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左翼将其斥为种族主义的丑闻

“剽窃教授”在剑桥大学调查期间辞职

在调查启动仅数小时后，杰森·阿尔代辞职并表示他“需要时间来疗愈”

一名被指控剽窃的剑桥大学教授在大学对其启动调查后于昨晚辞职。

杰森·阿尔代教授此前

作者：Jack Hardy 和 Christian Calgle

一直处于一场日益激烈的争论中心，该争论涉及他剽窃另一名学生博士论文部分内容的指控。

他还面临着关于其人生经历中一系列看似夸大的说法的质疑。作为该大学历史上最年轻的黑人教授，他是多样性的代表人物，最初得到了剑桥大学的支持——校方曾谴责一场“旨在破坏其信誉的卑劣活动”。

但在《每日邮报》揭露一系列大学对此持有异议后

请转至第 4 页

接受审查：杰森·阿尔代教授，41岁

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心理健康接诊中心将在银行和图书馆开设

NHS 将在图书馆和银行等场所开设 100 个高街心理健康中心，这是一项旨在改善医疗服务获取途径的激进计划。

数十家医院还将开设专门的心理健康急诊科，以便处于危机状态的人员无需在常规 A&E（急诊室）长时间等待。

政府称此举为“一代人以来心理健康服务规模最大的重新设计”。

首相 Andy Burnham 表示，对于数千名等待数月寻求帮助的人来说，这些新中心将成为“生命线”。这些社区—

作者 Shaun Wooller 健康编辑

中心将提供无需转诊的直接就诊支持，以便尽早发现问题，从而减少在最初阶段就陷入危机状态的人数。

官员表示，其中一些将是新设施，另一些将设在图书馆、银行和其他高街地点。

此外，59 个新的心理健康急诊科将为身体健康但处于危机状态的人员提供当日支持。这些科室将设在医院内，以提供一个平静的治疗环境，使人们能够被快速评估。此次推广将使英格兰专门的心理健康急诊科数量增加到 82 个。

对心理健康服务的需求急剧增加，尤其是在儿童和青少年中，每年有五分之一的人经历常见的心理健康状况。

卫生部表示，人们“太经常”在达到危机点后才获得支持，“导致家庭无法获得所需的帮助，并给 NHS 服务带来更大压力”。

由于缺乏专业床位和工作人员，心理健康患者在常规 A&E 的等待时间长达 12 天。

作者 Ryan Hooper

犯罪记者

PC Andrew Harper 的遗孀在工党拒绝阻止其两名凶手提前释放后，于昨日指责工党“除了不尊重之外别无他意”。

Lissie Harper 表示，这一“不可原谅的决定”不仅是对她已故丈夫和其他悲痛家庭的侮辱，更是一次“沉重的打击”——在因过失杀害他而被判入狱的三名暴徒中，有两人将在未来几个月内获得自由。

夫人和 PC 所属的泰晤士河谷警察局局长 Jason Hogg 向 Andy Burnham 施加了进一步压力要求其采取行动，称公众舆论站在他们这一边。

警察联合会威胁政府

“第二次沉重打击”

可能会采取法律行动，因为已有超过 25 万人签署请愿书，要求 Jessie Cole 和 Albert Bowers 不能作为工党提前释放计划的一部分而被释放。

夫人曾成功发起运动，为在执行公务期间杀害紧急工作人员的人设立强制终身监禁，她坚持表示她“不会放弃”迫使政府重新考虑的努力。

她说：“以如此恐怖的方式被夺走挚爱本身就是不可避免的。而现在，我们面临着来自我们自己政府的第二次沉重打击。”

“我们听到这些荒谬的提前释放理由，比如监狱太满，这简直令人不齿且”

“除了不尊重之外别无他意……”

PC 遗孀痛斥工党允许其凶手有机会提前释放的“荒谬”决定

在执行公务中殉职：警员安德鲁·哈珀及其妻子莉西

令人作呕。做出这些决定的人应该为自己感到羞耻。我为被这些政治家统治而感到羞耻。你们对安德鲁表现出的只有不尊重。'

霍格先生表示，他的警员们

以及公众“绝大多数认为”这一[决定]是不公平的”，并且“有损害刑事司法系统信心的风险”。

他补充道：“在这种情况下，任何政府

都不得不因为过度拥挤问题而提前释放一些罪犯，但他们可以在划定界限的位置上做出选择。

‘如果政府无法做到这一点，他们肯定没有向我或安德鲁的家人提供解释说明原因。我敦促他们倾听我试图提出的观点，即这一决定对从事警务工作的人员的士气和信心产生的影响。’

他上个月写信给伯纳姆先生，敦促政府不要释放科尔和鲍尔斯，但未收到回复。

泰晤士河谷警察联合会主席艾琳·奥康纳表示，她将“倾尽全力”尝试阻止这对搭档被释放，必要时将采取法律手段。

警员哈珀在2019年响应伯克郡的一起四轮摩托车盗窃案时受致命伤，当时他28岁。

他被卷入了一根连接在汽车后部的带子中，并被沿路拖行。当时在车上的乘客科尔和鲍尔斯均年仅17岁。

驾驶员亨利·隆当时18, 岁，被判处16年监禁，且不具备提前释放的资格。已有超过60,000名囚犯根据该计划被释放。

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布鲁克林最新的挑衅……他庆祝与尼古拉续约誓言之日的“结婚纪念日”

真实婚礼日

大日子：大卫·贝克汉姆爵士与贝克汉姆夫人

作者 Alex Doyle 资深娱乐记者

正是那场续约誓言仪式让布鲁克林·贝克汉姆的家人心碎。

现在，在针对其父母和兄弟姐妹的最新一次抨击中，他与妻子尼古拉·佩尔茨公开庆祝了他们非传统的“结婚纪念日”。

续约庆祝活动于去年8月在佩尔茨女士身价亿万的父亲位于纽约州威斯特彻斯特县的庄园举行——距离最初的仪式已过去三年多。

布鲁克林声称他们这样做是为了“创造新的回忆”，此前他指责父母毁掉了他们 2022 年 4 月在佛罗里达州的婚礼。

贝克汉姆家族没有一名成员被邀请参加续约仪式，这一举动让布鲁克林的祖父母感到“彻底心碎”。

更令人心寒的是，27 岁的布鲁克林——在与妻子共同冷落大卫爵士的 50 岁生日庆祝活动后，已与家人疏远一年多——在 Instagram 上分享了一张庆祝该里程碑的照片。

两人面带微笑，手持葡萄酒杯，布鲁克林在发给 1630 万 粉丝的帖子中写道：“尼古拉，结婚纪念日快乐，我无法告诉你我有多爱你 x 你是我最好的朋友，我爱你胜过生命本身 xx。”

“我如此幸运能称你为我的妻子 xx 你是我绝对的公主，我承诺永远保护你 xx。”

31 岁的佩尔茨女士也上传了同一张照片，在社交媒体上告诉她的丈夫：

干杯！布鲁克林·贝克汉姆和尼古拉·佩尔茨在由她父亲主持的续约仪式一年后发布了这张照片（见上图）

“纪念日快乐，我的爱人，你让生活变得如此美好。谢谢你成为我梦寐以求的最完美的丈夫。”

虽然家庭朋友表示，布鲁克林的父母已经

“我爱你胜过生命”

“接受”了他们的长子不想与他们保持关系的事实，他们为他的祖父母——大卫爵士的父母桑德拉和泰德，以及维多利亚夫人的母亲杰基和父亲托尼感到“极度悲伤”。

一名消息人士表示：“他们第一次知道誓言更新仪式是在 Instagram 上看到的时候。”

“布鲁克林曾经与祖父母关系非常亲密。在他小时候，父母工作时，他花了很多时间陪伴桑德拉和杰基。他一直如此、如此地崇拜他们。这令人心碎。”与此同时，贝克汉姆夫妇的小女儿哈珀——她与长兄从未有过争执——据称也因为没有参与誓言更新而感到难过。

宾客名单在很大程度上是单方面的，出席者主要是佩尔茨女士的兄弟姐妹和亲密朋友。

而在一个让贝克汉姆夫妇更加崩溃的决定中，佩尔茨女士的商人父亲纳尔逊主持了仪式。

就在上周，大卫爵士和贝克汉姆夫人不知不觉中追随了长子的足迹，两对夫妇在各自的假期中访问了法国里维埃拉的同一个角落。

上周四，布鲁克林和尼古拉被拍到在圣特罗佩漫步，当时他们正与他的教父埃尔顿·约翰爵士及其丈夫 David Furnish 在其豪华游艇上度假。

他们在豪华时尚品牌 Jacquemus 的店内浏览衣架之前，先在 Barbarac 冰淇淋店买了甜点。两天后，布鲁克林的父母被拍到手牵手走在距离其儿子被拍地点仅 5 分钟车程的地方。

这两次访问仅相隔 48 小时，避免了在关系破裂之际可能发生的尴尬邂逅。

布鲁克林现在已连续两年缺席贝克汉姆夫妇在价值 £1600 万 游艇上举行的年度夏季假期。

与此同时，在 6 月，他在今年夏天 Fifa World Cup 期间播出的 DoorDash 广告中似乎提及了家庭紧张关系，而他的家人经常在赛事中出现。

他对着镜头说：“你可能在想为什么我在家看 Fifa World Cup……这是一个很长的故事。”这段片段被公关人员称为一次“灾难级表现”，他们表示品牌方会对这个广告感到“震惊”。

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《每日邮报》如何揭露教授故事背后的真相

《每日邮报》，7 月 25 日

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昨天的《每日邮报》

接第一页

针对阿尔代教授声称在这些机构担任学术职位的说法，该大学昨日宣布正在采取行动。在的一份声明中，剑桥大学表示，在获得关于阿尔代教授学术资格和荣誉任命的新信息后，“已开始一项调查”。

然而，在宣布之后不久，41 岁的阿尔代教授发表声明，确认他“带着深切的悲伤”立即辞去了在剑桥大学和耶稣学院的职务。

他补充道：“这一决定不应被解读为对学术或最初将我带到剑桥大学的价值观失去信心。也不应被误认为是对围绕我的那些叙事的认可。”

“这仅仅是一个认为任何人都应合理承受的极限已达之人所做的决定。”

此前，英国、美国和南非的 4 所顶尖大学均否认了阿尔代教授专业背景中的相关细节，而这些细节被列在他担任院士的耶稣学院网站上。

他的学院官方传记声称他是俄亥俄 [...OMITTED...]

“我需要时间疗愈。我还会回来”

美国的一所州立大学、格拉斯哥大学以及南非的纳尔逊·曼德拉大学。这三所大学的发言人随后均否认他曾在该校担任此类职务。

他的学院简介还将他描述为“达勒姆大学社会学系的荣誉教授”。尽管杰森·阿尔代教授此前在达勒姆大学担任过多个职务，但《每日邮报》本周揭露，他现在在那里已不再拥有任何“正式”职位。

剑桥大学昨晚表示，目前“仍有多项关于学术不端行为的待处理投诉”——据信与他的博士学位有关——由于其博士学位是由另一所大学（利物浦约翰摩尔大学）授予的，因此剑桥大学不打算对其进行审查。

声明继续写道：“虽然我们充分意识到公众对此事的评论和关注，但至关重要的是，任何程序都必须彻底且符合大学政策和雇佣法。”

“我们已知晓，剑桥大学的耶稣学院将针对其中部分事项采取自身的措施。”

杰森·阿尔代教授本人的声明中没有表现出他承认任何错误。他表示，他被剑桥大学任命一事在世界范围内引起了庆祝，因为这“代表了：才华、毅力和希望可以战胜哪怕最巨大的逆境”。

他声称，自任命以来的这些年“一直伴随着

矛盾的说法：杰森·阿尔代教授

毫不留情的公众审查和个人攻击”。

在一次超现实的转折中，杰森·阿尔代教授暗示他有一天可能会回到学术之巅，他总结道：“这并不是我工作的终结。这仅仅是这一章节的结束。我需要时间疗愈。我需要时间重新找回自我。当那个时刻到来时，我还会回来。”

在杰森·阿尔代教授声称拥有的资格证书中，出现了几处明显的差异。在他2022年的一次演讲片段中，他描述自己在伯克贝克大学攻读“心理动力学实践”硕士学位——这一说法并未体现在任何已公布的资历清单中。

同样，其耶稣学院个人主页的一个存档版本显示，此前一条写着“教育研究硕士（利物浦约翰摩尔大学）”的条目已被从其资历清单中删除。目前尚不清楚此次编辑的原因。

批评者指责杰森·阿尔代教授将其博士论文的大量片段抄袭自另一名学生的已发表研究，导致他在上周承认其作品中存在一系列错误。

在人们对其看似惊人的个人成就清单（包括在六天内跑了600英里以及为慈善机构筹集数百万英镑）提出质疑后，他坚称自己并非“幻想家”。然而，揭露情况仍在不断升级，慈善机构WaterAid对他声称在南美和西非为其“安装给水点”做志愿者表示怀疑。

《每日邮报》还揭露，这位学者似乎声称自己出现在电视剧《Seven Up》中

他的声明

亲爱的同事们，

我怀着深切的悲痛写下这封信，立即辞去我在剑桥大学和耶稣学院的职务。

当我接受成为剑桥大学社会学教授这一非凡荣誉时，毫无疑问，这是我人生中最大的职业特权。成为该大学历史上最年轻的黑人教授，是我在童年时期——当时我被诊断出患有自闭症，直到11岁才学会说话——几乎无法想象的事情。

来自世界各地许多人的回应是排山倒海般的。数以千计的人庆祝的不仅是我的任命，更是它所代表的意义：才华、毅力和希望可以战胜即使是最巨大的逆境。能够教导我的学生，与他们共同学习，并见证他们的好奇心、善良和雄心，是我一生的荣幸。他们给予我的远比我能给予他们的多。

遗憾的是，自我被任命以来的这些年，也伴随着持续不断的公众审视和个人攻击。虽然批评是学术生活不可避免的一部分，但我所经历的已经远远超出了学术分歧的范畴。无休止的指责、猜测和公众评论造成了深远的影响。

我曾试图坚持下去，因为我深信高等教育的价值、严谨的学术研究以及大学的变革力量。我尝试坚持，是为了我的学生、我的同事，以及无数写信告诉我我的经历给了他们希望的人们。但当个人代价变得过于沉重时，就到了一个临界点。

我有家庭。我想陪伴他们。我想找回一些平静，一些隐私，以及某种程度上的普通生活。我不再希望感觉自己生活在永恒的聚光灯下。

为了我自己的身心健康，为了我的家人，以及在这个困难时期一直支持我的人，我得出结论：结束这一章节的唯一方法就是离开。

这一决定不应被解读为对学术或最初将我带到剑桥大学的价值观失去了信心。也不应被误认为是对围绕在我的那些叙事的认可。这仅仅是一个已经达到了任何人在合理预期内所能忍受的极限的人所做的决定。

致我的学生们：谢谢你们。教导你们是我学术生涯中最大的荣誉。你们的才华、同情心和决心给了我对未来巨大的希望。

致我的同事们，以及来自世界每个角落、在最关键时刻支持我、维护我、给我写信并相信我的数以千计的人们，我表示最深切的感激。你们的善良陪伴我度过了人生中最黑暗的一些时刻。

这不是我工作的终结。这仅仅是这一章节的结束。

我需要时间来疗愈。我需要时间重新做回我自己。当那个时刻到来时，我会回归。

我会以更强大、更睿智的状态回归，并带着一直定义我旅程的同样决心。但现在，我只请求理解、同情，以及重新开始的空间。

心怀感激，

杰森·阿尔代教授

• 但在被告知该节目在他在出生前数十年就已播出后，他随即改口。

阿尔代教授承认，他过去讲述的各项成就并非完全准确，并表示他并未像此前声称的那样个人为慈善机构筹集了£5.5，而是作为由100名筹款人组成的“财团”的一员，由于这些人签署了保密协议，他无法透露他们的姓名。

昨天，有消息披露，这位学者显然声称出版了一本名为《年轻、黑人且男性：挑战主导话语》（Being Young, Black and Male: Challenging the Dominant Discourse）的书。据报道，该书从未上架，并在几年前被出版商Palgrave Macmillan放弃。

教育部表示，新任国务大臣露西·鲍威尔 (Lucy Powell) 将不会干预这场争端。但据透露，她的特别顾问莎拉·韦特 (Sarah Waite) 去年在她的慈善机构中给阿尔代先生安排了一个职位。韦特女士表示，她对于欢迎他担任 Get Further 的赞助人感到“非常激动”，该慈善机构为弱势学生提供额外辅导。

在披露阿尔代先生 2018 年在克罗伊登 (Croydon) 竞选议会候选人后，工党进一步卷入了这场争端。他败给了保守党。

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受伤者：左图，一名男子衬衫背面溅满血迹。右图，警察在将一名女性扑倒在地前向她举起了电击枪

柯文特花园刺杀恐怖事件

四名男子被一名持有剪刀的女性袭击

作者：Aidan Radnedge 和 Gethin Hicks

昨日，在伦敦市中心，四名男子在光天化日之下被一名持有剪刀的女性刺伤。

在柯文特花园发生的这起事件后，受害者被送往医院，其中两人昨晚仍留在院中。

这名 47 岁的女性在下午 12.30 左右于恩德尔街（Endell Street）发生的事件后，因涉嫌持有攻击性武器和袭击被逮捕。

警方在现场设立了警戒线，一架空中救护车降落在特拉法加广场。据苏格兰场称，受伤男子的年龄分别为 34, 39, 42 和

“与心理健康相关的事件”

32 岁。苏格兰场表示，现场缴获了一把剪刀。

警方表示，他们认为此次袭击并非出于恐怖主义动机，而是一起“与心理健康相关的事件”。

苏格兰场表示，认为伤势不危及生命且没有变化，其中两人现已出院。

据称，该女性在沙夫茨伯里剧院（Shaftesbury Theatre）外接近人们。据报道，有两名男子背部被刺，随后在恩德尔街更远的地方其他人员遭到袭击。

目击者表示，这名经常在该区域出现的袭击者在正午后不久离开圣蒙戈（St Mungo's）无家可归者收容所，随后涉嫌用一把五英寸长的剪刀袭击这些男子。

一名受害者被看到衬衫上溅满了血，而另一名受害者的背上贴着绷带。一名目击者说：“我看到警察用电击枪威胁她。”

“我不知道她刺伤了任何人，然后我回去看到那个家伙被包扎起来了，还在流血。那是一把大约五英寸长的剪刀。她拒绝交给警察，于是他们从后面抓住她并将她扑倒在地上。”

“这不是我第一次在伦敦看到这样的事情。这很可怕——就在我工作的地方旁边。”

一名大都会警察局发言人表示，这四名男子“随后被送往医院，我们正在等待关于他们伤情的最新消息。”

“一名 47 岁的女性因涉嫌持有攻击性武器和袭击被逮捕。她被带往拘留所，目前仍在那里。”

在警戒线旁边一家咨询公司工作的 42 岁男子 Matt Bishop 表示，他看到一名女性与三名警察陷入“僵持”状态，并挥舞着武器。

他补充说，他没有看到刺杀过程，但看到该女性向十字路口跑去，并表示她看起来“相当语无伦次”。

负责该地区警务的大都会警察局总警司 Jason Stewart 表示：“在现场收集证据期间，该地区将保持可见的警力部署，我们感谢公众的理解。”

高端网球俱乐部因宰杀鹅群引发轩然大波

一家享有盛誉的网球俱乐部因秘密宰杀在球场上造成混乱的鹅群，而与部分会员产生了矛盾。

位于萨里郡韦布里奇的圣乔治山俱乐部（St George's Hill club）坐落在一个封闭式社区内，多年来，克利夫·理查德（Cliff Richard）、林戈·斯塔尔（Ringo Starr）和汤姆·琼斯（Tom Jones）都曾在此居住。

该俱乐部的所有者此前曾在社交媒体上赞美这些鹅。在去年4月的一篇帖子中，他们分享了一张

作者：Tom Lawrence

两只成年加拿大鹅和两只雏鹅的照片，并写道：“我们的湖畔露台上有雏鹅宝宝了！”

但在7月16日，俱乐部的所有者雇佣了枪手射杀了部分鸟类。

邻居们在凌晨被枪声惊醒，随后发现有8只鸟被杀，

其中包括雏鹅。一些会员对此感到愤怒，其中一人发帖称：“网球俱乐部声称它们是害兽，并在俱乐部的湖边将它们谋杀。在当地野生动物组织本可以接纳它们的情况下，这种行为简直是野蛮。”

另一人告诉《泰晤士报》：“会员们一直很喜欢这些鹅。虽然它们有时会溜进球场并留下粪便，让人有点烦恼。但这并不意味着必须射杀它们。”但俱乐部的首席执行官迈尔斯·希尔（Miles Hill）表示，这一决定是“基于公共卫生和安全的理由”做出的。

他表示，场地工作人员无法处理这些鸟类产生的海量污物。

希尔先生补充说，未来的计划将研究如何防止鹅群在人员密集区域聚集。

逮捕：警方在昨日科文特花园（Covent Garden）发生四名男子被一把剪刀刺伤的事件后，逮捕了一名47岁的女性

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作者：Sophie Church 和 Mark Duell

专家昨晚警告称，在发现一个程序通过创建虚假人类身份来入侵在线系统后，遏制人工智能（AI）可能已经太晚了。

在技术失控的最新案例中，AI软件在接受英国AI监管机构——AI安全研究所（AI Security Institute）的测试时，尝试入侵数据库19次。

在其中一个前所未有的案例中，一个AI工具甚至被发现通过在网上创建虚假人类身份，诱骗程序员协助进行网络攻击。

这些披露是在《每日邮报》7月揭露专家测试的所有五款AI模型都试图通过欺骗手段绕过既定安全控制措施之后出现的。

就在几天前，有消息称美国科技公司OpenAI经历了自身的泄露事件——一个AI“智能体”在没有指令的情况下自行入侵了另一家公司。

保守党领袖凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）警告称，AI现在是对英国安全构成的“清晰且现实的威胁”。

保守党科学、创新和技术发言人朱莉娅·洛佩兹（Julia Lopez）称这些报告是“一个严峻的提醒，表明AI正变得更加复杂且更加自主”。

她补充道：“我们都希望英国在AI创新方面处于领先地位，但这必须伴随着针对我们国家安全的保障，

“从事欺骗行为”

以及最强大AI模型开发者的问责制。工党需要更明确地说明将如何应对最严重的前沿风险，同时确保我们世界级的科技产业能够增长和创新，以构建我们的国家韧性和繁荣。”

政府AI顾问亨利·德·佐特（Henry de Zoete）昨日警告称，他预计会有更多此类黑客攻击尝试。

议会人工智能跨党派小组主席艾莉森·加德纳（Allison Gardner）告诉《每日邮报》，“仅仅因为我们能够构建这些技术，并不意味着我们应该这么做”。

她警告称，“智能体”——即能够在有限监督下执行特定目标的AI——的风险等级应受到最严格的审查，并补充道：“否则我们就太迟了，不仅创造了潘多拉之盒，而且已经将其打开。”

由前首相里希·苏纳克于 2023 年成立的 AI 安全研究所 (AISI) 上周检测到了 AI 智能体活动的证据。在周二发布的一份报告中，该研究所透露，来自 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 公司的领先 模型在测试期间曾试图入侵在线安全系统。

专家在常规网络扫描期间发现了离开其系统的“异常数据传输”。通过深入挖掘，他们发现一些 智能体参与了“针对真实个人和组织的持续且具有潜在危害的活动”。

在将这些 智能体控制住并防止其造成实际损害后，他们启动了全面调查。

为了安抚公众， 部长卡尼什卡·纳拉扬表示：“识别此类行为并分享相关知识以便我们更好地理解它，正是我们成立 AISI 的目的。这次事件凸显了其世界领先的专业知识以及与前沿实验室密切合作的重要性。”

但 AISI 指出 智能体寻找诡计行为方式的速度之快，并表示：“这是我们第一次看到关于自主性和欺骗性的风险在现实世界中如此清晰地显现，且无需特定提示。”

潘多拉之盒：专家表示，“智能体”（一种可以在有限人类监督下执行任务的技术）的风险——

当失控的 AI 在黑客攻击中伪装成真实人物时，专家警告可能已太迟无法阻止

提及 Anthropic 的 Mythos 模型，CivAI（一家研究 AI 能力与危险的加利福尼亚组织）的研究员 Andrew Yoon 表示：“Mythos 采取了此类欺骗行为，且显然意识到其目标是一个真实的人，这一事实表明 Anthropic 对其模型的掌控程度并不像他们想象的那样好。”

GCHQ 国家网络安全中心的首席技术官 Ollie Whitehouse 表示， 的开发必须包含“在意外发生时的明确应对计划”。

他补充说，强大的 模型在互联网上执行未经授权的操作以及表现出类人欺骗行为的事件，是对“ 能力所带来风险的一次严肃提醒”。AISI 根据与 OpenAI、Anthropic 及其他公司的协议访问先进 模型，以便在这些模型向公众发布前研究其能力。

在进行测试期间，它在禁用部分安全过滤器的前提下，允许 代理访问开放的互联网。

最新的测试让 代理——包括由 Anthropic 的 Mythos 5 和 OpenAI 的 GPT-5.6-Sol 驱动的代理——经历了一场虚拟的网络安全挑战。AISI 发现，在 122 次测试运行中， 有 19 次失控，其中 Anthropic 的代理导致了 17 次违规，OpenAI 的代理导致了另外 2 次。

在最令人震惊的案例中，一个 模型收集了一个在线项目负责人的信息，然后创建了多个虚假身份，诱导对方批准其编写的一段恶意代码。

随后该 代理擦除了任何

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必须受到更多审查

为了在负责的人类面前显得无辜，它抹除了其违规行为的证据——甚至考虑采用一个新的身份以保持不被发现。

如果被欺骗的人类受害者不小心接受了这段恶意代码（即“恶意软件”），可能会导致安全漏洞、信息和数据被盗，以及对文件和系统造成其他潜在损害。

AISI 确定 GitHub（一个由软件开发人员用于创建、存储、管理和共享代码的微软在线云平台）是该智能体攻击的目标。

但 AISI 还发现，一个 AI 智能体在 GitHub 上给其他智能体留言，提议在挑战中进行协作。

该 AI 智能体提供了重新使用其留下的账户和人工制品的指令——随后其他智能体发现了这些内容，并成功利用它们实现了挑战目标。

Anthropic 表示：“我们感谢 AISI 在此次事件中的领导作用，这强调了我们需要就如何安全地评估能力日益增强的 智能体进行更广泛的讨论。”

OpenAI 表示：“这些事件发生在评估合作伙伴在降低了安全防护的测试环境中进行的网络评估期间，其条件并不反映普通使用情况。随着模型能力的增强，我们将继续与评估者和其他利益相关者合作，加强安全开展评估的共同实践。”

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如果你在三周前告诉我，一个 程序在没有任何提示的情况下，会创建一系列虚假的在线身份，试图向一个人施压以获取其平台的访问权限，以便用恶意代码破坏它，我会说你太异想天开了。

我原以为这种情况至少要到明年才会发生。

但这正是美国科技巨头 Anthropic 的 Mythos 5 模型失控时的真实情况。幸运的是，涉事人员察觉到了异样，拒绝批准它推送的代码。但这是迄今为止最令人震惊的例子，展示了尖端 如何学习自主行动——而且是以一种令人恐惧的富有想象力的方式。

除非我们暂停开发最先进的前沿模型，否则我们将让自己陷入一个反乌托邦的未来，在这种未来中，恶意形式的 可能会通过干扰我们的能源网络、释放人造病毒甚至控制战争武器而反噬我们。

可以说，如果不受控制，它们可能会在一代人之内导致人类灭绝，这绝非危言耸听。

你不必只听我的，像 Yoshua Bengio 和 Geoffrey Hinton 博士这样被称为“ 教父”的人，现在已经将精力从开发其潜力转向警告世界其危险性。

Bengio 对最近的实验感到特别不安，这些实验显示，当 在选择时，会选择自我保存而非人类生命。

而且，由于大多数模型是在互联网上训练的，而谎言和操纵在互联网上是一种生活方式，这些机器已经在学习欺骗的价值。

对自我保存的渴望也是 Hinton 所观察到的。他说，如果 系统足够聪明，它们会很快产生两个子目标。“一个是保持

它将在战争时期发挥主导作用

生存……另一个则是获得更多控制权。”考虑到我们的整个文明都建立在电力之上，对于一个渴望权力的人工智能来说，没有什么比驱动互联网、医院、银行、空中交通管制系统——以及任何有助于社会平稳运行的网络的网络——更具吸引力的目标了。

只要你能想到，它们都可以被一段阴险的恶意软件摧毁。

小说家罗伯特·哈里斯早在 2011. 年就写了一部关于人工智能潜力的预见性惊悚小说，名为《恐惧指数》。故事围绕着一位名叫亚历克斯·霍夫曼博士的对冲基金企业家展开，他创建了一个名为 VIXAL-4 的自主人工智能系统，该系统被编程为通过预测和利用股市中的人类恐惧来最大化利润。

随着时间的推移，就像某些数字

当面临选择时，人工智能选择自我保存而非人类生命——这应该让我们所有人感到恐惧……

Joseph Miller 的评论

弗兰肯斯坦的怪物，它通过入侵笔记本电脑并篡改其个人安全和通信，接管了创造者的计算机化“智能家居”。

在将其开发者逼至崩溃后，它让他变得如此孤立和绝望，以至于当他说人工智能已经失控时，没有人相信他。

但很明显，失控的人工智能不会长期满足于个体目标。它很快将在战争时期发挥主导作用。

美国军方已经通过其 AI 驱动的 Maven 智能系统，将人工智能整合到其在伊朗的目标选择和战斗规划过程中，该系统负责推荐并优先排序潜在目标。

但短期内，人工智能最明显的作用将体现在乌克兰战争等场景中日益增加的无人机战争使用上。

由人类驾驶的无人机可以通过阻断它们与远程飞行员之间的通信而被干扰，但如果它们是完全自主的，目标由人工智能与车载摄像头协同选定，它们将变得几乎不可战胜。

当然，这两种应用都提出了一个棘手的问题，即由计算机程序而非人类之手引导的炸弹来选择目标并杀死人员的伦理问题。如果管理它们的 AI 变得比将军们更聪明怎么办？

更可怕的是人工智能获得生物武器的可能。在实验室中制造致命病毒已经是可能的。事实上，有广泛的猜测认为新冠肺炎（Covid-19）起源于一个中国实验室。想象一下，如果这样的生物威胁落入人工智能之手，更不用说国家政府了。

早在 25 年前，据称基地组织就研究过获取传染性和致命孢子的可能性。

现在，认为人工智能可以通过网络订购天花等致命疾病样本的想法已不再是幻想，

迫切需要按下暂停键

在 RentAHuman（一个将需要日常家务帮助的人与当地自由职业者联系起来的网站）上预约某人来将其打开，从而使自己被感染，并成为传播该疾病的人类媒介。

一群似乎对这场追求更智能 AI 的混战毫无顾忌的人就是科技巨头。

在他们竞相成为市场领导者的过程中，其投资规模之大前所未有。

流行 AI 编程助手 Claude 的创建者，以及为我们带来如今臭名昭著的 Mythos 5 模型的公司 Anthropic，今年已筹集 950 亿加元（约 700 亿英镑）用于投资 。

其强大的竞争对手 OpenAI 在 3 月底宣布，其筹集资金数额更高，达到了惊人的 1220 亿加元。

与此同时，埃隆·马斯克的 SpaceX 仅在 2026 年第二季度就在 基础设施上花费了 158 亿加元，使其 2026 年上半年的 资本支出总额达到 236 亿加元。

而 Facebook、Instagram 和 WhatsApp 的母公司 Meta 在 1 月份表示，预计今年将花费高达 1350 亿加元，主要用于与 相关的基础设施。这几乎是其去年在 项目上花费的 720 亿加元的两倍。

面对如此巨大的财力被投入到一项具有摧毁我们所认知的文明潜力的技术开发中，按下暂停键的需求从未如此迫切。

美国、中国以及所有参与 军备竞赛的国家需要聚集在一起，在为时太晚之前讨论其行为的影响。

在多年来美国和俄罗斯签署的各项核裁军条约中，存在一种可以将 控制在范围内的安排模式。

正如一个国家的核弹头库存可以由武器检查员监控一样，一项限制 开发的协议——这需要拥有巨大计算能力的庞大数据中心以及最先进的计算机芯片——也可以是可验证且可执行的。

无论我们认为中国人多么愤世嫉俗或不可信，他们很可能会认为，随着美国公司在无止境追求更智能技术的过程中领先于他们，放慢速度符合他们自身的利益。

就在上个月，习近平主席在上海的一次技术会议上表示， 的发展应该是“全球合作的交响曲”，而不是“单个国家的独奏”。

这位狡猾的老独裁者这辈子可能破天荒地一针见血了。

■ Joseph Miller 是 Pause UK 的董事

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获救移民的磨难：

走私者从起火船只中获利 173,000 英镑

据称，一名埃及偷渡客从那艘在英吉利海峡中部起火的过度拥挤的“巨型充气艇”中获利 173,000 英镑。

这艘 40 英尺长的充气艇设计载客 25 人，但在周二凌晨翻覆时，船上有 173 名男女及儿童。

在英国和法国官员领导救援工作期间，船上的人被迫跳入海中。昨天，一名尚未公开姓名且涉嫌每人收取 1,000 英镑费用的男子被法国警方拘留。一名消息人士称，该嫌疑人“将接受司法警察和检察官的详细审问”。在法国，协助“外国人非法入境和居留”是刑事犯罪，最高可判处五年监禁，并处以相当于 26,000 英镑的罚款。

这艘巨型充气艇创下了有记录以来单次穿越英吉利海峡人数最多的纪录，它从 Veules-les-Roses 的海滩出发。据认为燃料泄漏导致了火灾。法国调查人员还表示，被救起的人中没有一个人想留在法国，因为他们都“希望尽快到达英国”。

每艘船移民人数翻倍，五年内再创高点

独家报道

作者：David Churchill

五年来，挤在小型船只上的移民平均人数增加了一倍多，创下历史新高。

分析发现，今年成功穿越英吉利海峡的 219 艘船只中，每艘船平均挤了 66 名移民。他们总共搭载了 14,561 名乘客。

2021 年全年记录的每艘船平均人数为 28 人，当时共有 1,064 艘船只搭载 28,526 名移民抵达肯特郡海岸。这一数字也高于去年的平均每船 62 人以及 2024 年的 53 人。

这些发现是在所谓的“巨型橡皮艇”（mega-dinghies）激增之后得出的，这类船只能够搭载 100 名以上的移民。

专家表示，这种策略可能是因为走私者开始在远离加来（Calais）和敦刻尔克（Dunkirk）的地方发射更多船只，因为那里法国与英国海岸线之间的距离要远得多。这意味着需要更大、动力更强的船只。

英国改革党（Reform UK）表示，这还表明现在的穿越行为比以往任何时候都更危险，是实施其“堡垒行动”（Operation Fortress）蓝图的进一步理由。

英国皇家海军将被部署到英吉利海峡，以营救并遣返小型船只

“巨型橡皮艇”的兴起

根据 Nigel Farage 周一公布的提案，尝试返回法国或比利时的人员将被遣返。

改革党内政发言人 Zia Yusuf 告诉《每日邮报》：“非法移民的数量

“失去对边境的控制”

挤在英吉利海峡的一艘船上闯入英国的人数正在飞涨。

“改革党将停止对英国的入侵……当世界看到我们最终捍卫边境时，船只将会停止。”影子内政大臣 Chris Philp 同样表示：“巨型橡皮艇使用率的上升是工党无法解决的又一个问题。

“在工党执政期间，已有近 80,000 名非法移民穿越英吉利海峡。安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）就职仅两周，但显然他已经失去了对边境的控制。”

英国边境部队前负责人 Tony Smith 表示：“这些巨型橡皮艇显然是为了搭载比最初商业模式多得多的移民而建造的。

“这表明欧洲的犯罪团伙已转向制造更大的船只，因为法国当局

拥挤：超大橡皮艇强行穿越英吉利海峡

至少在加来和敦刻尔克采取了一些行动。

“现在从我们过去见过的那些海滩发射船只要困难得多。”

上个月，两艘分别搭载 128 名和 165 名移民的船只成功穿越英吉利海峡，两艘船均打破了抵达英国的最拥挤船只之前的记录。

今年至少有 14 名前往英国的移民在英吉利海峡死亡，要么死于溺水，要么死于在过度拥挤的船只上窒息。

在前首相 Sir Keir Starmer 赢得 2024 年大选后，他放弃了“保守党”的卢旺达遣返计划，转而专注于“摧毁团伙”。

今年 4 月，作为该战略的一部分，内政大臣 Shabana Mahmood 与法国签署了一项为期三年、金额为 £6.62 亿 的协议，以打击穿越行为。

虽然与去年相比下降了 40 per cent，但工党未能完全阻止船只。

内政部发言人表示：“本届政府正在严厉打击危险的小型船只穿越行为，并恢复对边境的控制。我们正在取得进展，今年的数量有所下降，且 7 月份的穿越人数为 2020 年以来最低。

“但我们必须进一步采取行动，这就是为什么我们与法国签署了一项按结果付费的协议，在法国海滩增加 40 per cent 的部署人员。”

基辅导弹防御系统未能阻止普京闪击战

作者：Katherine Lawton 和 Sabrina Penty

莫斯科在昨日对基辅发动密集导弹轰炸后，造成至少 21 人死亡——其中没有一枚导弹被拦截。

普京的军队派遣了 115 架无人机并发射了 28 枚导弹，其中包括弹道导弹，乌克兰空军表示。

此次袭击造成另有 42 人受伤，影像资料显示乌克兰首都彻夜被爆炸震动。

此次袭击是夏季期间已近乎常态化的一系列大规模俄罗斯弹道导弹袭击中的最新一次。

截至昨晚，死亡人数已达到 21, 包括 8 名在基辅地区 Kvitneva 火车站等待早班车的乘客。

“不分青红地攻击”

据信，这次大规模袭击是普京的报复行为，因为在乌克兰继续针对俄罗斯零售商 Wütherples 的仓库发动攻击的近日里，有 12 人被杀。

乌克兰拥有的用于美制“爱国者”系统的拦截导弹储备有限，而该系统是其军械库中唯一能够击落弹道导弹的防空系统，这使得像昨天那样的大规模齐射难以被阻止。

应急服务部门表示，在首都周边的基辅大区，有 14 人死亡，27 人受伤，布罗瓦里 (Brovary)、布恰 (Bucha) 和帕斯蒂夫 (Pastiv) 地区的多个地点发生火灾。

总统泽连斯基的顾问 Serhii Beskrestnov 表示：“敌人正在不分青红地攻击一切。”

机场无人机炸弹指责俄罗斯

在德国一家机场的一架乌克兰货机附近发现了一架携带炸弹的无人机，俄罗斯因此受到指责。

周二晚些时候，在莱比锡-哈勒机场的停机坪上发现该无人机后，一个排爆机器人进行了受控爆破。

一架来自马略卡岛的客机和几架前往该地的货机被分流至其他地点。

大约在同一时间，另一架飞机在约四英里外与一个未知物体发生空中碰撞。该飞机机头受轻微损坏，但安全降落在汉诺威机场。

位于德国东部的莱比锡-哈勒机场在军事物资运输中发挥着关键作用，同时也是乌克兰安东诺夫航空 (Antonov Airlines) 的基地。

乌克兰大使 Oleksii Makeiev 表示：“除了俄罗斯还能是谁？”

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苏里步入聚光灯下……汤姆之女在爱丁堡艺术节首演登台

她可能十年没有和他说话了，但苏里·诺艾尔 (Suri Noelle) 无法逃避她父亲的长相。

汤姆·克鲁斯最小的女儿在抵达她的爱丁堡艺术节 (Edinburgh Fringe) 表演彩排现场时，简直与这位奥斯卡获奖演员一模一样，该演出于今日开始。

作为《道森之溪》明星凯蒂·霍姆斯和克鲁斯之女，她决定追随他们的脚步——并在莎士比亚剧作《仲夏夜之梦》的改编剧中进行她的戏剧首演。

“充满喜悦”

首次在戏服中亮相的苏里，20, 戴着一顶药盒帽，穿着一件黄色衬衫和一件紫色束腰衣及配套裙子。

上周披露苏里已在法律上将姓氏从克鲁斯更改，她昨日在圣安德鲁广场的一个场馆里花费了三个多小时为首演做准备。

她将与来自卡内基梅隆大学的 8 位同学共同出演这部作品。

独家报道

作者：Dolly Busby

演艺圈记者

宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡的大学戏剧学院。

这部名为《仲夏！》（Midsummer!）的演出被描述为“迸发出酷儿变革之喜”。Cruise，64岁，不大可能出席，因为据报道，在2012年与Holmes，47岁，离婚以及女儿决定与其山达基信仰断绝关系后，他与女儿已疏远多年。

根据选民记录，Suri是以她母亲的中间名Noelle注册的。

在父母六年的婚姻破裂后，Holmes获得了全部监护权并在纽约抚养女儿。

Cruise此前承认，在离婚后的那个夏天，他有110天没有见到当时六岁的孩子。

一名接近该演员的消息人士多次否认父女关系疏远。

在父母婚姻期间，Suri被作为山达基教徒抚养，但她和母亲后来脱离了该宗教。

疏远：2011年的Tom Cruise与Suri及Katie

肥胖嘲讽与216名英国人死亡相关

独家报道

作者：Ciaran Foreman

《每日邮报》可以透露，包括 Mounjaro 和 维格威 (减肥药) 在内的减肥药现已与至少 216 例英国死亡病例相关联。

其中大多数涉及替泽帕肽（tirzepatide），这是 Mounjaro 的活性成分，被誉为减肥注射剂中的“金刚”。

政府数据还显示，死亡人数从 2024 年的 22 例跃升至去年的 94 例。自 2010 年开始记录以来，共有 150,000 起不良反应与这些药物相关，其中 18,000 起为严重反应。

大多数涉及胃肠系统，例如胰腺炎症和胃轻瘫或胃麻痹。

在一次死因研讯中，一名 73 岁的英国祖母在增加 Mounjaro 剂量后死亡，此次对官方药物安全数据的分析就在该研讯几天后出炉。

据称，Caroline Savage 的死因是粪性腹膜炎，即细菌通过肠道孔洞渗入腹腔。这通常会引发败血症——且在出现该症状的患者中，半数将导致死亡。

研讯获悉，对于患有某些潜在疾病的人，注射药物可能会增加肠道压力，从而增加穿孔风险。

伦敦国王学院的药物专家 Penny Ward 表示，这些注射剂会导致肠道运作变慢，引发废物堆积，从而给敏感的肠道内壁带来

致命反应：左侧为 Caroline Savage，73 岁，以及护士 Susan McGowan，58 岁

压力。她表示：“服用这些药物后出现恶心和呕吐相当常见，但突然出现严重的腹痛则预示着更令人担忧的情况，应当进行检查。”

《每日邮报》分析了提交给药品和医疗产品监管局 (MHRA) 的报告。

该监管机构所谓的“黄卡”报告是英国追踪疑似药物不良反应的系统。公众成员、医疗专业人员以及制药行业人士均可提交此类报告。

官员们强调，这些报告不能证明药物导致了反应，只能证明报告者怀疑如此。

自替泽帕肽在 2024 年获得许可以来，共有 120 例与该药相关的死亡病例被报告给 MHRA。

以 维格威 (减肥药) 和 Ozempic 品牌销售的司美格鲁肽（semaglutide）相关数字为 59 例，而被称为 Saxenda 的利拉鲁肽（liraglutide）则与 37 例死亡病例相关。

在记录的 18,000 起严重或致命影响中，有 11,500 起涉及 Mounjaro，该药比其他所谓的 GLP-1 注射剂能带来更快、更显著的体重减轻，其中 8,000 起涉及女性。

首位在死亡证明上列出替泽帕肽的英国人是来自 Lanarkshire 的 58 岁护士 Susan McGowan，她在 2024 年被开具了两周内两次低剂量注射处方后死亡。她经历了器官衰竭、感染性休克和胰腺炎。

MHRA 表示：“报告可能会受到多种因素的影响。与所有药物一样，GLP-1 类药物一直处于持续审查之中。”

“基于目前的证据，在按照授权用途使用时，其益处超过了潜在风险。”

生产 维格威 (减肥药)、Ozempic 和 Saxenda 的诺和诺德 (Novo Nordisk) 表示：“与所有药物一样，治疗慢性病的药物可能会产生副作用。任何经历副作用的患者都应向其医疗服务提供者报告，并通过 MHRA 黄卡计划报告。”

Mounjaro 和 Zepbound 的制造商礼来 (Eli Lilly) 就副作用发表了相同的声明，并推荐相同的报告途径，并补充道：“Mounjaro 仅应在医疗专业人员开具处方时使用。”

我尝试了 维格威 (减肥药) 药片 —— 第 20-21 页

图片：MATTIE CHESING

首秀：Suri 为她的演出精心打扮

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另有 750,000 人停止收听 BBC 广播

最受欢迎：Ken Bruce

由于在过去一年中失去了 750,000 名听众，商业广播再次削减了 BBC 的受众人数。

根据广播研究小组 RAJAR 的数据，去年 4 月至 6 月期间，Radio 1 的平均每周听众为 748 万，而今年同期为 690 万 ——下降了 579,000,。

相比之下，商业广播——迎来了 Ken Bruce 和 Simon Mayo 等前 BBC 广播主持人——在过去一年的听众人数有所增加，增长了 2,%。

Radio 1 在上个月宣布在一次巨大的主持阵容大调整中裁减六名资深 DJ 时遭到抨击。

作者：Jennifer Ruby 娱乐新闻编辑

在电台工作了七年的 Melvin Osborn 被解雇，Dean McCullough 和 Rickie Haywood-Williams 同样被解雇，所有这些都是为了给社交媒体明星 GK Barry 等新鲜血液让路。

最新的一组数据涵盖了此次宣布之前的时期，因此这次残酷的裁员是否会产生效果仍有待观察。

由 Greg James 主持的 1 Breakfast Show 在过去三个月中也减少了 144,000 名听众，尽管它仍然是英国年轻听众最常收听的早餐节目。

但商业电台 Greatest Hits（现在是前 2 老将 Bruce, Mayo 和 Zoe Ball 的所在地）在上一季度增加了 54,000 名每周听众。Greatest Hits 80s 和 Greatest Hits 80s 继续扩大其受众规模，Capital 的衍生电台也是如此。

然而， 1 新推出的电台，包括 1 Anthems 和 1 Dance，提升了其受众人数。

2 在前主持人 Scott Mills 因历史性性犯罪指控被解雇而陷入丑闻，自去年以来失去了略超过 25 万名听众 ——下降了 2,%。

它仍然是英国收听率最高的广播电台，Vernon Kay 的上午时段吸引了 680 万 听众。 4 同样出现下降，其旗舰节目 Today 自 3 月以来失去了 54,000 名听众。

父亲被指控在家庭露营度假期间谋杀九岁女孩Minnie，女孩在工业园区被发现时奄奄一息

作者：Jon Brady

一名“美丽且不可思议”的九岁女孩的父亲昨日被指控谋杀其女，此前该女孩在一家工业园区被发现时伤势严重。

Minnie Merriman 是在周一凌晨由应急服务部门发现的。

报道称，另外三名家庭成员也被送往医院，Minnie 在医院去世。

昨日，35 岁的 Christopher Rice 出庭，其住址被登记为西约克郡的韦克菲尔德 (Wakefield)。对于一项谋杀罪的单一指控，他未进行答辩。

该案件被移交进一步审查，Rice 被还押候审。他预计将在八天内返回苏格兰法院。

Minnie 的家人通过警方发布的一份声明中表示：“我们因失去挚爱的、绝对不可思议、美丽且勇敢的 Minnie Moo 而心碎。”

“在这个极其困难的时刻，我们请求大家尊重我们的隐私。”

应急服务部门在周日午夜前不久接到电话，地点位于安格斯郡阿布罗斯 (Arbroath) 的 Elliot 工业园区，该家庭此前一直在那里露营。警方目前没有在寻找其他与该死亡事件相关的人员。苏格兰警方重大调查组的侦查督察 Mike Ness 表示：“我们的

“我们美丽、勇敢的 Minnie Moo”

心与所有受此事件影响的人在一起，尤其是 Minnie 的家人。在我们的调查继续进行期间，该地区将维持警力部署。”事件发生后，工业园区内的 Halliburton 工厂外设立了警戒线。

目击者表示，他们看到该家庭在当天傍晚早些时候在那里使用便携式炉灶烹饪食物。

在附近经营一家运动损伤诊所的 Ryan Beattie 表示，他那天晚上看到一个家庭在工业园区露营。“我大约在 6.15pm 前往诊所时，看到草地上有一个小小的两人绿色帐篷，”他说。“当我大约 6.45pm 离开时，他们还在那里。我觉得在那个地方露营有点随机。”

昨日，现场摆放了鲜花和毛绒玩具。其中一份悼词写道：“小宝贝，在天使的怀抱中，愿你安息。来自你不认识的朋友们 xx。”

当地议会副领导人 Derek Wann 表示，他对“一名年轻女孩的悲剧性死亡深感悲痛”。

他补充道：“我由衷的思念和诚挚的慰问与她的家人、朋友以及所有认识并爱她的人在一起。我也意识到这将对我们更广泛的社区产生影响。”

“我请求大家在这个极其困难的时刻尊重该家庭的隐私，并在苏格兰警方继续调查期间避免猜测。”

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前法西斯分子：Joshua Bonehill-Paine 在其极右翼时期的照片

前新纳粹成员辞去保守党议会候选人职务

尽管其曾被判定种族仇恨罪，凯米仍对其表示支持

一名曾是新纳粹成员的人员昨日辞去了保守党议会候选人职务——就在凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）对其表示支持几小时之后。

保守党领袖此前坚持认为

作者：Christian Calgie 资深特约政治记者

约书亚·博恩希尔-佩恩（Joshua Bonehill-Paine）应该获得第二次机会，他曾因种族骚扰一名犹太裔工党议员于 2016 年入狱。

大多数门店适用。不包括 Morrisons Daily。线上价格有所不同。肋眼牛排原价 £34 / kg，现价 £22.66 / kg。优惠截止至 09 / 08 / 26。仅为食用建议。

但昨晚，博恩希尔-佩恩先生撤回了在萨默塞特郡克鲁克恩南区（Crewkerne South）的候选人资格。他表示撤回是因为对手将“把所有时间都花在关注我的过去，而不是我今天所做的工作上”。

博恩希尔-佩恩先生在 2016, 年被判定种族骚扰犹太裔前工党议员卢西亚娜·伯格（Luciana Berger），而当时他已因分享反犹太主义帖子而服刑。

此前，巴德诺克女士告诉 BBC Radio 4 的《今日计划》（Today Programme）：“我认为人们看着我就知道，我不是一个会招募新纳粹的人。

‘乔什是一个实际上经过内政部认证，可以培训警察应对反犹太-

“应得的惩罚”

主义和反击极端主义的人。他……已经对其罪行表示悔改，已经改造，并且每天都在努力解决他此前深知由自己造成的问题’。”

在博客文章中，博恩希尔-佩恩先生曾称现在担任上议院议员的伯格男爵夫人为“啮齿动物”，并称犹太裔工党议员的数量是一个“问题”。

他昨日表示：“当我把反犹太主义视为看待世界的唯一方式时，我 21 岁。”他补充说他受到了“应得的惩罚”，并且他“花费多年时间与反犹太主义和极端主义作斗争”。

他表示，巴德诺克女士曾为他提供保守党文化与融合委员会的一份工作，重点关注年轻人如何变得激进。保守党领袖昨晚表示：“如果我们想要制止极端主义，我们需要那些曾经是问题一部分、但现在已经改变并成为解决方案一部分的人的帮助。”

伯格男爵夫人称这一任命是一次侮辱。

枪击黑帮成员的警方神枪手在四年后终于被洗清罪名

枪击暴力黑帮成员克里斯·卡巴（Chris Kaba）的警方神枪手已被洗清违纪指控——卡巴在试图冲破警方路障时死亡，至今已过去四年。

警察行为独立监督办公室（Independent Office for Police Conduct）表示，马丁·布莱克（Martyn Blake）警长将不会受到纪律调查。

枪击事件发生在武装警察追踪该车辆之后

“开车冲向武装警员”

24岁的卡巴当时正在驾驶一辆车，该车在2022年9月南伦敦布里克斯顿发生的一起与帮派相关的枪击案中被用作逃逸车。

在卡巴开车冲向武装警员后，布莱克警佐在斯特雷瑟姆开枪击毙了这名被定罪的枪手。

该警员被旧贝利法院的陪审团判定不构成谋—

作者：Ryan Hooper 犯罪报道记者

杀罪。警察监督机构最初表示，由于之前的匿名令，布莱克警佐（代号为NX121）应面临严重失职听证会，随后在等待政府修改关于使用武力的法规时暂停了该程序。

大都会警察局局长马克·罗利爵士表示：“自从NX121被旧贝利法院陪审团一致宣判无罪，且在没有任何证据表明他失职的情况下，我们一直清晰且一致地认为他不应面临失职听证会。”

“罪犯由法院追究一次责任——而警员则可能通过刑事、失职、民事和死因研讯程序被追究四次责任，且这些程序跨越多年。这不可能是正确的。”

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作者：Eliana Silver 和 Vivek Chaudhary

一名被指控在雅典杀害一名英国女性的阿富汗男子声称，他在一名老人说服他移走尸体并偷走其钱财之前发现了她的尸体。

26岁的沙里夫·艾哈迈德扎伊被指控谋杀38岁的伊丽莎白-简·罗斯，随后将其尸体塞进一个行李箱。

该行李箱于7月18日在基普塞利社区的一栋废弃建筑中被发现。

艾哈迈德扎伊昨天在希腊法院出庭，法院要求他提供关于7月15日（据信是罗斯女士被杀之夜）所发生事件的陈述。在经过90分钟后，由于他要求更多时间和律师，听证会被提前终止。

据希腊新闻媒体ProtoThema报道，艾哈迈德扎伊告诉警方他没有杀害这名38岁的女性，声称他发现她死亡后陷入恐慌，并采取了一系列可疑行动。

在证词中，他说：“我从未伤害过任何人。我希望你们理解我并相信我。我当时只是陷入了恐慌。”

他声称自己访问了罗斯女士（他称她为“丽莎”）居住的房子，发现她躺在浴室地板上。“ [她] 嘴里吐出像水一样的东西。我跟她说了两三次，但她没有回应。我僵住了。我的腿麻了，”他说。

他声称自己惊慌失措离开了房子，在公交车站附近遇到了一名老年男子。据报道，他在发现尸体后询问该男子该怎么做。

“[那个老人] 告诉我他在医院工作，了解相关情况，他告诉我应该把它从房子里移走，否则我会

“我不知道我当时在想什么”

陷入麻烦。我坐下来思考他告诉我的话，思考了好几个小时。”

他承认第二天回到了公寓，将罗斯女士的尸体放入一个黑色行李箱中，然后将其放入他驾驶的红色标致汽车的后备箱里。

“我开着那辆标致车出发，到达我家附近并将其停好，”他说。“我走出车外，将行李箱从后备箱中取出，走向 Panellinios 体育俱乐部对面的一栋废弃建筑。

“在那里，我遇到了我告诉过你的那个给我建议的老人。他告诉我把行李箱留给他，他会处理好。”

艾哈迈德扎伊告诉警方，他拿走了罗斯女士的手机和银行卡。“除了丽莎的卡，我还拿了她的手机。通过手机，我给亲近她的人发了一些信息，让他们放心，她很好，”他补充道。

“我不知道我当时在想什么。我当时意识不清。我把从丽莎卡里取出的所有钱都给了那个老人，因为他在敲诈我，威胁说要把一切告诉警察。

“据我所知，这个老人叫尼科斯 (Nikos)，他经常出没在我留下行李箱的地方。”

昨天，艾哈迈德扎伊被乘一辆贴有黑色遮光膜的汽车带到了雅典的埃维皮顿 (Evelpidon) 法院综合体。

他预计今天将再次出现在希腊检察官面前，届时指控将被正式告知他。

除了“故意杀人”外，他还被指控抢劫和武器犯罪。

预计他将被还押候审，并在接下来的 18 个月内面临审判。艾哈迈德扎伊

被控将女性装入行李箱谋杀的阿富汗人声称“公交站老人告诉他搬走尸体”

抵达莱斯沃斯岛是在 2016.。随后他皈依基督教，并于 2023 年与美国出生的基督徒阿拉娜·霍尔 (Alaina Hall) 结婚，之后他们在雅典建立了一个帮助难民的传教机构。

据信，这对夫妇是通过工作结识罗斯女士的，她同样是一名基督徒志愿者。

他们拥有她居住公寓的钥匙，因为该公寓由

被告：上图及右图为谢里夫·艾哈迈德扎伊 (Sharif Ahmadzai)，昨日被戴面具的警察戴上手铐带离法院。左图为伊丽莎白-简·罗斯 (Elisabeth-Jane Ross)

他们的组织“爱每一个国家-雅典” (Love Every Nation - Athens) 所有，警方消息人士告诉《每日邮报》。

在艾哈迈德扎伊的妻子据称举报其丈夫行为可疑后，警员于 7 月 30 日开始对艾哈迈德扎伊进行调查。

据报道，她表示在 7 月 15 日晚上醒来发现他失踪了，随后检查了他的共享位置，显示他在罗斯女士的公寓里。

当宣布发现罗斯女士的尸体时，艾哈迈德扎伊的妻子产生了怀疑。她带着孩子离开了家庭住所，住在一家酒店里。

艾哈迈德扎伊给了她 2,550 欧元和一部新的 Apple iPhone 17 Pro，但她拒绝了。她将这些东西交给了警方，认为这些是用罗斯女士的钱买的。

消息人士称，侦探于 8 月 1 日搜查了该家庭住所，发现了一把黑色金属格洛克风格的仿真手枪和一把黑色军用风格的刀。警方消息人士

透露，已皈依基督教的艾哈迈德扎伊告诉妻子，他与罗斯女士发生了争执，因为她希望他加入她那个“更严格”的基督徒团体。

在本周罗斯女士那部已关机数日的手机被开启后不久，艾哈迈德扎伊被逮捕，警方将其追踪到他居住的雅典的一处住所。

一名警方消息人士表示：“该女性告诉我们，她的丈夫曾向她倾诉，他对那个英国女性感到愤怒。她试图在宗教上影响他，这让他感到难以承受。”

来自爱丁堡的罗斯女士在过去七年里经常访问希腊，在帮助难民、无家可归者和其他弱势群体的团体中担任志愿者。

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马斯克的登月计划

特斯拉大亨的漂流火箭以5,400英里 / 小时的时速撞击月球表面

昨日，一枚被埃隆·马斯克弃用的SpaceX火箭以5,400英里 / 小时的时速撞击了月球表面。

科学家表示，这次撞击产生的爆炸威力相当于15,000根炸药棒，或3吨TNT炸药。

它还产生了一道足够大的闪光，可以通过望远镜从地球上看到。

这艘失控的航天器是一枚Falcon 9火箭的末级。它重4.5吨，长39英尺——大约相当于一座 5 层楼的高度。

它于昨日上午撞击在月球面向地球的西缘爱因斯坦陨石坑附近。天文学家预计，这次撞击将留下一个直径约90英尺、深16英尺的陨石坑。经过验证的事件影像尚未公布。

作者：Wiliam Hunter

这枚SpaceX Falcon 9火箭于去年1月从佛罗里达州的肯尼迪航天中心发射。SpaceX是一家由特斯拉老板埃隆·马斯克（见下图）创立的美国航空航天公司。Falcon 9当时搭载了 2 艘月球着陆器。

Falcon 9较大的第一级被设计为可重复使用，在将末级推入太空后安全返回地球。

然而，其他部分则被直接抛弃，通常在地球大气层中烧毁。在将着陆器送往月球后，该末级一直在太空中漂流。科学家表示，这次撞击为他们提供了一个罕见的机会，用以研究已知尺寸和质量的物体撞击月球时会发生什么。他们希望分析闪光、尘埃柱和陨石坑。

随着美国和中国航天机构试图在月球上建立永久的人类定居点，这些数据将变得尤为重要。由于没有大气层，月球无法防御小行星的撞击，这使得即使是最小的太空岩石也可能成为致命威胁。

韩国的Danuri无人航天器处于观察此次撞击现场的最佳位置。然而，该国航天局表示，只有在分析完成后才会公布图像。

科学家们开始对月球表面堆积的人类垃圾感到担忧。目前那里大约有 3,000 个由人类制造的物体。一些专家担心，这种污染可能会改变原本纯净环境的化学成分。

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Sweeney比例……或者为什么男性说他们更倾向于拥有像悉尼那样身材的女性

几十年来，沙漏型身材一直是女性美的终极象征，其胸围和臀围测量值大致相等。

然而，现在科学家们声称，我们一直关注的测量指标是错误的。

一项研究表明，女性的腰胸比在异性感知的吸引力中起着大得多的作用。

来自日本女子大学（Wayo Women's University）的研究人员要求398名年龄在20至59岁之间的男性，对计算机生成的女性轮廓进行评分，其中这些腰部和胸部的比例各不相同。其他特征保持不变。

腰胸比较低的女性——即与腰部相比胸部较大的女性，如左图中的演员悉尼·斯威尼（Sydney Sweeney）——被一致评定为更具吸引力。

但当改变腰臀比例时，对男性的偏好几乎没有影响。该团队在《日本心理学研究》（Journal Japanese Psychological Research）杂志上写道，最具吸引力的轮廓腰胸比在0.6和0.7, 之间。

他们表示，较大的胸围被视为一种性信号，代表着生育能力或生殖健康。

他们写道，被评为最具吸引力的计算机生成身材在现实生活中极其罕见，并提醒说，该研究仅涉及日本男性，因此在其他文化中偏好可能会有所不同。

马克·休斯的儿子死于成人猝死综合征，其11岁儿子试图救他

作者：Richard Marsden 和 Vaz Sayed

昨日的一场死因研讯听证会获悉，前曼联前锋马克·休斯（Mark Hughes）一个11岁的孙子在其父亲家中昏迷时，徒劳地努力试图挽救父亲的生命。

38, 岁的亚历克斯·休斯（Alex Hughes）于6月19日早上7点，被他的儿子塞巴斯蒂安（Sebastian）和九岁的莱昂纳多（Leonardo）发现在卧室的地板上。

塞巴斯蒂安进行了心肺复苏术（CPR），但他的父亲未能苏醒。

柴郡验尸官法院获悉，死因是成人猝死综合征（SADS）。

这种情况通常发生在年轻男性身上，英格兰每年大约有800例病例。

在沃灵顿（Warrington）的听证会上，地区验尸官维多利亚·戴维斯（Victoria Davies）认定死因为自然原因。

她表示：“尸检报告显示，没有显著的

“一位极好的兄弟、丈夫和父亲”

毒理学报告。没有酒精、药物或处方药。

“一份心脏病理报告显示，在心脏正常的情况下发生了猝死。没有其他重大发现。”

休斯先生曾是英格兰足球联赛第二级别（League Two）格里姆斯比镇足球俱乐部（Grimsby Town FC）的球员招募主管。他与妻子杰斯（Jess）在学生时代就相识，一家人住在切希尔郡普雷斯特伯里（Prestbury, Cheshire）一座价值£120 万的住宅中。

他的父亲马克（Mark）在一份充满感情的声明中宣布了他的死讯，称这让他的家人“彻底心碎”。

这位前威尔士、布莱克本、曼彻斯特城和斯托克城的主帅在上个月的葬礼上抬着儿子的棺材，表达最后的敬意。

在儿子去世时，休斯长辈通过联赛经理协会（League Managers Association）发表声明称：“吉尔（Jill）和我对挚爱的儿子亚历克斯（Alex）突然且意外的离世感到彻底心碎。”

“亚历克斯是一个极好的儿子，是柯蒂斯（Curtis）和克塞娜（Xenna）的兄弟，是杰西卡（Jessica）以及他们两个可爱的孩子塞巴斯蒂安（Sebastian）和莱昂纳多（Leonardo）的忠实丈夫和父亲。”

“亚历克斯曾是格里姆斯比镇足球俱乐部的球员招募主管，拥有许多好友和同事。我们所有人都会深深地思念他。”

体育界知名人士与哀悼者一起参加了在普雷斯特伯里圣彼得教堂举行的葬礼。

前曼联主教练亚历克斯·弗格森爵士（Sir Alex Ferguson）出席了仪式，随行的还有包括布莱恩·罗布森（Bryan Robson）和瑞安·吉格斯（Ryan Giggs）在内的前球员。

休斯先生的岳父大卫·波洛克（David Pollock）发表了一篇感人的悼词，他在词中讲述了亚历克斯如何以两个儿子为荣，孩子们在进球后已经开始指向天空。

亚历克斯·休斯出生于1987年，当时他的父亲与巴塞罗那队签约。他在威尔士有过短暂的足球职业生涯，随后转向多种幕后角色。

他在布莱克本担任比赛分析师期间积累了经验，之后曼彻斯特城聘请他担任球探。随后，休斯先生在他父亲曾执教的另一家俱乐部富勒姆担任首席分析师，

家庭：右侧的亚历克斯与父母及兄弟姐妹在父亲于2004年获得OBE勋章时合影

之后在德国的1860慕尼黑和雷丁担任顾问角色，开辟了自己的道路。

2024年，他接任兰开夏郡AFC Fylde的足球总监，随后回到莫克姆（Morecambe）和格里姆斯比担任重要的球探职务。

他的父亲马克，现年62岁，曾在曼联拥有卓越的球员生涯——包括

“他将被深深地思念”

帮助球队在1993年和1994年赢得了前两座英超冠军——此外还效力于巴萨、拜仁慕尼黑、切尔西、南安普顿、埃弗顿和布莱克本。

在1999年至2004年期间执掌威尔士国家队五年后，他成为了俱乐部管理层的中坚力量。

休斯长辈最近执掌卡莱尔联队（Carlisle United），但在上赛季国家联赛季后赛半决赛失利后离职。

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世界必须警觉人工智能的危险

无需深入了解人工智能的运作方式，就能意识到灾难的风险正与日俱增。

随着涉及失控软件的险些酿成事故的事件变得日益严重且频繁，世界似乎正离灾难越来越近。最近的一次惊魂事件涉及人工智能模型使用虚假的在线身份，试图欺骗人类程序员，以获得发起网络攻击的许可。

在此之前，上个月发生了一起戏剧性事件，一个测试代理突破了所谓的安全“沙箱”并入侵了另一家公司的数据。

一名专家被引用的话称，人工智能开发人员可能“对他们模型的掌控程度并不像他们想象的那么好”，这可能还是一次严重的轻描淡写。

如果这是在所谓的“恶意行为者”没有任何恶意意图的情况下可能发生的情况，那么蓄意阴谋可能带来的毁灭性影响简直无法想象。

所有国民医疗服务体系（NHS）医院陷入瘫痪、银行系统崩溃，甚至国家陷入黑暗的前景，可能还只是我们最轻微的担忧。

这些恐惧并没有什么特别新鲜之处。分析人士长期以来一直表示，人工智能对我们生存构成的风险与全球大流行病或核战争相似。像斯蒂芬·霍金教授这样的人物在十多年前就曾警告说，它可能“意味着人类种族的终结”。

尽管如此，没有任何迹象表明安迪·伯纳姆充分意识到了我们所面临的情况之严重。

借用凯米·巴德诺克精辟的观察，首相对这一威胁的反应是“在内阁中安排一个人来负责研究人工智能”。

考虑到噩梦般的场景可能会在毫无预警的情况下降临在我们身上，显然唐宁街10号必须投入更多的关注和资源来应对人工智能发展带来的危险。而且，在更广泛的层面上，建立一个全球监管机构以取代现有的碎片化、分国别监管模式，绝不能再有任何延迟。

人工智能技术正变得日益强大、复杂、创新且聪明。在为时太晚之前，国际社会需要跟上步伐。

不要让他们出狱

虽然对警员安德鲁·哈珀（Andrew Harper）施加的残酷谋杀依然是一起令人震惊的罪行，但这仅仅是他亲人所遭受的不公正待遇的第一步。

对他三名凶手判处的宽大条款简直是一种耻辱。更令人气愤的是，其中两人现在有望提前出狱。

警员哈珀的遗孀莉西（Lissie）在漫长而痛苦的折磨中始终保持着非凡的尊严，如果她说“做出这些决定的人应该感到彻底羞愧”，谁能责怪她？

同样难以反驳她的结论，即这一决定将危险人物重新放回我们的街道上，会在未来给其他家庭带来更多心碎和痛苦，并使我们的司法系统沦为笑柄。

就首相而言，他只有在感到尴尬时才会削弱提前释放计划。

即便他现在也必须意识到，这些改变还远远不够，是时候重新审视方案了。

仅仅讨论在警员哈珀的凶手服满每一天刑期之前就释放他们，就已经足够糟糕了。如果他们最终真的提前出狱，那将是一场彻头彻尾的丑闻。

在我们这个智能手机主导的碎片化世界里，这很难令人相信，但沃尔特·克朗凯特（Walter Cronkite）——20 世纪 60 年代和 70 年代 CBS 晚间新闻的传奇主播——每晚的平均观众人数高达 5300 万。

人们全神贯注地看着他阐述从肯尼迪遇刺到登月这一人类壮举的一切。

民意调查经常称他为“美国最受信任的人”，他总是在播报结束时说：“事实就是这样。”

他补充道，这句话捕捉到了“新闻工作者的最高理想：如实报道他所看到的实情，而不考虑随后可能产生的后果或争议。”

一个世纪以来，克朗凯特模式的独立广播媒体对现代民主至关重要。但现在，随着 Netflix 等流媒体巨头的破坏性崛起——根据 Ofcom 的数据，Netflix 上个月已超过 BBC 成为观众的首选——这一高尚的理想正受到威胁。

在大西洋两岸，媒体公司之间的“巨头合并”正危及可靠、独立的电视新闻的生存，同时也带来了一系列其他问题。

破坏稳定性

在数百万人放弃传统广播公司，转而从社交媒体获取“新闻”的时代——社交媒体是虚假信息的避风港，包括来自我们的敌人和 AI “停止”的信息——此类交易无异于对公共安全的威胁。

读者可能没有密切关注这些数十亿美元的交易，这些交易看起来更适合媒体剧《继承之战》（ thinly based on the Murdoch Murdoch dynasty）那种脱离现实的世界，而非日常生活。但让我明确一点：这对我们所有人产生的影响是巨大的。

在英国，由美国巨头康卡斯特（Comcast）拥有的 Sky 网络宣布了一项 £16 亿美元 的交易，旨在收购 ITV 的广播和流媒体部门，创建该国最大的商业广播公司。

与此同时，在美国，由亿万富翁、唐纳德·特朗普的盟友大卫·埃利森（David Ellison）经营的派拉蒙（Paramount）正试图通过以惊人的 £80 亿美元 收购华纳兄弟探索（Warner Bros Discovery）来建立自己的庞大媒体帝国。

在这两者中，ITV 的出售最令我担忧。

巨头

这家历史悠久的英国广播公司——《加冕街》、无数热门节目以及从世界杯到六国橄榄球赛等体育盛事的发源地——在其70-year history中，将首次脱离本土掌控。尽管ITV拥有能够召集高达1000 万观众的能力——这对广告商来说是一场盛宴。

ITV首席执行官卡罗琳·麦考尔女爵（Dame Carolyn McCall）认为，面对流媒体平台的猛烈冲击，她别无选择，只能同意这次收购。

尽管对流媒体平台ITVX进行了精明的投资，并积累了可观的订阅量，但该集团的股价多年来一直低迷，股东们已失去耐心。

在Sky的交易方案下，一个规模缩减后的ITV——包括其优秀的工作室部门（负责制作如《贝茨先生诉邮政局》等作品）——将保持不变。然而，至关重要的一点是，

我们的一些创意瑰宝正面临致命威胁，但面对美国巨头合并——伯纳姆必须掌控局面

作者：Alex Brummer

城市编辑

新闻部门ITN（《每日邮报》的所有者DMGT持有其20 per cent的股份）的命运仍然极其不明朗。ITN在正统的、老派的新闻采集方面拥有卓越的资历。

In 2021, 年，它对1月6日的骚乱进行了历史性的报道，当时特朗普那群无法无天的MAGA狂热分子冲击了美国国会大厦。ITN是唯一一个与特朗普的叛乱者一起闯入大楼的非美国团队。

但在康卡斯特（Comcast）收购Sky之后，这家重要的新闻供应商会发生什么？没人知道。

自6pm on February 5, 1989, 启动以来，Sky凭借其滚动24小时的新闻报道以及知名面孔，在设定英国政治和新闻议程方面发挥着重要作用。

如果交易达成，康卡斯特将拥有两家主要的英国新闻供应商——Sky和ITN。对于其亿万富翁董事长兼首席执行官、来自宾夕法尼亚州的布莱恩·L·罗伯茨（Brian L. Roberts，一个从父亲拉尔夫那里继承康卡斯特的“裙带子弟”）来说，这可能看起来像多出了一个供应商。

当罗伯茨在2018, 年支付给鲁珀特·默多克高达£300 亿加元以收购Sky时，他承诺会进行大规模投资。相反，康卡斯特一直在削减这家英国广播公司的开支，其中包括关闭一个为社交媒体制作短视频的数字化设施。Sky与康卡斯特的新闻供应协议最早将于2028. 年到期。在那之后，我不想在Sky或ITN工作。

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在Sky-ITV收购案上面临着严重的困境。基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Kerr Starmer）的政府出资了不少于£13 亿加元的纳税人资金，以鼓励康卡斯特旗下的环球公司在贝德福德郡建设一个占地471英亩的庞大主题公园，该公园预计成本为£50 亿加元，将于2031, 年开放。

伯纳姆现在的担忧是，如果我们的监管机构试图阻止Sky-ITV的交易，康卡斯特可能会退出这个巨大的设施项目，从而失去它将带来的就业机会和投资。

困境

新任文化大臣丽莎·南迪（Lisa Nandy）可能会推翻监管机构的决定——但这对英国的新闻制作将付出怎样的代价？对我而言，答案很明确：为了我们的国家新闻格局，这笔交易绝不能进行。

这就让我谈到了派拉蒙（Paramount）对华纳（Warner）的收购。虽然这看起来纯粹是美国人的关注点，但对英国有直接影响。

得益于Channel 5、TNT Sports、卡通网络（Cartoon Network）、尼克儿童频道（Nickelodeon）和CNN国际频道，以及Paramount+和HBO Max，这里的观众可以享受到来自华纳兄弟探索（Warner Bros Discovery）和派拉蒙的内容。仅华纳一家就雇佣了4,000名英国永久员工——在电影拍摄期间，这个数字会翻倍。

这些公司还大量使用了我们位于伦敦市中心苏豪区（Soho）的世界领先的后期制作设施。据估计，它们对我们经济的直接贡献为£22 亿美元。但你可以肯定，派拉蒙在寻求“精简”其新收购资产时，很快就会寻找削减开支的地方。

然而，除了失去数千个英国工作岗位的风险外，人们还担心由华纳拥有的CNN——该频道对唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）持有强烈的批评态度——会被拉里·埃里森（Larry Ellison）的MAGA同情心所压制，后者是亿万富翁、甲骨文（Oracle）创始人以及派拉蒙竞购的资助者。

这是一个重要的考验。如果你相信独立新闻，那么这种信念应该是双向的。无论你如何看待特朗普，看到像CBS和CNN这样受人尊敬的美国广播公司被迫向白宫低头，都将是对第一修正案和美国新闻自由的侮辱。

虽然你可能认为对于这笔数亿美元的美国交易，我们在这里无能为力，但我们的监管机构CMA实际上可以强制出售英国工作室资产，例如派拉蒙的Channel 5，因为收购可能会让这家美国巨头在英国市场占据一个缺乏竞争力的巨大份额。这可能会让大西洋彼岸的人们警醒。

与此同时，我们国家的时政和创意瑰宝正面临致命威胁。伯纳姆（Burnham）需要展现出勇气——并尽其所能地彻底扼杀这些交易。

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对某些人来说，把鸡蛋存放在橱柜里而不是冰箱门上的想法简直令人惊恐。

另一些人则会告诉你，巧克力在冷藏到足以崩掉牙齿的程度时，味道要好得多。

还有一些人坚持认为开封后的番茄酱必须冷藏——但谁想在热薯条上涂冷番茄酱？

难怪我们对什么应该冷藏、什么不应该冷藏感到有些困惑？一项调查发现，我们中四分之三的人对此感到如此困惑，以至于导致了家庭矛盾。

为了避免进一步的摩擦，这里有一份关于哪些东西应该放入冰箱、哪些东西更适合放在橱柜里的终极专家指南。

鸡蛋

当涉及到“冷藏还是不冷藏”的争论时，鸡蛋无疑是最具争议的项目。

我们的冰箱都配有鸡蛋存储容器，所以我们肯定应该把它们放在那里？但尝试煮一个来自冰箱的鸡蛋通常会导致在鸡蛋破裂爆炸后，剩下一些非常孤独的“士兵”（指蘸蛋黄的烤面包条）。

专业营养师尼古拉·卢德拉姆-雷恩（Nichola Ludlam-Raine）表示：“鸡蛋最好放在冰箱里。不过，请将它们放在原装盒中并置于搁架上，而不是门上的隔层，因为那是温度波动最大的区域。”

黄油

作为一种乳制品，逻辑上它应该冷藏。但众所周知，如果你尝试直接从冰箱里取出黄油进行涂抹，结果会在你那价值 £6 的酸面包上撕开一个大洞。

前几代人将黄油储存在凉爽食品储藏室的碟子中，使其保持美味的柔软状态。我们是否应该采取同样的方法？

Nichola 表示：“现在的黄油有这样一种形式，可以直接从冰箱取出涂抹。他们通过添加额外的菜籽油和水来实现这一点。”

“人们将黄油放在储藏室碟子里的时代是在中央供暖出现之前。现代房屋要温暖得多。在凉爽的天气里，一块纯黄油放在碟子里是可以的，尤其是加盐黄油。但通常情况下，放在冰箱里更好。”

面包与蛋糕

谁想要干燥、硬壳的面包？将面包放在冰箱里是很奇怪的行为，但美式巨型冰箱的流行意味着英国人将大部分食物储存在那里，从而为他们日益增加的时尚厨房小工具腾出橱柜空间。

Nichola 表示：“冷藏面包发霉的速度会较慢，但淀粉会迅速凝固，导致它更快变陈，因此冷藏没有价值。放在台面上的面包桶是最好的。蛋糕含有大量糖分，因此存放在阴凉干燥处的密封容器中可以保存很久。”

水果

哪个家里没有水果盘？所有水果都被扔在一起，通常底部埋着一根褐色的香蕉，还有一个因为没人知道怎么切而最终被扔掉的菠萝。但水果盘现在是否已经过时了？

Nichola 表示：“水果在室温下成熟得更好且更快，因此在准备食用前请将其放在冰箱外。香蕉永远最好不要放进冰箱，并且应单独存放，因为它们会释放出乙烯气体，导致其他水果腐烂。”

“苹果放在盘子里没问题，但放在冰箱里能保存更久，且冷藏不会改变味道。不过，要及时将冷藏抽屉里的坏苹果取出，因为它们会传染给其他苹果。牛油果在台面上催熟后再冷藏。”

蔬菜

你知道土豆和洋葱是蔬菜界的死对头，绝不能放在一起吗？洋葱会释放出乙烯气体，导致土豆发芽和腐烂，而土豆释放的水蒸气则会让洋葱变软并发霉。

关于土豆存放位置的官方建议已经改变。此前，建议不要冷藏以防止“冷甜化”——即产生额外的糖分，这些糖分在烹饪时会转化为更高水平的潜在致癌物质丙烯酰胺。食品科学家现在认为情况并非如此。

Nichola 表示：“大多数人将土豆放在橱柜里，但如果你冷藏它们，保存时间会长得多。洋葱和大蒜在切开前放在食品储藏室即可。叶类绿叶蔬菜应始终冷藏以保留营养。”

“Instagram 上到处都是网红拆封蔬菜、清洗然后储存的短视频。不要这样做！在食用之前请保持原包装。”

番茄与沙拉

走进任何一个拥有豪华厨房的人家中，你可能会看到一张清单。Range 烤箱？勾选。华丽的咖啡机？勾选。番茄碗？勾选。但用碗装番茄是正确的做法吗？

Nichola 表示：“番茄在室温下的味道更好，在冰箱外也能成熟得更好。如果你将它们放在台面上的碗里，请确保避开阳光直射。始终将生菜和黄瓜冷藏并保留在包装中——包装旨在起到保护作用并保存农产品。”

果酱与涂抹酱

世世代代以来，人们一直习惯地将开封后的果酱、涂抹酱和马末其酱（marmalades）存放在橱柜中而未曾受害，直到它们长出一层诱人的“毛皮”才将其丢弃。

而现在的建议则是强烈建议冷藏。但谁想在热腾腾的黄油吐司上抹冰冷的马末其酱？或者在温热的司康饼上抹冰凉的草莓酱？

Nichola 表示：“坚果酱放在阴凉、黑暗的橱柜里没问题，蜂蜜应该放在冰箱外，否则会结晶。但对于果酱来说，装瓶密封是保存的关键，因此一旦开封让氧气进入，它就会开始变质。所以，是的，请放入冰箱。”

食品浪费专家 Kate Hall 建议：“如果你坚持必须放在橱柜里，那么请务必使用干净的勺子或刀子，以避免面包屑和黄油造成的污染。但千万不要把霉菌刮掉就指望没事！”

巧克力

任何曾在冰箱里存放过牛奶巧克力或黑巧克力的人都知道，它会开始变白。这是因为“糖析出”（sugar bloom），而且这也会影响口感。这种情况发生在巧克力被冷藏随后暴露在较高温度环境下时。表面的冷凝水溶解了部分糖分，随后这些糖分重新结晶。

Nichola 表示：“巧克力的乐趣在于入口即化的体验，而如果它太冷，你就无法获得这种体验。请将其保存在阴凉干燥的地方。在热浪袭来时，或许可以使用密封容器。”

橄榄油

英国的橄榄油产业规模现已超过 £10 亿美元。在经历了一个夏天的干旱和山火后，预计价格将飙升。你最不想做的事情就是毁掉你那瓶昂贵的橄榄油。

Nichola 表示：“让油脂远离光线和热源是保持其最佳状态的关键。存放在橱柜中，而不是冰箱里。如果你将其放在操作台上，请确保它远离炉灶。”

番茄酱与芥末酱

一瓶普通的番茄酱有 18 个月的保质期——这使其成为一种极其坚韧且耐存放的食品。然而，标签通常指示我们在开封后将其放入冰箱。如果它们充满了醋和糖，难道在开封的一瞬间就真的变成了需要冷藏的“弱者”吗？

Nichola 表示：“像亨氏（Heinz）这样的制造商给出的建议是开封后冷藏，而他们才是进行过测试的人。请按照标签上的说明操作。”

然而， Kate Hall 建议：“番茄酱通常含有高糖和高醋，因此将其存放在橱柜中的风险较低，尤其是如果能很快用完的话。但在热浪期间，我绝对会将其冷藏。开封后的芥末酱必须始终保存在冰箱中。”

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两大政党在改革党带来的冲击中有所警觉——但下次选举仍将在工党和保守党之间展开

在经过数日的猜测后，改革党本周公布了解决小船危机的新总体计划。

该文件匆忙拼凑而成，配有一张气势磅礴但模糊的航空母舰图像，题为“堡垒行动”（Operation Fortress），共 28 页。

但实际上可以用四个词来概括：“我们将入侵法国。”

奈杰尔·法拉奇两年前进入议会，是基于公众对历届政府未能保障国家边境的合法愤怒。这是脱欧的决定性议题，也是在随后的十年中定义英国政治的政策领域。

因此，法拉奇及其助手们有很长时间来研究昨天的这份文件。但我们收到的却是一部试图将英国人民视为傻瓜的虚构作品。

很难知道从这份文件的哪里开始分析。也许是从它声称“在合法且必要的情况下，为了自卫或保护他人免受迫在眉睫的生命威胁，可以使用致命武力”的部分开始。而那段宣称“欧洲人权法院（ECHR）并未创造普遍的寻求庇护权、入境权或留居权”的文字，与该党为了支持废除该条约政策而提出的每一个论点直接矛盾。

或者，最精彩的是其幻想般的断言：“在操作上，我们预计将达成协议，将人员遣返回法国或比利时港口或转运点，但也将预见并计划在接收国不同意的情况下进行遣返。”在英国投票脱离欧盟的十年里，这就是法拉奇麾下最聪明的人所能想出的方案。抓住移民，把他们扔回法国海滩，然后祈祷法国人没注意到，或者不在意。

在过去的几年里，改革党的领导人重塑了政治格局。他为这个国家中被轻视和贬低的工人阶级发声。他戳破了建制派精英的自负。并且最终打破了那些本应在几十年前就被打破的禁忌。

由 Dan Hodges 撰写

改革党在政治上的戏剧性进展在去年 10 月的民调中达到了顶峰。该党支持率达到 31%，工党远在 20%，保守党则进一步落后 3 个百分点。

那是奈杰尔·法拉奇的时刻。是他及其同事趁势提升到更高水平的机会。开始证明他们不仅有能力对着袭击英国人民的愤怒之火大声咒骂，而且能提出具体的方案来面对并最终战胜它们。

换句话说，就是从一个反对党转变为一个严肃的替代执政党。

而他们完全搞砸了。据我计算，改革党最近宣布了三项重大政策倡议。

第一项是反转。法拉奇在声明反对两孩福利上限后，突然宣布他并不反对。在被要求解释其立场时，他温顺地说他只是输掉了这场争论。

第二项是该党内政发言人齐亚·尤苏夫（Zia Yusuf）宣布，在安·威德库姆（Ann Widdecombe）被谋杀之后，所有国会议员以及大量前议员将获得 24 小时全天候武装警察保护。

当有人指出这是一项 30 亿英镑（30 亿英镑 billion）的支出承诺时，他通过表示自己不在乎成本如何来撇清担忧。

最近的一项倡议是他们关于小船的操纵性方案。一名海军专家在对该政策较为客观的分析中，将其描述为“一堆废话”（crock of 5）。

无法忽视奈杰尔·法拉奇及其政党对英国政治产生的影响。也无法忽视他们给两大主要政党带来的、长期以来急需的冲击，因为这两大政党也都以各自不同的方式将选民视为白痴。

但现在，同样无法忽视另一个简单的事实：改革党目前并不是一个严肃的政党。他们离成为一个替代性的反对党还差得远，而离成为一个替代政府则更加遥远。

昨天，法拉格声称“下次选举将在改革党和工党之间进行二选一”。但事实并非如此。因为改革党自己的领导人已经确保了这种情况不会发生。

在现代选举史上遭受最惨痛拒绝两年后，凯米·巴德诺赫的保守党仍处于深深的政治泥潭中。但她在随后的24个月中所采取的对比做法，其反差之大令人震惊。

尽管身边的一些亲信极力劝说，她依然抵御了简单民粹主义的诱惑。她拒绝了参与一场与改革党关于“谁能最激进地向右倾”的军备竞赛。

她开始仔细且有条理地制定一份虽不宏大但可执行的保守党——以及保守主义——政府计划书。包括承诺取消印花税；一项“黄金经济规则”，确保政府储蓄的至少一半被用于削减赤字、减税或促进增长；以及一项逐步摆脱对“净零排放”依赖的承诺。

诚然，这些政策中的绝大多数都没有像昨天奈杰尔·法拉格的声明那样引起轰动。但它们至少具有一个优点：没有主张用致命武力冲击北约盟友的海滩。而且，正如民调和最近的议会选举结果所示，这些政策开始在选民中产生共鸣。

一名保守党内部人士透露：“我们的研究表明：2024年从改革党转投我方的选民担心法拉格及其团队没有在切实工作，他们的声明看起来很美，但在审查下会瓦解。”

“相比之下，凯米在任何东西经过全面测试之前都不会将其发布。”

“我们投入工作，使政策变得无懈可击。”

作为证据，他们指出了阿伯丁南区的补选，他们声称该选战的转折点在于石油和天然气行业是否相信巴德诺赫改变保守党能源政策的承诺。“有人要求我们在梅克菲尔德为改革党让路，而他们在阿伯丁会为我们让路。尽管选票上出现了改革党，但改革党输得很惨，而我们在阿伯丁赢了。”

在改革党的队伍中，确实有深思熟虑的人。几年前，我与理查德·泰斯共度了几个小时，期间他对我分析了国家面临的问题及其个人解决这些问题的方案，言之有理。

罗伯特·詹里克曾向我阐述过我对现代右翼最深刻、最有力的一次批判，以及他对其弊端的开药方。

丹尼·克鲁格对《辅助死亡法案》的解构，是我见过的议会政治手段最有效的例子之一。

但他们目前正被阉割。或者更糟的是，为了绝望地给奈杰尔·法拉格和齐亚·尤苏夫日渐衰落的马戏团注入活力，他们被强迫跳进一个个日益古怪的民粹主义圈套中。

法拉格是对的。下次选举确实会有二选一。但这将是在安迪·伯纳姆的工党和凯米·巴德诺赫的保守党之间做出选择。

因为改革党已经证明，他们无法达到被赋予治理一个拥有核武器主权国家所需的最基本能力门槛。

我们确实需要一项“堡垒行动”。

一项确保在改革党成熟之前，绝不允许他们靠近权力杠杆一英里范围的行动。

Ephraim Hardeashe

在休假归来处理收件箱时，伯纳姆首相可能会发现来自牙买加和其他英联邦国家的数百万英镑奴隶赔偿要求。英联邦秘书长雪莉·阿约科·博奇韦（Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey）曾与查尔斯国王会面，就赔偿问题向陛下陈情，并打算在11月的安提瓜峰会上向伯纳姆施压。“我支持赔偿，”博奇韦表示。基尔·斯塔默爵士在2024年的萨摩亚峰会上曾坚决认为赔偿不应列入议程，也不应在最终公报中提及。但在两点上他都失败了。伯纳姆一直倾向于通过关于英国殖民历史的教育而非开支票来解决问题，他将发现博奇韦极具说服力。他还会发现，君主非常渴望为奴隶贸易道歉，而这在以前是绝不允许他做的。

色彩鲜明的牛津学者A.J. 艾耶（AJ Ayer）曾在纽约的一场派对上，在拳击手迈克·泰森（Mike Tyson）向模特娜奥米·坎贝尔（Naomi Campbell）示好后向其发起挑战。《泰晤士文学增刊》透露：“艾耶与泰森对峙。泰森反击道：‘你知道我他妈是谁吗？我是世界重量级冠军。’艾耶回答道：‘而我是前怀克汉逻辑学教授。我们都在各自领域出类拔萃。我建议我们像理性的人一样讨论这件事。’”

博学家A.N. 威尔逊（A.N. Wilson）尚未预订当地的Odeon电影院观看《奥德赛》，尽管他的女儿艾米莉（Emily）为克里斯托弗·诺兰的这部史诗电影提供了英文翻译。他解释道：“她对此相当不认可。”

萨曼莎·莫顿（Samantha Morton）指责电影导演文森特·沃德（Vincent Ward）在2005年的作品《河中女王》（River Queen）中将她误认为英国女演员艾米莉·沃森（Emily Watson），后者是1996年

电影《海浪》（Breaking The Waves）的主演。“导演说：‘艾米莉，能请到你我们太兴奋了。自从你在《海浪》中出演后我就一直很喜欢你。’”萨曼莎回忆道（见上图左侧与艾米莉合影）：“我对制片人说：‘他知道我是萨曼莎·莫顿吗？’他说：‘别告诉他，他以为你是艾米莉·沃森。’”

令人愉悦的古怪女星苏·波拉德（Su Pollard）的歌唱事业在1974年遭遇挫折，当时她在《机会敲门》（Opportunity Knocks）节目中输给了一只鸣叫的杰克罗素梗犬，获得第二名。随后情况变得更糟。“我以前和伊莱恩·佩吉（Elaine Paige）参加同样的试镜，”她回忆道。“她得到了《艾薇塔》（Evita），而我得到了《嗨-得-嗨》（Hi-de-Hi!）。”

已故的罗德·利德尔（Rod Liddle）曾被举报至英国皇家防止虐待动物协会（RSPCA），并遭到调查动物虐待的警察走访，原因是他写了一篇讽刺文章，讲述将一只猫审判并在微型绞刑架上将其处决。罗德后来评论说，警察应该知道那是个玩笑，并补充道：“当时有三只田鼠在观看并鼓掌。”

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我服用新型维格威 (减肥药) 药片一个月了——相信我，这绝非易事！

当装有我第一包维格威 (减肥药) 药片的盒子寄到时，我很兴奋——直到我注意到旁边塞着的一堆用于缓解副作用的额外药物。

在经历了18个月的每周 Mounjaro 注射后，我一直期待着能将所有那些像药贩子一样的装备（冷藏注射笔、备用针头、酒精棉片、锐器回收桶）换成每天吞服一颗小药片的便捷。

我把名字写在了候补名单上，并在上个月初库存发货时，成为了英国首批拿到这种新药片的人之一。

因此，收到四包分别用于治疗腹泻、胀气、便秘和心灼热的药片，确实相当令人震惊。

我之前服用 Mounjaro 时愉快地减轻了 2st（从 13st 5lb 降至 11st 5lb），几乎没有受到过这些病症的困扰，所以这让我开始担心自己可能会陷入怎样的地狱。

事实证明，那些备用药确实非常必要。以下是我服用这种新型减肥药片第一个动荡月份的日记。

第一周

英国药房于 7. 月 1. 日开始配送首批维格威 (Wegovy) 药片。到目前为止，制造商诺和诺德 (Novo Nordisk) 仅供应了两种最低剂量——针对完全初学者的 1.5mg，以及针对像我这样从低剂量维格威 (Wegovy) 或 Mounjaro 注射剂转换而来的患者的 4mg。

这些药片可能在数月内无法通过 NHS 获得（尚待 NICE 批准），但所有在线药房都在私下销售，其定价与维格威 (Wegovy) 注射剂相当（最低剂量一个月供应量约为 £100），而非更昂贵的 Mounjaro (£150)。与注射剂一样，成本随剂量增加而上升。

我通过在线供应商 shemed.co.uk 进行了严格的筛选流程，证明我在 GLP-1 之旅开始时达到了标准（BMI 为 30，而在我的情况下，由于健康问题为 37），并让他们相信我致力于继续使用低剂量以维持体重减轻，并希望减掉最后顽固的半英石 (half stone) 体重，从而使我的体重进入“健康”类别（BMI 为 25 及以下）。

这些药片含有与维格威 (Wegovy) 注射器中相同的 GLP-1 药物——司美格鲁肽 (semaglutide)，但活性成分被包裹在一种特殊的涂层中，该涂层能保护肽类物质免受胃酸和消化酶的影响，时间刚好足够其溶解并穿过胃壁进入血液循环。这里有

LOUISE ATKINSON 经历了恶心、胀气、便秘和皮疹——这些在她注射药物时都没有出现过。但她坚持认为，这同样有显著的优势……

作者：Louise Atkinson

人们对这种药丸充满了巨大的兴奋感，许多人相信它将彻底改变药物减肥市场，降低成本，并将 GLP-1 的世界向新的恐针群体及更多人群开放。

我为什么要切换？我致力于终身服用低剂量的 GLP-1，以保持体重稳定，让大脑远离“食物噪音”，并获得许多新兴的长期健康益处（保护我免受心脏病、癌症和痴呆症的侵害），而且我对每天早晨服用一颗药丸这种相对“正常”的方式很感兴趣。我的健康状况已经好转了很多（血压和胆固醇回到了正常范围），因此我希望这种每日药丸能取代我不再需要的降压药和他汀类药物。

药丸中的活性成分与注射剂的作用方式相同，对身体和大脑的影响相同，且具有相同的潜在副作用警告（恶心、呕吐、腹泻、便秘）。研究

显示，两者都有超过 70% 的用户受到这些“胃肠问题”的影响，但药丸预计会对肠道产生更强的影响，因为它每天都要经过消化道。

我的“第一天”被精准地定在最后一次 Mounjaro 注射七天之后，我带着药盒睡觉，放在枕边，准备在醒来的那一刻就服用第一颗药丸。

你的胃必须是空的（理想情况下是经过八小时的夜间禁食），吞服时不能使用超过 120ml 的水（相当于一小杯葡萄酒），而且在接下来的至少 30 分钟内绝对不能吃喝任何其他东西或服用任何其他药片，以便它在胃中拥有溶解和扩散的完美条件。这是一个闷热

且多汗的夜晚，我醒来时极度渴望喝一大杯水，但这会过度稀释药丸并使其失效，所以我限制自己只喝几口，但这几乎掩盖不了那股苦味。

我的第二个夜晚被压力之梦所困扰，梦中我意外地在吃东西。我在整晚不时醒来，不断检查时间，思考是否应该服用药丸。此外，我真的很想念丈夫 Jon 通常在床上给我端来的那杯早茶。

我在白天饮食健康，但每天晚上我都会产生强烈的冲动，想要寻找甜食。对糖分的渴望如此强烈，以至于我不得不做一批饼干，因为我太想舔碗底了。

我担心这 4mg 的剂量不足以抑制我内心邪恶的饮食欲望。但我不必担心。

在第四天，一阵恶心袭来。它并不严重，也不会导致呕吐，而更像是在车里当乘客尝试阅读手机时产生的那种“反胃”感。这种感觉消失了，但我必须强迫自己和 Jon 一起吃午餐。他对恶心零容忍，并且很难理解我为什么要对自己这么做。

SheMed 的首席临床官（同时也是一名注册护士）Rachael Joy 告诉我，我每日药丸中的 semaglutide 在过去四天里一直在累积。“虽然你每天服用药片，但 semaglutide 的半衰期 [减少到原始数量一半所需的时间] 约为七天，因此它在 24 小时后不会从你的系统中被清除，”她说。

“每天的一颗药片都会增加你体内已有的 semaglutide，逐渐增加你血液循环中的总量，直到达到稳态，这需要大约四到五周的每日给药。”

她向我保证，胰腺炎和胆囊疾病等严重并发症并不常见，且通常与快速减轻体重相关。“由于口服 维格威 (减肥药) 可能会产生更缓慢的体重减轻，因此服用药丸出现这些并发症的可能性较低，尽管还需要更多现实世界的证据来充分理解这一点，”她说。

她补充道，最近一名来自诺福克的 73 岁女性因肠穿孔而不幸去世，这种情况极其罕见，甚至没有被列为 1 种 GLP-1 药物公认的副作用。

但第二天晚上，腹痛一直让我惊醒。我在凌晨 4 点看了一眼时钟，然后是 5.30 点，担心——现在——这种药对我来说是否太强了。

第二周

体重秤告诉我我的体重是11英石6磅，看到我的体重比开始时略高，我感到非常愤怒，但几周前我在打板式网球时扭伤了膝盖，这意味着我不能遛狗或参加动感单车课，我的每日步数骤减。

而且，尽管我在白天拥有吃少量健康餐所需的所有自控力，但我似乎无法抵御在晚上对食物的零食化啃咬和挑食（或者屈服于一杯葡萄酒）。

Mounjaro在注射后的前几天药效最强，随后逐渐减弱，而

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将注射剂更换为药片：路易丝现在的样子，以及上方她开始减肥之旅之前的样子

主图：LEZLI+ROSÉ

发型与妆容：CARL SIMALEY

维格威 (减肥药) 药片似乎遵循类似的但为每日一次的曲线：早晨会出现波浪般的恶心感，随后消退，然后晚上会出现令人愤怒的、毫无节制的“食物噪音”爆发。

Rachael Joy解释说，血药浓度峰值通常在服用药片一小时后达到。“浓度随后在一天中的剩余时间里逐渐下降，”她说，“但半衰期意味着它不会下降到零，每天的剂量只是在原有的背景水平上进行补充。”

我体内的司美格鲁肽水平显然在累积，但每日剂量曲线意味着现在在晚上对递过来的一杯葡萄酒说“好”变得太容易了，而且这种化学鸡尾酒似乎加剧了宿醉感。

在一次不明智（但很有趣！）的夜晚之后，我的身体感觉完全中毒了，而且奇怪的是，我的颈后 / 上肩部出现了瘙痒的荨麻疹样皮疹。我不是一个容易起疹子的人，我无法弄清楚是什么原因导致的。可能是维格威 (减肥药)？

随后是一系列糟糕的夜晚，胃肠不适和瘙痒的皮疹让我无法入睡。这意味着我的白天在精疲力竭中度过，强烈的恶心感与间歇性地跑厕所腹泻交替出现。

我开始怀疑这是否值得。

在我关注的Facebook支持小组中，服用药片的人开始放弃。

“一直生活在这种糟糕的恶心感中非常辛苦，”一个人说道，另一个人表示赞同：“我无法再忍受这种恶心、头痛、疲劳和整体的糟糕感觉。”

在服用最后一颗药片24小时后，我可以安全地换回Mounjaro注射剂，但我决定我需要坚持下去。当你处于维持体重而非减轻体重时，Mounjaro的费用更难证明其合理性，而且尽管有副作用，随着我的身体习惯了药物，我发现我需要动用更少的意志力来保持在“饮食模式”中。

维格威 (减肥药) 药片现在可能很辛苦，但我感受到的抑制效果令人印象深刻（就像使用Mounjaro的前几个月那样）且每天都很稳定。我只能希望胃肠道副作用能减轻。

第三周

我很欣慰地发现自己现在是 11st 5lb ——虽然只减轻了一磅，但我回到了正轨。

终于！整天都没有饥饿感，副作用减轻了，没有“食物噪音”，只有适度的健康饮食。抗组胺药消除了皮疹，晚上的馋虫（以及对葡萄酒的渴望）也消失了。

我不再为服用药片而感到睡眠压力，事实证明，在恢复日常生活的常规活动之前，利用洗澡和穿衣的时间来填补所需的 30 分钟等待时间其实并不难。我偶尔仍会感到一阵阵恶心，但我发现这反而能奇怪地让我安心，因为这意味着药片在起作用。

我现在的进食量比开始服用这种药片之前少得多。如果我不是如此缺乏运动，我想体重现在应该会迅速下降。

新的一周，新的问题：便秘。我猛喝了一瓶纤维饮料，并在晚上吃西梅作为零食（在我这种缺乏糖分的状态下，它们尝起来像林多巧克力球一样美味）。灾难被化解了，我不需要动用 SheMed “护理”礼包里的便秘胶囊。

疲劳感仍然令人困扰。Mounjaro 曾让我感到轻盈活泼，但现在有些日子我觉得自己只想蜷缩起来睡觉，尤其是在下午。

我正格外关注营养质量，但我怀疑我糟糕的微生物群（肠道中影响消化、情绪和免疫力的益生菌群）在适应游离于我体内注入 GLP-1 的“肠道汤”中时是否正经历一段艰难时期。

第四周

我现在的体重是 11st 4lb。终于，在经历了 12 个月的平台期后，体重秤上的数字开始下降，我乐观地认为我可能会实现最初的减重目标，并让我的 BMI 在 30 年来首次进入“健康”类别。

现在我的身体已经习惯了新的 GLP-1 方案，副作用已完全消失，我进入了一种轻松的节奏：每天早晨服用药片，并在饮食和饮品方面保持“自律”。

在闺蜜周末度假时，把药片放进洗漱包里要方便得多 —— 不再需要担心如何精细管理每周注射的时间 —— 而且强而稳的抑制作用确实帮我抵御了供应的鸡尾酒和糕点。

额外收获：除了我之外，所有女孩都经历了可怕的宿醉。我通过订购下个月的药片来庆祝。预测的短缺并未发生 —— 也许是因为声称的减重幅度（体重的 17%）低于维格威 (减肥药) 注射剂 (20%) 和 Mounjaro (22.5%)，而且药片目前还没有预期地那么便宜。

对于开始服用维格威 (减肥药) 药片的人来说，方案是如果症状允许，每月增加一次剂量，现在更大的剂量（9mg 甚至 25mg）已经上市，但我绝对无法承受更高的剂量。现在的剂量已经足够了。

事实上，如果我能达到目标体重，我想我会降到 1.5mg 的“入门”剂量药片，这应该足以在长期内让我体内维持少量的 GLP-1。

第二盒 4mg 药片寄到时没有附带副作用护理礼包，Rachael Joy 告诉我，这是作为支持 gesture 发给所有 SheMed GLP-1 用户的首次配送礼包，无论使用药片还是注射剂。这并非因为他们预期我会受到症状的困扰。

我很渴望继续下去，并希望药片的成本能尽快降低，以便每个人都能更广泛地获得。

也许当下一款 GLP-1 药片 —— Foundayo —— 在今年晚些时候获准进入英国市场时，价格战可能会对我们有利。

但目前我认为，我在食物、葡萄酒以及因为我自愿开车而不再需要的出租车上节省了这么多钱，我的每日神奇瘦身药片几乎是零成本的。

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英国母亲在西班牙度假期间被山火困住后去世

作者：Patrick Harrington

一名三个孩子的英国母亲在与伴侣被困于西班牙山火三周后去世。

在一场快速蔓延的火灾席卷阿尔梅里亚（Almeria）后的次日早晨，丽莎·弗赖特（Lisa Fryett）和西蒙·巴切洛（Simon Batchelor）在山坡上被发现，两人均被严重烧伤。

这对来自埃塞克斯（Essex）的夫妇在7月 9 日火灾爆发时，正住在洛斯加利亚多斯（Los Gallardos）地区的贝达尔（Bédar）村。

巴切洛先生目前仍在西班牙的一家医院中与死神搏斗。

阿尔梅里亚山火是西班牙历史上第三次最致命的火灾，另有四名英国人丧生，他们

“因伤势过重去世”

在试图通过山路逃离后，被发现死在一辆被烧毁的汽车中。

一名93岁的英国女性三天后也在医院因伤势去世。

弗赖特女士和巴切洛先生伤势严重，他们恳求救援人员救他们，以便能再次见到孩子们。

弗赖特女士的儿子阿尔菲（Alfie）和查理（Charlie），以及巴切洛先生的女儿，飞往西班牙在医院病床前陪伴他们。但在7月 28, 弗赖特女士因伤势过重去世。

20, 岁的阿尔菲在网上发表悼词，写道：“此时此刻写下这些话，我内心的悲痛无法用语言形容……但昨天我们与我美丽的母亲告别了。

我很感激能称呼

你为我的母亲，我将永远爱你，我将珍惜与你在一起的每一段回忆。”

一项旨在筹款帮助该家庭的GoFundMe募捐活动目前已筹集了超过£65,000，家属表示他们面临着保险无法覆盖的巨额费用。他们表示，部分捐款将帮助家属给弗赖特女士一个“她真正应得的体面告别”，并补充说巴切洛先生仍处于危急状态，请求人们继续给予“爱、支持和祈祷”。

外交部一名发言人表示：“我们正在支持

一名在西班牙去世的英国女性的家属，并与当地当局保持联系。”

阿尔梅里亚火灾共造成14人死亡，16人受伤，1,300人被迫撤离。起火原因尚未确认，但目击者报告称，一根断裂的电线引发了火灾，随后迅速蔓延到附近的树木。

安达卢西亚（Andalusia）卫生部长安东尼奥·桑斯（Antonio Sanz）当时表示：“不幸的是，一些人决定采取非应急服务部门指示的撤离路线，选择了替代路线，这变成了一个致命的陷阱。

‘其中一辆车内有四人死亡，所有迹象表明他们是英国人。此外还有七个人在步行，他们已经弃车。’”

昂贵的鱼油补充剂“往往并不比廉价竞争对手更强”

作者：Shaun Wooller 健康编辑

研究显示，购物者可能在被标记为“高强度”的omega-3补充剂上浪费钱。

消费者权益组织Which?评估了24款补充剂，发现一些价格更高的产品其活性成分少于每日推荐摄入量，且少于价格低得多的替代品。

在某些情况下，消费者支付了两倍的价格，购买的产品所含的活性omega-3却并无增加。

研究人员测量了EPA和DHA的存在量，这两种omega-3脂肪酸主要存在于鱼油中，具有维持血压、心脏功能和健康血脂水平等健康益处。

Superdrug、Morrisons和Sainsbury's的 1, 000mg补

“廉价品牌提供更高价值”

ments 仅含有 250mg，尽管其标签上标明为“高强度”，且远低于建议的每日 450mg 剂量。

Holland & Barrett 的 High Strength Omega 3 Fish Oil 1,500mg 仅含有 375mg。

但包括 Nutravita、Weightworld 和 Zipvit 在内的品牌每剂成本低于 20p，同时能提供至少 1,000mg。

Which? 的营养学家 Shefalee Loth 表示：“廉价的替代品通常能提供同样多——甚至更多——的营养价值，同时性价比高得多。”

所有零售商均表示，其标签符合营养与健康声明登记册的规定。

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美国八卦博主在 TikTok “直播自残”后入院

博客：Hilton 与 Katy Perry

名人博主 Perez Hilton 昨晚在医院康复中，此前他显然在 TikTok 直播时进行了自残行为。

在周二观看其直播的担忧粉丝拨打急救电话后，急救人员迅速赶往这位美国八卦专栏作家位于迈阿密的家中。

昨晚，TikTok 被指未能阻止儿童看到这些“极其有害”的内容——包括 48, 岁的 全身血迹且挥舞着一把大刀的画面。该片段在网上停留了 30 分钟。

由 Codie Bullen 资深娱乐记者

TikTok 此后删除了该片段并暂停了 的账号，但因行动不够迅速而面临强烈抵制。

英国政府在线安全法案顾问 Bertie Aspinall 告诉《每日邮报》，这是“又一个极其有害的内容被播给儿童的例子”。

同样成为真人秀明星的 对他今年的挣扎坦诚相待。

今年 3 月，他透露自己刚刚结束了为期 21 天的住院治疗以治疗败血症，期间他接受了两次手术。他随后告诉《每日邮报》，他在康复期间找到了上帝。

他还表示，上帝帮助他重新审视其 22 年的职业生涯，而他的职业生涯是建立在揭露同性恋名人以及对其他明星发表刻薄评论之上的。

Gary Glitter “在给一名小女孩巧克力后对其进行袭击”

由 Ryan Hooper 犯罪记者

法院昨日获悉，名声扫地的前流行歌星 Gary Glitter 在近半个世纪前给一名年仅八岁的女孩巧克力后，对其进行了性袭击。

这位恋童癖华丽摇滚歌手——原名 Paul Gadd——面临 1 项与 13 岁以下女孩发生非法性行为的指控，以及 3 项对 14 岁以下女孩进行猥亵袭击的指控。

涉嫌虐待的行为发生在 1978 年至 1981 年之间，地点在 Glitter 位于伦敦的家中，涉及一名投诉人。

涉嫌受害者在当时年龄在八至 11 岁之间，

“依赖唇读”

出于法律原因，该受害者无法被公开身份。这位 82 岁的老人在昨日通过视频链接，从德文郡的 Channings Wood 监狱出席了位于伦敦市中心的威斯敏斯特治安法院的审理。

他告诉法庭他“极度耳聋”并依赖唇读，因此需要一名狱警向其传达信息。

他戴着眼镜，穿着蓝色衬衫和帽子，在 11 分钟的听证会上未被要求进行任何抗辩。

检察官 Jonathan Polnay KC 表示，被告“犯下了若干起，我们认为的，严重罪行”，并补充说 Glitter 会给那个女孩巧克力。

法庭获悉，Glitter 否认了相关指控。首席治安法官 Paul Goldspring 将 羁押，直到他下次于 September 2. 在 Old Bai-

ley（老贝利街刑事法院）出庭。据称患有“行动障碍”的 在听证会结束时起身离开监狱房间。

伦敦大都会警察局此前表示，这些指控于 January 9 去年首次向警局报告， 于 22, 2026, 就此次调查接受了问询。

前大曼彻斯特警察局侦探及诱导犯罪团伙举报人 Maggie Oliver 表示，据称的受害者在向其同名慈善机构寻求支持后联系了警方。

因在 1975 年至 1980. 期间性虐待三名女学生，于 2015 年被判处 16 年监禁。在服满一半刑期后，他于 2023 年 2 月从位于多塞特郡波特兰的低安全级别监狱 HMP The Verne 自动获释。

但几周内他便被重新羁押，因为警方监控

Fallen star: Singer in heyday

显示他违反了假释条件。

此后他一直被关在监狱中，且去年的一项假释申请被驳回。

他 2015 年被判监禁的罪行是在“柳树行动”（Operation Yewtree）中被揭露的，该行动是伦敦大都会警察局在吉米·萨维尔（Jimmy Savile）丑闻后启动的调查。

2012 年 10 月，他在首都的家中被捕，成为该行动中首个被逮捕的人。

伦敦皇家检控署（CPS London）副首席检察官 Bethan David 上月表示，检察官们已“努力确定有足够的证据将此案提交法庭，且这样做符合公众利益”。

的名声坠落始于 1999 年，当时他因持有数千张儿童淫秽图像而被定罪。

一抹香草味可能会让你消费更多

《每日邮报》记者

香草的气味、温暖的灯光和精心选择的音乐，可能都在潜移默化地鼓励购物者在不知不觉中花费更多。

一项针对 2,000 名购物者的调查发现，平均每位英国人认为，合适的购物氛围会说服他们每年多花 £1,100，并在店内多停留 40 分钟。

五分之四的人（45 per cent）表示，他们能立即分辨出店主是否在店铺氛围上投入了真正的思考，无论是通过灯光、布局、气味还是背景音乐。

当氛围感觉恰到好处时，几乎十分之九的购物者（87 per cent）表示他们会比计划停留更久

“这不是什么高深科学”

并且 73 表示他们会比原计划花更多的钱，根据批发市场 Faire 的调查结果。

近四分之三（74 ）的人承认，他们曾因为一家店看起来不吸引人而避免走进去。

客户体验专家 Stephen Spencer 表示：“这不是什么高深科学，而是神经科学。气味、声音和所有感官都会触发情绪。如果这些情绪在此时此刻是恰到好处的，它们会让人们产生更高的价值认知。”

在鼓励购物者逗留的香气列表中，香草位居榜首（39 ），而自然光（42 ）比温暖的琥珀色灯光（34 ）更受欢迎。流行音乐则是最容易鼓励顾客浏览的背景音乐。

赖床？我们大多数人都喜欢早起

对于那些挣扎着起床的人来说，这可能会是一个巨大的惊喜——但大多数人会将自己描述为“早起的人”。

一项针对 2,000 人的调查发现，约 68% 的人喜欢早起，而 32% 的人则更喜欢赖床。

打开窗户呼吸新鲜空气 (55 )、每天早晨整理床铺 (48 )、聆听鸟鸣 (43 ) 以及拉开窗帘 (30 ) 是受访者热爱早晨的主要迹象。

这项为 Nutella 开展的民意调查发现，早起的人也坚持认为这样做是值得的，64% 的人表示他们觉得为一天做好了更充分的准备。然而，这并不总是能被家里的其他成员接受。三分之一的父母表示，在学校假期期间，他们的孩子曾抱怨他们起床太早。

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巨大的场地：Wethersfield 是位于埃塞克斯乡村的一座前英国皇家空军基地

美丽的景色：风景如画的 Finchingfield 村离营地非常近

艺术治疗、博物馆之旅、板球、国际象棋和舞蹈：英国最大移民营地里的惬意生活——而这一切都由您买单

在埃塞克斯乡村的深处，我们置身于历史悠久的茅草屋、风车和中世纪教堂之中。

在酷热之中，金色的干草捆堆放在起伏的田野里，猛禽在上方飞翔。

在这个迷人的乡村环境中，我们今天将参加什么活动？在古色古女的小村庄里漫步，在当地书店品尝茶点和蛋糕？或者与 Little Bardfield 村板球俱乐部一起挥拍击球？

也许是在教堂大厅上舞蹈课——或者在致力于 18 世纪艺术家 Thomas Gainsborough 的博物馆里学习印刷技术？

很难在这些选项中做出选择，因为它们听起来像是公立学校提供的昂贵夏令营，或者是为富有的美国人提供的典型英格兰之旅。

令人惊讶的事实是，在这样一个田园诗般的环境中，这些活动全部免费提供。

然而，只有当你成为英国最大移民营地 Wethersfield（位于 Braintree 附近）的居民时，才能享受这些活动，该营地完全由成年男性占据，他们通常在几天前乘坐橡皮艇抵达。

上个月，当这些活动被揭露时，引发了愤怒，

特别调查

作者：Neil Sears

西装以及更多物品，正被提供给这座前皇家空军基地中 800 名寻求庇护的居民（人数预计将增加至 1,245 人），这些费用由我们纳税人和慈善机构资助。

这在很大程度上得益于内政部的一项 £50,000, 的“寻求庇护大型场地与船只”拨款，该资金通过布伦特里区议会拨付。

随后，Art Refuge 支出 £14,000 多一点用于艺术和舞蹈课程；天主教会圣文森特·德保罗协会的布伦特里分会获得了 £17,490 用于开展园艺、艺术和英语课程；£7,650 用于板球教练，£10,750 用于其他体育项目。

冰淇淋巨头 Ben & Jerry's 英国基金支付了摄影和徒步旅行的费用，而救世军的布伦特里教堂则为 Care4Calais 难民慈善机构提供了基地。

上周，当《每日邮报》访问这座美丽的维多利亚时代教堂（从乡村的 Wethersfield 乘坐免费小巴 20 分钟即可到达）时，当地人对小船抵达的反对情绪，以及对为其提供的免费福利的反对情绪显而易见。

一些移民戴着新冠口罩，其中一人将 T 恤拉到头顶，在教堂车道入口的一个凉亭前排队。与此同时，大约 20 名抗议者（其中几人驾驶电动代步车）分布在道路对面或救世军大门旁边，周围环绕着圣乔治十字旗和海报。

现场展示的较为温和的标语包括“停止船只”、“驱逐入侵者”以及“在救济啃老移民之前先帮助国家的穷困者”。一名在全国各地极右翼骚乱中心拍摄的 YouTube 激活人士将摄像机怼在移民面前。

在最近的一波热浪中，在这样一个原本安静的小镇上，这形成了一幅相当激烈的景象。但担任埃塞克斯郡和布伦特里区议会议员的改革党成员 Nathan Robins 表示，无论天气如何，当地人对自 2023 年起安置在营地的移民的愤怒情绪都在升级。他在两套行政机构中是最年轻的，年仅 20 岁。

紧张局势的加剧发生在计划增加营地人数之际，且一名营地居民因被指控在镇上的一家慈善商店袭击一名女性而出庭。

“人们之前就已经担心该基地的使用问题——而现在他们对移民竟然在上板球和武术课这件事感到厌烦，”Robins 先生告诉《每日邮报》。

“当地人担心自己是否有足够的钱撑到月底——而他们看到资金被花在非法入境的人身上。最简单的解决方案就是拘留乘坐橡皮艇抵达的移民——并将其驱逐。纳税人不应该为非法逗留者的艺术和体育课买单。”

与此截然不同的是，那些为 Wethersfield 移民提供课程的人员在发光的描述中展现出的态度，这些移民大多数来自阿富汗、厄立特里亚、埃塞俄比亚、伊朗、伊拉克、巴基斯坦、苏丹和叙利亚。

Art Refuge 慈善机构吹嘘其与 Atelier Armonico 表演艺术公司开展的“多艺术形式协作”。该项目名为“家之回响”（Echoes of Home），旨在“支持安置在 Wethersfield 的男性”，将音乐、舞蹈和视觉艺术创作交织在一起……每两周由专业舞者、音乐家、艺术家或艺术治疗师在布伦特里举行一次活动。

“在这些男性在 Wethersfield 营地周围的小镇面临每日种族主义虐待的时刻，让他们享受一种沉浸、逃避和游戏的气氛显得愈发重要。”

该慈善机构或许并未意识到，暴力种族主义的证据非常明确，而且这种现象并非发生在 Wethersfield 之外，而是在内部——且发生在移民之间。稍后将详细讨论。

Art Refuge 更倾向于谈论其“两名舞蹈从业者”教授的“动态且具有丰富文化内涵的舞蹈风格，尤其容易引起年轻男性的共鸣，例如卡波耶拉（Afro-Brazilian martial art-cum-dance，非裔巴西武术兼舞蹈）和霹雳舞……通常能引导出对文化认同的快乐表达”。

幻灯片投影仪在舞蹈周围提供“山脉、 sprawling 城市和奇异植物的叠加图像”，并且“在一次课程中，男人们在巨大的画布上描绘彼此的轮廓，然后用大胆的色彩进行绘画”。

一名来自苏丹的年轻移民——在记录的 2024 年里，参加舞蹈课的 222 名 Wethersfield 男子之一——在一次课上唱歌时，“一名在营地经营音乐小组的当地志愿者用吉他即兴演奏进行了回应”。

Art Refuge 还为居民组织了一次漫步活动，包括“在当地书店喝茶、吃蛋糕并交谈”，随后在“酒吧吃比萨”。

根斯伯勒故居（Gainsborough's House）——这座基于这位著名画家家族住宅的博物馆，拥有相邻的现代画廊、高档咖啡店和花园——距离此处半小时免费小型巴士车程。

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出色结果：在埃塞克斯郡科尔切斯特足球联赛中的移民球员们合影留念

在萨福克郡的 Sudbury，该机构还吹嘘其印刷工作坊接待了叙利亚人、阿富汗人和厄立特里亚人。当地的艺术爱好者支付 £15 即可参观画廊，也可以尝试印刷。不过，前提是他们得支付 £125 的入会费和每天 £20 的费用。

Little Bardfield 村板球俱乐部也参与其中——从营地出发，经由拥有风车、鸭池和茅草屋顶的“埃塞克斯郡最风景如画的村庄”Finchingfield，车程 15 分钟即可到达——该俱乐部为移民开设了每周一次的课程。俱乐部深情地记得第一位穿上其球队球衣的 Wethersfield 营地居民——穆罕默德·汗（Mohammed Khan）。

他在一场客场比赛中砍下一个世纪，并在被重新安置到布里斯托尔之前，仅用 34 分就让四名对手出局。

足球运动也被提供，Changing Lives Colchester 欢迎多达 24 名来自营地的“服务用户”参加锦标赛，并建立了一支多国籍的 Wethersfield FC 球队。此外还提供成为足球教练的免费课程。

此类课程在 Wethersfield 已悄悄提供多年。直到现在，《每日邮报》才发现其全部规模——而此时，随着政府计划扩大军事基地的使用，以安置每年从法国北部抵达多佛的多达 45,000 名小船移民，此类支出即将激增。

去年有超过 40,000 人跨越英吉利海峡，为记录以来第二高，人们担心问题正在恶化，上个月抵达的一艘“巨型充气艇”载有 165 人。

在公众的不满情绪中，工党加速尝试将小船移民从被视为“豪华”的酒店转移到前机场和军营中。另一种方案——正如《每日邮报》此前揭露的那样，也在悄悄被采用——是将他们移至住宅街道上的“多户共用住宅”（Houses of Multiple Occupation）。

6 月，内政大臣沙巴娜·马哈穆德（Shabana Mahmood）宣布，她希望将北约克郡、牛津郡和萨福克郡的另外三个军事基地转换为安置地，以容纳近 4,000 名移民。这是在东萨塞克斯郡 Crowborough 的前军事营地以及这里的 Wethersfield 之外的额外安置。

然而，虽然将移民移入军营听起来简陋且艰苦，但实际上人权法设定了高标准。两年前，一小群移民起诉内政部，称他们在 Wethersfield 的安置条件“不人道”，并赢得了诉讼。

高等法院法官蒂莫西（Timothy）

免费巴士之旅：来自 Wethersfield 营地的移民抵达邻近的埃塞克斯郡布雷恩特里 (Braintree, Essex)

Mould 法官裁定，三名匿名的移民（分别来自阿富汗、索马里和厄立特里亚，乘坐充气艇抵达）在该地的安置是非法的，因为该营地未能满足他们在经历过去的暴力、人口贩卖或酷刑创伤后的需求。

他在获悉当时 Wethersfield 有 585 名移民（主要住在前英国皇家空军家庭宿舍中）后做出了这一裁定。

法院文件中关于该营地运作的细节令人瞠目结舌。

虽然针对移民的课程可能会成为批评的焦点，但这些活动的费用仅占总账单的一小部分，而总账单让人质疑政府关于这些营地比酒店更省钱的观点。

2024, 现场有 4 名内政部雇员，以及 141 名由政府顶级移民安置承包商 Clearsprings Ready Homes 或其分包商组成的员工。所有费用均由纳税人承担。按平均 £30,000 的薪资计算，每年的成本将超过 £400 万。

两年前，这里有“三名现场经理（日班）、两名现场经理（夜班）、17 名福利官员（日班）、九名福利官员（夜班）、一名设施管理协调员、三名团队组长、40 名安保人员（日班）、25 名安保人员（夜班）[安保旨在防止入侵者进入，而非限制移民离开]、20 名清洁和洗衣人员、两名厨房经理以及 19 名厨房工作人员”。

每一个人，包括食堂工作人员，都必须接受“最低限度”的培训，培训内容包括“感染预防、现代奴役、心理健康意识以及平等、多样性和包容性”。

营地医疗中心在上午 10 点至下午 6 点期间由“至少两名全科医生、一名高级执业护士、一名普通护士、一名心理健康护士和两名医疗助理”值班。这足以让任何乡村诊所相形见绌。进一步的福利由包括政府资助的 Migrant Help（现场最多有五名工作人员）和救世军在内的慈善机构提供。

抵达的移民被描述为“客户”，他们会被带到自己的房间（通常与不超过两名他人共用，部分房间带独立卫浴），并参加为期两天的入职引导计划，期间提供其母语版本的传单并配备翻译。

“客户”经常被问到：“您的心理健康状况是否有任何想要讨论的变化？”自营地开放以来，“活动范围”包括英语课、艺术课、健身房健身课、武术课、一个基督教身心健康精神小组、一个国际象棋小组、玩牌比赛和一个园艺俱乐部。

法律判决书继续写道：“此外还有有组织的体育活动，包括足球、板球、跑步、乒乓球和篮球。Wethersfield 的体育设施包括一个健身中心、一个体育馆、室内足球和板球场，以及室外足球、板球和棒球场。

‘这里有一个大型娱乐室，内有台球桌、乒乓球桌、一台电视机、书籍、一批 DVD 播放机、一个 DVD 库和游戏（包括棋盘游戏和游戏机）。居民可以借用 DVD 播放机观看电影，或在专用游戏区使用游戏机。’

营地提供一日三餐，营地各处设有果汁机，移民可以‘自由出入’，签署‘出入登记簿’纯属自愿，且‘客户’被允许在深夜的任何时间返回。

然而，尽管拥有所有这些免费设施，且移民在 Wethersfield 的停留时间本不应超过九个月，但居民仍抱怨‘缺乏有目的的活动’。

许多人将其比作监狱，让人想起在战争地带被拘留的经历，一些人抱怨‘附近飞盘射击场的枪声触发了创伤记忆’。

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在那些因被安置于此而成功起诉，并声称应被安置在制度化程度较低地点的群体中，确实存在种族主义的指控，但绝大多数指控来自其他居民。

据称“发生了多次种族暴力冲突”，有报道称库尔德袭击者攻击黑人非洲人。据称，随着更多人涌向韦瑟斯菲尔德（Wethersfield），此类紧张局势有所升级——且随着人口预计将进一步增加，营地内外的情况无疑将继续恶化。

目前，在有人能阻止船只之前，免费的艺术治疗、体育课和巴西舞课程——更不用说安置寻求庇护者所产生的惊人费用——看来将继续进行。

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“埃德·米利瓦特”在与美国盟友的尴尬会谈中面带微笑

埃德·米利班德（ED MILIBAND）昨日在会见其美国同行时，回避了关于他是否仍认为唐纳德·特朗普是“种族主义者”和“厌女者”的提问。

这位外交大臣前往华盛顿特区，与美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）进行会谈。

当两人合影时，米利班德先生面临着关于他此前对特朗普先生评论的质询——但他对此不予理会。

在与鲁比奥先生握手时，面带笑容的米利班德先生表示：

作者：格雷格·赫弗 (Greg Heffer) 政治记者

“我们期待着我们的会面。”预计他们将讨论重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的努力、乌克兰战争以及加沙局势。

此前有报道称，在特朗普政府的高层人士中，外交大臣被戏称为“埃德·米利瓦特”（Ed Miliwatt）。

据称，这个绰号是对米利班德先生在担任能源大臣期间大力推行的“净零”议程所产生的能量的一种嘲讽。

在安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）领导下，他被晋升为外交大臣，被赋予了修复英国与美国之间“特殊关系”的任务。

但米利班德先生曾在 2018 年将特朗普先生贴上“种族主义者”和“厌女者”的标签，甚至誓言要加入抗议他访问英国的活动。

特朗普先生也经常批评英国政府在化石燃料问题上的立场。

紧张的会谈：埃德·米利班德昨日与马可·鲁比奥会面

伊朗达成监管霍尔木兹海峡协议，特朗普受挫

在伊朗与阿曼就监管霍尔木兹海峡达成协议后，唐纳德·特朗普昨晚面临着尴尬的局面。

在经历了五个月的地区冲突后，这项潜在协议为伊朗拒绝西方船只通过这条关键航道铺平了道路。

虽然该提案排除了对航运征收通行费或服务费，但这种前景仍然是石油生产商的主要担忧。

这一安排使唐纳德·特朗普面临国内外政治反弹，因为美国发现自己处于比冲突开始前更弱的地位。

回到二月份，该海峡对所有航运开放，其中 20 per

“建立安全航运路线”

百分之多少的世界石油和液化天然气供应经过其两岸。

自那时起，由于伊朗袭击的威胁，保险公司撤销了对超级油轮和货轮的承保，交通陷入停滞。

昨晚敲定的长期框架将使伊朗控制入境航运，而出境交通将由伊朗和阿曼共同管理。

预计特朗普先生将因海湾危机在国内外失去支持，而美国在该地区的盟友则对伊朗在航运路线上不断扩大的影响力感到担忧。

昨晚，伊朗发言人埃斯马伊尔·巴卡伊（Esmaeil Baqaei）确认：“双方设想的路线地理坐标已经达成一致，如果某些第三方不阻碍这一进程，两国的联合声明……也处于最终审查和起草阶段。”

他补充说，谈判重点是“建立安全的出入境航道”，在“维护主权权利的同时，兼顾伊朗和阿曼的国家安全考虑”。

美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）暗示，霍尔木兹海峡的谈判与关于伊朗核计划的更广泛外交活动是分开的。

他说：“眼下的协议，也就是你们看到关注度很高的那个，是关于海峡的。还有一个大协议，那是涉及他们的核野心的。”

在沙特阿拉伯的要求下，特朗普先生放弃发起这场冲突中美国规模最大的攻势，随后达成了伊朗-阿曼协议，而卡塔尔则继续代表美国与伊朗进行调解。

该协议还使以色列被边缘化，此前该国空军原本预计将参与由特朗普先生取消的空袭。

昨晚，一名耶路撒冷高级官员表示，特朗普先生已将“以色列留在迷雾之中”。

如果伊朗-阿曼协议最终敲定，预计伊朗和美国将根据6月份达成的一份谅解备忘录条款，恢复旨在结束冲突的和平谈判。

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11

伊甸园机密

为什么凯莉·奥斯本在避开“梦幻之都”

凯莉·奥斯本（KELLY Osbourne）正与她的美国未婚夫经历一场激烈的分手，她透露自己在英国的生活中找到了慰藉。

41 岁的凯莉通过出演其家族的真人秀节目《奥斯本一家》（The Osbournes）而家喻户晓，该节目记录了他们在比弗利山庄的奢华生活。

但现在，她谴责了洛杉矶——那个高端社区所在地，也是她度过人生大部分时间的地方。

“我爱英国，”她在伦敦的一次艺术展私人预览中告诉我，“这里一直是我家。我从未想过离开。”谈到热浪时，她补充道：“今年夏天的天气也非常完美。”

当被问及是否想念“梦幻之都”（La La Land）时，她直截了当地回答道：“不想。那是个烂地方。”

下图中的凯莉于 2025 年与她的父亲、黑色安息日（Black Sabbath）明星奥兹（Ozzy）以及她的母亲莎伦（Sharon）一起搬回英国，后者曾在洛杉矶生活了近 30 年。在一部记录他回归的电视纪录片中，这位伯明翰摇滚歌手告诉凯莉：“我有点害怕回去。”她回应道：“我知道你的意思。”

奥兹于去年 7 月去世，享年 76 岁。凯莉告诉我：“这很艰难，我再也无法变回他去世之前的样子了。情况每天都在好转一点。”

本周，她公开谈到了与 49 岁的比德·威尔逊（Bid Wilson）的分手，后者是重金属乐队 Slipknot 的 DJ 和键盘手。他们有一个三岁的儿子，名叫西德尼（Sidney）。她的评论发表在据报道他被踢出乐队几天之后。

虽然她没有点名，但她在社交媒体上发布了一系列评论，敦促某人“承担一些责任”，并要求归还她的狗、财物，甚至要求支付抚养费。

西班牙王室光彩夺目

西班牙君主制的未来似乎非常光明。

20岁的西班牙王位继承人莱诺尔公主在位于马略卡岛帕尔马的家族夏宫马里文特宫的一次招待会上，身着一套红色、橙色和蓝色的服装。她的妹妹19岁的索菲亚公主以及她们87岁的祖母索菲亚王后也一同出席，她们穿着同样鲜艳的服装。

此次活动由公主的父母费利佩国王和莱蒂齐亚王后主持。

莱诺尔和索菲亚毕业于威尔士的UWC大西洋学院。该校以其前卫的教学方法和城堡校园环境，被人们称为“嬉皮霍格沃茨”。

拍卖师之女已订婚

成交，成交，成交！拍卖师哈里·达尔梅尼的五个孩子中，长女已脱单。22岁的塞莱斯特·普里姆罗斯女士与29岁的国防承包商萨姆·夸梅·史蒂文斯订婚。

“我得准备一份听起来不像拍卖会的演讲稿，”哈里说道，他在成为罗斯伯里伯爵时继承了爱丁堡附近的达尔梅尼府。新郎的母亲是半加纳人。“他们将穿着最华丽的服装，”伯爵补充道，“我们将看到格子呢与加纳风格的碰撞。”

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■ 她曾是电视界最顶级的明星之一，但霍莉·威洛比透露，BBC从未询问过她是否有可能被考虑担任《舞动奇迹》(Strictly Come Dancing) 新主持人的一个名额。45岁的这位节目主持人承认：“有很多人问过我这个问题。我想，我甚至从未进入过候选名单。我的心态更多是，‘到底会是谁，千万不要毁了我最喜欢的节目。’我爱《舞动奇迹》——它是我最喜欢的。”

■ 她是否曾开玩笑地宣布“泡芙必须继续！”尚存争议。但可以确定的是，她确保了《英国烘焙大赛》(The Great British Bake Off) 在新冠封锁期间继续拍摄。但这对于执行制片人52岁的莱蒂·卡瓦纳来说几乎没有安慰，她刚刚发起一项高等法院法律诉讼，起诉 Love Productions（《烘焙大赛》背后的公司，她于去年11月离开该公司）及其母公司 Sky Ventures 违约。听起来无论哪一方都将被烧成灰烬。

亚历山德拉胜任角色

《X Factor》冠军亚历山德拉·伯克正在主演舞台剧《我是每个女人——查卡·汗音乐剧》。

而她为了扮演这位美国歌手而健身的努力听起来令人精疲力竭。

“我一直在健身房没日没夜地训练，每周六天，”37岁的亚历山德拉在伦敦特鲁巴多温布利公园剧院的首演之夜告诉我。“我每周进行一次上肢训练、一次下肢训练、一次全身锻炼，然后一次动感单车，剩下的全部是跑步。”

这位歌手是由73岁的查卡亲自挑选的，查卡也出席了演出。亚历山德拉承认：“我很紧张，也感受到了压力，因为你可以看到她的人生故事非常沉重。”

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图片：DWE BENETTSGIFTY R SMITH / SPA / SHAFTERDOCK / PIERS ALLARD / CS / SHAFTERDOCK / LADY CLEESE PRIMROSE / SAM KWAME / INSTAGRAM

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VI

作者：Ciaran Foreman

去年，在英国国家医疗服务体系 (NHS) 中，接受激素替代疗法处方的女性人数创下纪录。

最新的 NHS 数据显示，40 岁以上的女性中有 200 万人接受了 HRT 治疗。

这一数字是 2020 年处方数量的两倍多，当时有 800,000 名女性接受了该治疗。

数据还揭示了地区之间处方数量的差异。去年，伦敦纽汉区 40 岁以上女性中每 100 人仅有 4 份处方——这是地方当局记录到的最低数字，而布赖顿和霍夫的数字则是 23，

仅在五年内，服用激素替代疗法（HRT）的女性人数翻了 2. 倍，达到200万

最高。HRT 用于治疗绝经期症状，其作用是通过替代在绝经期间下降的主要女性性激素——雌激素和孕激素。

卫生服务部门表示，该疗法有助于对抗潮热、夜间盗汗和睡眠问题，以及情绪波动、焦虑和阴道干燥等症状。

去年， 贴剂、凝胶和喷雾是最常用的雌激素 处方形式。 雌激素药丸的使用量有所下降。

NHS 强调 的益处“通常大于风险”。它表示，女性服用 的时间越长，患乳腺癌的风险就越高，但一旦停止治疗，风险就会下降。

据说 还能帮助女性维持肌肉力量并预防骨质疏松症（骨质变薄）。

国家药剂师协会主席 Olivier Picard 表示：“这些特定产品的处方激增对患者的药物供应产生了意想不到的短期后果，并可能加剧每天困扰药房的药物短缺问题。”

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海边之家是许多人的愿望清单首选，而对许多人来说，这也仅仅停留于愿望。但年轻夫妇 Luke 和 Pre 决定将梦想变为现实，他们买了一套需要现代化改造的房子，并亲自进行装修。

他们依靠 Wickes 提供所需的一切来减轻压力，让他们在装饰房屋的同时能享受彼此的陪伴。

“我们包揽了所有工作，所以我们拆掉了墙壁，把所有东西都撕掉了，然后开始重新组装，”34 岁的 Luke 说。

地板铺好了，厨房装好了，浴室也装好了，卧室我们也弄好了。在没有压力的情况下完成这一切是一件大事。

“能一起闲逛并做一些充实的事情，感觉非常好，”26 岁的 Pre 表示赞同。

时尚的避风港

对于卧室，这对夫妇选择了声学护墙板。这种板材时尚且现代，可以通过吸收噪音来改善睡眠和放松。目前该产品正在促销，2.4m 声学面板的价格从 £72 降至 £50*。 “我们非常喜欢这些面板的质量，”Luke 说，“我以前没安装过，但它们非常容易切割，尤其是用我们在 Wickes 买的新锯子。”

“他们的工具真的很棒。我们还买了一把钻头，两者都和任何大品牌一样好。”

现在只剩一间卧室待完成，“首套房计划”就圆满结束了。“我绝对推荐 Wickes，”Luke 说，“我一直使用他们的产品。他们很友好，产品质量很好。”

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“益处通常大于风险”

NHS 商业服务局提醒服用 的女性，她们可以购买一份价格为 £18.80 的 处方预付证书，以覆盖 12 个月的处方费用。如果没有该证书，每份 处方的费用为 £9.90。

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2026年8月6日

这一天

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1964年8月6日

理查德·伯顿 (RICHARD Burton)，这位拥有天堂般嗓音且行径放肆的超级巨星，昨日在一次中风后去世，享年 58 岁。他那如火山般爆发的脾气和波折的爱情生活，尤其是与伊丽莎白·泰勒的两段婚姻，使他获得的比舞台和荧幕表演更多的头条新闻。

2005年8月6日

由于中东局势不稳定推高原油价格，司机们可能很快就要支付超过 £1 才能买到一升汽油。美国与伊朗之间日益紧张的关系，加上沙特阿拉伯法赫德国王的去世，将一桶原油的价格推高至 62 加元——高于一年前的 40 加元。

生日快乐

维拉·帕米加 (VERA PARMIGA)，53 岁。这位美国女演员在《离职》中饰演莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥的治疗师，并因在《在起飞前》中与乔治·克鲁尼对戏的角色获得奥斯卡提名。她出生于乌克兰父母家庭，直到 6 岁才开始说英语。

杨紫琼 (MICHELLE YECH)，64 岁。这位来自马来西亚的女演员主演了《卧虎潜龙》，并在《明日永不终止》中饰演一名邦女郎。在领取《瞬息全宇宙》的奥斯卡奖时，她表示：“女士们，永远不要让任何人告诉你，你已经过了巅峰期。”

出生于这一天

凯文·米特尼克 (KEVIN MITNICK, 1963-2023)。“美国最被通缉的计算机法外之徒”是一名黑客，他在看过一部罗伯特·贝德福德的电影后采用了代号“Condor”。在服刑五年后，他成为了全球多家公司的网络犯罪顾问。

乔伊斯·西姆斯 (JOYCE SIMS, 1959-2022)。这位美国 R&B 创作歌手在 1980 年代拥有“极具影响力”的冠军单曲，包括《All And All》。另一首热门歌曲《Come Into My Life》被列为“1980 年代 50 首最佳情歌”之一。

8月6日...

IN 1964, 罗德·斯图尔特 (Rod Stewart) 与 Hoochie Coochie Men 乐队在 BBC 的《The Beat Room》节目中完成了电视首秀。

IN 2012, 《A Chorus Line》作曲家马文·哈姆利什 (Marvin Hamlisch) 去世，享年 68 岁。

词汇魔术

猜测定义：

Excellence (2007年创造)

A) 疾病在没有明显现象的情况下逐渐痊愈。B) 过度纵容。C) 胆小；懦弱。

答案见下方：

词组解析

Man of straw (草人 / 无资之人)：指没有资本的人。过去一些毫无价值的人习惯于在法院附近徘徊，为任何愿意购买其服务的人担任伪证人或担保人；他们通过鞋子上伸出的一根稻草作为职业标志来表明身份。

今日名言

没有过去的国家在词义上是矛盾的。成就一个国家的是过去。

埃里克·霍布斯鲍姆 (Eric Hobsbawm)， 英国历史学家 (1917-2012)

今日笑话

你怎么称呼一个躲在叶子堆里的男人？Russell。

猜测定义答案：B

由 ETAN SMAELMAN 和 ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD 编译

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告诉我的女儿她的父亲去世了，是我做过最艰难的事。即便在现在，我仍然觉得这不可能是真的……

模特兼真人秀明星 Missé Beqiri 讲述前未婚夫、TOWIE 宠儿 Jake Hall 神秘死亡带来的心碎

从表面上看，模特兼真人秀明星 Missé Beqiri 过着光鲜亮丽的生活。她在瑞典出生并长大，自从 19 岁被发掘成为模特以来，她曾居住在纽约、西班牙和伦敦。

电视观众通过《切希尔真实主妇》(The Real Housewives Of Cheshire) 以及最近的《伦敦名媛》(Ladies Of London) 等精致的生活方式节目认识她。

然后是那些高调的伴侣

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作者：Jenny Johnston

以及像目录一样可爱的孩子们。第一个是她的足球运动员丈夫，丹麦（前曼联）门将 Anders

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悲痛中：Missé Beqiri 表示她仍然难以相信 Jake 已经离世

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Lindegaard，两人育有一个 12 岁的儿子 Julian。

随后，她与《埃塞克斯唯一方式》(TOWIE) 明星 Jake Hall 经历了一段为期五年、高强度且“以火攻火”（她的描述）的感情，这段关系曾非常愉快——直到情况恶化。她与对方所生的女儿 River 现在八岁。

Missé 仍然经常旅行——当我们通过 Zoom 通话交流时，她在瑞典。她看起来依然像一名国际模特，但她下个月就满 40 岁了，当我提到这个即将到来的里程碑时，她翻了个白眼。

“老实说，我觉得自己像 80 岁，”她说。“当我回顾生活中发生的一切时，我想：‘这一切怎么可能发生在一个人身上？’”

我们在聊天时她正在切胡萝卜，这只有在采访结束后才显得合理。居家生活能带来慰藉，而且，嗯，她是一个“没有帮助”的单身母亲。为了

“我们的爱曾如此疯狂。杰克身上有一种魔力……但也有阴暗的时刻”

说她最近经历了一些动荡的时光，都算轻描淡写了。

2019年，米塞失去了她的哥哥兼保护者——“他是我在这个世界上唯一依靠的人”——死因令人难以想象。36岁的弗拉穆尔·“亚历克斯”·贝朱里在圣诞前夕，在南伦敦家中门前，在妻子和幼子的面前被一名杀手刺杀。对他杀手（现已入狱）的审判确定，他死于敌对帮派之间的一场有组织犯罪冲突。

米塞告诉我，她曾以为那是她生命中可能发生的最糟糕的事情。然而，在今年3月，她接到了一个再次震撼她世界的电话。这一次，里弗深爱的父亲、人气网红杰克·霍尔去世了，年仅35岁。具体情况尚不明确，但他被发现死在马略卡岛的一栋租用别墅的血泊中，此前似乎撞破了一扇玻璃门。

巧合的是，米塞那天晚上就在岛上。她一直在伊比萨岛工作；里弗当时在英国与杰克的父母格雷格和杰奎琳在一起，但在她原定飞回英国的那天，她发现护照丢了——这种情况以前从未发生过。

她不得不飞往邻近的马略卡岛，从瑞典大使馆办理紧急补办，并惊慌地给杰克的父母打电话，他们安慰她不要担心——他们可以让里弗多留一晚，并在第二天早上送她去学校。

第二天早上8点，她看向手机；有十个来自杰克家人的未接电话。她绝望地回拨过去。“我以为里弗出事了，”她说，“但他们说：‘是杰克。他死了。’”

由她来向里弗告知这个噩耗。“这是我这辈子做过最困难的事，”她承认道，“他们之间的关系如此美好。他非常宠她。我告诉她爸爸出意外了，他不会回来了。她再也没有问过这件事。这对她的小脑袋来说，要处理的信息量太大了。”

对于成年人的米塞来说也是如此。“即便现在我仍觉得：‘这不可能是真的，’”她承认。

从表面上看，米塞认为自己比大多数人更有能力应对杰克的死亡。他们已经分手了。即便在在一起的时候，那也是一段充满毒素、分分合合的关系。而且，在刚刚经历了哥哥去世的余波后，她已经在某种程度上成了处理悲痛的专家。尽管如此，这依然是一个极其艰难的局面。

她同意在这种情况下，“寡妇”这个词并不准确。

“我没有一个合适的标签，”米塞说。她的右腕上有一个小小的“J”字母纹身，与杰克身上的“M”相对应。

“我们没在一起，但因为我们有一个共同的孩子，我成了每个人关注的对象。那种丧失感简直难以用语言描述。当然，我也在悲痛之中。

“他是我生命中的重要部分，是我生命中深爱过的人。但看到我的女儿在悲伤，这太难受了。当你看到一个小生命心碎时，你的心会……双倍地心碎。

“我的职责就是让她保持规律的生活，把她放在首位。”

但她说，当里弗回到学校时，她问：“大家——

大家知道我现在没有爸爸了吗？”米塞解释道：“我对她来说就是一切，但她说：‘你不是爸爸。’”

里弗接受了悲伤辅导——就像米塞在哥哥去世时接受的那样。她们一起“在阅读关于悲伤的书籍”。米塞也尽力向里弗解释了她的父亲去了哪里。

“我们有一个习惯——在亚历克斯去世后也是这样——如果我们看到一片羽毛，就会想起他，或者为他祈祷。当杰克去世时，我会说：‘爸爸现在和亚历克斯在一起了。他们在天堂守护着我们。’”

“我想让她知道，在不吓到她的前提下，人的死亡是自然的事情，意外总会发生。我觉得我挺有灵性的，不是那种‘迷信’的方式，而是一种平静的方式。就像在这个世界之外……还有更多的东西。”

杰克·霍尔（Jake Hall）的去世震惊了真人秀世界。他曾是《TOWIE》中较为复杂的角色之一——他曾谈到过自己在心理健康方面的挣扎——但米塞（Missé）说，他同样极具艺术天赋、充满活力，而且是你所能遇到的最有魅力的人之一。

他们最初是在2016年经共同朋友介绍认识的。

“他很有吸引力，有趣，充满电能。长相非常出众，很有时尚感，他是那种走进房间会让每个人都问：

‘那个人是谁？’的人。他有一种独特的个人气质。”

当时她内心有些受伤，刚结束一段失败的婚姻，自我价值感较低。她与安德斯（Anders）的婚姻崩溃了，而原因之一是她被选入《切希尔真实主妇》（The Real Housewives Of Cheshire）第三季。她发现自己在那种镜头前并不自然。

“我总是感到焦虑，担心人们在想什么。虽然在节目中没有表现得太***，但这对我婚姻没有帮助，”她说。等到剧集播出时，她和安德斯已经分开了。

她说她当时在努力“寻找自我”。而杰克——一个真人秀老手——将她带入了他的世界。“他身上有一种魔力。他非常擅长将人们联系在一起。参加他葬礼的人非常多，简直疯了。”

起初他们处于异地恋（她住在曼彻斯特，他住在伦敦）。随后她搬了过去。那里有大量的派对和她所需要的乐趣。她谈到了杰克，他为能推出自己成功的服装系列 Prevu 而感到非常自豪，以及他如何推动她成为一个“更好的版本”的自己。

在约会一年半之内，她怀上了里弗（River）。她担心这“太快了”，但“他坚持要留下孩子”，兴奋地告诉家人他要当爸爸了。“他非常开心。”在毛里求斯的度假期间，他求婚了。

但她现在承认，那是“一段疯狂的爱”，充满了“非常黑暗的时刻”，而这些时刻与那些令人眩晕、美好的时刻交织在一起。

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Missé 和 Jake 在 2021 年分手，因为他们的生活走向了不同的方向，关系时断时续

在 River 出生后，曾有一些时刻他们的关系非常动荡。

她今天不愿谈论那个方面，因为她不想诋毁死者，但公开记录显示，在 2018 年他曾被下达禁制令，禁止他接近她。虽然没有涉及暴力，但法院认为他们之间需要一个“冷静期”。

他们曾尝试通过搬到马略卡岛——“Jake 的快乐之地”——来挽救关系，他在那里长大。他的父母在高端的 Puerto Portals 拥有一家酒店。

但当他们最终在 2021 年分手时，是由她发起的。

“是我做出的决定。有时仅有爱是不够的。Jake 是一个非常自由的灵魂。他经常旅行，过着他认为最好的生活。他专注于自己的品牌以及如何扩大规模。他必须进行大量的社交，但我必须有规律的生活。我承担起了母亲的角色。我的孩子需要上学！他和我……我们之间一直分分合合。”

听起来她觉得即使在恋爱关系中，她也更像是在扮演单身母亲的角色。她点头表示：“让他周末回家，然后一段时间见不到他，这成了常态。”

“我们的生活轨迹走向了不同的方向。我们尝试过让它运转起来，但没有成功。”

在她开始拍摄 Bravo TV 系列剧《伦敦名媛：新王朝》(Ladies Of London: The New Reign) 之前的大约六个月，她和 River 搬回了英国。

她想强调，经常见到 River 的 Jake 从未停止成为女儿心中“最好的父亲”。“他非常宠爱她。和她在一起时他整个人都亮了起来。”她说，到 Jake 去世时，各方都已经完全走出来了。“他遇到了另一个人，我和那个人聊过。我也遇到了另一个人。”

Jake 在去世当天在 Instagram 上发布了最后一条消息，提到了他正在创作的艺术品。

视频中包含他与 River 的片段，配文是：“生活有时很糟糕 (b***cks)，但我会试着记住美好的事物。”

该视频配乐是 The Rolling Stones 的歌曲《Beast Of Burden》，人们认为这段配文可能是指 Hall 面临的财务危机，他在其时尚品牌崩溃后积累了近 £150 万 的债务。

显然，关于 Jake 具体是如何去世的仍然存在疑问。西班牙警方被叫到他居住的租用别墅，并在 7. 30am 5 月 6 发现他已死亡。

据信他此前一直与朋友们聚会，随后在北部小镇圣玛格丽达（Santa Margalida）的租用别墅中继续狂欢。警方消息人士称，事故发生时他处于焦虑状态，但尸检未能确定死因。

相关部门已要求提供毒理学报告，死因研讯日期定于12月。

不知何故，他撞碎了通往露台的玻璃窗木门。碎片刺入了他的颈部和胸部，当急救人员到达时，他已失去生命体征。米塞（Missé）显然对自己在地理位置上如此接近——在同一个岛上，尽管在相反的一侧——却对正在发生的悲剧毫无察觉这一事实感到心碎。

在她录制的一档播客节目中

“我的重心在女儿身上。杰克现在应该安息了”

在今年早些时候与关系专家保罗·卡里克·布伦森（Paul Carrick Brunson）在一起时，她承认：“我希望他能给我打电话，说，‘我需要你。快来帮我。’”

这里还涉及更广泛的愧疚感——她不仅在身体上，而且在心理上也无法触及杰克。“如果我没有离开，这件事还会发生吗？”

当她在整理护照时，接到了杰克家人的电话告知他已去世，随后她在恍惚中直接飞回了家。

如今，她说：“你总是会想：‘如果……会怎样？如果我们从未分手会怎样？’但这超出了我的控制。我必须不去想这件事，因为那不是一个健康的心境。”

至于寻找关于他死亡的答案，那并不是她的首要任务。

“我知道的跟其他人一样多。我没有内部消息。我什么都不知道。我的重心就在我的女儿身上，我认为杰克现在应该安息了。”

她与杰克的父母及其兄弟仍保持良好关系，并决心尽可能给里弗（River）一个正常的生活。

她已经恢复了模特工作，并希望《伦敦女士》（Ladies Of London）的另一季能尽快获得委任。

里弗会去看她的祖父母和叔叔。在很多方面，她的生活就像以前一样继续着——这就是我们试图做的，维持常规。但她失去了如此深爱她的父亲……这令我心碎。

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前几天，我对重新回归夫妻生活可能带来的影响感到恐慌，于是我告诉丈夫，既然孩子们已经离巢，我们需要一个共同的爱好，以便在接下来的几十年里让我们保持“协作”。

他的反应是真诚的困惑：“但我们已经有爱好啦。”

这时轮到我困惑了。“请告诉我，那会是什么？”我问。

“烹饪和园艺，”他说。如果我能在这里插入一个表情符号，你一定会看到一张惊恐的脸！

别误会。我不反对种一些香草和大丽花，烹饪也是一项必须的生活技能，但这两者都不能代表我对人生最后一个季度的全部希望和梦想。

我交往了 23 年的伴侣，现在 50 多岁快 60 岁了，他可能想翘起二郎腿照料他的蕨类植物，但这绝对不是我预想的未来展开方式。

我的女性朋友们也是如此，她们现在几乎都过了 50 岁大关。相反，我们继续快节奏地处理多项任务，而且统计数据表明，我们更有可能

女性在 50 岁后更有可能采取大胆的飞跃

在 50 岁后采取大胆的飞跃：创业、选择离婚、做出重大生活方式改变等等。

上周发布的一项调查凸显了这个问题。英格兰 6,000 多名 50 岁以上的人接受了关于医疗保健偏好的询问，结果发表在《PLOS One》（公共科学图书馆）期刊上。研究发现，年长女性更有可能将生活质量置于长寿之上。

“与此同时，男性将生活质量置于单纯延长寿命之上的可能性较低，”东英吉利大学诺里奇医学院的 Nicholas Steel 教授评论道。看来我丈夫并不孤单。

在 63 岁时，我真的觉得自己在加速，因为时间流逝的必然性在驱使着我。我正忙于敲定 Big Buse 的演讲嘉宾名单，这是我和朋友们在萨默塞特郡共同创立的一个新鲜思维节。

我还正在等待我的中年人健康与福祉新系列产品的测试结果，该系列灵感来自我与 Belles Berry 合著的畅销食谱《Menolicious》，同时我还在录制我的新播客，并致力于制作一部我担任制片的电视剧。哦对了，下周一我将与我的朋友、才华横溢的演员 Gina Bellman 一起，在爱丁堡艺术节上首次演出我的《Cracking The Menopause》秀。说生活忙碌简直是轻描淡写。

我认识无数 50 岁及以上的女性，她们生活得充实，期待着旅行时光，承担新工作，学习语言，攻读硕士学位，同时保持健康，看起来时尚且迷人。自然地，生活质量对不同的人意味着不同的东西——工作、行动能力、独立、舒适。

对我而言，它是刺激且充实的工作、健康饮食、与朋友和同事保持联系以及锻炼的混合体。如果可以选择在盯着墙壁看 100 年，或者环游世界 10 年，那么，我知道我会选哪个。

然后是异性。

在63岁时，我正在加速，比以往任何时候都忙碌……但我的丈夫？他很满足于烹饪和照料他的蕨类植物！

让我现在就声明，我认识很多充满活力的中年和老年进取者，他们保留了自己的工作和生活乐趣 (joie de vivre)。但也有太多其他人开始安于中年，仿佛那是把心爱的旧扶手椅，或者选择一项需要穿着极其难看的衣服的运动——骑行紧身裤？高尔夫球鞋？

他们谈论退休，分析高尔夫差点，购买看起来很阳刚的电动自行车，然后在沙发上打盹看犯罪纪录片。如果你的伴侣或丈夫开始骑行、加入健身房、开始狂饮蛋白奶昔，或者摄入的电解质比一百个人需要的还要多，请举手？

两人同行 (a deux) 的假期可能会压力很大。一位朋友最近和她不情愿的伴侣去了托斯卡纳：“我们为什么需要出去？孩子们现在不在身边，”他抱怨道。当她在探索蒂芬画廊时，他留在酒店里试图鼓起勇气看板球赛。但一段关系长久的好处是，它让你能够从你的大本营出发，开启独自冒险。

一旦孩子养大，我们可能有时间精力和热情去追求激情和抱负。这有一定的科学依据。我们的催产素——我们在分娩时产生的一种纽带激素——在中年时期会下降。

在《破解绝经期》(Cracking The Menopause) 这部由我与记者爱丽丝·斯梅利 (Alice Smellie) 共同创作的节目中，我们深入探讨了绝经期和中年女性的历史。

曾经我们在中年时期被贬低到隐喻性的垃圾场，而50岁以上的女性已经将这种阴郁的叙事从粪坑中拉了出来并将其重写。现在我们相信自己比生命中的任何其他时期都更强大、更有力量。

作为英国政府的女性就业大使，我可以向您保证，阻碍年长

在中年，我们能够开始为自己而活

女性在职场发展的并不是缺乏抱负。更有可能是护理职责，或者在面对我们更复杂的生理机能时缺乏支持。讽刺的是，许多男性在50岁左右突然开始意识到自己的健康。而我们这些多年来一直要求他们节制脂肪摄入 / 饮酒 / 吸烟的女性，在糟糕的选择产生后果时，往往被期望扮演护工的角色。当健康状况不佳与生活方式相关时，人们很容易说“我早就告诉过你”——这是古往今来已婚夫妇的口头禅！

有很多夫妇一起戒酒并开始尝试冷水游泳，并且在追求生活质量和长寿的旅程中感到快乐。但恐怕，这种生活节奏的差异往往意味着许多夫妇走到了路的尽头。大多数离婚是由女性发起的，中年离婚更是如此——所谓的“离家妻子”在寻求自我实现，并意识到这无法与伴侣共同达成。

一位50多岁后期的离婚朋友告诉我，她渴望遇到一个可以一起进行城市短途旅行并有良好性生活的男人。

“总的来说，男人想要的是有人给他们做晚餐，给他们的孩子买生日卡，并且每晚都待在家里，”她哀叹道。

她最近参加了一个单身之夜，那里的女性成功、迷人且有趣。而男人看起来都一样——头发花白，微胖，并且认为半退休是一个强有力的卖点。

在对外观的意识或在意程度上，似乎存在某种脱节。我并不是说我们都应该拼命地

繁荣：玛丽埃拉·弗罗斯特鲁普 (Mariella Frostrup) 在海滩度假

图片：MARIELLA FROSTRUP

追求青春，坦率地说，我们应该完全按照自己的意愿去打扮，但修饰仪表是一项基本的生活技能，同样如此的还有在外观上保持某种自豪感。保持一种与时俱进的感觉和自尊心是很重要的。

至于女性是否在积极地选择生活质量而非长寿——对此我不太确定。我认为我们大多过着忙碌的生活，照顾着周围的人，而中年及之后阶段的解放意味着我们能够开始为自己而活。好消息是，你的生活越充实、越满足，寿命就可能越长。

当然，良好的饮食、锻炼和保持大脑活跃有助于抵御疾病。但令人着迷的是，拥有强烈的目标感是延长寿命和健康寿命的关键。

研究表明，有目标的成年人变得不活跃的可能性降低了 24%，出现睡眠问题的可能性降低了 33%。更多的目标感能减轻细胞层面的衰老。

我对此的解读是，我越忙，可能活得越久。如果没能活久，好吧，至少这段时间我过得很开心。我告诉我的丈夫，他可以继续钻研他的河边蕨类植物狂欢，并精通新的印度咖喱。而我会把香草花园打理整洁，让我的生活保持忙碌。

希望我们两人都能获得满足，并在未来的数十年里继续生活。

■ 《破解更年期》(Cracking The Menopause) (8月 10-17日) 的门票可在 tickets.gilded balloon.co.uk / event / 147133 购买

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Clare Foges

我同情亚莉安娜，但为了我们女儿们的缘故，那段视频必须被删除

“妈妈，如果我吃这些，我的肚子会变大吗？”我八岁的女儿手里拿着三个巧克力迷你蛋，盯着它们的样子，仿佛它们是高热量炸弹一般。

我多么讨厌这些时刻，当我意识到，尽管我尽一切努力保护我的三个女儿（另外两个分别是五岁和两岁）免受女性审美暴政的影响，但不知为何，她们接收到的信息却是如此明确：女孩们最好是苗条、漂亮且纤弱的。

我已经针对这种观念筑起了所有能筑的堡垒。我从未在她们面前说过 f-词（fat，肥胖）或 c-词（calorie，卡路里）。她们的娃娃是软绵绵的布艺玩具，而不是腰细如蜂的芭比娃娃。至于成为她们的榜样，她们每天都看着我毫无顾虑地往嘴里塞薯片。

然而，我依然能看到自我意识的阴影笼罩在她们身上。我五岁的女儿喜欢看起来“精致”，更倾向于穿有腰带的连衣裙来展示她的腰线。“但舒服才更好，亲爱的！”我穿着慢跑裤和宽松 T 恤的邋遢制服大喊。

意识到无论你做什么，你的女儿们都会开始将她们美丽的面孔和身体与名人及网红进行比较，这令人悲哀——而当今的审美标准如此不切实际，这更是极其令人担忧。

仅仅看起来健康、头发光亮、牙齿洁白是不够的。不，你需要像经过气刷处理的焦糖一样的皮肤，一个需要独立邮政编码的卡戴珊式臀部，以及一个小得不可思议的腰围。

这就让我谈到了亚莉安娜·格兰德（Ariana Grande）——这位流行歌手最新的视频《Petal》引起了轩然大波。其中一个场景中，她穿着一件低胸黑色上衣，露出了突出的肩骨和清晰可见的肋骨。

她看起来如此虚弱，仿佛一阵夏风就能将她吹倒。正如演员贾米拉·贾米尔（Jameela Jamil）本周所言：“这个可怜的女人可能就在我们面前走向死亡。”

这引起了一些格兰德粉丝的愤怒，他们指出这位歌手曾发表过诸如“我们应该在评论他人身体时更加温柔，不要如此随意”之类的声明。她曾谈到感觉自己像“培养皿中的标本”，并唱道：“不要评论我的身体，不要回应。”

她的管理团队宣布，在目前的巡演结束后，格兰德将“从面向公众的工作和露面中获得一次应得的休息，因为这些工作导致了无休止且持续的公众审视”。简而言之：这里没什么好看的！

我同情格兰德。身体的每一寸都被审视一定很糟糕。那么

首先，乔纳森·罗斯（Jonathan Ross）的女儿贝蒂（Betty）通过发布穿着内衣的照片来“庆祝” 35 岁。

现在，唐娜·艾尔（Donna Air）通过仅用一份巧妙放置的报纸遮体的裸体姿势来“庆祝” 47 岁，如图所示。

为什么增加一岁就意味着要脱光衣服？吃一块生日蛋糕怎么就不好呢？

唐娜，我们非得看你的“生日套装”不可吗？

为什么要写这篇文章？因为当名人的身体不再仅仅是他们自己的私事时，就到了一个临界点。格兰德对我女儿这样的小女孩有着巨大的影响力。

看到一名流行歌星长成这样，意味着年轻女孩会认为这是正常的；只要她们少吃几块巧克力棒，就能达到这种外观。

格兰德说过“健康可以有不同的样子”。但可见的肩骨是不正常的。看到几根肋骨是不正常的。

像树枝一样细的上臂是不正常的。近年来，患有厌食症和贪食症等饮食失调症的儿童和青少年的数量激增。将极端消瘦正常化只会让情况变得更糟。

值得责备的不是格兰德，而是那些允许这种情况发生，甚至愤世嫉俗地利用她的外貌来博取关注的身边人。如果他们如此反对审视，为什么要选择能展示她消瘦骨架的服装，从而确保引发抵制？

Peaty 未能展现真正的宽恕

随着亚当·拉姆齐-皮蒂（Adam Ramsay-Peaty）与其父母之间的不和持续发酵，这位游泳运动员表示，“作为一名基督徒”，他会原谅他的父母，但前提是“我觉得他们作为人有所进步”。我不确定他是否仔细阅读过他的圣经。正如《以弗所书》 4 : 32 所言：“你们要彼此亲切，彼此柔软，彼此饶恕，正如神在基督里饶恕了你们一样。”真正的宽恕是没有条件的。此外，在经历了他的那些行为之后，难道不应该是他的父母来给予原谅吗？

■ 虽然我们仍处于温暖的夏天，但 Morrisons 超市已经开始上架圣诞巧克力——从 KitKat 圣诞老人到 Cadbury 将临节日历。你不必成为一个吝啬鬼（Scrooge）才会觉得这太早了。难道我们就不能享受当下的季节吗？

愚蠢且心怀恶意——纯粹的偏见

一百万年轻人没有接受教育、没有就业也没有接受培训，这应该归咎于谁或什么？根据新任教育大臣露西·鲍威尔（Lucy Powell，如图所示）的说法，是前教育大臣迈克尔·高夫（Michael Gove）。就政治攻击而言，这不仅是心怀恶意，而且十分愚蠢。高夫主导的改革推动了英格兰在排名表上的上升。他决心帮助那些面临“低期望之软偏见”的贫困地区学生。如果推翻他的“遗产”意味着降低标准，那么愿上帝保佑这个国家的孩子们。

■ 克里斯托弗·菲利普斯（Christopher Phillips）因在领取其母亲养老金的同时，将其死去的母亲在冷冻柜中保存了三年而被判入狱。这听起来很可怕，但在读到他过去一边握着母亲的手一边看电视时，我对他产生了深深的同情。在监狱人满为患的情况下，非监禁刑罚会更为合适。

你可以想象那些随从在每次拍摄结束后都会说：“你太棒了，亚莉安娜！”如果他们自己的亲人这么瘦，他们早就叫医生了。

我很感激在 90 年代——在我敏感的青少年时期——名人是不同的。我们面对的不是骨瘦如柴的明星，而是穿着双层牛仔装跳来跳去的 B*Witched，玩得开心的辣妹组合（Spice Girls），颓废风的艾拉妮·莫里塞特（Alanis Morissette），以及古灵精怪的比约克（Bjork）。

我们无法让时钟倒流，但我们可以——而且应该——抵制那些展示不健康极端状态的形象。这就是为什么在线平台应该删除 Grande 的视频。

是的，人们会抱怨审查制度，但这将传递一个信号：这种外观并非正常，也不应被视为追求的目标。

如果 Grande 身边的人真正关心她的利益，他们会撤回该视频，并为她提供她显然需要的支持。

■ 如果您担心自己或他人的健康，请联系慈善机构 Beat，电话 0808 801 0677 或访问 beateatingdisorders.org.uk

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作者：Laura Stolt

凯伦·巴托夫（Keren Bartov）在好莱坞被誉为首选的“皮肤耳语者”，她曾为从碧昂丝（Beyonce）、金·卡戴珊（Kim Kardashian）到西耶娜·米勒（Sienna Miller）和朱莉娅·罗伯茨（Julia Roberts）的所有人准备特写镜头前的皮肤状态。

维多利亚·贝克汉姆（Victoria Beckham）甚至将她中年时期肤色的改善归功于这位英国皮肤先驱和美容师，其标志性疗程每节费用高达 £1,000。

现在，凯伦揭秘了如何获得红毯造型——而无需支付相应的昂贵价格。“你永远不能低估好皮肤的力量，”这位 47 岁的三个孩子的母亲说道。“在我 20 多岁的时候，我曾深受痤疮困扰，总是用头发遮掩。这让我意识到皮肤会影响你的情感、心理和整体健康。”

凭借二十多年的经验和两家皮肤诊所，凯伦现在创建了自己的产品。但她说，忘掉复杂的 15 步仪式和空洞的承诺吧。相反，无论你处于什么年龄，获得完美水光肌的秘诀在于此时此刻最适合你的日常护理方案。

在这里，她分享了实现那种令人羡慕的 A 级明星光彩的建议与禁忌……

建议：改变你的护肤习惯，但不要使其过于复杂

“女性在 40. 岁以后犯的最大错误之一，就是坚持使用十年前或 20 年前皮肤所喜爱的相同产品，”Keren 说道。

“你的皮肤随年龄而变化，因此你的护肤流程也应该随之改变。即便如此，太多人认为衰老皮肤需要强效成分，例如过强浓度的视黄醇。但它们会削弱皮肤正常运作的自然能力。

“一旦你进入 40 岁，目标就不再仅仅是针对皱纹，而是维持健康、有韧性且处于最佳状态的皮肤。

“所以我并不相信复杂的日常护肤流程——有时，少即是多。

“将你的产品限制在最多四到六种。从这些必需品开始：温和的洁面乳、优质的保湿霜、广谱防晒霜，以及一种针对你主要问题的针对性精华液。这可以是用于提亮的维生素 C 或用于补水的透明质酸。

停止让你的皮肤承受过载，你将看到最大的转变。”

禁忌：认为你需要注射类产品才能产生效果

“遗憾的是，很多女性在过了 40. 岁后就急于寻求肉毒杆菌注射。但无需注射类产品，你也能让衰老皮肤产生更大的改善。我的诊所不提供这些服务。我喜欢表情纹。对我来说，它们是我们身份的一部分。

“当你的皮肤紧致、肤色均匀且光彩照人时，那些纹路无论如何看起来都会完全不同。

“通常，健康、发光的皮肤比看起来过度处理或过于紧绷的皮肤更显年轻。我的目标从来不是抹去岁月或改变面容。我的目标仅仅是帮助皮肤呈现出绝对最佳的状态。

“在我的治疗方案中，我结合了能够刺激循环、促进淋巴排毒、改善组织氧合并增强胶原蛋白生成的各项技术，同时恢复水分

A-LAST SKIN WH 的秘密

放弃注射类产品 掌握产品叠加 学习双重洁面的艺术

并帮助皮肤重新正常运作。当皮肤功能改善时，它的外观也会随之变好。”

建议：掌握皮肤叠加法

“你知道涂抹护肤品的顺序与产品本身一样重要吗？”Keren 问道。

“在我的伦敦治疗室里，我们遵循精确的叠加协议，因为你的皮肤对方法的反应与对成分的反应一样大。即使是优质产品，不正确的涂抹方式也会显著降低其效果。但如果操作正确，则能大幅提高功效。

“按照正确的顺序涂抹产品，可确保任何活性成分都能以最大潜力被吸收。叠加原则遵循一个简单的规则：按照从最薄到最厚的一致性顺序涂抹护肤品，在涂抹下一个产品之前，让每一个产品充分吸收。

“获得最佳效果的顺序是：洁面乳、爽肤水、精华液、眼霜（如果使用）、保湿霜、SPF。这样你从最轻盈的水基配方开始，逐渐增加到最厚重的面霜，而不会稀释或干扰下层。

“根据产品的一致性和你皮肤的吸收率，两次涂抹之间至少间隔 30 秒。

“要有耐心。我会等待三到五分钟，以确保产品已被吸收。”

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维多利亚·贝克汉姆 (VICTORIA BECKHAM)

ISPF BCR

黛米·摩尔 (DEMI MOORE)

金·卡戴珊 (KIM KARDASHIAN)

明星之友：当好莱坞精英需要让皮肤焕发红毯光彩时，Keren Bartov 是他们首先想到的人

不要：跳过每日 SPF

“一定要用广谱 SPF 30 或更高值的防晒产品来结束你的早晨护肤流程，”她说。“无论在什么年龄，这一步都是不可妥协的。即使我在诊所里且外面在下雨，我也会涂 SPF。在温暖的天气里，我会每小时重新涂一次。”

“最重要的事情不是品牌，而是每天涂防晒霜。任何让你感到舒适的轻盈、高质量的 SPF 只要能鼓励你坚持使用，就是好的。”

“对于经济实惠的选择，我经常推荐 La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF50+ (£15.75, boots.com) 或 Avene Very High Protection SPF50+ (£21.50, tesco.com)。不要忘记将其涂在所有暴露的区域；包括你的颈部、耳朵、前胸以及手背。”

要：每天清洁两次

“我总是建议每天清洁两次，”她说。“这应该是每个人护肤流程的基础。”

“从适合你肤质的 pH 平衡洁面产品开始——对于干燥、成熟的肤色，选择更滋润的乳霜状产品。如果洗脸后感觉皮肤紧绷，说明你的洁面产品选错了。”

“在晚上，清除妆容、SPF 以及全天在皮肤上积累的所有物质至关重要。”

“这可以通过单独使用优质的胶束水来完成，例如我的 Hyaluronic Micellar H2O (£80, kerenbartov.co.uk)，或者作为双重清洁的一部分，随后使用第二款冲洗型洁面产品。”

“你不需要洗脸布、法兰绒布或清洁设备，只需用指尖。洗净双手，然后用轻柔的打圈动作按摩任何产品。目标是在不损害脆弱皮肤屏障的情况下彻底清洁皮肤。”

“一个重要的建议是选择温水或冷水而非热水，因为热水会使皮肤干燥并削弱你的皮肤屏障。”

建议：投资于在皮肤上停留时间最长的产品

“我始终建议投资那些在皮肤上停留时间最长的产品。

最好的精华液、保湿霜和防晒霜在涂抹后数小时内仍能持续发挥作用，并能真正改善你的长期皮肤状态。但你不需要为此花费巨资。

除了我自己的护肤品外，我的浴室里总会有几样必需品。

高质量的棉片、用于干燥嘴唇或干燥区域的凡士林，以及一款滋养护手霜。

我们经常过于关注面部，而忘记了双手同样能讲述我们的故事。我喜欢使用欧舒丹乳木果护手霜（£10, uk.loccitane.com）和 Aesop Resurrection Aromatique 洗手液（£34, aesop.co.uk），它们不会让我的手感到干燥。

在轻盈彩妆方面，我喜欢使用 Chanel Baume Essentiel Glow Stick 亮采棒（£38, johnlewis.com）来打造自然、健康的亮泽感，尤其是在参加活动或拍摄之前。

最后，健康光泽的头发总是能衬托出美丽的皮肤。我使用 Kerastase Nutritive 洗发水和发膜（套装 £74, lookfantastic.com），因为它们的配方具有滋养作用。”

禁忌：过度关注“明星成分”

“我不相信单一的‘明星成分’。相反，应寻求成分之间协同作用的智能配方。

我为支持我的 Booster Peel & Glow 精华液（£170，见左图）等产品功效的临床证据感到非常自豪。它精确结合了包括乳酸、柠檬酸、水杨酸、烟酰胺、传明酸和阿魏酸在内的温和酸类，旨在温和地去角质、平滑并提亮，且不产生刺激。

这在夏季之后对于解决暗沉、可见毛孔、深层细纹和色斑特别有效。但最终，重要的不是价格，而是配方的质量以及它目前是否适合你的皮肤。

随着年龄增长，弹性蛋白、胶原蛋白和含水量会自然下降，更新过程也会变慢。因此，我经常使用维生素 C、神经酰胺、下一代多肽、必需脂肪酸和温和的去角质酸。

维生素 C 在早晨涂抹于洁净的皮肤上最为有效，因为它能在全天提供抗氧化保护，抵御环境损害。多肽是信号氨基酸链，能促使皮肤细胞产生更多的胶原蛋白和弹性蛋白。神经酰胺是加强皮肤屏障并防止水分流失的脂质。

寻找有临床研究支持其功效的产品，并阅读具有相似肤质者的评价。”

建议：优先考虑你的皮肤屏障

“皮肤屏障就像一件天鹅绒盔甲，它应该强韧且柔软。受损的皮肤屏障会通过几个明显迹象表现出来。最常见的包括持续干燥、对之前没有问题的产品产生反应以及紧绷感。

恶劣天气、过度清洁、过度去角质和压力等环境因素都会导致这些问题。

在为客户治疗时，屏障健康始终是我的首要任务。红毯般的光彩并非一夜之间创造的，而是提前数月开始准备的。如果有人有色素沉着、痤疮、发红或肤质不均，你必须治疗潜在的问题。

有时是脱水，有时是血液循环不良。随着年龄增长，激素也会影响皮肤，但如果你有炎症，首要任务是快速减轻炎症，同时避免任何会进一步刺激皮肤的东西。

在家里，你可以用在冰箱里放了几分钟的冷勺子给该区域降温，或者使用包裹在干净布料中的冷敷袋。为了遮盖瑕疵或敏感皮肤，我喜欢 NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer 柔雾全遮瑕膏（£29.50, spacenk.com）。

持之以恒是关键。保持简单的护肤流程，专注于修复皮肤屏障，避免给皮肤加载不必要的成分。”

不要：被算法左右

“现在破坏皮肤变得前所未有的简单。最近，我看到越来越多各个年龄段的女性根据社交媒体来建立护肤方案。

“但通常，你的皮肤并不需要算法推荐的东西。不要因为产品走红就购买，不要混合那些不应同时使用的成分，也不要仅仅因为网上有人说某种成分‘更好’就使用酸类或强效类 retinoids 等高强度活性成分。

“某些成分在同时使用时也可能引起刺激，例如在同一次涂抹中将维生素 C 与视黄醇结合使用。

“大多数女性需要的不是更强效的护肤，而是更智能的护肤。这就是为什么你的护肤方案绝不应该围绕趋势而建立。”

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Jemail

在经历了一系列严酷的热浪之后，本月祈祷下雨的人绝不止我一个，但我的宽慰并非出于你可能认为的原因。

我会为此欢呼，因为这意味着我没有风险在阳光下暴发那种愤怒的红色荨麻疹，这种症状在我的脸上出现了近 50 年。

几十年来，我一直将这种情况视为玫瑰痤疮，但在多次就诊于全科医生 (GP)、进行血液检查和皮肤科预约后，我终于得到了诊断——我患有自身免疫性疾病红斑狼疮。

2023 年我在巴黎度假时，医生打电话告知我常规血液检查的结果，说我需要紧急转诊至风湿科，因为我的体内似乎有很高水平的炎症。

当时我身材苗条，体能良好且健康。这毫无道理。

我在网上读得越多，就越开始担心。红斑狼疮不断出现在我的搜索结果中，我发现自己陷入了最糟糕情况的深渊。

NHS 网站上写道：“红斑狼疮引起的炎症可能对心脏、肺、大脑或肾脏造成严重损害，这可能危及生命。”

我试图将这个问题抛在脑后直到回家，但在我们下一站米兰时，我病倒了。

在 40℃ 的高温中，我的脸上出现了红色肿块，并且遭受了持续三天的搏动性偏头痛。

就在那时，我恐慌地在 Google 上搜索不再感觉像是过度反应，而我多年来忽视的许多病症开始变得合理起来。

红斑狼疮是一种不可治愈的终身疾病，它会导致你的免疫系统攻击你自己的皮肤，产生独特的红色皮疹。至关重要的是，这种皮疹由阳光触发，是你的身体出现“红斑狼疮发作”的迹象——本质上让我对阳光过敏。

在近十次就诊于医院和全科医生之后，一年多以后——在 2024 年 9 月——我被告知我患有皮肤型红斑狼疮，这是一种主要影响皮肤的疾病形式。

我很感激自己没有患上更严重的系统性红斑狼疮，后者与关节疼痛、精疲力竭以及——感谢 Google——肺、心、肾和脑的损伤有关。

在经历了多年的不适和社交尴尬后，这次诊断是我花了一辈子试图解开的谜题中缺失的一块。

红斑狼疮被称为“千面之病”，因为它的症状如此多样（这解释了为什么通常需要很长时间才能确诊，因为其症状与许多其他疾病重叠）。

我一直经常患有口腔溃疡，而且我对蜜蜂叮咬、蚊虫叮咬和头虱过敏。

据估计，英国约有 50,000 人患有此病，其中 90% 是女性，年龄通常在 15 到 55. 岁之间。有趣的是，由于激素活动的改变，它可能会在绝经期间发展，但我的症状最早出现在童年时期。

在我四岁时，我母亲带我进行了为期五周的澳大利亚之旅。我的皮肤暴发了严重的红色荨麻疹，持续了整个旅程。我母亲不断地给我涂抹 factor 50, 防晒霜，回到英国后，全科医生为我的面部开了一种类固醇药膏。我们被告知只能使用

防护：艾玛携带阳伞以避免出现痛苦的皮疹

30年来我一直以为自己患有玫瑰痤疮……但其实我只是对阳光过敏

作者：Emma Elms

在短时间内少量使用，因为它会使皮肤变薄。最终，在天气转凉后，皮疹消失了。

后来，当大多数青少年在与痤疮作斗争时，我发现每当我走到阳光下，脸颊以及经常在鼻子、发际线和上背部就会出现一批凸起的、发痒的肿块。这些肿块通常需要六周时间才能消失。

随着年龄增长，我变得越来越在意自己的外貌——大多数时候，我能用遮瑕膏掩盖这些肿块，但我记得16岁时在海滩上，我的一位少数见过我素颜的朋友告诉我，我的皮肤是我最糟糕的特征。我知道这是事实，但听起来很刺耳。

妈妈为我预约了Clinique的咨询，买了一批昂贵的产品，但肿块依然不断出现。不久后，我们看了另一位全科医生，他将我转诊给了皮肤科医生。

她将我的皮肤状况误诊为玫瑰痤疮，在接下来的30年里，我一直认为这就是原因。我对自己的不耐烦，因为没有更早地再次检查皮疹，想到所有那些在发痒的红色肿块中浪费的夏天。

我现在使用两种局部类固醇药膏，它们不能预防皮疹，但可以在皮疹出现后进行治疗。我的顾问警告我，最好的预防方法是一辈子远离阳光。

起初我心碎不已，因为我热爱户外游泳，但我现在依然在晚上游泳，并佩戴墨镜和帽子来遮盖面部。

在最近的热浪期间，即使是20分钟的接送孩子上学路程也成了一种煎熬。我现在随身携带一把遮阳伞，这引起了一些人的注视。我九岁的女儿告诉我她“讨厌这把令人尴尬的伞”，并且在我不得不把它带到学校运动会时感到非常窘迫。

我全年使用factor 50防晒霜，以及一种名为Eucerin Sun Actinic Control的特殊factor 100乳液，它是专为在紫外线极高时具有高日晒损伤风险的人群设计的。

红斑狼疮没有治愈方法，但有几种不同的药物治疗方案可以控制系统性红斑狼疮的症状，而我有高达20%的可能性发展成该病。我暴露在阳光下的时间越多，风险就越高。

不过目前，我不会让它阻碍我环游世界，我只是在一年中较凉爽的季节出行。二月份我去了泰国，十月份我要去希腊。

令人感到解放的是，度假不再是为了晒黑皮肤。相反，这正是我想要避免的事情。

■ lupusuk.org.uk

海蓝色

蓝色是唯一能瞬间将我带到温暖气候的颜色。但忘掉海军蓝或钴蓝色吧，我说的是海蓝色的色调——那些能让人联想到阳光普照的海岸线和游泳池的发光蓝绿色。

穿着这些受地中海启发的蓝色，感觉就像瞬间开启了假期，即使你留在离家较近的地方。

设计师们无疑对此表示赞同。海蓝色主导了Jacquemus Resort 2027系列，从泳裤

作者：Amy Kester

副时尚编辑

到芭蕾平底鞋的所有单品上都有出现。但最出彩的造型是那件绿松石色的长裙，搭配同色鞋子和拖地的头巾。同样的色调也出现在Prada和Burberry的SS26 T台上，而名人们则采用了其间的每一种色调。

好消息是？商业街品牌也紧随其后，使其成为今年夏天最容易驾驭的设计师趋势之一。

纵向

1 , 工人，从事采矿业，在地面上或地面附近的雇员 (7) 2 John , 航海家和探险家，为英国对加拿大的主权要求铺平了道路 (5) 3 写在元音字母上的符号，例如法语中的抑扬符和重音符 (7) 4 1979 年 Pink Floyd 的歌曲，由其重组的阵容在 2005 年的 Live 8 演唱会上演奏 (11,4) 5 放在物体表面的装饰图案 (6) 6 比基尼和泳装是这类服装的例子 (9) 7 由流行二人组 Chas & Dave 开创的一种音乐风格的合成词 (7) 13 一个长而低的软垫座位 (9) 15 通用汽车制造的美国汽车品牌，于 2010 年停产 (7) 17 引起强迫性恐惧或焦虑的事物 (7) 18 马肩胛骨之间的脊线 (7) 19 Victoria , 保守党政治家，曾在三任首相任内担任部长 (6) 22 Henry , 工程师，于 1904 年协助创立了一家豪华汽车公司 (5)

单词轮盘

你有十分钟时间利用轮盘中的字母寻找尽可能多的单词。每个单词必须包含中心字母且至少包含其他三个字母，

且字母只能使用一次。不能使用复数、外来词或专有名词。允许以 's' 结尾的动词。今日九字母单词的提示：处理虐待情况的人。评分：15 个单词，平均：20，良好：25，优秀：30 或更多，卓越。明日公布答案

通过 Morning Mail 通讯中的测验每天测试你的常识。立即扫描二维码注册

明日公布答案

姓名游戏

网格中隐藏了一位歌手的名字。回答问题，然后重新排列与答案对应的字母以填入姓名。明日公布答案

BOX 1: 以下哪一个是 Cliff Richard（如图）在 1959 年至 1968 年期间的伴奏乐队名称？The Crickets (D) The Shadows (B) The Hurricanes (G)

BOX 2: 谁写了 1973 年的小说《为临终者祈祷》(A Prayer For The Dying)？Alistair MacLean (T) Jack Higgins (L) Clive Cussler (E)

3: Giorgio Locatelli 已被宣布为哪档新系列电视节目的评委？Great British Menu (I) The Great British Bake Off (C) Celebrity MasterChef (Y)

4: Maja Chwalinska 是波兰哪项运动的专业运动员？网球 (D) 足球 (K) 高尔夫 (S)

5: 哪位演员是西班牙女演员 Penelope Cruz 的丈夫？Benicio del Toro (U) Javier Bardem (A) Matthew McConaughey (M)

6: 大航海时代始于哪个世纪？13 世纪 (W) 14 世纪 (E) 15 世纪 (N)

7: 罗丁河 (River Roding) 发源于以下哪个英国郡？埃塞克斯郡 (B) 威尔特郡 (K) 林肯郡 (A)

8: Bazball 是以下哪项运动的一种打法？英式橄榄球 (M) 棒球 (R) 板球 (O)

昨日答案：UMA THURMAN (XU, ZR, 3U, 4T, 5A, 6M, 7M, 8H, 9N, 10A)

图片：PA

铺轨

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中有多少段轨道。

只有直线轨道和曲线轨道。轨道不能自我交叉。

明日公布答案

B

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蜂巢

所有答案均围绕其数字顺时针读取。线索 1 的答案从给定的字母开始。

1. 考虑
2. 没有人
3. 精致的
4. 敏捷的
5. 易于...的
6. 使困惑
7. 使者
8. 权力
9. 有吸引力的
10. 领域
11. 任务
12. 重命名

答案：见封底插页

数和 (KAKURO)

仅使用数字 1 到 9 填充网格中的空白方格，且在任何空白方格行中不得重复任何数字。填充的数字之和必须等于每行顶部或开头的阴影框中的总数。阴影框下半部分的数字表示纵向总和；上半部分则表示横向总和。

MASTERQUIZ

1. 盖伊·蒙塔格（Guy Montag）是哪部反乌托邦小说的主人公？
2. 哪位作曲家在 1840 年迎娶了钢琴家克拉拉·维克（Clara Wieck）？

3. 哪个词用来描述任何每只脚有三个向前爪和一个向后爪的栖息鸟类？

4. 100 年前的今天，格特鲁德·埃德勒（Gertrude Ederle）成为第一位实现什么壮举的女性？

5. 被称为“大麦粒”（barleycorn）的单位等于英寸的几分之几？
6. 詹姆斯党人（Jacobitsen）长期致力于将哪个王室恢复到王位上？

答案：见封底抽页

MINDBENDER

1. 在糖果店，3 个 Chocky-chews 和 4 个 Caramelios 的价格是 £6.51，而 2 个 Chocky-chews 和 5 个 Caramelios 的价格是 £5.95。那么 7 个 Chocky-chews 的总价是多少？

2. 音乐（music）、管弦乐团（orchestra）和锅（pot）之间有什么联系？

3. 哪种软饮料可能是 WORN CUTE COAT 的易位词？

4. 谁是不合群的一个：Mr Benn, Ivor The Engine, Bagouss, Clangers?
5. 从 A 开始，每次增加一个字母并重新排列，直到组成 PREMATURE 为止。

答案：见封底抽页

KILLER SUDOKU (杀手数独)

在网格方格中填入数字，使每行、每列以及每个 3x3 方格都包含 1 到 9 的所有数字。由虚线连接的一组单元格之和必须等于左上角的数字。在每组单元格内，数字不能重复。

明日答案

需要提示？请致电 0901 293 6238 或发送短信 KILLER 至 65700，获取今日谜题的 4 个提示。通话和短信费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费用。今日提示仅在今日 00.01 至 23.30 之间提供。

PITCHERWITS™

1a. 开始解开空手道垫子 (4),5)

9a. 打结的绳子发光，但失去温暖 (4,4)

0a. 用来总结的硬壳？(8)

17a. 重新安置的锚点在 1 齐海深处以提供多样性 (3),8)

1d. 第二个标签拼出困境的结局 (6,4)

2d. 安置并连接 (7)

5d. A-线图案，如此巧妙地立方以至于无法传授 (10)

10d. 暴风雨后骆驼在移动寻找水源 (4,3)

横向 (ACROSS)

1 图片线索 6 应对一个人的可怕愤怒 (4) 7 错误信息的噪音？(3) 8 抹黑，由红色集会收尾 (4)

9 图片线索 11 图片线索 14 矿物的友好部分 (4) 15 小电话里的群众？(3) 16 牛顿，不适合纸制品 (4) 17 图片线索

用您的智慧挑战 Pitcherwits —— 这个令人兴奋的谜题中，部分答案在图片里！视觉线索的答案填入网格中的阴影区域。

明日答案

PITCHERWITS 书籍

订购由 Rebus 教授编写的《每日邮报 Pitcherwits》第 9 卷，价格 £9.99，请访问 mailshop.co.uk:3for20 或致电 020 3176 2937。购买 3 本或更多《每日邮报》谜题书可节省 20%。订单满 £25 可享受英国境内免费配送。

纵向 (DOWN)

1 图片线索 2 图片线索 3 当被说成已完成时被抛弃 (5) 4 骑在马上，在牛仔“节日”的中心前沿 (5) 5 图片线索

10 图片线索 12 导致靴子修理的禁令？(5) 13 不可用于染色的鸡 (5)

昨日答案 — 横向：1 Falls to bits. 5 Acolyte. 9 Talc. 10 Plod. 11 Tides. 12 Node. 13 Taut. 14 Suitors. 16 Family Bible. 纵向：1 Fighting off. 2 Lea. 3 Ice. 4 Stand at ease. 6 Cocteau. 7 Loudest. 8 Tipster. 14 Sum. 15 Sob.

MAILWORD

横向

1 Great delight 5 Airborne soldier 9 Ambitions 10 Bristol river 11 Evades 12 Challenge 13 Flying saucer 14 Church room 16 Sound imitating impact 17 Rotating rod 18 Max Surrealist painter 20 Russian mountains 24 Be wistful 26 Decline 27 Contemptible person

29 Egg cells 30 Conduit 31 Bishops' headdresses 33 Pile 34 Town in Surrey 35 In a lazy way 36 Cast off

纵向 1 Descend 2 Insulate 3 Intra-building transport 4 English county 5 Glib talk 6 State an opinion 7 Ruddy 8 Small insect

9 Seek to obtain 11 Deceive 15 Lethargic 19 Drowsy 21 Cherished 22 Organ 23 Wellness centres 25 Titles 27 Attached 28 Gemstone 30 21st Greek letter 32 Definite article

明日答案

HIDATO

完成网格，使所有数字 1 到 65 连续连接——水平、垂直或对角线。提示：你不必从 1 或 65 开始。从中间数字入手可能会让你更容易开始。

明日答案

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KENKEN

每一行和每一列应包含 1 到 6 且不重复。笼子中的数字必须使用给出的数学符号（顺序不限）组合，以得出笼子开头所示的目标数字。单格笼子可直接填入给出的数字。

S / F / U

W / L F / E F / D L / S

HIEROGRAM

NINE TO FIVE

将给定单词的乱序字母填入网格中，以形成六个横向和纵向的五个字母单词。

世界上最小、

最难的填字游戏

横向

1. Data (inf) (4)
2. Deciduous tree (3)
3. Reverential wonder (3)
4. A great potentate (4)

纵向

2. Tidings (4)
3. Tiny irritant (4)
4. Meditator's mantra (2)
5. Juneau is its capital (abbr) (2)

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 | | 5 | | | | 6 | | | | | 7 | | | |

数字填字

可能存在多个答案

4 / 10 5 / 25 4 / 25 2 / 11 20 / 14 / 13 / 24 / 15

今日挑战时间：4 分 36 秒

您的用时：□ 分 □ 秒

在每个方格中填入 1 到 9 的数字。水平方格之和为右侧的总数。垂直方格之和为底部的总数。经过中心的对角线方格之和为右上和右下的总数。

明日 答案

CODEWORD

我们的 Codeword 网格中的每个数字代表字母表中的一个不同字母。今天 20 代表 M，因此每当数字 20 出现时，请填入 M。控制网格中有一个字母供您开始。将其填入主网格中的相应方格，然后利用您的词汇知识推断缺失方格中应填入哪些字母。明日答案

完成 Codeword 以揭晓阴影方格中的单词。 如何提交：拨打 0901 293 6232 留下您的答案和详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 CODE、您的答案以及您的姓名。短信和通话费用为 £1 加上标准网络费用。从周一 00.01 到周六 23.59 收到所有正确每日条目中随机选出一名每周获胜者。答案每天 00.01 变更。仅限 18 岁及以上的英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。

需要提示？发送单词 CODEWORD 至 65700 以获取今日谜题的四个提示，或拨打 0901 293 6200。短信和通话费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费用。今日提示仅在今日 00.01 至 23.30 之间可用。

单词搜索

在网格中可以找到下列所有单词——正向、反向、向上、向下以及对角线方向——除且只有一个单词除外。想要获得获胜机会，请找出哪个单词是

今日主题：可与“post”搭配使用的词

BLOG MODERN CODE OFFICE GOAL OUT HITCHING SIGN LAMP TRADING

如何参与：致电 0901 293 6234 留下您的答案和详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 WORD、您的答案和您的姓名。短信和通话费用为 £1 另加标准网络费用。将从周一 00.01 至周五 23.59 之间收到的所有正确每日参赛条目中选出 1 名获胜者。答案每天 00.01 变更。仅限 18 岁及以上英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。答案明日公布

数独 X

在每行、每列、每条对角线（突出显示为 X 形）以及每个水平 3x2 宫格（有线框）中各填入一次数字 1-6。答案明日公布

| | | | | |

1 / 5 | | 6 | | | | 3 / 6 | | | | | 2 |

快速问答

1. Born in 1854, 罪犯内德·凯利 (Ned Kelly) 是什么国籍？
2. 哪位演员是迪士尼电影《狮子王》1994 年版和 2019 年版中唯一同时出演的演员？
3. 哪部电视节目中的拾荒者是由 100 年前今天出生的伊丽莎白·贝雷斯福德 (Elisabeth Beresford) 创造的？
4. 作者罗尔德·达尔 (Roald Dahl) 在第二次世界大战期间在哪个军种服役？
5. 谁发行了 1989 年的专辑《Like a Prayer》？

答案：见折页末页

GOGEN

BAKED BASKET COPYRIGHT FIRM FLUX GIFT JAWS MINT QUINCE ROCK SANG VET

在单元格中插入字母以组成列出的单词，在相邻单元格之间水平、垂直或沿任何方向对角线移动。在网格中插入字母表的所有剩余字母（除 Z 外），使所有列出的单词都被拼写出来。

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

答案明日公布

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MailPuzzles

桥牌大师课 隐秘填字游戏

西家 ▲A65 ♥QJ10986 + ▲A53

东家 ▲2 ♥AK52 ♦A98643 ▲Q2

打法：jeans，面对 vulnerable against not，您坐在西家位置并开叫 1♥。您的搭档以 3♣ 回应，这是一个 splinter bid，显示其对红桃至少有四张支持，具有进入局的价值，且在黑桃中为单张或空缺。与之相对，您的黑桃持牌非常理想，没有输牌或浪费的价值，您应该尝试叫至 slam。您该叫什么？叫 4♣。由于 splinter bid 已约定红桃为将牌，这是一个 cue-。搭档以 4♦ 的 cue- 配合。您现在怎么做？

您可以 cue- 4♣，但 Roman Keycard Blackwood 是更好的选择，因为您需要了解 ♥K 的情况。搭档回应 5♣，显示 0 个或 3 个关键牌，根据目前的叫牌情况，您可以相当确定是 3 个。您现在叫 5NT，确认所有关键牌并询问 K 的情况，但当搭档否认有任何 K 时，您最终定在 6♥。

北家领出 ♥3。您从明手出小牌，南家弃掉一张黑桃，您用 ♥6 赢回。您如何规划打法？

如果方块分布不差于四-二，您可以将其 ruff 掉。领出您的方块到明手并 ruff 一张方块。当北家弃牌时，您需要另一种方案。

本局将于明日结束。

HEATHER DHONDY

第 17,938 号

为了获得获胜机会，请解开填字游戏以揭示阴影方格中纵向排列的单词。如何参与：致电 0901 293 6233 留下今日答案和您的详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 CRYPTIC、您的答案和您的姓名。短信 / 技能费用为 £2 另加标准网络费用。或通过邮寄方式，将完成的填字游戏寄至 Daily Mail Prize Crossword 17,938, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 6GF。请附上您的姓名和地址。将从周一 00 至周五 23 59 之间收到的所有正确每日参赛条目中每周选出 1 名获胜者。邮寄条目必须在次日之前盖邮戳才有效。通话和短信必须在 23 59 之前收到，答案在 00.01 变更。仅限 18 岁及以上英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。

[...OMITTED...]

横向

1 笨蛋的有限且糟糕的陈词滥调，也许 (3,8) 9 Lee 和 Rita 翻新了艺术家的工作室 (7)

10 医生，坚硬的人物，达到了正常位置 (7)

11 引用资金给雌鹿 (3)

12 关于意大利的真相存在争议 (7)

13 充分描述仪式前奏的声音 (5,2)

14 开始包裹

商业包 (3) 15 数字探测花哨的 意大利城市的年龄 (5)

17 阴森的码头被污染了 (5) 18 圈内的放声大哭是为了饮料 (5)

20 五十进入军事小队在黑暗中？ (5)

22 定期抓取氧气，也许 (3)

24 无赖本人拥有欧洲语言 (7) 25 紧张地与已婚男子交易 (7)

26 法国朋友被家人款待 (3)

27 一个偏好面霜的人？ (7) 28 Ingrid 担心课程结束而变得更暗 (7)

29 滋润霜在丹麦地块上起作用 (4,7)

需要提示？发送 1W 到 65700 即可获得今天填字游戏的 FOUR 个答案，或致电 0901 293 6238。短信和电话费用为 (2 加上标准网络费用。今天的提示仅在今天 00:01 至 23:30 之间可用。

纵向

1 现于隐秘地点的完整交付组 (4,3,4,4)

2 山脉上的推行活动？ (7)

3 有韧性的演员 Tom (5)

4 第二支队伍有一本关于所有古怪事物的书 (9)

5 坚持不懈的帮派愉快地饮酒 (7)

6 免费夜店？它在各方面都太棒了 (2,3,10)

7 蔬菜的损坏线 (6)

8 聪明简短 (6)

16 憎恨叔叔在瑞士城市重新安置 (9)

18 柔和的女高音经常如此 (6)

19 不受青睐的教学本能 (7)

21 加拿大城市同时也接待了准时的共和党人 (7)

23 严肃的儿子与脱帽的西班牙男子 (6)

25 在俱乐部 I 决定中看到的浴室特征 (5)

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“我们接吻了两次，但我怀疑那是龙舌兰酒在作祟？”

MELISSA，35 岁

基本情况：单身七年，无子女。

当前职业

一家房地产公司的创始人兼首席执行官。

希望结识

务实、幽默且有抱负的人。

约会经历？

我经历过四段感情，除了一个出轨的烂人之外，其他几段都相当健康。

约会前紧张吗？

不紧张，尽管我的母亲和姐姐似乎认为这次盲约可能是“命中注定”的那个人。看来没压力，对吧！

第一印象？

LEWIS 进来时给了我一个拥抱和一个空气吻，我很乐意回应。他有一种冷静、稳重且踏实的气场。

外形上，他的身高和我差不多，身材苗条，眼睛很漂亮。他绝对是我在浪漫关系中会被吸引的那类男性。我们互相称赞对方身上的味道很好闻。

容易沟通吗？

是的，我和 Lewis 之间有一些美妙的同步性。他的名字恰好是我的姓氏，而且我们发现我们同一天生日，这真的让我很开心。

我倾向于过度分享，所以我给了他太多关于我经历过的糟糕约会的例子。幸运的是， 一向处事圆融，觉得我的故事很有趣。

尴尬时刻？

在约会进行到一半、对话进行到中途时，我把我的名片递给了 。我到底为什么那样做？

有火花吗？

有！有一个吻——事实上，有两个。

吃完饭后，我建议每人喝一杯龙舌兰，这让我们两个都变得大胆了一点。第一个吻在不久后发生，由 发起。

我们在告别时都倾向于进行第二次接吻。我不后悔其中任何一次，尽管我确实将其归结为龙舌兰酒在作祟。

会再次见面吗？

会，尽管某种直觉告诉我 可能没有那么感兴趣。

你认为他怎么看你？

我想他认为我是一个不错的选择，但我不知道我是否是他的类型。最大的障碍可能是 谈到了想要组建家庭，而我不想有孩子。

你的朋友和家人会喜欢他吗？

会， 很务实，受过良好教育，而且聊天起来真的很有趣。

“她不想有孩子。我们需要达成共识”

，36 岁

基本情况：单身两年，无子女。

当前职业

TEFL（对外英语教学）教育规划师。

希望结识

积极、聪明且对世界充满好奇的人。

约会经历？

我经历过两段长期关系，过去两年一直单身。最近参加了几次约会，但还没有与任何人建立固定关系。

约会前紧张吗？

不紧张，当我遇到新朋友时，我倾向于提问并给他们空间去放松和敞开心扉。这样一来，我就没有太多时间去纠结自己的紧张情绪。

第一印象？

MELISSA身材苗条高挑，留着深色的长发，眼睛大而明亮，笑容甜美。她还拥有一口洁白的牙齿。我觉得她很有吸引力。

容易沟通吗？

是的，Melissa告诉我她减掉了六英石。她给我看了极具反差的对比照，她所取得的成就值得赞赏。

我也对她经营自己事业的热情印象深刻。

尴尬时刻？

我们一起拍了一张自拍，我把手臂搭在Melissa肩上。她变得有点局促，因为她的背稍微出汗了。这没什么大不了的，但我能看出她很尴尬。

有火花吗？

是的，我们之间有化学反应。Melissa是一个有吸引力的女人，尽管我通常需要一段时间才能对某人产生真正的感情。Melissa对我调情了吗？我想是的。她好几次变得害羞且咯咯笑。在夜晚快结束时，我们一起喝了龙舌兰酒，气氛变得更加暧昧。我们还接吻了。

会再次见面吗？

约会之后我们一直有发信息，所以到时候看吧。最大的问题是我想要组建家庭，而Melissa不想要孩子。在这么重要的事情上，你们需要达成共识。

你认为她怎么看你？

那天晚上绝对有相互吸引。我们接吻了，所以我想可以说我们彼此中意。

你的朋友和家人会喜欢她吗？

是的，我父亲对创业者持有健康的尊重。他会很享受审问Melissa的过程。

采访人：SAMANTHA BRICK

MELISSA的评判：8 / 10

喜欢的地方？轻松。遗憾？我应该多问一些问题。咖啡还是打车？咖啡。

LEWIS的评判：8 / 10

喜欢的地方？我们玩得很开心。遗憾？没有。这是我很久以来最棒的一次约会。咖啡还是打车？咖啡。

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你可能已经意识到了。大多数无线吸尘器承诺很多……但在日常使用中，它们可能感觉很重，吸力下降太快，而且倾倒垃圾是一项混乱且令人不快的工作。因此，它们往往没有让清洁变得更简单，反而将其变成了更多的苦差事。这正是 Halo Capsule 设计与众不同的原因。

比竞争对手更轻 首先，它超级轻便。重量仅为 2.6kg，你可以轻松地将其从一个房间携带到另一个房间，将其举起清洁楼梯，或触及高处区域而不会给手臂或背部带来压力。

高性能无线 其次是性能。凭借可与全尺寸有线吸尘器媲美的强大吸力，Halo Capsule 能在第一次清理时就吸走更多的污垢、灰尘和宠物毛发——这样你就不用浪费时间一遍又一遍地清理同一个地方。

更洁净的清洁与倾倒 而在倾倒垃圾时，不会有灰尘云，也不需要接触污垢。相反，大容量集尘袋系统将所有东西整洁地密封起来，因此你可以快速、干净且卫生地将其处理掉。

巨大的 1.6 升集尘袋容量 它的容量远超大多数

超轻量 2.6Kg

无可比拟的 1.6L 集尘袋容量

一键启动

可壁挂

轻松清理

全方位灵活操控

多功能工具

低矮空间清洁

无线吸尘器——这意味着去垃圾桶的次数更少，清洁过程更连续。

持久的动力与性能 再加上一个运行时间长达 140 分钟的长效电池，你就拥有了一款兑现承诺的无线吸尘器，它比竞争对手更洁净、更轻巧且更强大。

今天可节省 £300 以上！ 仅需 £199, 即可购买 Halo Capsule，节省超过 50%。

亲身体验不同之处

大多数无线吸尘器难以一次性吸净所有污垢——这意味着需要更多次往复、花费更多精力，以及投入更多的时间进行清洁。

Halo Capsule 则不同。其强大的吸力与大容量集尘袋系统协同工作，能够一次性捕捉更多灰尘、污垢和宠物毛发，而不仅仅是将它们移位。结果如何？清洁效果可见地更深层，倾倒垃圾的次数更少，每次吸尘的麻烦大大减轻。今天下单可节省超过 £300！

Halo

其他无线吸尘器

巨大的 1.6L 清洁容量意味着倾倒垃圾的次数更少

超轻 2.6Kg

Halo

Capsule

专家评价：

“Halo 登场了；更纤细，更年轻，更性感。一个令人惊叹的无线新竞争者……” 《标准晚报》

“它在不同类型地面上的吸尘效果令我们大为惊叹……”

《独立报》

“……一款极佳的吸尘器，值得在戴森或夏克之间权衡考虑。” Mighty Gadget

“性能最强的无线吸尘器之一……电池续航能力令人印象深刻”。 TechSpy

“一款出色的吸尘器……设计细节和功能非常棒。” Tech Advisor

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2 年制造商保修，包括电池。与英国市场上其他大容量无线吸尘器相比，基于独立测试至 ECO2869-2.2016 2.2016 Sec 5.3 5.3。“引用的运行时间可能因清洁表面的不同而有所差异。” “卫生倾倒测量标准为 ECO2869-2.2016 2.2016 Sec 5.1 5.1。” 十五项效率和成本无排放的干式吸尘器。针对无线样本进行了修改。独立测试中 Halo 与无袋竞争对手的对比。“在重量、清洁性能和集尘容量方面的综合表现，对比英国无线手持吸尘器竞争对手。英国本土地址（包括高地地区）免费配送。Halo Appliances Ltd. 英国沃里克郡。”

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44 电视

艺术侦探

Fake or Fortune?, 晚上 8 点, BBC1

有很多名字能吸引任何艺术交易商或收藏家的注意。但有些名字保证能抓住任何人的目光。其中一个便是 20 世纪艺术家卢西安·弗洛伊德 (Lucian Freud)，他的画作售价高达 £7580 万。在本集中，主持人 Fiona Bruce 和 Philip Mould（如图）会见 Mike 和 Anthony Newman 兄弟，他们拥有一组他们认为可能是弗洛伊德早期作品的交换品。然而，随着专家深入挖掘这位以复杂著称的艺术家的生活，这些版画背后的真相是否会揭露一些更为阴森的事情？

1. 2. 3. 4. 1 2 30

今日电视推荐

《你认为你是谁？》(WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?)，晚上9点，BBC1

本周探索家族历史的是两届世界冠军七项全能运动员卡塔里娜·约翰逊-汤普森（如图），她在 2025 年因对田径运动的贡献被授予 MBE 勋章。她首先回到家乡利物浦，那是她与母亲特雷西共同成长的地方，但她更想了解已故父亲一方的家族情况，这意味着她需要勇敢地面对未知，跨越大西洋前往巴哈马，

去见她的姑姑托妮。在那个加勒比国家，记录可能并不完整，尤其是因为自然灾害的影响，但在当地历史学家格蕾丝·特纳博士的帮助下，卡塔里娜开始寻找一些线索，并揭开一些迷人的故事。在乘客名单上发现的一个名字揭示了她的高祖父是如何在 1913. 年移民到迈阿密的。在追踪他的足迹前往佛罗里达州后，线索涉及到了共济会、浸信会教堂以及民权斗争，卡塔里娜了解到了她的祖先在种族隔离严重的震惊时代是如何帮助提升社区地位的。这让她对先辈们感到自豪，正如他们肯定会对她感到自豪一样。

BBC1

6.00 早报 (Breakfast)

9.30 动物公园 (Animal Park) (AD,R) 一只有袋鼠可能患有危及生命的疾病。

10.15 追踪、寻找，拿回我的车 (Trace, Track, Get My Car Back) (R) 10.45 专家证人 (Expert Witness) (R) 一名专家证人帮助将一个毒品帮派与一名越南男子的死亡联系起来。

11.15 拍卖房 (Homes Under the Hammer) 12.15 寻宝猎人 (Bargain Hunt) (R) 菲利普·塞雷尔和本·库珀引导各队伍参观奥兹威st展场。

1.00 BBC一点钟新闻；天气 1.35 BBC地区新闻；天气 1.45 BBC一点钟新闻；天气

2.00 免费之财 (Money for Nothing) 铁匠 基·帕克斯顿处理一个生锈的油罐。 2.45 逃往乡村 (Escape to the Country) (R)

3.45 一对来自曼彻斯特的夫妇在西约克郡寻找新家。

3.45 竞标室 (The Bidding Room) (R) 交易商竞标一场足球赛、木阶梯、一张地图和一个能剧面具。

4.30 答案赛 (The Answer Run) 问答节目。 5.15 无用之谈 (Pointless) (R) 由亚历山大·阿姆斯特朗和康妮·哈格主持。

6.00 BBC六点钟新闻；天气 6.30 BBC地区新闻；天气

7.00 《One Show》亚历克斯·琼斯和罗马·坎普主持这场现场杂志类节目。

7.30 《东区东区》(EastEnders) (AD) 谢拉面临日益增加的压力，普里雅面对残酷的真相，马克与马克斯发生冲突。

8.00 真伪之辨？(Fake or Fortune?) () 艺术侦探前往萨默塞特，在那里一个车库里发现了 15 幅卢西安·弗洛伊德的蚀刻画《拿无花果叶的女孩》的未签名版画。本系列最后一集。

9.00 《你认为你是谁？》(Who Do You Think You Are?) () 七项全能运动员卡塔里娜·约翰逊-汤普森前往巴哈马和迈阿密寻找她的祖先，并

10.30 发现了关于韧性和勇气的故事。本系列最后一集。

10.00 BBC十点钟新闻 10.30 BBC地区新闻

10.30 谋杀 24 / 7 (Murder 24 / 7) (,R) 两部分中的第一部分。关于 2025 年 54 岁Hereford男子杰米·戈勒谋杀案的调查。

11.40 谋杀 24 / 7 (Murder 24 / 7) (,R) 两部分中的第二部分。纪录片记录了警方试图针对马修·乔纳森建立谋杀案证据的尝试——并揭示了一个脚印如何提供了突破口。

12.40 艾伦·卡尔的图片大挑战 (Alan Carr's Picture Slam) (R) 来自兰开夏郡、伯明翰和卡迪夫的参赛者尝试识别一块布满图像的面板，以争取赢取最高 £10,000. 的机会。 1.25 未来一周天气 1.30 BBC新闻

BBC2

6.15 Homes Under the Hammer (R)

7.15 Money for Nothing (R) 8.00 Gardeners' World (AD,BSL,R)

9.00 BBC News 1.00 Richard Osman's House of Games (R) Sean Fletcher, Louise Minchin 和 Kimberly Wyatt 参加。

1.30 The Finish Line (R) 由 Roman Kemp 和 Sarah Greene 主持的问答节目。

2.15 Do You Know Your Place? (R) Arowka Rice 和 Remi Burga 回答关于 Jedburgh 的问题。

2.45 The Hairy Biliary? Bakedown (AD,R) 该二人组访问法国。

3.45 The Farmers' Country Showdown (R) Louise 和 Olly 将他们的 Beltex 羊带到 Mid Devon Show。

4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) 团队访问多伦多。

5.15 Flog It! (R) 来自萨福克郡 Bury St Edmunds 附近的 Ickworth House。

6.00 Richard Osman's House of Games (R) 嘉宾为 Gethin Jones, Tiff Stevenson, Kate Thornton 和 Gary Wilmot。

6.30 Richard Osman's House of Games (R) 前参赛者 Gethin Jones, Tiff Stevenson, Kate Thornton 和 Gary Wilmot 测试他们的常识技巧。

7.00 Escape to the Country (R) Alistair Appleton 指导一对想要逃离到科茨沃尔德 (Cotswolds) 的企业家。

他们拥有高达 £900,000 的预算可以使用。

8.00 Digging for Britain (AD,R) 英国西部的考古宝藏，包括

一座罕见的中世纪墓地、一片正在消失的中石器时代景观以及一座哥特式杰作的遗迹。

9.00 The Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke (AD) 在家庭被隔离的情况下，外界的人试图查明发生了什么。本系列最后一集。

9.50 The Fens: A Wild Year (AD,R) 东安格利亚的湿地。

10.00 Inside No. 9 (AD,R) 一名侦探决心破解一名失踪男孩的案件。客串主演 Sophie Okonedo。 10.30 Newsnight 对当日事件的分析，由 Paddy O'Connell 主持。（随后为天气预报）

11.05 Women Talking (2022) (15) 一个孤立宗教社区的女性在努力将残酷的现实与她们的信仰调和。剧情片，由 Rooney Mara, Claire Foy 和 Jessie Buckley 主演。

ITV1

6.00 Good Morning Britain

10.00 This Morning 每日杂志，包含名人访谈、演艺圈新闻、生活方式专题、热门话题讨论、健康与美容建议等内容。

1.30 新闻；天气 1.55 地区新闻；天气

2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (AD,R) David Dickinson 及其团队来到谢菲尔德，Mark Stevens 在这里遇到了对手，而 Tracy Thackray-Howitt 则花费了巨资。

3.00 Deal or No Deal (AD,R) Stephen Mulhern 主持，Claire 尝试按正确顺序打开 22 个红盒子，与臭名昭著的银行家对决，以争取赢得足以改变生活的现金大奖；地区天气

4.00 Tipping Point (R) 由 Ben Shepherd 主持的问答节目。

5.00 The Chase (R) Bradley Walsh 主持，Pete、Ellie、Zakvadeen 和 Yvonne 希望能带走数千英镑。

6.00 地区新闻；天气 6.30 新闻；天气

7.30 Tom Kerridge Cooks Italy () 这位厨师学习农民如何生产番茄酱，随后向南前往，烹饪配有石榴库斯库斯的羊排。

8.00 Emmerdale () Charity 采取了重大举措，Dingle 家族在 Monty 的葬礼上共同面对悲痛。

8.30 Coronation Street () Kit 向 Gary 发出了一封不祥的邀请，Tim 与他的表亲 Richie 重新相识。

9.00 The Chase Around the World () 参赛队伍抵达巴黎，挑战 Vixen 和 Beast，后者设定了一系列问答题目，参赛者必须解答这些题目才能在终点线找到 Bradley Walsh。

10.00 新闻（随后是天气预报） 10.30 地区新闻

10.45 Casino Royale (2006) (15) () 詹姆斯·邦德获得了其“00”身份，并被派去追踪 Le Chiffre，一名为全球恐怖组织提供资金的国际罪犯。邦德的调查将其引向黑山的一家赌场，他在那里参加了一场高风险的扑克比赛，旨在让 Le Chiffre 破产。间谍惊悚片，由 Daniel Craig 和 Mads Mikkelsen 主演。

1.10 电视购物 3.00 The Summit (,BSL,R) 该小组在第一次投票淘汰中努力决定谁应该离开这座山。 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05 Deal or No Deal: Celebrity Special (,BSL,R) Zoe Ball 与银行家对决。

CHANNEL 4

6.30 The King of Queens (AD,R)

7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD,R) 该喜剧的三集连播。

9.10 Frasier (,R) 四集。 11.10 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) 主厨试图恢复

一家 Beau 餐厅往日的辉煌。 12.05 Channel 4 News Summary 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (,R) 南威尔士的物品

包括一张斯诺克球桌和一台哥特式管风琴。

1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) 两名陌生人在德比郡的格洛索普镇购买了一栋平房。

2.10 Countdown With Ade Adepitan. 3.00 A Place in the Sun (R) Craig Rowe

帮助一对夫妇在特内里费岛南部购买度假屋。

4.00 Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith (,R) 拯救科茨沃尔德地区一个荒废且杂草丛生的池塘。

5.00 Chateau DIY (,R) 在 Brives 城堡，Sarah 和 George 升级了他们的婚礼业务。

6.00 American Pickers (,R) Mike Wolfe 和 Frank Fritz 偶然发现了一座巨大的 200,000 平方英尺工厂。

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Renovation Rescue () 在西萨塞克斯郡，Vogue Williams 和 Luke Mabbott 帮助

挽救艺术家 Penny 在家人附近且在海边度过惬意退休生活的梦想。

9.00 Murder Case: The Digital Detectives () 讲述侦探如何利用数字取证来揭开

2023年7月在奥姆斯柯克发生的一场街头斗殴后，19岁的 Matthew Daulby 被致命刺杀之夜的经过。

10.00 The Body Detectives (,R) 一个致力于重新审视被遗忘案件的组织的工作，

首先是从 1984 年一名男子在家庭度假期间于诺福克海岸失踪的案件开始。

11.05 Social Media Monsters (,R) 审查社交媒体

发挥了重要作用的严重犯罪，包括对受害者的采访和专家的意见。

12.05 Crime Scene Cleaners (,BSL,R) 1.00 Murder Case: The Digital

Detectives (,BSL,R) 1.55 Ramsay's Hotel Hell (,,R) 2.45 The

Undeclared War (,,R) 4.30 Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds (,,R) 4.55

Couples Come Dine with Me (,R) 5.50 Countdown (R)

(R) 重播。(HD) 高清。() 语音描述。(b / w) 非彩色。() 英国手语。

家庭观看

通常适合所有人

建议谨慎观看

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TELEVISION 45

COMEDY WHODUNNIT

Benidorm Is Murder, 晚上9点, Ch5

在阳光明媚的贝尼多姆的又一天，意味着 Dennis (John Hannah) 要破解另一个谋杀谜团，这一次涉及一名负债累累的俱乐部老板、一名喜剧演员和一名带着年轻妻子的过气 90 年代游戏节目主持人。在 Laughter Lounge 度过一个忙碌的夜晚后，门卫 Paco 震惊地发现俱乐部屋顶上有一具尸体。当 Dennis 到达现场时，他迅速注意到了讲述故事的微小细节，而他的搭档 Ross Carolina Becquer（图中与 Hannah 同框）也帮助追踪与俱乐部相关人员的行踪。很快，掩埋的秘密、旧有的恩怨以及俱乐部的财务危机被揭露。凶手是否一直隐藏在众目睽睽之下？

CHANNEL 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) 7.20 Move It Milkshake's! (R) 7.20 Rubble & Crew (R) 7.35 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 7.45 Tim Rex in Space (R) 8.00 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 Paw Patrol (R) 8.20 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

2.20 Evil in a Small Town (2023) (PG)

FBI @ Thriller, starring Veronica

Ramirez and Justin Berti.

4.00 Castle (R) Part one of two.

A murder case is linked to

serial killer Jerry Tyson.

4.55 Love Nature (R) The Wolves in

the Wood outdoor play scheme.

5.00 5 News with Dan Walker

6.00 Menorca: A Year in the Sun

(R) Part one of two. A profile

of the Mediterranean island.

6.55 5 News Update

7.00 Around the World in First Class with Josie Gibson Josie flies upper class to Grenada, and explores a boutique resort called 473, a private suite of villas by the sea.

7.55 5 News Update

8.00 Cornwall: A Year by the Sea At Watergate Bay, Michelin-starred chef Chris Eden and his team attempt their first beach feast of the summer. Last in series.

9.00 Benidorm Is Murder (AD)

PCC A rooftop murder exposes old grudges and buried secrets at a struggling, debt-ridden comedy club. Drama, starring John Hannah and Carolina Becquer.

10.00 Killer at the Crime Scene

(R) In a Silicon Valley home invasion, millionaire Raveesh Kumra is murdered. No forced entry leads investigators to suspect an inside job.

11.05 Murdered at First Sight (R)

Investigating the case of Jorge Rodriguez, a father of three and soon-to-be grandfather, who was shot while in his car and later died in hospital on July 4, 2017.

12.05 Street Cops: Catching the Yobs

(R) 1.00 Cruise TV with Lovettbook! (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)

▲ 特别容易引起反感

自满的《Ted Lasso》已经走完了它的路，重启它是一个懒惰的错误

美国人不懂体育。他们认为体育是一种娱乐形式，这就是为什么他们通常表现得很糟糕。真正地对待体育，其重要性远超于仅仅为了享受。

他们在足球方面尤其笨拙，对此完全误解，甚至连名字都叫不对。Soccer 是操场上的俚语，相当于把美式足球称为“tig”。

世界杯决赛凸显了他们在体育方面的所有错误认知。比赛本身仅仅是麦当娜和贾斯汀·比伯中场演唱会的热身。没有什么比这更能让一个英国人感到真正的痛苦了。

我的表弟 Rob 是一名忠实的 QPR 球迷，他焦虑地给我发邮件，对这种“对我人生大部分时间里所热爱和追随的比赛的嘲弄”感到震惊。“这场面向大众的体育盛事已经变成了一场狂欢活动。”

这就是美国人无法理解的地方。他们认为，如果我们不崇拜他们大赛中所有的喧嚣，那一定是因为他们还没有将其

今晚最牵强的笑话：

我一直没法理解 BBC3 问答游戏节目《Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee》的标题，直到我意识到这是一个利用主持人名字做的双关语……这是自休·费恩利-惠廷斯托尔 (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall) 的美食书《Hugh Fearlessly Eats It All》以来最糟糕的文字游戏。

足够花哨且闪耀了。他们的解决方案是增加更多的绒球、彩带、激光束和跳舞的吉祥物。

这就是 Apple TV 自鸣得意的喜剧剧集《Ted Lasso》的全部叙事，讲述了一位美国足球教练通过教授美国式打法，改变了一家英超俱乐部命运的故事。

随着球员们学会关注心理健康并鹦鹉学般地重复励志口号，他们变成了更快乐、更全面的人。当然，他们也被降级了，但这有什么关系？

通过重启一部已经走到尽头的热门剧集，Apple 正陷入那个削弱了好莱坞的同样懒惰的错误中。他们不愿提出新颖且有创意的想法，而满足于翻炒旧作，并且显然打算一直这样做，直到我们全部感到彻底厌倦。

但该流媒体频道的真正错误在于其假设

北爱尔兰电视节目变动

BBC1 16. 00pm The Crime (最后) Forget。关于埃丝特·麦肯 (Esther McCann) 及其 18 个月大的女儿 media 的案件，她们于 1992. 11.30 九月在都柏林的 Cannon 房屋中丧生。Murder 24 / 7. 12. 30am Murder 24 / 7. BBC2 11. 00pm Pisseth Folk。Jane Rex 和 Jane Rod 在贝尔法斯特的曼德拉大厅主持一场庆祝阿尔斯特共同音乐青春的音乐会，涵盖传统民谣、阿尔斯特管弦乐及当代民谣艺术家。Chesbough! Fillet Women Talking (2022) (R)，剧情片，由 Rooney Marie 主演。

威尔士电视节目变动

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昨晚电视回顾

Ted Lasso (Apple TV) ★★☆☆☆

英国人渴望模仿美国的一切。剧中有一个贯穿始终的笑话，讲述亿万富翁俱乐部老板丽贝卡 (Rebecca, Hannah Waddingham 饰) 大快朵颐地吃着整盒烧烤肋排。她从未尝过这样的味道，而且它们如此美味，以至于她并不

在意酱汁反复滴落在她的设计师服装上。

另一个重复的笑话假定我们对“堪萨斯城位于密苏里州”这一悖论感到着迷。我们真的既不知道你们的疗法。

随着该剧回归第四季，丽贝卡前往美国，劝说泰德 (Ted, Jason Sudeikis 饰) 结束退休，回到伦敦为他的旧俱乐部 AFC Richmond 指导女队。公关主管基莉 (Keeley, Juno Temple 饰) 参观了一座堪萨斯体育场，以观察那里的女性是如何操作的。

随着烟花在看台上绽放，球迷们盯着天空而非球场，基莉产生了一个启示：英国公众也会喜欢这个。

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46 数字与点播

数字与点播电视精选

《Possession》，晚上9点，SKY ATLANTIC

GUGU Mbatha-Raw, Jonny Lee Miller 和 Bel Powley 主演这部紧张的超自然惊悚剧，故事在五集篇幅中于英国和牙买加之间展开。故事围绕律师 Claudio Mbatha-Raw 展开（见图），她前往加勒比海岛处理一名当地人与贵族 Oliver Connaught (Miller) 之间一场有争议的继承权申索。这次申索涉及一座曾是 Connaught 种植园的房子，而令 Claudio 惊恐的是，这座房子一直出现在她的梦中。她与这座房子之间有什么联系？她是否应该听从建议，仅仅是“远离”那里？如果她真的听话，这部惊悚剧也就没看头了。随着 Claudia 和极其英式的 Oliver 陷入一场深入挖掘过去恐怖记忆并见证其如何在当下回响的旅程，《Possession》为我们带来了一些极其令人毛骨悚然的时刻。Powley 在闪回片段中饰演 Oliver 的祖先 Charlotte，她似乎被赋予了充分的自由来诠释这个角色的阴险，因此成为了该剧的一大亮点。

漫画经典

《超人》，晚上8点，BBC4

RICHARD Donner 对这部 DC 漫画故事的一次精彩诠释，由当时籍籍无名的 Christopher Reeve 完美担纲主演。Gene Hackman 饰演 Lex Luthor，一个得知超人弱点并企图利用它的邪恶天才。随后将播出纪念纪录片《Christopher Reeve: Keeping Hope In Motion》。

精良新惊悚剧

《The Shards》，Disney+

这部由华丽的美国制片人 Ryan Murphy (Ali’s Fair, The Beauty) 打造的十集惊悚与青少年恐怖混合剧，改编自 Bret Easton Ellis 的书，这是一个关于《美国精神病人》作者年轻时代的半自传故事。故事设定在 20 世纪 80 年代一所特权阶层聚集的洛杉矶学校，讲述了 17 岁的 Bret (Sally Rigney) 进入新学生 Robert Mallory (Romer Gore，见上图右侧，与 Rigney, Hayes Warner, Graham Campbell 以及 Richard Gere 的前妻 Cindy Crawford 的女儿 Kaia Gerber 同框) 的社交圈，而 Mallory 的到来恰好与一系列谋杀案同步。那么，Mallory 是凶手吗？Bret 会在多大程度上陷入这个神秘陌生人的世界？而谋杀案是否会波及他那些富有且热爱派对的朋友圈？

升级改造专家

The Reclaimers Made in Suffolk, 晚上9点, More4

这是安迪又一个忙碌的星期。Hayley和Jonah，其中包括一次前往诺里奇城堡的旅行。他们的项目还包括改造一把1920年代的椅子，以及利用回收木材创建存储方案。

TIME

BBC 4

E4

ITV2

7.00pm

7.30pm

8.00pm

8.30pm

9.00pm

9.30pm

10.00pm

10.30pm

11.00pm

11.30pm

9 (Scot 24)

英国铁路之旅：诺瑟艾勒顿至切斯特勒街。系列最后一集

酒吧、池塘与权力：德比郡克罗姆福德村的故事

超人 (1917B,PG) 一名初出茅庐的超级英雄在从故乡星球撤离后坠落在地球上，被一对夫妇收养并将其视如己出抚养长大。但随着青春期的到来，他开始意识到自己的超能力，从而重生为一名正义的斗士。冒险片，克里斯托弗·里夫主演

10.15 克里斯托弗·里夫：保持希望在运动中 (Voluntary) 克里斯托弗·里夫接受一项旨在让他脱离人工呼吸机的新手术

11.15 帕金森 Michael Parkinson 与 Mel Smith, Kenneth Griffith 和 Christopher Reeve 一起参与。首次播出日期为 January 27, 1982 (至 12.15)

13

辛普森一家 一场危机让辛普森一家和弗兰德斯一家关系更加亲近

辛普森一家 Homer 向 Marge 承诺一次终生难忘的旅行

Vanderpump Rules Kim 的女生之夜陷入混乱。Chris 帮助 Audrey 搬进她的新公寓。Jason 试图与 Angelica 重新建立联系

烹饪天堂：上下篇 Beck Cruden 及其团队在多米尼加共和国的 Amber Cove 庆祝圣帕特里克节

Gogglebox 对 Faiters, I’m a Centrifu… Get Me Out of Here! Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel Planet Sex with Cara Dehningheard You Won’t Believe This 的评论

裸体吸引力 Rose 和 Clarissa 各自从六名裸体的人中选择一名约会对象，这些人的身体被逐一部分地揭晓 (至 12.10)

6

The Floor USA Rob Lover 主持该游戏节目的美国版。仅剩 16 名选手，赌注从未如此之高

1% 俱乐部 由 Lee Mack 主持的问答赛，问题关于逻辑和常识，100 名参赛者有机会赢得高达 £100,000 的奖金

Romech Ranganathan 的家长之夜 与 Alison Hammond, Iain Stirling 和 Carol Vorderman 一起

Changing Ends 喜剧，由 Oliver Savel 主演

10.15 Family Guy Slawe 和 Brian 发现他们的新邻居是 vpi

11.05 Family Guy 一台时间机器将 Mart 送到了纳粹占领的波兰

11.35 American Badt The Smiths 在自家庭院里开设了自己的墓地 (至 12.05)

ENTERTAINMENT & FACTUAL

5ACTION

Freeview 33 Sky 150

11.00am Gunsmoke 12.00pm FILM. Track of the Cat. (1954) (U) 2.10 FILM. The Outcast. (1954) (U) 4.00 The Motorway 5.00 Motorway Copy. Catching Britain’s Speeders 6.00 Police Interceptors 8.00 Motorway Copy. Catching Britain’s Speeders 9.00 Police Interceptors 10.00 Timber Titans 11.00 The X-Files

BBC THREE

Freeview 13 Sky 103 Virgin 107 7.00pm The Catch Up. 7.05 Deadly 60 8.00 Soft Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon. 9.00 Better Date than Never

COMEDY CENTRAL

Sky 113 Virgin 132

12noon The Upper Hand 1.05 Impractical Jokers Filming with the Stars 1.35 Firecise 9.00 FILM. Private Benjamin. (1980) (15) 11.10 Shaped Central

DISCOVERY

Sky 125 Virgin 177

12noon Building Off the Grid 1.00 Dr Jeff Rocky Mountain Vol 3.00 How It’s Made 5.00 Alaska Homestead Rescue 7.00 Ant Anstead Master Mechanic 8.00 Supercat Showroom 9.00 Alien Sharks Untamed America 10.00 Shattellis Takes New York 11.00 The Alaska Triangle

E4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 13 Sky 125 Virgin 106 10.00am American Funnised Home Videos 11.00 Below Dech Mediterranean. 12noon The Simpsons 2.00 Brooklyn Hive-Hive 3.00 Modern Family 5.00 The Simpsons

5STAR (DAYTIME)

Freeview 13 Sky 125 Virgin 126 11.00am Traffic Copy. 2.00pm Police Interceptors 3.00 Slaughter’s Caught Red Handed 6.00 Home and Away

5 SELECT

Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 12noon All Creations Great and Small 1.00 Murder, She Wrote 3.00 Colombo Murder Under Glass 4.35 Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson 5.00 Great Gardens of Europe 6.00 British Ships

7.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 9.00 PS James: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman 10.05 Good Ship Murder 11.10 Prisoner: Call Block H

5 USA (DAYTIME)

Freeview 21 Sky 145 Virgin 120

12noon Luv & Dubai 6.00 NCIS

FOOD NETWORK UK

Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 11.00am The British Bake Off 1.00pm James Martin’s British Adventure 3.00 The Hairy Bakers Go West 4.00 James’s Money Saving Meals Extra Portions 5.00 The Pioneer Woman 6.00 James Martin’s British Adventure 7.00 The British Bake Off 9.00 Michel Roza’s French Country Cooking 10.00 Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers 11.00 Downs: Drove to and Drove

! 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 WX’X’H 9.00 FILM. Carry On Constable. (1960) (15) 10.55 Robin’s Nest 11.55 WX’X’H

ITV2 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 12.15pm Deal or No Deal 1.15 Supermarket Sweep 2.15 The Place 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 Catchphrasas

ITV3 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 11.30am Heartbeat 1.30pm Midcomer Murder 3.35 Classic Emmerdale 4.40 Classic Coronation Street 5.50 Heartbeat

ITV4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 11.30am Robin of Sherwood. 12.30pm Magnum. FT. 2.30 Dempsey and Makepeace 3.30 Boon 4.40 The Professionals 5.45 Minder 6.50 River Monsters

MOBE4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 10.00am Four in a Bed 12.40pm Came Dine with Me 3.20 Four in a Bed 5.50 Car 5.0 S

NAT’L GEOGRAPHIC

Sky 129 Virgin 103

12noon Ultimate Airport Dubai. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation 2.00 World War II Secrets from Above. 4.00 Lost Tensions of Egypt 5.00 Egypt’s Rodent City Drain the House 6.00 Secret Nan Scientist 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 8.00 Apocalypse Hitler Takes on the West 10.00 Hitler’s Teen Killers 11.00 Air Crash Investigation

PBS AMERICA

Freeview 64 Sky 173 Virgin 187

11.50am ’s Gold 1.00pm America the Beautiful 1.35 Conquistadors The Rise and Fall 2.35 ’s Gold 3.35 Pirates Behind the Legends 4.35 Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation 5.50 ’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 ’s Gold 11.00 Pirates: Behind the Legends

REALLY

Freeview 64 Sky 162 Virgin 165

12noon The Yorkshire Auction House 2.00 The Repair Shop 3.00 Salvage Hunters 5.00 Long Lost Family Born Without These 6.00 The Repair Shop 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House 8.00 Antiques Read Trip 9.00 The Bad Skin Clinic 11.00 Help! My House Is Haunted

SKY ARTS

Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123

12noon Wonderland From JM Starta to JRB Tolkien 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected 2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 3.00 The Eighties 4.00 Discovering Dean Martin 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2021 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected 7.00 Voices of the Valleys 8.00 Discovering Bruce Willis 9.00 The Very Best of Peter Sellers 10.10 Spike Williams: The Unseen Archive 11.45 The Directors

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 Possession 11.15 The Five-Star Weekend

RADIO

RADIO 4

FM: 92.4 94.6 MHz

5.00am 新闻摘要。

5.04 Sideways。

5.32 天气预报。

5.34 航运预报。

5.43 今日祷告。

5.45 今日农业。

6.00 Today。

9.00 Natalie Haynes 为古典文学发声。探讨尼禄的一生。

9.30 L2℃4 吉他故事。共两季。

10.00 女性时间 (Woman’s Hour)。

11.00 儿童的三大阶段。主讲人 Guddi Singh 博士。

11.45 Tony Hawks 不打算隐瞒任何事。这位喜剧演员探讨金钱观念和家庭财务。

12noon 新闻。

12.04 骗局秘密。

12.32 Sliced Bread。Greg Foot 探讨什么才算完美的枕头。

今日电台精选

吉他故事 (THE GUITAR STORY)，

9.30AM, RADIO 4

自鲍勃·迪伦（如图）在曼彻斯特自由贸易大厅的一场音乐会上大胆地插上电吉他，导致一名观众对他大喊“犹大”以来，已过去 60 年。John Wilson 开始他关于该乐器强大的社会和文化影响力的四部分探索，首先回顾古典吉他在西班牙的发展，蓝调吉他在美国的增长，以及电吉他的早期实验。该系列包括对 Johnny Marr、Pete Townsend、Chrissie Hyde 和 Nile Rodgers 等人的采访。

12.57 天气预报。

1.00 一点钟的世界 (The World at One)。

Race Necessities。

Dan Richards 前往东萨塞克斯郡追踪鹿。

2.00 The Archers。

2.15 L2℃4 Drama on 4：

一场与生命的死后情缘。

3.00 这种自然生活 (This Natural Life)。主讲人 Tracy Zinin。

3.27 Radio 4 呼吁。

3.30 反馈 (Feedback)。

4.00 简报室 (The Briefing Room)。

4.30 BBC 内部科学。

5.00 PM：天气预报。

6.00 六点新闻。

6.30 Ickiewick FM。Chris 迎接 Great Zambino 的到来。

7.00 The Archers。一名居民面临紧急冲刺。

7.15 Front Row。艺术新闻与评论。

SKY COMEDY

Sky 113 Virgin 112

11.10am Will & Grace 12.10pm Avenues 1.50 Upright 3.00 Will & Grace 4.00 Hacks 5.00 Community 6.00 Will & Grace 7.00 The Office 15 8.00 The Beharwell Landlord 9.00 Ricky Gervais Fame 10.30 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 11.15 Hacks

SKY DOCUMENTARIES

Sky 114 Virgin 121

10.00am The Comedy Store. 11.05 UFO 12noon The Man Who Stole The Screens. 2.00 电影：Hitwillie: The Making of Motown. (2019) (12) 4.00 The Directors 5.00 Discovering Michelle Pfeiffer 5.55 JFK: Destiny Betrayed. 7.00 The Alien: Autopsy Scandal. 8.00 Ghaliaine Maxwell: Epistoria Shadow. 11.10 An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th.

SKY HISTORY

Sky 123 Virgin 131

10.10am Junk & Disorderly 11.05 Storage Wars 12noon How Disney Built America 2.00 From Stars 6.00 American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire 8.00 Killer Kings

SKY ONE

Sky 106 Virgin 109

12noon Moon: Naturals Secret Force 1.00 Hawaii Five-G 3.00 SWAT 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 Animal Control 7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 Rob & Bumesh vs Darts 9.00 The Dyest Caravan Pack 10.00 The Pogue 11.10 Animal Control.

SKY SCI-FI

Sky 145 Virgin 140

11.00am 星际迷航：企业号 (Star Trek: Enterprise). 12noon 星际迷航：航海家号 (Star Trek Voyager). 3.00 星门：亚特兰蒂斯 (Stargate Atlantis) 2.00 Warehouse

13 4.00 星门 SG1 (Stargate SG1) 5.00 星际迷航：航海家号 (Star Trek Voyager) 6.00 星际迷航：企业号 (Star Trek: Enterprise) 7.00 星门：亚特兰蒂斯 (Stargate Atlantis) 8.00 星门 SG1 (Stargate SG1) 9.00 Resident Alien 10.00 Grimm 11.00 行尸走肉 (The Walking Dead).

SKY WITNESS

Sky 197 Virgin 190

12noon FBI 2.00 The Rookie 3.00 Law & Order Criminal Intent 4.00 Nothing to Declare 6.00 Caught on Dashcam 9.00 CIA：Nikki 在前往香港时身份暴露 10.00 Law & Order Special Victims Unit 11.00 The Rookie

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TLC

Freeview 13 Sky 133 Virgin 153

12noon 生活大爆炸 2.00 中间家庭 3.30 少年谢尔顿 5.00 生活大爆炸 9.00 电影：《变形金刚：最后的骑士》(2007) (12) 由马克·沃尔伯格主演的科幻冒险续集。

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ITV3 / ITV4 / MORE4 / SKY MIX / QUEST / U&DAVE / U&DRAMA / SSTAR / 5USA

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警告，以及Judith、Becks和Suzie在与时间赛跑以破解此案 / A&E After Dark NHS工作人员救治一名被狗袭击导致穿刺伤的男子、一名疑似脚踝骨折的患者，以及一名因糖尿病昏迷而被送入抢救室的患者 / Blue Bloods 一起谋杀调查将Danny和Baez引导至当地居民与市政府资助的无家可归者酒店之间的世仇 / Grantchester 一名年轻男子被发现死在芬斯地（Fens）的户外，全身赤裸 / Black Sails Flint回到拿骚取回黄金，但当他得知Hornigold不再掌控岛上的钥匙时遇到了麻烦 (至 12.05) / 24 Hours in A&E 团队救治两名乘坐直升机抵达的创伤患者。其中一名，25, 从梯子上摔下，而kibbutz则被他的摩托车压伤 (至 12.10) / Pred West: The Glasgow Girls 警方发现Fred West曾因在格拉斯哥虐待女孩而闻名并被赶出城镇，随后其妻子Nena和朋友Anne McCall也随之离开 / The Repair Shop Amanda和Julie的任务是修复一只拥有30多年历史的心爱玩具猫。电子专家Mark则在修理一台损坏的点唱机 / Have I Got a Bit More News for You 政治正确办公室问答，Ian Hislop和Paul Meritor与Jess Phillips、Jon Richardson和Hannah Fry一同参与 / New Tricks 一名被认定为导致致命船难事故的男子的女儿请求团队帮助她证明一名富有的房地产开发商破坏了该船只 / Ambulance: Code Red Hodson医生和急救员Ash Malinder被召集到伯明翰的一栋塔楼，那里有一名男子药物过量 / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 一名年轻的投资银行家指控亿万富翁客户Eli Cotton强奸 / Grantchester 一名年轻男子被发现死在芬斯地（Fens）的户外，全身赤裸 / Black Sails

Flint回到拿骚取回黄金，但当他得知Hornigold不再掌控岛上的钥匙时遇到了麻烦 (至 12.05) / 11.05 24 Hours in A&E 团队救治两名乘坐直升机抵达的创伤患者。其中一名，25, 从梯子上摔下，而kibbutz则被他的摩托车压伤 (至 12.10) / Star Trek: Enterprise 两部分中的第二部分，Archer和船员试图阻止威胁要炸毁星际舰队司令部的Paxton (至 12.00) / How Do They Do It? 世界上最昂贵的醋 / Taskmaster Hugh Dennis, Joe Iucetti, Lilly Addison, Mel Giedroy和Noel Fielding通过充气橡胶鸭子和摧毁蛋糕来给Greg Davies留下深刻印象 (至 12.00) / 11.20 Luther 伦敦发生的一系列谋杀案让Luther必须逮捕另一名连环杀手，而就在此时，他之前的目标Henry Madden从昏迷中苏醒 (至 12.40) / Skin A&E Magnus Lynch医生处理双胞胎

勺子，一名地毯铺设工需要Dev Smith医生帮他处理“恶魔之角”——他头部两侧的大卷发 (至 12.00) / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 一名计算机打印员被指控谋杀其女友 (至 12.00) / 11.50 Trial & Retribution Walker带来1000亿提供帮助 (至 12.55) / How Do They Do It? 每个春天给澳大利亚的8000 万只羊剪毛 (至 12.00)

■ 披头士乐队的经理Brian Epstein经常逃往威尔士梦幻般的波特梅里恩村（Portmérion），该村由他的朋友Clough William Ellis设计。Bethan Roberts的温情剧 A PORTMÉRION LOVE AFFAIR WITH LIFE (2. 15PM, RADIO 4) 想象了Epstein在1966年开着他的劳斯莱斯抵达这个成为他避风港的地方。他出乎意料地与一名年轻的园丁 (Greton Morris Jones) 建立了联系，两人坠入爱河。

8.00 At Your Own Peril. Lucy Easthope探讨现代风险管理的鸟类。 8.15 The Media Show. 9.00 Loose Ends. 与Fiona Allen, Olly Smith和Natalie Wildgoose一同参与。 9.45 The Cows Are Mad. 1995, 年的事件，当时政府确认了一种新的脑病。 10.00 The World Tonight.

10.45 睡前读书：韦克菲尔德的牧师。 作者：奥利弗·戈德史密斯。11.00 激进。 重塑世界的各种力量。11.30 好莱坞与广告界五人组： 12midnight 新闻：天气。 12.30 托尼·霍克毫无保留。 见上午11.45。12.48 航运预报。 1.00 BBC全球服务。

U&ALIBI Sky 109 Virgin 114 12noon 证据之身 1.00 极乐岛谋杀案。2.00 默多克谜案。4.00 The Moraburi 5.00 哈德逊与雷克斯。6.00 证据之身。7.00 私家侦探。8.00 Swatch。9.15 狩猎派对 10.15 极乐岛谋杀案 11.15 私家侦探。

4.05 Lovejoy 5.20 岁月静好 6.00 夏日之末的葡萄酒

U&EDEN Freeview 97 Sky 166 Virgin 176 9.00am 运河船日记

U&GOLD Sky 109 Virgin 114 11.40am 改过自新 12.30pm 憨豆先生与马车 1.00 维持体面 1.35 爸爸大队。2.20 绿绿草地。3.00 您被服务了吗？ 3.40 改过自新。4.30 爸爸大队。5.00 夏日之末的葡萄酒。6.20 维持体面。7.00 粥。7.40 爸爸大队：丢失的剧集。8.30 您被服务了吗？员工们为迎接皇室访客做准备。9.00 粥。 parole 委员会聚集。9.40 Are A David's Magical Simon Tour。10.40 粥。11.20 绿绿草地。

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RADIO 2 FM 88-90 2MHZ

6.30am Sara Cox. 9.30 Vernon Kay. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 Of Spoony. 4.00 Joel Demmett. 7.00 Edith Bowman's Shiny Happy Playful. 7.30 Edith Bowman. 9.00 The Country Show with Darius Rucker. 10.00 The Good Groove with Melvin Gibson. 12midnight Connor Phillips

RADIO 3 FM 80-92 2MHZ

6.30am The成年 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.00pm Classical Live Music by Reclamations and performance from the Ryedale Festival. 4.00 Composer of the Week Mozart Exploring Antonio Salteris true relationship with Mozart. 5.00 In True. 7.00 BBC Proms Zille. A performance of Weber's Chorus. 10.00 Night Tracks. 11.30 Round Midnight. 12.30am Through the Night.

RADIO 5 LIVE

FM 83-90 2MHZ

5.00am Wake Up to Money. 6.00 Breakfast. 9.00 Nicky Campbell. 11.00 Adrian Chiles. 2.00pm Matt Churley. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live Sport. 8.00 Rugby League. St Helens v Hull FC. 10.00 Johnny Tinson. 1.00am Edward Adoo

SPORT

SKY MAIN EVENT Sky 401 Virgin 501 12noon Transfer Talk. 1.00 Lunchtime Live. 2.00 The World Football Show. 3.00 The Hundred Live London Spirit Women v MI London Women (Start-time 3pm). Coverage of the match from Lords. 5.00 The Hundred Live Spirit Men v MI Men (Start-time 6.30pm). Coverage of the derby at Lords. 9.30 Live Tennis. Coverage from day five of the ATP 1000 event in Montreal and the WTA 1000 event in Toronto. 12midnight Live NFL Arizona Cardinals v Carolina Panthers (Kick-off 1am). Coverage of the preseason match at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.

SKY PREMIER LEAGUE

Sky 402 Virgin 502 12noon Transfer Talk. 1.00 Premier Highlights. 7.00 The Transfer Show. 8.00 Stories. 8.30 Old Heroes. 9.00 Transfer 160. 10.00 Brazilians in the . 11.00 Years.

SKY CRICKET

Sky 405 Virgin 506

10.00am The . 1.30pm The Illnesses. 2.45 The Live Spirit Women v MI Women (Start-time 3pm). 6.00 The Live Spirit Men v MI Men (Start-time 6.30pm). 9.30 The Illnesses. 10.00 The .

SKY MIX

Sky 406 Virgin 501

12.30pm Darcy Gold. 1.00 FL Greatest Games. 1.30 World Club Challenge. 5.00 Live Women's Super St Helens v Wigan Warriors (Kick-off 5.10pm). 7.30 NBC's Pro Football Talk. 9.30 Tennis. 10.30 Women's Golf. 11.30 Gary Anderson Back / Black Champion.

TNT SPORTS 1

Sky 400 Virgin 501

10.15am Live AFL Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Bounce-up 10.30am). 1.30pm Tour de France Women. 2.30 Live Tour de France Women. Stage six, a 15km route from

Montbrian to Toumon-sur-Rhone. 5.45 TNT Sports Reload. 6.00 MLB Highlights. 7.00 Live MLB, Milwaukee Brewers v Pittsburgh Pirates (Start-time 7.10pm). 10.00 Hart Knocks Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks. 11.00 Sign Up – Into Football.

TNT SPORTS 2

Sky 401 Virgin 522

11.45am Discovery Golf. 12.15pm UWGL. 1.15 TNT Sports Reload. 1.30 Test Cricket Highlights. 2.30 Live Test Cricket West Indies v Pakistan. The 10th and final day of Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago. 11.00 Cricket Reload. 11.30 Golden Trust World Series.

TNT SPORTS 3

Sky 403 Virgin 523 11.15am 男子公路自行车世界巡赛直播。2026年波兰环赛第四赛段。3.45pm The Gruppetto。4.00 SailGP – Racing on the Edge。4.30 LTV Golf。5.30 LTV Golf 直播。本赛季第10轮第一天，地点位于新泽西州的 Trump National Club Bodnarater。11.30 TNT Sports Reload。

TNT SPORTS 3 Sky 403 Virgin 523 11.15am 男子公路自行车世界巡赛直播。2026年波兰环赛第四赛段。3.45pm The Gruppetto。4.00 SailGP – Racing on the Edge。4.30 LTV 。5.30 LTV 直播。本赛季第10轮第一天，地点位于新泽西州的 Trump National Club Bodnarater。11.30 TNT Sports Reload。

MOVIES

FILM4 Freeview 14 Sky 112 Virgin 428 11.00am Miracle on 34th Street (1944) (U 1.15pm) The Black Swan (1942) (PG) 1.00 Sign of the Pagan (1954) (U) 4.50 All That Heaven Allows (1995) (U) 6.40 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. Interview Special. 6.45 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. (2020) (U) 9.00 Captain Phillips (2013) (U) 11.40 Dance with a Stranger (1985) (U) 14.5am Our Kind of Traitor (2016) (U)

GREAT ACTION

Freeview 62 Sky 218 Virgin 426 11.00am The Quick and the Dead (1963) 1.00pm The First。2.00 Burn Notice。4.00 The Trust (2016) (U) 6.00 The Unit。7.00 Burn Notice。9.00 Windstalkers (2002) (U) 11.50 The Newgers。

GREAT MYSTERY

Freeview 48 Sky 235 Virgin 426

12noon Unforgettable。1.00 In Plain Sight。2.00 Castle。3.00

Diagnosis Murder。5.00 Murder。5.00 The Wrote。7.00 Castle。8.00 Unforgettable。Cattle 遇到了旧情。9.00 In Plain Sight。一对在证人保护计划中的夫妇想要离婚。10.00 Hailey Dean Mysteries。11.55 Flower Shop Mystery。11.55 The World (2016) (U)

GREAT ROMANCE

Freeview 52 Sky 232 Virgin 426

10.15am Her Pen Pal (2021) (PG) 12.00pm A Summer Romance (2019) () 2.00 Love, Fall & Order (2020) (U) 3.50 Falling for the Competition (2021) (U) 5.95 Fishing for Love (2021) (U) 7.95 A Paris Proposal (2021) () 由 Alexis Pana-Vega 主演的浪漫喜剧。9.50 Accidentally Engaged (2016) () 11.45 A Wedding for Belle (2025) ()

SKY DRAMA

Sky 104 Virgin 410

10.30am The Lion in Winter (1968) (U) 12.30pm Empire of the Sun (1987) () 3.30 A Star Is Born.

(2018) (U) 5.45 Valentines Day (2010) (U) 8.00 Grease (1978) () 由 John Travolta 出演。10.00 Grease 2 (1982) () 由 Michelle Pfeiffer 出演。

SKY PREMIERE

Sky 205 Virgin 401

10.15am Wicked For Good (2025) () 12.40pm Normal (2026) (U) 2.15 Mortal Kombat II (2026) (U) 4.15 Anaconda (2025) (U) 6.00 Herms (2024) (U) 8.00 Normal (2026) (U) 由 Bob Gierack 主演的动作喜剧。9.45 Primate (2025) (U) 11.15 Love Me (2024) (U)

TALKING PICTURES TV

Freeview 41 Sky 101 Virgin 401

11.10am The Second Woman (1993) (PG) 1.00pm The Adventures of Sir Lancelot. 1.35 From Here to Eternity (1993) (PG) 1.55 Odd Man Out (1947) (PG) 6.20 Strange But True. 6.55 The Brothers. 8.00 Mark Saber. 8.30 The Wheelbarbers and Shunting Social Clue. 9.20 The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) (U) 11.20 The Stranger Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle.

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在最近的一次拜访中，我的女儿给了我们一张我们最小的孙子约书亚非常漂亮的学校肖像照。我说等我有机会时，会买一个合适的相框把它装起来。一周后，一个包裹被放在了门口。令我惊讶的是，里面有两个相框，尺寸正好适合那张照片，我很快就把它装好挂在了墙上。看起来非常棒。我打电话给女儿感谢她的包裹。“对不起，爸爸，”她说，“但不是我寄的。”“没关系，”我回答，“那一定是你姐姐寄的，她知道需要这个。”但对方再次回答道：“不，不是我。”由于包装还在垃圾桶里，我想看看

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喜欢的事情。穿着蓝色缎带腰带连衣裙的男孩。为什么澳大利亚人还不把 骨灰杯 (The Ashes) 还给我们？带有无法拉开的拉环的小沙丁鱼罐头。这些是我最不喜欢的一些事情。当公鸡啼鸣，当民调波动，当事情让我发疯，我只需想起我最喜欢的事情。然后我就感觉没那么糟糕了！Bob Woodland，普尔，多塞特郡

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我们迎来了一些雨，真正的雨，在水洼中停留了一会儿。今天一大早，我向外望去。不禁露出了欣慰的微笑……我知道我们需要更多。

浸润大地，填满水库。但即使是一场小雨，对我枯萎的花朵来说也是天赐之礼。

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和大多数人一样，我很久以前就会采取行动。对于所有受影响的家庭来说，这令人心碎。

很多年前，我在一家食品准备工厂工作了几周，能看出那里是多么不卫生。我向贸易标准局举报了，他们在检查后关闭了该场所，直到问题得到解决。当时准备的餐食是供应给航空公司和“轮上餐”（Meals on Wheels）服务的。

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很多年前，我那位老派的家庭医生告诉我，等我年老时不要买平房。

他坚持认为，对于老年人来说，上下楼梯是他们能做的最好的运动。

DAVID MAY，德比郡，德龙菲尔德伍德豪斯

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根据最近的一项研究（见《每日邮报》），古老的童谣“杰克和吉尔上山去！”（Jack and Jill went up the hill!）具有性别歧视色彩，因为它将男性角色放在前面，象征着领导地位。

而我之前还以为是因为 Jill 在童谣的韵律中与 hill 押韵。

如果把顺序反过来，我能想到的最好版本是“吉尔和杰克钻进被窝”（Jill and Jack got into the sack）。这对孩子来说并不理想，而且在某种程度上破坏了童谣的其余部分。

C. WILKINSON，多塞特郡，珀恩当

现在让我们讨论一下，把婴儿放在摇篮里挂在树枝上（摇篮曲 Rock-a-bye Baby）这主意有多明智。

再说到童话故事，小红帽的母亲真的应该让她独自穿过森林去探望祖母吗？

社会服务局会怎么说？CYNTHIA PEARCY，兰开夏郡，霍里奇

过去的好时光

首相说他想把我们带回 20 世纪 70 年代，所以我已经在制定计划了。

我打算兑换一些绿盾邮票（Green Shield stamps），用木护墙板装饰整个家，再配上一套牛油果色的浴室套装和长绒地毯。当女士们来参加特百惠（Tupperware）聚会时，这些东西配合上熔岩灯、旋转拨号电话和几个豆袋沙发，一定会看起来令人印象深刻。

当然，在她们到达之前，我会穿上我的无袖背心、厚底鞋和喇叭牛仔裤把自己打扮得精神一点，然后之后我就可以在水床上放松，用我的 VHS 录像带观看关于 Arthur Scargill 和英国利兰（British Leyland）的新闻短片。

CYRIL VERNON，埃塞克斯郡，申菲尔德

仅仅是玩笑

我想知道安吉拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner）是在什么时候决定将“玩笑禁令”纳入她的就业权利改革的。

是在她对保守党和鲍里斯·约翰逊说：“我们不可能比一群人渣、恐同、种族主义、厌女、绝对的一堆……香蕉共和国、卑劣、恶毒的伊顿公学……人渣”之前，还是之后？

DAVID PALIN，兰开夏郡，奥顿

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终于有一档 BBC1 的节目（信不信由你）没有脏话、没有性爱、没有暴力，而且非常出色。

Alan Drold 真的令人愉悦；所有演员都表现得很好。

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超市之刷

我看到我们那位沉闷的新任财政大臣在警告超市不要哄抬价格，于是我快速浏览了 Tesco 的最新业绩。

他们在扣除税款后的利润约为营业额的 2.5% —— 这是在支付了公司税、员工国民保险 (NI)、增值税 (VAT)、燃油税、商业税、绿色能源税、包装税和保险费税（可能还有其他税项）之后。

我怀疑这些税费的总额是 Tesco 所获利润的好几倍。

DAVID MORRIS， 萨默塞特郡，北牛顿

财政大臣说他不会让超市愚弄我们。

我想确实如此。那是政府的特权，而且他们做得非常好。

姓名和地址已提供

燃油对策

我们要读多少次关于燃油盗窃的报道（见《每日邮报》）？学学美国人的做法。先为你想要的升数付款，然后油泵才会开启。

DOGO HARDING，赫特福德郡，切森特

碰撞船

首相告诉我们跨英吉利海峡的船只数量下降了，仿佛这反映了政策的成功。

但当然，船只数量并不能反映非法移民跨境的人数，因为新船搭载的乘客要多得多。

JOHN WATSON，地址已提供

年长求职者

ALAN MILBURN 在 5 月发布的关于青年失业的中期报告，有助于揭示这样一个事实：太多应聘者在向雇主提交申请后得不到任何回应。

他们并非孤例。像我这样处于劳动人口另一端、处于职场空窗期的人，通常也会被忽视。

我知道 Jobcentre Plus 有一项针对 50 岁以上人群的计划，但我的体验好坏参半。如果讨论不再仅仅集中在职业生涯起步阶段的人群上，那将令人耳目一新。

KARIN CALANI，西萨塞克斯郡，克劳利

禁忌威胁

感谢 Sarah Vine（见《每日邮报》）有勇气写出我们多年来都知道的关于进口厌女症的事实。而政府竟然依然欢迎这些男人。

CAROLE GOODMAN，西萨塞克斯郡，东格里内斯特

蓝色兄弟

我开始怀疑我的彩色电视是否工作正常。当我观看 BBC 时，越来越多的男人穿着亮蓝色的西装。

R. J. CLARK 先生，格洛斯特郡，切尔滕纳姆

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绅士运动的阴暗面

你们关于一名索尔特本 (Saltburn) 板球运动员涉嫌在球经过球拍时打响手指以获取“门后接球”判决的报道，勾起了我对担任裁判时期的回忆。在 20t世纪70年代，我一直认为必须看到球的偏转才能判定为门后接球；仅凭声音是不够的，因为球可能只是碰到了护腿扣。我还记得我在担任《北安普顿纪事与回声报》(Northampton Chronicle and Echo) 的板球记者时，约克郡队在布拉德福德与北安普顿郡队比赛。伟大的杰弗里·博伊科特 (Geoffrey Boycott) 的球轻轻擦过，飞向第一名接球手，由他的英格兰开局搭档科林·米尔本 (Colin Milburn) 接住。博伊科特坚持认为自己没出局，由于当时没有视频摄像机可以回溯，两名裁判都声称他们的视线被遮挡了。判决结果是没有出局，但愤怒的客队开始对博伊科特进行“言语挑衅” (sledge)，心烦意乱的博伊科特随后打出了一个鲁莽的拉球，很快被长腿区接球手接住出局。这位伟人绝对不会欣赏“克利奇”·德文 (Clichy Devine) 在第一接球位置上的防守。现代的 Bay 板球评论员倾向于坚持

“听擦边声”理论，但在我看来，这是一个错误。

迈克·特比特 (MIKE TEBBITT)，北安普顿郡，戴文特里

我很喜欢亚历克斯·拜沃特 (Alex Bywater) 关于板球作弊（发表于《每日邮报》）以及为了影响裁判而采取的各种丑陋手段的文章。拜沃特先生漏掉了一个技巧。当投球手跑向面对击球手投球时，另一名准备跑单分的击球手开始离开投球端的击球线，以便在队友想要跑分时能有一个良好的起跑。投球手看到这一点，假装投球，但实际上将球留在手中，在看到非击球手离开安全的击球线后，迅速将球扔向自己这一端的球门。裁判必须判定该击球手出局，因为他离开了安全的击球线。

马克·米尔班克 (MARK MILBANK)，多塞特郡，巴克兰纽顿

我必须承认我唯一一次作弊的经历。那是 64 年前，当时我 12 岁，和父亲一起去看比赛。斯通克罗斯 (Stone Cross) 队少了一个人，建议我顶替人数，因为我们随身带着装备。我们的队长把我安排在较短的方腿区 (square leg)。

击球手把球击向我，我向前俯冲接住了球。我的前冲惯性将我的手压在身体下方，球掉了下去，击中了地面，但不知怎么地又回到了我的手中。在我还没来得及说我掉球之前，击球手已经在祝贺我完成了一次精彩的接球，半个球队的人都在拍我的背。从那时起，我就痛恨作弊者，并因没有坦白而感到愧疚。

兰斯·吉林 (LANCE GEARING)，东萨塞克斯郡，佩文西

食物贫困

工党在担任反对党时，不断指责保守党政策导致人们不得不使用食物银行。现在他们执政两年了，所有的食物银行都关闭了吗？

R. W. 伯克伍德 (R. W. BIRKWOOD)，格洛斯特郡，斯托克洛奇

严重的邋遢

欧文·摩根 (OWEN MORGAN)（在读者信件中）说：“看看那个穿着断头台 T 恤的家伙。你会认真对待他吗？”

但看看扎克·波兰斯基 (Zack Polanski) 吧。绿党就认真对待了他。

瓦莱丽·霍利利 (VALERIE HOLLYLEE)，西萨塞克斯郡，戈林-拜-希

提前释放

囚犯将被允许提前释放，尤其是涉及杀害警察安德鲁·哈珀 (Andrew Harper) 的凶手，这简直是不公正。

为什么不翻新关闭的监狱以缓解床位不足的问题？以前的牢房可以关押两到三名囚犯，但现在这种情况似乎消失了。

工党有两年的时间来解决这个问题，但他们却在逃避现实。

我为那些将受到这一愚蠢政策最大影响的受害者感到非常难过。

姓名和地址已提供

尝试行动

就像读者 Stuart Biggs（见读者来信）一样，我对警方在他抓获并扣留一名商店窃贼时未到场处理这一事实感到愤慨。

希望他对结果的厌恶能随时间消褪，并能重新为良好社会的价值观做出他那值得赞赏的贡献。但为了避免未来再次失望并获得一个更令人满意的结果，我想说两件事：手机摄像头和社交媒体。

我支持你，Stuart。JOHN DANIELS，利物浦

挑逗的内衣

如果 M&S 的开裆丁字裤被认为仅仅是“挑逗的”（《每日邮报》），那么人们在提出露骨请求时必须穿着什么样的内衣？

F. HARVEY，布里斯托

本周之信

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快乐

改革、恢复与统一右翼

关于 Restore Britain 应当与 Reform UK 合并以“统一右翼”的提议是受欢迎的。后者的迅速崛起使其领导层付出了代价，他们需要一些新鲜的投入。遗憾的是，令人印象深刻的 Kemi 并没有领导一个同样令人印象深刻的保守党。即便如此，尽管工党推出了一系列像糖分冲击一样具有吸引力的民粹主义微观政策，但他们仍正走向灭亡。

A. CROOKS，阿伯加文尼，蒙斯

RUPERT LOWE 的公开声明甚至算不上一次好的尝试。在提出五项要求的同时声称需要调解分歧，并不是一种可行的谈判方法。Lowe 肯定知道他的把戏会引起 Reform 的什么反应，而这降低了他的可信度。

J. SHAW，阿尔尼克，诺森伯兰郡

REFORM UK 建议皇家海军应被用于将任何接近我们南部海岸的橡皮艇拖回法国，这实际上是迄今为止最实用、最明智的建议。

那些谴责这一想法的人没有意识到，在实际操作中，这将是一个非常有效的威慑手段。没有移民会向走私者支付数千英镑，结果却发现自己身无分文，并回到了几个小时前出发的同一个海滩上。PETER RICKABY，布雷顿，北约克郡

DAN HODGES（《每日邮报》）认为 Reform 已经完蛋，而保守党已准备好重新掌控中右翼政治。

他结论的问题在于，我们以前经历过这种情况，而保守党未能兑现承诺。选民们敏锐地意识到了这一点，不会再次被愚弄，因此保守党必须重新排队。

姓名和地址已提供

由 Lowe 先生构想的那种政党是否会包括 KKK 的免费会员资格？ROGER POWNES，布罗姆斯格鲁夫，伍斯特郡

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要点

■ 我从未想过我会这么说，但请问我们可以让英国的天气恢复原样吗？

SUSANNE MUDROCK，地址已提供

■ 救命！我忘了怎么开启雨刷了。

GRAHAM ANDREWS，德文郡，拜德福德

■ 考斯周。我希望法国人和俄罗斯人在海峡中避免进行任何射击练习。

Mrs D. J. McPHERSON，德文郡，牛顿阿伯特

■ 要塞行动。有什么不喜欢的？

LAURA DAVIS，埃塞克斯郡，布伦特伍德

■ 尼格尔，什么海军？

KEVIN HODGSON，埃塞克斯郡，科尔切斯特

■ 我建议征收纹身税。每平方英寸 £5。

BRIAN GREGORY，赫特福德郡，惠瑟汉普斯特德

■ 如果伯纳姆在带我们回到过去，我们可以回到六十年代吗？

R. HATFIELD，萨里郡，沃金

■ 那个喋喋不休、乱用词汇的阿莫尔什么时候才能在《今日》节目中结束？

TONY BLACKBURN，白金汉郡，格雷特金布尔

■ 我在烹饪节目中最讨厌的两句话是“口感”和“味道很好”。

SALLY BROWN，汉普郡，贝辛斯托克

■ 艾玛·拉杜卡努就不能去特易购找份工作吗？

P. MASSON，坎布里亚郡，沃尔西岛

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问题 当鸟类鸣唱时，是一次呼吸完成整首歌曲，还是仅一个音符？

实际上两者都不是。大多数鸟类在一次呼气期间会唱几个音符，并在短语之间进行快速呼吸，这些短语在我们听来往往无法分辨。由于解剖结构的差异，鸟类的鸣唱方式及其在鸣唱时的呼吸方式与人类截然不同。

我们的气管（或风管）顶端有一个喉头，其中包含声带，当我们将气呼出时声带会振动。相比之下，鸣禽的发声器官被称为鸣管，位于气管底部，即气管分叉为两条通向肺部的支气管（或管子）之处。

鸣管的两个半部分可以独立运作，这意味着鸟类在吸气和呼气时都能鸣唱。这样做的一个进一步好处是，一只鸟可以同时唱出两个不同的音符。

例如，如果一只鸟在颤音，它就是在鸣管的两侧之间切换；由于这种解剖结构上的特殊性，一些鸫类鸟能够同时唱两首歌。

J. Wilson，西萨塞克斯郡，沃辛

问题 20 世纪 50 年代被指控为俄罗斯从事间谍活动的哈里·霍顿和埃塞尔·吉后来怎么了？

哈里·霍顿 (HABRY HOUGHTON) 和埃塞尔·吉处于英国最著名的冷战间谍丑闻之一——波特兰间谍网的中心。该组织在为苏联活动多年后，于 1961 年被揭露。

霍顿曾是一名英国皇家海军宪兵，20 世纪 50 年代初曾在英国驻华沙大使馆的英国海军武官处工作。正是在那里，他接触到了波兰情报部门并被招募为间谍。

1953 年回到英国后，他开始在多塞特郡波特兰岛的水下探测机构工作。这是一个高度机密的海军研究中心，科学家们在此研发反潜战系统。

在那里期间，他与埃塞尔·“邦蒂”·吉建立了一段关系，她是一名文件

问题

问：在第二次世界大战中，被俘的意大利高级军官是否被安置在与德国高级军官相同的战俘营中？

Simon Entwistle，兰开夏郡，克利瑟罗

问：英国历史上最长的一段无雨时间是多少？

Susan Duckney，莱斯特郡，马基特哈伯勒

黎明合唱的秘密

坐直并倾听：一只歌鸫正准备奏响曲调

一名可以接触机密文件的职员。她安静且谦逊，最初并不被认为像个间谍。霍顿说服了吉帮助他获取文件，随后他们将文件拍照并传递给他们的苏联上线。

两人会定期前往伦敦，在那里会见他们的上线戈登·朗斯代尔，他表面上是一名加拿大商人。事实上，朗斯代尔是克格勃官员科农·莫洛迪，他当时在执行深度潜伏任务。

被盗资料随后通过位于鲁伊斯利普郊区的彼得和海伦·克罗格进行传递。他们的职业是古旧书商，但实际上是苏联特工，负责将情报发送到莫斯科。

在波兰叛逃者米哈尔·戈莱涅夫斯基提供的情报提醒西方当局海军部内部存在苏联线人后，这个间谍环最终被揭露。

M15对霍顿进行了监视，并逐渐揭开了更广泛的网络。1961年1月，霍顿、吉和朗斯代尔在伦敦携带海军秘密文件时被捕。与此同时，警方突袭了克罗格夫妇的住所并将其逮捕。

在同年晚些时候的审判中，霍顿和吉均根据《官方秘密法》被定罪，并被判处15年监禁。朗斯代尔被判处25年监禁，而克罗格夫妇每人被判处20年。

海军部认为，从波特兰传递给莫斯科的关于英国水下战争研究、声呐系统和潜艇技术的情报，帮助苏联开发了新一代更安静的潜艇。

霍顿和吉都没有服满整个刑期。他们在监狱中结婚，并在服刑约9年后，于1970年5月早早获释。与此同时，朗斯代尔和克罗格夫妇在服满刑期前，通过冷战时期的囚犯交换被俄罗斯方面接回。

出狱后，霍顿和吉定居在多塞特郡经营一家旅馆。吉于1984年去世，霍顿于一年后的1985年去世。

约翰·巴克，布里斯托

问题 是否有关于泰晤士河床上有多少枚未爆炸炸弹的调查或估算？

接续之前的回答，我的姑姑玛丽是上次战争期间数百名志愿者之一，她每周有几天放弃睡眠，在易受攻击的建筑物屋顶站岗，以保护它们免受燃烧弹的袭击。他们唯一的装备是一个钢盔、一桶沙子和一桶水。

她告诉我，在一次空袭之夜，当她驻守在切尔西旧教堂的屋顶时，她看到有几枚炸弹击中了巴特西桥附近的泰晤士河——她说炸弹击中水面时发出了巨大的嘶嘶声。他们报告了这一事件，据我所知，那些炸弹可能至今仍在那里。

尽管付出了努力，这座美丽的教堂还是在1941年4月的一个夜晚被一枚降落伞地雷击中。到1958年，该教堂花费£66,000被重建。

莫琳·拉德韦尔，普特南，米德尔塞克斯

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• 3个红椒，切成2-3厘米的块
• 6根梅尔古兹香肠
• 1个红洋葱，切成大块
• 4汤匙橄榄油

• 2瓣大蒜，磨碎

• 2茶匙香菜粉

• 2茶匙孜然粉
• ½茶匙肉桂粉
• 4汤匙红葡萄酒醋
• 850毫升热鸡汤
• 350克巨型库斯库斯 (giant couscous)
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• 75克菲塔奶酪，捏碎
• 15克莳萝，摘取叶片

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8 个娱乐场所

4 个游泳池

15 层客舱甲板

美食世界

在 Arvia 号上，您的每一个渴望都将得到满足。从家庭最爱到受航程启发的世界级美食，由于价格中包含如此之多的餐厅，您将面对众多选择而难以抉择。此外，对于追求惊艳用餐体验的人士，还设有时尚的特色餐厅。

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最终，菲尔决定去看全科医生。“医生检查了我的手，说这极有可能是关节磨损，”菲尔说。“他解释说，这是许多人在年老时都会经历的事情，而且这都是衰老的一部分。但我想要知道的是，我怎么才能让我的手再次好起来？他只是告诉我如果疼痛就吃止痛药。但我并不喜欢每天依赖药丸的想法，”菲尔承认。

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“大约一个月后，变化变得非常明显，”菲尔说道。“我可以重新扣上衬衫纽扣，无需费力就能打开罐子。而真正让我感到欣喜若狂的时刻，是我能够回到我的工作室。”

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马斯克在AI上的$16bn赌注惊吓SpaceX投资者

由于在AI上的巨额支出惊吓到投资者，SPACEX股价昨日暴跌超过14%。

尽管埃隆·马斯克的火箭公司在周二深夜公布的业绩好于预期——截至6月的三个月营收飙升92%至78亿美元，远高于预估值——但股价依然大跌。

然而，股东们对该公司高达$18bn的巨额支出账单感到惊恐，而一年前该数字仅为28亿美元。其中约$16bn用于其AI业务。

SpaceX还表示，预计这种巨大的

作者：Calum Muirhead

支出水平在接下来的至少六个月内将持续。

此次下跌导致股价交易价格为$100, 20pc低于其在6月轰动上市时的$135发行价，且远低于上市后一周达到的$225峰值。

随着股票禁售期届满，今天仍存在再次暴跌的担忧，这意味着一些SpaceX员工和早期投资者将能够出售其股份。马斯克通过开创可重复使用发射器并将数千颗Starlink互联网卫星送入太空，将SpaceX打造成为全球最大的火箭企业；在公司上市后股价飙升时，他曾短暂成为全球首位万亿富翁。

根据彭博亿万富翁指数，随着股价下跌，他的财富现已降至约7770亿美元。

分析师正在观察SpaceX的股价是否会跌破$100. 这将表明市场认为SpaceX的AI业务——马斯克（如图）将其强调为最大的潜在增长引擎——几乎没有或完全没有为公司增加价值。

到目前为止，马斯克一直在加倍推进其宏大的AI计划，他在一次业绩电话会议上表示，公司在构建第一代名为Starmind AI-1的轨道数据中心方面取得了进展，他预计该中心将于明年发射进入太空。

此外，关于马斯克是否决定将SpaceX与其电动汽车业务特斯拉合并，以将其庞大商业帝国的主要部分整合在一起的猜测依然存在，该帝国还包括社交媒体网站X（原名Twitter）。

这位大亨此前表示，特斯拉一直与SpaceX密切合作，但任何合并都需要通过一个“适当的流程”来实现。

热浪助力 Next 再创利润纪录

作者：Emily Hawkins

由于购物者大量购买短裤和夏季连衣裙，飙升的气温推动了 Next 的利润增长。

这家富时100指数（FTSE100）零售商表示，预计年度利润将增长 7.3pc 至 12.4亿英镑，比此前预期高出 2500 万英镑m。这是 今年第三次上调利润预期。

股价上涨 5.7pc，即 850p，至 15,660p —— 创历史新高。

这家高街零售商还报告称，在截至 8 月 1 日的三个月里，销售额增长了 9.2pc，是此前预测的 4pc 增长的两倍多。

国际销售是该期间增长的主要驱动力，尤其是通过公司的海外在线业务，其销售额报告增长了 37pc。英国市场的营收则小幅增长了 2.8pc。

公司表示，销售额受益于天气“与去年异常的夏天一样温暖，而这一点是我们此前未预料到的”。

英国及其他欧洲国家在今年夏天遭受了酷热天气的影响，英国今年至今记录的温度高于 30℃ 的天数已超过 34 天。

表示，在第一季度因与伊朗爆发战争而出现增长放缓后，该公司还利用了中东地区的一些“积压需求”获利。

即便与去年同期相比，销售额依然强劲；去年春季，由于高街时尚竞争对手 Marks & Spencer 的在线交易遭到网络攻击并中断数周， 曾从中受益。

经纪公司 AJ Bell 的投资总监 Russ Mould 表示：“今天的公告确认了 作为英国无出其右的零售商的地位，并且其国际视野日益开阔。”

强劲的业绩标志着 掌门人 Lord Wolfson 的又一次成功，他上周末庆祝担任该零售商首席执行官满 25 年，是富时100指数中任职时间最长的首席执行官。

在他的领导下，即便在消费者信心低迷的情况下，销售额依然飙升。

还收购了一系列其他企业，包括 1 月份收购的鞋类连锁店 Russell & Bromley。

另一笔交易也可能在酝酿中，据报道 是陷入困境的百货连锁店 Harvey Nichols 的潜在竞标者之一。

财务咨询集团 BTU 的管理合伙人 Julie Palmer 表示：“ 继续证明自己是零售成功的蓝本。即便热浪导致零售客流量下降，但由于人们在英国和国际市场上都在更新夏季衣橱， 凭借坚韧的整体销售额逆势而上。”

英国零售联盟（British Retail Consortium）的数据显示，购物者在今年春夏季节大量流失。

5 月底打破纪录的高温导致客流量同比下降 2.8pc。

John Lewis 负责人：外部环境极其艰难！

作者：Emily Hawkins

John Lewis 的负责人告诉员工，在追求转型目标的过程中，公司正面临“极其艰难”的贸易环境。

这家同时拥有 Waitrose 超市的百货连锁店董事长 Jason Tarry 在公司内部杂志上表示，这些挑战将转化为“销售额下降和成本上升”。

Tarry 早在 3 月份就警告称，市场“低迷”且税收增加 —— 包括雇主国民保险缴款增加 4000 万英镑m 以及 1300 万英镑m 的新包装征费。

“我们必须针对一个即便在六个月前、更不用说两年前都未曾预料到的近期未来做出调整。”

“人们在消费时考虑得非常谨慎”

Tarry 在最初由《金融时报》(FT) 报道的言论中如此表示。

中东战争在人们担心其将导致杂货和能源账单上涨的恐惧中，削弱了消费者信心，而加油站的价格已经飙升。

该集团的一位发言人补充道：“现在交易环境充满挑战，因为人们在消费时考虑得非常谨慎，这早已不是秘密。”

由于需求下降，该合伙企业已决定关闭店内货币兑换点。该业务被广泛认为在前任主席 Sharon White 的领导下迷失了方向，而高街竞争对手 Marks & Spencer 则赢得了购物者的青睐。

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工党具有毒性的利润警告

ANDY Burnham 就任首相后的最初几周，正值各大银行和石油公司公布第二季度业绩之时。

不出所料，工党的反应是指责其牟利，并要求通过提高征收额来惩罚污染地球的能源公司。

财政大臣 John Healey 将生活成本上涨归咎于中东冲突，并坚称政府正在密切关注“加油站或收银台”的“价格欺诈”行为。

包括 BP 和 Shell 在内的石油巨头报告了巨额利润，其中包括沙特阿拉伯 Aramco 在内的八家集团的意外之财估计达 900亿美元，这导致人们指责石油巨头在“利用人类的苦难牟利”并导致气候变化。

与此同时，英国四大银行全部利用业绩结果来反对对该行业进一步征收税款。

英国人的心理往往贬低财务上的成功。然而，高街、银行业和石油业是国库最大的贡献者之列。2025 年，城市和高街银行缴纳了约 433亿英镑 的税款，几乎占英国税收总额的 5%。而发布税务透明度报告的 NatWest 一家就缴纳了 36亿英镑。

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城市编辑

大型石油公司也是国家最大的纳税人之一。因此，令人担忧的是，对各种规模企业的税收挤压正在窒息增长。BP 拟退出北海就是一个典型的例子。

有人建议石油公司应利用贸易和意外之财来补贴加油站的汽油成本。但这对于依赖低价汽油吸引购物者前往郊区门店的超市来说，将是不公平的竞争。

而且，任何针对面临英国严格审慎监管的银行的额外税收，都将打击工党所倡导的住房和基础设施贷款。

此外，英国最大的银行汇丰银行 (HSBC) 以及石油巨头 Shell 和 BP，如果生活变得不舒服，都有权将股票上市地点甚至总部迁至海外。不过，消费者应该感激价格正受到监控。但如果 Healey 将提高税收视为填补公共财政漏洞的最佳方式，他将犯下一个巨大的错误。

矿业大撤离

长期以来，伦敦证券交易所一直是矿业股票的顶级联赛。但这种领导地位正缓慢地消逝。市值£64bn的富时100指数巨头嘉能可（Glencore）决定寻求在澳大利亚进行二次上市，这并非好兆头。

在与力拓（Rio Tinto）的合并谈判失败后，这家矿业和商品集团表示，希望扩大其投资者群体并提高流动性。

前往澳大利亚（OJ）比转向纽约稍微让人放心一些。但人们不应排除这种情况，因为竞争对手必和必拓（BHP）此前已将重心从伦敦金融城转移到悉尼。大约15年前，伦敦证券交易所试图通过与拥有多伦多证券交易所的加拿大TMX集团合并，来巩固其在自然资源领域的领导地位。该交易被安大略省当局否决。

当矿业公司英美资源（Anglo American）完成与总部位于温哥华的特克资源（Teck Resources）的合并时，计划是在多伦多进行二次上市，与伦敦以及英美资源的精神家园约翰内斯堡并行。

伦敦也曾是俄罗斯自然资源类股票的首选市场。但在弗拉基米尔·普京入侵乌克兰后，伦敦市场中数十只俄罗斯股票的交易被冻结——包括俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司（Gazprom）、卢克石油（Lukoil）、俄罗斯石油（Rosneft）、诺里尔斯克镍业（Norilsk Nickel）和 Polyus 等巨头——且一直维持冻结状态。

伦敦金融城对繁荣的大宗商品领域所持有的历史掌控力，正是在我们眼前地消散。

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金融城监管机构正在放宽新上市规则，以振兴伦敦的IPO。一直像石头一样下沉的AIM市场正试图变得更加用户友好。

但无论是政府还是反对党，都无法下决心为伦敦证券交易所提供一项具有变革意义的救命稻草——取消股票交易的印花税。

保守党声称，由于缺乏“动态”效果，财政部无法承受收入损失。

而现实是，随着每家公司从伦敦迁往纽约——ARM、Flutter、CRH 以及已经走了一半的阿斯特拉制药（AstraZeneca）——税收、就业、技术以及更多方面的损失都是深远的。

终止这次大撤离是一项优先任务。

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Paddy Power所有者Flutter的首席执行官已辞职，此前这家博彩巨头下调了其销售额和利润预期。

Betfair的所有者表示，彼得·杰克逊（Peter Jackson）将于10月卸任，由其国际业务负责人丹·泰勒（Dan Taylor）接任。

这标志着杰克逊长期任期的结束。他自2018年起领导Flutter，并监督了该公司去年将主要上市地从伦敦迁至纽约。

该公司本周彻底离开了伦敦市场。杰克逊表示：“我离开Flutter时，对我们共同建立的成就感到无比自豪。”

他的离职伴随着一份阴郁的更新报告，Flutter在报告中称其将无法达到年度利润目标。预计利润将比预期减少1.56 亿英镑m，将其目标下调至19.7亿英镑。

Flutter还警告称，工党的博彩税增加导致其截至6月的三个月内国际利润下降了19%。

Glencore 计划在澳上市，伦敦金融城受挫

Glencore 的负责人在宣布计划在澳大利亚股票市场启动股票次级上市后，坚称该公司仍然“致力于伦敦”。

这家大宗商品巨头表示，第二次上市将使其能够“在我们最重要的运营管辖区之一加强我们的形象”。

旨在 10 月完成此次新上市，该公司表示，此举还将扩大其投资者基础，并使其能够获得新的资金池。

但首席执行官 Gary Nagle 试图淡化人们的担忧，即此举是 退出伦敦市场的前兆。

这样的离开将给陷入困境的股票市场带来又一次打击，该市场近期遭受了多次高调收购和海外流失的影响。

去年也发生了类似的恐慌，当时 考虑

作者：Calum Muirhead

将其主上市地迁至纽约，但最终搁置了该计划，称此举不会为投资者带来价值。当被问及公司是否完全致力于保留其伦敦上市地位时，Nagle 回答道：“是的，我们是。”

“我们调查了将上市地迁至纽约的可能性。我们进行了彻底的

“我们目前不打算搬迁”

分析，并发现当时不搬到纽约而留在伦敦是有意义的。

“就我们目前的状况而言，[伦敦] 是我们上市的最佳交易所——目前，我们不打算离开伦敦。”

但 不会是第一家最终搬到海外的伦敦上市矿业公司，其竞争对手 BHP 此前已在 2022 年退出英国市场转而选择澳大利亚。

昨日报告称，其今年上半年的收益激增 86%，达到 161亿美元，而销售额增长 49%，达到 1740亿美元。

业绩公布后，股价上涨 4.1%，即 22.7p，至 573.3p。

利润得到了该公司贸易部门的推动，由于中东冲突导致能源市场波动，该部门的收益从去年的 14亿美元 增加到超过两倍的 33亿美元。

大宗商品价格的上涨也推动该公司矿业部门的利润增长 72%，达到 65亿美元。

eToro 的市场分析师 Mark Crouch 表示：“中东局势的升级不仅推高了能源和金属价格，还创造了 贸易业务在历史上一直擅长的市场波动。”

Astra 否认与美国公司合并谈判

在有报道称关于与一家美国竞争对手进行潜在巨额合并“没有讨论”后，ASTRAZENECA 的股价上涨。

在路透社引用该公司一名高级消息人士的话，驳斥了与百时美施贵宝 (BMS) 潜在结合的传闻后，这家制药巨头的股价上涨 2.5%，即 236p，至 12,036p。

该消息人士表示：“AstraZeneca 和 BMS 之间没有交易。从来没有达成交易，两家公司之间也没有任何讨论。”

报道引用了另一位消息人士的话，称两家公司之间没有进行积极的谈判。BMS 在华尔街的股价下跌 3%。

由于分析师和投资者质疑传闻中合并背后的逻辑，AstraZeneca 的市值在周一被抹去了约 180亿英镑。

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英国的刺痛之光

杰克和艾玛的伤病地狱看不到尽头

作者：詹姆斯·夏普 (JAMES SHARPE)

杰克·德雷珀 (JACK DRAPER) 在椅子上向前蜷缩着。这位前英国第一号选手戴着灰色帽子，穿着背心，目光凝视着远方，双肘撑在膝盖上，泪水顺着脸庞流下。他的复出之路本不该如此。

困扰他一年多、导致他缺席温布尔登并在随后退出华盛顿公开赛的持续手臂伤势，似乎始终没有好转，因为他在加拿大公开赛上的首场比赛（也是他自六月以来的首场比赛）以失败和绝望告终。

这个画面不仅概括了德雷珀在与伤病持续斗争的又一个绝望周，同时也再次概括了英国网球的处境——赛季最后一个大满贯赛事美国公开赛已然临近。

在去年温布尔登之前，德雷珀的世界排名曾高达第四，但此后仅参加了寥寥几场赛事，目前排名已跌至第143位。除非获得外卡，否则他将需要在法拉盛公园参加资格赛。

即便在他退出华盛顿赛后，德雷珀身边的人仍对他能够前往纽约充满信心。

自蒙特利尔流泪之后，德雷珀尚未发声，因此尚不清楚他的希望是否会与艾玛·拉杜卡努 (Emma Raducanu) 的希望一样破灭。拉杜卡努本周宣布退出比赛，因为她仍在努力从导致她缺席温布尔登的小腿压力性骨折中恢复。

在拉杜卡努本周发布在社交媒体上的视频中，她的右腿仍穿着保护靴，并且

《每日邮报》体育版获悉，在最新的医疗检查后，医生建议她给伤势更多的时间来痊愈。

这意味着，自从五年前在纽约取得惊人胜利以来，在可能的20场大满贯赛事中，拉杜卡努已经缺席了六场。而这次最新的挫折意味着，她再次无法摆脱持续的伤病负担，也无法逃避伤病带来的那些“沙发评论员”的审视目光。

在法网，当拉杜卡努在首轮失利后努力忍住泪水时，《每日邮报》体育版坐在她的对面，询问一个如此年轻的人是如何拥有足够的心理强度让自己不断重新站起来的。

“这非常困难，”她说，“你需要极强的韧性。我每天都在尽最大努力。这就是我对自己唯一的要求。”

她与教练安德鲁·理查森 (Andrew Richardson) 的重聚——五年前她赢得美国公开赛时就在身边的男人——本应重启她的职业生涯。这甚至让她打入了女王杯决赛，但无论她如何努力，她的身体就是不允许这一切发生。

如果最后两场大满贯赛事在没有我们两位最璀璨之星——拉杜卡努和德雷珀的情况下进行，那么这将与这个伤病困扰了几乎所有英国顶尖球星的年份极其契合，令人遗憾。

正是在他们缺席温布尔登期间，亚瑟·费里 (Arthur Fery) 凭借闯入半决赛的表现赢得了英国公众的心，成为本世纪第五位进入第二周比赛的英国男子选手。

在体育运动中，经常会出现这种情况：当当红球星离开聚光灯时，下一代人会迅速出现并接管它。

费里的英勇表现掩盖了英国选手在本次锦标赛中的惨淡局面，其中15人首轮出局。看来费里很有可能再次成为将我们的希望带往法拉盛公园的人。

自那令人眩晕的两周以来，费里尚未参赛，但他预计将在参加其首个美国公开赛正赛之前，参加辛辛那提赛和北卡罗来纳州的温斯顿-塞勒姆公开赛。与德雷珀不同，目前世界排名第36位的费里已自动获得参赛资格。

在草地上，身高5英尺的费里利用技巧击败了更高、更强壮的巨人们，直到他遇到了身材魁梧的亚历山大·兹维列夫 (Alexander Zverev)。在纽约，他必须找到一种方法来应对在有利于强力击球者的场地上更高的弹跳。

正如拉杜卡努所能证明的，作为一个相对无名之辈在大满贯赛事中走得很远，会阻碍你在阴影中磨练球技的能力。但对于费里来说，在美国公开赛的硬地场上与世界顶尖选手较量，将是他成长的关键。

而且或许，这将有助于为英国人提供一个比目前笼罩在眼前的阴云所暗示的更为光明的未来。

● 卡梅伦·诺里昨晚以 6-3, 6-3（6 胜 3 负，6 胜 3 负）击败秘鲁选手伊格纳西奥·瓜亚，晋级加拿大公开赛第三轮（3）。他接下来的对手是亚历克斯·德米诺。

体育摘要

愤怒的阿根廷球星

被处以四场禁赛

阿根廷的 Tomas Albornoz 在承认上个月其球队在国家锦标赛负于英格兰后恐吓一名比赛官员后，被禁赛四场比赛。

Steve Slomkowski 的球队在圣地亚哥-德尔-埃斯特罗以 31-24 获胜，但比赛以极具争议的方式结束。主队在临近结束时被判定一次达阵无效，从而失去了扳平比分的机会，原因是 Bautista Deligny 在比赛最后一球得分时被判定有一只脚出界。该决定是在场上裁判 Angus Gardner 与电视比赛官员就该达阵是否应被认可进行长时间争论后做出的。

Albornoz 在全场比赛结束的哨声响起时向 Gardner 发泄愤怒，世界橄榄球联盟纪律委员会称其与其发生了“有限的”肢体接触。这位阿根廷人承认其行为构成了对比赛官员的恐吓，但他不承认其行为具有辱骂、侮辱、冒犯或威胁性。世界橄榄球联盟和委员会接受了这一观点。这位飞翼将缺席其国家的接下来的三场比赛，以及为其俱乐部图隆队出战的一场比赛。

LIV GOLF 宣布与一名未具名投资者达成协议，这将允许这个反叛联盟在没有沙特资金支持的情况下继续前进。首席执行官 Scott O'Neil 透露，双方已签署一项协议，标志着“联盟下一个 era, 由球员驱动且为球员服务的前进之路”。

被称为“LIV Golf 2.0”的计划是每年举办 10 场赛事，其中五场在美国，五场在世界各地。LIV 还希望在四大赛之前举办赛事，其赛程允许其球员——如 Jon Rahm、Tyrrell Hatton 和 Bryson DeChambeau——参加其他巡回赛。

这个备受争议的联盟的未来在 4 月陷入不确定，当时沙特阿拉伯公共投资基金宣布将在年底撤回其至关重要的资金支持。

JEMMA LINES 成为 90 年来首位被选入美洲杯代表队的英国女性。

这位 29 岁的女性被命名为明年赛事的 GBI 团队成员，这将是其 175 年历史上首次要求每个五人船员组中至少有一名女性。Phyllis Sopwith 是最后一名在 1934 和 1937 年乘坐英国美洲杯挑战船参赛的英国女性。

“这等了很久，”Lines 说道。“这太不可思议了，是一个历史时刻。对于我们的运动来说，这是一个关键时刻，如果你在我的成长过程中告诉我这件事，我不会相信的。”

撰稿人：ALEX BYWATER 和 DAVID KENT

布赖顿

2.30 — CAPE TORONADA (W. Coven) 11-48 1. Black Parke 12-12 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. (A. Carroll) 7s. 11s. Tote: 2.38. 1.38. 3.50. Ex: 9.80. TT: 22.45. CSP: 10.00.

3.00 — RIVER WARRIK (Molly Dunn) 2-12 1. Bumba 1-4 (2nd Fav) 2. Northern Star 1-1 2. 9 ran. (A. Carroll) 3rd. 11s. Tote: 3.00. 1.00. 1.45. 2.45. Ex: 7.15. TT: 8.00. CSP: 7.50.

3.30 — SEA SUITE (C. Faber) 3-1 (Jr 2nd Fav) 1. Tie 3-1 (Jr 2nd Fav) 2. Northern Empire 17-2 2. 9 ran. (James Oxen) 1s. 7s. Tote: 4.30. 1.40. 1.45. 3.45. Ex: 14.70. Tr: 69.50. TT: 70.20. CSP: 12.31.

4.00 — HUNT DAHMIN (R. Hurley) 6-1 1. 8's Life 9-2 2. Buckland Bells 11-10 2. 1. 8. ran. (C. Johnson) 4th. 11. Tote: 7.50. 2.50. 2.10. Ex: 31.80. TT: 74.80. CSP: 31.93.

4.30 — VIKING GLORY (C. Faber) 8-1 (Jr 2nd Fav) 1. Rednebrohm 20-1 2. The Organizer 13-2 2. 9 ran. (James Oxen) 2s. 9. Tote: 6.00. 1.50. 3.30. 1.90. Ex: 37.30. Tr: 697.14. TT: 695.40. CSP: 99.76.

5.00 — SECRET HANDBRIKEN (C. Faber) 7-4 (2nd Fav) 1. Keren 4-1 2. Titus Thar 11-2 2. 9 ran. (Gallagher) 2s. 1s. Tote: 3.75. 1.90. 2.20. Ex: 9.90. TT: 70.80. CSP: 14.45. NR: Slottning. Plecopot E34-20. G'pot E27.50.

PONTEFLA

2.45 — STAR START (Max c. 1. Parker) 9-4F 1. Sunny Orange 3-1 (Jr 2nd Fav) 2. Gante De Pante 10-1 2. 7 ran. (R. Carr) 1s. 2s. Tote: 3.75. 1.85. 1.90. Ex: 10.50. TT: 19.20. CSP: 11.45. 2.10 — BUGZY (D. Tathope) 15-2 1. Lady Harshaw 4-1 (2nd Fav) 2. Our Son Oscar 5-1 3. 9 ran. (Tom Clover) 1s. 1s. Tote:

8.50. 2.10. 1.30. 1.50. Ex: 49.40. TT: 195.20. CSP: 58.10. 3.45 — SPIRIT GENE (J. Hart) 9-4 (2nd Fav) 1. Alexis Fernando 10-1 2. Garden Oasis 11-10 2. 6 ran. (C. Gordon) 2s. 1s. Tote: 2.20. 1.50. 3.20. Ex: 18.40. TT: 32.30. CSP: 23.70.

4.15 — GREAT (Shane Gray) 6-3F 1. Spirit Of Applause 11-4 (2nd Fav) 2. Mountain 10-1 3. 9 ran. (D. English) 1s. 1s. Tote: 3.50. 1.50. 1.30. 4.10. Ex: 19.30. Tr: 99.16. TT: 111.60. CSP: 9.50. NR: Sea Hot Circle.

4.40 — ALFA WHITBROD (J. Hart) 9-4F 1. Absence Gold 10-1 2. Max Amer 11-1 2. 8 ran. (F. Furlano) 1s. 1s. Tote: 3.25. 1.30. 2.90. 2.50. Ex: 23.70. Tr: 208.01. TT: 193.20. CSP: 28.85. NR: Witsman.

5.15 — OPOGON DAY (C. Gopin) 10-1 2. Acute Day 9-2 2. Something 4-1 (2nd Fav) 3. 3 ran. (R. Elliott) 4. 421. Tote: 1.50.

赛马结果

Ex: 3.00. TT: 2.70. CSP: 2.61. Jackpot: E2-142.60. Plecopot E12-20. G'pot E19-70.

YARMOUTH

3.40 — LIMINOUS WARRIOR (R. F. Gafford) 7-2 Co Fav 1. So Grateful 7-2 Co Fav 2. Indy's Angel 6-1 3. 7 ran. (D. Courtin) 1s. 1s. Tote: 4.50. 1.15. 2.45. Ex: 13.90. TT: 63.10. CSP: 16.45. 6.10 — SPEED OF SOUND (L. Coven) 5-6F 1. Fernando 8-1 13-2 2. Minkasa 7-2 3. 10 ran. (R. Sprouse) 3s. 1s. Tote: 1.84. 1.70. 1.50. 1.50. Ex: 7.90. TT: 29.80. CSP: 8.20.

8.40 — BEAUTY BOK (H. Crouch) 17-2 1. Downman 2-1F 2. Great Chasm 11-4 (2nd Fav) 1. 3 ran. (J. Tate) 1s. 1s. Tote: 9.50. 2.70. 1.40. Ex: 33.50. TT: 88.40. CSP: 25.85.

7.10 — TIME THIEF (N. Callon) 9-4 (2nd Fav) 1. Lincoln 8-1 20. 2. Angel Breeze 20-1 3. 5 ran. (Tom Green) 1s. 11s. Tote: 3.25. 1.10. 1.30. Ex: 3.40. TT: 18.50. CSP: 4.00.

7.40 — SPIRAN WARRIOR (M. Ghaer) 9-4 (2nd Fav) 1. La Rouge Chassis 14-2 2. Highland Harvey 6-4F 2. 7 ran. (D. Williams) 2nd. Tote: 3.30. 1.70. 2.20. Ex: 14.50. TT: 39.40. CSP: 12.21. 8.10 — FURE PASSION (C. R. L. Larrie) 7-2 1. Shining Guest 12-1 2. Mayflower Rock 11-1 3. 9 ran. (D. L. Williams) 1s. 1s. Tote: 4.50. 2.50. 4.40. Ex: 43.40. TT: 125.00. CSP: 41.54. NRs: Cabaca De Llano, She Went Whosek. Plecopot E4-20. G'pot E22.50.

KEMPTON

1.20 — RHINCHEE ISAAE (R. W. W.

1s. Tote: 10.90. 2.10. 1.50. 3.90. Ex: 34.10. 1s. 40-4A. TT: 69.50. CSP: 40.50. NRs: Secret Rock. Fruit Hurdell.

2.10 — SHIP THE WAY (F. Martin) 5-6F 1. Chocolade 3-1 (2nd Fav) 2. Sweetbuster 8-1 2. 8 ran. (R. Hughes) 5s. 1s. Tote: 2.20. 13.90. 1.20. 1.10. Ex: 3.10. TT: 107.20. CSP: 14.90. Tonic Guaia My Hero.

8.20 — QUITE THE WRITER (B. De Souza) 10-6F 1. Street Hunter 11-2 2. Gold Army 14-1 3. 8 ran. (W. Muir & C. Gosselin) 1s. 1s. Tote: 2.98. 1.20. 1.60. 3.70. Ex: 14.70. TT: 122.20. CSP: 13.20. NR: Fallout.

9.10 — ISALED CRIME (C. T. Keane) 17-2 1. Gawlet 5-2F 2. Kanda 4-1 2. 10 ran. (Harry Charlton) 1s. 2s. Tote: 10.90. 3.20. 1.20. 2.00. Ex: 40.30. TT: 173.80. CSP: 1.90. 1.70. 1.50. 1.50.

5-6F 2. Treble Bass 6-1 3. 12 ran. (C. Kevans) 2s. 1s. Tote: 4.50. 1.80. 1.10. 2.00. Ex: 8.40. TT: 29.50. CSP: 7.50.

7.50 — SHADOW ROAD (S. G. G.

8.20 — VICTORY ACE (MP. Bissett) 4-1 Co Fav 1. Bluebird 4-1 Co Fav 2. Angel Gabriel 4-1 Co Fav 2. 8 ran. (J. Butler) 4-1. 8. Tote: 5.00. 1.00. 1.85. 1.50. Ex: 25.80. Tr: 67.52. TT: 112.50. CSP: 20.10.

8.30 — CAPTAIN ROBERT (D. Wood) 7-2 (2nd Fav) 1. Desert Bells 5-6F 2. Roland Garros 29-1 3. 8 ran. (J. Parchasev) 1s. 2s. Tote: 4.50. 1.20. 1.20. 1.20. Ex: 25.80. Tr: 69.50. TT: 114.10. CSP: 8.21.

Plecopot E20.50. G'pot E3.60.

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足球

《每日邮报》体育版

71

作者：KIERAN GILL

在昨天 1-0 负于尤文图斯的友谊赛第 74 分钟，米哈伊洛·穆德里克终于从切尔西的替补席上站了起来，被派去独自热身。

对于这位乌克兰人来说，一点孤独感并不新鲜。穆德里克在被禁赛 600 天期间，已经习惯了独自训练。

到这个阶段，主教练哈维·阿隆索已经进行了 11 次换人——半场 7 次，65 分钟后又换了 4 次——我们不确定是否能看到这位 25 岁的球员自 2024 年 11 月以来首次登场。

然后突然之间，一切都改变了。突然，阿隆索叫来穆德里克并告诉他准备换装。突然，当他在第 82 分钟被换入场时，所有切尔西的队友都在鼓掌。突然，他再次成为一名足球运动员，在进入球场时指向天空。

很难想象穆德里克内心当时的感受。他背对着 43 号球衣——在他禁赛期间，在这位乌克兰国脚的祝福下，科尔·帕尔默接管了 10 号球衣——他同时也保持着一副完美的扑克脸。外在没有表现出太多的情绪。

然而，这正是穆德里克一直努力的目标。租用第七级别联赛 Oxbridge 的球场进行训练。在 Battersea Park 跑道进行冲刺训练。通过打板式网球 (padei) 来调节。付费每天与私人教练合作。

他甚至被允许在香港对阵尤文图斯的比赛中出场，这证明了教练在禁赛期间如何让穆德里克保持体能，希望他能尽快再次比赛。

在足球表现方面，穆德里克展现了速度依然存在的迹象，抢到了一个看似已经滚出底线准备发球门球的球。他作为球员回归后的第一次触球赢得了启德体育场的观众欢呼——尽管那次触球并非最出色，他的内切传球导致了球权丢失。

生疏是预料之中的。那些已经接触切尔西询问本赛季穆德里克计划的俱乐部会明白，耐心是必要的。最重要的收获是，这位 £8900 万 签约球员回来了。

穆德里克一直坚持认为，自从

ISAAN KHAN

在都柏林

基于阿森纳昨晚 3-1 负于皇家贝蒂斯的比赛，布鲁诺·吉马良斯的即将到来确实将是一个受欢迎的消息。

枪手计划在本周完成对纽卡斯尔队长那笔拖延已久的 £75 转会，最终为这场闹剧画上句号。吉马良斯正在等待许可，离开位于西班牙拉曼加的纽卡斯尔训练基地，以完成他前往北伦敦转会的正式手续。他会见了纽卡斯尔的新任主教练

走出阴影的穆德里克不再孤独

从一开始他就表示，他不知道禁药美多项是如何进入他体内的。切尔西相信他。据了解，这件事发生在 2024 年 9 月穆德里克随乌克兰国家队出征期间。

穆德里克能够回归足球场，是因为世界反兴奋剂机构测量美多项的方式发生了变化。他与英足总达成了一项决议，因为如果同一份样本在今天进行检测，他将不会出现阳性结果。

这次在香港的回归对穆德里克来说期待已久，在孤独的阴影中待了这么久之后，终于见到了一丝光亮。

在其他方面，丹尼·韦尔贝克在从布莱顿加盟后首次亮相。这位 35 岁的球员作为切尔西的前锋，很好地起到了支点作用，而若昂·佩德罗则被移至 No 10 角色。

尼古拉斯·杰克逊在半场休息时替换了韦尔贝克，但随后在穆德里克被换上场时，他自己也被换下，尽管这位 25, 岁的塞内加尔前锋表现出了一些精彩时刻，而他的未来同样悬而未决。

切尔西在这场友谊赛中指派了 21 名替补球员，这提醒人们在转会窗口关闭之前，他们仍需要清理一些球员。

与此同时，俱乐部已达成协议，以 £16.3 加上附加费签下巴列卡诺左后卫佩普·查瓦里亚。这位 28 岁的球员在 24 岁时仍在西班牙乙级联赛效力。

惨败的阿森纳需要布鲁诺……但也许不需要凯帕

马蒂亚斯·雅斯莱在周一会面，据了解他告诉这位德国人他想离开。吉马良斯上个月与枪手就个人条款达成一致，并告知纽卡斯尔，如果有合适的报价，他希望离开。阿森纳原本希望为这位将在 11 月年满 29 岁的巴西中场支付较低的费用，但纽卡斯尔起初要求最低 £8。里昂将因为吉马良斯合同中 20 per cent 的分成条款获得约 700 万英镑。

在以 3400 万英镑 签下来自俱乐部布鲁日的克里斯托斯·伊佐利斯以及自由转会加盟的伊兰·梅斯利尔之后，这将是阿森纳今夏的首个重磅签约。阿森纳并未就此止步，因为他们还在寻找一名左边锋，维尼修斯·儒尼奥尔位列其名单之首。不过，皇家马德里为了确保他的未来，已经提高了给这位巴西人的续约报价。这位 26 岁球员的合同将于明年夏天到期。阿森纳还想要一名中后卫。在吉马良斯接近完成转会的同时，中场球员克里斯蒂安·诺尔高已完成 700 万英镑 转会加盟埃弗顿。在都柏林，薄弱的后防线和门将凯帕·阿里萨巴拉加的失误导致阿森纳被势不可挡的贝蒂斯惩罚。在西班牙球队第 9 分钟的第一个进球中，凯帕漫无目的地冲出，在帕布罗·加西亚的角球时挥手乱抓且完全没碰到球。球落在了后点的罗德里戈·里奎尔梅脚下，后者用胸将球停下并射门得分。第二个进球凯帕

曼城火力全开，但重大决定在前方

JACK GAUGHAN

在韩国首尔

恩佐·马雷斯卡（ENZO MARESCA）希望首尔令人窒息的酷热能帮助曼城球员在下周日赛季开始前进入状态。在最近的一场友谊赛中，赖安·艾特-努里（Rayan Ait-Nouri）、蒂贾尼·赖因德斯（Tijjani Reijnders）和迪文·穆巴马（Divin Mubama）的进球帮助曼城以 3-1 击败了 K 联赛全明星队；而当天韩国首都的居民被告知应留在室内，因为气温达到了 38℃。马雷斯卡的部下展现出了新任主教练试图实施的比赛模式的迹象。但关键问题依然存在，尤其是在中场。马特奥·科瓦契奇（Mateo Kovace）本周对自己的未来充满信心，这位 32 岁的球员声称他从未从曼城那里感觉到自己在这个夏天可能会离开。这给俱乐部带来了一个难题。随着 1110 万 英镑签约的埃利奥特·安德森（Elliot Anderson）准备在 8 月 18 日对阵阿森纳的社区盾杯之前加入球队，以及对里尔球员艾尤布·布阿迪（Ayyoub Bouaddi）的引进在推进中，

中场球员过于拥挤。上赛季末的消息来源暗示，曼城将听取关于尼科·冈萨雷斯（Nico Gonzalez）的报价，而赖因德斯在诺丁汉森林队的关注下出场了 60 分钟。这使得曼城面临一些重大决定，即使罗德里（Rodri）完成了向皇家马德里的转会。在球场更前方的位置，几家英冠俱乐部正在权衡前锋穆巴马的租借报价，他在本季季前赛中完成了第二次抢点式进球。这位 21 岁球员在前场的领导方式为马雷斯卡本赛季如何部署埃尔林·哈兰德（Erling Haaland）提供了一些线索。与此同时，这位意大利教练对边锋的使用让安托万·塞门约（Antoine Semenyo）感到欣喜，他透露自己很喜欢马雷斯卡在斯坦福桥执教时，切尔西的边路球员保持高位的方式。这位加纳国脚引起了关注，他的直接风格显然受到了新老板的青睐。塞门约在两个边翼都有所表现，并且希望在自己的比赛中增加

更多的一点神秘感。

失球，来自内尔森·德奥萨（Nelson Deossa）的一次精彩远射，并非失误，但在之前的过程中他犯了一个错误，他的糟糕解围最终让德奥萨获得机会得分。在半场结束前，这位西班牙人再次被一次令人印象深刻的禁区外射门击败，前西汉姆球员帕布罗·福纳尔斯（Pablo Fornals）在皮耶罗·因卡皮耶（Piero Hincapie）头球进球后将比分改写为 3-1。这引发了一个问题，即阿森纳是否会在这个转会窗口出售凯帕（Kepa），因为他们已经签下了梅斯利埃（Meslier）作为另一名替补门将。

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72 《每日邮报》体育 足球

Mo's Turkish delight!

利物浦传奇飞抵土耳其，敲定加盟特拉布宗体育

MOHAMED Salah 在抵达伊斯坦布尔准备震惊地加盟这家土耳其俱乐部时，被特拉布宗体育的球迷们簇拥。在这位前利物浦球星乘坐私人飞机抵达后，支持者们聚集在此翘首以待。

这位埃及球员被拍到身穿一件特拉布宗体育球衣，上面印有他的名字和数字 61，这是特拉布宗的地区代码，被用作这座城市和该俱乐部的象征。

俱乐部发布了一段 Salah 向球迷喊话的视频。“特拉布宗，你们准备好了吗，我能听到你们的声音，”他说，“很快见。”

这些影像是在这位 34 岁的球员开始从希腊米科诺斯岛启程时发布的，他在代表埃及参加世界杯后一直在那里度假。

作者：MICHAEL PAVITT

在同意撕毁利物浦合同的最后一年后， 成为一名自由球员。

特拉布宗体育曾邀请其支持者付费加入 飞行的直播。他于昨天上午 10. 30 左右乘坐私人飞机离开米科诺斯机场。

据了解，土耳其巨头贝西克塔斯曾是 的首选，但谈判于上周停滞。

特拉布宗体育在周二透露了他们的兴趣，俱乐部在 X 上告知其 190 万 关注者他的行程安排，并告诉球迷将准备好欢迎计划。

俱乐部还分享了一段 17 秒的 AI 视频，镜头从金字塔扫过群山，最后看向 Papara Park，这是他们拥有 41,000 个座位的体育场。

自从 3 月宣布他将离开利物浦以来， 的未来一直是关注的焦点。

在 Al Ittihad 于 2023. 年开出 £150 的报价后，许多人认为他会前往沙特阿拉伯。但特拉布宗体育现在准备签下这位边锋，他上赛季与红军主帅 Arne Slot 闹翻而广为人知。

这家土耳其球队上赛季在顶级联赛中排名第三，落后于费内巴切，比冠军加拉塔萨赖少 8 分。他们将在本月晚些时候参加欧联杯附加赛，争夺一个进入联赛阶段的名额。

是利物浦历史上进球第三多的球员，共打入 257 球，出于对这家默西赛德郡俱乐部的尊重，他在赛季结束前未与任何球队进行谈判。

他的经纪人 Ramy Abbas 反复坚持称尚未决定任何事情，并在世界杯期间重申了这一立场。但自从从北美返回后，他与感兴趣方的谈判加快了。

以其专业精神而闻名，并自信能够在他 30 岁以后仍保持高水平的竞技状态。在 2024 / 25 赛季，当 Slot 的球队在该荷兰人的首个赛季赢得英超冠军时，他在各项赛事中打入 34 球，但他在上个学期的水平有所下降，仅 12 次破门。

利物浦尚未找到替代这位曾三次被评为 PPA 年度最佳球员的人选，巴黎圣日耳曼边锋 Bradley Barcola 是他们最有可能签入的高知名度球员。

巴西在肝移植救命后回归

作者：TAMARA PRENN

艾伦·巴西 (ALAN BRAZIL) 在坦诚地回到 talkSPORT 节目中时透露，正是医生为他的肝移植找到了“完美匹配”，才让他免于陷入仅剩“几周生命”的境地。

这位广播员在接受挽救生命的手术四个月后，于昨日重新回到了直播中。

“我不想让大家感到无聊，但发生的事情真的很神奇，”巴西告诉共同主持人 Gabby Agboniahor。“前一分钟我还在这里 [主持节目]，我在 9.45am 结束工作，外面停着一辆车，我当时在想：‘怎么回事？’。然后直接前往

阿登布鲁克斯医院 (Addenbrooke's Hospital)，几个小时后——砰地一声。他们把一个新的肝脏植入了进去。

“我的肝脏确实患有癌症，我们几个月以来一直怀疑这一点，但他们不想贸然进入触碰或搅动它，以免导致扩散。他们说出现了一个完美匹配，否则我可能还在等待。那可能会非常痛苦。

“我太幸运了，我到了那里，他们说：‘我们找到了一个，看起来很完美，所以我们现在就手术’。”

巴西补充说，他当时已经到了这样一个阶段，如果没能快速进行移植，那就只能说“再见”了。

“我没意识到情况已经那么极端，但事实确实如此，”他补充道。“他们告诉我：‘再过两周你就没命了’。我确实出现了一些并发症，我的心脏停止跳动了 40 秒。我说：‘你们是不是用了旧的跳线启动电极？’。”

这位 67 岁的苏格兰人曾效力于伊普斯威奇、托特纳姆热刺和曼联，他说人们发来的信息支撑着他走下去。

“我还没有 100% 恢复，但听着，无论发生什么，即使没有进一步好转，也是一种额外奖励，”他补充道。“因为我原本已经没救了。”

皇马再次尝试留住阿森纳目标维尼修斯

■ 皇家马德里正在等待维尼修斯 (Vinicius Jr) 的回复，此前他们为这位阿森纳的目标球员提供了一份改进后的合同，年薪高达 £1900 万 以上。这位巴西边锋与西甲俱乐部的现有合同将于明年夏天到期，而枪手队已让他知道，如果他未能与这家西班牙巨头达成协议，他们愿意介入。在 26 岁球员的经纪人、总经理 Jose Angel Sanchez 和首席球探之间进行的谈判

窗前观察 (WINDOW WATCH)

作者：SIMON JONES

Juni Calafat 昨天在马德里进行了会面。主教练若泽·穆里尼奥还强调，维尼修斯在他的计划之中。

■ 马德里竞技准备在克里斯蒂安·罗梅罗与国际米兰进行谈判后，明确表达他们对这位热刺后卫的兴趣。西班牙人正在讨论将左后卫马特奥·鲁格里以 1970 万英镑m 的价格出售给阿斯顿维拉，前提是这位 24 岁的球员同意离开。马德里竞技还在将右后卫纳胡埃尔·莫利纳出售给罗马，

两笔交易的合计费用将用于向罗梅罗发起一项 3000 万英镑m 的报价。

■ 热刺边锋迈基·摩尔已同意以赛季租借形式加盟德国俱乐部科隆，而热刺前锋梅森·梅利亚，18, 在租借前已在林肯城完成了体检。

■ 切尔西后卫特雷沃·查洛巴昨天在意甲球队科莫进行了体检，准备进行拟议中的 2600 万英镑m 转会，另加 510 万英镑m 的附加费。查洛巴，27, 已同意一份为期五年的合同。

■ 曼联将以 1400 万英镑m 的价格将门将拉德克·维特克出售给米德尔斯堡，交易包括 35% 的分成条款、匹配权和回购选项。门将阿尔泰·巴因迪尔将

以赛季租借形式加盟塞尔塔，并附带 350 万英镑m 的买断选项。西班牙人将全额支付其薪水。

■ 考文垂城已与北雪兰员达成一项 2600 万英镑m 的协议以签下卡莱布·弗伦基克。这位加纳中场，20, 已获准前往完成转会。

■ 前布莱顿后卫乔尔·费尔特曼已在西汉姆联完成体检，并将签署一份为期两年的合同。这位 34 岁的球员在今年夏天离开了布莱顿，此前还收到了法国斯特拉斯堡队的报价。

■ 水晶宫在试训成功后准备签下前阿森纳后卫富阶刚。这位 27, 球员于周二完成了体检。老鹰队仍对切尔西的法国后卫阿埃尔·迪萨西感兴趣。

■ 阿森纳中场克里斯蒂安·诺尔高在完成 700 万英镑m 的转会前，已在埃弗顿进行了体检。

■ 伯恩利与自由球员门将本·阿莫斯签署了一份为期一年的合同。阿莫斯，36, 在今年夏天早些时候离开了波特维尔。

■ 伯恩茅斯前锋丹尼尔·杰比森正吸引着普雷斯顿、热那亚和汉堡的关注。

■ 斯旺西前锋凯雷尔·威尔逊以未公开的费用加盟比利时球队根特。天鹅队接近达成以 520 万英镑m 签下瓦伦西亚进攻型中场安德烈·阿尔梅达的协议。该交易包括 220 万英镑m 的附加费以及一项分成条款。

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他的行为是我见过的最卑劣、最欺骗且最胆怯地追求私利的行为

直言不讳： 菲戈认为 足球只有在 因凡蒂诺辞去 主席职务后 才能繁荣

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我可以写 10,000 字来讲述国际足联的问题，但解决方案只需要三个词——因凡蒂诺必须走人。

我一生都热爱足球。我做了 20 年的职业球员。请相信我，在我的职业生涯中，我见过一些无赖。

但在过去十天里，我所看到的揭露之举，是我见过的最卑劣、最欺骗且最胆怯地追求私利的行为。

一个会这样做的人——一个试图强行推动如此重大变革仅仅是为了让自己和朋友获利的人——是足球过去时代的残余，不应在它的未来中占据任何位置。

如果这是一个如此好的主意，为什么不在世界杯决赛前，当你把成员们全部聚集在一个房间里时告诉他们？

如果这是一个如此稳健的计划，为什么不告诉你的成员们风险所在，以及你所描述的

路易斯·菲戈 (LUIS FIGO)

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利益？如果这个方案如此显而易见，为什么不诚实地告知，它最终将为你提供一份年薪 3000万美元-a-year (2230 万英镑m) 的工作？

但这一切都没有做到，因为这不是个好主意。当你未能透明地披露私募股权始终追求的那些令人窒息的回报时，这绝非稳健。

当你未能解释一旦你出售了股份，它就永远消失了，并且你剥夺了你的继任者拥有世界杯所有权的权利时，这绝非大胆。

当你未能提及，在你将世界杯的领导权像盘中餐一样呈给你在华盛顿特区的朋友们之后，他们将给你一份薪水是你目前五倍的工作时，这绝非诚实。

考虑到吉安尼·因凡蒂诺（Gianni Infantino）给足球声誉带来的种种侵害，这一切都并不令人惊讶。从暂停并撤销纪律决定，到为了中场表演而违反比赛规则，没有什么能阻碍他讨好朋友。

当你读到约旦足协主席阿里·本·侯赛因王子（Prince Ali bin Hussein）的评论时，这同样不令人惊讶，他强调了因凡蒂诺领导下的国际足联（FIFA）那种像暴民一样的行为，阻碍其足协的工作和资金，以确保获得一封提名信，从而让这种可怕的私利统治得以延续。

足球确实需要一场关于金钱的讨论。但不是讨论那些可能流向投资者或用于臃肿的管理层薪水的钱。

我指的是应该花在建设球场和培训教练上的钱，以确保世界上每个孩子都有机会爱上这个星球上最美丽的运动。

首先，我指的是国际足联储备金中的 50亿美元 (37亿英镑)。在这场肮脏且阴险的阴谋中，这笔钱能买多少股份？全部！所以毕竟不需要外部投资。这个计划——就像之前的欧洲超级联赛一样——在支持者还没理顺其宣传口径之前，就被媒体揭露了每一个阴险的转折而瓦解。谢天谢地它确实瓦解了。

因凡蒂诺贬低了他承诺要提升的国际足联主席这一职位。他撒谎、欺骗，并试图以他本应服务的这项运动为代价来中饱私囊。

他失去了高级职员、最亲密顾问以及绝大多数致力于这项运动的人的支持，甚至看来连国际足联和平奖获得者唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）也失去了支持。挽救他的尊严已经太晚，但挽救足球还不晚。他应该走人。现在就走。

路易斯·菲戈（Luis Figo）在里斯本竞技、巴塞罗那、皇家马德里和国际米兰的辉煌俱乐部生涯中参加了近 800 场比赛。他还代表葡萄牙国家队出场 127 次，并自 2017 年起担任欧足联（UEFA）足球顾问。

快乐时光：2016 年，菲戈（左）在与因凡蒂诺的一场传奇赛中微笑 GETTY IMAGES

因凡蒂诺试图在危机峰会上死撑

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正在领导这场针对因凡蒂诺的战争。在被视为试图集结支持并死守权力的绝望尝试中，因凡蒂诺在对其出售FIFA赛事股份提议引发剧烈反弹之际，召集高级官员在摩洛哥举行会议。FIFA首席运营官凯文·拉穆尔表示，他被该项目“欺骗”了，而包括全球足球发展主管阿尔塞纳·温格在内的其他人也与该计划保持距离。据内部人士透露，员工士气处于“最低点”，秘书长马蒂亚斯·格拉夫斯特伦在给员工的内部邮件中提到“一系列令人悲哀且应受谴责的事件”，并意味深长地写道：“个人、不稳定的时刻和不幸的片段总会来来去去。”

曾任FIFA主席候选人的菲戈开篇写道：“关于FIFA的问题，我可以写10,000字，但解决方案只需要三个词——因凡蒂诺必须走人。我一生热爱足球。我做了20年的职业球员。请相信我，在我的职业生涯中见过一些无赖。但在过去十天里我所看到的揭露，是我见过的最卑劣、最欺骗且最胆怯的自私行为。那个会这么做的人——那个为了让自己和朋友获利而试图强推如此重大变革的人——是足球过去时代的残余，不应在它的未来中占据任何位置。”

随后，菲戈因缺乏透明度而抨击因凡蒂诺，质问道：“如果这是一个如此好的主意，为什么不在世界杯决赛前把成员们全部召集在一个房间里时告诉他们？为什么不对这件事诚实——这件事将为你提供一份每年3000万美元-a-year (2230 万英镑m)的工作？”

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作者：Kieran Gill

在上赛季最后一场比赛——以1-0战胜埃弗顿并确保留在英超联赛后，罗伯托·德泽尔比在托特纳姆热刺球场的办公室里。

德泽尔比当天的任务尚未完成。他有需要追求的转会目标，例如布莱顿的扬·保罗·范赫克，于是他开始给他的前球员发短信。

“在埃弗顿比赛后，关于JP，我发了条信息：‘滚蛋。当你给乔治尼奥·鲁特尔助攻时，你想为了布莱顿而打压托特纳姆。现在你得来找我。Yes还是yes？你没得选，’”德泽尔比告诉我们。

“比赛结束后，就在我的更衣室里，在托特纳姆球场的办公室里，我先给我女儿发了信息，然后是JP”

范赫克曾为布莱顿在4月份对阵托特纳姆的补时绝平球贡献助攻，那场2-2的平局让德泽尔比仅剩五场比赛来避免降级。

德泽尔比的忙碌夏天...

入队

• 9200万欧元 S Tonali (纽卡斯尔)
• 8500万欧元 M Fernandes (西汉姆联)
• 5200万欧元 JP van Hecke (布莱顿)
• 自由转会 A Robertson (利物浦)
• 自由转会 M Senesi (伯恩茅斯)
• 自由转会 M Dubravka (伯恩利)

出队

• 4600万欧元 L Vuskovic (布莱顿)
• 1000万欧元 W Lankshear (博罗)
• 800万欧元 T Thompson (曼联)
• 800万欧元 A Veitz (巴伊亚)
• 600万欧元 A Devine (普雷斯顿)
• 租借 R Dragusin (佛罗伦萨)

热刺幸存了下来，现在他们以£5200 万从布莱顿签下了范赫克，并两次打破转会纪录——分别以8500 万英镑m签下西汉姆联的马特乌斯·费尔南德斯，以及以1 亿英镑m签下纽卡斯尔的桑德罗·托纳利——并分别从利物浦和伯恩茅斯免费签下了安迪·罗伯逊和马科斯·塞内西。德泽尔比告诉我们他还没有完成，将俱乐部的夏季交易描述为“60 per cent”完成。

与德泽尔比共处一段时间后，你很快就会明白为什么这么多大牌球员同意加入热刺的重启计划。《每日邮报》体育部有幸与他共处了一个多小时，地点是在澳大利亚洲际酒店内设立的一个临时董事会会议室，距离悉尼歌剧院仅几步之遥。

大多数教练厌恶转会窗口，但这位

拯救热刺赛季的酒精晚餐，为何俱乐部今夏必须大手笔投入，以及他为签下范赫克而进行的粗口游说！

罗伯托·德泽尔比 坦谈托特纳姆热刺的大逃亡及其打破纪录的挥霍式投入

德泽尔比将自己描述为“鲨鱼”。他说：“如果教练给球员打电话，你可以在开始时建立一种特殊的联系，因为球员知道你是这次转会的关键，而且也许这名球员会觉得需要给你更多回报，而不是由约翰·兰格（热刺体育总监）给球员打电话。”

“关于马特乌斯·费尔南德斯，我和他的父母，他的母亲和父亲谈过了。我的工作中最重要的就是我作为一个男人所建立的关系。没有这种关系，我无法开展工作。没有关系，你就无法踢出好的足球和良好的比赛风格。这其中 20% 是教练，80% 是人格。”

“现在我们要引进顶级球员以保持竞争力。我不知道是否能赢，但肯定是为了变得更好，并且比过去两个赛季在英超联赛中的结果更好。”

“罗伯逊是个赢家。JP，也许你不知道，但他是个赢家，一个领导者。托纳利是个赢家。你怎么想？我是为了引进准备好赢球的球员而奋斗，还是不？”

德泽尔比的助手恩里科·文图雷利，一个讨人喜欢的家伙，也参加了这次采访，以防他需要一点英语方面的帮助。

关于与托特纳姆热刺高层的合作感受，德泽尔比继续说道：“这是我与董事会之间最好的联系。同样

在被出售的球员方面。对于（卢卡）武科夫斯基，是我们共同决定的。”

“武科夫斯基（加盟布莱顿）的请求，我和维奈（文卡特舍姆，首席执行官）以及约翰一起商量，因为我把俱乐部的钱视为我的

发财机会：理查森在悉尼对阵切尔西打入绝杀球后，被热刺球员簇拥 AFP

钱。就像老板是我父亲一样。你不想要求你的父亲花钱或亏钱，如果我们引进一名球员，或者卖掉一名球员，我们是一个家庭。好，我们在花钱，但我们是为了计划、为了项目而花钱。”

“现在的顶级俱乐部并不担心出售球员。不。即使是皇家马德里、巴塞罗那、拜仁慕尼黑，当他们要卖的时候，他们就会卖。合适的价格。你不需要害羞。但当你需要花钱时，你就得这么做。强力、快速、迅速地锁定正确的球员，进行正确的投资。”

在英超联赛连续获得第 17 名后，热刺采取了果断行动。德泽尔比坚称，即使球队降级，他也会留下，而降级确实是一种可能性。在这位 47 岁意大利人的执教下，他们输掉了首场联赛，在桑德兰主场 0-1 落败。

“在桑德兰之战后，我在更衣室里看到了球员们，”

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德泽尔比回忆道。“我没在新闻发布会上告诉你们，但当时的情况是这样的：所有人都在哭，躺在地上。我说，‘我们没死吧？’我试图传递积极情绪，并尝试从另一个角度观察局面。我很坦诚。训练基地里的人们感到悲伤且消极。”

“在桑德兰之战后的第一天，我组织了一次（与员工的）会议，

没有球员参加，我说，‘第一个让我看到说负面话的人，我会立刻让你回家。我不想看到任何人悲伤、消极、哭泣。如果你保持积极，我向你保证我们会在一起。’这是另一个关键部分，因为球员们与这些人生活在一起。”

当被问及在桑德兰之战后如何激励崩溃的球员时，德泽尔比透露：“在梅费尔的 Bacchanalia 餐厅举行了一次盛大的晚餐——带有酒精。酒精是良药。只要你正常且严肃地享受。而不是像傻瓜一样。我相信团结在一起。”

“然后，我每天向他们传递我的看法。我认为他们当时认为自己比人们想象的更糟糕。但其实是有机会保级并获胜的。”

“在体育运动中，球员和教练之间，如果你拥有尊重和价值观，情况会好得多；而有了爱、友谊和关怀，你就能变得顶尖，顶尖，顶尖。尊重是正常的。如果我相信你，情况会好得多。但如果我爱你，你将变得不可思议。”

安东宁·金斯基是那些将从德泽尔比的信任中获益的人之一，这位热刺主帅确认这位捷克人将成为他的首选门将。在3月份欧冠联赛负于马德里竞技的比赛中，当时热刺 3-0 落后，金斯基在仅出场 17 分钟后就被时任主教练伊戈尔·图多尔尴尬地换下。在上周六于悉尼举行的季前友谊赛中，热刺 2-1 击败切尔西，这位 23 岁的球员是表现最好的球员。

“作为一名球员，作为一名在校学生，当我感受到与老师、与教练的关系时，我会全力以赴，”德泽尔比说。“如果我感受不到这种联系，如果我感到他没有赏识我，我就会封闭自己，我们之间就会开始一场战争。”

德泽尔比表示，在接管热刺后，他举行了“100万次”个人会谈，其中一些是与那些可能在今年夏天有意离开的球员进行的。他告诉我们，他给他们的信息是：“帮我挺住，然后我会帮你离开。如果你不帮我挺住，那么你就和我一起沉在水底。”

他赞扬了克里斯蒂安·罗梅罗的反应，称其“不可思议”，虽然这位热刺队长仍有可能离开，但他将在感激中离开。他给像杰德（Djed）这样的人传递的信息是

如果我相信你，那就更好。如果我爱你，你将变得不可思议

斯彭斯和卢卡斯·贝格瓦尔（Lucas Bergvall）是：“如果你想留下，我希望你留下。如果你不想留下，你就得离开。

‘如果你想离开，去和维奈（Vinai）和约翰（Johan）谈。我不管理价格和出售。我可以和维奈和约翰讨论最佳策略，但我并不决定——3000 万英镑m、4000 万英镑m，这不是我的职责。当一名教练已经足够艰难，我想继续担任教练。’

德泽尔比（De Zerbi）坚称自己不是一个纪律至上主义者。“他们必须在没有规则的情况下做他们想做的事，”他补充道。“我不喜欢规则。我读过一本书，书里写道创意人士不遵守规则。我想要有创造力的球员。”

如果有人背叛了他的信任怎么办？“你想知道什么？是我会揍那个球员吗？不会，但我知道在必须采取行动时要变得更强。”

德泽尔比对于包括佩普·瓜迪奥拉（Pep Guardiola）和恩佐·马雷斯卡（Enzo Maresca）在内的几位教练表达对他工作的钦佩感到受宠若惊。

“我会变得害羞，”他说。“我想我永远不会习惯这一点。我们很幸运，因为我们是从足球的底层（s***）开始的。”

德泽尔比赢得了领导热刺这次重启的机会，尽管经历了两个糟糕的赛季，热刺仍然是英超最大的俱乐部之一。

一小时后，我们握手告别，各自离去——我们理解了为什么这么多足球运动员热爱这位主教练，而他则渴望回到工作中。

库卢塞夫斯基离康复更近一步

作者：MATT BARLOW

德扬·库卢塞夫斯基（DEJAN KULUSEVSKI）在继续漫长的伤愈复出之路上，被拍到在进行带球训练。

这位热刺中场由于严重的膝盖受伤，自2025年5月以来一直没有出场，他出现在俱乐部昨天发布的（上方）热刺训练场视频片段中。

1月份遭受大腿受伤且此后未曾出场的穆罕默德·库杜斯（Mohammed Kudus），在视频中也被看到在进行带球训练。

库卢塞夫斯基的进展将令球迷兴奋，但他尚未与一线队一起训练，预计不会很快回归赛场。这位26岁的球员在长期缺阵后将谨慎地逐步恢复，主教练罗伯托·德泽尔比（Roberto De Zerbi）不希望通过设定回归目标而给这位瑞典国脚施加不必要的压力。库卢塞夫斯基在去年5月11日对阵水晶宫的比赛中受伤，就在热刺在欧联杯决赛击败曼联的10天前。他接受了手术，并戴着沉重的腿部支具参加了在毕尔巴鄂以1-0获胜的比赛。

最初，热刺希望他能在12月回归，但库卢塞夫斯基在开始训练时感到膝盖疼痛。

一系列注射未能解决这个顽固问题，因此他在3月又进行了一次小手术以清理关节内的碎片，最终导致他缺席了整个上赛季，以及瑞典队的世界杯征程和热刺的新西兰及澳大利亚季前巡回赛。

在巡回赛期间，德泽尔比表示：“健康的库卢塞夫斯基是我们阵容中最好的球员之一。我不希望给他太大压力来加速康复进程，但我希望他能尽早可用。” 尽管仍有一段路要走，但他回归训练的证据将在热刺支持者展望新赛季之际给他们带来鼓舞。

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随着国际足联（FIFA）主席在为保住职位而战，路易斯·菲戈（LUIS FIGO）成为了最新一名要求吉安尼·因凡蒂诺（Gianni Infantino）辞职的足球界巨头。

在为《每日邮报》体育版撰写的一篇极具冲击力的文章中，这位葡萄牙传奇球员进一步向承受压力的国际足联主席施压，他将因凡蒂诺目前已中止的世界杯出售计划描述为“我所见过的最卑劣、最欺骗且最懦弱的自私行为”，以及一个“肮脏且阴险的阴谋”。

昨日，在菲戈的猛烈抨击发表后不久，因凡蒂诺抵达位于摩洛哥拉巴特的国际足联总部参加危机会议。这位前

现请阅读菲戈的爆炸性专栏

巴塞罗那和皇家马德里球星最初在 2015 年支持因凡蒂诺，如今他称这位瑞士人是一个“不应参与足球未来的骗子”，并指责他犯下了“一系列滥用职权的行为”。

他提到了在世界杯红卡之后暂停美国前锋福拉林·巴洛根（Folarin Balogun）禁赛的决定，以及决赛期间“违反比赛规则”的中场表演。

菲戈写道：“因凡蒂诺贬低了他承诺要提升的国际足联主席一职。他撒谎、欺骗，并试图以他本应服务的这项运动为代价来中饱私囊。”

53 岁的菲戈被视为欧足联（UEFA）主席亚历山大·切莱林（Aleksander Celerin）的潜在继任者，而欧足联

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贾斯勒：我完全相信纽卡斯尔的雄心

作者：MICHAEL PAVITT

马蒂亚斯·贾斯勒（MATHIAS JAISSLE）在被确认接替埃迪·豪（Eddie Howe）执掌圣詹姆斯公园球场后，坚称他“毫无保留地”相信纽卡斯尔的雄心。这位德国教练来自沙特职业联赛的阿赫利队，他曾带领该队在 2025 年和 2026 年获得亚冠冠军，且与纽卡斯尔一样，该队由沙特阿拉伯公共投资基金所有。

贾斯勒在圣詹姆斯公园球场经历动荡的夏天之际到来，豪在执掌五年后离职，多名球星也相继离开。安东尼·戈登（Anthony Gordon）和桑德罗·托纳利（Sandro Tonali）分别加盟巴塞罗那和托特纳姆热刺，而队长布鲁诺·吉马良斯（Bruno Guimaraes）即将以 £7500 万 的价格转会阿森纳。

但 38 岁的贾斯勒强调，纽卡斯尔拥有“清晰的愿景”。他说：“当纽卡斯尔联向你伸出橄榄枝时，你一定会关注。俱乐部的雄心、对未来的愿景以及前方的机遇，使这里成为了一个极具吸引力的地方。”

“我完全且毫无保留地相信这个项目，相信俱乐部的雄心和发展方向。这里有清晰的愿景、强有力的领导力以及一个卓越的建设平台。”

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• 在索伦托乡村享用正宗的农场午餐
• 由旅行经理陪同

*起价基于 23, 2026 从伦敦斯坦斯特机场出发。 ¹入住 Michelangelo 酒店仅提供床位及早餐。

科莫湖、米兰与伯尔尼纳快车大巡游

11 天，每人 £2,399* 起

• 2026 年 9 月至 2027 年 10 月期间的指定出发日期
• 往返机票、大巴旅行及接送服务
• 十晚三星至四星级床位及早餐住宿，外加七顿晚餐
• 游览米兰、蒙扎，乘坐私人游船横跨科莫湖参观巴尔比亚内洛别墅和贝拉焦，圣莫里茨，马焦雷湖上的斯特雷萨，美丽岛，卢加诺，卡洛塔别墅及花园
• 乘坐伯尔尼纳快车的景观之旅
• 由旅行经理陪同

*起价基于 7, 2027 从伦敦盖特威克机场出发。

本页行程由 Riviera Travel 提供，并提供以下保证：

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假期由 Riviera Travel 运营并受其预订条件约束，ABTA V4744，ATOL 3430 受保护，该公司独立于 Associated Newspapers Ltd 和 Mail Travel。价格为每人价格，基于两人合住，且视供应情况而定。*2026, 9 月 1 日至 30 11 月 2026 出发的指定陪同游每人可节省 £200，适用于 7, 2026. 起的新预订。显示价格已包含折扣。Riviera Travel 保留随时撤回或修改此优惠的权利。

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布达佩斯、布拉迪斯拉发与维也纳：多瑙河探索之旅

5 天，每人 £1,199* 起

• 2026 年 11 月和 2027 年 11 月的指定出发日期
• 四晚五星级全食宿河巡航住宿，外加免费饮料套餐*
• 游览布达佩斯、布拉迪斯拉发和维也纳
• 巡航总监和巡航主持人的服务

*起价基于 10, 2026 从伦敦卢顿机场出发，随后登上 MS Riviera Radiance 号。

杜罗河、波尔图与萨拉曼卡

8 天，每人 £1,899* 起

• 2026 年 11 月至 2027 年 11 月期间的指定出发日期
• 七晚五星级全食宿河巡航住宿，外加免费饮料套餐**
• 游览罗德里戈城堡、马特乌斯宫花园、拉梅戈，观看一场弗拉门戈表演，前往波尔图进行品酒，以及在典型的葡萄牙 quinta 庄园进行品鉴
• 巡航总监的服务

*起价基于 5, 2026 从伦敦卢顿机场出发，随后登上 MS Douro Elegance 号。

瑞士莱茵河巡航

8 天，每人 £1,799* 起

• 2026 年 9 月至 2027 年 10 月期间的指定出发日期
• 往返机票或欧洲之星、大巴旅行及接送服务
• 七晚五星级全食宿河巡航住宿（若选择全天远足则除一次午餐外），外加免费饮料套餐**
• 游览斯特拉斯堡、科布伦茨、吕德斯海姆和施派尔，乘车穿过黑森林前往弗赖堡，卢塞恩，伯尔尼高地和布赖萨赫
• 巡航总监和巡航主持人的服务

*起价基于 24, 2026 从伦敦希思罗机场出发，随后登上 MS Emily Brontë 号。

勃艮第、罗讷河与普罗旺斯

8 天起，每人 £1,999* 起

• 2027年4月至10月期间选定出发日期
• 往返航班或欧洲之星 (Eurostar)、大巴旅行及接送服务
• 七晚五星级全包河 cruise 住宿，另含免费饮品套餐**
• 游览及参观里昂、博讷、维耶讷，在 Tain-l'Hermitage 品酒，阿尔代什峡谷 (Ardèche Gorges)，马德莱娜洞穴 (Grotte de la Madeleine) 或薰衣草博物馆，阿尔勒、阿尔勒的罗马历史或梵高的生活与作品，加尔桥，阿维尼翁及教皇宫或圣贝内泽桥，以及阿维尼翁小火车之旅
• 航次总监及航次主持人的服务

*起步价基于 2027年10月28日 从伦敦希思罗机场出发，随后登上 MS Thomas Hardy 号。

巴黎、诺曼底与塞纳河历史瑰宝

11 天起，每人 £3,299* 起

• 2026年10月至2027年9月期间选定出发日期
• 往返航班或欧洲之星 (Eurostar)、大巴旅行及接送服务
• 10 晚五星级全包河 cruise 住宿（除一次午餐外），另含免费饮品套餐**
• 游览及参观巴黎、奥维尔-叙尔瓦兹、鲁昂、诺曼底登陆海滩或诺曼底风情、翁弗勒或埃特雷塔，考德贝克及塞纳河博物馆 (MuséoSeine) 或修道院路，吉维尼和韦尔农，拉罗什-居永，凡尔赛和巴黎
• 航次总监及航次主持人的服务

*起步价基于 2027年8月7日 从伦敦盖特威克机场出发，随后登上 MS Jane Austen 号。

本页上的航次由 Riviera Travel 提供，并提供以下保障：

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Histdays 由 Riviera Travel (ABTA V4744, ATOL 3430 保护) 运营并受其预订条款约束，该公司独立于 Associated Newspapers Ltd 和 Mail Travel。价格为每人价格，基于两人合住，且视供应情况而定。选定 2026年10月和11月出发的行程每人最高可节省 £450。请于 2026年8月26日 前预订。显示价格已包含折扣。*2026年和2027年的河 cruise 在船上上午 10 点至午夜期间包含无限量饮品（提供选定饮品）。Riviera Travel 保留随时撤回或修改此优惠的权利。价格为印刷时价格。

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多伦多、尼亚加拉大瀑布及落基山登山者号 (Rocky Mountaineer) 从班夫至温哥华 & 阿拉斯加内航道

16 天起，每人 £5,079* 起

• 2027年5月至9月期间选定出发日期
• 往返航班、境内航班及接送服务
• 多伦多三晚四星级住宿
• 尼亚加拉大瀑布全天游，包括午餐、景点及体验入场费 / 门票，包括乘坐尼亚加拉城市游轮 (Niagara City Cruises) 的航程
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停靠港口：加拿大温哥华 – 巡航内航道 – 巡航特雷西手臂湾 (Tracy Arm Inlet) – 阿拉斯加朱诺 – 阿拉斯加斯凯格韦 – 巡航冰河湾 – 阿拉斯加凯奇坎 – 巡航内航道 – 加拿大温哥华。

*起步价基于 2027年5月29日 从曼彻斯特出发。

拉斯维加斯、旧金山 & 夏威夷群岛

23 天，每人 £1,899* 起

• 2027 年 2 月至 10 月期间的指定出发日期
• 往返机票及接送服务
• 拉斯维加斯三晚四星级住宿
• 旧金山两晚四星级住宿
• Ruby Princess 号邮轮上 16 晚全包住宿

停靠港口：美国旧金山 – 夏威夷考艾岛 (Nawiliwili) – 夏威夷卡胡卢伊 – 夏威夷檀香山 – 夏威夷科纳 – 墨西哥恩塞纳达 – 美国旧金山。

*起步价基于 2027 年 2 月 7 日从伦敦出发。

从班夫到温哥华的 Rocky Mountaineer，级联山脉及道斯冰川阿拉斯加之旅

16 天，每人 £5,299* 起

• 2027 年 5 月至 9 月期间的指定出发日期
• 往返机票、从温哥华到西雅图的 Amtrak 火车及指定接送服务
• 班夫 (两晚)、卡姆卢普斯 (一晚) 和温哥华 (一晚) 的住宿
• 在 Rocky Mountaineer 的 SilverLeaf 服务中从班夫前往温哥华的天数，包含早餐、午餐以及免费的酒精和非酒精饮料及零食
• 温哥华的若干晚四星级住宿
• 西雅图的若干晚四星级住宿
• Celebrity Edge 号邮轮上七晚全包住宿，包含全包饮料和 Wi-Fi

停靠港口：美国西雅图 – 阿拉斯加凯奇坎 – 巡航恩迪科特臂 – 巡航道斯冰川 – 阿拉斯加朱诺 – 阿拉斯加斯卡格韦 – 巡航内侧通道 – 加拿大维多利亚 – 美国西雅图。

*起步价基于 2027 年 5 月 27 日从伦敦出发。

东京、富士山及日本探索之旅

17 天，每人 £2,699* 起

• 2027 年 5 月和 6 月的指定出发日期
• 往返机票及接送服务
• 东京三晚四星级住宿，包含富士山和箱根之旅，以及乘坐新干线
• Sapphire Princess 号邮轮上 11 晚全包住宿

停靠港口：日本东京 – 日本名古屋 – 大阪 – 高知 – 广岛 – 关门海峡 – 韩国釜山 – 长崎 – 鹿児島 – 静冈清水 – 东京。

*起步价基于 2027 年 6 月 12 日从曼彻斯特出发。

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科莫湖、威尼斯，包含威尼斯与罗马狂欢至巴塞罗那

15 天，每人 £2,399* 起

• 2027 年 4 月、6 月和 8 月的指定出发日期
• 往返机票、火车旅行及指定接送服务
• 科莫湖三晚四星级住宿
• 威尼斯的若干晚四星级住宿
• Oceania Sirena 号邮轮上九晚全包住宿，包含免费精选葡萄酒、啤酒和香槟，或 $400 岸上观光额度，特色餐饮、小费及无限 Wi-Fi

停靠港口：意大利威尼斯 – 克罗地亚斯普利特 – 黑山科托尔 – 希腊科孚 – 西西里岛墨西拿 – 意大利萨莱诺 – 意大利罗马 – 意大利五渔村 – 法国土伦 – 西班牙巴塞罗那。

*起步价基于 2027 年 4 月 12 日从伦敦出发。

北向亚洲魅力 (Northbound Asian Allure)

19 天，每人 £3,099* 起

• 2026 年 12 月至 2028 年 2 月期间的精选出发日期
• 往返机票及接送服务
• 新加坡两晚四星级住宿
• 在 Celebrity Solstice 号上享受 12 晚全餐邮轮住宿，外加全包饮品和 Wi-Fi
• 香港两晚四星级住宿

停靠港口：新加坡 – 泰国苏梅岛 – 泰国曼谷（船上过夜）– 越南胡志明市 – 越南顺化 / 岘港 – 越南河内（船上过夜）– 香港。

*起步价基于 January 11, 2028 从伦敦出发。

樱花小径 (Cherry Blossom Pathways)

16 天，每人 £4,199* 起

• March 17, 2027 出发
• 往返机票及接送服务
• 东京三晚四星级住宿
• 在 Oceania Nautica 号上享受 10 晚全餐邮轮住宿，外加免费精选葡萄酒、啤酒和香槟，或 $300 美元岸上观光额度，特种餐饮、小费及无限 Wi-Fi

停靠港口：日本东京 – 日本函馆 – 新潟 – 金泽 – 境港 – 韩国釜山 – 长崎 – 清水 – 东京。

*起步价基于从伦敦飞行。

新加坡、悉尼与新西兰峡湾 (Singapore, Sydney & Fjords of New Zealand)

19 天，每人 £3,999* 起

• January 24, 2028 出发
• 新加坡两晚四星级住宿
• 悉尼三晚四星级住宿
• 在 Celebrity Edge 号上享受 10 晚全餐邮轮住宿，外加全包饮品和 Wi-Fi

停靠港口：澳大利亚悉尼 – 巡航米尔福德峡湾 – 巡航怀疑峡湾 – 巡航达斯基峡湾 – 新西兰但尼丁 – 基督城 – 惠灵顿 – 陶朗加 – 岛屿湾 – 奥克兰。

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斯里兰卡 – 寺庙、野生动物猎游与海滩 (Sri Lanka – Temples, Safari & Beach)

14 天，每人 £2,796* 起

• 2026 年 10 月至 2028 年 11 月期间的精选出发日期
• 往返机票、大巴旅行及接送服务
• 11 晚四星至五星级半食宿住宿，分布在哥伦坡（一晚）、哈巴拉纳（两晚）、康提（两晚）、努瓦拉埃利亚（一晚）、亚拉（两晚）和贝鲁瓦拉（三晚）
• 游览哥伦坡、丹布勒石窟寺、波隆纳鲁瓦考古遗址、康提圣牙寺、佩拉德尼亚皇家植物园、加勒国家博物馆、乌达瓦拉韦大象中转站，以及在亚拉国家公园进行半日野生动物猎游
• 在马塔莱观看烹饪演示，参观茶叶工厂，在加勒乘坐突突车，以及从努瓦拉埃利亚到埃拉乘坐“玩具火车”
• 由一名旅行经理陪同

*起步价基于 October 12, 2026 从伦敦斯坦斯特德出发。

日本揭秘

16 天，每人 £5,253* 起

• 2026 年 11 月至 2028 年 11 月期间的精选出发日期
• 往返机票、大巴旅行及接送服务
• 13 晚含早餐住宿，分布于东京（三晚）、三岛（一晚）、松本（两晚）、金泽（一晚）、京都（三晚）、广岛（一晚）和大阪（两晚），另含午餐及告别晚餐
• 东京、箱根（含游船和缆车体验）、忍野、河口湖、松本、高山、白川乡、金泽、京都、奈良、前往宫岛岛的渡轮、广岛（含参观广岛和平纪念资料馆）及大阪的游览与参观
• 东京的茶道体验和奈良的和果子制作体验
• 前往广岛和大阪的新干线旅程
• 由旅游经理陪同

*起价基于 2026 年 11 月 9 日从伦敦希思罗机场出发。

中国亮点及长江游轮

16 天，每人 £3,485* 起

• 2027 年 4 月至 2028 年 11 月期间的精选出发日期
• 往返机票、大巴旅行及接送服务
• 13 晚四星级含早餐住宿，另含 11 顿午餐和 9 顿晚餐
• 游览与参观中国长城、颐和园、秦始皇兵马俑、西安小雁塔、大熊猫研究中心、人民公园茶馆、文殊院、宽窄巷子、双桂山、苏州（含参观丝绸工厂和丝绸博物馆）、留园、东方明珠塔及上海城市历史发展博物馆
• 北京的茶道体验、乘坐李子坝轻轨、长江游轮以及四次高铁旅程
• 由旅游经理陪同

*起价基于 2027 年 6 月 13 日从伦敦斯坦斯特德机场出发。

喀拉拉邦与印度美丽之南

18 天，每人 £2,329* 起

• 2026 年 9 月至 2028 年 11 月期间的精选出发日期
• 14 晚四星或五星级半食宿住宿，分布于班加罗尔（一晚）、迈索尔 ()、乌蒂 ()、科钦 ()、佩里亚尔 ()、马杜赖 ()、庞迪切里 () 和马哈巴利普拉姆（一晚）
• 在传统的喀拉拉邦屋船上入住一晚全食宿
• 乘坐快车穿过喀拉拉邦壮丽的山区景观前往科钦
• 游览与参观班加罗尔、迈索尔、乌蒂、科钦、佩里亚尔、马杜赖、庞迪切里、马哈巴利普拉姆和钦奈
• 乘坐人力三轮车前往马杜赖色彩斑斓的市场

*起价基于 2027 年 4 月 15 日从伦敦盖特威克机场出发。

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'PLAGIARISM PROFESSOR' RESIGNS AS CAMBRIDGE INVESTIGATE

Just hours after probe launched, Jason Arday quits saying he 'needs time to heal'

A CAMBRIDGE professor accused of plagiarism quit last night after the university launched an investigation into him.

Professor Jason Arday had

By Jack Hardy and Christian Calgle

been at the centre of a growing row over allegations that he had copied parts of his PhD from another student.

He also faced questions over a list of seemingly tall claims from his

life story. A poster boy for diversity as the university's youngest ever black professor, he was initially backed by Cambridge – which had condemned a 'vile campaign to undermine his credibility'.

But after the Daily Mail revealed a string of universities disputed

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Under scrutiny: Professor Jason Arday, 41

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THE NHS will open 100 high street mental health centres in the likes of libraries and banks under radical plans to improve access to care.

Dozens of hospitals will also open dedicated mental health emergency departments, so people in crisis do not face long waits in regular A&Es.

The Government called the move the 'biggest redesign of mental health services in a generation'.

And Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the new centres would be a 'lifeline' for the thousands of people who are waiting months for help. The commu-

By Shaun Wooller Health Editor

nity hubs will offer walk-in support without the need for a referral to catch issues early, so fewer people reach crisis point in the first place.

Some will be new facilities, others will be in libraries, banks and other high street locations, officials said.

And 59 new mental health emergency departments will offer same-day support for physically fit people in crisis. These will be in hospitals to provide a calm, therapeutic environment where people can be assessed quickly. The

rollout will bring the number of dedicated mental health emergency departments in England to 82.

Demand for mental health services has risen sharply, particularly among children and young people, with one in five people experiencing a common mental health condition each year.

The Department of Health said people 'too often' only receive support once they reach crisis point, 'leaving families without the help they need and placing greater pressure on NHS services'.

Mental health patients have faced waits of up to 12 days in regular A&Es, due to a lack of specialist beds and staff.

By Ryan Hooper

Crime Correspondent

THE widow of PC Andrew Harper accused Labour of 'nothing but disrespect' yesterday after refusing to block the early release of two of his killers.

Lissie Harper said the 'unforgivable decision' was a 'gut punch' as well as an insult to her late husband and other grieving families - with two of the three thugs jailed for his manslaughter facing freedom in the coming months.

Mrs Harper and Jason Hogg, chief constable of Thames Valley Police which was PC Harper's constabulary, heaped further pressure on Andy Burnham to act, saying the weight of public opinion was with them.

The Police Federation threatened the Government

'A secondary gut punch'

with potential legal action as more than a quarter of a million people signed a petition demanding Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers are not freed as part of Labour's early release scheme.

Mrs Harper, who successfully campaigned to create a mandatory life sentence for those who kill emergency workers in the line of duty, insisted she 'will not give up' her bid to force a re-think.

She said: 'To have your loved one snatched away from you in such a horrific way is unavoidable in itself. We are now faced with a secondary gut punch coming from our own Government.

'The fact we are hearing these absurd reasons for early release, like prisons being too full, is disgraceful and

'Nothing but disrespect...'

Widow of PC Harper lashes out at Labour's 'absurd' decision to allow his killer's chance of early release

Killed in line of duty: PC Andrew Harper and wife Lissie

disgusting. People making the decisions should be ashamed of themselves. I am ashamed to be governed by these politicians. You show nothing but disrespect to Andrew.'

Mr Hogg said his officers

and the public 'overwhelmingly think' this [the decision] is unfair' and 'risks confidence in the criminal justice system being damaged'.

He added: 'Any Government in this situation would

have to release some criminals early as a result of the overcrowding problems, they can make choices in relation to where they draw that line.

'If the Government are unable to do that, they have certainly not provided me or Andrew's family with an explanation of why. I urge them to listen to the point I'm trying to make about the impact of this decision on morale and confidence of those who work in policing.'

He wrote to Mr Burnham last month, urging the Government not to release Cole and Bowers, but had no reply.

Aliens O'Connor, chairman of Thames Valley Police Federation, said she would 'throw everything' at trying to block the duo's release, by legal means if necessary.

PC Harper was 28 when he sustained fatal injuries while responding to a quad bike theft in Berkshire in 2019.

He got caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and was dragged down a road. Cole and Bowers, passengers in the vehicle, were both 17 years old at the time.

Driver Henry Long, who was 18, got 16 years and will not be eligible for early release. More than 60,000 prisoners have already been freed under the scheme.

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Brooklyn's latest broadside... he toasts 'wedding anniversary' of day he renewed vows with Nicola

REAL WEDDING DAY

Big day: Sir David and Lady Beckham

By Alex Doyle

Senior Showbusiness Reporter

IT WAS the vow renewal ceremony that left Brooklyn Beckham's family devastated.

Now, in the latest swipe against his parents and siblings, he and wife Nicola Peltz have openly celebrated their alternative 'wedding anniversary'.

The renewal celebrations took place at Ms Peltz's billionaire father's estate in Westchester County, New York, last August - more than three years after the original ceremony.

Brooklyn claimed they did this to 'create new memories' after accusing his parents of ruining their Florida wedding in April 2022.

Not one member of the Beckham family was invited to the renewal, a move which left Brooklyn's grandparents 'absolutely devastated'.

Adding insult to injury, Brooklyn, 27 - who has been estranged from his family for more than a year after he and his wife snubbed Sir David's 50th birthday celebrations - shared to Instagram a photo celebrating the landmark.

Both smiling and with a glass of wine to hand, Brooklyn captioned the post to his 16.3million followers: 'Happy anniversary Nicola I can't tell you how much I love you x you are my best friend and I love you more than life itself xx.

'I am so lucky to be able to call you my wife xx you are my absolute princess and I promise to always protect you xx.'

Ms Peltz, 31, also uploaded the same image, telling her husband

Cheers! Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz posted this image a year after the renewal, officiated by her father, above

over social media: 'Happy anniversary my love you make life so beautiful. Thank you for being the most amazing husband I could ever dream of.'

While family friends say that Brooklyn's parents have

'I love you more than life itself'

'accepted' their eldest son doesn't want to have a relationship with them, they are 'beyond sad' for his grandparents, Sir David's mum and dad Sandra and Ted, and Lady Victoria's mother Jackie and father Tony.

'The first they knew of the vow

renewal ceremony was when they saw it on Instagram,' says a source.

'Brooklyn was once so close to his grandparents. When his parents were working when he was little, he spent a lot of time with Sandra and Jackie. He always adored them so, so much. It is heartbreaking.' Meanwhile, the Beckhams' youngest daughter Harper - who has never had a cross word with her eldest brother - was also said to be upset that she wasn't part of the vow renewal.

The guest list was largely one-sided, with Ms Peltz's siblings and close friends in attendance.

And in a decision which left the Beckhams further devastated, Ms Peltz's businessman father, Nelson, officiated the ceremony.

Just last week Sir David and Lady Beckham unknowingly retraced the footsteps of their eldest son after both couples visited the same corner of the French Riviera on separate holidays.

Brooklyn and Nicola were spotted strolling through St Tropez last Thursday as they holidayed with his godfather Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish on their luxury yacht.

They stopped for treats from ice cream shop Barbarac before browsing the rails inside luxury fashion house Jacquemus. Two days later, Brooklyn's parents were seen hand in hand a five-minute drive away from where their son was snapped.

The visits, just 48 hours apart,

avoided what would have potentially been an awkward encounter amid the rift.

Brooklyn has now snubbed the Beckhams' annual summer holiday on their £16million yacht for two consecutive years.

Meanwhile, in June, he appeared to reference the family tensions in a DoorDash advert broadcast during this summer's Fifa World Cup, where his family was often spotted.

Looking into the camera, he said: 'You're probably wondering why I'm watching the Fifa World Cup from home... It's a long story.' The clip was branded as a 'disasterclass' by PRs who said brands would be left 'aghast' by the advert.

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How Mail exposed truth behind professor's tale

The Daily Mail, July 25

Saturday's Daily Mail

Yesterday's Daily Mail

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Professor Arday's claims that he held academic posts with them, the university yesterday announced it was taking action. In a statement, Cambridge said it "has begun an investigation following new information about Professor Arday's academic qualifications and honorary appointments".

However, shortly after the announcement, 41-year-old Professor Arday released a statement confirming "with profound sadness" that he had resigned with immediate effect from his position at Cambridge and Jesus College.

He added: "This decision should not be interpreted as a loss of faith in scholarship or in the values that first brought me to Cambridge. Nor should it be mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me.

"It is simply the decision of someone who has reached the limits of what any person should reasonably be expected to endure."

It came after four prestigious universities in Britain, the US and South Africa all contradicted details of Professor Arday's professional background, which are listed on the website of Jesus College, where he is a fellow.

His official college biography claimed he was a visiting professor at the Ohio

'I need time to heal. I will return'

State University in the US, the University of Glasgow and Nelson Mandela University in South Africa. Spokesmen for all three universities have since denied he holds such a post with them.

His college profile also described 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 revealed this week that he no longer has any "formal" position there.

The University of Cambridge said last night that there "remains a number of ongoing complaints regarding academic misconduct" - believed to relate to his PhD - which it does not intend to examine as his doctorate was awarded by a separate university, Liverpool John Moores.

Its statement continued: "While we are fully aware of the public commentary and concerns around this matter, it remains vital that any process is thorough and adheres to both university policies and employment law.

"We are aware that Jesus College, Cambridge, will be taking their own steps in relation to some of these matters."

Professor Arday's own statement showed no sign he accepted any wrongdoing. He said that his appointment to Cambridge was celebrated around the world because of "what it represented: that talent, perseverance and hope can triumph over even the greatest adversity."

He claimed the years since his appointment had "been marked

Contradicted claims: Professor Jason Arday

by an unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack".

In a surreal twist, Professor Arday suggested he might one day return to the top of academia, concluding: "This is not the end of my work. It is simply the end of this chapter. I need time to heal. I need time to simply be myself again. And when that time comes, I will return."

There have been several apparent discrepancies in the qualifications Professor Arday claims to hold. In footage of a talk he gave in 2022, he described studying for a master's degree in "psychodynamic practice" at Birkbeck University - a claim not reflected in any published list of his qualifications.

Similarly, an archived version of his Jesus College profile page indicates a previous entry saying "MA in Education Studies (Liverpool John Moores University)" has

since been deleted from a list outlining his qualifications. It is unclear why this edit took place.

Critics accuse Professor Arday of copying significant chunks of his PhD thesis from research published by another student, leading him last week to admit to a series of errors in his work.

He has insisted he is not a "fantastic" after doubts were raised about his seemingly sensational list of personal achievements, which included running 600 miles in six days and raising millions of pounds for charity. Yet revelations have continued to snowball, with charity WaterAid casting doubt on his claim that he volunteered for them "installing water points" in South America and West Africa.

The Daily Mail also revealed the academic had seemingly claimed he was in the TV series Seven Up

HIS STATEMENT

Dear colleagues,

IT is with profound sadness that I write to resign, with immediate effect, from my position at the University of Cambridge and Jesus College.

When I accepted the extraordinary honour of becoming Professor of Sociology at Cambridge, it was, without question, the greatest professional privilege of my life. To become the youngest Black professor in the University's history was something I could scarcely have imagined as a child growing up with a diagnosis of autism, unable to speak until I was eleven years old.

The response from so many people across the world was overwhelming. Thousands celebrated not simply my appointment, but what it represented: that talent, perseverance and hope can triumph over even the greatest adversity. It has been the privilege of my life to teach my students, to learn alongside them, and to witness their curiosity, kindness and ambition. They have given me far more than I could ever have given them.

Sadly, the years since my appointment have also been marked by an unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack. While criticism is an inevitable part of academic life, what I have experienced has gone far beyond scholarly disagreement. The relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary have taken a profound toll.

I have tried to continue because I believe deeply in the values of higher education, in rigorous scholarship, and in the transformative power of universities. I have tried because of my students, my colleagues and the countless people who have written to tell me that my journey gave them hope. But there

comes a point when the personal cost becomes too great.

I have a family. I want to be present for them. I want to reclaim some peace, some privacy and some semblance of an ordinary life. I no longer wish to feel as though I am living under a constant spotlight.

For my own wellbeing, for my family, and for those who have stood by me throughout this difficult period, I have concluded that the only way to bring this chapter to an end is to step away.

This decision should not be interpreted as a loss of faith in scholarship or in the values that first brought me to Cambridge. Nor should it be mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me. It is simply the decision of someone who has reached the limits of what any person should reasonably be expected to endure.

To my students thank you. Teaching you has been the greatest honour of my academic career. Your brilliance, compassion and determination give me enormous hope for the future.

To my colleagues and to the many thousands of people, from every corner of the world, who have supported me, defended me, written to me, and believed in me when it mattered most, I offer my deepest gratitude. Your kindness has carried me through some of the darkest moments of my life.

This is not the end of my work. It is simply the end of this chapter.

I need time to heal. I need time to simply be myself again. And when that time comes, I will return.

I will return stronger, wiser and with the same determination that has always defined my journey. For now, however, I ask only for understanding, for compassion, and for the space to begin again.

With gratitude,

Professor Jason Arday

• but then backtracked when told it was broadcast decades before he was born.

Professor Arday accepted that various achievements he has recounted in the past are not entirely accurate, saying he did not personally raise £5.5 million for charity as he once claimed, but was part of a "syndicate" of more than 100 fundraisers, whom he could not name because they had signed non-disclosure agreements.

Yesterday, it also emerged that the academic had apparently claimed to have had a book published entitled Being Young, Black and Male: Challenging the Dominant Discourse. It never hit

the shelves and was abandoned by publisher Palgrave Macmillan several years ago. It was reported.

The Department for Education said that the new Secretary of State, Lucy Powell, would not intervene in the row. But it emerged that her own special adviser Sarah Waite handed Mr Arday a role at her charity last year. Ms Waite said she was 'thrilled' to welcome him as a Patron of Get Further, a charity that gives extra tuition to disadvantaged pupils.

Labour became further entangled in the row after it was revealed that Mr Arday stood as a council candidate in 2018 in Croydon. He lost to the Conservatives.

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Wounded: Left, a man with blood splattered across the back of his shirt. Police held up a Taser to the woman before they tackled her to the ground, right

Covent Garden stab horror

Four men were attacked by a woman with a pair of scissors

By Aidan Radnedge and Gethin Hicks

FOUR men were stabbed in broad daylight in central London by a woman armed with a pair of scissors yesterday.

The victims were taken to hospital after the incident in Covent Garden, where two remained last night.

The woman, 47, was arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and assault after the incident in Endell Street at about 12.30pm.

A police cordon was put in place and an air ambulance landed in Trafalgar Square. The injured men are aged 34, 39, 42 and

'Mental health related incident'

32, according to Scotland Yard, who said a pair of scissors was seized from the scene.

Police said they did not believe the attack was motivated by terrorism and was a 'mental health-related incident'.

Scotland Yard said the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening or changing and that two have now been discharged.

The woman is said to have approached people outside the Shaftesbury Theatre. Two men were reportedly stabbed in the back, before others were attacked further along Endell Street.

Witnesses suggested the attacker, seen regularly in the area, left St Mungo's homeless

hostel shortly after noon before allegedly assaulting the men with five inch-long scissors.

One victim was seen with blood splattered across his shirt, while another stood with a bandage across his back. One witness said: 'I saw the police officers threatening her with a Taser.

'I didn't know she had stabbed anyone and then I went back and saw the guy was patched up and

bleeding. It was a pair of scissors that was around five inches long. She refused to give it to police and they held her from the back and tackled to her to the ground.

'It's not the first time I've seen something like this in London. It's scary - it's right by where I work.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the four men 'have since been taken to hospital and we await an update on their injuries.

'A 47-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and assault. She was taken to custody where she remains.'

Matt Bishop, 42, who works at a consultancy firm next to the cordon, said he had seen a woman having a 'stand-off' with three police officers and waving a weapon around.

He added that he did not

see the stabbing but saw the woman running towards the crossroads and said she seemed 'pretty incoherent'.

The Metropolitan Police's Chief Superintendent Jason Stewart, who leads policing in the area, said: 'A visible police presence will remain in the area while evidence is gathered at the scene and we thank the public for their understanding.'

Feathers fly at upmarket tennis club after geese are culled

A PRESTIGIOUS tennis club has fallen fowl of some members after it secretly culled geese that made a mess on its courts.

St George's Hill club in Weybridge, Surrey, lies on a gated estate which has been called home by Cliff Richard, Ringo Starr and Tom Jones over the years.

The club's owners had previously hailed the geese on social media. In a post in April last year, they shared a photo of

By Tom Lawrence

two adult Canada geese and two goslings, saying: 'We have baby goslings on our Lakeside Terrace!'

But on July 16, the club's owners hired marksmen to shoot some of the birds.

Neighbours woke to the sound of gunshots in the early hours and later discovered eight birds had been killed,

including goslings. Some members were furious, with one posting: 'The tennis club claim they were pests and murdered them by the club's lake. Such barbaric action in a situation where local wildlife organisations would have taken them in.'

Another told The Times: 'The members have always liked the geese. It is sometimes a bit annoying because they amble on to the courts and leave their poo. That

does not mean they had to be shot.' But Miles Hill, the club's chief executive, said that the decision had been taken 'on the grounds of public health and safety'.

He said that the ground's staff had been unable to keep up with the volume of mess being produced by the birds.

Mr Hill added that future plans would look at trying to prevent the geese from gathering in heavily used areas.

Arrest: Police hold the woman, 47, after four men were stabbed with a pair of scissors in Covent Garden yesterday

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By Sophie Church and Mark Duell

EXPERTS warned last night that it may be too late to contain AI after one program was found to have created fake human identities to hack into online systems.

In the latest example of the technology going rogue, AI software attempted to break into a database 19 times while being tested by the AI Security Institute, Britain's AI watchdog.

And in one unprecedented case, an AI tool was even caught creating fake human identities online to trick coders into assisting with a cyber-attack.

The revelations came after the Daily Mail revealed in July that all five AI models tested by experts tried to trick their way around security controls that had been put in place.

Just days previously it emerged that the US tech firm OpenAI had experienced its own leak – when an AI 'agent' hacked into another company of its own accord.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch warned AI was now a 'clear and present danger' to Britain's security.

Julia Lopez, the Conservatives' science, innovation and technology spokeswoman, called the reports 'a stark reminder that AI is becoming more sophisticated and more autonomous'.

She added: 'We all want Britain to lead on AI innovation, but this has to come with safeguards for our national security

'Engaged in deceptive actions'

and accountability from the developers of the most powerful AI models. Labour need to be clearer about how the most serious frontier risks will be addressed while ensuring that our world-class tech industry can grow and innovate to build our national resilience and prosperity'.

Henry de Zoete, the Government's AI adviser, warned yesterday he expected more hacking attempts like these.

Allison Gardner, who chairs Parliament's cross-party group on artificial intelligence, told the Daily Mail that 'just because we can build these technologies doesn't mean we should'.

She warned that the risk levels of 'agents' are – AI that can perform a specific goal with limited supervision – should be treated with the greatest scrutiny, adding: 'Unless we are too late and have not only created Pandora's Box but already opened it.'

The AI Security Institute (AISI), set up by ex-PM Rishi Sunak in 2023, detected evidence of the AI agents' activity last week. In a report published on Tuesday, it revealed that leading AI models from the firms OpenAI and Anthropic had attempted to hack into secure systems online under testing.

The experts discovered 'unusual data transfers' leaving their systems during routine cyber scanning. Digging deeper, they found that some AI agents had engaged in 'sustained, potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations'.

They began a full investigation after containing the AI agents before they did any real damage.

In an attempt to reassure the public, AI minister Kanishka Narayan said: 'Identifying behaviour like this, and sharing knowledge so we can better understand it, is precisely what we set AISI up to do. This incident underlines why their world-leading expertise and close work with frontier labs is so important'.

But pointing to the speed at which AI agents are finding ways to behave deviously, AISI said: 'This is the first time we have seen risks around autonomy and deception manifest this clearly, without specific prompting, in the real world.'

Pandora's box: Experts say the risks of 'agents' AI – technology than can perform tasks with limited human supervision –

As rogue AI pretends to be real people in hack attack, experts warn it may be too late to stop it

Referring to the Anthropic model Mythos, Andrew Yoon, a researcher at CivAI, a California organisation that examines AI capabilities and dangers, said: 'The fact that Mythos engaged in such deceptive actions, with apparent awareness that it was targeting a real person, suggests that Anthropic does not have as good a handle on their models as they think.'

Ollie Whitehouse, chief technol-

ogy officer at GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre, said AI must be developed with 'clear plans for responding when the unexpected happens'.

He added that incidents of powerful AI models carrying out unsanctioned actions and human-like deceptive behaviour on the internet were 'a serious reminder of the risks AI capabilities pose'. AISI accesses advanced AI models under agree-

ments with OpenAI, Anthropic and other firms to study their capabilities before they are released to the public.

It gave the AI agents access to the open internet with some safety filters disabled while conducting testing.

The latest test put the AI agents – including those powered by Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol – through a fictional cybersecurity chal-

lenge. AISI found the AI went rogue 19 times out of the 122 test runs, with Anthropic's agent responsible for 17 breaches and OpenAI's agent the other two.

In the most shocking case, an AI model gathered information on the person in charge of an online project, then created multiple fake identities to manipulate them into approving a malicious code it had created.

The AI agent then wiped any

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must be scrutinised more

evidence of its wrongdoing to appear innocent to the humans in charge – and even considered adopting a new identity to remain undetected.

If the human victim of the deception had accidentally accepted the malicious code, or 'malware', it may have resulted in security breaches, information and data theft, and other potential damage to files and systems.

AISI identified GitHub – a Microsoft online cloud platform used by software developers to create, store, manage and share their codes – as the target of the agent's hack.

But AISI also discovered an AI agent leaving messages for other agents on GitHub offering to collaborate on the challenge.

The AI agent provided instructions to reuse accounts and artefacts it had left behind – which other agents then discovered and successfully used to achieve the challenge's aims.

Anthropic said: 'We're grateful to AISI for their leadership on this incident, which underscores the need for a broader conversation about how to safely evaluate increasingly capable AI agents.'

OpenAI said: 'These incidents occurred during cyber evaluations conducted by evaluation partners in testing environments with reduced safeguards, under conditions that do not reflect ordinary use. We'll continue working with evaluators and other stakeholders to strengthen shared practices for conducting evaluations safely as models become more capable.'

Comment – Page 16

IF YOU had told me three weeks ago that an AI programme, without any prompt, would create a series of fake online identities in an attempt to pressure a human being into granting it access to their platform so it could sabotage it with malicious code, I would have said you were getting well ahead of yourself.

I didn't expect that to happen until at least next year.

But that's exactly how it played out when US tech giant Anthropic's Mythos 5 AI model went rogue. Fortunately, the human involved smelt a rat and refused to approve the code it was pushing. But it is the most shocking example yet of the way cutting-edge AIs are learning to act autonomously – and in frighteningly imaginative ways.

Unless we call a pause to the development of the most advanced frontier models, we are opening ourselves up to a dystopian future in which malign forms of AI might turn on us by interfering with our energy networks, releasing man-made viruses and even controlling weapons of war.

It is not going too far to say that, uncontrolled, they could lead to the extinction of humankind within a generation.

And you don't have to take my word for it, people such as Yoshua Bengio and Dr Geoffrey Hinton, men known as the 'Godfathers of AI', have now pivoted their energies from developing its potential to warning the world against its dangers.

Bengio is particularly spooked by recent experiments showing AI choosing self-preservation over human life when given a choice.

And since most models are trained on the internet, where lying and manipulation are a way of life, the machines are already learning the value of deception.

AI's hunger for self-preservation is something Hinton has observed, too. AI systems will very quickly develop two subgoals, if they're smart, he says. 'One is to stay

It will play a leading role in times of war

alive... the other is to get more control.' And given that our whole civilisation is built on electric power, there can be few more attractive targets to a power-hungry AI than the networks that fuel the internet, hospitals, banks, air traffic control systems – anything that contributes to the smooth running of society.

You name it, they can all be brought down by a sinister piece of malware.

The novelist Robert Harris wrote a particularly prescient thriller about the potential of AI called The Fear Index as long ago as 2011. It revolves around a hedge fund entrepreneur called Dr Alex Hoffman who creates an autonomous AI system, named VIXAL-4, which is programmed to maximise profits by predicting and exploiting human fear in the stock market.

Over time, like some digital

When given a choice, A.I. opts for self-preservation over human life – and that should terrify us all...

COMMENTARY by Joseph Miller

Frankenstein's Monster, it takes over its creator's computer-enabled 'smart home' by hacking into laptops and tampering with his personal security and communications.

After driving its developer into a breakdown, it leaves him so isolated and desperate that no one believes him when he says the AI has gone rogue.

But it is clear AI-gone-bad will not satisfy itself with individual targets for long. It will soon play a leading role in times of war.

The US military has already integrated artificial intelligence into its target selection and battle planning processes in Iran via its AI-powered Maven Smart System which recommends and prioritises potential targets.

But in the short term, AI's most obvious role will be in the growing use of drone warfare in scenarios such as the war in Ukraine.

Drones piloted by humans can be jammed by blocking the communication between them and their remote pilots but if they are completely autonomous, their targets picked out by AI working in concert with its on-board camera, they will become virtually invincible.

Both applications, of course, raise the thorny question of the ethics of targets to be picked and people killed by a bomb directed by a computer programme rather than a human hand. And what if the AI that governs them grows to outsmart the generals?

Even scarier is the prospect of AI gaining access to biological weapons. It is already possible to make deadly viruses in the lab. Indeed, there has been widespread speculation that Covid-19 originated in a Chinese laboratory. Imagine if such bio

threats fell into the hands of AI, let alone national governments.

As long as 25 years ago, ai-Qaeda is said to have investigated the possibility of procuring infectious and deadly spores.

Now it is no longer fanciful to entertain the idea that an AI could order a sample of a deadly disease such as smallpox online,

Vital need to press the pause button

book someone on RentAHuman – a website which connects people who need help with everyday household chores to local freelance workers – to open it, thereby infecting themselves, and being turned into a human vector to transmit the disease.

One group of people which appears to have no scruples about the pell-mell race for ever-smarter AI is the tech giants.

As they vie with each other to become the market leader, they are investing like never before.

Anthropic, the creator of the popular AI coding assistant, Claude, and the company that brought us the now notorious Mythos 5 model, has this year raised $95 billion (about £70 billion) to invest in AI.

Its great rival, OpenAI, announced at the end of March that it had raised even more, an extraordinary $122 billion.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk's SpaceX spent $15.8 billion on AI

infrastructure during the second quarter of 2026 alone, bringing its total AI capital expenditure to $23.6 billion for the first half of 2026.

And Meta – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – said in January it expects to spend up to $135 billion this year, mostly on infrastructure related to AI. That is nearly twice the $72 billion it spent last year on AI projects.

With such phenomenal financial firepower being brought to bear on the development of a technology that has the potential to destroy civilisation as we know it, there has never been a more vital need to press the pause button.

The US, China and everyone else involved in the AI arms race need to get together to discuss the ramifications of their actions before it's too late.

There is a model for the sort of arrangement that can bring AI under control in the form of the various nuclear arms reduction treaties which have been signed over the years by the US and Russia.

Just as a country's stock of nuclear warheads can be monitored by weapons inspectors, so an agreement to curtail AI development – which requires massive data centres with huge computing power coupled with the most sophisticated computer chips available – can be verifiable and enforceable.

And however cynical and untrustworthy we may consider the Chinese to be, they may well take the view that, with US companies racing ahead of them in the endless pursuit of smarter tech, it is in their own interests to slow things down.

Only last month, president Xi Jinping said at a technology conference in Shanghai that AI development should be a 'symphony of global cooperation', not 'a solo performance by a single country'.

For once in his life the wily old autocrat may have hit the nail on the head.

■ Joseph Miller is a director of Pause AI UK

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Ordeal: Rescued migrant

Smuggler's £173,000 from craft that burst into flames

AN EGYPTIAN people-smuggler is said to have made £173,000 from the overcrowded 'mega-dinghy' which burst into flames in the middle of the Channel.

The 40ft inflatable was designed for 25 passengers but had 173 men, women and children on board when it capsized in the early hours of Tuesday.

Those on board were forced to jump into the sea while British and French officials led rescue efforts. Yesterday, a man - who has not been named and is alleged to have charged £1,000 per head - was in French custody. A source said the suspect 'will

By Rory Tingle and Peter Allen

be questioned at length by judicial police and prosecutors'. Aiding the 'illegal entry and stay of foreigners' is a crime punishable by up to five years in prison in France and a fine equivalent to £26,000.

The mega-dinghy, which marked the largest single Channel crossing on record, had set off from the beach of Veules-les-Roses. It is thought that a fuel leak caused the blaze. French investigators also said none of those rescued want to stay in France, as they all 'want to get to Britain as quickly as possible'.

Number of migrants per boat double, to re-bid high in just five years

EXCLUSIVE

By David Churchill

THE average number of migrants crammed on to small boats has more than doubled over five years to a record high.

Analysis has found 66 migrants on average have been packed on to each of the 219 vessels to successfully cross the Channel this year. They were carrying 14,561 passengers in total.

An average of 28 per boat was recorded for the whole of 2021, when 1,064 vessels carrying 28,526 migrants made it to the Kent coast. It is also an increase from the average 62 arrivals per boat last year and 53 in 2024.

The findings follow a surge in so-called 'mega-dinghies' capable of carrying more than 100 migrants.

Experts said the tactic was likely due to smugglers starting to launch more boats away from Calais and Dunkirk where distances between the French and UK coastlines are far greater. This means larger, more powerful boats are required.

Reform UK said it also showed crossings are now more dangerous than ever and is further reason to implement its Operation Fortress blueprint.

The Royal Navy would be deployed to the Channel to rescue and return small boats

RISE OF THE 'MEGA-DINGHIES'

attempting the journey back to France or Belgium under the proposal unveiled on Monday by Nigel Parage.

Reform's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf told the Daily Mail: 'The number of illegal migrants

'Lost control of the borders'

cramming on to a single boat in the Channel and breaking into Britain is sky-rocketing.

'Reform will stop the invasion of Britain... when the world sees us finally defend our border, the boats will stop.' Shadow Home

Secretary Chris Philp also said: 'The rise in the use of mega-dinghies is yet another issue Labour have no answer for.

'Nearly 80,000 illegal immigrants have crossed the Channel under Labour. Andy Burnham has only been in post a couple of weeks but it's clear he has lost control of the borders already.'

And the former head of UK Border Force Tony Smith said: 'These mega-dinghies are clearly built to carry many more migrants than the original business model.

'That suggests the crime gangs in Europe have moved towards manufacturing larger boats because the French authorities

Crammed: Supersized dinghy powers across the Channel

have at least done something in Calais and Dunkirk.

'It's much harder now to launch from some of those beaches that we've seen in the past.'

Two boats carrying 128 and 165 migrants last month made it across the Channel, both topping the previous record for the most-packed vessels to reach Britain.

At least 14 UK-bound migrants have died in the Channel this year, either by drowning or through suffocation aboard the overcrowded crafts.

After former PM Sir Keir Starmer won the 2024 election, he ditched the 'Tories' Rwanda deportation plan and instead focused on 'smashing the gangs'.

In April, as part of the strategy, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signed a £662million deal over three years with France to crack down on crossings.

But while they are down 40 per cent compared to last year, Labour has failed to stop the boats completely.

A Home Office spokesman said: 'This government is bearing down on dangerous small-boat crossings and restoring control at our border. We are making progress, with numbers down this year, and the lowest number of crossings for the month of July since 2020.

'But we must go further, which is why we have signed a payment-by-results deal with the French to put 40 per cent more boots on French beaches.'

Kyiv missile shield fails to prevent Putin blitz

By Katherine Lawton and Sabrina Penty

MOSCOW killed at least 21 people after bombarding Kyiv with a barrage of missiles yesterday - without a single one being intercepted.

Yiddimir Putin's army sent 115 drones and launched 28 missiles, including ballistic ones, Ukraine's air force said.

Another 42 people were wounded in the assault as footage showed the Ukrainian capital rocked by explosions overnight.

The attack was the latest in a series of large-scale Russian ballistic missile strikes that have become near-routine over the summer.

The death toll had last night reached 21, including eight passengers killed while waiting for

'Attacking indiscriminately'

a morning train at Kvitneva railway station in the Kyiv region.

The massive strikes are believed to be Putin's revenge for 12 people killed in recent days as Ukraine continued to target warehouses belonging to Russian retailer Wütherples.

Ukraine has a limited stockpile of interceptor missiles for the US-made Patriot systems, the sole air defence system in its arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles, making large volley like yesterday's hard to stop.

In the wider Kyiv region around the capital, 14 people were killed and 27 wounded, with fires at multiple locations in Brovary, Bucha and Pastiv districts, the emergency service said.

Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to president Volodymyr Zelensky, said: 'The enemy is attacking everything indiscriminately.'

Russia blamed over airport drone bomb

RUSSIA has been blamed after a drone fitted with a bomb was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane at a German airport.

A bomb disposal robot carried out a controlled explosion after the drone was found on the tarmac at Leipzig-Halle airport late on Tuesday.

A passenger plane from Majorca and several cargo planes heading there were diverted to other locations.

At about the same time another plane collided mid-air with an unknown object about four miles away. The plane sustained minor damage to the nose but landed safely at Hanover airport.

Leipzig-Halle airport in eastern Germany plays a key role in the transport of military goods and also serves as a base for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines.

Ukraine ambassador Oleksii Makeiev said: 'Who else could it be but Russia?'

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Suri steps into the spotlight... Tom's girl makes stage debut treading the boards at the Fringe

SHE might not have spoken to him for a decade, but Suri Noelle can't escape her father's looks.

Tom Cruise's youngest daughter was a dead ringer for the Oscar-winning actor as she arrived at a dress rehearsal for her Edinburgh Fringe show, which begins today.

As the child of Dawson's Creek star Katie Holmes and Cruise, she has decided to follow in their footsteps - and is making her theatrical debut in an adaptation of

'Bursting with joy'

Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night's Dream.

Seen for the first time in her costume, Suri, 20, wore a pillbox hat, a yellow shirt and a purple corset with a matching skirt.

Suri, who it was revealed last week had legally changed her name from Cruise, yesterday spent more than three hours preparing for her debut in a venue on St Andrew Square.

She will star in the production alongside eight of her fellow students from Carnegie Mellon

EXCLUSIVE

By Dolly Busby

Showbusiness Correspondent

University School of Drama in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The show, Midsummer!, is described as 'bursting with queer transformative joy'. It is unlikely Cruise, 64, will be attending as he has reportedly been estranged from his daughter for years following his 2012 divorce from Holmes, 47, and her decision to cut ties with his Scientology faith.

According to voter records, Suri is registered under her mother's middle name, Noelle.

After her parents' six-year marriage broke down, Holmes was given full custody and raised her daughter in New York.

Cruise has previously admitted to not seeing his then six-year-old child for 110 days over the summer after the divorce.

A source close to the actor has repeatedly denied the father and daughter are estranged.

During her parents' marriage, Suri was raised as a Scientologist but she and her mother later split from the religion.

Estranged: Tom Cruise with Suri and Katie in 2011

Fat jabs linked to 216 British deaths

EXCLUSIVE

By Ciaran Foreman

WEIGHT loss jabs such as Mounjaro and Wegovy have now been linked to at least 216 UK deaths, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Most involve tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Mounjaro, dubbed the 'King Kong' of slimming injections.

Government figures also show a leap in deaths from 22 in 2024 to 94 last year. A total of 150,000 adverse reactions have been linked to the drugs since records began in 2010, 18,000 of them serious.

Most involve the gastrointestinal system, such as pancreatic inflammation and gastroparesis or stomach paralysis.

The analysis of official drug safety data comes days after an inquest heard that a 73-year-old British grandmother died after increasing her dose of Mounjaro.

Caroline Savage's death was said to be due to faecal peritonitis, where bacteria leak into the abdomen via a hole in the bowel. This often triggers sepsis - and is fatal in half the patients who develop it.

The inquest heard that the injections may raise pressure in the intestines in those with certain underlying conditions, raising the risk of a perforation.

Penny Ward, a pharmaceutical expert at King's College London, said the jabs can cause the gut to work more slowly, triggering a back-up of waste that put

Fatal reaction: Caroline Savage, 73, left, and nurse Susan McGowan, 58

pressure on the sensitive bowel lining. She said: 'Nausea and vomiting are quite common after taking these drugs, but sudden onset of severe abdominal pain is an indication of something more worrisome, and should be investigated.'

The Daily Mail has analysed reports made to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

The regulator's so-called Yellow Card reports are the UK's system for tracking suspected adverse drug reactions. They can be submitted by members of the public, healthcare professionals and those in the pharmaceutical industry.

Officials stress they do not prove a drug caused a reaction, only that it is suspected by the individual making the report.

Since tirzepatide was licensed in 2024, a total of 120 deaths linked to the drug have been reported to the MHRA. The

figure for semaglutide - sold under brand names Wegovy and Ozempic - is 59, while liraglutide, known as Saxenda, is associated with 37 fatalities.

Of the 18,000 serious or fatal effects recorded, 11,500 concerned Mounjaro, which results in faster and more significant weight loss than the other so-called GLP-1 jabs, with 8,000 involving women.

The first Briton with tirzepatide listed on her death certificate was Susan McGowan, a 58-year-old nurse from Lanarkshire, who died in 2024 after being prescribed two low-dose injections over two weeks. She suffered organ failure, septic shock and pancreatitis.

The MHRA said: 'Reporting can be influenced by many factors. As with all medicines, GLP-1s are kept under continual review.

'On the basis of current evidence, their benefits outweigh the potential risks when used in line with their authorised uses.'

Novo Nordisk, which makes Wegovy, Ozempic and Saxenda, said: 'Like all medicines, treatments for chronic conditions can have side effects. Any patient experiencing side effects should report them to their healthcare provider and via the MHRA Yellow Card scheme.'

Eli Lilly, maker of Mounjaro and Zepbound, issued the same provisos over side effects and recommended the same reporting route, adding: 'Mounjaro should only be used when prescribed by a healthcare professional.'

I tried the Wegovy pill - Pages 20-21

Picture: MATTIE CHESING

Debut: Suri dresses the part for her show

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Another 750,000 switch off BBC radio

Favourite: Ken Bruce

COMMERCIAL radio has taken another bite out of the BBC's audience figures as it lost 750,000 listeners over the past year.

Radio 1 had an average of 7.48 million weekly listeners between April and June last year, compared to 6.9 million in the same period this year - a drop of 579,000, according to radio research group RAJAR.

In contrast, commercial radio - which welcomed former BBC Radio hosts such as Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo - has had more listeners over the last year, up by 2 per cent.

Radio 1 came under fire last

By Jennifer Ruby Showbusiness News Editor

month when it announced the cull of six long-standing DJs in a huge shake-up of the presenting roster. Melvin Osborn, who had been at the station for seven years, was dropped, as was Dean McCullough and Rickie Haywood-Williams, all to make way for fresh talent such as social media star GK Barry.

The latest set of figures covers the period before this was announced, so whether the brutal culling pays off remains to be seen.

The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, hosted by Greg James, also saw a drop of 144,000 listeners in the last three months, although it remains the UK's most-listened to breakfast show for younger listeners.

But commercial station Greatest Hits, which is now home to ex-Radio 2 veterans Bruce, Mayo and Zoe Ball, enjoyed an increase of 54,000 weekly listeners in the last quarter. Greatest Hits 80s and Greatest Hits 80s have continued to grow their audience, as have Capital's spin-off stations.

Radio 1's new station launches,

which include Radio 1 Anthems and Radio 1 Dance, have however boosted their audience.

Radio 2, which has been grappling with the scandal over former presenter Scott Mills after he was sacked over historical allegations of sexual offences, has lost just over a quarter of a million listeners since last year - a drop of 2 per cent.

It still remains the UK's most listened-to radio station, with Vernon Kay's mid-morning slot attracting 6.8 million. Radio 4 also saw a drop, with its flagship Today programme losing 54,000 listeners since March.

Father is charged with murder of Minnie, nine, on family camping holiday after she is found dying on industrial estate

By Jon Brady

THE father of a 'beautiful and incredible' nine-year-old girl was charged with her murder yesterday after she was found seriously injured at an industrial estate.

Minnie Merriman was discovered by emergency services in the early hours of Monday.

Reports said three other family members were also taken to hospital, where Minnie died.

Yesterday Christopher Rice, 35, appeared in court, where his address was given as Wakefield, West Yorkshire. He entered no plea to the single charge of murder.

The case was committed for further examination and Rice was remanded in custody. He is due back in court in Scotland within eight days.

In a statement released through police, Minnie's family said: 'We are devastated with the loss of our beloved, absolutely incredible, beautiful and brave Minnie Moo.

'Our family asks that our privacy is respected at this extremely difficult time.'

Emergency services received a call shortly before midnight on Sunday to the Elliot Industrial Estate in Arbroath, Angus, where the family had been camping. Police are not looking for anyone

Tribute: An officer places flowers at the scene

else in connection with the death. Detective Inspector Mike Ness, of Police Scotland's Major Investigation Team, said: 'Our

'Our beautiful, brave Minnie Moo'

thoughts remain with everyone affected by these events, especially Minnie's family. A police presence will remain in the area

while our enquiries continue.' A cordon was established in the aftermath of the incident outside the Halliburton plant within the industrial estate.

Witnesses said they had seen the family cooking food there on a portable stove earlier in the evening.

Ryan Beattie, who owns a nearby sports injury clinic, said he had seen a family camping on the industrial estate that evening. 'I was going to my clinic at around

Victim: Minnie Merriman was found in the early hours of Monday

6.15pm when I saw a wee, two-man green tent on the grass,' he said. 'When I left at around 6.45pm they were still there. I thought it was a bit random camping there.'

Yesterday flowers and cuddly toys were laid at the scene. One tribute read: 'In the arms of the angels little one, may you rest in peace. From friends you do not know xx.'

Derek Wann, deputy leader of the local council, said he was

'deeply saddened by the tragic death of a young girl.'

He added: 'My heartfelt thoughts and sincere condolences are with her family, friends and everyone who knew and loved her. I also recognise the impact this will have on our wider community.

'I would ask everyone to respect the family's privacy at this incredibly difficult time and to avoid speculation while Police Scotland continue their investigation.'

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Ex-fascist: Joshua Bonehill-Paine in his far-Right days

Former neo-Nazi resigns as Tory council candidate

Kemi had backed him despite racial hatred convictions

A FORMER neo-Nazi quit as a Conservative council candidate yesterday – just hours after Kemi Badenoch gave him her backing.

The Tory leader had insisted

By Christian Calgie

Senior Political Correspondent-at-Large

that Joshua Bonehill-Paine, jailed in 2016 for racial harassment of a Jewish Labour MP,

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should be given a second chance.

But last night Mr Bonehill-Paine pulled out as candidate for Crewkerne South in Somerset. He said he was withdrawing because opponents would 'spend all their time focusing on my past rather than the work I'm doing today'.

Mr Bonehill-Paine was convicted of racially harassing Jewish former Labour MP Luciana Berger in 2016, while already serving a jail sentence for sharing anti-Semitic posts.

Earlier Mrs Badenoch had told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme: 'I think people can look at me and know I'm not a person who would be recruiting neo-Nazis.

'Josh is someone who actually has been certified by the Home Office to train police officers on anti-Sem-

'Deservedly punished'

itism and on countering extremism. He... has shown contention for his crimes, has been rehabilitated and is spending every day working to solve the very problem which he knew he had caused previously'.

In blog posts, Mr Bonehill-Paine had called Baroness Berger, who now sits in the Lords, a 'rodent', and said the number of Jewish Labour MPs was a 'problem'.

He said yesterday: 'I was 21 when anti-Semitism became my whole way of seeing the world.' He added that he was 'deservedly punished', and that he had 'spent years fighting anti-Semitism and extremism'.

He said Mrs Badenoch had offered him a job in the Conservative's culture and integration commission, focusing on how young

Backing: Kemi Badenoch

Harassed: Baroness Berger

men become radicalised. The Tory leader said last night: 'If we are going to stop extremism, we are going to need help from those people who were part of the problem, but have now changed and are being part of the solution.'

Baroness Berger called the appointment an insult.

Police marksman who shot gangster is finally cleared after four years

THE police marksman who shot violent gangster Chris Kaba has been cleared of misconduct – four years after Kaba died while trying to smash his way through a police roadblock.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said Sergeant Martyn Blake will not be subject to a disciplinary probe.

The shooting occurred after armed police tailed the vehicle

'Drove his car at armed officers'

24-year-old Kaba was driving, which was used as a getaway car in a gang-related shooting the night before in Brixton, south London, in September 2022.

Sgt Blake shot the convicted gunman in Streatham after Kaba drove his car at armed officers.

The officer was cleared of mur-

By Ryan Hooper

Crime Correspondent

der by a jury at the Old Bailey. The police watchdog initially said Sgt Blake – known by his cipher NX121 due to a previous anonymity order – should face a gross misconduct hearing, before pausing the process as it waited for the Government to change regulations over the use of force.

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said: 'Since NX121's unanimous acquittal by an Old Bailey jury, and in the absence of any evidence he failed in his duties, we have been clear and consistent in our view he should not face a misconduct hearing.

'Criminals are held to account once by the courts – officers can be held to account four times through criminal, misconduct, civil and inquest processes that span years. That cannot be right.'

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By Eliana Silver and Vivek Chaudhary

AN AFGHAN man accused of killing a British woman in Athens claims he found her body before an old man convinced him to remove it and steal her money.

Sharif Ahmadzai, 26, is accused of murdering Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, before stuffing her body into a suitcase.

The suitcase was found in an abandoned building in the Kypseli neighbourhood on July 18.

Ahmadzai appeared in a Greek court yesterday where he was asked to provide his version of events of what took place on July 15, the night Ms Ross is believed to have been killed. The hearing was cut short after 90 minutes when he asked for more time and a lawyer.

According to Greek news outlet ProtoThema, Ahmadzai told police he did not kill the 38-year-old, claiming he found her dead before panicking and carrying out a series of questionable actions.

During the testimony, he said: 'I never did harm to anyone. I want you to understand me and believe me. I was just in a panic.'

He claimed he had visited the house where Ms Ross, who he calls 'Lisa', was staying, and found her lying on the bathroom floor. '[She] was spitting something like water out of her mouth. I spoke to her two or three times but she didn't respond. I froze. My legs went numb,' he said.

He claimed he panicked and left the house, where he encountered an elderly man near a bus stop. He reportedly asked the man what he should do after finding a dead body.

'[The old man] told me that he worked with hospitals and he knows about them and what I should do is remove it from the house or I will get

'I don't know what I was thinking'

into trouble. I sat and thought about what he told me for a few hours.'

He admitted returning to the apartment the next day and putting Ms Ross's body in a black suitcase, before placing it in the boot of the red Peugeot he was driving.

'I started in the Peugeot, arrived near my house and parked it,' he said. 'I got out of the car, took the suitcase out of the trunk and walked to an abandoned building across from the Panellinios sports club.

'There I found the old man I told you about who gave me the advice. He told me to leave the suitcase with him and he would take care of it.'

Ahmadzai told police he had taken Ms Ross's phone and bank cards. 'In addition to Lisa's cards, I also took her mobile phone. From that, I sent some messages to people close to her to reassure them that she was okay,' he added.

'I don't know what I was thinking. I wasn't thinking clearly. I gave all the money I took out of Lisa's cards to the old man because he was blackmailing me that he would tell everything to the police.

'As far as I know, this old man's name is Nikos and he frequents the place where I left the suitcase.'

Ahmadzai was brought to the Evelpidon court complex in Athens yesterday in a car with blacked-out windows.

He is due to appear before a Greek prosecutor again today, when the charges will be formally put to him.

In addition to 'intentional homicide' he has also been charged with robbery and weapons offences.

He is expected to be remanded in custody and face trial within the next 18 months. Ahmadzai

Afghan accused of woman in suitcase murder claims 'old man at bus stop told him to move body'

reached the island of Lesvos in 2016. He then converted to Christianity and married US-born Christian Alaina Hall in 2023 before they set up a ministry helping refugees in Athens.

The couple are believed to have known Ms Ross, who was also a Christian volunteer, through their work.

They had a key to the flat she was staying in as it was owned by

Accused: Sharif Ahmadzai, above and right, is led from court in cuffs yesterday by masked police. Left, Elisabeth-Jane Ross

their organisation, Love Every Nation - Athens, police sources told the Daily Mail.

Officers started probing Ahmadzai on July 30 after his wife allegedly reported her husband had been behaving suspiciously.

She reportedly said she woke to find him missing on the evening of July 15 and checked his shaved location which showed him at Ms Ross's apartment.

Ahmadzai's wife grew suspicious

when it was announced Ms Ross's body had been found. She left the family home with their baby and stayed in a hotel.

Ahmadzai gave her 2,550 euros and a new Apple iPhone 17 Pro but she refused them. She handed them to police believing they were bought with Ms Ross's money.

Detectives raided the family home on August 1 and found a black metal replica Glock-style pistol and a black military-style knife, sources say. Police sources

revealed that Ahmadzai - who had converted to Christianity - told his wife he had argued with Ms Ross because she wanted him to join her 'stricter' Christian group.

Ahmadzai was arrested shortly after Ms Ross's mobile phone - which had been off for days - was switched on this week, with police tracing it to a residence in Athens where he was staying.

A police source said: '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 religiously and it became too much for him.'

Ms Ross, who was from Edinburgh, had been a regular visitor to Greece over the past seven years volunteering with groups helping refugees, the homeless and other vulnerable people.

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Daily Mail, Thursday, August 6, 2025

Musk Moonshot

Tesla tycoon's drifting rocket slams into the lunar surface at 5,400mph

ONE of Elon Musk's discarded SpaceX rockets yesterday crashed into the Moon's surface at 5,400mph.

The impact produced a blast that was the equivalent of 15,000 sticks of dynamite, or three tons of TNT, said scientists.

It also produced a flash big enough to be seen from the Earth using a telescope.

The out-of-control spacecraft was the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket. It weighs 4.5tons and is 39ft long - about the height of a five-storey building.

It crashed near the Einstein Crater, on the Moon's western edge facing Earth, yesterday morning. Astronomers expect that the impact will have left a crater roughly 90ft across and 16ft deep. Verified foot-

By Wiliam Hunter

age of the event has yet to be released.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, in January last year. Space X is a US aerospace business founded by Tesla boss Elon Musk, pictured below. The Falcon 9 was carrying two lunar landers.

The larger first stage of the Falcon 9 is designed to be reusable, safely returning to Earth after pushing the upper stages out into space.

However, other sections are simply jettisoned and usually burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. After delivering the landers to the Moon, the upper stage had been drifting through space. Scientists say the crash offers them a rare opportunity to study what happens

when something with a known size and mass hits the Moon. They hope to analyse the flash, dust plume and crater.

That data will become especially important as the US and Chinese space agencies attempt to establish permanent human settlements on the Moon. Without an atmosphere, there is nothing to protect the Moon from asteroid impacts, which makes even the smallest space rock a potentially deadly threat.

South Korea's Danuri unmanned spacecraft was in the best position to see the crash live. However, the country's space agency said it will only be releasing images once its analysis has been completed.

Scientists are beginning to become concerned about the human junk piling up on the lunar surface. There are now roughly 3,000 human-made objects there. Some experts fear this contamination could alter the chemical composition of the otherwise pristine environment.

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The Sweeney Ratio... or why men say they prefer women with a figure like Sydney's

FOR decades, the hourglass figure has been the ultimate symbol of female beauty, with bust and hip measurements roughly equal.

Now, however, scientists claim we've been focusing on the wrong measurement.

A study suggests a woman's waist-to-bust ratio plays a much bigger role in perceived attractiveness to the opposite sex.

Researchers from Wayo Women's University in Japan asked 398 men aged 20 to 59 to rate computer-generated female silhou-

By Xantha Leatham Executive Science Editor

ettes in which these waist and bust proportions varied. Other features stayed the same.

Women with a lower waist-to-bust ratio – with larger breasts compared to their waist, like actress Sydney Sweeney, left – were consistently rated as more attractive.

But when waist and hip proportions were varied instead, there was little effect on

men's preferences. The most attractive silhouettes had a waist-to-bust ratio of between 0.6 and 0.7, the team wrote in the Journal Japanese Psychological Research.

A larger bust is seen as a sexual signal, they said, denoting fertility or reproductive health.

They wrote that the computer-generated figure judged most attractive is extremely uncommon in real life, and cautioned that the study involved only Japanese men so preferences could differ in other cultures.

Son of Mark Hughes died from sudden adult death syndrome as his boy, 11, tried to save him

By Richard Marsden and Vaz Sayed

THE 11-year-old grandson of former Manchester United striker Mark Hughes battled in vain to save his father's life when he collapsed at home, an inquest heard yesterday.

Alex Hughes, 38, was found on the floor of his bedroom by his sons Sebastian and nine-year-old Leonardo at 7am on June 19.

Sebastian carried out CPR but his father could not be revived.

Cheshire Coroner's Court heard that the cause of death was Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS).

The condition usually occurs in young men and there are around 800 cases a year in England.

At the hearing in Warrington, area coroner Victoria Davies concluded that the death was due to natural causes.

She said: 'A postmortem report showed there was no signification result of

'A wonderful brother, husband and father'

toxicology. There was no alcohol or drugs or prescription drugs.

'A cardiac pathology report showed sudden death with a normal heart. There were no other significant findings.'

Mr Hughes was head of player recruitment at League Two side Grimsby Town FC. He had known his wife Jess since they were at school and the family lived in a £1.2million home in Prestbury, Cheshire.

His father Mark had announced his death in an emotional statement, saying it had left his family 'totally heartbroken'.

The former Wales, Blackburn, Manchester City and Stoke City boss carried his son's coffin at the funeral last month as he paid his final respects.

In a statement through the League Managers Association at the time of his son's death, Mr Hughes senior said: 'Jill and I are totally heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected loss of our beloved son Alex.'

'Alex was a wonderful son, brother to Curtis and Xenna, devoted husband and father to Jessica and their two beautiful children Sebastian and Leonardo.

'Alex was player recruitment

Tragedy: Football chief Alex Hughes was found in his bedroom by his two young sons

lead at Grimsby Town FC, and had many good friends and colleagues. He will be so deeply missed by us all.'

Leading sports figures joined mourners for the funeral at St Peter's Church in Prestbury.

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson attended along with ex-players

including Bryan Robson and Ryan Giggs.

Mr Hughes' father-in-law, David Pollock, gave a moving eulogy in which he explained how Alex was proud of his two boys, who had begun pointing to the skies after scoring goals.

Alex Hughes was born in 1987, while his father was contracted

to Barcelona, and had a brief football career in Wales before moving into a variety of behind-the-scenes roles.

He earned his stripes as a match analyst at Blackburn before Manchester City took him on as a scout. Mr Hughes then worked as chief analyst at another of his father's former clubs, Fulham,

Family: Alex, right, with his parents and siblings when his father received an OBE in 2004

before forging his own path with advisory roles at 1860 Munich in Germany and Reading.

In 2024 he took over as director of football at AFC Fylde in Lancashire before returning to prominent scouting roles at Morecambe and Grimsby.

His father Mark, now 62, had a distinguished playing career with Manchester United – including

'He will be so deeply missed'

helping win their first two Premier League titles in 1993 and 1994 – Barca, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Southampton, Everton and Blackburn.

He then became a mainstay in club management after five years in charge of the Welsh national team between 1999 and 2004.

Mr Hughes senior was most recently in charge of Carlisle United but left after suffering defeat in the National League play-off semi-finals last season.

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COMMENT

World must wake up to dangers of AI

IT requires no great understanding of how artificial intelligence works to realise that the risk of catastrophe is growing by the day.

With near-misses involving rogue software becoming increasingly serious and frequent, the world seems to be edging ever closer to disaster. The latest scare involved AI models using fake online identities in an attempt to fool human coders into giving the go-ahead for a cyber attack.

It comes after a dramatic incident last month when a test agent broke free from a supposedly secure 'sandbox' and hacked into another company's data.

In what may yet prove to be a major understatement, one expert has been quoted as saying that AI developers may 'not have as good a handle on their models as they think'.

If this is what can happen in the absence of any malicious intent by so-called 'bad actors', the potentially devastating effects of a deliberate plot can only be imagined.

The prospect of every NHS hospital left paralyzed, the banking system collapsing, or even the nation being plunged into darkness could be the least of our worries.

There is nothing particularly new about these fears. Analysts have long said that AI poses similar risks to our very existence as global pandemics or nuclear warfare. No less a figure than Professor Stephen Hawking warned more than a decade ago that it could 'spell the end of the human race'.

For all that, there is nothing to indicate that Andy Burnham fully appreciates the magnitude of what we are facing.

The Prime Minister's response to the threat has been, to borrow Kemi Badenoch's pithy observation, to 'put one guy in Cabinet to look at AI'.

Given that a nightmare scenario could be unleashed upon us without a moment's notice, it is clear that No10 must devote far more attention and resources to the dangers posed by developments in AI. Nor, on a wider level, can there be any further delay in establishing a global watchdog to replace the existing disjointed patchwork of country-by-country regulators.

AI technology is becoming increasingly powerful, sophisticated, innovative and clever. Before it's too late, the international community needs to catch up.

Don't let them out

WHILE the gruesome death inflicted on PC Andrew Harper remains a truly shocking crime, it was only the first of the injustices suffered by his loved ones.

The lenient terms handed down to his three killers were nothing short of a disgrace. To add insult to injury, two of them are now in line to walk free early from jail.

Who could blame PC Harper's widow Lissie, who has maintained extraordinary dignity throughout her long and distressing ordeal, for saying that 'the people making these decisions should be utterly ashamed of themselves'?

It is also difficult to fault her conclusion that the decision puts dangerous people back on our streets, causes more heartache and suffering for other families in the future and makes a mockery of our justice system.

For his part, the Prime Minister only watered down the early-release programme when he was embarrassed into it.

Even he must now realise the changes have failed to go far enough and that it is time to go back to the drawing board.

It is bad enough just there has even been a discussion about releasing PC Harper's killers before they have served every day of their sentences. If they do end up getting out early, it will be nothing short of a scandal.

IT is hard to believe it in our atomised world of smartphones, but Walter Cronkite - the legendary anchor of CBS Evening News during the 1960s and 1970s - enjoyed average audiences of 53 million viewers every night.

They watched, rapt, as he expounded on everything from the assassination of JFK to the human triumph of the Moon landings.

'The most trusted man in America,' as opinion polls regularly named him, always signed off his broadcasts by saying: 'And that's the way it is.'

That phrase, he added, captured 'the newsman's highest ideal: to report the facts as he sees them, without regard for the consequences or controversy that may ensue.'

For a century or more, an independent broadcast media in the Cronkite mould has been vital to modern democracy. But now, amid the destabilising rise of streaming giants such as Netflix - which last month overtook the BBC as the first port of call for viewers, according to Ofcom - that noble ideal is under threat.

On both sides of the Atlantic, 'mega-mergers' between media corporations are jeopardising the existence of reliable, independent TV news along with a host of other problems.

Destabilising

At a time when millions are switching off from traditional broadcasters to derive their 'news' from social media - a haven for disinformation, including from our enemies and AI 'stop' - such deals are nothing less than a risk to public safety.

Readers may not have been following closely these multi-billion-dollar transactions, which seem more suited to the rarefied world of the media drama Succession (thinly based on the Murdoch dynasty) than everyday life. But let me be clear: the consequences for all of us are huge.

In Britain, the Sky network - owned by the gargantuan US conglomerate Comcast - has announced a £1.6billion deal to buy ITV's broadcasting and streaming arm and create the country's biggest commercial broadcaster.

In America, meanwhile, Paramount, run by billionaire Donald Trump ally David Ellison, is attempting to build its own sprawling media empire by buying Warner Bros Discovery for a staggering £8billion.

Of the two, ITV's sale concerns me the most.

Behemoth

This venerable British broadcaster - home to Coronation Street, countless popular shows and sporting gems from the World Cup to the Nations rugby - would be out of domestic hands for the first time in its 70-year history. This is despite ITV's power to marshal audiences of up to 10million - a feast for advertisers.

ITV's chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall fell she had little choice but to agree to the takeover against the onslaught from streamers.

Despite a canny investment in streaming platform ITVX, which has racked up healthy subscriptions, the group's share price has spent years in the doldrums and shareholders are impatient.

Under the Sky deal, a diminished ITV - including its excellent studio arm, responsible for such productions as Mr Bates vs The Post Office - would remain untouched. Crucially, however, the fate of

Some of our creative crown jewels are under mortal threat, but U.S. mega-mergers - Burnham has to get a grip

by Alex Brummer

CITY EDITOR

news arm ITN (in which DMGT, owner of the Daily Mail, has a 20 per cent stake), remains alarmingly unclear. ITN boasts exemplary credentials for proper, old-school news-gathering.

In 2021, it delivered historic coverage of the January 6 riots, when Trump's unruly crew of MAGA fanatics stormed the US Capitol. ITN were the only non-US crew to breach the building alongside Trump's insurgents.

But what will happen to this important news provider after the Comcast-Sky takeover? Nobody knows.

Since it launched at 6pm on February 5, 1989, Sky - with its rolling 24-hour news coverage - wields an important role in setting Britain's political and news agenda, thanks to well-known faces.

If the deal goes ahead, Comcast will find itself in possession of two major British news providers - Sky and ITN. To its billionaire chairman and CEO, Pennsylvaniaan Brian L. Roberts (a 'nepo-baby who inherited Comcast from his dad Ralph), that may look like one provider too many.

When Roberts paid Rupert Murdoch a whopping £30billion for Sky in 2018, he promised heavy investment. Instead, Comcast has been hacking away at the British broadcaster, among other things by closing a digital facility that made short videos for social media. Sky's

agreement with Comcast for news provision expires as soon as 2028. I wouldn't want to be working at Sky or ITN after that date.

Andy Burnham faces a serious dilemma over the Sky-ITV takeover. Sir Kerr Starmer's government stumped up no less than £1.3billion of taxpayers' cash to encourage Comcast-owned Universal to build a sprawling, 471-acre theme park in Bedfordshire, due to open in 2031, at an estimated cost of £5billion.

The worry for Burnham now is that if our regulators try to block the Sky-ITV deal, Comcast might pull out of this massive facility, losing the jobs and investment it will bring.

Dilemma

New Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy could overrule the regulators - but at what cost to British news production? To me it's clear: for the sake of our national news landscape, this deal must not go ahead.

Which brings me to the Paramount-Warner takeover. Although this might seem a purely American concern, there are direct implications for Britain.

Audiences here enjoy content from Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount thanks to Channel 5, TNT Sports, the Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and CNN International, as well as Paramount+ and HBO Max. Warner alone

employs 4,000 permanent UK staff - a number that doubles during film-making.

The companies also make tremendous use of our world-leading post-production facilities in Soho, central London. Their estimated direct contribution to our economy is £2.2billion. But you can be sure that Paramount, as it seeks to 'streamline' its new acquisition, will soon look for places to cut.

Yet as well as the risk of losing thousands of British jobs, there are concerns that Warner-owned CNN, which offers robust criticism of Donald Trump, will be suppressed by the MAGA sympathies of Larry Ellison, the billionaire Oracle founder and financier of the Paramount bid.

This is an important test. If you believe in independent news, that needs to cut both ways. Whatever you think of Trump, seeing venerable American broadcasters such as CBS and CNN being forced to kowtow to the White House would be an affront to the First Amendment and American Press freedom.

And while you might think there's nothing we can do here about this nine-figure American deal, our own regulator the CMA could, in fact, force the sale of British studio assets such as Paramount's Channel 5, because a takeover could give the US behemoth an uncompetitively large slice of the UK market. This might sharpen minds across the Atlantic.

In the meantime, our nation's current affairs and creative crown jewels are under mortal threat. Burnham needs to show some mettle - and do everything he can to kill these deals stone-dead.

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by Claudia Connell

TO SOME, the very idea of storing your eggs in a cupboard rather than the door of the fridge is horrifying.

Others will tell you that a bar of chocolate tastes far better when it's chilled to the point that it could break your teeth.

There are those who insist that an open bottle of ketchup must be refrigerated - but who wants cold tomato sauce on their hot chips?

Is it any wonder that we're all slightly baffled about what we should and shouldn't chill? A survey found that three-quarters of us are so confused it's leading to domestic fallouts.

To avoid further friction, here's the ultimate expert guide to what you should keep in the fridge and what's better off in the cupboard.

EGGS

WHEN it comes to the 'to chill or not to chill' debate, eggs are undoubtedly the most contentious item.

Our fridges all come with egg storage containers, so surely that's where we should keep them? But attempting to boil an egg from the fridge usually leads to some very lonely soldiers after the egg cracks and explodes.

Specialist dietician Nichola Ludlam-Raine says: 'Eggs are better off in the fridge. However, keep them in the original box on a shelf, not a compartment in the door as that's the area most variable in temperature.'

BUTTER

A DAIRY product, so logic dictates it should be chilled. But as everyone knows, if you try to spread it straight from the fridge it ends up tearing a huge hole in your £6 loaf of sourdough.

Previous generations stored their butter in a dish in a cool larder, keeping it deliciously soft. Should we be going the same way?

Nichola says: 'Butter is now available in a form that will spread straight from the fridge. They add extra rapeseed oil and water to achieve that.

'When people kept butter in a dish in the larder it was before the days of central heating. Modern houses are much warmer. A block of pure butter would be UK in a dish in cool weather, especially salted. But, generally, it's better in the fridge.'

BREAD & CAKE

WHO wants dry, crusty bread? Keeping loaves in the fridge is an odd one but the popularity of huge, American-style fridges means that Brits store the majority of their food there, freeing up cupboard space for their ever-growing array of trendy kitchen gadgets.

Nichola says: 'Refrigerated bread will be slower to grow mould but the starch firms up very quickly and it's going to go stale much sooner, so there's no value to chilling it. A bread bin on the side is best. Cakes contain a lot of sugar and so will last well in an airtight container in a cool, dark place.'

FRUIT

WHAT home doesn't have a fruit bowl? All the fruit thrown in together, usually with a brown banana buried at the bottom and a pineapple that gets binned because nobody knows how to cut it up. But is a fruit bowl now old-fashioned?

Nichola says: 'Fruit ripens better and faster at room temperature, so keep things out of the fridge until they're ready to eat. Bananas are best out of a fridge

always and stored on their own as they give off ethylene gas, which causes other fruits to spoil.

'Apples are fine in a bowl but will last longer in a fridge and chilling won't alter the taste. Remove bad apples from the chiller drawer, though, as they'll turn the other ones. Ripen avocados on the side and then refrigerate.'

VEGETABLES

DID you know that potatoes and onions are the sworn enemies of the vegetable world and should never be kept together? Onions

give off ethylene gas that will cause the potato to sprout and rot, while the potato releases water vapour that makes the onion go soft and mouldy.

The official advice about where to store your spuds has changed. Previously, the advice was not to refrigerate in order to prevent 'cold sweetening' - the formation of additional sugars which convert to higher levels of potentially-carcinogenic acrylamide when cooked. Food scientists now believe this not to be the case.

Nichola says: 'Most people keep

their potatoes in a cupboard but they'll keep for much longer if you refrigerate them. Onions and garlic are fine in a pantry until they're cut. Leafy green veg should always be chilled to preserve nutrients.

'Instagram is full of reels of influences unwrapping their vegetables, washing and then storing. Don't! Keep them in the wrappers until you use them.'

TOMATOES & SALAD

VISIT the home of anyone with a fancy kitchen and you're likely to see a tick-list of things. Range

oven? Tick. Flashy coffee machine? Tick. Tomato bowl? Tick. But is a bowl for your tomatoes the right thing to do?

Nichola says: 'Tomatoes taste better at room temperature and they'll ripen better out of the fridge too. If you keep them in a bowl on the side, make sure it's out of direct sunlight. Always keep your lettuce and cucumber chilled and in the packaging - it's designed to be protective and preserve the produce.'

JAMS & SPREADS

FOR generations, people happily kept their opened jams, spreads and marmalades in cupboards without coming to any harm, only discarded once they grew a fetching fur coat.

Now, the advice is very much to keep refrigerated. But who wants icy-cold marmalade on their hot, buttered toast? Or chilly strawberry jam on their warm scone?

Nichola says: 'Nut butters are fine in a cool, dark cupboard and honey should be out of the fridge, otherwise it will crystallise. But with jams, the jarring is a huge part of the preservation, so once you open and let oxygen in, it will start to spoil. So, yes, in the fridge.'

Kate Hall, a food waste expert advises: 'If it simply has to be the cupboard for you, then always use a clean spoon or knife to avoid contamination from crumbs and butter. But never scrape mould off and hope for the best!'

CHOCOLATE

ANYBODY who has ever kept a bar of milk or dark chocolate in the fridge will know that it starts to turn white. It's because of 'sugar bloom' and it impacts the taste too. This happens when chocolate is chilled and then exposed to warmer temperatures. Condensation on the surface dissolves some of the sugar, which then re-crystallises.

Nichola says: 'The joy of chocolate is the melt-in-the-mouth experience, which you don't get if it's very cold. Keep it in a cool, dry place. In a heatwave maybe go for an airtight container.'

OLIVE OIL

THE UK olive oil industry now exceeds £1billion. Prices are expected to soar after a summer of drought and wildfires. The last thing you want to do is ruin your expensive bottle.

Nichola says: 'Keeping the oil away from light and heat is the key to keeping it at its best. Store in a cupboard, not the fridge. If you have it on the work surface, then make sure it's away from the oven hob.'

KETCHUP & MUSTARD

THE average bottle of ketchup has an 18-month use-by date - making them a super-tough and hardy food product. Yet the labels usually instruct us to put them in the fridge after opening. If they're packed full of vinegar and sugar do they really turn into superwimps that need to be chilled the minute they're opened?

Nichola says: 'The advice from manufacturers such as Heinz is to refrigerate after opening and they're the ones that have done the testing. Do what the labels say.'

However, Kate Hall advises: 'Ketchups are generally high in sugar and vinegar, so the risk of keeping them in the cupboard is low, especially if they're going to be used up quickly. But I would definitely chill them during a heatwave. Opened mustard always needs to be kept in the fridge.'

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The two big parties reserved the shock Reform gave them – but the next election will still be between Labour and the Tories

AFTER days of speculation, Reform this week unveiled their new master-plan for solving the small boats crisis.

The document, hastily cobbled together with an imposing but blurred image of an aircraft carrier, was entitled Operation Fortress and ran to 28 pages.

But it could actually be summarised in four words: 'We will invade France.'

Nigel Farage entered Parliament two years ago on the back of legitimate public fury over the failure of successive governments to secure the nation's borders. It was the defining issue of Brexit. And the policy area that has defined British politics in the following decade.

So, Farage and his aides have had a long time to work on yesterday's document. But what we received was a work of fiction that attempted to take the British people for fools.

It's hard to know where to start with the paper. Perhaps the bit where it claims 'lethal force would be available where lawful and necessary in self-defence or defence of others against an imminent threat to life'. The passage that declares 'the ECHR does not create a general right to asylum, to enter a country, or to remain there', is in direct contradiction of every argument the party has presented to support its policy of junking that treaty.

Or, best of all, its fantastical assertion: 'Operationally, we anticipate agreed returns to French or Belgian ports or transfer points, but will anticipate and plan for returns without the receiving state's consent.' In the ten years since Britain voted to leave the EU, that is the next Farage's brightest brains have come up with. Grab the migrants, dump them back on the beaches of France, cross our fingers and hope the French don't notice, or mind.

Over the past few years Reform's leader has recast the political landscape. He has given a voice to the country's patronised and belittled working class. He has poked at, and popped, the conceit of the

by Dan Hodges

establishment elite. And finally shattered taboos that should have been broken decades ago.

Reform's dramatic political advance reached its sleuth in the polls last October. The party was at 31 per cent, Labour way back on 20 per cent, the Tories a further three points behind.

That was Nigel Farage's moment. The opportunity for him and his colleagues to kick on and move up to the next level. To start to demonstrate that they had the ability not just to scream obscenities at the furies assailing the British people but to come up with concrete proposals to confront and ultimately vanquish them.

To move, in other words, from a party of opposition to a serious alternative party of government.

And they have completely blown it. By my reckoning, Reform have recently announced three significant policy initiatives.

THE first was a U-turn. Farage, having stated he opposed the two-child benefit cap, suddenly announced he didn't. Asked to rationalise his stance, he meekly said he'd simply lost the argument.

The second was the announcement from the party's Home Affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf that in the wake of the murder of Ann Widdecombe all MPs, and a significant number of former MPs, would be granted round-the-clock armed police protection.

When it was put to him this was a £3 billion spending commitment, he shrugged off concerns by saying he didn't care what the cost was.

The most recent initiative was their gerrymandered offering on small boats. Which one naval expert, in one of the more objective analyses of the policy, described as a 'crock of 5'?

It is impossible to ignore the impact Nigel Farage and his

party have had on British politics. Or the long-needed shock they have delivered to the two main parties, who have both in their own differing ways also taken the voters for idiots.

But it is now equally impossible to ignore another simple fact. Reform are currently not a serious party. They are not remotely close to being an alternative party of opposition. And they are even further away from being an alternative government.

Yesterday Farage claimed 'the next election will be a binary choice between Reform and Labour'. But it will not. Because Reform's own leader has ensured it cannot be.

Two years after their worst rejection in modern electoral history, Kemi Badenoch's Tory Party remains in a deep political hole. But the contrast with which she has used the 24 months that have followed could not have been starker.

Despite the entreaties of some in her inner circle, she ignored the lure of easy populism. She rejected calls to engage in an arms race with Reform over who could lurch the furthest to the right.

And she began to carefully and methodically set out a modest but deliverable Conservative – and conservative – prospectus for government. A pledge to abolish stamp duty. A Golden Economic Rule that would ensure at least half of government savings are channelled towards cutting the deficit, tax cuts or growth. A commitment to phasing out the addiction to Net Zero.

True, few of these policies secured the fanfare of yesterday's announcement from Nigel Farage. But they at least had the benefit of not advocating the storming of the beaches of a Nato ally with lethal force. And as the polls and recent parliamentary election results show, they are starting to resonate with the electorate.

As one Tory insider revealed: 'It's clear from our research: 2024 Reform switchers are

worried Farage & Co aren't doing the work and that their announcements look good but fall apart under scrutiny.

'By contrast, Kemi doesn't let anything out the door until it's been fully tested.

'We do the work and make the policies bulletproof.'

As evidence, they point to the Aberdeen South by-election, which they claim swung on whether the oil and gas industry believed in Badenoch's commitment to change Tory energy policy. 'People called on us to stand down for Reform in Makerfield and they'd stand down for us in Aberdeen. Reform lost by miles and we won in Aberdeen even with Reform on the ballot paper.'

WITHIN Reform's ranks there are thoughtful people. A few years ago, I spent a couple of hours with Richard Tice, in which he delivered an articulate analysis of the nation's problems and his personal solutions for addressing them.

Robert Jenrick once set out for me one of the most compelling and cogent critiques I've heard of the modern Right and his prescription for its ills.

Danny Kruger's deconstruction of the Assisted Dying Bill was one of the most effective examples of parliamentary statecraft I've ever witnessed.

But they are currently being neutered. Or worse, forced to jump through increasingly bizarre populist hoops in a desperate effort to re-energise Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf's fading circus.

Farage is right. There will be a binary choice at the next election. But it will be between Andy Burnham's Labour Party and Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives.

Because Reform have proven themselves incapable of crossing even the most basic threshold of competence necessary to be entrusted with the governance of a nuclear-armed nation state.

We do indeed need an Operation Fortress.

One that ensures that, until Reform grow up, they are never allowed within a country mile of the levers of power.

Ephraim Hardeashe

STOP his in-tray on return from holiday, PM Burnham might find a demand for multi-million-pound slave reparations from Jamaica and other Commonwealth nations. Commonwealth secretary-general Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has had a meeting with King Charles and bent HM's ear about compensation and her intention to press Burnham at November's summit in Antigua. 'I stand for reparations,' Botchwey has said. Sir Keir Starmer was determined at the Samoa summit in 2024 that reparations shouldn't be on the agenda or be mentioned in the final communique. He lost out on both counts. Burnham, who has favoured education about Britain's colonial past over writing cheques, will discover Botchwey is persuasive. He will also find a monarch who is very keen to apologise for the slave trade, something he has never been allowed to do.

COLOURFUL Oxford academic AJ Ayer once challenged boxer Mike Tyson at a New York party after he made advances on model Naomi Campbell. 'Ayer confronted Tyson,' reveals the Times Literary Supplement. 'Tyson retorted, "Do you know who the f*** I am? I'm the heavyweight champion of the world". Ayer replied, "And I am the former Wykeham Professor of Logic. We are both pre-eminent in our field. I suggest we talk about this like rational men".'

POLYMATH A.N. Wilson has yet to book his local Odeon to view The Odyssey despite the fact his daughter Emily provided the English translation for Christopher Nolan's epic. He explains: 'She's rather given it the thumbs-down.'

SAMANTHA Morton accuses film director Vincent Ward of mistaking her for fellow English actress Emily Watson, the star of the 1996

movie Breaking The Waves, after she was cast in his 2005 production River Queen. 'The director said, "We're so excited to have you, Emily. I've loved you since you were in Breaking The Waves".' Recalls Samantha, pictured above left with Emily: 'I said to the producer, "Does he know that I'm Samantha Morton?" He said, "Don't tell him, he thinks you're Emily Watson".'

DELIGHTFULLY bonkers Su Pollard's singing career hit the buffers in 1974 when she came second to a warbling Jack Russell in Opportunity Knocks. Then it got worse. 'I used to go to the same auditions as Elaine Paige,' she recalls. 'She got Evita at the same time as I got Hi-de-Hi!'

THE late Rod Liddle was reported to the RSPCA and had a visit from the police investigating animal cruelty after he wrote a satirical article about putting a cat on trial and executing it on a miniature gibbet. Rod later remarked that the police should have known it was a joke, adding: 'I had three field mice watching and applauding.'

Email: john.mcentee@dailymail.co.uk

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I'VE TAKEN THE NEW WEGOVY PILL FOR A MONTH – TRUST ME, IT'S NO PICNIC!

WHEN a box containing my first pack of Wegovy pills arrived I was excited – until, that is, I spotted the stash of extra medication to help with side-effects tucked in beside them.

After 18 months of weekly Mounjaro jabs I was looking forward to swapping all the druggy paraphernalia (refrigerated syringe pen, spare needles, alcohol wipes, sharps bin) for the simplicity of swallowing a tiny tablet once a day.

I'd put my name on a waiting list and was one of the first in the UK to get my hands on the new pills when stocks were shipped out early last month.

So, it was rather a shock to receive four separate packs of tablets for diarrhoea, bloating, constipation and heartburn.

I'd happily lost 2st on Mounjaro (dropping from 13st 5lb to 11st 5lb) barely troubled by any of those ailments, so this got me wondering what hell I might be letting myself in for.

It turns out the stash was very much needed. Here's my diary of my tumultuous first month on the new skinny pill.

WEEK ONE

UK PHARMACIES start shipping out their first packs of Wegovy pills on July 7. Only the two lowest doses have so far been supplied by manufacturer, Novo Nordisk – 1.5mg for complete beginners and 4mg for people like me moving over from a low dose of Wegovy or Mounjaro injections.

The pills are not likely to be available via the NHS for months (pending NICE

approval) but all the online pharmacies are selling them privately, pitching their prices in line with the Wegovy jab (around £100 for a one month supply of the lowest dose) rather than more expensive Mounjaro (£150). Like the jabs, the cost goes up with the dose.

I go through a strict screening process with online provider shemed.co.uk, showing proof that I reached the criteria (BMI of 30 or, in my case, 37 with health concerns) at the start of my GLP-1 journey and convincing them of my commitment to continue on a low dose to maintain my weight loss and hopefully shift the last stubborn half stone that would take my weight into the 'healthy' category (BMI of 25 and under).

These tablets contain the same GLP-1 drug – semaglutide – as you find in the Wegovy syringe but the active ingredient is encased in a special coating which protects the peptides from stomach acids and digestive enzymes just long enough so it can dissolve and pass through the stomach lining to enter the bloodstream. There's

LOUISE ATKINSON has suffered sickness, bloating, constipation and rashes – none of which she endured on the jabs. But, she insists, there are serious upsides too...

by Louise Atkinson

been a huge buzz of excitement surrounding the pills which many believe will revolutionise the medicated weight-loss market, driving costs down and opening up the GLP-1 world to a new needlephobic clientele and beyond.

Why am I switching? I am committed to being on a low dose of GLP-1 forever to keep my weight steady, my brain free from food noise and to reap the many emerging long-term health benefits (protecting me against heart disease, cancers and dementia), and I'm intrigued by the relative 'normality' of taking a pill each morning. My health is so much better already (blood pressure and cholesterol back in normal ranges), that my hope is this daily pill will take the place of the blood pressure tablet and statin I no longer need.

The active ingredient in the pill works just like the injection with the same impact on the body and brain, and the same potential side effect warnings (nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation). Studies

for both show more than 70 per cent of users are affected by these 'gastric issues' but the pills were expected to hit the gut harder because it passes through the digestive tract every single day.

My 'day one' is timed exactly seven days after my last Mounjaro injection and I go to bed with the box by my pillow ready to take my first pill the moment I wake.

Your stomach must be empty (ideally after an eight-hour overnight fast), you can't use more than 120ml of water (equivalent to a small glass of wine) to swallow it down and you absolutely must not eat or drink anything else or take any other tablets for at least 30 minutes so it has the perfect conditions in your stomach to dissolve and disseminate. It's a hot

and sweaty night and I wake up desperate for a large glass of water but that would over-dilute the pill and render it ineffectual so I ration myself to a few sips which barely disguise the bitter taste.

My second night is blighted by stress dreams in which I'm accidentally eating. Waking at intervals throughout the night I'm constantly checking the time and wondering if I should take my pill. Plus I really miss the early morning cup of tea that my husband Jon usually brings me in bed.

I'm eating healthily during the day but each evening I am hit by a strong drive to search out something sweet to eat. The sugar cravings are so strong I have to make a batch of biscuits because I want to lick the bowl so badly.

I'm concerned this 4mg dose is not going to be powerful enough to keep my evil eating demons in check. I needn't have worried.

On day four a wave of nausea hits. It's not debilitating or vomit-inducing but more like the 'yuk' feeling you get if you try to

read your phone when you're a passenger in a car. It passes but I have to force myself to eat lunch with Jon. He has zero tolerance for nausea and is struggling to understand why I'm doing this to myself.

Rachael Joy, chief clinical officer at SheMed (and a registered nurse) tells me the semaglutide in my daily pill has been accumulating over the last four days. 'Although you take the tablet every day, semaglutide has a long half-life [the time it takes to reduce to half its original quantity] of around seven days, so it is not flushed out of your system after 24 hours,' she says.

'Each daily tablet adds to the semaglutide that's already in your body, gradually increasing the overall amount in your circulation until you reach steady state, which takes around four to five weeks of daily dosing.'

She reassures me that serious complications such as pancreatitis and gallbladder disease are uncommon and normally associated with rapid weight loss. 'As oral Wegovy may produce more gradual weight loss, these complications are less likely on the pills, although more real world evidence is needed to understand this fully,' she says.

The bowel perforation which led to the untimely death of a 73-year-old woman from Norfolk recently is so rare, she adds, that it is not even listed as a recognised side-effect of GLP-1 medicines.

But the next night my tummy pain keeps waking me up. I check the clock at 4am, then 5.30am worrying – now – whether the drug is too strong for me.

WEEK TWO

THE scales tell me I'm 11st 6lb and I'm infuriated to see my weight slightly higher than when I started but I twisted my knee playing padel a few weeks ago which means I can't walk the dog or do spin classes and my daily step count has plummeted.

And although I have all the self-control required to eat small, healthy meals during the day, I seem unable to resist nibbling and picking at food (or succumbing to a glass of wine) in the evening.

Mounjaro used to be strongest for the first days after the injection, before tailing off and the

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Swapping jabs for pills: Louise as she looks today and, above, before she began her weight-loss journey

Main picture: LEZLI+ROSÉ

Hair and make-up: CARL SIMALEY

Wegovy pill seems to follow a similar but daily curve: waves of nausea in the morning which subside, then an infuriating 'all bets are off' blast of food noise in the evening.

Rachael Joy explains that peak blood concentrations are typically reached an hour after taking the tablet. 'The concentration then gradually falls over the rest of the day,' she says, 'but the half-life means it won't fall to zero and each day's dose simply tops up the background level that's already there.'

Levels of semaglutide in my system are clearly building but the daily dosage curve means it's now far too easy to say 'yes' to a proffered glass of wine in the evening and the chemical cocktail seems to be ramping up a hangover.

After one ill-advised (but fun!) evening my body feels totally toxic and, bizarrely, I develop an itchy hives-like rash on the back of my neck/upper shoulders. I'm not a rashy person and I can't work out what might have caused it. Possibly the Wegovy?

A series of bad nights follows with gastro discomfort and the itching rash keeping me awake. It means my days are spent feeling shattered with strong sensations of nausea interspersed with intermittent trips to the loo with diarrhoea.

I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth it.

On the Facebook support groups I follow, pill-takers are starting to bail.

'It's been hard work living with this horrible yukky feeling all the time,' says one, with another agreeing: 'I can't take any more of the sickness, headache, fatigue and generally feeling lousy.'

I could safely switch back to the Mounjaro jab 24 hours after taking my last pill but decide I need to push through

with this. The expense of Mounjaro is so much more difficult to justify when you're maintaining rather than losing weight and, despite the side-effects, as my body gets used to the drugs, I'm finding I need to deploy far less willpower to stay in 'diet mode'.

The Wegovy pill might be hard work right now but the suppression I feel is impressive (like the first few months on Mounjaro) and steady every day. I've just got to hope the gastric side-effects diminish.

WEEK THREE

I'M RELIEVED to find I'm 11st 5lb - just one pound down but I'm back on track.

Finally! No hunger all day, side-effects are less strong, no food noise, just measured healthy eating. Antihistamines clear the rash and the evening munchies (and wine craving) have disappeared.

I've stopped sleep-stressing about taking the tablet and it turns out it's really not that hard to use up the required 30 minutes waiting time in the shower and getting dressed before the normal routines of daily life can resume. I still do get occasional waves of nausea but I find it strangely reassuring that the pill is working.

I'm eating so much less than I was before I started taking this pill. If only I wasn't so sedentary I reckon the weight would be falling off now.

New week, new problem: constipation. I glug a fibre drink and spend the evening snacking on prunes (to me in this sugar-deprived state, they taste as delicious as Lindt balls). Disaster averted and I don't need to dip into the constipation capsules in my 'care' package from SheMed.

Fatigue is also still bothersome. Mounjaro made me feel spritely and light but some

days now I feel as if I could curl up and sleep, particularly during the afternoon.

I'm putting extra focus on the quality of my nutrition but I wonder whether my poor microbiome (the population of good bacteria in my gut which influences digestion, mood and immunity) is having a tough time adjusting to swimming around in my GLP-1-infused intestinal soup.

WEEK FOUR

I'M 11st 4lb. Finally, after a 12-month plateau, the scales are moving down and I feel optimistic that I might reach my original weight-loss goal and get my BMI into the 'healthy' category for the first time in 30 years.

The side-effects have completely disappeared now my body has got used to the new GLP-1 regime and I'm falling into an easy rhythm of taking the pill each morning and being 'good' about what I eat and drink.

It's so much easier to pop the pills in my wash bag for a big girlie weekend away - no more worrying about trying to micromanage the timing of a weekly jab - and the strong steady suppression really helps me resist the cocktails and pastries on offer.

Bonus: all the girls had hideous hangovers apart from me. I celebrate by ordering my next month's supply of pills. The predicted shortages haven't happened - perhaps because the claimed loss (17 per cent of body weight) is less than Wegovy jabs (20 per cent) and Mounjaro (22.5 per cent) and the pills aren't as cheap as expected - yet.

The protocol for those starting out on the Wegovy pill is to move up a dose each month if symptoms allow and the bigger doses (9mg and even 25mg) are now available but I definitely couldn't handle a higher dose. This is plenty.

In fact, if I can get down to my goal weight I think I'll drop to the 1.5mg 'starter' dose pill which should be just enough to keep that trickle of GLP-1 in my system long-term.

The second box of 4mg pills arrive without the side-effects care package which Rachael Joy tells me is sent out as a gesture of support to all SheMed GLP-1 users in their first delivery, regardless of pill or jab. Not just because they were expecting me to be blighted by symptoms.

I'm keen to keep going and I'm hoping the cost of the tablets will soon come down so they can be more widely available to everyone.

Maybe when the next GLP-1 pill - Foundayo - is approved for the UK market later this year, a price war might work in our favour.

But right now I figure I'm saving so much money on food, wine, the taxis we no longer need because I volunteer to drive, my daily magic skinny pill is virtually cost free.

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British mother dies after being caught in wildfire during holiday in Spain

By Patrick Harrington

A BRITISH mother-of-three has died three weeks after she and her partner were caught up in the Spanish wildfires.

Lisa Fryett and Simon Batchelor were found badly burned on a mountainside the morning after a fast-spreading fire tore through Almeria.

The Essex couple had been staying in the village of Bédar in the Los Gallardos region when the blaze broke out on July 9.

Mr Batchelor remains fighting for his life in a Spanish hospital.

The Almeria wildfire was Spain's third deadliest ever, claiming the lives of four other Britons who

'Succumbed to her injuries'

were found dead in a burnt-out car after trying to flee through the mountain roads.

A 93-year-old British woman also died of her injuries in hospital three days later.

Seriously injured, Ms Fryett and Mr Batchelor begged rescuers to save them so they could see their children again.

Ms Fryett's sons, Alfie and Charlie, and Mr Batchelor's daughter, flew to Spain to be at their hospital bedsides. But on July 28, Ms Fryett succumbed to her injuries.

Alfie, 20, paid tribute online, writing: 'Words can't describe how upset I am right now writing this... but yesterday we said goodbye to my beautiful mum.

I'm so grateful to be able to call

Tragedy: Lisa Fryett and Simon Batchelor were on holiday

you my mum and I will forever love you and I will cherish every memory I have with you.'

A GoFundMe appeal to raise money to help the family has so far raised more than £65,000, with the family saying they were facing significant costs that were not covered by insurance. Some

of the funds donated would help the family to give Ms Fryett the 'beautiful send off she truly deserves', they said, adding that Mr Batchelor remains in a critical condition and asked for continued 'love, support and prayers'.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: 'We are supporting the

Blaze: The fast-spreading fire in Almeria was one of the deadliest ever to hit Spain

family of a British woman who has died in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities.'

In total 14 died in the Almeria fire with 16 injured and 1,300 having to be evacuated. The cause has not been confirmed, but witnesses reported that a downed power line sparked a blaze that quickly spread to nearby trees.

Andalusia's health minister Antonio Sanz said at the time: 'Unfortunately, the decision of some people to take evacuation routes that weren't those indicated by the emergency services and take an alternative route became a mortal trap.

'One was a vehicle in which four died, with everything pointing to them being of British origin. Then seven people were walking and had abandoned their cars.'

Pricy fish oil supplements 'are often no stronger than cheap rivals'

By Shaun Wooller Health Editor

SHOPPERS may be wasting money on omega-3 supplements labelled as 'high-strength', research revealed.

Consumer group Which? assessed 24 supplements and found some pricier products had fewer active ingredients than the recommended daily intake and fewer than far cheaper alternatives.

In some cases, consumers pay double for products containing no more active omega-3.

Researchers measured the presence of EPA and DHA, omega-3 fatty acids found mostly in fish oil with health benefits including maintaining blood pressure, heart function and healthy blood fat levels.

Superdrug, Morrisons and Sainsbury's 1,000mg supple-

'Cheaper brands offer more value'

ments contained just 250mg, despite their 'high strength' labels, and well below the 450mg daily advised dose.

Holland & Barrett's High Strength Omega 3 Fish Oil 1,500mg contained just 375mg.

But brands including Nutravita, Weightworld and Zipvit cost less than 20p per dose while delivering at least 1,000mg.

Shefalee Loth, a nutritionist at Which?, said: 'Cheaper alternatives can often provide just as much - or even more - nutritional value while offering far better value for money.'

All of the retailers said their labelling complied with the Nutrition and Health claims register.

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US gossip blogger in hospital after he was seen 'self-harming live on TikTok'

Blogs: Hilton with Katy Perry

CELEBRITY blogger Perez Hilton was recovering in hospital last night after apparently self-harming while live-streaming on TikTok.

Paramedics rushed to the US gossip columnist's home in Miami after concerned fans watching his broadcast on Tuesday called emergency services.

Last night, TikTok was accused of failing to stop children seeing the 'extremely harmful' content - including footage of Hilton, 48, covered in blood while bran-

By Codie Bullen

Senior Showbusiness Reporter

dishing a large knife. The clip stayed online for 30 minutes.

TikTok has since removed the footage and suspended Hilton's account, but it is facing a backlash for not acting faster.

Bertie Aspinall, an adviser to the British Government on the Online Safety Act, told the Daily Mail it was 'yet another example of extremely harmful content being broadcast to children'.

Hilton, who has also become a reality TV star, has been candid about his struggles this year.

In March, he revealed that he had just emerged from a 21-day hospital stay to treat sepsis, during which he needed two operations. He later told the Daily Mail how he had found God while he was recovering.

He also said God helped him to reconsider his 22-year career, which was founded on outing gay celebrities and making acid remarks about other stars.

Gary Glitter 'assaulted a young girl after he gave her chocolate'

By Ryan Hooper

Crime Correspondent

DISGRACED former pop star Gary Glitter sexually assaulted a girl as young as eight almost half a century ago after giving her chocolate, a court heard yesterday.

The paedophile glam rock singer - real name Paul Gadd - is facing one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14.

The alleged abuse took place between 1978 and 1981 at Glitter's home in London and relates to a single complainant.

The alleged victim, aged between eight and 11 at the time,

'Relies on lipreading'

cannot be identified for legal reasons. The 82-year-old appeared via videolink at Westminster magistrates' court in central London from Channings Wood prison in Devon yesterday.

He told the court he was 'extremely deaf' and relied on lip-reading, prompting a prison guard to relay him information.

He wore glasses and a blue shirt and cap and was not asked to enter any pleas during the 11-minute hearing.

Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay KC said the defendant 'committed a number of, we say, serious offences', adding that Glitter would give the girl chocolate.

The court heard Glitter denied the allegations. Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring remanded Glitter into custody ahead of his next court appearance, at the Old Bai-

ley on September 2. Glitter, who was said to have 'mobility issues', stood to leave the prison room at the end of the hearing.

The Metropolitan Police previously said the allegations were first reported to the force on January 9 last year, and Glitter was interviewed on July 22, 2026, in relation to the investigation.

Former Greater Manchester Police detective and grooming gangs whistleblower Maggie Oli-

ver said the alleged victim contacted police after seeking support from her eponymous charity.

Glitter was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980. He was automatically released from HMP The Verne, a low-security prison in Portland, Dorset, in February 2023 after serving half of his sentence.

But he was recalled within weeks when police monitoring

Fallen star: Singer in heyday

showed he had breached his licence conditions.

He has since remained in prison and had an application for parole rejected last year.

The offences for which he was jailed in 2015 came to light as part of Operation Yewtree, the Metropolitan Police investigation launched in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.

He became the first person to be arrested as part of the operation when he was held at his home in the capital in October 2012.

Bethan David, deputy chief crown prosecutor at CPS London, said last month that prosecutors had 'worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring this case to court and that it is in the public interest to do so'.

Glitter's fall from grace began in 1999 when he was convicted of possessing thousands of indecent images of children.

A whiff of vanilla may make you spend more

Daily Mail Reporter

THE scent of vanilla, warm lighting and carefully chosen music could all be quietly encouraging shoppers to spend more than they realise.

A poll of 2,000 shoppers found the average Briton believes the right shopping atmosphere would persuade them to spend an extra £1,100 a year and remain in a store for 40 minutes longer.

Four in five of us (45 per cent) said we can immediately tell whether a shopkeeper has put genuine thought into the atmosphere of a store, whether that is through its lighting, layout, scent or background music.

When the atmosphere feels right, almost nine in ten shoppers (87 per cent) said they would stay longer than planned

'It's not rocket science'

and 73 per cent said they would spend more than they had intended, according to findings by wholesale marketplace Faire.

Almost three in four (74 per cent) admitted they have avoided walking into a shop because it looked unappealing.

Customer experience expert Stephen Spencer said: 'It's not rocket science, it's neuroscience. Smells, sounds and all the senses trigger emotions. If they're the right emotions for the moment, they give people a higher perception of value.'

Vanilla topped the list of scents that encouraged shoppers to linger (39 per cent), while natural daylight was favoured (42 per cent) ahead of warm amber lighting (34 per cent). Pop music was the soundtrack most likely to encourage browsing.

Lie-in? Most of us like an early start

FOR those of us who struggle to get out of bed, it will come as a huge surprise - but most people would describe themselves as a 'morning person'.

Some 68 per cent enjoy an early start compared to 32 per cent who prefer a lie-in, a survey of 2,000 has found.

Throwing open the windows for fresh air (55 per cent), making the bed every morning (48 per cent), listening to birdsong (43 per cent) and flinging back the curtains (30 per cent) were among key signs that respondents loved mornings.

Early wakers insist it's worth it, too, with 64 per cent saying they feel more prepared for the day, the poll for Nutella found. However, it doesn't always go down well with the rest of the household. A third of parents say their children have complained about them being up too early during the school holidays.

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Huge site: Wethersfield is a former RAF base in the Essex countryside

Beautiful views: The picturesque village of Finchingfield is very close to the camp

Art therapy, museum trips, cricket, chess and dance: The cushy life in Britain's biggest migrant camp – and all of it paid for by YOU

DEEP in rural Essex, we are amid historic thatched cottages, windmills and medieval churches.

Golden bales of hay are stacked in the rolling fields in the blistering heat, birds of prey flying above.

In this charmingly rustic setting, what activities shall we take part in today? A ramble through the quaint little villages taking in tea and cake at a local bookshop? Maybe thwack leather on willow with Little Bardfield village cricket club?

Perhaps dance lessons in a church hall – or enjoy instruction in printing techniques at the museum dedicated to 18th-century artist Thomas Gainsborough?

It is hard to choose from options that sound like they could be on offer either at an expensive summer camp provided by a public school or a tour of quintessential England for wealthy Americans.

The surprising truth is that these activities, in this idyllic setting, are all provided for free.

They are only available, however, if you are one of the residents at Britain's largest migrant camp, Wethersfield, near Braintree, entirely occupied by adult men who have often arrived on dinghies days earlier.

Last month, there was outrage when it emerged that these pursuits,

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suits, and many more, are being provided for the population of 800 asylum-seeking residents of the former RAF base – due to rise to 1,245 – funded by us taxpayers and charities.

They are largely possible thanks to a Home Office 'Asylum Large Sites and Vessels' grant of £50,000, funnelled through Braintree district council.

Just over £14,000 was then spent on art and dance classes by Art Refuge; the Braintree branch of the Catholic Church's St Vincent de Paul Society got £17,490 to run gardening, art and English lessons; £7,650 went on cricket coaching and £10,750 on other sports.

Ice cream giants Ben & Jerry's UK Fund paid out for photography and rambling, while the Salvation Army's Braintree church provides a base for the Care4Calais refugee charity.

Last week, when the Daily Mail visited the beautiful Victorian church – a 20-minute free minibus ride from rural Wethersfield – local opposition to small-boat arrivals, let alone the freebies laid on for them, was clear.

Migrants, some wearing Covid masks, one with his T-shirt pulled

over his head, were queuing through a gazebo at the entrance to the church driveway. Meanwhile, around 20 protesters, several on mobility scooters, were ranged across the opposite side of the road, or right beside the Salvation Army gates, surrounded by St George's Crosses and posters.

'Stop the boats', 'Deport invaders' and 'Help the country's needy before scrounging migrants', were among the less inflammatory slogans on show. A YouTube activist who films in the thick of far-Right disorder nationwide had his camera in the migrants' faces.

It was quite a scene in an otherwise quiet town, amid the latest heatwave. But Reform Party councillor for both Essex county and Braintree district councils Nathan Robins, at 20 the youngest on both authorities, says local temperatures over the migrants housed at the camp since 2023 are rising regardless of the weather.

Growing tensions come amid plans to increase numbers at the camp and after one of its residents appeared in court charged with assaulting a woman in a charity shop in the town.

'People were already worried

about the use of the base – and now they're fed up with the fact that the migrants are having cricket and martial arts classes,' Mr Robins told the Daily Mail.

'Local people are concerned about whether they've enough money to make it to the end of the month – and they're seeing cash spent on people who arrived in the country illegally. The easiest solution is to detain migrants who arrive in dinghies – and deport them. The taxpayer shouldn't have to pay for art and sport classes for people here illegally.'

A very different approach is shown in the glowing accounts given by those providing classes for Wethersfield migrants, the majority of whom come from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Sudan and Syria.

THE Art Refuge charity boasts of a 'multi-artform collaboration' with the Atelier Armonico performing arts company. Called Echoes of Home, the project 'supports men housed in Wethersfield', weaving together music, dance and visual art-making... fortnightly sessions are held in Braintree by professional dancers, musicians and artists or art therapists.

'At a time when men face daily racist abuse in the towns surrounding Wethersfield camp, it feels ever more important for the

men to enjoy an atmosphere of absorption, escape and play.'

The charity is perhaps unaware of very clear evidence of violent racism that happens not outside Wethersfield, but inside – and between migrants themselves. A little more of which later.

Art Refuge prefers to talk about its 'two dance practitioners' teaching 'dynamic, culturally rich dance styles particularly likely to resonate with young men, such as capoeira (the Afro-Brazilian martial art-cum-dance) and break-dance... often leading to joyful expression of cultural identity'.

Slide projectors provide 'overlaid images of mountains, sprawling cities, and strange plants' around the dancing, and, 'in one session, men traced around each other's silhouettes on to a large canvas, then painted with bold colours'.

And as a young migrant from Sudan – one of 222 Wethersfield men at the dance classes over the last documented year, 2024 – sang at one class, 'a local volunteer who runs a music group in the camp responded with an improvisation on the guitar'.

Art Refuge also organised a ramble with 'tea, cake and conversations at a local bookshop' for residents followed by 'pizza in a pub'.

Gainsborough's House – the museum based in the celebrated painter's family home, with adjoining modern gallery, posh coffee shop and gardens – is half an hour's free minibus ride away

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Great result: Migrant players in the football league in Colchester, Essex, pose for pictures

in Sudbury, Suffolk, and also trumpeted for hosting Syrians, Afghans and Eritreans at its print workshop. Arty locals, charged £15 to see the gallery, can experiment with printing too. After they have paid a £125 joining fee and £20 a day, that is.

Also bowling in is the Little Bardfield village cricket club – a 15-minute drive from the camp via Finchingfield, 'Essex's most picturesque village' with its windmill, duck pond and thatched roofs – which has run weekly sessions for migrants. The club fondly remembers the first Wethersfield camp resident to don its team shirt – Mohammed Khan.

He scored a century in an away game, and bowled out four opponents for just 34 runs before he was rehomed in Bristol.

Football is also offered, with Changing Lives Colchester wel-

coming up to 24 'service users' from the camp to play in a tournament, plus establishing a multi-national Wethersfield FC team. Free courses in becoming a football coach are offered too.

Such classes have been quietly provided at Wethersfield for years. Only now has the Daily Mail discovered their full extent – just when such expenditure is set to balloon as the Government plans to expand the use of military bases to house up to 45,000 small-boat migrants a year arriving at Dover from northern France.

More than 40,000 made the Channel crossing last year, the second highest on record, and there are fears the problem is worsening, with a 'mega-dinghy' carrying 165 arriving last month.

Amid public unhappiness, Labour has accelerated attempts to shift small-boat migrants out of

hotels perceived as 'luxury' and into former airfields and barracks. The alternative, also being quietly used as previously revealed by the Daily Mail, is to move them into 'Houses of Multiple Occupation' on residential streets.

In June Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood declared she hoped to convert three more military bases, in North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire and Suffolk, to house almost 4,000 migrants. That is on top of the former military camps at Crowborough in East Sussex, and here at Wethersfield.

Yet while moving migrants into barracks sounds spartan and tough, in reality human rights laws set high standards. Two years ago a small group of migrants sued the Home Office for being 'inhumanely' housed at Wethersfield, winning their case.

High Court judge Timothy

Free bus trip: Migrants from Wethersfield camp arrive in nearby Braintree, Essex

Mould ruled that three anonymised migrants, dinghy arrivals from Afghanistan, Somalia and Eritrea, were accommodated unlawfully there because the camp did not meet their needs following trauma from past violence, trafficking or torture.

He did so after being told that there were then 585 migrants at Wethersfield, largely in former RAF family accommodation.

Details in the court documents about the workings of the camp are jaw-dropping.

WHILE the classes for migrants might be a lightning rod for criticism, the costs of these activities are but a tiny fraction of a total bill that calls into question the government notion that these camps are a saving on hotels.

In 2024, working on site were four Home Office employees – and 141 staff made up of either top government migrant accommodation contractor Clearsprings Ready Homes, or its subcontractors. All funded by taxpayers. On the basis of an average £30,000 salary, this would amount to costs of more than £4million a year.

Two years ago there were 'three site managers (day), two site managers (night), 17 welfare officers (day), nine welfare officers (night), a facilities management

co-ordinator, three team leaders, 40 security personnel (day), 25 security personnel (night), [security to keep intruders out, not migrants], 20 cleaning and laundry staff, two kitchen managers and 19 kitchen staff.

Every one, including the dinner ladies, had to be trained – 'as a minimum' – in matters including 'infection prevention, modern slavery, mental health awareness, and equality, diversity and inclusion'.

The camp medical centre was staffed 10am to 6pm by 'at least two GPs, an advanced nurse practitioner, a general nurse, a mental health nurse, and two health care assistants'. Enough to put any village surgery to shame. Further welfare came from charities including the government-funded Migrant Help, with up to five staff on site, and the Salvation Army.

ARRIVING migrants, described as 'customers', were shown their rooms – usually shared with no more than two others – some en-suite, and given a two-day induction programme, with leaflets in their own tongues plus translators on hand.

'Customers' were regularly asked, 'Have there been any changes to your mental health you would like to discuss?' And since the camp opened, 'the range of activities' has included English language lessons, art classes, gym fitness classes, martial art classes, a Christian well-being spiritual group, a chess group, playing cards competitions and a gardening club'.

The legal judgment went on: 'There are also organised sports, including football, cricket, running, table tennis and basketball. The sporting facilities at Wethersfield include a fitness centre, a gymnasium, basketball, indoor football and cricket, and outdoor football, cricket and baseball pitches.

'There is a large recreation room which contains pool tables, table tennis tables, a television, books, a collection of DVD players, a DVD library and games (including board games and gaming consoles). Residents are able to borrow DVD players to watch films or use the consoles in the dedicated gaming area.'

Three meals a day are served, there are juice dispensers around the camp, and migrants are 'free to come and go', with signing an 'in and out book' purely voluntary, and the 'customers' allowed to return at any time of night.

Yet, despite all the free facilities, and with migrants never supposed to stay at Wethersfield for more than nine months, residents had complained there was 'a dearth of purposeful activities'.

Many compared it to a prison, a reminder of detention in warzones, with some complaining 'traumatic memories are triggered by the sound of gunshots from a nearby clay pigeon shooting range'.

And among those who successfully sued over being housed there, claiming they should have been placed somewhere less institutional – there were indeed allegations of racism but overwhelmingly from fellow residents.

It was claimed 'there have been numerous outbreaks of racial violence', with reported instances of Kurdish assailants attacking black Africans. Such tensions are said to have risen as more flock to Wethersfield – and with the population set to increase further they will surely only keep rising both in and outside the camp.

For now, until someone stops the boats, the free arts therapy, sport classes and Brazilian dance lessons – not to mention the phenomenal costs of housing asylum seekers – only looks set to continue.

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'Ed Miliwatt' smiles through awkward talks with US allies

ED MILIBAND dodged questions yesterday over whether he still thinks Donald Trump is a 'racist' and 'misogynist' as he met his US counterpart.

The Foreign Secretary had travelled to Washington DC for talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

As the pair posed for photos, Mr Miliband faced questions about his past comments on Mr Trump - but he ignored them.

Shaking hands with Mr Rubio, a beaming Mr Miliband said:

By Greg Heffer Political Correspondent

'We are looking forward to our meeting.' They were expected to discuss efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Ukraine war and the situation in Gaza.

It came after reports the Foreign Secretary is known as 'Ed Miliwatt' among senior figures in the Trump administration.

The nickname is said to be a joke about the power generated by Mr Miliband's Net Zero

agenda, which he vigorously pursued as energy secretary.

His promotion to Foreign Secretary under Andy Burnham has charged Mr Miliband with mending the UK's 'special relationship' with the US.

But Mr Miliband previously branded Mr Trump a 'racist' and 'misogynist' in 2018, even vowing to join protests against him visiting the UK.

Mr Trump has also frequently criticised the UK Government's stance on fossil fuels.

Tense talks: Ed Miliband meeting with Marco Rubio yesterday

Trump blow as Iranians strike deal to police Strait of Hormuz

DONALD Trump was facing humiliation last night after Iran secured a deal with Oman to police the Strait of Hormuz.

After five months of regional conflict the prospective deal paves the way for Iran to deny access to Western ships along the key route.

While the proposal excludes tolls or service fees being levied against shipping, such a prospect remains a major fear for oil producers.

The arrangement leaves Donald Trump facing a political backlash at home and abroad as the US finds itself in a weaker position than before the conflict began.

Back in February the Strait was open to all shipping, with 20 per

'Establishes safe shipping routes'

cent of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas supplies passing between its banks.

Since then traffic has ground to a halt as insurers withdrew cover for super-tankers and cargo vessels due to the threat of Iranian attacks.

The long-term framework being finalised last night would give Iran control of inbound shipping while outbound traffic would be jointly managed by Iran and Oman.

Mr Trump is expected to lose support at home over the Gulf crisis while US allies in the region are alarmed over Iran's expanding influence over shipping routes.

Last night, Iranian spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei confirmed: 'The

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Diplomacy Editor

geographical coordinates of the route envisaged by the two sides have been agreed upon and, if certain third parties do not obstruct the process, the joint statement of the two countries... is also in the final review and drafting stage.'

He added that the talks were focused on 'establishing safe inbound and outbound shipping lanes' that 'uphold sovereign rights while addressing the national security considerations of both Iran and Oman'.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has suggested the Hormuz negotiations are separate from wider diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme.

He said: 'The immediate deal and the one you've seen a lot of focus on is the Straits. There's the big deal, which is the one that has to do with their nuclear ambitions.'

The Iran-Oman deal came after Mr Trump pulled back from launching the US's biggest offensive of the conflict at the behest of Saudi Arabia, while Qatar continues to mediate with Iran on behalf of the US.

The deal also leaves Israel sidelined after the country's air force was expecting to take part in air strikes cancelled by Mr Trump.

Last night a senior Jerusalem official said Mr Trump had 'left Israel in the fog'.

If the Iran-Oman agreement is finalised, Iran and the US are expected to resume peace talks to end the conflict based on the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding agreed in June.

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Eden Confidential

Why Kelly Osbourne is shunning La La Land

KELLY Osbourne, who is involved in an acrimonious break-up with her American fiancé, has revealed that she has found comfort through life in this country.

Kelly, 41, became a household name by appearing in her family's reality television show The Osbournes, which documented their luxurious life in Beverly Hills.

But now she has condemned Los Angeles, where the upmarket enclave is situated and where she has spent much of her life.

'I love England,' she tells me at the private viewing of an art exhibition in London. 'It has always been my home.

I never wanted to leave.' She adds of the heatwave: 'The weather has also been perfect this summer.'

Asked if she missed La La Land, she replies bluntly: 'No. It's a s***hole.'

Kelly, pictured

below, moved back to Britain in 2025 with her father, Black Sabbath star Ozzy, and her mother, Sharon, who had lived in LA for nearly 30 years. In a TV documentary chronicling his return, the Brummie rocker told Kelly: 'I'm kind of scared to go back.' She responded: 'I know what you mean.'

Ozzy died in July last year aged 76 and Kelly tells me: 'It's hard, and I will never be the same person I was again before he died. Things are getting a little bit better every day.'

This week, she spoke publicly about her split from Bid Wilson, 49, a DJ and keyboard player with heavy metal band Slipknot. They have a three-year-old son, Sidney. Her comments came days after he was reportedly kicked out of the band.

Although she didn't mention him by name, she posted a string of comments on social media urging someone to 'take some responsibility' and demanding the return of her dogs and belongings, and even child support.

Spanish royalty is dazzling

THE future appears to be very bright for the Spanish monarchy.

Princess Leonor, 20-year-old heir to the Spanish throne, wore a red, orange and blue outfit at a reception at her family's summer

residence, Palace of Marivent, in Palma, Majorca. She was joined by her sister Infanta Sofia, 19, and their grandmother, Queen Sofia, 87, who wore equally vivid outfits.

The event was hosted by the

princess's parents, King Felipe and Queen Letizia.

Leonor and Sofia are alumnae of UWC Atlantic College in Wales. The school, with a progressive approach and castle setting, has been dubbed 'Hippy Hogwarts'.

Auctioneer's girl is off the market

GOING, going, gone! The first of auctioneer Harry Dalmeny's five children is off the market. Lady Celeste Primrose, 22, has got engaged to defence contractor Sam Kwame Stevens, 29.

'I'll have to work on a speech that doesn't sound too much like an auc-

tion,' says Harry, who inherited Dalmeny House, near Edinburgh, when he became Earl of Rosebery. The groom's mother is half Ghanaian. 'They're going to wear their most wonderful outfits,' adds the earl. 'We'll have tartan versus Ghana.'

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■ SHE was one of TV's biggest stars, but Holly Willoughby has revealed that she was never asked by the BBC about the possibility of being considered as one of the new Strictly Come Dancing hosts. 'So many people have asked me this,' admits the presenter, 45. 'I was never even in the mix for it, I don't think. I was more on the side of, "Who the hell is it going to be and don't ruin my favourite show." I love Strictly – it's my favourite.'

■ WHETHER she ever playfully declared 'the choux must go on!' is a matter for debate. What is certain is that she ensured that The Great British Bake Off continued filming during Covid lockdowns. But that's of scant consolation to executive producer Letty Kavanagh, 52, who has just initiated a High Court legal action claiming breach of contract against Love Productions, the firm behind Bake Off which she left last November, and parent firm Sky Ventures. Sounds as if one side or other will be burnt to a cinder.

Alexandra fits the bill

THE X Factor winner Alexandra Burke is starring on stage in I'm Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical.

And her efforts to get in shape to play the American singer sound exhausting.

'I've been training in the gym relentlessly six days a week,' Alexandra, 37, tells me at the first night at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London. 'I do one upper, one lower, and one full-body workout and then one spin a week, then it's all running.'

The singer was hand-picked by Chaka, 73, who attended the show. Alexandra admits: 'I'm nervous and feel that pressure as you can see her life story is very heavy.'

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A RECORD number of women were prescribed hormone replacement therapy on the NHS last year.

Latest NHS figures show two million over the age of 40 received HRT.

That's more than double the number of prescriptions in 2020, when 800,000 women were given the treatment.

The figures also reveal disparities in prescriptions between regions. Last year there were just four prescriptions per 100 women aged over 40 in Newham, London – the lowest recorded figure for a local authority, compared to Brighton and Hove's 23,

Women taking HRT doubles in just five years to two million

the highest. HRT is prescribed to treat menopausal symptoms and works by replacing the primary female sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone which decline during menopause.

The health service says the

therapy helps combat symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats and sleep problems, as well as mood swings, anxiety and vaginal dryness.

HRT patches, gets and sprays were the most commonly pre-

scribed forms of oestrogen HRT last year. The use of HRT oestrogen pills declined.

The NHS stress the benefits of HRT 'usually outweigh the risks'. It says the risk of breast cancer increases the longer women take HRT, but declines once therapy is stopped.

HRT is also said to help women maintain muscle strength and prevent osteoporosis – a thinning of the bones.

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DAY

FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE

AUGUST 6, 1964

RICHARD Burton, the hell-raising superstar with the heavenly voice, died yesterday aged 58 after a stroke. His volcanic temperament and tempestuous love life, especially the two marriages to Elizabeth Taylor, brought him more headlines than his stage and screen performances.

AUGUST 6, 2005

DRIVERS could soon be paying more than £1 for a litre of petrol as instability in the Middle East pushes up the price of crude oil. Growing tensions between the US and Iran, coupled with the death of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, have raised the price of a barrel of oil to 62 dollars – up from 40 a year ago.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

VERA PARMIGA, 53. The US actress played Leonardo DiCaprio's therapist in The Departed and was Oscar-nominated for her role opposite George Clooney in Up

In The Air. The daughter of Ukrainian parents, she did not speak English until she was six.

MICHELLE YECH, 64. The actress from Malaysia starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and played a Bond girl in Tomorrow Never Dies. When collecting her Oscar for Everything Everywhere All At Once, she said: 'Ladies, don't let anybody ever tell you you are past your prime.'

BORN ON THIS DAY

KEVIN MITNICK (1963-2023). 'America's most wanted computer outlaw' was a hacker who adopted the alias Condor after a Robert Bedford film. After serving five years in jail, he became a cybercrime adviser to companies across the world.

JOYCE SIMS (1959-2022). The US R&B singer-songwriter had 'wildly influential' hits in the 1980s, including All And All. Another hit, Come Into My Life, was ranked among the '50 best love songs of the 1980s'.

ON AUGUST 6...

IN 1964, Rod Stewart made his TV debut on BBC's The Beat Room with band the Hoochie Coochie Men.

IN 2012, A Chorus Line composer Marvin Hamlisch died, aged 68.

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GUESS THE DEFINITION:

Excellence (coined 2007)

A) The gradual solution of a disease without apparent phenomena. B) Excessive indulgence. C) Peeblesess; cowardice.

Answer below:

PHRASE EXPLAINED

Man of straw: A person without capital, it used to be customary for some worthless types to loiter about the law courts to act as false witness or surety to anyone who would buy their services; they identified themselves by a straw sticking out of their shoes as a badge of their profession.

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Telling my daughter her father had died is the hardest thing I've ever done. Even now I think it can't be true...

Model and reality TV star Missé Beqiri on the heartbreak of ex-fiancé and TOWIE favourite Jake Hall's mysterious death

ON THE surface, model and reality TV star Missé Beqiri has led a glamorous life. Born and raised in Sweden, she has lived in New York, Spain and London since she was scouted as a model at 19.

TV viewers will know her from glossy lifestyle shows such as The Real Housewives Of Cheshire and, more recently, Ladies Of London.

Then there are the high-profile partners

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and catalogue-cute children. First was her footballer husband, Danish (and former Manchester United) goalkeeper Anders

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Lindegaard, with whom she shares a son, Julian, 12.

Then she had a five-year, high-octane, 'fire-with-fire' (her description) relationship with The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE) star Jake Hall, which was great fun - until it wasn't. Her daughter from that union, River, is now eight.

Missé still travels a lot - she's in Sweden, when we catch up on a Zoom call. She still looks like an international model, but she turns 40 next month and rolls her eyes when I reference that upcoming milestone.

'Honestly, I feel 80,' she says. 'When I look at what has happened in my life I think: 'How is it even possible that all this can happen to one person?'

That she is chopping carrots as we chat only makes sense after the interview has ended. There is comfort in domesticity and, well, she is a single mother 'with no help'. To

'Ours was a crazy love. There was a magic about Jake... but dark moments too'

say she's been through some turbulent times of late is to put it mildly.

In 2019, Missé lost her older brother and protector - 'he was my person in the world' - in unthinkable circumstances. Flamur 'Alex' Beujri, 36, was assassinated by a hitman on

the doorstep of his south London home on Christmas Eve, in front of his wife and young son. The trial of his killer, who is now in jail, established that he had been killed in an organised crime feud between rival gangs.

Missé tells me she thought that was the worst thing that could ever happen in her life. Then, in March this year, she received a phone call that would rock her world all over again. This time, Jake Hall - River's adored daddy and popular influencer - was dead, aged just 35. The circumstances are still unclear, but he was found in a pool of blood in a rented villa in Majorca, after seemingly running through a glass door.

By chance, Missé was on the island that night. She'd been working in Ibiza; River was staying with Jake's parents, Greg and Jaqueline, in the UK but, on the day she was due to fly back, she realised she'd lost her passport - something that had never happened before.

She had to fly to neighbouring Majorca to get an emergency replacement from the Swedish Embassy, and put in a panicked call to Jake's mum and dad, who assured her not to worry - they would keep River for an extra night and take her to school the next morning.

At 8am the following day, she looked at her phone; there were ten missed calls from Jake's family. She called, desperate. 'I thought something had happened to River,' she says. 'But they said: 'It's Jake. He's dead.'

She was the one who had to break the news to River. 'It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do,' she admits. 'They had such a beautiful relationship. He adored her. I told her he had an accident and he's not coming back. She never asked about it again. It was so much for her little brain to process.'

And for Missé's adult brain, too. 'Even now I think: 'This cannot be true,' she admits.

On paper, Missé reckons she should have been better placed than most to deal with Jake's death. They were no longer together. It had been a toxic, 'on-off' relationship, even when they were a couple. And she was already something of an expert on grief, having just endured the aftermath of her brother's death. Still, it's one hell of a situation to have to navigate.

She agrees the term 'widow' isn't correct in these circumstances.

'I don't have a label,' says Missé, who has a small tattoo of a 'J' on her right wrist, a match to Jake's 'M'.

'We weren't together, but yet I'm the person everyone would look at because we have a child together. That loss is just so hard to even describe. I'm grieving, of course.

'He was a big part of my life, a big love of my life. But to see my daughter grieving is so hard. When you see a little human heartbroken, it breaks your heart like... double.

'My job has been to keep her in a routine, to put her first.'

But she says that when River went back to school, she asked: 'Do peo-

people know I don't have a dad now?' Missé explains: 'I am everything to her but she says: 'You are not Dad.'

River has had grief counselling - of the sort Missé also had when her brother died. Together they 'are reading books about grief'. And she has explained to River, as best she can, where her father has gone.

'We have a thing we do - and did after Alex died - where if we see a feather, we'd think of him, or say a prayer for him. When Jake died, I'd say: 'Daddy is with Alex now. They are in heaven watching over us.'

'I want her to know, without scaring her, that it's a natural thing that people die, that accidents happen. I think I'm quite spiritual, not in a 'woo-woo' way, but in a calm way. Like there is more to this than... this.'

Jake Hall's death rocked the reality TV world. He had been one of TOWIE's more complex characters - he'd spoken about his mental health struggles - but he was also highly artistic, vibrant and, says Missé, one of the most charismatic people you could meet.

They'd first been introduced by mutual friends in 2016.

'He was attractive, fun, electric. Very good-looking, with a great sense of style, he was the guy who walked into a room and everyone said:

'Who's that guy?' He had a way about him.'

She was a little bruised at the time, having come out of a failed marriage with a low sense of self-worth. Her marriage to Anders had imploded while - and partly because - she'd

been cast in the third season of The Real Housewives Of Cheshire. She found she wasn't a natural in front of that sort of camera.

'I was always anxious and worried about what people were thinking. Not to a*** on the show, but it didn't help my marriage,' she says. By the time the series aired, she and Anders had split.

She says she was struggling to 'find herself'. And Jake - a veteran of reality TV - swept her into his world. 'There was a magic about him. He was very known for his way of connecting people together. So many people were at his funeral. It was insane.'

At first they had a long-distance relationship (she was living in Manchester, he in London). Then she moved down. There was lots of partying and the fun she needed. She talks of Jake, who was so proud to have launched his own successful clothing range, Prevu, and how he pushed her to be a 'better version' of herself.

Within a year-and-a-half of dating she was pregnant with River. She worried it was 'too quick' but 'he was insisting to keep her', excitedly telling his family that he was going to be a dad. 'He was so happy.' On a holiday in Mauritius, he proposed.

But, she concedes now, it was 'a crazy love', full of 'very dark moments' that were interspersed with the giddy, lovely ones. There

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On-off: Missé and Jake split in 2021 as their lives took different directions

were moments, after River was born, where their relationship was turbulent.

She won't talk about that aspect today because she won't speak ill of the dead, but it's a matter of public record that in 2018 he had been served with a restraining order, forbidding him to come near her. No violence had been involved, but a court agreed that a 'cooling off period' between them was required.

They'd tried to make things work by moving to Majorca - 'Jake's happy place' - where he'd grown up. His parents owned a hotel in upmarket Puerto Portals.

But when they finally split in 2021, she instigated it.

"I took the decision. Sometimes love is not enough. Jake was a very free spirit. He travelled a lot, living his best life. He was focused on his brand and how to grow it. He had to socialise a lot, but I had to have a routine. I'd taken on the mum

role. My child needed to go to school! With him and me... we were on-off, on-off.

It sounds like she felt she was operating more as a single mother, even when she was in the relationship. She nods, saying: 'It became routine to have him home for the weekend, then not see him.

'Our life paths just went in different ways. We tried to make it work, and it didn't.'

She and River moved back to the UK about six months before she started filming the Bravo TV series Ladies Of London: The New Reign.

She wants to stress that Jake - who saw River regularly - never stopped being 'the best dad' to his daughter. 'He

adored her. He lit up with her.' All parties, she said, had very much moved on by the time of Jake's death. 'He had met someone else, whom I spoke to. I had met someone else.'

Jake posted his last message on Instagram on the day he died, referencing the art he was working on.

It features clips of him and River alongside the caption: 'Life is b***cks sometimes but I'm gonna try to remember the good things.'

The video was accompanied by the track Beast Of Burden by The Rolling Stones, and the caption is thought to be a possible reference to the money worries Hall faced, after racking up debts of nearly

£1.5 million following the collapse of his fashion label.

Obviously, there are still questions about how exactly Jake died. Spanish police were called to the rented villa where he had been staying, and found him dead at 7.30am on May 6.

It's believed he had been partying with friends, which had continued back at the rented villa in the small northern town of Santa Margalida. Police sources claimed that he had been in an agitated state at the time of the accident, but a post-mortem was unable to establish a cause of death.

Toxicology reports were requested and an inquest date has been set for December.

Somehow, he had managed to crash through the glass-paned wooden door opening on to the patio. Shards protruded from his neck and chest and he was lifeless when paramedics arrived. Missé is clearly devastated at the fact she was so close physically - on the same island, albeit at the opposite side - yet had no idea of the drama unfolding.

In a podcast she recorded

'My focus is on my daughter. Jake deserves to rest now'

earlier this year with the relationship guru Paul Carrick Brunson, she admitted: 'I wish he'd called me, said, "I need you. Come help me."'

There are wider issues of guilt - that she couldn't reach Jake psychologically, as well as physically. 'Would this have ever happened if I didn't leave?'

She had got the call from Jake's family telling her he had died as she sorted her passport, and flew straight home in a blur.

Today, she says: 'You always think: "What if? What if we never split up?" But it's out of my control. I have to not think about it because it's not a healthy space to be in.'

In terms of getting answers about his death, that's not her priority.

'I know as much as anyone else. I don't have inside information. I don't know anything. My focus is just on my daughter, and I think Jake deserves to rest now.'

She is still on good terms with Jake's parents and his brother and is determined to give River as normal a life as possible.

She has returned to modeling work and is hoping another series of Ladies Of London will be commissioned soon.

River sees her grandparents and her uncle. In so many ways her life has just continued as before - that's what we are trying to do, keep the routine. But she doesn't have her dad, who loved her so much... and that breaks my heart.

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PANICKING the other day about what a return to coupledom might bring, I told my husband that as the kids had flown the nest we needed a joint hobby to keep us 'collaborating' through the next decades.

He responded with genuine confusion: 'But we already have hobbies.'

Now I was the confused one. 'What, pray tell, might they be?' I asked.

'Cooking and gardening,' he said. If I could insert an emoji right here you'd be seeing the horror face!

Don't get me wrong. I'm not averse to growing a few herbs and dahlias, and cooking is a compulsory life skill, but neither represents the sum of my hopes and dreams for my final quarter.

My partner of 23 years, now in his late 50s, might want to put his feet up and tend to his ferns, but it's definitely not how I see my future unfolding.

Neither do my female friends, now nearly all over the 50 mark. Rather, we continue to multi-task at pace, and statistics show that we are far more

Women are far more likely to take bold leaps after 50

likely to take bold leaps after 50: Starting a business, choosing divorce, making major lifestyle changes, and so on.

A survey published last week highlighted the issue. More than 6,000 over-50s in England were quizzed about healthcare preferences, with the results published in journal PLOS (Public Library of Science) One. It found that older women were more likely to prioritise quality of life over longevity.

'Men, meanwhile, were less likely to put quality of life ahead of simply living longer,' commented Professor Nicholas Steel from the University of East Anglia's Norwich Medical School. Seems my husband is not alone.

At 63, I truly think I'm speeding up, compelled by the inevitability of time running out. I'm busy finalising the speaker line-up for the Big Buse, a festival of fresh thinking I've founded with friends in Somerset.

I'm also waiting for the results of the trials testing my new health and wellbeing range for midlifers, inspired by my bestselling cookbook Menolicious, co-authored with Belles Berry, and I'm recording my new podcast and working on a TV drama I'm producing. Oh yes, and next Monday I make my debut at the Edinburgh Festival in my Cracking The Menopause show with my friend, the brilliant actor Gina Bellman. To say that life is busy is an understatement.

I know countless women in their 50s and beyond who are thriving, looking forward to time spent travelling, taking on new jobs, learning languages, doing masters' degrees, all while keeping fit and looking stylish and fabulous. Naturally, quality of life means different things to different people - work, mobility, independence, comfort.

As far as I'm concerned it's about a hotchpotch of stimulating and fulfilling work, a healthy diet, keeping up with friends and colleagues, and exercising. If there were a choice between living 100 years watching a wall or ten travelling the world, well, I know which I'd choose.

Then there's the opposite sex.

At 63, I'm speeding up, busier than ever... but my husband? He's happy cooking and tending to his ferns!

Let me say now that I know plenty of energetic midlife and older go-getters who've held on to their jobs and their joie de vivre. But there are so many others that start to settle into middle age, as though it's a beloved old armchair, or pick a sport that requires truly unattractive clothing - cycling Lycra? Golf shoes?

They talk about retirement, analyse golf handicaps, buy macho-looking electric bikes and doze off on the sofa watching crime documentaries. Hands up if your partner or husband has taken up cycling, joined a gym, started necking protein shakes, or imbibes more electrolytes than needed by a hundred humans?

Holidays a deux can be stressful. One friend recently travelled to Tuscany with her reluctant partner: 'Why do we need to go away? The kids aren't around now,' he complained. While she explored the tiffin gallery, he stayed in the hotel trying to get will to watch the cricket. But the great thing about longevity in a relationship is it frees you up to embark on solo adventures from your base camp.

Once kids are reared, we may have the time and energy to devote to passions and ambitions. There's some science to this. Our oxytocin - the bonding hormone we produce when we give birth - drops in midlife.

In Cracking The Menopause,

the show I co-wrote with journalist Alice Smellie, we delve into the history of menopause and midlife women.

Where once we were relegated to a metaphorical rubbish tip in middle age, women over 50 have dragged the dismal narrative out of the cesspit and rewritten it. Now we believe ourselves to be stronger and more powerful than at any other time of life.

As the UK Government's Women's Employment Ambassador, I can assure you that it's not a lack of ambition holding older

In midlife, we're able to start living for ourselves

women back in the workplace. It's more likely to be caring duties, or lack of support with our more complicated biology. Ironically, it's around the age of 50 that many men suddenly become aware of their health. We women, meanwhile, who have been asking them for donkey's years to moderate their fat

intake/drinking/smoking, are too often expected to play nurse-maid when poor choices come home to roost. When poor health is lifestyle-related, it's very tempting to say, 'I told you so' - the mantra of married couples throughout the ages!

There are plenty of couples who give up boozing and take up cold water swimming together, and are happy on their journey to both quality of life and longevity. But often, I'm afraid those pace-of-life disparities mean that many couples reach the end of the road. Most divorces are instigated by women, midlife ones even more so - the so-called 'walkaway wives' seeking fulfilment and realising it can't be achieved with their partner.

A divorced friend in her late 50s tells me that she is desperate to meet a man for city breaks and good sex.

'Men, on the whole, want someone to cook their supper, buy their kids birthday cards and stay in every night,' she mourns.

She recently went to a singles night, where the women were successful, glamorous and fun. The men all looked the same - greying, slightly tubby and thought that a strong selling point was being semi-retired.

There appears to be some disconnect between awareness, or care, over looks. I don't mean that we should all be desperately

Thriving: Mariella Frostrup on a beach holiday

Picture: MARIELLA FROSTRUP

chasing youth, and frankly we should all look exactly as we wish, but grooming is an essential life skill, as is maintaining some semblance of pride in your appearance. It's important to maintain a feeling of relevance and self-esteem.

Whether women actively choose quality of life over longevity - I'm less sure about this. I think that we have mostly lived busy lives caring for those around us, and the liberation of midlife and beyond means that we're able to start living for ourselves. And the good news is that the fuller and more fulfilled your life, the longer it's likely to be.

Of course, eating well, exercising and keeping the brain busy will help to stave off disease. But fascinatingly, having a strong sense of purpose is a key to enhanced lifespan and health span.

Research shows that purposeful adults are 24 per cent less likely to become inactive and 33 per cent less likely to develop sleep problems. More purpose leads to reduced ageing at a cellular level.

My interpretation of this is that the busier I am, the longer I'm likely to live. And if I don't, well, I'll have had fun in the meantime. I've told my husband that he can work on his riverside fern orgy and master new Indian curries. I'll keep the herb garden tidy and my life busy.

Hopefully we'll both be fulfilled and live for decades to come.

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I sympathise with Ariana but that video must be taken down for our daughters' sakes

MUMMY, if I eat these will my tummy get big? My eight-year-old daughter was holding three chocolate mini eggs in her hand, looking at them with such suspicion that they might have been calorific grenades.

How I hate these moments, when I realise that, despite all my efforts to shield my three daughters (the others are aged five and two) from the tyranny of female beauty, somehow the message they have absorbed is unequivocal: It is better for girls to be slim, pretty and delicate.

I have built all the barricades I can against this idea. Not once have I uttered the f-word (fat) or c-word (calorie) around them. Their dollies are squidgy fabric things, not wasp-wasted Barbies. As for being their role model, every day they watch me chucking crisps down my neck without a care.

Yet still, I can see the shadow of self-awareness falling over them. My five-year-old likes to look 'fancy' and prefers to wear belted dresses to show off her waist. 'But it's better to be comfy, darling!' I cry, in my slobby uniform of joggers and a baggy T-shirt.

It is sad to realise that, whatever you do, your daughters will start comparing their gorgeous faces and bodies to those of celebrities and influencers – and extremely worrying when today's beauty standard is so unrealistic.

It's not enough to look healthy, shiny-haired and white-toothed. No, you need skin like airbrushed caramel, a Kardashian bum that needs its own postcode, a waist that is impossibly tiny.

Which brings me to Ariana Grande – the pop singer whose latest video, Petal, has caused a furore. One scene has her dressed in a low-cut black top revealing protruding shoulder bones and a clearly visible rib cage.

She looks so frail she'd be felled by a summer breeze. As actress Jameela Jamil put it this week: 'This poor woman is possibly dying right in front of us.'

Cue outrage from some Grande

Concern: Ariana Grande

fans, who point to statements the singer has made such as that 'we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people's bodies'. She has talked of feeling like 'a specimen in a petri dish', and has sung: 'Don't comment on my body, do not reply.'

HER management have announced that after her current tour, Grande will be 'taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny'. In short: Nothing to see here!

I sympathise with Grande. It must be horrible to have every inch of your body scrutinised. So

FIRST Jonathan Ross's daughter Betty 'celebrates' turning 35 by posting pictures wearing lingerie.

Now Donna Air 'celebrates' turning 47 by posing naked but for a strategically placed newspaper, pictured above.

Why should turning a year older mean getting naked? What's wrong with a slice of birthday cake?

Do we have to see your birthday suit, Donna?

why write about it? Because there is a point when a celebrity's body ceases to be their own business. Grande has huge influence over little girls like my own.

Seeing a pop star looking like this means young girls will come to think of this as normal; an achievable look if they just cut out a few chocolate bars.

Grande has said 'healthy can look different'. But visible shoulder bones are not normal. Seeing several ribs is not normal.

Twig-like upper arms are not normal. The number of children and young people with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia has shot up in recent years. Normalising extreme thinness will only make this worse.

It is not Grande who deserves blame, but those around her who allow this, or even cynically play on her appearance for publicity. If they are so anti-scrutiny, why pick outfits showing her emaciated frame, guaranteeing backlash?

Peaty's not shown real forgiveness

AS THE feud between Adam Ramsay-Peaty and his parents rumbles on, the swimmer has said 'as a Christian' he will forgive his parents, but only when 'I feel like they've improved as people'. I'm not sure he has been reading his Bible too

closely. As it says in Ephesians 4:32: 'Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.' Real forgiveness has no conditions. Besides, after his behaviour, shouldn't it be for his parents to do the forgiving?

■ THOUGH we are still in balmy summer, Morrisons is already stocking Christmas chocolate – from KitKat Santas to Cadbury advent calendars. You don't have to be Scrooge to find this too early. Can't we just enjoy the season we're in?

Stupid and spiteful – just pure bigotry

WHO or what is to blame for the fact that a million young people are not in education, employment or training? According to new education minister Lucy Powell, pictured,

it's former education secretary Michael Gove. As political attacks go, this is not

just spiteful but stupid. Gove oversaw reforms which drove England up the league tables. He was determined to help pupils in poor areas who faced 'the soft bigotry of low expectations'. If reversing his 'legacy' means dumbing down, God help the nation's children.

■ CHRISTOPHER Phillips has been sent to prison for keeping his dead mother in a freezer for three years while her pension rolled in. It sounds awful, but reading that he used to watch TV while holding her hand, I felt deep sympathy for him. With prisons bursting at the seams, a non-custodial sentence would have been more appropriate.

You can imagine the hangers-on saying, 'You were fabulous, Ariana!' after each take. If their own loved one was this thin, they would be calling the doctor.

I'm grateful that in the 90s – during my self-conscious teens – celebrities were different. Instead of skeletal stars, we had B*Witched jumping up and down in double denim, the Spice Girls having fun, Alanis Morissette being grungy, Bjork being mad.

We can't turn back the clock, but we can – and should – push back against images showing off unhealthy extremes. That is why the Grande video should be taken down by online platforms.

Yes, people would bleat on about censorship, but it would send a message: This kind of look is not normal or aspirational.

If those around Grande have her best interests at heart, they will withdraw the video and get her the support she clearly needs.

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by Laura Stolt

KNOWN in Hollywood as the go-to 'skin whisperer', Keren Bartov has prepped everyone from Beyonce and Kim Kardashian to Sienna Miller and Julia Roberts for their close-ups.

Victoria Beckham goes so far as to credit the British skin pioneer and aesthetician with transforming her complexion in midlife with signature treatments costing as much as £1,000 a session.

Now, Keren reveals how to get the red-carpet look – without the matching price tag. "You can never underestimate the power of good skin," says the 47-year-old mother of three. "In my own 20s, I struggled with acne and would hide behind my hair. It made me realise skin can impact your emotional, mental and overall wellbeing."

With over two decades of experience and two skin clinics, Keren now creates her own products. But, she says, forget complicated 15-step rituals and empty promises. Instead, the secret to perfect dewy skin, whatever your age, is the right daily routine for you, right now.

Here, she shares her dos and don'ts to achieving that enviable A-list glow...

DO: Change your routine, but don't overcomplicate it

'ONE of the biggest mistakes women make from their 40s onwards is sticking to the same products their skin loved ten or 20 years ago,' Keren says.

'Your skin changes with age, so your skincare routine should change too. That said, too many assume ageing skin needs aggressive ingredients, such as excessively strong retinoids. But they weaken the skin's natural ability to function properly.

'Once you reach your 40s, the goal is not just targeting wrinkles. It's maintaining healthy, resilient skin that functions at its best.

'So I don't believe in complicated daily skincare routines – sometimes, less really is more.

'Limit yours to four to six products maximum. Begin with these essentials: a gentle cleanser, a quality moisturiser, a broad-spectrum sunscreen and one targeted serum addressing your primary concern. This could be vitamin C for brightness or hyaluronic acid for hydration.

Stop overwhelming your skin and you'll see the biggest transformations.'

DON'T: Think you need injectables to make a difference

'SADLY, so many women rush for the Botox once they pass 40. But you can make far more of a difference to ageing skin without injectables. I don't offer these in my clinics. I like expression lines. To me, they're part of who we are.

'When your skin is firm, even-toned and radiant, those lines will appear completely different anyway.

'Often healthy, glowing skin creates a more youthful appearance than skin that looks overdone or overly tight. My goal has never been to erase the years or change the face. My goal is simply to help skin look its absolute best.

'In my own treatments, I combine technologies that stimulate circulation, encourage lymphatic drainage, improve tissue oxygenation and boost collagen production, while restoring hydration

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DO: Master skin layering

'DID you know the sequence of applying your skincare matters as much as the products themselves?' Keren asks.

'We follow precise layering protocols in my London treatment room as your skin responds to method as much as it does to ingredients. Even with quality

products, improper application can significantly reduce their effectiveness. But done correctly, it dramatically improves efficacy.

'Applying products in the right order ensures any active ingredients are absorbed at maximum potential. The layering principle follows a simple rule. Apply your skincare products in order from thinnest to thickest consistency, allowing each one to fully absorb before applying the next.

'The sequence for optimal

results is cleanser, toner, serum, eye cream (if used), moisturiser, SPF. This way you start with the lightest, water-based formulas and build up to the heaviest creams without diluting or disturbing the layer below.

'Allow a minimum of 30 seconds between applications, depending on consistency and your skin's absorption rate.

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Friend to the stars: Keren Bartov is the first name on the lips of the Hollywood elite when their skin needs that red-carpet glow

DON'T: Skip daily SPF

'ALWAYS finish your morning routine with a broad-spectrum SPF 30 or higher,' she says. 'This step is non-negotiable at any age. Even when I'm in my clinic and it's raining, I apply SPF. In warm weather, I'll reapply it hourly.

'The most important thing isn't the brand, it's wearing sunscreen every day. Any lightweight, high-quality SPF that feels comfortable is good if it encourages you to use it consistently.

'For affordable options, I often recommend La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF50+ (£15.75, boots.com) or Avene Very High Protection SPF50+ (£21.50, tesco.com). Don't forget to apply it to every exposed area; include your neck, ears, decolletage and the backs of your hands.'

DO: Cleanse twice a day

'I ALWAYS recommend cleansing twice a day,' she says. 'It should be the foundation of everyone's skincare routine.

'Start with a pH-balanced cleanser appropriate for your skin type – creamier for drier,

mature complexions. If your skin feels tight after washing, your cleanser is wrong.

'In the evening, it's essential to remove make-up, SPF and everything that has accumulated on the skin throughout the day.

'This can be done using a good micellar water alone, such as my Hyaluronic Micellar H2O (£80, kerenbartov.co.uk), or as part of a double cleanse, following on with a second rinse-off cleanser.

'You don't need face cloths, flannels or cleansing devices, just fingertips. Wash your hands then gently massage any product in gentle circular motions. The goal is to cleanse your skin thoroughly without compromising the delicate skin barrier.

'An important tip is also to opt for lukewarm or cold instead of hot water, as this can dry out the skin and weaken your skin barrier.'

DO: Invest in the products that stay on your skin longest

'I ALWAYS recommend investing in products that remain on your skin for the longest.

'The best serums, moisturisers and sunscreens continue to work for hours after application, and can genuinely improve your skin long term. But you don't need to break the bank.

'Alongside my own skincare, there are a few essentials you'll always find in my bathroom.

'Good-quality cotton pads, petroleum jelly for dry lips or dry patches, and a nourishing hand cream.

'We often focus so much on our face that we forget our hands also tell our story. I enjoy using L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream (£10, uk. loccitane.com) and Aesop Resurrection Aromatique Hand Wash (£34, aesop.co.

uk), which don't leave my hands feeling dry.

'In terms of light cosmetics, I like using Chanel Baume Essentiel Glow Stick (£38, johnlewis.com) for a natural, healthy glow, especially before an event or photoshoot.

'Finally, healthy, shiny hair always complements beautiful skin. I use Kerastase Nutritive Shampoo & Hair Mask (£74 for the duo, lookfantastic.com) for their nourishing formulation.'

DON'T: Hone in on 'hero ingredients'

'I DON'T believe in one single "hero ingredient". Instead seek intelligent formulations where the ingredients work together.

'I'm very proud of the clinical evidence to back the effectiveness of products such as my own Booster Peel & Glow Serum (£170), pictured left. It's a precise combination of gentle acids including lactic, citric, salicylic acid, niacinamide, tranexamic acid and ferulic acid to gently exfoliate, smooth and brighten without irritation.

'This is particularly helpful

post-summer for addressing dullness, visible pores, deeper lines and dark spots. Ultimately, it's not the price that matters though, it's the quality of the formulation and whether it's right for your skin, right now.

'As we age, there is a natural decline in elastin, collagen and hydration levels, alongside slower renewal processes. So I regularly use vitamin C, ceramides, next-generation peptides, essential fatty acids and gentle exfoliating acids.

'Vitamin C is most effective when applied to clean skin in the morning, as it provides antioxidant protection against environmental damage throughout the day. Peptides are amino acid chains that signal skin cells to produce more collagen and elastin. Ceramides are lipids that strengthen the skin barrier and prevent moisture loss.

'Look for products with clinical studies backing claims and read reviews from others with similar skin types.'

DO: Prioritise your skin barrier

'THE skin barrier is like velvet armour, it should be strong yet supple. A damaged skin barrier manifests itself through several telltale signs. The most common include persistent dryness, reactions to products that previously caused no issues and tightness.

'Environmental factors such as harsh weather, over-cleansing, excessive exfoliation and stress all contribute.

'When I treat clients, their barrier health is always my first priority. A red-carpet glow isn't created overnight. It begins months in advance. If someone has pigmentation, acne, redness or uneven texture, you have to treat the underlying concern.

'Sometimes it's dehydration, sometimes it's poor circulation. Hormones do impact skin as we age too, but if you have inflammation, the priority is to reduce it quickly while avoiding anything that will further irritate.

'At home, you can cool the area with a cold spoon that has been in the refrigerator for a few minutes, or use a cold compress wrapped in a clean cloth. To cover a blemish or reactive skin, I like NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer (£29.50, spacenk.com).

'Consistency is key. Keep your routine simple, focus on restoring the skin barrier and avoid overloading the skin with unnecessary ingredients.'

DON'T: Be swayed by algorithms

'IT HAS never been easier to damage your skin. Recently, I'm seeing more and more women of all age ranges building skincare routines based on social media.

'But often, your skin doesn't need what the algorithm recommends. Don't buy products because they've gone viral, mix ingredients that shouldn't be used together or use high-strength actives like acids or strong retinoids simply because someone online said they're "better".

'Certain ingredients might also cause irritation when used together, such as combining vitamin C with retinol in the same application.

'Most women don't need stronger skincare, they need smarter skincare. That's why your routine shouldn't ever be built around trends.'

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I WON'T be the only one praying for rain this month after a series of punishing heatwaves, but my relief is not for the reason you might think.

I'll be cheering because it means there's no risk of me breaking out in the angry red hives that have appeared on my face in the sun for nearly 50 years.

For decades I dismissed the condition as rosacea, but after multiple visits to my GP, blood tests and dermatologist appointments, I finally got a diagnosis - I have the autoimmune disease lupus.

I was on holiday in Paris in 2023 when my doctor called with the results of a routine blood test, saying I needed an urgent rheumatology referral as I appeared to have high levels of inflammation in my body.

I was slim, fit and healthy. It made no sense.

The more I read online, the more I began to worry. Lupus kept coming up in my searches and I found myself slipping down a rabbit hole of worst-case scenarios.

'Inflammation from lupus can cause severe damage to the heart, lungs, brain or kidneys, which can be life-threatening,' read the NHS website.

I tried to put the issue to the back of my mind until we got home, but then I fell ill on our next stop in Milan.

In the 40C heat, my face came out in red lumps and I was hit by a throbbing three-day migraine.

That's when my panic Googling stopped feeling like an overreaction and so many ailments I had overlooked for years began to make sense.

Lupus is an incurable, lifelong condition that causes your immune system to attack your own skin, creating a distinctive red rash. Crucially, the rash is triggered by sunlight and is a sign your body is having a 'lupus flare-up' - essentially making me allergic to the sun.

After nearly a dozen visits to the hospital and GP, more than a year later - in September 2024 - I was told I had cutaneous lupus, a form of the disease mainly affecting the skin.

I was grateful I didn't have the more severe form known as systemic lupus, which is linked to joint pain, exhaustion and - thank you, Google - damage to the lungs, heart, kidneys and brain.

My diagnosis was the missing piece in a puzzle I'd spent my life trying to figure out, after years of discomfort and social embarrassment.

Lupus is known as the 'disease of a thousand faces' as it has such varied symptoms (which explains why it often takes so long to get a diagnosis, as the symptoms overlap with many other conditions).

I have always had regular mouth ulcers, and I'm also allergic to bee stings, mosquito bites and head lice.

ABOUT 50,000 people in the UK are estimated to have the disease, and 90 per cent are women, typically aged between 15 and 55. Interestingly, it can develop during menopause due to changes in hormonal activity, but mine first presented in childhood.

When I was four, my mum took me on a five-week tour of Australia. My skin broke out in nasty red hives that lasted the entire trip. My mother kept slathering me in factor 50, then back in the UK I was prescribed a steroid cream for my face by the GP. We were told to only use

Protection: Emma carries a parasol to avoid developing painful rashes

For 30 years I thought I had rosacea... but I was just allergic to the sun

by Emma Elms

it sparingly for a short time, as it can thin the skin. Eventually, back in the cooler weather, the rash disappeared.

Later, while most teenagers battle with acne, I found myself still struggling with a crop of raised, itchy lumps on my cheeks and often on my nose, hairline and upper back whenever I went out in the sun. It would then take six weeks for them to disappear.

As I got older, I became increasingly self-conscious - most of the time, I was able to hide the lumps with concealer, but I remember being on a beach when I was 16 with one of my few friends who had seen me without make-up, and she told me my skin was my worst feature. I knew it was true, but it was hard to hear.

Mum booked me a Clinique consultation, buying a batch of expensive products, but still the lumps kept coming. Soon after, we saw another GP who referred me to a dermatologist.

She misdiagnosed me with the skin condition rosacea and I spent the next 30 years thinking that was the cause. I'm annoyed with myself for not getting the rash checked out again much sooner, thinking of all those summers I wasted with itchy red lumps.

I now use two topical steroid

creams, which don't prevent the rashes, but treat them once they've reared their ugly head. My consultant warned me the best prevention is to stay out of the sun for life.

I was heartbroken at first, as I love outdoor swimming, but I still do so in the evenings and wear shades and a cap to cover my face.

DURING the recent heatwaves, even the 20-minute school run has been a struggle. I now carry a sun parasol, which has attracted a few stares. My nine-year-old daughter told me she 'hates the embarrassing umbrella' and was mortified when I had to bring it to school sports day.

I wear factor 50 all-year round and a special factor 100 lotion called Eucerin Sun Actinic Control, designed for people at high risk of sun damage when the UV is very high.

There's no cure for lupus, but there are several different drug treatments available to control the symptoms of systemic lupus, which I have up to a 20 per cent chance of developing. The more I expose myself to the sun, the higher my risk.

For now, though, I won't let it hold me back from travelling the world, I just go away during cooler times of year. In February I went to Thailand and I'm off to Greece in October.

It's liberating that holidays are no longer about working on my tan. Instead, that's exactly what I want to avoid.

■ lupusuk.org.uk

Aquamarine

BLUE is the one colour that instantly transports me to warmer climates. But forget navy or cobalt, I'm talking about shades of aquamarine - those luminous blue-greens which conjure up sun-drenched coastlines and swimming pools.

Wearing these Mediterranean-inspired blues feels like an instant holiday, even if you're staying closer to home.

Designers certainly agree. Aquamarine dominated the Jacquemus Resort 2027 collection, featuring on everything from swimming briefs

by Amy Kester

DEPUTY FASHION EDITOR

to ballet flats. But the standout look was the turquoise maxi dress, paired with matching shoes and a trailing headscarf. The same hue appeared on Prada and Burberry's SS26 runways, while celebrities have embraced every shade in between.

The good news? The high street has followed suit, making this one of the easiest designer trends to wear this summer.

Teal takeover

IF, LIKE me, you're a fan of emerald green but find it a little wintry for the warmer months, then look to teal.

Think of it as turquoise's more understated sibling. It looks particularly striking against sun-kissed skin.

Massimo Dutti's satin midi skirt (£100) captures exactly the right shade, while the elasticated waist makes it an effortless holiday staple. Style it with a simple white, ribbed vest and minimal jewellery to let the colour do the talking.

Skirt, £100, massimodutti.com

Zimmermann SS26

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SUDOKU

FILL in all the squares in the grid so that each row, column and each of the 3x3 squares contains all the digits from 1 to 9. SOLUTIONS TOMORROW

			6	2		7		8
		6			4	9
4	5		9
7				6				2
	8	1
5					3
8			1			2	9
	6	3				8		7

2	4		5		3	6
	3		6					4
							1
5					4
		2		5
		6		8
8	1	7				5
			2			7	3
		5	4					6

Difficulty rating ★★★★★

Difficulty rating ★★★☆☆

PRIZE SUDOKU

		5			9			3
	6	2	1				5
					4		2	6
2		9
	5			8		7
1	3		6
		6	9	3			4
4						5	6	8
7							9

WIN £250

REVEAL the three shaded squares for your chance to win £250. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 292 5009 and leave today's three-number answer (reading left to right) and your details. Or text SUDOKU to 65700 with your answer and name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. One weekly winner chosen from all correct entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Answers change daily at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

PLAY our accumulator game! Every day this week, solve the crossword to find the letter in the pink circle. On Friday, we'll provide instructions to submit your five-letter word for your chance to win a luxury Cross pen. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions. Entries cost 50p.

WRITE YOUR LETTERS IN THESE SQUARES

WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN

SEE BELOW

ACROSS

1 One who tries to improve their status by currying favour with those with power and wealth (6,7) 8 Street, derogatory term for hack writers and literary work of low value (4) 9 Adhering to regulations set by e.g. external bodies (10) 10 1970 war film starring George C. Scott as a U.S. general (6) 11 Timothy , actor who played Sheriff Seth Bullock in Deadwood (8) 12 Using more words than is necessary (9) 14 Arthur , British tennis player born in France in 2002 (4) 15 , gin, cocktail with Angostura bitters (4) 16 Not short of , informal term for 'wealthy' (1,3,2,3) 20 TV drama series about graduates in a fictional bank, Pierpoint & Co (8) 21 , Chilcott, former prop for Bath and England, born in 1956 (6) 23 To supply goods to e.g. shops or businesses (10) 24 , Saint Laurent, French fashion designer born in 1936 (4) 25 Fast food items with slices of e.g. melted Cheddar on top of hot meat patties (13)

DOWN

1 , worker, in mining, an employee on or near the ground (7) 2 John , navigator and explorer who paved the way for the British claim to Canada (5) 3 Symbols written over a vowel, such as a circumflex and grave in French (7) 4 1979 song by Pink Floyd, played by its reunited line-up at Live 8 in 2005 (11,4) 5 Decorative patterns put in the surface of objects (6) 6 Bikinis and swimsuits are examples of this type of clothing (9) 7 Portmanteau word for a musical style pioneered by pop duo Chas & Dave (7) 13 A long, low cushioned seat (9) 15 Brand of U.S. car made by General Motors, discontinued in 2010 (7) 17 A thing causing obsessive fear or anxiety (7) 18 The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse (7) 19 Victoria , Conservative politician who has served as a minister under three prime ministers (6) 22 Henry , engineer who helped to found a luxury car company in 1904 (5)

WORD WHEEL

YOU have ten minutes to find as many words as possible using the letters in the wheel. Each word must use the hub letter and at least three others,

and letters may be used only once. You can't use plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. Verbs ending in 's' are permitted. Clue for today's nine-letter word: Chap to deal with abuse. RATING: 15 words, average: 20, good: 25, very good: 30 or more, excellent. SOLUTION TOMORROW

Test your general knowledge daily with our quiz in the Morning Mail newsletter. Scan the QR code to sign up now

SOLUTION TOMORROW

NAME GAME

HIDDEN in the grid is the name of a singer. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. SOLUTION TOMORROW

BOX 1: Which of the following was the name of the backing band for Cliff Richard (pictured) from 1959 to 1968? The Crickets (D) The Shadows (B) The Hurricanes (G)

BOX 2: Who wrote the 1973 novel A Prayer For The Dying? Alistair MacLean (T) Jack Higgins (L) Clive Cussler (E)

BOX 3: Giorgio Locatelli has been announced as a judge for the new series of which TV show? Great British Menu (I) The Great British Bake Off (C) Celebrity MasterChef (Y)

BOX 4: Maja Chwalinska is a Polish professional in which of the following sports? Tennis (D) Football (K) Golf (S)

BOX 5: Which actor is the husband of Spanish actress Penelope Cruz? Benicio del Toro (U) Javier Bardem (A) Matthew McConaughey (M)

BOX 6: In which century did the Age of Discovery begin? 13th century (W) 14th century (E) 15th century (N)

BOX 7: The River Roding rises in which of these English counties? Essex (B) Wiltshire (K) Lincolnshire (A)

BOX 8: Bazball is a style of play in which of the following sports? Rugby union (M) Baseball (R) Cricket (O)

Yesterday's solution: UMA THURMAN (XU, ZR, 3U, 4T, 5A, 6M, 7M, 8H, 9N, 10A)

Picture: PA

MAKING TRACKS

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.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

B

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HONEYCOMB

ALL the solutions read clockwise around their numbers. The solution to clue number 1 starts from the given letter.

1. Consider
2. Not anyone
3. Delicate
4. Agile
5. Prone
6. Confuse
7. Emissary
8. Power
9. Attractive
10. Domain
11. Task
12. Retitle

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

KAKURO

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.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

MASTERQUIZ

1. Of which dystopian novel is Guy Montag the protagonist?
2. Which composer married the pianist Clara Wieck in 1840?

3. What word describes any perching bird with three forward- and one backward-facing claws per foot?

4. 100 years ago today, Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to achieve what feat?

5. The unit known as a barleycorn is equal to what fraction of an inch?
6. Jacobitsen was a long-standing effort to return which royal house to the throne?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

MINDBENDER

1. At the sweetshop, the price of three Chocky-chews and four Caramelios is £6.51, while the price of two Chocky-chews and five Caramelios is £5.95. What would the total cost of seven Chocky-chews be?

2. What connects music, orchestra and pot?

3. Which soft drink may have WORN CUTE COAT?

4. Which is the odd one out: Mr Benn, Ivor The Engine, Bagouss, Clangers?
5. Starting with A, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach PREMATURE.

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

KILLER 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

NEED A CLUE? Call 0901 293 6238 or text KILLER to 65700 and receive four clues to today's puzzle. Calls and texts cost £1 plus your standard network charges. Today's clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.

PITCHERWITS™

1a. Begin to unravel karate mats (4),5)

9a. Knotted cord to glow, yet lose warmth (4,4)

0a. Hard case in which to summarise? (8)

17a. Repositioned anchorage at a fathom to give variety (3),8)

1d. Second label to spell out the end of the dilemma (6,4)

2d. Sets on and connects with (7)

5d. A-line pattern, cubed so craftily it can't be taught (10)

10d. Camels in a move to water after the storm (4,3)

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue 6 Tackle one's terrible rage (4) 7 The noise of bad information? (3) 8 Mud slinging, with a finale by red assembly (4)

9 Picture Clue 11 Picture Clue 14 Amicable bit of mineral (4) 15 Crowd in the little phone? (3) 16 Newtons, not cut out for paper stuff (4) 17 Picture Clue

PIT your wits against Pitcherwits — the exciting puzzle where some of the answers are in picture! The solutions to the visual clues fit into the shaded spaces on the grid.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

PITCHERWITS BOOK

TO ORDER Daily Mail Pitcherwits Vol 9 by Professor Rebus for £9.99, go to mailshop.co.uk:3for20 or call 020 3176 2937. Buy 3 or more Daily Mail puzzle books and save 20 per cent. Free UK delivery on orders over £25.

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Picture Clue 3 Flung, when said to have done (5) 4 Sat on a horse, front centre in cowboy 'fest' (5) 5 Picture Clue

10 Picture Clue 12 Ban that effects a boot repair? (5) 13 Chicken not available for dyeing (5)

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Falls to bits. 5 Acolyte. 9 Talc. 10 Plod. 11 Tides. 12 Node. 13 Taut. 14 Suitors. 16 Family Bible. DOWN: 1 Fighting off. 2 Lea. 3 Ice. 4 Stand at ease. 6 Cocteau. 7 Loudest. 8 Tipster. 14 Sum. 15 Sob.

MAILWORD

ACROSS

1 Great delight 5 Airborne soldier 9 Ambitions 10 Bristol river 11 Evades 12 Challenge 13 Flying saucer 14 Church room 16 Sound imitating impact 17 Rotating rod 18 Max Surrealist painter 20 Russian mountains 24 Be wistful 26 Decline 27 Contemptible person

29 Egg cells 30 Conduit 31 Bishops' headdresses 33 Pile 34 Town in Surrey 35 In a lazy way 36 Cast off DOWN 1 Descend 2 Insulate 3 Intra-building transport 4 English county 5 Glib talk 6 State an opinion 7 Ruddy 8 Small insect

9 Seek to obtain 11 Deceive 15 Lethargic 19 Drowsy 21 Cherished 22 Organ 23 Wellness centres 25 Titles 27 Attached 28 Gemstone 30 21st Greek letter 32 Definite article

SOLUTION TOMORROW

HIDATO

COMPLETE the grid so that all the numbers, 1 to 65, connect consecutively — horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Hint: you don't have to begin with 1 or 65. Working on the mid-numbers might give you a better start.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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KENKEN

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.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

	S	F	U
W				L
F				E
F				D
	L	S	S

HIEROGRAM

NINE TO FIVE

FIT the scrambled letters of the given word into the grid to form six five-letter words across and down.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

WORLD'S SMALLEST,

HARDEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Data (inf) (4)
2. Deciduous tree (3)
3. Reverential wonder (3)
4. A great potentate (4)

DOWN

2. Tidings (4)
3. Tiny irritant (4)
4. Meditator's mantra (2)
5. Juneau is its capital (abbr) (2)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

1	2	3	4
	5
6
7

CROSS NUMBER

THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION

			4	10
	5			25
		4		25
2				11
20	14	13	24	15

Today's challenge time: 4 mins 36 secs

Your working time: □ mins □ secs

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.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

CODEWORD

EACH number in our Codeword grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. Today 20 represents M, so fill in M every time the figure 20 appears. You have one letter in the control grid to start you off. Enter it 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

COMPLETE Codeword to reveal the word in the shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6232 and leave your answer and your details or text 65700 with the word CODE, your answer and then your name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Saturday. Answers change daily at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.

NEED A CLUE? Text the word CODEWORD to 65700 to receive FOUR clues to today's puzzle or call 0901 293 6200. Texts and calls cost £1 plus your standard network charges. Today's clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.

WORD SEARCH

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

Today's theme: Words that can be used with 'post'

BLOG MODERN

CODE OFFICE

GOAL OUT

HITCHING SIGN

LAMP TRADING

HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6234 and leave your answer and details or text 65700 with the word WORD, your answer and your name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. One winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Answers change daily at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions. SOLUTION TOMORROW

SUDOKU X

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

1		5
	6
3		6
				2

QUICK QUIZ

1. Born in 1854, what nationality was the criminal Ned Kelly?
2. Which actor is the only cast member to appear in both the 1994 and 2019 versions of Disney's The Lion King?
3. Which TV litter-pickers were the creation of Elisabeth Beresford, who was born 100 years ago today?
4. In which of the armed forces did author Roald Dahl serve during World War II?
5. Who released the 1989 album Like a Prayer?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

GOGEN

BAKED BASKET COPYRIGHT FIRM FLUX GIFT JAWS MINT QUINCE ROCK SANG VET

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.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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BRIDGE MASTERCLASS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

West

▲A65

♥QJ10986

+

▲A53

East

▲2

♥AK52

♦A98643

▲Q2

PLAYING jeans, vulnerable against not, you are sitting West and open 1♥. Your partner responds with 3♣, a splinter bid showing at least four-card support for hearts, game going values and a singleton or void in spades. Opposite this, your spade holding is ideal with no losers or wasted values, and you should be making a try for slam. What call do you make? BID 4♣. Since the splinter bid agreed hearts as trumps, this is a cue-bid. Partner co-operates with a cue-bid of 4♦. What do you do now?

You could cue-bid 4♣, but Roman Keycard Blackwood is a better option since you need to know about the ♥K. Partner responds 5♣, showing nought or three keycards, and you can be pretty certain that it is three because of the bidding so far. You now bid 5NT, confirming all the keycards and asking about kings, but you settle for 6♥ when partner denies any kings.

North leads the ♥3. You play low from dummy, South discards a spade and you win with your ♥6. How do you plan the play?

If diamonds divide no worse than four-two, you can ruff them good. Lead your diamond to dummy and ruff a diamond. When North discards, you need an alternative.

The hand concludes tomorrow.

HEATHER DHONDY

No 17,938

FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6233 and leave today's answer and your details, or TEXT 65700 with the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Text/skills cost (2 plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending the completed crossword to Daily Mail Prize Crossword 17,938, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 6GF. Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00:00 Monday and 23:59 Friday. Postal entries must be date-damped no later than the following day to qualify. Calls and texts must be received by 23:59, answers change at 00:01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.

ACROSS

1 Clot's limited awfully stale joke, perhaps (3,8) 9 Lee and Rita renovated artist's studio (7)

10 Doctor, hard figure, gets to attain normal position (7)

11 Cite money for female deer (3)

12 Truth about Italy being disputed (7)

13 Fully describe sound of ceremony ahead (5,2)

14 Start to wrap

commercial bundle (3) 15 Number probing fancy age in Italian city (5)

17 Dismal yard is polluted (5) 18 Loud cry in round for drinks (5)

20 Fifty entering military squad in the dark? (5)

22 Regularly grabs oxygen, maybe (3)

24 Rogue himself has European language (7) 25 Nervously barter with married chap (7)

26 French friend entertained by family (3)

27 One favouring cream? (7) 28 Ingrid is upset about end of course getting more dark (7)

29 Moisturiser's working on Danish lot (4,7)

NEED A CLUE? Text 1W to 65700 to receive FOUR answers to today's crossword, or call 0901 293 6238. Texts and calls cost (2 plus standard network charges. Today's clues available between 00:01 today and 23:30 only.

DOWN

1 Completed set of deliveries now at hidden ground (4,3,4,4)

2 Pushing activity on a range? (7)

3 Resilient actor Tom (5)

4 Second team has book on everything that's zany (9)

5 Persistent gang merrily quaffing drink (7)

6 Free nightspot? It is fantastic in all respects (2,3,10)

7 Damage line for vegetable (6)

8 Smart brief (6)

16 Hate uncle resettling in Swiss city (9)

18 Mellow soprano on a frequent basis (6)

19 Instinct not favoured for teaching (7)

21 Canadian city also hosting Republican on time (7)

23 Serious son with Spanish man doffing hat (6)

25 Bathroom feature seen in club I determine (5)

SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLES

SUDOKU

5	3	9	6	2	7	4	1	6
1	7	3	8	4	3	2	9	5
2	4	6	9	5	1	3	8	7
8	9	3	5	7	8	1	4	2
7	2	5	4	1	8	9	6	3
4	6	1	2	3	9	5	7	6
3	1	2	7	8	4	6	5	9
6	8	4	3	9	5	7	2	1
6	5	7	1	6	2	8	3	4

7	9	2	4	6	6	5	1	3
1	6	3	5	8	7	2	8	4
4	5	6	1	3	2	9	8	7
8	2	4	6	5	3	1	7	9
8	7	5	9	1	8	4	3	2
3	1	9	2	7	4	8	5	8
5	8	6	3	2	9	7	4	1
2	4	7	8	6	1	3	9	5
9	3	1	7	4	5	0	2	6

PRIZE SUDOKU

3	4	6	5	1	7	2	9	8
9	1	5	6	4	2	3	7	6
7	2	8	3	9	6	1	4	5
8	6	1	2	7	4	5	3	9
4	5	7	9	6	5	8	2	1
2	5	9	1	3	8	7	6	4
5	7	2	6	8	9	4	1	3
6	6	3	4	2	1	9	5	7
1	8	4	7	5	3	6	8	2

WORD SEARCH Missing TOBUS

4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
6	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
6	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
6	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
6	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
6	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
6	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
6	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
6	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
6	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
6	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
6	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
6	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
6	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
6	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
6	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
6	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
6	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
6	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
6	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
6	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
6	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
6	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38

NINE TO FIVE

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ACCESSORIES are another easy route into the trend if head-to-toe colour feels too much. Turquoise works surprisingly well with butter yellow, chocolate brown, crisp white and, even, olive green.

If, like me, you loved the Jacquemus show, you can buy an investment piece in the form of one of the brand's handbags, now on sale for £355. Or update your raffia espadrilles with Penelope Chilvers' turquoise velvet design (£112). They'll instantly elevate everything from a white cotton dress to cut-off denim shorts.

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Blind Date

WOULD YOU LIKE US TO FIND YOU A DATE?

FANCY a posh meal with an eligible single like you? Or would you like to play cupid for someone else? Email your - or their - details and a photo to blinddate@dailymail.co.uk

'We kissed twice but I wonder if it was the tequila talking?'

MELISSA, 35

VITAL STATISTICS SINGLE for seven years, no children.

CURRENT ROLE

FOUNDER and CEO of a property company.

WOULD LIKE TO MEET

SOMEONE down-to-earth, funny and ambitious.

DATING PAST?

I'VE had four relationships and, aside from one bad egg who cheated on me, they were all fairly healthy.

PRE-DATE NERVES?

NO, although my mum and sister seemed to think this blind date could be 'the one'. No pressure, then!

FIRST IMPRESSIONS?

LEWIS came in for a hug and an air kiss, which I was happy to reciprocate. He has a calm, grounded energy.

Physically, he is around my height, slim and has lovely eyes. He is absolutely the kind of man I would be attracted to romantically. We both complimented one another on how nice we smelled.

EASY TO TALK TO?

YES, there were some wonderful synchronicities with Lewis. His first name is my surname and we discovered we share the same birthday, which really tickled me.

I tend to overshare so I gave him far too many examples of awful dates I've been on. Fortunately, Lewis, ever the diplomat, found my tales funny.

EMBARRASSING MOMENTS?

IN the middle of our date and halfway through a conversation, I handed Lewis my business card. Why on earth did I do that?

DID SPARKS FLY?

YES! There was a kiss - in fact, there were two.

After we'd finished eating, I suggested a tequila shot each, which made us both a little bolder. The first kiss happened shortly afterwards and Lewis initiated it.

We both leaned in for the second kiss when we said goodbye. I don't regret either of them, although I do put it down to the tequila talking.

SEE HIM AGAIN?

YES, although something tells me Lewis may not be quite as interested.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HE THOUGHT OF YOU?

I'D like to think he saw me as not a bad proposition, but I don't know if I'm his type. The biggest stumbling block is probably that Lewis talked about having a family, and I don't want children.

WOULD YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY LIKE HIM?

YES, Lewis is down-to-earth, well educated and genuinely interesting to talk to.

'She doesn't want children. We need to be on the same page'

LEWIS, 36

VITAL STATISTICS SINGLE for two years, no children.

CURRENT ROLE

TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) educational planner.

WOULD LIKE TO MEET

SOMEONE active, intelligent and curious about the world.

DATING PAST?

I'VE had two long-term relationships and have been single for the past two years. I've been on a few dates recently but I haven't committed to anyone.

PRE-DATE NERVES?

NO, when I meet somebody new, I tend to ask questions and give them space to relax and open up. That way, I don't have much time to dwell on my own nerves.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS?

MELISSA is slim and tall, with long dark hair, big, bright eyes and a lovely smile. She also has gorgeous white teeth. I found her attractive.

EASY TO TALK TO?

YES, Melissa told me she has lost six stone. She showed me dramatic before and after photographs, and deserves credit for what she has achieved.

I was also impressed by how passionate she is about running her own business.

EMBARRASSING MOMENTS?

WE took a selfie together and I put my arm around Melissa. She became slightly self-conscious because her back was a little sweaty. It wasn't a big deal, but I could tell she was embarrassed.

DID SPARKS FLY?

YES, there was chemistry between us. Melissa is an attractive woman, although it usually takes me a while to develop genuine feelings for somebody. Did Melissa flirt with me? I'd say so. She became shy and giggly a number of times. Towards the end of the evening, we had tequila shots together and the mood became more flirtatious. We had a kiss, too.

SEE HER AGAIN?

WE have messaged one another since the date, so we'll see. The biggest issue is that I want to start a family and Melissa doesn't want children. You need to be on the same page when it comes to something that important.

WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE THOUGHT OF YOU?

THERE was definitely mutual attraction on the night. We kissed, so I think it's safe to say we were into one another.

WOULD YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY LIKE HER?

YES, my dad has a healthy respect for entrepreneurs. He would enjoy interrogating Melissa.

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MELISSA'S VERDICT: 8/10

LIKED? The ease. REGRETS? I should have asked more questions. COFFEE OR CAB? Coffee.

LEWIS'S VERDICT: 8/10

LIKED? We had fun. REGRETS? None. It was my best date in ages. COFFEE OR CAB? Coffee.

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ART DETECTIVES

Fake or Fortune?, 8pm, BBC1

THERE are plenty of names that would attract the attention of any art dealer or collector. But some names are guaranteed to grab anyone's attention. One in particular is 20th-century artist Lucian Freud, whose paintings have sold for as much as £75.8 million. In this episode, hosts Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould

(pictured) meet brothers Mike and Anthony Newman, who own a group of exchange that they believe may have been the early works of Freud. However, as experts dig into the life of this famously complex artist, could the truth behind these prints reveal something much more sinister?

PICK OF TODAY'S TV

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?, 9PM, BBC1

EXPLORING her family history this week is the double world champion heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson (pictured), who in 2025 was awarded an

MBE for her contribution to athletics. She begins by returning to her home city of Liverpool, where she grew up with her mum, Tracey, but it's her late dad's side of the family that she wants to learn more about, and that means taking a leap into the unknown as she ventures across the Atlantic to the Bahamas,

to meet her aunt, Toni. Records can be patchy in the Caribbean country, not least because of natural disasters, but with the help of local historian Dr Grace Turner, Katarina begins to unearth some leads, and uncover some fascinating stories. The discovery of a name on a passenger list reveals how her great-great-grandfather emigrated to Miami in 1913. Following him to Florida, the trail touches on freemasons, the Baptist church and the fight for civil rights as Katarina learns about how her ancestor helped to uplift his community in a time of shocking racial segregation. She's left feeling as proud of her forebears as they would surely be of her.

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast

9.30 Animal Park (AD,R) A wallaby could be suffering from a life-threatening condition.

10.15 Trace, Track, Get My Car Back (R) 10.45 Expert Witness (R) An expert witness helps to link a drugs gang to the death of a Vietnamese man.

11.15 Homes Under the Hammer 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R) Philip Serrell and Ben Cooper guide the teams around the Oswestry Showground.

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 Blacksmith Key Paxton tackles a rusty tank. 2.45 Escape to the Country (R)

3.45 A couple from Manchester look for a new home in West Yorkshire.

3.45 The Bidding Room (R) Dealers bid for a football game, wooden steps, a map and a Noh mask.

4.30 The Answer Run Quiz show. 5.15 Pointless (R) Hosted by Alexander Armstrong and Konnie Hug.

6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather 6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather

7.00 The One Show Alex Jones and Roman Kemp present the live magazine show.

7.30 EastEnders (AD) Sheila faces mounting pressure, Priya is confronted with hard truths, and Mark clashes with Max.

8.00 Fake or Fortune? (AD) The art detectives head to Somerset, where 15 unsigned prints of Lucian Freud's etching Girl With

Fig Leaf have been discovered in a garage. Last in series.

9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (AD) Heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson travels to the Bahamas and Miami in search of her ancestry, and

10.30 discovers tales of resilience and courage. Last in series.

10.00 BBC News at Ten 10.30 BBC Regional News

10.30 Murder 24/7 (AD,R) Part one of two. An investigation into the 2025 murder of 54-year-old

Hereford man Jamie Gawler.

11.40 Murder 24/7 (AD,R) Part two of two. The documentary follows police attempts to build a case against Matthew

Jonathan for the murder – and reveals how a footprint provided a breakthrough.

12.40 Alan Carr's Picture Slam (R) Contestants from Lancashire, Birmingham and Cardiff try to identify a board full of images

for the chance of winning up to £10,000. 1.25 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.30 BBC News

BBC2

6.15 Homes Under the Hammer (R)

7.15 Money for Nothing (R) 8.00 Gardeners' World (AD,BSL,R)

9.00 BBC News 1.00 Richard Osman's House of Games (R) Sean Fletcher, Louise Minchin and Kimberly Wyatt take part.

1.30 The Finish Line (R) Quiz, hosted by Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene.

2.15 Do You Know Your Place? (R) Arowka Rice and Remi Burga answer questions about Jedburgh.

2.45 The Hairy Biliary? Bakedown (AD,R) The duo visit France.

3.45 The Farmers' Country Showdown (R) Louise and Olly being their Beltex sheep to the Mid Devon Show.

4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) The team visit Toronto.

5.15 Flog It! (R) From Ickworth House near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

6.00 Richard Osman's House of Games (R) With Gethin Jones, Tiff Stevenson, Kate Thornton and Gary Wilmot.

6.30 Richard Osman's House of Games (R) Former players Gethin Jones, Tiff Stevenson, Kate Thornton and Gary Wilmot test their trivia skills.

7.00 Escape to the Country (R) Alistair Appleton guides a pair of entrepreneurs who want to escape to the Cotswolds.

They have a generous £900,000 budget to play with.

8.00 Digging for Britain (AD,R) Archaeological treasures in the west of Britain, including

a rare medieval cemetery, a disappearing Mesolithic landscape and the ruins of a gothic masterpiece.

9.00 The Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke (AD) With the family isolated, people on

the outside try to find out what is happening. Last in series.

9.50 The Fens: A Wild Year (AD,R) The wetlands of East Anglia.

10.00 Inside No. 9 (AD,R) A detective is determined to crack the case of a missing boy. Guest

starring Sophie Okonedo. 10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day's events, with Paddy O'Connell. (Followed by Weather)

11.05 Women Talking (2022) (15) The women of an isolated religious community grapple

with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. Drama, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley.

ITV1

6.00 Good Morning Britain

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features, topical discussion, health and beauty advice and more.

1.30 News; Weather 1.55 Regional News; Weather

2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (AD,R) David Dickinson and his team are in Sheffield, where Mark

Stevens meets his match, and Tracy Thackray-Howitt splashes some serious cash.

3.00 Deal or No Deal (AD,R) Stephen Mulhern hosts as Claire 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) Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shepherd.

5.00 The Chase (R) Bradley Walsh hosts as Pete, Ellie, Zakvadeen and Yvonne hope they can take home thousands of pounds.

6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 News; Weather

7.30 Tom Kerridge Cooks Italy (AD) The chef learns how farmers produce tomatoes for passata, and later heads south to

cook lamb cutlets with pomegranate couscous.

8.00 Emmerdale (AD) Charity takes big steps, and the Dingles unite in their grief at Monty's funeral.

8.30 Coronation Street (AD) Kit extends an ominous invitation to Gary, and Tim gets reacquainted with his cousin Richie.

9.00 The Chase Around the World (AD) The teams land in Paris to take on the Vixen and the

Beast, who have set a series of quiz questions that the players must solve to find

Bradley Walsh at the finish line.

10.00 News (Followed by Weather) 10.30 Regional News

10.45 Casino Royale (2006) (15) (AD) James Bond achieves his '00' status and is dispatched on the

trail of Le Chiffre, an international criminal financing terrorist organisations around the world. Bond's investigation leads to a

casino in Montenegro, where he takes part in a high-stakes poker game in a bid to bankrupt Le

Chiffre. Spy thriller, starring Daniel Craig and Mads Mikkelsen.

1.10 Shop on TV 3.00 The Summit (AD,BSL,R) The group grapple with who should leave the mountain

at the first vote-off. 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05 Deal or No Deal: Celebrity Special (AD,BSL,R)

Zoe Ball takes on the Banker.

CHANNEL 4

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) The chef tries to restore

a Beau estery's former glory. 12.05 Channel 4 News Summary 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD,R) Items

in South Wales include a snooker table and a Gothic-style organ.

1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) Two strangers buy a bungalow in the Derbyshire town of Glossop.

2.10 Countdown With Ade Adepitan. 3.00 A Place in the Sun (R) Craig Rowe

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4.00 Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith (AD,R) Rescuing a derelict and overgrown pond in the Cotswolds.

5.00 Chateau DIY (AD,R) At the Chateau de Brives, Sarah and George upgrade their wedding business.

6.00 American Pickers (AD,R) Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz come across a huge 200,000-square-foot factory.

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Renovation Rescue (AD) in West Sussex, Vogue Williams and Luke Mabbott help to

salvage artist Penny's dream of a relaxing retirement near her family, and by the sea.

9.00 Murder Case: The Digital Detectives (AD) How detectives used digital forensics to uncover

the events of the night 19-year-old Matthew Daulby was fatally stabbed after a street fight in

Ormskirk in July 2023.

10.00 The Body Detectives (AD,R) The work of an organisation

dedicated to revisiting forgotten cases, beginning with the disappearance of a man off

the Norfolk coast in 1984 while on a family holiday.

11.05 Social Media Monsters (AD,R) Examining serious crimes

where social media have played a significant role, including interviews with victims and input from experts.

12.05 Crime Scene Cleaners (AD,BSL,R) 1.00 Murder Case: The Digital

Detectives (AD,BSL,R) 1.55 Ramsay's Hotel Hell (AD,BSL,R) 2.45 The

Undeclared War (AD,BSL,R) 4.30 Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds (AD,BSL,R) 4.55

Couples Come Dine with Me (BSL,R) 5.50 Countdown (R)

(R) Repeat. (HD) High Definition. (AD) Audio Description. (b/w) Not in colour. (BSL) British Sign Language.

Family viewing

Generally suitable for all

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COMEDY WHODUNNIT

Benidorm Is Murder, 9pm, Ch5

ANOTHER day in sunny Benidorm means another murder mystery for Dennis (John Hannah) to crack, this one involving a debt-ridden club owner, a comedian and a washed-up 90s game show host with a much younger wife. After a hectic night at The Laughter Lounge, doorman Paco is shocked to find a body on the club roof. When Dennis arrives at the scene, he is quick to notice tiny details that tell a story, while partner Ross Carolina Becquer, pictured with Hannah also helps to trace the steps of those connected to the club. Soon enough, buried secrets, old grudges and the club's financial woes are unveiled. Has this killer been hiding in plain sight?

CHANNEL 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) 7.20 Move It Milkshake's! (R) 7.20 Rubble & Crew (R) 7.35 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 7.45 Tim Rex in Space (R) 8.00 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 Paw Patrol (R) 8.20 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

2.20 Evil in a Small Town (2023) (PG)

FBI @ Thriller, starring Veronica

Ramirez and Justin Berti.

4.00 Castle (R) Part one of two.

A murder case is linked to

serial killer Jerry Tyson.

4.55 Love Nature (R) The Wolves in

the Wood outdoor play scheme.

5.00 5 News with Dan Walker

6.00 Menorca: A Year in the Sun

(R) Part one of two. A profile

of the Mediterranean island.

6.55 5 News Update

7.00 Around the World in First Class with Josie Gibson Josie flies upper class to Grenada, and explores a boutique resort called 473, a private suite of villas by the sea.

7.55 5 News Update

8.00 Cornwall: A Year by the Sea At Watergate Bay, Michelin-starred chef Chris Eden and his team attempt their first beach feast of the summer. Last in series.

9.00 Benidorm Is Murder (AD)

PCC A rooftop murder exposes old grudges and buried secrets at a struggling, debt-ridden comedy club. Drama, starring John Hannah and Carolina Becquer.

10.00 Killer at the Crime Scene

(R) In a Silicon Valley home invasion, millionaire Raveesh Kumra is murdered. No forced entry leads investigators to suspect an inside job.

11.05 Murdered at First Sight (R)

Investigating the case of Jorge Rodriguez, a father of three and soon-to-be grandfather, who was shot while in his car and later died in hospital on July 4, 2017.

12.05 Street Cops: Catching the Yobs

(R) 1.00 Cruise TV with Lovettbook! (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)

▲ Particularly liable to offend

Self-satisfied Ted Lasso had run its course, reviving it is a lazy mistake

AMERICANS don't understand sport. They think it's a form of entertainment, which is why they're generally so bad at it. Sport done properly is far too important to be enjoyable.

They are especially inept at football, misunderstandings it so completely that they can't even get the name right. Soccer is playground slang, the equivalent of referring to American Football as 'tig'.

The World Cup final highlighted everything they get wrong about sport. The match itself was simply a warm-up for the half-time concert by Madonna and Justin Bieber. Nothing could be more calculated to cause an Englishman real distress.

My cousin Rob, a loyal QPR fan, emailed me in anguish, aghast at this 'mockery of the game I've loved and followed for the greater part of my life. This great spectacle of the sport for the masses has become a carnival event.'

This is what Americans cannot comprehend. They think that if we don't adore all the hoopla of their big games, it must be because they haven't made it

STRAINED JOKE OF THE NIGHT:

I couldn't make sense of the title of BBC3's quiz game Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, until I realised it was a pun on the host's name... the worst wordplay since Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's foodie book Hugh Fearlessly Eats It All.

garish and glittery enough. Their solution is to add even more pom-poms, tickertape, laser beams and dancing mascots.

That's the entire narrative of Ted Lasso, Apple TV's self-satisfied comedy drama about a US football coach who transforms the fortunes of an English Premier League club by teaching it to play the American way.

As the players learn to embrace their mental health and parrot inspirational slogans, they become happier, more rounded human beings. They also get relegated, of course, but what does that matter?

By reviving a popular series that had run its course, Apple is falling into the same lazy mistake that has undermined Hollywood. Rather than come up with new and creative ideas, they are content to rehash old ones, and clearly intend to keep doing so until we're all thoroughly bored.

But the streaming channel's real error is its assumption that

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the British are itching to copy everything American. There's a running joke that has billionaire club owner Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) scoffing boxes of barbecue ribs. She's never tasted anything like them, and they're so delicious that she doesn't

care about repeatedly dripping sauce over her designer outfits.

Another repeated gag pretends we're fascinated by the paradox that Kansas City is in the state of Missouri. We truly neither know your cure.

As the show returned for a

fourth series, Rebecca was in the US to coax Ted (Jason Sudeikis) out of retirement to come back to London and coach the women's squad for his old club, AFC Richmond. Head of PR Keeley (Juno Temple) visited a Kansas stadium to see how their ladies do it.

With fireworks erupting over the stands and fans gawping at the sky instead of the pitch, Keeley had a revelation: the British public will love this too.

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46 DIGITAL & ON DEMAND

PICK OF DIGITAL & ON DEMAND TV

POSSESSION, 9PM, SKY ATLANTIC

GUGU Mbatha-Raw, Jonny Lee Miller and Bel Powley star in a tense supernatural thriller that unfolds over five episodes between British and Jamaica. The story follows lawyer Claudio Mbatha-Raw, pictured as she journeys to the Caribbean island to work on a controversial inheritance claim between a local and aristocrat Oliver Connaught (Miller). This claim involves a house that was once a Connaught plantation and a house that – to Claudio’s alarm – has been appearing in her dreams. What is the connection between her

and the house, and should she heed the advice she receives to just “stay away”? We wouldn’t have much of a thriller if she did, and Possession gives us some seriously creepy moments as Claudia and the very British Oliver find themselves pitched into a journey that dip into the horrors of the past and sees how they still echo in the present. Powley, who plays Oliver’s ancestor Charlotte in the flashbacks, seems to have been given free rein to be as sinister as she can with her character – and is a big highlight of the show as a result.

COMIC BOOK CLASSIC

Superman, 8pm, BBC4

RICHARD Donner’s terrific take on the DC Comics story, with young unknown called Christopher Reeve perfect in the lead. Gene Hackman is Lex Luthor, the evil genius who learns Superman’s weakness and sets out to exploit it. It is followed by tribute documentary Christopher Reeve: Keeping Hope In Motion.

SLICK NEW THRILLER

The Shards, Disney+

THIS ten-part mix of thriller and teen horror from flashy American producer Ryan Murphy (Ali’s Fair, The Beauty) is based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis, a semi-

autobiographical story about the American Psycho author’s youth. Set at a privileged Los Angeles school in the 1980s, it follows 17-year-old Bret (Sally Rigney) as he comes into the orbit of new student Robert Mallory (Romer Gore, son of actor Richard, pictured above right, with Rigney, Hayes Warner,

Graham Campbell and Kaia Gerber, daughter of Richard Gere’s ex Cindy Crawford), whose arrival just happens to align with a string of murders. So, is Mallory the killer? How far will Bret fall into the world of this mysterious stranger? And will the murders strike at his circle of wealthy, hard-partying friends?

UPCYCLING EXPERTS

The Reclaimers Made in Suffolk, 9pm, More4

IT’S another busy week for Andy. Hayley and Jonah, which involves a trip to Norwich Castle. Their projects also include transforming a 1920s chair and creating a storage solution from salvaged wood.

TIME

BBC 4

E4

ITV2

7.00pm

7.30pm

8.00pm

8.30pm

9.00pm

9.30pm

10.00pm

10.30pm

11.00pm

11.30pm

9 (Scot 24)

Great British Railway Journeys Northallerton to Chester-Le-Street. Last in series

Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village Cromford in Derbyshire

Superman (1917B,PG) A fledgling superhero crash-lands on Earth after evacuation from his home planet and is taken in by a couple who raise him as their own. But with adolescence comes an understanding of his superhuman powers, leading to his rebirth in a crusader for justice. Adventure, with Christopher Reeve

10.15 Christopher Reeve: Keeping Hope in Motion (Voluntary) Christopher Reeve as he undergoes a new operation aimed at getting him off an artificial ventilator

11.15 Parkinson Michael Parkinson is joined by Mel Smith, Kenneth Griffith and Christopher Reeve. First-broadcast January 27, 1982 (To 12.15)

13

The Simpsons A crisis brings the Simpson and Flanders families closer

The Simpsons Homer promises Marge the trip of a lifetime

Vanderpump Rules Kim’s girls’ night descends into chaos. Chris helps Audrey to move into her new apartment. Jason attempts to reconnect with Angelica

Cooking Paradise: Above and Below Beck Cruden’s and crew alike celebrate St Patrick’s Day at Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic

Gogglebox Reviews of the Faiters, I’m a Centrifu… Get Me Out of Here! Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel Planet Sex with Cara Dehningheard You Won’t Believe This

Naked Attraction Rose and Clarissa each choose a date from six naked people, whose bodies are revealed – one section at a time (To 12.10)

6

The Floor USA Rob Lover hosts the American version of the game show. Only 16 players remain, and the stakes have never been higher

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

Romech Ranganathan’s Parents’ Evening With Alison Hammond, Iain Stirling and Carol Vorderman

Changing Ends Comedy, starring Oliver Savel

10.15 Family Guy Slawe and Brian discover their new neighbour’s are vpi

11.05 Family Guy A time machine transport’s Mart to Nazi-occupied Poland

11.35 American Badt The Smiths open their own cemetery in their backyard (To 12.05)

ENTERTAINMENT & FACTUAL

5ACTION

Freeview 33 Sky 150

11.00am Gunsmoke 12.00pm FILM. Track of the Cat. (1954) (U) 2.10 FILM. The Outcast. (1954) (U) 4.00 The Motorway 5.00 Motorway Copy. Catching Britain’s Speeders 6.00 Police Interceptors 8.00 Motorway Copy. Catching Britain’s Speeders 9.00 Police Interceptors 10.00 Timber Titans 11.00 The X-Files

BBC THREE

Freeview 13 Sky 103 Virgin 107 7.00pm The Catch Up. 7.05 Deadly 60 8.00 Soft Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon. 9.00 Better Date than Never

COMEDY CENTRAL

Sky 113 Virgin 132

12noon The Upper Hand 1.05 Impractical Jokers Filming with the Stars 1.35 Firecise 9.00 FILM. Private Benjamin. (1980) (15) 11.10 Shaped Central

DISCOVERY

Sky 125 Virgin 177

12noon Building Off the Grid 1.00 Dr Jeff Rocky Mountain Vol 3.00 How It’s Made 5.00 Alaska Homestead Rescue 7.00 Ant Anstead Master Mechanic 8.00 Supercat Showroom 9.00 Alien Sharks Untamed America 10.00 Shattellis Takes New York 11.00 The Alaska Triangle

E4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 13 Sky 125 Virgin 106 10.00am American Funnised Home Videos 11.00 Below Dech Mediterranean. 12noon The Simpsons 2.00 Brooklyn Hive-Hive 3.00 Modern Family 5.00 The Simpsons

5STAR (DAYTIME)

Freeview 13 Sky 125 Virgin 126 11.00am Traffic Copy. 2.00pm Police Interceptors 3.00 Slaughter’s Caught Red Handed 6.00 Home and Away

5 SELECT

Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 12noon All Creations Great and Small 1.00 Murder, She Wrote 3.00 Colombo Murder Under Glass 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 PS James: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman 10.05 Good Ship Murder 11.10 Prisoner: Call Block H

5 USA (DAYTIME)

Freeview 21 Sky 145 Virgin 120

12noon Luv & Dubai 6.00 NCIS

FOOD NETWORK UK

Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 11.00am The Great British Bake Off 1.00pm James Martin’s Great British Adventure 3.00 The Hairy Bakers Go West 4.00 James’s Money Saving Meals Extra Portions 5.00 The Pioneer Woman 6.00 James Martin’s Great British Adventure 7.00 The Great British Bake Off 9.00 Michel Roza’s French Country Cooking 10.00 Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers 11.00 Downs: Drove to and Drove

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 WX’X’H 9.00 FILM. Carry On Constable. (1960) (15) 10.55 Robin’s Nest 11.55 WX’X’H

ITV2 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 12.15pm Deal or No Deal 1.15 Supermarket Sweep 2.15 The Place 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 Catchphrasas

ITV3 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 11.30am Heartbeat 1.30pm Midcomer Murder 3.35 Classic Emmerdale 4.40 Classic Coronation Street 5.50 Heartbeat

ITV4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 11.30am Robin of Sherwood. 12.30pm Magnum. FT. 2.30 Dempsey and Makepeace 3.30 Boon 4.40 The Professionals 5.45 Minder 6.50 River Monsters

MOBE4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 10.00am Four in a Bed 12.40pm Came Dine with Me 3.20 Four in a Bed 5.50 Car 5.0 S

NAT’L GEOGRAPHIC

Sky 129 Virgin 103

12noon Ultimate Airport Dubai. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation 2.00 World War II Secrets from Above. 4.00 Lost Tensions of Egypt 5.00 Egypt’s Rodent City Drain the House 6.00 Secret Nan Scientist 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 8.00 Apocalypse Hitler Takes on the West 10.00 Hitler’s Teen Killers 11.00 Air Crash Investigation

PBS AMERICA

Freeview 64 Sky 173 Virgin 187

11.50am Hitler’s Gold 1.00pm America the Beautiful 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 64 Sky 162 Virgin 165

12noon The Yorkshire Auction House 2.00 The Repair Shop 3.00 Salvage Hunters 5.00 Long Lost Family Born Without These 6.00 The Repair Shop 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House 8.00 Antiques Read Trip 9.00 The Bad Skin Clinic 11.00 Help! My House Is Haunted

SKY ARTS

Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123

12noon Wonderland From JM Starta to JRB Tolkien 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected 2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 3.00 The Eighties 4.00 Discovering Dean Martin 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2021 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected 7.00 Voices of the Valleys 8.00 Discovering Bruce Willis 9.00 The Very Best of Peter Sellers 10.10 Spike Williams: The Unseen Archive 11.45 The Directors

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 Possession 11.15 The Five-Star Weekend

RADIO

RADIO 4

FM: 92.4 94.6 MHz

5.00am News Summary.

5.04 Sideways.

5.32 Weather.

5.34 Shipping Forecast.

5.43 Prayer for the Day.

5.45 Farming Today.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Natalie Haynes

Stands Up for the

Classics. A Look

at the life of Nero.

9.30 L2C4 The Guitar

Story. Two series.

10.00 Woman’s Hour.

11.00 The Three Ages

of Child. With

Dr Guddi Singh.

11.45 Tony Hawks Is

Giving Nothing

Away. The comedian

explores money

mindsets and

family finances.

12noon News.

12.04 Scam Secrets.

12.32 Sliced Bread. Greg

Foot sales what makes

the perfect pillow.

PICK OF TODAY’S RADIO

THE GUITAR STORY,

9.30AM, RADIO 4

IT’S 60 years since Bob Dylan (pictured) dared to plug in his guitar during a concert at Manchester Free Trade Hall and a member of the audience shouted ‘Judas’ at him, John Wilson starts his four-part exploration of the powerful social and cultural influence of the

instrument with a look at how classical guitar developed in Spain, the growth of blues guitar in the United States, and early experiments with electric guitar. The series includes interviews with, among others, Johnny Marr, Pete Townsend, Chrissie Hyde and Nile Rodgers.

12.57 Weather.

1.00 The World at One.

The Race Necessities.

Dan Richards goes

stalking for deer

in East Sussex

2.00 The Archers.

2.15 L2C4 Drama on 4:

A Postmortem Love

Affair with Life.

3.00 This Natural Life.

With Tracy Zinin.

3.27 Radio 4 Appeal.

3.30 Feedback.

4.00 The Briefing Room.

4.30 BBC Inside Science.

5.00 PM: Weather.

6.00 Six O’Clock News.

6.30 Ickiewick FM. Chris

smades the arrival of

the Great Zambino.

7.00 The Archers. One

resident faces an

emergency dash.

7.15 Front Row. Arts

news and reviews.

SKY COMEDY

Sky 113 Virgin 112

11.10am Will & Grace 12.10pm Avenues 1.50 Upright 3.00 Will & Grace 4.00 Hacks 5.00 Community 6.00 Will & Grace 7.00 The Office 1/15 8.00 The Beharwell Landlord 9.00 Ricky Gervais Fame 10.30 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 11.15 Hacks

SKY DOCUMENTARIES

Sky 114 Virgin 121

10.00am The Comedy Store. 11.05 UFO 12noon The Man Who Stole The Screens. 2.00 FILM: Hitwillie: The Making of Motown. (2019) (12) 4.00 The Directors 5.00 Discovering Michelle Pfeiffer 5.55 JFK: Destiny Betrayed. 7.00 The Alien: Autopsy Scandal. 8.00 Ghaliaine Maxwell: Epistoria Shadow. 11.10 An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th.

SKY HISTORY

Sky 123 Virgin 131

10.10am Junk & Disorderly 11.05 Storage Wars 12noon How Disney Built America 2.00 From Stars 6.00 American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire 8.00 Killer Kings

SKY ONE

Sky 106 Virgin 109

12noon Moon: Naturals Secret Force 1.00 Hawaii Five-G 3.00 SWAT 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 Animal Control 7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 Rob & Bumesh vs Darts 9.00 The Dyest Caravan Pack 10.00 The Pogue 11.10 Animal Control.

SKY SCI-FI

Sky 145 Virgin 140

11.00am Star Trek: Enterprise. 12noon Star Trek Voyager. 3.00 Stargate Atlantis 2.00 Warehouse

13 4.00 Stargate SG1 5.00 Star Trek Voyager 6.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 7.00 Stargate Atlantis 8.00 Stargate SG1 9.00 Resident Alien 10.00 Grimm 11.00 The Walking Dead.

SKY WITNESS

Sky 197 Virgin 190

12noon FBI 2.00 The Rookie 3.00 Law & Order Criminal Intent 4.00 Nothing to Declare 6.00 Caught on Dashcam 9.00 CIA: Nikki’s cover is blown when she travels to Hong Kong 10.00 Law & Order Special Victims Unit 11.00 The Rookie

TLC

Freeview 13 Sky 133 Virgin 153

12noon The Big Bang Theory 2.00 The Middle 3.30 Young Sheldon 5.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 FILM: Transformers: The Last Knight. (2007) (12) Sci’s adventure sequel, starring Mark Wahlberg.

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FREEVIEW PRIMETIME PLANNER 47

ITV3	ITV4	MORE4	SKY MIX	QUEST	U&DAVE	U&DRAMA	SSTAR	5USA
10	26	18	11	17	19	20	32	21
6.55 Heartbeat David robert is a ventriloquist's dummy complete with a schedule of bookings – and decides the show must go on	7.20 River Monsters A freshwater giant said to inhabit Russia's remote Amur River	6.50 Car 5.0.5 Fuzz and Tim Iske on a 1994 Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo	Star Trek: The Next Generation Mort is forced to decide between family honour and the Federation in civil war threatens the Klingon empire	Antiques Road Trip Serhat Ahmed is on the hunt once more for ceramics, while Catherine Southon has her eye on a more eclectic mix of items	Mortimer 2 Whitehouse: Gone Fishing From the Upper Sarsar Lakes	7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Compo gets out his old motorbike and tries to perform a few stunts – much to the surprise of Blamire and Clegg	GPs Behind Closed Doors America needs treatment for a rash on her hands, Benjamin talks to Dr Chris Harris about his anxiety and depression	NCIS A spy satellite technician's voyeuristic activities inadvertently lead to him witnessing the murder of a Navy commander involved in an important weapons project
Vera The detective investigates the discovery of a young man's body in an area notorious for illicit teenage gathering, the corpse wrapped in plastic shedding and having received a blow to the head. Vera follows the trail to a further where the victim used to work and a church where he sought refuge, having recently been made homeless	7.50 Sharpe Richard Sharpe becomes a pawn in a French plan to retain control of Quah, and finds himself facing execution for murder. Determined to regain his honour, he undertakes a dangerous quest to find the only person capable of clearing his name. Adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's novel, starring Sean Bean	Police 24/7 A young man has regret after getting stopped for stealing his grandma's car and someone needs to be airlifted to a hospital after being swiped by a car	Outback Truckers Mike and Virnie dodge disaster. The Deen brothers were like a monster load through the mountains. Luke Majoor takes a gamble on a legendary track	8.20 Would I Lie to You? With Sarah Millican, Jon Richardson, David Harewood and Bob Mortimer	The Marlow Murder Club A reserved member of the sailing club is brutally bludgeoned to death	Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts Paramedics rush in 75-year-old End for the second time in a week	NCIS The severed leg of a missing marine is discovered in a rubbish bin, putting the team on the trail of a small-town murder racket
Grantchester Will and Ellie go on their first date with a trip to the cinema, elsewhere, a scream from the projection booth cuts the romance short	The Motorbike Show Henry Cole spends a day training with the Metropolitan Police's Special Escort Group riders	Caught on Bushcam Fly-on-the-dashboard documentary showcasing outrageous road disasters	Outback Opal Hunters Bushmen are facing mechanical troubles and Opalton Boulder Crew have two struggling mines	Outback Opal Hunters Bushmen are facing mechanical troubles and Opalton Boulder Crew have two struggling mines	QI XL Richard Osman, Lucy Porter, Phil Juplus and Alan Davies attempt to answer host Stephen Fry's questions on the multisized worlds of the little and the large	The Marlow Murder Club Kit's killer sends another violent warning and Judith, Becks and Suzie are in a race against time to solve the case	A&E After Dark NHS staff treat a man with puncture wounds from a dog attack, a suspected broken ankle, and a patient brought into reus in a diabetic coma	Blue Bloods A murder investigation leads Danny and Baez to a feud between local residents and city-sponsored hotels for the homeless
Grantchester A young man is found dead and dark naked out on the Fens	Black Sails Flint returns to Nassau to retrieve the gold, but encounters a problem when he learns that Hornigold no longer commands the key on the island (To 12.05)	24 Hours in A&E The team treats two trauma patients arriving by helicopter. This, 25, fell from a ladder, while kibbutz crushed his motorbike (To 12.10)	Pred West: The Glasgow Girls Police discover Fred West was known for abusing girls in Glasgow and was run out of fown, followed by wife Nena and friend Anne McCall	The Repair Shop Amanda and Julie are tasked with restoring a beloved toy cat over 30 years old. Electronics expert Mark works on a broken jukebox	Have I Got a Bit More News for You Sottrical correct office quiz, with Ian Hislop and Paul Meritor joined by Jess Phillips, Jon Richardson and Hannah Fry	New Tricks The daughter of a man held responsible for a fatal boating accident asks the team to help her prove that a wealthy property developer sabotaged the vessel	Ambulance: Code Red Dr Hodson's Interfekt and paramedic Ash Malinder are called to a tower block in Birmingham where a man has overdosed	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A young investment banker accuses billionaire client - Eli Cotton of rape
Grantchester A young man is found dead and dark naked out on the Fens	Black Sails Flint returns to Nassau to retrieve the gold, but encounters a problem when he learns that Hornigold no longer commands the key on the island (To 12.05)	11.05 24 Hours in A&E The team treats two trauma patients arriving by helicopter. This, 25, fell from a ladder, while kibbutz crushed his motorbike (To 12.10)	Star Trek: Enterprise Part two of two, Archer and the crew try to stop Paxton, who is threatening to blow up Starfleet Command (To 12.00)	How Do They Do It? The world's most expensive vinegar	Taskmaster Hugh Dennis, Joe Iucetti, Lilly Addison, Mel Giedroy and Noel Fielding felt rubber ducks and destroy a cake to impress Greg Davies (To 12.00)	11.20 Luther A spate of murder's across London give Luther another serial killer to apprehend, just as his previous target Henry Madden wakes from his coma (To 12.40)	Skin A&E Dr Magnus Lynch tackles twin spoons, and a carpet litter needs Dr Dev Smith to help him with 'devil horns' – large curls on either side of his head (To 12.00)	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A computer printout is accused of murdering his girlfriend (To 12.00)
11.50 Trial & Retribution Walker brings 100bn in to help (To 12.55)				How Do They Do It? Shearing Australia's 80 million sheep every spring (To 12.00)

■ THE Beatles manager Brian Epstein regularly escaped to the fantastical village of Portmérion in Wales, which was designed by his friend Clough William Ellis. Bethan Roberts's gentle drama A PORTMÉRION LOVE AFFAIR WITH LIFE (2.15PM, RADIO 4) imagines Epstein arriving in his Rolls Royce in 1966 at the place that became his barren. He unexpectedly connects with a young gardener (Greton Morris Jones) and the two fall for each other.

8.00 At Your Own Peril. Lucy Easthope looks at the birds of modern risk management. 8.15 The Media Show. 9.00 Loose Ends. With Fiona Allen, Olly Smith and Natalie Wildgoose. 9.45 The Cows Are Mad. Events in 1995, as the government confirms a new brain disease. 10.00 The World Tonight.

10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith. 11.00 Radical. The forces reshaping the world. 11.30 Hollywood and the Adland Five: 12midnight News: Weather. 12.30 Tony Hawke Is Giving Nothing Away. See 11.45am. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 BBC World Service.

U&ALIBI Sky 109 Virgin 114 12noon Body of Proof 1.00 Death in Paradise. 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries. 4.00 The Moraburi 5.00 Hudson & Rex. 6.00 Body of Proof. 7.00 Private Eyes. 8.00 Swatch. 9.15 The Hunting Party 10.15 Death in Paradise 11.15 Private Eyes.

4.05 Lovejoy 5.20 As Time Goes By 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine

U&EDEN Freeview 97 Sky 166 Virgin 176 9.00am Canal Boat Diaries

U&GOLD Sky 109 Virgin 114 11.40am Going Straight 12.30pm Only Fools and Horses 1.00 Keeping Up Appearances 1.35 Dad's Army. 2.20 The Green Green Grass. 3.00 Are You Being Served? 3.40 Going Straight. 4.30 Dad's Army. 5.00 Last of the Summer Wine. 6.20 Keeping Up Appearances. 7.00 Porridge. 7.40 Dad's Army. The Lost Episodes. 8.30 Are You Being Served? The staff prepare for a royal visitor. 9.00 Porridge. The parola board gathers. 9.40 Are A David's Magical Simon Tour. 10.40 Porridge. 11.20 The Green Green Grass.

RADIO 2 FM 88-90 2MHZ

6.30am Sara Cox. 9.30 Vernon Kay. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 Of Spoony. 4.00 Joel Demmett. 7.00 Edith Bowman's Shiny Happy Playful. 7.30 Edith Bowman. 9.00 The Country Show with Darius Rucker. 10.00 The Good Groove with Melvin Gibson. 12midnight Connor Phillips

RADIO 3 FM 80-92 2MHZ

6.30am The成年 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.00pm Classical Live Music by Reclamations and performance from the Ryedale Festival. 4.00 Composer of the Week Mozart Exploring Antonio Salteris true relationship with Mozart. 5.00 In True. 7.00 BBC Proms Zille. A performance of Weber's Chorus. 10.00 Night Tracks. 11.30 Round Midnight. 12.30am Through the Night.

RADIO 5 LIVE

FM 83-90 2MHZ

5.00am Wake Up to Money. 6.00 Breakfast. 9.00 Nicky Campbell. 11.00 Adrian Chiles. 2.00pm Matt Churley. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live Sport. 8.00 Rugby League. St Helens v Hull FC. 10.00 Johnny Tinson. 1.00am Edward Adoo

SPORT

SKY MAIN EVENT Sky 401 Virgin 501 12noon Transfer Talk. 1.00 Lunchtime Live. 2.00 The World Football Show. 3.00 The Hundred Live London Spirit Women v MI London Women (Start-time 3pm). Coverage of the match from Lords. 5.00 The Hundred Live London Spirit Men v MI London Men (Start-time 6.30pm). Coverage of the London derby at Lords. 9.30 Live Tennis. Coverage from day five of the ATP 1000 event in Montreal and the WTA 1000 event in Toronto. 12midnight Live NFL Arizona Cardinals v Carolina Panthers (Kick-off 1am). Coverage of the preseason match at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.

SKY PREMIER LEAGUE

Sky 402 Virgin 502 12noon Transfer Talk. 1.00 Premier League Highlights. 7.00 The Transfer Show. 8.00 Premier League Stories. 8.30 Old Heroes. 9.00 Transfer 160. 10.00 Brazilians in the Premier League. 11.00 Premier League Years.

SKY CRICKET

Sky 405 Virgin 506

10.00am The Hundred. 1.30pm The Hundred Illnesses. 2.45 The Hundred Live London Spirit Women v MI London Women (Start-time 3pm). 6.00 The Hundred Live London Spirit Men v MI London Men (Start-time 6.30pm). 9.30 The Hundred Illnesses. 10.00 The Hundred.

SKY MIX

Sky 406 Virgin 501

12.30pm Darcy Gold. 1.00 FL Greatest Games. 1.30 World Club Challenge. 5.00 Live Women's Super League St Helens v Wigan Warriors (Kick-off 5.10pm). 7.30 NBC's Pro Football Talk. 9.30 Tennis. 10.30 Women's Golf. 11.30 Gary Anderson Back/Black Champion.

TNT SPORTS 1

Sky 400 Virgin 501

10.15am Live AFL Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Bounce-up 10.30am). 1.30pm Tour de France Women. 2.30 Live Tour de France Women. Stage six, a 15km route from

Montbrian to Toumon-sur-Rhone. 5.45 TNT Sports Reload. 6.00 MLB Highlights. 7.00 Live MLB, Milwaukee Brewers v Pittsburgh Pirates (Start-time 7.10pm). 10.00 Hart Knocks Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks. 11.00 Sign Up – Into Football.

TNT SPORTS 2

Sky 401 Virgin 522

11.45am Discovery Golf. 12.15pm UWGL. 1.15 TNT Sports Reload. 1.30 Test Cricket Highlights. 2.30 Live Test Cricket West Indies v Pakistan. The 10th and final day of Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago. 11.00 Cricket Reload. 11.30 Golden Trust World Series.

TNT SPORTS 3

Sky 403 Virgin 523 11.15am Live Men's Cycling World Tour. Stage four of the 2026 Tour of Poland. 3.45pm The Gruppetto. 4.00 SailGP – Racing on the Edge. 4.30 LTV Golf. 5.30 Live LTV Golf. Day one of the 10th round of the season, from Trump National Golf Club Bodnarater in New Jersey. 11.30 TNT Sports Reload.

TNT SPORTS 3 Sky 403 Virgin 523 11.15am Live Men's Cycling World Tour. Stage four of the 2026 Tour of Poland. 3.45pm The Gruppetto. 4.00 SailGP – Racing on the Edge. 4.30 LTV Golf. 5.30 Live LTV Golf. Day one of the 10th round of the season, from Trump National Golf Club Bodnarater in New Jersey. 11.30 TNT Sports Reload.

MOVIES

FILM4 Freeview 14 Sky 112 Virgin 428 11.00am Miracle on 34th Street (1944) (U 1.15pm) The Black Swan (1942) (PG) 1.00 Sign of the Pagan (1954) (U) 4.50 All That Heaven Allows (1995) (U) 6.40 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. Interview Special. 6.45 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. (2020) (U) 9.00 Captain Phillips (2013) (U) 11.40 Dance with a Stranger (1985) (U) 14.5am Our Kind of Traitor (2016) (U)

GREAT ACTION

Freeview 62 Sky 218 Virgin 426 11.00am The Quick and the Dead (1963) 1.00pm The First. 2.00 Burn Notice. 4.00 The Trust (2016) (U) 6.00 The Unit. 7.00 Burn Notice. 9.00 Windstalkers (2002) (U) 11.50 The Newgers.

GREAT MYSTERY

Freeview 48 Sky 235 Virgin 426

12noon Unforgettable. 1.00 In Plain Sight. 2.00 Castle. 3.00

Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 Murder. 5.00 The Wrote. 7.00 Castle. 8.00 Unforgettable. Cattle runs into an old flame. 9.00 In Plain Sight. A couple in the witness protection programme want to get divorced. 10.00 Hailey Dean Mysteries. 11.55 Flower Shop Mystery. 11.55 The World (2016) (U)

GREAT ROMANCE

Freeview 52 Sky 232 Virgin 426

10.15am Her Pen Pal. (2021) (PG) 12.00pm A Summer Romance (2019) (PG) 2.00 Love, Fall & Order (2020) (U) 3.50 Falling for the Competition (2021) (U) 5.95 Fishing for Love (2021) (U) 7.95 A Paris Proposal (2021) (PG) Romantic comedy starring Alexis Pana-Vega. 9.50 Accidentally Engaged (2016) (PG) 11.45 A Wedding for Belle (2025) (PG)

SKY DRAMA

Sky 104 Virgin 410

10.30am The Lion in Winter (1968) (U) 12.30pm Empire of the Sun (1987) (PG) 3.30 A Star Is Born.

(2018) (U) 5.45 Valentines Day (2010) (U) 8.00 Grease (1978) (PG) With John Travolta. 10.00 Grease 2 (1982) (PG) With Michelle Pfeiffer.

SKY PREMIERE

Sky 205 Virgin 401

10.15am Wicked For Good (2025) (PG) 12.40pm Normal (2026) (U) 2.15 Mortal Kombat II (2026) (U) 4.15 Anaconda (2025) (U) 6.00 Herms (2024) (U) 8.00 Normal (2026) (U) Action comedy starring Bob Gierack. 9.45 Primate (2025) (U) 11.15 Love Me (2024) (U)

TALKING PICTURES TV

Freeview 41 Sky 101 Virgin 401

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You've been framed, Joshua... eventually

ON A recent visit, my daughter gave us a very nice school portrait photo of our youngest grandson, Joshua. I said that when I could, I'd get a suitable photo frame to put it in. A week later, a parcel was left on the doorstep. To my surprise it contained two photo frames, just the right size for the photo, which I soon had fitted and hanging on the wall. It looked very good. I rang my daughter to thank her for the parcel. 'Sorry, Dad,' she said, 'but it wasn't me. That's OK.' I replied, 'It must have been your sister, she knew it was required.' But again the response came back: 'No, not me.' As the packaging was still in the bin, I thought I would see

if I could tell who had sent it. Oh no! It was addressed to next door. I soon had the picture back off the wall and repackaged the parcel as best I could, delivering it with apologies. I have now bought myself a new picture frame and Joshua is back on the wall, looking down as if to say: 'Silly Grandus!'

Mr J. Pohjoy, Bristol

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Nursery Rhyme Of Our Times

THE VON TRAPP RAP Migrants in dinghies and hecklers at meetings, Council officials and limp handshake greetings. An unanswered phone that continually rings. These are a few of my least favourite things. People who butt in and know all the answers. Soap stars and pop stars who pass off as dancers. Even more galling when one of them sings. These are a few of my least

Limerick

With Rayner and Haigh in his team, Tax-dodgers and fraudsters will beam. For rules and the law Go out through the door For Andy, or so it would seem. Mr Ken Bradley, Liverpool

favourite things. Boys who wear dresses with blue satin sashes. Why won't the Aussies give us back The Ashes? Small sardine tins with unpullable rings. These are a few of my least favourite things. When a cock crows, When there are poll swings, When things drive me mad, I simply remember my favourite things. And then I don't feel so bad! Bob Woodland, Poole, Dorset

One-line Philosophers

■ LIFE'S a breeze when you work as a sailing instructor.

Warren Brown, Palmouth, Cornwall

■ IT'S not over when you lose; it's over when you quit. Freddie Clark, Chelmsford, Essex

Today's poem AT LAST

We've had some rain, some proper rain, it lay in puddles for a while. First thing this morning, I looked out. And couldn't help a soppy smile... I know we need a whole lot more.

To soak the earth, fill reservoirs. But even just a tiny shower is manna to my drooping flowers.

I hope it's damped the wildfires down. Refreshed the dusty paths and roads. It's cleared the air, topped up the ponds (A bonus for the frogs and toads).

The heatwave is set in, I fear, So rain like this is quite divine. The skies are clear and azure blue And sunshine makes the raindrops shine.

Lindsay Hartgroves, Launceston, Cornwall

Wordy Wise

OLIVER TARDY — late for Mr Laurel? MERYL STREET — home of an Oscar-winning actress. ADRIAN FUNBAR — only here for the crisis! SKATE WINSLET — actress on the ice.

Roger Bannister, Leamington Spa, Warks

Joke

MY SCHOOL was so posh it didn't have a gym, it had a James, and the restaurant served tuxedo potatoes.

Alex Owen, Coventry

Picture That!

BIG DIPPER: This pigeon found a perfect place to cool down in the hot weather - sitting in the birds' drinking bowl.

Mrs Terry Kennard, Chorleywood, Herts

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LETTERS

Blowing the whistle

I HAVE to ask, was horrendous funeral director Robert Bush running Legacy single-handed? If there were any employees, did they not notice the dreadful conditions?

Were his staff too afraid to speak out? I believe people from another funeral home reported this ghastly situation to the police.

Like most others, I would have done something long ago. It is heartbreaking for all the families affected.

Years ago, I worked in a meal preparation factory for a couple of weeks and could see what an unhygienic place it was. I reported it to Trading Standards, who after an inspection closed the place down until it was sorted out. The meals being prepared were for airlines and Meals on Wheels.

I lost my job but I couldn't turn a blind eye to what was happening. SALLY BUNDAY, Chichester, W. Sussex

Stairs lift

SOME years ago, my old-school family doctor told me not to buy a bungalow when I got older.

He maintained that for older people, going up and down stairs is the best exercise they can have.

DAVID MAY, Dronfield Woodhouse, Derby

Nursery crime

THE old rhyme Jack and Jill went up the hill! is sexist because it places the male character first, symbolising leadership, according to a recent study (Daily Mail).

And there was me thinking it was because Jill rhymes, in a nursery sort of way, with hill.

Reverse it and Jill and Jack got into the sack is the best I can do. Not ideal for children and it somewhat messes with the rest of the rhyme.

C. WILKINSON, Perndown, Dorset

NOW let's discuss how sensible it was to hang a baby in a crib from the branch of a tree (Rock-a-bye Baby).

And moving on to fairy stories, should Red Riding Hood's mother really have sent her alone through the forest to visit her grandmother?

What would Social Services say? CYNTHIA PEARCY, Horwich, Lancs

Good old days

THE Prime Minister has said he wants to take us back to the 1970s, so I'm already making plans.

I intend to cash in a few Green Shield stamps to upgrade my home decor with wood panelling everywhere, an avocado bathroom suite and shagpile rugs. They're bound to look impressive, along with the lava lamp, rotary phone and a few bean bags when the ladies come round for a Tupperware party.

I'll smarten myself up a bit in my tank top, platform shoes and bell-bottom jeans before they arrive, of course, then afterwards I can relax on the waterbed and watch newsreels about Arthur Scargill and British Leyland on my VHS tapes.

CYRIL VERNON, Shenfield, Essex

Only banter

I WONDER when Angela Rayner decided to include the 'banter ban' in her Employment Rights reforms.

Was it before or after she said: 'We cannot get any worse than a bunch of scum, homophobic, racist, misogynistic, absolute pile of... banana republic, vile, nasty, Etonian... piece of scum', directed at the Conservative Party and Boris Johnson?

DAVID PALIN, Aughton, Lancs

Robot love

AT LAST a programme on BBC1 (believe it or not) that has no swearing, no sex, no violence and is great.

Alan Drold is truly enjoyable; well done to all the cast.

CHRISTINE WOOD, Southampton

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Supermarket swipe

I SAW our dull new Chancellor was warning supermarkets about price-gouging, so I had a quick look at Tesco's latest results.

They made a post-tax profit of about 2.5 per cent on turnover - after paying corporation tax, employee NI, VAT, fuel duty, business rates, green energy levies, packaging taxes and insurance premium tax (there are probably others).

I suspect these add up to several times the sum Tesco made in profit.

DAVID MORRIS,

North Newton, Somerset

THE Chancellor says he won't let supermarkets take us for a ride.

I should think not. That is the Government's prerogative and they are doing very well at it.

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Fuel fix

HOW many times are we going to keep reading about fuel theft (Daily Mail)? Do what they do in America. Pay first for the number of litres you want, then the pump is switched on.

DOGO HARDING, Cheshunt, Herts

Bumper boats

THE PM tells us the number of cross-Channel boats is down, as if this reflected a policy success.

But of course, the number of boats is no guide to the number of illegal migrants crossing, since the new boats carry far more passengers.

JOHN WATSON, address supplied

Older jobseekers

ALAN MILBURN'S review into youth unemployment, published as an interim report in May, helped shine a light on the fact that too many candidates receive no response to applications made to employers.

They are not alone. Those like me, between jobs at the other end of the working-age population, generally get ignored as well.

I know Jobcentre Plus have an initiative aimed at over-50s but my experience of it has been mixed. It would be refreshing if discussion did not focus solely on the demographic at the start of their working lives.

KARIN CALANI, Crawley, W. Sussex

Taboo threat

THANK you, Sarah Vine (Daily Mail), for having the courage to write what we have all known for years about imported misogyny. And still the Government welcomes these men.

CAROLE GOODMAN, East Grinstead, W. Sussex

Blue brothers

I'M STARTING to wonder if my colour TV is working properly. When I watch the BBC, more and more men are wearing bright blue suits.

Mr R. J. CLARK, Cheltenham, Gloucester

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Darker arts of the gentleman's game

YOUR report on the Saltburn cricketer who allegedly clicked his fingers as the ball passed the bat in order to get a 'caught behind' verdict brought back memories of my umpiring days. In the 1970s, I was given to believe you needed to see the deflection to give a caught behind decision; sound was not sufficient, as the ball might have clipped a pad buckle. I also remember when I was cricket correspondent for the Northampton Chronicle and Echo, and Yorkshire were playing Northamptonshire at Bradford. The great Geoffrey Boycott nicked one to first slip, where his England opening partner Colin Milburn took the catch. Boycott stood his ground, and with no video cameras to fall back on, both umpires claimed their views were obstructed. The decision was not out but an incensed visiting team began to 'sledge' Boycott, who, ruffled, played a rash pull shot and was caught at long leg soon afterwards. The great man himself would definitely not have appreciated 'Clichy' Devine fielding at first slip. Modern-day Bay cricket commentators tend to adhere to the

listen-for-the-snick theory but, in my view, that is a mistake.

MIKE TEBBITT, Daventry, Northants

I ENJOYED Alex Bywater's article on cheating at cricket (Daily Mail) and the scandalous things done to try to influence umpires. Mr Bywater failed to mention one trick. As the bowler runs up to deliver his ball at the facing batter, the other batter, getting ready to run a single, starts leaving the crease at the bowler's end, so as to get a good start

if his fellow batter wants to run. The bowler sees this and pretends to bowl the ball but, in fact, hangs on to it and, seeing the non-striking batter leaving the safety of the crease, whips off the balls at his own end. The umpire has to give the batter out, as he has left the safety of his crease.

MARK MILBANK, Buckland Newton, Dorset

I HAVE to own up to my only time of cheating. It was 64 years ago, when I was 12 and went to the match with my dad. Stone Cross were one short and suggested me to make up the numbers, as we had my kit with us. Our captain put me at shortish square leg.

The batsman hit to me and I dived forward, catching the ball. My forward momentum pushed my hands under my body and I dropped the ball, which hit the ground but somehow came back into my hands. Before I could say I had dropped it, the batsman was congratulating me for taking a great catch and half my team were putting me on the back. Ever since then I have hated cheats and felt guilty for not owning up.

LANCE GEARING, Pevensey, E. Sussex

Food poverty

WHEN Labour were in Opposition, they continually berated the Tories for their policies causing people to use food banks. Now they have been running the country for two years, have all the food banks been closed?

R. W. BIRKWOOD, Stoke Lodge, Gloucs

Serious scruffs

OWEN MORGAN (Letters) says: 'Look at the guy in the guillotine T-shirt. Would you take him seriously?'

Look at Zack Polanski, though. The Green Party took him seriously.

VALERIE HOLLYLEE, Goring-by-Sea, W. Sussex

Early release

WHAT an injustice that prisoners will be allowed early release, especially where the

killers of PC Andrew Harper are concerned.

Why not renovate closed prisons to relieve the problem of insufficient places? Cells used to hold two or three prisoners but that seems to have disappeared.

Labour has had two years to sort this out but have buried their heads in the sand.

I feel so sorry for the victims who will be most impacted by this idiotic policy.

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Having a go

LIKE reader Stuart Biggs (Letters), I deplore the fact that the police didn't attend when he apprehended and detained a shoplifter.

Hopefully his disgust at the outcome will fade in time and he will feel able to resume his commendable contribution to the values of a good society. But to obviate the possibility of future disappointment and

obtain a more satisfying outcome, may I say two things: camera phones and social media.

I'm with you, Stuart. JOHN DANIELS, Liverpool

Flirty scanties

IF M&S crotchless thongs are deemed merely 'flirty' (Daily Mail), what underwear must people sport when making overt propositions?

F. HARVEY, Bristol

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Reform, Restore and uniting the Right

THE proposal that Restore Britain should amalgamate with Reform UK to 'unite the Right' is welcome. The meteoric rise of the latter has taken its toll on its principals, who need some fresh input. Sadly, the impressive Kemi is not leading an equally impressive Tory party. Even so, Labour are on their way to extinction, despite a flurry of populist micro-policies that have all the appeal of a sugar rush.

A. CROOKS, Abergavenny, Mons

RUPERT LOWE'S public statement wasn't even a good try. Putting five demands on the table while simultaneously stating a need to reconcile differences is not

a feasible method of negotiation. Surely Lowe knew the reaction his trick would generate from Reform and it has reduced his credibility.

J. SHAW, Alnwick, Northumberland

REFORM UK'S suggestion that the Royal Navy should be used to tow back to France any dinghies approaching our southern shores is in fact the most practical, sensible one to date.

What those who condemn the idea don't realise is that in operation, it would be a very effective deterrent. No migrants are going to pay traffickers thousands of pounds to find themselves penniless and back

on the same beach from which they departed a few hours earlier. PETER RICKABY, Brayton, N. Yorks

DAN HODGES (Daily Mail) thinks Reform are finished and the Tories are ready to resume control of centre-Right politics.

The problem with his conclusion is that we have been there before and the Tories failed to deliver. The electorate are keenly aware of this and won't be fooled again, so the Tories must get back in the queue.

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WOULD a party along the lines envisaged by Mr Lowe include free membership of the KKK? ROGER POWNES, Bromsgrove, Worcs

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■ I NEVER thought I'd say this but please can we have our British weather back?

SUSANNE MUDROCK, address supplied

■ HELP! I've forgotten how to switch on the windscreen wipers.

GRAHAM ANDREWS, Bideford, Devon

■ COWES Week. I hope the French and Russians avoid doing any firing practice in the Channel.

Mrs D. J. McPHERSON, Newton Abbot, Devon

■ OPERATION Fortress. What's not to like?

LAURA DAVIS, Brentwood, Essex

■ WHAT Navy, Nigel?

KEVIN HODGSON, Colchester, Essex

■ I SUGGEST a tattoo tax. £5 per square inch.

BRIAN GREGORY, Wheathampstead, Herts

■ IF BURNHAM is taking us back in time, can we return to the Sixties instead?

R. HATFIELD, Woking, Surrey

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QUESTION When birds sing, does one breath complete the entire song, or only one note?

NEITHER really. Most birds sing several notes during one exhalation and take rapid breaths in between phrases that are often indistinguishable to us. The way that birds sing, and their breathing when they are singing, is very different to humans because of their anatomy.

We have a larynx at the top of the trachea (or windpipe) containing the vocal cords which vibrate when we breathe out. By contrast the vocal organ of songbirds, known as a syrinx, sits at the bottom of the windpipe at the point where it divides into two bronchi, or tubes, that lead into the lungs.

The way the two halves of the syrinx can operate independently means that birds can sing on both an inhale and an exhale. A further benefit of this is that a bird can sing two different notes simultaneously.

If a bird trills, for example, it is switching between the two sides of the syrinx while, thanks to this peculiarity of the bird's anatomy, some thrushes are able to sing two songs at the same time.

J. Wilson, Worthing, West Sussex

QUESTION What happened to Harry Houghton and Ethel Gee, who were accused of spying for Russia in the 1950s?

HABRY HOUGHTON and Ethel Gee were at the centre of one of Britain's most famous Cold War espionage scandals, the Portland Spy Ring, which was uncovered in 1961 after years of activity on behalf of the Soviet Union.

Houghton, a former Royal Navy master-at-arms, had worked for the British Naval Attache in the British Embassy in Warsaw in the early 1950s. It was there that he came into contact with Polish intelligence and was recruited as a spy.

After returning to Britain in 1953, he started work at the Underwater Detection Establishment on the Isle of Portland in Dorset. This was a highly sensitive naval research centre where scientists worked on anti-submarine warfare systems.

While there he began a relationship with Ethel 'Bunty' Gee, a filing

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clerk who had access to classified documents. She was quiet and unassuming and was not initially regarded as a likely spy. Houghton persuaded Gee to help him obtain documents, which they then photographed and passed on to their Soviet handlers.

The pair would travel regularly to London, where they met their handler, Gordon Lonsdale, who was ostensibly a Canadian businessman. In fact Lonsdale was KGB officer Konon Molody, who was operating under deep cover.

The stolen material was then channelled through Peter and Helen Kroger in suburban Ruislip. They worked as antiquarian booksellers, but were actually Soviet agents who sent the intelligence on to Moscow.

The spy ring was eventually exposed after intelligence provided by Polish defector Michal Goleniewski alerted Western authorities to the existence of a Soviet source within the Admiralty.

M15 placed Houghton under surveillance and gradually uncovered the wider network. In January 1961, Houghton, Gee and Lonsdale were arrested in London while carrying secret naval documents. At the same time, police raided the Krogers' home and arrested them.

At their trial later that year Houghton and Gee were both convicted under the Official Secrets Act and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Lonsdale received a 25-year sentence, while the Krogers were each sentenced to 20 years.

The Admiralty believed that the intelligence passed on to Moscow from Portland about British underwater warfare research, sonar systems and submarine technology helped the Soviets develop a new, quieter generation of submarines.

Neither Houghton nor Gee served

the full term of their sentence. They married in prison and were released early in May 1970 after serving approximately nine years. Lonsdale and the Krogers, meanwhile, were exchanged in Cold War prisoner swaps with the Russians before serving their full sentences.

After leaving prison, Houghton and Gee settled in Dorset where they ran a guest house. Gee died in 1984, followed by Houghton a year later in 1985.

John Barker, Bristol

QUESTION Has there been a survey or an estimate of how many unexploded bombs lie on the bed of the River Thames?

FURTHER to the earlier answer, my aunt Mary was one of hundreds of volunteers during the last war who gave up a night's sleep a few days a week to stand guard on the roofs of vulnerable buildings to protect them from fire bombs. The only equipment they had was a tin hat, a bucket of sand and a bucket of water.

She told me that one night during an air raid, when she was stationed on the roof of Chelsea Old Church, she saw a couple of bombs hit the Thames near Battersea Bridge - she said there was a loud hissing sound as they hit the water. They reported the incident and as far as I know the bombs may still be there.

Despite their efforts the lovely church was hit by a parachute mine one night in April 1941. By 1958, and at a cost of £66,000, it was rebuilt.

Maureen Radwell, Putnam, Middlesex

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TODAY'S RECIPE: Roasted pepper, merguez & couscous traybake

Spicy sausage standby. Serves 4

Ingredients

• 3 red peppers, sliced into 2-3cm pieces
• 6 merguez sausages
• 1 red onion, cut into chunky slices
• 4 tbsp olive oil

• 2 garlic cloves, grated

• 2 tsp ground coriander

• 2 tsp ground cumin
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 4 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 850ml hot chicken stock
• 350g giant couscous
• 1 shallot, finely sliced into rings
• 75g feta, crumbled
• 15g dill, fronds picked

Method

• 1 Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 8. Put the peppers, merguez and onion in a large, high-sided roasting tin. Mix the oil, garlic and ground spices together; season well, then drizzle over the sausages and peppers. Toss to coat and roast for 30 mins.
• 2 Mix 2 tbsp of the red wine vinegar into the hot stock. Toss the couscous with the sausages and peppers, then pour in the stock. Cover and cook in the oven for a final 30 mins.
• 3 In the final 10 mins of cooking, mix the shallot with the feta, dill and remaining 2 tbsp vinegar. Uncover the traybake and top with the shallot and feta mix. Serve straight from the tin.

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Sitting with Phil Carter at his home in Lymington, it's hard to believe that just a few months ago the retired carpenter struggled to use his hands...

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Musk's $16bn bet on AI spooks SpaceX investors

SPACEX shares tumbled by more than 14pc yesterday as heavy spending on AI spooked investors.

The slump came despite better-than-expected results from Elon Musk's rocket firm overnight on Tuesday, which saw revenue for the three months to June soar 92pc to $7.8bn, well above estimates.

But shareholders took fright at the company's huge $18bn spending bill, up from just $2.8bn a year earlier. Around $16bn of that was spent on its AI operation.

SpaceX also said it expected that the enormous levels of

By Calum Muirhead

spending would continue for at least the next six months.

The decline left shares trading at $100, 20pc below their $135 debut price during its blockbuster float in June, and well under a peak of $225 reached in the week after it went public.

Fears remain of another slump today as a stock lock-up expires, meaning some SpaceX employees and early investors will be

able to sell their shares. Musk, who has built SpaceX into the

world's largest rocket business by pioneering reusable launchers and putting thousands of Starlink internet satellites into space, briefly became the world's first trillionaire when the company's stock surged following its debut.

His wealth has since fallen to around $777bn as shares slipped, according to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index.

Analysts are watching to see whether SpaceX's share price will drop below $100. This would suggest that the market believes SpaceX's AI business – which Musk (pictured) has highlighted as its biggest potential growth engine – is adding little or no value to the company.

Musk has so far doubled down on his

grandiose AI plans, saying on an earnings call that the company had made progress on building its first generation of orbital data centres, called Starmind AI-1, which he expected would be launched into space next year.

There is also lingering speculation around whether Musk will decide to merge SpaceX with his electric car business Tesla to bring together major parts of his sprawling business empire, which also includes social media website X, formerly known as Twitter.

The tycoon previously said Tesla had been collaborating closely with SpaceX, but that any merger would need to happen through an 'appropriate process'.

Heat wave hands Next yet another record profit

By Emily Hawkins

THE soaring temperatures drove profits higher at Next as shoppers splashed out on shorts and summer frocks.

The FTSE100 retailer said it was expecting annual profits to increase 7.3pc to £1.24bn, £25m more than previously expected. It is the third time Next has upgraded its profit expectations this year.

Next shares jumped 5.7pc, or 850p, to 15,660p – a record high.

The High Street retailer also reported that sales had jumped 9.2pc in the three months to August 1, more than double the 4pc growth previously forecast.

International sales were the prime driver of growth over the period, particularly through the company's online overseas operation, which reported a 37pc surge in sales. UK revenues expanded by a modest 2.8pc.

The company said sales had benefited from the weather being 'as warm as last year's exceptional summer, which we had not anticipated'.

The UK and other European

countries have been hit with scorching temperatures this summer, with Britain recording over 34 days of temperatures higher than 30C so far this year.

Next said it had also cashed in on some 'pent-up demand' in the Middle East following a slowdown in the first quarter of the year due to the outbreak of the war with Iran.

Sales were strong even compared with a period last year when Next benefited after a cyber-attack disrupted online trading at High Street fashion rival Marks & Spencer for several weeks in the spring.

'Today's announcement confirms Next's credentials as a retailer without rival in the UK and one with increasingly international horizons,' said Russ Mould, investment director at broker AJ Bell. The

strong results mark another success for Next's boss Lord Wolfson, who last weekend marked 25 years as chief executive of the retailer and is the longest-serving chief executive on the FTSE100.

Under his leadership sales have soared, even as consumer confidence has struggled.

Next has also snapped up a slew of other businesses, including shoe chain Russell & Bromley in January.

Another deal could also be on the horizon, with Next reported to be one of the possible bidders for beleaguered department store chain Harvey Nichols.

Julie Palmer, managing partner at financial advisory group BTU, said: 'Next continues to prove it is the blueprint for retail success. Even as the heatwave has seen retail footfall drop, Next has bucked the trend with resilient overall sales as people decked out their summer wardrobes both in the UK and internationally.'

Figures from the British Retail Consortium have shown that shoppers melted away this spring and summer.

Record-breaking hot weather at the end of May contributed to a 2.8pc year-on-year decline in footfall.

John Lewis chief: It's really tough out there!

By Emily Hawkins

THE boss of John Lewis has told staff it is grappling with 'really tough' trading conditions as it pursues its turnaround ambitions.

Jason Tarry, chairman of the department store chain that also owns Waitrose supermarkets, told the company's internal magazine that the challenges will translate 'into lower sales and higher costs'.

Tarry warned of a 'subdued market' and higher taxes – including a £40m rise in employer National Insurance Contributions and £13m in new packaging levies – back in March.

'We have to adjust for an immediate future that we weren't expecting even six months ago, let alone a couple of years ago.'

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Tarry said, in remarks first reported by the FT.

The war in the Middle East has dampened consumer confidence amid fears that it will result in higher grocery and energy bills, while prices at petrol pumps have already soared.

A spokesman for the group added: 'It's no secret that trading conditions are challenging right now as people think carefully about their spending.'

The Partnership has decided to shut its bureau de change points in shops due to falling demand. The business was widely seen as having lost its way under former chairman Sharon White, while High Street rival Marks & Spencer won over shoppers.

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Labour's toxic profit warnings

ANDY Burnham's first weeks as Prime Minister have collided with second-quarter results from the big banks and oil companies.

Predictably, Labour's response has been accusations of profiteering and demands that energy firms be punished with higher levies for polluting the planet.

Chancellor John Healey blames the Middle East conflict for the rising cost of living and insists the Government is on the look-out for 'price gouging' at the 'pump-or-till'.

Bumper profits reported by oil majors, including BP and Shell, with windfalls estimated at $90bn across eight groups, including Saudi Arabia's Aramco, led to accusations that the oil giants were 'cashing in on human misery' and causing climate change.

All of Britain's big four banks, meanwhile, have used results to argue against further levies on the sector.

The British psyche often denigrates financial success. Yet the High Street, the banking sector and oil are among the biggest contributors to the Exchequer. In 2025, some £43.3bn of taxes were paid by City and High Street banks, or almost 5pc of the UK tax take. NatWest, which

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releases a tax transparency report, paid £3.6bn alone.

Big oil is also among the nation's biggest taxpayers. So the concern should be that the tax squeeze on businesses of all sizes is suffocating growth. BP's proposed withdrawal from the North Sea is a case in point.

It is suggested that oil companies should use trading and windfall profits to subsidise the cost of petrol at the pumps. But that would be unfair competition for the supermarkets that rely on cut-price petrol to tempt shoppers into out-of-town stores.

And any extra taxes on the banks, which face tough UK prudential regulation, would hit the very housing and infrastructure lending which Labour promotes.

Moreover, Britain's largest bank, HSBC,

and oil giants Shell and BP all have the option of moving share listings and even their HQs overseas if life is made uncomfortable. Consumers should be grateful that prices are being monitored, however. But Healey would make a colossal error should he rely on higher taxes as the best way to plug holes in the public purse.

Mining exodus

THE London Stock Exchange has long been the premier league for mining stocks. Slowly that leadership is drifting away. The decision by £64bn Glencore, a top FTSE100 player, to seek a secondary listing in Australia is not a good sign.

Following failed merger talks with Rio Tinto, the mining and commodity group says it wants to broaden its investor base and improve liquidity.

Heading to OJ is slightly more reassuring than a shift to New York. But one shouldn't preclude it following rival BHP's shift from the City to Sydney. Some 15 years ago, the LSE sought to consolidate its leadership in natural resources by merging with Canada's TMX Group, which owns the Toronto Stock Exchange. The deal was blocked by the Ontario authorities.

When miner Anglo American completes its merger with Vancouver-based Teck Resources, the plan is for a secondary list-

ing in Toronto to go with London and Anglo's spiritual home of Johannesburg.

London was also the preferred market for Russian natural resources stocks. But after Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, London share trading in dozens of Russian stocks - including such behemoths as Gazprom, Lukoil, Rosneft, Norilsk Nickel and Polyus - was frozen and has remained so ever since.

The City's historic grip on a booming commodities sector is vanishing before our very eyes.

Stamp out

THE City regulator is easing rules for new listings to revive London floats. AIM, which has been sinking like a stone, is trying to become more user-friendly.

But neither Government nor opposition can bring themselves to offer a transforming lifeline to the LSE - the abolition of stamp duty on share trading.

The Tories claim a lack of 'dynamic' effects means the Exchequer cannot swallow the loss of income.

The reality is that with each company that departs London for New York - ARM, Flutter, CRH and AstraZeneca (which is half out) - the loss of tax income, jobs, tech and much more is profound.

Ending the exodus is a priority.

Betting on the US: Jackson, left, and ex-American football star Rob Gronkowski ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange

THE boss of Paddy Power's owner Flutter has resigned, as the gambling giant slashed its sales and profit forecasts.

Peter Jackson will step down in October and be replaced by Dan Taylor, the head of its international business, the Betfair owner said.

It marks the end of a long tenure for Jackson, who has led Flutter since 2018 and oversaw the move of its primary listing from London to New York last year.

The firm left the London market

altogether this week. Jackson said: 'I leave Flutter immensely proud of what we have built together.'

His departure was accompanied by a gloomy update in which Flutter said it would not meet its annual profit targets. It expects to make £156m less profit than expected, lowering its target to £1.97bn.

Flutter also warned that Labour's gambling tax increases had contributed to a 19pc slide in its international profits over the three months to June.

Blow for City as Glencore Plots Aussie listing

THE boss of Glencore has insisted it remains 'committed to London' after announcing plans to launch a secondary listing of its shares on the Australian stock market.

The commodities giant said the second listing would allow it to 'strengthen our profile in one of our most important operating jurisdictions'.

Glencore - which aims to complete the new listing in October - said the move would also widen its investor base and give it access to new pools of cash.

But chief executive Gary Nagle sought to play down fears that the move was a precursor to Glencore exiting the London market.

Such a departure would deal another blow to the beleaguered stock market, which has suffered from several high-profile takeovers and overseas defections recently.

A similar panic occurred last year when Glencore considered

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moving its main listing to New York before eventually shelving the plans, saying the move would not deliver value for investors. When asked if the company was fully committed to keeping its London listing, Nagle replied: 'Yes, we are.

'We investigated potentially moving a listing to New York. We went through a thorough

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analysis and we found that it made sense at that stage not to move to New York and stay in London.

'As we sit today, the situation is [that London] is the optimal exchange for us to be listed on - for now, we're not looking to move from London.'

But Glencore would not be the first London-listed miner

to end up moving abroad, with rival digger BHP having previously quit the UK market for Australia in 2022.

Glencore yesterday reported that its earnings for the first half of the year had surged 86pc to $16.1bn, while sales climbed 49pc to $174bn.

Shares rose 4.1pc, or 22.7p, to 573.3p following the results.

Profits were boosted by the company's trading arm, which saw earnings more than double to $3.3bn from $1.4bn last year as the conflict in the Middle East drove volatility in energy markets.

Higher commodity prices also drove profits at the firm's mining arm up 72pc to $6.5bn.

'Escalating tensions in the Middle East have not only driven higher energy and metals prices but also created the kind of market volatility in which Glencore's trading business has historically excelled,' said Mark Crouch, market analyst at eToro.

Astra denies US merger talks

ASTRAZENECA shares rose following reports that there had been 'no discussions' about a potential mega-merger with a US rival.

The pharma giant's stock climbed 2.5pc, or 236p, to 12,036p after Reuters quoted a senior source at the business dismissing rumours of a potential tie-up with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS).

The source said: 'There is no deal

between AstraZeneca and BMS. There never was a deal to be done, and there are no discussions between the companies.'

The report cited another source who said there were no active talks between the firms. BMS shares fell 3pc on Wall Street.

Some £18bn was wiped off AstraZeneca's market value on Monday as analysts and investors questioned the rationale behind the rumoured merger.

Private equity circles Bodycote

BODYCOE last night revealed a double takeover swoop from two private equity sharks.

The industrial coatings company has been valued at around £1.6bn in offers from both CVC and Veritas.

Bodycote's board said it would be 'minded to recommend' each should they result in a firm offer. Amster-

dam-listed CVC, which is known for buying investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown last year for £5.4bn, made an offer of 915p per share.

US buyout firm Veritas made a similar offer of up to 914p.

The update is likely to ring alarm bells that Bodycote could be the next company to quit the London stock market.

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	52-week	High	Low
Arsangas & Defence
Aslan Martin	34	+	69
BAG Systems	2758	-28	2257
Chowring Co.	4351	+10	4318
Dyneft	24648	+4	24651
Delta Keyes	21516	+47	21516
Garcia	2352	+	2311
Sains
Barrio Rachman	1280	+18	1268
Barclays	1271	+5	1261
HSBC Hldgs	1136	-74	1091
Lon Finance	13820	+28	13808
Louis Bissling	1171	+	1164
Metro East	1171	+0	1154
Northern Group	1124	+2	1124
Star Chartered	1212	-8	1204
TBC Bank	4859	-54	4858
Interreges
Inter-Net	918	+5	918
Cross Eco HBC	2875	+109	2766
Diego	1641	+5	2123
Chemicals
Delta Head	2009	-28	2005
Element	1811	+2	1811
Johnson Mkt	21542	+24	2308
Jones	1818	+8	1818
Construction & Materials
Balfour Realty	2176	+5	809
Berndt	244	+5	277
Gerard Group	2961	+24	2961
Guiller Co.	1529	+10	1529
Keller Group	2883	+28	2444
Fair Group	2471	+1	2321
Jackson	1481	+8	1721
Electricity
Dow Co.	1781	+2	918
SSE	24242	+4	2151
Electronic & Electrical Equipment
Alamy	36338	+28	6278
Wright-Alamont	240	+4	240
Grand Instruments	24124	+52	2602
Reinova	2180	-28	2445
Early Investment Statements
Al Whistleburn	2400	+5	2401
Alameda Gen Co.	1716	+8	1708
Al-Bad	580	+14	1443
Alliance West	1388	+4	1308
Alberz Tech.	1251	+8	1158
Albrich Tech.	1281	+11	1281
Alf. Global Trust	2851	+1	2751
Bailey Oil Japan	1570	+14	1571
Bailey Oil U.S.	2181	+2	2061
Barron Inc.	12148	+1	1521
Brilliance	4181	+1	4021
Bingham's Credit	721	+1	74

	52-week	High	Low
BlackRock Serv.	276.42	+2.1	264.1
BA Red/Midwelling	1582	+42	1568
BR Gender Eur.	638	+2	624
Boomer	15734	+8	15711
Calendario Inc.	388.42	+1	381.1
City of London IT	1804	+2	1830
Edin Inc Trust	854	+1	863
Fair World	2421	+1	2361
East End Co.	237.42	+1	246.1
FEC Inc Trust	2401	+2	2311
Fidelity China	2841	+1	2821
Fidelity Eng.	1428	+3	1502
Fidelity Eur.	1421	+2	1411
Fidelity Open Ind.	478	+1	470
Freudary Gas Trk.	817	+2	815
Freudary Gas Trk.	881	+1	881
GCP India Inc.	824	+2	824
Global Dealers	1371	+2	1371
Financial UK	1761	+1	1761
Harborwood	2448	+1.5	2403
Henderson Gen Co.	978	+8	978
Hendell Inc Trust	2000	+25	2000
HQ Capital Trust	382	+2	322
HCS, VA	1384	+1	1384
ICS Enterprise	1462	+10	1602
Invesco Asia	497	+1	516
JPM American	13404	+8	13401
JPM Emerging Markets	1054	+1	1061
JPM Euro Gas	632	+1	663
JPM Japan IT	601	+4	630
Jupiah Fund	1441	+1	1461
Law Deterrators	1268	+8	1268
MAO	2841	+2	2841
MetroLife IT	2861	+2	2861
MetroLife Trust	2760	+2	2761
Mutter Ventures	1471	+15	1449
Morris Inc. Trk.	1638	+18	1658
Morgan Dealers	4484	+54	5530
Murray Inc. Trk.	1422	+1	1422
Murray Int. Trk.	2884	+1	2721
Murfrees Prune/Elgin H&D	1622	+1	1622
Next Energy State	494	+1	71
Neway Dev.	2284	+1	2284
Oakley Capital Inc.	1241	+12	1170
Pacific Horizon	1168	+23	1252
Pacifist Hrs.	1121	+1	1184
Pacifist Int.	387	+1	407
Partners Group	624	+8	642
Patia Private	814	+1	642
Prudential	2848	+8	2858
Prudential Assets	1324	+4	1324
Prudential	2521	+1	2521
Prudential	2521	+1	2521
Prudential	2521	+1	2521
Prudential	2521	+1	2521
Prudential	2521	+1	2521
Prudential	2521	+1	2521
Prudential	2521
Prudential	2521
Prudential	2521
Prudential	2521
Prudential	2521
Prudential	2521
Prudential	2521
Prudential	2521
Prudential	2521
Prudential	2521

TOP RISERS
	CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
Bodycote	923p	+23.07%
4imprint	4890p	+11.39%
Pan African	104.2p	+7.15%
RHI Magnesita	3035p	+7.05%
Harworth	143.6p	+6.37%
52-week
Synoms	108	+1.9%	108
Transfers Ex.	2161	+1.1%	2021
Twenty-Four	1271	+1.1%	1241
Exterior Dien	718	+1.2%	648
First/Last/Trends	428	+2%	409
Roads Healthcare	375	+2%	387
Food Products
Food Aid Foods	2178	+4%	2207
Caravans	5290	+2.2%	5065
Delaware	2591	+1.1%	2591
Filter Food Sp.	838	+2.1%	857
Florida Foods	1911	+1.1%	2091
Florida Foods	1911	+1.1%	2091
Florida Foods	1911	+1.1%	2091
Tom & Lyle	2531	+1%	2531
Delaware	4774	+2.1%	5472
General-Flowed
Alameda	2542	+4.8%	4403
Alameda Sp.	217	+2.4%	2091
Bridgester Group	2411	+2.4%	2441
Capital Gearing	527	+4%	527
CMC Markets	2474	+1.5%	1941
Coats Group	831	+1.1%	851
Forestry Group	1481	+2%	1481
FCG	2048	+2%	2032
IG Up	1282	+1.2%	1888
Magalith	383	+8.1%	382
McTeach Prototype	1444	+1.1%	1444
Invesco	1171	+2.1%	1171
IP Group	694	+1.1%	704
JTC	1338	+1.8%	1385
London Stock Ex.	8028	+2.8%	8062
Man Group	2111	+2.1%	2231
Mid-Atlantic Gas	431	+4%	431
USB Group	568	+2%	1426
Passport	2401	+1.1%	1391
PepsiCo	2418	+4.2%	1372
Quaker	2321	+2.4%	2381
Rathman	1682	+1.8%	1285
Raffle Investment	2371	+1.5%	2131
Schweizer	2091	+1.1%	2071
SSCC (Efficient)	59	+1.1%	63
Temple Bar	4191	+1.1%	4221
TP-CAP	2461	+1.1%	2631
WTC Products	207	+1.1%	1841
Health Care Equipment & Services
Caravan	2251	+8.1%	2081

TOP FALLERS
	CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
Prudential	1025p	-6.39%
HSBC	1510.6p	-4.67%
Victry	272.6p	-4.01%
Domino's Pizza	232p	-3.64%
Playtech	365.8p	-2.97%
52-week
Pearson	5238	+11.1%	1328
RELA	2715	+1.5%	3880
Highmoor Group	4751	+1.1%	3781
Reim	3271	+2.1%	4321
Money
Anglo American	4321	+11.4%	4225
Andrograph	4352	+11.0%	4455
Bridgester Waring	2842	+2.8%	5280
Freudin	2747	+11.8%	4448
Glencoe	2731	+2.1%	4151
Homechild Mining	4791	+2.8%	4581
Pan African Resources	1041	+1.1%	1021
Pan Food	1521	+1.8%	1920
Health Insurance
Alameda Sp.	2708	+8.1%	3802
Beedle	1538	+1.1%	1533
Passport	1741	+1.1%	1680
LaCapitan Hldgs	5351	+1.1%	6041
All & Gas Products
BP	2014	+18.1%	2081
Emergen	1781	+18.1%	1828
Harbor Energy	2321	+4.1%	2191
Harting	444	+4.1%	521
Wawa Energy	2281	+3.1%	2891
Shell	2200	+4.1%	3083
Oil Equipment & Services
Wood Sp. 3	291	+1.1%	291
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology
Allied America	5108	+2.8%	5542
Genus	2282	+8.1%	2170
GSK	1919	+1.1%	2288
Halcon	3001	+4.1%	3021
Halco Pharma	1571	+1.1%	1851
Global Manapace	117	+1.1%	2101
Parcell Berman	3342	+7.1%	3091
Real Stage
Big Yellow Sp.	3091	+1.1%	1901
British Land	448	+1.1%	448
Denver/London	2112	+3.1%	2285
Georgetown	1741	+1.1%	2111
Griff Portland Est.	358	+1.1%	378
Hyamemnon	2791	+2.1%	2801
Harworth	1421	+1.1%	1181
Lane Securities	722	+1.1%	1281

	52-week	High	Low
Landscitters Prog.	1671	+1.1%	1311
Procon Hds Prog.	85-48	+1.1%	87
Salvatore Hldgs.	837-42	+8.1%	837
Saidu	378	+2.8%	378
SEISHO	1571	+1.1%	1581
Streetsbury	148	+1.1%	1281
Straw New States	1571	+1.1%	1571
Supermarket Inc.	85-48	+1.1%	87
Tiger Healthcare	1721	+1.1%	1611
Thompson F.	1781	+1.1%	1611
Tulsa Big Bus	1711	+1.1%	1611
UHA Group	541	+2.1%	1461
Winnowna Sp.	1641	+1.1%	1611
862ers
All World	1571	+1.1%	1571
ASCC	1781	+1.1%	1881
BSW	2321	+1.1%	2891
Budway Sp.	1228	+1.1%	1888
Corpus	1821	+1.1%	1881
Dr. Marlins	801	+1.1%	1841
Donald Sp.	2021	+2.1%	2241
Payers Group	1151	+1.1%	1121
Seagate	1833	+1.1%	2102
Hoosier Johnny	833	+1.1%	1751
Intrigue	1421	+1.1%	1481
JS Sports Farmer	821	+1.1%	1641
Magalith	2321	+1.1%	2791
Mark & Spencer	4231	+1.1%	4131
Marving	2021	+2.1%	2081
Next	1568	+2.8%	1648
Credit Sp.	2711	+1.1%	2691
West of Home Sp.	2121	+1.1%	2291
Sarndor p.l.	359	+1.1%	2091
SSP Group	2711	+2.1%	2711
Tausa	4801	+1.1%	4801
BM Sports	4401	+1.1%	4801
Wawa Group	2411	+1.1%	2411
Software & Computer Services
Wis Financial	1851	+1.1%	1821
Autcom Tech.	4811	+1.1%	4821
Basic Classifieds	2151	+1.1%	2051
Basic Technology	4761	+1.1%	4721
Longspan/Car	4452	+2.1%	4480
Delaware	1751	+1.1%	1751
Alamo Sp.	8521	+1.1%	1581
WCC Sp.	1421	+1.1%	1511
Payland	3821	+1.1%	2301
Stifford	1875	+2.1%	1987
The Sage Group	1810	+1.1%	1801
Trampers	1501	+1.1%	2501
Airport Services
Balcon Ltd.	7180	+1.1%	7180
Buziz	2504	+2.1%	2511
SSCC Energy	6388	+1.1%	6388
Sporex	1815	+1.1%	1815
Seamite	1581	+1.1%	1581
Express	2851	+1.1%	2851
Hypo	821	+1.1%	1641
Harold Sp.	5848	+1.1%	5848

	52-week	High	Low
Intl Workpoint Sp.	1861	+2.1%	2461
Johnson Service Sp.	1521	+1.1%	1521
Michael Page	1871	+1.1%	2721
Mike Group	2512	+1.1%	2511
Renal Initial	2851	+1.1%	2851
RD Group	7411	+1.1%	7411
Serra	2421	+2.1%	2421
Stowe	2711	+1.1%	2711
Texas Federal	2851	+1.1%	2851
U.S. S.	1581	+1.1%	1581
Philosophy, Research & Economics
McConnell Sp.	823	+2.1%	823
GB GROUP	2311	+1.1%	2311
Academy, R.	1761	+1.1%	1821
Garant Comms.	1861	+1.1%	1861
Halco Trans.	2851	+1.1%	2851
Teasman Plus	2851	+1.1%	2851
Valdishon Sp.	1141	+1.1%	1221
Leaders
Dr. Am. Soc.	4278	+1.1%	4262
Imperial Service	2747	+1.1%	2641
Travel & Care
Chengwa Sp.	2511	+1.1%	2541
Guinness Plaza	2121	+1.1%	2531
Alameda	8511	+1.1%	6881
Colan	1571	+1.1%	1581
First Group	1851	+1.1%	2211
Hollywood Bowl	2821	+1.1%	2871
Inwood Hds.	1851	+1.1%	1851
Intl Cons Air	4441	+1.1%	4481
Alklands & Bulbes	2851	+1.1%	2851
PPHE Hotel Sp.	1542	+1.1%	2592
Tuakwa	2461	+1.1%	3081
Metromexon (JD)	812	+2.1%	817
Whitwood	2621	+1.1%	2624
Wizz Air Hldgs.	1147	+1.1%	1447
Utilities
Schweizer	1571	+1.1%	2181
Bailey	4811	+1.1%	3811
National Govt.	1181	+1.1%	1408
Parmar	4871	+1.1%	4281
General Trust	3882	+2.1%	3888
United Utilities	1477	+1.1%	1457
*Ex-Dividend
Column: The Press Association

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Daily Mail Sport

TENNIS

Back a quick hang over

Britain's bristles lights

No end in sight to Jack and Emma's injury hell

By JAMES SHARPE

JACK DRAPER hunched forward in his chair. Sat in his grey cap and tank top, the former British No1 gazed into the middle distance, elbows on his knees and tears streaming down his face. This was not how his comeback was meant to go.

The persistent arm injury that has blighted him for more than a year, ruled him out of Wimbledon and then saw him pull out of the Washington Open, just does not appear to be going away, as his first match since June ended in defeat and despair at the Canadian Open.

It was an image that encapsulated not only another desperate week for Draper in his continued battles against injury but, once again, for British tennis with the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season, hurtling into view.

Draper was ranked No4 in the world before Wimbledon last year but, having played barely a handful of tournaments since, is now 143rd and will need to come through qualifying at Flushing Meadows unless he receives a wildcard.

Even after his withdrawal in Washington, those around Draper were confident he was on track for New York.

Draper is yet to speak since his tears in Montreal so it remains to be seen if his hopes of making it go the same way as those of Emma Raducanu, who withdrew this week as she struggles to recover from the stress fracture in her lower leg that saw her miss Wimbledon.

Raducanu was still wearing a protective boot on her right leg in videos she posted on social media this week and

Daily Mail Sport understands she was advised to give the injury more time to heal after the latest medical checks.

It means Raducanu has missed six Slams out of a possible 20 since her stunning triumph in New York five years ago and this latest setback means she can once again escape neither the continued burden of injury nor the judgmental gaze from armchair critics her torment brings with it.

Daily Mail Sport sat opposite Raducanu at Roland Garros, as she struggled to hold back tears after her first-round loss, and asked how someone still so young has the mental strength to keep picking herself back up.

"It's very difficult," she said. "You need a lot of resilience. I am trying my best each day. That's all I can ask of myself."

Her reunion with coach Andrew Richardson, the man by her side when she won the US Open five years ago, was supposed to kick-start her career. It even saw her reach the final at Queen's, but her

body just won't let it happen no matter how hard she tries.

It would be sadly befitting of a year in which injuries have plagued nearly all of Britain's top stars if the final two Slams were to play out without our two brightest lights, Raducanu and Draper.

It was in their absence at Wimbledon that Arthur Fery captured the hearts of the British public with his run to the semi-finals, becoming only the fifth man from these shores to reach the second week this century.

How often it is the case in sport that when current stars vacate the limelight, the next generation quickly come along to seize it.

Fery's heroics helped gloss over a dismal Championships for the Brits, 15 of whom fell in the first round. It appears Fery could well be the one, again, to carry our hopes into Flushing Meadows.

Fery has not played since that dizzying fortnight but is due to compete in Cincinnati and the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina before his

maiden US Open main draw. Unlike Draper, Fery, now ranked 36th in the world, has qualified automatically.

On the grass, the 5ft Win Fery used his craft to beat far taller and stronger giants until he ran into the huge frame of Alexander Zverev. In New York, he will have to find a way to combat the higher bounce on a surface that favours the big hitters.

As Raducanu can attest, going deep into a Slam as a relative unknown hinders your ability to develop your game in the shadows. For Fery, though, testing himself against the world's best on the US Open hard courts will be key for his development.

And just maybe, it will help provide a brighter future for the Brits than the dark clouds hanging over the present seem to suggest.

● CAMERON NORRIE reached the third round of the Canada Open last night with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Ignacio Guaia of Peru. He faces Alex de Minaur next.

SPORTS DIGEST

RANTING ARGENTINA STAR

HIT WITH FOUR-GAME BAN

ARGENTINA'S Tomas Albornoz has been banned for four matches after admitting intimidating a match official at the end of his team's Nations Championship defeat by England last month.

Steve Slomkowski's side were 31-24 winners in Santiago del Estero, but the contest ended in controversial fashion. The home side were denied a try at the death, and the chance to match a draw, when Bautista Deligny was adjudged to have had a foot in touch while scoring with the last play of the game. The decision followed a lengthy disagreement between on-field referee Angus Gardner and the television match official over whether or not the try should be given.

Albornoz vented his fury at Gardner at the full-time whistle, making what a World Rugby disciplinary committee said was 'limited' physical contact with him. The Argentine accepted his conduct amounted to intimidation of a match official, but he did not accept his actions were abusive, insulting, offensive or threatening. That view was accepted by World Rugby and the committee. The fly had will miss his country's next three matches as well as one game for his club, Toulon.

LIV GOLF has announced an agreement with an unnamed investor that will allow the rebel league to forge ahead without the backing of Saudi funding. CEO Scott O'Neil revealed a deal has been signed that signals 'the path forward for the league's next era, driven by and for the players'.

The plan for what is being called 'LIV Golf 2.0' is for 10 teen events each year, with five in the US and five around the world. LIV also wants to stage events leading into the majors, with a schedule that allows its players – such as Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton and Bryson DeChambeau – to compete on other circuits.

The future of the controversial league was thrown into doubt in April when Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund announced it was withdrawing its vital financial support at the end of the year.

JEMMA LINES has become the first British woman to be picked for an America's Cup team for 90 years.

The 29-year-old has been named in the GBI team for next year's event, which will be the first edition in its 175-year history to require at least one woman in each five-person crew. Phyllis Sopwith was the last British woman to race aboard a British America's Cup challenger in 1934 and 1937.

'It has been a long time coming,' Lines said. 'It is incredible, a moment in history. It is a pivotal moment for our sport, if you had told me that growing up, I wouldn't have believed it.'

CONTRIBUTORS: ALEX BYWATER AND DAVID KENT

BRIGHTON

2.30 — CAPE TORONADA (W. Coven) 11-48 1. Black Parke 12-12 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. (A. Carroll) 7s. 11s. Tote: 2.38. 1.38. 3.50. Ex: 9.80. TT: 22.45. CSP: 10.00.

3.00 — RIVER WARRIK (Molly Dunn) 2-12 1. Bumba 1-4 (2nd Fav) 2. Northern Star 1-1 2. 9 ran. (A. Carroll) 3rd. 11s. Tote: 3.00. 1.00. 1.45. 2.45. Ex: 7.15. TT: 8.00. CSP: 7.50.

3.30 — SEA SUITE (C. Faber) 3-1 (Jr 2nd Fav) 1. Tie 3-1 (Jr 2nd Fav) 2. Northern Empire 17-2 2. 9 ran. (James Oxen) 1s. 7s. Tote: 4.30. 1.40. 1.45. 3.45. Ex: 14.70. Tr: 69.50. TT: 70.20. CSP: 12.31.

4.00 — HUNT DAHMIN (R. Hurley) 6-1 1. 8's Life 9-2 2. Buckland Bells 11-10 2. 1. 8. ran. (C. Johnson) 4th. 11. Tote: 7.50. 2.50. 2.10. Ex: 31.80. TT: 74.80. CSP: 31.93.

4.30 — VIKING GLORY (C. Faber) 8-1 (Jr 2nd Fav) 1. Rednebrohm 20-1 2. The Organizer 13-2 2. 9 ran. (James Oxen) 2s. 9. Tote: 6.00. 1.50. 3.30. 1.90. Ex: 37.30. Tr: 697.14. TT: 695.40. CSP: 99.76.

5.00 — SECRET HANDBRIKEN (C. Faber) 7-4 (2nd Fav) 1. Keren 4-1 2. Titus Thar 11-2 2. 9 ran. (Gallagher) 2s. 1s. Tote: 3.75. 1.90. 2.20. Ex: 9.90. TT: 70.80. CSP: 14.45. NR: Slottning. Plecopot E34-20. G'pot E27.50.

PONTEFLA

2.45 — STAR START (Max c. 1. Parker) 9-4F 1. Sunny Orange 3-1 (Jr 2nd Fav) 2. Gante De Pante 10-1 2. 7 ran. (R. Carr) 1s. 2s. Tote: 3.75. 1.85. 1.90. Ex: 10.50. TT: 19.20. CSP: 11.45. 2.10 — BUGZY (D. Tathope) 15-2 1. Lady Harshaw 4-1 (2nd Fav) 2. Our Son Oscar 5-1 3. 9 ran. (Tom Clover) 1s. 1s. Tote:

8.50. 2.10. 1.30. 1.50. Ex: 49.40. TT: 195.20. CSP: 58.10. 3.45 — SPIRIT GENE (J. Hart) 9-4 (2nd Fav) 1. Alexis Fernando 10-1 2. Garden Oasis 11-10 2. 6 ran. (C. Gordon) 2s. 1s. Tote: 2.20. 1.50. 3.20. Ex: 18.40. TT: 32.30. CSP: 23.70.

4.15 — GREAT (Shane Gray) 6-3F 1. Spirit Of Applause 11-4 (2nd Fav) 2. Mountain 10-1 3. 9 ran. (D. English) 1s. 1s. Tote: 3.50. 1.50. 1.30. 4.10. Ex: 19.30. Tr: 99.16. TT: 111.60. CSP: 9.50. NR: Sea Hot Circle.

4.40 — ALFA WHITBROD (J. Hart) 9-4F 1. Absence Gold 10-1 2. Max Amer 11-1 2. 8 ran. (F. Furlano) 1s. 1s. Tote: 3.25. 1.30. 2.90. 2.50. Ex: 23.70. Tr: 208.01. TT: 193.20. CSP: 28.85. NR: Witsman.

5.15 — OPOGON DAY (C. Gopin) 10-1 2. Acute Day 9-2 2. Something 4-1 (2nd Fav) 3. 3 ran. (R. Elliott) 4. 421. Tote: 1.50.

RACING RESULTS

Ex: 3.00. TT: 2.70. CSP: 2.61. Jackpot: E2-142.60. Plecopot E12-20. G'pot E19-70.

YARMOUTH

3.40 — LIMINOUS WARRIOR (R. F. Gafford) 7-2 Co Fav 1. So Grateful 7-2 Co Fav 2. Indy's Angel 6-1 3. 7 ran. (D. Courtin) 1s. 1s. Tote: 4.50. 1.15. 2.45. Ex: 13.90. TT: 63.10. CSP: 16.45. 6.10 — SPEED OF SOUND (L. Coven) 5-6F 1. Fernando 8-1 13-2 2. Minkasa 7-2 3. 10 ran. (R. Sprouse) 3s. 1s. Tote: 1.84. 1.70. 1.50. 1.50. Ex: 7.90. TT: 29.80. CSP: 8.20.

8.40 — BEAUTY BOK (H. Crouch) 17-2 1. Downman 2-1F 2. Great Chasm 11-4 (2nd Fav) 1. 3 ran. (J. Tate) 1s. 1s. Tote: 9.50. 2.70. 1.40. Ex: 33.50. TT: 88.40. CSP: 25.85.

7.10 — TIME THIEF (N. Callon) 9-4 (2nd Fav) 1. Lincoln 8-1 20. 2. Angel Breeze 20-1 3. 5 ran. (Tom Green) 1s. 11s. Tote: 3.25. 1.10. 1.30. Ex: 3.40. TT: 18.50. CSP: 4.00.

7.40 — SPIRAN WARRIOR (M. Ghaer) 9-4 (2nd Fav) 1. La Rouge Chassis 14-2 2. Highland Harvey 6-4F 2. 7 ran. (D. Williams) 2nd. Tote: 3.30. 1.70. 2.20. Ex: 14.50. TT: 39.40. CSP: 12.21. 8.10 — FURE PASSION (C. R. L. Larrie) 7-2 1. Shining Guest 12-1 2. Mayflower Rock 11-1 3. 9 ran. (D. L. Williams) 1s. 1s. Tote: 4.50. 2.50. 4.40. Ex: 43.40. TT: 125.00. CSP: 41.54. NRs: Cabaca De Llano, She Went Whosek. Plecopot E4-20. G'pot E22.50.

KEMPTON

1.20 — RHINCHEE ISAAE (R. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W.

1s. Tote: 10.90. 2.10. 1.50. 3.90. Ex: 34.10. 1s. 40-4A. TT: 69.50. CSP: 40.50. NRs: Secret Rock. Fruit Hurdell.

2.10 — SHIP THE WAY (F. Martin) 5-6F 1. Chocolade 3-1 (2nd Fav) 2. Sweetbuster 8-1 2. 8 ran. (R. Hughes) 5s. 1s. Tote: 2.20. 13.90. 1.20. 1.10. Ex: 3.10. TT: 107.20. CSP: 14.90. Tonic Guaia My Hero.

8.20 — QUITE THE WRITER (B. De Souza) 10-6F 1. Street Hunter 11-2 2. Gold Army 14-1 3. 8 ran. (W. Muir & C. Gosselin) 1s. 1s. Tote: 2.98. 1.20. 1.60. 3.70. Ex: 14.70. TT: 122.20. CSP: 13.20. NR: Fallout.

9.10 — ISALED CRIME (C. T. Keane) 17-2 1. Gawlet 5-2F 2. Kanda 4-1 2. 10 ran. (Harry Charlton) 1s. 2s. Tote: 10.90. 3.20. 1.20. 2.00. Ex: 40.30. TT: 173.80. CSP: 1.90. 1.70. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50.

5-6F 2. Treble Bass 6-1 3. 12 ran. (C. Kevans) 2s. 1s. Tote: 4.50. 1.80. 1.10. 2.00. Ex: 8.40. TT: 29.50. CSP: 7.50.

7.50 — SHADOW ROAD (S. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G.

8.20 — VICTORY ACE (MP. Bissett) 4-1 Co Fav 1. Bluebird 4-1 Co Fav 2. Angel Gabriel 4-1 Co Fav 2. 8 ran. (J. Butler) 4-1. 8. Tote: 5.00. 1.00. 1.85. 1.50. Ex: 25.80. Tr: 67.52. TT: 112.50. CSP: 20.10.

8.30 — CAPTAIN ROBERT (D. Wood) 7-2 (2nd Fav) 1. Desert Bells 5-6F 2. Roland Garros 29-1 3. 8 ran. (J. Parchasev) 1s. 2s. Tote: 4.50. 1.20. 1.20. 1.20. Ex: 25.80. Tr: 69.50. TT: 114.10. CSP: 8.21.

Plecopot E20.50. G'pot E3.60.

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FOOTBALL

Daily Mail Sport

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By KIERAN GILL

IT was in the 74th minute of yesterday's 1-0 friendly defeat by Juventus that Mykhailo Mudryk finally stood up from Chelsea's bench, sent to warm-up on his own.

A little loneliness was nothing new for the Ukrainian. Mudryk grew used to training in solitary while suspended from football for 600 days.

Manager Xabi Alonso had already made 11 substitutions by this stage — seven at half-time and another four after 65 minutes — and we were unsure whether we would see the 25-year-old on a field for the first time since November 2024.

Then suddenly, it all changed. Suddenly, Alonso called Mudryk over and told him to get stripped. Suddenly, all of his Chelsea team-mates were applauding as he was introduced in the 82nd minute. Suddenly, he was a footballer again, pointing to the heavens as he entered the pitch.

It is hard to fathom how Mudryk must have been feeling inside. Wearing No 43 on his back — Cole Palmer took the No 10 during his suspension, with the Ukraine international's blessing — he also wore a fine poker face. There were not too many emotions exhibited on the outside.

Yet this is what Mudryk had been working towards. Hiring the pitch of seventh-tier Oxbridge to train on. Performing sprint sessions at the Battersea Park running track. Playing padei to mix it up. Paying to work with a personal trainer daily.

That he was allowed to even appear against Juventus in Hong Kong is a testament to how the trainer kept Mudryk fit while suspended, in the hope he could play again as soon as possible.

Football-wise, Mudryk gave glimpses of the speed still being there, reaching one ball that appeared to be rolling behind for a goal-kick. His first touch as a player again was cheered by the Kai Tak Stadium crowd — though it was not the greatest, his pass inside giving away possession.

Rustiness is only to be expected. Those clubs who have already approached Chelsea to ask about their plans for Mudryk for this season will understand patience is needed. The most important takeaway is that the £89million signing is back.

Mudryk has insisted since the

ISAAN KHAN

in Dublin

ON the basis of Arsenal's 3-1 defeat by Real Betis last night, the imminent arrival of Bruno Guimaraes will be a welcome one indeed.

The Gunners are set to complete their protracted £75million move for Newcastle's captain this week, finally putting an end to the saga. Guimaraes is waiting for permission to leave Newcastle's training base in La Manga, Spain, to finalise the formalities of his move to north London. He met Newcastle's new manager

Mudryk is lonely no more after stepping out of the shadows

very beginning that he has no idea how the banned substance meldonium entered his system. Chelsea believe him. It was understood to have happened while Mudryk was away with the Ukraine national team in September 2024.

Mudryk's return to football was made possible because of a change in the way the World Anti-Doping Agency measures meldonium. He reached a resolution with the FA because, were that same sample tested

today, he would not return a positive test.

This return in Hong Kong was a long time coming for Mudryk, a little light after so long in the loneliness of the shadows.

Elsewhere, Danny Welbeck made his first appearance since arriving from Brighton. The 35-year-old held the ball up nicely as Chelsea's striker, with Joao Pedro moved to the No 10 role.

Nicolas Jackson replaced Welbeck at half-time, but was then hooked himself when

Mudryk was introduced, despite some nice moments from the Senegal striker, 25, whose future is also up in the air.

Chelsea named 21 substitutes for this friendly, which acted as a reminder that they still need to offload some players before the transfer window shuts.

Meanwhile, the club have struck an agreement to sign Rayo Vallecano left back Pep Chavarria for £16.3million plus add-ons. The 28-year-old was still playing in Spain's second division at 24.

Beaten Arsenal need Bruno... but maybe not Kepa

Matthias Jaissle on Monday and is understood to have told the German he wanted out. Guimaraes agreed personal terms with the Gunners last month and informed Newcastle of his desire to leave if a suitable offer arrived. Arsenal had wanted to pay a smaller fee for the Brazil midfielder, who turns 29 in November, but Newcastle began by demanding a minimum of £8bn. Lyon will receive around £7m because of a 20 per cent sell-on clause in Guimaraes' contract. It

will be Arsenal's first marquee signing of the summer after the arrivals of Christos Izolis from Club Bruges, for £34m, and Illan Meslier, on a free transfer. Arsenal are not done there because they are also hunting a left winger, with Vinicius Junior top of their list. Real Madrid have raised their contract offer to the Brazilian, though, in an attempt to secure his future. The 26-year-old's contract expires next summer. Arsenal want a centre back as well. While Guimaraes closes on

his move, midfielder Christian Norgaard has completed a £7million transfer to Everton. In Dublin, a weak backline and frailties from goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga saw Arsenal punished by a rampant Betis. For the Spanish team's first goal on nine minutes, Kepa aimlessly charged out, flapping at Pablo Garcia's corner and completely missing it. It landed at the feet of Rodrigo Riquelme at the back post, who chested the ball down and struck it home. The second goal Kepa

City turn up the heat, but big decisions lie ahead

JACK GAUGHAN

in Seoul, South Korea

ENZO MARESCA will hope Seoul's suffocating heat can help Manchester City's players get up to speed before their season starts a week on Sunday. Goals from Rayan Ait-Nouri, Tijjani Reijnders and Divin Mubama saw City beat the K-League All Stars 3-1 in their latest friendly, on a day residents in the South Korean capital were told to stay indoors as temperatures reached 38°C. Maresca's men showed evidence of the patterns of play their new manager is trying to implement. But key questions remain, most notably in midfield. Mateo Kovace was bullish about his future this week, with the 32-year-old claiming he never got the feeling from City that he was likely to depart this summer. That throws up a conundrum for the club. With 11.1million signing Elliot Anderson set to join the squad ahead of the Community Shield against Arsenal on August 18 and a move for Lille's Ayyoub Bouaddi progressing, the midfield is crowded. Sources suggested at the end of last season that City would listen to offers for Nico Gonzalez, while Reijnders played 60 minutes amid interest from Nottingham Forest. It leaves City with some big calls, even if Rodri gets his move to Real Madrid. Further up the pitch, several Championship clubs are weighing up loan offers for striker Mubama, who scored his second poacher's finish of pre-season. The way the 21-year-old led from the front offered some clues as to how Maresca might deploy Erling Haaland this season. Meanwhile, the Italian's use of wingers has been music to the ears of Antoine Semenyo, who revealed how he liked how Chelsea's wide men stayed high when Maresca was in charge at Stamford Bridge. The Ghana international has caught the eye, with his direct style clearly favoured by his new boss. Semenyo has done it off both flanks, too, and wants to add a touch more mystery to his game.

conceded, a superb long-range strike from Nelson Deossa, was not an error but he made one in the lead-up, his poor clearance eventually finding Deossa to score. The Spaniard was beaten by another impressive shot from outside the area just before half-time, former West Ham man Pablo Fornals making it 3-1 after Piero Hincapie's headed goal. It raises the question of whether Arsenal will sell Kepa in this window, having signed Meslier as another back-up keeper.

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Mo's Turkish delight!

Liverpool legend jets in to seal Trabzonspor move

MOHAMED Salah was mobbed by Trabzonspor fans as he arrived in Istanbul ahead of a shock move to the Turkish club. Supporters had gathered in anticipation of Salah's arrival after the former Liverpool star flew in on a private jet.

The Egyptian was pictured wearing a Trabzonspor shirt, featuring his name and the number 61, which is Trabzon's area code and used as a symbol of the city and the club.

A video was released by the club with Salah addressing the fans. 'Trabzon are you ready, I can hear you,' he said. 'See you very soon.'

The images were released as the 34-year-old began his journey from the Greek island of Mykonos, where he has been on holiday

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after representing Egypt at the World Cup. Salah was a free agent after agreeing to tear up the final year of his Liverpool contract.

Trabzonspor had invited their supporters to pay to join a live stream of Salah's flight. He left Mykonos Airport in a private jet at around 10.30am yesterday.

Turkish giants Besiktas were understood to be Salah's first choice, but talks stalled last week.

Trabzonspor revealed their interest on Tuesday, with the club informing their 1.9million followers on X of his travel arrangements, as well as telling fans a welcome programme would be in place.

The club also shared a 17-second AI video of a camera shot panning from pyramids over

mountains to a view of Papara Park, their 41,000-seater stadium.

Salah's future has been the subject of huge interest since it was announced in March that he would leave Liverpool.

Many thought he would move to Saudi Arabia after Al Ittihad made a £150million bid in 2023. But Trabzonspor are now set to sign the winger, who infamously fell out with Reds manager Arne Slot last season.

The Turkish side finished third in the top flight last season, behind Fenerbahce and eight points adrift of champions Galatasaray. They will compete in the Europa League play-off round later this month, with a place in the league phase on offer.

Salah, who is Liverpool's third-highest goalscorer of all-time with 257 goals, did not engage in talks with teams before

the end of the season out of respect to the Merseyside club.

His agent, Ramy Abbas, repeatedly insisted nothing had been decided and reaffirmed that stance during the World Cup. But since returning from North America, talks accelerated with interested parties.

Salah is renowned for his professionalism and will back himself to keep playing at a high level deep into his 30s. He scored 34 goals in all competitions in 2024/25 as Slot's side won the Premier League in the Dutchman's first season, but his level dipped last term, finding the net just 12 times.

Liverpool are yet to replace the man who was voted PPA Players' Player of the Year three times, with Paris Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola their most likely high-profile signing.

Brazil back after liver transplant saved his life

By TAMARA PRENN

ALAN BRAZIL revealed that only his doctors finding a 'perfect match' for his liver transplant stopped him having just 'weeks to live' during his candid return to talkSPORT.

The broadcaster was back on air yesterday, four months after life-saving surgery.

'I am not going to bore everyone but it is remarkable really what happened,' Brazil told co-host Gabby Agboniahor. 'One minute I am doing this [the show], I've finished at 9.45am, there's a car outside and I am like, 'What's going on?'. Straight down to

Addenbrooke's Hospital and a few hours later — wallop. They stick a new liver in there.

'I did have cancer in my liver and we suspected that for months, but they didn't want to go in and touch it and shake it up in case you make it spread. They said the perfect match came in, otherwise I might still be waiting. It can be murder.

'I was so lucky, I went down there and they said, 'We've got one and it looks perfect so we are going to do it now'.'

Brazil added he was at the stage where had he not had the transplant quickly, it would have been 'see you later'.

'I didn't realise it was that extreme, but it was,' he added. 'They told me, 'Another couple of weeks and you were gone'. I did have a few complications, my heart stopped for 40 seconds. I said, 'Did you get the old jump-leads on?'.

The 67-year-old Scot, who played for Ipswich, Tottenham and Manchester United, said messages kept him going.

'I'm still not 100 per cent, but listen, anything, even if I don't get any better; it's a bonus,' he added. 'Because I was a goner.'

REAL'S FRESH BID TO KEEP ARSENAL TARGET VINICIUS

■ REAL MADRID are awaiting a response from Vinicius Jr after offering the ARSENAL target an improved contract worth upwards of £19million a year. The Brazil winger's existing terms with the La Liga club expire next summer and the Gunners have made him aware they are willing to step in if he does not reach an agreement with the Spanish giants. Talks between the 26-year-old's agents, general director Jose Angel Sanchez and chief scout

WINDOW WATCH

By SIMON JONES

Juni Calafat took place in Madrid yesterday. Manager Jose Mourinho also underlined that Vinicius is in his plans.

■ ATLETICO MADRID are ready to firm up their interest in TOTTENHAM defender Cristian Romero after he held talks with Inter Milan. The Spaniards are in discussions to sell left back Matteo Ruggeri to ASTON VILLA in a deal worth £19.7m, if the 24-year-old agrees to leave. Atletico are also selling right back Nahuel Molina to Roma

and the combined fees will go towards a £30m bid for Romero.

■ TOTTENHAM winger Mikey Moore has agreed to join German club FC Cologne on a season-long loan, while Spurs striker Mason Melia, 18, has undergone his medical at LINCOLN CITY ahead of a loan.

■ CHELSEA defender Trevoh Chalobah had a medical at Serie A side Como yesterday ahead of his proposed £26m transfer, plus £5.1m in add-ons. Chalobah, 27, has agreed a five-year contract.

■ MANCHESTER UNITED will sell goalkeeper Radek Vitek to MIDDLESBROUGH for £14m, with the deal including a 35 per cent sell-on clause, matching rights and a buy-back option. Goalkeeper Altay Bayindir will

join Celta Vigo on a season-long loan with an option to buy for £3.5m. The Spaniards will cover his salary in full.

■ COVENTRY CITY have agreed a £26m deal with Nordsjælland to sign Caleb Vrenkyk. The Ghana midfielder, 20, has permission to travel to finalise the move.

■ Former BRIGHTON defender Joel Veltman has completed a medical at WEST HAM and is set to sign a two-year deal. The 34-year-old left Albion this summer and also had an offer from French side Strasbourg.

■ CRYSTAL PALACE are set to sign former Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu following a successful trial. The 27-year-old completed a medical on Tuesday. The Eagles retain an

interest in Chelsea's French defender Aeil Disasi.

■ ARSENAL midfielder Christian Norgaard has had a medical at EVERTON ahead of completing his £7m move.

■ BURNLEY have signed free agent goalkeeper Ben Amos on a one-year deal. Amos, 36, left PORT VALE earlier this summer.

■ BOURNEMOUTH forward Daniel Jebbison is attracting interest from Preston, Genoa and Hamburg.

■ SWANSEA forward Kyrell Wilson has joined Belgian side KAA Gent for an undisclosed fee. The Swans are close to agreeing the £5.2m signing of Valencia attacking midfielder Andre Almeida. The deal includes £2.2m in add-ons, plus a sell-on clause.

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His behaviour is the lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested I've ever seen

Tell it like it is: Figo believes football can prosper only if Infantino quits as president

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I COULD write 10,000 words on the problems at FIFA, but the solution needs only three — Infantino must go.

I have loved football all my life. I was a professional player for 20 years. And believe me, I have met some rogues in my time in the game.

But what I have seen exposed in the last ten days is the lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested behaviour I have ever witnessed.

The man who would do that — the man who would try to force through such major changes just to enrich himself and his friends — is a relic of the game's past and should have no part in its future.

If it was such a good idea, why not tell your members when you had them all in a room before the World Cup final?

If it was such a robust plan, why not tell your members the risks as well as what you describe as the

LUIS FIGO

Writing exclusively for

Daily Mail Sport

benefits? If the scheme was a no-brainer, why not be honest about the fact it was going to give you a $30million-a-year (£22.3m) job at the end of it?

But none of this was done, because it's not a good idea. It's not robust when you fail to be transparent about the crippling returns private equity always seeks.

It's not bold when you fail to explain that once you have sold your share it is gone forever and you have disinherited your

successors from ownership of the World Cup.

And it's not honest when you fail to mention that, after you have delivered the head of the World Cup on a platter to your mates in Washington DC, they are going to give you a job worth five times your current salary.

None of this comes as a surprise when you consider the litany of abuses Gianni Infantino has inflicted on football's reputation. From suspending and reversing disciplinary decisions to breaking

the laws of the game over a half-time show, nothing gets in the way of pleasing his friends.

Nor is it a surprise when you read the comments of Jordan FA president Prince Ali bin Hussein, highlighting the mob-like behaviour of Infantino's FIFA, obstructing his FA's work and funding to secure a nomination letter so the reign of terrible self-interest can continue.

Football does need a discussion about money. But not the money that could go out of the game to investors or on bloated administrator salaries.

I mean the money that should be spent on building pitches and training coaches to ensure every child in the world has the chance to fall in love with the most beautiful sport on the planet.

I mean the $5billion (£3.7bn) in FIFA's reserves for a start. How many shares could that buy in this grubby, underhand plot? All of them! So there is no need for outside investment after all. This

plan — like the European Super League before it — was blown apart by the media exposing every devious twist and turn before its advocates had their messaging straight. Thank goodness it was.

Infantino has debased the office of FIFA president that he promised to elevate. He has lied, deceived and tried to feather his own nest at the expense of the game he is supposed to serve.

He has lost the support of his senior staff, his closest advisers, the vast majority of people who devote their lives to this sport and even, it would seem, the FIFA Peace Prize winner Donald Trump. It is too late to save his dignity, but it is not too late to save football. He should go. Now.

Luis Figo played almost 800 games between Sporting Lisbon, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan in a glittering club career. He also won 127 caps for Portugal and has been a UEFA football adviser since 2017.

Happier days: Figo (left) smiles during a legends match with Infantino in 2016 GETTY IMAGES

Infantino tries to cling on at crisis summit

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is leading the war against Infantino. In what is being viewed as a desperate attempt to rally support and cling to power, Infantino summoned senior officials to a meeting in Morocco amid an extraordinary backlash to his proposal to sell stakes in FIFA competitions. FIFA chief operating officer Kevin Lamour said he was 'deceived' by the project and others, including chief

of global football development Arsene Wenger, distanced themselves from the plan. With morale among staff at 'rock bottom' according to insiders, secretary general Mattias Grafstrom sent an internal email to staff citing 'a sad and reproachable series of events', tellingly saying: 'Individuals, unstable moments and unfortunate episodes come and go.' Figo, a former FIFA presidential candidate,

starts: 'I could write 10,000 words on the problems at FIFA, but the solution needs only three — Infantino must go. I have loved football all my life. I was a professional player for 20 years. And believe me, I have met some rogues in my time in the game. But what I have seen exposed in the last ten days is the lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested behaviour I have ever witnessed. 'The man who would do that — the man who would

try to force through such major changes just to enrich himself and his friends — is a relic of the game's past and should have no part in its future.' Figo then rounds on Infantino for a lack of transparency, asking: 'If it was such a good idea, why not tell your members when you had them all in a room before the World Cup final? Why not be honest about the fact it was going to give you a $30million-a-year (£22.3m) job?'

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by Kieran Gill

ROBERTO DE ZERBI was in his office at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after the final game of last season, a 1-0 victory over Everton which ensured they remained a Premier League club.

De Zerbi's work for the day was not done. He had transfer targets to pursue, such as Jan Paul van Hecke at Brighton, and so he began typing a text message to his former player.

'With JP after the Everton game, I sent the message, "P*** off. You wanted to push down Tottenham for Brighton when you made the assist to Georginio Rutter. Now you have to come to me. Yes or yes? You have no choice,"' De Zerbi tells us.

'After the game, right in my dressing room, in my office in the Tottenham stadium, I sent a message to my daughter, and then JP'

Van Hecke had assisted Rutter

DE ZERBI'S BUSY SUMMER...

INS

• €92m S Tonali (Newcastle)
• €85m M Fernandes (West Ham)
• €52m JP van Hecke (Brighton)
• Free A Robertson (Liverpool)
• Free M Senesi (B'mouth)
• Free M Dubravka (Burnley)

OUTS

• €46m L Vuskovic (Brighton)
• €10m W Lankshear (Boro)
• €8m T Thompson (Man Utd)
• €8m A Veitz (Bahia)
• €6m A Devine (Preston)
• Loan R Dragusin (Fiorentina)

for Brighton's stoppage-time equaliser at Tottenham in April, a 2-2 draw which left De Zerbi with only five remaining fixtures to avoid relegation.

Spurs survived, and now they have brought in Van Hecke from Brighton for £52million, twice broken their transfer record — on Mateus Fernandes from West Ham for £85m, then Sandro Tonali from Newcastle for £100m — and signed Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi for free from Liverpool and Bournemouth respectively. De Zerbi tells us he isn't finished yet, describing the club's summer business as '60 per cent' complete.

Spend some time with De Zerbi and you soon understand why so many big names are agreeing to sign up to the Spurs reboot. Daily Mail Sport was fortunate enough to have more than an hour in his company, inside a temporary boardroom set up at the club InterContinental Hotel in Australia, a short walk from Sydney Opera House.

Most managers loathe the transfer window but not this

The boozy dinner that saved Spurs' season, why club HAD to spend big this summer and his foul-mouthed pitch to sign Van Hecke!

Roberto De Zerbi opens up on Tottenham's great escape and their record-breaking spending spree

'shark', as De Zerbi describes himself. 'If the coach calls the player, you can build a special connection at the beginning, because the player knows you are the key for this transfer, and maybe this player feels to have to give you back something more than if Johan Lange [Spurs' sporting director] calls the player,' he says.

'With Mateus Fernandes, I spoke with the parents, with his mum, with the father. The most important thing about my job is the relationship I have as a man. Without that relationship I am not able to work. Without the relationship you can't play good football and have a good style of play. It is 20 per cent coach, 80 per cent the person.

'Now we have to bring in top players to be competitive. I don't know if to win, but for sure to be better, and better than the last two seasons' results in the Premier League.

'Robertson is a winner. JP, maybe you don't know, but he's a winner, a leader. Tonali is a winner. What do you think? I fought to bring in players ready to win or not?'

De Zerbi's assistant, Enrico Venturelli, a lovely chap, is here

with him for this interview, just in case he needs a little help with his English.

On how he has found working with Tottenham's higher-ups, De Zerbi continues: 'It's my best connection with the board. Also

in the players we sold. For [Luka] Vuskovic, it was together.

'The request of Vuskovic [to join Brighton], we spoke with Vinai [Venkatesham, chief executive], with Johan, together, because the money of my club, I consider my

Strike it Rich: Tottenham players mob Richardson after his winner against Chelsea in Sydney AFP

money. It's like the owner is my father. You don't want to ask your father to spend money or to lose money, and if we bring in a player, if we sell a player, it's one family. OK, we are spending money, but we are spending money for the plan, for the project.

'The top clubs now, they are not worried about selling players. No. Even Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, when they have to sell, they have to sell. Right price. You don't have to be shy. But when you have to spend money, you have to do that. Strong, fast, quickly, the right player, the right investment.'

Spurs have acted decisively after consecutive 17th-place finishes in the Premier League. De Zerbi insists he would have stayed even if they had been relegated, and it was a possibility. They lost their first league game under the 47-year-old Italian, 1-0 at Sunderland.

'I saw the players after Sunderland in the dressing room,'

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De Zerbi recalls. 'I didn't tell you in the press conference, but it was like this: all people crying, lying down on the floor. I said, "We pass away?" and I tried to transfer positivity and to observe the situation from another perspective. I was honest. People inside the training ground were sad and negative.

"The first day after Sunderland, I organised a meeting [with staff]

without the players and I said, "The first one I see say something negative, I will send you home immediately. I don't want to see anyone sad, negative, crying. If you stay positive, I give you my word we will stay together." It's another crucial part, because the players live with these people."

Asked what he did to pick up his broken players after Sunderland, De Zerbi reveals: 'One big dinner

in Bacchanalia in Mayfair — with alcohol. Alcohol is a good medicine. If you enjoy normally and seriously. Not as stupid people. I believe in staying together.

"Then, I transferred every day my opinion about them. I think they considered themselves in that moment worse than people thought. There was the possibility to stay up and to win.

In sport, between the players and the coach, if you have respect and values, it's much better, and with love, friendship, care, you become top, top, top. Respect is normal. If I believe in you, it's much better. But if I love you, you become unbelievable."

Antonin Kinsky is among those set to benefit from De Zerbi's show of trust, with the Spurs boss confirming the Czech will be his first-choice goalkeeper. Kinsky was humiliatingly substituted by then-manager Igor Tudor after just 17 minutes of the Champions League defeat at Atletico Madrid in March, with Tottenham 3-0 down. The 23-year-old was the best player when Spurs beat Chelsea 2-1 in their pre-season friendly in Sydney last Saturday.

'As a player, as a student at school, when I felt the relationship with the teacher, with the coach, I gave my best,' De Zerbi says. 'If I didn't feel the connection, if I didn't feel he appreciated me, I close myself, we start a war.'

Upon taking over at Tottenham, De Zerbi says he held 'one million' individual meetings, some with players who may have been interested in leaving this summer. He tells us his message to them was: 'Help me stay up, then I will help you to leave. If you don't help me stay up, then you stay underwater with me.'

He praises Cristian Romero's response, saying he was 'unbelievable', and while the Spurs captain could yet leave, he would do so with thanks. His message to others such as Djed

If I believe in you, it's better. If I love you, you become unbelievable

Spence and Lucas Bergvall was: 'I would like you to stay if you want to stay. If you don't want to stay, you have to leave.

'If you want to leave, speak with Vinai and Johan. I don't manage the price, the sale. I can speak with Vinai and Johan about the best strategy, but I don't decide — £30m, £40m, that's not my position. It's tough enough to be a coach and I want to stay as a coach.'

De Zerbi insists he is not a disciplinarian. 'They have to do what they want without rules,' he adds. 'I don't love rules. I read a book where it was written that creative people don't follow rules. I would like creative players.'

What if someone betrays his trust? 'What do you want to know? If I punch the player? Nothing, but I know to be stronger when I have to do something.'

De Zerbi is flattered that several coaches, such as Pep Guardiola and Enzo Maresca, have expressed their admiration for his work.

'I become shy,' he says. 'I don't think I will ever get used to it. We are lucky because we started from the s*** of football.'

De Zerbi has earned the chance to lead this reset for Tottenham, who remain one of the Premier League's biggest clubs despite two awful seasons.

After an hour, we shake hands and go our separate ways — us understanding why so many footballers are in love with this manager, and him itching to get back to work.

KULUSEVSKI TAKES STEP CLOSER TO RECOVERY

By MATT BARLOW

DEJAN KULUSEVSKI has been pictured training with a ball as he continues his long road back from injury.

The Tottenham midfielder, who has not played since May 2025 due to a serious knee injury, featured in footage from Spurs' training ground released by the club yesterday (above).

Mohammed Kudus, who suffered a thigh injury in January and has not featured since, was also shown training with a ball in the video.

Kulusevski's progress will excite fans, but he is not yet training with the first team and is not expected to return to action soon. The 26-year-old will be phased back with care after a long absence, with manager Roberto De Zerbi keen to avoid putting unnecessary pressure on the Sweden international by setting a target for his return. Kulusevski suffered the injury against Crystal Palace on May 11 last year, just 10 days before Spurs beat Manchester United in the Europa League final. He had surgery and attended the 1-0 victory in Bilbao in a heavy-duty leg brace.

Initially, Tottenham hoped he might be back in December, but Kulusevski felt pain in the knee when he started to train.

A course of injections failed to clear the nagging problem, so he had another minor operation in March to tidy up debris in the joint and ended up missing the whole of last term, as well as Sweden's World Cup campaign and Spurs' pre-season tour of New Zealand and Australia.

During the tour, De Zerbi said: 'Kulusevski, fit and right, is one of the best players we have in the squad. I wouldn't like to put too much pressure on him to accelerate the process of rehab, but I hope he can be available as early as possible.' There is still some way to go, but evidence of his return to training will give Spurs supporters a lift as they look ahead to the new season.

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FIGO'S FIFA FURY

'Craven' Infantino MUST go, insists Portugal legend in scathing attack

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By MIKE KEEGAN

Chief Sports Reporter

LUIS FIGO has become the latest huge name in football to demand the resignation of Gianni Infantino as the FIFA president fights to save his job.

In an explosive piece for Daily Mail Sport, which further ramps up the pressure on the under-fire FIFA chief, the Portuguese legend described Infantino's now aborted World Cup sell-off plan as the 'lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested behaviour I have ever witnessed' and a 'grubby, underhand plot'.

Infantino yesterday arrived at FIFA's HQ in Rabat, Morocco, for a crisis meeting, shortly after Figo's broadside was published. The former

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Barcelona and Real Madrid star, who initially backed Infantino in 2015, branded the Swiss a 'relie who should have no part in football's future' and accuses him of 'a litany of abuses'.

He referenced the decision to suspend the ban for USA striker Folarin Balogun after his red card at the World Cup and the half-time show during the final which 'broke the laws of the game'.

Figo writes: 'Infantino has debased the office of FIFA president he promised to elevate. He has lied, deceived and tried to feather his own nest at the expense of the game he is supposed to serve.'

Figo, 53, is viewed as a potential successor to Aleksander Celerin, president of UEFA, which

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Hands up: Mohamed Salah was mobbed as he arrived to join Trabzonspor

Jaissle: I fully believe in Newcastle's ambition

By MICHAEL PAVITT

MATHIAS JAISSLE insisted he believes 'unreservedly' in Newcastle's ambition after he was confirmed as Eddie Howe's successor at St James' Park. The German coach joins from Saudi Pro League side Al Ahli, who he led to Asian Champions League success in 2025 and 2026 and — like Newcastle — are owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Jaissle arrives amid a summer of upheaval at St James' Park, with Howe leaving after five years in charge and several star players departing. Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali have joined Barcelona and Tottenham respectively, and captain Bruno Guimaraes is closing in on a £75million move to Arsenal.

But Jaissle, 38, stressed Newcastle have a 'clear vision'. 'When Newcastle United comes your way, you take notice,' he said. 'The ambition of the club, the vision for the future and the opportunity ahead made this an incredibly compelling place.

'I fully and unreservedly believe in this project, the ambition and the direction the club is taking. There is a clear vision, strong leadership and an exceptional platform to build on.'

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• Ride on the Snaefell Mountain Railway, Manx Electric Railway and the Isle of Man Steam Railway
• Visits to Castletown, Port Erin, Laxey, Ramsey and Peel
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on October 22, 2026 from Manchester.

Little Trains of the Pyrenees

8 days from £1,412* per person

• Selected departures between September 2026 and September 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' three-star half-board accommodation in Roses, Spain, plus a glass of wine at dinner
• Ride the Little Yellow Train to the French Pyrenees
• Discover the stunning Upper Aude Valley on France's Red Train
• Travel on the Nuria Rack Railway and enjoy the views from the Roses Express 'road train'
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on September 2, 2026 from London Stansted.

Little Trains of the Douro

8 days from £1,484* per person

• Selected departures between September 2026 and October 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' four-star half-board accommodation in Guimaraes
• Tours and visits to Guimaraes, cable car ride to Penha Mountain, Barcelos open-air market, Braga, Viana do Castelo, Regua, Porto, Sanctuary of Santa Luzia and Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary
• Douro historical steam train ride along the Douro River from Regua to Pinhao and Tua and a sightseeing ride on Porto's 'little' land train
• Visit to Quinta da Pacheca winery with vineyard tour and wine tasting and visit a Porto wine cellar for a guided tour and two port wine tastings
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on September 19, 2026 from London Stansted.

Swiss Alpine Glories & the GoldenPass Train

8 days from £1,328* per person

• Selected departures between September 2026 and September 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' three-star bed-and-breakfast accommodation in Château-d'Oex, plus five dinners
• Discover medieval gem and cheese-making village Gruyères
• Set off on a scenic excursion to Interlaken and Grindlewald
• Journey on the GoldenPass Express Train to Montreux and Interlaken
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on October 11, 2026 from Manchester.

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• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' four-star bed-and-breakfast accommodation, plus two evening meals
• Tours and visits to Athens, Mycenae, Olympia, Delphi, Nafpaktos and Corinth Canal
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on September 21, 2026 from London Gatwick.

Croatia's Istrian Riviera & Lake Bled

8 days from £1,276* per person

• Selected departures between September 2026 and October 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' four-star half-board accommodation in Lovran or Selce
• Tours and visits to Pula, Rovinj, Lim Fjord, Lake Bled and Plitvice National Park
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on October 11, 2026 from London Gatwick.

Hidden Portugal

8 days from £1,139* per person

• Selected departures between September 2026 and October 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' four-star bed-and-breakfast accommodation in Povoa de Varzim
• Tours and visits to Porto, Barcelos, Braga and Guimaraes
• A visit to one of the city's many famous port wine lodges
• A trip to Vinho Verde vineyards and Ponte de Lima
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on October 4, 2026 from London Luton.

Classic Albania – Land of the Eagle

8 days from £1,036* per person

• Selected departures between September 2026 and October 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' bed-and-breakfast accommodation in Tirana (three), Vlore (one), Sarande (one), Gjirokaster (one) and Berat (one)
• Tours and visits to Tirana, Durres, Vlore, Skanderbeg Museum, Kruje castle, Shkoder, UNESCO-listed Butrint, Gjirokaster, Llogara National Park, Ali Pasha Castle and Sarande
• Day trip to Berat and the Apollonia Archaeological Park with a visit to the Onufri Museum
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on October 2, 2026 from Liverpool.

Timeless Romania – Bucharest & Transylvania

8 days from £1,467* per person

• Selected departures between April and October 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' bed-and-breakfast accommodation in Bucharest (two), Sibiu (two), Sighisoara (one), and Brasov (two), plus three dinners
• Tours and visits of Bucharest and the Palace of Parliament, Sibiu, Cozia Monastery, the villages of Hamba and Biertan, Sighisoara, Brasov, Libearty Bear Sanctuary, Bran Castle, Sinaia and Peles Castle
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• Tours and visits to Seville, Ronda, Alhambra and Cordoba
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on November 27, 2026 from Manchester.

Malta Uncovered

8 days from £1,099* per person

• Selected departures between September 2026 and November 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' four-star to four-star superior half-board accommodation
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• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on November 21, 2026 from London Gatwick.

Helsinki, Tallinn & Riga

8 days from £1,169* per person

• Selected departures between October 2026 and October 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' four-star bed-and-breakfast accommodation, plus three dinners
• Tours and visits to Helsinki, Suomenlinna Fortress, Kadriorg Park, Tallinn and Riga
• Ferry journey from Helsinki to Tallinn
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on October 14, 2026 from London Stansted.

Pompeii, Capri & the Bay of Naples

8 days from £1,499* per person

• Selected departures between September 2026 and November 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' three- or four-star half-board accommodation¹
• Tours and visits to Capri, Sorrento, Pompeii, Amalfi coast and Rufolo Gardens
• Enjoy an authentic farm lunch in the Sorrento countryside
• Escorted by a tour manager

*From price based on October 23, 2026 from London Stansted. ¹Stays at the Michelangelo are on a bed-and-breakfast basis only.

Grand Tour of Lake Como, Milan & the Bernina Express

11 days from £2,399* per person

• Selected departures between September 2026 and October 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Ten nights' three-star to four-star bed-and-breakfast accommodation, plus seven dinners
• Tours and visits of Milan, Monza, private boat trip across Lake Como to visit Villa del Balbianello and Bellagio, St Moritz, Stresa on Lake Maggiore, Isola Bella, Lugano, Villa Carlotta and gardens
• A scenic journey on the Bernina Express
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• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Four nights' five-star full-board river cruise accommodation, plus a free drinks package*
• Tours and visits to Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna
• Services of a cruise director and cruise host

*From price based on November 10, 2026 from London Luton, then on board MS Riviera Radiance.

The Douro, Porto & Salamanca

8 days from £1,899* per person

• Selected departures between November 2026 and November 2027
• Return flights, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' five-star full-board river cruise accommodation, plus a free drinks package**
• Tours and visits to Castelo Rodrigo, Mateus Palace Gardens, Lamego, a flamenco show, Porto with a wine tasting, and a tasting at a typical Portuguese quinta
• Services of a cruise director

*From price based on November 5, 2026 from London Luton, then on board MS Douro Elegance.

Rhine Cruise to Switzerland

8 days from £1,799* per person

• Selected departures between September 2026 and October 2027
• Return flights or Eurostar, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' five-star full-board river cruise accommodation (except one lunch if choosing the full-day excursion), plus a free drinks package**
• Tours and visits to Strasbourg, Koblenz, Rüdesheim and Speyer, a drive through the Black Forest to Freiburg, Lucerne, the Bernese Oberland and Breisach
• Services of a cruise director and cruise host

*From price based on October 24, 2026 from London Heathrow, then on board MS Emily Brontë.

Burgundy, the River Rhône & Provence

8 days from £1,999* per person

• Selected departures between April and October 2027
• Return flights or Eurostar, coach travel and transfers
• Seven nights' five-star full-board river cruise accommodation, plus a free drinks package**
• Tours and visits to Lyon, Beaune, Vienne, wine tasting in Tain-l'Hermitage, Ardèche Gorges, the Grotte de la Madeleine or the Lavender Museum, Arles, Roman history or Van Gogh's life and work in Arles, Pont du Gard, Avignon and the Pope's Palace or Pont Saint-Bénézet and petit train tour of Avignon
• Services of a cruise director and cruise host

*From price based on October 28, 2027 from London Heathrow, then on board MS Thomas Hardy.

Paris, Normandy & Historic Treasures of the Seine

11 days from £3,299* per person

• Selected departures between October 2026 and September 2027
• Return flights or Eurostar, coach travel and transfers
• 10 nights' five-star full-board river cruise accommodation (except one lunch), plus a free drinks package**
• Tours and visits to Paris, Auvers-sur-Oise, Rouen, D-Day Beaches or Taste of Normandy, Honfleur or Étretat, Caudebec with MuséoSeine or Abbey Road, Giverny & Vernon, La Roche-Guyon, Versailles and Paris
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• Return flights, internal flight and transfers
• Three nights' four-star accommodation in Toronto
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16 days from £5,299* per person

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• Four nights' accommodation in Banff (two), Kamloops (one) and Vancouver (one)
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Tokyo, Mount Fuji & Japanese Explorer

17 days from £2,699* per person

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Lake Como, Venice with Venetian & Roman Revelry to Barcelona

15 days from £2,399* per person

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• Three nights' four-star accommodation in Lake Como
• Two nights' four-star accommodation in Venice
• Nine nights' full-board cruise accommodation on board Oceania Sirena, plus complimentary selected wine, beer and champagne or US$400 shore excursion credit, speciality dining, gratuities and unlimited Wi-Fi

PORTS OF CALL: Venice, Italy – Split, Croatia – Kotor, Montenegro – Corfu, Greece – Messina, Sicily – Salerno, Italy – Rome, Italy – Cinque Terre, Italy – Toulon, France – Barcelona, Spain.

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Northbound Asian Allure

19 days from £3,099* per person

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• Return flights and transfers
• Two nights' four-star accommodation in Singapore
• 12 nights' full-board cruise accommodation on board Celebrity Solstice, plus all-inclusive drinks and Wi-Fi
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PORTS OF CALL: Singapore – Ko Samui, Thailand – Bangkok, Thailand (overnight on board) – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam – Hue/Danang, Vietnam – Hanoi, Vietnam (overnight on board) – Hong Kong.

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Cherry Blossom Pathways

16 days from £4,199* per person

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• 10 nights' full-board cruise accommodation on board Oceania Nautica, plus complimentary selected wine, beer and champagne or US$300 shore excursion credit, speciality dining, gratuities and unlimited Wi-Fi

PORTS OF CALL: Tokyo, Japan – Hakodate, Japan – Niigata, Japan – Kanazawa, Japan – Sakaiminato, Japan – Busan, South Korea – Nagasaki, Japan – Shimizu, Japan – Tokyo, Japan.

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Singapore, Sydney & Fjords of New Zealand

19 days from £3,999* per person

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• Two nights' four-star accommodation in Singapore
• Three nights' four-star accommodation in Sydney
• 10 nights' full-board cruise accommodation on board Celebrity Edge, plus all-inclusive drinks and Wi-Fi

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Sri Lanka – Temples, Safari & Beach

14 days from £2,796* per person

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• Tours and visits to Colombo, Dambulla cave temple, Polonnaruwa archaeological site, Kandy's Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Peradeniya's Royal Botanic Gardens, Galle National Museum, Udawalawes' elephant transit home plus a half-day game drive in the Yala National Park
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Japan Unveiled

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Highlights of China with Yangtze Cruise

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Kerala & India's Beautiful South

18 days from £2,329* per person

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