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独家报道 政治记者 苏菲·丘奇
每年将有3,000名施暴者在服满刑期前获释，《每日邮报》独家揭露。 此前，首相批准了争议性计划，允许部分最严重的罪犯提前出狱，但强奸犯和最严重的性犯罪者除外。 安迪·伯纳姆曾在获悉杀害PC安德鲁·哈珀的凶手将在获释名单中后暂停了该计划。昨晚，家暴受害者、慈善机构
5日天气预报
英国今日天气：凌晨时分气温温和，多云，伴有西南微风。上午中段开始出现阵雨，中午转为持续降雨。最高气温24℃。
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伦敦 24℃ 26℃ 28℃ 29℃ 28℃ 普利茅斯 22℃ 24℃ 加的夫 25℃ 伯明翰 26℃ 曼彻斯特 纽卡斯尔 格拉斯哥 阿伯丁 贝尔法斯特
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阿姆斯特丹 晴 24 75 晴 26 79 33 91
20 68 23 73 29 84
时间 昨日全球各地天气
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阿尔及尔 36 97 阿姆斯特丹 晴 30 86 雅典 35 95 奥克兰 14 57 巴林 43 109 巴塞罗那 31 88 巴士拉 48 118 北京 33 91 贝鲁特 29 84 多云 20 68 贝尔格莱德 36 97 柏林 雨 23 73 比亚里茨 25 77 布里斯班 布鲁塞尔 32 90 布加勒斯特 布达佩斯 37 99 开罗 开普敦 14 57 卡萨布兰卡 晴 28 82 哥本哈根 雨 科孚岛 31 88 迪拜 44 111 都柏林 22 72 杜布罗夫尼克 30 86 法鲁
佛罗伦萨 日内瓦 直布罗陀 26 79 根西岛 22 72 赫尔辛基 香港 雷雨 29 84 因斯布鲁克 伊斯坦布尔 28 82 泽西岛 拉纳卡 32 90 拉斯帕尔马斯 晴 里斯本 多云 洛杉矶 晴 24 75 卢克索 39 102 马德里 马拉加 35 95 马耳他 墨尔本 阵雨 12 54 墨西哥城 晴 25 77 迈阿密 米兰 34 93 蒙特利尔 雷雨 22 72 莫斯科 孟买 雷雨 内罗毕 18 64
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最热：威斯利，34℃。 最冷：阿尔特纳哈拉2号，2℃。 降水最多：洛赫菲，6.00。 日照最长：赫恩，13.9。 高潮时刻 伦敦桥：18:56 利物浦：16:11
月亮：升起：22:43，落下：13:47 太阳：伦敦升起：5:30，落下：20:41 曼彻斯特升起：5:31，落下：20:57
日内瓦 里斯本 马德里 巴黎 罗马
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新德里 雨 纽约 雷雨 25 77 尼斯 奥斯陆 帕尔马 巴黎 珀斯 布拉格 罗得岛 里加 罗马 新加坡 斯德哥尔摩 晴 斯特拉斯堡 晴 悉尼 17 63 丹吉尔 特拉维夫 特内里费 东京 多伦多 突尼斯 38 100 温哥华 晴 威尼斯 维也纳 38 100 华沙 惠灵顿 阵雨 7 45
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BP高管警告称，北海的钻探活动已不再“具有竞争力”，并敦促首相安迪·伯纳姆取消对石油和天然气行业的暴利税。今年4月接任BP首席执行官的梅格·奥尼尔上周宣布，公司将出售其北海业务，结束在该地区逾60年的生产历史。她昨日表示，北海业务“在争夺资本方面无法与公司在全球的其他业务竞争”。出售北海业务的决定加剧了外界对暴利税可能将该行业完全逐出北海的担忧，这将使英国更加依赖海外能源。该税收
盖特威克机场获批新跑道
作者：戴维·丘吉尔
盖特威克机场的第二条跑道可能在本10年末前投入使用，此前一项最后的法律挑战昨日被上诉法院法官驳回。 对于英国疲软的经济来说，这是一个好消息，10 亿英镑的投资预计将带来10亿英镑的经济增长，并创造14,000个就业岗位。 这项耗资22 亿英镑亿的计划将使西萨塞克斯郡的这一英国第二繁忙机场每年增加100,000架次航班起飞。 在另一场单独的法庭诉讼中，卢顿机场也赢得了将乘客数量翻倍的计划。 昨日，上诉法院对盖特威克机场的裁决结束了反对者长达八年的规划和法律斗争。交通大臣海蒂·亚历山大表示：“这是盖特威克及当地社区的一个重要里程碑，扩建将释放——
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作者：卡勒姆·穆尔黑德
该税率由保守党于2022年引入，设定为利润的25%，原定于去年到期，但工党上台后将其延长至2030年。目前税率为38%，意味着任何利润都将按有效税率78%征税——企业表示这使得在该地区的运营越来越不可行。 BP透露，工党延长该税收政策使其去年税单增加了£401万英镑，今年迄今又增加了£72万英镑。 “英国每天仍在消耗大量石油和天然气，我们应当优先使用本国资源，”奥尼尔女士昨日对CNBC表示。“我与3家主要能源公司进行了对话——
获准起飞：盖特威克赢得法庭胜利
并推动投资，创造数千个新就业岗位。 “约13million名乘客和100,000架次航班将为度假者提供更多选择，并加强全球联系，帮助英国成为全球最具吸引力的投资目的地之一。” 她补充道：“我们将支持有助于增长和实现气候目标的扩建。 “为了推动可持续变革，我们还将投资£219万英镑用于绿色燃料生产，以减少飞行排放。” 机场首席执行官皮埃尔-于格·施密特表示：“我们现在可以全力推进这一激动人心的项目。” 为了建造第二条跑道，紧急起飞跑道将向后移动40英尺，这意味着对运营的“干扰极小”，机场高管称。 反对扩建的团体“社区——”
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冰淇淋商贩在热浪中被指趁机牟取暴利，部分商家对经典的99号脆皮雪糕收费近£7。
家长们对售货亭和冰淇淋车的“敲诈”价格表示愤怒，而业内人士则将原因归咎于成本逐步上涨和原料价格高昂。一家四口购买一轮冰淇淋需支付高达£28——尽管6月份的销售额飙升至£120 million，几乎是去年同期的两倍。
一位售价£6.50的冰淇淋车商贩承认：“今年我们都涨价了。”许多商贩使用可擦写笔标注产品价格，随时可调整价格。
在伦敦西部肯辛顿科学博物馆附近，度假者罗茜·布拉加（42，）给出了冷酷的评价。她说：“我们四个人买冰淇淋花了近£26……我绝对不会再买了。”
尽管99在1990s仅售99p，但其名称与价格无关，起源众说纷纭。一种说法是吉百利在1930年推出了专为冰淇淋行业设计的缩短版Flake巧克力棒，称为“Flake 99”。另一种说法则称意大利王室拥有一支由99名精锐士兵组成的皇家卫队，使“99”成为卓越品质的代名词。随后，冰淇淋被命名为“Flake 99”，以吸引意大利冰淇淋商贩。
然而，一位深知冰淇淋爱好者失望心情的人是Count Binface，他将在下周的克拉克顿补选中成为奈杰尔·法拉奇的主要竞争对手。他的竞选宣言承诺将99号脆皮雪糕的价格限制在99p，以赢得海滨选区选民的支持。
冰淇淋联盟（ICA）将涨价归咎于运营商不得不转嫁的成本压力。运营总监凯瑟琳·麦克尼尔提到过去十年间的显著成本压力，称：“从原料到维持冰淇淋车运转的燃料，几乎每一项与99相关的成本都变得更加昂贵。”她表示，牛奶、奶油和糖的价格均“大幅”上涨，而从国外采购的关键原料如香草、可可和椰子的价格也水涨船高。她补充道：“冰淇淋车依赖持续制冷，而运营商需要频繁往返于不同摊位和活动之间。”
By Patrick Harrington
年龄差距引发批评
戒指为证：库珀和哈迪德的戒指清晰可见
继汤姆·赫兰德和赞达亚的“结婚与否”谜团之后，布莱德利·库珀和吉吉·哈迪德似乎也已秘密结婚。
周一，这对情侣在巴黎被目击，两人均佩戴疑似婚戒。库珀（51，）曾凭借《一个明星的诞生》获奥斯卡提名，与超模哈迪德（31，）手牵手前往巴黎卢泰西亚文华东方酒店的健身房，引发两人已结婚的猜测。
库珀目前正在巴黎拍摄《十一罗汉》前传，联合主演包括玛格特·罗比。这对2023年相识的情侣因年龄差距在网上遭受批评。
去年，一位知情人士透露两人“非常幸福”，并称库珀“正在考虑与哈迪德结婚生子”。库珀与模特伊琳娜·谢克育有一个9岁的女儿Lea de Seine，而哈迪德与单向乐队成员泽恩·马利克育有一个5岁的女儿Khai。
两人对恋情一直守口如瓶，但曾作为嘉宾出席泰勒·斯威夫特与特拉维斯·凯尔西的7月3日婚礼。不过，他们是否真的已经结婚仍有待观察，与蜘蛛侠主演赫兰德和29，岁的赞达亚长达数月的结婚猜测如出一辙——后者在2025年1月金球奖上被发现左手无名指佩戴钻戒。数月后，赫兰德（30，）公开称赞达亚为其未婚妻。今年3月，她的造型师称两人已秘密结婚，该消息于6月被赫兰德证实。
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埃德·米利班德将于今日尝试对特朗普政府展开魅力攻势，尽管他此前曾将这位美国总统称为“种族主义者、厌女症者、自认的性骚扰者”。
在今日启程前往华盛顿特区进行会谈前，这位新任外交大臣表示，他“致力于培育我们与美国牢固、持久且至关重要的联盟关系”。
米利班德昨日被拍到身着休闲装——牛仔裤和运动鞋，手提行李箱，准备飞往美国首都。他的生态社会主义主张与特朗普政府的政策格格不入。
他表示“非常期待”与美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥的会谈。
但助手们对可能出现的外交冲突仍感紧张。米利班德反对在北海进行石油勘探，以及他对特朗普口中的“风车”的执着，已多次引发总统的不满。
米利班德还在特朗普首个任期内多次对其进行粗暴抨击，称其“创下了愚蠢的新低”。在2016年，他表示美国选民选出特朗普证明了“美国和世界的黑暗时刻”。两年后，2018年，他加入了伦敦的“阻止特朗普”示威活动，抗议美国总统对英国的国事访问。当时他表示：“他有什么令人反感的地方？他的种族主义。他的厌女症。他与俄罗斯的奇特关系，以及他与真相的关系。”
米利班德声称自己过去对特朗普的攻击“已无关紧要”。在2024年，他表示：“我真的不认为唐纳德·特朗普会去看我的推文。”
美国大使沃伦·斯蒂芬斯上月表示，米利班德对特朗普的评价“并不正确”，但淡化了这一问题，称这些言论“已是陈年旧事”。
米利班德此次出访之际，安迪·伯纳姆正在国外度假。第一国务大臣路易丝·黑格身着西装和运动鞋出现在唐宁街，成为留在国内处理日常事务的最高级别官员。
预计米利班德将在今日的华盛顿会谈中推动美国缓和伊朗危机，并缓解霍尔木兹海峡的紧张局势。部长们担心特朗普可能签署一项协议，对通过这一重要贸易航道的船只征收数百万美元的“通行费”。
他昨晚表示，达成持久停火“对于缓解英国家庭的生活成本压力至关重要”。据报道，米利班德在禁止美军飞机使用英国基地（包括迪戈加西亚）对伊朗发动初期打击的决定中发挥了关键作用——此举激怒了特朗普，并导致他与基尔·斯塔默产生分歧。
这位外交大臣还预计将敦促卢比奥继续支持乌克兰对抗俄罗斯的战争。
与此同时，司法大臣亚历克斯·诺里斯为伯纳姆的度假决定辩护，他在天空新闻中表示：“首相正在与家人度过几天假期。他将与办公室保持密切联系。”
2016，英国广播公司第四电台：“与一个种族主义者、厌女症者、自认的性骚扰者拥有共同价值观的想法令人难以置信……我深感担忧。”
2016，文章：“我们必须在国内外尽最大努力抵制特朗普主义最恶劣的表现……这些是美国和世界的黑暗时刻。”
2017，X（原推特）：“我知道特朗普创下了愚蠢的新低，但……”
2018，《GQ》杂志：“他有什么令人反感的地方？他的种族主义。他的厌女症。他与俄罗斯的奇特关系，以及他与真相的关系。”
2018：加入“阻止特朗普”抗议活动，反对总统的国事访问，并表示将抵制国宴。
局面反转
教育大臣暗示，三角学是过去的“遗迹”，无需再在学校教授。 露西·鲍威尔（Lucy Powell）因抱怨学校对学术成就的关注已成为许多年轻人的“紧身衣”而面临强烈反对。如今又有消息称，她此前曾质疑为何仍在教授三角学（包括毕达哥拉斯定理），并暗示其在日常生活中鲜有应用。 在2019年英国下议院教育特别委员会的发言中，她支持德国教育家安德烈亚斯·施莱歇尔（Andreas Schleicher）的分析，后者称该学科已成为“遗迹”，并补充道：“教授它的原因是，300或400年前，这些技术是测量田地大小、建造房屋所必需的，但它在课程中仍是遗迹。” 预计将启动另一轮课程审查的鲍威尔女士，热情支持这一观点。但支持者坚称，该学科仍被用于建筑和工程领域，电工也需掌握。教育公司No More Marking的黛西·克里斯托多卢（Daisy Christodoulou）表示，三角学对工党希望推广的某些技术教育领域至关重要：“电气安装课程要求掌握代数和三角学知识，并精通一本长度是《傲慢与偏见》5倍的布线规范手册。”
结束警方填表繁琐
超过七百万小时的警力时间可通过减少官僚程序释放，保守党宣称。 凯米·巴德诺赫（Kemi Badenoch）所在的政党表示，其削减文书工作的计划将释放相当于3,800多名警员的警力。 该计划包括：在案件未提起指控时，停止对文件中不必要的个人信息进行编辑；提高使用武力表格的填写门槛（目前每次给嫌疑人戴上手铐时均需填写）。 此外，平等、多样性和包容性岗位将被裁撤，警方反种族主义承诺将被废除，包括各警队的种族行动计划。 巴德诺赫女士表示，保守党将确保“警员走上街头预防和侦破犯罪，而不是被困在填表中。这是常识”。
作者：亚历克斯·多伊尔 资深娱乐记者
0YLEE1E Klass讲述了她在上月温布尔登网球锦标赛期间发现乳房肿块后的癌症恐慌。
这位48岁的电台主持人随后进行了三次活检和三次淋巴结检查，之后被告知所有检查结果均为阴性。
她在Instagram上发布了一张自己胸部侧面的照片，并附上了温网的标志性十字球拍图案，照片拍摄于得知结果前。
这位三个孩子的母亲向她的526,000名粉丝传递了信息：“女士们。定期检查乳房。”
“实际上，我摸到一个肿块，当时正在看温网。我通常会检查腋下，然后就发现了。然后又发现了第二个。”
这位电台主持人透露，检查结果“目前来看两者都很幸运且良性”。她补充道：“三个囊肿和三个淋巴结后，我现在处于一种全新的‘正常’状态。
“将我的生活纳入一系列新的常规检查，并‘活在’不断寻求‘确认’所有检查结果均为阴性的状态，这让人清醒、谦卑且恐惧。当你听到朋友们经历类似的事情时，这同样让人清醒、谦卑且恐惧。”
0V .laVV回忆起自己在经历四次流产后的心碎时刻，说道：“我从未见过如此坚强的女性，这也相当令人清醒。
“总而言之，作为女性健康的坚定倡导者，不要忽视任何异常，一定要检查乳房并寻求第二意见。”
她称赞自己的团队“行动迅速，像登山一样迅速安排我接受检查和治疗，一刻也没放松”。
《奥德赛》大片推动诗歌销量达到史诗级水平
电影《奥德赛》的上映使诗歌销量飙升至创纪录水平。 这部改编自荷马古希腊史诗的作品，使得《诗歌文本》和《诗歌选集》在今年前30周的销售额超过800万英镑。 这一数字较去年同期增长了13.3%，并超过了此前任何半年的总销售额。斯蒂芬·弗莱爵士的朗诵版本
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奥利维娅·肯普 娱乐记者
《奥德赛》的有声书版本也跃升至Audible畅销有声书排行榜前10名的第2位。 马特·达蒙（55岁）在片中饰演身经百战的英雄，安妮·海瑟薇（43岁）和赞达亚（29岁）也参与演出。《奥德赛》已成为导演克里斯托弗·诺兰票房最高的电影，上映12天内全球票房达5.2亿英镑。
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保护单一性别空间的规定终于在今天生效——距离最高法院关于生理性别的里程碑式裁决已近18个月。 对于女性权益倡导者而言，这是一个具有里程碑意义的胜利，从今天起，单一性别厕所和更衣室必须基于生理性别而非性别认同使用。 该准则由平等与人权委员会在《2025年法案》通过后制定，并获得了支持，但上月宣布推迟实施的官员表示：“LRvH yRu xxx”。 这位BBC广播四台明星（48岁）于2024年8月获得“全面康复”的消息。
萨姆·梅里曼 政治记者
该规定要求服务提供者依法执行基于生物学的单一性别空间。准则承认，在超市或影院等场所“几乎不可能”实施监管。 这可能导致近13,000个厕所和超过5,000个更衣室被重新指定。
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以及伯纳姆先生自己的国会议员们猛烈抨击政府，指责其在数千名虐待者刑期届满前就允许他们重返英国街头。根据保守党的分析，到 2029 年本届议会结束时，其中 9,371 名罪犯可能会出狱。一旦获释，他们将被佩戴电子标签以追踪其行踪，并在其离开设定区域时向当局发出警报。但影子司法大臣尼克·蒂莫西昨晚将家庭虐待者有资格提前释放的行为称为“可耻”，即便采取了此类措施也是如此。他说：“在受害者和保守党人的游说下，工党才不得不在这项提前释放政策上进行大转弯。但这显然做得还不够，并且正在将受害者的生命置于危险之中。时间在流逝……工党需要确保剩余的性犯罪者和其他严重罪犯被排除在外。”而改革英国党的平等事务发言人苏埃拉·布雷弗曼指责工党通过给予暴力虐待者提前释放，是在“将数千名遭受创伤的受害者推向狼群”。她说：“对于这些受害者来说，知道他们的袭击者将能自由地在附近街道游荡，不仅会带来深重的创伤——许多人将字面上地担心自己的生命安全。”家庭虐待专员妮可·雅各布斯女爵士表示：“如果这些数字接近即将被释放的虐待者水平，那么政府必须透明地公开该计划下释放的规模，这样我们才能确信已有足够水平的资源来确保受害者的安全。”昨夜，伯纳姆先生还面临着其后座议员们酝酿中的反叛。工党斯托克-昂-特伦特南区议员艾莉森·加德纳告诉本报：“对于幸存者来说，虐待伴侣被提前释放的前景令人恐惧，他们的安全必须放在首位。”工党罗瑟勒姆议员莎拉·钱皮恩表示：“由于监狱中的康复治疗参差不齐，且服刑时间缩短，没有保证能确保这些操纵性的侵略者会发生改变。”上个月，首相在得知两名被判
影子司法大臣
首相在周一以典型的戏剧化风格，试图安抚受工党提前释放囚犯政策影响的受害者。 “我理解他们的愤怒和焦虑。不仅如此——我也感同身受，”他说。 请把这句话告诉利西·哈珀，她是安卓·哈珀警员的遗孀，哈珀警员 2019 年在伯克郡执行公务时被杀。 她说，得知两名杀害他的人将在服满全刑之前被释放，她感到“震惊之极”。 令人惊讶的是，工党在宣布政策的过程中，竟然就其自身政策向利西道歉。司法大臣亚历克斯·诺里斯告诉她：“对于我们处于这种局面，我深表歉意”。 在受害者和保守党数月的游说后，政
一名在酒吧外被枪杀的美容师的父亲表示，一名协助其凶手的人将有资格提前释放，这对他们来说是“沉重的打击”。 26 岁的艾尔·爱德华兹在 2022 年圣诞前夕走出位于沃拉西村的灯塔酒吧时被杀。当时，23 岁的康纳·查普曼在帮派冲突中向其预定目标发射了蝎式冲锋枪。查普曼被判处终身监禁，最低服刑 48 年——
杀害 28 岁的安卓·哈珀警员的两人将从中获益。两人当时都在一辆车内，在哈珀警员 2019 年响应一起盗窃报警后，该车将其在道路上拖行了一英里多。 在遭到强烈反对后，伯纳姆先生宣布，在进行紧急审查之前，旨在缓解监狱过度拥挤压力的该计划将不会释放任何囚犯。 首相表示，部长们
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将详细审查该政策，以确保公共安全仍是首要考虑，然后才会实施任何变更。 昨日，保守党贵族议员伯廷女男爵——跨党派议会家庭暴力小组联合主席——表示，“如果这项政策没有经过周全考虑，肯定会有人丧命”。她补充道：“[施暴者]获释后对受害者构成的威胁不容低估，必须提供适当的支持。”根据将于10月生效的计划，罪犯
不相信监狱制度
政府已宣布部分调整，将强奸犯排除在提前释放计划之外。但安迪·伯纳姆急于求成的做法，在面对那些仍将被释放的罪行受害者时显得苍白无力。 政府称别无选择。但我们以前也听过工党这样的说辞。他们在压力下，在监狱系统内找到了1,000个床位来收容更多罪犯。然而，数以千计的罪犯——包括恋童癖、
作者：安迪·多兰
因谋杀罪被判处终身监禁，托马斯·沃林（21，）因持有武器被判处7年徒刑。 但埃莉的父亲蒂姆·爱德华兹被告知，沃林（下图）将于10月根据提前释放计划获释。 爱德华兹先生说：“这简直是当头一棒。我确实给安迪·伯纳姆写了信，请他审视一下符合提前释放条件的人员标准——但没有得到任何回复。” 爱德华兹先生敦促首相“重新考虑”。
杀人犯和性侵犯仍将在服刑仅三分之一后获释。如果说一个月前宣称别无选择是不实之词，为何现在还要相信工党？自始至终，大臣们都未能掌控局面。前监狱事务大臣蒂姆森勋爵表示，无法确定哪些罪犯会被释放，甚至无法确定释放时间。保守党的计算发现，在工党最初的计划下，有2,500名强奸犯和恋童癖本可符合提前释放条件。工党竟然不了解自身政策的影响，这是无法接受的——这对受害者不公平，对整个社会也不公平。 E
提前释放囚犯是新政府上台时，公务员常向大臣提出的政策之一。 这是官僚主义的思维，认为这不会产生任何影响。而工党也附和——因为他们最终不相信监狱。 但对于即将看到杀人犯和性犯罪者重回街头的受害者和社区而言，这项计划的影响将是切肤之痛。 还有其他办法。我7月提出了一项法案，旨在阻止性犯罪者、虐童者和严重暴力罪犯的释放。但工党时间不多——释放计划将于10月开始。 他们必须在9月出台紧急法案，阻止这一进程。他们对受害者和英国公众负有责任。
虐待史：莱昂尼达斯·乔治拉 被视为威胁：戴维·麦科克尔 光天化日下的袭击：马克·布拉赞特 双重谋杀犯：沙恩·马奇
莱昂尼达斯·乔治拉（Leonidas Georgalla）因打断前妻头骨被判入狱一年多，但出狱后又杀害了新女友。 现年54岁的乔治拉于2008年在新西兰因疯狂驾驶被判入狱20个月，当时他惊恐的妻子紧抓车前盖，随后脱手并遭受头部重伤。 出狱后，他来到英国，并与39岁的凯瑟琳·约翰（Kathleen John）开始交往。但他开始对她施暴，警方禁止他与她接触。 2023年11月，他因杀害约翰女士（如图）被判入狱12年。当时她为躲避他的袭击从三楼窗户坠落。 乔治拉承认过失杀人罪和违反限制令。 警方表示，约翰女士身上的伤痕表明她在坠楼前曾遭乔治拉殴打。乔治拉拒绝向警方解释杀害约翰女士的原因，后者曾是一名英国国民医疗服务体系（NHS）的护士。 侦缉督察约翰·马里奥特（John Marriott）表示：“莱昂尼达斯·乔治拉对女性构成威胁……凯瑟琳遇害时，他因之前对她的虐待行为已被下达限制令。他曾在其他国家被定罪家暴罪。”
马克·布拉赞特（Mark Brazant）在2019年12月出狱六天后伏击已婚母亲约瑟芬·康伦（Josephine Conlon，36，）—在其脸部和颈部划出伤口，险些割断颈静脉。 现年50岁的布拉赞特患有偏执型精神分裂症，本应在出狱后由人护送至伦敦西部伊灵的一处安全住所，但他却从泰晤士河畔监狱（HMP Thameside）获释后跟踪康伦女士，当时她正在光天化日下推着婴儿车。 闭路电视拍下了这起恶性袭击，布拉赞特于2022年在老贝利法庭被判终身监禁。 康伦女士（如图）在庭审中作证称：“我记得他当时压在我身上。 “我想从最初的推搡开始，你的大脑就开始高速运转，试图[理解]发生了什么。 “我记得当时以为他把我推进车道是想强奸我，但他没有，只是开始打我。 “接连遭到多次殴打后，我意识到自己被刺伤了。我大声尖叫，因为我不在路上，希望有人能听到。我一直在躲闪，试图逃脱。” 布拉赞特被判犯有谋杀未遂罪，并被命令在精神病院接受11年的强制治疗。
戴维·麦科凯尔（David McCorkell）于2019,年在一场“暴力狂欢”中杀害了黛安·戴尔（Diane Dyer）。 麦科凯尔对其61,岁的伴侣施加了71处伤害，并在伦敦南部的袭击中将其勒死。 在老贝利法庭的审判中，现年61,岁的麦科凯尔被描述为一名屡次虐待女性的惯犯，他曾于2002年因抢劫罪被判入狱，当时他在一家医院殴打了一名女性。 尽管抢劫罪仅被判处两年徒刑，但直到2015年他才获释，因为他被视为对女性构成极大威胁。 获释后，麦科凯尔于2017年再次因入室盗窃被判入狱27个月。 服刑结束后，他于2019年开始与戴尔女士（如图）交往，仅相识三个月后，便于当年7月将其杀害。法官理查德·马克斯（Richard Marks）形容麦科凯尔是一个“邪恶的恶霸”，拥有“令人震惊的犯罪记录”，共有22项定罪。 2019年12月，法官马克斯判处其至少21年半有期徒刑，并表示：“这是一起野蛮、凶残、残忍的杀戮。” 戴尔女士独居，检察官艾莉森·亨特（Allison Hunter KC）表示，她在与麦科凯尔交往前后“极度脆弱”。
沙恩·马奇于2024年谋杀了其怀有8周身孕的女友阿拉娜·奥德修斯（32岁）。 他曾于2000年刺死一名17岁少年，2013年获假释，但同年因袭击当时怀孕的女友被召回监狱。他于2018年获释。 现年47岁的马奇开始与奥德修斯女士（如图）交往时，缓刑服务部门得知了这段关系，但在他声称关系已和平结束后停止了对他的监控。 然而，2024年7月22日，马奇用厨房刀刺了她19刀，并于2024年10月在老贝利法院被判处42年监禁。 总检察长称刑期过轻后，其刑期被加重为终身监禁。 检方称，在遇害前几个月，奥德修斯女士曾向朋友和家人吐露，马奇开始对她施暴并实施虐待。 他因涉嫌谋杀被捕时高喊：“是我刺了她，是我杀了她”和“我毫不后悔……让我在监狱里腐烂吧。我永远不想出来。” 皇家检控署的萨曼莎·耶兰德表示：“他之前的犯罪记录显示出情感和身体虐待的模式，被捕时也毫无悔意。”马奇还于1995年被判袭击罪名成立。
杰森·格鲁夫斯 政治编辑
安迪·伯纳姆透露，他的妻子曾劝他不要竞选工党领袖，并警告说：“他们已经两次告诉你，他们不想要你。”这位首相表示，玛丽-弗朗斯·范·希尔“费了一番功夫才说服”他，让他尝试通过发起第三次竞选来推翻基尔·斯塔默爵士的领导地位。
在接受伊丽莎白·戴的《如何失败》（How To Fail）播客采访时，他表示，妻子对他再次竞选唐宁街10号的决定最初的反应是：“什么？又来！”他补充道：“她在告诉我过去的失败时非常直率——她毫不留情，也没有任何缓冲。她当时的反应是：‘什么？又来！他们已经两次告诉你，他们不想要你。你为什么还要再试？’”
最终，伯纳姆先生成功策划了一场“加冕仪式”，这意味着工党党员和更广泛的公众都无法对谁将接替基尔爵士发表意见。
昨天，唐宁街10号发布了首相身着深色西装、系绿色领带，在10号花园站立的官方肖像照——与此同时，有消息确认，他上任仅10天后将出国度假。
伯纳姆与他的荷兰籍妻子弗兰基（即玛丽-弗朗斯·范·希尔）相识于1980年代末剑桥大学的学习期间。他透露，妻子对他2000年代初首次成为议员时的早期媒体表现提出了尖锐批评。
“每次我去做这些采访时，都会觉得自己表现得非常好，因为我拿了党鞭办公室的发言要点，完全没有偏离官方口径，”伯纳姆先生说。“然后我出来后打开手机，那部老诺基亚手机——
萨姆·梅里曼 政治记者
“恢复英国”党承诺废除养老金“三重保障”机制，此举可能破坏与“改革英国”党达成政治协议的努力。
奈杰尔·法拉奇领导的“改革英国”党在5月地方选举前宣布，将保留这一政策——该政策确保国家养老金每年上涨——此前该党内部就此问题争论数月。
但“恢复英国”党领袖鲁珀特·洛昨日公布了该党的经济政策，其中包括废除“三重保障”的承诺。此举可能在双方谈判尚未正式启动之际就扰乱局势，因为洛先生周日首次提出了这一可能性。
他向法拉奇先生提出了一系列要求，以换取达成协议，包括大规模遣返移民，并禁止曾叛变至“改革英国”党的前保守党成员——如罗伯特·詹里克和苏拉·布雷弗曼——在未来政府中担任任何职务。
“三重保障”机制确保国家养老金每年涨幅不低于通胀、平均工资增长或——
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节省开支：鲁珀特·洛
或2.5%——似乎成为右翼政党之间达成协议的又一障碍。除绿党外，所有主流政党均承诺维持三重保障政策，以避免失去年长选民的支持。而改革党的
电话，以及来自该人的第一条全大写短信，内容如下：“回**的问题。”’ 伯纳姆曾两次竞选工党领袖，2010年在米利班德兄弟和埃德·鲍尔斯之后排名第四，五年后又以惨败屈居杰里米·科尔宾之后。他于2017年
财政部发言人昨晚证实，取消三重保障不在讨论范围内。 詹里克表示：“改革党将始终照顾那些辛勤工作、一生缴纳社保的人。我们将通过削减数十亿英镑的非法移民、不工作人员的福利和净零补贴来支付三重保障的费用。” 此前曾表示三重保障的未来“可以讨论”的法拉奇，在4月承诺改革党将维持该政策，称工作的人应“在晚年获得回报”。 但在恢复党62页的政策文件中，该党誓言“终结三重保障，改为将国家养老金与CPI（消费者物价指数）挂钩”。该党声称此举每年可节省约20亿英镑至35亿英镑。洛承认取消该规则将是一个“艰难的决定”，且“可能”不会帮助该党在选举中赢得更多选票。但他补充道：“这些行动是我们能为子孙后代留下一个比传给我们更好的国家的唯一途径。” 经济学家对该政策的长期财务可持续性表示担忧，原因是英国人口老龄化。恢复党的承诺是在法拉奇透露他已向洛提出初步会谈邀请之后提出的。洛于去年3月因被指控欺凌（他否认）而被改革党开除。两党之间的谈判预计将进行，但据了解，截至昨晚，法拉奇和洛尚未进行交谈。
议会党鞭告诉你在采访中说什么、在议会厅如何投票，这并不是做真实的自己。” 范·希尔女士是一名品牌营销主管，上月陪同伯纳姆前往唐宁街就任，但预计不会长期居住于此，更倾向于留在大曼彻斯特的住所，伯纳姆已在那里设立了“北方唐宁街10号”办公室。
或导致亲加沙议员激增
克里斯蒂安·卡尔吉 高级政治特派记者
工党计划将投票年龄降至16岁和17岁，可能导致下次选举中亲加沙独立候选人大获成功。 这一警告是在英国穆斯林理事会的一份报告发布后提出的。该报告称，到2029年，将有49个选区的16岁及以上穆斯林选民人数超过现任议员2024年胜选优势10,000人或以上。 其中包括多位工党知名人物的选区，如国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷、内政大臣莎巴娜·马哈茂德和杰斯·菲利普斯。 保守党主席凯文·霍林雷克现已警告首相安迪·伯纳姆，工党“为自身政治利益而操纵投票规则”的“愤世嫉俗”企图可能适得其反，因英国人口结构正迅速变化，目前每10名学龄儿童中就有9名非穆斯林，1名是穆斯林。
作者：卡梅伦·查特斯
研究发现，关于哪些食物应当冷藏的困惑正在引发家庭争执。超过四分之三的受访者承认，他们不确定哪些食物适合冷藏——其中三分之二的人曾因此与伴侣争吵。这也是代际摩擦的导火索，近一半的成年人因购买的食物放置位置被母亲责备。
在接受调查的受访者中，有41%的人坦言对面包、果酱、蜂蜜和水果等食物的储存方式感到困惑，以至于
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不得不求助谷歌寻求答案。食物浪费专家凯特·霍尔表示，有些适合冷藏的食物可能会让人感到意外。她认为，将坚果、薯片和
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新鲜香草（罗勒除外）
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巧克力饼干冷藏是个好主意。“温度、湿度和光照等因素都会影响食物的品质，”她说，“有些人们习惯性放在橱柜里的食物其实适合冷藏，而另一些食物如果温度过低，则会失去风味、口感或品质。”
饼干品牌巴尔森（Bahlsen）对2,000名英国人进行了调查，了解他们冰箱里储存的食物，以及错误的储存方式是否经常引发与亲友的争吵。调查显示，香蕉、土豆和牛油果是引发争执的三大“问题食物”，此外还有面包、果酱、柠檬和蜂蜜。巧克力饼干的储存方式则众说纷纭，有45%的人认为应当冷藏。
霍尔女士表示：“虽然巧克力饼干冷藏后口感更佳，但整块巧克力则需要更谨慎处理。湿度和温度变化会影响其质地和外观，导致表面出现白色霜状物。”
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这 是一个好莱坞式的励志故事：贾森·阿戴教授如何从南伦敦的公共住宅区一路奋斗，进入剑桥大学的象牙塔。
这位工人阶级移民之子克服了严重的自闭症、严重的阅读障碍以及一系列奇特的医疗状况——这些困难足以击垮意志薄弱者——最终在学术领域获得了名利双收。
一路走来，他获得了无数奖项，频频出现在电视节目和播客中，还开启了第二职业——自由公共演讲人，环游世界分享自己如何不仅战胜了巨大的个人困境，还为慈善事业筹集了超过500万英镑的善款。
本月，阿戴的传奇经历将成为一部高调自传《伟大而不幸的事》的主题。
然而，随着出版日期临近，越来越多人担心他的传奇人生故事——
并不完全经得起推敲。以下是其中一些最离奇的章节…… “天才”母亲 贾森·阿塔·奎·阿戴（Jason Atta Kwei Arday）于1985年5月出生在兰贝斯，由一位非洲助产士接生，她宣称他有一双异常修长的手指。“在我们那里，手指长的孩子都很特别，”她断言，“这孩子注定要成就大事。”
他的父母约瑟夫和吉芙蒂是加纳移民，20世纪80年代初来到英国，不久后结婚，搬进了克拉彭公地以北威拉德庄园的一套公寓。约瑟夫是一名厨师，而吉芙蒂在阿戴的不同人生版本中，曾是社工、心理健康护士、慈善机构负责人和丧亲辅导员。尽管还要抚养三个儿子——其中一个患有严重自闭症，需要每日精心照料——她多年来据称还抽出时间获得了数量惊人的大学——
学历。“我知道人们总是夸赞自己的母亲，但我母亲确实是个非常有学识的人，”他在2023年的一档播客中说道，“她拥有五个学位。” 言语治疗之谜 三岁时，贾森被诊断出“全面发育迟缓”——一种他自比为阿斯伯格综合征的自闭症。他在即将出版的书中生动描述了这一过程。“‘这里面没有人，’医生对吉芙蒂说。他们说我‘有缺陷’，永远无法说话、阅读或写字。一位医生甚至坚称我‘不过是个植物人’。”
吉芙蒂没有接受这个结论。相反，她在繁忙的日程中挤出时间，在接下来的七年里全身心投入儿子的言语治疗。在2023年的一档播客中，阿戴回忆道：“我花了数千小时进行言语治疗，一周七天，每天六天，每天三小时。”第二年，他又提到类似的——
情况，但数字不同：“从两岁到11岁，我每天可能要花10小时进行言语治疗。”假设这是真的，那么撒切尔时代的南伦敦言语治疗服务想必极为慷慨，除非吉芙蒂能够自费支付治疗费用。无论如何，最终效果显著：在快满12岁生日的某一天，阿戴说一位名叫奥琳·唐纳利的治疗师让他说出了人生第一个词：“你好。” 并不存在的电视剧 阿戴曾声称自己童年时曾参演过著名的BBC纪录片系列《人生七年》。“我是其中一个节目——
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“那个项目现在已经不存在了，但当时被称为《Seven Up》，”他告诉巴斯大学的种族平等工作组。“《Seven Up》基本上是在你的整个生命周期中对你进行追踪。他们在你7岁、14、21岁时追踪你。我在14岁时被移出了该项目。”奇怪的是，所有BBC节目的参与者均出生于1956或1957，这使得他们比Arday年长近30岁。2000年启动的一部后续系列追踪的是在千禧年之交时7岁的人，他也不在这个年龄段中。BBC本周确认Arday与“我们的影片毫无关系”，这促使这位教授声明，他从未真正意图暗示自己参加过该BBC节目。然而，Arday否认撒谎。他坚称，他实际上是在谈论一项由“当地社区和家长主导的计划”，其名称完全不同。一名发言人表示：“对《Seven Up》的提及是非正式地用作该概念的简短说明。这并非旨在进行字面上的比较，应在所述语境中理解。这是一项基于‘养育孩子需要整个村庄’的Ubuntu原则而开发的当地社区和家长主导的计划。对《Seven Up》的提及是非正式地用作该概念的简短说明。”
不快乐的校园时光 在学会说话后的几个月内，Arday就被送到了当地的中学，南菲尔兹社区学院。这并不是一次巨大的成功。尽管英国在1987年禁止了体罚，当时Arday还是个婴儿，但他在即将出版的回忆录中声称，当他在课堂上未能完成一项任务时，教师会对他进行狄更斯时代式的对待，他们会“用同一支笔敲我的指关节，同时在我脖子后面喘气”。到GCSE考试时，他仍然无法阅读或写作，因此仅通过了两门科目：体育和纺织。
一个直接来自好莱坞的故事：杰森·阿德里教授拥有看似辉煌的职业生涯
他随后的学术转型是在不久之后结识的两个人的帮助下实现的。一个是黛比·麦肯齐，一名实习教师，她先成为了Arday的女友，随后成为了他的妻子。另一个是桑德罗·桑德里，南伦敦默顿学院的一名导师，Arday在那里注册学习体育的BTec课程。他们同意每天花数小时指导他。 “每天在课程开始之前，我得花一个多小时和桑德罗一起练习阅读和写作。课程结束后，我还会花两个小时和Debs在一起。” 在他们的帮助下，Arday声称他在18岁时变得能够阅读。麦肯齐的记忆则有所不同。在2013年参加电视节目《Surprise! Surprise!》时，她说：“杰森真是个神奇的家伙……他在11岁时学会了说话，直到16岁时才能够阅读和写作。” 无论如何，Arday随后在圣玛丽大学完成了学位，随后获得了教育研究生证书。他随后表示，他在利物浦约翰摩尔大学获得了两个硕士学位和一个博士学位，然后开始了学术生涯。
体育神童 ARDAY在自传中声称他最早踢足球
为他的学校，然后是他的郡队。 此外，他还提到过要 走职业道路， 尽管这段所谓的 人生篇章在书中 却奇怪地缺失了。 “小时候，我足球踢得不错， 因此进入了青训体系， 后来还踢过半职业比赛，”他曾表示。 目前尚不清楚他曾效力于哪家青训学院， 但他的成年职业生涯—— 尽管规模有限—— 曾在南部郡东部联赛一级联赛 （英格兰足球第十级别， 非职业联赛金字塔的最底层） 的刘易舍姆自治市镇队担任守门员。
在中学期间， 他还回忆起自己成为了一名出色的斯诺克选手， 逃课去当地一家名为“Riley’s”的斯诺克俱乐部练球， 并开始在当地比赛中赢得大笔奖金。 “我在正式比赛中打出了首个百分杆， 单杆清台得分122分， 至今仍是我的最高纪录…… 有几次，我赢得了比赛， 赚了大约£300... 到后来，我打得越来越好， 甚至能负担得起让世界顶级球杆制造商 John Parris Cues为我定制一根专属球杆。” 一度，他赚的钱多到 母亲在床下的一个罐子里发现了大叠钞票， 担心他在贩毒。 后来，他还声称自己 成了一名精英马拉松选手。 关于这一点，稍后详述。
离奇的健康困扰 阿戴的学术和运动成就 在面对严重自闭症之外的健康挑战时， 显得尤为引人注目。 他曾多次提到自己一只耳朵天生失聪 （“我其实有一个助听器， 本该使用，但我从不戴， 除了讲课时”） ，并被诊断出患有阅读障碍和计算障碍—— 一种影响数字理解的学习障碍。
十几岁时在公交车站遭遇抢劫后， 他还表示自己开始患上严重癫痫： “在工作时、上大学时、 乘坐公共交通时、在商店和街头， 我都会发作。” 后来，在攻读博士学位期间， 阿戴开始出现间歇性平衡问题。 医生据称发现他脑底部有一个小肿瘤， “压迫着我的脑垂体”。 经检查，肿瘤是良性的， 但需通过内镜经蝶窦手术（一种相对微创的技术， 大脑通过[...OMITTED...]
（通过患者鼻孔进行的手术）仅在阿代完成博士答辩前一个月进行。手术十天后，他表示自己“像一摊烂泥般瘫倒”，并被紧急送回医院，“医生告诉我我经历了短暂性脑缺血发作，也就是小中风”。
这意味着他“无法调用短期记忆”。
在这种情况下通过答辩听起来几乎不可能。但他并未以健康原因为由推迟，
而是坚持进行。导师桑德罗开车送阿代前往利物浦。考虑到他的病史，阿代回忆起桑德罗当时说的话有些离奇：“‘我现在要对你做一件事，因为我爱你……我要打你一巴掌让你冷静下来。’”
“然后他真的这么做了。我感到他的手重重地落在我的脸颊上，发出一声响亮的耳光。我目瞪口呆，用手捂住火辣辣的脸颊，
却奇迹般地又能呼吸了。”他顺利通过答辩，于2016年成为阿代博士。
慈善款项去向不明 阿代表示，2003年参观一家流浪者中心的经历激励他将业余时间投入慈善筹款。
这项工作首次引起关注是在2010年，当时他决定在35天内完成30场马拉松。
在第21场比赛中，他癫痫发作倒地，腓骨骨折，但仍坚持完成了剩余9场马拉松，尽管腿已骨折。“我的右腿肿得有原来的两倍大，”他后来回忆道，“至今我也不明白自己是怎么做到的。”
阿代还声称自己在2013年三天内跑了300英里，2015年六天内跑了600英里（后又将时间调整为十二天），
似乎是在前述脑瘤导致平衡能力受损的情况下完成的。问题在于，这些挑战并无任何记录，且除世界级超级马拉松选手外，任何人都无法完成如此距离。此外，他筹集的款项数额也存在疑问。阿代获得“英国骄傲奖”（Pride Of Britain）的颁奖词称，“18年间，他已为80家慈善机构筹集了超过500万英镑”。2023年，他又宣称自己筹集了“550万英镑，且仍在增加”。当被要求提供这笔巨额筹款的证据时，阿代上周末承认自己并未筹集到那么多钱。相反，他声称自己是由约100人组成的“联合体”成员，但拒绝透露这些人的身份，也未说明哪些慈善机构受益，并称自己签署了一份奇怪的保密协议（NDA），同意对进一步细节保密。
丑闻不断 除了为慈善筹款，阿代还自称是一名无私的志愿者，在书中热情描述自己前往巴西贫民窟“安装水泵”，为当地贫困居民提供帮助。这段经历在书中有详细记载，他回忆起与一名当地救援人员的对话：“当我弯腰帮助一个孩子时”，对方告诉他“你有一颗非常美好的心”，并补充道：“我看得出你注定要成就伟大的事业。”西蒙与舒斯特演讲局（Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau）网站上的个人简介曾进一步提供细节，称：“他还在南美洲和西非与WaterAid合作开展救援工作，安装供水点，提供可饮用的清洁水。”然而，该慈善机构却表示并非如此：他们从不派遣志愿者出国，并强调：“每个社区必须自行负责管理
自身的项目”，
作者：马克·杜埃尔 和 蒂莉·哈里斯
农民警告称， 英国破纪录的 热浪可能导致作物 短缺，部分地区 已连续48天无雨。 英国全国农民联盟 表示，由于干旱条件 和用水限制， 收成正面临困境。 土豆受到的威胁尤为严重， 因为气温超过30摄氏度时 土豆会停止生长—— 一位农民称给土豆浇水 “就像给尸体浇水一样”。 英国正经历今年第五波 热浪，周一气温达到
该联盟主席汤姆·布拉德肖在BBC广播4台上表示，首相安迪·伯纳姆应为农民提供水储存系统的税收减免，以应对未来的炎热天气。布拉德肖先生说：“目前我们依赖的其他国家生产食品和蔬菜，它们的气候也在变化。确实感觉会出现[食品]产品短缺。”小麦种植者表示，他们的作物高度仅为正常高度的一半。来自东英吉利地区3Ms马铃薯种植集团（为主要超市供货）的吉姆·韦曼（Jim Wayman）说：“我们一直在给它们浇水，但就像给尸体浇水一样。”
预计苏格兰、英格兰西部和威尔士将出现降雨，但英格兰中部、东部和东南部大部分地区仍将迎来更多阳光。在萨福克郡占地22,500英亩的蔬菜生产基地埃尔维登庄园（Elveden Estate），一座耗资£300万的超大型水库（可容纳200个奥运会标准游泳池的水量）已在投入使用不到一年后耗尽。
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“出于对合作伙伴的尊重，我们不鼓励或协助自费访问”。有问题的简历 根据阿戴（Arday）在剑桥大学官网上的官方简历，他拥有多个光鲜职位，包括格拉斯哥大学和美国俄亥俄州立大学的访问教授职位，并声称在俄亥俄州立大学“多元化与包容性办公室”工作。但存在两个问题：格拉斯哥大学坚称阿戴“从未担任访问教授”，而俄亥俄州立大学则表示“查无此人”，并补充“访问教授会出现在我们的雇佣记录中”。该简历还称他为“杜伦大学社会学系的荣誉教授”。尽管阿戴教授曾在杜伦大学担任多个职务，《每日邮报》获悉他目前在该校已无任何“正式”职位，这与其在线传记内容相矛盾。警方介入批评者 作为一名高薪学者，阿戴对审查采取了异常激进的态度。去年，《泰晤士高等教育》记者杰克·格罗夫（Jack Grove）就阿戴学术作品涉嫌抄袭一事向剑桥大学发送问询邮件后，竟被举报至警方“骚扰”。大都会警方花费4个月调查后，于2月决定结案。普利茅斯马里恩大学学者戴维·哈里斯（David Harris）因向剑桥大学表达类似担忧，也被报警。德文与康沃尔警方拒绝立案。与此同时，好斗的卡特-鲁克律师事务所受雇代表阿戴发送威胁信，声称对他的“明显攻击”“可能……出于种族动机”。剑桥大学否认支付该律所的费用。猪头事件 阿戴声称近期的审查源于一场针对他的运动。
种族主义恐吓和辱骂的历史可追溯多年。在2025年致时任妇女和平等事务大臣杰奎·史密斯的一封公开信中，他声称自己“曾遭遇持刀威胁、身体攻击和被吐口水；他和家人收到过强奸和死亡威胁；香蕉和子弹被寄到大学校园内；腐蚀性物质和残肢动物被寄到家中”。上周末，他告诉《卫报》那只“残肢动物”是一颗猪头。他还表示，警方曾调查此事，并发现一家肉铺在涉事当天上午出售了一整头猪。然而，阿尔代教授指认的那家肉铺却否认警方曾上门或知晓此事。当被问及是否确定时，肉铺老板表示“那种事我们会记得”。在阿尔代提出指控后，伦敦警察厅表示这些说法“绝对”不实。警方坚称从未进行过此类调查，并称无法找到警员走访任何肉铺的记录。
持刀男子神秘消失 在接受《卫报》采访时，阿尔代还做出了令人不寒而栗的声明：他曾两次在剑桥大学学院大楼内被一名蒙面男子拦截，对方威胁他若不辞职将对他不利。第二次遭遇时，该闯入者据称掏出一把刀并以此威胁他。尽管该大楼装有“升级版闭路电视”，但两次事件均未拍到闯入者。与此同时，阿尔代在遭遇持刀袭击者后，却出人意料地拖延了很久才报告这两起创伤性事件。他告诉《卫报》，在被持刀袭击者威胁后，他继续工作，甚至在不到两小时后还为一名学生主持了博士论文答辩。为何他未告知同事学院大楼内出现一名持刀蒙面男子，至今仍是个谜。这似乎只是这场愈演愈烈的丑闻中又一个离奇的篇章。
来自雅典的维韦克·乔杜里和伊莎贝拉·马钦的报道
被指控在雅典杀害一名英国女子的阿富汗移民的美国姻亲从未希望女儿嫁给他，一名家庭成员声称。乘坐小船抵达的移民沙里夫·艾哈迈扎伊（Sharif Ahmadzai）因谋杀38岁的伊丽莎白-简·罗斯（Elisabeth-Jane Ross）而被捕。现年26岁的艾哈迈扎伊被指控谋杀这名慈善工作者罗斯女士，随后将其尸体塞入手提箱，并丢弃在一栋废弃建筑内。
艾哈迈扎伊于2016年抵达希腊莱斯沃斯岛后，作为穆斯林皈依了基督教，并在2023年与28岁的美国公民阿莱娜·霍尔（Alaina Hall）结婚。这对育有一个孩子的夫妇在雅典创办了一个服务难民的事工机构。据信他们通过志愿者工作认识了也被称为丽莎的罗斯女士。
如今，阿莱娜的姑姑莉安·霍尔（Leanne Hall）声称，她的哥哥托马斯（阿莱娜的父亲）及其妻子苏珊一直对女儿的婚姻选择持怀疑态度。当被问及艾哈迈扎伊时，她告诉《每日邮报》：“我从未见过他，只是听说过他。但我可以告诉你，我哥哥和嫂子从未希望他们结婚。”
目前，希腊当局正在调查两种可能的作案动机：抢劫未遂或性侵犯。“我们认为当时发生了对峙，”一名消息人士称。
罗斯女士的尸体于7月18日被一名无家可归者在雅典基普塞利区发现，此前她已失踪三天。艾哈迈扎伊于周一因这名苏格兰女子的死亡被捕。此前，据称出现了监控录像，显示他推着一个手提箱离开罗斯女士居住的公寓，并将其丢弃在发现其遗体的地点。这名前拳击手据称被拍到手提一个蓝色背包，前往一处废弃停车场，约13分钟后离开该废弃地点，但未携带背包和手提箱。
警方获取的其他录像据称显示，他于7月15日晚乘坐其妻子名下的汽车抵达罗斯女士的公寓。警方消息人士告诉《每日邮报》，他们拥有罗斯女士所住公寓的钥匙，因为该公寓属于他们组织“雅典爱每一个国家”（Love Every Nation Athens）所有。
据悉，警方开始调查这名阿富汗国民，是在他妻子于7月30日报告其丈夫行为可疑之后。据称，她于7月15日晚醒来发现丈夫失踪，并查看了他的定位，显示他当时在罗斯女士的公寓。
在丈夫被捕的细节曝光后，在佐治亚州林戈尔德长大的阿莱娜·霍尔现已躲藏起来。一名邻居告诉《每日邮报》：“自月初以来，我们就再也没见过她，这有点奇怪，因为她和丈夫总是带着孩子在阳台上。上周这里来了很多警察，我们随后得知沙里夫被捕。这让我们所有人都感到震惊，因为他们看起来是一对非常恩爱的年轻夫妇，对彼此和孩子都非常专一。”
另一名邻居说：“我们听说她正带着孩子住在雅典的一家酒店。她一定非常崩溃，可能无法面对曾与这个男人共同生活的家。公寓里除了警察之外没有其他人，他们带走了不少东西。我们试图联系阿莱娜，但没人知道她在哪里，我们也完全没有她的消息。”
据悉，艾哈迈扎伊——
大日子：Alaina Hall和Sharif Ahmadzai于2023年结婚，随后育有一子
告诉警方他在浴室里发现了Ross女士的尸体。据称，他承认使用受害者的银行卡提取现金，并使用她的手机向家人和朋友发送信息，伪装成她。昨晚披露的消息称，他据称还伪装成一名圣战分子，声称对她的死亡负责，并使用一部无法追踪的临时手机联系她在雅典的朋友。据希腊媒体Proto Thema报道，这些信息虚假地声称Ross女士是因为试图引导人们皈依基督教而被杀害的。调查人员认为，这些信息是误导警方的精心策划的一部分。据称，当Ross女士的尸体被发现的消息公布时，Alaina Hall产生了怀疑。她带着孩子离开了家，搬进了一家酒店。
随后，Ahmadzai据称给了她€2,550（£2,200）和一部全新的Apple iPhone 17 Pro，但她拒绝了——相反，她将这些东西交给了警方，因为她认为这些是用Ross女士的钱买的。Hussain在Ross女士那部已经关机26天的手机突然被开启后不久被逮捕，警方将其追踪到他居住的雅典的一处住所。
在接受侦查员询问时，Ahmadzai的妻子告诉警员，他们一直住在距离雅典约两个半小时车程的阿拉霍瓦（Arachova），在当地期间，由于丈夫失踪14小时，她开始感到担心。
一名警方消息人士透露：“这名女性告诉我们，她的丈夫曾向她倾诉，他对那名英国女性感到愤怒。她试图在宗教上影响他，而这让他难以承受。”
来自爱丁堡的Ross女士，38岁，在过去7年里经常访问希腊。她在希腊期间曾担任One Heart组织的志愿者，该组织专门为难民（尤其是来自阿富汗和伊朗的难民）提供医疗支持。她于6月26日抵达雅典，最初住在凯拉齐尼（Keratsini）区的希腊朋友家中。
Ahmadzai预计将于明天在雅典的一家法院出庭面对治安法官。
监控画面：一名男子推着一个行李箱走在希腊首都的街道上
遇害者：Elisabeth-Jane Ross，38岁
《每日邮报》，2026年8月5日，星期三
进入剑桥是我人生中最美好的一天，但我绝望地发现它已变成一座自由主义群体思维的堡垒
无论英国监狱如何拥挤，提前释放家暴犯、儿童性犯罪者及其他不良分子都是完全不可接受的。安迪·伯纳姆提出“自维多利亚时代以来最快的监狱建设计划”虽不失为一种安慰，但至少承认了不能将缩短罪犯刑期变成常态。然而，事实依然是，我们对其如何为额外的14,000名囚犯腾出空间几乎一无所知。虽然我们被告知司法大臣亚历克斯·诺里斯接到指示，要求“迅速行动”，在2031年前完成这一目标，但具体细节却少之又少。即便在伯纳姆首相任期的早期阶段，这种以吸引眼球的公告为主、实质内容匮乏的做法已显得熟悉。从来没有人会指责首相陷入事实、数据和后勤细节的泥潭。然而，此次的不同之处在于——我们讨论的不是廉价公交票价或赋予地方市长新权力——而是我们社会的基石正受到威胁。这场危机不仅关乎罪犯在服满刑期前流窜街头，还关乎因法庭积案、审判延误和司法机器运转比以往更缓慢，导致犯罪者长期逍遥法外。但至少，如果他们最终被关进监狱后，不会在转眼间又被释放，这多少算是一种安慰。尽管伯纳姆先生认识到事态的严重性，但他的回应中却难以察觉紧迫感。然而，当前需要的是紧急且聚焦的行动。首相必须明确其扩建监狱容量计划的具体时间表和地点。他也不能指望我们无限期地等待焦点小组和专家机构对此发表意见。英国的刑事司法系统正越来越面临无人认真对待的风险。而最不把它当回事的，莫过于罪犯本身。
取消石油和天然气税
工党的政策中，几乎没有比埃德·米利班德推行的疯狂“净零”议程更具灾难性的了。上周，首相关于对北海采取“务实态度”的表态，让人们看到了一丝希望，即常识最终可能占据上风。当然，要拯救英国石油公司（BP）的北海业务已为时过晚。但该能源巨头首席执行官梅格·奥尼尔关于支持本土化石燃料产业的建议，应引起首相的高度重视。对石油和天然气公司征收沉重的暴利税，从长远来看对英国毫无益处。没有任何正当理由让这些税收继续存在，哪怕再多一刻。每多征收£1的暴利税，都会进一步削弱行业竞争力。
跑道回报
经过漫长的法律诉讼，盖特威克机场有望在本世纪末前开通第二条跑道。这一发展将意味着每年增加100,000架次航班和13million名乘客，并为经济增长带来10亿英镑的提振。当然，这也带来了在南部地区创造数千个额外就业岗位的希望，而此时首相的大部分注意力似乎集中在该国的另一端。
至今，我仍然记得那封奶油色信封的颜色，上面压印着剑桥大学的徽章——还有我打开那封信时的感受，我知道它将决定我的未来。我只需读完里面的前三个词，便忍不住发出一声如释重负的欢呼。“我们很高兴……”招生导师的第一句话这样开头，这意味着我获得了剑桥大学悉尼·萨塞克斯学院的录取名额。那是我年轻生命中最自豪的时刻。
我深爱剑桥。爱到在1985年毕业后，我感到应该以偶尔捐款的形式回馈母校。
然而，自豪如今已被遗憾取代，因为这所大学已深陷政治正确的教条之中。曾经享誉世界的学术殿堂，剑桥如今正面临沦为时髦群体思维堡垒的真正危险。
在过去的十年里，我已放弃了作为一名小额慈善家的角色。事实上，我现在连一便士都不会考虑捐给母校。这些钱只会被浪费在更多的姿态政治和令人厌倦的“正确”社会公正倡议上。
可悲的是，这所曾孕育过生物学家查尔斯·达尔文、数学家艾萨克·牛顿爵士和小说家E·M·福斯特等巨匠的学府，如今更热衷于展示其政治美德，而非维护学术严谨。剑桥不再是卓越的代名词，反而成了最糟糕的虚伪炫耀的典型。
这一衰落集中体现在杰森·阿戴的离奇案例中。读者如今想必已知，他于2023年被任命为剑桥大学“教育社会学教授”一事，在大学自鸣得意的统治阶层中掀起了一波自我庆祝的浪潮。因为阿戴不仅是剑桥历史上最年轻的黑人教授，还似乎克服了一系列非凡的障碍才登上巅峰。
他声称自己的“自闭症”导致他直到18岁才能正常说话，还称在攻读博士期间曾患脑瘤。觉醒宣传者将他描绘成一位才华横溢、打破纪录的神经多样性人士，加纳移民之子，在伦敦南部克拉彭的住宅区长大，最终征服了学术殿堂。
他被授予荣誉学位，三次入围“英国骄傲奖”短名单，甚至被委托撰写自传——该书将于9月出版——这标志着他成为现代英国偶像之路的又一个里程碑。
然而，他的惊人成就不可避免地引发了质疑，尽管直到最近，他仍受到其如狼似虎的律师发出的诽谤威胁和盟友指责批评者种族主义的保护。
但随着针对他的指控不断增加，包括可信的抄袭指控，他的防线正在崩溃。在要求进行全面调查的呼声中，剑桥大学正努力抵挡批评者的攻势。校方将对他的攻击描述为“卑劣的抹黑行动”，但这一回应已不再令人信服。
教条已被置于追求真理之上——这在近年来已不是第一次。
剑桥此前也曾表现出这种意识形态偏见。2019年，这所大学在首次发出邀请仅48小时后，便撤回了对全球知名心理学家乔丹·彼得森的访问学者邀请，
觉醒的员工抱怨他对性别的看法。同年，剑桥大学研究员诺亚·卡尔——他为智力研究者捍卫了探讨智商是否受基因影响的权利——在圣埃德蒙学院的一封学术界联名信指控他“种族主义伪科学”后，合同被终止，尽管这些指控未能提供任何证据支持。
“多样性和包容性是学院的核心价值观。我们必须从中吸取教训，了解如何彰显这些价值观的重要性，”学院院长马修·布洛克说道；然而，其中却丝毫未提学术自由的重要性。
觉醒主义
再看耶稣学院试图拆除一座有300年历史的纪念碑——纪念查尔斯二世的捐助者和朝臣托拜厄斯·拉斯特——理由是荒谬的指控，称其为跨大西洋奴隶贸易的可憎遗物，与“作为包容性社区和集体福祉场所的小教堂”不相容。
幸运的是，教区法庭在2022年裁定，这一企图基于“虚假叙事”，即“拉斯特的大部分财富来自奴隶贸易，而他正是用这笔钱造福学院”。
更糟糕的是，剑桥大学未能从另一所学术觉醒主义温床——伦敦大学学院——的类似丑闻中吸取教训。该校未能保护诺贝尔奖得主蒂姆·亨特教授——细胞周期关键蛋白质“细胞周期蛋白”发现的先驱——当他在2015年因科学新闻讲师康妮·圣路易斯的举报，在韩国一次会议上发表所谓性别歧视言论而陷入争议时。
据称，他在会议上表示，自己与“女孩”相处的“麻烦”在于，批评她们时她们会“哭泣”，还会与男性同行“坠入爱河”。他后来强调自己是在“讽刺”——但圣路易斯完全没有领会，反而嗅到了在全球媒体上博取关注的良机。尽管亨特教授成就卓著且多次道歉，但仍被迫辞去荣誉研究员职位，称自己被雇主伦敦大学学院和英国皇家学会等机构“抛弃”。因缺乏支持而心灰意冷，亨特与妻子移居日本。而毁掉他的康妮·圣路易斯，也因自己挑起的风波受到反噬。当调查聚焦于她的履历时，她被揭露为另一名惯于夸大的学术骗子——包括在简历中声称自己“制作并主持”了英国广播公司第四电台（BBC Radio 4）的一系列节目，这一说法被证明纯属虚构。同时，圣路易斯夫人声称自己拥有“应用生物学二等上荣誉学士学位”（BSc Hons），但未说明颁发机构。亨特事件爆发后不久，她在伦敦城市大学的课程被取消。
与对亨特的无情抛弃相比，权势阶层对阿戴的无耻吹捧，充分暴露了现代大学界的风气，一切决策都通过身份政治的棱镜审视。只有被教条扭曲的文化，才会接受杰森·阿戴的虚假主张。事实上，他所谓的教育社会学“研究”几乎毫无价值。即使他最终未被认定为剽窃者——基于目前的证据，我对此深表怀疑——其充斥着晦涩术语和空洞废话的“成果”，与真正推动人类知识边界的亨特教授相比，不过是一场学术自恋的闹剧。剑桥大学称以阿戴为“骄傲”。考虑到过去14天揭露的事实，更合适的词应是“耻辱”。
它们嗡嗡作响，四处乱爬。在工作台上爬行，撞击窗户，在食物周围盘旋，在耳边和水果碗上方嗡嗡作响。英国正遭受苍蝇的侵扰。一些城镇受灾如此严重，以至于受影响最严重地区（如康格尔顿、柴郡）的居民正在考虑出售房屋。超过1,250名当地居民签署了请愿书，恳求议会采取某种行动。"苍蝇不仅仅是一种烦恼；它们会污染食物，还能传播疾病，"27岁的母亲弗朗西斯卡·戴维斯说，她发起了这份请愿书。"它们对我们日常生活的影响是巨大的。"一位邻居称这种情况"难以忍受"。另一位说："想象一下，连开门或窗户几秒钟都不敢，生怕苍蝇飞进来。无法在户外活动。你做的每一个动作都必须考虑会有多少苍蝇飞进家里。"
第三位居民说，由于苍蝇成群，她的孩子们无法再在花园里玩耍。在拉内利的威尔士小镇，当地人说他们在自己家中如同囚犯，不敢开窗，否则会有成群苍蝇涌入。而在锡尔希的利奇菲尔德郡，居民们说苍蝇的侵扰让他们的生活"无法忍受"。一位愤怒的房主科林·拉德温上个月告诉BBC："我们点了蜡烛，喷了杀虫剂，甚至用掸子拍打它们，但它们还是在你头上嗡嗡乱飞。太可怕了。"
那么，原因何在？又有什么解决办法？当蜡烛和杀虫剂无法解决问题时，还能做什么？有哪些民间偏方可以避免？今年为何如此严重？
今年6月，英国经历了创纪录的高温，气温飙升至37.7°C（99.8°F），比以往同月高出两摄氏度以上，为苍蝇创造了完美的繁殖条件。各种苍蝇都是冷血动物或"变温动物"，这意味着它们无法调节自身体温。在冬季，它们行动迟缓，而在炎热天气中则异常活跃。它们的新陈代谢加快，幼虫发育成成虫的速度大大加快，有时不到一周，因此繁殖周期呈指数级加速。
黄蜂是苍蝇最有效的天敌之一，也受到今年异常天气的影响。由于春季反常的潮湿天气紧随5月的晚霜，许多黄蜂幼虫被冻死，导致黄蜂数量减少。随后的持续高温使花蜜干涸，黄蜂的食物来源枯竭。黄蜂是昆虫种群的顶级捕食者，其幼虫以肉食为主。失去它们的控制，苍蝇将无节制地繁殖——并在成虫后的第一天就能交配。
成虫寿命可达一个月，雌性在交配后两天内就能产下多达100枚卵，一生中可多次产卵。
它们真的会危害健康吗？
普通家蝇携带大量细菌，在澳大利亚被称为"污蝇"。它们的足部和身体会沾染——
真正有效的驱赶方法——以及哪些只是无稽之谈
尤其要注意任何潮湿的角落，从粪便到腐烂的动物尸体，这些都是苍蝇产卵的理想场所。当苍蝇落在食物上时，它们会反刍一种富含细菌的有毒污泥，这些细菌会产生帮助分解食物的酶，以便苍蝇能将其吸入口器。它们还会频繁排泄。换句话说，如果苍蝇刚刚降落在食物上，那么食物很可能已经被它们的呕吐物
和粪便污染，同时还会带来其他来源的异味。它们会传播多种严重疾病和感染，包括沙门氏菌和大肠杆菌，以及越来越多对抗生素（如某些葡萄球菌菌株）产生耐药性的细菌。2023年一项发表于美国国家医学图书馆的研究警告称：“作为群居且不加选择的觅食者，家蝇在肮脏或其他
细菌来源（粪便、食物垃圾、病畜）与人类居住区之间架起了桥梁。” 你能做什么？ 悉尼医学院临床讲师卡梅伦·惠尔博士表示：“老式的苍蝇拍仍然有效。” 兰代洛的居民也纷纷晒出粘满15百只苍蝇的捕蝇纸照片。你可以在网上购买成卷的捕蝇纸，价格不到15英镑。它们非常有效，通过甜味引诱昆虫，并将其粘在粘性表面。但杀死它们并不能解决问题。说到底，这只是治标不治本——当你用卷起的《每日邮报》拍死一只苍蝇时，它可能已经将微生物转移到了你的厨房台面上。相反，不妨尝试以下建议，保护家人安全：开风扇：强劲的气流会让苍蝇难以飞行。电风扇虽无法将它们赶出厨房，但能让它们远离食物。泡杯茶：苍蝇讨厌咖啡的气味。生物学家怀疑这种强烈的香气会干扰它们敏感的嗅觉感受器。它们还会避开烟味，无论是来自熏香还是壁炉。一种有效的驱蝇方法结合了这两种驱虫剂。取几勺用过的咖啡渣，放入烤盘中。
在烤箱中加热15分钟，然后将冒烟的烤盘放在耐热的厨房操作台上。即使门窗敞开，烟雾也能驱赶苍蝇约三个小时。使用香水：燃烧咖啡并非人人喜欢的气味。在炉子上烘烤肉桂卷也能起到一定效果，前提是你不介意家中在盛夏时节散发出圣诞节的味道。不过，其他浓烈气味也能创造奇迹。煮沸的橙子和柠檬皮会释放柠檬烯，这是一种苍蝇讨厌的果香空气清新剂。薰衣草也是天然的驱蝇剂，这要归功于其高含量的芳樟醇——一种天然的萜烯醇。芳樟醇也存在于薄荷和柑橘类植物中。如果你无法在花园或窗台种植这些植物，可以尝试用廉价的塑料喷壶，装满水，加入约十二滴薰衣草精油，再加一茶匙金缕梅，帮助油水混合。另一种方法是将桉树或胡椒薄荷精油滴入白醋中。将这种液体喷洒在门窗周围，以及水槽和下水道。当然，定期清理水槽也很重要——切勿将液体倒入水槽。这会加速食物垃圾腐烂，吸引更多苍蝇。疯狂一点：苍蝇讨厌伏特加，但除非你想让家里闻起来像宿醉后的学生宿舍，否则不建议喷洒。奇怪的是，它们还对黄瓜情有独钟。将黄瓜切片或切块后放在窗台上，可能有助于驱赶它们。如果你回收食物垃圾时发现苍蝇在垃圾周围嗡嗡作响，不妨将其放入密封袋中，然后将袋子放入冰箱，直到垃圾车来收走。你还可以尝试摇晃苹果醋[...OMITTED...]
将一些液体倒入玻璃杯中，盖上保鲜膜，并在膜上戳几个小洞。苍蝇可以飞进去……但无法飞出来。不奏效的方法是将透明塑料袋装满水，放入几枚闪亮的硬币，然后挂在窗边。理论上，苍蝇因视觉碎片化、万花筒般的视觉，会看到多重闪光影像，并因头痛而逃离。实际上，苍蝇只会无视这个装置——所以这招和卷起的报纸一样无效。
王位继承顺序中，她的曾叔祖父爱丁堡公爵降至第16位。 安德鲁·蒙巴顿- 温莎与莎拉·弗格森的女儿尚未透露新生儿的名字，孩子于周一出生时体重为6磅9盎司。这对夫妇已育有两子，五岁的奥古斯特和两岁的欧内斯特。据称，查尔斯国王和卡米拉王后对此“欣喜万分”。 这位新生儿是安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎先生的第五个孙辈。他的另一个女儿比阿特丽斯公主育有两个女孩——19个月大的雅典娜和四岁的西耶娜。 女儿：王位继承顺序第15位 兴奋：尤金妮与杰克·布鲁克斯班克
尤金妮公主在葡萄牙诞下一名女婴，她与丈夫杰克·布鲁克斯班克昨日宣布了这一消息。 国王的侄女在其Instagram账号上发文称：“杰克和我非常激动地宣布布鲁克斯班克家的小公主诞生了！！我们对我们的小公主爱不释手。” 该公告附有一张新生儿躺在床上的照片，并收到了她170万粉丝的祝福留言。 尤金妮与布鲁克斯班克先生的时间分别在葡萄牙的一栋别墅和肯辛顿宫的一处小屋度过。这名婴儿将不会获得“殿下”头衔，在王位继承顺序中位列第15位。
撰文：萨姆·劳利
英国国民保健署（NHS）每年花费£240百万英镑用于存储装在盒子和文件柜中的病历，因数百个站点仍完全依赖纸质记录。
尽管政府承诺让NHS实现“无纸化”，但英格兰仅有5家NHS信托机构已完全数字化患者病历，智库国王基金会（King’s Fund）发现。
根据该智库对医疗记录数据的分析，仍有209个NHS站点——如诊断中心或诊所——仅使用纸质病历。
大多数NHS医院采用数字与纸质病历混合方式保存信息，包括预约记录、信件和扫描结果。但绝大多数医院现场没有足够空间存储纸质文件，因此不得不租用存储单元或建筑，由纳税人承担费用。
NHS在2024年度花费£239.5万英镑用于存储患者病历，包括纸盒、文件夹和文件柜等文具费用。国王基金会负责人莎拉·伍尔诺夫（Sarah Woolnough）表示，存储纸质病历的成本是“NHS浪费”的典型例子，必须加以解决。
多年来，人们一直试图摆脱纸质病历，因其会增加错误风险和沟通不畅。时任保守党卫生大臣杰里米·亨特（Jeremy Hunt）在2013年表示，NHS应在2018年实现“无纸化”。NHS还承诺在2020年实现“护理点无纸化”。
政府去年发布的十年健康计划概述了NHS如何从“模拟”向“数字化”转型，并计划从2028年起推行“单一患者病历”系统，取代纸质系统。
该系统将在NHS应用程序中集中存储所有医疗信息，并允许医生和护士查看任何在英国任何急诊室或医院就诊患者的病史。
伍尔诺夫女士告诉《泰晤士报》：“我们必须明智地使用公众的每一分钱，确保每一便士都用于提供最佳护理。这是一个明显的浪费例子，这笔钱本不该花在这里。”
“NHS多年来一直承诺成为无纸化机构，但仍有200个站点完全依赖纸质记录，这令人失望和沮丧。这种做法显得过时。”
她表示，纸质病历意味着“信息可能丢失，且可能存在不准确之处”，进而影响患者护理。NHS每年收到数以千计的投诉，涉及沟通失误和病历保存问题。
Healthwatch的研究显示，25%的成年人报告其病历中存在不准确或缺失信息。
国王基金会表示，这些发现凸显了实施单一患者病历的重要性。下个月，议员们将在一项正在议会审议的卫生法案中讨论这一问题。
伍尔诺夫女士表示：“患者不应在系统中转诊时反复讲述自己的病史，医护人员也应能够获取所需信息，以提供及时有效的护理。”NHS已被要求置评
必须向爱丽丝·埃文斯增加支付 尽管存在网络骚扰
作者：艾莉森·博斯霍夫 特约编辑
伊万·格鲁弗德与爱丽丝·埃文斯之间的激烈离婚官司终于落幕，法官裁定这位《神奇四侠》演员必须增加向前妻支付的赡养费。 两位演员今年3月在洛杉矶法庭进行了为期九天的听证会，法官批准了格鲁弗德延长对埃文斯女士为期5年的禁制令的请求。 迈克尔·J·康维法官表示，58岁的女演员曾对52岁的格鲁弗德及其新妻子比安卡·华莱士进行骚扰和辱骂。 然而，在财务问题上，法官的裁决大部分支持58岁的埃文斯女士，这意味着这位威尔士演员将不得不按她的要求增加支付金额。 格鲁弗德声称自己已多支付了$400,000，但法官在听取双方聘请的法务会计师证词后，裁定实际仅多支付了$27,000。 埃文斯女士在法庭上表示，自2021年初两人分手以来，她一直面临经济困难。两人育有16岁的女儿艾拉和12岁的埃尔茜，法官指出埃文斯女士100%照顾她们。 该演员将按其总收入的10%向埃文斯女士支付，每月金额为$1,862。这反映了两人婚前签署的婚前协议条款，他们的婚姻持续了14年。 格鲁弗德曾以埃文斯女士“情感虐待”为由，要求不向前妻支付任何费用。他此前已同意每月支付$3,579的子女抚养费。 埃文斯女士的朋友表示，她对诉讼终于结束“深感宽慰”。一位朋友补充道：“她对双方在律师和激烈争吵上花费如此多金钱感到震惊，只想继续生活。” 法官裁定，位于库茨银行储蓄账户中的$168,000
确实是埃文斯女士的 个人资金，但批评她 未能以“及时”的方式 向法庭披露。格鲁弗德名下 的四个账户性质 也存在争议，这位演员 最初称这些账户为共同 财产，随后又改变了说法。 法官对此变化并不信服。 然而，康维法官 写道，格鲁弗德试图 说服法庭不支付赔偿给 前妻的“说服性论点” 未能成功，因为网络骚扰属于“轻罪”。 关于埃文斯女士的网络骚扰行为， 法官称她“对伊万及其妻子 实施了家庭暴力”。 康维法官表示，这一 行为“被认定为无休止”， 但也承认埃文斯女士已开始 承担责任，通过道歉及 “专业心理健康护理”。 他表示，证据显示该行为 “对伊万和比安卡的情绪状态 造成了极大负面影响”，并 “阻碍了伊万在婚姻期间 保持全职且高收入就业的能力”。 法官补充称，有强有力的论据 “表明爱丽丝不应从其暴力行为中获益—— 有人可能会认为她从中牟利”， 但判决依据的是《家庭法》及 他们的婚前协议。 埃文斯女士的律师贾尼娜·
韦拉诺在3月的庭审中表示， 这位女演员在2021年进行网络骚扰时 “处于孤立状态”，她说：“当时正值 新冠疫情末期，她感到孤立， 面临婚姻破裂。” 与格鲁弗德和解的希望 在她发现他爱上了华莱士女士后 “破灭”，华莱士曾在格鲁弗德主演的 电视剧《哈罗》中担任群众演员。 “她失去了理智，她崩溃了”， 韦拉诺女士说。 该律师坚称埃文斯女士的 辱骂性电子邮件和短信已停止。 她还表示，2022年8月对埃文斯女士 颁布的为期三年的限制令 影响了她的工作和旅行能力。 韦拉诺补充说，续签该命令 （其中包含要求埃文斯女士 与格鲁弗德保持100英尺距离的条款） 将意味着他们的女儿们 必须选择由哪一方父母出席 家庭活动。
由卡勒姆·穆尔黑德报道
部长们要求通过“技术能力通知”（TCN） 获取存储在苹果服务器上的加密数据。 安全机构和执法部门 可在调查恐怖主义、国家安全威胁 及严重犯罪时使用TCN。这些通知 是《2016年调查权法》的一部分， 该法案被批评为“窥探者宪章”。 《金融时报》报道称，苹果公司 辩称，其系统中的任何后门 都会降低安全性。 倡导组织“国际隐私” 此前将早期的法律行动 描述为“对维护我们的 隐私和安全至关重要”。
在比阿特丽斯和尤金妮确认参加年度巴尔莫勒尔度假后，她们声名狼藉的父亲安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎也显然获得了在苏格兰庄园度过季节性假期的机会，待查尔斯国王离开后。女王陛下深刻意识到安德鲁的精神健康状况不佳。允许他选择使用巴尔莫勒尔庄园——在那里他可以不被看见并使用高尔夫球场——或许能提供一个无压力的环境。但与其让他住在那里，他可能会被安排在附近的克雷格温小屋，当年他、前妻及4个女儿们在菲利普亲王禁止弗吉在主屋居住时曾下榻于此。目前尚无人确定AMW是否会接受这一邀请。
在格拉斯哥英联邦运动会上，8岁的路易斯王子头戴威尔士桶帽笑容满面，他会否站在父亲威廉这一边？威廉是威尔士橄榄球联盟的自豪赞助人。而母亲凯特已接替哈里成为英格兰橄榄球联盟的赞助人，这一问题在私下里已成为家庭争执的焦点——自13岁的长子乔治被目睹与父亲一同为威尔士队加油后。威廉承认：“这在家里已经成了件大事。”
即将离开英国广播公司第四电台《今日》节目，自立门户成立制作公司的阿莫尔·拉詹昨日宣布，他与联合主持人尼克·罗宾逊将“最后一次共同主持”。阿莫尔调皮地补充道：“这对我们中的一个人来说是个悲伤的想法……而那个人就是我。”随之而来的只有同事半心半意的反对声。近年来，竞争对手节目主持人之间的相互攀比在电波中屡见不鲜，尼克是否终于松了口气，终于要摆脱他了？
在向节目已故前编辑罗德·利德尔致敬时，《今日》节目的听众尴尬地听到了罗德在2023年的一段抨击：“每次我打开第四电台，要么是一个女人在抱怨什么，要么他们在迎合街头青年。因为这当然是第四电台的主要受众——一个19岁非洲裔加勒比青年。”
在庆祝61岁生日时，JK·罗琳戴上夸张的头饰自拍——头饰上装饰着孔雀羽毛、船只和章鱼——她开玩笑说：“在生日这天保持低调非常重要，要避免任何浮夸或庸俗的东西。”图中的JK补充道：“我整晚都在换毛。”
喜剧演员吉米·克里克特去世，享年80。他曾调侃英国广播公司：“有个家伙敲我妈家的门，问她有没有电视许可证。她给他看后，他说：‘这是去年的许可证！’我妈说：‘那你放的也是去年的节目。’”
但检测显示 我们中有两人的 实际身体年龄为36岁 另一人则是21岁……
UR年龄段——Z世代——经常被指责生活方式比父母年轻时更为乏味。
似乎每周都会有新的报道称，我们是一群扫兴的“雪花一代”，沉迷于心理健康和自我关怀，更可能在家看《Off Campus》，而不是去夜店狂欢。
然而，既然如此注重自我，为何最新研究显示我们（以及稍年长的千禧一代）的衰老速度比X世代和婴儿潮一代的父母祖父母更快？
《自然医学》发表的一项研究表明，50岁以下人群癌症发病率上升，可能是因为Z世代和千禧一代正在经历一种被称为“加速衰老”的现象——即生物学年龄超过实际年龄。
例如，在英国，出生于1990年代的人患早发性结直肠癌的风险是出生于1960年代的人的四倍。
那么，这一令人担忧的趋势背后的原因是什么？《年龄密码》的作者戴维·考克斯将其归因于饮食：“从多方面来看，千禧一代是加工食品的一代。[这种饮食]在英国真正流行起来是在80年代末、90年代初。”
专家还指出，肥胖率上升和环境因素——加上超加工食品中的添加剂——会导致慢性炎症。这反过来会削弱和加速免疫系统的老化，使我们更容易患上痴呆症、中风和癌症。
幸运的是，现在有检测可以通过皮肤针刺血液测试计算生物学年龄，包括GlycanAge。
该测试售价379英镑，声称能“测量生物学年龄，提供基于科学的视角，了解你的生活方式如何影响慢性炎症和健康衰老”。
与永久性的“年龄”不同，该测试相当于在测试时对我们身体机能的一次快照。
它通过测量附着在被称为IgG抗体（免疫细胞）上的糖分子（糖基）来实现这一点。
糖基会改变抗体的功能，这一过程被称为糖基化。
糖基能使抗体进入炎症模式，产生对抗疾病的蛋白质。当疾病或威胁消除后，它们会切换到抗炎模式。
但随着年龄增长，这些抗体在两种模式之间的切换能力会变差。
通过观察这些糖基化模式，医生可以拼凑出你的免疫系统衰老程度的全貌。
出于好奇，又略带紧张，我们这群平均年龄26岁的人决定接受测试。我们刺破手指，采集了几滴血，填写了生活方式问卷，并将所有材料寄出进行分析。
我们都轻松自信地认为，结果会显示我们的内在和外表一样年轻。
但我们是对的吗？
测试结果
波皮·阿特金森·吉布森 真实年龄：26 生物学年龄：36, 和所有二十五六岁的人一样，我周末喜欢喝上几品脱（或者更多）啤酒，或者和闺蜜们在每周的聚会上喝上几杯桃红葡萄酒。 和许多同龄人一样，我也开始跑步（免费，而且我们付不起健身房的费用）。虽然我还没完成过超过5公里的跑步，但我确实报名参加了伦敦马拉松——不过谢天谢地，被拒绝了。 我是帕克朗（Parkrun）的常客，在那里我以一个相当不错的平均成绩完成比赛，和伦敦南部的一半人一样。我还为自己每周游泳和打一次无挡板篮球感到自豪，此外还吃足够多的沙拉，让兔子都会脸红。 我甚至完成了一次Hyrox（一种计时室内健身赛），其中包括划船、深蹲和负重弓步等“折磨”。 所以当我做GlycanAge血液测试时，我并不担心。除了害怕被失控的公交车撞到，我一直觉得自己几乎刀枪不入。 但当结果出现在我的电子邮箱时，确实让我有些——沮丧。生物学年龄36,，看到“亚最佳”和“显著超出范围”等字眼，我彻底傻眼了。 我怎么可能比实际年龄整整大了十岁？我一直努力保持健康的生活方式，现在却觉得一切都是白费——
轻松自信：罗茜认为自己拥有健康的生活方式
时间和精力。在与GlycanAge的健康与营养教练、前全科医生莫娜·库拉尔博士的咨询中，我希望能找到一些答案。 她向我保证，我的呼吸和心血管健康都在正常范围内，但我的压力水平较高，睡眠质量较差。我解释说自己每晚大约睡七个小时，但需要一个小时才能入睡——而健康的平均入睡时间是5到12分钟。 她询问我可能的原因——工作量是否过大？睡前是否离不开手机？都不是。 库拉尔博士温和地解释说，在经历创伤性事件后，包括离婚、搬家、换工作、重病或亲人去世，身体可能会积累炎症。 我母亲今年1月因癌症去世，情况非常痛苦，我的身体显然还在承受着残留的压力。她解释说，这些水平会随着时间逐渐降低，我的生物学年龄也会随之下降。 这很有道理。我确实——
好奇：奥利维娅采取更放松的态度 不担心：波比运动并保持健康饮食
感觉自己在过去几个月里老了十岁。如果停下来思考，我实际上感到筋疲力尽。我没有大哭过，因为葬礼筹备、整理衣物和文件的事情让我没有时间，所以这感觉像是一种默许的点头。感到疲惫和睡眠困难是可以的，与其靠双份浓缩咖啡强撑，我允许自己抽出一些时间来休息。
我需要允许自己认识到失去母亲对我的生活产生的影响。目前，我能做一些小事来帮助自己，比如睡前练习呼吸调节（包括缓慢呼吸和长时间呼气）来调整生物钟，中午后改喝无咖啡因咖啡和茶，并放弃晚餐后的甜点。但最重要的是，我需要时间静下心来面对自己的感受，而不是通过清晨5公里跑或熬夜追剧来逃避。
奥利维娅·迪恩 实际年龄：26 生物学年龄：21
我自认为对健康持一种放松的态度。我努力做到每天五份水果蔬菜，不吸烟，练瑜伽，还能以相当不错的成绩跑完10公里。我来自健康的家庭，也没有任何慢性病。不过，我记不得过去三个月有哪个周末没有出去狂欢。我以成为那个朋友为傲——无论生活中发生什么，我都会答应喝一杯，但我每周喝酒的时间很少超过三个晚上，酒精单位控制在15左右。我对自己说，社交对健康的好处不亚于一杯果昔——而且更棒的是，一杯金汤力不会留下残渣塞牙。
我曾怀疑自己的饮酒习惯可能会拉高我的生物学年龄，所以当结果显示我的生物学年龄只有21岁时，我简直得意得无法自拔——比实际年龄年轻整整五岁。我相信我的秘诀是坚持了17年的素食主义，因为红肉和加工肉类会显著提高炎症水平，从而加速衰老。尽管有饮酒和熬夜的习惯，我的生活方式总体上还是相当健康的。在与库拉尔医生的结果咨询中，她称赞我“有明确的动力照顾自己的健康”——这是我第一次体验到成为老师眼中的“宠儿”。
不过，并非所有消息都是好消息。在光鲜亮丽的年轻生物学年龄背后，她确实指出了一些让我担忧的问题。最让我震惊的是我的呼吸系统健康状况，比同龄人应该有的水平更差。我从未得过严重的感冒，甚至连流感都没有，我的家族也没有呼吸系统疾病史。库拉尔医生安慰我，解释说这更像是对未来的警告，而不是现在就需要担心的问题。虽然我的免疫系统整体功能与21岁的人相当，但它在对抗曾经接触过的病原体时表现不佳——这被称为适应性免疫反应，意味着我更有可能两次感染同一种咳嗽病毒。这可能是由慢性压力、高血压……或过量饮酒引起的。考虑到我的血压偏低，而我还有一个恼人的
我从不感到压力的能力，我想我们都知道罪魁祸首是谁。库拉尔医生说，我真正需要做的就是采取正常步骤健康饮食、减少饮酒，就能看到显著改善。作为个人定制计划的一部分（包含在费用内），她建议我多摄入蛋白质，开始力量训练，并在醒来后等几个小时再喝咖啡，这些都有助于降低炎症。她没有严厉批评我让我戒酒，而是建议我逐步减少饮酒量，比如每周争取有五个晚上完全不喝酒。那天晚上，我向室友借了他的哑铃。我真希望自己完全是出于健康考虑，但更大的动力是不想让自己的手臂看起来那么萎缩。至于蛋白质和绿叶蔬菜，我会在夏季假期后开始。我发誓要重新开始我曾懒得去上的普拉提课，但如果朋友下班后约我喝一杯或吃披萨，我不会拒绝。人生苦短，而且，在“21”的阶段，偶尔放纵一下又何妨。
罗茜·贝弗里奇 实际年龄：26 生物学年龄：36
得知自己的生物学年龄比实际年龄足足大了十岁时，我震惊不已。我安慰自己说，我看起来不像三十多岁的人。我的BMI指数非常健康，饮食也不错，偶尔（非常偶尔）还会运动。那么问题出在哪里？报告中用红色和橙色标出的危险区域，我的报告里有着惊人的数量。最严重的问题是“免疫系统加速老化”和“慢性炎症高发”。这显然表明我体内某些机能正在挣扎。造成这一现象的原因可能有三个：潜在的医疗因素、遗传倾向，以及不良的生活习惯。在与库拉尔医生的电话交流中，我们将问题锁定在了最后一项。糖基检测结果失衡通常由五个因素引起：睡眠不足、饮酒过量、长期压力、缺乏运动和吸烟。而这些我全都占了。回想起来，我一直在自欺欺人，以为自己过着健康的生活。我出门时从不忘记带上一包香烟、两个电子烟、备用烟弹和充电器。现在我吸烟少多了——可能一周末才抽完一包——但电子烟几乎从不离手。至于饮酒……我最近才知道，英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）建议女性每周饮酒不超过14个单位。我算了算，羞愧地发现，在社交活动特别频繁的一周，我可能会喝掉多达40个单位。而在安静的一周，也会喝掉让人安心的十个单位。周六早上，朋友们都在参加“公园跑”时，我通常会睡个懒觉，然后喝杯咖啡、抽根烟，再去汉普斯特德池塘游泳，之后步行去酒吧喝杯下午酒，和朋友聊聊天。今年几乎每个周末我都至少出去玩一个晚上，甚至两个。随着工作强度加大，我的运动习惯已从偶尔为之变得几乎不存在。不像我那极度注重健康的妹妹，为了确保第二天不影响状态，我绝不会提前离开朋友的生日派对。
早上第一件事就是去上普拉提 / 动感单车 / 搏击健身课，这种想法我从来都没有过。这可能就是她有腹肌而我没有的原因。在我们的通话中，库拉尔医生给我立下了规矩，并给我发来了一份带有可行步骤的报告。首先，她希望我明白我的问题是可以逆转的。其次，为了成功逆转时光，我必须做出一些相对重大的改变。冒着听起来像1月1日的布里奇特·琼斯的风险，从现在开始，我会：通过呼吸练习来应对压力——而不是伸手去拿一包烟。顺便说一句，要和我的全科医生谈谈戒掉电子烟和吸烟的帮助。睡前不再使用手机。减少饮酒——不再每个周末都喝得半醉。每天摄入大量益生菌食物（酸奶、泡菜和腌菜）、100克蛋白质，以及每周30种不同的蔬菜。加入健身房，每周进行三次力量训练，周末再进行一次轻松的跑步。这部分让我感到恐惧，但还是决定迎难而上。安息吧，二十出头的快乐罗茜，很高兴认识你。我打算以一个全新的自己步入近三十岁——受制于健身计划、维生素和夺回失去的十年的决心。
超凡脱俗：£3,900的《Clangers》作品
曾几何时，不久之前，有一部关于一只昏昏欲睡的粉色毛绒猫的儿童节目。如今，已故《Bagpuss》创作者彼得·弗明遗失的一批艺术作品在其旧居被发现后，以超过£400,000的价格售出。这批共534件作品还包括早期绘画、水彩画和故事板，涉及弗明创作的角色，如《Noggin the Nog》、《Basil Brush》和《Ivor the Engine》等。
木偶制作师弗明于2018年去世，享年89，其遗孀琼曾为《Clangers》制作木偶，随后也离世——
《每日邮报》记者
完美之作： 彼得·弗明的 《Bagpuss船长》插图
作者：理查德·马斯登
另有6名婴儿的家属声称受到露西·莱特比伤害，但他们要求对这名被定罪的护士提起进一步指控的请求未能成功。据称，这些婴儿在切斯特伯爵夫人医院和利物浦妇女医院接受治疗期间出现病情恶化，而这名前新生儿护士曾在这两家医院工作。
英国皇家检控署（CPS）于2024,透露正在考虑对这名36岁的护士提出进一步指控。但今年1月，CPS认定证据不足，无法对涉及9名婴儿的11项新指控（其中2人死亡）提起诉讼。其中6名婴儿的家属要求重新考虑这一决定，但本周CPS宣布维持拒绝对莱特比提起进一步指控的决定。
CPS特别犯罪部门负责人马尔科姆·麦克哈菲表示，已由一名独立于原始决定的检察官对该案进行了“全面审查”。CPS强调，这一结果“代表最终决定”，并表示检察官已向相关家属提出会面邀请。
莱特比因2015年至2016年期间在切斯特伯爵夫人医院谋杀7名婴儿、企图谋杀另外7名婴儿，正在服刑15个终身监禁。2023和2024,警方承诺将继续调查她长达四年的护理生涯“足迹”。
在警方检查了莱特比在切斯特伯爵夫人医院和利物浦妇女医院（她曾在此接受培训）护理的约4,000名婴儿的病历后，可能提出了额外指控。据了解，这些指控大多涉及呼吸管移位，而莱特比审判中的控方专家证人德威·埃文斯博士表示，这“很难证明”。
维持1月不再提起进一步指控的决定，将受到莱特比的新辩护团队及其支持者的欢迎，他们认为她是司法不公的受害者。莱特比的两次上诉申请已被上诉法院驳回。
作者：阿瑟·帕拉沙尔
一名前工党（英国）议会候选人因使用伪造的牛津大学学历获得十余个NHS高级职位后，被判入狱。
现年40岁的阿姆兰·侯赛因（Amran Hussain）被判处四年有期徒刑，此前他实施了一场持续近八年的精心策划的诈骗活动。
这名东北汉普郡的前工党候选人伪造了显赫的学术资历和工作经历，从而在英格兰各地获得了13个NHS高级职位。
侯赛因承认了三项欺诈罪。他的犯罪行为发生在2014年7月至2022年9月期间，最终导致纳税人损失超过16.8万英镑。
侯赛因在求职申请中提交了虚假证书和推荐信。他谎称拥有包括牛津大学、哈佛大学、伯克贝克学院和伦敦大学在内的多所院校的学位。
这些伪造材料帮助他获得了一系列职位级别不断提升的NHS职务。其中一次，他被任命为副首席运营官，年薪约9万英镑。
然而，尽管成功获得了这些职位，侯赛因却经常不工作，并长期请病假。调查人员发现，在1,902天的NHS工作期间，他请了1,332天病假，约占其在职时间的70%。
他声称患有多种疾病和健康问题，包括新冠后遗症、焦虑、抑郁、疲劳、头痛、眩晕、头晕、偏头痛及各种疼痛相关症状。在许多情况下，他一直缺勤，直到合同结束或雇主终止其雇佣关系。
在多塞特大学医院NHS基金会信托工作期间，他在116天的雇佣期内仅工作了一天，其余115天均为病假。
他的骗局在2021年被揭穿，当时德文郡合作NHS信托在向侯赛因提供副首席运营官一职后进行了背景调查。但当该信托机构试图核实侯赛因自称担任过转型主管的——
因扫兴者将其驱逐后
对于绝大多数游客来说， 参观模型村时出现的上身赤裸的裸奔者 不过是个俏皮的玩笑。 身穿牛仔裤、面带微笑的“艾丽卡” 让人回想起20世纪70年代 足球赛场上的裸奔全盛时期。 然而，这位7英寸高的金发女郎—— 用彩绘树脂制作、耗资£300—— 却因怀特岛戈德希尔模型村的少数游客投诉 被“亮红牌”并移除。如今，在——
科文垂和沃里克郡合作伙伴NHS信托基金 负责信息治理和改进的部门发现， 其记录中并无他曾在此工作的记录。 这一情况引发了更广泛的调查， 最终发现他总共申请了2,071个NHS职位空缺。 此外，他还通过欺诈手段获得了其他职位， 包括诺丁汉城市护理合作伙伴机构 和肯特郡议会的岗位。 侯赛因曾代表工党
作者：卡梅伦·查特斯
在一场98%的受访者投票支持保留她的在线公投后， 她已重返戈德希尔和尚克林的微缩景观。 但此次回归有了新花样。她不再出现在村庄足球场， 而是会被藏在景区各处， 鼓励游客寻找她并为“怀特岛乳腺之友”慈善活动捐款。
参与2015年大选的侯赛因 于24, 2022,在肯特郡韦斯特勒姆附近 一处由贵族阿斯特家族拥有的庄园内被捕。 无证据表明该家族知晓其犯罪行为。 在法庭听证会上，侯赛因声称自己是一名退伍军人， 曾随英军完成两次海外服役。后经查实， 他仅曾作为预备役人员服役。
景区负责人佩妮·戴尔在艾丽卡回归前表示： “裸奔者在足球场上已成为村庄的一部分多年， 对大多数游客来说，这只是个轻松的玩笑。 但我们也收到了少数游客的意见， 他们认为这一行为不妥。”
作为工党2015年大选东北汉普郡选区的议员候选人， 侯赛因曾与党内高层一同竞选， 并与时任工党领袖埃德·米利班德 及活动人士苏茜·埃迪·伊扎德合影。 在警方调查期间，侯赛因仍活跃于地方政治， 并于2023年当选韦斯特勒姆镇议会 克罗克姆山选区议员。 侯赛因在梅德斯通皇家法院被判处22年监禁。 NHS反欺诈管理局的本·哈里森表示： “侯赛因长期从事欺诈行为， 多次虚报经历和资质以获取本无资格担任的高级职位。 此类行为破坏了NHS招聘流程的公信力， 并将公共资金从一线服务中挪用。”
逾170名移民获英法官员救援
危险：昨天，获救移民在法国北部滨海布洛涅的商业港口，他们乘坐的救生艇在英吉利海峡起火后逃生
作者：罗里·廷格尔 及彼得·艾伦
一艘严重超载的大型救生艇昨天在英吉利海峡起火，船上173名移民被迫跳海。 救援行动于早上6点左右展开，起火原因是救生艇在离开法国滨海布洛涅附近海滩后不久，发动机突然起火。 两艘英国边境安全指挥部的船只和一艘皇家全国救生艇协会（RNLI）的救生艇被派往协助救援，行动由法国主导。 其中54名移民被英国船只送往法国，其余移民则由法国船只救起。目前尚无人员死亡报告，但部分乘客受轻微烧伤。 自安迪·伯纳姆担任首相以来，已有超过2,000名移民通过小船偷渡抵达英国海岸。 伯纳姆上任仅两周，现已启程休家庭假，此举引发英国改革党声称他“开小差”。 英国海岸警卫队发言人表示：“今晨早些时候，一艘船只在法国搜救区域起火。英国船只和救生艇正在协助救援。” 皇家全国救生艇协会发言人称：“伊斯特本的全天候救生艇于早上6点出动。” 据法国海事局称，这艘遇险船只在起火时正由英法救援船只跟踪。法国官员奉行一项有争议的政策，即不在海上拦截小船，声称此举可能危及船上人员生命，但可实施救援。 此次事件发生一天后，英国改革党提议动用皇家海军将移民遣返
根据名为“堡垒行动”的计划，这些移民本应被带往法国或比利时。 针对这一偷渡企图，奈杰尔·法拉奇表示：“我们必须制止这种行为。我们的计划将拯救生命。” 海事预警部门称，最初决定不强制要求乘坐超载橡皮艇的移民登上救援船，以“避免危及他们的生命”。“最初有五人要求下船，因为这艘船已经破损不堪，”一名发言人表示。“其余人告诉救援人员他们想继续前行，这一要求得到了允许。后来，在上午晚些时候，发动机起火了。” 发言人补充道，随后他们全部跳入水中，船只倾覆。 船上173人均已获救，其中大多数人穿着救生衣。部分人因烧伤返回法国接受治疗。 这艘橡皮艇超过了上个月晚些时候抵达英国的42英尺（13米）船只上载有165名移民的纪录，成为英吉利海峡单次偷渡人数最多的记录。 上周三成为今年迄今英吉利海峡小船偷渡最繁忙的一天，共有752名移民抵达英国。但2026年迄今的总抵达人数较去年有所下降。 今年已有至少14名试图前往英国的移民在英吉利海峡丧生，死因包括溺水或乘坐超载小船时窒息。 此类悲剧中最严重的一次发生在2021,年11月，当时一艘橡皮艇在驶往英国途中沉没，造成27名移民遇难。 据信，昨日的火灾是由燃料泄漏引起的。一名法国紧急服务部门消息人士称，船上乘客每人向人口贩子支付了高达£1,000的费用。 英国政府发言人表示：“这一事件凸显了小船偷渡的严重危险。我们将继续与法国及海外合作伙伴不懈合作，阻止这些危险的旅程。” 司法大臣亚历克斯·诺里斯表示，这一事件表明“人口贩子对船上生命的冷漠无视”以及“这些偷渡行为的危险性质”。 《每日邮报》记者昨日在现场目睹了一艘英国船只——BSC Contender号——将火灾幸存的移民带回法国。 英国改革党主席李·安德森在法国北部接受《每日邮报》采访时表示：“这是又一起令人心碎的事件，完全没有必要。” 当被问及英国船只在救援中的作用时，安德森表示，这驳斥了“英国政客常用的借口，即我们无法将人送回法国。我们当然可以。” 在获救的移民中，一名女子如释重负地抱着婴儿，其他人则面带惊恐的神情，乘坐大巴离开。
西尔斯
在法国大桑特
被批评者戏称为“李-安德撒尔”的改革英国党资深议员李·安德森绝非一个优柔寡断的自由派。昨日，在前往法国北部最大移民营的当天行程中，一名党内消息人士事先声称，安德森先生在面对为数千名前往英国的移民提供食物和建议的慈善工作者时，将“采取行动”。我被告知：“他会走到那些二十多岁的女性志愿者面前说：‘你们难道不知道这些移民在英国对像你们这样的年轻女性做了什么吗？’”然而，在敦刻尔克附近高架桥旁比以往更大的移民营现场，实际情况并不如此直白。当我们站在一堆燃烧的塑料垃圾旁，刺鼻的浓烟呛入喉咙，距离有人居住的帐篷仅几英寸时，安德森先生看起来却出奇地温和，他递给一个十岁男孩一包清新薄荷糖。围观者倒吸一口气，瘦小的男孩腼腆地微笑着说：“谢谢，您能把火灭了吗？”然而火势烧得正旺，就连安德森先生那八人组成的魁梧安保团队也无能为力。消防车及时赶到并开始灭火，这才让人松了口气。要清除整个营地本身则更为棘手。安德森先生上次来这里是在三年前，他注意到营地规模已显著扩大。《每日邮报》上次造访是在四月，此后营地又有所增长。如今，这个由数百顶帐篷组成、占地数英亩的灌木丛和荒地上的临时“市中心”里，设有50个移动厕所。大多数居住者是年轻男子，但安德森先生也注意到妇女和儿童的数量在增加——现场可见多辆婴儿车。昨天，数百人排起长队领取免费食物。摊贩出售更多餐食、SIM卡、手机充电器、香烟和果汁。安德森先生与任何会说英语的人交谈——包括来自索马里、情绪激动的哈桑，22,，后者称这位政客为“妈的混蛋”。
此前，安保人员赠送的两支香烟让他从威胁要“刺杀”他们以及“绑架”改革党团队中唯一的女性成员的状态中平静下来。 “我要去英国，”在安德森先生询问其计划后，哈桑说道，“我需要去英国。我已经付了€1,200 [£1,000]。 我要去苏格兰——我喜欢那里，爱丁堡。 “我不会成为亿万富翁，也不会成为‘大人物’，我只想过正常的生活。” 再次变得恶毒，并显然意识到这位改革党政客不支持乘坐小船偷渡，哈桑竖起一根缺失指尖的残指继续说道：“我不喜欢你的所作所为。 “我们需要食物。我们没东西吃。你不需要吃饭——你只是开车来，开车走，对你来说很容易。 “我是黑人，我和你不一样。” 安德森先生反思道：“从人性角度，你确实会为这家伙感到难过。但他会惹麻烦——还会花我们很多钱。 “我们想要这样的人进入我们的国家吗？我不想让他在我的村子里——我们大多数人
蔓延：改革党议员李·安德森站在敦刻尔克附近不断扩大的移民营“市中心”
善意：安德森先生向住在肮脏难民营的男孩递上薄荷糖 无礼：来自索马里的哈桑威胁保安
“这个国家不会希望他住在自己附近的多人合租房（HMO）里。” 安德森先生也发现很难劝阻32岁的阿米尔，后者称自己为躲避伊拉克武装民兵暴力而逃离，将妻儿留在伊斯坦布尔，如今正准备前往英国。 “为何不留在法国？”安德森先生通过翻译问道，一张破损的越南盾纸币在他们脚边飘落。
“他们不给我签证，”阿米尔说。那为何不留在土耳其？“他们接纳了我的家人——但不会接纳我。” 当被问及横渡英吉利海峡的危险时，阿米尔补充道：“我宁愿死在水里，也不愿死在伊拉克。” 尽管递上了薄荷糖并表达同情，安德森先生仍坚定认为必须阻止橡皮艇偷渡——并抨击那些支持以移民为中心的“价值数十亿英镑产业”的慈善机构。
就在数小时前，改革党承诺推出“堡垒行动”，动用庞大的皇家海军力量将满载移民的橡皮艇直接遣返。法国已拒绝该计划。 但改革党昨日也意识到，驱逐不速之客并非易事。当改革党媒体小巴准备离开时，一名移民反复试图从敞开的车门进入，用阿拉伯语说：“带我去伦敦。” 就连那些魁梧的保安也难以劝阻他，他一次又一次尝试。最终，迅速关上车门并快速驶离才奏效。 但在英吉利海峡中间可没这么容易。
在家门口遭遇战
他曾是那个光头的好莱坞硬汉，银幕上的倒霉对手总是以血肉模糊的惨状收场。 然而，杰森·斯坦森似乎终于遇到了对手——当地规划官员。 我听说，《速度与激情》系列影星及其未婚妻、前维多利亚的秘密模特罗茜·亨廷顿-惠特利（39岁，图）因计划在其价值2000万英镑的海滨豪宅新建一座避暑别墅而陷入麻烦。 这对情侣位于英格兰南部的六居室房产拥有私人海滩、泛舟湖、野外游泳池、瑜伽室和一座大型树屋。 此外，房产还配有一座现成的三居室避暑别墅，内设厨房、餐厅和休息室，供二人接待宾客。 但据悉，该避暑别墅最初仅获批为前任业主的游泳池配套设施，并不包含住宿功能。 斯坦森（59岁）于2024年以2000万英镑购入这处海滨度假屋，现已向当地议会申请“附属住宅”合法开发证明，以便再建一座价值£20万的避暑别墅。
菲尔·柯林斯厌恶奥斯卡季周围肮脏的拉票活动。 这位流行歌星表示：“第一次凭《再度冒险》获奥斯卡提名时，我没有投票。如果获提名，你可以投票。我没投，因为我永远不会知道自己是否仅以一票之差获胜。” 在接受BBC采访时，75岁的菲尔谈及这首1984年获最佳原创歌曲提名的热门歌曲时补充道：“那样会让我感觉不舒服。所以我没有鼓励人们投票，因为如果我值得，我自然会赢；如果不值得，就不会赢。” 击败他的史蒂维·旺德凭借其俗气的冠军单曲《我只是打电话来说我爱你》获奖，是否稍显不那么矜持？
称该建筑已被用作客房 超过十年， 因此免于任何可能 要求他拆除的执法行动， 并援引了前业主的证据。 但一名规划官员告诉 他：“虽然可以证明 这一用途因长期存在 而合法……但仍属未经授权。 “即使获得合法开发 证书以确认该建筑 可继续用作附属住宿， 恐怕在没有其他 压倒性理由的情况下， 这也不太可能证明 用新建筑替换它是合理的， 因为这将违反我们的政- 策。”规划人员预计 将在本月晚些时候 对斯塔瑟姆的方案 作出决定。
÷ 虽然拥有忠实听众 卡米拉王后， 但《弓箭手》明星蒂姆·本廷克 却尴尬地承认自己并不收听 这档广播四台的节目。在 饰演农民戴维·阿彻长达44年的演员，同时也是 第12代波特兰伯爵， 他调皮地承认：“我从来不知道 发生了什么。台词一大堆， 我就问：‘这什么意思？’ 他们就说，
‘你不听这个节目吗？’我就说：‘不听！’” 在与《弓箭手》其他明星一同巡演 庆祝该节目75周年之际， 他补充道：“我得临时抱佛脚， 假装自己知道在说什么。”
苏琪·沃特豪斯的 吸电子烟习惯似乎 有些失控。 这位34,岁的歌手兼演员 承认自己无法抗拒 在锻炼时吸上几口。 “我的教练对我的 行为绝- 对感到震惊， 因为我在训练时 吸电子烟，他就 问：‘这是在干什么？’ ”苏琪说。 “他可是专业 运动员。他绝对
感到震惊。”然而，这位 巴宝莉模特，与她的好莱坞 明星未婚夫罗伯特·帕- 汀森育有一个两岁的女儿， 坚称自己在其他方面 非常注重健身。 “我不喜欢 4天或3天 没锻炼的感觉，” 她补充道。“我的肌肉 会感觉没那么有力。我 就是跑不动……会让 我觉得很不舒服。”
为新车俱乐部 兴奋不已
最近在白金汉郡小镇 购入了一栋价值£1400万英镑的滨水 豪宅，他的两位密友也住在那里： 厨师汤姆·克里奇 和企业家彼得·琼斯。 如今，60,岁的DJ兼汽车迷克里斯·埃文斯 正与他们合伙创业。 我可以透露，他们成立了一家名为 马洛汽车俱乐部的公司， 这是一家展览和集市 组织者的业务。 埃文斯创办了 汽车节（CarFest）， 为儿童慈善机构筹款， 而他的好友们
也分享了他对汽车的热爱。 《龙穴》明星琼斯，60, 拥有多辆经典 汽车，而克里奇，53 岁，在马洛拥有 “手与花”酒吧， 他告诉我他已开始 驾驶改装雷诺克里奥 参加赛车，并补充道： “去年是我第一个 正式赛季。”
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一名祖母在增加Mounjaro减肥注射剂量后死亡，死因研讯获悉。73岁的卡罗琳·萨维奇（Caroline Savage）曾私人处方使用该药物约4个月
作者：萨姆·劳利（Sam Lawley）
后被建议增加用量。随后她病倒并被送往诺福克和诺维奇医院，由高级医生评估后于约6.30pm出院。但几小时后她在家中倒地，18日凌晨刚过后死亡。诺福克验尸官法庭的死因研讯获悉，她死于粪性腹膜炎，由部分肠道穿孔引起。Mounjaro的胃肠道副作用在她入院时被列为“合理的工作诊断”，并在死因研讯中探讨了与该药物的关联。
但萨维奇女士的家人认为，她的症状本应促使进一步调查，而非仅被视为副作用而忽视。来自诺福克沃特韦尔（Wortwell）的萨维奇女士在2024年7.月体重为20英石，当时她开始使用Mounjaro。为她私人处方的医生曾警告她可能的副作用包括腹痛和便秘。
“难以预测”
她的体重在10月降至18,英石，并被建议完成剩余的2剂7.5mg剂量后增加至10mg。但在10月18,日，萨维奇女士抱怨急性腹痛并被送往医院。她出院时带有止痛药，但数小时后死亡。医生表示她的肠道穿孔极难预测，临床医生的处置得当。聆讯暂时休庭。
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来自《每日邮报》档案 8月5，1998 作为新任学校标准大臣，埃斯特尔·莫里斯（Estelle Morris）被委以领导政府提高教育成就的重任。她比大多数人更能理解学业失败的后果——因为她于1970年离开女子文法学校时，未能通过任何A-level考试。
8月5，2009 一个真正的男子汉如何放松？看一眼弗拉基米尔·普京的度假照片，或许能给所有男士带来灵感。这位俄罗斯总理正在西伯利亚享受一次返璞归真的露营假期。在冰冷的湖水中畅游时，赤膊上阵显然是个优势。不过，骑马时赤膊上身的好处，仍是个谜。
生日快乐 戴维·巴尔达奇（David Baldacci），66。这位美国犯罪小说家已在4 5种语言中售出超过200million册图书。他说自己灵感来源于“在机场、火车上、汽车里、签售会上、遛狗时......5. . .”。在一次派对上，有人问他妻子：“戴维病了吗？他只是盯着墙发呆。”她回答：“他没事，只是在构思一章的结尾。”
索菲·温克尔曼（Sophie Winkleman），46。这位来自伦敦的女演员因在第四频道情景喜剧《窥视秀》（Peep Show）中饰演“大苏茜”而成名。她是国王的二表弟弗雷德里克·温莎勋爵的妻子，也是真人秀《叛徒》主持人克劳迪娅的同父异母妹妹。她支持禁止16岁以下青少年使用智能手机，并表示曾与国王陛下讨论过这一问题。
今日出生 安妮·艾奇逊（Anne Acheson，1882-1962）。这位英裔爱尔兰艺术家最伟大的遗产不是她的雕塑，而是为第一次世界大战中受伤士兵制作的首批解剖学精准的石膏夹板。
里克·德林格（Rick Derringer，1947-2025）。这位美国吉他手兼创作歌手曾与麦考伊乐队（The McCoys）合作推出热门歌曲《Hang On Sloopy》。他的歌曲《Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo》被用于Netflix剧集《怪奇物语》。
8月5日...... 1983，汤姆·克鲁斯凭借喜剧《冒险事业》（Risky Business）的热映成为好莱坞明星。 2022，日本时装设计师三宅一生去世，享年84。
词汇魔法 猜词义：Otarine（19世纪末造词） A）与水獭相关 B）与黑猩猩相关 C）与海狮相关 答案见下文
短语解析 “坐观成败”（Sit on the fence）：意为避免做出选择或决定；围栏的两侧代表参与特定情境或辩论的两种对立利益。
今日金句 “我们是爱尔兰人，无需证明什么。我们是上帝的子民。” ——迈克尔·奥利里（Michael O’Leary），瑞安航空CEO
今日笑话 谁讲鸡笑话？ “鸡”默演员（Comedihens）。 猜词义答案：C
将辛苦赚来的钱交给子女或孙辈，总是一件让人忐忑不安的事。你为这笔钱付出了努力，因此将控制权交给下一代，既是情感上的挑战，也是实际操作上的难题。但越来越多的人正面临这样的抉择：是选择在生前将财富转移给亲人，还是让他们在未来面对高额的遗产税账单——这一切源于一项将于明年4月生效的遗产规划规则的恶劣变化。目前免征遗产税（IHT）的养老金，将从明年开始被纳入遗产范围。40,000人将因此面临更高的遗产税。这意味着许多人原本希望通过养老金传承财富，如今不得不迅速行动，将多余的养老金资金转移出遗产范围。一些人还可能因担心新任首相安迪·伯纳姆为推行社会护理改革而进一步提高遗产税，而选择尽早赠与财产。此前曾有提议对所有遗产征收10%的税，但尚未确认具体细节。为此，他们可能被迫提前转移更大金额，或更早向子女和孙辈赠与财产。赠与行为若在去世前至少七年完成，则可免征遗产税，因此许多理财规划师建议尽早开始“倒计时”。然而，即便在赠与现金、房产和珠宝以减少遗产税负担的同时，他们仍可能担心家人是否会妥善使用这些财产，或孙辈是否已足够成熟来管理它。正如投资平台AJ Bell个人理财主管莎拉·科尔斯所言：“希望受赠人能充分利用这份礼物，是人之常情。”而实际上，确实有方法可以附加条件赠与，或至少确保财产不会落入不当之手……
为何可能希望保留控制权 你可能希望成年子女将赠与的财产用于养老，或孙辈用其踏上置业阶梯。但一旦将钱交出，就无法阻止他们挥霍一空。或者，他们可能以你不认同的方式处置这些资产。比如，你将一处度假屋赠与他们——那里曾留下全家人无数快乐的夏日回忆——但他们却在第一时间将其出售。此外，随着42%的婚姻预计以离婚告终，你甚至可能担心，即使是最稳定的家庭成员，你赠与的财产最终也会落入他人之手。
那么，如何避免这种情况？
分享你的观点 最简单的控制方式，是与受益人沟通你的意愿。在赠与时，你可以要求对方，例如将贵重的手镯留在家族内，或将£100,000的一次性款项仅用于儿子改善或扩大住房。这是最经济且简——
避开遗产税
对资金的控制
保留一定控制权的最简单方式 ——前提是他们愿意倾听并同意！ 但无法保证他们会照办 ——而且，如果你过于强硬， 可能会冒犯他们。科尔斯女士
补充道：“他们可能会因你的条件而感到受辱， 拒绝接受礼物。 “或者他们可能觉得你在控制或操纵， 即使接受了礼物，也会损害你们的关系。” 她说，你应该权衡对控制权的重视程度 与未来良好关系的价值。
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考虑设立全权信托 越来越多的家庭将礼物置于信托中，财富管理公司Quilter的雷切尔·格里芬表示。全权信托是最常见的遗产税规划类型，允许捐赠人放弃资产和资金的所有权，同时对礼物的使用方式保留更大控制权。也许你想启动七年倒计时，但担心子女或孙辈年纪太小，无法及早继承。这时全权信托就派上用场。它们将礼物移出遗产范围，交由受托人掌管，受托人不拥有资产，但决定如何分配。你需要指定潜在受益人，还可以写一封意愿书，说明希望如何分配礼物。例如，你可以写明希望子女在25岁时获得这笔钱，
或者希望这笔礼物用于支付房屋首付。不过，这并不具有法律约束力。 最终仍由受托人决定如何使用这笔钱， 但他们有义务为受益人的利益行事。 通常需要至少指定两名受托人——其中一名可以是你自己。 如果受托人认为情况发生变化， 则无需考虑意愿书的内容。 如果考虑设立信托，务必寻求法律建议。 关键在于，这笔钱并非自动免除遗产税。 如果你在七年内去世，信托中的礼物仍将计入遗产。 此外，如果在七年内将超过£325,000的现金或资产置于信托中， 超过该门槛的部分将被征收20%的入门税。 此外，超过该门槛的部分每10年 还将被征收最高6%的税款， 并在资本支出时征税。 信托还需缴纳所得税和资本利得税。 鼓励成年子女签署婚前协议 如果你担心婚姻可能破裂， 或是女婿 / 儿媳不靠谱， 可以采取措施降低风险。 如果子女离婚，婚姻财产通常会被分割。 因此，证明这笔礼物属于非婚姻财产是他们保留控制权的最佳机会， 因为这类财产通常不被纳入分割范围。 将礼物存入子女个人名下的独立账户， 而非用于家庭开支的联名账户， 有助于实现这一点。 他们还应避免将这笔钱用于家庭目的， 如度假或支付账单。 你可以写一封信给子女， 确认你的意图是将其作为个人礼物。 科尔斯女士建议鼓励子女签署婚前协议—— 甚至在结婚后签署婚后协议
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——只有“短跑”才能让你致富
数百万人被告知的退休储蓄方式正在让我们走向失败——以及一个节俭的晚年。我担心，除非现在就改变当前的模式，否则几乎没有人能负担得起他们想要的退休生活。
我们生活在一种错觉中，认为养老储蓄就像一场马拉松。你从进入职场开始，每月稳定储蓄，最终应该有足够的资金来支持一个美好的退休生活。
这听起来合理，但这种模式越来越无法反映我们当前生活的世界。
职业生涯并不稳定。从教育阶段结束到退休，拥有不间断的工作记录越来越成为例外，而非常态。
在当前的制度下，你每月将固定比例的收入存入职场养老金，这意味着数百万人的退休储蓄将充满缺口。风险从职业生涯的一开始就存在。
在英国，近100万年龄在16至24岁的年轻人既不在教育、就业或培训中——被称为“尼特族”（Neets）。这一数字正在上升。对他们未来收入的影响是深远的。如果一个尼特族从18岁起不工作，即使在24岁找到工作，其一生的收入也可能减少高达£300,000。
鲜少被提及的是对养老金的影响。22岁的年轻人即使仅失业一年，到退休时其养老金也会减少£31,500。这一计算基于他们在职业生涯中收入£35,000，且养老金缴纳总额为10%，由投资平台Bestinvest计算得出。
在职业生涯中期，出现了一系列新的原因导致工作中断，从而产生养老金缺口——生育子女、照顾年迈亲属、健康状况不佳或失业。
然后，在一个令人担忧的趋势中，越来越多55,岁和57岁的工人表示，他们在求职时因年龄歧视的AI招聘系统而难以找到工作。
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已经结婚——专门设计用于保护礼物。这些协议可以提前规定礼物或继承资金不属于婚姻财产范围。
你无法保留对这笔钱的控制权，但此类措施可以提供一定程度的保护。
这些措施并不能保证礼物在离婚时不被分割，且婚前协议和婚后协议在英格兰和威尔士并不自动具有约束力，但法院会给予它们相当的重视。
为成年子女补充养老金
如果你担心成年子女会挥霍你的慷慨礼物，可以考虑用它来为他们未来的生活做好准备。
NFU Mutual的肖恩·麦卡恩（Sean McCann）发现，越来越多的客户将礼物存入子女的养老金，将资金锁定至他们年满55,岁（到2028年4月将提高至57岁）为止。
同样，你无法保留对这笔钱的控制权，但知道他们在退休前无法动用这笔钱，你可能会睡得更安稳。
受益人还能获得你缴纳部分的税收减免，进一步增加其养老金。这相当于你的礼物自动获得20的养老金增值。高税率和附加税率纳税人还可分别申请额外20和25的减免。
如果你希望子女在退休前更早受益，为年幼子女开设青少年个人储蓄账户（Jisa）可能是一个选择。
每年最多可向该账户注入£9,000，资金可以是现金储蓄或投资——
新一轮养老金掠夺和 可能高达10%的遗产税
这些账户的增长免税。子女 可在年满16岁时接管这些账户， 并在18岁时提取资金。 赠予房产而非现金 赠予资产而非闲置现金可能意味着 您的子女或孙辈不太可能将其挥霍一空。 例如，如果您将第二套住房赠予子女， 他们可能不愿将其出售，财富管理公司Quilter的伊恩·戴尔解释道。 但这也有其陷阱。如果您继续免费使用 度假屋以谋取私利，您将触犯
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所谓的“保留权益赠与”规则。例如，麦卡恩先生表示，一对夫妇将价值£650,000的度假屋放入一份酌情信托，子女作为受益人。但如果父母继续使用该度假屋，税务局不会将该房产视为真正的赠与。
这对夫妇需要记录他们每周向信托支付£1,000的市场租金。
如果你在生前将主要住宅赠与子女，这一问题会更加突出。你可以这样做，但如果你继续免费居住在该房产中，英国税务海关总署（HMRC）将视同你从未进行过赠与。
相反，你需要选择要么停止居住，要么向受益人支付市场租金。你还需要确保在赠与房产时不要过于限制性，例如规定他们在你有生之年不能重新装修。科尔斯女士解释说，这是一个灰色地带，但可能违反“保留权益赠与”规则。此外，当然还存在风险，即如果你与子女的关系恶化，他们可能会将你赶出家门。
定期赠与闲置收入
如果你不想一次性赠与，可以通过最慷慨的遗产税免税额之一，定期进行较小金额的支付。这就像
“祖母的脚步”游戏。还记得那个老式的操场游戏吗？被指定为“祖母”的玩家面向墙壁，其他人在她背对时必须向她跑去。但祖母可以随时转身，如果她发现你在跑动，你就出局了。
当祖母面向墙壁时，你就跑。当你在工作且有能力时，进行养老金冲刺——尽可能多地投入。然后，当祖母转过身来，你被迫暂停时，你已经积累了足够的缓冲，确保退休计划仍然步入正轨。甚至可能更好。
假设你在35岁时休息了五年。到退休时，你的养老金将减少£123,400，基于之前相同的假设。但如果你在休息前的五年里将养老金缴纳额提高一倍，养老金的损失将仅为£47,600。
同样，如果你在55,岁时失业一年，到退休时养老金将减少£42,700，假设你年收入为£55,000。但如果你在失业前一年将储蓄额提高一倍，损失将仅为£32,873。稳扎稳打赢得比赛？别做梦了。开始冲刺吧。
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称为“正常开支赠与”免税条款，这些款项无需缴纳遗产税。 税务局对这类款项的认定有严格规定——必须定期支付、来源于收入而非资本，且不影响你的生活水平。
满足上述条件后，你可以无限额转移资金，无需存活七年。
你应当书面说明款项金额、支付频率，并确认款项来自结余收入。
以这种方式传承财富，能让你有机会观察受益人如何管理这笔钱。
你无法限制他们如何使用这笔钱，但可以说明赠与目的是帮助他们支付家庭开支或子女费用等。
格里芬女士表示，如果三年后你发现儿子用你的赠款支付了环球旅行，你可以停止继续支付。
或者，你也可以利用这项规定直接定期支付学费或其他家庭账单。如果日后需要这笔钱用于护理，你也可以停止支付。
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在我们这么多人都感到手头拮据的当下，看到一款名为Freecash – Earn Money的应用在苹果App Store和安卓Google Play商店中下载量名列前茅，我并不感到意外。目前，该应用在免费娱乐应用排行榜上位列第六，甚至超过了Netflix、TikTok和Disney+。
查看应用描述，更是让人心动不已。 “欢迎来到Freecash – Earn Rewards，在闲暇时间里轻松赚点小钱的有趣方式！”宣传语如此写道。 “玩你真正喜欢的游戏，回答调查问卷，在线购物，同时还能赚取真金白银——一切都在手机上完成”。
通常，我对任何声称能让你轻松在线赚钱的产品都会持怀疑态度。但这款应用在App Store上的评分高达4.6（满分5分），拥有13,000条用户评价，显然相当受欢迎。于是，我决定亲自试一试。
体验如何？ 将Freecash应用下载到我的智能手机上只花了不到一分钟，并在提示下用电子邮件地址和密码创建了个人资料。随后，应用询问我希望如何提取“现金”——PayPal、Visa、亚马逊礼品卡还是银行转账。这听起来颇有希望。
应用还想了解我通常在手机游戏中进行多少“应用内购买”、玩游戏的频率，以及当天想赚多少钱（£10、£20、£30或£40+）。此外，还问我“立即”想玩多长时间（5至15分钟、15至30分钟、45至60分钟，或60分钟以上）。
我选择在15分钟内赚取£20，并看到一系列游戏应用，包括Bingo Blitz、Board Kings、Spin N’Candy、Bingo Royal、Mahjong Cash、Animals & Cash。每个游戏下方都有一个绿色方框，标明玩该游戏能赚多少钱：“玩游戏赚取£909……£340……£633”都是可选项。
我没有贪心，选择了提供£340的Bingo Blitz。应用提示我必须通过提供的链接下载该游戏。这款游戏似乎很受欢迎，在苹果App Store的“赌场”类应用中排名第7。查看条款和条件后，发现该游戏由一家名为Playtika的公司所有。
我仍然不清楚玩游戏如何能赚到免费现金，但还是坚持了下去。这是一款在线宾果游戏，我与其他玩家一起参与。与传统宾果游戏一样，系统会随机叫出一个数字，我需要在手机屏幕上的卡片中查看是否有该数字——如果有，就点击它。
当你赢得一整张宾果卡或达成其他目标时，就能升级。由于通常至少有20名玩家同时参与，我估计可能需要玩十几局才能赢得一局并升级。
整个体验让我感到困惑。每隔几秒钟
仅仅通过 在手机上 玩游戏 赚到钱吗？
是一场派对庆祝的爆发——宝箱和珠宝在闪光中炸开——我无法理解为什么会这样。在困惑了15分钟后，我赚到了零英镑——看起来我可能需要玩上好几个小时才能赢到任何东西。不过，如果我真的赢了，现金将通过我的Freecash账户支付。
我在网上聊天室搜索，看看是否能找到有人真的通过这个游戏赚到钱。我很快意识到这可能需要我并不具备的技能水平。
“在Bingo Blitz达到70级可获得高达£55，”网名为“TightAs…”的用户在Reddit论坛上写道。他们补充说：“我一段时间前完成了这个任务，觉得非常简单。”
其他玩家，包括“Ok-Gap8360”，表示他们“玩了一天半后”完成了任务。因此，根据我的估算，一个熟练的玩家可能需要12小时才能达成目标——相当于每小时£4.58。
一位发言人表示，Freecash上这个特定的Bingo Blitz任务已不复存在。他补充说：“目前Bingo Blitz上最大的单项任务是连续80天每天玩120分钟，奖励约为£32。”
技术营销公司Dream Agility的联合创始人、前天空博彩游戏总监格林·鲍迪奇表示：“报酬微薄，但如果你喜欢这个游戏，可能还是值得的，而且有趣。”
拥有Freecash的Almedia公司发言人表示：“Freecash并不是为了让你致富，而是一个奖励平台，让用户在做他们本来就会做的事情时得到一些回报。”
Freecash表示，广告商向其支付费用，以接触其超过8000万用户群，并在其平台上推广产品。该公司称：“我们不出售用户数据。我们将部分预算以奖励形式分享给用户，奖励他们积极参与产品并达到特定里程碑，例如玩一定次数的游戏。奖励仅针对完成公开的行动和里程碑，仅此而已。”
游戏公司可能利用你来吸引更多玩家。游戏中玩家越多，吸引力越大，其他人也更有可能加入。贝叶斯商学院营销学教授、心理学家贾尼娜·斯坦梅茨表示：“与他人一起玩更有趣。人们可能看起来在独自玩手机，但其实是在社交，因为他们在与他人一起玩。这有助于解释为什么公司会为新玩家付费。”
越来越多的免费游戏应用在争夺用户。为了吸引玩家，一些应用会注册第三方机构，这些机构愿意为你的参与付费。其中包括Freecash、Benjamin、ySense、TapJoy和Inboxpounds。这些应用被设计为赚钱平台而非游戏平台——吸引那些想赚外快的人。这些人最终可能会进入游戏应用。
当被问及从游戏应用中赚取多少佣金时，Freecash未透露任何细节。然而，基于10%佣金的保守估计，如果一名玩家在Bingo Blitz达到70级赚取£55，这意味着Freecash至少收到了£61，并向玩家支付了£55。
提供“免费”游戏也可能是一个诱饵，吸引你进入后，一旦开始玩，你可能会花真金白银购买
额外积分，玩得更多，有可能达到更高等级。在《宾果闪电》（Bingo Blitz）中，我获得了八个免费代币，可用于玩经典游戏，并配有两张宾果卡。但之后我有机会购买更多代币，这能帮助我更快升至更高等级。《宾果闪电》出售的代币套餐起价为 £1.99 购买 25 个积分——并推出特别“ +200%”促销活动，以相同价格提供 75 个积分，而“最超值”套餐则为 £41.99 可获得 620 个积分。斯坦梅茨教授表示：“使用‘免费’一词是吸引你注意的绝佳方式——花一两英镑在这里或那里继续玩游戏很容易被合理化。但把所有花费加起来，最终的总额可能会让你大吃一惊。”让你注册游戏只是像 Freecash 这样的公司提供服务的一部分——它还向用户支付完成调查的报酬。营销咨询公司 Ecommerce Paradise 的创始人特雷弗·芬纳表示：“调查通常需要 20 分钟，每次报酬从 less than 50p 到 £3 不等。实际每小时收入低于 £4。”拥有《宾果闪电》的 Playtika 公司也被联系置评。
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这 是一个在考虑办公室工作时错过孩子成长里程碑时，许多父母心中都会浮现的问题。 你是否真的负担得起辞去工作，在家陪伴孩子？ 对于当今的许多家庭来说，有一位全职在家的父母似乎是一种奢侈，因为高昂的房价和沉重的账单意味着通常需要双份收入才能覆盖基本开销。 根据投资平台Moneyfarm的数据，家庭平均每年在每个孩子身上花费£13,830，即每月略高于£1,150。这其中包括托儿费用，还涵盖课外活动、服装、零花钱以及流媒体会员等科技支出。 因此，难怪全职在家父母的数量已降至150万的历史最低点，较过去30年减少了一半，官方数据如是显示。 十分之八的妈妈在产假结束后提前返回职场，称无法负担不工作的后果。这一数据来自慈善机构“怀孕后被解雇”（Pregnant Then Screwed）与“女性数据”（Women In Data）的调查。
那么，如果你想辞职，如何才能实现？《理财邮报》已通过数据分析，制定了一份储蓄计划来帮助你。
你是否负担得起？ 根据国家统计局数据分析，英国普通家庭每月在所有家庭账单上的支出为£3,500，包括租金或房贷、水电费、交通及外出就餐。 考虑到这一点，在英格兰、威尔士或北爱尔兰，一位在职父母需要税前年收入£62,000才能支付这些开销。假设他们将5%的收入用于养老金缴纳，并偿还学生贷款（许多有幼儿的父母都面临这一情况），这将使他们每年实际到手的年收入为£42,000，即每月£3,500。 你需要多少收入才能靠单人工资舒适生活，自然取决于你的生活方式，包括租金或房贷、每周食品账单、孩子的年龄以及度假和其他活动的支出。一些父母愿意放弃海外度假和外出活动等额外开销，以维持单收入生活。 居住地点也会产生巨大影响。例如，£62,000的家庭收入在英格兰东北部的购买力远高于伦敦和东南部，后者的住房成本更高。 社交媒体网站Reddit上的一则近期帖子询问家庭需要多少收入才能负担单一赚钱者，答案的差异之大可见一斑。一位受访者表示，她的丈夫年收入£6万，但在东南部背负£400,000的房贷，仍不足以维持生计。另一位则称，她的丈夫收入£65,000，而她作为全职妈妈，在林肯郡南部生活得相当舒适。
节省托儿费用 对于一些有幼儿的父母来说，高昂的托儿费用意味着留在家中可能更划算。 根据儿童慈善机构Coram 2026年年度调查，在英国，对于每周享受30小时政府资助的父母来说，两岁以下儿童全日制托儿所的平均年费为£7,738（即每月£645）。但在伦敦和东南部，即使有政府资助，费用也可能超过£20,000。 假期的费用同样高昂。根据Coram的数据，父母平均每周为每个孩子支付£191的托儿费，即六周暑假的总费用为£1,145。 理财应用Plum的个人理财专家拉詹·拉卡尼（Rajan Lakhani）表示：“如今这种情况可能较为少见，但许多家庭仍会考虑让一方父母不工作。由于高昂的托儿费用、漫长且昂贵的通勤，以及减少与孩子相处时间的个人牺牲，你可以理解为何有时让一方父母全职在家会更合理。”
保持公平 米德萨默财富（Midsummer Wealth）的特许理财规划师克莱尔·沃尔什表示，居家父母应被视为平等的财务伙伴。她说，太多情况下，一方名下拥有所有养老金和投资，而另一方在关系破裂或伴侣突然去世时会陷入经济脆弱境地。
“在做决定之前，我会鼓励夫妻将其视为家庭财务规划，而非一方的职业选择，”沃尔什说，“坐下来一起看看你们将有多少收入、支出多少、能存多少，以及如果情况变化会发生什么。
“确保双方都能了解家庭财务状况。这并不意味着所有账户都必须是共同账户，但每个人都应知道资金存放在哪里、账单如何支付，并能够动用应急资金。
“我总是鼓励居家父母在自己名下保留一些资金。
“即使在最幸福的关系中，双方保持一定的经济独立性和自信也是明智的。”
保护养老金 如果你暂时离开工作岗位，退休储蓄将受到影响，因为你将失去雇主为你的职场养老金缴纳的供款。但你可以通过申领儿童福利来确保你的国家养老金记录保持完整。每申领一年，你将获得国民保险积分，从而增加你领取国家养老金的资格。
你需要35年的合格缴款才能领取全额国家养老金，目前金额为每年£12,548（从66岁起，逐步提高至68岁）。
年收入不超过£60,000的家庭，可为第一个或独生子女每年领取£1,407，为其他子女每年领取£933，该福利在年收入达到£80,000时逐步减少至零。
确保你申请了儿童福利，以便获得国民保险积分——即使你不打算领取福利金。
特许理财规划师、维维安财富（Vivian Wealth）创始人霍莉·维维安补充说，居家父母还应考虑缴纳个人养老金。在职的伴侣可以为其缴纳。无收入者每年可向个人养老金缴纳£2,880，带来税收优惠。
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每个税收年度通过税收减免进行缴纳
将总额提升至£3,600。
这一点对于未婚人士尤为重要，因为如果分手，你可能无法获得伴侣的任何养老金。
维维安表示：“许多人认为设立养老金太过麻烦。但通过在线操作可以快速便捷地完成——而且逐年累积的缴款真的会产生很大影响。”
考虑购买人寿保险，以确保在父母一方意外去世时，能支付抵押贷款、账单和儿童保育费用。
全职妈妈Vineta Senberga（内塔·森伯加）是三个孩子的母亲，她辞去了零售公司区域经理的工作，迈出了这一步。
46岁的Vineta与丈夫和孩子住在Greater London，通过精打细算维持生计。自去年夏天开始休产假以来，她一直在家。几个月前，她正式辞去了工作。
她在零售行业工作了13年，从基层做起，最终成为负责多家门店的区域经理。她说：“我非常喜欢这份工作，原本打算休完产假后回去上班。但当我们仔细核算数字后，发现这在经济上并不划算。
‘如果支付婴儿的托儿费、双胞胎的早餐俱乐部和课后俱乐部费用、通勤费以及其他与工作相关的开销，我全职工作后实际到手的额外收入会非常少。’
为了维持生计，这个家庭依靠Vineta丈夫的收入生活。她没有透露丈夫的具体收入，但由于年收入低于£80,000，他们仍能领取儿童福利。
他们最大的开销是每月略高于£2,000的房租。其他账单包括每月£291的市政税、£164的燃气和电费、£75的水费、£140的汽油费以及£860的食品开销。这些费用总计每月£3,530。
此外还有孩子的俱乐部和活动费用，以及互联网、电视订阅和电话账单等其他开支。
“我们大幅削减了开支。我们延长物品的使用寿命，质疑每一笔购买，并努力对已有的东西感到满足，”Vineta说。“我们将丈夫的收入视为家庭共同财产，而非‘他的’钱。我们共同做出财务决策，我能完全掌握家庭财务。”
Vineta计划在可预见的未来继续留在家中，但希望能建立一个灵活的收入来源，以适应家庭生活。她现在通过Instagram账号@vineta.life记录全职妈妈的生活，已拥有超过21,000名粉丝。由于她注册了儿童福利，她正在积累国民保险缴费记录，以确保领取全额国家养老金。
她说：“作为全职妈妈，我最喜欢的是时间。我很感激能在这些早期岁月陪伴我们的宝宝，同时还能在上学前后陪伴大孩子。
‘这些年华一去不复返，所以我真的在努力享受当下。
‘最不喜欢的是财务上的不确定性。从拥有自己的工资到依赖单一收入，这是一个巨大的调整。这会让人感到相当脆弱。’
许多全职父母会通过某种方式获得少量收入——无论是通过自由职业、在Vinted等平台上出售衣物，还是创业。
这可以灵活安排，兼顾照顾孩子。
平衡之道：Vineta Senberga（内塔·森伯加，见插图）通过不工作节省了托儿所和课后俱乐部的费用
年收入最高可达 12,570 英镑，无需缴纳任何税款。此外，还有一项额外的 1,000 英镑“交易免税额”，这意味着你的免税收入可达 13,570 英镑。
32 岁的科学家雷切尔·巴克马斯特（Rachel Buckmaster）下个月即将迎来她的第一个孩子，她希望长期减少工作时间，以便有更多时间陪伴新生女儿。雷切尔计划休一年产假，然后兼职回到工作岗位。她是一位单亲妈妈，出乎意料的是，没有伴侣的收入来分担家庭开支。
来自剑桥郡的雷切尔表示，她目前全职工作的年薪为 50,000 英镑，但这无法为她和孩子提供她所期望的经济保障。她担心这笔收入不足以让两人过上舒适的生活，因为每月房租为 1,000 英镑，预计育儿费用也将达到约 1,000 英镑。因此，她希望发展自己的业务——一家名为 SlayBae 的高端礼服租赁服务。
她说：“如果业务发展顺利，我就能有更多时间在家，并有望减少工作时间。”
合理规划税务 在计算一位在职父母需要赚多少钱才能匹敌双职工家庭的收入时，人们可能会误以为只需赚取自己和另一方放弃的工资总和。但由于税制的运作方式，实际情况并非如此简单。英国税制并不利于单收入家庭。在英国，每位成年人都单独纳税，且每人每年享有 12,570 英镑的个人免税额。当两人都工作时，双方均可享受这一免税额；但若只有一人工作，家庭实际仅能享受一个免税额。
拉哈尼（Lakhani）表示：“如果目标是覆盖全职在家父母的工资，在职父母通常需要赚取远超对方税后收入两倍的金额，因为所得税和国民保险费用是从单一较高工资中扣除，而非分摊在两个免税额上。”
例如，如果两位父母目前各自年收入 35,000 英镑，他们的税后总收入为 54,130 英镑。但即使其中一人能找到一份年薪 70,000 英镑的工作，其税后收入也仅为 46,188 英镑，反而更低。一旦收入超过 100,000 英镑，个人免税额开始减少，并在收入达到 125,000 英镑时完全取消。超过 100,000 英镑的门槛后，还将失去政府提供的宝贵育儿支持，包括每周 30 小时的政府资助育儿服务。这意味着父母每年可能损失高达 20,000 英镑的免费育儿补贴。
年收入 130,000 英镑的单收入者，在扣除税款、学生贷款和 5% 养老金缴纳后，年税后收入为 70,428 英镑，即每月 5,861 英镑。相比之下，年收入总和为 130,000 英镑的夫妻（例如一人年收入 50,000 英镑，另一人 80,000 英镑）的税后总收入为 87,010 英镑，即每月 7,251 英镑——比单收入者每月多 1,382 英镑。此外，他们还能享受每周 30 小时的政府资助育儿服务，在伦敦这项福利的价值可达每年 20,000 英镑。
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国家储蓄与投资（NS&I）迫切需要吸引更多我们的现金——对储户来说是个好消息！我有信心不久之后，奖券奖金率将再次上调，NS&I也可能提高其其他储蓄产品的利率。
NS&I的任务是按政府要求在4月1日起的一年内筹集额外的150 亿英镑亿英镑（上下浮动40 亿英镑亿英镑）。但储户似乎对奖券失去了信心，销售低迷。这对NS&I来说是个问题，因为奖券是其最受欢迎的产品，占我们持有的2500 亿英镑亿英镑总额的一半以上。
与上月相比，储户在8月开奖前多提取了£29.5万英镑——尽管NS&I已从7月开奖起将奖金基金从3.3%提高至3.8%。
前两个月的表现同样不佳。4月我们仅投入了£163万英镑，远低于过去12个月£423万英镑的月均水平。5月投入金额更是暴跌至仅£20万英镑。
在本财年的前3.个月，NS&I的奖券仅吸引了£153万英镑，而去年同期为£1.4亿英镑——几乎是十倍之多。目前NS&I面临118 亿英镑亿英镑的缺口。
为达成目标，NS&I现在必须在所有产品中每三个月平均吸纳£3.93亿英镑。
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NS&I支付的利率远高于大型银行和五大建房互助协会。这里一年期最高利率来自Leeds BS的4.4%，而最低的是汇丰银行的3.7%。在NS&I的一年期保证收入债券上，该债券每月支付利息而不是在期末支付，新利率为4.60%。其保证增长债券系列包括4.70%两年期，4.三年期和4.五年期。但如果选择这些长期债券，要注意税单。它们仅在期末支付利息，这意味着整个期限内赚取的所有利息都计入您的个人储蓄免税额度（基本税率纳税人为£1,000，高税率纳税人为£500）的当年，而不是分摊到各年。保证收入债券没有此类问题，它们每月支付利息。
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您对停止邮件轰炸感到欣慰，但最近当该机构来信称怀疑您在观看iPlayer时，您几乎崩溃。在我们交谈时，您坚称从不观看直播或回放电视节目。您只用旧电视机观看大量收藏的DVD和录像带，包括《博南扎》等老剧集以及喜剧《干杯》和《比尔科军士》。您通过两台收音机获取新闻，一台调至BBC Radio 4，另一台调至世界广播电台。收听广播无需许可证。
您无法理解BBC如何得出结论，认为有人在您家使用了iPlayer。我询问了访客的情况，您提到女儿会来探望。我猜测她是否在手机上登录了iPlayer？您表示不清楚。但即使她登录了，我想她应该有自己的许可证，那么在您家偶尔登录又有什么问题呢？
规定允许持证人在未持证的他人住所观看电视，前提是设备使用自身电池供电。一旦连接到住所的电源，则可能构成违法。但在公共交通工具上插电使用不受此限制。
应我的要求，电视许可证机构展开了调查。几天后，客服与您通话后确认，问题源于一位亲戚管理您的NLN
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声明，而用于此操作的电子邮件 与他们用于登录iPlayer的邮件相同。 没有迹象表明您的亲属 在您家中访问过iPlayer。您摆脱了困境。 电视牌照管理局表示：“我们已与您的读者交谈， 并澄清了关于NLN声明的情况。 ‘在活动显示可能从该房产访问 需缴费内容后，我们进行了审查。 在确认相关事实后，我们可以 确认NLN声明仍然有效。’” 现在您可以继续观看 您最喜爱的剧集，无需担心烦人的邮件。也许 观看一集《干杯》会很合适。
2019年4月，我和伴侣乘坐易捷航空 前往马德拉度假，但由于强风， 我们返回利物浦的航班被取消。我们被告知 未来几天内不会有飞往那里的航班， 我们不得不改飞布里斯托尔。我们需要 自行安排住宿，并稍后索回费用。 易捷航空不会就取消的航班 向我们提供赔偿，并且仅报销了我们一半的费用。 T.M.，通过电子邮件 易捷航空表示道歉，并称您最初的报销申请 仅针对1位顾客，而非两位。公司已向您 发送了剩余的报销款项，并附上了善意补偿。 我们于2019年从宜家购买了整套厨房。 多年来，冰箱冷冻柜
我想在世界杯上为西班牙获胜 下注£10，我丈夫在当地的 Coral博彩店为我下了注。 投注单上写着“西班牙赢得 世界杯决赛”，而当他们赢了后， 我丈夫去领取奖金。博彩公司 拒绝支付，理由是西班牙未能 在前90分钟内获胜。这一点 在丈夫下注时并未被指出， 投注单上也未提及。我们只损失了 一小笔钱，但如果他下注£1,000呢？ 读者们需要注意。 P.S.，萨里郡沃灵厄姆 我不是体育博彩爱好者，只是偶尔 小赌一下
出现故障，仍在保修期内， 宜家更换了另一款型号。 但更换后的产品出现了类似 故障，并被制造商认定为 无法修复。宜家表示五年保修期 现已过期，但这是针对原冰箱冷冻柜的。 最新的那台使用还不到两年。 J.W.，通过电子邮件。
很久以前在英国国家大赛上下过注。 和您一样，我本以为 “西班牙赢得世界杯”的投注 没有解释空间。但事实并非如此。 看起来西班牙必须在 90分钟哨声吹响前获胜。由于 西班牙在加时赛下半场 以1-0获胜，您的投注无效。 您非常不满，并联系了 Coral的客户投诉部门。工作人员坚称 Coral遵循了店内墙上 公示的规则。即使您争辩称 收银员从未解释过该投注仅限90分钟， 投注单上也未提及任何此类
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从家庭住宅缩小规模可能会带来巨大压力，许多人之后会怀念原来的生活方式。您是否后悔搬家，还是认为这是正确的决定？请发邮件至 sally@dailymail.co.uk
尽管有这些限制，但这并未起到作用。我向Coral转达了您的不满，并提醒他们您和您的丈夫并非经常下注的赌客。Coral确认您的投注被接受，属于比赛结果市场，涉及比赛90分钟后的结果。这显然是足球和橄榄球等体育项目的标准投注方式，因为比赛可能会进入加时赛。Coral表示您的投注赔率为23 / 20，这意味着如果这一情况发生，您将获得包括本金在内的£21.70的意外之财。您当时并未意识到还有一个单独的“西班牙赢得冠军”市场，涵盖加时赛和点球大战。该市场的赔率为4 / 7，本金包括在内，将赢得£15.71，£15.71。在与门店审核此案后，Coral作为善意举措同意按照“西班牙赢得冠军”受理投注，并表示您可以领取£15.71。门店已被提醒要向不常下注的顾客更清楚地解释这些差异。9位发言人表示：“虽然根据适用的市场规则，投注结算是正确的，但我们理解为什么顾客会认为两个市场之间的区别在投注单的措辞上可能不够明确，尤其是对于那些仅在重大体育赛事上偶尔下注的人。”您对这一结果感到满意，并希望其他新手能从您的经历中吸取教训。
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6月，我通过Booking.com预订了西西里的一家酒店，并以欧元支付，但被扣款两次。该公司退还了错误的交易款项，但由于汇率和错误扣款的交易费用，我的账户现在亏损了£68.43。我通过其客服消息平台提出了问题，但对方告诉我我的银行对账单有误——但我知道并非如此。M.U.，埃塞克斯。
您已收到Booking.com的电子邮件，称额外收费的现金贷记已添加至您的账户。
我住在一条私人道路旁，紧邻一处热门海滩。夏季停车场满员时，总有人试图将车停在我们房子外面。如果我有访客到来，我会请游客不要停在那里，有时还会遭到辱骂。我是否可以在自家门外竖立“禁止停车”标志和交通锥？ 姓名及地址已提供
住在海滩旁可能非常美好，直到夏季人潮涌入，每一寸空余的道路都可能成为停车位。
私人道路不受地方议会控制或维护，而是由居住在那里的居民负责。这赋予了他们更大的权利来决定如何使用这些道路。有些允许公众步行或驾车通过，看起来你所在的街道就是这种情况；而另一些则不允许，并用大门阻挡通行。
答案取决于一个关键事实：谁拥有这条道路及你家门外的土地？有些房主拥有自家房产外的土地，而在其他情况下，这片土地可能属于另一个人、管理公司或所有居民共同所有。具体细节记载于房屋产权契约或土地登记记录中。
如果你独自拥有家门外的土地，通常可以竖立标志，说明禁止停车或该区域为私人所有。标志本身并不创造法律权利，但能让驾车者意识到未经许可停车可能构成侵入行为，并常能在无需对峙的情况下阻止潜在的停车者。
使用交通锥则需更加谨慎。一般来说，你可以在自己拥有的土地上放置锥筒以阻止停车，前提是——
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五年期固定利率 4.54% 五年期 40% 4.58% 五年期 15% West Brom 5.29% 至31 / 10 / 31 5% £0 0800 298 0008
基准利率追踪型 Nationwide 基准利率+0.38% £999 0800 302 010 Skipton 基准利率+1.00% £995 0345 850 1755 Barclays 基准利率+0.60% £999 0333 202 7580
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购房出租 HSBC 5.03% 至31 / 10 / 28 0800 494 999 Leeds 4.78% 至31 / 10 / 31 0345 045 4049 TSB 5.59% 20% £995 0800 056 1088
现金返还及福利 American Express：0800 917 8047 提供商 卡种 年利率 福利 American Express Cashback Everyday信用卡 29.10%
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它们不会阻碍他人的合法通行权或干扰出入。但—— 切勿在不属于你的土地或任何公共道路上放置锥筒。 如果有人无视标志仍然停车，请克制自己不要擅自处理。你绝不能拦截车辆、上锁或自行安排拖车，否则可能面临法律责任。实际上，一块礼貌的标志，以及在可能的情况下与邻居或居民管理公司协调一致的做法，往往是最有效的解决方案。
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我通过一家在线旅行社预订了去马略卡岛的度假。酒店没有空调，尽管预订页面上写明有空调。天气非常热，我无法入睡，于是向酒店经理投诉，经理却说酒店从未有过空调。旅行社表示这是一个错误，并称他们无能为力。 D.P.，莱德伯里 让我立刻向你保证：“这是一个错误，我们无能为力”并不是你的旅行社有权给出的答复。他们在这里责无旁贷。
前五个月消费返现5%，此后消费金额在£10,000以下返现0.5%，£10,000以上返现1% 前三个月消费返现5%，此后消费金额在£10,000以下返现0.75%，£10,000以上返现1.25%
问题的起点在于，预订页面构成了你合同的一部分。 当你基于酒店描述有空调而预订时，这便成为了你支付费用所购买的内容之一。 没有空调意味着度假与描述不符。一个“诚实的错误”并不能成为辩护理由，因为商家有责任确保其广告内容的准确性，无论错误是故意还是疏忽。 根据《2015年消费者权益法》，服务必须与描述相符。 当服务未达到标准时，你有权获得补救——在此情况下，即根据承诺与实际之间的差距获得相应的价格减免。 此外，根据适用于打包预订（如机票和酒店一起预订）的《2018年包价旅游条例》，组织者对未按描述提供或未达到标准的部分负有责任，无论过错在何方。 在马略卡岛的夏季，空调直接关系到你是否能休息和享受旅程。 睡眠受到干扰是一种真实且可获得赔偿的损失。请以书面形式向旅行社提出索赔。说明房间描述有误，援引《2015年消费者权益法》及相关《包价旅游条例》，并要求按比例赔偿。 附上显示空调的原始预订页面，以及照片或预订文件。 如果他们拒不配合，请核实旅行社是否属于行业组织ABTA，并进行投诉。不要接受这种敷衍的回复！
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家居改造 《非凡扩建》，晚8点，第四频道 说唱歌手兼房地产开发商Tinie Tempah担任这档关于房屋扩建的节目主持人，看起来有些出人意料，但他热情真诚，与遇到的人们互动融洽，这一点值得称赞。本周，他来到萨里郡，见到了热爱派对的纳兹和艾丽西娅（与Tinie合影），他们将自己的家改造成了马贝拉风格的豪华住宅——配有舞池、火坑和户外厨房。他们的预算？足足3.5英镑！而在另一个极端，Tinie随后见到了一对夫妇，他们正试图在伦敦西南部的联排房屋中打造一个中式庇护所，将传统美学与实验性木结构建筑相结合。
6.00 《早餐》 9.30 《动物园》（AD,R） 10.15 《追踪、定位、找回我的车》（R） 10.45 《专家证人》（R） 11.15 《锤下求屋》（AD,R） 苏格兰、英格兰和威尔士的公寓。 12.15 《淘宝大行动》（AD,R）克里斯蒂娜·特雷瓦尼恩主持，来自雷克瑟姆。 1.00 《BBC一时新闻》；天气 1.35 《BBC地方新闻》；天气 1.45 《BBC一时新闻》；天气 2.00 《变废为宝》 萨拉·摩尔尝试通过翻新展示柜来欺骗眼睛。 2.45 《逃离乡村》（R） 索纳莉·沙阿游览英格兰中部地区。 3.45 《竞价室》 一件小包裹揭示了400年的迷人历史，房间内不止一件物品与皇室有关联。 4.30 《今日答题》 今日参赛队需区分《艾默戴尔》和《加冕街》。 5.15 《无意义》（R） 康妮·胡克与亚历山大·阿姆斯特朗共同主持问答节目。 6.00 《BBC六时新闻》；天气 6.30 《BBC地方新闻》；天气
7.00 《一台秀》 由亚历克斯·琼斯和弗农·凯主持。 7.30 《东区人》（AD） 马克试图赢得劳伦的注意，而希拉则开始实施她的计划。
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8.00 《修理店》（AD,R） 专家们修复一对阿森纳海布里球场的原装座椅、一枚二战时期的挂坠、一本1909年的商店账簿，以及一个模型村庄中的小教堂。
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9.00 《全天候谋杀》（AD） 第二集（共两集）。纪录片跟踪警方试图对马修·乔纳森的谋杀案提起诉讼——以及一枚脚印如何成为突破口。
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10.00 《BBC十点新闻》 10.30 《BBC地方新闻》 （随后为天气） 10.40 《诚邀出席》（2025年）（15） ◆ 首播。两场不同的婚礼派对发现他们在同一天预订了同一个梦想场地。喜剧，由威尔·法瑞尔和瑞茜·威瑟斯彭主演，杰拉尔丁·维斯瓦纳森、梅雷迪思·哈格纳和吉米·塔特罗参演。
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12.25 《热门歌曲榜名人特辑》（R） 克洛伊·伯罗斯、说唱歌手艾奇、《角斗士》明星萨伯和尼特罗，以及《艾默戴尔》演员丽莎·赖利和多米尼克·布朗特尝试说出尽可能多的热门歌曲和艺人。1.10 《本周天气展望》 1.15 《BBC新闻》
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《急诊室24 / 7：分秒必争》 / 《999：危急状态》 晚上8点 / 9点，第五频道
本周再次突显NHS面临的压力。乔护士长负责巴恩斯利急诊中心的枢纽部门，但该部门已满员，且无空床位。正当一张床位空出时，它很快又被占用，因为一起紧急情况正在赶来——前护士桑德拉在家中从楼梯摔下，疑似
6.30 《不劳而获》（重播） 7.15 《竞价室》（重播） 8.00 《日本铁路奇观》（AD,BSL,重播）东京至仙台。 8.30 《欧洲大陆铁路之旅》（AD,BSL,重播）撒丁岛篇。 9.00 BBC新闻 1.00 《理查德·奥斯曼的游戏之家》（重播）肖恩·弗莱彻、路易丝·明钦、克里斯·华盛顿和金伯利·怀亚特继续展开较量。 1.30 《终点线》（重播）问答节目。 2.15 《你了解你的家乡吗？》（重播）弗农·凯将聚焦他的家乡博尔顿。 2.45 板球：《百球大战》特伦特火箭女队 vs 伯明翰凤凰女队（Start-time 3pm）。转播自诺丁汉特伦特桥球场。去年两队在埃德巴斯顿交锋时，凤凰队赢得掷硬币并选择先击球，最终得分148 / 5,，这一成绩足以确保胜利，因为火箭队尽管纳特·斯卡弗-布伦特以40球击出64分，仍以11分之差落败。
6.00 板球：《百球大战》特伦特火箭男队 vs 伯明翰凤凰男队（Start-time 6.30pm）。转播自诺丁汉特伦特桥球场。上赛季两队在埃德巴斯顿交锋时，火箭队以6 wicket victory，这在很大程度上归功于快速投球手洛基·弗格森，他用20球拿下3个三柱门，帮助将凤凰队限制在122 / 6,，火箭队提前22球完成超越。
9.30 《阿波罗现场》（重播）瑞亚·莉娜主持喜剧秀，介绍喜剧演员露西·博蒙特和乔什·普格的脱口秀表演。
10.00 《重大案件——殡仪馆恐怖事件》（AD）揭露一名负债累累的殡仪员如何背叛哀伤的家庭。 10.30 《新闻之夜》维多利亚·德比希尔主持当日事件分析。（随后为天气预报）
11.05 《怪异事件》（AD,重播）一栋学生公寓被认为闹鬼，其中一股恶意实体是丹尼·罗宾斯遇到过的最令人不安的案例之一。
12.05 《家庭中的恶魔：露比·弗兰克的堕落》（AD,重播）露比与乔迪的合作关系加深，共同重塑家庭。 12.55 《阿米蒂维尔：起源故事》（AD,BSL,重播）罗尼·德费奥 Jr 被控谋杀。 1.50 《这里是BBC2》 1.55
踝关节脱臼。患者接踵而至，希瑟·索登医生接诊的患者包括82岁的莱斯，他在当地慈善商店晕倒，以及5,岁的博迪，嘴唇受伤。第五频道医疗双剧的下半场则是更为紧张的场面，外科医生处理生死攸关的情况。急需治疗的患者包括一名在迎面车祸后可能瘫痪的6,号护士；一名23岁因严重哮喘发作的患者；以及一名需要进行危及生命的手术以切除头部肿瘤的男子。幸运的是，他们都在安全的手中。
6.00 《早安英国》 10.00 《今日秀》 1.30 新闻；天气预报 1.55 地方新闻；天气预报 2.00 《迪金森的真实交易》（AD,重播）大卫·迪金森和团队来到奥尔德姆，西蒙·施耐德被迫为一对精美烛台一掷千金。 3.00 《交易与否》（AD,重播）斯蒂芬·马尔赫恩主持，参赛者詹姆斯尝试按正确顺序打开22个红盒子，挑战臭名昭著的银行家，争取赢得改变人生的£10,000现金大奖；地方天气预报 4.00 《临界点》（重播）本·谢泼德主持这档街机主题问答节目，参赛者将代币投入四个滑槽之一，希望赢得£10,000的头奖。 5.00 《追逐》（重播）来自格拉斯哥的约翰、萨里的阿努莎、埃塞克斯的特蕾西和莱斯特的哈尼什联手，希望四个大脑能战胜一个。 6. 地方新闻；天气预报 6.30 新闻；天气预报
7.30 《一锤定音：银行家的终极对决》 斯蒂芬·马尔赫恩重温詹姆斯和杰克与银行家的较量。
8.00 《艾默戴尔》（AD） 决定为狗举行一场隆重的丁格尔式告别仪式。 8.30 《加冕街》（AD） 劳伦让贝齐自生自灭。
9.00 《谁想成为百万富翁？》（R） 由杰里米·克拉克森主持的大奖问答节目，又一批参赛者将回答可能改变他们人生的问题。
10.00 新闻（随后为天气预报） 10.30 地方新闻 （随后为天气预报） 10.45 《寻亲记：无迹可寻》（,R） 帮助一名在莱斯特公用电话亭被发现的新生女婴。
11.45 《议会》（R） 说唱歌手艾奇接受一群神经多样性人士组成的小组采访。
12.10 电视购物 3.00 《爱与死》（,BSL,R） 艾伦发现贝蒂的电话无人接听，感到担忧。 3.50 《朗廷酒店内幕：英国首家豪华酒店》（,BSL,R） 4.15 《ITV轻松时刻》 5.35 《汤姆·克里奇烹饪意大利》（,,R） 这位厨师在翁布里亚寻找松露。
6.30 《皇后之王》（,R） 7.45 《人人都爱雷蒙德》（,R） 喜剧三集连播。 9.10 《欢乐一家亲》（,R） 四集连播。 11.10 《地狱厨房美国版》（R） 戈登·拉姆齐尝试帮助德克萨斯州乔治敦的一家英式酒吧。 12.05 第四频道新闻摘要 12.10 《淘宝修缮大作战》（,R） 亨利·科尔和西蒙·奥布莱恩造访萨福克。 1.10 《大房改造》（R） 装修师塞里和丹妮接手安格尔西的一栋复式平房。 2.10 《倒计时》 阿德·阿德皮坦加入苏茜·登特的词典角。 3.00 《阳光下的家园》（R） 本·希尔曼帮助黛布和史蒂夫在西班牙阿尔梅里亚寻找永久住所。 4.00 《佩内洛普·基斯拯救乡村庄园》（,R） 什罗普郡伊丽莎白时代的皮奇福德庄园附近出现塌陷坑。 5.00 《城堡DIY》（,R） 蒂姆和萨沙在改造后的酒桶空间照明问题上意见不合。 6.00 《美国淘荒客》（,R） 迈克向街机游戏女王“吉普赛奶奶”发起攻势。
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8.00 《超级改造：豪宅扩建》（） 一对夫妇将他们的萨里郡住宅打造成马贝拉风格的派对场所，配有舞池和泳池屋。此外，伦敦还展示了实验性的中国木结构建筑。
9.00 《未宣之战》（） 芭芭拉受到查理的密切关注，GCHQ发生悲剧。丹尼、萨拉和罗兹试图帮助瓦迪姆逃脱，丹尼还发现了一个震惊世人的秘密。
10.00 《未宣之战》（） 丹尼孤注一掷纠正错误，罗兹和团队争分夺秒查明恶意软件的搜索目标。本系列最终集。
11.00 24 《24小时急诊室》（,R） 一名21岁男子在摩托车事故后被紧急送医，腿部和肺部受伤。一名69岁的“闭锁综合征”患者呼吸困难。
12.05 《名人追捕》（,,R） 1.00 《名人追捕》（,,R） 1.50 《地狱厨房美国版》（,R） 2.40 《独裁者：希特勒访谈录》（,,R） 3.30 《多佛24 / 7：英国最繁忙港口》（,,R） 4.30 《梦想改造家》（,,R） 5.20 《爱它还是卖它：精彩改造》（,,R） 5.50 《倒计时》（R） 7
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珍贵回忆 《修理店》，晚上8点，BBC1 在2025年的这一集中，首先进入谷仓的是一对来自阿森纳海布里球场装饰艺术风格西看台的旧座椅，它们曾被迈克尔的祖父和家族三代人温暖过。索纳兹·努兰瓦里能否将它们恢复昔日光彩？专家们还将施展魔法，修复一枚吊坠、一本家族经营商店的账簿，以及一座曾属于萨默塞特一座神奇模型村庄的手工微型小教堂。
影片推荐 《诚邀您的光临》，晚上10.40，BBC1 瑞茜·威瑟斯彭和威尔·法瑞尔（如图）在片中饰演因婚礼场地被双重预订而争执不休的对手，这部影片以怀旧风格呈现，由一位溺爱女儿的父亲与一位意志坚定的女性之间滑稽的“恨恨”化学反应推动剧情。
第五频道
6.00 《牛奶秀！》 《小猪佩奇》（重播） 6.10 《特威迪与弗拉夫》（重播） 6.15 《奥多》（重播） 6.20 《托马斯和朋友们》（重播） 6.35 《消防员萨姆》（重播） 6.45 《小猪佩奇》（重播） 6.50 《皮普和波西》（重播） 7.00 《汪汪队立大功》（重播） 7.10 《动起来，牛奶秀！》（重播） 7.20 《拉布尔和团队》（重播） 7.35 《小猪佩奇》（音频描述，重播） 7.45 《蒂姆·雷克斯在太空》（音频描述，重播） 8.00 《斯坦和奶奶》（重播） 8.15 《汪汪队立大功》（重播） 8.30 《帕丁顿熊历险记》（重播） 8.40 《小小王国：本和霍利》（重播） 8.50 《袋鼠海滩》 9.05 《小猪佩奇》（音频描述，重播） 9.10 《蒂姆·雷克斯在太空：合唱曲目》 9.15 《杰里米·瓦因》 11.30 《风暴与亚历克西斯》 12.45 5 《午间第五新闻》 12.50 《马特·奥尔赖特》 2.15 《名为谋杀的小镇》（2023年） （PG级）● 惊悚片，主演凯莉·鲁勒和亚历克斯·特朗布尔。 影片
4.00 《城堡》（重播） 卡斯尔的一位老同学被谋杀。 4.55 《自然之爱》（重播） 探访外赫布里底群岛圣基尔达岛上的大西洋海鹦群落。 5.00 《第五新闻》 丹·沃克主持 6.00 《马略卡岛：阳光下的一年》（重播） 厨师马克·福什致力于推广岛上的农产品。 6.55 《第五新闻最新动态》
7.00 《汽车扣押警察》（重播） 跟踪被扣押的汽车，独家进入汽车扣押场、警察部队、地方议会执法机构及全国性组织。 7.55 5 《第五新闻最新动态》
8.00 《急诊24 / 7：每一秒都重要》 前护士桑德拉因疑似脚踝脱臼被送入医院，急救人员紧急接诊一名心率危险偏低的70岁老人。本系列最后一集。
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9.00 999 《999：危急情况》 夏洛特在车祸后可能瘫痪，格雷厄姆需接受危及生命的手术，切除头部肿瘤。
10.00 《救护车：红色警报》（音频描述，重播） 急救人员接到报警，一名男子在酒店浴室晕倒，两名摩托车手迎面相撞，以及一名腿部骨折的女子。
11.05 《死因》（重播） 兰开夏郡警方调查一名男子的尸体在田野中被发现的案件。他的一只耳朵缺失，且被发现时躺在自己的威灵顿靴上。
12.05 《急诊室午夜档》（音频描述，重播） 1.00 《邮轮电视与爱旅游》（重播） 2.00 《全科医生：幕后故事》（重播） 2.50 《城堡》（重播） 3.40 《老友记》（重播） 4.10 《老友记》（重播） 4.35 《高地兽医》（英国手语，重播） 5.25 《第五频道娱乐新闻》 5 5.35 《米洛》（英国手语，重播） 5.45 《帕丁顿熊历险记》（英国手语，重播）
硅谷现在不妨直接放弃算了。 在投入了数百万台计算机、 数十亿美元和数万亿千瓦的能源用于人工智能动画后， 成果依然看起来完全不真实。 为了让历史栩栩如生， 在《维多利亚时代》节目中， 主持人罗布·林德和露丝·古德曼 使用人工智能生成了 我们祖先工作和娱乐的画面。 其中一幕展示了约克郡山谷中 一条正在修建的铁路线， 数百名挥舞着镐头的铁路工人 像蚂蚁般忙碌。 另一幕描绘了斯卡伯勒的海滩， 挤满了乘火车前来的游客。 这两幅画面看起来 与现实的相似度， 不亚于万花筒图案之于彩色玻璃窗。 眼睛能立刻分辨出它们是假的， 甚至在大脑反应过来之前。 这些片段非但没有向我们展示一个被遗忘的世界， 反而成了干扰。我无法集中注意力 听历史学家们在说什么，
夜晚的浓重口音： 那不勒斯犯罪剧集 《戈摩拉：起源》（Sky Atlantic） 是今年意大利最受欢迎的节目—— 但许多意大利人承认需要 开启字幕才能看懂。 那不勒斯本地人的方言 与标准意大利语差异极大， 连同胞都难以理解。
因为虚假的画面实在太过拙劣， 令人着迷。 当电脑放大面部时， 情况变得更糟。一切都略显失真—— 光线、焦点、动作， 尤其是眼神中缺乏生气。 如果这就是人工智能的最佳水平， 我们无需担心这种垃圾会统治世界。 它最多只能让电视节目 变得稍微差一点。 露丝和罗布在采用传统方法时 更具娱乐性， 他们深入研究了180年前的文献， 讲述19世纪40年代的铁路热潮， 以及让众多投资者破产的股市崩盘—— 包括金融家乔治·哈德森。 他因筹集资金建设英国首个铁路网络而声名大噪， 以至于杜莎夫人蜡像馆为他制作了蜡像—— 后来又在所有人血本无归时将其熔毁。 罗布对哈德森新贵派对的行程单惊叹不已： 晚上10.点为早到的宾客准备潘趣酒， 11.点开始华尔兹舞会， 凌晨1.点则是一场盛宴，
北爱尔兰电视节目变化 BBC2：9.30pm 《乐队》。埃德和维奥莱特·肯尼分享他们的移民故事。本季最后一集。 UTV：10.45pm 《UTV在弗莱赫音乐节》。11.15 《朗汉酒店内幕：英国第一家豪华酒店》。 11.45 《交易与否：银行家的最佳对决》。
威尔士电视节目变化 BBC1：8.00pm 《节俭大作战》。8.30 《我们的生活：乐队中最后的矿工》。10.40 《卧底调查：癌症疗法还是骗局？》保罗·希尼展开调查。11.00 电影：《诚邀出席》（2025）（15）。12.45am 《名人点唱榜》。1.30 BBC新闻。 S4C：6.00am 《Cyw》。10.00 《数字积木》。10.05 《Crawc和他的朋友们》。10.15 《Deian和Loli》。10.30 《2026年威尔士国家音乐节》。12.00 《S4C新闻》。 12.05 《2026. 威尔士国家音乐节》。2.00 《S4C新闻》。2.05 《2026. 威尔士国家音乐节》。4.00 《2026. 威尔士国家音乐节》。 5.30 《2026. 威尔士国家音乐节》。7.30 《S4C新闻与天气》。7.50 《2026. 威尔士国家音乐节》。9.45 《众生之声》。 10.45 《2026. 帐篷文学》。11.15 《2026. 健身房》。
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《与罗伯·林德和露丝·古德曼一起探索维多利亚时代》 （第五频道）HHIII
以龙虾酥盒和海龟汤开场，以覆盆子奶油甜点结束，并伴有香槟直至黎明。 “我想我会和哈德森夫妇成为朋友，”罗伯宣布道。看到乔治笨拙的妻子伊丽莎白穿着一件袖子如羊腿般蓬松的连衣裙时，他不禁皱起了眉头。
时尚并非哈德森夫人的强项。一位尖刻的宾客形容她为“穿着黄色长袍、戴着琥珀色帽子、插着红花的胖女人”。 本集是第五频道《富人生活，穷人生活》系列节目的一部分，这意味着露丝不厌其烦地向我们讲述维多利亚时代工人阶级的艰辛生活，以及国家的财富是如何建立在他们的劳动之上的，还有其他中学水平的陈词滥调。
修建铁路隧道的工人们唯一能让自己坚持下去的方法就是喝啤酒——平均每天喝8品脱，尽管有些人被报道称每天喝下超过30品脱。三十品脱……他们肯定醉得不省人事了。
《泰德·拉索》，Apple TV 2023年，我们都以为《泰德·拉索》已经彻底完结。但告别成功谈何容易，三年后，这部Apple喜剧回归，推出第四季共10集。故事开篇，泰德在中西部一家超市工作，以便能有更多时间陪伴儿子，但足球教练的召唤对拉索来说总是强烈的——没过多久，这位乐观的美国人又回到了英国，执教里士满女子足球队。第四季将围绕在一个如此重视男子足球的世界中，让女子足球运转起来所面临的挑战展开。
全新美剧 《斯特林角》，Amazon Prime Video 这部剧表面看起来像是一部青少年剧，但其剧本写得极为出色，吸引了更广泛的观众。故事讲述了年轻、拘谨的纽约人安妮（艾拉·鲁宾饰，图中与阿梅莉·赫弗尔合影），她的暑期计划被打乱，且多年来一直与同一位同性男友在学校交往。一天，她得知外祖父去世——关于这边家族的秘密开始慢慢浮出水面。她的父亲对此只字不提，于是安妮前往外祖父生前居住的加拿大小岛，
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5ACTION Freeview 33 Sky 150 11.45am 电影：《灰熊之夜》（1966）（U）1.50pm 电影：《草原大盗》（1959）（PG）4.00 《高速公路》5.00 《高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者》6.00 《警察拦截者》8.00 《高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者》9.00 《警察拦截者》10.00 《警察：999夜班》11.00 《X档案》 BBC THREE Freeview 23 Sky 115 Virgin 107 7.00pm 《追赶时光》7.05 《致命60》8.00 《极速前进》10.00 《盖伊·蒙哥马利的拼字比赛》11.35 《恐龙》 喜剧中心 Freeview 11.
Sky 112 Virgin 132 中午12点 《上位之手》 1.05 《不切实际的小丑》 《夏日假期》 1.35 《老友记》 9.00 《迈克尔·麦金泰尔大秀》 10.00 《八人中有八猫》 11.40 《Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA》
DISCOVERY Sky 125 Virgin 177 上午11:00 《离网建造》 下午1:00 《杰夫医生：落基山兽医》 3.00 《制造过程》 5.00 《阿拉斯加：家园救援》 7.00 《安特·安斯泰德大师机械师》 9.00 《大白鲨 vs 虎鲸》 10.00 《侏罗纪鲨鱼》 11.00 《阿拉斯加三角》
E4（日间） Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 上午11:00 《甲板下》 中午12点 《辛普森一家》 2.00 《布鲁克林九九》 3.00 《摩登家庭》 5.00 《辛普森一家》 6.30 《Hollyoaks》
5STAR（日间） Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 中午12点 《交通警察》 2.00 《警察拦截者》 5.00 《顺手牵羊：当场抓获》 6.00 《家有芳邻》
5 SELECT Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 上午11:55 《万物有灵》 下午1:00 《她写谋杀》 3.00 《神探可伦坡》 4.35 《与托尼·罗宾逊乘火车环游世界》 5.00 《欧洲名园》 6.00 《英国伟大船舰》 7.00 《本·福格尔：荒野新生活》 9.00 《安吉拉·里彭的河轮假期》
更上一层楼。 换句话说， 这是一个弱者逆袭的故事， 而这正是这部剧最初的定位。 杰森·苏戴奇斯、汉娜·沃丁汉、 朱诺·坦普尔和布雷特·戈德斯坦 回归饰演泰德、丽贝卡、基莉 和满口脏话的老罗伊·肯特， 新加入的演员包括《性教育》中的 塔妮娅·雷诺兹（与苏戴奇斯合影） 饰演助理教练爱丽丝。留意剧中 一些现实世界女子足球的元素， 因为制作团队在拍摄过程中咨询了 真正的球员，如“母狮”利亚·威廉森， 以确保剧集能反映女子足球的真实主题和问题。 新剧集每周更新。
而一段发现之旅也随之展开， 包括与她素未谋面的妹妹相遇。 在成人演员阵容中，留意《行尸走肉》 的杰弗里·迪恩·摩根饰演的粗犷但善良的乔， 以及米茜·派尔饰演的丹妮丝， 她喝醉时会变得异常口无遮拦。
10.00 《守信》 11.05 《囚犯：女子监狱》
5 USA（日间） Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 中午12点 《法律与秩序》 6.00 《海军罪案调查处》
FOOD NETWORK UK Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 下午1:00 《詹姆斯·马丁的英国大冒险》 3.00 《发型师骑士西行》 4.00 《杰米的省钱餐》 5.00 《拓荒女》 6.00 《詹姆斯·马丁的英国大冒险》 7.00 《英国烘焙大赛》 9.00 《苏菲·格里格森：意大利风味》 10.00 《杰米烹饪意大利》 11.00 《食客、路边餐厅与车中餐》
GREAT! TV Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 中午12点 《草原小屋》 1.00 《沃尔顿一家》 4.00 《草原小屋》 6.00 《哈米什·麦克白》 7.00 《风流医生俏护士》 9.00 电影：《阿加莎·克里斯蒂之加勒比海疑云》（1983年）（PG级） 11.00 《风流医生俏护士》
ITV2（日间） Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 下午12:10 《一掷千金》 1.10 《超市大扫荡》 2.10 《美国地板》 3.10 《唯有埃塞克斯》 4.10 《盐湖城主妇》 5.00 《橙县主妇》 6.00 《名人猜词》
ITV3（日间） Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 上午11:30 《心跳》 下午1:35 《梅森谋杀案》 3.35 《经典艾默戴尔》 4.40 《经典加冕街》 5.50 《心跳》
ITV4（日间） Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 上午10:15 《职业特工队》 11.25 《侠盗罗宾汉》 中午12:30 《夏威夷神探》 2.35 《邓普西与梅克皮斯》 3.40 《布恩》 4.50 《职业特工队》 5.55 《老千》
MORE4（日间） Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 下午12:40 《请与我共进晚餐》 3.20 《四人同床》 5.50 《汽车SOS》
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同声歌唱 《山谷之声》 晚上8点，Sky Arts 镜头跟随来自威尔士的三支合唱团， 包括来自登比郡的弗龙西西尔特男声合唱团， 记录他们为日历上的重要活动做准备， 这档全新系列节目由此展开。
澳式喜剧 《盖伊·蒙哥马利的盖伊拼字大赛》 晚上10点，BBC3 盖伊·蒙哥马利与助手亚伦·陈 回归这档喜剧游戏节目的第二季。 汉娜·加斯比和劳埃德·朗福德加入嘉宾阵容， 接受拼字挑战。
调查节目 2.00 《希特勒的最后一搏》 4.00 《埃及失落的宝藏》 5.00 《原子幽灵舰队：海洋排水》 6.00 《纳粹的秘密科学》 7.00 《空难调查》 8.00 《古希腊失落的宝藏》 9.00 《海洋排水：深潜》 10.00 《古代医学的奥秘》 11.00 《空难调查》
PBS AMERICA Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 1.00 《丰饶的美国》 1.35 《征服者：兴衰》 2.35 《希特勒的黄金》 3.35 《海盗：传奇背后》 4.35 《铁幕：在苏联占领下的生活》 5.50 《希特勒的黄金》 6.50 《征服者：兴衰》 7.50 《海盗：传奇背后》 8.50 《铁幕：在苏联占领下的生活》 10.00 《希特勒的黄金》 11.00 《海盗：传奇背后》
REALLY Freeview 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12:00 《约克郡拍卖行》 2.00 《修理店》 3.00 《寻宝猎人》 5.00 《失散家庭：无迹可寻》 6.00 《修理店》 7.00 《约克郡拍卖行》 8.00 《古董寻宝之旅》 9.00 《失散家庭》 10.00 《你以为你是谁？》 11.00 《救命！我的房子闹鬼了》
** ARTS** Freeview 36 122 Virgin 123 1.00 《意料之外的故事》 2.00 《希区柯克剧场》 3.00 《七十年代》 4.00 《发现：詹姆斯·柯本》 5.00 《2021. 年度肖像艺术家精选》 6.00 《意料之外的故事》 7.00 《希区柯克剧场》 8.00 《山谷之声》 9.00 《布林·特菲尔：凯尔特贝多芬》 10.25 《大河之舞25周年纪念演出》
** ATLANTIC** 108 Virgin 111 10.20 《激烈对抗》 12.30 《杀戮：街头生涯》 2.30 《亿万风云》 4.40 《激烈对抗》 6.50 《企鹅》 9.00 《龙之家族》 10.15 《车站十一号》
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6 9（苏格兰 24） 时间 BBC 4 E4 ITV2
广播4台 FM：92.4-94.6兆赫 5.00 新闻摘要。 5.04 《BBC内幕科学》。 5.32 天气。 5.34 航运预报。 5.43 《今日祈祷》。 5.45 《今日农业》。 6.00 《今日》。 9.00 《侧道》。 9.30 《打破循环》。 10.00 《女性时间》。 11.00 《档案4调查》： 《罗马尼亚赎金》。 11.40 《本周历史》。 11.45 《托尼·霍克斯一无所予》。继承纠纷的增加趋势。 12.00 新闻。 12.04 《你与你的》。 12.57 天气。 1.00 《世界一瞥》。 1.45 《生活必需品》。 丹·理查兹探访 洛克泰湖上的苏格兰克兰诺格中心。 2.00 《弓箭手》。 2.15 广播剧：《联合王国》。 3.00 《珍贵宝石》。 5. 《大道5号》。1.30 《正直》。2.45 《威尔与格蕾丝》。3.45 《黑客》。5.00 《社区》。 6.00 《威尔与格蕾丝》。7.00 《办公室》（美版）。8.00 《不情愿的房东》。9.00 《上周今夜秀》约翰·奥利弗主持。9.45 《艾莉·泰勒：闲聊！》。10.45 《黑客》。 天空纪录片频道
天空114频道 维珍121频道 12.00 《亦称周先生》。1.50 《我的偶像：帕姆·库基》。2.00 电影：《喷火战斗机》（2018）（PG级）。4.00 《导演们》。5.00 《发现：布鲁斯·威利斯》。5.55 《肯尼迪：被背叛的命运》。7.00 《解剖外星人丑闻》。8.00 《模糊乐队：至终点》。10.00 《被诱骗：谎言背后的真相》。11.00 《邮局谋杀案》。 天空历史频道
《伟大的英国铁路之旅》 迈克尔·波蒂略探索约克
《韦恩赖特漫步》 攀登险峻的布伦卡斯拉山
《古罗马珍宝》 罗马人对性与暴力的痴迷
《玛丽·比尔德回忆录》—— 《终极罗马：无限帝国》
9.10 《玛丽·比尔德的终极罗马：无限帝国》 学者探讨罗马帝国的神话与革命
10.10 《我，克劳迪亚斯》 为年轻的克劳迪亚斯安排婚姻。 主演：德里克·雅可比、席安·菲利普斯、 布莱恩·布莱塞德和乔治·贝克
11.05 《我，克劳迪亚斯》 奥古斯都得知莉薇拉的谎言
11.55 《古罗马珍宝》 罗马人对暴力的痴迷（至12.55）
晚上9点，广播二台
贝尔法斯特今年首次举办爱尔兰全岛弗莱德音乐节，庆祝爱尔兰音乐与文化。马克·拉德克利夫在该市的阿尔斯特音乐厅，聆听今年“潮起潮落”音乐会的演出，该音乐会由阿尔斯特管弦乐团及包括多纳尔·奥康纳在内的艺术家共同呈现，并有杜克·斯佩舍尔和约翰·麦克谢里，以及竖琴演奏家尤娜·莫纳汉的加入。他还见到了丽莎·坎尼（图中）——一位七届全爱尔兰竖琴和班卓琴冠军，以及尼娅姆·欣奇，两人以二人组“绝对轻快”（Absolute Lilt）的身份演唱；她们还向马克介绍了她们的全女性音乐团体“Biird”。
3.30 《不可靠的叙述者》。一名失忆的男子。 4.00 《罪恶的力量》。一名导致登山事故的男子。 4.15 《媒体秀》。 5.00 《今日下午》；天气。 6.00 《六点新闻》。 6.30 《最佳良药》。免费皮瓣手术、普拉提和坚持的力量。
《楼层大战：美国版》节目正在执行一项任务，试图击败一名主要玩家，但他们能否找到一个“大卫”来摧毁这位“歌利亚”？
1%俱乐部 由李·麦克主持的智力问答节目，问题涉及逻辑和常识，100名参赛者有机会赢取高达£100,000的奖金。
《恶搞之家》布莱恩和斯图伊探访平行宇宙
《恶搞之家》洛伊丝发现自己是犹太人
《恶搞之家》彼得为移民权利发声
《恶搞之家》布莱恩的新女友离开
11.05 《恶搞之家》 彼得迷上了一首1963年的热门歌曲
11.35 《美国老爹》 斯坦决定采取行动解决自己的秃头问题（至12.05）
7.00 《弓箭手》。切尔西即将面临心碎。 7.15 《前线》。与斯托卡德·钱宁、杰夫·惠蒂一同欣赏马迪和马库斯·赖斯的现场表演。 8.00 《反社会》。亚当·弗莱明讨论英国国民医疗服务体系对外国工作者的依赖。
《霍利奥克斯》维基隐瞒真相
《辛普森一家》玛吉和丽莎在首都城市遇见一位舞台明星
《范德庞普法则》新主持人安杰莉卡在年度SUR摄影活动中吸引了贾森的注意。娜塔莉和谢恩首次约会
《古古尔秀》嘉宾们对《我是名人，快救我出去！》、《英国烘焙大赛》、《王冠》、《家庭财富》、《哺乳动物》、《爱情盲目》及《今晨》节目发表深思熟虑的看法
《古古尔秀》沙发评论员们观看了包括《王冠》、《我是名人，快救我出去！》及《你不会相信这个》在内的节目
ITV4 MORE4 SKY MIX QUEST U&DAVE U&DRAMA 5STAR 5USA
6.55 《警心谍影》 艾登斯菲尔德的警员们试图查明一系列入室盗窃案，案犯仅偷窃特定物品
《侦探米德萨默》 《马鞍上的鲜血》：一场土地纠纷在米德萨默村的西部牛仔节上引发谋杀，节日由“狂野西部协会”主办。特邀出演肯尼斯·克兰纳姆，约翰·内特尔斯和杰森·休斯
《格兰彻斯特》 一名学生被发现死亡，威尔和乔治必须潜入校园政治的世界寻找凶手
《格兰彻斯特》 威尔和伦纳德目睹一起肇事逃逸案
11.50 《审判与报复》 一名教师被发现死亡（至 12.50）
8.45 《希望咖啡馆》。全科医生苏珊·塔赫里谈论“成长良好花园” 9.00 《无形之手》。讲述一名男子如何挑起冷战的故事 9.30 《健康内幕》。詹姆斯·加拉格尔揭示最新研究 10.00 《今夜世界》 10.45 《睡前读书：威克菲尔德的牧师》
神秘剧集 11. 《超感神探》 12. 《哈德逊与雷克斯》 4.00 《尸体证据》 5.00 《私家侦探》 6.00 《书虫》 7.00 《天堂岛疑云》。内维尔坠入爱河 8.00 《神父布朗》。一群知名作家受邀前往蒙塔古 9.10 《私家侦探》 10.10
U&DAVE（日间节目） Freeview 19 频道 Sky 111 频道 Virgin 127 频道 上午11.20 《育空淘金热》 中午12.20 《极速前进》 下午2.20 《莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：垂钓之旅》 3.00 《马丁·克鲁斯：澳大利亚群岛》 4.00 《里克·斯坦：从威尼斯到伊斯坦布尔》 6.00 《发型师兄弟的英伦美食》
U&DRAMA（日间节目） Freeview 20 频道 Sky 143 频道 Virgin 116 频道 上午11.45 《警务风云》 中午12.45 《经典东区人》 2.00 《邻居》 3.00 《天空馅饼》 4.05 《洛夫乔伊》 5.20 《似水流年》 6.00 《最后的夏日美酒》
澳洲淘宝客 卢卡斯·卡拉汉和亚当·麦克唐纳探访一批被评为澳大利亚最佳的澳洲纪念品收藏
《追逐者大挑战》——名人特辑 尼什·库马尔、克里斯·麦考斯兰、玛丽·厄普斯和亚历山大·阿姆斯特朗参与
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《机械战警》（1987,18） 一名被谋杀的警员被改造成机器人，但对人类生活的记忆促使他反抗腐败的创造者。科幻惊悚片，主演彼得·威勒和南希·艾伦。包含《每日资讯》
11.05 《全精英摔角：碰撞》 激烈对抗，明星阵容包括FTR、雷霆罗莎、乔恩·莫克斯利和杰伊·怀特（至 1.05）
÷ 拉迪史密斯黑曼巴佐合唱团及嘉宾庆祝保罗·西蒙《恩赐之地》专辑发行40周年，于2026年BBC逍遥音乐会晚场演出（BBC第三台，晚上10.15）。这张格莱美获奖专辑无视种族隔离限制，融入南非黑人音乐家，向世界推广了该国的音乐。早前（下午6点），哈雷管弦乐团在皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅演奏拉威尔、拉赫玛尼诺夫和布朗热的作品。
11.00 《苏尼尔·帕特尔：白痴长生指南》 11.15 《追随兔子》。汤姆·劳林森主演 11.30 《好莱坞与五大广告公司》 午夜12点 新闻；天气 12.30 《托尼·霍克斯一毛不拔》。详见 上午11.45 12.48 航运预报 1.00 BBC国际频道
U&EDEN Freeview 57 频道 Sky 166 频道 Virgin 176 频道 中午12点 《火车头：丹·斯诺的铁路史》 1.00 《英国古都：奥克尼的秘密》 4.00 《火车头：丹·斯诺的铁路史》 5.00 《经典车修复：重焕光彩》
U&GOLD Sky 110 频道 Virgin 124 频道 上午11.40 《改过自新》 中午12.20 《只有傻瓜和马》 1.00 《保持风度》 1.35 《爸爸军团：遗失剧集》 2.20 《绿色青草地》 3.00 《您受到服务了吗？》 3.40 《改过自新》 4.20 《爸爸军团：遗失剧集》 5.00 《最后的夏日美酒》 6.20 《保持风度》 7.00 《只有傻瓜和马》 7.45 《爸爸军团》 8.25 《您受到服务了吗？》 9.00 《办公室》 9.40 《牢狱风云》 10. 《不》
6.50 《汽车救援》 蒂姆·肖和法兹·汤申德接手一辆1963年雪铁龙HY厢式货车
7.55 《宏伟设计》 娜塔莎·卡吉尔希望在诺福克乡村建造一座形似两个巨大潜望镜的房屋，但必须遵守严格限制以确保能够入住
《罗马帝国》 乘火车探访，与爱丽丝·罗伯茨同行 这位人类学家踏上旅程 探访罗马帝国的关键遗址
《警察羁押24小时：郊区屠夫》 第一集（共2集） 揭秘一名74岁女性被谋杀的内幕
11.05 《警察羁押24小时：郊区屠夫》 第二集（共2集） 一名嫌疑人承认犯罪（至12.10）
《星际迷航：下一代》 Data通过与少尉珍娜·阿纳亚发展浪漫关系来尝试体验情感
《警察24 / 7》 一群喧闹的青少年在当地酒铺惹事，一名男子在被捕前吞下毒品，引发医疗紧急情况
《菜鸟老警》 陈警官与布拉德福德警长追捕一名连环作案的嫌犯
《菜鸟老警》 哈珀警官让亚伦警员进行便衣训练
《星际迷航：进取号》 第一集（共2集） 阿彻船长与船员在地球的一次会议上发现一起排外阴谋（至12.00）
广播2台 FM：88-90.2MHz 6.30 萨拉·考克斯。9.30 弗农·凯。12.00 杰里米·瓦因。2.00 DJ Spoony。4.00 乔尔·多米特。7.00 乔·怀莉的《闪亮快乐歌单》。7.30 乔·怀莉。9.00 精选 《马克·拉德克利夫的民谣秀》。10.00 《美妙节奏》与梅尔文·奥多姆。午夜 康纳·菲利普斯。
广播3台 FM：90.2-92.4MHz 6.30 早餐节目。9.30 经典必听。1.00 古典现场。3.00 合唱晚祷。4.00 本周作曲家：莫扎特。5.00 乐动时刻。6.00 2026年BBC逍遥音乐会。8.10 2026年BBC逍遥音乐会。The Unthanks及朋友们，与皇家北方交响乐团合作。10.15 精选 2026年BBC逍遥音乐会。11.45 《午夜旋律》。12.30am 《通宵音乐》。
广播5台直播 中波：693 / 909KHz 6.00 早餐节目。9.00 尼基·坎贝尔。11.00 萨拉-简·米。2.00 马特·乔利。4.00 5 Live Drive。7.00 板球：火箭队对凤凰队。9.30 《体育最离奇犯罪：球场阴影》。10.00 约翰尼·伊安森。1.00am 多顿·阿德巴约。
电影4台 Freeview 14 频道 Sky 313 频道 Virgin 428 频道 11.00 《我的间谍》（2020）（12） 12.55 《猴子大闹》（1952）（U） 2.50 《红河围困战》（1954）（U） 4.35 《天知道，艾利森先生》（1957）（PG） 6.40 《钢木兰》（1989）（PG） 9.00 《生死时速》（1994）（15） 11.15 《救护车》（2022）（15） 2.00am 《滑落》（2020）（15）
动作大片台 Freeview 42 频道 Sky 318 频道 Virgin 426 频道 11.00 《通往阿帕奇关口的40支枪》（1967）（PG） 1.00 《特别行动组》。2.00 《火线警告》。4.00 《命运规则》（2014）（15） 6.00 《特别行动组》。7.00 《火线警告》。9.00 《枪口末路》（2016）（15） 10.55 《复仇者》。11.55 《新复仇者》。
悬疑剧场 Freeview 50 频道 Sky 320 频道 Virgin 425 频道 12.00 《难以忘怀》。1.00 《明察秋毫》。2.00 《灵书妙探》。3.00 《诊断谋杀》。5.00 《她写谋杀》。7.00 《灵书妙探》。8.00 《难以忘怀》。9.00 《明察秋毫》。
外出。11.00 《布朗夫人的男孩们》。 11.35 《绿色青草地》。 U&W Freeview 25 Sky 132 Virgin 125 12:00 《DIY SOS：大改造》。 1.00 《决胜时刻》。4.00 《房产兄弟在家：德鲁的蜜月小屋》。5.00 《DIY SOS：大改造》。7.00 《澳洲厨神争霸》。8.25 《安东·丹尼卢克谈身体羞辱》。9.00 《西尼奥拉·沃尔普》。11.00 《第一反应者》。 U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129 12:00 《古董巡回秀》。2.00 《老爷车与现金》。4.00 《纳粹秘密基地》。5.00 《奥斯威辛：纳粹与最终解决方案》。6.00 《古董巡回秀》。7.00 《绿色星球》。8.00 《迈克尔·佩林：毕生旅程》。9.00 《西蒙·里夫的南美之旅》。10.00 《老爷车与现金》。
古董寻宝之旅 凯瑟琳·索森与塞尔哈特·艾哈迈德 游历东英吉利亚寻觅古董。 此外，塞尔哈特听闻一位女性前往前线作战
莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：垂钓之旅 泰河
7.40 《我会对你撒谎吗？》 嘉宾：沃里克·戴维斯、杰森·曼福德与琼·贝克韦尔
约克郡拍卖行 一位癌症幸存者希望出售他心爱的威士忌收藏，用于慈善事业
8.20 《我会对你撒谎吗？》 嘉宾：德莫特·奥利里、梅尔·吉德罗伊克、乔什·威迪科姆与马特·道森
《智力问答》XL 加长版 杰里米·克拉克森、桑迪·托克斯维格、丹尼·贝克与艾伦·戴维斯尝试回答主持人斯蒂芬·弗莱关于运气与损失主题的问题
约克郡拍卖行 全新系列 安格斯·阿什沃思大获成功，售出一位收藏家的复古老虎机与罗利小轮车
修理店 鞋匠迪恩负责修复一双木制旱冰鞋。电子专家马克修理一台20世纪60年代的收音电唱两用机
《我有更多新闻告诉你》 克莱夫·米里接任主持，嘉宾包括记者卡米拉·朗与演员迈尔斯·朱普
《他们是如何做到的？》 深入了解人们如何照料蜜蜂
《任务大师》 戴夫·格尔曼、艾尔·默里、罗布·贝克特、萨拉·帕斯科与保罗·乔德里发现谁是最终赢家（至12.00）
《他们是如何做到的？》 探讨现金如何在自动取款机中保持安全（至12.00）
天空主赛事频道
Sky 401 Virgin 501 11.30am 《百球争霸》直播。曼彻斯特超级巨人女子队 vs 威尔士火焰女子队（Start-time 11.30am）。来自老特拉福德球场。2.30pm 《百球争霸》直播。曼彻斯特超级巨人男子队 vs 威尔士火焰男子队（Start-time 3pm）。6.00 《百球争霸》直播。特伦特火箭男子队 vs 伯明翰凤凰男子队（Start-time 6.30pm）。来自特伦特桥球场。9.30 网球直播。加拿大公开赛。第四日赛事报道。 天空英超联赛频道
Sky 402 Virgin 502 12noon 转会谈。1.00 Premier League Highlights。5.30 Transfer 360. 6.30 PL Stories。7.00 The Transfer Show。8.00 PL Stories。8.30 《穆罕默德·萨拉赫：王者时代》。9.00 Transfer 360. 10.00 Premier League Review。11.00 Premier League Years。 天空板球频道
Sky 405 Virgin 505 11.30am 《百球争霸》直播。曼彻斯特超级巨人女子队 vs 威尔士火焰女子队（Start-time 11.30am）。
7.20 《最后的夏日美酒》 康珀有机会给诺拉·巴蒂留下深刻印象
《邦尼费斯修女探案集》 当广播凯瑟琳的头牌DJ在直播中被谋杀时，邦尼费斯修女被召来调查
《切尔西侦探》 艾玛承认，当她父亲与她的朋友发生婚外情时，两人之间产生了巨大裂痕，但她否认谋杀了他
《新侦探》 小组重新调查一名政治活动家的案件，此人在发起反对一名有争议的喜剧演员的运动后失踪。特邀出演菲尔·丹尼尔斯
11.20 《卢瑟》 这位侦探在马克被殴打后面临停职（至12.40）
11. 2. 《百球争霸》直播。曼彻斯特超级巨人男子队对阵威尔士火焰男子队（开赛时间3pm）。6. 《百球争霸》直播。特伦特火箭男子队对阵伯明翰凤凰男子队（开赛时间6.30pm）。9.30 《百球争霸》精华。 10.30 《百球争霸》。 SKY MIX 天空频道416 维珍频道511 12.30pm 飞镖金牌赛。1.00 NFL精彩集锦。2.00 PGA巡回赛高尔夫。2.55 《百球争霸》直播。特伦特火箭女子队对阵伯明翰凤凰女子队（开赛时间3pm）。6.00 《百球争霸》直播。特伦特火箭男子队对阵伯明翰凤凰男子队（开赛时间6.30pm）。9.30 女子世界T20板球赛。10.00 元老巡回赛高尔夫。11.00 NFL精彩集锦。 TNT SPORTS 1
天空频道410 维珍频道521 11.30am 环法女子自行车赛。12.30pm 环法女子自行车赛直播。第五赛段，从马孔到博若莱地区贝尔维尔的140公里路线。5.45 英超故事。6.15 MLB精彩集锦。7.15
10. 《海莉·迪恩探案集》。 10.56 《GREAT!》好消息。11.01 《海莉·迪恩探案集》。 11.50 《花店谜案：花开杀机》（2016）（PG） GREAT! ROMANCE 免费频道52 天空频道322 维珍频道424 10.15am 《爱的最后度假地》（2017）（PG）12.10pm 《葡萄园里的夏天》（2017）2.00 《葡萄园里的秋天》（2016）（）3.50 《为爱投票》（2023）（）5.50 《订婚礼服》（2023）（）7.50 《婚礼小屋》（2023）（）9.45 《婚礼浪潮》（2015）（）11.40 《葡萄牙风情》（2023）（） SKY DRAMA 天空频道310 维珍频道410 11.30am 《铁窗喋血》（1967,15） 1.40pm 《敦刻尔克》（2017,12）3.30 《太阳帝国》（1987）（） 6.05 《魔术师》（2006）（） 8.00 《情人节》（2010,12） 阿什顿·库彻主演。10.15 《一个明星的诞生》（2018,15）一位日渐衰落的音乐明星爱上了一位夜总会歌手兼词曲创作人。剧情片，
《海军罪案调查处》 调查人员前往古巴调查一名驻扎在关塔那摩湾的海军翻译离奇死亡事件，并揭露了一个阴谋
《急诊24小时：分秒必争》 一名3岁幼儿因血糖危险过低被紧急送医
《海军罪案调查处》 小组挖出一名海军陆战队员的遗体，以确定打给其遗孀的电话——据称来自阴间——是否为骗局
《门诊室内幕》 一名三岁儿童在抗生素无效后被紧急送检
《鳄鱼邓迪2》（1988,） 这位澳大利亚冒险家将绑架了他女友的毒贩引诱到内陆地区进行对决。喜剧冒险续集，保罗·霍根和琳达·科兹洛斯基主演。包含娱乐新闻
《杰西·斯通：疑罪从无》（2012,12） 这位饱受困扰的警察重返警长职位，将一起与黑帮有关的双重谋杀案的凶手绳之以法。惊悚片，汤姆·塞立克主演。包含娱乐新闻
10.55 《法律与秩序：特殊受害者》 一名陆军游骑兵试图从性侵中恢复
11.20 《全面回忆》（1990,15）科幻惊悚片，阿诺德·施瓦辛格和雷切尔·蒂科汀主演（至1.40）
11.50 《法律与秩序：特殊受害者》 一名强奸犯的言论引发众怒（至12.50）
直播MLB。芝加哥小熊队对洛杉矶道奇队（开赛时间7.20pm）。10.00 MLB本周精彩。10.30 TNT体育重播。11.00 MLB精彩集锦。12.30am 直播MLB。密尔沃基酿酒人队对匹兹堡海盗队（开赛时间12.30am）。 TNT SPORTS 2
天空频道411 维珍频道522 11.30am 测试板球精彩集锦。2.30pm 直播测试板球。西印度群岛对巴基斯坦。第四日比赛，来自女王公园椭圆球场的报道。11.00 TNT体育板球重播。 TNT SPORTS 3
天空电视 413 频道 维珍电视 523 频道 11. 11.00am 直播 男子自行车世界巡回赛 2026 年环波兰自行车赛 3. 第三赛段。3.45pm 赛事内幕。 4.00 英国超级摩托车锦标赛精选。5.00 报名——足球入门。6.00 TNT 体育重播。6.30 终极台球。 8.00 速度赛摩托车大奖赛精选。9.00 探索高尔夫频道。 9.30 英国超级摩托车锦标赛回顾。9.45 车队尾部。10. 10.00 环法女子自行车赛。 11.00 男子自行车世界巡回赛。
主演 Lady Gaga 和布莱德利·库珀，后者同时担任导演。 天空电视首映
天空电视 301 频道 维珍电视 401 频道 11.55am 《平凡人生》。(2026) (15) 1.35pm 《异端》。(2024) (15) 3.35 《魔法坏女巫：向善》。(2025) (PG) 6.00 《真人快打 II》。(2026) (15) 8.00 《平凡人生》。(2026) (15) 9.40 《异端》。(2024) (15) 两名年轻传教士敲错门后被迫证明自己的信仰。恐怖片， 主演休·格兰特。 11.35 《巨蟒侵袭》。(2025) (12) 经典影视频道
Freeview 82 频道 天空电视 324 频道 维珍电视 445 频道 10.00am 《少数派的首位》。(1942) (U) 12. 12.20pm 《苏格兰场》。 1.00 《海盗》。1.35 《20 世纪 50 年代伦敦运河之旅》。1.45 《飞黄腾达》。(1956) (U) 3.30 《看生活》。3.45 拨打 999. 4.20 《钟声响起》。(1943) (U) 6.10 《如此伦敦》。 6.30 《给我们线索》。7.00 《城外》。7.30 《旅行者》。 8.35 《海外英伦人》。9.50 《乱世忠魂》。(1953) (PG)
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牛奶车回忆 M
我对送奶员的回忆 可以追溯到我 年幼的时候，在 20世纪40年代末和50年代初。 联合乳业公司 (United Dairies, UD) 在 东伦敦斯特拉特福德 (Stratford) 的 风车巷 (Windmill Lane) 有一个 配送站，就在我家的咖啡馆 隔壁，我们的起居室在楼上。 在那个年代，马车是当地的 牛奶运输方式，我每天 早上 6. 会被 鹅卵石路上马蹄的 哒哒声唤醒，因为它们 开始了每日的配送。UD 依赖 粗腿马 (cobs)，因为它们的 力量使它们能够轻松地 拉着装满牛奶的车穿过 东区狭窄的街道。在雨天，我 惊叹于马儿们是如何 在起步时，在油腻的鹅卵石 道路上，沿着相当陡峭的 斜坡将沉重的货车拉出 配送站的。许多送奶员 每天回家前会去我父母的 咖啡馆喝杯茶、吃点东西——如果 妈妈在他们的茶里加了太多 牛奶，爸爸会温和地问她 是否收购了 UD 的股份。 有一天，人们听到大量 玻璃破碎的声音，
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随后是一阵骚乱， 然后，一匹惊恐的 UD 马 飞奔过店门， 跑回马厩， 车辕在它身后拖曳， 金属部件在鹅卵石路面上 擦出火花。这些部件在与 一辆汽车碰撞时从车上 脱落了。爸爸看到 马匹疾驰而过， 评论道：“UD 的一匹马 光着身子回家了” ——这让我们的顾客 感到十分困惑。除了 惊吓，幸运的是，这匹马 没有其他受伤。 配送站的一楼 停放着两打多辆 货车，以及 存放瓶装牛奶的 巨大冰箱，
MONEY OEUF: 太好吃了，我买了一个…… 这些苏格兰蛋的 Nectar 积分优惠太棒了！ 珍妮·伯特 (Jenny Burt)， 肯特郡，罗姆尼马什 (Romney Marsh, Kent)
位于装卸平台后面。在 相反的一侧是一个坡道， 通往马厩所在的 上层楼。如果我放学 回家足够早， 我有时会看送奶员停好 他们的运奶车， 将马从车上解开， 拍拍它的臀部，然后看着它 走上坡道，直接走进 自己的马厩，耐心地等待 马夫帮它脱掉马具， 它一天的任务完成了。 每个复活节银行假期 周一，斯特拉特福德配送站 都会派出一部经过特别 抛光和装饰的运奶车， 以及一匹精心挑选的、 穿着极高光泽马具的马， 两者都挂满了 鲜花，参加一场“复活节游行”， 我被告知该游行在 巴特西公园 (Battersea Park) 举行， 通常在傍晚时分返回， 并带回一些银质奖杯。 遗憾的是，那一天最终 还是到来了，我不再被 那熟悉的哒哒声唤醒， 取而代之的是电动机的 嗡嗡声，因为现代化 终于抵达了斯特拉特福德， 电动运奶车接管并 成为了常态。 里克·费拉里 (Rick Ferrari)，埃塞克斯郡，比勒里凯 (Billericay, Essex)
文字游戏 (Wordy Wise) BEECALMED — 条纹昆虫 已被安抚。 BEECAUSE — 蜂蜜制造者的 追求。 BEEDAZZLED — 雄蜂 因强光而产生视觉 干扰。 BEEDECK — 黑黄昆虫 船的甲板。 BEEDEVIL — 邪恶的刺针。 BEEDRAGGLED — 湿透了的 蜂蜜生产者。 戴夫·库伦 (Dave Cullen)，利兹，阿尔伍德利 (Alwoodley, Leeds)
猫咪水罐：我的猫在热浪中解渴。 詹妮弗·布鲁尔， 东萨塞克斯郡伊斯特本
笑话 我妻子错把我的强力胶当成了她的润唇膏。虽然是她的错，但她到现在还不理我！ 劳里·亚勒姆， 埃塞克斯郡雷利
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露西和丽莎 我饶有兴致地阅读了迈克尔·戈夫的周六专栏（《每日邮报》），它让我想起我的邻居曾教过教育大臣露西·鲍威尔和文化大臣丽莎·南迪。 他记得前者地理成绩优秀，但英语语法不佳，还有点叛逆。后者则给他留下了聪明的印象，当时她的头发扎成了带蝴蝶结的辫子。 他说自己对她们后来的发展概不负责。 戈夫勋爵在文章中充分展示了那句格言的真谛：社会主义是一种失败的哲学，它助长嫉妒和阶级区分，同时扼杀进取心。 布莱恩·古德温， 柴郡奇德尔休姆
迈克尔·戈夫称赞格莱斯顿曾向工人和煤矿工人发表过精彩演讲。但他没有告诉我们，听众是否知道伯里克利、维吉尔和德莱顿是谁，或者他们是否关心奥匈帝国外交大臣在巴尔干半岛采取的战略。在1879年，数百万人生活在肮脏和贫困中，婴儿死亡率极高，许多成年人活不到40岁。我确信当时的大多数劳动者更希望听到免费医疗服务和维持生计的工资。伯纳姆或许不会向工人谈论古典学，但至少他表现出对他们生活的关心，并努力帮助他们。罗杰·福恩斯，伍斯特郡布罗姆斯格罗夫
隐匿的困境 感谢伊芙·利文斯顿和简·弗赖尔（《每日邮报》）关于“隐居族”（退出社会、将自己封闭在房间内）的文章。这正是我们的处境，看到推荐的应对建议与我们的做法不谋而合，让人松了一口气。我们的儿子两年前取得了理科学位，但一直未能在本专业找到工作。他出于高尚的利他主义拒绝领取失业救济金（他认为无所事事地拿国家的钱是不对的），因此“尼特族”（未就业、未受教育或培训）的统计数字可能远高于实际，因为我相信有许多人像他一样，完全不为国家所见。他坚持“用自己的方式”找工作，且习惯夜间活动，理由是此时电脑网速更好。两年来，他只出过一次门。上大学前，他在一家酒吧做兼职，但那家酒吧已经关闭。我们真的不知道如何帮他找到工作，除了建议他移民到一个更能认可其才能的地方。 姓名及地址已提供
债务陷阱 显然，任何借钱来支付之前借款利息的人都缺乏经济常识，尤其是当他们根本不知道是否有能力偿还原始债务，而新借的钱仅够支付当前利息，却无法覆盖未来利息时。英国政府是否曾填写过信贷协议？如果填过，他们肯定会被拒绝。 基思·麦卡伦， 兰开夏郡罗森代尔
蓝色的你 关于糟糕的现代广告（读者来信），我认为史上最佳广告之一是Esso Blue煤油的广告。它改编自一首流行歌曲，歌词改为：“他们问我如何知道 / 是Esso Blue / 我当然回答 / 低等级的油烟熏眼 / 这就是原因。” 迈克·弗罗斯特， 埃塞克斯郡蒂普特里
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慈善案例 作为一名为野生动物慈善机构筹款超过八十年的人，我看到米克·韦伯利的来信时感到难过，他在信中描述自己如何因街头募捐者要求签署每月£10的直接扣款而转身离开，而不是接受一些零钱。如今所有慈善机构都在生存线上挣扎，每月£10仅相当于每天36便士——远低于他随后购买咖啡的花费。如果收容被救助野生动物的庇护所（如康沃尔的猴子庇护所）不得不关闭，这些动物将何去何从？安吉拉·汉弗莱，伦敦N2区
您所熟知的事 塞恩斯伯里于2016年以£1.4亿英镑收购了家居零售集团（Argos的母公司）。如今，他们正以£120万英镑出售Argos。我的祖父于1896年创立了家族企业，他总说任何偏离你熟悉和了解的业务都会导致利润进一步稀释。我们至今仍在经营。帕迪·约翰逊，北爱尔兰唐郡托伊镇
犯罪有利 有人为我做饭，不用洗碗，有手机，不用工作，舒适的床铺，需要服用的药物，有人洗衣，游戏室，电视，医疗护理，还有很多人可以交流。我只需要考虑犯什么罪才能进监狱。莱斯莉·斯科鲁普卡，北约克郡布斯贝克
街区里的孩子 我无法相信，在一名法官驳回法律挑战后，一项关于青春期阻滞剂的试验仍将继续。这无异于在儿童身上做实验。那些挥舞横幅的左翼抗议者都去哪儿了？比尔·格洛弗，贝德福德郡科普尔
如痴如醉 我无法相信你们的电视评论员克里斯托弗·史蒂文斯只给《末日启示》（BBC1）打了一星。我和丈夫一口气看完了整个系列，觉得这是一部很棒的电视剧。而他却给《本尼多姆谋杀案》（我们认为这部剧尴尬至极）打了五星。洛林·耶茨夫人，柴郡斯托克波特
大学幻象 托尼·布莱尔推动大多数年轻人接受高等教育的举措，再次印证了他种下的苦果。如果目标是实现社会公平，我们就需要挑战那种荒谬的势利观念，即认为水管工学徒不如那些攻读模糊课程的大学生令人印象深刻。
每次看到数百名移民排成一列，身穿救援人员提供的橙色救生衣时，我都会感到一阵绝望。这些人想必如释重负，而我们这些守法纳税的英国公民在一旁观望，意识到我们的国家正在财政和道德上变得贫穷。
我们常听到有人说这些非法移民并未违反任何法律。但他们确实违法了。他们未经证件来到这里，试图利用所有免费福利。此外，他们并非“抵达我们的海岸”，而是被边境部队像贵宾一样接送而来。
我不会邀请完全陌生的人进入我家，任由他们拿走我的钱。那么政府为何要这样做？
莱斯莉·莫尔德，伯克郡东加斯顿
针对英吉利海峡持续出现大量非法偷渡者的问题，安迪·伯纳姆表示，我们应当开辟更多“安全合法的路径”。
许多人担忧这些移民对我们国家的安全、资源（住房、国民医疗服务需求、福利）及社会保障造成的影响。这
对社会几乎没有益处。到了20世纪90年代，年轻人开始意识到，长期学习（无论什么科目）都比卷起袖子做一份正经工作更好。此外，社会还会赋予他们更高的地位。
一些大学教职员工难辞其咎。校园内存在一种“帝国建设”的风气。无需费力在全国范围内招生，如今我们直接面向全球招揽生源。
除非我们给予技术工人应有的尊重，否则强调实用教育毫无意义。
桑德拉·M·托尔斯，坎布里亚郡威格顿
“梦中情人”安迪
我不知道露西·鲍威尔（来信）是什么看法，但艾莉森·哈蒙德在ITV《今晨》节目中看到安迪·伯纳姆时简直是花痴一片。
B·斯普雷，埃塞克斯郡罗姆福德
马特·里德利在《每日邮报》上的文章强调了我此前提出的担忧。由于对复野化的痴迷以及诸如“五月不修剪”等误导性理念——被节约成本的地方议会所采纳——我们的乡村正面临严重危险。占主导地位的杂草已导致更多植物消失，而非得到保护，在干旱时期，它们更成为林地和荒野的引火物。国家信托基金会以生物多样性为由，在某些地区停止了绵羊放牧，这只会助长杂草形成易燃的火药桶。
他们依然涌入：移民上周在法国登上走私者的船只
无论数千名来自阿富汗、叙利亚、厄立特里亚、伊朗和苏丹等国的移民是合法还是非法入境，结果都一样。 戴维·伯德，汉普郡钱德勒斯福德
“改革党”将移民船只拖回法国的计划在多个问题上失败，主要原因在于，一旦船只离开法国水域，船上的人员便不再与法国有任何关系。他们没有法国护照。因此，如果我国海军试图将他们遣返，法国完全有理由表示我们无权将他们丢弃在其海滩上。在海上系上拖缆迫使船只掉头，违背船上人员意愿，将是危险的，欧洲法院也会认定此举非法。 菲利普·科德，曼彻斯特
尽管我并不特别信教，但安迪·伯纳姆的受膏仪式让我想起《诗篇》146：“不要将希望寄托在王子身上，也不要寄托在凡人身上，因为他们无法拯救。”我们拭目以待。 约翰·多德，萨福克郡伊普斯威奇
我的名字是伯纳姆。安迪·伯纳姆。 来杯啤酒，温的，不要泡沫，配猪皮脆。摇匀，不要搅拌。 A·沃尔顿，北安普敦郡奥多
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我还想补充，“复野化”的堤岸和树篱对道路使用者构成危险，因为这些植被往往会遮挡路口、环岛和转弯处的视线。过敏性疾病的增加也无疑与过量释放花粉的杂草有关。今年，我认识的许多人首次遭受了花粉症、哮喘和荨麻疹的困扰。 埃德温娜·斯马特，汉普郡伊斯特利
阅读马特·里德利关于野火的文章（《每日邮报》）时，我缓缓回忆起儿时荒野被农民进行受控焚烧（或称“swaling”）后起火的情景。每年冬天，都会有火灾发生
时代变迁 像伊索贝尔·马丁这样拒绝使用任何数字技术的人，在现代社会中将遗憾地被抛在后面（来信）。无论喜欢与否，我们正在成为一个无现金社会。网上银行即将成为标准，更多银行网点将关闭。随着越来越多人选择网购，实体店也在减少。我尊重像伊索贝尔这样的人的选择，但我更愿意走在时代前沿，而非落后。 苏茜·费尔顿，萨里郡吉尔福德
机器人闹剧 干得好，BBC。我没想到你们还能再拍出一部让人捧腹大笑的喜剧，但《安卓机器人》实在太棒了。我非常喜欢黛安·摩根饰演的琳达。 安·哈维，诺里奇
拖船在海上强行掉头，违背船上人员意愿，将是危险的，欧洲法院也会认定此举非法。 菲利普·科德，曼彻斯特
亲爱的伯纳姆先生，请停止在减少公交票价和在曼彻斯特开设办公室等琐事上浪费时间。请集中精力，阻止所有非法移民船只。 克里斯汀·威廉姆斯，米德尔塞克斯郡恩菲尔德
人们希望法拉奇担任首相的唯一原因是他对非法移民的立场。伯纳姆的立场是什么？ 桑德拉·斯科特，利兹
我尊重他们的选择，但我更愿意走在时代前沿，而非落后。 苏茜·费尔顿，萨里郡吉尔福德
以下为忠实中文翻译：
为了短期内减少夏季火灾的可能性，并促进春季绵羊和羔羊的新鲜植被生长。 瓦尔·劳伦森 小伯勒，兰开夏郡
你只需看看路边和曾经绿意盎然的环岛，就能看到干枯如火绒的枯草。所谓的“野化”本应改善环境，结果却是在“觉醒”祭坛上焚烧野生动物。我们的高地、林地和乡村曾经得到精心管理，如今却一片狼藉，等待一个偶然的火星将其点燃，如同火绒盒一般。 C·D·菲尔德 米德尔斯堡，北约克郡
✂ 关于那些低调的苏塞克斯一家在苏格兰“秘密”度假的宣传铺天盖地。 帕特里克·摩根 海登斯福德，斯塔福德郡
✂ 伯纳姆确实阻止了小船。现在他得去阻止那些大船。 理查德·欧文 埃克塞特，德文郡
✂ 咬得太多，嚼不烂了吧，安迪？ 布莱恩·史密斯 奥尔丁顿，伍斯特郡
✂ 伯纳姆最喜欢的独立乐队肯定是“The Charlatans”。 保罗·塔斯克 赫本，泰恩-威尔郡
✂ 每一个“伯纳姆的灵光一现”都意味着他的手伸进我的口袋更深。 特里·科茨 伯明翰
✂ 安迪已承诺在2028年前让南部所有炸鱼薯条店提供肉汁。 S·亨德森 巴罗因弗内斯，坎布里亚郡
✂ 我已经受够安迪·伯纳姆了。 B·辛普森 普雷斯顿，兰开夏郡
✂ 购买耐热旅行支票，并在去世时随身携带你的钱。 戴维·柯克伍德 阿斯帕特里亚，坎布里亚郡
✂ 亚当·皮蒂赢得两枚铜牌。这是报应吗？ 克里斯·罗德威尔 坎伯利，萨里郡
✂ 我觉得詹尼·因凡蒂诺长得像《雷鸟神机队》里的“头目”。 盖伊·瓦利 埃德尔斯伯勒，白金汉郡
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问题 世界上最大的体育场是哪个？目前，印度艾哈迈达巴德的纳伦德拉·莫迪体育场是世界上容量最大的体育场。它可容纳惊人的132,000名观众，比当前任何其他体育场都更大。该场馆主要用于板球比赛，并曾举办过该运动的重大赛事，包括2023年板球世界杯决赛。该体育场于2020年在对原萨达尔·帕特尔体育场进行重大改造后以现有形式重新开放。占地63英亩的它拥有现代化设施、企业接待包厢，并精心设计了座位布局，确保无论观众坐在哪里，都能获得绝佳的观赛视野。其规模之大，反映了板球在印度的巨大人气。
其他巨型体育场包括朝鲜的五一体育场，据报道可容纳114,000人（官方数据则称可达150,000人），以及美国的密歇根体育场，可容纳超过107,000名观众。澳大利亚标志性的墨尔本板球场也位列世界最大场馆之列，容量略超100,000人，而英国最大的体育场温布利球场则以90,000人的容量落后。不过，纳伦德拉·莫迪体育场的纪录可能不会永远保持。越南河内正在建设的一座巨型新体育场预计将超越它。该项目目前被称为雄王体育场，计划在建成后容纳约135,000名观众，比纳伦德拉·莫迪体育场多出约3,000人。该场馆预计将拥有世界上最大的可伸缩屋顶，并将成为河内南部一座大型奥林匹克式体育综合体的核心。工程于去年年底开工，开发商希望它能举办重大国际足球赛事、体育赛事及大型音乐会。
J·威尔逊，伦敦N1
根据法罗群岛的一些人说法，他们首都托尔斯港拥有世界上最大的体育场。这是因为其容量为6,040人，可容纳该国人口的10%以上。雷蒙德·奥斯温，什罗普郡特尔福德
问：第一条高速公路建于何时何地？ B·麦克德维特，伯肯黑德
问：荷兰人真的不拉窗帘吗？ 比阿特丽斯·科尔曼，米德尔塞克斯郡斯坦斯
规模宏大：纳伦德拉·莫迪体育场可容纳132,000名观众
问： 第二次世界大战期间，我祖父在旺兹沃思被指定为“街道领袖”。这一计划的覆盖范围有多广？
答： 这一计划是英国应对最黑暗可能性——德国成功入侵——的应急方案的一部分。虽然各地的称呼不尽相同，但街道领袖通常负责传达指令、组织邻里，并作为居民与当局之间的联络人。该计划在1940年法国沦陷后出现，当时英国真正担心希特勒提出的“海狮行动”——入侵英国。政府决心避免欧洲出现的混乱局面，即难民堵塞道路、妨碍军事行动。
因此，官方鼓励民众“坚守岗位”，留在社区而非逃离。为使这一措施切实可行，全国建立了地方防御委员会（后称“入侵委员会”）网络。这些委员会遍布英国的城镇、村庄和城市地区，负责确保社区在与中央政府失去联系的情况下仍能正常运转。成员通常包括国民警卫队、警察、防空服务、消防队、地方议会及其他关键组织的代表。
他们的职责范围极为广泛。计划涵盖紧急食品分配、供水、急救与伤员护理、为房屋被毁者提供住所、道路修复与防御工事的劳动力调配，以及官方消息的传播。
准备工作的规模庞大。历史学家斯图尔特·A·雷蒙德指出，英国大多数教区都设立了入侵委员会，而更广泛的民防工作则涉及约150万人。政府还分发了1,500万份传单《如果入侵者来临》，解释平民应如何应对德军登陆。
在旺兹沃思，这些准备工作尤为重要。该区在闪电战期间因铁路、工业和战略基础设施而遭到猛烈轰炸，因此当地的应急规划并非纸上谈兵，而是日常现实。
因此，倘若德国入侵英国，像你祖父这样的人将成为地方领导的第一线，在极端情况下帮助社区保持信息畅通、组织有序和正常运转。 A·斯宾塞，诺维奇
问： 哪位名人子女最多？
答： 知名多子女名人包括： - 米娅·法罗和埃隆·马斯克：14个； - 乔治·福尔曼：12个（包括五个同名儿子，均为乔治·爱德华·福尔曼）； - 马龙·白兰度和查理·卓别林：11个； - 埃迪·墨菲：10个。
其他名人还包括： - 梅尔·吉布森：9个； - 克林特·伊斯特伍德、米克·贾格尔、罗德·斯图尔特和亚历克·鲍德温：8个； - 史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格、罗伯特·德尼罗、凯文·科斯特纳和裘德·洛：7个； - 安吉丽娜·朱莉、麦当娜和斯汀：6个。 安吉拉·里德，艾尔斯福德
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爱丁堡艺术节及其同样备受欢迎的分支——艺穗节将于周五拉开帷幕，届时将有超过3,500场演出持续至月底。从歌舞杂耍、喜剧、舞蹈、戏剧到音乐，这是一个难得的机会，让你有幸一睹明日巨星的风采。
爱丁堡是一座总能带来惊喜的城市。它大致分为两部分：旧城和新城，将这座城市的中世纪历史与更具雄心的18和19世纪城市规划融为一体。漫步于旧城鹅卵石街道的核心是皇家英里，这条历史悠久的大道连接着始建于1130年的爱丁堡城堡和荷里路德宫——英国王室在苏格兰的官邸。
沿途，通常伴随着街头风笛手的背景音乐，你会发现无数商店和餐饮场所。其他必游景点包括参观“真玛丽·金巷”（The Real Mary King’s Close），这是一个迷人的隐藏街巷迷宫，人们曾于17至19世纪在此生活。如果想俯瞰整个城市，可以攀登亚瑟王座——一座古老的火山。
每晚起价£270的奢华体验：100 Princes Street 这家高端酒店拥有30间客房，散发着传统私人会员俱乐部的精致氛围。想象一下低调的灯光、豪华的内饰，以及身着格子呢制服的服务员随时待命，随时为您服务。
位置无可挑剔，距离苏格兰国家美术馆仅咫尺之遥，正对爱丁堡城堡。装潢低调奢华，黑色大理石、深色木质镶板和中央橡木楼梯井旁的手绘壁画相得益彰。客房配有当地工匠定制的家具，并以定制的格子呢布料装饰。以威廉·华莱士命名的华莱士餐厅和休息室是一个用餐或小酌的私密空间。旁边是Ghillie’s Pantry餐厅，这里的展示柜中陈列着超过200种威士忌。
双人间起价£270（100princes-street.com）。
或每晚起价£189：The Resident 这家酒店位于爱丁堡西区，曾是英国税务海关总署（HMRC）的办公楼。这是一家仅提供客房的酒店，没有现场餐厅。取而代之的是，164间客房均配备迷你厨房，包括冰箱、微波炉、水槽、水壶、餐具、刀叉、玻璃器皿和Nespresso咖啡机。因此，您可以完全自给自足，且经济实惠。
尽管如此，附近仍有无数咖啡馆。酒店还为客人提供合作餐厅的独家折扣。客房现代而时尚，装饰巧妙地呼应了场地的历史传承，如靠垫上的蓟花图案。步行25分钟即可到达爱丁堡城堡。
双人间起价£189（residenthotels.com）。
÷ 爱丁堡艺术节（eif.co.uk）；艺穗节（edfringe.com）。
房间视野：卡尔顿山俯瞰爱丁堡。上图：100 Princes Street
城市编辑：Alex Brummer www.thisismoney.co.uk 商业编辑：Hugo Duncan
作者：Calum Muirhead 英国石油公司（BP）公布了出售其价值£3亿的美国生物气体业务的计划，此前不到一周，该公司刚刚宣布将其北海业务挂牌出售。
此次出售是自梅格·奥尼尔（Meg O’Neill）今年4月接任以来，为精简这家石油巨头庞大的全球业务而采取的最新举措。
这家能源巨头还报告称，由于中东战争导致全球燃料价格飙升，今年上半年的利润增长了一倍以上。
这家名为Archaea的美国业务总部位于德克萨斯州，专门从垃圾填埋场捕获甲烷气体，然后将其转化为可再生能源——
作者：帕特里克·图赫 股价 1600 便士
英国最大的上市公司高管已敦促安迪·伯纳姆不要对银行征收暴利税。 汇丰银行首席执行官乔治·埃尔赫德里警告首相，如果银行业面临一些活动人士要求的额外征税，经济将受到打击。 “经济增长需要强大的银行，”埃尔赫德里在公布上半年利润增长23%至£14.5bn时表示，这得益于汇丰在亚洲的财富管理业务“强劲增长”。 该行还透露，其英国业务的利润增长了7.7%至29亿英镑。 埃尔赫德里表示：“要实现增长，企业需要有信心并进行投资。而企业要投资，就需要获得融资。银行是这些企业首选的融资机制。” 这些言论与上周NatWest首席执行官保罗·思韦特的表态如出一辙，后者呼吁“政策的一致性，以便企业能够规划”。 银行在2023年降低标准企业税率后，需额外缴纳3%的附加税。若将附加税恢复至8%，
天然气。BP于2022年首次收购该业务时，这是其在时任首席执行官伯纳德·卢尼领导下向可再生能源转型过程中最大的投资之一。但Archaea未能达到预期，去年年底，BP大幅减记了该业务的价值。 奥尼尔表示，出售Archaea的决定是其“专注于具有最强潜力提供竞争回报和长期价值资产”战略的一部分。这是BP高管精简业务的最新举措，此前于
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将在四年内增加£9bn税收，据贸易联合会议（TUC）称，该组织正推动提高银行税。 贷款机构从持续高位的利率中获益，这些利率提升了它们的净息差——即它们支付给储户的利息与向借款人收取的利息之间的差额。 黎巴嫩出生的埃尔赫德里将经济描述为“异常有韧性”，尽管“最近面临所有挑战”，尤其是中东冲突导致能源价格飙升。 他补充道：“英国仍然是一个非常有吸引力的国际投资中心，我们继续看到外国直接投资在英国各地创造就业机会。” 埃尔赫德里回避了有关汇丰可能在银行面临更高税收的情况下重新审视其对伦敦总部承诺的建议，并强调了该行在全国范围内的贷款业务。 “我们超过60%的贷款组合是面向伦敦和东南部以外的企业，”他说道。 汇丰在爱丁堡、斯旺西、利兹、谢菲尔德和切斯特均设有大量业务，其零售银行总部位于伯明翰。 但该行的大部分业务集中在亚洲，尤其是香港和中国，这两个市场占其利润的三分之二以上。 汇丰还宣布将在去年年底因收购香港恒生银行而暂停后，恢复其$1bn的股票回购计划。 该行还在考虑提高银行家的奖金池，此前对其奖金的上限已被取消。 埃尔赫德里表示，自2025年以来，该行已退出15项非战略性业务，最近一次是将其新加坡保险业务出售给德国安联集团。 汇丰股价昨日下跌0.8%，即12.8便士，至1584.6便士，过去12个月内上涨了超过70%。 分析师预计，汇丰及其他四家总部位于英国的大型银行——劳埃德银行、NatWest、巴克莱和渣打银行——今年的利润总额将超过600亿英镑。
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周一。此次出售也是石油和天然气巨头从绿色能源领域全面撤退的一部分。 竞争对手壳牌本周早些时候宣布，已将一批欧洲太阳能和陆上风电场出售给法国道达尔能源集团。 阿奇亚能源出售的消息传出之际，BP报告截至6月的六个月利润为£6.6bn，较去年同期的£2.8bn增长，而收入则从£71bn跃升至920亿英镑。股价下跌4.9%，即27.1p，至525p。 该公司在中东冲突爆发后油价飙升中获利，伊朗封锁霍尔木兹海峡（全球燃料出口的关键通道）后，波斯湾的供应受到干扰。
Spotify警告称，由于在营销和人工智能方面的巨额支出拖累利润，其用户增长将放缓，公司正努力留住付费订阅用户。 这家音乐流媒体平台（拥有奥利维亚·迪恩和泰勒·斯威夫特等艺人）预测，未来三个月其平台的月活跃用户数量将增长至500m——低于华尔街分析师预测的500m+。该公司截至6月的三个月用户数据为7736.52m，略低于预期，而季度利润为4.67 亿英镑m，也未达到5.03 亿英镑m的预期。业绩下滑被归咎于
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霍尔木兹海峡水道（全球燃料出口的关键动脉）后，波斯湾的供应受到干扰。 BP的成功也与沙特阿拉伯国有石油集团阿美公司分享，该公司昨日公布上半年利润从去年的£36.2bn飙升至£48.5bn。 尽管业绩亮眼，奥尼尔表示BP仍“未能充分发挥潜力”，并称其近年表现“未达到我们自身的期望，更不用说股东的期望”。 “我们需要认真审视自己，评估需要改变的地方，停止阻碍我们的行为，并在关键领域积聚力量。我们必须做好准备以实现增长，”她补充道。
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“临时投资”于营销和人工智能，例如允许用户混音歌曲和生成定制播客的功能。 这使该集团的成本在该期间上升了19%，至8.06 亿英镑m。 联席首席执行官古斯塔夫·索德斯特罗姆告诉分析师，Spotify的支出“在我们的控制之下”，并将“继续按照我们的条件投资人工智能”。 该公司希望额外的功能能鼓励用户选择更昂贵的订阅服务。 但Spotify股价在过去12个月中下跌了27%，因其应对人工智能生成曲目的激增。
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英国深知8月对外汇市场的残酷性。1976, 1992, 29年热浪期间，英镑面临极大抛售压力，英格兰银行耗尽储备试图支撑货币。10月不得不向国际货币基金组织（IMF）求助。 1992,英格兰银行再次在夏季进行了一场徒劳的战斗，试图将英镑留在欧洲汇率机制（ERM）内。英镑最终在9月被迫退出。 今年8月，日元遭遇抛售成为焦点。美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特曾是对冲基金交易员，在乔治·索罗斯手下做空英镑以阻止其留在ERM，如今他成为拯救日元的核心人物。 7月29日日元对美元跌至历史低点后，美国和日本向外汇市场注入了数十亿美元。 美国的干预在多个方面非同寻常。通常，除非出现“混乱”抛售（委婉说法，指恐慌），否则各国央行不会介入货币支持。
Hugo Boss 利润超预期提振
作者：Emily Hawkins
Hugo Boss公布的利润表现优于预期，同时抵御零售大亨迈克·阿什利的收购企图。这家德国服装品牌表示，截至6月底的三个月内取得了“切实进展”。 利润同比下降28%至5100万英镑，去年同期为6940万英镑，但超出了4450万英镑的利润预期。 亿万富翁阿什利旗下的Frasers已提出以17亿英镑收购Hugo Boss尚未持有的74pc股份，将该公司估值定为23亿英镑。 但该公司已敦促股东勿接受报价，称其“明显不足”。 Hugo Boss发言人昨日再次重申，该报价“未能充分反映公司的独立前景及未来价值创造潜力”。 管理层相信其战略——包括提升服装吸引力——将取得成效。但受中东战争影响门店客流量下降，销售额下滑9%至7.75亿英镑。
达美乐披萨在世界杯推动下，销售额出现增长。 这家美国披萨巨头在英国的主特许经营商表示，7月份业绩呈现“积极势头”，截至6月的六个月内销售额增长6.1%至8.25亿英镑。 达美乐称，在7月1日英格兰对阵刚果民主共和国的32强淘汰赛当天，额外配送了45,000份订单，
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华盛顿担心日本央行1%的关键利率过低，不足以遏制通胀，并存在更广泛市场崩盘的风险。
华盛顿的一个主要担忧是，作为全球最大的美国债务持有者，东京可能会抛售美国债券以支撑其货币。这将推高美国国债收益率和美国的借贷成本。
此外，日元遭受冲击可能引发连锁反应，波及韩国，并引发类似1997年的更广泛亚洲金融危机。
贝森特协助的决心在无意中被曝光，当时一名路透社摄影师拍到财政部长手持一张写有日元符号和50亿至100亿美元数额的纸条。
最不寻常的是，美国选择动用欧元储备来支持日元。这主要是因为美国不希望在债券市场引发恐慌。通过强化日元，美国还帮助提高了日本商品在美国的价格，从而改善其贸易逆差。
在白宫的支持下，贝森特将货币干预视为一种政治工具。2025年10月，美国政府购买阿根廷比索，以支持特朗普盟友、阿根廷总统哈维尔·米莱推行的激进经济和货币改革。
美国政府呼吁美联储将其“外国和国际货币当局便利”规模扩大至600亿美元，以便在政府决定干预货币市场时提供额外火力。
1992年的“英镑猎杀者”贝森特，如今已成为“守门人”。
作者：安加拉德·卡里克
Revolut的亿万富翁创始人因被一家豪华游艇经纪公司指控“背后捅刀”，以避免支付一艘价值3亿英镑超级游艇的佣金，而遭到起诉。
今年1月，这家数字银行的首席执行官尼克·斯托伦斯基购买了一艘长达334英尺的游艇，该游艇配备了一个25英尺的玻璃底无边泳池、一个海滩俱乐部和一个冷冻疗法舱。
但在提交给高等法院的诉讼中，经纪公司塞西尔·赖特合伙人表示，它有权从这笔交易中获得5%的佣金，约合1500万英镑。
该经纪公司声称，斯托伦斯基家族办公室的一名顾问于2024年10月联系了它，委托定制一艘游艇。
2025年，他的顾问询问是否有游艇可供其在此期间购买，塞西尔·赖特推荐了这艘仍在建造中的超级游艇。
但该公司的律师指控身价约150亿英镑的斯托伦斯基“背后捅刀”，直接从加拿大亿万富翁、前冰球运动员帕特里克·多维吉手中购买了这艘游艇——
与去年同一天相比，股价上涨了7.7%，即15.8便士，至220便士，此前首席执行官尼古拉·弗兰普顿坚称复苏计划正在奏效。
多米诺披萨近几年经历了艰难时期，此前该公司抱怨成本上涨（包括国家最低工资的提高）迫使其提高价格，并在去年夏天下调了业绩指引。
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英国石油公司（BP）第二季度57亿美元的丰厚利润理所当然地引发了环保活动人士的愤怒。
倡导组织“全球见证”甚至引用了唐纳德·特朗普的言论，他是——
SEGRO成为最新一家屈服于外国收购要约的伦敦上市公司。 这家富时100指数仓储业主在经过数周的拉锯战后， 正式接受了来自一家美国竞争对手的报价。 塞格罗表示已同意以每股1032便士的价格将自身出售给 房地产公司Prologis，公司估值达140亿英镑。此次交易
据称被排除在交易之外。经纪公司创始人克里斯·塞西尔-赖特告诉《金融时报》： “经纪人发现自己处于这种境地非常罕见，这是我第一次遇到， 但我对此深有感触。”斯托龙斯基家族办公室的一位发言人昨日表示
“钻探吧，宝贝，钻探吧”这一口号的支持者，最近要求大型石油公司控制其牟取暴利的行为。BP拥有一个庞大且成熟的交易部门，已从总统关于其中东战争时断时续的社交媒体帖子所引发的价格波动中获益£56。 这家英国石油巨头也经历了自身的国内动荡。两年内更换了三位首席执行官，有过两位常任董事长，并在阿尔伯特·曼尼福尔德在5月董事会政变中被赶下台后一直空缺。 首席执行官梅格·奥尼尔听起来像足球经理人，当她认为有必要时告诉CNBC记者：“我得到了董事会的全力支持。” 上周，BP决定在60年后退出北海，这一决定令安迪·伯纳姆首相的政府在考虑是否批准新钻探项目时感到政治尴尬。 但奥尼尔希望专注于她所称的BP“高品质”资产，至少在一片混乱中有了一个计划。 这位BP老板对北海生产大加赞赏。她认为英国“应优先使用国内资源，而不是从第三方购买”。 这表现出的不仅仅是一丝虚伪。
这些指控“毫无依据，将予以辩护”。 斯托龙斯基于2013年用自己£300,000的积蓄创立了Revolut， 该公司现已成为英国最成功的金融科技公司之一，估值达£56bn。这一估值将使其跻身英国15家最大的上市公司之列。
较塞格罗23,日（Prologis公开表达兴趣的前一天）收盘价溢价39%。 塞格罗于上月底放弃了对美国收购的反对立场， 此前曾拒绝了这家总部位于旧金山的集团提出的三次早前报价。 这是今年第100家同意被收购的富时100指数公司。
《每日邮报》，2026年8月5日，星期三
阿斯顿·马丁 ..................3412 -12 86 3438 BAE系统公司 .................2184 +41 2331 160912 Chemring集团 .................61312 +9 62012 460 QinetiQ ..........................54912 +2012 54912 406 劳斯莱斯 ....................152938 +2258 153114 1026 Senior ............................29212
311 16458
银行
桑坦德银行 .................1078 +4 1084 654 巴克莱银行 ..................52214 +714 53814 35734 汇丰控股 ....................158458 -1234 159738 93414 狮子金融 ....................12000 +70 12155 7020 劳埃德银行 .................117 +12 11938 7812 Metro Bank ....................17114 -838 17958 100 NatWest集团 ..............716 -634 72234 50514 渣打银行 ....................2248 +47 2324 130512 TBC银行 ......................4972
5180 3640
饮料
巴尔（AG） .......................610 -35 710 598 可口可乐HBC .............4826 -58 5170 3306 帝亚吉欧 ....................163512 -20 2121 136212
化工
Croda国际 ...................3322 +80 338212 2439 Elementis .......................17838 +1 17838 14258 Johnson Matt .................2100xd +120 2388 1759 Victrex ............................811 +15 824 539
建筑与材料
巴尔弗·贝蒂 ................870 +412 899 549 Breedon .........................34738 +514 377 273 Genuit集团 .................29338 +638 38912 29 Grafton集团 .....................101558 +1558 102738 80838 凯勒集团 ...................3050
3444 1282 Kier集团 .....................24658 +358 25212 18034 Volution ..........................692 +57 712 562
电力
Drax集团 .........................71612 +1 918 62612 SSE ...............................275712 1612
电子与电气设备
Halma ............................4878 3210 +194 摩根先进材料 ..........236 +312 24312 18738 Oxford Instruments ........3302 1766 +112
股权投资工具
3i基础设施 ..............384 -12 39312 326 Aberforth小型公司 ........1706 -4 1756 1418 AJ Bell ...........................592 +412 643 41438 安联威达信托 ................1382 +17 138612 1188 安联科技 ....................712 +26 758 44512 Ashoka印度 ..................25612 -112 28512 217 AVI全球信托 .............26412 27212 23912 Baillie Gifford日本 ............1056 +4 1057 834 Baillie Gifford美国 .................31612 +212 36612 26112 Bankers投资信托 ...............15314 12134 +214 BH Macro .......................418 +112 46212 38612 生物制药信贷 ...........7214
74 6678
BlackRock Smlr..............35412 6618 +212 BlkRckWldMining ...........916 +33 1046 555 BR Greater Eur ..............624 516 +8 Brunner ..........................1566 1354 +14 加里多尼亚投资 .................39112 312 -2 City of London IT ...........60012 488 +1 Edin Inv Trust .................86112 760 +3 Edin Wwide ....................29012 188 +612 Euro Sml Co. ..................24612 197 +3 F&C Inv Trust .................35134 8214 +334 Fidelity China .................33212 245 +12 Fidelity Emg ...................1562 830 +44 Fidelity Eur .....................44112 372 +312 Fidelity Spec Val ............47612 372 +212 Finsbury G&I信托 ............915 713 +2 Foresight Env .................8814 6178 +38 GCP Infra Inv .................8734 70 +58 全球小型公司 ...............19734 16358 +134
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矿业
每日 涨跌幅 领跌股
Travis Perkins 678.5便士 +18.41% Volution 692便士 +8.98% Domino’s Pizza 220便士 +7.74% Antofagasta 3931便士 +6.85% Seraphim Space 172便士 +6.44%
52周高点 低点
52周高点 低点
Syncona .........................10658 -14 10934 8678 Templeton Em ................315 +8 350 19758 Twentyfour .....................10814
11434 10458 Vietnam Enter ................728 +8 848 684 VinaCapital Vietna .........436 +412 499 41412 Wwide Healthcare ..........372 -112 397 308
食品生产商
Assoc Brit Foods............2096 -27 2337 18 Cranswick ......................5270xd +10 5690 4840 Greencore ......................262 -114 30612 192 Hilton Food Gp ...............606 -10 857 456 Premier Foods ...............18958 -78 20914 167 Princes Group ................335 -3 479 29812 Tate & Lyle .....................55212 -1 569 32938 Unilever ..........................474812 -2112 5472 4078
综合金融
3i Group .........................2886 +19 4459 2082 Ashmore Gp...................21358 +234 26634 15312 Bridgepoint Group..........344 +438 34834 22258 Capital Gearing ..............523 +1 526 5214 CMC Markets .................681xd +4 749 206 Coats Group ..................8158 +14 9518 7134 Foresight Group .............49212 +1112 494 345 ICG ................................2012 +63 2332 1463 IG Gp .............................1360 -11 1938 1025 Integrafin ........................37412 +212 392 29812 Intl Public Prtnshps ........14438 +38 14638 11714 Investec .........................672 +1312 67534 518 IP Group ........................6714 +2 7058 4858 JTC ................................1328
1366 897 London Stock Ex ............8500 +10 10100 7170 Man Group .....................31034 +658 31314 15434 Nth Atlantic Smlr ............423 -3 42812 330 OSB Group ....................567 -1 64312 48414 Paragon .........................846 -612 92612 71112 Plus500 ..........................3874 +48 5070 2942 Quilter ............................19712 +158 20814 15438 Rathbone Grp ................1674 +10 2265 1582 Ruffer Investment ...........29212 -12 31312 28312 Schroders ......................589 +12 61812 36114 SDCL Efficiency .............3834 -14 63 32 Temple Bar.....................420 -2 42634 331 TP ICAP .........................33938 -234 355 24012 XPS Pensions ................33212 +12 384 283
医疗设备与服务
Convatec ........................22938 +4 25638 194
284便士 -9.84% 国际职场 186.便士 -6.37% Smith & Neph 1122便士 -6.27% Ocado 204.便士 -5.54% AG Barr 610便士 -5.43%
Oxford Biomedica ..........566 +5 913 430 Smith & Neph ................1122 -75 1435 107312 Spire Health ...................230 -3 249 14234
住宅建筑商
Barratt Redrow ...............31434 +1014 40938 24114 Bellway ..........................2088 +44 2868 1715 Berkeley Grp ..................3630 +54 4434 3104 Crest Nicholson .............6458 -18 18818 6114 Persimmon .....................114312 +1212 154312 99858 Taylor Wimpey................8138 +114 11612 7418 Vistry Group ...................284 -31 73634 22438
工业运输
Clarkson ........................5075 -80 516212 3395 Zigup ..............................462 -1 47112 30112
工业
Bodycote ........................750 +1712 83612 601 Goodwin ........................18540 +820 27600 9100 Hill & Smith ....................2925 +15 3045 1968 IMI ..................................3022 +60 3050 2206 Melrose Ind ....................48034 +1738 68134 44814 RHI Magnesita ...............2835 +45 3345 1980 Rotork ............................48614 -34 49312 28838 Smiths Gp ......................2688 +40 2746 2118 Spirax Group ..................7290 +190 7960 6060 Vesuvius ........................37858 +734 503 355 2686 Weir Gp..........................2686 +48 3546 2274
休闲用品
Games Workshop ..........19030xd -200 21940 14200 ME Group ......................12414 +614 21812 10014 Watches of Switz ...........73312 +712 80112 31834
人寿保险
Aberdeen Group ............25134 +658 261 182 Aviva ..............................69338 -814 70158 59138 Legal & General .............30234 -1 30334 23358 Prudential .......................1095 -14 1220 916 St James Place ..............1104 +1712 1553 105312 Standard Life .................92112 -312 925 619
媒体
4imprint ..........................4390 +112 4529 3055 Autotrader Group ...........53514 +438 83634 42714 Bloomsbury ....................630xd +7 672 43812 Informa ..........................90758 +1114 99338 73934 ITV .................................7338 +14 8514 6738 Mony Group ...................20314xd +478 213 14412
Pearson..........................122712 -22 1326 89158 RELX .............................2700 +51 3666 2013 Rightmove Group ...........47434 +314 82334 404 WPP ..............................30478 +58 40314 22478
采矿
Anglo American .............3907 +202 4225 2123 Antofagasta ....................3931 +252 4455 196712 Endeavour Mining ..........3636 +119 5290 2434 Fresnillo .........................2629 +131 4448 1378 Glencore ........................55058 +1158 615 28012 Hochschild Mining..........45138 +1114 80812 27258 Pan African Resourses ..9714 +214 18338 6038 Rio Tinto.........................7313 +224 8308 444812
非寿险
Admiral Gp .....................3742 -60 3802 2644 Beazley ..........................1291 -2 1296 769 Hiscox ............................1777
1899 1273 Lancashire Hldgs ...........59212 -712 694 565
石油与天然气生产商
BP ..................................525 -2718 60614 41012 2718 Energean .......................748 -512 1026 68312 Harbour Energy .............23614 -358 31834 18578 Hunting ..........................44812 +1 531 297 Ithaca Energy.................23138 -638 28558 15334 Shell ...............................332112 -84 3583 2562
石油设备与服务
Wood Gp(J) ...................2938
2938 1814
制药与生物技术
AstraZeneca ..................11740 +240 15542 10922 Genus ............................2204 -6 3170 1966 GSK ...............................191412 +5 2268 1373 Haleon ...........................35734 -458 41078 32078 Hikma Pharma .............1581 +8 1884 1191 Oxford Nanopore ...........11634 +134 219 10412 Reckitt Benckiser ...........5272 -8 668134 4443
房地产
Big Yellow Gp .................910 +912 1180 812 British Land ....................44814 +338 44814 32114 Derwent London ............2146 +26 2170 1509 Grainger .........................17434 +158 211 15038 Grt Portland Est .............35838 +514 374 27412 Hammerson ...................38038 -514 38558 26734 Harworth ........................135 +314 18912 120 Land Securities ..............72012 +712 72714 529
LondonMetric Prop.........19818 +214 215 17712 Primary Hlth Prop ...........912 -14 10814 8712 Safestore Hldgs .............512 +512 837 582 Savills ............................944 +11 1108 808 SEGRO ..........................97434 +1334 100934 60438 Shaftesbury ....................14634 +138 16034 12614 Sirius Real Estate ..........10134 +112 11178 91 Supermarket Inc ............8878 +14 8878 7634 Target Healthcare ..........11334 +38 116 9234 TR Property IT ...............32112 +112 36112 295 Tritax Big Box .................17178 +338 17334 13314 Unite Group ...................53712 -1 757 44834 Workspace Gp ...............430 +2 430 31938
零售商
AO World .......................9718 -14 11314 8338 ASOS .............................363 383 20612 B&M ...............................231 +3 26418 15514 Burberry Gp ...................121012 +3 1360 100412 Currys ............................16238 -178 16814 10678 Dr. Martens ....................7938 +134 9938 6034 Dunelm Gp.....................886 -3 1241 715 Frasers Group ................826 -112 84514 61812 Greggs ...........................1946 +2 2032 1418 Howden Joinery .............82112 +1612 970 72312 Inchcape ........................84012 +12 890 64012 JD Sports Fashion .........9138 +38 10412 6514 Kingfisher .......................321 +634 37012 24314 Marks & Spencer ...........41018 -12 41612 30878 Moonpig .........................27914 +238 28514 19258 Next ...............................14814 -90 15240 11575 Ocado Gp ......................20458 -12 39558 15914 Pets at Home Gp ...........212 -214 23658 17078 Sainsbury(J) ..................35512 -112 35938 29334 SSP Group.....................20958 21114 13858 Tesco .............................479 -718 50134 40678 WH Smith ......................445 +58 135512 38314 Wickes Group ................203 +212 255 17034
软件与计算机服务
Alfa Financial .................16438 +58 24812 14238 Auction Tech ..................47038 +1434 48334 263 Baltic Classifieds............21238 +158 35612 17034 Bytes Technology ...........40814 +558 42714 25358 Computacenter ..............4778 +172 4866 2242 Deliveroo ........................17934
17934 17634 Kainos Gp ......................89312 -5 1190 683 NCC Grp ........................143 +114 15734 11334 Playtech .........................377 +134 43612 232 Softcat............................1949 +25 1987 1091 The Sage Group ............100912 +1018 119812 78358 Trustpilot ........................27958 +1458 29034 12914
支持服务
Babcock Intl ...................118012 +34 1502 921 Bunzl ..............................2794 -2 2816 1989 DCC Energy...................6370 +5 6370 4350 Diploma .........................7575 +95 7630 5015 Essentra.........................108 113 7978 Experian ........................2860 +49 3982 2375 Hays ...............................6012 +214 6458 2958 Intertek Gp .....................5840
5840 3582
Mitie Group ....................17434
210 13638
Rentokil Initial ................37014 +1312 50634 34434
RS Group .......................728 +12 735 54112
Serco .............................246 +534 32434 20938
Sthree ............................26512 +812 26712 13738
Travis Perkins.................67812 +10512 714 50712
W.A.G ............................10012
106 82
技术硬件与设备
discoverIE Gp ................799 +25 80712 514
GB GROUP ...................227 +512 259 185
Raspberry Pi ..................68612 +28 1051 25714
Spirent Comms ..............19834
19834 194
电信
Airtel Africa ....................33338 +538 42014 207
BT Gp ............................20214 -78 23912 2
Gamma Comms .............970 +15 1106 701
Helios Towers .................19778 +238 24538 11834
Telecom Plus .................861 -4 1926 710
Vodafone Gp ..................11678 -38 12314 8358
烟草
Br Am Tob ......................4392 4392xd -74 4962 3733
Imperial Brands .............2736 -28 3341 2668
旅游与休闲
Compass Gp ..................3212 +38 2650 2718
Dominos Pizza ...............220 +1534 220 16714
easyJet ..........................63734 -458 680 33934
Entain ............................54858 +114 100812 521
FirstGroup ......................18418 18418xd -118 232 158
Hollywood Bowl .............289 +1 30712 23412
Intercontl Htls .................15634 -38 10585 12838
Intl Cons Airl ..................43858 +518 488 34214
Mitchells & Butlers .........283
301 228
PPHE Hotel Gp ..............1534 -28 2060 1286
Trainline .........................24734 +14 300 18512
Wetherspoon (JD) ..........81412 -212 817 55512
Whitbread ......................2521 -22 3274 2234
Wizz Air Hldgs................1157 +44 1447 84912
公用事业
Centrica .........................15278 -38 21834 15218
Metlen ............................48 +18 5614 3134
National Grid ..................1188 -1 1400 101012
Pennon ..........................45914 45914xd +314 600 446
Severn Trent ...................3050 +14 3280 327
United Utilities ................1406 1406xd +9 1457 91434
*除息 来源：英国 Press Association
2.45 HONDA WAKEFIELD SUPER-N AMATEUR JOCKEYS’ HANDICAP (6) £6,500 added (£3,229) 1m 2f 5yds (7) 101 (2) 9613-24 MAX OF STARS 12 (S) O Pears 6-11-2 .................. Miss C Brooks (5) 102 (7) 744423 SUNNY ORANGE 8 (P) (GS) T Easterby 6-11-1 ...........T Easterby (3) 103 (5) 429-207 GLITTER CODE 40 (B) E Bethell 4-11-0 ................Miss Nell Biker (7) 104 (6) 538532 STAR START 8 (C&DD3BF) (GS) R Carr 6-10-11 ... C Parker (5) 105 (3) 5L1175 ANIFICAS BEAUTY 17 (C) (G) P Winks 7-10-8 .... L Sanders (7) 106 (1) 7-L973L QUIRKE ON PAROLE 13 (D) (G) M Walford 4-10-5 A Cooke (5) 107 (4) 903U65 THE PUG 8 (P) (D2) O Murphy 6-10-1 ........ Jemima Stewart (7) Probable SP: 7-4 Star Start, 15-8 Sunny Orange, 6 Glitter Code, 8 Max Of Stars, 12 The Pug, 14 Anificas Beauty. FAVOURITES: – – – – – 2 1 1 0 0 (W 11-2). AGES: – – – – – 3 5 10 5 5 2025: Star Start 5 10 5 ( C Parker)
15-2 R Carr drawn (9) 8 ran. 3.15 JAYNE — ON COURSE LADY BOOKMAKER EBF MAIDEN STAKES (4) (2-Y-O) £11,000 added (£5,940) 6f (8) 201 (3) BUGZY Tom Clover 9-7 ........................................................D Tudhope 202 (7) 9 CHIEF MINISTER 18 E J-Houghton 9-7 ..........................J Nicholls (3) 203 (4) 8 LONGSHANKS LUKE 21 (B) P Neville 9-7 ........................B McHugh 204 (6) L MUBEHIR 16 P Midgley 9-7 .....................................................D Nolan 205 (2) OUR SON OSCAR K Ryan 9-7 ..................................................K Stott 206 (1) 523 ROCK STEADY BEAT 46 K R Burke 9-7 ....................................C Lee 207 (8) SANKHUM GALAXY B Haslam 9-7 .......................................A Mullen 208 (5) 7 LADY HENSHAW 19 P Owens 9-2 .......................................C Beasley Probable SP: 6-5 Rock Steady Beat, 5-2 Our Son Oscar, 4 Bugzy, 10
Lady Henshaw, 14 Chief Minister. FAVOURITES: – – – – – 2 0 1 3 1 2025: Gold Queen Kindly 2 9 7 (C Lee) 1-2 Fav K R Burke drawn (5) 8 ran. 3.45 RIU HOTELS AND RESORTS LADIES DAY VETERANS’ HANDICAP (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) 1m 6yds (6) 301 (4) 443-780 SPIRIT GENIE 39 (BT) (D) (S) J Candlish 6-9-9 ........................ J Hart 302 (5) 47-1867 ALESSIA FERNANDA 32 (T) (D2) (S) D Carroll 6-9-6 ......Z Wheatley 303 (3) 338542 GARDEN OASIS 18 (P) (C&D2D11) (G) T Easterby 11-9-6 .... D Allan 304 (1) 342-0LL NARMAR 54 (PT) (D2) (S) J Candlish 6-9-5 ........................D Keenan 305 (2) L576L4 COSMOS RAJ 4 (P) (D9) (GS) D O’Meara 8-8-13 Conor Whiteley (5) 306 (6) 845506 SOAMES FORSYTE 51 (P) (D4) (S) M Herrington 7-8-11 . D E Hogan Probable SP: 4-9 Garden Oasis, 13-2 Alessia Fernanda, 8 Soames Forsyte, 10 Spirit Genie, 14 Cosmos Raj. FAVOURITES: 1 3 0 2 – 0 1 0 1 2 (W 9-1). AGES: 7 7 6 6 – 8
7 7 6 10 2025: Garden Oasis 10 9 11 (David Allan) 10-3 T Easterby drawn (6) 7 ran.
TRACK FACTS: JACKPOT MEETING. L-H course. GOING: Good to firm-good in places. STALLS: Inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low. Top jockey: Daniel Tudhope. Top trainer: T Easterby. Placed in the race last year: 2.45 Star Start (1st); 3.45 Garden Oasis (1st); 4.15 Betweenthesticks (1st). Headgear first time: 3.45 Spirit Genie, 5.15 Division Day. Longest travellers: Chief Minister (3.15) & Anzac Day (5.15) 175 miles. Drop in Class: None today. First run since wind surgery: 4.15 Missmimi.
5.40 黄金与白银交易所 业余骑师让磅赛（6） £7,200 增加奖金（£3,576） 6 化郎 3 码（7） 1 ...................... (4) L78621 LUMINOUS WARRIOR（减 5 磅） 8（T）（C）（G） D Cunha 4-11-7 .F Yarham 2 (1) 141183 SHADES OF MAY 15 M Usher 6-11-1 ..........................Miss M Jordan 3 (5) 57L765 ALAFDHAL 19（V）（C&DD7）（S） P McEntee 8-11-0 .......Henry Callan 4 (3) 7 . L0422 SO GRATEFUL 12（D3）（G） M & D Easterby 8-10-10 ...Miss S Brotherton 5 (2) 1279-L7 ENDOWED 15（T）（D6）（G） J & R Flint 9-10-9.........Miss I Mathias (5) 6 (6) 880227 INDY’S ANGEL 18（P）（D） P Kirby 4-10-7 ........... Jack Loughnane (7) 7 (7) 7 ........... 5L8-L0L COILED 10（BT） M Rimell 4-10-7 .................................. Harry Rimell (7) 预计赔率：7-4 Luminous Warrior，9-4 So Grateful，3 Shades Of May，12 Indy’s Angel，14 Endowed，16 Alafdhal。 热门及 2025 年：无对应赛事。
6.10 英国种马场 EBF 两岁处女母马锦标赛（4） £10,000 增加奖金（£5,400） 6 化郎 3 码（10） 1 (8) L8 AVA LOUISE 8 P McBride 9-2 ..................................................H Crouch 2 (2) 36 BABZINI 75 E J-Houghton 9-2 ..................................................C Bishop 3 (5) 2 ............................................... L DIVINE CONCERTO 47 D Cunha 9-2 ................................S Donohoe 4 (9) 2 .......................................... L FOXSBRUSH 19 J Ryan 9-2 ........................................Liam Wright (5) 5 (6) 6 LADY OF HAY 19（H） A Balding 9-2 ..................................... D Probert 6 (10) 19 D Ivory 9-2 ...........................................J F Egan 7 (1) 3 MINKAAS 75 T Kent 9-2 ..................................................B Loughnane 8 (3) M Botti 9-2 ................................................ M Ghiani 9 (7) 0 PURE MAJESTY 26 W Haggas 9-2 ................................. T Marquand 10 (4) 2 .................................. 32 SPEED OF SOUND 12 R Spencer 9-2 ..................................S Osborne 预计赔率：6-4 Speed of Sound，6 Minkaas，Lilywhite Hart，13-2 Babzini，7 Lady Of Hay，8 Pensando A Te，Pure Majesty。 热门：– – – – – 1 1 0 0 1 2025：Concert 2 9 2（Cieren Fallon）11-8 热门 W Haggas 抽签（6）7 匹马出赛。
6.40 草莓地种马场育成赛（4）（2 岁马） £10,200 增加奖金（£5,339） 5 化郎 42 码（5） 1 (5) 2301 DUBAI CHARM 28（C&D）（G） R Hughes 9-9 ........................ N Callan 2 (2) 4 ............................................. 421L BEAUTY BOX 41（H） J Tate 9-4 .............................................H Crouch 3 (1) 138L8 WAIT GEORDIE 18（D） H Palmer 9-4 ................................... D Probert 4 (4) 30L5 TROUBLESOME GUEST 16 G Margarson 9-2 ............... T Marquand 5 (3) 221 DOWMAN 65（T）（D）（G） G Boughey 9-0 .......................B Loughnane 预计赔率：15-8 Dowman，2 Dubai Charm，5 Wait Geordie，Beauty Box，10 Troublesome Guest。 热门及 2025 年：无对应赛事。
赛道信息：左手赛道。场地状况：良好至坚实。 起跑栏位：直道中间；1 英里 2 化郎内侧；1 英里 6 化郎看台侧。 抽签优势：高。最佳骑师：Billy Loughnane。最佳练马师：W Haggas。 首次佩戴头罩：5.40 Coiled，6.10 Lady Of Hay，6.40 Beauty Box，7.10 Angel Breeze，7.40 Urban Warrior。 术后首次出赛：7.10 Angel Breeze。
赛道信息：左手赛道。场地状况：良好至坚实，部分地段良好。 起跑栏位：1 英里内侧；1 英里 2 化郎外侧；其余中间。 抽签优势：短途赛低。 最佳骑师：Jack Doughty。最佳练马师：A Carroll。 去年赛事排名：5.00 Secret Handsheikh（季军）。 首次佩戴头罩：4.30 Redredrobin，Viking Glory。 最远参赛马匹：Glen Nevis（3.30）及 Port Darwin（4.00）293 英里。
2.15 — WAAKABB（J·哈特） 7-4（次热门）1；National Pride 11-8F 2；Breaking The Habit 125-1 1 3. 6匹出赛。（S & E·克里斯福德） 11 / 2，8马位。彩池：2.49；1.20，1.10。 赔率：3.40。三重彩：43.90。复式投注：3.40。 未出赛：Palace Legacy。
2.45 — ICONIC TIMES（S·D·鲍恩）同赔1；Without Delay 10-1 2；Rain Cap 9-2 3. 7匹出赛。（J·坎德利什）鼻位，21 / 4。 彩池：2.00；1.10，2.80。赔率：9.80。三重彩：34.60。复式投注：11.92。
3.15 — FREE WORLD（C·法伦）2-1并列热门1；Star Of Jupiter 14-1 2；Fleur De Mer 8-1 3. 9匹出赛。（I·威廉斯）7马位，颈位。 彩池：3.00；1.30，3.40，1.90。赔率：29.80。三重机会：194.03。三重彩：232.10。复式投注：36.52。
3.45 — MISS RAINBOW（C·比斯利）5-2（次热门）1；Captain Cess 11-10F 2；Battenburg Belle 9-1 3. 1 3. 8匹出赛。（T·瓦戈特）1 2马位，3½马位。 彩池：3.60；1.20，1.10，1.90。赔率：7.20。三重机会：19.71。三重彩：35.20。复式投注：5.80。
4.15 — HALIMEDE（L·莫里斯）9-4（次热门）1；Hansteen 8-11F 2；Muhib 7-1 3. 1 3. 9匹出赛。（M·普雷斯科特爵士）5马位，11 / 4。 彩池：4.10；1.60，1.20，1.02。赔率：5.90。三重机会：7.93。三重彩：10.90。复式投注：4.32。 4.
4.45 — WITHOUT FLAW（W·芬蒂曼）3-1（次热门）1；Gwen Tennyson 13-2 2；Doralee 6-4F 3. 7匹出赛。（T·杰克逊小姐）1 2马位，1 2马位。 彩池：4.00；1.80，3.40。赔率：23.70。三重彩：64.10。复式投注：23.22。 头奖彩池：1,426.90英镑。位置彩池：12.10英镑。四重位置彩池：11.00英镑。
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环球之星卡兰达甘将休息一段时间，随后将在今年晚些时候全力卫冕日本杯冠军。弗朗西斯-亨利·格拉法尔的五岁马原计划在8月20日的约克郡橡树大赛上亮相，此前它在上月的英王乔治六世及王后伊丽莎白锦标赛中获得第二名。然而，它昨日被退出约克重头赛事。“它在英王乔治赛后状态良好，但我们认为它需要休息，”阿迦汗种马场的法国赛马经理内莫恩·劳斯表示，“我们认为去约克参赛并不明智。它将休息一段时间，目标是参加一场国际赛事，可能是日本杯。”
三重彩：221.30。复式投注：54.63。
3.00 — PERFECT NATION（B·劳纳恩）13-8F 1；George Cross 9-2 2；Artemis Star 22-1 3. 1 3. 7匹出赛。（G·鲍吉）1 1马位，1 1马位。 彩池：2.63；1.30，2.10。赔率：11.90。三重彩：56.50。复式投注：9.34。
3.30 — LERWICK（B·劳纳恩）10-1 1；Cypriot Diaspora 13-8F 2；Grand Vista 14-1 3. 9匹出赛。（M·劳纳恩）2 2马位，11 / 4。 彩池：11.00；2.80，1.10，3.70。赔率：34.10。三重机会：238.82。三重彩：252.10。复式投注：26.77。
4.00 — KALEIDOSCOPE EYES（R·P·唐尼）3-1（次热门）1；Piazza 12-1 2；Rosemary’s Rose 同赔F 3. 8匹出赛。（B·J·卢埃林 & 罗伯特·威廉斯）½马位，1马位。 彩池：4.00；1.10，2.40，1.10。赔率：37.30。三重机会：57.29。三重彩：64.40。复式投注：35.56。 未出赛：March Of Time。
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2.45 Star Start 3.15 Rock Steady Beat 3.45 Garden Oasis 4.15 Betweenthesticks 4.45 Alfa Whiteburd 5.15 Something
北方人推荐 — 3.15 Rock Steady Beat（不确定）；3.45 GARDEN OASIS（本日最佳）。
4.15 FBS特许会计师查普林斯俱乐部让磅赛（5） 8,000英镑增补（4,187英镑）5弗隆3码（10） 401 (5) 129623 BETWEENTHESTICKS 29（P）（C&D2D8）（GS） R·卡尔 6-9-12
JP Sullivan 402 (2) 20-45LL LE BEAU GARCON 8 (D4) (G) M & D Easterby 7-9-11.........J Mason 403 (4) 33-4330 SPIRIT OF APPLAUSE 12 (B) (D3) (G) T Easterby 6-9-11 ..... D Allan 404 (1) 336LL8 SAM’S XPRESS 11 (D6) J & S Birkett 6-9-10 .................... D E Hogan 405 (8) 787153 GREAT 4 (G) S England 4-9-9 ...........................................Shane Gray 406 (10) L-03151 SEA HER EXCEL 16 (D2) (G) I Furtado 3-9-8 ........Elle-May Croot (5) 407 (6) 8-43LL6 RIFFA SPIRIT 11 D Carroll 3-9-7 .........................................Z Wheatley 408 (9) 045016 BIBENDUM 16 (V) (D2) (G) J Camacho 5-9-4 ......................R Sexton 409 (7) 16231L- MISSMIMI 256 (C&DC) (S) Miss T Jackson 6-9-4 ......W Fentiman (3) 410 (3) 121364 THE TUNGUSKA EVENT 14 (V) (BF) J & S Quinn 3-9-4 ......... J Hart 可能单赔：3 Sea Her Excel，4 Betweenthesticks，9-2 Great，6 Bibendum， 8 The Tunguska Event，12 Spirit Of Applause，14 Missmimi，Sam’s Xpress。 热门：3 0 1 2 – 1 0 0 0 0（胜9-7）。 年龄：3 7 7 11 – 8 5 10 4 5 2025：Betweenthesticks 5 9 10（James Sullivan）33-1 R Carr 抽签（6）9匹出赛。 4.45 与简恩一起投注——您的本地博彩行让磅赛（4） £10,000 追加（£5,234）6化郎（9） 501 (1) 284411 THE GOOD BISCUIT（减5磅）10 (C&D2CD4) (GS) R Carr 5-9-12
Joanna Mason 502 (7) 7-68211 ALFA WHITEBURD 19 (C&DD4) (G) I Furtado 5-9-9 ................ J Hart 503 (8) 035220 ABERAMA GOLD 12 (V) (D14) (GS) D O’Meara 9-9-6 .....D Tudhope 504 (3) 27-L311 UPPERCASE 20 (GS) Harry Eustace 4-9-6 .....................Kaiya Fraser 505 (5) L-10L64 MAE AMOR 7 (V) (D4) R Menzies 4-9-6 .................................. D Allan 506 (9) 135624 EMPEROR CARADOC 15 (P) (CD4) (GS) P Midgley 7-9-4 ...D Nolan 507 (4) 703200 MISTER SOX 12 (P) (C&DD4) (S) T Easterby 6-9-3 ........ S B Kirrane 508 (6) 7-87510 SUGAR BABY 12 (D3) (G) P Niven 8-9-0 .........................E Tindall (5) 509 (2) 66553-4 WILLOLARUPI 19 (D2) (G) D Carroll 5-8-8 ........................Z Wheatley 可能单赔：2 Uppercase，11-4 The Good Biscuit，4 Alfa Whiteburd，13-2 Mae Amor，10 Emperor Caradoc，16 Aberama Gold。 热门：– – – – – – – – – 1（胜9-4）。 年龄：– – – – – – – – – 0 2025：Novello Lad 4 9 4（David Nolan）4-1 热门 P Midgley 抽签（5）10匹出赛。 5.15 拿破仑赌场布拉德福德让磅赛（GBPLUS赛事） (4) £10,000 追加（£5,154）2英里1化郎27码（3） 601 (2) 1 / D57L-4 ANZAC DAY 45 (S) J & A O’Neill 5-10-2 .....................................C Lee 602 (3) 831232 SOMETHING 14 (P) (S) L Bailey 5-10-1 ............................... B Garritty 603 (1) 5112-15 DIVISION DAY 25 (P) (G) B Ellison 4-9-3 .............................C Beasley 可能单赔：8-11 Something，2 Division Day，5 Anzac Day。 热门及2025：无对应赛事。
5.40 Luminous Warrior 6.10 Speed of Sound 6.40 TROUBLESOME
嘉宾推荐（nap） 7.10 Liberate 7.40 Urban Warrior 8.10 Banana
纽马克特 – 6.10 Speed of Sound（nb）
7.10 ORIGIN AMENITY SOLUTIONS 限制新秀锦标赛（4）£10,000 追加（£5,400）1英里2化郎23码（5） 1 (1) 43 LIBERATE 36 Harry Eustace 3-9-7 .......................................P-L Jamin 2 (5) 0 SEIGNEUR 30 (H) J Fanshawe 3-9-7 .................................. D Muscutt 3 (4) STATE EXPRESS S Woods 3-9-7 ..................................... T Marquand 4 (3) TIME THIEF Tom Clover 3-9-7 ................................................. N Callan 5 (2) L9- ANGEL BREEZE 252 (T) Lemos Souza 3-9-0 ..................... M Ghiani 可能单赔：4-6 Liberate，7-2 State Express，4 Time Thief，16 Seigneur。 热门及2025：无对应赛事。 7.40 BRANDFORDS 餐厅及酒吧让磅赛（6）£7,200 追加（£3,768）1英里6化郎17码（7） 1 (7) 7-08180 LE ROUGE CHINOIS 104 (P) (D) (G) M Appleby 6-9-9 .. T Marquand 2 (6) 96-4433 URBAN WARRIOR 13 (P) (BF2) S C Williams 4-9-8 ............ M Ghiani 3 (2) 9 ..
9-23521 高地哈维 21（C）（G）吉汉·阿诺达 4-9-6 ..B·洛纳恩 4（1）9-92444 福尼多 131（D）M·阿特沃特 4-9-4 ...............................S·C·克罗宁（5）5（4）L-75634 高贵金发 19（B）（D）（G）B·凯斯 7-9-3 ...............S·奥斯本 6（5）77522L 太空时代情歌 15（P）M·贝尔 4-9-2 ......................H·克劳奇 7（3）5-64548 云霞玫瑰 29（GS）J·贝里 8-9-1 .................................D·普罗伯特 可能赔率：11-8 高地哈维，5-2 城市勇士，13-2 福尼多，10 高贵金发，太空时代情歌，14 红色中国，云霞玫瑰。 热门与2025年：无对应赛事。 8.10 投注中心分类赛（6）£6,600 附加（£3,454）5弗隆42码（8）1（3）50420-2 香蕉 33（PT）（D2）（G）S·迪克森 7-9-9 ................T·兰利（5）2（2）625385 钥匙头 15（D6）（G）M·阿特沃特 7-9-9 .......S·C·克罗宁（5）3（8）L36264 冲锋公牛 13（HT）迈克尔·基迪 4-9-9 ............T·马昆德 4（5）3-08LLL 切多齐 5（V）P·麦肯蒂 5-9-9 .............................格雷丝·麦肯蒂 5（7）528LL6 噢的一声 35（PT）（D）S·迪克森 4-9-9 ....M·莫滕森（5）6（6）84L7 五月花岩 34 D·库尼亚 3-9-6 ............................S·多诺霍 7（1）430 纯粹激情 13 S·C·威廉姆斯 3-9-6 ..........................C·R·莱昂斯（7）8（4）6L-L5 闪耀宾客 40 G·马加森 3-9-6...............................M·吉亚尼 可能赔率：13-8 香蕉，7-2 冲锋公牛，钥匙头，8 五月花岩，10 闪耀宾客，纯粹激情。 热门：– – – – – – 0 3 3 0 年龄：– – – – – – 1 2 3 5 3 5 2025：全球努力 1 3. 5 9 9（格雷丝·麦肯蒂）7-1 P·麦肯蒂 抽签（6）7 匹出赛。
最远旅程：恩多德（5.40）307 英里。 级别下调：6.40 韦特·乔迪比上次下调 2, 级别（2 级降至 4 级）；8.10 纯粹激情（2 级）。
赛马结果
4.30 — 伍茨（R·道森） 10-11弗隆 1；光之山 16-1 2；阿巴维 13-8（次热门）3。8 匹出赛。（R·瓦里安）。6 1 / 2，半马头。彩池：1.91；1.20, 2.70, 1.10。独赢：17.30。三重彩：35.00。综合彩池：18.61。 5.00 — 神话之星（B·洛纳恩）4-6弗隆 1；飓风大笑 11-4（次热门）2；空中之物 12-1 3。5 匹出赛。（D & C·库伯勒）。1 1 / 2，4 马位。彩池：1.67；1.10, 1.40。独赢：2.80。三重彩：11.10。综合彩池：2.82。 5.30 — A 女儿之爱（杰克·多蒂）10-1 1；格林德尔顿 5-1（次热门）2；赞美确实 7-1 3。10 匹出赛。（D·弗拉德）。10 马位，4 马位。彩池：11.00；1.40, 1.70, 2.40。独赢：84.20。三重彩：381.53。三重彩：448.20。综合彩池：60.26。位置彩池 £11.90。四重彩 £2.10。
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2.45 阳光橙 3.15 坚定节拍 3.45 花园绿洲 4.15 海之卓越 4.45 好饼干（本日推荐） 5.15 某物
5.40 光明勇士 6.10 明卡斯 6.40 道曼 7.10 解放 7.40 高地哈维 8.10 香蕉
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5.18 — 迷你莫吉托（J·卡兰）9-4（热门）1；罗格王朝 5-2（次热门）2；丹迪汗 14-1 3。11 匹出赛。（T·肯特）。3 / 4，2 马位。彩池：3.25；1.50, 1.20, 4.40。独赢：8.00。三重彩：65.18。三重彩：97.70。综合彩池：8.06。 5.48 — 幸运儿（O·卡迈克尔）16-1 1；邓艾登 16-1 2；蒸汽奇迹 18-1 3。10 匹出赛。（E·J-霍顿）。1 1 / 4，13 / 4。彩池：17.00；2.90, 4.00, 4.50。独赢：229.40。三重彩：4722.30。综合彩池：250.88。 6.18 — 波特斯·玛戈（R·哈夫林）25-1 1；明纳尔 7-4（次热门）2；卢希尔 10-1 3。9 匹出赛。（M·克劳利）。1 马位，3 / 4。彩池：30.10；5.00, 1.10, 2.10。独赢：105.50。三重彩：401.10。综合彩池：70.66。 6.48 — 埃尔夫瑟姆（J·吉利根）13-2 1；风格之王 15-8（热门）2；跳跃 3-1（次热门）3。10 匹出赛。（C·艾伦）。1 / 2，1 1 / 2。彩池：7.70；3.50, 1.10, 1.40。独赢：27.20。三重彩：47.22。三重彩：109.40。综合彩池：19.31。未出赛：大师丹迪，凤凰月。 7.18 — 塔巴斯科（阿什利·刘易斯）4-5（热门）1；猩红月 15-2 2；俄罗斯谣言 10-1 3。4 匹出赛。（E·沃克）。颈差，1 / 2。彩池：1.80；独赢：10.00。三重彩：18.10。综合彩池：7.16。 7.48 — 希望升起（R·霍恩比）2-1（次热门）1；道格拉斯·DC 6-1 2；可可蓝 11-8（热门）3。7 匹出赛。（J·斯诺登）。5 1 / 2，1 1 / 4。彩池：3.00；1.40, 2.60。独赢：17.20。三重彩：34.20。综合彩池：15.08。 8.18 — 奥菲亚之子（泰勒·费舍尔）5-6（热门）1；格特·卢什 9-2（并列次热门）2；僧侣草地 11-2 3。6 匹出赛。（J·蒂克尔）。2 马位，1 / 2。彩池：1.84；1.10, 2.00。独赢：5.50。三重彩：10.90。综合彩池：5.19。位置彩池 £746.40。四重彩 £14.70。
2.30 让赛（6匹）（3岁马） 奖金追加£8,000 （£4,187） 5弗隆215码（5） 1 (3) 303 LOVE ALIVE 12 J·巴特勒 9-9 ........................A·罗林森 2 (5) 423 HAVANA JAG 13（BF） J·加拉格尔 9-7 .阿什利·刘易斯（3） 3 (1) 214 CAPE TORONADA 44（C&DBF） A·卡罗尔 9-7 W·卡森 4 (4) 624 MISTER MOET 15（P）（D2）（S） S·迪克森 9-6 C·霍华斯（3） 5 (2) 644 BEACH PARTEE 21（V）（C&D）（S） S·迪克森 9-4 T·赫德 9 .................. 预计赔率：9-4 Havana Jag，11-4 Cape Toronada，7-2 Love Alive，9-2 Mister Moet，7 Beach Partee。
3.00 分级赛（6匹） 奖金追加£8,000 （£4,187） 7弗隆216码（9） 1 (1) 665 ASPIRE TO GLORY 3（BT） D·库尼亚 5-9-9 .... S·纳雷杜 2 (3) 990 CELEBRATING ETHEL 30（P）（C） A·卡罗尔 7-9-9 9 ....
杰克·道蒂 3 (4) 54L FIRST ENCOUNTER 18（B）（D3）（G） J·加拉格尔 5-9-9 2 ......
阿什利·刘易斯（3） 4 (8) 427 RAINBOW SIGN 23（T）（C&D）（G） M·帕廷森 8-9-9 4......................
P·科斯格雷夫 5 (7) 685 RIVER WHARFE 16（P）（C&D2C3）（G） A·卡罗尔 8-9-9 0 ............
莫莉·冈恩（5） 6 (6) 806 ROCK MASTER 14（P） A·卡罗尔 4-9-9 .............. C·法伦 7 (5) 522 ROVINIA 14（BF） R·蒂尔 4-9-9 ....................... O·刘易斯（5） 8 (9) 305 SANGARA 305（H） S·韦斯特小姐 4-9-9 ................G·巴斯 9 ................ 9 (2) 567 SKYOLAIRE 45（P） 塞缪斯·马林斯 3-9-2 ....G·唐宁 13 .......................... 预计赔率：9-4 Rovinia，7-2 River Wharfe，5 Aspire To Glory，7 Sangara，8 First Encounter，10 Rainbow Sign。
3.30 布莱顿一英里挑战让赛（4匹） 奖金追加£20,000（£10,468） 7弗隆216码（9） 1 (5) 141 SILCA BAY 18（P）（D3）（GS） E·J-霍顿 4-10-3
O·卡迈克尔（7） 2 (8) 722 SEA SUITE 12（V）（G） 詹姆斯·欧文 4-10-2 ...... C·法伦 3 (2) 364 NEWFANGLED 23（P）（C&DD2）（G） J·波特曼 5-9-10
R·霍恩比 4 (1) 2 .... HERE I BOW 86（S） 奥利·里克斯 3-9-9 ........................J·皮特 5 (6) 019 TEX 7（PT）（G） G·贝克 5-9-7 .......................P·科斯格雷夫 6 (9) 805 NORTHERN EMPIRE 35（BF） E·沃克 3-9-5 .A·刘易斯（3） 7 (7) 439 GLEN NEVIS 25 C·约翰斯顿 3-9-4......................J·卡伦 8 (3) 415 PLAY ME 27（C&D） J·博伊尔 4-9-0 ............D·J·墨菲（7） 9 (4) 23L GIANT 11（D） I·威廉斯 6-8-13 .......................... H·戴维斯 预计赔率：7-2 Silca Bay，9-2 Sea Suite，5 Tex，Northern Empire，7 Newfangled，8 Play Me，10 Giant，12 Glen Nevis。
5.20 幼马赛（6匹）（2岁马） £6,000增补（£3,140） 6化朗（12匹） 1 (9) L7L 盛装少女 21 (B) (D) James Owen 9-8 ... L Morris 2 (1) 3LL 科切拉 21 Henry Dwyer (AUS) 9-8 ......David Egan 3 (5) 44 海滩前线 59 (T) G & J Moore 9-8 Toby Moore (7) 4 (7) 531 塔拉哈西少女 22 J Fanshawe 9-8 ..O Murphy 5 (4) 440 新星之光 18 H Palmer 9-8 .....................R Havlin 6 (3) 445 纳杰梅特明扎尔 28 (BF) J Channon 9-7 ...............C Rodriguez 7 (8) 34 加冕 41 Michael Keady 9-6 ..................C T Keane 8 (2) 805 姜黄之物 11 R Hughes 9-6 ............F Marsh 9 (6) 956 无敌艾萨克 34 (V) Lemos Souza 9-5 .....R Ryan 10 (11) 867 秘密对手 20 E Walker 9-5 .................K Shoemark 11 (10) 4L2 时光与努力 13 I Furtado 9-4 ............S De Sousa 12 (12) L06 相信自己 39 J Tate 9-4................James Doyle 预计赔率：5-4 塔拉哈西少女，6 纳杰梅特明扎尔，10 无敌艾萨克、加冕、时光与努力，12 新星之光。
5.50 新马锦标赛（第一组）（3匹）（2岁马） £13,000增补（£7,020） 7化朗（9匹） 1 (9) 艾哈迈迪 R Beckett 9-7 ......................................O Murphy 2 (7) 钦布拉克 R Varian 9-7 .............................R Dawson 3 (5) 格陵兰人 S C Williams 9-7 ...............K Shoemark 4 (6) 078 明扎尔时刻 22 R Hughes 9-7 ................... C T Keane 5 (8) 明扎齐 R Hannon 9-7 ....................................S M Levey 6 (1) 本土酋长 J Butler 9-7 ...........................David Egan 7 (3) 6 ............... 现货交易 34 R Hughes 9-7 .........................F Marsh 8 (2) L 英雄何在 30 K Burke 9-7 .未出赛 9 (4) 瓦尔多 (T) Owen Burrows 9-7 .....................C Rodriguez 预计赔率：2 艾哈迈迪，9-4 钦布拉克，4 明扎齐，10 瓦尔多、现货交易，16 本土酋长、格陵兰人。
6.20 新马锦标赛（第二组）（3匹）（2岁马） £13,000增补（£7,020） 7化朗（9匹） 1 (3) 7 作家克莱夫 19 W Muir & C Grassick 9-7 S De Sousa 2 (5) 多佛街 R Hannon 9-7 ....................David Egan 3 (9) 支点 J & T Gosden 9-7 ...................未出赛 4 (6) 幽灵袭击者 R Beckett 9-7 ....................Rossa Ryan 5 (8) 黄金军团 Harry Charlton 9-7 ..................L Edmunds 6 (1) 大平原 A King 9-7 ..........................K Shoemark 7 (7) 蒙塔尔巴诺 A Balding 9-7 ..........................O Murphy 8 (4) L 赛义德·哈里天使 18 R Hughes 9-7 ...... C T Keane 9 (2) 6 ........... 莫达罗萨 13 B Meehan 9-2 .......................... J Leavy 预计赔率：13-8 多佛街，4 幽灵袭击者，5 蒙塔尔巴诺，11-2 黄金军团，7 大平原，10 作家克莱夫。
6.50 新马锦标赛（4匹） £10,000增补（£5,400） 1英里（14匹） 1 (13) 1 查理的加农炮 34 (H) (C) S Dow 3-9-11 .R Ryan 2 (2) L1- 加夫里尔 343 (C&D) J & T Gosden 3-9-11........R Havlin 3 (3) 51 月潮 118 (D) G Baker 3-9-11 ............... B Sayette 4 (8) 1- 黑色雪纺 307 A Balding 3-9-6 ...........O Murphy 5 (9) 就这些了 J288 (H) S Mullins 6-9-6 J Gordon 6 (10) 优雅之夜 Harry Eustace 3-9-4 .................G Wood 7 (5) 3 柱廊 23 (T) S & E Crisford 3-9-4 ....... J Mitchell 8 (14) 72- 凯因迪 271 R Varian 3-9-4 .............................R Dawson 9 (6) 纳吉迪风暴 Harry Charlton 3-9-4 ............. C T Keane 10 (11) 会说话的熊 R Phillips 3-9-4 ............... C Hutchinson 11 (4) 塔塔福蒂诺 G & J Moore 3-9-4 .................... L Morris 12 (1) 美德之王 A Perrett 3-9-4 .......................C Rodriguez 13 (12) 44 基诺等离子 36 E Walker 3-8-13 ...........K Shoemark 14 (7) 闪电女士 J Channon 3-8-13 .........Rose Dawes (5) 预计赔率：10-3 加夫里尔，7-2 凯因迪，9-2 黑色雪纺，6 纳吉迪风暴，13-2 柱廊，10 查理的加农炮。
7.20 新手锦标赛（第一组）（3） 奖金增加 £12,000 （£6,480） 1 英里 2 弗隆 219 码（12） 1 (8) 01 紫月 118 G·贝克 4-10-6 ............... B·赛耶特 2 (1) 安克 J134 C·霍布森 4-9-13 ....................G·曼根 3 (4) 巴拉基尔 J116 R·斯蒂芬斯 5-9-13 ............... L·莫里斯 4 (9) 94 挖掘者一号 37 基兰·伯克 5-9-13 ..............J·戈登 5 (7) 5 阿克兰 37 E·J-霍顿 3-9-4 .............. C·哈钦森 6 (6) 7L 满怀希望 65 D·默尼西耶 3-9-4 ...............S·M·莱维 7 (2) 89 中心 9（P） J & T·戈斯登 3-9-4.............. C·T·基恩 8 (3) 2 戴尔斯通 36 R·贝克特 3-9-4 ...................罗萨·瑞安 9 (11) 坚毅 C·阿普尔比 3-9-4 ..................詹姆斯·多伊尔 10 (10) 58- 中场飞行 271（电视转播） P·查拉兰布斯 & J·克拉特巴克 3-9-4
R·哈夫林 11 (5) 6 三重低音 16 R·瓦里安 3-9-4 ...................R·道森 12 (12) L- 西区人 377 D·默尼西耶 3-9-4 ...........S·德苏萨 可能赔率：7-4 戴尔斯通，5-2 坚毅，紫月， 12 三重低音，16 阿克兰，中心。
英国/爱尔兰赛事解说与赛果
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2.30 Cape Toronada 3.00 Rovinia 3.30 Newfangled（新马） 4.00 Buckland Belle 4.30 Viking Glory 5.00 Faustus
4.00 让磅赛（6匹）£8,000 附加（£4,187）1英里1化朗 207码（6匹） 1 (4) 52L ANNEXATION 29（D2）（GS）A Carroll 10-9-10 .. C Fallon 2 (3) 79-1 IT’S LIFE 11（G）Kathy Turner 4-9-7 .... Charlie Tucker（7） 3 (5) 053 WEST HILL ROSIE 45 S Mullins 4-9-5 ..........G Downing 4 (2) 221 BUCKLAND BELLE 14（G）O Sangster 3-9-4 .E Greatrex 5 (6) 155 PORT DARWIN 25（S）C Johnston 3-9-4 ......... R Hornby 6 (1) 617 BERYL’S GIRL 32（P）（C&D）（G）E J-Houghton 3-9-4 R Clutterbuck 可能赔率：8-13 Buckland Belle，5 Port Darwin，6 It’s Life，10 .. Annexation，Beryl’s Girl。
4.30 让磅赛（6匹）£8,000 附加（£4,187）6化朗 210码（9匹） 1 (6) L8L REDREDROBIN 22（P）（D5）（GS）M Saunders 9-9-12 E Greatrex 2 (9) 245 THE ORGANISER 23（T）（CD）（S）M Pattinson 7-9-10 P Cosgrave 3 (8) 222 HAVANA MOJITO 18（B）（C&D2C）（G）J Gallagher 5-9-9 Ashley Lewis（3） 4 (1) 260 BERNING HOT 13（C&D）M Attwater 4-9-8 .....P Bradley 5 (3) 58L KING CHERRY 12（T）S C Williams 3-9-7 ....... R Hornby 6 (5) 6L9 QUITE SWEET 22 A Carroll 4-9-6 ....................W Carson 7 (7) 7L3 VIKING GLORY 21（PT）James Owen 3-9-5 ..... C Fallon 8 (2) 374 DALEY T 30（B）A Carroll 6-8-13 ...............Jack Doughty 9 (4) 649 MIRAFLORES 15 R Cook & J Bridger 4-8-12 R Kavanagh（3） 可能赔率：15-8 Havana Mojito，3 Viking Glory，5 King Cherry，15-2 The Organiser，12 Daley T，Miraflores。
5.00 让磅赛（6匹）£8,000 附加（£4,187）5化朗 60码（7匹） 1 (4) 20L- POP DANCER 339（C&D3D8）（GS）A Carroll 9-9-12 Jack Doughty 2 (3) 233 KENTO 29（P）（C&DD3）（G）A Carroll 5-9-10 ..W Carson 3 (7) 715 SECRET HANDSHEIKH 21（V）（C&D4D3）（GS）J Gallagher 8-9-9 C Fallon 4 (2) 262 FAUSTUS 29（B）（C&DD6BF）（GS）R Cook & J Bridger 8-9-8 R Kavanagh（3） 5 (5) 552 STARSONG 10（P）（C&DC）（G）M Appleby 7-9-2 未出赛 6 (1) 955 TITUS THOR 33 M Saunders 6-8-10 ...............E Greatrex 7 (6) 53L COAST 21（B）（G）S Dixon 7-8-10 ............. C Howarth（3） 可能赔率：5-2 Kento，7-2 Secret Handsheikh，Faustus，5 .......... Pop Dancer，Titus Thor，10 ............... Coast。
上次出赛后接受过风湿手术：3.30 Here I Bow。 级别下调：5.00 Pop Dancer 较上次出赛下调4个级别（2级降至6级）。
5.20 Tallahassee Lassie 5.50 Ahmadi 6.20 Fulcrum 6.50 Black Chiffon 7.20 Dialstone 7.50 Cloud Forest 8.20 Captain Fox 8.50 Tuba 纽马克特 – 5.20 TALLAHASSEE LASSIE（本日推荐）。
5.20 Secret Rival 5.50 Chymbulak 6.20 Fulcrum 6.50 Kaindy 7.20 Fortitudine 7.50 Cloud Forest 8.20 Quadrillion 8.50 Desert Belle
7.50 新马锦标（第2组）（3匹）£12,000 附加（£6,480）1英里2化朗219码（11匹） 1 (7) 62 CLOUD FOREST 22 S bin Suroor 4-9-13 ........O Murphy 2 (10) NO ORDINARY JOE J73 R Stephens 10-9-13.. L Morris 3 (2) 51 CUFF IT 58 R Spencer 3-9-11 .............................G Wood 4 (5) 033 ATLAS MOUNTAIN 58 A King 3-9-4 ................ J Mitchell 5 (3) 53 KUDOS TOO 22 W Muir & C Grassick 3-9-4 L Edmunds 6 (4) 4 . SHADOW ROAD 40 J Butler 3-9-4 ................David Egan 7 (9) WRECK IT RONNIE Charlie Pike 3-9-4 ..........T Greatrex 8 (8) L9- ANGEL BREEZE 252（T）L Souza 3-8-13 未出赛 9 (6) 3 CHURCH WEDDING 203（BF）R Beckett 3-8-13 R Ryan 10 (11) 9- DOVE TALE 277 J & T Gosden 3-8-13 ...............R Havlin 11 (1) 75 PERSIAN FLAW 56 D Menuisier 3-8-13 .........S M Levey 可能赔率：11-4 Cloud Forest，7-2 Atlas Mountain，4 ................ Church Wedding，Cuff It，12 Kudos Too，13 ........ Shadow Road。
8.20 让磅赛（4匹）（3岁马）£12,000 附加（£6,281）7化朗（8匹） 1 (6) 124 JUMEIRAH SANDS 22 I Mohammed & J Santos 9-10
K·S·麦克休 (7) 2 (3) 1-48 天使加百列 26 R·贝克特 9-9 ............罗萨·瑞安 3 (8) 165 船长福克斯 27 R·休斯 9-8 .........................F·马什 4 (1) 102- 双鱼座之星 321 (C&D) E·邓洛普 9-6 .......O·墨菲 5 (2) 32-6 四重奏 56 哈里·查尔顿 9-4 ............ C·T·基恩 6 (4) 163 布莱克菲尔 44 (DBF) I·富尔塔多 9-4 ............S·德索萨 7 (5) 651 胜利王牌 11 (P) (D) J·巴特勒 9-4 ........... MP·希伊 8 (7) 871 涂鸦 53 E·J-霍顿 8-11 ............ C·哈钦森 可能赔率：7-2 双鱼座之星，4 涂鸦，9-2 Jumeirah Sands，5 四重奏，8 布莱克菲尔，胜利王牌，天使加百列。
8.50 让磅赛 (5) 奖金增加 £8,000（£4,187） 1 英里 7 弗隆 218 码 (8) 1 (7) 211 土巴 J47 F·奥布莱恩 5-10-2 .............................G·曼根 2 (6) 51L 罗兰·加洛斯 J35 (PT) H·伯顿 5-10-1 A·伊根 (7) 3 (8) 11-7 复活节图标 J56 (D4) G·布朗 7-10-0 ...........F·马什 4 (2) 321 船长罗伯特 56 (B) J·范肖 4-9-12 ..G·伍德 5 (3) 4L7 金色花园 61 (PT) W·格雷特雷克斯 4-9-11 .S·德索萨 6 (1) 351 V 力量 29 (T) T·福克纳 6-9-10 ...........佐伊·刘易斯 (7) 7 (4) 322 沙漠美女 9 (P) M·普雷斯科特爵士 3-9-2....... L·莫里斯 8 (5) LL4 个人主义者 38 B·伦德 8-9-0 .........罗斯·道斯 (5) 可能赔率：2 船长罗伯特，5-2 沙漠美女，4 土巴，6 V 力量，10 复活节图标，16 罗兰·加洛斯，20 金色花园。
赛道信息：主要赛事。右手赛道 Polytrack 赛道。场地状况：标准至偏慢。 起跑栏：内侧。抽签优势：低位。顶级骑师：O·墨菲。顶级练马师：A·鲍尔丁。 首次佩戴头具：5.20 盛装女郎，5.50 瓦尔多，7.20 中程飞行，8.20 胜利王牌，8.50 沙漠美女。最远参赛马匹：科切拉（5.20）来自澳大利亚；时间与努力（5.20）及布莱克菲尔（8.20）行程 239 英里。降级参赛：5.20 科切拉较上次比赛降 2 个级别（4 级降至 6 级）；海滩领先（3）；新星之星（4）；姜汁小马（2）；秘密对手（2）；6.50 黑雪纺（2）。首次接受气道手术后参赛：5.20 相信自己，6.50 就这些了，8.20 布莱克菲尔。
船长希思三重奏
哈瓦那莫吉托（本日推荐） （布莱顿，4.30） 桑加拉（次选） （布莱顿，3.00） 土巴 （肯普顿，8.50）
职场密语
迪拜魅力 （雅茅斯，6.40）
体重游戏
浮士德 （布莱顿，5.00） 较上次获胜体重减轻18磅。
2.30 哈瓦那之光 3.00 罗维尼亚 3.30 海洋组曲 4.00 巴克兰美女（nb） 4.30 哈瓦那莫吉托 5.00 浮士德
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本·斯托克斯明确表示希望在卸任国际板球职务后以英格兰教练身份重返国际舞台。斯托克斯，35，于6月退出国际板球赛事，同时结束了其为期四年的英格兰测试赛队长生涯，目前正计划在为达勒姆队效力的同时，承接全球二十20赛事的任务。然而，他在幕后正通过获得教练资格为体育生涯的第二阶段做准备。在接受《For The Love of Cricket》播客采访时，斯托克斯还否认英格兰队存在酗酒问题，并对重返队长职位可能对乔·鲁特造成的影响表示担忧，同时透露了自己未来的计划。“我现在正在考取三级教练资格，”他说道，“我知道自己希望留在板球界的方式，就是成为一名教练。有朝一日能成为英格兰队的教练吗？绝对愿意。我非常喜欢远离球员身份后以某种领导角色参与其中的想法。”距离下一届阿什斯系列赛仅剩十个月，斯托克斯在五周前特伦特桥不敌新西兰后的告别新闻发布会上，其戏剧性回归的可能性便已被热议。英格兰板球总监罗伯·基在解释为何选择鲁特和斯蒂芬·弗莱明作为测试赛新任教练-队长组合的新闻发布会上，未能平息此类猜测，他表示“你永远不知道本的事”。然而，斯托克斯在诺丁汉告别后首次公开发声时，向播客主持人、前队友乔斯·巴特勒明确表示自己已“绝对”退役。他的决定离开的时机，正值因与队友格斯·阿特金森在切尔西一家夜店的深夜事件而被停赛后不久。
这是自去年秋季以来一系列事件中的最新一起。然而，当被问及更衣室内是否存在饮酒问题时，斯托克斯回应道：“不，将这种极端情况强加于一个团队是不公平的。那些认为英格兰板球队有饮酒文化的人，我会说没有。我只能说板球与酒精有着密切的联系。”“这项运动多年来已变得更加职业化，而板球与酒精的关系却一直存在——从俱乐部板球一路延伸上来，已深植于这项运动之中。”斯托克斯还解释称，他的长期退役计划是在与澳大利亚的主场系列赛后结束英格兰队的职业生涯，他说道：“我会提前规划，当时想的是‘我们还有2027年的阿什斯’。我和[妻子]克莱尔谈了很多……”
环法女子赛事风波 多支车队指控选手通过增大胸罩尺寸以提升速度。 车手被怀疑在胸罩内填充垫料——这种做法能改变气流方向，减少阻力，属于被禁的“胸部整流”行为。 在昨天的计时赛前，环法赛事方加强了对选手服装的检查，此前已有多支车队投诉。 国际自行车联盟（UCI）已禁止使用带有前置内袋的运动衫，因其可能……
隐藏营养产品并 提供空气动力学 优势。 胸部整流罩在 女子和男子自行车赛中均为已知问题。 违规者可能在21公里计时赛中 提高16秒成绩，基于 2024年空气动力学 教授伯特·布洛肯的一项分析数据。 他发现自行车手使用胸部整流罩 可减少3.6%的阻力。 根据布洛肯的说法，节省的时间 可能“决定谁赢谁输
这一决定之前我就考虑过这个问题。你总是会规划退休计划，对吧？而2027年的阿什েজ杯，无论结果如何 你都会想，‘不确定我 是否会坚持到那之后’。 ‘然 后 随 着 时 间 的 推 移 [变 成]：“我 该如何 到达那里？如何 在当前的状态下 到达2027年的澳大利亚？”’
如上周本报报道， 悉尼六人队目前是 本赛季冬季大爆炸联赛中 斯托克斯的最热门东家。 至于他离开后的英格兰测试队未来， 斯托克斯对哈里·布鲁克 被忽视而成为他的继任者感到惊讶，鲁特被选中在“后巴兹球”时代开辟新路。 鲁特在斯托克斯因洛兹胜利后的午夜庆祝活动而接受英格兰和威尔士板球委员会（ECB）调查期间， 接任了对阵新西兰的第二场测试赛队长一职。 斯托克斯支持布鲁克——英格兰白球队长及其在测试赛中的副手——尽管其他人担心 在27岁的职业生涯现阶段，兼顾所有赛制的领导工作负担过重。
计时赛’。在计时赛中，车手采用‘收缩’姿势，这可能在 头盔、肩膀和 胸部之间形成一个气袋。通过 增加胸部突出， 可以将气流从该区域引开， 同时减少大腿的压力。 国际自行车联盟（UCI）现正加强管控。 各车队已收到通知，UCI裁判将特别关注 参赛者的服装。然而，如何以非侵入性
方式执行此规定仍有待观察。 一些车队建议， 可由女性裁判在帐篷内检查车手， 以确保隐私，但仍引发担忧。 “车手必须在比赛前的最终检查中， 不迟于各自出发时间前10分钟到场，” UCI的命令称。 “将特别关注遵守UCI条例 第1.3.032条的情况，包括非必要
2022年春季，在承认 他与队长职位的关系不健康， 受新冠限制和17场比赛仅1胜的影响后， 结束了其首个64场比赛的英格兰队长任期。 “我衷心祝他成功。 希望他在队长岗位上取得辉煌成就， 并相信他会与弗莱姆相处愉快。他是个 了不起的人，”斯托克斯说。 “我以前和弗莱姆共事过， 但我告诉乔——我唯一担心的就是你。 这是我现在唯一在乎的事， 因为我见证了他所经历的一切， 以及他为自己付出的一切。 “他总是把团队放在第一位—— 他总是排在第二位。这也是我对此唯一担心的， 了解他上次担任队长时的经历。 ‘我绝不希望再看到那种情况发生， 因为我非常关心乔， 但我衷心祝愿他一切顺利。’”
骑手佩戴或穿着的元素和服装，或其他 可能改变其体型的物品和配饰。” 布洛肯教授告诉《电讯体育》他曾看到 一些照片，“似乎表明确实有 一些女骑手会在衬衫后面贴上物品”。 今年早些时候，一则颇为相似的事件 震惊了冬奥会。 有指控称，跳台滑雪运动员通过向 生殖器注射透明质酸 来增加紧身衣的表面积，从而帮助 获得更大的升力。
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1年前的今天， 马库斯·拉什福德 在巴塞罗那租借效力曼联期间 于季前赛中打入首球。 这是一个激动人心的新篇章的开始， 此前一个夏天，拉什福德被鲁本·阿莫林驱逐， 并被迫与“炸弹小队”的其他成员单独训练。 拉什福德在诺坎普度过的那个赛季赢得了西甲冠军， 表现出色，足以重返英格兰世界杯阵容。 然而，巴萨拒绝激活2600 万英镑million的买断选项—— 尽管主教练汉西·弗利克周末承认会想念这名球员—— 也没有其他俱乐部满足曼联4000 万英镑m的估值。 目前，曼联内部及拉什福德团队的看法是， 他可能会在下赛季回归这家他从小支持的俱乐部。 但转会窗口仍剩近一个月， 这位28岁球员的未来仍存不确定性。 《每日邮报》体育版分析 拉什福德的处境及 他即将返回季前训练时的选择。
为何他尚未离开老特拉福德？ 任何交易都必须考虑他 £325,000一周的薪水，这是他在2023年 与老特拉福德签订五年合同时约定的。 这也是曼联希望将拉什福德移出工资单， 但这一过程并不容易的原因之一。 有关拉什福德——自卡塞米罗今夏离队后曼联薪资最高的球员—— 可能降薪的说法并不现实。 巴萨在租借赛季支付了他的全部薪水， 但仅愿支付协议中2600 万英镑million的一半 来永久买断。 曼联拒绝了加泰罗尼亚豪门 再次租借拉什福德的提议， 而一旦西甲冠军
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杰克·德雷珀 在加拿大公开赛首轮 试图重返网坛的艰难之旅 于昨晚继续， 他在落后法国选手特伦斯·阿特曼 决胜盘4-1时 坐在换边椅上潸然泪下。 这一幕令人心碎， 尽管我们还需等待本人开口， 但这些泪水似乎表明 他仍在承受手臂伤痛的折磨， 这伤痛始终挥之不去。 除了一些自然的生疏感，
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在签下安东尼·戈登在进攻左路踢球后，他们看起来总是已经向前迈进了。拉什福德上周发布了一条信息，感谢俱乐部及其球迷带来的“积极且难忘的经历”。一旦巴萨在6月15日签下拉什福德的最后期限过去，曼联便表示他们将考虑来自其他俱乐部的4000 万英镑m报价——除了曼城和利物浦——直到这一选项在7月中旬到期。
虽然没有俱乐部提出报价，但《每日邮报》体育版了解到，包括英超联赛中的两支球队在内，来自意大利、德国、土耳其和沙特阿拉伯的多家俱乐部仍在考虑引进他，最可能的方式是租借。
拉什福德何时回归训练？ 拉什福德是最后一批预计下周回到曼联的世界杯球员之一，同行的还有科比·梅努和利桑德罗·马丁内斯。 然而，俱乐部尚未确认回归日期，这在某种程度上反映了他目前处境的敏感性。目前尚不清楚拉什福德是否会在下周重新出现，如果出现，是否会前往卡灵顿训练基地或梅努斯——迈克尔·卡里克的球队在下周三对阵利兹的友谊赛前驻扎于此，比赛将在克罗克公园进行。 这距离他去年在训练基地的频繁进出成为关注焦点已过去一年，当时阿莫林决定让拉什福德和“拆弹小组”与其他球员分开，直到其他球员离开卡灵顿，这一举动被礼貌地称为“协调回归”。 卡里克采取类似立场的可能性微乎其微——
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德雷珀在前两盘的表现并无太大问题，当他在第二盘轻松获胜时，看起来他有望继续赢下整场比赛。 但一切开始变得愈发艰难，这位24岁的球员开始频繁使用放小球——这是身体状况不佳的常见迹象，因为球员只是想尽快结束这一分。阿莫林是一个更为温和的性格，自2016年拉什福德在一线队崭露头角以来，他曾与拉什福德并肩作战、执教过他并管理过他。 耐人寻味的是，拉什福德回归曼联的首场比赛可能会在下周六对阵米兰，而米兰现任主帅正是阿莫林。
曼联重新接纳的可能性？ 从原则上讲，他的回归完全合理。曼联一直在寻找一名左路攻击手，而他们已经签下了一名在合同期内还有两年的球员，这名球员在状态好时有能力成为欧洲最具活力的边锋之一。 他们为何不欢迎拉什福德回到他成长的俱乐部呢？也许签下替代者的成本也让曼联重新考虑。今年夏天，他们在多笔交易中被抬高了价格——尤其是埃利奥特·安德森和马特乌斯·费尔南德斯——期间他们已花费8500 万英镑m签下安德烈·桑托斯和尤里·蒂勒曼斯。 戈登以7000 万英镑m的价格加盟巴塞罗那，而曼联名单上的另一名球员克里斯琴西奥·萨默维尔则以6800 万英镑m的价格加盟了希拉尔。突然间，留住拉什福德的成本似乎并不那么高了。 他在曼联的最后两个赛季状态下滑，但
他自己状态糟糕，最终以6-3、2-6、6-2获胜。 德雷珀左臂肱骨的骨挫伤已经困扰他超过12个月了。 原本计划在温布尔登参赛，但他在比赛前一天退赛。原定在华盛顿复出，他又以手臂不适为由退出。 这一伤病显然已成慢性，如果这确实又是一次挫折，很难想象德雷珀接下来该何去何从。 令人遗憾的是，我们可能再也无法看到这位才华横溢、极具冲击力的球员的最佳状态了。
无法说明卡里克无法像激励梅努一样激励拉什福德。 与梅努一样，拉什福德的主要矛盾在于阿莫林。这并不是说他在曼联与其他人之间的问题已完全解决，但至少没有到无法回归的地步。 然而，拉什福德在转会窗口关闭时是否仍是曼联球员，仍无法保证。随着截止日期临近，俱乐部是否会动心接受报价——无论是永久转会还是租借？ 目前只有马特乌斯·库尼亚和帕特里克·多尔古能在左路进攻，曼联是否会
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欧洲冠军联赛 — 第三轮资格赛首回合：奥林匹亚科斯 0, NEC 0，布拉格斯巴达 2 里昂 1，圣吉罗斯联 3 博德 / 格利姆特 3，亚美尼亚阿拉拉特 2 采列 1，萨格勒布迪纳摩 5 考纳斯扎尔吉里斯 0，贝尔谢巴工人 1 贝尔格莱德红星 0，索非亚列夫斯基 1 凯拉特 0，米亚尔比 1 布拉迪斯拉发斯洛万 2。 欧罗巴联赛 — 第三轮资格赛首回合：拉恩 0 伊比利亚 1999 0，沙姆洛克流浪者 3 埃格纳蒂亚 1。
The Hundred：太阳升利兹队 vs 伦敦精神队，海丁利球场：男子组 — 太阳升利兹队 241-2（100 球；R D Rickelton 94不出局；M R Marsh 76；H C Brook 55）；伦敦精神队 204-6（100 球；D J Willey 83不出局）。太阳升利兹队以 37 分获胜。女子组 — 伦敦精神队 136-7（100 球；G M Harris 51）；太阳升利兹队 142-5（98 球；K L George 3-25）。太阳升利兹队以 5 个三柱门获胜。
是否有时间签下替补球员，如果他离开？长期以来，拉什福德似乎在曼联没有回归的可能，但现在他重返俱乐部的可能性似乎更大。
曼联宣布与 Betway 签订了一份价值 £20 百万 / 年的创纪录训练装备赞助协议。自 2025. 6 月与 Tezos 的协议到期后，他们一直没有训练装备赞助商。虽然英超联赛已禁止球衣正面的博彩赞助商，但训练装备上仍允许出现。
环法女子赛（法国）— 1 M Reusser（瑞士）Movistar Team 27m 30s，2 L Nooijen（荷兰）Team Visma / Lease a Bike 4s，3 D Vollering（荷兰）FDJ United-SUEZ 18. Overall: 1 M Reusser（瑞士）Movistar Team 11h 47m 36s，2 D Vollering（荷兰）FDJ United-SUEZ 14s，3 C Kerbaol（法国）EF Education-Oatly 54s。
ATP 国家银行公开赛（加拿大蒙特利尔）— 第一轮：S Baez（阿根廷）胜 M Bellucci（意大利）7-5 6-3；T Tirante（阿根廷）胜 D Chan（加拿大）6-3 1-6 7-6（7-3）；H Hurkacz（波兰）胜 M Giron（美国）7-5 4-6 6-2；S Tsitsipas（希腊）胜 M Damm（美国）6-4 6-4；J Brooksby（美国）胜 A Walton（澳大利亚）6-3 6-4；J Fearnley（英国）胜 A Mannarino（法国）7-6（7-3）6-4；V Royer（法国）胜 P Carreno Busta（西班牙）1-6 7-5 6-2；Z Svajda（美国）胜 D Shapovalov（加拿大）4-6 6-4 3-0 ret；D Merida Aguilar（西班牙）胜 L Draxl（加拿大）3-6 6-4 6-4；A Popyrin（澳大利亚）胜 R Burruchaga（阿根廷）4-6 7-5 6-3。
WTA 国家银行公开赛（加拿大多伦多）— 第二轮：E Svitolina（乌克兰）胜 J Bouzas Maneiro（西班牙）6-7（5-7）7-6（7-4）6-4；I Swiatek（波兰）胜 S Bejlek（捷克）6-0 6-3；E Alexandrova（俄罗斯）胜 C Osorio（哥伦比亚）6-3 7-6（7-4）；V Golubic（瑞士）胜 D Vekic（克罗地亚）5-7 6-2 6-3；Diana Shnaider（俄罗斯）胜 Rebecca Sramkova 6-2 4-6 6-1；M Kostyuk（乌克兰）胜 K Sebov（加拿大）7-6（7-4）6-0。
欧洲冠军联赛 — 第三轮资格赛首回合：AGF vs 萨巴赫巴库（5.30），费内巴切 格拉茨风暴（7.0）。 友谊赛：阿森纳 皇家贝蒂斯（7.30），切尔西 尤文图斯（12.30）。 板球 — The Hundred：曼彻斯特超级巨人 威尔士火焰（老特拉福德球场，女子组 11.30，男子组 3.0），特伦特火箭 伯明翰凤凰（特伦特桥球场，女子组 3.0，男子组 6.30）。一级方程式杯 - A 组：萨里 肯特（The Kia Oval 球场，11.00）。B 组：汉普郡 格拉摩根（玫瑰碗球场，11.00）。
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阿比·阿隆索透露，米哈伊洛·穆德里克可能在时隔20个月后，于今日正式回归切尔西，标志着他结束足球荒废期。 穆德里克昨日在香港启德体育场与队友一同参加了公开训练，当这位乌克兰球员出现在大屏幕上时，现场球迷报以最热烈的欢呼。 切尔西今日将在同一球场与尤文图斯进行一场季前友谊赛。 穆德里克是切尔西以£89million从顿涅茨克矿工签下的球员，自2024年11月以来便未为球队出战。这位25岁的球员随后因未通过药检而被禁赛。 本周，他与英足总的禁赛纠纷达成和解，禁赛期结束。阿隆索在香港接受采访时谈及穆德里克时表示： “是的，他可以上场。也许踢满90分钟还为时过早，但他可以被选入阵容。 “他昨天参加了训练，直接从机场赶到酒店。所以昨天更多的是关于感受，关于情绪，关于回到球员身边，评估身体状态。 “我们很高兴米沙能与我们在一起。你能看到他的笑容，感受到他回到球队的喜悦，因为他已经独自训练了很长时间。 “身体状态如何，我们还需观察，但他一直在努力训练，现在是时候让他与队友重新磨合，融入球队的动态。但对所有人来说，首先的感受是我们很高兴他回来。” 《每日邮报》体育版本周报道称，多家俱乐部已向切尔西询问穆德里克的情况，考文垂有意租借他。 切尔西方面表示，所有选项都开放，他们希望先在季前赛中评估这名球员。这一信息已在穆德里克回归后直接传达给他。 与此同时，托特纳姆热刺有意引进切尔西前锋尼古拉斯·杰克逊。 据悉，目前尚未有正式报价，但消息人士向《每日邮报》体育版确认，热刺正在考虑这位25岁的球员。 热刺主帅罗伯托·德泽尔比希望在今夏斥资近2.5 亿英镑million加强防守和中场后，进一步补强锋线。今夏热刺的新援包括桑德罗·托纳利、马特乌斯·费尔南德斯、扬·保罗·范海克、安迪·罗伯逊和马科斯·塞内西。 在澳大利亚悉尼进行季前巡回赛期间，德泽尔比告诉记者，他估计球队的转会窗口已完成“60%”。他还
杰克·高恩 首尔报道 马雷斯卡要求更多签约
恩佐·马雷斯卡透露，在今夏失去多名经验丰富的球员后，曼城本月仍计划引进更多资深目标。 随着贝尔纳多·席尔瓦、约翰·斯通斯和内森·阿克的离队，曼城共失去了近1,000场的集体出场经验，主帅马雷斯卡似乎渴望补充老将。 曼城正在推进签下里尔18岁中场阿尤布·布瓦迪的交易，以补充今夏以£116million签下的埃利奥特·安德森，中场阵容逐渐成形。 皇家马德里正推动在今夏签下罗德里，这位西班牙球员对转会持开放态度，而马雷斯卡深知需要老将来保持球队的平衡。 “幸运的是，这是一支不需要做太多调整的球队，”马雷斯卡表示，“但与此同时，如我们所知，俱乐部失去了像贝尔纳多、约翰和内森这样经验丰富的重要球员。” 曼城一直在积极寻找边锋，右后卫的位置也
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里查利森承认，在热刺以2比1的友谊赛中绝杀切尔西后，他仍有可能在今夏离队。据悉，切尔西对杰克逊的估价为6500万英镑，阿斯顿维拉也是他的追求者之一。他愿意离开切尔西，以获得更多的上场保证。
热刺的体育总监约翰·朗格此前曾效力于维拉，他对杰克逊欣赏已久，甚至在德泽尔比担任主教练之前就已关注。热刺与切尔西之间的交易并不常见。2001年，古斯·波耶特以低价加盟热刺。2009年，热刺免签门将卡洛·库迪奇尼，此前切尔西同意提前终止其合同。
在签下35岁的丹尼·维尔贝克后，切尔西目前阵中前锋过多。马雷斯卡欣赏马洛·古斯托，佩德罗·内托也与他有联系——这两名球员都曾在切尔西与这位意大利教练共事。随着布莱顿的到来，蓝军至少需要出售或外租两名球员。除了杰克逊和维尔贝克，他们还有利亚姆·德拉普、伊曼纽尔·埃梅加、马克·吉乌和若昂·佩德罗，后者更有可能续约而非被售。
热刺希望引进曼城边锋萨维尼奥，而34岁的马赛门将赫罗尼莫·鲁利预计将在詹姆斯·特拉福德加盟利兹联的交易完成后签约。体育总监雨果·维亚纳已飞往韩国，参加曼城亚洲之行的第二站，同时兼顾多笔交易。
杰克逊是切尔西更具卖相的前锋之一，他在足球界仍备受推崇。2025-26赛季，他被租借至拜仁慕尼黑，此前与恩佐·马雷斯卡的关系破裂，但在离开前曾在斯坦福桥表现出色。他在2024-25和2023-24赛季的英超联赛中均打入两位数进球。
杰克逊目前随切尔西队在香港集结，此前刚结束随塞内加尔参加的世界杯征程。阿隆索希望近距离观察这名前锋，再决定下一步行动。
“雨果（体育总监维亚纳）在这里，费兰（首席执行官索里亚诺）也在这里，我们每天都在沟通，看看是否需要采取行动，”马雷斯卡补充道，“可以肯定的是，我们需要做一些事情。我们每天都在保持联系。转会窗口已经开启，任何事情都有可能发生。”
26岁的菲尔·福登如今已是球队的资深球星之一，并主动要求加入队长组。福登在周末与国际米兰的香港友谊赛中戴上了队长袖标。曼城通常设有4至5人的队长组，通常在转会窗口关闭后正式确定。26,我必须这样做，”福登——
在铁锤帮收购案中受挫
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西汉姆联队的所有权争夺战可能即将对簿公堂。 由阿曼达·斯塔夫利领导的财团——她曾主导沙特阿拉伯收购纽卡斯尔联队——已同意以£150万英镑的价格收购已故大卫·戈尔德家族持有的25.1%股份，此举被视为迈向全面控制的第一步。 然而，现任联合老板、捷克亿万富翁丹尼尔·克雷廷斯基已采取行动阻止斯塔夫利的收购计划。 他正将其持股比例从27%降至25%以下。如此一来，他将有权优先购买戈尔德家族的股份，且无需超过50%的门槛，从而避免被迫收购大卫·沙利文持有的38.8%股份。 不过，据悉皇家邮政所有者克雷廷斯基在铁锤帮（上赛季从英超降级至英冠联赛）的“政变”企图可能引发法律挑战。 有观点认为，他将股份出售给同胞雅各布·哈夫兰特的行为可能违反西汉姆联队公司章程中的规定，因此可能构成非法行为。 因此，沙利文本人可能希望采取行动。 已联系克雷廷斯基的代表置评。 据悉，斯塔夫利的团队（包括来自美国的投资者）旨在获得俱乐部的控股权，其中将包括沙利文的股份。他们的报价将西汉姆联队估值为6 亿英镑万英镑。 若克雷廷斯基成功，他可能需要争取美国亿万富翁Albert Tripp Smith的支持，后者持有8%的股份，以控制伦敦体育场董事会的投票系统。
当被问及是否会被视为领袖时，他说道：“我在这家俱乐部已经很久了，是这里资历最深的人之一。 “所以这个赛季我必须成为领袖之一，成为队长之一。我期待这一新的责任，并努力承担领导角色。” 与此同时，曼城与K联赛全明星队的友谊赛今日将在当地政府发布的高温预警下进行。球员们在韩国受到手机紧急警报的迎接，该警报在预测气温达到38°C或以上时发布。
足球界的大佬们昨日齐聚马德里阿拉贡大道上的万豪礼堂酒店，参加一场堪比“速配约会”的转会盛会。 来自全球40个国家的300多名俱乐部老板、体育总监、首席执行官、贷款经理和经纪人——代表曼联、阿森纳、斯图加特、阿贾克斯和哥伦布机员等俱乐部——乘机抵达，参加为期四天的TransferRoom密集会议与社交活动。 周一预留给赛前酒会，真正的“求偶”昨日拉开帷幕。在一间摆放着160张编号桌子的宽敞房间内，各方团队按照日程表轮流与心仪对象进行15分钟的会面，推销自己的“商品”，吸引潜在买家。会议通过一款应用程序安排，该程序会分配桌号。 “一位英超高管表示：“房间布置得像GCSE考场。 “你每天大约有16个时段，可以浏览参会者名单并申请与他们会面。 “当你接受或被接受时，系统会自动填满你的所有时段。
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÷ 曼城已加强对签下切尔西边锋佩德罗·内托的兴趣。切尔西为这位26岁的球员开价超过£65万英镑，他也是托特纳姆热刺扩展选项名单上的目标。内托于2024年从狼队加盟切尔西，转会费为5100 万英镑万英镑，当时曼城也表达过兴趣。与此同时，马特奥·科瓦西奇将留在伊蒂哈德球场。 曼城还在继续与里尔就阿尤布·布瓦迪的转会进行讨论，而蒂贾尼·雷恩德斯则是诺丁汉森林的目标。
300位俱乐部高层 ++ 40个国家
已被接受。所有桌子都 编有号码，你会得到自己的 节目单，每场会面 在不同的桌子上进行。 “通常会有一个巨大的绿色数字 倒计时钟挂在墙上， 当铃声响三次时，就该 移动到下一桌了。叮，叮，叮。 你就去下一桌，下一次会面。 “有两种套餐。基础会员费用约为£20,000， 完整套餐约为£35,000。 “区别在于你能获得的权限。 这意味着你可以尽可能多地 推销球员，回复尽可能多的推销， 并获得附加服务的访问权限
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罗德里希望加盟 皇家马德里。 ÷ 切尔西即将签下 巴列卡诺左后卫 佩普·查瓦里亚，转会费为1600万英镑。 这位28岁的球员正在等待 前往伦敦进行体检的许可。 ÷ 纽卡斯尔联队已 重启与多特蒙德中场费利克斯 恩梅查的谈判，以寻找 布鲁诺·吉马良斯的替代者。这位身价约为7800万英镑的德国球员此前
工具，能更深入了解 球员数据等信息。” “一位球探表示：“你可以说直接打电话更便宜。 但面对面见面能节省大量时间，不仅在会议室里，会后还能在酒店喝杯咖啡或啤酒。 “这可能更适合用于 人脉拓展，而非当场达成交易。 如今各俱乐部都在削减球探数量，即使是顶级俱乐部也不例外。 从某种角度看，这能直击要害，如果你了解自己的球员的话。” 后一点颇为中肯。 布伦特福德备受赞誉的技术总监 李·戴克斯表示，
此前对转会纽卡斯尔持不确定态度。 ÷ 富勒姆已向南安普顿 中场谢伊·查尔斯提出修订后的2500万英镑报价。这支英冠球队拒绝了富勒姆的首次报价，但后者已改进了提案。 ÷ 曼联在出售门将 拉德克·维泰克给米德尔斯堡的交易中 加入了回购条款。两家俱乐部正在敲定 这位22岁球员的永久转会协议。 ÷ 埃弗顿计划在 未来48小时内完成 从阿森纳签下克里斯蒂安 诺加德的交易。这位32岁的球员已获准
TransferRoom已成为“几乎像一名额外员工”。 他们还利用该平台帮助安排友谊赛。戴克斯自在伯里任职时起便了解这一项目。 TransferRoom于2017年作为专为俱乐部量身定制的在线平台启动， 其灵感来自基于网络的房地产中介。实际上，它是足球界的在线红娘。 创始人乔纳斯·安克森表示，该平台迄今已促成 超过10,000笔交易。 “这是一个里程碑，”他补充道。 “这一数字代表着一个 日益紧密联系的足球产业，而
接受体检，但关于价值约700万英镑的交易的最终细节仍在谈判中。 ÷ 水晶宫正在推进 以1100万英镑签下来自皇家盐湖城的边锋扎维尔·戈佐。这位19岁的球员上赛季在16场MLS比赛中打入6球。 ÷ 伊普斯维奇有意 皇家贝蒂斯中卫纳坦。 这位25岁的巴西人上赛季从那不勒斯加盟。与此同时，拖拉机男孩队已从伯恩利签下中场弗洛伦蒂诺·路易斯，转会费为1600万英镑，另加300万英镑的附加条款。赫尔城此前曾就租借这位26岁的球员进行谈判，但现已接近以700万英镑的价格签下来自特罗姆瑟的挪威球员延斯·耶尔托-达尔。
透明、高效得多， 且更以数据为导向。 这基本上推动了10,000个职业生涯的发展。' 你要我说出具体名字？好的， 维克托·吉奥凯雷斯（Viktor Gyokeres）在2023,从考文垂城转会至里斯本竞技， 这一转会始于里斯本竞技足球总监雨果·维亚纳（现效力于曼城）通过TransferRoom联系考文垂， 随后与这名前锋的经纪公司HCM Sports Management展开洽谈。 安托万·塞梅尼奥（Antoine Semenyo）在2023年从布里斯托尔城转会至伯恩茅斯、 达里尔·戴克（Daryl Dike）在2022年从奥兰多城转会至西布罗姆维奇、 卡洛斯·阿尔卡拉斯（Carlos Alcaraz）在2023年从阿根廷竞赛俱乐部以£12.5million转会至南安普顿， 这些转会都源于TransferRoom。
马德里的活动被宣传为“交易日”， 因为正值夏季转会窗口的中期。 活动已售罄，尽管部分人可在线参与。 但其他机会主义经纪人会在走廊徘徊， 向俱乐部高管推销球员。 “这个活动的存在让我震惊，” 前球员凯文·普林斯-博阿滕（现为Rookie & Champ经纪公司负责人）表示。 “这就像透明的速配约会， 但你坐在能决定下一个超级巨星的重要人物对面。” “关键是在这里做出决定，” 另一位高管说。 “毕竟，这个行业的本质就是我们没有时间浪费。”
÷ 考文垂已确认以2250 万英镑m签下门将卡尔·拉什沃思（Carl Rushworth）， 来自布莱顿，后者保留了回购选项。他的五年合同最高可达3000 万英镑m。 ÷ 阿斯顿维拉已将马德里竞技后卫马特奥·鲁杰里（Matteo Ruggeri）列入左后卫引援名单。 ÷ 布里斯托尔城以500 万英镑m签下莱顿东方前锋多姆·巴拉德（Dom Ballard）。 ÷ 德比希望签下哈德斯菲尔德中场汤姆·约彭达（Tom Iorpenda）。 ÷ 特拉布宗体育希望与前利物浦前锋穆罕默德·萨拉赫（Mo Salah）达成为期两年的协议。 ÷ 诺维奇城已签下左后卫达林·永瓦（Darlin Yongwa），来自法国洛里昂俱乐部。
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贾登·桑乔的故事中令人悲伤的是，他最终陷入了自己曾警告过的境地。作为一名少年，桑乔曾在2019年接受多特蒙德YouTube频道的采访，带着稚气的笑容，指出年轻超级巨星可能面临的陷阱。
“我见过很多年轻天才消失，显然是因为成名太早，冲昏了头脑，”他说道，如今看来这番话颇具预言性，而他如今却在一家业余足球俱乐部训练，成为当今足坛最知名的自由球员。
“幸运的是，我身边有很棒的人，让我保持脚踏实地和谦逊，他们告诉我，我所做的还远远不够。”
人们对桑乔的评价众说纷纭。社交媒体上有人嘲笑他。奇怪的是，他的每一次不当行为都会被人津津乐道。而那些与他共事过的人则坚称，他在公众眼中的“坏小子”形象与实际的安静内向相去甚远，他们为过去八年的发展感到痛心。
弗利克斯顿FC（大曼彻斯特地区第10级别联赛球队）特意澄清并未让桑乔试训，这一举动凸显了这段曾前途无量的职业生涯如今却误入歧途的荒诞。据称，已有多家沙特阿拉伯及中东地区的俱乐部原则上达成了协议，同时欧洲多家俱乐部（土耳其是一个潜在去向）也在密切关注，而桑乔本人则在谨慎选择下一站。
但皇家马德里、巴黎圣日耳曼等顶级俱乐部争相吸引桑乔的日子早已一去不复返。对于那个曾前途无量的少年来说，一切本不该如此发展。
在他第一次效力于多特蒙德期间——他在拒绝佩普·瓜迪奥拉和曼彻斯特城之后加入了这家俱乐部——他的前景不可限量。 “一个18岁的孩子让经验丰富的英超球员们感到恐惧。我太喜欢了，”当时担任BT Sport评论员的里奥·费迪南德在温布利球场的一场对阵托特纳姆的比赛后赞叹道。“我认为他将成为未来几年最好的英格兰球员。” 那时没有人嘲笑桑乔或费迪南德。在那个时间点，经常看到将这位伦敦人预测为“世界最佳球员”类型的展望并不荒谬。 但当时也出现了未来问题的初步迹象，尤其是当桑乔因从英格兰国家队任务中延迟返回而被弃用并被罚款时。 两周后，在对阵拜仁慕尼黑的比赛中，主教练吕西安·法夫雷在第36分钟将其换下，法夫雷表示这是因为桑乔“表现不够好”。在私下里，桑乔及其团队认为他被晾在外面不管了。 德国方面的人士一直对桑乔极力维护，但时间管理成为了一个令人担忧的领域，虽然这一点在近期很大程度上得到了解决，但在早年间非常普遍。 2018年，菲尔·福登和桑乔因训练迟到而被英格兰U-19队在战胜拉脱维亚的比赛中弃用。在多特蒙德，时间管理方面也存在类似的令人恼火的情况。 内马尼亚·马蒂奇，桑乔在曼彻斯特联的前队友，在三年前点名揭发他是时间管理违规者。 “总是迟到的球员中包括保罗·博格巴、杰登·桑乔以及其他几个人。我们这些总是准时到达的人很生气，所以我们决定成立一个内部纪律委员会，由我担任主席，”马蒂奇告诉Yu Planet。 “我在墙上贴了一张纸，记录迟到人员的名字。在某一个特定的赛季中，我们收集了大约£75,000的罚款。” 但回到在多特蒙德的早年时光，那时桑乔还是一个年轻且在球场上与埃尔林·哈兰德并肩作战的耀眼足球运动员，全球顶级俱乐部排队想要得到他。 曼联在两年的时间里不懈地追求他，将其视为解决他们麻烦的右翼位置的伟大希望，最终完成了价值£7300万的转会。 “我一直知道有一天我会回到英格兰，”21岁时在老特拉福德签署一份五年合同的桑乔说道。“加入曼彻斯特联的机会是梦想成真，我迫不及待地想在英超赛场上表现。” 接踵而至的是一场为期五年的噩梦，这一切始于他因耳部感染住院。 随后，他目睹了签下他并计划围绕他构建球队的奥莱·冈纳尔·索尔谢尔被解雇，而新任主教练、不苟言笑的纪律执行者埃里克·滕哈赫在公开场合点名批评他，随后将他放逐，导致他无法进入一线队食堂，并与青训球员一起训练。 在切尔西的一次租借期间，尽管他在一场欧洲决赛中进球，但蓝军宁愿支付500 万英镑00万的违约金，也不愿将其永久签下。在阿斯顿维拉的另一次租借以他在欧联杯夺冠战中作为替补登场而告终，但维拉同样放弃了永久转会。
我们永远无法知道，如果桑乔和滕哈赫从未相遇，事情会如何发展。曼联内部人士谈到两人性格不合。桑乔是个内向的人——在多特蒙德对阵埃因霍温的比赛中，他凭借当场最佳表现，《每日邮报》体育版后来近距离接触了他，发现他彬彬有礼、热情友好，与某些人极力想塑造的“问题少年”形象相去甚远。
这种内向的性格需要的是一个能给予关怀和支持的主教练，而不是滕哈赫那种冷淡、严厉的管理风格。
可以说，滕哈赫是最不适合桑乔的主教练，而桑乔也是最不适合滕哈赫的球员。在滕哈赫执教的第一个完整赛季中，桑乔出场41次，随后他便离开了一线队——
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2022年12月，在其经理援引“身体和心理”因素后，这一举动私下里遭到他身边人士的反对。主教练在提及心理健康问题时显得笨拙。作为补救，滕哈赫安排桑乔在远离曼联的三个月休假期间，前往一支荷兰业余球队的主场训练，由滕哈赫亲自挑选的3名教练负责指导，他们分别专注于心理健康、技术训练和体能，以帮助桑乔恢复巅峰状态。 然而，随后发生的爆发事件让桑乔的职业生涯真正再未完全恢复。2023-24赛季初，滕哈赫因桑乔在训练中缺乏努力，将其排除在3-1不敌阿森纳的比赛阵容之外。 “根据他在训练中的表现，我们没有选择他，”滕哈赫赛后表示，“你必须每天在曼联达到应有的水平。” 这番话一如既往地直白，但与他私下传达的信息并无二致。桑乔则认为自己的努力程度并不比队友差。 于是，在身边人的帮助下，桑乔发布了一条如今已被删除的臭名昭著的社交媒体帖子。他的曼联生涯再也回不到从前。 “请不要相信你们看到的一切，”这条被置顶在其推特个人资料上的声明写道，“我不会允许有人散布完全不实的言论。1周以来，我在训练中表现得非常好。 “我相信这件事背后有其他原因，恕我不便透露。长期以来，我一直被当作替罪羊，这不公平！我只想带着微笑踢球，为球队做出贡献。 “我尊重教练组的所有决定，我与优秀的球员们并肩作战，并为此心怀感激，我知道每周都是一场挑战。无论发生什么，我都将继续为这枚队徽而战。” 滕哈赫勃然大怒，而曼联内部人士发现自己陷入了修复这段关系的交火之中，包括球员在内的许多人都希望看到问题得到解决。 滕哈赫要求道歉，但始终未能如愿。在桑乔一方，他感到自己被特别针对，而其他人从未受到过同样的惩罚。 于是，他只能与青训球员单独训练，24名学院球员中，不少人私下里称赞他的个性和坦率，而他被禁止进入一线队设施。 他独自更衣，独自用餐，只能从黑色午餐盒中取食，因为不被允许进入一线队餐厅。 这种前所未有的待遇此后再未出现，因为国际足联（FIFA）和国际职业球员协会（FIFPro）已将其明令禁止。
在“炸弹小组”岗位上，成员人数有所增加，桑乔及其同伴被限制在下午5点后才能现身，此时一线队球员已离开。这一切都是为了最大化羞辱效果。在切尔西，桑乔经历了第二次租借多特蒙德的生涯，期间被誉为“回家的英雄”，随后于2022年加盟切尔西，成为球队的受欢迎人物。时任切尔西主帅恩佐·马雷斯卡在电话交谈中向桑乔强调的一个关键点，是如何将他的比赛风格融入球队以边路为主的体系，该体系高度依赖边锋在一对一对抗中的获胜能力。尽管这一设想后来成为争议焦点——马雷斯卡对其在一对一对抗中的表现感到失望——切尔西内部人士仍坚称他们当时仍在努力将其永久签下。他在决赛中进球，帮助球队赢得欧协联冠军，尽管这段租借期并非完美——一些切尔西内部人士回忆起他
桑乔曾抱怨队友不传球给他——这对俱乐部和球员来说似乎都是一个不错的契合点。切尔西当时承担了他每周25万英镑薪水的一半，但在考虑永久转会时，蓝军希望大幅降低薪资，导致转会告吹，并触发了500万英镑的违约条款，以逃避2500万英镑的买断义务。
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桑乔曾抱怨队友不传球给他——这对俱乐部和球员来说似乎都是一个不错的契合点。切尔西当时承担了他每周2500 万英镑0,000薪水的一半，但在考虑永久转会时，蓝军希望大幅降低薪资，导致转会告吹，并触发了500 万英镑m的违约条款，以逃避2500 万英镑m的买断义务。随后，阿斯顿维拉在一个令人遗憾的转会窗口末期租借了他，这一操作最终让俱乐部时任体育总监蒙奇丢掉了在中部地区的工作。桑乔从未成为埃梅里的首选，尽管这位西班牙教练最终对他有所认可，但这始终只是一个短期安排。内部人士坚称，他在训练中的态度没有问题，桑乔也没有因在2025年10月对阵曼城时被替换下场的耻辱性换人而影响职业生涯，尽管他对此反应不佳。守时不再是问题——现在的批评集中在他无法改变比赛局面。自加盟曼联以来，桑乔在一个联赛赛季中从未达到过10个进球和助攻的数据。对于一个在德国四个赛季137场比赛中打入50球并送出64次助攻的球员来说，这是一个惊人的统计数据。费迪南德曾称，20岁时的桑乔是“除了他之外，地球上最好的年轻球员，无一例外”。而26岁时的他，已先后效力于曼联、切尔西和阿斯顿维拉，又回到多特蒙德，并正在权衡是否要在沙特阿拉伯或中东等关注度较低的联赛中度过自己的职业生涯。桑乔的故事不应让人感到幸灾乐祸，只有悲哀。本不该是这样的结局。
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“撤回该项目的决定绝对必要且无可置疑，因为我坚信一个独立的国际足联（FIFA）应以承诺、透明和正直的态度服务于我们的足球事业。”国际足联最高级别员工格拉夫斯特罗姆在一份面向全体员工的备忘录中向同事保证，他们将免受因凡蒂诺（下图）周围不稳定局势的影响。欧洲足联（UEFA）和负责北美、中美洲及加勒比地区的中北美及加勒比足联（Concacaf）均已呼吁国际足联高层进行变革。英格兰和威尔士均已撤回对因凡蒂诺的支持，因凡蒂诺计划于3月竞选连任，预计苏格兰也将采取相同立场。有望接替因凡蒂诺的格拉夫斯特罗姆称这些计划“应受谴责”，并对其上司进行了几乎不加掩饰的抨击。“一系列令人遗憾且应受谴责的事件最终得以永久放弃，这值得庆幸。”
“尽管我们感到沮丧，但不应掩盖这一现实。‘我们都被卷入了一场动荡之中，这让人难以接受和理解，但我敦促大家保持专注于始终将我们团结在一起的使命——与利益相关方携手，全面遵守国际足联章程和规定，为我们的211个会员协会服务。’‘我向你们保证，作为行政人员，你们将免受我们当前所经历的政治环境的影响。’‘个人、不稳定的时刻和不幸的事件来来去去。机构、其使命及其对世界足球的责任将持续存在，这正是我们应始终保持专业精神、洞察力和镇定的原因。’‘只要我的工作仍受到我们所服务对象的重视，我将继续每时每刻支持我们的团队、我们的工作和我们的使命。’”
格拉夫斯特罗姆是继高级顾问卡洛斯·科尔德罗辞职后第三位公开批评因凡蒂诺的国际足联员工。首席运营官凯文·拉穆尔也对这些计划进行了猛烈抨击。
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方框6：以下哪位作者写了2009年出版的小说《裸体朱丽叶》？ 大卫·尼科尔斯（B） 尼克·霍恩比（M） 查克·克洛斯特曼（I）
方框7：新喜剧系列《Elle》是哪部电影的前传？ 《辣妹过招》（O） 《无事生非》（V） 《律政俏佳人》（M）
方框8：马尔莫拉达峰是哪座山脉的最高峰？ 多洛米蒂山脉（H） 亚平宁山脉（Y） 马德雷山脉（E）
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单词转盘 你有10分钟时间，用转盘中的字母组成尽可能多的单词。 每个单词必须使用中心字母，并至少包含另外3个字母，且每个字母仅能使用一次。不能使用复数、外来词或专有名词。 以“s”结尾的动词允许使用。 今日9字母单词提示： 「如果我放在克莱尔和彭妮的右边，就会变得清晰。」 评级：15个单词为平均水平；25个为良好；35个为优秀；40个或以上为卓越。答案明日揭晓
横向 8 过量（8） 9. 古希腊数学家，被称为“几何学之父”（6） 10 长颈鹿主要食物来源的树木（叶子和嫩枝）（6） 11 舌头上用于检测味道的感觉器官（5,3） 12 2019年电影《续命之徒：绝命毒师电影》，以一种汽车类型命名（2,6） 13 希腊神话中天空的人格化（6） 14 颁发诺贝尔和平奖的欧洲首都（4） 16 玛丽·，厨师兼电视主持人，于2026年获英国电影和电视艺术学院奖学金（5） 17 乔·，1929年出生的美国爵士吉他手（4） 18 马克·，1963年出生的单口喜剧演员兼活动家（6） 20 意大利语表达，描述一种户外活动，字面意思是“在凉爽中”（2,6） 23 表示一种不涉及个人参与的方法或政策（5-3） 24 本·，英格兰板球队队长，于2026年宣布从国际赛事退役（6） 25 在压力下体积或形状的变化（6） 26 教授___，对从学术岗位退休的资深学者的尊称（8）
方框9：在希腊神话中，哪位仙女通常被认为是宙斯幼年时的奶妈？ 阿瑞图萨（I） 阿玛尔忒娅（N） 埃杰里娅（T）
方框10：一个古戈尔（googol）有多少个零？ 10（C） 50（G） 100（A）
昨日答案： 蒂姆·伯顿 （1T, 2O, 3T, 4B, 5I, 6R, 7N, 8M, 9U）
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铺设轨道， 使火车能够 从A村行驶 到B村。 数字表示 每行和每列 铺设的 轨道段数。 只有直轨 和弯轨。 轨道不能 交叉。
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1. Sandie Shaw为英国赢得欧洲歌唱大赛是在哪一年？
2. 茶树属于哪个属？
3. 哪个希腊字母用于表示国际单位制前缀微-，即百万分之一单位？
1. 随着Kaya的18岁生日临近，Belle一直在为一份特别的礼物攒钱。本月1.天，她存了£1，2.天存了£2，依此类推。在Kaya生日当天，Belle将总共存下£351。Kaya的生日是本月第几天？
在网格中填入 方格，使每行、 每列和每个 3x3方格内 均包含1至9 的所有数字。 每组由虚线 连接的单元格 总和必须等于 左上角的数字。 同一组单元格内 数字不能重复。
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横向 1 争论 5 圣杯 10 懒惰 11 怀旧风格 12 星座 13 跟随 14 选择 15 小魔鬼 17 结束 18 红肉 20 表达信念 22 改变企业形象 24 球 26 ___ Winslet，女演员 29 追求（恋爱） 30 仙女
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我们太阳系中第二大的行星是哪颗？
1870年，16岁的芭蕾舞演员朱塞皮娜·博扎基（Giuseppina Bozzacchi）首次在舞台上创造了哪个角色？
胜利、流苏和鹦鹉之间有什么联系？
哪种软饮料可能与“HER AQUA SONGS”搭配？
以下哪个是异类：斯宾塞体（Spenserian）、莎士比亚体（Shakespearean）、弥尔顿体（Miltonian）、彼特拉克体（Petrarchan）？
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昨日答案——横向：1 Legislator. 5 Overacts. 9 Shin. 10 Dram. 11 Elope. 12 Ibis. 14 Inch. 15 Ensnares. 18 Permissive. 纵向：1 Leastwise. 2 Ironies. 3 Air. 4 Rat. 6 Empower. 7 Car. 8 Somewhere. 10 Devises. 13 Ifs. 16 Nip. 17 Aim.
在空白方格中填入数字1到9，同一行中不得重复使用任何数字。填入的数字必须与每行开头或顶部阴影格中的总和相符。阴影格下半部分的数字表示纵向总和，上半部分则表示横向总和。
1a. 软式棒球比赛中会散架的动作（5,2,4） 5a. 关于圣徒助手的羞涩故事（7）
14a. 它破坏了求婚者的风格（7） 16a. 记载祖先的圣书？（6,5）
1d. 台下而非台上的争吵，用于冷处理？（8,3） 4d. 阅兵时的命令，无需全神贯注（5,2,4）
6d. 小企业面临严重问题，对法国作家而言（7）
横向 1 图片线索 5 图片线索 9 从纯酒精中蒸馏出的粉末（4） 10 顶层房客实际上有点乏味（4） 11 糟糕的饮食可能导致海洋变化（5）
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12 围绕网点完成（4） 13 拉紧（据称在学校里做过）（4） 14 图片线索 16 图片线索
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纵向 1 图片线索 2 可实现的牧场农业（3） 3 “晶体”（基础英语）（3） 4 图片线索 6 图片线索
完成网格，使数字1到60按顺序相连——可横向、纵向或对角线连接。提示：无需从1或60开始，从中间数字入手可能更容易。
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我们的密码字谜网格中，每个数字代表一个不同的字母。今天数字 9 代表字母 L，因此每次出现数字 9 时填入 L。您有两个字母在控制网格中作为起始提示。将它们填入主网格的对应方格中，然后运用您的词汇知识推断缺失方格中应填入的字母。答案明日揭晓
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在每行、每列、 每条对角线（高 亮形成 X 形）和 每个水平 3x2 宫 格（已标注）中 填入数字 1-6 各 一次。
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于 2 月去世的约翰·维戈曾与哪位喜剧演员共同主持 BBC 游戏节目《大突破》？
欧文·斯通关于米开朗基罗的传记小说名为《痛苦与什》？
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在每个 方格中填入 数字 1 至 9。 横向方格 总和等于 右侧数字。 纵向方格 总和等于 底部数字。 穿过中心 的对角线 方格总和 等于右上 和右下数字。
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四杆挑战 总时限：20 分钟
昨日答案： GLUTTON 74 VERDURE 83 VARSITY 89 BOOKING 92
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从左侧给定的数字开始，按照指示逐步完成。在30秒内，初级玩家需完成自己的挑战；中级玩家需完成自己的挑战及初级挑战；高级玩家需完成自己的挑战及中级挑战。
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世界最小、最难填字游戏 — 横向：1 算盘。 5 锯。6 节省。7 踏。纵向：1 助手。2 熊。3 午。4 信。 横向：1 嘲弄。5 吩咐。 9 子任务。10 详述。11 用。 12 无数。13 架。14 小组成员。 16 永恒。17 罗杰。19 交换台。 22 莱斯。23 厄立特里亚。24 扫视。 26 抢。27 全体。 纵向：1 面具。2 有线电视。 3 伊娃。4 育空。5 酒钱。6 亢进。 7 绊脚石。8 来临。12 玩笑。 14 棕榈滩。15 诱。16 接踵。 18 残渣。20 开。21 争。25 膀。
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横向：1 药。5 鞋头。11 乌斯河。 12 华丽。13 保留。14 豹猫。15 耸肩。 17 袖珍。18 小猫。21 齿轮。24 紫杉。 25 油。26 海外。29 菜单。 30 补丁。34 新娘的。37 平板车。38 缓板。 39 口齿不清。40 托莱多。41 轭。 纵向：1 宿。2 露丝。3 使用者。4 打扮。 5 亦。6 半兽人。7 仇敌。8 白棉布。 9 无调的。10 纤小的。16 诸君。19 参见。 20 交换。21 搏斗。22 过火。 23 亲切的。27 拉奇。28 凄然。31 三重唱。 32 一桶。33 炒作。35 助。36 盥洗室。
1 屋后可能偷窥 带阳光的园艺用品（8） 5 校旁齿轮 俗气品味（6） 9 角色尚未变更 西伦敦一区（8） 10 办公室职员清前 显得不那么丰满（6） 12 女人天生害怕 在某种程度上（4） 13 精通盘子者？（10） 15 与古鲁相关的家伙 实为有序的 工业活（6,4） 19 决心冒险 如潜水员所为？（4,3,6） 23 怀疑英伦频道 属于某网络？（3,5） 25 元素环绕西方 对应物（4） 28 字典中字母 获准（6） 29 尴尬的导演 在外屋描述 旧文件？（8） 30 针灸中 厌恶之物（6） 31 两张快照代表 有泉之地（1 2）
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黑数独（KUROSU） 快速问答： 1 马龙·白兰度。2 拜伦勋爵。 3 吉姆·戴维森。4 摇头丸。5 港。 思维挑战： 1 第26个。2 均为郁金香品种。 3 橙汁。4 米尔顿式；其余为 十四行诗三大类型。 5 Korky、加菲、希斯克里夫（A→R，B→S等）。 大师问答： 1 1 1967. 2 山茶。3 μ。 4 Sooty。5 土星。 6 《葛蓓莉亚》中的斯万希尔达。 蜂巢游戏： 1 领袖。2 天线。3 超越。 4 世代。5 短裤。6 泥铲。 7 承租人。8 逃逸。9 帕凡舞。 10 避开。11 驱车。12 修订。
1 此处吹气基本上 是橄榄球运动员（6） 2 在家中占据一把 光亮材质的椅子（5） 3 更便宜摩丝中的 元素，用于发型（4） 4 移除外壳例如 在度假地点（4,3） 6 仍然健康的女性离开 与野蛮人时断时续同行（5） 7 即兴拜访被视为 谅解（9） 8 女性的魅力超过 时间——以及遗产（8） 11 记录发现时 确实少了什么（4） 14 海上速度的 安全措施（4） 15 制作一张精美卡片 导致鬼脸？（4,1,4） 16 一种特殊的致命生物（3） 17 骨头有点 疼痛，自然如此（4） 18 顽固的反对 士兵被定期 编入乐队（8） 20 欧洲高尔夫球手拥有 制作果冻食品的配料（4） 21 交付延长 跨越春季（4,3） 22 电池中看到的 工作时完成的事物（6） 24 柳条篮 被球场抓住（5） 26 为丧亲者 开启的并非新事（5） 27 一些新加入者 离开了（4）
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7 / 15 的它
24 / 36
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as Gatwick gets green light for new runway
By David Churchill
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ing over £219million for green fuel production to cut emis- sions from flying.’ Pierre-Hugues Schmit, the airport’s chief executive, said: ‘We can now press on with bringing this exciting project to life.’ To create the second run- way the emergency take-off strip will be moved 40ft, meaning there will be ‘little disruption’ to operations, bosses claimed. Campaign group Commu-
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all put our prices up this year.’ Many list products with wipe-clean pens, allowing them to tweak prices at will. In West London, near the Science Museum in Kens- ington, holidaymaker Rosie Braga, 42, gave a chilling review. She said: ‘For our four ice creams it cost nearly £26… I definitely wouldn’t buy it again.’ Despite a 99 costing 99p in the 1990s, the name has noth- ing to do with the price, though
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gym at the Mandarin Oriental Lutetia hotel, prompting specula- tion that they had married. They are in Paris while Cooper films an Ocean’s Eleven prequel co-starring Margot Robbie. The couple, who met in 2023, have faced online criticism for their age gap. Last year, an insider said they were ‘incredibly happy’ and that
week’s Clacton byelection. His manifesto pledges to cap a 99 Flake ice cream at 99p to win over his seaside constituency. The Ice Cream Alliance (ICA) has blamed cost pressures that operators have to pass on. Director of operations Cathe- rine McNeil cited significant cost pressures over the past decade, saying: ‘From the ingredients to the fuel that keeps the vans mov- ing, almost every part of serving a 99 has become more expensive.’ She said milk, cream and sugar have all increased ‘substantially’ in price as have key items sourced from abroad such as vanilla,
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Cooper was ‘considering mar- riage and kids with Ms Hadid’. He has a nine-year-old daughter called Lea de Seine with model Irina Shayk, while Ms Hadid has a daughter called Khai, five, with One Direction star Zayn Malik. They have been tight-lipped about their romance, but were among guests at Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce on July 3. However, it remains to be seen whether they have actually wed, mirroring the months-long spec- ulation about Spider-Man stars Holland and Zendaya, 29, after she was spotted wearing a dia- mond ring on her left hand at the Golden Globes in January 2025. Months later, Holland, 30, referred to her as his fiancee. Then AI-generated wedding photos went viral online, and this March her stylist said they had already wed – news that was confirmed by Holland in June.
cocoa and coconut. She added: ‘Ice cream vans rely on constant refrigeration, while operators need to travel regularly between pitches and events.’
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Trump-basher is off on charm offensive to U.S.
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Miliband’s opposition to oil exploration in the North Sea – and his obsessions with what Mr Trump describes as ‘windmills’ have repeatedly attracted the President’s ire. Mr Miliband also spent years firing crude insults at Mr Trump during his first term in office, saying he had ‘low- ered the bar for idiocy’. In 2016, he said US voters electing Mr Trump demon- strated ‘dark days for America and the world’. Two years later, he joined a ‘Stop Trump’ demonstration in London against the US President’s state visit to the UK. At the time he said: ‘What is objectionable about him? His racism. His misogyny. His peculiar rela- tionship with Russia and most of all with the truth.’ Mr Miliband has claimed his past attacks on President Trump are ‘irrelevant’. In 2024, he said: ‘I genuinely don’t think that Don- ald Trump is reading my tweets.’ US Ambassador Warren Ste- phens said last month that Mr Miliband had been ‘wrong’ about President Trump, but played down the issue, saying the com- ments were ‘some time ago’. Mr Miliband’s trip comes as Andy Burnham is on holiday abroad. First Secretary of State Louise Haigh, who was pictured in Downing Street dressed in a suit and trainers, is the most sen- ior minister left in the country to deal with day-to-day events. Mr Miliband is expected to use today’s talks in Washington to push the US to de-escalate the
2016, RADIO 4: ‘The idea that we share values with a racist, misogynistic, self-confessed groper beggars belief... I am deeply worried.’
2016, ESSAY: ‘We must do our best at home and abroad to resist the worst of Trumpism... These are dark days for America and the world.’
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Iran crisis and ease the pressure in the Strait of Hormuz. Ministers are nervous that Mr Trump could sign a deal that imposes multi-million-dollar ‘tolls’ on
lowered the bar for idiocy, but...’
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objectionable about him? His
racism. His misogyny. His
peculiar relationship with
Russia and most of all with
the truth.’
2018: Joined a Stop Trump protest against the President’s state visit and said he would boycott the state dinner.
ships using the vital trade route. Last night, he said securing a lasting ceasefire ‘is essential to ease cost of living pressures on British families’. Mr Miliband is
reported to have been instrumen- tal in the decision to bar US jets from using British bases, includ- ing Diego Garcia, to launch their initial strikes on Iran – a move that infuriated Mr Trump and led to a rift with Keir Starmer. The Foreign Secretary is also expected to urge Mr Rubio to maintain support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. Meanwhile Justice Secretary Alex Norris defended Mr Burn- ham’s decision to go on holiday, telling Sky News: ‘The Prime Minister is having a few days away with his family. He will be in constant contact with his office.’
turned on minister who called ‘trig’ a maths relic
TRIGONOMETRY is a ‘relic’ of the past that no longer needs to be taught in schools, the Educa- tion Secretary has suggested. Lucy Powell has faced a back- lash after complaining that schools’ focus on academic achievement has become a ‘straitjacket’ for many young people. Now it has emerged that she previously questioned why trigonometry, including Pythag- oras’ theorum, is still taught – and suggested it had few appli- cations in day-to-day life. Speaking on the Commons education select committee in 2019, she backed an analysis by German educationalist Andreas Schleicher who argued the subject had become ‘a relic’, adding: ‘The reason you teach it is that, 300 or 400 years ago, those were the techniques you needed to measure the size of fields to construct houses, but it has remained a relic in the curriculum.’ Ms Powell, who is expected to launch another review of the curriculum, enthusiastically endorsed his view. But support- ers insist that the subject is still used in construction and engi- neering, and by electricians. Daisy Christodoulou, of edu- cation firm No More Marking, said trigonometry was vital to some areas of technical educa- tion Labour wants to promote: ‘The electrical installation course requires knowledge of algebra and trigonometry, plus mastery of a wiring regulations handbook that is twice as long as Pride And Prejudice.’
end to police form-filling
MORE than seven million hours of police time could be freed up by cutting bureaucracy, the Con- servatives have claimed. Kemi Badenoch’s party said the equivalent of more than 3,800 police officers would become available under its plan to slash paperwork. It includes ending the redaction of unnecessary personal informa- tion in files when a case does not result in a charge and upping the threshold for use-of-force forms, currently filled in whenever someone is handcuffed. Equality, diversity and inclu- sion posts would be axed and the police anti-racism commit- ment repealed, including every force’s race action plan. Mrs Badenoch said the Con- servative Party would ensure ‘police officers are out on the streets preventing and solving crimes, not stuck filling out forms. This is common sense’.
scare after finding lumps in my breast watching Wimbledon
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finally comes into force Odyssey blockbuster driving sales of poetry to epic levels
THE release of The Odyssey movie has sent poetry sales soaring to record levels. The adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic has seen Poetry Texts and Poetry Antholo- gies generate more than £8million in sales in the first 30 weeks of this year. That is up 13.3 per cent on the same period last year and sur- passing every previous half-year total. Sir Stephen Fry’s narration
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and Mr Burnham’s own MPs tore into the Government for allowing thousands of abusers back on to Britain’s streets before their jail terms are up. According to analysis from the Tories, 9,371 of these criminals could be out of prison by the end of this parliament in 2029. Once free, they would be fitted with electronic tags to track their movements and alert authorities if they move outside of set zones. But shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy last night branded it ‘disgraceful’ that domestic abusers are eligible for early release, even with such measures in place. He said: ‘Labour had to be dragged into this U-turn on early release after campaigning from victims and Conservatives. But it clearly does not go far enough and is putting vic- tims’ lives at risk. The clock is tick- ing... Labour need to ensure the remaining sex offenders and other serious criminals are excluded.’ And Reform UK’s equality spokesman Suella Braverman accused Labour of ‘throwing thou- sands of traumatised victims to the wolves’ by granting early release to violent abusers. She said: ‘Not only is it deeply traumatising for these victims to know their attackers will be free to roam the streets nearby – many will be literally fearing for their life.’ Domestic Abuse Commissioner Dame Nicole Jacobs said: ‘If these figures are anywhere near the level of abusers set to be let out, then it is critical the Government is transpar- ent about the scale of releases under this scheme, so we can be confident the right level of resource is in place to keep victims safe.’ Last night Mr Burnham was also facing a brewing mutiny on his backbenches. Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, Allison Gardner, told this newspaper: ‘For survivors, the prospect of an abusive partner being released early is frightening, and their safety must come first.’ Sarah Champion, the Labour MP for Rotherham, said: ‘With patchy rehabilitation in prisons, and less time served, there is no reassur- ance that these manipulative aggressors will have changed.’ Last month, the Prime Minister paused planned prisoner release reforms after learning two men convicted of
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Timothy
ITH typical dramatic flair on Monday, the Prime Min- ister sought to reassure vic- tims affected by Labour’s early release of prisoners. ‘I understand their anger and anxiety. More than that – I share it,’ he said. Try telling that to Lissie Harper, the widow of PC Harper who was killed on duty in Berkshire in 2019. She said that she’s ‘beyond appalled’ that two of his killers will be released before they have served their full sentences. Remarkably, Labour actually apologised to Lissie for their own policy during the course of announcing it. Alex Norris, the Justice Secretary, told her: ‘I’m very sorry we are in this situation’. After months of campaigning by victims and the Conservative party, the Govern-
teeth’ for Elle’s family
THE father of a beautician who was gunned down outside a pub has said it is a ‘massive kick in the teeth’ that a man who assisted her murderer will be eligible for early release. Elle Edwards, 26, was killed on Christmas Eve 2022 when she stepped out of the Light- house pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral. At that moment, Connor Chapman fired a Sko- rpion submachine gun at his intended targets in a gang feud. Chapman, 23, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 48 years
killing PC Harper, 28, would have benefited. Both were passengers in a car that dragged the policeman down a road for more than a mile after he responded to a burglary report in 2019. Following a backlash, Mr Burn- ham announced that no prisoners would be released under the scheme, designed to ease pressure on overcrowded prisons, until an urgent review had been carried out. The Prime Minister said ministers
thought through’
would examine the policy in detail to ensure public safety remained the overriding priority before any changes were implemented. Yesterday Conservative peer Bar- oness Bertin, co-chair of the all- party parliamentary group on domestic violence, said that ‘lives will certainly be lost if this isn’t thought through properly’. She added: ‘The threat [abusers] can pose to their victims on release can- not be underestimated and proper support needs to be put in place.’ Under the scheme, which will take effect in October, criminals
do not believe in the prison system
ment has announced the partial U-turn of excluding rapists from the release pro- gramme. But Andy Burnham’s search for a quick victory has fallen flat in the face of victims of crimes whose perpetrators will still be set free. The Government says it has no other choice. But we have heard this from Labour before. They have, with pressure, found 1,000 places within the prison estate to house more offenders. Nevertheless, thou- sands of criminals including paedophiles,
By Andy Dolan
for the murder while Thomas Waring, 21, got nine years for possession of a weapon. But Elle’s dad Tim Edwards has been told Waring, below, would be released in October under the early release scheme. Mr Edwards said: ‘It’s a mas- sive kick in the teeth. I did write to Andy Burnham and I asked him to just look at the criteria that people are going to fit to get the early release – there was no response.’ Mr Edwards urged the PM to ‘think again’.
killers and sexual abusers will still be released after serving as little as a third of their sentences. If it was untrue to say there was no alternative just one month ago, why should we believe Labour now? Ministers have not been in control of this since the beginning. Lord Timpson, the for- mer prisons minister, said it was not possi- ble to know which criminals would be released, or even when. Calculations by the Conservatives found that 2,500 rapists and paedophiles would have been eligible for
Innocent: Beautician Elle Edwards was shot dead outside pub
early release under Labour’s original scheme. It’s unacceptable that Labour would not know the impact of its own poli- cies – it’s not fair on victims, and it’s not fair on wider society. E
ARLY release of prisoners is one of those policies that civil servants put in front of ministers when a new government comes to power. It’s the thinking of a bureaucrat who believes it will make no difference. And Labour colluded – because ultimately they don’t believe in prison. But for the victims and communities affected, who are set to see killers and sex offenders back on their streets, the impact of this scheme will be visceral. There is another way. I proposed a Bill in July that would stop the release of sex offenders, child abusers and serious violent criminals. But Labour don’t have much time – the schedule of releases is due to start in October. They must introduce emergency laws in September to stop this process. They owe it to victims and to the British public.
History of abuse: Leonidas Georgalla Viewed as a threat: David McCorkell Daylight attack: Mark Brazant Double murderer: Shaine March
in fall as she
tried to flee
his beating
LEONIDAS Georgalla was jailed for more than a year for fracturing his ex-wife’s skull, but after his release from prison went on to kill his new girlfriend. Georgalla, 54, was jailed for 20 months in 2008 for driving wildly in New Zealand while his terrified wife clung to the car bonnet, before coming loose and suf- fering the head injury. After his release he came to Britain and later began a relationship with Kathleen John, 39. But he began beating her and police banned him from contacting her. He was jailed for 12 years in Novem- ber 2023 for killing Ms John, pictured, when she fell from a third-floor win- dow in an effort to escape him as he was attacking her. Georgalla admit- ted manslaughter and breaching a restraining order. Detectives said injuries on Ms John’s body that showed she had been assaulted by Georgalla before the fall. Georgalla refused to tell police why he killed Ms John, who had worked as an NHS nurse. Detective Inspector John Marriott said: ‘Leonidas Georgalla is a danger to women... At the time of Kathleen’s death, there was a restraining order against him for previous abuse she had suffered. He had been convicted of domestic violence in other countries.’
mother and slashed her in face
MARK Brazant ambushed married mother Josephine Conlon, 36 – slashing her across the face and neck, narrowly missing her jugular vein – six days after he was let out of jail in December 2019. Brazant, 50, who has paranoid schizo- phrenia, was supposed to be escorted to a secure address in Ealing, west London, after his release from HMP Thameside. He had being jailed for three offences of battery and one of common assault, all against lone women. Instead, he was freed to stalk Mrs Con- lon as she pushed her baby in a pram in broad daylight. CCTV captured the vicious assault and Brazant was jailed for life at the Old Bailey in 2022. Giving evidence at the trial, Mrs Con- lon, pictured, said: ‘I remember him being above me. ‘I think from that original shove your mind goes into overdrive trying to [understand] what is happening. ‘I remember thinking he had pushed me into the driveway because he was going to rape me, but he didn’t, he just started hitting me. ‘There were lots of blows and I realised I was being stabbed. I was screaming a lot because I was not on the road and I wanted someone to hear me. I was duck- ing a lot and trying to get away.’ Brazant was convicted of attempted murder and ordered to be detained in a mental hospital for 11 years.
70 injuries on partner in murder
DAVID McCorkell murdered Diane Dyer in 2019 in an ‘orgy of violence’. McCorkell inflicted 71 injuries on his 61-year-old partner and strangled her during the attack in south London. Durng his trial at the Old Bailey McCorkell, 61, was described as a prolific abuser of women who was jailed in 2002 for robbery after he beat a woman in a hospital. Despite only receiving a two-year sen- tence for robbery he was not released until 2015 because he was viewed as such a threat to women. After he was freed, McCorkell was jailed again in 2017 for 27 months for burglary. After this sen- tence, he began dating Ms Dyer, pic- tured, in 2019 and had only known her for three months when he murdered her that July. Judge Richard Marks described McCorkell as an ‘evil bully’ who had ‘an appalling criminal record’ of 22 convictions. Jailing him for a minimum of 21 and half years in December 2019, Judge Marks said: ‘This was a savage, vicious and brutal killing.’ Ms Dyer lived on her own and prosecu- tor Allison Hunter KC said she was ‘extremely vulnerable prior to her rela- tionship and during her relationship.’
pregnant girlfriend to death
SHAINE March murdered his girlfriend Alana Odysseos, 32, when she was eight weeks pregnant in 2024. He had previously stabbed a 17-year-old teenager to death in 2000 and was released on licence in 2013, but was recalled to prison later that year after he was con- victed of assaulting his then-pregnant girl- friend. He was released in February 2018. When March, 47, started going out with Ms Odysseos, pictured, probation services were told of the relationship but stopped monitoring him after he told them the relationship had ended amicably. But on July 22, 2024, March stabbed her 19 times with a kitchen knife and was jailed for 42 years at the Old Bai- ley last October. His sentence was increased to a whole life order after the Attorney General said the prison term was unduly lenient. Prosecutors said in the months before her death, Ms Odys- seos confided in friends and family that March had started to become violent and abusive towards her. When he was arrested on suspicion of murder he shouted ‘I stabbed her, I killed her’ and ‘I don’t regret nothing… allow me to rot in jail. I don’t ever want to come out.’ Samantha Yelland, of the Crown Prose- cution Service, said: ‘His previous offend- ing revealed a pattern of emotional and physical abuse, and he showed no remorse when he was being arrested.’ March was also convicted of assault in 1995.
he announced third Labour leadership bid
By Jason Groves Political Editor
ANDY Burnham revealed his wife advised him against standing for the Labour leadership, warning: ‘They have told you twice they don’t want you.’ The Prime Minister said Marie-France van Heel ‘took some persuading’ that he should try to topple Sir Keir Starmer by launching a third bid to lead his party. In an interview with Elizabeth Day’s How To Fail podcast, he said his wife’s initial reaction to his decision to make another bid for No 10 was: ‘What? Not again!’ He added: ‘She’s quite blunt in telling me about my failures in past endeavours – she doesn’t hold back and there’s no soft land- ing there. She was like, “What? Not again! They told you twice they don’t want you. Why are you doing it again?” ’ In the end Mr Burnham was able to engineer a ‘coronation’ which meant that neither Labour Party members nor the wider public had any say in who should replace Sir Keir. Yesterday No 10 released an offi- cial portrait of the PM standing in the No10 garden dressed smartly in a dark suit and green tie – at the same time as it was confirmed that he would be going on holiday overseas after just two weeks as Prime Minister. Mr Burnham met his Dutch wife, known as Frankie, while they were studying at Cambridge University in the late 1980s. He revealed that she was
By Sam Merriman Political Correspondent
RESTORE Britain has pledged to scrap the triple lock on pensions in a move that could torpedo efforts to secure a political pact with Reform UK. Nigel Farage’s Reform party announced ahead of May’s local elections it would keep the policy – which ensures state pensions increase each year – after months of internal wran- gling over the issue. But Restore leader Rupert Lowe yesterday set out his par-
‘A difficult decision'
ty’s economic policies, including the pledge to scrap the triple lock. It threatens to disrupt negotiations between the two parties before they have even got off the ground, after Mr Lowe first raised the prospect on Sunday. He made a list of demands of Mr Farage in return for a deal, including mass deportations of migrants and barring ex-Tories who defected to Reform – such as Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman – from any future government positions. The triple lock – which sees the state pension rise by whichever is highest of inflation, average earn-
Straight talker: Marie-France Van Heel and the PM enter No 10 Suits you: Andy Burnham in Downing Street’s garden
sharply critical of his early media performances when he first became an MP in the early 2000s. ‘I’d go in and do these inter- views and [be] thinking I’d done really well, because I had taken the handout from the whip’s office and I’d done an interview where I’d not strayed from the line at all,’ said Mr Burnham. ‘And I’d come out and turn my phone on, the old Nokia mobile
would axe triple lock on pensions
Savings: Rupert Lowe
ings or 2.5 per cent – appears to be another snag towards a pact between the Right-wing parties. With the exception of the Greens, all mainstream parties have committed to maintaining the triple-lock policy in fear of losing older voters. And Reform’s
phone, and first text in block capitals from said person, this is what it would read, “ANSWER THE F** QUESTION.” ’ Mr Burnham had launched two previous bids for the Labour lead- ership, trailing in fourth behind the Miliband brothers and Ed Balls in 2010 and coming a poor second to Jeremy Corbyn five years later. He then quit Parliament in 2017
Treasury spokesman last night confirmed that scrapping the tri- ple lock was not up for debate. Mr Jenrick said: ‘Reform will always look after people who have worked hard and paid in their entire lives. We will be able to pay for the triple lock by cut- ting the billions of pounds of waste on illegal migrants, welfare for those not working and Net Zero subsidies.’ After previously saying the future of the triple lock was ‘open for debate’, Mr Farage in April committed Reform to maintain- ing it, as he said people who work should ‘reap rewards later in life’. But in Restore’s 62-page policy document, it vowed to ‘end the triple lock and instead link the state pension to CPI’ – the Con- sumer Prices Index measure of inflation. The party claimed this would save about £2billion to
to stand successfully for the Greater Manchester mayoralty. Yesterday he said he became a better politician in the end for not getting the position earlier ‘because I probably hadn’t thought things through enough’. ‘The Westminster world puts you on a certain track and makes you think a certain way, speak a certain way even,’ he said. ‘You’ve got the whips telling you what to
£3.5billion a year. Mr Lowe acknowledged that scrapping the rule would be a ‘difficult deci- sion’ and ‘probably not’ result in his party winning more votes at an election. But he added: ‘These actions are the only way we can leave a better country to our grandchildren than the one handed to us.’ Economists have raised con- cerns about the financial sustain- ability of the policy long-term due to the UK’s ageing population. Restore’s pledge comes after Mr Farage revealed he had offered exploratory talks to Mr Lowe, who was expelled from Reform in March last year following accusa- tions of bullying, which he denies. Negotiations between the two parties are expected to take place, but it is understood that Mr Farage and Mr Lowe had not yet spoken as of last night.
say in interviews and how to vote in the lobbies, and it’s not about being your authentic self.’ Ms Van Heel, a brand marketing executive, accompanied Mr Burnham to Downing Street when he assumed power last month but is not expected to live there permanently, preferring the couple’s Greater Manchester base where he has now estab- lished a No10 North outpost.
age could see huge surge in pro-Gaza MPs
By Christian Calgie Senior Political Correspondent-at-Large
LABOUR’S plan to give 16- and 17-year-olds the vote could result in a surge in the success of pro-Gaza independent can- didates at the next election. The warning came following a report by the Muslim Council of Britain that said by 2029 there will be 49 constituencies where the Muslim voting population aged 16 or over exceeds the incumbent MP’s 2024 margin of victory by 10,000 or more. These include seats of promi- nent Labour figures, including Defence Secretary Wes Street- ing, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Jess Phillips. Tory chairman Kevin Hol- linrake has now warned Prime Minister Andy Burnham that Labour’s ‘cynical’ attempt ‘to rig voting rules for its own political gain’ could backfire given Britain’s rapidly shifting demographics, with one in ten schoolchildren now Muslim.
baffled by what goes in fridge
By Cameron Charters
CONFUSION over which foods should be kept in the fridge is causing domestic disputes, research has found. More than three-quarters of people surveyed admitted to being baffled about whether items would benefit from being chilled – with two-thirds arguing with a partner over the issue. It is also the cause of genera- tional friction, with almost half of adults being told off by their mothers for where they put the weekly shop. Some 41 per cent of those polled admitted to being so stumped about storing produce such as bread, jam, honey and fruit that
Bread
Bread
they turned to Google for help. Food waste expert Kate Hall said the things that would benefit from refrigeration may surprise some. She believes it can be a good idea to keep nuts, crisps and
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Tortilla chips
Tortilla chips
Fresh herbs but not basil
Fresh herbs but not basil
chocolate biscuits cool. ‘Factors such as temperature, humidity and exposure to light all affect quality,’ she said. ‘Some foods that people instinc- tively leave in the cupboard actu-
Potatoes
Potatoes
ally benefit from refrigeration, while others lose flavour, texture or quality if they’re kept too cold.’ Biscuit brand Bahlsen asked 2,000 Britons what they stored in their fridges and how often placing the wrong items in there started a row with friends or family. According to the poll, bananas, potatoes and avocados are three of the problem foods causing fights, along with bread, jam, lemons and honey. Chocolate biscuits divide opin- ion, with 45 per cent thinking they belong in the fridge. Ms Hall said: ‘While chocolate biscuits can be lovely chilled, full chocolate bars need a little more care. Moisture and temperature changes can affect their texture and appearance, causing a whit- ish bloom on the surface.’
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Watermelon
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T’S a heartwarming tale straight out of Hollywood: how Professor Jason Arday forged a path from South London council estate to the ivory towers of Cambridge University. The working-class son of immigrants overcame severe autism, crippling dyslexia and a range of bizarre medical conditions that would have poleaxed a lesser mortal to achieve fame and fortune in the field of academia. Along the way he’s been garlanded with awards, appeared on endless TV shows and podcasts, and pursued a lucrative second career as a freelance public speaker, travelling the globe to give motivational accounts of how he not only conquered huge personal odds but also raised more than £5million for charity. This month, Arday’s incredible journey will be the subject of a high-profile autobiography, Great And Unfortunate Things. Yet as publication looms, there are growing fears that his incred-
ible life story doesn’t quite add
up. Here are some of its strangest
chapters...
‘GENIUS’ MOTHER
JASON Atta Kwei Arday was
born in Lambeth in May 1985 and
delivered by an African midwife
who announced that he had pecu-
liarly long fingers.
‘Where I come from, babies with
long fingers are special,’ she
declared. ‘This boy is destined for
great things.’
His parents, Joseph and Gifty,
were Ghanaian immigrants who
had come to the UK in the early
1980s, married soon afterwards,
and moved into a flat on the
Willard Estate, just north of
Clapham Common.
Joseph worked as a chef while
Gifty was, in various versions of
Arday’s life story, a social worker,
mental health nurse, charity boss
and bereavement counsellor.
Despite also raising three sons,
one of whom was severely autistic
and required intensive daily care,
she over the years allegedly found
time to gain a truly remarkable
number of university qualifica-
tions. ‘I know people always speak
well of their mums, but my mum
is a very learned person,’ he told
a podcast in 2023. ‘She holds
five degrees.’
SPEECH THERAPY
MYSTERY
AT THE age of three, Jason was
diagnosed with ‘global develop-
ment delay,’ a form of autism
which he has likened to Asperg-
er’s. He vividly describes the
development in his forthcoming
book. ‘“There’s no one in there,”
the doctors told Gifty. They said
that I was “deficient”, and that I’d
never be able to talk, read, or
write. One doctor insisted I was
“no better than a vegetable”.’
Gifty didn’t take that news lying
down. She instead found time in
her packed schedule to devote the
next seven years to her son’s
speech therapy. On a podcast in
2023, Arday recalled: ‘I spent
thousands of hours in speech
therapy, seven days, six days a
week, three hours a day.’
The following year, he alleged
something similar, albeit with dif-
ferent numbers, saying: ‘From the
age of two to 11, I spent probably
10 hours a day in speech therapy.’
Assuming that’s true, speech
therapy provision in Thatcher-era
South London must have been
extraordinarily generous, unless
Gifty was able to pay for the care
privately. Either way, in the end it
clearly worked: one day shortly
before his 12th birthday, Arday
says a therapist named Olywn
Donnelly persuaded him to utter
his very first word: ‘Hello.’
THE TV SERIES
THAT WASN’T
ARDAY has claimed that, as a
child, he’d starred in the famous
BBC documentary series Seven
Up. ‘I was part of a programme
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which doesn’t really exist any- more, but was called Seven Up at the time,’ he told the University of Bath’s Racial Equality Taskforce. ‘Seven Up is basically when they follow you over the duration of your life. So they follow you at seven, 14, 21. I was pulled out of the project when I was 14.’ Strangely, all of the BBC show’s participants were born in either 1956 or 1957, making them almost 30 years older than Arday. A follow up series, launched in 2000, followed individuals who were seven years old at the turn of the Millennium, an age bracket he didn’t fall into, either. The BBC this week confirmed that Arday had ‘nothing to do with our films,’ prompting the professor to declare that he’d never really meant to suggest he’d taken part in the BBC show. Arday denies lying, however. He insists that he was instead talking about a ‘local community and parent-led initiative’ with a com- pletely different name. A spokesman said: ‘The refer- ence to Seven Up was used infor- mally as a shorthand illustration of the concept. It was not intended as a literal comparison and should be understood in the context in which it was made. This was a local community and parent-led initiative developed around the Ubuntu principle that ‘it takes a village to raise a child’. The reference to Seven Up was used informally as a shorthand illustration of the concept.’ UNHAPPY SCHOOLDAYS WITHIN months of learning to talk, Arday was packed off to the local secondary, Southfields Community College. It was not a great success. Although corporal punishment was banned in England in 1987, when Arday was an infant, he claims in his forthcoming memoir that when he failed to complete a task in class, teachers would sub- ject him to Dickensian treatment whereby they’d ‘use the same pen to bang on my knuckles, all while breathing down my neck’. By the time GCSEs came around, he remained unable to read or write, so passed just two
A tale straight out of Hollywood: Professor Jason Arday has had a seemingly glittering career
of them: PE and textiles. His sub- sequent academic transformation was achieved with the help of two people he met shortly afterwards. One is Debbie McKenzie, a trainee teacher who became first Arday’s girlfriend then his wife. The other is Sandro Sandri, a tutor at Mer- ton College in South London, where he enrolled on a BTec in PE. They agreed to devote hours each day to tutoring him. ‘Before classes even started each day, I’d have to spend over an hour with Sandro working on reading and writing. After classes were over, I’d spend another two hours with Debs.’ With their help, Arday claims he became able to read at 18. McKen- zie remembers things differently. In an appearance on the TV show Surprise! Surprise! in 2013, she said: ‘Jason’s just an amazing guy… he learned how to speak when he was 11 and he couldn’t read or write until he was 16.’ Either way, Arday went on to complete a degree at St Mary’s University, followed by a Post- graduate Certificate in Education. He then says he gained two MAs and a PhD at Liverpool John Moores University, before embark- ing on a career in academia. SPORTING PRODIGY ARDAY claims in his autobiogra- phy to have played football first
for his school, then his county. Elsewhere, he has talked of fol- lowing a professional career path, although details of that alleged chapter in his life are curiously absent from the book. ‘As a child, I was fortunate to play football well, so I was in the academy system and then played semi-professionally,’ he once said. It’s unclear which academy he represented but his senior career, such as it was, involved a stint as goalie for Lewisham Borough in the Southern Counties East Divi- sion One, which is the tenth tier of English football, at the bottom of the non-league pyramid. During his time in secondary school, he also recalls becoming an accomplished snooker player, bunking off to practice at a local snooker hall called Riley’s and beginning to win significant sums of money on the local competitive circuit. ‘I would record my first century in an actual match, a total clearance of 122 points in a single visit. Still my highest break to date... a couple of times, I won the competition and made about £300... it got to a point where I became so good that I could afford to have my own snooker cue made by John Parris Cues, the best cue maker in the world.’ At one point, he’d made so much loot that his mother discovered wads of banknotes in a tin under
his bed and became concerned that he was dealing drugs. Later in life, he would supposedly become an elite marathon runner. Of which more later. BIZARRE MEDICAL TROUBLES ARDAY’S academic and sporting success is all the more remarkable given the medical challenges he’s faced on top of his severe autism. He has variously talked of being born deaf in one ear (‘I actually have a hearing aid that I’m sup- posed to use, which I never use, apart from when I’m lecturing’) and being diagnosed with both dyslexia and dyscalculia, a learn- ing disorder that makes it hard to understand numbers. After being mugged at a bus- stop as a teenager, he also says he began suffering from severe epi- lepsy: ‘I had seizures at work, at college, on public transport, in shops and in the street.’ Then, while he was completing his PhD, Arday began to experi- ence intermittent trouble with balance. Doctors allegedly discov- ered a small tumour near the base of his brain ‘pressing against my pituitary gland’. It turned out to be benign but an operation to remove it via endoscopic transsphenoidal sur- gery (a relatively uninvasive tech- nique in which the brain is
of medical disasters and superhuman feats. Chapter by chapter, how Oxbridge’s youngest black professor has... THE MOST FANTASTICAL LIFE STORY EVER TOLD!
accessed via a patient’s nostril) took place a mere month before Arday had to complete his PhD viva. Ten days after the operation, he says he ‘collapsed in a heap’ and was rushed back to hospital ‘where the doctors told me I’d had a transient ischemic attack, or mini-stroke’. This meant he ‘couldn’t access my short-term memory’. Passing a viva in such circum- stances might sound like a tall order. But rather than defer on
medical grounds, he went ahead. Arday was driven to Liverpool by mentor Sandro. Somewhat bizarrely, given his medical his- tory, Arday recalls him delivering the following pep-talk: ‘“I’m going to do something to you now because I love you… I’m going to slap you across the face to calm you down.” ‘And that’s what he did. I felt his hand land across my cheek with a loud slap. Stunned, I reached my hand to my stinging face and
found myself miraculously able to breathe again.’ He duly passed, becoming Dr Arday in 2016. MISSING CHARITY MONEY ARDAY says a visit to a homeless centre in 2003 inspired him to dedicate his free time to raising money for charity. This work first made headlines in 2010, when he decided to com- plete 30 marathons in 35 days.
During the 21st race, he suffered an epileptic fit and fell to the ground, fracturing his fibula, yet nonetheless managed to com- plete another nine marathons with a broken leg. ‘My right leg ballooned to twice its size,’ he later recalled. ‘To this day, I don’t really know how I did it.’ Arday has also claimed to have run 300 miles in three days in 2013, and 600 miles in six days in 2015 (though he later changed the timeframe to a dozen days) seem-
Memoir: Arday’s book is out later this month
ingly while unable to balance properly due to the aforemen- tioned brain tumour. The problem is that no record of those challenges being completed exists and covering such dis- tances would be impossible for anyone aside from a world-stand- ard ultra-runner. There are also questions about the amount of money he raised. Arday’s citation for a Pride Of Britain award said that ‘in total, he has raised more than £5million for 80 charities over an 18-year period’. And in 2023 he claimed that he’d raised ‘£5.5 million and counting’. Asked to provide evidence of this prolific fundraising, Arday confessed at the weekend that he hadn’t actually raised that much money. Instead he claimed to be part of a ‘syndicate’ of around 100 people but refused to identify them, or to elaborate on which charities had benefited, claiming he’d signed a bizarre NDA agree- ing to keep further details secret. DRIP DRIP OF SCANDAL AS WELL as raising money for charity, Arday has claimed to be a selfless volunteer, waxing lyrical in his book about travelling to the favelas of Brazil to ‘install water pumps’ for impoverished locals. The trip is documented in his book, where he recalls a conversa- tion with a local aid worker ‘as I bent down to help one of the chil- dren’ who told him ‘you have a very beautiful heart’ and added: ‘I can tell you’re destined to do great things.’ Further details are provided via his profile on the website of the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau, which stated until recently: ‘He has also undertaken and completed relief work in South America and West Africa with WaterAid installing water points, which provide drinkable and clean water.’ The charity says otherwise, how- ever: it never sends volunteers abroad, stating: ‘It’s vital that each community is responsible for man- aging their own projects’ and that
By Mark Duell and Tilly Harris
FARMERS are warning Britain’s record-breaking heatwaves may lead to crop shortages as some areas entered a 48th consecutive day without rain. The National Farmers’ Union said harvests were struggling due to the drought conditions and water access restrictions. Potatoes are particularly under threat because they stop grow- ing at over 30C – with one farmer saying putting water on them was ‘like watering a corpse’. The UK is enduring its fifth heatwave of the year with tem- peratures on Monday reaching
shortages as drought
nears FIFTY days
33.5C at Wisley in Surrey, mark- ing the 20th day of 2026 when 32C or higher was recorded. There are fears of flash flooding when the rains do come. Farm- ing leaders have warned it is ‘one of the most severe droughts
many farmers and growers have lived through’ with poor yields, struggles to get water for fruit and vegetables, plus livestock keepers using winter feed for their animals. The industry has already been affected this year
by winter flooding, which made planting difficult – and the NFU this week demanded urgent action to secure water supplies. The union’s president Tom Brad- shaw told BBC Radio 4 that Prime Minister Andy Burnham should give farmers tax breaks for water storage systems to prepare for future hot weather. Mr Bradshaw said: ‘Those other countries around the world that we currently rely on to produce our food and vegetables, their cli- mates are changing as well. ‘It does feel like there is going to be shortages of [food] products.’ Wheat farmers have said their crop is half its normal height. Jim Wayman, from 3Ms, an East Anglian
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‘out of respect for the people we
work with, we don’t encourage or
facilitate self-funded visits either’.
DODGY CV
ACCORDING to Arday’s official
CV on the Cambridge University
website, he holds an array of glam-
orous jobs including visiting pro-
fessorships at Glasgow University
and Ohio State University
in the USA where he allegedly
works in the ‘Office of diversity
and inclusion’.
There are but two problems:
Glasgow insists that Arday ‘was
never a visiting professor’, while
Ohio State University says it ‘has
no record of an employee of that
name’ adding that ‘visiting profes-
sors appear in our employment
records’.
The profile also describes him as
an ‘honorary professor at Durham
University in the Department of
Sociology’. Although Professor
Arday previously held several roles
at Durham, the Daily Mail has
been told he no longer has any
‘formal’ position there, contradict-
ing his online biography.
POLICE CALLED
ON CRITICS
FOR a high-flying academic, with a
salary to match, Arday takes a
strangely aggressive approach to
scrutiny. Last year Jack Grove, a
reporter for Times Higher Educa-
tion who had emailed questions to
Cambridge regarding allegations
of plagiarism in Arday’s academic
work, found himself being reported
to the police for ‘harassment’. The
Metropolitan force spent four
months investigating before decid-
ing in February to close the case.
Professor David Harris, an
academic from Plymouth Marjon
University who had contacted
Cambridge with his own concerns,
was also reported to police. The
Devon and Cornwall force refused
to investigate.
Meanwhile the combative law
firm Carter-Ruck was hired to
send threatening letters on
Arday’s behalf claiming that the
‘apparent attack’ on him ‘may be
… racially motivated’. Cambridge
University has denied paying the
legal company’s bill.
THE PIG’S HEAD
ARDAY has claimed that recent
scrutiny stems from a campaign of
potato-growing group which sup- plies major supermarkets, said: ‘We’ve been chucking water on them but it’s like watering a corpse.’ Outbreaks of rain are forecast in Scotland, western England and Wales but much of the Midlands, the East and South-East of Eng- land are due more sunshine. In Suffolk, on the 22,500-acre vegetable-producing Elveden Estate, a new £3million mega- reservoir which can hold 200 Olympic-sized swimming pools of water has run out – less than a year after being installed.
racist intimidation and abuse stretching back years. In an open letter to then Woman And Equalities minister Jacqui Smith in 2025 he claimed to have been ‘threatened with a knife, physically assaulted and spat on; [had] rape and death threats being made to him and his family; bananas and bullets being posted to him via the university campus; and corrosive substances and mutilated animals sent to his family home’. At the weekend he told The Guardian the ‘mutilated animal’ was a pig’s head. He added that police had investigated the inci- dent and found a butcher’s shop that had sold a ‘whole hog’ on the morning of the alleged incident. Weirdly, the butchers named by Professor Arday as being involved denied any visit by police or knowl- edge of the affair. When asked if they were sure, the butcher said ‘that’s the kind of thing we’d remember’. Shown Arday’s claims, the Metropolitan Police said they were ‘categorically’ incorrect. The force insisted no such inves- tigation took place and said it could find no record that officers had visited any butcher. KNIFEMAN WHO VANISHED ELSEWHERE in The Guardian interview, Arday made the chilling claim that he’d twice been accosted at his Cambridge faculty building by a masked man threat- ening to harm him if he did not resign. On the second occasion, the intruder supposedly produced a knife and threatened him with it. Although the building has what is described as ‘enhanced CCTV’, it did not capture the intruder on either occasion. Meanwhile Arday waited a sur- prising length of time before reporting either of these traumatic incidents, telling The Guardian that after being confronted by the knife-wielding attacker, he contin- ued his working day and even con- ducted a PhD viva for a student less than two hours later. It remains a mystery why he did not inform colleagues that a masked man with a knife was in the faculty building. It would appear to be just another crazy chapter in a scandal that’s taken on a life of its own.
From Vivek Chaudhary in Athens and Isabella Machin
THE American in-laws of the Afghan migrant accused of killing a British woman in Athens never wanted their daughter to marry him, a family member has claimed. Small-boat migrant Sharif Ahmadzai has been arrested over the murder of 38-year-old Elisabeth-Jane Ross. Ahmadzai, 26, is accused of murdering charity worker Ms Ross before stuffing her body in a suitcase and dumping it in a derelict building. After arriving on the Greek island of Lesvos in 2016, Ahmadzai, a Muslim, converted to Christianity and, in 2023, married US citizen Alaina Hall, 28. The couple, who have a child together, set up a ministry for refugees in Athens. They are believed to have known Ms Ross, also called Lisa, through their volunteering work. Now Leanne Hall, Alaina’s aunt, has claimed her brother Thomas – Alaina’s father – and his wife Susan always had doubts about their daughter’s choice of husband. Asked about Ahmadzai, she told the Daily Mail: ‘I’ve never met him, I’ve only heard about him. But I can tell you my brother and sister-in-law never wanted them to get married.’ And now the Greek authorities are investigating two possible motives: an attempted mugging or sexual assault. ‘We believe there was a confrontation,’ one source said. Ms Ross’ body was found by a home- less man in the Kypseli area of Athens on July 18, three days after she went missing. Ahmadzai was arrested on Monday over the Scot’s death. It came after CCTV footage is said to have emerged which allegedly shows him leaving the apartment where Ms Ross was staying while wheeling a suit-
confrontation’
case, and dropping it where her remains were found. The former boxer is alleg- edly captured heading towards an abandoned car park while also holding a blue rucksack. He then allegedly leaves the derelict site around 13 minutes later without the bags. Other footage obtained by the police reportedly shows him arriving at Ms Ross’ flat on the evening of July 15 in a car owned by his wife. Police sources told the Daily Mail they had a key to the flat Ms Ross was staying in because it was owned by their organisation, Love Every Nation Athens. Police started investigating the Afghan national, it is understood, after his wife reported her husband’s suspicious behaviour on July 30. She allegedly woke to find him missing on the evening of July 15 and checked his location, which showed he was at Ms Ross’ apartment. Alaina Hall, who grew up in Ringgold, Georgia, has now gone into hiding as details emerged of her husband’s arrest. A neighbour told the Daily Mail: ‘We have not seen her since the start of the month, and thought it was a bit strange as both her and her husband were always on the balcony with their baby. ‘There was a lot of police here last week and we then found out that Sharif had been arrested. It has shocked us all because they were a very loving, young couple who seemed very devoted to each other and their baby.’ Another said: ‘We have heard that she is staying in a hotel in Athens with her baby. She must be devastated and probably can’t face being in the home she once shared with this man. ‘There has been nobody at the flat apart from the police, who took away a number of things. We have tried to contact Alaina, but nobody knows where she is and we haven’t heard from her at all.’ Ahmadzai is understood to have
who wed suspect held over Athens suitcase murder ‘always had doubts over marriage’
Big day: Alaina Hall and Sharif Ahmadzai were married in 2023 and later had a baby
told police he found Ms Ross dead in her bathroom. He alleg- edly admitted to using the vic- tim’s bank cards to withdraw cash as well as using her phone to send messages to family and friends, pretending to be her. Last night it emerged that he allegedly posed as a jihadi who claimed responsibility for her death, using an untraceable burner phone to contact her friends in Athens. According to Greek media outlet Proto Thema, the messages falsely claimed Ms Ross had been killed over her attempts to convert people to
Christianity. Investigators believe
the messages were part of an
elaborate effort to mislead police.
Alaina Hall is said to have grown
s u s p i c i o u s
w h e n
i t
w a s
announced that Ms Ross’ body
had been found. She left the fam-
ily home with their baby and
moved into a hotel.
Ahmadzai then allegedly gave
her €2,550 (£2,200) and a new
Apple iPhone 17 Pro but she
refused them – instead handing
them over to police, believing they
had been bought with Ms Ross’
money. Hussain was arrested
shortly after Ms Ross’ mobile
phone – which had been off for days – was suddenly switched on earlier this week, with police trac- ing it to a residence in Athens where he was staying. When questioned by detectives, Ahmadzai’s wife told officers they had been staying in Arachova, around two-and-a-half hours out- side Athens, and while there she became concerned after her hus- band went missing. A police source revealed: ‘The woman told us that her husband had confided in her that he was angry with the British woman. She was trying to influence him
On CCTV: Man wheels a suitcase through streets of Greek capital
Killed: Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38
religiously and it became too much for him.’ Ms Ross, who was from Edin- burgh, had been a regular visitor to Greece in the past seven years. She had previously volunteered with the One Heart organisation when in Greece, which specialises in providing medical support to refugees, particularly those from Afghanistan and Iran. She arrived in Athens on June 26 and had ini- tially been staying with Greek friends in the Keratsini district. Ahmadzai is due to appear before magistrates in an Athens court tomorrow.
Daily Mail, Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Getting into Cambridge was the best day of my life, but I despair that it’s become a citadel of liberal groupthink T
prison plan, PM?
REGARDLESS of overcrowding in Britain’s jails, the early release of domestic abusers, child sex offenders and other undesirables is completely unacceptable. It may be cold comfort, but Andy Burnham’s plan for ‘the fastest prison building programme since the Victorian era’ is at least an acknowledgement that reducing felons’ sentences cannot become the norm. But the fact remains that we know practically nothing about how he intends to create room for 14,000 extra inmates. While we are told that Justice Secretary Alex Norris is under orders to ‘move rapidly’ on making it all happen by 2031, precise details are thin on the ground. Even at this early stage in the Burnham premiership, there is something familiar about attention-grabbing announcements backed up with very little substance. No one is ever likely to accuse the PM of getting tangled up in facts, figures and logistics. Yet the difference in this instance is that – instead of cut-price bus fares or new powers for regional mayors – we are talking about a cornerstone of our society being under threat. This crisis isn’t just about convicts spilling out on to the streets before serving their jail terms in full. It is also about wrongdoers remaining at liberty for far too long due to court backlogs, delayed trials and the wheels of justice grinding even slower than usual. But it would be some consolation at least if, whenever they do finally find themselves under lock and key, they weren’t back out in jig time. For all that Mr Burnham recognises the gravity of the situation, it is difficult to detect a sense of urgency in his response. Yet urgent, focused action is required. The PM needs to spell out detailed timeframes and locations for his plans to expand prison capacity. Nor can he expect us to wait interminably for focus groups and expert bodies to have their say on the matter. Britain’s criminal justice system is increasingly at risk of being taken seriously by absolutely no one. And least of all by the criminals themselves. Axe oil and gas tax
FEW Labour policies have proved as disastrous as the demented Net Zero agenda pursued by Ed Miliband. With the Prime Minister’s remarks last week about taking a ‘pragmatic approach’ to the North Sea, there was a glimmer of hope that common sense could finally prevail. It’s too late to save BP’s North Sea operation, of course. But the advice of Meg O’Neill, the energy giant’s chief executive, about backing our homegrown fossil fuel industry should be heeded very closely by the PM. The imposition of crippling windfall taxes on oil and gas firms has done Britain absolutely no favours in the long run. No good reason exists for keeping them in place for even a moment longer. Runway rewards
FOLLOWING a lengthy legal battle, there is the very real prospect of a second runway opening at Gatwick Airport by the end of the decade. Such a development would mean an extra 100,000 flights and 13million passengers per year. Figures suggest a £1billion boost to economic growth. Of course, it also brings the hope of thousands of extra jobs coming to the South at a time when a disproportionate amount of the PM’s attention seems focused on the other end of the country.
O this day, I still
remember the
colour of the
cream envelope,
embossed with the
insignia of Cambridge
University – and how I
felt opening the letter
that, I knew then, would
determine my future.
I only had to read the
initial three words inside
before I let out a yell of
relief and jubilation.
‘We are pleased…’ ran the
start of the first sentence
from the Admissions Tutor,
indicating that I had won a
place at Sidney Sussex
College at Cambridge. It was
the proudest moment of my
young life.
I adored Cambridge. So
much so that, after I gradu-
ated in 1985, I felt that I
should give something
back in the form of an occa-
sional donation.
But pride has now given
way to regret, due to the
University’s immersion in
the creed of political
c o r r e c t n e s s .
O n c e
a
renowned seat of learning,
Cambridge is in real danger
of becoming a citadel of fash-
ionable groupthink.
Posturing
As a result, in the past dec-
ade, I have abandoned my
role as a minor philanthro-
pist. In fact, I now would not
dream of giving a penny to
my old university. The money
would just be squandered on
more gesture politics and
achingly right-on social
justice initiatives.
Tragically, the institution
that produced figures such
as the biologist Charles Dar-
win, the mathematician Sir
Isaac Newton, and the novel-
ist EM Forster is now more
interested in parading its
political virtue than in
upholding academic rigour.
No longer a byword for
excellence, Cambridge now
represents the worst kind of
posturing vanity.
That decline is encapsu-
lated in the extraordinary
case of Jason Arday. Readers
will now be aware that his
appointment in 2023 as
Cambridge’s ‘professor of the
Sociology of Education’
sparked a wave of self-
congratulation among the
university’s smug ruling hier-
archy. For Arday was not only
the youngest black professor
in Cambridge’s history but
also seemed to have over-
come a remarkable series of
obstacles to reach the top.
His ‘autism’, he claims,
meant that he did not speak
properly until the age of 18,
while he claimed to have
suffered from a brain tumour
when he was completing
his PhD.
Woke propagandists por-
trayed him as the intellectu-
ally dazzling, record-break-
ing neuro-diverse son of
Ghanaian immigrants,
brought up on a housing
estate in Clapham, South
London, before he conquered
the groves of academe.
Garlanded with honorary
degrees, shortlisted three
times for a ‘Pride of Britain’
award, he was even commis-
sioned to write his autobiogra-
phy – which is coming out in
September – another mile-
stone on the path to becom-
ing an icon of modern Britain.
His amazing achievements,
however, inevitably provoked
suspicions, though until
recently he was protected by
his rottweiler lawyers issuing
libel threats and his allies
inevitably accusing his crit-
ics of racism.
But his defences are now
crumbling, due to the sheer
weight of allegations against
him, including credible
charges of plagiarism.
Amid calls for a full inquiry,
Cambridge is struggling to
hold the line against Arday’s
critics. The university
describes the attacks on him
as a ‘vile smear campaign’.
But that dismissal no longer
convinces.
Dogma has been prioritised
above the quest for the truth
– and not for the first time in
recent years.
Cambridge has displayed
this ideological partisanship
before. This is the same
organisation that, in 2019,
withdrew an offer of a visit-
ing fellowship to the globally
renowned psychologist Jor-
dan Peterson, just 48 hours
after first making it, after
McKinstry
woke staffers complained about his views on gender. That same year, Cambridge research fellow Noah Carl – who defended the right of intelligence researchers to examine whether IQ is genetically influenced – had his contract terminated at St Edmund’s College after a let- ter by academics accused him of ‘racist pseudosci- ence’, despite failing to pro- duce any evidence to back up that charge. ‘Diversity and inclusivity are fundamental values of the college. There are les- sons we must learn about how we demonstrate the importance of those values’, said Matthew Bullock, the Master of the College; noth- ing there about the impor- tance of academic freedom. Wokery And take Jesus College’s bid to rip out a 300-year-old memorial to Tobias Rustat – a benefactor and courtier of Charles II – based on spurious claims that it was an odious memento of the transatlantic slave trade and ‘incompatible with the chapel as an inclu- sive community and a place of collective wellbeing’. Mercifully, the Consistory Court concluded in 2022 that the attempt was based on a ‘false narrative’ that ‘Rustat had amassed much of his wealth from the slave trade, and that it was moneys from this source that he used to benefit the college’. Worse still, Cambridge has failed to learn the lessons of a similar sordid affair at another hotbed of academic wokery, University College London, which failed to protect the Nobel Prize winner Professor Tim Hunt – a pioneer in the discovery of the protein cyc- lin which is key to cell divi- sion – when he was engulfed by controversy after a lec- turer in science journalism, Connie St Louis, reported that he made allegedly sexist remarks at a conference in South Korea in 2015. He was said to have told the conference that his ‘trou-
ble with girls’ was they ‘cry’
when you criticise them and
‘fall in love’ with their male
counterparts. He later
stressed he was being ‘sar-
castic’ – but that was com-
pletely lost on St Louis, who
sensed a golden opportunity
for global media attention.
Despite his distinguished
record and a profuse apol-
ogy, Sir Tim was forced to
resign from his honorary fel-
lowship, claiming he was
‘hung out to dry’ by his
employer, University College,
and other institutions such
as the Royal Society.
Shattered by this lack of
support, Hunt moved with
his wife to Japan.
But his destroyer, Connie
St Louis, was also hit by the
fall-out from the row she
generated. As the spotlight
of inquiry was shone on her
own record, she was exposed
as another dodgy academic
with a habit of exaggeration
– including a claim on her CV
that she ‘present[ed] and
produce[d]’ a range of pro-
grammes for BBC Radio 4,
which was demonstrably
false. Meanwhile Mrs St
Louis claimed she had an
‘upper second’ BSc (Hons)
in applied biology – although
it was not clear where this
was awarded.
Soon after the Hunt affair
exploded, her City University
course was dropped.
The
Establishment’s
shameless cheerleading for
Arday, compared to its cruel
abandonment of Hunt, says
everything about the ethos
of the modern university
sector, where all decisions
are viewed through the
prism of identity politics.
Only a culture warped by
dogma would accept Jason
Arday’s bogus claims. In
fact, his so-called research
into the sociology of educa-
tion is almost worthless.
Even if he is not found to
have been a plagiarist –
something I highly doubt on
current evidence – his out-
put, riddled with obscure jar-
gon and meaningless pap, is
itself an exercise in academic
navel-gazing, compared to
Professor Hunt, who genu-
inely advanced the frontiers
of human knowledge.
Cambridge speaks of its
‘pride’ in Arday. Shame
would be a more appropriate
word given what we’ve
learned in the past fortnight.
Christopher Stevens T
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What REALLY
works to get rid of
them – and what’s
an old wives’ tale
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the throne, with her great-uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh, moving down to 16th. The daughter of Andrew Mountbat- ten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson has yet to reveal the name of her newborn, who weighed 6lb 9oz at birth on Monday. The couple have two sons, August, five, and Ernest, two. King Charles and Queen Camilla are said to be ‘delighted’. The new arrival is the fifth grandchild of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor. His other daughter, Princess Beatrice, has two girls – Athena, 19 months, and Sienna, four. Daughter: 15th in line to the throne Excited: Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank
in love with my girlie
PRINCESS Eugenie has given birth to a girl in Portugal, she and her husband Jack Brooksbank announced yesterday. The King’s niece posted on her Insta- gram page: ‘Jack and I are so excited to announce Baby Girl Brooksbank!! We are beyond in love with our girlie.’ The announcement was accompanied by a photo of the newborn on a bed and was greeted with messages of goodwill from her 1.7million followers. Eugenie and Mr Brooksbank divide their time between a villa in Portugal and a cottage at Kensington Palace. The baby, who will not be an HRH, is 15th in line to
By Sam Lawley
NHS spends £240million each year... on paper records
THE NHS spends £240mil- lion a year storing records in boxes and filing cabinets as hundreds of sites remain entirely reliant on paper. Only five NHS trusts in Eng- land have fully digitised patient records, despite Government pledges to make the NHS paper- less, the King’s Fund found. There are still 209 NHS sites – such as diagnostic centres or clin- ics – that use only paper records, according to the think-tank’s anal- ysis of medical records data. Most NHS hospitals use a combi- nation of digital and paper records to keep hold of information includ- ing appointment notes, letters and scan results. But the vast majority do not have enough space on site
‘Risk of errors in patient care’
to store paper files, meaning they have to rent storage units or build- ings at taxpayers’ expense. The NHS spent £239.5million storing patient records in 2024-25, including stationery fees for boxes, folders and filing cabinets. Sarah Woolnough, head of the King’s Fund, said the cost of storing paper records was an example of ‘NHS waste’ that had to be tackled. There have been many attempts to get rid of paper records, which increase the risk of errors and poor communication. Jeremy Hunt, the then Conservative Health Secre- tary, said in 2013 that the NHS should be ‘paperless by 2018’. And the NHS promised to be ‘paper- free at the point of care’ by 2020. The Government’s ten-year health plan, published last year,
By Shaun Wooller Health Editor
outlined how the NHS would move ‘from analogue to digital’, with a ‘single patient record’ from 2028 to replace paper systems. This will store all medical infor- mation in one place on the NHS App and allow doctors and nurses to see the medical history of any patient who attends an A&E unit or hospital anywhere in the UK. Ms Woolnough told The Times: ‘We have got to spend people’s money wisely and use every penny to deliver the best care. This is a flagrant example of money being spent where it doesn’t need to be. ‘The NHS has had a commitment to being a paperless institution for many years, so the fact that you’ve still got 200 sites completely reli- ant on paper is disappointing and frustrating. It feels antiquated.’ She said paper records meant ‘things can get lost and there can be inaccuracies’ that could affect patient care. The NHS receives thousands of complaints a year relating to communication failures and record-keeping problems. Research by Healthwatch shows that nearly one in four adults report inaccuracies or missing details in their medical records. The King’s Fund said the find- ings highlighted the importance of implementing a single patient record, which MPs will debate next month as part of a health bill going through Parliament. Ms Woolnough said: ‘Patients should not have to repeatedly tell their story as they move through the system, and staff should be able to access the information they need to provide timely and effective care.’ The NHS has been approached for comment
must pay Alice Evans more despite online harassment
By Alison Boshoff Editor-at-Large
THE bitter divorce battle between Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans is finally over, with a judge ruling that the Fantastic Four actor has to increase maintenance pay- ments to his ex-wife. The actors went to court in Los Angeles for a nine-day hearing in March, with a judge granting Gruffudd’s request to renew a restraining order against Ms Evans for five years. Judge Michael J Convey said the actress had harassed and abused Gruffudd, 52, and his new wife,
Bianca Wallace. However, on finances, the judge found mostly in support of Ms Evans, 58, meaning the Welsh actor will have to up his payments as she requested. Gruffudd claimed to have overpaid her by $400,000 but the judge ruled it was only $27,000 after hearing evidence from forensic accountants hired by both sides. Ms Evans told the court she had been suffering financial hardship since their split in early 2021. The pair have daughters Ella, 16, and Elsie, 12, and the judge noted that Ms Evans has them ‘100 per cent’ of the time. The actor will pay 10 per cent of his gross income to Ms Evans, amounting to $1,862 a month. That reflects the terms of a pre-nuptial agreement signed before their marriage, which lasted for 14 years. Gruffudd had asked to pay nothing to his ex-wife because of her ‘emotional abuse’. He had previously agreed to pay
TECH giant Apple has launched a legal action against the Government’s latest attempt to install a ‘back door’ that would allow civil servants access to the data of its British customers. The iPhone maker filed a complaint last month with the Investigatory Powers Tri- bunal, a judicial body that handles claims against the intelligence services, after
Legal fight: Ioan Gruffudd with Bianca Wallace. Above: The actor with Alice Evans
$3,579 in child support. Friends of Ms Evans said she was ‘deeply relieved’ that the legal action was now over. One added: ‘She is appalled that so much money was spent on lawyers and on bitter arguments and just wants to move on with her life.’ The judge ruled that $168,000 in a Coutts savings account
to move on’
was indeed Ms Evans’ per- sonal money, but criticised her for not disclosing it to the court in a ‘timely’ manner. The nature of four accounts belonging to Gruffudd was also in dispute, with the actor first saying they were commu- nity property and then chang- ing his tune. The judge was not persuaded by the change. However, Judge Convey wrote that Gruffudd’s ‘persua-
By Calum Muirhead
ministers demanded access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s servers using a ‘technical capability notice’ (TCN). TCNs can be used by security services and law enforcement in the investigation of terrorism, national security threats and serious crime. They form part of the
sive case’ against paying his ex-wife failed as the online har- assment was a ‘misdemeanour’. On the online harassment by Ms Evans, he said she had ‘committed domestic violence upon Ioan and his wife’. Judge Convey said the cam- paign ‘was found to be relent- less’, but also acknowledged Ms Evans had started to take responsibility by apologising and through ‘professional mental health care’. He said evidence showed the conduct ‘had a profoundly negative impact on Ioan’s and Bianca’s emotional state’, and ‘prevented Ioan from staying fully and gainfully employed to the same extent as he was during the marriage’. The judge added there is a strong argument ‘that Alice should not benefit – some might argue, profit – from her violence’, but the result comes under the Family Code and their premarital agreement. Ms Evans’ attorney, Janina
Verano, told the court in March the actress was ‘isolated’ when she embarked on her online harassment in 2021, saying: ‘It was the end of Covid, she was isolated, she was facing the loss of her marriage.’ Any hope of reconciling with Gruffudd was ‘crushed’ when she found he had fallen in love with Ms Wallace, who worked as an extra on the TV series Harrow, in which he starred. ‘She lost her mind, she was devastated,’ said Ms Verano. The attorney insisted that Ms Evans’ abusive emails and texts had stopped. She also said the three-year restraining order imposed on Ms Evans in August 2022 impacted her ability to work and travel. Ms Verano added that renewing the order, which includes a clause requiring Ms Evans to stay 100ft away from Gruffudd, would mean their daughters would have to choose which parent shows up at family events.
Investigatory Powers Act 2016, which has been criticised as a ‘snoopers’ charter’. Apple is arguing that any back doors in its systems will make them less secure, the Financial Times has reported. The campaign group Privacy Interna- tional had described earlier legal actions as ‘critically important to preserving our privacy and security.’
Hardcastle
WITH Beatrice and Eugenie confirmed for the annual Balmoral holiday, their disgraced father Andrew Mountbatten- Windsor has apparently also been offered the chance of a seasonal break on the Scottish estate after King Charles departs. HM is acutely conscious of the poor state of Andrew’s mental health. Allowing him the option of using Balmoral, where he could be unseen and use the golf course, might provide a stress-free change. But rather than being put up there, he could be accommodated at nearby Craigowan Lodge, where he, his ex-wife and daughters stayed when Prince Philip banned Fergie from the main house. No one is yet certain if AMW will accept the invitation.
SEEN beaming from ear to ear wearing a Wales bucket hat while attending the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, will eight-year-old Prince Louis side with father William, proud patron of the Welsh Rugby Union? With mother Kate having succeeded Harry as patron of the rival English rugby union, the matter’s known to be a bone of contention behind closed doors – with eldest son George, 13, since seen cheering on the Welsh with his father. Admits William: ‘It’s become quite the thing in the house.’
SOON leaving Radio 4’s Today to set up
his own production company, Amol
Rajan announced that he and co-host
Nick Robinson were ‘presenting
together for the last time’ yesterday.
Amol mischievously added: ‘Which is a
sad thought for one of us ... and that’s
me.’ Cue only half-hearted noises of
disagreement from his colleague.
With the rival show ponies’ constant
one-upmanship a regular feature on the
airwaves in recent years, isn’t Nick glad
to finally see the back of him?
AND paying tribute to the show’s late former editor Rod Liddle, Today listen- ers were awkwardly treated to Rod’s rant in 2023, when he witheringly announced: ‘Every time I turn on Radio 4, it’s either a woman whining about something or they’re getting down with the hood. Because that of course is Radio 4’s staple audience – a 19-year-old African-Caribbean kid in Harlesden.’
TAKING a selfie of herself after donning flamboyant headgear to celebrate her 61st birthday – complete with peacock feathers, ship and octopus – JK Rowling jokes: ‘It’s so important to remain understated on one’s birthday, to avoid anything gaudy or vulgar.’ JK, pictured, adds: ‘I’ve been moulting all night.’
COMEDIAN Jimmy Cricket, who has died aged 80, quipped at the BBC’s expense: ‘A fella knocked at my mammy’s door and asked her if she had a TV licence. When she showed it to him, he said, “This is last year’s licence!” She said, “Well, you’re showing last year’s programmes.”’
but tests show two of us have a REAL body age of 36 and the other 21...
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UR age group – Gen Z – is often accused of leading boring lives in comparison to our parents when they were young. It seems barely a week goes by without some new report suggesting we are a bunch of killjoy snowflakes obsessed with our mental wellbeing and general self care, far more likely to be watching Off Campus at home than hitting a nightclub. Why then, despite this supposed devotion to ourselves, does the lat- est research show we (and slightly older millennials) are ageing faster than our Gen X and boomer parents and grandparents? A study published in Nature Medicine suggested that the rise in cancers among people under 50 could be explained by the fact that Gen Z and millennials are experiencing a phenomenon known as ‘accelerated ageing’ – where the biological age exceeds the chronological age. In the UK, for example, people born in the 1990s face a four-fold higher risk of early-onset colorec- tal cancer compared to those born in the 1960s. So what lies behind this alarm- ing trend? David Cox, author of the Age Code, attributes it to diet: ‘Millennials, in many ways, were the processed food generation. [This diet] really took hold in the UK for the first time in the late 80s, early 90s.’ Experts have also flagged increased levels of obesity and environmental factors, which – alongside the additives in
ultra-processed food – can lead to chronic inflammation. This, in turn, weakens and ages the immune system, leaving us more vulnerable to dementia, strokes and cancers. Luckily there are now tests available that can calculate bio- logical age via a skin-prick blood test, including GlycanAge. For £379 the test claims to ‘meas- ure biological age, offering up a science-backed view of how your lifestyle is affecting chronic inflam- mation and healthy ageing’. Rather than a permanent ‘age’, the test acts as a snapshot of how our bodies are functioning at the time it is taken. It does this by measuring gly- cans (sugar molecules) attached to what are known as IgG anti- bodies (immune cells). The glycans change the function of the antibodies in a process that is known as glycosylation. The glycans can make the antibodies act in an inflammatory mode to generate the proteins that fight disease. When the disease or threat has been removed, they switch to anti-inflammatory mode. But the older we get the worse these antibodies are at switching between the two. By looking at these glycosylation patterns, doctors can put a picture together of how well your immune system is ageing. Intrigued and a tad nervous we, all 26, decided to take the test. We pricked our fingers, collected a few drops of blood, completed our lifestyle questionnaires and sent it all off for analysis. We all felt breezily confident our results would reveal us to be as youthful on the inside as we look on the outside. But were we right?
THE RESULTS
POPPY ATKINSON
GIBSON
REAL AGE: 26
BIOLOGICAL AGE: 36
LIKE everybody in
their mid 20s I am
partial to a pint (or
several) at the
weekend, or a
couple of glasses
of rosé with my girlfriends during
our weekly catch-up.
I’ve also, like many in their mid
20s, taken up running (it’s free
and we can’t afford gyms).
While I’m yet to complete any-
thing longer than a 5k, I did put my
name forward for the London Mar-
athon but was, thankfully, rejected.
I am a regular at Parkrun, where I
finish with a bang average time
along with half of south London,
and I pride myself on swimming
and playing netball once a week,
as well as eating enough salad to
make a rabbit blush.
I’ve even completed a Hyrox (a
timed, indoor fitness race)
which included rowing, squatting
and weighted lunges among
other horrors.
So when I took the GlycanAge
blood test I wasn’t worried. Other
than a fear of being hit by a rogue
bus, I’ve always thought of myself
as being near invincible.
But when the results landed in
my email inbox it certainly hum-
bled me. With a biological age of
36, and seeing phrases such as
‘suboptimal’ and ‘significantly out
of range’, I was floored.
How could I possibly be a whole
decade older than my real age?
I’ve always tried really hard to
maintain a healthy lifestyle, and
now it feels like it was a waste of
Breezily confident: Rosie believes she has a healthy lifestyle
time and energy. During my con- sultation with Dr Mona Kular, a former GP and now health and nutrition coach for GlycanAge, I hoped to find some answers. She reassured me that my res- piratory and cardiovascular health were within the normal range, but my stress levels were high and my sleep was poor. I explained I got about seven hours a night but it took me around an hour to drop off – the average healthy range is five to 12 minutes. She probed me as to why this might be – was my workload too
high? Was I glued to my phone before bed? No and no. Dr Kular gently explained that after traumatic episodes, includ- ing divorce, moving house, a new job, severe illness or a death, the body could store inflammation. My mum died from cancer in January, in what were traumatic circumstances, and my body has clearly been holding on to the residual stress. She explained that these levels would drop over time and, in turn, my biological age would come down too. That made a lot of sense. I did
Intrigued: Olivia takes a more relaxed approach Not worried: Poppy exercises and eats well
feel like I’d aged ten years in the past few months. If I stopped to consider it, I actu- ally felt exhausted to my bones. I hadn’t cried a great deal because there hadn’t been time with funeral planning and sorting through clothes and paperwork, so it felt like a quiet nod of permission. It is OK to feel exhausted and strug- gling with sleep, and, rather than fight on fuelled by double espres- sos, I am allowed to take some time back for myself. I need to allow myself to recog- nise the impact that the loss of my
mother was having on my life. For now I could do small things to help me, such as practising breathwork (breathing techniques including doing it slowly with long exhales) before bed to regulate my circadian rhythm, switching to decaf coffee and tea after midday and foregoing my sweet treat after dinner. But most of all what I need is time to sit with my feelings and face them, rather than running away from them (literally) by powering through early morning 5ks or staying up late to binge ‘comfort’ TV shows.
OLIVIA DEAN REAL AGE: 26 BIOLOGICAL AGE: 21 I HAVE what I consider to be a relaxed attitude to my health. I try to have my five-a- day, don’t smoke, do yoga and can run a 10k in a pretty decent time. I come from healthy stock and don’t suffer from any chronic con- ditions. That said, I can’t remem- ber a single weekend over the past three months when I haven’t been
out on the lash. I take pride in being the friend that can be relied upon to agree to a drink in response to most of life’s occa- sions, but I rarely imbibe more than three nights and settle at 15-ish units a week. Socialising, I tell myself, is just as good for your health as a fruit smoothie – and better still, a G&T doesn’t leave bits in your teeth. I did wonder if my drinking hab- its might crank up my biological age, so imagine how unbearably smug I was when my results showed it to be 21 – a whole five years younger than my real age. My cheat code, I believe, is 17 years of vegetarianism, as red and processed meat notoriously raises inflammation levels and therefore ageing. My lifestyle, boozing and late nights aside, is generally pretty wholesome. In my post-results consultation with Dr Kular, she praised my ‘clear motivation to look after my health’ – my first-ever experience of being the teacher’s pet. It wasn’t all good news, though. Behind my glowingly young bio- logical age she did flag some things that worried me. My biggest slap in the face was my respiratory health, which was worse than it should be for some- one of my age. I’ve never had any particularly bad colds or even the flu, and my family don’t have a his- tory of breathing issues. Dr Kular calmed me down, explaining that it’s more of a warning for the future rather than something I need to worry about now. And while my immune system generally functions like that of a 21-year-old, it’s not brilliant at fighting off pathogens it has dealt with before – this is known as its adaptive immune response, meaning I’m more likely to get the same strain of cough twice. This can be down to chronic stress, high blood pressure... or excessive alcohol. Given my blood pressure is low, and I have an irritating ability to never feel stressed, I think we know the culprit. Dr Kular says all I really need to do to see significant improve- ments is take normal steps to eat healthily and drink less. For my personalised plan, included in the cost, she told me to eat more protein, start weight training and wait a few hours after waking to have a coffee, all of which will lower inflammation. Rather than rapping me on the knuckles and telling me to stop drinking, I’m advised to cut down, for instance aiming to do five nights a week completely sober. That evening I ask my flatmate if I can borrow his dumbbells. I wish I could say my motivation was entirely health-related, but I’m more driven to stop my arms look- ing quite so withered. As for the protein and leafy greens, I’ll start after my summer holiday. I’ve vowed to go back to the Pilates classes I became too lazy for, but I won’t be saying no if a friend wants to go for an after- work drink or pizza. Life’s too short and, surely, at ‘21’ I can afford to let my hair down occasionally.
ROSIE BEVERIDGE REAL AGE: 26 BIOLOGICAL AGE: 36 LEARNING that my biological age was a full decade older than my chronological age left me shell- shocked. I don’t look like I’m in my 30s, I assured myself. I have a bang on healthy BMI, I eat well, I (very) occasion-
ally exercise. So what was
going on?
Danger zones are highlighted
on the report in red and orange,
and mine had an alarming
amount of them. My worst
offenders are ‘accelerated
immune ageing’ and ‘high chronic
inflammation’. Sure signs that
something inside me is strug-
gling. There are three possible
reasons for this: underlying med-
ical factors, genetic predisposi-
tion, and suboptimal lifestyle
habits. On the phone to Dr Kular,
we narrowed it down to the last.
Imbalances in glycan results
tend to be caused by five things:
poor sleep, too much booze,
chronic stress, not enough exer-
cise and smoking. All of which I’m
guilty of.
Upon reflection, I can see that I
have been fooling myself into
believing I live a healthy lifestyle.
I never leave the house without
a pack of cigarettes, two vapes,
spare pods and a charger. I smoke
far less now – probably only get-
ting through a pack over a week-
end – but my vape virtually never
leaves my hand.
As for drinking… I only found out
recently that the NHS advises a
limit of 14 weekly units for women.
I totalled it up and to my shame
realised that a particularly busy
socialising week could see me
drink as many as 40 units. A quiet
week, a more comforting ten.
While my friends are up first
thing on a Saturday morning on
Parkruns, I am usually having a
luxurious lie in before a coffee and
a cigarette, after which I will swim
in the Hampstead ponds and walk
to the pub for an afternoon glass
of wine and a gossip. I’d be hard
pressed to think of a weekend this
year where I haven’t gone out at
least one night, if not two.
As work has become more
intense, my exercise routine has
gone from sporadic to virtually
non-existent. Unlike my uber-
health focused little sister, the
idea of leaving a friend’s birthday
party early to make sure I make
my Pilates/spin/boxercise class
first thing in the morning has
never crossed my mind. This is
likely the reason that she has abs
and I do not.
On our call, Dr Kular laid down
the law and sent me over a report
with actionable steps for me
to take.
First and foremost, she wants
me to understand that my prob-
lems are reversible.
Secondly, I am going to have to
make some relatively significant
changes in order to successfully
rewind the clock.
At the risk of sounding like
Bridget Jones on January 1, from
now on I would:
Deal with stress by doing breath-
ing exercises – not reaching for a
pack of cigarettes.
On that note, speak to my
GP about help to give up vaping
and smoking.
Stop using my phone before bed.
Cut down on drinking – no more
getting half cut every weekend.
Eat plenty of probiotic foods
(yogurt, kimchi and pickles), 100g
of protein a day, and 30 different
vegetables a week.
Join a gym and take up weight
training three times a week plus a
gentle run at the weekend.
This part I dread, but here’s to
leaning in.
RIP fun early-20s Rosie, its been
a pleasure knowing you.
I intend to venture into my late
20s a new woman – bound by the
diktats of gym routines, vitamins
and a determination to regain my
lost decade.
cloth cat bags £400,000
in 2023. It was while relatives were clearing out their farmhouse in Blean, near Canterbury, that they unearthed the collection. Katy Firmin, the fourth of Peter’s six daughters, said: ‘When opening various cupboards we found things we simply didn’t know existed.’ One illustration of Bagpuss, Gabriel the Toad and Professor Yaf- fle singing the ‘Ship in the Bottle’ song in the first 1974 episode went for £1,850 at auction this weekend. Out of this world: £3,900 Clangers work
ONCE upon a time, not so long ago, there was a children’s programme about a sleepy stuffed pink cat. And now a trove of lost artwork by late Bagpuss creator Peter Firmin has sold for more than £400,000 after being found in his old home. The 534 works also included early drawings, watercolours and story- boards of Firmin’s characters such as Noggin the Nog, Basil Brush and Ivor the Engine. Puppet-maker Firmin died in 2018 at 89, and widow Joan, who knitted the Clangers puppets, passed away
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face charges over harm to 6 more babies
By Richard Marsden
FAMILIES of six more babies allegedly harmed by Lucy Letby have lost their bid for the convicted nurse to face further charges. The infants are said to have collapsed while being treated at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Wom- en’s Hospital, where the former neo-natal nurse once worked. The Crown Prosecution Service revealed it was considering further charges against the 36-year-old in November 2024. But in January this year, the CPS decided there was insufficient evi- dence to proceed with the new 11 accusations involving nine babies, two of whom died. Families of six of the babies
‘Very difficult
to prove’
asked for the decision to be recon- sidered – but this week the CPS revealed its refusal to further charge Letby had been upheld. Malcolm McHaffie, head of the CPS special crime division, said an ‘extensive review of the case by a prosecutor independent of the original decisions’ had taken place. The CPS emphasised this result ‘represents a final decision’, adding that prosecutors have offered meetings with the families involved. Letby is serving 15 whole-life terms for the murder of seven babies and attempted murder of seven more at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. Following her convictions in 2023
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and 2024, detectives pledged to keep investigating the ‘footprint’ of her four-year nursing career. The potential extra charges came after police examined the medical records of around 4,000 babies Letby nursed at the Countess and Liverpool Women’s Hospital, where she trained. It is understood the bulk of these related to the displacement of breathing tubes, which Dr Dewi Evans – an expert witness for the prosecution at Letby’s trial – said ‘would be very difficult to prove’. The conclusion to uphold the January decision against further charges will be welcomed by Let- by’s new defence team and cam- paigners, who say she has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice. Two applications to appeal Let- by’s convictions have already been refused by the Court of Appeal.
faked Oxford degree to blag 13
top NHS jobs... then swindled
£170,000 sick pay for ‘tiredness’
By Arthur Parashar
A FORMER Labour parliamen- tary candidate has been jailed after using a fake Oxford degree to land more than a dozen senior NHS roles. Amran Hussain, 40, was sentenced to four years after carrying out a sus- tained and calculated campaign of fraud spanning almost eight years. The former Labour candidate for North East Hampshire fabricated pres- tigious academic qualifications and his employment history to obtain 13 senior NHS positions across England. Hussain admitted three counts of fraud by false representation. His offending took place between July 2014 and September 2022 and ultimately cost taxpayers more than £168,000. Hussain submitted bogus certificates and references as part of his job applica- tions. He falsely claimed to hold degrees from institutions including the University of Oxford, Harvard Univer-
Deceitful: Amran Hussain with Suzy Eddie Izzard and, above, then Labour leader Ed Miliband ‘Claimed that he was a war veteran’
sity, Birkbeck and the University of London. These helped him secure a series of increasingly senior NHS positions. In one instance, he was appointed to a deputy chief operating officer role with a salary of about £90,000. But despite successfully obtaining the jobs, Hussain frequently did little work and took long periods of sick leave. Investigators found that across 1,902 days of NHS employment he took 1,332 days off sick, amount- ing to around 70 per cent of his time in post. He cited a wide range of illnesses and medical conditions, including post-Covid syndrome, anxiety, depression, fatigue, headaches, vertigo, dizziness, migraines and various pain-related complaints. In many cases he remained absent until contracts ended or employ- ers terminated his employment.
While at University Hospitals Dor- set NHS Foundation Trust, he worked just one shift during 116 days of employment and spent the remaining 115 days on sick leave. His fraud unravelled in 2021 when Devon Partnership NHS Trust carried out background checks after offering Hussain the role of deputy chief operating officer. But when the trust attempted to verify Hussain’s claim of being director of transfor-
village after killjoys had her sent off
FOR the vast majority of visitors to a model village, the topless streaker was simply a cheeky bit of fun. Wearing jeans and a smile, ‘Erica’ harked back to the glory days of streaking at football matches in the 1970s. However, the 7in blonde – who cost £300 to fashion from painted resin – was shown the red card and removed after a handful of visitors to Godshill Model Village on the Isle of Wight complained. Now, follow-
mation and improvement at Cov- entry and Warwickshire Partner- ship NHS Trust, it discovered there was no record that he had ever worked there. This triggered a wider investiga- tion, which found that in total he applied for 2,071 NHS vacancies. And he fraudulently secured other positions, including roles with Nottingham City Care Partner- ship and Kent County Council. Hussain, who stood for Labour
By Cameron Charters
ing an online referendum in which 98 per cent of respondents voted to keep her, she has returned to the miniature representation of Godshill and Shanklin. But there’s a twist. Instead of going back to the village football pitch, she will be hidden around the site and visitors will be encouraged to spot her and donate to The Breast Friends Isle of Wight cam-
in the 2015 General Election, was arrested on November 24, 2022, at a cottage near Westerham in Kent, on an estate owned by the aristo- cratic Astor family. There is no suggestion that the family had any knowledge of his criminal activities. During court hearings, Hussain claimed that he was a war vet- eran who had completed two tours with the British Army. It later emerged he had only served
paign. A spokeswoman said: ‘We would like her to help raise aware- ness and funds for a wonderful local breast cancer charity.’ Before Erica’s return, Penny Dyer, a director at the attraction, said: ‘The streaker on the football pitch has been part of the village for years, and for most visitors has been seen as a light-hearted joke. ‘However, we’ve received a small number of comments from visitors who felt it was inappropriate.’
as a reservist. As Labour’s parlia- mentary candidate for North East Hampshire in the 2015 Gen- eral Election, Hussain cam- paigned alongside senior party figures and was photographed with then Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and activist Suzy Eddie Izzard. While under police investigation, Hussain remained active in local politics and in 2023 was elected as a councillor for Crockham Hill ward on Westerham Town Council. Hussain was sentenced to four years in prison at Maidstone Crown Court. Ben Harrison, of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority, said: ‘Hussain engaged in a sustained pattern of fraud, repeatedly mis- representing his experience and qualifications to secure senior roles he was not entitled to hold. ‘Such behaviour undermines trust in NHS recruitment pro- cesses and diverts public money away from frontline services.’
in middle of the Channel More than 170 migrants rescued by British and French officials
Danger: Rescued migrants at the Port de Commerce in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, yesterday after escaping a dinghy which caught fire in the Channel
By Rory Tingle and Peter Allen
AN OVERCROWDED mega-dinghy carrying 173 migrants caught fire in the English Channel yesterday, forcing those on board to jump into the sea. Rescue efforts began at around 6am after the boat’s engine burst into flames shortly after leaving a beach near Boulogne-sur-Mer in France. Two British Border Security Command boats and an RNLI lifeboat were deployed to assist the rescue operation, which was led by the French. Some 54 of the migrants were taken to France aboard the Brit- ish vessels, while the rest were picked up by the French. There have been no reported fatalities although some of the passengers suffered minor burns. More than 2,000 migrants have arrived on UK shores in small- boat crossings since Andy Burn- ham became Prime Minister. Mr Burnham is now heading on a family holiday despite only being in office for two weeks – prompting Reform UK to claim he is ‘bunking off’. A UK coastguard spokesman said: ‘A vessel caught fire earlier this morning whilst in the French search and rescue region. UK ves- sels and a lifeboat are assisting.’ An RNLI spokesman said: ‘East- bourne’s all-weather lifeboat launched at 6am.’ The stricken vessel was being tracked by British and French rescue boats when it caught fire, according to France’s Maritime Prefecture. French officials have
Saved: Migrants leave a French boat used in the rescue operation Call to action: BSC Contender, a British rescue vessel
a controversial policy of not inter- cepting small boats at sea because they claim it could risk the lives of those onboard, though they can carry out rescues. The incident came a day after Reform proposed using the Royal Navy to return migrants to
such a bad way’
France or Belgium under a plan called Operation Fortress. In response to the attempted crossing, Nigel Farage said: ‘We must put a stop to this. Our plan will save lives.’ The Maritime Prefecture said the decision was initially made not to force the migrants aboard the overcrowded dinghy to board rescue vessels to ‘avoid endan- gering their lives’. ‘Five people
had initially asked to get off, because the boat was in such a bad way,’ a spokesman said. ‘The rest told rescuers they wanted to continue, and this was permitted. Then, later in the morning, the engine caught fire.’ It was then that they all jumped into the water and the boat cap- sized, the spokesman added. All 173 on board have been brought to safety and most of them had been wearing life jack- ets. Some returned to France suf- fering from burns. The dinghy surpassed the previ- ous record of 165 migrants, who arrived in the UK late last month aboard a 42ft (13m) boat, making it the largest single Channel crossing on record. Last Wednesday marked the busiest day for small-boat cross- ings in the English Channel so far this year, with 752 migrants arriv- ing in the UK. But the number of
overall arrivals for 2026 has dropped since last year. At least 14 UK-bound migrants have died in the Channel this year, either by drowning or through suffocation aboard over- crowded small boats. The worst tragedy of this kind came in November 2021, when 27 migrants died after a dinghy sank while heading to the UK. Yesterday’s fire is believed to have been caused by a fuel leak. Those aboard the boat had paid people smugglers up to £1,000 each for the journey, a French emergency services source was quoted as saying. A UK Government spokesman said: ‘This incident underlines the terrible dangers of small-boat crossings. We continue to work relentlessly with the French and our partners overseas to prevent these perilous journeys.’ Justice Secretary Alex Norris
said the incident showed ‘the blind indifference that human traffickers have for life on those boats’ and ‘the dangerous nature of those crossings’. The Daily Mail was at the scene yesterday as a British vessel – BSC Contender – brought migrant survivors of the blaze back to France. Reform UK chairman Lee Anderson, speaking to the Daily Mail in northern France, said: ‘It is another heartbreaking incident and it’s needless.’ Asked about the British vessel’s role in the rescue, Mr Anderson said it disproves ‘the excuse the British politicians use that we can’t bring people back to France. Of course we can.’ Among the rescued migrants was a woman who cradled a baby with relief, while others bore haunted stares as they were driven away in a coach.
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ICKNAMED Lee-Anderthal by critics, no one thinks leading Reform UK MP Lee Anderson is a wishy- washy liberal. And on a day trip to northern France’s largest migrant camp yesterday, a party source claimed in advance that Mr Anderson would spark ‘action’ when confronting charity workers who feed and advise thousands of migrants heading for Britain. ‘He’ll be going up to female volunteers in their 20s and say: “Don’t you know what these migrants do to young women like you in England?”’ I was told. The reality, at the bigger-than-ever migrant camp beside a flyover at Grande- Synthe, near Dunkirk, was not so blunt. As we stood beside a burning pile of plas- tic rubbish, stinking smoke catching in our throats, just inches from occupied tents, Mr Anderson looked briskly tender as he handed a packet of Smints to a ten- year-old boy. There were gulps from onlookers as the skinny little boy smiled shyly and said: ‘Thank you, please can you put out the fire?’ The flames were burning too fiercely, however. Even Mr Anderson’s burly, eight- strong security team would have been unable to help. It was a relief when a fire engine promptly arrived and started extinguishing the blaze. Getting rid of the camp itself is trickier. Mr Anderson had last been there three years ago and noted it had grown signifi- cantly. The Mail last visited in April. It has grown since then, too. Now there are 50 portable toilets in the grubby makeshift ‘town centre’ of a camp of hundreds of tents over acres of copses and waste ground. Most occupants are young men, but Mr Anderson noted a rising number of women and children, too – with several push chairs evident. Free food was served yes- terday to hundreds in long queues. Stall- holders sold more meals, SIM cards, phone chargers, cigarettes, bottles of juice. And Mr Anderson engaged with anyone who spoke English – including agitated Hassan, 22, from Somalia, who called the pol- itician a ‘motherf*’. T
HAT was after a gift of two cigarettes from security had calmed him down from threatening to ‘stab’ them as well as ‘kidnap’ the only female member of the Reform group. ‘I’m coming to England,’ he told Mr Anderson after he inquired of his plans. ‘I need to be in UK. I’ve paid €1,200 [£1,000]. I’m going to Scotland – I like it, Edinburgh. ‘I’m not going to be a billionaire, I’m not going to be “big big”, I want a normal life.’ Turning venomous again, and clearly aware the Reform politi- cian does not promote dinghy crossings, Hassan gestured with a mutilated finger lacking a tip as he continued: ‘I don’t like what you are doing. ‘We need food. We don’t eat. You don’t need to eat – you just come with car, you go with car, it’s easy for you. ‘I’m black, I’m different to you.’ Mr Anderson reflected: ‘On a human level, you do feel sorry for this chap. But he’s going to be trouble – and cost us a lot of money. ‘Do we want this sort of person in our country? I don’t want him in my village – most people in our
Sprawling: Reform MP Lee Anderson stands in the ‘town centre’ of the ever-growing camp for migrants near Dunkirk
his tender side in France’s largest camp... only for one refugee to try and get a lift to London on his bus
Offering: Mr Anderson offers mints to a boy living in the squalid camp Rude: Hassan, from Somalia, threatens security
country wouldn’t want him living in an HMO [House in Multiple Occupation] near them.’ Mr Anderson also found it hard to remonstrate with Amir, 32, who said he had fled violent Iraqi militias, left his wife and children in Istanbul and was now prepar- ing to cross to England. ‘Why doesn’t he stay in France?’ asked Mr Anderson through a translator, a ripped Vietnamese banknote fluttering at their feet.
‘They won’t give me papers,’ said Amir. Then why not stay in Turkey? ‘They accepted my fam- ily – they wouldn’t accept me.’ Asked about the danger of the Channel crossing, Amir added: ‘I would rather die in the water than die in Iraq.’ Smints and empathy aside, Mr Anderson was unbending in his belief that the dinghies must be stopped – and blasted the charities supporting the
‘multi-billion pound trade’ cen- tred on migrants. H
E SPOKE just hours after Reform promised its ‘Operation Fortress’ to stop the crossings with a massive Royal Navy force taking dinghy-loads of migrants straight back. France has rejected the plans. But Reform learned itself yes- terday it is not always easy to
repel uninvited guests. As the Reform media minibus prepared to leave, a migrant repeatedly tried to step through the open door and join us, saying in Arabic: ‘Take me to London.’ Even those burly security men struggled to dissuade him as he tried again and again. Only swiftly shutting the doors and driving off fast worked. Not so easy in the middle of the Channel.
hero Jason faces battle on home turf H
E’S the bullet- headed Holly- wood hardman whose hapless on-screen foes invariably end up in a bloodied heap on the floor. However, Jason Statham appears to have finally met his match – in the shape of local planning officials. I hear that the Fast & Furious star and his fiancee, former Vic- toria’s Secret model Rosie Hun- tington-Whiteley, 39, pictured, have landed in hot water over plans to splash out on a new summerhouse at their £20mil- lion beachfront mansion. The couple’s six-bed house, in the south of England, has its own private beach, boating lake, wild swimming pond, yoga studio and a large tree house. It also features an existing three-bedroom summerhouse complete with a kitchen, dining room and lounge which the couple have used to put up their guests. But it has emerged that plan- ning permission was originally granted to a previous owner only for a swimming pool pavil- ion without accommodation. Statham, 59, who paid £20mil- lion for the coastal retreat in 2024, has now applied to the local council for a certificate of lawful development for the summerhouse as ‘ancillary resi- dential accommodation’ so that he can build another one. He
÷ PHIL Collins abhors the grubby campaigning that surrounds Oscars season. The pop star says: ‘When I got nominated for an Oscar, first time, for Against All Odds, I didn’t vote. If you’re nominated, you can vote. I didn’t vote because I would never know if I only won by one vote.’ Speaking to the BBC about the hit, which was nominated as best original song in 1984, Phil, 75, adds: ‘That wouldn’t have felt right. So I didn’t encourage peo- ple to vote for it because it’s like, if I deserve it, I’m going to get it. If I don’t deserve it, I’m not.’ Was Stevie Wonder, who edged the award for his cheesy chart-topper I Just Called To Say I Love You, a little less reticent?
says it has been used as a guest house for more than ten years, rendering it immune from any enforcement action that might require him to tear it down, and has cited evidence from the former owners. But a planning officer told him: ‘Whilst it may be able to be demonstrated that this use is lawful due to the length of time that it has been in place... it would still be unauthorised. ‘Even if a lawful development certificate were obtained to confirm that the building is capable of continued use as ancillary accommodation, I’m afraid that without any other overriding justification, this is unlikely to justify its replace- ment with a new building that would be contrary to our poli- cies.’ Planners are expected to make a decision on Statham’s scheme later this month.
÷ IT HAS a devoted listener in Queen Camilla, but Archers star Tim Bentinck awkwardly confesses he doesn’t listen to the Radio 4 show. Having played farmer David Archer
she keeps in shape...
SUKI Waterhouse’s vaping habit appears to be getting out of hand. The singer and actress, 34, admits she can’t resist puffing away even while exercising. ‘My trainer was abso- lutely horrified with me because I was vaping during training, and he was just, like, “What is going on?”,’ Suki says. ‘He’s a professional athlete. He’s absolutely
for 44 years, the actor, who is also the 12th Earl of Portland, admits cheekily: ‘I never know what’s going on. There are all these lines and I say, “What does that mean?” They say,
horrified.’ Yet the Bur- berry model, who has a two-year-old daughter with her Hollywood star fiance, Robert Pat- tinson, insists she’s otherwise devoted to keeping fit. ‘I don’t like the feeling if I haven’t worked out in three or four days,’ she adds. ‘My muscles don’t feel as strong. I just can’t run... It makes me feel very sick.’
HE RECENTLY bought a £14million waterside mansion in the Bucking- hamshire town where two of his closest friends live: The chef Tom Ker- ridge and entrepreneur Peter Jones. Now, DJ and petrol- head Chris Evans is going into business with them. I can disclose that they have set up a firm called Marlow Car Club, an exhibition and fair organisers’ business. Evans, 60, created CarFest, which raises money for children’s charities, and his pals
“Don’t you listen to it?” And I say, “No!”’ Touring with fellow Archers stars to mark its 75th anniversary, he adds: ‘I’ve had to swot up to sound as though I know what I’m talking about.’
revved up about new car club
share his love of motors. Dragons’ Den star Jones, 60, has several classic cars, while Kerridge, 53, who owns the Hand and Flowers pub in Marlow, tells me he has begun car racing in a souped-up Renault Clio, adding: ‘Last year was my first proper season.’
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A GRANDMOTHER died after increasing the dose of her Mounjaro weight loss jab, an inquest has heard. Caroline Savage, 73, had been privately prescribed the drug for around four months
By Sam Lawley
before being advised to raise the amount she was taking. She then fell ill and was taken to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital where she was assessed by sen- ior doctors and discharged at
around 6.30pm. But she col- lapsed at home a few hours later and died just after midnight. An inquest at Norfolk’s Coro- ner Court heard she died from faecal peritonitis, caused by per- foration of part of her intestines. Mounjaro’s gastrointestinal
Fell ill: Caroline Savage
side-effects were suggested as a ‘reasonable working diagno- sis’ on her admission to hospi- tal and links to the drug were explored at the inquest. But Mrs Savage’s family argued her symptoms should have prompted further investi- gation instead of being dis- missed as side-effects. Mrs Savage, from Wortwell, Norfolk, weighed 20 stone in July 2024 when she turned to Mounjaro. She was warned at the time that possible side- effects included abdominal
‘Difficult to predict’
pain and constipation, her pri- vate prescribing doctor said. Her weight had fallen to 18 stone by October and she was advised to complete the two remaining 7.5mg doses before increasing to 10mg. But on October 18, Mrs Savage com- plained of acute abdominal pain and was taken to hospital. She was discharged with pain relief but died hours later. Doctors said the perforation of her intestines was extremely difficult to predict and clini- cians had acted appropriately. The hearing was adjourned.
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AUGUST 5, 1998
AS the new Minister for School
Standards, Estelle Morris is charged
with leading the Government’s fight
to raise achievement. She appreci-
ates the consequences of academic
failure more than most – because she
left her girls’ grammar school in 1970
without passing any A-levels.
AUGUST 5, 2009
WHAT does a man’s man do to relax?
One glimpse at Vladimir Putin’s hol-
iday snaps should provide all the
inspiration a chap needs. The Rus-
sian prime minister is enjoying a
back-to-basics camping holiday in
Siberia. Being bare-chested is a defi-
nite advantage when one goes for a
bracing swim in a freezing lake. The
benefits of a topless horse ride, how-
ever, remain a mystery.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
DAVID BALDACCI,
66. The US crime
novelist has sold more
than 200million books
i n
4 5
l a n g u a g e s .
He says that he gets
his ideas ‘in an airport,
on a train, in a car, at a
book signing, walking his dogs...’.
At a party, his wife was asked: ‘Is
David ill? He’s just staring at the
wall.’ She replied: ‘He’s fine, he’s just
finishing a chapter.’
SOPHIE WINKLEMAN, 46. The
actress from London made her name
as Big Suze in Channel 4 sitcom
Peep Show. She is the wife of the
King’s second cousin, Lord Freder-
ick Windsor, and half-sister of The
Traitors host Claudia. She has sup-
ported a ban on under-16s having
smartphones, and said she has dis-
cussed the issue with His Majesty.
BORN ON THIS DAY
ANNE ACHESON (1882-1962). The
British-Irish artist’s greatest legacy
was not her sculptures but the first
anatomically accurate splints – made
from plaster of paris – for soldiers
wounded in the First World War.
RICK DERRINGER (1947-2025).
The US guitarist and singer-song-
writer had a hit with Hang On Sloopy
with The McCoys. His song Rock
and Roll, Hoochie Koo was used in
the Netflix drama Stranger Things.
ON AUGUST 5. . .
IN 1983, Tom Cruise became a Holly-
wood star with the release of his break-
out hit, the comedy Risky Business.
IN 2022, Japanese fashion designer
Issey Miyake died, aged 84.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION:
Otarine (coined late 19th century)
A) Relating to an otter. B) Relating
to a chimpanzee. C) Relating to a
sea lion.
Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED:
Sit on the fence: Meaning to avoid
making a choice or decision; the two
sides of a fence represent the two
opposing interests involved in a par-
ticular situation or debate.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
I’m Irish and we don’t have
to prove anything. We are
God’s own children.
Michael O’Leary, Ryanair CEO
JOKE OF THE DAY
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c h i c k e n
j o k e s ?
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Evans
IVING away your hard- earned cash and placing it in the hands of your chil- dren or grandchildren is always a nerve-racking business. You’ve worked for that money, so relinquishing control to the next generation is an emotional and practi- cal challenge. But growing numbers are facing exactly that choice between handing over wealth in their lifetimes or leaving their loved ones facing a big inheritance tax bill – due to a pernicious change to estate planning rules set to come into force next April. Pension pots, currently exempt from inheritance tax (IHT), will form part of estates from next year. Almost 40,000 will be hit with higher death duties as a result. It means that many who were hoping to use pensions to pass on wealth are now working quickly to get spare pension money outside of their estate. Some may also be tempted to make gifts sooner rather than later, over fears new Prime Minister Andy Burnham could further increase taxes on death to pay for his reforms to social care. One option previously mooted is a 10 pc tax on all estates, although no details have been confirmed. To do so, they may be forced to hand over larger amounts or make gifts to chil- dren and grandchildren earlier than they would otherwise. Gifts are free from IHT if made at least seven years before death so many will aim to start the clock tick- ing, wealth planners say. But even as they dispense cash, prop- erty and jewellery to trim their estate’s IHT liability, they may be wondering if their family will use it in the right way, or if their grandchildren are old enough to take care of it. As Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at investment platform AJ Bell, says: ‘It’s only human to hope that whoever receives the gift makes the most of it.’ And indeed there are ways to make gifts with strings attached, or to at least make sure it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands… WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO RETAIN CONTROL YOU may hope your adult child saves your gift for their retirement, or that your grandchild uses it to get on the property ladder. But once you hand that money over, there’s nothing to stop them fritter- ing it away. Or they may do something with your gifted assets that upsets you. Perhaps you give them a holiday home where your family has spent many happy summers… only for them to sell it at the first opportunity. And with 42 pc of marriages expected to end in divorce, there’s a legitimate fear that a gift you make to even the most settled of family members could end up in the wrong hands.
So, how can you avoid such situations? SHARE YOUR VIEWS THE simplest way to take control is to speak to the beneficiary about your wishes. When you make your gift you can ask that, for example, the valuable bracelet be kept in the family, or that the £100,000 lump sum to your son be used only for him to improve or upsize his home. This is the cheapest and sim-
Inheritance Tax by helping loved ones now
control of your cash
plest way to retain some control – as long as they listen and agree! But there’s no guarantee they will – plus, you risk offending them if you’re too prescriptive. Ms Coles
adds: ‘They might be so affronted by your conditions that they refuse to accept the gift. ‘Or they might feel you are being controlling or manipulating, so
that even if they take the gift, it damages your relationship.’ She says you should weigh up how much you value control over good relations going forward.
Editor: RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS www.thisismoney.co.uk
GIVE THOUGHT TO
DISCRETIONARY
TRUSTS
GROWING numbers of families
are placing gifts into trusts, says
Rachael Griffin, of wealth man-
ager Quilter.
Discretionary trusts, the most
common type for IHT planning,
allow a donor to give up the own-
ership of assets and money while
giving them greater control over
how the gifts are used.
Perhaps you want to start the
seven-year clock ticking but are
worried that your children or
grandchildren are too young to
receive an early inheritance.
This is where discretionary
trusts come in. They push the gift
outside of an estate and into the
hands of trustees, who do not own
the assets but decide how they
will be distributed.
You’ll need to name potential
beneficiaries and you can also
write a letter of wishes about how
you want the gifts to be distrib-
uted. For example, you may write
that you want your children to
receive the money when they turn
25, or that you’d like the gift to be
used for a house deposit.
This isn’t legally binding, how-
ever. It is ultimately up to the trus-
tees to decide how the money is
spent but they are obliged to act
in the interest of beneficiaries.
You typically need to appoint at
least two trustees – one of which
can be yourself. The trustees
don’t need to take the letter into
account if they believe circum-
stances have changed.
It is vital to take legal advice if
you are thinking about setting up
a trust. Crucially, the money is not
automatically free of death duties.
If you die within seven years, that
gift in trust will form part of your
estate. Plus, if you place more
than £325,000 worth of cash or
assets into trust within a seven-
year period, then the amount over
this threshold is clobbered with a
20 pc entry tax charge.
In addition, anything over this
threshold is taxed at up to 6 pc
every ten years, and when capital
is paid out.
The trust is also liable for income
and capital gains tax.
ENCOURAGE AN
ADULT CHILD TO
GET A PRENUP
IF YOU fear a marriage could be
on the rocks or there is a rogue
daughter or son-in-law, there are
ways to mitigate this risk.
If your child does get divorced,
matrimonial finances tend to be
split. So the best chance of them
retaining control of your gift is to
prove it’s a non-matrimonial asset
as these are typically excluded.
Keeping a gift in a separate bank
account in their own name can
help, rather than keeping it in a
joint account used for household
spending. They should also avoid
using the money for family pur-
poses such as holidays or bills.
You can write a letter to your
child confirming your intentions
for it to be a personal gift.
Ms Coles suggests encouraging
your child to draw up a pre-
nuptial agreement – or even a
post-nuptial agreement if they’re
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— only ‘sprints’ will make you rich
HE way in which millions of us are told to save for retirement is setting us up for failure – and a frugal old age. I fear that unless we change the current model now, few will be able to afford the kind of retire- ment they want. We live under the delusion that pen- sion saving is like a marathon. You start when you enter the work- place, save steadily month after month and at the end of it all you should have enough to fund a good retirement. It sounds sensible, except that increas- ingly that model simply doesn’t reflect the world we are now living in. Working life is not steady. An unbroken record of work from leaving education to retirement is increasingly the exception, not the rule. And under the current system whereby you save a fixed percentage of your earn- ings into a workplace pension every month, that means millions will end up with retirement savings riddled with holes. The risk now starts at the begin- ning of careers. Nearly one million young people aged 16 to 24 in the United Kingdom are not in education, employment or training – known as Neets. And this number is
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already married – designed specif- ically to protect the gift. These can specify in advance that gifts or inherited funds are to remain outside of the matrimonial pot. You won’t retain control over the money but such measures can add a certain level of protection. These steps aren’t guaranteed to protect the gift from being split during a divorce, and both pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements are not automatically binding but courts in England and Wales do give them signifi- cant weight. TOP UP THE PENSIONS OF YOUR ADULT CHILDREN IF YOU are worried about young adults squandering away your generous gift, you could always consider using it to set them up for later life. Sean McCann, of NFU Mutual, is seeing more of his clients pay gifts into their children’s pensions, locking away the money until they turn 55, rising to 57 by April 2028. Again, you won’t retain control of the money but you might sleep a little easier knowing they can’t touch it until retirement. The beneficiary also receives tax relief on your contribution, which will boost their pot further. This is an automatic 20 pc boost to their pension on your gift. Higher-rate and additional-rate taxpayers can claim an extra 20 and 25 pc relief, respectively. Paying into a junior individual savings account (Jisa) could work for younger children if you want them to benefit sooner than pension age. Up to £9,000 a year can be fun- nelled into one of these wrappers, where the cash savings or invest-
rising. The impact on their future earn- ings is profound. By not working from the age of 18, a Neet can miss out on up to £300,000 of lifetime earnings even if they get a job at the age of 24. Less talked about is the impact on pen- sions. A 22-year-old who is out of work for even just a year will have £31,500 less in their pension by retirement as a result. This assumes they earn £35,000 over their work- ing life and have total contributions into their pension of 10pc, according to calcula- tions by investment platform Bestinvest. In mid-career, a new set of reasons for taking a break from work and thus creating a pension gap crops up – having children, looking after elderly relatives, suffering poor health or redundancy. Then, in a worrying trend, growing num- bers of workers in their 50s and 60s report they are struggling to find work as they come up against ageist AI systems used in recruitment. Indeed, AI is transforming almost all
down wealth before a new raid on pension pots and possible 10% death tax
ments grow free of tax. The child can take control of these accounts when they turn 16 and access the money at age 18. GIFT LOVED ONES PROPERTY RATHER THAN MONEY GIFTING an asset rather than spare cash may mean your child or grandchild is less likely to fritter it away. For example, if you gift your child your second home, they may be reluctant to sell it, explains Ian Dyall, of wealth manager Quilter. But this does have its pitfalls. If you continue to use the holiday home free of charge for your own benefit you’ll fall foul of the
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so-called gifts with reservation of benefit rule. For example, Mr McCann says one couple put their holiday home worth £650,000 into a discretionary trust with their children as the beneficiaries. But if the parents continued to use the holiday home, the prop- erty wouldn’t be counted as a true gift by the taxman. The couple would need to document that they paid market rate rent of £1,000 per week to the trust. This is even more of an issue if you are gifting your main home to your children during your lifetime. You can do this but if you con- tinue to stay at the home rent free, HMRC will treat the gift as if you never made it. Instead, you’ll need to either
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jobs at such a pace that disruption to careers is inevitable. We’re entering one of most tumultuous eras for work as AI reshapes nearly every profession. Many jobs will become defunct, retraining will be essential and the risk of redundancy ever present. Even workers who are not forced to take time out might find they want or need a breather as the rising retirement age lengthens a typical working life and pushes retirement further out of reach. Career gaps are inevitable. But there is a solution. We need to stop thinking of pension saving as that marathon I mentioned earlier and get used to saving sprints whenever we can. If you get a bonus, an inheritance, a redundancy payment or a pay rise – divert a chunk into your pension. And when you can afford to do so, ramp up your pension contributions to make up for inevitable periods when you can- not. I think of these sprints as like
stop living there or pay rent at the market rate to the beneficiary. You will also need to make sure you aren’t being too prescriptive when you give away your home, stating that they can’t redecorate it within your lifetime, for example. This is a grey area but it may fall foul of the gifts with reservation of benefit rule, Ms Coles explains. Plus, of course, there’s also a risk that your child could boot you out of the home if your rela- tionship sours. GIFT SPARE INCOME ON REGULAR BASIS IF YOU don’t want to make a gift in one go, you can make smaller pay- ments regularly via one of the most generous IHT allowances. This is
Grandmother’s Footsteps. Remember that old playground game where one player who is nominated ‘grandmother’ faces the wall and the others must run towards her while her back is turned. But Grandmother can turn around at any moment and if she catches you run- ning, you’re out of the game. When Grandmother is facing the wall, you run. When you’re in work and can afford to, have a pension sprint – pile in as much as you can. Then when Grandmother turns her gaze on you and you’re forced to pause, you’ve built in enough slack that your retirement will still be on track. You could even be better off. Say if you took five years out of work at age 35. By retirement you would have £123,400 less in your pension, using the same assumptions as before. But if you ramped up your pension contributions by saving twice as much for five years before your gap, the hit to your pension would be just £47,600. Similarly, if you were out of work for a year at age 55, you would have £42,700 less in your pension by retirement, assuming you earn £55,000 a year. But if you saved twice as much the year before, you would be just £32,873 down. Steady and slow wins the race? Dream on. Get sprinting. rachel.rickard@dailymail.co.uk
called the ‘gifts out of normal
expenditure’ exemption and these
payments are free of death duties.
The tax office has strict rules for
what counts as one of these pay-
ments – they must be regular,
made out of income instead of
capital and not impact your
standard of living.
Meet these and you can pass on
an unlimited amount of money
without the need to survive for
seven years.
You should write a letter stat-
ing the value of the payments,
how often they are made and
that they are made from sur-
plus income.
Passing on wealth this way can
give you an opportunity to see
how well the beneficiary manages
the money.
You can’t dictate what they do
with the money but you can say
you are giving it to them to help
with their household costs or with
their children, for example.
If after three years you find that
your son has instead paid for a
world cruise using your gift, you
can stop making the payments,
Ms Griffin says.
Instead, you can use this rule to
make direct regular payments for
school fees or other household
bills. If you later need that money
for care, you can stop making
the payments.
n HOW are you handing over
wealth to loved ones? Let
us know at moneymail@
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ITH so many of us
feeling the pinch, I’m
not surprised to see
that an app called
Freecash – Earn Money is one
of the most downloaded both
on Apple’s App Store and
Android’s Google Play Store.
It currently ranks sixth among
the top free-to-download enter-
tainment apps ahead of even
Netflix, TikTok and Disney+.
Look at the app description and
it’s even more enticing.
‘Welcome to Freecash – Earn
Rewards, the fun way to make a
little money online in your spare
time!’ the blurb says.
‘Play games you actually enjoy,
answer surveys, shop online and
earn real money while you’re at it
– all from your phone’.
Normally, I’d be wary of any
product claiming that you can
earn easy money online. But it
appears to have a rating of 4.6 out
of 5 on the App Store with 13,000
user ratings. And it’s clearly pop-
ular. So, I decide to give it a go.
WHAT IT’S LIKE?
DOWNLOADING the Freecash
app to my smartphone takes less
than a minute and I create a pro-
file when prompted using my
email address and a password.
It then asks how I want any
‘cash-out’ payments to be made –
PayPal, Visa, Amazon gift card or
via bank transfer. This sounds
hopeful.
It also wants to know how many
‘in-app purchases in mobile
games’ I usually make, how often
I play games – and how much I
want to earn that day (£10, £20,
£30 or £40+).
I am also asked how much time
I want to play ‘right now’ (five to
15 minutes, 15 to 30 minutes, 45 to
60 minutes, or 60+ minutes).
I opt to earn £20 in 15 minutes
and am presented with a range of
game apps, including Bingo Blitz,
Board Kings, Spin N’Candy, Bingo
Royal, Mahjong Cash, Animals
& Cash.
Underneath each is a green box
stating how much money I could
make playing this game. ‘Play and
Earn £909… £340…£633’ were
among options given.
Not being greedy, I choose Bingo
Blitz offering £340.
I’m told I must download the
app via the link provided. The
game seems popular and is ‘No 7’
in the Apple App ‘casino’ charts.
Checking the terms and condi-
tions, it seemed to be owned by a
company called Playtika.
I’m still in the dark about how
playing will earn me free cash, but
I persist. It is a game of online
bingo that I play with other play-
ers. Like the traditional game, a
number is called out and I must
look at a card on my phone screen
to see if I have it – and if so, press
the number.
You move up a level when you
win a full card of bingo or achieve
other goals. As you’re typically
playing against at least 20 players,
I estimate it could take a dozen or
so games to win one and move up
a level.
I find the whole experience con-
fusing. Every few moments there
promising ‘free cash’...
REALLY make money just playing games on your phone?
is an explosion of party celebra- tions – with treasure chests and jewels exploding in showers of glitter – I can’t understand why. After 15 minutes of bemuse- ment, I have earned zero pounds – and it looks like I’ll have to play for hours to win anything. If I do win though, cash will be paid out via my Freecash account. I search online chatrooms to see if I can find anyone who has actu- ally made money from this game. I soon realise it might require a level of skill I do not possess. ‘Get paid up to £55 for reaching
level 70 in Bingo Blitz’ wrote
‘TightAs…’ on the online forum
Reddit. They added: ‘I completed
the offer a while back and found it
very easy.’
Other players, including
‘Ok-Gap8360’, said they managed
it ‘after a day and a half of play’.
So, by my estimates, a skilled
gamer might achieve the goal in
12 hours – £4.58 an hour.
A spokesman said this specific
Bingo Blitz task no longer exists
on Freecash. He added: ‘The larg-
est single task currently available
on Bingo Blitz is for playing 120
minutes on 80 different days, which pays around £32.’ Glyn Powditch, co-founder of technology marketing company Dream Agility and former gaming director for Sky Bet, said: ‘The payments are paltry but, if you enjoy the game, it might be worth- while and fun.’ A spokesman at Almedia, which owns Freecash, said: ‘Freecash is not supposed to make you rich. Rather, it is a rewards plat- form to get something back in exchange for what people were doing anyway.’
HOW THEY MAKE MONEY FROM YOU... FREECASH says that advertisers pay it to reach its user base of over 80 million people and adver- tise their products on its plat- form. The company said: ‘We do not sell user data. We pass a share of that budget to users in the form of rewards for actively engaging with the product and achieving certain milestones, for example playing a game a certain number of times. Rewards are paid for completing disclosed actions and milestones, nothing else.’ Game companies may be using you to attract more players. Hav- ing more players in a game adds to its appeal and makes it more likely others will sign up. Psychologist Janina Steinmetz, professor of marketing of the Bayes Business School, says: ‘It is more fun to play with other peo- ple. It is paradoxical that people might look lonely looking at their smartphones, but they are actu- ally socialising because they are playing with others. ‘It helps explain why firms pay for new players.’ There are growing numbers of free game apps competing for users. To attract players, some sign-up to third-party agencies willing to pay you to get involved. These include Freecash, Benja- min, ySense, TapJoy and Inbox- pounds. These are designed as money-making apps rather than gaming ones – enticing people wanting to make extra cash. These people then may end up on the gaming apps. When asked how much commis- sion it earns from gaming apps, Freecash did not disclose any details. However, based on a con- servative estimate of 10 pc com- mission, if a gamer who achieves level 70 in Bingo Blitz earns £55, this would mean that Freecash received at least £61 and passed on £55 to the player. Offering a ‘free’ game may also be a hook to entice you in as, once you start playing, you may spend real money to buy extra points, play more and potentially reach higher levels. With Bingo Blitz, I am given eight free tokens to play the clas- sic game with two bingo cards. But I am offered the chance to buy more tokens after that, which could help me to move up to higher levels faster. Bingo Blitz sells packages start- ing at £1.99 for 25 credits – and advertised a special ‘+200%’ sales offering 75 credits for the same price, and £41.99 for the ‘best value’ offer of 620 credits. Professor Steinmetz says: ‘Using the term ‘free’ is a great way to attract your attention – and spending a pound or two here or there to continue playing the game is easy to justify. But add it all up and you could be surprised at the final total.’ Getting you to sign up to games is just one part of what companies such as Freecash offer – it also pays users to complete surveys. Trevor Fenner, founder of mar- keting consultancy Ecommerce Paradise, says: ‘Surveys run ten to 20 minutes and typically pay from less than 50p to £3 each. The effective hourly rate is under £4.’ Playtika, which owns Bingo Blitz, was also contacted for comment.
÷ WHAT is your experience of money-making apps? Email toby.walne@dailymail.co.uk
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T’S a question that crosses many parents’ minds as they consider missing out on their little ones’ milestones while sat in an office. Can you really afford to leave work to spend time at home with your children? For many families today, having a stay-at- home parent feels like a luxury, as high prop- erty prices and hefty bills mean two incomes are often needed to cover essentials alone. Families spend £13,830 per child each year on average, according to data from invest- ment platform Moneyfarm – amounting to a little over £1,150 a month. While this includes the cost of childcare, it also covers extra-cur- ricular activities, clothing, pocket money and technology such as streaming memberships. So it’s no wonder that the number of stay- at-home parents is at an all-time low of 1.5 million, having halved over the past three decades, according to official data. Eight in ten mums who go back to work
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early from maternity leave say they couldn’t afford not to, according to a survey by charity Pregnant Then Screwed and Women In Data. So, if you want to leave your job, how do you make it work? Money Mail has crunched the numbers to devise a savings plan to help you.
CAN YOU AFFORD IT? THE average UK household spends £3,500 a month on all household bills including rent or mortgage payments, utility bills, transport and eating out, according to analysis of Office for National Statistics data. Taking this into account, a working parent in England, Wales or Northern Ireland would need to earn £62,000 a year pre-tax to pay for
this. Assuming they pay 5 pc into their pen- sion and are repaying a student loan (as many parents with young children are) this would leave them with a take-home annual pay of £42,000 a year – or £3,500 a month. The amount you need to live comfortably on one person’s salary will of course depend on your lifestyle, including your rent or mortgage payments, weekly food shopping bill, the age of your children and how much you spend on holidays and other activities. Some parents are happy to forgo extras such as foreign hol- idays and days out to live on one income. Where you live also makes a huge difference. A household salary of £62,000 will go much further in the North-East, for example, com- pared with London and the South-East, where housing costs are higher. A recent post on social media website Red- dit asking what income a family would need to afford a single earner, highlights how much the answer varies. One respondent said their £6
husband earned £65,000 a year and it wouldn’t be enough to live on in the South-East with a £400,000 mortgage. Another said her hus- band earned the same amount and she was a stay-at-home mum living comfortably in south Lincolnshire.
SAVE ON CHILDCARE THE eyewatering cost of childcare means that for some parents of young children, it can make finan- cial sense to stay at home. The average cost of a full-time nursery place for a child under two in the UK is £7,738 a year (£645 a month), for parents receiving 30 funded hours a week, according to the 2026 annual survey from chil- dren’s charity Coram. But in London and the South-East the price can come in above £20,000, even with Government funding. Holidays can be expensive too. Parents face an average bill of £191 per child a week for care – or £1,145 for the six-week summer holiday, according to Coram. Rajan Lakhani, a personal finance specialist at money management app Plum, says: ‘It may be less com- mon today, but having one parent not working is still something many families consider. With the high cost of childcare, long and expensive commutes, and the personal sacri- fice of spending less time with your children, you can see why some- times it makes a lot of sense to avoid all of that with one parent staying at home full time.’
KEEP THINGS FAIR IT’S important the stay-at-home parent is treated as an equal finan- cial partner, says Claire Walsh, a chartered financial planner at Mid- summer Wealth. Too often, one per- son ends up with all the pensions and investments in their name, while the other is left financially vulnera- ble if the relationship breaks down or their partner dies suddenly. ‘Before making the decision, I’d encourage couples to think of it as a family financial plan rather than one person’s career choice,’ Walsh says. ‘Sit down together and look at what income you’ll have, what you’ll spend, how much you’ll save, and what happens if things change. ‘Make sure both partners have vis- ibility over the household finances. That doesn’t have to mean joint accounts for everything, but each person should know where the money is held, how bills are paid and have access to emergency funds. ‘I always encourage the stay-at- home parent to have some money in an account in their own name. ‘Even in the happiest relation- ships, it’s sensible for both partners to retain some financial independ- ence and confidence.’
PROTECT PENSIONS YOUR retirement savings will take a hit if you take time out of work, as you will lose your employer’s contri- butions into your workplace pen- sion. But you can ensure your state
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pension record remains intact by claiming child benefit. For every year you claim, you receive National Insurance credits that build your entitlement to the state pension. You need 35 years of qualifying contributions to receive the full state pension, which is £12,548 a year from 66 (rising gradually to 68). Anyone earning £60,000 a year or less can receive £1,407 a year for the oldest or only child and £933 for subsequent children, with the benefit tapering to zero on salaries up to £80,000 a year. Make sure you register for child benefit so that you get the National Insurance credits – even if you are not going to receive the payments. Hollee Vivian, a chartered finan- cial planner and founder of Vivian Wealth, adds that a stay-at-home parent should also consider paying into a private pension. The partner who is working can pay into it. Non-earners can pay £2,880 into a
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AKING IT WORK NETA Senberga, a stay-at-home
ther of three, has taken the leap d resigned from her job as an
a manager for a retail company. ineta, 46, who lives in Greater ndon with her husband and
work with careful budgeting. She has been at home since her latest maternity leave started last sum- mer. She resigned from her job a couple of months ago. She had spent 13 years in retail, working her way up to become an area manager responsible for sev- eral stores, saying: ‘I really enjoyed my job and expected to return after maternity leave. But once we worked through the numbers, it didn’t make financial sense. ‘By the time we’d paid for nursery for the baby, breakfast club and after-school club for the twins, com- muting and everything else that comes with working, I’d have been working full-time while bringing home very little extra money.’ To make it work, the family lives on the income of Vineta’s husband. She doesn’t reveal how much he earns, but they receive child benefit as it is below £80,000 a year. Their biggest expense is rent of
just over £2,000 a month. Other bills include council tax of £291 a month, gas and electricity at £164, water at £75, £140 a month on petrol and £860 on food. This adds up to a total £3,530 of monthly expenses. Then there’s the cost of clubs and activities for the children and other expenses such as internet, TV sub- scriptions and phone bills. ‘We have cut our expenses drasti- cally. We keep things longer, ques- tion every purchase, and try to be happy with what we already have,’ says Vineta. ‘We treat my husband’s income as family money rather than “his” money. We make financial decisions together and I have full access to our finances.’ Vineta’s plan is to stay at home for the foreseeable future, but she wants to build a flexible income that fits around family life. She now doc- uments life as a stay-at-home mum to over 21,000 Instagram followers on her @vineta.life account. As she
signed up for child benefit, she’s building National Insurance credits to receive a full state pension. She says: ‘What I like best about being a stay-at-home mum is the time. I’m grateful I get to spend these early years with our baby while still being there for our older children before and after school. ‘Those are years I can’t get back, so I am really trying to enjoy myself. ‘What I like least is the financial uncertainty. Going from having my own salary to relying on one income has been a huge adjustment. It can make you feel quite vulnerable.’
TOP UP YOUR INCOME MANY stay-at-home parents will earn a small income somewhere – whether it’s through freelance work, selling clothes on platforms such as Vinted or starting a business. This can be done flexibly and around looking after children. You
Balancing act: Vineta Senberga, inset, saves on nursery and after- school club fees by not working
can earn up to £12,570 a year with- out having to pay any tax. There is also a further £1,000 ‘trading allow- ance’, which means you could earn £13,570 tax-free. Rachel Buckmaster, a 32-year-old scientist, is due to have her first baby next month and hopes to cut her working hours in the long run to spend time with her new daughter. Rachel plans to take a year’s maternity leave, then return part- time to her job. She’s a single par- ent, unexpectedly, so does not have the security of a partner’s income to help with household costs. Rachel, from Cambridgeshire, says her annual salary of £50,000 when working will not provide the security she wants for her and her child. She fears it will not be enough to allow the pair to live a comforta- ble life with rent at £1,000 a month and childcare costs expected to be about £1,000 a month. So she hopes to grow her business, a luxury dress rental service called SlayBae. She says: ‘If the business does as well as I hope then I can stay at home more and hopefully reduce my hours in my job.’
GET A GRIP ON TAX WHEN working out how much one working parent would need to earn to match the income of both par- ents, it may be tempting to assume they have to earn the equivalent of their own and the forgone salary. But due to the way taxes work, it’s not that simple. The UK tax system does not favour single- earner families. In the UK, every adult is taxed individually and each person gets a personal allowance of £12,570 a year before paying tax. When two people are working, both benefit from this allowance. However, when just one is work- ing, the household effectively receives just one allowance. Lakhani says: ‘If the aim is to cover the stay-at-home parent’s salary, the working par- ent will usually need to earn much more than double the other par- ent’s take home pay, due to income tax and National Insurance payments being deducted from a single higher salary rather than across two allowances.’ For example, if both parents cur- rently earn £35,000, their combined take home pay is £54,130. But even if one of the two could secure a job paying £70,000, their take home pay would be lower at £46,188. Once you earn more than £100,000 you start losing the personal allow- ance and it is completely withdrawn once your earnings hit £125,000. Above the £100,000 threshold you also lose valuable childcare support from the Government, including the 30 hours of funded childcare. This means parents can miss out on up to £20,000 a year of free childcare. A single earner on £130,000 a year would have take-home pay of £70,428 a year after tax, student loans and 5 pc pension contribu- tions, or £5,861 a month. By comparison, a couple on a combined income of £130,000 – per- haps with one earning £50,000 a year and the other earning £80,000 – would take home a combined £87,010 annually or £7,251 monthly – that is £1,382 a month more than a single earner. They would also ben- efit from 30 hours a week of funded childcare, which could be worth up to £20,000 a year in London. money@dailymail.co.uk
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ATIONAL Savings & Investments (NS&I) desperately needs to draw in more of our cash – great news for savers! I’m confident it won’t be long until the Premium Bond prize rate rises once again and NS&I could improve the rates on its other savings products too. NS&I is tasked by the Govern- ment to bring in an extra £15billion – plus or minus £4billion – in the year from April 1. But savers seem to have become disheartened with bonds as sales are sluggish. This is a problem for NS&I as they are by far the most popular product it offers, making up more than half of the £250billion total we hold with it. Savers withdrew an extra
Bonds... it’s going to be a bumper year for prizes
£29.5million ahead of the August draw compared with the previous month – and that’s despite NS&I raising the prize fund from 3.3pc to 3.8pc from the July draw. The previous two months were also poor. In April we put in an
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extra £163million, which is way below the average over the last 12 months of £423million a month. In May the amount going in plum- meted to just £20million. NS&I has brought in just £153mil- lion in the first three months of this
financial year in premium bonds, compared with £1.4bil- lion – nearly ten times as much – in the same period last year. At the moment NS&I is look- ing at a shortfall of £11.8billion. To meet the target now, it must rake in an average of £3.93bil- lion every three months from all of its products. NS&I urgently needs to pull
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than the giant banks and the largest five building societies. Here the top one-year rate comes from Leeds BS at 4.4pc, while the lowest is from HSBC at 3.7pc. On the one-year NS&I guar- anteed income bond, which pays interest each month rather than at the end of term, the new rate is 4.63pc. And its guaranteed growth bond range includes 4.7pc for two years, 4.68pc for three years and 4.75pc for five years. But if you opt for one of these longer-term bonds, watch out for your tax bill. They pay out interest only at the end of the term, which means that all the interest earned dur- ing the whole term counts towards your personal savings allowance (£1,000 for basic-rate payers and £500 for higher-rate payers) in that year rather than being spread out over the years. There is no such problem with the guaranteed income bonds, which pay out interest each month at 4.61pc for two years, 4.59pc for three years and 4.65pc for five years. money@dailymail.co.uk
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37 MoneyMail Sally Sorts It
TV LICENSING sent me a letter saying I watched BBC iPlayer without a licence. I don’t know what iPlayer looks like, never mind how to use it. I don’t watch live TV either, and only use my set to watch DVDs and videos. It is not connected to an aerial. Why is the BBC harassing me? D.O., West Yorkshire ON SPEAKING to you, I discovered you had made a ‘no licence needed’ declaration to TV Licensing within the last couple of years. You are one of the 3.7 million premises, both residential and business, to state they do not require a TV licence. It is illegal to watch live or record TV pro- grammes on any channel or use BBC iPlayer in any form without a licence, which costs £180 a year or £60.50 for black and white. The exception is if a viewer only accesses on-demand programmes on streaming ser- vices such as Netflix and never watches any live broadcasts. On-demand services on
iPlayer do require a licence. Householders aren’t compelled to declare that a licence is not required, though the ‘no licence needed’ (NLN) declaration, which can be made online, is helpful in fending off constant reminders from TV Licensing. It typically lasts 24 months and then the reminders kick in again until another declaration is made. As you are 89 and anxious about technology, your family organised the declaration for you. They wanted to help end the torment of your regular licence reminder letters. Reminders go out to properties that haven’t registered as NLN as often as once a month, with the message becoming increasingly threatening. They include warnings of poten- tial visits from enforcement officers and fines of up to £1,000 (£2,000 if you live in Guern- sey) for non-payment. You were relieved to switch off the postal barrage but recently, when the organisation wrote to say it suspected you were watch- ing iPlayer, you nearly flipped. When we spoke, you were ada- mant you never watch live or catch-up TV. You use your old set only to view your large collection of DVDs and video cassettes, of old series such as Bonanza and come- dies Cheers and Sgt. Bilko. You get news from two radios, one tuned to BBC Radio 4 and the other to the World Service. A licence is not required to listen to the radio. You could not fathom how the BBC concluded someone had accessed iPlayer in your house. I asked about visitors and you said your daughter visits. I wondered if she had logged into iPlayer on her phone? You had no idea. But even if she had, I imagine she has her own licence, so why would it be an issue if she hap- pened to log on under your roof? The rules say it is fine for a licence holder to watch TV in someone’s unlicensed property, so long as the device runs off its battery. Once connected to the property’s mains, it becomes potentially illegal. This rule does not apply when plugging in on public transport. On my request TV Licensing investigated. A few days later, after customer service spoke to you, it was able to confirm that the issue came about because a relative manages your NLN
to pay £180 for a TV licence when I only watch old DVDs?
declaration, and the email used to do this was the same as the one they use to sign into iPlayer. There was no suggestion your relation accessed iPlayer at your home. You were off the hook. TV Licensing said: ‘We have spoken with your reader and clarified the circumstances sur- rounding the NLN declaration. ‘A review was prompted after activity suggested that licensable content may have been accessed from the property. Having estab- lished the relevant facts, we can confirm that the NLN declaration remains in place.’ You can now go back to watch- ing your favourite series without fear of pestering post. Perhaps an episode of Cheers is appropriate.
IN APRIL my partner and I went on an easyJet holiday to Madeira but our flight back to Liverpool was cancelled due to strong winds. We were told there would be no flights there for several days and we’d have to fly to Bristol instead. We needed to arrange our own accommodation and later claim the costs back. EasyJet won’t com- pensate us for the cancelled flight and has only reimbursed half of our expenses. T.M., via email EASYJET apologises and says your original claim for reimbursement was only submit- ted for one customer, rather than both. It has sent you the remaining reimbursement along with a gesture of goodwill. WE purchased a full kitchen from Ikea in 2019. Over the years the fridge freezer
I WANTED to put a £10 bet on the World Cup for Spain to win, and my husband placed it for me at the local Coral betting shop. The slip said, ‘Spain to win World Cup final’ and when they did my husband went to claim the winnings. The bookmaker refused to pay as Spain didn’t win in the first 90 minutes. This wasn’t pointed out to my hus- band when he made the bet and was not mentioned on the slip. We lost only a small amount but what if he’d bet £1,000? Readers need to be aware. P.S., Warlingham, Surrey I AM not a sports better and have only had the occasional flutter
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developed a fault while still in warranty and Ikea replaced it with a different model. But the replacement has developed a sim- ilar fault and has been deemed unrepaira- ble by the manufacturer. Ikea says the five-year warranty has now expired but that’s for the original fridge freezer. The latest one was less than two years old. J.W., via email.
long ago on the Grand National. Like you, I’d have imagined that a bet on Spain to win the World Cup offered no room for interpre- tation. But no. It seems that Spain would have had to have won before the 90-minute whistle blew. Because the Spaniards scored to win 1-0 in the second half of extra time, your bet was null and void. You were most unhappy and contacted Coral’s customer com- plaints. Staff asserted that Coral had played by rules apparently displayed on the wall of the shop. Even when you argued that at no time did the cashier explain that the market was 90 minutes only and that the betting slip also had no mention of any such
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restrictions, it cut no ice. I put your gripe to Coral, reminding it that you and your husband are not regular punters. It confirmed your bet was accepted on the match result market, which related to the out- come after 90 minutes of play. This is apparently a standard wager when betting on sports such as football and rugby where games can go to extra time. It says your bet was priced at 23/20, meaning it would have landed you a windfall of £21.70, including your stake, had this scenario come to pass. You didn’t realise there was a separate market for ‘Spain to lift the trophy’, covering extra time and penalties. The odds were 4/7, which would have provided win- nings of £15.71, stake included. Having reviewed the case with the shop, Coral has agreed as a goodwill gesture to honour the bet on the basis of ‘Spain to lift the trophy’ and said you can pick up the £15.71. The shop has been reminded to make such differ- ences clearer to customers unac- customed to betting. A spokesman said: ‘While the bet was settled correctly under the applicable market rules, we recognise why the customer feels the distinction between the two markets may not have been suffi- ciently clear from the wording on the slip, particularly for someone who only places occasional bets on major sporting events.’ You were pleased with the out- come and hoped other novices will learn from your experience.
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IKEA apologises for the confusion. You’ve been offered either a refund or a replacement. IN JUNE I made a reservation for a hotel in Sicily with Booking.com and paid in euros but I was charged twice. The com- pany refunded the incorrect transaction but thanks to currency exchange rates and transaction fees on this incorrect charge I’m now £68.43 in debt on my account. I raised the issue via its customer service messaging site and it told me my bank statements were wrong – but I know they weren’t. M.U., Essex. YOU HAVE received an email from Booking.com to say the cash credit for the extra charges has been added to your account.
I LIVE on a private road next to a popular beach. In the summer, when the car park is full, we get chancers trying to park outside our houses. If I’m expecting visitors, I ask tourists not to park there and I sometimes get abuse. Can I put up a no parking sign and traffic cones outside my own house? Name and address supplied LIVING next to a beach can be wonderful, until the summer crowds arrive and every spare patch of road becomes a potential parking space. Private roads are those not controlled or maintained by the local council but instead by the people who live there. This gives them greater rights over how they can be used. Some allow the public to walk and drive down them, which sounds like the case on your street, while others do not, and block access with gates. The answer depends on one crucial fact: who owns the road and the land outside your house? Some homeowners own the land outside their property, while in other cases it belongs to another individual, a management company or all the residents jointly. Details are set out in the homes’ title deeds or in Land Registry records. If you alone own the land outside your home, you can usually erect a sign stating that parking is not permitted or that the area is private. The sign doesn’t create your legal rights, but it makes motorists aware that parking without permission may amount to trespass and often deters would-be parkers without confrontation. Traffic cones require a little more cau- tion. You can generally place cones on land you own to discourage parking, provided
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Extraordinary Extensions, 8pm, Ch4
MUSICIAN and property developer Tinie
Tempah was an unlikely choice as presenter
for a show about extensions but he’s warm
and genuine and really engages with the
people he meets, so full marks for that. This
week, he’s in Surrey to meet party-loving
Naz and Alicia (pictured with Tinie), who
have turned their home
into a Marbella-inspired
luxury pad — complete
with a dancefloor, firepit
and outdoor kitchen.
Their budget? A cool
£3.5 million! At the other
end of the scale, Tinie
then meets a couple who
are trying to create a
Chinese sanctuary at their
terraced home in south-
west London, mixing a
traditional aesthetic
with experimental
timber architecture.
6.00
Breakfast
9.30
Animal Park (AD,R)
10.15 Trace, Track, Get My Car Back (R)
10.45 Expert Witness (R)
11.15
Homes Under the Hammer (AD,R)
Flats in Scotland, England and Wales.
12.15 Bargain Hunt (AD,R) Christina
Trevanion presents from Wrexham.
1.00
BBC News at One; Weather
1.35
BBC Regional News; Weather
1.45
BBC News at One; Weather
2.00
Money for Nothing Sarah Moore
attempts to trick the eye by
updating a display cabinet.
2.45
Escape to the Country (R) Sonali
Shah tours the East Midlands.
3.45
The Bidding Room A small
package holding 400 years of
fascinating history is revealed in
the room, and there is more than
one item with royal connections.
4.30
The Answer Run Today's teams
have to distinguish Emmerdale
from Coronation Street.
5.15
Pointless (R) Konnie Huq co-hosts
the quiz with Alexander Armstrong.
6.00
BBC News at Six; Weather
6.30
BBC Regional News; Weather
7.00 The One Show Presented by Alex Jones and Vernon Kay. 7.30 EastEnders (AD) Mark tries to win Lauren's attention, while Sheila puts her plan into action.
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8.00 The Repair Shop (AD,R) Experts restore a pair of original seats from Arsenal's Highbury stadium, a locket from the Second World War, a shop ledger from 1909 and a chapel from a model village.
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9.00 Murder 24/7 (AD) Part two of two. The documentary follows police attempts to build a case against Matthew Jonathan for the murder — and the footprint that provided a breakthrough.
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10.00 BBC News at Ten
10.30 BBC Regional News
(Followed by Weather)
10.40 You’re Cordially Invited (2025)
(15) ◆ Premiere. Two different
wedding parties discover they
have been booked on the same
day at the same dream venue.
Comedy, starring Will Ferrell
and Reese Witherspoon, with
Geraldine Viswanathan, Meredith
Hagner and Jimmy Tatro.
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12.25 The Hit List Celebrity Special (R)
Chloe Burrows, rapper Aitch,
Gladiator stars Sabre and Nitro,
and Emmerdale's Lisa Riley and
Dominic Brunt try to name as
many hit songs and artists as
possible. 1.10 Weather for the
Week Ahead 1.15 BBC News
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CASUALTY 24/7: EVERY SECOND COUNTS/ 999: CRITICAL CONDITION, 8PM/9PM, CH5
THE strain on the NHS is highlighted
again this week. Sister Jo is in charge
of the hub at Barnsley casualty, but
the department is
already full and no
beds are available.
And just as one
does become free,
it’s quickly gone
because there’s an
emergency on the
way — former nurse
Sandra has fallen
down the stairs at
home and suffered
a suspected
6.30
Money for Nothing (R)
7.15
The Bidding Room (R)
8.00
Great Japanese Railway Journeys
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8.30
Great Continental Railway
Journeys (AD,BSL,R) From Sardinia.
9.00
BBC News
1.00
Richard Osman’s House of Games
(R) Sean Fletcher, Louise Minchin,
Chris Washington and Kimberly
Wyatt continue to go toe to toe.
1.30
The Finish Line (R) Quiz show.
2.15
Do You Know Your Place? (R)
Vernon Kay puts the spotlight
onto his home town of Bolton.
2.45
Cricket: The Hundred Trent Rockets
Women v Birmingham Phoenix
Women (Start-time 3pm). Coverage
from Trent Bridge in Nottingham.
The Phoenix won the toss and
elected to bat when these teams
faced each other at Edgbaston last
year, and went on to post a total of
148/5, which proved to be enough
for victory as the Rockets fell 11 runs
short, despite Nat Sciver-Brunt
scoring 64 from 40 deliveries.
6.00
Cricket: The Hundred Trent
Rockets Men v Birmingham
Phoenix Men (Start-time 6.30pm).
Coverage of the match from
Trent Bridge in Nottingham.
The Rockets claimed a six-wicket
victory when these teams clashed
at Edgbaston last season, thanks
largely to the efforts of fast bowler
Lockie Ferguson, who took three
wickets with his 20 balls and
helped to restrict the Phoenix
to 122/6, which the Rockets
surpassed with 22 balls to spare.
9.30 Live at the Apollo (R) Ria Lina hosts the comedy show, introducing stand-up routines by fellow comedians Lucy Beaumont and Josh Pugh.
10.00 The Big Cases — The Funeral
Home Horror (AD) How a
debt-ridden undertaker
betrayed grieving families.
10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day's
events, with Victoria Derbyshire.
(Followed by Weather)
11.05 Uncanny (AD,R) The case of
a student house believed to
be haunted by a malevolent
entity, which is one of the most
unsettling examples Danny
Robins has come across.
12.05 The Devil in the Family: The
Fall of Ruby Franke (AD,R) Ruby
and Jodi's partnership deepens as
together they reshape the family.
12.55 Amityville: An Origin Story
(AD,BSL,R) Ronnie DeFeo Jr is
accused of murder. 1.50 This Is BBC2
dislocated ankle. The patients keep
on coming for Dr Heather Sowden,
including 82-year-old Les, who
collapsed at his local charity shop,
and three-year-old Bodie, who has cut
his lip. The second half of Channel 5’s
medical double bill is a far more
intense affair, as surgeons deal with
life-or-death situations. Among those
needing urgent treatment are a nurse
potentially paralysed following a
head-on car crash; a 23-year-old who
has suffered a massive asthma attack;
and a man who needs life-threatening
surgery to remove a tumour from his
head. Luckily, they are in safe hands.
6.00
Good Morning Britain
10.00 This Morning
1.30
News; Weather
1.55
Regional News; Weather
2.00
Dickinson’s Real Deal (AD,R)
David Dickinson and the team are
in Oldham, where Simon Schneider
is squeezed to splash the cash for
some stunning candlesticks.
3.00
Deal or No Deal (AD,R) Stephen
Mulhern hosts as contestant
James tries to open the 22 red
boxes in the right order, taking
on the infamous Banker for the
chance to win a life-changing
cash prize; Regional Weather
4.00
Tipping Point (R) Ben Shephard
hosts the arcade-themed quiz in
which contestants drop tokens
down a choice of four chutes in the
hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot.
5.00
The Chase (R) John from Glasgow,
Anousha from Surrey, Tracy from
Essex and Hanish from Leicester
join forces in the hope that their
four brains can beat one.
6.00
Regional News; Weather
6.30
News; Weather
7.30 Deal or No Deal: Banker’s
Best Battles Stephen Mulhern
revisits James and Jack's
battles with the Banker.
8.00 Emmerdale (AD) A decision
is made to give the dog a
good Dingle send-off.
8.30 Coronation Street (AD) Lauren
leaves Betsy to fend for herself.
9.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (R) Big-prize quiz hosted by Jeremy Clarkson in which another line-up of contestants answer questions that could change their lives.
10.00 News (Followed by Weather)
10.30 Regional News
(Followed by Weather)
10.45 Long Lost Family: Born
Without Trace (AD,R) Helping a
woman found as a newborn in
a public phone box in Leicester.
11.45 The Assembly (R) Rapper Aitch is interviewed by the panel of neurodivergent individuals.
12.10 Shop on TV 3.00 Love & Death (AD,BSL,R) Allan is concerned when his calls to Betty go unanswered. 3.50 Inside the Langham: Britain's First Grand Hotel (AD,BSL,R) 4.15 Unwind with ITV 5.35 Tom Kerridge Cooks Italy (AD,BSL,R) The chef forages for truffles in Umbria.
6.30 The King of Queens (AD,R) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD,R) Triple bill of the comedy. 9.10 Frasier (AD,R) Four episodes. 11.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) Gordon Ramsay tries to help an English pub in Georgetown, Texas. 12.05 Channel 4 News Summary 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD,R) Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien visit Suffolk. 1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) Renovators Ceri and Danni take on a dormer bungalow in Anglesey. 2.10 Countdown Ade Adepitan joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. 3.00 A Place in the Sun (R) Ben Hillman helps Deb and Steve to find a permanent home in Almeria, Spain. 4.00 Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith (AD,R) Sinkholes emerge around Elizabethan Pitchford Hall in Shropshire. 5.00 Chateau DIY (AD,R) Tim and Sasha disagree on the lighting for their converted wine barrel space. 6.00 American Pickers (AD,R) Mike makes a move on Gypsy Grandma, the queen of arcade games.
7.00 Channel 4 News
8.00 Extraordinary Extensions (AD) A couple who are turning their Surrey home into a Marbella- inspired party pad, complete with dance floor and pool house. Plus, experimental Chinese timber architecture in London.
9.00 The Undeclared War (AD)
Barbara comes under Charlie's
scrutiny as tragedy strikes
GCHQ. Danny, Saara and Roz
try to help Vadim escape,
and Danny makes an earth-
shattering discovery.
10.00 The Undeclared War (AD)
Danny puts everything on the
line to right some wrongs,
and Roz and the team race
against the clock to find out
what the malware is searching
for. Last in series.
11.00 24 Hours in A&E (AD,R)
A 21-year-old man is rushed in
after a motorbike accident
leaves him with leg and lung
injuries. A 69-year-old, who
has locked-in-syndrome, is
having trouble breathing.
12.05 Celebrity Hunted (AD,BSL,R) 1.00 Celebrity Hunted (AD,BSL,R) 1.50 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA (BSL,R) 2.40 Dictator: The Hitler Interviews (AD,BSL,R) 3.30 Dover 24/7: Britain's Busiest Port (AD,BSL,R) 4.30 Grand Designs (AD,BSL,R) 5.20 Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds (AD,BSL,R) 5.50 Countdown (R)
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TREASURED MEMORIES The Repair Shop, 8pm, BBC1 FIRST into the barn in this 2025 episode are a pair of well-worn seats from the Art Deco West Stand of Arsenal’s Highbury stadium, kept warm by Michael’s grandfather and three generations of the family. Can Sonnaz Nooranvary restore them to their former glory? The experts also work their magic on a locket, a ledger from a family-run shop, and a hand-built miniature chapel that was part of a magical model village in Somerset.
FILM CHOICE
You’re Cordially
Invited, 10.40pm, BBC1
REESE Witherspoon and
Will Ferrell (pictured)
star as rivals fighting
over a double-booked
wedding venue in a film
with a throwback feel driven by the
hilarious hate-hate chemistry between
a doting dad and a determined woman.
C H A N N E L 5
6.00 Milkshake! Peppa Pig (R) 6.10 Tweedy & Fluff (R) 6.15 Odo (R) 6.20 Thomas & Friends (R) 6.35 Fireman Sam (R) 6.45 Peppa Pig (R) 6.50 Pip and Posy (R) 7.00 Paw Patrol (R) 7.10 Move It Milkshakers! (R) 7.20 Rubble & Crew (R) 7.35 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 7.45 Tim Rex in Space (AD,R) 8.00 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 Paw Patrol (R) 8.30 The Adventures of Paddington (R) 8.40 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom (R) 8.50 Kangaroo Beach 9.05 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 9.10 Tim Rex in Space: Sing-Alongs 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 5 News at Lunchtime 12.50 Matt Allwright 2.15 A Town Called Murder (2023) (PG) ● Thriller, starring Kayleigh Ruller and Alex Trumble. FILM
4.00
Castle (R) An old school friend
of Castle’s is murdered.
4.55
Love Nature (R) A look at the
colony of Atlantic puffins on St
Kilda in the Outer Hebrides.
5.00
5 News with Dan Walker
6.00
Majorca: A Year in the Sun (R)
Chef Marc Fosh is on a mission to
celebrate the island’s produce.
6.55
5 News Update
7.00 Car Pound Cops (R) Tracking cars as they are seized, with exclusive access to car pounds, police forces, local council enforcement agencies and national organisations. 7.55 5 News Update
8.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second
Counts Former nurse Sandra
is brought in with a suspected
dislocated ankle, and
paramedics rush in a 70-year-
old with a dangerously low
heart rate. Last in series.
PICK
PICK
9.00 999: Critical Condition
Charlotte arrives potentially
paralysed following a car
crash, and Graham faces life-
threatening surgery to remove
a tumour from his head.
10.00 Ambulance: Code Red (AD,R)
Paramedics respond to calls
of a man who has collapsed in
a hotel bathroom, a head-on
collision between two
motorcyclists, and a woman
with a broken leg.
11.05 Cause of Death (R) Lancashire Police investigate when the body of a man is discovered in a field. Part of his ear is missing and he is found to be laid on top of his wellington boots.
12.05 A&E After Dark (AD,R) 1.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit (R) 2.00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors (R) 2.50 Castle (R) 3.40 Friends (R) 4.10 Friends (R) 4.35 The Highland Vet (BSL,R) 5.25 Entertainment News on 5 5.35 Milo (BSL,R) 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington (BSL,R)
on track — by supping 30 pints a day!
ILICON Valley might as well give up now. After throwing mil- lions of computers, billions of dollars and trillions of kilowatts at AI animation, the results still look utterly unconvincing. Trying to bring history to life, on The Victorians, presenters Rob Rinder and Ruth Goodman used Artificial Intelligence to conjure pictures of our ances- tors at work and play. One shot showed a railway line under construction in a Yorkshire valley, with hundreds of pickaxe-wielding navvies scurrying like ants. Another depicted the beach at Scarborough, thronging with daytrippers who came by train. Both images looked no more like reality than a toy kaleidoscope pattern looks like a stained glass window. The eye can instantly tell they are fake, even before the brain can work out why. Far from showing us a forgotten world, the clips served simply as distractions. I couldn’t concen- trate on what the historians were
HEAVY ACCENTS OF THE NIGHT:
The Neapolitan crime drama
Gomorrah: The Origins (Sky
Atlantic) is Italy’s favourite
show this year — but many
Italians admit they need
the subtitles on. Natives of
Naples speak a dialect so
different their countrymen
struggle to understand it.
saying, because the false footage was so mesmerisingly bad. It got worse when the computer zoomed in on faces. Everything is slightly off — the lighting, the focus, the movement, and most of all the absence of life behind the eyes. If this is the best AI can do, we don’t have to worry about this slop taking over the world. The most it can achieve is to make television a little bit worse. Ruth and Rob were far more entertaining when they relied on old-fashioned methods, digging into 180-year-old documents to tell the story of the railway boom in the 1840s and the stock market crash that bankrupted many of its investors — including financier George Hudson. He was so celebrated for raising capital to build Britain’s first railway network that Madame Tussauds made a waxwork of him — and melted it down when everyone lost their money. Rob goggled over the itinerary for one of Hudson’s nouveau riche parties: punch for the early arrivals at 10pm, waltzing at 11, and at 1am a feast that began
N. IRELAND TV VARIATIONS
BBC2: 9.30pm The Band. Ed and Violet Kenny
share their emigration story. Last in series.
UTV: 10.45pm UTV at the Fleadh. 11.15 Inside
the Langham: Britain’s First Grand Hotel.
11.45 Deal or No Deal: Banker’s Best Battles.
WELSH TV VARIATIONS
BBC1: 8.00pm Shift the Thrift. 8.30 Our Lives: The
Last Miner in the Band. 10.40 Undercover: Cancer
Cure or Con? Paul Heaney investigates. 11.00
FILM: You’re Cordially Invited (2025) (15). 12.45am
The Hit List Celebrity Special. 1.30 BBC News.
S4C: 6.00am Cyw. 10.00 Blociau Rhif. 10.05 Crawc
a’i Ffrindiau. 10.15 Deian a Loli. 10.30 Eisteddfod
Genedlaethol 2026. 12noon Newyddion S4C.
12.05 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026. 2.00
Newyddion S4C. 2.05 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol
2026. 4.00 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026.
5.30 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026. 7.30
Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd. 7.50 Eisteddfod
Genedlaethol 2026. 9.45 Pawb a’i Farn.
10.45 Y Babell Len 2026. 11.15 Ty Ffit.
LAST NIGHT’S TV
The Victorians With Rob Rinder And Ruth Goodman
(Ch5) HHIII
with lobster vol-au-vents and turtle soup, and ended with raspberry cream, with cham- pagne till dawn. ‘I think I’d have been mates with the Hudsons,’ Rob announced. He winced at the sight of a bil- lowing dress with sleeves like
legs of mutton, worn by George’s gauche wife, Elizabeth. Fashion was not Mrs Hudson’s forte. One catty guest described her as, ‘a fat woman in a yellow gown and an amber cap with red flowers’. This episode is part of Channel
5’s Rich Lives, Poor Lives strand, which meant Ruth lectured us endlessly on how tough it was for the Victorian working classes, how the nation’s wealth was built on the backs of their labour, and other GCSE platitudes. The only way for navvies build- ing the railway tunnels to keep themselves going was to drink beer — eight pints a day on aver- age, though some were reported to knock back more than 30 pints. Thirty pints . . . they must have been steaming.
TED LASSO, APPLE TV IN 2023, we all thought Ted Lasso had finished for good. But it’s hard to say goodbye to success and, three years later, the Apple comedy returns for a fourth, ten-part series. As it begins, Ted is working at a Midwest supermarket so he can spend more time with his son, but the call of the soccer ball will always be strong for coach Lasso —and it isn’t long before the upbeat American is back in Blighty and coaching the Richmond women’s side. Series four is all about the challenges of making women’s football work in a world that values the men’s game so much
NEW US DRAMA
Sterling Point,
Amazon Prime Video
THIS is one of those shows that
look like a teen drama on the
surface, but are so well written
that their appeal is wider. It’s the
story of young, uptight New Yorker
Annie (Ella Rubin, pictured with
Amelie Hoeferle), whose summer
plans are thrown up in the air
and who has had the same, gay
boyfriend at school for years. One
day, she learns that her mother’s
father has died — and secrets
starts to slowly tumble out about
that side of the family. Her dad
isn’t telling her anything so Annie
heads to the Canadian island
where her grandfather lived,
RADIO
5ACTION Freeview 33 Sky 150 11.45am FILM: The Night of the Grizzly. (1966) (U) 1.50pm FILM: The Jayhawkers. (1959) (PG) 4.00 The Motorway. 5.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 6.00 Police Interceptors. 8.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 9.00 Police Interceptors. 10.00 Police: Night Shift 999. 11.00 The X-Files. BBC THREE Freeview 23 Sky 115 Virgin 107 7.00pm The Catch Up. 7.05 Deadly 60. 8.00 Top Gear. 10.00 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee. 11.35 Dinosaur. COMEDY CENTRAL
Sky 112 Virgin 132 12noon The Upper Hand. 1.05 Impractical Jokers Summer Vacation. 1.35 Friends. 9.00 Michael McIntyre’s Big Show. 10.00 8 Out of 10 Cats. 11.40 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA. DISCOVERY Sky 125 Virgin 177 11.00am Building Off the Grid. 1.00pm Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet. 3.00 How It’s Made. 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue. 7.00 Ant Anstead Master Mechanic. 9.00 Jaws vs. Orca. 10.00 Jurassic Sharks. 11.00 The Alaska Triangle. E4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 11.00am Below Deck. 12noon The Simpsons. 2.00 Brooklyn Nine- Nine. 3.00 Modern Family. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Hollyoaks. 5STAR (DAYTIME) Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 12noon Traffic Cops. 2.00 Police Interceptors. 5.00 Shoplifters: Caught Red Handed. 6.00 Home and Away. 5 SELECT Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 11.55am All Creatures Great and Small. 1.00pm Murder, She Wrote. 3.00 Columbo. 4.35 Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson. 5.00 Great Gardens of Europe. 6.00 Great British Ships. 7.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 9.00 Angela Rippon’s
more highly.
In other words,
it’s an underdog
story, which is
exactly what
the show was at
the start. Jason
Sudeikis, Hannah
Waddingham,
Juno Temple and
Brett Goldstein
all return as Ted,
Rebecca, Keeley
and sweary old
Roy Kent, while cast additions
include Sex Education’s
Tanya Reynolds (pictured
with Sudeikis) as assistant
coach Alice. Look out for
some real-world women’s
football references as it
and a voyage of discovery begins, including meeting the sister she never knew she had. Among the adult cast, look out for The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan as gruff but nice Joe and Missi Pyle as Denise, who is hilariously indiscreet when she’s drunk.
River Cruises. 10.00 Keeping Faith. 11.05 Prisoner: Cell Block H. 5 USA (DAYTIME) Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 12noon Law & Order. 6.00 NCIS. FOOD NETWORK UK Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 1.00pm James Martin’s Great British Adventure. 3.00 The Hairy Bikers Go West. 4.00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals. 5.00 The Pioneer Woman. 6.00 James Martin’s Great British Adventure. 7.00 The Great British Bake Off. 9.00 Sophie Grigson: Slice of Italy. 10.00 Jamie Cooks Italy. 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. GREAT! TV Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 12noon Little House on the Prairie. 1.00 The Waltons. 4.00 Little House on the Prairie. 6.00 Hamish Macbeth. 7.00 MASH. 9.00 FILM: Agatha Christie’s A Caribbean Mystery. (1983) (PG) 11.00 MASH. ITV2 (DAYTIME) Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 12.10pm Deal or No Deal. 1.10 Supermarket Sweep. 2.10 The Floor USA. 3.10 The Only Way Is Essex. 4.10 The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. 5.00 The Real Housewives of Orange County. 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase. ITV3 (DAYTIME) Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 11.30am Heartbeat. 1.35pm Midsomer Murders. 3.35 Classic Emmerdale. 4.40 Classic Coronation Street. 5.50 Heartbeat. ITV4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 10.15am The Professionals. 11.25 Robin of Sherwood. 12.30pm Magnum, PI. 2.35 Dempsey and Makepeace. 3.40 Boon. 4.50 The Professionals. 5.55 Minder. MORE4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 12.40pm Come Dine with Me. 3.20 Four in a Bed. 5.50 Car S.O.S. NAT’L GEOGRAPHIC
goes on — they were careful to consult actual players, such as Lioness Leah Williamson, so the show could reflect real themes and issues in the women’s game. New episodes arrive weekly.
SINGING TOGETHER
Voices Of The Valleys,
8pm, Sky Arts
CAMERAS follow three choirs
from across Wales, including the
Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir
from Denbighshire, as they
prepare for a key event in their
calendar in this new series.
AUSSIE COMEDY
Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-
Spelling Bee, 10pm, BBC3
GUY Montgomery and his
assistant Aaron Chen return with
a new, second series of the comedy
game show. Hannah Gadsby and
Lloyd Langford join the panel
having their spelling put to the test.
Investigation. 2.00 Hitler’s Last Stand. 4.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt. 5.00 Atomic Ghost Fleet: Drain the Oceans. 6.00 Secret Nazi Science. 7.00 Air Crash Investigation. 8.00 Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece. 9.00 Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive. 10.00 Mysteries of Ancient Medicine. 11.00 Air Crash Investigation. PBS AMERICA Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 1.00pm America the Bountiful. 1.35 Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall. 2.35 Hitler’s Gold. 3.35 Pirates: Behind the Legends. 4.35 Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation. 5.50 Hitler’s Gold. 6.50 Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall. 7.50 Pirates: Behind the Legends. 8.50 Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation. 10.00 Hitler’s Gold. 11.00 Pirates: Behind the Legends. REALLY Freeview 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12noon The Yorkshire Auction House. 2.00 The Repair Shop. 3.00 Salvage Hunters. 5.00 Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace. 6.00 The Repair Shop. 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House. 8.00 Antiques Road Trip. 9.00 Long Lost Family. 10.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 11.00 Help! My House Is Haunted. SKY ARTS Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123 1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected. 2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. 3.00 The Seventies. 4.00 Discovering: James Coburn. 5.00 Best of Portrait Artist of the Year 2021. 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 8.00 Voices of the Valleys. 9.00 Bryn Terfel: Celtic Beethoven. 10.25 Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show. SKY ATLANTIC
Sky 108 Virgin 111 10.20am Heated Rivalry. 12.30pm Homicide: Life on the Street. 2.30 Billions. 4.40 Heated Rivalry. 6.50 The Penguin. 9.00 House of the Dragon. 10.15 Station Eleven. SKY COMEDY
6 9 (Scot 24) TIME BBC 4 E4 ITV2
RADIO 4 FM: 92.4-94.6MHZ 5.00am News Summary. 5.04 BBC Inside Science. 5.32 Weather. 5.34 Shipping Forecast. 5.43 Prayer for the Day. 5.45 Farming Today. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Sideways. 9.30 Breakin’ the Cycle. 10.00 Woman’s Hour. 11.00 File on 4 Investigates: A Romanian Ransom. 11.40 This Week in History. 11.45 Tony Hawks Is Giving Nothing Away. The rise in inheritance disputes. 12noon News. 12.04 You and Yours. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 The World at One. 1.45 The Bare Necessities. Dan Richards visits the Scottish Crannog Centre on Loch Tay. 2.00 The Archers. 2.15 Drama: United Kingdoms. 3.00 Precious Stones.
Avenue 5. 1.30 Upright. 2.45 Will & Grace. 3.45 Hacks. 5.00 Community. 6.00 Will & Grace. 7.00 The Office (US). 8.00 The Reluctant Landlord. 9.00 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. 9.45 Ellie Taylor: Palavering! 10.45 Hacks. SKY DOCUMENTARIES
Sky 114 Virgin 121 12noon AKA Mr Chow. 1.50 My Icon: Pam Cookey. 2.00 FILM: Spitfire. (2018) (PG) 4.00 The Directors. 5.00 Discovering: Bruce Willis. 5.55 J.F.K.: Destiny Betrayed. 7.00 The Alien Autopsy Scandal. 8.00 Blur: To the End. 10.00 Groomed: The Truth Behind the Lie. 11.00 Murder at the Post Office. SKY HISTORY
Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo explores York
Wainwright Walks Scaling the demanding mountain Blencathra
The Treasures of
Ancient Rome The
Romans’ obsession
with sex and violence
Mary Beard Remembers — Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
9.10 Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit The scholar explores the myths and revolutions of the Roman Empire
10.10 I, Claudius
A marriage is arranged
for young Claudius.
Starring Derek
Jacobi, Siân Phillips,
Brian Blessed and
George Baker
11.05 I, Claudius
Augustus learns
of Livilla’s lies
11.55 The Treasures
of Ancient Rome The
Romans’ obsession with
violence (To 12.55)
RADCLIFFE, 9PM, RADIO 2
BELFAST is hosting the
All-Ireland Fleadh, the
celebration of Irish
music and culture, for
the first time this year.
Mark Radcliffe is in the
city’s Ulster Hall to hear
music from this year’s
Ebb And Flow concert
featuring the Ulster
Orchestra and artists
including Donal O’Connor
3.30 Unreliable Narrator.
A man who lost
his memory.
4.00 The Power of Guilt.
A man who caused
a climbing accident.
4.15 The Media Show.
5.00 PM; Weather.
6.00 Six O’Clock News.
6.30 Best Medicine.
Free flap surgery,
pilates and the
power of persistence.
Storage Hunters. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Forged in Fire. 8.00 Rust Valley Restorers. 9.00 History’s Greatest Warriors. 10.00 Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin. 11.00 Airport Security: USA. SKY ONE Sky 106 Virgin 109 12noon Moon: Nature’s Secret Force. 1.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 S.W.A.T. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 Animal Control. 7.00 The Simpsons. 8.00 A League of Their Own: The Rally. 9.00 FILM: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (1991) (15) 11.30 Animal Control. SKY SCI-FI Sky 145 Virgin 140 11.00am Star Trek: Enterprise. 12noon Star Trek: Voyager. 1.00 Stargate Atlantis. 2.00 Warehouse 13. 4.00 Stargate SG-1. 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.00 Star Trek:
Hollyoaks Vicky
hides the truth
The Simpsons Marge and Lisa meet a stage star in Capital City
Vanderpump Rules
New host Angelica
catches Jason’s eye
at the annual SUR
photoshoot. Natalie
and Shayne go on
their first date
Gogglebox Considered thoughts on I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, The Great British Bake Off, The Crown, Family Fortunes, Mammals, Love Is Blind and This Morning
Gogglebox The
sofa-critics watch
programmes including
The Crown, I’m a
Celebrity, Get Me Out
of Here! and You
Won’t Believe This
11.05 Naked Attraction Bristol estate agent Katie and London student James each choose a date from six naked people (To 12.05)
with Duke Special and John McSherry, and harpist Una Monaghan. He also meets Lisa Canny (pictured — a seven-time all-Ireland harp and banjo champion) and Niamh Hinchy, who sing together as duo Absolute Lilt; they also tell Mark about their all-female musical collective Biird.
7.00 The Archers.
There’s heartbreak
in store for Chelsea.
7.15 Front Row. With
Stockard Channing,
Jeff Whitty and a
live performance
by Maddie and
Marcus Rice.
8.00 AntiSocial. Adam
Fleming discusses
the NHS’s reliance
on foreign workers.
Enterprise. 7.00 Stargate Atlantis. 8.00 Stargate SG-1. 9.00 Resident Alien. 10.00 Grimm. 11.00 The Walking Dead. SKY WITNESS
Sky 107 Virgin 110 12noon FBI. 2.00 The Rookie. 3.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 4.00 Nothing to Declare. 8.00 Caught on Dashcam. 9.00 Fire Country. 10.00 FBI: International. 11.00 The Rookie. TLC Freeview 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113 10.00am The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 The Middle. 3.30 Young Sheldon. 5.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 One Day in My Body. 11.00 Unacceptable. U&ALIBI Sky 109 Virgin 114 12noon Body of Proof. 1.00 Death in Paradise. 2.00 Murdoch
The Floor USA The Floor is on a mission to take a major player down, but can they find a David to destroy this Goliath?
The 1% Club Quiz hosted by Lee Mack in which the questions are about logic and common sense, with 100 contestants having a chance of winning up to £100,000
Family Guy Brian
and Stewie visit
alternative universes
Family Guy Lois discovers she is Jewish
Family Guy Peter campaigns for immigration rights
Family Guy Brian’s new girlfriend leaves
11.05 Family Guy Peter becomes obsessed with a hit song from 1963
11.35 American Dad! Stan decides to do something about his baldness (To 12.05)
ITV4 MORE4 SKY MIX QUEST U&DAVE U&DRAMA 5STAR 5USA
6.55 Heartbeat
The bobbies of
Aidensfield try to get
to the bottom of a
series of burglaries in
which the culprit only
steals certain objects
Midsomer Murders
Blood on the Saddle:
A land dispute leads
to murder during a
cowboy fair run by
the Wild West Society
of a Midsomer village.
Guest starring
Kenneth Cranham,
with John Nettles
and Jason Hughes
Grantchester
When a student is
found dead, Will
and Geordie must
infiltrate the world
of campus politics
to find the killer
Grantchester
Will and Leonard
witness a hit-and-run
11.50 Trial &
Retribution
A schoolteacher is
found dead (To 12.50)
8.45 Cafe Hope. GP Dr Susan Taheri talks about the Growing Well Garden. 9.00 Invisible Hands. The story of the man who started the Cold War. 9.30 Inside Health. James Gallagher sheds light on the latest research. 10.00 The World Tonight. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Vicar of Wakefield. .
Mysteries. 4.00 The Mentalist. 5.00 Hudson & Rex. 6.00 Body of Proof. 7.00 Private Eyes. 8.00 Bookish. 9.10 Death in Paradise. Love is in the air for Neville. 10.10 Father Brown. A prestigious group of writers is invited to Montague. 11.10 Private Eyes. U&DAVE (DAYTIME) Freeview 19 Sky 111 Virgin 127 11.20am Yukon Gold. 12.20pm Top Gear. 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. 3.00 Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia. 4.00 Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul. 6.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British. U&DRAMA (DAYTIME)
Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116 11.45am The Bill. 12.45pm Classic EastEnders. 2.00 Neighbours. 3.00 Pie in the Sky. 4.05 Lovejoy. 5.20 As Time Goes By. 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine.
Aussie Pickers
Lucas Callaghan and
Adam McDonald visit
a collection of Aussie
memorabilia that
has been voted as
the
best in Australia
Beat the Chasers —
Celebrity Special
Nish Kumar, Chris
McCausland, Mary
Earps and Alexander
Armstrong take part
•••
•••
•••
•••
RoboCop (1987,18)
A murdered police
officer is rebuilt
as a cyborg, but
memories of his
human life lead
him to turn on his
corrupt creators.
Sci-fi thriller,
starring Peter
Weller and
Nancy Allen.
Includes FYI Daily
11.05 All Elite Wrestling: Collision Hard-hitting action, featuring stars including FTR, Thunder Rosa, Jon Moxley and Jay White (To 1.05)
÷ LADYSMITH Black
Mambazo and guests
celebrate the 40th
anniversary of Paul Simon’s
Graceland album in a
late-night concert from
the BBC PROMS 2026
(10.15PM, RADIO 3). The
Grammy Award-winning
album defied apartheid
restrictions to feature black
South African musicians
and introduced the world
to the country’s music.
Earlier (at 6pm) the Halle
orchestra play Ravel,
Rachmaninov and Boulanger
at the Royal Albert Hall.
11.00 Sunil Patel: An
Idiot’s Guide to
Living Forever.
11.15 Follow the Rabbit.
Tom Lawrinson stars.
11.30 Hollywood and
the Adland Five.
12midnight News; Weather.
12.30 Tony Hawks Is
Giving Nothing
Away. See 11.45am.
12.48 Shipping Forecast.
1.00 BBC World Service.
U&EDEN Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176 12noon Locomotion: Dan Snow’s History of Railways. 1.00 Britain’s Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney. 4.00 Locomotion: Dan Snow’s History of Railways. 5.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics. U&GOLD Sky 110 Virgin 124 11.40am Going Straight. 12.20pm Only Fools and Horses. 1.00 Keeping Up Appearances. 1.35 Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes. 2.20 The Green Green Grass. 3.00 Are You Being Served? 3.40 Going Straight. 4.20 Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes. 5.00 Last of the Summer Wine. 6.20 Keeping Up Appearances. 7.00 Only Fools and Horses. 7.45 Dad’s Army. 8.25 Are You Being Served? 9.00 The Office. 9.40 Porridge. 10.20 Not
6.50 Car S.O.S
Tim Shaw and Fuzz
Townshend take on
a 1963 Citroen HY Van
7.55 Grand Designs Natasha Cargill wants to build a home shaped like two enormous periscopes in rural Norfolk, but she must adhere to strict constraints to ensure she can live there
The Roman Empire
by Train with Alice
Roberts The
anthropologist
embarks on a journey
visiting key sites of
the Roman empire
24 Hours in Police Custody: The Butcher of Suburbia Part one of two. The inside story of the murder of a 74-year-old woman
11.05 24 Hours In
Police Custody: The
Butcher of Suburbia
Part two of two.
A suspect admits to
the crime (To 12.10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Data experiments with his emotions by pursuing a romantic liaison with Ensign Jenna Anaya
Police 24/7 Rowdy teenagers cause problems at the local liquor store and a man creates a medical emergency by swallowing drugs right before his arrest
The Rookie Officer Chen and Sergeant Bradford are on the hunt for a perpetrator on a crime spree
The Rookie Officer Harper puts Officer Aaron through a plain clothes exercise
Star Trek: Enterprise
Part one of two.
Archer and the crew
unearth a xenophobic
plot at a conference
on Earth (To 12.00)
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Antiques Road Trip
Catherine Southon
and Serhat Ahmet
tour East Anglia
hunting for antiques.
Plus, Serhat hears of a
woman who went to
fight on the front line
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing The River Tay
7.40 Would I Lie to You? With Warwick Davis, Jason Manford and Joan Bakewell
The Yorkshire
Auction House
A cancer survivor
wants to sell his
beloved whisky
collection for a
good cause
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QI XL Extended edition. Jeremy Clarkson, Sandi Toksvig, Danny Baker and Alan Davies attempt to answer host Stephen Fry’s questions on the topics of luck and loss
The Yorkshire Auction House New series. Angus Ashworth hits the jackpot by shifting a collector’s vintage slot machines and Raleigh Choppers
The Repair Shop
Cobbler Dean is tasked
with restoring a pair
of wooden roller
skates. Electronics
expert Mark fixes up
a 1960s radiogram
Have I Got a Bit
More News for You
Clive Myrie takes up
the reins as host, with
journalist Camilla Long
and actor Miles Jupp
How Do They Do It? An insight into how people care for bees
Taskmaster Dave Gorman, Al Murray, Rob Beckett, Sara Pascoe and Paul Chowdhry discover which of them is the winner (To 12.00)
How Do They Do It? How money is kept safe inside cash machines (To 12.00)
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7.20 Last of the
Summer Wine
Compo gets a
chance to impress
Nora Batty
Sister Boniface
Mysteries When
Radio Catherine’s top
DJ is murdered on-air,
Sister Boniface is called
in to investigate
The Chelsea
Detective Emma
admits that a huge
rift came between her
and her father when
he had an affair with
her friend, but she
denies murdering him
New Tricks The squad reinvestigate the case of a political activist who disappeared after waging a campaign against a controversial comedian. Guest starring Phil Daniels
11.20 Luther
The detective faces
suspension after Mark
is beaten up (To 12.40)
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head for Cuba to look
into the mysterious
death of a Navy
translator stationed
at Guantanamo Bay,
and uncover a plot
Casualty 24/7:
Every Second Counts
A two-year-old with
dangerously low blood
sugar is rushed in
NCIS The team
exhume the body of a
marine to ascertain
whether a phone call
to his widow, allegedly
from beyond the
grave, was a hoax
GPs: Behind Closed Doors A three-year- old is sent for urgent tests after antibiotics fail to help her
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II (1988,PG)
The Australian
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the drug dealers
who kidnapped his
girlfriend to the
Outback for a
showdown.
Comedy adventure
sequel, starring Paul
Hogan and Linda
Kozlowski. Includes
Entertainment News
Jesse Stone:
Benefit of the
Doubt (2012,12)
The troubled cop
returns to his role
as chief of police
to bring the
perpetrators of a
Mob-related double
homicide to justice.
Thriller, with Tom
Selleck. Includes
Entertainment News
10.55 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit An army ranger attempts to recover from a sexual assault
11.20 Total Recall (1990,15) Sci-fi thriller, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rachel Ticotin (To 1.40)
11.50 Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit
A rapist’s claims create
outrage (To 12.50)
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starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, who also directed. SKY PREMIERE
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A RUNNER who stops to retie a lace briefly loses ground but can then continue at full speed. You want to push on today, and that instinct isn’t wrong. However, a small but important detail is asking for one more look before you can move at pace again. Frame this as maintenance, not a penalty. Slowing down here is not the same as stopping. The finish line will still be there when you’re ready to go for it. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0301✽
TAURUS Apr 21 - May 21
FRESH paint can make a wall look
finished but won’t take care of any
real structural problems. You’ve done a good
job of tidying the surfaces of an issue recently
but the Moon in your sign wants you to notice
that the damp is still coming through. Some
jobs need revisiting with the cause addressed
rather than covered. It may feel like a big task
to revisit what you thought was finished but
comfort comes from doing the job properly.
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GEMINI May 22 - June 22
WHEN we listen to the entire voicemail rather than skimming the first few seconds and guessing at the rest, we might be surprised at the message we hear. Something someone said to you a while back makes more sense now you have a clearer context to place it in. You are not required to answer straight away. Process matters at your own pace. Let this one thing land properly before you move to the next message. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0303✽
CANCER June 23 - July 23
THE smell
of a favourite childhood dish can cause
an emotional response faster than
anything else. Something similar is happening
now for you, as an old ache resurfaces for your
attention. This is not because life is going
backwards, rather that your body finally feels
safe enough to let this feeling in. You don’t
need to explain the whole history behind it to
anyone right away. Most Cancerians know
when something needs tending rather than fixing. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0304✽
LEO July 24 - Aug 23
A MUSICIAN who’s mastered a piece can still find one note they’ve been playing wrong for years. Something that you thought was finished asks for one more pass, not because the whole performance was bad but because an element needs attention. It might sting to hear it from someone you trust but let them say it. Recognition matters less now than getting the note right. Fix it and the piece will finally sound the way you meant it to. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0305✽
VIRGO Aug 24 - Sep 23
A BOX of items labelled as sorted can sit for years without anyone opening it to check. You’ve finished with an issue and moved on – but it needs another honest look. Some things get closed before they’re completed, especially when that makes things look so tidy from the outside. You know better than most how satisfying an organised surface feels, but on this occasion the box needs to be properly emptied out before it can stay closed for good. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0306✽
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LIBRA Sep 24 - Oct 23
A FRIENDSHIP can drift along fine for months after a disagreement if you quietly agree not to mention it again. Today the matter resurfaces, not because anyone wants to reopen a fight but because something was never resolved. Facing up to unfinished business is never easy, but you don’t need a perfect script prepared. Saying the honest, slightly awkward thing now will do far more for the friendship than polite silence. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0307✽
SCORPIO Oct 24 - Nov 22
THEY say old scars ache before rain arrives because the weather is reminding you the healing was never finished. You are brave about the things other people flinch from, so you probably noticed this feeling the moment it showed up. That honesty is useful now as you need to tell someone close what’s resurfacing instead of just registering it privately and moving on. The original wound is worth tending properly. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0308✽
SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 - Dec 21
HIKERS who realise they took a wrong turn miles back have two options: push on anyway or backtrack to the fork they missed. Backtracking always feels
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like it costs more time, but does it? Something from your past needs to be looked at again. Not because your whole journey was wrong but because one turn was. A friend who walked part of this route with you noticed what you didn’t at the time. There is more to learn from your journey today. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0309✽
CAPRICORN Dec 22 - Jan 20
A BILL you thought had been paid
can turn up again months later, still
needing to be settled. Something is
resurfacing for you – an old account that was
never quite closed. This isn’t a failure of
planning on your part. Some debts just take
longer to call in than others. Let someone
else see the real number instead of managing
it on your own. Pay what’s owed properly now
and you won’t need to keep budgeting around
it. What do the stars have in store for you?
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AQUARIUS Jan 21 - Feb 19
A SOFTWARE update that only half
installs will keep glitching until you
reinstall it. For a while you’ve been living
with a workaround for something because
a full reboot felt too overwhelming. This is
the time to restart. The odd thing is you
already know exactly what needs resetting –
you’ve just been worried about what you
might lose as a result. Trust the process and
soon the whole system will run the way you
want it to. What do the stars have in store for
you? Call for your personalised horoscope
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PISCES Feb 20 - Mar 20
SPONGES can
be heavier than they looks if nobody
has wrung them out properly. You have
been carrying excess baggage in the same
way recently. You absorbed an emotional
issue and never fully released it. This is a
personal issue that needs to be properly
squeezed through. Holding onto things long
after you thought they’d drained away can
burden you with extra weight. Once you
jettison what’s been holding you back, you’ll
notice how much lighter everything else feels
too. What do the stars have in store for you?
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ALEX GRAHAM LIMITED
email: pboro@dailymail.co.uk
of a dairy next door M
Y MEMORIES of milkmen go back to when I was young, in the late 1940s and early 1950s. United Dairies (UD) had a depot in Windmill Lane, Stratford, East London, next to my family’s café, with our living quarters above. In those days, horse-drawn carts were the local mode of milk transport and I would be awoken at 6.30am, seven days a week, by the clip-clop of hooves on the cobbled road, as they began their daily rounds. The UD relied on cobs because their strength enabled them to haul carts full of milk through the East End’s narrow streets with ease. On rainy days I marvelled at how the horses managed to pull heavily laden carts from a standing start up the quite severe incline on greasy cobbled roads when leaving the depot. Many of the milkmen would visit my mum and dad’s café for a cuppa and a ‘bite’ before going home each day – and if Mum was too free with the milk in their cuppa, Dad would gently ask if she had acquired shares in the UD. One day, the sound of much breaking glass was heard,
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followed by a commotion and then, galloping past the shop came a terrified UD horse, running back to its stable, its shafts in its wake, the metal parts sparking off the cobbles. These had sheared off the cart in a collision with a car. Dad, on seeing the horse speeding past, remarked: ‘One of the UD’s horses has come home naked’ – much to the bemusement of our customers. Apart from shock, fortunately the horse had no other injuries. The depot’s ground floor housed more than two dozen carts, together with enormous refrigerators where the bottled milk was stored,
MONEY OEUF:
So good I bought
one… great Nectar
savings on these
Scotch eggs!
Jenny Burt,
Romney Marsh, Kent
behind a loading bank. On the opposite side was a ramp, which led to the upper floor where the stables were situated. If I arrived home from school early enough, I would sometimes watch the milkmen park their float, detach the horse from the float, give it a pat on the rump and then watch it climb the ramp and walk straight into its own stall, to wait patiently for the groom to take its harness off, its job done for the day. Every Easter Bank Holiday Monday, Stratford depot would send a specially polished and decorated milk float, together with a hand- picked horse, resplendent in ultra-burnished harness, both heavily garlanded with flowers, to an ‘Easter Parade’, which I was told was held in Battersea Park, returning in the early evening, usually with some silverware. Sadly, the day eventually came when I was no longer awoken by that long-familiar clip-clop but by the whirr of electric motors instead, as modernisation finally reached Stratford and electric floats took over to become the norm. Rick Ferrari, Billericay, Essex
Wordy Wise BEECALMED — striped insect has been pacified. BEECAUSE — honey maker’s quest. BEEDAZZLED — drone experiencing visual disturbance from bright light. BEEDECK — floor of black and yellow insect’s ship. BEEDEVIL — evil stinger. BEEDRAGGLED — soaked honey producer. Dave Cullen, Alwoodley, Leeds
KITTY CAN: My thirsty cat during the heatwave. Jennifer Brewer, Eastbourne, E. Sussex
Joke MY WIFE picked up my tube of superglue instead of her lip salve. It was her mistake but she’s still not talking to me! Laurie Yarham, Rayleigh, Essex
LETTERS Write to: Daily Mail Letters, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY email: letters@dailymail.co.uk Lucy and Lisa I READ Michael Gove’s Saturday Essay (Daily Mail) with interest and it reminded me that my neighbour taught both Education Secretary Lucy Powell and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy. He remembers the former as being good at geography but not at English grammar, and a bit of a rebel. The latter he recalls as clever, with her hair tied up in ribboned bunches. He says he accepts no responsibility for the way they turned out. Lord Gove ably demonstrated in his article the truth of the adage that socialism is a failed philosophy, promoting envy and class distinction while stifling aspiration. BRYAN GOODWIN, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
MICHAEL GOVE credits Gladstone
with giving a great speech to labour-
ers and coalminers. He doesn’t tell us
if the audience knew who Pericles,
Virgil and Dryden were, or whether
they cared about what strategy the
Austro-Hungarian foreign minister
was using in the Balkans.
In 1879, millions were living in
squalor and deprivation, with terrible
infant mortality and many adults
dying before their 40s. I’m sure most
working people then would rather
have heard about a free health service
and a living wage.
Burnham may not be talking
Classics to working people but at
least he shows he cares about their
lives and is trying to help them.
ROGER FOWNES, Bromsgrove, Worcs
Hidden away
THANK you to Eve Livingston and
Jane Fryer (Daily Mail) for your arti-
cle on hikikomori (withdrawing from
the world and isolating in your room).
This is exactly our situation and it
was a relief to find that the recom-
mended advice on how to deal with it
mirrored our approach.
Our son qualified with a science
degree two years ago but has been
unable to find work in his subject.
He refuses to sign on the dole for
admirable altruistic reasons (he feels
it is wrong to take money from the
state for doing nothing), so the NEET
count is probably much higher, as I’m
sure there are many like him who are
totally invisible to the state.
He insists on ‘doing it his way’ in
searching for work.
He is nocturnal, arguing that this
means a better internet connection
on his computer.
In two years, he has been out just
once. Before going to university he
worked part-time in a pub, which has
since closed.
We really don’t know how to help
him find work, other than advising
him to emigrate to somewhere his
talents would be more valued.
Name and address supplied
Debt trap
SURELY anyone who borrows money
to pay interest on money they have
borrowed earlier must be economi-
cally illiterate, especially when they
have no idea whether they will ever
be able to repay the original debt,
and the extra debt taken on only just
covers the interest due but won’t
cover interest due in future.
Has the UK Government ever filled
in a credit agreement? If so, they
would have been turned down.
KEITH McCARREN, Rossendale, Lancs
Blue for you
ON THE subject of awful modern ads
(Letters), I think one of the best ads
ever was for Esso Blue paraffin.
It was based on a popular song with
the lyrics altered to: ‘They asked me
how I knew/It was Esso Blue/I of
course replied/With lower grades one
buys/Smoke gets in your eyes’.
MIKE FROST, Tiptree, Essex
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OF A LOVED ONE
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Charity case
HAVING been a fundraiser for wild-
life animal charities for more than
eight decades, I was sad to see Mick
Webley’s letter describing how he
walked away from a street collector
because, rather than accept some
change, they wanted him to sign up
to a direct debit for £10 a month.
When all charities are struggling to
survive now, £10 a month is about 36p
a day – far less than the cost of the
coffee he then bought.
If the sanctuaries to which rescued
wildlife is taken, such as The Monkey
Sanctuary in Cornwall, have to close,
where will all these creatures go?
ANGELA HUMPHERY, London N2
What you know
SAINSBURY’S bought Home Retail
group, owners of Argos, for £1.4 billion
in 2016. Now they are selling Argos for
£120 million.
My grandfather, who founded our
family business in 1896, always said
that any deviation from the business
you know and understand leads to a
further dilution of the profits.
We are still in business.
PADDY JOHNSON, Toye, Co Down
Crime pays
MY MEALS cooked for me and no
washing up, a mobile, no need to
work, a comfy bed, any meds I have
to take, my washing done, a games
room, TV, medical care and lots of
others to mix with.
I just have to think which crime to
commit to get my place in prison.
LESLEY SKORUPKA,
Boosbeck, N. Yorks
Kids on the block
I FIND it incredible that a trial on
puberty-blockers is to go ahead, after
a judge rejected a legal challenge.
This is akin to doing experiments on
children. So where are all the
banner-waving Left-wing protesters?
BILL GLOVER, Cople, Beds
In raptures
I CAN’T believe your TV reviewer
Christopher Stevens gave The
Rapture (BBC1) one star.
My husband and I binge-watched
the whole series and thought it was
great TV. Yet he gave Benidorm Is
Murder, which in our opinion was
cringeworthy, five stars.
Mrs LORRAINE YATES,
Stockport, Cheshire
Uni mirage
TONY BLAIR’S drive to get a major-
ity of young people into higher educa-
tion is yet another example of his
chickens coming home to roost.
If the aim is to even-up society, we
need to challenge the ridiculous
snobbery whereby an apprentice
plumber is regarded as a less impres-
sive young person than a university
student on a vague course that will
we feel reassured?
POINT
EVERY time I see hundreds of immigrants walking in a line, wearing orange lifejackets provided by their rescuers, I feel a pang of despair. These people must be feeling relieved while we law-abiding, taxpaying British citizens, watch on, realising our country is getting poorer financially and morally. We have often heard it said that these illegal migrants are not breaking any laws. Yes, they are. They are coming here, undocumented, to take advantage of all the nice freebies. Furthermore, they are not ‘arriving on our shores’ but being ferried here by Border Force as precious guests. I wouldn’t invite total strangers into my home and invite them to take all my money. So why does the Government do this? LESLEY MOULD, East Garston, Berks
IN RESPONSE to the continuing problem of large numbers of illegal boat people crossing the Channel, Andy Burnham says we should create more ‘safe and legal routes’. Many worry about the impact of such immigrants on our country, its security and resources (housing, NHS demand, benefits). It makes no
be of little benefit to society.
By the 1990s, young people
had cottoned on to the idea
that prolonged study (of any
old subject) was better than
rolling up their sleeves and
doing a proper job. Further-
more, society would grant
them elevated status.
Some university staff are far
from blameless. There is a
climate of empire-building.
Never mind trawling the
country to get bums on seats,
we now trawl the world.
An emphasis on practical
education is pointless until
we give skilled tradespeople
the respect they deserve.
SANDRA M. TOWERS,
Wigton, Cumbria
Dreamboat Andy
I DON’T know about Lucy
Powell (Letters) but Alison
Hammond was drooling over
Andy Burnham when he was
on ITV’s This Morning.
B. SPRAY, Romford, Essex
MATT RIDLEY’S article on wildfires (Daily Mail) highlighted concerns I have previously raised. Thanks to the obsession with rewilding and misguided ideas such as ‘No Mow May’, latched onto by cost-cutting councils, our countryside is in grave danger. Dominant weeds have caused the loss of more plants than have been saved and, during dry spells, they become kindling for wood and heathland. The National Trust has stopped sheep from grazing in some areas for biodiversity reasons, which only encourages a tinderbox of weeds ready to burst into flames.
Still they come: Migrants board a smuggler’s boat off France last week
difference whether several thousand immigrants from countries such as Afghanistan, Syria, Eritrea, Iran and Sudan enter legally or illegally. The effect is the same. DAVID BIRD, Chandlers Ford, Hants
REFORM’S plan to tow migrant boats back to France fails on several issues but mainly because, once the boats leave French waters, those aboard them are no longer anything to do with France. They don’t have French passports. So if our Navy tried to return them, the French could rightly say we had no right to dump them on their beaches. Attaching
ALTHOUGH I’m not particu- larly religious, the anointing of Andy Burnham made me think of Psalm 146: ‘Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help’. We’ll see. JOHN DODD, Ipswich, Suffolk
MY NAME is Burnham. Andy Burnham. Beer, please. Warm, not frothy, with pork scratchings. Shaken, not stirred. A. WALTON, Oundle, Northants
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I would add that ‘rewilded’ banks and hedgerows are dangerous to road users, as the growth often blocks their view at junctions, roundabouts and corners. The increase in allergy-related conditions is also surely due to excess pollen-releasing weeds. This year, many people I know have suffered from hay fever, asthma and hives for the first time. EDWINA SMART, Eastleigh, Hants
READING Matt Ridley’s article on wildfires (Daily Mail) slowly brought back a memory from childhood of the moors on fire after controlled burning – or swaling, as it was called – by farmers. Every year, in winter, there would be fires
Changing times PEOPLE like Isobel Martin, who embrace no digital tech, will sadly be left behind in the modern world (Letters). Like it or not, we are becoming a cashless society. Online banking will soon be standard and more bank branches will close. Shops are closing, too, as more people shop online. I respect the choice people like Isobel
towropes at sea to turn boats around, against the wishes of those on board, would be dangerous and European courts would deem it illegal. PHILIP CODD, Manchester
DEAR Mr Burnham, just stop faffing around reducing a few bus fares and opening an office in Manchester. Pay attention and stop all the boatloads of illegal immigrants. CHRISTINE WILLIAMS, Enfield, Middx
THE only reason people wanted Farage as PM was his stance on illegal immigration. What is Burnham’s? SANDRA SCOTT, Leeds
make but I’d rather be ahead
of the curve than behind it.
SUSI FELTON,
Guildford, Surrey
Robot romp
WELL done, BBC. I didn’t
think you had it in you to
make a laugh- out-loud
comedy ever again but Ann
Droid is wonderful.
I absolutely love Diane
Morgan as Linda.
ANN HARVEY, Norwich
for a short while, to make summer fires less likely and encourage fresh vegetation for the sheep and lambs in spring. VAL LAWRENSON, Littleborough, Lancs YOU have only to look at verges and once-green roundabouts to see tinder-dry withered weeds. Rewilding is supposed to improve the environment. Instead, wildlife is being incinerated on the altar of wokery. Our highlands, woodlands and countryside used to be sensitively managed but are now just a mess, waiting for an errant spark to ignite them like a tinderbox. C. D. FIELD, Middlesbrough, N. Yorks
÷ THERE’S a lot of publicity about the publicity- shy Sussexes on their ‘secret’ Scottish holiday. PATRICK MORGAN, Hednesford, Staffs
÷ BURNHAM has indeed stopped the small boats. Now he has to stop the larger boats. RICHARD OWEN, Exeter, Devon
÷ BITTEN off more than you can chew eh, Andy? BRIAN SMITH, Aldington, Worcs
÷ BURNHAM’S favourite indie band must surely be The Charlatans. PAUL TASKER, Hebburn, Tyne and Wear
÷ EVERY ‘Burnham brainwave’ involves him having his hand deeper in my pocket. TERRY COATES, Birmingham
÷ ANDY has vowed to make gravy available in all Southern fish and chip shops by 2028. S. HENDERSON, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
÷ I’M ALREADY fed up with Andy Burnham. B. SIMPSON, Preston, Lancs
÷ BUY heat-resistant traveller’s cheques and take your money with you when you die. DAVID KIRKWOOD, Aspatria, Cumbria
÷ TWO bronze medals for Adam Peaty. Karma? CHRIS RODWELL, Camberley, Surrey
÷ I THINK Gianni Infantino looks like The Hood from Thunderbirds. GUY VARLEY, Edlesborough, Bucks
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QUESTION What is the largest sports stadium in the world? RIGHT now, the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, is the world’s largest sports stadium by capacity. It can hold an incredi- ble 132,000 spectators, making it bigger than any other stadium currently in use. The venue is primarily used for cricket and has hosted some of the sport’s biggest events, including the 2023 Cricket World Cup final. The stadium reopened in its cur- rent form in 2020 following a major redevelopment of the former Sardar Patel Stadium. Spread across 63 acres, it boasts modern facilities, corporate hospitality boxes and carefully designed seating that gives fans an excellent view of the action regardless of where they are sat. Its sheer scale reflects the enormous popularity of cricket in India. Other giant stadiums include North Korea’s Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, which reportedly holds 114,000 people (or 150,000 if you believe the official figures), and Michigan Stadium in the United States, which can accommodate over 107,000 spectators. Australia’s iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground is also among the world’s largest venues, with a capacity of a little more than 100,000 while the UK’s biggest stadium, Wembley, trails behind at 90,000. However, Narendra Modi Stadium may not hold the record forever. A huge new stadium under construc- tion in Hanoi, Vietnam is expected to overtake it. The project, currently known as Hung Vuong Stadium, is planned to hold around 135,000 spectators when completed, roughly 3,000 more than Narendra Modi. The venue is expected to feature the world’s largest retractable roof and will form the centrepiece of a massive Olympic-style sports complex in southern Hanoi. Construction began late last year and the developers hope it will host major international football matches, sporting events and large- scale concerts. J. Wilson, London N1 ACCORDING to some on the Faroe Islands, they have the largest stadium in the world in their capital, Torshavn. This is because, with a capacity of 6,040 it can hold a little over 10 per cent of their population. Raymond Oswin, Telford, Shropshire
Q: When was the first motorway built and where? B. McDevitt, Birkenhead Q: Is it true that in the Netherlands people don’t close their curtains? Beatrice Coleman, Staines, Middx
biggest venue
Enormous: The Narendra Modi Stadium seats 132,000 spectators
QUESTION During the Second World War my grandfather was designated as a ‘Street Leader’ in Wandsworth. How extensive was this scheme? THIS scheme was part of a contin- gency plan for one of Britain’s dark- est possibilities: a successful Ger- man invasion. Although the title varied from place to place, Street Leaders were usually responsible for relaying instructions, organising neighbours and acting as a link between residents and authorities. It emerged after the 1940 fall of France when Britain genuinely feared Operation Sea Lion, Hitler’s proposed invasion of the UK. The government was determined to avoid the chaos seen in Europe, where refugees clogged roads and hampered military movements. As a result, officials encouraged people to ‘stand firm’ and remain in their communities rather than flee. To make this practical, a nationwide network of Local Defence Commit- tees, later known as Invasion Committees, was established. These committees operated in towns, vil- lages and urban districts across Britain and were tasked with ensur- ing that communities could function even if they became isolated from central government. Members typically included representatives from the Home Guard, police, Air Raid Precaution services, fire brigades, local councils and other key organisations. Their responsibilities were remark- ably wide-ranging. Plans covered emergency food distribution, water supplies, first aid and casualty care, accommodation for people whose homes had been destroyed, labour for road repairs and defence works and the circulation of official news. The scale of the preparations was
enormous. Historian Stuart A. Ray-
mond notes that Invasion Commit-
tees were established in most British
parishes, while the wider civil-
defence effort involved around
1.5 million people. The government
also distributed 15 million copies of
the leaflet If The Invader Comes,
explaining how civilians should
respond to a German landing.
In Wandsworth, these prepara-
tions were particularly relevant. The
borough was heavily bombed during
the Blitz because of its rail links,
industry and strategic infrastruc-
ture. Local emergency planning was
therefore not merely theoretical but
an everyday reality.
So, had Germany invaded Britain,
people like your grandfather would
have been the first line of local lead-
ership, helping keep communities
informed, organised and functioning
under extraordinary circumstances.
A. Spencer, Norwich
QUESTION
Which
celebrity
has had the most children?
NOTABLE prodigious parents
include Mia Farrow and Elon Musk
with 14; George Foreman with 12
(including five sons, all named
George Edward Foreman); Marlon
Brando and Charlie Chaplin with 11;
and Eddie Murphy with ten.
Also-rans include Mel Gibson with
nine; Clint Eastwood, Mick Jagger,
Rod Stewart and Alec Baldwin with
eight; Steven Spielberg, Robert De
Niro, Kevin Costner and Jude Law
with seven; and Angelina Jolie,
Madonna and Sting with six each.
Angela Reid, Aylesford
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TODAY’S RECIPE: Marrow stir-fry with curry leaves & coconut
Light supper or tasty side. Serves 4 Ingredients
3 tbsp vegetable oil 2 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp black mustard seeds 4 cardamom pods, bashed 700g marrow or courgettes, cut into
Method
1 Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat and toast the cumin, mustard seeds and cardamom pods until they start to pop. Scatter in the marrow in a single layer and cook for 8-10 mins over a medium- high heat, stirring every few minutes, until golden and darkened. 2 Stir in the garlic, chilli and coconut, and cook for 2-3 mins more before stirring in the curry leaves. Season well with salt, add the lime juice and toss well. Serve with the lime wedges on the side. Good Food’s Helena Busiakiewicz
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HE Edinburgh Festival and its equally popular offshoot the Fringe begin on Friday with more than 3,500 shows running until the end of the month. Spanning cabaret, comedy, dance, theatre and music, this is a chance to glimpse some of the great stars of tomorrow (if you’re lucky). Edinburgh is a city that always delivers. It falls roughly into two parts, the Old Town and New Town, which blend the city’s medi-
eval past with more ambitious 18th and 19th century town plan- ning. Central to mooching round the cobbled streets of the Old Town is the Royal Mile, the his- toric thoroughfare connecting Edinburgh Castle (dating from 1130) and the Palace of Holyrood- house, the official residence in Scotland of the monarchy. Along the way, usually against a backing track of streetside bag- pipe players, you will find count- less shops and places to eat. Other tick-list imperatives include visit- ing The Real Mary King’s Close, ANGELA EPSTEIN
an intriguing warren of hidden streets where people lived from the 17th to the 19th centuries. And if you want to get a bird’s eye view of the city, climb Arthur’s Seat, an ancient volcano. LUXURY FROM £270 A NIGHT: 100 PRINCES STREET THIS upmarket 30-room hotel has the sophisticated feel of a tra- ditional private members’ club. Think low lighting, plush interi- ors and liveried staff in tartan who hover attentively to take orders.
The position is unbeatable. It’s a stone’s throw from Scotland’s National Gallery and directly facing Edinburgh Castle. Decor is discreetly luxurious with black marble, dark wooden panelling and hand-painted murals by a central oak stairwell. Rooms have bespoke furnish- ings crafted by local artisans and swathed in smart custom-made tartans. The Wallace dining room and lounge, named after William Wallace, is an intimate place to
eat or dawdle over a drink. Next
to this is Ghillie’s Pantry, a dining
space with more than 200 whis-
kies in a display case.
Doubles from £270
(100princes-street.com).
OR... FROM £189 A NIGHT:
THE RESIDENT
THIS is located in Edinburgh’s
West End and was once the
offices of HMRC. It’s a room-only
hotel with no on-site restaurant.
Instead, each of its 164 rooms
View with a room: Carlton
View with a room: Carlton Hill looking over Edinburgh. Above: 100 Princes Street
are fitted with a mini-kitchen
consisting of a fridge, microwave,
sink, kettle, crockery, cutlery,
glassware and Nespresso coffee.
So you can be fully and inexpen-
sively self-sufficient.
That said, there are countless
cafes nearby. The hotel also offers
guests exclusive discounts at
partnering restaurants.
The rooms are modern and
decor subtly nodding to the
venue’s heritage, such as thistle
motifs on cushions. Edinburgh
Castle is a 25-minute walk away.
Doubles from £189
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By Calum Muirhead BP has unveiled plans to sell off its £3bn US biogas business less than a week after announcing it had also hung the ‘for sale’ sign on its North Sea operations. The sale is the latest move from boss Meg O’Neill to slim down the oil giant’s sprawling global operations since she took over in April. The energy giant also reported that prof- its in the first half of the year had more than doubled after global fuel prices surged due to disruption from the war in the Middle East. The US business, called Archaea, is based in Texas and specialises in captur- ing methane gas emitted from landfill sites, which is then converted into renew-
banks, HSBC tells Burnham
By Patrick Tooher Share price 1600 Pence
THE boss of Britain’s biggest quoted company has urged Andy Burnham not to impose a windfall tax on banks. HSBC chief executive Georges Elhedery warned the Prime Minister that the economy would be hit if the banking sector faced the extra levy that some cam- paigners have demanded. ‘Growth requires strong banks,’ Elhedery said as he unveiled a 23pc rise in profits to £14.5bn in the first half of the year, helped by ‘strong growth’ in HSBC’s wealth management unit in Asia. The bank also revealed that profits in its UK arm had grown by 7.7pc to £2.9bn. ‘For growth to manifest, you need businesses to be confident and invest,’ Elhedery said. ‘For businesses to invest, you need them to have access to financing. And banks are the preferred financing mechanism for these businesses,’ he added. The comments echo those made by NatWest boss Paul Thwaite last week, who called for ‘consistency of policies so businesses can plan’. Banks pay a 3pc surcharge on top of the standard 25pc corpo- ration tax rate following a cut in 2023. Restoring the levy to 8pc
able natural gas. When BP first bought the business in 2022, it was one of its largest investments made during its ill-fated pivot towards renewable power, led by its then- boss Bernard Looney. But Archaea failed to live up to expectations, and at the end of last year, BP significantly wrote down the value of the business. O’Neill said the decision to sell Archaea formed part of her strategy to ‘focus on the assets with the strongest potential to deliver competitive returns and long-term value’. It is the latest move by the BP boss to slim down the business after the sale of its Gelsenkirchen refinery in Germany on
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would raise £9bn over four years, according to the Trades Union Congress, which is push- ing for higher bank taxes. Lenders have gained from higher-for-longer interest rates that have boosted their net interest income – the difference between what they pay savers and charge borrowers. Lebanon-born Elhedery described the economy as ‘out- standingly resilient’, despite ‘all the challenges we’ve seen lately’, notably the Middle East conflict, which has sent energy prices sky-rocketing. He added: ‘The UK remains a very attractive international investment hub and we con- tinue to see foreign direct investment in the UK creating jobs, in all parts.’ Elhedery swerved sugges- tions that HSBC might review its commitment to its London
headquarters if banks faced higher taxes, and highlighted the bank’s lending across the country. ‘More than 60pc of our loan portfolio is to businesses out- side of London and the South East,’ he said. HSBC has substantial operations in Edinburgh, Swansea, Leeds, Sheffield and Chester, while its retail bank headquarters is in Birmingham. But the bulk of the bank’s activities are in Asia, espe- cially in Hong Kong and China, which account for over two- thirds of its profits. HSBC also announced that it would resume its $1bn share buyback scheme after pausing it late last year following its takeover of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Bank. The bank is also considering boosting its bonus pool for bankers after a cap on their bonuses was lifted. Elhedery said the bank had exited 15 non-strategic busi- nesses since 2025, most recently selling its Singapore insurance arm to Germany’s Allianz. HSBC shares fell yesterday by 0.8pc, or 12.8p, to 1584.6p, hav- ing risen more than 70pc in the past 12 months. Analysts expect HSBC and the four other big UK-based banks – Lloyds, NatWest, Bar- clays and Standard Chartered – to rack up profits this year of more than £60bn.
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Monday. The sale also forms part of a wider retreat by oil and gas giants from the green energy space. Rival Shell announced earlier this week that it had sold a package of European solar and onshore wind farms to French group TotalEnergies. News of the Archaea sale came as BP reported a profit of £6.6bn for the six months to June, up from £2.8bn in the same period a year ago, while revenues jumped to £92bn from £71bn. Shares slipped 4.9pc, or 27.1p, to 525p. The firm has cashed in on surging oil prices following the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted sup- plies from the Persian Gulf after Iran
SPOTIFY warned of weaker user growth as its profits were held back by massive spending on marketing and AI, as it rushed to keep paying subscribers onside. The music streamer, which features artists such as Olivia Dean and Taylor Swift (pictured), predicted that the number of monthly users on its platform would grow to 788m over the next three months – below the 794m predicted by Wall Street analysts. The firm’s user figures for the three months to June also fell just short of expectations at 777m, while profits for the quarter of £467m also missed predictions of £503m. The decline was blamed on
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blockaded the Strait of Hormuz waterway, a key artery for global fuel exports. BP’s success was shared by Saudi Ara- bia’s state-controlled oil group Aramco, which yesterday reported that profits in the first half had surged to £48.5bn from £36.2bn last year. Despite the profits, O’Neill said BP was still ‘not making the most of our potential’ and that its performance in recent years ‘has not met our own expectations, let alone those of our shareholders.’ ‘We need to take a clear look at ourselves, assessing what needs to change, stopping what holds us back and building strength where it matters. We have to get fit to grow,’ she added.
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‘temporary investments’ in mar- keting and AI, such as features allowing users to remix songs and generate customised podcasts. This drove up the group’s costs by 19pc in the period to £806m. Co-chief executive Gustav Soder- strom told analysts that Spotify’s spending was ‘under our control’ and that it would ‘continue to invest in AI on our terms’. The company hopes that extra features will help to encourage users to pay for its more expensive subscription offers. But Spotify shares have dropped 27pc over the last 12 months as it grapples with a flood of AI- generated tracks.
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RITAIN knows how brutal August can be for foreign exchange markets. During the heatwave of 1976, the pound came under extreme selling pressure and the Bank of England’s reserves were exhausted seeking to prop up the currency. An October rescue by the IMF became the only choice. In 1992, the Bank fought another futile summer battle, this time to keep sterling inside the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). The pound was finally ejected in September. This August, a run on the Japanese yen is in the spotlight. Scott Bessent, the US Treasury Secretary, who as a hedge fund trader for George Soros bet against ster- ling’s survival in the ERM, has been at the centre of rescue efforts for the Japa- nese currency. The US and Japan poured billions of dol- lars into foreign exchange markets after the yen fell to a historic low against the dollar on July 29. The American intervention was unusual in several ways. Typically, central banks steer clear of currency support unless there is ‘disorderly’ selling – a polite term for panic. Though no emergency was evident,
Hugo Boss bolstered by profits beat
By Emily Hawkins
HUGO Boss reported better- than-expected profits as it bat- tles a takeover attempt by retail tycoon Mike Ashley. The German clothing brand said it had made ‘tangible pro- gress’ over the three months to the end of June. Profits fell 28pc to £51m, com- pared to £69.4m in the same period last year, but this beat profit expectations of £44.5m. Frasers, owned by billionaire Ashley, has made a £1.7bn offer for the 74pc of Hugo Boss that it does not already own, valu- ing the company at £2.3bn. But the firm has urged share- holders not to accept, saying the offer was ‘inadequate’. A Hugo Boss spokesman yes- terday reiterated that the price ‘does not adequately reflect the company’s stan- dalone prospects and future value creation potential’. Bosses believe its strategy – which includes improving the appeal of its clothes – will pay off. But sales fell 9pc to £775m after shop footfall was hit by the war in the Middle East.
DOMINO’S Pizza has posted a jump in sales as the World Cup boosted demand for pizza deliveries. The UK master franchise of the US pizza giant said that it saw ‘positive momentum’ in July after sales rose 6.1pc to £825m over the six months to June. Domino’s said that it delivered 45,000 extra orders on July 1, when England played DR Congo in the last 32 tie,
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Washington feared the Bank of Japan’s key interest rate of 1pc was too low to con- strain inflation and that there was a risk of a broader market meltdown. A key fear in Washington was that Tokyo, the world’s biggest holder of US debt, might sell American bonds to sup- port its currency. That would drive yields on US Treasuries and American borrow- ing costs higher. Moreover, a yen under siege was a poten- tial shock, which could spread to Korea and trigger a broader Asian collapse simi- lar to what happened in 1997. Bessent’s determination to assist was inadvertently revealed when a Reuters photographer caught the Treasury Secre- tary clutching a piece of paper with a yen
By Angharad Carrick
THE billionaire founder of
Revolut is being sued by a
luxury ship broker after it
accused him of going
‘behind its back’ to avoid
paying commission on a
£300m superyacht.
In January, the digital bank’s
chief executive Nik Storonsky
purchased the 334-foot vessel,
which features a 25-foot
glass-bottomed infinity pool,
a beach club and a cryother-
apy chamber.
But in a claim filed with the
High Court, broker Cecil
Wright & Partners said it
was entitled to a 5pc fee
from the deal, equivalent
to around £15m.
The brokerage has
alleged that an adviser
to Storonsky’s family
office approached it in
October 2024 to
commission a cus-
tom-built yacht.
In 2025, his advis-
ers asked if there
was a yacht he
could buy in the
meantime, with
Cecil Wright recom-
m e n d i n g
t h e
superyacht, which
was still being built.
But the firm’s law-
yers allege that Sto-
ronsky, who is worth
an estimated £15bn
thanks to his stake
in Revolut, went
‘behind its back’ to
buy the boat directly
from Canadian bil-
compared with the same day last year. Shares rose 7.7pc, or 15.8p, to 220p yes- terday after chief executive Nicola Frampton insisted that a revival plan was working. Domino’s has had a difficult couple of years after complaining that higher costs, including an increase in the National Min- imum Wage, had forced it to raise prices and slash its guidance last summer.
symbol and $5bn to $10bn scrawled on it. The most unusual aspect of the decision to support the yen was that the Ameri- cans chose to use euro reserves for the operation. This was largely because the US didn’t want to trigger panic in the bond markets. By strengthening the yen, the US also helped to make Japanese goods more expensive in the US, improv- ing its trade deficit. Bessent, with the support of the White House, views currency activism as a polit- ical tool. In October 2025, the Administra- tion bought Argentine pesos to bolster the radical economic and monetary reforms forced through by Trump ally President Javier Milei. The Administration is calling on the Fed- eral Reserve to bolster its Foreign and International Monetary Authorities facil- ity to $60bn. This would provide extra fire- power when the US government chooses to jump into currency markets. Bessent, the sterling poacher of 1992, is now the gamekeeper.
O’Neill speaks BP’s bumper second-quarter profits of $5.7bn predictably have green campaign- ers foaming at the mouth. Campaigning group Global Witness went as far as to quote Donald Trump, author
lionaire and former ice hockey player Patrick Dovigi, the Financial Times reported. The filings claim that Cecil Wright is entitled to a 5pc commission as the ‘effective cause’ of the sale, despite
SEGRO has become the latest London- listed firm to succumb to a foreign takeover bid. The FTSE 100 warehouse owner formally accepted an offer from a US rival follow- ing a weeks-long battle. Segro said it had agreed to sell itself to real estate firm Prologis for 1032p per share, valuing the group at £14bn. It
allegedly being cut out of the deal. Chris Cecil-Wright, the bro- ker’s founder, told the FT: ‘It’s very rare for brokers to find themselves in this situation and it’s the first time I have done so, but I feel strongly about it.’ A spokesman for Storonsky’s family office yesterday said the
of the ‘drill, baby, drill’ mantra, who recently requested that big oil rein in its profiteering. BP, which has a large and sophisticated trading arm, has benefited from price volatility caused by the Presi- dent’s endless social media posts about his on-off war in the Middle East. The UK oil major has been through its own home-grown volatility. It has employed three chief executives in two years, had two permanent chairmen and had a vacancy since Albert Manifold was ousted in a boardroom coup in May. Chief executive Meg O’Neill sounded like a football manager when she felt it neces- sary to tell a CNBC interviewer: ‘I have the full support of the board.’ Last week’s decision by BP to pull out of the North Sea after 60 years is a political embarrassment for Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government as it ponders whether to authorise new drilling. But O’Neill’s desire to focus on what she calls BP’s ‘high-grade’ assets is at least a plan when there has been confusion. The BP boss offered a paean of praise for North Sea production. She argued that the UK ‘should be using domestic resources first instead of buying from a third party’. That displays more than a whiff of hypocrisy.
claims were ‘without merit and
will be defended’.
Storonsky started Revolut in
2013 with £300,000 of his own sav-
ings and it is now one of Britain’s
m o s t
s u c c e s s f u l
f i n t e c h
firms, worth £56bn. The valuation
would place it among the
15 biggest listed companies.
represents a 39pc premium to Segro’s closing price on June 23, the day before Prologis went public with its interest. Segro dropped its opposition to a US takeover at the end of last month, having rejected three earlier bids from the San Francisco-based group. It is the fifth FTSE 100 firm to have agreed to a takeover this year.
Daily Mail, Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Aston Martin ..................3412 -12 86 3438 BAE Systems .................2184 +41 2331 160912 Chemring Gp .................61312 +9 62012 460 QinetiQ ..........................54212xd +2012 54912 406 Rolls-Royce ....................152938 +2258 153114 1026 Senior ............................29212
311 16458
Banks
Banco Santander ...........1078 +4 1084 654 Barclays .........................52214 +714 53814 35734 HSBC Hldgs ..................158458 -1234 159738 93414 Lion Finance ..................12000 +70 12155 7020 Lloyds Banking ..............117 +12 11938 7812 Metro Bank ....................17114 -838 17958 100 NatWest Group ..............716 -634 72234 50514 Stan Chartered ..............2248 +47 2324 130512 TBC Bank ......................4972
5180 3640
Beverages
Barr (AG) .......................610 -35 710 598 Coca-Cola HBC .............4826 -58 5170 3306 Diageo ........................163512 -20 2121 136212
Chemicals
Croda Intnal ...................3322 +80 338212 2439 Elementis .......................17838 +1 17838 14258 Johnson Matt .................2100xd +120 2388 1759 Victrex ............................811 +15 824 539
Construction & Materials
Balfour Beatty ................870 +412 899 549 Breedon .........................34738 +514 377 273 Genuit Group .................29338 +638 38912 29 Grafton Gp .....................101558 +1558 102738 80838 Keller Group ...................3050
3444 1282 Kier Group .....................24658 +358 25212 18034 Volution ..........................692 +57 712 562
Electricity
Drax Gp .........................71612 +1 918 62612 SSE ...............................2356xd 275712 1612
Electronic & Electrical Equipment
Halma ............................3742xd +194 4878 3210 Morgan Advanced ..........236 +312 24312 18738 Oxford Instruments ........2820xd +112 3302 1766 Renishaw .......................5215 +145 5455 2910
Equity Investment Instruments
3i Infrastructure ..............384 -12 39312 326 Aberforth Smlr Cos ........1706 -4 1756 1418 AJ Bell ...........................592 +412 643 41438 Alliance Witan ................1382 +17 138612 1188 Allianz Tech ....................712 +26 758 44512 Ashoka India ..................25612 -112 28512 217 AVI Global Trust .............26412 +412 27212 23912 Baillie Giff Japan ............1056 +4 1057 834 Baillie Giff US .................31612 +212 36612 26112 Bankers InvTst ...............15158xd +214 15314 12134 BH Macro .......................418 +112 46212 38612 Biopharma Credit ...........7214
74 6678
BlackRock Smlr..............273xd +212 35412 6618 BlkRckWldMining ...........916 +33 1046 555 BR Greater Eur ..............604 +8 624 516 Brunner ..........................1564xd +14 1566 1354 Caledonia Inv .................386xd -2 39112 312 City of London IT ...........595xd +1 60012 488 Edin Inv Trust .................853 +3 86112 760 Edin Wwide ....................244 +612 29012 188 Euro Sml Co. ..................239xd +3 24612 197 F&C Inv Trust .................33834xd +334 35134 8214 Fidelity China .................270 +12 33212 245 Fidelity Emg ...................1436 +44 1562 830 Fidelity Eur .....................435 +312 44112 372 Fidelity Spec Val ............46812 +212 47612 372 Finsbury G&I Tst ............810 +2 915 713 Foresight Env .................8534 +38 8814 6178 GCP Infra Inv .................8358 +58 8734 70 Global Smaller ...............19358 +134 19734 16358 Greencoat UK ................11534 +118 11814 9214 Harbourvest ...................3430 +65 348212 2700 Henderson Sml Co ........968 +14 96812 774 Herald Inv Trust ..............3035 +75 3260 2305 HG Capital Trust.............390 +1 522 323 HICL Infr ........................13914 +114 14038 109 ICG Enterprise ...............1446 +14 1600 1310 Invesco Asia ...................49812 +912 516 372 JPM American ...............1242xd +22 1253 1048 JPM Emerging Markets .16538xd +338 18014 11914 JPM Euro Disc. ..............633xd +4 663 557 JPM Japan IT .................827 +19 839 650 Jupiter Fund ...................16114 +134 19514 11558 Law Debenture ..............1262 +8 1278 982 M&G ..............................36238 +114 36312 24858 Mercantile IT ..................28112 +312 28512 237 Merchants Trust .............676xd +6 683 537 Molten Ventures .............63212 +1812 638 34934 Monks Inv Tst.................1620 +14 1656 1362 Morgan Sindall ...............4400 +20 5530 4050 Murray Inc Tst ................1022 +8 1024 873 Murray Intl Tst ................369xd -1 370 289 Neuberger Private Eqty ..1490xd +4 1632 1302 Next Energy Solar ..........4938 +14 7778 44 Ninety One .....................219xd +234 25938 18512 Oakley Capital Inv ..........522 +4 576 169 Pacific Horizon ...............1098 +40 1252 647 Pantheon Infra ...............11258 -1 11938 101 Pantheon Intl ..................39612 -12 40712 32312 Partners Group ..............616 +17 942 593 Patria Private .................614 +6 642 536 Pershing Square ............3950 +48 5090 3642 Personal Assets Tr .........550 +2 558 509 Polar Cap Gl ..................253 +1 25312 203 Polar Cap Tech...............669 +3412 73312 38812 Pollen Street ..................841 -9 964 702 Renewables Infra ...........7778 +78 8214 6312 RIT Cap Partners ...........2615 +15 2640 1942 Schroder Asia ................828 +19 888 599 Schroder Oriental...........45112xd +812 460 302 Scot American Inv ..........566 +4 56612 487 Scottish Mortgage ..........1383 +3712 1545 102812 Sequoia Econ Infra ........8712xd +12 8814 7534
Mining
PRICE DAILY CHANGE TOP FALLERS Travis Perkins 678.5p +18.41% Volution 692p +8.98% Domino’s Pizza 220p +7.74% Antofagasta 3931p +6.85% Seraphim Space 172p +6.44%
52-week High Low
52-week High Low
52-week High Low
Syncona .........................10658 -14 10934 8678 Templeton Em ................315 +8 350 19758 Twentyfour .....................10814
11434 10458 Vietnam Enter ................728 +8 848 684 VinaCapital Vietna .........436 +412 499 41412 Wwide Healthcare ..........372 -112 397 308
Food Producers
Assoc Brit Foods............2096 -27 2337 18 Cranswick ......................5270xd +10 5690 4840 Greencore ......................262 -114 30612 192 Hilton Food Gp ...............606 -10 857 456 Premier Foods ...............18958 -78 20914 167 Princes Group ................335 -3 479 29812 Tate & Lyle .....................55212 -1 569 32938 Unilever ..........................474812 -2112 5472 4078
General Financial
3i Group .........................2886 +19 4459 2082 Ashmore Gp...................21358 +234 26634 15312 Bridgepoint Group..........344 +438 34834 22258 Capital Gearing ..............523 +1 526 5214 CMC Markets .................681xd +4 749 206 Coats Group ..................8158 +14 9518 7134 Foresight Group .............49212 +1112 494 345 ICG ................................2012 +63 2332 1463 IG Gp .............................1360 -11 1938 1025 Integrafin ........................37412 +212 392 29812 Intl Public Prtnshps ........14438 +38 14638 11714 Investec .........................672 +1312 67534 518 IP Group ........................6714 +2 7058 4858 JTC ................................1328
1366 897 London Stock Ex ............8500 +10 10100 7170 Man Group .....................31034 +658 31314 15434 Nth Atlantic Smlr ............423 -3 42812 330 OSB Group ....................567 -1 64312 48414 Paragon .........................846 -612 92612 71112 Plus500 ..........................3874 +48 5070 2942 Quilter ............................19712 +158 20814 15438 Rathbone Grp ................1674 +10 2265 1582 Ruffer Investment ...........29212 -12 31312 28312 Schroders ......................589 +12 61812 36114 SDCL Efficiency .............3834 -14 63 32 Temple Bar.....................420 -2 42634 331 TP ICAP .........................33938 -234 355 24012 XPS Pensions ................33212 +12 384 283
Health Care Equipment & Services
Convatec ........................22938 +4 25638 194
284p -9.84% Intl Workplace 186.8p -6.37% Smith & Neph 1122p -6.27% Ocado 204.6p -5.54% AG Barr 610p -5.43%
Oxford Biomedica ..........566 +5 913 430 Smith & Neph ................1122 -75 1435 107312 Spire Health ...................230 -3 249 14234
Housebuilders
Barratt Redrow ...............31434 +1014 40938 24114 Bellway ..........................2088 +44 2868 1715 Berkeley Grp ..................3630 +54 4434 3104 Crest Nicholson .............6458 -18 18818 6114 Persimmon .....................114312 +1212 154312 99858 Taylor Wimpey................8138 +114 11612 7418 Vistry Group ...................284 -31 73634 22438
Industrial Transportation
Clarkson ........................5075 -80 516212 3395 Zigup ..............................462 -1 47112 30112
Industrials
Bodycote ........................750 +1712 83612 601 Goodwin ........................18540 +820 27600 9100 Hill & Smith ....................2925 +15 3045 1968 IMI ..................................3022 +60 3050 2206 Melrose Ind ....................48034 +1738 68134 44814 RHI Magnesita ...............2835 +45 3345 1980 Rotork ............................48614 -34 49312 28838 Smiths Gp ......................2688 +40 2746 2118 Spirax Group ..................7290 +190 7960 6060 Vesuvius ........................37858 +734 503 355 Weir Gp..........................2686 +48 3546 2274
Leisure Goods
Games Workshop ..........19030xd -200 21940 14200 ME Group ......................12414 +614 21812 10014 Watches of Switz ...........73312 +712 80112 31834
Life Insurance
Aberdeen Group ............25134 +658 261 182 Aviva ..............................69338 -814 70158 59138 Legal & General .............30234 -1 30334 23358 Prudential .......................1095 -14 1220 916 St James Place ..............1104 +1712 1553 105312 Standard Life .................92112 -312 925 619
Media
4imprint ..........................4390 +112 4529 3055 Autotrader Group ...........53514 +438 83634 42714 Bloomsbury ....................630xd +7 672 43812 Informa ..........................90758 +1114 99338 73934 ITV .................................7338 +14 8514 6738 Mony Group ...................20314xd +478 213 14412
Pearson..........................122712 -22 1326 89158 RELX .............................2700 +51 3666 2013 Rightmove Group ...........47434 +314 82334 404 WPP ..............................30478 +58 40314 22478
Anglo American .............3907 +202 4225 2123 Antofagasta ....................3931 +252 4455 196712 Endeavour Mining ..........3636 +119 5290 2434 Fresnillo .........................2629 +131 4448 1378 Glencore ........................55058 +1158 615 28012 Hochschild Mining..........45138 +1114 80812 27258 Pan African Resourses ..9714 +214 18338 6038 Rio Tinto.........................7313 +224 8308 444812
Nonlife Insurance
Admiral Gp .....................3742 -60 3802 2644 Beazley ..........................1291 -2 1296 769 Hiscox ............................1777
1899 1273 Lancashire Hldgs ...........59212 -712 694 565
Oil & Gas Producers
BP ..................................525 -2718 60614 41012 Energean .......................748 -512 1026 68312 Harbour Energy .............23614 -358 31834 18578 Hunting ..........................44812 +1 531 297 Ithaca Energy.................23138 -638 28558 15334 Shell ...............................332112 -84 3583 2562
Oil Equipment & Services
Wood Gp(J) ...................2938
2938 1814
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
AstraZeneca ..................11740 +240 15542 10922 Genus ............................2204 -6 3170 1966 GSK ...............................191412 +5 2268 1373 Haleon ...........................35734 -458 41078 32078 Hikma Pharma .............1581 +8 1884 1191 Oxford Nanopore ...........11634 +134 219 10412 Reckitt Benckiser ...........5272 -8 668134 4443
Real Estate
Big Yellow Gp .................910 +912 1180 812 British Land ....................44814 +338 44814 32114 Derwent London ............2146 +26 2170 1509 Grainger .........................17434 +158 211 15038 Grt Portland Est .............35838 +514 374 27412 Hammerson ...................38038 -514 38558 26734 Harworth ........................135 +314 18912 120 Land Securities ..............72012 +712 72714 529
LondonMetric Prop.........19818 +214 215 17712 Primary Hlth Prop ...........9512xd -14 10814 8712 Safestore Hldgs .............62812xd +512 837 582 Savills ............................944 +11 1108 808 SEGRO ..........................97434 +1334 100934 60438 Shaftesbury ....................14634 +138 16034 12614 Sirius Real Estate ..........10134 +112 11178 91 Supermarket Inc ............8634xd +14 8878 7634 Target Healthcare ..........11334 +38 116 9234 TR Property IT ...............32112 +112 36112 295 Tritax Big Box .................17178 +338 17334 13314 Unite Group ...................53712 -1 757 44834 Workspace Gp ...............361xd +2 430 31938
Retailers
AO World .......................9718 -14 11314 8338 ASOS .............................363 +112 383 20612 B&M ...............................231 +3 26418 15514 Burberry Gp ...................121012 +3 1360 100412 Currys ............................16238 -178 16814 10678 Dr. Martens ....................7938 +134 9938 6034 Dunelm Gp.....................886 -3 1241 715 Frasers Group ................826 -112 84514 61812 Greggs ...........................1946 +2 2032 1418 Howden Joinery .............82112 +1612 970 72312 Inchcape ........................84012 +12 890 64012 JD Sports Fashion .........9138 +38 10412 6514 Kingfisher .......................321 +634 37012 24314 Marks & Spencer ...........41018 -12 41612 30878 Moonpig .........................27914 +238 28514 19258 Next ...............................14810xd -90 15240 11575 Ocado Gp ......................20458 -12 39558 15914 Pets at Home Gp ...........212 -214 23658 17078 Sainsbury(J) ..................35512 -112 35938 29334 SSP Group.....................20958 +338 21114 13858 Tesco .............................479 -718 50134 40678 WH Smith ......................445 +58 135512 38314 Wickes Group ................203 +212 255 17034
Software & Computer Services
Alfa Financial .................16438 +58 24812 14238 Auction Tech ..................47038 +1434 48334 263 Baltic Classifieds............21238 +158 35612 17034 Bytes Technology ...........40814 +558 42714 25358 Computacenter ..............4778 +172 4866 2242 Deliveroo ........................17934
17934 17634 Kainos Gp ......................89312 -5 1190 683 NCC Grp ........................143 +114 15734 11334 Playtech .........................377 +134 43612 232 Softcat............................1949 +25 1987 1091 The Sage Group ............100912 +1018 119812 78358 Trustpilot ........................27958 +1458 29034 12914
Support Services
Babcock Intl ...................118012 +34 1502 921 Bunzl ..............................2794 -2 2816 1989 DCC Energy...................6370 +5 6370 4350 Diploma .........................7575 +95 7630 5015 Essentra.........................108 +158 113 7978 Experian ........................2860 +49 3982 2375 Hays ...............................6012 +214 6458 2958 Intertek Gp .....................5840
5840 3582
Mitie Group ....................20634xd
210 13638
Rentokil Initial ................37014 +1312 50634 34434
RS Group .......................728 +12 735 54112
Serco .............................246 +534 32434 20938
Sthree ............................26512 +812 26712 13738
Travis Perkins.................67812 +10512 714 50712
W.A.G ............................10012
106 82
Technology Hardware & Equipment
discoverIE Gp ................799 +25 80712 514
GB GROUP ...................227 +512 259 185
Raspberry Pi ..................68612 +28 1051 25714
Spirent Comms ..............19834
19834 194
Telecoms
Airtel Africa ....................33338 +538 42014 207
BT Gp ............................20214 -78 23912 2
Gamma Comms .............970 +15 1106 701
Helios Towers .................19778 +238 24538 11834
Telecom Plus .................861 -4 1926 710
Vodafone Gp ..................11678 -38 12314 8358
Tobacco
Br Am Tob ......................4392xd -74 4962 3733
Imperial Brands .............2736 -28 3341 2668
Travel & Leisure
Compass Gp ..................3212 +38 2650 2718
Dominos Pizza ...............220 +1534 220 16714
easyJet ..........................63734 -458 680 33934
Entain ............................54858 +114 100812 521
FirstGroup ......................18418xd -118 232 158
Hollywood Bowl .............289 +1 30712 23412
Intercontl Htls .................15634 -38 10585 12838
Intl Cons Airl ..................43858 +518 488 34214
Mitchells & Butlers .........283
301 228
PPHE Hotel Gp ..............1534 -28 2060 1286
Trainline .........................24734 +14 300 18512
Wetherspoon (JD) ..........81412 -212 817 55512
Whitbread ......................2521 -22 3274 2234
Wizz Air Hldgs................1157 +44 1447 84912
Utilities
Centrica .........................15278 -38 21834 15218
Metlen ............................48 +18 5614 3134
National Grid ..................1188 -1 1400 101012
Pennon ..........................45914xd +314 600 446
Severn Trent ...................3050 +14 3280 327
United Utilities ................1406xd +9 1457 91434
*Ex-Dividend Source: The Press Association
2.45
HONDA WAKEFIELD SUPER-N AMATEUR JOCKEYS’ HANDICAP
(6) £6,500 added (£3,229) 1m 2f 5yds (7)
101 (2) 9613-24 MAX OF STARS 12 (S) O Pears 6-11-2 .................. Miss C Brooks (5)
102 (7) 744423 SUNNY ORANGE 8 (P) (GS) T Easterby 6-11-1 ...........T Easterby (3)
103 (5) 429-207 GLITTER CODE 40 (B) E Bethell 4-11-0 ................Miss Nell Biker (7)
104 (6) 538532 STAR START 8 (C&DD3BF) (GS) R Carr 6-10-11 ...Miss C Parker (5)
105 (3) 5L1175 ANIFICAS BEAUTY 17 (C) (G) P Winks 7-10-8 ....Miss L Sanders (7)
106 (1) 7-L973L QUIRKE ON PAROLE 13 (D) (G) M Walford 4-10-5 Miss A Cooke (5)
107 (4) 903U65 THE PUG 8 (P) (D2) O Murphy 6-10-1 ........ Miss Jemima Stewart (7)
Probable SP: 7-4 Star Start, 15-8 Sunny Orange, 6 Glitter Code, 8 Max Of
Stars, 12 The Pug, 14 Anificas Beauty.
FAVOURITES: – – – – – 2 1 1 0 0 (W 11-2).
AGES: – – – – – 3 5 10 5 5
2025: Star Start 5 10 5 (Miss C Parker) 15-2 R Carr drawn (9) 8 ran.
3.15
JAYNE — ON COURSE LADY BOOKMAKER EBF MAIDEN STAKES
(4) (2-Y-O) £11,000 added (£5,940) 6f (8)
201 (3)
BUGZY Tom Clover 9-7 ........................................................D Tudhope
202 (7)
9 CHIEF MINISTER 18 E J-Houghton 9-7 ..........................J Nicholls (3)
203 (4)
8 LONGSHANKS LUKE 21 (B) P Neville 9-7 ........................B McHugh
204 (6)
L MUBEHIR 16 P Midgley 9-7 .....................................................D Nolan
205 (2)
OUR SON OSCAR K Ryan 9-7 ..................................................K Stott
206 (1)
523 ROCK STEADY BEAT 46 K R Burke 9-7 ....................................C Lee
207 (8)
SANKHUM GALAXY B Haslam 9-7 .......................................A Mullen
208 (5)
7 LADY HENSHAW 19 P Owens 9-2 .......................................C Beasley
Probable SP: 6-5 Rock Steady Beat, 5-2 Our Son Oscar, 4 Bugzy, 10 Lady
Henshaw, 14 Chief Minister.
FAVOURITES: – – – – – 2 0 1 3 1
2025: Gold Queen Kindly 2 9 7 (C Lee) 1-2 Fav K R Burke drawn (5) 8 ran.
3.45
RIU HOTELS AND RESORTS LADIES DAY VETERANS’ HANDICAP
(5) £8,000 added (£4,187) 1m 6yds (6)
301 (4) 443-780 SPIRIT GENIE 39 (BT) (D) (S) J Candlish 6-9-9 ........................ J Hart
302 (5) 47-1867 ALESSIA FERNANDA 32 (T) (D2) (S) D Carroll 6-9-6 ......Z Wheatley
303 (3) 338542 GARDEN OASIS 18 (P) (C&D2D11) (G) T Easterby 11-9-6 .... D Allan
304 (1) 342-0LL NARMAR 54 (PT) (D2) (S) J Candlish 6-9-5 ........................D Keenan
305 (2) L576L4 COSMOS RAJ 4 (P) (D9) (GS) D O’Meara 8-8-13 Conor Whiteley (5)
306 (6) 845506 SOAMES FORSYTE 51 (P) (D4) (S) M Herrington 7-8-11 . D E Hogan
Probable SP: 4-9 Garden Oasis, 13-2 Alessia Fernanda, 8 Soames Forsyte,
10 Spirit Genie, 14 Cosmos Raj.
FAVOURITES: 1 3 0 2 – 0 1 0 1 2 (W 9-1).
AGES: 7 7 6 6 – 8 7 7 6 10
2025: Garden Oasis 10 9 11 (David Allan) 10-3 T Easterby drawn (6) 7 ran.
TRACK FACTS: JACKPOT MEETING. L-H course. GOING: Good to firm-good in places. STALLS: Inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low. Top jockey: Daniel Tudhope. Top trainer: T Easterby. Placed in the race last year: 2.45 Star Start (1st); 3.45 Garden Oasis (1st); 4.15 Betweenthesticks (1st). Headgear first time: 3.45 Spirit Genie, 5.15 Division Day. Longest travellers: Chief Minister (3.15) & Anzac Day (5.15) 175 miles. Drop in Class: None today. First run since wind surgery: 4.15 Missmimi.
5.40
GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE AMATEUR JOCKEYS’ HANDICAP
(6) £7,200 added (£3,576) 6f 3yds (7)
1
(4) L78621 LUMINOUS WARRIOR (5lbex) 8 (T) (C) (G) D Cunha 4-11-7 .F Yarham
2
(1) 141183 SHADES OF MAY 15 M Usher 6-11-1 ..........................Miss M Jordan
3
(5) 57L765 ALAFDHAL 19 (V) (C&DD7) (S) P McEntee 8-11-0 .......Henry Callan
4
(3) 7-L0422 SO GRATEFUL 12 (D3) (G) M & D Easterby 8-10-10 ...Miss S Brotherton
5
(2) 1279-L7 ENDOWED 15 (T) (D6) (G) J & R Flint 9-10-9.........Miss I Mathias (5)
6
(6) 880227 INDY’S ANGEL 18 (P) (D) P Kirby 4-10-7 ........... Jack Loughnane (7)
7
(7) 5L8-L0L COILED 10 (BT) M Rimell 4-10-7 ................................ Harry Rimell (7)
Probable SP: 7-4 Luminous Warrior, 9-4 So Grateful, 3 Shades Of May, 12
Indy’s Angel, 14 Endowed, 16 Alafdhal.
FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.
6.10
BRITISH STALLION STUDS EBF MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (4)
(2-Y-O) £10,000 added (£5,400) 6f 3yds (10)
1
(8)
L8 AVA LOUISE 8 P McBride 9-2 ................................................H Crouch
2
(2)
36 BABZINI 75 E J-Houghton 9-2 ...............................................C Bishop
3
(5)
L DIVINE CONCERTO 47 D Cunha 9-2 ................................S Donohoe
4
(9)
L FOXSBRUSH 19 J Ryan 9-2 ........................................Liam Wright (5)
5
(6)
6 LADY OF HAY 19 (H) A Balding 9-2 ..................................... D Probert
6
(10)
95 LILYWHITE HART 19 D Ivory 9-2 ...........................................J F Egan
7
(1)
3 MINKAAS 75 T Kent 9-2 ..................................................B Loughnane
8
(3)
PENSANDO A TE M Botti 9-2 ................................................ M Ghiani
9
(7)
0 PURE MAJESTY 26 W Haggas 9-2 ................................. T Marquand
10
(4)
32 SPEED OF SOUND 12 R Spencer 9-2 ................................S Osborne
Probable SP: 6-4 Speed of Sound, 6 Minkaas, Lilywhite Hart, 13-2 Babzini,
7 Lady Of Hay, 8 Pensando A Te, Pure Majesty.
FAVOURITES: – – – – – 1 1 0 0 1
2025: Concert 2 9 2 (Cieren Fallon) 11-8 Fav W Haggas drawn (6) 7 ran.
6.40
STRAWBERRY FIELDS STUD NURSERY (4) (2-Y-O) £10,200
added (£5,339) 5f 42yds (5)
1
(5)
2301 DUBAI CHARM 28 (C&D) (G) R Hughes 9-9 ........................ N Callan
2
(2)
421L BEAUTY BOX 41 (H) J Tate 9-4 .............................................H Crouch
3
(1) 138L8 WAIT GEORDIE 18 (D) H Palmer 9-4 ................................... D Probert
4
(4)
30L5 TROUBLESOME GUEST 16 G Margarson 9-2 ............... T Marquand
5
(3)
221 DOWMAN 65 (T) (D) (G) G Boughey 9-0 .......................B Loughnane
Probable SP: 15-8 Dowman, 2 Dubai Charm, 5 Wait Geordie, Beauty Box,
10 Troublesome Guest.
FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.
TRACK FACTS: L-H course. GOING: Good to firm. STALLS: Straight centre; 1m2f inside; 1m6f stands side. DRAW ADVAN- TAGE: High. Top jockey: Billy Loughnane. Top trainer: W Haggas. Headgear first time: 5.40 Coiled, 6.10 Lady Of Hay, 6.40 Beauty Box, 7.10 Angel Breeze, 7.40 Urban Warrior. First run since wind surgery: 7.10 Angel Breeze.
TRACK FACTS: L-H course. GOING: Good to firm-good in places. STALLS: 1m inside; 1m2f out- side; remainder centre. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low in sprints. Top jockey: Jack Doughty. Top train- er: A Carroll. Placed in the race last year: 5.00 Secret Handsheikh (3rd). Headgear first time: 4.30 Redredrobin, Viking Glory. Longest travel- lers: Glen Nevis (3.30) & Port Darwin (4.00) 293 miles.
CATTERICK
2.15 — WAAKABB (J Hart) 7-4 (2ndFav) 1; National Pride 11-8F 2; Breaking The Habit 125-1 3. 6 ran. (S & E Crisford). 11/2, 8l. Tote: 2.49; 1.20, 1.10. Ex: 3.40. Tf: 43.90. CSF: 3.40. NR: Palace Legacy. 2.45 — ICONIC TIMES (S D Bowen) evens F 1; Without Delay 10-1 2; Rain Cap 9-2 3. 7 ran. (J Candlish). ns, 21/4. Tote: 2.00; 1.10, 2.80. Ex: 9.80. Tf: 34.60. CSF: 11.92. 3.15 — FREE WORLD (C Fallon) 2-1 Jt Fav 1; Star Of Jupiter 14-1 2; Fleur De Mer 8-1 3. 9 ran. (I Williams). 7l, nk. Tote: 3.00; 1.30, 3.40, 1.90. Ex: 29.80. Tc: 194.03. Tf: 232.10. CSF: 36.52. 3.45 — MISS RAINBOW (C Beasley) 5-2 (2nd Fav) 1; Captain Cess 11-10F 2; Battenburg Belle 9-1 3. 8 ran. (T Waggott). 11/4, 31/2. Tote: 3.60; 1.20, 1.10, 1.90. Ex: 7.20. Tc: 19.71. Tf: 35.20. CSF: 5.80. 4.15 — HALIMEDE (L Morris) 9-4 (2nd Fav) 1; Hansteen 8-11F 2; Muhib 7-1 3. 8 ran. (Sir M Prescott). 5l, 11/4. Tote: 4.10; 1.60, 1.20, 1.02. Ex: 5.90. Tc: 7.93. Tf: 10.90. CSF: 4.32. 4.45 — WITHOUT FLAW (W Fentiman) 3-1 (2nd Fav) 1; Gwen Tennyson 13-2 2; Doralee 6-4F 3. 7 ran. (Miss T Jackson). 1l, 1l. Tote: 4.00; 1.80, 3.40. Ex: 23.70. Tf: 64.10. CSF: 23.22. Jackpot £1,426.90. Placepot £12.10. Q’pot £11.00. FFOS LAS
SSR
RTV
GLOBETROTTING star Calandagan will be given a rest before turning his attentions to the defence of his Japan Cup crown later this year. Francis-Henri Graffard’s five- year-old was being aimed at the Yorkshire Oaks on August 20 after his second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes last month. However, he was pulled out of the York showpiece yesterday. ‘He came out of the King George fine, but we felt he needed a break,’ said Nemone Routh, French racing manager for owners the Aga Khan Studs. ‘We didn’t think it was right to go to York. He’ll get a break with the idea of an international run, which is likely to be the Japan Cup.’
Tf: 221.30. CSF: 54.63. 3.00 — PERFECT NATION (B Loughnane) 13-8F 1; George Cross 9-2 2; Artemis Star 22-1 3. 7 ran. (G Boughey). 1l, 1l. Tote: 2.63; 1.30, 2.10. Ex: 11.90. Tf: 56.50. CSF: 9.34. 3.30 — LERWICK (B Loughnane) 10-1 1; Cypriot Diaspora 13-8F 2; Grand Vista 14-1 3. 9 ran. (M Loughnane). 21/2, 11/4. Tote: 11.00; 2.80, 1.10, 3.70. Ex: 34.10. Tc: 238.82. Tf: 252.10. CSF: 26.77. 4.00 — KALEIDOSCOPE EYES (R P Downey) 3-1 (2nd Fav) 1; Piazza 12-1 2; Rosemary’s Rose evens F 3. 8 ran. (B J Llewellyn & Robert Williams). 1/2, 1l. Tote: 4.00; 1.10, 2.40, 1.10. Ex: 37.30. Tc: 57.29. Tf: 64.40. CSF: 35.56. NR: March Of Time.
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
2.45 Star Start 3.15 Rock Steady Beat 3.45 Garden Oasis 4.15 Betweenthesticks 4.45 Alfa Whiteburd 5.15 Something
NORTHERNER – 3.15 Rock Steady Beat (nb); 3.45 GARDEN OASIS (nap).
4.15 FBS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS CHAPLINS CLUB HANDICAP (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) 5f 3yds (10) 401 (5) 129623 BETWEENTHESTICKS 29 (P) (C&D2D8) (GS) R Carr 6-9-12
JP Sullivan 402 (2) 20-45LL LE BEAU GARCON 8 (D4) (G) M & D Easterby 7-9-11.........J Mason 403 (4) 33-4330 SPIRIT OF APPLAUSE 12 (B) (D3) (G) T Easterby 6-9-11 ..... D Allan 404 (1) 336LL8 SAM’S XPRESS 11 (D6) J & S Birkett 6-9-10 .................... D E Hogan 405 (8) 787153 GREAT 4 (G) S England 4-9-9 ...........................................Shane Gray 406 (10) L-03151 SEA HER EXCEL 16 (D2) (G) I Furtado 3-9-8 ........Elle-May Croot (5) 407 (6) 8-43LL6 RIFFA SPIRIT 11 D Carroll 3-9-7 .........................................Z Wheatley 408 (9) 045016 BIBENDUM 16 (V) (D2) (G) J Camacho 5-9-4 ......................R Sexton 409 (7) 16231L- MISSMIMI 256 (C&DC) (S) Miss T Jackson 6-9-4 ......W Fentiman (3) 410 (3) 121364 THE TUNGUSKA EVENT 14 (V) (BF) J & S Quinn 3-9-4 ......... J Hart Probable SP: 3 Sea Her Excel, 4 Betweenthesticks, 9-2 Great, 6 Bibendum, 8 The Tunguska Event, 12 Spirit Of Applause, 14 Missmimi, Sam’s Xpress. FAVOURITES: 3 0 1 2 – 1 0 0 0 0 (W 9-7). AGES: 3 7 7 11 – 8 5 10 4 5 2025: Betweenthesticks 5 9 10 (James Sullivan) 33-1 R Carr drawn (6) 9 ran. 4.45 BET WITH JAYNE — YOUR LOCAL BOOKMAKER HANDICAP (4) £10,000 added (£5,234) 6f (9) 501 (1) 284411 THE GOOD BISCUIT (5lbex) 10 (C&D2CD4) (GS) R Carr 5-9-12
Joanna Mason 502 (7) 7-68211 ALFA WHITEBURD 19 (C&DD4) (G) I Furtado 5-9-9 ................ J Hart 503 (8) 035220 ABERAMA GOLD 12 (V) (D14) (GS) D O’Meara 9-9-6 .....D Tudhope 504 (3) 27-L311 UPPERCASE 20 (GS) Harry Eustace 4-9-6 .....................Kaiya Fraser 505 (5) L-10L64 MAE AMOR 7 (V) (D4) R Menzies 4-9-6 .................................. D Allan 506 (9) 135624 EMPEROR CARADOC 15 (P) (CD4) (GS) P Midgley 7-9-4 ...D Nolan 507 (4) 703200 MISTER SOX 12 (P) (C&DD4) (S) T Easterby 6-9-3 ........ S B Kirrane 508 (6) 7-87510 SUGAR BABY 12 (D3) (G) P Niven 8-9-0 .........................E Tindall (5) 509 (2) 66553-4 WILLOLARUPI 19 (D2) (G) D Carroll 5-8-8 ........................Z Wheatley Probable SP: 2 Uppercase, 11-4 The Good Biscuit, 4 Alfa Whiteburd, 13-2 Mae Amor, 10 Emperor Caradoc, 16 Aberama Gold. FAVOURITES: – – – – – – – – – 1 (W 9-4). AGES: – – – – – – – – – 4 2025: Novello Lad 4 9 4 (David Nolan) 4-1 Fav P Midgley drawn (5) 10 ran. 5.15 NAPOLEONS CASINO BRADFORD HANDICAP (GBBPLUS RACE) (4) £10,000 added (£5,154) 2m 1f 27yds (3) 601 (2) 1/D57L-4 ANZAC DAY 45 (S) J & A O’Neill 5-10-2 .....................................C Lee 602 (3) 831232 SOMETHING 14 (P) (S) L Bailey 5-10-1 ............................... B Garritty 603 (1) 5112-15 DIVISION DAY 25 (P) (G) B Ellison 4-9-3 .............................C Beasley Probable SP: 8-11 Something, 2 Division Day, 5 Anzac Day. FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.
5.40 Luminous Warrior 6.10 Speed of Sound 6.40 TROUBLESOME
GUEST (nap) 7.10 Liberate 7.40 Urban Warrior 8.10 Banana
NEWMARKET – 6.10 Speed of Sound (nb)
7.10
ORIGIN AMENITY SOLUTIONS RESTRICTED NOVICE STAKES (4)
£10,000 added (£5,400) 1m 2f 23yds (5)
1
(1)
43 LIBERATE 36 Harry Eustace 3-9-7 .......................................P-L Jamin
2
(5)
0 SEIGNEUR 30 (H) J Fanshawe 3-9-7 .................................. D Muscutt
3
(4)
STATE EXPRESS S Woods 3-9-7 ..................................... T Marquand
4
(3)
TIME THIEF Tom Clover 3-9-7 ................................................. N Callan
5
(2)
L9- ANGEL BREEZE 252 (T) Lemos Souza 3-9-0 ..................... M Ghiani
Probable SP: 4-6 Liberate, 7-2 State Express, 4 Time Thief, 16 Seigneur.
FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.
7.40
BRANDFORDS RESTAURANT & BARS HANDICAP (6) £7,200
added (£3,768) 1m 6f 17yds (7)
1
(7) 7-08180 LE ROUGE CHINOIS 104 (P) (D) (G) M Appleby 6-9-9 .. T Marquand
2
(6) 96-4433 URBAN WARRIOR 13 (P) (BF2) S C Williams 4-9-8 ............ M Ghiani
3
(2) 9-23521 HIGHLAND HARVEY 21 (C) (G) Gihan Arnolda 4-9-6 ..B Loughnane
4
(1) 9-92444 FORNIDO 131 (D) M Attwater 4-9-4 ...............................S C Cronin (5)
5
(4) L-75634 REGALLY BLONDE 19 (B) (D) (G) B Case 7-9-3 ...............S Osborne
6
(5) 77522L SPACEAGE LOVE SONG 15 (P) M Bell 4-9-2 ......................H Crouch
7
(3) 5-64548 CLOUDY ROSE 29 (GS) J Berry 8-9-1 ................................. D Probert
Probable SP: 11-8 Highland Harvey, 5-2 Urban Warrior, 13-2 Fornido, 10
Regally Blonde, Spaceage Love Song, 14 Le Rouge Chinois, Cloudy Rose.
FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.
8.10
BET CENTRAL CLASSIFIED STAKES (6) £6,600 added (£3,454)
5f 42yds (8)
1
(3) 50420-2 BANANA 33 (PT) (D2) (G) S Dixon 7-9-9 ................ Taryn Langley (5)
2
(2) 625385 CABEZA DE LLAVE 15 (D6) (G) M Attwater 7-9-9 .......S C Cronin (5)
3
(8) L36264 CHARGING BULL 13 (HT) Michael Keady 4-9-9 ............ T Marquand
4
(5) 3-08LLL CHIEDOZIE 5 (V) P McEntee 5-9-9 .............................Grace McEntee
5
(7) 528LL6 SHE WENT WHOOSH 35 (PT) (D) S Dixon 4-9-9 ....M Mortensen (5)
6
(6)
84L7 MAYFLOWER ROCK 34 D Cunha 3-9-6 ............................S Donohoe
7
(1)
430 PURE PASSION 13 S C Williams 3-9-6 ..........................C R Lyons (7)
8
(4)
6L-L5 SHINING GUEST 40 G Margarson 3-9-6............................... M Ghiani
Probable SP: 13-8 Banana, 7-2 Charging Bull, Cabeza De Llave, 8
Mayflower Rock, 10 Shining Guest, Pure Passion.
FAVOURITES: – – – – – – 0 3 3 0
AGES: – – – – – – 3 5 3 5
2025: Global Effort 5 9 9 (Grace McEntee) 7-1 P McEntee drawn (6) 7 ran.
Longest traveller: Endowed (5.40) 307 miles. Drop in Class: 6.40 Wait Geordie is down 2 grades on last run (Class 2 to Class 4); 8.10 Pure Passion (2).
RACING RESULTS
4.30 — WOOTZ (R Dawson) 10-11F 1; Mountain Of Light 16-1 2; Arbaawy 13-8 (2nd Fav) 3. 8 ran. (R Varian). 61/2, hd. Tote: 1.91; 1.20, 2.70, 1.10. Ex: 17.30. Tf: 35.00. CSF: 18.61. 5.00 — MYTHOLOGICAL STAR (B Loughnane) 4-6F 1; Hurricane Laughter 11-4 (2nd Fav) 2; Somethingintheair 12-1 3. 5 ran. (D & C Kubler). 11/2, 4l. Tote: 1.67; 1.10, 1.40. Ex: 2.80. Tf: 11.10. CSF: 2.82. 5.30 — A DAUGHTERS LOVE (Jack Doughty) 10-1 1; Grindleton 5-1 (2nd Fav) 2; Praise Indeed 7-1 3. 10 ran. (D Flood). 10l, 4l. Tote: 11.00; 1.40, 1.70, 2.40. Ex: 84.20. Tc: 381.53. Tf: 448.20. CSF: 60.26. Placepot £11.90. Q’pot £2.10.
GIMCRACK
GIMCRACK
2.45 Sunny Orange 3.15 Rock Steady Beat 3.45 Garden Oasis 4.15 Sea Her Excel 4.45 THE GOOD BISCUIT (nap) 5.15 Something
5.40 Luminous Warrior 6.10 Minkaas 6.40 Dowman 7.10 Liberate 7.40 Highland Harvey 8.10 Banana
LINGFIELD
5.18 — MISTER MOJITO (J Callan) 9-4F 1; Rogue Dynasty 5-2 (2nd Fav) 2; Dandy Khan 14-1 3. 11 ran. (T Kent). 3/4, 2l. Tote: 3.25; 1.50, 1.20, 4.40. Ex: 8.00. Tc: 65.18. Tf: 97.70. CSF: 8.06. 5.48 — FORTUNATE (O Carmichael) 16-1 1; Dun Eideann 16-1 2; Steamy Wonder 18-1 3. 10 ran. (E J-Houghton). 11/4, 13/4. Tote: 17.00; 2.90, 4.00, 4.50. Ex: 229.40. Tf: 4722.30. CSF: 250.88. 6.18 — POTTERS MARGOT (R Havlin) 25-1 1; Minnal 7-4 (2nd Fav) 2; Lushill 10-1 3. 9 ran. (M Crawley). 1l, 3/4. Tote: 30.10; 5.00, 1.10, 2.10. Ex: 105.50. Tf: 401.10. CSF: 70.66. 6.48 — ELVETHAM (J Gilligan) 13-2 1; Style King 15-8F 2; Just Jump 3-1 (2nd Fav) 3. 10 ran. (C Allen). 1/2, 11/2. Tote: 7.70; 3.50, 1.10, 1.40. Ex: 27.20. Tc: 47.22. Tf: 109.40. CSF: 19.31. NRs: Master Dandy, Phoenix Moon. 7.18 — TABASKO (Ashley Lewis) 4-5F 1; Scarlet Moon 15-2 2; Russian Rumour 10-1 3. 4 ran. (E Walker). nk, 1/2. Tote: 1.80; Ex: 10.00. Tf: 18.10. CSF: 7.16. 7.48 — HOPE RISING (R Hornby) 2-1 (2nd Fav) 1; Douglas Dc 6-1 2; Koko Blue 11-8F 3. 7 ran. (J Snowden). 51/2, 11/4. Tote: 3.00; 1.40, 2.60. Ex: 17.20. Tf: 34.20. CSF: 15.08. 8.18 — OFFIAH’S BOY (Taylor Fisher) 5-6F 1; Gert Lush 9-2 (Jt 2nd Fav) 2; Monks Mead 11-2 3. 6 ran. (J Tickle). 2l, 1/2. Tote: 1.84; 1.10, 2.00. Ex: 5.50. Tf: 10.90. CSF: 5.19. Placepot £746.40. Q’pot £14.70.
2.30 HANDICAP (6) (3-Y-O) £8,000 added (£4,187) 5f 215yds (5) 1 (3) 303 LOVE ALIVE 12 J Butler 9-9 ........................A Rawlinson 2 (5) 423 HAVANA JAG 13 (BF) J Gallagher 9-7 .Ashley Lewis (3) 3 (1) 214 CAPE TORONADA 44 (C&DBF) A Carroll 9-7 W Carson 4 (4) 624 MISTER MOET 15 (P) (D2) (S) S Dixon 9-6 C Howarth (3) 5 (2) 644 BEACH PARTEE 21 (V) (C&D) (S) S Dixon 9-4 T Heard Probable SP: 9-4 Havana Jag, 11-4 Cape Toronada, 7-2 Love Alive, 9-2 Mister Moet, 7 Beach Partee.
3.00 CLASSIFIED STAKES (6) £8,000 added (£4,187) 7f 216yds (9) 1 (1) 665 ASPIRE TO GLORY 3 (BT) D Cunha 5-9-9 .... S Narredu 2 (3) 990 CELEBRATING ETHEL 30 (P) (C) A Carroll 7-9-9
Jack Doughty 3 (4) 54L FIRST ENCOUNTER 18 (B) (D3) (G) J Gallagher 5-9-9
Ashley Lewis (3) 4 (8) 427 RAINBOW SIGN 23 (T) (C&D) (G) M Pattinson 8-9-9
P Cosgrave 5 (7) 685 RIVER WHARFE 16 (P) (C&D2C3) (G) A Carroll 8-9-9
Molly Gunn (5) 6 (6) 806 ROCK MASTER 14 (P) A Carroll 4-9-9 .............. C Fallon 7 (5) 522 ROVINIA 14 (BF) R Teal 4-9-9 ....................... O Lewis (5) 8 (9) 03L- SANGARA 305 (H) Miss S West 4-9-9 ................G Bass 9 (2) 567 SKYOLAIRE 45 (P) Seamus Mullins 3-9-2 ....G Downing Probable SP: 9-4 Rovinia, 7-2 River Wharfe, 5 Aspire To Glory, 7 Sangara, 8 First Encounter, 10 Rainbow Sign.
3.30 BRIGHTON MILE CHALLENGE HANDICAP (4) £20,000 added (£10,468) 7f 216yds (9) 1 (5) 141 SILCA BAY 18 (P) (D3) (GS) E J-Houghton 4-10-3
O Carmichael (7) 2 (8) 722 SEA SUITE 12 (V) (G) James Owen 4-10-2 ...... C Fallon 3 (2) 364 NEWFANGLED 23 (P) (C&DD2) (G) J Portman 5-9-10
R Hornby 4 (1) 2-70 HERE I BOW 86 (S) Oli Rix 3-9-9 ........................J Peate 5 (6) 019 TEX 7 (PT) (G) G Baker 5-9-7 .......................P Cosgrave 6 (9) 805 NORTHERN EMPIRE 35 (BF) E Walker 3-9-5 .A Lewis (3) 7 (7) 439 GLEN NEVIS 25 C Johnston 3-9-4......................J Callan 8 (3) 415 PLAY ME 27 (C&D) J Boyle 4-9-0 ............D J Murphy (7) 9 (4) 23L GIANT 11 (D) I Williams 6-8-13 .......................... H Davies Probable SP: 7-2 Silca Bay, 9-2 Sea Suite, 5 Tex, Northern Empire, 7 Newfangled, 8 Play Me, 10 Giant, 12 Glen Nevis.
5.20 NURSERY (6) (2-Y-O) £6,000 added (£3,140) 6f (12) 1 (9) L7L PAGEANT GIRL 21 (B) (D) James Owen 9-8 ... L Morris 2 (1) 3LL KOCHELLA 21 Henry Dwyer (AUS) 9-8 ......David Egan 3 (5) 44 BEACH AHEAD 59 (T) G & J Moore 9-8 Toby Moore (7) 4 (7) 531 TALLAHASSEE LASSIE 22 J Fanshawe 9-8 ..O Murphy 5 (4) 440 NASCENT STAR 18 H Palmer 9-8 .....................R Havlin 6 (3) 445 NAJMET MINZAAL 28 (BF) J Channon 9-7 .C Rodriguez 7 (8) 34 CROWNED 41 Michael Keady 9-6 ..................C T Keane 8 (2) 805 ITS A GINGER THING 11 R Hughes 9-6 ............F Marsh 9 (6) 956 INVINCIBLE ISAAC 34 (V) Lemos Souza 9-5 .....R Ryan 10 (11) 867 SECRET RIVAL 20 E Walker 9-5 .................K Shoemark 11 (10) 4L2 TIME AND EFFORT 13 I Furtado 9-4 ............S De Sousa 12 (12) L06 TRUST YOURSELF 39 J Tate 9-4................James Doyle Probable SP: 5-4 Tallahassee Lassie, 6 Najmet Minzaal, 10 Invincible Isaac, Crowned, Time And Effort, 12 Nascent Star.
5.50
NOVICE STAKES (DIV 1) (3) (2-Y-O) £13,000
added (£7,020) 7f (9)
1 (9)
AHMADI R Beckett 9-7 ......................................O Murphy
2 (7)
CHYMBULAK R Varian 9-7 .............................R Dawson
3 (5)
GREENLANDER S C Williams 9-7 ...............K Shoemark
4 (6) 078 MINZAAL TIME 22 R Hughes 9-7 ................... C T Keane
5 (8)
MINZAZI R Hannon 9-7 ....................................S M Levey
6 (1)
NATIVE CHIEF J Butler 9-7 ...........................David Egan
7 (3)
6 OFF THE PEG 34 R Hughes 9-7 .........................F Marsh
8 (2)
L THERE GOES MY HERO 30 K Burke 9-7 .NON RUNNER
9 (4)
VARDO (T) Owen Burrows 9-7 .....................C Rodriguez
Probable SP: 2 Ahmadi, 9-4 Chymbulak, 4 Minzazi, 10
Vardo, Off The Peg, 16 Native Chief, Greenlander.
6.20
NOVICE STAKES (DIV 2) (3) (2-Y-O) £13,000
added (£7,020) 7f (9)
1 (3)
7 CLIVE THE WRITER 19 W Muir & C Grassick 9-7
S De Sousa
2 (5)
DOVER STREET R Hannon 9-7 ....................David Egan
3 (9)
FULCRUM J & T Gosden 9-7 ...................NON RUNNER
4 (6)
GHOST RAIDER R Beckett 9-7 ....................Rossa Ryan
5 (8)
GOLD ARMY Harry Charlton 9-7 ..................L Edmunds
6 (1)
GREAT PLAINS A King 9-7 ..........................K Shoemark
7 (7)
MONTALBANO A Balding 9-7 ..........................O Murphy
8 (4)
L SAYID HARRY ANGEL 18 R Hughes 9-7 ...... C T Keane
9 (2)
6 MODA ROSA 13 B Meehan 9-2 .......................... J Leavy
Probable SP: 13-8 Dover Street, 4 Ghost Raider, 5 Montalbano,
11-2 Gold Army, 7 Great Plains, 10 Clive The Writer.
6.50
NOVICE STAKES (4) £10,000 added (£5,400)
1m (14)
1 (13)
1 CHARLIE’S CANNON 34 (H) (C) S Dow 3-9-11 .R Ryan
2 (2) L1- GAVRIEL 343 (C&D) J & T Gosden 3-9-11........R Havlin
3 (3) 51 LUNAR TIDE 118 (D) G Baker 3-9-11 ............... B Sayette
4 (8)
1- BLACK CHIFFON 307 A Balding 3-9-6 ...........O Murphy
5 (9)
THAT’S ALL FOLKS J288 (H) S Mullins 6-9-6 J Gordon
6 (10)
CLASSY NIGHT Harry Eustace 3-9-4 .................G Wood
7 (5)
3 COLONNADE 23 (T) S & E Crisford 3-9-4 ....... J Mitchell
8 (14) 72- KAINDY 271 R Varian 3-9-4 .............................R Dawson
9 (6)
NAJIDI STORM Harry Charlton 3-9-4 ............. C T Keane
10 (11)
TALKING BEAR R Phillips 3-9-4 ............... C Hutchinson
11 (4)
TATAFORTINO G & J Moore 3-9-4 .................... L Morris
12 (1)
VIRTUE KING A Perrett 3-9-4 .......................C Rodriguez
13 (12) 44 KINO PLASMAT 36 E Walker 3-8-13 ...........K Shoemark
14 (7)
LADY BLITZLE J Channon 3-8-13 .........Rose Dawes (5)
Probable SP: 10-3 Gavriel, 7-2 Kaindy, 9-2 Black Chiffon, 6
Najidi Storm, 13-2 Colonnade, 10 Charlie’s Cannon.
7.20
NOVICE STAKES (DIV 1) (3) £12,000 added
(£6,480) 1m 2f 219yds (12)
1 (8)
01 PURPLE MOON 118 G Baker 4-10-6 ............... B Sayette
2 (1)
ANCHOR J134 C Hobson 4-9-13 ....................G Mangan
3 (4)
BARACHIEL J116 R Stephens 5-9-13 ............... L Morris
4 (9) 94 DIGGER ONE 37 Kieran Burke 5-9-13 ..............J Gordon
5 (7)
5 ARKLAN 37 E J-Houghton 3-9-4 .............. C Hutchinson
6 (6) 7L BE HOPEFUL 65 D Menuisier 3-9-4 ...............S M Levey
7 (2) 89 CENTRUM 9 (P) J & T Gosden 3-9-4.............. C T Keane
8 (3)
2 DIALSTONE 36 R Beckett 3-9-4 ...................Rossa Ryan
9 (11)
FORTITUDINE C Appleby 3-9-4 ..................James Doyle
10 (10) 58- MID FLIGHT 271 (TV) P Charalambous & J Clutterbuck 3-9-4
R Havlin
11 (5)
6 TREBLE BASS 16 R Varian 3-9-4 ...................R Dawson
12 (12)
L- WESTENDER 377 D Menuisier 3-9-4 ...........S De Sousa
Probable SP: 7-4 Dialstone, 5-2 Fortitudine, Purple Moon,
12 Treble Bass, 16 Arklan, Centrum.
UK/IRISH COMMENTARY AND RESULTS
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2.30 Cape Toronada 3.00 Rovinia 3.30 Newfangled (nb) 4.00 Buckland Belle 4.30 Viking Glory 5.00 Faustus
4.00 HANDICAP (6) £8,000 added (£4,187) 1m 1f 207yds (6) 1 (4) 52L ANNEXATION 29 (D2) (GS) A Carroll 10-9-10 .. C Fallon 2 (3) 79-1 IT’S LIFE 11 (G) Kathy Turner 4-9-7 .... Charlie Tucker (7) 3 (5) 053 WEST HILL ROSIE 45 S Mullins 4-9-5 ..........G Downing 4 (2) 221 BUCKLAND BELLE 14 (G) O Sangster 3-9-4 .E Greatrex 5 (6) 155 PORT DARWIN 25 (S) C Johnston 3-9-4 ......... R Hornby 6 (1) 617 BERYL’S GIRL 32 (P) (C&D) (G) E J-Houghton 3-9-4
R Clutterbuck Probable SP: 8-13 Buckland Belle, 5 Port Darwin, 6 It’s Life, 10 Annexation, Beryl’s Girl.
4.30 HANDICAP (6) £8,000 added (£4,187) 6f 210yds (9) 1 (6) L8L REDREDROBIN 22 (P) (D5) (GS) M Saunders 9-9-12
E Greatrex 2 (9) 245 THE ORGANISER 23 (T) (CD) (S) M Pattinson 7-9-10
P Cosgrave 3 (8) 222 HAVANA MOJITO 18 (B) (C&D2C) (G) J Gallagher 5-9-9
Ashley Lewis (3) 4 (1) 260 BERNING HOT 13 (C&D) M Attwater 4-9-8 .....P Bradley 5 (3) 58L KING CHERRY 12 (T) S C Williams 3-9-7 ....... R Hornby 6 (5) 6L9 QUITE SWEET 22 A Carroll 4-9-6 ....................W Carson 7 (7) 7L3 VIKING GLORY 21 (PT) James Owen 3-9-5 ..... C Fallon 8 (2) 374 DALEY T 30 (B) A Carroll 6-8-13 ...............Jack Doughty 9 (4) 649 MIRAFLORES 15 R Cook & J Bridger 4-8-12 R Kavanagh (3) Probable SP: 15-8 Havana Mojito, 3 Viking Glory, 5 King Cherry, 15-2 The Organiser, 12 Daley T, Miraflores.
5.00 HANDICAP (6) £8,000 added (£4,187) 5f 60yds (7) 1 (4) 20L- POP DANCER 339 (C&D3D8) (GS) A Carroll 9-9-12
Jack Doughty 2 (3) 233 KENTO 29 (P) (C&DD3) (G) A Carroll 5-9-10 ..W Carson 3 (7) 715 SECRET HANDSHEIKH 21 (V) (C&D4D3) (GS)
J Gallagher 8-9-9 C Fallon 4 (2) 262 FAUSTUS 29 (B) (C&DD6BF) (GS) R Cook & J Bridger 8-9-8
R Kavanagh (3) 5 (5) 552 STARSONG 10 (P) (C&DC) (G) M Appleby 7-9-2
NON RUNNER 6 (1) 955 TITUS THOR 33 M Saunders 6-8-10 ...............E Greatrex 7 (6) 53L COAST 21 (B) (G) S Dixon 7-8-10 ............. C Howarth (3) Probable SP: 5-2 Kento, 7-2 Secret Handsheikh, Faustus, 5 Pop Dancer, Titus Thor, 10 Coast.
First run since wind surgery: 3.30 Here I Bow. Drop in Class: 5.00 Pop Dancer is down 4 grades on last run (Class 2 to Class 6).
5.20 Tallahassee Lassie 5.50 Ahmadi 6.20 Fulcrum 6.50 Black Chiffon 7.20 Dialstone 7.50 Cloud Forest 8.20 Captain Fox 8.50 Tuba NEWMARKET – 5.20 TALLAHASSEE LASSIE (nap).
5.20 Secret Rival 5.50 Chymbulak 6.20 Fulcrum 6.50 Kaindy 7.20 Fortitudine 7.50 Cloud Forest 8.20 Quadrillion 8.50 Desert Belle
7.50
NOVICE STAKES (DIV 2) (3) £12,000 added
(£6,480) 1m 2f 219yds (11)
1 (7) 62 CLOUD FOREST 22 S bin Suroor 4-9-13 ........O Murphy
2 (10)
NO ORDINARY JOE J73 R Stephens 10-9-13.. L Morris
3 (2) 51 CUFF IT 58 R Spencer 3-9-11 .............................G Wood
4 (5) 033 ATLAS MOUNTAIN 58 A King 3-9-4 ................ J Mitchell
5 (3) 53 KUDOS TOO 22 W Muir & C Grassick 3-9-4 L Edmunds
6 (4)
4 SHADOW ROAD 40 J Butler 3-9-4 ................David Egan
7 (9)
WRECK IT RONNIE Charlie Pike 3-9-4 ..........T Greatrex
8 (8) L9- ANGEL BREEZE 252 (T) L Souza 3-8-13 NON RUNNER
9 (6)
3 CHURCH WEDDING 203 (BF) R Beckett 3-8-13 R Ryan
10 (11)
9- DOVE TALE 277 J & T Gosden 3-8-13 ...............R Havlin
11 (1) 75 PERSIAN FLAW 56 D Menuisier 3-8-13 .........S M Levey
Probable SP: 11-4 Cloud Forest, 7-2 Atlas Mountain, 4
Church Wedding, Cuff It, 12 Kudos Too, Shadow Road.
8.20 HANDICAP (4) (3-Y-O) £12,000 added (£6,281) 7f (8) 1 (6) 124 JUMEIRAH SANDS 22 I Mohammed & J Santos 9-10
K S McHugh (7) 2 (3) 1-48 ANGEL GABRIEL 26 R Beckett 9-9 ............Rossa Ryan 3 (8) 165 CAPTAIN FOX 27 R Hughes 9-8 .........................F Marsh 4 (1) 102- PISCEAN STAR 321 (C&D) E Dunlop 9-6 .......O Murphy 5 (2) 32-6 QUADRILLION 56 Harry Charlton 9-4 ............ C T Keane 6 (4) 163 BLAKEFELL 44 (DBF) I Furtado 9-4 ............S De Sousa 7 (5) 651 VICTORY ACE 11 (P) (D) J Butler 9-4 ........... MP Sheehy 8 (7) 871 DOODLING 53 E J-Houghton 8-11 ............ C Hutchinson Probable SP: 7-2 Piscean Star, 4 Doodling, 9-2 Jumeirah Sands, 5 Quadrillion, 8 Blakefell, Victory Ace, Angel Gabriel.
8.50 HANDICAP (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) 1m 7f 218yds (8) 1 (7) 211 TUBA J47 F O’Brien 5-10-2 .............................G Mangan 2 (6) 51L ROLAND GARROS J35 (PT) H Burton 5-10-1 A Egan (7) 3 (8) 11-7 EASTER ICON J56 (D4) G Brown 7-10-0 ...........F Marsh 4 (2) 321 CAPTAIN ROBERT 56 (B) J Fanshawe 4-9-12 ..G Wood 5 (3) 4L7 GOLDEN GARDEN 61 (PT) W Greatrex 4-9-11 .S De Sousa 6 (1) 351 V POWER 29 (T) T Faulkner 6-9-10 ...........Zoe Lewis (7) 7 (4) 322 DESERT BELLE 9 (P) Sir M Prescott 3-9-2....... L Morris 8 (5) LL4 INDIVIDUALISTE 38 B Lund 8-9-0 .........Rose Dawes (5) Probable SP: 2 Captain Robert, 5-2 Desert Belle, 4 Tuba, 6 V Power, 10 Easter Icon, 16 Roland Garros, 20 Golden Garden.
TRACK FACTS: PRINCIPAL MEETING. R-H Polytrack course. GOING: Standard to slow. STALLS: Inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low. Top jockey: Oisin Murphy. Top trainer: A Balding. Headgear first time: 5.20 Pageant Girl, 5.50 Vardo, 7.20 Mid Flight, 8.20 Victory Ace, 8.50 Desert Belle. Longest travellers: Kochella (5.20) Australia; Time And Effort (5.20) & Blakefell (8.20) 239 miles. Drop in Class: 5.20 Kochella is down 2 grades on last run (Class 4 to Class 6); Beach Ahead (3); Nascent Star (4); Its A Ginger Thing (2); Secret Rival (2); 6.50 Black Chiffon (2). First run since wind surgery: 5.20 Trust Yourself, 6.50 That’s All Folks.
CAPTAIN HEATH TRIO
HAVANA MOJITO (nap) (Brighton, 4.30) SANGARA (nb) (Brighton, 3.00) TUBA (Kempton, 8.50)
WORK WHISPER
DUBAI CHARM (Yarmouth, 6.40) WEIGHTING GAME
FAUSTUS (Brighton, 5.00) Down 18lb from last winning mark.
2.30 Havana Jag 3.00 Rovinia 3.30 Sea Suite 4.00 Buckland Belle (nb) 4.30 Havana Mojito 5.00 Faustus
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EN STOKES has spelt out his desire to return to the international arena as England coach after ruling out a retirement U-turn. Stokes, 35, quit international cricket in June, calling time on his four-year tenure as Test captain in the process, and is now looking to couple playing for Durham with taking assignments on Twenty20’s global scene. In the background, however, he is preparing for a second career in the sport by getting coaching qualifications under his belt. In an interview with the For The Love of Cricket podcast in which he also denied the England team had a problem with alcohol and expressed concern about the impact returning to the captaincy would have on Joe Root, Stokes revealed his future plans. ‘I’m doing my level three coaching now,’ he said. ‘I know what I want to do in terms of staying within the game, which is to be a coach. Would I love to be coach of England one day? Absolutely. I just really like the idea of being in some form of leadership away from playing.’ With an Ashes series just ten months away, the possibility of Stokes making a dramatic comeback was being aired within moments of his farewell press conference in the aftermath of defeat to New Zealand at Trent Bridge five weeks ago. England’s director of cricket Rob Key failed to douse such speculation when he remarked ‘you never know with Ben’ during the press conference to explain the choice of Root and Stephen Fleming as a new coach-captain axis in Test cricket. But, speaking publicly for the first time since his Nottingham goodbyes, Stokes told podcast host and former team-mate Jos Buttler he had ‘definitely’ retired. His decision to walk away came immediately after he returned from a suspension following a late night episode in a Chelsea nightclub alongside team-mate Gus Atkinson. It was the latest in a string of incidents dating back to last autumn, yet Stokes, when asked if there was a drinking issue within the dressing room, replied: ‘No, that is such an extreme thing to put on a team. For people who
By LUKE POWER
THE Women’s Tour de France has been rocked after teams accused riders of inflating their bra size to gain speed. Cyclists are suspected of placing padding in their bras — which redirects air flow around the body, thus reducing resistance — in a banned practice known as ‘chest fairing’. Tour authorities stepped up their scrutiny of riders’ clothing ahead of yesterday’s time trial after some teams complained. The International Cycling Union (UCI) have already banned jerseys with front internal pockets because they could
think the English cricket team has
a drinking culture, I would say no.
I would just say cricket has a
culture that is associated
with alcohol.
‘The game has
g o n e
m o r e
professional over
the years, and
one thing that
h a s
s t a y e d
within cricket is
its relationship
with alcohol
— from club
cricket it works
its way up. It has
been embedded
within the sport.’
Stokes also explained
that his long-term exit
plan had been to finish playing
for England after the home series
against Australia, saying: ‘I look
at planning ahead and I was
going “We’ve got the Ashes in
2027”. I spoke to [wife] Clare a lot
‘performance-enhancing bras’
hide nutritional products and give an aerodynamic advantage. Chest fairing is a known issue in women’s and men’s cycling. Offenders could improve their 21km time trial performance by 16 seconds, based on figures in a 2024 analysis by aerodynamics professor Bert Blocken. He found that cyclists can gain a 3.6 per cent drag reduction using chest fairing. The time gained, according to Blocken, could ‘decide who wins or loses
about this even before I took the
decision. You always plan your
retirement, right? And it was
the 2027 Ashes, whatever
happens there you’re
going, “Not sure I
go past that”.
‘A n d
t h e n
over time [it
became]: “How
am I going to
get there? How
am I going to
get to Australia
2027 with how
everything is
feeling at the
moment?”.’
As reported here
last week, Sydney
Sixers are now favourites
to land Stokes for this winter’s
Big Bash League.
As for the future of the Test
team he leaves behind, Stokes
was surprised to see Harry Brook
overlooked as his successor, with
a time trial’. In the trials, riders adopt a ‘tucked’ position, which can create a pocket between their helmet, shoulders and chest. The idea is that by increasing their chest protrusion, one can redirect air away from this area and also reduce pressure on the thighs. Now the UCI are clamping down. Teams were sent a notice that the UCI jury were paying special attention to competitor clothing. How they will enforce this, however, in a non-invasive
Root chosen to navigate a new path post-Bazball. Root took the captaincy for the second Test against New Zealand while Stokes was the subject of an ECB investigation into the post-midnight celebrations after the Lord’s win. Stokes endorsed Brook, Eng- land’s white-ball captain and his deputy in Tests, amid concerns from others that leadership across all formats would be too much to contend with at this stage of the 27-year-old’s career. But Stokes said on the podcast: ‘If you think someone’s going to be a good captain or a good leader, then just give them it. ‘I understood the reasoning but I was still like, well, what message is that sending to him? ‘He’s vice-captain. And then the captain is not playing, but he’s not captain. What?’ Root’s England record 64-match first spell in charge ended in
manner remains to be seen. Some teams have suggested that a female juror could check riders in a tent to ensure privacy, but this still raises concerns. ‘Riders must be at the final checks before the race no later than 10 minutes before their respective start time,’ a UCI order said. ‘Particular attention will be paid to compliance with article 1.3.032 of the UCI regulations, including non-essential
spring 2022 amid confessions that he and the captaincy were in an unhealthy relationship, infected by Covid restrictions and a run of one win in 17. ‘I wish him nothing but success. I hope he goes on and achieves amazing things in his role as captain and I think he’s going to really enjoy it with Flem. He’s a great man,’ said Stokes. ‘I’ve worked with Flem before but I told Joe — my only worry is just you. That’s all I really care about now, because I have seen what he went through and how much he put himself through. ‘He’s always put the team first — he always comes second. And that’s my only concern with it, knowing what he went through last time he was in charge of the team. ‘I don’t want to see that ever happen again because I care for Joe a lot, but I wish him all the success in the world.’
elements and clothing or other items and accessories worn by a rider which could modify their morphology.’ Professor Blocken told Telegraph Sport he had seen photographs which ‘seemed to suggest there are indeed objects that some female riders stick behind their shirt’. In a somewhat similar story earlier this year, the Winter Olympics were rocked by a penis enlargement scandal. There were allegations that ski jumpers resorted to injecting hyaluronic acid into their genitals to increase the surface area of their skinsuit, helping achieve greater lift.
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YEAR ago today, Marcus Rashford was scoring his first goal for Barcelona on loan from Manchester United in a pre-season win. It was the start of an exciting new chapter at the end of a summer in which Rashford had been banished by Ruben Amorim and forced to train separately with the rest of the ‘bomb squad’. Rashford won the La Liga title during his season at the Nou Camp, playing well enough to earn a recall to England’s World Cup squad. Yet Barca declined to trigger a £26million option to buy him — despite head coach Hansi Flick admitting over the weekend that he will miss the player — and no other clubs have met United’s £40m valuation. As it stands, the feeling at United and within Rashford’s camp is that he is likely to return and play for his boyhood club next season. But with almost a month of the window remaining, there is still uncertainty over the 28-year-old’s future. Daily Mail Sport assesses Rashford’s situation and the options on the table as he prepares to report back for pre-season training.
WHY HASN’T HE LEFT
OLD TRAFFORD?
ANY deal has to factor in his
£325,000-a-week salary, which was
agreed when he signed a five-year
contract at Old Trafford in 2023.
It is a reason why United have
been looking to move Rashford
off the wage bill and why that has
not been an easy process.
Suggestions that Rashford,
United’s highest earner since
Casemiro left this summer, could
take a pay cut are unrealistic.
Barca paid his entire wage
during the season on loan but
were prepared to offer only half
the £26m stipulated in the deal to
make the move permanent.
United rejected any attempt by
the Catalans to take Rashford on
loan for a second season, and
once the Spanish champions
SPORT IN BRIEF
JACK DRAPER’s torturous attempts to return to tennis continued last night as he wiped away tears during defeat in the first round of the Canadian Open. Trailing Frenchman Terence Atmane 4-1 in the deciding set, the British former world No 4 sat in his chair at the changeover and wept. It was a truly wretched sight and, while we must wait for the man himself to speak, it seems likely those tears were an indication that he is still feeling the pain of an arm injury which simply will not leave him alone. Some natrual ring-rust aside,
÷TENNIS
WHEELER
signed Anthony Gordon to play on the left side of their attack, it always looked as though they had moved on. Rashford issued a message last week thanking the club and its fans for ‘a positive and unforgettable experience’. Once the deadline for Barca to sign Rashford expired on June 15, United made it known they would listen to offers of £40m from other clubs — with the exception of Manchester City and Liverpool — for the player until that option ran out in mid-July. None were forthcoming, but Daily Mail Sport understands a number of clubs from the Premier League — including two in particular — Italy, Germany, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are still weighing up a move, most likely on loan.
WHEN IS RASHFORD
DUE BACK IN TRAINING?
RASHFORD is among the final
group of World Cup players due
back at United next week,
along with Kobbie Mainoo and
Lisandro Martinez.
However, it is a measure of the
sensitivity that still surrounds his
situation that the club is not
confirming a return date. It
remains to be seen if Rashford
re-appears next week and, if so,
whether that will be to Carrington
or Maynooth — where Michael
Carrick’s squad are based before
a friendly against Leeds at Croke
Park next Wednesday.
It comes a year after his comings
and goings at the training ground
were the source of intense
scrutiny, following Amorim’s
decision to keep Rashford and
the bomb squad away from
Carrington until the rest of
the players had left, in what
was politely described as a
‘co-ordinated return’.
It is unthinkable that Carrick
would take a similar stance to
By MATTHEW LAMBWELL
there was nothing much wrong with Draper’s level in the first two sets, and when he won the second comfortably he looked well placed to go on and take the match. But everything began to look incresingly difficult and the 24-year-old started to hit an increasing number of dropshots — a common sign that things are not all well physically, as the player is just trying to end the point quickly. Atmane, in
Amorim He is a more
conciliatory
Amorim. He is a more conciliatory character, having played along- side Rashford, coached him and managed him in the decade since he exploded on to the first-team scene in 2016. Intriguingly, Rashford’s first game back for United could be against Milan, now managed by Amorim, a week on Saturday.
ANY CHANCE OF UNITED RE-INTEGRATION? IN principle, his return makes total sense. United have been in the market for a left-sided attacker and they already have one under contract for another two years, who has the ability to be one of the most dynamic wide players in Europe on his day. Why would they not be open to welcoming Rashford back to the club where he grew up? Perhaps the cost of signing a replacement has made United think again, too. They have been priced out of deals — notably for Elliot Anderson and Mateus Fernandes — in a summer during which they have spent £85m on Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans. Gordon went to Barcelona for £70m and Crysencio Summerville, one of the players on United’s list, joined Al Hilal for £68m. Suddenly the cost of keeping Rashford does not seem so high. His form dipped during his last two seasons at United, but there
terrible form himself, won 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. It has been well over 12 months now that Draper has struggled with bone bruising in the humerus of his left arm. Due to play at Wimbledon, he pulled out the day before his match. Set to return in Washington, he withdrew citing a twinge in that arm. The injury is clearly chronic and, if this is indeed yet another setback, it is not easy to see where Draper goes from here. Sad to say, it is becoming increasingly likely we may never see the best of this beautifully, brutally brilliant player again.
is nothing to say Carrick cannot have the same rejuvenating effect on Rashford as he had on Mainoo. Like Mainoo, Rashford’s main beef was with Amorim. That is not to say lingering issues do not remain with other figures at United, but nothing that would rule out a return. Yet still there are no guarantees Rashford will be a United player when the window closes. Might the club be tempted to accept an offer — a permanent move or loan — as the deadline draws near? With only Matheus Cunha and Patrick Dorgu to play on the left- side of attack, would United have
÷FOOTBALL
UEFA CHAMPIONS LGE — 3rd qualifying rnd, 1st leg: Olympiacos 0 NEC 0, Sparta Prague 2 Lyon 1, Union Saint Gilloise 3 Bodo/Glimt 3, Ararat Armenia 2 CM Celje 1, Dinamo Zagreb 5 FK Kauno Zalgiris 0, Hapoel Beer Sheva 1 Red Star Belgrade 0, Levski Sofia 1 FC Kairat 0, Mjallby AIF 1 Slovan Bratislava 2. UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE — 3rd quali- fying rnd, 1st leg: Larne 0 Iberia 1999 0, Shamrock Rovers 3 KF Egnatia 1.
÷CRICKET
THE HUNDRED: SunRisers Leeds v London Spirt, Headingley: Men — SunRisers Leeds 241-2 (100 balls; R D Rickelton 94no; M R Marsh 76; H C Brook 55); London Spirit 204-6 (100 balls; D J Willey 83no). SunRisers Leeds win by 37 runs. Women’s — London Spirit 136-7 (100 balls; G M Harris 51); SunRisers Leeds 142-5 (98 balls; K L George 3-25). SunRisers Leeds win by 5 wickets.
time to sign a replacement if he leaves? After it appeared for a long time as though there was no way back for Rashford at United, it now seems more likely than not he will play for the club again.
n MANCHESTER UNITED have announced a record-breaking £20million-a-year training kit sponsorship deal with Betway. They have been without a sponsor on their training gear since a deal with Tezos ran out in June 2025. While front-of-shirt gambling sponsors are now banned in the Premier League, they are allowed on training kits.
÷CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES (France) — 1 M Reusser (Swi) Movistar Team 27m 30s, 2 L Nooijen (Hol) Team Visma | Lease a Bike at 4s, 3 D Vollering (Hol) FDJ United-SUEZ at 18. Overall: 1 M Reusser (Swi) Movistar Team 11h 47m 36s, 2 D Vollering (Hol) FDJ United-SUEZ at 14s, 3 C Kerbaol (F) EF Education- Oatly at 54.
ATP NATIONAL BANK OPEN (Montreal, Canada) — 1st rd: S Baez (Arg) bt M Bellucci (It) 7-5 6-3; T Tirante (Arg) bt D Chan (Can) 6-3 1-6 7-6 (7-3) H Hurkacz (Pol) bt M Giron (US) 7-5 4-6 6-2; S Tsitsipas (Gre) bt M Damm (US) 6-4 6-4; J Brooksby (US) bt A Walton (A) 6-3 6-4; J Fearnley (GB) bt A Mannarino (F) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4; V Royer (F) bt P Carreno Busta (Sp) 1-6 7-5 6-2; Z Svajda (US) bt D Shapovalov (Can) 4-6 6-4 3-0 ret D Merida Aguilar (Sp) bt L Draxl (Can) 3-6 6-4 6-4; A Popyrin (A) bt R Burruchaga (Arg) 4-6 7-5 6-3.
WTA NATIONAL BANK OPEN (Toronto, Canada) — 2nd rd: E Svitolina (Ukr) bt J Bouzas Maneiro (Sp) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4; I Swiatek (Pol) bt S Bejlek (Cz) 6-0 6-3; E Alexandrova (Rus) bt C Osorio (Col) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) V Golubic (Swi) bt D Vekic (Cro) 5-7 6-2 6-3; Diana Shnaider (Rus) bt Rebecca Sramkova 6-2 4-6 6-1; M Kostyuk (Ukr) bt K Sebov (Can) 7-6 (7-4) 6-0.
÷TODAY’S ACTION
UEFA CHAMPIONS LGE — 3rd Qualifying rd, 1st Leg: AGF v Sabah Baku (5.30), Fenerbahce v Sturm Graz (7.0). FRIENDLY MATCHES: Arsenal v Real Betis (7.30), Chelsea v Juventus (12.30). CRICKET — The Hundred: Man- chester Super Giants v Welsh Fire (Emirates Old Trafford, Women 11.30am, Men 3.0), Trent Rockets v Birmingham Phoenix (Trent Bridge, Women 3.0, Men 6.30). One-Day Cup - Group A: Surrey v Kent (The Kia Oval, 11am). Group B: Hampshire v Glamorgan (The Rose Bowl, 11am).
to welcome Mudryk back into the fold as ban ends
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ABI ALONSO has revealed Mykhailo Mudryk may make his first appearance for Chelsea in 20 months today to officially mark his return from the footballing wilderness. Mudryk participated in an open training session with his team- mates in Hong Kong yesterday at the Kai Tak Stadium, where the loudest cheer from local fans was reserved for when the Ukrainian was shown on the big screen. Chelsea face Juventus in a pre-season friendly at the same stadium today. Mudryk, an £89million signing from Shakhtar Donetsk, has not played for Chelsea since November 2024. The 25-year-old was then suspended from football after failing a doping test. His ban ended this week after a resolution was reached with the FA and, speaking from Hong Kong ahead of the Juventus match, Alonso said of Mudryk: ‘Yes, he could play. Maybe 90 minutes is too early, but he can be selected. ‘He trained yesterday and came directly from the airport to the hotel. So yesterday was more about the feelings, more about the emotions, to be back with the players, to assess the fitness level. ‘We are thrilled Misha could be with us. You could see his smile, how great the feeling is for him to be part of the team, because he has been training on his own for a long time. ‘Fitness level, we will see, but he
By JACK GAUGHAN in Seoul I need more signings, demands Maresca
ENZO MARESCA has revealed Manchester City are looking to land more senior targets this month after losing a wealth of experience over the summer. Between the departures of Bernardo Silva, John Stones and Nathan Ake, City lost almost 1,000 collective appearances and boss Maresca appears keen for seasoned additions. City are progressing in a deal to land Lille’s 18-year-old midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi to supplement the capture of £116million Elliot Anderson as the centre of the park begins to take shape. Real Madrid are pushing to sign
has been working hard and now it’s about trying to get him back into things with team-mates and integrating into the dynamic. But the first feeling for everyone is that we are happy he is back.’ Daily Mail Sport reported this week that multiple clubs have approached Chelsea to ask about Mudryk, with Coventry among those interested in a loan deal. All options are open from the perspective of Chelsea, who want to assess their player in this pre-season first. That has been relayed directly to Mudryk upon his return. Meanwhile, Tottenham are interested in Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson. It is understood there has been no formal approach as of yet, but sources have confirmed to Daily Mail Sport that Spurs have the 25-year-old under consideration. Spurs boss Roberto De Zerbi wants to add to his attack after spending almost £250m on bolstering the defence and midfield, with Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes, Jan Paul van Hecke, Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi among their summer signings. Speaking during their pre- season tour in Sydney, Australia, De Zerbi told reporters that he estimated their window was ‘60 per cent’ complete. He also
Rodri this summer, with the Spaniard open to a move, and Maresca is acutely aware of the need for older heads to retain balance among the squad. ‘Fortunately this is a squad that doesn’t need to do many things,’ Maresca said. ‘At the same time, as we already know, the club lost important players in terms of experience like Bernardo, John and Nathan.’ City have been actively looking at wingers and a right back is
GILL in Hong Kong
admitted Richarlison, who scored Spurs’ stoppage-time winner in a 2-1 friendly win over Chelsea, could still leave this summer. Chelsea are understood to value Jackson at £65m, with Aston Villa also among his admirers. He is open to leaving Chelsea for more guaranteed game time. Spurs, whose sporting director is Johan Lange, formerly of Villa, have admired Jackson for some time, including before De Zerbi’s arrival as their head coach. Business between Spurs and Chelsea is rare. In 2001, Gus Poyet joined Tottenham for a small fee. In 2009, Spurs signed goal- keeper Carlo Cudicini on a free after Chelsea agreed to cut short his contract. Chelsea currently have too many strikers on their books after signing Danny Welbeck. With the arrival of the 35-year-old from
high on the agenda as well. Maresca is an admirer of Malo Gusto, with Pedro Neto also linked — both players with whom the Italian worked as manager of Chelsea. Director of football Hugo Viana has flown to South Korea for the second leg of City’s tour and is juggling a number of different deals. Tottenham want City winger Savinho and 34-year-old Marseille goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli is expected to sign once James Trafford’s switch to Leeds United is finalised. ‘Hugo is here, also Ferran [Soriano, chief executive] is here
Brighton, it is accepted the Blues need to sell or loan at least two. As well as Jackson and Welbeck, they have Liam Delap, Emmanuel Emegha, Marc Guiu and Joao Pedro, who is likelier to sign a new contract than be sold. Jackson is among their more sellable strikers as he is still highly regarded within football. He spent the 2025-26 season on loan with Bayern Munich after his relationship broke down with Enzo Maresca, but did impress at Stamford Bridge before leaving. He reached double figures in Premier League goals in both the 2024-25 and 2023-24 campaigns. Jackson is now with the Chelsea squad in Hong Kong, having joined up with his team-mates following his World Cup campaign with Senegal. Alonso wanted to take a closer look at the striker before deciding what to do next.
and we speak day by day to see if we need to do something,’ Maresca added. ‘For sure, there are things we need to do. We are in communication every day. The transfer window is open and when it’s open anything can happen.’ At 26, Phil Foden is one of the club’s senior stars now and has raised his hand to be included in the captaincy group. Foden wore the armband for the weekend draw with Inter in Hong Kong. City generally operate with a four or five-man captaincy group, usually ratified after the transfer window closes. ‘I have to be really,’ Foden
be thwarted in Hammers takeover bid
By MIKE KEEGAN Chief Sports Reporter
THE battle for ownership of
West Ham United could be
heading for the courts.
A consortium fronted by
Amanda Staveley, who led the
Saudi takeover of Newcastle
United, has agreed a £150million
deal to buy the 25.1 per cent
stake held by the family of the
late David Gold, in what is being
viewed as a first step towards
total control.
However, the current co-owner,
Czech billionaire Daniel
Kretinsky, has moved to block
Staveley’s approach.
He is reducing his holding from
27 per cent to below 25 per
cent. By doing so, he would
then be permitted to buy the
Gold stake, given existing
shareholders have first refusal,
without surpassing the 50 per
cent mark, which would force
him to buy David Sullivan’s 38.8
per cent stake.
However, it is understood that
Royal Mail owner Kretinsky’s
attempted coup at the
Hammers, who were relegated
from the Premier League to the
Championship last season, may
trigger a legal challenge.
There is a view that his sale,
to fellow Czech Jakub
Havrlant, could violate rules
set out in West Ham’s articles
of association and, therefore,
be unlawful.
As such, Sullivan himself may
wish to take action.
Representatives for Kretinsky
were approached for comment.
It is thought Staveley’s group,
which involves investors from
the US, are aiming to take a
controlling share of the club,
which would include Sullivan’s
stake. Their offer has valued
West Ham at £600m.
Should Kretinsky succeed, he
may then need to enlist the
support of American billionaire
Albert Tripp Smith, who owns
eight per cent, to control the
voting system within the
London Stadium boardroom.
said when asked if he will be considered a leader. ‘I’ve been at the club for so long, I’m one of the longest here. ‘So this season I have to be one of the leaders, one of the captains. I’m looking forward to that new responsibility and trying to take leadership.’ Meanwhile, City’s friendly with the K-League All Stars today is set to be staged amid a local government warning of excessive heat. Players were greeted in South Korea by an emergency alert on their smartphones, issued when temperatures are forecast for 38°C or higher.
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OOTBALL’S movers and shakers yesterday descended on the Marriott Auditorium Hotel on Madrid’s Avenida de Aragon for the transfer equivalent of speed dating. More than 300 club owners, sporting directors, chief executives, loan managers and agents from some 40 countries across the globe, representing the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Stuttgart, Ajax and Columbus Crew, jetted in for four days of intense meetings and networking at TransferRoom. Monday was set aside for pre-event drinks before the real courting began yesterday. In a spacious room filled with 160 numbered desks, the respective groups shuffle along to a schedule, sharing 15 minutes with the people they want to see, pitching their stock, so to speak, to would-be buyers. Meetings are arranged via an app, which assigns a table number. ‘The room is set out like a GCSE exam,’ says one Premier League executive. ‘You have about 16 slots per day and you go through the attendees and request to meet them. ‘The system fills up all of your spots as you accept or are
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÷ MANCHESTER CITY have stepped up their interest in signing CHELSEA winger Pedro Neto. Chelsea want more than £65million for the 26-year-old, who is also on TOTTENHAM’S extended list of options. He cost £51m from Wolves in 2024, when City also showed interest. Meanwhile, Mateo Kovacic is to stay at the Etihad. City are continuing discussions over Lille’s Ayyoub Bouaddi while Tijjani Reijnders is wanted by NOTTINGHAM FOREST
300 club chiefs ++ 40 countries
of football’s ‘transfer speed dating’ summit
accepted. All the tables are numbered and you get your own programme, with each meeting on a different table. ‘There’s a giant green digital clock usually hanging on the wall that counts down and when the bell rings three times, it’s time to move on. Ding, ding, ding. Off you pop to the next table, the next meeting. ‘There are two packages. Basic membership costs about £20,000 and the full is about £35,000. ‘The difference is what you have access to. That means access to pitch as many players as you want, reply to as many pitches as you want and access to add-on
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and Rodri wants to join
Real Madrid.
÷ CHELSEA are closing in on
Rayo Vallecano left wing back
Pep Chavarria for a fee of £16m.
The 28-year-old is waiting for
permission to travel to London
for a medical.
÷ NEWCASTLE UNITED have
rekindled talks with Borussia
Dortmund midfielder Felix
Nmecha as they search for a
replacement for Bruno
Guimaraes. The German, who
is valued at around £78m, was
tools, getting deeper insight to things like player statistics.’ ‘You could argue it’s cheaper to pick up the phone,’ says one scout. ‘But it saves a lot of time seeing people face-to-face, not just in the room but afterwards for a coffee or beer at the hotels. ‘It’s maybe more use for networking than actually getting a deal done there and then. Clubs are cutting back on scouts now, even the top ones. This cuts to the chase in some respects, if you know your players.’ The latter is a pertinent point. Lee Dykes, Brentford’s highly- regarded technical director,
unsure about a switch to Newcastle earlier in the window, though. ÷ FULHAM have made a revised £25m offer for SOUTHAMPTON midfielder Shea Charles. The Championship side rejected Fulham’s first bid for him, but the Cottagers have improved their proposal. ÷ MANCHESTER UNITED have inserted a buy-back option in the deal to sell goalkeeper Radek Vitek to MIDDLESBROUGH. The clubs are closing on an agreement over a permanent transfer of the 22-year-old. ÷ EVERTON plan to complete the signing of Christian Norgaard from ARSENAL in the next 48 hours. The 32-year-old was given permission to
says TransferRoom has become ‘almost like an extra employee’. They also utilise it to help set up friendlies. Dykes had been aware of the project since his days at Bury. TransferRoom began life in 2017 as an online platform specifically tailored for clubs, taking its inspiration from web-based estate agents. Effectively, it is football’s online matchmaker. Founder Jonas Ankersen says it has now been responsible for more than 10,000 deals. ‘That’s a milestone,’ he adds. ‘This number represents a football industry that is becoming much more connected and
undergo a medical, but talks are ongoing over the final details of the deal worth around £7m. ÷ CRYSTAL PALACE are advancing over an £11m deal for winger Zavier Gozo from Real Salt Lake. The 19-year-old scored six goals in 16 MLS appearances last season. ÷ IPSWICH are interested in Real Betis centre back Natan. The 25-year-old Brazilian joined from Napoli last season. The Tractor Boys, meanwhile, have signed midfielder Florentino Luis from BURNLEY for £16m, plus £3m in add-ons. HULL had been in talks over a loan for the 26-year-old, but are now close to agreeing a £7m deal for Norwegian Jens Hjerto-Dahl from Tromso.
transparent, much more efficient and more data-driven. It’s basically 10,000 careers that moved forward.’ Name names, you say. Well, Viktor Gyokeres’ move from Coventry City to Sporting Lisbon in 2023 began when Sporting director of football Hugo Viana, now at Manchester City, contacted Coventry through TransferRoom before setting up talks with the striker’s agency, HCM Sports Management. Antoine Semenyo’s transfer from Bristol City to Bournemouth in 2023, Daryl Dike’s switch from Orlando City to West Bromwich Albion in 2022 and Carlos Alcaraz’s move from Racing Club in Argentina to Southampton for £12.5million in 2023 all have their genesis in TransferRoom. The Madrid event was being billed as ‘deal day’ because it is bang in the middle of the summer transfer market. It was sold out, although some have access online. But other opportunist agents take the chance to hang around in the corridors to push their players to club executives. ‘I was shocked this even existed,’ said ex-player Kevin Prince-Boateng, now head of Rookie & Champ agency. ‘It’s like speed dating with transparency, but you’re sitting across the table from major people who make decisions to get the next superstar.’ ‘It’s about getting the decisions here,’ says another executive. ‘After all, the nature [of the business] is we don’t have time to waste.’
÷ COVENTRY have confirmed
the £22.5m signing of keeper
Carl Rushworth from
BRIGHTON, who have inserted a
buy-back option. His five-year
contract could reach £30m.
÷ ASTON VILLA have shortlisted
Atletico Madrid defender
Matteo Ruggeri for their
left back options.
÷ BRISTOL CITY have signed
LEYTON ORIENT striker Dom
Ballard for £5m.
÷ DERBY want HUDDERSFIELD
midfielder Tom Iorpenda.
÷ TRABZONSPOR are hopeful of
agreement over a two-year
deal with former LIVERPOOL
forward Mo Salah.
÷ NORWICH CITY have signed
left back Darlin Yongwa from
French club Lorient.
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Moving story: Sancho during his second spell at Dortmund, scoring for Chelsea while on loan and celebrating Villa’s Europa League triumph SHUTTERSTOCK/GETTY IMAGES
HE sadness in the Jadon Sancho story is that he succumbed to the very thing he warned against. As a teenager, Sancho sat down for an interview on Borussia Dortmund’s YouTube channel and, with a boyish grin, highlighted the pitfalls of being a young superstar. ‘I’ve seen a lot of young talents disappear because, obviously, it’s come too early and it’s got to their heads,’ he said in that 2019 chat, which now looks prophetic as he trains at an amateur football club as the most high-profile free agent in the game today. ‘Luckily I’ve got great people around me to keep me grounded and humble and they tell me what I’m doing is not enough.’ People have a lot to say when it comes to Sancho. There are those on social media who ridicule him. Each and every indiscretion is, weirdly, celebrated. Others, who have worked with him and insist the bad-boy public perception is far detached from the quiet, introverted reality, are pained by how the past eight years have played out. The fact Flixton FC, a 10th-tier team in Greater Manchester, felt it necessary to qualify that no, they had not taken Sancho on trial, underlined the absurdity of a career that once promised so much, but has now taken too many wrong turns. There are agreements in principle, we are told, with a number of clubs across Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, while there are clubs in Europe, with Turkey one potential landing spot, also paying close attention, and it is Sancho who is taking his time to choose his next destination. But the days of Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and the game’s elite fighting to catch Sancho’s eye are long gone. For that fresh-faced teenager who had the world at his feet, it really was not meant to go like this.
wrong for Sancho?
for him — now he’s training at a non-league side and facing a future in Saudi Arabia
IN his first stint at Borussia Dortmund, the club he joined after turning his back on Pep Guardiola and Manchester City, the sky was the limit. ‘An 18-year-old scaring the life out of seasoned Premier League players. I love it,’ Rio Ferdinand, then working as a pundit for BT Sport, gushed after a game against Tottenham at Wembley. ‘I think he will be the best English player in the coming years.’ Nobody was mocking Sancho or Ferdinand then. It was not absurd at that point to routinely see best player in the world-type projections for the Londoner. But there were also the first signs of problems ahead, particu- larly when Sancho was dropped and fined for returning late from England duty. A fortnight later he was hooked after 36 minutes against Bayern Munich by boss Lucien Favre, who said it was because Sancho was ‘not good enough’. Privately, Sancho and his camp felt he was being hung out to dry. Figures in Germany have remained fiercely defensive of
Sancho but time-keeping became an area of concern, something which has largely ironed itself out in more recent times, but was prevalent in the early years. In 2018, Phil Foden and Sancho were dropped for the England Under-19s’ win over Latvia after turning up late to training. At Dortmund, there was similar exasperation with time-keeping. Nemanja Matic, a former team- mate of Sancho’s at Manchester United, named and shamed him as a time-keeping offender three years ago. ‘Among the players who would always be late were Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho and a couple of others. The rest of us who were always on time were angry so we decided to form a kind of internal disciplinary committee, with me serving as its president,’ Matic told Yu Planet. ‘I put a sheet of paper up on the wall where I documented the names of individuals arriving late. During one particular season we collected around £75,000 in fines.’ But back to the early days at Dortmund when Sancho was a young, dazzling footballer on the pitch alongside Erling Haaland,
and the world’s biggest clubs queued up to get him. United pursued him relentlessly for two years as their great hope for their troubled right wing position, before finally pulling off a £73million move. ‘I always knew I would return to England one day,’ Sancho, who penned a five-year deal at Old Trafford aged 21, said. ‘The chance to join Manchester United is a dream come true and I just cannot wait to perform in the Premier League.’ What followed was a five-year nightmare that started when he was hospitalised with an ear infection. He then saw Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who signed him and planned to build a team around him, sacked and the new manager, no-nonsense disciplinarian Erik ten Hag, call him out publicly before sending him into exile whereby he no longer had access to the first-team canteen and was training with academy players. A loan spell at Chelsea saw the Blues prefer to pay a £5m penalty fee than sign him permanently after he scored in a European final. Another loan at Aston Villa
ended with him coming on as a substitute in their Europa League triumph, but saw them also pass up on a permanent move.
WE will never know how things would have gone had Sancho and Ten Hag never crossed paths. Those inside United speak of a mismatch of personality. Sancho is an introverted character — Daily Mail Sport would later find itself up close with him in Dortmund following a man-of- the-match performance against PSV Eindhoven and he was polite, cordial and a far cry from the problem child some desperately want him to be. With that introversion comes a need for an arm-round-the- shoulder manager, rather than the coolness, and sharpness, with which Ten Hag operated. An argument can be made that Ten Hag was the worst type of manager for Sancho and Sancho the worst type of player for Ten Hag. Sancho made 41 appearances in his first full season under Ten Hag before he took time away from the first team in
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communicated privately. Sancho disagreed that his effort was any worse than his peers. So, with the help of those around him, Sancho pressed the button on an infamous, but now deleted, social media post. His United career would never be the same again. ‘Please don’t believe everything you read,’ the statement, which was pinned to his Twitter profile, read. ‘I will not allow people saying things that are completely untrue. I have conducted myself very well in training this week. ‘I believe there are other reasons for this matter that I won’t go into, I’ve been a scapegoat for a long time which isn’t fair! All I want to do is play football with a smile and contribute to my team. ‘I respect all decisions that are made by the coaching staff, I play with fantastic players and am grateful to do so, which I know every week is a challenge. I will continue to fight for this badge, no matter what.’ Ten Hag was furious and
internal figures at United found themselves caught in the crossfire of trying to repair a relationship that many, including players, wanted to see resolved. Ten Hag demanded an apology that never came. On Sancho’s side, there was a feeling that he was being singled out, where others were never handed the same punishment. So he trained alone with academy players, many of whom, off the record, praised his personality and candour, while he was not allowed to go into senior facilities. He got changed alone and ate out of black lunch boxes due to not being allowed into the first-team canteen. It was unprecedented treatment that will never be seen again, having since been outlawed by FIFA and FIFPro.
hotseat, the ‘bomb squad’ had more members in it and Sancho and Co were restricted to turning up after 5pm when the first team had gone home. It was all manufactured to maximise humiliation. At Chelsea, which followed a second loan spell at Dortmund where he was lauded as a homecoming hero, Sancho was a popular figure. A key part of the pitch from Enzo Maresca, then at Chelsea, during their phone conversation was about platforming the player’s game into his wing-dominant system, which was heavily reliant on wide players winning their one-on-one battles. While that would later become a bone of contention — Maresca found his output frustrating in the one-v-one department — Chelsea sources remain insistent they were still working to acquire him permanently. He scored in the final to help win the Conference League and while the loan was not flawless — some Chelsea sources recalled how he would complain about team-mates not passing him the ball — it felt a good fit for club and player. Chelsea were covering around half of his £250,000-a-week wages, but when it came to a permanent arrangement, the Blues were seeking a drastically reduced wage, which saw the move break down and the Blues enact a £5m penalty clause to escape their £25m obligation to buy. Then came the late loan swoop from Aston Villa in a regrettable transfer window that would go on to cost Monchi, the club’s then sporting director, his job in the Midlands. Sancho was never Unai Emery’s go-to man and while the Spaniard did eventually warm to him, it always remained a remote prospect that this would be anything more than a temporary arrangement. Insiders insist there were no issues with his attitude in training and Sancho did not allow his career to be derailed by a humiliating substitution as a substitute against Manchester City in October 2025, to which, unsurprisingly, he reacted badly. Time-keeping was no longer the issue — now criticism came for his inability to change a game. Since signing for United, Sancho has not hit 10 goals and assists in a league season. It is a staggering statistic for a player who scored 50 goals and managed 64 assists in 137 games across four seasons in Germany. At 20, Sancho was the ‘best young player on the planet bar none,’ Ferdinand claimed. At 26, he has now played for Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa, gone back to Borussia Dortmund, and is weighing up whether his future is to be played out in the less high profile surroundings of Saudi Arabia or the Middle East. There should be no joy in the Sancho story, only sadness. It was not meant to go like this.
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decision to withdraw the project was absolutely necessary and beyond question, because I firmly believe in an independent FIFA that serves our game with commitment, transparency and integrity.’ Grafstrom, FIFA’s most senior employee, moved to reassure colleagues that they would be shielded from the instability surrounding Infantino (below) in a company-wide memo. UEFA and Concacaf, the body responsible for North and Central America and the Caribbean, have both called for change at the top of FIFA. England and Wales have both withdrawn their support for Infantino, who is due to stand for re-election in March, with Scotland expected to adopt the same stance. Grafstrom — a potential successor to Infantino — called the plans ‘reproachable’ as he aimed a thinly veiled dig at his boss. ‘A sad and reproachable series of events were thankfully concluded with the project permanently abandoned. As much as we feel dismayed, it should not overshadow this reality. ‘We have all been thrown into the middle of a turmoil, which is difficult to accept and comprehend, but I urge you to remain focused on what has always united us — serving football and our 211 member associations, hand in hand with stakeholders and in full compliance with FIFA statutes and regulations. ‘I assure you that as members of the administration, you will be defended and safeguarded from the political context we currently experience. ‘Individuals, unstable moments and unfortunate episodes come and go. The institution, its mission and its responsibility towards world football continue, and that is why we should always keep our professionalism, sense of perspective and composure. ‘I will continue to support our teams, our work and our mission every hour of every day for as long as my work is valued by those we serve.’ Grafstrom is the third FIFA employee to turn on Infantino after the resignation of senior advisor Carlos Cordeiro. Chief operating officer Kevin Lamour also lambasted the plans.
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4 I , song by Queen that
reached No. 3 in the UK
charts in 1984 (4,2,5,4)
5 Market town in
West Yorkshire
on the River Calder (8)
6 A chronic skin condition
with intensely itchy
patches (6)
7 Amaretto and Cointreau
are examples of
these drinks (8)
15 Extremely sentimental
music or art (8)
16 Large woodwind
instruments in the
double reed family (8)
17 Executive capital of
South Africa, known as
the Jacaranda city (8)
19 ___ curry, a spicy hot dish
with a sauce of onions
and tomatoes (6)
21 Brendan , former
long-distance runner
who founded the
Great North Run (6)
22 Blank , phrase
meaning ‘freedom to
spend as one wants’ (6)
LAY tracks to
enable the
train to travel
from village A
to village B.
The numbers
indicate how
many sections
of rail go in
each row
and column.
There are only
straight rails
and curved
rails. The
track cannot
cross itself.
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ALL the solutions read clockwise around their numbers. The solution to clue number 1 starts from the given letter.
SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE
SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE
MASTERQUIZ
1. Sandie Shaw won the
Eurovision Song Contest
for the United Kingdom
in which year?
The tea plant belongs to which genus?
Which Greek letter is used to symbolise the SI prefix micro-, meaning one millionth of a unit of measurement?
SUDOKU
FILL in squares in
the grid so each
row, column and
each 3x3 square
contains all digits
from 1 to 9. Each set
of cells joined by
dotted lines must
add up to the
number in the
top-left corner.
Numbers can’t be
repeated within
each set of cells.
SOLUTION TOMORROW
SOLUTION TOMORROW
SOLUTION
TOMORROW
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MAILWORD ACROSS 1 Argument 5 Holy chalice 10 Indolence 11 Evoking past style 12 Constellation 13 Following 14 Choose 15 Little devil 17 Conclude 18 Red meat 20 Expresses beliefs 22 Change a corporate image 24 Ball 26 ___ Winslet, actress 29 Pursue romantically 30 Fairy
1 12 11 10
5 4
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Which puppet remains the
only non-human member of
the Magic Circle, after conjuror
David Penn’s humanoid sidekick
D4RYL was refused membership?
Which planet is the second largest in our solar system?
Which role was first created on stage by the 16-year-old ballerina Giuseppina Bozzacchi in 1870?
What connects triumph, fringed and parrot?
Which soft drink may go with HER AQUA SONGS?
Which is the odd one out: Spenserian, Shakespearean, Miltonian, Petrarchan?
Crack the code to find three comic strip cats: TXATH, PJAORNUM, QNJCQLUROO.
SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE
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11 6
9 9 10 13
7 8 22 17
13 15 10 4 9
8 7 12
18 12 18 16 14 5
14 21
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32 And not 33 Avoid 35 Academy Award 37 Alleviated 38 Nettles, e.g. 39 Crush 40 Young woman
DOWN
1 Incline
2 Steak cut
3 Cashpoint
4 Bangkok citizen
5 Italian spirit
6 Sports
adjudicator
7 Numbers present
8 Goddess of peace
9 Aristocrats
10 Affectedly superior type 16 Mushroom 19 Payment 21 Pen fluid 23 Canine or feline varieties 24 Brush 25 Arctic or Antarctic 27 Amphibians 28 Blunders 31 Bird 34 ___ Lynam, presenter 36 Body of water
FILL in the blank
squares of the
grid using only the
numbers 1 to 9, without
repeating any number
in any line of blank
squares. The lines
must be filled in with
numbers which add up
to the total in the
shaded box at the top
or beginning of each
line. A number in the
bottom half of a shaded
box gives a downwards
total; in the top half,
it’s a horizontal total.
1a. It’s softball play that
collapses in pieces (5,2,4)
5a. Coy tale about
a holy helper (7)
14a. It sours the style
of the wooers (7)
16a. Good Book with the
ancestors in it? (6,5)
1d. Brawl, but not on stage,
for cold treatment? (8,3)
4d. Order on parade,
not needing your
full attention (5,2,4)
6d. Small business with
acute problems for
French writer (7)
ACROSS 1 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 9 Powder distilled from neat alcohol (4) 10 Top lodger’s actually a bit of a trudge (4) 11 Terrible diets can result in sea changes (5)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Legislator. 5 Overacts. 9 Shin. 10 Dram. 11 Elope. 12 Ibis. 14 Inch. 15 Ensnares.
18 Permissive. DOWN: 1 Leastwise. 2 Ironies. 3 Air. 4 Rat. 6 Empower. 7 Car. 8 Somewhere. 10 Devises. 13 Ifs. 16 Nip. 17 Aim.
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10 11
12 13
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14 15
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11 20
10 10 11
7 10 12
11 11 10
10 24 12
6 30 21 8
6 14 14
11 13 9
5 5
8 15
7 9
8d. Rip test to shreds for
‘turf consultant’ (7)
12 Done around a web point (4) 13 Stretched tight (allegedly done in school) (4) 14 Picture Clue 16 Picture Clue
PIT your wits against Pitcherwits — the exciting puzzle where some of the answers are in pictures! The solutions to the visual clues fit into the shaded spaces on the grid.
DOWN
1 Picture Clue
2 Achievable
agriculture
in pasture (3)
3 ‘Crystals’ (in
basic English) (3)
4 Picture Clue
6 Picture Clue
COMPLETE the
grid so that all
the numbers,
1 to 60, connect
consecutively —
horizontally,
vertically or
diagonally.
Hint: you don’t
have to begin
with 1 or 60.
Working on the
mid-numbers
might give you
a better start.
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7 Lots due to be changed to achieve maximum volume (7) 8 Picture Clue 14 One or two, say, in total (3) 15 Cry, therefore, over a bad start (3)
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THERE MAY BE MORE
THAN ONE SOLUTION
EACH row and
column should
contain 1 to 6
without repeats.
Numbers in
cages must
combine to
produce the
target number
shown at start of
that cage using,
in any order, the
mathematical
sign given.
Single-box cages
can be filled with
the number given.
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SOLUTION TOMORROW SOLUTION TOMORROW
SOLUTION TOMORROW
EACH number in our Codeword grid represents a different
letter of the alphabet. Today 9 represents L, so fill in L every
time the figure 9 appears. You have two letters in the control
grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the
main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which
letters should go in the missing squares. SOLUTION TOMORROW
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COMPLETE Codeword to reveal the word in the shaded boxes.
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network charges. Today’s clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.
PUT the numbers
1-6 once in each
row, each column,
each diagonal
(highlighted to
form an X) and
each horizontal
3x2 box (ruled).
SOLUTION TOMORROW
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S1
S1
G S L
M E N A G E R I E
FIT the scrambled letters
of the given word into the
grid to form six five-letter
words across and down.
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HARDEST CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1. Esperanto derivative (3) 4. Small merganser (4) 5. Ancient Persian governor (4) 6. Charged particle (3)
DOWN 1. Preface online (abbr) (4) 2. Senior clergyman (4) 3. Have title to (3) 4. Snow runner (3)
2 3
■ The board on the right
shows four rows of letters
from a typical Scrabble
game. Use each row to form
a word of 2-7 letters and
write it in the blank squares
provided. Then add up the
score for each row. Don’t
forget to use the double and
triple word and letter scores
— and add a 50-point bonus
for every 7-letter word.
Blank tiles can be used
for any letter but have
no score. See tomorrow’s
paper for the solution.
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Which of the Romantic poets is said to have kept a pet bear during his time at Cambridge University?
John Virgo, who died in February, co-presented the BBC gameshow Big Break alongside which comedian?
Irving Stone’s biographical novel about Michelangelo is entitled the The Agony And The what?
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2 8 3 18
1 6 5 16
5 9 2 24
11 25 11 19
Today’s challenge time: 4 mins 43 secs SOLUTION TOMORROW mins secs
A1
A1
A1
A1
L1
L1
L1
R1
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C3
C3
W4
O1
O1
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BOTCH FRESH JIVED KNOT MIX PEGS PERK QUESTIONABLY TORE URN WREST
Your working time:
RACK 1
RACK 2
Triple Score on 2nd Letter
G2
RACK 3
Double Word Score
RACK 4
THE listed words can all
be found in the grid —
running forwards,
backwards, up, down
and diagonally — EXCEPT
ONE. For a chance to win,
discover which word is missing.
Today’s theme: Bridge designers
and engineers
MENN MULLER SCHLAICH STRAUSS TELFORD
AMMANN BROWN EIFFEL FIGG HADID
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SOLUTION TOMORROW
FILL each
square with a
number, 1 to 9.
Horizontal
squares add
up to totals on
right. Vertical
squares add
up to totals
on bottom.
Diagonal
squares
through
centre add
up to totals
in top and
bottom right.
PAR SCORE 100-110
by JUDD
FOUR RACK TOTAL TIME LIMIT: 20 MIN
Yesterday’s solution: GLUTTON 74 VERDURE 83 VARSITY 89 BOOKING 92
JUDD’S TOTAL: 338
INSERT letters to form listed words, moving between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or diagonally in any direction. Insert all remaining letters of the alphabet (except Z) in the grid so all listed words are spelt out.
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£250 BRIDGE MASTERCLASS
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North ♠8 5 ♥6 3 ♦6 3 West ♣K Q J 6 5 4 3 East ♠A K Q J 9 ♠10 6 3 ♥4 ♥A K J 9 5 2 ♦K 10 9 4 ♦A 8 7 ♣A 9 7 South ♣8 ♠7 4 2 ♥Q 10 8 7 ♦Q J 5 2 ♣10 2
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YOU are playing pairs, sitting West in 6♠. You win the ♣K lead and ruff two clubs in dummy, crossing to hand with the ♦K to draw the remaining trumps, and discarding two hearts from dummy. You note that South began with two clubs and three trumps, leaving eight red cards, but one diamond was discarded on the third club. How do you play for your overtrick? YOU need to cash one more trump to force South to discard another red card, but what do you throw from dummy? Discard the ♦8, coming down to just the ♦A. If South discards another diamond, your ♦10 will be a winner, and if South discards a heart, you can cash the ♥A and ♥K and ruff a heart while the ♦A is still an entry.
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SUDOKU PRIZE SUDOKU
KAKURO HIDATO Missing: KING SHARK
WORD SEARCH
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WORD WHEEL: aloof, aryl, dhal, drool, farl, flay, flood, floor, flora, foal, fold, fool, foolhardy, half, halo, hardly, hold, holy, horal, lady, lard, lardy, load, loaf, loofah, lord, lory, oral, royal.
HEATHER DHONDY
1 8 1 5 7 9 4 3 2 6 1 3 9 4 8 5 3 5 2 1 4 6 7 1 4 8 2 7 3 5 6 1 4 4 7 5 8 2 1 6 7 4 5 6 3 4 2 5 7 4 2 8 9 6 1 9 4 7 5 8 3
MAKING TRACKS CROSS NUMBER
5 7 5 7 5 3 3 4
2 5 7 6 20
1 4 8 8 21
A 7
3 1 9 7 20
4 2 6 9 21
10 12 30 30 24
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS: 7 Deed poll. 9 Orator.
10 Stay. 11 New Zealand. 12 Grover.
14 Flat race. 15 Turkey vulture.
17 Bewilder. 19 Andrew. 21 Hermitages.
22 Bath. 23 Aldrin. 24 Sandwich.
DOWN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No 17,937
FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes.
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CHALLENGE www.30secondchallenges.com
15 ×5 ÷3 ×10 -70 ÷9 TIMES ITSELF ÷25 DOUBLE IT -19
31 -18 TIMES ITSELF
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KENKEN 6 3 2 1 4 5 1 5 4 3 6 2 2 6 3 4 5 1 5 4 1 2 3 6 4 2 6 5 1 3 3 1 5 6 2 4
KILLER SUDOKU
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4 8 7 3 2 1 6 9 5
5 1 9 6 8 7 2 4 3
2 9 8 7 1 5 4 3 6
7 4 1 2 6 3 5 8 9
6 3 5 8 9 4 7 2 1
1 6 2 9 7 8 3 5 4
8 7 3 4 5 6 9 1 2
DOWN: 1 Jester. 2 Addy. 3 Rowntree. 4 Topeka. 5 Rally round. 6 Corniche. 8 Law of averages. 13 Virgin Mary. 15 The Weald. 16 Liaisons. 18 Dating. 20 Entice. 22 Bowe.
START on left with number given and follow instructions as you go across. In 30 seconds, beginners have to complete their own challenge; intermediates have to complete their own challenge and the beginner’s; advanced players have to complete their own challenge and the intermediate’s.
SOLUTION BELOW
DOUBLE IT -5
5/30 OF IT
TIMES ITSELF -40 75% OF IT -36
WORLD’S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Abac. 5 Serr. 6 Save. 7 Trod. DOWN: 1 Asst. 2 Bear. 3 Arvo. 4 Cred. ACROSS: 1 Mockery. 5 Behest. 9 Subtask. 10 Expound. 11 Use. 12 Innumerable. 13 Shelf. 14 Panellist. 16 Eternally. 17 Roger. 19 Switchboard. 22 Les. 23 Eritrea. 24 Glanced. 26 Snatch. 27 En masse. DOWN: 1 Masques. 2 Cable television. 3 Eva. 4 Yukon. 5 Beer money. 6 Hyper. 7 Stumbling blocks. 8 Advent. 12 In fun. 14 Palm Beach. 15 Lured. 16 Ensues. 18 Residue. 20 Carat. 21 Argue. 25 Arm.
SUDOKU X
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 17,934
GOGEN
9 5 4 1 3 2 8 6 7
MAILWORD
ACROSS: 1 Drug. 5 Toecap. 11 Ouse. 12 Ornate. 13 Stet. 14 Ocelot. 15 Shrug. 17 Mini. 18 Pussycat. 21 Cog. 24 Yew. 25 Ole. 26 Overseas. 29 Menu. 30 Patch. 34 Bridal. 37 Dray. 38 Adagio. 39 Lisp. 40 Toledo. 41 Yoke. DOWN: 1 Doss. 2 Ruth. 3 User. 4 Get-up. 5 Too. 6 Orc. 7 Enemy. 8 Calico. 9 Atonal. 10 Petite. 16 Guys. 19 See. 20 Swap. 21 Combat. 22 Overdo. 23 Genial. 27 Rudge. 28 Sadly. 31 Trio. 32 Cask. 33 Hype. 35 Aid. 36 Loo.
1 I peep possibly behind house with sun for garden accessory (8) 5 Gear by school of tawdry taste (6) 9 Role’s yet to change for district in West London (8) 10 Office worker clearing front is less plump (6) 12 Woman scared naturally to an extent (4) 13 One with an expertise in plates? (10) 15 Chap linked to guru in fact ordered industrial work (13) 19 Resolve to do something risky, as divers do? (4,3,6) 23 British channel I suspect is part of a network? (6,4) 25 Element around western counterpart (4) 28 Letter in dictionary is given approval (6) 29 Embarrassed director in outhouse, describing old documents? (8) 30 Dislike item in acupuncture (6) 31 Two snaps represented sites with springs (3,5)
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2/9 OF IT +30
4/7 OF IT ×1 2/3
KUROSU
QUICK QUIZ:
1 Marlon Brando. 2 Lord
Byron. 3 Jim Davidson.
4 Ecstasy. 5 Port.
MINDBENDER:
1 The 26th. 2 They are all types
of tulip. 3 Orange squash.
4 Miltonian; the others are the
three main types of sonnet.
5 Korky, Garfield, Heathcliff (A
becomes R, B becomes S, etc).
MASTERQUIZ:
1 1967. 2 Camellia. 3 Mu.
4 Sooty. 5 Saturn.
6 Swanhilda in Coppelia.
HONEYCOMB:
1 Leader. 2 Aerial. 3 Lapped.
4 Epochs. 5 Shorts. 6 Trowel.
7 Lessee. 8 Escape. 9 Pavane.
10 Avoids. 11 Drives. 12 Revise.
1 Blow here essentially for rugby player (6) 2 Occupied a chair at home in glossy material (5) 3 Element in cheaper mousse for hairstyle (4) 4 Remove case for example in place on holiday (4,3) 6 Still healthy female leaves with brute on and off (5) 7 Improvised visit seen as understanding (9) 8 Woman’s appeal over time — and legacy (8) 11 Record finding with nothing really missing (4) 14 Secure measure of speed at sea (4) 15 Produce a fine card causing grimace? (4,1,4) 16 A special deadly creature (3) 17 Bone is somewhat painful, naturally (4) 18 Dogged objections over soldiers put in band regularly (8) 20 European golfer has ingredients for jellied food (4) 21 Delivery extended over spring (4,3) 22 Things seen in a battery as done at work (6) 24 Wickerwork basket caught on pitch (5) 26 Opening not new for bereaved figure (5) 27 Some new entrants departed (4)
ANSWERS
3/8 OF IT +6
7/15 OF IT
24/36 OF IT
LESS 15%
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30-SECOND CHALLENGE:
Beginner: 13.
Intermediate: 21.
Advanced: 68.
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