INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY 14 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 Wednesday 14 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, a link 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: "WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS HAILED AS KEY TO A LONGER LIFE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Eleanor Hayward

Weight-loss drugs can delay diseases associated with ageing and halve deaths from Heart Attacks, research shows.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/golden-age-of-medicine-weight-loss-drugs-seen-as-key-to-longer-life-3wblnx3j6

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The National: "'LANDMARK MOMENT' MSPS BACK ASSISTED DYING BILL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steph Brawn

MSPS have voted in favour of assisted dying legislation. 
The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill passed at stage one by 70 votes to 56, with one abstention after almost five hours of debate.

FULL REPORT: TheNational.Scot/news/25160579.msps-vote-favour-assisted-dying-bill-landmark-vote

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The Daily Telegraph: "HOSTILE STATE LINKED TO STARMER FIREBOMBS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martin Evans / Albert Tait / Robert Mendick

Counter-terrorism police are investigating the possibility that a hostile state may have been behind the arson attacks against the Prime Minister.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/13/starmer-firebombs-linked-to-hostile-state

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Daily Express: "'GOLDEN AGE' OF OBESITY FIGHTING DRUGS ON WAY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hanna Geissler

The NHS has been urged to accelerate the rollout of weight loss drugs to "many millions" of people, as experts hailed the start of a "golden age" of anti-obesity treatments.
A raft of studies presented at Europe's largest obesity conference provided fresh evidence of their myriad benefits — which extend far beyond just helping patients shed pounds.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/2054678

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Scottish Daily Mail: "TEARS AS MSPS BACK ASSISTED SUICIDE BY 14 VOTES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Michael Blackley / Tom Gordon

Proposals to make Assisted Dying legal in the North of Britain have passed their first hurdle.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14708541

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Daily Mail: "38 YEARS IN JAIL FOR A MURDER HE DIDN'T COMMIT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ryan Hooper / Rory Tingle

The victim of one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice walked free having spent 38 years in jail. 
Peter Sullivan has conviction quashed over new DNA evidence.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14706905

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Daily Record: "HISTORIC VOTE FOR ASSISTED DYING"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris McCall

The North of Britain has moved one step closer to legalising Assisted Dying after MSPs voted in favour of an historic change to the law.

FULL REPORT: DailyRecord.co.uk/news/politics/assisted-dying-scotland-passes-first-35220081

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The Guardian: "ZELENSKYY: PUTIN IS THE OBSTACLE TO A PEACE DEAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Shaun Walker

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he hopes the current period of frantic diplomacy and high-stakes gambits between Russia and Ukraine will end with President Donald Trump understanding that President Vladimir Putin is the real obstacle to a peace deal.

FULL REPORT: http://TheGuardian.com/world/2025/may/13/volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-peace-talks-turkey

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The Scotsman: "'LANDMARK MOMENT' AS MSPS VOTE TO BACK ASSISTED DYING BILL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Bol

The North of Britain's Assisted Dying law passes landmark first step - but the really hard work begins now. 
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FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/politics/assisted-dying-scottish-parliament-vote-5127267

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Daily Star: "'I HAVE BABIES, I NEED TO LIVE!'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kate Nelson / Jack Wetherill

Sobbing TV star Kim Kardashian told a Paris court she feared she would die at the hands of a gun gang in a £7.5M jewel heist. 

FULL REPORT: http://DailyStar.co.uk/showbiz/us-showbiz/breaking-kim-kardashian-arrives-court-35217426

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Lancashire Telegraph: "CARE WORKER SENT TO JAIL FOR PATIENT ABUSE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan
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A Care Worker, who was found guilty of engaging in sexual activity with a mentally disordered patient, has been jailed.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25156405.blackburn-care-worker-jailed-sexual-activity-patient

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​Financial Times: "BEIJING FEARS OVER UK-US TRADE ACCORD CLOUD LONDON'S BID TO REVIVE CHINA TIES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Leahy / Ryan McMorrow

Xi officials foresee export blow.
Focus on Washington's security clause.
Call to raise issues with ministers.

FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/985a553c-d98f-47db-bf03-41e65d336675

The I Paper: "NEW MIGRANT RULES BOOST UK HOPES OF SOFTER BREXIT DEAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Will Hazell / Arj Singh

Controversial measures to cut legal immigration will allow the UK to make a deal with the EU on youth mobility, The I Paper understands.

FULL REPORT: INews.co.uk/news/politics/migrant-clampdown-paves-way-to-softer-brexit-deal-3692136

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​Metro (South Edition): "I'M NOT ANGRY I'M NOT BITTER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Luke Alsford

A man with Learning Difficulties who served 38 years in jail for a murder he did not commit has been set free after Britain's longest miscarriage of justice was finally overturned.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/05/13/man-freed-38-years-prison-uks-longest-miscarriage-justice-23074094

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Wirral Globe: "TRIBUTES PAID TO 'BEST DAD'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Manning

Tributes to Wirral dad Kevin Rylance who died in M53 crash.
The family of Kevin Rylance who died following a crash on the M53 has paid tribute to the "best dad two kids could’ve ever asked for".

FULL REPORT: WirralGlobe.co.uk/news/25154565.wirral-tributes-dad-kevin-rylance-died-m53-crash

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The Yorkshire Post: "PLEDGE TO MOVE CIVIL SERVANTS TO REGION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

Thousands of roles could be relocated, Minister suggests.
Civil Service jobs are set to be moved from Whitehall to York, Leeds and Sheffield.
The Cabinet Office has named 13 locations across Britain. 

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The Bolton News: "UNI CHIEF GETS SUSPENDED IN INVESTIGATION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Greater Manchester has been suspended following "serious allegations".
The Deane Road based university announced, via a spokesperson, that Professor George E. Holmes had been suspended alongside the Provost and another senior member of academic staff.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25159648.university-greater-manchester-vice-chancellor-suspended

Morning Star: "NO LOOPHOLES WITH GENOCIDE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Elizabeth Short

Campaigners say there is clear evidence British weapons are contributing to War Crimes as the Government goes on trial to defend their continued supply of arms to Israel.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/what-happening-gaza-live-streamed-genocide

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