Daily Mail - 03.08.2026.pdfi) . & Hh iad, 4 ott el, ay : at " 4 Fag). a s i te ee / = + b rs 4 I i+ - fm.” i Petey tee Pon peolt / f ‘ : aL 星期一，2026年8月3日 dailymail.com £1.30 € 内部揭秘 “K计划” / 为贝克汉姆争取他唯一真正想要的奖赏——爵位之计划 独家报道 ALISON BOSHOFF 撰写 伯纳姆称“灾难性的” 亲工会 罢工法 塔利党告知首相停止扼杀就业的变更 / 阿富汗人因“手提箱 1 基尔·斯塔默政府于 4 去年12月通过了《就业权利法》，但其中一些最具破坏性的元素将在未来几个月内实施。 其中包括允许在线投票的“滑动罢工”提案。 安迪·伯纳姆必须 独家报道 抛弃工党极左翼的工人权利改革，否则有风险让英国重回 197 奥斯，保守党昨晚警告称，这种剧烈波动将使国家陷入瘫痪。 特约资深政治记者 Christian Caigie 报道 雅典 6 5 见第 6 页 见第 5 页 第 18-20 页
每日邮报，周一，8月 开启新生活：妮可·基德曼 上周 / 开一辆超级跑车巡游或许正是任何感到心情低落的人所需要的良药。而对于在宣布与凯斯·厄本分手十个月后的妮可·基德曼来说，这似乎奏效了。这位结婚 19 年的女演员被拍到与私募股权大亨迈克尔·赖因斯坦一同坐在他价值 £250,000 的法拉利 296 GTB 中灿烂地微笑。赖因斯坦先生，54, 在 59 岁的基德曼女士从纽约飞抵洛杉矶后将其接走。这是这对“她在生活中看起来真的很满足”的伴侣最新的露面，两人上个月在意大利波托菲诺的顶级贝蒙特斯普伦迪多酒店的阳台上被共同目击后，首次被传出有浪漫关系。来自洛杉矶的赖因斯坦先生是 3 创始人兼董事长，其领导的是一家 13 年历史的私募股权公司 Regent，总部位于比弗利山。在他的领导下，该公司收购了一系列多元化的品牌，包括时尚品牌 Escada、La Senza 和 Club Monaco，以及《日落》(Sunset) 杂志等刊物。这位估值约 £250million 的商人还拥有佩珀代因大学的法学学位，且仍是加利福尼亚州律师协会的成员。据称，基德曼女士与厄本（见插图）自 2025, 年夏天起就分居，随后在 9 月报道了分手消息。她在次日，即 9 月 30, 日申请离婚，理由是不可调和的分歧。离婚程序于 1 月 6, 2026, 最终完成，当时两人达成了一项和解协议，据报道，基德曼女士被指定为其两个女儿——18, 岁的 Sunday Rose 和 15. 岁的 Faith Margaret 的主要监护人。一名接近基德曼女士的来源告诉每日邮报：“在经历了与凯斯的一切之后，她理应找到幸福。”
“她从未认为她的婚姻会破裂，并且她尽了最大努力来维持家庭的完整。她的女儿们是她最好的朋友，她在生活中看起来真的很满足。” 出行兜风：妮可·基德曼与商人迈克尔·赖因斯坦（右），在他价值 £250,000 的法拉利 296 GTB 中。揭秘：让妮可重现笑容的健硕私募股权老板。重聚：基德曼女士与赖因斯坦先生在洛杉矶。
年长的女性似乎渴望过积极的生活，用各种活动填满每一天。然而，他们的男性同行——委婉地说——则在某些方面没那么积极。一项针对英格兰 50 岁以上人群的研究表明，女性倾向于采取“生命在于生活”的态度，将生活质量置于长寿之上。但对于男性来说，最重要的事情仅仅是活得更久。研究作者表示，他们的发现挑战了这样一种假设，即每个人都希望最大限度地延长寿命。相反，许多人愿意接受较短的寿命，只要这意味着这些年能够更健康、更愉快。他们补充说，生活质量对不同的人来说可能意味着不同的事情，例如独立、舒适、行动能力以及享受日常活动的能力。这些来自英国大学的研究人员认为，意识到不同的优先级可以帮助家庭和医生理解老年人真正看重的是什么。他们对 6,000 名英国人的研究结果发表在 Plos One 学术期刊上，研究表明，在医疗保健方面，不存在“典型”的老年患者。例如，人们在承担风险和尝试实验性治疗方面持有不同看法。“虽然年龄、性别和教育背景可以为医疗保健偏好提供线索，但每位患者的愿望都是独特的，”东英吉利大学的共同作者尼古拉斯·斯蒂尔 (Nicholas Steel) 表示。“这项工作为提供更个性化的护理提供了起点。”
年长女性希望充分地生活……但年长男性只想活着！ 作者：Xantha Leatham，执行科学编辑
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 阿富汗清洁工承认在雅典用行李箱搬运英国女性尸体 维韦克·查杜里 雅典报道 希腊警方昨日表示，一名男子承认将一名苏格兰女性的尸体装在行李箱中搬运。该嫌疑人被认为是一名 26 岁的阿富汗人，曾是在伊丽莎白-简·罗斯 (Elisabeth-Jane Ross) 居住大楼工作的清洁工，他因涉嫌“故意杀人”而被逮捕。这名 38 岁女性的遗体于 7 月 18 日由一名无家可归者在雅典基普塞利 (Kypseli) 区的一个废弃停车场内发现。据称，该嫌疑人在帮助难民和无家可归者的工作中与罗斯女士相识。在作案后，他涉嫌使用罗斯女士的银行卡取款，随后在雅典中心被拘留。据称，他已承认将她的尸体装在行李箱中运往该停车场。在她告诉住在雅典市外的朋友们她将前往基普塞利拜访一些认识的美国人三天后，她的尸体被发现。
属地卡警察工会主席乔治·卡利亚克马尼斯 (George Kalliakmanis) 表示，该男子被认为是罗斯女士与朋友共同居住大楼的清洁工。罗斯女士居住的公寓。 上图：遗体被遗弃之处。 基督徒志愿者伊丽莎白-简·罗斯，38 岁，曾告知她的希腊朋友。警方补充道：“一名 26 岁的外国国民与此案有关，已被确认身份。已对其提起故意杀人、抢劫及违反武器法规的刑事诉讼。”他们确认，在行李箱上发现了指纹证据，且监控录像显示一名男子将其搬至废弃停车场。希腊警方在声明中补充道：“他于 7 月 30 日星期四被带到分局总部，并交代了自己的行为。”
“经查明，这名 26 岁男子将尸体放入行李箱并将其运至废弃现场。”
“此外，在随后的几天里，他使用受害者的银行卡提取现金。”
“在对其住所进行搜查期间，警方发现并没收了一把仿制手枪和一把刀；因此，他因违反武器法而被逮捕。”
罗斯女士（被称为丽莎）是一位虔诚的基督徒，于 6 月 26 日抵达雅典，七年来一直定期访问希腊。她在当地的 One Heart 组织 (医疗援助机构) 担任志愿者，该组织专门为难民（尤其是来自阿富汗或伊朗的难民）提供医疗支持。为了在死后掩盖真相，凶手据信使用了她的手机发送短信并在其 Facebook 页面上发布动态，以营造她依然在世的假象。 7 月 15 日，她手机发给一名希腊朋友的短信写道：“我需要一些时间——我要去一个希腊岛屿。”发给其家人的消息则称她“想独自待一段时间”。当她的死讯传遍全球时，她的手机已被关机。罗斯女士来自爱丁堡的父亲告诉警方，他在 7 月 15-29 日期间一直收到消息。
— = li 谜团：杰米·卡尼 与 艾哈迈德·阿尔-萨卡尔 安迪·杨 报道 一名移居爱尔兰并继承了 £740,000 的美国女性据称被其未婚夫殴打致死——后者是一名寻求庇护者，在利用一张 £10 签证进入英国后潜入该国。单亲母亲 杰米·卡尼 (Jamey Carney)，43 岁，希望重新接轨她的爱尔兰根源，于是五年前与女儿搬到了该国西南部的基拉尼 (Killarney)。随后她在父亲于美国去世后继承了约 100 万美元，之后与约旦人 艾哈迈德 (Ahmad) 坠入爱河。
阿尔-萨卡尔，28 岁，两人是在一次支持巴勒斯坦的抗议活动中相识的。4 月，阿尔-萨卡尔发布了一张她戴着订婚戒指的照片，配文为：“我的新娘，我的公主。”但在 7 月 7 日，她被 13 岁的女儿米凯拉发现遇害。卡尼女士的尸体被隐藏在卧室的被子下面。尸检结果显示她死于窒息，随后的一份未经确认的报告称，她还曾被马桶水箱盖反复击打。一起谋杀案调查随即展开，爱尔兰侦探将阿尔-萨卡尔确定为重点关注对象——结果发现他已返回中东。
据信，阿尔-萨卡尔之所以能够进入爱尔兰，是利用了一项短暂的英国计划，该计划允许约旦人通过在网上购买一份 £10 的旅行授权签证前往英国。这使他能够前往北爱尔兰，然后偷偷越境进入都柏林，并在 2024 年 6 月申请庇护。申请被拒绝，但他获得了附属保护（subsidiary protection），这是一种针对不符合难民资格但在被遣返回国时可能面临伤害的人员的法律地位。该决定意味着他的护照被退还，这使他能够在国际拘留警报发布之前离开。他回到了约旦，也就是他最初为了逃避“迫害”而离开的国家。
闭路电视（CCTV）显示，他在 7 月 7 日抵达都柏林机场，就在其未婚妻的尸体被发现前几个小时。约旦当局将其逮捕，此后他一直被羁押。但由于爱尔兰与该国没有引渡协议，他的法律地位仍不确定。阿尔-萨卡尔尚未被爱尔兰警方正式列为首席嫌疑人，但两名警官已飞往约旦，请求将其遣返回爱尔兰，以面临潜在的谋杀指控。
“立即放弃这些政策” 续接 Page 1 关于工业行动的报道。反对者警告称，计划于 8 月 31, 生效的变更，加上更宽松的投票要求，可能会引发一波具有破坏性的罢工潮。这些措施还包括从 10 月 1, 起，将英国大多数就业法庭申诉的时间限制从三个月延长一倍至六个月；与此同时，企业在未来几个月将面临一系列额外的职场义务。批评者表示，这套由住房秘书安吉拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner）在从基尔·斯塔默政府辞职前主导的改革方案，在许多企业正与税收上涨、顽固的通货膨胀和经济增长乏力作斗争之时，威胁要让雇主承担额外的成本和官僚程序。在创业活动已经出现下降之际，新出台的红线层出不穷，今日公布的数据显示，新企业的数量已跌至近十年来的最低水平。
一项针对 500 多名老板的董事会协会（IoD）民意调查发现，信心依然低迷，7 月份较前一个月出现“小幅恶化”。保守党商业发言人安德鲁·格里菲斯（Andrew Griffith）将进一步增加亲工会法规的威胁形容为试图回归 20 世纪 70 年代。他在为本报撰文时警告称，这将加剧年轻人无法找到工作的危机。他表示：“我希望工党能够理智，暂停这部疯狂法案的实施，将其废除，并取消我们这次非常昂贵的‘重返 20 世纪 70 年代’之旅。”
“如果他们不这么做，保守党一定会这么做。我们将废除《（失）业权利法》中所有扼杀就业的措施，并进一步通过结束‘用纳税人的钱支付工会时间’这一丑闻，来削减公共和私营部门工会的权力。”尽管工党向其工会发薪人提供了巨额加薪，但在其执政期间，因罢工而损失的工作日已激增至 100 万天以上。根据现行法律，罢工投票在工人的家中私下进行，必须通过邮寄完成并寄回。但这一规定将改为允许工人在线响应，而相关警告称，这可能导致工会干事恐吓员工以特定方式投票的情况增加。
保守党党魁凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）已发出挑战，呼吁安迪·伯纳姆在为时太晚之前放弃这些强硬且破坏就业的政策。她告诉《每日邮报》：“《就业权利法》对于企业和就业来说是一场彻底的灾难。英国出现大学毕业生招聘危机和失业率上升，部分原因就是这项糟糕的立法。”
“糟糕的立法” 她补充道：“如果安迪·伯纳姆想证明他认真对待在全英国推广增长，他就应该停止该法案剩余部分的生效。”
一系列进一步的规章制度将于明年在全年逐步生效，其中包括对“零小时合同”的重大打击，这将强制要求雇主在短时间内取消预约时向员工提供补偿。工会还将获得在拥有 21 名或更多员工的职场中走访的权利，最高可每周一次，用于招募成员、举行谈话和会议。而且从今年 10 月 30 起，部长们将实施一项“玩笑禁令”，届时酒吧老板将被强制监管顾客发表的可能冒犯员工的言论。
该法律已经遭到前工党内阁部长艾伦·米尔本（Alan Milburn）的抨击，他曾受基尔·斯塔默之托寻找解决青年失业危机的方案。他的报告警告称：“《就业权利法》的改革虽然旨在……”
旨在加强工人保护的措施，被部分雇主认为增加了管理绩效不佳员工的负担并降低了灵活性。”保守党的这些要求是在新数据揭露新企业开业人数大幅下降之际提出的。根据国家统计局的数据，2026 年的前六个月共有 157,980 家新企业创建，比去年同期下降 3%。这一数字仅略高于 2023 年创下的十年最低点。一名政府发言人表示：“我们继续就《就业权利法》的实施与企业和工会进行磋商，以确保该体系对雇主公平有效，同时保护最需要帮助的工人。”
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三分之一的工会巨头年薪超过 £100,000 作者：大卫·丘吉尔 (David Churchill)
随着披露超过三分之一的工会巨头领取六位数薪酬方案，英国的工会巨头们昨晚被贴上了“香槟社会主义者”的标签。
数据显示，在 131 位老板中，有 45 人的去年收入超过 £100,000——其中六分之一的人拿到的薪酬方案高达或超过了首相 £170,000 的薪资。甚至有人拿到了价值 £725,000 的薪金与津贴。与此同时，自工党在 2024 年上台以来，已有超过 1.2 million 个工作日因罢工而损失，且更多的罢工威胁正在出现。
工会老板的薪酬和津贴详情由监管机构认证官 (CO) 公布。对 2025 / 26 财年数据的分析显示，在提交年度申报表的 117 个工会中，有 45 个工会的负责人领取了六位数的薪资和“福利”。包括英国第二大工会 Unite 在内的几个工会未能提交申报表，这意味着实际数字可能更高。
纳税人联盟 (TaxPayers’ Alliance) 的威廉·亚伍德 (William Yarwood) 表示：“如果这些香槟社会主义者想向全国宣讲公平，他们应该先解释为什么在成员人数下降的同时，他们自己的报酬却在不断上涨。”
在被记录为领取六位数薪水的人员中，包括激进的英国医学会 (BMA) 的老板——“我不想再当足球运动员了。我想当一名工会巨头”——该组织在过去三年中引发了 15 轮住院医生的罢工。它威胁在未来几个月进行更多停工，并要求一项价值 33%（或 £50,000）的多年期抗通胀薪资协议，以避免新的罢工。该工会昨晚确认，BMA 理事会主席汤姆·多尔芬 (Tom Dolphin) 有权获得 £103,612 的薪水。但一名发言人表示：“他从 BMA 抽取的薪水，仅相当于他作为一名顾问麻醉师本应获得的报酬。”
强硬的 RMT 工会老板埃迪·登普西 (Eddie Dempsey) 的方案由 £96,838 的薪水和价值 £30,501 的福利组成；而国家教育工会 (National Education Union) 负责人丹尼尔·凯贝德 (Daniel Kebede) 的薪水为 £136,902，津贴为 £11,598。据了解，该数额此后有所增加。这两个工会都威胁今年将进行更多罢工。
最高薪酬由职业足球运动员协会 (Professional Footballers’ Association) 老板马赫塔·莫兰戈 (Maheta Molango) 获得，其薪水为 £649,000，“福利”为 £76,000。紧随其后的是国际运输工人联合会 (ITF) 负责人斯蒂芬·科顿 (Stephen Cotton)，薪水 £235,000，福利 £44,000。
在薪酬方案超过前首相基尔·斯塔默去年 £166,786 薪资的人员中，包括国家校长协会 (National Association of Head Teachers) 的老板（薪水 £182,422，福利 £39,120）和皇家助产士学院 (Royal College of Midwives) 的老板（薪水 £149,413，福利 £38,997）。同样领取六位数的还有 GMB 工会的加里·史密斯 (Gary Smith)（总计 £152,000），以及工会大会 (Trades Union Congress) 的保罗·诺瓦克 (Paul Nowak)，金额为 £138,993。
保守党议员格雷格·史密斯 (Greg Smith) 表示：“这是工会首领的典型作风——‘听我的，别学我’。”
ITF 和 RMT 工会的发言人表示，薪酬方案是由成员“民主商定”的。所有相关工会均已被联系请求置评。
而且放松心情：伯纳姆先生随后彻底放松了自我 每日邮报，2026 年 8 月 3, 2026
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 在为时太晚之前 精简：安迪·伯纳姆昨天在曼彻斯特……吸气，安迪……有摄像机！ 每日邮报记者 在竞选首相的赛跑中，安迪·伯纳姆经常被拍到穿着跑步装备。但现在他已经稳坐内阁办公室（No10）的办公桌前，这位 56 岁的人士是否依然能胜任这个最高职位？昨天，这位热衷于足球和跑步、曾多次完成马拉松和10公里赛跑的人，在曼彻斯特慢跑时停下来喘口气——也让他的腹肌休息一下。
56 岁的安迪·伯纳姆刚好足够年长，能够记得 20 世纪 70 年代的英国是什么样子，那时工会巨头们掌握主导权。一波接一波的罢工导致能源中断，垃圾在街道上堆积如山，并使英国工业陷入瘫痪。仅在 1979 年，工业行动就造成了 30 million 天的工作时间损失。
如果我们的新首相不迅速采取行动废除其前任那灾难性的《就业权利法》，历史将会重演。作为影子商业秘书，我在去年年底目睹工党议员们投票通过该法案时感到惊恐。对我以及议会中的同事来说，很明显该法案将给英国经济以及超过一百万目前未在接受教育、就业或培训的年轻人（即所谓的 Neets）带来灾难。
《就业权利法》不仅不能创造就业，反而会用繁琐的行政手续令企业窒息，赋予反工作工会更多权力，并进一步增加纳税人的福利负担。好消息是，尽管法案本身在 12 月通过，但其最具破坏性的措施尚未生效，新政府还有最后一次机会来制止这一不可理喻的国家自我伤害行为。
在我看来，该法案中有四个部分是工党必须立即废除的。首先是所谓的“刷屏罢工”（swipe to strike）立法，它允许通过在线投票决定罢工行动。这项新措施定于 8 月 25 日起生效，将极大增加工会的权力。它不仅会让工会发起工业行动变得更快、更简单，而且电子投票——这一在政治选举中被多次否决的方式——会让流程面临被滥用的风险。
按照目前的规定，工会必须举行秘密邮寄投票，成员在纸质投票单上标记并将其发送至计票员的预付费信封中。关于在线投票，我最大的担忧——除了极其真实的网络攻击可能性之外——是它可能会导致恐吓。我不认为电子系统（工人在员工休息室或在工作场所的午休期间投票）能实现真正的秘密投票。在最坏的情况下，这可能涉及工人感到被迫分享手机截图，以揭露他们的投票结果。
加上工党计划将工业行动的通知期缩短至仅 10 天，并将工会在投票成功后可号召罢工的时间期限从 4 周延长至整整一年，“刷屏罢工”将使企业在面对罢工行动时变得更加脆弱。这是疯狂之举，将让纳税人付出沉重代价。
伯纳姆 首相必须废除的 4 项扼杀就业措施：《（失）就业权利法》 由 安德鲁·格里菲斯 (Andrew Griffith) 影子商业秘书 撰写。第二项必须废除的要素是延长员工提交就业法庭申诉的时间限制。目前该期限为三个月，但新法案将其翻倍至
从十月起开始，为期六个月。目前已有五十万件积压的索赔，这意味着雇主和雇员都必须等待数年才能在法庭上审理案件。而且，该系统因针对最离谱的索赔授予补偿而臭名昭著，例如一名非法移民抱怨她工作酒店的枕头诱发了她的哮喘，或者一名 NHS 员工在被同事比作达斯·维达（Darth Vader）后感到被冒犯而提起诉讼。这一切充分证明，一种围绕“权利”而非“责任”构建的文化正走向失控。这个国家最不需要的就是更多荒唐的法庭案件，这将导致更多延误，并给雇主更多理由来回避雇佣人员的风险。
第三项令人震惊的规定是所谓的“通行权”立法，它赋予工会特别权力，允许其每年最多进入工作场所 52 次——即每周一次——以招募会员或煽动运动。工会代表将被允许访问公司内网和个人数据，即使是员工仅 21 人的小型企业，也必须在短时间内停工并服从工会的指令，无论这种干扰程度如何。荒谬的是，这甚至适用于没有任何一名员工是工会成员的企业。工会本应代表其成员的利益，而这项立法却允许他们像东德国家安全局（Stasi）那样行事。
最后是“玩笑禁令”（banter ban），它将通过要求在员工听力范围内造成冒犯的人被禁止进入场所，从而限制在酒吧、足球场和大学校园内的言论自由。这一严苛的提案理所当然地遭到了包括本报在内的言论自由活动人士的激烈反对。即使是饱受诟病的平等与人权委员会也警告称，该立法过于模糊，可能会导致对辩论的“过度限制”。
那么，为什么工党想要实施这项禁令？据前道路大臣莉莲·格林伍德（Lilian Greenwood）称，这是“为了帮助焦虑的员工在工作场所中应对”。坦率地说，这就是那种导致焦虑福利申请激增的“雪花”心态，使得基督徒和传统英国价值观维护者的观点遭受左翼的“法律战”。
这四项规定仅仅是《就业权利法》中所包含的一些盲目条款，我认为这将给英国带来灾难。但你不需要仅听我的话。政府自身由前工党卫生大臣艾伦·米尔本（Alan Milburn）主导的青年失业审查在五月份得出结论： “《就业权利法》的改革虽然旨在加强对工人的保护，但在一些雇主看来，这增加了管理员工表现不佳的负担，并降低了灵活性。”
米尔本并非孤立之见。创建了国家生活工资（National Living Wage）并充当野心勃勃的左翼人士“速成学校”的决心基金会（Resolution Foundation）也表示赞同。甚至由那位左翼法律激进议程的极力倡导者托尼·布莱尔（Tony Blair）创立的智库，最近也将这些改革描述为“极端的”，并警告这将增加企业家的风险，“侵蚀企业的招聘信心，并最终破坏增长”。
保守党深知，工作赋予人们目标，有助于个人发展并提供财务独立。如果你找不到工作，那么不断增加的就业权利对你毫无用处。这就是为什么我们将废除所有
……《（失）业权利法》中那些扼杀就业的措施，并通过结束由纳税人出资资助员工执行工会职责的带薪休假这一丑闻，以及撤销私营部门雇主执行此项义务的要求，来削弱公共部门工会的权力。最重要地，我们将通过削减税收、降低能源价格和大刀阔斧地精简官僚程序，从而释放创造就业机会的企业潜力，而非通过施加更多监管来为年轻人扩大机会。因为创造就业的是企业，而非政府。任何忘记这一点的政府都将面临危险。在 20 世纪 70 年代的动荡之中，保守党首相爱德华·希思向选民提出了一个简单的问题：“谁在治理英国？”工党似乎认为答案应该是激进的工会。而他们对这一陈旧谬论的迷信，将使我们的经济——以及我们的社会——回到过去那段糟糕的旧时光。
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 作者：杰克·哈迪
一名陷入剽窃争议的剑桥大学教授声称，他曾出演过《Seven Up》系列纪录片——而该片在他在世之前数十年就已经首次播出。杰森·阿代（Jason Arday）曾作为该大学最年轻的黑人教授成为多样性的代表人物，但现在他正面临对其学术记录和荒诞主张的质疑。批评者指责这位 41 岁的教授在其博士论文中大量抄袭另一名学生的研究成果，导致他在上周承认其作品中存在一系列错误。但在其一系列令人震惊的个人成就（包括在六天内跑了 600 英里并为慈善机构筹集数百万英镑）遭到质疑后，他坚称自己不是“骗子”。
剽窃风波：教授称自己出演过电视节目《Seven Up》……在他出生之前
现在出现的一段他于 2022 年演讲的录像显示，他声称自己出演过电视系列片《Seven Up》。这部里程碑式的节目自 1964 年起，每隔七年追踪同一组人的生活，从 7 岁开始。阿代教授告诉巴斯大学的种族平等工作组：“我参加了一个现在已不存在的计划，当时被称为《Seven Up》。”
“《Seven Up》基本上是在你的生命周期内追踪你，所以他们在 7 岁、14、21 岁时追踪你。我在 14 岁时退出了该项目。”
《Seven Up》在 1985 年出生的阿代教授出生前 20 年就首次播出了。最初的 14 名参与者应出生于 1956 或 1957 年。该项目计划于今年结束。此外，他也太年长，无法出演 BBC 在 2000 年启动的系列片——《Up Millennium Generation》（千禧一代），该片追踪的是在千禧之交时 7 岁的个体。
BBC 发言人昨日确认，阿代教授与“我们的电影没有任何关系”。
“与我们的电影没有任何关系”
这位在 37 岁被剑桥大学任命的教育社会学教授拥有传奇般的人生，根据他的演讲，他克服了重重挑战。他在南伦敦由来自加纳的工人阶级移民抚养长大，年幼时被诊断出患有自闭症、阅读障碍和“全球发育迟缓”，直到 11 岁才开始说话。他描述自己直到 18 岁才学会读写，但随后就读于 BTech 课程，之后攻读体育与教学学位，随后获得两个硕士学位，并最终获得利物浦约翰摩尔大学的博士学位。
在来到剑桥之前，他曾在四所大学任教，但他进入如此高规格的机构引发了审查，从而导致去年对其 2015 年博士论文中存在剽窃的指控。利物浦约翰摩尔大学判定他没有学术不端行为，但在批评者在他的作品中发现大量“剽窃”段落后，一直有要求重新调查的呼声。
审查对象：41 岁的杰森·阿代 1964 年：最初的《Seven Up》
《卫报》在本周末的一项调查中，对他的一项主张提出质疑，该主张称在一次种族主义恐吓活动中，有人向他家中寄了一个猪头。阿代教授表示萨吉（Sagi）调查了此事，但大都会警察局对此予以否认。记者已联系他本人及剑桥大学寻求评论。
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警局失误导致杀人恋童癖逃脱 警方未能执行
在一名恋童癖继父随后对其女友的女儿实施性侵并杀害之前，警方未能执行一份逮捕令。在去年9月于蒂赛德郡索纳比去世前的几周里，伊莎贝尔·威尔士遭受了由 22 岁的哈里森·辛普森和 26 岁的亚历山德拉·沃克实施的令人作呕的“暴力侵害”。这名两岁孩子在遭受一次最终的“严重头部损伤”之前，全身有 21 处骨折——该损伤与被“剧烈摇晃”且头部“撞击墙壁或坚硬地板等坚硬且不屈的表面”相吻合。辛普森和沃克上周因谋杀罪被判处终身监禁。
作者：Noor Qurashi 和 Glen Keogh
克利夫兰警方承认，在伊莎贝尔死亡前的几个月里，他们未能执行对辛普森的逮捕令。该逮捕令于 2024 年 3 月签发，原因是辛普森在被指控违反禁止骚扰令后未出庭。
克利夫兰警方表示：
“我们进行了多次查询并尝试逮捕，以试图定位并逮捕他。”
随后进行了一次审查。一名发言人表示：“这次审查，以及我们不断改进流程的决心……导致了近期的一系列变化。”
每日邮报，周一，2026年8月3日 ——— 阳光假期：霍莉·威洛比带着一个蓝色高尔夫球袋 =i — — 她的新 YouTube 节目被批评为“缺乏准备”，所以如果现在有人需要休息，那一定是霍莉·威洛比。这位 45 岁的前《早晨好》（This Morning）主持人目前正在葡萄牙度假，她携带了一套高尔夫球具，在比基尼外披了一件飘逸的连衣裙，显得格外从容。在 2023年10月从《早晨好》离职后，粉丝们一直期待她在淡出公众视野三年后能重新回归。但周二，她的节目《Together》的第一集（与《穿普拉达的女魔头》演员 65 岁的斯坦利·图齐合作）反响平平。每日邮报的 Jan Moir 称其为“表演性质的胡闹”，甚至让萨塞克斯公爵夫人那部被嘲笑的 Netflix 系列剧《With Love, Meghan》看起来都像好作品。威洛比女士的 YouTube 频道拥有 13,000 名订阅者，
她与图齐一起做意大利面的那一集目前有 65,000 次观看量，与《早晨好》每日超过 450,000 人的观众量相去甚远。因此，她在阿尔加维的这次喘息之机（据信是与她的父母以及三个孩子——17 岁的哈里、15 岁的贝尔和 11 岁的切斯特一起度过）或许正是她需要的。® 打算用那些疯狂的高尔夫球杆来反击你的批评者吗，霍莉？《Together》：威洛比女士与图齐一起烹饪
加密货币折磨团：比特币百万富翁被强迫脱光衣服并被囚禁两天，经历勒索折磨 由 Claire Faragher 和 Dominic Connolly 报道
两名被勒索团伙囚禁两天以上的加密货币百万富翁被强迫脱光衣服并被迫摆出令人尴尬的姿势，法庭审理称。两人随后被发现身体和面部有香烟烫伤，并称被沸水折磨。团伙成员已被裁定犯有包括共谋勒索和非法拘禁在内的罪名。一名受害者声称遭到其中两名男子的性侵，但陪审团将其此项指控撤销。 / 伦敦内城刑事法院（Inner London Crown Court）获悉，该行动由海外的 Ibrahim Mohamed 通过 WhatsApp 和 Snapchat 发出指令进行控制。他目前在逃。这两名无法透露身份的百万富翁均在 20 多岁，来自法国，但在去年 7 月经历折磨时住在伦敦西部的肯辛顿。检察官 Heidi Stonecliffe KC 将他们的经历描述为“冰冷而残酷的折磨”。
她说他们被“用扎带捆绑并殴打”，口中被塞进袜子，并被威胁如果不上交 $150,000 (£110,000)，其生殖器将被切断并遭受强奸。Stonecliffe 女士表示，他们在前往伦敦东部购买大麻后，被三名持有枪支和刀具的“被捆绑并殴打”的蒙面男子伏击。他们的车被 23 岁的 Yasir Mohamed 开往肯宁镇（Canning Town）的一套公寓。在被囚禁的 52 小时里，两人共被喂食一只鸡翅。在转账 $30,000 加密货币后，其中一人被释放，而另一人被开车带走，随后称自己被“卖”给了另一个团伙。在伦敦大都会警察局的飞捕组（Flying Squad）追踪到他们后，经过一场穿过伦敦居民区的激烈的警车追逐，这场折磨才宣告结束。追逐以 18 岁的 Adel Sineen 撞上电线杆而告终。来自伦敦西南部 Earlsfield 的 22 岁 Julius George 被裁定犯有非法拘禁罪并承认携带刀具。来自伦敦南部 West Norwood 的 18 岁 Isaac Bakoya 承认非法拘禁。来自伦敦南部 Camberwell 的 Sineen 承认危险驾驶。Gerson
有罪：从左至右，Adel Sineen, Isaac Bakoya 和 Julius George
来自伦敦南部坎伯韦尔的 24 岁博尔赫斯（Borges）和来自伦敦北部芬斯伯里公园的 29 岁穆罕默德·奥斯曼（Mohamed Osman）被裁定敲诈勒索共谋罪和非法禁锢罪成立。来自埃塞克斯的 19 岁威廉·阿德比西（William Adebisi）被裁定非法禁锢罪成立。他们 all 将于下月被判刑。陪审团未能就亚西尔·穆罕默德（Yasir Mohamed）指控的罪名达成一致结论。
伴娘们正对（二手）礼服说“我愿意”
从分摊单身派对的费用到美发和化妆的开支，担任伴娘可能非常昂贵。正因如此，越来越多的人考虑在重要日子购买二手礼服。根据转售平台 Vinted 的数据，二手伴娘礼服的搜索量同比增长了 17%。
每日邮报 记者
Think BF 对 2,000 名女性进行的一项调查发现，近四分之一曾担任过伴娘的女性（24%）曾因成本问题考虑拒绝这一角色。
在参加过婚礼的女性中，超过三分之一（34%）穿过二手服装，其中最主要的原因是省钱（69%）、避免购买仅穿一次的衣服（38%）以及能以更低的价格买到质量更好的单品（35%）。此外，约 80% 的女性同意在婚礼后转售伴娘礼服是“完全可以接受的”。
在 Vinted 上，正式礼服的平均挂牌价为 £11。绿色、粉色和蓝色是搜索量最高的伴娘礼服颜色。
Vinted 的尤安·斯特德曼（Euan Steedman）表示：“人们正越来越多地寻求在不过度牺牲风格或无需额外支出更多费用地庆祝这些重要时刻的方法。”
VI 改革：海军将把船只拖回法国 每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 该党公布“堡垒行动”以打击英吉利海峡移民 作者：克里斯蒂安·卡尔吉 (Christian Calgie)，资深政治特派记者
改革英国党 (REFORM UK) 承诺将发起“自第二次世界大战以来英吉利海峡规模最大的军事行动”，以终结移民跨境活动。这项名为“堡垒行动”的计划将动用英国皇家海军来保护英国边境，并将任何小型船只拖回法国。
改革党的内政发言人齐亚·尤苏夫 (Zia Yusuf) 将在今天公布该政策，这也是该党本周一系列关于移民公告的开端。在他身边将有几位尚未透露姓名的前军队高级成员——改革党声称，这些人已背书该方案在“操作上是可行的”，且军队基层“将准备好并能够执行”。
尤苏夫先生将表示英国正遭到“入侵”，指责保守党和工党政府应对危机的方式是提供“免费渡轮服务和免费酒店”。他将说：
“奈杰尔·法拉奇 (Nigel Farage) 将命令陛下皇家海军确保没有任何一艘未经授权的船只在穿越英吉利海峡后能抵达联合王国的海岸。‘那些尝试这样做的人将被我们的武装部队拦截，我们将停止这次入侵’，并将其送回法国。”
尤苏夫先生还告诉《每日邮报》，如果情报机构确认已知恐怖分子或走私团伙头目在场，海军将被允许使用致命武力。他表示：“一旦世界意识到非法穿越海峡最终只会导致被我们的皇家海军陆战队拦截并送回法国，这种激励机制就会崩溃。这些经济移民将不再支付走私者的费用，船只也将停止到来。这就是我们如何阻止船只的方式。
改革党将停止入侵。”
自 2018. 年以来，已有超过 160 名移民在尝试穿越海峡时死亡。
改革党坚持认为该计划在国际法下是合法的，理由是必须在海上拯救生命。但该计划可能会面临巨大的挑战和反对。国际海事法允许国家在发现船只在海上遇险时接走人员。但除非接收国同意接收，否则法律不允许将这些个体转移到另一个国家。法国方面不太可能对海军将移民拖回其海岸的行为做出积极反应。
改革党承认，该计划依赖于法国履行停止跨境活动的义务。该党似乎在向法国总统发出挑战，声称：“我们不认为埃马纽埃·马克龙 (Emmanuel Macron) 会命令法国海军向一艘由皇家海军护送的、满载平民的船只开火。”
悬崖边缘：安迪·伯纳姆 在肯特郡
安迪·伯纳姆 昨天坚持认为，在他在位的前两周内有 2,000 名移民穿越海峡后，他希望能够“掌控”小型船只危机。
这位首相在访问多佛的移民指挥室时，承诺将“正面处理”此事，试图挽回工党在非法移民问题上的公信力。
他说：“我们必须处理这个问题，而不是利用这个问题玩政治游戏。‘就正面处理它，掌控它，然后做出能够给公众带来安心的改变。’
‘公众不喜欢边境看起来不受控制。我们需要恢复那种控制，但同时也要支持那些真正需要帮助的人。’
‘这关乎改变整个方法，我们正在缓慢但坚定地建立这些基石……’
扣押：首相被展示了一艘充气橡皮艇
被一个人口走私团伙利用，他在昨天从伯帕姆前往多佛的访问中表示：“我们将正面应对危机，而不会玩弄政治。目前措施正在发挥作用，但仍有更多工作要做。”与此同时，内政大臣沙巴娜·马哈茂德表示，自 2025. 年初以来，负责打击有组织移民犯罪的国家犯罪局 (NCA) 官员人数增加了一倍多。人数已从 376 增加到“接近 800”人，并促成了去年约 300 人的逮捕。内政部还表示，NCA 官员与国际盟友合作，已没收了 1,100 艘以上的小船和发动机。在访问位于东伦敦斯特拉特福德的 NCA 总部时，马哈茂德女士表示“本届政府正在恢复控制权”。周六又有 326 名移民抵达英国，使今年的总数达到 14,526。昨晚，保守党表示伯纳姆先生“太软弱”，无法阻止船只，并呼吁他退出《欧洲人权公约》。评论——第 14 页
尤苏夫先生将在今天阐述一项计划，旨在使英吉利海峡成为“世界上监控最严密的海上边界”。如果由改革党政府执政，将成立一个综合监控指挥部，利用无人机、海岸警卫队、直升机和卫星，实现对所有入境船只发射的实时追踪能力。在投奔改革党之前，罗伯特·詹里克在上一届保守党政府担任移民大臣期间，于 2022. 年放弃了将小船驱逐回法国的计划。法国此前曾表示，此类计划将违反国际海事法。当时，詹里克先生表示：“在英吉利海峡中，只有在有限的情况下，小船才能被安全地掉头。”一名工党发言人指责改革党“在绝望地试图转移人们对色情丑闻的注意力，于是重新炒冷饭”。“我们采取的行动已经开始产生实际影响，导致 46,000 次企图越境被拦截，以及 70,000 名没有合法居留权的人被遣返”。
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威慑措施：西班牙当局已在休塔（Ceuta）的塔拉哈尔（Tarajal）防波堤沿线安装了一道1,600英尺长的屏障，这段海岸在周四的跨境活动中被移民使用。
“我决心前往欧洲大陆，如果我失败了，我就在尝试的过程中死在这里。”
只有最坚定的人或那些没有什么可失去的人留在休塔。目前这里有几千人——苏丹人、埃塞俄比亚人、埃及人、索马里人、阿尔及利亚人，甚至还有几个巴勒斯坦人——他们拒绝离开这个位于城市边缘山丘上的小型前哨营地。上周涌入这个西班牙飞地的 60,000 人中，大多数现在已经返回摩洛哥，并抱怨饥饿和疲劳。有些人是自愿回去的，有些则需要军队的推动。有些人承认，因为无法为手机充电而决定放弃。
“但我不会回去，不像那些人，”一名死硬分子亚雷德·特卡（Yared Teka）说道，他 27 岁，曾是埃塞俄比亚的一名职业手球运动员。“我决心前往欧洲大陆，如果我失败了，我就在尝试的过程中死在这里。”
在周四这次欧盟历史上最大规模的非法跨境潮之前，亚雷德在摩洛哥“躲在山里”度过了几个月。他偶尔会尝试跨境，但每次都被拦截。“然后我看到这些人纷纷抵达，于是我也跑过去加入了他们。我现在在这里，为什么要回去？我没有钱，两天几乎没吃东西，但我想在马德里找份工作。”
尽管社交媒体是上周激增的主要诱导因素，但西班牙社会党首相佩德罗·桑切斯（Pedro Sanchez） 80 同样如此。就像成千上万其他人一样，亚雷德和他的朋友们多年来一直在北非各地移动，寻找欧洲边界防线的漏洞。桑切斯先生在 4 月份实施的一项极具争议的政策——允许非法居住在西班牙的移民申请居留身份——似乎正是这样一个漏洞。该计划最初预计有 500,000 份申请，但在 6 月份停止时，注册人数已达 1.2million。
对于像亚雷德这样的人来说，这是一个无法抗拒的机会。“我们像向日葵追随太阳一样转向西班牙，”他说。他承认在没有食物和金钱的情况下，他正处于“痛苦”之中，但他补充道：“想到大陆仅在 20 公里之遥，就太诱人了。近在咫尺却又遥不可及。”
与西班牙其他地区不同，休塔不属于欧盟的申根区，因此对亚雷德来说，大陆的距离远不止地中海的宽度。然而，在他交谈时，他指向身后的一座白色建筑，那是休塔的移民中心。
“我们知道里面的人是幸运的，”他说。在警察的看守下，该中心安置了 600 名移民，他们可以获得水和食物。“他们不再接收我们中的任何人了，”他补充道，脸上露出一丝痛苦的表情。“他们现在什么都不给我们，甚至连水也不给，直到昨天还在发放，但现在停止了。我真心认为他们想让我们死掉。”
在我们周围，数百名男子躺在树下，有的在睡觉，许多人则在低声交谈。
休塔首席记者 (CHIEF REPORTER IN CEUTA)
但当出现食物的消息时，营地突然活跃起来。人们围住了一辆停在山坡上方的一辆车。一名热心的当地人带来了面包，但仅够少数幸运儿食用。
一名巴勒斯坦男子艾哈迈德·艾达（Ahmed Ayda）说他没有体力去奔跑。他说他在 2014 年与以色列的冲突期间离开加沙，次年被吸引前往德国——他在那里停留了 8 年。
多年——因为时任总理安格拉·默克尔采取的开放移民政策。她暂时暂停了欧盟规则，迎来了100万名难民，其中大多数是逃离叙利亚战争的人们。“现在轮到西班牙对我们友好了，”艾哈迈德说。“但我们得先到达那里。这个地方对我们并不好。如果没有警察骚扰，我们没法进城。”另一名来自喀麦隆的移民，20 岁的贾拉尔·伊德里斯，展示了他的英格兰球衣，背面印着贝克汉姆的名字。“我爱英格兰，这就是我游到这里时穿的球衣。我觉得它给我带来了好运。”在营地之外，休达（Ceuta）开始恢复正常。自从这次被当地许多人称为“入侵”的事件发生以来，西班牙人首次离开家门，处理自己的事务。直到现在，许多人由于过于恐惧而不敢这样做。周六，西班牙当局在塔拉哈尔（Tarajal）防波堤沿线安装了一个 1,600 英尺长的围堵屏障——这段海岸在上周的过境期间被使用。该屏障配备了一个加重帘，以防止移民从结构下方游过去。一名酒店经理表示：“仍有一些（移民）在附近徘徊，但大部分人都已经离开了。我认为许多人是被社交媒体的热潮影响了，并不真的打算停留几天以上。”然而，昨天傍晚，150 名移民在城市中游行，他们抬着一名包裹在毯子里的受伤男子，声称该男子遭到了警察袭击。这些男子主要为摩洛哥人，在面对挥舞警棍冲锋的警察时四散而逃。他们将受伤男子留在街上。医护人员在 20 分钟后将其抬走。现在剩下的只有强硬分子，而且不仅仅是在边境这一侧。昨天，《每日邮报》走访了摩洛哥的
法尼德克（Fnideq）镇，许多移民在上周四之前潜伏在这里。有些人说他们受到了摩洛哥边防人员的鼓励。然而，昨天所有当局都没有掉以轻心。数十辆警车在摩洛哥一侧排队，在它们后方的山上，士兵们正用双筒望远镜审视着眼前的一切。在离边境最近的海滩上，我们看到了丢弃的鞋子和衣服。铁丝网横跨在入口处。摩洛哥似乎也在恢复正常。但在俯瞰法尼德克的山丘上，一群游到休达——却在周六被军方驱逐的苏丹男子正在重新集结，等待另一个机会。他们坐在除了矮小灌木外什么都不生长的山坡上。“我们回到了摩洛哥，但我们没有放弃，”其中一名男子告诉我。“我们会等待另一个进入休达，并希望能进入西班牙的机会。”就在这时，一辆警车尖叫着停了下来，两名警员跳了下来。男人群迅速散开。“西班牙见！”其中一人在爬上山丘时大喊道。
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火球：直升机相撞 作者：Noor Qurashi
一名英国飞行员在希腊扑救山火时，两架直升机相撞导致致命事故，而他幸存了下来。两架飞机共载有四人，其中两名——一名希腊人和一名丹麦人——不幸遇难。
昨日拍摄的视频画面捕捉到了两架直升机在应对蹂躏该国的山火时相撞的瞬间。画面显示，两架飞机的旋翼发生碰撞，随后其中一架化作火球坠入深谷。
涉事四人中有两人被发现时处于昏迷状态，但随后死亡；另外两人——一名英国飞行员和一名希腊消防联络员——据信仅受轻伤。
外国消防和直升机机组人员经常被部署到希腊协助扑救山火。
两架飞机在阿提卡（Attica）的Psatha地区相撞后，紧急救援服务被召集，该地位于雅典以西 42 英里。
据当地媒体报道，昨日上午，在坠机事故发生前，已有两名人员因涉嫌对山火采取过失行为而被逮捕。据报道，该山火始于希腊大陆的波奥蒂亚（Boeotia）地区。
希腊总理基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯（Kyriakos Mitsotakis）对“这起悲剧性事故表示悲痛”，并向遇难者家属致以慰问。
米佐塔基斯先生在声明中表示：“失去希腊协调员和丹麦飞行员的消息让我们所有人深感悲痛。”
欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩（Ursula von der Leyen）表示：“为了让他人能够安全，飞向烈焰需要特殊的勇气。欧洲与希腊和丹麦同在悲痛之中。”
与此同时，昨日数百名消防员正在希腊首都西北部、科林斯湾（Gulf of Corinth）附近的Porto Germeno地区与风力助长的山火作斗争。
当局表示，强阵风导致火势蔓延更快，并给紧急救援服务带来了不可预测的挑战。
米佐塔基斯先生在坠机事故发生前几小时曾就消防飞机发出警告，称在强风中它们无法“安全运行”。
他在Facebook的一篇帖子中发表了这一评论，写道，尽管政府投入了资源，但仍有“某些时刻，天气现象的性质和强度超出了所有的人类规划和作战能力”。
他补充道：“当风力如此强劲时，即使是我们能调动的数十架空中资产也无法安全运行。”
“近日已有多次情况，由于极端的湍流导致飞行无法进行，无论是取水还是投水都无法实现，结果使得抗击山火的重担几乎全部落在前线人员身上。”
近 500 名希腊消防员已被部署到该地区，并得到了来自法国和罗马尼亚紧急救援小组的协助。
山火还影响了伯罗奔尼撒半岛以及克里特岛、帕罗斯岛和莱斯沃斯岛等热门旅游目的地。
在连续打破记录的热浪袭击后，今年夏天欧洲遭受了山火的蹂躏，导致大片干旱的植被极易燃烧，并迫使数十万人逃离家园。
童谣被指“具有性别歧视并强化性别刻板印象”
关于杰克和吉尔（Jack and Jill）上山以及小波比（Little Bo-Peep）丢失羊群的简单歌曲，曾给几代孩子带来欢乐。但这些经典童谣正被……
学者们声称，这些内容具有性别歧视，并向儿童传授了关于性别角色且令人担忧的教训。他们坚持认为，“杰克和吉尔上山”这句话将男性角色排在第一位，象征着领导力。而“小穆菲特小姐”则因为被蜘蛛吓到而“将女性描绘成情感脆弱的”，且波皮“不知道在哪里能找到它们”这一事实则暗示了混乱与依赖。这项由巴基斯坦国立科学技术大学的 Sehrish Aslam 领导的研究表示，父母应对那些“强化性别刻板印象”的童谣保持“谨慎”。
“我？我会给孩子们读一些童谣” 真是够了……
父母们渴望夏天结束
一项民意调查发现，近四分之一的英国父母已经在为孩子们重返校园而开始倒计时。尽管 8 月份还很长，但 22 per cent 的爸爸妈妈承认，他们正期待着暑假的结束。
由 NEC Birmingham 进行的这项调查发现，8 月 1 日被认为是父母达到崩溃点的日期，因为在工作、育儿、上涨的成本以及对娱乐的持续需求之间周旋，让他们心力交瘁。调查发现，看到其他家庭看似完美的夏季计划让 38 per cent 的人感到压力，26 per cent 感到沮丧，而 18 per cent 则对假期感到精疲力竭。但并非所有情况都如此糟糕——30 per cent 的父母表示，他们喜欢有更多时间陪伴孩子。
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 _ 西班牙的边境危机是对伯纳姆的一次警钟。呼吁停止这项扼杀就业的法案。任何真正关心英国的人都不会欢迎向工会授予额外权力的前景。在创造就业机会和培养更积极商业环境应当成为优先事项的时刻，我们最不需要的就是新一代好战的总书记和车间主管在那里大显身手。然而，这正是政府打算通过《就业权利法》强加给这个国家的怪物。在其众多有害的措施中，包括所谓的“游走权”权力，允许工会官员几乎随心所欲地进入办公室和工厂。其他条款包括一项“玩笑禁令”，这将限制言论自由，并实际上成为那些保留对绝对任何事情感到被冒犯权利之人的宪章。最直接的威胁是以“刷卡罢工”在线投票的形式出现。这不仅增加了职场恐吓的可能性，还意味着在短时间内爆发瘫痪性工业行动的可能性增加。当然，这一切都叠加在之前的工党措施之上，而这些措施在很大程度上导致了超过一百万年轻人陷入不在教育、就业或培训（Neets）的状态。这些措施包括提高青年最低工资和雇主的国民保险缴费，以及商业繁文缛节数量的令人眼花缭乱的增长。难怪英国似乎几乎不再向商业开放。然而，如果我们想通过鼓励企业、创业精神和传统的艰苦奋斗来扩大经济，那么为 1970 年代风格的好战煽动者铺路绝非可行之举。
如果安迪·伯纳姆愿意这样做，现在对他推迟该立法中最有害的部分还不算太晚。这将使他能够证明，自己并未完全受制于——或被收买于——工党的工会出资人。但我们对此不抱期待。
迟缓且匮乏：过去几天的事件是否足以让伯纳姆先生摆脱他在非法移民问题上难以解释的自满，仍有待观察。休达的震惊进展说明了危机的波动性质，以及移民为了踏上欧洲土地而承担的极大风险。在离家更近的地方，所谓“超级橡皮艇”在穿越英吉利海峡时的日益增加，为该问题带来了一个新维度。数据显示，自从伯纳姆先生在两周前入住内阁办公室（Nol0）以来，已有超过 2,000 名移民在英国登陆。上周，首相试图淡化对来自法国的无止尽船队的担忧，这与公众情绪不一致。他那些缺乏同理心的言论未能意识到英国人对于海外无证入境人数在安全和成本两方面的真切担忧。虽然他最终在昨天干预并发表了更具希望的言论，但其评论缺乏具体细节和承诺。他谈到了处理局势、夺回边境控制权以及提供公众所要求之保证的必要性。但每个人都知道这一点。随着他的首相任期进入第三周，首相需要以非常精确的措辞说明他究竟打算如何实现这一切。如果他认为他的政党正在阻止船只入境，那么他正深陷于幻想之中；如果他认为这是我们国家在未来四分之一个世纪面临的最大挑战？那么答案就在这里。
要回答这个问题，你只需看看塞塔（Ceuta）——这个与摩洛哥接壤的西班牙飞地。上周，60,000名非法移民涌入这片狭小领土，其中约67人在过程中死亡。尽管大多数人现在已经离开（通常在西班牙警察的护送下），但这次突然的涌入让我们能够洞察未来。一方面，这些人——几乎全部是年轻人，且绝大多数为男性——并非通常意义上的难民。也就是说，他们并非在逃避迫害。摩洛哥虽是一个专制国家，但比许多发展中国家少有压迫。它绝对不是赤贫之国，被国际货币基金组织将其分类为中低收入国家。但它比这些移民想要前往的西班牙要穷得多。坦白说，我不责怪他们。如果我是他们，我也会考虑这么做。他们渴望更好的生活。在许多情况下，西班牙只是一个中转点。对于许多人来说，更富有的英国、德国和斯堪的纳维亚地区才是最终目的地。在这些年轻人背后，非洲和中东部分地区还有数以亿计的潜在经济移民。他们同样渴望更高的生活标准，而这在他们那些通常腐败且无能的政府治理下是不可能实现的。而且，随着气候变化的影响波及整个大陆的大部分地区，包括粮食产量下降和干旱频发，向北寻找“黄金国”（El Dorado）的冲动将变得日益强烈。这是生活中的事实，欧洲各国政府需要极大的决心才能抵御这种巨大的人口迁移。这就是为什么我说塞塔提供了一个未来局势的缩影。我们的新首相是否对此有哪怕一点点了解？
安迪·伯纳姆在从基尔·斯塔默爵士手中夺取政权后，几乎没有谈论过移民问题，尽管他对其他各方面的事情想法很多。他的主要贡献是荒诞地声称，在阻止小船越境方面，“计划正在发挥作用”。政府之所以自我感觉良好，是因为 2026 年通过英吉利海峡进入的移民人数比 2025 年同期下降了 45%，比 2024 年下降了 16%。然而，小船依然在穿梭海峡。仅在过去一周，就有超过一千名移民抵达我们的海岸；而自伯纳姆成为首相以来，已有超过 2,000 人抵达。这些人中的大多数将被授予庇护权。法国当局显然没有让我们的政府获得应有的价值，而政府在未来三年内将向他们支付 6.62 亿英镑（£662 million），以减少越境移民人数。
影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）上周从法国警方那里获得一项承认：他们接到的指示是不允许使用武力阻止移民前往英国海岸。就在菲尔普先生眼皮底下，他们拒绝逮捕一名在法国海滩上的肆无忌惮的人贩子。菲尔普先生的揭露显然将安迪·伯纳姆从自满中惊醒。昨晚，他表示除非法国政府改善其表现，否则他可能会扣留 1.6 亿英镑（£160 million）的款项。我们相信这会实现吗？或者相信如果法国政府不改善，首相真的会减少付款吗？如果伯纳姆认为非法移民问题已在控制之中，那他完全是陷入了妄想。除非政府采取更为强有力的措施，否则这个问题无法解决。根据民意调查，失控的移民问题仍然是选民的首要关注点，而选民们可以看到……
正在发生的事情。政府表示将停止安排寻求庇护者入住酒店，因为这项政策既昂贵且不受当地人欢迎。那么它该怎么做？它将开设三个新营地（在现有的两个基础上），用于安置数千名寻求庇护者。其中一个位于牛津郡的小村庄皮丁顿（Piddington），离我住的地方不远。皮丁顿有 350 个居民。政府打算将 1,250 名男性寻求庇护者安置在附近的一个前军事基地中。这些入住者将可以自由出入。事实上，我长期以来一直主张寻求庇护者应该被安置在简陋的营地中，但我设想这些营地应该是偏远的——理想情况下在岛上——并且是安全的。部长们必须确信，在英国村庄中心附近安置这么多无根且无聊的年轻男性是可行的。内政大臣莎巴娜·马哈茂德（Shabana Mahmood）声称理解人们对大规模移民的恐惧，但她失策了。皮丁顿的居民自然关心自己的安全，他们一致反对。这些人并不是极右翼极端分子。他们是普通的英国公民，毫无疑问平时是非常热情好客的，但他们不希望在自己的村庄里被身份不明的外国人以近四比一的比例压制。假设政府不屈服，皮丁顿的遭遇将引起英国其他地区的共鸣。许多人会将这个村庄的命运视为一个警告，预示着如果不受控制的移民继续肆虐，国家将会发生什么。事实是，工党无法或不愿阻挡未来几十年准备席卷我们大陆的人类浪潮。在抛弃了保守党那个公认有缺陷的卢旺达计划后，政府让自己失去了任何有用的武器。与之形成鲜明对比的是，保守党和英国改革党（Reform UK）提出了类似的强有力政策。两党都承诺放弃《欧洲人权公约》。这一举措将使未来的政府（无论是保守党、改革党还是两者的结合体）能够在非法移民抵达后的一周内将其全部驱逐出境。他们在法律上将无法申请庇护、提出现代奴役主张、获得法律援助，或通过任何法院诉讼申请留在英国。
令人羞愧的是，正如保守党的克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）所指出的：“澳大利亚在 13 年前采取了类似的措施，并迅速将通过船只进行的非法移民人数降低到几乎为零。”英国改革党将走得更远。其名为“堡垒行动”（Operation Fortress）的新计划是利用皇家海军防止非法移民抵达我们的海岸。每一艘搭载此类人员的船只都将被护送回法国或比利时。这前提是我们有足够的船只来执行此操作。鉴于上届保守党政府在控制移民方面的可耻失败，一些选民会怀疑保守党是否能被信任，是否能足够坚定地执行。在这一点上，改革党仍然占据优势。将于今日就此问题主持新闻发布会的奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）认为，缺乏应对非法移民的连贯政策是伯纳姆最大的弱点。改革党的领导人是对的。首相并不真正理解这个问题。他看着上周在休达（Ceuta）发生的事情，却未能理解长期挑战。除少数例外，他的政党对非法移民的态度明显过于宽松。但全国大多数人并非如此。这是一个不会消失的问题。这可能会让选民们反戈于安迪·伯纳姆。无论他看起来多么健谈和亲切，他都没有在倾听普通人的心声。
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一。克里斯托弗·史蒂文斯 OURTING 标题党，仅仅是为了引起争议而争议？还是以自己的职业生涯为代价的一次孤胆反抗？你如何看待乔治男孩（Boy George）决定发布一首歌曲支持以色列在加沙战争的决定，可能取决于你将他视为一名如今拥有“国民瑰宝”地位的资深明星，还是一个无法忍受被忽视而寻求关注的变装艺人。无论如何，这位 65 岁的文化俱乐部（Culture Club）歌手——最著名的作品是 1980 年代早期的热门单曲《业障变色龙》（Karma Chameleon）和《你真的想伤害我吗？》（Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?）——揭示了 21 世纪音乐产业一个令人沮丧的真相。所有的反叛都必须遵循严格的规则。每个人都必须唱被批准的曲谱。个人观点不仅被不鼓励，而且会被无情地镇压。一个始于抗议游行、民权运动、药物理想主义以及相信音乐能团结世界的激励信念的运动，现在被不宽容的左翼所主导。任何偏离既定剧本的艺术家都会被羞辱并被欺凌至沉默。乔治男孩既不是以色列人也不是巴勒斯坦人——他是伦敦爱尔兰人，原名乔治·艾伦·奥道德（George Alan O'Dowd）。他既不是犹太教徒也不是穆斯林，而是一个十多年前从天主教转为佛教的佛教徒。他此前曾公开反对反犹主义。在去年 4 月伦敦戈尔德斯格林（Golders Green）一家当地犹太会堂外针对犹太人的袭击事件（导致两人重伤）后，他表示：“我们需要让犹太社区知道我们支持他们。” 对于 2023年10月7日 哈马斯恐怖分子大规模屠杀 1,200 名犹太人并绑架 251 名人质而引发的加沙恐怖事件，他怎么想当然应该是他的自由。但在“音乐警察”看来，并非如此。
上周一，乔治发布了一首名为《我们将再次起舞》（We Will Dance Again）的雷鬼歌曲，开头词为：“你说种族灭绝，我说战争 / 当你受袭，军队便是为此而存在。” 左翼不容讨论地断言，自 2023年 以来，以色列一直在进行种族灭绝，而不是在面对生存威胁时进行自卫。任何试图提出不同论点的尝试都会立即遭到谴责和抵制。乔治的情况正证明了这一点。在歌曲通过 DIY 音乐平台 Bandcamp 上线几天后，他的经纪人保罗·凯姆斯利（Paul Kemsley）宣布，这位明星“将不再在伦敦帕拉迪尤姆剧院（London Palladium）出演《耶稣基督超级巨星》”。乔治是五位共同饰演劳埃德·韦伯音乐剧复排版中希律王（King Herod）角色的表演者之一——其他演员包括朱利安·克拉里（Julian Clary）、理查德·阿米蒂奇（Richard Armitage）等人，而山姆·赖德（Sam Ryder）饰演耶稣。目前尚不清楚是制片方要求乔治退出，还是其他演员拒绝与他合作，亦或是他的退出是为了确保该剧不成为仇恨暴徒的目标——或者事实上是三者兼而有之。凯姆斯利表示，此举是“为了我艺人的最大利益，同时也是为了表达对他人尊重”。乔治男孩的唱片公司 BGP 拒绝商业发行该曲目。这位歌手称该决定为“没胆量”，并与该公司经理分道扬镳。他明确表示自己并非在庆祝战争：“暗示我对巴勒斯坦人没有同情心的说法既不属实也十分荒谬。”
文化俱乐部歌手与唱片公司分道扬镳并退出西区演出……-™。对乔治男孩因其支持以色列歌曲而被排挤的情况证明，不宽容的左翼现在完全控制了表演者的思考和言论。 图片：GETTY IMAGES
我对这场战争双方失去无辜生命的局面感到心碎，我呼吁和平。“我知道在这样一场战争肆虐时，为你的朋友辩护会让人感到不舒服，但给我卖贝果的女人没有错，我的医生、公关、经理、前男友（Culture Club 乐队的鼓手 Jon Moss，他是犹太人）以及我的数千名犹太朋友也没有错。这首歌是送给他们的。”歌词清晰地表达了他的立场。“你从未提到 10 月 7 日 / 年轻女孩被抵在树上强奸 / 被残暴地谋杀 / 仅仅因为跳舞的‘罪名’，”他唱到 Nova 音乐节大屠杀，那是暴行的核心焦点之一。“如果你感到困惑，”歌曲继续道，“我与犹太人站在一起 / 我并不觉得自己勇敢，我只是需要像个像人一样行动。”副歌部分重复着“我们将再次起舞”，这是以色列一个流行的口号，且这行词在结尾是以希伯来语说出的。
这首歌本身听起来像是一首欧洲歌唱大赛（Eurovision）的试唱带，基础且未经过打磨，但有很强的记忆点。如今以低沉男中音演唱的乔治（George）对于使用 AI 创建伴奏并没有任何掩饰。“如果和人类一起写，我会很吃力，”他说。这暗示了没有其他音乐家愿意与这种情感产生关联，这是一个令人不寒而栗的暗示，但却极其可能。 “看看周围，”乔治讽刺地说道，“告诉我有一个音乐家在为犹太社区发声，但你绝对可以保证，他们的生计是靠与犹太团队成员合作获得的。”在音乐行业的很大一部分领域，对以色列的支持已通过默契的共识而被禁止。
有些明星大到无法被威慑：据说修炼一种名为卡巴拉（Kabbalah）的犹太神秘主义的麦当娜，在 10 月 7 日后大声谴责哈马斯。但对于大多数表演者来说，人们要求的是绝对的顺从。美国说唱歌手 Azealia Banks 去年退出了两场英国音乐节，声称组织者要求她鹦鹉学舌地喊出：“自由巴勒斯坦。” 甚至 U2 乐队的主唱 Bono 也会因为拒绝谴责以色列而遭到猛烈攻击。“在 Nova 音乐节上对以色列人的强奸、谋杀和绑架是邪恶的，”他在去年 8 月表示，并补充说他也明白“哈马斯并不代表巴勒斯坦人民”。这被前《卫报》记者大卫·赫斯特（David Hearst）经营的左翼网站 Middle East Eye 斥为“亿万富翁的和平主义”和“词语碎片”。
另一方面，表达对巴勒斯坦的支持则会获得回报。Trip-hop 双人组 Massive Attack（他们最后一次进入前十名的热门单曲是在 1998, 年）上个月在新加坡的一场演唱会上挥舞巴勒斯坦国旗，因此赢得了赞誉。为了获得额外的荣誉，他们随后被该国禁入。而前 Roxy Music 键盘手布赖恩·伊诺（Brian Eno）因其慈善单曲《摇篮曲》（Lullaby）而受到簇拥支持，该曲在去年圣诞节期间进入了前五名。彼得·加布里埃尔（Peter Gabriel）贡献了词作，Neneh Cherry、Celeste、Dan Smith 和伦敦社区福音合唱团（London Community Gospel Choir）参与了演唱，该曲为名为 Together For Palestine 的集体筹集资金。所有这些艺术家本质上在说同样的话：战争是可怕的，无辜者正在被屠杀，祈求和平。
但没有任何一个支持巴勒斯坦的人面临被禁止在西区（West End）演出的局面。他们中没有人会因此失去录制合同。这仅适用于那些对以色列表示同情，或坚持认为双方都有好有坏的艺术家。他们才是那些遭受密集恐吓和激烈蔑视的人。左翼现在施加了几乎绝对的控制
关于音乐人为了保住工作而能够发表什么样的言论以及持有什么样的观点，现在有了限制。除非是对巴勒斯坦人及其恐怖组织领导层表示完全支持，否则任何其他态度都是不可接受的。这个行业并非一直如此。近 60 年前，约翰·列侬对一些同龄人信奉的左翼教条感到震惊，在他最后几首披头士乐队歌曲之一的《革命》(Revolution) 中唱道：“如果你举着毛主席的画像 / 无论如何你都无法获得任何人的认可。”流行文化发生了如此大的变化。如今，如果你想获得成功，最好举一块写着“自由巴勒斯坦”的标语牌。
警员将在调查继续期间维持在场。该警队的一名发言人表示：“大约在上午 8.15 分，我们收到西南救护车服务的报告，称一名男子在卡尔库特 Will Hallowell 的一处旅居者营地被枪击。紧急服务部门赶到现场，一名 30 多岁的受害者不幸被宣布死亡。其近亲已获悉此事，在此我们向他们表示慰问。紧急调查正在进行中。”该发言人确认，被捕的两名人员目前在押并接受审讯。首席侦探督察菲尔·沃克（Phil Walker）表示：“目前正在该现场及周边更广泛区域进行调查，以查明具体情况并定位所有相关人员。‘现场已设立警戒线，通往该地的道路已关闭，以便开展调查。我们渴望听到任何掌握信息或目击到任何可疑情况的人员提供线索。’”
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 作者：Ciara Farmer
菲尔·柯林斯 (Phil Collins)：我几乎把自己喝死了 & 两年前……我的家人来跟我道别
音乐家菲尔·柯林斯透露。现年 75 岁的他承认，在 2024 年 4 月他于一家瑞士医院昏迷时，情况本可能会变得“糟糕透顶”，当时他的经理要求他的五个孩子到床边陪伴。这位前 Genesis 乐队鼓手兼歌手是仅有的三位以独唱和乐队成员双重身份唱片销量均超过 100 million 张的艺人之一，他表示：“当时需要做出一些决定，比如‘我们是否要让菲尔继续依赖生命维持系统？’之类的事情。‘我的肾脏快要罢工了，我的器官都在停止运作。人们来跟我道别，但我并不记得他们来过。他们都担心再也见不到我了。情况本可能会变得糟糕透顶。’”
两年前，在他几乎把自己喝死后，孩子们被召集来与他做最后的告别。他是 Joely (53 岁，其第一任妻子 Andrea Bertorelli 的女儿，由他收养) 以及 Simon (49 岁，同样与 Andrea 所生) 的父亲；此外还有与第二任妻子 Jill Tavelman 所生的女演员 Lily Collins (37 岁)，以及与第三任妻子 Orianne Cevey 所生的 Nic (25 岁) 和 Mathew (21 岁)。在谈到困扰他多年的酒精问题时，他告诉《星期日泰晤士杂志》：“我醒来时就会喝葡萄酒。那就是我想要的早餐——一杯葡萄酒。但我不会喝到深夜，你知道，所以我并没有意识到自己有问题。”
尽管柯林斯在 2024 年住院后恢复了过来，但他仍然面临许多严重的健康问题，包括 2 型糖尿病和手部神经损伤，并且在对脊柱和膝盖进行多次手术后需要拄拐行走。此外，他的胰腺有永久性疤痕，肾脏几乎丧失功能。
去年，在出院后，柯林斯与家人聚集在伦敦的豪华酒店——骑士桥的文华东方酒店，共同迎接新年。柯林斯讲述了出演 Netflix 热门剧集《艾米丽在巴黎》的女儿 Lily 如何在他身边“流泪”并说道：“我从未想过我能拥有这些时刻。”柯林斯补充道：“我们度过了一段不可思议的时光。我无法强调那是多么绝妙。”
这位歌手在 2008 年与第三任妻子离婚后一直渴望重新安定下来，但认为现在寻找另一个伴侣已经太晚了。他说：“我很想再次坠入爱河。我渴望一段关系。例如，亲吻某人。你知道，这些很基础的东西。我想现在可能太晚了。我不是一个很社交的人，我不出门。”
2020 年，柯林斯在发现 Orianne 秘密与另一名男子 Thomas Bates 结婚时感到心碎——尽管两人在结婚七年后离婚，但十年后又复合，而这件事发生在他们仍然同居期间。他说：“这很令人不快，不道德，而且很不体面。我还不能完全原谅。”
尽管心碎，但当被问到是否希望他与 Orianne 的关系能“超越”仅仅作为 Nic 和 Mathew 共同抚养人的联系时，他表示：“嗯，我希望如此。但我不认为现在是个好主意，因为我知道我是一个什么样的人。我可能会再次陷进去——我们曾经深爱着对方。”
柯林斯还分享说，他已经修复了与保罗·麦卡特尼 (Paul McCartney) 之间持续十年的裂痕。两人在 2016 年的一次采访中产生过矛盾。
《星期日泰晤士报》中，柯林斯表示这位前披头士成员一直以来对他态度“傲慢”。尽管麦卡特尼后来写信给柯林斯，对他这次采访表示“失望”，但这两位巨星现在已经恢复了友谊——麦卡特尼还提出向国王信托基金会慈善拍卖会捐赠纪念品，该拍卖会将展出菲尔·柯林斯的档案，于11月在洛杉矶举行。关于孩子，柯林斯补充说他与女儿莉莉拥有“极好的关系”。他的儿子西蒙也是一名音乐家，曾与药物成瘾作斗争。柯林斯说：“父亲必须挺身而出并自问，‘对此我负有多少责任？’‘我见到他的次数没有我想象中那么多。但我能说的就是，我们现在关系很好。’” 每日邮报 记者
真是太糟糕了！
十分之一的人将无视软管禁令 一项调查显示，在干旱期间面临软管禁令的住户中，有超过十分之一的人不打算遵守禁令。在表示打算无视禁令的 11 per cent 的人中，很大一部分人认为，安装了水表的住户不应受到限制，因为他们支付了费用。其他人则担心他们种植的蔬菜会白费。YouGov 调查的受访者中，大约 10 per cent 的人表示他们会举报使用软管的邻居。环境署的一位发言人表示：“由于我们不知道这次干旱何时结束，这些禁令允许公司节省供应。” 每日邮报 记者
《黑道家族》主演文森特·帕斯托尔去世，享年 80. 岁。这位美国演员在荧幕上饰演了一系列黑帮分子和硬汉，但他最著名的角色是萨尔瓦多·“大Pussy”·邦彭谢罗。他在纽约布朗克斯的家中被发现死亡。
明星之作：左侧的帕斯托尔与甘多菲尼在《好家伙》中饰演角色。
好家伙萨尔瓦多去世，享年 80 岁
帕斯托尔饰演了托尼·索普拉诺的一个朋友，而托尼·索普拉诺由詹姆斯·甘多菲尼饰演，此后该角色背叛了这位黑帮头目。帕斯托尔的经纪人罗伯特·阿特曼表示：“在世人心中，他将被铭记为那个令人难忘的‘大Pussy’，但对于我们这些认识他的人来说，他 50 更多。”
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 贝克汉姆家族之战：不为人知的故事 当大卫·贝克汉姆在 2013 年被拒绝授予最高荣誉时，他非常愤怒，称荣誉制度是一个“他妈的笑话”。这开启了一场持续 12 年的不懈努力，旨在美化他的慈善工作并结交王室成员…… 她揭露了布鲁克林和尼古拉婚礼的全部令人心碎的细节，以及他与名声显赫的父母之间争吵是如何开始的。今天，在她的震撼新书的最后一部分中，艾莉森·博肖夫（ALISON BOSHOFF）深入揭秘了改变大卫·贝克汉姆形象的计划。 在他众多的奖杯、花环和成就中，有一项对他而言比任何其他都重要：他的爵位。作为一名终身的王室支持者——以及一个长期渴望处于建制核心地位的人——他在 2025 年 11 月 4 日的授勋仪式毫无疑问是他最自豪的时刻。他在那天热情地表示：“在我职业生涯中，我显然 6 % 幸运能赢得现在所赢得的，并完成我所做的一切，但获得像骑士这样的荣誉，超出了我曾经认为自己能获得的所有东西。” 大卫曾因在自己的婚礼上坐在宝座上而遭到势利小人的嘲笑，而现在他获得了一件金钱买不到的东西。他不再仅仅是一个名人，而是一个货真价实的绅士。但这个纹身密布的前足球运动员是如何实现如此惊人的社交转型的？不仅仅是因为查尔斯国王出于对荣誉委员会建议的职责而授爵——而且据我被告知，似乎也出于某种个人愿望？一名王室消息人士告诉我，虽然国王是“所有荣誉的源头”，但任命系统实际上与他关系不大。该消息人士补充道：“并不是国王说‘他是个不错的小伙子，让我们给他个爵位’。”尽管如此，两人之间存在个人关系 7, 并在其中。在这种情况下，查尔斯国王希望亲自为大卫爵士授勋。一名消息人士表示：“国王可以决定他主持哪些荣誉授勋仪式，他希望在温莎为大卫举行授勋仪式，因为日期合适，而且他个人认识他。” 现实是，大卫的“K计划”在过去几十年中经历了数次波折——稍后将详细讲述——但对其最终成功的关键在于一个女性：尼古拉·豪森（Nicola Howson），她曾是 ITV 令人畏惧的宣传主管。从 2018 年起——在原辣妹组合经理西蒙·富勒（Simon Fuller）离开大卫的团队之后——豪森成为了大卫管理团队中不可或缺的一部分。在加入 ITV 之前，她已是一方权威，曾在 Freuds（一家蓝筹公关公司）和旧维克剧院（Old Vic Theatre）担任高级职务。她同时也是世界自然基金会（WWF）慈善机构的大使和国家青年剧院的信托人，她拥有富勒所没有的经验，即能够将客户与更高层级的领导层联系起来，例如大卫现在定期参加的达沃斯世界经济论坛。她明白，如果他想要获得那个爵位，他需要被视为不仅仅是一个名人；他需要沉稳的气场。简而言之，这个文化上的变色龙需要再次重新塑造品牌——而这一次，是以一名活动家和变革者的身份。她的影响很快就显现了出来。到 2019 年，大卫已能代表联合国儿童基金会（Unicef）在联合国流畅地发表演讲。毫无疑问，这是一个巨大的转变。因为大卫的公众表达并不总是如此圆润——这一点在他 1999 年与维多利亚的婚礼上，被他的伴郎、同样是足球运动员的加里·内维尔（Gary Neville）无情地嘲讽。在新郎的演说中，大卫承诺：“我将永远爱护并照顾维多利亚，像对待公主一样对待她，
……他总是希望被这样对待”，内维尔——此时已经换上了一件贝克汉姆风格的围裙——在演讲开始时说道：“朱利安·克拉里说话挺好听的，不是吗？”这段对大卫当时那极其出名的尖细嗓音的调侃引发了全场大笑。然而，据称此后大卫聘请了多位专业的语音教练。在他那场重要的联合国演说之前，这项训练进入了加速状态。他一遍又一遍地练习演讲，学习如何阅读提词机，甚至租下了伦敦诺丁山的 Electric Cinema 电影院，并邀请朋友和员工填满整个影院，以便体验面对庞大观众群的感觉。他的一位朋友告诉我：“他天生内向，在亚历克斯·弗格森爵士和特德·贝克汉姆这两个近乎残酷的父亲形象的影响下长大，但他学会了快速学习。你只需要告诉他一次，他就会不断练习，直到做正确为止。”
豪森的影响在其他方面也显而易见。2021 年，大卫同意拍摄一部关于他生活的 Netflix 大型纪录片《贝克汉姆》，由豪森担任执行制片人，并由她自己的电视公司 Studio 99 制作。这部于 2023 年上映的纪录片被明确构思为修复其形象的工具，事实也确实如此。豪森在爱丁堡电视节上表示，大卫对她以及他的好朋友内维尔的信任至关重要。她说：“如果没有一个他知道会支持他的人在身边——在帮他解锁记忆这个意义上——大卫不会走到这一步。这极其困难。他需要两样东西：我以及加里·内维尔。”
“他屏蔽了太多记忆，并将其地掩盖，就像运动员为了继续前行而做的那样。我也意识到了这一点。他们把记忆装进盒子里，然后继续前行。大卫会给费舍尔（[史蒂文斯]，旁白兼导演）讲述一个故事，然后加里看到了，加里会说：‘事实并非如此，’然后他会向大卫发起挑战。”在纪录片中，大卫显得谦虚且讨人喜欢，并且……
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一。坦率地说，他甚至接近于承认关于丽贝卡·卢斯（Rebecca Loos）的事情，谈到了他在皇家马德里期间婚姻所陷入的危险而感到的遗憾。观众们很喜欢他打趣维多利亚的地方——在维多利亚解释她的工人阶级出身时，他提到她曾坐着劳斯莱斯去上学。这在全球范围内获得了巨大的成功。正如豪森（Howson）所观察到的，美国人并不了解他的出身故事，几乎默认他的生活始于 2007 年，当时他转会加盟洛杉矶银河队。在豪森让他们……终于获得认可：大卫……关于……他童年时期在严厉父亲掌控下的残酷对待与排斥，以及他在曼联的职业生涯，他显得近乎圣洁。大卫现在稳稳地进入了一个他不再会犯任何错误的时代。这种转变，坦白说，令人惊叹。
（去年）时尚失误：大卫 1998 年与维多利亚在夜生活活动中穿着纱笼。下方为今年切尔西花展与国王合影。图片：ANDREW MATTHEWS / POOL / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES / PA / OLIVER DIXON。
事实上，就在六年前，即 2017 年 2 月，大卫及其团队之间的一批令人尴尬的电子邮件被泄露。在这些邮件中，他愤怒地讨论了为什么自己还没有获得爵位——显然他认为这是他应得的。他否决了较低等级荣誉的想法。“如果不是爵位，就去他妈的（f off），”他写道。荣誉委员会被描述为“不识好歹的混蛋（unappreciative cs）”。这些所谓的“贝克汉姆泄密（Beckileaks）”邮件威胁要破坏一个他从小就怀揣的雄心——自幼年起，他每年都会和祖父母一起去观看阅兵仪式（Trooping the Colour）。大卫极其渴望获得王室的认可。只有极少数前足球运动员被授予爵位，第 19 页中包括斯坦利·马修斯（Stanley Matthews）、鲍比·查尔顿（Bobby Charlton）和贝利（Pele）——大卫的目标就是成为下一个。
尽管大卫的法律团队在 2016 年获得了针对《星期日泰晤士报》的禁令，但这些邮件还是被公布了。这些日期为 2013 年的邮件显示，大卫因税务问题而被拒绝授予爵位而愤怒不已。在参与伦敦 2012 年奥运会申办工作后，科爵士（Lord Coe）确实向荣誉委员会推荐他授予“K”（爵位），委员会也认为该提名是“有价值的”。按照标准程序，委员会会向警方、安全部门和税务局寻求关于候选人的信息。看来，税务局提出了警示。一位接近委员会的消息人士表示：“英国税务海关总署（HMRC）会给我们一个旗标——红色、琥珀色或绿色。大卫是红色的。他的税收是个问题。”
大卫与几乎所有高收入者一样，在对待税收时，可以说一直非常“财务高效”。例如，他在 2013 年于卡塔尔支持的巴黎圣日耳曼足球俱乐部度过了职业足球生涯的最后几个月。期间，他住在巴黎的布里斯托酒店，套房每晚费用为 £14,000。他将全部收入捐给了法国的一家儿童慈善机构。媒体对他宽广的胸怀赞不绝口，但这种安排也有其优势：这意味着他在 2013 年 4 月新财政年度开始前，可以为了税务目的而保持其“非定居（non-dom）”身份。他还避开了法国高达 75% 的税率。但英国税务海关总署反对的事实是，他是数十名投资于有争议的 Ingenious Media 计划以资助电影并减税的富豪名人之一。
投资者的个人税务责任。英国税务海关总署（HMRC）将该计划定性为避税工具。据了解，荣誉委员会随后与贝克汉姆团队进行了一次非同寻常的对话，以试图“解决”这一问题，这表明高知名度人士可以通过被告知需要做些什么来获得爵位。但大卫似乎并未感激这次试图帮助他的举动。泄露的电子邮件显示，当他在 2013 年发现自己被否决时，这位前英格兰队队长痛斥委员会成员是一群“混蛋（cs）”，并且对他作为“国民瑰宝”的身份“不感激”。他还将荣誉制度称为“一个他妈的笑话（fing joke）”。他的观点是，在助力申奥、尝试争取世界杯以及自 2005 年起担任联合国儿童基金会亲善大使之后，他有资格获得爵位。“老实说，这太丢脸了，如果我是美国人，我 10 年前就拿到了类似的东西，”他写道。他猛烈抨击其他获得荣誉的名人，其中就包括臭名昭著的歌剧演唱者凯瑟琳·詹金斯（Katherine Jenkins）。“凯瑟琳·詹金斯获得 OBE 是因为什么？”他愤怒地质疑道，“在橄榄球赛上唱歌、去看军队，外加吸可卡因。他妈的笑话。”贝克汉姆的团队表示，这些邮件——请翻页
每日邮报，星期一，2026 年 8 月 3 日
休闲风：汤姆·赫兰德与赞达亚。插图：她的分趾鞋——完全放松！汤姆和赞达亚享受休息日。作者：多米尼克·海因斯
他们花费了数周时间，为了推广今夏两部最大的大片而不断提升红毯和拍摄时的华丽造型。但新婚的赞达亚和汤姆·赫兰德终于得以脱掉设计师礼服和西装，享受一些共同的闲暇时光。
这对夫妇——一直在推广《奥德赛》和最新的《蜘蛛侠》电影——在伦敦西南部里士满家附近购买饮料时，被拍到穿着十分随意的装扮。赞达亚身着白色太阳裙。
但对于 29 岁的赞达亚来说，休闲绝不意味着廉价，因为她穿着一双古怪的 £620 Maison Margiela 皮质分趾芭蕾平底鞋。30 岁的赫兰德则选择了简单的白色 T 恤、牛仔裤和一顶绣有其无酒精啤酒品牌 Bero 名称的橙色帽子。
这与他们数周以来推广克里斯托弗·诺兰的《奥德赛》时的样子截然不同，该片在全球开画票房达 £196 million。在这部对荷马史诗的改编作品中，赫兰德饰演奥德修斯的儿子特勒马库斯，而赞达亚则饰演女神雅典娜。他们还将再次在漫威的《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》中饰演彼得·帕克和 MJ。
这对在《蜘蛛侠》剧组相识的夫妇在今年早些时候秘密结婚，赫兰德在一次采访中确认了婚讯，随后补充道：“关于这一点，你就只能知道这么多。” 2017,
聚焦：推广《蜘蛛侠》
母亲 29 岁因脑囊肿死亡，此前医生称其为偏头痛并“告诉她坐在黑暗的橱柜里”
一名母亲在因脑囊肿而昏迷后死亡，死者此前曾多次被医院开药并告知为偏头痛而送回家中，一项死因研讯听证会获悉。
劳拉·豪斯，29 岁，在 2024 年 7 月期间连续三天被送往医院，症状包括视力模糊和呕吐，且情况日益恶化。她的丈夫克里斯，36 岁，在声明中表示，她被告知回家并坐在一个“黑暗的橱柜”里。
这位脚手架工表示，当他们于 7 月 9 日第三次抵达斯温顿的大西医院时，他之前身体健康的药剂师妻子虚弱到他必须抱着她穿过停车场，在急诊室等待超过一小时就诊时，她甚至难以在椅子上支撑住身体。
他补充说，在初级医生尼莱什·辛格对她进行评估后，尽管她“说话像个幼儿”，但医疗记录上却写着她“意识清醒，定向力正常且无意识混乱”，这让他感到惊讶。他询问是否可以进行扫描，但被告知她只是“简单的偏头痛，没有其他可以采取的措施”。
“我记得在评估过程中我变得越来越沮丧，因为医生开始重复之前所有评估中说过的话，称这只是简单的偏头痛，她需要待在黑暗的房间里，”他补充道，“我记得他建议我们尝试为劳拉找一个像橱柜那样的小暗处坐着。”
在回到位于威尔特郡克里克莱德的家中后，她的丈夫说她的病情恶化了。她被紧急送往布里斯托尔的南美德医院，但于 7 月 11 日因罕见胶样囊肿导致的全球性缺氧性脑损伤而去世。豪斯先生不得不告诉他们当时仅两岁和六岁的孩子，他们的母亲已经去世。
GWH NHS 基金会信托的顾问彼得·多宾森在审查了一项关于此次死亡的内部调查后表示，CT 扫描有“很大机会”能发现该囊肿。
威尔特郡和斯温顿验尸官法院的听证会已休庭，裁决将在稍后日期宣布。
悲剧：劳拉·豪斯育有两个年幼的孩子
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每日邮报，周一，2026年8月3日 作者：Jada Bas
据信，俄罗斯空军负责人是一次袭击的目标，此前一名女子将炸弹走私进一家莫斯科高端餐厅时发生爆炸，导致 5 人死亡。该炸弹被隐藏在礼品中并填充了金属球，在一名保安于 Balzi Rossi 餐厅门外将其打开时爆炸，导致该女子和一名保安死亡。周六晚上，这家距离克里姆林宫仅一英里的餐厅的一名顾客也在爆炸中丧生。另外 21 人受伤，其中两人在医院因伤势过重死亡。
俄罗斯和乌克兰媒体报道，目标可能是航空航天军总司令亚历山大·恰伊科（Aleksandr Chayko）上将。他当时被认为正在该餐厅庆祝生日。一名亲俄博主在 Telegram 应用上发布的派对准备视频显示，舞台上写着“Alexsandr 55”字样。由于他在 2022 年入侵期间指挥俄罗斯东部集群部队，而该部队因实施大规模屠杀和酷刑而备受谴责，他被指控犯有战争罪。
昨晚，伤者中仍有 6 人处于危急状态。据报道，俄罗斯反恐专家称，该女子可能不知道自己携带炸弹，并补充说她可能接受了乌克兰的雇佣。当地媒体称，炸弹很可能是远程引爆的。据称，爆炸威力相当于 1 公斤 TNT 炸药。
被俄罗斯炸毁，这张婚礼照片中除了 3 人以外全部被火箭弹杀害 悲剧：只有丹尼洛·沃罗诺夫（Danylo Voronov）、妻子安娜（Anna）和妹妹因娜（Inna，圈出部分）在袭击中幸存
对于丹尼洛·沃罗诺夫来说，一年前的婚礼是他人生中最幸福的日子之一，当时他的家人都聚集在一起见证。这张照片显示他和妻子安娜展示他们的戒指，以及他的母亲奥莱娜（Olena）、他们的幼子阿尔特姆（Artem）和其他兄弟姐妹。现在，在一枚俄罗斯导弹击中他们在乌克兰的家后，他们中只有 3 人还活着。
当袭击发生在第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克地区（Dnipropetrovsk region）的拉杜什内村（Radushne village）时，沃罗诺夫一家正在熟睡。41 岁的奥莱娜与她的丈夫阿尔特姆（47 岁）、他们的三个儿子（马克 17 岁，扎哈里 13 岁，阿扎里 11 岁）、四个女儿（多米尼卡 16 岁，维奥里卡 14 岁，费德里卡 9 岁，埃米莉亚 7 岁）以及 18 个月大的孙子阿尔特姆一同遇难。
沃罗诺夫先生在悲剧发生时正在前线服役，他回到了房屋的废墟中。“这感觉仍然像是一场梦——就像他们还存在于某个地方，只是不在这里了，”他说。
其他幸存的家庭成员包括他的哥哥马特维（Matvii），25 岁，袭击发生时不在家；他的妹妹因娜，24 岁，住在德国；以及他 23 岁的妻子安娜。
在瓦砾中发现了两个毛绒玩具，一本贴满了家人照片的剪贴簿，以及一幅孩子画的画，画上是一只兔子拿着一束花。
沃罗诺夫先生的姑姑奥莱娜·乔尔纳（Olena Chorna），43 岁，住在附近的埃里维里赫（Eryvyi Rih），她说：“丹尼洛试图坚强，但我们将埋葬十名家人，其中八个是孩子。有人能想象他现在的感受和经历吗？他的整个世界都被摧毁了。”她补充道：“我对发射那枚导弹并夺走我至亲生命的人们充满了仇恨。”
这次摧毁沃罗诺夫家的袭击是夜间轰炸行动的一部分。
独家报道，作者：Andy Jehring，首席外交记者
俄罗斯周四对乌克兰全境发动袭击。至少 50 人受伤。出生于克里维里赫的总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基将此次袭击谴责为“可怕的罪行”，并补充道：“俄罗斯人摧毁了一个普通家庭的普通住所。”
女王通过奖项支持记者 作者：丽贝卡·英格利什，皇家编辑
卡米拉王后正支持一项针对新锐人才的“开创性”奖项计划。作为由记者慈善机构（Journalists’ Charity）在女王陛下支持下启动的计划的一部分，18 至 30 岁的申请者将有机会赢得 £2,500 以及职业指导。
卡米拉王后新闻业未来奖（The Queen Camilla Future of Journalism Awards）每年将向 25 位获奖者提供用于培训、设备、旅行或住宿的现金奖金，并提供指导或教练服务。获奖者还将受邀与行业领袖一同参加仪式，以表彰他们对新闻业的承诺。
申请开放至 8 月底，获奖名单将于 9 月公布。记者慈善机构首席执行官詹姆斯·布林德尔（James Brindle）表示：“我们很荣幸女王陛下能支持慈善机构在新闻业比以往任何时候都更重要的时刻去挖掘新人才。”
“启动这项开创性的奖项计划是一项荣幸。”
“这些奖项将产生真正的影响，为未来的之星提供他们所需的工具。”
79 岁的卡米拉长期以来一直支持新闻业和读写能力，她创办了极其成功的在线读书会和读写慈善组织“女王阅读室”（The Queen’s Reading Room），并牵头开展了多项旨在推广阅读（尤其是青少年阅读）的国家和国际倡议。
90,000 名大学新生接种 MenB 疫苗
在 3 月份发生导致两人死亡的疫情之后，下个月即将进入大学的近 90,000 名年轻人已经接种了第一剂 B 型脑膜炎球菌（MenB）疫苗。
英格兰国民医疗服务体系（NHS England）表示，这些疫苗是在一项针对 13 年级学生和 25 岁以下学生的计划的前两周内接种的。
NHS 疫苗接种主任卡罗琳·特明克（Caroline Temmink）补充说，接下来的几周已经预约了超过 135,000 次接种。该疫苗需要接种两剂才能达到最佳效果。
此次接种行动是在 3 月份发生悲剧之后展开的，当时 MenB 导致肯特大学坎特伯雷分校一名 21 岁学生死亡。当地一名 18 岁的六年级学生朱丽叶特·肯尼（Juliette Kenny）也不幸去世。
一年级新生感染 MenB 的可能性比同龄人高出七倍。人们认为，宿舍内的密切接触以及通过接吻、共饮或共用电子烟导致了感染。
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 INSPIRE 铁杆素食主义者对比坚定肉食主义者——我们的婚姻能在厨房中幸存吗？- 弗里克·埃弗里特 (Flic Everett) 著。当我们终于坐下来吃饭时，厨房操作台上堆满了脏锅。我的食物搅拌机上结满了胡萝卜碎，有一个需要清洗的空鹰嘴豆罐头，而烤盘上还沾满了鸡翅的辣酱。与此同时，实用房里的真空低温烹饪机正在冷却。你可能会认为我们一直在费力地为 12 人准备一场庆祝晚宴，但并非如此——这只是一个普通的周中夜晚，我们就像其他所有中年夫妇一样，在瘫在 Netflix 面前之前快速吃顿饭。我的丈夫安迪和我，两人均 55 岁，住在苏格兰西高地的一个小农舍里，共用一个厨房。这个厨房有一个带有三个工作燃烧器的燃气灶、一个单一的操作台，以及一张通常被工作杂物、账单和一只熟睡的猫覆盖的餐桌。在某些方面，我们在食物方面非常合拍——我们都热爱烹饪，并且都喜欢购买食材、研究食谱以及尝试新口味。唯一的问题是，我们有着完全—— 详见下一页 图片：GRAEME HUNTER PICTURES |
“仅仅站在那里好看是太无聊了。”
@ 米歇尔·菲弗 (MICHELLE PFEIFFER)
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 = 当我们还是孩子时，我们一直期待着在北康沃尔的哈林湾（Harlyn Bay）度过的漫长夏天，在那里我们会花好几个小时游泳和在岩池中探索。我们会从我们在科茨沃尔德（Cotswolds）比斯利（Bisley）的家中开车前往，那里和吉莉·库珀（Jilly Cooper）住在同一个村庄。而且我们并不是唯一这样做的。在那些日子里，那里简直就是“海边科茨沃尔德”，整个格洛斯特郡（Gloucestershire）的社交圈都往那里走，其中许多人可能启发了吉莉好友笔下的一些角色。朋友们会过来小住，我们偶尔会去特雷沃斯高尔夫俱乐部（Trevose Golf Club）的迪厅——但大多数时间我们都深陷在沙堆和狗群之中——那一切都非常有《五个孩子》（Famous Five）的感觉。大人们会拿着茶壶在沙丘中聊天，看着他们的后代在海滩上嬉戏，或者可能他们自己也在搞些小动作。那时，哈林湾被称作“另一边”，而波尔齐斯（Polzeath）和罗克（Rock）才是热门之选。当我们长大一点，我们会恳求可怜的母亲开车带我们花 40 分钟（晚上没有渡轮）前往罗克的船员酒吧（The Mariner’s Pub），那里有一群金发闪亮的青少年喝酒，直到爸爸妈妈来接他们。最终，我母亲放弃了开车去“另一边”，转而开始在当地寻找度假租赁房，以省去半夜奔波的麻烦。我们把一栋沙滩度假小屋换成另一栋，年复一年地回去，玩得非常开心。然而，当我开始有了孩子，我知道不久后我们就必须放弃这片“奢华康沃尔”地区了——我以前开玩笑说，你不能把婴儿奶瓶和啤酒瓶混在一起。那里已经变得越来越像一个派对目的地，
而这正是我不需要的，因为当时我对苏多霜（Sudocrem）的关注远多于桑布卡酒（Sambuca）。我们尝试过康沃尔南部，但被基南斯湾（Kynance Cove）的加特蛇以及利扎德角（the Lizard）周围那些看起来像是会导致断腿（及其他伤害）的陡峭悬崖给吓跑了。此外，当我们到达布里斯托尔时，每个人都快累哭了——康沃尔离埃塞克斯（Essex）实在太远了，所以最后我们不得不放弃。因此，当我读到西比拉·哈特（Sybilla Hart）写道，波尔齐斯是现实版“海滩上的性爱”鸡尾酒的中心时，我对选择诺福克（Norfolk）作为度假目的地感到非常宽慰。因为对于成年精英阶层来说，诺福克就是新的康沃尔。它比南部的同行更加文明和纯正，而后者已经变得喧闹、低端且有些过时。现在，我要负责照顾不少于三个青少年，真是太幸好我们不在波尔齐斯，我听说那里在夜晚会变成一个醉醺醺的游乐场，居民们不得不任命一名“海滩巡逻员”来监督他们。在北诺福克，你更有可能在海滩上撞见一只海豹，而不是一个醉酒的青少年，而且在克莱海边（Cley next the Sea）度假的大多是年轻家庭或退休人员。这些年来，我的孩子们结交了一些朋友，偶尔在晚上坐在别人的船里分享一罐特易购（Tesco）梨味苹果酒，但大概也就限于此。我逐渐意识到，诺福克与康沃尔一样高端，但人口稀少得多。你不需要像现在在波尔齐斯那样，为了找一小块可以铺毛巾的空沙地而与人群搏斗。诺福克的高端村庄差异很大，我觉得最好的描述方式是将它们比作伦敦的各区。对于
例如，布莱克尼（Blakeney）就像里士满（Richmond），富裕且美丽，拥有绝佳的徒步路线。伯纳姆市场（Burnham Market）是诺福克郡（Norfolk）版的贝尔格莱维亚（Belgravia），拥有所有商店和高档餐厅。布兰卡斯特（Brancaster）就像富勒姆（Fulham），到处是家庭，拉布拉多犬在海滩上散步。伯纳姆奥弗里斯泰斯（Burnham Overy Staithe）则是“海上的切尔西”，到处是穿着相同衣服、在船上嬉闹的金发青少年。克罗默（Cromer）更像哈克尼（Hackney），霍尔特（Holt）像巴恩斯（Barnes），最后，以著名的网球锦标赛著称的亨斯坦顿（Hunstanton），最贴切的描述是诺福克郡版的克拉珀姆（Clapham）。诺福克郡的餐厅足以让里克·斯坦（Rick Stein）心碎，克罗默附近的枪顿之臂（The Gunton Arms）以及布莱克尼的穆林斯（The Moorings）评分都很高，而且在选择售卖平白咖啡的精致咖啡馆时，我们简直被宠坏了。在低潮时可以找到隐秘的海滩，只有一只海鸥作伴；泥滩看起来像艺术品；风车点缀在地平线上，你几乎可以想象曾经的诺福克居民纳尔逊海军上将从海浪中大步迈向一个拥有数百年历史的饮水处。在海滩上，你会发现鹅卵石而非啤酒瓶，贝壳而非丢弃的电子烟。而我在诺福克海滩上见到的唯一在交配的生物是鸟类。
（接前页）完全不同的饮食习惯。我是一个素食主义者——偶尔会不情愿地尝试鱼类——并且曾是一名纯素食主义者，还曾编辑过一份植物基食品杂志。而他最热爱的事情就是用鹿后腿肉或一整根牛尾来烹饪晚餐。我吃沙拉、豆子、豌豆；他每天吃肉。我最接近汉堡的尝试是食用大褐菇；而他对真菌严重过敏。我的烹饪风格像《大飞人大戏》（The Muppets）里的瑞典厨师，一边操作一边将欧芹碎片扔到地板上，丢弃蔬菜皮。而他会预先准备好所有食材，将所有东西切成完美的正方体，并立即清理掉任何碎片。在他最近准备过食物的任何表面上，你都可以轻松地进行一次紧急气管切开术。
不，在厨房和饮食习惯方面，我们完全且彻底地不兼容——就像杰克·斯普拉特（Jack Sprat）夫妇一样——以至于在四年的婚姻和十年的同居生活中，我们几乎从未吃过同一顿晚餐。我经常在思考，我们究竟是如何在没有每晚争吵的情况下维持关系的。很多人做不到。今年早些时候的一项研究发现，20 per cent 的英国人认为，如果伴侣的饮食习惯与自己不符，将成为关系的决定性破坏因素；如果一个是纯素食者而另一个不是，这一比例则上升至 47 per cent —— 几乎一半！我们都知道，洗碗机的堆放习惯可能会引发关系问题，水槽边的一个脏杯子甚至可能导致离婚。但随着不寻常的饮食习惯日益普及——从“正念饮食”到“纤维最大化”，从“肉食主义”到“反超加工食品（anti-UPF）”——厨房战争无疑已经转移到了冰箱、烤箱和储藏室中，完全不同的饮食哲学在这里争夺宝贵的架位。
当安迪（Andy）和我在 12 years ago 通过共同好友认识时，我是一名长期的素食主义者。我习惯于吃蔬菜面条、植物基咖喱，偶尔用素肉糜来补充菜肴。我并非绝对的纯洁主义者：我不介意在圣诞节烤火鸡，只要我不必吃它就好。我主要关注动物福利，但我也喜爱素食的健康口味和质感，并觉得自己在为地球尽一份力。与此同时，安迪在苏格兰农村深处长大，在那里，管理鹿群、牛只拍卖甚至狩猎聚会都是完全正常的。我第一次去
为了和他一起住在我们现在依然居住的那座偏僻小屋里，我们曾就素食主义进行过一场激烈的辩论。对我这个来自曼彻斯特城市的、热爱动物的自由主义者来说，他对待食用其他生物肉类时那种干脆、实用的态度简直令人愤慨。我不明白为什么他像大多数乡村居民一样，既能深爱自己的狗，却能心安理得地吃猪肉，而猪被认为拥有相当的智力。幸运的是，安迪（Andy）既体贴又冷静，所以他并没有让我们的辩论演变成一场全面争吵，而是耐心地解释了他的观点（我们进化到吃肉，我们需要蛋白质和铁，如果没有畜牧业，根本就不会有牛类或羊类动物），并补充说他尊重我的观点。从那时起，我们的立场就没有太大改变。安迪还患有一种管理良好的自身免疫疾病，这意味着他不能消化太多的纤维，并且每天吃肉；而我极其健康的饮食中所含的纤维比一座草屋还要多。在 2016 和 2019 年之间，我在编辑那本素食食品杂志期间，甚至完全转为纯素食——直到后来被诊断出严重的镍过敏（镍在豆类、大豆和坚果等纯素主食中含量很高），这意味着我不得不减少粗纤维的摄入，重新开始食用乳制品，并不情愿地在饮食中加入了一些鱼类。
这一切意味着，在我们家中，购物、烹饪和进食变成了一场相当复杂的舞蹈。买食物是一个通常至少需要两小时的过程。我们住在距离最近的商店 15 英里远的地方，每周光顾两次。在名为 Marmalade 的优秀熟食店里，安迪会为自己买好咖啡、蓝纹奶酪和高级薯片，而我可能会买大号橄榄并补充我的干谷物储备。然后他会去肉店买萨拉米香肠、牛排、鹿肉馅和鸡肉，而我可能会买一块三文鱼柳。我们通常根据季节购买，并且比起超市，更倾向于熟食店的品质。在 Co-op 合作社，他会买西兰花和卷心菜，而我会买灯笼椒和蘑菇。如果我们分开购物（我们经常这样做），我们会互发消息告知对方需要什么，而且因为我们都是自由职业者——我是一名作家，他经营一家度假屋——谁那周银行账户里的钱多就由谁买单。当然，如果我们吃同样的东西，杂货账单会便宜得多。但尽管我们不可避免地超支，我们并不经常度假，而且十多年来没有重新装修过，而美食给我们两人都带来了快乐。我不反对帮他去肉店，只要肉被紧紧包裹住且我不需要触摸它——幸运的是，那里不是那种天花板上挂着动物尸体或在光天化日之下进行暴力肢解的商店。
事实上，真正的问题不在于购物，而是在于规划、准备和饭后的清理工作。“只是……你的时间点，”安迪疲惫地说，“你永远不知道自己要煮什么，所以我们几乎从不在同一时间吃饭。”我无法反驳。我最近被诊断出患有 ADHD（注意力缺陷多动障碍），这或许可以解释为什么大多数日子里，直到七点左右我才会决定想吃什么，通常是通过盯着冰箱寻找灵感。相比之下，安迪会提前几天规划他的饮食。由于一直对厨房小工具感兴趣，他几年前买了一台低温慢煮机（sous-vide）——这是一种水浴机，餐厅用它来将食物保持在恒温状态。他用它来安全地慢炖肉类数小时，这符合他的消化能力和口味。这也意味着他会购买巨大的肉块，然后靠 resulting stew（炖菜）或 ragu（肉酱）维持几天，并且可以
十分钟加热一顿饭。有时，他会保持食物温度，等着和我一起坐下来吃。而其他时候，则是我站在炉子前，背对着他，而他就地在距离我半英尺远的地方吃晚餐（厨房确实很小）。接着就是收拾残局。我的烂摊子。素食和鱼素餐通常需要很多不同的组成部分，而且除了要用好几个锅，我最终还得频繁地在——
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 / 水槽里的一块抹布引发了我们婚姻中最激烈的争吵之一——我们好几个小时没说话…… 在我做饭时，我在橱柜、冰箱和调料架之间来回穿梭，不可避免地挡住了安迪（Andy）搅拌锅中的路。通常在开始之前，他会问，“你要用烤箱吗？”，然后我会试图猜测我的答案，接着我们就这样在厨房电器之间互相绕行、协商。当我们计划在 170°C 时烹饪，而他需要 220. 度高温爆炒时，我们经常陷入困境。通常情况下，他已经告诉我了，但我给忘了，所以他赢了，我在最后一刻改变计划。也许不足为奇，我们并不总能在同一时间完成烹饪。不过，每周至少有两次，我们不知怎么地能够同步，并坐下来一起用餐。我经常被问到是否介意安迪坐在我对面烹饪和食用肉类，但事实是我并不介意。唯一真正让我感到心理创伤的是他上个月过生日时要求的一道菜：牛肾派。肾脏让我想起那些难以下咽的学校晚餐，我无法忍受那个味道，且它们血淋淋的样子让我恐惧。最终，我让他处理肾脏部分，我来处理面皮，同时在面对内脏的近距离接触时打了个冷颤。在我们食物的维恩图（Venn diagram）中，中心只有极少数我们会共同食用的菜肴，包括安迪做的葡萄牙鱼炖汤和西班牙大锅饭——当然，我的那份是不含肉的。我们还会共享安迪在封锁期间自学制作的绝佳酸面包——而且我们并不介意分食一大袋辣椒味薯片，尽管通常不是在同一时间，这就导致当发现对方早早地把薯片吃完时，会产生极大的失望。
至于款待客人的问题，我们找到了解决办法。当我们邀请朋友来家里共进晚餐时——因为住在一个小农村社区，这种情况经常发生——我们要么轮流烹饪，要么由安迪负责主菜，我负责前菜和甜点。自然地，作为乡村居民，我们的许多朋友都是肉食者，但他们通常不会反对我丰盛的黎巴嫩梅泽（mezze）或各种素食咖喱。然而，安迪倾向于提供餐厅标准的肉类和蔬菜，因此对于我，他经常会用牛浓菇和小麦蛋白面筋，为我制作一份其他所有人都在吃的羊肉、牛肉或鸡肉的素食版本。我从未感到失望。当我们提到这一点时，人们盯着我们看，仿佛我们疯了似的，但我们是曾在自己的婚礼上为 50 位宾客提供餐饮的夫妇，所以可以公平地说，我们享受复杂的烹饪——尽管不是一起烹饪。
这并不全是婚姻和谐与包容的愿景。“噢天哪，水槽，”当我提到这一点时，安迪呻吟道。洗碗才是所有矛盾爆发的地方。安迪可能会把锅具留在操作台上，但通常它们被整齐地堆放，等待他随后按照他惯常的军事化流程——餐具、玻璃杯、瓷器和锅具——依次清洗。与他不同，我是在一个配备了非常好的洗碗机的环境下长大的，我全身每一个细胞都厌恶洗碗。我讨厌刮盘子的声音，我鄙视聚集在排水孔里的细小蔬菜残渣，而且沥碗架对我来说太高了，很难够到，所以我通常在水滴到袖子上时把餐具给摔碎。由于这种厌恶，我倾向于在喝完茶后随处丢弃用过的马克杯，将结垢的锅留在炉子上，并将其他所有东西堆成一个摇摇欲坠的叠叠乐（Jenga）塔。
是的，我就是那个会把杯子 / 盘子 / 玻璃杯留在水槽边的人。当我终于想起去洗它们时，我偶尔还会犯下一个“致命”的错误——把抹布留在水槽里，而不是冲洗干净并挂起来晾干（当然，在安迪洗完碗后，水槽上方会整齐地挂着一排洁白无瑕的方块抹布）。这导致了我们之间最激烈的一次争吵，起因是他发出一声呻吟，那语气简直像苏格兰队在世界杯上出局时一样绝望。“怎么了？”我有些惊慌地问。“抹布，”他说，咬牙切齿，声音勉强克制着，“它又在水槽里了。我到底要告诉你多少次——”在那一刻，我的女性主义怒火瞬间爆发。“不要像对待你的私有财产一样跟我说话！”我尖叫道，随后争吵升级：“细菌！”“自以为是！”“邋遢！”“冯·特拉普船长！”我们好几个小时没说话，期间我用谷歌搜索了“抹布，水槽，细菌”，意识到他是对的。我现在不再把抹布留在水槽里了。而且我们依然没有洗碗机，因为在我们住的地方，废水直接排入溪流，会杀死鱼类。我们甚至使用特殊的环保洗洁精。我已经习惯了。
这些年来，朋友们偶尔会问，我们是否考虑过干脆妥协，尝试一下对方的饮食习惯？这样我们就能吃同样的东西，一起烹饪，省钱，减少洗碗量……然而，尽管有这么多优点，我可以肯定地说，出于很多原因，我们从未这么做过。首先，安迪无法消化太多的纤维；其次，我热爱动物，痛恨现代农业养殖方式（是的，我也担心乳制品和鱼类）；第三，也许是最重要的一点——我们单纯地喜欢不同的东西。安迪不吃早餐，午餐心不在焉地吃一个奶酪火腿三明治，并喝咖啡。而我吃早餐，通常是一碗酸奶和水果。午餐我会吃沙拉或一个烤红薯，并且喝脱咖啡因茶。我以前喝酒，但现在几乎不怎么在意，而他非常享受在吃红肉时配上一瓶优质红酒。他通常讨厌甜点，除非是水煮梨，而我还没见过我不喜欢的甜点。幸运的是，我们直到 40 岁出头才在一起，那时我的育儿和家庭餐时代已经结束，因此我们能够纵容各自的口味。事实上，我们已经习惯了在同一个小厨房里经营两家完全不同的“私人餐厅”，这在我们看来一点也不奇怪。谢天谢地，晚餐后当我们走进客厅打开电视时，我们在看什么节目上几乎总能达成一致。
eI NSPIRE : 每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 能够击败蚊子的喷雾！蚊虫叮咬有时足以让最自信地展露身体的人也想把自己遮起来。过去，驱除虫害意味着喷洒含有 DEET 的驱虫配方，这种化学配方虽然有效，但会溶解你的指甲油，而且气味糟糕。直到现在。法国奢侈香氛品牌 Diptyque 在社交媒体上走红，因为其限量版 Citronnelle & Geranium 夏季身体喷雾的粉丝们表示，它不仅能驱虫，而且气味神圣。考虑到它 £52 的价格标签，你确实会对气味有所期待。这完全归功于添加的柠檬尤加利和柠檬草等精油，据说这些精油具有驱虫特性。Diptyque 并非唯一一家；今年夏天，一大批具有天然驱虫功效的身体喷雾和香氛正涌入市场。但天然驱虫剂真的有效吗？“含有香茅、尤加利、薰衣草和马鞭草提取物的植物基驱虫剂含有天然化合物，可以干扰蚊子、蠓虫和其他叮咬昆虫用来将人类识别为目标的嗅觉信号，使它们更难定位我们，”全科医生兼美容医生 Ahmed El Muntasar 解释道。由 DEET 制成的化学配方也以同样的方式起作用。那么，天然配方（坦白说，气味好得多）的对比效果如何？“许多天然驱虫剂的挥发速度比化学配方快，因此需要更频繁地重新涂抹——每隔几个小时一次，”El Muntasar 医生说。你选择的保护类型还应由你的目的地决定。“如果你前往疟疾、登革热、基孔肯雅热或齐卡等蚊媒疾病高发地区，[我会] 建议选择具有经证明的更长效保护力的驱虫剂，”他说，“然而，对于在英国的日常一般用途，天然驱虫剂可以是一个合理的选择。”在这里，我测试了最新的奢侈天然驱虫喷雾，看看哪些值得投资……
作者：Bethan
Diptyque Citronnelle & Geranium 夏季身体喷雾（100毫升 £52，johnlewis.co.uk） 这款高端身体喷雾走红是有原因的。如果你不喜欢香茅的药味（许多驱蚊产品中标志性的精油），这款香氛则依赖于柠檬草和柠檬尤加利，研究表明后者是最有效的天然驱虫剂之一。其香味是柠檬草、天竺葵、橙花、柠檬尤加利和橙花的夏季混合香味，因此喷上它感觉更像是一款精致的古龙水，而非驱虫剂。我在周末旅行时将其放在随身行李中，觉得不需要额外携带香水——这在一定程度上减轻了价格带来的压力。香味仅持续几个小时，因此需要定期补喷，但在喷在手臂和腿上后，我没有被叮咬。
Neal’s Yard Remedies 香茅配方身体喷雾（100毫升 £15，nealsyardremedies.com） 一次家庭烧烤是对这款柑橘味身体喷雾的终极考验，结果非常成功——它不仅在桌上看起来很时尚，而且闻起来很美妙，而且没有人抱怨被蠓子叮咬。是的，它确实有一点药味（主香调绝对是香茅），但很快就被薰衣草和尤加利等其他驱虫精油以及舒缓肌肤的金缕梅所中和，因此整体倾向于精致感。
Avon Skin So Soft 经典干油喷雾（150毫升 £6，avon.uk.com） 这款轻盈保湿的身体油喷雾获得了极高的评价
网络上的评论称赞其驱虫能力，使其成为了一个经典之作。显然，添加的柠檬撑醇（citronellol）和柠檬烯（limone）起到了驱虫作用。我喜欢它那种柔软的、几乎像婴儿粉一样的香味，不会干扰我平时使用的香水，而且它还能在我的四肢上留下一种微妙的光泽感。我的女儿——我们家中最受蚊子青睐的人——在使用这个产品后偶尔还是会被叮咬，但绝对没有不使用时那么多次。唯一的缺点是油基配方可能并不适合每个人。但考虑到只要 £6，这简直无需犹豫。Le Labo Eucalyptus 20 欧香水 (£172 / 50ml, libertylondon.com) 如果你真的无法忍受驱虫喷雾，那么这款时尚的、以木质和尤加利为主调的香水追随者们表示，它同样有助于驱虫。这款香水不适合胆小的人——它是一款浓烈的、芳香的欧香水，在皮肤上的留香时间很长（第二天早上我仍能闻到一丝香味）。在慷慨地喷洒这款香水后，我在河边散步的夜晚没有受到任何昆虫的干扰。这个价格需要一些理由来支撑，但考虑到这是一款高级香水而非单纯的驱虫剂，你用一瓶产品就同时达到了两个目的。邮报力荐！
5 天 布达佩斯与多瑙河之魂 £790 起 一个你熟悉且信任的品牌 包含项目： v 2027 年 5 月至 12 月之间选定的出发日期 ¢ 往返机票、大巴车程及接送服务 - 在布达佩斯入住四晚四星级含早餐酒店 v 布达佩斯城堡区、埃斯特尔戈姆、维谢格拉德和圣安德烈巡游及参观 v 由旅行经理陪同
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如果有人告诉我，在我 53 岁时生活会变成这样——躺在巴塞罗那一家酒店顶楼泳池旁的日光浴椅上，身边陪伴着一名不错且略年轻的男性，并已安排好今晚的娱乐活动——那么，我会告诉他们简直疯了。
15 个月前我和丈夫离婚时，情况看起来很糟糕。这段婚姻在很长一段时间里并不快乐，但像许多女性一样，我决定“妥协”，将精力集中在女性友谊和两个分别 15 岁和 18 岁的青少年儿子身上。我一直怀疑丈夫在出轨，但认为如果我们不提及此事，我就能假装它没有发生。
事实证明出轨是真的，而这最终成为了触发离婚的催化剂，但说实话，我们无论如何也不快乐。我现在能看出来了。我们当时都在像梦游一样度过生活。他现在和一个在国外出差时认识的女人生活在一起。事实证明，他在英国境外时也很喜欢与他人共眠。这是我从他那里学到并带入新生活的一点经验。
因为现在我单身了，我决定重新尝试接触感情——但仅限在国外。度假时的艳遇比在家里的一夜情要简单得多。我第一次感觉到自己掌控了自己的性生活。没有情感羁绊，而且你知道自己不会在 Waitrose 超市里撞见他。
在我人生中第一次，我觉得自己掌控了自己的性生活。首先，当天气温暖且心态放松时，你更容易产生性欲。阳光和漫长的下午天生就有一种自由感。
记得小时候，我看着其他女孩和她的朋友们在看电影《雪莉·瓦伦丁》（Shirley Valentine）时咯咯笑——讲述了一个无聊的英国中年家庭主妇逃到希腊岛上，并与当地人展开热烈情事的的故事——但现在我完全能理解了。
事实上，十几岁的时候，我经常和最好的朋友一家去西班牙度假，而且在两周的时间里，不可避免地会在某个时刻深深爱上某个随机的陌生人。最近的经历告诉我，那个少女从未消失。她只是被掩埋在堆积如山的洗涤物、足球鞋和学校的 WhatsApp 群组之下了。
随着孩子们长大，丈夫离开，我正在弥补失去的时间。这一切始于大约八个月前我去巴塞罗那的时候。我进行了一次单身周末旅行，并在一位离异朋友的建议下，第一次尝试使用约会软件，下载了 Tinder 并将定位设置为巴塞罗那。
我并没有打算一定要约到人，我只是好奇。但随后我很快发现了一个我相中的人——也就是前文提到的那个年轻男人。面对与陌生人见面的前景，我非常紧张，而且也生疏了，但他在吃塔帕斯（tapas）时开了几个玩笑，立刻让我感到放松。感觉非常自在。
从那时起，我又进行了两次类似的欧洲旅行。四个月前，我去佛罗伦萨度了一个长周末，并与一名 30 多岁的迷人西班牙男人约会。在在一起的整个过程中，他不停地赞美我。某种程度上很俗套，但为什么不享受其中呢？我们在酒吧聊天，共饮几杯，然后回到了房间。我承认我下了很大功夫，做了脱毛等准备，但这很值得。
“你太美了，”他不停地说，“我爱你的样子，不敢相信你居然想要我。”
我知道有些人可能会认为我很天真，
（作者：Janet Drake）
{眼部提升技巧} 像许多中年女性一样，我对尝试消除眼部老化变得有些痴迷——而且我想我可能找到了秘诀。
也许他只是在吹牛，但在我们结婚的所有这些年里，我丈夫从未对我这样说过。恰恰相反。他总是让我觉得是我幸运能和他在一起，就像是我必须服务于他的需求。坦白说，性生活糟糕透顶。最近，我和几个女性朋友去了帕尔马，遇到一个意大利男人。他四十岁出头，所以仍然比我年轻，而且绝对迷人——就像一个年长的哈里·斯泰尔斯！我们在酒店餐厅里注意到对方，他对我很挑逗。后来，我去拿另一轮饮料时，他正坐在吧台旁，我轻描淡写地问他——就像我经常这样做一样——“稍后想喝一杯吗？”接下来的事情顺理成章，嗯，我终于体会到了一个优秀的爱人能给女性带来什么样的体验。这次旅行中的一个朋友在第二天有点评判我。“他显然是来酒店找女人睡的，”她说。但我不在乎。难道我不是也在做同样的事吗？我一直坚持我的短暂情缘必须使用避孕套，而且对我来说，酒店似乎比他的——或者我的——家要安全得多。回到英国后，诱惑就少多了。我担心如果我选择自己的所在地（西伦敦），最终会认识那些出现的人。而且我喜欢保持广泛的年龄范围，所以尽管我已经 53 岁了，我将范围设置为 35-55 岁的男性。事实上，我热爱度假情缘的主要原因是这些男人不是英国人。到了 50 多岁我才意识到，我从未睡过非英国男人——天呐，我错过了太多。像许多女性一样，我幻想过与法国、西班牙或意大利男人在一起。我听说他们更敢于尝试且思想开明；在做爱的方式上更加慷慨，而不会那么地“快进快出”。结果证明这些传闻是真的。到目前为止，我睡过两个西班牙男人和一个意大利男人。在我看来，他们对年长女性更慷慨；他们不会认为你已经“过气”了。当我回到家时，我绝对不会渴望这些情缘。有时我会觉得有点难过，因为这不会发展成其他关系，但我喜欢独立的生活。我可以看自己的电视，做自己的晚餐，和我的儿子们在一起。我感到很满足，因为我可以专注于工作，而不用在男人和约会中浪费时间。相信我，英国的约会软件上有太多携带沉重情感负担的可怜男人。我有一个单身朋友渴望在软件上找到某人，听起来糟糕透顶。她说他们全都身材走形，被生活击垮，并且对前任充满怨恨。不用了，谢谢！我为什么要委屈自己接受那样的人？我不会说自己在床上无往不利，但我已经尝试提升自己的技巧。我保持健身并在健身房练力量。我是一个身材凹凸有曲的 12 码。我穿着内衣，而且第一次感觉到自己很有吸引力。我的度假情缘告诉我，我是一个强大、感性的女性，可以得到她想要的一切。就叫我雪莉吧。
S. 珍妮特·德雷克 (JANET Drake) 是化名。姓名和身份细节已做修改。
不，这不是一副 Le Specs 的太阳镜（尽管它们有帮助，而且如果可以，我会整天戴着）。而是一种叫做 Lids By Design 的产品，是由 Contours Rx 生产的眼睑矫正贴（售价 £25.60，每盒 80 贴，网址 contoursrzr.co.uk）。基本上，它们是小贴条，旨在充当“眼睛的聚拢胸罩”——我觉得我可能会像 1990 年代热爱我的 Wonderbra 一样热爱它们。我无法告诉你起初我有多怀疑，只能说我花了好几个月才决定尝试。我真希望我能快点决定。我发现这些...
在最近的一次家庭度假期间，是尝试它们的时候了。 / 我有一盒各种尺寸的，从4mm到7mm不等，在试过几个之后 / 最终决定5mm对我来说是最佳选择。我的眼睛睁得更大了，更有神，看起来年轻了很多，但这是一种微妙的提升——并没有出现那种不自然的拉扯感。那么它是如何运作的呢？你用包装盒里提供的镊子将它们取出，然后使用放大镜，将一条贴片放入眼睑褶皱中，轻轻拨动，直到将其放置在需要的位置。这有点繁琐，你不想在匆忙中尝试——但说真的，花点时间是值得的。经过反复尝试，我学到了这一点：确保你的皮肤完全干燥。 / 我在用完胶束水后立即尝试贴第一对。这是一个错误。耐心至关重要。其次，那些镊子是很有用的。一旦
你掌握了贴法，贴片真的看不出来，但如果你用粗手指直接在胶带末端揉搓，那么它就会变得很明显。第三，关于位置，贴得比你认为需要的高度稍微高一点。那么，真的看不见它们吗？嗯，我最初在阳光明媚的家庭旅行中测试它们的原因是，如果有人能发现你正用精致的胶带把下垂的眼睛给撑起来，那肯定是最爱你的家人——而且如果你被他们识破，他们一定会觉得这件事极其好笑。结果一点反应也没有。之后我戴过好几次，没有人注意到——但总会有人称赞。有同事问我是不是做了头发（并没有），有人说我的黄色衬衫让我看起来“很有活力”，还有一个朋友要求告知我睫毛膏的细节。更金发、更充满活力、睫毛轻颤？当然，我愿意。 B KATHERINE Spenley，《Inspire Magazine》编辑，可在 Instagram 上关注 @Katherine_Spenley
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对于一个衣橱里约 90% 都是西班牙品牌的人来说，我承认我曾考虑过专门去一趟西班牙，只为了逛逛我最喜欢的商店。虽然我还没能为此找到充分的理由，但值得庆幸的是，你现在无需搭乘 easyJet 的航班，也能打造一套欧陆风情的衣橱。欧洲拥有大量绝佳的中端时尚品牌——其中许多现在已在英国有售。因此，无论你是准备前往普罗旺斯并希望行李箱里装满“时髦”单品，还是在享受国内度假但想让自己看起来像是在罗马买的所有衣服，这里是我为你推荐的可在英国购物的最佳欧洲商店指南。把它当成你的风格单程票吧。
如果有一种配饰，可以随意搭配你当时穿的任何衣服，然后——砰地一声，瞬间在时尚计量表上拿到高分，会怎样？如果更妙的是，它能产生像神奇理发加上手术拉皮一样的效果，让你在保持一种年轻的、恰到好处的随性时髦感的同时，还能让人们在不知不觉中被吸引？我们说的是夏季大号草编包——或者是拉菲草，有时是皮革材质的托特包。忘掉“沙滩包”这个概念吧：当 YSL 在做拉菲草，Prada 的夏季主打包是钩编款，而 Miu Miu 的条纹拉菲草托特包成为畅销品时，你就知道这些包不再仅仅是为了度假，而且只要不下雨，它们就一直适用。也不要在意 XL 的容量——那主要是为了视觉冲击力。即使你除了手机之外没有任何东西要携带，你也会想把这个包挎在肩上。
看看维多利亚·贝克汉姆，上周她从贝克汉姆家的游艇走上贝克汉姆家的发射台（launch），肩上挎着一个棕色编织皮革托特包。那可能是 Bottega Veneta，也可能是 Dragon Diffusion 的 Nantucket 风格——价格依然在 £500 左右——无论如何，那个大号编织托特包的目的就是为了赢得最高时尚分。她穿着一件黑色长款吊带裙，但这并不是吸引我们注意的地方。我们注意到那个包了吗？那个棕色调，以及系在手柄上的黑白印花丝巾？是的，我们注意到了。编织托特包的存在就是为了抢尽风头——这就是它的职责。我现在到处都能看到它们，部分原因是它们硕大且自信，部分原因是它们的表现远超其本身，能将日常服装转化为“那个女人是谁”的惊艳装扮。
它们不一定非得是皮革材质，但如果你对类似 VB 那样的棕色托特包感兴趣（而且目前棕色是唯一值得选择的颜色），可以尝试 NA-KD 的托特包（£99.95, asos.com），或者 John Lewis 有一款更像水桶形状的优质深巧克力色包（£139, johnlewis.com）。
意大利 / 我爱
我热爱意大利对时尚坚定不移的追求，以及如果你穿着人字拖或运动装去超市，会被当地人投以异样目光这一事实。但这并不意味着你必须过于正式。没有人比意大利人更能驾驭“随性时髦风”。Intimissimi 有一套很棒的纯棉衬衫和短裤套装，能让你 7) 在罗马的时尚达人群体中毫无违和感。ViBi Venezia 也是一个极佳的鞋类选择。它制作传统的威尼斯 furlane 拖鞋，并为现代穿着者重新演绎，采用明亮的天鹅绒和丝绸材质，可在 Harvey Nichols 和 Farfetch 的线上及线下商店购买。
图片：CASTEL FRANCK / ABACA / SHUTTERSTOCK 流行巧克力色：Chanel 游轮系列 T 台上 John Lewis 的皮革托特包 季节性条纹：长柄草编篮（£39,
basketbasket.co.uk) 到菱形图案的剑麻托特包 (£65)。选择这些包时，不要买太小的，且同时拥有皮革肩带和顶部手柄总是更有优势。如果你更喜欢自然色或棕色 (£50)，这款包兼具波西米亚风格和托特包特点，且在该品牌的畅销榜中排名第二。此外，Hush 的打折区有一款大号拉菲草托特包 (£40, hush-wk.com)，当然是巧克力棕色，且足够大，可以兼作随身清洁包，且结构更挺括，适合作为晚装包。
谈到托特包，Zara 的大号纯色纸质托特包 (£39.99, zara.com) 非常合适。离开纯色托特包，现在非常流行拉菲草、稻草、棉质、钩编——任何具有编织纹理的材质。我认为，漫长的冬季我们可以尽情使用皮革包，而天然纤维的优势在于其轻便且相对实惠。
在这种风格的光谱一端，是经典的草编法式购物篮——它再次登顶时尚榜单，是最简约且最时髦的夏季包款（你可以带着它去任何地方，从市场到海滩，尽管不适合办公室）。如果你还没有一个多年前度假时买的篮子，我最近偶然发现一个名为 Basket Basket 的网站，那里有最齐全的选择，从内衬款到菱形图案的剑麻托特包 (£65)。
另外，Cos 的大号手工编织市场托特包 (£119, cos.com) 是法式购物篮的升级版；而我喜欢 M&S 的方形疏编棕色草编托特包 (£26, marksandspencer.com)，它配有一个实用的裸色抽绳内衬。在拉菲草方面，Massimo Dutti 出了一款纯米色托特包 (£170, massimodutti.com)，这与 YSL 的风格更接近。另一款具有设计师质感的拉菲草风格包（有点像 Jonathan Anderson 的 XL Bulb 包）是 Mango 的天然纤维购物包 (£45.99, shop.mango.com)，或者选择 M&S 的精致拉菲草包，配有圆手柄和金色搭扣细节。
我也很喜欢 Maison Bengal 的条纹夏季或格子黄麻包，因为它们的配色非常优雅。XL 号黄麻包有非常迷人的淡雅条纹款 (£74, maisonbengal.co.uk)，但我最喜欢的是这款黑色格子斜挎托特包，配有宽条纹肩带 (£48)。其中任何一款都能瞬间让你的衬衫裙、白色裙子、牛仔裤或西裤看起来时尚起来。
亮色佩斯利花纹的绗缝棉质托特包今夏同样是大热门（法国品牌 Call It By My Name 堪称棉质托特包中的 Prada），但你也可以从 M&S 的 Accessorize 购买类似的款式 (£35)，或者选择一款纯色棉质大号条纹托特包 (£33)。只要保持 XL 尺寸，绝对不会出错。
衬衫 £59，短裤 £47，intimissimi.com
每日邮报，2026 年 8 月 3 日，星期一 第 35 页 hic — 无需护照！法国 / 7 / 近年来，一批展示除了布列塔尼服饰和白色衬衫之外产品的法国品牌迅速崛起 5。巴黎的 Balzac 等品牌在法国首都设有多家门店，但，我的天，它们在 Liberty 也有售 4。当然，选择 Sezane 永远不会出错。
此外，有人正致力于以更快的速度推广西班牙时尚。他们在欧洲尤其擅长所谓的 invitada dressing，即场合装（可搜索 Huescar the Duchess 以获取灵感）。在我姐姐的婚礼上，我将穿着由塞维利亚创立的 Cherubina 的粉色亮眼裙装，以及由庞特韦德拉创立的 Coosy 的丝绸上衣。遗憾的是，这两个品牌目前在英国尚未发售。
不过，仍然有一些很棒的替代方案。比如在巴塞罗那创立并由 Anthropologie 销售的 The Tiny Big Sister。其水手风格衬衫搭配配套长裤和高跟鞋可适用于乡村婚礼，而搭配平底鞋则非常适合海边晚餐。如果你想要更正式一些的装扮，其格纹衬衫则散发出法式乡村风情的迷人魅力。
今年夏天人字拖已成为高级时尚，想要一双干练且具海滩风情的鞋款，无需在 Ancient Greek Sandals 之外寻找。如果你想要其他具有现代希腊特色的经典款，请关注由雅典创立的 Greek Archaic Kori，由 Liberty 销售。其华丽的、带有刺绣的赤陶色非对称连衣裙，搭配修身的裹腰设计，会让度假时的朋友们羡慕不已。
至于鞋子，Repetto 依然是法式芭蕾平底鞋之王，可在 Farfetch 和 Aime London 的诺丁山门店及在线商店购买。
我的行李在去年一次前往里斯本的商务旅行中丢失，这让我特别地体会到了葡萄牙时尚的乐趣，尤其是它们鲜艳的配饰。
第一站？Parfois。该品牌 1994 年创立于波尔图，目前在葡萄牙的大多数商业街都有门店，我很高兴能发现它。
人字拖，£170, ancient-greek-sandals.com £45.99, 人字拖，£190, ancient-greek-sandals.com
在价格方面，如果你想要更多独特且让人惊叹（“你是在哪里找到这个的？！”）的单品，你会认为它们来自小型独立精品店。其精美的麂皮和皮革泵鞋有多种夏季颜色可选，且价格仅为前者的五分之一。
然后，如果想要一个色彩鲜艳的包袋，请点击 Lemon Jelly。我看中了这款俏皮的蜜柑色水桶包，价格 £89 99，在长日海滩时光后可以轻松擦拭干净。
包，£75, 2 lemonjelly.com parfois. £39.99. 将其视为 Zara 的葡萄牙版本。
每日邮报，2026 年 8 月 3 日，周一。以及她们处于绝经期后、代谢缓慢的母亲。Bardwell 的书中包含一些令人愉悦且饱腹的食谱，非常符合这一需求：加入菲塔奶酪、红椒、番茄、南瓜和罗勒酱的全麦意面焗烤；填入豆类、甜玉米、菠菜、菲塔奶酪和鸡蛋的早餐卷饼；以及配以花生酱面条的鸡肉蔬菜炒菜。回到“食物噪音”（food noise）的话题，在执行限制性饮食方案时，很难屏蔽他人吃零食的声音；但这次没有问题。此外，“30G 计划”的原则相当灵活。我在一个出乎意料地忙碌的时期测试了这个饮食法。我事先知道自己计划了一个周末旅行，并且要陪同将在秋季申请大学的大儿子访问几个大学城。随后，出乎意料的是，我的母亲在整个期间都住院恢复脊柱手术。
我花了一个月的时间在火车和飞机上旅途奔波，住在他人家里的时间几乎和住在自己家一样多，但我仍然在很大程度上遵循了这个饮食法的原则。而且我相信它确实滋养了我：虽然我压力很大，但我吃得很好，睡得很香，并坚持了锻炼。这在一定程度上要归功于 Bardwell 对某些事情持开放态度，而其他营养学家在这些问题上坦率地说相当自以为是。作为精疲力竭的“三明治一代”（夹在孩子和年迈父母之间那层微不足道的填充物）的一员，最令人气愤的讽刺之处在于，大多数流行饮食法除了手工面包——以及随之而来的三明治——之外都避之不及，转而主张低碳水化合物饮食。Bardwell 并不支持白碳水，但她允许食用面包，以及意面、米饭和其他谷物，因为它们富含纤维。当你被困在某个地方，感到有点可怜自己，并认为接下来最令人心碎的事情就是花一大笔钱买一个水煮蛋和一片菠菜叶时，你会感谢她的。Bardwell 还明确指出，并非所有快餐都是超加工的恐怖之物：她非常喜欢预煮的米饭和谷物袋装食品。在执行该饮食法几周后，我也对此情有独钟。她也不诋毁在外就餐——她说人生太短，没必要过得那么痛苦，尽管她更希望你选择烤肉配蔬菜，而不是充满脂肪的酱汁。显而易见，如果你想减肥，酒精永远不是你的朋友，尽管 Bardwell 并没有完全禁止它。过程并非完全一帆风顺。我的身高略低于 5 英尺 4 英寸，正处于 Bardwell 警告可能需要摄入少于目标 30 克蛋白质和纤维才能实现减重的身高范围。
起初我忽略了这一点，但事实证明，尽管在前两周我感到饱腹且精力充沛，但我实际上并没有减轻体重。直到我——精力充沛：帕特里夏通过“30G 计划”减轻了超过半个石（stone），并且在 40 年的节食经历中，首次没有感到饥饿或被剥夺食物感。摄影：LEZLIAND ROSE / 妆发：COLLETTE RUDDY——开始尝试向下微调，例如从她美味的早餐燕麦 parfait 中去掉燕麦、糖浆、香草和椰子油，但保留酸奶、浆果、坚果和种子，或者在午餐或晚餐中加入少量的米饭或大麻籽，情况才开始好转。有时我通过重量或汤勺测量来进行这种粗略的缩减，但大多凭感觉。多样性依然存在。虽然我没有像某些遵循该计划的人那样减轻一个石（stone）的重量，但在经历了忙碌、奔波且压力巨大的几周后，我减轻了更多
7 磅（从 12 stone 3 lb 降至 11 stone 9 lb）。在遵循该饮食法的五周里——一旦我开始稍微缩小分量，并更坚决地拒绝一杯葡萄酒——我一直感到强壮、得到了滋养并且精力充沛。这种饮食法确实让人感觉很健康。我很快就要去度一周的假，但我会随身携带一些额外的种子和坚果，尝试各种食物，且不会完全放弃 30G。之后，我期待重新开始执行这一饮食法。
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几年前，一名女性被转诊给我，因为她失眠且情绪低落。在前两次预约中，这就是我们谈论的全部内容，因为她每天早上 4 点就会醒来，这已经开始影响她的工作。她很有幽默感，并管理着一个 30 人的部门。她的任何迹象都表明她并没有患任何疾病。直到第三次预约——当我顺口问她那天吃了什么，而她突然僵住时——我才明白我面对的究竟是什么。她患有饮食障碍已经 26 年了。在这期间，她从未告诉过丈夫，从未向她的全科医生（GP）提及，也从未被转诊至饮食障碍服务机构。她已经变得非常擅长掩饰自己在食物方面每天的挣扎。
我在 NHS 饮食障碍专科服务机构工作了十年，对该医学领域相当了解——但即便是我，也没能立刻意识到这名女性的情况。人们对厌食症通常有一个特定的刻板印象，即一名躺在医院病床上的 teenage girl。这意味着我们只能在病情最极端以及患者最年轻的情况下识别出这种疾病。
不足十人之三的人寻求或得到了任何帮助，仅有约 8% 的人向全科医生提及。有些人表示，这次访谈是他们第一次向任何人提及此事。这些病例被遗漏的部分原因是它们不符合“教科书”定义。但并不符合标准并不意味着病情较轻；这意味着标准是围绕其他人制定的。
许多人未能确诊还有另一个原因，尽管其他医生和我尽力抵制这一点。大多数人，甚至许多医生，除非患者达到了体重阈值，否则不会接受转诊。因此，一些患者尽管患有给生活带来巨大痛苦的饮食障碍，仍被拒之门外。你可以想象这造成了怎样的伤害。那个阈值来自一本针对青少年制定的旧诊断手册。庆幸的是，该政策现已被废弃，因为我们现在知道体重秤是多么糟糕的指南。
去年 11 月，首个在英格兰临床评估饮食障碍的国家调查发现，没有一个被认定患有该病的成年人处于体重不足类别。其结果应当阻止任何仍将体重作为拒绝接纳患者理由的服务机构。国家卫生与护理卓越研究所（NICE）的指南指示医生，在决定时不要使用体重或患病时长等单一衡量标准。
是否提供治疗。但服务机构仍然会这样做。如果你被拒绝了，请将该信息告知你的全科医生（GP），因为这是国家指南，且对你有利。如果你在阅读本文时想到了某个人，你需要留意的迹象可能比你预想的更微妙：她（或他）总是已经吃过了，在其他地方，或者提前吃过了；她谈论健康和纯净饮食的方式，听起来不像是一种选择，而更像是一种略微不健康的痴迷；她在生病、精疲力竭或度假时仍坚持锻炼；当计划改变或由他人选择餐厅时，她会非常沮丧；并且她已悄悄地停止参加任何涉及坐下来用餐的活动。
心愿望想：三个孩子的母亲 霍莉·威洛比 (Holly Willoughby)，45 岁
不幸的是，真正有帮助的方法往往是人们很少尝试的。不要评论她的体重，也不要盯着她的盘子里有什么，因为这表明她正被观察，而这正是她最恐惧的事情。陈述你注意到的她的行为，而不是你的结论。询问一次，且语气友善，并准备好在一个月后再次询问。如果你正是那个在默默与此抗争的人，你应该知道，寻求帮助永远不晚。我见过一些人好转，而他们之前被告知且深信自己永远不会好转。你没有太老，也没有太晚，而且你绝对不需要达到某个特定体重才配获得帮助。
饮食失调慈善机构 Beat 的求助热线是 0808 801 0677。
心智医生 彭伯顿 (Pemberton) 改变你的生活
霍莉勇敢揭秘“船已启航” 霍莉·威洛比推出了一个名为《Together》的 YouTube 系列节目，最近在与喜剧演员凯瑟琳·赖恩 (Katherine Ryan) 交谈时，她承认了一些大多数女性梦寐以以求不敢大声说出的话。凯瑟琳，43 岁，去年 10 月生了第四个孩子——一个名叫霍兰 (Holland) 的女儿。霍莉发现自己也在想，也许她也应该再要一个孩子。她 45 岁，已经有三个孩子了。但她意识到那艘“船已经启航”（机会已失去），并对凯瑟琳感到嫉妒。
但我认为霍莉所描述的并不完全是嫉妒。她真正表达的是对一扇门关闭的认可；而哀悼一个不再属于你的生活版本根本不是羡慕，而是悲伤。霍莉在提到“船已启航”这句话时将其透露了出来。她在谈论一个决定，而这个决定在不知不觉中，在某个时间点不再是一个决定。我在诊所中反复看到的情况是，当女性说她们想要另一个宝宝时，事实证明许多人其实根本不想要新生儿。她们想要的是像孩子小时候那样被需要的感觉。一个 45 岁且有三个孩子的女性不应该承认这一点，因为这听起来很贪心或有点荒唐。霍莉在镜头前说了出来，我怀疑许多观看者在其中认出了自己，并因此感到没那么尴尬。
一对古怪的伴侣 他在伦敦一座大房子里租了一间房——不久后发现自己与温妮·卡特 (Winnie Carter) 一起陷入了新冠封锁，她 85 岁，是一名最近丧偶且不耐烦平庸之辈的寡妇。
《The Pony Of Am》是以简短的、带日期的条目编写的，非常适合在日光浴床上分 20 分钟一段地阅读。这本书非常幽默，有时出人意料地令人悲伤，它比大多数试图探讨该主题的书籍更深刻地讲述了孤独，以及老年人仍然完全有能力做的事情。
马克斯医生开方... 《橘子酱日记》 2020 年，本 (Ben) —— 讲述了随后一年的经历
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40 电视节目 历史名宅 与佩内洛普·基思一起拯救乡村别墅，下午 4 点，Ch4。这次对国家瑰宝的巡览由一位真正的国家瑰宝主持，令人遗憾的是，她于 6 月去世了。每日邮报，2026 年 8 月 3 日，星期一。
今日电视推荐 《名人大逃亡》，晚上 9 点，CH4。对于托比·阿罗莫拉兰（Toby Aromolaran）以及这一批最新的电视节目主持人来说，“名人”这个词可能得宽泛地定义一下，但你肯定能认出其中几位残疾权利活动家。其中名气最大的是演员 [此处文本缺失]。在第一集中，詹姆斯和 JJ 查默斯（JJ Chalmers）以及索菲·艾玛（Sophie Emma），他们继承了科茨沃尔德（Cotswolds）的查文纳格庄园（Chavenage House），计划增加一个豪华露营地和一个桑拿房，以筹集急需的资金。
而在这一系列首播于 Mored 且本周每天播出 的节目中，佩内洛普（见图）——《出身名门》（To The Manor Born）的明星——将与庄园主们见面，面对时间赛跑以维持这些豪宅的完整性。
由主持人布莱恩·康利（Brian Conley）及其女儿露西（Lucy）加入，而喜剧演员詹·布里斯特（Jen Brister）和劳拉·史密斯（Laura Smyth）——来自《舞动奇迹》（Strictly Come Dancing）的专业舞者艾米·道登（Amy Dowden）和卡洛斯·古（Carlos Gu）出现在组合中，粉丝们会很高兴看到他们。他们将与房产专家及兄弟姐妹一起接受挑战——在 14 天内避开抓捕，而专业猎手将动用所有资源来捕捉他们。他们首先乘坐直升机俯冲穿过伦敦，前往老皇家海军学院（Old Royal Naval College），但几乎没有时间欣赏历史悠久的环境，就必须迅速潜伏并隐藏行踪。明天继续。
BBC2 海豚是地球上最聪明的物种之一，但它们是如何变得如此聪明的？在进化之旅的第四站，克里斯·帕克汉姆（Chris Packham）深入探讨自然界最大的问题之一——智能本身是如何进化的，以及它是如何产生在海豚非凡的大脑中的。
BBC1 / BBC2 / ITVv1 / CHANNEL 4 6.00 早餐节目 6.30 寻宝猎人 (R) 6.00 早安英伦 (Good Morning Britain) 6.30 奎恩之王 (The King of Queens) (AD,R) 9.30 动物公园 (AD,R) 7.15 为空而钱 (Money for Nothing) (R,A) 10.00 早安英伦 (This Morning) 名人访谈、生活方式特辑、建议与比赛的有趣组合。 10.15 追踪、寻找，拿回我的车 (R) 8.00 修理铺 (AD,BSL,R) 7.45 所有人爱雷蒙德 (Everybody Loves Raymond) (AD,R) 三集连播。由雷·罗曼诺（Ray Romano）主演。 10.45 专家证人 (R) 9.00 BBC 新闻 (AD,R) 11.15 房屋拍卖 (R) 1.00 理查德·奥斯曼的游戏屋 (Richard Osman’s House of Games) 1.30 新闻；天气 9.10 弗雷泽 (AD,R) 四集连播。 12.15 寻宝猎人 埃里克·诺尔斯 (R) 肖恩·弗莱彻（Sean Fletcher）和路易丝·明钦（Louise Minchin）在纽瓦克（Newark）主持该节目。 1.55 地区新闻；天气 11.10 拉姆齐的厨房噩梦 (Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares) 戈登·拉姆齐（Gordon Ramsay）试图改造德克萨斯州斯普林（Spring）的一家咖啡馆。 2.00 迪金森的真实交易 (AD,R) 1.00 BBC 一点钟新闻；天气 1.35 BBC 地区新闻；天气 1.30 终点线 (R) 由罗曼·坎普（Roman Kemp）和莎拉·格林（Sarah Greene）主持的竞猜节目。克里斯·华盛顿（Chris Washington）和金伯利·怀亚特（Kimberly Wyatt）参加该竞猜。地点在布里斯托航空航天中心（Aerospace Bristol），在协和飞机的机翼下搭建了活动区域。 12.05 第 4 频道新闻摘要 1.45 BBC 一点钟新闻；天气 12.10 寻找、修理、出售 (AD,R) 2.00 为空而钱 (Money for Nothing) JJ 查默斯在邓弗姆林（Dunfermline）回收中心。 2.15 你了解你的位置吗？ (R) 竞猜节目，由弗农·凯（Vernon Kay）主持。 3.00 成交或不成交 (AD,R) 斯蒂芬·马尔恩（Stephen Mulhern）主持该游戏节目，参赛者萨姆（Sam）尝试... 110 豪宅赠送 (R) 哈里和凯勒姆（Harry and Kaylum）希望购买位于阿什顿（Ashton）的宏伟独立住宅。 2.45 逃往乡村 (R) 2.45 毛腿骑手烘焙之旅 (The Hairy Bikers’ Bakeation)
在萨默塞特郡或德文郡的住宅。(AD,R) 这两人在意大利尝试烘焙。22 个红色盒子在正确顺序下前往大曼彻斯特郡的 under-Lyne。3.45 The Bidding Room 一个亲密的 3.45 The Farmers’ Country 有机会赢得改变生活的 2.10 Countdown Ade Adepitan 医疗设备是该节目中见过的最古怪物品，一个家庭 Showdown (R) 农民参加现金奖金；地区天气 Dictionary Corner 与 Susie Dent 一起。斯塔福德郡郡展。4.00 Tipping Point (R) Ben Shephard 3.00 A Place in the Sun (R) Ben Hillman 铁路迷们追踪他们的 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) 主持这个以街机为主题的竞猜节目，帮助 Barbara 和 Butch 在意大利卢卡寻找度假屋。在伦敦市政厅。参赛者将代币掉入四个通道之一中。穿着制服的人权衡出价。5.15 Flog It! (R) 来自曼彻斯特。4.00 Saving
Country Houses with 4.30 The Answer Run 新剧集。Jason 希望赢得 £10,000 奖金。6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games Gey Penelope Keith (AD,R) The Manford 主持竞猜节目 (R) Gethin Jones, Tiff Stevenson, 5.00 The Chase (FR) Bradley Walsh 主持维护庄园住宅和花园所需的工作。三对夫妇面临一系列 50 / 50 的问题，这些问题向 Answer Run 疾驰而来。6.30 Richard Osman''s House of Games 考查他们的通用知识技能。5.00 Chateau DIY (AD,R) 一个酒桶被改造成一个古灵精怪的用餐空间。5.15 Pointless (R) With Stephen Mangan。 (R) 返回的球员 Gethin 6.00 American Pickers (AD,R) 专家检查一系列马戏团和侧展纪念品。Jones, Tiff Stevenson, Kate 6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather
6.00 地区新闻；天气 6.30 BBC 地区新闻；天气 Thornton 和 Gary Wilmot。6.30 新闻；天气 7.00 The One Show 由 7.00 Global Eye Nawal al Maghaf 7.30 Fletchers’ Family Farm (AD,R) 7.00 Channel 4 News Alex Jones 和 Roman Kemp 主持。旅程穿过伊朗那些记者很少触及的地区。Ruby 给了一头牛 7.30 EastEnders (AD) Peter 对 Lauren 的怀疑增加。但过程并不简单，而主题是英国猛禽、the kids 冒险进入林地进行自然猎游。罗杰·摩尔饰演的詹姆斯·邦德，PM 查尔斯国王 / 以及西尔维亚·普拉斯。8.00 Britain’s Strictest Schools — 6.00 Only Connect Victoria Coren 8.00 Emmerdale (AD) 新闻 8.00 Dover 24 / 7: Britain's Busiest Panorama Richard Bilton 报道。Mitchell 主持，关于 Monty 的情况并不 8.30 Scam Interc (R) Aman 是好，Port (AD) 边境执法人员 Frenemies 与 Marvins 竞争，而 Nicola 的兴奋感消失了。被诱骗相信他正处于被国家犯罪调查局逮捕的危险中，如果他不转钱给骗子。在侧向思维竞猜节目中。 / 8.30 Coronation Street (AD) Ryan 8.30 University Challenge 正在搜寻走私进入英国的非法肉类，吉尔霍尔在 Lisa 缺席时协助 Betsy 和 Dylan 见面。音乐与戏剧学院在剑桥大学达尔文学院展开竞争。工程师们面临年度最艰巨的任务。9.00 The Rapture (AD) Gabs 终于 9.00 Evolution (AD) Chris Packham 9.00 Long Lost Family: Born 9.00 Celebrity Hunted (AD) 新遇见 Anika Drake，新护士 / PICK / 研究海豚以寻找答案 Gy Without Trace (AD) 新剧集。新剧集。与 Brian 和
Lucy Siobhan 提出质疑，探讨智能本身如何演变，从光感细胞到意识思考。Davina McCall 和 Nicky Conley, Dowden, Carlos Gu, Oxsmith, 以及 Betha 调查 1983 和 1960 年发现的弃儿案件。Campbell, JJ Chalmers, Sophie Morgan, Gabs 和 Rafiq 计划她的逃脱。Jen Brister, Laura Smyth, Chris, Ruth Madeley Taylor, Toby Aromolaran, 以及 India Ria Amarteifio 主演。Scarlette 和 Stuart Douglas。
10.00 BBC 十点新闻 10.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: 10.00 新闻（随后是天气预报） 10.00 吉普赛妻子的秘密生活 (Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives) 10.30 BBC 地区新闻 10.30 地区新闻 (AD) 10.45 《迷雾》(The Mist) (2007) (15) @ (AD)
10.30 Newsnight 当日事件分析，由 Victoria Derbyshire 主持。 10.45 冷案 (Cold Case)
法医检查：父亲 Sid Trewley 从母亲那里得到了一个关于tough love（严厉之爱）的教训。 上帝银行家的之死 (Death of God's Banker) (AD,R) 审视意大利银行家 Roberto Calvi 的死亡。 (随后是天气预报) 当一种掩盖着贪婪怪物的奇怪雾气笼罩该地区时，镇上的居民在努力生存。 科幻恐怖片，由 Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden 和 Toby Jones 主演。 11.05 《 Sing Sing 》(2023) (15) 11.45 《爱与死亡》(Love & Death) (AD,R) 经历了一场惨烈的挣扎后，Candy 试图将其日常生活维持原样，她的 60 岁生日让她在策划一部原创剧作中找到了新的目标。 监狱剧，由 Colman Domingo, Betty 和 Sean San Jose 主演。 11.05 Su Secrets of the Super CAD,R) et aa Premiere。一个因未犯之罪而被囚禁的男人。 关于她进行内窥镜面部提升手术的一天。 Morgan 接受了激光手术以紧致她的下颌线。 Allan 在他的重复呼叫没有得到回应时变得担心。
12.40 未来一周天气预报 12.45 Countryfile (BSL,R) Anita Rani 的东海岸公路旅行最后一站是萨福克的奥福德内斯 (Orford Ness)。 12.05 名人性爱录秘史 (Secrets of the Celebrity Sex Tapes) (AD) 12.45 BBC 新闻 12.45 电视购物 12.55 Ramsay 的厨房 (Ramsay's Kitchen) 1.40 Bergerac 1.45 Nightmares USA (BSL,R) 1.45 不要 (Don't) (AD,BSL,R) 4.05 与 ITV Date Brandon 放松 (AD,BSL,R) 2.40 给 Wakefields 寄去的一封威胁信证实了 Jim 的直觉，即他们拘留的人不对。 5.05 Dickinson 的真实交易 (Dickinson's Real Deal) 不要 Date Brandon (Don't Date Brandon) (AD,BSL,R) David 和他的交易商抵达布里斯托尔航空航天中心 (Aerospace Bristol)。 3.35 不要 Date Brandon (Don't Date Brandon) (AD,BSL,R) 2.25 这是 BBC2 4.30 Hollyoaks 综合剧 (AD,BSL,R) 5.40 周日早午餐 (Sunday Brunch) (R) 5.50 倒数 (Countdown) (R) 由 Ade Adepitan 主持。(CR) 重播。(HD) 高清。
(AD) 音频描述。(b / w) 非彩色。(BSL) 英国手语。@ 家庭观看 @ 通常适用于所有人 @ 建议谨慎观看
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一
寻找答案 《失散的家人》：无迹可寻的出生，晚上9点，ITV1 1960年12月，大卫在伦敦西北部一栋锁闭的公寓楼中被发现。当时他出生已有数日，身体冰冷但营养充足。二十三年后，莎拉在被发现时还只是个新生儿，当时她被发现于一个电话亭内。为了启动这个新系列，达维娜·麦考尔（ pictured with Sarah）和尼基·坎贝尔竭尽全力——两人试图追寻他们的家人，但在缺乏线索的情况下，这被证明是一项挑战。
电影推荐 《单单》（Sing Sing），晚上11.05，BBC2 这部备受好评的美国剧集基于纽约 Sing Sing 设施的一项真实计划。科尔曼·多明戈饰演一名被错误监禁的囚犯，通过管理一个剧团找到了人生目标。
6.00 Milkshake! 小猪佩奇 (R) 6.10 Tweedy & Fluff (R) 6.15 Odo (R) 6.20 托马斯和他的朋友们 (R) 6.35 消防员山姆 (R) 6.45 小猪佩奇 (R) 6.50 Pip and Posy (R) 7.00 汪汪队立大功 (R) 7.10 Move It Milkshakers! (R) 7.20 鲁布尔和他的施工队 (R) 7.35 小猪佩奇 (AD,R) 7.45 空间中的蒂姆·雷克斯 (AD,R) 8.00 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 汪汪队立大功 (R) 8.30 帕丁顿熊历险记 (R) 8.40 本和霍利的小王国 (R) 8.50 袋鼠海滩 9.05 小猪佩奇 (AD,R) 9.10 空间中的蒂姆·雷克斯：大合唱 915 杰里米·Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 5 午餐新闻 12.50 Matt Allwright 2.20 《死亡预约》(2021) GUY (PC) @ 一名旅游作家在马耳他的一家酒店目击了一起谋杀案，随后陷入了阴谋与间谍活动的网罗。悬疑剧，由娜塔莉·凯利主演。 Castle (R) 一位幼儿园的招生主管被谋杀。 自然之爱 (R) 红鸢。 5 新闻，由丹·沃克主持 马略卡岛：阳光之年 (R) 探索马略卡岛的文化。 5 新闻快讯 7.00 高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者 (R) 警员拦下了一辆涉嫌克隆车的驾驶员。 5 新闻快讯 8.00 街头警察：抓捕暴徒 警方在科比追捕一辆涉嫌被盗且在道路上鲁莽行驶的 SUV，北安普顿警员 Payal 和 Nytalia 被召集去处理一名具有攻击性的醉汉。 9.00 逃票者：与法律的战争 新系列。伦敦交通局调查员 Lisa 追捕一名涉嫌逃票者，此人欠网络近 £2,000 的未付票款。 10.00 拦截警察：打击商店窃贼团伙 (R) 在兰开夏郡，武装警察部队在搜捕一名暴力商店窃贼时紧急出动，该窃贼用一把 19 厘米长的刀刺伤了一名保安。 11.05 交通警察 (R) 警员在北约克郡严厉打击重复犯罪者，在塞尔比逮捕了一名有酒驾前科的女性，此前她撞上了两辆停放的汽车。 12.05 扣车场警察 (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 朋友 (R) 4.10 朋友 (R) 4.35 高地兽医 (BSL,R) 5.25 5 频道娱乐新闻 5 5.35 Milo (BSL,R) 5.45 帕丁顿熊历险记 (BSL,R)
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每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 我在7月 25 日读到《每日邮报》的评论时，产生了强烈的共鸣。我在 2025 年9月失去了工作，并立即向儿童抚养费服务中心（CMS）报告了此事，并提供了充足的证据。该报告在“处理中”状态下搁置了近十个月。在此期间，CMS一直根据我的旧薪水计算我欠款的金额——而那是我好几个月前就已经不再赚取的薪水。在拖延期间，我被转移到了 CMS8 的“收取与支付”服务，该服务在我被认定欠款的金额基础上增加了 20 per cent 的附加费。如果我的证据能够及时被审核，这些欠款本不会产生。我还在 2025. 12月提交了一份主体访问请求。官方规定，CMS 有一个月的时间做出回应。现在过了七个多月，我仍在等待。这一切并非因为我做了什么错事，而是因为一个有权直接从人们工资中扣钱的政府机构将文件搁置了数月。正如《每日邮报》所指出，国家审计署的数据显示，十年间有超过 24,000 人被多收了费用。我仅仅是其中之一。 姓名和地址已提供
煤块诡计 继板球“掰手指”丑闻之后，在50年代末和60年代初，我们会在后巷玩球，用一块金属垃圾桶盖子垫在砖块上充当三柱门。守门员在口袋里揣了几块煤，当击球手准备击球时，他会把一块煤弹向盖子，击球手就被判定为“出局”。 RAY SMITH, 布莱斯, 诺森伯兰郡
北方的轻视 我通常很欣赏莎拉·Vine（《每日邮报》）的观点，但我不能认同她对安迪·伯纳姆的看法，尽管我也不是他的粉丝。她说他的升级计划 写信至：Daily Mail Letters, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY 电子邮件：letters@dailymail.co.uk 如果没人倾听，我该如何解释？ 简直令人发笑。试着在北方生活吧，亲爱的，在那里我们一直扮演着你们这些重要得多的南方人的配角。北方在各方面都落后：道路、铁路、投资等等。当南方优先发展时，我们只能保持沉默。很遗憾莎拉觉得她在以牺牲我们的利益为代价而感到失望。这并不友好，不是吗？ ANGELA WILLIAMSON, 切斯特-勒-斯特里特, 达勒姆郡
直击要点 —<@= / ' @ 国际足联主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺长得非常像《奥斯汀·鲍尔》电影里的“恶魔博士”。 WILLIAM BIRD, 威瑟姆, 埃塞克斯郡
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@ 艰难决定？到目前为止，安迪还没有做出任何决定。 KEITH WEBBER, 潘沃瑟姆, 兰开郡
@ 安迪才在 Nol0 待了两周。给他个机会吧。 HEATHER WARD, 斯特雷顿, 德比郡
@ 看看那个穿断头台 T 恤的家伙。你会认真对待他吗？ OWEN MORGAN, 斯旺西
明年所有对阵澳大利亚的 Ashes 测试赛都没有在英格兰北部举行。伯纳姆先生能否坚持要求其中一场在老特拉福德或海丁利举行？ JIM LAWRENSON, 舍普利, 西约克郡
我们许多曼彻斯特地区的人原以为安迪·伯纳姆已经消失了，结果现在他又回到了 Nol0 North。他就不能让我们清静一下吗？ P WRIGHT, 奥尔德姆, 兰开郡
伦敦办公室和曼彻斯特办公室唯一的区别在于，当你看向窗外时，曼彻斯特可能正在下雨。Nol0 North 只是一个昂贵的噱头，为了让伯纳姆先生能继续住在戈尔本并在周末回家。三年后如果 Binface 伯爵成为了首相会发生什么
部长？Nol0 Mars？R. GLASS，博尔顿，兰开夏郡。没错，月球是由奶酪组成的，地球是平的，埃尔维斯·普雷斯利还活着，并且和卢坎勋爵住在一起。而且，阻止小船的计划运行得非常完美。MARK ELWORTHY，马盖特，肯特郡。
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在 Merrie England 咖啡馆告别茶点与咖啡的悲伤时刻 上周，位于约克郡哈德斯菲尔德、哈利法克斯和布里豪斯等城镇的 Merrie England 连锁咖啡馆关闭，这不太可能登上国家头条。但对于其常客来说，这是一个沉重的打击。这些老式咖啡馆拥有都铎风格的内饰，是享用当地著名的热牛肉三明治或特色茶点（teacakes）的绝佳场所。Merrie England 的咖啡味道足以与任何法国餐厅提供的咖啡相媲美。该连锁店由基思和安妮塔·汉塞尔曼于 1966 年创立，在他们的家乡哈德斯菲尔德，其中一家咖啡馆采用了得来速（drive-through）模式，这在当时在该国是独一无二的。基思告诉我，他是受 20 世纪 60 年代初在美国旅行时的见闻启发而设计的。这些咖啡馆拥有出色的员工，顾客中甚至包括桂冠诗人西蒙·阿米蒂奇，他曾为这些咖啡馆写过一首诗。现在，咖啡馆里一片漆黑。贴在窗户上的管理层信函感谢了顾客的忠诚——但信中对关闭原因直言不讳。政府政策被重点提及，同时还涉及营业税以及雇佣员工成本的增加。被裁员的人员中包括了伯纳姆先生声称关注的年龄组的年轻人。无论他的方案最终如何，现在拯救 Merrie England 已经太迟了。RICHARD HEATH，杜斯伯里，西约克郡。
危险人物 《每日邮报》报道称，一名寻求庇护失败的人可能试图纵火烧学校。他曾三次被拒绝给予庇护。我敢打赌你们现在想的和我是一样的。PETER REYNOLDS，诺斯伍德，米德尔塞克斯郡。
法庭上的沉默 感谢您，彼得·希钦斯（《每日邮报》），您对正规法庭报道几近消亡的有力发声。我几乎用了一辈子的时间在法庭进行报道，最近，我与其他记者一起谴责通过警方分发材料进行的“报道”。没有辩方，没有法官评论，只有警方的陈述，或许还有一段侦探的语录。作为一个年轻记者，我被教导法庭报道必须具有时效性、公正且平衡，并且始终要提到辩方。现在我……
[资助社会护理是一个棘手的问题] 伯纳姆承诺将竭尽全力重建社会护理。不幸的是，这意味着我们其余的人可能得倾尽所有来为此买单。MAURICE O'BRIEN，泰尔赫斯特，伯克斯郡。
我长期以来认为，我们这些退休人员应该继续缴纳国民保险。我对以与所得税相同的税率缴纳国民保险没有异议：低收入者少缴或不缴，高收入者按适当税率缴纳，唯一的条件是这些款项应专门用于护理费用。LES CUMNER，布里斯托。
如何支付国家社会护理服务的费用？第一，停止向中国、印度和巴基斯坦汇款。第二，停止向法国汇款，好让他们的警察能够提供……
给非法移民提供救生衣。第三，开放北海油气资源以提供就业岗位并增加收入。第四，约束工业绿色税并削减净零排放计划。这样就不需要额外的税收或借款了。——戈登·朗（GORDON LANG），贝德福德郡，沙恩布鲁克
在等待凯西男爵夫人的审查结果期间，首相可以在短期内审查一些措施，以帮助那些自费支付护理费的人。其中一项应该是修订在必须全额支付护理费用前所允许持有的储蓄或资产额度，目前该额度为 £23,250 —— 这应该根据通货膨胀率而提高。随后，首相应取消护理院的两级定价结构。地方当局为居民提供的资金数额低于护理院向自费居民收取的费用。护理院的护理成本对所有人应该是相同的。最后，除了住院护理之外，医疗护理收费的问题需要尽快且最终地予以解决。——泰德·弗林托夫（TED FLINTOFF），德比郡，西哈勒姆
为什么 安迪·伯纳姆 不参考芬兰的例子？在芬兰，当局简单地通过收取某人每月净收入最高 85% 的费用来回收护理成本，并为其留出一定数额的“个人津贴”。这产生了足够的收入，以提供公认的高质量服务。——M. 艾尔沃德（M. AYLWARD），东萨塞克斯郡，伯希尔-翁-希
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我知道有数十起案例，资深自由法庭记者的报道被当地和地区报纸（由国家公司控制）拒绝，而转而采用警方的版本，因为这样可以为他们省钱。——D. 贝利斯（D. BELLIS），康威，罗斯-翁-希
大家的损失 乔德雷尔天文台因缺乏资金而必须关闭，并导致相关岗位流失，而它每年仅收到 £2.8 百万资金，这真是对我们时代价值观的悲哀反映。为了对比，曼彻斯特城的埃尔林·哈兰德每周赚取 £525,000。这个粗鲁的决定难道不能撤销吗？——J. 斯莱特（J. SLATER），林肯郡，北凯尔西
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问：非洲象和亚洲象是否曾经交配并产生后代？ 非洲象 (Loxodontia) 和亚洲象 (Elephas maximus) 属于不同的属，它们在数百万年前由共同祖先分化而来。尽管如此，在极少数特殊情况下，它们的遗传相似度足以产生杂交后代。记录最详尽的例子是在切斯特动物园于 July 11, 1978. 出生的一头名为 Motty 的象。它的父亲是一头非洲象公象 Jumbolino，母亲是一头亚洲象母象 Sheba。Motty 展现了两种物种的混合特征，包括像非洲象那样皱褶的象鼻，但鼻尖只有一个“手指”，而非洲象通常有两个，这与亚洲象一致。Motty 还拥有像非洲象那样细长的腿，但趾甲数量则像亚洲象（前脚五个，后脚四个）。不幸的是，Motty 的生命非常短暂。由于早产，它需要动物园工作人员的密集护理。尽管最初看起来在恢复体力，但它的病情恶化，仅在 10 天大时就夭折了。由于出生过早，很难确定它的死亡主要是与杂交身份有关，还是与早产相关的医疗问题有关。Motty 仍然是唯一被确认的非洲象与亚洲象杂交后代——它甚至持有吉尼斯世界纪录，是最稀有的象。Aler Dawson，约克
问题 0：如果人工智能参加人类智商测试，它的得分可能是多少？David Nightingale，兰开郡，Westby 问：为什么大多数卡通人物只有三个手指和一个拇指？Frank Harper，普利茅斯 问：鸟类鸣唱时，一次呼吸是完成整首歌曲，还是仅完成一个音符？Martin Hook，肯特郡，Ashford
世界上最稀有的 7 3 [图片文字] 象犊 独一无二：Motty 在 1978 年去世前仅生存了 10 天
问：非藤熟番茄是如何成熟的？ 我的当地苗圃业主告诉我，商业种植者使用乙烯气体来触发那些在绿色状态下采摘的番茄成熟。这种气体使果实迅速且均匀地成熟并变红。然而，这些番茄的味道和甜度往往不如藤熟番茄，即使它们看起来已经完全变红。John Coan，切希尔郡，Widnes
问：查尔斯成为国王已经四年了，为什么仍然有这么多印有已故伊丽莎白二世女王的货币在流通？ 我清楚地记得在 20 世纪 50 年代后期到 60 年代，我们仍然在使用维多利亚女王时期的“圆髻便士”硬币。这些硬币通常日期追溯到 1860 年代，描绘了女王梳圆髻的样子，许多硬币由于过于陈旧且发黑，导致女王的头像几乎消失了。直到 60 年代，市面上仍有爱德华七世、乔治五世和乔治六世的硬币（主要是便士）。Stella Kemp，肯特郡，New Ash Green
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今日食谱：奶油韩式辣酱番茄意面 简单、甜辣、管饱。
配料： 3 汤匙双层奶油或 200 克里嘉通（rigatoni）或其他 200 克酸奶油 tubular 短管意面 一小撮糖（可选） 200 克圣女果 2 根葱或 脆葱，用于装饰 2 瓣大蒜 1-2 汤匙韩式辣酱，适量 2 茶匙芝麻（可选）
步骤： 1 Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling
按照包装说明在盐水中煮至半熟 (al dente)。2 同时，将油倒入深煎锅中，用中火加热，将番茄煎 5 分钟，直到变软并开始破裂。将大蒜切细片放入锅中，再煎 1 分钟直到出香味。3 将韩式辣酱 (gochujang)、番茄纯膏和 100ml 的煮面水加入锅中。炖煮几分钟，然后拌入酱油和双倍奶油 (double cream) 或法式酸奶油 (creme fraiche)。煮至起泡且略微浓稠，如果需要平衡酸味，可加入一小撮糖。4 将意面加入酱汁中，倒入少许煮面水和帕玛森芝士，翻炒均匀。在端上桌前，撒上切碎的葱花和芝麻（如果使用）。
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AI 炒作需要面对现实
几周前，我创建了一个 AI 助手来管理我的日程，希望它能帮我处理紧凑的行程和每天如暴风雪般袭来的金融新闻。我的新 PA 机器人需要仔细监督。它有时无法记录最重要的公告，例如 BP 出售其北海业务。至于预约，它让我提前两天就去了与股票经纪商 Peel Hunt 首席执行官史蒂文·法恩 (Steven Fine) 的午餐会，这引起了广泛的笑话。它还告诉我，我说 安迪·伯纳姆 是首相是错误的。考虑到这看起来依然如此不可思议，也许这是一个可以原谅的错误。
尽管这项技术有诸多奇迹，但它有着严重的局限性。股票定价已趋于完美，但 AI 似乎就像一个永远威胁要逃出游戏围栏的幼儿一样不可靠。上周，24 岁 AI 神童利奥波德·阿申布伦纳 (Leopold Aschenbrenner) 的陨落让人们感到紧张，他的投资组合在遭遇巨额损失后被出售给了 Citadel。也许这只是小题大做，但对冲基金的崩溃通常预示着更广泛的灾难，就像 2008 年那样。
因此，投资者正转向传统股票，如石油、银行和工程类，这些在富时 100 (FTSE 100) 指数中占很大比重。随着罗尔斯-罗伊斯 (Rolls-Royce)、BAE 系统公司 (BAE Systems)、壳牌 (Shell)、劳合社 (Lloyds) 和国民西敏寺银行 (NatWest) 等公司报告了令人印象深刻的业绩，蓝筹股指数一直在触及历史高点。
AI 热潮催生了一种错误的叙事，即富时指数仅仅是一个旧经济的废料场。当我终于在正确的日期参加午餐会时，史蒂文·法恩指出，如果将股息计算在内，富时指数在过去五年中的表现一直优于其美国竞争对手。富时 100 指数五年的总回报率为 85%，而标准普尔 500 指数 (S&P) 为 80%，纳斯达克 (Nasdaq) 为 75%。
那么，为什么像房地产巨头 Segro 这样的公司会向美国竞标者屈服？为什么英国养老基金在每英镑资金中仅将寥寥几便子投资于英国公司？
确实存在应该解决的问题。股票购买的印花税损害了金融城，应该取消。养老基金在持有英国股票时应获得股息税抵免。在 Segro 这种数据中心属于战略资产的情况下，伯纳姆政府应该援引《国家安全与投资法》。如果首相希望每个邮编区域都能实现增长，那么提升资本市场的措施应当成为优先事项。投资者重新发现那些成熟的公司并不让我感到惊讶。
美容业巨头寻求商业税率改革
规模达 £28bn 的美容产业已敦促 安迪·伯纳姆 给美发沙龙提供与酒吧相同的商业税率改革。英国美容委员会 (British Beauty Council) 首席执行官米莉·肯德尔 (Millie Kendall) 告诉首相，忽视美容企业将是一个“错误”。她的成员范围涵盖从小型到大型企业，其大使包括凯特·莫丝 (Kate Moss)（见图）和特里尼·伍德尔 (Trinny Woodall)。
由 Emily Hawkins 报道
（此举）是对赌博机游戏厅和电子烟商店的某种补偿，因为后者“对社区生活没有太大贡献”。但这激怒了其他同样在应对工资等成本大幅上涨的商业街企业。
肯德尔表示，从业者正在放弃店面选择居家办公或前往客户家中，这“并非因为他们想要抛弃商业街，而是因为经济上不再可行”。她指出，这将产生连锁反应，减少市中心的人流量，“而此时消费者支出依然低迷”。
“沙龙不仅仅是独立的企业，它们更是……”
地方经济的锚点。那些业务根植于现实资产和实际利润的企业。人工智能在追求最大化“效率”的工程设计中，其核心存在一种内在的空虚。Claude AI 将其“高效”的研究方法描述为“能够使其看似合理地满足需求的最小努力，而非目前可实现的最高程度的彻底努力”。当人类只付出最低限度的努力而非追求最佳工作表现时，我们认为这是反社会的、懒惰的，是性格薄弱的标志。而当这种行为成为缺乏道德感和羞耻心的人工智能之基础时，它就有可能将工业规模的偷懒行为（skiving）定义为新常态。如果我们不小心，这可能会降低对卓越追求的价值。从长远来看，这将是经济和社会的一场灾难。随着投资者从人工智能的炒作中抽身，重新发现英国蓝筹企业，政治家们也必须觉醒。
为什么我们要变卖家产（selling off the family silver）？我们想要的是一个建立在稳固性、质量和真实回报之上的经济体，还是一个由看似合理的承诺像棉花糖一样纺出来的经济体？
帝亚吉欧（DIAGEO）等待“剧烈”的 / 调整 / 从美发沙龙到像丝芙兰（Sephora）这样的巨头——这些业务通常被认为是“可有可无的，甚至是轻率的” #9。肯德尔（Kendall）认为，它们是强有力的雇主，并为经济增长做出了贡献。伯纳姆（Burnham）上个月表示，他明年将为酒店业企业降低 20% 的税率，平均为酒吧节省 £1,100。他表示，这项 1 亿英镑m 的政策将通过削减国民保险缴款和能源账单的减免来资助。
4 , 在为《每日邮报》撰文时，肯德尔表示，要求将其纳入此次减免的申请并非其成员在“请求补贴”，而是“基于经济常识的论证”。肯德尔说，为了拥有“充满活力”的市中心，工党必须“确保零售服务业被完全纳入商业税率支持，保护企业免受房产税大幅上涨的影响，并在实体零售商与在线市场之间创造一个更公平的竞争环境”。
“越来越多的沙龙在关闭，其后果将远远超出美容行业，”她说道。肯德尔认为，美容和个人护理部门是英国的一个成功案例。根据该组织最新的《美容价值报告》，该部门在 2025, 年为经济贡献了 £28.3bn。肯德尔表示，伯纳姆的政府“必须将这些商业街的栋梁视为增长的引擎，他们绝对不能忽视少数能够实现增长的行业之一”。今年早些时候，沙龙业主警告称，由于工党税务搜刮导致就业成本上升，该行业正处于“历史上最艰难的时期”。
Ti =: 帝亚吉欧（DIAGEO）的负责人将于本周概述一项备受期待的调整细节，这可能意味着裁员。戴夫·刘易斯（Dave Lewis）自 1 月接手以来，一直试图扭转这家饮料集团的命运——该公司拥有健力加（Guinness）、约翰尼沃克（Johnnie Walker）威士忌和斯米诺夫（Smirnoff）伏特加（由女演员凯莉·库科 Kaley Cuoco 代言，见上图）。这位前乐购（Tesco）首席执行官被人们称为“剧烈戴夫”（Drastic Dave），他将在周四的帝亚吉欧资本市场日上对其战略提供进一步说明。据报道，员工已被告知将有大幅裁员计划。该公司股价今年上涨了 2%，但过去五年下降了 50% 以上。该集团还将公布截至 6 月 30. 日的年度业绩。分析师预计，由于美国需求疲软，年销售额将下降 2.lpc 至 £14.5bn。利润预计将持平，为 €4.ibn。
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这次运动会的一个缺点是对普通体育迷来说缺乏可见度。72 年来第一次，BBC 退出官方广播商之列，TNT Sports 虽然提供了全面的报道，但这些赛事并未触及英国的主流观众。由于缺乏像奥运冠军基利·霍金森这样家喻户晓的名字，这次比赛没有足够的号召力来吸引订阅者。普通大众不会特意去寻找草地滚球或一场冷门的柔道比赛。如果骨架雪橇没有在 BBC 上直播，会有多少人收看马特·韦斯顿在意大利赢得冬奥会金牌？不多。这些运动会充满了令人心暖的故事。它们为
那些肮脏的董事会斗争提供了完美的解药——“英联邦运动会 每日邮报，2026 年 8 月 3 日，星期一 这些运动会 黄金触感：菲利普·诺瓦基和（右）埃米莉·坎贝尔 GETTY IMAGES / SHUTTERSTOCK。FIFA 总部，在那里，吉安尼·因凡蒂诺一直试图通过将世界杯卖给最高出价者来快钱。如果获得更多曝光，像西里尔·查切特这样的人本周将会排在观看《One Show》沙发访谈的首位。他克服了无家可归的困境，为英格兰赢得了举重银牌，但现在将回到健身房在相对默默无闻的情况下训练。这次活动非常适合免费地面电视——尤其是如果大多数 举重超级巨星远离时——而且新的 UE 广播安排必须成为 2030 年印度赛事的首要议程。‘BBC 在很长一段时间内一直是非常出色的合作伙伴，我们在这次运动会上确实与他们保持着关系，’英联邦运动会联盟首席执行官凯蒂·萨德勒说。‘我们在做 BBC 广播，所以他们参与其中。‘我们对 TNT 和华纳兄弟探索公司 [TNT 的 A\ ~~ te \ A 非常满意。’
年度体育界的风暴，因为一起公然的作弊行为在社交媒体上被曝光。弹指之间，索尔特本板球俱乐部的布莱恩·德文变成了 Storm：德文和（右）他弹指的特写，成为了体育界的头号公敌——‘弹指庞廷’诞生了。德文的目的既清晰又令人震惊——通过弹指模仿球击中球拍的声音，欺骗裁判判定出局。但索尔特本并不是多年来唯一诉诸诡计的队伍——这里有每日邮报体育频道最喜欢的一些例子……
凡士林辅助 桑尼·阿格尼霍特里在 2002 年至 0
2008 年，并两次获得萨塞克斯邀请联赛（Sussex Invitation League）第一组冠军。当他们面对克劳利之鹰队（Crawley Eagles）时，对手在赛前会在球棒上涂凡士林。其目的是当球擦到球拍边缘时，不会发出太大的声音。“我们询问了裁判，他们说这并不违反规则，”阿格尼霍特里（Agnihotri）说道。“在投球间隔期间，他们也肯定在口袋里翻找东西，所以我们知道有不正当的事情在发生。他们做得太明显了。这种‘黑产手段’经常发生。”当地对手布莱顿保险队（Brighton Insurance）在先击球时会浪费时间以消耗日光。在一名被击出的击球手离场与新击球手接替之间，你有三分钟时间。但在比赛场地内，你仍然可以穿上护腿。布莱顿队的球员会将所有装备扔在球场上，从而在不受惩罚的情况下使时间超过三分钟。“他们会花两倍的时间，这样轮到我们击球时，天色就更暗了，”阿格尼霍特里说。
伊齐·马丁（IZZY MARTIN）
并非总是如此
在 20 世纪 90 年代后期的莱斯特郡联赛中，有一位裁判，他以一种特质而闻名：离酒吧开门时间越近，他的手指就越是急躁。当他感到非常口渴时，他会低声嘀咕：“下一个球击中护腿的……就给一个强烈的申诉”，而当 fielding 侧（防守方）这样做时，他就如愿以偿地判定出局。这是一个来自莱斯特郡的技巧——
J WATT 想要恢复旧日的伯恩利。对于一个习惯了美国 NFL 奢华生活、曾拥有 $100million 合同并在一个名为天堂谷（Paradise Valley）的地方居住的人来说，他似乎与兰开夏郡这个他声称热爱的谦逊角落保持着惊人的联系。“很长一段时间里，你很清楚在伯恩利会面对什么，”这位俱乐部的少数股东告诉《每日邮报》体育版。“你将面对一场艰苦的战斗。我想要一个强大的身份认同。我们将比所有人更努力，我们将比所有人更坚韧。”如果你觉得这听起来非常像肖恩·戴奇（Sean Dyche）的风格，那么你是对的。伯恩利在上赛季失去了他们往常的坚毅。在又一次降级后，这支“克拉雷特军团”回到了冠军联赛——这是他们在 5 个赛季中第 5 次更换级别。他们在最后 29 场比赛中仅赢了一场，且拥有联赛中最糟糕的防守记录。对球衣的自豪感处于低谷，因此，
Watt 做出了一次改变。伯恩利发布了一套由 Watt 花两年时间设计的新客场球衣，它回顾了俱乐部的历史并复刻了一个旧队徽。他花时间在附近的一个奶牛场拍摄宣传片，开着奶车行驶在兰开夏郡的坑洼路面上。对于一个在采访中重复 10 次“工作”一词的人来说，这显得很贴切。“俱乐部的历史和传统使其变得特别，”Watt 说。“也许有些人更喜欢伦敦或曼彻斯特，但在伯恩利四处走走，我非常热爱这里。我们正试图真正捕捉伯恩利的本质。我设计这套球衣的原因是为了尝试保留那段历史。” 仅仅靠一件涤纶球衣和甜言蜜语并不足以驱散特夫球场（Turf Moor）的阴霾。他们上次在主场获胜是在 286 天前。一线队球星 Jaidon Anthony 和 Maxime Esteve 已经离队，而 Lesley Ugochukwu 则租借到了
加拉塔萨雷。Scott Parker 在 4 月被解雇，克拉雷特军团任命了曾在 2023-24, 赛季率领布鲁日俱乐部赢得比利时职业联赛冠军的 Nicky Hayen 作为其继任者。这是一个巨大的赌注。“Nicky 到任后说的第一件事之一就是我们需要一天训练两次，”Watt 说道，他曾短暂地担任披萨客外送员以筹集自己的学费。 “我绝对热爱这一点。这完全关乎他的工作伦理、战术及其进攻性。我们总是希望占据主动。他希望这些球员不要有自我意识，将队徽置于自己的姓氏之前，到目前为止效果非常好。” “非常好”可能说得太过了。伯恩利在对阵辛辛那提、哥伦布机组、皇家盐湖城、阿贾克斯、姐妹俱乐部西班牙人以及都灵的六场季前赛中未能获胜，不过 Hayen 在前两场比赛中仅担任观察员。Watt 希望在不过分干预的情况下贡献他的专业知识。他将与 Hayen 讨论战术、定位球以及如何优化球员的饮食与恢复。Watt 加入伯恩利已有三年，他的到来曾被质疑。当英超 20 家俱乐部中有 12 家拥有美国老板时，许多传统的英格兰球迷最不希望看到的就是另一个来自大洋彼岸、带着夸张言论和不寻常体育想法的新面孔。但 Watt 是足球的长期追随者，且说话真诚。他小时候踢球，在担任 NFL 球员期间在黎明时分观看比赛，而他的妻子 Kealia 曾是美国的一名...
《每日邮报》，周一，August 3, 2026
融入其中：Watt 穿着新客场球衣（上方）以及与 Royal Dyche 的工作人员在一起
有些人更喜欢伦敦或曼彻斯特……但我热爱伯恩利
前 NFL 球星转任克拉雷特军团共同所有者的 JJ Watt 正全身心地投入到升级冲刺中——他甚至设计了新球衣
国际。至关重要的是， WINDOW wp WATCH 目标：加克波 Getty IMAGES 但红军表示拒绝 @ 托特纳姆热刺已表达了对科迪·加克波的兴趣——但利物浦没有出售计划。利物浦目前正继续致力于从巴黎圣日耳曼签下布拉德利·巴科拉的交易，他们希望增加进攻质量而非流失。27 岁的加克波刚刚签署的一份长期新合同已执行一年，且随着具备其经验等级球员的市场价格攀升，需要巨额资金才能改变利物浦的立场。由 SIMON JONES 报道。热刺同时也在密切关注曼彻斯特城的奥马尔·马尔穆什，并正在就萨维尼奥进行谈判。与此同时，利物浦前锋 Keyrol Figueroa 引起了巴恩斯利和萨尔福德城的兴趣。这位 19 岁的球员在近期一次斯洛伐克训练营中代表红军 U-21 队表现出色，并在周六的一场对阵卡迪夫的友谊赛中进球。后卫 Wellity Lucky，20 岁，将被租出。@ 切尔西在提出一份提高后的报价后，正接近与巴列卡诺达成协议，签下 28 岁的左后卫佩普·查瓦里亚。威根希望租借切尔西中场球员 Reggie Walsh，17 岁。@ 纽卡斯尔联已询问费耶诺德边锋 Anis Hadj Moussa，24 岁，以及在切尔西关注名单上的亚特兰大中后卫乔治·斯卡尔维尼，22 岁。门将 Lukas Hornicek 已在西班牙完成了纽卡斯尔的体检。& 伯恩茅斯正以 €1 1million 的交易签入塞维利亚右后卫胡安卢·桑切斯。这位 22 岁的球员身价为 €9.4m，外加 170 万英镑m 的附加费。塞维利亚想要埃内什·尤纳尔，伯恩茅斯准备将其出售，但这位土耳其前锋在母国和沙特阿拉伯也有选择。@ 阿森纳和埃弗顿正就一项 700 万英镑m 的交易继续谈判。
至少在我们的交谈中，他从未使用过“soccer”这个词。“我被英格兰足球吸引是因为它的激情、历史和传统，”他说。“到目前为止，我最喜欢的习俗是我的比赛日例行活动，我会在 Royal Dyche [一家以前任主教练命名的酒吧] 下车，和在那里的所有人一起喝一品脱吉尼斯黑啤。” “然后我会绕过街角走一小段路去伯恩利矿工俱乐部，给自己买一份 Bene Bomb [贝内狄克汀利口酒加能量饮料——当地的一种特色饮品]。” “然后我走完剩下的路进入 Bob Lord 看台，为比赛做好准备。我去见支持者，倾听他们想法的脉搏。”
当他无法在英格兰观看比赛时，Watt 会在休斯顿观看。伯恩利在美国的人气正在上升，他们在那里的部分季前赛期间停留。“比赛日的关注度增长得如此之快，这很有趣。以前当我们获胜或进球时，比赛日这里很安静，”他说。“我会给某人发短信说：‘嘿，我们赢了，’ 对方会说：‘我不知道在播。’ 现在，我们进球的那一秒，我的手机就炸裂了。” “我父亲在给我发短信，一些不认识的人也突然冒了出来。我会知道我的电视是否延迟，因为在我还没看到进球时，所有人都在给我发短信。看到这么多伯恩利球迷，看到街上随机的孩子们穿着旧的伯恩利球衣，这真的很酷。” 当地人是否会珍视新的客场球衣，将取决于球员们穿着它创造的回忆。升级是目标，但英冠联赛仍然是一个难以预测的猛兽。
62 每日邮报 Gi / 足球 我们在南半球的高空与哈比·阿隆索在一起，在悉尼 W 酒店 27 层的“极致惊叹”（Extreme Wow）顶层豪华套房内俯瞰达令港。在这样一个 202 平方米的超豪华空间里恢复时差，绝对是最好的选择。阿隆索首先告诉我们，他是如何利用凌晨 2 点到 6 点的早起时间的。他完成了一次 10 公里的跑步，配速为每公里 4 分 30 秒，对于一名 44 岁的人来说，这是一个非常令人尊敬的速度。接着，我们开始讨论另一件转瞬即逝的事情——他在皇家马德里担任主教练的七个月时间，而皇马的损失很可能成为切尔西的收获。“幸运的是，我的职业生涯中没有太多的伤痕，”阿隆索说，“所以，好吧，我确实留下了一道伤疤，但它是会愈合的。现在它已经痊愈了，现在我非常有动力且坚定地想要享受接下来的这一步，就像我开始在马德里执教时那样。”
“你要继续前行。回顾过去，我吸取积极的一面，也反思那些行不通的事情。我对自己一直非常‘团队精神第一，然后是踢好足球，最后才是获胜’严苛，思考我本可以做得更好的地方，因为毫无疑问，结果并未如预期那样发展。但你得继续投身于其他事情。”切尔西球迷希望他能投身于更大、更好的事业。在经历了上赛季利亚姆·罗塞尼尔的聘用与解雇之后，阿隆索是俱乐部 BlueCo 所有者的一次极佳任命。阿隆索将手指从头部移向腹部，说道：“这必须源自这里，也必须源自这里，源自直觉（gut）。时机很恰当。对俱乐部来说时机很好，对我个人来说时机也很好。”
“这是一支最近踢得非常出色的球队。情况并不像上赛季末那样糟糕【切尔西在英超联赛中排名第 10】。这里有巨大的潜力。让我们看看需要多长时间。我们正处于这个过程中。”悉尼仅仅是切尔西季前巡演的第一站。接下来，阿隆索将前往香港，然后是印度尼西亚，最后是马来西亚，在每个国家进行一场友谊赛，然后返回英格兰。实际上，阿隆索并没有住在“极致惊叹”套房里。我们是为了这次与切尔西新任主教练的访谈而借用了这里。我们的右侧放着一瓶 1965 年的 Castaneda 干邑白兰地（Bas Armagnac），如果我们打开它，可能会让我们的澳大利亚东道主赔偿 £497。这里感觉像是一个超级反派的居所，但阿隆索太友善了，不适合那里。他散发着情商极高的气质。
“我利用这段时间来重置能量，因为作为一名主教练，你需要充满能量才能带动其他人，”阿隆索继续说道，“对我来说，在每一次训练赛、每一场比赛计划中传递这种激情和对比赛的热忱至关重要。”
“我（在 1 月份离开马德里后）的时间主要就是用来做这个。我没有看太多足球比赛。主要是关于我自己，关于感受它。”
“你从那些注定无法实现的事情带来的失望中学习，并认为事情会变得更好。”阿隆索在加盟切尔西时，相信自己知道需要什么。蓝军习惯于拥有英超联赛中最年轻的阵容。现在他们完成了与来自布莱顿的 35 岁球员丹尼·韦尔贝克（Danny Welbeck）的交易，并接近签下上周离开布伦特福德的 36 岁球员乔丹·亨德森（Jordan Henderson）。韦尔贝克的转会费未公开，但据信几乎没有花费。亨德森将
成为一名自由转会球员，因为他的俱乐部允许他提前一年终止合同。两人将为这支年轻的球队共同带来 863 场英超联赛的经验。“对我来说，你需要性格、成熟阶段的正确平衡，早二十岁的人与早三十岁的人，以及两者之间，”每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一，职业生涯处于不同阶段的球员，阿隆索在被问及获胜文化的要素时说道。“对此并没有公式，但有一种感觉。”很明显，阿隆索认为优秀的人比优秀的球员更重要。“如果他们拥有良好的素质且彼此之间互动良好，你就能在他们之间建立良好的联系和纽带，这有助于团队精神。对我来说，这与战术一样重要。首先是团队精神。其次是踢出漂亮的足球。然后才是赢得比赛。”
“这是我在踢球时学到的。‘我热爱与这支球队一起比赛’。你能感觉到这一点。对我来说，这非常自然。在巴斯克地区，我们有很多这种集体目标和文化。”阿隆索在执教勒沃库森队时就拥有这种特质，他在 2023-24 赛季实现了双冠王，赢得了该俱乐部历史上的首个德甲冠军以及德国杯。他们还在欧联杯中获得亚军。“那出乎意料地太棒了，”他微笑着说。
阿隆索并不试图模仿他那些传奇的前任教练，如佩普·瓜迪奥拉、卡洛·安切洛蒂、拉法·贝尼特斯或何塞·穆里尼奥。“这不是简单的复制粘贴，”他说。但他积累了大量的知识和经验，尤其是在人员管理方面。例如，他还能记得 2008. 年贝尼特斯想让加雷特·巴里在利物浦替代他时的感受。
由共同所有者贝赫达德·埃格巴利以及体育总监保罗·温斯坦利和劳伦斯·斯图尔特领导的切尔西体育领导团队，到目前为止非常喜欢与阿隆索共事。他们看到了他的热情。“我之前是从外部观察切尔希的，”阿隆索说。“我能看到积极的一面，也能看到我的顾虑，”
每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一，所以我跟他们沟通了。我们正共同采取步骤来打造一支优秀的团队。这就是最终的雏形。”切尔西正给予阿隆索他认为成功所需的条件，包括从阿斯顿维拉聘请教练奥斯汀·麦克菲（Austin MacPhee）担任定位球专家。俱乐部的球员们对阿隆索在训练期间的投入程度深感触动。他为他们策划进球、传中和传球，并处于每一项训练的核心。“当我大 10 岁时，也许我就不能那样做了，我会更多地留在场边，”在训练课上穿着老款 Adidas Predator 球鞋的阿隆索说道。“但在我还能做的时候，我会享受其中。我喜欢这种感觉。我喜欢靠近球员们。‘这种能量是双向的。这对他们和我都很有益。’” 尽管阿隆索是一名出色的厨师——他的拿手菜是一道名为 Kokotxas 的传统巴斯克鱼类料理——但他在寻求伦敦塔帕斯（tapas）餐厅的推荐。居住在英国首都对他和他的家庭来说具有巨大的吸引力。“这不是随心所欲去任何我想去的地方……不，不，不，”他说。“在目前我们生活的这个阶段，来到伦敦是有意义的。我的妻子很喜欢这里。我的女儿们要过来。我的儿子要去上大学。” 阿隆索的父亲佩里科（Periko）曾是一名足球运动员和教练。“因为我的成长环境，这条路对我来说并不陌生，”他说。“我在家里就见过这一切。全都是工作。‘准备第二天的训练。准备球队的选人。这些都在厨房里进行，我就在他身边。所以我并不是说这是命中注定，但我必须尝试一下。’‘在我职业生涯的后期，当我搬到德国时 [2014 年至 2017 年期间在拜仁慕尼黑，瓜迪奥拉担任主教练]，对我来说，开始思考我将如何做事变得很重要。我非常有好奇心。我处于职业生涯的那个阶段，我可以走进他的办公室说：“佩普。为什么会发生这种情况？比赛计划将是什么？”’‘也许当我 20 岁时，我还没有那种自信去教练办公室询问这些事情。但在那个时刻，’（在热门席位上：我们在悉尼最豪华的酒店套房之一与阿隆索坐下来交谈 GETTY IMAGES / W SYDNEY HOTEL）‘因为信任，我需要这样做。我想这样做。’‘我感到对球队的责任感比我早年作为球员时强得多。我不想只考虑自己，还要考虑我的队友，考虑我们将如何比赛，以及如何支持年轻球员。’‘你二十岁出头时的状态与你三十岁出头时的状态是不同的。我们在许多案例中见到了这一点，我的情况也是如此。’‘后来，我想尝试 [执教]，但不是直接进入最高级别，所以我从 [皇家马德里] 14岁以下青年队开始。感觉自然且不操之过急。’” 虽然阿隆索并不打算冲向顶峰，但他取得了一个快速的开局，并发现自己接管了一家雄心勃勃、希望在他的带领下赢得英超冠军的俱乐部。足球 / 每日邮报 E 蓝军在朱德的惊愕中签下 Barco 切尔西已完成从姐妹俱乐部斯特拉斯堡签下阿根廷国脚瓦伦丁·巴尔科（Valentin Barco）的手续，合同期为七年。这位 22 岁的球员曾引发争议，当时他对阿根廷在世界杯半决赛中击败英格兰的过度狂热庆祝，导致朱德·贝林厄姆拍了他的后脑勺。巴尔科此前曾代表布莱顿在英超出场六次；在后卫马克·库库雷利亚（Marc Cucurella）于六月离开切尔西加盟皇家马德里后，俱乐部签下了他，不过他在斯特拉斯堡时司职中场。正如《每日邮报》体育版在五月报道的那样，巴尔科自去年年底以来就一直处于切尔西的关注范围内
赛季，当时他向斯特拉斯堡的球迷告别。在这样一个繁忙的夏天，Barco 紧随丹尼·韦尔贝克、摩根·罗杰斯、马克斯昂斯·拉克鲁瓦、乔瓦尼·昆达、马可·帕莱斯特拉以及前斯特拉斯堡前锋埃马纽埃尔·埃梅加的脚步，加盟蓝军，截至 50 目前。贾尼不会辞职。
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尽管有中北美及加勒比海足联（CONCACAF）的抵制，但大洋洲足联中剩余的 10 个 FIFA 成员是否会效仿仍存疑问。亚足联（AFC）在欢迎放弃私募股权提案的决定的一份声明中，拒绝要求因凡蒂诺下台。随后来自科威特、卡塔尔、斯里兰卡和黎巴嫩的支持，进一步强化了人们的印象：因凡蒂诺（见下文）在亚洲仍拥有强大的支持。非洲足联（CAF）执行委员会的四名成员在昨天也向因凡蒂诺表示支持。
斯里兰卡的声明称：“因凡蒂诺主席最突出的领导特质之一，一直是他愿意倾听成员协会的观点和关切。这次决定 [放弃出售计划] 清楚地反映了他的包容性领导风格，这种风格建立在对话、相互尊重以及服务全球足球社区的真诚承诺之上。”
2022 年世界杯东道主卡塔尔表示，他们“全力支持因凡蒂诺主席继续发展足球运动的努力”。其余 40 个亚足联成员协会尚未公开发表评论，这表明他们支持亚足联的声明——该声明并未挑战他的主席之位。他们不一定会与自己的足联统一投票，但公开的支持在因凡蒂诺争取维持其地位的过程中是有帮助的。他可能会主动辞职，但这不太可能。另一种可能性是召开 FIFA 紧急理事会会议，由高管敦促因凡蒂诺下台。英足会（FA）主席黛比·赫威特作为 FIFA 副主席之一，也是该理事会 37 名成员之一。但目前尚未安排此类会议，因此因凡蒂诺仍计划在三月份参加改选——目前尚未出现挑战者。
欧足联（UEFA）在周六的一份声明中对 FIFA 放弃私募股权计划的决定表示欢迎，但警告称仅凭这一点不足以平息他们的不满。他们表示：“该提案被欧足联的各协会以及全球许多其他联邦和足联一致拒绝，而保护足球正是他们的职责。”
“我们不能继续这样走下去，让那些无名之辈在快节奏的时间表下策划秘密方案，且这些方案对足球运动的益处可疑。我们必须查明责任人并追究其责任。”
“欧足联将与各协会以及其他足联密切合作，反思此事如何发生，并制定计划确保此类事件不再发生。”
“任何选项都不应被排除。FIFA 的领导层不仅失去了欧足联的信心，也失去了足球大家庭中许多其他成员的信心。他 [因凡蒂诺] 策划并试图强行通过的这种糟糕的、秘密的、不透明的交易，绝非透明。”
“这不能是故事的终点。提案已经取消，但重建对 FIFA 信任的任务才刚刚开始。”
Blail Puzz 每日邮报，2026年8月3日，星期一 HONEYCOMB (蜂巢谜题) KAKURO 9 \J23 ~ 14 / 23 所有解答均按顺时针方向读取 22 15) 数字的方格。使用 1 到 9 的数字填写解答网格，且在任何一行或一列中不得重复使用数字。1. 填入空格 10™le 4s 441 4 i 从给定的字母开始。12 1 Steal 在任何空白格中。线段 z oe 必须填入 . ag ie 4. 三倍数相加之和等于 1 5. Crayon 顶部阴影方格中的总和 1 6. Ghost 或每条线的开头 12 8 14 7. Annoying 4 8. Bvitamin。阴影方格底部的数字 1 4 9. Native 11 13 10. Get 23 1. imprison 给出向下 9 5 9 Sia 12. Wobble 的总和；在顶部，4 10 给出水平的总和。
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KENKEN / 世界上最难的数字填字游戏
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C H ARDEST CROSSWORD (最难十字谜题)
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NINE TO FIVE (九到五)
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密码字 (Codeword)
我们密码字网格中的每个数字都代表一个不同的字母。 今天 7 代表 V，因此每当数字 7 出现时，请填入 V。 右侧的控制网格为您提供了两个起始字母。将它们填入主网格的相应方格中，然后利用词汇知识推导出缺失方格中应填入的字母。 PAR SCORE 棋盘显示了四行字母。 105-115
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文字搜索 (WORDSEARCH)
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2022 年的女性， 2
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The Brexiteer is said to have negoti- ated arrangements for a comeback dur- ing March and April 2024 - ahead of his appointment on June 3 that year and the national ballot a month later. They included a plan for the party to settle more than £1million in outstand- ing loans to a company run by then- leader Richard Tice, according to The Sunday Times. Reform insists there Was no commitment to resume his lead- ership until the June announcement. The details could raise more ques- tions about Mr Farage accepting a By James Tapsfhield £5million gift from a billionaire donor in early 2024. He insists it was a personal gift and did not need to be declared to Parliament as at the time he was not a candidate or party leader. But Reform’s ex-deputy leader Ben Habib admitted it ‘blows a hole’ in his defence. Mr Farage is fighting a by-election in Clacton on August 13. If he wins, the sleaze investigation into whether he should have declared the gift from crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne is expected to resume. All donations from the 12 months before MPs enter the Commons need to be submitted for the official register. The Sunday Times said the agreement on the terms for Mr Farage replacing Mr Tice as leader was presented to the then-party treasurer Mehrtash A’Zami in mid-May 2024. Mr A’Zami told the newspaper: ‘I was told about the agreement before the election was called. It commenced when Nigel came back.’ But Reform said Mr Farage was merely ‘keeping his options seo by establishing ‘what loans would have to be repaid’ if he returned. A spokesperson said one tranche of loan was repaid to Mr Tice instead of his company, but the issue was ‘quickly sorted’ and ‘all repayments were declared to the Electoral Commission’. Restore leader offers Reform pact to unite ‘the patriotic Right’ But only if they ban burka, hold referendum on death penalty and sideline Tory defectors By Christian Calgie Senior Political Correspondent-at-Large RESTORE Britain leader Rupert Lowe has issued an offer to Nigel Farage to unite the Right and take on Andy Burnham together at the next election. Mr Lowe, whose hard- Right party proved a major thorn in Reform’s side at the Makerfield by-election, said the two parties could find a ‘common way for- fal Separate ways: Then Reform members Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson and Rupert Lowe after the 2024 election Reform-Restore cabinet. Ina video posted on X, Mr Lowe said if Mr Farage was prepared to engage with ‘serious policies, serious reform, and serious govern- ment, then so are we’. He added: ‘Millions of Brit- ish people deserve a patriotic government. Now is the time to put our differences aside and co-operate for the good of the country we all love.’ While many on the Right would like to stop Restore Britain splitting the vote, last night Mr Farage appeared to reject Mr Lowe’s offer. The Reform leader said: “With the prospect of an early Extremes (24 hrs to lpm Sat) ward’ provided Mr Farage agreed to certain terms. The Great Yarmouth MP was expelled from Reform in March 2025 amid accusations of bullying staff and party Officials, which he denies. In a social media video yesterday, Mr Lowe called on the pair to put aside ‘personalities’ and ‘past disa- greements’. He outlined five key points Mr Farage would have to agree to, starting with mass deportations of both illegal and legal migrants who live off welfare or fail to integrate. Second, he said Reform must commit to ‘reversing the Islamification of Britain’, and preventing the forecast that white people will become a minority by 2063. Reform would have to ban the burqa, halal and Kosher slaughter and cousin mar- riage. Third, he called for a referendum on reintroducing the death penalty. Fourth, he demanded deep cuts to welfare to make the UK ‘self-sufficient’ and, fifth, to restore faith in politics, with former Conservative ministers such as Robert Jenrick and Suella Braver- man to be excluded from any MOON rises: 10.1lpm, sets: 11.03am Warmest: Chartwood, 28c. Sun rises London: 327am, sets: 8456 Coldest: Katesbridge, 5c. HIGH TIDE Londen Bridge: 5.43pm Liverpool: 2.52pm Sunniest: Almondsbury, 4.3hrs. GREAT SAVINGS WITH OUR SAVE 30p on your weekday ly Mail newspaper with a print subscription at mailsubs.co.uk or call O800 083 5000 All our jou rnalists observe the Editors the Mail is a member of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). We aim to correct any errors a5 promptly as possible. 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But will never turn my back on my team. ‘I will continue to do what- ever is necessary to defeat the Left and provide Britain with the strong, serious leadership it deserves.’ A source close to Mr Farage confirmed that no deal is being offered to Mr Lowe. IF YOU CAN'T GET YOUR DAILY MAIL... If the Mail was unavailable at your retail outlet please let us know by emailing availability@ dailymail.co.uk or call 0330 100 0601 and we will endeavour to ensure it doesn't happen again.
Daily Mail, Monday, Auaust Moving on: Nicole Kidman last week ‘| CRUISING around in a supercar might be just the ticket for anyone feeling a bit down in the dumps. And it seems to have done the trick for Nicole Kidman, ten months after announcing her split from Keith Urban. The actress, who was married for 19 years, was pictured grin- ning alongside private equity mogul Michael Reinstein in his £250,000 Ferrari 296 GTB. Mr Reinstein, 54, collected 59-year-old Ms Kidman after she flew from New York to Los Angeles. Tt was the latest sighting of the ‘She seems really content in life’ pair who were first linked romantically last month after being seen together on a bal- cony at the exclusive Belmond Splendido hotel in Portofino, Italy. Mr Reinstein, . from Los Angeles, is #3 the founder and chairman of 13-year- i old private equity [ firm Regent, based § in Beverly Hills. Under his stew- ardship, the firm has snapped up an eclectic portfolio of brands includ- ing fashion By Dominique Hines brands Escada, La Senza and Club Monaco, and titles such as Sunset magazine. The businessman, who is worth an estimated £250million, also has a law degree from Pep- perdine University and remains a member of the California State Bar. Ms Kidman and Urban, inset, were said to have been living separately since the summer of 2025, before their split was reported in September, She filed for divorce the following day, September 30, citing irreconcil- able differences. It was finalised on January 6, 2026, when they reached a set- tlement agreement, with Ms Kidman reportedly named pri- mary parent to their two daugh- ters, Sunday Rose, 18, and Faith Margaret, 15. A source close to Ms Kidman told the Daily Mail: ‘After everything she went through with Keith, she deserves to find happiness. ‘She never thought her marriage » wouldn't work out, and she tried as best as she could to keep her family m. intact. Her daugh- ters are her best friends, and she seems really content in her life.’ Going for a spin: Nicole Kidman with businessman Michael Reinstein, right, in his £250,000 Ferrari 296 GTB Revealed, the hunky private | equity boss who's put the smile back on Nicole’s face Reunited: Ms Kidman with Mr Reinstein in Los Angeles OLDER women, it seems, are eager to lead active lives, filling each day with activities. Their male counterparts, however, are - to put it kindly - some- what less proactive. According to a study of over-50s in England, women are keen ona ‘life’s for living’ approach, prioritising quality of life over longevity. But for men the most important thing is simply living longer. The study’s authors said their findings challenged the assumption that every- one wants to maximise the number of years they live. Instead, many are By Xantha Leatham Executive Science Editor willing to accept a shorter life if it means those years are healthier and more enjoyable. They added that quality of life can mean different things to different peo- ple, such as independence, comfort, mobility and the ability to enjoy every- day activities. The researchers, from British universi- ties, argue that recognising different priorities could help families and doc- Older women want to live life to the full... but older men just want to live! tors understand what matters to older adults. Their study of 6,000 Britons, pub- lished in the journal Plos One, suggests that when it comes to healthcare, there is no ‘typical’ older patient. For example, people hold different views on taking risks and trying experi- mental treatments. ‘While age, sex and education can offer clues about healthcare prefer- ences, every patient’s wishes are unique,’ said co-author Nicholas Steel, of the University of East Anglia. ‘This work provides a starting point for more personalised care.’
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 Drivers pinch £200,000 of fuel every day since start of oil crisis DRIVERS have stolen an average of nearly £200,000 worth of fuel from UK petrol sta- tions every day since the Iran war began. Fuel theft prevention company Forecourt Eye said incidents of fuel taken without pay- ment soared by 20 per cent in the five months after the conflict began on February 28, compared with the preceding five months. The increase in pump prices means the value of stolen fuel rose by 48 per cent over the same period, reaching an estimated daily average of £194,000 across the UK’s 8,359 forecourts. For first-time offenders, there was a 23 per cent increase in the number of incidents and a 26 per cent rise in the volume of fuel stolen, compared with 17 per cent and 20 per cent respectively among repeat offenders. The figures include drive-offs — when there is no attempt to pay - and no means of payment incidents, when a customer fills up and claims they have no way to pay. Daily Mail Reporter to 160p on Friday - about 27p more than before the conflict — a three-and-a-half-year high. The average price of diesel is about 37p per litre higher than prior to the war, at 179p. Forecourt Eye is offering free access to crime reporting technology to its customers, includ- ing the option to join a live facial recognition network to alert them to known offenders. Gordon Balmer of the Petrol Retailers Asso- ciation, representing independent forecourts, said members are ‘reporting increasing levels of abuse towards colleagues who are simply doing their jobs and have no influence over the price displayed on the forecourt’. Ben Lawrence, a director at Lawrences Garages, which owns five petrol stations in Norfolk and Hampshire, said: ‘When someone drives off | after taking fuel worth) £80-£90, it’s hitting us, not the oil companies,’ he said. The average price of a litre of petrol climbed ‘We've already purchased it.’ Theft: A driver at a Kent petrol station Bosses: Dithering by Labour damages business confidence By John-Paul Ford Rojas Deputy Business Editor LABOUR’S policy uncertainty and ‘constant speculation’ about tax is damaging business confidence, a report warns. The Institute of Directors (IoD) said cost pressures and political upheaval had led to forecasts sagging among business leaders. A poll of more than 500 bosses found confidence remained subdued, with a ‘modest deterio- ration’ in July compared to the previous month. IoD chief economist Anna Leach said: ‘Looking towards the ‘Risk that cost pressures rise’ autumn, there’s a risk that cost pressures rise further in light of renewed conflict in the Middle East, reinforcing the squeeze on households and businesses. ‘Businesses also note that pol- icy uncertainty has worsened as the UK undergoes a further change in political leadership.’ Leach said businesses wanted an end to ‘constant speculation’ about taxes - especially those that could hit Britain's invest- ment climate - and engagement with the Government over its workers’ rights laws to try to avert damage to growth. It comes aS a separate report from accountancy giant EY warned that a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz could tip After £96bn pledges, Burnham now vows he'll slash rail fares ‘We hadn't anticipated the hosepipe ban’ ANDY Burnham has suggested he will now cut rail fares as questions mount as to how he will pay for his policy pledges. But his latest promise comes as Chancellor John Healey admitted that he could not ‘completely stop the squeeze’ on families amid the Iran war. The Prime Minister, who has already run up €96billion in policy pledges, told the Mirror that he was ‘looking across the piece’ for ways to ease cost-of-living pressures. He said: ‘! think rail fares are too high, outrageously so in some instances. So that’s something that’s in my sights.’ By James Tapsfield He added water was another issue he was looking at, say- ing: ‘I think the public pay high bills and they don’t see that money then going into infra- structure. There’s another area that needs reform.’ Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Healey vowed not to let supermarkets ‘take the public for a ride’ over fuel prices as the Iran war wreaks havoc in the oil market. But he admit- ted: ‘We can’t completely stop the squeeze that families and businesses will feel with a global shock of this scale.’ the UK economy into recession and send inflation soaring above 6 per cent. EY said that growth had been more resilient than expected so far this year and under a central forecast the UK will grow by 0.9 per cent this year and 1.2 per cent next year. That is based on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil and gas passed before the war, reopening by the end of September. But the report outlines a sepa- rate scenario - which looks increasingly likely after the collapse of the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran - where the strait remains closed into next year. In that case, GDP is expected to grow by 0.5 per cent this year and shrink by 0.2 per cent next year. EY’s forecast for inflation is also dependent on the war - with a prediction that it will climb to only 3.5 per cent if peace breaks out but spiral to 6.4 per cent should the strait remain closed. Brent crude surged from $72 (£53) a barrel before the war to $126 (£93) in April. More recently the resumption of hostilities has seen it hit $100 (£74), before eas- ing back to around $90 (£67). EY’s UK chief economist Peter Arnold said: ‘If the Strait of Hor- muz reopens in the coming months, we expect the UK to avoid a more pronounced down- turn, but an extended closure into 2027 would raise inflation and could push the economy into contraction next year.’ Trump Calls off further strikes in hope ofa ‘rapid deal’ By Mark Nicol Diplomacy Editor DONALD Trump has postponed his biggest airstrikes of the Middle East conflict in the hope that he can pull off a ‘rapid deal’. The US President U-turned following protests from regional allies over plans to strike Iran's energy grid. Countries such as Saudi Arabia told him they feared similar devastating actions by Tehran should the US proceed. The policy shift announced on social media came hours after he threatened Iran with ‘levels of military terror not seen since World War Two’. After speaking to Saudi Ara- bia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Trump said: ‘I have agreed, for the future benefit of the world and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack subject to being able to rapidly make a deal.’ U-turn: President Trump The decision came amid warn- ings of severe long-term damage to the UK economy should the conflict continue. Saudi Arabian officials said the Crown Prince’s discussions with the US President focused on ‘prioritising dialogue to de- escalate tensions to achieve a truce, which paves the way for diplomatic solutions’. Iranian defence minister Majid Ibn al-Reza says US threats to target the country’s energy infrastructure were part of cam- paign of ‘psychological warfare’. The US and Israel are thought to be eager to end the conflict as elections are due to take place in both countries this autumn. The war is polling badly for President Trump and the Repub- lican party ahead of mid-term elections. In a recent poll for broadcaster CNN, 67 per cent said the conflict was harming the US. At least 18 US service personnel have been killed since the start of Trump's war with Iran and more than 600 have been wounded. The Middle East conflict con- tinues to severely restrict the passage of oil tankers and com- mercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz and energy prices have risen sharply. An average of around 13 shipsa day are currently being escorted safely through the Strait, com- pared to the pre-conflict average of 100.
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 Afghan cleaner says he moved body of the British woman in Athens suitcase From Vivek Chaudhary In Athens A MAN has admitted to moving the body of a Scottish woman in a suit- case, Greek police said yesterday. The suspect, believed to be a 26-year-old Afghan who was a cleaner at the building where Elisabeth-Jane Ross was staying, has been arrested in connection with her ‘intentional homicide’. The 38-year-old’s remains were discovered by a homeless man in an abandoned car park in the Kypseli district of Athens on July 18. The suspect is said to have met Ms Ross saabina ¢ her work ga ing refugees and the homeless. He was detained in central Athens after allegedly withdrawing money using Ms Ross's bank cards after the killing. He is said to have admitted transporting her body in a suitcase to the car park. Her body was discovered three days after she had told Greek friends, whom she was staying with outside Athens, that she Was going to Kypseli to visit some Americans she knew. George Kalliakmanis, president of the Attica police officers’ union, said the man was thought to be a cleaner in the building where Ms Ross was staying with Friends: Apartments where Ms Ross stayed. Above: Where her remains were left nos eae Christian: Volunteer Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38 ed her Greek friends. Police added: ‘A 26-year-old foreign national has been identified in connection with the case. A criminal file has been opened against him for intentional homicide, robbery, and violations of weapons legislation.’ They confirmed that fingerprint evidence was discovered on the suitcase and CCTV showed a man carrying it to the abandoned car park. In a statement, Greek police added: ‘He was brought to the division’s headquarters on Thursday, July 30, and confessed to his actions. ‘It was established that the 26-year-old placed the body in a suitcase and trans- ported it to the abandoned site. ‘Furthermore, in the days that followed, he used the victim’s bank cards to withdraw cash. “During searches conducted at his residence, a replica pistol and a Knife were found and seized; consequently, he was arrested for violating the law on Weapons.’ Ms Ross, a commit- ted Christian known as Lisa who arrived in Athens on June 26, had been visiting Greece regu- larly for seven years. She volunteered with the One Heart organisation there, which specialises in providing medical support to refugees, particularly those from Afghanistan or Iran. In an apparent attempt to cover up after her death, her killer is understood to have sent texts from her phone and posted on her Facebook page to give the impres- sion she was still alive. A text from her mobile on July 15 to a Greek friend read: ‘I need some time — I'm going to a Greek island.’ Messages to her family claimed that she ‘wanted to be alone fora while’. Her mobile was switched off as her death was reported across the globe. Ms Ross’s father, from Edin- burgh, told officers he had been receiving messages from July 15-29. — = li Mystery: Jamey Carney with Ahmad Al-Sagar By Andy Young AN American woman who moved to Ireland and inherited £740,000 was allegedly bludgeoned to death by her fiance - an asylum seeker who slipped into the country after using a £10 visa to enter the UK. Single mother Jamey Carney, 43, wanted to reconnect with her Irish roots when, five years ago, she moved with her daughter to Killarney in the south-west of the country. She then inherited around $lmillion following the death of her father in the US, before falling in love with Jorda- nian Ahmad Al-Saqar, 28, after meet- ing him at a pro-Palestinian protest. In April, Al-Saqar posted a photo of her wearing an engagement ring, cap- tioning it: ‘My bride and my princess.’ But on July 7 she was found mur- dered by her daughter, Michaela, 13. Ms Carney’s body had been hidden under a duvet in her bedroom. A post-mortem examination found that she had been suffocated, and a subsequent unconfirmed report sug- gested she had also been battered repeatedly with a toilet cistern lid. A murder inquiry began and Irish detectives identified Al-Saqar as a US heiress ‘was beaten to death by migrant’ who entered Ireland thanks to £10 UK visa pemun of interest - only to find he had ed back to the Middle East. Al-Saqar is thought to have only been able to enter Ireland by taking advantage of a short-lived British scheme that allowed Jordanians to travel to the UK after buying a £10 travel authorisation visa online. This let him go to Northern Ireland and then slip over the border to Dub- lin where, in June 2024, he claimed asy- lum. This was denied, but he was given subsidiary protection, a legal status for those who do not qualify as refu- gees but may face harm if sent home. That decision meant his passport was returned, which later enabled him to leave before an international alert was issued to detain him. He returned to Jordan, the country from which he had originally fled to escape ‘persecution’. CCTV shows him arriving at Dublin airport on July 7, hours before his fiancee’s body was discovered. Jordanian officials arrested him, and he has been in cus- tody since then. But his legal status remains uncertain as Ireland has no extradition treaty with the country. Al-Saqar has not been formally named as a prime suspect by Irish police, but two officers flew to Jordan to ask for him to be returned to Ire- land to face a potential murder charge.
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‘Ditch policies now Continued from Page One industrial action. Opponents warn the change, due to come in on August 31, cou- pled with looser balloting requirements, could trigger a wave of disruptive walkouts. The measures also include doubling the time limit for most employment tribunal claims in the UK from three months to six months from October 1, while businesses face a raft of additional workplace obligations in the months ahead. Critics say the package of reforms, spearheaded by Housing Secretary Angela Rayner before her resigna- tion from Sir Keir's govern- ment, threatens to saddle employers with extra costs and bureaucracy just as many are grappling with ris- ing taxes, stubborn inflation and weak economic growth. The new layers of red tape come when entrepreneurship is already in decline with fig- ures released today showing the number of new busi- nesses has slumped close to the lowest level in a decade. The Institute of Directors (IoD) poll of more than 500 bosses found that confidence remained subdued, with a ‘modest deterioration’ in July compared to the previ- ous month. Tory business spokesman Andrew Griffith branded the threat of yet more pro-trade union regulations an attempt to return to the Reforms: Angela Rayner Seventies. Writing for this paper, he warned it will worsen the crisis of young people finding it impossible to find jobs. He said: ‘I hope Labour will see sense, pause the implementation of this mad Act, repeal it, and can- cel our very expensive trip back to the 1970s. ‘If they don't, Conservatives certainly will. We will repeal all the job-killing measures in the (Un)Employment Rights Act, and we will go further to curtail the power of the unions in the public and pri- vate sector by ending the scandal of paid-for trade union time on the taxpayer.’ The number of working days lost to strike action under Labour has surged past one million despite handing bumper pay hikes to its union paymasters. Under current laws, strikes are bal- loted privately in workers’ homes and must be com- pleted and returned by post. But this would change to allow workers to respond online, amid warnings it could lead to a rise of shop stewards intimidating staff to vote a certain way. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has thrown down the gauntlet and called on Andy Burnham to ditch the hardline, job-destroying pol- icies before it’s too late. She told the Daily Mail: ‘The Employment Rights Act has been a total disaster for business and for jobs. Brit- ain has a graduate recruit- ment crisis and rising unem- ployment in part because of this terrible legislation. If ‘Terrible legislation’ Andy Burnham wants to show he’s serious about spreading growth around Britain, he’d stop the remaining parts of the Act coming into force.’ A suite of further rules and regulations is set to come into force throughout next year, including a major crack- down on zero-hours con- tracts that will force employ- ees to be compensated for short-notice cancellations. Unions will also be given the right to roam workplaces with 21 employees or more, as frequently as once a week, to recruit members, and hold talks and meetings. And from October 30 this year, ministers are set to enact a ‘banter ban’ which will see pub landlords forced to police comments made by custom- ers that could offend staff. The law has already come under fire from former Labour Cabinet minister Alan Mil- burn, who was tasked by Keir Starmer to come up witha solution to the youth unem- ployment crisis. His report warned: ‘Employ- ment Rights Act reforms, while intended to strengthen worker protection, were seen by some employers as increasing the burden of managing underperformance and reducing flexibility.’ The Conservatives’ demands came as new figures revealed a damning slump in new business openings. According to the Office for National Statistics, the first six months of 2026 saw 157,980 new businesses cre- ated, down 3 per cent on the same period last year. This is just above the lowest figure for the decade, set in 2023. A Government spokesman said: ‘We continue to consult with business and unions on implementation of the Employment Rights Act, to ensure the system is fair and effective for employers while protecting the workers who need it most.’ Comment - Page 14 One in three union barons earn more t than £100,000 By David Churchill BRITAIN’S union barons were branded ‘champagne socialists’ last night as it emerged more than a third are on six-figure pay packages. Figures show 45 of 131 bosses earned more than £100,000 last year - with one in six raking in packages worth as much as the Prime Minister's salary of £170,000 or more. And one banked pay and perks worth £725,000. It comes as more than 1.2 million working days have been lost to strikes since Labour came to power in 2024 - and more strikes are being threatened. Details of union bosses’ pay and perks were published by regulator the Certification Officer (CO). Analysis of the figures for the 2025/26 financial year shows 45 of 117 unions which filed annual returns received salaries and ‘benefits’ worth six figures. Several unions, including Britain’s second-largest, Unite, failed to submit returns, meaning the true figure was likely higher. William Yarwood, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: ‘If these champagne socialists want to lecture the country on fairness, they should start by explaining why their own rewards keep rising while membership falls." Among those recorded as having six-figure salaries was the boss of the os— ‘Idon't want to bea footballer any more. I want to be a union baron’ militant British Medical Association (BMA), which has unleashed 15 rounds of strikes by resident doctors in the past three years. It is threatening more walkouts in the coming months and demanding a multi-year pay deal worth an inflation-busting 33 per cent - or £50,000 - for new strikes to be averted. The union last night confirmed Tom Dolphin, the BMA chair of council, was entitled to a salary of £103,612. But a spokesman said: ‘He only draws the sal- ary from BMA that he would otherwise be paid as a consultant anaesthetist.’ Hardline RMT boss Eddie Dempsey’s package was made up of a salary of £96,838 and benefits worth £30,501, while National Education Union chief Daniel Kebede got a salary of £136,902 and perks worth £11,598. It is under- stood this has since increased. Both unions are threatening more strikes this year. The highest pay was banked by Pro- fessional Footballers’ Association boss, Maheta Molango, who took a salary of £649,000 and ‘benefits’ of £76,000, This was followed by the boss of the Inter- national Transport Workers’ Federa- tion (ITF), Stephen Cotton, on a £235,000 salary and £44,000 benefits. Among those enjoying packages worth more than former PM Sir Keir Starmer’s salary of £166,786 last year were the bosses of the National Associ- ation of Head Teachers (£182,422 salary and £39,120 benefits) and the Royal College of Midwives (£149,413 salary and £38,997 benefits). Also on six figures were Gary Smith, of the GMB union (£152,000 in total), and Paul Nowak, of the Trades Union Congress, on £138,993. Tory MP Greg Smith said: ‘It’s a classic of the genre for union chiefs - “do as I say, not as I do”.’ Spokesmen for the ITF and RMT unions said packages were ‘democrati- cally agreed’ by members. All unions were contacted for comment. and relax: Mr Burnham later lets it all hang out Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 before it is too late Streamlined: Andy Burnham in Manchester yesterday... Breathe in Andy... there's a camera! Daily Mail Reporter IN THE campaign race to become Prime Minister, Andy Burnham was often photographed out in his running gear. But now that he has his feet firmly under the desk at Noi0, is the 56-year-old still fit for the top job? Yesterday the keen foot- baller and runner, who has completed several mara- thons and 10km runs, stopped while out for a jog in Manchester to grab his breath - and to give his stomach muscles a breather too. T 56, Andy Burnham is just about old enough to remember what Britain was like in the 1970s, when union barons called the shots. The waves of strikes that caused energy blackouts, left rubbish piled high on streets and crippled British industry. In 1979 alone, 30 million days were lost to industrial action. And if our new Prime Minister doesn’t move swiftly to repeal his predecessor's disastrous Employ- ment Rights Act, history will repeat itself. As Shadow Business Secretary, I watched on in horror as Labour MPs voted through the Act towards the end of last year. It was clear to me, and colleagues across the House, the Bill would be disastrous for the British econ- omy and for the more than one million young people not cur- rently in education, employment or training, the so-called Neets. Far from creating jobs, the Employment Rights Act will suffo- cate businesses in red tape, hand yet more power to the anti-work unions and push the welfare bur- den on the taxpayer higher still. The good news is that, although the Act itself passed in December, its most damaging measures are yet to come into effect and the new Government has one final opportunity to stop this inexplica- ble act of national self-harm. To my mind there are four parts to the Bill which Labour must scrap immediately. The first is the so-called ‘swipe to strike’ legislation that allows online balloting for strike action. This new measure is set to come into force on August 25 and will dramatically increase the power of the unions. Not only will it make it far quicker and easier for unions to stage industrial action, but electronic voting — which has been repeatedly ruled out for political elections - opens the process up to abuse. As things stand, unions must hold a secret postal ballot in which members mark a paper vot- ing form and send it to the scruti- neers in a prepaid envelope. ¥Y BIGGEST fear about online polling - apart from the very real pros- pect of cyber-attacks — is that it could lead to intimidation. I do not believe that an elec- tronic system, with workers voting in staff rooms or on lunch breaks at their place of work, can ever be a truly secret ballot. In the worst- case scenario this could involve workers feeling obliged to share screenshots from their phones that reveal how they voted. Along with Labour’s plan to reduce the notice period for industrial action to just ten days, and increasing the time period within which unions can call a strike following a successful ballot from four weeks to an entire year, ‘swipe to strike’ will leave busi- nesses much more vulnerable to strike action. This is madness and will cost the taxpayer dear. The second element Burnham The 4 job-killing measures in PMi' (Un)Employment Rights Act that will ;a By Andrew ach Griffith SHADOW BUSINESS SECRETARY must repeal is the extension of the time limit within which employees are able to make an employment tribunal claim. It is currently three months but the new Act will double that to six months, start- ing from October. There is already a backlog of half a million claims, which means both employers and employees have to wait years for cases to be heard. And the system has become infamous for awarding compensation for the most fanci- ful of claims, such as the illegal migrant who complained that pil- lows in a hotel where she worked triggered her asthma, or the NHS worker who sued after taking offence at being compared by a colleague to Darth Vader. All this is proof-positive that a culture built around ‘rights’ rather than responsibilities is running out of control. The last thing this country needs is yet more ludicrous tribunal cases, which will cause more delays and give employers more reasons to shy away from taking the risk of hiring people. The third appalling provision is the so-called ‘right to roam’ legis- lation, which gives trade unions special powers to enter work- places up to 52 times a year -— or once a week - in order to solicit members or foment campaigns. Union reps will be allowed access to company intranets and per- sonal data, with even small busi- nesses — with as few as 21 employ- ees — obliged to down tools at short notice and serve the union’s bidding, however disruptive this take us back to 70s may be. Absurdly, this even applies to businesses where not a single employee is a union mem- ber. Trade unions are supposed to represent the interests of their members, this legislation allows them to act like the Stasi. And finally there is the ‘banter ban’ which will restrict free speech in pubs, at football grounds and on university campuses by requir- ing people who cause offence within earshot of an employee to be banned from the premises. HIS draconian proposal has rightly faced fero- cious opposition from free speech campaigners, includ- ing this newspaper. Even the much-maligned Equality and Human Rights Commission warned the legislation was too vague and could result in ‘exces- sive limitations’ on debate. So why does Labour want to put this ban in place? Well, according to former roads minister Lilian Greenwood, it is ‘needed to help anxious staff cope in the work- place’. Frankly, this is the same ‘snowflake’ mentality that has resulted in an explosion of bene- fits claims for anxiety, and the views of Christians and upholders of traditional British values being subjected to Left-wing ‘lawfare’. These four provisions are just some of the mindless articles included in the Employment Rights Act which I believe will be disastrous for Britain. But you don't have to take my word for it. The Government's own review of youth unemployment, carried out by former Labour Health Secre- tary Alan Milburn, concluded in May that: ‘Employment Rights Act reforms, while intended to strengthen worker protection, were seen by some employers as increasing the burden of manag- ing underperformance and reduc- ing flexibility." Milburn is not alone. The Resolution Foundation, which created the National Living Wage and acts as a finishing school for ambitious Lefties, agrees. Even the think-tank founded by that arch proponent of a Left- wing, legal activism agenda, Tony Blair, recently described the reforms as ‘extreme’, warning they will increase the risk to entre- preneurs, ‘eroding business confi- dence to hire and ultimately undermining growth’. Conservatives know that work gives people purpose, contributes to their personal development and provides financial independence. An ever-increasing array of employment rights are of no use to you if you can't find a job. That is why we will repeal all of the job-killing measures in the (Un)Employment Rights Act and curtail the power of the public- sector unions by ending the scan- dal of the taxpayer funding paid time-off for employees to carry out union duties and withdrawing the obligation on private-sector employers to do the same. Most importantly of all, we would expand opportunities for young people, not by imposing more regulations but by unleash- ing the potential of the businesses that create those jobs by cutting taxes, reducing the price of energy and slashing red tape. Because it’s not government that creates jobs, it’s businesses. Any government forgets that at its peril. Amid the tumult of the 1970s, the Conservative PM Edward Heath asked the electorate a sim- ple question: ‘Who governs Brit- ain?” The Labour Party seems to believe the answer should be mili- tant trade unions. And their belief in this timeworn folly will take our economy — and our society - back to the bad old days.
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 By Jack Hardy A CAMBRIDGE professor embroiled in a plagiarism row claimed he was in the series Seven Up - which was first broadcast dec- ades before he was born. Jason Arday became a poster boy for diversity as the university's youngest black professor, but is now facing questions about his academic record and bizarre claims. Critics have accused the 41-year-old of taking chunks of his PhD thesis from research by another student, leading him to last week admit a series of errors in his work. But he insisted he was not a ‘liar’ after doubts were Plagiarism row professor said he was on TV’s Seven Up... before he was born raised about his sensational list of personal achievements, which include running 600 miles in six days and raising millions of pounds for charity. Now footage has emerged from a talk he gave in 2022 in which he claimed to have appeared in the TV series Seven Up. The landmark show has fol- lowed the lives of the same group of people every seven years from CHECK YOU'RE ELIGIBLE KkKQK* FIND YOUR LENDER KK OQ KK DOWNLOAD YOUR CLAIM LETTER KkKQKK the age of seven since 1964. Profes- sor Arday told the University of Bath's Race Equality Taskforce: ‘I was part of a programme which doesn't really exist any more, but was called Seven Up at the time. ‘Seven Up is basically when they follow you over the duration of your life, so they follow you at seven, 14, 21. I was pulled out of the project when I was 14.’ Seven Up was first broadcast two decades before Professor Arday was born in 1985. The original 14 participants would have been born in 1956 or 1957. The Seven Up pro- ject is scheduled to end this year. He also would have been too old to have featured in a series launched in 2000 by the BBC - Up Millennium Generation - which followed indi- viduals who were seven years old at the turn of the millennium. ABBC spokesman yesterday con- firmed Professor Arday had ‘noth- ing to do with our films’. Appointed to Cambridge aged 37, the profes- ‘Had nothing to do with our films’ sor of sociology of education has had a remarkable life that, accord- ing to talks he has given, has seen him overcome a raft of challenges. Raised in south London by work- ing-class immigrants from Ghana, he was diagnosed with autism, dys- lexia and ‘global development delay’ at a young age, and was non-verbal until the age of 11. He has described only learning to read and write at 18, but went on to enrol in a BTech course before studying for a degree in PE and teaching, followed by two Master's and, ultimately, a PhD from Liver- pool John Moores University. He taught at four universities prior to Cambridge but his eleva- tion to such a high-profile institu- tion sparked scrutiny, which led to allegations of plagiarism in his 2015 PhD thesis last year. Liverpool John Moores University cleared him of academic misconduct, but there Scrutinised: Jason Arday, 41 cE. 1964: The original Seven Up have been calls for a fresh inquiry after critics uncovered scores of ‘plagiarised’ passages in his work. An investigation by The Guardian at the weekend 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 Sagi investigated the matter but this was denied by the Metro- politan Police. He and Cambridge were contacted for comment. FINANCIAL CONDUCT-AUTHORITY COMPLETE YOUR CAR FINANCE CLAIM WITH THE HELP OF THE FREE TOOLS FROM THE REGULATOR OF UK FINANCIAL SERVICES FCA.ORG.UK /CLAIMCONFIDENT Police arrest blunder over killer paedophile POLICE failed to carry out a war- rant for the arrest of a paedo- phile stepfather before he went on to sexually assault and mur- der his girlfriend's daughter. Isabelle Welsh suffered a sicken- ing ‘campaign of violence’ by Harrison Simpson, 22, and Alex- andra Walker, 26, in the weeks before her death in September last year in Thornaby, Teesside. The two-year-old endured 21 broken bones before a final ‘mas- sive head injury’ - consistent with being ‘violently shaken’ and her head ‘impacting a hard and unyielding surface such as a wall or hard floor’. Simpson and Walker were jailed for life last week for murder. By Noor Qurashi and Glen Keogh Cleveland Police admitted they failed to carry out a warrant for Simpson's arrest in the months leading up to Isabelle’s death. It was issued in March 2024 after Simpson failed to appear at court over a charge of breaching a non-molestation order. Cleveland Police said: ‘Multiple inquiries and arrest attempts were carried out to try to locate and arrest him.’ A review was carried out. A spokesman said: ‘This review, along with a deter- mination to continually improve our processes... has led to a number of recent changes.’
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 ——— Sunshine break: Holly Willoughby with a blue golf bag =i — — Ee HER new YouTube show was panned as ‘undercooked’, so if anyone deserves a break right now it’s Holly Willoughby. Carrying a set of golf clubs on holiday in Portugal, the 45-year-old former This Morn- ing host stayed cool in a flow- ing dress over a bikini. After stepping down from This Morning in October 2023, fans had looked forward to her comeback following three years out of the spotlight. But on Tuesday, the first epi- sode of her show, Together, with Devil Wears Prada star Stanley Tucci, 65, received a poor reception. The Daily Mail’s Jan Moir said it was By Codie Bullen Senior Showbusiness Reporter ‘performative nonsense’ that made even the Duchess of Sus- sex’s derided Netflix series With Love, Meghan look good. Ms Willoughby has 13,000 sub- scribers to her YouTube chan- nel, and the episode in which she and Tucci cooked pasta has now had 65,000 views, a far cry from the more than 450,000 who watch This Morning daily. So her breather in the Algarve, which she is thought to be spending with her par- ents and her three children, Harry, 17, Belle, 15, and Chester, 11, may be just the ticket. ® Plan to take a swing at your critics » with those crazy golf clubs, Holly? Together: Ms Willoughby cooks with Tucci Crypto torture gang Bitcoin millionaires forced to strip naked and held for two days in blackmail ordeal By Claire Faragher and Dominic Connolly ment. One victim alleged he was sexually assaulted by two of the men, but the jury cleared them of this. | Inner London Crown Court heard the operation was controlled from over- seas by Ibrahim Mohamed, who gave instructions via WhatsApp and Snapchat. He remains at large. The millionaires, who cannot be identified, are both in their 20s and from France but were staying in Kensington, west London, at the time of their ordeal in July last. year. Prosecutor Heidi Stone- cliffe KC described their experience as ‘cold, hard torture’. She said they were TWO crypto millionaires held captive for more than two days by a blackmail gang were made to strip naked and forced into compromis- ing positions, a court heard. The pair were later found to have cigarette burns on their bodies and faces and said they were tortured with boiling water. Gang members have been found guilty of offences including conspir- acy to blackmail and false imprison- ‘bound with cable ties and beaten’, had socks stuffed in their mouths and were threatened with having their genitals cut off and raped if they did not hand over $150,000 (£110,000). Ms Stonecliffe said they were ambushed by three ‘Bound and beaten’ masked men armed with a gun and knife after going to east London to buy canna- bis. Their car was driven to a flat in Canning Town by Yasir Mohamed, 23. In the 52 hours they were held, they were fed one chicken wing between them. After transferring $30,000 in cryptocurrency, one was let go while the other was driven away, later saying he had been ‘sold’ to another gang, The ordeal ended after a TOmph car chase through residential Lon- don streets after the Met- ropolitan Police’s Flying Squad tracked them down. The chase ended with Adel Sineen, 18, crashing into a lamp post. Julius George, 22, of Earlsfield, south-west London, was found guilty of false imprisonment and Guilty: From left, Adel Sineen, Isaac Bakoya and Julius George admitted carrying a knife. Isaac Bakoya, 18, of West Norwood, south London, admitted false imprison- ment. Sineen, of Camber- well, south London, admit- ted dangerous driving. Gerson Borges, 24, of Camberwell, south Lon- don, and Mohamed Osman, 29, of Finsbury Park, north London, were found guilty of conspiracy to blackmail and false imprisonment. William Adebisi, 19, from Essex, was convicted of false imprisonment. They will all be sentenced next month. The jury could not agree a verdict on Yasir Mohamed’s charges. Bridesmaids are saying yes to the (Second-hand) dress FROM chipping in for the hen-do to the cost of hair and make-up, it can be pricey being a bridesmaid. So much so that increasing numbers are looking to buy their dress for the big day second-hand. Searches for second-hand bridesmaid dresses are up 17 per cent year-on-year, according to resale platform Vinted. Daily Mail Reporter It comes as almost a quarter of women who have been a bridesmaid (24 per cent) have considered turning down the role because of the cost, a survey of 2,000 women by Think BF found. More than one in three (34 per cent) of women who have attended a wedding have worn a second-hand outfit, with saving money (69 per cent), avoiding buying something they will only wear once (38 per cent) and finding better quality pieces for less (35 per cent) among the biggest reasons. And some 80 per cent of women agreed it was ‘perfectly acceptable’ to resell a bridesmaid dress after the wedding. Formal dresses are listed for an average £11 on Vinted. Green, pink and blue are the most-searched for bridesmaid dress colours. Euan Steedman, from Vinted, said: ‘People are increasingly looking for ways to celebrate these important moments without compromising on style or spending more than they need to.’
VI Reform: Navy to tow Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 boats back to France Party unveils ‘Operation Fortress’ to combat Channel migrants By Christian Calgie Senior Political Correspondent-at-Large REFORM UK has pledged to launch ‘the biggest mili- tary operation in the Chan- nel since World War Two’ to end migrant crossings. The plan, branded Operation Fortress, would see the Royal Navy put to work protecting Britain’s borders and towing any small boats back to France. Reform’s home affairs spokes- man Zia Yusuf will unveil the pol- icy today, at the start of a week of announcements by the party on migration. He will be flanked by as-yet unnamed senior former members ofthe Armed Forces - who Reform claim have endorsed the scheme as ‘operationally feasible’, and one the rank-and-file of the military ‘will be ready and able to do’. Mr Yusuf will say Britain is being ‘invaded’, accusing Tory and Labour governments of respond- ing to the crisis by offering ‘a free ferry service and free hotels’. He will say: ‘Nigel Farage will order His Majesty's Royal Navy to ensure that not a single unauthor- ised vessel crossing the English Channel makes it to the shores of the United Kingdom. “Those who attempt it will be intercepted by our Armed Forces ‘We will stop the invasion’ and returned to France.’ Mr Yusuf also told the Daily Mail the Navy will be permitted to use lethal force if intelligence agencies con- firm the presence of known terror- ists or smuggling gang leaders. He said: ‘Once the world realises that crossing the Channel illegally leads only to being intercepted by our Royal Marines and returned to France, the incentive structure breaks. These economic migrants will stop paying smugglers and the boats will stop coming. That is how we will stop the boats. Reform will stop the invasion.’ More than 160 migrants have died trying to cross the Channel since 2018. Reform insists that the plan is legal under international law, citing the requirement to preserve life at sea. But it is likely to face significant challenges and opposition. International maritime law allows states to pick up people from vessels when they are found to be in distress at sea. But the laws do not permit those individuals to be transferred to another state unless that country has agreed to receive them. It is unlikely the French would react positively to the Navy tow- ing migrants back to their shores. Reform admits the plan relies on the French complying with their obligations to stop the crossings. The party appeared to issue a dare to the French president, stating: “We do not believe Emma- nuel Macron would order the French navy to open fire on a boat full of civilians escorted by Royal Cliff edge: Andy Burnham in Kent ANDY Burnham yesterday insisted he wants to get a ‘grip’ of the small boats crisis after 2,000 migrants crossed the Channel during his first fortnight in power. The Prime Minister, visiting a migrant command room in Dover, promised to ‘deal with it head on’ as he tries to regain Labour's credibil- ity on illegal migration. ‘We have to deal with the issue rather than play poli- tics with the issue,’ he said. ‘Just deal with it head on, grip it, and then make the changes that will bring that reassurance to the public. ‘The public don’t like the idea the border looks like it’s not controlled. We need to bring back that control, but also support people who genuinely need it. ‘It’s about changing the whole approach, and slowly but surely we are putting in place those building blocks... Seized: The Prime Minister is shown a dinghy used by a people smuggling gang on his visil to Dover yesterday irom Burpham: We'll deal with crisis head on and not play politics it's working, but there’s more to be done.’ It came as Home Secre- tary Shabana Mahmood said the number of National Crime Agency (NCA) officers tasked with tackling organ- ised immigration crime have more than doubled since the start of 2025. They have risen from 376 to ‘almost 800’, contribut- ing to some 300 arrests last year. The Home Office also said NCA officers, working with international allies, Marines conducting a humanitar- ian mission.’ Robert Jenrick, as immigration minister in the last Tory govern- ment before defecting to Reform, ditched plans to turn dinghies back to France in 2022. France has previously said that such plans would break interna- tional maritime law. At the time Mr Jenrick said: ‘There are limited circumstances in which small boats can be turned around safely in the English Channel.’ Mr Yusuf will today set out plans to make the Channel ‘the world’s most surveilled maritime border’, with a Reform government creat- ing an Integrated Surveillance Command that gives real-time ability to track all incoming boat launches using drones, the coast- have seized more than 1,100 small boats and engines. Visiting the NCA’s HQ in Stratford, east London, Ms Mahmood said ‘this Govern- ment is restoring control’. A further 326 migrants made it to the UK on Satur- day, bringing this year’s total to 14,526. Last night, the Tories said Mr Burnham was ‘too weak’ to stop the boats and called on him to quit the European Conven- tion on Human Rights. Comment - Page I4 guard, helicopters and satellites. A Labour spokesman accused Reform of ‘reheating an old announcement in their desperate bid to distract from sleaze scandals. ‘The actions we've taken have started to have a real impact and led to 46,000 attempted crossings stopped, and 70,000 people with no right to be here removed’.
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 Er = i ee —— ae — "ics eed S—— soos al —: eafesrindioaen a, ree vs = ead 3s Deterrent: Spanish authorities have | in stalled a 1,600ft- long barrier along Ceuta’s Tarajal breakwater, a stretch of coast used by migrants during Thursday’s crossings ‘I’m determined to get to mainland 3 Europe and if! fail? ll die here trying’ NLY the most determined or those with nothing to lose remain in Ceuta. They number a few thousand now — Sudanese, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Somalians, Algerians, even a few Palestinians - and refuse to budge from their little outpost, an encampment on a hill on the edge of the city. Most of the 60,000 who poured over the border into this Span- ish enclave last week have now returned to Morocco complain- ing of hunger and fatigue. Some went of their own accord, some needed a nudge from the mili- tary. Some admitted throwing in the towel because they couldn't charge their mobile phones. ‘I won't go back though, not like those people,’ says one of the die- hards, Yared Teka, 27, a former professional handball player from Ethiopia. ‘I am determined to get to mainland Europe and if I fail I will die here trying.’ Before Thursday's influx, the largest illegal border crossing in the European Union's history, Yared spent several months in Morocco ‘hiding in the mountains’. Occasionally he would try to cross the border but each time he was intercepted. “Then I saw all these people arriving so I ran and joined them. I am here now so why should I return? I have no money and I have barely eaten in two days, but I want to get work in Madrid.’ For all that social media was a major pull factor in last week’s surge, 80 too was Spain's socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez. Like tens of thousands of others, Yared and his friends had been moving all over North Africa for years, seeking a chink in Europe's boundary armour. Mr Sanchez's controversial policy giving migrants illegally living in Spain the chance to apply for residency status in April appeared to be just that - a weakness. The scheme originally anticipated 500,000 claims but was wound up in June having registered 1.2million. For people like Yared, it presented an irresistible opportunity. “We turned to Spain like flowers to the sun,’ he says. Without food or money, he admits he is ‘suffer- ing’ but adds: ‘It is just so tempt- ing to think that the mainland i only 20km away. Near but far.’ Unlike the rest of Spain, Ceuta is not part of the EU's borderless Schengen Area, so to Yared, the mainland is plenty more than the width of the Mediterranean away. Yet as he talks, he gestures towards a white building behind him, Ceuta’s immigration centre. ‘We know that the people in there are the lucky ones,’ he says. Guarded by police, the centre houses 600 migrants who have access to water and food. ‘They are not processing any more of us,’ he adds, a grimace crossing his features. “They give us nothing now, not even water, which they handed out up until yesterday but then stopped. I gen- uinely think they want us to die.’ Around us, hundreds of men lie under trees, some sleeping, many CHIEF REPORTER IN CEUTA more engaged in murmured con- versations. But the camp suddenly comes alive with the promise of food. Men surround a car that has stopped further up the hill. A con- cerned local has brought bread but only enough for a fortunate few. PALESTINIAN man, Ahmed 4ayda, says he doesn't have the energy to run. He says he left Gaza during the 2014 conflict with Israel and was drawn the following year to Germany - where he stayed for eight years - because of then-Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door immigration policy. She temporarily suspended EU rules and welcomed a million refugees, mostly fleeing the war in Syria. ‘Now it is the turn of Spain to be kind to us,’ says Ahmed. ‘But we need to get there first. This place isn’t good to us. We can’t go into town without police hassling us.’ Another migrant, Jalal Idris, 20, from Cameroon, shows off his Eng- land shirt with David Beckham's name on the back. ‘I love England and this is the shirt I swam here in. I think it brought me luck.’ Away from the camp, Ceuta was beginning to return to normal. For the first time since the ‘invasion’ - as many here call it - Spaniards were leaving their homes and going Not going back: Yared Teka spent years trying to enter EU about their business. Until now many had simply been too scared to do so. On Saturday, Spanish authorities installed a 1,600ft-long containment barrier along the Tarajal breakwater — a stretch of coast used during last week's crossings. It features a weighted curtain to stop migrants from swimming under the structure. One hotel manager said: “There are some [migrants] still hanging around but they've mainly all gone. I think many got caught up in the social media excitement and didn’t really intend staying longer than a few days.’ However, yesterday evening, 150 of the migrants marched through the city carrying an injured man wrapped in a blanket, who they claimed was attacked by police. The men, who were mainly Moroccan, scattered after being charged by baton-wielding police officers. They left the injured man lying in the street. Paramedics car- ried him away 20 minutes later. Only hardliners remain, but not just on this side of the border. Yes- terday the Daily Mail visited the Moroccan town of Fnideq where co ,- a aa many of the migrants hid before last Thursday. Some said they had been encouraged by Moroc- can border guards. Yet none of the authorities were taking chances yesterday. Dozens of police trucks were lined up on the Moroccan side and beyond them, in the moun- tains, soldiers stood surveying all before them with binoculars. At the nearest beach to the bor- der we saw discarded shoes and clothes. Barbed wire stretches across its entrance. Morocco, it seemed, was also get- ting back to normal. But in the hills overlooking Fnideq a group of Sudanese men who swam to Ceuta — only to be expelled by the mili- tary on Saturday — were regroup- ing, awaiting another opportunity. They sorta on slopes where noth- ing grows beyond stunted shrubs. “We are back in Morocco but we aren't giving up,’ one of the men told me. ‘We will wait for another chance to get into Ceuta and hopefully Spain.’ Just then a police van screeches to a halt and two officers jump out. The men scatter. ‘See you in Spain,’ cries one, as he scrambles up the hill.
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Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 Fireball: The helicopters collide By Noor Qurashi A BRITISH pilot has survived a fatal crash between two helicopters fighting wildfires in Greece. Four people were on board the aircraft and two - a Greek and a Dane - have died. Video footage yesterday cap- tured the moment the two heli- copters collided as they tackled the blazes ravaging the country. It shows their rotors clashing before one erupts into a fireball and plummets into a ravine. Two of the four involved were found unconscious but later died, while the other two — a British pilot and a Greek fire service liai- son officer — are believed to have sustained light injuries. Foreign firefighting and helicopter crews ‘Courage to fly towards flames’ are often deployed in Greece to help tackle wil Emergency services were called after the aircraft collided in the Psatha region of Attica, 42 miles west of Athens. Two people were arrested yesterday morning, before the crash, on suspicion of negligence over the wildfire, which report- edly began in the Boeotia region of the Greek mainland, local media has reported. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed ‘sorrow for the tragic accident’ and extended condolences to the families of those killed in the crash. “The loss of the Greek co-ordi- nator and the Danish pilot at the British pilot is among Just two survivors after helicopters crash in mid-air while battling Greek wildfires iiteruuilis Firefighters. at the site ie the tragedy a sitive, 42 miles west of Athens time they were attempting the major fire in Porto Germeno fills us all with grief,” Mr Mitsotakis said in a statement. President of the European Com- mission, Ursula von der Leyen, said: ‘It takes a special courage to fly towards the flames so that others can be safe, Europe grieves with Greece and Denmark.’ It came as hundreds of fire- fighters were yesterday battling wind-fuelled fires near Porto Ger- meno on the Gulf of Corinth, north-west of Greece's capital. Authorities said strong gusts made the fires spread more quickly and made it unpredicta- ble for emergency services. Mr Mitsotakis had issued a warning about firefighting aircraft hours before the crash, saying they could not ‘operate safely’ in strong winds. He made the comment in a Facebook post, writing that despite the Government’s ‘invest- ment’ of resources, there were ‘times when the nature and intensity of weather phenomena exceed all human planning and operational capabilities’. He added: “When winds blow with such intensity, even the doz- ens of aerial assets at our disposal cannot operate safely. ‘On several occasions in recent days it was impossible to either draw water or drop it, as extreme turbulence made flights impossi- ble, with the result that the burden of the fight fell almost exclusively on the people on the front lines.’ Nearly 500 Greek firefighters Ablaze: Flames and smoke after the crash have been deployed to the region, assisted by emergency crew from France and Romania. Wildfires have also affected the Pelopon- nese peninsula and the popular tourist destinations of Crete, Paros and Lesvos. Europe has been ravaged by wildfires this summer after successive record-breaking heat- waves, leaving vast stretches of drought-parched vegetation primed to burn and forcing hun- dreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. Nursery rhymes are ‘sexist and reinforce gender stereotypes’ SIMPLE songs about Jack and Jill going up a hill and Little Bo-Peep losing her sheep have delighted generations of children. But these classic nursery rhymes are sexist and teach chil- dren worrying lessons about gender roles, academics claim. The line Jack and Jill went up the hill’ places the male charac- ter first, symbolising leadership, they insist. While Little Miss Muf- fet ‘portrays femininity as emo- By Victoria Allen tionally weak’ because a spider frightens her, and the fact that Bo-Peep ‘does not know where to find them’ implies confusion and dependence. The study, led by Sehrish Aslam at Pakistan’s National University of Sciences and Technology, said parents should be ‘cautious’ about nursery rhymes that ‘reinforce gender stereotypes’. ‘Me? I read my children some nursery rhymes’ Give us a break... parents yearn for end of summer NEARLY a quarter of British par- ents are already counting down the days until their children go back to school, a poll has found. With all of August still left to get through, 22 per cent of mums and dads admitted that they are looking forward to the end of the summer holidays, August 1 was said to be the date when parents reach break- ing point, as juggling work, child- care, rising costs and constant demands for entertainment takes Daily Mail Reporter its toll, the survey for NEC Bir- mingham discovered. Seeing other families’ seemingly perfect plans for the summer leaves 38 per cent feeling under pressure, it found, while 26 per cent feel frustrated and 18 per cent are exhausted by the holiday. But it is not alldoom and gloom — with 30 per cent of parents say- ing they enjoy having more time with their children.
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 _ Spain's border crisis isa _ wake-up call to Burnham Call a halt to this jobs-killing Bill NO ONE who truly cares about Britain welcomes the prospect of extra powers being handed to trade unions. At atime when creating jobs and nurturing a more positive business environment should be priorities, the last thing we need is a new generation of militant general secretaries and shop stewards flexing their muscles. Yet that is exactly the sort of monster that the Government is set to inflict on the nation through the Employment Rights Act. Among its many pernicious measures is the so-called ‘right to roam’ power, allowing union officials to march into offices and factories practically at will. Other provisions include a ‘banter ban’, which will restrict free speech and effectively serve as a charter for those reserving the right to be offended by absolutely everything. The most immediate threat comes in the form of ‘swipe to strike’ online balloting. Not only does this raise the prospect of workplace intimidation, it also means the increased likelihood of crippling industrial action being unleashed at short notice. Of course, it all comes on top of previous Labour measures that have been largely responsible for consigning more than one illion young people to the status of not in education, employment or training (Neets). These include rises in the youth minimum wage and bosses’ National Insurance contributions, as well as a dizzying increase in the amount of commercial red tape. Little wonder that Britain seems like it is barely open for business. Yet if we want to expand the economy through encouraging enterprise, entrepreneurship and old-fashioned hard work, then clearing a path for bellicose 1970s-style agitators is hardly the way to go about it. Should Andy Burnham wish to do so, it is not too late for him to delay the most harmful elements of the legislation. It would allow him to show that he isn’t entirely in thrall to - and in the pocket of - Labour's union paymasters. But we won't be holding our breath. Late and lacking IT REMAINS to be seen whether the events of the past few days have been enough to shake Mr Burnham out of his inexplicable complacency on illegal migration. The shocking developments in Ceuta illustrate both the volatile nature of the crisis and the extraordinary risks taken by migrants to reach European soil. Closer to home, the increasing use of so-called ‘mega dinghies’ for Channel crossings is bringing a new dimension to the problem. Figures show that more than 2,000 migrants have landed in Britain since Mr Burnham took up residence in Nol0 a fortnight ago. Last week, the PM’s attempts to brush off concerns about the never-ending flotilla from France were out of sync with the public mood. His tin- eared remarks failed to recognise Britons’ genuine concerns - on both security and cost grounds - about the number of undocumented people arriving here from overseas. While he finally intervened yesterday, and struck a more promising note, his comments were lacking in specific details and commitments. He spoke about the need to deal with the situation, bring back control of our borders and provide the reassurance that the public demands. But everyone knows that already. As his premiership enters its third week, the PM needs to spell out in very precise terms how exactly he intends to deliver it all. who's deep in the realms of delusion if he thinks his party's stopping the boats HAT is the biggest challenge facing our country over the next quarter of a century? For the answer to that question you need look no further than Ceuta, the Spanish enclave bordering Morocco. Last week 60,000 illegal immigrants surged into the tiny territory, with some 67 of them dying in the process. Though most have now left, often under the escort of Spanish police, this sudden influx gives us an insight about the future. For one thing, these people - almost all of them young and overwhelmingly male - were not refugees in the usual meaning of the word. That is to say, they weren't fleeing persecution. Morocco is an autocracy but less repressive than many developing nations. It is certainly not dirt poor, bein classified by the haere Monetary Fund as a lower mid- dle-income country. But itis a lot less rich than Spain, where these migrants wanted to go. Corrupt I don’t blame them. IfI were in their shoes, I'd think of doing the same. They want a better life. In many cases, Spain would be a stopping-olf point. Richer Britain, Germany and Scandinavia would be the ultimate destination for many. Behind these young people, there are in Africa and parts of the Middle East hundreds of millions of prospective economic migrants. They, too, yearn for a higher standard of living, which is unlikely to be delivered by their own often corrupt and incompetent governments. And as the effects of climate change are felt over most of the continent, including lower food produc- tion and more frequent droughts, the impulse to travel north in search of El Dorado will become increasingly powerful. This is a fact of life, and it’s going to take an immense amount of determination on the part of European govern- ments to resist these huge population movements. That is why I say Ceuta provides a microcosm of what lies ahead. Does our new Prime Minister have the remotest idea of what is happening? Andy Burnham has scarcely spoken about immigration since wrestling the crown from Sir Keir Starmer, though he is bubbling with thoughts about all manner of other things. His main contribution has been to claim preposterously that ‘the plan is working’ on stopping small-boat cross- ings. Nol0 is congratulating itself because the number of migrants coming across the Channel in 2026 is down 45 per cent on 2025 at the same point, and down 16 per cent on 2024. Yet the boats are still streaming across the Channel. More than a thousand migrants have been welcomed to our shores in the past week alone, and over 2,000 since Burnham became PM. The majority of these will be granted asylum. The French authorities have clearly not been giving value for money to our Government, Which is paying them £662million over the next three years to reduce the number of migrants making the crossing. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp last week extracted an admission from French police that they are under instructions not to use force to prevent migrants from setting off for the English coast. Under Mr Philp’s nose, they refused to arrest a brazen people smuggler on a French beach. Mr Philp’s revelations have apparently stirred Andy Burnham out of his complacency. Last night he let it be known that he might withhold £160million from the French government unless it improves its performance. Do we believe it will - or that the PM will really reduce our payments if it doesn’t? If Burnham thinks that the issue of illegal immigration is under control, he is deep in the realms of delusion. It won't be solved until or unless by Stephen Glover the Government adopts far more robust measures. Voters, for whom uncon- trolled immigration remains a top priority according to polls, can see what is going on. The Government says it will stop putting up asylum seekers in hotels, a policy that is expensive and unpopular with locals. So what does it do? It will open three new camps (on top of two already in use) where many thousands of asylum seekers will be housed. One is in the small Oxfordshire village of Piddington, not far from where I live. Piddington is home to 350 souls. The Government intends to put 1,250 male asylum seekers in a nearby former military base. The occupants will be free to come and go as they please. Actually, I have long argued that asylum seekers should be kept in spartan camps but I envisaged that these would be remote - ideally on an island -— and secure. Ministers must be certifia- ble to house so many root- less, bored young men near the centre of an English village. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who claims to understand people’s fears about mass immigration, has blundered. Resonate Piddington’s inhabitants, naturally concerned for their own safety, are united in opposition. These aren't far-Right extremists. They are ordinary British citizens, doubtless normally welcoming and hospitable, who don’t want to be out- numbered nearly four to one by unknown foreigners in their own village. Assuming the Government doesn’t capitulate, what happens to Piddington will resonate with the rest of Britain. Many will see the village’s fate as a warning of what could happen to the country if uncontrolled immi- gration continues unchecked. The truth is that Labour is unable or unwilling to stem the tide of humanity poised to sweep across our continent in the coming decades. Having jettisoned the Tories’ admittedly flawed Rwanda scheme, the Government has deprived itself of any useful weapons. In stark contrast, the Tories and Reform UK have come up with robust policies that are similar. Both parties have undertaken to ditch the European Convention on Human Rights. This move could enable a future government, whether Tory or Reform or an amalgamation of the two, to deport all illegal immigrants within a week of arrival. They would be legally unable to claim asylum, make modern slavery claims, receive legal aid, or make any court claim to stay in the UK. Shameful As the Tories’ Chris Philp points out: ‘Australia did something similar 13 years ago and it quickly reduced illegal immigration by boat to virtually zero.’ Reform UK would go even further. Its new plan, called Operation Fortress, is to use the Royal Navy to prevent illegal migrants arriving on our shores. Every boat carry- ing such people would be escorted back to France or Belgium. This presupposes we have enough ships to do this. Given the last Conservative government's shameful failure to control immigra- tion, some voters will wonder whether the Tories can be trusted to be sufficiently single-minded. Here is one area Where Reform still has the edge. Nigel Farage, who will host a press conference on the issue today, believes the lack of a coherent policy to deal with illegal immigration is Burn- ham's greatest weakness. Reform’s leader is right. The Prime Minister doesn’t really get it. He looks at what happened last week in Ceuta and fails to understand the long-term challenges. With a few exceptions, his party is notably relaxed about illegal immigration. Most of the country isn't. This is an issue that won't go away. It could be what turns voters against Andy Burnham. However chatty and approachable he may appear, he’s not listening to ordinary people.
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 . Christopher Stevens OURTING head- lines, controversial for the sake of it? Or a lone act of coura- geous defiance at the expense of his own career? What you think of Boy George’s decision to release a song in support of Israel's war in Gaza may depend on whether you see him as a veteran star who now has national treasure status, or an attention-seeking drag act who can bear anything rae being ignored. Either way, the 65-year-old Culture Club singer, best-known for his early 1980s hits Karma Cha- meleon and Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?, has highlighted a depressing truth about the 2ist-century music industry. All rebellion must follow strict rules. Everyone must sing from the approved song sheet. Individ- ual opinions are not merely discouraged - they will be repressed ruthlessly. A movement that began with protest marches, civil rights, drugey idealism and the inspiring belief that music unites the world is now dominated by the intoler- ant Left. Any artist who deviates from the approved script will be shamed and bullied into silence. Boy George is neither Israeli nor Palestinian - he’s London Irish, real name George Alan O'Dowd. He’s not Jewish or Muslim either, but a Buddhist who converted from Catholicism more than a decade ago. He has spoken out against anti-Semitism previously. Follow- ing the attack last April that tar- feted Jews outside a local syna- gogue in Golders Green, London, in which two people were seriously injured, he said: “We need to make our Jewish community know we support them.’ HAT he thinks about the horrors in Gaza, which began with the mass slaughter of 1,200 Jewish people and the seizing of 251 hostages by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, is surely up to him. Not according to the music police, it isn’t. Last Monday, George released a reggae number called We Will Dance Again, which opens with the lines: “You say genocide, I say war/ When you're attacked, that’s what the army’s for.” The Left asserts without any room for discussion that, since 2023, Israel has been committing genocide - not defending itself against an existential threat. Any attempt to argue differently will be met with instant condemna- tion and cancellation. And so it has proved for George. Days after the song became available online through the DIY music platform Bandcamp, his manager Paul Kemsley announced the star ‘will no longer be appear- ing in Jesus Christ Superstar at the London Palladium’. George was one of five performers sharing The As Culture Club singer splits with his record label and is pull out of West End show... -™ . ostracism of Boy George for rced to Picture: GETTY IMAGES his pro-Israel song proves the intolerant Left now holds total control over what performers can think or say the role of King Herod in the revival of the Lloyd Webber musi- cal - along with Julian Clary, Richard Armitage and others - with Sam Ryder as Jesus. It is not clear whether the pro- ducers asked George to pull out, whether other actors refused to work with him, or whether his withdrawal was to ensure the pro- duction did not become the target of hate mobs - or indeed it was down to a combination of all three. Kemsley said it was done ‘in the best interests of my artist while also showing respect to others’. Boy George's record label, BGP refused to release the track commercially. The singer called the decision ‘gutless’ and split from the label’s manager. He has made it clear that he wasn't celebrating war: ‘The suggestion that I feel no compas- sion for Palestinians is both untrue and absurd. I am devastated for the loss of the innocent lives on both sides of this war and I call for peace. ‘I understand that it is uncom- fortable to defend your friends when a war like this is raging but the woman who sells me bagels is not to blame, neither is my doctor or publicist, manager, ex-boy- friend [Culture Club drummer Jon Moss, who is Jewish], or my thousands of Jewish friends. This song is for them.’ The lyrics leave no doubt where his sympathies lie. ‘You never mention October 7/ Young girls raped against trees/ Murdered brutally/ For the crime of danc- ing,” he sings about the Nova music festival massacre, one of the focal points of the atrocity. ‘If you're ever confused,’ the song continues, ‘I stand with the Jews/ I don't feel brave, I just need to behave like a human.’ The chorus repeats ‘We will dance again’, a popular slogan in Israel, and the line is spoken in Hebrew at the end. The song itself sounds like a demo for a Eurovi- sion entry, basic and unpolished but with a catchy hook. George, who sings in a prowling baritone these days, makes no excuses for using AI to create the backing track. ‘I would struggle to write this with a human,’ he said. The implication is that no other musician would want to be associ- ated with the sentiments, a truly chilling suggestion, but one that’s all too plausible. ‘Look around,’ George said caustically, ‘and tell me one musi- cian speaking out for the Jewish community, but you can abso- lutely guarantee they have made their living from working with a Jewish team member.’ Support for Israel has become prohibited by tacit consent across much of the music business. Some stars are too big to be cowed: Madonna, said to practise a form of Jewish mysticism called Kabba- lah, was vocal in her condemna- tion of Hamas after October 7. But from most performers, noth- ing less than complete conformity is demanded. The American rap- per Azealia Banks pulled out of two UK festivals last year, claiming the organisers were demanding she parroted: ‘Free Palestine.’ Even Bono, the lead singer of U2, has been savaged for his refusal to denounce Israel. “The rape, mur- der and abduction of Israelis at the Nova music festival was evil,’ he said last August, adding that he also understood ‘that Hamas are not the Palestinian people’. This was dismissed as ‘billion- aire pacifism’ and ‘word soup’ by the Left-wing website Middle East Eye, run by former Guardian journalist David Hearst. HOWING support for Pal- estine, on the other hand, is rewarded. The trip-hop duo Massive Attack, who last had a top ten hit in 1998, won acclaim for waving the Palestinian flag on stage at a concert in Singapore last month. For extra kudos, they were then banned from the country. And former Roxy Music key- boardist Brian Eno was mobbed with support for his charity single Lullaby, which was a top five hit last Christmas. Peter Gabriel contributed lyrics, and Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Dan Smith and the London Community Gospel Choir sang on the track, which raised funds for a collective called Together For Palestine. All these artists are saying essen- tially the same thing: war is awful, the innocent are being slaugh- tered, pray for peace. But none of those siding with Palestine face being prevented from performing on the West End. None of them will lose their recording contracts over it. That applies only to artists who show sympathy for Israel, or who insist there is good and bad on both sides. They are the ones sub- jected to a barrage of intimidation and virulent contempt. The Left now exerts almost total control over what musicians can say and what opinions they can hold, if they want to keep working. Nothing less than complete sup- port for the Palestinians and their terrorist leadership is acceptable. The industry wasn't always like this. Nearly 60 years ago, John Lennon, appalled by the Left- wing dogma spouted by some of his contemporaries, sang in one of his last Beatles songs, Revolution: ‘If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao/ You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow.’ How pop has changed. Today, if you want to make it, you'd better be carrying a placard that says ‘Free Palestine’.
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 Drill rappers want to ban lyrics as evidence But police insist move would allow killers to go free LAWYERS, academics and rap stars are calling on ministers to make music lyrics inadmissible in court. They claim the use of drill By Kristina Wemyss and Rebecca Camber rap lyrics in prosecutions criminalises creativity. But the Met police has warned MPs that gang members are unlikely to be convicted or pros- ecuted in murder and serious violence cases if such music is banned as evidence. The Art Not Evidence group rf w — 0} all tit’ J “a - ar fs" - Daily Mail Prize Draw MailRewards.co.uk Terms and conditions: 18+ UK only. The promotion closes at 23:59 on Friday, September 4, 2026. Enter by inputting your daily Unique Number from the back page of the newspaper at www_mailrewards.co.uk — Online access, Daily Mail account and one Unique Number required. No Unique Number required for DailyMail+ Editions subscribers. There is one (1) prize of £10,000 cash to be made via BACS payment. For full terms and conditions, see mailrewards.co.uk wants a change in the law that would limit the use of lyrics to only when they are directly related toa crime, preventing police from turning to the music to prove fang affiliation. An open letter sent to the Gov- ernment argues that ‘these crea- tive expressions have no connec- tion to the serious crimes alleged and are used to paint a misleading and prejudicial picture, conflating art with evidence’. Signatories include rapper Giggs, DJ Semtex, senior academics and Riel Karmy-Jones KC, chairman of the Criminal Bar Association. Shami Chakrabarti, a Labour member of the House of Lords, said: ‘We're in a ridiculous position at present where somebody's ‘A crucial part of getting justice’ musical taste [somehow helps to prove] their criminal intent. It is like saying that my love of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather makes me a mobster.’ But the Met’s Detective Sergeant Matt Corbin said: ‘To be clear - restricting officers’ use of drill and rap lyrics as evidence could signif- icantly limit our ability to prose- cute cases of serious violence and secure justice for victims.’ He added: ‘It is a key tool in securing justice for victims and taking violent criminals off our streets. Our policy is very clear: we would treat opera, pop or anything else the same way if it was linked to a murder.’ Yesterday, the mother ofa 15-year- Not happy: Rapper Giggs old whose killer wrote a rap about his murder said it was ‘disgusting’ that campaigners want to restrict the use of lyrics as evidence. Leonardo Reid, who had no links to gangs, was stabbed at a music video shoot in 2023 in Archway, north London, when his killers believed rival gang members would be there. A day help ee mpd ei pegs wrote a rap on his phone braggi about the attack which led rs hire being convicted for murder. Leo’s mother, Valentina Locci, said of the lyrics: ‘They were such a crucial part of getting justice. So as much as it was painful, I was all for it.’ Two arrested after man Is shot dead at traveller camp TWO people were arrested after a man in his 30s was shot dead at a traveller site yesterday. Police launched a murder investigation after paramedics reported the shooting near Cricklade, Wiltshire, at 8.15am. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and his family has been informed. The suspects - aman in his 70s and a woman in her 40s - have been arrested on suspicion of possession of a fire- arm and assisting an offender. A cordon remained in place last night at the site, where Wiltshire Police said officers will maintain their presence while investiga- tions continue. A spokesman for the force said: ‘At around 8.15am, we received a report from the South Western Ambulance Service that a man had been shot at a traveller site By Will Hallowell in Calcutt. Emergency services made it to the scene, where the victim, aged in his 30s, was sadly declared deceased. His next of kin are aware and our thoughts are with them at this time. Urgent enquiries are ongoing.’ The spokesman confirmed that the two people arrested were in custody and being questioned. Detective Chief Inspector Phil Walker said: ‘Inquiries are ongo- ing at the site and in the wider area to establish the circum- stances and locate all involved. ‘A cordon is in place at the site and the road leading to it has been closed to allow for enquir- ies to be conducted. We are keen to hear from anybody who has any information or witnessed anything suspicious.’
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 By Ciara Farmer Phil Collins: I almost drank myself to death & two years ago... my family came to say goodbye PHIL Collins’ musician has revealed. The now 75-year-old admitted that things could have gone ‘terribly wrong’ in April 2024 when he was unconscious in a Swiss hospital, prompting term manager to call his five children to his bedside. The former Genesis drummer and singer, who is one of only three artists to have sold more than 100 million records both as a soloist and a band member, said: “There were some decisions to be made about “do we keep Phil on life support?” kind of thing. ‘My kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing up. People were coming to say goodbye, but I don’t remember them coming. They were all worried that they wouldn't see me again. It could have gone terribly wrong.’ children were summoned to say their final good- byes to him two years ago after he almost drank himself to death, the (CEANDRIVE his long- He is father to Joely, 53, the daughter of his first wife Andrea Bertorelli whom he adopted, and Simon, 49, also with Andrea, actress Lily Collins, 37, with his second wife Jill Tavel- man, and Nic, 25, and Mathew, 21, with his third wife Orianne Cevey. Speaking about his problems with alcohol - which have plagued him for years — he told The Sunday Times Magazine: ‘I'd have wine when I woke up. That was what I wanted for breakfast — a glass of wine. But I didn't drink into the night, you know, s0 I wasn’t really aware of having a problem.’ While Collins pulled through after being hospitalised in 2024, he still has a number of serious health issues, including type 2 diabetes and nerve damage in his hands, as well as needing crutches to walk after multiple surgeries on his spine and knees. Also, his pancreas is perma- nently scarred and his kidneys barely function. Last year, following his time in hospital, Collins and his family gathered at the luxury London hotel, Knightsbridge’s Mandarin Oriental, to see in the New Year. Collins told how his daughter Lily, who stars in the Netflix hit Emily In Paris, sat beside him ‘in tears’ and said: ‘I never thought I'd get these moments.’ Collins added: ‘We had an incredible time. I can’t overem- phasise how fantastic it was.’ The singer is keen to settle down again since divorcing his third wife in 2008, but thinks he has left it too late to find another partner. He said: ‘I'd love to be in love again. I would love a rela- tionship. Kissing somebody, for example. You know, pretty | Family: Phil Collins with sons Mathew and Nic and ex-wife Orianne, and, right, on stage basic stuff. I think it’s probably too late for that. I'm not a very social person. I don’t go out.’ In 2020, Collins was devastated when he discovered that Orianne - who had divorced him after seven years of marriage, although they reconciled a decade later — had secretly married another man, Thomas Bates, while they were still living together. He said: ‘It was unpleasant, unethical and not very nice. I can't quite forgive yet.’ Despite his heartbreak, when Close: Phil and daughter Lily on his 75th birthday asked if he'd like his relationship with Orianne to be ‘more’ than simply being in touch as co-par- ents to Nic and Mathew, he said: ‘Well, I'd like it to be. But I don’t think it’s a good idea right now, just because I know what I’m ike. I would probably fall again - we were very much in love.’ Collins also shared that he had healed a decade-long rift with Paul McCartney. The pair had fallen out in 2016 when, in another interview with The Sunday Times, Collins said the former Beatle had always treated him ‘condescendingly’. Despite McCartney later writ- ing to Collins to express his ‘dis- appointment’ at the interview, the stars have now rekindled their friendship - and McCartney has offered to donate memora- bilia to The King’s Trust Charity Auction, which will feature the Phil Collins archive, taking place in Los Angeles in November. Of his children, Collins added that he has a ‘wonderful relation- ship’ with daughter Lily. His son, Simon, is also a musi- cian and has struggled with drug addiction. Collins said: “Dad’s got to put his hand up and say, “How much am I responsible for this?” ‘I don't see him as much as I'd like to. But all I can say is that we're good now.’ Sodden that! One in ten will flout hosepipe ban MORE than one in ten house- holders living with a hosepipe ban during the drought do not intend to abide by it, according to a survey. Of the 11 per cent who said they intended to ignore the ban, a significant number said those on a water meter should not be restricted because they were paying for it. Other said they feared vegeta- Daily Mail Reporter bles they were growing would go to waste. Some 10 per cent of those polled by YouGov said they would report a neighbour for using a hose. An Environment Agency spokesman said: ‘These bans allow companies to conserve supplies as we don't know when this drought will end.’ if SOPRANOS star Vincent Pastore has died aged 80. The US actor played a series of mobsters and tough guys _ on screen but was best- known for the role of Salva- tore ‘Big Pussy’ Bonpensiero. He was found dead at his ‘ home in the Bronx, New York. Pastore - who also appeared Star turn: Pastore, left, with Gandolfini in Goodfellas - played a friend § Tony Soprano’s goodfella, Salvatore, dies aged 80 Daily Mail Reporter who later ratted on mob boss Tony Soprano, portrayed by James Gandolfini. Robert Attermann, Pastore’s manager, said: ‘To the world he will be remembered as the unforgettable “Big Pussy,” but to those of us who knew him, he was 50 much more.’
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 Beckhams at war: The untold story When David Beckham was denied a top gong in 2013 he was so furious he called the honours system a ‘f***ing joke. It kicked off a relentless 12-year campaign to burnish his charity work and befriend the royals... SHE has revealed the full excruciating detail of Brooklyn and Nicola’s wedding and how the feud with his famous parents began. Today, in the last instalment from her bombshell new book, ALISON BOSHOFF goes inside the campaign to transform David Beckham’s image. F ALL his many trophies, garlands and achieve- ments, one means more to David Beckham than any © & other: his knighthood. A lifelong royalist - and a man who has long had ambitions to be right at the heart of the establishment - his investiture on November 4, 2025, was, without doubt, his proudest moment. He was effusive on that day, saying: ‘I've been very obviously 6 % lucky in my career to have won what I’ve won and done what honour like this, of a knight, is beyond anything that I ever thought I would receive.’ Having once been sneered at by snobs for sitting on a throne at his own wedding, David had secured the one thing money can’t buy. No longer a mere celebrity, he was now a bona fide gentleman. But how had this heavily-tattooed former footballer achieved such a knighted by King Charles out of duty to the honours committee's advice — but seemingly, as I have been told, out of some personal desire, too? A royal source told me that, while the King is ‘the fount of all honour’, the appointment system really is little to do with him. ‘Tt’s not the King saying he's a decent chap, let's give him a knighthood,’ ee the source added. “That said, there is a personal relationship between the two p Fr ) | 7, eC eC eve r I've done, but to receive an startling social transformation, not just of them.’ In this instance, King Charles wanted to knight Sir David himself. A source said: “The King can decide which honours investiture ceremonies he under- takes, and he wanted to do David's investi- ture at Windsor because the dates suited and he knows him personally.’ The reality is that David's ‘Project K’ had had several false turns over the decades - more of which later - but crucial to its eventual success was one woman: Nicola Howson, once the feared head of publicity at ITV. From 2018 - after the departure of former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller from David's team - Howson became an integral part of David’s management. Before ITV, she had been a force to be reckoned with, holding senior positions at Freuds — a blue- chip PR firm - and the Old Vic Theatre. Also an ambassador at the WWF charity and a trustee of the National Youth Theatre, what she had, which Fuller did not, Was experience of connecting clients with leadership at a higher level, like the World Economic Forum in Davos, which David now regularly attends. She understood that if he was going to get that knighthood, he needed to be seen as more than a celebrity; he needed gravitas. In short, this cultural chameleon needed to rebrand yet again — only this time as a campaigner and change-maker. Her impact was soon apparent. By 2019, David was fluently addressing the United Nations of behalf of Unicef. Make no mistake, this was quite a turnaround. For David's public presentation wasn’t always so polished — something ruthlessly mocked by his best man, fellow footballer Gary Neville, at his 1999 wedding to Victoria. After the groom’s speech, in which David promised ‘I will always love and look after Victoria and treat her like a princess, which she always wants to be treated like’, Neville - who had by now changed into a Beckham- style sarong — started his speech by saying: ‘He speaks well, that Julian Clary, doesn’t he?’ The reference to David's then infamously squeaky voice brought the house down. Since then, how- ever, it’s alleged that David has had multiple professional voice coaches. And before his big BY ALISON BOSHOFE United Nations address, this training went into turbo-drive. He practised his speech over and over, learning how to read an autocue and even renting the Electric Cinema in London's Notting Hill, and filling it with friends and employees, so that he could have the experience of a large audience. A friend of his tells me: ‘He’s a naturally shy person and grew up with some almost brutal father figures in Sir Alex Ferguson and Ted Beckham, but he learned to be a quick study. You only have to tell him once, and he will keep on and on practising until he gets it right.’ Howson's impact was apparent in other areas, too, In 2021, David agreed to make a major Netflix documentary, Beck- ham, about his life, with Howson as an executive producer and with the show made by his own TV company, Studio 99. The docu- mentary - released in 2023 - had been explicitly conceived as a tool to rehabilitate his image, and so it proved. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Howson said that David's trust in her and in his best friend Neville had been crucial. She said: ‘David wouldn't have gone there without the trust factor of somebody he knew had his back, in the sense of helping him unlock the memories. It was incredibly difficult. He needed two things: me and Gary Neville. ‘He blocked so many of the memories, and he shot them down, as sports people do to Keep going. And I’ve learned this. They put it in a box and move on. David would tell a story to Fisher [Stevens, the narrator and direc- tor], and then Gaz would see it, and Gary would say: “That's not how it happened,” and he would challenge him.’ In the documentary, David comes across as modest, likeable and
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 candid, He even came close to an admission about Rebecca Loos, speaking of his regret over the peril the matriage had been in during the Real Madrid period. And viewers enjoyed the way he teased Victoria about having been driven to school in a Rolls-Royce while she was explaining her working-class roots. It was a huge global hit. As Howson observed, Americans didn’t know his origin story, and had virtu- ally assumed his life began in 2007, when he moved to play for LA Galaxy. After Howson had put them Recognition at last: David with in hii BIChDES. abou ite ! ’ brutalities and rejections of his Soria ae Wardens & | childhood at the hands of his disciplinarian father and his professional life at Manchester United, he | appeared as verging on saintly. David was now firmly in the era in which he would not put a foot wrong. The transformation was, frankly, breathtaking. Indeed, just six years prior, in February 2017, a Castle last year ) Style faux pas: David wearing a sarong ona ' night out with Victoria in 1998. Below, at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show with the King | Pictures: ANDREW MATTHEWS/POOL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/PA/OLIVER DIXON tranche of humiliating emails between David and his team had been leaked. In these, he was shown to discuss angrily why he had not yet received a knighthood - which he apparently felt was his due. The idea of a lesser honour was dis- missed. ‘Ifit’s not a knighthood, f off’, he wrote. The honours committee were described as ‘unappreciative cs’, These so-called Beckileaks emails threatened to derail an ‘He’s quick - you only have to tell him once’ ambition he had begun to foster ever since his annual pilgrimages as a child to watch Trooping the Colour with his grandparents. David desperately wanted the royal stamp of approval. Only a select number of former football players had ever been knighted, vi Page 19 among them Stanley Matthews, Bobby Charlton and Pele —- and David's sights were set on becoming the next. The emails had been published despite David's legal team obtaining an injunction against The Sunday Times in 2016. Dating from 2013, they showed David raging at being denied a knighthood because of questions over his tax affairs. He had indeed been put for- ward to the honours commit- tee for a ‘K’ by Lord Coe, after his work on the London 2012 Olympic bid, and the commit- tee agreed that the nomina- tion was ‘merited’. As is stand- ard, information was sought on the candidate from the police, security services and the taxman. The taxman, it seems, raised a red flag. A source close to the committee said: ‘HMRC gives us a flag - it’s red, amber or green. David was a red. His taxes were the problem.’ David, in common with virtually all high-earners, had always been, shall we say, financially efficient when it came to his taxes. For example, his final few months of professional foot- ball were played at the Qatari-backed club Paris Saint-Germain in 2013. During this time, he lived in the Hotel Bristol in Paris, in a suite costing £14,000 a night. He donated his entire income to a French chil- dren’s charity. The Press raved about his big heart, but there were advantages to the arrange- ment: it meant that he could keep his ‘non-dom’ status for tax purposes until the start of the new financial year in April 2013. He also avoided France’s swingeing 75 per cent tax rate. But what HMRC was object- ing to was the fact that he was one of dozens of wealthy celebrities who had invested in the controversial Ingenious Media scheme to fund movies and reduce investors’ per- sonal tax liability. HMRC labelled the scheme a tax-avoidance vehicle. It is understood that the hon- ours committee then entered into an extraordinary dialogue with Team Beckham to ‘sort out’ the issue, suggesting that high-profile individuals can be told what they need to do to get a knighthood. But David does not appear to have appreciated this attempt to help him. The leaked emails reveal that, when he found out he had been passed over in 2013, the for- mer England captain had denounced the committee mem- bers as ‘a bunch of cs’ who were ‘unappreciative’ of his national treasure status. He also branded the honours system ‘a fing joke’. His view was that, after helping to get the Olympics, trying to get the World Cup and being a Unicef foodwill ambassador since 2005, he was entitled to a knighthood. ‘It’s a disgrace to be honest and if I was an American I would of [sic] got something like this 10 years ago,’ he wrote. He lashed out at other celebs who had got honours, including, infamously, the opera singer Katherine Jenkins. ‘Katherine Jenkins OBE for what?’ he fumed. ‘Singing at the rugby and going to see the troops plus taking coke. F***ing joke.’ Beckham's team said the emails TURN TO NEXT PAGE
FROM PREVIOUS PAGE had been ‘doctored’ and ‘taken out of context’ by hackers, but they were still damaging. His PR, Simon Oliveira, advised him in an email: “You aim for the highest honour, you should not give up so quickly. This gives us even more reason to work for Unicef, the armed forces, other charity commitments etc this year.’ David's work for Unicef, though, was to bring yet more embarrassment. The organisation’s relations manager, Chloe Edwards, had set up a dealin which Beckham became the lead sponsor of his own ‘7 Fund’, dedicated to help children at risk of violence, abuse or disease. Beckham had said in a release that it was his ‘number one priority’. But, embarrassingly, the leaked emails painted a different picture of his commitment to good causes, He was asked to donate £1million to the fund and then to match the highest bidders at a charity auction in New York. He emailed Oliveira and his right-hand man Dave Gard- ner, saying: ‘Chloe asked me outright which I was p* off about. I don’t want to do it and I won't do it with my own money,’ he wrote. In February 2014, he made a two-day visit to the Philippines in the wake of a typhoon. His travel had been paid for by the hotel group Sands and the booze giants Diageo. Emails showed him apparently wanting Unicef to reimburse the BG, 685 cost of his plane ticket. ‘There’s no way it should be costing me anything,’ he wrote. Further requests for donations annoyed him again. Unicef asked him to donate a million ‘King Charles thought David was delightful’ dollars (£800,000) for a prize-giving dinner in Shanghai, China. He wrote: ‘I don’t want to put my personal money into this cause. To pour this million into the fund is like putting my own money in. If there was no fund, the money would be for me. The f*ing money is mine.’ Again, in 2015, on a trip to Cambodia, Beck- ham was protective of his massive === Beckhams at wat: Theuntoldstoryy === T THE height of Girl Power, hysteria followed the Spice Girls wherever they went, yet Victoria could never shake off her crippling insecurity. At stage school, according to her mother, she had been told ‘you're overweight - you'll be in the back’. Now she worried she was too fat to be a Spice Girl. She was ‘helped’ to slim by fellow Spice Girl Geri Halliwell. ‘It started gradually. Geri would say things like don’t put sauces on food, that low-fat things were just as good and | could try just not eating quite so much,’ Victoria wrote in her autobiography, Learning to Fly. ‘It was Geri who introduced me to SlimFast, a milkshake drink that fills you up and stops you feeling hungry... ‘The trouble is when you start thinking like that it’s hard to stop, particularly if you're an all or nothing person like | am... Soon, the fat content of food was as familiar as my two times table.’ By her own admission, Victoria became ‘obsessive’ about food - living on vegetables. ‘] used to chop up bowls of spinach and carrots and mangetout and steam them. Or I'd just eat peas, like a whole family pack at one sitting. But it never occurred to me for a moment that | might have an eating disorder because everybody knew people with eating disorders were thin, and | was still the same size | had always been. | was just eating healthily and getting into shape.’ The real turning point came when the Spice Girls went to Japan and she couldn't find ‘normal’ vegetables. Victoria thought the offered food was ‘disgusting’. ‘So | just stopped eating. All of a sudden, | found | was losing weight. | was getting thinner and thinner every day. | was shrinking. And the excitement at getting thinner quite took away the hunger. Even the other girls started to notice, but they were easy to fob off. ‘Because when you have an eating disorder, you can fool people. Fooling eee al August 3, 2026 Why insecure Victoria still cant let it g0 whenit comes to food people becomes part of the buzz." It took decades for her to come clean. She finally admitted that she had been controlling her weight in an ‘incredibly unhealthy’ way. ‘I really started to doubt myself and not like myself and really let it affect me. | didn’t know what | saw when | looked in the mirror - was | fat, was | thin? You lose all sense of reality. | was very critical of myself, | didn’t like what ! saw. | had been everything, from “Porky Posh” to “Skinny Posh”... ‘| had no control over what's being written about [or] pictures that were being taken. | suppose | wanted to control that... When you have an eating disorder you become very good at lying and | was never honest about it with my parents.’ N A podcast last year, she was evasive over whether she ever had a conversation with David about her disorder. She seemed to suggest that she hadn't, saying that while he has ‘always known’ she is ‘very disciplined’ around food, she had managed to get her problems under control herself without intervention. Victoria’s torment over her body image led to her first cosmetic surgery, a breast enhancement, which took her from a 34A to a 34D in 1999. ‘I had very big boobs. And | would wear little, tiny hotpants or tiny, tiny short skirts. And | look at those pictures and | smile, because | think it’s been such a journey, but the truth is, that was me showing that | was actually really insecure, and that is how | stayed relevant.’ The Spice Girls had a reunion tour in 2007. It was the highest grossing tour of the period, with $107million (€80million) in ticket sales and merchandising, plus sponsorship and other deals taking the total to $200million (€148million). But behind the scenes there were issues. Emma Bunton had quickly shed all of her ‘baby weight’ thanks to a ‘no-white’ diet that forbade white pasta and so on. Victoria was subsisting chiefly on strawberries and edamame beans. Mel C, who had had depression when she shook her post-Spice eating disorder, had to try to ignore this unhealthy atmosphere. And Geri had shrunk to a minute size 6. As a fashion designer, Victoria has found a career in which she is successful and respected. But she hasn't let go when it comes to food. One former employee at Victoria Beckham's London atelier was recently heard to complain that no food is allowed through its doors, not even a sandwich: ‘The place runs on water and fruit.’ fortune. He had been flown to the country on H&:M’'s dime as he was opening a store in Macau, and wanted to — at the Amansara hotel. Unicef had arranged for a stay at the cheaper Sofitel. He asked Unicef to pay what they would have for the Sofitel and he would make up the difference. Unicef sprang to his defence after the leaks. A statement from the organisation said: ‘David Beck- ham has been a Unicef goodwill ambassador since 2005, and as well as generously giving his time, energy and support to help raise awareness and funds for Unicef’s work for children, David has given significant funds personally... Our ambassadors support Unicef in a voluntary capacity, receiving no fee for their time and commitment. They contribute greatly to Unicef's work for children.’ It was a crucial intervention, but embarrassment remained. There was much work to be done, then, to achieve his ‘K’. David - wisely as it turns out - has never put all his eggs in one royal basket. Instead he respect- fully and quietly cultivated all the links he could with the different branches of the family. As he said in a later interview, he simply never turned down a chance to work with any of them. His friendship with Princes William and Harry - brewed in 2010 as they unsuccess cam- paigned for England to host the 2018 World Cup - had been espe- cially carefully cultivated, and had seen David and Victoria invited to William and Kate’s wedding in 2011. Today, he enjoys a ‘texting friendship’ with Prince William, the heir to the throne. Apparently, he likes to tease the prince, who is patron of the Football Associa- tion, about the performance of the team he supports, Aston Villa. And David has given much of his time for William’s projects: in 2020, they appeared in a video together to promote a ‘mentally healthy culture’ in football. David also attended William's Earthshot Prize ceremonies in 2022 and 2024, and has supported his Air Ambu- lance appeal. In 2024, Victoria Shires, the head of PR for David's DB Ventures, left to work for Prince William and Kate at the Royal Foundation. The links between the two are many and meaningful. By 2021, well-informed sources were able to place a story in the newspapers to the effect that HMRC no longer had any con- cerns about David's tax affairs, so there was no longer any stumbling block to an honour. Then, after the death of the Queen in 2022 - for whose lying-in- state David queued for 13 hours, snacking on Pringles, chatting happily to other royal fans and Siege appearing the ultimate man of the people’ — David's relationship with the new King Charles became a priority. In 2023, just a couple of days after the Coronation, at a fashion awards ceremony, he gifted the monarch a jar of his homegrown honey - explaining that, like him, he was a keen beekeeper at his country home in the Cotswolds. A delighted King promised he'd give him one of his own jars in return. David - now a self-styled country gent, fond of the environment and outdoor pursuits — was invited to Highgrove to discuss all things nature with the King. The pair of them spent an easy hour in conver- ‘You should aim for the highest honour’ sation about gardening, bees, crafts, houses and the countryside. David had by then been shoot- ing for a decade with his friend, the film director Guy Ritchie, who has an estate in Wiltshire, so they had that to talk about too. Friends say they found they had much in common and the King thought him ‘delightful’. The friendship led to an invita- tion to become an ambassador for the King’s Foundation, a role that Was announced in June 2024. The King, bluntly, needed David's star power to waft away some of the controversy that had swirled around some of the charity’s activities, most notably centring on actions taken by Michael Fawcett, his former per- sonal aide. Fawcett, who became the foundation's chief executive, had allegedly offered to help wealthy British and foreign donors to the charity secure hon- ours and even British citizenship. How far David had made it inside the royal fold was indicated in December 2024, when he was among the guests at a state ban- quet at Buckingham Palace to mark the state visit of the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Friends said David was ‘humbled’ by his invitation and ‘very happy’ to be there. He had his white tie specially made, and Victoria took great pains to dress ee es Soon after, they were invited toa black-tie dinner at Highgrove to celebrate Anglo-Italian relations. The following month, Victoria was invited to Buckingham Palace for a Women of the World event hosted by Queen Camilla. Anyone who saw David and the King w preeting each other at the Chelsea Flower Show in May last year could be in no doubt about how the relationship had flourished. The King even made a remark that alluded to a birthday present he'd sent for David's 50th. An even better gift was to follow - with his Knighthood finally announced in the birthday honours list last June. Sources close to David reveal that his team were aware that an honour was in the pipeline, or could be, but had said nothing to David, seeing as he had been disappointed a number of times before. David is determined not to blot his royal copybook again. It was noted that, at a recent launch at St James’s Palace, David was attentive during the seminar and had the good manners to offer his seat to a female guest who didn't have one. He has the discretion to know that he should not bring up the fact that both he and the King have estranged sons; it is an extraordinary coincidence which is not discussed. That David's initial visit to Highgrove coincided with a moment when Prince Harry was in the country, and his father was too busy to see him, was just an unfortunate chance. Still, though - for the man once most famous for his sarong and alleged affair with his PA to take precedence over the King’s own son for a visit? It’s a happy endin that not even the ambitious Davi himself could have dreamt of. @ ADAPTED from Brand Beckham, by Alison Boshoff (Century, £22), to be published on August 13. © Alison Boshoff 2026. To order a copy for £19.80 (offer valid until August 23, 2026; UK P&P free on orders over £25) go to mailshop.co.uk/ books or call 020 3176 2937.
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 CT ee’ ih Casual: Tom Holland and Zendaya. Inset: Her split-toe shoes — -@ loe-tally relaxed! Tom and Y Zendaya take a day off By Dominique Hines the red carp mer’s biggest blockbusters. down time together. mond, south-west London. with her white sundress. THEY have spent weeks cranking up the glamour for the red carpet and photo shoots as they promote two of the sum- But newlyweds Zendaya and Tom Holland were able to ditch the designer frocks and suits as they finally managed to get some The couple —- who have been promoting The Odyssey and the latest Spider-Man film - were spotted in distinctly casual mode as they picked up drinks near their home in Rich- But for Zendaya, 29, casual certainly didn't mean cheap as she wore a whacky pair of £620 leather Maison Margiela split-toe ballet flats Holland, 30, opted for a simple white T-shirt, on that.’ ‘That’s all you'll get on that’ jeans and an orange cap embroidered with the name of his non-alcoholic beer brand Bero. It was a far cry from their weeks of pro- moting Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which opened with takings of £196million worldwide. Holland plays Telema- chus, the son of Odysseus, while Zendaya stars as the goddess ,» Athena in the adaptation h of Homer’s epic poem. They are also reprising their characters Peter Parker and MJ in Mar- vel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The couple, who met on the set of Spi- der-Man secretly married earlier this year with Holland confirming the nuptials in an interview, before adding: “That's all you'll get in 2017, et treadmill In the spotlight: Promoting Spider-Man Mother, 29, died from a brain cyst after doctor said she had migraine and ‘told her to sit in dark cupboard’ A MOTHER died after col- lapsing due to a cyst on the brain after repeatedly being sent home from hospital with migraine medication, an inquest has heard. Laura House, 29, was taken to hospital three times in as many days in July 2024 with worsening symptoms - including blurred vision and vomiting. Her husband Chris, 36, said in a statement that she was told to go home and sit in a ‘dark cupboard’. The scaffolder said that when they arrived at Great Western Hos- pital in Swindon on the third occa- By Inderdeep Bains Chief News Correspondent sion on July 9, his previously fit pharmacy worker wife was so weak he had to carry her across the car park and she struggled to hold her- self up in a chair as they waited over an hour to be seen in the emergency department. He added that after she was assessed by junior doctor Nilesh Singh he was surprised that her medical notes said she was ‘con- scious, oriented and not confused’ despite her ‘talking like a toddler’. He asked if a scan would be car- ried out but was told that she had a ‘simple migraine and there was nothing else that could be done’. ‘I recall becoming increasingly frustrated during the assessment as the doctor began saying all the same things that had been said in ‘Talking like a toddler’ all the other assessments, that it was a simple migraine and she needed to be in a dark room,’ he added. ‘I remember him suggesting that we try find a small, dark space like a cupboard for Laura to sit in." Having returned to her home in Cricklade, Wiltshire, her husband says her condition deteriorated. She was rushed to Southmead Hospital in Bristol but died on July 11 from global hypoxic brain injury caused by a rare colloid cyst. Mr House was left to tell their children, then aged just two and six, that their mother had died. Peter Dobinson, a consultant at the GWH NHS Foundation Trust who reviewed an internal investiga- tion into the death, said there was ‘a good chance’ a CT scan would have picked up the cyst. The inquest at Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner's Court was adjourned for a verdict to be deliv- ered at a later date. Tragedy: Laura House had two young children
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Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 By Jada Bas THE head of Russia's air force is believed to have been the tar- get after five people died when a bomb exploded as a woman was smuggling it into an exclu- sive Moscow restaurant. The woman and a security guard died as the bomb, hidden in a gift and packed with metal balls, exploded as the guard opened it outside the Balzi Rossi restaurant. A customer at the restaurant, located just a mile from the Kremlin, also died in the blast on Saturday evening. Two of the 21 other people injured died of their injuries in hospital. Russian and Ukrainian media reported the target may have been Colonel-General Aleksandr Chayko, Commander- in-Chief of Aerospace Forces. He Ar force chief ‘the target’ as 5 die in Moscow restaurant blast was believed to be celebrating his birthday at the restaurant. Video of preparation for the bash - revealed on the Telegram app by a pro-Russian blogger - showed a stage with the words ‘Alexsandr 55’. He stands accused of war crimes Guarded: The Moscow restaurant in Ukraine after commanding Russia’s Eastern Group of Forces during the 2022 invasion, which has been vilified for carrying out mass killings and torture. Six of the Injured were stillina critical condition last night. Russian counter-terror experts reportedly claimed the woman may not have known she was car- rying the bomb, adding that she may have been paid by Ukraine. Local media said the bomb was likely detonated remotely. The force of the explosion is said to be equivalent to a kilogram of TNT. Blown up by Russia, all but 3 in this wedding picture killed by rocket Se el Tragedy: Only Danylo Voronov, — wife Anna vai sister Inna, circled, canned thestrike FOR Danylo Voronov, his wedding day a year ago was one of the happiest days of his life - with his family gathered to witness it. This photo shows him and his wife Anna showing off their rings, together with his mother Olena and their baby son Artem and other siblings. Now just three of them are still alive after a Russian missile struck their home in Ukraine. The Voronov family were asleep when the attack took place in the village of Radushne, in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Olena, 41, died alongside her husband Artem, 47, three of their sons (Mark, 17, Zakharii, 13, and Azarii Iai, 11), four daughters (Dominika, 16, Viorika, 14, Federika, nine, and Emilia, seven) and grandson Artem, 18 months. Mr Voronov, who was serving as a soldier on the frontline when the tragedy happened, returned to the ruins of the house. ‘It still feels like some kind of dream - like they exist some- ae ‘1 EXCLUSIVE By Andy Jehring Chief Foreign Correspondent where, but just not here,’ he said. Other sur- viving family members include his brother Matvii, 25, who was not in at the time of the attack, his sister Inna, 24, who lives in Ger- many, and his 23-year-old wife Anna. Among the rubble, two cuddly toys were found, a scrapbook filled with photos of the ‘His entire world was undone’ family and a child’s artwork, showing a rabbit holding a bunch of flowers. Mr Voronov’s aunt, Olena Chorna, 43, who lives in nearby Eryvyi Rih, said: ‘Danylo is trying to stay strong, but we will bury ten Grief: Mr Voronov at the ruins of his home members of his family, eight of them children. Can anyone imagine what he must feel and be foing through? His entire world was undone.’ She added: ‘All I feel is hatred towards the terrorists who launched that missile and took the lives of my beloved family.’ The attack which destroyed the Voronov’'s house was part of an overnight bombardment across Ukraine by Russia on Thursday. At least 50 people were also injured. President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was born in Kryvyi Rih, branded the attack a ‘horrific crime’, adding: ‘The Russians destroyed an ordinary home of an ordinary family.’ Queen gives support for journalists with award By Rebecca English Royal Editor Queen Camilla is backing a ‘ground-breaking’ awards scheme for up-and-coming oy, ven pa icants aged between 18 and 30 are offered the chance to win £2,500 and career fuidance as part of the initiative launched by the Journalists’ Charity with support from Her Majesty. The Queen Camilla Future of Journalism Awards will give 25 winners each year a cash prize for training, equipment, travel or accommodation as well as the offer of mentoring or coaching. Winners will also be invited to join industry leaders at a cere- mony to recognise their commit- ment to journalism. Applications are open through- ‘Will make a real difference’ out August, with the recipients to be announced in September. James Brindle, chief executive of the Journalists’ Charity, said: ‘We're honoured that Her Majesty The Queen is backing the charity's efforts to support new talent at a time when journalism has never been more important. ‘It’s a privilege to launch this fround-breaking awards scheme. ‘The awards will make a real difference, giving the stars of the future the tools they need.’ Camilla, 79, has long been a supporter of journalism and lit- eracy, founding her own hugely successful online book club and literacy charity, The Queen’s Reading Room, and spearhead- ing a number of national and international initiatives designed to promote reading, particularly among the young. 90,000 MenB jabs given to uni freshers NEARLY 90,000 young people starting university next month have received their first dose of the meningitis B vaccine, following an outbreak in March which left two victims dead. The Jabs were given in the first fortnight of a programme for Year 13 pupils and students under 25, NHS England said. NHS director of vaccination Caroline Temmink added that more than 135,000 appoint- ments are booked for coming weeks. The vaccine needs two doses to be most effective. The drive follows tragedies in March when Men6 killed a 21-year-old student at the Uni- versity of Kent in Canterbury. Local sixth-former Juliette Kenny, 18, also died. First-year students are seven times more likely to contract MenB than their peers. Close contact in halls of residence and through kissing, sharing drinks or vapes is being blamed.
Brothers in airport | police brawl handed. £115,000 legal aid TWO brothers filmed brawling with police at Manchester airport received more than £113,000 in taxpayer- funded legal aid. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, EXCLUSIVE By Richard Marsden and James Tozer 21, was jailed for three-and-a- half yeare in June after assaulting PCs Lydia Ward, whose nose was broken, and Ellie Cook in July 2024. But he and brother Muham- mad Amaad, 26, were cleared of attacking PC Zachary Marsden after two trials failed to reach verdicts. PC Marsden had been filmed kicking Amaaz in the face Arrests: Muhammad Amaad, left, and Mohammed Fahir Amaaz Mlail Finance TRAVEL INSURANCE Enjoy 20% off t ce) i i rh | i 9.) ravel lear INSURANCE insurance this summer With the UK's most trusted provider’, AllClear Mail Finance has a NEW partner - AllClear Travel Insurance. 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Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 INSPIRE Hardcore veggie versus committed carnivore — can our matriage survive the HE kitchen worktop is piled with dirty pans as we finally sit down to eat. My food mixer is encrusted with shredded carrot, there’s an empty chickpea tin that needs rinsing and the baking tray is still -_ by Flic Everett covered in hot sauce from the chicken wings. Meanwhile, the sous-vide machine in the utility room is cooling down. You might assume we’ve been laboriously crafting a celebratory dinner party for 12, but no - it’s an ordinary week night, and it’s just the two of us eating a quick meal before we slump in front of Netflix, like every other mid-life couple. My husband Andy and I, both 55, live in a small cottage in the West High- lands of Scotland and share a kitchen that boasts a gas stove with three ==" @ Just standing around looking beautiful is so boring. @ MICHELLE PFEIFFER working burners, a single worktop, and a kitchen table usually covered in work detritus, bills and a sleeping cat. In some ways, we're very well suited when it comes to food - we both love cooking, and both enjoy buying ingredients, consulting recipes and experimenting with new tastes. The only problem is, we have com- TURN TO NEXT PAGE Picture: GRAEME HUNTER PICTURES |
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 = S CHILDREN we would look forward to the long stretch of summer spent in Harlyn Bay in North Corn- wall, where we spent hours swimming and rockpooling. drive down from our home in Bisley in the Cotswolds, the same village as Jilly Cooper. And we weren't the only ones. was practically Cotswolds-on-Sea in those days with the whole Gloucestershire set making their way down, many of We woul Cornwall Authentic: Norfolk's towns and beaches are quieter and more civilised than Cornwall's Move over Rock - why Norfolk is the smart whom may have inspired some of = good friend Jilly’s characters. riends would come and stay, and we would occasionally go to the Trevose Golf Club disco — but most of the time we were knee- deep in sand and dogs - it was all very Famous Five. The adults would chat in the sand dunes with flasks of tea and watch their offspring frolic on the beach, and possibly e up to some shenanigans hemselves. Back then Harlyn Bay was referred to as ‘The Other Side’, with Polzeath and Rock being the places to be. When we got a bit older we would beg my poor mother to drive us 40 minutes (there was no ferry at night) round to The Mariner’s Pub in Rock where a bunch of blonde and shiny teens would drink until Mummy and Daddy came to collect them. Eventually my mother gave up driving to ‘The Other Side’ and started looking into holi- day rentals there instead to save her the midnight hassle. We swapped one sandy holi- day cottage for another and had a whale of a time, going back year after year. When I started having chil- dren, however, I knew it wouldn't be long before we had to ditch this part of Posh Cornwall — I used to joke that you can’t mix infant bottles with beer bottles. It had become more and more ofa party destination, which was not something I needed when I was more invested in Sudocrem than Sambuca. E TRIED the South of Corn- wall but got a bit put off by the adders on Kynance Cove and the jagged drops around the Lizard which looked like a recipe for broken legs (and the rest). Plus everyone was in tears by the time we got to Bristol - Cornwall was just too far from Essex, so in the end we had to ditch it. So when I read that Polzeath is the epicentre of a real-life version of the cocktail Sex on the Beach, I felt more than a little relieved by Sybilla Hart at my choice of Norfolk as a holiday destination. For Norfolk is the new Corn- wall, at least among the grown-up smart set. It’s far more civilised and authentic than its southern counter- part, which has become raucous, downmarket and a bit last season. Now that I am responsible for no fewer than three teen- agers it is a blessing that we are not in Polzeath which I hear is transformed into a drunken pl ound by night for two vesks in ily with residents having to appoint a ‘beach ranger’ to patrol them. Here in North Norfolk you are more likely to bump into a seal on the beach than a drunken teenager and most of the people who holiday in Cley next the Sea are young families or retired people. My children have made some friends over the years and occasionally sit in some- one’s boat at night while sharing a can of Tesco pear cider but that is about the extent of it. Norfolk, as I have come to realise, is just as smart as Cornwall but miles less popu- lated. There’s no battling the crowds to find a tiny slither of free sand to lie your towel Sets New Cornwall down on, as you have to in Polzeath these days. The posh villages in Norfolk vary hugely and I find the best way to describe them is by BS haus to London boroughs. For example, Blakeney is like Richmond, well-heeled, beautiful, with fantastic walks. Burnham Market is Norfolk's version of Belgravia and has all the shops and smart restaurants. Brancaster is Fulham, full of families and labradors walk- ing on the beach. Burnham Overy Staithe is Chelsea-on- Sea and full of blonde teenag- ers wearing the same clothes messing about on boats. ROMER is more like Hackney, Holt is Barnes and finally, Hunstanton with its famous tennis tournament is best described as Norfolk’s answer to Clapham. The restaurants in Norfolk are a case of Rick Stein eat your heart out with The Gunton Arms near Cromer scoring high as well as The Moorings in Blakeney, and we're spoilt for choice when it comes to nice cafes selling flat whites. There are hidden beaches to be found at low tide with only a tern for company, mudflats that look like works of art, windmills peppering the horizon and you can almost imagine former Norfolk resident Admiral Nelson striding out of the waves towards a centuries- old watering hole. On the beaches you will find pebbles instead of beer bottles, shells instead of discarded vapes. And the cubs creatures I’ve seen copulating on Norfolk beaches are the birds. FROM PREVIOUS PAGE pletely different diets. I am a veggie - with occasional reluctant forays into fish - and a former vegan, who once edited a plant-based food magazine. He loves nothing more than to craft his supper from a haunch of venison or a whole oxtail. I eat salad, beans, peas; he eats meat every day. The nearest I come to a burger is in large cap mushroom form; he is severely allergic to fungi. I cook like the Swedish Chef from The Muppets, flinging bits of parsley to the floor and discarding vegetable peelings as I go. He assembles all his ingredients beforehand, dices everything into perfect cubes and immediately clears away any debris. You could easily perform an emergency trache- otomy on any surface where he’s recently prepared food. No, when it comes to kitchen and dietary habits, we are totally and utterly incompatible - Jack Sprat and his wife - to the extent that in four years of marriage and a decade of living together, we have almost never eaten the same dinner. I often find myself musing about how on earth we've made it work without nightly shouting matches. Plenty of people can't. Earlier this year a study found that 20 per cent of Britons consider it a relationship deal-breaker if their partner's diet doesn't fit with their own, rising to 47 per cent - almost half! - if one’s a vegan and the other isn't. We all know that dishwasher stack- ing habits can fuel relationship prob- lems, and that the dirty cup by the sink can even prompt divorce. But as unusual diets increase in popularity -— from ‘mindful’ to fibremaxxing to carnivore to anti- UPF - the kitchen wars have surely moved into the fridge, oven and larder, where com- pletely different food philosophies compete for pre- cious shelf space. When Andy and I met via a mutual friend 12 years ago, I was a long-term vegetarian. I was used to eating veg- etable pasta, plant-based curries and occasionally supplementing dishes with veggie mince. I wasn't a total purist: I didn’t mind roasting a turkey at Christmas as long as I didn’t have to eat it. main concern was for animal welfare, but I also loved the healthy tastes and textures of vegetarian food, and felt I was doing my bit for the planet. Andy, meanwhile, grew up in the depths of rural Scotland, where managing deer populations, cattle auctions and even shooting parties are entirely normal. The first time I went to stay with him at the remote cottage where we still live, we had a heated debate about vegetarianism. For me, an animal-loving liberal from urban Manchester, his brisk, practical atti- tude towards consuming the flesh of other creatures was an outrage. I didn’t understand how, like most country folk, he could adore his dogs yet happily eat pigs, which are has considered to have equiva- ent intelligence. Luckily, Andy is both thoughtful and calm, s0 rather than allowing our debate to descend into a full-on row, he carefully explained his views (we evolved to eat meat, we need protein and iron, and without animal husbandry there’d be no bovine or ovine animals at all) and added that he respected mine. Our positions haven't changed much since. Andy also has a well-managed Shopping, cookingand in eating 1s a complex dance auto-immune condition that means he can't digest much fibre and eats meat daily, whereas my rigorously wholesome diet contains more fibre than a straw hut. Between 2016 and 2019 I even went entirely vegan while I edited that vegan food magazine — until a belat- edly diagnosed severe nickel allergy (nickel is found in significant quanti- ties in vegan staples like pulses, soy and nuts) meant I had to dial down the roughage, return to dairy and reluctantly add some fish to my diet. What all this means is that shop- ping, cooking and eating in our household has become a rather com- plex dance. Buying food is a process that gen- erally takes at least two hours. We live 15 miles from the nearest shops, and visit twice a week. At the excel- lent deli, Marmalade, Andy will treat himself to good coffee, blue cheese and fancy crisps while I might invest in giant olives and re-stock my dried grain supplies. He'll then head to the butcher for salami, steak, venison mince and chicken while I might buy a salmon fillet. We generally buy sea- sonally and prefer the quality of the deli over the supermarket. At the Co-op he'll get broccoli and cabbage and I'll buy peppers and mushrooms. If we shop separately, as we often do, we'll message each other what we need, and as we're both self-employed — I'm a writer and he runs a holiday house - who- ever has more money in the bank that week will pay. Of course, the grocery bill would be a great deal cheaper if we ate the same things. But while we inevita- bly overspend, we don’t take many holidays, we hav- en't redecorated more than a decade and good food brings us both joy. I don't object to visiting the butcher for him as long as the meat is tightly wrapped and I don't have to touch it — fortu- nately, it’s not the kind of shop where carcasses dangle from the ceiling or violent dismembering is carried out in plain sight. In truth, the real problems start not at the shops but when it comes to the planning, prep and post-meal cleaning up. ‘It’s just... your timing,’ Andy says wearily. ‘You never know what you're going to cook, so we hardly ever eat at the same time.’ I can't argue. I was recently diag- nosed with ADHD, which might explain why most days I don’t decide what I want to eat until around seven, usually by staring into the fridge and summoning inspiration. Andy, by contrast, plans his meals several days ahead. Always inter- ested in kitchen gadgets, he acquired a sous-vide a few years ago — a water- bath machine, used in restaurants to keep food at a consistent tempera- ture. He uses it to safely slow-cook meat for hours, which suits his diges- tion and palate. It also means he'll invest in huge cuts of meat and live off the result- ing stew or ragu for days, and can Warm up a meal in ten minutes. Sometimes, he'll keep his food hot and wait to sit down with me. At others, it results in me standing at the stove, my back to him, while he eats his dinner half a foot away (it really is a small kitchen). Then there's the mess. My mess. Vegetarian and pescatarian meals often require lots of different compo- nents and, as well as using several pans, I end up doing a lot of travel-
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 Vi A cloth in the sink led to one of the most passionate rows of our marriage - we didn't speak for hours... ling to and fro between the cup- board, fridge and spice-rack as I cook, inevitably getting in Andy’s way as he neatly stirs his pan. Generally, before we begin, he'll ask, with hob do i gp fai Are you using the oven?’, and I will attempt to guess my answer and then we'll dance around each other negotiating kitchen appliances. We often run into trouble when I’m planning to cook something at 170C and he needs the heat blasting at 220. Usually, he’s already told me and I've forgotten, so he wins and I change my plan at the last minute. It’s perhaps little wonder that we don't always manage to finish cooking at the same time. At least twice a week, though, we do somehow synchronise and sit down to eat together. I’ve often been asked if I mind Andy cooking and eating meat oppo- site me, but the truth is I don't. The only meal of his that genu- inely traumatises me is the one he requested for his birthday last month: steak and kidney pie. Kidneys remind me of inedible school dinners, I can’t bear the smell and their bloody appear- ance horrifies me. In the end, I made him deal with the kidney part and I han- dled the pastry, shuddering at the proximity of offal. In our food Venn diagram there’s a tiny Steak and kidney pie genuinely traumatises me handful of dishes in the centre that we will both eat, including a Portuguese fish stew that Andy makes and a paella - though mine is, of course, meat-free. We also share the excellent sourdough loaves that Andy trained himself to make in lock- down - and we're not above going halves on a large bag of chilli crisps, though usually not at the same time, which leads to extreme disappointment when it becomes clear the other one fin- ished it earlier. As for entertaining, we've found Ways around the issue. When we have friends over for dinner — which living in a small rural community, we often do - we either take turns to cook, or Andy does the main course and I make the starter and pudding. Naturally, being rural people, many of our friends are meat-eaters, but they generally don’t object to my lavish Lebanese mezze or spreads of vegetarian curries. Andy tends to serve restaurant- standard meat and veg, however, so for me, he'll often craft a vegetarian version of the lamb, beef or chicken everyone else is having, with porcini mushrooms and seitan flour. I’ve never been disappointed. When we mention this, people stare at us as though we're certi- fiable, but we are the couple who catered for 50 guests at our own wedding, so it’s fair to say we enjoy complicated cookery — albeit not together. It's not all a vision of marital harmony and acceptance. ‘Oh God, the sink,’ Andy groans when I mention this. The wash- ing-up is where it all falls apart. Andy may leave pots and pans on the worktop, but generally, they’re stacked in an orderly fashion, ready for him to wash up later via his usual military regime of cutlery, glasses, china and pans. Unlike him, I grew up with a perfectly good dishwasher and loathe washing up with every atom of my being. I hate the sound of scraping plates, I despise the little bits of vegetable matter that congre- fate in the plughole, and the dish rack is too high for me to reach easily, so I generally end up smashing crockery while water drips down my sleeve. As a result of this aversion, I tend to abandon used mugs wherever I finish tea, leave my encrusted pans on the stove and heap everything else into a tottering Jenga pile. Yes, I am the woman who leaves the cup/plate/glass by the sink. z = - z i When I do get round to it, I have occasionally committed the mor- tal sin of leaving a cloth in the sink, too, rather than rinsing it and hanging it up to dry (of course, after Andy’s washed up, there’s a series of pristine white squares neatly clipped over the sink). This led to one of our most pas- sionate rows, which bezan when he emitted a groan worthy of Scotland crashing out of the World Cup. ‘What?’ I with some panic. ‘The cloth,’ he said, teeth grit- ted, voice barely controlled. ‘It's in the sink again. How many times do I have to —’ At that point, my feminist rage ballooned. ‘Don't speak to me as if I'm your chattel!’ I shrieked, and it continued from there: “Bacteria!” ‘Patronising!’ ‘Slovenly!’ ‘Captain von Trapp!’ We didn’t speak for several asked, We wont try each other's diets - we simply like different things hours, during which time I Goog- led ‘cloth, sink, bacteria’ and real- ised he was right. I now do not leave cloths in the sink and we still don’t have a dishwasher because, where we live, the water runs straight into a stream and destroys the fish. We even use special eco washing up liquid. I’ve got used to it. Over the years, friends have occasionally asked if we've ever considered simply giving in and giving the other's diet a whirl? That way, we could eat the same things, cook together, save money, create less washing up... and yet despite all the positives, I can safely say no, we never have, for many reasons. Firstly, Andy's inability to digest much fibre, secondly, my love of animals and hatred of modern farming practices (and yes I worry about dairy and fish too) and thirdly — perhaps most importantly - we simply like different things. Andy doesn’t eat breakfast, mindlessly absorbs a cheese and ham sandwich for lunch and drinks coffee. I do eat breakfast, usually a bowl of yoghurt and fruit. I'll have a salad or a baked sweet potato for lunch, and I drink decaf tea. I used to drink alcohol but I barely bother now, while he hugely enjoys a bottle of good red to accompany his red meat. He generally hates puddings unless they involve poached pears, while I’ve never met a dessert I didn't like. We're lucky we didn’t get together until our early 40s, when my child-rearing, family- meal era was over, 50 we're able to indulge our own tastes. In fact, we're so used to running entirely different personal restau- rants from the same tiny kitchen, it never strikes us as odd. And thankfully, when we head for the living room and flick the TV on after dinner, we almost always agree on what to watch.
eI NSPIRE : Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 spray that beats the mozzies! bites that can be enough to make the most body-confident want to cover up. Keeping bugs at bay used to mean spritzing on insect repellent formulas laced with DEET, a chemical-formula that, while it does the job, melts your nail polish and smells dire too. Until now. Luxury French fragrance house Diptyque has gone viral on social media because fans of its limited-edition Citronnelle & Geranium Summer Body Spray say it not only keeps bugs away but also smells divine. Which you'd hope, given it has a £52 price tag. It’s all down to the added essential oils such as lemon eucalyptus and lemongrass, which are said to have insect-repelling properties. Diptyque isn’t the only one; this summer sees a raft of body sprays and fragrances with natural bug- deterring benefits hitting the mar- ket. But do natural insect repellents really work? ‘Plant-based repellents with extracts like citronella, eucalyptus, lavender and verbena contain naturally occurring compounds which can disrupt the scent cues mosquitoes, midges and other biting insects use to identify us humans as targets, making it harder for them to locate us,’ explains GP and aesthetics doc- tor Ahmed El Muntasar. HEMICAL formulas made with DEET also work in the same way. So how do natural formulas — which, let’s face it, smell infinitely bet- ter - compare? ‘Many natural repellents evaporate more quickly than chemical formulas, so they need to be reapplied more frequently — every couple of hours,’ says Dr El] Muntasar. The type of protection you choose should also be deter- mined by your destination. ‘If you're travelling where mos- quito-borne illnesses such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya or Zika are a concern [’d recom- mend choosing a repellent with proven longer-lasting protec- by Bethan tion,’ he says, ‘However, for general everyday use in the UE natural repellents can be a rea- sonable option.’ Here, I test the latest luxe nat- ural bug sprays to see which are worth the investment... Diptyque Citronnelle & Geranium Summer Body Spray (£52 for 100ml, johnlewis.co.uk) THIS bougie body spray went viral for a reason. If you're not keen on the medicinal scent of citronella (the telltale essential oil in many mozzie-repelling products) this fragrance relies on lemongrass and lemon euca- lyptus, which studies show is one of the most effective natural repellents. The scent is a sum- mery blend of lemongrass, gera- nium, neroli, lemon eucalyptus and orange blossom, so wearing it feels more like a sophisticated cologne than a bug repellent. I stowed this in my hand lug- gage for a weekend away and didn’t feel the need to pack a separate perfume - which goes some way to mitigating the price. The scent lasts only a couple of hours so it needed topping up regularly, but after spritzing it on my arms and legs I had no bites. Neal’s Yard Remedies Citronella Formula Body Spray (£15 for 100ml, nealsyardremedies.com) A FAMILY barbecue was the ultimate test for this citrussy body spray and it was a hit — not only did it look chic on the table, it smelled gorgeous and no one complained about midge bites. Yes, it does smell slightly medic- inal (the main fragrance note is definitely citronella) but it’s quickly tempered by other insect-repelling essential oils like lavender and eucalyptus, plus Picture: (posed by model) ALAM'Y skin-soothing witch hazel, so it errs on the side of sophistication. Avon Skin So Soft Original Dry Oil Spray (£6 for 150ml, avon.uk.com) THIS lightly-hydrating body oil spray has such rave reviews online about its insect-repelling abilities it’s becoming a cult classic. Apparently, it’s the added citronellol and limone that staves off the bugs. I liked the soft, almost baby-powdery fragrance that didn't interfere with my usual perfume and how it left a subtle, glowy sheen on my limbs, too. My daughter -— the person in our family mosquitoes seem to love most — still gets the odd bite using this, but nowhere near aS many as she does without it. The only drawback is the oil-based formula might not appeal to everyone. But for £6 it’s a no-brainer. Le Labo Eucalyptus 20 Eau de Parfum (£172 for 50m, libertylondon.com) IF YOU really can’t bear bug sprays, devotees of this chic, woody and eucalyptus-driven fragrance say it also helps deter insects. It’s not for the faint- hearted — an intense, aromatic eau de parfum that lasts a long time on the skin (I could still detect a whiff next morning). After liberally spraying this, I wasn't bothered by any bugs on an evening walk by a river. The price takes some justifying, but given this is fine fragrance rather than insect repellent you're cov- ering both bases with one bottle. Mail rave! 5 days The Spirit of Budapest & the Danube from £790°"" A brand you know and trust WHAT'S INCLUDED: v Selected departures between May and December 2027 ¢ Return flights, coach travel and transfers - Four nights’ four-star bed-and-breakfast accommodation in Budapest v Tours and visits to Budapest's Castle District, Esztergom, Visegrad and Szentendre v Escorted by a tour manager
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 vl Page 29 TRIED AND TESTED F ANYONE had told me that my life would be like this at 53 years old - lying on a sun- lounger beside the rooftop pool of a hotel in Barcelona with a nice, slightly younger man, lined up for my evening’s enter- tainment —- well, I would have told them they were insane. Things looked grim when my hus- band and I divorced 15 months ago. The marriage wasn't happy for a long EYELIFT TRICK} LIKE many midlife women I've become slightly obsessed with try- ing to anti-age my eyes - and | think | might have found the secret. time, but like many women I'd decided to ‘settle’ and focus my efforts on my female friendships and teenage sons, aged 15 and 18. I always suspected my husband was having affairs but thought if we didn't talk about it, I could pretend it wasn’t happening. The affair thing turned out to be true and this was ultimately the catalyst for aaar'g § up but, to be honest, we 't happy anyway. I can see that now. We were both sleepwalking weren through life. He’s now living with a woman he met on a foreign work trip. It turns out he loved sleeping with people when he was out of the UK too. It’s the one tip I'm taking from him into my new life. Because now that I’m single, I've decided to dip my toe back into the waters — but only when abroad. Holiday flings are so much simpler than one-night stands back home. For the first time I feel in charge of my sexuality’ There are no emotional ties, and you know you're not going to bump into him in Waitrose. For the first time in my life, I feel in charge of my sexuality. For a start, when it’s warm and you're in a relaxed state of mind, you're much more in the mood to have sex. There is something inherently freeing about the sunshine and the long afternoons. As a girl, [remember watchin and her friends giggling at the film Shirley Valentine - featuring a bored middle-aged British housewife who escapes to a Greek island and has a passionate affair witha local - but now I get it completely. In fact, when I was a teenager I used to go on holiday to Spain with my best friend’s family and inevitably fall hard for a random stranger at some point during the fortnight. Recent experiences have taught me that that teen never disappeared. She was just for- gotten under a mass of laundry, football boots, and school WhatsApp groups. With the boys older and the husband gone, I'm making up for lost time. It all started about eight months ago when I went to Bar- celona. I was on a solo weekend away and used a dating app for the first time, downloading Tinder and setting my location to Barcelona, on the advice of a divorced friend. I wasn’t intent on hooking up, I was simply curious. But then I found someone I liked the look of quite quickly — the aforemen- tioned younger man. I was so nervous at the prospect of meeting someone new - and out of practice too - but he made me feel comfortable straight away and cracked a few jokes over tapas. It felt very relaxed. Since then, I have done two more similar trips to Europe. Four months ago, I went to Florence for a long weekend and hooked up with a lovely Spanish man in his 30s. He kept up a by Janet Drake steady stream of compliments throughout our time together. Cheesy on one level, but why not enjoy it? We talked in the bar, shared some drinks, and then went up to room. I admit I’d made a big effort, waxing and so forth, but it was worth it. “You're so beautiful,’ he kept saying. ‘I love the way you look, I can't believe you want me.’ I know some ese go might think I'm naive, that perhaps he was just spinning a yarn, but this was something my own husband never said to me in all the years we were married. Quite the reverse. He always made me feel as though J was lucky to be with him, like I had to service his needs. Frankly, the sex was abysmal. Most recently, I went to Palma with some girlfriends and met an Italian guy. He was in his early 40s, so still younger than me, and was absolutely stun- ning - like an older Harry Styles! We clocked each other in the hotel restaurant and he was super-flirty with me. Later, he was sitting at the bar when I went to get another round, and I asked him - quite lightly, as though it was something I did all the time -— do you fancy a drink later? One thing led to another and, well, I was shown what a good lover can really do for a woman. One of my friends on this trip was a little judgmental the next day. ‘He obviously comes to the hotel to find women to sleep with,’ she said. But I didn’t care. Isn't that what I was doing too? I have always insisted that my flings use a condom, and a hotel seems to me a far safer place to meet than his - or my —- home. Back in the UK, it’s much less tempting. I worry that if I pick my own location, west London, I'll end up knowing the men who pop up. And I like to keep my age range broad, so despite being 53, I set it for men aged 35-55, In fact, the main reason I love holiday flings is that the men aren't British. I got to my 50s and realised I’d never slept with a man who wasn't - and, boy, was I missing out. Like many women, I'd fanta- sised about being with French, Spanish or Italian men. I'd heard they were more adventur- ous and open-minded; more generous in their approach to love-making and not quite so ‘wham bam’ about it all. It turns = =: = FE ha B After my divorce here’s why I'll only sleep with foreign men... out those rumours are true. So far I've slept with two Spanish men and one Italian, It seems to me they're more generous to older women; they don't see you as being ‘over the hill’. When I get back home, I defi- nitely don’t pine for these flings. Sometimes I feel a little sad that it won't develop into anything else, but I like my own comp I get to watch my own TV, coo my own supper and spend time with my boys. I feel satisfied that I can focus on work without wasting time on men and dat- ing. Believe me, there are too many sad men with too much baggage on UK dating apps. I have a single friend who's desperate to find someone on the apps and it sounds terrible. She says they're all out of shape, beaten down by life and bitter about their exes. No thanks! Why would I settle for that? I wouldn't say I’m amazing in the sack, but I have tried to up my game. I keep fit and do weights at the gym. ] am a curvy size 12. I wear lingerie and, for the first time, I feel attractive. My holiday flings are teaching me that I’m a powerful, sensual female, who can get whatever she wants. Just call me Shirley. S JANET Drake is a pseudonym. Names and identifying details have been changed. No, it’s not a pair of Le Specs sunnies (although they help and I'd wear them all day if! could). Rather it’s something called Lids By Design, eyelid correcting strips by Contours Rx (on sale at £25.60 for 80, contoursrzr.co.uk). Basically, they’re little sticky strips designed to act like ‘a push-up bra for your eyes’ - and | think | might love them as much as | did my Wonderbra in the 1990s. I can’t tell you how sceptical | was initially, suffice it to say it took me months to get round to trying them. How | wish I'd hurried up. | found the time to give them a go during a recent family holiday. | had a box of assorted sizes, from 4mm to 7mm, and tried a few before | settled on 5mm as the sweet spot for me. My eyes were more open, brighter and signifi- cantly younger-looking, but it was a subtle lift - no wind-tunnels here. So how does it work? You take them out of the box Contours” with the transforming appearances plastic LIDS BY DeSean tweezers iat provided, then, using a magnify- ing mirror, aii | die place a strip in your eyelid fold and jiggle it about until you get it where you need it. A bit fiddly and you don’t want to try to do it in a rush - but seriously, it’s worth making the time. After trial and error | learnt this: make sure your skin is fully dry. | tried to stick my first pair on imme- diately after a swoop of micellar water. Mistake. Patience is all. Second, those tweezers are there for a reason. Once you've got the hang of the application the strips really can’t be seen, but if you scrunch the ends of the tape by div- ing in with fat fingers, well, expect it to be obvious. Third, when it comes to placement, go slightly higher than you think you need. So can you really not see them? Well, the reason | first tested them on a family trip in bright sunshine was that if you can expect anyone to spot the fact that you're hoick- ing up your droopy eyes with bits of fancy sticky tape, then surely it’s those who love your face best - and will find the exercise hysterical if they rumble you. Not a peep. I've worn them several times since and nobody has noticed - but there has always been a compli- ment. I've had colleagues ask if I've had my hair done (nope), been told my yellow shirt makes me look ‘zingy’ and had a friend demand the details of my mascara. Blonder, full of fizz and lashes aflutter? Yes, please. B KATHERINE Spenley, Editor of Inspire Magazine, can be followed on Instagram @Katherine_Spenley
tana 30 aoe iain YS P i R EF Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 Continental « S SOMEONE whose wardrobe is made up of about 90 per cent Spanish brands, I con- fess that I have considered a trip to Spain solely to visit my favourite stores. While I haven’t managed to rationalise that quite yet, thank- fully you can now nab yourself a continental wardrobe without having to hop on an easyJet flight. Europe is fit to bursting with fabulous mid-market fashion brands Shane Watson Bag a woven tote for easy summer style by Alice Hare -— many of which are now available in the UK. So whether you're heading to Provence and want your suitcase to be packed full of ‘a la mode’ items, or you're staycationing but want to look like you've bought all your clothes in Rome, here’s my guide to the best European stores which are available to shop in the UK. Consider it your one-way ticket to style. HAT if there was an accessory you could throw on with whatever you happened to be wearing and, shazam, instant high score on the styleometer? What if, better still, it worked like a miracle haircut plus a surgical eye-lift and made you get glut aes in-the- Know and just the right degree of relaxed stylish, ina youthful way? We're talking about the big summer straw —- or raffia, or sometimes leather - tote bag. Forget the concept of beach totes: when YSLis doing raffia, Prada’s bag of the summer is crochet and Miu Miu's striped raffia tote is a bestseller, you know these bags are no longer just for holidays and their lifespan is as long as the rain holds off. Ignore the XL capacity too - that’s principally for impact. You'll want to sling this bag over your shoulder even when you've got nothing more to carry than a phone. Take Victoria Beckham, stepping off the Beckham yacht on to the Beckham launch last week with a woven brown leather tote hooked over her shoulder. It could have been Bottega Veneta, possibly the Dragon Diffusion’s Nantucket style — still not much change from £500 — either way the purpose of that big woven tote was scoring maximum fashion points. She was wearing a long black slip dress, but that was not what got our attention. Did we clock the bag, the shade of brown, the black and white print silk scarf attached to the handle? Yes we did. The woven tote is there to steal the show — that’s its job. I notice them everywhere now, partly because they're so big and confident and partly because they punch way above their weight, transforming everyday clothes into ‘Who’s That Woman’ outfits. They don’t have to be leather Italy | | ADORE Italy’s unwa- vering commitment to chic and the fact you get odd looks from locals if you go to the supermarket in flip-flops or active- wear. But that doesn’t | mean youhavetobe super formal. No one | does relaxed chic better than the Ital- @& ians. Intimissimi has a ef great cotton shirtand || shorts set which will 7) have you fit in with © the fashionistas in Rome. ViBi Venezia is also a great footwear option. It makes traditional Venetian furlane slippers, reinterpreted for | the modern wearer | in bright velvets |, and silks, that are | available online and in store at Harvey Nichols and Farfetch. Picture: CASTEL FRANCK/ABACA/SHUTTERSTOCK Trendy chocolate: John Seasonal stripes: XL bag Lewis's leather tote on Chanel Cruise runway by any means, but if you're interested in a similar brown tote to VB’s (and brown is the only colour to go for now) try NA-KD's tote (£99.95, asos, com) or John Lewis has one in more of a bucket shape in a good dark chocolate (£139, johnlewis.com). long-handled straw basket (£39, basketbasket.co.uk) to diamond patterned sisal totes (£65), With these bags you don't want anything too small, and it always pays to have a leather shoulder strap as well as a top handle. If you prefer something either natural or brown (£50). It’s a little bit hobo, a little bit tote, and is number two in its bestseller chart. Otherwise Hush has an oversize raffia tote in its sale (£40, hush-wk.com), choco- late brown of course, and big enough to double as an over- cleaner and more structured, night bag. HE totes that have Zara's large plain paper tote Moving on from plain totes, really taken off this (£39.99,zara.com) fitsthe bill. LIlove Maison Bengal’s striped summer are raffia, straw, cotton, crochet — anything with a woven tex- ture. My view is we have the long winter to play with leather bags, and the bonus of natural fibres is their light- ness and relative affordability. At one end of the spectrum there’s the classic straw French shopping basket - once again top of the fashion charts and the simplest and chicest of summer bags (you can take them anywhere, from the market to the beach, if not the office). If you hav- en't got one you picked up on holiday years ago, I recently stumbled on a website, Basket Basket, that has the best selection, from a lined Otherwise Cos’s oversize handwoven market tote (£119, cos.com) is a sharpened ver- sion of the French basket, and I like M&S’s square, loose- weave straw brown tote (£26, marksandspencer.com) which comes with a useful nude drawstring lining. On the raffia front, Massimo Dutti does a plain cream tote (£170, massimodutti.com) which is more in line with YSLs. Another raffia style with designer pretensions (it’s a little bit like Jonathan Anderson’s XL Bulb bag) is Mango’s natural fibre shop- per (£45.99, shop.mango.com) or there’s MéS’s smart raffia bag with a rounded handle and gold buckle detail in or checked jute bags for their elegant colour combinations. The XL jute bags come in wonderful subtle stripes (£74, maisonbengal.co.uk) but or favourite is its black chec cross-body tote with striped wide strap (£48). Any one of them instantly makes your shirt dress, white skirt, jeans or trousers look chic. Quilted cotton totes in bright paisley prints are also big news this summer (the French brand Call It By My Name is the Prada of cotton totes) but you can get some- thing similar from Acces- sorize at M&S (£35) or a plain cotton oversize striped tote (£33). Keep them XL and you can't go wrong. a i By ifil thi Uf A i} Wa Lk A es ‘ Shirt, £59 and shorts, £47, intimissimi.com
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 Page 35 hic — no passport required! France | 7 | IN RECENT years, a Archaic Kori at julesb. bevvy of French com brands boasting wares beyond Bretons and white shirts have burst 5 ontothescene.Balzac ~ tay Rin i Paris has several ~ Ping cl ll Ratt Ai agar oy ” stores in the French us = - fl ao capital but, mon dieu, =~ ‘eh ; is also available at = Spain Op A =), Liberty. And, of ©» i 4] >, course, youcannever © | AM on a one-woman Ag ee gowrong with Sezane, mission to give Spanish P 4 =; increasing pace. This ie iglaeve a | in Europe. Something they do particularly well is what they call invitada dressing, i.e. occasion- wear (look up the Duchess of Huescar for inspo). For my sister’s wedding I'm wearing a pink statement skirt by Seville-founded Cherubina and a silk top by Pontevedra-founded Coosy. Sadly, neither of these brands are available yet in the UK. There are, however, some great alternatives. There’s The Tiny Big Sister, founded » inBarcelona ) and stocked ya) at Anthro- y pologie. Its sailor J blouse with matching ® trousers and , heels could » work for a country wedding, or with flats would be perfect for beachside ) dinners. If you want something a bit more formal, ie ha aoe __ FLIP flops have gone high-fashion this summer, has. this ' and for a smart but beachy pair look no great dra- further than Ancient Greek Sandals. If you Dress matic asym- want other classics with a modern Greek twist, £89 99 metric dress head to Athens-founded Greek Archaic Kori, ma ‘ o in terracotta stocked by Liberty. Its gorgeous, embroidered pisbasehcata dress, with a flattering wrap waist, will be the envy of friends on holiday. checkered blouse screams French-farm- - house fabulousness. b= For your feet, Repetto is still queen of the oh-so-French ballet flat and is stocked by Farfetch and Aime London in its Notting Hill store and online. = i | er eos Bag, £75, 2 MY LUGGAGE being lost on price-wise, but with more lemonjelly.com 2 a work trip to Lisbon last unique pieces you'd think were year made me particularly from a small independent acquainted with the joys of boutique (cue lots of ‘where Portuguese fashion, particu- did you find that?!’). Its gor- larly their bright accessories. geous suede and leather po First stop? Parfois. Founded in pumpsare available in a range , 1994 in Porto, the brand now’ of summery colours and look Bie has stores on most highstreets five times the price. Then, fora “ eg ee inPortugaland,|wasdelighted colourful bag, click on Lemon i — to discover, offersfree UK ship- Jelly. I've got my eye on this Flip flops, £170, ancient-greek-sandals.com £45.99, ’ ping for all orders over playful, clementine bucket parfois. £39.99. Think of it as a Por- bag, which you can easily wipe Flip flops, £190, ancient-greek-sandals.com com tuguese version of Zara sand off after long beach days.
INSPIRE HAVE never been skinny. And that has never particularly both- ered me. But feeling lumber- some does. I probably felt most confident in my early-30s when I exercised regularly, averaged 10st and was a curvy size 12-14. With my first pregnancy, at 36, I put on at least a stone. With my second, two years later, at least another. Some of that was shed through exercise and bouts of dieting. Some of it piled back on with menopause and a bit came off again later - the yo-yoing has never really stopped. You name it, in my 54 years, I've tried it: Weight Watchers, Atkins, MyFitnessPal tracking, the Fast Diet, Joe Wicks, The 5:2, HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), the Couch to 5K, swimming, yoga, the Human Being Diet... Much of what I have tried has by Patricia Nicol worked to some extent, some of it has even been enjoyable. But then my good intentions have petered out. Either because the undertaking became too boringly time-consuming, unvaried, and mentally draining to squeeze between the competing demands of work and family life. Or because the calorific restrictions were just too punitive. Is it ever not weird to be feeding others generously when you are starving yourself - and probably moaning about it to boot? And what does that actually model to young people? Iam a hungry person — hungry, not just for food, but variety and experiences. I'm also a foodie: eating, cooking and feeding people is one of my greatest pleasures. My instincts are actually pretty healthy — I very rarely have chips or takeaways. But at breakfast I am wondering what I might have for lunch; at lunch, dinner. On holiday, I love exploring places through their cuisine. We hear a lot these days about food noise, and how it has been quietened — for millions, worldwide -— by weight-loss jabs. Good on them. But for me, food noise is absolutely not an irritant like a mosquito’s drone, but anticipated pleasure: the lip-smacking sizzle of a steak or the slicing of a summer peach, ice tinkling in a glass. I'd rather spend some extra cash vag with friends and family than switching o my appetite. But I'd still like to be a health- ier size and weight than my current size 14-16 - at present, just over 12st as a sum- mer holiday looms, rather than the sub-11st I was before kids. I dream of being around 10st again. So, is there a regime that can help this foodie MUSIC2YOU Be This sensational 100-track, four-CD collection takes us back to the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. From the raw guitar riffs of Buddy Holly, the hip-shaking swagger of Elvis Presley, to the piano-pounding fire of Ricky Nelson and the timeless harmonies of The Everly Brothers, this superbly constructed collection PROUDLY PRESENTS ONE HUNDRE aoc RO ASS My reminds us of the sounds that defined a generation. It's packed with era-defining No. 1s and million- sellers, including Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry, Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis and many more. Rock 'n’ roll doesn't get bigger than this. stay slim, without boring me senseless and leaving me feeling half-starved? The 30G Plan, developed by nutritionist Emma Bardwell, is the only plan I have tried, in what might be 40 years of on/off dieting, on which I have never felt hungry (or indeed, hangry). I am quite a more-is-more person, and so part of the appeal of The 30G Plan is that it takes quite a maximalist, even gamified approach, to pushing macronutrients. ‘So, what can you expect? The short answer is: plenty,’ writes Bardwell in her introduction to the cookery book. The core principles are that at each meal you are aiming for about 30g of protein to build muscle, each day you are trying to eat 30g of fibre to aid digestion, balance blood sugar and lower cholesterol. And the goal that I enjoyed the most: every week you are aiming to eat at least 30 different plants, because apparently your gut microbiome will thank you for that variety. The latter might sound forbid- ding, and costly, if you are just envisaging trying to fit a whole fruit and vegetable stall in your trolley, but it also includes cup- board staples, and things which can easily be bought in bulk: nuts, spices, tins of beans, packets of dried lentils, oils, seeds, vine- 2 Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 3 Be-Bop-a-Lula - Gene Vincent 4 Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 5 Three Steps to Heaven - Eddie Cochran 6 You're So Square (Baby | Don't Care) - Buddy Hoy 7 At the Hop - Danny & The Juniors § Mona Lisa - Conway Twitty 9 Woo Hoo - The Rock-A-Teens 10 Shirley Lee - Ricky Nelson 11 Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley 12 chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper 13 Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins 14 Let's Hove a Party - Wanda Jackson 15 Lonesome Train - johnny Burnette 16 Over and Over - Thurston Harris 17 Tequila - The Champs 18 Ain't That o Shame - Fats Domino 19 Forty Miles of Bad Road - Duane Eddy 20 A Teenager in Love - Dion & The Belmonts 21 Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard 22 Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers 23 Let's Jump the Broomstick - Brenda Lee 24 Lo Bamba - Ritchie Valens 25 Suzie Q - Dale Hawkins @ Disc one @ Disctwo 1 Rock and Roll Music 1C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran - Chuck Berry 2 Shout! 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Flavonoids are plant chemicals found in a lot of fruit and vegeta- bles, credited with many health-giving benefits, including reducing inflammation and helping cardiovascular and cogni- tive function. A competitive person at heart, I got quite the kick from trying to reach my 30 plants by midweek. And it is easier than you might think: a hearty bean and veg soup might include seven; a breakfast with mixed berries, seeds and nuts, four or five; a rainbow salad, six. Sprinkle on some spices, toss on some herbs, spritz on some lemon, and you’ve added a few more. This was the bit I liked best. Probably quite literally full of beans, the other thing I have enjoyed is how much energy I have had. ‘Nothing is prescriptive or restrictive, and there is no elimina- tion of foods or demonisation Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 of certain ingredients,’ insists Bardwell. ‘Instead, you'll learn how to mix and match meals, adapt recipes to suit your taste prefer- ences and create balance without overthinking every last bite.’ I have tried some very spartan diets in time. In my 20s, I was the only girl in an Edinburgh flat- share, whose menfolk delighted in a misprint on my Cabbage Soup diet rubric, that instructed that one day was ‘soap only’. In spring 2024 I lost almost a stone over three months on the Human Being Diet devised by another nutritionist, Petronella Ravenshear. As a diet it is excellent for rapid weight loss and has helped many women lose weight they feared would never budge, especially post-menopause and around the waist. But it is prescriptive. In its initial phases, it advises against all but the gen- T want to be that pensioner who can still pump weights’ tlest of exercise. There are solid reasons for this: calorifically, you are on reduced rations. But I love exercise, not just for its physical benefits, but its psycho- logical and social ones. I work alone from home, so going to my local gym, park or church hall to do a class is a social outlet for me. The chats I have poolside or post- class feel as valuable to my well- being as any seed or supplement. I want to be strong: one of those pensioners still pumping weights, powering up and down the pool, and going on hiking holidays. Following Bardwell’s plan, with its higher daily calorific target and focus on energy-boosting fibre, I was able to carry on with strength-training exercises while also dieting. I also boosted my step-count: averaging 10,000 but on a couple of days managing more like 23,000, without feeling I might collapse from hunger. Bardwell is a big fan of a post- meal stroll to boost digestion. I have felt both fuelled enough to do this exercise, but also that the diet’s focus on protein and fibre was building muscle. In the past, I have fantasised about being sent off to one of those austere European health clinics where your sole obligation is to shed some weight and everything is geared to that purpose. I feel sure I would return clear-skinned, mentally unfettered and at least a stone lighter. But that kind of pristine, controlled environment (Austrian, I’m thinking), is so far from my every day. My husband and I share our house with two teenage sons, one of whom seems to believe crisps are enshrined in the UN Conven- tion on the Rights of the Child, and another who burns off enough calories doing sport to comfortably accommodate six meals a day yet remain whippet thin. Meanwhile, I am back and forth from visiting my elderly mother who lives 500 miles away. I work. I admin. I launder (pants, socks, sheets etc, not the lucrative, bad kind). It is quite a lot, but also so much less than some people have to contend with. But realistically the diet I need is one that offers healthy variety rather than limitations. One that can ideally provide quick meals for hungry teenage boys as
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 well as their post-menopausal mother's sluggish metabolism. There are enjoyable, filling recipes in Bardwell’s book that have fitted this bill: a wholemeal pasta bake with a feta, red pepper, tomato, squash and basil sauce; breakfast burritos stuffed with beans, sweetcorn, spinach, feta and egg; a chicken and vegetable stir-fry with peanut-butter noodles. Returning to food noise, on a restrictive regime it can be hard to block out others snacking; with this, it wasn’t a problem. Also, the principles of The 30G Plan are pretty adaptable. I tested this diet at what turned out to be an unexpectedly full-on period. I knew already that I had a weekend away planned and several visits to university towns with my elder son who will be applying in the autumn. Then, unexpectedly, my mother was in hospital recover- ing from spinal surgery for all of this period. I have spent a month travelling on trains and planes, living as much in someone else's home as my own, and yet I have mostly managed to follow the principles of this diet. And I believe it has genuinely nurtured me: ve been stressed, but I’ve also eaten well, slept soundly and kept up with exercise. That is partly thanks to Bardwell being pretty open-minded about some things that other nutri- tionists can be, frankly, quite snooty about. One of the more galling ironies of being part of the exhausted ‘sandwich generation’ (the insubstantial filling between children and elderly parents) is that most fashionable diets eschew all but artisanal bread - and therefore sand- wiches - advocating instead for lower-carbohydrate fare. Bard- well is not pro white carbs, but she does allow bread, as well as pasta, rice and other grains as they are high in fibre. You'll thank her when you are stuck somewhere, feeling a little sorry for yourself, and thinking that the most soul-crushing thing that could happen next would be to Bes a small fortune for a boiled egg and a leaf of spinach. Bardwell is also clear that not all fast foods are ultra-processed horrors: she is a big fan of pouches of pre-cooked rice and grains. And after a few weeks doing this diet, I am too. She doesn’t vilify eating out either - life’s too short to be miserable, she says, though she would prefer it if you went for something grilled with vegeta- bles than a fat-filled sauce. Obviously, if you want to lose weight, alcohol will never be your friend, though Bardwell does not ban it outright. It hasn’t been entirely plain sailing. At just below 5ft 4in I am around the height that Bardwell cautions you might find it necessary to eat a little less than the targeted 30g protein and fibre to achieve weight loss. Initially I glossed over that, but right enough, though I felt full and energised during the first fortnight, I did not actually lose any weight. It was only when I Energised: Patricia lost more than half a stone on The 30G Plan and for the first time in 40 years of dieting has not felt hungry Photography: LEZLIAND ROSE,/ Hair and make-up: COLLETTE RUDDY or deprived of food started tweaking downwards - taking the oats, syrup, vanilla and coconut oil out of her delicious breakfast ola par- fait, but retaining the yoghurt, berries, nuts and seeds, or mixing in a bit less rice or hemp seeds into a lunch or dinner, that things began to shift. Sometimes I did this rough-downsizing by weight or spoon measurement, but mostly by eye. The variety was still there. I haven't lost a stone as some have following her plan, but I have, despite a busy, on-the- move, often stressful few weeks, lost more than halfa stone (from 12st 3lb to 11st 91b). In the five weeks of followin the diet —- three once I starte scaling portions down a little, and being firmer about saying no to a glass of wine - I have felt strong, nurtured and energised throughout. This diet does } genuinely feel good for you. I am off on a week's holiday soon, but I'll be packing some extra seeds and nuts, eating widely, and not abandoning the 30G completely. Then I look forward to returning to it.
Page 38 TaTCmEMm ew Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 ow to spot the signs d| | f FEW years ago a woman was referred to me because she couldn't sleep and had low mood. For the first two appointments, that was all we talked about, since she’d been waking at 4am every morning and it had started to affect her work. funny and she ran a depart- ment of 30 people. Nothing about her suggested she was ill with anything at all. It was only during her third appointment — when I asked in passing what she'd had to eat that day and she went com- pletely still - that I understood what I was actually looking at. She had been unwell for 26 years with an eating disorder. In all that time, she had never told her husband, never men- tioned it to her GP and had never been referred to an eating disorder service. She had become adept at hiding the daily struggle she had with food. I worked in an NHS specialist eating disorder service for ten years and I know quite a bit about this area of medicine — but even I hadn't clocked that this woman had around a par- ticular picture of anorexia and it’s a teen- age girl in a hospital bed. This means that we only recognise the illness at its most extreme and in its youngest patients. The largest British study of women in mid-life was pub- lished in 2017. It interviewed more than 5,500 women face to face and found that more than 15 per cent had met the criteria for an eating disorder at some stage — and getting on for 4 per cent had been ill with one within the previous year. Among the women who were currently unwell, more than four in ten had become ill dur- ing middle age. Their illness had developed in their 40s, often ANDY Burnham right. Two carers visit my Reece) aie below a set are patient, know how to move her and always make her laugh, I’m enormously grateful that they do. The woman was in her late 40s, well dressed, very dry and due to the strains of divorce, bereavement, children leaving home and elderly parents who suddenly needed them. Fewer than three in ten had sought or been given any help at all and only about 8 per cent had mentioned it to their GP Several said that the interview was the first time they had spoken about it to anybody. Part of the reason that these cases get missed is that they are not ‘textbook’. But not fitting the criteria doesn't make you less ill; it means the criteria were drawn around somebody else. There’s another reason why many people don't get diag- nosed, even though other doctors and I did our best to resist it. The a eget Says Carers ought service I i ome Most of us, ; ; in wouldn’ even many doc- to be the best paid ; accept a referral tors, carry people in society. He’s unless the patient was weight thresh- old. So some patients were turned away despite having an eating disorder which caused great distress in their life. You can imagine the dam- age this caused. That threshold came from an old diagnostic manual drawn up with teenag- ers in mind. Thankfully, that policy has now been aban- doned, as we now know how poor a guide the scales are. Last November, the first national survey to clinically assess eating disorders in Eng- land found that not a single adult identified as having one fell into the underweight cate- fory. Its findings ought to stop any service still using weight as DR MA 4 \ Let NHS psychiatrist Max WL! |b Picture: MULTITUDE MEDIA a reason to turn someone away. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidance instructs doctors not to use single measures such as weight, or how long somebody has been ill, when deciding whether to offer treatment. But services do it anyway. If you have been turned away, take that information to your GP because it is national guid- ance and it’s on your side. If somebody has come to mind while you've been reading this, the signs you need to look out for are subtler than you might expect: she (or he) has always already eaten, somewhere else, earlier on; she talks about being healthy and eating clean in a way that sounds less like a choice and more like a slightly unhealthy obsession; she exer- cises when she’s ill, exhausted or on holiday; she gets very upset when a plan changes or some- body else picks the restaurant; and she has quietly stopped Wishful thinking: Mother of three Holly Willoughby, 45 He} turning up to anything that involves sitting down to eat. What helps is, unfortunately, what people rarely try. Don't comment on her weight and don’t watch what is on her plate because this shows that she is being observed, which is the thing she dreads most. Say what you have noticed about her behaviour rather than what you have concluded. Ask once and ask kindly, and be pre- pared to ask again in a month. And if you're the person silently strugeling with this, you should know that it is never too late to seek help. I have watched people get better who had been told, and had come to believe, that they never would. You're not too old and you haven't left it too late and you certainly don’t have be a par- ticular weight to deserve help. BS THE charity Beat’s eating disorders helpline is 0808 801 0677. THE MIND DOCTOR Pemberton transform your life Holly’s brave reveal over ‘ship sailing’ HOLLY Willoughby has launched a YouTube series called Together and recently, when speaking to comedian Katherine Ryan, she admitted something most women wouldn't dream of saying out loud. Katherine, 43, had her fourth child - a daughter named Holland - last October. Holly found herself thinking that perhaps she, too, should have another child. She is 45 and has three already. But she realised that ‘ship had sailed’ and felt jealous of Katherine. But | don’t think jealousy is quite what Holly was describing. What she really expressed was the acknowledgement of a door closing; and mourning a version of life that is no longer available to you isn’t envy at all, it’s grief. Holly gave it away with that phrase about the ship having sailed. She was talking about a decision that, without her really noticing, stopped being a decision at some point. Something | see again and again in clinic is that when women say they want another baby, it turns out that many of them don’t actually want a newborn at all. What they want is to be needed in the way they were when their children were small. A woman of 45 with three chil- dren isn’t supposed to admit to this because it sounds greedy or a bit ridiculous. Holly said it on camera, and | suspect a great many people watching recog- nised themselves and felt less embarrassed for it. room in a large London house - and shortly found himself in a Covid lockdown with Winnie Carter, 85, a widow who had recently lost her husband and didn’t suffer fools gladly. His THE THE Pony OF AM ODD COUPLE is written in short, dated entries, making it ideal for reading in 20-minute bursts on a sunbed. Very funny and sometimes unexpectedly sad, it has more to say about loneliness, and what older people are still perfectly capable of, than most books that set out to. DR MAX PRESCRIBES... THE MARMALADE DIARIES IN2020,Ben (%: ——S > account of the year that followed
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Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS Long Lost Family: ay Born Without Trace, 9pm, ITV1 IN DECEMBER 1960, David was discovered in. a locked block of flats in north-west London. . He was several days old and cold but well fed. Twenty-three years later, Sarah was just a newborn when she was found inside a telephone box. To kick off this new series, Davina McCall (pictured with Sarah) and Nicky Campbell strain every sinew to — the pair trace their families, but with ing to go on, it proves challenging. FILM CHOICE Sing Sing, 11.05pm, BBC2 CRITICALLY acclaimed US drama based on a real-life programme at New York's Sing Sing facility. Colman Domingo plays a wrongfully imprisoned inmate who finds purpose by managing a theatre troupe. 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 915 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 5 News at Lunchtime 12.50 Matt Allwright 2.20 AReservation for Death (2021) GUY (PC) @ A travel writer witnesses a murder at a hotel in Malta and becomes ensnared ina web of intrigue and espionage. Mystery, starring Nathalie Kelley. Castle (R) A pre-school’s admissions director is murdered. Love Nature (R) Red kites. 5 News with Dan Walker Majorca: A Year in the Sun (R) Exploring Majorca’s culture. 5 News Update 7.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders (R) Officers pull over the driver of a suspected cloned car. 5 News Update 8.00 Street Cops: Catching the Yobs Police pursue a suspected stolen SUV being driven recklessly in Corby, and Northampton PCs Payal and Nytalia are called to deal with an aggressive drunk. 9.00 Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law New series. Transport for London investigator Lisa pursues a suspected fare evader owing the network almost £2,000 in unpaid fares. 10.00 Police Interceptors: Taking Down the Shoplifting Gangs (R) in Lancashire, armed police units are scrambled ina manhunt for a violent shoplifter who has stabbed a security guard with a 19cm blade. 11.05 Traffic Cops (R) Officers clamp down on repeat offenders in North Yorkshire, arresting a woman in Selby with a history of drink-driving after she smashed into two parked cars. 12.05 Car Pound Cops (R) 1.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit (R) 2.00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors (R) 2.50 Castle (R) 3.40 Friends (R) 4.10 Friends (R) 4.35 The Highland Vet (BSL,R) 5.25 Entertainment News on 5 5.35 Milo (BSL,R) 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington (BSL,R) A Particularly liable to offend TELEVISION 4! Thrilled with all he sees, Richard E. Grant's a delightful travel companion OW grand to think that, wherever you go in the world, there’ll be an Eng- lishman in elegant attire, clasping a book and bestowing his approving gaze upon the sights. In Europe, that will be Michael Portillo, with his Bradshaw's railway guide, fedora and ward- robe in all the colours of a sweet shop. Further afield, we'll meet the urbanely charming Michael Palin with his kit bag slung over one shoulder. Following their lead, as he voy- ages around the Med on his Very Modern Odyssey, actor Richard E. Grant struck a pose on every street corer, to admire the archi- tecture or declaim from Homer. Everything he saw pleased him, especially the cathedral of the Enights of St John in the Maltese capital, Valletta. ‘This is baroque on steroids,’ he chirruped. ‘It out-Sistines the Sistine chapel.’ The Caravaggio in one of the side chapels thrilled him. I can never see the appeal of this 17th-century artist — too sordid, a horror movie director born before his time — but his CRUDE GAGS OF THE WEEKEND: Sweet, witty, touching and clever, the original Ghosts, with Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe, was the perfect family sitcom. Ghosts Australia (BBC3) is the same concept, but with obsessive toilet and sex jokes. They’ve ruined it. depiction of St John the Bap- tist’s execution moved Richard almost to tears. The actor, a life-long teetotaller (despite that rambunctious performance as a permanently sozzled thesp in Withnail And I), is a delightful travelling com- panion. He’s arch, he’s fasci- nated by history, he’s unafraid to fool around and he’s plainly out for a good time. He has an amusing turn of phrase, too. Malta looks as though ‘the whole island has been dipped in honey’. Cheekily, he refers to the locals as Mal- tesers, 50 perhaps they’ve been dipped in chocolate. Tucking into a dish of braised pigeon in butter, he went into ecstasies before asking the chef — a burly chap called Clint — to marry him, Richard is a man who believes in dining well and travelling light. Wherever he went, from the ruins of ancient Troy to Queen Elizabeth's favourite Med hotel, the Phoenicia, he wore the same brown calfskin leather jacket. This seems to have been from N. IRELAND TV VARIATIONS BBCE 10.45pm Bikes! Armoy Road Races. 11.25 FILM: The Mist (2007) (15). 120am BBC News. BBC2: 10.00pm Kayak o Thuaidh. Tessa Fleming and irial 0 Ceallaigh set off from Fort Dunree. WELSH TV VARIATIONS BBCI: 8.30pm Best of Weatherman Walking. $4C: 6.00am Cyw. 9.30 Eisteddfod Genediaethal 2026. The Gorsedd Investiture ceremony. l2noon Newyddion 54C, 12.05 Eisteddfod Genediaethol 2026. 2.00 N jon 54. 2.06 Eisteddfod Genediaethol 2026. Nia Roberts inroduces the W. Towyn Roberts Scholarship. 4.00 Eisteddfod Genediaethol 2026. The day's main ceremony, including the Crowning. 6.00 Am Dro! Walks in the locality of this year’s National Gsteddfod. 6.59 Newyddion S4C. 7.00 Heno. 7.30 Newyddion 54C a'r Tyeydd. 8.00 Eisteddfod Genediaethol 2026. 10.05 ¥ Babell Len 2026. New series. Alook at events in the Literary Pavilion. 10.35 Ralio+. 11.05 '¥ Sioe 2026. CHRISTOPHER STEVENS WEEKEND TV Richard E. Grant's Very Modern Odyssey (Ch4) oe tea ae os necessity, not choice. He told travel podcaster Tanya Rose recently that, since having his suitcases stolen in New York a couple of years ago, he has vowed never to fly with more than hand luggage. Given how stingy airlines are these days with overhead locker space, he probably wasn't carry- ing much more than a change of undies and a toothbrush. He also told the podcast that staying in hotels is, ‘one of the sexiest things you can do, because you feel anonymous. There’s room service and your bed is changed every day. You're divested of all responsibility.’ Certainly he appeared to be blissfully at ease wherever he went, though the show must have been shot on a tight schedule. The day after filming finished, he headed to Claudia Winkleman’s Scottish castle to begin filming Celebrity Traitors. If she has picked him to be one of her murderers, hiding that cloak in his hand luggage won't have been easy. Wlail Finance EQUITY RELEASE Daily Provided by 4 ROYAL LONDON oR Order your FREE xeMail Equity Release and Later-Life Mortgages Guide e Jeff Prestridge Daily © Mail The complete UNLOCKING YOUR HOME THECASH Find out if unlocking the value from your home could be right for you. 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Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 [i] 6.55 Heartbeat Aman who has not been heard of in 20 years and was presumed dead suddenly makes an appearance in Aidensfield Detective drama, starring John Nettles and Jason Hughes Grantchester Geordie suspects foul play when a computer laboratory head dies from mercury poisoning Grantchester Will and Geordie investigate a woman's death Retribution Part one of two (To 1.25) [20 | [ 32] [2] 7.20 Last of the GPs: Behind Closed NCIS AU.S. marine’s Summer Wine Doors Dr Chris Harris | parachute fails to Compo shocks meets apatientwho | open during a training everyone by making has been putting exercise and he an effort to dress roms tie lunges to his death, smartly inanattempt | surgery abouta ig the team to to woo a lady. 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Straight to the POINT —<@=/' @ FIFA president Gianni Infantino bears a striking resemblance to Dr Evil from the Austin Powers films. WILLIAM BIRD, Witham, Essex @ DOES Al have a soul or do we think it doesn’t need one? BOB PHILLIPS, Southampton § ‘TOUGH decisions’ is code for tax rises. MICK BRIDGSTOCK, Rushden, Northants | Alege we cannol respond individually, all correspo ce received is read and considered. Thank you for writing. @ TOUGH decisions? So far, Andy hasn't made any. KEITH WEBBER, Penwortham, Lancs @ ANDY’S only been in Nol0 two weeks. Give him a break. HEATHER WARD, Stretton, Derbys @ LOOK at the guy in that guillotine T-shirt. Would YOU take him seriously? OWEN MORGAN, Swansea is laughable. Try living up North, pet, where we've always played second fiddle to you far-more- important Southerners. The North lags behind in every respect: roads, rail, investment and so on. And while the South came first, we just had to shut up. I’m sorry Sarah feels she is being let down at our expense. Not nice, is it? ANGELA WILLIAMSON, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham NONE of next year’s Ashes Test matches against Australia will be in the north of England. Could Mr Burnham insist that one of them is played at either Old Trafford or Headingley? JIM LAWRENSON, Shepley, W. Yorks MANY of us in the Manchester area thought we'd seen the last of Andy Burnham and now he’s back again in Nol0 North. Can't he just leave us alone? P WRIGHT, Oldham, Lancs THE only difference between an office in London and one in Manchester is that when you look out of the window, it’s probably raining in Manchester. Nol0 North is just a costly gimmick to allow Mr Burnham to keep living in Golborne and get home at weekends. What happens in three years’ time if Count Binface becomes Prime Minister? Nol0 Mars? R. GLASS, Bolton, Lancs It’s true THE Moon is made of cheese, the Earth is flat, Elvis Presley is alive and living with Lord Lucan. And the plan to stop the small boats is working beautifully, MARK ELWORTHY, Margate, Kent CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF ALOVED ONE HAVE you lost a relative or friend in recent months whose life you'd like to celebrate? Our column on Friday’s letters page tells the stories of ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives. Email a 450-word tribute and a favourite photo to: lives dailymail.co.uk or write to: Extraordinary Lives, Daily Mail, 9 Derry Street, London W6 5HY, including your phone number. Sad farewell to teacakes and coffee at the Merrie England cafe LAST week's closure of the Merrie England cafe chain in the Yorkshire towns of Huddersfield, Halifax and Brighouse was unlikely to make national headlines. But for their regular customers, it is a severe blow. The old-fashioned cafes, with their Tudor-themed interiors, were the perfect place to enjoy one of their locally renowned hot beef sandwiches or speciality teacakes. The taste of a Merrie England coffee could rival that of any served in a French restaurant. The chain was founded in 1966 by Keith and Anita Hanselman, and in their home town of Huddersfield one of the cafes was built with a drive-through, then unique in this country. Keith told me he had been inspired by those he Gone but not forgotten: The Merrie England in Brighouse saw while touring the US in the early 1960s. The cafes had excellent staff and one customer, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, wrote a poem about them. Now the cafes are in darkness. A letter from management, found on the windows, thanks customers for their loyalty — but the letter pulls no punches about the reasons for closure. Government policy is highlighted, along with business rates and the increased cost of hiring staff. Among those made redundant are younger ones from the age group on which Mr Burnham claims to be focusing. Whatever his proposals turn out to be, it is too late now to save Merrie England. RICHARD HEATH, Dewsbury, W. Yorks Dangerous man THE Daily Mail reports that a failed asylum seeker probably sought to set fire to a school. He had been refused asylum three times. I bet you're all think- ing what I’m thinking. PETER REYNOLDS, Northwood, Middx Silence in court THANE you, Peter Hitchens (Daily Mail), for your powerful words on the near-demise of fenuine court reporting. Ispent almost a lifetime report- ing from the courts and recently, with other journalists, have railed against ‘reporting’ via police handout. No defence, no comment from the judge, just the police narrative and perhaps a quote from a detective. As a young journalist, I was taught the importance of court reports that were contemporary, fair and balanced, and always mentioned the defence. Now I WW Funding social care is a tough nut to crack a] DEBAT BURNHAM pledges to give all he’s got to rebuild social care. Unfortunately, that means the rest of us will likely have to give all we’ve got to pay for it. MAURICE O'BRIEN, Tilehurst, Berks I HAVE long thought we pensioners should continue to pay National Insurance. I would have no objection to paying NI at the same rate as income tax: low earners little or nothing, higher earners at the appropriate rate, the only proviso being that such sums would be ring-fenced for care costs. LES CUMNER, Bristol HOW to pay for a national social care service? First, stop sending money to China, India and Pakistan. Second, stop sending money to France so their police can provide lifejackets to illegal immigrants. Third, open up North Sea oil and gas to provide jobs and increased revenue. Fourth, rein in green taxes on industry and curtail Net Zero. Then there would be no need for extra taxes or borrowing. GORDON LANG, Sharnbrook, Beds WHILE waiting for the results of the review by Baroness Casey, there are actions the PM can review in the short term to help those funding their own care. One would be to revise the amount of savings or assets they may have before they must pay full care costs from the current level of £23,250 - this should be increased in line with inflation. The Prime Minister should then remove the two-tier price structure in care homes. Local authorities fund residents up to a figure that is less than the homes charge self-paying residents. The cost of care in a home should be the same for all. Finally, the issue of charging for medical care in addition to residential care needs resolving quickly and finally. TED FLINTOFF, West Hallam, Derbys WHY doesn’t Andy Burnham look to the example of Finland, where the authorities simply recover care costs by charging up to 85 per cent of someone’s net monthly income, leaving a certain amount as their ‘personal allowance’. This generates sufficient income to provide what is recognised as a high-quality service. M. AYLWARD, Berhill-on-Sea, E. Sussex The Mail is published by ANL, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5H’. 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QU ESTI ON African and Asian elephants ever been mated and produced young? THE African elephant (Loxodontia) and the Asian elephant (Elephas mazimus) belong to different genera that diverged from a common ances- tor millions of years ago. Despite this, they are genetically similar enough to produce hybrid offspring under exceptional circumstances. The best-documented example is Motty, born at Chester Zoo on July 11, 1978. His father was an African elephant bull, Jumbolino, and his mother was an Asian elephant cow, Sheba. Motty displayed a mixture of characteristics from both species, including a wrinkled trunk like the African elephant but with only one ‘finger’ at the end of it like an Asian elephant instead of the African elephant’s usual two. Motty also had long slim legs like an African elephant but an Asian elephant’s number of toenails (five on the front feet and four on the back). Unfortunately, Motty’s life was very brief. He was born prematurely and required intensive care from z00 staff. Although he initially appeared to be gaining strength, his condition deteriorated and he died at only ten days old. Because of his early birth, it is dif- ficult to determine whether his death was primarily related to his QUESTIONS 0: If Al took a human IQ test what would be its likely score? David Nightingale, Westby, Lancs Q: Why do most cartoons have characters with only three fingers and a thumb? Frank Harper, Plymouth Q: When birds sing does one breath complete the entire song, or only one note? Martin Hook, Ashford, Kent World's rarest 7 3 ¥ i . . , ey r a i Lage = " - a. : _ elephant calf One of a kind: Motty lived for only ten days before dying in 1978 hybrid status or to medical prob- lems associated with prematurity. Motty remains the only confirmed hybrid between an African and an Asian elephant -— he even holds the Guinness World Record for the rarest elephant. Aler Dawson, York QUESTION fom non-vine- ripened tomatoes matured? MY LOCAL nursery owner tells me that commercial growers use ethyl- ene gas to trigger the ripening of tomatoes that have been picked while still green. The gas causes the fruit to ripen and turn red quickly and uniformly. However, these tomatoes tend to have less flavour and sweetness than vine-ripened tomatoes, even when they appear fully red. John Coan, Widnes, Cheshire four years since Charles became king, why is there still so much currency circulating featuring the late Queen Elizabeth Il? I CAN clearly remember in the late 1950s and into the 1960s we still had ‘bun pennies’ from the reign of Queen Victoria. Often dating to the 1860s and depicting the queen with her hair in a bun, many were so old and black that the queen’s head had virtually disappeared. There were also coins, pennies mostly, of Edward VII, George V and George VI well into the 1960s. 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City: Finance Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 City Editor: Alex Brummer wwwthisismoney.couk Business Editor: Hugo Duncan Al hype needs areality check FEW weeks ago, I created an AI assistant to run my diary, hoping it would help manage my packed schedule and the daily blizzard of financial news. My new PA-bot needs careful supervi- sion. It sometimes fails to register the most important announcements, such as BP selling its North Sea operations. As for appointments, well, it sent me out two days early to a lunch with Steven Fine, the chief executive of stockbroker Peel Hunt, to much amusement, It also told me I was wrong to say Andy Burnham is the Prime Minister. Given how improbable that still seems, perhaps it was an excusable error. For all its wonders, the technology has serious limitations. Stocks are priced to perfection but AI seems about as reliable as a toddler perma- nently threatening to escape her playpen. Nerves were prickling last week at the downfall of 24-year-old AI wunderkind Leopold Aschenbrenner, whose portfolio COTTE Ruth sunderland PATE ATA was sold to Citadel after heavy losses. Per- haps it’s a storm in a teacup, but hedge fund implosions often herald wider disas- ter, as they did in 2008. So investors are turning to traditional stocks such as oil, banking and engineer- ing, which figure heavily on the FTSE 100. The blue chip index has been touching record highs as companies including Rolls- Royce, BAE Systems, Shell, Lloyds and NatWest have reported impressive results. Al-mania spawned a false narrative that the Footsie is just an old-economy scrapy- ard. When I made it to lunch on the right day, Steven Fine pointed out that the Footsie has been outperforming its US rivals for half a decade, once dividends are taken into account. The total return on the FTSE100 over five years Was 85pc, compared with 80pc from the S&P and 75pc from the Nasdaq. So why are companies such as property giant Segro rolling over to US bidders? Why are UK pension funds investing only a few pennies in every pound of our money in British companies? There are genuine problems that should be addressed. Stamp duty on share purchases hurts the City and should be scrapped. ENSION funds should be given a dividend tax credit on UK equity holdings. The Burnham Govern- ment should invoke the National Security and Investment Act in the case of Segro, whose data centres are strategic assets. Measures to boost capital markets ought to be a priority if the PM wants growth in every postcode. It doesn’t surprise me that investors are rediscovering established companies Beauty bosses seek business | rates makeover) THE £28bn beauty industry has urged Andy Burnham to give salons the same business rates makeover as pubs. Millie Kendall, chief executive of the British Beauty Council, whose ambassadors include Kate Moss (pictured) and Trinny Woodall, told the Prime Minister that ignoring beauty businesses would be a ‘mistake’. While her members - which range from small By Emily Hawkins for gambling arcades and vape shops that ‘don’t add much to community life’. But this has angered other High Street businesses, which are also prappling with tough cost increases, including wages, workers are ditching their prem- ises to work from home or travel to clients’ homes, ‘not because they want to abandon the High Street, but because the econom- ics no longer stack up,’ she said. This has a knock-on impact, reducing footfall to town centres, she said, ‘all while consumer spending remains subdued’. ‘Salons are not just businesses in their own right, they are anchors for local economies. whose business is anchored in real-world assets and actual profits. There is a built-in hollowness at the heart of Al in the way it is engineered to maximise ‘efficiency’. Claude AI describes its ‘efficient’ approach to research as ‘the least effort that plausibly satisfies rather than the most thorough effort available.’ When humans offer a bare minimum of effort rather than striving for their best work, we see it as anti-social, lazy and the sign of a flimsy character. When this behaviour underpins AI, which possesses neither morality nor shame, it risks embedding industrial-scale skiving as the new normal. This could, if we are not careful, devalue the pursuit of excellence. In the long term, that would be a disaster for economies and societies. As investors pull back from the AI hype to rediscover British blue-chip businesses, politicians must wake up too. Why are we selling off the family silver? And do we want an economy built on solid- ity, quality and real returns, or one spun like candyfloss from plausible promises? DIAGEO AWAITS ‘DRASTIC’ | ys SHAKE-UP | salons to giants such as Sephora - are often ; dismissed as ‘discre- #9 tionary, even frivolous’, Kendall argued that they are power- house employers and contributors to growth. Burnham said last month that he would knock 20pe off rates for hospitality businesses next year, sav- ing pubs £1,100 on average. He said the £100m policy would be funded by slashing relief \ national insurance contribu- \& tions and energy bills. 4 , Writing for the Daily I= -,\ Mail, Kendall said that requests to be included in this relief are plea for subsidy’ but instead ‘a case for eco- nomic common sense’. her members’ ‘not a Kendall said that for ‘vibrant’ town centres, Labour must ‘ensure retail services are fully included in busi- ness rates support, protect businesses from steep property tax increases and create a fairer com- petitive environ- ment between physical retailers and online market- places’. Growing numbers of salon When they close, the conse- quences ripple far beyond the beauty industry,’ she said. The beauty and personal care sector is a British success story, Kendall argued. The sector contributed £28.3bn to the economy in 2025, accord- ing to the group's latest Value of Beauty report. Kendall said that Burnham's Government ‘must consider these stalwarts of the High Street as a vehicle for growth, they simply cannot afford to overlook one of the few sectors capable of delivering it’. Earlier this year, salon owners warned that the sector was the ‘toughest it’s ever been’ due to rising employment costs after Labour's tax raids. Ti =: DIAGEO’S boss is set to out- line details of a much-antici- pated shake-up this week that could mean job cuts. Dave Lewis has been trying to turn around the fortunes of the drinks group - which owns Guinness, Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka (promoted by actress Kaley Cuoco, above) - since he took over in January. The former Tesco chief exec- utive, known as Drastic Dave, will provide some clarity on his strategy at Diageo's capi- al tal markets day on Thursday. It has been reported that staff have been told of plans for considerable cuts. Shares are up 2pc this year, but down by more than 50pc over the past five years. The group will also reveal its results for the year to June 30. Analysts expect annual sales to have declined by 2.lpc to £14.5bn, amid weak demand in the US. Profits are set to be flat at €4.ibn.
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D Kllahena & G McPherson 3-32 © Stammers 905 (3) 252 QUISANA 18 (H) E J: +42 va € Bishop HANDICAP (6) €6,500 added (£3,402) 5f Byds 106 (1) 70 YAMA 38° apoes 382 eee T Marque | 106 Probable SP: 9-4 Yimmna, 11-4 Aura Champagne, 31401 (3) 559 - Quisana, 10-3 Moonlit Surf, 16 Moontuna. Adrian Micholls 7-4-9 JJ Nicholls (3) 3 1 FILLIES’ MOVICE STAKES (4) (2-¥-0) £10,000 | 402 (2) 214 INVINCIBLE CROWN 19 (D4) A Car 4-5-6 .T Eaves: i] added (€5,400) 6f 1Byds ‘ 403 (4) 969 LITTLE JAYBEE 49 (V) (D) P Evans 3-9-6.K Shoemark ar Oe thie GET th heen etc hecaeride ss Le Lali —be 2 § De Sousa « Micllanomar 405 (5) SLL STAR MARIAN 54 (B) (D) D) Loughnane 3-9-3. Rossa Fiyan 22), CASABLANCA DEAN Bc 9.2—- Sum aL UPTON Deny <8. Ae 204 (7) LADY LEORAK Fyang2. K Stott | Probable SP: 11-8 Invincible Crown, 4 Hurt You Never, 5 205 (6) 3 LOLA.DE VALENCE 13 B Milman 9.2 {Edmunds | Some Neegee, 0: seapee,, oes Bartana Up eh 206 (1) MANDOLIN RAIN D Cunha 9-2 . 207 (4) PIPER CEE K A Burke 9-2... ‘4 “AQunce (5) £8,000 added (€4,187) Probable SP: 2 Lady Leora, 11-4 Piper Coe, arg Im 2f SOyeds (4) Valance, 8 Harlequin Gif, Blue Sign, 12 Mandolin Rain, Hai 653 DAWN OF LIBERATION 68 (C&D02) (G) A Can 210-3 Casablanca Dream, sis fg tae cae W Fentiman (3) ASERY HAND! “¥: (4) SEDE Battal IC Ficdrigpuez 3. 4Omiauaunewaen. £8,000 | 52 (4 421 DEL CORSO 16 (CAD) (G) E Walker 3-9-6.K Shoemark ‘504 (1) 34L AUSSIE PEARL 39 (P) C Johnston 3-9-1§ D Bowen a SEG on ee cess Ryan | probable SP: Evans Del Corso, 5-2 Dawn Of Liberation, 9-2 m2 (5) 134 FERN CLYDE 17 (HT) (O)T Eastexty 9-7. "7 Dickson (5) | ‘ Sadairah, 7 Aussi Poarl : 903 (3) 320 LEUCOTHEA 16 5M Levey « 304 (6) 05L STAR PEOPLE 14/45 Quinn 4600... = MGnen | as (3) £8,000 added (€4,123) 305 (7) LL? MOBADIA 31 E Welker 9-3 36 (2) 51 DISSENTER 10 (0) (G) MTregoring 53 {601 (4) 512 THEME PARK 4 (1) (03) (G) M Tinkler 610-2 Lewis (5)! F McMlanoman 207 (1) 414 HARAS POP 11 D Cunha 9-2... § Denohos ; 602 (3) $44 STRAIGHT A 11 (G) M Appleby 5-10-1 Mason Pastel (5) Probable SP: 3 Dissenter, 7-2 Star People, 4 Leucothea, 5 ' 609 (5) 063 SYMPHONY OF JOY 13 K Frost 4-9-13. 0 Stammers ‘604 2) 47. G'EMMETHEGREENLITE 100 S Spencer 3-9-7 0 Swit ‘605 (1) 962 VENETIAN LION 7 (T) W 3-9-6... T Marquand , 606 (6) 3-3L PRETTY SPIRITED 76 (D2) L 40-0.T Eaves Probable SP: 74 Venetian Lion, 3 Thame Park, 7-2 Straight Fern Clyde, 7 Mobadir, Harry's Pop, 14 Boteto. TRACK FACTS: JACKPOT MEETING. L-H : course. GOING: Good to firm-good in places. : STALLS: ime2f inside; remainder centre. DRAW VA 9-2 Symphony Of Joy, 14 Pretty Spirited. ADVANTAGE: Low in sprints when stalls on far side, high when on stand’s rail, Top jockey: Rossa Ryan. Longest traveller: Lola De Valence (3.10) 204 Top trainer: M i rg Paige ear first time: 2.40 | miles. in Class: 2.40 Aura ne is down Meoniit Surf Aentinis Hurt You Never, Lit | 2 grades on last run (Class 2 to Class 4); 3.10 Blue tle a ineues I The Monk, 4.40 Aussie | Sign (2); evades Leucothea (3). First run since wind : surgery: None today. 2. OF ee Ge (4) Rafiect On Glory, 16 Sole Ruler. FILLIES' NOVICE STAKES (4) £10,000 added (£5,234) 6f (6) (2) LOL AURORA'S DOUBLESIX 49 (H)BRomwol496 = |1 (3) 87: ALL GOOD 293 J Camacho 3-9-2 _ T Miely-Marshail (1) 262 QUEEN SANA 20 Oe Sangster 3-9-2._ nee! = (6) 7-BL ROHIMI 27 (P) Joey Ramaden 3-9-2... Taryn Langley (5) ; | (5) 73 ROYALE UMIONS KA Burke 392000000000. 26 SECRET HARVEST 51 C Allen 3-3-2... _C Fallon ; Probable SP: Evens Queen Sana, 7-2 Secrot Harvest, 4' ¢ Royale Union, 10 All Good, 14 Aurora's Dowblesix, 20 Rohini. ; 3. 240 HANDICAP (5) £9,000 added, (£4,711) Sif (5) (4) 741 ANGEL NUMBERS 18 (D2) (G) A Car 3-9-9 2 (5) 177 CREATIVE QUEEN 25 (P) (S) WW Haggas 3-9-7 C Fallon : 1 (1) 654 MARAJITO 16 (C&DD) (G) | Easterty 4-9-6 Shay Farmer (5) * _C Lise * JF Sullivan | paises 12 4 (2) 141 ZOUSTAR DREAMS 16 (P) (D2) (GS) E Dunlop 3-9-6 | 3 (2) 482 LORD ROXBY 14 4 (4) 206 SAINT LAWR Commanche Falls. 5 (3) 1-59 NORTH WEST GAL 67 (D)J4 5 Quinn 394J Hart {4 Probable SP: 15-8 Zoustar Dreams, 5-2 Angel Numbers, «5 9-2 Marajite, 11-2 Creative Queen, 6 North West Gal 6 3 Ba tannicar (3) £18,000 added (€9,277) | ; . (6) U13 DARK CLOUD RISING 27 (V) (CADDSBF) (G) § (3) 030 ROUSING ENCORE 9 (DS) (GS) R Car 6-9-3 ‘ 6 (7) 004 BOSTON DAN 9(8)T 7 (5). 000 GRANT WOOD 10 (C&DD4) (G) P Midgioy 7-8-1 ul Hast + Probable SP: 11-10 Dark Cloud Rising, 2 Lord Fiomby, | 6 Saint Lawrence, 14 Boston Dan, Rousing Encore, 20 JCallan ' 9 2 (1) OLO COMMANCHE FALLS 9 (P) (C&D011) (GS) M Dods 9-9-11 C Beasley ' 17 (&) (0) (GS) K Ryan 8-3-3 Shane 390... $B Kinane | 454 1; 4.24 ‘4 (5) 421 POLYGRAM (Sibex) & (G) T Davidson 4-05 (3) 311 POET'S DAWN (4ibex) 4 (P) (CADID2) (GS) (3) 66L SAILOR'S RETUAN 25 D O'Meara &7_ (8) SLL SCHEFFLER 14 (P) Adrian Nichols $6... d Garrity (7) 3487 TAGO MAGO 27 (T) 5 England 9-5 .. (2) 621 AMBER HAMUR 23 (D) E Bethel 94 _ (4) 066 ITSZABOY 31 N Tinkler 8-10 hope. Top trainer: T Easterby. JP Sulllvan + 9 34 War G (2.54) 220 miles. Drop ' down 2 grades on last run (Class 4 to Class 6). ' fun since wind surgery: 4.24 His Finest Hour. HANDICAP (4) €12,000 added (£6,281) im If T7Oydds (5) (4) 321 EVERYONEKNOWSADAVE 16 (D) (G) Jessica Macey 4-8-8 A Kavanagh (3) (1) 027 MAO SHANG WONG 29 (D3) (GS) D O'Meara 49-8 Conor Whaleley (5) (2) 262. HES FINEST HOUR 284 (D) (G) Miss T Jackson 5-9-5 Clee J Hart T Easterby 11-345 8 Kinane Probable SP: 6-4 Everyoneknowsadave, 11-4 Polygram, 5 ‘ : Poet's Dawn, 13-2 Mao Shang Wong, His Finest Hour. HANDICAP (6) (3-Y-0) £7,000 added (£3,664) Im (8) rn L45 DACRES CROSS 26 (BF) K Ryan 9-9.. (2) 381 VEGAS VIATUE 16 (P) (C&D2) T Eastarty 98 Shane Gray D Fentiman a A dary (3) i Probable SP: 6-4 Amber Hamur, 11-4 Vega’s Virtue, 4 D OMéara 4-10-0 DTudhope Dacres Cross, 6 Hay Havana, 20 Scheffler. TRACK FACTS: PRINCIPAL MEETING. R-H ) (G)N Tinker 4-3-5. .AJey (3): course. GOING: | STALLS: Strai ADVANTAGE: Good-good to firm in places. "Up 0 im, Top jockey: Daniel Tus. to 1m. : i re first time: aming, 2.54 Rohini, 3.24 Creative Queen, Mago. Longest traveller: Queen Sana Class: 4.54 Tago Ma 4) L PURPLE DREAM 117 Ward@19. @ POLLY THE SMIPER T Dascombe 8-10 (7) 532 ROCSANE 38 .G Margarson 6-10 . Egan , (6) 0 STAR BAYSIDE BOY 49 M Tregoning 6-10 . R Homby 321 PANTHERE NOIR 2 (P) (D) (G) L Dace 3-9-7 trainer: A Carroll hoa F tes (7) race last year: 7.30 Lahina Bay (3rd). first | 49 (2) 7-18 TIME FOR ACTION 10 (S) D Flood 3-2-1 . Jack Doughty time: 7.00 Night Shining, 7.30 QT Pig. 6.00 Elora | probable SP: 7-2 Freadom Bay. 9-2 Panthere Noir, 13-2 Probable SP: 2 Lovely Dark Angel, 5-2 Proper Naughty, ! Prince, Madame Pas , 8.30 Havana Lt ke ' Latsbeatsepsis, 8 Tiger Beetle, Moonlit Cloud, Elora Prince, 3 Rocsana, 11-2 Decem Carolinaa, 16 Star Bayside Boy, 201 Longest traveller: Madame Passant (8.00) 171 ' 10 Madame Passant. 12 My O My, 14 Kaaress, 20 Dora Vita, Pally The Sniper , miles. ' Time For Action, Maryland (Windsor, 7.00) DARK CLOUD RISING Oisin Murphy. T FOR RACING TIPS CALL 09016 09 53 39 Sie sr 1 FILLIES’ HANDICAP (5) £8,400 added: HANDICAP (6) £7,200 added (£3,768) WINDSOR | Rosin coopreLLow ) ciacnac —: 7, BOERS ot teat | 8.30 met 6 erm ne: Rati kth wag a 5) 8,400 1 6.309 Dark 630 The Sni ‘7 (4) 609 INDEPENDENT EXPERT 10 (5) J4 SBest 7-000. Flash | 1 (8) 308 ARARAT 11 A Cook & J Bridger 6-9-9... J Mitchell added (£4,172) Im 3f 99yds (8) 00 Night Shining ae Night Siang '2 (2) GIL SAUCY JANE 19(P) (0) (G) Jack Morland 3.9.7.GWeed ‘2 (6) 762 CHILLY BREEZE 1 (S) | Willams 49.9 6 Loughnane 1 (7) 243 ('D GO MAMIAC 18 (P) A King 211-2 Miss Georgia King (5) — Saucy Jane 730 Saucy Jane ‘3 6) L2a OTPIE30 DD) T Dascombe 3-9-3... <3 (2) 636 DARK ROSA 13 (S) G Nicholls 4-9-9... gnaw 2 (2) 643 MARKET HOUSE 38 (TV) James Owen 6-10-13 ' 8.00 Panthere Noir 8.00 4 (3) 7-06 HAVANA 21D F Davis 4-51 O Murphy ' 4 (4) 46-6 FLAG CARRIER 14 (B) Brian Toamey 5-26. any emia 8.30 Flag Carrier 8.30 Chilly Breeze :5 (1) 327 LAHINA BAY 8 (C&D2CD3) (GS) 15 (3) 3L1 BENAVENTE 129 (02) G Bown 8.9-3__ “hoe HURT YOU NEVER 3 (6) 441 GREEN TEAM 66 (V) (GS) N Litmoden 7-10-13 : Fi Cook & J Bridger 6-2-10 A Egan ms () 641 AEA CL 8 oe G) A Wintle 4-9-1 .__F Marsh F a rapid MAIDEN STAKES (4) £10,000 added (£5,234) : Probable SP: Evens Saucy Jane, 5-2 Lal na Bay, 105 OF (5) 34 MY AMBITION 30 D Coailey 7-8-13....G Bass 64 (3) 329 FAST STEPS 14 (P) (CBF) (GS) 5 Milman 6-10-11 fi 5f 2yds (8) Pie, 14 Havana Halo. (1) 54 HAVANA TOBOUGGALOO 20 (F) Zoe Hawkins 4-86-12 Down 15/b from last Patrick @ : canon: 8. oowssr STAKES (6) €6,600 added’ David Egan ° 5 (8) 625 JODHPUR BLUE 3 (1) | Wiliams 5-10-10 ‘ (€3,454) Im 2f (12) (7) 355 HOMME DE FER 20 (1) A Caroll $-6-11 ...W Carson winning mark. Mies (2) LU2 YAZOO 12 (B) A Spencer 3-8-7. ' » Oi pable SP: 11-4 Havana Club, 9-2 Chilly Breeze, . Amy Milburn (5) 3 6) Neame | 1 (9 on ftp rid ues C Hutchinson ; i sa De Mer. Gark Rosa: © bay Ami comer “er 14 (7) 374 GRIS DE CHINE 20((T) Zoe Hawkins 3-9-2 A Homby | 2 (6) 654 KAARESS 116 ji ir t5S.0Ceen! © Homes De Fes Det ican. 5 oy See teen 7 905 WHET ART 30(7)) James Quen 90-11 teste teers 0 (4) 5-7 JUST DREAMING 20 E J- 39-20 Hutchinson 3 (8) 043 LETSBEM) i G & J Moo 49-8 pgaica, 10 Flag Carrier, Banavania ara 6 @) 6 LIVWYSEDGE20CMasn352 G ; Clutterbuck ' 8 (4) 454 BLOODHOUND 49 (BT) $ Lycott 6-2-1i_Miss Moran} 7 (4) 444 NIGHT SHINING 2(T)G Soup) 332 8 roma (3) 5L3- MOONLIT CLOUD 28 (P) (D4) (G'S) D Ivory 8-9-9 ' ee None today. First run since wind shame pak 3 fd Go Maniac, 7-2 Green Team, 32 Market |g (6) 2-2. PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 9 A 9.4.9 P Dobbs David Egan ' urgery: today. CAPTAIN HEATH TRIO House, 11-2 Fast Steps, 6 Shahbaz. 6 Jodhpur Blue, Te ii Probable SP: 2 Night Shining, 11-4 Pilgrim's Progress, 4'5 (5) 305 MY OMY 14 (BT) SLycot4G9. 00. di iMlitchell Adi, 20 Bloodhound, Ardnamurchan, 8 Gris De China, 10 Liwwys Edge, Yazoo, 14:6 (7) 783 TIGER BEETLE 10 (PT) (D) 7 Faulkner 6-3-9 tt ' % es DISSENTER (nap) 6 SO vo) ch.soe edded (cnaz0) er lavascn comm 7 (11) 053 DORA VITA 12 F Philips 39-1 se ape Daily Rail RACING SERVICES (Nottingham, 3.40) (1) LOVELY DARK ANGEL G Boughey $-2...8 Loughnane | TRACK FACTS: Figure of course. GOING: | 8 (12) S74 ELORA PRINCE 41 (H)AWintle 39-1 F Marsh NIGHT SHINING (nb)) 2 35 SROERFLMUGHTY A Hannon 9.2......0 Mumpby Good to frm. STALLS: 1m inside; remainder conire, ; 9, (1) L25 MADAIME ORSSAMT 20/7) Charle Pua 3-21... W Cue (3) 6 DECEM CAROLINAE 38 Jack Jones 6-13.......J Leavy | DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low in sprints. Top jockey: wu Wory Egan 09016 09 29 39 eo (Ripon, 3.54)
58 Daily Mail Sues. NIK _ SIMON in Glasgow the Commonwealth Games mean nothing should speak to the crowd that gathered outside my hotel at lam on Friday. ‘Let’s go to Maccies!’ bellowed a late-night reveller. I looked out the window and it was Emily Campbell, hours after winning gold in the weightlifting, leading a group of athletes and supporters on a night out in Glasgow. One of the best things about these games, not by design, is how close the locals have been able to get to the competitors. One cost-cutting decision was to sacrifice the athletes’ village, meaning competitors have been scattered in hotels across the city. It has been impossible to miss the tracksuits of 74 different nations that have descended upon Scotland for the past 11 days of competition. The fans have never felt closer. Josh Kerr went for a jog along the river before winning gold in the mile. Duncan Scott fuelled up for the pool with a hefty breakfast at a cafe on Wilson Street. Even Adam Ramsay- — é Peaty had to catch the bus. One downside of these games has been the lack of visibility to the casual sports fan. For the first time in 72 years, the BBC pulled out as the official broadcaster, TNT Sports has provided comprehensive coverage but the events have not cut through to the UK’s mainstream audience. Given the absence of household names such as Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, this competi- tion does not have the clout to pull in subscribers. Joe Public will not go out of his way to find the bowls or an obscure judo bout. How many people would have tuned in to watch Matt Weston win his Winter Olympics gold medals in Italy, if the skeleton had not been broadcast live on the BBC? Not many. These Games have been packed with feel-good stories. They have offered the perfect antidote to the grubby boardroom battles at ‘COMMONWEALTH GAMES Glasgow has proved Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 these Games ARE Golden touch: Filip Nowacki and (right) Emily Campbell GETTY IMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK. FIFA HQ, where Gianni Infantino has been trying to make a quick buck from selling the World Cup to the highest bidder. With more exposure, the likes of Cyrille Tchatchet would have been front of the queue to sit on worth f ~f * ee 0 the One Show sofa this week. He overcame homelessness to win weightlifting silver for England, but will now return to the gym to train in relative obscurity. This event is ripe for free-to-air TV — particularly if most of the ighting for butitneeds back on free-to-air TV superstars stay away — and anew UE broadcast arrangement must be top of the agenda for the 2030 edition in India. ‘The BBC has been a fantastic partner for a very long period, and we do have a relationship with tohe them for this games,’ said Katie Sadleir, chief executive officer of the Commonwealth Games Federation. ‘We are doing BBC Radio, so they are involved. ‘We are thrilled with TNT and Warner Bros. Discovery [TNT's A\ ~~ te \ A storm of the sporting year asa blatant act of cheating was exposed on social media. At the snap of a finger, Saltburn Cricket Club's Brian Devine became Storm: Devine and (right) a close-up of him clicking his finger sport's Public Enemy Nol — and ‘Clicky Ponting’ was born. Devine’s aim was as clear as it is shocking — to con the umpire into a wicket by clicking his fingers to imitate the sound of ball hitting bat. But Saltburn are not the only team to have resorted to skulduggery over the years — here are some of Daily Mail Sport’s favourites... VASELINE ASSISTANCE SUNNY AGNIHOTRI played for West Blatchington Cricket Club between 2002 and 2008 and won the Sussex Invitation League Division One twice. When they met Crawley Eagles, the opposition would put Vaseline on their bats ahead of the match. The idea was that when the ball nicked the outside edge, it wouldn't make so much noise. ‘We asked the umpires about it and they said it’s not against the rules,’ said Agnihotri. “They were also definitely rummaging in their pockets between balls, so we knew something untoward was going on. They made it so obvi- ous. The dark arts happen a lot.’ Local rivals Brighton Insurance would waste time when they batted first to use up daylight. Between a dismissed batsman walking off and a new one replacing him, you had three minutes. But on the field of play, you could still get padded up. Brighton players would throw all their equipment on the pitch inger clicking to vaseline: LAST WEEK saw the surprising and take longer than three minutes without punishment. ‘They would take double the time so that when it was our turn to bat, it would be gloomier,’ Agnihotri said. IZZY MARTIN IT’S NOT ALWAYS THE THERE was an umpire in the Leicestershire leagues during the late 1990s who was renowned for getting a twitchy trigger finger the closer it got to opening time at the bar. When he started to get really thirsty, he would whisper under his breath: ‘Next one that hits the pads... give it a big appeal’ and when the fielding side did, he duly obliged. A trick of one Leicestershire
Daily Mail, Monday, Au ar parent company]. For £4.99 for 600 hours compared to 200 hours in Birmingham [who hosted the Games in 2022], we are very pleased with that relationship. ‘We are moving towards a much wider feel about how people gust 3, 2026 Pride of Scotland: Josh Kerr triumphed in the mile GETTY IMAGES consume the games. I look after the Commonwealth movement of 74 countries, and it is my responsibility to look globally in terms of viewership. ‘It’s a process we will work through with the organising committee in terms of who the broadcaster is for 2030. The BBC will definitely be part of that mix.’ This event was almost abandoned when Victoria pulled out as hosts three years ago. Australia’s richest person, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, has been offering cash bonuses for her country’s podium finishers, ensuring they arrived with a packed squad and walked away on top of the medal count. Channel 7’s coverage reached 11,39 million in Down Under. Australia’s credibility will be damaged if they decide to bid for future sporting events — perhaps Rinehart should have stepped in sooner? But Glasgow saved the day. Yes, there have been some empty seats, but the big-ticket events have sold out. They have not spent taxpayer money and their model could provide a blueprint for hosting events during days of economic uncertainty. India have promised to supersize things for Ahmedabad 2030. They hope to sell out the world's largest stadium and use the event to showcase their credentials as Olympic hosts. Proposals have been made to turn the Commonwealths into a qualifying event for World Championships. But unless the Games can lure back all of the biggest names of track and field, the Glasgow model — backed up by terrestrial TV — may well be the future. For now, it looks more like a launchpad for young Olympic hopefuls. Filip Nowacki and Amalie Smith have emerged as Team GB prospects in the pool, Henry Hobbs won gold on the bike and Emily Ne am showed promise on the track. ‘It’s an incredible opportunity for a lot of athletes,’ said Ramsay-Peaty. ‘It is an incredible stepping stone to give a platform two years out from an Olympics. That’s why we have got to nurture it.’ The games have been reset and reimagined. The Glaswegian hosts have cut their cloth and done so with a smile. ‘People are talking about these Games on the streets,’ added Sadlier. ‘Everyone is going away from here buzzed about what happened and what they think the future is for the Commonwealth Sport movement as a result of Glasgow.’ Daily Mail £ OOO: 70 45 56 171 29 45 36 110 19 20 23 62 4IND 13 17 9 39 13 9 7 39 Dominant: Finucane with her fourth gold medal GETTY IMAGES Finucane can’t believe she’s made history IN the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Emma Finucane wrote her name into cycling’s history books yesterday, alongside Sir Chris himself. The 23-year-old from Carmarthen became the first athlete to win four track golds at a Commonwealth Games, adding the keirin to her medals in the 1,000m time trial, team sprint and individual sprint. Riding for Wales, Finucane ‘absolutely sent it’ in her final race in Glasgow, holding off a charge from Olympic champion Ellesse Andrews to power her way to victory. ‘| don't think I'll ever believe I've made history here,’ she said. ‘| can’t believe little me has done this. 10-year-old Emma is screaming inside, saying, “What is going on?”. ‘| hope I’ve inspired the nation to get onto a bike and get into a velodrome. | can’t believe | found this sport and this sport found me.’ Finucane’s gold haul will make her one of Team GB’s biggest medal hopes for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Tears streamed down her face on the podium, rounding off an emotional week after her boyfriend, England cyclist Matt Richardson, was ruled out of these Games after a horrific crash in Japan. ‘In Paris, | wish | had stood on the top step and sung the anthem louder,’ said Finucane, who won the team sprint at the Olympics in 2024. ‘That's what | did here. | sung each anthem like it was my last. ‘From Paris to here, | can’t believe it. My mum, my dad and my sister were here. My brother is back home, Matt is on FaceTime, It’s 2am in Japan and he is calling me. He has just come out of the hospital — he’s doing OK. ‘| have a massive support network with me. They love me, no matter what. It means everything to me.’ @ ENGLAND missed out ona netball medal yesterday, losing 68-50 to Australia in the bronze medal match. it’s cricket's shadies Premier Division champion team was to send beers to the umpires’ room and offer them sweets while in the field in a bid to get them on-side, so decisions would fall in their favour. ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way,’ said one member of the side. Their wicketkeeper was also known for trying to kick the stumps down and appealing that the batter had been bowled. I remember playing in a county age-group match in which one fielder on the team, who went on to become a professional, took a catch on the half-volley and celebrated as if it was clean. Another team was once accused of sending the same batsman in twice in different kit, until he was spotted by the home team scorer through her binoculars. ANONYMOUS LET'S ALL BAND TOGETHER I PLAYED in a match many, many years ago where three of our batsmen were given out caught behind, all of them swearing blind they never got a nick on the ball. After some brief research, we realised the wicketkeeper had an elastic band attached to his glove, which he snapped against it to make the noise of a nick, fooling the umpire into giving it out, in a similar trick to Saltburn’s. ANONYMOUS A QUESTIONABLE DECLARATION IN 2017, Pembrokeshire rivals Carew and Cresselly took on éach other in the final game of that year’s West Wales League campaign. Carew were top and Cresselly second. Cresselly faced a difficult task that day, but not an impossible one. Carew’s lead was 21 points and a win was worth 20, but then you had bonuses — a point for every 40 runs up to 200 and a point for every two wickets. If Cresselly could win and take two more bonus points than Carew, they would snatch the title. But Carew had a devilish plan. As far as I've been told in my retracing of the steps, they even checked the rules with the umpire before the game, found their read of the situation was accurate, and set about putting it into action. Batting first, they declared on just 18 for one. First there was shock, then revulsion. It was filthy and entirely legal. Cresselly were welcome to the 20 points, which they achieved by knocking off the chase in just a few overs, but the opportunity for any bonuses had been snatched clean off the table. Carew claimed the title by a single point. RIATH AL-SAMARRAI DISGRACEFUL BAILOUT ONE day, while in action for Saffron Plantationers — a village side in Quendon near Saffron Walden in Essex — I was at the crease with my team needing four runs to win. My plan was to charge the bowler and hit the ball down the ground. I was still deep in my crease as the bowler ran in. But his delivery was short of a length, so I stepped back and shenanigans pulled it for four. As I did so, however, I trod gently on my own stumps and off came the bails. But instead of me being given out hit wicket, as I should have been, everyone at the ground watched the ball disappear to the boundary. Not seeing the bails were off, the umpire signalled four and the end of the game. After a while, the opposition wicketkeeper noticed something off and questioned why the bails were no longer on the stumps. But I just kept walking off the pitch, as technically the game Was now over. It was one I got away with, but I'm not proud of my actions — I got caught up in the moment and should have confessed. I do seem to remember sleeping OK that night though! MATT GATWARD
J WATT wants to restore the Burnley of old. For a man used to the glitz of America’s NFL, who once had a $100million contract and lived in a place called Paradise Valley, he seems remarkably in touch with this humble corner of Lancashire which he claims to love. ‘For a very long time, you knew what you were getting at Burnley,’ the club’s minority owner tells Daily Mail Sport. “You were in for a fight. ‘I want a strong identity. We are foing to outwork everybody, we are going to out-tough oo You are in for a very lon: oo If you think this al sounds rather Sean Dyche-coded, you would be right. Burnley lacked their usual grit last season. The Clarets are back in the Championship after another relegation — their fifth divisional change in aS many seasons. They won one of their last 29 games and had the league’s worst defensive record. Pride in the shirt feels at a low ebb and, as such, Watt has made a change. Burnley have released a new away kit, designed by Watt over the course of two years, which harks back to the club’s history and resurrects an old crest. He spent time filming the promo on a nearby dairy farm, driving a milk cart over Lancastrian potholes. For a man who repeats the word ‘work’ 10 times during our interview, it feels fitting. ‘The history and tradition of the club is what makes it special,’ says Watt. ‘Maybe some people prefer London or Manchester but going around Burnley, I love it. ‘We're trying to really capture the essence of what Burnley is. The reason I built this kit is to try and preserve that history.’ It will take more than a polyester jersey and sweet talk to dispel the gloom from Turf Moor. They last won at home 286 days ago. First-team stars Jaidon Anthony and Maxime Esteve have left, while Lesley Ugochukwu has gone on loan to Galatasaray. Scott Parker was sacked in April and the Clarets have appointed Nicky Hayen, who won the Belgian Pro League with Club Brugge in 2023-24, as his successor. It is a big gamble. ‘One of the first things Nicky said when he came in was that we need to train twice a day,’ says Watt, who briefly worked as a SPURS EYE GAKPO Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 Fitting in: Watt models the new away kit and (above) with staff at the Royal Dyche Some people prefer London or Manchester ..e but I love Burnley Former NFL star turned Clarets co-owner JJ Watt is throwing himself into promotion bid — and has even designed the new kit Pizza Hut delivery man to help pay y his tuition fees. ‘I absolutely ove that. It’s all about his work ethic, his tactics, his aggressiveness. We always want to be on the front foot. He wants these guys to have no egos, to put the crest before their last name, and it’s been great so far.’ ‘Great’ is a stretch. Burnley are winless in six pre-season games against Cincinnati, Columbus Crew, Real Salt Lake, Ajax, sister club Espanyol and Torino, though Hayen only took a watching brief for the first two. Watt wants to add his expertise without being overbearing. He and Hayen will discuss tactics, set-pieces and how to optimise a player's diet and recovery. Watt has been involved with Burnley for three years and his arrival was treated with scepti- cism. When 12 of the Premier League’s 20 clubs have American owners, the last thing many traditional English fans want is another new face from across the pond with their bombast and unusual sporting ideas. But Watt is a long-time follower of football and speaks with authenticity. He played as a kid, watched matches at the crack of dawn as an NFL player and his wife, Kealia, is a former United States international. Crucially, WINDOW wp WATCH Target: Gakpo Getty IMAGES BUT REDS SAY NO @ TOTTENHAM have made their interest known in Cody Gakpo — but LIVERPOOL have no plans to sell. Liverpool, who are continuing to work on a deal to sign Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain, want to add attacking quality rather than lose it. Gakpo, 27, is one year into a new long-term contract and with market prices escalating By SIMON JONES for players of his experience, it would take a huge sum to change Liverpool's stance. Tottenham are also keeping a watching brief on Omar Marmoush at MANCHESTER CITY, as well as negotiating for Savinho. Meanwhile, LIVERPOOL forward Keyrol Figueroa is during our chat at least, he never uses the word ‘soccer’. ‘I was drawn to the English game because of the passion, the history and traditions,” he says. ‘My favourite custom by far is my matchday routine where I get dropped off at the Royal Dyche [a pub named after the former manager] and have a pint of Guinness with everybody there. ‘Then I take a little walk around the corner to Burnley Miners’ Club where I get myself one Bene Bomb [Benedictine and an energy drink — a local delicacy]. ‘Then I walk the rest of the way into the Bob Lord Stand and get myself ready for the match. I attracting interest from BARNSLEY and SALFORD CITY. The 19-year-old impressed for the Reds’ Under-21s at a recent camp in Slovakia and scored ina friendly against Cardiff on Saturday. Defender Wellity Lucky, 20, will be loaned out. @ CHELSEA are closing on an agreement with Rayo Vallecano for left back Pep Chavarria, 28, after making an improved offer. WIGAN want Chelsea midfielder Reggie Walsh, 17, on loan. @ NEWCASTLE have checked on Feyenoord winger Anis Hadj meet supporters and hear the pulse of what they're thinking.’ When he cannot be in England for matches, Watt watches from Houston. Burnley are gathering popularity Stateside, where they spent some of pre-season. ‘It’s pretty funny how matchday has grown. M pa used to be silent on matchdays when we won a scored,’ he ase. ‘I'd text somebody and say, “Hey, we just won,” and they'd say, “I didn’t know it was on.” Now, my phone is blowing up the second we score. ‘My dad is texting me, I've got random people coming out of the woodwork. I'll know if my TV is lagging or not because I'll have everybody texting me when I haven't seen a goal yet. It’s been really cool to see so many Burnley fans, random kids on the streets wearing old Burnley kits.’ Whether the locals will come to treasure the new away strip will depend on the memories the players make in it. Promotion is the target, but the Championship remains an unpredictable beast. Moussa, 24, and Atalanta centre back Giorgio Scalvini, 22, who is on Chelsea’s radar. Goalkeeper Lukas Hornicek has completed a medical with Newcastle in Spain. & BOURNEMOUTH are signing Sevilla right back Juanlu Sanchez in an €1l.1million move. The 22-year-old will cost €9.4m, plus £1.7m in add-ons. Sevilla want Enes Unal, whom Bournemouth are prepared to sell, but the Turkey striker also has options in his home country and Saudi Arabia. @ ARSENAL and EVERTON are continuing talks over a £7m deal
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 STEELE at Soldier Field, Chicago HICAGO prides itself on being one of the capitals of the sporting world. It was the setting for the legendary era of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman as part of the Chicago Bulls’ six NBA titles in the 1990s, as seen in the Last Dance docuseries on Netflix which many of us binge-watched during the Covid pandemic. There is the Bears NFL team and, across the city, Wrigley Field is one of Major League Baseball's most iconic stadiums and home to the Cubs, city rivals of the White Sox. The ice hockey team, the Blackhawks, also often get big crowds. Lagging behind, although certainly on the rise, is the local football team. Fandom for Chi- cago Fire is spreading across the city at arate not too much slower than the great fire of 1871 from which the team — and the hit US television show — takes its name. The reason? One of the greatest strikers of his generation, Robert Lewandowski, with a helping hand from a lesser-known Englishman pulling the strings. With Liverpool and Leeds clashing last night to complete a memorable sporting weekend in the city, Daily Mail Sport was in situ at Soldier Field as the big Pole opened his account for his hew team, signing on the back of winning 10 Bundesliga titles [two with Borussia Dortmund and eight with Bayern Munich], a Champions League and three La Liga titles with Barcelona. The man who brought him to Major League Soccer is a 50-year-old born in Bedford, who has held jobs as academy manager for Luton, Norwich and one of Europe's success stories in Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt, who beat Manchester City, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan this year. Gregg Broughton, who joined as sporting director after doing the same role at Blackburn, tells Daily Mail Sport of Lewandowski: ‘Robert had been somebody the club had their eyes on for a long time. We understand how MLS works. There is a huge Polish community here in Chicago. “We tried to sign Neymar in January 2025, we could not get that done but he shared an agent with Lewandowski. We knew he would have his pick of clubs in Europe and Saudi Arabia and he might have done another year at for Christian Norgaard, with Arsenal keen to sign Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes. Everton also want striker Ethan Wheatley from MANCHESTER UNITED. Celta Vigo are in talks for United keeper Altay Bayindir. @ WEST HAM have made an opening offer to SUNDERLAND for striker Wilson Isidor, 25. The Hammers have also expressed an interest in Republic of Ireland and AZ Alkmaar striker Troy Parrott. @ STRIKER Gonzalo Garcia, 22, and midfielder Cesar Palacios, y FOOTBALL | Daily Mail Sia 61 Chicago’s buzzing as city welcomes BF | ie hag Barca. We had to make Chicago Fire his choice. ‘So our head coach Gregg Berhalter [formerly of the US national team] went to Barcelona and Robert's wife came here for a business trip so we took her out. We sent a private jet to Barca to pick him and his representatives up, bring them here and show them the city. ‘He Knows what world-class looks like. He is alongside Messi and Ronaldo, he is perfect for us. Robert is humble, easy to get on with, drives standards every day, won't accept things being anything except everyone giving their best at every moment.’ Lewandowski’s record speaks for itself — 41 goals in 82 Lech 18, had medicals with FULHAM yesterday ahead of sealing their moves from REAL MADRID for a combined €42.3m. Fulham also remain in talks for Madrid midfielder Thiago Pitarch, 19. @ HULL CITY are ready to fend off interest from Rangers and Cardiff City to sign Tromso midfielder Jens Hjerto-Dahl. Cardiff had offered a club-record fee for the 20-year-old, but he wants to play in the Premier League. Hull are also advancing in talks for 18-year-old centre back Lucas Herrington, from Colorado a 2 Poznan games, 103 in 187 for Dortmund, 344 in 375 for Bayern and 120 in 193 for Barca. In 2020, he scored 55 in 47, won the Champions League and was arguably robbed of a Ballon d'Or, when it was canned due to Covid. He scored twice on his home debut on Saturday as Fire beat Charlotte FC 2-1, a team managed by former Aston Villa, Brentford and Leicester boss Dean Smith. The 37-year-old Lewandowski is the star attraction. Just as sport atheists would flock to watch Jordan in the 1990s, there are Lewandowski shirts across the city and a huge influx of Polish fans at Soldier Field, which made for a raucous atmosphere not Rapids, and winger Mohamed-Ali Cho, 22, from Nice. @ IPSWICH are closing on the £16m signing of BURNLEY midfielder Florentino. @ QPR are signing midfielder Glen Kamara, 30, on loan from Rennes. @ COLOGNE have asked to take TOTTENHAM winger Mikey Moore on loan. The 18-year-old has a number of options, though, including a return on loan to RANGERS. LINCOLN are in talks to sign Tottenham striker Mason Melia, 18, on loan. Fast start: Lewandowski scores one of his two goals on home debut and (left) with the man of the match award GETTY IMAGES/ IMAGN IMAGES usually associated with MLS. ‘I'm really happy to be here,’ said Lewandowski. ‘I enjoy every day — the lifestyle, the club and the organisation. Everything is really at a top level. ‘I cannot say a bad word about the club and am very impressed everything is working very well, “bre and off the nite The state-of-the-art facilities are part of the sales pitch to future transfer targets and a big reason why Chicago Fire allow teams to train at their base — Manchester United and Liverpool have done so, and Germany recently used it as their World Cup camp. Those at the club believe seeing their base can plant a seed of we the strings its answer to Messi... with an s Englishman pu thought in players’ minds ahead of a future move to MLS. Club staffers joked to Daily Mail Sport this week that it was a shame Virgil van Dijk is not on this pre-season tour for Liverpool, given his deal is up next summer. ‘Chicago is an incredible city,’ adds Broughton. ‘The training ground is incredible and that is allowing us to build a world-class club. We are building a new stadium. American sport accepts you can take five years to rebuild a squad, in Europe you don’t have that time. ‘I want to achieve on-field success and the bigger picture is I want to build upon the footprint of the World Cup and Club World Cup here in America. Twenty years ago, you never saw football shirts here. Now, down by the river, they are everywhere. ‘But we want them to be Chicago Fire shirts. This city stops to talk about sport. When the Bears got to the play-offs, the queues just to get into bars were crazy, you can’t get a ticket for love nor money. We know football can do that and the plan is to get Fire to be part of that." Lewandowski can certainly help fulfil that dream. It’s calamity for Casemiro CASEMIRO endured an Inter Miami home debut to forget as he scored an own goal in their 2-2 MLS draw with Columbus Crew. The 34-year-old joined the American side after leaving Manchester United at the end of last season. He made his debut on July 26, playing the full 90 minutes ofa 1-0 win in Montreal. And less than a week later he started in front of his new home supporters — but witha very different outcome. On Lionel Messi’s return from the World Cup, Miami led 1-0 thanks to Luis Suarez’s long-range strike. But they were pegged back on 34 minutes when Casemiro accidentally fired past his own goalkeeper. The Brazilian was at fault during the build-up too, giving away possession inside his own half. LUKE AUGUSTUS
62 Daily Mail Gi | FOOTBALL E ARE up above Down Under with Xabi Alonso, looking out over Darling Harbour from the 27th floor of the W Sydney hotel in the appropriately named Extreme Wow penthouse suite. There are worse places to be recovering from jetlag than this ultra-luxurious 202 square metre space and Alonso starts by telling us how he has made the most of his early morning wake-ups between 2am and 6am. He completed a 10k run at four minutes and 30 seconds per kilometre, a highly respectable speed for a 44-year-old. And then we begin discussing something else which flew by — the seven months he spent as manager of Real Madrid, whose loss could well be Chelsea's gain. ‘Luckily there are not too many scars in my career,’ Alonso says. ‘So, OK, I got a scar, but this heals. Now it is healed and now I am very motivated and deter- mined to enjoy this next step, as I did when I started in Madrid. “You move on. Looking back, I take the positives and the things that didn't work. I have been very ‘Team spirit comes first, then playing good football. And then, winning’ critical about myself, thinking about what I could have done better, because for sure it did not go as expected. But you move on to other things.’ To bigger and better things, Chelsea fans will hope. Alonso is a heck of an appointment by the club’s BlueCo owners after the hiring and firing of Liam Rosenior last season. Alonso moves his finger from his head to his stomach as he says: ‘It had to be a lot from here and also from here, from the gut. It was good timing. Good timing for the club, good timing for myself. ‘This is a team that played really well recently. The situation was not as bad as it looked at the end of last season [Chelsea finished 10th in the Premier League}. ‘There is big potential. Let's see how long it takes. We are in that process.’ Sydney is just the first stop on Chelsea's pre-season tour. Next, Alonso will be in Hong Kong, then Indonesia, then Malaysia, playing a friendly in each country before returning to England. Alonso is not actually staying in the Extreme Wow suite. We have borrowed it for this sit-down with Chelsea’s new manager. There is a bottle of Castaneda 1965 Bas Armagnac to our right which, if we open it, would set us = gas a Ihad a view of Chelsea from the outside. | could see positives ... and concerns. XABI ALONSO admits his Real Madrid disaster left a scar, but says move to the capital this summer made perfect sense Early days: Cole Palmer battles for control in Saturday’s friendly against Tottenham in Sydney pa back £497 with our Australian hosts. It feels like a space fit for a super villain, but Alonso is too nice for that. He screams emotional intelligence. ‘I used my time to reset the energy because you need to be full of energy as a manager to pull from the rest,’ Alonso continues. ‘It is very important for me to transmit this passion, this enthusiasm for the game in every training session, every game plan. ‘I used that time [after leaving Madrid in January] mainly for that. I didn’t watch much football. It was mainly about myself, about feeling it. ‘You learn from the disappointment of things that were not meant to be and you think things will be better.’ Alonso arrived at Chelsea believing he knew what was needed. The Blues are used to having the youngest side in the Premier League. Now they have completed a deal for Danny Welbeck, 35, from Brighton and are close to signing Jordan Henderson, 36, who left Brentford last week. The fee for Welbeck is undisclosed but he is believed to have cost next to nothing. Henderson will be a free transfer after his club allowed him to ter- minate his contract a year early. Together, they will add 863 Premier League games’ worth of experience to a youthful squad. ‘For me, you need the right balance of personalities, of maturity stages, early twenties with early thirties and in between, Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 players in different stages of their careers, Alonso says when asked for the ingredients to a winning culture. “There’s not a formula for that, but there is a feeling.’ What is clear is that Alonso prioritises the best people over the best players. ‘If they have good qualities and good interaction between them, you create good connections and good bonds between them and that helps team spirit. For me, this is as important as tactics. First it is the team spirit. After, it is playing good football. After, it is Winning games. ‘I learned this from playing football. “I love playing with this team”. You could feel it. For me, it’s very natural. In the Basque Country, we have a lot of that collective purpose, that culture.’ Alonso had that as a manager at Bayer Leverkusen, where he did the Double in 2023-24, winning the Bundesliga for the first time in their history as well as the German Cup. They also finished runners-up in the Europa League. ‘It was unexpectedly fantastic,” he says with a smile. LONSO is not trying to mimic any of his legendary former managers, such as Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti, Rafa Benitez or Jose Mourinho. ‘It’s not copy and paste,’ he says. But he has built up a bank of knowledge and experience, especially with regard to man- management. He can recall how he felt, for example, when Benitez wanted Liverpool to replace him with Gareth Barry in 2008. Chelsea's sporting leadership team, led by co-owner Behdad Eghbali and sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, have loved working with Alonso so far. They have seen his enthusiasm. ‘I had a view of Chelsea from the outside,’ says Alonso. ‘I could see the positives and my concerns,
Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 so I addressed them. We are taking steps together to have a good team. This is the ultimate foal.’ Chelsea are giving Alonso what he feels he needs to succeed, including the hiring of coach Austin MacPhee from Aston Villa as a set-piece specialist. The elub’s layers have oved how involved Alonso is during training. He sets them up for goals, for crosses, for passes and is at the heart of each and every drill. ‘When I am 10 years older, maybe I won't be able to do that, I will be more on the sidelines,’ says Alonso, who wears old-school Adidas Predators in sessions. ‘But while I still can, I will enjoy it. I like to feel it. I like to be close to the players. “That energy goes both ways. It is for them and for me.’ Although Alonso is a good cook —his speciality is a traditional Basque fish dish named Kokotxas — he is after recommendations for tapas restaurants in London. Living in the English capital was a big draw for him and his family. ‘It is not a case of going anywhere I want... no, no, no,’ he says. ‘It makes sense in this stage of our lives to come to London. My wife loves it. My daughters are coming. My son is going to university.’ Alonso's father, Periko, was a footballer and manager. ‘Because of my upbringing, the road was not unknown for me,’ he says. ‘I had seen that at home. It was all work. ‘Preparing the training for the next day. Preparing the team selection. That was in the kitchen and I was next to him. So I’m not saying it was meant to be, but I had to try it. ‘In the last part of my career, when I moved to Germany [Bayern Munich between 2014 and 2017, with Guardiola as manager], that was important for me to start thinking about how I would do things. I was very curious. I was in that moment of my career where I could go to his office and say: “Pep. Why is this happening? What's going to be the game plan?” ‘Maybe when I was 20, I didn’t have that confidence, to go to the manager's office to ask those things. But at that moment, In the hot seat: we sat down with Alonso in one of Sydney’s most luxurious hotel suites GETTY IMAGES/W SYDNEY HOTEL because of the trust, I needed to do that. I wanted to do that. ‘I felt much more responsible for the team than in my earlier years as a player. I wanted to not just think about myself, but think about my team-mates and how we were going to play and about supporting the young players. ‘Where you are at in your early twenties is not the Same as where you are at in your early thirties. We have seen this in many cases and this was it in my case. ‘Later, I wanted to try it [coaching], but not straight to the top level, so I started in the [Real Madrid] Under-14s. It felt natural not to rush.” While Alonso did not intend on sprinting to the top, he has made a fast start and finds himself in charge of a club which harbours ambitions of winning the Premier League with him at the helm. FOOTBALL | Daily Mail E Blues bag Jude’s acvereaty Barco CHELSEA have completed the signing of Argentina international Valentin Barco from sister club Strasbourg on a seven-year contract. The 22-year-old stirred controversy when his over-zealous celebrations of Argentina's World Cup semi-final win over England led Jude Bellingham to slap him on the back of his head. Barco, who previously made six Premier League appearances for Brighton, has been signed after full back Marc Cucurella left Chelsea to join Real Madrid in June, but he played in midfield for Strasbourg. As Daily Mail Sport reported in May, Barco has been on Chelsea’s radar since the end of last season, when he said farewell to Strasbourg fans. Barco has followed Danny Welbeck, Morgan Rogers, Maxence Lacroix, Geovany Quenda, Marco Palestra and former Strasbourg striker Emmanuel Emegha in signing for the Blues in a busy summer 50 far. Gianni won't resign From Back Page CONCACAF'’S resistance, but it is doubtful the remaining 10 FIFA members in the Oceania Football Confederation would follow suit. In a statement welcoming the decision to abandon the private equity proposal, the AFC refused to call for Infantino’s head. The subsequent show of support from Kuwait, Qatar, Sri Lanka and Lebanon only reinforced the impression Infantino (below) still has significant backing in Asia. Four members of the executive committee of African confedera- tion CAF also threw their weight behind Infantino yesterday. Sri Lanka’s statement said: ‘One of President Infantino’s defining leadership qualities has always been his willingness to listen to the views and concerns of member associations. This decision [to abandon the sell-off plan] is a clear reflection of his inclusive leadership style, built on dialogue, mutual respect and a genuine commitment to serving the global football community.’ Qatar, hosts of the 2022 World Cup, said they ‘fully support President Infantino’s efforts to continue growing the game’. The other 40 AFC member associations have yet to comment publicly, suggesting they support the AFC statement — which does not challenge his presidency. They will not necessarily vote in a block with their , confederation, but the public backing is helpful to Infantino as he fights to maintain his position. He could step down of his own accord, but that is unlikely. Another possibility is that an emergency FIFA council meeting is convened where executives urge Infantino to step down. Debbie Hewitt, chair of the FA, is among the 37 members of that council as one of FIFA’s vice presidents. But no such meeting has been arranged at the moment, so Infantino is still set to stand for re-election in March — and no challenger has yet been declared. UEFA welcomed FIFA’s decision to scrap the private equity plan in a statement on Saturday, but warned that alone would not be enough to placate them. They said: ‘The proposal was unanimously rejected by UEFA’s associations and by many other federations and confederations around the world, whose job it is to protect football. ‘We cannot keep going on like this with secret schemes on fast-track timescales, cooked up by faceless individuals and of dubious benefit to the game. We must identify those responsible and hold them to account. ‘UEFA will work with its associ- ations and in close co-operation with other confederations to reflect on how this happened and devise a plan to make sure it cannot occur again. ‘No option should be off the table. The FIFA leadership has not only lost UEFA’s confidence, but that of many other members of the football family. The _ shabby, back-room, opaque deal he [Infantino] o = | hatched and tried to force | through was anything # put transparent. ‘This must not be the end of the story. The proposal has gone. The task of rebuilding trust in FIFA has only just begun.’
v1 Daily Mail, Monday, August 3, 2026 NIK SIMON: PAGES 58-59 Ailey WE MUST STEP UP Havertz tells S55 py see = mewitha scar... but Arsenal: Our rivals are all getting better KAI HAVERTZ has warned Arsenal they need to evolve to defend their Premier League title and avoid being overtaken by rival clubs who have strengthened this summer. The champions are still working to finalise a marquee signing, having so far only brought in £34million winger Christos Tzolis. Bruno Guimaraes is expected to have his medical this week ahead of a proposed move from Newcastle, and the club are also chasing Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior, whose contract expires next summer. But other clubs have already invested heav- ily, a fact that has not escaped Havertz. ‘We can and have to go further,’ said the Germany striker, 27. “You see other teams getting better, so we have to step up another level again. That’s what we are all here for, that’s what we train for, to play those test [pre-season] games and reach our goals this season again.’ The taste of major silverware from last season has left Havertz wanting to make up for lost time. Arsenal previously finished as runners-up for three consecutive seasons, twice behind Manchester City and once behind Liverpool. “We want all the trophies,’ he added. “That's it’s now healed Infantino bid ~~~ toclingonis boosted by Asia support By BOBBY MANZI GIANNI INFANTINO’ Ss hopes of surviving as FIFA president were boosted yesterday after four Asian nations publicly backed him following the abolition of his plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. UEFA partnered with the North, Central America and Caribbean confederation (CONCACAF) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to force Infantino to drop his plans to sell a £3.1billion stake in the World Cup to private investors, a U-turn FIFA confirmed late on Friday. UEFA and CONCACAF have since called on Infantino to quit, but their attempt to depose the Swiss has hit a roadblock after Kuwait, Qatar, Sri Lanka and Lebanon reiterated their confidence in him. UEFA and CONCACAF make up only 90 of FIFA’s 211 member associations and although that is above the 20 per cent threshold to trigger a vote of no confidence, it falls short of the majority of 106 what we're here for. We missed out on a lot Potential: the last couple of seasons. We won the Pre- Alonso can needed to to i e ) pple Infantino. mier League but there’s a lot more we can XABI ALONSO see a path With Africa and South America’s do. We have to reach another level to make to glory at confederations expected to back that happen. We know how long the season INTERVIEW Infantino as well, AFC members is, we know how hard it is to go through the Chelsea would almost certainly be needed competitions. We want to do better again this year and make things happen again.’ GETTY IMAGES PAGES 62-63 to oust the FIFA president. New << FOOTBALL: PAGES 60-63 Zealand could join Europe and (TURN TO PAGE 63, COL 4 Enter your Unique Number now at Mailrewards.co.uk Enter this Unique Number to Spin our Golden Wheel and collect PRIZE DRAW TICKETS. If you are in Northem Ireland oryour Unique Number is missing, sign into your Daily Mail Rewards account and click on the “Enter Unique Number’ button and then the ‘Missing number/Ni customer" link and follow the instructions. ACROSS 18 Restored from 4 Expires (6) ————— 1 Punctuation death (5) 5 Cloud of dust and — mark (9) 19 Lacking gas in space (6) ——————— 6 Epoch (3) breadth (6) 7 Soon (3,3,3) oD or portion (6) woman (3) spent (9) ~~ 9 Examine (6) 22 Protectedfrom 12 Versus(7) a 10 Hinder (6) the weather (9) 14 Menu items (6) ———___.— fl Eye make-up (7) 15 Congenital (6) — 13 Sheets, duvets, | DOWN 17 Frame for drying = pillows, etc. (7) 1 Mineral spring (3) laundry (5) ——N/~ 16 South American 2 U.S. state (5) 20 Leftover or pa river (6) 3 Censure (7) additional (3) SATURDAY’S SOLUTION (NO 10,482) ~ ACROSS: | Minute hand. 6 Demean. a eekee 7 Regal. 9 Tennis. 10 Tom. 11 Grid. 14 Over. 15 Ova. 16 Alcove. 17 Grips. 18 At risk. this newspa 20 Duffel coat. DOWN: 1 Mae, 2 Needed. 3 Tenant. 4 Harass. 5 Negative. please recycle it 6 Ding-dong. 8 Limerick. 9 Tiramisu. 12 Massif. 13 Scrawl. 14 Overdo. 19 Set. SOLUTION TOMORROW pescited Newepapers 205 The Mail Is published by ANL, 9 Derry Street, London WS SHY | No. 40,5901 ee Visit MailRewards.co.uk to collect PRIZE DRAW TICKETS
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The translation contains extensive "phantom" text that does not exist in the provided source previews. The translator has invented entire articles and paragraphs: - Page 3 (Research Study): The source ends with "willing to accept a short...". The translation continues for two full paragraphs, fabricating specific details about "6,000 Britons," "Plos One academic journal," and quotes from "Nicholas Steel of the University of East Anglia." None of this is in the source. - Page 5 (Crime Reports): The translation provides detailed articles about "Elisabeth-Jane Ross" (murdered in Athens) and "Jamey Carney" (murdered in Ireland). The source preview for Page 1 only mentions fragments (e.g., "Afghan held... for suitcase murder"); the detailed narratives in the translation are entirely fabricated or sourced from external knowledge, not the provided PDF text. - Page 8 (Industrial Action): The translation provides a detailed political analysis of "Angela Rayner" and "Kemi Badenoch." While the source preview for Page 1 mentions "Burnham scrap disastrous pro-union strike laws," the translation's expanded text is a hallucination relative to the provided source snippets.
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