INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL 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 16 April 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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Daily Mail: "NOW CHINA IS HANDED ACCESS TO NHS MEDICAL RECORDS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Shaun Wooller / Rebecca Camber

Chinese researchers will be granted access to NHS Medical Records despite MI5 fears that health data could be misused by Beijing.

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The Guardian: "LARGEST TEACHING UNION DESCRIBES REFORM UK AS 'FAR-RIGHT AND RACIST'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Richard Adams / Peter Walker

NEU leader Daniel Kebede says union is 'living rent free' in Nigel Farage's head after the politician accused him of 'poisoning the minds of our kids'.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/politics/live/2025/apr/15/uk-politics-latest-news-us-uk-trade-steel-keir-starmer-sudan-nigel-farage

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​Daily Mirror: "SORT OUT THIS MESS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sanjeeta Bains

Residents in Birmingham blighted by a relentless Bin Strike have demanded an urgent end to their Hell.

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/birmingham-locals-fume-over-diabolical-35062392

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The Independent: "UK TOLD TO ADOPT TRUMP AGENDA TO WIN US TRADE DEAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Maddox

Sir Keir Starmer must embrace Donald Trump’s agenda by repealing hate speech laws in order to get a trade deal over the line, sources close to JD Vance have told The Independent.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-jd-vance-trade-deal-free-speech-b2733806.html

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Glasgow Times: "RISE IN PEOPLE TAKEN TO CITY HOSPITALS FOR COCAINE USE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Stewart Paterson

There has been a rise in overdoses and people needing hospital treatment for drug use in the last year.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/25092901.rise-people-taken-hospital-glasgow-cocaine-use

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The I: "11 MILLION EXTRA PEOPLE WILL PAY INCOME TAX AFTER REEVES TURNS TO UK'S PENSIONERS FOR BUDGET HELP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emily Braeger

New data has revealed the ongoing freeze on Income Tax thresholds will pull millions more into the tax system over the next three years.
Nearly half of the 17.9 million Britons set to be dragged into paying Income Tax by 2027/28 will be over 60s and pensioners.

FULL REPORT: INews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/18-million-more-people-will-pay-income-tax-by-2027-and-almost-half-will-be-pensioners-3641806

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Financial Times: "WALL STREET BANKS REAP $37BN AFTER TRADERS CASH IN ON TRUMP VOLATILITY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joshua Franklin

Best performance for decade. 
Market gyrations buoy first quarter.
Boost as deals activity wanes. 

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​The Daily Telegraph: "STARMER'S EU RESET RISKS US TRADE DEAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Tony Diver / Joe Barnes
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Sir Keir Starmer is closing in on a new partnership with the European Union that could put a trade deal with the White House at risk.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/04/15/starmer-eu-reset-risks-usa-trade-deal

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The National: "POLL PREDICTS HUGE 29-SEAT YES MAJORITY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: James Walker

Holyrood will see a huge pro-independence majority of 29 MSPs after next year's elections, according to The National.

FULL REPORT: TheNational.Scot/news/25092544.new-poll-predicts-huge-29-seat-pro-indy-majority-2026

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Morning Star: "NEU TO OPPOSE 'RACIST' REFORM AT BALLOT BOX"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre

Reform UK is as racist and Far-Right Political Party led by a "pound shop Donald Trump", claims NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/farage-is-just-a-pound-shop-trump

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Daily Star: "JESUS MUMMY & JOSEPH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Charles Wade-Palmer

Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Christ!
Bone brothers say Jesus's body has been found with the mummies in the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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Metro (England): "STARS' TREK IS A WASTE OF SPACE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Laura Harman

Celebrity astronauts including Katy Perry have been blasted for their ten-minute jaunt into Space - by a galaxy of other stars.

FULL REPORT: http://Metro.co.uk/2025/04/15/olivia-munn-amy-schumer-among-celebrities-slamming-katy-perrys-gluttonous-space-flight-22909771

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The Yorkshire Post: "UNIONS SAY BIN STRIKES COULD SPREAD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

Union leaders coordinating a protest among Refuse Workers in Sheffield have warned that Birmingham's Bin Strike could spread to other cities. 

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Daily Express: "IT'S A BETRAYAL! BACKTRACK ON TRAVEL PLEDGE FOR OUR HEROES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Giles Sheldrick

Navy hero Peter Kent says veterans have been betrayed by the Government after it U-turned and refused to fund their final D-Day salute.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/2040745