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独家报道 维韦克·乔杜里在雅典报道 以及安迪·杰林
一名乘坐小船抵达希腊的阿富汗拳击手因涉嫌谋杀一名英国传教士而被逮捕。 谢里夫·艾哈迈扎伊，26 岁，涉嫌杀害伊丽莎白-简·罗斯（38 岁），随后将她的尸体放入行李箱并将其丢弃在一座废弃建筑中。 闭路电视（CCTV）画面据称显示，他带着行李箱离开了罗斯女士居住的公寓，并将其丢弃在发现其遗骸的地方。
5 天预报
今日英国：早晨以多云天气为主，气温温和。下午可能有阵雨，早晚转为晴天。夜间阵雨再次出现。最高气温 28c。
今日天气
9am 12noon 3pm 6pm 9pm
伦敦 23c 27c 28c 26c 22c 普利茅斯 20c 22c 23c 19c 卡迪夫 21c 21c 20c 伯明翰 25c 26c 25c 曼彻斯特 24c 24c 纽卡斯尔 18c 格拉斯哥 16c 17c 19c 18c 阿伯丁 14c 15c 16c 15c 贝尔法斯特 17c
周三 周四 周五 周六 周日
伦敦 27c 普利茅斯 卡迪夫 伯明翰 曼彻斯特 纽卡斯尔 格拉斯哥 阿伯丁 贝尔法斯特
今日 c f 明日 c f 欧洲预报
今日 c f 明日 c f
阿姆斯特丹 布鲁塞尔 法兰克福
晴 30 86 雷阵雨 29 84 阳光 36 97
晴 24 75 26 79 阳光 33 91
当地时间正午 昨日全球天气
天气 天气
阿尔及尔 39 102 阿姆斯特丹 晴 28 82 雅典 34 93 奥克兰 14 57 巴林 45 113 巴塞罗那 31 88 巴士拉 46 115 北京 雷阵雨 34 93 贝鲁特 30 86 阵雨 19 66 贝尔格莱德 35 95 柏林 26 79 比亚里茨 多云 24 75 布里斯班 21 70 布鲁塞尔 布加勒斯特 31 88 布达佩斯 35 95 开罗 36 97 开普敦 14 57 卡萨布兰卡 晴 28 82 哥本哈根 晴 23 73 科孚 33 91 迪拜 45 113 都柏林 20 68 杜布罗夫尼克 29 84 法鲁 23 73
佛罗伦萨 38 100 日内瓦 直布罗陀 29 84 根西岛 赫尔辛基 多云 20 68 香港 雷阵雨 26 79 因斯布鲁克 伊斯坦布尔 27 81 泽西岛 拉纳卡 32 90 拉斯帕尔马斯 晴 里斯本 25 77 洛杉矶 晴 卢克索 41 106 马德里 27 81 马拉加 马耳他 32 90 墨尔本 多云 15 59 墨西哥城 晴 迈阿密 雷阵雨 29 84 米兰 蒙特利尔 雷阵雨 25 77 莫斯科 22 72 孟买 雷阵雨 30 86 内罗比 17 63
月亮与太阳
月出：10.25pm，月落：12.23pm 伦敦日出：5.28am，日落：8.43pm 曼彻斯特日出：5.29am，日落：8.59pm
伦敦桥高潮位：6.18pm 利物浦：3.29pm
日内瓦 里斯本 马德里 巴黎 罗马
阵雨 32 90 34 93
新德里 纽约 雨 尼斯 奥斯陆 帕尔马 巴黎 珀斯 22 72 布拉格 罗得岛 里加 21 70 罗马 新加坡 雷阵雨 32 90 斯德哥尔摩 晴 斯特拉斯堡 晴 悉尼 17 63 丹吉尔 特拉维夫 特内里费 东京 25 77 多伦多 阵雨 20 68 突尼斯 39 102 温哥华 晴 18 64 威尼斯 维也纳 华沙 惠灵顿 晴 15 59
极端值（截至周日晚上 11 点的 24 小时）
最高温：Wisley, 30c. 最低温：Katesbridge, 3c. 最高降雨量：Loch Glascarnoch, 5.40mm. 最长日照：Shoeburyness, Landwick, 13.4hrs.
作者：杰森·格罗夫斯 (Jason Groves) 政治编辑
安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 昨晚批准数千名杀人犯、暴徒和儿童色情狂提前出狱。
在公众对两名杀害安德鲁·哈珀警员 (PC Andrew Harper) 的凶手拟议获释表示强烈抗议后，首相上个月暂停了这项具有争议的计划。
经过紧急审查，强奸犯和最严重的性犯罪者现在将被排除在提前释放范围之外。但唐宁街 (Downing Street) 昨晚确认，数千名其他严重罪犯（包括杀人犯和家暴者）的提前释放将于今年秋天进行。
该计划将包括释放三名杀害哈珀警员的青少年凶手中的两人。哈珀警员在 2019 年被拖在车后行驶了一英多米。
他的遗孀利西 (Lissie) 上个月表示
想到他们可能被释放就“让我感到恶心”。 安迪·伯纳姆先生承认，提前释放计划给受害者带来了“愤怒、焦虑和痛苦”。 他表示，将强奸犯和最严重的儿童性犯罪者排除在外是“重大改变”，但同时也承认“人们对于其他罪犯刑期被缩短仍会有担忧”。 首相表示，他曾“希望采取更进一步的措施”，但补充道： “如果监狱系统未达到承载上限并面临崩溃，这是不可能实现的，而崩溃将使公共安全处于更大的风险之中。” 保守党党魁凯米·巴德诺克表示： “安迪·伯纳姆因为同意不释放强奸犯和儿童性犯罪者而想要掌声。他得不到。” “这仅仅是部分让步。杀手、暴力罪犯、恐吓其伴侣的男性以及更多人，由于工党的提前释放计划，在十月份仍将走出监狱。” “受害者们再次通过新闻稿得知自己的命运。这些可怕罪行的受害者经历了数周的不确定和恐惧。他们理应得到更好的对待。” 家庭暴力专员妮可·雅各布斯女爵表示：“决定不将家庭暴力犯罪者排除在这一计划之外是错误的，且使受害者的生命处于危险之中。”
（注：此处原图描述为：窃笑：艾伯特·鲍尔斯，左，和杰西·科尔）
提前释放计划意味着，数千名原本通常需服满三分之二刑期才能被考虑释放的严重罪犯，现在在仅服刑一半后即可出狱。 较轻的罪犯原本通常需服满一半刑期，现在将在仅服刑三分之一后被释放。 该系统的更改旨在成为永久性的，尽管实施计划已推迟至十月份。 司法大臣亚历克斯·诺里斯表示，提前释放的人员在出狱后将面临“更严格的监督”，包括佩戴电子脚镣、划定禁入区以及随机药物检测。
使用化学阉割来“帮助管控性犯罪诱因”的区域数量将翻倍。 监管人员还将获得权力，禁止某些罪犯驾驶、进入酒吧以及观看足球比赛。 安迪·伯纳姆先生宣布的这些变更预计将使被划定为提前释放的严重罪犯人数减少约 1,000 至 5,000 人。 强奸犯以及被判定犯有最严重儿童性犯罪和诱导儿童犯罪团伙罪的人员现在将被排除在提前释放条款之外。然而，数千名其他严重犯罪分子仍可期待提前获得自由。这些人包括被判定犯有过失杀人罪、家庭暴力、儿童色情、贩毒以及蓄意伤人罪的人员。 安迪·伯纳姆先生坚称，确保公众安全是他的“首要任务”。但他表示，监狱危机使得提前释放不可避免。 诺里斯先生已被要求“加速”监狱建设方案，但截至昨晚，其实际操作细节尚未公布。 首相承诺将“交付维多利亚时代以来最快速的监狱建设方案，并采取必要措施解决监狱危机”。但未能阻止安德鲁·哈珀警员杀手提前释放，可能会引发对其判断力的质疑。 这名 28 岁的警员在 2019 年 8 月响应关于伯克郡一辆被盗全地形车的报告后被杀。
（注：此处原图描述为：愤怒：利西·哈珀，与已故丈夫安德鲁在合影中，对提前释放的决定表示愤怒）
他在被拖拽在由亨利·朗驾驶的逃逸车绑带上后受了极其严重的伤，亨利·朗被判处 16 年监禁。朗的同伙杰西·科尔和艾伯特·鲍尔斯两人在 2020 年均因过失杀人被判处 13 年徒刑。 但这对在审理期间被拍到在笑的两人，现在将在接下来的几个月内获释。 昨晚，利西·哈珀表示：“这令人作呕。部长们怎么敢说杀死一名警察不足以构成一项值得最严厉惩罚的‘令人作呕的罪行’。” “政府对安德鲁以及其他受害者及其亲人所表现出的不尊重程度，简直令人不齿。” 影子司法大臣尼克·蒂莫西对禁止强奸犯参与该计划的决定表示欢迎，但称政府的妥协“做得还不够”。 他补充道：“安迪·伯纳姆就任首相后的首要行动之一，将是让数千名罪犯——包括杀人犯和儿童色情狂——提前出狱。”
关系冰冷：左侧是布鲁克林，右侧是妮可，以及戴维和维多利亚在圣特罗佩
作者：Olivia Kemp 演艺圈记者
他们可能与对方的度假场所仅有五分钟的步行距离。 但看来戴维和维多利亚·贝克汉姆与他们关系疏远的儿子布鲁克林之间仍然隔着遥远的距离。 这位 51, 岁的前英格兰队长和 52, 岁的前辣妹成员在分别度假期间，在不经意间追随了布鲁克林及其妻子妮可拉·佩尔茨访问法属里维埃拉同一区域的足迹。 27, 岁的布鲁克林和 31, 岁的妮可周四被拍到与埃尔顿·约翰爵士的丈夫戴维·弗尼什在圣特罗佩漫步，随后在 Barbarac 冰淇淋店买点心，然后在奢侈时尚屋 Jacquemus 的衣架前浏览。 两天后，戴维爵士和贝克汉姆夫人被拍到手牵手地走在仅五分钟步行距离的地方，他们经过了 The Pirate’s Candies 糖果店，然后前往附近受欢迎的 Cherry 餐厅。 维多利亚身穿一件丝绸酒红色吊带裙，搭配一个饰有羽毛的 Hermes Kelly 鸵鸟皮手包、露趾细高跟鞋和超大护目镜太阳镜；而戴维则选择了白色 T 恤、米色长裤和白色运动鞋。 该餐厅供应意大利经典菜肴，前菜包括 £20 的帕尔马火腿和意大利反餐 (antipasti)、£23 的焗茄子、£24 的番茄酱肉丸以及 £67 牛肉塔塔配鱼子酱。 两次到访相隔 48 小时，从而避免了在长期存在的家庭裂痕中可能出现的尴尬相遇。 在与父母和兄弟姐妹断绝关系后，布鲁克林连续第二年缺席贝克汉姆一家在价值 £16million 游艇上的年度夏季度假。 相反，他加入了 79, 岁的教父埃尔顿爵士在法国海岸外的游艇之旅，周六他与妮可……
冷遇：布鲁克林 及其妻子 与教父 埃尔顿·约翰爵士 一同在其游艇上
留下路易丝·海格 作为威斯敏斯特 最高级别大臣
作者：萨姆·梅里曼 (Sam Merriman) 政治记者
唐宁街昨晚证实，安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 将在本周前往国外度假，而他就任首相仅两周。
伯纳姆先生将暂停日常职务，进行一次计划已久的出国家庭度假，预计将不会公开露面。唐宁街坚称他仍将处理工作，并在需要时准备返回英国。
在伯纳姆先生身处海外期间，他的事实副手、国务第一秘书兼兰开斯特公爵领地大臣路易丝·海格 (Louise Haigh) 将成为威斯敏斯特最高级别的政府大臣。
据了解，曾被定罪为诈骗者的海格女士本周将照常工作，但 No 10 坚持认为，在伯纳姆先生不在期间，她将不会做出日常决定。
“才两周，他就受够了”
直到最近，伯纳姆先生的亲密朋友和工作人员还声称，他已取消了与家人共度假期的所有计划，唐宁街在 July 25 告诉《邮报》，他在就任首相后将不会前往度假。
相反，据称他将在 8 月底进行一次英国巡访以接触选民，因为在他上任的前两周内，他提出了大量可能耗资高达 960 亿英镑 billion 的支出承诺。
但 No 10 随后证实，他将前往国外与家人团聚。
英国改革党 (Reform UK) 昨晚批评道
约翰·希利（JOHN Healey）昨日面临着日益增加的呼吁，要求其放弃原定的燃料税征收计划，否则工党将被认为在应对生活成本问题上缺乏诚意。 在给财政大臣的一封私信中，行业负责人警告称，随着伊朗战争的拖延，泵端价格再次上涨，并可能在数月内维持高位。 昨日，泵端价格达到了该冲突开始以来的最高纪录，汽油每升 160.85p，柴油每升 180.34p。 RAC的一项研究发现，与战争前的价格相比，自 7月 17日夏季度假开始以来，驾驶者在加油站额外支付了 £500million。
作者：戴维·丘吉尔（David Churchill）
但尽管如此，目前每升 53p 的燃料税预计将在元旦提高 3p / 升，并在 3月 1日进一步提高 2p / 升，这将为财政部带来数十亿英镑的额外收入。 在《邮报》看到的一封写给希利先生的信中，汽油零售商协会（Petrol Retailers Association）负责人戈登·鲍尔默（Gordon Balmer）敦促财政大臣在今年秋季的首次预算案中采取进一步行动，将燃料税冻结期延长至 1月 以后，以帮助驾驶者维持生计。 信中指出：“ 1月 和 2月 正是家庭预算通常最紧张的时候。我们欢迎您将重点放在提高生活可负担性上。这就是为什么我今天请求您放弃在 2027 年年初结束燃料税削减的计划。” 自 2月 28日 冲突开始以来，驾驶者在加油站额外支付了 £5.5billion，导致财政部因此多收了近 £1billion 的增值税（VAT）。
休息：首相及妻子玛丽-弗朗索伊斯·范·希尔（Marie-France van Heel） 二把手：路易丝·海格（Louise Haigh）
针对安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）如此早地去度假，主席利·安德森（Lee Anderson）表示：“上任两周，安迪·伯纳姆就已经满足了。在放弃了许多没有资金支持的承诺，并监督了 2,000 多名非法移民潜入我国之后，他就跑去国外度假了。” “这不是一个严肃对待领导工作的首相。” 一名工党人士指出，前首相基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）“几乎不去度假”，并补充说，即使去了，“他也只是坐在那里喝一瓶桃红葡萄酒，通过电话讨论工作。这令人深受启发”。 基尔爵士在 2024 年 8月 取消了一次计划中的假期——大约在进入唐宁街 10 号六周后——原因是南波特（Southport）袭击事件后引发了骚乱，当时三名小女孩被谋杀。他在 2024 年 12月 底去马德拉群岛度过了家庭假期。 “简直是在开简单模式，”该工党人士说。“一周的假期？就因为 [伯纳姆先生] 经历了一个困难的夏天？就因为他不得不参加一场补选？”
海格女士在基尔·斯塔默爵士领导下辞去了交通大臣一职，此前披露她在 2014 年误导警方，虚假声称她的工作电话在一次抢劫中被盗。 她承认犯有虚假陈述诈骗罪。 伯纳姆先生的发言人表示：“政府继续正常运作，首相与官员保持联系，举行会议并接收定期更新。” 唐宁街未确认其度假目的地。
与税收上涨 打击工厂 乐观情绪
Calum Muirhead
上个月，英国制造业的增长有所放缓，分析师警告称，税收上涨、官僚主义和全球波动正在降低该行业的信心。
这些数据来自最新的 S&P Global 英国制造业采购经理人指数（PMI）调查，经济学家对此密切关注。
乐观情绪的缺失被归咎于对全球经济的担忧，以及在安迪·伯纳姆就任首相后，对英国税收和监管前景的担忧。
S&P 还指出，英国工厂的招聘已放缓至“近乎停滞”的状态。
预测机构 Item Club 的首席经济顾问 Matt Swannell 警告称：“尽管生产和订单有所回升，但增长势头依然丧失。调查报告显示，全球贸易紧张局势、税收上涨和监管变化是拖累商业信心的部分因素。”
他补充说，上个月美国与伊朗在中东地区爆发的冲突也对商业信心产生了负面影响。
报告显示，7 月的读数为 51.9，低于 6 月记录的 52.5。
任何高于 50 的读数均表示制造业在增长，但分析师透露，上个月由于企业信心“低迷”，扩张速度受到了抑制。
调查中较低的乐观程度与作者所谓的行业内更为积极的迹象相互抵消。
调查指出，在北美、欧盟、中国大陆、印度和韩国出口需求强劲的推动下，制造业已连续第八个月增长。
S&P Global Market Intelligence 负责人 Rob Dobson 表示，积压订单的增加表明，如果商业乐观情绪能从目前的低迷水平中恢复，就业状况“可能会在未来几个月有所回升”。
满油的价格比冲突开始时贵了 £15。 希利先生和首相安迪·伯纳姆削减了家庭能源账单的增值税。但批评者指出，这平均每周仅为家庭节省了 86 便士。 保守党在 2022 年引入的每升 5 便士的税收减免将于 1 月 1 日到期。该政策的引入意味着燃料税 15 年来没有上涨。 财政部消息人士表示，在 10 月 28 日希利先生的预算案出台之前，不会做出决定。
于 7 月 18 日被发现。谢里夫·艾哈迈扎伊在 2016 年抵达希腊莱斯沃斯岛，随后改信基督教，并于 2023 年与美国出生的 Alaina Hall 结婚。
这对夫妇在雅典建立了一个帮助难民的传教机构，据信他们是通过工作结识了同样是基督教志愿者的罗斯女士。
警方消息人士告诉《每日邮报》，他们拥有她所住公寓的钥匙，因为该公寓由他们的组织“Love Every Nation Athens”所有。
据了解，艾哈迈扎伊告诉警方，他发现罗斯女士在浴室里已经死亡。
据称他承认使用她的银行卡提取现金，并使用她的手机向受害者的亲属和朋友发送信息，冒充她。
据报道，在 Hall 女士举报其丈夫行为可疑后，警方于上周四开始对艾哈迈扎伊进行调查。
据报道，她表示醒来后发现丈夫失踪，于是检查了他的手机位置，显示他在雅典 Rethymnou 街的罗斯女士公寓内。
艾哈迈扎伊将于明天在雅典的一家法院出庭。
他是一名超轻量级职业拳击手，曾在雅典参加过两场比赛。
他出生在阿富汗，父亲是一名军事指挥官，在被伏击杀害前曾幸存于六次塔利班的暗杀企图，当时艾哈迈扎伊三岁。
当他九岁时，他的哥哥 Samuel 被塔利班绑架，再未返回。六年之后，他的母亲、姐姐和弟弟在一次自杀式汽车炸弹袭击中丧生。
在向警方举报丈夫后，Hall 女士带着孩子离开了家。艾哈迈扎伊给了她 2,550 欧元 (£2,185)。
以及一部新的苹果 iPhone，但她将这些东西交给了侦查员，因为她认为这些是用罗斯女士的钱购买的。 一名警方消息人士透露：“这名女性告诉我们，她的丈夫曾向她倾诉，他对这名英国女性感到愤怒。对方试图在宗教上影响他，这让他不堪承受。” 消息人士称，希腊警方周六搜查了艾哈迈扎伊的住所，发现了一把仿制手枪和一把军用风格的刀。 罗斯女士来自爱丁堡，在过去的七年里经常访问希腊，以传教士的身份在非政府组织（NGO）中担任志愿者，帮助难民、无家可归者和其他弱势群体。 她此前曾在希腊的 One Heart 组织担任志愿者，该组织专门为难民（特别是来自阿富汗或伊朗的人员）提供医疗支持。 她于 6 月 26 日抵达雅典，最初住在朋友家。警方确认，她于 7 月 2 日搬到了 Rethymnou 街，并在一家基于基督教的、致力于服务难民和其他弱势群体的非政府组织中担任志愿者。 警方收集的监控录像据称显示，艾哈迈扎伊于 7 月 16 日晚上开车抵达罗斯女士的住所。 在晚上 10 点左右，摄像头捕捉到该男子在道路上推着一个行李箱，而罗斯女士的尸体被遗弃的废弃停车场就位于该路段。
推着装有其尸体的行李箱”
令人心惊：监控录像显示一名男子在街道上推着行李箱 拳击手：艾哈迈扎伊自称是“全国冠军”
十三分钟后，他被拍到离开该废弃地点，且没有携带行李箱。 艾哈迈扎伊的生活被记录在一段动画视频和一本即将出版的名为《从地狱到家：失去、流亡与希望如何塑造了现在的我》（From Hell To Home: How Loss, Exile And Hope Built The Man I Became）的书中。他在书中写道：“无论你的故事多么黑暗，隧道尽头总有光亮。” 在家人去世后，艾哈迈扎伊利用家人的钱离开阿富汗，在严寒条件下步行 45 天穿过巴基斯坦、伊朗和土耳其。 他曾多次被捕，伊朗警方曾向一群移民开火，导致 26 人死亡。在土耳其，他曾三次尝试通过海路前往希腊。前两次航行时他的船都沉了，直到最后一次才成功。 他在 2016 年 16 岁时抵达莱斯沃斯（Lesvos），进入一个难民营，在那里他自学英语，并开始为一家人道主义组织担任翻译。 他于同年遇到了在中心担任志愿者的妻子，并在 2017 年皈依基督教，于 2019. 搬到雅典。他在公园里开始练习拳击，随后
废弃：发现罗斯女士尸体的老停车场
帮助训练难民男孩。他在 2022, 向霍尔女士求婚，她表示：“我看到了他的成长以及他对主的赤诚，这对我很具有吸引力。 ‘我们拥有相同的心愿和渴望——热爱主并服务他人。虽然有挑战，这条路绝对不轻松，但主在整个过程中一直如此忠诚。’” 他们在 2023 年结婚前创建了“爱每一个民族-雅典”（Love Every Nation Athens）。 艾哈迈扎伊每周五天为无人陪伴的青少年男孩举办免费拳击课，这对夫妇每周向难民家庭分发食物。他们还在雅典各地为年轻人组织社区活动和体育课程。 艾哈迈扎伊在记录其拳击实力的社交媒体页面上将自己描述为“希腊全国冠军”。 雅典的一位职业拳击手同行告诉《泰晤士报》：“我们都感到非常困惑，因为他是个好人，非常虔诚，总是引用圣经。 ‘他是个像样的拳击手，但还不足以以此维生，所以他还从事很多其他工作来维持生活。’”
每日邮报，2026 年 8 月 4, 星期二
改革与恢复
不会同意放弃保守党叛离者的要求
前同事：奈杰尔·法拉奇与鲁珀特·洛在分道扬镳之前
昨晚，旨在促成英国改革党（Reform UK）与竞争对手“恢复英国”（Restore Britain）之间达成政治协议的努力演变成了一场闹剧。两家右翼政党之间进行谈判的可能性，是在周日上午“恢复英国”的鲁珀特·洛在社交媒体上发布一段 12 分钟的视频后引发的，视频中概述了他要求奈杰尔·法拉奇在达成交易时必须满足的条件。这些要求包括：改革党必须同意大规模驱逐非法和合法移民、就死刑举行全民公投、禁止穿着波卡（burka）以及排除苏埃拉·布拉弗等前保守党部长。
纳丁·多里斯 (NADINE DORRIES)
将某人以及罗伯特·詹里克 (Robert Jenrick) 排除在任何未来的政府职位之外。 法拉格先生昨天透露，他已经与洛（Lowe）先生取得了联系，提出了探索性对话。 在威斯敏斯特举行的一场新闻发布会上，这位改革党领导人表示：“我昨天确实向他伸出了橄榄枝。我说，‘听着，我们要通个电话吗？’我还没有收到回复，所以我不知道这是否有诚意。” “如果你回顾我过去几年在政坛的经历，如果我认为这对国家利益有益，我准备采取行动并做出牺牲。” “我在 2019 年确实这么做了 [当时同意为鲍里斯·约翰逊撤回候选人]。为了让我们在下次大选中建立一个理性的中右翼联盟并击败工党，我愿意尽一切努力。” 但法拉格先生拒绝了要求抛弃那些从保守党叛逃至改革党的成员——
作者：克里斯蒂安·卡尔吉 (Christian Calgie) 资深特约政治记者
作者：克里斯蒂安·卡尔吉 (Christian Calgie)
其中包括李·安德森 (Lee Anderson) —— 他表示：“我不会抛弃我的朋友。我不会抛弃我的盟友，无论是苏埃拉·布拉弗曼 (Suella Braverman) 还是‘时髦的’乔治 [考特雷尔] (Posh George [Cottrell])，你知道我不会因为别人想让我这么做就抛弃任何人。” 而且他忍不住讽刺了洛先生 —— 法拉格在 2025 年 3 月将他从英国改革党驱逐，原因是其被指控霸凌工作人员和党内官员，洛先生对此予以否认。 法拉格先生说：“如果你想与某人达成政治协议，你会私下联系他们，而不是拍一段 12 分钟的视频。在我看来，他这样做更多是在摆姿态，意思是，‘看，我是好人，奈杰 [法拉格] 是坏人’。” 虽然法拉格先生承认联系了洛先生，最初引发了对达成协议的希望，但当“恢复英国” (Restore Britain) 指责法拉格先生撒谎时，这些希望几乎立即破灭。 在 X 平台上，洛先生发布了一张据称由法拉格先生发送的消息截图，内容为“稍后拨电”，并表示并未接到电话。 这位格雷特雅茅斯 (Great Yarmouth) 的国会议员补充道： “相信我，昨天的提议并不是我想提出的。我并不特别喜欢尝试与那些试图用虚假指控将我投入监狱的人合作。” “因为他们，我的房子被武装警察搜查。我愿意，而且现在仍然愿意将这些抛之脑后，为了拯救我们共同热爱的国家而进行合作。” “这就是为什么我昨天那样做。该提议对奈杰和改革党仍然开放。尽管对我们私人对话睁眼说瞎话对此没有帮助。” 一名英国改革党发言人随后表示，洛先生的说法和截图“不值得”回应。 一名“恢复”党人士表示，法拉格先生让洛先生感到“非常恼怒”，并补充道：“我认为他 [法拉格] 试图误导人们，让他们认为鲁珀特 [洛] 才是拖后腿的人，但事实并非如此。” 在去年被改革党驱逐后，洛先生于 3 月成立了“恢复英国”党。 在梅克菲尔德 (Makerfield) 补选中，该党成为了法拉格先生的难题，受到了大量媒体关注，但最终仅获得 7% 的得票率，不足以缩小改革党与安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 之间的差距。 昨天，一名“恢复”党人士暗示，洛先生现在已经接受该党无法成为改革党的有力竞争对手，而必须改变策略，重点在下次选举中影响改革党的政策。他们告诉《每日邮报》
洛夫先生“明白这是尝试落实我们政策方案的最佳途径”。他们补充说，该党强硬派成员对周日谈判提出的方案“压倒性地支持”。
昨晚，一名改革党（Reform）高层承认，洛夫先生的许多要求将在法拉奇先生的核心选民中产生良好反响。但他们补充道：“对他们来说，最好的做法是将这件事转为私下处理，远离公众视线，喝杯啤酒，思考最佳的前行方式，并在考虑自身政党之前先将国家利益放在首位。”
保守党表示，这两个人之间的公开争吵“揭露了改革党究竟有多不严肃”。
More In Common 的民调专家卢克·特里尔（Luke Tryl）表示：“从选举角度来看，改革党应该专注于争取犹豫不决的选民，而不是转向‘恢复党’（Restore）的政治路线，否则可能会使该党再次陷入负面舆论。”
改革党副党魁理查德·泰斯（RICHARD TICE）已被议会标准机构列入调查名单。标准专员并未详细说明具体原因，但确认这与涉嫌未能提及他的利益登记簿有关。
泰斯先生表示，此次调查与关于捐赠的更广泛问题无关，而是由一个“反以色列游说团体”的投诉引发的。
他在网上发布道：“与媒体上的垃圾报道相反：我因为反对反犹太主义而受到调查。简直不可思议。
‘标准专员正在考虑一个反犹太的反以色列游说团体的投诉，关于我是否应该提及——’”
每日邮报，2026年8月4日，星期二
交易分歧
在关于英国民主和以色列影响力的辩论开始时，我提交了我的利益登记表。同一个反以色列团体未能通知专员，国会议员 Ayoub Khan 没有申报其从一个亲巴勒斯坦团体收到的巨额捐款。真是巧合……' 这位波士顿和斯凯格内斯（Boston and Skegness）的国会议员没有点名该游说团体。
关于改革党（Reform）在标准和捐款方面的透明度问题，在昨天的移民新闻发布会上继续困扰着奈杰尔·法拉格（Nigel Farage）。周日披露，法拉格先生在 2024 年大选前几个月曾就回归担任改革党领袖进行探索性会谈，这引发了人们对其在该年早些时候收到一名亿万富翁捐赠者 500 万英镑（£5million）“礼物”的质疑。他坚称这是一份个人礼物，在当选后无需向议会申报，但该党前副党首本·哈比布（Ben Habib）表示，2024 年 3 月和 4 月会谈的披露
由资深政治特派记者报道
改革党提出利用皇家海军来终止移民乘船跨境的方案被法国政府贴上了“非法”的标签。
在党领袖奈杰尔·法拉格和内政部发言人齐亚·尤苏夫（Zia Yusuf）昨天在新闻发布会上公布“堡垒行动”（Operation Fortress）数小时后，这场外交争端随即爆发。该政策将由法拉格先生指示海军在英吉利海峡发起自第二次世界大战以来规模最大的军事行动，拦截所有移民船并将其送回法国。
尤苏夫先生表示，无论法国是否支持，该政策都将推行，但他承认该党“更希望”看到总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）不要阻碍他们。
他说：“我们更希望将人们在港口放下，引导他们走下舷梯并将其交给法国当局。这样更有尊严，也是我们将要谈判的内容。”
“但如果爱丽舍宫拒绝，请不要误会：国王陛下的皇家海军陆战队将在他们当天早上离开的同一片海岸上安全地将他们放下。”
“只有这两个选项。不存在第三个选项，即在改革党领导下的英国政府
“在法拉格先生的防御中‘捅了个洞’。在昨天接受 BBC 采访时，法拉格先生说：‘我当时没有意图回归政坛或担任改革党领袖。但在那一年的春天，我确实与理查德·泰斯（Richard Tice）讨论过，如果——我是说如果——我回到那个位置，会承担什么样的责任。”
“如果你进入一个岗位而不去了解潜在的责任，那你有点像个傻瓜，不是吗……对我来说，知道这些很有用。但这并不是一项交易，它
“改革党承诺要阻止小船并增加降雨量”
只是耸耸肩，然后把他们带回多佛（Dover）。”
然而，数小时后，法国内政部表示，该提案基于多项理由是非法的。一名发言人说：“这将是对法国主权的侵犯，同时也是对海洋法和国际法的违反。”
“此外，作为与英国共同实施的措施以及在地方层面部署的安排的一部分，内政部声明，2026 年的跨境人数有所下降。”
改革党的政策文件认为该计划是合法的，因为包括欧洲公约在内的多项条约……
不是一项协议，而是如果我回来才成立的条件。如果你想对此进行澄清，那是在收到礼物一段时间之后发生的事，这也许才是关键点。”
一名工党发言人指出，泰斯先生和法拉格先生现在都“面临着标准调查”，并补充道：“随着警方的调查、奈杰尔·法拉格秘密收到的 500 万英镑（£5million）礼物，以及有关从一名被定罪的诈骗犯处获得资金的报道，很明显改革党认为规则并不适用于他们。”
作者：杰森·格罗夫斯 (Jason Groves) 政治主编
教育部部长 露西·鲍威尔 (Lucy Powell) 昨日被指为“妄想”，此前她声称 学校对学术标准的关注 导致一百万名年轻人失业。 在一次不同寻常的干预中， 鲍威尔女士表示，不从事 教育、就业或培训 (Neets) 的 年轻人数量上升，是保守党 改革的直接“后果”，而这些 改革将英国学校在国际 排名中推向了前列。 她将责任归咎于前保守党 教育部部长迈克尔
大臣因声称保守党学校改革 导致一百万人被抛弃而遭抨击
戈夫 (Gove)，后者对学术 严谨性的关注被认为推动了 课堂上的革命。 但保守党高级成员和教育 专家们否认了这一说法。 保守党前线议员尼尔·奥布赖恩 (Neil O’Brien) 表示，鲍威尔女士 处于“妄想”状态，并强调了 数据显示最近的青年失业率 激增发生在工党赢得大选之后。 来自经济合作与发展组织 (OECD) 的数据显示，
在 2024 年 7 月工党执政时， 英国的青年失业率为 13.8%， 而欧盟平均水平为 15%。 此后，英国的失业率 跃升至 16.4%，而欧盟 的失业率则轻微下降至 14.9。 奥布赖恩先生表示：“工党 继承的青年失业率低于 欧元区平均水平。但他们 通过大幅提高税收和 增加监管，使其飙升。” 影子教育部部长劳拉·特罗特 (Laura Trott) 指责鲍威尔女士 在进行“教育破坏”。 鲍威尔女士在《泰晤士报》 一文中承认，过去 30 年 “教育取得了巨大进步”， 并补充道：“标准 已经提高，读写和计算 能力得到了极大的改善，且
“教育 破坏”
绝大多数公立学校 都达到了良好和优秀水平”。 但她同时声称，学校 体系已变成一件“紧身衣”， 导致太多人被贴上 失败者的标签”。 她将 Neets 数量现已 突破一百万这一事实归咎于 戈夫先生，并补充道：“这 并非巧合——而是后果。 这是他的遗产。” 特罗特女士将这些说法描述为 “胡言乱语”，并补充道：“露西·鲍威尔 承认我们对教育系统的改革 提高了标准，但同时又 说这些改革是导致失业率 上升的原因”。
利夫西因《全景》节目指控 而辞职
作者：马丁·罗宾逊 (Martin Robinson) 与 罗里·廷格 (Rory Tingle)
托尼·利夫西 (Tony Livesey) 已辞去 BBC Radio 5 Live 的职务，此前他在一名艳模的调查中被点名，该模特声称她被强迫与前报业老板戴维·萨利文 (David Sullivan) 发生性关系以换取工作。 BBC 5 Live 控制员海蒂·道森 (Heidi Dawson) 昨日告知员工，这位谈话节目主持人——此前曾任萨利文旗下《每日体育报》(Daily Sport) 和《周日体育报》(Sunday Sport) 的总编辑——已在任职 16 年后“决定离开”，并赞扬了他在 5 Live 的工作。 现年 62 岁的利夫西先生自一名化名为佛罗伦萨 (Florence) 的女性在《全景》(Panorama) 节目中表示，亿万富翁萨利文在 1999 年涉嫌通过施压强迫她与其同床，从而“夺走了她的纯真”以来，一直缺席其深夜时段节目。 她告诉 BBC，这位西汉姆联共同所有者在她 20 岁、他 50 岁时，强迫她在他的豪宅中与其发生性关系，据称是以提供工作作为回报。
推卸责任：露西·鲍威尔
深夜节目：托尼·利夫西
佛罗伦萨声称，这次会面——她原以为是一次专业的试镜和工作面试——是在她于《每日体育报》新闻编辑室见到利夫西先生后，由他打电话给萨利文安排的。 利夫西先生表示对此“没有记忆”，并否认他在“该场景中扮演了任何角色”的任何暗示。 他表示，对于 6 月 8 日播出的指控，他感到“厌恶”。
保存在客厅冷冻柜中， 并在看电视时握住她的手
作者：Rory Tingle
一名将死去的母亲保存在冷冻柜中近三年的儿子，会握着她的手，与她聊天，谈论他正在电视上看的节目。
克里斯托弗·菲利普斯（Christopher Phillips）将 89 岁的西尔维娅·菲利普斯（Silvia Phillips）的尸体藏在他们共同居住的房屋客厅里，他会讨论像《加冕街》（Coronation Street）这样的剧集，“就像他们一直以来那样”。
这名 60 岁的男子目前被判处两年以上监禁，此前他承认妨碍合法体面的埋葬，并自其母亲 2023 年 3 月去世以来领取了 78,000 英镑的福利金。
她的尸体被一块印有豹纹且饰有黄色和粉色玫瑰的毯子覆盖，上面还有一张生日卡片，写着：“给妈妈，来自克里斯托弗和蒂娜”——蒂娜是指家里的狗。菲利普斯是南威尔士波思考尔（Porthcawl）的一名公司董事，他表示在母亲去世后，他“不想让她走”并且“想和她多花时间在一起”。
辩方律师鲁斯·史密斯（Ruth Smith）称，她的当事人当时正承受着“极度的悲伤”，并将母亲的尸体放在客厅里，以便“能够靠近她”。他承认了两项欺诈罪名，原因是未能通知工作与养老金部（Department for Work and Pensions）以及布里根德郡自治市议会（Bridgend County Borough Council）其母亲已去世。
菲利普斯领取了 78,190.92 英镑的国家养老金、养老金抵免、护理津贴、冬季燃料补贴、生活成本补贴以及住房补贴，如果菲利普斯女士的死亡得到报告，所有这些款项都将停止发放。
特蕾西·劳埃德-克拉克（Tracey Lloyd-Clarke）法官在判处菲利普斯两年四个月监禁时告诉他：“你继续领取她的处方药，并就她的行踪误导医疗专业人员，在人们询问你母亲的情况时撒谎，反复告诉医护人员她不想参加预约或接受检查。”
“你母亲的养老金和福利金继续被汇入她的银行账户，而你可以访问这些账户。”
梅瑟蒂德菲尔（Merthyr Tydfil）刑事法院获悉，菲利普斯在母亲去世前的几个月里辞去了工作，成为她全职的护理人员。
法庭获悉，在她去世后的第二天，菲利普斯将她抱在怀中，告诉她他会“照顾她”。
两天后，他从 AO.com 购买了一个冷冻柜，将其放在客厅里，并将母亲的尸体置于其中。
看来在热浪中面临晒伤风险的并不只有我们——农民们正在给他们的苹果涂“防晒霜”。 在肯特郡经营 200 英亩果树的克莱夫·巴克斯特（Clive Baxter）表示，布拉姆利苹果“非常容易被晒伤”，因此他使用一种由粘土制成的保护涂层对其进行喷洒。 上个月，他在梅德斯通（Maidstone）的农场气温达到了 33°C (91°F)。他告诉 BBC，像布拉姆利和考克斯这样的英国苹果“无法承受高温”。一旦气温达到 30°C 且没有风，“果汁就会开始沸腾并‘烹饪’果实”，从而毁掉作物。 英格兰和威尔士经历了有记录以来最干旱的 7 月。英格兰的降雨量仅为 6.5mm——仅为平均值的 10%，且不到 1911 年创下的先前低值 13.4mm 的一半。 而且，这是英格兰历史上第二炎热的
法官表示：“虽然你的母亲遭受了被储存在卧式冷冻柜中三年的屈辱，但在她去世后没有发生其他屈辱事件。” 劳埃德-克拉克（Lloyd-Clarke）法官补充说，他的“罪行因隐瞒母亲死亡的时间之长而加重，且因为他通过继续
作者：希瓦利·贝斯特 (Shivali Best)
领取她的养老金和福利而获得了经济利益。” 在全科医生对她的福利表示担忧后，警方于今年早些时候最终发现了菲利普斯女士（Ms Phillips）的尸体。 南威尔士警方于 2 月 17 日下午 7 点前不久抵达了位于一条安静尽头路的一栋房屋。他们面对面质询菲利普斯，后者声称他的母亲住在伦敦的亲戚家中。
7 月，英格兰的平均气温为 17.4°C。威尔士则经历了并列最温暖的 7 月，与 1983 年和 2006 年持平，气温为 17.8°C。英格兰和威尔士的一半地区已宣布进入干旱状态，气象局警告称，东南部将继续维持干燥状况。 伦敦、东南部、英格兰东部和东米德兰兹地区直到明天早晨之前都处于橙色高温健康警报状态。
阴森的发现：全科医生提出担忧后，警方发现 89 岁老人尸体的房屋
在进一步追问下，菲利普斯无法提供亲戚的详细信息或其居住地。随后在警方审讯中，他对所有问题均回答“无可奉告”。 辩护律师史密斯女士（Ms Smith）表示，菲利普斯在两岁时被菲利普斯女士收养，两人关系“格外亲密”。 在菲利普斯生命中的 50 年里，他们一直生活在一起，且自 2008 年起，菲利普斯一直是她的主要照顾者。 史密斯女士补充道：“他描述自己像对待活人一样与她交谈……坐在她身边，和她聊电视节目、《加冕街》、赛马，就像他们一直以来那样。” “菲利普斯先生在母亲去世时是一个脆弱的个体，心理健康状况较为不稳定。” 警员发现菲利普斯女士的尸体已完全冻僵，在能够进行尸检之前花费了一段时间。 病理学家无法确定死因，但认为不存在任何可疑情况。 关于她死亡的死因研讯将在适当的时候举行。
在剽窃争议中， 教授获得的 支持开始 逐渐流失
作者：杰克·哈迪 (Jack Hardy)
一名剑桥大学学院的院长似乎已悄悄地从一份支持涉剽窃丑闻核心教授的信函中撤回了她的名字。
伊杰奥马·乌切格布女爵 (Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu) 的名字已从一封支持备受指责的杰森·阿代 (Jason Arday) 教授的公开信中消失。该信指责“右翼报纸”企图用“虚假的剽窃指控”来“抹黑”他。
这位剑桥大学沃尔夫森学院 (Wolfson College) 的院长此前是该信函的第二位签署人，该信由左翼活动团体“良法项目” (Good Law Project) 发起。信中写道：“我们，下述签名者，对针对杰森·阿代教授学术诚信的持续且恶意的攻击感到震惊。”
这位教育社会学教授被指控在博士论文中大量抄袭另一名学生的研究，目前他已承认其作品中存在诸多错误。
作为剑桥大学历史上最年轻的黑人教授，他曾被视为多元化的代表人物，但现在他也面临着关于其过去一系列主张的质疑——包括在六天内奔跑 600 英里。
电表安装反了
由于风电场上有数百个故障电表，英国人每年可能面临最高 1 亿英镑（£100million）的额外能源账单支出。超过 800 个电表（大约一半在陆上，一半在海上）被反向安装，导致它们错误地报告在消耗能源而非产生能源。这意味着运营商无法准确获知电网使用了多少能源。
在电网中，需要大量储备以应对任何意外的下降或峰值。国家能源系统运营商（Neso）的文件指出，由于电表反向安装，导致了 10 吉瓦（10billion 瓦特）的误差，这使得公司认为其每年需要额外增加约 200 小时的储备。
按平均每兆瓦时（1million 瓦特持续使用一小时）50 英镑（£50）的价格计算，重复发生的年成本将达到 1 亿英镑（£100million）。
该消息最早由《泰晤士报》报道，修复海上和陆上场地的成本预计高达 4410 万英镑（£44.1million）。
监管 Neso 的 Ofgem 发言人表示，该机构的管理……
签署人：伊杰奥马女爵 (Dame Ijeoma)
……并为慈善机构筹集数百万英镑。
昨晚，WaterAid 同样对 Arday 教授关于在南美洲和西非“安装水点”的说法表示质疑，因为该慈善机构表示从未向海外派遣志愿者。据报道，在其演说代理机构 Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau 网站的个人简介中提及 WaterAid 的部分现已被删除。
Arday 教授坚持认为他不是一个“骗子和幻想家”。
伊杰奥马女爵是三位名字出现在信件上的剑桥大学学院院长之一。另一位是伍利勋爵 (Lord Woolley)，他将自己的职位列为 Homerton 学院院长。虽然他的名字仍留在信件中，但其头衔已被删除。
《邮报》昨日披露，这位学者似乎声称他参加了电视系列节目《Seven Up》——该节目自 1964 年起一直追踪同一组人群——但在被告知该节目在他出生前数年就已播出后，他撤回了说法。一段 2022 年演讲的片段显示，这位教授告诉……
否认：杰森·阿尔代教授说他不是“幻想家”
由卡梅伦·查特斯 (Cameron Charters) 报道
“对他诚信的攻击”
巴斯大学种族平等工作组：“我参加了一个现在已经不存在的节目，叫作《Seven Up》……他们会在你的一生中追踪你，所以他们在你 7 岁、14 岁、21 岁时追踪你。我在 14 岁时被移出了该项目。”
《Seven Up》在 Arday 教授 1985 年出生之前的 20 年就首次播出了，参与者出生于 1956 年或 1957 年。
在回应《邮报》的询问时，Arday 教授表示，当他谈到《Seven Up》时，指的不是该电视系列节目，而是指“一个由当地社区和家长主导的倡议”。
他说：“提及‘Seven Up’是以非正式方式作为概念的简略说明。这并不是一个字面上的对比。” BBC 发言人确认 Arday 教授与“我们的电影毫无关系”。
《卫报》也对他的一项说法表示怀疑，即在一次种族主义恐吓活动中，有人向他的家中发送了一个猪头。Arday 教授称警方已对此进行调查，但伦敦警察厅否认了这一点。
在关于他 2015 年博士论文涉嫌抄袭的指控后，授予该学位的利物浦约翰摩尔大学宣布他不存在学术不端行为。
伊杰奥马女爵已收到采访请求。
电表问题“鉴于能源系统的变化，需要得到改进”。 他补充道：“消费者理所当然地期望能源系统能够高效运行并降低成本。” Neso的一位发言人表示，£100million这个数字“不应被呈现为实际的消费者成本”，并补充说故障电表并非安全问题，能源系统运行得“安全且稳固”。 他表示：“Neso已实施临时措施以最大限度地减少影响，并正通过既定的代码流程与行业合作，寻求一个持久的解决方案。”
作者：安迪·杰林 (Andrew Jehring) 首席驻外记者
一名因其两岁儿子在塞浦路斯一家酒店死亡而被起诉的英国父亲，已被允许回国参加男孩的葬礼。
这名 37 岁的城市银行家表示，在帕福斯 (Paphos) 附近的 King Evelthon 酒店等待电梯时，他将幼儿放在了四楼的窗台上，当时他认为窗户是关闭的。但窗户其实是敞开的，男孩于 7 月 12 日从 33 英尺高处坠落至下方的阳台上。
法院此前命令该父亲留在岛上。昨天，在他又额外缴纳了 10,000 欧元 (£8,500) 的保释金（此前已支付 20,000 欧元）后，法官基于人道主义理由，允许他暂时解除该命令一个月。在法庭上，他强忍泪水。
“他强忍泪水”
这意味着他可以与妻子和幸存的五岁女儿团聚，后者已于周三带着男孩的遗体回到了英国。
该男子身穿一件蓝白条纹衬衫，黑色长裤和乐福鞋。在两人一同走出法庭时，他拥抱了自己的母亲，后者随即泣不成声。在检察官克里索·佩尔甘蒂 (Chryso Perganti) 对他的回国请求未提出异议后，他还走到她面前低声说了句“谢谢”。
在听证会结束后，这位父亲表示：“我非常感谢法官和当局让我能回家与我的妻子和女儿团聚。这就是我现在唯一想做的事。”
该男子预计将于明天返回英国，但必须在 9 月 14 日返回塞浦路斯。他定于 9 月 17 日出庭进行答辩。
一名波兰耐力游泳运动员在仅用 56 小时多就完成了 100 英里的旅程，成为首位在瑞典和波兰之间横跨波罗的海的人。
30 岁的巴托洛梅伊·库布科夫斯基 (Bartlomiej Kubkowski) 在四次尝试失败后，于周日实现了这一壮举。他从瑞典的卡塞贝格 (Kaseberga) 出发，两天多后抵达波兰的兹维努夫 (Dziwnow)，期间没有睡眠，也没有接触过为其提供食物和饮品的支撑船。
视频显示，库布科夫斯基先生为慈善事业筹集了 157,000 英镑以上，他在支持者的欢呼声中走出大海，随后瘫倒在沙滩上。
去年，他在距离海岸仅 7 英里处被从水中救起。在 2021, 2022 和 2023 年的尝试中，他均因疲劳和恶劣条件而被迫中断。
我的写作生涯可能就此结束 林达·拉普兰特因时速27英里超速被禁驾时如此表示
记者：Ryan Hooper 和 Tristan Kirk
犯罪小说作家林达·拉普兰特（Lynda La Plante）在昨天因多次在20英里限速区超速而被禁止驾驶后，情绪崩溃地流下了眼泪。 这位83岁的老人告诉法庭，禁驾将结束她的职业生涯，因为她将无法在工作中会见罪犯和其他消息来源。 林达·拉普兰特（她曾创作由海伦·米伦主演的《首席嫌疑人》系列）表示，禁驾将使她无法开车带她心爱的护卫犬Theo去田野散步，而她将不得不为这只动物寻找新家。 这位作家兼编剧告诉治安法官：“我认为这将带来的情感动荡将真正毁掉我的写作生涯。这份工作非常、非常孤独，而且我工作异常努力。我可能会就此停止。” 但她的宽容请求被驳回，被处以六个月的禁驾。 林达·拉普兰特承认，在2025年11月至今年4月之间，她在金斯顿upon-泰晤士附近的家中周围五次违反了20英里的速度限制。 位于伦敦西南部的薰衣草山治安法院获悉，她由于2023年和去年的三次超速行为，驾照上已经有9个扣分。 她承认在最近的违规行为中，曾两次以24英里的时速行驶，以及分别以25英里、26英里和27英里的时速行驶，这些都发生在她带她的18个月大狗狗进行每日散步时。 律师尼克·弗里曼（Nick Freeman）——被誉为“漏洞先生”，曾代理多位名人客户——敦促治安法官免除她的禁驾，称驾驶是“她自我认同中至关重要的一部分”。林达·拉普兰特直截了当地告诉法庭，如果被禁驾，她将关闭她的写作公司，导致四名员工失业。 但治安法官曼迪·兰普洛（Mandy Lamplough）告诉她，她未能证明禁驾会给她带来“异常艰苦”的情况。 治安法官对林达·拉普兰特处以£3,330的罚款，由于其扣分总数升至24分而对其处以禁驾，并命令她支付£130的诉讼费用和£1,332的受害者附加费。 在作证时，林达·拉普兰特说，她在另一只正值“生命巅峰”的狗Hugo不幸去世后收养了现在的宠物。“我不想让这听起来微不足道，但我无法用语言描述与这只巨大的、美丽的猎犬相处的感受。我不知道他是怎么做到的，”她说。“他会走进我的办公室，就像在说‘停下’。” “他知道我已经连续工作了五个小时，然后这只爪子就会拍上来——砰。” 她强忍泪水说，当Hugo去世时她“崩溃了”，并且“不知道该如何面对生活”。她讲述了新狗如何帮助她度过悲痛过程，并补充道：“我爱他，”
一名司机昨天被判入狱，他此前虚假地声称其电动美捷格（Jaguar）在高速公路上无法刹车，企图以此逃避支付汽车贷款。 深陷债务的内森·欧文（Nathan Owen），33岁，在警员试图让其价值£70,000的车辆停下时，与警车发生了31次碰撞。 法庭获悉，在他打电话给警方称无法减速（当时车速高达86英里）的几分钟前，他曾与一家贷款公司沟通请求资金，但被拒绝了。 警方行车记录仪拍摄的画面显示，警员试图将这辆Jaguar I-Pace围堵在内。
就是这么简单。但与此同时，他也成了我巨大的慰藉。” 林达·拉普兰特表示，她开车带着西奥在从罗汉普顿到温布尔登的路段进行训练，并且认为附近的里士满公园并不合适，因为那里不仅有鹿，而且“到处都是慢跑者”——而且她正试图训练他不要追逐行人。 谈到她的写作生涯，林达·拉普兰特表示她有四本书在创作中，其中一部关于政府备受争议的提前出狱计划。她主张自己需要开车去进行调研访谈。“如果我找到一个同意与我交谈的联系人，我会为了研究去见他们，”她解释了自己如何在公路咖啡馆、无家可归者收容所、监狱和剧院会见包括罪犯在内的人们。“在会见各类犯罪形式的人员时非常困难，他们对地点的选择非常挑剔。” 她补充说，她无法考虑雇佣司机，因为在从调研访谈回家的旅途中回顾信息时，她会被问题分心。 在出庭听证前，林达·拉普兰特写信投诉金斯顿-upon-泰晤士 A308 公路上的路标“非常令人困惑”。 弗里曼先生表示，她在专注于安全驾驶时无意中超速。 林达·拉普兰特在 20 世纪 80 年代创作了热门抢劫系列剧《寡妇》，并在 1991, 年将《首席嫌疑人》搬上荧幕，她于 2008 年因在文学、戏剧和慈善方面的贡献被授予 CBE（大英帝国司令勋章）。 她最近的一次超速违章发生在去年 11 月 2 日上午 9. 24 分，当时她的丰田车在 A308 金斯顿山路被记录速度为 24mph。
作者：安迪·多兰
（Owen）在利物浦刑事法院被判处四年三个月监禁后被释放。他的 999 报警录音也被公开，他在录音中声称车辆“停不下来”且“发疯了”。他在 2024 年 3 月 6, 2024 日行驶在默西赛德郡的 M58、M57 和 M62 公路上与警方通话的 35 分钟内，并未尝试刹车。 该车辆直到在切郡沃灵顿附近因电量耗尽才停止。调查发现车辆本身没有故障。 来自北威尔士普雷斯塔廷的 Owen 在一周后被捕，但他否认为了经济利益而伪造此次事件。但他的账户显示其个人债务水平较高，且车辆款项出现逾期未付。 在对 Owen 判刑时，伊恩·昂斯沃斯 KC 法官表示，由于警察认为他们是在处理真正的紧急情况，因此使自己陷入了危险。 为 Owen 辩护的丹尼尔·特拉弗斯表示，他的行为“愚蠢得令人恐惧”。 Owen 在 6 月承认危险驾驶和两项欺诈罪名。他在出狱后将被禁止驾驶五年。
心碎：林达·拉普兰特昨日。上方：她给法院的信件。
一名在 10 月 7 大屠杀中被哈马斯杀害的以色列女性的男友，在其女友坟墓旁自杀身亡。 30, 岁的巴尔·阿斯拉夫于周六在利隆·巴尔达埋葬的墓地被发现死亡。这位 26 岁的女性在哈马斯恐怖分子袭击 Nova 音乐节后，于 2023 年 10 月 7, 2023 日被杀。 阿斯拉夫先生被其姐姐莱希在西岸埃尔卡纳的墓地发现死亡，胸部有枪伤。在接受以色列新闻 outlet Walla 采访时，莱希说：“我们当时在我（另一个）弟弟的婚礼上，他（巴尔）开始感到孤独……然后离开了。” “一个小时，两个小时过去了。我的姐姐说，‘快，我们去找他吧’。首先在最合理的地方找，然后去了利隆的坟墓。他喜欢在那里聊天，陪着她。” “突然我看到他躺在利隆的坟墓旁边。我对他说，‘起来，你又在干什么’。然后我意识到他身上满是鲜血。我踏上了一个”
特朗普致伊朗：这是达成协议的最后机会
这正值英国大学面临日益增长的财务压力之际，教育委员会的国会议员在今年早些时候警告称，英格兰的一所大学可能首次因破产而关闭，存在“切实风险”。英格兰的高等教育监管机构学生办公室（Office for Students）告诉该委员会，它担心在去年 11 月起的 12 个月内，有 24 家提供者面临破产并关闭的风险，并警告 45% 的高等教育提供者在 2025 / 26 年度可能面临赤字。
教育部的一位发言人表示：“我们欢迎这次合并，它将创建一所强大的合并机构，能够重新投资于学生并支持东南地区的经济。”
... 在“两面三刀”的德黑兰否认谈判正在进行之际
马克·尼科尔 (Mark Nicol) 外交编辑
唐纳德·特朗普谴责伊朗“两面三刀”，因为对方否认正在进行关于结束战争的谈判——并声称这可能是达成协议的“最后机会”。
这位美国总统此前曾表示，关于重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的协议细节正在敲定，但随后德黑兰否认与华盛顿进行过任何谈判。
这引发了特朗普先生愤怒的回应
“他们恳求会面”
特朗普先生将伊朗领导层称为“令人难以置信的两面三刀”。
昨晚在白宫发表讲话时，特朗普先生表示“谈判目前正在进行”，且将“以某种方式迅速推进”。他还告诉伊朗领导人，这是他们“签署一份优秀文件的最后机会”。
在早前于 Truth Social 上发布的一篇帖子中，他猛烈抨击德黑兰否认谈判正在进行。
他写道：“他们要求会面，有些人可能会说‘恳求’，谈判已经开始，近期还计划了更多会谈，而他们却公开且自豪地说，他们没有进行任何讨论，没有任何在谈的内容，他们只在与‘阿曼’打交道。”
“接着他们又在重复那些陈词滥调，说霍尔木兹海峡将由他们强力运作，而事实上那里已经完全被美国海军和我们的‘封锁’——或者有人称之为‘美国钢铁之墙！’所控制。”
“没有任何东西能进入伊朗，除非我们允许，而且除非达成协议或完全投降，否则没有任何东西能通过。”
“无论伊朗是否愿意承认，事实上，我们正在讨论一个由他们制造了数十年之久的问题的解决方案。”
特朗普先生关于可能达成协议的说法，是在他取消了这场持续五个月的冲突中迄今为止最大规模的对伊朗空中轰炸计划之后提出的。
他曾威胁要攻击该国的能源网络，这一举动遭到包括沙特阿拉伯在内的地区盟友的反对，后者担心德黑兰会进行报复性攻击。
特朗普先生在叫停攻击之前曾警告称，美国将对伊朗进行“比二战以来任何一次攻击都要猛烈”的打击。
自战争开始以来，德黑兰多次关闭霍尔木兹海峡。伊朗官员并非第一次否认他们正在……
由 埃莉亚娜·西尔弗 (Eliana Silver) 报道
枪就在他身边。我尖叫起来。我无法正常反应……我知道一切都结束了。他在他想在的地方，与他最想在一起的女人在一起时去世了。”
阿斯拉夫先生的母亲布拉查将巴尔达女士描述为儿子的“灵魂伴侣”。
哈马斯在袭击中杀害了近 1,200 人，其中 378 人在诺瓦音乐节 (Nova Festival) 遇难，并绑架了数百名更多的人质。巴尔达女士此前一直担任酒吧经理，尽管她的亲友恳求她逃离，但她留下来照顾伤员。
阿斯拉夫先生的葬礼于周日在纳哈尔·拉巴公墓 (Nahal Rabba Cemetery) 举行。
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“死在他想在的地方”
紧张气氛：德黑兰的反美海报与特朗普在与记者交谈
参与任何与美国的直接谈判。外交部长发言人埃斯马伊尔·巴盖伊（Esmaeil Baghaei）表示：“我们目前没有与美国进行任何谈判。谈判是与阿曼进行的，重点是寻求一条确保霍尔木兹海峡航运安全的路径。”
随着冲突陷入僵局，据报道，五角大楼向部队发送了一封电子邮件，称：“我们正在寻找新的、创造性的且非传统的手段来向伊朗施压并予以惩罚。”
该备忘录反映了人们担心仅靠压倒性的火力无法赢得胜利。
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与肯特大学 成为首个“超级 大学” 每日邮报记者
在格林威治大学与肯特大学合并后，英国诞生了首个“超级大学”。 新的伦敦及东南部大学集团（London and South East University Group）——简称 LASE ——已成为英国第三大大学。 该校拥有超过 50,000 名学生，并在伦敦、梅德韦和肯特设有四个校区。 两校表示，此次合并将为应对经济挑战提供强大的财务基础，并且是“供他人效仿的蓝图”。 相关计划于去年 9 月公布，将于下月正式启动。两所大学仍将作为独立的学术部门运行，并保留其现有名称。
“供他人效仿的蓝图”
争取挽救 乔德雷尔银行
200 多位来自科学、音乐和娱乐界的领军人物敦促部长们挽救乔德雷尔银行天文台（Jodrell Bank Observatory），使其免于关闭。 宇航员蒂姆·皮克（Tim Peake）、天体物理学家布赖恩·考克斯（Brian Cox）教授和皇后乐队吉他手布赖恩·梅（Brian May）爵士均签署了一封公开信，呼吁政府恢复每年 £2.8 百万的资助。 上周，这家世界著名的切夏郡天文台失去了资助，迫使曼彻斯特大学寻找新资金。 除非资金到位，否则预计乔德雷尔银行的所有科学观测将于 2028 年 4 月 1 日停止，届时将有 28 个工作岗位面临风险。 在信中，活动人士将该遗址描述为“英国文化和科学历史上的标志”，以及“空间观测、研究和教育中繁荣且强有力的核心”。
极致风格：查理兹·塞隆昨日现身首尔
喜剧演员吉米·克里克特（Jimmy Cricket）在昨日去世前两次请求临终仪式，“简直就像在要求返场演出”一样。 这位北爱尔兰人在 20 世纪 70 年代声名鹊起，以穿着写有 L 和 R 的不匹配雨靴以及他的口头禅“还有更多”（And there’s more）而闻名。 他的儿子、天主教神父弗兰基·马尔格鲁（Frankie Mulgrew）透露，其父亲在经历短暂的
作者：奥利维亚·肯普（Olivia Kemp） 查理兹看起来难道不像撑了把伞一样漂亮吗！
如果你不想携带雨伞，为什么不直接“穿”一把呢？ 查理兹·塞隆（Charlize Theron）在为大片《奥德赛》（The Odyssey）宣传巡演的最新一站中穿了一件透明塑料裙，显然是为了应对阵雨而准备的。 这位女演员全身穿着 Tom Ford，内搭一件未扣扣子的蓝色条纹衬衫，搭配 PVC 裹裙、蕾丝短裤和带有 TF 字母标志的紧身袜。 50 岁的塞隆女士用黑色皮手套和一双黑色完成了这套不走寻常路的造型。
研究人员发现，乳腺癌筛查遗漏了 95% 随后患上该病的年轻女性。专家表示，尽早识别出风险最高的人群，能让医生有更好的机会治疗甚至预防乳腺癌。
在英格兰，那些患病风险较高的人——乳腺癌是英国 50 岁以下女性的主要死因之一——会由其全科医生（GP）转诊，以进行进一步评估和专科护理。这基于家族病史以及国家医疗服务卓越研究所 (Nice) 设定的标准。
但剑桥大学和癌症研究所的一个研究团队发现，NHS 的评估未能识别出绝大多数潜在病例。
研究人员分析了 1,258 名参加 2004 年至 2011 年间“现在乳腺癌世代研究”（Breast Cancer Now Generations Study）的 50 岁以下女性的数据。
结果表明，Nice 标准遗漏了该年龄组中高达 95% 的乳腺癌风险高于平均水平的女性，以及 95% 在十年内随后患上该病的女性。
通过使用一种新的风险评估系统，专家识别出的该年龄组中随后患上乳腺癌的女性人数是原先的 8 倍。
该工具名为 Boadicea，分析了家族病史、生殖史、生活方式和遗传等因素。这项发表在《英国癌症杂志》（British Journal of Cancer）上的分析表明，如果对所有 50 岁以下女性使用 Boadicea 模型，将导致 26.5% 的人被归类为高于人群水平的风险并被转诊进行更多评估。
剑桥大学公共卫生与初级护理系的朱丽叶·乌舍-史密斯博士（Dr Juliet Usher-Smith）表示：
“我们需要提高识别乳腺癌最高风险女性的能力，这样我们就可以在有更多治疗方案、甚至预防疾病的选项时尽早干预。”
“根据我们的发现，现在是时候重新审视 [Nice 的] 标准了。”
支持该研究的 Breast Cancer Now 的西蒙·文森特博士（Dr Simon Vincent）表示：
“寻找识别高风险女性的新方法有助于预防某些乳腺癌或更早地检测到它们。这些发现凸显了 Nice 转诊标准的局限性，因此这项研究现在必须作为其家族病史指南当前审查的一部分而被仔细考虑。”
然而，文森特博士表示，任何变更都必须有投资支持，这“同样重要”，以便能够……
作者：Olivia Day
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在 80. 岁时因病去世。他的家人说：“他永远是我们的开心果，直到最后时刻，他还在给优秀的 NHS 工作人员和我们所有人开玩笑。”
詹姆斯·约瑟夫·穆尔格鲁（James Joseph Mulgrew）于 1945, 年出生于蒂罗内郡的库克斯顿，童年时搬到了贝尔法斯特。16, 岁离开学校后，他在 1966 年担任 Butlin's 的红衣服务员，在那里磨练了他的表演技巧。他后来赢得了才艺表演赛《寻找明星》（Search For A Star），开启了包括自己的 ITV 系列剧和 Radio 2 节目在内的职业生涯。
同行喜剧演员纷纷表示悼念，蒂姆· vine 称他为“一个可爱、令人鼓舞、有趣的人”，而特德·罗宾斯则称赞他是“最后一代伟大的喜剧演员之一”。
他的家人表示，世界现在变成了一个“少了很多傻气的地方”，但补充道：“吉米相信死亡并非终结，并期待着永恒，所以实际上……还有更多。”
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漆皮 Vertigo 高跟鞋。 她与共演演员马特·达蒙（Matt Damon）以及 56, 岁的导演克里斯托弗·诺兰（Christopher Nolan）一同出席了韩国首都首尔四季酒店的活动，此时《奥德赛》（The Odyssey）在全球票房已达到 $911 (£687) 大关。
这部对荷马史诗的改编作品讲述了由 55 岁达蒙饰演的奥德修斯在特洛伊战争后展开为期十年的回家旅程，并由塞隆女士饰演宁芙仙女卡吕普索。
作者：Meike Leonard
在NHS（英国国家医疗服务体系）中得到公平地实施。
癌症研究所的蒙塞拉特·加西亚-克洛萨斯（Montserrat Garcia-Closas）教授表示： “这将需要一个平衡点：Nice的标准更容易实施，但会遗漏很大一部分处于高风险中的女性。而包括基因检测在内的全面风险评估将给资源带来沉重负担。
“最终，这将在数据收集和风险评估的实际操作、资源和成本影响，与女性分类准确或不准确所带来的潜在收益和损害之间进行权衡。”
资助该研究的英国癌症研究基金会（Cancer Research UK）的索米亚·穆尔蒂（Sowmiya Moorthie）博士表示：“目前英国的方法依赖于 50 岁以下的女性自行就诊，这遗漏了许多患乳腺癌风险较高的人群，而这些人本可以从针对性的支持以及关于如何管理风险的指导中获益。
“然而，仍需要进一步研究以了解采用不同方法的影响，包括对人员配置和设备的影响。任何变更都必须是可触达且公平的，并考虑到额外的转诊可能会给女性带来的焦虑。”
Nice表示其“欢迎”这些研究结果，但“目前的证据尚不足以支持更改我们现有的家族性乳腺癌指南”。一名发言人补充道： “Nice仍致力于审查新证据，并将在更多关于可行性和临床结果的数据可用时，考虑进一步的更新。”
记者兼广播员罗德·利德尔（Rod Liddle）在短时间患病后去世，享年 66 岁。这位《星期日泰晤士报》和《太阳报》的专栏作家曾于 1998 至 2002 年担任 BBC Radio 4 的《Today》节目编辑，近期则在 Times Radio 主持节目。
他还在《旁观者》（The Spectator）杂志撰写每周专栏，并担任该杂志的副编辑。
他在该杂志结识了第二任妻子艾丽西亚·蒙克顿（Alicia Monckton），两人于 2008 年结婚。他此前曾与同行记者瑞秋·罗伊斯（Rachel Royce）结婚。
他于周日晚上在米德尔斯布勒的詹姆斯·库克大学医院去世。
曾在他手下工作的前《Today》主持人约翰·汉弗里斯（John Humphrys）告诉《i Paper》：“与罗德共事非常愉快。我们吵得不可开交——我不记得他解雇了我多少次，或者我多少次愤怒地辞职。”
“罗德为《Today》带来了生命力、乐趣、活力和同情心。他懂得人们的行为驱动力。”
汉弗里斯表示，利德尔先生也是他“有幸读过的最伟大的专栏作家之一”，称其“才智幽默”，并补充道：“他试图掩饰，但他也非常睿智且深思熟虑，是一个非常善良且体面的人。”
《星期日泰晤士报》编辑本·泰勒（Ben Taylor）表示：“罗德·利德尔对文字的掌控力极强，他利用自己的独特天赋为读者发声，揭示了困扰现代生活的伪善与荒诞。”
“他也极具娱乐性，多年来，许多人每周日首先阅读的就是他的专栏。我们将深切地思念他。”
利德尔先生的子女怀尔德（Wilder）、泰勒（Tyler）和艾米（Emmy）在声明中表示：“即便是在过去几周住院期间，他依然掌控着局面，从未流露出糟糕的处境。他留下了一份让我们所有人都无比自豪的遗产，他将永远是指引我们如何过非凡生活的导师。”
利德尔先生是来自米德尔斯布勒的一名火车司机的儿子，接受过综合学校教育。他的新闻生涯始于卡迪夫的《南威尔士回声报》，随后在 1983 至 1987 年间担任工党研究员和演讲稿撰写人。之后，他作为一名成年学生在伦敦政治经济学院学习社会心理学，随后进入 BBC 担任实习生。
乌克兰无人机 袭击繁忙海滩 导致 7 人死亡
莫斯科昨日声称，一架无人机击中俄罗斯南部一个繁忙的海滩，导致包括 3 名儿童在内的 7 人死亡。
袭击发生在黑海度假胜地盖伦季克（Gelendzhik）附近的阿尔希波-奥西波夫卡（Arkhipo-Osipovka），据称导致 40 人受伤。相关片段显示，一枚导弹撞击了一个挤满日光浴者的海滩。
一名目击者表示：“我们在海滩上，没时间离开，躲在一个平台后面，用太阳躺椅遮住自己，没看到它在哪里爆炸。”
另一名居民表示：“当我们听到……”
一阵如机枪般的密集枪火和一声爆炸。一切都在震动。”该度假胜地距离弗拉基米尔·普京那座“十亿美元”度假宫殿仅有几英里。 俄罗斯媒体援引的目击者称，防空系统可能试图击落该无人机。 一些乌克兰 Telegram 频道声称，由于电子战干扰了信号，无人机随后坠落在海滩上。 包括格连之克（Gelendzhik）在内的该地区州长韦尼亚明·孔德拉季耶夫（Veniamin Kondratyev）表示：“所发生的事情
职业：罗德·利德尔（Rod Liddle）在加入 BBC 之前曾为工党工作
制片人。他后来卷入了一场关于《今日》（Today）节目的争议，该节目由记者安德鲁·吉利根（Andrew Gilligan）报道，称托尼·布莱尔政府在支持美国对伊拉克采取军事行动之前，对一份情报摘要进行了“夸大处理”。利德尔先生曾任命吉利根进入《今日》节目，但在该报道于 2003 年播出时，他已离开 BBC。 保守党党魁凯米·巴德诺克表示，利德尔先生的去世“令人心碎”。
作者：Perkin Amalaraj
是基辅政权对平民的一次蓄意袭击，与军事基础设施毫无关系。” 俄罗斯外交部发言人玛丽亚·扎哈罗娃（Maria Zakharova）指责乌克兰实施恐怖主义。基辅尚未对此次袭击发表评论，目前尚不清楚其预定目标是什么。乌克兰此前从未瞄准此类地点。 俄罗斯已多次袭击基辅及其他乌克兰城市的目標。目前已有数千名平民在战争中丧生，其中大多数是在俄罗斯残酷袭击中死去的乌克兰人。 在其他地区，乌克兰袭击了俄罗斯的炼油厂、仓库以及一家无人机工厂，这是此次战争中规模最大的无人机轰炸行动之一。 在距离莫斯科以东约 110 英里、由 Wildberries（俄罗斯版的亚马逊）拥有的克里亚斯托沃（Khryastovo）的一座仓库起火后，有三人受伤。 这些袭击是增加远程攻击战略的一部分，基辅方面称这是一场旨在让俄罗斯人感受到战争代价的行动。自 7 月中旬以来，乌克兰已袭击了约 20 处属于 Wildberries 的地点，作为针对俄罗斯经济和物流基础设施行动的一部分。 乌克兰方面表示，这些仓库为俄罗斯军队提供补给，但莫斯科对此予以否认。
坠毁现场：4 月份事件发生后，警方封锁了伦敦苏活区（Soho）的阿盖尔街（Argyll Street）
作者：Ryan Hooper 犯罪记者
一名 X Factor 前决赛入围者昨日否认在苏活区一家夜总会外开车撞死一名“竞争对手”网红。 29 岁的加布里埃尔·普雷舍斯·卡林顿（Gabrielle Precious Carrington）被指控在 4 月 19 日凌晨 4.30 分将她的梅赛德斯汽车冲进 Inca 俱乐部外的人群，导致克劳迪娅·扎克热夫斯卡（Klaudia Zakrzewska）死亡。 来自曼彻斯特的卡林顿通过视频链接在萨里郡的青铜场监狱（Bronzefield Prison）出席了中央刑事法院（Old Bailey）的审理。
“一场持续的争端”
由于法律援助出现明显问题，她在这次 20 分钟的听证会中没有代表律师。 另一名据称的受害者阿努什·奇切（Anoush Chyche）是一名 50 多岁的男子，事发时他正在阿盖尔街解锁他的电动滑板车，他在这次事故中受了改变生活的重伤。 卡林顿被指控在与奇切先生相关的案件中涉嫌蓄意造成严重身体伤害。 她对这两项指控均否认有罪。她还被指控酒后驾驶，但尚未被要求就此进行答辩。
黑客已在暗网上泄露了100,000名警察工作人员的姓名和电子邮件地址。 此次攻击使内政部、国防部、皇家检控署和国家犯罪局的计算机系统遭到破坏。 警察联邦表示，这“给警员和工作人员的安全带来了严重担忧”。 此次泄密意味着三个政府部门近期被卷入黑客攻击，此前教育部（DfE）上周有607,000条敏感数据遭到泄露。 据《泰晤士报》报道，黑客组织 ExfilSquad 被认为应对此负责。 该组织入侵了警察国家法律数据库（Police National Legal Database），该数据库为警方提供法律援助，从而获取了114,000名工作人员（主要是警察）的个人详情。 泄露的详情包括警员的全名、所属警局地点及其工作电子邮件地址。 ExfilSquad 也被认为是对教育部（DfE）进行黑客攻击的负责人。 一名详情被泄露的官员……
网络明星：Klaudia Zakrzewska
第三名女性 Latisha Armstrong（30多岁）因轻伤接受治疗。 在之前的听证会上，西敏治安法院被告知，Carrington 是一名“知名的社交媒体影响者”，她与 Zakrzewska 女士一直处于“持续的争执”中。后者在 Instagram 上的账号为 Klaudiaglam，拥有超过 250,000 名粉丝。 Zakrzewska 女士在被撞击当晚在俱乐部上传了视频。 检察官 Rizwan Amin
（犯罪记者报道）
描述了一场在 Carrington 驾车前往阿盖尔街（Argyll Street）后发生的“混战”。他说：“[Carrington] 在下车时似乎与一名男性发生了争执。” “这次争执升级了，涉及其他几名公众成员。当安保人员试图干预时，看到 Carrington 小姐重新进入车辆，”随后车辆立即驶离并“剧烈地”冲上了人行道，他在之前的听证会上地陈述道。 “在这次操纵过程中，车辆撞击了 Zakrzewska 女士，她被向前拖拽并被困在车底。当车辆继续前行时，她被完全压在车底，并撞到了身处人行道的 Chyche 先生。” 一段在网上流传的视频显示，一辆黑色车辆与一群人相撞。 法庭获悉，Armstrong 女士被撞，导致手腕骨折。 社交媒体上名为 RIELLEUK 的 Carrington 在事后每 100 毫升呼吸中含有 61 微克的酒精。英格兰的法定限额为 35mcg / 100ml。 她最初因该事件被指控谋杀未遂，但 Zakrzewska 女士六天后在医院去世，促使检察官升级指控。 她曾作为女子组合 Miss Dynamix 的成员参加了 2013 年《X Factor》的现场决赛。 她后来成为一名影响者，在 Instagram 上拥有 362,000 名粉丝。她的审判预计将于 1 月在中央刑事法院（Old Bailey）开始。
指控对象：Gabrielle Carrington （法庭速写，左侧）
正使自闭症 变得“流行”
作者：Eve Simmons
一位开创了自闭症研究的科学家警告称，由于社交媒体上的“流行化”，英国的自闭症被过度诊断。
伦敦大学学院认知神经科学研究所的乌塔·弗里思女爵（Dame Uta Frith）表示，该诊断已变得“过于宽泛”、“模糊”，且受到网络上“误导性观点”的影响。
在今天发表的一篇论文中，这位心理学教授将社交媒体“传播简化观点”的行为视为原因。
乌塔·弗里思女爵在 20 世纪 60 和 70 年代的研究帮助定义了自闭症，她补充说，自闭症现在已“成为流行文化的一部分”。
她在《心理医学》（Psychological Medicine）杂志中写道：“社交媒体、电影和在线社区帮助人们分享经验，但它们同时也传播了简化或误导性的观点。”
数据显示，自 2021 年以来，等待自闭症专家帮助的患者人数已增加两倍，
“传播 简化观点”
超过 200,000 人。
乌塔·弗里思女爵表示，将自闭症描述为“神经多样性”而非发育问题，只会加剧误解。她呼吁专业人士识别其他心理问题，以便对患者进行适当治疗。
她写道：“有办法减轻焦虑症和抑郁症的症状。”
“也有办法在面对巨大的社交压力时建立心理韧性。”
她补充说：“这种方向的调整将为获得正确的支持指明一条新路径……并抵消对那些受损最严重者的悲剧性忽视。”
针对该论文，国家自闭症协会（National Autistic Society）的梅尔·梅里特（Mel Merritt）表示：“自闭症患者需要更好的渠道来获得高质量的自闭症评估和定制化支持。”
“关于自闭症患者的真正争论在于，如何解决他们所面临的长期不平等问题。”
一份显然被泄露的声明称：“我曾在严重组织犯罪部门工作，将高级罪犯送入监狱。关于我的私人信息被泄露，这非常令人不安，并使警员面临严重风险。”
警察联邦国家主席蒂夫·林奇（Tiff Lynch）表示：“保护那些保护公众的人员的信息和安全绝不能被妥协。”
一名政府发言人表示，“对正在进行的调查发表评论是不恰当的”。
才能阻止船只
没有人怀疑奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）在阻止非法跨境英吉利海峡移民方面的诚意。自从进入政坛以来，边境控制一直是他最关注的问题，而英国改革党（Reform UK）的民调强度表明他在很大程度上契合公众的想法。但其提议建立一个由陆军、海军和皇家空军组成的“综合监测指挥中心”，用于在海上追踪并拦截小型船只，这在实践中是否可行？
船上的人员将被转移到军船上，提供食物和饮用水，然后被遣返回原籍国。法拉奇先生在昨天自信地预测道：“两周之内，就不会再有船只了。”
如果事情真的那么简单就好了。大多数移民从法国出发，而法国方面一直明显不愿接收他们。如果英国士兵或水手强行将移民送回加莱（Calais）或桑加特（Sangatte）的海滩，法国人不太可能对此感到愉快。
我们是否具备启动如此复杂行动的能力？当伊朗威胁我们的塞浦路斯基地时，我们花费了数周时间才向地中海部署一艘军舰。组建一支英吉利海峡特遣队需要多长时间？
如果在这些拦截行动中一些移民淹死了怎么办？我们是否只需说“运气不好”然后继续行动？这听起来根本不切实际。
然而，安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）也没有理由心存侥幸。在他接手以来，已有 2,000 多名移民非法入境，而他似乎没有意愿遏制这一趋势。
唯一拥有可信计划来阻止船只的党派领导人是凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch），她建议在第三国进行评估，并退出《欧洲人权公约》，以结束那些被拒绝寻求庇护者无休止上诉的闹剧。
在建立这种真正的威慑机制之前，船只将继续源源不断地到来。
滋养年轻头脑
工党最喜欢的事情就是找一个保守党的“洪水猛兽”（无论男女），来承担社会感知到的种种弊端。毫无疑问，他们希望这样能分散人们对其自身缺陷的注意力。
对于基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）来说，这个目标是鲍里斯·约翰逊（Boris Johnson）和利兹·特拉斯（Liz Truss）；对于伯纳姆先生来说，则是玛格丽特·撒切尔（Margaret Thatcher）。现在，轮到教育大臣露西·鲍威尔（Lucy Powell）部署这一陈旧的策略了。在一篇概述她“让年轻人重回成功之路”计划的文章中，她对她遥远的前任迈克尔·戈夫（Michael Gove）发起了猛烈抨击。
显然，一百万年轻人不在教育、就业或培训体系之中是他的错。她说，他“过度关注学术成就”导致孩子们被抛弃。
鲍威尔女士希望创建更多“高质量的职业选择”，并让年轻人更好地应对职场。
这些目标令人钦佩，但为什么它们会与传统学科的教学相冲突？在抨击戈夫先生的政治遗产时，鲍威尔女士与公众舆论严重脱节。他的课程改革强调数学、科学和文学，被认为推动了英格兰在国际学校排名中的显著上升。
而在未实施这些改革的威尔士工党地区和苏格兰民族党（SNP）地区，标准大幅下降，且尼特率（Neet rates，指既不就业也不接受教育或培训的人员比例）同样之高。
推广职业教育没有错，但绝不能以牺牲学术科目为代价。英语是一门美丽的语言，这个国家的每一个学生都应该学习如何正确地阅读、书写和表达（即便他们之后选择将其搞得乱七八糟）。
而且，每个人都需要学习基础数学——任何雇主都会告诉你这一点。
本周新闻中报道的两名女性的悲剧性死亡，透着一种令人心酸的相似之处。两人都年轻、美丽，且据所有相关人士描述，她们都是善良且信任他人的灵魂，对移民持有同情心，并对他们抱有最美好的意愿。
其中一人是美国人，43 岁的 Jamey Carney，她已定居在爱尔兰基拉尼 (Killarney) 的祖居地。不久之后，她从父亲那里继承了超过 €400,000 的遗产，随后与一名比她小 15 岁的约旦男子坠入爱河，两人是在一次支持巴勒斯坦的抗议活动中相识的。
他们订了婚，但在 7 月 7 日，她年仅 13 岁的女儿 Michaela 发现母亲死在卧室里。她是死于窒息。爱尔兰侦探将她的未婚夫 Ahmad Al Seqar 列为重点关注人员，但发现他已逃回约旦，目前在该国处于
出现了一种 阴森的 模式
逮捕。他尚未被正式起诉，但当局已要求将其遣返回爱尔兰，以面对潜在的谋杀指控。 第二名受害者，38 岁的 伊丽莎白-简·罗斯，是一位虔诚的基督徒。多年来，她在 雅典 一家专门为难民（尤其是来自中东地区的难民）提供医疗援助的慈善机构担任志愿者。
她的涉嫌杀手是一名 26 岁的阿富汗男子，据称她是在 雅典 工作期间与其相识。该男子已承认将她的尸体放入行李箱，并将其丢弃在一个废弃的停车场内。 她的遗骸是由一名无家可归者发现的。随后，涉嫌杀手使用她的银行卡提取资金，并用她的手机发送短信并在她的 Facebook 页面上发布内容，以营造她依然在世的假象。他目前仍被拘留。 显然，我们必须等到这些案件进入审理阶段，才能知道实际发生情况的全部细节，以及这两名男子是否应对这些女性的死亡负责。 但这些悲剧让人想起 Rhiannon Skye Whyte 案。这位 27 岁的母亲在 2024 年被一名居住在她工作的沃尔索尔（Walsall）酒店内的苏丹国民残忍杀害。 她身上有 23 处穿刺伤，其中 19 处在头部，是用螺丝刀造成的。事后，杀手买了啤酒，回到了酒店——并被监控摄像头拍到在酒店停车场里跳舞大笑。 在对杀手 Deng Chol Majek 判处终身监禁且最低刑期为 29 年时，苏尔法官（Mr Justice Soole）表示，对于 Majek 为何要谋杀“一名与同事一起为你提供服务和帮助的酒店员工”而“没有解释”。 毋庸赘言，那些伤害女性、尤其是
街头实拍：三名移民男子在他们的寻求庇护酒店附近行走
在得不到满足时伤害女性的卑劣之徒，绝不仅仅限于来自其他国家的入境者。 人们会想到最近的三重杀手 Kyle Clifford 案。这名前士兵在女友 25 岁的 Louise Hunt 结束他们 18 个月的感情后将其杀害。Louise 是赛车评论员 John Hunt 的女儿。 Clifford 在袭击中还用刀刺杀了 Louise 的母亲 Carole，随后用弩箭将 Louise 和她的姐姐 Hannah 射死。 这样的案例还有很多，太多了。但尽管如此，近期大量来自截然不同的社会和文化背景的年轻男性涌入（大约 70% 的寻求庇护者为男性），在女性安全的背景下，这让人感到日益不安。 如果哪怕只有极小比例的人带着在原籍国盛行的公开厌女和性别歧视态度，我们难道不该至少感到担忧吗？ 即便打出这些字都让人感觉是深层的禁忌；我们不断被告知，用少数人的行为来定义一个群体是错误的。而且，当然，大多数移民对任何人都没有威胁。但不可否认的是，近期入境者袭击女性的案例在如今已绝非罕见。 例如在 2020 年，一名寻求庇护申请被拒绝的伊拉克库尔德人 Azam Mangori，在埃克塞特（Exeter）一家外卖店上方的房间里谋杀了 32 岁的 Lorraine Cox。在令人不寒而栗的相似之处是，该案与 伊丽莎白-简·罗斯 的案件一样，杀手使用了受害者的手机和社交媒体账号来伪装她依然在世。 2024 年 1 月，一名阿富汗国民 Abdul Shokoor Ezedi 在克拉珀姆（Clapham）用腐蚀性物质袭击了他的前伴侣和孩子。几年前，尽管他在 2018 年曾因性侵而被定罪，但仍被授予庇护权。 去年，来自埃塞俄比亚的 Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu 在入境后不久被判定性侵一名女性和一名 14 岁少女。
强奸一名 12岁儿童
他在埃平（Epping）贝尔酒店抵达时的情形。他的案件引发了全国性的愤慨以及当地居民的抗议。同样在去年，土耳其-库尔德寻求庇护者梅赫梅特·奥古尔（Mehmet Ogur）在斯塔福德郡强奸了一名18岁女性。今年早些时候，阿富汗寻求庇护者艾哈迈德·穆拉希尔（Ahmad Mulakhil）被判定在嫩顿（Nuneaton）绑架并强奸一名12岁女孩。最近，三名刚抵达英国的人员——易卜拉欣·阿尔沙费（Ibrahim Alshafe）、阿卜杜拉·艾哈迈迪（Abdulla Ahmadi）和卡林·阿尔-达纳苏特（Karin Al-Danasurt），因在布赖顿海滩残忍强奸一名年轻女性而被判处长期监禁。
而这些仅仅是少数几个较为高调的案例。遗憾地说，似乎出现了一种令人心酸的模式。当然，考虑到被指责为种族主义或宗教仇恨的风险，没有人愿意成为指出这一点的人。
但话又说回来，我们还能承受多久地忽视事实？尤其是过去我们整个社会故意拒绝接受融合的现实——而非自由主义的幻想——已经导致了一些可怕的虐待行为。最明显地体现在诱奸团伙（grooming gangs）案件中，由于“文化敏感性”，警方和其他当局无法承认虐待的程度和性质，而这些行为大多是由具有巴基斯坦血统的男性针对非常年轻的白人女孩实施的。
受害者及其家属经过数年的运动才获得了接近正义的结果——即便如此，许多罪犯很快将根据政府的提前释放计划而被释放，这一决定无疑是在伤口上撒盐。
但此外还有其他警告，例如2016年科隆臭名昭著的除夕袭击事件。在城市主火车站附近，约650名女性遭到一群男性的性侵，其中很大一部分是来自阿尔及利亚、摩洛哥等北非国家的外国国民，另一些则来自叙利亚、
也感到像是禁忌。但 我们需要探讨 为何如此多 西方女性 正被来自 厌女文化的 移民 性侵和谋杀
伊拉克及其他地方。犯罪行为从摸胸和其他类型的性侵到 22 起强奸案不等。最初的反应是理所应当的愤慨，但很快“欢迎寻求庇护者”的叙事重新占据主导，任何对德国灾难性移民政策的批评者很快就被指责为狭隘主义而被中和。
然而，一些批评者无法被沉默。作家阿扬·希尔希·阿里（Ayaan Hirsi Ali）是少数勇敢地公开讨论此事的人之一，在
她的著作《猎物：移民、伊斯兰教与女性权利的侵蚀》(Prey: Immigration, Islam And The Erosion Of Women’s Rights) 反复指出，德国当局未能接受那一晚的现实，包括警方和媒体不愿承认嫌疑人的背景，以及拒绝探讨有关融入社会和女性安全的议题。基于自己严酷的穆斯林成长经历，她认为移民男性对女性的态度——例如在性侵案件中将责任推给受害者的文化，或者认为不信教的女性在定义上就是私生活放荡——与我们的自由社会极其不兼容，而我们不愿承认这一点，使得西方女性变得非常脆弱。
对于这种故意拒绝承认“两种截然相反的文化融合不会产生负面影响”的行为，有一个专门的术语。这被称为“自杀式共情”(suicidal empathy)，而这正是我们越来越多地在那些通过“美德信号”刷存在感的政治家以及年轻的亲巴勒斯坦支持者（其中许多是女性）身上看到的——她们游行支持哈马斯，或者继续否认 10 月 7 日发生的事情。
你可能认为，那天节日参与者遭受的暴力强奸和谋杀，以及随后哈马斯对女性人质的对待，会引导她们质疑一些恐怖分子的动机，特别是在一个由伊朗伊斯兰政权支持的严格穆斯林社会与一个社会自由的国家（以色列）的文化交汇点上。然而，她们宁愿视而不见，沉溺于自己的幻想之中，将所发生的事情归咎于以色列，掩盖那天实施的极其残暴的暴力性厌女行为，甚至进一步否认这些行为曾经发生（尽管有大量相反的证据，其中许多是由恐怖分子亲自拍摄的）。
但意识形态并非全部原因。虽然这不能解释上述许多案例——且最终责任仅在男性一方——但有时似乎某些女性，尤其是年轻女性，身上有一种特质使她们容易受到冷酷男性的侵害——而像我这样年长且历经风雨的女性倾向于发出警告，却经常发现自己被贬低为“凯伦”(Karens) 或偏执狂。
这是一种对某种特定类型男性的浪漫强迫症，在书籍和电影中通常被描绘成“坏男孩”或“未经雕琢的钻石”。这就是为什么这么多年轻女性会被切·格瓦拉这类危险的革命者吸引，或者为什么全世界都为詹姆斯·迪恩而倾倒。这也是为什么希斯克利夫依然是终极的“浪漫”形象。
二等公民
英雄，尽管他显然是一个具有精神病倾向的狂热厌女症患者。 对于一个寻找英雄的孤独心灵来说，没有什么比一个据称在战乱国家逃离压迫的年轻人更令人心潮澎湃的了，如果那场战争还能在某种程度上归咎于一个帝国主义压迫者的干涉，那就更好了。 通过这种关联，她们也成为了故事中的英雄，在同龄人眼中无可指责。 如果你愿意，可以将其称为一种“救世主情结”，即一种——遗憾的是通常是错误的——信念：认为只要有足够的爱与善良，多年的残酷洗脑和暴力创伤就可以被抹去，而她们自身对于白人帝国主义压迫的严重焦虑也能在某种程度上得到缓解。 看看加莱海滩上的那些女性，帮助年轻男子登上充气艇，在他们与当局之间周旋。看看最近在休达的女性，为 60,000 名移民挥手示意通过。 她们这样做并不是为了人类的利益（如果她们真的是这么想的，她们应该在阿富汗尝试将妇女和女孩从塔利班手中解救出来，或者帮助为苏丹大规模强奸妇女和女孩的受害者运营创伤中心）；她们这样做是为了抚慰自己那颗“多愁善感”的心，让自己感觉更好。 当这种福音式的自由主义遇到那些来自某种文化的、已变得麻木的男性的绝望时——而在这些文化中，女性最好的情况被视为二等公民，最坏的情况则被视为毫无价值的奴隶——这就是一场完美的风暴。 我们需要清醒过来。尽管这场对话令人不快，但我们必须进行。否则，女性和女孩的生活将继续被毁掉。
虐待：Sorif Uddin
一名出租车司机在用皮带鞭打其妻子时询问她“你是否在遵守我的规定？”，现已免于入狱。相反，Sorif Uddin 必须完成一项“关系技能工具箱”课程。
作者：Claire Duffin
法庭获悉，这名 28 岁的男子在与妻子因洗衣服发生争执后对其发动攻击。妻子成功将其拍摄下来，随后还拍到她赤裸上身的丈夫将其勒住数秒。
伯明翰刑事法院获悉，在他们相对短暂的伊斯兰婚姻期间，Uddin 一直对其进行言语虐待，包括称她为“一个错误”以及一个对他来说不够优秀的“街头女孩”。
来自 Lozells 的 Uddin 对导致实际身体伤害的袭击罪和勒杀罪表示认罪。但法官表示，监禁无法解决他的潜在问题，他可以在狱外接受康复治疗，因此被判处两年监刑，缓刑三年。
他被命令进行 200 小时的无偿工作，并遵循
“他告诉她 没人想要她”
“关系技能工具箱”。 Uddin 还被禁止在七年内联系受害者。
法庭获悉，这对夫妇于 2019 年在 Instagram 上相识，但当时住在孟加拉国的受害者在父亲的安排下嫁给了另一名男子。那段婚姻在 2022 年几个月内便以离婚告终，随后她恢复了与 Uddin 的关系。两人于 2023 年 8 月举行了伊斯兰婚礼。
公诉人 Madhu Rai 表示： “婚礼后不久，Uddin 先生开始进行言语虐待，几个月后在两个不同的场合对其进行了肢体攻击。”
第一次事件发生在 2024 年 1 月，当时 Uddin 告诉妻子在浴缸里洗衣服，因为
肥胖导致孕期糖尿病病例增加 60%
分析显示，被诊断出患有糖尿病的孕妇数量在五年内增加了 60%。 专家将这一激增与准妈妈们年龄的增长和腰围的增加联系起来。
在 2018, 英格兰每 12 名准妈妈中就有一人会患上糖尿病，这可能导致死胎。到 2022, 这一比例已上升至八分之一。
肥胖是该病最大的风险因素，约占所有病例的一半。 这项由爱丁堡大学研究人员领导的研究发现，妊娠糖尿病的诊断与早产概率的增加相关。
妊娠糖尿病是指怀孕期间血糖变得很高，但在婴儿出生后恢复正常。这种情况发生是因为身体难以……
她的家人没有给他们买洗衣机。Rai女士表示：“他突然拿来一条皮带，用力地开始抽打她。” 受害者在试图自卫时，双手受伤。 部分袭击过程被她的手机记录下来，相关视频在法庭上播放。Uddin的话被翻译为：“嘿，动物之女，你是否在遵守我的规矩？” 受害者曾短暂地前往亲戚处，但返回后，他在当天再次对她进行言语辱骂。 Rai女士说：“他告诉她她没有羞耻心，没人想要她。在他们的婚姻过程中，他经常冲她大吼，说他娶了一个街头女孩，而她不够优秀，配不上他。” 同年晚些时候，Uddin称妻子为“他的错误”。Rai女士说：“视频捕捉到被告突然紧紧掐住她的喉咙。她将被告的握力描述为非常强，她当时难以呼吸。” 在10月13日，受害者设法拨打了999并说“救救我”，同时确认了她的邮编。 在警方审讯中，Uddin否认了妻子的指控，甚至声称她脾气暴躁，并且为了在“英国获得合法身份”而编造投诉。 辩方律师Bethany Baggaley表示，Uddin感到羞愧和悔恨，且由于无法通过披露与禁止服务（DBS）审查而失去了工作。她说，他还帮扶着他的母亲和姐妹。 法官Stacy Newnham-Payne在宣判时告诉他：“很明显，这段婚姻充满了困难。你造成了极大的痛苦。”
作者：Marti Stelling
……难以跟上胎儿对胰岛素增加的需求——胰岛素将食物中的糖分转化为能量。 这种情况会影响胎盘的功能，而胎盘负责向婴儿输送食物和氧气，并增加了出现问题的风险，包括新生儿体重过高、呼吸困难，以及在罕见情况下导致死胎。 这项发表在《BMJ Medicine》杂志上的最新研究分析了NHS的产科数据，涵盖了2018年至2022年期间英格兰184家医院的超过2.3million名母亲和约2.8million次分娩。 在谈到研究结果时，爱丁堡大学代谢医学教授Rebecca Reynolds表示：“被诊断出患病的人数上升令人担忧。”
我热爱金钱。我热爱关于金钱的一切。我买了一些相当不错的东西。买了一双 300 美元的袜子。买了一个皮毛水槽。一台电动狗毛抛光机。一件汽油驱动的高领毛衣。当然，我也买了一些愚蠢的东西。
演员兼喜剧演员 史蒂夫·马丁
Restore 党已彻底失败。 以下是右翼如何能团结并获胜……
你不需要水晶球就能预测，英国正面临一个破坏性的高税收、高移民的社会主义政府，而且在这一届之后，这种局面可能还会持续至少一个议会任期，如果不是两个的话。随着安迪·伯纳姆向自由民主党甚至绿党伸出友谊之手，左翼从未如此团结。相比之下，右翼政党——保守党、改革党和 Restore 党——则分歧严重。
在这种背景下，如果你出于好意地相信 Restore 党创始人鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）在周日提出的建议，即抛开过去的分歧并与改革党合作对抗工党，那么这种反应是可以理解的。
在一段发布在 X（由洛最大的支持者埃隆·马斯克所拥有的社交媒体网站）上的视频中，他表示：“我深信，我们的两个运动之间应该有足够的共同点，可以共同合作，摧毁那个即将成形的、将彻底终结我们国家残存部分的左翼联盟。”
他接着说：“在我看来，因为我们个人的困难而甚至不去尝试，这根本不是一个选项。现在是时候抛开分歧，为了我们共同热爱的这个国家而合作了。”
政治是一场数字游戏，中右翼击败伯纳姆和社会主义者的唯一途径，就是改革党和保守党就选举协议达成谅解。
Restore 党已经彻底失败，鲁珀特·洛已是过时之人。在他与保守党谈判者进行的一次灾难性会晤后，他别无选择，只能试图与法拉奇（Farage）化干戈为玉帛。
昨天听到改革党已为谈判“打开大门”并不令人惊讶。但没过多久，洛就在 X 上大发脾气。人们不禁要问，他那表演式的提议是否真诚？
现在是保守党采取行动的时候了。他们花了一年时间将精力集中在与 Restore 党结盟以“粉碎”改革党，但他们现在需要重新聚焦，抛开个人恩怨，停止攻击改革党，并与该党那位极具魅力且能赢得选票的领导人谈判，以奠定一个无坚不摧的联盟基础。
无论何时，我都选择希腊的阳光而非康沃尔的阴雨
五月底的一次北希腊之行中，当时天气完美，我问一名出租车司机八月的温度如何。
“天啊（Eees ’Ell），”他大喊道，并地从方向盘上地移开双手，向天空比划着。
这个周末，我从康沃尔每年的家庭聚会中开车回家，我想起了他的话。
当国家其他地区在阳光下沐浴时，我却在海岸线上瑟瑟发抖……
从表面上看，这是一个成熟政治家的橄榄枝之举，他已经得出结论，现在是将国家利益置于个人野心之上的时刻。
但那样就相当于假设洛（Lowe）——一个除了鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）之外对任何事、任何人都不在意的荒谬自大狂——已经在一夜之间蜕变为一名政治家。然而，可悲的事实是，他所谓的慷慨提议不过是为了挽救自己政治生涯的最后一次绝望尝试。
我得到的可靠消息是，鲁珀特·洛与保守党代表在7月26日星期日举行了一次秘密会议。我无可挑剔的消息来源告诉我，这只是过去一年一系列会议中的最新一次，这些会议为制定一项详细的政策协议奠定了基础，旨在为保守党与“恢复党”（Restore）之间建立一个“保守党联盟”（Conservative Alliance）。
当然，任何此类联盟的牺牲品都将是“改革党”（Reform）。对于密切关注事态的人来说，这并不令人惊讶。在“恢复党”和保守党之间一直存在着一种舒适的关系，两者都将枪口对准“改革党”，而绝不对彼此开火。
我被告知，洛开出的条件是提升至上议院议员，并最终担任副首相。自然地，
在寒冷的早晨冲浪之后穿上一件干衣长袍，并在雨中打排球。 “既然用同样的钱就能在希腊租到一座华丽的海滨别墅，为什么我们还要花钱在康沃尔郡租房？”我问所有人。 得到的回答是：“因为，天呐（eees ’Ell）。” 随着电视新闻显示希腊及其他地区山火肆虐，我明白他们的意思了。但明年，我将冒险前往欧洲大陆。
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保守党代表们立即拒绝了这一要求，而 Restore 党的领导人则仓促且激烈地结束了这次会面，在离开时抛出如此辛辣的斥责，以至于我被告知他已与潜在的盟友彻底决裂。（保守党和 Restore 党在昨天均告诉《每日邮报》，从未进行过此类会谈）。
无论真相如何，洛伟（Lowe）从未处于能够向任何人提出要求的地位。保守党在上次选举中遭遇耻辱性失败后可能处于劣势，但尽管如此，他们仍然是一个强大的政治机器，拥有鲁珀特·洛伟（Rupert Lowe）永远无法企及的组织能力。
一个领导着在下议院仅有一名议员、且在最近的曼彻斯特市长选举中仅获得可怜的第四名的政党之首，没有资格向任何人发号施令。更不用说向保守党了。
另一方面，改革党（Reform）是不容忽视的。是的，奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）正经历一段困难时期，受到那些将改革党视为其政治野心绊脚石的人的攻击，但他仍然是英国政治的巨头，是脱欧的建筑师，且拥有无与伦比的个人追随者。
不要理会那些唱反调的人：奈杰尔不会离开，在未来的很长一段时间里，他将继续成为两党制眼中的一根刺。由于他的造反运动兴起，保守党从我在鲍里斯·约翰逊政府担任部长时的 2019, 年获得 25% 的选票，下降到 2024 年选举时的 16%。这意味着在五年内损失了高达一千万张选票，没有人，即使是日益令人印象深刻的凯米·巴德诺克，也能通过挥挥手就将这些选票夺回。
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极端的财富会让人们真正地发疯。如果你不相信我，可以读读我的同事艾莉森·博肖夫（Alison Boshoff）出色的新书《贝克汉姆品牌》（Brand Beckham），该书在上周末于《每日邮报》连载。它完成了不可能的任务，让我一边大声嘲笑书中描述的在布鲁克林与妮可拉·佩尔茨（Nicola Peltz，见左图）婚礼前夕那些纯粹荒诞的场景，一边又为戴维·贝克汉姆和维多利亚·贝克汉姆的长子布鲁克林感到惋惜。例如，他们曾严肃地讨论是否应该给每位婚礼宾客赠送小狗作为感谢礼。
但我个人最喜欢的故事是关于维多利亚如何在钻石博弈中受挫：她佩戴的 21 克拉吊坠在准新娘那位气场强大的母亲克劳迪娅·佩尔茨（Claudia Peltz）佩戴的 95 克拉“东方之星”璀璨珠宝面前显得黯然失色。
我在担任文化大臣期间，令我惊讶的许多事情之一就是，对于我们交给英格兰艺术委员会（ACE）高达 £840million 的资助金如何使用，我的权力极其有限。
当我读到《周日邮报》中关于 ACE 做出的一些令人咋舌的支出决定时，我想起了这一点。例如，向谢菲尔德的一个“迁移重要性节日”（Migration Matters Festival）捐赠 £100,000，该节日利用这笔钱举办了一个探讨“身份、抗议与归属感”的旗帜制作研讨会。另有 £32,000 被交给剧作家艾莎·齐亚（Aisha Zia），她撰写了《难民！》（Refugee!），在书中，角色们发现了英国政府在战争罪行中的“共谋”。
在同年，16 家博物馆——这些国家遗产的守护者——在公共资金匮乏的情况下相继关闭。
如果有人想知道为什么这个国家正在向右转，他们应该反思如此之多的公共机构如何将资金挥霍在那些令许多资助它们的勤奋纳税人感到困惑的“觉醒”（woke）项目上。
新花样：马丁·克鲁内斯和尼尔·莫里西担任狗狗展评委。插图：两人在《男人行为不端》中的剧照
作者：Alex Doyle 资深演艺记者 他们在 1990 年代情景喜剧《男人行为不端》（Men Behaving Badly）中扮演的那些鲁莽角色，绝不可能出现在狗狗展上。三十年过去了，演员马丁·克鲁内斯和尼尔·莫里西的情况大不相同。
两人均年届 64 岁，于周日在巴克汉姆集市（Buckham Fair）举办的狗狗展上重聚并担任评委，该集市由克鲁内斯在他位于多塞特郡价值 £5 million 的农场中主持。这位《马丁医生》的主演在烈日下戴着一顶牛仔帽，他与莫里西非常认真地对待自己的职责，目光紧盯着表演的狗狗，并在写字板上记录得分。不过，在比赛开始前，他们确实在喝杯啤酒的同时叙了旧——这更符合他们在情景喜剧中扮演的加里和托尼的形象。
莫里西从法国飞来，他与伴侣艾玛·基利克（Emma Killick）居住在那里。这是该集市自新冠疫情以来首次举办，集市由克鲁内斯与其担任电视制片人的妻子菲莉帕（Philippa）共同经营。
11 岁起使用社交媒体者 “到 GCSE 考试时落后六个月”
研究表明，11 岁就开始使用社交媒体的孩子，在就读 GCSE（英国中等教育普通证书）课程期间，学业进度最高落后六个月。
研究人员在记录了 5,000 多名学生首次开设社交媒体账号的时间后，对其成绩进行了对比。
那些在 11 岁就开始使用 TikTok、Instagram 等平台的学生，在达到 15 和 16 岁时，在某些科目上的进度相当于落后了六个月。
作者：Xantha Leatham 执行科学编辑
科学家们认为，频繁查看手机、过度使用社交媒体以及缺乏家长监督，可能会干扰学生的注意力并影响学习。
他们写道：“这提供了令人信服的证据，证明过早接触社交媒体会对学习结果产生不利影响。”
“短期来看，采取延迟接触社交媒体的政策，直到孩子在认知上足够成熟，能够应对其潜在的干扰，可能会有所裨益。”英国是计划禁止 16 岁以下青少年使用社交媒体的国家之一，预计明年春季将出台法律变更，禁止年轻人访问 Instagram、YouTube、TikTok、Snapchat、Facebook 和 X。
为了这项研究，米兰比科卡大学（University of Milano–Bicocca）的研究人员分析了 5,227 名意大利学生的社交媒体习惯，并收集了他们在意大利语、英语和数学科目上的测试分数。
这项发表在《自然-人类行为》（Nature Human Behaviour）杂志上的研究发现，在初中阶段过早使用社交媒体，对“数学和意大利语产生了显著的负面影响”。
但他们发现英语成绩没有受到影响——这可能是因为网络上有大量的英语内容，可能提供了一些非正式的学习机会。
研究人员表示：“这证实并扩展了之前的研究，之前的研究强调了数字干扰干扰学生学习和学校表现的潜力。”
他们还引用了之前的研究，表明密集使用社交媒体与睡眠质量下降、注意力降低以及面对面交流减少相关。
在国王仍犹豫是否仅将安德鲁移除，还是将所有前约克人从继承顺序中剔除之时，或许国家应该感激哈里仍在名单上。有很多人主张他本该被驱逐。但按照现状，如果灾难突然降临，导致少年乔治提前登基，那么哈里叔叔将成为摄政王子。如果他无法出任，那么来自桑德灵厄姆马什农场的 A·蒙巴顿-温莎先生将接到通知。如果他也被排除在外，那么比阿特丽斯公主将接手这项工作。一个令人清醒的思考。
皇家租赁详情的披露显示，亚历山德拉公主的女儿玛丽娜·奥吉尔维遭受了不公正待遇。她每月为温莎的一栋三居室半独立屋支付 £1,453.17，且明年夏天租金即将上涨。与此同时，她的母亲每月为里士满公园的Thatched House Lodge支付 £125，那是一座拥有六个卧室、六个接待室，且带有附属建筑、马厩和一座极尽奢华夏季屋的大厦。亚历山德拉自 1963 年起居住于此，其租约有效期至 2144 年，租金每 25 年固定上涨一次，最高涨至每月 £500。她将在今年圣诞节满 90 岁，她的下一次租金上涨将发生在她 108 岁时。
加拿大歌手夏奈·特温（如图）承认，她习惯在穿着睡衣时频繁骑马。“我确信这看起来并不光彩，但我随它去吧，”她说。如果这位演唱《我感觉像个女人！》的歌姬在天黑后飞奔，这是否可以被描述为一场噩梦？
在特朗普总统因未能获得诺贝尔和平奖而依然心怀不满之际，安德鲁·尼尔对他最近在中东的举动嘲讽道：“任何有良心的人都不能否认唐纳德·特朗普应该获得诺贝尔和平奖。在短短五个月内，他已经给伊朗战争带来了八次和平！你还得做多少才能配得上诺贝尔和平奖？”
以敏感著称的前板球运动员伊恩·博瑟姆，是否会对美食评论家吉尔斯·科伦对其位于南安普顿的 Beefy’s by Lord Botham 餐厅中牛排的口诛笔伐做出激进反应？“肋眼牛排怎么能失败到这种程度？”吉尔斯在他措辞严厉的评论中问道，“这就像斯坦·劳雷尔在《向西走》中用来给鞋补底的牛排。只不过斯坦当时被饥饿的狗追赶，而我没有。我想是因为当地的狗之前在 Beefy’s 吃过。”吉尔斯，你最好在壳里小心点，最好暂时低调行事，不要在任何阴暗的小巷里徘徊。
剑桥大学赛艇教练唐纳德·莱格特（Donald Legget）去世，享年 84 岁。他以粗鲁和口无遮拦而闻名，曾对一名年轻的赛艇运动员说：“你的桨末端有一块屎。”当男孩看向桨叶时，他又补充道：“不，是另一端。”
周五晚上，Ariana Grande在蒙特利尔的贝尔中心（Bell Centre）登台演出。她身着一件空灵飘逸的白色长裙，手握麦克风，在舞台上的动作略显僵硬——但她的歌声依然如往常般壮丽。当她高唱从《Into You》到《Hate That I Made You Love Me》等热门金曲时，她那令人惊叹的四个八度音域依然像她十几岁在百老汇初次演唱时那样清晰纯净。
早期的突破让她在儿童网络 Nickelodeon 的热门情景喜剧《胜利者》（Victorious）中获得了更大的名气。当这位前童星在加拿大——她艰苦的“永恒阳光”（Eternal Sunshine）巡演的最后一站——谢幕时，没有人预料到，在短短 48 小时后，她将做出职业生涯中最戏剧性的决定之一，并引发全球头条新闻。
在蒙特利尔演出前几个小时，她的新单曲《Petal》的音乐录像带发布了。Grande 肯定希望人们关注其极具争议的结尾场景：在场景中，她用电锯攻击了一群粗鲁且傲慢的男性音乐主管，最后全身被血浸透，宛如一部恐怖电影。
然而，尽管《Petal》的视频迅速获得了数百万次观看，但人们的反应几乎完全集中在她异常纤细的身材上。
“此时此刻，我在评判她的团队、朋友和家人，”一名观众说道，这条评论得到了 62,000 人的点赞。另一人补充道：“她的身边全都是纵容者。”
在 Grande 拥有 363 million 粉丝的 Instagram 上，她上传了一系列近照。其中一些照片很快被其他用户附加了“社区注释”，警告关于饮食失调的问题，并敦促任何深受其困扰的人“寻求帮助”。
英国女演员及左翼活动家 Jameela Jamil（她本人也曾与饮食失调抗争）也在网上评论称，Grande “可能就在我们面前走向死亡”，并质疑她的团队为何选择发布这样一张对“年轻粉丝具有破坏性的形象”的照片。Jamil 后来删除了这段粗鲁的言论，但坚持认为：
“我的观点依然不变。这是极其不负责任的。”
最终，随着争论在周日晚上达到顶峰，Ariana 的团队震惊地宣布，她将退出一部伦敦舞台剧的演出，该剧曾被预言将成为伦敦剧院区（Theatreland）有史以来最大规模的剧作之一。
她的发言人告诉《People》杂志，Grande 将在“完成‘永恒阳光’巡演后，减少公开露面”，并补充道：“她期待……在面对公众的工作和露面中获得一次应得的休息，因为这些活动导致了无休止且持续的公众审视。”
那么，究竟发生了什么——她的粉丝大军是否应该担心？今年早些时候有消息透露，这位 33 岁的艺人将与 Jonathan Bailey 共同主演巴比肯中心（Barbican）制作的《乔治在公园的星期日》（Sunday In The Park with George）。这是 Stephen Sondheim 1984 年的传奇音乐剧，讲述了 19 世纪法国画家乔治·修拉（Georges Seurat）及其情妇 Dot 的故事。她的加盟对制片人来说是一个巨大的成功，对伦敦的演出场馆而言也是一次胜利。当然，Grande 和 Bailey 都是电影《魔法坏女巫》（Wicked）的两位主演，该片是迄今为止最成功的百老汇音乐剧电影改编作品，全球票房超过 $750 million，并获得了十项奥斯卡提名（其中包括 Grande 获得的一项最佳女配角提名）。然而在周日，制作《乔治在公园的星期日》的 Empire Street Productions 公司被告知，Grande 将退出该剧，而此时距离她的团队……
发布了自己的声明。这意味着巴比肯中心（Barbican）不得不匆忙采取行动以抢在报道之前应对此事。昨晚，一名与该剧相关的消息人士告诉《每日邮报》，格兰德的决定令人“难以置信”，并补充道：“在她的音乐视频发布并引发更多关于她外貌的抵制后，这一切迅速展开。由于围绕亚莉安娜（Ariana）有很多（网络讨论），[关于该剧]一直存在讨论，但她之前很期待出演这部剧，而且排练直到 2027 年才开始。巴比肯中心在周日晚上 8 点才收到通知。这一切发生得非常突然，让他们陷入了极大的混乱。这是他们有史以来最昂贵的剧场项目，所有参与者都感到心碎。他们同情亚莉安娜……原先已经制定了宣传计划，杂志封面也已排好。但在任何剧场制作中，你都必须考虑到类似的事情可能会发生。”她的共同主演贝利（Bailey），38 岁，据信仍“致力于该剧”并担任主角。“他一直是其中的关键人物：亚莉安娜希望在他身边饰演多特（Dot）一角，”我们的消息人士补充道。
“乔纳森和亚莉安娜都很兴奋能一起出演。他们变得非常亲密。如果乔纳森在巴比肯中心之前就得知此事，我也不会感到惊讶。”
在公开场合，该剧的制作人表示：“我们知道这绝不是一个容易的决定，[亚莉安娜]做出此决定得到了我们完全的理解和支持。我们祝愿她一切顺利。”他们补充说，该剧将于明年夏天按计划开演，门票将于下月开售。
在昨晚《每日邮报》发稿时，格兰德原定在芝加哥的联合中心（United Centre）进行三场演唱会中的首场演出，随后将于 8 月 15 日至 9 月 1 日前往伦敦的 O2 体育馆进行巡演的最后十场演出。
尽管昨天网上流传她可能会取消这些英国场次的传闻，但接近这位歌手的消息人士向《每日邮报》坚称，目前没有取消计划——尽管他们正在为“巡演期间的严苛审查”做准备。（业内人士指出，如果亚莉安娜取消剩余场次，她将损失巨额收入并面临高昂成本。）
昨天，格兰德在面对局面时表现得十分勇敢，在网上写道：“今晚芝加哥见。”
但如果她希望在巡演后休息，她可能无法享受太久。格兰德原定要为她的新电影《福克斯一家》（Focker-In-Law）做宣传，她在片中与本·斯蒂勒（Ben Stiller）和罗伯特·德尼罗（Robert De Niro）共同主演，这是《我的 the Fockers 家族》系列的最新一部，预计将于 11 月 25 日上映。预计她将在接下来的几周内多次出现在红毯上。
当然，围绕着……的猜测
格兰德的外貌——有些人感到担忧，有些人心怀好奇，而有些人则纯粹是刻薄——长期以来一直困扰着她。虽然亚里安娜本人一直公开坚称自己非常健康，并且从未直接回应关于她体重剧烈下降的担忧，但这并没有阻止担忧的粉丝们指出她近年来显得多么憔悴。在 2023 年 4 月，她通过在 TikTok 上发布的一条帖子公开回应了这些猜测，她说：“我认为我们应该温和一些，不要那么随意地评论他人的身体，”并补充说，“被如此密切地关注”是很困难的。她还补充道，当人们将她当时的样子与之前的照片相比时，那些早期的照片实际上是“我身体最不健康的版本……当时我服用了很多抗抑抗抑郁药，并且在服药期间饮酒，饮食糟糕……在我看起来像你们认为的‘我的健康状态’时，实际上是我人生最低谷的时候，那根本不是我的健康状态。”次年，她在歌曲《Yes, And?》中再次回应了对其外貌的审视，唱道：“不要评论我的身体，不要回应。你的事是你的，我的事是我的。为什么你如此关心……为什么？”同年，在她的《Wicked》宣传巡演期间，她详细谈到了这个话题，说：“自从我 16 或 17 岁起，我就在公众面前这么做，真的就像是培养皿里的标本一样。”诚然，她绝不是第一个经历波折成年期的前童星。但无论按照谁的标准，格兰德在过去十年左右的个人和私人生活中都经历了一系列真正悲剧性的事件。首先，当然是 2017 年一名伊斯兰主义者在她曼彻斯特体育场演唱会上发动的恐怖自杀式袭击。利比亚裔的萨尔曼·阿贝迪杀害了 22 人，其中许多是儿童，并导致 1,000 多人受伤。不可避免地，这场暴行深深影响了格兰德，她说自己“心碎了”，无法用语言描述当时她感到多么绝望。袭击一年后，她说：“人们会被这些事情永久性地影响。它改变了一切。”她补充说，她正在应对创伤后压力综合征的症状。
聚焦：粉丝们对亚里安娜·格兰德上周发布的音乐视频中的外貌做出了反应
许多名气较小的艺人可能在那时就退隐了——而且她并不缺钱，身价约为 £200 million（2 亿英镑）——但格兰德勇敢地组织了 One Love Manchester 慈善演唱会，以支持受害者及其家属。
随后，在 2018 年——就在曼彻斯特袭击一年后——她的说唱歌手男友 Mac Miller 意外药物过量身亡。他也是一名童星， 15 岁时就在乐坛崭露头角。他年仅 26 岁。格兰德在 19 岁时第一次与他相识，两人在一起近两年时间，在他去世前约四个月分手。当时她在网上写道：“我不相信你不再在这里了。我不知道该怎么做。你是我最亲密的朋友。”在次年的一次采访中，她说对他去世的悲痛“几乎将她完全吞噬”。
不久之后，她与演员兼喜剧演员皮特·戴维森（金·卡戴珊的前男友）展开了一段短暂而热烈的恋情，两人还纹了相同的纹身。戴维森送给她一枚价值 $93,000 的订婚戒指，两人甚至一起买了一头名叫 Piggie Smalls 的宠物猪——但在在一起仅五个月后，他们就取消了婚约。
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格兰德随后与奢侈房产经纪人道尔顿·戈梅兹（Dalton Gomez）找到了短暂的幸福，两人于 2021. 年结婚。然而，他们的离婚手续在三年后才最终完成。在拍摄《魔法坏女巫》（Wicked）期间，她还与演员伊桑·斯莱特（Ethan Slater）维持了近三年的感情，直到今年夏天两人分手。据信，斯莱特在结识这位巨星后离开了他的前妻和新生婴儿。
但尽管她的感情生活动荡不安，她的事业却蒸蒸日上。格兰德 2013 年的首张专辑《Yours Truly》立即走红，随后她凭借《Dangerous Woman》和《Thank U, Next》在全球排行榜上取得了成功。
通过重返演员之列，她进一步挑战自我，在 2024 年凭借《魔法坏女巫》重启了事业的这一面——这个角色在情感和身体上都让她付出了沉重代价。高强度的排练计划、现场演唱以及与英国合作演员辛西娅·艾利沃（Cynthia Erivo）一起完成特技表演，占据了她全部的精力。
今年 1 月，格兰德承认休假对事业将是“健康的”，她告诉《Vogue Japan》：“过去这几年几乎没有停过。而我说‘几年’，其实是指 15 年。”她补充说，在未来的岁月里，她正在寻找更多的“平衡”。
她的所有粉丝都迫切希望她能找到这种平衡。随着她准备在下周登上伦敦舞台，许多人将祈祷她能获得她显然需要的休息。
辞职：斯科特·奇尔顿 在职 33 年后离职
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警务处长在辞职后 获赔 55,000 英镑
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据披露，一名被指控在执勤期间发生性行为的前警务处长在去年离开警队后，获得了超过 £55,000 的款项。
在警察监管机构宣布他因与两名警员发生性关系而接受调查后，斯科特·奇尔顿退休了。
作者：Claire Duffin
前反恐警员奇尔顿先生被指控在担任警务处长期间与一名资历较低的警员维持关系，以及在职业生涯早期的执勤期间与一名初级警员发生性行为。
警察行为独立办公室（Independent Office for Police Conduct）表示，据称他在“申请成为警务处长的过程中，未能披露此前与另一名警员的性关系”。
奇尔顿先生于 2023 年被任命为汉普郡和怀特岛警务处（Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary）的警务处长，在去年 4 月立即辞职后，获得了 £55,154 的款项。他在警队服务了 33 年。
一名警方发言人表示，
“滥用职权”
该款项是替代其三个月通知期的代通知金。
他将于 10 月出席一场关于不当行为的听证会，针对他被指控滥用“职权以达到性目的”以及“反复且不诚实地”否认指控的情况进行审理。
这些指控出现在去年，当时前高级侦探罗杰·伍德（Roger Wood）在自己的不当行为听证会上指控奇尔顿先生有“婚外情”。
当被问及婚外情是否构成不当行为时，伍德先生说：“嗯，警务处长有婚外情。”
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8月4, 1993年 撒切尔夫人将通过在电视上点名，向她指控密谋使其下台的“背叛”内阁同事们进行报复。律师们正在仔细研究她的指控，这些内容出自一部“令人震惊地坦率”、毫无保留的 BBC1 系列节目《撒切尔：唐宁街岁月》，该节目将于 10 月播出。
8月4, 2000年 《哈利·波特》和《莎宾娜： teenage witch》（Sabrina The Teenage Witch）被指责激发了人们对超自然现象的兴趣。《青年工作》（Youthwork）基督教杂志编辑约翰·巴克里奇（John Buckeridge）表示：“从幽灵和咒语开始，可能会导致心理和精神上的损害。”
生日快乐
凯特·西尔弗顿（KATE SILVERTON），56. 这位前 BBC 新闻主播及《舞动风暴》（Strictly Come Dancing）参赛者于 2021 年离开新闻界，重新培训成为一名儿童治疗师。她说新闻不再能“给我带来快乐”，并透露她关于儿童心理健康的倡导活动“将成为我毕生的事业”。
李·麦克（LEE MACK），58. 这位出生于南波特（Southport）的喜剧演员、作家、BBC《你会对我撒谎吗？》（Would I Lie To You?）嘉宾以及 ITV《1% 俱乐部》（The 1% Club）的主持人被描述为“现代版的埃里克·莫康比（Eric Morecambe）”。他在 O-level 考试不及格后于 15 岁离开学校，他的校长在最后一份学校报告中写道：“李很快就会意识到，在课堂上开玩笑毫无用处。”
今日出生
莫亚·布伦南（MOYA BRENNAN）（1952-2026）。这位爱尔兰歌手和竖琴手凭借民谣乐队 Clannad 获得名声。该团体录制了 1982 年电视剧《哈里的游戏》（Harry’s Game）的主题曲，并为 ITV 的 26 集系列剧《舍伍德的罗宾》（Robin Of Sherwood）创作了音乐。她的妹妹是销量数百万的歌手恩雅（Enya）。
理查德·贝尔泽（RICHARD BELZER）（1944-2023）。这位美国演员和喜剧演员在 23 年间，在六个不同的网络、11 部不同的电视剧中饰演同一个角色——侦探约翰·蒙奇（John Munch），最早始于 1993. 年的《谋杀：街头生活》（Homicide: Life On The Street）。
8月4. . .
1964 年，Kinks 乐队发行了突破性热门单曲《You Really Got Me》。
2013, 年，英国马尔维纳斯群岛战争特遣队指挥官桑迪·伍德沃德爵士（Sir Sandy Woodward）去世，享年 81. 岁。
词汇魔法
猜测定义：Eximious（创造于 1574 年） A) 节俭的。 B) 卓越的。 C) 小的。 答案见下方
短语解析：Rest on one’s laurels（躺在功劳簿上）：对已取得的成就过于满意而不再努力；在古希腊，用“月桂”或月桂树叶制成的花环作为荣誉的标志，尤其是在德尔斐的皮提亚运动会上。
今日金句 比起我参加过的任何一场战争，我进电梯时更感到恐惧。 ——克莱尔·霍林沃思（Clare Hollingworth），英国战地记者（1911-2017）
今日笑话 什么样的坚果（nut）没有壳？ ——甜甜圈（doughnut）。
猜测定义答案：B
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一名男婴成为首位在母体子宫内就接受罕见病手术的英国儿童。
来自伦敦的 29, 岁女子梅西·萨维奇（Maisie Savage）在怀孕 26 周时在美国接受了该手术。她的儿子西奥（Theo）被诊断患有腹裂症（gastroschisis）——即肠道在身体外部发育。
这一开创性的手术在休斯顿的德克萨斯儿童医院（Texas Children’s Hospital）进行，是与大奥蒙德街医院（Great Ormond Street Hospital）及比利时鲁汶医院（Leuven Hospital）合作开展的一项临床试验的一部分。
外科医生部分切开萨维奇女士的子宫，并使用微创手术将西奥的肠道移回体内。
该技术与用于治疗脊柱裂婴儿的技术类似，后者在怀孕第 19 至 26 周之间通过手术关闭脊柱裂缝。
西奥足月并在 2 月于德克萨斯州自然分娩。萨维奇女士告诉 BBC，她和西奥的父亲 36, 岁的乔什·弗伦奇（Josh French）对手术的成功感到宽慰，并称他们的儿子是一个“小奇迹”。
胎儿肠道在体外
他是首位从该手术中获益的英国婴儿，也是全球第 3 例。
萨维奇女士表示：“他们所做的一切完全扭转了西奥生命中可能经历的极其糟糕的开端，他简直太棒了。他本质上就是一个完全正常的宝宝。”
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使用微创手术 将肠道移入 婴儿体内
子宫重新置回 母亲体内， 随后自然分娩
在英国，每年大约每 3,000 名新生儿中就有一名患有腹裂症，通常在母亲怀孕 20 周的超声波检查时被发现。
目前，婴儿在出生后不久需要接受标准手术将肠道放入体内，并需要在重症监护室花数周时间康复并经由导管喂食。患有严重腹裂症的婴儿可能需要多次手术，并在医院度过数月。在某些情况下，这种缺陷可能是致命的。
宽慰：梅西·萨维奇和乔什·弗伦奇与儿子西奥
萨维奇女士首先前往鲁汶医院，通过子宫向西奥的腹壁注射肉毒杆菌毒素，以放松肌肉并使修复更容易。随后，在德克萨斯州的手术过程中，外科医生切开子宫，排出羊水并将其替换为二氧化碳（CO2），以便获得操作空间。
大奥蒙德街医院的儿科手术教授及胎儿外科顾问保罗·德·科皮（Paolo De Coppi）表示：“之前在脊柱裂治疗中的成功率表明，这基本上可以为腹裂症提供一种治愈方法。”
“如果结果积极，我们希望这能成为复杂腹裂症病例的标准手术。”
领导德克萨斯州儿科医生团队的迈克尔·贝尔福特（Michael Belfort）医生将这名男孩的出生描述为“简直令人惊叹”。
我的子宫移植怀孕经历： 健康生活 – 第 38 和 39 页
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今年，由于成本上升和全球局势紧张，半数度假者改变了他们的旅行计划。 一项调查发现，22 per cent 的人正在安排最后一刻的短期度假，而 32 per cent 的人则更倾向于留在英国附近。 这项针对 2,000 名成年人的研究发现，67 per cent 的人渴望避开繁忙的机场，16 per cent 的人由于全球局势不稳定而推迟了度假。 今年，越来越多的旅行者选择英格兰西南部而非西班牙，54 per cent 的人选择在国内度假（staycation）。 成本是“国内旅行者”（stay-trippers）增加的另一个因素，
“渴望更高的灵活性”
根据 OnePoll 的数据，超过三分之一（37 per cent）的人仅凭价格因素就会选择国内公路旅行而非出国旅行。 苏格兰高地（42 per cent）、湖区（40 per cent）和康沃尔（37 per cent）是最热门的目的地——尽管 54 per cent 的人也表示他们担心交通状况。 三分之一（35 per cent）的人还将规划更便捷视为留在近处度假的优势，而 33 per cent 的人则提到，能够对计划保持更高的灵活性是一项额外的好处。 委托开展该研究的汽车租赁巨头 Enterprise Mobility 的 Ryan Johnson 表示，今年的度假计划正受到“成本、便利性和对更高灵活性的渴望”的影响。
自从伊朗前最高领袖阿里·哈梅内伊在一次美以针对德黑兰的空袭中，获得了一张实至名归的通往地狱的门票以来，已经过去了五个多月。与这位年迈的屠夫一同丧生的还有他的女儿、一名孙辈（性别未公开）、女婿和儿媳。伤者中包括哈梅内伊的长子——而且事实证明，也是他的继承人——56 岁的穆贾塔巴·哈梅内伊。据路透社报道，他在袭击中面部受重伤且毁容，一条或两条腿也受了重伤。但由于他现在身在何处？自从他在 3 月 9 日那些非同寻常的情况下就职以来，这个问题一直围绕着伊朗的实际最高领袖地打转。到目前为止，他的任期最显著的特点就是他的缺席。穆贾塔巴在被任命后没有公开露面，考虑到美国人和以色列人当时每天都在轰炸该国并杀死其领导人，这或许可以理解。但他甚至没有发布预录的视频或音频。相反，一名国家电视台的主播朗读了一份据称是他撰写的声明，同时屏幕上显示了新最高领袖的一张静态照片。穆贾塔巴缺席了 7 月 4 日其父亲的葬礼（政权称是出于“安全顾虑”）。他也没有在 3 月 20 日的伊朗诺鲁孜节假期期间发表全国讲话，打破了 30 年的传统——他的父亲一直会在新年期间发表电视演说。上周，在伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队 (IRGC) 袭击了经过霍尔木兹海峡的油轮后，华盛顿恢复了对伊朗军事目标的空袭。日益沮丧的唐纳德·特朗普宣称，华盛顿将要“把这个该死的伊朗给打得体无完肤”。然而，即使在如此严重的危机时刻，沉默依然在继续。“穆贾塔巴·哈梅内伊目前是否还活着，或者至少是否能以全面的功能能力运作，是非常令人质疑的，”一名现就职于耶路撒冷安全与外交事务中心 (JCFA) 的前摩萨德官员告诉我。“他缺席父亲的葬礼这一点就很有说服力。尽管包括他兄弟在内的伊朗政权高层都出席了，但穆贾塔巴却不见踪影。在什叶派传统和伊朗文化中，出席父亲的葬礼是一项神圣的职责。他未能出席直接指向其已丧失能力，而非出于操作上的谨慎。”
一个处于核门槛的、处于战争状态的国家，正由一个理论上——至少在理论上——从未有人在公开场合见过面的男人领导。坦白说，这就是混乱。 美国消息人士告诉我，如果穆贾塔巴还活着，他很可能身处一个高度安全、隐秘的地点，大概在地下。从德黑兰的隧道到圣城库姆附近的地堡，各种猜测层出不穷，但我交谈过的所有人都没有声称可以确定。 “尽管经历了五个月不间断的轰炸，情报机构仍基于一个假设，即伊朗政权依然保留着几个安全的地下避难所，”一名西方安全人士告诉我。 那么，穆贾塔巴还活着吗？如果活着，他在哪里？他是否真的掌控着伊朗？有三种理论得到了认可。 第一种（在我看来极不可能）认为，他活着在伊朗的某个地方，在隐匿的洞穴中管理事务，但由于受伤太重无法露面。这是伊朗高级官员在散布的说法。在 7 月 21 日伊朗国家媒体发布的一段视频中，总统马苏德·佩泽希基安声称穆贾塔巴正在康复。“与我们亲爱的最高领袖的互动水平……”
自从那次摧毁其父亲及家人的导弹袭击后，他就再未露面。西方情报人员对他目前的行踪有三种推测——而另一些人则在散布关于其私生活的离奇传闻。然而，最终的讽刺在于——德黑兰神权统治者的权力可能早已被夺走。
“领袖的权威与日俱增，且应当继续增强，以便我们能在他的指导下解决问题，”佩泽希齐扬（Pezeshkian）说道。然而，这一说法应当被谨慎对待。
第二种推测认为他已逃往俄罗斯。俄罗斯一直以来都有一个漫长且不光彩的传统：在局势危急时庇护外国精神病患者。例如，目前那个长着鸵鸟脖子的前叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德（Bashar al-Assad）正住在莫斯科顶级的鲁布廖夫卡区（Rublyovka）的一栋豪华别墅中享受他的“退休”生活。
同样，我对此深表怀疑。无论你如何评价那些穆拉（mullahs）：他们通常不会逃跑。
第三种推测：他勉强维持生命，
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例如处于昏迷状态，无论如何都无法履行最基本的职责。据沙特阿拉伯的 Al-Hadath 频道报道，带有他名义的声明是由伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）总司令艾哈迈德·瓦希迪（Ahmad Vahidi）及其同僚将军们起草的。
在我看来，这是最可能的方案——而且，无论如何，搜寻工作都已经全面展开。
如果穆吉塔巴（Mojtaba）确实活着，据信他大约五个月没有使用电话和电脑。事实上，缺席的穆吉塔巴已经获得了一个新绰号：“纸板领袖”。一个关于一个等身纸板立牌在亲政集会上代替他出席的传闻，引发了一段病毒式传播的 AI 视频，视频中这个纸板神职人员被植入到与特朗普先生及其他国际人物的会面场景中。
政权的反应反而让情况变得更糟。国家媒体推送了 AI 生成的穆吉塔巴发表演讲、站在已故父亲身边以及拥抱被杀的伊斯兰革命卫队指挥官卡塞姆·苏莱曼尼（Qasem Soleimani）的视频。
这些合成画面不可避免地让许多伊朗人认为，如果政权拥有其所谓领袖的真实影像，就没必要伪造任何东西。
这一切意味着，现在的搜寻是基于“Humint”，即人力情报。
一位西方安全人士告诉我：“穆吉塔巴像这样完全脱离网络是有道理的：别忘了摩萨德曾黑入德黑兰的交通摄像头，以追踪他父亲保镖的动向。所以现在，全世界的所有技术都帮不了你 [找到他]。是时候采取传统手段了。”
为此，摩萨德正大力依赖其在伊朗内部长期建立的特工网络，试图挖掘信息。几十年来，这些网络在从暗杀伊朗核科学家到定位导弹阵地和政权隐秘设施的所有事务中，都被证明对以色列人具有极高价值。
“计划将是利用我们在国内拥有的资产——而我们的资产很多，”我的消息来源说。“我们可以贿赂人员，监听政权高级人物的通讯，甚至黑入伊朗的国家基础设施。到目前为止，计划甚至不是为了杀死他。至少现在还不是。人们只是想知道他是否还活着。”
如果穆吉塔巴还活着，据认为他通过写在“小纸片”上的便条进行沟通，由一串信使传递，其中每个人仅知道其前后直接相关的一环。摩萨德官员将这一系统比作奥萨马·本·拉登（Osama bin Laden）用来躲避美国情报部门的手段。
“如果他活着，”我的消息来源继续道，“关于他从未在日光下出现，因为担心被美国间谍卫星识别的报道就有了道理——那是被杀掉最快的方式。他将处于脱机状态，由一个极小的可信心腹团队服务，这些心腹几乎肯定来自伊斯兰革命卫队。”
穆吉塔巴本身是一名（低级别的）神职人员，但他一直与伊斯兰革命卫队关系密切。他曾任职于
在 1980-1988 年两伊战争期间曾在伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）的一个单位中短暂任职，随后从 2009 年起在志愿者准军事民兵巴斯基（Basij）和伊斯兰革命卫队中担任了多个与情报相关的职务。 无论穆吉塔巴身在何处，伊朗目前的实际权力都掌握在伊斯兰革命卫队手中，且这种情况已经持续一段时间了。 该军团不仅仅是一个军事组织；它还是一个情报、政治和经济帝国，渗透到从建筑、能源到银行和电信的方方面面，并监督伊朗的区域代理网络。这个国家长期以来一直是一个披着神权外衣的禁卫军国家。是的，库姆和德黑兰的穆拉们依然具有影响力，但在哈梅内伊去世后，他们不再处于国家的权力中心。 “德黑兰的权力实际上已经转移了，”这位前摩萨德官员表示。 “真正的权力重心现在是一个由瓦希迪（总司令）和更广泛的伊斯兰革命卫队高级领导层，以及最高国家安全委员会秘书穆罕默德·巴盖尔·佐尔卡德尔以及安全机构内其他关键领导者组成的军政府。” “神职人员已被系统地推向边缘。伊斯兰革命卫队伪装成听命于穆吉塔巴，以维持一种延续性的假象；而事实上，是他们在掌控全局。” 然而，伊朗国际电视台（Iran International）的记者内加尔·穆吉塔赫迪指出，伊朗永远被派系斗争所困扰。除了瓦希迪 / 伊斯兰革命卫队阵营外，外交部长阿巴斯·阿拉奇和总统佩泽什基安也参与其中，并形成了他们自己的派系，即外交和政府阵营。 而且他们已经在争吵了。 “看看阿拉奇在最近的一次播客中的评论，”她补充道。“有人问到穆吉塔巴，他说他甚至从未见过他。在我看来，这是一个高级官员在刻意发出信号，表示他不想与穆吉塔巴紧密联系。” “如果他的领导地位仍在巩固中，或者仍有争议，或者在体制内的某些部分甚至根本不存在，那么一名高级官员可能会有动力避免在个人上与他绑定——特别是如果权力随后发生转移的话。” 事实是，极有可能在战争结束后，这些派系中的一个将战胜其他派系并统治伊朗，即便穆吉塔巴统治的假象依然在维持。未来并不乐观。 正如穆吉塔赫迪观察到的：“我们过去讨论的是强硬派与相对温和派之间的内部斗争。但现在已经没有温和派了。现在将只是强硬派对阵强硬派。” 无论如何，伊斯兰革命卫队将继续处于中心位置。这代表了一种深刻的转变：旨在捍卫伊斯兰革命的革命卫队，已经成为了其主要的执政力量。在经过近 50 年后，这场革命最终吞噬了自身。 穆吉塔赫迪补充道，AI生成的表情包和伪造的穆吉塔巴失踪海报反映了比嘲讽更深刻的东西。“事实是，人们并不在乎穆吉塔巴是死是活，”她说。“对他们来说，这是一个彻头彻尾的，尽管是苦涩的，笑话。”
消失之谜：最高领袖穆吉塔巴·哈梅内伊，以及上方那次导致其父亲阿里死亡的导弹袭击。
同样冷淡的反应也围绕着情报界和西方媒体中持续不断的传闻——该消息最早由《纽约邮报》于3月公开披露，引用了匿名的美国情报和白宫消息人士——称穆吉塔巴（Mojtaba）秘密地是同性恋。
这些指控极其露骨：与一名受雇于哈梅内伊（Khamenei）家政人员维持长期关系；在因袭击导致其父亲死亡（据报道，其父因儿子的性取向而怀疑其作为继任者的合适性）而养伤期间，对男性护理人员进行“侵略性的性挑逗”。
不出所料，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）对此大快朵颐，幸灾乐祸地称伊朗为拥有“同性恋独裁者”的国家。
一个将同性恋男子监禁并绞刑长达数十年的政权，其最高领袖竟然是同性恋。如果属实，这种讽刺令人心痛。
然而在伊朗国内，反应不过是耸耸肩而已。正如穆吉塔迪（Mojtahedi）所主张的，这个传闻未能引起关注，是因为就像对穆吉塔巴行踪的无休止猜测一样，大多数伊朗人根本不在乎这个男人，以至于不在乎他与谁同床。
我在德黑兰的一位被我称为“礼萨”（Reza）的朋友对此表示同意。“无论他是同性恋还是不是，或者是死是活，对我们有什么区别？”他说，“这个政权每天都会继续惩罚我们。无论是他，还是另一个神职人员，或者是卫队。都一样。”
与此同时，西方对穆吉塔巴的搜寻仍在继续，而伊朗国内却没有任何人愿意真正地去搜寻。
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模特 兼 作家 Charli Howard 曾与严重的进食障碍斗争了十年。现在，她呼吁对流行星 Ariana Grande 的情况进行“立即干预”，后者在对其外貌和剧烈体重减轻的持续关注中，决定从公众生活中“退后一步”。
出生于伦敦的 Charli（35 岁，见下图）曾患有暴食症和厌食症，她在谈到这位美国歌手兼《魔法坏女巫》(Wicked) 明星时说：“我显然看到了担心粉丝的评论，但我也看到其他人试图说服他人，称她看起来‘很健康’，或者说她只是‘失去了婴儿肥’。有些人甚至拿这件事开玩笑。”
“我看到的是一个极需住院治疗和护理的人。虽然我知道在厌食症的这个阶段，想要帮助一个人往往是不可能的，但必须立即进行干预。”
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诺埃尔·加拉格尔（Noel Gallagher）的女儿 安娜伊斯（Anais）似乎继承了这位 Oasis 明星粗鲁的措辞方式。 这位 26 岁的模特兼摄影师（如右图所示）， 前几天在伦敦开车时，对租赁 电动自行车的骑行者发起了充满 脏话的指责，指责他们在道路上 行为危险。 “我只想告诉你们，那些骑着 Lime 自行车的人——他们认为 自己是免疫的，”她在最新的播客视频中 在方向盘后愤怒地说道。“我没看到 任何人戴着该死的头盔。我没看到 任何人遮盖皮肤。 如果他们摔下来，手臂被撕成碎片怎么办？ 然后他们就在那里骑车，好像他们 能免于被车辆撞死一样！” 关注我的 Twitter @richardaeden 以及 Instagram @edenconfidential richard.eden@dailymail.co.uk
威廉王子和 凯特王妃收到了一份公开 邀请，邀请他们加入亚历克斯·琼斯（Alex Jones） 在《The One Show》的沙发上 共同庆祝该节目的 20 周年纪念。 “如果能邀请到威尔士 王子和王妃参加节目， 那将太棒了，”这位 49 岁的 主持人说道。“那将是 非凡的。我们的观众 一定会非常喜欢。我认为 我们可以让他们展现出非常可爱 的一面，而且我们会让他们 感到舒适和放松。” 作为《The One Show》资历最深的 主持人在 2010 年加入，亚历克斯希望 这个在每个工作日播出的节目， 能够免于 BBC 的砍掉计划， 上周《Celebrity Mastermind》和 《Blankety Blank》已遭到砍掉。 她说：“它经受住了 如此多趋势的变化，人们 观看电视方式的变化，无论如何， 它依然屹立不倒且具有影响力。 ‘它的收视率依然强劲，我认为 如果晚上 7 点没有这个节目， 人们会非常想念。’
÷ 回想起在开始烹饪 职业生涯之前签约一名演艺经纪人， 名厨汤姆·克里奇（Tom Kerridge）承认 在自己身材魁梧的青年时期被定型了。 “就在[签约经纪人]后 整整两周，我就在拍摄 《马普尔小姐》的圣诞特辑，” 53 岁的汤姆回忆道。“但这就是 一切开始崩塌的地方。我在 《马普尔小姐》中扮演了一个少年犯； 然后在《After Henry》中扮演了一个 小偷；在两部不同的作品中扮演过 学校霸凌者；然后我在 《London’s Burning》中扮演‘暴徒一号’。” 近年来减掉了体重的 克里奇轻笑道：“所以我意识到， 也许这并非因为我的演技—— 而可能是因为我的长相！”
直到深夜，每天只吃一个苹果和一杯水。 她说：“我尝试了一切，因为当你 深陷进食障碍时，脑海中 会有一个声音告诉你， 你永远不够瘦。我脑子里 一直认为我必须得 是英国码 6 号。” 如今对自己的身体充满自信的查莉（Charli）表示， 亚里安娜（Ariana）在最新流行音乐视频 《Petal》中的形象——显示出她 日渐消瘦的体态——应该 从互联网上删除，以防止 影响她的年轻粉丝。 “从道德和资本主义 两个角度来看，在这个人 需要精神帮助和住院治疗时 发布这些视频和专辑， 绝对是令人震惊的。” 她补充道：“参与其中的 团队应该感到 绝对羞愧。令人失望的是， 需要团队——通常是 数百人——来批准此类视频 并使其最终上线。 ‘你们每一个人，包括她的家人 和经纪公司，都在 纵容这个人，并 鼓励她的病情， 而她此时正需要帮助。 ‘我真的，真的 希望她能获得 她如此迫切需要的 帮助。’”
奈杰能恢复 往日的友谊吗？
尽管“恢复英国”党（Restore Britain）领导人鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）与奈杰·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）在社交媒体上言语交锋，但两人似乎已在幕后化解了分歧。
尽管数月来公开争吵，但洛与英国改革党（Reform UK）领导人法拉奇在企业家本·德洛（Ben Delo）上月于国家美术馆举办的夏季派对上，被看到在一起谈笑风生。这对昔日对手在这次伦敦聚会上进行了 20 分钟的友好寒暄，甚至被观察到一起拍摄自拍照片。
“完全没有任何紧张气氛——两人都非常友好，甚至像老朋友一样一起大笑，”一名同行宾客表示，“一段时间以来，他们一直试图团结右翼。”
÷ 莉维亚·费尔斯（Livia Firth）为成千上万冲入西班牙领土休塔（Ceuta）的非洲人辩护，并声称应对措施缺乏“人性”。
这位奥斯卡奖得主科林·费尔斯（Colin Firth）的前妻表示：“许多移民只是出于绝望而抵达。”
“我对极右翼、无知之徒和法西斯分子现在利用这一点来煽动对他人的仇恨并不感到惊讶。但我们的人性在哪里？”
我的病人中曾有一个中年成功人士的缩影：一名来自伦敦南部的商人，经营着一家繁荣的纺织公司。
后来他长了脑瘤，进行了手术将其切除——随后一切都改变了。
他开始心血来潮地解雇员工，并在追求那些根本不可能成交的交易中挥霍金钱。例如，他与一家材料供应商签署了一份巨大的合同，尽管他既没有足够的人手，也没有存储空间来处理交付到工厂的布料。价值不菲的材料在他公司总部外腐烂。
还有一名 60 岁后期的女性病人，她也切除了脑瘤。她坐得笔直，显然在集中注意力进行我给她做的记忆力测试，这时我突然感觉到她的手沿着我的大腿向上滑动，摸到了我的裆部。
我尽力妥善处理，轻轻地移开她的手，说道：“请集中注意力做测试。”“噢，我根本没意识到自己在做什么！”她说，但在几分钟后又将手滑回了我的腿上。
这些患者的大脑关键区域受损——即额叶，它就位于你的前额正后方。额叶占据大脑体积的大约 30 per cent，控制着我们的许多行为。
它是我们执行功能的所在地——即我们用来管理冲动、为追求目标而处理各项任务，以及在脑海中保存信息的那些心理技能。
延缓 认知能力下降
……瞬间的，这种能力我们称之为 “工作记忆”。 正如不止一位患者向我展示的那样， 额叶受损会削弱判断力，导致人们 说出反常的粗鲁或不恰当的话。 它还会影响他们完成以往简单任务 的能力——比如我的一位曾经精明 干练的商人，突然在管理财务方面 陷入困境。 作为一名拥有 35 年以上经验的神经科学家， 我职业生涯的大部分时间都在剑桥大学度过， 随后在 2010 年移居加拿大，在西安大略大学 大脑与心理研究所担任认知神经科学与成像教授。 在我的职业生涯中，我很幸运地能参与 一场神经科学革命，使我们能够利用 fMRI 扫描仪绘制详细的大脑地图。通过 我参与的研究，我们现在知道当你在 计划某事、解决问题或想象未来时， 大脑的哪些区域会变得活跃——或在扫描图中 亮起。 在 2006, 我的实验室取得了一项里程碑式的 发现，改变了我们对植物状态的看法。 当我们要求一名被认为完全失去意识的患者 想象自己在打网球时，她的脑反应与健康人 完全一致，表明她具有意识，并且能够理解 我们所说的内容。 几年后，我们进一步证明，像她这样的患者 甚至可以仅凭思想来回答问题并与外界 沟通。自那时起，我的实验室完成了数十项 关于执行功能的研究，扫描了数千人的大脑， 其中一些人患有脑损伤，而许多人则没有。 得益于我们的数字化认知评估平台 Creyos ——该平台允许其他研究人员和临床医生使用 我们开发的短小、类游戏任务来评估记忆、 注意力、推理和自我控制——我们已经 测试了近
可能是痴呆症的迹象，且在任何明显 症状出现前 数年 即可察觉。但一些简单的 大脑训练技巧 确实 能保护你
20 million 名志愿者。通过这些测试，我一次又一次地 看到我们的执行功能如何驱动我们做出的 每一个意识决定——决定我们生活的形态， 定义我们的成功与失败。 我们科学家越来越多地了解到，执行功能的失效 在那些从中风、心脏骤停和脑损伤中恢复的人 身上表现得十分明显。 但也许最令人着迷的是，执行功能的恶化 与阿尔茨海默病之间新兴的联系。 虽然大多数人将阿尔茨海默病与长期 记忆受损联系在一起，但越来越多的证据表明， 执行功能也会受到影响。例如，在疾病的 最早阶段，就已报道出现了工作记忆受损的情况。 事实上，2016 年发表在《阿尔茨海默病与痴呆》(Alzheimer’s & Dementia) 期刊上的一项研究发现，与长期记忆完全无关的 认知缺陷——例如难以提前规划或同时处理 多件事情——最早可在正式确诊前 14 年出现。
世界领先的神经科学家之一
阿尔茨海默病诊断。识别出痴呆症的最早迹象至关重要。全球有超过 100 种抗阿尔茨海默病药物处于临床试验阶段，许多结果表明，早期干预在延缓疾病进展方面将是最有效的。
如果能够识别出执行功能的下降——例如表现为难以处理账单，或在执行任务过程中途失去思路——能让你在获得正式诊断前提前多出 14 年的准备时间，那么其意义是不言而喻的。而且，令人惊叹的是，有证据表明，教给处于疾病早期的患者一些简单的心理策略，可以显著改善他们的工作记忆。更令人惊叹的事实是，这种针对轻度阿尔茨海默病的工作记忆训练，至少可以在暂时内，刹住认知能力下降的恶性循环。
2017 年发表在《英国精神病学杂志》上的一项研究招募了 30 名轻度阿尔茨海默病患者，向他们展示一组逐渐增长的数字序列，要求他们在短时间延迟后重复这些数字。部分患者接受了一种名为“组块化”（chunking）方法的训练，即把数字分解成更小、更易处理的组块，并建立一套识别模式的系统；其余患者在类似的数字任务上花费了完全相同的时间，但没有采用组块化方法。
在为期八周、共 18 场每次半小时的训练课后，令人惊讶的是，接受训练的组别在记忆具有某种结构或模式的序列能力方面有了显著提高。而在另一组中则没有观察到这种效果。未接受训练的患者在简易精神状态检查（MMSE，一种广泛用于衡量认知表现及诊断痴呆症的工具）中得分下降了近两分。相比之下，接受训练的患者的表现则维持在试验开始时的水平。
另一种延缓早期阿尔茨海默病认知能力下降的方法是“记忆宫殿”技术，它利用了我们的空间导航能力——如果你愿意，可以将其称为大脑内置的 GPS。
空间导航依赖于大脑中被称为海马体（hippocampus）的区域，该区域同样负责近期记忆的形成和存储。因此，无论你是身体力行地回溯停车的路径，还是在脑海中演练前往市中心最爱餐厅的路线，你的大脑都在创建、更新并使用心理地图来引导你。
为了实现这一点，海马体中所谓的“位置细胞”（place cells）有效地创建了环境的心理地图。每个位置细胞都对应一个特定位置，因此当我们穿过一个空间（如房间）时，不同的位置细胞会按顺序放电，反映出该房间的路径和布局。
“记忆宫殿”技术的使用者利用天生的空间导航能力，将他们想要记住的信息在心理上与熟悉的位置（如房子的内部）联系起来。通过在心理上
在这样一个熟悉的环境中穿行，人们能够按特定顺序回忆起信息。 我见过最令人印象深刻的“记忆宫殿”技巧应用，是在 2009 年我参加 Latitude 音乐节就药物与大脑发表演讲时。 那次演讲长达 45 分钟，充满了难以发音的词汇，我为此苦心钻研。在我演讲结束之后，下一位发言者是记忆大师理查德·鲍德勒（Richard Bowdler），他在大约八分钟内就重复了我的演讲内容——几乎逐字不差——而他仅仅听了一遍。 为了实现这一点，在我演讲时，他在音乐节的帐篷内开始了心理旅程，起点是有一个冰箱的角落。当我提到“海马体”（hippocampus）这个词时，他在脑海中想象了一头坐在冰箱顶上的河马，然后移动到下一个位置——他解释说，建立的心理联系越离奇，效果就越好。 另一种在阿尔茨海默病早期（以及在通常情况下）辅助记忆的方法，是将事实转化为故事。 为了记住一张简单的待办事项清单，你可以将它们串联成一个荒诞的小场景：你寄了一封信，邮筒突然起火，而最后由那个你还欠钱的送奶工把火扑灭了。 故事越奇怪，就越难忘记。我的实验室通过核磁共振成像（MRI）研究证明，这类方法可以通过将新信息锚定在更强大的神经通路中，从而减轻心理负担，有效地提供“记忆拐杖”。 就像我那位手部无法克制乱摸的女性患者一样，抑制控制力（或意志力）的丧失是执行功能的另一种失效。这在痴呆症患者身上也能看到。意志力被认为是人们最重要的执行功能之一，因为它是我们做出几乎所有决定时的关键。 我曾使用一项名为“双重麻烦”（Double Trouble）的测试，在检查一个人的抑制控制力方面效果显著。 我用红色字体显示单词“red”（红色），并要求受试者说出字体的颜色。这他们很容易完成。但当单词“red”用蓝色字体写成，而他们必须说出字体的颜色时，难度就大多了。 这是因为我们的大脑在生理结构上被设定为自动阅读文字，因此要抑制这一本能需要付出努力。
能够 发现痴呆症
——或者我们在神经科学中 称之为抑制能力。 最近，我的实验室发现，测试 一个人的抑制控制能力可以 以惊人的准确率预测 痴呆症的发作。 在 2023 年，利用 Creyos 提供的数字认知 测试，我们开发了一种 算法，旨在仅根据受试者在两项 认知测试（其中一项是 “双重麻烦” [Double Trouble]）中的表现， 来识别具有类痴呆症 认知障碍的人群。 值得注意的是，该算法能够 在超过 80 百分比的时间里 准确地识别出患有痴呆症的患者。 这表明，普通人群中 抑制控制能力的早期失效 可能预示着日后 痴呆症的发作。 如果事实如此——且需要更大规模的研究 来确认——这将在检测、预防和治疗 阿尔茨海默症的竞赛中 带来颠覆性的改变。但这件事 也有另一面。 最近获批用于治疗 阿尔茨海默症等病症的药物 成本相当高，且潜在于产生不必要的 副作用。 如果一名患者仅仅表现出 自然的认知衰退迹象， 那么为其治疗阿尔茨海默症 可能会产生灾难性的后果。因此，准确预测谁 不会患上阿尔茨海默症 与预测谁会患病同样重要。 如果“双重麻烦”能在此过程中 发挥任何作用，都将是一个巨大的 进步。与血液检测、基因 筛查或昂贵的脑部扫描不同， 一项简单的五分钟在线执行功能 测试几乎不花钱，且可以 轻松地应用于大规模人群。 阿尔茨海默症慈善机构和 活动人士经常要求我们 想象一个能够治愈这种可怕疾病的 未来。 虽然那看起来仍然遥远，但我的 研究指向了一个更近的目标：在 阿尔茨海默症发作后，通过 简单的心理策略和训练， 仍能减缓记忆力丧失，并使 心智在更长时间内保持稳定。 n 改编自 Adrian Owen 博士的《Think Before You Think》（Guardian Faber Publishing 出版， £20），将于 8 月 13 日出版。© Adrian Owen 博士。 如需订购副本（价格 £18，优惠 有效期至 2026 年 8 月 11 日；英国 订单满 £25 免邮费），请访问 mailshop.co.uk / books 或拨打 020 3176 2937。
即便在阿尔茨海默病之外，执行功能失效的情况在每个人身上都会发生——许多老年人会迷路、感到困惑、脱口而出任何脑海中闪现的想法，或者一遍又一遍地讲述同一个故事。年轻人有时也会莫名其妙地被“脑雾”困扰——一种混乱的状态。
我所描述的记忆策略（见主篇）可以帮助我们更可靠地记住特定事项，从购物清单到一套路线指引。但生活方式的改变同样可以起到作用。
规律的体育锻炼，尤其是有氧运动（如跑步或骑行），已被证明能增强额叶功能并提高计划能力，即便是在老年人身上也是如此。运动能增强大脑血流量，这可能会促进新脑细胞的生长，并增强脑源性神经营养因子的释放——这就像是神经元的某种“肥料”。其影响虽然是短期的，但依然明显。
睡眠是另一个不可妥协的因素。睡眠不足会干扰背外侧前额叶皮层的活动——而这正是对计划至关重要的区域。保持一致的睡眠时间表（即使在周末）是维持精神耐力的最有效方法之一。
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许多研究表明，睡眠不足的人不仅反应更激烈，而且更难以准确解读面部表情，有时会将中性甚至友好的表情误认为具有威胁性。这种“情绪调节失调”会导致冲突、焦虑以及对社交情境的扭曲看法。
当我们感到压力大、焦虑或情绪低落时，在不同任务之间切换的能力会受损。这些情绪状态需要占用认知资源，导致可用于处理多路信息流的资源减少。即使是轻微的压力也可能导致前额叶认知能力的迅速且剧烈的下降。通过正念、适度运动或仅仅是定期休息来进行压力管理会有所帮助。
这不是一种奢侈——这是大脑维护。饥饿对你的额叶同样有害，尤其是对你调节情绪的能力。事实上，“饥饿愤怒”（hanger [指因太饿而变得易怒或愤怒]）是真实存在的，根源在于人类大脑巨大的能量需求。大脑贪婪地消耗能量，约占我们总能量消耗的 20 per cent，并且关键性地依赖葡萄糖来提供这些必需的热量。关于“饥饿愤怒”的一种理论是，大脑通过将葡萄糖储备留给视觉和运动等核心功能来做出反应，而次要功能（如在社会可接受的规范内行事）则被暂时关闭。
你吃什么也会影响你的执行功能。在 2016 年的一项研究中， 25 名成年人连续 12 周每天喝葡萄汁，结果在注意力和工作记忆以及计划能力方面有所提高。参与者的驾驶行为也有所改善，这表明饮用葡萄汁的益处转化为了现实世界的差异。伦敦国王学院 2023 年的一项最新研究发现，食用蓝莓者的某些执行功能方面优于服用安慰剂的参与者。葡萄和蓝莓都富含类黄酮，这是一种存在于水果和其他植物中的天然化合物。一些研究表明，类黄酮可以减轻炎症，保护脑细胞免受损伤——而动物研究表明，类黄酮可以阻断大脑中 beta-淀粉样蛋白斑块的积累。在神经细胞之间形成的这些蛋白质团块是阿尔茨海默病的标志。一些研究表明，适量饮用咖啡（每天最多三到四杯）可以改善执行功能的某些方面，例如
规划和任务切换。它还会提高包括多巴胺和乙酰胆碱在内的几种脑化学物质的水平，这些物质可能会影响情绪、能量水平和执行功能。然而，也许最简单的技巧就是直接拿起一支笔，将脑海中的所有其他事情排除在外，写一份清单。除了辅助记忆，书写还能帮助执行规划的功能。
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健康指南 新药将帮助那些 完全不能喝酒的人
由于基因缺陷，数以百万计的人即使摄入极少量的酒精，也会引发严重的面部潮红、心跳加快、恶心和剧烈头痛。但现在，那些因为 ALDH2 基因缺陷（该基因通常帮助身体代谢酒精）而“不能喝酒”的人们可能迎来了新的希望。
一家名为 Alcolase 的丹麦生物技术公司正在开发一种在饮酒前服用的补充剂。该公司声称，该产品将在酒精进入血液并引发不适反应之前，在胃中将其分解。
该补充剂有胶囊凝胶或液体饮品两种形式，含有能迅速将酒精转化为无害副产物并作为废物排出体外的酶。
除了帮助酒精不耐受的人群，该补充剂还可能防止人们醉酒——甚至让他们无法感受到酒精通常带来的快感——因为酒精在到达大脑之前就被排出了体外。这潜在地表明，该产品未来可用于帮助问题饮酒者减少酒精摄入。
Alcolase 补充剂目前仍处于开发阶段，旨在服务于那些携带该基因变异，但希望在社交场合饮酒且不想因点软饮料而显得格格不入的人群。
当我们饮用酒精时，肝脏会将其中含有的乙醇转化为另一种名为乙醛的化学物质。
在大多数人身上，这种有毒物质会被一种名为 ALDH2 的酶迅速清除出体外——除非饮酒过量，从而导致严重面部潮红、头痛、心跳加速和恶心等症状。
但数以百万计的人携带 ALDH2 基因的变异版本，导致这种酶几乎完全失效。这种情况在东亚裔人群（包括中国、韩国和日本）中尤为常见，大约每 3 人中就有 1 人受影响。而在西方人群中，这一比例低于 5%。
有一种理论认为，某些人群进化出这种基因缺陷，是为了将酒精视为毒药的内置警告——尽管为什么这在某些人群中进化而其他人群没有，目前尚不清楚。
这种对酒精的基因不耐受与人们对其他成分产生的过敏反应不同。例如，一些研究表明，高达 10% 的人对葡萄酒中用作防腐剂的亚硫酸盐过度敏感。这些物质可以在几分钟内触发喘息、咳嗽和胸闷等症状。
但对于那些为了继续享受饮酒而忍受衰弱症状的基因不耐受者来说，有时需要付出沉重的代价。
根据全南国立大学研究人员 2021 年的一项研究，ALDH2 基因缺陷的成年人患食管癌的可能性是基因无缺陷者的 3 倍以上。
先用微波炉加热薯条然后再油炸可能会让它们更健康。伊利诺伊大学的研究人员正在研究如何减少薯条中的含油量，并发现这种技术意味着土豆内部的水分子产生了蒸汽，从而减少了通过食物“孔隙”渗入的油量。
韩国，发表在《BMC Cancer》杂志上。人们认为这是由于乙醛对食道的累积毒性作用。另一项 2021 年在韩国首尔国立大学医院进行的研究发现，携带该基因缺陷的轻度至中度饮酒者患胃癌的可能性增加 20 百分比。在具有该基因缺陷的重度饮酒者中，风险增加了一倍多。“酒精对我们所有人来说都是一种毒素，”慈善机构 Alcohol Change UK 的发言人安德鲁·米塞尔（Andrew Misell）解释道，“但大多数人能够相当快速地产生分解酒精所需的酶。‘对于缺乏正确基因的人来说，酒精会被转化为毒素，而这些毒素已被证明会增加某些癌症的风险。’”他指出，网上或非处方药店有各种产品声称能帮助分解有毒的乙醛，但没有一种在临床试验中被证明有效。
Alcolase 补充剂尚未在人体上进行测试，其工作原理是在酒精进入胃部时将其吸收。它包含的精细人造酶通过一层坚韧的脂肪外壳，免受胃部剧烈酸性环境的影响。然而，这个外壳允许乙醇通过，因此一旦与酒精接触，酶就可以迅速开始分解工作。该公司希望在接下来的几个月内开始测试该补充剂。咨询精神科医生兼酒精研究协会主席彼得·赖斯（Peter Rice）博士表示，这可能有助于那些尽管携带基因缺陷但仍想饮酒以“融入”群体的人。他告诉《良好健康》（Good Health）：“根据我的经验，人们担心成为异类的焦虑通常是自我产生的。‘一旦他们戒酒，他们会意识到同伴压力远没有他们想象中那么大。’”
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良好健康 A
在经历了一年的疼痛和右膝“卡住”之后，热衷于俱乐部跑步的汤姆·胡珀（Tom Hooper），43 岁，很愉快地同意接受手术，认为这将意味着问题的终结。然而，在手术九个月后，他仍然感到疼痛，且需要注射类固醇和进行密集物理治疗。 在随后的三个月里，令人欣慰的是疼痛消失了，但他的膝盖依然僵硬——他无法将其伸直或轻松移动。尽管如此，他依然乐观地认为自己能恢复到完全健康的体能状态。 但汤姆的信心是否放错了地方？最近发表在《新英格兰医学杂志》上的一项来自芬兰的具有争议的新研究表明，汤姆所接受的膝盖手术对某些患者来说，可能弊大于利。 汤姆患有半月板撕裂，这是一种常见的膝盖损伤，影响膝关节骨骼之间的楔形软骨。 半月板撕裂可能发生在任何年龄段，但最常见于 15 到 30 岁人群（由于运动损伤），以及 45 到 70 岁人群（由于与年龄相关的退行性变，这意味着即使是日常活动也可能导致撕裂）。 症状包括受伤时有爆裂感、膝盖疼痛和压痛（尤其是在旋转膝盖时）、肿胀或僵硬、关节难以完全伸直或弯曲，以及感觉关节脱位或卡住。 汤姆在每周训练 60 英里并参加 2024 年伦敦马拉松赛后首次出现膝盖疼痛——疼痛集中在膝关节中部，这并没有让他完全停止跑步，“但它严重限制了我的活动能力”，这位与 44 岁的妻子安娜（Anna）及其五岁儿子住在布赖顿的视频游戏设计总监汤姆回忆道。 “我以前每天都跑，周末会进行长跑，但我不得不削减量，不能跑那么远或那么快。不仅是跑步时疼，我早晨醒来送儿子去学校时也能感觉到疼痛。” 他尝试了物理治疗，但一年后并没有效果。随后他进行了 MRI 扫描，结果显示他患有“桶柄状”半月板撕裂——这是指 C 形软骨中心部分的大面积撕裂，撕裂的部分像手柄一样向膝关节中心翻转。
这种情况可能是由于磨损与突然扭转动作（例如从车里出来）共同导致的。如果软骨瓣卡在膝关节内部，会限制活动并引起疼痛。它还可能刺激膝关节内衬，引起肿胀、僵硬和跳痛。 半月板撕裂与患膝关节骨性关节炎的风险增加四倍相关，因为它们降低了半月板对关节内骨骼的保护作用。治疗在早期通常包括休息和止痛药，有时随后会进行物理治疗以增强肌肉并稳定关节。 但在更严重的情况下，可能会提供手术治疗。这可能包括将撕裂处缝合回去，或者修剪并移除受损组织——通常通过微创手术进行，在最严重的情况下则采取开放性手术。 NHS 每年进行约 75,000 次此类手术，私立部门预计还增加 24,000 次。汤姆就诊的顾问医生表示，他要么需要手术修复
软骨手术 是否弊大于利？
以下是英国专家的看法……
手术疼痛：汤姆·胡珀 (Tom Hooper)
半月板——或者修剪并去除部分受损组织，这被称为半月板部分切除术 (APM)。 由于被告知扫描结果显示已有骨关节炎的征兆，汤姆“认为没有其他选择”。 手术一年后，除了受影响的膝盖活动受限外，汤姆无法像以前那样跑那么远。 “我几个月前回去又做了一次核磁共振 (MRI)，被告知结果显示半月板手术是成功的，因为该区域没有进一步受损。但我需要注射类固醇来减轻骨关节炎引起的炎症，这起到了很大帮助。” 但最近一项涉及 146 名年龄在 35 到 65 岁之间患者的研究
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这表明，对于某些人来说，Tom 接受的 APM 手术可能弊大于利。 这些发表在《新英格兰医学杂志》一封信函中的研究结果显示，在十年后，接受 APM 手术以去除受损或松脱的半月板片段的患者，在健康相关生活质量、膝关节功能或运动后疼痛方面，并不比接受伪手术的患者情况更好。 更糟糕的是，手术组中每五人就有一个（22%）出现了膝关节骨关节炎，而伪手术组的比例为 19%；此外，手术组的总膝关节置换术和高胫骨截骨术（一种通过切割胫骨来重新对齐膝关节的手术）的比例也更高。 芬兰赫尔辛基大学该研究的主首席研究员 Teppo Jarvinen 教授表示，研究结果表明 APM 是一个典型的例子，说明一种被广泛使用的疗法可能是“无效的，甚至是有害的”。 他补充道：“近十年来，许多提供临床指南的独立非骨科组织一直建议停止该手术。然而，例如美国骨科医生学会和英国膝关节手术协会 (BASK) 仍然继续支持该手术。” 这并不是首个对半月板手术提出质疑的研究——另一项由丹麦、挪威和荷兰研究人员进行的、于 2023 年发表在《骨关节炎与软骨》杂志上的回顾研究发现，在 605 名患者中，没有任何一个人从 APM 中获益，与非手术或伪治疗相比。 利兹大学肌肉骨骼医学教授 Philip Conaghan 表示，膝关节镜检查——一种用于检查、修复和冲洗关节的微创手术，其中半月板修整和修复仅为其一类——此前一直被过度执行。 “多年来我们已经知道，许多关节镜手术和清创术 [修整半月板] 是因为人们出现了症状而进行的。 “但如果你对大量 40 岁以上的人进行扫描，你会发现即使没有症状 [无症状] 的撕裂。” 换句话说，导致疼痛的不一定是撕裂。 Conaghan 教授同时也是利兹国家卫生与护理研究生物医学研究中心的主任，他表示，包括 BASK 在内的国家指南在 2019 年发布时建议，APM 应仅限于出现关节锁定的病例。 但他表示，“人们将关节的‘凝胶化’（即在不活动后暂时难以伸直且僵硬，随着活动而缓解）与‘锁定’（即膝关节在机械上被阻塞，导致支撑不住而摔倒）混淆了”。 “锁定意味着可能有一个移动的半月板碎片阻止了膝关节的完全伸展。 “我们认为，对于导致锁定的半月板撕裂，手术是有用的；但对于仅仅是轻微受损或磨损的半月板，手术则没有用，”他补充道。 BASK 同意许多有半月板问题的中年人不需要手术，但担心芬兰的新研究结果可能会吓跑那些真正需要手术的患者——特别是那些未被纳入研究的、因运动受伤的年轻患者。 “一名在运动中撕裂半月板的年轻人，与一名 55 岁患有退行性撕裂的人的情况完全不同，”BASK 主席、利物浦大学医院创伤与骨科顾问外科医生 Alasdair Santini 说道。
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令人惊讶的是：日常动作（如下车）就可能导致软骨损伤
警告称，如果年轻人因恐惧而不敢接受半月板手术，可能会给膝盖造成更大的伤害。该协会候任主席、帝国理工学院医疗NHS信托基金（Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust）的创伤与膝关节外科顾问Chinmay Gupte补充道：“在这个国家，年轻人的膝盖问题诊断不足和管理不足是一个重大问题。”
他表示，APM手术可能也会让那些患有瓣状撕裂、撕裂处在膝盖内部移动并导致疼痛和膝关节锁定的中年人受益：“这些患者需要通过手术来恢复工作。”
汤姆对他通过物理治疗能“恢复到之前的状态”感到乐观。他说：“考虑到撕裂的严重程度，我认为除了手术之外没有其他选择。对于像我这样有运动损伤的人来说，手术是正确的决定。我会建议处于同样境地的人不要因为害怕而放弃手术。”
在最近一次回到肯特郡雷纳姆（Rainham）家乡的访问中，劳伦·福勒（Lauren Fowler）偶遇了一位老同学，对方看到她的瞬间倒吸了一口凉气。
“她说，‘我的天呐，你怎么可能怀孕了？’，” 37 岁的劳伦回忆道，她在一家招聘公司从事市场营销工作。
两人在校期间，劳伦曾向她倾诉，她和英国数千名女性一样，天生没有子宫。
“我不希望我的朋友认为我之前告诉过她关于我自己的所有事情都是谎言，所以我不得不告诉她真相，”劳伦说。
而真相正如《健康指南》（Good Health）独家揭露的那样：在 10 月，劳伦将成为英国第三位在接受子宫移植后分娩的女性。
去年 5 月 11 日，劳伦的姐姐，40 岁的凯莉·贾加（Kelly Jagga）（她是 13 岁的艾什利、9 岁的路易斯和 11 岁的索菲的母亲）给了劳伦一份“最惊人的礼物”。凯莉经历了数小时的手术以及数周痛苦的康复期，将自己的子宫捐赠给了劳伦，使劳伦能够体验怀孕——这曾是她担心永远无法实现的愿望。
“我从未真正认为这件事会发生在我的身上，”住在埃塞克斯郡切姆斯福德（Chelmsford）的劳伦说道，她的未婚夫是 39 岁的戴维·富内尔（David Funnell），是一家招聘公司的副执行董事。
“我仍然在与‘冒充者综合症’作斗争。我一直在想，‘这件事真的在发生在我身上吗？’，”劳伦抚摸着她 24 周的孕肚说道，“我太渴望这个孩子了，但我内心深处仍然害怕会出现差错。”
她的恐惧是可以理解的。为了走到这一步，她面对了许多挑战。曾有一次，劳伦被紧急送往医院，当时人们担心她可能无法幸存。虽然移植手术（总共耗时 11 小时）取得了成功，但数周后，劳伦出现了一种罕见的、危及生命的并发症。
手术产生的瘢痕组织导致她 50 厘米的肠道粘连在一起，引起了肠梗阻。她需要进行八小时的紧急手术，且病情严重到在医院住了两个月。
“移植手术我可以一次又一次地经历，但那次肠梗阻几乎要了我的命，”劳伦说，“我在几周内体重减轻了 10 公斤，变得如此消瘦虚弱，我不确定自己是否能挺过来。”但劳伦坚信，感受到体内的宝宝（一个男孩）在踢动和生长，让这一切都变得值得。
在回忆第一次被告知病情时，劳伦说：“我一直认为孩子将是我未来的一部分。但在 15 岁时被告知我没有子宫，就像在我的人生计划中扔了一颗炸弹。”
“我一直很乐观地认为，总有一天我会找到办法。但说实话，我仍然无法完全接受我已经动过手术——想到我要有一个孩子，这简直太疯狂了。”
劳伦的怀孕是她一生的梦想，但这也可能帮助子宫移植成为无数其他女性的一种选择。
2023 年 2 月，格蕾丝·戴维森（Grace Davidson）创造了历史——成为英国第一位接受子宫移植的女性，在该案例中，捐赠者是她的姐姐。格蕾丝的女儿艾米·伊莎贝尔（Amy Isabel）于去年 2 月出生。
几个月后，格蕾丝·贝尔（Grace Bell）产下儿子雨果（Hugo）——这是第一位在接受来自已故捐赠者子宫移植后出生的英国婴儿。
这些孩子不仅给父母的生活带来了快乐，他们的出生也在推动医学科学的进步。他们的母亲参与了一项研究试验，旨在证明子宫移植的可行性，并争取将其纳入国民医疗服务体系（NHS）的提供范围。
其目标是让子宫移植成为一种选择。
被告知没有子宫
这个国家的 15,000 名女性与劳伦一样，患有 Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) 综合征，其子宫完全没有发育或仅为正常尺寸的一小部分，或者因癌症等疾病而切除了子宫。
这项试验共涉及 15 例移植。其中两例活体捐赠（格蕾丝和劳伦）以及三例涉及死者捐赠（其中之一是格蕾丝·贝尔的移植）已经完成。
“我们还有另外两名活体捐赠者准备在今年秋季或明年年初进行移植，以及五名死者捐赠患者在候诊名单中，”伦敦帝国理工学院医疗 NHS 信托基金会的妇科手术顾问理查德·史密斯教授说道，他是共同主导所有子宫移植手术（在牛津的丘吉尔医院进行）的外科医生之一。
史密斯教授创立了负责监督并资助该试验的慈善机构“英国子宫移植基金会”(Womb Transplant UK)，他坚信这些移植手术将在 NHS 中普及。
“如果一名健康经济学家评估手术成本与拥有一个未来能纳税的孩子所带来的社会效益，那么毫无疑问，子宫移植将在 NHS 中提供。”
“而且这还不包括
准妈妈：劳伦带着她的孕肚——这是英国首位子宫移植受体在怀孕期间被拍到的照片
对这些女性带来的重大益处。”
需求是存在的：史密斯教授的诊所接到了大量请求子宫移植的女性，而该慈善机构本身已收到 500. 多人的咨询。该团队希望尽快扩展该计划，采用利他主义捐赠，即女性将子宫捐给不认识的受体，就像捐献肾脏一样。
这将方便那些没有愿意捐赠子宫的人的女性（与任何捐赠器官一样，子宫需要处于良好状态，理想情况下来自较年轻的绝经前女性）。
然而，有人认为，既然女性可以使用代孕来生育孩子，子宫移植就是浪费资源。
史密斯教授表示，这种观点没有抓到重点。“如果你是正统犹太教徒或穆斯林，通常是不被允许使用代孕的。此外，代孕不能给女性提供亲自孕育孩子机会，而对于某些人——并非所有人——来说，这至关重要，这是成为母亲的一部分。”
目前，费用由慈善机构承担，死者捐赠移植为 £35,000，活体捐赠移植为 £40,000，这涵盖了使用 NHS 手术室和场所的费用，而医护人员则免费提供时间。但史密斯教授承认，资金状况“一直以来都非常拮据”。
由于缺乏资源，该团队关于仅移植子宫内膜（而非整个结构）以帮助 Asherman 综合征患者（其子宫内膜被瘢痕组织覆盖，导致卵子难以着床）的研究目前处于停滞状态。
然而，正在进行的试验已经产生了一些偶然但潜在有用的发现。劳伦在移植后经历了经量过多（此前从未有过月经）——就像她的姐妹一样。
“这很有趣，因为人们普遍认为月经量过多实际上是由于前列腺素等激素的影响，但劳伦的经历表明，这可能是”
《每日邮报》，2026 年 8 月 4 日，星期二
这张劳伦怀孕六个月时的喜悦照片，能够实现仅靠一项医学奇迹——子宫移植。她的故事给数以千计无法生育的女性带来了希望。
“实际上可能与子宫本身的解剖结构或构造有关，”史密斯教授说。虽然他强调这只是一个病例，但他表示，这可能有助于解释为什么针对“月经量过多”的治疗方案并非对所有人有效，“因为造成这种情况的原因可能是多方面的”。
劳伦坚信子宫移植的必要性。“在我得知自己没有子宫的那一天，我的整个世界都坍塌了，”她说道。
这件事是在为了查明她为什么还没有开始月经而进行的一系列调查（包括扫描）后才被揭开的。她确实拥有每个月排卵的卵巢，但由于缺失子宫，这些卵子只能被身体重新吸收。
“我想要成为一名助产士的计划在那一刻改变了。在知道自己无法拥有孩子的情况下，去帮别人接生孩子会让我太难受了，”劳伦说。“这不仅影响了我的职业选择，还影响了我整个生活。”
这种影响延伸到了人际关系中。“我会容忍男人的糟糕行为，我想是因为在我的潜意识里，我觉得自己是不完整的，所以我配不上更好的对待。”随后，
在 2010 年，她读到了关于子宫移植的文章并联系了该慈善机构。虽然她的唯一亲姐妹凯莉此前曾提出愿意担任代孕母亲，但劳伦说：“代孕与感受自己的宝宝在体内生长是不一样的，我渴望那种体验。”
“对我来说，最终的目标就是拥有一个孩子，我太想当妈妈了。”
事实上，当她被列入移植候补名单时，她还是单身，并决定如果到了可以进行移植的阶段，她将直接使用精子捐献者的受精卵，而不会错过这个机会。
疫情中断了进行手术的计划，“但那是我的幸运之举，因为我遇到了戴维，”劳伦说。
他们在社交软件上相识，劳伦在他们的第一次虚拟约会中告诉了他关于她患有 MRKH 综合征的事——这次约会竟然持续了十个小时。“他的反应是：‘嗯，我现在还没打算要孩子， so 我们先看看接下来的进展如何’。”
这对情侣最终同居在一起并开始了生活，但劳伦对组建家庭的渴望几乎每天都在折磨着她——而戴维也变得越来越渴望。
与此同时，凯莉向劳伦保证，只要她想做手术，她随时愿意配合。
“我和我姐姐关系非常好，”劳伦说。“在她意识到自己怀上最后一个孩子之前，我就知道了，我能感觉到。”
“她确定第三个孩子将是她的最后一个，并说：‘把我的子宫给你吧。我已经不需要它了，而且我知道这对你意味着多少，劳伦’。我永远无法足够地感谢她。”
到 2024 年，该慈善机构能够重新安排被推迟的移植手术。唯一表示反对的是劳伦的父亲保罗。
“他的态度是：‘你到底为什么要让自己承受这些？’在他看来，能否亲自孕育孩子并没有那么大的区别，”劳伦说。“最后他被说服了。”
移植手术定于 5 月 11 日进行。劳伦的姐姐“非常紧张，但我一直在安慰她，一切都会没事的”。
从取出凯莉的子宫并在劳伦体内缝合到位，总共花费了 11 小时。
“我的姐姐感到有些疼痛”
照片：左侧为劳伦，与姐姐凯莉在移植后两天拍摄
紧接着就发生了，但直到第二天之前我都还好，然后我就陷入了绝对的痛苦之中，简直是人间地狱。有时我会想：“我到底做了什么？”我的姐姐来看我，问我：“你后悔吗？”在那一刻，我确实后悔了。”
劳伦在医院住了一周，然后回到家中，但依然感到非常敏感，甚至坐着看电视都疼。
六月，劳伦迎来了她的第一次月经。这也对她构成了考验。
“经量真的很大，让我觉得精疲力竭。下一次更是量大到让我崩溃并昏厥过去，”她说道。
当这件事发生时，她实际上已经在医院里了，因为在七月初，“突然之间我开始呕吐，并感到剧烈的疼痛”，劳伦回忆道。
她被紧急送往当地医院，随后医生意识到她患有肠梗阻，于是开启警笛将她转运回牛津的丘吉尔医院（Churchill in Oxford），她此前是在那里接受的移植手术。
经过两次手术才将肠道粘连分开，她的恢复过程缓慢且艰难，耗时两个多月。她需要输血，并使用了泵设备
最黑暗的 深渊”
她的伤口在愈合过程中，在停用强效止痛药羟 {oxycodone} 后产生了严重的反应。 “我记得躺在医院的病床上想：‘我不知道自己是否能挺过去’，”劳伦说道，“那感觉就像是我经历过的最黑暗的深渊。” 幸运的是，子宫本身未受损害，但劳伦在去年 8 月底出院时，身心都遭受了重创。直到今年年初，她才觉得身体状况足以开始进行胚胎植入（在她进行移植手术之前，她和戴维必须通过 IVF 试管婴儿技术创建这些胚胎）。 第一次尝试在五周时以流产告终。劳伦展现出支撑她走过来的刚毅，她说：“我当时非常难过，但第二天我就想：‘让我们再试一次’。” “我走到了这一步，绝不会在此时此刻放弃。” 她担心 3 月的再次尝试也会以
描述她成为母亲的 不可思议之旅...
流产告终，因为在母亲节那天，她开始出血。“我知道现在做妊娠检测其实还太早，但我当时陷入了恐慌。当结果显示为阳性时，那并不是我所期待的放松和喜悦的时刻，因为我太害怕又要失去另一个孩子了。”她悄悄地将这个消息告诉了戴维，并在与母亲的一次感人的视频通话中向她展示了阳性测试结果。直到怀孕七周进行第一次扫描后，她才放松下来。由于她的孕期被定为高风险，她现在每两周进行一次扫描。在怀孕六个月后，她现在终于开始让自己相信，她真的要成为一名母亲了。自 6 月底以来，随着儿子的活动，她开始感觉到“在拍打和踢我的背”。他将在 32 周左右通过剖腹产出生——比正常孕期早得多，以减轻子宫的压力。“我买了海量的婴儿衣服，但由于他出生后有那么多人要见，他会需要这些衣服的，”她说。接受过子宫移植的女性最多可以生育两个孩子，但子宫将在五年后被移除，因为只要器官在体内，他们就需要服用免疫抑制剂——即使在怀孕期间——以防止身体产生排斥反应，而从长远来看，这可能会增加患癌风险。劳伦和戴维计划明年结婚，劳伦不确定他们的计划是否还包括另一个孩子。“我太享受怀孕的感觉了，所以我内心的一部分认为我不想只试这一次，”她说，“而且我也知道我有多爱我的妹妹，不想让我们的儿子失去一个兄弟姐妹。但从经济上讲，我们希望达到一个能够为儿子提供所需条件的状况。这是一个两难的问题。当我们最终把这个孩子抱在怀里时，我们会决定——我想那是父母的直觉产生的时候。” “这个过程在身体上、情感上和经济上都令人精疲力竭——支付所有的 IVF 费用、往返旅费以及住宿费，总共花费了约 £50,000。” “你必须真的、非常渴望，才能挺过子宫移植。但怀上我的孩子对我来说意味着全世界——我只希望处于我这种境地的其他女性也能获得同样的机会。” n 劳伦的 Instagram 账号：@no_womb_at_the_inn
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可以击败讨厌的昆虫叮咬？
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我对过敏和昆虫叮咬很头疼，尤其是夏天。我出门时（尤其是去花园时）会使用驱虫剂，并且总是穿长袖和长裤。尽管如此，我仍然会被叮咬并感到瘙痒，为此我会服用非索非那定（一种抗组胺药）。您能推荐一种天然的预防方法吗？ 艾琳·戴 (Irene Day)，通过电子邮件。
在这个问题上你绝非孤身一人，因此其他读者无疑也会对值得尝试的各种选择感兴趣。
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虽然两者都来自同一棵树——原产于澳大利亚的柠檬桉树——但它们的加工方式有所不同。
柠檬桉叶油含有一种名为 PMD (para-menthane-3,8-diol) 的化合物，多项研究表明，它能有效防御叮咬类蝇类。在我看来，这是你最好的天然选择。
如果你愿意尝试某种源自天然成分而非完全天然的产品，那么派卡瑞丁 (picaridin) 是另一个不错的选择。
这是一种模拟胡椒碱（一种天然存在于黑胡椒植物中的化合物）的合成驱虫剂。因此，虽然它并非严格意义上的天然产品，但它是由天然物质合成的。它对蚊子、蜱虫、叮咬类蝇类、恙螨（收获螨）和蚋具有高度的效力。
无论你选择哪一种，关键在于仔细且持续地使用。在室内时也要涂抹——在炎热的天气里，昆虫经常通过打开的窗户进入室内。
如果你确实被叮咬了，非索非那定会有所帮助。另一种选择是类固醇药膏，1% 氢化可的松（无需使用...
处方药），或者是止痒的 Anthisan 药膏。
我 22 岁的女儿经常出现夜汗，影响了她的睡眠。她服用氟西汀已经很长时间了，而且铁水平较低，但其他血液检查似乎正常。她该怎么做才能停止出汗？ （姓名和地址已提供）
夜汗是氟西汀及其他 SSRI（选择性血清素再摄取抑制剂）的常见副作用，这类药物用于治疗抑郁症和焦虑症。它们可能会影响大脑调节体温的方式。然而，药物可能并非唯一原因。焦虑、饮酒或月经周期期间的激素变化可能会加重出汗情况。
此外，也存在未诊断出健康问题的可能性，特别是如果夜汗是最近才开始出现，且伴有如意外体重减轻或发热等症状。可能的原因包括甲状腺功能亢进、病毒感染和肺结核。我预计她之前做的血液检查已经包括了甲状腺功能检查，以及 C 反应蛋白 (CRP) 和红细胞沉降率 (ESR) —— 这两者都是当身体出现炎症（例如由感染或受伤引起）时会升高的指标。从您的信件来看，这些结果似乎正常。我不认为低铁水平是夜汗的因素。尽管如此，我认为您的女儿应该接受全科医生的体格检查，以排除任何潜在疾病。如果没发现问题，氟西汀似乎是夜汗最可能的解释。减少剂量可能会有助于缓解。
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警惕 PPI 胃酸反流药物
数百万的人服用质子泵抑制剂 (PPIs)（如奥美拉唑）来缓解心灼感和胃酸反流。
现在的研究表明，它们可能与慢性支气管炎和肺气肿等病情的发作相关，使患者更容易受到潜在危险感染的影响。这是关于长期使用 PPIs 日益增加的担忧名单中的最新一项。
这些药物抑制胃酸的产生，在 20 世纪 80 年代末推出时被誉为突破，因为它们比之前的 H2 受体拮抗剂有效得多。多年来，PPIs 被认为是安全的，但我们忽视了胃酸在消化蛋白质、辅助铁、钙和维生素吸收以及增强我们对抗细菌和病毒的防御能力方面发挥的关键作用。最新的研究显示，PPIs 实际上允许致病细菌向上穿过胃部，最终进入肺部。
重要的是，仅在最低有效剂量下且在尽可能短的时间内使用 PPIs。它们绝对不是我们曾经认为的万灵药。
每日邮报，2026年8月4日，星期二
良好健康 R
研究表明，多维生素可能无法延长你的寿命，但有越来越多的证据显示，它们确实能改善我们的“健康寿命”——即我们处于健康状态的年数。最近一项研究在发现每日服用多维生素可能会减缓衰老（与安慰剂相比，两年内生物学年龄降低约四个月）后成为了头条新闻。这项发表在《自然医学》（Nature Medicine）上的研究，接续了哈佛大学一项备受推崇的 2024 年长期研究（Cosmos 试验），该研究显示，与安慰剂组相比，每日服用多维生素的人在三年内脑健康下降幅度减少了 60%（通过记忆力和问题解决能力测试衡量）。“这些显示‘没有增加年数’的较新研究并不意味着没有益处，”药剂师兼营养师、补充剂行业独立专家艾丹·戈金斯（Aidan Goggins）说道。由于随着年龄增长，肠道吸收营养的能力下降，老年人往往存在微小的营养缺口——这或许可以解释最新的发现。特别是维生素 A、C 和 E 可以保护脑细胞免受损害，而 B 族维生素则与降低血液中同型半胱氨酸蛋白水平相关——该蛋白水平过高是痴呆症的一个风险因素。艾丹·戈金斯表示，其他可以将多维生素作为“安全网”而获益的人群包括“任何饮食受限的人，如素食主义者或纯素食主义者，或有吸收不良问题的人[例如患有乳糜泻或克隆病的人]”。“这些人可能缺乏营养，同样缺乏营养的还包括服用某些药物的人，例如用于治疗胃酸反流的质子泵抑制剂 (PPIs) 或用于减轻体重的 GLP-1 类药物，这些药物也会干扰肠道对维生素和矿物质的吸收。”我们邀请艾丹·戈金斯对一些最新的多维生素产品提供专家观点，随后我们对其进行了评分。
预算之选 Tesco Health 含铁多维生素，60 粒 £2.65 每日成本：4p 声称：用于“支持整体健康”。 专家评语：从理论上看还可以——提供了 13 种关键营养素（包括维生素 C 和部分 B 族维生素） 100% 的推荐量。但实际上，它提供的后备支持非常有限。令人失望的是，它不包含碘（存在于海鲜和乳制品中，对健康的甲状腺和脑功能至关重要）或硒（存在于坚果和油性鱼类中，对免疫力至关重要）——这两种营养素添加成本低，且英国人经常缺乏。此外，其维生素 D 的剂量仅为 5mcg，是不够的。NHS 建议所有成年人在 11 月至次年 3 月期间每天至少补充 10mcg。但最近的研究表明，每天接近 25mcg 才是最佳剂量，因此你最好选择专门的维生素 D 补充剂。 3 / 10
高端之选 Heights Vitals 多维生素，60 粒胶囊 £40，Boots 销售 每日成本：£1.33 声称：采用“缓释胶囊以最大限度地提高吸收率”。 专家评语：价格较高，但营养素的版本确实质量更高。例如，甲基化的 B 族维生素已经处于活性、可直接使用的状态，因此能更有效地提高血液水平。它还拥有此处最高的维生素 D 含量，每日剂量为 45mcg，因此你不需要额外服用药片。缺点是，它含有 5mg 铁——对于一种“以防万一”的多维生素来说，加入铁元素是非常糟糕的，因为铁会干扰
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其他矿物质（如这里的镁和锌）的吸收。 其主要噱头是“缓释”双层胶囊：脂溶性营养素（如维生素D和omega-3油）存储在外层胶囊中，而水溶性维生素（如B和C）则在独立的内层胶囊中。但关于卓越吸收的说法根本没有被证实。 事实上，这里许多关键营养素（包括维生素C和矿物质）在小肠上段吸收效果最好，因此将释放延迟到消化道下游在理论上可能是一个劣势。 6 / 10
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Centrum Advance 50+ 复合维生素与矿物质，£28 每 180 片，Boots 每日成本：16p 声称：“支持 50 岁以上成年人的每日能量释放和正常免疫功能”。 专家裁定：到目前为止，这是这里最实用的产品，因为它拥有其他产品不具备的东西：其配方具有显著健康益处的证据。它是 Centrum Silver 的英国版本，后者是 Cosmos 大脑研究中所使用的复合维生素。 唯一的重大区别是，这里的维生素 D 含量低得多，仅为 5mcg，而研究中的含量为 25mcg。 但任何大脑益处并不仅仅归功于维生素 D——尤其是埃塞克斯大学在 2025 年进行的一项随机试验发现，单独服用维生素 D 并没有可衡量的认知益处。 根据 Cosmos 研究人员的说法，关键因素可能是 B 族维生素、锌和镁，营养素的组合协同作用最为重要。 8 / 10
“超级粉末” AG1，每月 £79，drinkag1.com 每日成本：£2.63 声称：“70 多种优化成分。” 专家裁定：70 多种成分听起来令人印象深刻，但成分表长并不等同于配方被证明有益。 其成分以苹果粉和豌豆蛋白开始，这些成分单独并不能提供巨大的健康益处。它含有高剂量的维生素 C (420mg) 和几种 B 族维生素，但锌 (10mg) 是唯一达到每日推荐水平的矿物质。 令人失望的是，它不含维生素 D。许多植物提取物——例如与减轻压力相关的草药灰玛拉（ashwagandha）——被隐藏在“混合物”中，没有给出具体剂量，因此无法得知你是否摄入了有效剂量。 它确实含有可能有助于肠道健康的益生菌，但在显示长寿益处的试验中所使用的复合维生素并不含益生菌，因此益生菌并非必需。而且这款产品价格昂贵。 1 / 10
皮肤贴片 PatchMD 复合维生素贴片，£20.50 每 30 片，Amazon 每日成本：68p 声称：“通过经皮递送绕过消化系统，以获得更好的吸收效果。” 每日贴一片，持续 8 小时。 专家裁定：药物贴片（如 HRT 激素替代疗法或止痛药）效果良好，但研究表明，维生素和矿物质无法通过皮肤高效吸收。只有脂溶性分子能够穿透皮肤，因此这里的水溶性维生素（如 C 和 B）根本无法通过。 至于矿物质，只有镁有证据表明它可以进入血液循环——其他矿物质如硒和锌则留在皮肤表层。 2019 年一项针对接受过胃旁路手术（which
损害肠道对维生素的吸收），发现使用多维生素贴片的人群出现营养缺乏的可能性明显高于使用标准口服补充剂的人群。它绝对不应该被宣传为一种更优越的多维生素摄取方式。
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女性产品 Mary Ruth’s Organic 女性多维生素脂质体液体补充剂，30 天量 £19.49，healf.com 每日成本：65p 声称：“通过脂质体技术交付，以获得更好的吸收。” 专家评语：“脂质体”意味着在药丸或饮料中的营养素周围包裹一个保护性的脂肪泡——对于某些吸收或递送确实困难的维生素，这很有用。例如，维生素 C 和 B 族维生素很容易被胃酸破坏，因此脂质体配方可以帮助它们完整地到达上肠道。但这里的大多数维生素已经是以应该能被完美吸收的形式存在的，所以这有点像噱头。此外，也没有任何证据表明它对女性有特别的益处。它的真正价值在于为那些讨厌或无法吞咽药片的人提供了一种口感良好的液体（香草桃味）。这是一个不错的配方，含有甲基化 B 族维生素，以及 25mcg 的维生素 D。 6 / 10
软糖 Holland & Barrett 多维生素软糖，30 粒 £6.99 每日成本：23p 声称：“关键维生素可减轻疲劳与倦怠，支持您的免疫系统、皮肤、头发和指甲。” 专家评语：软糖很有吸引力，因为它们味道好且易于服用。但在不影响味道、质地和稳定性的情况下，软糖能容纳的营养量有限，因此它们的剂量往往低于药片。这里仅含有 30mg 的维生素 C——不到每日推荐摄入量的一半。最近一项关于软糖的研究发现，约 25% 的维生素 C 在加工过程中丢失（混合物必须加热，这可能会损害某些营养素，然后像糖果一样凝固）。我们不知道该产品在配方中是否添加了额外的维生素 C 以补偿这一损失。此外，它的含糖量高，且维生素 D 含量较低，仅为 5mcg，维生素 B6 和叶酸的含量仅为推荐量的一半。 3 / 10
口喷剂 BetterYou 多维生素每日口喷剂，25ml（一个月量） £10.99，betteryou.com 每日成本：34p 声称：“科学研发的 14 种必需营养素，可实现卓越吸收”。 专家评语：这包含碘、硒和足量的维生素 D（20mcg）。口喷剂是一种聪明、便捷的形式。然而，它并不是一种更优越的递送系统。某些营养素（如维生素 D）可能会通过口腔黏膜进入血液，但实际上，大部分剂量可能会被吞下并像普通补充剂一样通过肠道吸收。此外，更快的吸收并不是一个特别有用的优势。目标是在数周和数月内改善营养状况，而不是产生瞬间效果。但对于讨厌药片的人、儿童或有吞咽困难的人来说，这很不错。 7 / 10
巧妙针线活 《英国缝纫大赛》，晚上 8 点，BBC1 准备好龙舌兰酒，因为这一次，在《缝纫大赛》的首次尝试中，迎来了墨西哥周。主持人索菲·威兰（见图）要求剩下的 10 位参赛者通过三个不同的回合，来庆祝传统的墨西哥时尚和纺织艺术。在“图案挑战”中，他们将使用由原住民社区编织的传统面料制作一件墨西哥民俗上衣。“改造挑战”则要求缝纫者将传统的墨西哥油布桌布改造为吸睛的服饰，而“量身定制挑战”则是设计一套受墨西哥地区庆典启发的定制节日服装。
6.00 早餐节目 9.30 动物公园 (AD,R) 10.15 追踪、寻找，夺回我的车 (R) 10.45 专家证人 (R) 11.15 房屋拍卖 团队将走访肯特郡、坎布里亚郡和德比郡的房产。 12.15 寻宝猎人 (AD,R) 娜塔莎·拉斯金-夏普在邓迪附近的阿伯奈特。 1.00 BBC 一点钟新闻；天气预报 1.35 BBC 地区新闻；天气预报 1.45 BBC 一点钟新闻；天气预报 2.00 废物利用 杰奎·约瑟夫发现了一张需要创意改造的按摩床，以及一套需要新面貌的旧餐具。 2.45 逃离城市 (R) 尼基·查普曼正在寻找彭布罗克郡的房产。 3.45 竞拍室 (R) 展出物品包括一个茶壶、玩具工具、木桶、一辆模型房车和一个装饰胸像。 4.30 答案奔跑 知识竞答节目，由杰森·曼福德主持。 5.15 毫无意义 (R) 知识竞答，由亚历山大·阿姆斯特朗和里亚·利娜主持。 6.00 BBC 六点钟新闻；天气预报 6.30 BBC 地区新闻；天气预报
7.00 《One Show》 由亚历克斯·琼斯和劳伦·拉文主持。 7.30 东区改造 (AD) 拉维逼迫普里雅交代关于她那个神秘男子的真相。
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8.00 《英国缝纫大赛》 (AD) 缝纫者们庆祝墨西哥时尚，通过制作民俗上衣、用桌布制作的结构化服装以及受墨西哥节日启发的套装来展示他们的技能。
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9.00 谋杀 24 / 7 (AD) 两部分中的第一部分。调查 2025 年发生的 54 岁Hereford男子杰米·高勒被杀案，死者在公寓内被发现，死因为殴打。明天继续播出。
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10.00 BBC 十点新闻 10.30 BBC 地区新闻 （随后是天气预报） 10.40 罗宾汉 (2010) (12) ◆ (AD) 一名从十字军东征归来的弓箭手，面临一名叛徒骑士企图促成法国征服英格兰的阴谋。中世纪冒险片，主演包括罗素·克劳、凯特·布兰切特、马克斯·冯·西多夫、威廉·赫特、马克·斯特朗和奥斯卡·伊萨克。
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与罗布·林德（ROB RINDER）和露丝·古德曼（RUTH GOODMAN）一起探索维多利亚时代，晚上9点，CH5
罗布·林德和露丝·古德曼（右图）回归，在《贫富生活》（Rich Lives, Poor Lives）系列中推出新纪录片，探索在四个截然不同的时期，财务状况两极的人们是如何应对生活的。未来的剧集将涵盖罗马时代、都铎时代和乔治时代，但我们从维多利亚时代开始，具体探讨在19世纪40年代铁路狂热席卷英国时，这个国家是如何发生变革的。罗布按照他的习惯，追踪那些将资金投入铁路繁荣期的富裕维多利亚时代人士——包括乔治·哈德逊（George Hudson），凭借敏锐的商业头脑，他从一家布料店的卑微起点崛起，被誉为“铁路之王”；以及贵族莫佩斯勋爵（Lord Morpeth），他允许在自己的土地上修建车站。与此同时，露丝会见那些在轨道上建设和工作的人，他们冒着生命危险推动铁路繁荣，并揭秘英国第一位女站长玛丽·阿盖尔（Mary Arguile）的故事。罗布和露丝此前关于伦敦大轰炸、大瘟疫和伦敦大火期间生活的调查研究均可在 5 频道在线观看。
6.30 淘货猎人（Bargain Hunt）(R) 7.15 竞拍室（The Bidding Room）(R) 8.00 英国顶级缝纫大赛（The Great British Sewing Bee） (AD,BSL,R) 参赛者将回收T恤并制作具有环保信息的服装。 9.00 BBC新闻 1.00 理查德·奥斯曼的游戏之屋（Richard Osman’s House of Games） (R) 肖恩·弗莱彻（Sean Fletcher）、路易丝·明钦（Louise Minchin）、克里斯·华盛顿（Chris Washington）和金伯利·怀亚特（Kimberly Wyatt）测试他们的常识技巧。 1.30 终点线（The Finish Line）(R) 由罗曼·坎普（Roman Kemp）和莎拉·格林（Sarah Greene）主持的问答节目。 2.15 你知道你的位置吗？（Do You Know Your Place?）(R) 问答节目前往卡迪夫。 2.45 板球：百球赛 利兹太阳神女队 v 伦敦精神女队（开始时间下午3点）。在海丁利球场进行的比赛报道。太阳神队（此前名为北方超级充电器队）去年在洛德球场对阵这些球队时取得了8个三柱门胜，菲比·利奇菲尔德（Phoebe Litchfield）在38球中获得 55 分且未出局，起到了决定性作用并为她赢得了全场最佳球员奖。 6.00 板球：百球赛 利兹太阳神男队 v 伦敦精神男队（开始时间6.30pm）。在海丁利球场进行的比赛报道。扎克·克劳利（Zak Crawley）在当时名为北方超级充电器队的队伍中得分最高，在38球中获得 55 分且未出局，激励他的球队在上赛季的比赛中在洛德球场以8个三柱门击败了今天的对手。这支总部位于利兹的队伍随后进入了淘汰赛，但由于比赛因雨取消，特伦特火箭队凭借在循环赛阶段更好的排名晋级。
9.30 吸血鬼莱斯特塔：吸血鬼访谈（The Vampire Lestat: Interview with the Vampire）(AD) 莱斯特塔的一位不被允许的旧盟友登上了迷茫乐队的巡演巴士，而一些熟悉的面孔在他们的下一站等待。由萨姆·里德（Sam Reid）和雅各布·安德森（Jacob Anderson）主演。
10.15 发生在我的身上：我因氯胺酮在日本入狱 一名英国女子的氯胺酮成瘾如何导致她在日本监狱服刑。 10.30 新闻之夜（Newsnight） 维多利亚·德比雪（Victoria Derbyshire）主持。（随后是天气预报）
11.05 最后一班车（The Last Bus）(2021) (12) ◆ 一名退休老人使用他的免费巴士通行证从约翰·格罗茨（John O’Groats）前往兰兹角（Land’s End），沿途成为了社交媒体名人。剧情片，由蒂莫西·斯波尔（Timothy Spall）和菲利斯·洛根（Phyllis Logan）主演。
12.30 离奇（Uncanny）(AD,BSL,R) 丹尼·罗宾斯（Danny Robins）讲述超自然遭遇、专家分析和调查。 1.30 这是BBC2
6.00 《早安英国》新闻、 时事及专题节目。 10.00 《今晨》名流访谈、生活专题、建议及竞赛的综合节目。 1.30 新闻；天气预报 1.55 地区新闻；天气预报 2.00 《迪金森的真实交易》(AD,R) 大卫·迪金森及其专家团队来到克鲁，费伊·拉特在此评估一些时计，斯图尔特·霍夫加特纳则在一名男孩的玩具收藏中发现了一件珍品。 3.00 《交易或不交易》(AD,R) 斯蒂芬·穆尔汉主持，参赛者多里尝试按正确顺序打开 22 个红盒子，与臭名昭著的“银行家”对赌，以争取赢得改变生活的现金大奖；地区天气预报 4.00 《临界点》(R) 测验节目，由本·谢泼德主持。 5.00 《追击》(R) 布拉德利·沃尔什主持，艾伦、索娜尔、杰拉德和特雷弗挑战其中一名“追击者”以争取现金奖金。 6.00 地区新闻；天气预报 6.30 新闻；天气预报
7.30 《朗廷酒店内幕：英国首家顶级酒店》(AD) 酒店首席执行官从香港总部抵达伦敦，视察其中一次规模最宏大的翻修工程。
8.00 《艾默代尔》(AD) 妮可有了一个令人担忧的发现。 8.30 《街道冠冕》(AD) 迪伦在与布罗迪发生冲突后陷入昏迷。
9.00 《冷案法医：尼罗河上的死亡》(AD) 法医科学家安杰拉·加洛普博士及其团队调查一名英国律师在埃及度假期间神秘猝死的案件。
10.00 新闻（随后为天气预报） 10.30 地区新闻 （随后为天气预报） 10.45 《坏伙计 2》(2003) (15) ◆ 两名性格迥异的卧底警察试图阻止一名毒枭向市场投放一种致命的摇头丸。喜剧惊悚续集，由威尔·史密斯、马丁·劳伦斯、加布里埃尔·联合、乔迪·莫拉和彼得·斯多梅尔主演。
1.10 电视购物 3.00 《巅峰》(AD,BSL,R) 该小组在奖金的沉重负担下，经历了艰苦的八小时上山徒步。 3.50 ITV 轻松时刻 5.05 《失散多年的家人：无迹可寻的出生》(AD,BSL,R) 讲述一名在伦敦一栋锁闭的公寓楼二层被发现的男婴的案件。
6.30 《皇后之王》(AD,R) 7.45 《每个人都爱雷蒙德》(AD,R) 美国情景喜剧三集连播。 9.10 《弗雷泽》(AD,R) 四集。 11.10 《拉姆齐厨房噩梦：美国版》(R) 戈登访问新奥尔良。 12.05 第四频道新闻摘要 12.10 《寻找、修复、出售》(AD,R) 亨利·科尔和西蒙·奥布莱恩发现了一批经典车收藏。 1.10 《豪宅大赠送》(R) 安妮和谢里-莱伊在威尔士山谷买了一栋房子。 2.10 《倒计时》，由 Ade Adepitan 主持。 3.00 《阳光下的居所》(R) 挚友海伦和妮基在西班牙安达卢西亚寻找度假屋。 4.00 《与佩内洛普·基思一起拯救乡村别墅》(AD,R) 在科茨沃尔德，詹姆斯和艾玛计划将查文纳格庄园改造为豪华露营和桑拿目的地。 5.00 《城堡 DIY》(AD,R) 特里什在没有任何 DIY 经验的情况下，尝试重建一座跨溪桥梁。 《美国淘货专家》(AD,R) 迈克·沃尔夫和弗兰克·弗里茨发现了一批概念车。
7.00 第四频道新闻
8.00 《Hotel Chocolat 全揭秘》(AD) 巧克力师 Yodi 构思限量版饮用巧克力口味，创始人 Angus 在芝加哥店开业倒计时期间全力以赴。
9.00 《名流大追缉》(AD) 两名逃犯拜访了一位名流同事，另有一对逃犯通过登上现场直播电视节目采取大胆行动，还有两名逃犯在布莱顿开玩笑后惊动了追捕者。
10.00 《观影盒子》(AD,R) 评论员对《名流叛徒》、《羊毛之战：英国最佳编织者》、《触发点》、《追缉》、《鱿鱼游戏：挑战赛》以及《哈姆扎的隐藏野生群岛》的看法。
11.05 《吉普赛妻子的秘密生活》(AD,R) 为了纪念父亲西德，一家人为庄园举办篝火之夜，特鲁利接受了一次“严厉之爱”的教训。
12.05 《裸体吸引力》(AD,R) 1.05 《拉姆齐酒店噩梦》(AD,BSL,R) 1.55 电影：《突破》(2019) (12) ◆ (BSL) 基于真实故事改编的剧集，由克丽西·梅茨主演。 3.50 《情侣请来我家吃饭》(BSL,R) 4.45 《钢琴》(AD,BSL,R) 5.40 《寻找、修复、出售》(R) 5.50 《倒计时》(R)
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警务工作 《谋杀 24 / 7》，晚上 9 点，BBC1 在 54 岁的 Jamie Gawler 在其海里福德家中被发现被钝器击毙后，由 DCI Gareth Lougher 领导的一支由 35 名侦探和专家组成的惊人团队集结在一起。“金斯伯里行动”很快开始将一张桌腿作为可能的凶器进行检测，同时警员们在搜寻 CCTV 录像以寻找任何潜在线索。明日继续。
真实犯罪 《冷案法医学：尼罗河上的死亡》，晚上 9 点，ITV1 更多真实犯罪节目：安吉拉·加洛普博士调查律师 Cheryl Lewis 在 1998. 年在埃及度假期间的突然死亡。当时她与伴侣——工业化学家 John Frederick Allan 在一起，随后她突然发作并死亡。外国当局将此次死亡视为非可疑事件，但 Cheryl 的家人怀疑有阴谋，接下来的发展就像阿加莎·克里斯蒂小说里的情节一样。
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6.00 Milkshake! Peppa Pig (R) 6.10 Tweedy & Fluff (R) 6.15 Odo (R) 6.20 Thomas & Friends (R) 6.35 Fireman Sam (R) 6.45 Peppa Pig (R) 6.50 Pip and Posy (R) 7.00 Paw Patrol (R) 7.10 Move It Milkshakers! (R) 7.20 Rubble & Crew (R) 7.35 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 7.45 Tim Rex in Space (AD,R) 8.00 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 Paw Patrol (R) 8.30 The Adventures of Paddington (R) 8.40 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom (R) 8.50 Kangaroo Beach 9.05 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 9.10 Tim Rex in Space: Sing-Alongs 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 5 News at Lunchtime 12.50 Matt Allwright 2.15 《威尼斯谋杀案》(2023) (PG) ● 惊悚片，由 Sophie Hopkins 和 Charlotte Rothwell 主演。电影
4.00 《Castle》(R) Beckett 和她的团队调查一名电视女演员的谋杀案。Stana Katic 主演。 4.55 《Love Nature》(R) 镜头聚焦于威尔士的 Eryri 国家公园。 5.00 5 News，由 Dan Walker 主持 6.00 《马略卡岛：阳光之年》(R) 探讨该岛作为超级游艇主要枢纽的作用。 6.55 5 News 更新
7.00 《约克郡兽医：与格林一家同住》(R) 当 Peter Wright 带 Jean 乘坐直升机时，Jean 能够从空中俯瞰她的农场。 7.55 5 News 更新
8.00 《走进朗利特》朗利特花园里出现了意想不到的访客，镜头已准备好调查某种哺乳动物，它在 12 个月内于水道中取得的进展比人类在 30 年内取得的还要多。
9.00 《维多利亚时代》，由 Rob Rinder 和 Ruth Goodman 主持 Rob Rinder 和 Ruth Goodman 联手探索历史上一些最著名的事件在富人和穷人眼中是怎样的体验。
精选
10.30 《猎杀：搜寻杀警凶手》(R) 1982 年的警方大搜捕，旨在寻找 Barry Prudom。他在一场可怕的暴力狂欢中枪杀了两名警察，随后成为了英国 18 天内最被通缉的男人。档案片段和戏剧化还原帮助人们追溯当时发生的事件以及 Prudom 的结局。
12.05 《隔壁的食人族》(R) 1.00 《Cruise TV with LoveitBookit》(R) 2.00 《全科医生：闭门之后》(R) 2.50 《Castle》(R) 3.40 《Friends》(R) 4.05 《Friends》(R) 4.30 《高地兽医》(BSL,R) 5.25 娱乐新闻 5.35 《Milo》(BSL,R) 5.45 《帕丁顿的冒险》(BSL,R)
这堆乏味的废话一样糟糕
你不能表现出抱怨的样子。这一切都是为了一个伟大的事业。不要消极，否则看起来就像个脾气古怪的老头。试着融入这种氛围中。 尽管如此，我还是忍不住觉得，如果慈善剧集《名人大追逃》（Celebrity Hunted）不是这样一堆乏味的废话，它应该能为“站起来对抗癌症”（Stand Up To Cancer）筹集更多资金。 《追逃》（Hunted），无论主演是普通公众还是名人，已经运行了 11 年，很少有节目过时得如此之快。当它在 2015, 年推出时，它被宣传为对国家监控如何剥夺我们所有隐私的敏锐评论，包括车牌识别、面部识别软件、电话拦截和数字足迹追踪。 人们无法逃脱安全部门的全方位监视，或者说，制片人希望我们相信这一点。为了证明这一点，他们挑战参赛队伍在逃亡中躲避追捕者——依靠他们的智慧、朋友
今晚的离谱时刻： 克里斯·帕克汉姆在《进化》（Evolution，BBC2）中在嗅探自然。“我能闻到所有那些分解的落叶，”他宣称，“这就是我所说的森林水果蛋糕。一种真正浓郁、美味的气味混合体。”我可不想和他一起喝下午茶。
以及陌生人的善意来在雷达监测下生存。 我们现在知道，这不过是偏执的幻想。政府远非能每小时地监视我们，而像是一个恐慌的小学教师，在学校旅行中弄丢了半数孩子，而且无法让剩下的孩子集中一点注意力。 当性犯罪者兼小船移民哈杜什·凯巴图（Hadush Kebatu）去年 10 月被错误地从监狱释放，并在启动了一场 £150,000 的搜捕行动期间潜逃数日时，这一点变得令人尴尬地明显。他最终被发现坐在北伦敦芬斯伯里公园的一张长凳上。 在将其驱逐出境时，内政部随后向凯巴图支付了 £500 贿赂以使其安静离开。至少《追逃》中的逃亡者必须通过逃避抓捕才能赢得奖金。 尽管如此，Channel 4 仍维持着一种假象，即其由前警察和人类猎犬组成的精锐小队可以模仿国家权力来寻找人们，无论他们跑多远。当然，名人由于随行拍摄的摄像组而处于劣势。我怀疑那个拿着摄像机的家伙每半小时就给家里打电话透露他们的位置，这一定会让追捕者的工作变得更轻松。 为了给自己一个机会，五组名人搭档需要
北爱尔兰电视节目变动 BBC1: 10.40pm 年度房屋。Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen 参观了一栋以木质为主题的新建筑，一个色彩浓郁的大胆露台，以及一个围绕海景设计的家。 11.10 电影：罗宾汉 (2010) (12)。中世纪冒险剧，由 Russell Crowe 主演。 1.20am BBC 新闻。
威尔士电视节目变动 S4C: 6.00am Cyw。 10.00 Blociau Lliw。 10.05 Twm Twrch。 10.15 Help Llaw。 10.30 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026. 12noon Newyddion S4C。 12.05 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026. 2.00 Newyddion S4C。 2.05 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026. Nia Roberts 引导观众观看下午的活动。 4.00 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026. 5.00 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026. 包括面向 25 岁以下人士的民歌比赛和当代团体舞。 7.30 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd。 7.50 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026. 25 岁以下“cerdd dant”比赛和青年合唱团。 10.15 Y Babell Len 2026. 与 Tudur Owen 一起回顾文学展馆的活动。 10.45 Iaith ar Daith。
昨晚电视节目
名人们被猎杀 (Celebrity Hunted) (Ch4) HHIII
尽可能保持匿名。YouTube表演者和前《爱之岛》成员克里斯·泰勒（Chris Taylor）和托比·阿罗莫拉兰（Toby Aromolaran）在这里拥有优势，因为他们在各自的小众领域之外并不为人所知。意识到这一点后，摄像机基本忽略了他们，除非在他们躲进一个巨大的球池里的一刻。当他们潜入其中时，其中一人（我分不清是谁）喊道：“伙计，他们永远找不到我们的。” 之后我们就再也没看到他们。 喜剧演员兼《东区东区》（EastEnders）演员布莱恩·康利（Brian Conley）采取了相反的策略，在向遇到的每个人介绍自己时宣布：“我是名人！” “只是一个平凡的演艺圈传奇，”他轻快地吹嘘道。也许猎人们能通过卫星追踪他的自尊心。
乔与戴维的魔幻情景喜剧之旅 (JOE & DAVID’S MAGICAL SITCOM TOUR)，晚上 9 点，U&GOLD 在这部非常愉快且易于观看的喜剧主题旅游纪录片中，共同创作了情景喜剧《考克菲尔兹》(The Cockfields) 的乔·威尔金森（Joe Wilkinson）和戴维·厄尔（David Earl）带着彼此游览他们最喜爱的情景喜剧世界。这三部剧分别是《粥》(Porridge)、《福尔蒂之塔》(Fawlty Towers) 和《办公室》(The Office)。两人首先从迪克·克莱门特（Dick Clement）和伊恩·拉弗雷纳斯（Ian La Frenais）的伟大监狱喜剧开始，这是年轻时的乔·威尔金森就观看过的一部情景喜剧。成年后它依然是他最喜爱的节目，以至于显然在 2016. 年重启版出现时，他拒绝了试镜主角的机会。
身体形象 奥利维亚·阿特伍德：完美的价格 (Olivia Attwood: The Price Of Perfection)，晚上 9 点，ITV2 这位《爱之岛》明星（如图）在这部全新的第三季系列节目中揭露了更多极端的美容手术，为此她访问了韩国和土耳其。她还与凯蒂·普莱斯（Katie Price）交谈，调查快速减肥对我们身体的影响，并询问为什么拉皮手术在没有皮肤下垂需要提升的年轻人中流行起来。
奥利维亚·阿特伍德：完美的价格 新剧集。凯蒂·普莱斯、凯瑟琳·赖安（Katherine Ryan）、布雷·蒂西（Bre Tiesi）和拉泰莎·格雷斯（Lateysha Grace）分享了在聚光灯下进行手术的益处与陷阱。
内部故事 索尔兹伯里中毒事件：身边的间谍 (Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door)，晚上 9 点，Sky Documentaries 当这位前俄罗斯间谍
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5ACTION Freeview 33 Sky 150 11.15am 警长路 (Gunsmoke)。 12.20pm 电影：《铜峡谷》(Copper Canyon)。 (1950) (PG) 2.05 电影：《刽子手》(The Hangman)。 (1959) (U) 4.00 高速公路 (The Motorway)。 5.00 高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者 (Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders)。 6.00 警方拦截者 (Police Interceptors)。 8.00 高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者。 9.00 警方拦截者。 10.00 警察零号代码：警员遇袭 (Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack)。 11.00 X档案 (The X-Files)。
BBC THREE Freeview 23 Sky 115 Virgin 107 7.00pm 追击 (The Catch Up)。 7.05 致命 60 (Deadly 60)。 8.00 顶级骑手 (Top Gear)。 9.00 幸存者澳大利亚 (Survivor Australia)。 11.50 类固醇帮派自白 (Confessions of a Steroid Gang)。
COMEDY CENTRAL
Sky 112 Virgin 132 上午 11.35 《优势》(The Upper Hand)。下午 1.10 《不靠谱搞笑组合：击球、失误与球》(Impractical Jokers: Hits, Errors & Balls)。1.40 《伙友》(Friends)。9.00 电影：《阿拉巴马甜心》(Sweet Home Alabama, 2002) (分级12)。 11.10 《警队》(Police Squad!)
探索频道 (DISCOVERY) Sky 125 Virgin 177 下午 1.00 《杰夫医生：落基山兽医》(Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet)。3.00 《这就是制造》(How It’s Made)。5.00 《阿拉斯加：家园救援》(Alaska: Homestead Rescue)。7.00 《安特·安斯泰德：大师级机械师》(Ant Anstead Master Mechanic)。9.00 《牛鲨晚餐铃》(Bull Shark Dinner Bell)。10.00 《什么鲨鱼袭击了？》(What Shark Attacked?)。11.00 《阿拉斯加三角区》(The Alaska Triangle)。
E4 (日间) Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 上午 11.00 《辛普森一家》(The Simpsons)。下午 2.00 《布鲁克林九九》(Brooklyn Nine-Nine)。3.00 《摩登家庭》(Modern Family)。5.00 《辛普森一家》(The Simpsons)。6.30 《好莱坞》(Hollyoaks)。
5STAR (日间) Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 中午 12.00 《交通警察》(Traffic Cops)。下午 2.00 《警察拦截》(Police Interceptors)。5.00 《店贼：现行抓获》(Shoplifters: Caught Red Handed)。6.00 《回家吧》(Home and Away)。
5 SELECT Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 中午 12.00 《万物生长》(All Creatures Great and Small)。下午 1.00 《谋杀，她写道》(Murder, She Wrote)。3.00 《可伦波》(Columbo)。5.00 《欧洲名园》(Great Gardens of Europe)。6.00 《英国名舰：卡蒂萨克号》(Great British Ships: Cutty Sark)。7.00 《本·福格尔：荒野新生活》(Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild)。9.00 《迈克尔·波蒂略在斯德哥尔摩》(Michael Portillo in Stockholm)。10.00 《布兰克夫人谜案圣诞特辑》(The Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special)。
通过在这里对剧本进行简单的试读，可以让我们初步窥见当他与戴维共同演出时可能会是怎样的样子，但威尔金逊似乎仍然有点不情愿正式尝试。如果你喜欢听到关于那些你认为不可能再有新发现之节目的新鲜见解，那么这将是一次享受。而戴维和乔（见图）
谢尔盖·斯克里帕尔及其女儿尤莉亚于 2018 年 3 月被送往索尔兹伯里的一家医院，随后显而易见地，他们被其前情报主管使用神经药剂 Novichok 毒害。这样一次袭击竟然发生在英国境内
5 USA (日间) Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 中午 12.00 《法律与秩序》(Law & Order)。下午 6.00 《海军罪案调查处》(NCIS)。
美食频道英国 (FOOD NETWORK UK) Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 下午 1.00 《詹姆斯·马丁的英国大冒险》(James Martin’s Great British Adventure)。3.00 《毛发骑手北上》(The Hairy Bikers Go North)。4.00 《杰米的省钱餐》(Jamie’s Money Saving Meals)。5.00 《先驱女性》(The Pioneer Woman)。6.00 《詹姆斯·马丁的英国大冒险》(James Martin’s Great British Adventure)。7.00 《英国烘焙大赛》(The Great British Bake Off)。9.00 《杰米烹饪意大利》(Jamie Cooks Italy)。10.00 《里克·斯坦的美食英雄》(Rick Stein’s Food Heroes)。11.00 《餐厅、快餐店与潜水吧》(Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives)。
GREAT! TV Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 中午 12.00 《草原上的小房子》(Little House on the Prairie)。下午 1.00 《沃尔顿一家》(The Waltons)。4.00 《草原上的小房子》(Little House on the Prairie)。6.00 《哈米什·麦克贝斯》(Hamish Macbeth)。7.00 《MAS*H》。9.00 《画笔》(Brush Strokes)。11.00 《罗宾之巢》(Robin’s Nest)。
ITV2 (日间) Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 下午 12.10 《交易或不交易》(Deal or No Deal)。1.10 《超市大扫货》(Supermarket Sweep)。2.10 《地板美国》(The Floor USA)。3.10 《埃塞克斯之路》(The Only Way Is Essex)。4.10 《盐湖城真实主妇》(The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City)。5.00 《橙县真实主妇》(The Real Housewives of Orange County)。6.00 《名人猜词》(Celebrity Catchphrase)。
ITV3 (日间) Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 上午 11.30 《心跳》(Heartbeat)。下午 1.35 《 lMidsomer Murders》。3.35 经典版《艾默代尔》(Classic Emmerdale)。5.15 经典版《 Coronation Street》。5.50 《心跳》(Heartbeat)。
ITV4 (日间) Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 上午 10.15 《专业人士》(The Professionals)。11.25 《舍伍德的罗宾》(Robin of Sherwood)。下午 12.30 《马格南，私家侦探》(Magnum, PI)。2.35 《邓普西和梅克皮斯》(Dempsey and Makepeace)。3.45 《布恩》(Boon)。4.50 《专业人士》(The Professionals)。5.55 《保镖》(Minder)。
MORE4 (日间) Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 上午 10.00 《四人一床》(Four in a Bed)。下午 12.40 《跟我一起用餐》(Come Dine with Me)。3.20 《四人一床》(Four in a Bed)。5.50 《汽车 S.O.S.》(Car S.O.S.)。
国家地理频道 (NAT’L GEOGRAPHIC) Sky 129 Virgin 183 中午 12.00 《极致机场：迪拜》(Ultimate Airport Dubai)。下午 1.00 《空中事故调查》(Air Crash Investigation)。2.00 《希特勒：第三帝国的失踪录音》(Hitler: The Lost Tapes of the Third Reich)。4.00 《古希腊失落的宝藏》(Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece)。5.00 《维京海域》(Viking Seas)。
两人在巡演期间似乎如此决心给彼此带来惊喜，这为节目增添了迷人的色彩。不要错过在车里那个假冒罗尼·巴克 (Ronnie Barker) 的部分。
土壤，尤其是在索尔兹伯里（Salisbury）这样一个沉静的地方，这件事令人震惊。这部全新的长篇纪录片从内部讲述了整个故事。我们听到了重症监护顾问 Stephen Cockroft 博士的回忆，他记得谢尔盖和尤利娅进入医院的情景；听到了当时的内政大臣 Amber Rudd 和首相特蕾莎·梅（Theresa May）的讲述；听到了前军情六处（MI6）首脑 Richard Dearlove 和 John Sawers 的讲述；以及前克格勃（KGB）官员 Viktor Makarov 的讲述，他现在居住在英国，与弗拉基米尔·普京（Vladimir Putin）同期毕业。这种内部视角让你意识到，事件原本很容易向另一个方向发展——它本可以被视为一次战争行为。
《排空海洋》。6.00 《纳粹秘密科学》。7.00 《空中浩劫调查》。8.00 《巨型海洋机器》。9.00 《建筑失败案例》。10.00 《灾难剖析》。11.00 《空中浩劫调查》。
PBS AMERICA （频道信息：Freeview 84, Sky 173, Virgin 187） 1.00pm 《富饶的美国》。1.35 《征服者：兴衰史》。2.35 《希特勒的金库》。3.35 《海盗：传奇背后的故事》。4.35 《铁幕：在苏联占领下生活》。5.50 《希特勒的金库》。6.50 《征服者：兴衰史》。7.50 《海盗：传奇背后的故事》。8.50 《铁幕：在苏联占领下生活》。10.00 《希特勒的金库》。11.00 《海盗：传奇背后的故事》。
REALLY （频道信息：Freeview 44, Sky 142, Virgin 165） 12noon 《约克郡拍卖行》。2.00 《修复铺》。3.00 《搜救猎人》。5.00 《失散多年的家人：无迹可寻的诞生》。6.00 《修复铺》。7.00 《约克郡拍卖行》。8.00 《古董公路旅行》。9.00 《你认为你是谁？》。11.00 《救命！我的房子闹鬼了》。
SKY ARTS （频道信息：Freeview 36, Sky 122, Virgin 123） 12noon 《奇境：从 J.M. 巴里到 J.R.R. 托尔金》。1.00 《出乎意料的故事》。2.00 《阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克时间》。3.00 《七十年代》。4.00 《发现：理查德·哈里斯》。5.00 《2021年度肖像艺术家》。6.00 《出乎意料的故事》。7.00 《阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克呈现》。8.00 《画中世界：委拉斯开兹的辣椒》。9.15 《画笔之外》。10.15 《奇境：哥特式》。11.15 《电影》。
SKY ATLANTIC （频道信息：Sky 108, Virgin 111） 12.50pm 《凶杀案：街头生活》。3.00 《亿万富翁》。5.20 《激烈的竞争》。7.30 《真探：夜之国》。9.00 《格莫拉：起源》。11.00 《囚犯》。
SKY COMEDY
6 9 (Scot 24) 时间 BBC 4 E4 ITV2
RADIO 4 FM: 92.4-94.6MHZ 5.00am 新闻摘要。 5.04 英国的机器人大军。 5.32 天气预报。 5.34 航运预报。 5.43 今日祷告。 5.45 今日农业。 6.00 今日节目。 9.00 无形之手。 9.30 健康内幕。 10.00 女性时间。 11.00 屏幕截图。电影和电视对 UFO 和地外生命的痴迷。 11.45 托尼·霍克斯什么都不打算给。这位喜剧演员讲述了收到遗产带来的影响。 12noon 新闻。 12.04 您与您的呼叫。 12.57 天气预报。 1.00 一个世界。 1.45 必需品。丹·理查兹拜访采集者和草药师莫妮卡·怀尔德。
社区。 6.00 威尔与格蕾丝。 7.00 办公室 (美国版)。 8.00 不情愿的房东。 9.00 电影： 《七个心理变态》 (2012) (15) 11.00 骗局。 SKY DOCUMENTARIES (天空纪录片)
Sky 114 Virgin 121 11.05am UFO。 12noon 艾伯特·布鲁克斯：捍卫我的生活。 1.45 我的偶像：约翰·亚马埃奇。 2.00 史塔西足球俱乐部。 3.50 我的偶像：迈克尔·霍尔丁。 4.00 导演们。 5.00 发现：加里·奥德曼。 5.55 J.F.K.： 背叛的命运。 7.00 切尔诺贝利：失踪的磁带。 9.00 索尔兹伯里中毒事件：隔壁的间谍。 10.40 电影：《距离安德里夫卡 2000 米》 (2025) (15) SKY HISTORY (天空历史)
Sky 123 Virgin 131 11.05am 仓库大战。 12noon 冰路卡车司机。 1.00 与道夫·伦格伦一起探索历史上的最伟大机器。 2.00 大逃亡与
伟大的英国铁路之旅 迈克尔·波蒂略从林肯前往约克
韦恩赖特徒步 茱莉亚·布拉德伯里探索阿尔弗雷德·韦恩赖特的作品
天生贵族 这部喜剧的第一集，由佩内洛普·基思主演
维持体面 Hyacinth 计划一次特别晚餐。系列最后一集
女狼：英国早期的女王 海伦·卡斯特讲述了简·格雷女士和玛丽·都铎在 1553 年为继承王位而战的故事。系列最后一集
城堡：英国的防御史 萨姆·威利记录了在玫瑰战争期间，城堡如何受到大炮的威胁。系列最后一集
权力走廊：美国应该监管世界吗？奥巴马如何处理化学武器的威胁 (至 12.00)
晚上 9 点，RADIO 4
YOLANDE Knell 讲述了一个关于在加沙生活的、出人意料且令人振奋的故事。尽管他们住在帐篷里，周围满目疮痍，且轰炸仍在继续，但许多加沙人正聚集在共享工作空间，作为自由职业软件工程师在数字经济领域工作，开发应用程序和网站。尽管在进口计算机、备件、发电机和太阳能电池板方面存在限制，但他们正克服掉在面前的所有障碍，以窥见一个可能的更光明未来。
2.00 The Archers。 2.15 剧集：《太阳鸟》(Sunbird)。 3.00 露西·沃斯利主持的《审判中的女性》(Lady on Trial)。一位与《精神病法》(Lunacy Laws) 作斗争的维多利亚时代歌剧演员。 3.30 《心灵与灵魂》(Heart and Soul)。天主教如何帮助推翻菲律宾的一位独裁者。 4.00 席尔维娅·普拉斯的写作生活 (The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath)。
摩根·弗里曼。6.00 《美国淘金客》(American Pickers)。 7.00 《锻造在火中》(Forged in Fire)。 8.00 《希特勒的工程师》(Hitler’s Engineers)。 9.00 多夫·龙格伦主持的《历史上最伟大的机器》(History’s Greatest Machines)。10.00 《监狱纪事》(Prison Chronicles)。 11.00 芬·雷姆斯主持的《历史上最致命》(History’s Deadliest)。
SKY ONE Sky 106 Virgin 109 12 noon 《大猫之国》(Big Cat Country)。1.00 《夏威夷五勇士》(Hawaii Five-0)。0. 3.00 《特种部队》(S.W.A.T.)。1. 5.00 《辛普森一家》(The Simpsons)。 6.00 《动物控制》(Animal Control)。7.00 《辛普森一家》。8.00 《最佳医疗》(Best Medicine)。1. 9.00 《不管那个吵闹的家伙》(Never Mind the Buzzcocks)。10.00 《郊区》(The ’Burbs)。 10.55 《动物控制》。11.55 《格林》(Grimm)。
SKY SCI-FI Sky 145 Virgin 140 12 noon 《星际迷航：航海家号》(Star Trek: Voyager)。1.00 《星门：亚特兰蒂斯》(Stargate Atlantis)。2.00 《13号仓库》(Warehouse 13)。13. 4.00 《星门 SG-1》(Stargate SG-1)。5.00 《星际迷航：航海家号》。6.00 《星际迷航：企业号》(Star Trek: Enterprise)。7.00 《星门：亚特兰蒂斯》。
《Hollyoaks》贝丝和弗兰基在村子里大吵一架
《辛普森一家》荷马将为心碎的史密瑟斯寻找男朋友作为自己的使命
《Vanderpump Rules》丽莎与马库斯对质，维纳斯试图在纳塔利和金之间斡旋，但当马库斯介入时情况恶化
《Below Deck Down Under》哈里想与布里重启关系。威汉对劳拉及其对其团队的批评感到愤怒，而一些银色热裤引起了不小的轰动
《First Dates: Valentine’s Special 2020》这家餐厅在一年中最浪漫的时刻开门营业
《Naked Attraction》纽基的销售管理员米莉和谢菲尔德的窗户清洁工亚历克斯分别从六个裸体的人中选择一个约会对象（至 12.05）
4.30 《What’s Up Docs?》探索水分补给。 5.00 PM；天气。 6.00 六点新闻。 6.30 会见大卫·塞达里斯。这位幽默作家将朗读他的散文《甜蜜的自由之土》(Sweet Land of Liberty)。该系列最后一集。 7.00 The Archers。伯特遭遇挫折。 7.15 《前排》(Front Row)。艺术新闻。 8.00 《File on 4》调查：一个罗马尼亚的赎金案。
8.00 《星门 SG-1》。9.00 《异星居民》(Resident Alien)。10.00 《格林》。11.00 《行尸走肉》(The Walking Dead)。
SKY WITNESS Sky 107 Virgin 110 12 noon 《FBI》。2.00 《菜鸟警员》(The Rookie)。3.00 《法律与秩序：犯罪意图》(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)。4.00 《无可申报》(Nothing to Declare)。8.00 《行车记录仪拍到》(Caught on Dashcam)。9.00 《爱尔兰之血》(Irish Blood)。10.00 《血族》(Blue Bloods)。11.00 《菜鸟警员》。
TLC Freeview 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113 12 noon 《超级之脑》(The Big Bang Theory)。2.00 《中间》(The Middle)。3.30 《少年谢尔顿》(Young Sheldon)。 5.00 《超级之脑》。9.00 《糟糕的皮肤诊所》(The Bad Skin Clinic)。11.00 《挤痘神医》(Dr Pimple Popper)。
U&ALIBI Sky 109 Virgin 114 12 noon 《证据之躯》(Body of Proof)。1.00 《天堂侦探》(Death in Paradise)。 2.00 《默多克谜案》(Murdoch Mysteries)。4.00 《心理猎手》(The Mentalist)。5.00
《The Floor USA》罗伯·洛主持这部快节奏且富有戏剧性的游戏节目美国版。第 4 季中最具标志性的双人组将展开对决
《The 1% Club》由李·麦克主持的猜谜游戏节目，所有问题都关于逻辑和常识
《盖亚一家》(Family Guy) 邦妮生了一个女儿
《盖亚一家》彼得参加了一项医疗实验以赚钱
11.05 《盖亚一家》两部分之第二部分。洛伊丝回来确认她的潜在杀手
11.35 《美国爸爸！》(American Dad!) 斯坦不情愿地在图书馆度过时光（至 12.05）
ITV4 MORE4 SKY MIX QUEST U&DAVE U&DRAMA 5STAR 5USA
6.55 心跳 (Heartbeat) 尼尔森推迟了他的 21 岁生日庆祝活动，与贝拉米一起追捕两名武装且危险的罪犯
薇拉 (Vera) 在诺森伯兰郡的荒原上发现了一具尸体，确认死者是一名在去世当晚拨打了 999 紧急求救电话的女性——这表明她可能被熟人绑架。薇拉接手此案，并发现死者在当地镇上是一个极具争议的人物
格兰彻斯特 (Grantchester) 威尔接到一个电话，得知他的父亲陷入了一些麻烦，于是他请求乔迪提供帮助
格兰彻斯特 (Grantchester) 一起关于一名“泰迪男孩”谋杀案的案件展开
11.50 审判与惩罚 (Trial & Retribution) 第二部分（共两部分）。康纳在挣扎 (至 1.25)
8.40 保持联系 (In Touch)。 9.00 PICK 跨越大陆 (Crossing Continents)。 9.30 骗局秘密 (Scam Secrets)。骗局诱饵者吉姆·布朗宁谈论他用来揭露隐藏在深度伪造背后的罪犯的技术。 10.00 今夜世界 (The World Tonight)。 10.45 睡前书 (Book at Bedtime)：《韦克菲尔德的牧师》(The Vicar of Wakefield)。作者：奥利弗·戈尔史密斯。
哈德逊与雷克斯 (Hudson & Rex)。6.00 证据之身 (Body of Proof)。 7.00 私家侦探 (Private Eyes)。8.00 死亡岛 (Death in Paradise)。9.00 效忠 (Allegiance)。10.00 布朗神父 (Father Brown)。11.00 私家侦探 (Private Eyes)。
U&DAVE (日间) Freeview 19 Sky 111 Virgin 127 11.20am 育空黄金 (Yukon Gold)。12.20pm 顶级跑车 (Top Gear)。2.20 莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：钓鱼去 (Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing)。3.00 马丁·克卢恩斯：美国群岛 (Martin Clunes: Islands of America)。4.00 瑞克·斯坦：从威尼斯到伊斯坦堡 (Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul)。6.00 毛发骑士的英国之最 (Hairy Bikers’ Best of British)。
U&DRAMA (日间) Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116 11.45am 警局 (The Bill)。12.45pm 经典东区街拍 (Classic EastEnders)。2.00 邻居 (Neighbours)。3.00 天空之饼 (Pie in the Sky)。4.05 洛夫乔伊 (Lovejoy)。5.20 岁月如梭 (As Time Goes By)。6.00 夏日之终 (Last of the Summer Wine)。
U&EDEN Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176 9.00am 救护车内幕 (Inside the Ambulance)。
摩托车展 (The Motorbike Show) 亨利·科尔加入哈雷车主协会进行骑行，并开始追求陆地速度记录的荣耀
世界T赛车锦标赛 (World Rally Championship) 集锦 芬兰拉力赛。来自该赛季第 10 轮的行动，以于韦斯屈莱为中心
冰路卡车司机 (Ice Road Truckers) 丽莎和斯科特·斯旺森推动凯里·霍尔及其 120 吨货物通过道尔顿公路最陡峭的斜坡之一
全精英摔角：碰撞 (All Elite Wrestling: Collision) 激烈的动作对决，主演包括 FTR、桑德·罗莎、乔恩·莫克斯利和杰伊·怀特 (至 12.00)
÷ 1958 年在赫特福德郡将猪装上飞机的什么联系，与共产主义罗马尼亚犹太人的命运有关？保罗·肯扬在《FILE ON 4 调查：罗马尼亚赎金》(FILE ON 4 INVESTIGATES: A ROMANIAN RANSOM)（晚上 8 点，RADIO 4）中呈现。这是一个关于亨利·雅各伯的迷人故事，他用农场动物和现金为数千名犹太人购买出境签证。齐奥塞斯库总统（如图）及其秘密警察在数百万美元的交易中获利。
11.00 荒野之内 (Wild Inside)。本·加罗德和杰西·法兰奇研究大灰鸮。 11.30 好莱坞与广告界五人组 (Hollywood and the Adland Five)。英国电影的故事。 12midnight 新闻；天气。 12.30 托尼·霍克斯什么也不给 (Tony Hawks Is Giving Nothing Away)。见 11.45am。 12.48 航运预报 (Shipping Forecast)。 1.00 BBC 全球服务 (BBC World Service)。
5.00pm 交通博物馆的秘密 (Secrets of the Transport Museum)。由蒂姆·邓恩和西迪·霍洛威主持。
U&GOLD Sky 110 Virgin 124 11.45am 直路 (Going Straight)。12.25pm 憨憨伙计 (Only Fools and Horses)。1.05 维持体面 (Keeping Up Appearances)。1.45 爸爸的军队：丢失的剧集 (Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes)。2.25 绿绿草地 (The Green Green Grass)。3.00 您被服务了吗？(Are You Being Served?)。3.40 直路 (Going Straight)。4.20 爸爸的军队：丢失的剧集 (Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes)。5.00 夏日之终 (Last of the Summer Wine)。6.20 维持体面 (Keeping Up Appearances)。7.00 憨憨伙计 (Only Fools and Horses)。7.40 爸爸的军队：丢失的剧集 (Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes)。8.20 您被服务了吗？(Are You Being Served?)。9.00 乔与戴维的魔幻情景喜剧之旅 (Joe & David’s Magical Sitcom Tour)。10.00 监狱粥 (Porridge)。10.40 不出家 (Not Going Out)。11.20 柯林的三明治 (Colin’s Sandwich)。
U&W Freeview 25 Sky 132 Virgin 125 12noon DIY SOS：大建造 (DIY SOS: The Big Build)。
6.50 Car S.O.S 蒂姆·肖和法兹·汤申救援 一辆 1973 年的消防车
7.55 Grand Designs 凯文·麦克劳德跟随一对夫妇， 见证他们将格洛斯特郡一块被 遗忘的半英亩土地进行改造。 由于地块上有 27 棵受保护的 树木，他们的解决方案是 建造一座树屋
Oti 和 Richard 的 南非奥德赛 Oti 和 Richard 观看 科伊桑人的舞蹈传统表演， 并品尝了一些小龙虾
24 Hours in A&E 一名树木医生在坠落后被 紧急送入医院，而一名体弱的 男子在家中从楼梯上摔了下来
11.05 24 Hours in A&E 一名 22 岁青年因面部和手臂 被刺伤且神志不清被紧急送入， 一名 70 岁老人肩膀脱臼（至 12.10）
星际迷航：下一代 乔迪被残酷的罗穆卢星人 绑架，并被洗脑成为一台 杀戮机器
Police 24 / 7 一些骑行者与当地人爆发 激烈冲突，一名驾驶事故车的 21 岁青年向警方讲述了一个 可疑的故事
FBI: International 当一名美国著名酒店业者的 女儿成为一名员工谋杀案的 嫌疑人时，团队前往葡萄牙
FBI: International 一枚俄罗斯导弹被盗，并在 布达佩斯被投入黑市
星际迷航：企业号 第二部分（共两部分）。权力 至上的阿彻接管了先进的星舰 Defiant 号（至 12.00）
RADIO 2 FM: 88-90.2MHZ 6.30am The Sara Cox Breakfast Show。9.30 Vernon Kay。12noon Jeremy Vine。2.00 DJ Spoony。4.00 Joel Dommett。7.00 Jo Whiley’s Shiny Happy Playlist。7.30 Jo Whiley。9.00 The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum。10.00 The Good Groove with Melvin Odoom。12midnight Connor Phillips。
RADIO 3 FM: 90.2-92.4MHZ 6.30am Breakfast。9.30 Essential Classics。1.00pm Classical Live。普罗科菲耶夫第五交响曲。4.00 本周作曲家：莫扎特。5.00 In Tune。7.00 BBC Proms 2026。门德尔松的小提琴协奏曲。10.00 Night Tracks。11.30 ’Round Midnight。12.30am Through the Night。
RADIO 5 LIVE MW: 693 / 909KHZ 5.00am Wake Up to Money。6.00 Breakfast。9.00 Nicky Campbell。11.00 Marianna Spring。2.00pm Matt Chorley。4.00 5 Live Drive。7.00 5 Live Sport。7.30 5 Live Sport: 亚特兰大 1996：30 年后。9.00 田径。Eleanor Oldroyd 展望欧洲锦标赛。10.00 Johnny I’Anson。1.00am Dotun Adebayo。
FILM4 Freeview 14 Sky 313 Virgin 428 11.00am 机器人之梦 (Robot Dreams) (2023) (PG) 1.05pm 莫霍克河之鼓 (Drums Along the Mohawk) (1939) (PG) 3.10 佐罗面具 (The Mark of Zorro) (1974) (PG) 4.45 鼠笼 (Rat Race) (2001) (12) 6.55 忍者神龟：变种大乱斗 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem) (2023) (PG) 9.00 我的继母是个外星人 (My Stepmother Is an Alien) (1988) (15) 11.10 Soho 最后一夜采访特辑 (Last Night in Soho Interview Special) 11.15 潜皮之下 (Under the Skin) (2013) (15) 1.25am 如何在派对上与女孩交谈 (How to Talk to Girls at Parties) (2017) (15)
GREAT! ACTION Freeview 42 Sky 318 Virgin 426 11.00am 明日我们生存 (Tomorrow We Live) (1943) (U) 12.50pm The Unit 1.50 Burn Notice 3.50 最冷的游戏 (The Coldest Game) (2019) (15) 6.00 The Unit 7.00 Burn Notice 9.00 以眼还眼 (Eye for an Eye) (2019) (15) 11.05 The Avengers
GREAT! MYSTERY Freeview 50 Sky 320 Virgin 425 12noon Unforgettable 1.00 In Plain Sight 2.00 Castle 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 5.00 Murder,
1.00 Tipping Point 4.00 Property Brothers at Home 5.00 DIY SOS: 庆祝 20 周年 6.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build 7.00 澳洲名厨 (MasterChef Australia) 8.20 Nigella: At My Table 9.00 Inside the Ambulance 10.00 One Born: Twins and Triplets 11.00 First Responders
U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129 11.00am 奥斯威辛：纳粹与最终解决方案 (Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution) 12noon Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics 3.00 Bangers & Cash 4.00 秘密纳粹基地 (Secret Nazi Bases) 5.00 奥斯威辛：纳粹与最终解决方案 (Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution) 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 绿色星球 (The Green Planet) 8.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics 9.00 Bangers & Cash 10.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics 11.00 Bangers & Cash
Antiques Road Trip Serhat Ahmet 和 Catherine Southon 游览东米德兰兹，寻找廉价好货
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 来自埃塞克斯的野生湖泊
7.40 Would I Lie to You? 嘉宾：Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies 和 Richard Osman
(11.05 24, 2., 4.00 5, 7.00 5, 7.30 5, 11., 1.00, 3.00, 8.00)
Ant Anstead：出生 机械师 Ant 前往肯特郡寻找一辆 1971 年的梅赛德斯 W108
8.20 Would I Lie to You? 主持人 Jack Whitehall, Emily Maitlis, Jim Carter 和 Armando Iannucci
Johnny Vegas’ Little Shop of Antiques Johnny 致力于通过在线商店扩大 Vintage Vegas 的规模
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Jack Dee 主持这档时政问答节目的扩展版，嘉宾包括喜剧演员 Phil Wang 和保守党议员 Sayeeda Warsi
The Repair Shop Dominic Chinea 利用其专业知识，使一辆破旧且不安全的卡丁车重新具备行驶条件
QI XL 扩展版。David Mitchell, Ronni Ancona, Jimmy Carr 和 Alan Davies 尝试回答 Stephen Fry 的问题
How Do They Do It? 微型机场的建造过程
Taskmaster Greg Davies 为 Dave Gorman, Al Murray, Rob Beckett, Sara Pascoe 和 Paul Chowdhry 布置任务（至 12.00）
How Do They Do It? 蜜蜂如何帮助生产加州杏仁（至 12.00）
SKY MAIN EVENT
Sky 401 Virgin 501 12noon Transfer Talk. 1.00 Lunchtime Live. 2.00 Sports Desk. 2.30 Transfer 360. 3.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Women v London Spirit Women (Start-time 3pm). Headingley 赛场比赛报道。6.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Men v London Spirit Men (Start-time 6.30pm). 9.30 Live Tennis. The Canadian Open. 蒙特利尔和多伦多第三日赛事报道。
SKY PREMIER LEAGUE
Sunrisers Leeds Women v London Spirit Women (Start-time 3pm). 6.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Men v London Spirit Men (Start-time 6.30pm). 9.30 The Hundred Bitesize. 10.00 The Hundred.
SKY MIX Sky 416 Virgin 511 12.30pm Darts Gold. 1.00 NFL Bitesize. 2.00 My Icon: Jeanette Kwakye. 2.15 My Icon: Henni Goya. 2.30 Darts Gold. 2.45 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Women v London Spirit Women (Start-time 3pm). 6.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Men v London Spirit Men (Start-time 6.30pm). 9.30 NFL Bitesize. 10.00 PGA Tour Golf. 11.00 NFL Bitesize.
TNT SPORTS 1
Sky 402 Virgin 502 12noon Transfer Talk. 1.00 Premier League Highlights. 5.00 Premier League Review. 6.00 Transfer 360. 7.00 The Transfer Show. 8.00 Brazilians in the Premier League. 9.00 Transfer 360. 10.00 Drink It In: The Rise of Manchester City. 11.00 Premier League Years.
SKY CRICKET
Sky 405 Virgin 505 11.30am The Hundred Bitesize. 2.45pm The Hundred Live.
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7.15 《夏日之酒》(Last of the Summer Wine) 康波的幸运兔脚引发了麻烦
《你好你好！》(’Allo ’Allo!) 抵抗组织计划将偷来的钱藏在勒内的裤子里
《你好你好！》(’Allo ’Allo!) 勒内处理掉了那些钱，并试图销毁微缩胶片
9.05 《你好你好！》(’Allo ’Allo!) 阿尔方斯在接受审讯后被紧急送往医院
9.35 《新线索》(New Tricks) 当一名改邪归正的呼叫女郎提供新信息，暗示一名分时度假大亨并非死于自然原因时，小队重新调查其死亡事件
10.55 《路德》(Luther) 一名枪手开始谋杀身穿制服的警察，促使路德在电视上挑衅杀手，希望迫使其现身 (至 12.10)
Sky 410 Virgin 521 12noon 英超故事 (Premier League Stories)。 12.30 英国超级摩托车赛 (British Superbikes) 精彩回顾。 1.30 环法女子自行车赛 (Tour de France Women)。 2.30 环法女子自行车赛直播。大巡回赛第四赛段，从 Gevrey-Chambertin 到第戎的 21km 个人计时赛。
She Wrote。 7.00 Castle。 8.00 Unforgettable。 9.00 In Plain Sight。 10.00 Hailey Dean Mysteries。 10.56 GREAT! 频道好消息。 11.01 Hailey Dean Mysteries。 11.50 《完美画面之谜：舞台死亡》(Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death)。 (2020) (PG)
GREAT! 浪漫频道 (GREAT! ROMANCE) Freeview 52 Sky 322 Virgin 424 12.05pm 《梦之夏》(Summer of Dreams)。 (2016) (PG) 2.00 《城市之秋》(Autumn in the City)。 (2022) (U) 3.55 《一生之爱》(A Lifelong Love)。 (2023) (U) 5.50 《幸福攻略》(The Happiness Playbook)。 (2023) (U) 7.50 《专业伴娘》(The Professional Bridesmaid)。 (2023) (PG) 9.45 《格雷斯兰婚礼》(Wedding at Graceland)。 (2019) (PG) 11.40 《皇室爱情秘方》(A Royal Recipe for Love)。 (2023) (PG)
SKY DRAMA Sky 310 Virgin 410 10.20am 《海葵》(Anemone)。 (2025) (15) 12.40pm 《梦之女孩》(Dreamgirls)。 (2006) (12) 2.55 《秋日传奇》(Legends of the Fall)。 (1994) (15) 5.20 《纽伦堡》(Nuremberg)。 (2025) (15) 8.00 《敦刻尔克》(Dunkirk)。 (2017) (12) 被德军包围的盟军士兵在等待撤离期间
《NCIS》一名猎人发现了一名海军中尉的木乃伊化尸体，该中尉在 10 年前被报告失踪 —— 正是在其船上保险箱中 $1million 消失的同一天
《GPs：闭门之后》(GPs: Behind Closed Doors) 布莱恩来找阿曼达·拉姆肖医生咨询前列腺问题，安洁拉则到诊所就诊
《NCIS》吉布斯、托尼和凯特登上航空母舰，调查两名船员的死亡事件，两人似乎死于药物过量，尽管他们没有吸毒史
《急诊 24 / 7：分秒必争》(Casualty 24 / 7: Every Second Counts) 由于患者人数极多，急诊部门处于满负荷状态
《999 电话杀手：罗伯特·特里格》(999 Killer on the Line: Robert Trigg) 讲述了情绪不稳定的前厨师罗伯特·特里格的故事，他被判定在五年内杀害了两名前女友
《法律与秩序：特殊受害者单元》(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) 一次浪漫约会以一名青少年在医院为生命而战而告终，卡里西忍不住将此案地带入个人生活中
《法律与秩序：特殊受害者单元》(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) 一名女性提出虚假指控，导致她的儿子面临生死抉择。剧集由玛丽丝卡·哈吉泰和 Ice-T 主演
《999：危急状态》(999: Critical Condition) 一名男子在遭到砍刀袭击，头部和颈部严重受伤后被紧急送入医院
《皮肤急诊》(Skin A&E) 德夫·沙阿医生试图避开一名患者额头上的关键神经，艾玛·麦克马伦医生处理一个复杂的颈部囊肿 (至 12.00)
团队调查一支青少年曲棍球队，那里对新球员的霸凌已演变成危险局面 (至 12.00)
5.45 The Gruppetto。 6.00 欧协联进球集锦 (UEFA Conference League Goals Reload)。 6.15 欧联杯进球集锦 (UEFA Europa League Goals Reload)。 6.30 英超故事 (Premier League Stories)。 7.00 英国超级摩托车赛 (British Superbikes) 精彩回顾。 8.00 MLB 精彩回顾。 9.00 UFC：终极格斗手 (The Ultimate Fighter)。 10.00 发生了什么 (What Went Down)。 10.15 英国超级摩托车赛回顾 (British Superbikes Rewind)。 10.30 WRC 回顾。 11.30 MLB 精彩回顾。 TNT SPORTS 2
Sky 411 Virgin 522 12.15pm 越野摩托车 (Motocross)。 1.00 电子竞技秀 (eSports Show)。 1.30 测试板球精彩回顾 (Test Cricket Highlights)。 2.30 测试板球直播。西印度群岛对阵巴基斯坦。在特立尼达和多巴哥的 Queen’s Park Oval 举行的第三天比赛。 11.00 TNT 体育板球集锦 (TNT Sports Cricket Reload)。 TNT SPORTS 3
Sky 413 Virgin 523 12noon 男子公路自行车世界巡赛直播。 2026 年波兰巡回赛第二赛段。 3.45 为我们的未来而骑 (Playing for Our Future — Cycling)。 4.00 钓鱼：岸边 (Fishing: On the Bank)。 5.00 MLB。 6.00 越野摩托车 (Motocross)。 9.00 环法男子自行车赛精彩回顾。 10.00 环法女子自行车赛。 11.00 男子公路自行车世界巡赛。
第二次世界大战。克里斯托弗·诺兰执导的剧情片，由肯尼斯·布拉纳和汤姆·哈迪主演。9.50 Anemone. (2025) (15) SKY PREMIERE
Sky 301 Virgin 401 12noon Normal. (2026) (15) 1.35 Wicked: For Good. (2025) (PG) 4.00 Mortal Kombat II. (2026) (15) 6.00 Heretic. (2024) (15) 8.00 Normal. (2026) (15) 9.45 Primate. (2025) (18) 恐怖片，由乔尼·塞奎亚主演。 11.20 Eleanor the Great. (2025) (12) TALKING PICTURES TV
Freeview 82 Sky 324 Virgin 445 11.15am Biggles: Adventure in Time. (1986) (PG) 1.00pm The Adventures of William Tell. 1.35 Appointment with Venus. (1951) (U) 3.20 Anthony Perkins: The Actor Behind the Door. 4.25 Chase a Crooked Shadow. (1957) (U) 6.10 What’s on TPTV with Noel. 6.25 Whiplash. 6.55 The Man from UNCLE. 7.55 Buccaneer. 9.00 Accident. (1967) (PG) 11.05 Fortean TV. 11.40 Body Double. (1984) (18)
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在“伊甸园秘闻” (Eden Confidential) 中最近读到关于博登 (Boden) 婚礼蛋糕不幸事故（结果发现是一场噱头）的消息，这让我想起了 2012 年我大女儿婚礼前夕发生的意外。
那款精美的蛋糕（见图）是由我的嫂子完全按照我女儿的设计制作的。婚礼前一晚，我陪嫂子一起将蛋糕送到婚礼现场。我们将所有层级拆开，在一个小房间的桌子上将其安置在底座上。我们退后一步，欣赏着这款蛋糕和她的手艺。“我得拍张照片，”我说。我从口袋里掏出手机——结果没拿稳。
一切随即进入慢动作，我看着手机在空中翻滚，然后掉在蛋糕上，在侧面砸出一个大缺口。 说我当时心如死灰都是含蓄的。
庆幸的是，在我不 aware 的情况下，我嫂子早有考虑。为了防止蛋糕在车程中损坏，她带了一些额外的巧克力管和一把抹刀。她随即开始尽可能地修复损坏的部分。 我的女儿对此一无所知，直到几年前，在我的一个孙辈生日宴后，我们才坦白了这一切！ 杰夫·贝克 (Jeff Baker)，赫特福德郡，波特斯巴 (Potters Bar, Herts)
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亚当·舒格曼 (ADAM SUGARMAN) 关于祖孙之间惊人纽带的故事让我流下了眼泪。 它让我想起我与自己祖父之间的纽带，他过去常带我去 The Dell 观看南安普顿队的比赛，以及在 50 年代末和 60 年代初去南安普顿速度赛车场 (Southampton Speedway)。更令我难以置信的是 Cecconi 餐厅的回应。在如今我们似乎只能听到负面消息的情况下，读到如此充满同情心的报道真是令人耳目一新。 珍·巴恩斯 (Jean Barnes)，威尔特郡，威尔顿 (Wilton, Wilts)
遵守规则：鉴于他们喜欢把自己黏在东西上，我想这条人行道可能会吸引“停止石油” (Just Stop Oil) 的抗议者…… 由谢佩 (Sheppey, Kent) 的彼得·切格威登 (Peter Chegwidden) 在肯特郡马利 (Marley in Kent) 附近拍到。
目前最爱：这两位在工作中看起来很开心，正为一盏 LED 壁灯供电。他们可能在听 AC / DC 的音乐！ 理查德·金登 (Richard Kingdon)，汉普郡，迪本普尔尤 (Dibden Purlieu, Hants)
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独自前行 最近有两篇《每日邮报》的文章强调了中年女性在遭遇意外裁员后寻找工作有多么困难。然而，一个选择是不去寻求雇佣（从而避免遭受无数次的拒绝），而是利用职业转型的机会成为自己的老板。自我雇佣是非常棒的，它能赋予人力量且收入丰厚。你可以通过重新培训成为任何角色。你的经验将成为宝贵的资产，而你除了对你自己和客户负责外，无需向任何人汇报。 德博拉·布罗姆利 (DEBORAH BROMLEY)，贝德福德 (Bedford)
殡葬丑闻 全国上下都会对被撤职的赫尔殡葬业主管罗伯特·布什 (Robert Bush) 的罪行感到震惊。显然，关于殡葬业监管的长期主张（苏格兰除外，那里已有相关规定）必须得到重视。作为一名牧师，我一直觉得与我合作的殡葬业者极其礼貌且专业。但议会需要为他们建立一个适当的法律框架。 安德鲁·麦克拉斯基牧师 (Rev ANDREW McLUSKEY)，米德尔塞克斯，阿什福德 (Ashford, Middx)
国际足联的失败 自从斯坦利·劳斯爵士在 1974 年离开国际足联 (FIFA) 的最高职位以来，该组织一直遭受着各种形式的腐败。担任主席 24 年的若昂·哈维兰格 (Joao Havelange) 从 ISL 营销公司获得了数百万美元的世界杯转播交易款。塞普·布拉特 (Sepp Blatter) 于 1998 年接任，在 17 年后终于因为与世界杯举办权相关的非伦理款项和买票丑闻而被禁止参与足球活动。吉安尼·因凡蒂诺 (Gianni Infantino) 已经掌权十年。会员们质疑他的治理支出和围绕重大赛事的规则调整，以及他在实施最新方案时没有咨询他们的问题。国际足联若想有未来，必须由像斯坦利·劳斯爵士那样诚实可靠的人来领导。 鲍勃·班尼斯特 (BOB BANNISTER)，西米德兰兹，考文垂 (Coventry, W. Mids)
干旱的英国 人们在谈论干旱地区被“杀死”的草地（见《每日邮报》）。我的理解是，其中大部分只是处于休眠状态，随着时间的推移将会恢复。也许被火烧毁的草除外，尽管即使是那种情况，地下的韧性依然很强。 克里斯·威尔金森 (CHRIS WILKINSON)，多塞特，费恩唐 (Ferndown, Dorset)
山火、干涸的土地，一个月没下雨。我不认为这是气候变化……一定是神灵愤怒了。我们应该通过向火山扔几个处女来安抚他们。 U. GING，萨福克，洛威斯托夫特 (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
不要嘲笑“妈米尔” (Mamils) 在我即将迎来 67 岁生日之际，我承认自己是一个“妈米尔”（穿着莱卡紧身衣的中年男子）。 我们的反对者不应嘲笑我们，而应反思为什么我们的数量在增加。几乎所有穿着莱卡紧身衣的男女都在进行某种形式的体育活动。而且，不，我们并不总是符合精英运动员那种精瘦、平坦腹部的形象。 我们大多数人是在各种天气下走出去，旨在改善自己的心理和生理状态。对于这个“妈米尔”来说，典型的周末活动包括在凯恩戈姆山 (Cairngorms) 爬山、皮划艇、野营、碎石路单车、公路单车、北欧式行走和遛狗。 文斯·琼斯 (VINCE JONES)，安格斯，阿布罗斯 (Arbroath, Angus)
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Poundland 商店里，有人偷了很多物品并将其放入背包中。在一次激烈的扭打中，我的腿被严重割伤，但我成功请求一名旁观者帮我制服了这名贼，对方反抗得相当激烈。 店员拨打了报警电话并锁上了门。 我有半小时时间用手臂锁将小偷制服，结果却被告知警察不会出警。所谓的维护法律就这样没了。 我从那个青少年的背包中拿走了被盗物品，随后被迫释放了他。他若无其事地走开时，脸上带着灿烂的笑容。 我对警察完全失去了信心，以后不会再提供协助。 斯图尔特·比格斯 (STUART BIGGS)， 赫梅尔海姆斯特，赫特福德郡
死后的生活 之前有一位读者在信中提到，在共同生活 54 年后，他希望在妻子之前死去（见读者信函），我认为他说得非常正确，没有她的生活将无法忍受。 我的妻子在结婚数十年后于八年前去世，从那时起我便不再有真正的生活，仅仅是生存。 她的枕头保留了四年的发香。我至今还没有洗它。 迈克·戴维斯 (MIKE DAVIES)，纽尼顿，沃里克郡
我不赞同长期婚姻之后就再也没有生活的说法。 我的丈夫和我于 1964 年结婚，他于三年前去世。从那时起，我卖掉了家庭住宅，搬进了一个舒适的小平房，在那里我一直在布置和重新规划我的花园。 我打草地滚球，尝试每天游泳，每年进行几次大巴旅行。所以不要整天坐在扶手椅里。让生活变得美好，而不是悲伤。 玛丽莲·霍尔 (MARILYN HALL)，纳文比，林肯郡
落客费 英国机场高昂的落客费可以追溯到 2007 年的格拉斯哥机场恐怖袭击，当时一辆装满丙烷的吉普车冲进了主航站楼。 袭击失败了，但作为回应，机场在主楼外开设了一个落客区，该区域直到 2017 年 4 月为止一直是免费的。 其他机场纷纷效仿，第一个引入收费的是伯明翰机场。他们很快意识到，这是从公众身上赚大钱的简单方法。 就像这些年来的所有其他费用一样，这些收费一直在上涨。 难怪人们对 10 分钟 10 英镑 (£10) 的收费感到愤怒。 P. 威廉姆斯 (P. WILLIAMS)，基德明斯特，伍斯特郡
绝望的名人们 永远资金短缺的 BBC 应该砍掉所有标题中带有“名人 (celebrity)”字样的节目。 接下来是《名人主厨》(Celebrity MasterChef)，一群网红、失败的真人秀选手和寻求东山再起的过气艺人，都将被冠以“传奇”之称。 艾伦·舒格勋爵 (Lord Alan Sugar) 在《圣诞名人学徒》(Christmas Celebrity Apprentice) 中的表现十分精准。
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感谢克莱尔·福格斯（Femail）为全女生私立学校辩护。我曾在多塞特郡深处的一所规模很小的女生公立学校就读。虽然我讨厌寄宿生活，但那里几乎没有任何勾心斗角，而且在进入广阔的世界时，它确实赋予了我所需的自信和坚定。我的孙女在巴斯的一所女生公立学校就读，同样表现良好。阶级斗争者们，请离这些优秀的教育机构远一点。 杰奎琳·德林，威尔特郡，科舍姆
噢，克莱尔，我多么不同意你的观点。单性别学校太糟糕了。为什么要将性别分开？男孩们可以很可爱，是对勾心斗角的绝佳解药。我曾在两所可怕的修道院学校就读，在那里我遇到了残酷、刻薄且有时甚至有肢体暴力的女孩。那里绝不可能培养我的自尊心。 苏·诺斯，肯特郡，奥平顿
我很高兴克莱尔·福格斯就读的女生学校给她带来了积极的体验，但确实没有一种万能的方法。许多男孩和女孩在时似乎学习效果更好且行为更规范。
在审视候选人时，他说：“你能看出这是名人版。我不认识你们中的任何一个人。” 理查德·贝利，怀特岛，赖德
海岸惊魂 与你们的电视评论员克里斯托弗·斯蒂文斯不同，我认为 5 频道的《贝尼多姆是谋杀案》太糟糕了——陈词滥调且无聊——我的女儿也这么认为。简直是浪费了约翰·汉娜的才华。 P·怀特夫人，格洛斯特郡，斯塔弗顿
克里斯托弗·斯蒂文斯给《贝尼多姆是谋杀案》的第一集打五星，我最多给两星。这部自称是娱乐作品的次品中，场景快剪太多，情节漏洞百出，且角色缺乏共鸣。 鲍勃·达特，赫特福德郡，哈彭登
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无论是我就我还是我的朋友，都不认同你们的读者来信通讯员的观点——他认为现在应该挂起彩旗并宣布银行假期，因为 Naga Munchetty 将离开 BBC Breakfast 节目转而加入 Radio 5 Live。 我们都感到非常难过。 Naga 是一位出色的采访者，她绝不会让政客们在逃避回答问题时全身而退。在我们看来，她的形象非常迷人，是其他 aspiring 节目主持人的榜样。 她和 Charlie Stayt（无论关于两人不和的传闻如何）在一起时表现绝佳：既风趣又极其专业，而且到目前为止是 BBC 最好的早餐节目搭档。我祝愿她在新岗位上一切顺利，但我感到很心痛。 PAT BRADLEY, Bolton, Lancs
在见过 Naga Munchetty 之后，我很确定她不需要我的支持。 然而，几年前我参加过一个由 Naga 主持的讨论小组，我对她履行职责的方式充满钦佩。 她礼貌、博学、高效、坦率且公正——一个真正的务实专业人士。 R. HAILSTONE, Newton Abbot, Devon
天哪，我简直不敢相信 Bryony Gordon 竟然认为有必要写出“像 Naga Munchetty 这样的奇女子”这样的话。认真的吗？ 我承认 Bryony 经常
财务压力：马尔文圣詹姆斯女子学校于今年夏天关闭
被分开，但其他学生似乎完全不受影响，而且一些成年人断言，单性别学校教育对他们的童年或性格产生了负面影响。 我们也要记住，虽然封锁期间让家庭教育名声不佳，但一些青少年在由父母或私人教师单独教育时反而能茁壮成长。这可能是
《贝尼多姆是谋杀案》(Benidorm Is Murder)。感觉就像是《天堂岛谋杀案》(Death In Paradise) 搬到了西班牙，情节紧凑且充满反转。这种设定是对阴暗犯罪剧的一种令人欣喜的改变，我期待该系列的其余部分。 MARK ATTWOOD, Basingstoke, Hants
保守倾向 再一次，“新保守主义者”得逞了，他们
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导致一个幽默的“裸奔者”小模型从怀特岛戈德希尔一个模型村的足球场上被移除（据《每日邮报》报道）。 一个女人的胸部怎么会对一个家庭景点来说是“不恰当”的？我真是绝望。 我记得在 20 世纪 80 年代，有一次我在迈阿密的一个泳池边赤裸上身，结果一个家庭投诉了。我的论点是，他们可以在泳池边带枪，但我的胸部从未杀死过任何人。当时的
因为高学生成就很大程度上受益于一个凝聚力更强、目标更明确、组织混乱和摩擦更少的环境。这并不一定是由性别隔离决定的。 与其宣布某种形式的教育更优越，我们应该专注于什么对我们自己的孩子是合适的。 EMILIE McRAE, Trowbridge, Wilts
经理给我们送了之后一整天的饮料，而我的胸部保持着自由。 GILLIE COGHLAN, Burford, Oxon
当人们抱怨那些几十年来一直是英国生活一部分的无害事物（比如那个微小的裸奔者模型）时，也许他们的名字应该被列入一个新的国家级“扫兴者”数据库。 MARK SAUNDERS, Lake, Isle of Wight
对生活有有趣的见解，但这次我无法认同她。我觉得娜迦（Naga）极其自大、傲慢且刻薄。她不停地对同事查理（Charlie）嗤之以鼻并翻白眼，用毫无意义的评论打断嘉宾，给人一种她认为自己高人一等的感觉。 —— 桑迪·古德温（SANDIE GOODWIN），白金汉郡，切舍姆
布里奥尼·戈登（BRYONY GORDON）赞扬了娜娜·蒙切蒂（Nana Munchetty），我也很钦佩她，并暗示她工作努力程度是男性的两倍。但她没提到，娜迦的收入几乎是她的共同主持人查理·斯泰特（Charlie Stayt）的两倍。 —— 罗伯特·克尔（ROBERT KERR），卡迪夫
÷ M&S，你怎么能这样（《每日邮报》）？大码内裤一直我的首选。 —— 詹妮弗·A·泰勒（JENNIFER A. TAYLOR），赫特福德郡，赫梅尔海姆斯泰德
÷ 为什么是“食物噪音”（food noise）而不是“饥饿感”（hunger pangs）？ —— 朱莉·瓦洛姆（JULIE WALLOM），多塞特郡，西穆尔斯
÷ 安迪认为他能让残疾人重新工作。也许他真的是救世主。 —— T. 哈珀（T. HARPER），伦敦 E4
÷ 刚刚从 2046 年旅行回来。情况不妙，伙计们。 —— 马丁·庞顿（MARTIN PONTON），诺森伯兰郡，蒙克斯顿
÷ 想知道那些摩洛哥人要去哪里。 （姓名和地址已提供）
÷ 一艘橡皮艇上 165 名移民？我们需要一条更大的救生艇。 —— 劳伦斯·史蒂文斯（LAURENCE STEVENS），柴郡，威尔姆斯洛
÷ 如果你喜欢坐公交车去酒吧，你的时机到了。 —— T. 希尔德（T. SHIELD），兰开斯特郡，贝里
÷ 曼彻斯特只有四分之一的居民在市长选举中投票。冷漠主导一切。 —— 劳伦斯·史蒂文斯（LAURENCE STEVENS），柴郡，威尔姆斯洛
÷ 在这次干旱中，凯特·迪利（Cat Deeley，《每日邮报》）怎么还有绿草可以修剪？ —— L. 卡特（L. CARTER），北约克郡，哈罗盖特
÷ 在英格兰棕色且宜人的土地上。 —— 罗德·福布斯（ROD FORBES），威尔特郡，亚顿凯内尔
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问题 在英国犯罪电影《Take My Life》(1947) 中，格蕾塔·金特饰演的角色在管风琴上为凶手演奏的曲调是什么？
《TAKE MY LIFE》是一部犯罪剧，讲述了一位女歌剧演员拼命试图证明她丈夫的清白，而她的丈夫被诬告谋杀。
这部电影改编自温斯顿·格雷厄姆的小说（他也是《波尔达克》系列小说的作者），由挪威女演员格蕾塔·金特饰演歌剧演员妻子菲莉帕·雪莱，休·威廉姆斯饰演其丈夫尼古拉斯·“尼基”·塔尔博特。该片由罗纳德·尼姆执导，他后来执导了 1969 年的电影《简·布罗迪小姐的最佳时期》（由获得奥斯卡奖的玛吉·史密斯主演）以及 1972 年的戏剧片《波塞冬之灾》。
在电影中，真正的凶手由马里乌斯·戈林饰演，金特的角色通过一段音乐作为线索追踪到了他。她在凶手面前用管风琴演奏这段音乐，而他的反应引发了一系列事件，最终导致其现形。
这段简单的名为《Take My Life》的音乐是由威廉·奥尔温为该片创作的。奥尔温是一位长笛演奏家，曾任皇家音乐学院教授，并在第二次世界大战期间为宣传片编写乐谱。他还创作了歌剧、交响曲和管弦乐作品，并指挥过伦敦爱乐乐团。
除了《Take My Life》，奥尔温还为大约 70 部故事片配乐，包括 1960 年由约翰·米尔斯主演的迪士尼电影《瑞士家庭鲁滨逊》，以及在 1958 年推出的两部作品：由肯尼斯·莫尔主演的泰坦尼克号剧作《值得铭记的一夜》，以及由弗吉尼亚·麦肯纳饰演第二次世界大战期间在被占领的法国为盟军效力的女英雄薇奥莱特·萨博的电影《骄傲地刻下她的名字》。
奥尔温的曾孙是演员乔·奥尔温，他曾与泰勒·斯威夫特交往六年多。
大卫·斯宾塞，Hereford
问：短语“give up the ghost”（断气 / 停止运行）的起源是什么？ 查尔斯·克里斯普和夏洛特·霍克斯，Devon
问：在 20 世纪 50 年代被指控为俄罗斯从事间谍活动的哈里·霍顿和埃塞尔·吉后来怎么了？ 戴安·威尔逊，Hampshire, Lee-on-the-Solent
问：世界上哪条河流被认为是最强大的？ 约翰·麦克唐纳，Hereford
线索：《拿走我的生命》（Take My Life）中的格蕾塔·金特（Greta Gynt）。插图：作曲家威廉·阿尔温（William Alwyn）
问题 对人类健康益处最小的水果和蔬菜是什么？ 虽然所有水果和蔬菜都能提供纤维和水分，但有些营养成分显著较低或含糖量较高。 冰山生菜主要由水组成（96%），提供的维生素和矿物质少于菠菜或羽衣甘蓝等深色绿叶菜。尤其是芹菜，热量极低（每根约 6-10 卡路里），或许是所有蔬菜中最没意义的。 黄瓜可能很清爽，但相对缺乏抗氧化剂和维生素。 淀粉类蔬菜如土豆、玉米和南瓜也应适量食用，因为它们富含碳水化合物，会升高血糖水平。 营养密度最低的水果包括甜瓜和葡萄。与浆果相比，蜜瓜和哈密瓜的纤维和抗氧化剂含量尤其低，而含糖量很高。 而且，虽然葡萄可能是去医院探病时的标准水果，但其高糖纤比意味着其热量影响可能超过其健康益处。 当然，即使是营养最低的水果和蔬菜也能提供一定的膳食纤维和维生素摄入。 马尔科姆·科尔，什鲁斯伯里
问题 为什么船上的厕所被称为“heads”？ 接续之前的回答（其中提到了“losing one’s rag”），关于这个词的另一个解释源自 18 世纪的“金酒狂热”（Gin Craze）。金酒，其中大部分是从荷兰进口的，价格极其低廉——据说花 1 便士就能喝醉（由此引发的痛苦在霍加斯著名的插画《金酒巷》中有所描绘）。 社会底层的人如果没有那一便士，就会在金酒宫周围徘徊，带着一块抹布用来吸干许多醉汉洒掉的金酒，然后将其挤进他们为此携带的杯子中。 因此，如果这些人行为愤怒或麻烦，人们就会说他们可能“丢了抹布”（lost their rag）。 为了应对这场酗酒流行病，政府对金酒征收重税，并降低了啤酒税，因为他们认为啤酒是一种较小之恶且更健康的饮品。 1830 年的《啤酒屋法案》允许任何人支付 2 个几尼（42 先令）的执照费，即可在自家酿造并销售啤酒。 因此，全国各地开设了数千家啤酒屋。 最后一家啤酒屋——位于Herefordshire Leintwardine的太阳客栈（Sun Inn），由 94 岁的弗洛西·莱恩（Flossie Lane）经营了 74 年，直到 2009 年。此前，她在 20 世纪 30 年代中期父母去世后与哥哥一起接手了该店。 林·帕斯克，格温特，布莱克伍德
为什么有人打喷嚏时我们会说“祝你健康”（bless you）？ 我记得在小学时被告知，这可以追溯到瘟疫时期，因为打喷嚏被认为是早期症状。 童谣《Ring A Ring O’ Roses》很可能也有类似的起源。 J. 沃尔什，大伦敦，伊肯纳姆
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今日食谱：牛油果黑豆蛋
10 分钟素食早餐。 2 人份 配料
2 茶匙菜籽油 1 个红辣椒，去籽并切薄片 1 瓣大蒜，切片 2 个鸡蛋
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1 在一个大不粘煎锅中加热油，放入辣椒和大蒜翻炒至变软并开始上色。将鸡蛋打入锅内两边，待鸡蛋开始凝固后，将豆类（含汤汁）和番茄舀入锅中铺在周围。撒上孜然籽，加热至温热，不要将豆类和番茄完全煮熟。 2 离火，撒上牛油果和香菜。挤上半个青柠汁，并配以剩余的青柠块一同上桌。 Good Food 的 Sara Buenfeld
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作者：Angharad Carrick 石油巨头壳牌（Shell）已将其欧洲风能和太阳能业务出售给法国竞争对手道达尔能源（TotalEnergies），这是其在绿色能源领域最新的退却之举。 此次出售涵盖了英国、意大利、荷兰和西班牙的资产，这些资产合计拥有约 0.5 吉瓦的可再生能源产能，以及一系列未来项目计划。 交易价格尚未披露，但此次出售标志着该集团再次转向，旨在推进加倍增加石油和天然气产量的计划。在首席执行官 Wael Sawan 的领导下，壳牌降低了低碳投资的优先级，转而支持利润更高的化石燃料业务。 上周，壳牌报告称其今年第二季度的收益增长了两倍多，因为伊朗战争推高油气价格后，该公司从能源市场的“严重扰乱”中获利。 下游、可再生能源及能源解决方案总裁 Machteld de Haan 表示：“我们正在回收资本并……”
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制药巨头阿斯利康（AstraZeneca）市值蒸发近 £18bn，原因是市场对有关其计划与美国竞争对手百时美施贵宝（BMS）进行巨额合并的报道反应冷淡。 但据称，这家富时 100 指数公司的资深老板 Pascal Soriot（如图）意在推进此次合并，该协议最早可能在今天公布。 据知情人士透露，该交易将主要通过股票而非现金来达成，摩根士丹利（Morgan Stanley）投资银行被指在这次联合中担任顾问。 据了解，Soriot 还通过承诺将扩建后的公司总部保留在英国，获得了政府的初步支持。 阿斯利康在股价下跌 9%（即 1132p）至 11,500p 时拒绝发表评论，分析师在质疑此次联合是否可行——其中一位表示他们对此次谈判感到“困惑”。 股市下跌此前是因为《金融时报》报道称，阿斯利康和 BMS 已讨论合并数月，如果完成，将创建全球最大的制药商之一，市值近 £300bn。 阿斯利康拒绝就该报道发表评论。BMS 未回应置评请求。这次联合将成为该行业最大的合并案之一，尽管行业分析师对此几乎不抱乐观态度。 Jefferies 经纪公司的分析师 Michael Leuchten 表示，合并的原因“尚不明确”，并指出阿斯利康通过合并可能获得的许多药物可以“从其他地方获取……特别是中国”。 “鉴于阿斯利康的增长和创新概况之强，我们感到有些困惑，”他补充道，并强调由于两家公司都拥有庞大的癌症药物组合，合并还必须通过大西洋两岸的监管障碍。 Leuchten 还指出，由于英国公司阿斯利康实际上在收购美国最大的制药商之一，该交易将具有“政治维度”，他表示：
“在美国政策制定者关注国内制造业和战略产业之际，阿斯利康实际上将成为一家收购美国大型药企的英国公司……虽然这可能是继续扩大其在美国足迹的一种方式，但可能需要妥善处理以减少摩擦。” 巨额合并还将引发人们对阿斯利康可能将其主股票上市地转移到纽约的担忧，这将是对伦敦证券交易所的沉重打击。 Soriot 此前在美国达成了数十亿美元的交易，从而增加了这种猜测。
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优先考虑我们具有差异化能力且随时间推移能创造最大价值的领域，包括通过资产支持的电力交易和以客户为中心的能源解决方案。” 消息传出后，壳牌（Shell）股价上涨 0.7%，即 22 便士，至 3405. 在出售欧洲绿色能源业务之前，该公司已于 6 月出售了其位于印度的可再生能源部门 Sprng Energy，而该公司是在四年前以 $1.6bn 买下的。 Sawan 表示，壳牌将优先考虑盈利资产，而非风能和太阳能电站提供的较低收益，同时还将开展削减成本行动，重点是提高投资者回报而非降低碳排放。 此外，该公司还放弃了在苏格兰开发海上风电场的计划。 英国的主要竞争对手 BP 在新掌门人 Meg O’Neill 的领导下，同样专注于化石燃料生产并精简业务。 上周，BP 将其北海业务挂牌出售，O’Neill 表示，该业务“作为另一家公司的一部分将处于更有利的位置”。
之前将阿斯他（Astra）描述为一家“非常美国化的公司”。 该公司还推进了在中国新药授权协议的签署。 由于 Soriot 上周曾表示，该集团不需要“通过兼并收购来交付”其 2030 年 $80bn 的销售目标，因此合并的消息让投资者措手不及。 然而，一次联手将证明他拒绝美国竞争对手辉瑞（Pfizer）在 2014, 提出的 £70bn 要约的决定是正确的，当时阿斯他容易被收购。自那时起，他在扭转局面并将该公司市值推高至 £196bn 方面起到了关键作用。
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袭击伊朗， 油价 大跌
在唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）取消美国对伊朗的新一轮袭击并表示将恢复和平谈判后，石油价格大跌。 国际基准布伦特原油价格昨日下跌近 7%，交易价格在每桶 $ 84.14 左右，此前在当天早些时候曾低至 $81.55。 这与上个月油价一度飙升回每桶 $100 以上的情况形成了剧烈反差，当时两方爆发冲突，且霍尔木兹海峡的油轮遇袭引发了对新一轮燃料供应危机的担忧。 特朗普在周末通过社交媒体表示，他此前描述为“二战以来最大规模袭击”的美国即将发起的打击已被取消，希望能够与德黑兰“迅速”达成一项和平协议，其中将包括关于该国核计划未来以及海峡全面重新开放的协议。 全球能源价格的下跌预计将减轻通胀压力，从而减少全球央行进一步提高利率的需求，并为抵押贷款借款人提供缓解。同时，这将使家庭和司机免于能源账单和加油站成本的新一轮上涨。
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帕斯卡尔·索里奥特 (Pascal Soriot) 为英瑞药品巨头阿斯利康 (AstraZeneca) 抱负之大，无可限量。 自从索里奥特在 2014 年击退掠食者辉瑞 (Pfizer) 以来，他便走上了一条光辉之路，使该公司跃升至 FTSE 100 指数中的第二位（仅次于汇丰银行 HSBC），而其在免疫学药物方面的工作，则提升了英国，特别是剑桥作为制药强国的声誉。 但由于基尔·斯塔默 (Keir Starmer) 之前的工党政府未能支持其在利物浦附近开发疫苗设施的计划，以及试图通过后门手段从制药部门榨取更多资金以支持国民医疗服务体系 (NHS)，这位阿斯利康首席执行官已与英国产生了隔阂。 向美国的倾斜已变得十分明显，包括转向在纽约证券交易所全额挂牌，以及索里奥特在椭圆形办公室承诺在美国投资 $50bn，其中包括在马萨诸塞州的另一个剑桥市建立一个平行的研发 (R&D) 中心。 考虑到这种向美国的转移，尝试与美国制药巨头百时美施贵宝 (Bristol Myers Squibb) 达成一项交易并不完全令人震惊。 然而，这种与……合并的迹象
奢侈品：美国模特 Rachel Cook 在卡普里岛佩戴劳力士水鬼 (Rolex Submariner)
Watches of Switzerland 首席执行官布莱恩·达菲 (Brian Duffy) 的薪酬包在经历了一个创纪录的年份后，在获得 130 万英镑m 之后几乎翻了一番。 这位英国最大劳力士销售商的掌舵人薪资较去年的 £710,271 增长了 85. 9pc，这主要归功于 £750,000 的奖金——是其 2025 年奖金的四倍多。 他的基本工资为 £500,000，自 2015 年就职以来从未增加过，此外还包括 £73,793 的应税福利，其中包括车辆和住宿。
由于霍尔木兹海峡的混乱刺激了需求，航运巨头 Clarksons 昨日公布了创纪录的利润。 该公司表示，中东战争引发的“动荡”加剧了业绩表现，战争迫使企业更改航运计划和路线以避免袭击。 像 Clarksons 这样的经纪商可以从中获利，因为袭击和混乱提高了寻找船舶和规划路线服务的需求。
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较低价值、缺乏创新能力的制药集团是非常令人质疑的。更严重的是，对于安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）政府而言，这项交易如果最终达成，将给英国作为研究和制药重镇的地位带来沉重打击。
目前，阿斯利康（Astra）约 43% 的收入来自美国。
与百时美（Bristol Myers）达成的交易估值为 $133.4bn——远高于英国另一家制药巨头葛兰素史克（GlaxoSmithKline）的 £77bn——这将标志着美国的主导地位。
这将加速一家具有前瞻性的国家冠军企业的离去。这对英国基于科学的经济所造成的打击将无法估量。
目前还处于早期阶段，而一项关于
集团击败了其 1.47 亿英镑m 的年度利润目标，在截至 5 月的 12 个月内创下了 1.548 亿英镑m 的纪录。
随着更多富有的美国购物者在劳力士（Rolex）和欧米茄（Omega）等品牌上挥金如土，业务呈现繁荣态势。
该公司表示：“美国市场尚未充分开发，为集团提供了巨大的增长机会”，并补充说美国是其销售额和利润最大的市场。
英国市场的销售情况有所改善，不过达菲（Duffy）指出了一个“更为低迷的消费环境”。
股价上涨 9%，即 425p，达到 5155p，并在 2026. 年上涨了 35%。截至 6 月的六个月内，利润增长 56% 至 6150 万英镑m，而销售额增长 39% 至 4.135 亿英镑m。
首席执行官安迪·凯斯（Andi Case）表示：“Clarksons 在上半年取得了创纪录的业绩，这既反映了我们对基础业务的投资，也反映了全球冲突导致全球贸易中断所引起的异常波动。”
这种规模的合并将引发深刻的反垄断问题。
然而，索里奥特（Soriot）可能认为自己在唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统的白宫拥有足够的信誉，可以使这次合并在极少监管的情况下通过。
没有人应该怀疑特朗普推翻监管机构的意愿，正如在戴维·埃里森（David Ellison）的 Paramount Skydance 逆向收购媒体巨头华纳兄弟探索（Warner Bros Discovery）一案中所见。
前财政大臣雷切尔·里夫斯（Rachel Reeves）对英国竞争与市场管理局（CMA）所做的旨在加速增长议程的改革，也可能使阿斯利康更容易推进此类交易。
为了阻止此类交易，伯纳姆、内阁秘书安东尼娅·罗马（Antonia Romeo）以及效率低下的商务部需要做出强有力的反应。
历届政府已将涉及英国公司的重大收购视为后脱欧时代英国向商业开放的信号。在这种情况下，总部位于剑桥的阿斯利康是捕食者，且是规模大得多的企业。
然而，交易将改变公司向美国倾斜的权重。经济
easyJet 竞购战中 获得更多时间
easyJet 的竞购者在周五之前可以提交正式报价，此前该航空公司推迟了美国资产管理公司 Castlelake 提交与竞争对手 Apollo 匹配报价的截止日期。
该航空公司表示，仍建议投资者接受 Apollo 的 £5.7bn 报价，但 Castlelake 在周五下午 5 点之前可以提交一份提高后的报价，此前设定的截止日期为昨天下午 5 点。
easyJet 拒绝了 Castlelake 的四次报价，称其“极具投机性”，并指责其试图通过“廉价”达成交易——随后在 7 月初同意了一项每股 £6.90 的报价。
但几天后，当 Apollo 提交 £5.7bn 的报价时，那个 £5.5bn 的数字被超越了，easyJet 董事会接受该报价，认为这对股东来说是一个“更优的结果”。
easyJet 此后向两家公司提供了尽职调查权限。
国家电网（NATIONAL Grid）已将其管理团队的规模从 13 人削减至 8 人。这家英国电力网络运营商将缩减其执行委员会，以“加强执行力，提高绩效并增加问责制”。这家总部位于伦敦的公司正将其领导层整合在新的英国和美国总裁之下，并启动其有史以来规模最大的投资计划，承诺在未来五年内投入 £70bn 用于现代化并扩建英国及美国东北部的能源网络。
负责英国配电业务的科迪·奥哈拉（Cordi O’Hara）将于 9 月 1. 日被任命为英国总裁。负责纽约业务的萨莉·利布雷拉（Sally Librera）将成为美国临时总裁。
这些因素也并不特别吸引人，正如 Astra 昨天的股价下跌 9% 所显示的。
执行大型合并并使其生效给管理层带来的压力是巨大的。
除了理顺执行角色以及统一大西洋两岸管理层的薪资标准外，投资者还将要求大幅降低成本并精简研发设施。
正如我们从 2000, 年 Glaxo Wellcome 与 SmithKline Beecham 的合并中所知，这种混乱可能会持续多年，并阻碍药物上市。
这并不意味着没有潜在的上涨空间。在任何组合中，凭借其肿瘤学管线、在中国市场的布局以及对研发的高度专注，Astra 都将是主导方。
收购布里斯托-迈尔斯（Bristol Myers）的癌症药物组合将使新公司成为该领域的全球巨头。
增加这家美国公司的心脏病治疗方案也将有用。
但人们会对美国和英国的医疗体系是否能接受这种主导地位提出质疑。
尽管一家英国公司现在成为捕食者可能令人兴奋，但与这家美国巨头的交易面临着大规模价值毁灭的风险。
作者：安加拉德·卡里克（Angharad Carrick）
潜在买家将对该业务进行审查。
“周五的结果将揭示，对 easyJet 的胃口是否受到了中东最新事件的影响，”AJ Bell 投资总监拉斯·莫尔德（Russ Mould）表示。
这次竞购战发生在去年该航空公司的股价暴跌之后，使其成为了捕食者的首选目标。
截至 6 月的三个月内，利润下降 70% 至 8500 万英镑m，原因是伊朗战争推高了燃料价格，且客户需求下降。该期间预订增加的情况未能抵消战争爆发后预订量下降的影响。
即使本周达成正式收购协议，所有权结构的问题依然存在。据报道，欧盟正在准备审查所有权规则，以防止外国投资者获得控制权。
在 easyJet 在奥地利设立子公司以使其在脱欧后能继续在欧盟境内运营航班后，这些规则依然适用。
任何竞标可能还需要创始人斯特略斯·哈吉-伊奥安努（Stelios Haji-Ioannou）及其家族的支持，他们仍持有 15. 3% 的股份。
如果 Apollo 获得成功，这将增加这家私募股权公司的航空公司投资组合。它部分拥有 Atlas Air，且去年其私人信贷部门向维珍航空（Virgin Atlantic）提供了 $745m 的贷款，用于获取希思罗机场的起降时隙。
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Aston Martin ..................35
86 35 BAE Systems .................2143 +49 2331 160912 Chemring Gp .................60412 +14 60834 460 QinetiQ ..........................522xd +16 54912 406 Rolls-Royce ....................150634 +39 1525 1026 Senior ............................29212 +2 311 16458
银行
Banco Santander ...........1074 +24 1076 649 Barclays .........................515 +614 53038 35734 HSBC Hldgs ..................159738 +2138 164678 925 Lion Finance ..................11930 +320 11995 7020 Lloyds Banking ..............11658 +178 11658 7812 Metro Bank ....................17958 +258 18218 100 NatWest Group ..............72234 +17 72234 50514 Stan Chartered ..............2201 +13 222312 130512 TBC Bank ......................4972 +160 5180 3640
饮料
Barr (AG) .......................645 -5 710 598 C&C Group ....................10114 -58 179 8758 Coca-Cola HBC .............4884 -126 5170 3306 Diageo ........................165512 +21 2121 136212
化学品
Croda Intnal ...................3242 +37 3271 2439 Elementis .......................17738 +14 17914 14258 Johnson Matt .................1980xd -12 2388 1746 Victrex ............................796 +13 80612 539
建筑与材料
Balfour Beatty ................86512 +3 899 54712 Breedon .........................34214 +1114 377 273 Genuit Group .................287 +1534 391 24314 Grafton Gp .....................1000 +3414 101718 80838 Ibstock ...........................9638 +314 14958 8814 Keller Group ...................3050 +26 3444 1282 Kier Group .....................243 +338 25212 18034 Marshalls .......................16812 +634 20612 12534 Volution ..........................635 +16 712 562
电力
Drax Gp .........................71512 -22 918 62612 SSE ...............................2356xd +10 275712 1612
电子与电气设备
Halma ............................3548xd +18 4878 3210 Morgan Advanced ..........23212 +612 24312 18738 Oxford Instruments ........2708xd -24 3302 1766 Renishaw .......................5070 +122 5455 2910
权益投资工具
3i Infrastructure ..............38412 +412 39312 326 Aberforth Smlr Cos ........1710 +6 1756 1418 AJ Bell ...........................58712
643 41438 Alliance Witan ................1365 +20 136512 1188 Allianz Tech ....................686 758 44512 Ashoka India ..................258 +612 28512 217 AVI Global Trust .............260 27212 23912 Baillie Giff Japan ............1052 1052 834 Baillie Giff US .................314 +8 36612 26112
Bankers InvTst ...............14938xd +238 15234 12134 BH Macro .......................41612 -12 46212 38612 Biopharma Credit ...........7214
74 6678 BlackRock Smlr..............27012xd +112 35412 6618 BlkRckWldMining ...........883
1046 555 Bluefield Solar................9214
9678 6678 BR Greater Eur ..............596 +8 624 516 Brunner ..........................1550xd +12 1550 1354 Caledonia Inv .................388xd
39112 312 Chrysalis ........................7418 +12 13038 7358 City of London IT ...........594xd +1 595 488 Edin Inv Trust .................850 +6 860 760 Edin Wwide ....................23712 +5 29012 188 Euro Sml Co. ..................236xd +2 24612 197 F&C Inv Trust .................335xd +334 35134 8214 Fidelity China .................26912 +112 33212 245 Fidelity Emg ...................1392 +22 1562 823 Fidelity Eur .....................43112 +3 44112 372 Fidelity Spec Val ............466 +212 46614 372 Finsbury G&I Tst ............808 +4 915 713 Foresight Env .................8514 -1 8814 6178 GCP Infra Inv .................83 -12 8334 70 Global Smaller ...............19134
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19734 16358 Greencoat UK ................11434 +234 11812 9214 Harbourvest ...................3365 +30 3450 2675 Henderson Sml Co ........954 +1 961 774 Herald Inv Trust ..............2960 +10 3260 2305 HG Capital Trust.............389 -1 522 323 HICL Infr ........................138 +2 13814 109 ICG Enterprise ...............1432 -8 1600 1310 Impax Enviro Mkts .........429 -3 47312 38112 Invesco Asia ...................489 +6 516 372 JPM American ...............1220xd +20 1234 1048 JPM Emerging Markets .162xd +14 18014 11914 JPM Euro Disc. ..............629xd +4 663 557 JPM Japan IT .................808 +19 839 645 JPMorgan India Growth .900xd +18 1098 800 Jupiter Fund ...................15938 +138 19514 11558 Law Debenture ..............1254 +12 1255 982 M&G ..............................36118 +358 36112 24858 Mercantile IT ..................278 +112 28012 237 Merchants Trust
.............670xd +4 680 537 Molten Ventures .............614 +7 638 34934 Monks Inv Tst.................1606 +28 1656 1360 Morgan Sindall ...............4380 -50 5530 4050 Murray Inc Tst ................1014 -6 1024 873 Murray Intl Tst ................370xd +112 370 286 Neuberger Private Eqty ..1486xd -4 1632 1302 Next Energy Solar ..........4918 +14 7778 44 Ninety One .....................21614xd +4 25938 18512 Oakley Capital Inv ..........518 -2 576 169 Pacific Horizon ...............1058 +2 1252 647 Pantheon Infra ...............11358 +114 11938 101 Pantheon Intl ..................397 +2 40712 32312 Partners Group ..............599 +2 942 593 Patria Private .................608xd -6 642 536 Pershing Square ............3902 +94 5090 3642 Personal Assets Tr .........548xd +3 554 509 Polar Cap Gl ..................252 +512 253 203 Polar Cap Tech...............63412 +8 73312 38812
Pollen Street ..................850 -8 964 702
Mining (采矿业)
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价格 每日 变动 最大跌幅股 Clarkson 5155p +8.99% Vistry 315p +7.95% Ceres Power 374p +7.78% XP Power 1732p +7.18% ME Group 118p +6.50%
52周最高 最低
52周最高 最低
Renewables Infra ...........77 +78 8234 6312 RIT Cap Partners ...........2600 +35 2600 1932 Schroder Asia ................809 +18 888 594 Schroder Oriental...........443xd +1 459 302 Scot American Inv ..........562 +7 562 487 Scottish Mortgage ..........134512 +15 1545 102812 Sequoia Econ Infra ........87xd +58 87 7534 Syncona .........................10634 +38 10934 8678 Templeton Em ................307xd +2 350 19758 Twentyfour .....................10814xd -14 11434 10458 Vietnam Enter ................720 +17 848 684 VinaCapital Vietna .........43112 +3 499 41412 Wwide Healthcare ..........37312 -212 397 308
食品生产商
Assoc Brit Foods............2123 +36 2337 18 Cranswick ......................5260xd -90 5690 4840 Greencore ......................26314 +234 30612 192 Hilton Food Gp ...............616 +17 857 456 Premier Foods ...............19012 -334 20914 167 Princes Group ................338 +12 479 29812 Tate & Lyle .....................55312xd -12 569 32938 Unilever ..........................4770 +27 5472 4078
综合金融
3i Group .........................2867 +3 4459 2082 Ashmore Gp...................21034 +438 26634 15312 Bridgepoint Group..........33958 +19 34834 22258 Capital Gearing ..............522 +1 526 5214 CMC Markets .................677xd +10 749 206 Coats Group ..................8138 +118 9518 7134 Foresight Group .............481 491 345 ICG ................................1949xd +61 2332 1463 IG Gp .............................1371 -89 1938 1025 Integrafin ........................372 +312 392 29812 Intl Public Prtnshps ........144 +2 144 11714 Investec .........................65812 +912 66334 518 IP Group ........................6514 +278 7058 4858 JTC ................................1328 1366 897 London Stock Ex ............8490 +92 10100 7170 Man Group .....................30414 31314 15434 Nth Atlantic Smlr ............426 427 330 OSB Group ....................568 +1112 64312 48414 Paragon .........................85212 +1512 92612 71112 Plus500 ..........................3826 -84 5070 2942 Quilter ............................19578 +234 20814 15438 Rathbone Grp ................1664 -4 2265 1582 Ruffer Investment ...........293 -312 31312 28312 Schroders ......................58812
58912 36114
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11,500p -8.96% IG 1371p -6.10% Drax 715.5p -2.98% Coca-Cola HBC 4884p -2.51% Hansa 328p -2.38%
SDCL Efficiency .............39 +14 63 32 Temple Bar.....................422 +212 422 331 TP ICAP .........................34214 -38 355 24012 XPS Pensions ................332 +12 384 283
医疗保健设备与服务 (Health Care Equipment & Services)
Convatec ........................22538 +138 25638 194 Oxford Biomedica ..........561 +1 913 430 Smith & Neph ................1197 +3812 1435 107312 Spire Health ...................233 -12 249 14234
房屋建筑商 (Housebuilders)
Barratt Redrow ...............30412 +1114 40938 24114 Bellway ..........................2044 +56 2868 1715 Berkeley Grp ..................3576 +76 4434 3104 Crest Nicholson .............6434 +3 18818 6114 Persimmon .....................1131 +24 154312 99858 Taylor Wimpey................80 +2 11612 7418 Vistry Group ...................315 +2314 73634 22438
工业运输 (Industrial Transportation)
Clarkson ........................5155 +425 5445 3395 Zigup ..............................463 +12 47112 30112
工业 (Industrials)
Bodycote ........................73212 +10 83612 601 Goodwin ........................17720 +400 27600 9100 Hill & Smith ....................2910 +60 3045 1968 IMI ..................................2962 +26 3050 2178 Melrose Ind ....................46314 +9 68134 44814 RHI Magnesita ...............2790 -35 3345 1980 Rotork ............................487 +34 499 28838 Smiths Gp ......................2648 +6 2746 2118 Spirax Group ..................7100 +155 7960 6060 Vesuvius ........................37034 -14 503 35434 Weir Gp..........................2638 +2 3546 2274
休闲用品 (Leisure Goods)
Games Workshop ..........19230xd +110 21940 14200 ME Group ......................118 +714 21812 10014 Watches of Switz ...........726 -312 80112 31834
人寿保险 (Life Insurance)
Aberdeen Group ............24514 +458 261 182 Aviva ..............................70158 +814 70158 59138 Legal & General .............30334 +338 30334 23358 Prudential .......................1109 -7 1220 916 St James Place ..............108612 +33 1553 105312 Standard Life .................925 939 619
媒体 (Media)
4imprint ..........................4278 +160 4430 3055 Autotrader Group ...........53034 +7 83634 42714 Bloomsbury ....................623xd 672 43812 Informa ..........................89638 +1058 99338 73934 ITV .................................7318 -118 8514 6738 Mony Group ...................19814xd +134 213 14412 Pearson..........................124912 -712 1326 89158 RELX .............................2649 +42 3814 2013 Rightmove Group ...........47112 +678 82334 404 WPP ..............................30414 +558 40358 22478
Anglo American .............3705 -28 4225 2090 Antofagasta ....................3679 +24 4455 1928 Endeavour Mining ..........3517 -5 5290 2434 Fresnillo .........................2498 +23 4448 1378 Glencore ........................539 -4 615 28012 Hochschild Mining..........44014 +834 80812 27258 Pan African Resourses ..95 +234 18338 6018 Rio Tinto.........................7089 -85 8308 444812
非寿险保险 (Nonlife Insurance)
Admiral Gp .....................3802 +30 3802 2644 Beazley ..........................1293 +212 1296 769 Hiscox ............................1777 -32 1899 1260 Lancashire Hldgs ...........600 -212 694 565
油气生产商 (Oil & Gas Producers)
BP ..................................55218 -38 60614 41012 Energean .......................75312 -912 1026 68312 Harbour Energy .............23934 +38 31834 18578 Hunting ..........................44712 +4 531 297 Ithaca Energy.................23734 -438 28558 15334 Shell ...............................340512 +22 3583 2562
石油设备与服务 (Oil Equipment & Services)
Wood Gp(J) ...................2938
2938 1814
制药与生物技术 (Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology)
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AstraZeneca ..................11500 -1132 15542 10922 Genus ............................2210 +16 3170 1966 GSK ...............................190912 -22 2268 1373 Haleon ...........................36214 -1 41078 32078 Hikma Pharma .............1573 -12 1916 1191 Oxford Nanopore ...........11478 +112 219 10412 Reckitt Benckiser ...........5280 +40 668134 4443
房地产 (Real Estate)
Big Yellow Gp .................90012 +13 1180 812
British Land ....................44434 +234 44434 32114 Derwent London ............2120 +16 2120 1509 Grainger .........................17318 -138 211 15038 Grt Portland Est .............35314 +414 374 27412 Hammerson ...................38558 +358 38618 26734 Harworth ........................13134 +138 18912 120 Land Securities ..............713 +712 721 529 LondonMetric Prop.........19578 -14 215 17712 Primary Hlth Prop ...........9534xd +114 10814 8712 Safestore Hldgs .............623xd +712 837 582 Savills ............................933 +13 1108 808 SEGRO ..........................961 -4 99738 60438 Shaftesbury ....................14514 +112 16034 12614 Sirius Real Estate ..........10014 +138 11178 91 Supermarket Inc ............8638xd +12 8878 7634 Target Healthcare ..........11338 +14 116 9234 TR Property IT ...............320 +2 36112 295 Tritax Big Box .................16812 -158 17314 13314 Unite Group ...................53812 +12 757 44834 Workspace Gp ...............359xd +814 430 31938
零售商 (Retailers)
AO World .......................9738xd +18 11314 8338 ASOS .............................36112 +6 383 20612 B&M ...............................228xd +538 26418 15514 Burberry Gp ...................120712 +20 1360 100412 Currys ............................16414 -358 16814 10678 Dr. Martens ....................7734 +14 9938 6034 Dunelm Gp.....................889 +1912 1241 715 Frasers Group ................82712 +17 82712 61812 Greggs ...........................1944 +64 2032 1418 Howden Joinery .............805 +1612 970 72312 Inchcape ........................840 890 64012 JD Sports Fashion .........91xd 10412 6514 Kingfisher .......................31414 +534 37012 24314 Marks & Spencer ...........41058 +512 41058 30878 Moonpig .........................27634 +114 27834 19258 Next ...............................14900xd +55 15240 11575 Ocado Gp ......................21658 +434 39558 15914 Pets at Home Gp ...........21414 +358 23658 17078 Sainsbury(J) ..................357 -238 360 29334 SSP Group.....................20614 +678 21114 13858 Tesco .............................48618 -338 50134 40678 WH Smith ......................44438 +11 135512 38314 Wickes Group ................20012 +312 255 17034
软件与计算机服务 (Software & Computer Services)
Alfa Financial .................16334
24812 14238 Auction Tech ..................45558 +58 48334 263 Baltic Classifieds............21034 +1134 35612 17034 Bytes Technology ...........40258xd +134 42714 25358 Computacenter ..............4606 +8 4866 2242 Deliveroo ........................17934
17934 17634 Kainos Gp ......................89812 +18 1190 683 NCC Grp ........................14134 +34 15734 11334 Playtech .........................37514 -338 43612 232 Softcat............................1924 -6 1987 1091 The Sage Group ............99938 +2614 119812 78358 Trustpilot ........................265 -558 29034 12914
支持服务 (Support Services)
Babcock Intl ...................114612 +2512 1502 921
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Bunzl ..............................2796 -6 2816 1989 DCC Energy...................6365 +35 6435 4350 Diploma .........................7480 +160 7630 5015 Essentra.........................10638 +214 113 7978 Experian ........................2811 +21 3982 2375 Hays ...............................5814 +178 6458 2958 Intertek Gp .....................5840 584212 3582 Intl Workplace Gp ..........19912 +238 24938 16834 Johnson Service Gp ......15134 +138 17018 12558 Michael Page .................18534 +4 27234 10318 Mitie Group ....................20634xd -14 210 13638 Rentokil Initial ................35634 +12 50634 34434 RS Group .......................716 +1412 73212 54112 Serco .............................24014 -138 32434 20938 Sthree ............................257 +112 264 13738 Travis Perkins.................573 +1812 714 50712 W.A.G ............................10012
106 82
技术硬件与设备
discoverIE Gp ................774xd -1 792 514 GB GROUP ...................22112xd +12 259 185 Raspberry Pi ..................65812 +112 1051 25714 Spirent Comms ..............19834
19834 194
电信
Airtel Africa ....................328 -5 42014 207 BT Gp ............................20318 +134 23912 2 Gamma Comms .............955 +19 1106 701 Helios Towers .................19512 -14 24538 117 Telecom Plus .................865 +14 1926 710 Vodafone Gp ..................11714 -58 12314 8338
烟草
Br Am Tob ......................4466xd -104 4962 3733 Imperial Brands .............2764 -61 3341 2668
旅游与休闲
Compass Gp ..................3218 +38 2650 2718 Dominos Pizza ...............20414 +234 21238 16714 easyJet ..........................64238 +1238 680 33934 Entain ............................54738 +6 1014 521 FirstGroup ......................18514xd +34 232 158 Hollywood Bowl .............288 +212 30712 23412 Intercontl Htls .................15718 -312 10585 12838 Intl Cons Airl ..................43312 +158 488 34214 Mitchells & Butlers .........283 +7 301 228 PPHE Hotel Gp ..............1562 -8 2060 1286 Trainline .........................24758 +1038 300 18512 Wetherspoon (JD) ..........817 +39 817 55512 Whitbread ......................2543 +33 3274 2234 Wizz Air Hldgs................1113 +51 1447 84912
公用事业
Centrica .........................15314 -134 21834 15258 Metlen ............................4778 +158 5614 3134 National Grid ..................1189 -1 1400 101012 Pennon ..........................456xd -7 600 446 Severn Trent ...................3036 +18 3280 327 United Utilities ................1397xd +14 1457 91434
*除息 来源：新闻协会 (The Press Association)
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在赛马会 (Jockey Club) 宣布将退出赛马场协会 (RCA) 后，英国赛马界正处于内战的边缘。
赛马会拥有包括切尔滕纳姆 (Cheltenham) 和埃特里 (Aintree) 在内的 15 个英国赛场。此次宣布正值 RCA 披露其治理结构审查结果的两天之后。
此前，雅士谷 (Ascot) 已经表达了退出该行业协会的意向。该协会代表了英国 59 个赛道中除一个以外的所有赛道。如今赛马会也采取了同样行动，这给约克 (York)、纽伯里 (Newbury)、切斯特 (Chester) 等大型独立赛道增加了压力。
灵菲尔德 (LINGFIELD) 2.15 — 军队慈善基金/EBF 新马锦标赛 (3) (2岁马) 附加金 £13,000 (£6,804) 7英里6码 (7) 101 (1) BREAKING THE HABIT T Easterby 9-7............................ S B Kirrane 102 (5) 7 DARRINGTON GOLF 17 T Easterby 9-7...........................D Fentiman 103 (2) 6 NATIONAL PRIDE 24 W Haggas 9-7 ......................................C Fallon 104 (3) 3 PALACE LEGACY 19 J Tate 9-7 ...........................................C Beasley 105 (4) STORMY WINTER S bin Suroor 9-7 ............................................C Lee 106 (7) 3 WAAKABB 21 S & E Crisford 9-7 ............................................... J Hart 107 (6) A LA MONTAGNE Sir M Prescott 9-2 ......................................L Morris 预计单票赔率 (SP): 11-4 Palace Legacy, 3 Waakabb, 7-2 Stormy Winter, A La Montagne, 15-2 National Pride, 20 Breaking The Habit。 热门马匹 & 2025年: 无对应赛事。
2.45 — 休·詹姆斯分类锦标赛 (HUGH JAMES CLASSIFIED STAKES) (6) 附加金 £7,000 (£3,664) 7英里6码 (7) 201 (2) 360901 ICONIC TIMES 5 (P) (D) J Candlish 4-10-0 ........................S D Bowen 202 (6) 75L48L DUE RESPECT 6 (V) (D) (S) Gary Rutherford 4-9-9 ..................C Lee 203 (3) 237457 RAIN CAP 9 (V) (C&DC3D2BF2) (GS) J Riches 9-9-9 ....E Tindall (5) 204 (4) 86-L323 WAIT FOR IT 4 (BF) L Bailey 4-9-9 ...................................... B Garritty 205 (1) 530LL0 WITHOUT DELAY 19 (V) (C&D2) (G) T Waggott 7-9-9 .......C Beasley 206 (5) 779376 ZIVA’S STAR 21 (P) S Whitaker 4-9-9 ...................................... A Elliott 207 (7) 77-0035 OUR HERO MATTY 21 T Culhane & S Barclay 3-9-3 ........B McHugh 预计单票赔率 (SP): 9-4 Wait For It, 10-3 Iconic Times, 7-2 Our Hero Matty, 11-2 Rain Cap, 15-2 Ziva’s Star, 14 Due Respect, 20 Without Delay。 热门马匹: – – – – – – – – – 年龄: – – – – – – – – – 9 2025年: Langholm 9 9 9 (Connor Beasley) 9-2 M Dods 抽签 (3) 11 匹参赛。
3.15 — 杰基·赖兰斯 60 岁生日庆典让量赛 (JACKY RYLANCE 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION HANDICAP) (6) 附加金 £8,000 (£4,187) 1英里7弗隆189码 (9) 301 (2) 94/9-LL4 FREE WORLD 31 I Williams 5-9-9 ...........................................C Fallon 302 (8) 627-450 KARTHALA J20 (PT) J Candlish 4-9-9 ..............................S D Bowen 303 (7) 3-32364 FLEUR DE MER 26 (V) M Todhunter 6-9-6 ..................... P Mulrennan 304 (4) 9-LL36L ZEPHLYN J52 (T) (C&D2D3) (G) Ewan Whillans 7-9-5 ............. J Hart 305 (9) 5LL44-3 SLACK ALICE J36 (V) M Bowen 5-8-13 .................................L Morris 306 (6) 988327 SPEECHMAN 4 (BT) P Kirby 6-8-11 .......................................C Hardie 307 (5) 1-26533 LILLISTAR 16 (P) M Hammond 6-8-10 ................................A Brookes 308 (3) 46-256L STAR OF JUPITER 40 (BET) M Loughnane 5-8-9 ...................W Pyle 309 (1) 46/0L-L5 RULER OF THE RIVER 7 (PT) P Kirby 6-8-9......................B McHugh 预计单票赔率 (SP): 11-4 Speechman, 10-3 Fleur De Mer, 7-2 Slack Alice, 6 Lillistar, 10 Free World, 12 Zephlyn, Star Of Jupiter, 20 Karthala。 热门马匹: – – – – – – 1 0 0 0 (W 9-6)。 年龄: – – – – – – 5 4 6 8 2025年: Sophar Sogood 8 9 9 (Connor Beasley) 9-1 J Butler 抽签 (4) 7 匹参赛。
赛道实况 (TRACK FACTS): 大奖赛日 (JACKPOT MEETING)。左手 (L-H) 赛道。 场地状况: 良好-局部良好至坚硬。 起跑闸: 6英里位于内侧；其余位于中心。 抽签优势: 低。 顶尖骑师: Jason Hart。 顶尖练马师: T Easterby。 去年该场赛事名次: 2.45 Rain Cap (第2名)。 首次佩戴装备: 2.45 Without Delay, 3.15 Fleur De Mer, Lillistar, Speechman, 4.45 Brain Freeze, Dunnington Lad。 最远路程参赛马: Slack Alice (3.15) 295 英里。 级别下降: 4.15 Halimede 较上次参赛下降 2 个级别 (第 4 级降至第 6 级); 4.45 Mimime (2)。 风管手术后首次参赛: 今日无。
SSR
ROBIN GOODFELLOW GIMCRACK
ROBIN GOODFELLOW GIMCRACK
2.30 Safari Dream 3.00 Avionics 3.30 Sofian 4.00 March Of Time 4.30 Flagbearer 5.00 Mythological Star 5.30 Cartrefle
2.30 —HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY BRIAN GLANVILLE HANDICAP (5) £8,000 加分 (£4,187) 6f (7) 1 (1) 341L53 SAFARI DREAM 20 (P) (D4BF) (G) B Millman 6-10-0 ........O Murphy 2 (5) 236-6L6 NEWSREADER 33 A Carroll 5-9-12 ................................. Rossa Ryan 3 (4) 42-7188 ESCAPE PLAN 74 (T) (DBF) T Ward 3-9-10 ...................K Shoemark 4 (7) 21-L DIAMONDINTHEDARK 61 (D) M Loughnane 3-9-9 ......B Loughnane 5 (3) 50L-327 MONSIEUR PATAT 36 (D5BF) (GS) A Wintle 9-9-9 .........David Egan 6 (6) 36L-875 THE COFFEE POD 10 (H) (D) (S) W Muir & C Grassick 5-9-6 ........L Edmunds 7 (2) L60732 THE FEMININE URGE 10 (D) (G) G Harris 4-9-1 .........S C Cronin (5) 预计单价 (SP): 9-4 The Feminine Urge, 5-2 Safari Dream, 5 Monsieur Patat, 7 Newsreader, 8 The Coffee Pod, 10 Escape Plan, 16 Diamondinthedark。热门选手：– – – – – – – – – 0 (W 9-4)。年龄：– – – – – – – – – 5 2025: Starproof 5 9 4 (Lewis Edmunds)
12-1 W Muir & C Grassick 抽签 (5) 8 匹参赛。3.00 —EBF NOVICE STAKES (3) (2-Y-O) £13,000 加分 (£7,020) 7f 80yds (7) 1 (2) 21 PERFECT NATION 29 (D) G Boughey 9-11 ...................B Loughnane 2 (3) 5 ARTEMIS STAR 22 (H) W Muir & C Grassick 9-4 ............L Edmunds 3 (5) 42 AVIONICS 24 A Balding 9-4 ......................................... Ebrahim Nader 4 (4) 7 FIRST MATE 17 E J-Houghton 9-4 ........................................C Bishop 5 (1) GEORGE CROSS Owen Burrows 9-4 ..............................C Rodriguez 6 (7) 5 MIDGHAM MAN 36 B Millman 9-4........................................O Murphy 7 (6) 9 REVOKED 18 C Cox 9-4 ................................................... Rossa Ryan 预计单价 (SP): 7-4 Avionics, 5-2 Perfect Nation, 7-2 George Cross, 10 First Mate, Artemis Star, 14 Midgham Man。热门选手及 2025：无对应赛事。3.30 —KEN MEREDITH MEMORIAL RACE HANDICAP (DIV
1) (6) £6,600 加分 (£3,454) 7f 80yds (9) 1 (8) 63-4567 LERWICK 12 (BE) (G) M Loughnane 6-10-1 .................B Loughnane 2 (9) 812-863 SOFIAN 7 (C&D) Mrs N Evans 4-9-12 .........................R Kavanagh (3) 3 (6) 441-853 BIRD OF WAR 40 (BF) C Hills 3-9-10......................... Harry Vigors (5) 4 (4) 6-5L863 CYPRIOT DIASPORA 35 (C&D2) (S) B Millman 5-9-10......O Murphy 5 (2) 1160L-5 OUR DAGGER 127 (CD2) (S) A Wintle 5-9-9 ........................P Dobbs 6 (5) 1-8L230 THESTRAL 27 (P) (D) A Carroll 3-9-8 .............................. Rossa Ryan 7 (1) 072-678 LAUGHTERINTHERAIN 42 E Walker 3-9-7 .....................K Shoemark 8 (3) L67LLL EBN SABT 34 (PV) B Lund 3-9-4 .........................B Ffrench-Davis (5) 9 (7) 45-5L38 GRAND VISTA 14 (P) W Muir & C Grassick 3-9-1 ............L Edmunds 预计单价 (SP): 13-8 Bird Of War, 3 Sofian, 4 Cypriot Diaspora, 8 Thestral, 12 Grand Vista,
Laughterintherain, 20 Lerwick。热门选手：– – – 0 – 2 3 3 2 0 (W 9-7)。年龄：– – – 5 – 6 5 4 5 3 2025: Sofian 3 9 0 (E Gale) 16-1 Mrs N Evans 抽签 (4) 9 匹参赛。
赛道信息：主要赛事。L-H 赛道。场地情况：良好。起跑架：6f 及 1m4f 居中；其余在外部。抽签优势：无。顶尖骑师：Rossa Ryan。顶尖练马师：H Morrison。去年在该场比赛中获得名次的马匹：3.30 Sofian (第1名)。首次佩戴装备：3.30 Ebn Sabt, Grand Vista, 4.00 Iconic Dawn, 5.30 Cartrefle。长途跋涉马匹：Perfect Nation (3.00), Mountain Of Light (4.30), Flagbearer (4.30), Wootz (4.30), Arbaawy (4.30), Ada Rose (5.30) 271 英里。
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由于赛马会抛出震撼弹
古德伍德将支持其中一方或另一方。 RCA 的审查——始于 3 月——旨在阻止更多成员离开该机构，但赛马会首席执行官 Jim Mullen 并不认为该组织为安抚现有成员而采取的措施已足够深入。
RTV SSR
2.30 Safari Dream 3.00 Perfect Nation 3.30 Bird Of War 4.00 Venturing 4.30 Fallen Logic 5.00 Gelato 5.30 Praise Indeed
2.15 Stormy Winter 2.45 Our Hero Matty 3.15 Slack Alice 3.45 Barmyblade 4.15 HALIMEDE (sure thing) 4.45 Brain Freeze
NORTHERNER – 3.45 Battenburg Belle (nb); 4.15 HANSTEEN (nap)。
3.45 —HANNAH BLANCHARD 21 岁生日让磅赛 (6) 增加 £7,650 (£4,004) 5f 212yds (8) 401 (2) 4L6-231 CAPTAIN CESS 19 (G) D Carroll 4-9-12 ............................Z Wheatley 402 (1) 210334 MISS RAINBOW 11 (V) (CD2) T Waggott 5-9-11 .................C Beasley 403 (8) LL21L1 BARMYBLADE 13 (P) (C&DCD3) (G) T Easterby 4-9-10
S B Kirrane 404 (7) 01L3LL LUCIUS AURELIUS 20 (C) K Ryan 4-9-10......................J Nicholls (3) 405 (4) L-14LL6 HOWZAK 13 (D4) (G) L Bailey 8-9-10 .................................. B Garritty 406 (6) 235622 CALL GLORY 14 (D) (G) I Williams 5-9-9.............T Kiely-Marshall (5) 407 (5) 6597-53 ENJOY THE NIGHT 21 S Spencer 3-9-5 ....................Shay Farmer (5) 408 (3) 222153 BATTENBURG BELLE 9 (C&D) (G) R Menzies 3-9-0 .............. J Hart 预计 SP：3 Captain Cess, 10-3 Barmyblade, 7-2 Call Glory, 11-2 Miss Rainbow, Battenburg Belle, 8 Enjoy The Night。 热门赛马：– – – – – 0 1 1 2 1 (W 9-4)。 年龄：– – – – – 4 5 6 4 6 2025：Dream Deal 6 9 6 (David Allan) 11-8 Fav T Easterby 抽签 (2) 8 匹参赛。
4.15 —RACINGTV.COM 让磅赛 (6) £7,650 增加 (£4,004) 1m 4f 13yds (8) 501 (7) 66L-757 BRUNELLO BREEZE 146 (P) (D) L Bailey 7-10-0 ............... B Garritty 502 (4) 395L2L ON THE BUBBLE 15 (S) Gary Rutherford 5-9-7 .........................C Lee 503 (8) 988 HALIMEDE 47 Sir M Prescott 3-9-6 .........................................L Morris 504 (1) 68-L212 HANSTEEN 12 (DBF) (G) J & S Quinn 3-9-5 ............................ J Hart 505 (6) 344332 MUHIB 18 Olly Williams 5-9-3 .......................................W Fentiman (3) 506 (5) 823853 PROJECT KINSMAN 13 (P) P Kirby 3-8-7.............................C Hardie 507 (3) 8L6L8 N’ION 12 I Williams 3-8-6 .............................................Shay Farmer (5) 508 (2) 0786 SPIRIT OF TOKYO 13 P Kirby 3-8-6 ....................................A Brookes 预计 SP：11-8 Hansteen, 5-2 Halimede, 9-2 Muhib, 12 Brunello Breeze, Project Kinsman, 14 On The Bubble。 热门赛马：– – – 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 (W 9-7)。 年龄：– – – 5 4 3 6 5 9 4 2025：Inspiring Speeches 4 9 1 (Tom Kiely-Marshall) 5-4 Fav Sara Ender 抽签 (7) 6 匹参赛。
4.45 —RACING AGAIN 8 月 17 日让磅赛 (6) £7,650 增加 (£4,004) 5f (7) 601 (5) 374776 WITHOUT FLAW 7 (D2) (GS) Miss T Jackson 5-9-9 ..W Fentiman (3) 602 (3) 513L55 BRAIN FREEZE 8 (V) (D) (G) M Dods 3-9-5 .......................C Beasley 603 (1) 369442 DORALEE 8 (D) (G) D & N Barron 5-9-3 ................................... J Hart 604 (7) 433213 HAVIN A FLYER 5 (T) (DBF) R Menzies 3-9-3 ....T Kiely-Marshall (5) 605 (2) L3467L GWEN TENNYSON 11 G Tutty 3-9-2 .........................................W Pyle 606 (6) 70L MIMIME 14 M Appleby 3-9-1 ...................................Conor Whiteley (5) 607 (4) 9067LL DUNNINGTON LAD 8 (V) (C&DD4) (GS) P Winks 6-9-1
Shay Farmer (5) 预计 SP：11-8 Doralee, 9-4 Havin A Flyer, 7 Dunnington Lad, 10 Without Flaw, Brain Freeze, 16 Gwen Tennyson, 20 Mimime。 热门赛马：– – – – – 0 3 1 0 1 (W 9-7)。 年龄：– – – – – 9 3 7 5 5 2025：Happier 5 9 9 (David Allan) 15-8 Fav T Easterby 抽签 (2) 6 匹参赛。
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4.00 —肯·梅雷迪思纪念赛让磅赛 (DIV 2) (6) 增加 £6,600 (£3,454) 7f 80yds (9) 1 (6) 68606-7 MANHATTAN MIRAGE 60 (H) A Wintle 5-9-13 .......................F Marsh 2 (8) 956223 ROSEMARY’S ROSE 22 B Millman 4-9-10 ..........................O Murphy 3 (4) 7L-4L VENTURING 33 A Carroll 3-9-10 ..........................................W Carson 4 (1) 74-89 SPECULATIVE 73 T Dascombe 3-9-10 ..................................... W Cox 5 (9) 345 MARCH OF TIME 14 (H) C Cox 3-9-9 .............................. Rossa Ryan 6 (5) L334-57 PIAZZA 19 Ollie Sangster 3-9-8 ........................................ T Marquand 7 (7) 319-043 KALEIDOSCOPE EYES 21 (C&DD) (S) B J Llewellyn &
Robert Williams 4-9-6 R P Downey 8 (2) 878 COSMIC JIVE 37 E Walker 3-9-4 ......................................K Shoemark 9 (3) L35L-07 ICONIC DAWN 14 (B) H Morrison 3-8-13 ..........................L Edmunds 预计赔率 (SP): 2 Rosemary’s Rose, 9-4 Kaleidoscope Eyes, 9-2 March Of Time, 13-2 Piazza, 14 Cosmic Jive, 16 Manhattan Mirage。热门赛马：– – – 0 – 2 3 3 2 0 (W 9-7)。年龄：– – – 5 – 6 5 4 5 3 2025: Sofian 3 9 0 (E Gale) 16-1 Mrs N Evans 抽签 (4) 9 匹参赛。
4.30 —DANDARA HOMES 纯血马赛 (4) 增加 £10,000 (£5,400) 1m (8) 1 (1) L STOPHERANDGO 27 D Flood 9-9-9 ............................. Jack Doughty 2 (3) 3-43340 ARBAAWY 25 J Butler 3-9-7 ...........................................B Loughnane 3 (7) FLAGBEARER W Haggas 3-9-7 ....................................... T Marquand 4 (4) HERSTMONCEUX W Muir & C Grassick 3-9-7 ................L Edmunds 5 (5) 5 VINCENZO BELLINI 35 M Loughnane 3-9-7 ................ C Hutchinson 6 (8) WOOTZ R Varian 3-9-7 ......................................................... R Dawson 7 (2) 8L FALLEN LOGIC 19 G Harris 3-9-2 ........................................W Carson 8 (6) 78 MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT 54 James Horton 3-9-2 ...................O Murphy 预计赔率 (SP): 15-8 Arbaawy, 2 Flagbearer, Wootz, 16 Vincenzo Bellini, 20 Mountain Of Light。热门赛马与 2025: 无对应赛事。
5.00 —GOLWG GWENDRAETH 让磅赛 (5) (3岁马) 增加 £8,000 (£4,187) 1m (5) 1 (4) 833 MYTHOLOGICAL STAR 29 D & C Kubler 9-9 ...............B Loughnane 2 (1) 2-46815 STATION BAR 35 (D) (G) E J-Houghton 9-4 .........................C Bishop 3 (2) 0L79-61 GELATO 48 (C) (S) A Wintle 9-3 ..............................................F Marsh 4 (5) L55- SOMETHINGINTHEAIR 244 J S Moore 9-0 .....................David Egan 5 (3) 569-54 HURRICANE LAUGHTER 19 E Walker 8-13 ...................K Shoemark 预计赔率 (SP): 15-8 Mythological Star, 2 Gelato, 5 Station Bar, 6 Somethingintheair, 8 Hurricane Laughter。热门赛马：– – – – – – – – 1 3 (W 9-9)。2025: Nakaaha 3 9 7 (David Egan) 4-1 G Harris 抽签 (5) 7 匹参赛。
5.30 —DANDARA HOMES 让磅赛 (6) 增加 £6,600 (£3,454) 1m 3f 209yds (10) 1 (6) LL4-L32 CONDOTTI 29 (V) H Palmer 4-10-0 ......................................O Murphy 2 (10) 118743 BEAUNE 14 (P) (D3) B J Llewellyn & Robert Williams 4-9-11 .....Harry Vigors (5) 3 (1) 685-252 JIMMY MARK 20 (C2D) (GS) Zoe Hawkins 6-9-10 ......... Rossa Ryan 4 (8) L68-72 PRAISE INDEED 21 W Muir & C Grassick 4-9-7 ..............L Edmunds 5 (2) 643-42L GRINDLETON 63 (BF) D & C Kubler 3-9-3 ...................... T Marquand 6 (4) 0-L7391 ADA ROSE 49 (D) K P De Foy 3-9-1 .................................David Egan 7 (5) 0L3L-L7 POMERIGGIO 50 Mrs N Evans 5-9-0 ..........................R Kavanagh (3) 8 (9) 74-0LL5 HOUNDSWOOD WILLOW 27 (P) T Dascombe 3-8-13 ............ W Cox 9 (3) 331150 A DAUGHTERS LOVE 10 (G) D Flood 3-8-12 .............. Jack Doughty 10 (7) LL-L CARTREFLE 56 (P) E De Giles 3-8-4 ..........................Molly Gunn (5) 预计赔率 (SP): 11-4 Ada Rose, 10-3 Condotti, 7-2 Praise Indeed, Jimmy Mark, 14 Grindleton, Houndswood Willow, Beaune。热门赛马与 2025: 无对应赛事。
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已经足够。他担心赛马管理委员会（RCA）将继续“扼杀”赛马运动所需的变革，例如对赛程表的修订，而他的组织目前计划成立一个脱离组织。
他表示：“这次审查解决了 RCA 的内部安排，但没有解决赛马场集体行使影响力以干预英国赛马治理的宪制安排。RCA 的提案未能解决我们的根本担忧，即 RCA 可能会继续采取行动，扼杀行业内所需的变革。”
“所提议的任何内容都不会取代 RCA 作为英国赛马场的政治代表的地位。而在我们看来，”
2.15 NATIONAL PRIDE (nap) 2.45 Rain Cap 3.15 Slack Alice 3.45 Captain Cess (nb) 4.15 Hansteen 4.45 Doralee
5.18 —学徒让磅赛 (APPRENTICE HANDICAP) (AWT) (5) £7,600 附加金 (£3,978) 7f 1yds (11) 1 (9) 5-2L SAHANA 39 (C&D) D M Simcock 4-9-12 ...Taryn Langley (3) 2 (5) 562 MISTER MOJITO 18 (T) (C&D2CD2) T Kent 5-9-11 ...J Callan 3 (8) 232 ROGUE DYNASTY 12 (P) (D) James Owen 4-9-10 ....Mason Paetel 4 (2) 63L PENFOLDS GRANGE 19 M Pattinson 4-9-10 ..A Redman (7) 5 (4) 29-L OPTIMATUM 82 B Millman 4-9-9 ........ Charlie Tucker (7) 6 (3) 4L4 DAISY ROOTS 36 (C2D) J Boyle 6-9-8....D J Murphy (5) 7 (10) LLL DANCING TERROR 98 (C&D) Stephanie Cassidy 4-9-7 ...Liam Wright 8 (7) 972 MAJESTIC WAVE 22 S Dow 4-9-4 .............J Glennon (7) 9 (1) 656 DANDY KHAN 13 (C&D4C) J Boyle 4-9-2 .Ashley Lewis 10 (6) 832 SUB THIRTEEN 27 (P) J Scott 5-8-11 .............O Tubb (3) 11 (11) 863 ASHFORD HILL 64 (C&D2) D F Davis 5-8-7..I Chalmers (7) 预计单胜赔率 (Probable SP)：3 Mister Mojito, 4 Sub Thirteen, 9-2 Rogue Dynasty, 6 Majestic Wave, 8 Sahana, Daisy Roots.
5.48 —纯血雌马处女赛 (MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES) (DIV 1) (AWT) (4) (2-Y-O) £11,000 附加金 (£5,940) 7f 1yds (10) 1 (2) 66R DUN EIDEANN 45 T Dascombe 9-2 ............... P-L Jamin 2 (1) LL3 FORTUNATE 10 E J-Houghton 9-2 ......O Carmichael (7) 3 (6) 2 LANGDALE LASS 20 D M Simcock 9-2.......... J Mitchell 4 (5) L LUNAR BLOSSOM 17 W Knight 9-2 ................ M Ghiani 5 (7) MYSTIC UNICORN Michael Keady 9-2 ............D Keenan 6 (10) L POLGARIA 53 R Teal 9-2 .................................. H Davies 7 (9) 086 SPARKLING JEM 36 R Cook & J Bridger 9-2 ... Mason Paetel (5) 8 (4) 7 STEAMY WONDER 12 D Cunha 9-2 ............ S Donohoe 9 (3) WEST TO REST E Dunlop 9-2 ............................R Havlin 10 (8) 4 WILD ORCHID 10 C Johnston 9-2 ......................J Callan 预计单胜赔率 (Probable SP)：4-7 Langdale Lass, 4 Fortunate, 10 West To Rest, 12 Wild Orchid, 20 Dun Eideann.
6.18 —纯血雌马处女赛 (MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES) (DIV 2) (AWT) (4) (2-Y-O) £11,000 附加金 (£5,940) 7f 1yds (9) 1 (9) HIGHLAND GREY R Teal 9-2 ........................... J Mitchell 2 (5) 252 JAZZY BLUE 14 C Fellowes 9-2 ......................P Bradley 3 (1) 532 LUSHILL 27 J S Moore 9-2..........................Taylor Fisher 4 (8) 64 MINNAL 26 D M Simcock 9-2 ............................ M Ghiani 5 (2) 56 POTTERS MARGOT 17 M Crawley 9-2 .............R Havlin 6 (7) REVIENS DEMAIN J Portman 9-2 ................... R Hornby 7 (4) SILVERELLA M Tregoning 9-2...................Jason Watson 8 (3) L SPEAR OF ARTEMIS 92 D Cunha 9-2....Taryn Langley (5) 9 (6) YOU NAME IT R Hughes 9-2 ..............................T Heard 预计单胜赔率 (Probable SP)：7-4 Jazzy Blue, 5-2 Minnal, 7-2 Lushill, 12 Potters Margot, You Name It, 16 Highland Grey, 20 Reviens Demain.
6.48 —让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (AWT) (6) £6,200 附加金 (£3,245) 6f 1yds (12) 1 (4) 886 REPOSADO 32 D Cunha 4-9-9 ..................... S Donohoe 2 (12) 390 EXPRESS TRAIN 33 (D) R Phillips 4-9-7...........R Havlin 3 (10) 531 STYLE KING 29 (P) (C&DD) C Dwyer 4-9-7 .... M Ghiani 4 (7) 526 FEDERAL ENVOY 33 (P) (BF2) Charlie Clover 5-9-7 D Keenan 5 (2) 9LL TWILIGHT MADNESS 18 (P) (C&D2D4) S Hodgson 8-9-7 Charlie Tucker (7) 6 (1) R15 JUST JUMP 33 (BF) A Carroll 4-9-6 .....Ashley Lewis (3) 7 (5) L57 HAVANA SKY 22 (V) (C&D2D6) E Dunlop 5-9-6
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Jason Watson 8 (3) 38L PHOENIX MOON 12 (C&D4) D Coakley 5-9-5 R Hornby 9 (9) 64L BALON D’OR 26 (P) (D) S Dow 5-9-4 .............P Bradley 10 (8) 036 ELVETHAM 5 (B) (C&DD) C Allen 4-9-2 ......... J Gilligan 11 (11) 035 MASTER DANDY 14 (BT) (C&DD) Michael Keady 6-9-1 .... H Davies 12 (6) 519 VITALLINE 30 (BT) (C2D4) Kieran Burke 8-8-10
Josephine Gordon 预计起步赔率 (SP)：5-2 Style King, 6 Just Jump, Federal Envoy, 8 Elvetham, Master Dandy, Havana Sky, 10 Reposado, 12 Balon D’or, 14 Phoenix Moon.
赛道概况：左手 L-H Polytrack 赛道。场地状态： 全天候 (Aw)：标准；草地 (turf)：好至坚硬。起跑闸：6f, 7f & 1m1f 内侧；1m4f & 1m6f 外侧。抽签优势： 低。顶级骑师：Jack Mitchell。顶级练马师：A Carroll。最远奔波马匹：Wild Orchid (5.48) 270 英里。 级别下调：5.48 Dun Eideann 比上次参赛下调 2 个级别（2 级降至 4 级）；6.48 Balon D’or (2)。 气管手术后首次出赛：8.18 Jubilee Time。
赛马结果 诺丁汉 (NOTTINGHAM)
2.40 — QUISANA (C Bishop) 7-1 1; Moonlit Surf evensF 2; Aura Champagne 11-8(2ndFav) 3. 5 匹参赛。 (E J-Houghton)。nk, 8l。Tote：8.00; 2.00, 1.20。Ex：14.10。Tf：15.80。CSF： 14.24。NR：Yimmna。 3.10 — LOLA DE VALENCE (L Edmunds) 5-1 1; Lady Leora 5-6F 2; Harlequin Gift 20-1 3. 7 匹参赛。(B Millman)。41 / 2, hd。Tote：6.00; 2.40, 1.30。Ex：12.50。Tf：53.60。CSF：9.42。 3.40 — MOBADIR (K Shoemark) 6-5F 1; Leucothea 8-1 2; Star People 4-1(2ndFav) 3. 7 匹参赛。(E Walker)。nk, 1 / 2。Tote：2.20; 1.40, 3.20。Ex：10.20。 Tf：41.50。CSF：11.80。 4.10 — SERGEANT MAYER (F McManoman) 15-8F 1; Hurt You Never 7-2 2; Little Jaybee 5-1 3. 5 匹参赛。(N Tinkler)。nk, 23 / 4。Tote：2.88; 1.40, 1.90。Ex：7.70。Tf：28.20。CSF： 8.84。NR：Up The Monk。 4.40 — DEL CORSO (K Shoemark) 1-2F 1; Sedeirah 3-1(2ndFav) 2; Dawn Of Liberation 6-1 3. 4 匹参赛。(E Walker)。33 / 4, 6l。Tote：1.50; Ex：2.30。 Tf：2.80。CSF：2.32。 5.10 — VENETIAN LION (T Marquand) 5-6F 1; Pretty Spirited 20-1 2; Theme Park 9-4(2ndFav) 3. 5 匹参赛。(W Haggas)。21 / 4, 11 / 4。Tote：1.84; 1.20, 5.90。Ex：14.90。Tf：39.80。CSF： 17.95。NR：G’Emmethegreenlite。 积宝 (Jackpot) £1,831.50。 位置票 (Placepot) £16.90。Q’pot £7.20。 里彭 (RIPON)
根据近期讨论的确认， RCA 将继续 投票反对必要的变革， 例如引入 独立的 BHA 董事会以及 赛程表的变更。' Mullen 补充道：'在退出之余，我们仍致力于 参与与英国赛马未来相关的决策。 '因此，我们已开始 与英国赛马管理局 (British Horseracing Authority) 讨论，以探索 最合适的框架 来代表那些致力于 英国赛马长期可持续性 和质量的人士的利益。 '我们的意图是与 雅士谷 (Ascot) 及其他机构合作，追求 一个基于运动长期可持续性的愿景。'
ROBIN GOODFELLOW GIMCRACK 5.18 Mister Mojito 5.48 Wild Orchid 6.18 Jazzy Blue 6.48 Style King 7.18 Russian Rumour 7.48 Koko Blue 8.18 Gert Lush 纽马基 (NEWMARKET) – 5.48 LANGDALE LASS (首选 / nap); 6.18 Jazzy Blue (次选 / nb)。
5.18 Mister Mojito (nb) 5.48 Langdale Lass 6.18 Jazzy Blue 6.48 Style King 7.18 Russian Rumour 7.48 Koko Blue 8.18 Offiah’s Boy
7.18 —让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (4) 增加奖金 £10,200 (£5,339) 1m 6f (4) 1 (2) 14-L SCARLET MOON 95 (P) (D2) A Watson 4-10-2 ....P-L Jamin 2 (4) 34L RUSSIAN RUMOUR 42 (P) (CD4) (GS) J Portman 9-10-0 ....O Tubb (5) 3 (1) 114 TARITINO 10 (D) (GS) J Tickle 6-9-13 .........Taylor Fisher 4 (3) 522 TABASKO 17 (BF) E Walker 3-8-13 ......Ashley Lewis (3) 预计起步赔率 (SP)：4-5 Tabasko, 2 Taritino, 8 Russian Rumour, 10 Scarlet Moon.
7.48 —让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (6) 增加奖金 £6,200 (£3,245) 1m 3f 133码 (7) 1 (1) 60 / 4 HOPE RISING 20 J Snowden 5-9-9 ................. R Hornby 2 (5) L-66 BOSTON RUN 19 S Dow 4-9-9 ........................P Bradley 3 (6) 332 KOKO BLUE 12 Tom Clover 4-9-7 ................... J Mitchell 4 (2) 814 GEARING’S POINT 34 (P) (D4) (G) Miss S West 8-9-4
G Bass 5 (3) 755 DOUGLAS DC 22 (B) A Carroll 8-9-2 ............... M Ghiani 6 (7) 476 PABLO PRINCE 22 (D3) K Jewell 8-9-1 ............R Havlin 7 (4) L5L LAMLASH 52 J Tickle 4-9-0 .........................Taylor Fisher 预计 SP：13-8 Koko Blue, 5-2 Hope Rising, 3 Gearing’s Point, 7 Douglas Dc, 20 Boston Run, Pablo Prince.
8.18 —让磅赛 (6) 增加 £6,200 (£3,245) 1m 1f (6) 1 (6) 59L AMBER HONEY 44 (B) (D) P Phelan 4-9-9 ....P Bradley 2 (4) 283 GERT LUSH 21 (D3) (S) R Teal 9-9-7 .............G Mangan 3 (1) 562 OFFIAH’S BOY 4 (C) (G) J Tickle 5-9-7 ......Taylor Fisher 4 (3) 304 MONKS MEAD 22 (C) (G) M Usher 5-9-2 ...........G Bass 5 (5) 7-LL D DAY MAJOR WINTER 27 (H) James Owen 4-9-1
H Davies 6 (2) 3L0 JUBILEE TIME 89 M Usher 4-9-1 .......................T Heard 预计 SP：6-4 Offiah’s Boy, 13-8 Gert Lush, 5 Monks Mead, 10 D Day Major Winter, 16 Amber Honey.
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HEATH船长三重选 LERWICK (首选) (Ffos Las, 3.30) REPOSADO (次选) (Lingfield, 6.48) TABASKO (三连胜) (Lingfield, 7.18)
马房私语 KOKO BLUE (Lingfield, 7.48)
重量博弈 FEDERAL ENVOY (Lingfield, 6.48) 比上次获胜时的负重减轻 13lb。
失手之选
DAISY ROOTS (Lingfield, 5.18)
(A King)。21 / 4, 11 / 2。Tote: 3.75; 1.50, 2.70, 2.30。Ex: 24.20。Tc: 131.95。Tf: 162.20。CSF: 27.63。 6.30 — STAR BAYSIDE BOY (R Hornby) 16-1 1; Rocsane 6-5F 2; Proper Naughty 10-3 3. 6 ran. (M Tregoning)。nk, nk。Tote: 17.00; 4.50, 1.30。Ex: 38.20。Tf: 94.00。CSF: 36.59。NR: Decem Carolinae。 7.00 — ARDNAMURCHAN (N Currie) 9-2 1; Pilgrim’s Progress 9-4(次热门) 2; Night Shining 4-5F 3. 6 ran. (H Candy)。hd, 3 / 4。Tote: 5.50; 2.10, 1.40。 Ex: 17.70。Tf: 20.70。CSF: 15.18。 NRs: Gris De Chine, Livvys Edge。 7.30 — SAUCY JANE (G Wood) 5-2(次热门) 1; Havana Halo 7-2 2; Lahina Bay 6-4F 3. 5 ran. (Jack Morland)。23 / 4, 11 / 4。Tote: 3.50; 1.50, 1.90。Ex: 5.20。Tf: 22.20。CSF: 11.53。 8.00 — LETSBEATSEPSIS (R Clutterbuck) 11-4(次热门) 1; Freedom Bay 5-1 2; Panthere Noir 5-2F 3. 11 ran. (G & J Moore)。11 / 4, 11 / 4。Tote: 3.75; 1.70, 2.00, 1.10。Ex: 22.80。Tf: 46.60。CSF: 16.58。NR: Tiger Beetle。 8.30 — FLAG CARRIER (O Murphy) 9-2(并列次热门) 1; Chilly Breeze 6-5F 2; Havana Club 13-2 3. 7 ran. (Brian Toomey)。11 / 4, 11 / 2。Tote: 6.10; 2.60, 1.60。Ex: 16.20。Tc: 34.28。Tf: 51.20。 CSF: 10.53。NRs: Benavente, Dark Rosa。 Placepot £30.50. Q’pot £6.80.
War Gaming 7-4(次热门) 3. 4 ran. (K R Burke)。3 / 4, 61 / 2。Tote: 4.50; Ex: 7.00。Tf: 9.20。CSF: 8.20. 2.54 — ALL GOOD (T Kiely- Marshall) 28-1 1; Royale Union 15-8(次热门) 2; Secret Harvest 7-1 3. 6 ran. (J Camacho)。shd, 61 / 2。 Tote: 29.00; 5.90, 1.10。Ex: 78.30。 Tf: 270.80。CSF: 82.20。 3.24 — ANGEL NUMBERS (JP Sullivan) 13-8F 1; Marajito 5-1 2; Creative Queen 7-2 3. 5 ran. (R Carr)。21 / 2, 1l。Tote: 2.63; 1.10, 2.40。 Ex: 9.10。Tf: 25.80。CSF: 9.82。 3.54 — LORD ROXBY (A Jary) 11-4(次热门) 1; Dark Cloud Rising 15-8F 2; Commanche Falls 5-1 3. 7 ran. (N Tinkler)。13 / 4, ns。Tote: 3.75; 1.40, 1.80。Ex: 9.10。Tf: 45.30。 CSF: 8.58。 4.24 — POET’S DAWN (S B Kirrane) 2-1(次热门) 1; Polygram 7-4F 2; His Finest Hour 12-1 3. 5 ran. (T Easterby)。nk, 21 / 2。Tote: 3.00; 3.00, 1.10。Ex: 7.00。Tf: 28.10。 CSF: 5.96。 4.54 — AMBER HAMUR (C Beasley) 2-1F 1; Hey Havana 5-2(次热门) 2; Vega’s Virtue 10-3 3. 7 ran. (E Bethell)。13 / 4, nk。Tote: 3.10; 2.80, 1.40。Ex: 7.70。Tc: 14.71。 Tf: 19.70。CSF: 7.27。NR: Dacres Cross。 Placepot £80.80. Q’pot £3.90. WINDSOR
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H E N 亨利·波洛克（Henry Pollock）在三月份成为首位与埃迪·赫恩（Eddie Hearn）的 Matchroom Talent 经纪公司签约的橄榄球运动员，这被广泛且正确地视为该项运动的一个积极信号。英格兰俱乐部比赛一直面临财务困境，除了少数例外，球员们很难打入主流社会。赫恩进入这个领域被视为改变这一现状的手段，旨在提高波洛克以及同样加入该公司的苏格兰 10 号球员芬·拉塞尔（Finn Russell）的知名度，并进而提升橄榄球运动本身的知名度。几乎立即，赫恩就质疑波洛克通过与北安普顿队（Northampton）及英格兰队的合同赚了多少钱。他誓言很快会提高这个数额。昨天，赫恩更进一步。他告诉《每日电报》，波洛克，21, 值得北安普顿队每年 £1million 的薪水，因为他是一名能为所从事的运动带来无可置疑的赛场天赋与显著商业利益之独特结合的球员。“他是一名七位数级别的球员，”赫恩说。“按照橄榄球目前的发展方向以及波洛克的表现，他在未来几年的价值将飙升，我认为橄榄球的价值也会随之提升。”
赫恩在一点上是正确的。波洛克天赋极高，正是这项运动增长所需要的球员类型。然而，赫恩在数字上的看法是有误的。波洛克的俱乐部合同——将于明年夏天到期——价值 £150,000，而他作为英格兰队的“增强精英球员名单”成员，通过 RFU 的中央收入大约也能获得相同金额。但在英格兰橄榄球目前的财务环境下，北安普顿队——或者事实上其他九支顶级联赛（Prem）球队——给波洛克开出七位数薪水简直是不可想象的。即使是最富有的法国俱乐部可能也会对这个数字感到畏缩。但实际上，这并不重要，因为波洛克不想离开圣徒队（Saints），而且根据 RFU 的规定，出国转会将结束他在英格兰队的职业生涯。
赫恩将波洛克的收入与他的拳击客户进行比较也是毫无意义的。遗憾的是，在运动项目的财富积累方面，橄榄球远落后于拳击，与足球更是相去甚远。
毫无疑问，波洛克从学院球员迅速晋升为英格兰队常规国手及英国与爱尔兰狮队（British & Irish Lion）成员，对于如此年轻的球员来说是非常罕见的。因此，他绝对值得在 £150,000. 的基础上获得加薪。但赫恩的要求可能会给北安普顿队带来麻烦。所有顶级联赛球队
汤姆·班顿（TOM BANTON）在忍痛比赛，以维持这个夏季他所属球队不断攀升至 No 1 的势头。班顿在 Twenty20 总决赛日为萨默塞特队（Somerset）接球时拉伤了四头肌，人们担心他会错过 Hundred 赛事的开幕。
“我一直在这方面有些挣扎，”他透露道。“只是尽量在最大程度上地管理它。”
“现在有很多方法：氧舱、按摩疗法、胶带贴扎、药物，所有这些东西。我正在尽一切可能地维持比赛。”
ECB 的医务人员同意让他继续比赛，因此他将“继续听从专业人士的建议并坚持下去，同时意识到那里可能确实存在问题”。
在帮助英格兰队在世界 T20 排名之巅短暂停留后，
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作者：理查德·吉布森 (RICHARD GIBSON)
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本月，他一直效力于百球赛 (Hundred) 领头羊特伦特火箭队 (Trent Rockets)，在缺席周日战胜日出者利兹队 (Sunrisers Leeds) 的比赛前，仅用 67 个球就砍下 130 分。 由于班顿 (Banton) 目前正处于一级板球赛的休息期，且英格兰的白球球队在 9 月 15, 开始对阵斯里兰卡的三场系列赛之前没有比赛，因此在 8 月 16 日百球赛结束之后，他将有充足的时间进行康复。 关于带伤作战，他表示：“这是我一年中最喜欢的几周。米克·纽威尔 (Mick Newell) 和特伦特火箭队的每一个人所营造的文化和氛围都非常特别。我热爱在这里的生活，我们今年的团队有潜力赢得冠军。” 班顿在近年间展现了他的多面性，在萨默塞特队 (Somerset) 和火箭队中担任上位击球手，但在进入哈里·布鲁克 (Harry Brook) 领导的英格兰队后，则转型为中游击球手；且自 2025 年中期重返 T20 队以来，他的职业击球率一直保持在 148。 此外，他还支持 KP Snacks 的“每个人参与基金” (Everyone In Fund)，这是一项旨在提高内城青少年参与度的计划，他表示：“这是一项昂贵的运动，不是吗？有很多装备需要购买。提供像胶带球这样的东西，能降低所有参与者的成本。” 作为百球赛的官方合作伙伴，KP Snacks 推出了“每个人参与基金”，以支持英格兰和威尔士板球理事会 (ECB) 的“板球城市”计划。欲了解更多信息，请访问 everyonein.co.uk
球员阵容的支出上限为 640 万英镑m，其中一名“招牌”球员的薪水允许在该数字之外计算。 北安普顿队为了确保财务稳定，并未将支出提升至最高限额。圣徒队高层——橄榄球总监菲尔·道森 (Phil Dowson) 和首席执行官朱莉娅·查普曼 (Julia Chapman) 也不太可能为了满足希恩 (Hearn) 的要求而彻底破坏他们球队的运作模式。 另一个复杂点在于，当波洛克 (Pollock) 和罗素 (Russell) 宣布与 Matchroom 签约时，已确认他们当时的代表，即 Stellar Group 的马特·哈特 (Matt Hart)，将继续负责其比赛合同。目前情况依然如此。 但希恩的言论提出了一个有趣的问题：谁将领导与北安普顿队的谈判。 这一切可能的结局是达成妥协。波洛克将获得加薪，但远低于希恩的要求。不过，该球员很可能在此时通过额外的商业合同获得接近 100 万英镑m 的收入。而这对他人以及橄榄球运动都只有好处。
拉杜卡努 (Raducanu) 再次遭遇 伤病困扰
作者：马修·兰布韦尔 (MATTHEW LAMBWELL)
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在大量关于精致餐饮和壮丽山景的照片冲击下，艾玛·拉杜卡努 (Emma Raducanu) 最近的 Instagram 页面上仅发布了两张她实际打网球的照片——一张中她穿着防护靴；另一张中她坐在一个垃圾桶上。因此，当我们确认她将不会参加 8 月 30 日开始的美国公开赛时，并不感到惊讶。她的下肢压力性骨折已导致她缺席了两项大满贯赛事——温布尔登是第一项——且需要更多时间康复。
她的一部分休假时间是在奢华的 Suvretta House 酒店度过的。这家酒店 1912 年在圣莫里茨 (St Moritz) 的山间开业，房价每晚最高可达 £2,500。这家五星级酒店拥有一场风景如画的红土网球场——在上面，拉杜卡努似乎除了单腿撑地发球外，无法做更多事情。
一种病毒性疾病让拉杜卡努在 2 月至 5 月的大部分时间里卧床不起，现在她的赛季面临着逐渐消亡的危险。
在拉杜卡努赢得美国公开赛后的五年里，伤病或疾病从未远离，但考虑到她在短暂的健康期间表现如此出色，最近这段经历尤其令人抓狂。
今年在罗马尼亚的克卢日 (Cluj) 和女王俱乐部 (Queen’s Club)，她取得了自 2021 年获得美国公开赛冠军以来的首个决赛名次。而她与安德鲁·理查森 (Andrew Richardson) 令人期待的重聚（正是此人指导她赢得了那次奇迹般的大满贯冠军）目前仍停留在起跑线上。
一如既往，拉杜卡努的天赋和运动能力意味着，只要她能保持健康，她依然能够成就伟业。问题是，随着时间的推移，这个“只要”变得越来越沉重。
卡拉宝杯 (CARABAO CUP) 预赛
约克 (YORK) . . . . . . . . . . (0) 0 克劳利镇 (CRAWLEY TOWN) (1) 2
迪比亚塞 (Di Biase) 24
奥尔西-达多莫 (Orsi-Dadomo) 86 (点球)
威廉希尔超级联赛 (WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP)
凯尔特人 (CELTIC) . . . . . . . . . . (0) 1 邓迪 (DUNDEE) . . . . . . .(0) 0 尼格伦 (Nygren) 52
P W D L F A GD Pts 圣米伦 (St Mirren) ...........1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 圣约翰斯通 (St Johnstone) .....1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3 阿伯丁 (Aberdeen) ..........1 1 0 0 2 1 1 马瑟韦尔 (Motherwell) .......1 凯尔特人 (Celtic) ..................1 1 0 0 1 0 1 邓迪联 (Dundee Utd) .......1 0 1 0 1 1 0 格拉斯哥流浪者 (Rangers) .............1 0 1 0 1 1 0 基尔马诺克 (Kilmarnock) .......1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0 心脏 (Hearts) ................1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 海伯尼安 (Hibernian) ..........1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 邓迪 (Dundee) ..............1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 法尔基克 (Falkirk) ................1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
女子组，威尔士之火 (Welsh Fire) 122-6 (100 球)；南部勇士 (Southern Brave) 121-5 (100 球)。威尔士之火以 4 个击 wicket 获胜。
ATP & WTA MUBADALA DC 公开赛 (华盛顿特区) — 男子决赛：T·弗里茨 (T Fritz, 美国) 胜 R·乔达尔 (R Jodar, 西班牙) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4。女子决赛：A·埃拉 (A Eala, 菲律宾) 胜 J·佩古拉 (J Pegula, 美国) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0。
WTA 国家银行 公开赛 (多伦多) — 女子第一轮：K·拉希莫娃 (K Rakhimova) 胜 V·威廉姆斯 (V Williams, 美国) 6-4, 6-1；V·戈鲁比奇 (V Golubic, 瑞士) 胜 K·比雷尔 (K Birrell, 澳大利亚) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4；J·布萨斯·马内罗 (J Bouzas Maneiro, 西班牙) 胜 A·阿塞诺 (A Arseneault, 加拿大) 6-2, 6-4；S·贝杰莱克 (S Bejlek, 捷克) 胜 王xanth (X Wang, 中国) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5；K·塞博夫 (K Sebov, 加拿大) 胜 伊藤 A (A Ito, 日本) 6-3, 6-4；内岛 M (M Uchijima, 日本) 胜 C·布克萨 (C Bucsa, 西班牙) 6-3, 6-4；C·奥索里奥 (C Osorio, 哥伦比亚) 胜 L·斯特凡尼 (L Stefanini, 意大利) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3。
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欧联杯 (EUROPA LEAGUE) 第三轮资格赛首回合 拉恩 (Larne) v 伊比利亚 1999 (Iberia 1999) .......................(8.0) 香浓罗物 (Shamrock Rovers) v KF 埃格纳蒂亚 (KF Egnatia) ....(8.0) 板球 — THE HUNDRED：利兹太阳神 (SunRisers Leeds) v 伦敦精神 (London Spirit) (海丁利球场, 男子 6:30pm, 女子 3.0pm)。
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切尔西在布伦特福德允许 36 岁的乔丹·亨德森提前一年终止合同后，于昨日确认通过自由转会签下他。 亨德森的加盟是在切尔西从布莱顿签下 35 岁的丹尼·韦尔贝克两天之后。 亨德森和韦尔贝克两人将为哈比·阿隆索的球队带来总计 863 场英超联赛出场的经验。 切尔西主帅阿隆索在接管斯坦福桥的谈判期间发现，球队在年龄分布上需要更好的平衡。在过去两个赛季中，“蓝军”打破了英超联赛派出最年轻阵容的纪录，并因缺乏成熟度而受到支持者的批评。 切尔赛此前将目标锁定在 33 岁的桑德兰队长格拉尼特·扎卡身上，他曾在拜耳勒沃库森与阿隆索共事，但未能将其从光明球场带走。他们还对 32 岁的约翰-斯通斯表现出兴趣，后者在离开曼彻斯特城后于上周加盟国际米兰。 亨德森是免费加盟的，而切尔赛支付给韦尔贝克的费用被描述为“未披露”。不过，这笔费用并没有达到巨额水平。 韦尔贝克已前往香港与新队友汇合，但亨德森仍在从上个月在世界杯代表英格兰队期间遭受的手臂骨折中恢复。 他们的到来确认了切尔赛已经调整了转会策略，旨在为年轻的阵容增加经验丰富的领导者。 26 岁的马克斯·拉夸在上周以 £52million 的价格从水晶宫完成转会，而 24 岁的摩根·罗杰斯则以打破俱乐部纪录的 1.17 亿英镑m 从阿斯顿维拉加盟。 在利物浦效力的 12 年期间赢得过欧冠冠军和英超冠军的亨德森表示：“考虑到俱乐部的规模、我非常钦佩的主教练以及球员的质量，这是一个我无法拒绝的巨大机会。” “我也对所有者希望切尔赛取得成功的程度印象深刻，并且”
作者：TAMARA PRENN
贾登·桑乔一直在非联赛球队弗利克斯顿足球俱乐部训练，试图解决他的未来问题。 这位 26 岁的边锋在 6 月被曼彻斯特联释放后成为自由球员，他在 2021 年以 £75million 的价格加盟该俱乐部，上赛季租借至阿斯顿维拉。在考虑下一步行动时，桑乔选择了一个不寻常的场所来保持状态——第 10 级别的弗利克斯顿队。 该俱乐部的山谷路球场可容纳 2,000 名支持者，距离仅三英里
但仅为保持状态，前途仍不确定
来自曼联卡灵顿（Carrington）总部。桑乔加盟这支非联赛球队——该队参加西北郡联赛第一分区北区（North West Counties League Division One North）——此举如此令人震惊，以至于俱乐部被迫发表声明解释他在此的原因。 弗利克斯顿（Flixton）表示：“在过去的几天里，我们看到许多关于杰登·桑乔（Jadon Sancho）访问弗利克斯顿足球俱乐部的帖子和评论。特此澄清，杰登并非在俱乐部试训，也未参与任何转会讨论。 ‘他仅仅是利用我们的设施进行私人训练，以便在为职业生涯下一章节做准备的同时保持身体状态。 ‘在访问期间，杰登表现得非常专业、谦逊，并且慷慨地抽出时间。在完成训练后，他愉快地与年轻支持者见面，合影并签名，留下了深刻的印象。’ 《每日邮报》体育版上周报道称，卡塔尔球队 Al-Rayyan 正在关注这位前英格兰球星，马德里竞技（Atletico Madrid）同样在关注。
资深球员：亨德森，36，身着切尔西新球衣摆拍 切尔西（CHELSEA）
这是一个正确的方向。对我来说，重要的是在场上和场下每天全力以赴，尽可能地帮助周围的球员和球队。我非常期待开始新生活。’ 与此同时，切尔西与意大利俱乐部科莫（Como）已就后卫特雷沃·查洛巴（Trevoh Chalobah）达成 2600万英镑 (£26million) 的转会费协议。该交易将 包括针对这名 27 岁的英格兰中后卫的 520万英镑 (520 万英镑m) 附加条款，预计他将于明晚前往意大利。 科莫队由前切尔西和阿森纳中场塞斯克·法布雷加斯（Cesc Fabregas）执教，他在上赛季带领球队在意甲联赛中获得前四名，历史上首次率队进入欧冠联赛。
库尼亚回归 季前训练感到高兴
作者：克里斯·惠勒 (CHRIS WHEELER)
布鲁诺·费尔南德斯是曼联世界杯参赛球员中最新一批报到卡灵顿总部参加季前训练的人员，此时迈克尔·卡里克的阵容已接近全员到齐。 曼联队长费尔南德斯与葡萄牙队友迪奥戈·达洛特以及在世界杯闯入 16 强后的巴西球员马特乌斯·库尼亚一同回归，而随摩洛哥队进入八强的努赛尔·马兹拉维也已回到俱乐部。 这四名球员将在最初的几天内接受个人测试和身体评估，并可能入选曼联下一场季前友谊赛的随队名单，该场比赛将于周六下午在哥德堡对阵巴黎圣日耳曼。 比利时双人组塞内·拉门斯和新签下的 £35million 球员尤里·蒂莱曼斯在经历了上周的训练回归后，也可能登场。 目前尚不清楚本杰明·塞斯科是否能够参赛，他因持续的小腿问题错过了曼联前三场季前赛（分别对阵雷克瑟姆、罗森堡和马德里竞技）。 最后一批回归的将是英格兰双人组科比·梅努和
毛里西奥·波切蒂诺已经签署了一份新合同，将继续执掌美国国家队直到 2030 年世界杯之后。 波切蒂诺之前的合同在今夏赛事结束时到期，在该届赛事中，美国队进入了 16 强。 “让男子国家队变得更强具有巨大的潜力，”54 岁的波切蒂诺表示。“整个世界杯期间球迷们展现出的热情，进一步增强了我们对可能性的信心。”
马库斯·拉什福德，以及来自阿根廷的利桑德罗·马丁内斯，所有人预计都将加入俱乐部的爱尔兰训练营，曼联将于 8 月 12 日在都柏林对阵利兹联。 俱乐部预计，马丁内斯在世界杯决赛阿根廷负于西班牙的半场前所遭受的大腿受伤，以及导致梅努缺席英格兰在三四名决赛中击败法国的背部问题，都不会产生影响，但仍将在两名球员回归后进行评估。 在周六曼联在斯德哥尔摩 2-1 击败马德里竞技之前，卡里克表示：“我们有五或六名球员将在周一回归，在那之后的一周还会有更多人回来。” “你在世界杯中走得越远，你的休假时间就越少。在球员们离开之前，我们就拿这件事开过玩笑，事实就是这样。” 与此同时，曼努埃尔·乌加特自 7 月中旬回到卡灵顿后一直在进行康复训练，此前他在世界杯小组赛乌拉圭 1-0 负于西班牙的比赛中遭受了膝盖韧带受伤并进行了手术。
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阿尔特塔最大的赌注 巴西人保证进球，但其高昂的薪水和缺乏的工作态度可能会毁掉主教练建立的一切
乍一看，思考为什么米克尔·阿尔特塔 (Mikel Arteta) 会想要签下世界上最好的球员之一似乎有点傻。他为什么不想把皇家马德里的超级巨星维尼修斯·儒尼奥尔 (Vinicius Junior) 带到酋长球场，在英超历史上最轰动的转会之一中完成这次操作——尤其是当这位巴西人能够弥补阿森纳失衡进攻中最严重的缺陷时？众所周知，阿森纳上赛季过于依赖其右翼，过于依赖布卡约·萨卡 (Bukayo Saka) 来创造奇迹，而如果那样行不通，就只能依靠定位球来弥补。在另一侧，莱安德罗·特罗萨德 (Leandro Trossard) 和加布里埃尔·马丁内利 (Gabriel Martinelli) 从不缺乏努力或勤勉，但在产出方面有所欠缺。阿森纳在上赛季以冠军身份收官，所以也许我们不能抱怨太多，但如果阿尔特塔想让枪手继续屹立于顶峰，他知道自己必须找到一种方法来解决边路区域的这种不平衡。
维尼修斯可以做到这一点，甚至更多。这位 26 岁的边锋是世界上最危险的持球推进者之一。在欧洲五大联赛的盘带球员中，维尼修斯与巴塞罗那的新星、西班牙世界杯冠军拉明·亚马尔 (Lamine Yamal) 一起并列为顶尖水平。每当球在脚下时，维尼修斯就会向禁区内推进并尝试射门；或者，如果防守球员封堵了角度，他会把球传给队友由对方出击。上赛季在五大联赛中，在持球推进五米或更远距离后创造更多机会的球员没有一个人比维尼修斯更多。他在此类推进后自己射门 49 次，仅次于亚马尔 50 次的领先纪录。萨卡在持球推进方面是阿森纳最出色的球员，且领先幅度很大——上赛季他为枪手贡献了超过 15 次以射门告终的推进——但即便如此，他的数据在维尼修斯惊人的数字面前也显得相形见绌。特罗萨德和马丁内利两人合计仅完成了 19 次以射门告终的推进和 18 次以创造机会告终的推进。维尼修斯的数据表明，他在抢球、切入禁区并制造威胁方面是多么的无情且具有破坏力。如果阿森纳想要突破
不太可能的联盟：阿尔特塔（左）不能指望维尼修斯能承担太多的防守工作 GETTY IMAGES
深层的防线在上赛季经常给他们带来麻烦。 然而，尽管有如此出色的表现，但人们无法忽视一个挥之不去的疑虑：他是否适合阿森纳。或者更具体地说，是否适合阿尔特塔。 西班牙媒体《阿斯》声称，阿尔特塔为了诱使维尼修斯来到北伦敦，承诺将围绕他来构建球队。 但这将违背一切带给阿森纳荣耀的原则。在阿尔特塔执教下取得的如此多成功，很大程度上源于他们的压迫以及共同实施压迫的团队协作。 他们作为一个整体进行防守，每个人都发挥自己的作用。如果压迫中的某个环节没有尽到职责，他们就很容易被对方击破。 阿尔特塔希望他的前线球员在没有球时能像有球时一样忙碌。例如，尽管马丁内利的进球和助攻数较低，但在上赛季中，所有出场时间超过 500 分钟的联赛球员中，他在进攻三分之一区域的平均夺回球数最高。 而在他的巴西队友维尼修斯身上，你无法得到这一点。在皇家马德里，很少有人对他提出这样的要求。 事实上恰恰相反。他经常被允许逃避这些职责，专注于最大化发挥其毁灭性的进攻特质。 他在球场上游走，等待队友抢回球，然后在反击中迅速行动。 由于被认为缺乏努力，马德里球迷在上赛季经常对他反感。在一次爆冷输给赫塔费的主场比赛后，一名评论者给出了刻薄的评价：“工作率 0，发脾气 100”，在那场比赛中，维尼修斯宁愿向伯纳乌的观众做手势，也不愿回防。 在阿尔特塔麾下，或者在球迷面前，他将无法获得如此大的自由。 如果阿森纳能够完成近年来英超联赛规模最大的一次签约，他将被要求履行自己的职责。 维尼修斯肯定得比在皇家马德里时做得更多。上赛季，他夺回球权的次数远少于萨卡、马丁内利或特罗萨德，而在进攻三分之一区域的夺回球数几乎只有马丁内利的一半。 不过，尽管有诸多抱怨，但数据表明他仍有进步空间。上赛季，维尼修斯在高位夺回球权的频率与诺尼·马杜埃凯相当，且除了萨卡以外，他的抢断成功次数超过了阿森纳所有的前锋。 维尼修斯上赛季的夺球数据优于阿森纳前锋维克托·约克雷斯，因此，如果阿尔特塔要围绕他构建球队，或许这为维尼修斯出任前锋打开了可能性——就像他在马德里经常做的那样——尤其是在阿尔特塔想要利用后方空间的比赛中。 维尼修斯在马德里对阵曼彻斯特城的欧冠 16 强赛第二回合中就这么做了。佩普·瓜迪奥拉的球队在总比分上 3-0 落后并试图追分，这给担任中锋的维尼修斯留下了突破的机会。 阿尔特塔希望他的球队能传出更多这样的球，以创造更多这样的跑位。 预计来自纽卡斯尔的维尼修斯的巴西队友布鲁诺·吉马良斯将会加盟，后者擅长从后场传出直塞球，这将有所帮助。
其他球员可以 替这名边锋 承担脏活
解锁这一点。这当然是一个选项，但它无法解决左侧的问题。 也许阿尔特塔愿意妥协。维尼修斯可能不像马蒂内利或已离队的特罗萨德那样勤勉，但他带来的进球数、助攻数和球星影响力将足以弥补这一点。 如果阿尔特塔允许他留在前场高位，不仅能为阿森纳提供快速反击的理想选择，还可能令对手因恐惧而不得不留一名球员在后方阻止反击。 阿尔特塔或许认为，如果让维尼修斯专注于自己的发挥，周围的其他球员可以接手那些“脏活”。同样，如果他们能签下吉马良斯，其全能且高效的身体能力将使阿森纳的左中场（通常是德克兰·赖斯）在球队丢失球权后能承担更多清理工作。 迈尔斯·刘易斯-斯凯利有足够的体力覆盖更多区域，并具备从左后卫转职而来的防守意识。这可能意味着阿森纳的左后卫，无论是里卡多·卡拉菲奥里还是皮耶罗·因卡皮耶，必须克制向前套上的冲动。 维尼修斯还将打破阿森纳平衡的薪资结构。他是一位巨星，必然伴随着巨星级别的薪水。如果阿尔特塔在场上做出特例，他在场下也必须做出特例。 看来，在综合考量之后，他认为维尼修斯值得这样做。
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转会消息是由一名拥有超过 100 million 粉丝的人在社交媒体上公布的，旨在获得最大程度的曝光。涉事球员是摩根·吉布斯-怀特，尽管——至少目前为止——他在这个夏天还没有更换俱乐部。相反，这位诺丁汉森林的 10 号球员将他的代理机构从强大的 CAA Stellar 切换到了 ROOF，后者是足球经纪人世界中一支新兴的力量。详情由法布里齐奥·罗马诺在 7 月 17. 日披露。ROOF 的总部位于德国，他们还代表凯哈弗特茨、范戴克、阿德莫拉·卢克曼以及布莱顿主教练法比安·许尔策勒。当球员更换代理机构时，显而易见的结论是他们正在寻求离队之策，虽然吉布斯-怀特的情况不一定是这样，但此举引起了森林队高层的关注。《每日邮报》体育版将分析森林队与吉布斯-怀特的现状以及接下来可能发生的情况。
森林队态度坚定 除非报价诱人到无法拒绝，否则森林队不打算在这个夏天出售 26, 岁的吉布斯-怀特。由于埃利奥特·安德森以 £116 million 的价格被卖给曼彻斯特城，俱乐部并没有太大的资金压力，且老板埃万格洛斯·马里纳基斯不想在同一个转会窗口再次放走另一名球星。在聘请奥利弗·格拉斯纳担任主教练后，马里纳基斯希望提升球队而非仅仅维持现状。其想法是以吉布斯-怀特为核心打造新面貌的森林队，尽管他在上赛季贡献了 18 粒进球和 7 次助攻，但仍未入选英格兰世界杯大名单。当吉布斯-怀特去年夏天转会托特纳姆热刺的交易未能达成时，他与森林队签署了一份为期三年的新合同，成为了俱乐部历史上薪水最高的球员。森林队当时的计划是将吉布斯-怀特置于所有战术的核心，在他经历了一个辉煌的赛季后，他们并不打算改变策略。
他们还相信格拉斯纳能将吉布斯-怀特的比赛水准提升到另一个高度——就像
阿森纳针对布鲁诺的 下一轮报价
÷ 尽管此前一项超过 £70 million 的报价被拒绝，但阿森纳仍与纽卡斯尔就布鲁诺·吉马良斯（Bruno Guimaraes）的交易进行官方谈判。这位 28, 岁的巴西人于昨日迟到地抵达了纽卡斯尔在西班牙拉曼加（La Manga）的训练营，并在社交媒体上发布照片以证明其在场。纽卡斯尔在预料到对方会提高报价的同时，正继续努力寻找替代者。
他对待亚当·沃顿（Adam Wharton）、迈克尔·奥利塞（Michael Olise）和水晶宫的埃贝雷奇·埃泽（Eberechi Eze）那样做。 但为了实现这一目标，格拉斯纳（Glasner）需要吉布斯-怀特（Gibbs-White）全身心投入。如果他一心想着转会，格拉斯纳的任务可能会比他预想的更艰巨。 摩根的谜题 在今年夏天以及去年夏天，吉布斯-怀特都目睹了队友们加入了欧冠
观察 作者：西蒙·琼斯 (SIMON JONES)
÷ 克里斯蒂安·诺加德 (CHRISTIAN NORGAARD) 即将从阿森纳加盟埃弗顿，目前等待体检，预计体检将在今天进行。埃弗顿中场蒂姆·伊罗格布纳姆 (Tim Iroegbunam) 正引起英超竞争对手俱乐部及海外球队的关注。考文垂 (COVENTRY)、赫尔 (HULL) 和伊普斯维奇 (IPSWICH) 均已进行询问。 ÷ 那波利 (NAPOLI) 就切尔西 (CHELSEA) 后卫贝努瓦·巴迪亚希尔 (Benoit Badiashile) 的交易进行了进一步讨论。蓝军即将收到水晶宫 (CRYSTAL PALACE) 对阿克塞尔·迪萨西 (Axel Disasi) 的报价，而 19 岁的全背子詹内西斯·安特威 (Genesis Antwi) 已同意离开斯坦福桥，以赛季长期租借的方式加盟姊妹俱乐部斯特拉斯堡。 ÷ 西汉姆 (WEST HAM) 正在与桑德兰 (SUNDERLAND) 就 24 岁的边锋西蒙·阿丁格拉 (Simon Adingra) 的租借交易进行谈判。然而，桑德兰阻止了铁锤帮引进威尔逊·伊西多尔 (Wilson Isidor) 的举动，称这位海地前锋今夏并不出售。西汉姆现在正准备为 AZ Alkmaar 前锋特洛伊·帕罗特 (Troy Parrott) 提供 1800 万英镑 (£18m) 的报价，波尔图、科莫、阿贾克斯、埃因霍温 PSV 和皇家贝蒂斯对他感兴趣。他们还将为凯尔特人中场阿尔内·恩格尔斯 (Arne Engels) 提供一份更高的报价，而弗雷迪·波茨 (Freddie Potts) 正在完成一项 1000 万英镑 (£10m) 的转会，加盟俱乐部布鲁日。
联赛俱乐部。去年 7 月，安东尼·埃兰加 (Anthony Elanga) 转会至纽卡斯尔，今年轮到安德森 (Anderson) 离开。顺便一提，安德森由 CAA Stellar 代理。一年前，热刺认为他们激活了吉布斯-怀特 (Gibbs-White) 合同中 6000 万英镑 (£60m) 的解约金条款——但诺丁汉森林对此持不同意见并赢得了这场博弈。 吉布斯-怀特在诺丁汉获得了丰厚的回报且生活稳定，那里的球迷非常崇拜他，但如果安德森和埃兰加的离去没有影响他的想法，那他就不像个正常人了。他在森林队并不不开心，但他很有野心。未能入选英格兰世界杯名单让他深感失望。《每日邮报》体育版可以透露，切尔西在今年夏天早些时候对吉布斯-怀特表现出了兴趣，但这位中场球员渴望在尽可能高的水平上踢球，这意味着欧冠联赛。
托特纳姆 (TOTTENHAM) 边锋马诺·索罗门 (Manor Solomon) 仍是西汉姆的另一个选择。 ÷ 富勒舍姆 (FULHAM) 已确认从皇家马德里签下 22 岁的前锋冈萨洛·加西亚 (Gonzalo Garcia)，转会费为 3600 万英镑 (£36m)。21 岁的塞萨尔·帕拉索斯 (Cesar Palacios) 也已完成转会。 ÷ 曼联 (MANCHESTER UNITED) 愿意允许奇多·奥比-马丁 (Chido Obi Martin) 外租。这位 18 岁的丹麦前锋引起了英格兰国内及海外多家俱乐部的兴趣。 ÷ 赫尔 (HULL) 对奥格斯堡中场 21 岁的梅特·科穆尔 (Mert Komur) 提出了两次报价，均被拒绝。 ÷ 斯托克 (STOKE) 与伊普斯维奇就右后卫哈里·克拉克 (Harry Clarke) 达成了 350 万英镑 (£3.5m) 的原则性协议。拖拉机男孩 (Tractor Boys) 还与伯恩利 (BURNLEY) 达成了一项 1600 万英镑 (£16m) 的协议以
他从小就是曼联的球迷，曼城曾至少一次尝试签下他但未走完最后一步。吉布斯-怀特原以为去年夏天自己将前往曼城，结果曼城转而签下了拉扬·谢尔基 (Rayan Cherki)。至于曼联，据认为他们的优先级在其他地方。布鲁诺·费尔南德斯 (Bruno Fernandes) 在上个赛季表现惊人，今夏离开的可能性很小。局势将如何演变？在森林队上赛季排名第 16 位并在欧联杯半决赛出局后，吉布斯-怀特一直在评估自己的选择。他在想，留在森林队是否能实现自己的欧冠之梦？在升级后的四个赛季中，有三个赛季森林队在积分榜末端挣扎。上赛季，他们与获得最后一个欧冠席位的利物浦在分值上相差 16 分。但据说格拉斯纳 (Glasner) 的到来激励了吉布斯-怀特，并且他对以下内容留下了深刻印象：
这位奥地利人在 Forest 在葡萄牙的训练营期间出现。吉布斯-怀特将密切关注签约情况。这些举措，加上教练席上出现一名经验丰富的赢家，是否足以让他打消离开的念头？《每日邮报》体育版获悉，如果奥利塞在今年夏天离开拜仁慕尼黑，吉布斯-怀特将成为接替他的候选人之首。皇家马德里也想要奥利塞。值得注意的是，ROOF 与拜仁有着深厚的联系，后者通过在 2024 年签下奥利塞，以及在一年之前签下哈里·凯恩，从英超联赛中进行了高效的引援。从历史上看，英格兰俱乐部在将顶尖球员出售到海外时，也比出售给国内竞争对手更愿意接受。沙特职业联赛的阿尔希拉尔俱乐部也在寻求一名进攻型中场，但对于正值巅峰且英格兰队之梦依然在的吉布斯-怀特来说，前往那里将是一个巨大的决定。如果吉布斯-怀特在今年夏天离开，很可能是前往海外。如果他再留一年，则会有其他选择——如果这是费尔南德斯的最后一个赛季，也许是曼联。当 Forest 在 2022 年签下吉布斯-怀特时，当时的主教练史蒂夫·库珀向他保证，即使在状态低迷时期也会支持他，而这在他青训时期的俱乐部狼队那里并未实现。他现在是 Forest 计划的核心，无论何时离开，吉布斯-怀特都期待获得类似的对待。接下来的几周将会非常有趣。
签下中场球员弗洛伦蒂诺，后者已完成体检。 与此同时，伊普斯威奇正将阿里·阿尔-哈马迪租借至波兰俱乐部拉库夫切斯托霍瓦。 ÷ 莱斯特城的奥利弗·斯基普是普雷斯顿的目标。这位中场被视为队长本·怀特曼的理想替代者，后者将以 300 万英镑m 的价格加盟雷克斯汉姆。主教练保罗·赫金博托姆在周末表达了不满，称怀特曼在表示自己为该俱乐部踢完最后一场比赛以强行促成转会后，已经越界了。“本知道有一条我不想让他跨越的线，”赫金博托姆说道，“只要我能得到另一名球员，我就不在意。”
伊拉奥拉仍有难题待解
“更快，更快，快起来！”利物浦新任主教练安多尼·伊拉奥拉大声吼道。他身穿俱乐部训练服，吹响挂在绳子上的口哨。地点位于芝加哥市中心几英里外的 Endeavor Health 绩效中心，这里可以俯瞰这座“风之城”的绝美景色。但现在没有时间停下来欣赏这座拥有全美第三高建筑的城市天际线，也没有时间理会头顶盘旋的直升机。对于利物浦和伊拉奥拉来说，这次季前巡回赛的核心就是刻苦工作、强度和结果。这些是过去两周的关键词；如果每当球员提到“强度”时我们能得到一英镑，我们就能买得起利物浦急需的新球员，从而为伊拉奥拉本赛季的成功提供平台。19 岁的边锋基兰·莫里森是此次巡回赛的突破之星，也是争夺一线队出场时间的竞争者，他告诉我们，在经历了包括高强度锻炼和心率提升压迫训练在内的每日两练后，大多数夜晚到晚上 9 点时他的“腿已经跑废了”。上赛季的最佳球员多米尼克·索博斯洛伊（无论是有意还是无意）间接地讽刺了由阿尔内·斯洛特领导的前任体制，他说：“我们需要的强度，现在就有了。我们之前一直缺失的东西，现在在教练层面和球员层面都回来了。”同样来自匈牙利的左后卫米洛什·克尔凯兹在季前赛中在战术上取得了巨大进步，并开始指导年轻球员，他告诉记者：“关键在于强度。他 [伊拉奥拉] 并不害怕在全场任何地方进行一对一地对抗，不害怕高位压迫，并且始终保持进攻态势。”训练结束后，球员们有时会直接瘫在球场上——就像一名在经历了五盘大战后的网球运动员。在休息的下午，他们会享受购物之旅，或者简单地在酒店顶层酒吧里放松。他们不会像帕克海特酒店的其他顾客那样点花俏的鸡尾酒——而是热
发自芝加哥
巧克力一直深受喜爱。 队员们还有时间玩 Uno 游戏和进行杯子叠叠乐比赛；在这一点上，大家起码没有感觉到缺少穆罕默德·萨拉赫。他曾经是所有事情的王者，包括乒乓球等季前消遣活动。在萨拉赫不在的情况下，索博斯莱接过了接力棒。 但萨拉赫在效力九年、打入 257 球并获得七项主要奖杯后离队，在球队中留下了一个巨大的空缺；由于范戴克和阿里森在世界杯后缺席，此次行程中也能感受到领导力的真空。 作为队长，35 岁的范戴克去年出场时间比任何人都多，因此他获得了延长夏季假期的机会，并在利物浦基地开始季前训练，而不是在这里带着行李箱生活两周。
伊劳拉在训练中留下了深刻的印象，进行了不懈的压迫训练。 既有现代化的触点，也有老派的惩罚。 如果球员在训练中处于输掉比赛的一方，他们将面临后果。在某项练习中被发现偷懒？那就要在球场两端之间来回冲刺，小伙子。在小场地比赛中落败？快走，去跑步。
这里还出现了名人身影。邦·乔维 (Jon Bon Jovi) 曾与利物浦在纽约市同一家酒店入住；而奥利维亚·迪恩 (Olivia Dean) 和 Charli XCX 等音乐艺人则为了 Lollapalooza 音乐节来到这座城市。 时尚设计师汤米·希尔费格 (Tommy Hilfiger) 也与工作人员合影，一些球员则前往了解传奇的芝加哥公牛篮球队，并与迈克尔·乔丹的雕像合影。 当其他队友在投篮时，替补门将哈维·戴维斯 (Harvey Davies) 展示了他的反应能力，他纵身飞扑，救出了一个全速向摄影师相机冲去的篮球。 其他人访问了一家三明治店，这里是热门剧集《熊店》(The Bear) 的拍摄地；在他们几乎错过营业时间时，媒体团队的一名成员通过运作帮他们解决了问题。店主根本不知道“soccer”是什么意思，也不认识店外的这些人是谁。
前拜仁慕尼黑和巴塞罗那传奇前锋罗伯特·莱万多夫斯基 (Robert Lewandowski) 在芝加哥火焰队的基地与球队接触，利物浦在那里进行了两周的训练。这次集训与各国队在世界杯期间的做法非常相似——他们没有在不同州之间迁移，而是将芝加哥作为基地，仅在比赛期间飞往纳什维尔和纽约——不过其中一班航班因风暴而取消。 芝加哥火焰队上个月还将基地租给了德国队，希望展示为什么美国可以成为首选目的地。这家美职联 (Major League Soccer) 俱乐部的工作人员在得知范戴克没有随队出访后感到非常失望，因为他们原以为可以通过向他展示最先进的设施，在未来对他发起一次非正式的签约邀请。
现代化触点 与老派惩罚 相结合
范戴克周薪 £350,000 的合同将于明年夏天到期。 鉴于一些名将的缺席，一些青少年球员挺身而出，其中最令人印象深刻的是 19 岁的中场球员特雷·尼奥尼 (Trey Nyoni)。 甚至在三场友谊赛之前，消息人士就提到他在训练中如何脱颖而出，现在他已经拥有了在 8 月 23 日对阵纽卡斯尔的英超揭幕战中首发的势头。 尼奥尼来自莱斯特城的青训营，是利物浦采取激进策略签约全国顶尖年轻才俊的一员，他是一名后腰，也可以在多个其他位置上比赛。 “即使对手离他很近，他也会要求传球，他很有自信，并不匆忙，”伊劳拉在纽约表示，“这是非常宝贵的。” 过去 12 个月的突破之星里奥·恩古莫哈 (Rio Ngumoha) 现在看来肯定会在圣詹姆斯公园球场首发，他在上赛季该球场打入了个人首个成年队进球，在最后时刻帮助球队以 3-2 获胜。伊劳拉一直试图将他所有的
痛苦与收获：戈麦斯在首场友谊赛中被换下前接受了治疗，但（右）克尔凯兹在季前赛中取得了巨大进步 GETTY IMAGES
边翼卫需要能够胜任两侧，因为目前的球员分布不均，大家都倾向于在左路出击——如果他们从巴黎圣日耳曼签下布拉德利·巴尔科拉，这个问题将进一步加剧。新签下的 34.5 百万英镑球员、另一名左路边翼卫维克多·穆诺斯在随西班牙队夺得世界杯后，将于本周开始季前训练；而科迪·加克波在经历六月伴侣孕期失去孩子后，获得了休假时间。托特纳姆热刺希望签下加克波，但红军没有出售意愿。不过，边翼卫的平衡并非伊劳拉最大的问题。问题在于防守。此次巡回赛在利物浦的首场友谊赛中（在纳什维尔以 4-2 击败桑德兰）开始，乔·戈麦斯在出场 8 分钟后因伤跛行下场。红军原希望 1 月以 55 百万英镑签入的杰里米·雅克现在能恢复健康，但他们对这位 21 岁的法国后卫采取了谨慎处理。雅克在原俱乐部雷恩遭受肩伤后一直未出场。这意味着戈麦斯的 8 分钟是此次巡回赛中唯一的一名资深中后卫的出场时间。右后卫同样是个问题，因为康纳·布拉德利长期受伤。杰雷米·弗林蓬在周日对阵利兹的友谊赛中被替换下场，但预计并非严重问题。18 岁的奥地利人伊费安尼·恩杜克韦表现出色，但在从奥地利维也纳转会后尚未获得工作许可，因此无法参加正式比赛；而全能后卫卢克·钱伯斯在上赛季租借至查尔顿后展现了巨大的潜力。22 岁的钱伯斯一直给工作人员留下深刻印象，且似乎已度过了几次长期的伤病挫折，并在 4-2 负于利兹的比赛中打入首球。“他真是个钻石般的孩子，利物浦能拥有他是幸运的，”他此前在基尔马诺克的教练、现任职于流浪者队的德里克·麦克尼斯告诉《每日邮报》体育版。
关于年轻球员，一位消息人士表示，这些新人对伊劳拉的方法感到惊讶。没有哪个球员比另一个更重要：伊劳拉花在一名零首发分钟数的年轻人身上的时间，与花在明星球员索博斯洛伊身上一样多。他的教练组帮助他适应环境，英国双人组汤米·埃尔菲克和肖恩·库珀在团队中很受欢迎。当你试图偷听伊劳拉在场上的指示时，有趣的是反而听到了埃尔菲克那南海岸的口音。这位前布莱顿、阿斯顿维拉和伯恩茅斯后卫甚至加入了训练课，在中后卫危机的背景下充数。埃尔菲克在本赛季收到了管理冠军联赛球队的邀请，但他选择继续担任伊劳拉的二把手。
斯洛特因上赛季给球队的休息日过多而受到批评。尽管该理论完全不属实——他们在赢得英超冠军的那个赛季休息时间相同——但球迷们会很高兴地得知伊劳拉是毫不留情的。斯洛特的被解雇让许多人感到惊讶，尤其是俱乐部在整个赛季都支持他之后，但在一个糟糕的赛季之后，这是一个正确的决定。范戴克没有被咨询，直到抵达阿姆斯特丹执行世界杯任务时才得知消息，而克尔凯兹则
由于防守危机， 不得不参与 训练
被他震惊的兄弟 从度假小睡中唤醒。 尽管伊劳拉对前伯恩茅斯学生安托万·塞门约（Antoine Semenyo）关于他从不给假期的暗示一笑置之，但这位巴斯克人认为，现在的刻苦努力将在长期内带来成功。一些球员佩戴了用于追踪身体数据的 Whoop 臂环，而新任体能教练帕布罗·德拉托雷（Pablo de la Torre）——被描述为不仅仅是一位体能专家——与医疗团队一起承担着一项艰巨任务，旨在避免去年困扰他们的伤病危机。
伊劳拉与斯洛特在视频会议的数量方面有所不同，他的教学更倾向于身体实践，而非沉重的课堂教学。他不在比赛日进行赛后简报，而是在次日早晨与球队交谈。
当全队飞回大西洋彼岸时，伊劳拉应该有很多需要思考的事情。这次巡演总体上是积极的，但也有负面记录——尤其是索博斯洛伊（Szoboszlai）与柯蒂斯·琼斯（Curtis Jones）在场上的争执。后者是国际米兰的目标，如果对方支付 3500 万英镑m，他将被允许离开。
琼斯和索博斯洛伊在争论后者在洋基体育场 1-0 击败雷克瑟姆（Wrexham）后，将队长臂环交给科斯塔斯（Kostas）的事情。
齐米卡斯（Tsimikas）。下次镜头对准时，三人皆面带微笑，琼斯看向摄影师的一举动暗示这可能是一次精心策划的表演，不过所有迹象表明该问题已被搁置。球队迫切需要签人。如果没有一名顶尖边锋接替萨拉赫（Salah）以及至少一名防守强援，伊劳拉本赛季成功的机会将会降低。预计下周在巴尔科拉（Barcola）的交易上会有进一步进展。去年对手太容易绕过利物浦的中场，一名真正的 No 6 球员将增强他们软弱的腹地。伊劳拉还认为弗洛里安·维尔茨（Florian Wirtz）和亚历山大·伊萨克（Alexander Isak）将带来“巨大”影响，且去年夏天 2.41 亿英镑m 双星预计在经历了首个赛季的挣扎后会表现更好。
场外也笼罩着一层不确定性的阴云，芬威体育集团（FSG）负责人迈克尔·爱德华兹（Michael Edwards）辞职，而体育总监理查德·休格斯（Richard Hughes）几乎确定将加盟沙特阿拉伯的希拉尔队（Al-Hilal）。休格斯在伯恩茅斯和利物浦招募了伊劳拉。前尤尔根·克洛普（Jurgen Klopp）盟友迈克·戈登（Mike Gordon）曾身在芝加哥，他现在以 FSG 总裁的身份重新掌控局面。FSG 正在探索以 £1.35billion 的价格向由阿米特·巴蒂亚（Amit Bhatia）领导的财团出售 30 per cent 的股份。这位前 QPR 巨头正试图争取世界第四大富豪、亚马逊亿万富翁杰夫·贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）加入此次竞标，报道称 Facebook 联合创始人爱德华多·萨弗林（Eduardo Saverin）也很有兴趣。FSG 对出售少数股权持开放态度，这将使资金流向总部位于波士顿的所有者而非俱乐部，但会对利物浦产生积极的连锁反应。不过，这引起了球迷的怀疑，认为由 76-year-old 约翰·W·亨利（John W Henry）领导的俱乐部长期托管者正接近任期的终点。
这次美国之行积极面多于消极面，伊劳拉的表现极其令人印象深刻。但在利物浦在不到三周后前往泰恩赛德（Tyneside）之前，仍有许多问题需要解答。
波洛克（Pollock）一年 £1million 的薪水真的值吗？
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英格兰和威尔士通过撤回对吉安尼·因凡蒂诺（Gianni Infantino）连任 FIFA 主席的支持，加大了对他施压。
威尔士率先公开反对因凡蒂诺竞选第四任期。据《每日邮报》体育版获悉，英足协（FA）将效仿此举，向这位瑞士人发函告知，他们不再支持他。
两国此前都支持因凡蒂诺竞选第四任期，但在他计划将世界杯 £3.1billion 的份额出售给私人投资者后，改变了立场。这些提案引起了……
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喧嚣，迫使这位 56 岁的人退让。英格兰和威尔士需要另外 104 个国家支持他们才能罢免因凡蒂诺。欧足联（UEFA）和中北美及加勒比海足球联盟（CONCACAF）—— 北美、中美洲和加勒比地区的管理机构 —— 已宣布对因凡蒂诺失去信心。假设这两个联合会的成员都跟随，他们将拥有 88 票 —— 意味着还需要来自世界其他地区的 16 个异议者。目前还没有亚洲、非洲、南美洲或大洋洲协会表达对国际足联主席失去信心，这使他目前能够掌控权力。
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migrant who wed US woman after arriving in Greece is held over killing of UK missionary
EXCLUSIVE From Vivek Chaudhary in Athens and Andy Jehring
AN AFGHAN boxer who arrived in Greece on a small boat has been arrested over the murder of a British missionary. Sharif Ahmadzai, 26, is suspected of killing Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, before putting her body in a suitcase and dumping it in a derelict building. CCTV footage allegedly shows him leaving the apartment where Ms Ross was staying with the case and dropping it where her remains were
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free paedophiles and killers early
By Jason Groves Political Editor
ANDY Burnham last night gave the green light for thou- sands of killers, thugs and paedophiles to get out of jail early. The Prime Minister paused the controversial plans last month after a public outcry over the pro- posed release of two of the killers of PC Andrew Harper. Following an urgent review, rapists and the most serious sex offenders will now be excluded from early release. But Downing Street last night confirmed the early release of thousands of other serious crimi- nals, including killers and wife-beat- ers, will go ahead this autumn. The programme will include the release of two of the three teenage killers of PC Harper, who was dragged behind a car for more than a mile in 2019. His widow Lissie last month said
lives at risk’
the prospect of their release ‘makes me feel sick’. Mr Burnham acknowledged the ‘anger, anxiety and distress’ caused to victims by the early- release plans. He said the exclusion of rapists and the worst paedophiles were ‘signifi- cant changes’ but acknowledged ‘there will still be concerns about other offenders having their sen- tences shortened’. The Prime Minister said he had ‘wanted to go further’ but added: ‘It’s not possible without the prison system reaching capacity and col- lapsing, which would put public safety at much greater risk.’ Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: ‘Andy Burnham wants a round of applause for agreeing not to release
rapists and child sex offend- ers. He’s not getting one. ‘This is only a partial climb- down. Killers, violent offend- ers, men who have terrorised their partners and more will all still walk out of prison in October thanks to Labour’s early release scheme. ‘Yet again victims are learning their fate from press releases. The victims of these horrific crimes have suffered weeks of uncertainty and fear. They deserve so much better.’ Domestic Abuse Commis- sioner, Dame Nicole Jacobs, said: ‘The decision to not exclude domestic abuse per- petrators from this scheme is wrong and puts victims lives at risk.’ The early-release plans
Smirking: Albert Bowers, left, and Jessie Cole
mean that thousands of seri- ous offenders who would normally have served two thirds of their sentence before being considered for release, will now be let out after only half of their term. Less serious offenders, who would normally have served half of their sentence, will be released after only a third of their jail time. The changes to the system are designed to be perma- nent, although plans to implement them have been delayed until October. Justice secretary Alex Norris said those released early would face ‘tougher supervision’ on release, including tagging, exclusion zones and random drug tests.
The number of areas using chemical castration to ‘help manage the drivers of sexual offending’ will be doubled. Probation officers will also be given the power to ban some offenders from driving, pubs and football matches. The changes announced by Mr Burnham are expected to cut the number of serious offenders earmarked for early release by around 1,000 to 5,000. Rapists and those convicted of the most serious child sex and grooming gang offences will now be excluded from the early-release provision. How- ever, thousands of other serious criminals can still look forward to early free- dom. These include those
Anger: Lissie Harper, seen with late husband Andrew, has hit out at the early release decision
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He suffered horrific injuries after getting caught in a strap attached to a getaway car driven by Henry Long, who was jailed for 16 years. Long’s accomplices Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were both sentenced in 2020 to 13 years for manslaughter. But the pair, who were pictured laughing during the trial, will now be released in the coming months. Last night Lissie Harper said: ‘This is disgusting. How dare ministers say the killing of a police officer is not enough of a ‘sickening crime’ that deserves the stiffest of punishments. ‘The level of disrespect the Government are showing to Andrew and other victims – and to their loved ones – is beyond contempt.’ Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy welcomed the decision to bar rapists from the scheme but said the Government’s climbdown ‘doesn’t go far enough’. He added: ‘One of Andy Burnham’s first acts as prime minister will be to let thou- sands of criminals – includ- ing killers and paedophiles – out early.’
Brooklyn and Nicola in St Tropez
Icy relations: Brooklyn, left, and Nicola and, right, David and Victoria in St Tropez
By Olivia Kemp Showbusiness Reporter
THEY may have come within a five-minute walk of each other’s holiday haunts. But it seems David and Victoria Beckham and their estranged son Brooklyn are still worlds apart. The former England captain, 51, and ex-Spice Girl, 52, unknowingly retraced the footsteps of Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz after both couples visited the same corner of the French Riviera during separate holidays. Brooklyn, 27, and Nicola, 31, were spotted strolling through St Tropez with Sir Elton John’s husband David Furnish on Thursday, before stopping for treats from ice cream shop Barbarac and then browsing the rails inside luxury fashion house Jacquemus. Two days later, Sir David and Lady Beckham were photographed hand in hand just a five-minute walk away as they passed sweet shop The Pirate’s Candies before heading to the popular restaurant Cherry nearby. Victoria wore a silky burgundy slip dress, which she paired with a Hermes Kelly
ostrich-leather clutch adorned with feathers, peep-toe stiletto heels and oversized shield sunglasses, while David chose a white T-shirt, beige trousers and white trainers. The restaurant serves Italian classics, with starters including Parma ham and Italian antipasti for £20, aubergine parmi- giana at £23, meatballs in tomato sauce for £24 and £67 beef tartare with caviar. The visits came 48 hours apart, avoiding
what would have been a potentially awkward encounter amid the long-running family rift. Brooklyn has skipped the Beckhams’ annual summer getaway aboard the family’s £16million yacht for the second consecutive year after severing ties with his parents and siblings. Instead, he joined godfather Sir Elton, 79, aboard the singer’s yacht off the French coast, where on Saturday he and Nicola
Snub: Brooklyn
and his wife
joined godfather
Sir Elton John
on his yacht
on holiday... leaving Louise Haigh as most senior minister in Westminster
By Sam Merriman Political Correspondent
ANDY Burnham will this week go on a foreign holiday just two weeks after becoming Prime Minister, Downing Street confirmed last night. Mr Burnham is taking a break from his day-to-day duties for a long- planned family break abroad and is not expected to appear in public . Downing Street have insisted he will still be working and is prepared to travel back to the UK if required. While Mr Burnham is overseas, his de-facto deputy Louise Haigh, the First Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, will be the most senior minister in Westminster. It is understood that convicted
‘Two weeks in and he’s had enough’
fraudster Ms Haigh will be working this
week as normal, but No 10 insisted she
will not be taking day-to-day decisions
in Mr Burnham’s absence.
Until recently, close friends and
staff of Mr Burnham claimed he
had cancelled any plans to join his
family on holiday, and Downing
Street told the Mail on July 25
that he would not be heading
off for a break after becoming
Prime Minister.
He was instead said to be going on
a tour of Britain to meet voters at
the end of August after making a
blizzard of spending pledges that
could cost up to £96 billion during
his first two weeks in charge.
But No 10 later confirmed he
would join his family abroad.
Reform UK last night criticised
JOHN Healey was yesterday facing growing calls to abandon a planned fuel duty raid if Labour were to be seen as serious about tackling the cost of living. In a private letter to the Chancellor, industry chiefs warned that pump prices were on the rise again and could remain high for months as the Iran war drags on. Yesterday pump prices hit a record high since the start of that conflict, with petrol 160.85p a litre and diesel at 180.34p. A study by the RAC found motorists had
Break: The PM and wife Marie-France van Heel Second-in-command: Louise Haigh
Mr Burnham for going on holiday so soon. Chairman Lee Anderson said: ‘Two weeks into the job and Andy Burnham has already had enough. After dropping a number of unfunded commit- ments and overseeing more than 2,000 illegal migrants breaking into our country he’s bunked off for a jolly abroad. ‘This isn’t a Prime Minister that’s serious about leading.’ And one Labour source noted that former PM Sir Keir Starmer ‘barely went on holiday’, adding that when he did ‘he would just
By David Churchill
paid an extra £500million at the pumps since the summer getaway started on July 17, compared with prices before the war. But despite this, fuel duty, currently 53p a litre is set to be raised by 3p a litre on New Year’s Day and a further 2p on March 1, netting billions more for the Treasury. In the letter to Mr Healey, seen by the Mail, boss of the Petrol Retailers Associa- tion Gordon Balmer urged the Chancellor to go further by using his first Budget this
sit there with a bottle of rosé and talk through work over the phone. It was inspiring’. Sir Keir cancelled a planned holiday in August 2024 – about six weeks after entering No10 – due to riots that erupted after the South- port attacks, where three young girls were murdered. He went on a family holiday in Madeira at the end of December 2024. ‘Talk about easy mode,’ the Labour source said. ‘A week’s hol- iday? Because [Mr Burnham’s] had a difficult summer? Because he had to fight a by-election?’
Autumn to freeze fuel duty beyond Janu- ary to help motorists make ends meet. ‘January and February are precisely when household budgets are typically at their most strained,’ the letter states. ‘We wel- come your focus on making life more affordable. That is why I am today asking you to abandon your plans to end the fuel duty cut at the start of 2027.’ Since the conflict began on February 28, drivers have paid an extra £5.5billion at the pumps, with the Treasury raking in nearly £1billion more in VAT as result. A
Ms Haigh resigned as transport secretary under Sir Keir Starmer after it was revealed she had misled police in 2014 when she falsely claimed her work phone had been stolen in a mugging. She pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation. Mr Burnham’s spokesman said: ‘The Government continues to operate as normal with [the] PM remaining in contact with offi- cials, holding meetings and receiving regular updates.’ His holiday destination was not confirmed by Downing Street.
and tax rises hit optimism at factories
Calum Muirhead
GROWTH in British manufactur- ing slowed last month as ana- lysts warned tax rises, red tape and global volatility were low- ering confidence in the sector. The figures came in the latest S&P Global UK manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index survey, which is closely watched by economists, The lack optimism has been blamed on concerns about the global economy and the out- look for tax as well as regula- tion in the UK following the arrival of Andy Burnham as Prime Minister. S&P also noted that hiring in British factories had slowed to ‘near-stagnation’. Matt Swannell, chief eco- nomic adviser to forecaster the Item Club, warned: ‘The loss in momentum came despite upturns in production and orders, with the survey report- ing that global trade tensions, tax rises and regulatory changes were some of the factors dragging down busi- ness sentiment.’ He added that the flare-up in
‘Loss in momentum’
attacks between the US and Iran in the Middle East last month would have been a drag on business confidence. The report showed a reading of 51.9 in July, down from the 52.5 figure recorded in June. Any reading above 50 indicates manufacturing is growing, but analysts revealed the rate of expansion was held back last month by ‘subdued’ confidence among businesses. The low levels of optimism in the survey were balanced by what the authors called more positive signs for the industry. The survey noted that manu- facturing had grown for the eighth month in a row, boosted by stronger export demand from North America, the EU, mainland China, India and South Korea. Rob Dobson, director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said a rise in backlogs of work suggested employment ‘could pick up in the coming months if business optimism recovers from its current subdued level.’
full tank is £15 more expensive than when the conflict started. Mr Healey and Prime Minister Andy Burnham have slashed VAT on household energy bills. But critics point out this has only saved families on average 86p a week. A 5p-a-litre cut in the levy introduced by the Tories in 2022 is set to expire on January 1. Its introduction meant fuel duty has not risen in 15 years. Treasury sources said a decision would not be made until Mr Healey’s Budget, on October 28.
found on July 18. Ahmadzai reached the Greek island of Lesvos in 2016 before converting to Christianity and marrying US-born Alaina Hall in 2023. The couple set up a ministry helping refugees in Athens and are believed to have known Ms Ross, who was also a Christian volunteer, through their work. They had a key to the flat she was staying in as it was owned by their organisation, Love Every Nation Athens, police sources told the Daily Mail. Ahmadzai is understood to have told police he found Ms Ross already dead in her bathroom. He allegedly admitted using her bank cards to withdraw cash and sending messages to the victim’s relatives and friends from her phone, pretending to be her. Officers are said to have began investigating Ahmadzai last Thursday after Ms Hall reported her husband had been behaving suspiciously. She reportedly said she woke to find him missing and checked the location of his phone, which showed he was at Ms Ross’s apartment on Rethymnou Street in Athens. Ahmadzai is due to appear in a court in Athens tomorrow. He is a super lightweight profes- sional boxer who has had two fights in Athens. He was born in Afghanistan to a military commander father who survived six Taliban assassina- tion attempts before being killed in an ambush when Ahmadzai was three. When he was nine, his older brother Samuel was kidnapped by the Taliban and never returned. His mother, sister and younger brother were killed in a suicide car bomb six years later. After reporting her husband to the police, Ms Hall left the family home with their baby. Ahmadzai had given her 2,550 euros (£2,185)
British woman’
and a new Apple iPhone but she handed them to detectives, believing they were bought with Ms Ross’s money. A police source revealed: ‘The woman told us that her husband had confided in her that he was angry with the British woman. She was trying to influence him religiously and it became too much for him.’ Greek police raided Ahmadzai’s home on Saturday and found a replica pistol and a military-style knife, sources say. Ms Ross, who was from Edin- burgh, had been a regular visitor to Greece over the past seven years volunteering as a mission- ary with NGOs helping refugees, homeless people and other vulnerable groups. She had previously volunteered with the One Heart organisation in Greece, which specialises in providing medical support to ref- ugees, particularly those from Afghanistan or Iran. She arrived in Athens on June 26 and had initially been staying with friends. Police confirmed that she moved to Rethymnou Street on July 2 and was volun- teering with a Christian-based NGO working with refugees and other vulnerable groups. CCTV footage gathered by police allegedly shows Ahmadzai arriving by car at Ms Ross’s prop- erty on the evening of July 16. At around 10pm, cameras cap- ture the man wheeling a suitcase along the road on which the abandoned car park where Ms Ross’s body was dumped is
wheeling a suitcase with her body inside’
Chilling: CCTV shows man with case being wheeled through streets Boxer: Ahmadzai claims to be a ‘national champion’
located. Thirteen minutes later he is seen walking away from the derelict site without the case. Ahmadzai’s life has been docu- mented in a cartoon video and a forthcoming book titled From Hell To Home: How Loss, Exile And Hope Built The Man I Became. He writes in the book: ‘No matter how dark your story is, there is always light at the end of the tunnel.’ After his family died, Ahmadzai used his family’s money to leave Afghanistan and spent 45 days walking through Pakistan, Iran and Turkey in freezing conditions. He was arrested multiple times,
with police in Iran once opening fire on a group of migrants, killing 26. From Turkey he made three attempts to get to Greece by sea. His boats sank on the first two journeys before he was finally successful. He arrived in Lesvos aged 16 in 2016 and entered a refugee camp where he taught himself English and began translating for a humanitarian organisation. He met his wife, who was volun- teering at the centre, that year, converted to Christianity in 2017 and moved to Athens in 2019. He began boxing in a park before
Derelict: The old car park where Ms Ross’ body was found
helping to train refugee boys. He proposed to Ms Hall in 2022, who has said: ‘I had seen his growth and his heart for the Lord, and it was so attractive to me. ‘We both had the same heart and desire – to love the Lord and to serve people. There were chal- lenges, and it definitely wasn’t an easy road, but the Lord was faith- ful through it all.’ They founded Love Every Nation Athens before marrying in 2023. Ahmadzai was running free box- ing sessions five nights a week for unaccompanied teenage boys and the couple were distributing food
weekly to refugee families. They also organised community events and sports sessions for young peo- ple across Athens. Ahmadzai describes himself as a ‘Greek national champion’ on a social media page documenting his boxing prowess. A fellow professional boxer in Athens told The Times: ‘We are all very confused because he is a good man, very religious and always quoting from the Bible. ‘He is a decent boxer but not good enough to make a living, he had lots of other jobs to support him too.’
Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 4, 2026
REFORM AND RESTORE
insults as Farage says he won’t agree to call to ditch Tory defectors
Ex-colleagues: Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe before their split
EFFORTS to secure a political pact between Reform UK and rivals Restore Britain descended into farce last night. The prospect of negotiations between the two Right-wing parties was sparked on Sunday morning after Restore’s Rupert Lowe posted a 12-min- ute video on social media out- lining his requests of Nigel Farage in return for a deal. These included demands for Reform to sign up to mass depor- tations of both illegal and legal migrants, holding a referendum on the death penalty, banning the burka and excluding ex-Tory ministers such as Suella Braver-
NADINE DORRIES
man and Robert Jenrick from any future government positions. Mr Farage yesterday revealed that he had made contact with Mr Lowe, offering exploratory talks. Speaking at a press conference in Westminster, the Reform leader said: ‘I did actually reach out yesterday to him. I said, “Look, shall we have a call?” I haven’t heard back yet, so I don’t know what the sincerity of this is. ‘If you look at my history in politics over the past few years, I am prepared to do things and make sacrifices if I believe it’s in the national interest. ‘I certainly did that in 2019 [when agreeing to stand down candidates for Boris Johnson]. I would do whatever I could for us to have a sane centre-Right alli- ance that beat Labour at the next general election.’ But Mr Farage refused calls to ditch Tory defectors to Reform –
By Christian Calgie Senior Political Correspondent-at-Large
By Christian Calgie
who also include Lee Anderson – saying: ‘I don’t ditch my friends. I don’t ditch my allies, whether that’s Suella Braverman or Posh George [Cottrell], you know I do not ditch people because some- body else wants me to.’ And he could not resist taking swipes at Mr Lowe – who he expelled from Reform UK in March 2025 amid accusations of bullying staff and party officials, something Mr Lowe denies. Mr Farage said: ‘If you wanted to do a political deal with somebody, you would contact them privately and not do a 12-minute video. It seemed to me that he was more than anything putting out this gesture, saying, “Look, I’m the good guy, Nigel’s the bad guy”.’ While Mr Farage’s admission that he had contacted Mr Lowe initially raised hopes of a deal, they were dashed almost instantly when Restore Britain accused Mr Farage of lying. On X, Mr Lowe posted a screen- shot of the message supposedly sent by Mr Farage which read ‘Will call later’, and said no call had been forthcoming. The Great Yarmouth MP added: ‘Yesterday’s offer was not one I wanted to make, trust me. I don’t particularly enjoy trying to work with people who attempted to put me in prison on false allegations. ‘My house was raided by armed police because of them. I was will- ing, and still am, to put that aside to co-operate in order to save the country we all love. ‘That’s why I did what I did yesterday. The offer remains open to Nigel and Reform. Although outright lying about our private conversations does not help that.’ A Reform UK spokesman later said that Mr Lowe’s claim and
screenshot were ‘not worth’ responding to. A Restore source said Mr Lowe had been left ‘very irritated’ by Mr Farage, adding: ‘I think he [Farage] was trying to mislead people into thinking Rupert was the one who held things up, which wasn’t the case.’ Restore Britain was launched as a party by Mr Lowe in March, following his expulsion from Reform the previous year. The party proved a headache for Mr Farage in the Makerfield by-election, receiving much media attention, but ended up winning just 7 per cent of the vote, not enough to close the gap between Reform and Andy Burnham. Yesterday a Restore source sug- gested Mr Lowe has now accepted the party is not a viable rival to Reform, and must instead change tactics to focus on influencing Reform’s policy at the next election. They told the Daily Mail
that Mr Lowe ‘understands this is the best way of trying to get our policy programme implemented’. They added that the party’s hardline membership had been ‘overwhelmingly supportive’ of the Sunday negotiations offer. Last night a senior Reform source acknowledged that many of Mr Lowe’s demands would play well with Mr Farage’s core vote. But they added: ‘The best thing for them to do would be to take this offline, out of the public eye, have a beer, and think about the best way forward and put the coun- try first before their own parties.’ The Conservatives said the public spat between the two men ‘lays bare just how unserious Reform really are’. Pollster Luke Tryl of More In Common said: ‘From an electoral point of view, Reform should focus on winning over waverers rather than pivoting to Restore’s politics, which could retoxify the party.’
RICHARD TICE, the deputy leader of Reform, has been placed under investigation by Parliament’s standards body. The standards commissioner did not detail the exact reason why, but he confirmed it relates to an alleged failure to make a refer- ence to his register of interests. Mr Tice said that the investiga- tion does not relate to wider ques- tions about donations, but was sparked by a complaint from an ‘anti-Israel lobbying group’. He posted online: ‘Contrary to garbage in media: I am being investigated for standing against anti-Semitism. You could not make it up. ‘Standards Commissioner is considering complaint by anti- Semitic anti-Israel lobby group over whether I should have refer-
Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 4, 2026
AT ODDS OVER A DEAL
probe over debate on Israel
enced my register of interests at start of a debate on UK democ- racy and Israeli influence. The same anti-Israel group failed to notify Commissioner that Ayoub Khan MP did not declare his sub- stantial donation received from a pro-Palestine group. Funny that...’ The Boston and Skegness MP did not name the lobbying group. Questions about Reform’s transparency over standards and donations continued to dog Nigel Farage at the party’s immigration
press conference yesterday. On Sunday it was revealed Mr Farage held exploratory talks about returning as Reform UK leader months before the 2024 General Election, raising questions about his receipt of a £5million ‘gift’ from a billionaire donor earlier that year. He insists it was a personal gift that did not need declaring to Parliament following his election, but the party’s ex-deputy leader Ben Habib said the revelation of talks in March and April 2024
use Navy to tow back small boats is illegal
By Senior Political Correspondnt-at-Large
REFORM’S proposal to use the Royal Navy to end migrant boat crossings has been branded illegal by the French government. The diplomatic row was sparked hours after party leader Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf, its home affairs spokesman, unveiled ‘Operation Fortress’ at a press conference yesterday. The policy would see Mr Farage instruct the Navy to launch the largest military oper- ation in the English Channel since the Second World War, with all migrant boats inter- cepted and returned to France. Mr Yusuf said the policy would be pushed through with or with- out French support, but admit- ted the party ‘would far rather’ see president Emmanuel Macron not stand in their way. He said: ‘We would far rather disembark people in port, walk people down a gangway and hand them to the French authorities. That is what is more dignified, and it is what we will negotiate. ‘But if the Elysee Palace refuses, make no mistake: His Majesty’s Royal Marines will dis- embark them safely on the very shore they left that morning. ‘Those are the only two options. There is no third option where a British government
‘blows a hole’ in Mr Farage’s defence. Questioned by the BBC yesterday, Mr Farage said: ‘I had no intention of returning to poli- tics or as leader of Reform. But in the spring of that year I did talk to Richard Tice about what the liabilities would be if – IF – I was to come back to that position. ‘You’d be a bit of a mug, wouldn’t you, to walk into a job and not find out what the potential liabili- ties were... that was useful for me to know. But it wasn’t a deal, it
‘Reform are promising to stop small boats and increase rainfall’
under Reform just shrugs its shoulders and brings them back to Dover.’ Hours later, however, the French interior ministry said the proposal was unlawful on several grounds. A spokesman said: ‘This would be a violation of French sovereignty, as well as a violation of the law of the sea and international law. ‘Separately, as part of the meas- ures put in place with the UK and the arrangements deployed at the local level, the interior ministry states that the number of crossings is down in 2026.’ Reform’s policy document argues that the plan would be legal because multiple treaties, including the European Con-
wasn’t an agreement, it was sub- ject to if I came back. If you want clarification on this, that came some time after the gift, which is perhaps the important point.’ A Labour Party spokesman pointed out that Mr Tice and Mr Farage now both ‘have standards investigations hanging over them’, adding: ‘With police probes, Nigel Farage’s secret £5million gift and reports of funding from a convicted fraudster, it’s clear Reform think the rules just don’t apply to them.’
By Jason Groves Political Editor
EDUCATION Secretary Lucy Powell was branded ‘delusional’ yesterday after she claimed a focus on academic standards in schools had left one million youngsters out of work. In an extraordinary interven- tion, Ms Powell said the rising number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neets) was a direct ‘consequence’ of Tory reforms which have pushed English schools up the international league tables. She blamed former Tory education secretary Michael
Minister blasted over claim Tory school reforms left one million on scrapheap
Gove, whose focus on academic rigour is credited with driving a revolution in the classroom. But senior Tories and educa- tion experts rubbished the claim. Tory frontbencher Neil O’Brien said Ms Powell was
‘delusional’ and highlighted figures suggesting the latest surge in youth unemployment followed Labour’s election win. The figures, from the Organisa- tion for Economic Co-operation and Development, show that
the UK had a youth unemploy- ment rate of 13.8 per cent when Labour came to office in July 2024, compared with an EU average of 15 per cent. Since then, the UK’s rate has jumped to 16.4 per cent, while the EU’s has dropped slightly to 14.9. Mr O’Brien said: ‘Labour inher- ited youth unemployment below the eurozone average. But they blasted it up with massive tax rises and more regulation.’ Shadow education secretary Laura Trott accused Ms Powell of ‘educational vandalism’. Writing in The Times, Ms Powell admitted there had been ‘huge strides in education’ in the past 30 years, adding: ‘Standards have risen, literacy and numeracy are hugely improved and
‘Educational vandalism’
a large majority of state schools are good and outstanding’. But she also claimed the school system had become a ‘straitjacket that has left too many being branded a failure’. She blamed Mr Gove for the fact that the number of Neets has now topped one million, adding: ‘That’s not a coincidence – it’s a conse- quence. It’s his legacy.’ Ms Trott described the claims as ‘nonsense’, adding: ‘Lucy Powell admits that our reforms to the education system have improved standards but at the same time says they are to blame for rising
Livesey steps down over Panorama claims
By Martin Robinson and Rory Tingle
TONY Livesey has quit BBC Radio 5 Live after he was named in an investigation by a glamour model who claims she was forced to have sex with former newspaper boss David Sullivan to get work. BBC 5 Live controller Heidi Daw- son told staff yesterday the talk- show host – previously editor-in- chief of Sullivan’s Daily and Sunday Sport newspapers – had ‘decided to leave’ after 16 years and praised his work at 5 Live. Mr Livesey, 62, has been absent from his late-night slot since a woman, known as Florence, said on Panorama that billionaire Sullivan ‘took away her innocence’ when he allegedly pressured her into sleeping with him in 1999. She told the BBC the West Ham co-owner forced her to have sex with him at his mansion when she was 20 and he was 50, allegedly promising her work in return.
Laying blame: Lucy Powell
Late-night show: Tony Livesey
Florence claimed the meeting, which she thought would be a professional casting and job interview, came about after she met Mr Livesey in the Daily Sport newsroom and he phoned Sullivan to arrange it. Mr Livesey said he had ‘no recollection’ of this, rejecting any suggestion he had played ‘any role whatsoever in that scenario’. He said he found the allegation, aired on June 8, ‘abhorrent’.
in freezer in lounge and would hold her hand as he watched TV
By Rory Tingle
A SON who kept his dead mother in a chest freezer for nearly three years would hold her hand and chat to her about what he was watching on television. Christopher Phillips, who hid the body of 89-year-old Silvia Phillips in the living room of the home they had shared, would discuss shows such as Coronation Street ‘just as they always did’. The 60-year-old has now been jailed for more than two years after he admitted preventing a lawful and decent burial, as well as receiving £78,000 of his mother’s benefits since she passed away in March 2023. Her body was covered with a leopard-print throw adorned with yellow and pink roses and a birthday card reading: ‘To Mum, from Christopher and Tina’ – a reference to the family dog. Phillips, a company director from Porthcawl, South Wales, had said that after his mother’s death he ‘didn’t want to let her go’ and ‘wanted more time with her’. Ruth Smith, defending, claimed that her client was suffering from ‘extreme grief’ and had placed his mother’s body in the living
‘Chat to her about Coronation Street’
room so ‘he could be near to her’. He pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by failing to notify the Department for Work and Pensions and Bridgend County Borough Council that she had died. Phillips received £78,190.92 in state pension, pensions credit, attendance allowance, winter fuel payments, cost-of-living payments and housing benefit, which would all have ceased had Ms Phillips’ death been reported. Sentencing Phillips to two years and four months in prison, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke told him: ‘You continued to collect her prescriptions and misled medical profession- als about her whereabouts, lying when enquiries were made about your mother, repeatedly telling medical staff that she did not wish to attend appointments or undergo tests. ‘Your mother’s pension and benefits continued to be paid into her bank accounts, which you were able to access.’ Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard Phillips had left work to
Grief: Christopher Phillips claimed he simply ‘wanted more time’ with his mother
become a full-time carer for his mother in the months leading up to her death. The day after she died, the court was told that Phillips had held her in his arms and told her he would ‘look after her’. Two days later, he bought a chest freezer from AO.com and placed it in his living room with his mother’s body inside.
putting suncream on their Bramleys
IT seems we are not the only ones at risk of sunburn in the heat- waves – with farmers putting ‘suncream’ on their apples. Clive Baxter, who farms 200 acres of fruit trees in Kent, said Bramley apples are ‘very susceptible to sunburn’ and he sprays them with a protective coating made of clay. Last month, his farm in Maidstone saw temperatures hit 33C (91F). He told the BBC English apples such as
The judge said: ‘Although your mother suffered the indignity of being stored in a chest freezer for three years, there were no other indignities following her death.’ Judge Lloyd-Clarke added that his ‘offending is aggravated by the length of time over which you concealed your mother’s death and because you had the finan- cial advantage of continuing to
By Shivali Best
Bramleys and Coxes ‘can’t handle the heat’. Once it hits 30C with no wind, ‘the juice starts to boil and cooks the fruit’, ruining the crop. England and Wales saw the driest July on record. Only 6.5mm of rain fell in England – just 10 per cent of the average and less than half the previous low of 13.4mm set in 1911. And it was the second hottest
receive her pension and benefits.’ Ms Phillips’ body was eventually discovered by police officers earlier this year after her GP raised concerns for her welfare. South Wales Police attended the house on a quiet cul-de-sac shortly before 7pm on February 17. They confronted Phillips, who claimed his mother was staying with cousins in London.
July in England with an average temperature of 17.4C. Wales had its joint-warmest July, matching 1983 and 2006 with 17.8C. Drought has been declared in half of England and Wales, and the Met Office warned the dry conditions are set to continue in the South East. Amber heat health alerts are in place until tomorrow morning for London, the South East, the East of England and the East Midlands.
Grim discovery: House where police found the 89-year-old’s body after GP raised concerns
When pressed further, Phillips could not provide details of the relatives or where they lived. He later answered ‘no comment’ to all questions in police interviews. Ms Smith, defending, said Phillips had been adopted by Ms Phillips at the age of two and was ‘exceptionally close’ to her. They had lived together for 50 years of his life and Phillips had been the primary carer for her since 2008. Ms Smith added: ‘He described talking to her as if she was still alive... sitting next to her, talking to her about TV programmes, Coronation Street, the horse racing, just as they always did. ‘Mr Phillips was a vulnerable individual with a vulnerable mental health situation at the time of his mother’s death.’ Officers found Ms Phillips’ body was completely frozen and it was some time before a post-mortem examination could be carried out. The pathologist has been una- ble to ascertain a cause of death, but there were not thought to be any suspicious circumstances. An inquest into her death will be held in due course.
support for professor in plagiarism row starts to drain away
By Jack Hardy
THE president of a
C a m b r i d g e
c o l l e g e
appears to have quietly
withdrawn her name from
a letter supporting the
professor at the heart of a
plagiarism scandal.
Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu’s
name has disappeared from
an open letter backing under-
fire Professor Jason Arday,
which accused ‘Right-wing
newspapers’ of trying to
‘smear’ him with ‘fake accusa-
tions of plagiarism’.
The president of Wolfson Col-
lege, Cambridge, had been the
second signatory on the letter,
started by Left-wing campaign
group Good Law Project. It
begins: ‘We, the undersigned, are
appalled by the sustained and
malicious attacks on the aca-
demic integrity of Professor
Jason Arday.’
The professor of sociology of
education is accused of copying
large chunks of his PhD thesis
from another student’s research,
and has now admitted to numer-
ous errors in his work.
As Cambridge University’s
youngest ever black professor, he
was seen as the poster boy for
diversity but is now also facing
questions about a series of claims
about his past – including run-
ning 600 miles in six days
that were fitted the wrong way round
BRITONS face paying up to £100million more in energy bills every year because of hundreds of faulty meters on wind farms. More than 800 meters, roughly half on land and half offshore, have been fitted back- wards, falsely reporting they are consuming energy and not producing it. This means the operator does not accurately know how much energy the power grid is using. On the grid, large reserves are needed in case of any unexpected drops or spikes. Documents from the National Energy Sys- tem Operator (Neso) noted a ten-gigawatt (10billion watts) error caused by the back-
Signatory: Dame Ijeoma
and raising millions for charity. Last night, WaterAid also cast doubt on claims Professor Arday had made about ‘installing water points’ in South America and West Africa, after the charity said it had never sent volunteers abroad. The reference to WaterAid, which was written in his biography on the website of his speakers’ agency, the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau, has since been removed, it has been reported. Professor Arday has insisted he is not a ‘liar and fantasist’. Dame Ijeoma was one of three Cambridge college principals whose name appeared on the
By Cameron Charters
wards meters, which made the company believe it needed extra reserves to last around 200 extra hours per year. With the average price being £50 per mega- watt-hour (1million watts used continuously for an hour), the repeating annual cost would be £100million. First reported by The Times, the cost of fixing both the offshore and land sites is esti- mated to be up to £44.1million. A spokesman for Ofgem, which regulates Neso, said the organisation’s management of
Denials: Professor Jason Arday says he is not a ‘fantasist’
letter. Another was Lord Woolley, who had listed his job title as prin- cipal of Homerton College. Although his name remains on the letter, his title has been removed. The Mail yesterday revealed the academic had seemingly claimed he was in TV series Seven Up – which has followed the same group of people since 1964 – then backtracked when told it was broadcast years before he was born. Footage from a 2022 talk shows the professor telling the
‘Attacks on his integrity’
Bath university’s Race Equality Taskforce: ‘I was part of a pro- gramme which doesn’t really exist any more, but was called Seven Up... They follow you over the duration of your life, so they follow you at seven, 14, 21. I was pulled out of the project when I was 14.’ Seven Up was first broadcast two decades before Professor
Arday was born in 1985, with the participants born in 1956 or 1957. In response to inquiries from the Mail, Professor Arday said that when he talked of ‘Seven Up’, he didn’t mean the TV series but was referring to ‘a local com- munity and parent-led initiative. ‘The reference to “Seven Up” was used informally as a short- hand illustration of the concept. It was not intended as a literal comparison,’ he said. A BBC spokesman confirmed Professor Arday had ‘nothing to do with our films’. The Guardian has also cast doubt on a claim he made that a pig’s head was sent to his home in a campaign of racist intimidation. Professor Arday said police had investigated but this was denied by the Metropolitan Police. After the allegations of plagia- rism in his 2015 PhD thesis, Liv- erpool John Moores University, which awards the PhD, cleared him of academic misconduct. Dame Ijeoma has been approached for comment.
meter issues ‘needs to be improved given the changes in the energy system’. He added: ‘Consumers rightly expect the energy system to run efficiently and keep costs down.’ A spokesman for Neso said the £100million figure ‘should not be presented as actual con- sumer costs’, adding the faulty meters are not a security issue and the energy system is ‘operated safely and securely’. ‘Neso has implemented interim measures to minimise the impact and is working with industry through the established code pro- cess on an enduring solution,’ he said.
father go to
hotel plunge
son’s funeral
By Andrew Jehring Chief Foreign Correspondent
A BRITISH father charged over the death of his two-year- old son at a hotel in Cyprus has been allowed to return home for the boy’s funeral. The 37-year-old City banker said he placed the toddler on a fourth-storey windowsill while waiting for the lift at the King Evelthon Hotel near Paphos, believing the window was closed. But it had been left wide open and the boy fell 33ft on to the veranda below on July 12. The father was ordered by a court to remain on the island. Yesterday, he held back tears as a judge lifted the order for one month on humanitarian grounds after he put up an extra 10,000 euros (£8,500) in bail, having
‘He held back the tears’
already paid out 20,000 euros. It means he can join his wife and surviving daughter, five, who returned to Britain with the boy’s body on Wednesday. Dressed in a striped blue and white shirt, black trousers and loafers, the man hugged his mother who burst into tears as they left the court room together. He also walked over to prose- cutor Chryso Perganti and whis- pered ‘thank you’ after she did not raise an objection to his plea to return home. Speaking after the hearing, the father said: ‘I’m very thankful to the judge and to the authorities for letting me go home to my wife and my daughter. That’s all I want to do now.’ The man is expected to return to the UK tomorrow but must go back to Cyprus on September 14. He is due to appear to enter a plea on September 17.
swimmer to cross Baltic
A POLISH endurance swimmer has become the first person to swim across the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Poland after completing the 100-mile journey in just over 56 hours. Bartlomiej Kubkowski, 30, achieved the feat on Sunday after four failed attempts. He set off from Kaseberga in Swe- den and arrived at Dziwnow in Poland more than two days later, without sleeping or touching his support boat, which supplied food and drink. Footage showed Mr Kub- kowski, who raised more than £157,000 for charity, emerging from the sea to cheers from supporters before collapsing on to the sand. Last year he was pulled from the water just seven miles from shore. Attempts in 2021, 2022 and 2023 were cut short by fatigue and harsh conditions.
My writing career may be over says La Plante as she’s banned from road for 27mph speeding
By Ryan Hooper and Tristan Kirk
CRIME writer Lynda La Plante broke down in tears yesterday after she was banned from driving for a string of speeding offences in 20mph zones. The 83-year-old told a court disquali- fication would end her career as she would not be able to meet with crimi- nals and other sources for her work. And La Plante – who wrote the Prime Suspect series starring Helen Mirren – said a ban would prevent her driving her beloved guard dog Theo for walks in fields and she would have to have the animal re-homed. The author and screenwriter told magis- trates: ‘I think the emotional turmoil of that would truly damn my career as a writer. It’s very, very solitary and I work
‘Driving is a vital
part of who she is’
Evidence: La Plante’s car is snapped breaking the limit
exceptionally hard. I would just stop.’ But her plea for leniency was dismissed as she was handed a six-month ban. La Plante pleaded guilty to breaking the 20mph speed limit near her home in Kingston-upon-Thames five times between November 2025 and April this year. Lavender Hill Magistrates Court in south- west London heard she already had nine points on her licence from three speeding offences in 2023 and last year. She admitted driving at 24mph twice, 25mph, 26mph and 27mph in the latest offences, which all happened as she took her 18-month-old dog for his daily walk. Lawyer Nick Freeman – who is known as Mr Loophole and has represented a string of celebrity clients – urged magistrates to
spare her a ban, saying driving is
a ‘vital part of who she is’. La
Plante bluntly told the court she
would wind up her writing com-
pany if banned, putting four staff
members out of work.
B u t
m a g i s t r a t e
M a n d y
Lamplough told her she had not
proved disqualification would
cause her ‘exceptional hardship’.
Magistrates imposed fines of
£3,330 on La Plante, handed her a
ban as her points total rose to 24
and ordered her to pay £130 costs
and a £1,332 victim surcharge.
Giving evidence, La Plante said
she got her pet after the untimely
death of another dog Hugo, who
was ‘in the prime of his life’. ‘I don’t want it to sound trivial, but I can’t tell you what it was like with this enormous beautiful wolfhound. I don’t know how he did it,’ she said. ‘He would come up into my office, it was as if he said “stop”. ‘He knew I had been working for five solid hours, and this paw would come up – bang.’ Fighting back tears, she said she ‘lost it’ when Hugo died and ‘didn’t know what to do with my life’. She told how her new dog has helped her through the griev- ing process, adding: ‘I love him,
A DRIVER who falsely claimed his electric Jaguar would not brake on the motorway in an attempt to avoid paying his car finance was jailed yesterday. Debt-ridden Nathan Owen, 33, collided with a police car 31 times as officers tried to bring his £70,000 vehicle to a stop. A court heard that minutes before he called police saying he could not slow the car, which was travelling at up to 86mph, he had spoken to a loan company asking for money but had been refused. Police dashcam footage showing officers’ attempts to box in the Jaguar I-Pace was
MPH TYRANNY
it’s as simple as that. But at the same time he has become a great comfort to me.’ La Plante said she drives Theo to be trained on the walk from Roehampton to Wimbledon, and does not believe nearby Rich- mond Park is suitable as it is ‘alive with joggers’ as well as deer, – and she is trying to train him not to chase people. Turning to her writing career, La Plante said she has four books in the works, including one on the Government’s controversial early prison release scheme, and she argued she needed to drive to
By Andy Dolan
released as Owen was jailed for four years and three months at Liverpool Crown Court. Audio of his 999 call, in which he claimed the car was ‘not stopping’ and ‘going crazy’, was also released. He did not attempt to brake during the 35 minutes he was on the phone to police while travelling on the M58, M57 and M62 in Merseyside on March 6, 2024. The vehicle only came to a stop near Warring- ton, Cheshire, when it ran out of charge. Inves- tigations found there was no fault with the car. Owen, of Prestatyn, North Wales, was
Upset: Lynda La Plante yesterday. Above: Her note to court
conduct research interviews. ‘If I get a contact who’ll agree to talk to me, I go to them for research,’ she said, setting out how she meets people including criminals in motorway cafes, homeless shelters, prisons and theatres. ‘It’s very difficult when meeting forms of criminality, they do like to be very choosy of the location.’ She added that she could not contemplate having a driver, as she would be distracted by ques- tions while trying to recount information on the journey home from her research interviews. Ahead of her court hearing,
La Plante wrote to complain about ‘very confusing’ road signs on the A308 in Kingston-upon-Thames. Mr Freeman said she inadvert- ently broke the limit while concentrating on driving safely. La Plante, who created hit rob- bery series Widows in the 1980s and brought Prime Suspect to the screen in 1991, was awarded a CBE in 2008 for services to literature, drama and charity. The first of her latest speeding offences happened at 9.24am on November 2 last year, when her Toyota was clocked at 24mph on the A308 Kingston Hill.
arrested a week later but denied fabricating
the incident for financial gain. But his accounts
showed a high level of personal debt and
missed payments on the vehicle.
Sentencing Owen, Judge Ian Unsworth KC
said police officers had placed themselves in
danger because they believed they were
dealing with a genuine emergency.
Daniel Travers, defending Owen, said his
actions were ‘frighteningly stupid’.
Owen pleaded guilty to dangerous driving
and two counts of fraud in June. He will be
banned from driving for five years once
released from prison.
THE boyfriend of an Israeli woman
murdered by Hamas in the October 7
massacre has taken his own life next to
her grave.
Bar Asraf, 30, was found dead on
Saturday in the cemetery where Liron
Barda is buried. The 26-year-old was
killed after Hamas terrorists stormed the
Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023.
Mr Asraf was found dead by his sister
Lehi with a gunshot wound to the chest
at the cemetery in Elkana in the West
Bank. Speaking to Israeli news outlet
Walla, Lehi said: ‘We were at my [other]
brother’s wedding, he [Bar] started to
feel lonely... and left.
‘An hour, two hours passed. My older
sister said, “Come on, let’s go look for
him”. First in the most logical places,
and then at Liron’s grave. He liked to
talk there and be with her.
‘Suddenly I see him lying next to
Liron’s grave. I told him, “Get up, what
are you doing again”. Then I realised he
was covered in blood. I stepped on a
Trump to Iran: This is last chance for a deal
comes as universities in the UK have been facing increasing financial pressures, with MPs on the Education Committee warning earlier this year that there is a ‘real risk’ a university in England could close due to insolvency for the first time. The Office for Students, the higher education regulator in England, told the committee it fears 24 providers are at risk of becoming insolvent and closing in the 12 months from November last year, and warned 45 per cent of higher education providers could face a deficit for 2025/26. A Department for Education spokesperson said: ‘We welcome this merger, which will create a strong combined institution able to reinvest in students and support the economy of the South-East.’ ... as ‘duplicitous’ Tehran deny talks are taking place
By Mark Nicol
Diplomacy Editor
DONALD Trump has slammed Iran as ‘duplici- tous’ for denying talks over ending the war were being held – and claimed this could be ‘the last chance’ to agree a deal. The US President had said details of an agreement to reo- pen the Strait of Hormuz were being finalised, but Tehran then denied any negotiations were taking place with Washington. This brought a furious response
‘They begged
for a meeting’
from Mr Trump, who labelled the Iranian leadership as ‘unbelieva- bly duplicitous’. Speaking at the White House last night, Mr Trump said ‘talks were going on right now’ and will ‘go quickly, one way or another’. He also told Iran’s leaders this was the ‘last chance for them to sign a good document’. In an earlier post on Truth Social, he tore into Tehran for denying talks were taking place. He wrote: ‘They ask for a meet- ing, some would say “beg”, talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they
By Eliana Silver
gun next to him. I screamed. I couldn’t function... I knew it was the end. He died in the place he wanted to be, with the woman he wanted to be [with] most.’ Mr Asraf’s mother Bracha described Ms Barda as her son’s ‘soulmate’. Hamas killed almost 1,200 people in the attacks, including 378 at the Nova
‘Died in place he wanted to be’
Festival, and took hundreds more hos- tage. Ms Barda had been working as a bar manager and although her friends and family begged her to flee, she stayed behind to tend the injured. Mr Asraf’s funeral took place on Sunday at the Nahal Rabba Cemetery. n For help and support, call the Samaritans on 116 123 or go to samaritans.org
say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discus- sions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with “Oman”. ‘They then go on to give their usual blather in saying the Strait of Hormuz will be oper- ated powerfully by them, when it is already completely con- trolled by the United States Navy and our “Blockade” or, as some say, “The United States Wall of Steel!” ‘Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished. ‘Whether Iran wants to admit it or not, we are, in fact, talking of a
solution to a problem that they have caused, for decades.’ Mr Trump’s claim of a possible deal came after he cancelled plans for the biggest aerial bombardment of Iran so far of the five-month conflict. He had threatened to attack the country’s energy network, a move opposed by regional allies includ- ing Saudi Arabia, who feared revenge attacks by Tehran. Mr Trump had warned the US was going to hit Iran ‘harder than any attack since World War II’ before he called the attacks off. Tehran has repeatedly closed the Strait of Hormuz since the war began. Not for the first time, Iranian officials denied they were
Tense: Anti-US poster in Tehran and Trump talks to reporters
involved in any direct talks with the US. Foreign minister spokes- man Esmaeil Baghaei said: ‘We currently do not have any negoti- ations with America. The negoti- ations are with Oman and are focused on reaching a path to ensure the security of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.’ With the conflict at an impasse, the Pentagon reportedly sent an email to troops saying: ‘We are looking for new, creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.’ The memo reflects concerns that overwhelming firepower alone will not bring victory. Hunt for the Ayatollah – Pages 26-27
and Kent are first ‘super university’ Daily Mail Reporter
THE UK has its first ‘super university’ after a merger of the universities of Greenwich and Kent. The new London and South East University Group – to be known as LASE – has become the UK’s third-largest university. It has more than 50,000 stu- dents and four campuses across London, Medway and Kent. The universities said their merger will provide a strong financial foundation for facing economic challenges and was a ‘blueprint for others to follow’. The plans were announced in September last year, with an official launch next month. The universities will still operate as distinct academic divisions and retain their current names. It
‘Blueprint for others to follow’
fight to save Jodrell Bank
MORE than 200 leading figures from science, music and entertainment have urged ministers to save Jodrell Bank Observatory from closure. Astronaut Tim Peake, astro- physicist Professor Brian Cox and Queen guitarist Sir Brian May are among those who have signed an open letter calling on the Government to restore £2.8million in annual backing. Support was withdrawn from the world-famous Cheshire observatory last week, forcing the University of Manchester to find new funding. All scientific observations at Jodrell Bank are expected to cease from April 1, 2028 – with 28 jobs at risk – unless the money is found. In their letter, campaigners described the site as an ‘icon in UK cultural and scientific his- tory’ and the ‘thriving, thump- ing heart of space observation, research and education’.
Sheer style: Charlize Theron in Seoul yesterday
for last rites twice before dying aged 80
COMEDIAN Jimmy Cricket asked for his last rites twice, ‘almost like he asked for an encore’, before he died yesterday. The Northern Irishman rose to fame in the 1970s, known for wearing mismatched wellies with L and R scrawled on them, and his catchphrase ‘And there’s more’. And his son Frankie Mulgrew, a Catholic priest, revealed his father asked for his last rites twice before he died after a short
By Olivia Kemp Doesn’t Charlize look brolly good!
IF you don’t want to carry an umbrella, why not wear one? It seemed clear that Charlize Theron had dressed for a rain shower when she donned a see-through plastic skirt on the latest stop of the promotional tour for The Odyssey blockbuster. The actress, in head-to-toe Tom Ford, wore an unbuttoned blue striped shirt, paired with the PVC wrap skirt, lace shorts and TF-monogrammed tights. Ms Theron, 50, completed the unconventional look with black leather gloves and a pair of black
checks miss 95% of high-risk under-50s
BREAST cancer screening is missing 95 per cent of young women who go on to develop the disease, researchers found. Identifying those at the highest risk early gives doctors a better chance at treating or even prevent- ing breast cancer, experts said. In England, those at a higher risk of the disease – one of the leading causes of death in women under 50 in the UK – are referred by their GP for further assessment and specialist care. This is based on family history, as well as criteria set by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice). But a study from a team at the University of Cambridge and the Institute of Cancer Research has found NHS assessments are failing to identify the vast majority of potential cases. Researchers analysed data from 1,258 women under 50 who took part in the Breast Cancer Now Generations Study between 2004 and 2011. It suggests the Nice criteria misses up to 95 per cent of women in this age group who have a higher than average risk of breast cancer, as well as 95 per cent of women who go on to develop the disease within ten years. Using a new risk assessment system, experts identified eight times as many women in the age group who developed breast cancer. The tool, known as Boadicea, analysed factors such as family history,
By Olivia Day
illness aged 80. His family said: ‘For ever our clown, he was cracking jokes to the wonder- ful NHS staff and to us all, right until the end.’ Born James Joseph Mulgrew in Cookstown, County Tyrone, in 1945, he moved to Belfast as a child. After leaving school at 16, he worked as a Butlin’s redcoat in 1966 where he honed his act. He later won talent show Search For
patent leather Vertigo heels. She was joined by co-star Matt Damon and director Christopher Nolan, 56, at the Four Seasons Hotel in the South Korean capital Seoul, as The Odyssey hit the $911million (£687million) mark at the global box office. The retelling of Homer’s epic poem follows Odysseus, played by 55-year-old Damon, as he embarks on a ten-year voyage home after the Trojan War, and also stars Ms Theron as the nymph, Calypso.
By Meike Leonard
reproductive history, lifestyle and genetics. The analysis, published in the British Journal of Cancer, suggests that using the Boadicea model for all women under 50 would lead to 26.5 per cent being classed as above-population level risk and referred for more assessment. Dr Juliet Usher-Smith, of the depart- ment of public health and primary care at the University of Cambridge, said: ‘We need to get better at identifying women at highest risk of breast cancer
‘Time to look
again at criteria’
so that we can intervene early, when there are more options for treating, or even preventing, their disease. ‘It’s time to look again at [Nice’s] criteria in the light of our findings.’ Dr Simon Vincent, at Breast Cancer Now, which supported the study, said: ‘Finding new ways to identify women at increased risk could help to prevent some breast cancers or detect them earlier. These findings highlight the limitations of Nice’s referral criteria, and so this research must now be care- fully considered as part of the current review of its family history guidelines.’ However, Dr Vincent said it is ‘equally important’ that any changes are backed by investment so they can be
A Star, launching a career that included his own ITV series and a Radio 2 show. Fellow comedians paid tribute, with Tim Vine calling him a ‘lovely, inspiring, funny man’ and Ted Robbins hailed him as ‘one of the last great comics’. His family said the world was now ‘a far less sillier place’, but added: ‘Jimmy believed that death is not the end and was looking forward to eternity, so really... And there’s more.’
Inspiration? A clear PVC umbrella
implemented fairly across the NHS. Professor Montserrat Garcia-Closas, of the Institute of Cancer Research, said: ‘There will be a balance to strike: the Nice criteria are much easier to imple- ment, but miss a large proportion of women at elevated risk. But a full risk assessment including genetic testing will place a heavy burden on resources. ‘Ultimately, it will be a trade-off between the practical, resource and cost implications of data collection and risk assessment, and the potential benefits and harms associated with accurate and inaccurate classification of women.’ Dr Sowmiya Moorthie, at Cancer Research UK, which funded the study, said: ‘The current UK approach, which relies on women under 50 self-present- ing, misses many with a higher risk of breast cancer who could benefit from targeted support and guidance on how to manage their risk. ‘Further research is needed, however, to understand the impact of adopting a different approach, including on staffing and equipment. Any changes must be accessible and equitable, tak- ing into consideration the anxiety that extra referrals might cause for women.’ Nice said it ‘welcomes’ the findings, but ‘current evidence does not warrant a change to our existing familial breast cancer guideline’. A spokesman added: ‘Nice remains committed to reviewing new evidence and will consider further updates as more data on feasibility and clinical outcomes become available.’
as journalist Rod Liddle dies aged 66
JOURNALIST and broad- caster Rod Liddle has died aged 66 after a short illness. The Sunday Times and Sun columnist was editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme from 1998 to 2002 and more recently presented shows on Times Radio. He also had a weekly column in The Spectator, where he was an associate editor. He met his second wife, Alicia Monckton, on the magazine and they married in 2008. He was
By Aidan Radnedge
previously married to fellow journalist Rachel Royce. He died on Sunday evening at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. Former Today presenter John Humphrys, who worked under Mr Liddle, told The i Paper: ‘Rod was wonderful to work with. We argued like hell – I can’t remem- ber how many times he sacked me or I resigned in anger. ‘Rod brought life, fun, energy
and compassion to Today. He had an understanding of what makes people tick.’ Humphrys said Mr Liddle was also one of the ‘greatest column- ists I was ever privileged to read’, calling him ‘brilliantly funny’ and adding: ‘He tried to conceal it but he was also very wise and thoughtful, a very kind and decent man.’ Sunday Times editor Ben Taylor said: ‘Rod Liddle had a wonderful way with words and used his unique talent to speak for the readers, highlighting the
cant and absurdity that bedevils modern life. ‘He was also supremely enter- taining and for years his column was the first that many turned to every Sunday. We will miss him desperately.’ Mr Liddle’s children Wilder, Tyler and Emmy said in a statement: ‘Even in hospital in the last few weeks, he consistently held the room and never let the awful situ- ation show. He has left a legacy
entertaining’
that we are all incredibly proud of, he will always be our guide on how to live an extraordinary life.’ Mr Liddle, the comprehensive school-educated son of a train driver from Middlesbrough, began his journalism career on the South Wales Echo in Cardiff before work- ing as a Labour researcher and speechwriter from 1983 to 1987. He went on to read social psy- chology at the London School of Economics as a mature student before joining the BBC as a trainee
seven killed as Ukraine drone hits busy beach
SEVEN people, including three children, were killed when a drone hit a busy beach in southern Russia, Moscow claimed yesterday. Footage of the strike on Arkh- ipo-Osipovka, near the Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik – which alleg- edly injured 40 – shows a missile crashing into a beach packed with sunbathers. One witness said: ‘We were on the beach, didn’t have time to leave, hid behind a ledge, covered our- selves with sun loungers, and didn’t see where it exploded.’ Another resident said: ‘We were already home when we heard a
holiday palace’
barrage of gunfire, like a machine gun, and an explosion. Everything shook.’ The resort is just a few miles from Vladimir Putin’s ‘billion dollar’ holiday palace. Witnesses quoted by Russian media said air defences may have tried to shoot the drone down. Some Ukrainian Telegram chan- nels claimed it crashed onto the beach as a result of electronic war- fare which jammed its signal. Veniamin Kondratyev, the gover- nor of the region which includes Gelendzhik, said: ‘What happened
Career: Rod Liddle worked for Labour before joining the BBC
producer. He was later embroiled in controversy over a Today report, by correspondent Andrew Gilli- gan, saying Tony Blair’s govern- ment had ‘sexed up’ an intelligence dossier ahead of backing US mili- tary action against Iraq. Mr Liddle had appointed Gilligan to Today but had left the BBC when the report was broadcast in 2003. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said Mr Liddle’s death was ‘heartbreaking’.
By Perkin Amalaraj
was a deliberate attack by the Kyiv regime on the civilian population, which has no connection whatso- ever to military infrastructure.’ Russian foreign ministry spokes- man Maria Zakharova accused Ukraine of terrorism. Kyiv has not commented on the strike and it is not clear what the intended target was. Ukraine has not previously aimed at such locations. Russia has repeatedly struck targets in Kyiv and other Ukrain- ian cities. Thousands of civilians have so far died in the war, most of them Ukrainians killed in savage Russian attacks. Elsewhere, Ukraine hit Russian oil refineries, warehouses and a drone factory in one of its biggest drone bombardments of the war. Three people were injured when a warehouse in Khryastovo, about 110 miles east of Moscow, owned by Wildberries – Russia’s version of Amazon – caught fire. The strikes were part of a strat- egy of increased long-range attacks in what Kyiv says is a campaign to make Russians feel the cost of the war. Since mid-July, Ukraine has struck around 20 sites belonging to Wildberries as part of a campaign against Russia’s economic and logistics infrastructure. Ukraine says the depots help supply Russian forces, a claim Moscow denies.
Crash site: Police closed Argyll Street in London’s Soho after the incident in April
finalist ‘mowed
down and killed
rival influencer
outside Soho club’
By Ryan Hooper Crime Correspondent
A FORMER X Factor finalist yesterday denied murdering a ‘rival’ influ- encer by driving into her outside a Soho nightclub. Gabrielle Precious Carring- ton, 29, is accused of killing Klaudia Zakrzewska after ramming her Mercedes into a crowd of people outside Inca at 4.30am on April 19. Carrington, from Manchester, appeared at the Old Bailey via videolink from Bronzefield Prison
‘An ongoing dispute’
in Surrey. She was unrepresented for the 20-minute hearing due to an apparent issue with legal aid. Another alleged victim, Anoush Chyche, a man in his 50s who was unlocking his e-scooter on Argyll Street at the time, suffered life-changing injuries in the crash. Carrington has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent in relation to Mr Chyche. She entered not guilty pleas to both charges. She has also been charged with drink-driving, but was not asked to enter a plea.
HACKERS have leaked the names and email addresses of 100,000 police staff on the dark web. The attack compromised computer systems at the Home Office, Ministry of Defence, Crown Prosecution Service and National Crime Agency. The Police Federation said it ‘raises serious concerns for officer and staff safety’. The breach means three government departments have been caught up in hacks recently, after the Department for
Onine star: Klaudia Zakrzewska
A third woman, Latisha Arm- strong, aged in her 30s, was treated for minor injuries. At a previous hearing, Westmin- ster magistrates’ court was told that Carrington, ‘a known social media influencer’, had been in an ‘ongoing dispute’ with Ms Zakrzewska, who posted on Instagram as Klaudiaglam and had more than 250,000 followers. Ms Zakrzewska uploaded videos at the club the night she was struck. Prosecutor Rizwan Amin
By Crime Correspondent
Education (DfE) had 607,000 pieces of sensitive data compromised last week. Hacking group ExfilSquad are thought to be responsible, according to The Times. The group breached the Police National Legal Database, which provides legal assis-
described a ‘melee’ that unfolded after Carrington drove to Argyll Street. ‘[Carrington] seemed to have an altercation with a male as she exited her car,’ he said. ‘This altercation had escalated, involving several other members of the public. When security tried to intervene, Miss Carrington was seen to re-enter the vehicle,’ which immediately moved off and ‘sharply’ mounted the pavement,’ he told the previous hearing. ‘During this manoeuvre, the
tance to forces, to obtain personal details of 114,000 staff, mostly police officers. The leaked details included officers’ full name, the location of their force and their work email address. ExfilSquad are also thought to be respon- sible for the DfE hack. One official whose details were
Charges: Gabrielle Carrington and in a court sketch, left
vehicle struck Ms Zakrzewska, who was dragged forward and was trapped beneath the vehicle. ‘As the vehicle moved forward, it fully took her underneath the vehicle and struck Mr Chyche who was on the pavement.’ A video circulating online showed a black vehicle colliding with a group of people. Ms Armstrong was hit, suffering a broken wrist, the court heard. Carrington, known on social media as RIELLEUK, allegedly had 61 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath after the incident. The legal limit in England is 35mcg/100ml. She was initially charged with attempted murder over the incident, but Ms Zakrzewska died in hospital six days later, prompting prosecutors to upgrade the charge. She made it through to the live finals of The X Factor in 2013 as part of girl group Miss Dynamix. She later became an influencer, with 362,000 followers on Insta- gram. Her trial, at the Old Bailey, is due to start in January.
being made ‘popular’ by social media says expert
By Eve Simmons
AUTISM is being over- diagnosed in Britain due to its ‘popularisation’ on social media, a scientist who pioneered the study of the condition has warned. Dame Uta Frith, of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, said the diagnosis has become ‘too broad’, ‘vague’ and influenced by ‘misleading ideas’ online. In a paper published today, the psychology professor blamed social media for ‘spreading simplified ideas’. Dame Uta, whose research in the 1960s and 70s helped define autism, added it has ‘become part of popular culture’ now. ‘Social media, films and online communities have helped peo- ple share experiences, but they have also spread simplified or misleading ideas,’ she wrote in Psychological Medicine. Figures show the number of patients awaiting specialist help for autism has tripled since 2021
‘Spreading simplified ideas’
to more than 200,000 people. And describing autism as ‘neurodivergence’ rather than a developmental problem only fuels misunderstanding, Dame Uta said. She called for profes- sionals to identify other psy- chological problems to treat patients appropriately. ‘There are ways to reduce the symptoms of anxiety disorder and depression,’ she wrote. ‘There are also ways to build resilience in the face of signifi- cant social stress. ‘Such a reorientation would signpost a new route toward correct support... and counter- act the tragic neglect of those with the most severe impairments,’ she added. Reacting to the paper, Mel Merritt, of the National Autistic Society, said: ‘Autistic people need better access to quality autism assessments and tailored support. ‘The real debate about autistic people is how to address the chronic inequalities they face.
apparently leaked said: ‘I have worked in serious organised crime and put high-level criminals behind bars. For private information to be leaked about me is very dis- concerting and puts officers at serious risk.’ Police Federation national chairman Tiff Lynch said: ‘Protecting the informa- tion and safety of those who protect the public must never be compromised.’ A Government spokesman said ‘it would be inappropriate to comment on a live investigation’.
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NO ONE doubts Nigel Farage’s sincerity in wanting to stop illegal cross-Channel migration. Border control has been his overriding concern since he came into politics, and Reform UK’s poll strength shows how much he chimes with the public. But how practical is his proposal to create an ‘integrated surveillance command’ using the Army, Navy and RAF to track and intercept small boats at sea? The occupants would be decanted into military boats, fed and watered, then returned to their country of origin. ‘Within a fortnight, there would be no more boats,’ Mr Farage confidently predicted yesterday. If only it were that simple. Most embark from France, and the French have been conspicuously reluctant to take them back. It’s unlikely they would take kindly to British soldiers or sailors forcing migrants back on to the beach at Calais or Sangatte. Do we even have the capacity to launch such a complex operation? It took us weeks to deploy a single warship to the Mediterranean when Iran threatened our Cyprus bases. How long would it take to put together a Channel task force? And what if some migrants drowned during one of these interceptions? Would we simply say tough luck and carry on? It just doesn’t sound plausible. However, Andy Burnham has no cause to be complacent. More than 2,000 migrants have landed illegally since he took over, and he appears to have no desire to stem the flow. The only party leader with a credible plan to stop the boats is Kemi Badenoch, who proposes third-country assessment and pulling out of the European Convention on Human Rights to end the farce of endless appeals by failed asylum seekers. Until such a genuine deterrent is in place, the boats will just keep coming. Feed young minds
LABOUR loves nothing better than a Tory bogeyman (or woman) to blame for the perceived ills of society. They no doubt hope it will distract attention from their own shortcomings. For Keir Starmer it was Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, for Mr Burnham Margaret Thatcher. Now it’s Education Secretary Lucy Powell’s turn to deploy this tired strategy. In an article outlining her plans ‘to get young people back on the road to success’, she launches a scathing attack on her distant predecessor Michael Gove. The fact that a million young people are not in education, employment or training is apparently his fault. His ‘over-focus on academic attainment’ consigned children to the scrapheap, she says. Ms Powell wants to create more ‘high- quality vocational options’ and equip young people better for the world of work. Admirable aims, but why should they conflict with the teaching of traditional subjects? In trashing Mr Gove’s legacy, Ms Powell is hugely out of touch with public opinion. His curriculum reforms, placing emphasis on maths, science and literature, are credited with fuelling England’s significant rise in international school league tables. In Labour Wales and SNP Scotland, where the reforms were not implemented, standards have plummeted and Neet rates are just as high. There is nothing wrong with promoting vocational education, but it must not be at the expense of academic subjects. English is a beautiful language which all pupils in this country should be taught to read, write and speak properly (even if they then choose to mangle it). And everyone needs to learn basic mathematics – as any employer will tell you.
HERE is a grim famili- arity to the tragic deaths of two women in the news this week. Both young, beautiful and by all accounts kind, trusting souls, they were sympathetic to migrants and only had the best intentions towards them. One was American, Jamey Carney, 43, who had resettled in her ancestral home of Killarney, Ireland. Soon after, she inherited over €400,000 from her father and then fell in love with a Jordanian man 15 years her junior, whom she met at a pro-Palestinian protest. They got engaged, but on July 7 her daughter Michaela – aged just 13 – found her mother dead in her bedroom. She had been suffocated. Irish detectives identified her fiancé, Ahmad Al Seqar, as a person of inter- est – but discovered he had fled to Jordan, where he is currently under
to be a grim pattern emerging
arrest. He has not yet been formally charged, but the authorities have requested he be returned to Ireland to face a potential murder charge. The second victim, 38-year-old Elisabeth-Jane Ross, was a commit- ted Christian who had been volunteer- ing for some years at a charity in Athens which specialises in providing medical assistance to refugees,
particularly those from the Middle East. Her alleged killer, a 26-year- old Afghan man whom she is said to have met through her work in Athens, has admitted putting her body in a suitcase and dumping it in an abandoned car park. Her remains were discov- ered by a homeless man. The alleged killer then went on to withdraw money using her bank cards and sent texts from her phone and posted on her Facebook page to give the impression she was still alive. He remains in custody. Clearly, we will have to wait until these cases come to trial to know the full extent of what actually happened and whether either of these two men were responsible for the women’s deaths. But these tragedies bring to mind the case of Rhiannon Skye Whyte, a 27-year-old mother, who in 2024 was bru- tally murdered by a Sudanese national housed at the hotel in Walsall where she worked. She suffered 23 puncture wounds, 19 of them to the head, inflicted with a screw- driver. Afterwards, her killer bought beer, returned to the hotel – and was captured on CCTV dancing and laughing in the hotel car park. Sentencing her killer, Deng Chol Majek, to life with a minimum term of 29 years, the judge, Mr Justice Soole, said there was ‘no explana- tion’ for why Majek had murdered ‘a member of the hotel staff who together with her colleagues had been serving and helping you’. Needless to say, vile men who hurt women, especially
On the streets: Three migrant men walk near their asylum hotel
when they don’t get their way, are by no means restricted to arrivals from other countries. One thinks of the recent case of triple killer Kyle Clifford, a former soldier, who murdered his girlfriend Louise Hunt, 25, after she ended their 18-month relationship. Louise was the daughter of the racing commentator John Hunt. Clifford also killed Louise’s mother Carole in the attack, stabbing her with a knife, before he used a crossbow to shoot dead Louise and her elder sister Hannah. There are many others, too many. But still, there is something about the recent influx of thousands of young men from very different social and cultural backgrounds (approximately 70 per cent of asylum seekers are male) that feels increasingly alarming in the context of women’s safety. If even a tiny percentage carry with them the openly misogynistic and sexist attitudes towards women that prevail in their countries of origin, shouldn’t we at least be concerned? To even type those words feels deeply taboo; we are constantly being told it is wrong to characterise groups of people by the actions of just a few. And, of course, most immigrants are not a danger to anyone. But there is no denying cases of attacks on women by recent arrivals are far from rare these days. In 2020, for example, Azam Mangori, an Iraqi Kurd whose asylum claim had been rejected, murdered 32-year-
old Lorraine Cox in his room above an Exeter takeaway and, in a chilling echo of Ms Ross’s case, used her phone and social media accounts to pretend she was still alive. In January 2024, Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, an Afghan national, attacked his former partner and children with a corrosive substance in Clapham. A few years previ- ously, he had been granted asylum – despite a 2018 conviction for sexual assault. Last year, Hadush Gerbers- lasie Kebatu, from Ethiopia, was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl shortly after
of raping a 12-year-old
his arrival at the Bell Hotel in Epping. His case sparked nationwide outrage and protests from local residents. Also last year, Mehmet Ogur, a Turkish-Kurdish asy- lum seeker, raped an 18-year- old woman in Staffordshire. And earlier this year, Ahmad Mulakhil, an Afghan asylum seeker was convicted of the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. More recently, three recent arrivals to the UK, Ibrahim Alshafe, Abdulla Ahmadi and Karin Al-Danasurt, received lengthy sentences for the
brutal rape of a young woman on Brighton beach. And these are just a few of the more high-profile cases. Sad to say, but there does seem to be a grim pattern emerging. Of course, no one wants to be the person to point this out, given the risks of being accused of racism or religious hatred. Then again, how much longer can we afford to ignore the facts? Especially since in the past our wilful refusal as a society to accept the reality – rather than the liberal fantasy – of integration has led to some terrible abuses. Most obviously this applies to the grooming gangs, where ‘cultural sensitivities’ prevented police and other authorities from acknowledg- ing the extent and nature of the abuse, which was mostly carried out by men of Paki- stani heritage in relation to very young white girls. It has taken years of campaigning by the victims and their families to obtain anything approximating justice – and, even then, many of the guilty are soon to be freed under the Govern- ment’s early release scheme, a decision which only adds insult to injury. But there have been other warnings, too, such as the infamous New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne of 2016. Around 650 women were sexually assaulted by groups of men around the city’s main railway station, a great number of whom were foreign nationals from North African countries such as Algeria and Morocco, others from Syria,
feels taboo. But we
need to talk about
how so many
Western women
are being sexually
assaulted and
murdered by
migrants from
misogynist cultures
Iraq and elsewhere. The offences ranged from groping and other types of sexual assault to 22 rapes. The initial response was justifia- ble outrage, but very soon the ‘asylum seekers welcome’ narrative reasserted itself, any critic of Germany’s disastrous immigration policy being quickly neutralised by accusa- tions of bigotry. Yet some critics cannot be silenced. Writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali, one of the few people brave enough to discuss this openly in
her book Prey: Immigration, Islam
And The Erosion Of Women’s
Rights, has repeatedly pointed
out the failings of the German
authorities to accept the realities
of that night, including the reluc-
tance of the police and press to
acknowledge the backgrounds of
the suspects and a refusal to
a d d r e s s
q u e s t i o n s
a b o u t
integration and women’s safety.
Drawing on her own harsh
Muslim upbringing, she argues
that the attitudes of migrant men
to women – such as a culture of
victim-blaming in the case of sexual assault, or the notion that non-believing women are by definition promiscuous – are dangerously incompatible with our liberal society, and our reluctance to acknowledge this makes women in the West very vulnerable. There is a term for this wilful refusal to accept that no bad can come from the merging of two diametrically opposed cultures. It’s called suicidal empathy, and it’s increasingly what we see
demonstrated by virtue-signalling politicians and young pro- Palestinians, many of them women, who march in support of Hamas or continue to deny what took place on October 7. You might have thought that the violent rape and murder of festival-goers that day, and the subsequent treatment of women hostages by Hamas, would lead them to question some of the terrorists’ motives at the cultural intersection between a strict Muslim society backed by the
Islamic regime in Iran and the socially liberal nation of Israel. And yet they prefer to look the other way, lost in their magical thinking, which victim-blames Israel for what happened, glosses over the heinous acts of violent sexual misogyny committed that day, and even goes so far as to deny they even took place (despite ample evidence, much of it filmed by the terrorists them- selves, to the contrary). But ideology is not entirely to blame. While in no way account- ing for many of the cases above – and while ultimately responsibil- ity lies with the man alone – on occasion it would appear that there is something about certain women, and young women espe- cially, that makes them vulnerable to ruthless men – something that older, more battle-worn women such as me are wont to warn against but often find ourselves dismissed as ‘Karens’ or bigots. It’s a kind of romantic compul- sion towards a certain type of man, often characterised in books and films as the ‘bad boy’ or the rough diamond. It’s why so many young women were drawn to dangerous revolu- tionaries such as Che Guevara, or why the world swooned over James Dean. It’s why Heathcliff remains the ultimate ‘romantic’
second-class citizens
hero, despite the fact that he is clearly a raging misogynist with psychopathic tendencies. What could be more thrilling to a lonely heart in search of a hero than a young man supposedly flee- ing oppression in a war-torn coun- try, even better if that war can somehow be ascribed to the med- dling of an imperialist oppressor. By association, they, too, become heroes of the story, unimpeacha- ble in the eyes of their peers. It’s a kind of saviour complex, if you like, the belief – sadly often mistaken – that, with enough love and kindness, years of brutal indoctrination and violent trauma can be erased, and their own crippling anxiety about white, imperialist oppression will somehow be assuaged. Witness the women on the beaches at Calais, helping young men into their dinghies, getting between them and the authori- ties. Witness the women in Cueta recently, waving the 60,000 migrants through. They are not doing it for the sake of humanity (if they truly were, they would be out in Afghanistan trying to free women and girls from the Taliban or helping run trauma centres for the victims of the mass rape of women and girls in the Sudan); they are doing it to soothe their own bleeding hearts and make themselves feel better. When such evangelical liberalism encounters the desperation of desensitised men from cultures that at best view women as second-class citizens and at worse as worthless slaves, it’s a perfect storm. We need to wise up. Distasteful as this conversation is, we must have it. Otherwise, women and girls will continue to have their lives ruined.
Abusive: Sorif Uddin
whipped wife with belt for failing to ‘abide by his rule’
A TAXI driver who whipped his wife with a belt while ask- ing her ‘are you abiding by my rule?’ has been spared jail. Instead, Sorif Uddin must
By Claire Duffin
complete a ‘skills for relation- ships toolkit’ course. The 28-year-old attacked his wife after they rowed about washing
clothes, a court heard. She managed to film him, and later captured her shirtless husband strangling her for several seconds. Uddin had verbally abused her throughout their relatively short Islamic marriage, including calling her a ‘mistake’ and a ‘street girl’ who was not good enough for him, Birmingham Crown Court heard. Uddin, of Lozells, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and strangulation. But he was handed a two-year sentence, suspended for three years, after a judge said imprison- ment would not address his under- lying issues and that he could be rehabilitated outside jail instead. He was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and follow a
‘He told her no one wanted her’
‘skills for relationships toolkit’. Uddin was also banned from con- tacting the victim for seven years. The court heard the couple met over Instagram in 2019 but the vic- tim, who was living in Bangladesh, went on to marry another man, as arranged by her father. That ended in divorce within months in 2022, and she renewed her relationship with Uddin. The pair had an Islamic marriage in August 2023. Madhu Rai, prosecuting, said: ‘Soon after the wedding Mr Uddin started being verbally abusive, and months later physically assaulted her on two separate occasions.’ The first incident was in January 2024 after Uddin told his wife to clean her clothes in the bath, as Obesity pushes up diabetes cases in pregnancy by 60%
THE number of pregnant women diagnosed with diabetes has risen by 60 per cent in five years, analysis shows. Experts have linked the surge to the increasing age and waistlines of expectant mothers. In 2018, one in 12 expectant mothers in England would develop diabetes, which can result in stillbirth. By 2022, this had risen to one in eight. Obesity is the greatest risk factor for the condition, account- ing for roughly half of all cases. The study, led by researchers from the University of Edinburgh, found that a diagnosis of gestational diabetes was associ- ated with an increase in the odds of a premature birth. Gestational diabetes happens when blood sugars become very high in pregnancy but return to normal after the baby is born. It occurs because the body strug-
her family had not bought them a washing machine. Ms Rai said: ‘He suddenly took a belt and with some force started to whip her.’ The victim suffered injuries to her hands trying to defend herself. Some of the attack was caught on her phone with the footage played to the court. Uddin’s words were translated as: ‘Hey, daughter of animal, are you abiding by my rule?’ The victim briefly went to rela- tives but returned, and he verbally abused her again the same day. Ms Rai said: ‘He told her she had no shame, no-one wanted her. ‘Throughout their marriage he frequently shouted at her saying he married a street girl and she was not good enough for him.’ Later that year, Uddin called his wife ‘his mistake’. Ms Rai said: ‘Footage captures the defendant suddenly grabbing her throat very tightly. She describes the defend- ant’s grip as being very strong. She was struggling to breathe.’ On October 13 the victim managed to dial 999 saying ‘help me’ and confirming her postcode. In a police interview Uddin denied his wife’s accusations and and even claimed she had a short temper and was making up com- plaints for ‘legal status in the UK’. Bethany Baggaley, defending, said Uddin felt ashamed and remorseful and had since lost his job being unable to pass a Disclo- sure and Barring Service (DBS) check. She said he was also helping to support his mother and sisters. Judge Stacy Newnham-Payne, passing sentence, told him: ‘It’s clear the marriage was fraught with difficulties. You would have caused exceptional distress.’
By Marti Stelling
gles to keep up with the foetus’ increased requirement for insulin – which converts the sugars in food into energy. The condition affects the functioning of the placenta, which delivers food and oxygen to the baby, and increases the risk of problems including high birth weight, trouble breathing and, in rare cases, stillbirth. The latest research, published in the journal BMJ Medicine, analysed NHS maternity data covering more than 2.3million mothers and about 2.8million births across 184 hospitals in England between 2018 and 2022. Speaking of the findings, Rebecca Reynolds, professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Edinburgh, said: ‘The rising number of women being diagnosed is concerning.’
I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.
Actor and comedian Steve Martin
money can send you mad Restore’s a busted flush. Here’s how the Right CAN unite to win... Y
OU don’t need a crys- tal ball to predict that the UK is facing a destructive high tax, high immigration, socialist government, which could be in place for at least one more Parliamentary term after this – if not two. With Andy Burnham extend- ing the hand of friendship to the Liberal Democrats and even the Greens, the Left has never been more united. In contrast, the parties of the Right – the Conservatives, Reform and Restore – could not be more divided. In this context, you could be forgiven for taking in good faith the offer made on Sunday by Restore’s founder Rupert Lowe, to put past differences aside and work with Reform to take on Labour. In a video released on X, the social media site owned by Lowe’s biggest supporter, Elon Musk, he said: ‘I truly believe there could be sufficient common ground for our two movements to co-operate col- lectively and destroy the looming Left-wing alliance that will finish off what remains of our country.’ He went on to say: ‘In my view, failing to even try because of our own personal difficulties is simply not an option. Now is the time to put our differences aside and co-operate for the good of the country that we all love.’ On the
magic wand. Politics is a numbers game and the only way for the centre-Right to beat Burnham and the socialists is for Reform and the Conservatives to reach an understanding over an electoral pact. Restore is a busted flush and Rupert Lowe is yesterday’s man. After the disastrous outcome of his assignation with Tory negotia- tors, he had no choice but to try to bury the hatchet with Farage. It was no surprise to hear yester- day that Reform had ‘opened the door’ to talks. But it wasn’t long before Lowe threw a tantrum on X. One can only question, was his performative offer genuine? It’s now time for the Tories to act. They have spent a year channelling their energy into forming an alliance with Restore in order to ‘crush’ Reform but they need to re-focus, put personalities aside, stop sniping at Reform and nego- tiate with its charismatic vote- winning leader to lay the founda- tions of an unbeatable alliance. Give me Greek sun over Cornish rain any day
ON a trip to Northern Greece at the end of May, when the weather was perfect, I asked a taxi driver what the temperature was like in August. ‘Eees ’Ell,’ he shouted as he took his hands off the steering wheel to gesticulate towards the heavens. Driving home this weekend from the annual family gathering in Cornwall, I remembered his words. As the rest of the country basked in sunshine, I had shivered on the shoreline in
face of it, this was an offer of an olive branch by a mature politician who had come to the conclusion it was time to put the good of the nation above personal ambition. But that would be to assume that Lowe, a preposterous ego-maniac who cares about nothing and no one other than Rupert Lowe, had transformed himself into a statesman over- night. However, the sad truth is that his supposedly magnanimous offer was nothing more than a desperate last-ditch attempt to save his own political career. I have it on good authority that a secret meeting was held on Sunday, July 26 between Rupert Lowe and representatives of the Conservative party. My impecca- ble sources tell me it was only the latest in a series of meetings over the past year, which had laid the ground for the creation of a detailed policy agreement designed to form the basis of a ‘Conservative Alliance’, between the Tories and Restore. The casualty of any such alli- ance would, of course, be Reform. This shouldn’t be a surprise to those who watch events closely. There has always been a comfort- able relationship between Restore and the Conservatives who both turn their guns on Reform, never on each other. I’ve been told that Lowe’s price was his elevation to the Lords and the eventual position of Deputy Prime Minister. Naturally,
a dry robe after a cold morning spent surfing, and played volleyball in the rain. ‘Why are we paying for a house in Cornwall when, for the same price, we can rent a gorgeous coastal villa in Greece?’ I asked everyone. The answer flew back at me, ‘Because, eees ’Ell.’ With the TV news showing wildfires raging in Greece and elsewhere, I can see what they meant. But next year, I’ll be taking my chances and heading for the Continent.
NADINE Dorries
the Conservative representatives rejected this demand out of hand and the Restore leader brought the rendezvous to an abrupt and colourful end, delivering such spicy epithets on his way out that I’m told he has totally burnt his bridges with his would-be allies. (Both the Tories and Restore told the Daily Mail yesterday that no such talks had taken place). W
H AT E V E R
t h e
truth, Lowe was
never in a position
to make demands of anyone. The
Conservatives may be on the
back foot following their
ignominious defeat at the last
election but they remain, never-
theless, a formidable political
machine backed by a degree of
organisation Rupert Lowe could
never begin to emulate.
A man at the head of a party
with just one MP in the House of
Commons, which polled a
ONE of the many things that surprised me as Culture Secretary was what little power I had over how the huge £840million grant we handed to Arts Council England (ACE) was spent. I was reminded of this when I read in The Mail on Sunday some of the eye-wa- tering spending decisions made by ACE, such as a £100,000 donation to a Migra- tion Matters Festival in Sheffield which used the money to host a flag-making workshop exploring ‘identity, protest and belonging’. Another £32,000 was
derisory fourth place in the recent Manchester mayoral election, is in no position to dictate terms to anyone. Let alone the Tories. Reform on the other hand cannot be ignored. Yes, Nigel Farage is going through a difficult time, under attack by those who see Reform as a roadblock to their own political ambition, but he remains a giant of British politics, the archi- tect of Brexit and a man with an unrivalled personal following. Ignore the naysayers: Nigel isn’t going anywhere and will remain a thorn in the side of the two-party system for a long time to come. Thanks to the rise of his insur- gent movement, the Tories have gone from being a party that attracted 25 per cent of the vote when I was a minister in Boris Johnson’s government in 2019, to 16 per cent at the 2024 election. That’s a loss of a whopping ten million votes in five years and no one, not even the increasingly impressive Kemi Badenoch, can retrieve them with the wave of a
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EXTREME wealth can send people truly mad. If you don’t believe me, read my colleague Alison Boshoff’s excellent new book, Brand Beckham, serialised in the Daily Mail at the weekend. It achieved the impossible and made me feel sorry for David and Victoria’s eldest son Brooklyn as I laughed out loud at the sheer ridiculousness of the scenes it described in the run-up to his wedding to Nicola Peltz, left. Serious discussions over whether puppies should be given to every wedding guest as a thank you present, for example. But my personal favourite was the story about how Victoria was humbled in the diamond stakes when her 21-carat pendant was outshone by the 95-carat Star of the East dazzler sported by the formidable mother of the bride, Claudia Peltz.
given to playwright Aisha Zia, who wrote Refugee! in which characters discover the UK government’s ‘complicity’ in war crimes. In the same year, 16 museums – custo- dians of our national heritage – closed after being starved of public funding. If anyone wonders why the country is moving to the Right, they should reflect on how so many public bodies squander money on woke projects that baffle many of the hard-working taxpayers who fund them.
New tricks: Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey judging the dog show. Inset: The pair in Men Behaving Badly
By Alex Doyle Senior Showbusiness Reporter THEIR laddish characters in 1990s sitcom Men Behaving Badly wouldn’t have been seen dead at a dog show. Thirty years on and things are rather different for actors Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey. The pair, both 64, reunited on Sunday to judge the dog show held as part of the Buckham Fair, which Clunes hosts at
aged 11 ‘fall six months behind by their GCSEs’
CHILDREN who start using social media at the age of 11 are up to six months behind in school by their GCSE years, a study suggests. Researchers compared the grades of more than 5,000 students after noting when they first opened social media accounts. Those who started using TikTok, Instagram and others at 11 were the equivalent of six months behind in certain sub- jects when they reached the ages of 15 and 16. Frequent phone checking,
his £5million farm in Dorset. The Doc Martin star, wearing a cowboy hat in the hot sun, and Morrissey took their roles seriously, keeping their eyes locked on the performing dogs while noting their scores on clipboards. Before the com-
By Xantha Leatham Executive Science Editor
excessive social media use and a lack of parental supervi- sion could disrupt pupils’ attention and learning, the scientists suggest. ‘This provides compelling evidence that early engage- ment with social media adversely affects learning outcomes,’ they wrote. ‘In the short-term, policies that delay social media access until children are cognitively mature enough to manage its potential distractions could be beneficial.’ Britain is among
countries planning to ban social media for under-16s, with a law change due next spring that will stop young- sters accessing Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and X. For the study, researchers from the University of Milano–Bicocca analysed the social media habits of 5,227 Italian students, and collected their test scores for Italian, English and maths. The research, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, found ‘a significant negative impact’ of early social media use ‘during lower-secondary school years
petition began, however, they did enjoy a catch-up over a pint – much more in keeping with their sitcom alter egos Gary and Tony. Morrissey flew in from France, where he lives with partner Emma Killick. It was the first time that the fair, which Clunes runs with his TV producer wife Philippa, had taken place since Covid.
in mathematics and Italian’. But they found no impact on English scores – possibly because of the large amount of English-language content online, potentially offering some informal learning. ‘This endorses and extends previous research which has highlighted the potential for digital distractions to interfere with students’ learn- ing and school performance,’ the researchers said. And they referenced previous studies that suggest intensive social media use is linked to poorer sleep, reduced concentration and decreased face-to-face interactions.
Hardcastle
WITH the King still dithering over whether to remove just Andrew or all of the former Yorks from the line of succession, perhaps the nation should be grateful Harry is still on the list. There are plenty who argue he should have been ousted. But, as things stand, should disaster strike and teenage George ascends the throne early, it’s Uncle Harry who would become Prince Regent. If he was unavailable, then a Mr A Mountbatten-Windsor of Marsh Farm, Sandringham, would get the call. And if he was ruled out then Princess Beatrice would get the job. A sobering thought.
DISCLOSURE of royal rental details reveals Princess Alexandra’s daughter Marina Ogilvy is getting a raw deal. She is forking out £1,453.17 per month for a three-bed semi in Windsor with an increase imminent next summer. Mean- while her mother pays £125 per month for Thatched House Lodge in Richmond Park, a six-bed, six-reception mansion with outbuildings, stabling and a very luxurious summer house. Alexandra, a resident since 1963, has a lease running until 2144 with fixed rent rises every 25 years to a maximum of £500 per month. Turning 90 on Christmas Day this year, her next rent increase will come when she is 108.
CANADIAN singer Shania Twain, pictured, confesses to a habit of frequently riding her horses while she is wearing pyjamas. ‘I’m sure it doesn’t look glorious, but I just go with it,’ she says. If the Man! I Feel Like A Woman! warbler gallops after dark, could it be described as a nightmare?
WITH President Trump still simmering after failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Andrew Neil mockingly concludes of Donald’s recent Middle East antics: ‘Nobody with good conscience can deny Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize. In just five months, he’s brought peace to the Iran War eight times! What more do you have to do to merit a Nobel Peace Prize?’
WILL famously touchy ex-cricketer Ian Botham react aggressively to food critic Giles Coren’s verbal demolition of the steak at his Southampton restaurant Beefy’s by Lord Botham? ‘How do you fail so badly with a ribeye?’ asks Giles in his scathing review. ‘This was like the steak Stan Laurel used to resole his shoe in Way Out West. Except Stan then got chased by hungry dogs, which I didn’t. I guess because the local dogs had eaten at Beefy’s before.’ A word in your shell- like, Giles, best lie doggo for a while and not venture down any dark alleys.
CAMBRIDGE rowing coach Donald Legget, who has died aged 84, was renowned for his rudeness and rough tongue, once telling a young rower: ‘There’s a piece of s*** on the end of your oar.’ When the boy looked at his blade, he added: ‘No, the other end.’
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N FRIDAY night, Ariana Grande took to the stage at Montreal’s Bell Centre. Draped in an ethereal, flowing white dress, she gripped her microphone and moved a little stiffly around the stage – but her voice was as magnificent as ever. As she belted out hits from Into You to Hate That I Made You Love Me, her stunning four-octave range was as crisp and clear as when she first sang on Broad- way as a teenager. That early break enabled her to find even greater fame on Victorious, a popular sitcom on the children’s network Nickelodeon. As the ex-child star took her bow in Canada – the latest date of her gruelling Eternal Sunshine Tour – there was no sign that barely
48 hours later, she would make one of the most dramatic decisions of her career and spark headlines around the world. Hours before that Montreal show, the music video for her new single Petal had been released. Grande surely hoped that it would attract attention for its controversial closing scenes, in which she attacks a group of boor- ish and dismissive male music executives with a chainsaw, ending up drenched in blood, like a horror film. However, although the Petal video swiftly racked up millions of views, the reaction
focused almost entirely on her strikingly slender physique. ‘At this point, I’m judging her team, friends and family,’ said one viewer, whose comment was ‘liked’ by 62,000 people. Another added: ‘She is surrounded by enablers.’ On Instagram, where Grande boasts 363 million followers, she uploaded a series of recent photos. Some were quickly presented with a ‘community note’ from other users attached to the post warning about eating disorders and urging anyone struggling with one to ‘seek help’. The British actress and Left-wing activist Jameela Jamil – who has survived an eating disorder herself – also commented online, claiming that Grande was ‘possibly dying in front of us’ and wondered why her team had chosen to release such a ‘damaging image for young fans’. Jamil later deleted her crass remark, but insisted: ‘My point stands. This is deeply irresponsible.’ Finally, as the row approached a crescendo on Sunday night, Ariana’s team sensationally announced that she would be pulling out of a London stage production that was tipped to be one of the biggest Theatre- land has ever seen. Her spokesman told People maga- zine that Grande would ‘be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour’, adding: ‘She looks forward to . . . taking a much- deserved break from public-facing work and appear- ances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny.’ S
O WHAT exactly is going on – and should her army of fans be worried? Earlier this year it was revealed that the 33-year-old would be starring opposite Jonathan Bailey in a Barbican production of Sunday In The Park with George: Stephen Sondheim’s legendary 1984 musical about the 19th-century French painter Georges Seurat and his mistress Dot. Her casting had been a major coup for producers – and a triumph for the London venue. Grande and Bailey were, of course, two stars of the Wicked films, by far the most successful cinematic adaptations of Broadway musicals ever, grossing more than $750million at the box office and garnering ten Oscar nominations (including one for Grande as Best Supporting Actress). Yet on Sunday, Empire Street Productions, the company produc- ing Sunday at the Park with George, was told that Grande was quitting the production less than an hour before her team released their own statement. This meant that the Barbican had to scramble to get ahead of the story. Last night, one source connected to the production told the Daily Mail that Grande’s decision was ‘mind-bending’, adding: ‘It all unfolded rapidly after the release of her music video sparked more back- lash about her appearance. ‘There have been ongoing discus- sions [about the production] because there was a lot of [online discussion] around Ariana, but she was excited to do this show and rehearsals don’t start until 2027. ‘The Barbican was informed at 8pm on Sunday. It was all very sudden and has left them in a terri- ble mess. It is their most expensive theatrical project ever, and all involved are absolutely gutted. They feel for Ariana . . . There were promo- tion plans in place, with magazine covers lined up. But in any theatre production, you have to consider something like this could happen.’ Her co-star Bailey, 38, is believed to remain ‘committed to the show’ in the title role. ‘He was always the key player in this: Ariana wanted the role of Dot alongside him,’
added our source. ‘Jonathan and Ariana were excited to do it together. They have become incredibly close. It wouldn’t surprise me if Jonathan had found out before the Barbican did.’ Publicly, the show’s producers said: ‘We know this cannot have been an easy decision, and [Ariana] makes it with our complete under- standing and support. We wish her nothing but the best.’ They added that the production will open as planned next summer, with tickets going on sale next month. As the Daily Mail went to press last night, Grande was due to perform at Chicago’s United Centre for the first of three concerts there, before moving to London’s O2 Arena for her tour’s final ten shows from August 15 to September 1. D
ESPITE rumours swirling online yesterday that she may yet cancel those British dates, sources close to the singer have insisted to the Daily Mail that there are no plans to do so – although they are preparing for ‘intense scrutiny on the tour’. (Industry insiders noted that if Ariana were to cancel her remaining dates, she would lose sig- nificant revenue and face high costs.) Yesterday, Grande put a brave face on events, writing online: ‘See you tonight, Chicago.’ But if she’s hoping for a rest after the tour, she may not be able to enjoy it for long. Grande is due to promote her new film, Focker-In- Law, in which she stars alongside Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in the latest instalment of the Meet The Fockers series, which is due for release on November 25. She’ll be expected to appear on the red carpet repeatedly for weeks. Of course, speculation around
Grande’s appearance – some con- cerned, some prurient and some simply cruel – has dogged her for a long time. While Ariana herself has always publicly insisted that she is perfectly healthy, and has never directly addressed concerns about her dramatic weight loss, that hasn’t stopped worried fans from pointing out how gaunt she has appeared in recent years. In April 2023, she addressed the speculation publicly with a post on TikTok, saying: ‘I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies,’ adding it was hard ‘to be paid this close attention to [sic]’. She added that when people were comparing how she then looked to previous images, those earlier pictures were in fact ‘the unhealthiest version of my body . . . I was on a lot of antidepressants, and drinking on them, and eating poorly . . . [I was] at the lowest points of my life when I looked the way you consider “my healthy”, but that in fact wasn’t my healthy.’ The following year, in her song Yes, And?, Grande again addressed the scrutiny over her appearance, singing: ‘Don’t comment on my body, do not reply. Your business is yours and mine is mine. Why do you care so much . . . Why?’ The same year, during her Wicked press tour, she spoke about the subject in detail, say- ing: ‘I’ve been doing this in front of the public and been a specimen in a petri dish, really, since I was 16 or 17.’ Certainly, she is far from the first former child star to have experi- enced a troubled adulthood. But by anyone’s standards, Grande has suffered a series of truly tragic events in her personal and private life over the past decade or so. First, of course, there was the horrific suicide bombing of her Manchester Arena concert by an Islamist in 2017. Salman Abedi, of Libyan descent, murdered 22 peo- ple, many of them children, and injured more than 1,000 others. Inevitably, the atrocity deeply affected Grande, who said she was ‘broken’ and couldn’t find the words to describe how devastated she felt at the time. A year after the attack, she said: ‘People are permanently affected by this stuff. It changes everything.’ She added that she was coping with the symptoms of
Spotlight: Fans reacted to Ariana Grande’s appearance in her music video, released last week
post-traumatic stress disorder. Many lesser artists would have retired then and there – and she hardly needs the money, being worth around £200million – but Grande bravely organised the
benefit concert One Love Man- chester to support victims and their families. Then, in 2018 – just a year after the Manchester attack – her rapper boyfriend Mac Miller,
another child star who had burst on to the music scene as a 15-year- old, died from an accidental drug overdose. He was just 26. Grande had first met him when she was 19, and the pair were together for
almost two years, breaking up some four months before he died. ‘I can’t believe you’re not here any more,’ she wrote online at the time. ‘I don’t know what to do. You were my dearest friend.’ In an interview the following year, she said her grief over his death was ‘pretty all-consuming’. Shortly afterwards, she embarked on a brief, whirlwind relationship with actor and come- dian Pete Davidson – a former boyfriend of Kim Kardashian – with the couple getting matching tattoos. Davidson presented her with a $93,000 engagement ring, and the couple even bought a pet pig together, named Piggie Smalls – before they broke off the engage- ment after spending just five months together. G
RANDE went on to find brief happiness with Dalton Gomez, an estate agent for luxury properties, whom she mar- ried in 2021. However, their divorce was finalised three years later. She also had a near-three-year relationship with actor Ethan Slater while filming Wicked, before they split up this summer. Slater is thought to have left his ex-wife and newborn baby after meeting the star. But if her love life has been turbulent, her career has only gone from strength to strength. Grande’s debut album, 2013’s Yours Truly, was an instant hit, and she went on to achieve global chart success with Dangerous Woman and Thank U, Next. She pushed herself even further by moving back into acting, relaunching that side of her career with Wicked in 2024 – a role that took an emotional and physical toll. Intensive rehearsal schedules, sing- ing live and performing stunts alongside British co-star Cynthia Erivo were all-consuming. In January this year, Grande admitted a career break ‘would be healthy’, telling Vogue Japan: ‘These past few years have been pretty non-stop. And by few, I mean 15.’ She added that she was searching for more ‘balance’ in the years to come. All her fans desperately hope she finds it. And as she readies herself to take to the London stage next week, many will be praying she gets the rest she clearly needs.
Quit: Scott Chilton left after 33 years
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A FORMER chief constable accused of having sex while on duty was paid more than £55,000 after he quit the force last year, it has emerged. Scott Chilton retired after the police watchdog announced he
By Claire Duffin
was under investigation over sex- ual relationships with two officers. Former counter-terror officer Mr Chilton is accused of having a relationship with a more junior officer while serving as chief constable as
well as having sex with a junior officer while on duty earlier in his career. It is alleged that he failed to ‘disclose a previous sexual relation- ship with another officer during the application process to become chief constable’, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said.
Mr Chilton, appointed chief constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary in 2023, was paid £55,154 after he resigned with immediate effect in April last year. He had served on the force for 33 years. A police spokesman said it
‘Abused his position’
was a payment in lieu of working his three-month notice. He is due to appear at a mis- conduct hearing in October over allegations he abused ‘his position for a sexual purpose’ and ‘repeatedly and dis- honestly’ denied allegations. The allegations emerged last year when Roger Wood, a former senior detective, accused Mr Chilton of an ‘affair’ during his own misconduct hearing. When asked if an affair amounted to misconduct, Mr Wood said: ‘Well, the chief constable had an affair.’
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FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
AUGUST 4, 1993
LADY Thatcher is to avenge herself
on the ‘treacherous’ Cabinet col-
leagues she accuses of plotting her
downfall by naming them on TV.
Lawyers are combing her accusa-
tions, which come in a ‘stunningly
frank’, no-holds barred BBC1 series,
Thatcher: The Downing Street
Years, to be shown in October.
AUGUST 4, 2000
HARRY Potter and Sabrina The
Teenage Witch have been accused of
fuelling an interest in the occult.
John Buckeridge, editor of Christian
magazine Youthwork, said: ‘What
starts out as spooks and spells
can lead to psychological and
spiritual damage.’
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
KATE SILVERTON,
56. The former BBC
n e w s r e a d e r
a n d
Strictly Come Dancing
competitor stepped
away from journalism
in 2021 to retrain as a
child therapist. She
said news was no longer ‘bringing me
joy’ and revealed her campaigning
on children’s mental health ‘will
become my life’s work’.
LEE MACK, 58. The Southport-born
comedian, writer, BBC Would I Lie
To You? panellist and host of ITV’s
The 1% Club has been described as a
‘latterday Eric Morecambe’. He left
school at 15 after failing his O-levels
and his headmaster wrote in his last
school report: ‘Lee will soon realise
that joking around in class will get
him nowhere.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
MOYA BRENNAN (1952-2026). The
Irish singer and harpist found fame
with folk band Clannad. The group
recorded the theme music for 1982
TV drama Harry’s Game and wrote
the music for ITV’s 26-episode series
Robin Of Sherwood. Her sister is
multi-million-selling singer Enya.
RICHARD BELZER (1944-2023).
The US actor and comedian played
the same character – detective John
Munch – in 11 different TV series
across six networks over 23 years,
beginning with Homicide: Life On
The Street in 1993.
ON AUGUST 4. . .
IN 1964, the Kinks released break-
through hit You Really Got Me.
IN 2013, Sir Sandy Woodward –
commander of Britain’s Falklands
War Task Force – died, aged 81.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION:
Eximious (coined 1574)
A) Thrifty. B) Excellent. C) Small.
Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED:
Rest on one’s laurels: To be so satis-
fied with what one has achieved that
one makes no further effort; in
ancient Greece a wreath was made
out of ‘laurel’ or baytree leaves as a
mark of distinction especially at the
Pythian Games at Delphi.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
I’m more frightened going in
a lift than I am of any kind
of war I’ve ever been in.
Clare Hollingworth, English war
reporter (1911-2017)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHAT nut has no shell? A doughnut.
Guess The Definition answer: B
★★✩
Daily Mail Reporter
Daily Mail Reporter
A BABY boy has become the first child from the UK to have surgery for a rare condition while still in his mother’s womb. Maisie Savage, 29, from Lon- don, had the operation in the US while 26 weeks pregnant. Her son, Theo, had been diag- nosed with gastroschisis – where the intestines develop outside the body. The pioneering procedure was carried out at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston as part of a clinical trial, in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital and Leuven Hospital in Belgium. Surgeons partially exposed Ms Savage’s womb and moved Theo’s intestines into his body using keyhole surgery. The technique is similar to that used on babies with spina bifida, where doctors operate to close a gap in the spine, between the 19th and 26th week of pregnancy. Theo was carried to term and born naturally in February in Texas. Ms Savage told the BBC that she and Theo’s father, Josh French, 36, were relieved by
Intestines outside foetus
the success of the procedure and described their son as a ‘little miracle’. He was the first baby from the UK to benefit from the procedure and only the third in the world. Ms Savage said: ‘Everything they did just completely reversed what could have been a really horrible start to Theo’s life, and he’s just the best. He’s a com-
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Intestines moved into baby using keyhole surgery
Womb put back inside mother, who later gave birth naturally
pletely normal baby, essentially.’ Gastroschisis affects about one in 3,000 babies born in Britain each year and is usually identified at the mother’s 20-week scan. Babies currently require a standard operation soon after birth to place the intestines in the body, and spend weeks in inten- sive care recovering and being fed through a tube. Those with severe
Relieved: Maisie Savage and Josh French with son Theo
gastroschisis may need multiple surgeries, and can spend months in hospital. In some cases, the defect can be fatal. Ms Savage first travelled to Leuven Hospital for a botox injection through her womb and into Theo’s abdominal wall, to relax muscles and make repair easier. Then, during the proce- dure in Texas, surgeons exposed the womb, drained the amniotic fluid and replaced it with carbon dioxide (CO2) to give them space to operate. Paolo De Coppi, a professor of paediatric surgery and consult- ant foetal surgeon at Great Ormond Street, said: ‘Previous success rates with spina bifida indicate this could essentially offer a cure for gastroschisis. ‘If the results are positive, we hope this could become the standard operation for complex gastroschisis cases.’ Dr Michael Belfort, who led the team of paediatric surgeons in Texas, described the boy’s birth as ‘just remarkable’. My womb transplant pregnancy: Good Health – Pages 38&39
plans have been left up in the air...
HALF of holidaymakers have changed their travel plans this year because of rising costs and global tensions. A survey found 22 per cent are arranging last-minute get- aways, while 32 per cent would prefer to stay closer to the UK. Sixty-seven per cent are keen to avoid busy airports and 16 per cent have delayed their holidays due to global instability, the study of 2,000 adults found. And more travellers are opt- ing for the South West of Eng- land over Spain this year, with 54 per cent choosing to head off on a staycation. Cost was another factor in the emergence of ‘stay-trippers’,
‘Desire for more flexibility’
as more than a third (37 per cent) would choose a domestic road trip over travelling over- seas on price alone, according to the OnePoll data. The Scottish Highlands (42 per cent), Lake District (40 per cent) and Cornwall (37 per cent) were the most sought-af- ter stops – although 54 per cent also said they were con- cerned about the traffic. A third (35 per cent) also saw easier planning as a benefit of staying closer to home, while 33 per cent cited the added bonus of being able to be more flexible with their plans. Ryan Johnson, of car rental giant Enterprise Mobility which commissioned the research, said that holiday plans this year were being shaped by ‘cost, convenience and a desire for more flexibility’.
I
T HAS been more than five months since Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei booked a well-deserved passage to hell courtesy of a US-Israeli air- strike in Tehran. Killed alongside the geriatric butcher were his daugh- ter, a grandchild (sex not disclosed), his son-in-law and daughter-in-law. Among the injured was Khamenei’s eldest son – and, as it turned out, his heir – Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, who, according to Reuters, suffered severe and disfigur- ing facial injuries as well as a significant injury to one or both legs in the strike. But where is he now? It’s the question that has swirled around Iran’s de facto Supreme Leader since he secured the job in those extraordinary circumstances on March 9. His tenure, thus far, has been notable for his absence. Mojtaba made no public appearance after his appointment, which was perhaps under- standable given that the Americans and Israelis were pounding the country and killing its leaders daily. But he did not even release a pre-recorded video or audio. Instead, a state TV anchor read aloud a statement he had supposedly written, while a still photograph of the new Supreme Leader was displayed on screen. Mojtaba missed his father’s funeral on July 4 (the regime cited ‘security concerns’). Nor did he address the nation for the Iranian holiday of Nowruz on March 20, breaking with 30 years of tradition – his father always gave a televised new year address. Last week, Washington resumed air strikes on Iranian military sites after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) struck tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz. An increasingly frustrated Donald Trump has declared that Washington is ‘going to beat the fing s’ out of Iran. And yet even at a time of such acute crisis, the silence has continued. ‘It is highly questionable whether Mojtaba Khamenei is currently alive or, at the very least, operating at full functional capacity,’ a former Mossad official now with the Jerusalem Centre for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA) told me. ‘His absence from his father’s funeral is tell- ing. While the top tier of the Iranian regime including his own brothers attended, Mojtaba was nowhere to be seen. In Shiite tradition and Iranian culture, a father’s funeral is a sacred duty. His failure to attend points directly to incapacitation rather than operational caution.’ A
NUCLEAR-THRESHOLD, wartime state is being led – theoretically, at least – by a man no one has seen in public. Frankly, it’s chaos. US sources tell me that if Mojtaba is alive, he is likely to be in a highly secure, hidden location, probably underground. Everything from tunnels under Tehran to a bunker near the holy city of Qom has been suggested, but nobody I spoke to claimed to know for
certain. ‘Despite five months of relentless bombing, intelligence agencies operate on the assump- tion that the Iranian regime still retains several secure under- ground sanctuaries,’ a Western security source told me. So, is Mojtaba alive? If so, where is he? And is he actually in control of Iran? Three theories have gained traction. The first (to my mind extremely unlikely) holds that he is alive somewhere in Iran, running things from whatever hole he’s hiding in, but too injured to show his face. That’s the line that senior Iranian officials are peddling. In a July 21 video published on Iranian state media, President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed that Mojtaba was on the mend. ‘The interaction level with our dear Supreme
hasn’t been seen since the missile strike that wiped out his father and family. Western intelligence agents have three theories about his whereabouts – while others spread extraordinary rumours about his private life. Yet there’s a final irony – the power of Tehran’s clerics may have already been snatched away
Leader is increasing day by day and should increase so that we can solve our problems with his guidance,’ Pezeshkian said. This claim, however, should be treated with scepticism. Theory two holds that he has fled to Russia, which has a long and ignoble tradition of sheltering foreign psychopaths when the going gets tough. Right now, for example, the ostrich-necked former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is enjoying his ‘retire- ment’ in a luxury villa in Moscow’s exclusive Rublyovka district. Again, I highly doubt this. Say what you like about the mullahs: they don’t tend to run. Theory three: he’s barely alive,
WORLD ON THE BRINK
for example in a coma, and at any rate unable to fulfil even basic duties. According to the Saudi channel Al-Hadath, statements bearing his name are drafted by Ahmad Vahidi, the command- er-in-chief of the IRGC, and his fellow generals. This to my mind is the most likely scenario – and, either way, the hunt is well and truly on. If Mojtaba is indeed alive, he is believed to have avoided phones and computers for roughly five months. Indeed, the absent Mojtaba has acquired a new nick- name: ‘The Cardboard Leader’. A rumour that a life-sized card- board cut-out stood in for him at a pro-regime rally spawned a viral
AI video that depicted the card-
board cleric inserted into meet-
ings with Mr Trump and other
international figures.
The regime’s response only
made things worse. State media
pushed AI-generated videos of
Mojtaba giving speeches, stand-
ing beside his late father and
embracing the killed IRGC
commander Qasem Soleimani.
This synthetic footage inevitably
led many Iranians to reason that
if the regime possessed genuine
images of its supposed leader, it
would not need to fabricate any.
All of this means that the
hunt is now based on ‘Humint’,
human intelligence.
O
NE Western security source told me: ‘It makes sense for Mojtaba to go totally off-grid like this: don’t forget that Mossad hacked Tehran’s traffic cameras to track the movements of his dad’s bodyguards. So right now all the tech in the world won’t help you [find him]. It’s time to go old-school.’ To do this, Mossad is leaning hard on its long- standing networks of agents inside Iran to see what it can dig up. These have proved invaluable to the Israelis
for decades in everything from assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists to locating missile sites and hidden regime facilities. ‘The plan will be to use what assets we have inside the country – and we have a lot,’ says my source. ‘We can bribe people, listen to the communications of senior regime figures, and even hack into Iran’s national infrastructure. As of now, the plan is not even to kill him. At least not yet. People just want to know if he’s alive.’ If Mojtaba is alive, he is thought to communicate via notes written on ‘little pieces of paper’, passed through a chain of couriers in which each person knows only the link immediately before and after them. It’s a system Mossad officials liken to the one Osama bin Laden used to elude US intelligence. ‘If he is alive,’ my source continues, ‘reports of him never emerging in daylight because he fears being identified by American spy satellites would make sense – that’s the quickest way to get yourself killed. He’ll be offline and served by a tiny group of trusted lieutenants, almost certainly from the IRGC.’ Mojtaba is himself a (low- ranking) cleric, but he has always been close to the IRGC. He served
briefly with an IRGC unit during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War and then had several intelligence- linked roles with volunteer paramilitary militia Basij and the IRGC from 2009 onwards. No matter Mojtaba’s where- abouts, the real power in Iran now sits with the IRGC and has done for some time. The corps is more than just a military outfit; it’s an intelligence, political and economic empire, embedded into everything from construction and energy to banking and telecommunications, as well as overseeing Iran’s
regional proxy network. The country has long been a praetorian state with a clerical veneer. Yes, the mullahs in Qom and Tehran remain influential but, after Khamenei’s death, they no longer sit at the heart of the state. ‘Power in Tehran has effectively shifted,’ says the former Mossad official. ‘The true centre of gravity is now a junta comprising Vahidi (com- mander-in-chief) and the broader IRGC senior leadership alongside Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and
other key leaders within the
security establishment.
‘ T h e
c l e r i c s
h a v e
b e e n
systematically pushed to the
margins. The IRGC pretends to
take orders from Mojtaba to
maintain a facade of continuity; it
is, in fact, running the show.’
As Negar Mojtahedi, a journalist
with Iran International, points
out, though, Iran is perennially
faction-ridden. Alongside the
Vahedi/IRGC camp, also in the
mix, and forming their own
faction, are foreign minister
Abbas Araghchi and President
Pezeshkian, who form the diplo-
Disappearing act: Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and, above, the missile attack that killed his father Ali
matic and governmental camp.
And they are already squabbling.
‘Look at Araghchi’s comments
in a recent podcast,’ she adds. ‘He
was asked about Mojtaba and
said he had never even met him.
That struck me as a senior official
deliberately signalling that he
doesn’t want to be closely identi-
fied with Mojtaba.
‘If his leadership is still being
c o n s o l i d a t e d
o r
r e m a i n s
contested or maybe doesn’t even
exist within parts of the
establishment, a senior official
may have an incentive not to
appear personally tied to him –
especially if power later shifts.’
The truth is that, most likely
after the war is over, one of these
factions will win out over the
others and rule Iran, even if the
fiction of Mojtaba’s rule is
continued. The future does not
bode well.
As Mojtahedi observes: ‘We used
to talk about internal battles
between hardliners and compara-
tive reformers. But there are no
more reformers. Now it will be just hardliner versus hardliner.’ Either way, the IRGC will remain at the centre of things. And this represents a profound transfor- mation: the Revolutionary Guard, created to defend the Islamic Revolution, has become its principal governing force. The revolution has, after almost 50 years, finally devoured itself. As Mojtahedi adds, the AI- generated memes and the fake Mojtaba missing-person posters reflect something more profound than mockery. ‘The fact is that the people don’t care whether Mojtaba is alive or dead,’ she says. ‘It’s a complete, albeit bitter, joke to them.’ T
HE same indifference surrounds persistent rumours in intelligence circles and Western media – first revealed publicly by the New York Post in March, citing unnamed US intelligence and White House sources – that Mojtaba is secretly gay. The allegations were lurid: a long-term relationship with a man employed by the Khamenei household, ‘aggressive sexual advances’ towards male carers while recovering from his injuries in the strike that killed his father (who, by its account, doubted his son’s suitability as his successor because of his sexuality). Predictably, Donald Trump has had a field day, referring gleefully to Iran’s ‘gay dictator’. A gay Supreme Leader of a regime that has spent decades imprisoning and hanging men for homosexuality. If true, the irony is painful. Yet inside Iran the response has been little more than a shrug. As Mojtahedi argues, the rumour has failed to gain traction because, like the endless speculation over Mojtaba’s whereabouts, most Iranians simply do not care enough about the man to care who he sleeps with. A friend in Tehran I will call ‘Reza’ agrees. ‘What difference does it make to us if he is gay or not, or alive or dead?’ he says. ‘The regime will continue to punish us every day. Whether it’s him or another cleric or the Guards. It’s all the same.’ Meanwhile, the Western hunt for Mojtaba continues, even as nobody inside Iran can be bothered to do any real hunting of their own.
Ariana must get help, says model Charli M
O D E L
a n d
author Charli
Howard battled
crippling eating
disorders for a decade.
Now, she’s calling for ‘an
immediate intervention’ in the
case of pop star Ariana Grande,
who decided to ‘step back’
from public life amid relentless
scrutiny over her appearance
and dramatic weight loss.
London-born Charli, 35, pic-
tured below, who suffered from
both bulimia and anorexia, says
of the American singer and
Wicked star: ‘I obviously see
comments from worried fans,
but I also see other people con-
vincing others that she looks
“healthy”, or that she has
simply “lost puppy fat”.
Some even make jokes
about it.
‘What I see is someone
in desperate need of
hospitalisation and care,
and while I know it’s often
i m p o s s i b l e
t o
h e l p
someone at this stage of
anorexia, there has
to be an immedi-
ate intervention.’
At the darkest
moment of her
own illness,
Charli survived
o n
j u s t
a
s q u a r e
o f
dark choco-
give us the royal treatment!
NOEL Gallagher’s daughter Anais appears to have inherited the Oasis star’s foul-mouthed way with words. The model and photographer, 26, pictured right, launched an expletive-laden rant at riders on hired e-bikes while she was driving through London the other day, accusing them of behaving dangerously on the road. ‘Can I just tell you, people riding Lime Bikes – they think that they’re immune,’ she fumed from behind the steering wheel in her latest vlog. ‘I don’t see anybody in a f***ing helmet. I don’t see anybody covering any skin. What if they come off and shred their arm to pieces? Then they drive around as if they’re immune from death by vehicle!’ Follow me on @richardaeden and on Instagram @edenconfidential richard.eden@dailymail.co.uk
PRINCE William and Catherine have an open invitation to join Alex Jones on The One Show sofa to celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary. ‘It would be amazing to have the Prince and Princess of Wales on the show,’ the presenter, 49, says. ‘That would be phenomenal. Our viewers would love that. I think we’d get a really lovely insight into them and we would make them nice and relaxed.’ The One Show’s longest-
late, an apple and water each
day. She says: ‘I’ve tried
everything because when you’re
engrossed in an eating disorder,
there’s this voice in your head
that tells you that you can
never be thin enough. I had this
idea in my head that I had to be
a UK size 6.’
Now confident in her own
skin, Charli says the imagery of
Ariana in her latest pop video
Petal, which shows her
shrinking frame, should be
taken off the internet to stop it
influencing her young fans.
‘It is absolutely appalling,
from both a moral and capitalis-
tic standpoint, to have released
these videos and an album
when this person needs psychi-
atric help and hospitalisation.’
She adds: ‘The teams
involved should be abso-
lutely ashamed. What’s
disappointing is that it
takes teams – often
hundreds – of people to
approve videos like these
and get them over the line.
‘Each and every one of
you, including her family
and management, are
enabling this person
and encouraging
her illness when
she needs help.
‘I truly, truly
hope she gets
the help that
she so desper-
ately needs.’
ser ving host , who joined in 2010, Alex hopes the programme, broad- cast every weekday, will escape the BBC axe which last week fell on Celebrity Mastermind and Blankety Blank. She said: ‘It has with- stood so many changes in trends, changes in the way people watch TV or what- ever, it still stands and stays relevant. ‘It’s still really strong in the ratings and I think it would be really missed if it wasn’t there at 7pm.’
÷ RECALLING landing
an acting agent before
embarking on his culinary
career, celebrity chef Tom
Kerridge admits to being
typecast in his burly youth.
‘Literally, two weeks after
[being signed by an agent],
I was filming a Christmas
Special of Miss Marple,’
recalls Tom, 53. ‘But this is
where it all unravels. I
played a borstal boy in
Miss Marple; then I played
a thief in After Henry; I
played a school bully in
two different productions;
then I played “Thug One”
in London’s Burning.’
Kerridge, who has shed the
pounds in recent years,
chuckles: ‘So I recognised
that maybe it wasn’t for
my acting ability – it
was perhaps for what I
looked like!’
Nigel restore their old friendship?
DESPITE a war of words on social media between Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe and Nigel Farage, the pair appear to have healed their rift behind the scenes. Lowe and Reform UK leader Farage were seen laughing and joking together at entrepreneur Ben Delo’s summer party at the National Gallery last month, despite months of public squabbling. The former foes shared 20 minutes of friendly banter at the London bash, where they were even observed posing for selfies together. ‘There was no tension at all – they were both very friendly and even shared a few laughs, like old mates,’ says a fellow guest. ‘They’ve been try- ing to unite the Right for some time.’
÷ LIVIA FIRTH has defended the thousands of Africans who stormed Spanish territory Ceuta and claimed the response lacked ‘humanity’. The ex-wife of Oscar winner Colin Firth says: ‘Lots of the migrants have just arrived out of desperation. ‘I’m not actually surprised that the extreme Right, the ignorant people, the fascists, are now using this to fuel the hatred against others. But where is our humanity?’
NE of my patients had been the epitome of middle-aged success: a businessman from south London who ran a thriving textiles firm. Then he developed a brain tumour, had an operation to remove it – and everything changed. He proceeded to fire staff on a whim, and squandered money chasing deals he could never hope to close, such as signing an enormous contract with a materials supplier, despite having neither the staff nor storage space to handle the fabric when it was delivered to his factory. Material worth a fortune rotted outside his company headquarters. Then there was my female patient in her late 60s who’d also had a brain tumour removed. She sat bolt upright, apparently concentrating on the memory test I’d given her, when I suddenly felt her hand sliding up my thigh to my crotch. I handled it as best I could, gently remov- ing her hand, saying, ‘Please concentrate on the test.’ ‘Oh, I had no idea what I was doing!’ she said, before sliding her hand back up my leg minutes later. These patients had suffered damage to a vital area of the brain – their frontal lobe, which can be found just behind your forehead. The frontal lobe, which takes up about 30 per cent of the brain’s volume, controls much of our behaviour. It’s the home of our executive function – those mental skills we use to manage our impulses, juggle tasks in pursuit of a goal, and hold information in our minds from
put the brakes on cognitive decline
moment to moment, an ability we call ‘working memory’. As more than one patient has shown me, damage to the frontal lobe can impair judg- ment, causing people to say things that are uncharacteristically rude or inappropriate. It can also affect their ability to complete tasks that used to be simple for them – like my formerly proficient businessman sud- denly struggling to manage his finances. A neuroscientist for more than 35 years, I’ve spent much of my working life at the University of Cambridge, before moving to Canada in 2010 to become professor of cognitive neuroscience and imaging at the Brain and Mind Institute at Western University. Over my career, I’ve been lucky enough to be part of a neuroscientific revolution that has allowed us to make detailed maps of the brain with fMRI scanners. Through research I took part in, we now know what areas of
the brain become active – or light up on the scan – when, for exam- ple, you plan something, solve a problem or imagine your future. In 2006, my lab made a landmark discovery that changed how we think about the vegetative state. When we asked a patient believed to be entirely unaware to imagine playing tennis, her brain responded exactly as a healthy person’s would, showing she was conscious and able to follow what we were saying. A few years later we went further, showing that patients like her could even answer questions and communicate with the outside world using nothing but their thoughts. Since then, my lab has completed dozens of studies on executive function, scanning the brains of thousands of people, some with brain injuries and many without. And thanks to our digital cogni- tive assessment platform Creyos – which allows other researchers and clinicians to access the short, gamelike tasks we’ve developed to assess memory, attention, reasoning and self-control – we’ve tested the brains of almost
ahead may be a sign of dementia YEARS before any obvious symptoms. But there are simple brain tricks that WILL protect you
20 million volunteers. Through this testing, again and again I’ve seen how our executive function drives every conscious decision we make – determining the shape of our lives, defining our successes and failures. We scientists have increasingly learned how failures of executive function are apparent in those recovering from strokes, cardiac arrests and brain injuries. But perhaps most fascinating are the emerging links between deteriorating executive function and Alzheimer’s disease. Although most people associate Alzheimer’s with long-term impaired memory, there’s increasing evidence that executive functions are also affected. Impair- ments in working memory, for instance, have been reported in the earliest stages of the disease. Indeed, research published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Demen- tia in 2016 found that cognitive deficits entirely unrelated to long- term memory – such as trouble planning ahead or juggling several things at once – can emerge as many as 14 years before a formal
One of the world’s leading neuroscientists
Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Spotting the earliest signs of dementia is hugely important. More than 100 anti-Alzheimer’s drugs are in clinical trials worldwide, and many of the results suggest early intervention is going to be most effective to slow the disease’s progression. If spotting deteriorating executive function – the kind of slip that looks like struggling to stay on top of bills, or losing the thread halfway through a task – could give you as much as a 14-year head start on an official diagnosis, well, the implications are obvious. And, remarkably, there is evidence that teaching people in the early stages of the disease a few simple mental strategies can measurably improve their working memory. Even more amazing is the fact that such working-mem- ory training in mild Alzheimer’s disease can, at least temporarily, put the brakes on the downward spiral of cognitive deterioration. One study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry in 2017 recruited 30 patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease and
presented them all with increasingly long sequences of numbers, which they would have to repeat back after a short delay. Some of the patients were then trained in a method known as ‘chunking’, where you break digits into smaller, more manageable chunks, and developing a system to spot patterns; the others spent exactly the same amount of time on a similar number task, but without the chunking method. In 18 half-hour sessions over eight weeks, remarkably, the trained group improved signifi- cantly in their ability to remember sequences that had some sort of structure or pattern to them. No such effect was observed in the other group. The untrained patients also dropped almost two points on the Mini Mental State Examination, a widely-used meas- ure of cognitive performance, and a tool for diagnosing dementia. In contrast, the trained patients’ performance stayed where it was at the beginning of the trial. Another way to slow cognitive deterioration in early Alzheimer’s is the ‘memory palace’ technique,
which taps into our spatial navigation abilities – our brain’s built-in GPS, if you will. Spatial navigation relies on an area in the brain known as the hippocampus, which is also responsible for forming and storing recent memories. So, whether you’re physically tracing your steps back to where you parked the car or mentally rehearsing the route you’re going to take to your favourite restau- rant across town, your brain is creating, updating and using mental maps to guide you. To do this, so-called ‘place cells’ in the hippocampus effectively create a mental map of the environment. Each place cell is tuned to a particular location, so as we move through a space such as a room, different place cells fire in a sequence reflecting the path and layout of that room. Users of the ‘memory palace’ technique utilise their natural spatial navigation abilities to mentally associate the informa- tion they want to remember with familiar locations, such as the interior of a house. By mentally
navigating this familiar environ- ment, individuals can recall information in a specific order. The most impressive time I’ve seen the ‘memory palace’ tech- nique in action is when I appeared at Latitude Festival in 2009 to give a talk about drugs and the brain. It was 45 minutes long, full of unpronounceable words, and I’d agonised over it. Immediately after I delivered it, the next person to speak was memory maestro Richard Bowdler, who proceeded to repeat my talk in about eight minutes – not far off word for word – having heard it just this once. To achieve this, while I was talking, he started his mental journey within the festival tent, in the corner where there was a fridge. When I mentioned the word ‘hippocampus’ he visualised a hippopotamus sitting on top of the fridge, before moving on to the next location – he explained that the wackier the mental links he made, the better. Another way to give your memory a hand, in early Alzheimer’s – and, indeed, in general – is to turn facts into a story. To hold on to a short list of errands, you might link them into one absurd little scene: you post a letter, the postbox bursts into flames, and the fire is put out by the milkman you still owe money to. The stranger the story, the harder it is to forget. My lab’s studies with MRI have proven that these sorts of methods can reduce the mental load by anchoring new information to stronger neural pathways, effec- tively providing ‘memory crutches’. As with my female patient with the wandering hands, the loss of inhibitory control – or willpower – is another failure of executive function. This is also seen in
dementia patients. Willpower is considered one of our most important executive functions because it’s key to almost every decision we make. A test I have used with great effect to examine someone’s inhibitory control is known as Double Trouble. I display the word ‘red’ in a red-coloured font and ask the subject to say the colour of the font. This they easily manage. But when the word ‘red’ is written in blue type, and they have to say the colour of the font, it becomes much harder. This is because our brains are wired automatically to read words, and so not to do so requires effort
that was able to spot dementia
– or what we in neuroscience call inhibition. Recently, my lab found testing one’s inhibitory control can predict the onset of dementia with startling accuracy. In 2023, using the digital cognitive tests available through Creyos, we developed an algorithm designed to identify people with dementia- like cognitive impairment based solely on their performance on two cognitive tests, one of which was Double Trouble. Remarkably, this was able accurately to spot patients who had dementia more than 80 per cent of the time. It suggests early failures of inhibitory control in the general
population may predict the onset of
dementia further down the line.
If so – and larger studies will be
needed to confirm it – this could be
a game-changer in the race to
detect, prevent and treat
Alzheimer’s disease. But there’s a
flip side to this.
Drugs which have been recently
approved for conditions like
Alzheimer’s come with a consider-
able cost and potential unwanted
side-effects.
Treating a patient for Alzheimer’s
could have disastrous effects if
they are simply showing the
natural signs of cognitive wear and
tear. So correctly predicting who
will not go on to have Alzheimer’s
disease is just as important as
predicting who will.
If Double Trouble could play any
role in that, it would be a huge step
forward. Unlike blood tests, genetic
screening or expensive brain scans,
a simple five-minute online test of
executive function costs almost
nothing and can easily be
administered to huge numbers.
Alzheimer’s charities and
campaigners have often asked us
to imagine a future where there is a
cure for this terrible disease.
While that still seems far off, my
work points to something nearer: a
future in which, even after Alzheim-
er’s takes hold, memory loss can be
slowed and the mind kept steadier
for longer, with simple mental
strategies and training.
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HUNGRY IS BAD
FOR YOUR BRAIN
E
V E N
o u t s i d e
of Alzheimer’s,
failures of executive
function happen to
us all – many elderly
a d u l t s
g e t
l o s t ,
confused, blurt out
whatever comes to
mind, or tell the same
story again and again.
And the young, too, can
sometimes be inexplicably
beset by ‘brain fog’ – a kind of
confused muddle.
The memory strategies I’ve
described (see main piece)
can help us to hold on to
specific things more reliably,
from a shopping list to a set of
directions. But there are
lifestyle changes which can be
made, too.
Regular physical exercise,
particularly aerobic activity
(such as running or cycling),
has been shown to enhance
frontal lobe function and
improve planning ability, even
in older adults.
Exercise enhances blood
flow to the brain, which may
encourage the growth of new
brain cells, and boost the
release of brain-de-
rived neurotrophic
factor – a sort of
fertiliser for
your neurons.
The impact
i s
s h o r t
term, but is
still evident.
S l e e p
i s
another non-
negotiable.
Sleep depriva-
tion disrupts
activity in the
dorsolateral pre-
frontal cortex – the
very region that’s critical
for planning.
Keeping to a consistent
sleep schedule (even on
weekends) is one of the most
powerful ways to preserve
your mental stamina.
M
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ANY studies have
shown that sleep-
deprived people are
not only more reactive but
less able to interpret facial
expressions accurately,
sometimes mistaking neutral
or even friendly expressions
as threatening.
This ‘emotional dysregula-
tion’ can lead to conflicts,
anxiety and a distorted view
of social situations.
When we’re stressed,
anxious or feeling low, our
ability to switch between dif-
ferent tasks suffers.
These emotional states
demand cognitive resources,
leaving fewer available for
juggling multiple streams of
information. Even mild stress
can cause a rapid and
dramatic loss of prefrontal
cognitive abilities.
S t r e s s
m a n a g e m e n t
through mindfulness, moder-
ate exercise or just taking
regular breaks can help.
This is not a luxury – it’s
brain maintenance.
Hunger is also bad for your
frontal lobes, particularly
your ability to regulate your
emotions. Indeed, ‘hanger’
[when being too hungry
makes you irritable or angry]
is real, rooted in the immense
energy requirements of the
human brain.
The brain voraciously
consumes energy, accounting
for about 20 per cent of our
total energy use, and it’s
critically dependent on
glucose to deliver those
essential calories.
One theory about ‘hanger’ is
that the brain responds by
reserving its stock of glucose
for essential functions such as
seeing and moving, while less
critical functions (like
behaving within socially
acceptable norms) get
temporarily shut down.
What you eat can also
affect your executive func-
tion. In one 2016 study, 25
adults drank grape juice
every day for 12 weeks, and
improvements in attention,
w o r k i n g
m e m o r y
a n d
planning were noted.
There were also
improvements in
the participants’
behaviour when
driving, sug-
gesting the
benefits of
d r i n k i n g
grape juice
t r a n s l a t e
i n t o
r e a l -
world differ-
ences. A more
recent study in
2023 at King’s
College London
found some aspects
of executive function
were better in blueberry
eaters than in participants
who were fed a placebo.
Both grapes and blueberries
are rich in flavonoids, a
natural compound found in
fruits and other plants.
Some studies have sug-
gested flavonoids can reduce
inflammation, protecting
brain cells from damage –
while animal studies have
shown flavonoids can
block beta-amyloid plaque
build-up in the brain. These
protein clumps that form
between nerve cells are a
hallmark of Alzheimer’s.
Some studies have shown
coffee, in moderation – up to
three or four cups a day – can
improve aspects of executive
function, such as planning
and task-switching.
It also increases the levels of
several brain chemicals
including dopamine and
acetylcholine, which may
affect mood, energy levels
and executive function.
However, perhaps the easi-
est trick of all is to simply
pick up a pen and push
everything else out of your
head and write a list. As well
as helping memory, writing
also helps the executive
function of planning.
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GOOD HEALTH New pill to help people who really can’t hold their drink
E
VEN the tiniest amount of alcohol can bring on severe facial flushing, rapid heart rate, nausea and throbbing headaches in millions of people as a result of a genetic deficiency. But now there may be new hope for those who ‘can’t hold their drink’ due to a
fault in a gene – ALDH2 – that normally helps the body process alcohol. A Danish biotech firm, Alcolase, is develop- ing a supplement that is swallowed just before drinking alcohol which, it claims, will
break booze down in the stomach before it gets a chance to enter the bloodstream and trigger unpleasant effects. The supplement, which comes as a gel in a capsule, or a liquid that you drink, contains enzymes that instantly convert alcohol into harmless by-products that are flushed out as waste. As well as helping those with alcohol intol-
erance, the supplement is likely to stop people getting drunk – or even enjoying any of the buzz they normally get from alcohol – as it’s dispatched from the body before it can reach the brain, potentially suggesting another future use in helping reduce alcohol consump- tion in problem drinkers. Still in the development stage, the Alcolase supplement is currently aimed at people who have the genetic variant but want to be able to consume alcohol socially without standing out from the crowd by ordering soft drinks. When we drink alcohol, the liver then converts the ethanol it contains into another chemical, called acetaldehyde. In most people this toxic substance is quickly cleared from the body by an enzyme called ALDH2 – unless they drink too much, leading to effects such as severe facial flushing, headaches, racing heart and nausea. But millions of people have a genetic variant of the ALDH2 gene which makes this enzyme almost completely ineffective. It’s particu- larly common in people of East Asian origin, including those from China, Korea and Japan, where roughly one in three people are affected. Among Western popula- tions it’s under 5 per cent. O
NE theory is that some people evolved to carry this genetic deficiency as a built-in warning that alcohol is a poison – though why this evolved in some populations and not others is not clear. This genetic intolerance to alcohol is different from the allergic reactions that people can experience to other ingredients. Some studies, for example, suggest up to one in ten are hyper- sensitive to sulphites, which are used as preservatives in wine. These can trigger symptoms such as wheezing, coughing and chest tightness within minutes. But there can sometimes be a heavy price to pay for those with a genetic intolerance who endure debilitating symptoms in order to continue enjoying alcohol. Adults with a defective ALDH2 gene were more than three times more likely to develop cancer of the oesophagus than those who didn’t have the gene fault, accord- ing to a 2021 study by researchers at Chonnam National University in
MICROWAVING French fries and then frying them
could make them healthier. Researchers at the
University of Illinois are investigating how to
minimise the oil in fries and found that this
technique meant molecules of water inside
the potato generated vapour that reduced the
amount of oil getting in via ‘pores’ in the food.
South Korea, published in the journal BMC Cancer. This is thought to be due to the cumulative toxic effects of acetaldehyde on the oesophagus. A separate 2021 study, at Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea, found that light to moderate drinkers who carried the genetic fault were 20 per cent more likely to develop stomach cancer. Among heavy drinkers with the genetic deficiency, the risk more than doubled. ‘Alcohol is a toxin for all of us,’ explains Andrew Misell, a spokes- man for the charity Alcohol Change UK. ‘But most people are able to produce the enzymes needed to break it down fairly rapidly. ‘For those lacking the right gene, it gets converted into toxins that have been shown to increase the risk of certain cancers.’ He points out there are various products available online or over- the-counter claiming to help with the breakdown of toxic acetalde- hyde, but none has been proven to do so in clinical trials. The Alcolase supplement, which has yet to be tested on humans, works by absorbing alcohol as it enters the stomach. The delicate man-made enzymes it contains are protected against the harsh, acidic environment of the stomach by a tough outer layer of fats. However, this shell allows ethanol to pass through it, so that once it comes into contact with alcohol the enzymes can get to work on breaking it down quickly. The company hopes to start testing the supplement in the next few months. Dr Peter Rice, a consultant psy- chiatrist and chair of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, said it could potentially help those who, despite carrying the genetic fault, still want to consume alcohol to ‘fit in’. He told Good Health: ‘In my experience, the anxiety people have of being the odd one out is usually self-generated. ‘Once they quit alcohol, they realise that peer pressure is nowhere near as powerful as they thought it would be.’
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GOOD HEALTH A
FTER a year of pain and his right knee ‘locking’, keen club runner Tom Hooper, 43, happily agreed to surgery thinking it would mean an end to the problem. Nine months after the operation, however, he was still in pain and needed steroid injections and intensive physiotherapy. Three months after that, the pain thankfully has gone, but his knee remains inflexible – he can’t straighten it or move it easily. Yet he remains opti- mistic he will get back to full fitness. But is Tom’s confidence misplaced? Controversial new research from Finland recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested that the knee procedure Tom underwent might do more harm than good in some patients. Tom had a meniscus tear, a common knee injury which affects the wedge of cartilage between the bones in the knee joint. Meniscus tears can happen at any age but are most common in 15 to 30-year- olds due to sports injuries, and 45 to 70-year-olds as a result of age-related degeneration that can mean even everyday movements result in a tear. Symptoms include a popping sensa- tion at the time of injury, knee pain and tenderness, especially when rotating the knee, swelling or stiffness, difficulty fully straightening or bending the joint, and a sensation of it giving way or locking in place. Tom first developed knee pain after training 60 miles a week and running the London Marathon in 2024 – the pain, which was focused in the middle of his knee joint, didn’t stop him running completely ‘but it severely
restricted what I could do’, recalls video games design direc- tor Tom, who lives in Brighton with his wife Anna, 44, and their five-year-old son. ‘I used to run every single day and do a long run at the weekend, but I had to cut back and couldn’t go as far or as fast. It wasn’t just running that hurt. I felt the pain when I woke up in the morning and walked my son to school.’ He tried physiotherapy, but after a year this hadn’t helped. He then had an MRI scan, which revealed he had a ‘bucket handle’ meniscus tear – a large rip in the central part of the C-shaped cartilage, where the torn bit flaps like a handle towards the centre of the knee joint. T
HESE can occur due to a combination of wear and tear and sudden twisting movements (such as getting out of a car). The cartilage flap can restrict movement and cause pain if it becomes wedged inside the knee joint. It can also irritate the knee lining, causing swelling, stiffness and throbbing. Meniscus tears are linked to a four-fold increased risk of devel- oping knee osteoarthritis, as they reduce the protective effect of the meniscus on the bones in the joint. Treatment often involves rest and painkillers in the early stages, sometimes followed by physiotherapy to strengthen the muscles and stabilise the joint. But in more severe cases surgery may be offered. This can involve either stitching the tear back together or trimming and removing the damaged tissue – usually performed via keyhole or in the worst cases, open surgery. Around 75,000 such operations are performed in the NHS each year, with an estimated 24,000 more in the private sector. The consultant Tom saw said he’d either need surgery to repair the
surgery for a twisted knee do more harm than good?
controversial Finnish study. Here’s what UK experts think...
Surgery pain: Tom Hooper
meniscus – or to trim and remove some of the damaged tissue, known as a partial arthroscopic meniscectomy (APM). As he was told the scan showed the beginnings of osteoarthritis Tom ‘didn’t think there was any other option’. A year on from his surgery and, as well as having restricted move- ment in his affected knee, Tom can’t run as far as he used to. ‘I went back a few months ago and had another MRI, and have been told it shows the meniscus surgery has been successful in that there is no further damage to the area. But I needed steroid injections to calm the inflamma- tion from osteoarthritis down, which has helped a lot.’ But a recent study, involving 146 patients aged 35 to 65
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suggests that, for some, the APM surgery Tom had may do more harm than good. The findings, published in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that after ten years patients treated with APMs to remove damaged or loose bits of meniscus were no better off in terms of health- related quality of life, knee function or pain after exercise than patients given sham surgery. What’s more, one in five (22 per cent) of the surgery group had developed knee osteoarthritis compared with 19 per cent in the sham group; they also had a higher rate of total knee replace- ments and high tibial osteotomy (a procedure to realign the knee joint by cutting the shinbone). Professor Teppo Jarvinen, prin- cipal investigator of the study at Helsinki University, Finland, said the findings showed APMs were an example of how a broadly used therapy can be ‘ineffective or even harmful’. He added: ‘For nearly a decade, many independent, non-ortho- paedic organisations providing clinical guidelines have recom- mended the procedure should be discontinued. Still, for example, the American Academy of Ortho- paedic Surgeons and the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) have continued to endorse the surgery.’ It’s not the first study raising questions about meniscus surgery – another review, by researchers from Denmark,
Norway and the Netherlands, published in 2023 in Osteoarthri- tis and Cartilage, found that none of the 605 patients benefited from APM compared to non-surgical or sham treatments. Philip Conaghan, a professor of musculoskeletal medicine at Leeds University, says knee arthroscopies – keyhole proce- dures to inspect, repair and wash out joints, of which meniscus trimming and repair is just one type – have previously been overperformed. ‘We’ve known for some years that much arthroscopic surgery and debridement [trimming the meniscus] is done because of people’s symptoms. ‘But if you were to scan a whole lot of people over the age of 40, you’d find asymptomatic [symptom-less] tears.’ In other words, it’s not neces- sarily the tear causing the pain. Professor Conaghan, who is also director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre in Leeds, said national guidelines including those of BASK, published in 2019, advised APM should be reserved for cases where there is locking of the joint. But he says ‘there is confusion between ‘gelling’ of a joint, where it is temporarily hard to straighten and stiff after inactiv- ity and it frees up as you move, and locking, where the knee becomes mechanically blocked and gives way and you fall over’. ‘Locking suggests there might
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Surprising: Everyday moves, such as getting out of a car, can cause a cartilage injury
be a meniscus fragment that’s moving and stopping the knee fully extending. ‘We think for meniscal tears causing locking, surgery is a use- ful procedure, but for meniscus that is just a bit damaged or worn down, it’s not,’ he adds. BASK agrees that a lot of middle-aged people with menis- cus problems do not need sur- gery, but the fear is the new Finn- ish findings may scare off patients who genuinely need surgery – particularly younger patients with sport-related injuries, who were not included in the study. ‘A young person who tears their meniscus playing sport is in a completely different situa- tion from a 55-year-old with a degenerative tear,’ says BASK president, Alasdair Santini, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in trauma and orthopaedics at Liverpool University Hospitals. H
E WARNED that if younger people are scared off having meniscus surgery, they may damage their knee even more. The body’s pres- ident elect, Chinmay Gupte, a consultant trauma and knee sur- geon at Imperial College Health- care NHS Trust, adds: ‘Underdi- agnosis and undermanagement of knee problems is a big issue in this country in younger people.’ He says APM may also benefit middle-aged people with a flap tear that’s moving inside the knee causing pain and knee lock: ‘These patients need surgery that gets them back to work.’ Tom is optimistic he’ll ‘get back to where he was’ with physio’. ‘I don’t think there was an alternative to surgery given how serious the tear was,’ he says. ‘Surgery was the right decision for someone like me with a sports injury. I’d advise others in the same boat not to be put off having it.’
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N A recent visit back to her home town of Rainham in Kent, Lauren Fowler bumped into an old school friend who took one look at her and gasped. ‘She said, “Oh my goodness, how on earth can you be pregnant?”,’ recalls Lauren, 37, who works in marketing for a recruitment firm. Lauren had confided to her when they were still at school that she, like thousands of women in the UK, was born without a womb. ‘I didn’t want my friend to think everything I had ever told her about myself was a lie, so I had to tell her the truth,’ says Lauren. And the truth, as Good Health can exclusively reveal, is that, in October, Lauren will become only the third woman in the UK to give birth following a womb transplant. On May 11 last year, Lauren’s sister Kelly Jagga, aged 40 (a mother to Ashley, 13, Louis, nine, and Sophie, 11), gave Lauren ‘the most amazing gift’, undergoing hours of surgery – and weeks of painful recovery – to donate her womb to her so she could experience pregnancy, something that she feared would always be beyond her reach. ‘It is something I never actually
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thought would happen for me,’ says Lauren, who lives in Chelmsford, Essex, with her fiancé David Funnell, 39, an associate director at a recruitment firm. ‘I’m still struggling with imposter syndrome. I keep thinking, “Can this really be happening to me?”,’ says Lauren, rubbing her 24-week bump. ‘I want this so, so much and part of me is still scared that it will go wrong.’ Her fear is understandable. To get to this stage, she has faced many challenges. At one point, Lauren was rushed to hospital, with fears she might not survive. While the transplant – which took 11 hours in total to carry out – was successful, weeks later Lauren developed a rare, life-threatening complication. Scar tissue from the surgery had
gummed together 50cm of her bowel, causing an obstruction. She needed eight hours of emergency surgery and was so unwell that she spent two months in hospital. ‘I could go through the transplant time and time again, but that bowel obstruction almost finished me,’ says Lauren. ‘I shed 10kg in weeks and was so skinny and weak that I wasn’t sure I could fight back.’ But Lauren is adamant that feeling her baby – a boy – kicking and growing inside her makes it all worthwhile. Recalling how she had first been told about her condition, Lauren says: ‘I had always thought children would be part of my future, and to be told at the age of 15 that I didn’t have a womb was like a bomb going off in my life plans. ‘I was always upbeat that some- how I would find a way. But, honestly, I still can’t take it in that I had the operation – to think I am going to have a baby seems mad.’ Lauren’s pregnancy is a life’s dream for her, but it might also help to make womb transplants an option for countless other women. In February 2023, Grace Davidson made history – becoming the first woman in the UK to have a womb transplant, in this case donated by her sister. Grace’s daughter Amy Isabel was born in February last year. Months later, Grace Bell gave birth to her son Hugo – the first British baby to be born following a
womb transplant from a deceased donor. These children have not only filled their parents’ lives with joy, their births are furthering medical science. Their mothers are part of a research trial to establish that womb trans- plants can be done and to make the case for them being offered on the NHS. The aim is that womb trans- plants will become an option for
told she had no womb
the 15,000 women in this country who, like Lauren, have Mayer- Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, where the womb does not develop at all or is a fraction of the normal size, or who have had their womb removed because of a disease such as cancer. The trial will involve 15 trans- plants in total. Two with live donors (Grace and Lauren) and three involving deceased donors (one of which was Grace Bell’s transplant) have already taken place. ‘We have another two with living donors ready to have their transplants in the autumn or early next year and five deceased donation patients listed,’ says Professor Richard Smith, a consultant gynaecological surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in Lon- don, one of the surgeons who has co-led all of the womb transplant operations (carried out at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford). Professor Smith who founded the charity Womb Transplant UK, which is overseeing and funding the trial, is certain the transplants will become availa- ble on the NHS. ‘If a health economist was to assess the cost of the op versus the benefit to society of having a child who can go on to pay taxes, there is no doubt that womb transplants will be made available on the NHS. ‘And that’s aside from the
Picture: LEZLI+ROSE/Hair and make-up: CARL STANLEY
Mum-to-be: Lauren with her baby bump – the first time a UK
womb transplant recipient has been pictured during pregnancy
major benefit for these women.’ The demand is there: Professor Smith’s clinic is inundated with women requesting a womb transplant, while the charity itself has been approached by more than 500. The team hopes to extend the programme soon to use altruistic donations, where women donate their wombs to recipients they don’t know, as with donated kidneys. This would make it easier for women who don’t have someone willing to give them their womb (which, like any donated organ, needs to be in good condition, and ideally from a younger pre-menopausal woman). However, some argue that as women could use a surrogate to carry a baby, womb transplants are a waste of resources. Professor Smith says this misses the point. ‘If you are orthodox Jewish or Muslim you often are not allowed to use a surrogate. Plus surrogacy does not give women a chance to carry a baby, and for some – not all – that is vitally important, it’s part of being a mother.’ Currently the cost – £35,000
for a transplant involving a deceased donor and £40,000 for a living one, which covers the NHS charges for using their theatres and premises, while the medical staff give their time for free – is met by the charity, but Professor Smith admits that the funding ‘is and always has been hand-to-mouth’. The team’s research into transplants of just the womb lining (rather than the whole structure) to help women with Asherman syndrome – where the womb lining is covered in scar tissue, making it difficult for an egg to implant – is on hold due to a lack of resources. However, the ongoing trial is already throwing up incidental but potentially useful findings. Lauren has experienced heavy periods since her transplant (having never had a period before ) – just as her sister did. ‘And that’s interesting because the perceived wisdom has always been that heavy periods are actually due to the impact of hormones such as prostaglan- dins, but the experience of Lauren suggests it might
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This joyful image of Lauren at six months pregnant was only possible thanks to a medical miracle – a womb transplant. Her story gives hope to thousands of childless women
actually be to do with the anatomy or structure of the womb itself,’ says Professor Smith. While he stresses it’s only one case, he says it may help explain why treat- ments ‘for heavy periods don’t work for all, because there may be multiple reasons for them’. Lauren strongly believes in the need for womb transplants. ‘The day I found out I had no womb, my whole world turned on its head,’ she says. It came to light after investiga- tions – including a scan – to uncover why her periods had not yet started. She did have ovaries that released an egg each month but the absent womb meant these were simply re-absorbed back into her body. ‘My plans to be a midwife changed there and then. It would be too upsetting to deliver other babies knowing I couldn’t have one,’ says Lauren. ‘It didn’t only affect my career choices; it affected my whole life.’ This extended to relationships. ‘I would put up with bad behav- iour from men, I think because in my head I was incomplete and so I didn’t deserve any better.’ Then,
in 2010, she read about womb
transplants and contacted the
charity. While Kelly – her only sib-
ling – had previously offered to act
as a surrogate, ‘surrogacy isn’t the
same as feeling your own baby
grow inside you, and I craved that
experience’, says Lauren.
‘For me the be all and end all is
to have a child, I wanted to be a
mum so badly.’
In fact, when she was accepted
on to the waiting list for a trans-
plant, she was single and decided
if she got to the stage of having a
transplant she was going to go
ahead with an egg fertilised by a
sperm donor rather than miss
the opportunity.
The pandemic halted plans to go
ahead with the surgery, ‘but that
was my saving grace as I met
David’, says Lauren.
They met on a dating app and
Lauren told him about her MRKH
during their first virtual date –
which lasted an astonishing ten
hours. ‘His reaction was, “Well,
I’m not looking to have kids at the
moment, so let’s see how we go”.’
The couple eventually moved in
together and got on with life, but
Lauren’s desire for a family
gnawed at her almost daily – and David became increasingly keen. Kelly, meanwhile, assured Lauren she was happy to have the opera- tion whenever she wanted. ‘My sister and I are really close,’ says Lauren. ‘I knew she was pregnant with her last child before she did, I just sensed it. ‘She was certain her third child would be her last and said, “Have my womb. I’m done with it, and I know how much this means to you, Lauren”. I will never, ever be able to say thank you enough.’ By 2024, the charity was able to reschedule the delayed trans- plant. The only one to voice oppo- sition was Lauren’s dad, Paul. ‘His attitude was, “What on earth are you putting yourself through this for?”. In his view, getting to carry a baby didn’t make a difference,’ says Lauren. ‘In the end he came round.’ The transplant was scheduled for May 11. Lauren’s sister ‘was really nervous, but I kept reassur- ing her it was going to be OK’. It took 11 hours in total to remove Kelly’s womb and stitch it in place in Lauren. ‘My sister was in some pain
Gift: Lauren, left, with sister Kelly two days after the transplant
straight after, but I was fine until day two, then I was in absolute agony, hell on earth. At times I thought, “What have I done?”. My sister came to see me and said, “Do you regret it?” At that point I honestly did.’ Lauren was in hospital a week, then back at home but still feeling so tender it hurt to sit to watch TV. In June, Lauren had her first period. This too tested her. ‘It was really heavy, and made me feel drained. The next one was so heavy I collapsed and went out cold,’ she says. When that happened she was actually already in hospital as, at the beginning of July, ‘all of a sudden I was vomiting and in excruciating pain’, recalls Lauren. She was rushed into her local hospital before the doctors, realis- ing she had a bowel obstruction, blue-lighted her back to the Churchill in Oxford where she had received the transplant. It took two operations to unglue the bowel and her recovery was slow and difficult, taking more than two months. She needed blood infusions, had pumps on
hole I’d ever been in’
her wounds to help them heal and then had a severe reaction when she was taken off a strong pain- killer, oxycodone. ‘I remember lying in my hospital bed thinking, “I don’t know if I am going to get through this”,’ Lauren says. ‘It felt like the darkest hole I had ever been in.’ Fortunately, the womb itself was unscathed, but Lauren was discharged at the end of August last year physically and mentally bruised. It wasn’t until the begin- ning of this year that she felt fit enough to start having her embryos implanted (she and David had had to create these with IVF before the transplant operation could take place). The first attempt ended in miscarriage at five weeks. Reveal- ing the steel that has helped her throughout, Lauren says: ‘I was really upset, but the next day I was like: “Let’s do it again”. ‘I hadn’t come this far to give up there and then.’ She feared a repeat attempt in March was also going to end in
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miscarriage when, on Mother’s
Day, she started bleeding. ‘I knew
it was too early really to do a
pregnancy test, but I was panick-
ing. When it showed positive it
wasn’t the relaxed and joyful
moment I hoped for as I was
so scared I was about to lose
another baby.’
She quietly shared the news with
David, and during an emotional
video call with her mum showed
her the positive test.
She didn’t relax until her first
scan at seven weeks pregnant.
She now has these every two
weeks as hers is designated a
high-risk pregnancy.
At six months pregnant she is
now starting to let herself believe
she really will be a mum. Since the
end of June, she has started to
feel ‘taps and kicking into my
back’ as her son moves.
He’ll be delivered, by caesarean,
at around 32 weeks – far earlier
than a normal pregnancy in order
to reduce the strain on the womb.
‘I have bought a disgusting
amount of baby clothes, but he is
going to have so many people to
meet when he is born he is going
to need them,’ she says.
Women who’ve had a womb
transplant can have up to two
babies, but the womb will be
removed after five years because
as long as the organ is in place
they need to take immunosup-
pressants – even during preg-
nancy – to stop the body rejecting
it and this can raise the risk of
cancer in the long term.
Lauren and David are due to get
married next year and Lauren is
unsure whether their plans will
include another baby.
‘I’m so enjoying being pregnant
that part of me thinks I don’t
want to do this just once,’ she
says. ‘And I also know how much I
love my sister and don’t want to
deprive our son of a sibling.
‘But financially we want to be in
a place where we can provide
what we need for our son. It is a
dilemma. We will decide when we
finally have this baby in our arms
– I think that’s when your instincts
as a parent will kick in.
‘This process has been physi-
cally, emotionally and financially
draining – paying for all the IVF
and the travel back and forth,
plus accommodation has cost
around £50,000.
‘You have to really, really want it
to get through a womb trans-
plant. But to be pregnant with my
child means the world to me – and
I just hope other women in my
position get the same chance.’
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I STRUGGLE with allergies and insect bites, especially in summer. I use insect repellent when I go outside, particularly in the garden, and always wear long sleeves and trousers. Even so, I still get bitten and feel itchy, and I take fexofenadine (an antihistamine) for this. Is there a natural preventative you can recommend? Irene Day, by email. YOU’RE far from alone with this problem, so other readers will no doubt be inter- ested in the various options worth trying. The only genuinely natural product I can recommend is oil of lemon eucalyptus – not to be confused with ordinary lemon eucalyptus essential oil, which is quite different. Although both come from the same tree – the lemon eucalyp- tus, native to Australia – there are differences in the way they are processed. Oil of lemon eucalyptus contains a compound called PMD (para-menthane-3,8-diol) that multiple studies have
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shown gives good protection against biting flies. In my view it’s your best natural option. If you are open to something that is derived from a natural source rather than being fully natural itself, then picaridin is another good option. It’s a synthetic insect repel- lent modelled on piperine, a compound found naturally in black pepper plants. So while it isn’t strictly natural, it is synthesised from a natural substance. It’s highly effective against mosquitoes, ticks, biting flies, chiggers (harvest mites) and gnats. Whichever you choose, the key is to apply it carefully and consistently. Put it on when you’re indoors as well – insects often find their way through open windows in hot weather. Fexofenadine will help if you do get bitten. Another option is a steroid cream, 1 per cent hydrocortisone (no need for a
prescription), or Anthisan cream, which is anti-itch. MY 22-year-old daughter has regular night sweats that disrupt her sleep. She has taken fluoxetine for a long time and also has low iron levels, but other blood tests seem OK. What can she do to stop them? Name and address supplied. NIGHT sweats are a com- mon side-effect of fluoxe- tine, and other SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), a group of medicines used to treat depression and anxiety. These can affect the way the brain regulates temperature. However, the drug may not be entirely to blame. Sweats can be made worse by anxiety, alcohol or hormonal variations during the menstrual cycle. There is also the possibility of an undiagnosed health problem, especially if the night sweats started recently and are accom- panied by symptoms such as unexpected weight loss or fever. Possible causes include an over- active thyroid, a viral infection and tuberculosis. I’d expect the
blood tests she has already had have included checks on thyroid function, as well as C-reactive protein (CRP) and the erythro- cyte sedimentation rate (ESR) – both are markers that rise when there’s inflammation in the body, for example from infection or injury. From your letter, it sounds as if these results were normal. I don’t think the low iron levels are a factor in the night sweats. Nevertheless, I think your daughter should have a physical examination by her GP to rule out any underlying illness. If nothing is found, fluoxetine seems the most likely explanation for the night sweats. Reducing the dose might help ease them.
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Be wary of PPI acid reflux drugs
PROTON pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as omeprazole are taken by millions to ease heartburn and acid reflux. Now research suggests they may be linked to a flare-up of conditions such as chronic bron- chitis and emphysema, making patients more vulnerable to potentially dangerous infec- tions. It’s the latest in a mount- ing list of concerns about the long-term use of PPIs. These drugs suppress the pro- duction of stomach acid and were hailed as a breakthrough when introduced in the late 1980s as they were much more effective than the H2-receptor antagonists that preceded them. For years PPIs were considered safe, yet we overlooked the key role stomach acid plays in digesting protein, aiding iron, calcium and vitamin absorption and boosting our defences against bacteria and viruses. The latest study showed that PPIs effectively allowed disease- causing bacteria to travel up through the stomach and ultimately into the lungs. It’s important only to use PPIs at the lowest effective dose and for the shortest time possible. They’re certainly not the panacea we once thought.
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GOOD HEALTH R
ESEARCH shows that
multivitamins may not help
you live longer, but there’s
growing evidence they do
improve our ‘healthspan’ – that
is the years we get in good health.
A recent study made headlines after
finding a daily multivitamin could
slow ageing – reducing biological age
by about four months over two years
compared to a placebo.
The research, published in Nature
Medicine, follows a well-respected, long-
term study at Harvard University from
2024 (the Cosmos trial) that showed
people who took daily multivitamins had
a 60 per cent reduction in brain health
decline over three years compared to a
placebo group (as measured using
memory and problem-solving tests).
‘These newer studies showing “no extra
years” doesn’t mean no benefit,’ says
Aidan Goggins, a pharmacist and
nutritionist, who is an independent
expert for the supplement industry.
Older adults often have small nutrient
gaps due to the reduced ability of the gut
to absorb nutrients as we age – which
may explain the latest findings. In
particular, vitamins A, C and E may
protect brain cells from damage, while B
vitamins have been linked to lower blood
levels of the protein homocysteine – high
levels are a risk factor for dementia.
Others who could benefit from a multi-
vitamin as a ‘safety net’ include ‘anyone
with a restricted diet such as vegetarians
or vegans or those with malabsorption
issues [e.g. people with coeliac or Crohn’s
disease]’, says Aidan Goggins. ‘They can
be low in nutrients, as can those on
medications such as protein pump inhib-
itors (PPIs) for acid reflux or GLP-1s for
weight loss which also interfere with vita-
min and mineral absorption in the gut.’
We asked Aidan Goggins for his expert
view on some of the latest multivitamin
products, which we then rated.
BUDGET BUY
Tesco Health Multivitamin
with Iron, £2.65 for 60
COST PER DAY: 4p
CLAIM: To ‘support general wellbeing’.
EXPERT VERDICT: This looks OK on paper –
providing 100 per cent of the recom-
mended amount for 13 key nutrients,
including vitamin C and some B vitamins.
But in reality it only offers a very mod-
est back-up. Disappointingly, it doesn’t
include iodine (in seafood and dairy and
needed for healthy thyroid and brain function) or selenium (found in nuts and oily fish and needed for immunity) – two nutrients that are cheap to include and which people in the UK are often low in. Plus, its vitamin D dose, at just 5mcg, is not enough. The NHS recommends all adults take at least 10mcg daily from November to March. But recent research suggests closer to 25mcg per day is optimal, so you’re often better off with a specific vitamin D supplement. 3/10 PREMIUM Heights Vitals Multivitamin, £40 for 60 capsules, Boots COST PER DAY: £1.33 CLAIM: With ‘delayed-release cap- sules to maximise absorption’. EXPERT VERDICT: Priced on the higher side, but with genuinely higher- quality versions of nutrients. For example, methyl- ated B vitamins, which are already in their active, ready-to-use state so they boost blood lev- els more. It also has the high- est level of vitamin D here at 45mcg per daily dose so you wouldn’t need an additional pill. On the downside, it contains 5mg iron – a terrible addition to a ‘just in case’ multi- vitamin as iron can interfere with
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absorption of other minerals such as the magnesium and zinc here. Its main gimmick is the ‘delayed-release’ two-layer cap- sule: the fat-soluble nutrients such as vitamin D and omega-3 oil are held in the outer capsule, while water-soluble vitamins such as B and C are in a separate inner capsule. But the claims about superior absorption just aren’t proven. In fact, many key nutrients here, including the vitamin C and minerals, are absorbed best in the upper small intestine so delaying release to later in the digestive tract could theoreti- cally be a disadvantage. 6/10 FOR OLDER ADULTS
Centrum Advance 50+ Multivitamins & Minerals, £28 for 180 tablets, Boots COST PER DAY: 16p CLAIM: ‘To support daily energy release and normal immune function of adults over 50’. EXPERT VERDICT: By far the most useful product here because it has something the others don’t: evidence its formulation has meaningful health
benefits. It’s the UK version of
Centrum Silver, the multivitamin
used in the Cosmos brain research.
The only important difference is
that the vitamin D here is much
lower at just 5mcg compared to
25mcg in the study.
But any brain benefits are not
just down to vitamin D – not
least because a 2025
randomised trial by Essex
University found no measur-
able cognitive benefit from
taking vitamin D on its own.
Instead, key factors are
likely to be B vitamins, zinc
and magnesium, with the
combination of nutrients
working together being most
important, according to the
Cosmos researchers. 8/10
‘SUPER POWDER’
AG1, £79 a month,
drinkag1.com
COST PER DAY: £2.63
CLAIM: ‘70-plus optimised
ingredients.’
EXPERT VERDICT: 70-plus ingredi-
ents sounds impressive, but a
long label is not the same as a
formula proven to be beneficial.
The ingredients start with apple
powder and pea protein which
don’t offer huge health benefits
on their own. It contains high
doses of vitamin C (420mg) and
several B vitamins, but zinc
(10mg) is the only mineral at the
recommended daily level.
Disappointingly, there is no
vitamin D. Many of the plant
extracts – such as the herb
ashwagandha (linked to lower
stress) – are hidden inside ‘blends’,
with no individual dose given, so
there’s no way of knowing if you’re
getting a meaningful amount.
It does contain probiotics
which may help gut health,
but the multivitamins used
in trials showing longevity
benefits didn’t contain
probiotics so they aren’t a
necessity. This is also
expensive. 1/10
SKIN PATCH
PatchMD Multivitamin
Patches, £20.50 for
30, Amazon
COST PER DAY: 68p
CLAIM: ‘Transdermal delivery
which bypasses the digestive
system for better absorption.’
Wear one a day for 8 hours.
EXPERT VERDICT: Drug patches –
such as HRT or painkillers – work
well, but research shows that
vitamins and minerals are not
efficiently absorbed through the
skin. Only fat-soluble molecules
can penetrate it, so the water-
soluble vitamins (like C and B)
here just won’t get through.
When it comes to minerals, only
magnesium has evidence it can
pass through into the bloodstream
– others such as selenium and zinc
remain in the skin’s top layers.
A 2019 trial in patients who’d
had a gastric bypass (which
impairs absorption of vitamins in
the gut), found those using multi-
vitamin patches were signifi-
cantly more likely to be nutrient
deficient than those using stand-
ard oral supplements. It certainly
shouldn’t be marketed as a supe-
rior way to take a multivitamin.
0/10
FOR WOMEN
Mary Ruth’s Organic Women’s
Multivitamin Liposomal
Liquid Supplement, £19.49 for
30 days, healf.com
COST PER DAY: 65p
CLAIM: ‘Delivered via liposomal
technology for better absorption.’
EXPERT VERDICT: ‘Liposomal’
means putting a protective fat
bubble around nutrients in a pill
or drink – it can be useful for
certain vitamins where absorp-
tion or delivery is genuinely
difficult. For example, vitamin C
and B vitamins can be easily
destroyed by stomach acid so a
liposomal formula can help them
reach the upper intestine intact.
But most of the vitamins here
are already in forms that should
be absorbed perfectly well, so it’s
a bit of a gimmick. There’s also
nothing that makes it specifically
beneficial for women.
Its real value is as a palatable
liquid (vanilla peach flavour) for
people who hate or can’t swallow
tablets. It’s a decent formulation,
with methylated B vitamins, plus
25mcg of vitamin D.
6/10
GUMMIES
Holland & Barrett
Multivitamin Gummies,
30 for £6.99
COST PER DAY: 23p
CLAIM: ‘Key vitamins to reduce
tiredness and fatigue, support
your immune system, skin, hair
and nails.’
EXPERT VERDICT: Gummies are
appealing, as they taste nice and
are easy to take. But there’s a limit
to how much nutrition you can fit
into a gummy without affecting
taste, texture and stability, so they
tend to offer lower doses than
pills. There’s only 30mg of vitamin
C here – less than half the recom-
mended daily amount.
A recent study on gummies
found around 25 per cent of vita-
min C was lost in processing (the
mixture has to be heated, which
can damage some nutrients, and
then set like a sweet). What we
don’t know is whether this has
been formulated with extra vita-
min C to compensate for that loss.
It’s also high in sugar and at the
lower end of vitamin D at just
5mcg, with only half the recom-
mended amounts of vitamin B6
and folic acid.
3/10
ORAL SPRAY
BetterYou MultiVitamin Daily
Oral Spray, £10.99 for 25ml
(one month), betteryou.com
COST PER DAY: 34p
CLAIM: ‘14 essential nutrients
scientifically developed for
superior absorption’.
EXPERT VERDICT: This contains
iodine and selenium and a good
amount of vitamin D – 20mcg.
An oral spray is a smart,
convenient format. However, it’s
not a superior delivery system.
Some nutrients, such as vitamin
D may be absorbed through the
lining of the mouth into the
bloodstream, but in reality, much
of the dose is likely to be swal-
lowed and absorbed through the
gut like a normal supplement.
Plus, faster absorption is not a
particularly useful benefit.
The goal is to improve nutrient
status over weeks and months,
not to create an instant effect.
But it’s good for tablet-haters,
children, or people with swallow-
ing difficulties.
7/10
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NIFTY NEEDLEWORK
The Great British Sewing Bee, 8pm, BBC1
TEQUILA at the ready as this time, in a
Sewing Bee first, it’s Mexico Week, and
host Sophie Willan (pictured) asks the ten
remaining contestants to celebrate traditional
Mexican fashion and textile
art through three distinct
rounds. For the Pattern
Challenge, they construct
a Mexican folkloric top
using traditional fabrics
woven by indigenous
communities. The
Transformation Challenge
sees the stitchers
transforming traditional
Mexican oilcloth
tablecloths into eye-
catching garments, while
the Made-to-Measure
Challenge is to design
custom festival outfits
inspired by regional
Mexican celebrations.
6.00
Breakfast
9.30
Animal Park (AD,R)
10.15 Trace, Track, Get My Car Back (R)
10.45 Expert Witness (R)
11.15
Homes Under the Hammer
The team visit properties in
Kent, Cumbria and Derby.
12.15 Bargain Hunt (AD,R) Natasha Raskin
Sharp is in Abernyte, near Dundee.
1.00
BBC News at One; Weather
1.35
BBC Regional News; Weather
1.45
BBC News at One; Weather
2.00
Money for Nothing Jacqui Joseph
uncovers a massage bed in need of
a creative touch and an old dining
set that could do with a new look.
2.45
Escape to the Country (R)
Nicki Chapman is on the hunt
for a Pembrokeshire property.
3.45
The Bidding Room (R) Featuring a
teapot, toy tools, barrels, a model
caravan and a decorative bust.
4.30
The Answer Run Quiz show,
hosted by Jason Manford.
5.15
Pointless (R) Quiz, hosted by
Alexander Armstrong and Ria Lina.
6.00
BBC News at Six; Weather
6.30
BBC Regional News; Weather
7.00 The One Show Presented by Alex Jones and Lauren Laverne. 7.30 EastEnders (AD) Ravi pushes Priya for answers about her mystery man.
8
8.00 The Great British Sewing Bee
(AD) The sewers celebrate
Mexican fashion, demonstrating
their skills with a folkloric top,
structural garments made
from tablecloths, and outfits
inspired by Mexican festivals.
PICK
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9.00 Murder 24/7 (AD) Part one of two. The investigation into the 2025 murder of 54-year-old Hereford man Jamie Gawler, found in his flat having being beaten. Continues tomorrow.
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10.00 BBC News at Ten
10.30 BBC Regional News
(Followed by Weather)
10.40 Robin Hood (2010) (12) ◆ (AD)
An archer returning from the
crusades faces a plot by a
traitorous knight to bring about
a French conquest of England.
Medieval adventure, starring
Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett,
Max von Sydow, William Hurt,
Mark Strong and Oscar Isaac.
FILM
FILM
FILM
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12.50 Weather for the Week Ahead 12.55 BBC News FILM
MNT
B B C 1 B B C 2 C H A N N E L 4 I T V 1
THE VICTORIANS WITH ROB RINDER
AND RUTH GOODMAN, 9PM, CH5
ROB Rinder and Ruth Goodman (pictured right) are back for a new series of documentaries under the Rich Lives, Poor Lives strand, as they explore how both ends of the financial spectrum navigated life during four very different times. Future episodes will feature the Roman, Tudor and Georgian eras but we begin with the Victorians, and more specifically how the nation was transformed during the 1840s when railway mania swept Britain. Rob, as is his way, follows the wealthy Victorians who
6.30
Bargain Hunt (R)
7.15
The Bidding Room (R)
8.00
The Great British Sewing Bee
(AD,BSL,R) The contestants recycle
T-shirts and make outfits with an
environmental message.
9.00
BBC News
1.00
Richard Osman’s House of Games
(R) Sean Fletcher, Louise Minchin,
Chris Washington and Kimberly
Wyatt test their trivia skills.
1.30
The Finish Line (R) Quiz, hosted by
Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene.
2.15
Do You Know Your Place? (R)
The quiz heads to Cardiff.
2.45
Cricket: The Hundred Sunrisers
Leeds Women v London Spirit
Women (Start-time 3pm). Coverage
of the match at Headingley. The
Sunrisers, known previously as
Northern Superchargers, claimed
an eight-wicket victory when these
teams met at Lord’s last year, with
Phoebe Litchfield’s 55 not out from
38 balls proving decisive and earning
her the player of the match award.
6.00
Cricket: The Hundred Sunrisers
Leeds Men v London Spirit Men
(Start-time 6.30pm). Coverage
of the match at Headingley.
Zak Crawley top-scored for the
side then known as Northern
Superchargers with 55 not out
from 38 balls, as he inspired his
team to an eight-wicket win over
today’s opponents at Lord’s in last
season’s competition. The Leeds-
based outfit went on to reach the
Eliminator, but the contest was
rained off, with Trent Rockets
advancing at their expense due
to having a better position in
the round-robin stage.
9.30 The Vampire Lestat: Interview with the Vampire (AD) An illicit old ally of Lestat’s boards the dazed band’s tour bus, while some familiar faces await at their next stop. Starring Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson.
10.15 It Happened to Me: I Was
Jailed in Japan for Ketamine
How a British woman’s
ketamine addiction led to
a stint in a Japanese prison.
10.30 Newsnight Victoria Derbyshire.
presents. (Followed by Weather)
11.05 The Last Bus (2021) (12) ◆
A pensioner travels from John
O’Groats to Land’s End using
his free bus pass, becoming a
social media celebrity along
the way. Drama, with Timothy
Spall and Phyllis Logan.
12.30 Uncanny (AD,BSL,R) Danny Robins presents accounts of supernatural encounters, expert analysis, and investigations. 1.30 This Is BBC2
poured their money into the railway
boom — including George Hudson, whose
shrewd business sense saw him rise
from humble beginnings in a draper’s
shop to being dubbed the ‘Railway
King’, and aristocrat Lord Morpeth,
who allowed a station to be built on
his land. Ruth, meanwhile, meets those
who built and worked on the tracks,
risking their lives to fuel the railway
boom, as well as uncovering the story
of Britain’s first female station mistress,
Mary Arguile. Rob and Ruth’s previous
investigations into life during The Blitz,
The Great Plague and The Great Fire of
London are all available to stream on 5.
6.00
Good Morning Britain News,
current affairs and features.
10.00 This Morning A mix of celebrity
chat, lifestyle features, advice
and competitions.
1.30
News; Weather
1.55
Regional News; Weather
2.00
Dickinson’s Real Deal (AD,R)
David Dickinson and his team of
experts are in Crewe, where Fay
Rutter assesses some timepieces,
and Stewart Hofgartner spies a
gem in a boy’s toy collection.
3.00
Deal or No Deal (AD,R) Stephen
Mulhern hosts as contestant
Dori tries to open the 22 red
boxes in the right order, taking
on the infamous Banker for the
chance to win a life-changing
cash prize; Regional Weather
4.00
Tipping Point (R) Quiz show,
hosted by Ben Shephard.
5.00
The Chase (R) Bradley Walsh
presents as Ellen, Sonal, Gerard
and Trevor take on one of the
Chasers to secure a cash prize.
6.00
Regional News; Weather
6.30
News; Weather
7.30 Inside the Langham: Britain’s First Grand Hotel (AD) The hotel’s CEO arrives in London from head office in Hong Kong to inspect one of its most ambitious renovations yet.
8.00 Emmerdale (AD) Nicola
makes a worrying discovery.
8.30 Coronation Street (AD) Dylan
ends up unconscious after a
confrontation with Brody.
9.00 Cold Case Forensics: A Death
on the Nile (AD) Forensic
scientist Dr Angela Gallop
and her team investigate the
mysterious, sudden death
of a British solicitor on a
romantic holiday in Egypt.
10.00 News (Followed by Weather)
10.30 Regional News
(Followed by Weather)
10.45 Bad Boys II (2003) (15) ◆
Two mismatched undercover
cops set out to stop a drug lord
flooding the market with a
deadly form of Ecstasy. Comedy
thriller sequel, starring Will
Smith, Martin Lawrence,
Gabrielle Union, Jordi Molla
and Peter Stormare.
1.10
Shop on TV 3.00 The Summit
(AD,BSL,R) The group endure a
gruelling eight-hour uphill hike
weighed down by prize money.
3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05 Long
Lost Family: Born Without Trace
(AD,BSL,R) The case of a baby boy
discovered on the second floor of
a locked London mansion block.
6.30
The King of Queens (AD,R)
7.45
Everybody Loves Raymond
(AD,R) Triple bill of the US sitcom.
9.10
Frasier (AD,R) Four episodes.
11.10
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA (R) Gordon visits New Orleans.
12.05 Channel 4 News Summary
12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD,R)
Henry Cole and Simon O’Brien
find a collection of classic cars.
1.10
The Great House Giveaway (R)
Annie and Sherri-Leigh buy a
house in the Welsh Valleys.
2.10
Countdown With Ade Adepitan.
3.00
A Place in the Sun (R) Best friends
Helen and Nikki search for a holiday
home in Andalucia, Spain.
4.00
Saving Country Houses with
Penelope Keith (AD,R) In the
Cotswolds, James and Emma plan
to turn Chavenage House into a
glamping and sauna destination.
5.00
Chateau DIY (AD,R) Trish tries
to rebuild a bridge over a
stream with no DIY experience.
6.00
American Pickers (AD,R) Mike
Wolfe and Frank Fritz discover
a fleet of concept cars.
7.00 Channel 4 News
8.00 Hotel Chocolat Unwrapped
(AD) Chocolatier Yodi dreams
up limited-edition drinking
chocolate flavours, and founder
Angus pulls out all the stops
during the countdown to the
opening of the Chicago store.
9.00 Celebrity Hunted (AD) Two
of the fugitives drop in on a
celebrity colleague, another
pair make a bold move by going
on live television, and two
more alert the hunters after
cracking jokes in Brighton.
10.00 Gogglebox (AD,R) The critics’ views of The Celebrity Traitors, Game of Wool: Britain’s Best Knitter, Trigger Point, Hunted, Squid Game: The Challenge and Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles.
11.05 Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives (AD,R) The family host bonfire night for the estate in memory of their dad, Sid, and Trewley gets a lesson in tough love.
12.05 Naked Attraction (AD,R) 1.05
Ramsay’s Hotel Hell (AD,BSL,R)
1.55 FILM: Breakthrough (2019) (12)
◆ (BSL) Fact-based drama, starring
Chrissy Metz. 3.50 Couples Come
Dine with Me (BSL,R) 4.45 The
Piano (AD,BSL,R) 5.40 Find It, Fix It,
Flog It (R) 5.50 Countdown (R)
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POLICE WORK Murder 24/7, 9pm, BBC1 AN ASTONISHING team of 35 detectives and specialists are brought together by DCI Gareth Lougher after 54-year-old Jamie Gawler is found bludgeoned to death at his Hereford home. Operation Kingsbury is soon testing a table leg as a possible weapon, while officers scour CCTV footage for any potential clues. Continues tomorrow.
TRUE CRIME
Cold Case Forensics: A Death
On The Nile, 9pm, ITV1
MORE true crime, as Dr Angela Gallop
investigates the sudden death of solicitor
Cheryl Lewis during a holiday in Egypt in
1998. She was there with her partner, John
Frederick Allan, an industrial chemist,
when she had a seizure and died. The death
was treated as non-suspicious by foreign
authorities, but Cheryl’s family suspected
foul play, and what happened next was like
something out of an Agatha Christie novel.
C H A N N E L 5
6.00 Milkshake! Peppa Pig (R) 6.10 Tweedy & Fluff (R) 6.15 Odo (R) 6.20 Thomas & Friends (R) 6.35 Fireman Sam (R) 6.45 Peppa Pig (R) 6.50 Pip and Posy (R) 7.00 Paw Patrol (R) 7.10 Move It Milkshakers! (R) 7.20 Rubble & Crew (R) 7.35 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 7.45 Tim Rex in Space (AD,R) 8.00 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 Paw Patrol (R) 8.30 The Adventures of Paddington (R) 8.40 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom (R) 8.50 Kangaroo Beach 9.05 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 9.10 Tim Rex in Space: Sing-Alongs 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 5 News at Lunchtime 12.50 Matt Allwright 2.15 A Murder in Venice (2023) (PG) ● Thriller, starring Sophie Hopkins and Charlotte Rothwell. FILM
4.00
Castle (R) Beckett and her team
investigate the murder of a TV
actress. Stana Katic stars.
4.55
Love Nature (R) Cameras focus
on Eryri National Park in Wales.
5.00
5 News with Dan Walker
6.00
Majorca: A Year in the Sun (R)
Exploring the island’s role as
a major hub for superyachts.
6.55
5 News Update
7.00 The Yorkshire Vet: At Home with the Greens (R) Jean gets to see her farm from above when Peter Wright takes her on a helicopter ride. 7.55 5 News Update
8.00 Inside Longleat There are unexpected visitors in Longleat garden, and the cameras are primed to investigate the mammal that has made more progress in the waterways in 12 months than humans have in 30.
9.00 The Victorians with Rob
Rinder and Ruth Goodman
Rob Rinder and Ruth Goodman
team up to discover how
some of history’s most famous
events were experienced by
the rich and by the poor.
PICK
10.30 Manhunt: Search for the
Cop Killer (R) The 1982 police
manhunt to find Barry Prudom,
who was the most wanted
man in Britain for 18 days after
he shot and killed two police
officers on a terrifying spree
of violence. Archive footage
and dramatic reconstruction
help to retrace the events that
unfolded and Prudom’s demise.
12.05 The Cannibal Next Door (R)
1.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit
(R) 2.00 GPs: Behind Closed
Doors (R) 2.50 Castle (R) 3.40
Friends (R) 4.05 Friends (R)
4.30 The Highland Vet (BSL,R)
5.25 Entertainment News 5.35
Milo (BSL,R) 5.45 The Adventures
of Paddington (BSL,R)
as this heap of weary codswallop
OU can’t be seen moaning. It’s all in a great cause. Don’t be negative, it’ll just seem curmudgeonly. Try to enter into the spirit of the thing. Still, I can’t help feeling that the charity series Celebrity Hunted might raise a lot more money for Stand Up To Cancer if it weren’t such a heap of weary codswallop. Hunted, whether starring ordi- nary members of the public or celebs, has been running for 11 years, and rarely has a show aged more badly. When it launched in 2015, it was billed as a sharp commentary on how state surveillance has stripped us of all privacy, with number plate recognition, facial recogni- tion software, phone intercepts and digital footprint tracking. It was impossible to escape the all-seeing eye of the security ser- vices, or so the producers wanted us to believe. To prove it, they challenged teams to go on the run and evade their hunters — relying on their wits, their friends
BONKERS BAKE OF THE NIGHT:
Chris Packham was sniffing
out nature, in Evolution
(BBC2). ‘I can smell all of
that decomposing leaf
litter,’ he declared. ‘That’s
what I call forest fruitcake.
A really rich, delicious mix
of odours.’ I wouldn’t fancy
afternoon tea with him.
and the kindness of strangers to survive under the radar. We now know this is nothing but paranoid delusion. Far from being able to watch us every hour of the day, the government is like a panicking primary school teacher who has lost sight of half the children on a school trip and can’t make the rest pay a blind bit of attention. This became humiliatingly obvi- ous when sex offender and small- boat migrant Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed from prison last October, and spent several days at large while a £150,000 man- hunt was launched. He was even- tually found sitting on a bench in Finsbury Park, north London. Deporting him, the Home Office then bribed Kebatu £500 to go quietly. At least the fugi- tives in Hunted have to evade capture to win a prize. Despite this, Channel 4 main- tains the pretence that its crack squad of ex-coppers and human bloodhounds can mimic state powers to find people, however far they run. The celebs are handicapped, of course, by the
N. IRELAND TV VARIATIONS
BBC1: 10.40pm House of the Year. Laurence
Llewelyn-Bowen visits a new build with a wood
theme, a bold terrace bursting with colour, and
a home designed around its sea view. 11.10 FILM:
Robin Hood (2010) (12). Medieval adventure,
starring Russell Crowe. 1.20am BBC News.
WELSH TV VARIATIONS
S4C: 6.00am Cyw. 10.00 Blociau Lliw. 10.05
Twm Twrch. 10.15 Help Llaw. 10.30 Eisteddfod
Genedlaethol 2026. 12noon Newyddion S4C.
12.05 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026. 2.00
Newyddion S4C. 2.05 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol
2026. Nia Roberts guides viewers through the
afternoon’s events. 4.00 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol
2026. 5.00 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026.
Including the folk song parties for the under-
25s and the contemporary group dance. 7.30
Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd. 7.50 Eisteddfod
Genedlaethol 2026. The under-25 ‘cerdd dant’
parties and the youth choirs. 10.15 Y Babell Len
2026. A look at events in the Literary Pavilion
with Tudur Owen. 10.45 Iaith ar Daith.
camera crews that trail them everywhere. I suspect the bloke with the video camera is phon- ing home every half an hour to reveal their location, which must make the hunters’ job easier. To give themselves a chance, the five celebrity duos need to
LAST NIGHT’S TV
Celebrity Hunted (Ch4) HHIII
remain as anonymous as possi- ble. YouTube performers and for- mer Love Islanders Chris Taylor and Toby Aromolaran are at an advantage here, since they are unknown outside their niche. Realising this, the cameras largely ignored them, except for
a moment when the boys hid in a giant ball pit. As they sub- merged, one of them (I have no idea which is which) yelled, ‘Mate, they’ll never find us.’ And we didn’t see them again. Comedian and EastEnders actor Brian Conley took the opposite tack, announcing, ‘I’m famous!’ as he introduced him- self to everyone he met. ‘Just a run-of-the-mill showbiz legend,’ he boasted breezily. Maybe the hunters will be able to track his ego via satellite.
JOE & DAVID’S MAGICAL
SITCOM TOUR, 9PM, U&GOLD
FOR this very jolly and easy-
to-watch comedy-themed
travelogue, Joe Wilkinson and
David Earl — who co-wrote
sitcom The Cockfields — take
each other on a tour through
the worlds of their favourite
sitcoms. The three shows
are Porridge, Fawlty Towers
and The Office, and the pair
start with Dick Clement and
Ian La Frenais’s great prison
comedy, a sitcom watched
by a young Joe Wilkinson. It
remained his favourite show
as an adult, so much so that,
apparently, he turned down
the opportunity to audition
for the lead when the reboot
came along in 2016. There’s a
BODY IMAGE
Olivia Attwood: The Price
Of Perfection, 9pm, ITV2
THE Love Island star (pictured)
lifts the lid on more extreme
cosmetic procedures in this new,
third series, for which she visits
South Korea and Turkey. She also
talks to Katie Price, investigates
the impact of rapid weight loss
on our bodies and asks why
facelifts are trending for younger
people without saggy skin to lift.
Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection New series. Katie Price, Katherine Ryan, Bre Tiesi and Lateysha Grace share the perks and pitfalls of surgery in the spotlight
INSIDE STORY
Salisbury Poisonings:
A Spy Next Door,
9pm, Sky Documentaries
WHEN the former Russian spy
RADIO
5ACTION Freeview 33 Sky 150 11.15am Gunsmoke. 12.20pm FILM: Copper Canyon. (1950) (PG) 2.05 FILM: The Hangman. (1959) (U) 4.00 The Motorway. 5.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 6.00 Police Interceptors. 8.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 9.00 Police Interceptors. 10.00 Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack. 11.00 The X-Files. BBC THREE Freeview 23 Sky 115 Virgin 107 7.00pm The Catch Up. 7.05 Deadly 60. 8.00 Top Gear. 9.00 Survivor Australia. 11.50 Confessions of a Steroid Gang. COMEDY CENTRAL
Sky 112 Virgin 132 11.35am The Upper Hand. 1.10pm Impractical Jokers: Hits, Errors & Balls. 1.40 Friends. 9.00 FILM: Sweet Home Alabama. (2002) (12) 11.10 Police Squad! DISCOVERY Sky 125 Virgin 177 1.00pm Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet. 3.00 How It’s Made. 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue. 7.00 Ant Anstead Master Mechanic. 9.00 Bull Shark Dinner Bell. 10.00 What Shark Attacked? 11.00 The Alaska Triangle. E4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 11.00am The Simpsons. 2.00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 3.00 Modern Family. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Hollyoaks. 5STAR (DAYTIME) Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 12noon Traffic Cops. 2.00 Police Interceptors. 5.00 Shoplifters: Caught Red Handed. 6.00 Home and Away. 5 SELECT Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 12noon All Creatures Great and Small. 1.00 Murder, She Wrote. 3.00 Columbo. 5.00 Great Gardens of Europe. 6.00 Great British Ships: Cutty Sark. 7.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 9.00 Michael Portillo in Stockholm. 10.00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special.
short glimpse into what that performance might have been like when he and David give the script a little read- through here, but Wilkinson still seems a bit reluctant to give it a proper go. If you like hearing fresh insights on shows you thought you couldn’t possibly hear more about, then this will be a delight. And the way in which David and Joe (pictured)
Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were brought into a hospital in Salisbury in March 2018, it became apparent that they had been poisoned by his former spymasters using the nerve agent Novichok. That such an attack could have taken place on British
5 USA (DAYTIME) Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 12noon Law & Order. 6.00 NCIS. FOOD NETWORK UK Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 1.00pm James Martin’s Great British Adventure. 3.00 The Hairy Bikers Go North. 4.00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals. 5.00 The Pioneer Woman. 6.00 James Martin’s Great British Adventure. 7.00 The Great British Bake Off. 9.00 Jamie Cooks Italy. 10.00 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes. 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. GREAT! TV Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 12noon Little House on the Prairie. 1.00 The Waltons. 4.00 Little House on the Prairie. 6.00 Hamish Macbeth. 7.00 MAS*H. 9.00 Brush Strokes. 11.00 Robin’s Nest. ITV2 (DAYTIME) Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 12.10pm Deal or No Deal. 1.10 Supermarket Sweep. 2.10 The Floor USA. 3.10 The Only Way Is Essex. 4.10 The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. 5.00 The Real Housewives of Orange County. 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase. ITV3 (DAYTIME) Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 11.30am Heartbeat. 1.35pm Midsomer Murders. 3.35 Classic Emmerdale. 5.15 Classic Coronation Street. 5.50 Heartbeat. ITV4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 10.15am The Professionals. 11.25 Robin of Sherwood. 12.30pm Magnum, PI. 2.35 Dempsey and Makepeace. 3.45 Boon. 4.50 The Professionals. 5.55 Minder. MORE4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 10.00am Four in a Bed. 12.40pm Come Dine with Me. 3.20 Four in a Bed. 5.50 Car S.O.S. NAT’L GEOGRAPHIC
Sky 129 Virgin 183 12noon Ultimate Airport Dubai. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation. 2.00 Hitler: The Lost Tapes of the Third Reich. 4.00 Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece. 5.00 Viking Seas:
seem so determined to surprise each other during their tours gives it a delightful edge. Don’t miss the bit in the car with the pretend Ronnie Barker.
soil, and particularly in such a sleepy place as Salisbury, was shocking, and this feature-length new documentary tells the story of it all from the inside. We hear from Dr Stephen Cockroft, an intensive care consultant who remembers Sergei and Yulia coming into the hospital; from Amber Rudd and Theresa May — Home Secretary and Prime Minister at the time; from Richard Dearlove and John Sawers, former heads of MI6; and from Viktor Makarov, a former KGB officer who now lives in the UK, having graduated at the same time as Vladimir Putin. This insider perspective makes you realise how events could easily have gone another way — it could have been seen as an act of war.
Drain the Oceans. 6.00 Secret Nazi Science. 7.00 Air Crash Investigation. 8.00 Mega Marine Machines. 9.00 Construction Fails. 10.00 Disaster Autopsy. 11.00 Air Crash Investigation. PBS AMERICA Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 1.00pm America the Bountiful. 1.35 Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall. 2.35 Hitler’s Gold. 3.35 Pirates: Behind the Legends. 4.35 Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation. 5.50 Hitler’s Gold. 6.50 Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall. 7.50 Pirates: Behind the Legends. 8.50 Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation. 10.00 Hitler’s Gold. 11.00 Pirates: Behind the Legends. REALLY Freeview 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12noon The Yorkshire Auction House. 2.00 The Repair Shop. 3.00 Salvage Hunters. 5.00 Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace. 6.00 The Repair Shop. 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House. 8.00 Antiques Road Trip. 9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 11.00 Help! My House Is Haunted. SKY ARTS Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123 12noon Wonderland: From J.M. Barrie to J.R.R. Tolkien. 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. 3.00 The Seventies. 4.00 Discovering: Richard Harris. 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2021. 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 8.00 The World in a Painting: Velazquez’s Chili Pepper. 9.15 Beyond the Brush. 10.15 Wonderland: Gothic. 11.15 The Movies. SKY ATLANTIC
Sky 108 Virgin 111 12.50pm Homicide: Life on the Street. 3.00 Billions. 5.20 Heated Rivalry. 7.30 True Detective: Night Country. 9.00 Gomorrah: The Origins. 11.00 Prisoner. SKY COMEDY
6 9 (Scot 24) TIME BBC 4 E4 ITV2
RADIO 4
FM: 92.4-94.6MHZ
5.00am News Summary.
5.04 Britain’s Robot
Army.
5.32 Weather.
5.34 Shipping Forecast.
5.43 Prayer for the Day.
5.45 Farming Today.
6.00 Today.
9.00 Invisible Hands.
9.30 Inside Health.
10.00 Woman’s Hour.
11.00 Screenshot. Film
and TV’s fascination
with UFOs and
extraterrestrial life.
11.45 Tony Hawks Is
Giving Nothing
Away. The comedian
hears about the
impact of receiving
an inheritance.
12noon News.
12.04 Call You and Yours.
12.57 Weather.
1.00 The World at One.
1.45 The Bare Necessities.
Dan Richards visits
forager and herbalist
Monica Wilde.
Community. 6.00 Will & Grace. 7.00 The Office (US). 8.00 The Reluctant Landlord. 9.00 FILM: Seven Psychopaths. (2012) (15) 11.00 Hacks. SKY DOCUMENTARIES
Sky 114 Virgin 121 11.05am UFO. 12noon Albert Brooks: Defending My Life. 1.45 My Icon: John Amaechi. 2.00 Stasi FC. 3.50 My Icon: Michael Holding. 4.00 The Directors. 5.00 Discovering: Gary Oldman. 5.55 J.F.K.: Destiny Betrayed. 7.00 Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes. 9.00 The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door. 10.40 FILM: 2000 Meters to Andriivka. (2025) (15) SKY HISTORY
Sky 123 Virgin 131 11.05am Storage Wars. 12noon Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 History’s Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren. 2.00 Great Escapes with
Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo travels from Lincoln to York
Wainwright Walks Julia Bradbury explores the work of Alfred Wainwright
To the Manor Born First episode of the comedy, starring Penelope Keith
Keeping Up Appearances Hyacinth plans a special supper. Last in series
She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens Helen Castor tells the story of Lady Jane Grey and Mary Tudor’s battle to succeed to the throne in 1553. Last in series
Castles: Britain’s Fortified History Sam Willis charts how castles came under threat from the cannon during the Wars of the Roses. Last in series
Corridors of Power:
Should America
Police the World?
How Obama handled
the threat of chemical
weapons (To 12.00)
9PM, RADIO 4
YOLANDE Knell tells an
unlikely and inspiring
story of life in Gaza.
Despite being housed
in tents with destruction
all around them, and
bombardments still
ongoing, many Gazans
are coming together
in co-working spaces
to work in the digital
economy as freelance
2.00 The Archers.
2.15 Drama: Sunbird.
3.00 Lady on Trial with
Lucy Worsley.
A Victorian opera
singer who fought
the Lunacy Laws.
3.30 Heart and Soul. How
Catholicism helped to
overthrow a dictator
in the Philippines.
4.00 The Writing Life
of Sylvia Plath.
Morgan Freeman. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Forged in Fire. 8.00 Hitler’s Engineers. 9.00 History’s Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren. 10.00 Prison Chronicles. 11.00 History’s Deadliest with Ving Rhames. SKY ONE Sky 106 Virgin 109 12noon Big Cat Country. 1.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 S.W.A.T. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 Animal Control. 7.00 The Simpsons. 8.00 Best Medicine. 9.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks. 10.00 The ’Burbs. 10.55 Animal Control. 11.55 Grimm. SKY SCI-FI Sky 145 Virgin 140 12noon Star Trek: Voyager. 1.00 Stargate Atlantis. 2.00 Warehouse 13. 4.00 Stargate SG-1. 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 7.00 Stargate Atlantis.
Hollyoaks Beth and Frankie have a shouting match in the village
The Simpsons Homer makes it his mission to find a devastated Smithers a boyfriend
Vanderpump Rules Lisa confronts Marcus and Venus attempts to broker peace between Natalie and Kim, but things go south when Marcus gets involved
Below Deck Down Under Harry wants to reignite things with Bri. Wihan’s fuming with Lara and her criticisms of his team and some silver hotpants cause quite the scene
First Dates: Valentine’s Special 2020 The restaurant throws opens its doors at the most romantic time of the year
Naked Attraction
Newquay sales
administrator Millie
and Sheffield window
cleaner Alex each
choose a date from six
naked people (To 12.05)
software engineers,
developing apps and
websites. Although there
are restrictions on the
import of computers,
spare parts, generators
and solar panels, they
are overcoming
whatever obstacles
are thrown at them
to offer a glimpse of a
possible brighter future.
4.30 What’s Up Docs? Exploring hydration. 5.00 PM; Weather. 6.00 Six O’Clock News. 6.30 Meet David Sedaris. The humorist reads his essay Sweet Land of Liberty. Last in series. 7.00 The Archers. Bert comes a cropper. 7.15 Front Row. Arts news. 8.00 File on 4 Investigates: A Romanian Ransom.
8.00 Stargate SG-1. 9.00 Resident Alien. 10.00 Grimm. 11.00 The Walking Dead. SKY WITNESS
Sky 107 Virgin 110 12noon FBI. 2.00 The Rookie. 3.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 4.00 Nothing to Declare. 8.00 Caught on Dashcam. 9.00 Irish Blood. 10.00 Blue Bloods. 11.00 The Rookie. TLC Freeview 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113 12noon The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 The Middle. 3.30 Young Sheldon. 5.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 The Bad Skin Clinic. 11.00 Dr Pimple Popper. U&ALIBI Sky 109 Virgin 114 12noon Body of Proof. 1.00 Death in Paradise. 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries. 4.00 The Mentalist. 5.00
The Floor USA
Rob Lowe hosts the
American version of
the dramatic and fast-
paced game show.
The most iconic duo of
the fourth series goes
head-to-head
The 1% Club Quiz
game show hosted
by Lee Mack in which
the questions are all
about logic and
common sense
Family Guy Bonnie gives birth to a girl
Family Guy Peter participates in a medical experiment to make money
11.05 Family Guy
Part two of two. Lois
returns to identify her
would-be killer
11.35 American Dad! Stan reluctantly spends time at the library (To 12.05)
ITV4 MORE4 SKY MIX QUEST U&DAVE U&DRAMA 5STAR 5USA
6.55 Heartbeat
Nicholson delays
his 21st-birthday
celebrations to join
Bellamy in pursuit
of two armed and
dangerous criminals
Vera A body is discovered on the Northumberland moors, and identified as a woman who made a distressed 999 call on the night of her death — suggesting she may have been abducted by someone she knew. Vera takes on the case, and discovers the victim was a controversial figure in her town
Grantchester Will receives a phone call revealing his father has got himself into some trouble, so he asks Geordie for help
Grantchester A case unfolds concerning the murder of a Teddy Boy
11.50 Trial &
Retribution Part
two of two. Connor
struggles (To 1.25)
8.40 In Touch. 9.00 PICK Crossing Continents. 9.30 Scam Secrets. Scam- baiter Jim Browning talks about techniques he uses to unmask criminals hiding behind deepfakes. 10.00 The World Tonight. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith.
Hudson & Rex. 6.00 Body of Proof. 7.00 Private Eyes. 8.00 Death in Paradise. 9.00 Allegiance. 10.00 Father Brown. 11.00 Private Eyes. U&DAVE (DAYTIME) Freeview 19 Sky 111 Virgin 127 11.20am Yukon Gold. 12.20pm Top Gear. 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. 3.00 Martin Clunes: Islands of America. 4.00 Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul. 6.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British. U&DRAMA (DAYTIME)
Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116 11.45am The Bill. 12.45pm Classic EastEnders. 2.00 Neighbours. 3.00 Pie in the Sky. 4.05 Lovejoy. 5.20 As Time Goes By. 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine. U&EDEN Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176 9.00am Inside the Ambulance.
The Motorbike Show Henry Cole joins the Harley Owners Group for a ride and embarks on his quest for land speed record glory
World Rally Championship Highlights The Rally Finland. Action from the 10th round of the campaign, based around Jyvaskyla
Ice Road Truckers Lisa and Scott Swanson push Carey Hall and his 120-ton cargo up one of the Dalton Highway’s steepest inclines
All Elite Wrestling: Collision Hard-hitting action, featuring stars including FTR, Thunder Rosa, Jon Moxley and Jay White (To 12.00)
÷ WHAT connection could
pigs being loaded onto a
plane in Hertfordshire in
1958 have with the fate
of Jews in Communist
Romania? Paul Kenyon
presents FILE ON 4
INVESTIGATES: A
ROMANIAN RANSOM
(8PM, RADIO 4), the
fascinating story of Henry
Jakober, who paid for exit
visas for thousands of Jews
with farm animals and
cash. President Ceausescu
(pictured) and his secret
police profited as millions
of dollars changed hands.
11.00 Wild Inside. Ben
Garrod and Jess
French examine
the great grey owl.
11.30 Hollywood and the
Adland Five. The
story of British film.
12midnight News; Weather.
12.30 Tony Hawks Is
Giving Nothing
Away. See 11.45am.
12.48 Shipping Forecast.
1.00 BBC World Service.
5.00pm Secrets of the Transport Museum. With Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway. U&GOLD Sky 110 Virgin 124 11.45am Going Straight. 12.25pm Only Fools and Horses. 1.05 Keeping Up Appearances. 1.45 Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes. 2.25 The Green Green Grass. 3.00 Are You Being Served? 3.40 Going Straight. 4.20 Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes. 5.00 Last of the Summer Wine. 6.20 Keeping Up Appearances. 7.00 Only Fools and Horses. 7.40 Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes. 8.20 Are You Being Served? 9.00 Joe & David’s Magical Sitcom Tour. 10.00 Porridge. 10.40 Not Going Out. 11.20 Colin’s Sandwich. U&W Freeview 25 Sky 132 Virgin 125 12noon DIY SOS: The Big Build.
6.50 Car S.O.S
Tim Shaw and Fuzz
Townshend rescue
a 1973 fire engine
7.55 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud follows a couple as they transform a neglected half-acre site in Gloucestershire. With 27 protected trees on the plot, their solution is to build a treehouse
Oti and Richard’s South African Odyssey Oti and Richard watch a display of the Khoisan people’s dance traditions, and sample some crayfish
24 Hours in A&E
A tree surgeon is
rushed in after a fall,
while a frail man has
taken a tumble down a
flight of stairs at home
11.05 24 Hours in A&E A 22-year-old is rushed in with stab wounds to his face and arm and disorientation and a 70-year-old dislocates his shoulder (To 12.10)
Star Trek: The Next
Generation Geordi
is kidnapped by
ruthless Romulans,
who brainwash him
into becoming a
killing machine
Police 24/7 A brawl breaks out between some bikers and locals and a 21-year-old with a crashed car tells police a dubious story
FBI: International
The team head to
Portugal when the
daughter of a
prominent American
hotelier becomes the
suspect in the murder
of an employee
FBI: International
A Russian missile is
stolen and put on the
black market in
Budapest
Star Trek: Enterprise Part two of two. A power-hungry Archer commandeers the advanced starship Defiant (To 12.00)
RADIO 2 FM: 88-90.2MHZ 6.30am The Sara Cox Breakfast Show. 9.30 Vernon Kay. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 DJ Spoony. 4.00 Joel Dommett. 7.00 Jo Whiley’s Shiny Happy Playlist. 7.30 Jo Whiley. 9.00 The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum. 10.00 The Good Groove with Melvin Odoom. 12midnight Connor Phillips. RADIO 3 FM: 90.2-92.4MHZ 6.30am Breakfast. 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.00pm Classical Live. Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5. 4.00 Composer of the Week: Mozart. 5.00 In Tune. 7.00 BBC Proms 2026. Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. 10.00 Night Tracks. 11.30 ’Round Midnight. 12.30am Through the Night. RADIO 5 LIVE MW: 693/909KHZ 5.00am Wake Up to Money. 6.00 Breakfast. 9.00 Nicky Campbell. 11.00 Marianna Spring. 2.00pm Matt Chorley. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live Sport. 7.30 5 Live Sport: Atlanta 1996: 30 Years On. 9.00 Athletics. Eleanor Oldroyd looks ahead to the European Championships. 10.00 Johnny I’Anson. 1.00am Dotun Adebayo. FILM4 Freeview 14 Sky 313 Virgin 428 11.00am Robot Dreams. (2023) (PG) 1.05pm Drums Along the Mohawk. (1939) (PG) 3.10 The Mark of Zorro. (1974) (PG) 4.45 Rat Race. (2001) (12) 6.55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. (2023) (PG) 9.00 My Stepmother Is an Alien. (1988) (15) 11.10 Last Night in Soho Interview Special. 11.15 Under the Skin. (2013) (15) 1.25am How to Talk to Girls at Parties. (2017) (15) GREAT! ACTION Freeview 42 Sky 318 Virgin 426 11.00am Tomorrow We Live. (1943) (U) 12.50pm The Unit. 1.50 Burn Notice. 3.50 The Coldest Game. (2019) (15) 6.00 The Unit. 7.00 Burn Notice. 9.00 Eye for an Eye. (2019) (15) 11.05 The Avengers. GREAT! MYSTERY Freeview 50 Sky 320 Virgin 425 12noon Unforgettable. 1.00 In Plain Sight. 2.00 Castle. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 Murder,
1.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Property Brothers at Home. 5.00 DIY SOS: Celebrating 20 Years. 6.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. 8.20 Nigella: At My Table. 9.00 Inside the Ambulance. 10.00 One Born: Twins and Triplets. 11.00 First Responders. U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129 11.00am Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution. 12noon Antiques Roadshow. 2.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics. 3.00 Bangers & Cash. 4.00 Secret Nazi Bases. 5.00 Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 The Green Planet. 8.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics. 9.00 Bangers & Cash. 10.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics. 11.00 Bangers & Cash.
Antiques Road Trip Serhat Ahmet and Catherine Southon tour the East Midlands, seeking bargains
Mortimer &
Whitehouse: Gone
Fishing From the
wild lakes of Essex
7.40 Would I Lie to You? With guests Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies and Richard Osman
Ant Anstead: Born
Mechanic Ant heads
to Kent for a 1971
Mercedes W108
8.20 Would I Lie to You? With Jack Whitehall, Emily Maitlis, Jim Carter and Armando Iannucci
Johnny Vegas’ Little Shop of Antiques Johnny sets out to grow Vintage Vegas with an online shop
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Jack Dee hosts this extended edition of the current affairs quiz, with comedian Phil Wang and Conservative peer Sayeeda Warsi
The Repair Shop Dominic Chinea uses his expertise to make a dilapidated and unsafe go-kart roadworthy once again
QI XL Extended edition. David Mitchell, Ronni Ancona, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies attempt to answer Stephen Fry’s questions
How Do They Do It? The construction of miniature airports
Taskmaster Greg Davies sets tasks to Dave Gorman, Al Murray, Rob Beckett, Sara Pascoe and Paul Chowdhry (To 12.00)
How Do They Do It? The way bees help produce California almonds (To 12.00)
SKY MAIN EVENT
Sky 401 Virgin 501 12noon Transfer Talk. 1.00 Lunchtime Live. 2.00 Sports Desk. 2.30 Transfer 360. 3.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Women v London Spirit Women (Start-time 3pm). Coverage of the match at Headingley. 6.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Men v London Spirit Men (Start- time 6.30pm). 9.30 Live Tennis. The Canadian Open. Coverage from day three in Montreal and Toronto. SKY PREMIER LEAGUE
Sunrisers Leeds Women v London Spirit Women (Start-time 3pm). 6.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Men v London Spirit Men (Start- time 6.30pm). 9.30 The Hundred Bitesize. 10.00 The Hundred. SKY MIX Sky 416 Virgin 511 12.30pm Darts Gold. 1.00 NFL Bitesize. 2.00 My Icon: Jeanette Kwakye. 2.15 My Icon: Henni Goya. 2.30 Darts Gold. 2.45 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Women v London Spirit Women (Start-time 3pm). 6.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Men v London Spirit Men (Start-time 6.30pm). 9.30 NFL Bitesize. 10.00 PGA Tour Golf. 11.00 NFL Bitesize. TNT SPORTS 1
Sky 402 Virgin 502 12noon Transfer Talk. 1.00 Premier League Highlights. 5.00 Premier League Review. 6.00 Transfer 360. 7.00 The Transfer Show. 8.00 Brazilians in the Premier League. 9.00 Transfer 360. 10.00 Drink It In: The Rise of Manchester City. 11.00 Premier League Years. SKY CRICKET
Sky 405 Virgin 505 11.30am The Hundred Bitesize. 2.45pm The Hundred Live.
7.15 Last of the Summer Wine Compo’s lucky rabbit’s foot causes problems
’Allo ’Allo! The Resistance plans to hide stolen money down Rene’s trousers
’Allo ’Allo! Rene gets
rid of the money and
tries to dispose of
the microfilm
9.05 ’Allo ’Allo! Alfonse is whisked to hospital after being interrogated
9.35 New Tricks The squad reinvestigate the death of a timeshare magnate when new information from a reformed call girl suggests he did not
10.55 Luther
A gunman begins
murdering uniformed
police officers,
prompting Luther to
taunt the killer on
television in the hope
of forcing him out into
the open (To 12.10)
Sky 410 Virgin 521 12noon Premier League Stories. 12.30 British Superbikes Highlights. 1.30 Tour de France Women. 2.30 Live Tour de France Women. Stage four of the Grand Tour race, a 21km individual time trial stage from Gevrey-Chambertin
She Wrote. 7.00 Castle. 8.00 Unforgettable. 9.00 In Plain Sight. 10.00 Hailey Dean Mysteries. 10.56 Good News on GREAT! 11.01 Hailey Dean Mysteries. 11.50 Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death. (2020) (PG) GREAT! ROMANCE Freeview 52 Sky 322 Virgin 424 12.05pm Summer of Dreams. (2016) (PG) 2.00 Autumn in the City. (2022) (U) 3.55 A Lifelong Love. (2023) (U) 5.50 The Happiness Playbook. (2023) (U) 7.50 The Professional Bridesmaid. (2023) (PG) 9.45 Wedding at Graceland. (2019) (PG) 11.40 A Royal Recipe for Love. (2023) (PG) SKY DRAMA Sky 310 Virgin 410 10.20am Anemone. (2025) (15) 12.40pm Dreamgirls. (2006) (12) 2.55 Legends of the Fall. (1994) (15) 5.20 Nuremberg. (2025) (15) 8.00 Dunkirk. (2017) (12) Allied soldiers surrounded by the German army wait for evacuation during the
NCIS A hunter finds the mummified body of a Navy lieutenant who was reported missing 10 years previously — on the same day that $1million disappeared from his ship’s safe
GPs: Behind Closed
Doors Brian comes
in to see Dr Amanda
Ramshaw about his
prostate, and Angela
visits the clinic for
an appointment
NCIS Gibbs, Tony and Kate board an aircraft carrier to investigate the deaths of two crewmen who appear to have overdosed, even though they had no history of drug use
Casualty 24/7:
Every Second Counts
The casualty
department is full due
to the extremely high
number of patients
999 Killer on the
Line: Robert Trigg
The story of volatile
former chef Robert
Trigg, who was found
guilty killing two of
his former girlfriends
five years apart
Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit
A romantic date
ends with a teenager
fighting for her life in
the hospital, as Carisi
can’t help bringing the
case home with him
Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit
A woman makes a false
accusation, leaving her
son faced with a deadly
choice. Drama,
starring Mariska
Hargitay and Ice-T
999: Critical Condition A man is rushed in with horrific head and neck wounds after being attacked with a machete
Skin A&E Dr Dev Shah attempts to avoid a crucial nerve on a patient’s forehead and Dr Emma McMullen deals with a messy neck cyst (To 12.00)
Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit
The team investigate
a youth hockey team,
where bullying of
new players has taken
a dangerous turn
(To 12.00)
to Dijon. 5.45 The Gruppetto. 6.00 UEFA Conference League Goals Reload. 6.15 UEFA Europa League Goals Reload. 6.30 Premier League Stories. 7.00 British Superbikes Highlights. 8.00 MLB Highlights. 9.00 UFC: The Ultimate Fighter. 10.00 What Went Down. 10.15 British Superbikes Rewind. 10.30 WRC Review. 11.30 MLB Highlights. TNT SPORTS 2
Sky 411 Virgin 522 12.15pm Motocross. 1.00 eSports Show. 1.30 Test Cricket Highlights. 2.30 Live Test Cricket. West Indies v Pakistan. Day three from Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago. 11.00 TNT Sports Cricket Reload. TNT SPORTS 3
Sky 413 Virgin 523 12noon Live Men’s Cycling World Tour. Stage two of the 2026 Tour of Poland. 3.45 Playing for Our Future — Cycling. 4.00 Fishing: On the Bank. 5.00 MLB. 6.00 Motocross. 9.00 Tour de France Men Highlights. 10.00 Tour de France Women. 11.00 Men’s Cycling World Tour.
Second World War. Christopher Nolan’s drama, starring Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hardy. 9.50 Anemone. (2025) (15) SKY PREMIERE
Sky 301 Virgin 401 12noon Normal. (2026) (15) 1.35 Wicked: For Good. (2025) (PG) 4.00 Mortal Kombat II. (2026) (15) 6.00 Heretic. (2024) (15) 8.00 Normal. (2026) (15) 9.45 Primate. (2025) (18) Horror, starring Johnny Sequoyah. 11.20 Eleanor the Great. (2025) (12) TALKING PICTURES TV
Freeview 82 Sky 324 Virgin 445 11.15am Biggles: Adventure in Time. (1986) (PG) 1.00pm The Adventures of William Tell. 1.35 Appointment with Venus. (1951) (U) 3.20 Anthony Perkins: The Actor Behind the Door. 4.25 Chase a Crooked Shadow. (1957) (U) 6.10 What’s on TPTV with Noel. 6.25 Whiplash. 6.55 The Man from UNCLE. 7.55 Buccaneer. 9.00 Accident. (1967) (PG) 11.05 Fortean TV. 11.40 Body Double. (1984) (18)
PHONE batteries can change our behaviour. Fully charged, we happily answer messages, browse and take photos. At 5 per cent we become selective about what deserves our attention. Your energy deserves similar consideration today. Choosing where your attention belongs ensures you have something worthwhile to offer when it matters. The people who value you most don’t measure your generosity by how quickly you say yes. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0301✽
TAURUS Apr 21 - May 21
MOST households have one cupboard that will close provided you wiggle it a certain way or lean against the door. It works, but only because somebody has learned how to compensate for the fault. Familiarity can make unnecessary compromises feel more sensible than they are. Where have you adapted around an imbalance for so long that it has started to feel normal? Focus on the problem itself today rather than on accommodating the inconvenience. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0302✽
GEMINI May 22 - June 22
HAVE you ever noticed how people often answer a question before it’s finished? It isn’t because they’re rude. It usually stems from a desire to be helpful. They’re so eager to assist that they jump in with their best guess. We all fill in the gaps with our own expectations – but where have you been working too hard instead of waiting patiently for instruction? Feeling heard is a rare gift. Allow time for a situation today to become clearer before reacting. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0303✽
CANCER June 23 - July 23
CALENDARS become crowded one small commitment at a time. We keep saying: ‘I can probably fit that in.’ Emotional lives become full in the same way. Today invites you to notice where good intentions have become obligations. There is nothing unkind about admitting your diary, and your heart, have reached capacity. Making room doesn’t mean plans must be cancelled. But a promise to
somebody else shouldn’t compromise a commitment to your wellbeing. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0304✽
LEO July 24 - Aug 23
HAVE you ever watched someone struggle to reverse into a parking space after insisting they don’t need any guidance? Pride has a talent for making simple tasks complicated. Today’s influences remind you that accepting another perspective does not diminish your independence. Sometimes letting someone point out what you cannot easily see allows you to move forward faster. Confidence is knowing when another pair of eyes can improve the outcome. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0305✽
VIRGO Aug 24 - Sep 23
INSTRUCTIONS on medicine tell us the maximum dose as well as the recommended one. More is not always more effective. There is a point beyond which extra work starts creating problems. Where have you miscalculated the dose of effort? Where have you been working too hard to make yourself available? Limiting yourself allows you to remain dependable. The people who appreciate you most will value a consistent measure more than intermittency. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0306✽
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LIBRA Sep 24 - Oct 23
MOST people instinctively knock before opening a closed door. Respect is often expressed within those tiny moments of consideration for others. Where might a relationship benefit from fewer assumptions – and more direct questions about how to find a mutually beneficial flow? Inviting an open discussion about the best way forward does not mean you have to abandon all your boundaries. It simply clarifies the terms. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0307✽
SCORPIO Oct 24 - Nov 22
IF YOU’VE ever used someone else’s computer, you’ll know the desktop tells a story. Some people keep files scattered everywhere. They might know where everything is but no one else can work it out. Even a militantly labelled set up needs a key for the code to be cracked. Understanding another person’s method today could prevent a disagreement. Different approaches can still be rooted in sincere intentions. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0308✽
SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 - Dec 21
THERE’S always a moment at the airport when everyone starts wondering whether they’ve forgotten something. Passport? Wallet? Anxiety is not
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always a sign something is wrong. It shows that you care. If you feel the need to take a second look at your reasoning before rushing ahead today, take your time. A small practical adjustment could save considerable effort later. And you’ll be able to enjoy opportunities without being distracted by avoidable complications. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0309✽
CAPRICORN Dec 22 - Jan 20
SOME neighbours borrow a ladder or a drill once every few years. Others seem to own one that the entire street relies upon. Generosity is wonderful until no one remembers who the ladder belongs to. Where has your efficiency become so dependable that people have stopped appreciating it? A gentle reminder that your time is valuable is unlikely to offend anyone. The people who appreciate your support won’t object to a reasonable boundary. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0310✽
AQUARIUS Jan 21 - Feb 19
AUTOCORRECT is remarkably confident for something that is so frequently wrong. Left unchecked, it happily changes perfectly sensible sentences into nonsense. Assumptions behave in much the same way. Our minds fill in missing information and present it as fact. Today’s conversations benefit from verification rather than interpretation. Asking ‘Is this what you meant?’ could save everyone from solving a problem that never existed. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0311✽
PISCES Feb 20 - Mar 20
MOST people have experienced reaching into a pocket for their keys, only to realise they moved them somewhere ‘safer’ – and immediately forgot where that was. We sometimes protect things so carefully that they become difficult for us to access. Emotions can work like that too. You’ve been working hard at taking care of every potential problem in advance but perhaps you have been worrying too much. If your boundaries are as secure as they now should be, trust them to work for you. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0312✽
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EADING in Eden Confidential recently about the unfortunate Boden wedding cake mishap (which turned out to be a stunt), I was reminded of my own mishap on the eve of my eldest daughter’s wedding in 2012. The beautiful cake (pictured) was made by my sister-in-law exactly to my daughter’s design. The evening before the wedding, I went with my sister-in-law to deliver the cake to the wedding site. We unpacked all the tiers and set it up on its base on a table in a small room. We stood back
ADAM SUGARMAN’S story about the amazing bond between a grandfather and grandson brought a tear to my eye. It reminded me of the bond I had with my own grandfather, who used to take me to The Dell to watch Southampton, and to
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and admired the cake and her handiwork. ‘I must take a picture,’ I said. I took my mobile phone from my pocket – and lost my grip.
Southampton Speedway back in the late Fifties and early Sixties. What was more incredible to me was the response from Cecconi’s restaurant. When all we seem to hear nowadays is negativity, how refreshing to read of such compassion. Jean Barnes, Wilton, Wilts
ADHERING TO THE RULES: With their fondness for gluing themselves to things, I thought this footpath might appeal to Just Stop Oil protesters... Spotted near Marley in Kent by Peter Chegwidden of Sheppey, Kent.
Everything then went into slow motion as I watched the phone tumble in the air and fall onto the cake, taking a big chunk out of one side. To say I was bereft is an understatement. Thankfully, unbeknown to me, my sister-in-law had thought ahead. In case the cake was damaged on the car journey, she had brought some extra chocolate tubes and a pallet knife. She set about repairing as much of the damage as she could. My daughter knew nothing about this until a couple of years ago, when we all came clean following one of my grandchildren’s birthdays! Jeff Baker, Potters Bar, Herts
CURRENT FAVOURITE: These two seem happy in their job, powering an LED wall light. They could be listening to AC/DC! Richard Kingdon, Dibden Purlieu, Hants
LETTERS Write to: Daily Mail Letters, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY email: letters@dailymail.co.uk Go it alone TWO recent Daily Mail articles high- lighted how difficult it is for midlife women to find employment following unexpected redundancy. However, one option is not to seek employment (and thereby endure the multitude of rejections) but take advantage of a career pivot and become your own boss. Self-employment is fantastic, empowering and pays well. You can retrain to become anything. Your experience becomes a valuable asset and you have nobody to answer to but yourself and your customers. DEBORAH BROMLEY, Bedford Funerals scandal THE whole nation will have been appalled by the crimes of disgraced Hull funeral director Robert Bush. Clearly, the longstanding argument for regulation of the funeral industry (except in Scotland, which already has such provision) must be heeded. As a clergyman, I have always found the undertakers I work with courteous and professional in the extreme. But Parliament needs to create a proper legal framework for them. Rev ANDREW McLUSKEY, Ashford, Middx FIFA failures SINCE Sir Stanley Rous left the top job at FIFA in 1974, the organisation has suffered from corruption in various forms. Joao Havelange, its president for 24 years, took millions of dollars from marketing firm ISL for World Cup broadcast deals. Sepp Blatter took over in 1998, and after 17 years was finally banned from football for unethical payments and vote-buying scandals tied to hosting the World Cup. Gianni Infantino has ruled for ten years. Members have questioned his governance spending and rule adjust- ments around major tournaments, as well as the fact that he didn’t consult them over his latest scheme. For FIFA to have any future, it must be led by men as truthful and honest as Sir Stanley Rous. BOB BANNISTER, Coventry, W. Mids Arid Britain THERE is a lot of talk about grass in drought-stricken areas that has been ‘killed off’ (Daily Mail). My understanding is that most of it is simply dormant and will recover in due course. Maybe not grass destroyed by fire, although even that is pretty resilient below ground. CHRIS WILKINSON, Ferndown, Dorset
WILDFIRES, parched earth, no rain for a month. I don’t think it’s climate change... the gods must be angry. We should appease them by throw- ing a few virgins into a volcano. U. GING, Lowestoft, Suffolk Don’t mock Mamils APPROACHING my 67th birthday, I plead guilty to being a ‘Mamil’ (mid- dle-aged man in Lycra). Rather than ridiculing us, our detractors should ask themselves why our numbers have grown. Almost all men and women in Lycra are involved in some form of physical activity. And no, we don’t always conform to the lean, flat-stomach look of elite athletes. We are mostly people getting out there in all weathers to better ourselves mentally and physically. For this Mamil, typical weekend activities include hill-climbing in the Cairngorms, kayaking, wild camping, gravel biking, road biking, Nordic walking and dog-walking. VINCE JONES, Arbroath, Angus Citizen’s arrest ONE afternoon last month, I appre- hended a teenager in a branch of
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Poundland who had stolen a lot of items and put them in a rucksack. After a tussle in which I badly cut my leg, I was able to get a bystander to help me detain the thief, who put up a pretty good fight. A member of the store’s staff called the police and locked the doors. For half an hour I held the thief in an armlock, only to be told the police would not be attending. So much for upholding the law. I removed the stolen goods from the teenager’s rucksack and was forced to release him. He had a big smile on his face as he wandered away. I have lost all faith in the police and will not be assisting again. STUART BIGGS, Hemel Hempstead, Herts Life after a death YOUR correspondent who wished to die before his wife after 54 years of togetherness (Letters) is spot on that life without her would be intolerable. My wife died eight years ago after many decades of marriage and I have had no life since, merely an existence. Her pillow held her hair scent for four years. I still haven’t washed it. MIKE DAVIES, Nuneaton, Warks
I DISAGREE that there is no life after a long marriage. My husband and I were married in 1964 and he passed away three years ago. Since then, I have sold the family home and downsized to a lovely bungalow, where I have been decorat- ing and re-planning my garden. I play bowls, try to swim every day and take several coach holidays each year. So don’t sit in an armchair all day. Make it a good life, not a sad one. MARILYN HALL, Navenby, Lincs Drop-off charges THE blame for high UK airport drop-off fees can be traced back to the Glasgow Airport terror attack in 2007, in which a Jeep loaded with propane was driven into the main terminal. The attack failed but in response, the airport opened a drop-off zone outside the main building, which remained free until April 2017. Other airports followed suit, the first to introduce charges being Birmingham. They quickly realised this was an easy way to make a lot of money from the public. Like everything else over the years, these charges have continued to rise. No wonder there is outrage at a charge of £10 for ten minutes. P. WILLIAMS, Kidderminster, Worcs Desperate celebs THE permanently cash-strapped BBC should axe any programme with ‘celebrity’ in the title. Next up is Celebrity MasterChef, in which a bunch of influencers, failed reality contestants and has-beens looking for a comeback will all be described as ‘legends’. Lord Alan Sugar hit the spot on the Christmas Celebrity Apprentice.
cause to fight for?
POINT
THANKS to Clare Foges (Femail) for
defending all-girls private schools.
I attended a very small girls-only
public school in the depths of Dorset.
Although I hated boarding, there was
almost zero bitchiness and it certainly
gave me the self-assurance and
confidence I needed when I went out
into the big wide world.
My granddaughter attends an all-girls
public school in Bath and is likewise
doing well.
Hands off these brilliant
establishments, class warriors.
JACQUELINE DERING, Corsham, Wilts
OH CLARE, how I disagree with you. Single-sex schools are awful. Why would you want to segregate the sexes? Boys can be lovely and a great antidote to bitchiness. I went to two ghastly convents where I encountered cruel, spiteful and sometimes physically violent girls. No way did it engender self-esteem in me. SUE NORTH, Orpington, Kent
I’M GLAD the all-girls school Clare Foges attended was a positive experience for her but there is really no one-size-fits-all approach. Many boys and girls seem to learn and behave better when they are
Surveying the candidates, he said, ‘You can tell this is the celebrity version. I don’t recognise any of you.’ RICHARD BAILEY, Ryde, Isle of Wight Costa caper UNLIKE your TV reviewer Christopher Stevens, I thought Benidorm Is Murder on Channel 5 was awful – cheesy and boring – as did my daughter. A waste of John Hannah’s talent. Mrs P. WHITE, Staverton, Gloucs
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS gave the first episode of Benidorm Is Murder five stars, I’d give it two at most. There were too many scene shots, plot holes and unrelatable characters in this substandard rubbish claiming to be entertainment. BOB DART, Harpenden, Herts
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed
NEITHER I nor my friends share the opinion of your Letters correspondent who says it’s time to hang out the bunting and declare a Bank Holiday because Naga Munchetty is leaving BBC Breakfast for Radio 5 Live. We are all devastated. Naga is an amazing interviewer who never lets politicians get away with not answering questions. She looks amazing and is a role model, in our opinion, for other would-be presenters. She and Charlie Stayt (regardless of rumours about them not getting on) are superb together: funny while utterly professional
Financial pressures: Malvern St James girls’ school closed this summer
segregated, yet other students don’t seem affected at all, and some adults aver that single-sex school education had a negative impact on their childhood or personality. Let’s also remember that although the lockdowns gave home-schooling a bad name, some youngsters flourish when educated alone by their parents or a private tutor. This is probably
Benidorm Is Murder. It felt like Death In Paradise transplanted to Spain, with a fast-moving plot and plenty of twists. The setting was a welcome change from dark crime dramas and I look forward to the rest of the series. MARK ATTWOOD, Basingstoke, Hants Prudish streak ONCE again, the ‘new prudes’ are having their way by
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and by far the BBC’s best breakfast couple. I wish her all the best in her new role but I am gutted. PAT BRADLEY, Bolton, Lancs HAVING met Naga Munchetty, I’m sure she doesn’t need my support. However, Naga chaired a discussion panel I was on a few years ago and I have nothing but admiration for the way she carried out that role. She was polite, knowledgeable, efficient, frank and fair – a true no-nonsense professional. R. HAILSTONE, Newton Abbot, Devon OMG, I cannot believe Bryony Gordon saw fit to write the words ‘wonder women like Naga Munchetty’. Seriously? I acknowledge that Bryony often
causing the removal of a humorous ‘streaker’ from the football pitch of a model village in Godshill, on the Isle of Wight (Daily Mail). How can a woman’s boobs be ‘inappropriate’ for a family attraction? I despair. I remember once in the 1980s being topless by a pool in Miami when a family complained. My argument was that they could have a gun by the pool but my chest never killed anyone. The
because high student achievement is greatly helped by an environment with greater cohesiveness, more goal direction and less disorganisation and friction. This is not necessarily determined by gender segregation. Rather than declaring one form of schooling superior, we should focus on what feels right for our own children. EMILIE McRAE, Trowbridge, Wilts
manager sent us drinks for the rest of the day and my chest remained unfettered. GILLIE COGHLAN, Burford, Oxon
WHEN people complain about harmless things that have been part of British life for decades, like the tiny streaker model, perhaps their names should go on a new national database of killjoys. MARK SAUNDERS, Lake, Isle of Wight
has an interesting take on life but can’t agree with her this time. I find Naga insufferably smug, condescending and mean. She continually sneers and rolls her eyes at her colleague Charlie, interrupts guests with inane comments and gives the impression that she believes she is better than everybody else. SANDIE GOODWIN, Chesham, Bucks BRYONY GORDON lauds Nana Munchetty, whom I admire, implying that she works twice as hard as men. But she fails to mention that Naga earned almost twice as much as her co-presenter, Charlie Stayt. ROBERT KERR, Cardiff
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QUESTION
In the
British crime
film Take My Life (1947), what is
the tune that Greta Gynt’s
character plays on the organ
to the murderer?
TAKE MY LIFE is a crime drama
about a female opera singer desper-
ately trying to prove the innocence
of her husband, who has been falsely
accused of murder.
The film is based on a novel
by Winston Graham, who wrote
the Poldark novels, and stars
Norwegian actress Greta Gynt as
the opera-singing wife, Philippa
Shelley, and Hugh Williams as her
husband Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Talbot.
It was directed by Ronald Neame,
who would go on to direct the 1969
film The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
starring Maggie Smith (who won an
Oscar) and the 1972 drama The
Poseidon Adventure.
In the film, the real murderer
is played by Marius Goring, and
Gynt’s character tracks him down
with a piece of music as a clue. She
plays this on the organ in front of
the murderer, and his reaction starts
a chain of events that leads to
his unmasking.
The music, simply called Take
My Life, was composed for the
film by William Alwyn, a flautist who
was a professor at the Royal Acad-
emy of Music and who, during the
Second World War, wrote scores for
propaganda films. He also com-
posed operas, symphonies and
orchestral works, and conducted the
London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Aside from Take My Life, Alwyn
scored around 70 feature films
including the 1960 Disney film Swiss
Family Robinson starring John
Mills, and, both in 1958, the Titanic
drama A Night To Remember
starring Kenneth More and the film
Carve Her Name With Pride, star-
ring Virginia McKenna as Violette
Szabo, a heroine for the Allies in
occupied France in the Second
World War.
Alwyn’s great-grandson is the
actor Joe Alwyn, who was in a rela-
tionship with Taylor Swift for more
than six years.
David Spencer, Hereford
Q: What is the origin of the
phrase ‘give up the ghost’?
Charles Crisp and
Charlotte Hawkes, Devon
Q: What happened to Harry
Houghton and Ethel Gee, who
were accused of spying for
Russia in the 1950s?
Diane Wilson,
Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire
Q: Which of the world’s
rivers is regarded as the
most powerful?
John MacDonald, Hereford
find a killer
A clue: Greta Gynt in Take My Life. Inset: composer William Alwyn
QUESTION
What are
the fruit and
vegetables with the least health
benefits for humans?
WHILE all fruit and vegetables pro-
vide fibre and hydration, some offer
significantly lower nutrients or
higher sugar content.
Iceberg lettuce is composed
mostly of water (96 per cent) and
provides fewer vitamins and miner-
als than darker greens such as spin-
ach or kale. Celery, in particular, is
extremely low in calories (around
6-10 per stick) and is perhaps the
most pointless of all the vegetables.
Cucumbers might be quite refresh-
ing but are comparatively lacking in
antioxidants and vitamins.
Starchy vegetables such as pota-
toes, corn and squash should also be
consumed in moderation as they are
rich in carbohydrates and can raise
blood sugar levels.
The least nutrient-dense fruit
include melons and grapes. Honey-
dew and Cantaloupe melons are
especially low in fibre and antioxi-
dants while remaining high in sugar
content compared to, say, berries.
And, while grapes may be the stand-
ard go-to fruit for a hospital visit,
their high sugar-to-fibre ratio means
that their calorific impact can out-
weigh their health benefits.
But, of course, even the least nutri-
tious fruit and vegetables do
provide some dietary fibre and
vitamin intake.
Malcolm Cole, Shrewsbury
QUESTION
Why are
toilets on
ships called heads?
FURTHER to the earlier answer,
which mentioned ‘losing one’s rag’,
another suggested explanation for
this term comes from the ‘Gin Craze’
of the 18th century. Gin, much of
which was imported from Holland,
was extremely cheap – it was said that one could get drunk for one penny (the misery caused by this is depicted in Hogarth’s famous illus- tration Gin Lane). The lowest members of society, who didn’t possess the necessary penny, would hang around the gin palaces and carry a rag which they used to mop up the many drunken spillages of gin and squeeze it into a glass they carried for this purpose. So, if they acted in an irate or trou- blesome way, it was said that they had probably ‘lost their rag’. In response to this drunken epi- demic, the government levied a heavy tax on gin and reduced the tax on beer, which they perceived as a less evil and more healthy drink. The Beerhouse Act of 1830 allowed anyone to brew and sell beer from their own house, on payment of two guineas (42 shillings) for a licence. Consequently, thousands of Beer Houses opened around the country. The last Beer House – the Sun Inn in Leintwardine, Herefordshire, was run by 94-year-old Flossie Lane for 74 years until 2009, after she and her brother took it over on the death of their parents in the mid-1930s. Lyn Pask, Blackwood, Gwent QUESTION Why do we say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes? I SEEM to recall that we were told at Junior School that it dates back to the plague as sneezing was thought to be an early symptom. The nursery rhyme Ring A Ring O’ Roses may well have similar origins. J. Walsh, Ickenham, Greater London
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TODAY’S RECIPE: Avocado &
black bean eggs
Ten-minute veggie breakfast. Serves 2 Ingredients
2 tsp rapeseed oil 1 red chilli, deseeded and thinly sliced 1 large garlic clove, sliced 2 eggs
Method
1 Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and cook the chilli and garlic until softened and starting to colour. Crack the eggs into either side of the pan and, once they start to set, spoon the beans (with their liquid) and tomatoes around the pan. Sprinkle the cumin seeds over and warm through without fully cooking the beans and tomatoes. 2 Remove from the heat, then scatter with the avocado and coriander. Squeeze half the lime over and serve with the remaining wedges on the side. Good Food’s Sara Buenfeld
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By Angharad Carrick OIL giant Shell has sold off its European wind and solar energy business to French rival TotalEnergies in its latest retreat from green energy. The sale included assets across the UK, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, which together accounted for around 0.5 giga- watts of renewable energy capacity, as well as a pipeline of future projects. The price was not disclosed, but the sale is another pivot from green energy as the group proceeds with plans to double down on oil and gas production. Under chief
hit as merger talks get a thumbs-down
By Calum Muirhead and Alex Brummer
By Calum Muirhead
PHARMACEUTICAL giant AstraZeneca had nearly £18bn wiped off its value as the market gave a thumbs-down to reports it was planning a mega-merger with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS). But the FTSE 100 firm’s long-serv- ing boss Pascal Soriot (pictured) is said to be intent on pushing ahead with the merger, which could be announced as soon as today. The deal will mostly be secured through stock rather than cash, accord- ing to people familiar with the matter, with investment bank Morgan Stanley said to be among advisers on the tie-up. Soriot is also understood to have secured tentative backing from the Government by pledging to keep the newly enlarged company’s headquar- ters in Britain. Astra declined to comment as its shares tumbled 9pc, or 1132p, to
11,500p, with analysts question- ing whether a tie-up would be achievable – one saying they were ‘perplexed’ by the talks. The stock market slide fol- lowed a report in the Financial Times that Astra and BMS had been discussing a merger for months, which, if completed, would create one of the world’s largest drugmakers with a value of nearly £300bn. Astra declined to comment on the report. BMS did not respond to a request for comment. A tie-up would be one of the sec- tor’s biggest mergers, although the news met with little opti- mism from industry analysts. Michael Leuchten, analyst at
executive Wael Sawan, Shell has depriori- tised low-carbon investments in favour of a more profitable fossil fuels business. Last week, Shell reported it had more than doubled its earnings in the second quarter of the year, as it cashed in on ‘severe disruption’ in energy markets after the Iran war pushed up oil and gas prices. Machteld de Haan, its president of downstream, renewables and energy solu- tions, said: ‘We are recycling capital and
broker Jefferies, said the reason to combine was ‘not yet clear’, noting that many of the drugs Astra could pick up through a merger could be ‘sourced else- where… particularly in China’. ‘Given the strength of Astra’s growth and innovation profile, we are a bit perplexed,’ he added, highlighting that, as both firms have large cancer drug portfolios, a merger would also have to clear regulatory barriers on both sides of the Atlantic. Leuchten also noted that, with British firm Astra effectively buying one of America’s biggest drugmakers, a deal would carry a ‘political dimension’, saying:
‘Astra would effectively be a UK-based acquirer of one of America’s large pharmas at a time when US policymakers are focused on domestic manufac- turing and strategic industries… whilst this could be a way to continue expanding its US foot- print, it would likely need to be navigated to reduce friction.’ A mega-merger would also fuel concerns that Astra could move its main stock market listing to New York, in what would be a hammer blow to the London Stock Exchange. Soriot has increased specula- tion by striking multi-billion-dol- lar deals in the US and has previ-
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prioritising areas where we have differen- tiated capabilities and can create the most value over time, including through asset-backed power trading and custom- er-focused energy solutions.’ Shell shares rose 0.7pc, or 22p, to 3405.5p following the news. The sale of the European green energy business comes after it offloaded its India- based renewable unit, Sprng Energy, in June, four years after buying it for $1.6bn. Sawan said Shell would prioritise mon- ey-making assets, rather than the lower
ously described Astra as a ‘very American company’. It has also pushed ahead with licensing deals for new medi- cines in China. News of a merger caught investors unawares, given Soriot said last week that the group did not ‘need mergers and acquisitions to deliver’ its 2030 sales target of $80bn. A tie-up would, however, vindi- cate his decision to reject a £70bn offer from US rival Pfizer in 2014, when Astra was vulnera- ble to a buyout. Since then, he has proved instrumental in turn- ing around its fortunes and driv- ing its value to £196bn.
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returns offered by wind and solar farms, alongside a cost-cutting drive which has focused on boosting investor returns rather than cutting carbon emissions. It has also abandoned plans to develop offshore wind farms in Scotland. Main British rival BP is also focusing on fossil fuel production and slimming opera- tions down under new boss Meg O’Neill. Last week, BP put its North Sea business up for sale, with O’Neill saying it would be ‘better positioned as part of another company’.
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tumble as Trump halts Iran strikes
OIL prices tumbled after Donald Trump called off fresh US strikes on Iran, saying that peace talks would resume. Prices of the international benchmark Brent crude fell nearly 7pc yesterday and were trading at around $84.14 a barrel, after falling as low as $81.55 earlier in the day. It marked a sharp reversal from a previous surge in oil prices back above $100 a barrel last month, when fighting broke out between the two sides and attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz revived fears that there would be a fresh fuel supply crunch. Trump said on social media over the weekend that a looming US strike, which he described as the ‘biggest attack since World War II’, had been called off in the hope that a peace deal could be reached ‘rapidly’ with Tehran, which would include agreements over the future of the country’s nuclear programme and the full reopening of the strait. A fall in global energy prices is expected to ease upward pres- sure on inflation, reducing the need for further rises in interest rates from the world’s central banks and providing relief for mortgage borrowers. It will also spare households and drivers from fresh increases in energy bills and costs at the petrol pumps.
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HE ambitions of Pascal Soriot for Anglo-Swedish medicines giant Astra- Zeneca have no bounds. Since Soriot saw predator Pfizer off in 2014, he has been on a glorious path that has catapulted the firm to num- ber two in the FTSE 100 (just behind HSBC), while its work on immunology drugs has elevated the reputation of Britain, and Cambridge specifically, as pharmaceutical powerhouses. But the Astra chief executive has been alienated from the UK by the failure of Keir Starmer’s former Labour administra- tion to support its plans for developing a vaccination facility near Liverpool and its back-door effort to squeeze more income from the pharma sector for the NHS. The tilt towards America has become pronounced, with a switch to a full quote on the New York Stock Exchange and Soriot’s Oval Office promise of $50bn of investment in the US, including a parallel research and development (R&D) site in the other Cambridge, in Massachusetts. Given this shift towards the US, an attempt to pull off a deal with American pharma behemoth Bristol Myers Squibb doesn’t entirely come as a shock. However, the sense of merging with a
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Luxury: US model Rachel Cook wearing a Rolex Submariner in Capri
WATCHES of Switzerland chief executive Brian Duffy’s pay packet nearly doubled as he bagged £1.3m following a record year. The boss behind Britain’s biggest Rolex seller saw his pay rise 85.9pc from £710,271 last year, mostly due to a bonus of £750,000 – more than four times his 2025 bonus. His base pay was £500,000, which has not increased since he took the job in 2015, alongside £73,793 in taxable benefits, including a car and accommodation, after the
SHIPPING giant Clarksons posted a record profit yesterday as chaos in the Strait of Hormuz fuelled demand. It said performance was ‘accentuated by turbulence’ caused by war in the Middle East, which has forced firms to change shipping plans and routes to avoid attack. Brokers like Clarksons can cash in as attacks and disruption lift demand for ser- vices to find vessels and chart routes.
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lower-valued, less innovative pharma group is highly questionable. More seriously, for Andy Burnham’s gov- ernment, a deal, should it go ahead, would be an enormous blow to Britain’s role as a research and pharma heavyweight. At present, some 43pc of Astra’s reve- nues come from the US. A deal with Bristol Myers, valued at $133.4bn – considerably more than Brit- ain’s other drug giant GlaxoSmithKline at £77bn– would signal American dominance. It would hasten the departure of a for- ward-looking national champion. The blow to Britain’s science-based economy would be immeasurable. These are early days, and a mega-deal on
group beat its £147m annual profit target, notching up a record £154.8m in the 12 months to May. Business has boomed as more wealthy US shoppers splash out on brands such as Rolex and Omega. ‘The US market is underdevel- oped, providing significant growth opportunities for the group,’ it said, adding that the US is its larg- est market by sales and profit. Sales improved in Britain, although Duffy flagged up a ‘more subdued consumer environment’.
Shares rose 9pc, or 425p, to 5155p and are up 35pc in 2026. Profits climbed 56pc to £61.5m in the six months to June, while sales were up 39pc to £413.5m. Chief executive Andi Case said: ‘Clark- sons delivered a record first-half, reflect- ing both the investment in our underlying business and exceptional volatility caused by the disruption to global trade from global conflict.’
the scale of the merger would raise pro- found anti-trust questions. It is possible, however, that Soriot believes he has enough credit in the bank with US President Donald Trump’s White House to get away with the merger with minimal scrutiny. N
O ONE should doubt Trump’s willingness to try to override reg- ulators, as seen in the case of the reverse takeover of media titan Warner Bros Discovery by David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance. Changes at Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority by former Chancellor Rachel Reeves, designed to speed up the growth agenda, could also make it easier for Astra to push through such a deal. It is going to require a muscular response from Burnham, Cabinet Secre- tary Antonia Romeo, and the sub-oc- tane Business Department to prevent such a transaction. Successive governments have come to regard big takeovers involving UK firms as a signal that post-Brexit Britain is open for business. In this case, Cam- bridge-based Astra is the predator and the much larger enterprise. Yet a deal would change the weighting of the company to the US. The economics
more time in bid battle for easyJet
EASYJET suitors have until Friday to make a for- mal bid after the airline pushed back the deadline for US asset manager Cas- tlelake to make an offer to match that of rival Apollo. The airline said it still recom- mended investors accept Apollo’s £5.7bn offer, but Cas- tlelake had until 5pm on Fri- day to submit an improved bid, after previously setting a deadline of 5pm yesterday. EasyJet rejected four Castle- lake bids, branding them ‘highly opportunistic’ and accusing it of seeking a deal ‘on the cheap’ – before then agreeing a £6.90-a-share offer in early July. But that £5.5bn figure was trumped days later when Apollo submitted a £5.7bn bid, which was accepted by easy- Jet’s board as a ‘superior outcome’ for shareholders. EasyJet has since provided due diligence access to both
NATIONAL Grid has slashed the size of its management team to eight from 13. Britain’s electricity network operator will cut down its executive committee to ‘sharpen execution, improve perfor- mance and increase accountability’. The London-based firm is combining leadership under new UK and US presi- dents as it embarks on its biggest-ever
are not particularly attractive either, as the 9pc tumble in Astra’s share price yes- terday shows. The strain on management of execut- ing big mergers and making them work is enormous. Aside from sorting out executive roles and aligning the pay scales of manage- ment on both sides of the Atlantic, inves- tors would demand big cost savings and a rationalisation of R&D facilities. The disruption, as we know from the Glaxo Wellcome merger with SmithKline Beecham in 2000, can last for years and put a crimp in bringing drugs to market. That doesn’t mean there aren’t potential upsides. In any combination, Astra would be the dominant partner, buoyed by its oncology pipeline, its exposure to China and a laser focus on R&D. Acquiring Bristol Myers’ cancer drug portfolio would make the new company a global powerhouse in the sector. The addition of the US firm’s heart dis- ease treatments would also be useful. But there are questions as to whether healthcare systems in the US and the UK would find such dominance acceptable. As exciting as it may be for a British company to now be the predator, a deal with the American giant risks value destruction on a grand scale.
By Angharad Carrick
prospective buyers to run the rule over the business. ‘Friday’s outcome will reveal if appetite for easyJet has been affected by latest events in the Middle East,’ said Russ Mould, invest- ment director at AJ Bell. The bidding battle comes after the air- line’s share price slumped this year, leaving it a prime target for predators. Profits fell 70pc to £85m in the three months to June as the Iran war fuelled a surge in fuel prices, and cus- tomer demand fell. A rise in late bookings in that period failed to offset a fall in reser- vations following the out- break of war. Even if a formal takeover is
East, said
0pc to £85m
investment programme, pledging to spend £70bn over the next five years to modernise and expand energy networks in the UK and North-East US. Cordi O’Hara, who heads the UK’s elec- tricity distribution, will be appointed UK president on September 1. Sally Librera, who runs the New York business, will become interim president of the US.
agreed this week, questions
remain over ownership struc-
tures. The European Union is
reportedly preparing to
review ownership rules to
prevent foreign investors
gaining control.
The rules still apply to
easyJet after it estab-
lished a subsidiary
in Austria to allow
it to continue to
operate flights
in the bloc
after Brexit.
Any bid is
also likely to
r e q u i r e
t h e
b a c k i n g
o f
founder
Stelios
Haji-Ioannou and his family,
who still have a 15.3pc stake.
If Apollo is successful, it
would add to the private
equity firm’s portfolio of air-
lines. It part-owns Atlas Air
and last year its private credit
arm lent $745m to Virgin
Atlantic for its slots at Heath-
row airport.
easyJet aft
Haji-Ioannou a
Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Aston Martin ..................35
86 35 BAE Systems .................2143 +49 2331 160912 Chemring Gp .................60412 +14 60834 460 QinetiQ ..........................522xd +16 54912 406 Rolls-Royce ....................150634 +39 1525 1026 Senior ............................29212 +2 311 16458
Banks
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Beverages
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Chemicals
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Construction & Materials
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Electricity
Drax Gp .........................71512 -22 918 62612 SSE ...............................2356xd +10 275712 1612
Electronic & Electrical Equipment
Halma ............................3548xd +18 4878 3210 Morgan Advanced ..........23212 +612 24312 18738 Oxford Instruments ........2708xd -24 3302 1766 Renishaw .......................5070 +122 5455 2910
Equity Investment Instruments
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643 41438 Alliance Witan ................1365 +20 136512 1188 Allianz Tech ....................686 +16 758 44512 Ashoka India ..................258 +612 28512 217 AVI Global Trust .............260 +612 27212 23912 Baillie Giff Japan ............1052 +16 1052 834 Baillie Giff US .................314 +8 36612 26112
Bankers InvTst ...............14938xd +238 15234 12134 BH Macro .......................41612 -12 46212 38612 Biopharma Credit ...........7214
74 6678 BlackRock Smlr..............27012xd +112 35412 6618 BlkRckWldMining ...........883
1046 555 Bluefield Solar................9214
9678 6678 BR Greater Eur ..............596 +8 624 516 Brunner ..........................1550xd +12 1550 1354 Caledonia Inv .................388xd
39112 312 Chrysalis ........................7418 +12 13038 7358 City of London IT ...........594xd +1 595 488 Edin Inv Trust .................850 +6 860 760 Edin Wwide ....................23712 +5 29012 188 Euro Sml Co. ..................236xd +2 24612 197 F&C Inv Trust .................335xd +334 35134 8214 Fidelity China .................26912 +112 33212 245 Fidelity Emg ...................1392 +22 1562 823 Fidelity Eur .....................43112 +3 44112 372 Fidelity Spec Val ............466 +212 46614 372 Finsbury G&I Tst ............808 +4 915 713 Foresight Env .................8514 -1 8814 6178 GCP Infra Inv .................83 -12 8334 70 Global Smaller ...............19134
19734 16358 Greencoat UK ................11434 +234 11812 9214 Harbourvest ...................3365 +30 3450 2675 Henderson Sml Co ........954 +1 961 774 Herald Inv Trust ..............2960 +10 3260 2305 HG Capital Trust.............389 -1 522 323 HICL Infr ........................138 +2 13814 109 ICG Enterprise ...............1432 -8 1600 1310 Impax Enviro Mkts .........429 -3 47312 38112 Invesco Asia ...................489 +6 516 372 JPM American ...............1220xd +20 1234 1048 JPM Emerging Markets .162xd +14 18014 11914 JPM Euro Disc. ..............629xd +4 663 557 JPM Japan IT .................808 +19 839 645 JPMorgan India Growth .900xd +18 1098 800 Jupiter Fund ...................15938 +138 19514 11558 Law Debenture ..............1254 +12 1255 982 M&G ..............................36118 +358 36112 24858 Mercantile IT ..................278 +112 28012 237 Merchants Trust .............670xd +4 680 537 Molten Ventures .............614 +7 638 34934 Monks Inv Tst.................1606 +28 1656 1360 Morgan Sindall ...............4380 -50 5530 4050 Murray Inc Tst ................1014 -6 1024 873 Murray Intl Tst ................370xd +112 370 286 Neuberger Private Eqty ..1486xd -4 1632 1302 Next Energy Solar ..........4918 +14 7778 44 Ninety One .....................21614xd +4 25938 18512 Oakley Capital Inv ..........518 -2 576 169 Pacific Horizon ...............1058 +2 1252 647 Pantheon Infra ...............11358 +114 11938 101 Pantheon Intl ..................397 +2 40712 32312 Partners Group ..............599 +2 942 593 Patria Private .................608xd -6 642 536 Pershing Square ............3902 +94 5090 3642 Personal Assets Tr .........548xd +3 554 509 Polar Cap Gl ..................252 +512 253 203 Polar Cap Tech...............63412 +8 73312 38812 Pollen Street ..................850 -8 964 702
Mining
PRICE
DAILY
CHANGE
TOP FALLERS
Clarkson
5155p +8.99%
Vistry
315p
+7.95%
Ceres Power
374p
+7.78%
XP Power
1732p
+7.18%
ME Group
118p +6.50%
52-week High Low
52-week High Low
52-week High Low
Renewables Infra ...........77 +78 8234 6312 RIT Cap Partners ...........2600 +35 2600 1932 Schroder Asia ................809 +18 888 594 Schroder Oriental...........443xd +1 459 302 Scot American Inv ..........562 +7 562 487 Scottish Mortgage ..........134512 +15 1545 102812 Sequoia Econ Infra ........87xd +58 87 7534 Syncona .........................10634 +38 10934 8678 Templeton Em ................307xd +2 350 19758 Twentyfour .....................10814xd -14 11434 10458 Vietnam Enter ................720 +17 848 684 VinaCapital Vietna .........43112 +3 499 41412 Wwide Healthcare ..........37312 -212 397 308
Food Producers
Assoc Brit Foods............2123 +36 2337 18 Cranswick ......................5260xd -90 5690 4840 Greencore ......................26314 +234 30612 192 Hilton Food Gp ...............616 +17 857 456 Premier Foods ...............19012 -334 20914 167 Princes Group ................338 +12 479 29812 Tate & Lyle .....................55312xd -12 569 32938 Unilever ..........................4770 +27 5472 4078
General Financial
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58912 36114
11,500p -8.96% IG 1371p -6.10% Drax 715.5p -2.98% Coca-Cola HBC 4884p -2.51% Hansa 328p -2.38%
SDCL Efficiency .............39 +14 63 32 Temple Bar.....................422 +212 422 331 TP ICAP .........................34214 -38 355 24012 XPS Pensions ................332 +12 384 283
Health Care Equipment & Services
Convatec ........................22538 +138 25638 194 Oxford Biomedica ..........561 +1 913 430 Smith & Neph ................1197 +3812 1435 107312 Spire Health ...................233 -12 249 14234
Housebuilders
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Industrial Transportation
Clarkson ........................5155 +425 5445 3395 Zigup ..............................463 +12 47112 30112
Industrials
Bodycote ........................73212 +10 83612 601 Goodwin ........................17720 +400 27600 9100 Hill & Smith ....................2910 +60 3045 1968 IMI ..................................2962 +26 3050 2178 Melrose Ind ....................46314 +9 68134 44814 RHI Magnesita ...............2790 -35 3345 1980 Rotork ............................487 +34 499 28838 Smiths Gp ......................2648 +6 2746 2118 Spirax Group ..................7100 +155 7960 6060 Vesuvius ........................37034 -14 503 35434 Weir Gp..........................2638 +2 3546 2274
Leisure Goods
Games Workshop ..........19230xd +110 21940 14200 ME Group ......................118 +714 21812 10014 Watches of Switz ...........726 -312 80112 31834
Life Insurance
Aberdeen Group ............24514 +458 261 182 Aviva ..............................70158 +814 70158 59138 Legal & General .............30334 +338 30334 23358 Prudential .......................1109 -7 1220 916 St James Place ..............108612 +33 1553 105312 Standard Life .................925 +2 939 619
Media
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Anglo American .............3705 -28 4225 2090 Antofagasta ....................3679 +24 4455 1928 Endeavour Mining ..........3517 -5 5290 2434 Fresnillo .........................2498 +23 4448 1378 Glencore ........................539 -4 615 28012 Hochschild Mining..........44014 +834 80812 27258 Pan African Resourses ..95 +234 18338 6018 Rio Tinto.........................7089 -85 8308 444812
Nonlife Insurance
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Oil & Gas Producers
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Oil Equipment & Services
Wood Gp(J) ...................2938
2938 1814
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
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Real Estate
Big Yellow Gp .................90012 +13 1180 812
British Land ....................44434 +234 44434 32114 Derwent London ............2120 +16 2120 1509 Grainger .........................17318 -138 211 15038 Grt Portland Est .............35314 +414 374 27412 Hammerson ...................38558 +358 38618 26734 Harworth ........................13134 +138 18912 120 Land Securities ..............713 +712 721 529 LondonMetric Prop.........19578 -14 215 17712 Primary Hlth Prop ...........9534xd +114 10814 8712 Safestore Hldgs .............623xd +712 837 582 Savills ............................933 +13 1108 808 SEGRO ..........................961 -4 99738 60438 Shaftesbury ....................14514 +112 16034 12614 Sirius Real Estate ..........10014 +138 11178 91 Supermarket Inc ............8638xd +12 8878 7634 Target Healthcare ..........11338 +14 116 9234 TR Property IT ...............320 +2 36112 295 Tritax Big Box .................16812 -158 17314 13314 Unite Group ...................53812 +12 757 44834 Workspace Gp ...............359xd +814 430 31938
Retailers
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Software & Computer Services
Alfa Financial .................16334
24812 14238 Auction Tech ..................45558 +58 48334 263 Baltic Classifieds............21034 +1134 35612 17034 Bytes Technology ...........40258xd +134 42714 25358 Computacenter ..............4606 +8 4866 2242 Deliveroo ........................17934
17934 17634 Kainos Gp ......................89812 +18 1190 683 NCC Grp ........................14134 +34 15734 11334 Playtech .........................37514 -338 43612 232 Softcat............................1924 -6 1987 1091 The Sage Group ............99938 +2614 119812 78358 Trustpilot ........................265 -558 29034 12914
Support Services
Babcock Intl ...................114612 +2512 1502 921
Bunzl ..............................2796 -6 2816 1989 DCC Energy...................6365 +35 6435 4350 Diploma .........................7480 +160 7630 5015 Essentra.........................10638 +214 113 7978 Experian ........................2811 +21 3982 2375 Hays ...............................5814 +178 6458 2958 Intertek Gp .....................5840 584212 3582 Intl Workplace Gp ..........19912 +238 24938 16834 Johnson Service Gp ......15134 +138 17018 12558 Michael Page .................18534 +4 27234 10318 Mitie Group ....................20634xd -14 210 13638 Rentokil Initial ................35634 +12 50634 34434 RS Group .......................716 +1412 73212 54112 Serco .............................24014 -138 32434 20938 Sthree ............................257 +112 264 13738 Travis Perkins.................573 +1812 714 50712 W.A.G ............................10012
106 82
Technology Hardware & Equipment
discoverIE Gp ................774xd -1 792 514 GB GROUP ...................22112xd +12 259 185 Raspberry Pi ..................65812 +112 1051 25714 Spirent Comms ..............19834
19834 194
Telecoms
Airtel Africa ....................328 -5 42014 207 BT Gp ............................20318 +134 23912 2 Gamma Comms .............955 +19 1106 701 Helios Towers .................19512 -14 24538 117 Telecom Plus .................865 +14 1926 710 Vodafone Gp ..................11714 -58 12314 8338
Tobacco
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Travel & Leisure
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Utilities
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*Ex-Dividend Source: The Press Association
BRITISH racing is on the brink of civil war after the Jockey Club said they would be leaving the Racecourse Association (RCA). The announcement by the Jockey Club, who own 15 British courses including Cheltenham and Aintree, comes just two days after the RCA revealed the results of a review of their governance structure. Ascot had already revealed their intention to leave the trade body, who represent all but one of Britain’s 59 tracks. Now the Jockey Club have followed suit, it heaps pressure on large independent tracks such as York, Newbury, Chester and
LINGFIELD
2.15
—ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND/EBF NOVICE STAKES (3) (2-Y-O)
£13,000 added (£6,804) 7f 6yds (7)
101 (1)
BREAKING THE HABIT T Easterby 9-7............................ S B Kirrane
102 (5)
7 DARRINGTON GOLF 17 T Easterby 9-7...........................D Fentiman
103 (2)
6 NATIONAL PRIDE 24 W Haggas 9-7 ......................................C Fallon
104 (3)
3 PALACE LEGACY 19 J Tate 9-7 ...........................................C Beasley
105 (4)
STORMY WINTER S bin Suroor 9-7 ............................................C Lee
106 (7)
3 WAAKABB 21 S & E Crisford 9-7 ............................................... J Hart
107 (6)
A LA MONTAGNE Sir M Prescott 9-2 ......................................L Morris
Probable SP: 11-4 Palace Legacy, 3 Waakabb, 7-2 Stormy Winter, A La
Montagne, 15-2 National Pride, 20 Breaking The Habit.
FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.
2.45
—HUGH JAMES CLASSIFIED STAKES (6) £7,000 added
(£3,664) 7f 6yds (7)
201 (2) 360901 ICONIC TIMES 5 (P) (D) J Candlish 4-10-0 ........................S D Bowen
202 (6) 75L48L DUE RESPECT 6 (V) (D) (S) Gary Rutherford 4-9-9 ..................C Lee
203 (3) 237457 RAIN CAP 9 (V) (C&DC3D2BF2) (GS) J Riches 9-9-9 ....E Tindall (5)
204 (4) 86-L323 WAIT FOR IT 4 (BF) L Bailey 4-9-9 ...................................... B Garritty
205 (1) 530LL0 WITHOUT DELAY 19 (V) (C&D2) (G) T Waggott 7-9-9 .......C Beasley
206 (5) 779376 ZIVA’S STAR 21 (P) S Whitaker 4-9-9 ...................................... A Elliott
207 (7) 77-0035 OUR HERO MATTY 21 T Culhane & S Barclay 3-9-3 ........B McHugh
Probable SP: 9-4 Wait For It, 10-3 Iconic Times, 7-2 Our Hero Matty, 11-2
Rain Cap, 15-2 Ziva’s Star, 14 Due Respect, 20 Without Delay.
FAVOURITES: – – – – – – – – – 2
AGES: – – – – – – – – – 9
2025: Langholm 9 9 9 (Connor Beasley) 9-2 M Dods drawn (3) 11 ran.
3.15
—JACKY RYLANCE 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION HANDICAP
(6) £8,000 added (£4,187) 1m 7f 189yds (9)
301 (2) 94/9-LL4 FREE WORLD 31 I Williams 5-9-9 ...........................................C Fallon
302 (8) 627-450 KARTHALA J20 (PT) J Candlish 4-9-9 ..............................S D Bowen
303 (7) 3-32364 FLEUR DE MER 26 (V) M Todhunter 6-9-6 ..................... P Mulrennan
304 (4) 9-LL36L ZEPHLYN J52 (T) (C&D2D3) (G) Ewan Whillans 7-9-5 ............. J Hart
305 (9) 5LL44-3 SLACK ALICE J36 (V) M Bowen 5-8-13 .................................L Morris
306 (6) 988327 SPEECHMAN 4 (BT) P Kirby 6-8-11 .......................................C Hardie
307 (5) 1-26533 LILLISTAR 16 (P) M Hammond 6-8-10 ................................A Brookes
308 (3) 46-256L STAR OF JUPITER 40 (BET) M Loughnane 5-8-9 ...................W Pyle
309 (1) 46/0L-L5 RULER OF THE RIVER 7 (PT) P Kirby 6-8-9......................B McHugh
Probable SP: 11-4 Speechman, 10-3 Fleur De Mer, 7-2 Slack Alice, 6 Lillistar,
10 Free World, 12 Zephlyn, Star Of Jupiter, 20 Karthala.
FAVOURITES: – – – – – – 1 0 0 0 (W 9-6).
AGES: – – – – – – 5 4 6 8
2025: Sophar Sogood 8 9 9 (Connor Beasley) 9-1 J Butler drawn (4) 7 ran.
TRACK FACTS: JACKPOT MEETING. L-H course. GOING: Good-good to firm in places. STALLS: 6f inside; remainder centre. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low. Top jockey: Jason Hart. Top trainer: T Easterby. Placed in the race last year: 2.45 Rain Cap (2nd). Head- gear first time: 2.45 Without Delay, 3.15 Fleur De Mer, Lillistar, Speechman, 4.45 Brain Freeze, Dunnington Lad. Longest traveller: Slack Alice (3.15) 295 miles. Drop in Class: 4.15 Halimede is down 2 grades on last run (Class 4 to Class 6); 4.45 Mimime (2). First run since wind surgery: None today.
SSR
ROBIN GOODFELLOW GIMCRACK
ROBIN GOODFELLOW GIMCRACK
2.30 Safari Dream 3.00 Avionics 3.30 Sofian 4.00 March Of Time 4.30 Flagbearer 5.00 Mythological Star 5.30 Cartrefle
2.30
—HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY BRIAN GLANVILLE HANDICAP (5)
£8,000 added (£4,187) 6f (7)
1
(1) 341L53 SAFARI DREAM 20 (P) (D4BF) (G) B Millman 6-10-0 ........O Murphy
2
(5) 236-6L6 NEWSREADER 33 A Carroll 5-9-12 ................................. Rossa Ryan
3
(4) 42-7188 ESCAPE PLAN 74 (T) (DBF) T Ward 3-9-10 ...................K Shoemark
4
(7)
21-L DIAMONDINTHEDARK 61 (D) M Loughnane 3-9-9 ......B Loughnane
5
(3) 50L-327 MONSIEUR PATAT 36 (D5BF) (GS) A Wintle 9-9-9 .........David Egan
6
(6) 36L-875 THE COFFEE POD 10 (H) (D) (S) W Muir & C Grassick 5-9-6 ........L Edmunds
7
(2) L60732 THE FEMININE URGE 10 (D) (G) G Harris 4-9-1 .........S C Cronin (5)
Probable SP: 9-4 The Feminine Urge, 5-2 Safari Dream, 5 Monsieur Patat, 7
Newsreader, 8 The Coffee Pod, 10 Escape Plan, 16 Diamondinthedark.
FAVOURITES: – – – – – – – – – 0 (W 9-4).
AGES: – – – – – – – – – 5
2025: Starproof 5 9 4 (Lewis Edmunds) 12-1 W Muir & C Grassick drawn (5) 8 ran.
3.00
—EBF NOVICE STAKES (3) (2-Y-O) £13,000 added (£7,020)
7f 80yds (7)
1
(2)
21 PERFECT NATION 29 (D) G Boughey 9-11 ...................B Loughnane
2
(3)
5 ARTEMIS STAR 22 (H) W Muir & C Grassick 9-4 ............L Edmunds
3
(5)
42 AVIONICS 24 A Balding 9-4 ......................................... Ebrahim Nader
4
(4)
7 FIRST MATE 17 E J-Houghton 9-4 ........................................C Bishop
5
(1)
GEORGE CROSS Owen Burrows 9-4 ..............................C Rodriguez
6
(7)
5 MIDGHAM MAN 36 B Millman 9-4........................................O Murphy
7
(6)
9 REVOKED 18 C Cox 9-4 ................................................... Rossa Ryan
Probable SP: 7-4 Avionics, 5-2 Perfect Nation, 7-2 George Cross, 10 First
Mate, Artemis Star, 14 Midgham Man.
FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.
3.30
—KEN MEREDITH MEMORIAL RACE HANDICAP (DIV 1) (6)
£6,600 added (£3,454) 7f 80yds (9)
1
(8) 63-4567 LERWICK 12 (BE) (G) M Loughnane 6-10-1 .................B Loughnane
2
(9) 812-863 SOFIAN 7 (C&D) Mrs N Evans 4-9-12 .........................R Kavanagh (3)
3
(6) 441-853 BIRD OF WAR 40 (BF) C Hills 3-9-10......................... Harry Vigors (5)
4
(4) 6-5L863 CYPRIOT DIASPORA 35 (C&D2) (S) B Millman 5-9-10......O Murphy
5
(2) 1160L-5 OUR DAGGER 127 (CD2) (S) A Wintle 5-9-9 ........................P Dobbs
6
(5) 1-8L230 THESTRAL 27 (P) (D) A Carroll 3-9-8 .............................. Rossa Ryan
7
(1) 072-678 LAUGHTERINTHERAIN 42 E Walker 3-9-7 .....................K Shoemark
8
(3) L67LLL EBN SABT 34 (PV) B Lund 3-9-4 .........................B Ffrench-Davis (5)
9
(7) 45-5L38 GRAND VISTA 14 (P) W Muir & C Grassick 3-9-1 ............L Edmunds
Probable SP: 13-8 Bird Of War, 3 Sofian, 4 Cypriot Diaspora, 8 Thestral, 12
Grand Vista, Laughterintherain, 20 Lerwick.
FAVOURITES: – – – 0 – 2 3 3 2 0 (W 9-7).
AGES: – – – 5 – 6 5 4 5 3
2025: Sofian 3 9 0 (E Gale) 16-1 Mrs N Evans drawn (4) 9 ran.
TRACK FACTS: PRINCIPAL MEETING. L-H course. GOING: Good. STALLS: 6f & 1m4f centre; remainder outside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: None. Top jockey: Rossa Ryan. Top trainer: H Mor- rison. Placed in the race last year: 3.30 Sofian (1st). Headgear first time: 3.30 Ebn Sabt, Grand Vista, 4.00 Iconic Dawn, 5.30 Car- trefle. Longest travellers: Perfect Nation (3.00), Mountain Of Light (4.30), Flagbearer (4.30), Wootz (4.30), Arbaawy (4.30), Ada Rose (5.30) 271 miles.
by Jockey Club bombshell
Goodwood to back one side or the other. The RCA review — which began in March — was launched in a bid to dissuade further members from leaving the body, but Jim Mullen, the Jockey Club’s chief executive, is unconvinced steps taken by the organisation to appease remaining members went far
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2.30 Safari Dream 3.00 Perfect Nation 3.30 Bird Of War 4.00 Venturing 4.30 Fallen Logic 5.00 Gelato 5.30 Praise Indeed
2.15 Stormy Winter 2.45 Our Hero Matty 3.15 Slack Alice 3.45 Barmyblade 4.15 HALIMEDE (nap) 4.45 Brain Freeze
NORTHERNER – 3.45 Battenburg Belle (nb); 4.15 HANSTEEN (nap).
3.45 —HANNAH BLANCHARD 21ST BIRTHDAY HANDICAP (6) £7,650 added (£4,004) 5f 212yds (8) 401 (2) 4L6-231 CAPTAIN CESS 19 (G) D Carroll 4-9-12 ............................Z Wheatley 402 (1) 210334 MISS RAINBOW 11 (V) (CD2) T Waggott 5-9-11 .................C Beasley 403 (8) LL21L1 BARMYBLADE 13 (P) (C&DCD3) (G) T Easterby 4-9-10
S B Kirrane
404 (7) 01L3LL LUCIUS AURELIUS 20 (C) K Ryan 4-9-10......................J Nicholls (3)
405 (4) L-14LL6 HOWZAK 13 (D4) (G) L Bailey 8-9-10 .................................. B Garritty
406 (6) 235622 CALL GLORY 14 (D) (G) I Williams 5-9-9.............T Kiely-Marshall (5)
407 (5) 6597-53 ENJOY THE NIGHT 21 S Spencer 3-9-5 ....................Shay Farmer (5)
408 (3) 222153 BATTENBURG BELLE 9 (C&D) (G) R Menzies 3-9-0 .............. J Hart
Probable SP: 3 Captain Cess, 10-3 Barmyblade, 7-2 Call Glory, 11-2 Miss
Rainbow, Battenburg Belle, 8 Enjoy The Night.
FAVOURITES: – – – – – 0 1 1 2 1 (W 9-4).
AGES: – – – – – 4 5 6 4 6
2025: Dream Deal 6 9 6 (David Allan) 11-8 Fav T Easterby drawn (2) 8 ran.
4.15
—RACINGTV.COM HANDICAP (6) £7,650 added (£4,004) 1m
4f 13yds (8)
501 (7) 66L-757 BRUNELLO BREEZE 146 (P) (D) L Bailey 7-10-0 ............... B Garritty
502 (4) 395L2L ON THE BUBBLE 15 (S) Gary Rutherford 5-9-7 .........................C Lee
503 (8)
988 HALIMEDE 47 Sir M Prescott 3-9-6 .........................................L Morris
504 (1) 68-L212 HANSTEEN 12 (DBF) (G) J & S Quinn 3-9-5 ............................ J Hart
505 (6) 344332 MUHIB 18 Olly Williams 5-9-3 .......................................W Fentiman (3)
506 (5) 823853 PROJECT KINSMAN 13 (P) P Kirby 3-8-7.............................C Hardie
507 (3) 8L6L8 N’ION 12 I Williams 3-8-6 .............................................Shay Farmer (5)
508 (2)
0786 SPIRIT OF TOKYO 13 P Kirby 3-8-6 ....................................A Brookes
Probable SP: 11-8 Hansteen, 5-2 Halimede, 9-2 Muhib, 12 Brunello Breeze,
Project Kinsman, 14 On The Bubble.
FAVOURITES: – – – 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 (W 9-7).
AGES: – – – 5 4 3 6 5 9 4
2025: Inspiring Speeches 4 9 1 (Tom Kiely-Marshall) 5-4 Fav Sara Ender
drawn (7) 6 ran.
4.45
—RACING AGAIN 17TH AUGUST HANDICAP (6) £7,650 added
(£4,004) 5f (7)
601 (5) 374776 WITHOUT FLAW 7 (D2) (GS) Miss T Jackson 5-9-9 ..W Fentiman (3)
602 (3) 513L55 BRAIN FREEZE 8 (V) (D) (G) M Dods 3-9-5 .......................C Beasley
603 (1) 369442 DORALEE 8 (D) (G) D & N Barron 5-9-3 ................................... J Hart
604 (7) 433213 HAVIN A FLYER 5 (T) (DBF) R Menzies 3-9-3 ....T Kiely-Marshall (5)
605 (2) L3467L GWEN TENNYSON 11 G Tutty 3-9-2 .........................................W Pyle
606 (6)
70L MIMIME 14 M Appleby 3-9-1 ...................................Conor Whiteley (5)
607 (4) 9067LL DUNNINGTON LAD 8 (V) (C&DD4) (GS) P Winks 6-9-1
Shay Farmer (5) Probable SP: 11-8 Doralee, 9-4 Havin A Flyer, 7 Dunnington Lad, 10 Without Flaw, Brain Freeze, 16 Gwen Tennyson, 20 Mimime. FAVOURITES: – – – – – 0 3 1 0 1 (W 9-7). AGES: – – – – – 9 3 7 5 5 2025: Happier 5 9 9 (David Allan) 15-8 Fav T Easterby drawn (2) 6 ran.
4.00
—KEN MEREDITH MEMORIAL RACE HANDICAP (DIV 2) (6)
£6,600 added (£3,454) 7f 80yds (9)
1
(6) 68606-7 MANHATTAN MIRAGE 60 (H) A Wintle 5-9-13 .......................F Marsh
2
(8) 956223 ROSEMARY’S ROSE 22 B Millman 4-9-10 ..........................O Murphy
3
(4)
7L-4L VENTURING 33 A Carroll 3-9-10 ..........................................W Carson
4
(1)
74-89 SPECULATIVE 73 T Dascombe 3-9-10 ..................................... W Cox
5
(9)
345 MARCH OF TIME 14 (H) C Cox 3-9-9 .............................. Rossa Ryan
6
(5) L334-57 PIAZZA 19 Ollie Sangster 3-9-8 ........................................ T Marquand
7
(7) 319-043 KALEIDOSCOPE EYES 21 (C&DD) (S) B J Llewellyn &
Robert Williams 4-9-6 R P Downey
8
(2)
878 COSMIC JIVE 37 E Walker 3-9-4 ......................................K Shoemark
9
(3) L35L-07 ICONIC DAWN 14 (B) H Morrison 3-8-13 ..........................L Edmunds
Probable SP: 2 Rosemary’s Rose, 9-4 Kaleidoscope Eyes, 9-2 March Of
Time, 13-2 Piazza, 14 Cosmic Jive, 16 Manhattan Mirage.
FAVOURITES: – – – 0 – 2 3 3 2 0 (W 9-7).
AGES: – – – 5 – 6 5 4 5 3
2025: Sofian 3 9 0 (E Gale) 16-1 Mrs N Evans drawn (4) 9 ran.
4.30
—DANDARA HOMES MAIDEN STAKES (4) £10,000 added
(£5,400) 1m (8)
1
(1)
L STOPHERANDGO 27 D Flood 9-9-9 ............................. Jack Doughty
2
(3) 3-43340 ARBAAWY 25 J Butler 3-9-7 ...........................................B Loughnane
3
(7)
FLAGBEARER W Haggas 3-9-7 ....................................... T Marquand
4
(4)
HERSTMONCEUX W Muir & C Grassick 3-9-7 ................L Edmunds
5
(5)
5 VINCENZO BELLINI 35 M Loughnane 3-9-7 ................ C Hutchinson
6
(8)
WOOTZ R Varian 3-9-7 ......................................................... R Dawson
7
(2)
8L FALLEN LOGIC 19 G Harris 3-9-2 ........................................W Carson
8
(6)
78 MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT 54 James Horton 3-9-2 ...................O Murphy
Probable SP: 15-8 Arbaawy, 2 Flagbearer, Wootz, 16 Vincenzo Bellini, 20
Mountain Of Light.
FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.
5.00
—GOLWG GWENDRAETH HANDICAP (5) (3-Y-O) £8,000
added (£4,187) 1m (5)
1
(4)
833 MYTHOLOGICAL STAR 29 D & C Kubler 9-9 ...............B Loughnane
2
(1) 2-46815 STATION BAR 35 (D) (G) E J-Houghton 9-4 .........................C Bishop
3
(2) 0L79-61 GELATO 48 (C) (S) A Wintle 9-3 ..............................................F Marsh
4
(5)
L55- SOMETHINGINTHEAIR 244 J S Moore 9-0 .....................David Egan
5
(3) 569-54 HURRICANE LAUGHTER 19 E Walker 8-13 ...................K Shoemark
Probable SP: 15-8 Mythological Star, 2 Gelato, 5 Station Bar, 6
Somethingintheair, 8 Hurricane Laughter.
FAVOURITES: – – – – – – – – 1 3 (W 9-9).
2025: Nakaaha 3 9 7 (David Egan) 4-1 G Harris drawn (5) 7 ran.
5.30
—DANDARA HOMES HANDICAP (6) £6,600 added (£3,454)
1m 3f 209yds (10)
1
(6) LL4-L32 CONDOTTI 29 (V) H Palmer 4-10-0 ......................................O Murphy
2
(10) 118743 BEAUNE 14 (P) (D3) B J Llewellyn & Robert Williams 4-9-11 .....Harry Vigors (5)
3
(1) 685-252 JIMMY MARK 20 (C2D) (GS) Zoe Hawkins 6-9-10 ......... Rossa Ryan
4
(8) L68-72 PRAISE INDEED 21 W Muir & C Grassick 4-9-7 ..............L Edmunds
5
(2) 643-42L GRINDLETON 63 (BF) D & C Kubler 3-9-3 ...................... T Marquand
6
(4) 0-L7391 ADA ROSE 49 (D) K P De Foy 3-9-1 .................................David Egan
7
(5) 0L3L-L7 POMERIGGIO 50 Mrs N Evans 5-9-0 ..........................R Kavanagh (3)
8
(9) 74-0LL5 HOUNDSWOOD WILLOW 27 (P) T Dascombe 3-8-13 ............ W Cox
9
(3) 331150 A DAUGHTERS LOVE 10 (G) D Flood 3-8-12 .............. Jack Doughty
10
(7)
LL-L CARTREFLE 56 (P) E De Giles 3-8-4 ..........................Molly Gunn (5)
Probable SP: 11-4 Ada Rose, 10-3 Condotti, 7-2 Praise Indeed, Jimmy Mark,
14 Grindleton, Houndswood Willow, Beaune.
FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.
enough. He fears the RCA will continue to ‘stifle’ changes needed in racing, such as a revamp of the fixture list, and his organisation now plan to form a breakaway group. He said: ‘This review has addressed the RCA’s internal arrangements, but not the constitutional arrangements through which racecourses
2.15 NATIONAL PRIDE (nap) 2.45 Rain Cap 3.15 Slack Alice 3.45 Captain Cess (nb) 4.15 Hansteen 4.45 Doralee
collectively exercise their influ- ence over the governance of Brit- ish racing. The RCA’s proposals fail to address our fundamental concern that the RCA can con- tinue to act to stifle the changes needed in the industry. ‘Nothing proposed would displace the RCA as the political representative of British racecourses. And in our view,
5.18 —APPRENTICE HANDICAP (AWT) (5) £7,600 added (£3,978) 7f 1yds (11) 1 (9) 5-2L SAHANA 39 (C&D) D M Simcock 4-9-12 ...Taryn Langley (3) 2 (5) 562 MISTER MOJITO 18 (T) (C&D2CD2) T Kent 5-9-11 ...J Callan 3 (8) 232 ROGUE DYNASTY 12 (P) (D) James Owen 4-9-10 ....Mason Paetel 4 (2) 63L PENFOLDS GRANGE 19 M Pattinson 4-9-10 ..A Redman (7) 5 (4) 29-L OPTIMATUM 82 B Millman 4-9-9 ........ Charlie Tucker (7) 6 (3) 4L4 DAISY ROOTS 36 (C2D) J Boyle 6-9-8....D J Murphy (5) 7 (10) LLL DANCING TERROR 98 (C&D) Stephanie Cassidy 4-9-7 ...Liam Wright 8 (7) 972 MAJESTIC WAVE 22 S Dow 4-9-4 .............J Glennon (7) 9 (1) 656 DANDY KHAN 13 (C&D4C) J Boyle 4-9-2 .Ashley Lewis 10 (6) 832 SUB THIRTEEN 27 (P) J Scott 5-8-11 .............O Tubb (3) 11 (11) 863 ASHFORD HILL 64 (C&D2) D F Davis 5-8-7..I Chalmers (7) Probable SP: 3 Mister Mojito, 4 Sub Thirteen, 9-2 Rogue Dynasty, 6 Majestic Wave, 8 Sahana, Daisy Roots.
5.48
—MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (DIV 1) (AWT) (4)
(2-Y-O) £11,000 added (£5,940) 7f 1yds (10)
1 (2) 66R DUN EIDEANN 45 T Dascombe 9-2 ............... P-L Jamin
2 (1) LL3 FORTUNATE 10 E J-Houghton 9-2 ......O Carmichael (7)
3 (6)
2 LANGDALE LASS 20 D M Simcock 9-2.......... J Mitchell
4 (5)
L LUNAR BLOSSOM 17 W Knight 9-2 ................ M Ghiani
5 (7)
MYSTIC UNICORN Michael Keady 9-2 ............D Keenan
6 (10)
L POLGARIA 53 R Teal 9-2 .................................. H Davies
7 (9) 086 SPARKLING JEM 36 R Cook & J Bridger 9-2 ... Mason Paetel (5)
8 (4)
7 STEAMY WONDER 12 D Cunha 9-2 ............ S Donohoe
9 (3)
WEST TO REST E Dunlop 9-2 ............................R Havlin
10 (8)
4 WILD ORCHID 10 C Johnston 9-2 ......................J Callan
Probable SP: 4-7 Langdale Lass, 4 Fortunate, 10 West To
Rest, 12 Wild Orchid, 20 Dun Eideann.
6.18
—MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (DIV 2) (AWT) (4)
(2-Y-O) £11,000 added (£5,940) 7f 1yds (9)
1 (9)
HIGHLAND GREY R Teal 9-2 ........................... J Mitchell
2 (5) 252 JAZZY BLUE 14 C Fellowes 9-2 ......................P Bradley
3 (1) 532 LUSHILL 27 J S Moore 9-2..........................Taylor Fisher
4 (8) 64 MINNAL 26 D M Simcock 9-2 ............................ M Ghiani
5 (2) 56 POTTERS MARGOT 17 M Crawley 9-2 .............R Havlin
6 (7)
REVIENS DEMAIN J Portman 9-2 ................... R Hornby
7 (4)
SILVERELLA M Tregoning 9-2...................Jason Watson
8 (3)
L SPEAR OF ARTEMIS 92 D Cunha 9-2....Taryn Langley (5)
9 (6)
YOU NAME IT R Hughes 9-2 ..............................T Heard
Probable SP: 7-4 Jazzy Blue, 5-2 Minnal, 7-2 Lushill, 12 Potters
Margot, You Name It, 16 Highland Grey, 20 Reviens Demain.
6.48 —HANDICAP (AWT) (6) £6,200 added (£3,245) 6f 1yds (12) 1 (4) 886 REPOSADO 32 D Cunha 4-9-9 ..................... S Donohoe 2 (12) 390 EXPRESS TRAIN 33 (D) R Phillips 4-9-7...........R Havlin 3 (10) 531 STYLE KING 29 (P) (C&DD) C Dwyer 4-9-7 .... M Ghiani 4 (7) 526 FEDERAL ENVOY 33 (P) (BF2) Charlie Clover 5-9-7
D Keenan 5 (2) 9LL TWILIGHT MADNESS 18 (P) (C&D2D4) S Hodgson 8-9-7
Charlie Tucker (7) 6 (1) R15 JUST JUMP 33 (BF) A Carroll 4-9-6 .....Ashley Lewis (3) 7 (5) L57 HAVANA SKY 22 (V) (C&D2D6) E Dunlop 5-9-6
Jason Watson 8 (3) 38L PHOENIX MOON 12 (C&D4) D Coakley 5-9-5 R Hornby 9 (9) 64L BALON D’OR 26 (P) (D) S Dow 5-9-4 .............P Bradley 10 (8) 036 ELVETHAM 5 (B) (C&DD) C Allen 4-9-2 ......... J Gilligan 11 (11) 035 MASTER DANDY 14 (BT) (C&DD) Michael Keady 6-9-1 .... H Davies 12 (6) 519 VITALLINE 30 (BT) (C2D4) Kieran Burke 8-8-10
Josephine Gordon Probable SP: 5-2 Style King, 6 Just Jump, Federal Envoy, 8 Elvetham, Master Dandy, Havana Sky, 10 Reposado, 12 Balon D’or, 14 Phoenix Moon.
TRACK FACTS: L-H Polytrack course. GOING: Aw: standard; turf: good to firm. STALLS: 6f, 7f & 1m1f inside; 1m4f & 1m6f outside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low. Top jockey: Jack Mitchell. Top trainer: A Car- roll. Longest traveller: Wild Orchid (5.48) 270 miles. Drop in Class: 5.48 Dun Eideann is down 2 grades on last run (Class 2 to Class 4); 6.48 Balon D’or (2). First run since wind surgery: 8.18 Jubilee Time.
RACING RESULTS NOTTINGHAM
2.40 — QUISANA (C Bishop) 7-1 1; Moonlit Surf evensF 2; Aura Champagne 11-8(2ndFav) 3. 5 ran. (E J-Houghton). nk, 8l. Tote: 8.00; 2.00, 1.20. Ex: 14.10. Tf: 15.80. CSF: 14.24. NR: Yimmna. 3.10 — LOLA DE VALENCE (L Edmunds) 5-1 1; Lady Leora 5-6F 2; Harlequin Gift 20-1 3. 7 ran. (B Millman). 41/2, hd. Tote: 6.00; 2.40, 1.30. Ex: 12.50. Tf: 53.60. CSF: 9.42. 3.40 — MOBADIR (K Shoemark) 6-5F 1; Leucothea 8-1 2; Star People 4-1(2ndFav) 3. 7 ran. (E Walker). nk, 1/2. Tote: 2.20; 1.40, 3.20. Ex: 10.20. Tf: 41.50. CSF: 11.80. 4.10 — SERGEANT MAYER (F McManoman) 15-8F 1; Hurt You Never 7-2 2; Little Jaybee 5-1 3. 5 ran. (N Tinkler). nk, 23/4. Tote: 2.88; 1.40, 1.90. Ex: 7.70. Tf: 28.20. CSF: 8.84. NR: Up The Monk. 4.40 — DEL CORSO (K Shoemark) 1-2F 1; Sedeirah 3-1(2ndFav) 2; Dawn Of Liberation 6-1 3. 4 ran. (E Walker). 33/4, 6l. Tote: 1.50; Ex: 2.30. Tf: 2.80. CSF: 2.32. 5.10 — VENETIAN LION (T Marquand) 5-6F 1; Pretty Spirited 20-1 2; Theme Park 9-4(2ndFav) 3. 5 ran. (W Haggas). 21/4, 11/4. Tote: 1.84; 1.20, 5.90. Ex: 14.90. Tf: 39.80. CSF: 17.95. NR: G’Emmethegreenlite. Jackpot £1,831.50. Placepot £16.90. Q’pot £7.20. RIPON
confirmed by recent discussions, the RCA would continue to vote against necessary changes such as the introduction of an independent BHA board and changes to the fixture list.’ Mullen added: ‘In stepping away we remain committed to participating in decisions related to British Racing’s future. ‘We have therefore begun discussions with the British Horseracing Authority to explore the most appropriate framework for representing the interests of those who share a commitment to the long-term sustainability and quality of British racing. ‘It is our intention to work with Ascot and others to pursue a vision based on the long-term sustainability of the sport.’
ROBIN GOODFELLOW GIMCRACK 5.18 Mister Mojito 5.48 Wild Orchid 6.18 Jazzy Blue 6.48 Style King 7.18 Russian Rumour 7.48 Koko Blue 8.18 Gert Lush NEWMARKET – 5.48 LANGDALE LASS (nap); 6.18 Jazzy Blue (nb).
5.18 Mister Mojito (nb) 5.48 Langdale Lass 6.18 Jazzy Blue 6.48 Style King 7.18 Russian Rumour 7.48 Koko Blue 8.18 Offiah’s Boy
7.18 —HANDICAP (4) £10,200 added (£5,339) 1m 6f (4) 1 (2) 14-L SCARLET MOON 95 (P) (D2) A Watson 4-10-2 ....P-L Jamin 2 (4) 34L RUSSIAN RUMOUR 42 (P) (CD4) (GS) J Portman 9-10-0 ....O Tubb (5) 3 (1) 114 TARITINO 10 (D) (GS) J Tickle 6-9-13 .........Taylor Fisher 4 (3) 522 TABASKO 17 (BF) E Walker 3-8-13 ......Ashley Lewis (3) Probable SP: 4-5 Tabasko, 2 Taritino, 8 Russian Rumour, 10 Scarlet Moon.
7.48 —HANDICAP (6) £6,200 added (£3,245) 1m 3f 133yds (7) 1 (1) 60/4 HOPE RISING 20 J Snowden 5-9-9 ................. R Hornby 2 (5) L-66 BOSTON RUN 19 S Dow 4-9-9 ........................P Bradley 3 (6) 332 KOKO BLUE 12 Tom Clover 4-9-7 ................... J Mitchell 4 (2) 814 GEARING’S POINT 34 (P) (D4) (G) Miss S West 8-9-4
G Bass 5 (3) 755 DOUGLAS DC 22 (B) A Carroll 8-9-2 ............... M Ghiani 6 (7) 476 PABLO PRINCE 22 (D3) K Jewell 8-9-1 ............R Havlin 7 (4) L5L LAMLASH 52 J Tickle 4-9-0 .........................Taylor Fisher Probable SP: 13-8 Koko Blue, 5-2 Hope Rising, 3 Gearing’s Point, 7 Douglas Dc, 20 Boston Run, Pablo Prince.
8.18 —HANDICAP (6) £6,200 added (£3,245) 1m 1f (6) 1 (6) 59L AMBER HONEY 44 (B) (D) P Phelan 4-9-9 ....P Bradley 2 (4) 283 GERT LUSH 21 (D3) (S) R Teal 9-9-7 .............G Mangan 3 (1) 562 OFFIAH’S BOY 4 (C) (G) J Tickle 5-9-7 ......Taylor Fisher 4 (3) 304 MONKS MEAD 22 (C) (G) M Usher 5-9-2 ...........G Bass 5 (5) 7-LL D DAY MAJOR WINTER 27 (H) James Owen 4-9-1
H Davies 6 (2) 3L0 JUBILEE TIME 89 M Usher 4-9-1 .......................T Heard Probable SP: 6-4 Offiah’s Boy, 13-8 Gert Lush, 5 Monks Mead, 10 D Day Major Winter, 16 Amber Honey.
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(A King). 21/4, 11/2. Tote: 3.75; 1.50, 2.70, 2.30. Ex: 24.20. Tc: 131.95. Tf: 162.20. CSF: 27.63. 6.30 — STAR BAYSIDE BOY (R Hornby) 16-1 1; Rocsane 6-5F 2; Proper Naughty 10-3 3. 6 ran. (M Tregoning). nk, nk. Tote: 17.00; 4.50, 1.30. Ex: 38.20. Tf: 94.00. CSF: 36.59. NR: Decem Carolinae. 7.00 — ARDNAMURCHAN (N Currie) 9-2 1; Pilgrim’s Progress 9-4(2ndFav) 2; Night Shining 4-5F 3. 6 ran. (H Candy). hd, 3/4. Tote: 5.50; 2.10, 1.40. Ex: 17.70. Tf: 20.70. CSF: 15.18. NRs: Gris De Chine, Livvys Edge. 7.30 — SAUCY JANE (G Wood) 5-2(2ndFav) 1; Havana Halo 7-2 2; Lahina Bay 6-4F 3. 5 ran. (Jack Morland). 23/4, 11/4. Tote: 3.50; 1.50, 1.90. Ex: 5.20. Tf: 22.20. CSF: 11.53. 8.00 — LETSBEATSEPSIS (R Clutterbuck) 11-4(2ndFav) 1; Freedom Bay 5-1 2; Panthere Noir 5-2F 3. 11 ran. (G & J Moore). 11/4, 11/4. Tote: 3.75; 1.70, 2.00, 1.10. Ex: 22.80. Tf: 46.60. CSF: 16.58. NR: Tiger Beetle. 8.30 — FLAG CARRIER (O Murphy) 9-2(Jt2ndFav) 1; Chilly Breeze 6-5F 2; Havana Club 13-2 3. 7 ran. (Brian Toomey). 11/4, 11/2. Tote: 6.10; 2.60, 1.60. Ex: 16.20. Tc: 34.28. Tf: 51.20. CSF: 10.53. NRs: Benavente, Dark Rosa. Placepot £30.50. Q’pot £6.80.
War Gaming 7-4(2ndFav) 3. 4 ran. (K R Burke). 3/4, 61/2. Tote: 4.50; Ex: 7.00. Tf: 9.20. CSF: 8.20. 2.54 — ALL GOOD (T Kiely- Marshall) 28-1 1; Royale Union 15-8(2ndFav) 2; Secret Harvest 7-1 3. 6 ran. (J Camacho). shd, 61/2. Tote: 29.00; 5.90, 1.10. Ex: 78.30. Tf: 270.80. CSF: 82.20. 3.24 — ANGEL NUMBERS (JP Sullivan) 13-8F 1; Marajito 5-1 2; Creative Queen 7-2 3. 5 ran. (R Carr). 21/2, 1l. Tote: 2.63; 1.10, 2.40. Ex: 9.10. Tf: 25.80. CSF: 9.82. 3.54 — LORD ROXBY (A Jary) 11-4(2ndFav) 1; Dark Cloud Rising 15-8F 2; Commanche Falls 5-1 3. 7 ran. (N Tinkler). 13/4, ns. Tote: 3.75; 1.40, 1.80. Ex: 9.10. Tf: 45.30. CSF: 8.58. 4.24 — POET’S DAWN (S B Kirrane) 2-1(2ndFav) 1; Polygram 7-4F 2; His Finest Hour 12-1 3. 5 ran. (T Easterby). nk, 21/2. Tote: 3.00; 3.00, 1.10. Ex: 7.00. Tf: 28.10. CSF: 5.96. 4.54 — AMBER HAMUR (C Beasley) 2-1F 1; Hey Havana 5-2(2ndFav) 2; Vega’s Virtue 10-3 3. 7 ran. (E Bethell). 13/4, nk. Tote: 3.10; 2.80, 1.40. Ex: 7.70. Tc: 14.71. Tf: 19.70. CSF: 7.27. NR: Dacres Cross. Placepot £80.80. Q’pot £3.90. WINDSOR
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BYWATER
H E N
H e n r y
Pollock became
the first rugby
player to sign
with Eddie Hearn’s
M a t c h r o o m
Ta l e n t
Agency in March, it was
widely and rightly seen as
a positive for the sport.
The English club game has
struggled financially and its
players have, with a few
exceptions, struggled to cut
through to mainstream society.
Hearn’s arrival into the game
was viewed as a means of
changing that, raising the
profiles of Pollock and Scotland
No 10 Finn Russell, who also
joined the stable, and by
extension, that of rugby, too.
Almost immediately, Hearn
questioned how much Pollock
was earning through his
contracts with Northampton
and England. He vowed to soon
increase that.
Yesterday, Hearn went one
step further. He told The Daily
Telegraph that Pollock, 21, was
worthy of a Northampton salary
of £1million a year because he is
a player who brings a unique
combination of undoubted
on-field talent and significant
commercial benefits to the
sport he plays.
‘He’s a seven-figure player,’
Hearn said. ‘The way rugby’s
going and what Pollock is doing,
his value over the next couple of
years will sky-rocket and I think
the value of rugby will.’
Hearn is right about one thing.
Pollock is supremely talented
and exactly the sort of player
the sport needs to grow. Where
Hearn is misguided, however, is
on the numbers.
Pollock’s club contract —
which expires next summer — is
worth £150,000 and his status as
an ‘enhanced elite playing
squad’ member with England
earns him roughly the same via
central income from the RFU.
But in English rugby’s current
financial climate, it is simply
inconceivable for Northampton
— or indeed the other nine Prem
teams — to pay Pollock a
seven-figure salary. Even the
richest French clubs would
likely baulk at such a figure.
But really, it is irrelevant as
Pollock does not want to leave
Saints and a move abroad would
end his England career under
TOM BANTON is playing through an injury issue to maintain the momentum of a summer in which his teams keep reaching No 1. Banton strained his quad muscle while fielding for Somerset on Twenty20 finals day and it was feared he would miss the start of the Hundred. ‘I’ve been struggling a little bit with it,’ he revealed. ‘Just trying to manage it as best as possible. ‘There’s so many things now: oxygen chambers, massage therapy, banding, pills, all that stuff. I’m just doing as much as I can to keep playing.’ ECB medics were happy for him to play on and so he will ‘keep listening to the professionals and crack on, mindful there is something probably there’. Having helped England to a brief stay on top of the world T20 rankings last
million-pound man?
needs reality check over wage demands
Happy hour: Pollock has made a stellar rise from academy player to England star GETTY IMAGES
RFU rules. It is also pointless for Hearn to compare Pollock’s income with that of his boxing clients. Rugby, unfortunately, remains far behind boxing and miles off football in terms of the wealth within the sport. There is no doubt Pollock’s rapid ascent from academy player to a regular England international and British & Irish Lion is unusual for one so young. As such, he certainly deserves an increase from £150,000. But Hearn’s demands are likely to cause a problem for Northampton. All Prem teams
By RICHARD GIBSON
÷CRICKET
month, he has been with Hundred leaders Trent Rockets, hitting 130 off just 67 deliveries before missing Sunday’s win over Sunrisers Leeds. With Banton on a break from first-class cricket and England’s white ball teams not playing until a three-match series versus Sri Lanka begins on September 15, there will be plenty of time to recover after the Hundred ends on August 16. On playing through the pain, he said: ‘It’s some of my favourite weeks of the year. The culture and the atmosphere Mick Newell and everyone at Trent Rockets has created is special. I love
are limited to a playing-squad spend of £6.4m, with the salary of one ‘marquee’ player allowed outside that figure. Northampton do not spend up to the maximum in a bid to ensure financial stability. It is unlikely Saints hierarchy of director of rugby Phil Dowson and chief executive Julia Chapman will blow their team’s modus operandi to smithereens to satisfy Hearn’s demands. Another complication is that when Pollock and Russell announced their Matchroom deals, it was confirmed their
being here, the group we’ve got this year has the potential to go and win it.’ Banton has shown his versatility in recent years, batting up the order for Somerset and the Rockets but transi- tioning into the middle order for Harry Brook’s England without dropping his career strike rate of 148 since returning to the T20 side midway through 2025. And he is backing KP Snacks’ Everyone In Fund, an initiative to increase participation for youngsters in inner cities, saying: ‘It’s an expensive sport, isn’t it? There’s a lot of equip- ment to buy. Providing things like tape balls makes it cheaper for all involved.’ KP Snacks, official partner of The Hundred, have launched the Everyone In Fund, in support of the ECB’s Cricket Cities programme. To find out more, visit everyonein.co.uk
then representative, Matt Hart of Stellar Group, would remain in charge of their playing contracts. That is still the case. But Hearn’s comments raise an interesting question as to who will lead the negotiating with Northampton. The likely result of all this is a compromise. Pollock will get an increase but well short of Hearn’s demands. The player, though, is likely in time to get close to £1m in earnings through additional commercial contracts. And that can only be good for him and rugby.
for Raducanu as injury woe strikes again
By MATTHEW LAMBWELL
÷TENNIS
AMID the deluge of pictures of fine dining and stunning mountain scenery, there have been only two images posted on Emma Raducanu’s Instagram page recently of her actually playing tennis — in one she was wearing a protective boot; in the other she was sat on a bin. It was little surprise, then, when we had it confirmed she would not be playing in the US Open, which starts on August 30. Her stress fracture of the lower leg has now kept her out of two Grand Slams — Wimbledon was the first — and will take further time to heal. Some of her time off has been passed in the high luxury of the Suvretta House hotel. Opened in 1912 in the mountains of St Mortiz, rooms can cost up to £2,500 a night. The five-star hotel has a picturesque clay tennis court — upon which, it appears, Raducanu was unable to do much more than serving off one leg. A viral illness laid Raducanu low for much of February through until May and now her season is in danger of petering out. In the five years since Raducanu won the US Open, injury or illness have never been far away, but this recent run is particularly maddening given how well she has played during her brief periods of health. In Cluj, Romania, and at Queen’s Club this year she made her first finals since the US Open title in 2021. And her promising reunion with Andrew Richardson, the man who coached her to that miraculous Grand Slam title, is stuck in the starting blocks. As ever, Raducanu’s talent and athletic ability mean she is still capable of great things if she can stay fit. The problem is, with each passing year that ‘if’ becomes ever bigger.
CARABAO CUP
Preliminary Round
YORK . . . . . . . . . . .(0) 0 CRAWLEY TOWN (1) 2
Di Biase 24
Orsi-Dadomo 86 (pen)
WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
CELTIC . . . . . . . . . . (0) 1 DUNDEE . . . . . . .(0) 0 Nygren 52
P W D L F A GD Pts St Mirren ...........1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 St Johnstone .....1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3 Aberdeen ..........1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 Motherwell .......1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 Celtic ..................1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 Dundee Utd .......1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 Rangers .............1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 Kilmarnock .......1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0 Hearts ................1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 Hibernian ..........1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 Dundee ..............1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 Falkirk ................1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Women, Welsh Fire 122-6 (100 balls); Southern Brave 121-5 (100 balls). Welsh Fire win by 4 wickets.
ATP & WTA MUBADALA DC OPEN (Washington D.C) — Finals, Men: T Fritz (US) bt R Jodar (Sp) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4. Women: A Eala (Phl) bt J Pegula (US) 4-6 6-4 6-0. WTA NATIONAL BANK OPEN (Toronto) — Women’s 1st rd: K Rakhimova bt V Williams (US) 6-4 6-1; V Golubic (Sui) bt K Birrell (A) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4; J Bouzas Maneiro (Esp) bt A Arseneault (Can) 6-2 6-4; S Bejlek (Cz) bt X Wang (Chn) 3-6 6-4 7-5; K Sebov (Can) bt A Ito (Jpn) 6-3 6-4; M Uchijima (Jpn) bt C Bucsa (Esp) 6-3 6-4; C Osorio (Col) bt L Stefanini (It) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.
÷TODAY’S ACTION
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help Chelsea grow up
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By KIERAN GILL
and SIMON JONES
HELSEA confirmed the
signing of Jordan
Henderson on a free
transfer yesterday
after Brentford allowed the
36-year-old to terminate his
contract a year early.
Henderson’s arrival came two days
after Chelsea secured the services of
Danny Welbeck, 35, from Brighton.
Between them, Henderson and
Welbeck will add 863 Premier League
appearances’ worth of experience to
Xabi Alonso’s side.
Chelsea boss Alonso identified
during his talks to take over at
Stamford Bridge that the squad
was in need of a greater balance in
terms of age. The Blues had broken
Premier League records for fielding
the youngest sides over the previous
two seasons and had been criticised
by supporters for lacking maturity.
Chelsea previously targeted Granit
Xhaka, the 33-year-old Sunderland
captain who worked with Alonso at
Bayer Leverkusen, but were unable
to prise him away from the Stadium
of Light. They also showed interest
in John Stones, 32, who joined Inter
Milan last week after his departure
from Manchester City.
Henderson has arrived for
free whereas Chelsea’s fee
for Welbeck is described
as ‘undisclosed’. He has
not cost a substantial
amount, though.
Welbeck has travelled
to Hong Kong to join
his new team-mates
but Henderson is still
recovering from the
broken arm he suffered
with England at the
World Cup last month.
T h e i r
a r r i v a l s
a r e
confirmation that Chelsea have
adjusted their transfer strategy
to add experienced leaders to a
youthful squad.
Maxence Lacroix, 26, also
completed a £52million move
from Crystal Palace last week
and Morgan Rogers, 24, has
arrived for a club-record £117m
from Aston Villa.
Henderson, who won the
Champions League and Premier
hi
By TAMARA PRENN
JADON SANCHO has been
training at non-League side
Flixton FC as he attempts to
resolve his future.
The winger, 26, is a free agent
after being released by
Manchester United in June,
having joined the club for
£75million in 2021 and spent
last season on loan at Aston
Villa. As he ponders his next
move, Sancho chose an
unorthodox venue to keep
himself fit — 10th-tier Flixton.
The club’s Valley Road ground,
which can hold 2,000
supporters, is just three miles
League during his 12-year stint with Liverpool, said: ‘Given the size of the club, the manager, who I have great admiration for, and the quality of the players, this was a huge opportunity I couldn’t turn down. ‘I was also so impressed with how much the ownership want Chelsea to be successful and
but only to stay fit with future up in air
from United’s Carrington headquarters. Sancho’s arrival at the non-League side — who play in North West Counties League Division One North — came as such a surprise the club were forced to release a statement explaining why he was there. Flixton said: ‘Over the past few days, we have seen a number of posts and comments
Elder statesman: Henderson, 36, poses in his new Chelsea colours CHELSEA
move in the right direction. For me, it’s about giving everything every single day, both on and off the field, to help the players around me and the team as much as possible. I’m very excited to get going.’ Meanwhile, Chelsea and Italian club Como have agreed a £26million fee for defender Trevoh Chalobah. The deal will
circulating regarding Jadon Sancho’s visit to Flixton FC. To clarify, Jadon was not on trial with the club and was not involved in any transfer discussions. ‘He simply used our facilities for a private training session to maintain his fitness while preparing for the next chapter of his career. ‘During his visit, Jadon was
include a further £5.2m in add-ons for the England centre back, 27, who is expected to travel to Italy tomorrow night. Como are managed by former Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas, who guided the club into the Champions League for the first time in their history by securing a top-four finish in Serie A last season.
nothing but professional, humble, and generous with his time. After completing his session, he happily met with young supporters, posed for photos, signed autographs and left a lasting impression.’ Daily Mail Sport reported last week that Qatari side Al-Rayyan were keeping tabs on the former England star, as are Atletico Madrid.
Fernandes and Cunha return for pre-season
By CHRIS WHEELER
BRUNO FERNANDES is among the latest of Manchester United’s World Cup contingent to report to their Carrington headquarters for pre-season training, as Michael Carrick’s squad nears full strength. United skipper Fernandes has returned along with Portugal team-mate Diogo Dalot and Brazil’s Matheus Cunha after making the last 16, and Noussair Mazraoui is also back at the club after reaching the quarter-finals with Morocco. The four players will have individual testing and fitness assessments in the first couple of days, and could be part of the travelling squad for United’s next pre- season friendly, against Paris Saint- Germain in Gothenburg on Saturday afternoon. Belgian duo Senne Lammens and new £35million signing Youri Tielemans may feature too after returning to training last week. It is unclear if Benjamin Sesko will be able to play after missing United’s first three pre-season games, against Wrexham, Rosenborg and Atletico Madrid, with an ongoing shin problem. The last group back will be England duo Kobbie Mainoo and
MAURICIO POCHETTINO has signed a new deal to stay in charge of the United States national team until after the 2030 World Cup. Pochettino’s previous contract expired at the end of this summer’s tournament, where the US reached the last 16. ‘There is tremendous potential to make the men’s national team even stronger,’ said Pochettino, 54. ‘The passion from the fans throughout the World Cup only strengthened our belief in what is possible.’
Marcus Rashford, plus Lisandro Martinez, of Argentina, all of whom are expected to join up with the club’s training camp in Ireland, where United will play Leeds in Dublin on August 12. The club are not expecting any issues with the thigh injury Martinez suffered before half-time in Argentina’s defeat by Spain in the World Cup final, or the back complaint that kept Mainoo out of England’s win over France in the third-place play-off, but are waiting to assess both players once they return. Speaking before United beat Atletico 2-1 in Stockholm on Saturday, Carrick said: ‘We’ve got five or six players coming back on Monday, and then more a week after that. ‘The further you get in the World Cup, the less time you have off. We had a bit of a joke about that with the players before they left, that’s just how it is.’ Meanwhile, Manuel Ugarte has been completing rehab since returning to Carrington in mid-July following surgery on the knee ligament injury he suffered in Uruguay’s 1-0 defeat by Spain in the World Cup group stage.
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Arteta’s biggest gamble Brazilian guarantees goals but his huge salary and lack of work rate could undo everything boss has built
SHARPE
T seems a bit silly, on the face of it, to wonder why Mikel Arteta might want to sign one of the best players in the world. Why wouldn’t he be keen to bring Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Junior to the Emirates Stadium, in one of the most blockbuster moves in Premier League history — especially when the Brazilian would fix the biggest flaw in Arsenal’s lop-sided attack? It is no secret Arsenal relied far too much on their right flank last season, depended far too much on Bukayo Saka to conjure up some magic and, if that didn’t work, fell back on set-pieces to make up for it. On the other wing, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli never lacked endeavour or industry but fell short in output. Arsenal ended last season as champions so perhaps we cannot complain too much but if Arteta wants to keep the Gunners on top of the mountain, he knows he will need to find a way to address that imbalance in wide areas. Vinicius would do that, and then some. The 26-year-old winger is one of the most dangerous ball-carriers in the world. In terms of dribblers across Europe’s Big Five leagues, Vinicius stands alongside Barcelona sensation and Spanish World Cup winner Lamine Yamal as the very best. Whenever he gets the ball at his feet, Vinicius drives towards the box and gets a shot away or, if a defender has closed off the angle, slips in a team-mate to unleash one of their own. No player created more chances after carrying the ball five metres or more across the Big Five leagues last season than Vinicius. The 49 shots he took himself after such carries was just one behind Yamal’s leading figure of 50. Saka is, by some distance, Arsenal’s best with the ball at his feet — only he produced more than 15 shot-ending carries for the Gunners last season — but even his numbers are dwarfed by the staggering figures posted by Vinicius. Trossard and Martinelli mustered just 19 shot-ending carries and 18 chance-ending carries between them. Vinicius’s numbers show how relentless and devastating he is at getting the ball, driving into the box and making things happen. Arsenal need more of that if they are to break down
Unlikely alliance: Arteta (left) cannot expect Vinicius to do much defensive work GETTY IMAGES
deep defences that often caused them problems last season. And yet, for all that brilliance, it is impossible to ignore the lingering doubt about whether he is the right fit for Arsenal. Or, more specifically, for Arteta. Spanish outlet AS claimed Arteta, in his bid to coax Vinicius to north London, has promised to build his team around him. But that would go against everything that has brought Arsenal glory. So much of the success under Arteta has come from their press and their team- work in applying it together. They defend as a unit with everyone playing their part. If one part of the press doesn’t do its job they become easy to play through. Arteta wants his front line to be as busy without the ball as
with it. Even though Martinelli’s goals and assists numbers were poor, for instance, no player with more than 500 minutes of league action averaged more ball recoveries in the final third last season. You don’t get that with his Brazil team-mate Vinicius. Such demands have rarely been placed on him at Real Madrid. Quite the opposite, in fact. He has often been allowed to shirk those duties and focus on getting the most out of his devastating attacking qualities. He wanders about the pitch, waiting for his colleagues to win the ball, then springs into action on the counter-attack. His perceived lack of effort saw Madrid fans turn on him often last season. ‘Work-rate zero, tantrums 100’, was one cutting
verdict after a shock home defeat by Getafe in which Vinicius had preferred to gesture to the Bernabeu crowd instead of tracking back. He will not get such free rein under Arteta, or from the fans. If Arsenal manage to pull off the biggest Premier League signing in recent years, he will be expected to do his bit. Vinicius will certainly have to do more than he was used to at Real Madrid. He won possession far less often than Saka, Martinelli or Trossard last season and nearly half as much in the final third as Martinelli. For all the grumbles, though, his numbers suggest there is room for improvement. Vinicius won possession high up the pitch about as often as Noni Madueke last season and he won more
duels than all of Arsenal’s forwards bar Saka. Vinicius’s ball-winning figures from last term bettered those of Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres so, if Arteta is to build his team around him, perhaps that opens up the possibility of Vinicius playing up front — as he did frequently for Madrid — espe- cially in matches where Arteta wants to exploit space in behind. Vinicius did so in Madrid’s Champions League last-16 second leg at Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s side were 3-0 down on aggregate and chasing the game, leaving Vinicius — playing as the central striker — the chance to break away. Arteta wants his team to play more of those passes to find more of those runs. The expected arrival from Newcastle of Vinicius’ Brazil team-mate Bruno Guimaraes, who is adept at playing through- balls from deep, would help
other players can do the winger’s dirty work for him
unlock that. That is certainly an option but it would not fix the left-sided problem. Perhaps Arteta is willing to compromise. Vinicius may not work as hard as Martinelli or the departed Trossard but he will more than make up for it with the weight of goals, assists and star power. If Arteta allowed him to stay high up the pitch, it would not only give Arsenal the ideal option for a quick counter-attack but will likely petrify opponents into leaving a player back to stop it. Arteta perhaps feels other players around Vinicius could pick up the dirty work if he is left to do his thing. Again, if they land Guimaraes, his all-round, all-action ability would allow Arsenal’s left-sided central midfielder, usually Declan Rice, to take on more of a clean-up role once Arsenal lose the ball. Myles Lewis-Skelly would have the legs to cover extra ground and the defensive nous that comes with being a converted left back. It might just mean Arsenal’s left back, whether that be Riccardo Calafiori or Piero Hincapie, has to resist any urge to bomb forward on the overlap. Vinicius would also shatter Arsenal’s balanced wage structure. He is a superstar that would come with a superstar salary. If Arteta is to make an exception on the pitch, he will have to make one off it too. It seems that, at the end of it all, he thinks Vinicius is worth it.
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COLLOMOSSE
HE transfer news
was announced on
social media by a
man with more
than 100 million followers
a n d
d e s i g n e d
f o r
maximum exposure.
The player in question is
Morgan Gibbs-White, although
— for now at least — he has not
changed clubs this summer.
Rather, the Nottingham
Forest No 10 has switched
representatives from the
powerful CAA Stellar to ROOF,
an emerging force in the world of
football agents. The details were
revealed by Fabrizio Romano on
July 17.
ROOF’s headquarters are in
Germany and they also represent
Kai Havertz, Virgil van Dijk,
Ademola Lookman and Brighton
boss Fabian Hurzeler.
When players change agency,
the obvious conclusion is they
are looking for a way out and,
although that is not necessarily
the case with Gibbs-White, the
move raised eyebrows among
the Forest hierarchy.
Daily Mail Sport looks at
where Forest and Gibbs-White
stand and what could happen
next.
FOREST STAND FIRM
UNLESS the offer is too
attractive to turn down, Forest
have no intention of selling
Gibbs-White, 26, this summer.
With Elliot Anderson sold to
Manchester City for £116million,
there is little pressure on the
club to bring in cash and owner
Evangelos Marinakis does not
want to let another star player
go in the same window.
Having hired Oliver Glasner as
head coach, Marinakis wants to
improve rather than consolidate.
The idea is to build the new-look
Forest around Gibbs-White, who
was left out of England’s World
Cup squad despite 18 goals and
seven assists last season.
When Gibbs-White’s move to
Tottenham last summer did not
go through, he signed a new
three-year deal at Forest,
making him the highest-paid
player in the club’s history.
Forest’s plan then was to put
Gibbs-White at the heart of
everything and, after his brilliant
season, they are not about to
change tack. They also believe
Glasner can take Gibbs-White’s
game to another level — just as
ARSENAL’S NEXT BID FOR BRUNO
÷ ARSENAL remain in official talks with NEWCASTLE over a deal for Bruno Guimaraes, despite having a bid worth in excess of £70millio rejected. The Brazilian, 28, arrived belatedly to Newcastle’s training camp in La Manga, Spain, yesterday and posted a picture on social media to underline his presence. Newcastle are continuing to work on finding a replacement as they anticipate an improved bid.
he did with Adam Wharton, Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze at Crystal Palace. But to achieve this, Glasner needs Gibbs-White to be fully committed. If he has one eye on a move, Glasner’s task may be trickier than he would like. MORGAN’S RIDDLE BOTH this summer and last, Gibbs-White has watched team-mates join Champions
WATCH By SIMON JONES
÷ CHRISTIAN NORGAARD is set
to join EVERTON from Arsenal
pending a medical, which is
expected to take place today.
Everton midfielder Tim
Iroegbunam is attracting
interest from rival Premier
League clubs and from abroad.
COVENTRY, HULL and IPSWICH
have all made enquiries.
÷ NAPOLI have held further
talks over a deal for CHELSEA
defender Benoit Badiashile.
The Blues are set to receive
an offer from CRYSTAL PALACE
League clubs. Last July, Anthony Elanga moved to Newcastle and this year it was Anderson’s turn to leave. Anderson, incidentally, is represented by CAA Stellar. A year ago, Spurs believed they had activated a £60m release clause in Gibbs-White’s contract — but Forest thought otherwise and won the day. Gibbs-White is well-rewarded and settled in Nottingham, where the fans adore him, but he
for Axel Disasi, and 19-year-old full back Genesis Antwi has agreed to leave Stamford Bridge on a season-long loan to sister club Strasbourg. ÷ WEST HAM are in talks with SUNDERLAND over a loan deal for winger Simon Adingra, 24. However, Sunderland have blocked the Hammers’ move for Wilson Isidor, saying the Haiti striker is not for sale this summer. West Ham are now preparing an £18m bid for AZ Alkmaar striker Troy Parrott, who has interest from Porto, Como, Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Real Betis. They will also make an improved offer for Celtic midfielder Arne Engels, and Freddie Potts is completing a £10m move to Club Bruges.
would not be human if Anderson and Elanga’s exits had not affected his thinking. He is not unhappy at Forest but he is ambitious. He was bitterly disappointed not to make England’s World Cup squad. Daily Mail Sport can reveal Chelsea showed interest in Gibbs-White earlier this summer but the midfielder aspires to play as high as he can and that means the Champions League.
TOTTENHAM winger Manor
Solomon remains another
option for West Ham.
÷ FULHAM have confirmed
the £36m signing of striker
Gonzalo Garcia, 22, from Real
Madrid. Cesar Palacios, 21, has
also completed his move.
÷ MANCHESTER UNITED are
willing to allow Chido Obi
Martin out on loan. The
Danish striker, 18, has interest
from a number of clubs in
England and abroad.
÷ HULL have had two bids
rejected for Augsburg
midfielder Mert Komur, 21.
÷ STOKE have agreed a £3.5m
deal in principle with Ipswich
for right back Harry Clarke. The
Tractor Boys have also agreed
a £16m deal with BURNLEY to
He was a boyhood Manchester
United fan and Manchester City
have moved for him at least once
without taking the final step.
Gibbs-White thought he was
on his way to City last summer,
only for City to sign Rayan
Cherki instead. As for United, it
is thought their priorities lie
elsewhere. Bruno Fernandes had
a sensational season last term
and there is little prospect of
him leaving this summer.
HOW DOES IT PLAY OUT?
AFTER Forest finished 16th and
lost in the Europa League
semi-finals last season, Gibbs-
White was assessing his options.
Could he ever fulfil his
Champions League dream by
staying at Forest, he wondered?
In three of four seasons since
promotion, Forest have fought
at the wrong end of the table.
Last season they finished 16
points adrift of Liverpool in the
final Champions League spot.
But Gibbs-White is said to have
been energised by Glasner’s
arrival and was impressed with
the Austrian during Forest’s
training camp in Portugal.
Gibbs-White will be keeping a
close eye on signings. Will these,
plus the arrival of a proven
winner in the dugout, be enough
to stop his head being turned?
Daily Mail Sport understands
that if Olise were to leave Bayern
Munich this summer, Gibbs-
White would be among the
candidates to replace him. Olise
is wanted by Real Madrid.
It is worth noting ROOF have
strong links with Bayern, who
have recruited well from the
Premier League by signing Olise
in 2024, and Harry Kane a year
earlier. Historically, English
clubs are more amenable to
selling their top players overseas
than to domestic rivals, too.
Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal
are also seeking an attacking
midfielder but it would be a huge
call for Gibbs-White to move
there in his prime, with his
England dream still alive.
If Gibbs-White moves this
summer, it may well be overseas.
If he stays one more year, there
would be other options —
perhaps United, if this is to be
Fernandes’ final season.
W h e n
F o r e s t
s i g n e d
Gibbs-White in 2022, then-boss
Steve Cooper assured him he
would be backed even in periods
of poor form, which did not
happen at boyhood club Wolves.
He is now at the centre of the
Forest project and whenever he
moves, Gibbs-White will expect
similar treatment. The next few
weeks will be very interesting.
sign midfielder Florentino, who has completed a medical. Meanwhile, Ipswich are sending Ali Al-Hamadi on loan to Polish club Rakow Czestochowa. ÷ LEICESTER’S Oliver Skipp is a target for PRESTON. The midfielder is viewed as the ideal replacement for captain Ben Whiteman, who is joining WREXHAM for £3m. Manager Paul Heckingbottom voiced his displeasure at the weekend, saying Whiteman had crossed a line after saying he had played his last game for the club to force through the move. ‘Ben knew there was a line I didn’t want him to cross,’ said Heckingbottom. ‘I’m not bothered as long as I get another player.’
tour that leaves Iraola with problems to solve
bare ++ Defensive injuries are piling up
UICKER, quicker, come on,’ bellows new Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola, wearing a club tracksuit and blowing on a whistle on a lanyard. The setting is the Endeavor Health Performance Center several miles outside of downtown Chicago, with stunning views of the Windy City. But there is no time to stop to admire the skyline, which boasts the third- tallest building in the country, or the helicopters buzzing overhead. For Liverpool and Iraola, this pre-season tour has been all about hard work, intensity and consequences. Those are the buzzwords of the fortnight and, had we a pound for every time a player talked about ‘intensity’, we would be able to afford to buy the new players Liverpool desperately need to give Iraola a platform for success this term. The 19-year-old winger Kieran Morrison, a breakout star of the tour and contender for first-team minutes, told us his ‘legs are finished by 9pm most nights’ after double sessions that include tough workouts and heart rate-raising pressing drills. Last season’s best player Dominik Szoboszlai, whether intentional or not, had an indirect dig at the former regime led by Arne Slot, saying: ‘The intensity we need, it’s here now. What we have been missing, it’s back from the coach’s side, from the players’ side as well.’ Fellow Hungarian, left back Milos Kerkez, who has made huge strides tactically and stepped up as a mentor to youngsters this pre-season, told reporters: ‘It’s the intensity. He [Iraola] is not scared to play one-on-one all over the pitch, to press high and to be on the front foot always.’ After training, players have been known to be lying flat on the pitch — think of a tennis player after a five-set thriller. On afternoons off, they have enjoyed shopping trips or simply put their feet up in the hotel rooftop bar. No fancy cocktails like the fellow patrons of the Park Hyatt hotel — hot
se
STEELE in Chicago
chocolate has been a favourite.
There has been time for games
of Uno and cup - stacking
competitions and, in this regard
at least, Mohamed Salah is not
missed. He used to be the king
of everything, not excluding
pre-season pastimes such as
table tennis. Szoboszlai has
stepped up in his absence.
But Salah’s exit after nine years,
257 goals and seven major
trophies has left a gaping hole in
the squad, with a leadership
vacuum also felt on this trip given
the post-World Cup absences of
Virgil van Dijk and Alisson.
Having played more minutes
than anyone last year, captain
Van Dijk, 35, was offered
an extended summer
break and began his
pre - season work
back at base in
Liverpool instead of
living out of a suitcase
for two weeks here.
Iraola has still left a
lasting impression in training,
with relentless pressing drills.
There have been modern touches
but also old-school punishments.
If players are on the losing
team in training, they face
consequences. Found slacking in
one of the exercises? That will be
a sprint to the other end of the
pitch and back, sunshine. Lose
out in the small-sided games? Off
you go, get running.
There have been celebrity
sightings. Jon Bon Jovi was in the
same hotel in which Liverpool
spent an afternoon in New York
City, and music artists such as
Olivia Dean and Charli XCX were
in town for the Lollapalooza
music festival.
Fashion designer Tommy
Hilfiger has also taken pictures
with staff, and some players took
a trip to learn about the
legendary Chicago Bulls
basketball team and posed
for selfies with a Michael
Jordan statue.
While other team-mates
s h o t
h o o p s ,
b a c k- u p
goalkeeper Harvey Davies
showed his reaction skills by
diving to save a basketball that was careering towards a pho- tographer’s camera at full pelt. Others visited a sandwich joint where hit show The Bear is set and were saved by a member of the media team pulling some strings after they nearly missed the opening hours. The owner had no idea what ‘soccer’ was, or who these people were outside his store. Legendary former Bayern Munich and Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski was rubbing shoulders with the team at the base of Chicago Fire, at which Liverpool trained for the
future by showin
fortnight. It was a camp not too dissimilar to what nations did at the World Cup — instead of moving from state to state, they used Chicago as a base and flew in and out of Nashville and New York only for matches — though one flight was cancelled due to a storm. Chicago Fire also rented their base to Germany last month and want to showcase why America can be a go-to destination. Club staffers at the Major League Soccer side were gutted to learn Van Dijk was not on tour as they thought they could make an unofficial pitch to sign him in the future by showing him around their state-of-the-art facilities.
modern touches with old-school punishments
Van Dijk’s £350,000-a-week contract expires next summer. Given the absence of some high-profile stars, some teenagers have stepped up, and none have impressed more than midfielder Trey Nyoni, 19. Even before the three friendlies, sources spoke of how he was stepping up in training and now there is momentum behind him to start Liverpool’s opening Premier League game at Newcastle on August 23. Nyoni, who joined from Leicester’s academy as part of Liverpool’s aggressive approach to signing the best young talents in the country, is a deep-lying midfielder who can also play in multiple other positions. ‘Even when he has one opponent quite close, he asks for that ball and he’s confident, he doesn’t rush,’ said Iraola in New York. ‘That is very valuable.’ The breakout star of the last 12 months, Rio Ngumoha, now looks nailed on to start at St James’ Park, where he scored his first senior goal last season to snatch a 3-2 victory at the death. Iraola has tried to convert all his
Pain and gain: Gomez gets treatment before coming off in the first friendly but (right) Kerkez has made huge strides in pre-season GETTY IMAGES
wingers to be able to play on both sides, given they are lopsided with the current crop all preferring to play from the left — a problem that will only increase if they sign Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain. New £34.5million signing Victor Munoz, another left-sided winger, will begin pre-season work this week after winning the World Cup with Spain, and Cody Gakpo has been given time off after his partner lost a child during pregnancy in June. Tottenham want to sign Gakpo but the Reds have no desire to sell. But the balance of the wingers is not Iraola’s biggest problem. That would lie in defence. The tour started with Joe Gomez limping off injured after eight minutes of Liverpool’s first friendly, a 4-2 win over Sunderland in Nashville. The Reds hoped £55m January signing Jeremy Jacquet would be fit by now but they have instead handled the French defender, 21, with care. Jacquet has not played since suffering a shoulder injury with former club Rennes. It means Gomez’s eight minutes are the only action of any senior centre back this tour. Right back is also a problem, though, given the long-term injury to Conor Bradley. Jeremie Frimpong had to be substituted in Sunday’s friendly against Leeds but it is not thought to be a serious issue. Austrian Ifeanyi Ndukwe, 18, has been a class act but does not have a work permit after a move from Austria Vienna so cannot play competitive matches, and versatile defender Luke Chambers has shown signif- icant promise after spending last season on loan at Charlton. Chambers, 22, has always impressed staff and appears to be over several lengthy injury setbacks, scoring the opener in the 4-2 defeat by Leeds. ‘What a diamond of a boy he is, Liverpool are lucky to have him,’ his former Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes, now at Rangers, told Daily Mail Sport. On the youngsters, one source said how the rookies have been taken aback by Iraola’s approach. No player is bigger than another: Iraola will devote as much time to a youngster with zero first-team minutes as star attraction
Szoboszlai. His coaching staff have helped him settle in, with English duo Tommy Elphick and Shaun Cooper well-liked by the group. When trying to eavesdrop on Iraola’s on-pitch instructions, it was amusing to instead hear Elphick’s south coast accent. The former Brighton, Aston Villa and Bournemouth defender has even joined in training sessions to make up the numbers amid a crisis at centre back. Elphick had offers to manage in the Championship this season but has opted to stick by Iraola as his No 2. Slot was criticised for giving the squad too many days off last season. Although that theory was categorically not true — they had the same amount of downtime in the season they won the Premier League — fans will be pleased to learn Iraola is relentless. Slot’s sacking came as a surprise to many, especially after the club had backed
him all season, but it was the right call after a torrid campaign. Van Dijk was not consulted and found out the news only when landing in Amsterdam for World Cup duty, and Kerkez was
has had to join in training amid the defensive crisis
woken from a holiday nap by his shocked brother. Although Iraola laughed off suggestions from his former Bournemouth pupil Antoine Semenyo that he never gives time off, the Basque believes hard work now will lead to success in the long run. Some players have worn Whoop armbands
that track physical data, and new fitness coach Pablo de la Torre — described as much more than just a physical guru — has a big job alongside medical staff to avoid the injury crisis that plagued them last year. Iraola differs from Slot in terms of the amount of video meetings, and his teachings are more physical rather than being classroom-heavy. He does not conduct post-match briefings on matchday and instead talks to the team the following morning. Iraola would have had much to ponder as the squad jetted back across the Atlantic. The tour was broadly positive but had negative notes — not least an on-pitch spat between Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones, who is a target for Inter Milan and will be allowed to leave if they pay £35m. Jones and Szoboszlai were rowing about how the latter gave the captain’s armband to Kostas
Tsimikas, after a 1-0 win over Wrexham at Yankee Stadium. The trio were all smiles the next time the cameras were on, with Jones glancing over at photogra- phers in a move that hinted at it being a calculated act, though every suggestion is that the issue has been brushed away. There is a desperate need for signings. Without a top-class winger to replace Salah and at least one defensive reinforcement, Iraola’s chances of success this season will decrease. Further movement with the Barcola deal is expected in the next week. Opponents bypassed Liverpool’s midfield far too easily last year and a true No 6 would stiffen their soft underbelly. Iraola also believes Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak will be ‘massive’, and last summer’s £241m duo are expected to be better for their struggles in their debut campaigns. There is also a cloud of uncertainty off the pitch, with Fenway Sports Group (FSG) chief Michael Edwards quitting his role and sporting director Richard Hughes all but certain to join Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia. Hughes recruited Iraola at Bournemouth and Liverpool. Former Jurgen Klopp ally Mike Gordon was in Chicago and he is back running the show as president of FSG, who are exploring selling a 30 per cent stake for £1.35billion to a consortium led by Amit Bhatia. The former QPR supremo is trying to get Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, the fourth-richest man in the world, on board with the bid, and reports suggest Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is also keen. FSG are open to selling the minority stake, which would see money go to the Boston-based owners rather than the club but would have a positive knock-on effect for Liverpool. It has, though, raised suspicions with fans that the long-term custodi- ans of the club, led by 76-year-old John W Henry, are heading closer to the end of their tenure. This Stateside trip has seen more positives than negatives and Iraola has been immensely impressive. But there are plenty of questions to answer before Liverpool’s trip to Tyneside in just under three weeks.
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CHELSEA have received multiple approaches about Mykhailo Mudryk after he was cleared to return to football — including three from Premier League clubs. Coventry City, managed by Frank Lampard, who worked with Mudryk at Stamford Bridge in 2023, are believed to be among those to have enquired. All options are open between Mudryk and Chelsea, including whether to loan him out after his drugs ban ended. The current plan is for the Ukraine international to be assessed by Xabi Alonso, having joined the squad in Hong Kong on their pre-season tour. Chelsea, who confirmed the free signing of Jordan Henderson yesterday, want to see where his performance levels are at as he has not played competitively since November 2024. Another option this summer would be to send Mudryk, 25, on loan to Strasbourg, their sister club. That would allow him to stay under the BlueCo umbrella. Mudryk’s return was made possible because of a change in the way the World Anti-Doping Agency measure meldonium — for which he tested positive. Were his sample analysed today, he would not be deemed to have violated doping rules.
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could be lax (10)
1d. At any rate, we set sail after careful planning (9) 2d. Noisier, messier, perverse bits of life (7)
8d. Homes were moved when unsure of the location (9)
ACROSS 1 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 9 Dashingly cut below the knee! (4) 10 It’s a dramatic start for a tot! (4) 11 Run off with a pen? That’s the girl! (5)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Changed ends. 5 Tenfold. 7 Spade. 8 Email. 9 Ounce. 11 Bless. 12 Dropout.
13 White Ensign. DOWN: 1 Comes to know. 2 Genie. 3 Diode. 4 Scrolls down. 5 Trained. 6 Dearest. 10 Evoke. 11 Brown.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4
11 12
13 14
15 16 17
18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28
29 30 31 32 33
34 35 36 37
10 21 4 7 13
9 13
13 12
11 19 11
12 17
10 10
8 12 9
10 13
13 21 4
11 13 3
10 12
13 18
11 11
12 16 11 12
16 11
25 10
5a. Hams it up as
covert operation (8)
10d. Creates formula for seeds scattered about six (7)
12 Wader portrayed in antipasti bistro (4) 14 Measure in chains initially (4) 15 Picture Clue 18 Picture Clue
DOWN 1 Picture Clue
19 6
PIT your wits against Pitcherwits — the exciting puzzle where some of the answers are in pictures! The solutions to the visual clues fit into the shaded spaces on the grid.
6 5 6 7
15 17
2 Picture Clue
3 Melody in
the dairy? (3)
4 Rodent nesting in
administration block (3)
6 Wee romp could
give ability (7)
7 Vehicle sounds snaky
from Mr Kipling! (3)
COMPLETE the
grid so that all
the numbers,
1 to 44, connect
consecutively —
horizontally,
vertically or
diagonally.
Hint: you don’t
have to begin
with 1 or 44.
Working on the
mid-numbers
might give you
a better start.
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8 Picture Clue
10 Picture Clue
13 Motif seen in
conditions (3)
16 Pinch a bit of
a drink (3)
17 Goal to take on
the range? (3)
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THERE MAY BE MORE
THAN ONE SOLUTION
EACH row and
column should
contain 1 to 6
without repeats.
Numbers in
cages must
combine to
produce the
target number
shown at start of
that cage using,
in any order, the
mathematical
sign given.
Single-box cages
can be filled with
the number given.
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SOLUTION TOMORROW SOLUTION TOMORROW
SOLUTION TOMORROW
EACH number in our Codeword grid represents a different
letter of the alphabet. Today 20 represents K, so fill in K every
time the figure 20 appears. You have one letter in the control
grid to start you off. Enter it in the appropriate squares in the
main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which
letters should go in the missing squares. SOLUTION TOMORROW
Q
COMPLETE Codeword to reveal the word in the shaded boxes.
HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6232 and leave your answer and your details or
text 65700 with the word CODE, your answer and then your name. Texts and
calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. One weekly winner chosen from all
correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Saturday. Answers
change daily at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.
T1
D2
T1
T1
NEED A CLUE? Text the word CODEWORD to 65700 to receive FOUR clues to
today’s puzzle or call 0901 293 6200. Texts and calls cost £1 plus your standard
network charges. Today’s clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.
PUT the numbers
1-6 once in each
row, each column,
each diagonal
(highlighted to
form an X) and
each horizontal
3x2 box (ruled).
SOLUTION TOMORROW
6
S1
S M
S D
E L A E A G N U S
FIT the scrambled letters
of the given word into the
grid to form six five-letter
words across and down.
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HARDEST CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1. Mathematical chart (4) 5. Close-set (4) 6. Rescue from danger (4) 7. Walked over (4)
DOWN 1. Helper (abbr) (4) 2. Withstand (4) 3. Midday to evening (Aust inf) (4) 4. Street respect (sl) (4)
2 3 4
■ The board on the right
shows four rows of letters
from a typical Scrabble
game. Use each row to form
a word of 2-7 letters and
write it in the blank squares
provided. Then add up the
score for each row. Don’t
forget to use the double and
triple word and letter scores
— and add a 50-point bonus
for every 7-letter word.
Blank tiles can be used
for any letter but have
no score. See tomorrow’s
paper for the solution.
SCRABBLE® and SCRABBLE® Tiles are registered trademarks. All rights in the game are owned in the USA by Hasbro Inc, in Canada by Hasbro Canada Inc, and elsewhere by J.W. Spear & Sons Ltd, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc.
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Which biographical film stars Tom Hanks as American TV presenter Fred Rogers?
Damascus is the capital of which country?
Which band’s rebooted Circus Live tour featured a giant mechanical elephant?
In which part of the human body is the fibula situated?
What does a cooper make?
5 7 6 20
4 8 8 21
1 9 7 20
2 6 9 21
12 30 30 24
Today’s challenge time: 5 mins 12 secs SOLUTION TOMORROW mins secs
U1
U1
O1
O1
O1
G2
G2
E1
E1
R1
R1
R1
Y4
A1
V4
V4
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AHOY BANQUET COLT FLOCK JUGS NAVE SPRAWLED SUITE WARM WAS WAX
Your working time:
Triple Word Score
Triple Word Score
Triple Word Score
Triple Word Score
L1
RACK 1
RACK 2
RACK 3
RACK 4
THE listed words can all
be found in the grid —
running forwards,
backwards, up, down
and diagonally — EXCEPT
ONE. For a chance to win,
discover which word is missing.
Today’s theme: Fictional sharks
KING SHARK LENNY SHERMAN STREEX THE MEG
BRUCE DESTINY DON LINO JABBERJAW KENNY
HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6234 and leave
your answer and details or text 65700 with
the word WORD, your answer and your name.
Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network
charges. One winner chosen from all correct
daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and
23.59 Friday. Answers change daily at 00.01. UK
residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.
SOLUTION TOMORROW
FILL each
square with a
number, 1 to 9.
Horizontal
squares add
up to totals on
right. Vertical
squares add
up to totals
on bottom.
Diagonal
squares
through
centre add
up to totals
in top and
bottom right.
PAR SCORE 220-230
by JUDD
FOUR RACK TOTAL TIME LIMIT: 20 MIN
Yesterday’s solution: ASPECTS 72 MELANIC 61 SALVED 18 IMPOSE 10
JUDD’S TOTAL: 161
INSERT letters to form listed words, moving between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or diagonally in any direction. Insert all remaining letters of the alphabet (except Z) in the grid so all listed words are spelt out.
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£250 BRIDGE MASTERCLASS
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East ♠10 6 3 ♥A K J 9 5 2 ♦A 8 7 ♣8
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West ♠A K Q J 9 ♥4 ♦K 10 9 4 ♣A 9 7
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YOU are playing pairs sitting West and are in 6♠ after North has opened 3♣. NORTH leads the ♣K, which you win. Yesterday, we considered establishing the hearts, but concluded that it was risky since if both major suits fail to break, you might go down. Instead, a safer line is to ruff two clubs in dummy. Ruff a club now and lead a trump back to hand. Now you can ruff your last club with the ♠10, South discarding a diamond, and return to hand with the ♦K to draw the remaining trumps. You discard two hearts from dummy and note that South began with three trumps. Your contract is safe because your only possible loser is one diamond. Your other diamond will be discarded on the ♥K, but this is pairs, and it is now time to consider a play for the overtrick. Consider the position where South has to guard both red suits. One diamond has been discarded, and one possible layout is where South has ♥Q-10-x-x. It will be important to hold on to them all to stop you from ruffing out the ♥Q, and hence South discarded a diamond on the third round of clubs. The play concludes tomorrow.
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SUDOKU PRIZE SUDOKU
KAKURO HIDATO Missing: SKEWERS
WORD SEARCH
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NINE TO FIVE
MAKING TRACKS CROSS NUMBER
B O N D S
E V I L S
M A S O N
C G S
H U H
2 3 1 5 11
4 1 2 3 10
7 8 6 9 30
9 3 8 7 27
22 15 17 24 16
VINDALOOS
WORD WHEEL: breve, brevet,
brevets, duvet, ever, revue,
serve, served, sever, subvert,
subverted, veer, veers,
verb, verse, versed, vest,
vested, vesture, vets.
ACROSS DOWN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No 17,936
FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes.
HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6233 and leave today’s answer and your details, or TEXT 65700 with
the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Texts/calls cost £1 plus standard network charges.
Or enter by post by sending the completed crossword to Daily Mail Prize Crossword 17,936, PO Box
28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF. Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen
from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Postal entries must
be date-stamped no later than the following day to qualify. Calls and texts must be received by
23.59; answers change at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.
HEATHER DHONDY
CHALLENGE www.30secondchallenges.com
67 -19 ¼ OF IT ×3 +60 ÷12 ×4 ½ OF IT ×8 DOUBLE IT
24 ×8 -40
73 -45 ×3 ¾ +7 75% OF IT ×1 ¾ +3 ×12 7% OF IT
1 4 9 7 4 1 8 7 2 5 3 7 6 7 3 1 9 4 9 4 7 4 4 8 9 7 4 5 6 8 4 1 3 9 3 7 1 8 6 7 3 5 1 3 3 5 1 6 8 6 7 3 5 8 4 3 1 1 9
KENKEN 5 3 2 4 1 6 6 1 4 2 3 5 3 2 6 5 4 1 4 5 1 3 6 2 1 4 5 6 2 3 2 6 3 1 5 4
6 2 2 1 4 6 7 6
KILLER SUDOKU
9 2 8 3 4 5 7 1 6
3 4 5 1 6 7 9 2 8
7 6 1 2 8 9 5 4 3
1 5 3 8 9 6 4 7 2
8 7 6 5 2 4 3 9 1
4 9 2 7 3 1 6 8 5
A 4
DOWN: 1 Durable. 2 Listeria.
3 Charts. 4 McGregor.
5 Knives. 6 Stinger. 8 Village
People. 14 Ruminant.
15 Espresso. 16 Morocco.
17 Fifteen. 19 Thrive. 21 Lionel.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS: 7 Munich. 8 Vicinity.
9 Pastoral. 10 Ravens. 11 Clarissa.
12 Gusset. 13 Barrier Reef.
18 Bottom. 20 Elliptic. 22 Conran.
23 Property. 24 Scavenge. 25 Easter.
START on left with number given and follow instructions as you go across. In 30 seconds, beginners have to complete their own challenge; intermediates have to complete their own challenge and the beginner’s; advanced players have to complete their own challenge and the intermediate’s.
SOLUTION BELOW
WORLD’S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Cosh.
4 HP. 5 Bi. 6 Vita. DOWN: 1 Chav. 2 Op. 3 Huia. 5 Bt.
ACROSS: 1 Couch potato. 9 Minster.
10 Truffle. 11 Bah. 12 Credits.
13 Eyesore. 14 Sue. 15 Tiara. 17 Toddy.
18 Mocha. 20 Ellie. 22 Eid. 24 Hurried.
25 Surging. 26 Opt. 27 Iron out.
28 Rootles. 29 Shallowness.
DOWN: 1 Conference rooms.
2 Untwist. 3 Herbs. 4 On the ball.
5 Acutest. 6 Off-road vehicles.
7 Smocks. 8 Merely. 16 Anecdotal.
18 Mohair. 19 Arizona. 21 Earlobe.
23 Digest. 25 Straw.
SUDOKU X
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 17,933
GOGEN
5 3 9 4 1 2 8 6 7
2 8 4 6 7 3 1 5 9
6 1 7 9 5 8 2 3 4
MAILWORD
ACROSS: 1 Said. 5 Yaw. 8 Puma. 9 Iceni.
11 Togas. 12 Clang. 13 Rough sea.
15 Unseen. 16 Doom. 20 Met.
21 Don. 23 Bra. 24 Pray. 26 Rioter.
28 Outclass. 30 Scalp. 33 Edith.
34 Pucks. 35 Sine. 36 Ate. 37 Tess.
DOWN: 1 Spooner. 2 Augusta. 3 Image.
4 Dashed. 5 Yea. 6 Ann. 7 Wig. 9 Ice.
10 Clad. 11 Trump. 14 Snort. 17 Obtains.
18 Orestes. 19 Marsh. 22 Nicest. 25 Yolk.
27 Oldie. 29 Ups. 30 Spa. 31 Cut. 32 Ace.
5/8 OF IT +4 ×6 50% OF IT +2
6 Fellow in top house to end working, unable to cope? (3,2,4,5) 9 Nervous, like clifftop walkers? (2,4) 10 Barry mistaken about type of Buddhism shows shameless conduct (8) 11 Find rubbish around decrepit set here lately full of vermin? (8) 13 A learner slow to exchange permits (6) 15 Charter, we hear, for Scottish qualification (6) 17 Reclusive type in woman’s U.S. university (6) 19 Come out of, say, group of engineers after retirement (6) 20 Attire linked to mature riding event (8) 22 Jack not speaking clearly with minute gone is confusing (8) 24 Puts up things for displaying pictures (6) 26 Wife has fantastic choice at hotel in confectionery item (5,9)
NEED A CLUE? Text TIP to 65700 to receive FOUR answers to today’s crossword, or call 0901 293 6236. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. Today’s clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.
KUROSU
QUICK QUIZ: 1 A Beautiful Day
In The Neighborhood. 2 Syria.
3 Take That. 4 Leg. 5 Barrels.
MINDBENDER:
1 420 tickets. 2 They all form
new words with the prefix
pop- (popcorn, popgun,
popsock). 3 Milkshake.
4 Giraffe; the others are black
and white. 5 Ticker (Ti-C-K-Er).
MASTERQUIZ:
1 Catherine Deneuve.
2 Tin. 3 Rosetta Stone.
4 Freida McFadden.
5 New York. 6 Pygmalion.
HONEYCOMB:
1 Render. 2 Neared. 3 Delays.
4 Yachts. 5 Storms. 6 Redeem.
7 Endure. 8 Udders. 9 Razors.
10 Zydeco. 11 Centre. 12 Tourer.
1 Trouble now hinted by
spokesperson getting
depressed (4,2,3,5)
2 Shortly examine place
to rear horses (4)
3 Influence from female
in renovated cafe
over time (6)
4 Increase key area
behind schedule (8)
5 Evergreen shrub
among the best (4)
7 Old boy given fare
promoted in U.S. city is
insignificant sort (6)
8 Hastily assembled,
like those meeting
in a crowd? (6,8)
12 Start to extricate swimming
gear, being enthusiastic (5)
14 Regions without cold to
produce citrus fruit (5)
16 First person with lack
of noise mentioned
part of a telescope (8)
18 Indication of slow
speed in bars? (6)
21 Divorcee gets space
on reflection in part of
the West Country (6)
23 Try to hold up nocturnal
creatures (4)
25 Cut trash on and
off in U.S. state (4)
ANSWERS
5/13 OF IT
10% OF IT
7/18 OF IT
O X O O X X O X O X O X X O X
O X
X O
O X X X O O
30-SECOND CHALLENGE:
Beginner: 256.
Intermediate: 11 ½.
Advanced: 49.
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