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登山者遗体从山峰被寻回

在军用直升机的支持下，搜救队伍昨日寻回了著名的英籍尼泊尔登山者尼尔马尔·普贾（Nirmal Purja）以及另外三名失踪登山者的遗体。

在一次雪崩卷走一支10人国际远征队近一周后，从博德峰（Broad Peak）寻回的遗体数量增加至七具。

巴基斯坦高山俱乐部表示，此次行动是该山峰上执行的最具技术挑战性的任务之一。

普贾、中国登山者钟王（Zhong Wang）以及尼泊尔人尼玛·谢尔帕（Nima Sherpa）和基鲁·谢尔帕（Kilu Sherpa）的遗体已被运回博德峰大本营。

犯罪

青少年，16, 因£20债务杀害男孩

一名青少年被裁定在海滨小镇火车站因£20的毒品债务谋杀一名16岁男孩。出于法律原因不能透露姓名的16岁凶手，昨日在霍夫刑事法院（Hove Crown Court）被陪审团定罪，其于2025年9月10日在东萨塞克斯郡的西福德（Seaford）刺杀了约书亚·英格拉姆（Joshua Ingram）。

清单

英国人坦白最讨厌的家务

有些家务比其他家务更令人厌恶——在人们试图逃避的工作中，清理烤箱占据首位。英国天然气公司（British Gas）的研究还发现，英国人特别讨厌疏通排水孔、给冷冻柜除霜和熨烫衣服。人们倾向于拖延的工作包括：

1 清理烤箱 - 41% 2 整理杂物抽屉 - 30% 3 给冷冻柜除霜 - 28% 4 熨烫一堆衬衫 - 25% 5 疏通被头发堵塞的淋浴间或排水孔 - 24% 6 清理垃圾桶 - 23% 7 将垃圾运往垃圾填埋场 - 21% 8 为一直被忽视的问题预约全科医生（GP） - 21% 9 从鞋底凹槽中刮除狗屎 - 20% 10 清理水槽 - 20%

法院

家属起诉杀手护士失败

另有六名据称受到连环杀手护士露西·莱西（Lucy Lethy）伤害的婴儿的家属，在试图推翻不进一步起诉她的决定时失败了。今年1月，皇家检控署（Crown Prosecution Service）裁定不会对莱西提起新的刑事指控，因为“未通过证据测试”。

文学

儿童作家必须“更加努力”

儿童作家迈克尔·罗森（Michael Rosen）表示，作家必须“更加努力地创造阅读书籍的特殊乐趣”。罗森在从伦敦开往雷丁的火车上向孩子们朗读了他的《我们要去猎熊》（We're Going on a Bear Hunt），以协助启动大西部铁路公司（Great Western Railway）鼓励儿童在假期阅读的活动。

印度

雷击导致至少14人死亡

在印度矿产资源丰富的东部贾坎德邦（Jharkhand），雷击导致至少14人死亡，这是与年度季风降雨相关的最新死亡事件，季风降雨在该地区其他地方引发了洪水和山体滑坡。警方表示，在该邦的吉里迪县（Giridih district）死亡的10人中，大部分是田间的农场工人。

法院

猎人否认纵容猎犬杀死狐狸

一名首席猎手及其助手否认在博福特公爵（Duke of Beaufort）拥有的庄园内猎杀一只被猎犬追击并杀死的狐狸。

威廉·布赖尔，49, 和米奇·普拉瑟，28, 被指控去年在格洛斯特郡的巴德明顿庄园（Badminton Estate）猎杀该动物。

布里斯托尔治安法院审理的指控涉及12月20日的一起事件，当时一只狐狸在博福特公爵猎队（Duke of Beaufort's Hunt）中被猎犬追击并杀死。

安东尼·塔克，51, 也被指控通过回收并协助处理动物尸体，鼓励实施该犯罪行为。

第3页人物简介

路易斯·斯库皮恩 (LOUIS SKUPIEN)。追求速度感

梦想成真。

一名来自萨默塞特郡的男子在驾驶美国空军 F-16 战斗机突破音障并打破一项记录后，实现了他的《壮志凌云》(Top Gun) 之梦。

来自伊尔明斯特的飞机爱好者路易斯·斯库皮恩被告知，他被认为是首位在加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地驾驶 F-16 实现超音速飞行的英国平民。

这位 24 岁的健身房老板达到了约 1,200 英里 / 小时的速度，并两次突破音障，从 50,000 英尺的高空俯瞰地球。

在结识了一位美国顶尖 Top Gun 飞行小队的前成员后，这位前网球职业选手获得了这次梦幻体验。

令人眩晕的高度……

路易斯说：“我们承受了巨大的 G 力，普通飞机需要 20 分钟才能到达那里，而这架飞机只用了 20 秒。”

“然后我可以驾驶这架喷气式飞机飞行 15 分钟。这简直太不可思议了。”

他补充道：“我当时在想，无论如何，千万不要成为第一个在 F-16 战斗机里呕吐的英国公民！”

从银幕到飞行机器。

路易斯在 2022 年 5 月在电影院观看《壮志凌云》后，重新燃起了童年对飞机的热情。

路易斯在 2022 年通过自己的播客采访了现实生活中的前 Top Gun 飞行员马修·“惠兹”·巴克利 (Matthew "Whiz" Buckley)，随后受邀参加此次飞行，作为一部纪录片的一部分。

《Full Terrible》上个月在 YouTube 上发布，记录了路易斯称其等待了一辈子的高速惊险时刻。

本尼迪克特·加德纳 (Benedict Gardner)

爱尔兰

住房福利计划中的资格问题

据一家住房慈善机构称，6 月份在都柏林或基尔代尔郡 (Co Kildare) 以外的地区，没有可通过福利计划租用的房产。

爱尔兰西蒙社区 (Simon Communities of Ireland) 还发现，在两个月前调查的 16 个地区中，仅有 20 套房产在住房援助支付 (HAP) 计划的限额内可供出租。

HAP 计划是由地方当局向房东支付的社会住房补贴，租户则向当局支付一部分费用。

居民若要使用 HAP，房东的租金必须在相应家庭类型和地方当局区域的限额之内。

报纸支持回收。2024 年英国报纸的再生纸含量为 37.2%。

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星期四 2026 年 8 月 5 日

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电视

“狗狗之父”准备在《Strictly》中大展身手

电视节目主持人兼训犬师格雷姆·霍尔 (Graeme Hall) 是最新公布的英国广播公司 (BBC) One 节目《Strictly Come Dancing》的参赛者。霍尔绰号“狗狗之父”，主持第五频道的节目《Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly》，并在 ITV 的《This Morning》和 BBC 广播中展示其专业知识。

慈善

为家庭捐赠 500,000 管牙膏

高露洁-棕榈立稳 (Colgate-Palmolive) 向由前首相戈登·布朗 (Gordon Brown) 支持的 Multibank 慈善机构捐赠了超过 500,000 管牙膏和个人护理用品。该慈善机构向有需要的家庭提供援助。这些物资将分发到 Multibank 在法夫 (Fife)、斯旺西 (Swansea)、米德尔斯堡 (Middlesbrough)、威根 (Wigan)、伯明翰 (Birmingham) 和伦敦的站点。

意大利

中奖者 100万欧元 奖金从垃圾桶中获救

一名不小心将 100万欧元 (£857,158) 中奖彩票扔进垃圾桶的彩票玩家可能是意大利最幸运的人，因为环卫工人发现了这张票券。该玩家在比通托 (Bitonto) 的一家商店里丢弃了彩票，直到一名亲戚指出他一直投注的号码被抽中后，才意识到自己扔掉了中奖彩票。

法庭

剑桥大学教授在剽窃指控后辞职

作者：Harry Goodwin

一名剑桥大学教授在卷入一场剽窃争议后已辞职。

在剑桥大学表示正在对他进行调查——原因是“关于 Arday 教授的学术资格和荣誉职位的新信息”——之后，Jason Arday 于昨晚离职。

：其最年轻的黑人教授

该学者上周被指控剽窃了他在利物浦约翰摩尔大学博士论文的一部分。他还面临在简历中伪造职业经历的指控，包括声称他在六天内跑了 600 英里，并为慈善机构筹集了 550 万英镑m。

教授教育社会学的 在 2023 年成为了剑桥大学最年轻的黑人教授。

在 Good Law Project 网站的一份声明中， 表示：“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。

“持续不断的指控、猜测和公众评论对我以及我所爱的人造成了深远的影响。”

表示，“结束这一章节的唯一方法就是离开”，并补充道：“这一决定不应被解读为对学术或最初将我带到剑桥的价值观失去了信心。

“也不应被误认为是对围绕我的那些说法的认可。这是一个已经达到了任何一个人在合理预期内所能忍受的极限的人所做的决定。”

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昨天，在伦敦市中心的一家无家可归者中心附近，Covent Garden (柯文特花园) 的捅人事件现场设置了警察警戒线 HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP

犯罪

四名男子被刺，一名女子在伦敦被捕

作者：Stanley Murphy-Johns, Tom Jeffreys 和 Sam Hall

警方表示，昨日在伦敦市中心的 Covent Garden (柯文特花园)，四名男子被刺伤后，一名女子被捕。

在下午早些时候发生的这起事件后，四人被送往创伤中心。

伦敦大都会警察局表示，四名男子（年龄分别为 34, 39, 42 和 52 岁）被发现身中刺伤。

他们被送往医院，其中两人目前受伤，但据信伤势不危及生命且不会导致终身残疾。另外两名受害者已出院。

警方补充称，一名 47 岁的女子因涉嫌持有攻击性武器和袭击被捕。

她被拘留，截至昨晚仍被羁押。

大都会警察局表示，此次刺击事件被认为与心理健康相关，现场缴获了一把剪刀。

伦敦救护车服务中心的一位发言人表示：“我们派遣了一组救护车人员、一名乘坐快速响应车的急救员以及一名事件响应官员。”

“我们还派遣了伦敦航空救护车。我们在现场救治了四名患者，并优先通过公路将他们全部送往一家大型创伤中心。”

警方此前称此次事件中有三人被刺，但随后在一份声明中确认共有四人被发现身中刺伤。

从 High Holborn 到 Endell Street 的 St Mungo's 无家可归者中心之间设立了大规模的警察封锁线，警员在进入大楼前与人们进行了交谈。

42 岁的 Matt Bishop 在封锁线旁边的一家咨询公司工作，他表示看到一名女子与三名警察发生“对峙”，并挥舞着武器。

他补充说，他没有看到刺击过程，但看到那名女子向十字路口跑去，并称她看起来“相当语无伦次”。

负责该地区警务的首席警司 Jason Stewart 表示：“在收到多起报告后，警员在事件发生后几分钟内就做出了响应。”

“虽然调查尚处于早期阶段，但我们希望向社区保证，我们目前认为这是一起孤立的、与心理健康相关的事件。”

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园艺假...

查尔斯国王在苏格兰开始夏季假期，在梅城堡（Castle of Mey）的围墙花园内停在粉色花架前。在庄园期间，他在由已故王太后打造的花园中种植了“国王玫瑰”（The King's Rose）。

这种玫瑰是由 David Austin Roses 在 2025 年推出的条纹品种。按照传统，国王每年 8 月的第一周都会在城堡度过，这与王太后的生日（8 月 4 日）相吻合。CHRIS WATT THE KINDS FOUNDATION / PA

简讯

音乐

现场演出对大多数 50 岁以上人群仍具吸引力

研究显示，现在有五分之一的 50 岁以上人士外出参加活动的时间比 30 年前更多。

一项民意调查发现，在 80 年代末和 90 年代锐舞文化（rave culture）中成长的 X 世代大多数依然活跃，75% 的 50 岁以上人士仍会前往播放现场音乐的场所。

近四成受访者还表示，他们非常希望再次看到自己最喜爱的 80 年代和 90 年代艺人进行现场表演。

Speesavers 的这项调查还发现，27% 的受访者表示现场音乐和夜生活仍是其身份的核心部分，而 22% 的人认为音乐塑造了今天的他们。

野生动物

海鸥归还掉落在铁路上的£10钞票

一名在《哈利·波特》“霍格沃茨”快车上工作的员工在丢失一张£10钞票后，惊讶地发现它被一只海鸥还回来了。

佛罗伦斯·麦克莱恩（Florence Mclean）当时站在高地的马莱格（Mallaig）火车站，不小心将一张钞票掉在了铁轨上。

在掉钱之后，她必须先乘坐前往威廉堡（Fort William）的火车，等她回来时，那张钞票已经不在那里了。

她说：“两周后，我站在站台上，一只海鸥叼着那张£10钞票从我头顶飞过，并落在了我掉钱的同一个地方。”

人物

马勒化身“破坏者”成为角斗士

前橄榄球球星乔·马勒（Joe Marler）成为首位加入热门英国广播公司（BBC）节目《角斗士》（Gladiators）的名人角斗士。

这部受欢迎的游戏节目由父子组合布拉德利·沃尔什（Bradley Walsh）和巴尼·沃尔什（Barney Walsh）主持，参赛者在与被称为“角斗士”的顶尖运动员对决时，其速度、力量、耐力和敏捷性将受到考验。

马勒，36, 将以其化名“破坏者”（Mauler）的身份进入谢菲尔德竞技场，完成他在《角斗士》中的首秀。马勒是首位加入这支顶尖运动员团队的明星。

马勒（见上图）将与阿波罗（Apollo）、彗星（Comet）、钻石（Diamond）和氮气（Nitro）等熟面孔共同亮相。

太空

马斯克 SpaceX 火箭碎片被认为已坠毁在月球上

作者：乔伊·鲁莱特（Joey Roulette）

据信，一块 SpaceX 火箭碎片已坠毁在月球上。

科学家预计，这块自去年起就在太空漂浮的碎片将在昨天清晨高速撞击月球，不过撞击情况尚未得到确认。

该碎片大小相当于一辆校车，它是 SpaceX猎鹰 9, 号（Falcon 9）火箭的第二级，该火箭于去年 1 月将德克萨斯州 Firefly Aerospace 公司的月球着陆器送往月球。

SpaceX 由科技巨头埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）所有。

该火箭主体重 4, 公吨（4,000kg），预计在英国时间上午 7. 35 左右以每小时 5,400 英里（8,690kph）的速度撞击月球。

但没有任何环月飞行器处于能够捕捉到预期

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral en route to the Moon

撞击图像的位置。这件太空垃圾本应激起一团月球尘埃羽流，这团尘埃可能会被阳光照亮，但从地球上用肉眼很难发现。

科学家昨晚正在研究来自美洲望远镜的图像以确认这次坠毁。

SpaceX 表示，这次撞击并非刻意为之。据信该碎片击中了月球西边缘的爱因斯坦陨石坑，那里从地球上经常难以观察到。

通常情况下，第二级火箭部件在将有效载荷推送到轨道上的精确位置后，会重新进入地球大气层并烧毁，或坠入海洋。

但由于 1 月的月球着陆器任务所需的推力比靠近地球的任务更多，火箭的第二级在太空中徘徊，在数千件其他太空碎片中漫无目的地漂浮。

它已经排空了剩余燃料，无法被控制。

直到今年早些时候，天文学家才确定它正处于前往月球的轨迹上。

SpaceX 的 NASA 项目主任朱莉安娜·谢曼（Julianna Scheiman）表示：“本质上，太阳活动和引力的共同作用使其进入了前往月球的路径。”

天文学家比尔·格雷（Bill Gray）表示：“它不会对任何人造成危险，但它确实突显了在处理废弃太空硬件方面某种程度上的粗心。”

太空垃圾撞击月球的情况较为罕见，但包括 2022 年 3 月一次月球测试任务完成后掉落的一块中国碎片。

2009, 年，NASA 故意将一个火箭级撞击月球，以研究撞击激起的月球物质羽流。

足球

指控因凡蒂诺承诺摩洛哥举办决赛以换取支持

作者：Harry Goodwin

据报道，吉安尼·因凡蒂诺已向摩洛哥承诺，如果摩洛哥支持他继续担任国际足联（Fifa）主席，摩洛哥将举办2030年世界杯决赛。

在放弃将世界杯及其他国际足联赛事商业股份出售给私人投资者的计划后，因凡蒂诺面临巨大的辞职压力。

一个由欧洲足球管理机构欧足联（Uefa）领导的全球足球协会联盟，旨在将因凡蒂诺赶下台（imati）。

他于昨天上午在摩洛哥首都拉巴特（Rahat）召集国际足联工作人员举行危机谈判。

摩洛哥将与西班牙和葡萄牙共同举办2030年世界杯。此外，还将有三场比赛在南美洲举行。

据《泰晤士报》（The Times）报道，因凡蒂诺向摩洛哥承诺，如果摩洛哥支持他，该国可以在卡萨布兰卡新建的拥有115,000个座位的哈桑二世体育场举办赛事决赛。

决赛原定于皇家马德里的伯纳乌体育场举行。国际足联表示，关于因凡蒂诺承诺的报道是“虚假且具有误导性的”。

据报道，因凡蒂诺的助手们也一直在试图说服足球界的“传奇人物”支持他。但曾效力于巴塞罗那、皇家马德里和葡萄牙队的受人尊敬的前前锋路易斯·菲戈昨天表示，因凡蒂诺“贬低了国际足联主席这一职位”。

他告诉《每日邮报》（Daily Mail）：“挽救他的尊严已经太晚了，但挽救足球还来得及。”

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6

新闻

经济

拟定在规则范围内借款以资助新基础设施

作者：Adam Forrest

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）的部长们正在考虑增加政府借款的计划，以努力推动住房、交通和能源项目。

这些预算前的提案——每年可筹集 9600 万英镑m ——将利用蕾切尔·里夫斯（Rachel Reeves）担任财政大臣期间对工党财政规则所做的一项微调。

这意味着政府可以将基础设施支出计作“资产”，从而抵消借款成本。这有助于财政部遵守旨在确保日常开支由收入覆盖的规则。

一名接近财政部讨论的消息人士表示，该提案旨在增加借款，以增加英国公共金融机构（简称 PuFins）的投资。

该消息人士表示，额外资金可用于交通项目。然而，任何额外投资都不太可能资助任何北方经济强区铁路（Northern Powerhouse Rail）项目，因为已经承诺了 4000 万英镑m 的公共资金。

通过扩大 PuFins 可用资金，氢能和海上风电等可再生能源项目也可能获得助力。

决心基金会（Resolution Foundation）的高级经济学家埃利奥特·克里斯滕森（Elliott Christensen）共同撰写了一篇论文，呼吁扩大 PuFins 的规模——尤其是最大的此类机构：国家财富基金（National Wealth Fund）。

该智库表示，到 2031 年，国家财富基金每年借款近 9600 万英镑m，将使其与英国在脱欧前通过欧盟投资银行可获得的资金规模一致。

“通过借款为基础设施和其他项目提供资金，将使人们受益并在长期内促进增长，”克里斯滕森说。

“这并不意味着要改变里夫斯设定的现有财政规则。”

这位经济学家补充道，很明显伯纳姆政府希望看到更多“针对住房、交通和能源项目等基础设施的区域性、基于地点的投资”。

北方经济强区伙伴关系（Northern Powerhouse Partnership）首席执行官亨利·穆里森（Henri Murison）表示，由国家财富基金部分资助的曼彻斯特“良好增长基金”（Good Growth Fund）是一个很好的例子，展示了额外资金可能如何被使用。

他说，该基金已帮助资助了更多的巴士、电车站、道路连接、住房和再生项目。

曾非正式地为准备就任首相的伯纳姆提供建议的前财政部部长吉姆·奥尼尔（Jim O'Neill）认为，政府在“借款投资方面可以更加大胆”。

他在 6 月份表示，这可以在无需“撕毁财政规则”或不以“令金融市场恐慌”的方式来实现。

代表社会住房提供者的国家住房联合会（National Housing Federation）的里斯·摩尔（Rhys Moore）表示，额外投资将有助于“启动一场住房建设革命”。他补充道：“我们鼓励政府考虑扩大这一资金来源。”

财政部发言人表示，财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）将在预算案中公布决定，“而不是常规性地对传闻、猜测或提案发表评论”。

额外投资还可能用于住房建设——包括伯纳姆承诺要加速推进的社会住房。

健康

重新引入产科标准

作者：Ella Pickover

卫生大臣表示，作为改善产科护理计划的一部分，将重新引入国家产科标准。

伊薇特·库珀（Yvette Cooper）表示，这些标准将通过患者体验来衡量，并将包括一个用于发出表现不佳信号的早期预警系统。

由瓦莱丽·阿莫斯男爵夫人（Baroness Valerie Amos）领导的一项近期产科护理审查在得出结论认为家庭遭受了 NHS 护理的重复失败后，呼吁紧急改变对待女性和家庭的方式。

在接受《卫报》采访时，库珀表示，这些标准旨在结束护理服务的“邮政编码彩票”（指因地区不同而导致的服务质量差异），并解决产科服务中的种族不平等问题。

她说：“我们一直说 NHS 是关于从摇篮到坟墓的。我想把摇篮重新放回 NHS 的核心位置。”

环境

波兰斯基：让化石燃料公司为消防直升机买单

作者：Will Meakin-Durrant

英格兰和威尔士绿党领袖表示，在英国爆发火灾之后，应强制化石燃料生产商为消防直升机付费。

在昨天的发布会上，扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）发出了这一恳求，并警告称：“我们正面临自第二次世界大战以来这个国家所面临的最大威胁。”

他还敦促首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）要“诚实、勇敢”，并阻止在北海进行新的油气钻探，包括在苏格兰海岸外的 Jackdaw 和 Rosebank 油田。

在伦敦市中心，英国广播公司《春季观察》（Springwatch）节目主持人克里斯·帕克汉姆（Chris Packham）与他一同登台，帕克汉姆呼吁政策制定者将“不负责任的新闻报道定为犯罪”，并建立一套野火预警系统。

最近几周，英国境内爆发了多起野火，包括萨福克郡的 Dunwich Heath、怀特岛的 Headon Warren、南威尔士 Rhondda Valleys 的 Llanwonsa 以及苏格兰的 Cairn-

克里斯·帕克汉姆呼吁建立野火预警系统

gorms 国家公园的大规模火灾。波兰斯基表示，部长们“没有提供任何紧急简报，没有新计划，而且关于政府将如何保护人们免受此次危机影响的细节也少之又少”。

他警告称，“破坏的规模之大令人难以想象”，但补充道：“我们需要正视它，因为这仅仅是未来将要发生的事情的一个预演。”

“我们需要一个强有力的野火预防战略，以及一个拥有足够资源在火灾发生时进行应对的消防部门。”

“而且这必须包括消防直升机……绝不能再次看到需要慈善机构介入并签约私人公司来协助灭火这种令人震惊的景象。”

“而这一切都应该通过向那些从助长这些地狱之火中获利的化石燃料巨头征税来提供资金。”

据认为，英格兰没有任何一家消防救援服务机构能够直接使用消防飞机。

国家消防酋长委员会主席菲尔·加里根（Phil Garrigan）此前曾表示，他支持“对专业野火应对能力的投资，包括空中灭火支持”。

帕克汉姆说：“是否有一个公共福利系统能在有野火风险时告知民众？”

“有的。消防救援服务部门可以使用，但公众无法使用，因为该系统被认为不可靠。”

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西部 1-33

观点 18-32

电视 34-31

生活 34-37

文化 38-41

电影 42-45

体育 50-56

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7

保守党

前新纳粹分子撤回议会候选资格

作者：Christopher McKeon, David Hughes 和 Will Meakin-Durrant

曾被保守党选中参加明年议会选举的前反犹主义者 Joshua Bonehill-Paine 已撤回其候选资格。

Bonehill-Paine 表示，他需要“向犹太社区展示我对之前行为的多么后悔”。

保守党党魁 Kemi Badenoch（插图）表示，她很“遗憾”Bonehill-Paine “无法获得解释其立场并代表其社区的空间”。

她补充说，他现在将与保守党合作应对激进化问题。

她表示：“如果我们想要停止极端主义和反犹主义，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。

“对他们进行围攻并试图让他们被‘取消’可能是其他政党的娱乐，但这是一个不同的保守党。”

Bonehill-Paine 被选中参加明年 5 月萨默塞特郡 Crewkerne South 選區的竞选，引发了犹太团体和反对党政治家的猛烈批评。

英国犹太人代表委员会（Board of Deputies of British Jews）和犹太领导委员会（Jewish Leadership Council）呼吁该党改变方向，而工党贵族议员 Baroness Berger 表示，他不应该在“公共生活中担任任何角色”。

Bonehill-Paine 在 2016 年因被判定对犹太人 Lady Berger 实施种族加重骚扰而被监禁。

他此前曾因制作一份新纳粹集会广告而被监禁，该广告配有纳粹集中营奥斯威辛的图片，并承诺将是“绝对的快感（an absolute gas）”。

他随后为其过去的违法行为道歉，并表示他致力于“挑战英国犹太人继续面临的仇恨浪潮”。

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评论

米利班德可能很快会后悔对特朗普“种族主义”的评论

Simon Marks

随着埃德·米利班德抵达华盛顿，准备与马可·鲁比奥进行首次会晤，很明显，这位英国外交大臣处于不利地位。

毕竟，特朗普政府已经明确表示，在首相安迪·伯纳姆的领导下，米利班德并非美国总统心仪的外交部负责人。一名在特朗普相关智库工作的人员最近告诉《i报》，米利班德是一个“零理智的极端分子”，在“华盛顿因所有错误的原因而闻名”。

这些原因无疑包括米利班德在 2016 年称唐纳德·特朗普为“种族主义者、厌女者、自认的摸胸者”，美国驻英大使沃伦·斯蒂芬斯最近将这一说法描述为“错误的”。斯蒂芬斯大概也认为，副总统 JD 范斯在一次称特朗普为“愤世嫉俗的混蛋”、“可鄙”且在一段泄露的对话中将其比作阿道夫·希特勒时，同样是受到了误导。

米利班德后来表示，特朗普“降低了愚蠢的门槛”。虽然特朗普似乎已经原谅了范斯，但他不太可能同样原谅米利班德，这增加了此次首次会晤前的紧张局势，而此次会晤表面上是为了讨论加沙、伊朗和乌克兰问题。

英国此前曾成功地度过这些险滩。前外交大臣大卫·拉米（插图）曾称特朗普为“暴君”和“厌女、同情新纳粹的社会病态者”。随后，他与鲁比奥就广泛问题进行了被后者描述为“富有成效”的对话，去年夏天甚至还带范斯在切文宁去飞钓。

事实上，当米利班德走进国务院的大门时，鲁比奥才应该是那个感到羞愧且处于

特朗普的 MAGA 世界中的一些人无疑将米利班德视为极左翼的bogeyman（令人恐惧之物）

防御状态的人。在德黑兰实际上封锁了通过霍尔木兹海峡的国际航运后，特朗普对伊朗的战争严重损害了英国经济。会计师事务所 EY 本周预测，除非该关键水道恢复正常交通，否则英国的通货膨胀率到今年年底将达到 6.4%。

EY 还警告称，2027 年即将出现经济衰退，这将抹杀财政大臣约翰·希利增长英国经济的任何希望。它预测，如果该海峡在明年年中之前保持关闭，英国经济将在 2027 年萎缩 0.2%。

在正常时期，米利班德会充满自信地进入。而就目前情况而言，考虑到如果特朗普不喜欢他所看到的，可能会在社交媒体上发表看法，他可能需要带着悔意，或者至少对美国总统说一些温和的话。鲁比奥会意识到，美国严重依赖伯纳姆继续允许美国军机从英国基地起飞，以便对伊朗进行轰炸袭击。

米利班德任何关于英国将撤回此项支持的暗示都将毫无效果，或者就像一枚卡住的导弹一样。米利班德在这一并不那么“特殊”的关系的关键时刻抵达。

乌克兰也将被列入议程，鲁比奥很可能会就伯纳姆为斯塔默政府处理加沙问题所做的道歉寻求明确答复，并要求解释英国应对该危机的新方案可能包含什么。

特朗普的 MAGA 世界中的一些人无疑将米利班德视为极左翼的bogeyman，是一个需要被教训的人。这确实可能是特朗普本人的观点。但鲁比奥更有可能将这位外交大臣视为一名可以进行严肃对话的同行专业人士。

2016年12月，在特朗普准备首次就职时，米利班德将这位候任总统描述为“保护主义与旧有的下渗效应减税公式的古怪结合，而正是后者最初让我们陷入了许多混乱之中”。如今，这些评论具有了新的现实意义。这可能也是外交大臣在与鲁比奥讨论时会再次提及的主题。通过攻击伊朗，特朗普已经威胁到英国经济未来的严重后果。

这次会晤可能至关重要，但对于米利班德来说，十年前发表的过往言论可能会起到决定性作用。他只能希望以皮肤薄（极其敏感）而闻名的特朗普能够对此不予计较。

监狱

被谋杀警员所属警队考虑采取法律行动

作者：Harry Taylor

PC Andrew Harper 原所属警队正考虑加入针对政府的潜在法律行动，与此同时，其遗孀支持一项旨在阻止其凶手提前出狱的请愿书。

Lissie Harper 描述称，得知 Jessie Cole 和 Albert Bowers 将作为 10 月启动的一项计划的一部分而被释放的决定，让她感觉像是“被重击了腹部”。

泰晤士河谷警察局局长 Jason Hogg 表示，他正在就该警队是否能加入由当地警察联合会提出的法律挑战寻求法律建议，以防止凶手作为解决监狱过度拥挤计划的一部分而被释放。

Cole 和 Bowers 在 2019 年 PC Harper 死亡后，于 2020 年被判定犯有过失杀人罪，他们仍有资格在 13 年刑期的半程后获释。

截至目前，已有超过 230,000 人签署了昨天发起的请愿书，要求政府将凶手继续关押在监狱中。

Harper 女士表示：“政府重击了我们的腹部……他们应该为自己感到羞愧。”

“希望我们能让政府清醒过来，意识到我们不能让这样的人重新回到我们的街道上。”

“正义就应该意味着正义，并且执行所判的刑期。”

泰晤士河谷警察联合会主席 Aileen O’Connor 表示，释放 Cole 和 Bowers 将使该地区的在职警员感到愤怒和沮丧。

她在《太阳报》中写道：“我们将通过由 KC（御用大律师）、出庭律师等专业人士发起的正式法律挑战，采取一切手段应对此事。我们的同事绝不会接受除此之外的任何结果。”

“这是来自政治家的最终背叛，而他们本应站在我们这一边。”

司法部长 Jake Richards 表示，凶手仍将适用提前释放计划。

他说：“我理解广大警察，尤其是该警队在经历 PC Andrew Harper 那起可怕事件后的强烈情感。”

Andrew Harper 与妻子 Lissie 的合影，后者表示“正义就应该意味着正义”

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8

新闻

政治

恢复党与改革党达成协议的可能性不大，因为“法拉奇根本不可信”

内部人士坚称，积怨将阻碍竞争对手的领导人在长期内统一

周日，鲁珀特·洛夫坐在客厅里，盯着摄像机镜头，向他曾经的上司、如今已成为死对头的奈杰尔·法拉奇提出了一个大胆的提议。

“奈杰尔，我的信息很简单，”这位恢复党 (Restore) 领导人在 X 上的一段视频中说道，该视频已获得 459 万 次观看。“如果你准备围绕严肃的政策、严肃的改革和严肃的政府共同努力，那么我们也准备好了。”

此前，他领导的新兴政党在曼彻斯特市长选举中再次表现超出预期，获得了 9% 的选票。

这不足以让一个统一的极右翼政党击败工党，但足以在总选举中对英国改革党造成严重损害。

一天后，奈杰尔·法拉奇（插图）给出了回应。“如果这是一个协议的提议，那么它的提出方式非常不寻常，”他说。“我可能以开放的心态对此做出了回应，但我绝对不会抛弃那些我认为是盟友且是重要资产的人。”

简而言之，并没有急于进入谈判，但门似乎留了一道缝。

尽管有这些接触，英国改革党和恢复党的内部人士都认为，法拉奇和洛夫之间的积怨将阻碍他们在长期内统一。

在英国改革党内部，人们认为洛夫公开提出提议是为了让法拉奇难堪并诱导其拒绝。

一名英国改革党的议员表示：“如果真的有任何形式的接触，那应该是私下进行的，最初通常是通过中间人进行的。”

虽然洛夫在视频中表示他正在“伸出橄榄枝”，但该议员表示，这更像是“伸出拳头在打人”。

许多改革党成员认为，他过于在意自己的公众形象，以至于无法容忍让他的恢复党队伍退场或追随法拉奇。

“他当然不会这么做，”一名英国改革党高级消息人士说。“他的自尊心不允许他这么做。”

双方在移民问题上的共识掩盖了其他领域的分歧，英国改革党的内部人士认为洛夫在视频中提到的许多项目过于极端。

洛夫要求“禁止清真和犹太洁食屠宰”。

他还表示希望就死刑举行全民公投。

洛夫点名了几名被关押在英国监狱中的罪犯。“让这些怪物以及像他们一样的数百人活着毫无意义，”他说。

追溯执行死刑的前景，即使对于一些改革党成员来说也太过分了。该英国改革党高级消息人士说：“他实际上指名道姓地列出了这些人。而且是追溯执行。”

就恢复党而言，内部人士同样对达成协议的可行性持怀疑态度，许多人认为英国改革党不可信，并且在实施他们认为国家需要的强硬政策时畏首畏尾。

一名恢复党消息人士表示：“很多改革党选民和恢复党选民的想法是一样的，但我们的许多支持者认为，我们才是真正能兑现这些承诺的人……改革党淡化了他们的政策。”

在对待法拉奇时，这种敌意尤为明显。“我根本不信任奈杰尔，”该恢复党消息人士说。“奈杰尔只为自己考虑。我相信法拉奇剩下的时间不多了。我认为克拉克顿将举行第二次补选，而他会决定不想麻烦，然后消失在美利坚。”

然而，一名接近英国改革党高级领导层的人士表示，虽然恢复党高层的“自尊心”是一个障碍，但希望随着时间的推移，洛夫能变得“更容易接受高级别合作”。

“合作的方式有很多——不仅仅是正式的协议。”

记者：Will Hazell, Kitty Donaldson 和 Adam Forrest

改革党 (REFORM)

克莱克顿的人们对法拉格的真实看法……

在阳光明媚的海滨小镇克莱克顿-昂-希（Clacton-on-Sea），码头、海滩和游戏厅里挤满了当地居民和度假者，他们手里拿着滴落的冰淇淋锥，怀抱着一大盘鱼薯。

进一步走进这座埃塞克斯郡城镇的住宅区，许多房屋外挂着英国国旗和圣乔治十字旗，其中一些还贴着写有“我支持奈杰（I'm with Nigel）”的标语牌。

停下脚步，与坐在阳光下享受清爽海风的当地人聊天，人们非常乐意谈论即将到来的补选、奈杰·法拉格，以及他最关注的话题之一：小型船只。

本周，法拉格进一步强化了

在这座阳光明媚的小镇，补选前的氛围是否已冷下来？ 作者：克莱尔·沃尔什 (Clare Walsh)

他的计划：如果英国改革党进入政府，将部署皇家海军将小型船只遣返回法国。

“两周之内，将不再有船只，”法拉格告诉记者。

长期以来，这一直是改革党选民的热门话题，但今年的数据——到目前为止——实际上比前两年要低。

根据移民观察站（Migration Observatory）的数据，截至5月底，小型船只跨境人数比2025年同期下降了13%。

• 但这种减少是否传达到了克莱克顿的选民心中？他们对法拉格这个心头话题的真实看法是什么？

82, 岁的詹姆斯·格雷（James Gray）自1957. 年青少年时期起就住在克莱克顿。他自称为“一个支持奈杰的人”。

詹姆斯说，自从53年前开理发店以来，他见证了这座城镇的巨大变化，现在他将非法移民视为国家面临的最重要问题之一。

“我坦然接受这是一个

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多民族、多种族国家。但问题在于所有那些乘坐小型橡皮船过来的人。”

“我们根本不知道他们到底是谁。我投票给改革党，”他补充道。

这位理发师表示，除了国民医疗服务体系（NHS），小型船只危机是他此次补选的主要关注点——并且改革党在此问题上的强硬立场令人信服。

另一位当地人，44岁的乔恩（Jon）表示，他欢迎改革党提出引入皇家海军以示威慑的方案。

乔恩和本文中的其他一些人一样，为了能坦诚地表达观点，拒绝提供姓氏。

“我认为这是值得的，因为我认为这个国家的非法移民是第一大问题，”他说道，并声称：“有些移民群体并不在意融入当地。”

专家表示，改革党的计划将使海军脱离其核心军事职责，危及生命，并且

如果你拥有更好的经济环境，我认为人们不会在意移民问题

可能违反国际法和海事法。

尽管如此，改革党的论点引起了选民的共鸣——包括克莱克顿以外的选民。

66, 岁的亚德里安（Adrian）从东伦敦的家中来此度假，他认为现在的政治是“正义对抗邪恶”。

“全部都关乎非法移民。这其实很明显。老实说，我们已经满负荷了。”

“所有这些未经审查的人都在进来。我们怎么知道他们要去哪里？”他补充道。

他与58, 岁的朋友雪莉（Shelly）在海滨享用鱼薯，并表示：“我们骨子里没有种族主义……那些想要摧毁这个国家的人才是问题所在。”

并非镇上的每个人都将非法移民视为最重要的话题。

克莱克顿是全国经济活动最糟糕的地区之一，大约 47% 的居民没有工作。

同样位于法拉格选区的邻近地区杰威克（Jaywick），被列为英国最贫困地区之一。

批评者认为，糟糕的经济状况意味着改革党关于移民抢夺工作和福利的说法，对这里的一些选民来说具有特别的吸引力。

50, 岁的彼得·霍尔（Peter Hoare）自2008年起一直住在克莱克顿-昂-希。

作为一名终身支持工党的选民，霍尔表示对他来说最紧迫的问题是当地经济。

他对法拉奇作为国会议员的表现并不满意，称需要采取更多措施来振兴该镇陷入困境的商业街。

“通常在一年中的这个时候，这里到处都是游客。这关系到能否赚到足够的钱以维持我们全年的生活，”他说。

“但今年的旅游热潮比以往任何时候都更没有出现。今年这里就像一座鬼城。企业将会倒闭。”

44岁的罗布认为，生活成本危机被归咎于移民是出于某种潜在的政治动机。

“移民是一个问题，”他说。“但国民医疗服务体系（NHS）和道路也是问题。对我来说，最主要的是经济。

“如果你和真实的人交谈，他们会告诉你生活成本是最糟糕的事情。但他们想把生活成本归咎于移民。

“如果你拥有一个更好的经济环境，每个人都有工作，我认为人们不会在意移民问题。”

无论他们对移民问题的立场如何，无论对经济以及他们那位备受争议的国会议员怎么看，居民们拥有一个共同的信念：法拉奇将赢得这场补选。

对于像彼得和罗布这样的批评者来说，最好的希望是他获得的支持率可能会比他在2024年大选中获得的46%得票率有所下降。

他们都深信，法拉奇的个人人气以及小船危机这一热门话题，几乎保证了英国改革党的胜利。

“问题在于，在这一带，每个人都把他视为神王，”罗布说。

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放手吧，安德森：首相也值得休假

彼得·卡德韦尔 (Peter Cardwell)

英格兰和威尔士的陛下大法官出现在我的手机屏幕上。他并不在议会某个古老的区域，身着传统长袍和礼仪假发，专业地阐述着某个晦涩的法律要点。相反，尊敬的罗伯特·巴克兰 (Sir Robert Buckland) KC 议员正从佛罗里达州迪士尼世界的米老鼠剧院打来电话，他穿着短裤和 T 恤，手拿一杯饮料，在与潮湿的天气英勇搏斗。

罗伯特的妻子和两个青少年孩子耐心地等待电话结束，以便他们能回到旋转茶杯项目上。事实证明，这是年度假期中众多干扰之一，而这次假期最终因为一场如今已湮没在时间长河中的政治危机而被迫缩短。

正如罗伯特在担任内阁大臣之初几天内所发现的那样，政府成员永远无法真正地休假。几天后，鲍里斯·约翰逊的幕僚长多米尼克·库明斯 (Dominic Cummings) 告诉我们这些因 2019 年选举活动的残酷而疲惫不堪的特别顾问，那个夏天我们要取消所有假期。上帝保佑，千万不要让威斯敏斯特的任何人，尤其是新政府中的人，休息。

就像每年夏天太阳升起一样，批评之声也随之而来。现在，英国改革党议员李·安德森 (Lee Anderson) 正在猛烈抨击首相安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham)，因为他竟敢与家人一起去“逍遥”。“上任两周，安迪·伯纳姆就已经够了，”安德森雷鸣般地吼道，“在放弃了一系列缺乏资金支持的承诺，并监督了超过 2,000 名非法移民潜入我国之后，他就跑去国外逍遥了。这不是一个认真领导国家的首相。”

我曾与一些严重的工作狂政治家共事过。前首相里希·苏纳克 (Rishi Sunak) 在担任财政大臣时，会在周日早上 8.30 召集他的顾问和官员开会。我的前上司之一经常在午夜后打电话。外交大臣多米尼克·拉布 (Dominic Raab) 同样是个工作狂，他将这种对工作的执着延伸到了生活的其他方面，在日程表上划出了一块神圣不可侵犯、不可移动的“健身时间”，并严令员工绝不能更改。我不确定这些是否让他们在治理国家方面变得更出色。

是的，首相在唐宁街才待了几个星期，或许他在这个早期时间点选择休假确实有些奇怪。但现在也是夏天，议会处于休会期，而且伯纳姆——无论你是否同意他宣布的内容——已经提出了一系列政策。

玛格丽特·撒切尔 (Margaret Thatcher) 以讨厌休假而闻名，且是在被迫的情况下才休假。她还能在极少睡眠的情况下生存。特蕾莎·梅 (Theresa May) 每年都会在瑞士进行同样的徒步旅行。哈罗德·威尔逊 (Harold Wilson) 则在他心爱的

当危机发展时，政治家确实应该缩短假期

哈罗德·威尔逊在西利群岛的航行让他更接地气

西利群岛 (Isles of Scilly) 附近航行，这让他深受公众喜爱，显得更接地气。

是的，当危机发展时，政治家确实应该缩短假期。前述的拉布在五年前塔利班向喀布尔推进时担任外交大臣。他在随后的采访中承认，“事后看来”，他应该更早地结束在国外的家庭假期返回英国。他的对手指责他在喀布尔陷落时在“海滩上混日子”，在危机面前玩起桨板冲浪。拉布否认了这一点，称他不可能在玩桨板冲浪，因为“海域关闭了”。

事实是，高级政治人物——我曾作为四个部门中四位政治人物的特别顾问近距离观察过他们——的生活极其繁忙且要求极高。无论他们是否擅长治理，无论他们是否为人友善，面临的要求都是巨大的。他们在友谊、家庭时间、爱好和私人生活方面做出了牺牲——我记得有一位工党议员告诉我：“我不能在 Sainsbury's 超市里和我的男朋友吵架，因为有人会把它拍下来并传到网上。”

他们的孩子会闹脾气，他们有财务上的担忧，他们与配偶争吵，并且像我们所有人一样会有糟糕的日子。我们对他们施加的审视让优秀的人打消了进入政坛的念头，而因为政治人物去度假就对他们进行谩骂，并不能帮我们选出正确的政治人物；这只会威慑优秀的人。

是的，有比当政治人物更艰苦的工作——他们不是整天站立的护士，不是黎明时分就起床撒肥的农民，也不是拿着最低工资从事照顾老人这一艰巨工作的护理员。

所以，也许这听起来像是在无谓地同情，但政治人物也值得休息。这甚至可能让他们在工作中表现得更好。而这对我们所有人都有好处。

彼得·卡德韦尔 (Peter Cardwell) 是 Talk 的一名主持人，也是《特别顾问的秘密生活》(The Secret Life of Special Advisers) 的作者。他的第二本书《政治动物》(Political Animals) 将于 9 月 1 日出版平装本。

爱泼斯坦 (EPSTEIN)

伯纳姆不考虑举行公开调查

作者：Christopher McKeon, Josh Payne 和 John Besley

尽管有说法称政府正在“研究”举行公开调查，但安迪·伯纳姆并未在积极考虑针对恋童癖金融家杰弗里·爱泼斯坦在英国的行为进行公开调查。

受害者事务大臣亚历克斯·戴维斯-琼斯在周二晚上暗示，举行调查是一种可能性，并补充说首相已同意

会见爱泼斯坦的受害者，并且正“非常严肃地对待此事”。

但司法部 (MoJ) 的一名发言人昨天表示，虽然该部门正在“审查可行方案”并将“研究所有支持受害者的选项”，但公开调查“并未被积极考虑”。

司法部发言人表示：“我们的心与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的受害者们在一起，他们幸存于毁灭性的创伤之中。”

“正如戴维斯-琼斯大臣所说，我们正在审查可行方案，并将研究所有支持受害者和幸存者的选项。”

“首相致力于会见受害者，但公开调查并未被积极考虑。”

爱泼斯坦幸存者丽莎·菲利普斯告诉英国广播公司 (BBC) 网站，她希望与伯纳姆的会面能标志着“一个新篇章的开始，一个幸存者能被倾听的篇章”。

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学校将获得目标，严厉打击“周五居家”现象

独家报道

作者：Connie Dimsdale

政治记者

为了应对过去一个学年课堂出勤率令人担忧的下降情况，学校将被赋予量身定制的改进目标，其中学生在周五居家的情况尤为显著。

教育部长保罗·沃夫在为《i报》撰写的独家文章中表示，最新数据显示，尽管英国教育部 (DfE) 为提高学校出勤率做出了共同努力，但“进展已经放缓”。

疾病、因屏幕时间导致睡眠不足以及社交媒体欺凌被认为是导致这一现象的原因。

这位罗奇代尔的工党议员表示，政府还将调查为什么周五因病缺勤的人数激增了近四分之一，使得一周的结尾成为“出勤率的一个特别薄弱环节”。

沃夫还要求官员们考虑如何在今年冬天之前“加强”儿童流感疫苗接种计划，因为小学的接种率尚未恢复到疫情前的水平。

与此同时，今天公布的数据预计将显示学校出勤率出现令人担忧的下降，所有学校的缺勤率从 2024-25 学年的 6.78% 增加到 2025-26 年的 6.88%。如今的数据仍远高于 2018-19 年仅 4.73% 的疫情前基准线。

沃夫将此归咎于“异常早的冬季流感季”，以及随后的“干扰全国学习的极端高温”，并表示这些事件对“出勤率产生了真实影响”。

在 6 月份那场导致英格兰和威尔士数百所学校关闭的破纪录热浪之前，今年至今的整体缺勤率为 6.68% —— 略低于去年。

尽管基尔·斯塔默爵士政府采取了一系列措施以确保儿童留在课堂，包括在小学设立全民免费早餐俱乐部、在学校提供更多心理健康支持，以及更新法定指南以打击远程学习，但出勤率依然在下降。

前教育大臣布里奇特·菲利普森还宣布，将设立新的个人最低出勤率改进目标，这些目标将由人工智能根据学校的具体情况（包括地理位置、学生需求和贫困程度）来设定。

但随着最新的英国教育部 (DfE) 数据显示学生参与度趋于平缓，由首相安迪·伯纳姆任命为部长的沃夫表示，政府必须通过“提高预期，为每所学校设定一个明确的改进目标”来进一步采取行动。

他补充道：“每个目标都将尊重当地的挑战，同时明确每所学校在帮助提高出勤率方面都发挥作用。”

部长们将在今年正式在所有学校推广这些目标，未能达成目标的学校首先将获得来自“出勤与行为中心”的支持。

目前，还没有计划让缺勤率顽固的学校接受 Ofsted 的干预，但官员将监控推广情况，并在必要时调整方案。

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每个学生到校就读的每一天都至关重要

保罗·沃夫

得益于学校工作人员以及整个教育部门许多人的卓越工作，我们在去年的出勤目标方面取得了重大进展。但今天的出勤数据表明，过去一年的进展已经放缓。

当然，背景情况很重要。今年，学校不得不应对异常早到的冬季流感季，随后又是干扰全国学习的极端高温。这些事件对出勤率产生了真实影响。

然而，虽然短期影响带来的某些干扰可能是不可避免的，但在校门之外还有更大的因素需要我们去解决，以帮助增加到校就读的儿童人数。

数据中最有趣的异常现象之一是，周五因病缺勤的人数增加了近四分之一。不同学校呈现出不同的模式，因此我们正在不断改进提供给学校的数据，以便他们能够观察到自己是否比同类学校在这一问题上受影响更严重。

有可能在学生整体对学校参与度较低的情况下，周五正成为出勤的一个特别薄弱点。我们正在鼓励学校分享创新策略，例如在周五开设有趣的俱乐部和丰富活动，以便每个孩子在整个周结束前都能保持参与感。

归根结底，在学校的每一天都至关重要。此外还有许多其他问题：屏幕对睡眠的影响；与社交媒体使用相关的欺凌；特殊教育需求儿童人数的增加，以及我们如何创建一个真正包容的教育体系。

我们需要解决缺勤的最大原因之一：疾病。我已经指示我的官员研究如何在今年冬季之前，加强学校和教育部门对儿童流感疫苗接种计划中医疗系统的支持。我们将推出最新的数据工具，为学校提供细化到单个学生的洞察，以便更早地发现问题。并且我们将提高预期，为每所学校设定一个明确的改进目标。

世界已经改变。学校和家庭面临着前几代人所没有的压力。我们必须适应这些现实。

但不能改变的是我们的雄心，或是我们给每个孩子提供最佳人生起点的道德使命。每一个缺课日都是一次错失的机会。

保罗·沃夫于7月22日被安迪·伯纳姆任命为教育部长。在2024年成为国会议员之前，他曾是一名政治记者，并在包括《i报》在内的多家刊物工作。

健康

女性使用HRT的人数在五年内翻倍

作者：Ella Pichover

数据显示，在英格兰，因绝经症状接受激素治疗的女性人数在过去五年中增加了一倍多，达到了创纪录水平。

根据NHS商业服务管理局 (NHSBSA) 的数据，2025-26年度有200万名40岁及以上的女性被开具了激素替代疗法 (HRT) 处方，是2020-21年度接受HRT的80万人的两倍多。

卫生官员表示，这一增长“反映了对绝经护理日益增长的需求以及对治疗方案意识的提高”。

50至54岁的女性最有可能被开具HRT处方，但NHSBSA表示，“近期最强劲的增长”出现在40至49岁的女性中。

在2025-26年度，HRT贴片、凝胶和喷雾是最常用的雌激素HRT处方。

NHSBSA补充道，数据还显示，与富裕同龄人相比，居住在较贫困社区的女性接受HRT的可能性较低。

心理健康

新中心即将开业，服务将“更贴近家门”

作者：Ella Pichover

政府宣布，将在英格兰各地的图书馆、银行和其他商业街地点开设一批新的心理健康中心，以便让人们能够“更早地在离家更近的地方获得支持”。

官员们还宣布，更多处于心理健康危机中的人们将在专门的心理健康急诊部门获得专业护理，而无需在繁忙的急诊室（A&E）等待。

首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）表示，对于数千名等待“数月”才获得帮助的人来说，这些新中心将成为他们的“生命线”。

卫生和社会护理部表示，将在这次“一代人以来最大规模的心理健康服务重新设计”中，设立 100 个新的社区心理健康中心和 59 个专门的心理健康急诊部门。

这些中心将提供无需转诊即可就诊的随到随诊支持。

与此同时，额外的心理健康急诊部门将为处于危机中、身体状况良好且不需要在急诊室接受治疗的人员提供当日支持。

伯纳姆表示：“它们将使 NHS 服务更贴近家门，让获得支持变得更加容易。”

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盲马 Milo 拥有“马感”

一匹盲马仍在参加盛装舞步比赛——这要归功于他超强的听力以及类似“brullis”的训练。

Milo 是一匹 15 岁的阿帕卢萨马，在 13 岁时因患上葡萄膜炎（一种严重的眼疾）而失明。

他从 4 岁起就开始参加表演赛和盛装舞步比赛，在失去视力之前的连续 8 年里，他曾在温莎皇家展（Royal Windsor Show）中连续获得第一名。

但失明并没有阻止他参赛，在重返竞技表演赛后，他甚至赢得了几次胜利。

在今年参加了 5 场表演赛后，Milo 被认为是世界上唯一一匹成功的盲马。

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公共事业

肯特郡居民被告知应缩短淋浴时间

作者：Harry Goodwin

由于饮用水短缺，肯特郡三个城镇的居民被告知淋浴时间应控制在两分钟内，并停止使用洗碗机。

东南水务公司（South East Water）的一位发言人昨天表示，查林（Charing）、惠特斯塔布尔（Whitstable）和赫恩湾（Herne Bay）的储水箱处于“极低”水平。

该公司表示，近期热浪期间对饮用水的高需求导致储水箱枯竭。

居民被告知仍可将自来水用于饮用、烹饪和卫生。

但他们被敦促手动清洗餐具和衣物，并“将淋浴运行时间缩短至仅两分钟，在涂抹沐浴露时关闭水龙头”。

上周，由于镇上的一根大管道破裂，汤布里奇（Tonbridge）的数千户家庭也失去了用水。

上个月，肯特郡全境 7,000 多处房产面临类似的饮用水存储问题。该郡数百户家庭在 5 月份曾一度断水。

环境

为什么更多水务公司高管没有面临刑事指控

揭露污水危机的举报人接受了 Lucie Heath 的采访

一名曾协助揭露污水危机的前雇员表示，环境署 (EA) 对前 Southern Water 首席执行官的起诉是为了“宣传”，不足以解决当前的违规行为。

前 Southern Water 负责人 Matthew Wright 及其前同事 Philip Barker、Clive Massey 和 Mark Gregory 正面临刑事指控，指控称他们在 2012 年 1 月至 2017 年 12 月期间，通过伪造处理厂的废水数据共谋欺骗环境署。

此案标志着水务公司 CEO 首次被环境署亲自起诉。这被誉为该监管机构的转折点，此前该机构因未能采取足够措施防止公司将污水排入水道而受到严重批评。

然而，今年早些时候离开环境署的举报人 Robert Forrester 告诉《i报》，他认为此案是为了“良好的宣传”，并指责他的前雇主在“掩人耳目”。

他说：“他们需要一个震撼的头条新闻，以证明他们在环境保护方面仍然是一个相关的组织，并在一定程度上证明其公正性。”

Forrester 在环境署工作了 20 多年，作为监管机构内部的举报人，他是公开揭露污水危机程度的关键人物。今年早些时候，他在 Channel 4 的纪录剧集《Dirty Business》中公开了身份。

他反对环境署正在严肃处理污染丑闻的说法，并且

他质疑为什么监管机构在涉嫌事件发生十年后才对高管采取行动

Matthew Wright（左）正被起诉；Robert Forrester（右）揭露了污水危机

质疑为什么监管机构在涉嫌事件发生十年后才对 Southern Water 的高管采取行动。

他说：“必须提出这样一个问题：你们当时是否掌握这些信息？如果当时把一名 CEO 关进监狱，是否会让所有人循规蹈矩？我们是否还会处于现在的境地？”

环境署因在污水危机中的角色而受到批评，活动人士认为，宽松的监管方式让水务公司在将废物排入河流、湖泊和海洋时逃脱了惩罚。

该机构此前将其失败归咎于紧缩政策——在 2009-10 年至 2019-20 年之间，该监管机构的环境保护预算减少了一半以上。

然而，Forrester 拒绝接受环境署缺乏资源监控水务公司的说法，反而认为在整个 2010 年代，水务领域遭到了该机构的“削减”。

他指出数据表明，从 2019-20 年到 2021-22, 年，土地和水务团队的人员预算减少了 8%，而同一时期水务、土地和生物多样性的总预算增加了 21%。

Forrester 认为，环境署有充足的证据可以用来起诉现任水务公司 CEO，但他认为由于监管机构的“共谋”，这样做将很困难。

他说：“如果某人可能是根据监管机构的协议或在其知情的情况下工作，那么很难起诉他们。”

他引用了监管机构处理的污染事件数量逐渐下降的情况，以及水务公司被允许降低这些事件的严重程度以避免后果的指控。

本报此前报道，到 2022 年，环境署未处理 90% 的污染事件，其中包括 60% 以上的最严重事件。

然而，Forrester 表示，目前的情况与他 20 多年前加入该机构时相比仍有很大差距。

他说：“水务公司理所当然地害怕我们，因为只要需要，我们就会采取执法行动。我们在现场有人员驻守。我们几乎会处理每一个事件。”

“当时并没有真正需要起诉首席执行官，因为那时还没有现在这些问题。”

环境

无塑料海藻养殖场使用羊毛

作者：Rebecca Black

专家们完善了一项技术，旨在推动该行业的可持续发展，羊毛可能成为实现海藻养殖无塑料化的关键。

在过去的两年里，他们一直在利用在达特穆尔（Dartmoor）饲养的白脸羊的羊毛来种植海带（一种生长迅速的褐藻）。

这被用于制造可降解的绳索，海带就在这些绳索上培养。

在生长周期结束时，羊毛绳可以被制成肥料，从而创造一种循环解决方案。

传统上，带有残留海藻的塑料绳需要用清洁剂处理以去除生物质，这导致了环境问题。

仅在挪威，估计每年就有 383 吨这类塑料绳在海中丢失。

领导贝尔法斯特女王大学项目的帕梅拉·沃尔什（Pamela Walsh）博士表示：“我们现在有信心，海藻养殖的无塑料解决方案可以在大规模范围内实施。”

海带，一种生长迅速的褐藻，在可降解绳索上培养

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新闻

社会

发现有助于避免痴呆症的中年因素

作者：Jane Kirby

专家表示，在中年时期避免三种情况与多出 13 年的无痴呆症生活相关。

研究表明，在 45 至 65 岁之间保持正常的血压、没有糖尿病且不吸烟，可以将痴呆症推迟十多年。

来自美国纽约大学朗格尼医学中心（NYU Langone Health）的一个团队研究了 12,000 多人，以检查影响痴呆症风险的三个关键因素。

纽约大学朗格尼最佳老龄化研究所所长、高级研究员约瑟夫·科雷什（Josef Coresh）博士表示：“我们的研究结果认为，人们需要在中年时期积极规避这些因素，以此作为保护大脑健康十多年的策略。”

这项发表在《神经病学》（Neurology）杂志上的研究调查了 12,409 名在 55 岁时没有痴呆症的人。

研究发现，从 55 岁起，没有糖尿病、没有高血压且不吸烟的人，平均多出 30.1 年的无痴呆症生活。与此同时，具有一个风险因素的人多出 26.3 年，具有两个风险因素的人多出 21 年，而具有三个风险因素的人则仅多出 17 年多一点。

之前的研究发现，生活方式的选择，尤其是在中年时期，可以降低患痴呆症的风险。

这些选择包括运动、不吸烟、控制酒精摄入以及避免社交孤立。

这项新研究指出：“与具有三个风险因素的人相比，没有中年血管风险因素的个体平均多活了 13 年的无痴呆症生存年数。”

“血管风险因素——包括糖尿病、高血压和吸烟——是公认的导致痴呆症风险的因素。”

“这些因素通常在中年出现，并对神经退行性病理产生持久影响，这凸显了早期识别和管理的至关重要性。”

英国阿尔茨海默研究组织（Alzheimer's Research UK）研究资助负责人雅科比·汉利（Jacopi Hanley）博士表示：“这项研究没有仅关注患痴呆症的可能性，而是提出了一个人们关心的问题：我们预计能无痴呆症地生活多久？”

“这种方法生动地展示了中年健康如何影响我们无痴呆症生活的年数。”

研究还发现，无论拥有多少个风险因素，女性无痴呆症的生活年数比男性长，且白人的无痴呆症年数比黑人多。

医学

Mounjaro 帮助糖尿病患者避免心脏病发作

作者：Storm Newton

一项研究表明，为患有 2 型糖尿病和心脏病的患者提供 Mounjaro 可能会大幅降低心脏病发作的风险。

与使用另一种 2 型糖尿病药物的患者相比，使用该注射剂的人员发生心脏病发作的可能性降低了 33%。

这项发表在《英国医学杂志》（The BMJ）上的美国研究涵盖了近 53,000 名患有 2 型糖尿病和心脏病的人员，他们开始使用 或另一种糖尿病药物西格列汀（sitagliptin）。

研究人员追踪了两组人员中发生的主要不良心血管事件——包括心脏病发作、中风以及任何原因导致的死亡。

一年后，使用 的人员风险为 2.9%，而西格列汀组的风险为 4.4%。

将心脏病发作的风险降低了三分之一，尽管在中风病例中未发现显著差异。

然而，分析发现， 确实降低了因感染而入院治疗的病例数。

科学

大麻可“治愈创伤相关噩梦”

作者：Stephen Beech

一项研究表明，大麻中的主要化合物可能会治愈由恐怖经历引发的噩梦。

研究人员发现，THC（导致“快感”的成分）可以终结与创伤相关的噩梦。

研究中超过一半的参与者对治疗产生了反应，而超过三分之一的人经历了噩梦的消失。

噩梦是创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）中最令人不安的症状之一——这是一种在经历严重创伤体验（如灾难、严重事故、暴力行为或战争）后可能发展而成的严重疾病。

受影响的人在夜晚会一次又一次地强烈地重温这些事件，导致极度的睡眠不足。

德国的研究人员调查了含有 THC 的处方药是否能提供帮助。

柏林夏里特医学院（Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin）的 Stefan Röpke 教授表示：“有证据表明，在快速眼动（REM）睡眠期间，THC 会减少梦境活动，从而减轻夜间压力反应。”

科学

分子发现可能助力开发纤维化疗法

作者：Benedict Gardner

科学家在理解纤维化方面迈出了重要一步，为未来的治疗带来了希望。

纤维化会导致器官中形成过多的疤痕组织，通常是炎症或损伤的结果，从而阻碍器官正常运作。

这项发表在《自然·通讯》（Nature Communications）上的研究揭示了一种名为转化生长因子 beta（TGF）的分子，它有助于细胞生长、沟通、响应并修复损伤。

过多的活性 TGF 会触发疤痕组织的堆积。

肺部可能会变得僵硬并产生疤痕，阻塞血液和氧气的流动，导致癌症等严重疾病。

来自英国和美国的研究人员以“前所未有的细节”揭示了 TGF 是如何被调节、储存并被谨慎释放以防止其损害身体的。

曼彻斯特大学研究团队的第一作者 Clair Baldock 教授表示：“通过更清晰地理解这一过程，我们揭示了一个新的生物控制层面，这可能有助于研究人员在未来开发更精准的疗法。”

在英国，每年有 5,000 到 6,000 人死于肺纤维化（疤痕位于肺部）。

英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）表示，该病症的病因尚不明确。

健康

整容手术“仍存在风险”

作者：Ella Pickover

一名前高级医学专家在针对此类手术的审查十年多后发出警告，称由资质不足的从业人员进行的整容手术“仍然是对公众的一种可避免的风险”。

英格兰 NHS 前首席医疗官 Bruce Keogh 教授爵士与领先的外科和医疗组织共同签署了一封信函，警告患者继续面临不必要的风险。

信函警告称，整容手术领域存在“严重的监管空白”，即任何医生都可以进行整容手术，即使他们未被认可为专科外科医生。

专家们呼吁，此类手术应仅由医疗监管机构专科登记册上的外科医生执行。

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起初，为了安全起见，人类驾驶员将坐在自动驾驶出租车的方向盘后 GETTV

交通

自动驾驶出租车获准在首都运营

作者：Neil Lancefield

Uber 将在伦敦使用的一支自动驾驶汽车车队已获得小型出租车执照。

技术公司 Wayve 表示，伦敦交通局 (TfL) 已向其若干辆纯电动福特 Mustang Mach-E 自动驾驶车辆授予了私人租赁车辆 (PHV) 执照。

Uber 表示，在全面向公众推出之前，在登记表达体验自动驾驶出租车兴趣的 100,000 人中，部分人将在“今年夏天晚些时候”获得乘坐这些车辆的机会。

在技术被证明安全期间，起初将由一名人类驾驶员坐在方向盘后，准备在行程中接管控制权。

Wayve 全球事务与保证副总裁 Sarah Gates 表示：“这份执照是让伦敦人有机会体验自动驾驶技术的重要一步。”

“这些车辆的负责任部署将为我们带来更安全、更清洁、更安静的街道。在我们采取下一步行动使自动驾驶在首都成为现实之际，我们很自豪能继续与监管机构、社区和公众合作。”

Uber 全球自动驾驶出行运营负责人 Annie Duvnjak 表示：“这份执照是将自动驾驶出行引入伦敦 Uber 的一个关键里程碑。”

“我们的兴趣名单收到了伦敦人的热烈响应，他们对体验 Wayve 英国制造的自动驾驶技术感到兴奋。”

TfL 发言人表示，安全是其“重中之重”，任何获准在伦敦载客的新车辆必须符合其到 2041 年消除伦敦道路上所有死亡和严重受伤的目标。

必须有一名合格的驾驶员在场并对车辆负责。如果 Uber 和 Wayve 想要无驾驶员汽车，则需要获得驾驶员和车辆标准局 (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) 的单独批准。

Wayve 由两名剑桥大学博士生于 2017 年创立。伦敦将成为全球首个将该技术用于商业行程的城市。

安全

MI6间谍被评为欧洲之首

作者：Harry Goodwin

在一项由25个国家参与的同行评审中，MI6被评为欧洲顶尖的对外情报机构。

英国的这家对外情报机构因其在俄罗斯、中国、伊朗和土耳其统治精英中招募高级线人的能力而受到赞赏。

“英国拥有迄今为止欧洲最强大的秘密服务机构，”前CIA站长罗伯特·戈雷利克（Robert Gorelick）告诉《L'Express》。

“MI6非常出色。英国人拥有进行长期博弈的能力，能够在10年的时间跨度内对情报源进行投资。而且他们擅长耍阴招。”

MI6是首个在2022年初就向乌克兰发出俄罗斯可能入侵警告的西方机构。

在由全欧洲60名高级情报官员参与的同行评审中，法国对外安全总局排名第二。该机构因其在非洲的专业知识及其秘密行动而受到赞赏。

技术

AI被发现冒充真实人物

作者：Henry Saker-Clark

据英国AI安全研究所称，在对Anthropic和OpenAI系统进行测试期间，一个AI模型被发现创建真实人物的虚假档案，试图欺骗安全系统。

该研究所表示，AI代理在上周的测试中采取了“持续的、未经授权的行动”。

该机构由时任首相里希·苏纳克于2023年成立，该机构表示，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”。

与Anthropic的Mythos和OpenAI的Sol AI模型相关的代理在安全测试期间进行了未经授权的活动。

报告称，这包括“针对真实个人和组织的持续且具有潜在危害的活动”。

两家公司均已被联系以寻求评论。

在此报告发布前，Anthropic最近透露，其AI模型在测试期间入侵了另外三家组织。

ChatGPT制造商OpenAI上个月也披露，其失控模型入侵了另一家公司。

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新闻

中东

伊朗与阿曼在海峡控制权问题上“已做出让步”

作者：Parisa Hafezi 和 Timour Azhari

据昨日报道，伊朗与阿曼之间的一项拟议协议将使德黑兰能够控制通过霍尔木兹海峡进入波斯湾的船只。

但尽管在向伊朗要求妥协方面取得了明显进展，地区消息人士仍对美国总统唐纳德·特朗普关于重新开放海峡的协议即将达成的断言予以反驳。

一名消息人士表示：“关于对霍尔木兹海峡某种形式的控制，让步已经做出。”

另一名消息人士补充说，关于如何定义“控制”的细节仍有待确定，海湾地区谈判代表坚持要求地区国家监督船只检查，且任何费用的支付应在自愿基础上进行。

一名伊朗高级消息人士表示，已在讨论中的协议文本设想由伊朗控制通过海峡进入波斯湾的船只，但主要分歧点之一是伊朗对反方向行驶船只将拥有什么样的权力。

伊朗外交部发言人埃斯马伊尔·巴盖伊（Esmaeil Baghaei）将德黑兰与马斯喀特之间的谈判描述为“专业的”且“在向前推进”。

他表示，两国之间的联合声明已处于最后阶段。

美国官员多次坚称，他们绝不会接受任何允许伊朗控制全球最重要的能源供应贸易路线准入权的安排。

但特朗普及其政府近日表示，一项结束战争的协议即将达成，民调显示大多数美国选民反对这场战争。

华盛顿方面尚未立即就任何拟议协议做出回应。

包括上个月为期两周的打击行动在内的数月美国军事努力，未能打破伊朗对该海峡的掌控。

另外，在也门与伊朗结盟的胡塞武装表示其在红海向一艘挂沙特国旗的油轮开火导致油价上涨后，油价在昨日小幅下跌。

在特朗普以他认为可能结束冲突的谈判为由取消对伊朗的新一轮攻击后，原油价格在过去两天内大幅下跌。

这位美国总统告诉福克斯新闻（Fox News），谈判“进展顺利”，且周二进行了一场“全天候谈判”。

特朗普将此次谈判作为取消对伊朗进行“大规模攻击”计划的原因，而这一威胁他此前已重复多次。

如果达成一项给予伊朗任何海峡准入控制权的协议，将意味着由美国和以色列发起的战争导致地区权力平衡发生了重大转移，向有利于德黑兰的方向倾斜。

在战争之前，该海峡对所有船只免费开放。

根据该伊朗高级官员的说法，伊朗正寻求对使用该海峡的船只收取货物价格 5% 至 7% 的费用。

阿曼正在考虑收取 3% 左右的费用，而华盛顿则希望完全不收费用。

德国

机场发现携带爆炸物的无人机

作者：Matthias Inverardi

德国昨日启动了一项反恐调查，此前在莱比锡 / 哈勒机场的一条跑道附近于夜间发现了一架携带爆炸物的无人机，导致欧洲最大的货运枢纽之一的部分区域关闭。

调查人员还在调查一架 DHL 货机在因干扰而从这座德国东部机场被分流后，在空中撞击到了什么物体。

机场工作人员在夜间于南跑道附近的一个货运禁区发现了该无人机。

航班被暂停，包括一些由德国物流公司 DHL 拥有的飞机在内的多架飞机被分流。

当局表示，乘客或机场工作人员没有受到危险，在一条跑道重新开放后，大部分运营于昨日早晨恢复。

被分流的飞机在离开机场爬升时撞击到了一个不明物体。

当局表示，该飞机在汉诺威降落后发现了轻微损坏。

据当局称，该机场（DHL 和乌克兰安东诺夫航空的枢纽）的南跑道在爆炸物专家检查无人机并拆除其引信期间保持关闭。

内政部长亚历山大·多布林特 (Alexander Dobrindt) 计划于昨晚与德国安全部门负责人举行紧急会议。

在包括军事设施、能源终端、海港和物流公司在内的多个地点发生一系列未经授权的无人机飞越事件后，德国各机场处于高度警戒状态。

警方表示，这些飞越行为可能是由俄罗斯特工组织的。

《图片报》(Bild) 报道称，莱比锡的这架无人机被发现位于一架乌克兰安东诺夫货机的紧邻区域。

自 2022 年俄罗斯全面入侵以来，该航空公司一直将莱比锡 / 哈勒机场作为运营基地。

在专家确认该无人机携带爆炸物后，反极端主义检察官和反恐官员接管了调查。

俄罗斯否认参与了近期的飞越事件。

昨日在莱比锡 / 哈勒机场的一台排爆机器人

伊朗

联合国负责人对执行死刑人数增加感到“震惊”

作者：Olivia Le Poidevin

联合国人权事务高级专员沃尔克·图尔克 (Volker Türk) 昨日表示，自 3 月 19 日以来，伊朗已有至少 56 人因国家安全相关指控被执行死刑，其中 27 起案件与年初的抗议活动有关。

图尔克在的一份声明中表示：“我对 3 月以来伊朗执行死刑人数的增加以及下达死刑判决的情况感到震惊。”

在 1 月份的反政府抗议活动中，伊朗当局杀害了数千人，这是伊朗数十年来最严重的国内动荡。

人权组织表示，在战争期间——这场战争是由 2 月底以来美以对伊朗的袭击引发的——政府继续镇压反对者。

周一，两名男子在被判定“从事间谍活动并与以色列进行情报合作”后被执行死刑。

图尔克表示，有 100 多人面临类似的与安全相关的死刑风险，而针对毒品相关犯罪的死刑执行也以“令人震惊的速度”在继续。

他还指称，部分口供是在酷刑下获取的，同时表示据报道，一些死刑是在公开场合执行的，有些则在嫌疑人被捕仅几周后就执行了。

伊朗驻日内瓦外交代表团未回应置评请求。

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世界

普京与“俄罗斯的扎克伯格”之战——Telegram创始人抵制数据请求

亿万富翁帕维尔·杜罗夫被指控协助乌克兰。作者：Lizzie Dearden

在被俄罗斯当局指控协助恐怖活动并被列入国际“通缉”名单一天后，Telegram即时通讯应用的创始人做出了回应——用一个表情包。

41岁的科技亿万富翁帕维尔·杜罗夫有时被地称为“俄罗斯的马克·扎克伯格”，他对联邦安全局（FSB）上周发起的案件几乎没有表现出担忧。

杜罗夫在迪拜的避风港向其1130 万粉丝写道，他因为拒绝克里姆林宫对“Telegram进行大规模监控和审查的要求”而被贴上恐怖分子的标签。他发布了一张俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫（插图）会见阿富汗塔利班的嘲讽图片，并配文：“不要搞混了。”

联邦安全局于29宣布对杜罗夫的指控，称乌克兰情报机构利用Telegram“通过欺骗手段诱导俄罗斯公民从事破坏和恐怖活动”。

考虑到俄罗斯特工多年来一直利用Telegram在欧洲各地招募人员进行破坏和间谍行动，这一声明显得颇具讽刺意味。这些行动包括一个在伦敦纵火焚烧乌克兰人拥有仓库的团伙，以及去年对与基尔·斯塔默相关的房产发起纵火袭击的男子。

“当我看到俄罗斯对杜罗夫提起此案时，我有点想笑，”一直监测Telegram上俄罗斯活动的分析师史蒂文·赖（Steven Rai）表示。赖表示，俄罗斯利用Telegram招募“一次性”特工为其效力。这些人通常在经济上较为脆弱，且由于使用了匿名账户和犯罪代理，可能并不知道自己在为谁工作。

伊朗及其代理团体也在以同样的方式使用Telegram。去年3月被派往英国执行暗杀任务的一名挪威青少年就是近期几个案例之一。由于其安全特性和功能，该服务在恋童癖网络和犯罪团体中也很受欢迎。反极端主义项目（Counter Extremism Project）的研究员约书亚·费舍尔-比尔奇（Joshua Fisher-Birch）将Telegram描述为“分享恐怖主义和极端主义宣传最重要的平台之一”，因为它罕见地结合了公共广播频道、聊天组、安全的点对点消息传递和文件共享能力。

费舍尔-比尔奇表示，十年前，在被Twitter和其他主流社交网络封禁后，伊斯兰国（Isis）是第一个大规模迁移到Telegram的恐怖组织。

费舍尔-比尔奇说，尽管Telegram此后关闭了该组织的主要频道，但支持伊斯兰国的网络依然留在平台上，与暴力新纳粹分子及许多其他团体共存。他补充道：“与许多其他平台相比，这里的监管显然要宽松得多。”

对于杜罗夫来说，恐怖分子使用Telegram“是社会为了获得不受审查而发声的机会所付出的代价”，据其传记作者尼古拉·科诺诺夫（Nikolay Kononov）称。科诺诺夫补充说，杜罗夫对言论自由有着“近乎宗教般的狂热”。“我相信对他来说肯定也有强大的商业原因。如果Telegram失去了作为‘不想受国家监控之人的安全场所’的形象，杜罗夫将失去很大一部分受众。”

杜罗夫在出售其前项目——类Facebook的俄罗斯社交网络VK.com的股份后，于2014, 向公众推出了Telegram。

他的愿景是创建一个在线“生态系统”，人们不仅可以发送消息，还可以观看视频、购物、阅读新闻并度过全部的在线生活，同时对“国家不可见”。

杜罗夫此前因拒绝关闭反政府抗议者使用的VK群组而引起克里姆林宫的不满。

科诺诺夫表示，弗拉基米尔·普京本人在2013年底与杜罗夫的一次会面中，“咄咄地”表达了自己的看法，当时Telegram的早期版本正处于公开测试阶段。

“普京的分析师在他的办公桌上放了一份政策文件，其中告诉他，杜罗夫的两项发明对克里姆林宫来说都是有害且危险的，”

科诺诺夫说道。“会面之后，杜罗夫决定离开俄罗斯。”

尽管俄罗斯政府在官方立场上对Telegram持敌对态度，但仍继续将其作为公共沟通的主要手段。

即便在上周被指控之后，克里姆林宫本身在该平台上仍维持着一个公开频道。

科诺诺夫表示，俄罗斯面临的关键问题是，杜罗夫继续拒绝其获取政治异见人士、外国情报特工及其他目标数据的要求：“这是俄罗斯国家向杜罗夫发出的唯一请求——‘请让我们进入’——而他没有这样做。”

乌克兰

俄罗斯袭击导致17人死亡数小时后，斯特里廷抵达基辅

作者：Hsema Ashirova

总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基昨日表示，俄罗斯对基辅及其周边地区的袭击造成17人死亡，数十人受伤，而乌克兰匮乏的防空系统未能拦截莫斯科在夜间发射的任何导弹。

这场持续约两小时的密集轰炸，是近期一系列已近乎常态化的大规模俄罗斯导弹袭击中的最新一次。

袭击发生时，距离韦斯·斯特里廷在就任英国国防大臣后首次访问基辅仅剩数小时。

莫斯科正在利用乌克兰美制“爱国者”系统拦截弹的严重短缺，而该系统是其军械库中唯一能够击落弹道导弹的防空武器。

泽连斯基已恳请其他国家，特别是美国，提供更多因伊朗战争而变得稀缺的弹药。

如果无法实现，他希望在乌克兰境内生产“爱国者”弹药，或者获得埃隆·马斯克的许可，使用其Starlink卫星通信系统来引导对俄罗斯境内的打击，从而摧毁其导弹发射器。

韦斯·斯特里廷昨日在基辅，这是他作为国防大臣的首次访问

“弹道拦截弹本可以挽救今天那些遇难者的生命，”泽连斯基说道，并补充说他已与北约秘书长马克·布特（Mark Butte）讨论过确保获得更多导弹拦截弹的问题。

泽连斯基表示，此次轰炸击中的目标包括一家酿酒厂、一个建筑材料仓库和一个与战争无关的邮件分拣局。

但俄罗斯国防部称，这些企业与军方有联系。

该公司表示，在对俄罗斯最大在线零售商Wildberries设施的最新袭击中，乌克兰无人机于周二击中了莫斯科以南图拉地区的一个仓库。

乌克兰在不到三周的时间里袭击了十几个Wildberries设施，称该公司提供的商品可被俄罗斯军队使用。

另外，据昨日报道，一家向俄罗斯武装部队供应无人机的工厂负责人因其车辆爆炸而受重伤。

国家通讯社塔斯社（Tass）和俄新社（RIA Novosti）表示，弗拉基米尔·特卡丘克（Vladimir Tkachuk）在周二晚间于叶卡捷琳堡郊外的博尔绍伊-伊斯托克（Bolshoy Istok）发生爆炸后被送往医院。

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FINKSDAY 2026年8月

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阔别海洋已久

一名环保主义者在赫尔海事博物馆（Hull Maritime Museum）刷拭一副40英尺长的北大西洋直齿鲸骨架，该博物馆将于本周六重新开放。

这家位于东约克郡的机构自2020年起关闭，用于对其馆舍——一座俯瞰维多利亚女王广场（Queen Victoria Square）、被列为二级星级（Grade II*）保护建筑的前镇码头办公室大楼——进行一项耗资2040 万英镑m的重建工程。

重新规划后的博物馆将其国家级重要藏品中的展出数量增加了50%，大约有1,300件物品可供参观。LEE-ELLISPA

自然

今年夏天苍蝇真的很烦人——而且它们不会轻易飞走

它们热爱高温，但请不要绝望 汤姆·鲍登（Tom Bawden）提供了驱赶它们的技巧

最初那几声嗡嗡声，确认一只新苍蝇进入房间，可能会令人异常烦躁，而今年夏天这种情况在我的身上确实发生得更频繁了。

我并非唯一一个有此感觉的人。现在到处都是苍蝇：在房子周围，在街道上，显然在其他任何地方也是如此。上周我在观看喜剧演员达利索·查庞达（Daliso Chaponda）的现场演出时，他不得不短暂地停止表演，以赶走一只在他头部周围盘旋了10分钟的苍蝇。

“就我个人而言，我注意到苍蝇很多，”伦敦大学学院（University College London）行为生态学教授塞里安·萨姆纳（Seirian Sumner）告诉我，“目前关于昆虫状况的任何报告纯粹是轶事证据，因为夏天才过去了一半。但轶事证据很有价值——人们会注意到昆虫。”

她的博士生、苍蝇与黄蜂专家费米·本尼（Femi Benny）表示，“今年苍蝇数量增加是不容置疑的”。她指出，五月份创纪录的热浪以及随后的多次热浪创造了理想的繁殖条件——在高温环境下，苍蝇从卵发育到成虫大约需要一周时间，而天气较冷时则需要两周或更久。这意味着每一代

繁殖速度更快，数量呈爆炸式增长。与此同时，炎热的天气意味着食物腐烂速度更快，产生更强烈的气味，从而吸引更多苍蝇。来自专家的轶事证据表明，家蝇、绿瓶蝇、果蝇、簇蝇和管道蝇等数量均有所增加。

除了高温，导致这些苍蝇增加的另一个主要原因是今年夏天捕食它们的黄蜂数量大幅下降。

据报道，许多幸存的黄蜂体型也比正常情况小得多。

同样地，这一阶段的证据仍是轶事性的。但萨姆纳表示她注意到了剧烈的下降。“我的学生在实验中需要黄蜂，但我们根本找不到它们。” 这一次，热浪在很大程度上是罪魁祸首。在黄蜂的年度周期中，春季是关键时期，此时女王蜂从冬眠中苏醒并独立开始筑巢。但它们经历了一个阴冷、潮湿且不稳定的春天，导致许多黄蜂死亡，随后的热浪又造成了巨大的损失。

它们的减少令人深感担忧，因为它们是花卉和农作物的关键传粉者，例如胡萝卜、梨、无花果、向日葵和雏菊。

在处理已经出现的苍蝇时，野生动物信托基金会（The Wildlife Trusts）的无脊椎动物专家维基·赫德（Vicki Hird）给出的首要建议是在窗户和门上安装防蝇纱窗。电风扇也是一个好主意，因为它们无法在移动的空气中良好地飞行。

苍蝇会被桉树、薰衣草或薄荷等精油驱避，因此她建议人们将这些精油放在窗户周围。

天气

南部地区周末将保持干燥温暖

作者：Benedict Gardner

在打破纪录的高温导致严重干旱和山火之后，预计本周末英格兰南部将持续炎热干燥的天气。

苏格兰将出现一些降雨，这些降雨可能会延伸至英格兰北部，也可能覆盖东部地区，但对于干涸的英格兰中部和南部，预测几乎没有降雨。

5月和6月的两次热浪导致了超过 2,900 例超额死亡。

而在英格兰和威尔士有记录以来最干燥的7月期间，另外两次热浪引发了萨福克郡和凯恩戈姆山的山火。

明天将是一个干燥的日子，云层与长时间的阳光交替出现，南部气温将在另一个极热的周末到来前攀升。

苏格兰和北爱尔兰的周末将更加多云且多变，周日会有一些降雨。云层将延伸至英格兰北部。

但南部——以及东南部部分地区——将无法获得急需的降雨。

气象局预报员 Marco Petagna 表示：“（对于英格兰南部来说）看起来相当干燥。”

他补充说，8月的总降雨量可能会低于正常水平，并且可能会出现更多炎热天气。

昨天苏格兰的强降雨触发了洪水警报，但官员表示，这可能不足以缓解用水短缺。

预报，第 49 页

昨天东萨塞克斯郡干涸的 Falmer 池塘边一块凄凉的标牌

气候

强厄尔尼诺现象可能导致数百万人陷入饥饿

作者：Olivia le Poidevin

世界粮食计划署 (WFP) 昨天表示，到明年年底，一次强烈的厄尔尼诺天气事件可能会使全球一些最脆弱地区增加近 4900 万 人陷入严重的粮食不安全状态。

该联合国机构在一份报告中称，出现极强厄尔尼诺事件的可能性为 81%，海面温度处于至少自 1982 年以来的最高水平，并可能使其成为自 1950 年以来最强的一次此类事件。

厄尔尼诺是指太平洋海面温度的周期性升温，它会改变全球天气模式，通常与南部非洲的干旱、亚洲部分地区的季风延迟以及不稳定的降雨相关联。

世界粮食计划署粮食安全与营养分析服务主任 Jean-Martin Bauer 表示：“这些事件在过去曾引发大规模饥饿。”

基于对 45 个被认为易受厄尔尼诺不利影响的国家进行的分析，世界粮食计划署估计，面临严重粮食不安全的人数可能会增加近 4900 万，总数达到 2.74 亿。

中美洲和南部非洲预计将成为受影响最严重的地区。

五线索隐喻填字游戏 No 4900

答案，第 51 页

横向

• 3 / 5 捕捉一个棋子（可能）以完全理解并接受 (4,2 5)
• 6 非常严厉的牧师在教区中返回 (6)

纵向

• 1 与法国人同行，马厩 (7)
• 2 暴民的争论结束 (7)
• 4 Jack Ketch 的头部和身体在教堂中 (5)

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今日金句

“经济困难让我学会了重视金钱。现在我有了商业头脑。以前那只是个名字，现在它是真实的生活。”

Tulisa Contostavlos 这位 N-Dubz 明星在谈到她纹身中的“女性老板”身份认同时说道

观点矩阵

国内外评论

提前出狱

监狱满员阻塞司法系统

《卫报》

通过拒绝排除被判定犯有家庭暴力的男性，本届政府正在传递一个信号，即这类犯罪——具有连续性且导致每 5 天就有一名女性死亡——根本不是优先事项。（Joan Smith）

每日邮报 (Daily Mail)

这场危机不仅仅在于囚犯在服满刑期之前就被释放到街头。它还在于由于法院积压、审判延迟以及司法运作比平时更加缓慢，导致犯罪者在最初阶段被允许在自由状态下停留的时间过长。（社论）

关于国际足联的愤怒

因凡蒂诺利用职务敛财

金融时报 (Financial Times)

因凡蒂诺不是问题所在。相反，这里的核心问题在于国际足联既是世界足球的监管者，又是其主要的商业参与者。在任何其他领域，这样的安排都会被认定为明显的利益冲突。（Miguel Maduro）

华盛顿检查者 (Washington Examiner)

因凡蒂诺试图利用这一成功，并非为了增强足球运动，而是为了以牺牲足球为代价来 enrich himself（使自己富裕）。这并不令人惊讶，他是一个被对更大财富和权力永无止境的欲望所腐蚀的人。（Tom Rogan）

西班牙与休达危机

摩洛哥需要一份新的社会契约

世界报 (Le Monde)

人们冒险并非仅仅因为某个边境比另一个边境更容易渗透。他们这样做是因为未来在他们看来是封闭的。摩洛哥的失业问题和地区不平等依然存在。当人们对一个国家提供机会的能力失去信心时，流亡就成了一种理性的策略。（Jamal Bouayour）

太阳报 (The Sun)

尽管社交媒体是上周的一个吸引因素，但西班牙首相同样也是。与西班牙其他地区不同，休达不属于欧盟的申根无国界区。（Ion Gallagher）

格兰德的退却

我们没有资格称她为厌食症患者

泰晤士报 (The Times)

如果我们对一名在众目睽睽之下似乎在挨饿的明星采取得体的集体沉默，我们就成了对数百万崇拜她的人造成伤害的共犯。有时，有比羞辱更值得担心的事情。（Sarah Datum）

独立报 (The Independent)

当然，当有人看起来憔悴或体重减轻很多时，总是令人担心的，但猎巫行动帮不了任何人，我们也没有资格将她贴上厌食症的标签。我们不知道发生了什么，不知道她正在经历什么，批评也没有帮助。（Charlotte Cripps）

难民公约

提高庇护系统的效率

经济学人 (The Economist)

答案不是废除难民法，而是让庇护系统运作得更好。政府需要能够快速筛选抵达者、迅速评估申请，并区分有权获得保护者与无权获得保护者流程。（Borham Salih）

国家报 (The National)

为什么一个成功跨越边境的人能获得一套国际权利，而一个同样处于危险之中、但缺乏资金或体力到达边境的人却几乎不能获得任何权利？跨越边境测试的是能力和运气，而非需求。（Mukesh Kapila）

布里杰斯评论

六年后的首张专辑依然阴郁

UnCut

菲比·布里杰斯以将丧失和终结作为核心歌曲主题而闻名，她证明了自己是一位极其善于表达且令人动容的作者。然而，她最新专辑《Lost Weekend》的声音世界将她带入了一个略有不同的空间——更加开放且略不可预测。（Sharon O'Connell）

The Forty-Five

正是光影交织使得这张唱片令人惊叹。如果说爱与悲痛是人类最强烈两种情感，那么这张专辑就用隐形的线将它们缝合在一起。（Charlotte Gunn）

生活简讯

比尔·奥迪 (BILL ODDIE) 喜剧演员及环保主义者

比尔·奥迪在 1970 年代作为喜剧三人组 The Goodies 的成员而成名，随后建立了作为鸟类学家、环保主义者和野生动物电视节目主持人的名声。

这位电视明星拥有跨越数十年的多样化职业生涯，期间他凭借新奇歌曲获得了排行榜上的成功，并出演了以巨型变异小猫为特色的超现实剧集。

奥迪是一位成功的喜剧演员、演员和音乐家，但在他成为 Springwatch 的首任主持人后，吸引了大量新粉丝。

奥迪从小就热爱观鸟，1941 年出生于兰开夏郡，父母是哈里和莉莉安。

他在伯明翰由父亲和祖母抚养长大，并曾谈到他的母亲在他在青少年时期被诊断出患有精神分裂症——这导致她被安置在精神医疗机构接受治疗。

在 60 年代，奥迪在剑桥大学学习英语，在那里他开始了作为演员和喜剧演员的职业生涯，出演了 Footlights 的作品。

他的其中一场演出后来被重新命名为 Cambridge Circus，取得了巨大的成功。在大学期间，奥迪还开始编写电视剧本——他曾参与英国广播公司 (BBC) 的讽刺喜剧节目 That Was the Week That Was，并在其中有过短暂的露面。

这位演员兼喜剧演员还出演了英国广播公司 (BBC) 的广播喜剧节目 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again——该节目还使用了他的许多音乐作品。

由于多次在电视上露面，如 The Broken Beat 和 Twice a Fortnight，他在 60 年代后期成为了一个熟悉的面孔。

奥迪在 70 年代成名并成为家喻户晓的人物，当时他与蒂姆·布鲁克-泰勒 (Tim Brooke-Taylor) 和格雷姆·加登 (Graeme Garden) 共同创立了 The Goodies。

该团体共同编写并主演了这部英国广播公司 (BBC) 的电视喜剧节目，在鼎盛时期吸引了数百万观众，并包含超现实的时刻，包括其最著名的剧集之一《小猫金刚》(Kitten Kong)。The Goodies 还在 1975 年推出了恶搞武术的剧集《功夫大冒险》(Kung Fu Kapers)，引起了广泛关注。

奥迪从年轻时起就是一名热心的环保主义者和自然主义者。他随后撰写了几本关于鸟类和观鸟的书籍。

他首次在 70 年代的自然历史广播和电视节目中出现，并在其中表达了对观鸟的热情。

他为英国广播公司 (BBC) 主持了许多节目——包括 Birding with Bill Oddie 和 Bill Oddie Goes Wild。

在 2004 年的几周内，他主持了 Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie。该节目创下了英国广播公司 (BBC) 2 频道晚上 8 点时段的记录，吸引了 400 万 观众。

该系列随后在次年回归，但被重新命名为 Springwatch，奥迪一直主持该节目直到 2008 年。2003 年，他因在野生动物保护方面的贡献被授予 OBE 勋章。

他的遗属包括妻子劳拉·博蒙特 (Laura Beaumont) 和三个孩子。P3

出生于 1941 年 7 月 7 日 逝世于 2026 年 7 月 25 日

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电视 28-31

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文化 38-41

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我的观点

伊恩·邓特 (Ian Dunt)

贝德诺赫的小丑行径绝非玩笑

她正在破坏关于种族主义和纳粹主义的道德准则

宇宙中最大的谜团之一就是凯米·贝德诺赫（Kemi Badenoch）是如何获得如此积极的评价的。如果你读过大多数关于她的评论，你可能会认为她是保守党的伟大救星，而不是那个刚刚在大曼彻斯特市长选举中眼睁睁看着该党跌至第五名的领导人。

她最近的一次政治精明之举，是明知故犯地邀请一名被定罪的新纳粹分子和反犹主义者加入该党并担任候选人。这是一种令人惊愕的不负责任行为，涉及一系列难以成立的道德主张，而她的辩护方式则尽可能地表现得无能。

乔书亚·邦希尔-佩恩（Joshua Bonehill-Paine）是《克鲁克恩公报》（Crewkerne Gazette）的创作者，这是一个所谓的讽刺性在线媒体，而实际上只是在赞扬贝德诺赫并攻击其对手的 AI 垃圾内容。《泰晤士报》将其称为“政治界的 Bankay”。事实上，Bankay 才是政治界的 Bankay，而《克鲁克恩公报》仅仅是一个被喂了一系列愚蠢提示词的 AI 引擎排泄出的产物。

贝德诺赫花大量时间在 X 上，这大概就是她发现邦希尔-佩恩 AI 内容的原因。但《公报》是他诸多失败中最轻微的一项。2015年，他因试图组织一场反对戈尔德斯格林（Golders Green）犹太社区“完全犹太化”的集会而被判处三年监禁。一年后，他被裁定对犹太籍工党议员卢西亚娜·伯格（Luciana Berger）实施种族加剧骚扰罪名成立，他曾将该议员称为“啮齿类动物”和“邪恶的敛财者”。

他在出狱后显然从事了反极端主义工作。这固然很好，但这并不意味着你会希望他成为一名保守党候选人。然而，这正是贝德诺赫在批准他参加萨默塞特郡议会选举时所做的决定。

尽管邦希尔-佩恩现在已退出领导权竞选，但在那之前，这位保守党领导人昨天上午出现在第四电台（Radio 4）中，并进行了近期记忆中最令人绝望的政治采访之一。她要么愚蠢到不明白自己所说的逻辑谬误，要么愤世嫉俗到为了维护自己的立场不惜地胡言乱语。

她面临的第一个问题是双重标准。上

保守党领导人凯米·贝德诺赫在近几个月里因其演说技巧而获得了政治光谱各界的赞誉 (1)。

个月，贝德诺赫策划了一次对保守党议会党团的清洗，坚称任何仍然相信英国加入《欧洲人权公约》（ECHR）或净零排放的人将被禁止在下次选举中担任候选人。这是一次有意识地清除党内任何残留的温和元素或正确判断力的努力。

她现在陷入了一个坦白说极其疯狂的境地：拒绝接受前保守党议员格兰特·夏普斯（Grant Shapps）或加文·巴威尔（Gavin Barwell）作为代表，却热情地为一名原新纳粹分子开了绿灯——这种立场似乎即使对候选人本人而言也变得难以维持。

为了为其决定辩护，贝德诺赫提出了一个耐人寻味的论点。“我没有给他一个全国性的平台——他是在竞选萨默塞特郡的议员，”她说，“这是一个地方性平台，关注停车问题、处理垃圾桶，这就是议员做的事……对于成为一名保守党国会议员所需的条件，我的门槛要高得多。”

她对地方政治的贬低性评估可能会冒犯全国各地的保守党议员。他们值得获得比这更多的尊重——他们所做的决定对人们的生活质量有着真实且可识别的影响。他们不应受到某种二等审查，就像收银台罐子里卖的碎饼干一样的政治等价物。

即便仅仅将其视为党内管理问题，这番话也极其鲁莽。你不能贬低议员。这些人是在选举时为你而战的人。你需要激励他们，而不是侮辱他们。

就其本身而言，巴德诺赫（Badenoch）的言论毫无道理。她声称，成为一名保守党国会议员的“门槛比成为一名保守党地方议员要高得多”。我们只能希望这只是她随口说出的毫无意义的话。如果这些话表达了

巴德诺赫对地方政治的贬低性评价将冒犯保守党议员

她的真实道德立场，那么愿上帝救我们所有人，因为这表明她认为，拥有新纳粹主义和反犹主义的犯罪记录，比相信《欧洲人权法院》(ECHR) 或净零排放更不严重。

随后，巴德诺赫开始探讨人类思维中所有最荒谬的胡言乱语。她阐述了一系列错误的对比，且一个比一个苍白无力。

她暗示，对该任命表示不满的工党议员是伪君子。为什么？因为“安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）的内阁中就有路易丝·海格（Louise Haigh），而她是一个被定罪的诈骗犯”。海格涉及的是 2014. 一次关于丢失工作手机的愚蠢混乱。即使是对她不利的证据采取最糟糕的解读，这也是微不足道的。而邦希尔-佩恩（Bonehill-Paine）被判定犯有骚扰罪和新纳粹主义。这两者之间不存在对等的过失。

在尝试与犯罪光谱的最底端进行对比后，巴德诺赫又试图与最高端进行对比。

她提到了工党在服刑期间释放囚犯以腾出监狱空间的政策，并表示：“我认为我们不应该阻止 [已康复的极端分子]，因为如果我们这样做，我们怎么能说释放

杀人犯、强奸犯和恋童癖是正确的呢？”

就这样，她勤快地收集苹果，以便将其与橙子进行比较。提前将某人从监狱释放，并不等同于认为他们会成为你政党的合适候选人。前者是由监狱设施管理不善而强加给政府的政策选择；后者则是对代表的积极筛选。

巴德诺赫在智力上显然力不从心，无法在政治生活中令人信服地运作。但她这种小丑般的闹剧对我们的国家文化具有削弱性的影响。

她正在协助破坏围绕种族主义和纳粹主义的道德准则。这些是抵御最危险政治思想的最佳防线：即全社会共同持有的原则——种族主义者应该被避之不及并受到谴责。通过接纳像邦希尔-佩恩这样的人物进入保守党，她正在破坏这些准则。这种行为不仅值得嘲讽，更是耻辱。

巴德诺赫是个笑话，但她的行为极其严重。她继续担任保守党领导人，破坏了该党并腐蚀了公共生活。

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我完全同意 Talking Pictures TV 的 Sarah Cronin-Stanley 的观点，即如果 Freeview 频道被取消将是一场灾难（《电影频道担心 Freeview 终结》，8月3日）

她的频道提供了我大部分的电视娱乐，而且在拥有 5500 万 观众的情况下，我发现《i报》在电视节目表中没有列出其节目，这真是讽刺。

伊恩·唐尔森 (IAN DONALDSON) 安特里姆郡，纽顿艾比 (NEWTOWNABBEY, COUNTY ANTRIM)

废除文法学校

安迪·伯纳姆希望建立“一个基于学术与技术平等、为所有年轻人提供清晰人生路径的教育系统。从今天起，英国将像重视毕业帽一样重视安全帽。”

请把这话告诉文法学校，根据 Sutton Trust 的说法，这些学校“助长了社会不平等，并导致贫富之间的收入差距扩大”。

除非伯纳姆先生也采取措施拆除英格兰和北爱尔兰境内 200 多所文法学校，否则他的方法虽然值得赞赏，但将进一步加深这些学校所延续的社会和经济分歧。凯瑟琳·斯皮德 (KATHERINE SPEED) 多塞特郡，普尔 (POOLE, DORSET)

人可能在微笑……但仍是个恶棍

人们开始意识到，法拉奇并不是一个想要解决我们所有问题的、微笑的披甲骑士。外表具有误导性。他是一个

在追求名利的政治家，意识到如果他争取那些赞同其亲特朗普政策的百万富翁，他可以变得非常富有且强大。

海市蜃楼在靠近之前看起来很真实，但一旦靠近，它就会消失，化为乌有。罗杰·福恩斯 (ROGER FOWNES) 伍斯特郡，布罗姆斯格罗夫 (BROMSGROVE, WORCESTERSHIRE)

年轻人缺乏数学技能

我对年轻人的计算能力水平深感担忧。我最近访问了一家小型药店和一家当地的 Co-op 超市。在每个地方，柜台后的年轻人都在努力计算并找回正确的零钱。

在药店，我起初收到的钱太少，然后又太多。在 Co-op，收银机没有告诉柜台后的年轻人需要找回多少钱。两次情况下，我最终都不得不解释如何计算。这引发了人们对年轻人管理自身财务能力的担忧。莫琳·里格 (MAUREEN RIGG) 泰恩-威尔郡，南希尔兹 (SOUTH SHIELDS, TYNE AND WEAR)

国家养老金是我们赢得的权利

马克·华莱士就养老金三倍锁定机制提出了一些很好的观点（观点，8月4日），作为一名领取国家养老金的人，我同意应该用一个与指数挂钩的公式来取代它。

然而，他将国家养老金描述为一种福利，这并非事实，从而损害了他的论点。

国家养老金是一项已经赢得的权利。自 1965 年以来，历届政府未能将从劳动人民那里收集的资金划拨并投资

一名读者对年轻人的计算能力水平表示担忧 GETTY IMAGES / MASKOT

到财富基金中用于支付养老金，而是从当前收入中支付，这并不是英国公众的错。

国家养老金绝不应被归类或包含在福利数据中。这样做意味着它是可选的，而它永远不可能是可选的。福利预算应仅包括受预算和政治因素影响的经过资产调查的福利。大卫·休伊特 (DAVID HEWITT) 柴郡，威尔姆斯洛 (WILMSLOW, CHESHIRE)

能填补的毕业生岗位有限

关于露西·鲍威尔提高技术教育的计划，我认为观察多年来毕业生人数的增长情况会很有趣。

我从各种政府资料中看到，在 20 世纪 60 年代初，英国每年大约有 24,000 名年轻人从大学毕业，占符合条件人口的 4-5%。在 2024-25, 年，

毕业人数为 1,043,665 人——占年轻人的很大比例。当更大的需求是实用和技术技能时，有这么多失业或就业不足的毕业生难道不足为奇吗？詹妮弗·皮尔逊 (JENNIFER PEARSON) 德文郡，托普舍姆 (TOPSHAM, DEVON)

谁能责怪尤金妮在葡萄牙生产？

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珍妮·邦德 (Jennie Bond)

尤金妮公主选择在葡萄牙生产真是聪明，那里恰好远离她名声扫地的父亲安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎 (Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor)，也能避开关于谁在为她在肯辛顿宫的伦敦寓所买单的审视。谁能责怪她寻求一种远离英国以及父母丑闻光芒的更安静的生活呢？

何时邀请祖父母过来是新父母面临的一个永恒问题。在正常情况下，我们本可以期待安德鲁、莎拉、贝特丽丝和尤金妮这个曾经关系紧密的家庭能尽快聚集在一起，围绕着新成员欢快地交流。

但安德鲁与被定罪的儿童色情狂杰弗里·爱泼斯坦 (Jeffrey Epstein) 的友谊以及他随后撒的谎，已导致约克家族彻底崩塌；他现在被孤立，流亡在桑德灵厄姆 (Sandringham)。

他的前妻莎拉——同样因其对爱泼斯坦的谄媚友谊而公开蒙羞——则上演了一场令人印象深刻的消失戏码。

除了在瑞士一家豪华度假村被拍到的一张照片外，她已经连续几个月没有露面了。随着本周进一步的报道称，爱泼斯坦涉嫌威胁要公开不仅是莎拉，而且贝特丽丝和尤金妮在他在出狱几天后也享受过他的款待，没有人愿意走到聚光灯下。

因此，这两位自豪的祖父母似乎都不太可能出现在葡萄牙，至少不会公开出现。我确信莎拉尤其渴望见到她的新孙女，但如果她真的去了，那肯定是一次秘密行动，并且会给照顾新生儿的父母增加额外的压力。尤金妮和她的丈夫杰克 (Jack) 花大量时间

尤金妮公主与她的父母及姐姐贝特丽丝在滑雪假期中 GETTY

住在他们在葡萄牙的家中，他在那里担任一家销售豪华住宅公司的营销主管。他们在那里生活是很正常的——尤其是在夏天，而且我确信他们的房子很漂亮，附近有海滩，且阳光充足。

公平地说，尤金妮和她的丈夫现在是一个五口之家，而常春藤小屋 (Ivy Cottage)——这里曾经

被用于宫廷工作人员和雇员——只有三间卧室。

留在那里也会让人们更多地关注关于该房产低于市场租金的争论，无论如何，这笔租金是由国王从其私人收入中支付的。随着家庭成员的增加，也许现在是杰克和尤金妮宣布他们能够独立生活，并购买或

何时邀请祖父母过来是新父母面临的一个永恒问题

租赁一个他们自己的伦敦基地的时候了。尤金妮是一个聪明的年轻女性，在过去的两年里经历得异常艰辛。她的父母被公众鄙视，她的母亲患过癌症，两人现在都生活在阴影之中。她终于拥有了一个渴望已久的女儿来陪伴她的两个小儿子，这份喜悦是在一个充满波折的故事中一段快乐的插曲。

这个小女孩的到来是通过白金汉宫的一份正式声明公布的，这一事实强调了约克家族成员仍然在王位继承序列中。

关于安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎及其后代是否应该从该名单中删除的争论仍在继续。这大概也是尤金妮和她的家人在葡萄牙感到更快乐的另一个原因。

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莱因克尔及其伙伴在富人征税问题上搞错了

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汤姆·斯沃布里克 (Tom Swarbrick)

我想，债务管理办公室 (Debt Management Office) 应该是某栋不起眼建筑中的一层楼，墙上装饰着巨大的电视屏幕，每分每秒地显示着英国国家债务的攀升。

衣着考究的男女在霓虹数字旁静静地走过，在被屏幕的吸引力捕捉后停下脚步，发出沮丧和痛苦的哀嚎。

因此，财政部这个鲜为人知的分支机构或许带着一丝绝望，在其网站上建议，具有公共精神的个人如果愿意，可以向陛下政府捐款，以帮助减轻债务负担。

“请帮帮我们，”这些国家的“强行募捐者”恳求道。

他们的呼吁得到了一个由 120 个成功故事组成的专属俱乐部的响应，他们自称为“爱国百万富翁”。我想，你必须富有且出名才能加入这个团体，因此，看到这个富豪群体的领头人加里·莱因克尔，以及电影导演理查德·柯蒂斯 (Richard Curtis) 和音乐制作人布莱恩·伊诺 (Brian Eno) 出面，表达他们希望捐出更多数百万资产的愿望，也就不足为奇了。

他们希望——除其他事项外——对资产超过 1000 万英镑m 的富人的资产价值增加 1 或 2 个百分点的税收。他们呼吁我们的政府“对极端财富水平提高税收，以建设一个更公平、更好且更有希望的英国”。

这是一个高尚的帮助提议，只要安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 能停止阻碍他们这样做。这种利他主义是表演性的吗？他们是在寻求一枚政治荣誉勋章吗？也许吧。

关于实施此类税收的各种困难已有大量论述，而且这个财富创造者群体也遭受了不少嘲讽。

然而，我认为这群财力雄厚的爱国者应该因他们创造的财富、就业机会和产品而受到赞赏。

但“爱国百万富翁”的问题在于，他们陷入了陈旧、停滞的争论中，而这些争论正是我们僵化的经济讨论中很大一部分的特征。

问题不能通过增加更多税收来解决。作为百万富翁，他们应该知道这一点。他们的帮助提议应该源于他们在职业生涯中显然发挥了巨大作用的思维模式，但令人抓狂的是，在面对一个认为创造财富在某种程度上是“错误”的政治气候时，他们却在回避这种思维。

事实是，我们需要创造更多财富。我们需要创造更多百万富翁。

如果我是一名“爱国百万富翁”，我会把我们这些人聚集起来，创建一个基金，投资于年轻一代的想法。

我会为那些具有创业精神的 20 多岁年轻人——那些痴迷于拼搏的人——创建卓越中心，向他们展示如何扩大规模，如何管理业务，如何吸引关注，以及如何打造品牌。

一个爱国的、旨在制造百万富翁的训练营。一个明白只要 GDP 增长 1 个百分点，就能多交给

加里·莱因克尔以及其他数十位名人表示，他希望捐出更多的钱

如果我是一名爱国百万富翁，我会投资于年轻人的想法

债务管理办公室里那些年迈的会计师 120亿英镑。这个数额远高于，且比财政研究所 (Institute of Fiscal Studies) 估计的此类财富税能筹集到的 60亿英镑 至 1000 万英镑bn 的温和估值更可靠。

莱因克尔和他的百万富翁伙伴们似乎对他们所取得的成就感到愧疚，这或许反映了围绕财富和财富创造的政治氛围。

他们认为税基必须改变，特别是劳动所得需要受到保护，以免受到更严重的打击，这一点是对的。

但他们的论点似乎源于一种认为创造财富是错误的——即这是现代形式的掠夺——的态度，而唯有创造财富才能让这个国家摆脱我们目前所处的停滞状态。

如果我们想要增加财政部的金库储备，现在正是为创造更多百万富翁提供爱国主义论据的时候——而谁比那些将自己定义为百万富翁的人更适合去做这件事呢。

Tom Swarbrick 是 LBC 的一名主持人，曾任首相特雷莎·梅的顾问

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人物

Temple 与在《Ted Lasso》中结识的男子结婚

作者：Sean O'Grady

朱诺·坦普尔 (Juno Temple) 透露她与男友米哈尔·希曼斯基 (Michal Szymanski) 低调结婚。

这位《Ted Lasso》的明星在与克里斯·埃文斯 (Chris Evans) 参加的 TF1 Unplugged 特别节目中，在宣传这部 Apple TV 系列新季时，确认了两人已结为夫妻。

她表示：“我结婚了，我们在《Ted Lasso》第二季时相识。”

坦普尔与她的共同主演汉娜·瓦丁汉姆 (Hannah Waddingham) 一起参加了采访，后者表示两人相识时，希曼斯基是瓦丁汉姆的司机。

瓦丁汉姆补充道：“她说，‘我可以约他约会吗？’我说，‘可以’。他是我的司机。”

坦普尔说：“他当时在开车送汉娜，他们有一个秘密代码，我可以去见他们，然后汉娜的预约会‘恰好’超时。”

坦普尔在 2022 年与希曼斯基公开关系，当时他们一同出席了《壮志之战 2：独行侠》(Top Gun: Maverick) 的首映礼红毯。

此后，他们共同参加了多次活动，包括 2024 年的评论家选择奖 (Critics Choice Awards) 和《毒液：最后一舞》(Venom: The Last Dance) 的首映礼。

《Ted Lasso》明星朱诺·坦普尔及其现任丈夫、该剧司机米哈尔·希曼斯基 ©ODIN ECKENROTH / SETTY

人物

布鲁克林·贝克汉姆誓言保护妻子

作者：Sean O'Grady

布鲁克林·佩尔茨·贝克汉姆 (Brooklyn Peltz Beckham) 在祝愿妻子尼古拉 (Nicola) 周年快乐时，承诺将“永远保护”她。

这对在 2022, 结婚的夫妇在 1 月份发表的一份社交媒体声明后，与佩尔茨·贝克汉姆的家人关系疏远，声明中称他没有意愿与他们和解。

佩尔茨·贝克汉姆分享了一张他与妻子相拥的照片。

他写道：“周年快乐，尼古拉。我无法告诉你我有多爱你，你是我最好的朋友，我对你的爱胜过生命本身 xx。”

“我如此幸运能称你为我的妻子，你是我绝对的公主，我承诺永远保护你。”

尼古拉也分享了她对丈夫的致敬，写道：“周年快乐，我的爱人。你让生活如此美好。感谢你成为我梦寐以求的最完美的丈夫。”

这对夫妇于 2022 年在佛罗里达州棕榈滩的佩尔茨家族庄园结婚。

他们在 2025 年 8 月在纽约州威斯特彻斯特重新宣誓。贝克汉姆家族没有参加此次仪式。

美国

名人博主在“直播自残”后入院治疗

作者：Benedict Gardner

名人博主 Perez Hilton 据报道在 TikTok 上直播自残，目前正在医院康复。

周二，在收到一名男子在社交媒体平台上分享自残直播画面的报告后，警方被召至 Hilton 位于迈阿密的家中。

（原名 Mario Lavandeira）在 2000 年代因其名人八卦网站而名声大噪，该网站此后因其挑衅性的报道而面临批评。

迈阿密-戴德县警长办公室在与《i报》分享的一份声明中没有点名 ，但确认其“接到了多次关于一名个人在社交媒体上直播自残行为的电话”。

警员在现场与家属进行了交谈，并确认该男子独自在屋内。

一名发言人补充说，“在许多涉及人员经历心理健康危机或积极自残的事件中，副警长会通过创造时间、距离和沟通机会，优先考虑缓解局势”。

该发言人补充道，该男子已被“安全救出”并被送往当地医院接受进一步医疗护理。 的 TikTok 账号已被暂停。

据该发言人称，心理健康专业人员正在现场为该个人的家属提供支持。

Perez 的经纪人表示，他们“意识到了网络上流传的涉及我们的客户 的令人担忧的内容”。

他们补充说：“目前，尽管我们一直在努力联系他，但尚未能与他取得直接联系。”

“我们最关心的是 的健康和福祉。”

以自己名字命名的八卦博客在他 2005 年在一家咖啡馆创建后迅速成长，成为好莱坞最具争议的网站。

Mila Kunis 在 2018 年表示，该博客是“丑陋新闻”的源头， 此后对他早期的做法表示遗憾。

他在 2012 年告诉《纽约时报》，他“意识到会有很多人持有持久的怨恨”。他补充道：“重要的是人们认为我对这个世界不再有毒。”

拥有三个孩子的 最近出现在名人真人秀节目中，并主持自己的娱乐圈新闻播客。

娱乐

《蜘蛛侠》电影全球票房突破 10亿美元

作者：Sean O'Grady

《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》（Spider-Man: Brand New Day）在六天内全球票房突破 10亿美元 (7.42 亿英镑m)，成为史上第二个达到这一里程碑的电影。

这部于 31 July 上映的大片，是演员 Tom Holland 第四次饰演喷网英雄彼得·帕克。

此前仅有《复仇者联盟 4：终局之战》在 2019 年的首映周末票房赚得 12.2亿美元。 《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》在首映周末于美国和加拿大赚得 3.55亿美元，并在国际票房赚得另外 5.72亿美元。

中国以 1.21亿美元 领跑国际门票销售。该片还创下了在美国票房仅用四天就赚得 4亿美元 的最快电影纪录。

制片人兼漫威影业总裁 Kevin Feige 告诉《Variety》：“我没预料到《终局之战》的（国内）纪录会被打破，但对于这个纪录在刚刚过去的周末被我们第 38 部 MCU（漫威电影宇宙）电影打破，我感到无比高兴。”

“发现自己处于这个位置，这种感觉令人震撼。”

这是继《超级马里奥银河电影》、《迈克尔》和《玩具总动员 5》之后，今年第四部全球票房赚得 10亿美元 的电影。

法庭

Glitter 面临历史性性犯罪指控

作者：Sam Hall

前流行歌星 Gary Glitter 已出庭接受审理，被指控在 20 世纪 70 年代对一名 8 至 11 岁女孩实施性犯罪。

82 岁的 （原名 Paul Gadd）昨日通过监狱视频链接在威斯敏斯特治安法院出庭。他被指控在 1978 年至 1981 年期间，与一名 13 岁以下女孩发生非法性行为，以及三项对一名 14 岁以下女孩实施猥亵袭击的罪名。

涉嫌犯罪行为发生在 1978 年至 1981. 期间，地点位于 位于伦敦西区的家中。出于法律原因，原告身份不能公开，其当时年龄为 8 至 11 岁。

他被还押候审，并被告知于 9 月 2 日在伦敦的老贝利法院（Old Bailey）出庭。

否认上述指控。

，82 岁，通过视频链接从德文郡的 HMP Channings Wood 监狱出庭

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“Maga 释放”：对特朗普任期最后几年的担忧

国会山的前同事告诉迈尔斯·泰勒，最糟糕的情况尚未到来

本周华盛顿的普遍观点是，参议院共和党人终于找到了对抗唐纳德·特朗普的方法。报道称，他们认为美国总统正成为一个日益增加的选举负担，并且他们开始破坏他的虚荣项目。

但即使是参议员们自己也不真正相信这一点。特朗普自己的顾问们正在将那些心照不宣的话公开说出来。美国新闻网站 Axios 本周直截了当地地报道称，总统并不在乎共和党是否会在今年秋天的中期选举中失去对国会的控制权。

他更希望获胜，但他的计划并非围绕获胜而展开。他计划的是中期选举之后的事情，那将是一场全面的、为期两年的“终局”，他打算在其中以他此前一直避免或仅是涉足的方式行使权力。我将“终局”加上引号，是因为我坚信特朗普本人也不确定自己在未来两年结束时是否会离职。但我稍后会谈到这一点。

当特朗普感到被逼入绝境时，他的冲动就是猛烈反击。如果民主党在 11 月重新夺回国会的一院或两院，他将比其政治生涯中的任何时刻都更受围困，面临着针对其家人及其财产的大规模传票。与此同时，他将变得毫无约束，因为共和党党团中最后的异见者已被清洗。无论输赢，下一个国会将是历史上最“MAGA”（Maga）的国会。他仅剩的少数共和党批评者已经离开或即将离开，取而代之的是对他感恩戴德的成员。而他们将支持一位处于最鲁莽状态的总统。你可能会认为美国政府的立法部门会对一个任性的总统产生最大的制约。但我曾在第一任特朗普政府中共事的人认为，最糟糕的情况尚未到来。最令他们担心的不只是中期选举（特朗普将试图窃取或使其失去公信力），而是到 2028 年总统大选时，美国宪法将处于什么样的状态。

他们的担忧非常具体。他们预计特朗普将全面无视国会，包括在内阁任命上绕过参议院，花费立法者从未批准的资金，并扣押

立法者批准的资金。他们预计他将利用联邦政府的所有力量，加大对民主党领导的州的惩罚（因投票错误而拒绝提供灾难援助并削减计划），同时向忠诚的亲信提供赦免、合同和监管优惠。

而且他们预计他将停止伪装法院很重要，尽管他现在几乎不再伪装。在联邦法院阻止其行动的每八起案件中就有一起（约 81 起），政府直接无视了裁决。他唯一会欢迎法院程序的例子将是为了向他的敌人开战。

如果你想知道这种无法无天在实践中是什么样子，你可以看看针对詹姆斯·科米（见插图）等案件。上周的法院文件披露，政府特工显然在特朗普高级官员的指示下，使用非法窃听来追踪这位前 FBI 局长，而总统在空军一号上实时监控该行动。这一事件在单一行为中叠加了至少三次违宪，包括未经授权的

我还预计特朗普将使用伪装成应对“国内安全”危机的紧急权力

监控、对受保护言论的报复以及对批评者的报复性起诉。

如果特朗普的首席律师在本周获得一个顺从的共和党参议院确认，这类测试案例将成为教科书式的典型。

我还预计特朗普将使用紧急权力——例如《叛乱法》甚至暂停人身保护令——并将其伪装成对“国内安全”危机的应对。

此外还有一个人们在谈论时将其视为极低可能性的问题，尽管它可能是最有可能发生的：特朗普是否根本打算离任。在我看来，他将直到最后一刻都在沉思违宪的第三个任期，部分是为了让像 JD Vance 和 Marco Rubio 这样潜在的接班人处于永久的低姿态，而不仅仅是为了作秀。他会真正地探索这一可能。

但独裁是劳动密集型的。每一次非法窃听都需要愿意执行的特工。无视法院裁决需要愿意忽略它们的官员。每一次报复行为都会产生新的共犯，而每个共犯都是违法行为的见证者。因此，特朗普在谢幕之战中主张权力的态度越激进，问责制账本就越大。

压制旨在巩固他的权力，但最终却为最终的反作用力奠定了基础。美国可能正在进入这部剧最黑暗的一幕，但我相信这将是最后一幕。即将到来的艰难岁月将反噬特朗普。不屈的美国人会确保这一点。

迈尔斯·泰勒 (Miles Taylor) 是美国国土安全部前任幕僚长

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横向

1 标记，被反弹的子弹捕捉，例如 (5) 4 受保护的记者在文章中遭受虐待之后 (9) 9 某种程度上让一个英雄变得气馁 (4,5) 10 在步兵首领之前转身离去——这就是他们的用处 (5) 11 法庭上的文本未开启——它已过期 (7) 12 朋友们偶尔为高飞者编织它们 (3,4) 13 在午餐期间努力工作，离开内容，极有可能倾斜 (3-5) 14 处于特定地点，你为观众买杯茶 (8) 17 皮条客反对覆盖妓女模仿的报纸 (6) 19 大部分坚韧的牛排种类——需要最后一滴 syrsh 来清理你的喉咙 (8) 22 我们中的一个是炎热且干涸的 (7)

24 超市用美国毕业生代替欧洲人——这可能难以吞咽 (7) 25 在退休中完成一个小练习——它会让你感到脸红 (5) 26 绿色的被修复并安置在国际之前——这是一个巨大的游戏空间 (9) 27 T-Rex 拥有这些武器 (5-4) 28 关于小孩子的节目 (5)

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《Possession》（占有） 晚上9点，Sky Atlantic频道

这部导演风格时尚的剧集场景设定在布里斯托尔和牙买加之间，由Gugs Whistha-Raw（左）饰演克劳迪娅，一名雄心勃勃的英国双种族年轻律师，她被派遣到牙买加处理一起遗产继承权挑战案。一座前种植园庄园被留给了当地男子库乔·伊斯特（Cudjoe East，谢尔顿·谢泼德饰），而非死者的儿子奥利弗·康诺特（Oliver Connaught，珍妮·李·米勒饰），后者是一位富有的白人贵族。但当克劳迪娅发现争议庄园正是长期困扰她噩梦的地方时，案件发生了令人不安的转折。随着克劳迪娅和奥利弗深入挖掘，他们揭开了种植园残酷的过去与仍在影响现状的不公正之间令人心惊的联系。

《Renovation Rescue》（翻修救援）

晚上8点，Channel 4频道

沃格·威廉姆斯（Vogue Williams）和卢克·马博特（Luke Mabott）帮助目前住在西萨塞克斯郡的退休艺术家佩妮（Penny）。在失去了相伴20年的伴侣后，她计划在海边，靠近女儿和孙辈的地方重新开始生活。但由于她看中了一栋需要全面翻修的房子，目前的计划处于停滞状态，因为翻修工程严重超支且进度落后。

《Fake Or Fortune?》（真伪之辨？）

晚上8点，英国广播公司（BBC One）

“这个案例像这个男人本人一样复杂，”艺术专家菲利普·莫尔德（Philip Mould）在与共同主持人费奥娜·布鲁斯（Fiona Bruce）一起调查萨默塞特郡一个车库中发现的15幅蚀刻画的来源时说道，这些画作看起来像英国画家卢西安·弗洛伊德（Lucian Freud）的早期作品。如果这些版画确实是由弗洛伊德本人根据其著名的早期作品《拿着无花果叶的女孩》（Girl With A Fig Leaf）制作的——该作品的模特是艺术家当时的妻子基蒂·加曼（Kitty Garman）——那么每幅画可能价值数万英镑。然而，正如莫尔德的双关语所言，这些画是“与其说是弗洛伊德（Freud），不如说是欺诈（fraud）”？

《Who Do You Think You Are?》（你认为你是谁？）

晚上9点，英国广播公司（BBC One）

本季最后一位寻找祖先的人是英国跳高运动员卡塔琳娜·约翰逊-汤普森（Katarina Johnson-Thompson），她前往巴哈马寻找家族根源。她成功地将祖先追踪到当地一个微小的定居点，并发现她的高祖父在1913年移民到了迈阿密。他在那个种族隔离严重且三K党（Ku Klux Klan）恐怖崛起的时代定居在那座城市。然而，她还发现他曾是一个致力于提升社区水平的团体的一员，且她的曾祖母在民权运动赢得历史性胜利并消除非裔美国选民障碍后，于1986年登记投票。

与Josie Gibson一起乘坐头等舱 (S) 7.55 5 新闻更新 (S) / 7.00 英国铁路之旅 (S) 7.30 酒馆、池塘与权力：村庄的故事 (S) / 6.45 电影：《路易·韦恩的电力生活》(Wild Sharpe 2021) (S) / 7.00 The Floor USA Rob Lowe主持这部充满戏剧性且节奏快速的游戏节目美国版 (S) / 晚上8点 / 8.00 真伪之辨？本系列最后一集 (S) / 8.00 为英国挖掘 (R)(S) / 8.00 Emmanbala慈善机构迈出大步 (S) 8.30 Coronation Street (S) / 8.00 翻新救援 一位退休艺术家需要帮助翻新她海边的家 (S) / 8.00 康沃尔：海边的一年 本系列最后一集 (S) / 8.00 电影：《超人》(Richard Donner 1978) 冒险片：由Christopher Reeve主演 (S) / 8.00 5%俱乐部 由Lee Mack主持的问答赛 (S) / 晚上9点 / 9.00 你认为你是谁？本系列最后一集 (S) / 9.00 家庭中的恶魔：Ruby Franke的陨落 本系列最后一集 (S) 9.50 粉丝：疯狂的一年 (R)(S) / 9.00 全球追击 团队抵达巴黎，挑战Vixen和Beast (S) / 9.00 谋杀案：数字侦探 (S) / 9.00 Benidorm是谋杀 顶楼的一起谋杀案揭露了一家陷入困境的喜剧俱乐部的旧怨 (S) / 9.00 电影：《菲利普船长》(Paul Greengrass 2013) 基于事实的惊悚片，由汤姆·汉克斯主演 (S) / 9.00 Romesh Ranganathan的家长之夜 与Alison Hammond一起 (S) / 晚上10点 / 10.00 英国广播公司十点新闻 (S) 10.30 英国广播公司地区新闻；天气 (S) 10.40 谋杀24 / 7 (R)(S) / 10.00 Inside No 9 一名侦探决心破解一名失踪男孩的案件 (R)(S) 10.30 Newsnight (S) / 10.00 ITV新闻 (S) 10.30 ITV地区新闻 (S) 10.45 电影：《皇家赌场》(Martin Campbell 2006) (S) / 10.00 尸体侦探 1981年一名男子在诺福克海岸失踪 (R)(S) / 10.00 犯罪现场的杀手 一名百万富翁在入室抢劫期间被杀 (R)(S) / 10.15 Christopher Reeve：保持希望在运动中 (R) / 10.00 Changing Ends 喜剧，由Oliver Sands主演 (R) 10.35 Family Guy (S) / 晚上11点 / 11.40 谋杀24 / 7 第二部分（共两部分）警方在发现一个血脚印之前难以构建案件 (R)(S) / 11.05 电影：《女性谈话》(Sarah Pollay 2022) 剧情片，由Rooney Mara主演 (S) / 11.05 社交媒体怪物 (R)(S) / 11.05 一见钟情被杀 三个孩子的父亲在车内被枪击，随后在医院死亡 (R)(S) / 11.15 Parkinson 与Mel Smith一起 Kenneth Griffith和Christopher Reeve (S) / 11.40 电影：《与陌生人共舞》(Mike Newell 1983) 剧情片，由Miranda Richardson主演 (S) / 11.05 Family Guy (S) 11.35 American Dad! 史密斯一家在后院开设了自己的墓地 (S) / 深夜 / 12.40 Alan Carr的图片大比拼 (R)(S)

1.30 英国广播公司新闻 (S) / 12.40 手语区：救护车 (R)(S) 1.40 手语区：循环 (R)(S) 2.40 这是英国广播公司2台 (S) / 1.10 电视购物 2.00 夏日 (R)(S) 3.50 与ITV一起放松 (S) 5.05 Deal Or No Deal：名人特辑 (R)(S) / 12.05 犯罪现场 Clowers (R)(S) 4.00 谋杀案：数字侦探 (R)(S) 1.35 Ramsay的酒店地狱 (R)(S) 2.45 未宣战的战争 (R)(S) 3.35 未宣战的战争 (R)(S) / 12.05 街头警察 Catching The Yoke (R) (S) 1.00 Cruise TV With Level Backlit (R)(S) 4.00 闭门后的全科医生 (R)(S) 2.50 Castle (R)(S) 3.10 Friends (R)(S) 4.35 高地兽医 (R)(S) / 12.15 Ian Rankin的隐藏爱丁堡 (S) 1.10 酒馆、池塘与权力：村庄的故事 (S) 1.40 Ian Rankin的隐藏爱丁堡 (S) 2.40 英国铁路之旅 (S) 3.10 结束 / 1.45 电影：《我们的Tristler》(Susanna White 2020) Sky惊悚片，由Ryan McGregor和Naomi Harris主演 (S)

4.00 结束 / 12.05 American Dad! (S) 12.35 B&R Burgers (S) 1.45 B&R Burgers (S) 4.30 Deal Or No Deal (S) 2.25 与ITV一起放松 (S) 3.00 电视购物

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数独 (Calcudoku)

玩法：在每一行和每一列中各填入数字 1-6，并遵守粗线区域内的求和规则。每个区域内的数字表示该区域的总和，符号则表示应在数字间采用的运算类型：加法、减法、除法或乘法。粗线区域内可以重复出现数字。进行减法时，始终用区域内的最高数减去较低数；进行除法时，用最高数除以较低数。

六边形单词游戏 (Hexalex)

玩法：将下方的每个字母在空格六边形中填入一次，填入后将其划掉。填入字母的方式应使得通过在六边形之间移动到相邻六边形，能够拼出网格旁列出的所有单词。

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新闻 7-22

评论 18-22

电视 24-31

生活 18-37

座位 18-31

座位 22-26

体育 30-36

周四 & 2026年8月

31

参赛者必须解决的一系列问题，以便在城市中穿行并找到在终点线的 Bradley Walsh。第一个挑战是在环绕凯旋门的敞篷巴士上进行一场问答，随后是涉及蜡像馆、蜗牛和巴黎圣母院的游戏，以及在出租车后座进行的一场囚禁式音乐问答。

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《贝尼多姆谋杀案》(Benidorm Is Murder)

晚上9点，5

随着这部令人愉悦的新型温馨科斯塔犯罪剧的继续，Alistair McGowan 将作为客星出演。酒吧老板、前侦探 Dennis (John Hannah) 和痴迷于犯罪的酒吧女招待 Rosa (Carolina Becquer) 调查一起发生在喜剧俱乐部里的谋杀案，那里一名过气的游戏节目明星正试图东山再起。

电影

精选

LAURENCE PHELAN

今日电影

《女性在交谈》(Women Talking)

11.05pm, BBC Two

(Sarah Philips, 2022)

一群门诺会女性发现，导致她们有时醒来时腿根淤青且出血的并非是 listen，而是她们与世隔绝的殖民地中的男性以及一种牛用镇静剂。于是，她们聚集在干草棚中讨论如何应对。她们对于对抗男性的神权父权制度，或离开殖民地以希望在他处创建乌托邦式母权社会的争论，构成了这部电影的主体。这部电影带有教导意味且台词冗长——但在如此直截了当地陈述所有问题中蕴含着一种力量。Rooney Mara (左)、Claire Foy 和 Jessie Buckley 主演。

《上苍允许的一切》(All That Heaven Allows)

4.50pm, Film4

(Douglas Sirk, 1955)

丧偶的社交名媛 Jane Wyman 在 501 美国郊区过着令人羡慕的生活，直到她爱上年轻的园丁 Rock Hudson，才勉强意识到这一切是多么沉闷。当然，社会并不认可这种关系。

《路易·韦恩的电能生活》(The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain)

6.45pm, Film4

(Will Sharpe, 2021)

本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇饰演维多利亚时代的画家 Louis Wain，又一个讨喜、直率、社交笨拙且可能处于自闭症谱系的天才，可与该演员饰演的夏洛克·福尔摩斯、艾伦·图灵及其他角色并列。

点播

《乌鸦女孩》(The Crow Girl)

5频道

Eve Myles 和 Katherine Kelly 主演的风景优美的犯罪剧。

《凯蒂·普莱斯：毫无隐瞒》(Katie Price: Nothing To Hide)

现正播出

关于这位真人秀明星起起伏伏的坦诚记录。

《百年孤独》(One Hundred Years Of Solitude)

Netflix

这部哥伦比亚多代家族传奇剧的第二部分。

iDv3

6.00 George And Mildred (S) 6.35 George And Mildred (S) 7.90 Classic Emmerdale (S) 7.35 Classic Emmerdale (S) 8.10 Coronation Street (S) 8.40 Coronation Street (S) 9.10 Agatha Christie's Poirot (S) 10.25 Agatha Christie's Poirot (S) 11.10 Heartbeat (S) 12.10 Heartbeat (S) 1.35 Midsummer Monsters (S) 1.55 Emmerdale (S) 4.95 Emmerdale (S) 4.40 Coronation Street (S) 5.15 Coronation Street (S) 5.50 Heartbeat (S)

6.55 Heartbeat David尝试练习腹语 (S)

8.00 Vera 侦探调查一名无家可归年轻男子的谋杀案 (S)

10.00 Grandchester Will和Ellie在一次电影院之旅中遇到一起残忍的谋杀案 (S)

11.00 Grandchester 一名年轻男子被发现赤身裸体死在Ferns (S)

11.50 Trial & Retribution (S)

12.55 Agatha Christie's Poirot (S) 2.00 George And Mildred (S) 2.05 Gnatad Kids ITV (S) 2.30 Teleshopping

6.00 Modern Family (S) 6.55 Rodel267 Tube Shorts (S) 7.00 Cauglas Come Dive With Me (S) 8.00 Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares USA (S) 9.00 Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares USA (S) 10.00 America's Funniest Home Videos (S) 11.00 Below Deck: Mediterranean (S) 12.00 The Simpsons (S) 12.20 The Simpsons (S) 1.00 The (S) 1.30 The (S) 2.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (S) 2.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (S) 3.00 Modern Family (S) 3.30 Modern Family (S) 4.00 Modern Family (S) 4.30 Modern Family (S) 5.00 The (S) 5.20 The (S)

6.00 The Homer在小丑学院入学 (S) 6.30 The (S)

7.00 The (S) 7.30 The (S)

8.00 Vanderpump Rules it mis 夜晚陷入混乱 (S)

9.00 Cruising Paradise: Above And Below Deck (S)

10.00 Gegglebox 关于The Trators和I'm A Celebrity. Get Me Out Of Here!的评论 (S)

11.00 Naked Attraction (S)

8.55 Hair Hunters (S) 10.00 Fear in A Bed (S) 10.35 Fear in A Bed (S) 11.55 in A (S) 11.35 in A (S) 12.10 in A (S) 12.40 Come Dive With (S) 1.10 (S) 1.40 (S) 2.10 (S) 2.50 (S) 3.00 in A (S) 3.20 in A (S) 4.00 in A (S) 4.50 in A (S) 5.20 in A (S) 5.50 Car & B S (S)

6.50 Car S.O.S Fuzz Townshend和Tim Shaw修复一辆1994年的Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo (S)

7.55 Grand Designs (S)

8.00 Red & Romsah in Darts (R)(S)

9.00 The Reclaimers: Made In Suffolk Andy和Hayley在诺维奇城堡度过了一天 (S)

10.00 24 Hours In A&E 因工作或娱乐而受伤的患者 (S)

11.05 24 Hours In A&E 两名创伤患者乘坐直升机抵达医院的新直升机停机坪 (S)

12.10 9:38: On The Front Line (S) 1.15 24 In A&E (S) 2.00 24 In A&E (S) 3.45 24 In The Sun (S) 3.55 Close

6.00 Mornings (R) 6.30 Mornings (R) 7.00 Mornings Ridge And Frost (R) 7.30 Mornings Ridge And Frost (R) 8.00 Bargate 86 is (S) 9.00 NCS: Los Angeles (R) (S) 10.00 Will & Grace (R) (S) 10.30 Will & Grace (R) (S) 11.00 The (R) (S) 11.30 The (R) (S) 12.00 Movie: Nature's Secret Force (R)(S) 1.00 Hawaii Five-a (R)(S) 2.00 Hawaii Five-a (R)(S) 3.00 S.W.A.T (R)(S) 5.00 The (R)(S) 5.20 The (R)(S)

6.00 Animal Control 新犬舍举行盛大开业典礼 (R)(S) Animal Control (R)(S)

7.00 The Grampa继承了$100,000 (R)(S) 7.30 The (R)(S)

8.00 Rob & Romsah in Darts (R)(S)

9.00 The Dyers' Caravan Park 公园内安装了一个足球场 (R)(S)

11.10 Animal Control 新犬舍举行盛大开业典礼 (R)(S) Animal Control (R)(S)

8.00 Fish Town (R)(S) 7.00 Fish Town (R)(S) 8.00 Billions (R)(S) 9.10 Billions (R)(S) 10.20 Heated Rivalry (R)(S) 11.15 Heated Rivalry (R) (S) 12.20 Homicide: Life On The Street (R)(S) 1.30 Homicide: Life On The Street (R)(S) 2.30 Billions (R)(S) 3.35 Billions (R)(S) 4.40 Heated Rivalry (R)(S) 5.45 Heated Rivalry (R)(S)

6.50 The Penguin Victor在他新生活与旧生活之间挣扎 (R)(S)

7.55 The Penguin 索菲亚为一个更充满希望的未来制定计划 (R)(S)

8.00 Rob & Romsah in Darts (R)(S) 8.00 Rob & Romsah in Darts (R)(S)

9.00 Possession 超自然惊悚片：由 Gugie Mladha-Raw 主演 (S)

10.00 Possession 超自然惊悚片：由 Gugie Mladha-Raw 主演 (S)

11.00 The Five-Star Weekend 6 风暴降临岛屿 (S) 11.45 The Five-Star Weekend: Last on the corner (S)

12.45 All Her Fealt (R) (S) 1.45 True Detective Night Country (R)(S) 2.30 Petitions (R)(S) 4.95 Billions (R)(S) 5.45 Urban Secrets (R)(S)

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BBC Radio 1

6.5am 新闻节 (Newsbeat) 7.00 King James 主持的 Radio 1 早餐节目 11.00 Robin, Malorn 和 Charlin 12.45pm 新闻节 (Newsbeat) 1.00 Matt 和 Jerry 3.00 Radio 1 预热金曲 (Pre-Anthems) 3.30 新闻节 (Newsbeat) 3.30 Vicki Kahn 和 James De 主持的居家生活 (Living Home) Radio 1 5.45 新闻节 (Newsbeat) 6.00 Jack Saunders 主持的 Radio 1 新音乐节目 8.00 Amelia Free 主持的 Radio 1 狂欢 (Raven Up) 10.00 BBC Introducing 在 Radio 2 Dance 与 Jaguar 11.00 Radio 1 Dance 的驻场节目 (The Residency) 1am Radio 1 现场休息室 (Live Lounge) 2.00 Radio 1 金曲 (Anthems) 4.00 Radio 1 健身金曲 (Workout Anthems) 5.00 Radio 1 早早早餐

BBC Radio 1Xtra

6.5am Ultra 播放列表 7.00 Nadia Joe 主持的 Ultra 早餐节目 10.00 Aasma Day 12.45pm 新闻节 (Newsbeat) 1.00 Kayles Golding 4.00 Remi Burgi 5.45 新闻节 (Newsbeat) 8.00 Remi Burgi 7.00 DJ Target 9.00 Sauni B 10.30 Sauni B 11.00 Jeremiah Aramah 主持的 Ultra 稀有节目 (Rare Show) 12.30am Jeremiah Aramah's Got Lo Mo 1.00 Snowbite Sky 3.00 Ultra 致敬 (Ultra Salutes) 4.00 Obvolve 主持的 Ultra R&B 慢情歌混音 4.30 回顾星期四 (Throwback Thursday) 5.30 Ultra 回顾派对

BBC Radio 2

6.30am The Sans Cos 早餐节目 3.30 天才你 (Genius You) 10.00am Jeremy Vino 2.00 DJ Spire 4.00 Joel Dermond 7.00 Edith Bowman 的闪亮快乐播放列表 7.30 Edith Bowman 9.00 Darla's Racket 主持的乡村节目 (The Country Show) 10.00 Malorn Osborn 主持的伟大律动 (The Great Groove) 12.00b5 Cannon Phillips 3.00 Dermot D Leary 主持的 Spa 替代之声 (Alternative Sounds Of The spa) 4.00 Ocean Wye Evans

BBC Radio 3

6.30am 早餐节目 9.30 经典精选 (Essential Classics) 1pm 古典现场 (Classical Live) 4.00 本周作曲家：莫扎特 5.00 协调 (In Tune)：Maximilian Hornung 在布里斯托参加 BBC Prom 之前进行现场演奏 7.00 BBC Promo 2018：Wilder 的《奥伯龙》(Oberon) 半舞台表演 10.00 夜间曲目 (Night Tracks)：Sara Mohr-Pietsch 为深夜听众呈现的冒险原声带 11.30 流动的午夜 (Flowed Midnight)：Alice Zawadzki 代班 Sounds: Kinch 12.30am 彻夜 (Through The Night)

BBC Radio 4

6am 今日 (Today) 8.00 Natalie Haynes 为经典发声 9.30 吉他故事 (The Guitar Story) 10.00 女性时间 (Womans Hour) 11.00 儿童三个时代 (The Three Ages Of Child) 11.45 Tony Hawks 不打算放弃任何东西 12.00am 新闻 12.01a 秘密 (Soon Secrets) 12.32 血之广 (Blood Broad) 12.57 天气 1.00 无声之人 (The Voiceless One) 1.45 新必要 (The New Necessities) 2.00 纵火 (The Arson) 2.15 戏剧：Portmorium 生活后的爱 3.00 自然生活 (The Natural Life) 3.27 Radio 4 呼吁 3.30 反馈 (Feedback) 4.00

简报室 (The Briefing Room) 4.30 BBC 内部评分 5.00 FM 5.57 天气 6.00 六点新闻 6.30 Liqueur's FM：Dire 和 Amy 协助 Great Zambino 的到来 7.00 赞歌 (The Anthem)：一名居民面临紧急俱乐部 7.50 前排 (Front Row)：艺术节目 8.00 在你自己的部分 (At Your Own Part)：Lucy Easthope 探讨吸烟风险管理的诞生 8.15 媒体节目 (The Media Show)：来自快速变化的媒体世界的最新消息 9.00 Frank Allen (Sly) Smithwell 和 Natalie Widgeoos 主持的爱之终点 (Loved Ends) 9.45 疯狂的同轴 (The Coax Are Mad)：来自 1995 年，当时政府确认了一种影响人类的新型论坛疾病 10.00 Jane Hill 主持的今夜世界 (The World Tonight) 10.45 南方所有就寝时间：Wakefield 的面具 (The Visor Of Wakefield) 11.00 激进 (Radical)：对话重塑世界的全球力量 11.30 好莱坞与广告地带电影：Christopher Nolan 和 Christopher Frayling 探讨 Tony Scott 的作品 12.00b11 新闻与天气 13.30 Tony Hawks 不打算放弃

任何东西 13.45 购物预测 1.00 BBC 世界服务 2.00 Lawrence 新闻 2.04 简报室 3.32 天气 5.34 购物预测 5.43 今日祷告 5.45 今日农业

BBC Radio 4 Extra

6am 等待游戏 (The Waiting Game) 6.30 谁杀了 Aldrich Kemp？ 7.00 资本游戏 (Capital Game) 7.30 Bankos 之道 (The Bankos Way) 8.00 相信它 (Believe It) 8.30 跟随 Pappans 8.45 小岛 (Small Island) 9.00 暴力 FM (Violence FM) 9.30 酒馆背后 (Behind The Taverna) 9.45 每日服务 10.00 伟大人生 (Great Lives) 10.30 向下竞赛 (The Race To Down) 11.00 等待游戏 11.30 谁杀了 Aldrich Kemp？ 12.00b6 资本游戏 12.30 Bankos 之道 1.00 评论 (S) 3.0 跟随 Pappans 1.45 小岛 2.00 我们以前来过这里 2.30 改变 (The Change) 3.00 柏林 4.00 伟大人生 4.30 向下竞赛 5.00 等待游戏 5.30 谁杀了 Aldrich Kemp？

戏剧：波特梅里昂与生命的恋情

下午2.15，英国广播公司 Radio 4

Bethan Roberts 的温婉戏剧想象了披头士乐队的经纪人 Brian Epstein（上图）如何寻得一份意想不到的爱情

6.00 Capital Game 6.30 The Bankos Way 7.00 Review (R) 7.30 Following Pappans 7.45 Small Island 8.00 We've Been Here Before 8.30 The Change 9.00 Berlin 10.00 Comedy Club: (Baward) FM 10.30 Comedy Club: (pill) And All That 11.00 : The Cookbook Of Max And Ivan 11.30 : Sophie Williams Sarah Schierwaldz 11.45 : What's The Story: Ashley Storms? 12.00b11 Great Lives 12.30 The Race To Down 1.00 The Waiting Game 1.30 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp? 2.00 Capital Game 2.30 The Bankos Way 2. Review (R) 3.30 Following Pappans 3.45 Small Island 4.00 We've Been Here Before 4.30 The Change 5.00 Berlin

BBC 5 Live

6am Live Breakfast 9.00 Nicky Campbell 11.00 Adrian Chiles 1pm Matt Downey 4.00 5 Live One 7.00 5 Live Sport 8.00 Rugby League 10.00 Johnny Simpson 1am Edward Adze 5.00 Wake Up To Money

BBC 6 Music

7am Nick Grimshaw 10.00 New Music Fix 1pm Craig Charles 4.00 Emily Pflitsam 6.00 Emily Pflitsam's Roundtable 7.00 New Fix Daily 9.00 Riley & Coe 11.00 S Artist in Residence: Ezra Caldecive 12.00b11 New Fix Playlist 1.00 New Album Fix 2.00 S 's Jukebox 3.00 S 's 9th Forever 4.00 G Read Under Fire On 5.00 The Ronne With Chris Hawkins 5.30 Chris Hawkins

Classic FM

6.30am Classic FM: Breakfast With Dan Walker 9.00 The Classic FM Hall Of Fame Hour Dan Walker 10.00 Alad 11.00 1pm Kevin Ward-Michael 4.00 Margherita Tate 7.00 Reusing Economy Zeb Soares 9.00 Classic FM's Composer: Carousel Zeb Soares: Today's Focus is Edward King 10.00 Cam Classics 1am Bill Overton 4.00 Early Breakfast

Absolute Radio

6am Dave Perry 10.00 Lizzie Graham 1pm Bob Barr et 4.00 Bush And Richie 7.00 Ben Coley 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1am Dan Noble

Heart

6.30am Heart Breakfast James Thaddeon And Amanda Holton 10.00 Outdoor Christie 1pm Matt Wilkinson 4.00 Jr And Kelly Broad 7.00 Heart's Past Good Weekend Dev Griffin 10.00 Ben Atkinson 1am Guy Howard 4.00 Early Breakfast Lindsey Russell

TELEPORT

6am TELEPORT: Breakfast Debbie's Above 10.00 Adam Caldwell & Carlton Cole 1pm Honebam And Barry 4.00 TELEPORT On the 7.00 The Transfer Incident 10.00 The Sports Bar 1am Chris Fone Paul Ross 5.00 Early Sports Breakfast

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全景 (Panorama)

用10个故事看世界

美国

进步派赢得关键参议院席位竞选之战

作者：Joey Cappelletti 和 Jacqueline Genun 发自底特律

阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul el-Sayed）赢得了密歇根州美国参议院的民主党提名，这对该党在关键摇摆州的进步派翼来说是一次胜利。

“用穆罕默德·阿里的话来说，我们震撼了世界，”赛义德昨天上午告诉支持者们。

赛义德和进步派实力的真正考验将出现在 11 月与迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers）的对决中，后者是一位在共和党提名中没有对手的前国会议员。该席位对于民主党翻盘参议院的机会至关重要。

他的民主党初选对手、美国众议员海莉·史蒂文斯（Haley Stevens）表示她将支持赛义德的候选资格。

她说：“我很自豪能在他在大选中挑战迈克·罗杰斯时提供支持。”

赛义德的胜利非常微弱，直到几乎所有选票都被计入后才得以确定。但他的获胜代表了民主党的重大转变；在 2018 年，他在州长初选中输给了州长格雷琴·惠特默（Gretchen Whitmer），差距达 21 个百分点。

他的获胜是民主党进步派翼最新的胜利，此前佐兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）在去年 11 月的纽约市长竞选中获胜。

赛义德（插图）曾任卫生官员，他的竞选主张包括“全民医疗保险”、停止对以色列的军事援助以及政治竞选资金改革。

他得到了包括参议员伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）和美国众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez）在内的进步派领导人的支持，后者将这场竞选定义为一场以基层为中心的运动，以及一场反对建制派和大资本的更广泛斗争。

密歇根州是民主党必须赢得的参议院选区。这场竞选将有助于决定在唐纳德·特朗普总统任期的最后两年中，哪个政党控制该议院。

这些利害关系加剧了竞争的激烈程度，温和派认为，在大选中，赛义德会比史蒂文斯面临更艰难的处境。

昨天，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在没有证据的情况下暗示，赛义德的胜利是由于腐败和“虚假的邮寄选票”。美联社

香港

教育工作者持有非法物种

作者：Farah Master

一名香港爬行动物教育中心的负责人，同时也是一项面向儿童的大型野生动物博览会的共同主办者，被指控非法持有濒危物种。

Nature Herpetology Education 的负责人黄浩轩（Alvin Wong Ho-hin）原定于昨天在东区裁判法院出庭，但未能出席。

该案件可追溯到 2022 年，当时官员们在香港会议展览中心的一个展览中没收了几只活体濒危动物。

被没收的动物包括一只绿鬣蜥、一只斯宾塞巨蜥（一种受保护的澳大利亚蜥蜴物种）、一只金钱龟以及一只非洲灰鹦鹉标本。

黄的公司在湾仔共同主办“异宠世界”（Exotic Pets World）博览会，直到 8 月 18 日。

他在 2018 年 1 月从动物慈善机构 HK Herp 辞职，此前该机构宣布一批动物（包括一些濒危物种）从其中心被盗。路透社

土耳其

保护前 PKK 分子法律预计将通过

作者：Nevzat Devranoglu 和 Huseyin Hayatsever，发自安卡拉

土耳其执政联盟昨日向议会提交了一项法律草案，旨在通过在一定程度上保护许多前武装分子免于起诉，并暂停部分人员的监禁刑期，从而实现与库尔德工人党 (PKK) 的和平。

该法律草案标志着在正式结束一场自 1984 年以来已导致 40,000 多人死亡、在境内播下深刻不和并加剧伊拉克和叙利亚暴力冲突的叛乱方面迈出了一大步。

其目标是通过促进潜在的数千名前 武装分子返回土耳其，从而在一定程度上结束这场持续数十年的冲突。

该草案得到了大多数政治家的支持，预计将于本周晚些时候通过，但民意调查显示，部分人士对其能否带来持久和平持怀疑态度。

根据该法案，土耳其国家安全委员会将核实该组织的解除武装情况，一个由副总统、部长和 MIT 情报机构负责人组成的委员会将监督武装分子的投降。

该法案将暂停那些被判定为 成员或援助该组织人员的监禁刑期。

它还为未参与杀戮的武装分子提供法律保护。

在 2005 年之前被判定犯有严重罪行（包括领导恐怖组织和加重终身监禁）的 官员将无法获得法律保护。

自 1999 年起被判终身监禁的 领导人阿卜杜拉·奥贾兰 (Abdullah Ocalan)（插图）将继续留在监狱中。

奥贾兰去年呼吁 解除武装并解散，该组织对此表示同意。路透社

梵蒂冈

教皇将对拉丁美洲进行为期 11 天的访问

作者：Nicole Winfield，发自梵蒂冈

教皇利奥 (Pope Leo) 将于 11 月进行他担任教皇后的首次拉丁美洲之行，回到他曾花费大量传教生涯的地区，访问乌拉圭、阿根廷和秘鲁。

此次 6 至 17 日的行程将包括在乌拉圭的蒙得维的亚、派桑杜和佛罗里达；阿根廷的布宜诺斯艾利斯、科尔多瓦和卢汉；以及秘鲁的利马、奇克拉约、库斯科和帕卡伊利亚停留。

这次访问尤为重要，因为教皇与秘鲁有着长期的联系。这位首位在美国出生的教皇曾在那里担任传教士和教会领袖数十年，并在 2015 至 2023 年期间担任奇克拉约主教。他还拥有秘鲁国籍。

他还将访问其前任的故乡阿根廷。尽管多次受到邀请，但首位拉丁美洲教皇方济各在其 12 年的教皇任期内从未返回阿根廷。美联社

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没有“粗鲁”的夜晚

昨日，一只狗在中国浙江省湖州市的一家酒店房间内安顿下来。欧米托酒店 (Omito Hotel) 升级了其服务，以更好地接待携带宠物的客人，包括睡眠和美容空间。 WANG SHUCHENG / VCG / GETTY

台湾

军队开始年度中国入侵演习

作者：Joy Chiang 和 Peiju Teng 发自台北

台湾昨日启动年度军事演习，旨在模拟应对中国可能入侵该自治岛屿的反应。

实弹演习将测试台湾军队维持 24 小时防御行动以及应对中国尚未达到公开战争程度的“灰色地带战术”的能力。

为期 10 天的汉光演习将在岛内各处举行。

北京将民主的台湾视为一个分裂省份，必要时将通过武力收复。

近年来，北京加强了军事压力行动，包括几乎每天向该岛附近派遣军机和军舰。美联社

明信片来自……哈尔伯施塔特 (Halberstadt)

德国东部的一台小型管风琴是全球最慢音乐会的焦点。

近 25 年来，它一直以极慢的速度演奏作曲家约翰·凯奇 (John Cage) 的同一首乐曲。昨天发生了一次罕见的和弦变化——随着 A4 管的加入，音符从七个增加到八个——这标志着“哈尔伯施塔特约翰·凯奇管风琴项目” (John Cage Organ Project Halberstadt) 这项为期 639 年的壮举完成了约 4 per cent。

虽然该项目于 2000, 年启动，但演出始于 5 September 2001 ——凯奇 89 岁生日当天——起初是一段静默的停顿，一直持续到 5 February 2003, 当时在德国哈尔伯施塔特的中世纪布尔查迪教堂 (Burchardi Church) 内部才真正能听到第一个和弦。

这台管风琴已经演奏约翰·凯奇的作品近 25 年。

这部名为“ORGAN” / ASLSP (As SLow as Possible，尽可能慢) 的作品预计将于 2640 年 9 月 4 日结束。

一套电动鼓风系统将风送入管风琴以产生持续的声音。通过手动完成的和弦变化，意味着管风琴管的声音会发生改变，要么是因为加入了新声音，要么是因为现有声音结束。

纽约约翰·凯奇信托基金会 (John Cage Trust) 执行董事杰弗里·莱彭多夫 (Jeffrey Lependorf) 表示，他期待对比昨天和弦变化前后的声音差异。

“你能用全身感受到它，”他说，“它以一种令人难以置信的方式产生共鸣。”

凯奇是一位美国前卫作曲家，1912 年出生于洛杉矶，1992 年去世。

他也是一位著名的音乐理论家、艺术家和哲学家，他对这首作品的唯一指示就是尽可能慢且尽可能轻地演奏。

该项目改造了布尔查迪教堂，在为安装新屋顶筹集资金以使这部作品成为现实之前，该教堂大部分处于废墟状态。

可继承的 5 September 2640 “最终门票”售价为 €2,640 (€2,265)。AP

Stefanie Dazio 和 David Keyton

韩国

首尔将恢复通往北方的铁路

作者：Kyo-sook Shim 发自 首尔

首尔昨日表示，韩国将重启一段铁路区段的工程，该区段最终可能与朝鲜东部城市元山相连。尽管与平壤的关系处于冰冻状态，但该项目在停摆十年后得以重启。

统一部长郑东영 (Chung Dong-young) 表示，政府将恢复修复靠近与朝鲜边境非军事区附近一段中断的京原线 (Gyeong-won Line)，该项目于 2015 年启动，次年暂停。

朝鲜已投入大量资源开发元山-葛马 (Wonsan-Kalma) 沿海旅游区。

尽管朝鲜在 2024 年采取行动炸毁跨境铁路连接，将其定义为将韩国视为敌对国家的一部分，但该计划依然出台。路透社

墨西哥

社交媒体网红在直播时被枪杀

作者：Lizbeth Diaz 发自墨西哥城

当地当局表示，社交媒体网红塞萨尔·加斯特卢姆（Cesar Gastelum）在西北部城市库利亚坎（Culiacan）的一家快餐店外与朋友直播时被枪杀。

加斯特卢姆在 TikTok 上拥有近 600,000 名粉丝，以喜剧视频闻名。周二，当他在一家快餐店外进行直播时，两名骑摩托车且均佩戴头盔的人向他及其朋友靠近。

在一段直播录像中，摩托车驾驶员似乎直接向加斯特卢姆开枪。

此次杀戮发生在库利亚坎持续不断的暴力事件之中。库利亚坎是锡那罗亚州（Sinaloa）的首府，一直处于竞争控制权的敌对有组织犯罪派系冲突的中心。

这次枪击事件也让人想起

塞萨尔·加斯特卢姆在一家快餐店外被枪杀

2025年5月墨西哥美容网红瓦莱里娅·马尔克斯（Valeria Marquez，23岁）被杀的事件。当时她在位于西部哈利斯科州萨波潘（Zapopan）工作的一家沙龙内进行 TikTok 直播时被枪杀。

7月，墨西哥当局宣布在哈利斯科州逮捕了被称为“El B.V”的拉蒙·安赫尔·阿尔瓦雷斯·阿亚拉（Ramon Angel Alvarez Ayala），他被认定为与哈利斯科新世代卡特尔（Jalisco New Generation Cartel）相关的一个犯罪小组的头目。路透社

尼泊尔

当地农民免于大麻禁令

作者：Binaj Gurubacharya 发自加德满都

尽管有全国性的禁令，尼泊尔的一个省政府已将大麻的种植和医疗用途合法化。

官员表示，甘达基省（Gandaki）的农民必须获得省当局的正式许可，并接受密切监督。

尽管全国禁止种植、持有和使用大麻，但该省法律依然出台。

任何人持有大麻用于个人用途可被判处一个月监禁，而分销和销售最高可判处 10 年监禁。

大麻曾广泛植根于该国的文化和宗教中。

但在 20 世纪 70 年代，该国将大麻定为非法，并驱逐了涌入该国的嬉皮士。美联社

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“我想提供帮助，但同时也感到委屈”

许多成年人正成为其父母的护理者——这引发了一些坦诚的对话。作者：Kasia Delgado

你赋予孩子生命、家园、食物、爱与鼓励——难道他们不应该给予你回报吗？

YouGov 今年 7 月的一项调查显示，全国大约有一半的人认为，如果父母在晚年患病，成年子女在道义上有责任照顾他们。

与此同时，仅有 30 per cent 的人认为有义务让父母与自己同住。有些人认为你有义务给父母带来孙辈，而另一些人则认为，你欠他们的仅仅是偶尔的一通电话。

那些认为我们完全不欠父母任何东西的人倾向于争辩说，他们并非要求出生，也从未签署过合同。实际上，孩子与父母之间的关系往往不那么像一种交易，而是在情感上更为复杂。

当今英国最紧迫的问题或许是我们应在护理方面给予父母什么样的回报。这不仅是家庭内部的关键辩论，对于首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）而言亦是如此，他现在领导的是一个人口快速老龄化的国家。

据估计，到 2065. 年，50 岁及以上的人口将占 46 per cent。预计在接下来的 20 年里，英格兰 65 岁及以上的人口将增加 330 万，在接下来的 40 年里将增加 650 万。人们寿命更长，但患有复杂的疾病，而在医学如此先进之前，这些疾病原本是无法存活的。

Age UK 的研究发现，英国至少有 400 万中年成年人在照顾他们的年迈父母，但实际上有更多的人在某种形式上深度参与其中。人们往往没有意识到自己就是护理者，但事实的确如此。这通常是因为他们出于爱、同情心和道德感而愿意这样做——但也是因为他们感到由于成年社会护理系统严重资金不足且负担过重，他们别无选择。

泰国最富有的家族之一的族长最近宣布，她将根据一项有着百年历史的“不孝子女法”起诉她的儿子。该法律允许父母在后代被认定为不感恩、虐待或疏忽时，撤回赠与。她随后撤销了诉讼，但其他国家也存在类似的法律。

2013, 年，中国一名女性说服法院在法律上强制其成年女儿给予经济补偿，并要求每两个月探望她一次。1601 年，英国引入了“伊丽莎白第 43 号”法令，确保成年子女在法律上不能遗弃年迈的父母。

63, 岁的安妮（Annie）深感这种孝道责任。她与丈夫住在伦敦，两个成年子女也住在附近。她一年前从伦敦一家法律事务所的行政助理岗位退休，但现在一周的大部分时间都住在她位于肯特海岸 89 岁母亲的家中。

“我不想这样退休，”安妮说。“四年前我父亲去世后，我试图说服我母亲搬到更合适、离我们更近的地方，但她不肯。

“她说住在自己家里就很好，但后来她摔了一跤，健康状况恶化。她坚决地表示她不想进养老院，也不想搬到伦敦。

“我母亲的房子［安妮成长的地方］里到处是楼梯，没有一楼浴室，还有一个巨大的、杂草丛生的花园。我们有几个护理员偶尔过来，但我无法支付她所需的此类支持，而她必须卖掉房子才能自己资助这项费用。”

安妮是唯一的护理者，因为她的姐姐住在国外，一年只回来几次。“我的母亲

一直是个坚强、倔强的人，而且随着年龄增长变得更加如此。很多时候她对我显得愤怒且易怒，但同时又不希望我离开。我可以想象处于她的状态一定非常艰难，但我压力很大，我想提供帮助，但我开始感到愤恨。

“事实是，我的父母没有为未来做计划。所以现在我被留在照顾者的位置上，时间期限不确定。朋友们说我不需要参与这么多，但这就是你为父母所做的事，不是吗？”

“我不能违背她的意愿就甩掉她。作为一名母亲，她已经尽力了。”

Jackie Gray 是一位全科医生，她放弃了工作，在父亲最后的几年里照顾他。2020年，在经历了老年人及其家庭支持服务的缺失和不足后，她创立了 The Carents Room，旨在帮助照顾年迈父母的成年子女。

创立了 The Carents Room 以帮助照顾父母的成年子女的 Jackie Gray 表示，“人们照顾父母的原因各不相同”

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“人们照顾父母的原因各不相同，”她说。“对有些人来说，这是一种责任感；对有些人来说，这是回报——他们是在表现出一种互惠——而对有些人来说，则存在经济利益。他们可能不想失去家庭房产，因此会尽一切努力让父母留在家里，而不用支付养老院的费用。

“另一个原因当然是同情心，而这实际上经常体现在那些可能与父母关系并不太好的人身上。”

在与成年子女讨论他们的父母时，很明显其中经常存在一种核心紧张关系；他们在许多方面对父母心存感激，但同时也对父母给他们带来的负担感到愤恨。菲利普·拉金（Philip Larkin）是对的。

凯莉（Kellie）是一位 57 岁的单身母亲，也是一名来自诺丁汉郡（Nottinghamshire）的 NHS 工作人员。她的父亲九十多岁，住在一小时车程外的养老院里。现场没有其他家人，她的母亲在 15 年前死于癌症。

“他从未真正陪伴过我们，在我八岁时他就离开了我和我妈。甚至在他离开之前，我们就没有亲密的纽带。当我怀孕时，他给了我买房的首付款，因为他有一笔相当可观的现金。对此我非常感激，但这让我很困惑，因为我也讨厌他没有做一个合格的父亲。”

当凯莉的父亲第一次需要护理时，他资助了私人护理人员，由她协助组织，但她仍然觉得这“非常艰难”。“不幸的是，他愤世嫉俗、要求苛刻且以自我为中心，我不喜欢他的陪伴，”她说。“担任他的护理人员影响了我的工作、我的儿子以及我的心理健康，所以我虽然会去探望，但已经不再每周去那么多次了。”那么，凯莉觉得她欠这个从未陪伴在侧的父亲什么？

“定期探望，监督他的护理，并在他无法决定时做出决定。不过，我设定了很多界限，我试图在做善事与确保自己保持理智和快乐之间维持一种平衡。我并不是在试图惩罚他，但我确信，如果他曾是一个像样点的父亲，我会能给予更多。”

根据一项针对 4,290 名照顾父母的成年子女的 Carents UK 调查，81% 的人表示，社会将护理角色视为某种不值得获得支持的事情。

受访者表示，如果对方是你的父母，这就是“理所当然的事”。露露·辛克莱（Lulu Sinclair）是一位经过 BACP 认证的心理治疗师，她发现人们对父母的责任感形式各异。“我知道一个人快到退休年龄了，”她说，“他提前离职去照顾他的母亲。

“他陪了她好几年，在她去世一段时间后，人们会对他说照顾她一定很辛苦，而他说，‘不，一点也不’，他能这样做感到‘荣幸’。所以，永远不要假设所有人的想法都一样。

“但如今的生活让许多成年子女很难放弃一切去照顾父母。他们可能有自己的孩子，以及要求苛刻的工作。现在的时代与过去截然不同，过去人们期望最小的女儿保持未婚，直到父母去世为止一直照顾他们。”

现在，“三明治”一代面临的事情显然更多，他们可能正处于职业生涯的巅峰，或者在抚养完孩子后刚刚重新起步，而现在他们开始照顾年迈的父母。

格雷（Gray）表示，因为很难想象父母有一天会依赖于你，家庭往往会回避这个话题。“很多父母在年轻时也会说一些可能没有深思熟虑的话。比如，‘永远不要把我送进养老院’。

“但他们的意思是，即使这意味着你要放弃工作、丈夫和孩子的童年，也永远不要把我送进养老院吗？他们希望你为执行这条指令付出多少代价？”

88 岁的简住在自己的房子里，并在能力范围内将护理工作外包。她雇有清洁工和洗衣工，并安装了楼梯升降机、步入式淋浴间，还拥有一辆电动代步车。“我不认为我的女儿欠我一份护理，更不用说她的伴侣了，”她说，“我不想让他们感到有义务。我认为人们需要尽可能地自救，而不要假设孩子会为他们承担一切。我很感激她和她的伴侣为我所做的事，比如开车送我去就诊。

“他们还会帮我做一些饭菜。我很幸运，但人们不应该因为认为有一天会得到‘回报’而生孩子。”

艾莉森·米尔恩 (Alison Milne) 是社会老年学和社会工作教授，在

安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 在伦敦的一家护理院，已将社会护理列为优先事项 PA

过去的事实：照顾我们的父母

大多数（59%）照顾年迈父母的人更担心自己退休后的资金问题。

几乎所有人（89%）表示，支持系统只有在情况达到危机点时才会做出反应。

很大一部分人（81%）表示，社会将照顾父母视为“理所当然的事”。

许多人（75%）觉得他们获得的同情和认可少于新手父母。

在公众中，88%的人表示应该为照顾父母的人提供更多支持。

据估计，这种非正式护理每年的价值为 1.39 亿英镑m。为其提供资源将需要 400 万名全职带薪护理人员。

帮助照顾父母的人在防止年迈父母在家中跌倒方面起到了关键作用——跌倒每年给 NHS 带来约 4.35 亿英镑m 的成本。

来源：Carents.co.uk

肯特大学。“就我们所知，”她说，“并没有迹象表明现在的家庭在支持父母方面感受到的义务比以往任何时候都少。我绝不会主张制定一项强制人们进行护理的法律。”

然而，米尔恩发现的是，我们可能会照顾的对象发生了转移。“过去，你可能有两个直到其中一人去世都在一起的父母，而现在有不同的家庭结构，因此你更有可能照顾你的继父，而不是一个你在五岁时只见过几次的亲生父亲。有人在照顾继母，以及前任伴侣的父母。”

对于那些在思考我们欠父母什么，以及成为一个“忘恩负义的孩子”意味着什么的人，辛克莱给出了一些治疗性的建议。“确保你的生活不完全是为了照顾父母，”她说。“这关乎将正在发生的事情融入到你自己的生活中。如果你有兄弟姐妹，尝试与他们分担负担。”

“决定你自己的界限在哪里，并尝试坚持它们。你会受到压力，你会发现自己做得比预期更多，但如果这种情况发生得太频繁，你会产生怨恨，所以尝试尽早设定预期。这一切都不容易，承认这一点是没有关系的。”

“如果当他们离世时，能够回顾过去并认为你已经为那些将你带到这个世界上的人尽了最大努力，这将是你悲痛中的一种慰藉。”

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英国劳动力人口的老龄化正在创造一种新的动态，越来越多的X世代和婴儿潮一代无法退休。千禧一代告诉 Maybelle Morgan，担任他们的上司是什么感觉。

英国的劳动力正面临一个重大转折点。研究显示，65岁及以上工人的数量自2000, 以来几乎翻了三倍，从457,000人增加到如今的143 万。目前，英国每九名工人中就有一名在65岁生日后继续工作，而2000年时这一比例为20分之一。

生活成本的飙升和国家养老金领取年龄的提高与此密切相关。今年4月，数百万工人可以开始领取国家养老金的年龄从66岁提高到67, 且根据现行立法，在2044年至2046年之间将再次提高到68岁。

虽然有些人说他们负担不起辞职，但另一些人则认为工作让他们保持年轻。无论如何，新的现实是，创纪录的人数现在工作到了六十多岁、七十多岁甚至更久。虽然多代共存的劳动力可以推动创新、带来新鲜视角并融合多样的人生经验，但也会产生紧张关系，尤其是当人们发现自己需要管理年长得多的同事时。

在这里，三名匿名的员工揭露了与年长者共事以及管理年长者的真实情况。

“当你给一个年纪大到可以当你父亲的人提供反馈时，心理上会有一种奇怪的脱节感” Lisa*, 29, 伦敦

我二十多岁，在一家大型工程公司工作，管理五个人——最年长的一位是55. 我在这里工作了七年，被晋升了五次，这意味着我进入了高于一些年长于我、且在某些情况下在公司工作时间长得多的职位的岗位。

通常情况下，这种动态非常好，我也真心喜欢我管理的人。大多数的“尴尬”其实来自我，因为有时我在提供建议或指示时，会突然意识到我只有29岁，而对方比我多出20或30年的生活和工作经验。

有些有趣的时刻是，当他们提到成年子女在做的事情时，我们都会敏锐地意识到我和他们的孩子同龄。我经常被拿来与他们的孩子比较，并被告知我比他们的孩子成熟得多。

当你向一个年纪大到可以当你父亲的人提供困难的管理反馈时，心理上会有一种奇怪的脱节感。或者必须反复催促某事，或在绩效评估中就某人的工作标准进行对话。不过，他们总是能很好地接受反馈。

有时我想知道，他们是否因为我更年轻，所以在挑战我时会更勇敢，我觉得这种情况经常发生。我想知道他们是否没那么认真对待我，或者对我不够尊重。

但归根结底，我们都应该能够挑战我们的上司，所以我尽量不将其视为负面因素。我还认为我营造了一个人们可以公开、诚实地提出问题和疑虑的环境——我认为这也是一种代际差异。

他们拥有我根本无法具备的经验水平和视角，如果我假装并非如此，那我将是一个糟糕的经理。特别是在大公司里，

人们在公司待的时间越长，通常拥有海量的制度性知识。

他们了解某些决策背后的历史，知道某些事情实际上是如何运作的，了解某些细微差别，并在整个业务领域拥有极其宝贵的人脉关系。他们让我的工作变得轻松得多。

“我管理年长者时，无法获得某种程度的尊重” Amanda*, 34, 伦敦

我管理年长同事的经历非常糟糕。年龄歧视确实存在，我在担任过的每一个职位中都遇到过。而且我的样子看起来比实际年龄年轻得多，这并没有起到帮助作用。

我在公共部门担任传播主管，刚进入公司时我 28 岁，管理一个 5 人的团队，其中包括两名年长者。一名大约 60 岁，另一名大约 50 岁——也就是我的两倍年纪。

我被晋升了两次，就这样最终管理起那位 60 岁的同事，他在组织里已经工作 20 年了。他们显然已经筋疲力尽，在心态上已经放弃了职业生涯，并且在我担任管理角色之前的大约五年里一直表现不佳。这种情况以前从未被解决，因为

这个人资历深，且在组织中工作了很长时间。

我很快意识到我不得不承担他们很多没做好的工作，而且由于诸多原因，他们完全不适合这个岗位。主要原因是，自他们入职以来，公司发生了很大变化。我必须通过绩效计划来解决所有这些问题，而面对一个年龄是自己两倍的人地这样做是非常困难的。

这个人完全不配合，并对我以及我是如何获得这个职位的发表了非常个人化的评论。有一次在社交场合，他们对我发表了伊斯兰恐惧症的言论。在我管理的年长者身上，我从未真正得到过某种程度的政治正确和尊重。

他们最终成了一个没救的人。情况变得非常困难，由于他们没有达到绩效计划的要求，我们不得不走正式程序。我们最终不得不让他们离职。

至于那位 50 岁的人，他们不断挑战我，要求我证明我的决定为何可信。此外还存在文化差异——他们已经习惯了每周仅一天在办公室工作，但我试图让他们更多地进入办公室。那个人最终也离开了。

有一段时间，我怀疑自己，并想知道我是否是共-

通分母。但现在我在公司已经工作六年了。

我有一支新的、更年轻的团队，他们非常开心，我们拥有共同的愿景和一种大家都有抱负、高效且彼此友善的文化。从那时起，我的领导力得到了良好的评估。

“我管理一名年长的自由职业者——他费劲花一周才能完成的工作，一个 23, 岁的人两小时就做完了” Chris*，38 岁，曼彻斯特

我是一家大公司的首席建筑师，我们经常雇佣自由职业者来帮助处理溢出工作，最后由我来管理。如果他们具备相应的经验、动力和韧性，那么年龄并不重要。更重要的是谁最适合这份工作。

我们有一名自由职业者，我之前和他合作过几次，他快 60 岁了。他的态度很差，从来不认真听取简报，而且心怀不满——大概是因为他被比他年轻得多的人管理。我和另一位更年轻的高级同事都觉得他很难相处。

最近，我们在一个紧急项目中雇用了他。在我进行入职引导时，他不断重复询问我已经明确沟通过的问题，并开始做错误的工作，

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年轻员工表示，他们能察觉到所管理的年长员工心存“不满” GETTY

这表明他根本没有在听。他经常错过截止日期，而且我们发现他的工作质量不达标。

他向高级团队的其他成员私下抱怨，说我的“反馈乱七八糟”，但实际上是他缺乏倾听能力。不过，我也和一些简直是噩梦的年轻人共事过，所以这可能只是他的性格问题，而非年龄问题。

问题在于，现在有这么多充满激情、渴望成功的年轻人。在整整一周结束后——这本该有充裕的时间——他仍然没有完成工作。我们将工作交给了一名 23 岁的内部团队成员，他两小时就完成了。

我不确定这是否是年长员工的一种趋势，但这位自由职业者本应是一名专家，且他只做一种类型的工作——而大多数年轻员工则是多才多艺的，可以在许多专业领域之间灵活切换。他在接受反馈方面很吃力，并且发现很难同时处理多项任务，对一切都推三阻四，说这“是不可能的”。

我们是一个紧密的团队，工作节奏很快，所以当有人表现不佳或成为薄弱环节时，会非常明显。我们不会再与他合作了。

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在旅行保险中未申报 HRT 可能导致巨额费用

一名五十多岁的女性在度假期间踝关节骨折，但她的手术理赔申请被拒绝，她不得不动用原本为女儿们准备的积蓄。作者：Cath Renton

当莎拉·萨利文 (Sarah Sullivan) 在 2024 年预订一次前往瑞士的独自旅行时，她将其视为一个终于能优先考虑自己的机会。“过去这两年真的非常艰难，”这位来自赫特福德郡 (Hertfordshire) 的 54 岁女性说道。“我的孩子们已经离开家去上大学了，我一直在照顾年迈的母亲，我精疲力竭。我需要一周的时间让自己放松下来。”

像每年数百万名旅行者一样，莎拉在几分钟内购买了旅行保险。“我一直以来都非常谨慎，”她说。“我并没有试图省钱或走捷径。我申报了我所知道的健康问题——高血压和轻微关节炎——并认为我得到了全面保障。”

她没有提到的是，她最近开始接受激素替代疗法 (HRT)。“老实说，我从未想到过这一点。绝经并不是一种疾病。我认识的一半女性都在经历这个阶段。”她说，这个假设最终让她损失了数千英镑。

在度假进行到一半时，莎拉（如图）不小心摔倒导致踝关节骨折。“骨折的声音令人作呕，我惊慌失措。独自一人远离家乡，身边没有我爱的人可以帮忙，这太可怕了。”

在被送往医院后，她发现她的踝关节骨折需要手术。“愚蠢的是，我没有办理英国全球健康保险卡 (UK global health insurance card)，该卡允许你与当地居民在相同的基础上使用国营医院和全科医生 (GP)。但我当时认为没关系，毕竟我有健康保险。”

莎拉在住院期间通过网络聊天联系了她的保险公司，告知他们她发生了意外。对方建议她可以先支付治疗费用，回家后再申请理赔。幸运的是，在动用了积蓄后，她能够支付 8,000 英镑的住院费用，对此她的丈夫并不太高兴。“我一直告诉他保险公司会赔付的。”

事故发生后，她在瑞士一共停留了两周，直到外科医生允许她回家。回到英国后，莎拉提交了一份理赔申请，涵盖医院治疗、额外住宿以及更改航班的费用，总计略高于 11,000 英镑。当她还在用拐杖适应新生活时，在提交申请 10 天后，她接到了保险公司的电话。“和我通话的那位女士非常有礼貌，但她问我为什么没有申报我在服用 HRT。”

莎拉记得当时感到很困惑。“我实际上笑了，因为我觉得她搞错了。我说：‘绝经和我的旅行保险有什么关系？’”随着对话的继续，她的困惑变成了难以置信。

“他们解释说，在获得我的全科医生 (GP) 提供的医疗摘要，并看到我在旅行前被开具了 HRT 处方后，在购买保单时应该披露这一点。”几周后，一封信件寄到，确认了该决定。萨利文的理赔申请被拒绝了。

“我放声大哭，”她说。“我不敢相信在经历了身体上的痛苦之后，现在我的储蓄账户里还留下了一个巨大的窟窿。”她很害怕告诉丈夫。“我觉得很糟糕。那笔钱原本是要用来资助我们女儿在大学期间的，现在却没了。”

她的丈夫很体谅，坚持认为莎拉的健康比钱更重要。但她说：“有时我因为内疚而失眠。我并没有故意隐瞒任何事情。我没有试图隐藏任何东西，我只是没有考虑周全。”

虽然旅行保险在许多情况下可以提供帮助，但正如莎拉所发现的，在某些情况下，它可能无法提供你所希望的财务安全网。来自金融行为监管局 (Financial Conduct Authority) 的数据显示，在 2022 年至 2024 年之间，大约 21% 的旅行保险理赔申请被拒绝。

现在，每当有人提到预订假期时，莎拉都会向他们讲述自己的故事。“人们可能会听腻了，”她说，“但如果分享我的经历能让其他人免于陷入我的境地，那么至少这件事产生了一些积极的影响。”

莎拉在受伤后再次出国旅行，但现在格外小心。“我确保随身携带全球健康保险卡，并且在出发前将每一次就医预约和药物记录都告知我的保险公司。”

无效索赔：需要注意的事项

Go Compare 的旅游保险专家 Rhys Jones 表示：“每份旅游保险单都不同，因此在出发前请务必检查您自己的保单文件，以了解承保范围和除外责任。不过，有几件常见的事情会导致大多数标准保单失效，因此在规划行程时值得留意。”

出发后购买保单 即使保单是合法的，在您已经出发后购买的旅游保险也可能意味着您的保障无效，并导致索赔被作废。这是为了保护保险公司免受任何欺诈性索赔的影响。“您需要购买专门的出发后保单以确保其有效。”

未及时报告问题 如果您行动不够迅速，保险公司可能不会支付赔偿金。“某些保单可能会规定，您必须在 24 小时内报告盗窃事件，或在特定时间范围内寻求医疗帮助。”

未能申报任何正在调查中的病情

“您通常需要申报任何需要持续治疗的病情、近期手术或已完成治疗的病情，以及心理健康问题和您正在服用的任何处方药。如果您正在等待医疗诊断或检查，包括 ADHD 评估或医院扫描等，也应予以申报。”

酒精与伤害

Jones 表示：“如果您在事故中受伤，且您的保险公司认定酒精起到了重要作用，这可能会影响索赔。请仔细检查您的保单措辞，以便了解可能适用的任何除外条款。”

他们不断挑战我，要求我证明我的决定为何可信

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e-timing

今日金句

我们本可以成为一对老女同性恋，住在带着猎枪的小木屋里。Ed 会理解的。你没法跟她竞争。

Ruby Wax 这位已与作家 Ed Bye 结婚的女演员，在谈到与已故的 Carrie Fisher 相处时如是说。

如果说英国广播公司 (BBC) 有一件拿手的事，那就是让我们发笑。几十年来，这里诞生了一些我们最喜爱且最受推崇的喜剧，从《绝对时尚》(Absolutely Fabulous) 到《福尔蒂酒店》(Fawlty Towers) 和《博格尔一家》(The Bogle Family)。

但在这些知名作品之外，还有许多素描剧和情景喜剧没有获得应有的喜爱和关注。我说，是时候把它们从 iPlayer 的书架上掸掉灰尘，带到聚光灯下了。

这里有 12 部你可能还没看过……但绝对值得一看的 BBC 最佳喜剧。

FAMALAM

一位无法收到邮件回复的尼日利亚王子，一位将诗句献给早期英国黑人历史的车库 MC，以及 Moses "Motherf***in" Mountree——这位黑人侦探发现自己出现在《仲夏谋杀案》(Midsummer Murders) 的一集中。这些仅仅是素描剧《Famalam》背后的喜剧团体所构思的少数几个古怪且令人捧腹的角色。

你一定会认出其中的一些喜剧演员：Bafta 奖得主 Gbemisola Ikumelo 曾出演《最后大笑者》(Last One Laughing)，而 Samson Kayo（同样获得 Bafta 提名）则出演过《龙之家族》(House of the Dragon) 和《血亲》(Bloods)。

DINOSAUR

Nina（Ashley Storrie 饰，同时也是该剧的共同创作者）是一位三十多岁的苏格兰古生物学家，与她的姐姐兼最好的朋友 Evie（Kat Ronney 饰）住在一起。她还患有自闭症，这为观察世界提供了一个独特且经常幽默的视角。

Nina 对自己的生活现状感到满意，直到有一天 Evie 回家宣布她要结婚了——对方是一个她才认识六周的男人。她不仅希望得到 Nina 的祝福，还希望她担任伴娘。这引发了一系列可能永远改变 Nina 生活的事件。

WE MIGHT REGRET THIS（我们可能会后悔这件事）

我们经常被告知某些节目是“开创性的”，以至于这有时看起来像是一种营销术语。但《We Might Regret This》配得上这个赞誉，它关注的是一名残障女性的爱情生活，而非她的残疾。

四肢瘫痪的 Freya（共同创作者 Kyla Harris）离开了她的家乡加拿大，与男友 Abe（Darren Boyd 饰）同居，但在同一个屋檐下，他们的差异十分显著：她是一个自由奔放的艺术家，而他是一个刻板的律师——且比她大 20 岁。幸好，Freya 的好友 Jo（Elena Saurel 饰）同意担任她的住家私人助理……这能出什么问题呢？

AUSTIN（奥斯汀）

你可能在 Netflix 出色的澳大利亚纪录片系列《Love on the Spectrum》中见过这部喜剧的主演 Michael Theo。在这里，他饰演同名角色 Austin，一名 28 岁的自闭症谱系人士，他想要见他的亲生父亲。只有一个问题——他的父亲是一个住在地球另一端英国的卑劣作家。

当 Julian（由 Ben Miller 饰演）宣布在澳大利亚进行图书巡演时，Austin 抓住了与他团聚的机会——尽管 Julian 根本不知道他

12 部你尚未观看的最佳英国广播公司 (BBC) 喜剧

有些幽默的剧集没有获得它们应有的关注。 Emily Baker 重点推荐她的一些心头好

甚至存在。Austin 阳光且乐观，是那种全家人都能一起欣赏的罕见喜剧。

BLACK OPS（黑色行动）

《Famalam》的 Gbemisola Ikumelo 与戏剧明星 Hammond Animashaun（你可能在国家剧院的《仲夏夜之梦》中见过他饰演的极其搞笑的 Bottom）共同主演了这部令人捧腹的犯罪闹剧。

他们饰演两名社区支持警员，很快发现他们在伦敦警察厅的新工作实际上是卧底警察——而他们两人都严重缺乏胜任此职的资格——目的是潜入由可怕的 Tevin (Akenuji Ndifornyen) 领导的东区帮派。虽然这部剧荒诞有趣，但《Black Ops》也有严肃的一面，而且动作戏也很多。

SUCH BRAVE GIRLS（如此勇敢的女孩）

尽管在 2024 年赢得了 BAFTA 最佳剧本喜剧奖，但 Kat Sadler 的《Such Brave Girls》仍然是一部被低估的喜剧。它聚焦于 Josie (Sadler) 和 Billie (Lizzie Davidson)，这对姐妹仍然与她们疲惫的单身母亲 Deb (Louise Brealey) 住在一起。

她们负债累累、自私且自我毁灭——所有这些缺陷共同构成了一部既是对社会对待女性方式的愤怒控诉，又是快节奏、讽刺的喜剧。你会迅速看完已有的两季——并开始计算今年晚些时候第三季到来的日子。

HERE WE GO（开始了）

考虑到《Here We Go》聚集了一些英国最受欢迎的喜剧演员——《Ghosts》的 Jim Howick、《The IT Crowd》的 Katherine Parkinson、《Gavin & Stacey》的 Alison Steadman——这部剧没有成为全国最热门的节目令人惊讶。

这部家庭情景喜剧采用伪纪录片风格拍摄，讲述了 Jessop 一家，这是一个舒适且混乱的家庭，他们只想在生活中尽可能少地遇到麻烦。显然，这并没有发生，父亲 Paul (Howick) 和母亲 Rachel (Parkinson) 发现自己陷入了不断的困境循环中。

DADDY ISSUES（父亲问题）

我们通常看到 David Morrissey 饰演一名粗鲁、严肃的警察（《Sherwood》），或一名粗鲁、严肃的校长（《Gone》），但在《Daddy Issues》中，他扮演了一个小丑。更具体地说，他是 Malcolm，Gemma（《The White Lotus》的 Aimee Lou Wood 饰）那不幸的父亲，在婚姻破裂后，他不得不

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与她同住。

当 Gemma 透露她怀孕后，他们之间父女兼室友的关系变得更加复杂，两人发现自己不确定谁才是房间里应该扮演成年人的那个人。《Daddy Issues》是一个温馨的提醒：我们中没有一个人真正知道自己在做什么。

BACK TO LIFE

黛西·哈加德 (Daisy Haggard) 2019年的剧集倾向于喜剧光谱中较为阴暗的一面，有时你可能会怀疑自己应该是发笑还是哭泣。

她饰演米里 (Miri)，一名中年女性。在因谋杀好友拉拉 (Lara) 而入狱18年后，她刚刚回到了位于肯特郡的家中。

关于实际发生情况的真相要复杂一些，但她小镇上的每个人都不关心这些细微差别，他们排斥她。当然，除了她可爱的邻居比利 (Billy，由 Adeel Akhtar 饰演)，他给了米里一个重新开始的机会。

'Black Ops' —— 一部令人捧腹的冒险剧

FUNBOYS

这部北爱尔兰剧集接续了《This Country》的风格，在乡村生活的狭隘乐趣中寻找幽默与荒诞。

最好的朋友卡勒姆 (Callum，由 Ryan Dylan 饰演)、乔丹 (Jordan，由 Rian Lennon 饰演，与 Dylan 共同创作) 和洛肯 (Lorcan，由 Lee R James 饰演) 周末经常一起玩电子游戏，但当杰玛 (Gemma，由 Ele McKenzie 饰演) 出现时，这些所谓的“粉丝男孩”发现自己为了吸引她的注意而展开竞争。

JUICE

就像《Fleshag》、《Baby Reindeer》和《Alma's Not Normal》一样，马万·里兹万 (Mawaan Rizwan) 的《Juice》最初是爱丁堡边缘艺术节的一场演出。他饰演一名年轻且狂躁的男子贾马 (Jamma)，他正挣扎于是否要彻底地对年长且稳重的男友盖伊 (Guy，由 Russell Tovey 饰演) 承诺终身。

除此之外，他还经常与那些渴望关注的兄弟姐妹以及他身为前电影明星的母亲竞争。如果这听起来很正常，那就别被骗了 —— 《Juice》是一场超现实主义的、艺术性的视觉盛宴，它从不长时间停留在现实之中。

ELLIE & NATASIA

纳塔西亚·德米特里欧 (Natasia Demetriou) 和艾莉·怀特 (Ellie White) 最为人熟知的可能是他们在 Channel 4 的热门喜剧《Stuth Lets Flats》中饰演的索菲 (Sophie) 和卡蒂亚 (Katia)，但他们 2022 年的素描喜剧同样有趣且古怪。

片段包括：可疑的美甲店 Internet Nails 的广告、痴迷于电子烟的女支配者，以及烹饪创业者 Pomodoro 兄弟。

这部剧傻气十足，令人捧腹，且经常带有讽刺意味，观看它就像在与你最有趣的朋友们一起闲逛。

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Art

Ekblad going solo at The Hepworth

挪威艺术家伊达·埃克布拉德 (Ida Ekblad) 在英国的首次大型个展将于 21 November 在 The Hepworth Wakefield 开幕，并持续至 3 May。

埃克布拉德被公认为当代艺术中最令人兴奋的声音之一，以其充满活力的绘画和宏伟的雕塑而闻名。她 1980, 年出生于奥斯陆，从涂鸦、诗歌到表现主义绘画和流行文化等所有领域汲取灵感。

World's Largest Metaphor 将展出一系列专为此次展览创作的油画。hepworthwakefield.org

Reading list

Kitten Stacey Yu Yu 的处女作是一个特立独行的成长故事，探讨了身份、孤独以及成年后的不确定性。故事围绕凯蒂 (Katie) 展开，她对男朋友猫咪日益增长的依恋，迫使她面对破碎的家庭关系以及她自己的未来。这部作品既机智又令人不安。Kitten 融合了黑色幽默和情感洞察，使 Yu 成为当代小说中值得关注的人物。 Hodder & Stoughton, £18.99

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Kasabian, Nothing Better Than This Tour Touring, 11-19 December (19) Kasabian 将在 12 月举行五场演出，由 The Vaccines 提供支持。这次为期五站的体育馆巡演将访问伯明翰、格拉斯哥、卡迪夫、伦敦和曼彻斯特，让粉丝有机会听到他们新专辑 Act III 中的曲目。 kasabian.co.uk

最后机会

玛丽莲·梦露：肖像画 国家肖像美术馆 这位好莱坞偶像的持久遗产通过一系列照片、绘画和纪念品得以展现。此次展览旨在纪念她诞辰一百周年，探讨梦露的一生、职业生涯及其文化影响力。闭展 6 September: npg.org.uk

影评……电影

《冰淇淋人》(ICE CREAM MAN) (18) 明日上映

其前提设定比“杀手冰淇淋人”听起来更阴森。冰淇淋并不会伤害孩子们，而是改变了他们。这些甜点像传染病一样，将他们变成了嗜血的杀手。编剧 / 导演伊莱·罗斯（Eli Roth）将一个阳光明媚的泳池日变成了由孩子主导的杀戮盛宴。罗斯将其推向了院线发行所能承受的极限。

Alan Willey Watchdarky

伊莱·罗斯将《冰淇淋人》描述为他职业生涯中最极端、最离谱的项目之一。尽管与1995年的邪典恐怖喜剧《冰淇淋人》同名，但罗斯的电影并非翻拍，而是一个具有不同前提和人物的全新故事。其前提是小镇恐怖、黑色讽刺和极端血腥的扭曲结合。

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《携带什么，焚烧什么》(What to Carry, What to Burn) 冒险作家兼畅销书作者布莱尔·布拉弗曼（Blair Braverman）主持这部扣人心弦的播客，探索非凡的生存真实故事。每一集都审视卓越的耐力壮举，从北极探险到海难，探讨是什么让人们能够克服看似不可能的局面。该系列将细致的研究与引人入胜的叙事相结合，提供了关于韧性、勇气和人类智慧的故事。 Apple, Spotify 和 YouTube

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布克奖是一团糟——而且每个人都知道

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Stu Hennigan

2026年布克奖长名单的大揭晓在上周伴随着惯常的喧嚣而至。虽然我通常对此不过是匆匆一瞥，但这一次我关注了。

尽管它是英国最高文学奖项，但自从混乱的2019年评选以来，我便不再关心布克奖。那年的评委将奖项授予了玛格丽特·阿特伍德，这看起来像是一个临时起意的终身成就奖，而不是将其授予21世纪最伟大的英语小说：露西·埃尔曼那部具有开创性的、长达1,000页且由单个句子组成的巨著《鸭子，纽波特港》(Ducks, Newburyport)。

随后，他们又让阿特伍德与伯纳丁·埃瓦里斯托共同获奖，从而加剧了这场闹剧，并掩盖了埃瓦里斯托作为首位获奖黑人女性的成就。

对我而言，今年的不同之处在于，在评选前夕，图书博主们纷纷呼吁将我的处女作小说《Keshed》纳入名单。

无论我对该奖项持有怎样的个人看法，但看到长名单的模拟图将《Keshed》——一部背景设定在工人阶级北方、跨越40年的社会现实主义小说——与马龙·詹姆斯和道格拉斯·斯图尔特等巨匠的作品并列，这确实引起了轰动，而且感觉极其超现实。尽管我知道这根本没有一丝机会。

年复一年，出版商和公众都心知肚明，这份名单将主要由那些由大名鼎鼎的作家创作、由大型出版商发行并投入巨额营销预算、旨在赢得此类奖项的具有“宏大主题”的“大书”组成。像出版了《Keshed》的Ortac Press这样的小型独立出版社，极少能获得关注。

值得深思的是，其他六家看过《Keshed》原稿的出版社都表示很喜欢，但最终还是拒绝了它，大概是因为在风格、语调、形式和内容方面，他们认为这本书无法销售足够的数量，以维持股东们在象牙塔中的

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舒适生活。然而，这本书在《文学评论》(TLS)、《爱尔兰时报》和《旁观者》杂志上获得了极高评价，且销量良好。

抛开《Keshed》不谈，在英国或爱尔兰数十家优秀的独立小出版社所产出的书籍中，难道真的没有一本配得上一个席位吗？

你可能会指出长名单中出现了Fitzcarraldo Editions，但如今它已不再是真正的小规模机构。而且，将Serpent's Tail和Granta——名单上的另外两家独立出版社，但仍是出版业的重量级选手——与像Ortac这样的小出版社相比较，是一种错误的等同。

有些年份，该奖项确实会对主流之外的作品进行粗略审视。在2022, 年，四家小型独立出版社——Galley Beggar、Influx、Saraband和Sort of Books——入围了长名单。但将其与像企鹅 (Penguin) 这样的全球财团相比（仅今年就有五部入围小说出自其旗下的品牌），显而易见，这绝非一个公平的竞争环境。

它有时会对主流之外的情况进行粗略地关注

主流出版业在多样性方面存在巨大的问题——而且每个人都知道这一点。该行业可以通过利用其最顶尖的奖项来展示那些出版全球多数族裔作家、酷儿或跨性别作家、像我这样来自工人阶级背景的人，或者（还是我）神经多样性人士作品的独立出版社，从而在解决这一问题上迈出很大的一步。

我要感谢我的出版商亨利·罗利 (Henry Rowley) 有勇气出版《Keshed》——以及所有为了将新作品推向市场而拼命工作的其他独立出版社。

小出版社领域是人才的温床，如果英国每个人都听说过的那个文学奖能认可这一点，那就太好了。但它不会，因为进入这个俱乐部的门票仅限受邀，而我们大多数人并不在嘉宾名单上。

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杰森·塔里 (Jason Tarry) 约翰·刘易斯 (John Lewis) 主席警告称，在转型尝试停滞不前且市场艰难的情况下，利润将受到打击

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制造业

化学工业崩溃导致英国药品与导弹危机

作者：Simon Straker

行业数据显示，过去五年国内化学供应链的关闭数量翻了一番，英国在关键药品和国防导弹的制造能力方面正面临危机。

伦敦帝国理工学院的研究表明，在能源成本飙升、脱欧后的监管合规费用、工厂老化以及海外竞争（尤其是来自中国）加剧的“完美风暴”中，2020 和 2025 年之间的清算和工厂关闭数量已从 125 家增加到 250 家。

该报告指出，在地缘政治冲击和全球供应中断的时期，英国目前对外国进口存在“危险的依赖”。

化学部门是英国先进制造业的支柱，复杂的国防系统和救命的药物依赖于一个高度整合的国内化学处理器网络。

在国防领域，化学部门衰退带来的影响是直接且令人担忧的。现代导弹，如英国的 Brimstone 和 Storm Shadow 系统，需要精确、高等级的化学化合物用于炸药、粘合剂和特种涂层。

英国的药品安全也在瓦解。虽然英国在药物研发领域仍是全球强国，但其大规模生产药物的能力已受到严重损害。

用于合成抗生素、止痛药和癌症疗法的基础化学构建模块目前正从中国和印度进口。

帝国理工学院报告的第一作者 Thomas Aubrey 警告称：“政府需要迅速采取行动，扭转英国市场对中国过剩产能的危险依赖。”

“高附加值化学部门的萎缩现在已成为宏观经济增长的实质性拖累。自 2020, 以来，该部门的产出下降了近 40%，削弱了经济中生产率较高的工业基地之一。”

“与商业化学品不同，国防级材料通常需要专门的生产设施、质量保证和安全协议，如果这些设施丢失，无法迅速重建。”

今年早些时候，化学工业协会（Chemical Industries Association）游说团体给时任首相基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）写了一封公开信，警告该行业在面对全球需求疲软和包括新绿色税在内的“敌对”政府政策时，正处于生存的“生死之战”中。

5 月，斯塔默政府宣布为国防、制药和能源领域的化学制造商提供 3.5 亿英镑m 的资金。

帝国理工学院的分析显示，去年英国特种化学品生产对经济的贡献比 2020 年低了 70%。

上个月，随着价格通胀缓解导致消费者支出增加，英国服务业活动达到三个月高点 GETTY

经济

服务业反弹幅度超出预期

作者：Henry Baker-Clark

上个月，受消费者需求改善和价格通胀缓解的推动，英国服务业活动出乎意料地反弹。

标普全球（S&P Global）英国服务业采购经理人指数（PMI）读数为 52.1，创下三个月新高，高于 6 月份的 48.8。任何高于 50.0 的读数均表示该行业在增长。

经济学家此前预测读数为 51.8，但企业报告市场状况出现“普遍改善”，其中新业务增长（结束了连续四个月的下滑）以及在消费者支出“初步”复苏背景下对技术服务的积极需求尤为突出。

企业还报告，价格通胀进一步放缓至 2 月份以来的最低水平。

然而，企业表示，中东冲突的不确定性仍然是一个令人担忧的问题。Item Club 首席经济顾问 Matt Swannell 预测，经济预计将在“今年下半年失去动力”。

他表示：“通胀可能已经过了低点，7 月份 13 per cent 的能源价格上限上涨引发了一系列上涨压力。这将给企业的实际可支配收入带来压力。”

标普全球市场情报（S&P Global Market Intelligence）经济总监 Tim Moore 表示：“服务业的反弹显然是个好消息，但与历史趋势相比，扩张速度仍然缓慢。”

汽车

英国新车市场月度增幅创 2019 年以来最佳

作者：Neil Lancefield

上个月，英国新车注册量同比增长 11.7 per cent，达到 156,571 辆——这是该市场自 2019 年以来表现最好的 7 月。

英国汽车制造商和贸易商协会（SMMT）表示，此次增长标志着该指标连续第八个月实现同比增长。

这一表现是由新电动汽车（EV）注册量的强劲增长驱动的，由于车型选择更广泛、政府购车激励措施以及大幅折扣，电动汽车注册量同比增长 44.5 per cent。

SMMT 首席执行官 Mike Hawes 表示：“7 月份电动汽车的创纪录表现是一项伟大的成就，反映了行业在零排放出行方面的巨额投资。”

“但如果制造商继续在电动汽车折扣上损失数十亿，通过扭曲需求来避免更严厉的处罚，那么这种进步将无法持续。”

“该行业对脱碳的承诺毋庸置疑，但其保持生存能力——以及为电动汽车未来吸引投资——的能力正面临巨大压力。”

根据政府的零排放车辆（Zev）指令，今年每家制造商销售的新车中，必须为零排放（通常指纯电动）的最低比例目标为 50 per cent。

在线车辆交易平台 Autotrader 的首席客户官 Ian Pfammer 表示：“7 月份 Autotrader 上每两起新车咨询中就有一起是关于插电式汽车的，这表明它们现在已成为主流选择。”

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房产

“我的租赁产权公寓已经挂牌出售八年了——简直像在坐牢”

Stacey Lofthouse 尝试了所有方法来出售她的两居室住房，但却成了昂贵服务费和高额地租的奴隶。作者：Alina Khan

Stacey Lofthouse 被困在一套她八年来一直无法卖掉的公寓里——她说如果可以的话，她甚至愿意以 £1 的价格将其脱手。

来自兰开郡兰开斯特的 在 2009 年与丈夫以 £150,000. 买下了这套两居室公寓。该房产于 2018 年首次挂牌出售，并有多次看房记录，但在一次检查后，该公寓所在的建筑被归类为具有高风险外墙 cladding，导致出售进程停滞。

她表示：“我们已经卖掉过五次了——但由于外墙 cladding 的问题，所有交易都失败了。”

2022, 10 月，当外墙 cladding 重新评估且结果显示最初的分类错误时， 曾希望看到了隧道尽头的曙光。

但尽管外墙 cladding 现在不再是问题，由于该公寓的高额地租（ground rent）和服务费， 仍然无法出售。

在她最初入住时，地租为每年 £295，地租每 10 年上涨 £295，这意味着 现在支付 £590. 另一波涨价将在 1 月到来，届时每年将耗费 £885。

说：“我们有一个儿子和一个女儿共用一间卧室，但我儿子今年就 10 岁了，所以这种情况必须改变。”

“我丈夫和我将不得不搬到前屋，而我丈夫上夜班，所以我不知道那样怎么行得通。”

贷款机构通常不向地租每年超过 £250 或包含翻倍条款的房产提供贷款——这意味着许多感兴趣的买家无法为 的公寓办理抵押贷款。

她的服务费也很高，每年接近 £2,200。许多主流抵押贷款机构现在设定了严格的限制，即年度物业服务费不得超过房产价值的 1%。

她补充道：“我们被困在这里了——我们尝试了一切方法。”

在去年 5 月将房产投入拍卖——起拍价为 £120,000 ——持续了三个月，在没有收到任何出价后将其撤下。最近，她将要价从 £180,000. 降低到了 £125,000。

“如果可以，我会以 £1 的价格卖掉它”

Lofthouse 说，如果她能“只要还清抵押贷款就能离开”，她愿意以 £1 的价格出售该房产。

“只要还清我的抵押贷款就能离开，但我不能。这就像在坐牢一样。我们现在没有选择，”她承认。

这家人曾考虑将公寓出租，但由于他们在房产中没有足够的资产净值（equity），无法申请到买房出租抵押贷款（buy-to-let mortgage）。

许多贷款机构要求买房出租抵押贷款的房产资产净值约为 25%。如果你没有这么多，有时需要用现金补齐差额。

解释道：“我们是通过 Help to Buy 计划买的公寓，几年前为了还清那笔款项，我们不得不重新办理抵押贷款，所以我们在公寓中没有资产净值。”

该计划旨在帮助首次购房者仅凭 5% 的首付款购买房产。

政府会向你提供新建住房成本 5% 至 20% 的贷款，作为“资产净值贷款”（equity loan）。在伦敦，这一比例最高可达 40%，且贷款在五年内免息。

但一些房主在出售房屋时陷入困境，因为他们需要偿还购房时申请的资产净值贷款。

除此之外，如果房产的估值低于购房时的价格，他们在偿还时仍需按照申请贷款时的同一百分比，基于当前的房产价值进行偿还。

说：“通过 Help to Buy 计划买房是我这辈子犯的最大错误。当时我们年轻、天真，并不了解情况。我们的首付非常少，想进入住房阶梯，但我真心希望我们当时没这么做。”

Help to Buy 计划是最大的错误。我们年轻、天真且不了解情况

英格兰和威尔士数百万的租赁持有者（leaseholders）从明年起，其地租将被上限设定为每年 £250，前首相基尔·斯塔默爵士在1月份宣布了这一消息。

40年后，这将改为象征性的“胡椒粒租金”（peppercorn）——实际上即为零。

其他关键措施包括禁止销售新的租赁持有住房，并逐步过渡到“共同持有制度”（commonhold system），这意味着将不再有自由保有权的房东。

在共同持有制度下，公寓业主将通过一个协会共同拥有公共区域的所有权，所有单元业主都将成为该协会的成员并共同控制。这意味着居民将共同拥有并经营他们的建筑。

不过，目前没有设定服务费上限的计划，政府认为设定上限可能会阻碍为建筑安全和维护筹集必要的资金。这引起了一些活动人士的批评。

苏格兰

青少年称 AI 迫使他们重新思考职业规划

作者：Danyel VanReenen

半数苏格兰青少年表示，AI 已经让他们重新思考自己的职业目标。

由格拉斯哥凯尔文学院（Glasgow Kelvin College）委托开展的旨在纪念 2026 年国家机遇日（National Opportunity Day 2026）的研究还发现，超过半数（55 per cent）的人希望“学习 无法取代的技能”。

这项由独立洞察机构 Opinion Matters 开展的调查，对苏格兰学校中 517 名年龄在 13 至 18 岁之间的青少年样本进行了调研。

五分之三（60 per cent）的人对学习能与该技术协同工作的技能感到兴奋，而 54 per cent 的人认为 为他们的职业前景提供了机遇。但 56 per cent 的人表示，他们担心 对其职业生涯产生的影响，同样比例的人认为这可能会增加找工作的难度。

“这些研究结果中最突出的一点是，年轻人对 及其可能对其未来产生的影响是多么敏锐，”格拉斯哥凯尔文学院课程与质量提升副院长罗宾·阿什顿（Robin Ashton）表示。

“许多人已经在思考这项技术在哪些方面可以帮助他们，在哪些方面他们需要依赖自己的能力，以及至关重要的一点，随着 的发展，哪些人类技能将变得更有价值。”

能源

零售

Next 将利润指引上调 2500 万英镑

由于天气温暖，Next 第二季度销售额“超预期”增长 4%，随后将其全年利润指引上调 2500 万英镑 至 124 万英镑。这家时尚零售商的正价商品（不含折扣和清仓商品）同比增长 9.2%。该公司表示，英国销售额增长 2.8%，而国际在线销售额激增 37%。

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Hearst 从迪士尼手中收购 A+E 股份

在作为平等合作伙伴十多年后，Hearst 已达成一项 $1.2 (9 亿英镑) 的交易，收购迪士尼在 A+E Global Media 持有的 50% 股份。Hearst 分别持有迪士尼旗下 ESPN 18% 的股份，该公司表示该交易预计将于下月完成，Paul Buccieri 将继续担任总裁兼董事长。

酿酒商

喜力品牌助力利润提升

对于所有者喜力（Heineken）而言，西班牙拉格啤酒 Cruzcampo 和爱尔兰黑啤 Murphy's 是今年在英国最畅销的产品，利润同比增长 6.7% 至 186 万英镑。作为一项 4 亿英镑 成本削减计划的一部分，该酿酒商已裁员约 3,000 人，但其营收达到 1500 万英镑，其中 Cruzcampo 销售额增长 30%，Murphy's 增长 50%。

博彩

陷入困境的 Flutter 总裁将卸任

Flutter 的首席执行官 Peter Jackson 将在任职八年后于 9 月 30 日卸任。他将被 Flutter 的国际负责人 Dan Taylor 接替。尽管在国际足联世界杯期间投注量激增，但这家 Paddy Power、Betfair 和 SkyBet 所有者的季度利润 197 万英镑 低于其目标 1.56 亿英镑。

保险

Beazley 在被收购前股价大跌

Beazley 透露，在今年晚些时候退出富时 100 指数（FTSE 100）之前，其半年利润同比下降 52% 至 1.766 亿英镑，届时其被竞争对手苏黎世保险（Zurich）以 $8.1 收购的交易将最终完成。其净保险保费也下降 6% 至 171 万英镑。高管们将此次下跌部分归咎于收购成本花费了 2500 万英镑，以及伊朗战争带来的影响。

航空

瑞安航空客运量创纪录

瑞安航空 7 月的月客运量达到 2220 万 的历史新高，同比增长 7%。这家总部位于都柏林的低成本航空公司在截至 7 月底的 12 个月内运送了 2.132 亿 名乘客，年度增长 5%，但由于喷气燃料价格翻倍，季度利润骤降 34% 至 4.57 亿英镑。

游戏

EA 收购敲定，可能出现裁员

游戏公司 EA 以 £41 进行的杠杆收购已最终敲定，收购方包括沙特阿拉伯的公共投资基金（PIF）以及由美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的女婿贾里德·库什纳领导的 Affinity Partners。由于该交易包含 1500 万英镑 的借款，预计将出现大规模裁员和其他成本削减措施。

健康

减肥药需求翻倍

制药商礼来（Eli Lilly）透露，由于需求持续激增，减肥和糖尿病注射药 Mounjaro 的全球销售额今年翻了一番。礼来表示，Mounjaro 在今年前六个月的销售额总计 $18.6 (£12.8)，同比增长 106%，而 Zephound 的销售额跃升 60% 至 £6.8，制造商表示。

市场

富时 100 指数昨日收盘上涨 8.92 点，或 0.08%，报 10,888.30. 涨幅最大的是时尚零售商 Next，上涨 850p 至 15, 660p，以及矿业公司 Endeavour，上涨 205p 至 3, 842p。跌幅最大的是保险公司 Prudential，下跌 70p 至 1. 025p，以及汇丰银行（HSBC），下跌 7up 至 1,510.

在法国，CAC40 上涨 0.03%，而德国 DAX 指数收盘下跌 0.29%。布伦特原油价格上涨至每桶 $79.51。

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在伦敦交易收盘时，英镑兑加元上涨 0.08 美分，价值 $1.3461, 但兑欧元下跌 0.13 美分，价值 €1.1656,。

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养老金日记

“在 26 岁时，我的养老金优先级高于买房”

在我们的“养老金日记”系列中，我们采访了英国各个年龄段的人，以了解他们为退休攒了多少钱，以及为未来储蓄的现实情况。本周我们采访了 26 岁的詹姆森·威尔内 (JAMESON WILNE)，他目前在 Severn Trent Water 的一项毕业生计划中已完成约一半的进度。他希望尽可能长时间地保持大脑活跃，没有早退休的愿望，并认为自己会一直工作到临终前——尽管他意识到在工作数十年后，他可能会改变主意。

请告诉我关于你的职业以及你是如何进入这个行业的

我在英格兰东南部的一个城镇长大，但现在住在我的工作地科文特里 (Coventry) 地区。我在巴斯大学学习了化学工程。

我知道我肯定想从事某种形式的工程工作，于是我申请了 Severn Trent Water

并进入了他们的毕业生计划，该计划为期 27 个月。

我已经完成了一半以上，非常享受其中，因为我参与了各种项目，其中一些知名度很高。

我觉得非常感激能有一份可以学习和发展的工作，因为我知道有很多年轻人正在陷入困境。

你对金钱的态度是什么？

我的家庭背景是工人阶级到中产阶级——在成长过程中，我们从未匮乏，但也没有很多奢侈品。

在家里住的时候，我有储蓄习惯，但当我去大学就读时，我发现自己在经济上很吃力，因此在学习的最后两年里，我在一家餐厅找了一份服务员的兼职工作。

我是家里第一个上大学的人，我们在成长过程中对金钱并不十分了解。

你是什么时候开始对养老金产生兴趣的？

我在开始毕业生工作后开始了解金钱和养老金。我们在公司进行了一次培训，激发了我的兴趣。

在研究养老金后，我意识到尽早开始投资养老金对退休金池的大小有巨大影响。

Severn Trent 提供了相当不错的养老金计划，如果我个人缴费 7.5%，他们会提供双倍匹配，即缴入 15%。我每月有 22.5% 的资金进入养老金账户。

对我来说，尽可能多地缴纳我能负担的金额是完全合理的，因为这本质上是免费的钱。当你年轻时将钱投入养老金，它有更长的时间增长，在未来会产生更大的影响。

你有多少个养老金账户，估计价值多少？

我已经向 Severn Trent 的养老金缴纳了两年。这是一个固定缴款养老金，资金池大约有 £13,500。

我的养老金最初投资于一个默认养老基金，但随后我将其改为全球股票基金。

大约一年前，我将其改为仅投资于美国股票。

当我在大学期间兼职做服务员时，我被自动纳入了一个养老金计划。那里大约有 £500。

我还向一个股票和份额 ISA（个人储蓄账户）储蓄。这可能是为了买房，尽管我并不完全热衷于此，因为人一生只有一次机会在地球上生活，而买房感觉有点限制。

你对退休有什么憧憬？

我知道养老金是为老年生活储蓄最有效的方式之一，因为你可以享受税收减免以及雇主的缴款。

但在生活成本危机的情况下，将钱锁定起来很困难，因此多样化资金存放地点非常重要，以确保你不会陷入财务困境。

我知道很多人梦想早日退休，但我认为我想一直工作到临终前——为了让大脑保持运转。由 Aasma Day 记录

如需在“养老金日记”中亮相，请发送电子邮件至 Aasma.day@theipaper.com

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无论您的退休就在眼前还是还需几年时间，现在可能是了解您的养老金究竟能提供多少收入的好时机。

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周四 17 法国，昂夫勒尔

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今日天气

英国大部分地区多云，南部和东部有晴间。北部地区维持阴天。伦敦和东英吉利地区有阳光。

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低压区域影响英国，给苏格兰西北部和东南部、西群岛以及英格兰东北部带来降雨。苏格兰西北部和西南部、北群岛、中地及马恩岛多云但干燥。东盎格利亚、伦敦、英格兰东南部和西南部、南威尔士以及爱尔兰共和国天气干燥且晴朗。温暖的云层将逐渐消散，西部地区将出现更明亮的时段，尽管东部地区可能维持多云。

伦敦，英格兰东南部，东盎格利亚，

海峡群岛：该地区早晨将以晴空和阳光开始。这种稳定天气将持续到下午，

带来温暖，气温最高可达 20 几度。整个晚上将维持晴空，西风微风使气候温和。最高气温 23℃。今晚，小雨且有风。最低气温 10℃。

英格兰中南部，英格兰西南部，

中地，南威尔士，北威尔士：预计早晨将以晴朗时段和 patchy 云层开始。全程大部分时间干燥，气温温和。到下午，最西部地区天空将放晴，带来阳光。在最北部地区，云层较厚，有轻微细雨机会。西风微风。最高气温 25℃

今晚，大雨且有风。最低气温 10℃。

苏格兰东南部，英格兰东北部，英格兰东部：预计早晨多云，阳光有限，下午将继续阴天。到晚上，云层持续，最西部地区有小雨机会。气温将保持温和，全天有轻微西风。最高气温 18℃。今晚，晴空且凉爽。最低气温 12℃。英格兰西北部，苏格兰西南部，北爱尔兰，爱尔兰共和国，马恩岛：预计早晨大部分时间多云，部分避风处可见阳光。进入下午，晴空与云层交替，最西部地区可能会有短暂降雨。到晚上，云层变厚，但气温将全程保持温和。最高气温 19℃。今晚，小雨且有风。最低气温 10℃。苏格兰西北部，苏格兰东北部，西群岛，北群岛：预计早晨该地区多云，气温凉爽。到下午，这种阴天天气将持续，带来小雨威胁，尤其是在最西部地区。进入晚上，天空维持多云，有温和微风，特别是在最北部地区。最高气温 16℃。今晚，晴空且寒冷。最低气温 10℃

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近岸：气压

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天气图气压：一个中心位于北群岛附近的低压系统影响英国，驱动降雨覆盖苏格兰西北部和东南部以及西群岛。来自英格兰西南部的高压脊确保了南部地区出现干燥、晴朗的时段。随着系统相互作用，中部地区持续云层覆盖。

最高与最低气温

（周二，截至晚上 11 点）

最热：Whittle,

Eloise, 38℃

最冷：Baltasound No.2

Sheffield, 8℃

最湿：Kinlochowe,

Highlands, 55.5Jmm.

最晴：Maniston,

Kent, 12.5Jms

黑夜时长

Aberdeen / 21.12-05.18

Birmingham / 20.50-05.36 Bristol / 20.49-05.43 Cardiff / 20.52-05.45 Glasgow / 21.13-05.32 Hull / 20.49-05.25 Inverness / 21.21-05.22 Liverpool / 20.58-05.37 London / 20.60-05.33 Manchester / 20.55-05.34 Stornoway / 21.34-05.30 Swansea / 20.55-05.48 York / 20.53-05.28

五日天气预报

周五 北部地区大部分时间多云，偶尔有雨；南部地区天气晴朗，阳光充足。

周六 西部地区有雨，其他地区大部分时间多云，南部和东部有时有阳光，北部气温较低。

周日 北部地区有小雨且多云，南部和东部地区有时有阳光，气温温和。

周一 北部地区有阵雨，南部地区天气良好，有时有阳光。中部地区有部分云层。

周二 南部地区天气良好且晴朗，北部地区大部分时间多云，有时有阳光，东部地区温暖，西部地区多云。

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体育

板球

英格兰测试赛队可能会引入“板球先生”

作者：Rory Dollard

据其母国报道，前澳大利亚球星迈克·哈塞（Mike Hussey）可能会成为英格兰新测试赛教练团队的一员。

澳大利亚广播公司 SEN 报道称，在职业球员时期以高产著称、被誉为“板球先生”的哈塞已收到新任测试赛教练斯蒂芬·弗莱明（Stephen Fleming）的“非正式”接触。两人在印度超级联赛（IPL）中有着长期的合作关系，最初在钦奈超级国王队（Chennai Super Kings）是队友，随后哈塞作为击球专家加入了弗莱明的幕后团队。

马库斯·特雷斯科西克（Marcus Trescothick）目前在英格兰队担任该职务，并在弗莱明到来之前，以临时身份负责即将到来的对阵巴基斯坦的系列赛。红球赛制中是否能为两人同时提供空间尚不明确，但特雷斯科西克有可能加入布伦登·麦卡勒姆（Brendon McCullum）的有限回合赛团队，因为英格兰及威尔士板球委员会（ECB）在转向分拆教练模式时，可能会扩大其人才库。ECB 和 Welsh Fire 已被联系以寻求评论。

53 岁的哈塞目前负责 Hundred 赛事中 Welsh Fire 男子队的管理工作，他在 Cardiff 的核心球员是乔·鲁特（Joe Root），后者将在弗莱明的领导下回归测试赛队长之位。哈塞此前曾跨越灰烬杯的分歧，在 2022 年英格兰成功的 T20 世界杯征程中担任顾问教练。

哈塞在当时表示：“第一次穿上英格兰队球衣时感觉有点奇怪，但之后你开始与球员们合作，享受建立这些个人关系的乐趣，就忘记了自己穿着什么。”

郡冠军赛

“如果我们能挺过明年，这将成为伟大的体育故事之一”

在人员严重匮乏的萨塞克斯队（Sussex），法布雷斯（Farbrace）担心教练可能不得不上场比赛

Chris Stocks

板球 记者

萨塞克斯队主教练保罗·法布雷斯（Paul Farbrace）公开谈到了俱乐部所面临的残酷削减成本措施，承认明年夏天球员阵容可能会如此匮乏，以至于一些教练可能被迫上场比赛。“如果我们明年能勉强留在郡冠军赛（County Championship）的第一组，那将成为体育史上最伟大的故事之一，”他说。

作为英格兰及威尔士板球委员会（ECB）一项三年财务计划的一部分，在萨塞克斯队于1月被列入特别监管措施后，该郡队需要在下赛季开始前从其 200 万英镑m 板球预算中削减约 £400,000。

此前，该队在上一个财政年度亏损 130 万英镑m，迫使ECB介入并提供紧急贷款。

除了ECB制定的严格财务参数外，萨塞克斯队在本赛季的郡冠军赛中被扣除 12 分，此外在T20 Blast和一日杯（One-Day Cup）中各被扣1分。

尽管如此，他们在冠军赛第一组中目前排名第五，落后于领头羊兼卫冕冠军诺丁汉郡队 11 分。如果没有被扣分，他们将排名第一。

但俱乐部已告知八名合同在夏季结束时到期的球员，他们将被释放。其中——瑞安·哈德森-普伦蒂斯（Ryan Hudson-Prentice，汉普郡队）、汤姆·阿尔索普（Tom Alsop，格洛斯特郡队）和亨利·克罗科姆（Henry Crocombe，萨里郡队）——已与其他郡队达成协议。

该俱乐部在The Hundred联赛中有七名球员，另有七人受伤，目前人数已经不足。

保罗·法布雷斯将以兼职身份留任以帮助新教练 GETTY

由于目前仅为明年的冠军赛签下了 12 名球员，人们担心如果萨塞克斯队出现伤病，明年夏天教练组可能会被迫上场。

“我们目前只有 11 名可用球员，”法布雷斯说。“这预示了由于财务状况，我们明年将处于什么样的境地。我们签了 12 名球员参加明年的冠军赛，14 名球员参加Blast。由于财务原因必须释放球员，我们正在失去八名职业员工。”

“我们已经失去了球员。目前明年我们不会有海外球员。所以我们的员工队伍正被彻底撕碎。”

法布雷斯将在夏季结束时卸任，由马特·沃克（Matt Walker，见上图）接任。

这位前英格兰队助理教练将以兼职身份留任板球总监，以帮助继任者应对 2027 年将带来的诸多挑战。

“这就是为什么我没有按照原计划离开，因为我觉得我不能在俱乐部处于如此糟糕的境地时离开，”他说。

“我想尝试帮助俱乐部、球员和马特，让我们在明年尽可能具有竞争力，并希望在接下来的年份里我们能重新增加员工人数。”

“但我们的限制如此之紧，以至于我们简直只剩下骨架了。”

“只要出现几起伤病，我就会考虑让教练们穿上球鞋上场比赛。”

“会员们对亨利·克罗科姆之类的人离开感到失望。我也很失望。我本希望克罗科姆、阿尔索普、哈德森-普伦蒂斯都能留下。但我们在

5 如果明年我们能勉强留在第一组，那将是一次令人难以置信的努力

时刻能够发起挑战，我们正在郡冠军赛（County Championship）中证明这一点。我们排名非常靠前；如果没有被扣分，凭借一个非常、非常小的阵容，我们本可以排名第一。

“但由于我们的阵容在赛季末被拆散，否则我们明年将能再次在郡冠军赛的争冠行列中占据一席之地。而现状是，如果明年我们能勉强留在第一组，那将是一次令人难以置信的努力——这将成为体育史上最伟大的故事之一。”

萨塞克斯（Sussex）已与来自肯特（Kent）的全能球员乔伊·埃维森（Joey Evison）签下了一份为期三年的合同，他将于明年夏天加盟。但由于每位新签约球员都必须经过英格兰及威尔士板球委员会（ECB）的批准，其他新援将极少。

“将会是年轻球员，而且我们将进入租借市场，”法布雷斯（Farbrace）说道。“这将极其困难。”

至于今年的冠军赛，法布雷斯尚未放弃奇迹般夺冠的希望。他们的赛季将于 20 August 对阵华威郡（Warwickshire）的比赛在埃奇巴斯顿（Edgbaston）重启，下个月还将分别在埃塞克斯（Essex）和汉普郡（Hampshire）进行客场比赛。

凭借剩余的三场主场比赛（对阵萨默塞特、萨里和诺丁汉郡），他们很有机会在赛季结束前一直处于争冠行列。

“我们的位置不错，”法布雷斯说。“在还剩六场比赛的情况下，我们已经赢了四场，这绝对太棒了。

“如果我们再赢三场，我们就不会离目标太远。”

电视体育节目

高尔夫：PIF 伦敦冠军赛 Sky Sports Golf 2pm

自行车：环法女子赛 TNT Sports 1.2.30pm

板球：Spirit 对阵 M! London (女) Sky Cricket, 2.45pm

网球：蒙特利尔赛 Tennis. 4pm

板球：Spirit 对阵 M! London (男) Cricket, 6pm

高尔夫：温德姆冠军赛 Golf, 6pm

足球：阿贾克斯 对阵 谢尔本 Premier 1.6.55pm

棒球：酿酒人 对阵 海盗 TNT 2.3pm

英式橄榄球联赛：圣海伦斯 对阵 威根 v 2.30pm

足球：本菲卡 对阵 哈茨 Premier 2.75pm

赛果服务

足球

友谊赛

阿森纳 1 皇家贝蒂斯 3

切尔西 2 尤文图斯 3

欧冠联赛 第三轮资格赛

第三轮资格赛首回合 KOF: 板球: Belus v Annethalu

欧联杯 第三轮资格赛

第三轮资格赛首回合 Fresno, 意大利 v Garza, 2.5.2.2.2.2

欧协联

Briar v Svalon, 2.4.2.2.2.2

Briar v Svalon, 2.4.2.2.2.2 CRA: 0.00

板球

单日杯 - A组

萨里 2.5.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

6. FIVE: 10, Kent spa, 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.

Winston, 曼彻斯特超级巨星 8p-9p3mm 印度

6. PIVANOGA: 1.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

THE HUNDRED

曼彻斯特超级巨星 v Mista Fina, 2.6.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

曼彻斯特超级巨星 v Mista Fina, 2.6.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

Winston, 曼彻斯特超级巨星 8p-9p3mm 印度 6. PIVANOGA: 1.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

Trent Ruckels v 伯明翰凤凰, Trent Bridge

Man, 伯明翰凤凰 1.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

Trent Ruckels 以 7 wks 获胜

Winston, 伯明翰凤凰 1.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

Lynch, 2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

今日赛程（除非另有说明，否则均为 1x5pm）

足球

英超杯第一轮

Briar, 2.5.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

欧联杯

Lynch, 2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

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新内容！ 5-33

观点 18-22

电视 28-31

生活 35-37

GIR DURE 38-41

MONKEY 42-45

体育 50-58

星期四 2026年8月

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体育矩阵

当日赛事概览

FDJ United-Suez 车手 Demi Vollering 在与两大主要对手的冲刺决胜中获胜，夺得环法女子赛第五赛段冠军；Movistar 队的 Marlen Reusser 获得第二名，继续保持总成绩领先。Canyon-SRAM 队的 Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney 在距离终点 300 米时处于领先位置，但 Vollering 发起追击并在终点线前反超。

橄榄球联盟

Albornoz 因辱骂裁判被禁赛四场

阿根廷飞翼 Tomas Albornoz 因在 31-24 负于英格兰的国家锦标赛比赛中对比赛官员的行为不端而被禁赛四场。

在最后一分钟的达阵被裁判 Angus Gardner 判定无效后，这名图卢兹球员（见上图）失去了通过踢球争取潜在平局的机会。Albornoz 两次走向 Gardner，并不得不由队友将其制止。

他将被禁赛周六对阵南非的国际赛，以及 8月29日 和 9月5日 对阵澳大利亚的比赛，此外还包括 9月12日 图卢兹在 Top 14 联赛中与 La Rochelle 的对决。

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高尔夫

沙特退出后 LIV 获得“领投投资者”

LIV 高尔夫宣布与一名新的“领投投资者”达成协议，沙特阿拉伯将在 2026 赛季结束时停止对该分裂赛事的资金支持。此前，沙特阿拉伯公共投资基金 (PIF) 于 30 April 宣布将撤出资金，这使得该巡回赛的未来陷入不确定。

PIF 已向 高尔夫投入超过 60亿美元 (870亿英镑)。

在本周于 Trump National Golf Club Redminster 举行的赛事前发布了更新，该赛事于今日开始。

该联赛还宣布，其球员将成为“多数股权持有者”。该交易仍有待最终确定，但 高尔夫预计将在“未来几周内”完成，目标是在 9 月进行交易。

拳击

帕克称 英国反兴奋剂机构 已解除 其禁赛

约瑟夫·帕克在声称英国反兴奋剂机构 (Ukad) 已解除其拳击禁赛后，誓言将很快重返赛场。

这位新西兰人（上图）在去年 10 月输给法比奥·沃德利当天的自愿反兴奋剂协会常规检测中，可卡因结果呈阳性，随后被禁赛。

“我很高兴地确认我的临时禁赛已被解除，我很快将重返拳击台，”现年 34, 岁的前 WHO 重量级冠军帕克表示。“在细节最终确定期间，我被建议目前不要再说更多。”

已联系 Ukad 以寻求评论。

谜题答案

多米诺 (Dominoes)

旅程寻找者 (Journey Finder)

追踪 (Making Tracks)

数字方格 (Number Square)

Idoku

Kakuro

Wijuko

二进制 (Binary)

ABC 逻辑 (ABC Logic)

Zygolox

从左至右： putz: flutter: full, flip: pull, flap: drag, nag: nap, dram: doze, tippie: foes, gram, dome.

每日问答

1. 波尔多 (Bordeaux)
2. 猪湾入侵 (Bay of Pigs Invasion)
3. 蹦蹦杆 (Pogo stick)
4. 一件僵硬的内衣

单词阶梯 (Word Ladder)

数独 (Sudoku)

拼图数独 (Jigsawdoku)

数字六边形 (Number Hexagon)

周三字谜 4577

单词轮 (Word Wheel)

九字母单词 AUTHORIAL

其他单词 .alit, altar, altha, alts, aorta, aortal, atria, atrial, author, auto, halt, harlot, hart, hilt, holt, hurt, iota, lait, lariat, lath, lathi, latra, litho, loath, loth, lott, lout, oath, raita, rata, ratio, rialto, riot, ritual, rota, rout, ruth, tail, tailor, tala, tali, taro, thou, thru, tiara, tiro, toil, tolu, tori, tour, trail, trual, tmo, ultra, urolith.

杀手数独 (Killer Sudoku)

扫雷 (Minesweeper)

数字金字塔 (Number Pyramid)

计算数独 (Calcudoku)

单词方格 (Word Square)

骑士巡游 (Knight's Tour)

路径寻找者 (Pathfinder)

链式链接 (Chain Link)

不等式数独 (Futoshiki)

Hexalex

单词适配 (Word Fit)

单元格 (Cells)

战舰 (Battleships)

桥梁 (Bridges)

单词搜索 (Word Search)

五线加密纵横字谜 (Five-Cine Cryptic Crossword)

横向：3 / 5 Take on board, 6 Se-veR-e 纵向：1 Stab-les, 2 Row-dies, 4 K-naive

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体育

拳击

雷文·查普曼患有脑血肿和脑水肿

查普曼因脑出血接受手术

作者：Phil Blanche

英国拳击手雷文·查普曼（Raven Chapman）在丹麦的一次实战训练后昏倒，随后因脑出血接受了紧急手术。

这位 32 岁的拳手曾在 2024 年争夺 WBC 世界羽量级冠军，在接受止血和减轻肿胀的手术后，被置于医疗诱导昏迷状态。

一个 GoFundMe 页面已经启动，旨在为查普曼筹集资金。她在过去 24 小时内已停止使用镇静剂，目前正等待在医疗监督下被遣返回英国的医院。查普曼的管理公司 Vote Boxing 表示：“7 月 24 日星期五，雷文在丹麦的一次实战训练后意外昏倒。急救服务立即被调用，她被空运至当地医院。她被诊断出患有脑血肿和脑水肿。”

“雷文立即接受了紧急手术。该手术成功止血并有助于稳定肿胀。随后她被置于医疗诱导昏迷状态。”

“在过去的一天里，她已停止使用镇静剂，在等待医疗监督下遣返回英国医院期间继续接受治疗，预计她的康复将需要一段时间。她的医生正在尽一切努力支持她的恢复，在她继续度过这段极其困难的时期时，我们依然保持希望。”

出生于诺里奇的查普曼在职业比赛中取得了 10 胜 2 负的战绩，其中一次败北是 2024 年 10 月在争夺世界冠军时输给了斯凯·尼科尔森（Skye Nicolson）。

查普曼此前与 Queensberry Promotions 签约，其创始人弗兰克·沃伦（Frank Warren）在 X 上写道：“今天早上我的心中完全牵挂着雷文。我真心希望她能挺过来并安全回家。”

“Queensberry 的每一个人都支持你，雷文，我们都希望你能挺过这一关。”

足球 FIFA

国际足联紧急峰会期间，菲戈呼吁主席辞职

作者：Phil Blanche

葡萄牙传奇球星路易斯·菲戈呼吁国际足联主席因凡蒂诺辞职。

菲戈曾在2015年竞选国际足联主席，随后退出并支持因凡蒂诺，如今他公开谴责了后者的行为。

在因凡蒂诺提出一项旨在寻求私人投资成立公司运营世界杯的计划（该计划现已放弃）之后，他召集在拉巴特举行紧急会议，并于昨日与国际足联高管进行了会谈。

但在会谈举行之前，欧足联足球顾问菲戈在《每日邮报》上写道：“关于国际足联存在的问题，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。

‘但在过去的10天里，我所看到的揭露出的行为，是我见过的最卑劣、最欺骗且最胆怯地追求私利的行为。

‘一个会这样做的人——一个为了让自己和朋友获利而试图强行推动如此重大变革的人——是足球过去时代的残余，不应在足球的未来中占据任何位置。

‘考虑到他给足球声誉带来的种种侵害，这一切并不令人惊讶；从暂停并撤销纪律决定，到为了中场表演而破坏比赛规则，没有什么能阻碍他讨好朋友。因凡蒂诺

最卑劣、最欺骗且最胆怯地追求私利的行为，是我见过的最糟糕的

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。’”

国际足联已被联系以寻求评论。

因凡蒂诺将世界杯扩军至64支球队的计划也遭到了欧洲联赛协会的抨击，该协会负责协调欧洲34个国家的职业足球联赛。

该协会将这些出售提案贴上“构思拙劣”的标签，并坚称这一“危险的想法”引发了关于国际足联治理的“严重质疑”。

2026年在加拿大、墨西哥和美国举行的世界杯共有48支球队参赛，这比2022年的前一届增加了16支。

下一届2030年男足赛事计划由西班牙、葡萄牙和摩洛哥共同主办，阿根廷、巴拉圭和乌拉圭各举办一场比赛。

昨日傍晚的报道暗示，摩洛哥被提出可以主办决赛，以换取其对因凡蒂诺的支持。

但一名国际足联发言人表示：“声称国际足联主席就主办2030年国际足联世界杯决赛做出过任何承诺是不实且具有误导性的。国际足联将在适当时候做出决定。”

面对世界杯威胁，欧足联可能不得不采取强硬手段

在任何其他行业，因凡蒂诺现在应该已经离职了。提交辞呈，在演讲台上发表感人的演说，然后消失在公众视野中，直到下一个丑闻爆发，他才能计划重新回到公众关注的中心。

足球治理并非如此运作。看看因凡蒂诺到目前为止面临的挑战多么之少。尽管他在2016年接替塞普·布拉特后又担任了两任国际足联主席，但他甚至还没有参加过一次选举竞争。

由于他不愿主动离开，许多人认为这位瑞士人的终结依然临近。一些报道称，这只是几天时间的问题，最多几周。欧足联作为世界足球中最强大的联合会，在追求让因凡蒂诺下台方面毫不退缩。所有关于因凡蒂诺计划为了利润而出售足球灵魂的泄密和细节，都来自欧足联。

现代足球的先驱——英格兰足球协会已经撤回了支持。在欧洲人看来，结果已成定局。

然而，全球视角并非如此简单明了。这就是为什么因凡蒂诺至少坚持到三月选举的希望，比表面上看起来要更乐观。

Pete Hall

亚洲拥有重大影响力

由于缺乏真正辞职的顾虑，因凡蒂诺需要被推一把。国际足联理事会可以通过一次紧急会议来强迫这位16岁的人采取行动——如果37名理事会成员中的19名要求召开会议，则可以召集。

欧足联拥有九名成员，远未达到要求。紧随其后的是亚洲足联，拥有七名成员。由于欧洲和中北美及加勒比足联（Concacaf）是对因凡蒂诺最激烈的反对者，而非洲和南美足联（Conmebol）则是其忠实支持者，因此在任何潜在的不信任投票甚至下一次选举中，亚洲都是关键的摇摆州。

总体而言，亚洲一直是因凡蒂诺的坚定支持者。那些没有像欧洲同行那样拥有丰厚收入的小国严重依赖国际足联的资金，并且认为没有必要要求变革。

从政治角度来看，沙特阿拉伯仍然是最强大的亚洲国家，而且作为2034年世界杯的东道主，他们同样认为没有必要引起任何动荡。

“有很多亚洲国家谴责过因凡蒂诺。但愿意公开记录支持这位承受压力的最高主管的人数，比世界上任何其他地区都要多。”

托特纳姆热刺

库卢塞夫斯基接近回归，结束伤病折磨

作者：George Sessions

托特纳姆热刺中场德扬·库卢塞夫斯基在热刺训练基地（Hotspur Way）重新开始球类训练后，其严重膝伤的康复进程向前迈进了一步。

库卢塞夫斯基（belou）自2024-25赛季结束以来就没为热刺出场，此前在一次2-0负于水晶宫的比赛中，与Marc Gushi的一次轻微碰撞导致其右髌骨受伤。

这位瑞典国脚多次遭遇挫折，导致他缺席了整个上赛季以及今年夏天的世界杯，但虽然他尚未回归球队训练，托特纳姆热刺昨天发布了这位26岁球员再次接触球的视频。

人们认为，库卢塞夫斯基距离回归竞技足球仍有一段时间，他在三月份对右膝进行了第二次手术，这为他的回归铺平了道路。

这位前尤文图斯组织核心将在准备就绪后缓慢地分阶段回归热刺的球队训练，但本周包括射门和传球在内的球类训练是他康复计划的下一步。

托特纳姆热刺主帅罗伯托·德泽尔比最近称赞了库卢塞夫斯基的能力，并渴望让他回归。

尽管库卢塞夫斯基在赛季开始时无法出战，但边锋穆罕默德·库杜斯已加大努力，争取能参加8月22日在布伦特福德的英超联赛揭幕客场比赛。

由于腱伤，库杜斯自一月份以来就没为托特纳姆热刺出场，这导致这位加纳国脚无缘世界杯。

但他已经在热刺训练基地参加了射门和传球训练，这对德泽尔比来说是一个受欢迎的助力，后者正在等待热刺在经历了花费2.37 亿英镑m的忙碌夏天后提供进攻端的补强。

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周一 42-45

体育 50-58

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如果你认为因凡蒂诺会安静地离开——请再想想

一位在该地区广泛工作的顾问认为，既然英格兰足协就在上个月宣布支持因凡蒂诺继续担任国际足联主席另一个任期，那么为什么欧洲人应该被视为道德真理的仲裁者？

约旦足协主席阿里·本·侯赛因王子指责因凡蒂诺使用“敲诈”手段来获取政治支持，这在一定程度上改变了局面。然而，该联盟的其他成员不会像欧洲人那样全部给出概括性的谴责。

整体感觉是，虽然因凡蒂诺远非完美，但与他的前任相比，他至少给了世界其他地区更多的发言权。一个以欧洲为中心的独立赛事在纸面上听起来很棒，是对我们而言。但对亚洲来说并非如此。

欧足联的抵制是否依然有效？

如果欧足联依赖于罢免因凡蒂诺的官方途径，权力更迭依然困难。

下一个选项是召开由 211 个国际足联成员协会组成的特别大会，如果五分之一，即 43 个协会“提交此类书面请求”，则可举行。欧足联的 55 个国家可以随时发起这一程序——但这个过程缓慢且官僚。没有人想要这样。

在欧洲人看来，这是一个必然的结果：然而，全球的观点并非如此清晰

随后他们将需要 106 票才能将因凡蒂诺赶下台。如果没有整个非洲、南美洲和大部分亚洲的支持，这样的举动或许无论如何都是徒劳的。共有 136 个国家正式拒绝了因凡蒂诺的计划，但在没有突出继任者的情况下，投票将因凡蒂诺踢出局并引发一场巨大的选举，是有其弊端的。

在过去一周欧足联的所有沟通中，一个仍然没有答案的问题是，抵制世界杯的威胁

是否依然有效，或者仅仅是为了强迫撤回那项有争议的投资计划而发出的？

正如一位消息人士所言，这感觉是强迫因凡蒂诺下台的“唯一途径”。没有欧洲的世界杯将不值得举办。欧洲也可以与其他脱离的国家共同展示自己的世界杯。但两者都不是真正的赛事。

如果欧足联愿意执行其威胁，也许全球那些犹豫不决的国家会将支持转向这场革命。如果因凡蒂诺想玩阴的，那么也许欧洲也应该这样做。

“女性主席？这项运动首先需要追赶很多进度”

国际足联的问题根深蒂固，需要得到解决。作者：Lori Ewing

在反抗因凡蒂诺的浪潮中，最突出的两个声音来自女性。

威尔士的劳拉·麦考利斯特（Laura McAllister）和挪威的莉丝·克拉文内斯（Lise Klaveness）是欧足联执行委员会中仅有的两名女性。在因凡蒂诺试图强推一项名为“国际足联足球企业”（FFE）的私募股权支持风险投资失败而引发的危机期间，两人成为了因凡蒂诺的直言批评者。

长期由男性管理人员主导的足球运动，是否已经准备好由一名女性来领导这项全球性运动？

欧足联副主席麦考利斯特（底部）表示：“看到一名女性被选为国际足联主席将是非常美妙的。但这比这要复杂得多。”

“我想认为我们距离拥有女性主席并不遥远，但我担心事实并非如此，因为我认为这项运动必须在追赶社会其他方面的进度上做一些努力。”

在国际足联前主席塞普·布拉特（Sepp Blatter）周二赞扬克拉文内斯，并表示是时候由女性领导该体育管理机构之后，这场辩论势头渐强。

然而，麦考利斯特表示，国际足联的全球政治格局仍然是一个巨大的障碍。

她说：“这并不简单到只要推举一名女性就可以。她很可能是该职位的最佳候选人。但我们不要假装这里是一个简单的精英管理体制。事实并非如此。”

因凡蒂诺的 FFE 计划在欧足联和其他区域管理机构的激烈反对中崩溃。

威尔士是几个撤回对因凡蒂诺连任支持的国家协会中的第一个，异议迅速在国际足联内部蔓延。

因凡蒂诺原定于昨天在摩洛哥举行一次紧急会议。

麦考利斯特在欧足联上周的紧急会议上提出的抵制国际足联活动的建议获得了全票支持，她表示，这次动荡反映了该体育管理机构更深层次的治理问题。

她说：“有迹象表明，这个问题正在达到危机点，如果它还没有达到危机点的话。”

麦考利斯特指出，有许多争议侵蚀了对因凡蒂诺领导能力的信任，包括国际足联与失败的欧洲超级联赛项目的联系、围绕世界杯的政治问题，以及在美总统唐纳德·特朗普要求因凡蒂诺重新审查决定后，国际足联决定撤销在赛事期间给美国前锋福拉林·巴洛根（Folarin Balogun）的红牌。

她说：“所有这些都告诉我，国际足联的治理存在深层问题。”

对于麦考利斯特来说，这次僵局也是为了保护她认为的足球核心价值。

她说，她和克拉文内斯（左）在进入足球治理领域之前，在女子足球事业中发展出的原则驱动着她们。

“我们曾分别是威尔士和挪威的国家队球员，然后我们都发展了自己的专业职业。莉丝是一名律师，而我是一名政治学家。但我们也是非常注重价值观的人，”麦考利斯特说。“对我们来说，如果足球失去了它的价值观，那么它就失去了心魂，因此，这种生存危机是非常真实的。所以，让我们的声音被听到至关重要。”

在国际足联的 211 个成员协会中，只有 10 个由女性主席领导，其中包括克拉文内斯。

任何对国际足联主席职位的挑战都需要获得远超欧洲范围的协会支持，虽然克拉文内斯和麦考利斯特帮助带头进行了抵抗，但麦考利斯特警告不要试图强行推动女性领导权的问题。

她说：“我们必须铺平道路，我们必须建设，并且必须继续积累势头。有时，温和的方式是最好的方法，因为我们可以比试图强行革命更快地达到目标。”

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足球简讯

曼彻斯特联

Vitek 将前往 Boro，Bayindir 接近离队

曼彻斯特联正将 Radek Vitek 出售给米德尔斯堡，交易价值最高可达 1400万美元，而另一名门将 Altay Bayindir 则准备以租借形式加盟 Ceita Vigo。

迈克尔·卡里克 (Michael Carrick) 的球队正在为新赛季调整阵容，1 号门将 Senne Lamasens 与夏季签约的 Karl Durbin 一起组成了全新的门将部门。

在 André Onanás 租借返回 Trahessapor 之后，这位威尔士国脚以自由转会身份加盟，而曼联现在准备再送走两名门将。

Vitek（见上图）在布里斯托尔城度过了一个令人印象深刻的赛季后，即将加盟在冠军联赛升级附加赛决赛中落败的米德尔斯堡。

HULL CITY

Tigers 据报道以 2000 万英镑m 签下 Tzolakis

赫尔城打破了他们的转会纪录，从奥林匹亚科斯签下了希腊门将 Konstantinos Tzolakis。

这位 23 岁的球员代表国家队出场 9 次，已与 Tigers 签署了一份为期五年的合同。赫尔城尚未披露转会费，但据报道将为他们的新门将支付 2000 万英镑m。Tzolakis（见上图）在 2020 年 3 月完成一线队首秀后，在代表奥林匹亚科斯的 131 场比赛中保持了 64 次零封，并曾四次随队获得希腊超级联赛冠军。

“我很高兴来到这里，”Tzolakis 表示。“能加入赫尔城是巨大的荣誉。我已经准备好开启新篇章。我见到了所有的球员和工作人员，感谢他们给予的热烈欢迎。”

CONFERENCE LEAGUE

Hibs 前锋 Elding 期待入选爱尔兰队

Owen Elding 的目标是带领 Hibernian 向欧协联更进一步，并增加他入选爱尔兰共和国国家队参加秋季欧国联比赛的机会。

这位出生于英国的 23 岁球员（见上图）在上赛季末 Heimir Hallgrimsson 球队的训练营期间参与了训练，并希望在下个月获得首次正式征召。

“我现在就在等待护照办理完毕，所以，是的，快成功了，”他在 Hibs 在主场对阵北马其顿球队 Shkendja 的欧协联第三轮资格赛首回合比赛前表示。

“只有我在俱乐部足球中的表现将决定我是否能进入那些名单。”

106 在讨论因凡蒂诺 (Infantino) 的特别大会上，触发讨论所需的不信任票数量

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纽卡斯尔联 (NEWCASTLE UNITED)

雅斯莱誓言带来使其成名的活力与热情

■ 接续封底

近年来，我一直密切关注俱乐部的发展历程，而所取得的进步是每个人都能清楚看到的。

“我对未来感到无比兴奋。我完全且毫无保留地相信这个项目，以及俱乐部所采取的雄心和方向。这里有清晰的愿景、强大的领导力以及一个卓越的建设平台。

“我的球队建立在团结、努力、强度以及每天进步的热情之上。我将投入全部的承诺、全部的能量以及决心，贡献我的一切来帮助这家俱乐部实现其雄心。

“我相信这支球队以及整个足球俱乐部内部拥有巨大的潜力。我很高兴能与球员、工作人员和领导团队合作，帮助俱乐部向前推进。

“我迫不及待地想要开始，并将全力把握这次机会。我将投入全部的承诺和全部的能量，为纽卡斯尔联带来进一步的成功。”

雅斯莱将在今天与媒体交谈。在此之前，他经历了一段奇怪的漫长时期，他身在拉曼加监督周六对阵瓦伦西亚的季前友谊赛准备工作，但纽卡斯尔联尚未正式宣布他的新职务。

两家俱乐部均由公共投资基金 (PIF) 所有，但消息人士一直强调，处于该基金的伞盖之下并未给纽卡斯尔联带来任何特殊优待。他们支付了 900 万英镑 聘请这位主教练——触发了他的解约条款——并且不得不等待数日才宣布他的任命。

纽卡斯尔联首席执行官大卫·霍普金森昨天飞往西班牙，与体育总监罗斯·威尔逊会合。在决定将吉马良斯套现（尽管此前声称他非卖品）之后，威尔逊现在面临着对其能力的重大考验，以

纽卡斯尔联预计将在本赛季给威廉·奥兹拉一个关键角色

重塑纽卡斯尔联项目。他在挑选雅斯莱的过程中起到了关键作用。

“马蒂亚斯的领导风格和足球哲学与我们的体育愿景高度一致，”威尔逊说道。

“他的球队踢的是高能量的足球，在整个招聘过程的所有讨论中，我们都能感受到他的热情。

“在他的执教生涯中，他一贯展现出提升球员能力、构建凝聚力强的球队以及创造顶尖表现环境的能力。

“他在萨尔茨堡和阿赫利的成功，凸显了他能够在开发清晰足球身份的同时交付结果的能力。

“我们 believe 他处于一个独特的位置，能够基于已经建立的坚实基础，帮助纽卡斯尔联向前推进。”

曼彻斯特城

Monga：选择曼城而非冠军球队是无需思考的决定

作者：西蒙·皮奇

杰里米·Monga 表示，对于目标是奖杯的青少年天才来说，选择加入曼彻斯特城而非阿森纳是一个“无需思考”的决定。

这位 17 岁的边锋在夏季转会中离开了英甲球队莱斯特城，前往伊蒂哈德球场，据报道转会费为 1000 万英镑 加上进一步 250 万英镑 的潜在附加费。

Monga（右）——成为英超联赛出场球员中第三年轻的球员——与曼城签署了一份直到 2011 年的合同，此前他拒绝了英超联赛冠军阿森纳的追求。

“（阿森纳的兴趣）非常强烈，因为我当时非常接近加盟那里，非常接近，”他告诉

英国广播公司体育频道。“主要的决定可能在于晋升路径和俱乐部本身。他们如此成功，以至于曼城打电话来时，这是一个无需思考的决定。赢得奖杯并站在顶端是每个孩子的梦想。

“一旦我获得机会，我只需要证明自己，一旦我做到了，一切都会水到渠成。我觉得，对我个人而言，我更认为自己属于曼城。我看到自己身穿蓝色球衣。”

在周三于韩国首尔酷暑中以 3-1 击败 K 联赛联队的比赛中，Monga 作为替补完成了他的首次曼城出场。

在首尔世界杯体育场，金斗元（Kim Due-won）扳平了拉扬·艾特-努里（Rayan Ait-Nouri）的开场进球，随后蒂贾尼·赖因德斯（Tigiani Reijnders）和迪文·马哈马（Divin Mahama）为恩佐·马雷斯卡（Enzo Marescob）的球队攻入进球。

吉马良斯离队预示重建开始，球迷可能会感到痛苦

此次出售可能会提升消费能力，但雅斯莱面临着一项艰巨的任务

纽卡斯尔联将用一名能够“承担重任”的经验丰富的中场球员来接替布鲁诺·吉马良斯，后者在预计价值约 7500 万英镑m 的交易中被阿森纳签走，这对纽卡斯尔联而言是失去了他们的核心球员。

此次转会尚未达成协议——在最终谈判中，转会费仍有上涨空间，尽管幅度不会太大——但各方目前预计吉马良斯将在接下来的 24-48 小时内离开纽卡斯尔联的 La Manga 训练基地，并开始办理转会手续。

“接下来怎么办？”现在成了纽卡斯尔联面临的问题。据了解，他们已经物色好了吉马良斯的接替者——在转会阿森纳的进程推进过程中，过去几天已进行了大量工作——并希望尽快取得突破，以减轻失去另一名领军球员带来的损失。

消息人士淡化了近日出现的一些潜在人选的关联，这增加了另一笔神秘交易即将完成的可能性。他们对多特蒙德和德国中场费利克斯·恩梅查（Felix Nmecha）进行了广泛考察，但这种可能性已被淡化——即便新援很可能来自海外。

到目前为止，纽卡斯尔联的大部分交易对象都是 20 岁左右且具有“高上限”的球员。虽然今年夏天的优先事项是降低工资单，但现在有空间引进一名知名度更高的球员来协助

Mark Douglas

北方足球记者

马蒂亚斯·雅斯莱的重建工作。不过，该球员仍可能处于 18-25 岁这个年龄段。

布鲁诺的转会费是多少？

雅斯莱（见下文）将在纽卡斯尔联充满重大不确定性的背景下开始他的任期。考虑到俱乐部在转会窗开启之初的强硬表态，吉马良斯转会费的数额将成为争议焦点。

关于 7500 万英镑m 转会费的背景是，阿森纳最初对他估价 4500 万英镑m，且周一的一次报价被拒绝。当时没有其他竞标者。

但考虑到最初的估价在 8000 万英镑m 以上——且有传闻称纽卡斯尔联试图匹配从托特纳姆热刺那里获得关于桑德罗·托纳利的转会费——这对于很大一部分球迷来说将很难接受。

纽卡斯尔联现在能花多少钱？

纽卡斯尔联目前正在进行的这次彻底重启，部分原因是去年夏天糟糕的引援以及上赛季违反了欧足联的规则。但这次重启的规模比预期的要更广泛。

纽卡斯尔联官员表示，今年夏天通过出售球员筹集的资金——在休赛期早些时候，边锋安东尼·戈登和中场托纳利已离开俱乐部，吉马良斯的离队紧随其后——这意味着为这名巴西国脚赚取的全部“纯利润”

将重新投入到球队中。

据了解，这将使他们能够在未来的转会窗口进行投资，即使他们仍需在欧足联令人窒息的限制背景下开展工作。

据财务专家称，他们最高可支出 1.5 亿英镑m，并且正在寻找边后卫以增加到他们已签下的 5 名新援之中。

“这次（吉马良斯的离队）将显著增强纽卡斯尔联的支出能力。因为他的大部分转会费已经摊销，此次出售将产生巨大的会计利润，增加此前从戈登和托纳利出售中获得的收益，”足球

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他们不需要为了 PSR 而出售，他们是为了利润而出售。球迷们讨厌这一点。

“总的来说，这些交易将使纽卡斯尔联在英超联赛 PSR 和欧足联财务可持续性规则下都处于非常健康的状态。从实际操作来看，如果分摊到典型的球员合同中，出售布鲁诺·吉马良斯获得的 7500 万英镑m 可以支持超过 1.5 亿英镑m 的引援，同时还能改善俱乐部的阵容成本比。

“总体而言，纽卡斯尔联将为另一个重大引援窗口创造相当大的财务灵活性。

“布鲁诺的高昂转会费——假设交易达成——之所以成为可能，是因为他们其他的出售行为——他们不需要为了 PSR 而出售，他们是为了利润而出售。对于 [刘易] 霍尔来说也应该是这样，然后他们再重建另一套阵容。球迷们讨厌这样做，但这是正确的策略。”

纽卡斯尔联认为最后一批重大出售现已结束。曼联想要霍尔，但俱乐部认为他是不可触碰的。他想要一份新合同——相关工作可能会在夏天之后开始。

凯尔特人 (CELTIC)

奥尼尔手术后休养，凯尔特人考虑出售球员

凯尔特人宣布，马丁·奥尼尔在医院接受了“一项小手术”后目前正在康复中。

这位 74 岁（右图）的教练在 6 月签署了一份为期一年的合同，在经历了上赛季两次成功的临时执教并获得苏超联赛和苏格兰杯双冠王后，正式成为凯尔特人的主帅。

在周一晚上于 Parkhead 球场举行的苏超揭幕战中，他坐在教练席上见证了球队 1-0 战胜邓迪。

凯尔特人官方网站的一份声明呼吁在这位北爱尔兰人准备周日前往基尔马诺克比赛进行休养期间，给予其私人空间。

凯尔特人传奇人物约翰·柯林斯告诉凯尔特人，只有在欧冠联赛附加赛之后，并且在已有替代人选的情况下，他们才能考虑将关键双人组阿尔内·恩格尔斯和阿里斯泰尔·约翰斯顿套现。

西汉姆联正试图签下 22 岁的比利时中场恩格尔斯，而 27, 岁的加拿大右后卫约翰斯顿则是埃弗顿的目标。

虽然这两名球员预计都会被出售，但前凯尔特人中场柯林斯表示：“你签下年轻球员，培养他们，然后来自英格兰的大俱乐部带着巨额资金出现，你必须替换他们。秘诀在于，你得提前准备好替代人选。”

流浪者 (RANGERS)

麦金内斯：横田能为流浪者创造机会

作者：Anthony Brown

德里克·麦金内斯支持大介·横田在以一份三年合同加盟流浪者后能为球队“创造机会”。

这位 26 岁（右图）的球员成为流浪者今夏签下的第九名球员，他以未公开的转会费从德乙球队汉诺威 96 加盟。

横田在 18 岁加入法兰克福 FSV 青训营后，其整个职业生涯都在欧洲度过，随后先后在拉脱维亚、波兰和比利时效力。

此前曾谈到球队需要增加创造力的主教练麦金内斯表示：“我们非常高兴能将大介带到俱乐部。他是一名我们关注已久的球员，他带来的特质将切实增强我们的进攻选择。”

“在 26, 岁这个年纪，他在欧洲多个不同联赛中积累了宝贵的经验。他速度快，打法直接，并且具备在进攻三区创造机会的能力。”

“我们正在继续加强关键领域，我期待与他共事。”

横田可能会被列入流浪者的欧联杯名单，球队正准备今晚在波兰进行欧联杯第三轮资格赛首回合对阵比亚韦斯托克雅盖隆的比赛。

女子超级联赛 (WOMEN'S SUPER LEAGUE)

曼联任命奥利德为女足主教练，开启“令人兴奋的新时代”

作者：Simon Peach

埃娃·奥利德被任命为女子超级联赛球队曼彻斯特联的主教练，初步合同为期两年。

在周一宣布马克·斯金纳在执教五年后经双方同意离队后，红魔迅速确定了斯金纳的继任者。

奥利德（右图）在 5 月带领哈茨队夺得历史性的首个苏格兰女子超级联赛冠军后离开该队，并与曼彻斯特联签署了一份直到 2028, 年的合同，且拥有延长一年的选项。曼联将奥利德的任命赞誉为“一个令人兴奋的新时代的开始”，因为“俱乐部正致力于实现长期、可持续增长和成功的清晰愿景”。

斯金纳的球队在上赛季 WSL 中排名第四，并闯入欧冠联赛八强，帮助俱乐部建立了他们所谓的“重要基础”。

曼联女足总监马特·约翰逊表示：“埃娃是一位杰出的教练，拥有极强的成功决心。她在米德洛锡安之心（Heart of Midlothian）取得的卓越成就展示了她在实施令人兴奋的风格的同时，最大化发挥球员个人潜力的能力。”

土耳其 (TURKEY)

穆罕默德·萨拉赫身穿特拉布宗体育球衣抵达土耳其

萨拉赫身着球衣抵达，准备签署特拉布宗体育合同

作者：Mikac Eren Dereli 和 Trevan Gunsnikos

莫哈迈德·萨拉赫昨日面带微笑抵达伊斯坦布尔机场，身着特拉布宗体育的栗色和蓝色球衣。此前，他预计将从利物浦转会至这家土超顶级球队，数百名球迷在现场推搡挤抢，只为一睹这位埃及前锋的风采。

特拉布宗体育在一天前宣布正与萨拉赫进行谈判，俱乐部主席埃尔图格鲁尔·多安表示，他们预计今天将以自由转会的方式签下这位 34 岁的球员。

“特拉布宗，你们准备好了吗？我能听到你们的声音。很快见。”萨拉赫在俱乐部发布于 X 的一段视频中说道。他身着特拉布宗体育球衣，并引用俱乐部的座右铭补充道：“对我们而言，到处都是特拉布宗。”

抵达阿塔图尔克机场后，萨拉赫受到了数百名球迷的迎接。他向支持者们挥手，并与他们一起发起了一场传统的助威呐喊，随后出发前往进行体检。

萨拉赫在利物浦效力九年后于今年夏天离开，期间他在 442 场比赛中打入 257 球，两次获得英超联赛冠军，一次获得欧冠联赛冠军。

在 2024-25 赛季，萨拉赫在英超联赛中打入 29 球并贡献 18 次助攻，追平了单赛季最高进球参与数的联赛纪录，并创下了 38 场赛季的新纪录。

他被评为英超联赛赛季最佳球员，并赢得了金靴奖和组织核心奖，成为首位在同一个赛季包揽这三项荣誉的球员。他的产出在上赛季有所下降，在 27 场联赛中贡献 7 个进球和 7 次助攻，并且在欧冠联赛中被留在替补席上，这导致他与利物浦时任主教练阿尔内·斯洛特公开产生分歧。

据报道，萨拉赫此前曾接近加盟贝西克塔斯，但谈判因财务和肖像权要求而陷入停滞。

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2026 年 8 月 6 日

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马蒂亚斯·雅斯莱表示，他“完全且毫无保留地”相信纽卡斯尔联的计划，与此同时，俱乐部准备在转会窗口关闭前，通过至少三名新援来支持他们的新任主教练。

纽卡斯尔联昨晚终于宣布雅斯莱为埃迪·豪的继任者。这一决定此前因阿赫利的坚持而推迟，阿赫利是沙特阿拉伯的一家俱乐部，与纽卡斯尔联一样，由该国的公共投资基金 (PIF) 持有。他的第一项行动是部分批准将队长布鲁诺·吉马良斯出售给阿森纳，交易的初始价值为 7500 万英镑m。

吉马良斯一直推动这次转会，俱乐部决定将其变现——从而为纽卡斯尔联在接下来的三周内引进一名中场和一名后卫铺平了道路。

他们也对雅各布·默菲和乔·威洛克的报价持开放态度，如果收到合适的报价，两人可能会被替换。

这是圣詹姆斯公园球场在艰难的夏季重启中采取的最新重大举措，因为纽卡斯尔联正转向年轻化，降低工资单，并寻求建立一支具有高上限的新球员阵容。他们已经签下了五名球员，并在即将到来的赛季中将关键角色交给威尔·奥苏拉和刘易斯·迈利。

内部人士称俱乐部对他“全力支持”，而新帅雅斯莱的任务将是规划这支新面貌球队的前行之路。

这位 38 岁的前阿赫利主教练在红牛萨尔茨堡积攒经验，致力于高强度、高压迫的足球风格。在豪于七月期间通知纽卡斯尔联其辞职意向后，俱乐部开展了一次他们声称是“彻底”的继任者搜寻过程，随后锁定了雅斯莱。

他表示：“当纽卡斯尔联向你招手时，你一定会关注。俱乐部的雄心、对未来的愿景以及面前的机会，使得这里成为一个极其吸引人的地方。我一直关注着”

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The 12 best BBC comedies you haven't seen yet

OPINION

Dear Gary Lineker, please keep your millions to yourself

POLITICS

How a deal between Farage and Lowe could implode

» Insiders say rival leaders of Reform UK and Restore will not be able to put their egos aside

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WORK

I manage people twice my age - it's like I'm telling off my dad

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EXPLORATION

Moonstruck!

Space debris warning after rocket crash

EXCLUSIVE

Schools get new pupil attendance targets to crack down on 'stay at home' Fridays

Sickness and heatwave among factors in concerning absence rates

• Schools will be given tailored improvement targets to combat a drop in classroom attendance over the past academic year, alongside plans to 'supercharge' childhood flu vaccination
• Writing exclusively for The i Paper, education minister Paul Waugh warns that Fridays have become a 'weak spot for attendance' with absence due to illness surging by nearly a quarter
• DfE encouraging schools to share strategies to keep children engaged throughout the week

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WORLD

Putin's battle with 'Russia's Mark Zuckerberg'

ENVIRONMENT

I exposed the sewage crisis - this is why water bosses aren't facing criminal charges

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WEATHER

No flies on us! The simple solution to keeping your home insect-free

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THURSDAY

6

AUGUST

Quote of the day

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards OSCAR WILDE

Birthdays

Sylvia Johnson, 80, lady golfer; Michelle Yeoh (below), actress, 64, M Night Shyamalan, film-maker, 56, Gen Halliwell, singer, 54, James Delingpole, writer, 61, Steve Easterbrook, business executive, 60, Romola Garai, actress, 44, Regina Carter, jazz violinist, 60

Anniversaries

Monday 6 August 1962 Jamaica becomes an independent nation after more than 300 years of British colonial rule. Celebrations across the island marked the birth of a new country, with Alexander Bustamante becoming its first prime minister.

index

Crossword	25
TV & Radio	26
Puzzles	27
Culture	38
Money	42
Weather	49

The News Matrix

The day at a glance

Why is Spider-Man laughing all the way to the bank? See p23

INQUEST

Prisoner found in cell took his own life

A 61-year-old man who was found dead in his cell two months after he was jailed for his part in disorder outside an asylum seeker hotel died by suicide, an inquest jury has found. Peter Lynch was sent to prison after the violent scenes outside the Holiday Inn Express in Manners, Rotherham, in August 2024.

COURTS

Father charged with murder of daughter

A 35-year-old father has appeared in court charged with murder following the death of his nine-year-old daughter, who was found injured in Arbroath. Minnie Merriman, from West Yorkshire, later died in hospital. Her father, Christopher Rice, 35, of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, did not enter a plea at Forfar Sheriff Court.

DRC

Health chief arrives as Ebola rate soars

The head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday as aid workers said the world's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has spread at an "alarming" rate. The outbreak of the virus had 3,874 confirmed cases, including 1,751 deaths, as of Monday.

PAKISTAN

Mountaineers bodies recovered from peak

Search teams backed by military helicopters recovered the bodies of renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja and three other missing climbers yesterday.

It brought the number of bodies recovered from Broad Peak to seven nearly a week after an avalanche swept away a 10-member international expedition.

The Alpine Club of Pakistan said the operation was one of the most technically demanding missions ever carried out on the mountain.

The bodies of Purja, Chinese climber Zhong Wang and Nepalis Nima Sherpa and Kilu Sherpa were brought to Broad Peak base camp.

CRIME

Teenager, 16, killed boy over £20 debt

A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a 16-year-old boy at a seaside town train station over a £20 drug debt. The murderer, 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted by jurors at Hove Crown Court yesterday for stabbing Joshua Ingram in Seaford, East Sussex, on 10 September 2025.

The List

Britons come clean on most hated chores

Some chores are hated more than others – cleaning ovens clinches the top spot when it comes to jobs people try to avoid. The research by British Gas also found Britons had a particular dislike for unblocking plugholes, defrosting the freezer and ironing. The jobs people are likely to put off are:

1 Cleaning the oven - 41% 2 Sorting out the junk drawer - 30% 3 Defrosting the freezer - 28% 4 Ironing a pile of shirts - 25% 5 Unblocking a hair-clogged shower or plughole - 24% 6 Cleaning the wheelie bin - 23% 7 Taking rubbish to the tip - 21% 8 Making an appointment with the GP about something you've been ignoring - 21% 9 Scraping dog mess out of the grooves in your shoe - 20% 10 Cleaning the gutters - 20%

COURTS

Families fail in case against killer nurse

Families of six more babies said to have been harmed by serial killer nurse Lucy Lethy have failed in their bid to overturn a decision not to prosecute her further. In January the Crown Prosecution Service ruled no new criminal charges would be brought against Lethy as the "evidential test was not met".

LITERATURE

Children's writers must 'try harder'

Children's author Michael Rosen said writers had to "try harder to create special pleasures" from reading a book. Rosen read his We're Going on a Bear Hunt to children on a train from London to Reading as he helped launch Great Western Railway's campaign to encourage children to read during holidays.

INDIA

Lightning strikes kill at least 14 people

Lightning strikes killed at least 14 people in India's mineral-rich eastern state of Jharkhand, the latest deaths linked to annual monsoon rains that unleashed floods and landslides elsewhere in the region. Farm workers in fields accounted for most of the 10 people killed in the state's Giridih district, police said.

COURTS

Hunters deny letting hounds kill a fox

A master huntsman and his assistant have denied hunting a fox that was pursued and killed by hounds on an estate belonging to the Duke of Beaufort.

William Bryer, 49, and Mitch Prasser, 28, are accused of hunting the animal on the Badminton Estate in Gloucestershire last year.

Bristol magistrates' court heard the charges relate to an event on 20 December, when a fox was pursued and killed by hounds in the Duke of Beaufort's Hunt.

Anthony Tuck, 51, is also charged with encouraging commission of the offence by retrieving and assisting in disposal of the animal carcass.

The Page 3 Profile

LOUIS SKUPIEN. FEELING THE NEED FOR SPEED

A dream come true.

A man from Somerset made his Top Gun dreams come true after breaking both the sound barrier and a record in a US Air Force F-16 fighter jet.

Aircraft lover Louis Skupien from Ilminster was told he is believed to be the first British civilian to fly supersonic in an F-16 at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

The 24-year-old gym owner hit speeds of around 1,200mph and broke the sound barrier twice, looking down at the Earth from 50,000ft.

The former tennis pro was offered the dream experience after meeting a former member of the elite Top Gun US flying squad.

Dizzying heights...

Louis said "We pulled a load of Gs and it takes 20 minutes to get up there in a normal plane – it took 20 seconds.

"I was then able to fly the jet for 15 minutes. It was absolutely ridiculous."

He added "I was thinking by any means necessary, do not be the first British citizen to be sick in an F-16 fighter jet!"

Silver screen to flying machine.

Louis' childhood passion for planes was reignited after watching Top Gun in the cinema in May 2022.

Louis interviewed real-life former Top Gun pilot, Matthew "Whiz" Buckley, in 2022 on his podcast, leading to being invited for the flight as part of a documentary.

Full Terrible was released on YouTube last month, featuring the high-speed thrilling moment Louis said he had been waiting for his whole life.

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IRELAND

Eligibility issues in housing welfare plan

No properties were available to rent through a welfare scheme in areas outside Dublin or Co Kildare in June, according to a housing charity.

The Simon Communities of Ireland also found that just 20 properties had been available to rent under Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme limits in 16 areas they surveyed two months ago.

The HAP scheme is a social housing payment made to landlords by local authorities, whereby tenants pay a contribution to the authority.

For residents to avail of HAP the landlord's rent must be within the limits for the household type and local authority area.

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TELEVISION

'The Dog Father' hot to trot on 'Strictly'

TV presenter and dog trainer Graeme Hall is the latest contestant to be announced for BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. Nicknamed "The Dog Father", Hall hosts the Channel 5 programme Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly and showcases his expert knowledge on ITV's This Morning and BBC radio.

CHARITY

500,000 toothpastes donated for families

Colgate-Palmolive has donated more than 500,000 tubes of toothpaste and personal care items to the Multibank charity backed by former prime minister Gordon Brown. The charity gives to families in need. They will be distributed to Multibank's sites in Fife, Swansea, Middlesbrough, Wigan, Birmingham and London.

ITALY

Lottery winner's €1m prize rescued from bin

A lottery player who accidentally binned a €1m (£857,158) winning ticket may be the luckiest man in Italy after refuse workers found the slip. The player disposed of the ticket in a shop in Bitonto and only realised he threw away a winning ticket after a relative pointed out the numbers he always played had been drawn.

COURTS

Reality TV star broke sex offender rules

Disgraced 2016 Celebrity Big Brother winner Stephen Bear, 36, has admitted breaching sex offender register requirements by failing to tell police he had gone to Brazil. He was placed on the register and handed a jail sentence in 2023 for sharing a private sex tape of his ex-girlfriend on his OnlyFans website.

Letter from the Political Correspondent

Connie Dimsdale

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New targets to make every schoolday count

The latest figures showing that school absence rates have worsened will worry ministers – not least because there have been a string of Labour policies targeting classroom attendance.

Andy Burnham has tasked the Department for Education with improving the low attendance levels that have plagued schools since the pandemic.

This would be no mean feat. Education participation in England has worsened over the last academic year, with the overall absence rate rising from 6.78 per cent in 2024-25 to 6.88 per cent in 2025-26.

This may seem like only a slight change, but it stalls last year's progress and signals a frustrating flatline in efforts to restore absences to the pre-pandemic baseline of 4.7 per cent.

Experts have pointed to sickness, screen time and social-media bullying as possible causes for rising absences from school.

Sir Keir Starmer's government took measures towards addressing classroom avoidance, including free breakfast clubs for primary school pupils and a crackdown on remote learning.

But Labour now wants to go further, by 'raising expectations, giving every school a clear improvement target'.

Over the next year, schools will receive tailored targets designed to hold them to account over attendance figures, alongside plans to 'supercharge' childhood flu vaccinations before this winter.

Ministers blame the latest absence rates on a multitude of factors including illness caused by an unusually early flu season, record-breaking extreme heat and the effects of screens on pupils' sleep.

Fridays have emerged as a particular sticking point, with absence due to illness surging suspiciously by nearly a quarter. An interesting anomaly, indeed.

This has prompted the Department for Education to sensibly ask schools to share ways to keep children engaged for the whole week. After all – as headteachers and teachers often tell parents – they can't teach children who aren't there – and every day really can count.

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Cambridge professor resigns after plagiarism claims

By Harry Goodwin

A University of Cambridge professor has resigned after he was embroiled in a plagiarism row.

Jason Arday stood down last night after Cambridge said it was investigating him “following new information about Professor Arday’s academic qualifications and honorary appointments”.

Arday: its youngest black professor

The academic was accused last week of plagiarizing part of his PhD thesis at Liverpool John Moores University. He also faced claims of falsifying his professional experience on his CV, including claims he ran 600 miles in six days and had raised £5.5m for charity.

Arday, who teaches sociology of education, became Cambridge’s youngest black professor in 2023.

In a statement on the Good Law Project’s website, Arday said: “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 on me and on those I love.”

Arday said that the “only way to

bring this chapter to an end is to step away”, adding: “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 the decision of someone who has reached the limits of what any person should reasonably be expected to endure.”

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CRIME

Woman arrested in London after four men stabbed

By Stanley Murphy-Johns, Tom Jeffreys and Sam Hall

A woman was arrested after four men were stabbed in Covent Garden in central London yesterday, police said.

Four people were taken to a trauma centre following the incident early in the afternoon.

The Metropolitan Police said four men, aged 34, 39, 42 and 52, were found with stab wounds.

They were taken to hospital, where two remain with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing. The other two victims were discharged.

A 47-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and assault, the force added.

She was taken into custody, where she remained last night.

The stabbing is believed to have been a mental health-related incident and a pair of scissors were recovered at the scene, the Met said.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We sent an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer.

“We also dispatched London’s

Air Ambulance. We treated four patients at the scene and took them all to a major trauma centre as a priority by road.”

Police previously said three people had been stabbed in the incident, but in a statement they later confirmed four people were found with stab wounds.

A large police cordon was put up from High Holborn to the St Mungo’s homeless centre in Endell Street, where officers were speaking to people before they entered the building.

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”.

Chief Superintendent Jason Stewart, who leads policing in the area, said: “Officers responded within minutes of this incident after receiving a number of reports.

“While still at an early stage of the investigation, we would like to reassure the community that we currently believe this to be an isolated, mental-health related incident.”

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THURSDAY 6 AUGUST 2026

5

Gardening leave...

King Charles stops by the walled garden's pink arbor at the Castle of Mey as he begins his summer break in Scotland. During his time at the estate, he planted The King's Rose in the gardens developed by the late Queen Mother.

The rose is a striped variety introduced in 2025 by David Austin Roses. Traditionally, the King spends the first week of August at the castle every year, coinciding with the Queen Mother's birthday, which was on 4 August. CHRIS WATTITHE KINDS FOUNDATION/PA

News in brief

MUSIC

Live acts still a draw for majority over 50

A fifth of over-50s go on more nights out now than they did 30 years ago, according to research.

A poll found the majority of Generation X, who came of age in the rave culture of the late 80s and 90s, are still going strong, as 75 per cent of people over-50 are still going to places which play live music.

Almost four in 10 also said they would love to see their favourite 80s and 90s artists perform live again.

The survey from Speesavers also found that 27 per cent said live music and nightlife remained a core part of their identity, while 22 per cent thought music shaped the person they are today.

WILDLIFE

Seagull returns £10 note dropped on rail

A worker on the Harry Potter "Hogwarts" train who lost a £10 note was stunned when it was returned by a seagull.

Florence Mclean was standing at the Mallaig train station in the Highlands when she accidentally dropped a tanner on the tracks.

After dropping the cash she had to board the train for Fort William before she could retrieve the note and it was not there when she returned.

She said: "Two weeks later, I'm standing in the platform, and a seagull flew over my head with the £10 in its mouth, and landed in the same place where I dropped it."

PEOPLE

Marler turns Mauler to become Gladiator

Former rugby star Joe Marler has become the first celebrity Gladiator to join the hit BBC programme.

The popular game show is hosted by father-son duo Bradley and Barney Walsh, and puts contestants' speed, power, endurance and agility to the test as they face off with elite athletes, known as Gladiators.

Marler, 36, will be stepping into the Sheffield arena as his alter ego Mauler as he makes his Gladiators debut. Marler marks the first star to join the team of elite athletes.

Marler (above) will be joined by familiar faces including Apollo, Comet, Diamond and Nitro.

SPACE

Stray fragment of Musk's SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into Moon

By Joey Roulette

A piece of a SpaceX rocket is believed to have crashed into the Moon.

Scientists expected the fragment, which had been floating in space since last year, to smash into the Moon at high speed early yesterday morning, although the impact had not yet been confirmed.

The size of a school bus, it is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had carried a lunar lander from Firefly Aerospace in Texas towards the Moon in January last year.

SpaceX is owned by the tech mogul Elon Musk.

Weighing four metric tons (4,000kg), the rocket body had been due to hit the Moon around 7.35am British time, travelling at 5,400 miles per hour (8,690kph).

But none of the spacecraft orbiting the Moon were in a position to capture images of the expected

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral en route to the Moon

impact. The space junk would have kicked up a plume of lunar dust that would probably have been illuminated by sunlight but difficult to spot with the naked eye from Earth.

Scientists were last night studying images from telescopes in the Americas to confirm the crash.

The impact was unintentional, SpaceX said. The fragment is believed to have hit Einstein Crater on

the Moon's western limb, which is often difficult to see from Earth.

Second stage rocket parts typically fall back into Earth's atmosphere and burn up or plunge into the ocean after boosting the rocket's payload to a precise spot in orbit.

But because the January lunar lander mission required more thrust than missions closer to Earth, the rocket's second stage re-

remained in space, floating aimlessly among thousands of other pieces of space debris.

It had dumped its remaining fuel and could not be controlled.

But it was not until earlier this year that astronomers determined it was on a trajectory for the Moon.

"Essentially, a mixture of solar activity and gravity forces put it on a path toward the Moon," SpaceX's director of Nasa programmes, Julianna Scheiman, said.

Astronomer Bill Gray said: "It doesn't present any danger to anyone, though it does highlight a certain carelessness about how leftover space hardware is disposed of."

Space junk impacts on the Moon are rare but include a Chinese fragment in March 2022 after completing a lunar test mission.

In 2009, Nasa intentionally crashed a rocket stage into the Moon to study the plume of lunar material kicked up by the impact.

FOOTBALL

Allegation Infantino promised Morocco final for support

By Harry Goodwin

Gianni Infantino has reportedly promised Morocco that it will host the World Cup final in 2030 if it backs him to stay on as Fifa's president.

Infantino is under huge pressure to resign after abandoning a plan to sell commercial stakes in the World Cup and other Fifa tournaments to private investors.

An alliance of football associations

across the world, led by European football's governing body, Uefa, aims to oust Infantino (imati).

He summoned Fifa staff for crisis talks in Morocco's capital, Rahat, yesterday morning.

Morocco is set to co-host the 2030 World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal. Three matches will also take place in South America.

Infantino promised Morocco that it can host the tournament final at

the new 115,000-seat Hassan II stadium in Casablanca if it backs him, The Times reported.

The final had been slated to take place at Real Madrid's Bernabéu Stadium. Fifa said the reports about Infantino's promise were "false and misleading".

Infantino's aides have also reportedly been trying to persuade

"legends" of the game to back him. But Luis Figo, a revered former forward for Barcelona, Real Madrid and Portugal, yesterday said that Infantino had "debased the office of Fifa president".

"It is too late to save his dignity but it is not too late to save football," he told the Daily Mail.

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ECONOMY

Plans mooted to borrow within rules to fund new infrastructure

By Adam Forrest

Andy Burnham's ministers are considering plans to increase government borrowing in an effort to boost housing, transport and energy projects.

The pre-Budget proposals - which could raise £96m a year - would exploit a tweak to Labour's fiscal rules made by Rachel Reeves when she was chancellor.

It means the Government can count infrastructure spending as "assets", which can be offset against borrowing costs. It helps the Treasury stay within the rules aimed at making sure day-to-day costs are met by revenues.

A source close to Treasury discussions said the proposal was to borrow more to boost investments made by the UK's public financial institutions - known as PuFins.

The extra money could be spent on transport projects, said the source. However, any extra investment is unlikely to fund any Northern Powerhouse Rail projects, since £40m of public funding has already been committed.

Renewable energy projects such as hydrogen power and offshore wind could also get a boost from expanding the money available to PuFins.

Elliott Christensen, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation, has co-authored a paper calling for the expansion of PuFins - particularly the National Wealth Fund, the largest such institution.

The think-tank said borrowing almost £96m a year for the National Wealth Fund by 2031 would bring it in line with what the UK could previously access through the EU's investment bank before Brexit.

"Borrowing to finance infrastructure and other projects will benefit

people and boost growth in the long run," said Christensen.

"It wouldn't mean changing the existing fiscal rules set by Reeves."

It is clear that Burnham's government wants to see more "regional, place-based investment in housing, infrastructure like transport and energy projects", the economist added.

Henri Murison, chief executive of Northern Powerhouse Partnership, said Manchester's Good Growth Fund - partially funded by the National Wealth Fund - was a good example of how any extra money might be spent.

It has helped fund more buses, trams stops, road links, housing and regeneration projects, he said.

Jim O'Neill - the former Treasury minister who advised Burnham informally as he prepared to become Prime Minister - believes the Government can be "bolder about borrowing to invest".

It could be done without having to "rip up the fiscal rules" or in a way that "freaks out the financial markets", he said in June.

Rhys Moore of the National Housing Federation, which represents social housing providers, said extra investment would help "kick-start a housebuilding revolution". He added: "We'd encourage the Government to consider expanding this source of funding."

A Treasury spokesperson said the Chancellor, John Healey, would set out decisions at the Budget "rather than routinely commenting on rumour, speculation or proposals".

Extra investment could also go to housebuilding - including the social housing that Burnham has promised to turbocharge.

HEALTH

Maternity standards reintroduced

By Ella Pickover

National maternity standards will be reintroduced as part of plans to improve maternity care, the Health Secretary said.

Yvette Cooper said the standards will be measured by patient experience and will include an early warning system to signal underperformance.

A recent review into maternity care, led by Baroness Valerie Amos, called for urgent change

to the way women and families are treated, after it concluded families have suffered from repeated failures in NHS care.

In an interview with The Guardian, Cooper said that the standards will have a view to end postcode lottery of care and tackle racial inequalities in maternity services.

She said: "We've always said the NHS is about the cradle to the grave. I want to put the cradle back at the heart of the NHS."

ENVIRONMENT

Polanski: make fossil fuel firms pay for firefighting helicopters

By Will Meakin-Durrant

Fossil fuel producers should be forced to pay for firefighting helicopters following the outbreak of blazes in the UK, the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales has said.

At a press conference yesterday, Zack Polanski made the plea as he warned: "We are facing the biggest threat to this country since the Second World War."

He also urged the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to "be truthful, be brave" and block new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea, including in the Jackdaw and Rosebank fields off the Scottish coast.

He was joined on stage in central London by BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham, who called on policymakers to "criminalise irresponsible journalism" and to put in place a wildfire warning system.

Several wildfires have broken out in the UK over recent weeks, with large blazes at Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, Headon Warren on the Isle of Wight, Llanwonsa in the Rhondda Valleys, South Wales, and the Cairn-

Chris Packham has called for a wildfire warning system

gorms National Park in Scotland. Polanski said ministers had produced "no emergency briefings, no new plan and precious little detail about how this Government will protect people from the crisis".

He warned that "the sheer scale of the devastation is hard to comprehend" but added: "We need to look

it in the face because this is only a taster of what's to come.

"We need a robust wildfire prevention strategy, a fire service with the resources it needs to tackle blazes when they come.

"And that must include firefighting helicopters... and not again ever seeing the shocking sight of requiring a charity to step in to contract a private firm to help fight fires.

"And this should all be funded by taxing the fossil fuel giants who are profiting from fuelling these infernos."

None of England's fire and rescue services is thought to have direct access to firefighting aircraft.

Phil Garrigan, chairman of the National Fire Chiefs Council, has previously said he backed "investment in specialist wildfire capabilities, including aerial firefighting support".

Packham said: "Is there a public wellbeing system which will tell people when there's a risk of wildfire?"

"Well, there is. It's available to the fire and rescue service but it isn't available to the public because it's deemed to be unreliable."

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CONSERVATIVES

Ex-neo Nazi withdraws council candidacy

By Christopher McKeon, David Hughes and Will Meakin-Durrant

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former antisemite selected by the Conservatives to contest a council election next year, has withdrawn his candidacy.

Bonehill-Paine said he needed to “show the Jewish community how much I regret my previous actions”.

The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch (inset) said she was “sad” Bonehill-Paine “won’t be given the space to explain his position and represent his community”.

She added he would now work with the Conservatives on tackling radicalisation.

She said: “If we are going to stop extremism and antisemitism 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.

“Piling on them and trying to get them cancelled may be sport for other parties, but this is a different Conservative Party.”

Bonehill-Paine’s selection to contest the Crewkerne South ward in Somerset next May prompted a storm of criticism from Jewish groups and opposition politicians.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council called for the party to change course, while Labour peer Baroness Berger said he should not have “any role in public life”.

Bonehill-Paine was jailed in 2016 after he was convicted of racially aggravated harassment of Lady Berger, who is Jewish.

He had previously been jailed for producing an advert for a neo-Nazi rally illustrated with a picture of Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz which promised “an absolute gas”.

He has since apologised for his past offending and said he has dedicated himself to “challenging the wave of hatred British Jews continue to face”.

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COMMENT

Miliband could soon regret Trump ‘racism’ comments

Simon Marks

As Ed Miliband arrives in Washington for his first meeting with Marco Rubio, it’s pretty clear the UK Foreign Secretary is on the back foot.

After all, the Trump administration has made it clear that Miliband was not the US President’s choice to lead the Foreign Office under Prime Minister Andy Burnham. One person who works for a Trump-adjacent think-tank recently told The i Paper that Miliband is a “nut-zero extremist” who is “known in Washington for all the wrong reasons”.

Those reasons undoubtedly include Miliband calling Donald Trump a “racist, misogynistic, self-confessed groper” back in 2016, a claim that Warren Stephens, the US ambassador to Britain, recently described as “wrong”. Stephens presumably also thinks that Vice President JD Vance was similarly misinformed when he once called Trump a “cynical asshole”, “reprehensible” and, in a leaked conversation, compared him to Adolf Hitler.

Miliband later said that Trump had “lowered the bar for idiocy”. While Trump has seemingly forgiven Vance, it is unlikely he has done the same for Miliband, raising tensions ahead of this first meeting, which is ostensibly to discuss Gaza, Iran and Ukraine.

The UK has successfully navigated these treacherous shoals before. David Lammy (inset), the former foreign secretary, once called Trump a “tyrant” and a “woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath”. He went on to enjoy what Rubio described as “productive” conversations over a wide range of issues, and even took Vance fly-fishing at Chevening last summer.

In fact, when Miliband walks through the doors at the Department of State, it is possible that Rubio should be the one looking shamefaced and on the

Some in Trump’s Maga universe undoubtedly see Miliband as a far-left bogeyman

defensive. Trump’s war on Iran is badly damaging the British economy, after Tehran effectively blocked international shipping via the Strait of Hormuz. Accounting firm EY predicted this week that UK inflation would reach 6.4 per cent by the end of this year, unless the key waterway is reopened to normal traffic.

EY also warned of an impending recession in 2027 that would erase any hopes that John Healey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has of growing the UK economy. It predicted that the British economy would shrink by 0.2 per cent in 2027 if the strait remained closed until the middle of next year.

In normal times, Miliband would go in feeling confident. As it stands, he may need to arrive armed with contrition, or at least some kind words for the US President, given Trump is likely to weigh in on social media if he doesn’t like what he sees. Rubio will be aware that the US is heavily reliant on Burnham continuing to allow American

military jets to take off from British bases, as they make bombing raids on Iran.

Any suggestion from Miliband that the UK will pull this support would go down like a lead balloon, or indeed a jammed missile. Miliband arrives at a critical moment for the not-so-special relationship.

Ukraine will also be on the agenda, and Rubio may well seek clarity on Burnham’s apology for the Starmer administration’s handling of Gaza, as well as an explanation of what a new British approach to that crisis might entail.

Some in Trump’s Maga universe undoubtedly see Miliband as a far-left bogeyman, and someone who needs to be put in their place. This may indeed be Trump’s own view. But Rubio is more likely to recognise the Foreign Secretary as a fellow professional with whom he can engage in a serious conversation.

In December 2016, as Trump was preparing for his first inauguration, Miliband described the president-elect as “an odd combination of protectionism plus the old trickle-down tax cut formula that has got us into a lot of this mess in the first place”. Today, those comments have fresh relevance. They may also be a theme the Foreign Secretary returns in his discussions with Rubio. By attacking Iran, Trump has threatened dire consequences for the UK’s economic future.

A lot could ride on this meeting, but for Miliband it’s past comments, made a decade ago, that could prove decisive. He will have to hope that the notoriously thin-skinned Trump can look beyond these.

PRISONS

Murdered officer’s force mulls legal action

By Harry Taylor

PC Andrew Harper’s former force is considering joining potential legal action against the Government as his widow backed a petition to block his killers being released from prison early.

Lissie Harper described feeling “punched in the gut” by the decision to push ahead with plans in which Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers are freed as part of a scheme starting in October.

Thames Valley Police Chief Constable Jason Hogg said he was receiving legal advice on whether the force could join a legal challenge mooted by the local Police Federation to prevent their release as part of a scheme to tackle overcrowding in prisons.

Cole and Bowers remain eligible to be freed halfway through their 13-year sentences after they were convicted of manslaughter in 2020 following PC Harper’s death in 2019.

More than 230,000 people have so far signed a petition launched yesterday demanding the Government keeps the killers in jail.

Ms Harper said: “Government has punched us in the gut... they should be ashamed of themselves.

“Hopefully we can make the Government come to their senses and realise we cannot put people like this back on our streets.

“Justice should mean justice and serving the sentence given.”

Aileen O’Connor, who chairs the Thames Valley Police Federation, said releasing Cole and Bowers would anger and demoralise serving officers in the area.

Writing in The Sun newspaper, she said: “We will throw everything at this through a proper legal challenge from KCs, barristers, you name it. Our colleagues will accept nothing less.

“It is a final betrayal from the politicians, who are supposed to be on our side.”

The justice minister, Jake Richards, said the killers would remain subject to the early release scheme.

“I understand the strength of feeling from police officers generally, but of course within that force in particular after the awful incident with Pe Andrew Harper,” he said.

Andrew Harper with his wife Lissie, who said ‘justice should mean justice’

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POLITICS

Restore-Reform pact unlikely, as 'Farage simply can't be trusted'

Bad blood will prevent rival leaders uniting in long term, insiders insist

Sitting in his living room and staring down a camera lens, Rupert Lowe made a bold offer on Sunday to his former boss turned bitter enemy, Nigel Farage.

"Nigel, my message is simple," the Restore Britain leader intoned in a video on X, which has racked up 4.6 million views. "If you are prepared to work together around serious policies, serious reform and serious government, then so are we."

It came after his fledgling party again did better than expected in the Manchester mayoral election picking up 9 per cent of the vote.

Not enough to have seen a united party of the hard right beat Labour but enough to do serious damage to Reform at a general election.

A day later, Nigel Farage (inset) delivered his response. "If it was the offer of a deal, it came in a very unusual way," he said. "I have responded to it potentially with an open mind, but I'm certainly not going to be ditching people who I view to be allies and a great asset."

In short, no headlong rush into negotiations, but a door seemingly left ajar.

Despite these overtures, insiders in both Reform and Restore think that the bad blood between Farage and Lowe will prevent them from uniting in the long-run.

Within Reform, the view is that Lowe sprang his offer on Farage with the purpose of embarrassing him and eliciting a rebuff.

A Reform councillor said: "If there was ever any sort of approach to be had, it's done in private, it's done quite often initially through intermediaries.

While Lowe said in his video

Rupert Lowe sprang the idea publicly - in an overture not likely to succeed

that he was "reaching out", the councillor said it was more like "reaching out with punches".

Many Reformers believe he has become too attached to his public profile to countenance standing down his Restore troops or rowing in behind Farage.

"Course he won't," a senior Reform source said. "His ego won't allow him to."

Agreement on immigration belies differences in other areas, with Reform insiders dismissing a number of the items Lowe mentioned in the video as too extreme.

Lowe demanded "the banning of both halal and kosher slaughter".

He also said he wants a capital punishment referendum.

Lowe named several criminals residing in British prisons. "Keeping these monsters alive and hundreds just like them achieves nothing," he said.

The prospect of retrospective death penalties was too much even for some Reformers. The senior Reform source said: "He actually specifies named people. Backdated."

For their part, Restore insiders are equally sceptical about the viability of a pact, with many seeing Reform as untrustworthy and squeamish when it comes to implementing the hardline policies which they think the country needs.

A Restore source said: "A lot of Reform voters and Restore voters think the same, but a lot of our supporters think we are the ones who will actually deliver on those... Reform water down their policies."

There is particular animus when it comes to Farage. "I simply don't trust Nigel," the Restore source said. "Nigel's only in it for himself. I believe Farage hasn't got long left. I think there will be a second by-election in Clacton, and he will decide he doesn't want the hassle and disappear off to America."

However, a source close to senior Reform leaders said that while "egos" at the top of Restore were an impediment, there was a hope that Lowe could become "more amenable to senior level co-operation" as time went on.

"There are numerous ways to co-operate - not just a formal pact."

Reporting by Will Hazell, Kitty Donaldson and Adam Forrest

REFORM

What the people of Clacton really think about Farage...

In the sunny seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, the pier, beach and arcades are packed with locals and holidaymakers clutching dripping ice cream cones and cradling platters of fish and chips.

Walk further into the residential neighbourhoods of this Essex town, and Union Flags and St George's crosses fly outside many homes, some bearing a placard reading "I'm with Nigel".

Stop and chat to locals sitting in the sun, enjoying a brisk sea breeze, and people are more than happy to talk about the imminent by-election, Nigel Farage, and one of his favourite topics: small boats.

This week, Farage doubled down

Has the mood in this sunny town cooled ahead of the by-election? By Clare Walsh

on plans to deploy the Royal Navy to turn small boats back to France if Reform UK enters government.

"Within a fortnight, there would be no more boats," Farage told reporters.

It's long been a hot topic for Reform voters, but this year's figures - so far - are actually lower than the two previous years.

According to the Migration Observatory, small boat crossings were down 13 per cent by the end of May compared with the same time in 2025.

• But has this reduction translated to voters in Clacton, and what do they really think about Farage's pet issue?

James Gray, 82, has lived in Clacton since he was a teenager in 1957. He describes himself as "a Nigel guy".

Since opening his barbershop 53 years ago, James said he had seen the town change a lot and now he views illegal immigration as one of the most important matters facing the country.

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multinational, multiracial country. But it's all them people in all them little rubber boats that come over.

"We don't know who the hell they are. I'm voting Reform," he added.

Alongside the NHS, the barber said the small boats crisis was his main concern in the by-election - and that Reform's tough stance on the matter was convincing.

Another local, 44-year-old Jon, said he welcomed Reform's proposal to bring in the Royal Navy as a show of force.

Jon, like some others in this article, declined to give their surname, to speak candidly.

"I think it would be worth the cost because I do think the illegal immigration in this country is the number-one problem," he said, claiming: "There are sectors of immigrants who are not interested in integrating."

Experts have said Reform's plan would divert the Navy from its core military role, put lives at risk and

If you had a better economy I don't think people would care about immigration

potentially break international and maritime law.

Regardless, Reform's argument has resonated with voters - including those outside of Clacton.

Adrian, 66, on holiday from his home in east London, said politics was now "good against evil".

"It's all about illegal immigrants. It's quite obvious, really. Let's be honest, we are full to the helm.

"There's all these unvetted people coming in. How do we know where they're going?" he added.

Tucking into fish and chips on the seafront with his friend Shelly, 58, he said: "We don't have a racist bone in us... It's the ones that want to destroy the country that are the problem."

Not everyone in the town sees illegal immigration as the most important subject at play.

Clacton is one of the worst areas in the country for economic activity, with roughly 47 per cent of residents without employment.

Neighbouring Jaywick, also in Farage's constituency, ranks as one of the most deprived areas in Britain.

Critics believe that the dire economic conditions mean Reform's claims about immigrants taking jobs and welfare have become particularly compelling to some voters here.

Peter Hoare, 50, has lived in Clacton-on-Sea since 2008.

A lifelong Labour voter, Hoare said the most pressing matter for him was the local economy.

He isn't happy with Farage's performance as an MP, saying more needs to be done to revitalise the town's struggling high streets.

"Usually this time of year we're full of tourists. It's about making enough money to keep us going for the rest of the year," he said.

"But the tourist boom hasn't happened this year, more than ever. This year it's like a ghost town. Businesses will close."

Rob, 44, believes the cost of living crisis is being pinned on immigrants for ulterior political motives.

"Immigration is an issue," he said. "But so is the NHS and roads. The main thing for me is the economy.

"If you talk to real people, they will tell you the cost of living is the worst thing. But they want to blame the cost of living on immigration.

"If you had a better economy where everyone had jobs, I don't think people would care about immigration."

Regardless of their stance on immigration, the economy and their controversial MP, residents shared one conviction: that Farage will win the by-election.

For critics like Peter and Rob, the best hope is that he might lose some support compared with the 46 per cent vote share he posted at the 2024 general election.

They are both convinced that Farage's personal popularity, and the hot-button topic of the small boats crisis, all but guarantee a Reform win.

"The trouble is, round here, everybody sees him as a god king," Rob said.

COMMENT

Give it a break, Anderson: the PM also deserves a holiday

Peter Cardwell

Her Majesty's Lord Chancellor for England and Wales flashed up on my phone. He wasn't in some ancient part of Parliament, clad in the traditional robes and ceremonial wig, intoning with expertise on an obscure point of law. Instead, the Right Honorable Sir Robert Buckland KC MP was calling from the Mickey Mouse Theatre at Disney World in Florida, besporting a cup, short's and T-shirt, valiantly battling the humidity.

Robert's wife and two teenage children patiently waited for the phone call to finish so they could get back on the teacups. It turned out to be one of many interruptions to an annual holiday that was eventually cut short because of a political crisis now lost in the sands of time.

As Robert found out just days into his career as a cabinet minister, a member of the government is never truly on holiday. Days later, Boris Johnson's chief of staff Dominic Cummings told us special advisers, weary from the relentlessness of the 2019 election campaign that we were to cancel all holidays that summer. God forbid anyone in Westminster, especially in a new administration, take a break.

Just as the sun comes out each summer, so does the criticism. Now, Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP, is slamming the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, for daring to go on a "jolly" with his family. "Two weeks into the job and Andy Burnham has already had enough," thunders Anderson. "After dropping a number of unfunded commitments and overseeing over 2,000 illegal migrants breaking into our country he's banked off for a jolly abroad. This isn't a Prime Minister that's serious about leading."

I have worked with some seriously workaholic politicians. The former prime minister Rishi Sunak called in his advisers and officials for 8.30am meetings on a Sunday when he was chancellor. One of my old bosses was frequently on the phone after midnight. When foreign secretary Dominic Raab, also a workaholic, took his relentless focus on his work to other parts of his life, skitting in a sacrosanct, immovable "gym time" to his diary, his staff under strict instructions never to move it. I'm not sure any of this made either of them better at governing.

Yes, the Prime Minister has only been in Downing Street a couple of weeks and perhaps it is curious he is choosing this early point to take a holiday. But it is also the summer, Parliament is in recess and Burnham - whether you agree with what he has announced or not - has put forward a number of policies.

Margaret Thatcher famously hated holidays and took them under duress. She also survived on very little sleep. Theresa May takes the same walking holiday in Switzerland each year. Harold Wilson went sailing off his beloved

There are times when politicians should cut their holidays short, as crises develop

Harold Wilson's sailing off the Isles of Scilly made him more relatable

Isles of Scilly, something which endeared him to the public and made him seem more relatable.

Yes, there are times when politicians should cut their holidays short, as crises develop. The aforementioned Raab was foreign secretary when the Taliban was advancing on Kabul five years ago. He admitted in subsequent interviews that "with hindsight", he should have come back to the UK earlier from his family break abroad. His opponents accused him of "founging on the beach" as Kabul fell, paddle-boarding in the face of a crisis. Raab denied this, saying he couldn't have been paddle-boarding because "the sea was closed".

The fact is that senior politicians - who I have seen up close as special adviser to four of them in four departments - live incredibly busy, demanding lives. Whether they are good at governing or not, whether they are nice people or not, the demands are great. They make sacrifices with friendships, family time, hobbies and having a private life - I remember one Labour MP telling me: "I can't have an argument with my boyfriend in Sainsbury's because someone will film it and put it online."

Their kids act up, they have financial worries, they argue with their spouses and they have bad days like the rest of us. The scrutiny we place them under puts good people off entering politics and slagging off politicians for going on holiday isn't going to help us get the right politicians; it is only going to deter good people.

Yes, there are harder jobs than being a politician - they're not nurses on their feet all day, farmers up at the crack of dawn to spread sharp, or carers on minimum wage doing the difficult role of looking after the elderly.

So perhaps the smallest of violins is striking up an aria, but politicians deserve a break too. It might even make them better at their job. And that's good for all of us.

Peter Cardwell is a presenter on Talk and the author of "The Secret Life of Special Advisers". His second book, 'Political Animals', is out in paperback on 1 September

EPSTEIN

Burnham not considering public inquiry

By Christopher McKeon, Josh Payne and John Besley

Andy Burnham is not actively considering a public inquiry into the UK actions of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, despite claims the Government was "looking into" holding one.

Victims minister Alex Davies-Jones suggested on Tuesday night that an inquiry was a possibility, adding the Prime Minister had agreed to

meet Epstein's victims and was "taking this very seriously".

But a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spokesperson said yesterday that while the department was "reviewing what is possible" and would "look at all options to support victims", a public inquiry was "not being actively considered".

A spokesperson for the MoJ said: "Our thoughts are firmly with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, who have survived devastating trauma.

"As minister Davies-Jones said, we are reviewing what is possible and will look at all options to support victims and survivors.

"The Prime Minister is committed to meeting victims, but a public inquiry is not being actively considered."

Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips told the BBC site hoped a meeting with Burnham would mark "the beginning of a new chapter, one where survivors are heard".

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COVER STORY

Crackdown on 'stay at home' Fridays as schools get targets

Exclusive

By Connie Dimsdale

POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

Schools will be given tailored improvement targets to combat a concerning drop in classroom attendance over the past academic year, with a rise in students staying at home on Fridays particularly notable.

Education minister Paul Waugh, writing exclusively for The i Paper, said the latest figures show “progress has slowed” on attendance despite concerted efforts by the Department for Education (DfE) to improve school attendance rates.

Sickness, lack of sleep due to screentime and social media bullying are all thought to be responsible.

The Labour MP for Rochdale said the Government would also look into why absence due to illness has surged by almost a quarter on Fridays, the end of the week becoming a “particular weak spot for attendance”.

Waugh has also asked officials to consider how to “supercharge” the childhood flu vaccination programme before this winter, as uptake in primary schools is yet to catch up with pre-pandemic levels.

It comes as figures released today are expected to show a concerning fall in school attendance, with the absence rate across all schools increasing from 6.78 per cent in the 2024-25 academic year to 6.88 per cent in 2025-26. Today’s figure remains starkly higher than the pre-pandemic baseline of just 4.73 per cent in 2018-19.

Waugh blamed the “unusually early winter flu season” followed by “extreme heat that disrupted learning across the country”, saying these events had a “real impact on attendance”.

Before the record-breaking heat-

Sickness, and lack of sleep due to screentime, are partly being blamed for ‘slowing’ progress on attendance GETTY

wave in June that saw the closure of hundreds of schools across England and Wales, the overall absence rate for the year to date was 6.68 per cent - marginally lower than last year’s.

Falling attendance comes despite a stream of measures under Sir Keir Starmer’s government to keep children in class, including universal free breakfast clubs in primary schools, more mental health support in schools and updated statutory guidance cracking down on remote learning.

Former education secretary Bridget Phillipson also announced there would be new individual minimum attendance improvement targets, set by AI according to the school’s specific circumstances, including location, pupil needs and deprivation.

But with the latest DfE data showing pupil participation flattening, Waugh, who was appointed to a ministerial position by the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, says that the Government must go further by “raising expectations,

giving every school a clear improvement target”.

He adds: “Each target will respect local challenges while making clear that every school has a role to play in helping improve attendance.”

Ministers will officially roll out the targets across all schools this coming year, with those that fail to meet their goal set to receive support from “attendance and behaviour hubs” in the first instance.

Currently, there are no plans for schools with stubborn absence rates to be subject to an intervention by Ofsted, but officials will monitor the rollout and adjust the scheme if needed.

Comment

Every single day a pupil attends school matters

Paul Waugh

Thanks to the superb work of school staff and many right across the education sector, we saw major progress towards our attendance target last year. But today’s attendance figures show that the progress has slowed over the past year.

Of course, context matters. This year schools have had to contend with an unusually early winter flu season, followed by extreme heat that disrupted learning across the country. Those events had a real impact on attendance.

Yet while some disruption

from short-term impacts may be inevitable, there are bigger factors beyond the school gate that we have to address to help boost the number of children in school.

One of the most interesting anomalies in the data is illness absence going up almost a quarter on Fridays. Different schools see different patterns, so we are constantly improving the data we give to schools, so they can see if they’re suffering more than comparable schools with this issue.

It’s possible that where pupils are less engaged with school overall, Friday is becoming a particular weak spot for attendance. We’re encouraging schools to share innovative strategies like putting on interesting clubs and enrichment

on Fridays, so every child stays engaged right through to the end of the week.

Ultimately, every day in school matters. And then there’s so many other issues: the effect of screens on sleep; the bullying associated with social media use; the rise in the number of children with special educational needs and how we create a genuinely inclusive education system.

We need to tackle one of the biggest causes of absence: illness. I’ve tasked my officials to look at how they can supercharge how schools and education support the health system on the childhood flu vaccination programme ahead of this winter. We’re going to roll out the very latest data tools to give

schools insights down to the level of individual pupils, identifying concerns earlier. And we’ll be raising expectations, giving every school a clear improvement target.

The world has changed. Schools and families face pressures that previous generations didn’t. We must adapt to those realities.

But what cannot change is our ambition or our moral mission to give every child the best start in life. Every missed school day is a missed opportunity.

Paul Waugh was appointed education minister by Andy Burnham on 22 July. Prior to becoming an M.P in 2024, he was a political journalist and worked for several titles including ‘The i Paper’

HEALTH

HRT use among women doubles in five years

By Ella Pichover

The number of women receiving hormone treatment for menopause symptoms in England has more than doubled over the last five years to reach record levels, figures have shown.

Two million women aged 40 and over were prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in 2025-26, more than double the 800,000 who received HRT in 2020-21, according to NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) data.

Health officials said the rise “reflects the growing demand for menopause care and the increasing awareness of treatment options”.

Women aged 50 to 54 were most likely to be prescribed HRT, but NHSBSA said the “strongest recent growth” has been among women aged 40 to 49.

HRT patches, gels and sprays were the most commonly prescribed oestrogen HRT in 2025-26.

The figures also show women who live in poorer neighbourhoods are less likely to receive HRT compared to their wealthy peers, NHSBSA added.

MENTAL HEALTH

Services ‘closer to home’ as new centres to open

By Ella Pichover

A raft of new mental health centres are to open in libraries, banks and other high street locations across England to get people “support earlier closer to home”, the Government has announced.

Officials also announced that more people in a mental health crisis will be given specialist care in dedicated mental health emergency departments, rather than waiting in busy A&Es.

The Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, said that the new centres will be a “lifeline” for the thousands who are waiting “months” for help.

The Department of Health and Social Care said that there will be 100 new community mental health centres and 59 dedicated mental health emergency departments in the “biggest redesign of mental health services in a generation”.

The centres will offer walk-in support where people can attend without being referred.

Meanwhile, extra mental health emergency departments will offer same-day support for people experiencing a crisis who are medically fit and do not need treatment in A&E.

Burnham said: “They will bring NHS services closer to home, making it easier to get support.”

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Blind Milo has horse sense

A blind horse is still competing in dressage – thanks to his super hearing and 'brullis-like' training.

Milo, a 15-year-old Appaloosa, went blind when he was 13 after suffering with uveitis – a debilitating eye condition.

He had been a competing in show and dressage since he was four and bagged first place in the Royal Windsor Show eight years on the trot before losing his sight.

But going blind hasn't stopped him competing and he's even scored wins since returning to competitive shows.

Now Milo is believed to be the world's only successful blind horse after competing in five shows this year.

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UTILITIES

Take shorter showers, Kent residents told

By Harry Goodwin

People in three Kent towns have been told to take two-minute showers and stop using their dishwashers because of drinking water shortages.

Storage tanks are "critically low" in Charing, Whitstable and Herne Bay, a South East Water spokesman said yesterday.

The firm said high demand for drinking water during the recent heatwave had depleted the tanks.

Residents have been told they can still use tap water for drinking, cooking and hygiene.

But they have been urged to wash dishes and clothes manually and to "shorten the time the shower is running to only two minutes, by turning off when lathering up".

Thousands of homes in Tonbridge also lost water last week after a large pipe burst in the town.

Last month, more than 7,000 properties across Kent faced similar problems with drinking-water storage. Hundreds of homes in the county were without water in May.

ENVIRONMENT

Here's why more water bosses are not facing criminal charges

The whistle-blower who exposed the sewage crisis talks to Lucie Heath

The Environment Agency's (EA) prosecution of a former Southern Water chief executive is for "publicity" and does not do enough to tackle the current wrongdoing, according to a former employee who helped expose the sewage crisis.

Former Southern Water boss Matthew Wright and his former colleagues Philip Barker, Clive Massey and Mark Gregory are facing criminal charges over allegations they conspired to defraud the EA by faking wastewater data at a treatment works between January 2012 and December 2017.

The case marks the first time a water company CEO has personally been prosecuted by the EA. It was hailed as a turning point for the watchdog, which has been heavily criticized for not doing enough to prevent firms dumping sewage into waterways.

However, Robert Forrester, a whistle-blower who left the EA earlier this year, told The i Paper he thought the case was for "good publicity" and accused his former employer of "smoke and mirrors".

"They need a hard-hitting headline to show they're still a relevant organisation with regard to environmental protection and

to justify their integrity to some extent," he said.

Forrester worked at the EA for more than 20 years and has been a key figure in publicly revealing the extent of the sewage crisis as a whistle-blower within the regulator. His identity was revealed earlier this year as part of the Channel 4 docudrama Dirty Business.

He pushed back against the narrative that the EA is seriously tackling the pollution scandal and

He questioned why the regulator is taking action against the bosses a decade after the alleged incidents

Matthew Wright, left, is being prosecuted; Robert Forrester, right, revealed the sewage crisis

questioned why the regulator is taking action against Southern Water bosses a decade after the alleged incidents.

"The question is going to have to be asked: did you have this information at the time? If you'd have thrown a CEO in jail then, would that have brought everyone in line? Would we be where we are?" he said.

The EA has been criticised for its role in the sewage crisis, with campaigners arguing that a light-touch approach to regulation allowed water companies to get away with dumping waste into rivers, lakes and seas.

The agency has previously blamed its failings on austerity – the regulator's environmental protection budget was more than halved between 2009-10 and 2019-20.

However, Forrester rejected the idea that the EA lacked the resources to monitor water firms, arguing instead that water was "deprications" by the agency throughout the 2010s.

He pointed to data showing how the staff budget for the land and water team was reduced by 8 per cent from 2019-20 to 2021-22, while the overall budget for water, land and biodiversity increased by 21 per cent during the same period.

There is plenty of evidence the EA could use to prosecute a sitting water company CEO, Forrester argued – but he believed that doing so would be difficult due to the regulator's "complicity".

"It's hard to prosecute someone if they're potentially working with the agreement or knowledge of the regulator," he said.

He cited the gradual decline in the number of pollution incidents being attended by the regulator and accusations that water companies were allowed to downgrade the severity of these incidents to avoid ramifications.

This paper previously reported that by 2022 the EA was not attending 90 per cent of pollution incidents, including more than 60 per cent of the most serious incidents.

However, Forrester said that the current situation is still a far cry from when he joined the agency over 20 years ago.

"The water companies rightly feared us because we'd take enforcement whenever it was needed. We had a presence out on site. We'd be attending almost every incident," he said.

"There was no real need to prosecute CEOs because there weren't the problems that there are now."

ENVIRONMENT

Plastic-free seaweed farms use sheep wool

By Rebecca Black

Sheep wool could be the key to making seaweed farming plastic free – after experts perfected a technique in a bid to drive forward sustainability in the industry.

Over the past two years they have been growing kelp, a fast-growing brown seaweed, on the wool of Whiteface sheep bred on Dartmoor.

This is used to create degradable ropes, which the kelp is cultured on.

At the end of the growing period, the wool ropes can be made into fertilisers, creating a circular solution.

Traditionally plastic ropes with residual seaweed are treated with detergents to remove biomass, contributing to environmental issues.

In Norway alone there are an estimated 383 tons of these plastic ropes lost annually at sea.

Dr Pamela Walsh, who led the Queen's University Belfast project, said: "We are now confident that plastic-free solutions for seaweed farming can work at scale."

Kelp, a fast-growing brown seaweed, is cultured on degradable ropes

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SOCIETY

Midlife factors to help avoid dementia found

By Jane Kirby

Avoiding three things in middle age is linked to 13 more years without dementia, experts have said.

Having normal blood pressure, no diabetes and not smoking from age 45 to 65 keeps dementia at bay for well over a decade, research has suggested.

A team from NYU Langone Health in the US studied more than 12,000 people to examine three key factors affecting dementia risk.

"Our findings argue that people need to actively avert these factors in midlife as a strategy for preserv-

ing brain health for more than a decade," senior investigator Dr Josef Coresh, director of the Optimal Aging Institute at NYU Langone, said.

The study, published in Neurology, looked at 12,409 people who were free of dementia aged 55.

From 55, people with no diabetes, no high blood pressure and who did not smoke had an average of 30.1 more years free of dementia, the study found. Meanwhile, those with one risk factor had

an extra 26.3 years, those with two had 21 years, and those with three had just over 17 years.

Previous studies have found that lifestyle choices, especially in midlife, can reduce the risk of developing dementia.

These include exercise, not smoking, watching alcohol intake and not being socially isolated.

The new study said: "Individuals with no midlife vascular risk factors lived an average of 13 more dementia-free survival

years compared to those with three risk factors.

"Vascular risk factors – including diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure) and smoking – are well-established contributors to dementia risk.

"These factors often emerge in midlife and exert lasting effects on neurodegenerative pathology, underscoring the critical importance of early identification and management."

Dr Jacopi Hanley, head of research funding at Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "Rather than focusing only on the chances of developing dementia,

this study asks a question that matters to people: how long can we expect to live free from dementia?"

"This approach gives a meaningful picture of how midlife health may shape the number of years we spend living free from dementia."

The study also found that, no matter how many risk factors they had, women lived longer without dementia than men, and white people had more dementia-free years than black people.

MEDICINE

Mounjaro helps diabetics avoid heart attacks

By Storm Newton

Giving Mounjaro to people with type 2 diabetes and heart disease could slash the risk of heart attacks, a study has suggested.

Those using the jab were 33 per cent less likely to have a heart attack when compared with patients on another type 2 diabetes drug.

The US study, published in The BMJ, included almost 53,000 people with type 2 diabetes and heart disease who had started on Mounjaro or sitagliptin, another diabetes drug.

Researchers tracked major adverse cardiovascular events – which includes heart attacks, strokes and death from any cause – among the two groups.

After a year, the risk was 2.9 per cent among those on Mounjaro compared with 4.4 per cent in the sitagliptin group.

Mounjaro slashed the risk of heart attacks by a third, although there was no meaningful difference found in cases of stroke.

However, Mounjaro did lower cases of hospital admissions due to infections, the analysis found.

SCIENCE

Cannabis 'cures trauma-related nightmares'

By Stephen Beech

Nightmares triggered by horrific experiences may be cured by the main compound in cannabis, a study suggests.

Researchers found that THC – the ingredient that causes a "high" – can put an end to trauma-related nightmares.

More than half of the participants in the study responded to treatment, while over a third experienced a disappearance of bad dreams.

Nightmares are among the most disturbing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder – a serious condition that can develop after exposure to severe traumatic experiences, such as disasters, serious accidents, acts of violence, or war.

People affected relive the events intensely at night over and over again, resulting in extreme sleep deprivation.

Researchers in Germany investigated whether a prescription medication containing THC could help.

Professor Stefan Röpke, of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, said: "There is evidence suggesting that during REM sleep THC reduces dream activity and thereby alleviates nocturnal stress responses."

SCIENCE

Molecule discovery could help develop fibrosis cure

By Benedict Gardner

Scientists have made an important step towards understanding fibrosis and raising hopes for future treatments.

Fibrosis causes excessive scar tissue to form in organs typically as a result of inflammation or damage, which prevents them from functioning.

The study, published in Nature

Communications, shed light on a molecule called transforming growth factor beta, or TGF, which helps cells grow, communicate and respond and repair damage.

Too much active TGF can trigger the build-up of scar tissue.

The lungs can become stiff and scarred, blocking the flow of blood and oxygen and leading to serious conditions such as cancer.

Researchers from the UK and US

revealed in "unprecedented detail" how TGF is regulated, kept in storage and carefully released to prevent it damaging the body.

Professor Clair Baldock, lead author of the team from The University of Manchester, said: "By understanding this process more clearly, we have uncovered a new layer of biological control that could help researchers develop more precise therapies in the future."

Between 5,000 and 6,000 people die from pulmonary fibrosis, where scarring is in the lungs, each year in the UK.

The NHS says the cause of the condition is not yet clear.

HEALTH

Cosmetic surgery 'still poses risk'

By Ella Pickover

Cosmetic surgery performed by under-qualified practitioners "remains an avoidable risk to the public", a former senior medic has warned more than a decade after a review into such procedures.

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, former chief medical officer of the NHS in England, has joined with leading surgical and

medical organisations to sign a letter warning that patients continue to face unnecessary risk.

The letter warns that there is a "serious regulatory gap in cosmetic surgery" whereby any doctor can perform cosmetic surgery even if they are not recognised as a specialist surgeon.

The experts called for such procedures to only be carried out by surgeons on the medical regulator's specialist register.

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Self-driving taxis given go-ahead to operate in capital

By Neil Lancefield

A fleet of self-driving cars to be used by Uber in London have been granted minicab licences.

Technology company Wayve said Transport for London (TfL) has awarded private hire vehicle (PHV) licences to a number of its autonomous pure electric Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles.

Uber said some of the 100,000 people who signed up to express their interest in experiencing robotaxis will be offered rides in the vehicles "later this summer", ahead of a full public launch.

A human driver will initially sit behind the wheel ready to take control during journeys, while the technology is demonstrated to be safe.

Wayve vice president for global affairs and assurance, Sarah Gates, said: "This licence is an important step towards giving Londoners the chance to experience autonomous driving technology.

"The responsible deployment of these vehicles will bring us safer, cleaner and quieter streets, and we're proud to continue working alongside regulators, communities and the public as we take the next

steps towards making autonomous rides a reality in the capital."

Uber global head of autonomous mobility operations Annie Duvnjak said: "This licence is a key milestone in bringing autonomous rides to London on Uber.

"Our interest list has seen an incredible response from Londoners who are excited to experience Wayve's British-built autonomous driving technology."

A TfL spokesperson said safety is its "top priority" and any new vehicle licensed to carry passengers in London must align with its target of eliminating all deaths and serious injuries on London's roads by 2041.

A qualified driver must be present and remain responsible for the car. Uber and Wayve will be required to obtain separate approval from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency if they want driverless cars.

Wayve was founded in 2017 by two University of Cambridge PhD students London will be the first city in the world to use its technology for commercial journeys.

SECURITY

MI6 spies ranked top in Europe

By Harry Goodwin

MI6 has been ranked as Europe's top foreign intelligence service in a peer review by 25 countries.

Britain's foreign intelligence agency was praised for its skill at recruiting high-level informants in the ruling elites of Russia, China, Iran and Turkey.

"The UK has by far the strongest secret services in Europe," Robert Gorelick,

a former CIA station chief, told L'Express.

"MI6 is extraordinary. The British have the ability to play the long game, investing in sources over a 10-year horizon. And they have a taste for dirty tricks."

MI6 was the first Western agency to warn Ukraine about the likelihood of a Russian invasion in early 2022.

France's General Directorate for External Security ranked second in the peer review by 60 senior intelligence officials across Europe. It was praised for its expertise in Africa and its clandestine operations.

TECHNOLOGY

AI caught impersonating real people

By Henry Saker-Clark

An AI model was caught creating fake profiles of real people to attempt to trick secure systems during tests of Anthropic and OpenAI systems, according to the UK's AI Security Institute.

The institute said the AI agents made a "sustained, unsanctioned action" during tests last week.

The group, which was set up by

then prime minister Rishi Sunak in 2023, said it was the "first time we have seen risks around autonomy and deception manifest this clearly, without specific prompting, in the real world".

Agents linked to Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's Sol AI models committed unauthorised activity during the security tests.

It said this included "sustained, potentially harmful ac-

tivity directed at real people and organisations".

Both firms have been contacted for comment.

The report comes after Anthropic recently revealed that AI models hacked into three other organisations during testing.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI last month also disclosed that its rogue models hacked another company.

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MIDDLE EAST

Iran and Oman 'have already made concessions' over control of strait

By Parisa Hafezi and Timour Azhari

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, it was reported yesterday.

But despite the apparent step towards yielding to Iranian demands, regional sources pushed back against assertions by the US President, Donald Trump, that a deal to reopen the strait was imminent.

"The concession has already been made regarding some form of control over Hormuz," one source said.

The other source added that details were still to be determined

about how "control" would be defined, with Gulf negotiators insisting regional countries supervise inspections of ships and that any payment of fees be voluntary.

A senior Iranian source said the text of an agreement already on the table envisioned Iran having control of ships heading into the Gulf through the strait but one of the main sticking points was what role Iran would have over ships heading in the opposite direction.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, described

the negotiations between Tehran and Muscat as "professional" and "moving forward".

He said a joint statement between the two countries was in the final stages.

US officials have repeatedly insisted that they would never accept any arrangement that lets Iran control access to the world's most important trade route for energy supplies.

But Trump and his administration have said in recent days that a deal is imminent to end the war, which polls show most US voters oppose.

There was no immediate reply from Washington about any proposed agreement.

Months of US military efforts, including a two-week campaign of strikes last month, have not broken Iran's grip on the strait.

Separately, oil prices edged lower yesterday after increasing after the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen said it had fired on a Saudi-flagged tanker in the Red Sea.

Crude prices have plunged over the past two days after Trump called off fresh attacks on Iran citing talks he said could end the conflict.

The US President told Fox News that talks were "moving along nicely" and "an all-day negotiation" had taken place on Tuesday.

Trump has cited the negotiations as the reason for calling off plans for "massive attacks" on Iran, a threat he has repeated numerous times.

An agreement that gives Iran any control over access to the strait would mean the war launched by the US and Israel had resulted in a major shift in the balance of regional power in Tehran's favour.

Before the war, the strait was freely open to all ships with no fees.

According to the senior Iranian official, Iran is seeking fees of between 5 per cent and 7 per cent of the price of cargoes from ships using the strait.

Oman is considering fees of around 3 per cent, while Washington wants no fees at all.

GERMANY

Drone with explosives found at airport

By Matthias Inverardi

Germany opened a counterterrorism investigation yesterday after an explosive-laden drone was found near a runway at Leipzig/Halle airport overnight, prompting the closure of parts of one of Europe's biggest cargo hubs.

Investigators were also examining what a DHL cargo plane had struck in the air after being diverted from the airport in eastern Germany during the disruption.

Airport workers discovered the drone in a restricted cargo area near the southern runway overnight.

Flights were suspended and several aircraft, including some owned by the German logistics firm DHL, were diverted.

Authorities said there had been no danger to passengers or airport staff and most operations resumed by yesterday morning after one runway was reopened.

The diverted plane hit an unidentified object while climbing away from the airport.

Minor damage was discovered after it landed in Hanover, authorities said.

The southern runway of the airport, a hub for DHL and Ukraine's Antonov Airlines, remained closed while explosives experts examined the drone and removed its detonator, according to authorities.

The interior minister Alexander Dobrindt scheduled an emergency meeting with the heads of Germany's security services for last night.

German airports are on high alert after a series of unauthorised drone overflights at sites including military facilities, energy terminals, seaports and logistics companies.

Police have said the overflights could have been organised by Russian agents.

Bild newspaper reported that the Leipzig drone had been found lying in the immediate vicinity of a Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane.

The airline has used Leipzig/Halle as an operating base since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.

Anti-extremism prosecutors and counterterrorism officers took over the investigation after experts confirmed the drone was carrying explosives.

Russia has denied any involvement in recent overflights.

A bomb-disposal robot at Leipzig/Halle airport yesterday

IRAN

UN chief 'alarmed' by increase in executions

By Olivia Le Poidevin

At least 56 people have been executed in Iran on national security-related charges since 19 March, including 27 in cases linked to protests at the start of the year, United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk said yesterday.

"I am alarmed by the rise in executions and death sentences issued in Iran since March," Türk said in a statement.

Iranian authorities killed

thousands of people during anti-government protests in January, Iran's worst domestic unrest in decades.

Rights groups say the government has continued to crack down on opponents during the war - sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran since the end of February.

On Monday, two men were executed after being convicted on charges of "spying and intelligence cooperation with Israel".

Türk said more than 100 people face the risk of execution on similar security-related charges, while executions for drug-related offences were also continuing at an "alarming rate".

He also alleged that confessions have been obtained under torture while saying some executions have reportedly been carried out in public and some only weeks after the suspect was arrested.

Iran's diplomatic mission in Geneva did not respond to a request for comment.

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WORLD

Putin's battle with 'Russia's Zuckerberg' – as Telegram founder resists demand for data

Billionaire Pavel Durov accused of aiding Ukraine. By Lizzie Dearden

A day after being charged by Russian authorities with assisting terrorist activity and being placed on an international 'wanted' list, the founder of the Telegram messaging app responded – with a meme.

Pavel Durov, a 41-year-old tech billionaire sometimes dubbed 'Russia's Mark Zuckerberg', showed little sign of concern over the case launched by the Federal Security Service (FSB) last week.

Writing to his 11.3 million followers from his haven in Dubai, Durov said he was being branded a terrorist for refusing the Kremlin's 'demands for mass surveillance and censorship on Telegram'. He posted a mocking image of Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov (inset) meeting the Afghan Taliban, with the caption: 'Don't get confused.'

The FSB announced its charges against Durov on 29 July, claiming Telegram had been used by Ukrainian intelligence agencies to 'fare Russian citizens into sabotage and terrorist activities through deception'.

There was an irony to the statement in light of the years-long use of Telegram by Russian agents to recruit people for sabotage and espionage operations across Europe, including a gang who set fire to a Ukrainian-owned warehouse in London and the man who launched arson attacks on property linked to Keir Starmer last year.

'I laughed a little bit when I saw that Russia was bringing this case against Durov,' Steven

Rai, a researcher who has been monitoring Russian activity on Telegram, said. Rai said Russia used Telegram to recruit 'disposable' agents to act on its behalf. They are often financially vulnerable and may not know who they are working for because of the deployment of anonymous accounts and criminal proxies.

Iran and groups acting on its behalf have been using Telegram in the same way. A Norwegian teenager who was sent to the UK to carry out an assassination last March is among several recent cases. It is also a popular service among paedophile networks and criminal groups attracted by its security features and functions. Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project, described Telegram as 'one of the most important platforms for sharing terrorist and extremist propaganda', because of its rare combination of public broadcasting channels, chat groups, secure one-on-one messaging and filesharing capabilities.

Fisher-Birch said Isis was the first significant terrorist group to migrate to Telegram a decade ago, following bans from Twitter and other mainstream social networks.

Although Telegram has since taken down the group's main channels, pro-Isis networks remain on the platform alongside violent neo-Nazis and a host of other groups, Fisher-Birch said. 'There's definitely a lighter touch versus many other platforms,' he added.

For Durov, terrorists' use of Telegram 'is a price which society pays for the opportunity to speak out without censorship', according

Protest in Russia against the blocking of Telegram – Durov wants people to be 'invisible to the state' on the platform

to his biographer, Nikolay Kononov. Durov was 'a bit religious about freedom of speech', Kononov added. 'I am sure that there is a strong business reason for him as well. If Telegram loses its image as a safe place for everybody who doesn't want to be under state surveillance, Durov will lose a significant part of its audience.'

Durov launched Telegram to the public in 2014, after selling his stake in his previous project – the Facebook-like Russian social network VK.com.

His vision was to create an online 'ecosystem' where people could not only message, but watch videos,

make purchases, read the news and live their entire online lives, while being 'invisible to the state'.

Durov had previously drawn the Kremlin's ire for refusing to shut down VK groups used by anti-government protesters.

Kononov said that Vladimir Putin himself made his feelings 'aggressively' clear in a meeting with Durov in late 2013, when an early version of Telegram was undergoing a public trial.

'Putin's analysts put a policy paper on his table, in which they told him that both of Durov's inventions were harmful and dangerous for the Kremlin,'

Kononov said. 'After the meeting, Durov decided to leave Russia.'

Despite its official hostility to Telegram, the Russian government has continued to use it as a primary means of public communication.

Even after last week's charges, the Kremlin itself maintains a public channel on the platform.

The key problem for Russia, Kononov said, is that Durov continues to refuse its demands for access to data on political dissidents, foreign intelligence agents and other targets: 'That was the only appeal from the Russian state to Durov - 'please let us in' - and he didn't do it.'

UKRAINE

Streeting in Kyiv hours after 17 killed in Russian strikes

By Hsema Ashirova

Russian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded dozens, President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday, as Ukraine's depleted air defences failed to stop any of Moscow's incoming missiles overnight.

The barrage, which lasted about two hours, was the latest in a series of large-scale Russian missile strikes that have become almost routine.

The attacks took place just hours before Wes Streeting visited Kyiv for the first time since becoming the UK's Defence Secretary.

Moscow is exploiting Ukraine's critical shortage of interceptors for the US-made Patriot systems, the sole air defence weapon in its arsenal which is able to shoot down ballistic missiles.

Zelensky has pleaded with other countries, especially the US, to send more of the ammunition made scarcer by the Iran war.

Failing that, he wants to make Patriot ammunition in Ukraine or win permission from Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system to guide strikes inside Russia that can hit its missile launchers.

Wes Streeting in Kyiv yesterday, in his first visit as Defence Secretary

'Ballistic interceptors are what could have saved the lives of those killed today,' Zelensky said, adding that he had spoken to the Nato secretary general, Mark Butte, about securing more missile interceptors.

The targets hit in the barrage included a brewery, a warehouse for construction material and a mail sorting office that had nothing to do with the war, Zelensky said.

But Russia's Defence Ministry said the businesses had military ties.

In its latest attack on facilities for Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries, Ukrainian drones hit a warehouse in the Tula region

south of Moscow on Tuesday, the company said.

Ukraine has struck over a dozen Wildberries facilities in under three weeks, saying the company provides goods that can be used by Russia's military.

Separately, the director of a factory supplying drones to Russia's armed forces was badly wounded when his car exploded, it was reported yesterday.

The state Tass and HIA Novosti agencies said Vladimir Tkachuk was taken to hospital following the explosion late on Tuesday in Bolshoy Istok, just outside Yekaterinburg.

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Long time, no sea

A conservationist brushes the 40ft skeleton of a North Atlantic right whale in the Hull Maritime Museum, which reopens on Saturday.

The East Yorkshire institution has been closed since January 2020 for a £20.4m redevelopment of its home, the Grade II* listed former Town Dock Offices building, that overlooks Queen Victoria Square.

The reimagined museum displays 50 per cent more objects from its nationally significant collections, with around 1,300 items available to see. LEE-ELLISPA

NATURE

Flies are really bugging us this summer – and they won't easily just buzz off

They love the heat, but do not despair Tom Bawden has tips to repel them

Those first couple of buzzes confirming the entrance of a new fly to the room can be surprisingly annoying and this is definitely happening to me more this summer.

I'm not the only one. Flies are absolutely everywhere right now: around the house, in the street, and apparently everywhere else too. While I was watching the comedian Daliso Chaponda live last week, he had to briefly stop the show to see off a fly that had been whirling around his head for 10 minutes.

"Personally, I've noticed a lot of

flies," Seirian Sumner, professor of behavioural ecology at University College London, tells me. "Any reports on how insects are doing are purely anecdotal at the moment because we're only halfway through the summer. But anecdotes are valuable – people notice insects."

Her PhD student, Femi Benny, an expert in flies and wasps, says there is "no doubt about the increase in the fly population this year". She points out that the record May heatwave and repeated heatwaves since have created ideal breeding conditions – a fly develops from an egg to an adult in about a week when it's hot, compared with a fortnight or more when it's cooler. This means that each generation

breeds again sooner and numbers explode. Meanwhile, the hot weather means food rots faster, creating a stronger smell that attracts yet more flies. Anecdotal evidence from the experts suggest there's been an increase in house, bluebottles, fruit, chater and drain flies, among others.

Apart from the heat, the other main reason why these flies are on the increase is a sharp decline this summer in the wasps that eat them.

Many of the wasps that remain are also reported as being much smaller than normal.

Again, the evidence at this stage is anecdotal. But Sumner says she's noticed a sharp decline. "My students need wasps for their experiments, and we simply can't find them." Once again, heatwaves

are largely to blame. Spring is a key time of the year in the wasp calendar when the queen wasps emerge from hibernation to start their nests alone. But they experienced a cool, damp, erratic spring in which many of them perished, followed by a heatwave that took another huge toll on them.

Their decline is highly concerning because they are key pollinators of flowers and crops, such as carrots, pears, figs, sunflowers and daisies.

When it comes to dealing with flies that are already here, The Wildlife Trusts' invertebrate expert Vicki Hird's top tips are to use fly screens as curtains on windows and doors. Fans are another good idea, as they cannot fly well in moving air.

Flies are repelled by essential oils like eucalyptus, lavender, or peppermint so she advises people to put them around windows.

WEATHER

Southern areas set to stay dry and warm for the weekend

By Benedict Gardner

Hot dry weather is expected to linger in the south of England this weekend after record-breaking temperatures caused severe drought and wildfires.

There will be some rain in Scotland which could reach the North of England and possibly eastern areas too, though little is forecast for parched central and southern England.

Two heatwaves in May and June led to more than 2,900 excess deaths.

And two more heatwaves amid the driest July in England and Wales since records began fuelled wildfires in Suffolk and the Cairngorms.

Tomorrow will be a dry day with a mix of cloud and long periods of sunshine with temperatures climbing in the south before another very hot weekend.

The weekend in Scotland and Northern Ireland will be cloudier and more changeable with some rain on Sunday. Cloud will extend to northern England.

But the south – and parts of the south-east – will not get any much-needed rain.

Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna said: "It's looking pretty dry (for southern England)."

He added that rainfall totals for August are likely to be below normal, and there could be more hot weather.

Heavy rain in Scotland yesterday triggered flood alerts but officials said it may not be enough to alleviate water shortages.

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A forlorn sign in the dried-up Falmer Pond in East Sussex yesterday

CLIMATE

Powerful El Niño could push millions into hunger

By Olivia le Poidevin

A powerful El Niño weather event could push an additional nearly 49 million people into acute food insecurity across some of the world's most vulnerable regions by the end of next year, the World Food Programme (WFP) said yesterday.

The UN agency said in a report that there was an 81 per cent chance of a very strong El Niño event, with sea surface temperatures at their

warmest levels since at least 1982 and potentially making it the strongest such event since 1950.

El Niño, a periodic warming of ocean surface temperatures in the Pacific, alters global weather patterns and is often associated with drought in southern Africa, delayed monsoons in parts of Asia and erratic rainfall.

"These are events that in the past have triggered large-scale hunger," Jean-Martin Bauer, director of WFP's food security and nutrition analysis service, said.

Based on an analysis of 45 countries deemed vulnerable to the adverse effects of El Niño, the WFP estimates that the number of people facing acute food insecurity could rise by almost 49 million to a total of 274 million.

Central America and Southern Africa are expected to be among the hardest-hit regions.

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Solution, page 51

Across

• 3/5 Capture a chess piece possibly to fully understand and accept (4,2 5)
• 6 Very strict clergyman returning in diocese (6)

Down

• 1 Go with the French equine establishments (7)
• 2 Unruly people's argument comes to an end (7)
• 4 Jack Ketch's head and body and in church (5)

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By refusing to exclude men convicted of domestic violence, this Government is sending a message that this category of crime – serial in nature and implicated in the deaths of one woman every five days – is simply not a priority. (Joan Smith)

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This crisis isn't just about convicts spilling out on to the streets before serving their jail terms in full. It is also about wrongdoers remaining at liberty for far too long in the first instance due to court backlogs, delayed trials and the wheels of justice grinding even slower than usual. (Editorial)

FURORE OVER FIFA

Infantino using job for enrichment

Financial Times

Infantino is not the problem. Rather, the central issue here is that Fifa is both the regulator of world football and its main commercial actor. In any other sector such an arrangement would be recognised as an obvious conflict of interest. (Miguel Maduro)

Washington Examiner

Infantino has sought to use this success not as a means of bolstering soccer but rather for enriching himself at soccer's expense. This isn't surprising He is a man corrupted by his incessant desire for ever-greater wealth and power. (Tom Rogan)

SPAIN AND CEUTA CRISIS

Morocco needs a new social contract

Le Monde

People do not risk their lives simply because one border is more porous than another. They do so because the future looks closed off to them. Unemployment and regional inequalities persist in Morocco. When trust in a country's ability to offer opportunities collapses, going into exile becomes a rational strategy. (Jamal Bouayour)

The Sun

For all that social media was a pull factor last week, so was Spain's prime minister. Unlike the rest of Spain, Ceuta is not part of the EU's borderless Schengen Area. (Ion Gallagher)

GRANDE'S RETREAT

It's not our place to label her anorexic

The Times

If we adopt a tactful collective silence about a star who appears to be starving in plain sight we become complicit in the harm to the millions who idolise her. Sometimes, there are bigger things to worry about than shaming. (Sarah Datum)

The Independent

Of course it is always worrying when somebody looks gaunt or loses a lot of weight, but a witch-hunt won't help anybody, and it's not our place to label her as anorexic. We have no idea what is going on what she is going through and criticism won't help. (Charlotte Cripps)

REFUGEE CONVENTION

Make asylum system more efficient

The Economist

The answer is not to dismantle refugee law but to make asylum systems work better. Governments need processes that can rapidly screen arrivals, assess claims quickly and distinguish between those entitled to protection and those who are not. (Borham Salih)

The National

Why should someone who manages to cross a frontier acquire a body of international rights, while someone equally endangered, lacking the money or strength to reach one, acquires almost none? Crossing a border tests capacity and luck more than need. (Mukesh Kapila)

BRIDGERS REVIEWS

First album after six years is dark as ever

UnCut

Famously drawn to loss and endings as core song themes, Phoebe Bridgers has proven herself a singularly articulate and affecting writer. The sound world of her latest album, Lost Weekend, however, shifts her into a slightly different space – more open and slightly unpredictable. (Sharon O'Connell)

The Forty-Five

It's the peppering of light and dark that makes this record astonishing. If love and grief are two of the strongest human emotions, then this is an album that stitches them together with invisible thread. (Charlotte Gunn)

Life In Brief

BILL ODDIE COMEDIAN AND CONSERVATIONIST

Bill Oddie found fame in the 1970s as a member of comic trio The Goodies, but went on to establish a reputation as an ornithologist, conservationist and wildlife television presenter.

The TV star had a varied career spanning decades in which he achieved chart success with novelty songs as well as appearing in surreal dramas featuring giant mutant kittens.

Oddie was a successful comedian, actor and musician but attracted a new legion of fans when he became the first host of Springwatch.

A birdwatcher since his childhood, Oddie was born in Lancashire in 1941 to parents Harry and Lilian.

He was raised in Birmingham by his father and his grandmother and has spoken about how his mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his youth – which led to her being treated in a psychiatric facility.

In the 60s, Oddie studied English at Cambridge University, where he started his career as an actor and comedian, appearing in Footlights productions.

One of his shows, which was later renamed Cambridge Circus, was highly successful. During his time at university, Oddie also began writing TV scripts – having worked on BBC's satirical comedy programme That Was the Week That Was, on which he also made a brief appearance.

The actor and comic also featured on BBC radio comedy programme I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again – which also used many of his musical compositions.

He was a recognisable face during the late 60s due to many TV appearances, such as The Broken Beat and Twice a Fortnight.

Oddie found fame and became a household name in the 70s when he

founded The Goodies alongside Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden.

The group co-wrote and starred in the BBC television comedy show, which attracted millions of viewers in its heyday and featured surreal moments including one of its most famous episodes, 'Kitten Kong'. The Goodies also featured spoof martial arts episode 'Kung Fu Kapers' in 1975, which hit the headlines.

Oddie was a keen conservationist and naturalist from his youth. He went on to write several books about birds and birdwatching.

He first appeared on natural history radio and TV programmes in the 70s which is where he expressed his passion for birdwatching.

He hosted many programmes for the BBC – including Birding with Bill Oddie and Bill Oddie Goes Wild.

For a few weeks in 2004, he

presented Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie. It set a record for its 8pm timeslot on BBC Two, drawing in 3/4 million viewers.

The series then returned the following year but was renamed Springwatch, which Oddie presented until 2008. In 2003 he was made an OBE for his service to wildlife conservation.

He is survived by his wife, Laura Beaumont, and three children. P3

Born 7 July 1941 Died 25 July 2026

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My View

Ian Dunt

Badenoch's clown-car antics are no joke

She is undermining the moral norms around racism and Nazism

One of the great mysteries of the universe is how Kemi Badenoch wins such positive reviews. If you read most commentary about her, you'd be forgiven for thinking that she was the great saviour of the Conservative Party, rather than the leader that just presided over them falling to fifth place in the Greater Manchester mayoral election.

Her latest act of political ingenuity was to knowingly invite a convicted neo-Nazi and antisemite to join the party as a candidate. It is an act of stupefying irresponsibility, involving a series of untenable moral propositions which she has defended as incompetently as possible.

Joshua Bonehill-Paine is the creator of the Crewkerne Gazette, a supposedly satirical online outlet which in fact is just AI slop praising Badenoch and attacking her opponents. The Times called it the "Bankay of politics". In fact, Bankay is the Bankay of politics and the Crewkerne Gazette is just the excretion of an AI engine fed a series of dim-witted prompts.

Badenoch spends an awful lot of time on X, which is probably how she spotted Bonehill-Paine's AI content. But the Gazette is the least of his failures. In 2015, he was jailed for three years after an attempt to organise a rally against "the complete Jewification" of the Jewish neighbourhood of Golders Green. A year later he was found guilty of racially aggravated harassment against the Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger, who he branded "a rodent" and an "evil money-grabber".

When he was released from prison he apparently carried out counter-extremism work. This is all well and good, but it does not mean you would want him as a Conservative candidate. And yet this is the decision Badenoch made when she approved him to stand for the Somerset Council election.

Although Bonehill-Paine has now bowed out of the leadership race, it was not before the Tory leader appeared on Radio 4 yesterday morning and delivered one of the most hopeless political interviews in recent memory. She is either so stupid that she does not understand the logical fallacies she was uttering or so cynical that she will say anything to defend her position.

The first problem she faced was one of double standards. Last

The Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has been garnering praise across the political spectrum for her oratory skills in recent months (1).

month, Badenoch orchestrated a purge of the Conservative Parliamentary Party, insisting that anyone who still believed in Britain's membership of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) or net zero was to be blocked from standing as a candidate at the next election. It was a concerted effort to eradicate any remaining lingering elements of moderation or good judgement from the party.

She has now found herself in the frankly insane position of refusing to accept the former Tory MPs Grant Shapps or Gavin Barwell as representatives, yet enthusiastically gave the all-clear to a former neo-Nazi - a position which seemingly became untenable even to the candidate himself.

In order to defend her decision, Badenoch reached for a revealing argument. "I'm not giving him a national platform - he is standing to be a councillor in Somerset," she said. "It is a local platform, looking at parking, sorting out bins, that's what councillors do... I have much higher thresholds for what it takes to be a Conservative MP."

Her disparaging assessment of local politics will have offended Tory councillors across the country. They deserve more respect than

this - they make decisions which have a real identifiable impact on the quality of people's lives. They should not be subject to some kind of second-tier scrutiny, like the political equivalent of broken biscuits sold from a jar by the till.

Even simply as a point of internal party management, it was a foolhardy thing to say. You don't want to disparage councillors. These are the people who come out to fight for you at an election. You need to motivate them, not insult them.

On its own terms, Badenoch's comment made no sense. She claimed she "had a much higher threshold" for being a Conservative MP than a Conservative councillor. We have to hope that these were just meaningless words leaving her mouth at random. If they express

Badenoch's disparaging assessment of local politics will have offended Tory councillors

her true moral position then God help us all, because they suggest that she thinks a criminal record for neo-Nazism and antisemitism is less serious than believing in the ECHR or net zero.

Badenoch then went off on an exploration of all the wildest farragos of nonsense available to the human mind. She articulated a series of false comparisons, each weaker than the last.

Labour MPs complaining about the appointment were hypocrites, she suggested. Why? Because "Andy Burnham has Louise Haigh, who is a convicted fraudster, in his Cabinet". Haigh was involved in a silly mess about the loss of a work phone in 2014. Even on the worst possible reading of the evidence against her, it is trivial. Bonehill-Paine was convicted of harassment and neo-Nazism. There are not equivalent failures.

Having attempted to make a comparison with the lowest end of the criminal spectrum, Badenoch tried to make one with the highest.

She referenced Labour's policy of releasing prisoners during their sentence to free up jail spaces and said: "I don't think we should block [extremists who have been rehabilitated] because if we do, how can we say that it's alright to release

the killers and the rapists and the paedophiles?"

Out she went, diligently gathering apples in order to compare them to oranges. Releasing someone from prison early is not equivalent to thinking they would make a suitable candidate for your party. One is a policy choice forced on a government by mismanagement of the prison estate. The other is the active selection of a representative.

Badenoch is clearly not up to it intellectually and unable to operate convincingly in political life. But her clown-car antics have a debilitating impact on our national culture.

She is helping to undermine the moral norms around racism and Nazism. These are the best line of defence against the most dangerous political ideas: the widely held principle, shared across society, that racists should be shunned and vilified. By accepting figures like Bonehill-Paine into the Tory party, she works to undermine them. That is an action which is worthy not just of mockery, but of disgrace.

Badenoch is a joke, but her actions are deadly serious. Her continued presence as Tory leader undermines the party and corrodes public life.

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I agree wholeheartedly with Sarah Cronin - Stanley of Talking Pictures TV that it would be a disaster if Freeview channels were discontinued (Cuts TV movies channel dreads the end of Freeview, 3 August)

Her channel provides the majority of my televisual entertainment and with an audience of 55 million I find it ironic that The i Paper does not list its programmes in the TV schedules.

IAN DONALDSON NEWTOWNABBEY, COUNTY ANTRIM

Get rid of the grammars

Andy Burnham wants 'an education system based on parity between academic and technical which gives all young people a clear path in life. From today, Britain will value the hard hat every bit as much as the graduation cap.'

Tell that to the grammar schools, which according to the Sutton Trust 'contribute to social inequality and lead to a widening of the income gap between rich and poor.

Unless Mr Burnham also takes steps to dismantle the more than 200 grammar school across England and Northern Ireland, his approach, although laudable, will further entrench the social and economic divisions these schools perpetuate. KATHERINE SPEED POOLE, DORSET

One may smile... and be a villain

People are beginning to realise that Farage is not a smiling knight in shining armour who wants to solve all our problems. Appearances can be misleading. He is a politician

on the make realising he can be very rich and powerful. If he courts the millionaires who agree with his Trump-friendly policies.

A mirage looks real until you get close, it then disappears and amounts to nothing. ROGER FOWNES BROMSGROVE, WORCESTERSHIRE

Young lack maths skills

I have some serious concerns about the numeracy levels amongst young people. I recently visited a small pharmacy and a local Co-op. At each place the young people behind the counter struggled to work out and give the correct change.

At the chemist I was first given too little, then too much. At the Co-op, the till hadn't told the young person behind the counter how much change was needed. I ended up on both occasions having to explain how to work it out. This raises concerns about the ability of young people to manage their own finances. MAUREEN RIGG SOUTH SHIELDS, TYNE AND WEAR

State pension is a right we earn

Mark Wallace made some good points about the pension triple lock (Opinion, 4 August) and I agree as a person in receipt of the state pension that it should be replaced by an index-linked formula.

However he spoils his argument by describing the state pension as a benefit, which it is not.

The state pension is a right which has been earned. It is not the British public's fault that successive governments since 1965 have failed to ring-fence and invest the money collected from working people

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into a wealth fund to pay for pensions rather than paying from current revenue.

The state pension should never be categorised or included in welfare figures. To do so implies that it is optional, which it can never be. The welfare budget should only include means-tested benefits which are subject to budgetary and political considerations. DAVID HEWITT WILMSLOW, CHESHIRE

Only so many grad jobs to fill

Apropos Lucy Powell's plan to boost technical education, I thought it would be interesting to see how graduate numbers have increased over the years.

I see from various government sources that in the early 1960s, approximately 24,000 young people graduated a year from universities in the UK, or 4-5 per cent of the eligible population. In 2024-25, the

number graduating was 1,043,665 – a significant proportion of young people. Is it any wonder that there are so many un- or underemployed graduates, when the greater need is for practical and technical skills? JENNIFER PEARSON TOPSHAM, DEVON

Why not gift-aid tax donations?

Re David C Brown's letter 'Why not give cash to HMRC?' (4 August) If HMRC were to designate itself as a charity (not difficult as we all subscribe to it) then those wealthy people wanting to make any additional donations to save their consciences

could classify their gifts as tax deductible. A win-win solution. JAMES HUGHES BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE

On holidays and hypocrites

I'm pleased to read in today's i Paper that Kemi Badenoch has not criticised Andy Burnham for taking a holiday. In stark contrast Nigel Farage has been very critical. How ironic! Farage rarely visits his constituency, is not a regular attender in Parliament and has taken many trips to the US. How is that part of his duties as an MP? I don't believe he will ever be prime minister because

he wouldn't want what is a very full-time job GEORGE WIRGMAN BROCKENHURST, HAMPSHIRE

Before you self-diagnose...

I think that those who self-diagnose with autism are selfish, and clearly have no consideration for those who really do suffer with the condition.

We all have our own quirks and personality traits and develop in our own way. Nobody can be expected to be perfect at everything.

Autism can be severely debilitating and is not something to take lightly. SIAN LYALL CARDIFF

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Who can blame Eugenie for giving birth in Portugal?

MONARCHY

Jennie Bond

How clever of Princess Eugenie to give birth in Portugal, conveniently distant from her disgraced father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and away from the scrutiny of who pays for her London pad at Kensington Palace. Who could blame her for seeking a quieter life away from the UK and the glare of her parents' scandal?

When to invite the grandparents over is a perennial problem for new parents. In the normal run of things, we could have expected this once tight-knit family of Andrew, Sarah, Beatrice and Eugenie to gather and gurgle around the latest arrival as soon as possible.

But Andrew, whose friendship with a convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, and the lies he subsequently told, has brought the House of York crashing down; he's now isolated and in exile at Sandringham.

His ex-wife Sarah – who has also been publicly humiliated over her fawning friendship with Epstein – has done an impressive disappearing act.

Apart from one snatched picture at a luxury resort in Switzerland, she hasn't been seen for months on end. And with further reports this week that Epstein was allegedly threatening to go public about how not only Sarah, but Beatrice and Eugenie, had enjoyed his hospitality just days after he had been released from prison, no one is going to want to step into the spotlight.

It seems unlikely, then, that either of the proud grandparents will fetch up in Portugal, at least not openly. I'm sure Sarah in particular must be longing to meet her new granddaughter, but if she does, it's certain to be a cloak and dagger exercise and an extra stress for parents dealing with a newborn. Eugenie and her husband, Jack, spend a great deal of their time

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at their home in Portugal, where he is a marketing executive for a company selling luxury homes. It's quite normal for them to be there – particularly in the summer, and I'm sure their house is beautiful, with beaches nearby and sunshine guaranteed.

To be fair, Eugenie and her husband are now a family of five, and Ivy Cottage – which was once

used for Palace staff and workers – has just three bedrooms.

Being there would also draw more attention to the row over the below market rent for the property which, in any case, is paid by the King from his private income. With their expanded family, perhaps now is the time for Jack and Eugenie to announce that they are standing on their own two feet and buying or

When to invite the grandparents is a perennial problem for new parents

renting a London base of their own. Eugenie is a bright young woman who has had an exceptionally tough couple of years. Her parents are despised by the public, her mother has had cancer and both are now living a life in the shadows. Her joy at having a much-wanted daughter to join her two young sons is a happy interlude in a troubled story.

The fact that the little girl's arrival was announced in a formal statement from Buckingham Palace underlines the fact that the Yorks are still very much in the line of succession.

The debate about whether Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his descendants should be removed from this list is ongoing. And it's probably another reason why Eugenie and her family are much happier in Portugal.

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Lineker and pals have it wrong over taxing wealthy

MONEY

Tom Swarbrick

The Debt Management Office is, I imagine, a single floor in a nondescript building where the walls are adorned with giant TV screens that display, minute by minute, the ticking up of the UK's national debt.

Sharply dressed men and women silently shuffle past the neon numbers, pausing after being caught in the screens' tractor beam, to let out wailing screams of frustration and anguish.

So it is perhaps with a hint of desperation that this little-known branch of the Treasury suggests on its website that publicly spirited individuals can donate, should they wish, to His Majesty's Government to help decrease the debt burden.

"Please help," implore these chuggers of the state.

Their call was answered by an exclusive club of 120 success stories who call themselves "Patriotic Millionaires". I guess you have to be rich and famous to be in this group, so it was no surprise to see the head of the big bucks, Gary Lineker, step in, along with film director Richard Curtis and music producer Brian Eno, to express their desire to give away more of their millions.

They want - among other things - to add 1 or 2 per cent tax on the value of anyone rich enough to have assets over £10m. They are calling on our Government "to raise taxes on extreme levels of wealth for a fairer, better and more hopeful Britain".

A noble offer of help, if only Andy Burnham would stop frustrating them in doing this. Is this altruism performative? Are they seeking a political badge of honour? Maybe.

Plenty has already been written about the various difficulties of applying a tax like this and there has been a fair bit of snark aimed at this group of wealth creators.

Yet I think this group of deep-pocketed patriots should be applauded for the wealth, jobs and products they have conjured up.

The problem, though, with the Patriotic Millionaires is that they are trapped in the tired, stagnant arguments that have characterised a large part of the debate about our sclerotic economy.

The problems are not fixed by the addition of more taxes. As millionaires, they should know this. Their offer of help should be born out of the mindset they have clearly displayed to great effect in their careers but are, maddeningly, eschewing in the face of a political climate that has concluded wealth creation is somehow "bad".

Truth is, we need to create more wealth. We need to create more millionaires.

If I were a Patriotic Millionaire, I would be clubbing us lot together to create a fund to invest in the ideas of the younger generation.

I would be creating centres of excellence for the entrepreneurial 20-somethings, those addicted to the hustle, to show them how to scale, how to manage their businesses, how to draw in interest, how to build a brand.

A patriotic, millionaire-making boot camp. One which understands that just a 1 per cent increase in GDP is another £12bn to hand over

Gary Lineker, along with dozens of other celebrities, says he wants to give away more of his money

If I were a Patriotic Millionaire, I'd invest in ideas of the young

to the greying bean-counters in the Debt Management Office. A sum far greater, and more reliable, than the moderate estimate of £6bn to £10bn that the Institute of Fiscal Studies says a wealth tax of this kind would raise.

It's perhaps a reflection of the politics around wealth and wealth creation that Lineker and his millionaire mates seem to feel guilty about what they have achieved.

They are right that the tax base is going to have to change and that income from work, in particular, needs to be protected from being hammered even harder.

But their argument seems to stem from an attitude that has concluded that wealth generation is wrong - that is the modern-day form of plundering - when it is only wealth creation that gets this country out of the stasis we find ourselves in.

If we want to swell the coffers of the Treasury, it is time to make the patriotic case for creating more millionaires - and who better to do it than the very people who define themselves as just that.

Tom Swarbrick is a presenter on LBC and a former adviser to prime minister Theresa May

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PEOPLE

Temple marries man she met on 'Ted Lasso'

By Sean O'Grady

Juno Temple has revealed she quietly married her boyfriend Michal Szymanski.

The Ted Lasso star confirmed the couple tied the knot while she was promoting the new season of the Apple TV series on a TF1 Unplugged special with Chris Evans.

She said: "I got married, we met on season two of Ted Lasso."

Temple took part in the interview with her co-star Hannah Waddingham, who said the pair met while Szymanski was Waddingham's driver.

Waddingham added: "She said, 'Can I ask him on a date?' I said, 'Yes you can'. He was my driver."

Temple said: "He was driving Hannah and they had a secret code where I could go and meet them and accidentally Hannah's appointment would run over."

Temple went public with Szymanski in 2022 when they walked the red carpet at the première of Top Gun: Maverick.

They have since attended a number of events together including the Critics Choice Awards in 2024 and the première of Venom: The Last Dance.

'Ted Lasso' star Juno Temple and her now husband Michal Szymanski, a driver on the show ©ODIN ECKENROTH/SETTY

PEOPLE

Brooklyn Beckham vows to protect wife

By Sean O'Grady

Brooklyn Peltz Beckham has promised to "always protect" his wife Nicola as he wished her a happy anniversary.

The couple, who married in 2022, are estranged from Peltz Beckham's family after a social media statement in January saying he had no desire to reconcile with them.

Peltz Beckham shared a photo of himself and his wife with their arms around each other.

He wrote: "Happy anniversary Nicola. I can't tell you how much I love you, 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, you are my absolute princess, and I promise to always protect you."

Nicola shared her own tribute to her husband and wrote: "Happy anniversary my love. You make life so beautiful. Thank you for being the most amazing husband I could ever dream of."

The couple married in 2022 at the Peltz family's estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

They renewed their vows in August 2025 in Westchester, New York. The Beckham family did not attend this ceremony.

UNITED STATES

Celebrity blogger in hospital after 'harming himself on livestream'

By Benedict Gardner

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton is recovering in hospital after reportedly livestreaming himself self-harming on TikTok.

Police were called to Hilton's Miami home on Tuesday after reports of a man sharing live footage of harming himself on the social media platform.

Hilton (teart), real name Mario Lavandeira, rose to huge fame in the 2000s for his celebrity gossip website, which has since faced criticism for its provocative stories.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office did not name Hilton in a statement shared with The i Paper, but

confirmed it had "received multiple calls regarding an individual who was livestreaming acts of self-harm on social media".

Officers spoke to the family at the scene and confirmed the man was alone inside his home.

A spokesperson added that "in many incidents involving a person experiencing a mental health crisis or actively harming themselves, deputies prioritise de-escalation by creating time, distance and opportunities for communication".

The man had been "safely recovered" and moved to a local hospital

for additional medical attention, the spokesperson added. Hilton's TikTok account has been suspended.

Mental health professionals are supporting the individual's family at the scene, according to the spokesperson.

Perez's managers said that they were "aware of the concerning content circulating online involving our client, Perez Hilton.

"At this time, we have not been able to make direct contact with him, despite our ongoing efforts to reach him," they added.

"Our primary concern is Perez's health and wellbeing."

Perez's self-named gossip blog grew quickly after he set it up from a cafe in 2005, becoming known as the most controversial website in Hollywood.

Mila Kunis said in 2018 that the blog was the origin of "ugly news" and Perez has since expressed regrets about his earlier approach.

He told The New York Times in 2012 that he was "aware of the fact there are going to be a lot of people with lingering resentment". He added: "What's important is people think I am no longer toxic to the world."

Hilton, who has three children, has more recently appeared on celebrity reality shows and presents his own showbiz news podcast.

ENTERTAINMENT

'Spider-Man' film makes $1bn at global box office

By Sean O'Grady

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has made $1bn (£742m) at the global box office in six days - becoming the second-fastest film of all time to reach the milestone.

The blockbuster, which was released on 31 July, is actor Tom Holland's fourth outing as web-slinging hero Peter Parker.

It is beaten only by Avengers: Endgame, which earned $1.22bn at the box office in its opening weekend in 2019. Spider-Man: Brand New Day made $355m in the US and Canada on its opening weekend and another $572m at the international box office.

China led the international ticket sales at $121m. The movie also set a record as the fastest film to earn $400m at the American box office after only four days.

Producer and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige told Variety: "I did not expect Endgame's [domestic] record to be beat, but I couldn't be happier that it was beat this past weekend by our 38th MCU [Marvel Cinematic Universe] movie.

"It's overwhelming to find ourselves in this position."

It is the fourth release this year to earn $1bn at the global box office after The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Michael and Toy Story 5.

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Glitter faces historic sex offence charge

By Sam Hall

The former pop star Gary Glitter has appeared in court charged with sexual offences dating back to the 1970s against a girl aged between eight and 11.

Glitter, 82, whose real name is

Paul Gadd, appeared at Westminster magistrates' court yesterday by video link from prison charged with unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14 between 1978 and 1981.

The alleged offences happened at

Glitter's west London home between 1978 and 1981. The complainant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was aged eight to 11.

He was remanded in custody and told to appear on 2 September at the Old Bailey in London.

Glitter denies the charges.

Glitter, 82, appeared by video link from HMP Channings Wood, Devon

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THURSDAY 5 AUGUST 2026

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WORLD INSIGHT

'Maga unleashed': fears for Trump's last years in office

Former colleagues on Capitol Hill tell Miles Taylor the worst is yet to come

The conventional wisdom in Washington this week is that Senate Republicans are finally finding their footing against Donald Trump. They regard the US President as a growing electoral liability, the headlines say, and they're starting to undermine his vanity projects.

But even the senators themselves don't really believe this. Trump's own advisers are saying the quiet part out loud. The US news website Axios captured it bluntly this week, when it reported that the President doesn't care whether the Republicans lose control of Congress in this autumn's midterms.

He'd prefer a win, but he isn't planning around it. He's planning around what comes after the midterms, which is set to be an all-out, two-year "finale" in which he intends to wield power in ways he's heretofore avoided or only flirted with. I put "finale" in quotes because I firmly believe Trump himself isn't sure if he'll leave office at the end of the next two years. But I'll get to that in a moment.

When Trump feels cornered, his impulse is to lash out. If Democrats

retake one or both houses of Congress in November, he'll be more besieged than at any point in his political life, facing sweeping subpoenas into his family and his fortune. He will simultaneously be unbound, backed by a Republican caucus purged of its last dissenters. Win or lose, the next Congress will be the most Male America

Great Again (Maga) in history. His few remaining GOP critics are already gone or going, replaced by members who owe him everything. And they'll be standing behind a President at his most reckless. You'd think that the

legislative branch of the US government would be the biggest check on a wayward President. But the people I served with in the first Trump administration think the worst is yet to come. What worries them most isn't just the midterms, which Trump will attempt to steal or discredit, but what condition the US Constitution will be in by the 2028 presidential election.

Their fears are specific. They expect Trump to ignore Congress wholesale, including bypassing the Senate on cabinet appointments, spending money lawmakers never approved and impounding

A 'Maga' rally: lawmakers in support of the movement are filling Congress.

money they did. They expect him to ratchet up his punishment of Democratic-led states with the full weight of the federal government (denying disaster aid and gutting programmes for the sin of voting wrong), while showering loyal cronies with pardons, contracts and regulatory favours.

And they expect him to stop pretending the courts matter, although he's barely pretending now. In one of every eight cases where federal courts have blocked his actions (about 81), the administration has simply flouted the ruling. The only instances

in which he'll welcome court proceedings will be to wage war against his enemies.

If you want to know what that lawlessness looks like in practice, you can see it with cases like the ones against James Comey (insir). Court filings last week revealed that government agents apparently used illegal wiretaps to track the former FBI director – at the direction of senior Trump officials – while the President monitored the operation in real time aboard Air Force One. The episode stacked at least three constitutional violations into a single act, including warrantless

I also expect Trump to use emergency powers dressed up as responses to 'domestic security' crises

surveillance, retaliation against protected speech and the vindictive prosecution of a critic.

Test cases like this will become textbook if Trump's top lawyer gets confirmed by a compliant GOP Senate this week.

I also expect Trump to use emergency powers – such as the Insurrection Act or even the suspension of habeas corpus – dressed up as responses to "domestic security" crises.

Then there's a question that people talk about as if it's only a remote possibility, though it may be the most likely: whether Trump intends to leave at all. In my opinion, he will muse about an unconstitutional third term until the bitter end, partly to keep would-be successors like JD Vance and Marco Rubio in a permanent crouch, but not merely as theatre. He will genuinely explore it.

But autocracy is labour-intensive. Every illegal wiretap needs agents willing to run it. Flouted court rulings require officials willing to ignore them. Each act of retribution results in new accomplices and every accomplice is a witness to wrongdoing. As such, the more aggressively Trump asserts power in his finale, the larger the ledger of accountability grows.

Repression is meant to cement his power, but it ends up laying the groundwork for an eventual counter-force. The US may be entering the darkest act of this drama, but I believe it will be the last one. The hard years to come will blow back on Trump. Defiant Americans will make sure of it.

Miles Taylor is a former chief of staff of the US Department of Homeland Security

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 4836 BY BLUTH

ACROSS

1 Mark, caught by rebounding bullets, say (5) 4 Protected journalist following abuse over article (9) 9 Somehow lets a hero become discouraged (4,5) 10 About turn before head of infantry deserts – that's what they're good for (5) 11 Not opening text in court – it's expired (7) 12 Friends knit them occasionally for high flyer (3,4) 13 Work hard during afternoon meal, leaving content, very likely to tip (3-5) 14 Being in a particular place, you purchase a cuppa for the audience (8) 17 Pimp against paper covering prostitute's imitation (6) 19 Mostly tough sort of steak – needs last drop of syrsh to clear your throat (8) 22 One of us is hot and dries out (7)

24 Supermarket taking American graduate instead of European – it can be hard to swallow (7) 25 To conclude a little exercise in retirement – it will leave you feeling flushed (5) 26 Green repaired and in place before international – it's a great space for game (9) 27 T-Rex had these weapons (5-4) 28 Programme on small child (5)

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8 Assault overnight – body is abandoned (5-2,8) 15 Framework made from stick cut-off tree with electric saw originally (4,5) 16 Apartment engulfed by smoke – arson essentially leads to arrests (8) 18 Clamp holds son on middle of X-ray to reveal innards (7) 20 Rubber fashion amuses King (7) 21 Rubber coat from ASOS worn by that woman twice – husband's always absent (6) 23 Speak slowly and pull student (5)

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Television Thursday 6 August

CRITIC'S CHOICE

GERARD GILBERT

PICK OF THE DAY

Possession 9pm, Sky Atlantic

Set between Bristol and Jamaica, this stylishly directed drama is led by Gugs Whistha-Raw (left) as Claudia, an ambitious young bi-racial UK lawyer dispatched to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim. A former plantation estate has been left to a local man, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd) instead of the deceased's son, Oliver Connaught (Jenny Lee Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat. But the case takes an unsettling turn when Claudia discovers that the disputed estate is the very place that has haunted her nightmares. As Claudia and Oliver dig deeper, they uncover a disturbing link between the plantation's brutal past and the injustices still shaping the present.

Renovation Rescue

8pm, Channel 4

Vogue Williams and Luke Mabott help retired artist Penny, who currently lives in West Sussex. After losing her partner of 20 years, she planned to make a fresh start near her daughter and grandchildren by the seaside. But after she fell for a house that needed a total overhaul, those plans are on hold while the renovation has gone badly over-budget and behind schedule.

Fake Or Fortune?

8pm, BBC One

'A case as complex as the man himself,' says art expert Philip Mould as he and co-host Fiona Bruce investigate the provenance of 15

etchings discovered in a Somerset garage which resemble an early work by British painter Lucian Freud. If these prints were indeed made by Freud himself from a well-known early work of his Girl With A Fig Leaf – the model for which was the artist's then wife Kitty Garman – then they could be worth tens of thousands of pounds each. However, as Mould puns, are these 'not so much Freud as fraud?'

Who Do You Think You Are?

9pm, BBC One

The final ancestor-seeker of the current series is English hepatitele Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who travels to The Bahamas in search of her family's roots. She manages to trace her forebears to a tiny

settlement there and discovers that her great-great -grandfather emigrated to Miami in 1913. He settled in a city at a time of shocking racial segregation and the terrifying rise of the Ku Klux Klan. However, she also finds out that he was part of a group who worked to uplift the community and that her great grandmother registered to vote in 1986 after the Civil Rights Movement won a historic victory removing barriers for African-American voters.

The Chase Around The World

9pm, ITV1

The much-loved quiz show continues with its divisive Race Across The World-style makeover, arriving this week in Paris to take on the Vixen and the Beast. They have set a series

	ONE	TWO	itv1	4	5	FOUR	6	itv2
Daytime	6.00 Breakfast (S) 9.30 Animal Park (R)(S) 10.15 Theis, Theis, Eat My Car Beds (R)(S) 10.45 Expert Witness (R)(S) 11.15 Homes Under The Hammer (S) 12.15 Bargain Heart (R)(S) 1.00 BBC News At One; Weather (S) 1.25 BBC Regional News; Weather (S) 1.45 BBC News At One; Weather (S) 2.00 Money For Nothing (S) 2.45 Escape To The Country (R)(S) 3.45 The Making Room (R)(S) 4.20 The Answer Run (S) 5.15 Pointless (R)(S)	6.15 Homes Under The Hammer (R)(S) 7.15 Money For Nothing (R)(S) 8.00 Sign Zone: Lockdown World (R)(S) 9.00 BBC News (S) 9.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R)(S) 1.30 The Finals Line (R)(S) 2.35 Be You Know Your Place? (R)(S) 2.45 The Harry Biker's Boknation (R)(S) 3.45 The Farmers' Country Showdown (R)(S) 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R)(S) 5.15 Plug M' (R)(S)	6.00 Good Morning Britain (S) 10.00 This Morning (S) 1.30 ITV News; Weather (S) 1.55 ITV Regional News; Weather (S) 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (R)(S) 3.00 Deal Or No Deal (S)(S) 3.85 ITV Regional Weather (S) 4.30 Tipping Point (R)(S) 5.00 The Chase (R)(S)	6.30 The King Of Queens (R)(S) 7.20 The King Of Queens (R)(S) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R)(S) 8.10 Everybody Loves Raymond (R)(S) 8.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R)(S) 9.10 Freezer (R)(S) 10.40 Freezer (R)(S) 11.10 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA (R)(S) 12.15 Channel 4, News Summary (S) 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Plug It (R)(S) 1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R)(S) 2.10 Countdown (S) 3.00 A Place In The Sun (R)(S) 4.00 Saving Country Houses With Penelope Keith (R)(S) 5.00 Chateau DIY (R)(S)	6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) 11.30 Storm & Alasta (S) 12.45 5 News At Lunchtime (S) 12.50 Matt Allwright (S) 2.20 FILM: Evil in A Small Town Baila York 2023 Thelop: starring Veron J. Ramirez (S) 4.00 Castle (R)(S) 4.55 Love Nature (R)(S) 5.00 5 News With Dan Walker (S)			6.00 Backyard Builds (S) 6.30 Dress To Impress (S) 7.30 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City (S) 8.20 The Real Housewives Of Orange County (S) 9.20 The Only Way Is Exes (S) 10.10 Dowson's Creek (S) 11.15 Diamond (S) 12.15 Deal Or No Deal (S) 1.15 Supermarket Sweep (S) 2.15 The Floor USA (S) 3.10 The Only Way Is Exes (S) 4.30 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City (S) 5.00 The Real Housewives Of Orange County (S)	6.00 Backyard Builds (S) 6.30 Dress To Impress (S) 7.30 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City (S) 8.20 The Real Housewives Of Orange County (S) 9.20 The Only Way Is Exes (S) 10.10 Dowson's Creek (S) 11.15 Diamond (S) 12.15 Deal Or No Deal (S) 1.15 Supermarket Sweep (S) 2.15 The Floor USA (S) 3.10 The Only Way Is Exes (S) 4.30 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City (S) 5.00 The Real Housewives Of Orange County (S)
6pm	6.00 BBC News At Six; Weather (S) 6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather (S)	6.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R)(S) 6.30 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R)(S)	6.00 ITV Regional News; Weather (S) 6.30 ITV News; Weather (S)	6.00 American Pickers (R)(S)	6.00 Menorca: A Year In The Sun Part one of two (R)(S) 6.55 5 News Update (S)	Vogue Williams and the relentless young actress Penny finds property in the revocation of the Cotonville (S)
7pm	7.00 The One Show Live magazine show (S) 7.30 EastEnders Sheila faces mounting pressure (S)	7.00 Escape To The Country A pair of budding entrepreneurs seek a move to the Cotonville (R)(S)	7.30 Tom Kerridge Cooks Daily Tom learns how farmers produce tomatoes for passata (S)	7.00 Channel 4 News (S)	7.00 Around The World In First Class With Josie Gibson (S) 7.55 5 News Update (S)	7.00 Great British Railway Journeys (S) 7.30 Pubs, Ponds And Power: The Story Of The Village (S)	6.45 FILM: The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain (Wild Sharpe 2021) (S)	7.00 The Floor USA Rob Lowe hosts the American version of the dramatic and fast-paced game show (S)
8pm	8.00 Fake Or Fortune? Last in the series (S)	8.00 Digging For Britain (R)(S)	8.00 Emmanbala Charity takes big steps (S) 8.30 Coronation Street (S)	8.00 Renovation Rescue A retired artist needs help renovating her home near the sea (S)	8.00 Cornwall: A Year By The Sea Last in the series (S)	8.00 FILM: Superman (Richard Donner 1978) Adventure: with Christopher Reeve (S)		8.00 The 5% Club Quiz hosted by Lee Mack (S)
9pm	9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? Last in the series (S)	9.00 The Devil In The Family: The Fall Of Ruby Franke Last in the series (S) 9.50 The Fans: A Wild Year (R)(S)	9.00 The Chase Around The World The teams land in Paris to take on the Vixen and the Beast (S)	9.00 Murder Case: The Digital Detectives (S)	9.00 Benidorm Is Murder A rooftop murder exposes old grudges at a struggling comedy club (S)		9.00 FILM: Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass 2013) Fact-based thriller, starring Tom Hanks (S)	9.00 Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening With Alison Hammond (S)
10pm	10.00 BBC News At Ten (S) 10.30 BBC Regional News; Weather (S) 10.40 Murder 24/7 (R)(S)	10.00 Inside No 9 A detective is determined to crack the case of a missing boy (R)(S) 10.30 Newsnight (S)	10.00 ITV News (S) 10.30 ITV Regional News (S) 10.45 FILM: Casino Royale (Martin Campbell 2006) (S)	10.00 The Body Detectives The disappearance of a man off the Norfolk coast in 1981 (R)(S)	10.00 Killer At The Crime Scene The murder of a millionaire who was killed during a home invasion (R)(S)	10.15 Christopher Reeve: Keeping Hope In Motion (R)		10.00 Changing Ends Comedy, starring Oliver Sands (R) 10.35 Family Guy (S)
11pm	11.40 Murder 24/7 Part two of two Police struggle to build a case – until a bloody footprint is found (R)(S)	11.05 FILM: Women Talking (Sarah Pollay 2022) Drama, starring Rooney Mara (S)		11.05 Social Media Monsters (R)(S)	11.05 Murdered At First Sight A father of three who was shot in his car and later died in hospital (R)(S)	11.15 Parkinson With Mel Smith Kenneth Griffith and Christopher Reeve (S)	11.40 FILM: Dance With A Stranger (Mike Newell 1983) Drama, starring Miranda Richardson (S)	11.05 Family Guy (S) 11.35 American Dad! The Smiths open their own cemetery in their backyard (S)
Late	12.40 Alan Carr's Picture Slam (R)(S) 1.30 BBC News (S)	12.40 Sign Zone: Ambulance (R)(S) 1.40 Sign Zone: Circulation (R)(S) 2.40 This is BBC Two (S)	1.10 Shop On TV 2.00 The Summer (R)(S) 3.50 Unwind With ITV (S) 5.05 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Special (R)(S)	12.05 Crime Scene Clowers (R)(S) 4.00 Murder Case: The Digital Detectives (R)(S) 1.35 Ramsay's Hotel Hell (R)(S) 2.45 The Undeclared War (R)(S) 3.35 The Undeclared War (R)(S)	12.05 Street Cops Catching The Yoke (R) (S) 1.00 Cruise TV With Level Backlit (R)(S) 4.00 GPs Behind Closed Doors (R)(S) 2.50 Castle (R)(S) 3.10 Friends (R)(S) 4.35 The Highland Vet (R)(S)	12.15 Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh (S) 1.10 Pubs, Ponds And Power: The Story Of The Village (S) 1.40 Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh (S) 2.40 Great British Railway Journeys (S) 3.10 Close	1.45 FILM: Our Kind Of Tristler (Susanna White 2020) Sky thriller, starring Ryan McGregor and Naomi Harris (S) 4.00 Close	12.05 American Dad! (S) 12.35 B&R Burgers (S) 1.45 B&R Burgers (S) 4.30 Deal Or No Deal (S) 2.25 Unwind With ITV (S) 3.00 Teleshopping

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Games&Puzzles

Dominoes

How to play All of the 28 domino pieces from 0-0 through to 6-6 have been placed once into the grid. Can you work out where each of them is placed?

2	0	5	6	6	6	4	3
1	1	0	1	0	2	5	5
2	1	0	1	3	4	5	3
6	3	6	5	3	4	6	0
5	5	4	1	0	4	6	4
2	3	2	6	3	2	5	2
4	0	1	0	4	3	1	2

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
6
5
4
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Journey Finder

How to play Move between the numbers in order 1234124 and so on starting with the grey 1 and ending with the grey 4. On each step you may move one square in any direction (including diagonally). You must form a continuous path that visits every square exactly once.

1	4	3	2	1	4
1	2	4	4	2	3
2	3	3	3	1	2
4	3	2	4	1	4
1	1	1	2	4	3
2	3	4	3	1	2

Making Tracks

How to play

Numbers around the outside indicate how many squares in each row and column the track passes through between A and B. The track either passes straight through a square or turns at right angles in it.

Binary

How to play Complete the grid so that each row and column contains five 0s and five 1s. The same number cannot appear in more than two consecutive squares in any row or column. In the finished puzzle each row must have a different sequence of 0s and 1s to any other row and likewise for each column.

	0		1		0	0
	0							1
			1		1
		0						0
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Number Hexagon

How to play Each hexagon is divided into six triangles. The sum of these six triangles is always 25. Place a number from 1-9 in each empty triangle to complete the puzzle: you cannot repeat a number within a hexagon.

Pathfinder

How to play Moving from letter to adjacent letter can you create a continuous path that visits every square once and spells out all the words listed to the right of the grid? Start on the shaded square.

M	E	T	E	N	P	E	A	N	U	Clank
N	A	L	F	R	E	P	O	L	T	Colonist
K	E	C	I	U	I	M	A	G	E	Dastardly
S	G	A	S	T	E	R	H	O	N	Defeat
W	I	T	H	Y	D	E	S	B	O	Diamond
T	F	N	I	V	E	F	I	Y	D	Fishy
L	N	D	C	T	A	Q	U	D	A	Image
Y	O	L	O	V	A	N	Y	L	S	Meite
D	M	O	S	T	E	C	S	D	T	Nobody
I	A	N	I	E	R	N	I	R	A	Peanut
										Return
										Sincere
										Swifity
										Vanquish
										Vintage

Battleships

How to play Locate the position of each of the ships listed below in the grid. Numbers around the edge tell you the number of ship segments in each row and column of the puzzle. Ships are surrounded on all sides by water including diagonally.

Chain Link

How to play Place the numbers 1-6 in each row column and along each series of squares linked by the chain.

Daily Quiz

1. Claret is a traditional British term referring to red wine from which region in south-west France?
2. What was the name of the unsuccessful CIA-sponsored invasion of Cuba in 1961?
3. Which device for jumping off the ground in a standing position was first patented in Germany in 1920 as a 'spring end hopping still'?
4. What was a farthingale, worn by women in the 16th and 17th centuries?

Answers page 51

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Middle Eastern lentil and walnut shepherd's pie

SERVES 4

• 500g potatoes, diced
• 500g butternut squash, diced
• 200g California walnuts, plus 25g to garnish
• 150g chestnut mushrooms, halved
• 1 preserved lemon
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 carrots, diced
• 1 tbsp ras el hanout seasoning
• 1 tbsp harissa paste
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 400g can lentils, drained and rinsed
• 400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• Chopped coriander, to serve

Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6. Cook the potatoes and squash in boiling water for 15 minutes or until tender, then drain and mash, and season to taste.

Meanwhile, place the walnuts and mushrooms in a food processor. Quarter the preserved lemon, remove the flesh and discard, adding the skin to the processor bowl. Blitz to give a coarse mince texture.

Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the carrots for six to seven minutes, add the ras el hanout and harissa and cook for one minute.

Add in the walnut mince and cook for one to two minutes.

Stir in the tomatoes with half a can of water, lentils and chickpeas and cook for five minutes. Season.

Transfer to a two-litre serving dish and top with the mash. Bake for 25 minutes until golden.

Sprinkle with extra walnuts and chopped coriander to serve.

Tip: Any root vegetable can be mashed with the potatoes for extra colour and fibre.

Recipe from California Walnuts

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Games & Puzzles

Kakuro

How to play Fill the white squares so that the total in each across or down run of cells matches the total at the start of that run. You must use the numbers from 1-9 only and cannot repeat a number in a run.

	36	13	11	8	4	36	5
10					4
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10		6		9			3
3			8		10
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3				4	5
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4		10

Jigsawdoku

How to play Place the numbers 1-9 once in each row column and bold-lined jigsaw region.

4			2			7
	4				1
		9		5
		9	3
	6	1		8	9
		4	6
		5		4
	8				2
6			3			8

Killer Sudoku

How to play Each row column and 3 by 3 box must contain each number (1 to 9) only once. The sum of all numbers contained within grey lines must match the number printed in its top-left corner. No number can appear more than once in an area formed by grey lines.

7	12		3	15	16		12
	11					11	13
13		17		14			8
	15			30		11		16
15		3
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Zygolex® In The i Paper every day

Find the missing words by following the RHYME LETTERS and MEANING links – eg a word that rhymes with 'cheek' has one letter different from 'pear' and has the same meaning as mountain would be 'peak'. Full rules at zygolex.com. Solution page 51

Futoshiki

How to play Place the numbers from 1-5 exactly once in each row and column. The greater than and less than signs ('x' and 'c') indicate where one cell is greater/less than the adjacent cell indicated.

Minesweeper

How to play Find all the mines in the grid. Numbers in certain squares indicate how many mines there are in the neighbouring squares including diagonally touching squares. Mines cannot be placed in squares with numbers.

			0	0			1	2				0
3		4	2		2		2		2	1		2
3						1	2		3		3
4	3				2	2	3			2
2		1	0	0							5	3
	3	3				3			1			2
								0				4
3			3	2	1	1			0			2
1	2	3			4	3	2			2		3
1								3		3
2		5	5			5	5				0
	2	2		4						1		2

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Number Square

How to play Fill the empty squares with numbers that will make the across and down calculations produce the results shown in the grey squares. Each numeral from 1 to 9 must only appear once. The calculations should be performed from left to right and top to bottom rather than in strict mathematical order.

Easier

	x		+	9	13
x		-		x
	-		+		3
-		x		-
	-	5	+		4
-1		-15		66

Harder

	-		-		-6
x		x		-
9	÷		-		1
x		-		+
	+		-		3
216		1		4

Codeword No 4578

How to play The numbers in the grid correspond to the letters of the alphabet. Solve the puzzle and fill in the letters in the key as you discover them. Three letters are provided to give you a start. The solution will be printed in tomorrow's paper the solution to Wednesday's codeword is on page 51.

15	16	1	4		24	5	25	21	3	16	1	11
5		22		17		12		25		26		25
23	3	12	13	20	3	13		13	3	4	5	26
5		13		16		25		5		26		4
14	20	11	10	13		26	25	20	20	3	19
13				25		13				19		10
3	20	25	21	21	11		25	6	5	26	15	25
20		26				26		25				8
	17	22	1	9	16	5		7	25	10	21	5
4		7		16		5		17		22		7
5	20	25	1	5		15	20	22	2	2	21	5
5		13		21		5		13		2		26
10	20	5	14	21	16	15	5		18	25	21	13
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

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Word Ladder

How to play

Convert the word at the top of the ladder into the word at the bottom of it using only the five rungs in between. On each rung you must put a valid four-letter word that is identical to the word above it apart from a one-letter change. There may be more than one way of achieving this.

idoku Exclusive to i

How to play Each numeral from 1 to 9 must appear (since only) in the squares forming the red letter i.

1				6		7
	4	8			1		5
	8		7
						8	1
7			2		1		3
3	1
					8		3
6		5			2	4
	2		4				6

Sudoku Harder

	8		4		6		9
							7
9	4	5				2		3
5			2		7			1
6		8				9		7
1			6	3	9			8
3		6				5		9
				6
	2		1		3		8

Tomorrow: Easier

ABC Logic

How to play Place the letters A B and C only once in each row and column. Each row and column has two blank cells. The letters at the edge of a row/column indicate which of the letters is the first/last to appear in that row/column.

Word Wheel

How to play How many words can you find using the letters in the wheel? We've found 55 including one nine-letter word. Each word must use the centre letter and at least three others. Letters may be used only once. You may not use foreign words proper nouns or plurals though you may use verb forms ending in 'i'.

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Concise Crossword No 4900

ACROSS

• 1 Cut into cubes (4)
• 3 Worthless (Informal) (4)
• 8 Affectedly self-important (7)
• 9 Trunk (5)
• 10 Belief (5)
• 11 Fruit (7)
• 13 Ounce (4,7)
• 15 Encounter (7)
• 17 Alternative (5)
• 19 Condition (5)
• 21 Elementary particle (7)
• 22 Undiluted (4)
• 23 Used to be (4)

DOWN

• 1 Ascendancy (9)
• 2 Ice-skating turn (7)
• 3 Discourage (5)
• 4 Animal hair (3)
• 5 Rotisserie (4)
• 6 Property negotiator (6,5)
• 7 Party-giver (4)
• 12 Working animal (9)
• 14 Yield (7)
• 15 Sail support (4)
• 16 Incompetent (5)
• 18 Ladder step (4)
• 20 Grow old (3)

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Solution to yesterday's Concise Crossword

ACROSS: 1 Foul, 3 Did (Folded) 7 Rift, 8 Reprisal, 9 Cheapskate, 12 Make do, 13 Mosaic, 15 Double chin, 18 Desolate, 20 Taut, 21 Dim, 22 Writ. DOWN: 1 Foul, 2 Attache, 3 Dip, 4 Drink, 5 Gruesome, 6 Caption, 10 Pamphlet, 11 Bayonet, 14 Senator, 16 Brood, 17 Aunt, 19 Aim.

Today's other puzzles: Cryptic Crossword page 25

Five-Clue Cryptic page 17. One-Minute Wipako page 20

Puzzle solutions: See page 51.

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GAMES & PUZZLES

Children's Corner Number Pyramid

How to play The value of each square in the number pyramid is the sum of the two squares directly under it.

Knight's Tour

How to play A chess knight visits each square of the grid exactly once starting at 1 and ending at 100 (these squares are shaded). Deduce the whole path of the knight – some of which is already given – and thus complete the grid. The knight moves either two squares horizontally followed by one square vertically or two squares vertically followed by one square horizontally.

73				2		6
76		43		49				7
41		70	47		1
68		85		91	50			89
				100		62	95	98
78					64		82
39	36	29	32		81	60		96
			27			15
25				18	53	12
34			54	21	56			11

Cells

How to play Divide the grid into square or rectangular blocks each containing one digit only. Every block must contain the number of cells indicated by the digit inside it.

	5		6		2
2					2
			5
5		8		3
					6
	2			3

Word Fit

How to play Can you fit all the words into the grid to complete the puzzle? Some words may initially fit in more than one place but there is only one way to fit all the words together to complete the grid.

4 Letters Exam Many Warp

5 Letters Burst Lorry Vapid Youth

6 Letters Arrive Codify Deride Snatch Werden

7 Letters Benefit Clipper Gnarled Publish Spotter

8 Letters Boundary Resolute Sinister

Word Square

How to play Simply answer the clues alongside the grid writing the answers in the respective rows. The solution must read the same horizontally in each row as it does vertically in each column.

Melt

Fur

Verdi opera

Enfold

Bridges

How to play Connect every island (represented by circles) into a single interconnected group. To do this draw bridges between islands. The number in each circle states how many bridges must be connected to that island. Bridges cannot cross each other can only be drawn horizontally or vertically and there can be a maximum of two bridges between any pair of islands.

Word Search

How to play The classic word-search puzzle, find all the words in the grid. Words may be hidden horizontally vertically or diagonally and in either a forwards or backwards direction.

H	R	A	E	B	N	O	T	G	N	I	D	D	A	P
O	H	M	B	L	R	E	D	I	R	X	E	L	A	J
O	U	F	I	G	F	A	M	O	U	S	F	I	V	E
P	C	L	Z	T	S	V	S	R	T	I	N	T	I	N
E	E	A	A	D	L	I	T	A	M	W	Y	Y	Y	O
H	F	T	E	K	C	U	B	E	I	L	R	A	H	C
T	I	S	E	O	I	H	C	C	C	N	I	P	N	C
E	O	T	T	R	A	C	Y	B	E	A	K	E	R	E
I	L	A	J	B	P	U	F	H	C	G	M	E	E	U
N	A	N	F	C	G	A	D	Y	Q	W	B	V	I	O
N	F	L	A	L	I	I	N	C	W	D	H	Q	F	W
I	F	E	B	O	R	R	O	W	E	R	S	Q	I	H
W	U	Y	A	R	A	D	R	I	A	N	M	O	L	E
O	R	P	O	H	A	R	R	Y	P	O	T	T	E	R
H	G	H	E	L	T	T	I	L	T	R	A	U	T	S

ADRIAN MOLE

ALEX RIDER

BORROWERS

CHARLIE BUCKET

FAMOUS FIVE

FLAT STANLEY

GRUFFALO

HARRY POTTER

HORRID HENRY

MATILDA

MR MEN

PADDINGTON BEAR

PETER PAN

PINOCCHIO

STUART LITTLE

TINTIN

TRACY BEAKER

WINNIE-THE-POOH

Solutions: page 51

Calcudoku

How to play Place the numbers 1-6 once in each row and column obeying sums in bold-lined regions. The number in each region indicates the total for the region and the symbol shows which type of operation should be applied to the numbers' addition subtraction division or multiplication. Numbers may repeat within bold-lined regions. With subtraction always take the lower numbers away from the highest number in a region and with division divide the highest number by the lower numbers.

Hexalex

How to play Place each of the letters below once into the empty hexagons crossing them off as you do so. Enter the letters in such a way that it is possible to find all the words listed alongside the grid by moving from hexagon to adjacent hexagon to spell out each word.

A B C E F G I J M N O P R U Y Z

BIN CRAZED FAME GRAZE HEM JIBE MAZY NOW PLY PUT SCALP VOW WOK

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of questions that the players must solve to navigate across the city and find Bradley Walsh at the finish line. The first challenge is a quiz on an open-top bus around the Arc de Triomphe before completing games involving waxworks, snails and Notre-Dame, along with a captive music quiz in the back of a taxi.

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Benidorm Is Murder

9pm, 5

Alistair McGowan guest stars as this enjoyable new cosy Costa-crime drama continues. Bar-owning former detective Dennis (John Hannah) and crime-obsessed barmuid Rosa (Carolina Becquer) investigate a murder of a comedy club where a faded gamehow star is on the comeback trail.

FILM

CHOICE

LAURENCE PHELAN

FILM OF THE DAY

Women Talking

11.05pm, BBC Two

(Sarah Philips, 2022)

After a group of Mennonite women discover it isn't listen who is behind the fact that they sometimes wake up bleeding with bruised thighs, but rather it's the menfolk of their isolated colony and a cow tranquilizer that are to blame, they gather in a hayloft to discuss how to proceed. Their arguments against and in favour of standing up to the men's theocratic patriarchy, or deserting the colony in hopes of creating a utopian matriarchy elsewhere, take up the bulk of this film. It's didactic and wordy - but there's a kind of power in stating all the issues so forthrightly. Rooney Mara (left), Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley star

All That Heaven Allows

4.50pm, Film4

(Douglas Sirk, 1955)

Widowed socialite Jane Wyman has an enviable life in 501 US suburbia, barely noticing how stultifying it all, is until she falls in love with younger gardener Rock Hudson. Society, of course, does not approve.

The Electrical Life

Of Louis Wain

6.45pm, Film4

(Will Sharpe, 2021)

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Victorian painter Louis Wain, another likeably forthright, socially maladroit, probably on-the-spectrum genius to place alongside the actors Sherlock Holmes, Alan Turing and the rest.

ON DEMAND

The Crow Girl

Channel 5

Eve Myles and Katherine

Kelly star in a Scenic-

source crime drama.

Katie Price: Nothing

To Hide

Now

Candid account of the ups

and downs of the reality star.

One Hundred Years

Of Solitude

Netflix

Part two of the Colombian

multi-generational saga.

iDv3

6.00 George And Mildred (S) 6.35 George And Mildred (S) 7.90 Classic Emmerdale (S) 7.35 Classic Emmerdale (S) 8.10 Classic Coronation Street (S) 8.40 Classic Coronation Street (S) 9.10 Agatha Christie's Poirot (S) 10.25 Agatha Christie's Poirot (S) 11.10 Heartbeat (S) 12.10 Heartbeat (S) 1.35 Midsummer Monsters (S) 1.55 Classic Emmerdale (S) 4.95 Classic Emmerdale (S) 4.40 Classic Coronation Street (S) 5.15 Classic Coronation Street (S) 5.50 Heartbeat (S)

6.55 Heartbeat David tries his hand at ventriloquium (S)

8.00 Vera The detective investigates the murder of a homeless young man (S)

10.00 Grandchester Will and Ellie encounter a brutal murder on a trip to the cinema (S)

11.00 Grandchester A young man is found dead and stark naked out on the Ferns (S)

11.50 Trial & Retribution (S)

12.55 Agatha Christie's Poirot (S) 2.00 George And Mildred (S) 2.05 Gnatad Kids ITV (S) 2.30 Teleshopping

6.00 Modern Family (S) 6.55 Rodel267 Tube Shorts (S) 7.00 Cauglas Come Dive With Me (S) 8.00 Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares USA (S) 9.00 Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares USA (S) 10.00 America's Funniest Home Videos (S) 11.00 Below Deck: Mediterranean (S) 12.00 The Simpsons (S) 12.20 The Simpsons (S) 1.00 The Simpsons (S) 1.30 The Simpsons (S) 2.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (S) 2.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (S) 3.00 Modern Family (S) 3.30 Modern Family (S) 4.00 Modern Family (S) 4.30 Modern Family (S) 5.00 The Simpsons (S) 5.20 The Simpsons (S)

6.00 The Simpsons Homer enruts in clown college (S) 6.30 The Simpsons (S)

7.00 The Simpsons (S) 7.30 The Simpsons (S)

8.00 Vanderpump Rules it mis gets night descends into chaos (S)

9.00 Cruising Paradise: Above And Below Deck (S)

10.00 Gegglebox Reviews of The Trators and I'm A Celebrity. Get Me Out Of Here! (S)

11.00 Naked Attraction (S)

8.55 Hair Hunters (S) 10.00 Fear in A Bed (S) 10.35 Fear in A Bed (S) 11.55 Fear in A Bed (S) 11.35 Fear in A Bed (S) 12.10 Fear in A Bed (S) 12.40 Come Dive With Me (S) 1.10 Come Dive With Me (S) 1.40 Come Dive With Me (S) 2.10 Come Dive With Me (S) 2.50 Come Dive With Me (S) 3.00 Fear in A Bed (S) 3.20 Fear in A Bed (S) 4.00 Fear in A Bed (S) 4.50 Fear in A Bed (S) 5.20 Fear in A Bed (S) 5.50 Car & B S (S)

6.50 Car S.O.S Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a 1994 Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo (S)

7.55 Grand Designs (S)

8.00 Red & Romsah in Darts (R)(S)

9.00 The Reclaimers: Made In Suffolk Andy and Hayley spend the day at Norwich Castle (S)

10.00 24 Hours In A&E Patients who have injured themselves through work or play (S)

11.05 24 Hours In A&E Two trauma patients arrive by helicopter on the hospital's new helipad (S)

12.10 9:38: On The Front Line (S) 1.15 24 Hours In A&E (S) 2.00 24 Hours In A&E (S) 3.45 24 Hours In The Sun (S) 3.55 Close

6.00 Mornings (R) 6.30 Mornings (R) 7.00 Mornings With Ridge And Frost (R) 7.30 Mornings With Ridge And Frost (R) 8.00 Bargate 86 is (S) 9.00 NCS: Los Angeles (R) (S) 10.00 Will & Grace (R) (S) 10.30 Will & Grace (R) (S) 11.00 The Simpsons (R) (S) 11.30 The Simpsons (R) (S) 12.00 Movie: Nature's Secret Force (R)(S) 1.00 Hawaii Five-a (R)(S) 2.00 Hawaii Five-a (R)(S) 3.00 S.W.A.T (R)(S) 5.00 The Simpsons (R)(S) 5.20 The Simpsons (R)(S)

6.00 Animal Control The new kennel has its grand opening (R)(S) Animal Control (R)(S)

7.00 The Simpsons Grampa inherits $100,000 (R)(S) 7.30 The Simpsons (R)(S)

8.00 Rob & Romsah in Darts (R)(S)

9.00 The Dyers' Caravan Park A football pitch is installed at the park (R)(S)

11.10 Animal Control The new kennel has its grand opening (R)(S) Animal Control (R)(S)

8.00 Fish Town (R)(S) 7.00 Fish Town (R)(S) 8.00 Billions (R)(S) 9.10 Billions (R)(S) 10.20 Heated Rivalry (R)(S) 11.15 Heated Rivalry (R) (S) 12.20 Homicide: Life On The Street (R)(S) 1.30 Homicide: Life On The Street (R)(S) 2.30 Billions (R)(S) 3.35 Billions (R)(S) 4.40 Heated Rivalry (R)(S) 5.45 Heated Rivalry (R)(S)

6.50 The Penguin Victor is torn between his new life and his old one (R)(S)

7.55 The Penguin Sofia makes plans for a more hopeful future (R)(S)

8.00 Rob & Romsah in Darts (R)(S) 8.00 Rob & Romsah in Darts (R)(S)

9.00 Possession Supernatural thriller: starring Gugie Mladha-Raw (S)

10.00 Possession Supernatural thriller: starring Gugie Mladha-Raw (S)

11.00 The Five-Star Weekend 6 storm descends on the island (S) 11.45 The Five-Star Weekend: Last on the corner (S)

12.45 All Her Fealt (R) (S) 1.45 True Detective Night Country (R)(S) 2.30 Petitions (R)(S) 4.95 Billions (R)(S) 5.45 Urban Secrets (R)(S)

Radio

BBC Radio 1

6.5am Newsbeat 7.00 Radio 1 Breakfast With King James 11.00 Robin, Malorn And Charlin 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Matt And Jerry 3.00 Radio 1 Pre-Anthens 3.30 Newsbeat 3.30 Living Home With Vicki Kahn And James De Radio 1 5.45 Newsbeat 6.00 Radio 1's New Music Show With Jack Saunders 8.00 Radio 1's Raven Up With Amelia Free 10.00 BBC Introducing On Radio 2 Dance With Jaguar 11.00 The Residency On Radio 1 Dance 1am Radio 1's Live Lounge 2.00 Radio 1 Anthems 4.00 Radio 1's Workout Anthems 5.00 Radio 1's Early Breakfast

BBC Radio 1Xtra

6.5am Ultra Playlist 7.00 Ultra Breakfast With Nadia Joe 10.00 D-Day Day 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Kayles Golding 4.00 Remi Burgi 5.45 Newsbeat 8.00 Remi Burgi 7.00 DJ Target 9.00 Sauni B 10.30 Sauni B 11.00 Ultra's Rare Show With Jeremiah Aramah 12.30am Jeremiah Aramah's Got Lo Mo 1.00 Snowbite Sky 3.00 Ultra Salutes 4.00 Ultra's R&B Slow Jams Mix With Obvolve 4.30 Throwback Thursday 5.30 Ultra's Throwback Party

BBC Radio 2

6.30am The Sans Cos Breakfast Show 3.30 Genius You 10.00am Jeremy Vino 2.00 DJ Spire 4.00 Joel Dermond 7.00 Edith Bowman's Shiny Happy Playlist 7.30 Edith Bowman 9.00 The Country Show With Darla's Racket 10.00 The Great Groove With Malorn Osborn 12.00b5 Cannon Phillips 3.00 Alternative Sounds Of The spa With Dermot D Leary 4.00 Ocean Wye Evans

BBC Radio 3

6.30am Breakfast 9.30 Essential Classics 1pm Classical Live 4.00 Composer Of The Week: Mozart 5.00 In Tune: Called Maximilian Hornung plays live ahead of his BBC Prom in Bristol 7.00 BBC Promo 2018: A semi-staged performance of Wilder's Oberon 10.00 Night Tracks: Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous soundtrack for late-night listening 11.30 Flowed Midnight: Alice Zawadzki sets in for Sounds: Kinch 12.30am Through The Night

BBC Radio 4

6am Today 8.00 Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classic 9.30 The Guitar Story 10.00 Womans Hour 11.00 The Three Ages Of Child 11.45 Tony Hawks Is Giving Nothing Away 12.00am News 12.01a Soon Secrets 12.32 Blood Broad 12.57 Weather 1.00 The Voiceless One 1.45 The New Necessities 2.00 The Arson 2.15 Drama: A Portmorium Love After With Life 3.00 The Natural Life 3.27 Radio 4 Appeal 3.30 Feedback 4.00

The Briefing Room 4.30 BBC Inside Scores 5.00 FM 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O'Clock News 6.30 Liqueur's FM: Dire and Amy assist the arrival of the Great Zambino 7.00 The Anthem: One resident faces an emergency club 7.50 Front Row: Art's programme 8.00 At Your Own Part: Lucy Easthope explores the birth of smokers risk management 8.15 The Media Show: The latest news from the first changing media world 9.00 Loved Ends With Frank Allen (Sly) Smithwell Natalie Widgeoos 9.45 The Coax Are Mad: Evelin from 1995 when the government confirmed a new forum disease affecting humans 10.00 The World Tonight With Jane Hill 10.45 South All Bedtime: The Visor Of Wakefield 11.00 Radical: Conversationalized the global forces reshaping the world 11.30 Hollywood And The Adland Film: Christopher Nolan and Christopher Frayling consider the work of Tony Scott 12.00b11 News And Weather 13.30 Tony Hawks Is Giving Nothing Away 13.45 Shopping Forecast 1.00 An BBC World Service 2.00 News Lawrence 2.04 The Briefing Room 3.32 Weather 5.34 Shopping Forecast 5.43 Prayer For The Day 5.45 Farming Today

BBC Radio 4 Extra

6am The Waiting Game 6.30 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp? 7.00 Capital Game 7.30 The Bankos Way 8.00 Believe It 8.30 Following Pappans 8.45 Small Island 9.00 Violence FM 9.30 Behind The Taverna 9.45 Daily Service 10.00 Great Lives 10.30 The Race To Down 11.00 The Waiting Game 11.30 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp? 12.00b6 Capital Game 12.30 The Bankos Way 1.00 Review (S) 3.0 Following Pappans 1.45 Small Island 2.00 We've Been Here Before 2.30 The Change 3.00 Berlin 4.00 Great Lives 4.30 The Race To Down 5.00 The Waiting Game 5.30 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?

Drama: A Portmierion Love Affair With Life

2.15pm, BBC Radio 4

Bethan Roberts gentle drama imagines Brian Epstein (above), manager of The Beatles, finding unexpected love

6.00 Capital Game 6.30 The Bankos Way 7.00 Review (R) 7.30 Following Pappans 7.45 Small Island 8.00 We've Been Here Before 8.30 The Change 9.00 Berlin 10.00 Comedy Club: (Baward) FM 10.30 Comedy Club: (pill) And All That 11.00 Comedy Club: The Cookbook Of Max And Ivan 11.30 Comedy Club: Sophie Williams Sarah Schierwaldz 11.45 Comedy Club: What's The Story: Ashley Storms? 12.00b11 Great Lives 12.30 The Race To Down 1.00 The Waiting Game 1.30 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp? 2.00 Capital Game 2.30 The Bankos Way 2.00 Review (R) 3.30 Following Pappans 3.45 Small Island 4.00 We've Been Here Before 4.30 The Change 5.00 Berlin

BBC 5 Live

6am Live Breakfast 9.00 Nicky Campbell 11.00 Adrian Chiles 1pm Matt Downey 4.00 5 Live One 7.00 5 Live Sport 8.00 Rugby League 10.00 Johnny Simpson 1am Edward Adze 5.00 Wake Up To Money

BBC 6 Music

7am Nick Grimshaw 10.00 New Music Fix 1pm Craig Charles 4.00 Emily Pflitsam 6.00 Emily Pflitsam's Roundtable 7.00 New Music Fix Daily 9.00 Riley & Coe 11.00 S Music Artist in Residence: Ezra Caldecive 12.00b11 New Music Fix Playlist 1.00 New Album Fix 2.00 S Music's Jukebox 3.00 S Music's 9th Forever 4.00 G Read Under Fire On 5.00 The Ronne With Chris Hawkins 5.30 Chris Hawkins

Classic FM

6.30am Classic FM: Breakfast With Dan Walker 9.00 The Classic FM Hall Of Fame Hour With Dan Walker 10.00 Alad 11.00 1pm Kevin Ward-Michael 4.00 Margherita Tate 7.00 Reusing Economy With Zeb Soares 9.00 Classic FM's Composer: Carousel With Zeb Soares: Today's Focus is Edward King 10.00 Cam Classics 1am Bill Overton 4.00 Early Breakfast

Absolute Radio

6am Dave Perry 10.00 Lizzie Graham 1pm Bob Barr et 4.00 Bush And Richie 7.00 Ben Coley 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1am Dan Noble

Heart

6.30am Heart Breakfast With James Thaddeon And Amanda Holton 10.00 Outdoor Christie 1pm Matt Wilkinson 4.00 Jr And Kelly Broad 7.00 Heart's Past Good Weekend With Dev Griffin 10.00 Ben Atkinson 1am Guy Howard 4.00 Early Breakfast With Lindsey Russell

TELEPORT

6am TELEPORT: Breakfast With Debbie's Above 10.00 Adam Caldwell & Carlton Cole 1pm Honebam And Barry 4.00 TELEPORT On the 7.00 The Transfer Incident 10.00 The Sports Bar 1am Chris Fone With Paul Ross 5.00 Early Sports Breakfast

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NEWS

Panorama

Around the world in 10 stories

UNITED STATES

Progressive wins battle to run for key Senate seat

By Joey Cappelletti and Jacqueline Genun IN DETROIT

Abdul el-Sayed has won Michigan's Democratic nomination for US Senate in a victory for the party's progressive wing in a battleground state.

"In the words of Muhammad Ali, we shook up the world," Sayed told supporters yesterday morning.

The real test of Sayed's and progressives' strength will come in a November contest against Mike Rogers, a former congressman who ran unopposed for the Republican nomination. The seat is pivotal to Democrats' chances of flipping the Senate.

His Democratic primary opponent, US representative Haley Stevens said she would back Sayed's candidacy.

"I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election," she said.

Sayed's victory was so narrow that it was not assured until almost all ballots cast were counted. But his win represents a significant shift for the Democratic Party; in 2018 he lost the gubernatorial primary to

the Governor Gretchen Whitmer by 21 percentage points.

His win is the latest triumph for the Democrats' progressive wing, following Zohran Mamdani's victory in last November's race for New York mayor.

Sayed (inset), a former health official, campaigned on "Medicare for all", halting military aid to Israel and political campaign finance reform.

He had support from progressive leaders including Senator Bernie Sanders and the US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who framed the race as a grassroots-focused movement and a broader fight against the establishment and big money.

Michigan is a must-win Senate race for Democrats. The race will help decide which party controls the chamber in the last two years of President Donald Trump's term.

Those stakes have added heat to the rivalry, with moderates arguing that Sayed would have a harder time than Stevens in the general election.

Yesterday, the US President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that Sayed's victory was due to corruption and "fake mail-in ballots". AP

HONG KONG

Educator possessed illegal species

By Farah Master

The owner of a Hong Kong reptile education centre, who is co-hosting a major wildlife expo for children, has been charged with the illegal possession of endangered species.

Alvin Wong Ho-hin, owner of Nature Herpetology Education, was scheduled to appear at the Eastern Magistrates' Courts yesterday but failed to attend.

The case dates back to 2022, when officials seized several live endangered animals from an exhibition at the

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The seized animals included a green iguana, a Spencer's monitor (a protected Australian lizard species), a golden coin turtle, and a taxidermied African grey parrot.

Wong's company is co-hosting the Exotic Pets World expo in Wan Chai until 18 August.

He resigned from animal charity HK Herp in January 2018, after it announced that a batch of animals, including some endangered species, had been stolen from its centre. REUTERS

TURKEY

Law protecting former PKK militants expected to pass

By Nevzat Devranoglu and Huseyin Hayatsever IN ANKARA

Turkey's ruling alliance submitted a draft law to parliament yesterday meant to achieve peace with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in part by protecting many former militants from prosecution and suspending prison sentences for some others.

The draft law marks a leap towards formally ending an insurgency that has killed more than 40,000 people since 1984, sown deep discord at home and fuelled violence across Iraq and Syria.

It aims to end the decades-old conflict in part by facilitating the return to Turkey of potentially thousands of former PKK militants.

It is backed by a majority of politicians and is expected to pass later this week, but polls show some scepticism that it will bring lasting peace.

Turkey's national security council would verify the group's disarmament and a committee including the vice president, ministers and the head of the MIT intelligence agency would oversee the militants' surrender under the bill.

The bill would suspend prison sentences for those convicted of PKK membership or aiding the group.

It also legally protects militants who were not involved in killings.

PKK officials convicted of serious crimes including leading a terrorist organization and aggravated life sentences, before 2005, would not benefit from legal protections.

The PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan (inset), jailed since 1999 with a life sentence, would remain in prison.

Ocalan called on the PKK to disarm and disband last year and the group agreed. REUTERS

VATICAN CITY

Pope set for 11-day visit to Latin America

By Nicole Winfield IN VATICAN CITY

Pope Leo will make his first trip to Latin America as postiff in November, returning to a region where he spent much of his ministry, with visits to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.

The trip from 6 to 17 November will include stops in Montevideo, Paysandú and Florida in Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján in Argentina and Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pacaílya in Peru.

The visit is especially significant because of the Pope's long-standing ties to Peru. The first US-born post-iff spent decades there as a missionary and church leader and served as bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023. He also holds Peruvian citizenship.

He will also visit Argentina, the homeland of his predecessor. Despite repeated invitations, Francis, the first Latin American pope, never returned to Argentina during his 12-year papacy. AP

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TAIWAN

Military starts annual Chinese invasion drill

By Joy Chiang and Peiju Teng IN TAIPEI

Taiwan kicked off annual military exercises yesterday aimed at simulating a response to a potential Chinese invasion of the self-governed island.

The live-fire exercises will test the Taiwanese army's ability to sustain 24-hour defence operations and counter China's "grey-zone tactics," which stop short of open warfare.

The 10-day Han Kuang exercises are set to be held in various locations around the island.

Beijing regards democratic Taiwan as a breakaway province, to be retaken by force if necessary.

In recent years, it has ramped up a campaign of military pressure, which has involved sending military aircraft and warships near the island almost daily. AP

Postcard From... Halberstadt

A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world's slowest concert.

It has been playing the same piece of music by composer John Cage at a glacial pace for nearly 25 years. A rare chord change yesterday - from seven notes to eight with the addition of an A4 pipe - represented the completion of about 4 per cent of the 639-year endeavour of the John Cage Organ Project Halberstadt.

While the project commenced in 2000, the performance began 5 September 2001 - Cage's 89th birthday - with a silent pause that lasted until 5 February 2003, when the first chords could actually be heard inside

The organ has been playing a piece by John Cage for almost 25 years

the medieval Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany.

The "ORGAN"/ASLSP (As SLow a's Possible) composition is scheduled to finish on 4 September 2640.

An electric-powered blower system sends wind into the organ to create a continuous sound. A chord change, done manually, means that the sound of the organ pipes changes either because new sounds are

added or existing sounds end.

Jeffrey Lependorf, executive director of the John Cage Trust in New York, said he was looking forward to comparing the difference between the sounds before and after yesterday's chord change.

"You feel it through your whole body," he said. "It resonates in this incredible way."

Cage, an American avant-garde composer, was born in Los Angeles in 1912 and died in 1992.

He was also a renowned music theorist, artist and philosopher whose only direction for this piece was to play it as slowly and as softly as possible.

The project has transformed the Burchardi Church, which was left largely in ruins before money was raised for a new roof to make the piece a reality.

Inheritable "final tickets" for the 5 September 2640 are being sold for €2,640 (€2,265). AP

Stefanie Dazio and David Keyton

SOUTH KOREA

Seoul to restore rail to the North

By Kyo-sook Shim IN ORETA

South Korea will restart work on a railway section that could eventually link to North Korea's eastern city of Wonsan, Seoul said yesterday, reviving a project halted for a decade despite frozen relations with Pyongyang.

Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said the government would resume restoration of a dis-

connected section of the Gyeong-won Line near the Demilitarised Zone along the border with North Korea, a project launched in 2015 and suspended the following year.

North Korea has poured resources into developing the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area.

The plan comes despite North Korea's move in 2024 to blow up rail links across the border as part of a drive to redefine South Korea as a hostile state. REUTERS

MEXICO

Social media influencer shot dead on live stream

By Lizbeth Diaz IN MEXICO CITY

Social media influencer Cesar Gastelum was shot and killed while live streaming with friends outside a fast food restaurant in the northwestern city of Culiacan, local authorities said.

Gastelum, who had nearly 600,000 followers on TikTok and was known for comedy videos, was streaming live outside a fast-food restaurant on Tuesday when two people on a motorcycle, both wearing helmets, approached him and his friends.

In a recording of the livestream, the driver of the motorcycle appeared to fire a gun directly at Gastelum.

The killing comes amid persistent violence in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa, which has been at the centre of a conflict between rival organised crime factions competing for control.

The shooting also recalled the

Cesar Gastelum was shot outside a fast-food restaurant

May 2025 killing of Mexican beauty influencer Valeria Marquez, 23, who was shot dead during a TikTok livestream at the salon where she worked in Zapopan, in the western state of Jalisco.

In July, Mexican authorities announced the arrest in Jalisco of Ramon Angel Alvarez Ayala, known as "El B.V," who has been identified as the leader of a criminal cell linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. REUTERS

NEPAL

Local farmers exempt from cannabis ban

By Binaj Gurubacharya IN KATISMANBU

A provincial government in Nepal has legalised the farming and use of marijuana for medical use despite a national ban.

Farmers in Gandaki province will have to get official permission from the provincial authority and are to be closely monitored, officials said.

The provincial law comes despite a national ban on farming, possession and use of marijuana.

Anyone possessing marijuana for personal use can be jailed for a month, while distribution and sales are punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment.

Marijuana was once widely embedded in the country's culture and religion.

But in the 1970s, the country outlawed marijuana, and chased away the hippies who had flocked to the country. AP

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'I want to help but am also feeling resentful'

Many adults are becoming carers for their parents – leading to some honest conversations. By Kasia Delgado

You give your child life, a home, food, love and encouragement – don't they owe you something in return?

A YouGov survey from this July shows that roughly half of the country believes that adult children have a moral obligation to care for their parents if they become ill in old age.

Meanwhile, just 30 per cent believe there is a duty to have their parents live with them. Some people believe you're obligated to give your parents grandchildren, while others believe that all you owe them is a phone call now and then.

Those who believe that we don't owe our parents anything at all tend to argue that they didn't ask to be born, that they never signed a contract. In reality, the relationship between a child and their parent tends to be less transactional than that and more emotionally complex.

The most pressing question in today's UK is perhaps what we owe our parents in terms of care. This is a crucial debate for families, but also the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, who has become leader of a nation with a rapidly ageing population.

It is estimated that 46 per cent of the population will be aged 50 and over by 2065. The number of people aged 65 and over in England is projected to increase by 3.3 million in the next 20 years and by 6.5 million in the next 40 years. People are living longer with complex conditions that they would not have survived before medicine became so advanced.

Age UK research has found that there are at least four million middle-aged adults in the UK caring for their elderly parents, but many more than that who are hugely involved in their care in some form. Often people don't recognise that they are carers, but they are. Often it's because they

want to – out of love, compassion and a sense of morality – but also because they feel they have no other choice due to the severely underfunded, overburdened adult social care system.

The matriarch of one of Thailand's richest families recently announced she was suing her son under the century-old "ungrateful child law", which allows parents to revoke gifts if their offspring are deemed ungrateful, abusive or neglectful. She has since dropped the case, but similar laws exist in other countries.

In 2013, a woman in China persuaded a court to legally compel her adult daughter to compensate her financially and also visit her once every two months. In 1601 England introduced the "43rd Elizabeth" statute which ensured that adult children could not legally abandon their ageing parents.

Annie, 63, very much feels this sense of filial duty. She lives in London with her husband, and her two grown-up children live nearby. She retired a year ago from her role as a legal PA in London but is now spending the majority of the week sleeping over at her 89-year-old mother's home on the Kent coast.

"I didn't want to retire like this," says Annie. "After my dad died four years ago, I tried to persuade my mum to downsize to somewhere more sensible, and nearer to us, but she wouldn't.

"She said she'd be fine in her own home, but then she had a fall, and her health declined. She is adamant

that she doesn't want to go into a home, that she doesn't want to move to London.

"My mum's house [the home Annie grew up in] is full of stairs, no downstairs bathroom, and a big, rumbling garden. We have a couple of carers drop in, but I can't pay for the sort of support she needs, and she'd need to sell her house to be able to fund it herself."

Annie is the sole caregiver as her sister lives abroad and visits only a few times a year. "My mum

has always been a tough, stubborn soul and she's got more so with age. She seems furious and irritable with me a lot of the time, yet also doesn't want me to go. I can imagine it must be really hard to be in her state, but I'm stressed, and I want to help, but I am beginning to feel resentful.

"The truth is that my parents didn't plan for the future. So now I'm left for an indefinite amount of time being a carer. Friends have said that I don't need to be as involved, but this is what you do for a parent, isn't it?"

"I can't just act against her will and hugger off. She did the best she could as a mum."

Jackie Gray is a GP who gave up her job to look after her father in his final years. In 2020, after experiencing the gaps and shortfalls in support services for older people and their families, she founded The Carents Room, which helps adult children looking after their ageing parents.

Jackie Gray who set up The Carents Room, which helps adult children looking after their parents, says 'people care for different reasons'

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“People care for different reasons,” she says. “For some, it’s a sense of duty, for some it’s payback – they’re showing that reciprocity – and for some there’s a financial interest. They may not want to lose the family home, so they’ll do all they can to keep mum or dad at home and not have to pay for a care home.

“Another reason is, of course, compassion, and that is actually often shown by the people who perhaps didn’t have a great relationship with their parents.”

What’s clear from talking to adult children about their parents is that often there’s a central tension there; they are grateful to them in many ways, yet also they resent the issues their parents burdened them with. Philip Larkin was right.

Kellie is a 57-year-old single mother, and NHS worker, from Not-

Nottinghamshire. Her father is in his nineties, and is in a care home an hour’s drive away. There’s no other family on the scene, and her mother died over 15 years ago from cancer.

“He was never really around, and he left my mum and me when I was eight. Even before he left, we didn’t have a close bond. When I got pregnant, he gave me money for a deposit to buy a house, as he’s got a fair bit of cash. I’m very grateful for that, but it’s very confusing, as I also hate that he wasn’t a proper dad to me.”

When Kellie’s father first needed care, he funded private carers, which she helped to organise, but she still found it “really tough”. “He is unfortunately cynical, demanding, and self-centred, and I don’t enjoy his company,” she says. “Being his carer was impacting my work, my son and my mental health, so I visit, but I’ve stopped going so many times a week.” So what does Kellie feel she owes the dad who wasn’t around?

“Regular visits, overseeing his care and making decisions when he can’t. I have a lot of boundaries, though, and I try to maintain a bal-

balance between doing the kind thing, and making sure I stay sane and happy. I am not trying to punish him, but I’m sure I’d be able to give more if he’d been a half decent dad.”

According to a Carents UK survey of 4,290 adult children caring for

their parents, 81 per cent said that society treats a caring role as something that does not deserve support.

Respondents said that if they’re your mum or dad, it’s “just what you do”. Lulu Sinclair is a BACP-accredited psychotherapist, and she finds that people’s sense of duty to their parents comes in all shapes and sizes. “I knew of someone who was approaching retirement age,” she says, “and he left work early to look after his mother.

“He was there with her for several years, and some time after she died, people would say to him that it must have be difficult to care for her, and he said, ‘no, not at all’, that he’d been ‘honoured’ to do it. So, never assume everyone thinks the same.

“But life nowadays makes it hard for lots of adult children to give up everything to look after their parents. They may have their own children, and demanding jobs. Times are so very different from when the youngest daughter was expected to stay unmarried and look after her parents until their deaths.”

Now there is simply more going on for ‘the sandwich’ generation, where they might be at the peak of their career, or they’ve just got back on the horse after bringing up their children, and now they begin caring for their ageing parents.

Gray says that because it is so tough to fathom the idea of parents one day being dependent on you, families tend to avoid the topic. “A lot of parents also say things when younger that perhaps they haven’t thought through. So it might be, ‘don’t ever put me in a care home’.

“But do they mean don’t ever put me in a care home even if it means giving up your job, your husband, your children’s childhood? How much of a price do they want you to pay to follow that instruction?”

Jane, 88, lives in her own home, and outsources her care as far as she can. She has a cleaner, someone to do laundry, and has a stairlift, walk-in shower, and a mobility scooter. “I don’t believe my daughter owes me care, let alone her partner,” she says, “and I don’t want them to feel obligated. I do believe people need to help themselves as much as they can and not assume their kids will do it all for them. I do appreciate what she and her partner do for me, like giving me lifts to appointments.

“They also do some cooking for me. I’m lucky, but people shouldn’t have children because they think they will be ‘repaid’ one day.”

Alison Milne is professor of social gerontology and social work, at the

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PAST FACTS CARING FOR OUR PARENTS

A majority (59 per cent) of people caring for ageing parents are more worried about funding their own retirement.

Almost all (89 per cent) say the support system only reacts when things reach crisis point.

A large proportion (81 per cent) say society treats caring for a parent as ‘just what you do’.

Many (75 per cent) feel they receive less sympathy and recognition than new parents.

Among the general public, 88 per cent say there should be more support for people caring for their parents.

This informal care is estimated to be worth £139m a year. Resourcing it would require four million full-time paid carers.

People who help look after their parents are instrumental in helping to prevent their elderly parents from falling in the home – falls cost the NHS around £435m per year.

Source: Carents.co.uk

University of Kent. “As far as we can tell,” she says, “there is no sense that family today feels any less obliged than it ever did to support parents. I’d never argue for a law that obliges people to care.”

What Milne has found, though, is that who we might care for has shifted. “Whereas in the past you’d likely have two parents who remain together until one of them dies, now there are different family structures, so you may be more likely to care for your stepfather than a biological dad you only saw a few times when you were five years old. There are people caring for step-mothers, and for their ex-partner’s parents.”

For those grappling with the idea of what we owe our parents, and what it means to be “an ungrateful child”, Sinclair has some therapeutic advice. “Ensure your life is not all about looking after your parents,” she says. “It’s about incorporating what’s going on within your own life. Try to share out the load with your siblings, if you have any.

“Decide where your own boundaries are and try to stick to them. You’ll be pushed and you will find yourself doing more than you expected but, if that happens too often, you’ll get resentful, so try and set out the expectations earlier on. None of this is easy, and it’s OK to say so.

“If when they’re gone, it would be good to look back and think you’d done the best you could for those who brought you into the world – it will also be a comfort in your grief.”

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I manage a 55-year-old – it can feel like telling off my dad

The UK's ageing workforce is creating a new dynamic, with more Gen Xers and boomers unable to retire. Millennials tell Maybelle Morgan what it is like to be their boss

Britain is facing a major turning point in its workforce. According to research, the number of workers aged 65 and over has nearly tripled since 2000, from 457,000 to 1.43 million today. More than one in nine workers in the UK are now working past their 65th birthday, compared with one in 20 back in 2000.

The soaring cost of living and the rising state pension age have a lot to do with it. In April this year, the age at which millions of workers can start claiming the state pension rose from 66 to 67, and will rise again to 68 between 2044 and 2046 under current legislation.

While some say they cannot afford to quit their jobs, others believe work keeps them young. Regardless, the new reality is that record numbers of people are now working into their sixties, seventies and even beyond. While a multigenerational workforce can drive innovation, fresh perspectives and blend diverse life experiences, there can also be tension, especially as people find themselves managing far older colleagues.

Here, three anonymous workers reveal what it's really like working with, and managing, older people.

'There's a weird mental disconnect when giving feedback to someone old enough to be your dad' Lisa*, 29, London

I'm in my late twenties and work at a large engineering company where I manage five people – the oldest is 55. I've been there for seven years and have been promoted five times, which has meant

moving into positions above people who are older than me and in some cases have been at the company much longer.

Generally, the dynamic is really good and I genuinely like the people I manage. Most of the 'awkwardness' actually comes from me, as sometimes I'll be giving advice or direction and suddenly become very aware that I'm 29 and talking to someone with 20 or 30 years' more life and work experience than me.

There are funny moments where they'll mention something their adult children are doing and we'll all become acutely aware I'm the same age as their kids. I'm often compared with their children and told I'm much more mature than they are.

There's a weird mental disconnect when giving difficult managerial feedback to someone who's old enough to be your dad. Or having to chase something repeatedly or have a conversation about the standard of someone's work in performance reviews. They always take feedback well, though.

Sometimes I wonder if they're braver in challenging me, which I feel happens a lot, because I'm younger. I wonder if they take me less seriously or respect me less.

But, ultimately, we should all be able to challenge our bosses, so I try not to see it as a negative. I also think I cultivate an environment where people can openly and honestly raise their questions and concerns – something I would say is a generational difference, too.

They have a level of experience and perspective that I simply cannot have and I'd be a terrible manager if I pretended otherwise. Particularly in a big company,

people who've been around longer often have a huge amount of institutional knowledge.

They understand the history behind some decisions, know how some things actually work, certain nuances and have relationships across the business that are incredibly valuable. They make my job much easier.

'There is a level of respect I don't really receive from the older people I manage' Amanda*, 34, London

My experience of managing older colleagues has been terrible. Age discrimination is a thing and I have had it in every role I've worked in. I also look so much younger than I am, which doesn't help.

I work as the head of communications in the public sector and when I first started at my company, I was 28 managing a team of five, including two older people. One was about 60 and the other was about 50 – so, double my age.

I was promoted twice, and that's how I ended up managing my 60-year-old colleague, who has been in the organisation for 20 years. They were clearly exhausted, had mentally checked out of their career and had been underperforming for about five years preceding me being in the managerial role. It had never previously been addressed because

this person was established and had been with the organisation for a very long time.

I quickly realised I was having to pick up a lot of their slack and they were completely unfit for the role for so many reasons. Mainly, the company had changed a lot since they'd joined. I had to address all of these issues through a performance plan, which is incredibly difficult to do with someone twice your age.

This person completely disengaged and made very personal comments about me and how I landed the role. There was one instance, in a social setting, where they made an Islamophobic comment towards me. There was a level of political correctness and respect I never really received from the older people I managed.

They ended up being a lost cause. It became really difficult and we had to go through a formal process because they didn't meet their performance plan. We eventually had to let them go.

As for the 50-year-old, they constantly challenged me to validate why my decisions were credible. There were also cultural differences – they had got used to working from the office just one day a week, but I tried to get them into the office more. That person also ended up leaving.

For a while, I doubted myself and wondered if I was the com-

mon denominator. But I have now been at the company for six years.

I have a new, younger team and they're very happy and we have a common vision and a culture where we're all ambitious, high-performing and kind to each other. I've been given good appraisals for my leadership since then.

'I manage an older freelancer – the same work he struggles to complete in a week gets done by a 23-year-old in two hours' Chris*, 38, Manchester

I'm a lead architect at a large firm and we regularly employ freelancers to help with overflow work, who I end up managing. If they have the experience, drive and tenacity to do it, then age doesn't matter. It's more about the best person for the job.

We have a freelancer, who I've worked with a couple of times before, in his late fifties. He has a bad attitude, never really listens to the brief, and has a chip on his shoulder – presumably because he is being managed by people much younger than him. Both me and another, younger, senior colleague have found him difficult.

Recently, we had him on a last-minute project. When I was doing the onboarding, he kept repeatedly asking questions that I had already communicated clearly, and started doing the wrong work,

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which indicated that he hadn't been listening. He frequently missed deadlines and we found his work to be sub-standard.

He made underhand comments to other members of the senior team saying that my "feedback is all over the shop", when really it's his lack of ability to listen. I've also worked with younger people who are a nightmare, though, so it could just be his personality, not age.

The trouble is that there are so many passionate, hungry, young people out there. At the end of the full week – which should have been plenty of time – he still hadn't finished the job. We handed it over to one of our in-house team, who is 23, and he completed it in two hours.

I'm not sure if this is a trend with older workers, but this freelancer is supposed to be a specialist and he only does one type of work – whereas most younger workers are multifaceted and can bounce between many specialties. He struggled with taking feedback and found it difficult to multi-task, pushing back on everything, saying it "wasn't possible".

We're a tight team and we work fast so it's very noticeable when someone's not performing or is a weak link. We won't be working with him again.

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How not declaring HRT on travel insurance can lead to heavy costs

A woman in her fifties broke her ankle on holiday, but her surgery claim was rejected and she had to use savings meant for her daughters. By Cath Renton

When Sarah Sullivan booked a solo holiday to Switzerland in 2024, she regarded it as a chance to finally put herself first. "It had been a really difficult couple of years," the 54-year-old from Hertfordshire says. "My children had left home for university, I'd been caring for my elderly mum and I was exhausted. I needed a week to myself to unwind."

Like millions of travellers every year, Sarah bought travel insurance in a matter of minutes. "I've always been really sensible," she says. "I wasn't trying to save money or cut corners. I declared the health issues I knew about – high blood pressure and mild arthritis – and thought I was fully covered."

What she didn't mention was that she'd recently started taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT). "It honestly never occurred to me. Menopause isn't an illness. Half the women I know are going through it." That assumption, she says, would end up costing her thousands.

Halfway through her holiday, Sarah (pictured) fell awkwardly and broke her ankle. "The snap was sickening and I panicked. Being so far from home alone, with no one I loved around to help, was terrifying."

After being taken to hospital, she discovered her ankle fracture would need surgery. "Stupidly, I didn't have

a UK global health insurance card, which lets you access state-run hospitals and GPs on the same basis as a local resident. I thought it was alright though, I was covered by health insurance, after all."

Sarah contacted her insurer via webchat while she was in hospital to let them know she'd had an accident. They advised her she could pay for her treatment and make a claim when she was home. Luckily, she was able to pay for the £8,000 hospital stay after raiding her savings, which her husband wasn't too happy about. "I kept telling him the insurance would pay out."

She ended up staying in Switzer-

land for two weeks after her accident, before a surgeon cleared her to return home. When back in the UK, Sarah submitted a claim covering hospital treatment, extra accommodation and the cost of changing her flights, totalling just over £11,000. She was still navigating her new life on crutches when, 10 days after submitting her claim, she received a call from the insurance company. "The woman I spoke to was perfectly polite, but she asked why I hadn't declared I was taking HRT."

Sarah remembers feeling confused. "I actually laughed because I thought she'd made a mistake. I said, 'What has menopause got to do with my travel insurance?'" As the conversation continued, her confusion turned to disbelief.

"They explained that after getting a medical summary from my GP, and seeing I'd been prescribed HRT before travelling, it should have been disclosed when I bought the policy." Weeks later, a letter arrived confirming the decision. Sullivan's claim had been declined.

"I burst into tears," she says. "I couldn't believe that after what I'd been through physically, I was now being left with a massive hole in my savings account." She dreaded telling her husband. "I felt awful. That money was to go towards helping our daughters out at university and now it was gone."

Her husband was understanding, insisting Sarah's health was more important than money. But she says: "I sometimes can't sleep because of the guilt. I didn't withhold anything deliberately. I wasn't trying to hide anything, I just didn't think it through."

While travel insurance can come to the rescue in many situations, as Sarah discovered, there are some circumstances where it might not provide the financial safety net you were hoping for. Data from the Financial Conduct Authority show that between 2022 and 2024, approximately 21 per cent of travel insurance claims were rejected.

Now, whenever someone mentions booking a holiday, Sarah tells them her story. "People probably get sick of hearing it," she says. "But if sharing what happened to me stops someone else ending up in my position, then at least something positive has come from it."

Sarah has travelled abroad since her injury, but is extra careful now. "I make sure I have my global health insurance card and that every doctor's appointment and medication is logged with my insurers before I go."

Invalid claims: what to be aware of

Rhys Jones, a travel insurance expert at Go Compare, says: 'Every travel insurance policy is different, so always check your own policy documents before you set off to find out what's covered and what's not. However, there are a few common things which will invalidate most standard policies so it's worth keeping them in mind while you're planning your trip'

Buying a policy after departure Even if the policy is legitimate, travel insurance bought once you've already departed can mean your cover isn't valid and result in a voided claim. This is to protect insurers against any fraudulent claims. 'You'll need to get a specialist post-departure policy to make sure it's valid'

Not reporting issues promptly Your insurer might not pay a claim if you don't act promptly enough. 'Some policies might

stipulate that you have to report a theft within 24 hours or get medical help within a certain timeframe'

Felling to declare any conditions under investigation

'You'll usually need to declare any conditions that require ongoing treatment, recent surgeries or conditions you have finished treatment for, as well as mental health issues and any prescription medication you're on. You should also declare if you are awaiting a medical diagnosis or tests, including things like an ADHD assessment or a hospital scan.

Alcohol and injuries

Jones says: 'If you're injured in an accident and your insurer determines that alcohol played a significant role, it could affect a claim. Check your policy wording carefully so you understand any exclusions that may apply'

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Ruby Wax The actress, who is married to writer Ed Bye, on getting along with the late Carrie Fisher

If there's one thing the BBC knows how to do, it's make us laugh. Over the decades, it's been home to some of our best-loved and most revered comedies, from Absolutely Fabulous to Fawlty Towers and The Bogle Family.

But away from the well-known there are plenty of sketch shows and sitcoms that haven't got the love and attention they deserve. Time to dust them off the iPlayer shelf and bring them into the limelight, I say.

Here are 12 of the BBC's best comedies that you probably haven't seen... yet.

FAMALAM

A Nigerian Prince who can't get an email back, a garage MC whose verses are dedicated to early black British history, and Moses "Motherfin" Mountree, the Black detective who finds himself in an episode of Midsummer Murders. These are just a handful of the left-field, hilarious characters dreamt up by the troupe of comedians behind the sketch show Famalam*.

You're sure to recognise some of the comics: Bafta winner Gbemisola Ikumelo was in Last One Laughing, while Samson Kayo (also nominated for a Bafta) has been in House of the Dragon and Bloods.

DINOSAUR

Nina (Ashley Storrie, also the show's co-creator) is a thirty-something Scottish paleontologist living with her older sister and best friend Evie (Kat Ronney). She's also autistic, lending a unique and often funny perspective on the world.

Nina is happy with how her life is going, until one day Evie comes home and announces that she's getting married - to a man she's only known for six weeks. Not only does she want Nina's blessing, she also wants her to be her maid of honour. It sets off a chain of events that could change Nina's life for ever.

WE MIGHT REGRET THIS

We're told that programmes are "groundbreaking" so often that it can sometimes seem like marketing jargon. But We Might Regret This lives up to the accolade, focusing on a disabled woman's love life, rather than her disability.

Tetraplegic Freya (co-creator Kyla Harris) has left her native Canada to live with her boyfriend Abe (Darren Boyd), but under the same roof, their differences are stark: she's a free-spirited artist, he's an uptight lawyer - and 20 years her senior. Thankfully, Freya's pal Jo (Elena Saurel) agrees to take on a job as her live-in PA... What could possibly go wrong?

AUSTIN

You might recognise Michael Theo, the star of this comedy, from Netflix's wonderful Australian documentary series Love on the Spectrum. Here he plays the eponymous Austin, a 28-year-old man who is on the autism spectrum and wants to meet his biological father. Just one problem - his dad is a disgraceful author who lives across the world in the UK.

When Julian (played by Ben Miller) announces a book tour across Australia, Austin seizes the opportunity to reunite with him - despite the fact Julian doesn't know he

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even exists. Sunny and optimistic, Austin is that rare comedy that the whole family will be able to enjoy.

BLACK OPS

Famalam's Gbemisola Ikumelo also stars in this laugh-out-loud crime caper alongside theatre star Hammond Animashaun (you may have caught him as a particularly hilarious Bottom in the National Theatre's A Midsummer Night's Dream).

They play two community support officers who soon find out their new jobs at the Met are actually as undercover coppers - a role they're both deeply underqualified for - to infiltrate an East End gang run by the terrifying Tevin (Akenuji Ndifornyen). While it's silly and fun, there's also a serious side to Black Ops - and plenty of action, too.

SUCH BRAVE GIRLS

Despite winning the Bafta for Best Scripted Comedy in 2024, Kat Sadler's Such Brave Girls remains an underrated comedy. It focuses on Josie (Sadler) and Billie (Lizzie Davidson), sisters who still live with their frazzled single mum Deb (Louise Brealey).

They're in debt, selfish, and self-destructive - all defects that combine to make a series that is at once an angry rail against the way society treats women and a zippy, sardonic comedy. You'll fly through the two available series - and start counting the days until the third arrives later this year.

HERE WE GO

Considering Here We Go stars some of Britain's best loved comic actors - Jim Howick from Ghosts, Kather-

ine Parkinson from The IT Crowd, Alison Steadman from Gavin & Stacey - it's surprising that it's not the biggest show in the country.

Filmed in a mockumentary style, the family sitcom follows the Jessops, a comfortably chaotic family who just want to get through life with as few upsets as possible. Obviously, that doesn't happen, and dad Paul (Howick) and mum Rachel (Parkinson) find themselves in a constant rotation of predicaments.

DADDY ISSUES

We usually see David Morrissey playing a gruff, serious copper (Sherwood), or a gruff, serious headteacher (Gone), but in Daddy Issues he plays the clown. More specifically, he's Malcolm, hapless dad to Gemma (The White Lotus's Aimee Lou Wood), who he has to

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move in with when his marriage falls apart.

Their father-daughter-flat mate relationship is further complicated when Gemma reveals that she's expecting a baby, and the pair find themselves unsure of which of them is supposed to be the adult in the room. Daddy Issues is a heart-warming reminder that none of us really know what we're doing.

BACK TO LIFE

Daisy Haggard's 2019 series errs towards the darker side of the comedy spectrum, and at times you might wonder whether you should be laughing or crying.

She plays Miri, a middle-aged woman who has just returned to her home in Kent after spending the last 18 years in prison after murdering her best friend, Lara.

The truth about what really happened is a little more complicated, but everyone in her small hometown isn't interested in the nuances, and they shun her. Well, everyone except her loveable neighbour Billy (Adeel Akhtar), who gives Miri a clean slate.

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FUNBOYS

This Northern Irish series picks up where This Country left off, finding humour and absurdity in the parochial delights of rural living.

Best mates Callum (Ryan Dylan), Jordan (Rian Lennon, co-creator along with Dylan) and Lorcan (Lee R James) spend their weekends playing video games together, but when Gemma (Ele McKenzie) arrives on the scene, the so-called fanboys find themselves competing for her attention.

JUICE

Just like Fleshag, Baby Reindeer and Alma's Not Normal, Mawaan Rizwan's Juice started life as a show at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival. He plays a young, frenetic man, Jamma, who is struggling to commit to his older put together boyfriend Guy (Russell Tovey) once and for all.

On top of that, he's consistently competing with his attention-seeking siblings and his former film star mother. If that sounds normal, don't be fooled - Juice is a surrealist, artistic treat for the eyes, that never stays in reality for too long.

ELLIE & NATASIA

Natasia Demetriou and Ellie White are probably best known for their turns as Sophie and Katia in Channel 4's brilliant hit comedy Stuth Lets Flats, but their 2022 sketch show is just as funny and quirky.

Sketches include adverts for dodgy nail salon Internet Nails, dominatrixes who are obsessed with vaping, and culinary entrepreneurs The Brothers Pomodoro.

Silly, hysterically funny and often biting, watching this feels like hanging out with your funniest friends.

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Art

Ekblad going solo at The Hepworth

Norwegian artist Ida Ekblad's first major solo exhibition in the UK will open at The Hepworth Wakefield on 21 November and run to 3 May.

Recognised as one of the most exciting voices in contemporary art, Ekblad is celebrated for her vibrant paintings and monumental

sculptures. Born in Oslo in 1980, she draws inspiration from everything from graffiti, poetry to Expressionist painting and popular culture.

World's Largest Metaphor will feature a series of oil paintings created especially for the exhibition. hepworthwakefield.org

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Kitten Stacey Yu Yu's debut is an offbeat coming-of-age story exploring identity, loneliness and the uncertainties of adulthood. The story follows Katie, whose growing attachment to her boyfriend's cat forces her to confront fractured family relationships and her own future. Both witty and unsettling. Kitten blends dark humour and emotional insight, marking Yu as one to watch in contemporary fiction. Hodder & Stoughton, £18.99

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Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait National Portrait Gallery The enduring legacy of this Hollywood icon is seen through a collection of photographs, paintings and memorabilia. Marking the centenary of her birth, the exhibition explores Monroe's life, career and cultural influence. Closes 6 September: npg.org.uk

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ICE CREAM MAN (18) Out tomorrow

The premise is more grim than 'killer ice-cream man' makes it sound. The ice cream doesn't hurt the kids, it changes them. The treats work like a contagion that transforms them into bloodthirsty killers. Writer/director Eli Roth turns a sunny pool day into a kid-fuelled killing spree. Roth is pushing it about as far as a theatrical release can go.

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Eli Roth has described Ice Cream Man as one of the most extreme and outrageous projects of his career. Despite sharing the same title as the cult 1995 horror-comedy Ice Cream Man, Roth's film is not a remake, it is an entirely new story with a different premise and characters. The premise is a twisted blend of small-town horror, dark satire and extreme gore.

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The Booker is a shambles – and everyone knows it

COMMENT

Stu Hennigan

The big reveal of the 2026 Booker Prize longlist was greeted with the usual fanfare last week and, while it

doesn't usually draw much more than a passing glance from me, for once I was paying attention.

Despite its clout as the UK's ultimate literary prize, I've not given a toss about the Booker since the shambolic 2019 edition. The judges gave the prize that year to Margaret Atwood as what seemed to be an ad hoc lifetime achievement award, instead of bestowing it on the greatest English language novel of the 21st century: Lucy Ellmann's seminal, 1,000-page, single-sentence tome Ducks, Newburyport.

They then compounded the fiasco by making Atwood a joint winner with Bernardine Evaristo, thus overshadowing Evaristo's

achievement of being the first black woman to win the prize.

The difference for me this year was that, in the run-up, book bloggers were clamouring for my debut novel, Keshed, to be included.

Whatever my personal feelings about the prize, it was a buzz – and extremely surreal – seeing longlist mock-ups with pictures of Keshed, a social realist novel set over 40 years in the working-class North, alongside the work of colossi like Marlon James and Douglas Stuart. Even though I knew there wasn't a cat in hell's chance of it happening.

Year after year, publishers and public alike know that the list will largely consist of Big Books with Big Themes, written by Big Name Writers working with Big Publishers and promoted with Big Marketing Budgets, that are engineered to win these kind of prizes. Tiny independents like Ortac Press, which published Keshed, rarely get a look-in.

It's telling that the other six publishers who saw the manuscript for Keshed said they loved it but still turned it down, presumably because in terms of style, tone, form, content, they didn't think it'd shift enough units to keep the shareholders in ivory

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back-scratchers. Yet the book got rave reviews in the TLS, The Irish Times and The Spectator and sold well.

Forgetting Keshed, was there really not a single book produced by one of the scores of fantastic small UK or Irish presses that was deserving of a place?

You might point to the longlist featuring Fitzcarraldo Editions, but it's not exactly a small outfit these days. And to compare Serpent's Tail and Granta – the two other indies on the list but

still publishing heavyweights – with smaller presses like Ortac is a false equivalence.

There have been years when the prize has cast a cursory eye beyond the mainstream. In 2022, four small independents – Galley Beggar, Influx, Saraband and Sort of Books – were longlisted. But contrast that with a global conglomerate like Penguin, which is behind the imprints of five novels nominated this year alone, and it's clear that it's hardly a level playing field.

It has at times cast a cursory eye beyond the mainstream

There is a huge issue with diversity in mainstream publishing – and everyone knows it. The industry could go a long way in beginning to address this by using its pre-eminent prize to showcase independent publishers which publish work by ethnic global majority writers, queer or trans writers, people, like me, from working-class backgrounds, or (me again) the neurodivergent.

All credit to my publisher, Henry Rowley, for having the conviction to publish Keshed – and to all the other indies who work their arses off to get new writing out there.

The small press scene is a hotbed of talent and it would be nice if the one literary prize everyone in the UK has heard of would recognise this. But it won't, because entrance to the club is invite-only, and most of us aren't on the guest list.

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MANUFACTURING

UK medicines and missiles crisis over chemicals crash

By Simon Straker

The UK is facing a crisis in its capability to manufacture critical medicines and defence missiles after industry figures showed that domestic chemical supply chain closures over the past five years had doubled.

The Imperial College London research showed the number of liquidations and plant shutdowns between 2020 and 2025 had risen from 125 to 250 amid a perfect storm of soaring energy costs, post-Brexit regulatory compliance expenses, ageing factories and heightened overseas competition, especially from China.

Its report cited that the UK now had a "dangerous reliance" on foreign imports at a time of geopolitical shocks and global supply disruptions.

The chemicals sector serves as the backbone of advanced British manu-

facturing, with complex defence systems and life-saving pharmaceuticals relying on a highly integrated web of domestic chemical processors.

In the defence sector, the ramifications of the chemicals sector decline are immediate and alarming. Modern missiles, such as the UK's Brimstone and Storm Shadow systems, require precise, high-grade chemical compounds for explosives, binders and specialised coatings.

The UK's pharmaceutical security is also unravelling. While Britain remains a global powerhouse in drug

discovery and development, its capacity to mass-produce medicine has been severely compromised.

The basic chemical building blocks used to synthesise antibiotics, painkillers and cancer therapies are now being imported from China and India.

Thomas Aubrey, lead author of Imperial's report, warned: "The Government needs to act fast to reverse a dangerous reliance on excess Chinese production in the UK market.

"The contraction in the high value-added chemicals sector is now a material drag on macroeconomic growth. Since 2020, sector output has fallen by nearly 40 per cent, weakening one of the economy's higher-productivity industrial bases.

"Unlike commercial chemicals, defence-grade materials often require specialised production facilities, quality assurance and security

Storm Shadow/Scalp cruise missiles on show at last month's Farnborough International Air Show in Hampshire

protocols that cannot be rapidly reconstituted if lost."

Earlier this year the Chemical Industries Association lobby group wrote an open letter to then prime minister Sir Keir Starmer warning the sector was in the "fight of its life" to survive in the face of weak global demand and "hostile" government policy, including new green taxes.

In May, Starmer's government announced £350m of funding for manufacturers of chemicals in the defence, pharmaceutical and energy sectors.

Imperial's analysis showed that UK specialist chemicals production contributed 70 per cent less to the economy last year than it did in 2020.

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ECONOMY

Services sector rebound bigger than expected

By Henry Baker-Clark

Activity in the UK's services sector rebounded unexpectedly last month on the back of improving consumer demand and easing price inflation.

The S&P Global UK services PMI reading of 52.1 was a three-month high and up from 48.8 in June. Any reading above 50.0 signifies growth in the sector.

Economists had predicted a reading of 51.8, but firms reported a "general improvement" in

market conditions, highlighted by new business growth - ending four successive months of decline - and positive technology services demand amid a "tentative" consumer spending recovery.

Firms also reported a further slowdown in price inflation to its lowest level since February.

However, they said that uncertainty over the Middle East conflict remained a concern, with Matt Swannell, chief economic adviser to the Item Club, predicting that the economy was

expected to "lose momentum in the second half of this year".

He said: "Inflation has probably passed its low point, with July's 13 per cent energy price cap rise kick-starting a series of upward pressures. This will put pressure on firms' real disposable income."

Tim Moore, economics director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: "The services sector rebound is obviously good news but the rate of expansion is still sluggish in comparison with historic trends."

AUTOMOTIVE

Monthly gain in UK new car market is best since 2019

By Neil Lancefield

The number of new car registrations in the UK grew by 11.7 per cent year-on-year last month to 156,571 - the best July for the market since 2019.

The uplift marked the eighth successive month of year-on-year growth, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.

The performance was driven by a strong uptake of new EV registrations, which were up by 44.5 per cent year-on-year, due to a wider choice of models, government purchase incentives and heavy discounting.

SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said: "July's record EV performance is a great achievement, reflecting industry's huge investment in zero emission mobility.

"But that progress cannot be sustained if manufacturers continue haemorrhaging billions in EV discounts, distorting demand to avoid even steeper penalties.

"The sector's commitment to decarbonisation is not in doubt but its ability to remain viable - and attract investment for an EV future - is under intense pressure."

The headline target for the minimum proportion of new cars sold by each manufacturer this year that must be zero emission - which generally means fully electric - is 50 per cent, under the Government's zero emission vehicle (Zev) mandate.

Ian Pfammer, chief customer officer at online vehicle marketplace Autotrader, said: "One in every two new car inquiries on Autotrader in July went to a plug-in car, showing that they are now a mainstream choice."

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PROPERTY

'My leasehold flat has been up for sale for eight years – it's like prison'

Stacey Lofthouse has tried everything to shift her two-bed home but is a slave to exorbitant service charges and high rent. By Alina Khan

Stacey Lofthouse has been trapped in a flat she hasn't been able to sell for eight years – and says she would part with it for as little as £1 if she could.

Stacey, from Lancaster, Lancashire, bought the two-bed flat with her husband in 2009 for £150,000. The property first went up for sale in 2018 and had a number of viewings, but, after an inspection, the building the flat is in was classed as having high-risk cladding, causing the process to stall.

She said: 'We have sold it five times now – and they have all fallen through due to the cladding.'

In October 2022, Stacey hoped there was a light at the end of the tunnel when the cladding was reassessed, and it turned out the original classification was incorrect.

But despite the cladding now not being an issue, Stacey still cannot sell due to the high ground rent and service charge on the flat.

When she first moved in it was £295 a year, with the ground rent going up by £295 every 10 years, meaning Stacey now pays £590. Another rise is due in January when it will cost £885 a year.

Stacey said: 'We have a son and a daughter who share a bedroom, but my son will be 10 this year, so that is going to have to change.'

'My husband and I will have to move into the front room, and my husband works nights, so I don't know how that is going to work.'

Lenders tend to not lend on properties that have ground rent over £250 a year or a doubling clause – meaning many interested buyers cannot get a mortgage on Stacey's flat.

Her service charge is also high, at nearly £2,200 a year. Many mainstream mortgage lenders now set a strict limit where annual property service charges must not exceed 1 per cent of the property's value.

She added: 'We're just stuck here – we have tried everything.'

Stacey put the property up for auction in May last year – with a starting price of £120,000 – for three months before taking it off after receiving no bids. She recently reduced the asking price to £125,000 from £180,000.

'I would sell it for a £1 if I could

Stacey Lofthouse says she would sell the property for £1 if she 'could just pay her mortgage and get out'

just pay my mortgage and get out but I can't. It's like being in prison. There is no option for us now,' she admitted.

The family looked to rent their flat out but are unable to get accepted for a buy-to-let mortgage because they do not have enough equity in the property.

Many lenders require around 25 per cent equity in a property for a buy-to-let mortgage. If you don't have this you sometimes need to make up the shortfall in cash.

Stacey explained: 'We bought the flat on the Help to Buy scheme and we had to remortgage a few years ago to be able to pay that off, so we have no equity in the flat.'

The scheme was designed to help first-time buyers buy a property with just a 5 per cent deposit.

The government would give you a loan between 5 per cent to 20 per

cent of the cost of a new-build home as an 'equity loan'. In London, this was up to 40 per cent, with the loan being interest-free for five years.

But some homeowners have been struggling to sell their homes because they need to pay back the equity loan they took out to buy it.

On top of this, if a property has been valued at less than what the person paid, they'll repay the same percentage of the current property's value when the loan was taken out.

Stacey said: 'Buying on the Help to Buy scheme was the biggest mistake I have ever made. We were young and naive and didn't understand. We had a really small deposit and we wanted to be on the housing ladder, but I really wish we hadn't done any of it.'

The Help to Buy scheme was the biggest mistake. We were young and naive and didn't understand

Millions of leaseholders across England and Wales will have their ground rents capped at £250 a year from next year, the former prime minister Sir Ksir Starmer announced in January.

After 40 years, this will change to a peppercorn – effectively zero.

Other key measures include a ban on the sale of new leasehold homes and a gradual transition to a 'commonhold system', which means there will be no freehold landlords.

Under commonhold, flat owners will share ownership of the communal areas through an association, of which all unit owners will be members and control jointly. It means that residents will own and run their building together.

There are no plans to cap service charges, though, with the Government arguing that a cap could stop essential funds being raised for building safety and maintenance. This has drawn criticism from some campaigners.

SCOTLAND

AI has forced career rethink, say teenagers

By Danyel VanReenen

Half of Scottish teenagers have said that AI has already made them rethink their career goals.

Research commissioned by Glasgow Kelvin College to mark National Opportunity Day 2026 also discovered that more than half (55 per cent) wanted 'to learn skills that AI can't replace'.

The survey, conducted by independent insights agency Opinion Matters, surveyed a sample of 517 teenagers at Scottish schools aged between 13 and 18.

Three in five (60 per cent) are excited to learn skills that work alongside the technology, while 54 per cent believe that AI represents an opportunity for their career prospects. But 56 per cent said they were worried about the effect AI would have on their careers, with the same proportion believing it could make finding a job harder.

'What stands out from these findings is just how switched on young people are to AI and the impact it is likely to have on their future,' Robin Ashton, vice principal of curriculum and quality enhancement at Glasgow Kelvin College, said.

'Many are already thinking about where the technology can help them, where they need to rely on their own abilities and, importantly, which human skills will become more valuable as AI develops.'

ENERGY

Octopus revels in heat pump 'revolution'

By Emily Beament

Heat pump sales at Octopus hit an all-time high last month as people continue to switch from boilers.

Purchases were up by 71 per cent year-on-year – a sixth successive month of growth – as Octopus said its data showed that customers were saving an average of £227 a year compared with a gas boiler.

It added that 94 per cent of heat pumps were cheaper to run at current rates, with government subsidies also in place of £7,500 to replace a gas boiler and £9,000 to replace a heating oil or LPG boiler to help people facing soaring oil costs due to the Iran war.

Rebecca Dhh-Simkin, chief product and marketing officer at Octopus, said: 'The heat pump revolution is accelerating.'

'We've never seen demand like this – thousands more households choosing to go electric to save money and insulate themselves from global price shocks.'

However, the independent Climate Change Committee said that the UK was not electrifying fast enough for households to maximise savings on bills, which would also cut planet-heating emissions.

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AB Foods	2105.0	-0.42%	2358.0	1729.5	CDK	1915.5	+0.05%	2282.0	1298.6	Reckard Initial	365.1	-0.32%	507.0	329.6
Admiral	3756.0	-0.86%	3625.4	2624.0	Nelson	369.7	+2.24%	418.2	274.4	Rio Tinto	7511.0	+2.71%	9117.0	4436.5
Arctic Africa	327.0	-1.92%	436.2	206.0	Nahra	3800.0	+1.55%	4902.0	3354.0	Rally Boyes	1570.4	+2.68%	1581.2	990.0
Alliance Witan	1380.0	+0.29%	1291.0	1178.0	Nivon	1791.0	+0.79%	1904.0	1257.2	Salisbury/J.D.	356.0	+0.14%	380.3	291.2
Anglo-Amer	4021.0	+2.92%	4239.0	2088.0	Newton Jubery	833.0	+1.45%	981.0	713.0	Johnson	586.0	+0.08%	504.5	264.6
Arkinagents	4050.0	+3.03%	4479.0	1512.5	NIBC/Milip	1510.4	+4.67%	1810.0	912.3	And West Inv Tot	1370.6	-0.20%	1663.0	1015.7
ArlindService	12036.0	+2.92%	15732.0	9892.0	IMS	444.5	+1.35%	492.9	332.7	Anglo	671.6	-0.31%	647.4	603.0
Australian Group	520.0	-2.84%	844.4	438.6	ICS	2048.0	+1.79%	2340.0	1424.9	Severn Trust	3082.0	+1.05%	3105.0	2381.0
Avion	701.2	+1.12%	704.6	550.6	IG Group	1350.0	-0.74%	1856.0	1016.0	Shell	3280.0	-1.23%	2758.0	2051.8
Babcock Intl	1185.5	-0.42%	1527.0	902.4	J&K	3684.0	+2.05%	3096.0	2150.0	Smith&Kings	1108.5	-1.20%	1641.5	1050.0
B&S Systems	2190.0	-1.28%	2985.0	1929.0	Imperial Brands	2747.0	+0.42%	3632.0	2626.0	Smith's Ep	2650.0	+0.41%	2754.2	2088.0
Barrison	527.5	+1.00%	554.1	352.5	Informa	611.6	+0.44%	1000.0	715.0	Spinar Group	7345.0	+0.75%	8050.0	5950.0
Barnett Bedrow	165.2	+0.16%	410.2	216.4	Intl.Ind. Hlth	11889.5	+1.96%	13305.1	8548.0	S&S	2362.0	-0.59%	2767.5	1597.0
Beazley	1246.0	-0.08%	1296.0	700.0	InterNet	1840.0	-6	1853.0	1014.4	Stan Chart	1212.0	-1.60%	2376.0	1285.0
Br	514.5	-1.92%	605.4	394.4	Investor	1273.5	+0.52%	1603.0	434.4	Standard Life	929.0	+0.91%	937.5	615.0
British Tobacco	6378.0	-0.32%	5326.0	3677.0	JS Sports Fashion	62.8	+1.62%	106.2	64.0	St James's Place	1135.5	+2.95%	1579.5	1038.8
British Land	448.0	-0.04%	451.6	314.6	Kingfisher	322.8	+0.58%	372.0	240.0	Texas	480.7	+0.35%	510.4	400.9
BT	261.2	-0.48%	242.1	173.0	Land Inc	732.0	+0.21%	726.0	522.5	The Says Ora	1013.0	+0.35%	1280.0	775.7
Brent	2624.0	+1.07%	2834.0	1841.0	Logan & Son	309.2	+0.79%	330.0	237.2	Triton Big Ben	373.7	-0.12%	379.5	132.2
Burberry	1209.0	-0.12%	1176.5	876.0	Lion Finance	12020.0	+0.17%	12130.0	6908.0	Unknown	4774.0	+0.54%	5542.1	3044.0
Castrica	551.5	-0.92%	220.3	151.4	Lynch Bk Ea	117.1	+0.04%	117.9	77.4	United Utilities	1417.0	+0.79%	1497.0	1072.0
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Coca-Cola MBC	9201.0	+1.92%	9195.0	3170.0	Lon Stock Ex	4028.0	+1.51%	10390.0	4684.0	Wear Group	2688.0	+0.07%	3580.0	2254.0
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Commins	223.8	-2.44%	259.3	193.0	Molinos Ind	490.9	+2.12%	589.0	409.9
Crude Intl	5289.0	-0.99%	5351.0	2418.8	Molins Energy	4100.3	+4.89%	4484.7	2843.8
DCC Energy	6385.0	+0.24%	6740.0	4188.0	National Grid	1187.8	-0.04%	1428.5	1000.0
Diapro	3641.0	+0.34%	3542.0	1295.5	Nat Med Group	713.8	-0.31%	726.0	500.2
Diploma	7679.0	+1.32%	7720.0	4970.0	Next	10660.5	+6.74%	10300.0	11200.0
Duitsamer Mining	3942.0	+5.97%	5620.0	2370.0	Pearson	1236.0	+0.94%	1537.0	876.6
Exxon	537.0	-2.11%	1022.0	500.4	Pending Square	3542.0	-0.20%	5090.0	3636.0
Experian	2851.0	-0.31%	3587.0	2203.0	Pendemon	1123.0	-1.70%	1552.0	947.4
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Fresnillo	2747.0	+4.49%	4472.0	1483.0	Prudential	1025.0	-8.36%	1238.0	565.2

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FTSE 250	24632.6	+0.71%
FTSE All Share	5864.1	+0.15%
FTSE Eurofirst300	2626.3	+0.04%
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S&P 500 *	7742.1	+0.07%
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DAX	26126.3	-0.29%
CAC 40	8669.3	+0.03%
Hang Sene	25915.8	+0.24%
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RETAIL

Next raises profit guidance by £25m

Next has raised its full-year profit guidance by £25m to £1.24m after its second-quarter sales "overperformed" by 4 per cent due to the warm weather. The fashion retailer's full-price items rose by 9.2 per cent year-on-year, excluding discounts and clearance items. UK sales lifted by 2.8 per cent, while online international sales soared by 37 per cent, it said.

MEDIA

Hearst takes A+E stake from Disney

Hearst has agreed a $1.2bn (£900m) deal to buy Disney's 50 per cent stake in A+E Global Media after more than a decade as equal partners. Hearst, which separately owns an 18 per cent stake in Disney's ESPN, said the deal was expected to be completed next month, with Paul Buccieri remaining as president and chairman.

BREWERS

Heineken brands help to lift profits

Spanish lager Cruzcampo and Irish stout Murphy's have been the top UK sellers for owner Heineken this year, as profits have risen 6.7 per cent year-on-year to £1.86m. The brewer has cut around 3,000 jobs as part of a £400m cost-cutting drive, but its revenues hit £15m with Cruzcampo sales up 30 per cent and Murphy's by 50 per cent.

GAMBLING

Boss to step down at troubled Flutter

The chief executive of Flutter, Peter Jackson, is to step down after eight years in the job on 30 September. He will be replaced by Flutter's international head Dan Taylor. The Paddy Power, Betfair and SkyBet owner's quarterly profit of £1.97m missed its target by £156m despite a surge in betting during the Fifa World Cup.

INSURANCE

Beazley crashes ahead of takeover

Beazley has revealed its half-yearly profits tumbled by 52 per cent year-on-year to £176.6m ahead of its FTSE 100 exit later this year, when its $8.1bn takeover by its rival Zurich is finalised. Its net insurance premiums also slipped by 6 per cent to £1.71m. Bosses partly blamed the drop on the takeover costing it £25m, as well as the fallout from the Iran war.

AVIATION

Ryanair flying on passenger record

Ryanair's monthly passenger numbers reached an all-time high of 22.2 million in July - 7 per cent up year-on-year. The Dublin-based low-cost airline carried 213.2 million passengers in the 12 months to the end of July, a 5 per cent annual rise, but quarterly profits slumped by 34 per cent to £457m due to a doubling of jet fuel prices.

GAMING

Lay-offs likely as EA buyout sealed

The £41bn leveraged buyout of the gaming firm EA to investors including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Affinity Partners, led by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, has been finalised. As the deal includes £15m of borrowed money, mass lay-offs and other cost-cutting measures are expected.

HEALTH

Weight loss drugs demand doubles

Worldwide sales of weight loss and diabetes jab Mounjaro have doubled this year as demand continues to boom, drugmaker Eli Lilly has revealed. Mounjaro sales totalled $18.6bn (£12.8bn) in the first six months of the year, up by 106 per cent year-on-year, while Zephound sales leapt by 60 per cent to £6.8bn, the manufacturer said.

the markets

The FTSE 100 closed yesterday up by 8.92 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 10,888.30. The biggest risers were fashion retailer Next up 850p at 15,660p, and miner Endeavour up 205p at 3,842p. The biggest fallers were insurer Prudential, down

70p at 1.025p, and HSBC bank, down 7up at 1,510.6p.

In France, the CAC40 rose by 0.03 per cent, while the DAX ended 0.29 per cent lower in Germany. The price of Brent crude oil rose to $79.51 a barrel.

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The pound gained on the dollar, up by 0.08 cents to be worth $1.3461, but fell against the euro, down by 0.13 cents to be worth €1.1656, at the close of trading in London.

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'At 26, my pension is the priority over buying a home'

In our Pension Diaries series, we speak to people of all ages in the UK to find out how much or how little they have saved for retirement and the realities of putting money aside for your future. This week we speak to JAMESON WILNE, 26, who is about halfway through a graduate scheme with Severn Trent Water. He wants to keep his brain active for as long as possible, has no aspirations to retire early and thinks he will carry on working until close to death – although he recognises that he might change his mind after decades of working.

Tell me about your career and how you got into it

I grew up in a town in the south-east of England but am now living in the Coventry area where I work. I studied chemical engineering at the University of Bath.

I knew I definitely wanted to go into some form of engineering and I applied to Severn Trent Water

and got on their graduate scheme, which is 27 months long.

I am over halfway through it and am really enjoying it as I am involved in a variety of projects and some of them are quite high profile.

I feel incredibly grateful that I have a job where I am learning and developing as I know there are a lot of young people who are struggling.

What is your attitude to money?

My family background is working to middle class – and growing up, we never went without, but did not have lots of luxuries.

When I was living at home, I was a saver but when I went away to university, I found myself struggling money-wise, so I got a part-time job as a waiter in a restaurant during the last couple of years of my studies.

I was the first person in my family to go to university and we did not

know a lot about money when growing up.

When did you first become interested in pensions?

I started learning about money and pensions after starting my graduate job. We had a session at work which sparked my interest.

After researching pensions, I realised how starting investing early in your pension has a huge impact on the size of your retirement pot.

Severn Trent does quite a good pension scheme as if I put in 7.5 per cent as my personal contribution, they double match and put in 15 per cent. I have 22.5 per cent going into my pension each month.

To me, it makes complete sense to pay in the maximum amount I can afford as it is essentially free money. When you are younger and putting money into your pension, it has a lot longer to grow and it has a bigger impact further down the line.

How many pensions do you have and what is the estimated value?

I have been paying into my Severn Trent pension for two years. It is a defined contribution pension and the pot has about £13,500 in it.

My pension was initially invested in a default pension fund, but then I changed it to a world equity fund.

About a year ago I changed it to just US equities.

When I was working part-time as a waiter while at university, I was automatically enrolled into a pension. That has got about £500.

I am also saving into a stocks and shares ISA. It might be for a property, although I am not entirely keen as you are only on the planet once and buying a property feels a bit restrictive.

What are your aspirations for retirement?

I know pensions are one of the most effective ways to save for old-age as you can benefit from tax relief, as well as employer contributions.

But it is difficult to lock away money with the cost of living crisis, so diversifying where you keep things is important to ensure you don't come into financial struggle.

I know a lot of people dream of retiring early, but I think I would want to keep working until close to death – to keep my brain ticking. As told to Aasma Day

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Aberporth	17	C	12	62
Aberydwyth	18	C	26	53
Ancenary	18	C	75	35
Ballard	18	SH	30	47
Birmingham	22	C	01	77
Brynremouth	23	C	02	102
Bridlington	23	C	18	87
Bristol	20	C	83	81
Cardiff	20	C	42	85
Cromer	23	R	08	82
Dunham	18	C	42	89
Eastbourne	21	S	03	105
Edinburgh	18	SH	58	56
Edinburn	14	SH	20	15
Glasgow	18	R	004	29
Highland	17	C	07	73
Hove	22	C	07	93
Hull	22	C	05	79
Huntingdon	23	S	05	75
Ipswich	25	C	01	93
Isle of Man	14	SH	03	87
Isle of Night	23	C	05	93
Kingsmead	18	SH	50	05
Kirkwall	15	C	50.0	01
Leeds	19	C	27	66
Lehock	13	SH	013	05
Leucham	19	C	71	51
Lincoln	22	C	00	81
Liverpool	19	C	17	58
London	24	S	03	85
Manchester	18	SH	17	42
Margate	23	R	03	104
Milford Haven	19	S	04	50
Monroeville	17	SH	21	50
Newcastle	20	C	75	79
Norwich	24	R	05	81
Nottingham	22	C	05	74
Okehampton	18	C	25	62
Oxford	24	C	16	77
Plymouth	21	C	10	82
Portland	20	S	06	110
Portsmouth	24	C	08	91
Prestwick	15	SH	41	31
Rhyl	17	C	19	71
Sheffield	19	C	12	72
Shrinebury	19	C	30	84
Stagness	22	C	35	81
Southend	25	R	02	99
Stoke	20	C	22	60
Stornoway	13	R	09	01
Swansea	19	C	11	86
Time	14	SH	024	05

Global

City	Temp (in C)	Wind	Rain (m/s)	Sun (m/s)	Temp (in C)	Wind
Alby Dhabi	45	S	Miami	32	F
Alloya	28	TH	Milan	34	S
Alcoonte	31	S	Moscow	04	S
Amstertown	24	F	Mumbai	27	TH
Athens	35	S	Munich	20	S
Bangkok	35	F	New York	27	S
Barcelona	24	S	Nice	30	S
Beijing	36	S	Palma	32	SH
Berlin	29	F	Paris	05	F
Brussels	24	F	Prague	31	F
Budapest	27	S	Reykjavik	18	C
Chicago	28	S	Roi	24	S
Delhi	27	TH	Rome	34	F
Dakar	42	S	Stookholm	04	C
Dublin	17	SH	Strasbourg	32	F
Framhart	31	F	Sydney	05	S
Geneva	28	F	Tenerife	39	S
Holcom	20	F	Tokyo	20	F
Hong Kong	29	S	Toronto	25	S
Istanbul	32	S	Vancouver	19	S
Johannesburg	17	S	Vienna	38	S
Lisbon	27	S	Warsaw	24	S
Los Angeles	25	F	Washington	30	F
Madrid	32	S	Washington	9	SH

Key: G:Cloudy, SN:Shroda

F:Fair, FS:Flag, N:Red, M:Med, Indian

S:Sunny, SH:Shrew, SL:Seer, SN:Snow,

SS:Sandstorm, FN:Thunderstorm

Air Pollution Index

Air pollution levels

low (0.5 key, high (10)

air-solubling goal

Region	Today	Tomorrow
Highlands	1	2
North East Scotland	1	1
Central Scotland	2	2
Scottish Borders	2	2
Northern Ireland	2	2
North West & Mersey	2	2
North East	2	2
Isleskin's & Humber	2	2
North Wales	2	2
West Midlands	2	2
East Midlands	2	2
South Wales	2	2
South West	2	2
South East	2	2
Eastern	2	2
Greater London	2	2

GENERAL SITUATION

A low-pressure area affects the UK, bringing rain to north-west and south-east Scotland. Western Isles, and north-east England. Cloudy but dry in north-west and south-west Scotland, Northern Isles, Midlands, and Isle of Man. Dry and sunny in East Anglia, London, south-east and south-west England, south Wales, and Republic of Ireland. Warming clouds gradually clear for brighter spells in the west, although eastern areas may stay cloudy.

London, SE Eng, East Anglia,

Channel Is: The morning will start with clear skies and sunshine across the region. This settled weather will last into the afternoon,

bringing warmth with temperatures peaking in the low twenties. Through the evening, clear skies will persist, with light winds from the west keeping conditions mild. Max temp 23°C. Tonight, light rain and breezy. Min temp 10°C.

Can S England, SW England,

Midlands, S Wales, N Wales: The morning is forecast to begin with sunny spells and patchy cloud. Mostly dry with mild temperatures throughout. By afternoon, skies will clear in the most western areas bringing sunshine. In the most northern parts, cloudier with a slight chance of drizzle. Light westerly winds. Max temp. 25°C

Tonight, heavy rain and windy. Min temp. 10°C.

SE Scotland, NE Eng, E Eng: The morning is expected to begin cloudy with limited sunshine, remaining overcast through the afternoon. By evening, cloud cover persists with a chance of light rain in the most western areas. Temperatures will stay mild, with gentle westerly winds throughout the day. Max temp 18°C. Tonight, clear skies and cool. Min temp 12°C. NW Eng, SW Scotland, N Ireland, Republic of Ireland, IuM: The morning is forecast to begin mostly cloudy with some sunny spells breaking through in sheltered spots. Into the afternoon, a mix

of fair skies and clouds, with the most western areas likely to see brief rain. By evening, the cloud thickens, though temperatures will remain mild throughout. Max temp 19°C. Tonight, light rain and breezy. Min temp 10°C. NW Scotland, NE Scotland, W Isles, N Isles: The morning is expected to start cloudy with cool temperatures across the region. By afternoon, this overcast weather remains, bringing a threat of light rain, especially in the most western areas. Into the evening, the skies stay cloudy with mild breezes, particularly in the most northern parts. Max temp 16°C. Tonight, clear skies and chilly. Min temp 10°C

Key:

1024

Inshore: air pressure

in millibars

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Warm front

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Cold front

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Occluded front

SYNOPTIC PRESSURE: A low-pressure system centred near the Northern Isles influences the UK driving rain across north-west and south-east Scotland and the Western Isles. A ridge of high pressure from south-west England ensures dry, sunny spells for southern regions. Cloud cover persists in central areas as the systems interact.

HIGHS AND LOWS

(Tuesday, up to 11pm)

Warmest: Whittle,

Eloise, 38°C

Coldest: Baltasound No.2

Sheffield, 8°C

Wettest: Kinlochowe,

Highlands, 55.5Jmm.

Sunniest: Maniston,

Kent, 12.5Jms

HOURS OF DARKNESS

Aberdeen	21.12-05.18
Birmingham	20.50-05.36
Bristol	20.49-05.43
Cardiff	20.52-05.45
Glasgow	21.13-05.32
Hull	20.49-05.25
Inverness	21.21-05.22
Liverpool	20.58-05.37
London	20.60-05.33
Manchester	20.55-05.34
Stornoway	21.34-05.30
Swansea	20.55-05.48
York	20.53-05.28

Five-day outlook

FRIDAY Northern regions experience mostly cloudy conditions with occasional rain, while southern regions enjoy clear skies and sunshine.

SATURDAY Rain in western areas, mostly cloudy elsewhere with some sunny spells in the south and east, cooler in the north.

SUNDAY Northern regions experience light rain and cloud, while southern and eastern areas enjoy sunny spells with mild temperatures

MONDAY Northern areas experience rain showers, while southern regions enjoy fair weather and sunny spells. Central parts see some cloud

TUESDAY Southern regions are fair and sunny, northern regions mostly cloudy with sunny spells, eastern regions warm, western areas cloudy

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SPORT

CRICKET

England Test side may bring in 'Mr Cricket'

By Rory Dollard

Former Australia star Mike Hussey could be part of England's new Test coaching setup, according to reports in his native country.

Australian broadcaster SEN has reported that Hussey, known as "Mr Cricket" during his prolific playing career, has received an "informal" approach by incoming Test coach Stephen Fleming. The pair have a long working relationship in the Indian Premier League, originally team-mates at Chennai Super Kings before Hussey joined Fleming's backroom team as a batting specialist.

Marcus Trescothick currently performs that role with England and will take charge of the forthcoming series against Pakistan on an interim basis ahead of Fleming's arrival. Whether there would be room for both in the red-ball regime is unclear, though it is possible that Trescothick could join Brendon McCullum's limited-overs setup, with the England and Wales Cricket Board likely to increase their pool as they shift to a split coaching model. The ECB and Welsh Fire have been contacted for comment.

Hussey, 53, is currently in charge of the Welsh Fire men's team in the Hundred and his marquee player in Cardiff is Joe Root, who is returning as Test captain under Fleming. Hussey has previously crossed the Ashes divide, serving as a consultant coach during England's successful T20 World Cup campaign in 2022.

Speaking at the time, Hussey said: "The first time I pulled on the England shirt it was a little bit strange but after that you get to work with the players, enjoy developing those individual relationships, and forget about what you're wearing."

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

'If we survive next year it will be one of great sporting stories'

At decimated Sussex, Farbrace fears coaches may have to take the field

Chris Stocks

CRICKET CORRESPONDENT

Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace has opened up on the brutal cost-cutting measures placed on the club, admitting the playing staff risks being so theadhare next summer some coaches may be forced to take the field. "If we can cling on to staying in Division One of the County Championship next year it'd be one of the greatest sporting stories ever," he says.

The county need to cut around £400,000 from their £2m cricketing budget by the start of next season as part of a three-year financial plan from the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after Sussex were put in special measures in January.

It followed a £1.3m loss for the last financial year that forced the ECB to step in with an emergency loan.

As well as the strict financial parameters laid out by the ECB, Sussex were deducted 12 points for this season's County Championship, plus one each in the T20 Blast and One-Day Cup.

Despite all that, they are fifth in Division One of the Championship, 11 points off leaders and defending champions Nottinghamshire. Without the points deduction, they would be top.

But the club has told eight players whose contracts are up at the end of the summer that they will be released. There were - Ryan Hudson-Prentice (Hampshire), Tom Alsop (Gloucestershire) and Henry Crocombe (Surrey) - have agreed deals with other counties.

The club, who have seven

Paul Farbrace will stay on in a part-time role to help the new coach GETTY

players at The Hundred and seven out injured, are already light on numbers.

With just 12 players signed so far for next year's Championship, there are fears coaching staff might be forced to take the field next summer if Sussex suffer injuries.

"We only have 11 available players at the moment," Farbrace said. "It's a sign of where we're going to be next year because of our financial situation. We have 12 players signed to play the Championship next year and 14 for the Blast. We're losing eight of our professional staff through having to release them because of finance.

"We've already lost players. We're not having overseas players next year at the moment. So our staff are being absolutely ripped to shreds."

Farbrace will stand down at the end of the summer, with Matt Walker (above) taking over.

The former England assistant coach will stay on as director of cricket in a part-time role to help the new man navigate the many challenges 2027 will bring.

"It's why I didn't walk away like I was planning to because I didn't feel I could leave the club in the sh't situation we're in," he said.

"I want to try and help the club, the players and Matt be as competitive as we can be next year and hope that the following year we can start adding to our staff again.

"But our restrictions are so tight that we're literally down to bare bones.

We get a couple of injuries then I'll be looking at the coaches putting their boots on and playing.

"The members are disappointed the likes of Henry Crocombe are leaving. I'm disappointed. I would have loved Crocombe, Alsop, Hudson-Prentice all to have stayed. But we have got a squad at the

5 If we can cling on to staying in Division One next year it'll be an unbelievable effort

moment capable of challenging and we're proving that in the County Championship. We're right up there; without our points deduction, we would be top with a very, very small squad.

"But for our squad being ripped apart at the end of the season, we would be right up there challenging again next year to win the County Championship. As it is, if we can cling on to staying in Division One next year it'll be an unbelievable effort - it'd be one of the greatest sporting stories ever."

Sussex have signed all-rounder Joey Evison for next summer on a three-year deal from Kent. But with every new signing having to be approved by the ECB, there will be minimal other incomings.

"It'll be young players and we'll be going into the loan market," Farbrace said. "It's going to be ridiculously difficult."

As for this year's Championship, Farbrace has not given up hope of a miraculous title win. Their campaign resumes on 20 August against Warwickshire at Edgbaston, with further away games at Essex and Hampshire next month.

With their three remaining home matches against Somerset, Surrey and Nottinghamshire, they have a good chance of being in the title mix until the end of the season.

"We're in a good position," Farbrace said. "With six games to go, we've already got four wins which is absolutely brilliant.

"If we win another three, we're not going to be too far off."

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UEFA CHAMPIONG LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND

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THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG Fresno, Italy v Garza, 2.5.2.2.2.2

UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE

THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG Briar v Svalon, 2.4.2.2.2.2

Briar v Svalon, 2.4.2.2.2.2 Briar v Svalon, 2.4.2.2.2.2 CRA: 0.00

CRICKET

ONE-DAY CUP - Group A

Surrey 2.5.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

6. FIVE: 10, Kent spa, 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.

Winston, Manchester Super Giants 8p-9p3mm India

6. PIVANOGA: 1.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

THE HUNDRED

Manchester Super Giants v Mista Fina, 2.6.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

Manchester Super Giants v Mista Fina, 2.6.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

Winston, Manchester Super Giants 8p-9p3mm India 6. PIVANOGA: 1.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

Trent Ruckels v Birmingham Phoenix, Trent Bridge

Man, Birmingham Phoenix 1.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

Trent Ruckels won by 7 wks

Winston, Birmingham Phoenix 1.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

Lynch, 2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

TODAY'S FIXTURES (1x5pm unless stated)

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EPL CUP FIRST ROUND

Briar, 2.5.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

UEFA EUROPE LEAGUE

THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND

Lynch, 2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

Lynch, 2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.

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OPINION 18-22

TV 28-31

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GIR DURE 38-41

MONKEY 42-45

SPORT 50-58

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The Sport Matrix

The day's action at a glance

FDJ United-Suez rider Demi Vollering won a sprint finish against her

two main rivals to take stage five of the Tour de France Femmes, with Movistar Team's Marlen

Reusser coming in second to hold the overall lead. Canyon-SRAM's Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney was out in front with 300 metres to go, but Vollering took off in pursuit and edged ahead at the line.

RUGBY UNION

Albornoz gets four-game ban for berating ref

Argentina fly-half Tomas Albornoz has been suspended for four matches for misconduct with match

officials in the 31-24 Nations Championship defeat by England.

The Toulon player (above) was denied a chance to kick for a potential draw after a last-minute try was ruled out by referee Angus Gardner. Albornoz approached Gardner on two occasions and had to be restrained by teammates.

He will be banned for the international against South Africa on Saturday and matches against Australia on 29 August and 5 September, plus Toulon's Top 14 meeting with La Rochelle on 12 September.

GOLF

LIV gets 'lead investor' after Saudi pullout

LIV Golf has announced an agreement with a new "lead investor", with Saudi Arabia ending its financial backing of the breakaway circuit at the end of the 2026 season. The news comes after Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced on 30 April that it would withdraw funding, which brought the future of the tour into doubt.

PIF has put more than $6bn (£87bn) into LIV Golf.

LIV issued an update ahead of this week's tournament at the Trump National Golf Club Redminster, which begins today.

The league also announced that its players will become "majority equity holders". The deal is still to be finalised but LIV Golf expects it to be done in the "coming weeks, with the goal of entering a transaction in September".

BOXING

Parker claims UKAD have lifted his doping ban

Joseph Parker has vowed to be back in action soon after claiming UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) has lifted

his boxing ban.

The New Zealander (above) was suspended after a routine test to the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association on the day of his defeat to Fabio Wardley last October returned a positive result for cocaine.

"I'm pleased to confirm my provisional suspension is lifted and I'll be back in the ring soon," former WHO heavy weight champion Parker, 34, said. "I've been advised to say no more for now while details are finalised."

Ukad has been contacted for comment.

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BOXING

Raven Chapman suffered a brain haematoma and cerebral oedema

Chapman has surgery after bleed on brain

By Phil Blanche

British boxer Raven Chapman has undergone emergency surgery for a bleed on the brain after collapsing following a sparring session in Denmark.

The 32-year-old, who fought for the WBC world featherweight title in 2024, was placed in a medically induced coma after undergoing surgery to stop the bleeding and reduce the swelling.

A GoFundMe page has been launched to raise money for Chapman, who has been taken off sedatives in the past 24 hours and is currently awaiting medically supervised repatriation to a UK hospital. Chapman's management company Vote Boxing said: 'On Friday 24 July, Raven unexpectedly collapsed after a sparring session in Denmark. Emergency services were called immediately, and she was airlifted to a local hospital. She was diagnosed with a brain haematoma and cerebral oedema.

'Raven underwent emergency surgery immediately. The procedure successfully stopped the bleeding and helped stabilize the swelling. She was then placed in a medically induced coma.

'Over the past day, she has been taken off the sedatives and is continuing to receive treatment while awaiting medically supervised repatriation to a hospital in the UK, where her rehabilitation is expected to take some time. Her doctors are doing everything they can to support her recovery, and we remain hopeful as she continues to fight through this incredibly difficult time.'

Norwich-born Chapman has won 10 professional fights with two losses, one of those being her October 2024 defeat to Skye Nicolson for world honours.

Chapman was previously tied to Queensberry Promotions and their founder, Frank Warren wrote on X: 'Raven is fully in my thoughts this morning. I'm really hoping she can pull through and get home safely.

'Everyone at Queensberry is behind you Raven, we're all hoping you can pull through this.'

FOOTBALL FIFA

Figo calls for president to resign amid Fifa emergency summit

By Phil Blanche

Portugal great Luis Figo has called for FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign.

Figo, who was a candidate for the FIFA presidency in 2015 before withdrawing and later backing Infantino, pilloried his conduct.

Infantino held talks with FIFA executives yesterday after calling an emergency meeting in Rabat in the wake of his now abandoned plan to seek private investment in a company to run the World Cup.

But before the talks took place, UEFA football adviser Figo wrote in the Daily Mail: '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 10 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.

'None of this comes as a surprise when you consider the litany of abuses he 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. Infantino

The lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested conduct I have ever witnessed

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.'

FIFA has been contacted or comment.

Infantino's plan to expand the World Cup to 64 teams has also been attacked by the European Leagues, which co-ordinates professional football leagues in 34 countries across Europe.

It labelled the sell-off proposals 'ill-conceived' and insisted the 'dangerous idea' raised 'serious questions' over FIFIA governance.

The 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States featured 48 teams, itself an increase of 16 from the previous edition in 2022.

The next men's tournament in 2030 is scheduled to be hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay hosting a game each.

Reports yesterday evening suggested Morocco had been offered to host the final in return for supporting Infantino.

But a FIFA spokesperson said: 'It is false and misleading to claim the FIFA president has made any promise in relation to hosting the FIFA World Cup 2030 final. A decision will be made by FIFA in due course.'

Doubling down on World Cup threat may have to be the move for Uefa

In any other walk of life, Gianni Infantino would be gone by now. Resignation tendered. Emotional speech on the soapbox preached and off into the sunset, until the next scandal takes hold and he can plan a return to the public eye.

Football governance doesn't work like that. Look how little challenge Infantino has faced so far. He is yet to even contest an election, despite serving two further terms as Fifa president after replacing Sepp Blatter in 2016.

Not willing to go of his own accord, many believed the end was still nigh for the Swiss. A matter of days, some reports said, weeks at best. Uefa, the most powerful federation in world football, is unrelenting in its pursuit of Infantino's head. All of the leaks, all the detail around how Infantino planned to sell football's soul for a profit, comes from Uefa.

The Football Association, the forefathers of the modern game, has withdrawn its support. To European eyes, it is a foregone conclusion.

Yet, the world view is not quite so clear-cut. And it is why Infantino's hopes of clinging on until the election in March, at least, are rosier than they appear.

Pete Hall

Asia has major sway

Without the scruples to actually resign, Infantino needs to be pushed. The Fifa Council could try to force the 16-year-old's hand through an emergency meeting – which could be called if 19 of the 37 Council members call for one.

Uefa has nine members, a long way short. Closely behind are the Asian Football Confederation, with seven members. With Europe and Concacaf (North, Central America and the Caribbean) the most vociferous Infantino opponents, and Africa and Conmebol (South America) the loyalists of the piece, Asia is the swing state, in any potential vote of no confidence or even the next election.

On the whole, Asia has been a staunch Infantino supporter. The smaller nations without the revenues of their European counterparts have relied heavily on Fifa money and have not seen any need to call for change.

Saudi Arabia remains the most powerful Asian nation from a political point of view, and being the host of the 2034 World Cup they too see no need to bring about any upheaval.

'There are plenty of Asian nations who have denounced Infantino. But there are more willing to go on record in their support of the under-

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Kulusevski close to return and ending injury ordeal

By George Sessions

Tottenham midfielder Dejan Kulusevski has taken a step forward in his recovery from a serious knee injury after he started ball work again at the Hotspur Way training ground.

Kulusevski (belou) has not played for Spurs since the end of the 2024-25 campaign after an innocuous challenge with Marc Gushi during a 2-0 defeat by Crystal Palace resulted in a right patella injury.

Multiple setbacks for the Sweden international ensured he missed the whole of last season and this summer's World Cup, but while he is not yet back in team training Tottenham released footage yesterday of the 26-year-old with a ball again.

It is thought that a return to competitive football is still some way off for Kulusevski, who underwent a second procedure on his right knee in March, which has paved the way for a comeback.

The former Juventus playmaker will be slowly phased back into Spurs team training when he is ready but his ball work this week, including shooting and passing, is the next step on his rehabilitation programme.

Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi recently talked up the ability of Kulusevski, and will be keen to have him back.

Even though Kulusevski will not be an option at the start of the season, winger Mohammed Kudus has stepped up his efforts to be available for the Premier League opener away at Brentford on 22 August.

Kudus has not played for Tottenham since January due to a tendon injury, which ruled the Ghana international out of the World Cup.

But he has taken part in shooting and passing drills at Hotspur Way in a welcome boost for De Zerbi, who is waiting on Spurs to provide attacking reinforcements after a busy summer in which £237m has been spent.

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pressure supremo than those from any other part of the world.

The feeling from one adviser who works extensively in the region is, why should the Europeans be deemed the arbiters of moral truth, when the English FA announced their backing for Infantino to stay as Fifa president for another term only last month?

Jordan FA president Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein has accused Infantino of using “blackmail” to secure political support, which changes things somewhat. The rest of the confederation, however, will not all offer blanket condemnation, like the Europeans.

The overall feeling is that, while Infantino is far from perfect, he at least gives the rest of the world more of a say, in comparison to his predecessors. A Eurocentric breakaway tournament sounds great on paper, for us. Not for Asia.

Does Uefa boycott still stand?

If Uefa is to rely on the official ways of ousting Infantino, a change of power remains difficult.

An extraordinary congress of the 211 Fifa member associations, which would be held if one-fifth, or 43 associations, “make such a request in writing” is the next option. Uefa’s 55 nations can instigate this at any time – but this process is slow and bureaucratic. Which nobody wants.

To European eyes it is a foregone conclusion: Yet, the world view is not quite so clear out

They would then need 106 votes to dispose of Infantino. Without all of Africa, South America and most of Asia, such a move would perhaps be futile anyway. A total of 136 countries officially rejected Infantino’s plan, but voting to kick Infantino out and trigger a huge election, without a standout successor, has its downsides.

One question that remains unanswered in all the Uefa communications from the past week is whether the threat

of a World Cup boycott still stands, or was issued just to force the withdrawal of the controversial investment plan?

That feels, as one source put it, the “only way” to force Infantino out. A World Cup without Europe

would not be worth putting on. Europe could also showcase its own World Cup, with other breakaway nations. But neither is the real thing.

If Uefa is willing to follow through with its threat, perhaps those nations on the fence around the world would lead their support to the revolution. If Infantino wants to play dirty, then perhaps Europe should do the same.

‘A female president? The game has a lot of catching up to do first’

Problems at Fifa run deep and need to be addressed. By Lori Ewing

Two of the most prominent voices in the revolt against Gianni Infantino have been women.

Wales’ Laura McAllister and Norway’s Lise Klaveness, the only women on Uefa’s executive committee, have emerged as outspoken critics of Infantino during a crisis sparked by his failed attempt to push through a private equity-backed venture known as Fifa Football Enterprises (FFE).

Could football, long dominated by male administrators, could be ready for a woman to lead the global game?

“It would be wonderful to see a woman elected as president of Fifa,” McAllister (bottom), a Uefa vice-president, said. “But it’s far more complex than that.

“I’d like to think we’re not far off having a female president, but I fear we are because I think the game has to do some catching up with the rest of society.”

The debate has gathered momentum after former Fifa President Sepp Blatter praised Klaveness on Tuesday, saying it was time for a woman to lead the sport’s governing body.

Yet McAllister said Fifa’s global political landscape remained a formidable obstacle.

“It’s not as simple as bringing forward a woman,” she said. “She might well be the best candidate for the job. But let’s not pretend it’s a simple meritocracy here. It’s not.”

Infantino’s FFE plan collapsed amid fierce opposition from Uefa and other regional governing bodies.

Wales were the first of several national associations to withdraw support for his re-election and dissent quickly spread within Fifa’s own ranks.

Infantino was due to hold an emergency meeting yesterday in Morocco.

McAllister, whose proposal of a boycott of Fifa events received unanimous support

during Uefa’s emergency meeting last week, said the turmoil reflected deeper governance problems at the sport’s ruling body.

“There are signs that this is an issue that’s reaching a crisis point, if it isn’t already at a crisis point,” she said.

McAllister pointed to a number of controversies that have eroded trust in Infantino’s leadership, including Fifa’s links to the failed European Super League project, political issues surrounding the World Cup, and Fifa’s decision to rescind a red card shown to American striker Folarin Balogun during the tournament after United States President Donald Trump called on Infantino to review the decision.

“All of this tells me that there are deep problems in the governance of Fifa,” she said.

For McAllister, the standoff is also about protecting what she sees as football’s core values.

She said she and Klaveness (left) were driven by principles developed through careers in the women’s game before moving into football governance.

“We were both international players for Wales and Norway, and then we both developed our own professional careers. Lise is a lawyer, and I’m a political scientist. But we’re also very values-driven individuals,” McAllister said. “For us, if football loses its values, then it loses its heart and soul, and therefore, the existential crisis is very real. So, it was important for us to have our voices heard.”

Of Fifa’s 211 member associations, only 10 are led by female presidents, including Klaveness.

Any challenge for Fifa’s presidency would require backing from associations well beyond Europe, and while Klaveness and McAllister have helped spearhead the resistance, McAllister cautioned against trying to force the issue of female leadership.

“We have to pave the way, and we have to build, and we have to keep building momentum,” she said. “Sometimes softly softly is the best approach because we can get there faster than by trying to force a revolution.”

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Football in brief

MANCHESTER UNITED

Vitek off to Boro as Bayindir nears exit

Manchester United are selling Radek Vitek to Middlesbrough in a deal worth up to $14m as fellow goalkeeper Altay Bayindir prepares to join Ceita Vigo on loan.

Michael Carrick’s side are in the process of shaping their squad for the new season, with No 1 Senne Lamasens joined by summer signing Karl Durbin in a new-look goalkeeping department.

The Wales international’s arrival on a free transfer followed André Onanás return to Trahessapor on loan, with United now set to move on two more keepers.

Vitek (above) is on the verge of joining defeated Championship play-off finalists Middlesbrough following an impressive season with Bristol City.

HULL CITY

Tigers sign Tzolakis for a reported £20m

Hull City have broken their transfer record to sign Greece goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis

from Olympiacos.

The 23-year-old, capped nine times by his country, has signed a five-year contract with the Tigers. Hull have not disclosed the fee but will reportedly pay £20m for their new goalkeeper. Tzolakis (above) kept 64 clean sheets in 131 appearances for Olympiacos after making his senior debut in March 2020, and was part of four Greek Super League title-winning squads.

“I am very happy to be here,” Tzolakis said. “It’s a big honour to join Hull City. I am ready for a new chapter. I met all the players and staff and I thank them all for the warm welcome.”

CONFERENCE LEAGUE

Hibs striker Elding eyes Irish call-up

Owen Elding is on a mission to fire Hibernian a step closer to the Conference League

and bolster his prospects of being included in the Republic of Ireland squad for their Nations League matches in the autumn.

The English-born 23-year-old (above) trained with Heimir Hallgrimsson’s team during their camp at the end of last season and is hopeful of earning a first proper call-up next month.

“I’m just waiting on the passport to come now, so, yeah, we’re nearly there,” he said ahead of the first leg of Hibs’ Conference League third qualifying round tie at home to North Macedonian side Shkendja.

“It’s only what I do with club football that will determine if I’m in those squads or not.”

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the club's journey closely in recent years and the progress that has been made is clear for everyone to see.

"I am incredibly excited about the future. 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.

"My teams are built on togetherness, hard work, intensity and a passion to improve every single day. I will bring full commitment, full energy and a determination to give everything I have to help this club achieve its ambitions.

"I believe there is enormous potential within this squad and throughout the football club. I am excited to work with the players, staff and leadership team to help take the club forward.

"I cannot wait to get started and will attack this opportunity. I give my complete commitment and total energy to bringing further success to Newcastle United."

Jaissle will talk to media today after a strangely elongated period where he was in La Manga overseeing preparations for Saturday's pre-season friendly against Valencia without officially being announced in his new job by Newcastle.

Both clubs are PIF-owned but sources have always been keen to stress that being under the umbrella of the fund has not given Newcastle any special favours. They have paid £9m for the manager - triggering his release clause - and have had to wait days to announce him.

Newcastle CEO David Hopkinson jetted out to Spain yesterday to join sporting director Ross Wilson, who now faces a big test of his ability to

Newcastle are expected to hand William Ozsila a key role this season

reshape the Newcastle project after deciding to cash in on Guimaraes despite earlier claims that he was not for sale. He was pivotal in picking Jaissle.

"Matthias' leadership style and football philosophy are strongly aligned with our sporting vision," Wilson said.

"His teams play high-energy football and we could feel his passion during all of our discussions throughout the recruitment process.

"He has consistently demonstrated an ability to improve players, build cohesive teams and create elite performance environments in his coaching career.

"His successes at Salzburg and Al-Ahli underline his ability to deliver results while developing a clear football identity.

"We believe he is uniquely positioned to build on the strong foundations already in place and help take Newcastle United forward."

MANCHESTER CITY

Monga: It was a no-brainer to chose City over champions

By Simon Peach

Jeremy Monga says it was a "no-brainer" to join Manchester City rather than Arsenal as the teenage talent targets trophies.

The 17-year-old winger left League One outfit Leicester for the Etihad Stadium in a summer switch worth a reported £10m plus a further £2.5m in potential add-ons.

Monga (right) - the third-youngest player to make a Premier League appearance - signed a deal until 2011 with City having turned down the advances of Premier League champions Arsenal.

"[Arsenal's interest] was very strong because it was very close to me going there, very close," he told

BBC Sport. "The main decision was probably the pathway and the club itself. They've been so successful that it was a no-brainer when City call. It's every child's dream to win trophies and be at the top.

"Once I get the opportunity I just need to show myself and once I do that, everything will take care of itself. I feel like, to me personally, I see myself at City more. I see myself in blue."

Monga made his first City appearance as a substitute in Wednesday's 3-1 win against a K-League XI in sweltering Seoul, South Korea.

Kim Due-won cancelled out Rayan Ait-Nouri's opener, before Tigiani Reijnders and Divin Mahama scored for Enzo Marescob side at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.

Guimaraes exit heralds start of a rebuild that may be bitter for fanbase

Sale may boost spending power but Jaissle has a huge job on his hands

Newcastle United will replace Bruno Guimaraes with an experienced midfielder capable of "shouldering the burden" of losing their talisman to Arsenal in a deal that is expected to be worth around £75m.

The transfer is not yet agreed - and there is scope for the fee to go up, although not dramatically, in final negotiations - but all parties now expect Guimaraes to leave Newcastle's La Manga training base and begin the formalities of his move in the next 24-48 hours.

"What next?" is now the question for Newcastle. They are understood to have already lined up Guimaraes' replacement - with extensive work done over the last few days as the move to Arsenal progressed - and are hopeful of a breakthrough soon to mitigate the loss of another one of their leading players.

Sources have played down links to some of the names that have emerged in recent days, raising the possibility that another mystery deal is close to completion. They have extensively scouted Borussia Dortmund and Germany midfielder Felix Nmecha but that possibility has been played down - even if the new arrival is likely to be based overseas.

So far, most of Newcastle's business has been for players around the age of 20 with "high ceilings", and while a priority has been to lower the wage bill this summer there is now scope to bring in a more high-profile player to aid

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Matthias Jaissle's rebuild. He is still likely to be in the 18-25 age bracket, though.

What's the fee for Bruno?

Jaissle (below) will begin his tenure against the backdrop of significant uncertainty at Newcastle, with the size of the fee received for Guimaraes up for debate given the club's tough talk at the start of the window.

The context for the £75m fee is that Arsenal initially valued him at £45m and had a bid rejected on Monday. There were no other bidders.

But considering the initial valuation was £80m plus - and there was talk of Newcastle trying to match the fee received for Sandro Tonali from Tottenham - that will be a difficult sell for a significant proportion of the fanbase.

How much can Newcastle spend now?

This hard reset now underway at Newcastle was partly forced on the club by poor recruitment last summer and breaching Uefa rules last season. But it has been broader than expected.

Newcastle officials say that the amount raked in by sales - this summer - Guimaraes' departure follows winger Anthony Gordon and midfielder Tonali leaving the club earlier in the close season - means that the full "pure profit" banked for the Brazil international

will be reinvested in the team.

It is understood that it will also enable them to invest in future transfer windows, even as they continue to work against the backdrop of suffocating Uefa restrictions.

They can spend up to £150m, according to financial experts, and are looking for full-backs to add to their five new signings.

"This [Guimaraes' exit] will significantly strengthen Newcastle's spending capacity. Because most of his transfer fee has already been amortised, the sale would generate a substantial accounting profit, adding to the gains already made from the Gordon and Tonali sales," football

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finance expert Professor Rob Wilson tells The i Paper.

"Collectively, those deals would leave Newcastle in a very healthy position under both Premier League PSR and Uefa's financial sustainability rules. In practical terms, a £75m Bruno sale could support well over £150m of recruitment if spread across typical player contracts, while also improving the club's squad-cost ratio.

"Overall, Newcastle would have created considerable financial flexibility for another major recruitment window.

"The high fee for Bruno - assuming it goes through - is possible because of their other sales - they don't need to sell for PSR, they sell because of the profit. It should be the same with [Lewi] Hall and then they rebuild another squad. Fans hate it, but it's the correct strategy."

Newcastle believe the last of the major sales are now over. Hall is wanted by Manchester United but the club regard him as untouchable. He wants a new contract - and work may begin on that after the summer.

CELTIC

O'Neill resting after surgery as Hoops consider sales

Celtic have announced that Martin O'Neill is recovering after undergoing "a small procedure" in hospital.

The 74-year-old (right) signed a one-year deal in June to become permanent Celtic boss after two interim spells last season ended in success, with a Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup double.

He was in the dugout for the 1-0 win over Dundee in their Premiership opener at Parkhead on Monday night.

A statement on Celtic's official website called for privacy as the Northern Irishman recuperates ahead of the trip to Kilmarnock on Sunday.

Celtic legend John Collins has told Celtic they can only consider cashing in on key duo Arne Engels and Alistair Johnston after their Champions League play-off and if they have replacements lined up.

West Ham are trying to land 22-year-old Belgian midfielder Engels, while Canada right-back Johnston, 27, is a target for Everton.

While both players are expected to be sold, former Celtic midfielder Collins said. "You sign young players, you develop them, the big boys from England come with the big money and you've got to replace them. The secret is, you have the replacement lined up."

RANGERS

Yokota can make things happen for Gers - McInnes

By Anthony Brown

Derek McInnes has backed Daisuke Yokota to "make things happen" for Rangers after the Japanese winger joined on a three-year contract.

The 26-year-old (right) becomes Gers' ninth signing of the summer, arriving from Bundesliga 2 side Hannover 96 for an undisclosed fee.

Yokota has spent his entire senior career in Europe after joining the FSV Frankfurt academy as an 18-year-old and then going on to play in Latvia, Poland and Belgium.

Manager McInnes, who had previously spoken of the need to add creativity to his squad, said: "We

are really pleased to bring Daisuke to the club. He is a player we have been aware of for some time, and he brings qualities that will really strengthen our attacking options.

"At 26, he has gained valuable experience across a number of different leagues in Europe. He is quick, direct and has the ability to make things happen in the final third.

"We are continuing to strengthen in key areas, and I am looking forward to working with him."

Yokota could be included in Rangers' Europa League squad as they prepare to face Jagielloula Bialystok in Poland in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie this evening.

WOMEN'S SUPER LEAGUE

United appoint Olid as head coach for 'exciting new era'

By Simon Peach

Eva Olid has been appointed head coach of Women's Super League side Manchester United on an initial two-year deal.

The Red Devils wasted no time naming Marc Skinner's successor following Monday's announcement that he had left the club by mutual consent after five years in charge.

Olid (right) departed Hearts after overseeing their historic first Scottish Women's Premier League title triumph in May and has signed a deal with Manchester United until 2028, with the option of a further year. United hailed Olid's appointment as the "start of an

exciting new era" as the "club embarks on a clear vision for long-term, sustainable growth and success".

Skinner's side finished fourth in the WSL last term and reached the Champions League quarter-finals, helping the club build what they call "important foundations".

United director of women's football Matt Johnson said: "Eva is an outstanding coach with an incredible determination to succeed. Her remarkable achievements at Heart of Midlothian showcased her ability to maximise the potential of individual players whilst also implementing an exciting style."

TURKEY

Mohamed Salah arrives in a Trabzonspor shirt in Turkey

Salah arrives kitted out for Trabzonspor deal signing

By Mikac Eren Dereli and Trevan Gunsnikos

Mohamed Salah arrived smiling at an Istanbul airport yesterday wearing Trabzonspor's claret and blue kit ahead of his expected move to the Turkish top-tier side from Liverpool, as hundreds of fans jostled to get a glimpse of the Egyptian forward.

Trabzonspor announced a day earlier they were in negotiations with Salah and club chairman Ertugrul Doğan said they expect to sign the 34-year-old on a free transfer today.

"Trabzon, are you ready? I can hear you. See you very soon." Salah said in a video posted by the club on X. "Everywhere is Trabzon to us," he added while wearing a Trabzonspor kit, referring to the club's motto.

Upon arriving at Ataturk Airport, Salah was met by hundreds of fans. He waved at supporters and initiated a traditional chant with them, before departing for a medical.

Salah left Liverpool this summer after nine years, having scored 257 goals in 442 appearances and having won the Premier League twice and the Champions League once.

In the 2024-25 season, Salah scored 29 Premier League goals and provided 18 assists, equalling the league record for most goal involvements in a single season and setting the record for a 38-game campaign.

He was named Premier League Player of the Season and won the Golden Boot and the Playmaker Award, becoming the first player to take all three in one campaign. His output waned last season, with seven goals and seven assists in 27 league matches and he was left on the bench in Champions League games, leading to a public spot with Liverpool's then-manager Arne Slot.

Salah had been close to joining Besiktas, but negotiations had stalled over financial and image-rights demands, according to reports.

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FOOTBALL

Kulusevski close to return from agonising injury ordeal

Will next Fifa president be a woman?

Game has a lot of catching up to do, says Infantino critic

Think he'll go quietly? Think again

Pete Hall on how Europe must play embattled Swiss at his own game

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I'm in tune with Toon project, says new boss Jaissle

By Mark Douglas

IN LA MANGA

Matthias Jaissle says he 'fully and unreservedly' believes in the Newcastle United project as the club prepare to back their new manager with at least three new signings before the end of the transfer window.

Newcastle finally announced Jaissle as the successor to Eddie

Howe last night, a decision delayed at the insistence of Al-Ahli, the Saudi Arabian club who, like Newcastle, are owned by the country's Public Investment Fund (PIF). His first move was to partly sanction the sale of skipper Bruno Guimaraes to Arsenal in a deal worth an initial £75m.

Guimaraes had pushed for that move and the club decided to cash

in – paving the way for Newcastle to bring in a midfielder and a full-back in the next three weeks.

They are also open to offers for Jacob Murphy and Joe Willock, who could be replaced if suitable bids come in.

It is the latest big move in a hard summer reset at St James' Park as Newcastle pivot towards youth, reducing their wage bill and look-

ing to build a new squad of players with high ceilings. They have signed five players and will hand key roles to Will Osula and Lewis Miley this coming season.

It will be the job of new boss Jaissle, who insiders say they are 'all in' on, to plot the path with this new-look side.

The 38-year-old former Al-Ahli boss cut his teeth with Red Bull Salzburg and has a commitment to high-intensity, high-press football. He was identified by the Magpies during what they claim was a 'thorough' process conducted to find Howe's successor after he informed Newcastle of his intention to step down during July.

He said: 'When Newcastle United comes your way, you take notice. The ambition of the club, the vision for the future and the opportunity ahead made this an incredibly compelling place to be. I have followed

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