INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE 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 18 June 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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Scottish Daily Mail: "U.S. POISED TO JOIN IRAN WAR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mark Nicol / Natalie Lisbona

United States President Donald Trump was poised to join Israel's attacks on Iran as he demanded Tehran's 'unconditional surrender'.

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Daily Star: "YOU ARE FAILING"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kate Nelson

Sir Rod Stewart says ex-pal Donald Trump didn't treat women well - and blasts him on Iran.
United States President is now bragging he knows where The Ayatollah lives.

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Metro (South Edition): "33° HEATWAVE IN JUNE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jordan Reynolds

Sweltering Britons have been warned of a five-day heatwave - and even our hottest June day ever is possible.

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Daily Record: "THUGS UP IN SMOKE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mark McGivern
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SNP minister Angela Constance has vowed to get tough on football thugs after matchday pyrotechnics left her struggling to breathe.

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Glasgow Times: "MAN ADMITS KILLING 21-YEAR-OLD PARTNER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Grant McCabe / Ben Waddell

Former Royal Mail postman Ewan Methven has admitted murdering and decapitating his 21-year-old girlfriend, Phoenix Spencer-Horn, at their East Kilbride flat in Glen Lee, before texting her mother, Alison Spencer, pretending to be her and searching for Internet pornography.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/national/25244704.man-admits-murdering-beheading-girlfriend

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Daily Express: "GROOMING GANGS 'ONE OF BIGGEST SCANDALS EVER'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steph Spyro
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Kemi Badenoch has branded the Grooming Gang cover-ups "one of the biggest scandals Britain has ever seen".
Survivors and campaigners joined the Conservative Party leader in London for a Press Conference on Tuesday where she insisted she was not politicising the issue.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2069955

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The Independent: "TRUMP WARNS IRAN WE WON'T KILL YOUR LEADER - FOR NOW"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Bel Trew / Andy Gregory / David Maddox

United States President Donald Trump has warned Iran to make a deal "before there is nothing left" and issued a chilling threat: he knows where The Supreme Leader is hiding but "we are not going to take him out, at least not for now".

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-kill-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-iran-israel-b2771702.html

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Morning Star: "GET OFF YOUR KNEES, SIR KEIR"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray

Stand up to the US President, grovelling UK Prime Minister told.
Stand up to Donald Trump, don't cosy up to him, Sir Keir Starmer was told by trade campaigners.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/stand-trump-grovelling-starmer-told

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Financial Times: "TRUMP CALLS FOR IRAN'S 'SURRENDER' AND LEAVES WAY OPEN TO US ROLE IN CONFLICT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lauren Fedor / Demetri Sevastopulo / James Shotter

President Donald Trump's patience is 'wearing thin'.
Israeli officials are optimistic.

FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/00996449-94bf-48d5-ad8c-21eef78a91f4

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Daily Mirror: "SPEAK UP FOR JUSTICE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sophie Huskisson / Ashley Cowburn

A victim of Grooming Gangs has urged others to come forward in a bid to smash the sick culture of abuse destroying young girls' lives. 

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/politics/harrowing-fight-grooming-gangs-victim-35406135

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The Daily Telegraph: "TRUMP POISED TO JOIN WAR ON IRAN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rob Crilly / Danielle Sheridan

United States President Donald Trump was poised to enter the war between Israel and Iran.
US President calls for unconditional surrender in ultimatum on nuclear enrichment.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/17/donald-trump-poised-join-war-against-iran

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The Guardian: "TRUMP DEMANDS 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER' BY IRAN AS TENSIONS RISE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Julian Borger / Patrick Wintour / Peter Walker

Israel's war on Iran appeared to be approaching a pivotal moment.
Donald Trump demanded "unconditional surrender" from Tehran.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/middle-east-conflict-reaches-crucial-moment-as-trump-demands-real-end-to-iran-nuclear-programme

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The Scotsman: "GIVE SCHOOLS THE TOOLS TO END PUPIL VIOLENCE, MINISTERS TOLD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rachel Amery

The North of Britain's Education Secretary insists the new Government guidance on classroom behaviour is what teachers want to see.

FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/education/ministers-urged-to-give-schools-support-to-end-pupil-violence-as-long-awaiting-guidance-published-5181224

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The Times: "TRUMP WE WON'T KILL AYATOLLAH - FOR NOW"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Charter / Larisa Brown / Chris Smyth

President Donald Trump demanded unconditional surrender from Iran and warned their Supreme Leader that he was an "easy target".

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran/article/trump-iran-war-israel-latest-news-l6l0jb6hp