INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER 2025 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Wednesday 15 October 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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​This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

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Daily Express: "REEVES BLOW AS PRICES RISE AND GROWTH STALLS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jonathan Walker / Martyn Brown
 
Rachel Reeves faced fresh humiliation after Britain's growth prospects were downgraded and unemployment soared to a four year high.
Critics accused the Chancellor of "killing growth and crushing jobs" as the International Monetary Fund cut their forecast for United Kingdom growth next year.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2121321

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Glasgow Times: "DOCTOR RAPED IN CITY CENTRE STREET"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Grant McCabe

A sex predator has been convicted of raping a doctor in a late-night attack.
Mihai Nicolae Patran pounced on the 27-year-old stranger as she walked in Glasgow's Mitchell Street in the early hours of 26 November 2023.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25541973.man-raped-woman-glasgow-street-also-performed-sex-act-court

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Arab News (Saudi Arabia): "COUNTRIES WILLING TO HELP FUND GAZA'S $70BN RECONSTRUCTION: UN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tamara Aboalsaud / Reuters
 
European and Arab nations, Canada, and the United States appear willing to contribute to the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, a United Nations official said.

FULL REPORT: ArabNews.com/node/2618824

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The Scotsman: "FIRMS WARN OF SQUEEZE FROM INFLATION SPIKE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Quinn
 
Scottish businesses have warned of an even tighter squeeze on household finances as United Kingdom inflation is projected to surge in the G7 until 2026.

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City AM: "UK SET TO SUFFER HIGHEST INFLATION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mauricio Alencar
 
Inflation in the Unied Kingdom is set to surge above all G7 countries in the next two years while growth per capita will lag behind the average across advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted. 

FULL REPORT: CityAM.com/imf-uk-inflation-to-be-highest-in-g7

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​The Bolton News: "NEARLY £1M FOR HOMELESS IN THE TOWN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan

Nearly £1million is set to be spent on tackling homelessness in Bolton as the Winter months loom.
The funding boost worth £917,565 comes from national fund worth £84million.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25534752.bolton-gets-nearly-1m-homelessness-prevention

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Metro (South Edition): "HOTEL WORKER 'STABBED BY MIGRANT 23 TIMES'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Brooke Davies / Katie Boyden
 
An Asylum Seeker stabbed a Hotel Worker 23 times with a screwdriver and left her for dead, a court has heard.
Rhiannon Skye Whyte, 27, worked at the Park Inn hotel in Wolverhampton which was being used to house Asylum Seekers.

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/10/14/asylum-seeker-followed-migrant-hotel-worker-home-stabbed-death-24424086

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Daily Star: "GAVIN & NUMPTY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nadeem Badshah

It only took them five years to admit they messed up.
Tory toff Gavin Williamson admit his plan to shut our schools during CoronaVirus Lockdown was decided in just 24 hours.

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The West Australian (Australia): "EMBRACING LIFE AFTER 737 DAYS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Maayan Lubell

The Israeli hostage, whose desperate cries for help as she was driven away by Hamas terrorists on a motorbike haunted the world on 7 October 2023, has been reunited with her boyfriend Avinatan Or.

FULL REPORT: TheWest.com.au/news/conflict/israeli-hostage-couple-reunited-after-hamas-captivity-c-20341676

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The Independent: "INFLATION WARNING DEALS 'GRIM' BUDGET BLOW TO REEVES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Maddox
 
Rachel Reeves has been delivered another major blow ahead of next month’s make-or-break Budget as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned inflation will surge to the highest in the G7 in 2025 and 2026.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-imf-economic-report-budget-b2845053.html

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Wirral Globe: "FIREFIGHTERS UNDER ATTACK"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jamie Bowman

Three firefighters were injured when they came under attack from youths throwing fireworks on a Wirral estate.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS) is now calling on parents and carers to speak to children urgently about their behaviour after the shocking incident in Beechwood also led a fire engine being damaged.

FULL REPORT: WirralGlobe.co.uk/news/25534147.firefighters-attacked-youths-fireworks-beechwood

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Scottish Daily Mail: "LABOUR ISN'T WORKING (AGAIN)"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alex Brummer / John-Paul Ford Rojas
 
Britain's economy faced aa rim quadruple whammy, piling more pressure on Rachel Reeves just weeks from the Budget.
A stark report from the International Monetary Fund warned that inflation in the United Kingdom will be the highest for any advanced economy this year, with Britain also facing the worst growth in living standards.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-15188163

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Lancashire Telegraph: "ONE-PUNCH ATTACK LEFT 'GRAVE' INJURIES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Shuiab Khan

A Blackburn man who left his victim with life-changing injuries due to an unprovoked attack has been jailed.
Nathan Williams assaulted his victim in George Street, Rishton, leaving him with a 'grave and life-threatening injury'.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25541951.blackburn-man-jailed-one-punch-attack-rishton

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​Morning Star: "TIME FOR ACTION TO FIGHT JOBS SLUMP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Elizabeth Short

Unions demanded the UK Government deliver a coordinated industrial strategy, after unemployment climbed to its highest level in more than four years.
New figures released by the  Office or National Statistics (ONS) showed that unemployment hit 4.8 per cent in the three months to August, rising by 297,000 over the year.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/unions-demand-labour-deliver-co-ordinated-industrial-strategy