "ACCEPT GAZA PEACE DEAL OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES, HAMAS TOLD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Smith

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, have delivered an ultimatum to Hamas, warning the militant group to accept their 20-point peace plan for Gaza or face the consequences.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/trump-netanyahu-gaza-peace-plan

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Daily Express: "IT'S THE SAME OLD TAX RISE PAIN WITH LABOUR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martyn Brown

Rachel Reeves lit the fuse for another tax bombshell as she warned households of further painful increases.
The Chancellor yesterday all but revealed that she will have no choice but to fill a £50 billion black hole in public finances when she delivers her Budget next month.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2114703