公共交通 的注意事项 以及 绝对禁忌 生活与艺术
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安迪·伯纳姆采取重大干预措施，强奸犯、儿童性虐待者和诱拐者将被排除在旨在缓解监狱严重过度拥挤的提前释放计划之外。 首相将把原计划在英格兰和威尔士范围内数千名囚犯的提前释放日期推迟一个月至 10 月。但他仍将允许家庭虐待者和杀人犯获释，包括因导致警察 Andrew Harper 死亡而入狱的两名男子。
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消防员在希腊西阿提卡扑灭一场大火，此时欧洲正饱受酷热之苦。来自整个大陆的农民昨日警告称，粮食产量将下降且成本上升。新闻见第 6 页 希腊大火蔓延，整个大陆等待降雨
一名监管机构和一家压力团体警告称，这一决定将使女性和女孩的生命处于“危险”之中，并“辜负”了警员。 伯纳姆今天的举动是在基尔·斯塔默暂停其计划后做出的。该计划原定于 9 月提前释放最多 6,000 名罪犯，而官方预测监狱将在 11 月满员。 伯纳姆在进入 No 10 的第二周暂停了该计划，此前他承受了来自国会议员、受害者、活动人士和监狱官员的巨大压力，要求停止提前释放严重的性犯罪和暴力犯罪者。 伯纳姆在一份声明中表示： “我要求对囚犯释放计划进行紧急审查。我完全理解由此引起的愤怒、焦虑和痛苦。我已经清晰地听到了这些声音。这就是为什么我们正在做出重大调整：被判处强奸罪、严重儿童性犯罪和其他诱拐罪的罪犯将被排除在这些变更之外。” 英国司法部拒绝公布因伯纳姆的干预而不再被释放的囚犯人数。 该部门还拒绝说明其内部模型预测监狱何时将再次满员，以及是否已有进一步的提前释放计划。 家庭虐待专员 Dame Nicole Jacobs 表示，将虐待伴侣的人排除在外的决定是“错误的”，并且“使受害者的生命处于危险之中”。 她表示：“正如我上周刚告诉大法官的那样，2
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加害者给受害者带来的危险不应被低估。这些人执着于其受害者，且会不择手段地进行控制并造成伤害。 “旨在确保家庭暴力受害者安全的措施似乎仍然被视为事后才考虑的次要问题。” 伦敦受害者专员安德里亚·西蒙（Andrea Simon）表示：“这将令许多对自身安全深感担忧的虐待幸存者感到惊恐，尤其是在实施更严格的社区监管面临现实挑战的情况下。” 受害者团体此前反对根据《量刑法》（Sentencing Act）从 9 月起提前释放 6,000 人的提议。PC 哈珀（PC Harper）的母亲黛比·阿德拉姆（Debbie Adlam）上个月表示，拟议名单中包括了杀死她儿子的两名凶手——杰西·科尔（Jessie Cole）和阿尔伯特（Albert）
Michael Savage 媒体编辑
记者兼播报员罗德·利德尔（Rod Liddle）在短时间患病后去世，享年 66 岁。他是《星期日泰晤士报》和《太阳报》的著名专栏作家。
利德尔以其挑衅性的风格而闻名，这让他同时赢得了赞誉与批评。他曾为《旁观者》杂志撰稿，在职业生涯早期曾担任英国广播公司第四电台（BBC Radio 4）《Today》节目的编辑。他在 20 世纪 80 年代曾担任工党（Labour）的演说撰稿人，但后期的文章经常对左翼进行评述和批评。
前《星期日泰晤士报》编辑 Andrew Bowers、Andrew Neil、皮尔斯·摩根（Piers Morgan）以及《Today》节目主持人 Justin Webb 纷纷对他表示悼念，后者称赞利德尔才华横溢、善良且风趣。
前《太阳报》编辑 David Yelland 表示，利德尔“蜕变成了一位才华横溢的作家，虽然我极少能与他达成一致，但我总是第一时间关注他的文字”。他说：“正因为他如此有才，他才能够在许多场合表现得如此糟糕，并写出如此（不得不说）令人厌恶的内容。而他深知这一点，这就是他的本质。”
利德尔于周日晚上在米德尔兹伯勒（Middlesbrough）的詹姆斯·库克大学医院（James Cook university hospital）去世。他的子女 Wilder、Tyler 和 Emmy 表示：“对于我们优秀的父亲的突然离世，我们感到非常悲痛和震惊。”
“他抚养我们的方式正如你们所想象的那样，让我们保持好奇心、勇敢且总是幽默。即使在过去几周住院期间，他依然掌控着全场，从未显露出糟糕的处境。”
“他留下了一份让我们所有人都无比自豪的遗产，他将永远是指引我们如何过非凡生活的向导。”
利德尔并不陌生于争议。2010 年，他成为首位被新闻监管机构谴责的博主。
对她的家人来说，这又是“另一次打击”。
被判处 4 年或以上长期监禁的囚犯将有资格在刑期的半点获得释放，而不是像之前那样在三分之二点获得释放。
这些变更将分阶段实施，首先从被判处 575 天以下刑期的囚徒开始，到明年 6 月，被判处 12 年或以上监禁的囚徒将有资格提前获释。
政府表示，在听取了受害者的担忧后，强奸犯和儿童性侵犯罪者将不适用此次量刑变更。对于某些性犯罪或暴力犯罪，如果自动释放阶段设定在三分之二点，只要囚犯没有严重违反监狱规定，他们将有资格在半点获得释放。这
适用于 Bowers 和 Cole，他们是哈珀（Harper）的两名杀手，于 2020 年因过失杀人被判处 13 年监禁。
主犯 Henry Long 将不会适用提前释放。
警察联合会全国主席 Tif Lynch 表示：“为了防止监狱系统崩溃而允许那些剥夺警员生命的人提前获释，将严重冒风险地削弱不仅是公共安全，还有公众信心，给丧亲家庭带来真正的痛苦，并就我们对保护者所赋予的价值发送了完全错误的信号。政府必须紧急重新考虑这一决定。”
英国司法部（MoJ）还宣布了一项 1000 万英镑m 的受害者支持方案，并表示新任司法大臣 Alex Norris 将考虑审查“过时的”公共保护监禁刑期。
伯纳姆（Burnham）表示，其他的社区
将采取措施保护犯罪受害者，包括更严格的监管期和针对罪犯的限制区域。 “我想做得更彻底，因为我知道人们对于其他罪犯减刑仍有顾虑，”他说。“但如果不这么做，监狱系统将达到上限并崩溃，这将使公共安全面临更大的风险。” 在此公告之前，英国司法部和 No 10 就如何在平息公众愤怒的同时确保刑事司法系统不陷入瘫痪进行了数日的争论。工党将过度拥挤的危机归咎于保守党。 在安迪·伯纳姆的公告后，影子司法大臣尼克·蒂莫西（Nick Timothy）表示：“工党强迫议员投票决定让强奸犯、儿童色情狂和诱拐团伙成员提前出狱。现在他们承认，保守党阻止这一行为的运动是正确的——这是受害者的胜利。” “但他们的转向还不够彻底。一些儿童性犯罪者和杀手，例如那些导致 PC Harper 死亡的凶手，仍将被提前释放。而且，受害者被告知其虐待者可能会被释放所带来的创伤是无法消除的。”
罗德·利德尔在 2015. 年。他在 20 世纪 80 年代曾担任工党的演说撰稿人，但后来对左翼持批评态度。
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投诉委员会，因为他在《旁观者》杂志的一篇文章中错误地指出，伦敦“绝大多数”的暴力犯罪是由年轻的非裔加勒比男性实施的。 利德尔在 2002. 年离开《今日》报社主编一职。当时有报道称，他的离职是因为与当时英国广播公司（BBC）的总干事格雷格·戴克（Greg Dyke）在关于他为《卫报》撰写的一篇定期专栏上产生了分歧。 他还主持了一个关于不忠的节目，认为男性在基因上就被设定为不忠。他的前妻曾在系列报纸特稿中写过关于他出轨的事情。 出版《星期日泰晤士报》和《太阳报》的 News UK 首席执行官丽贝卡·布鲁克斯（Rebekah Brooks）表示，公司里的每个人在得知他突然去世的消息后都感到“深切的震惊和悲痛”。 “罗德是一个不可复制的新闻力量，才华横溢，极具挑衅性，他敏锐的机智和绝不妥协的声音在几十年的时间里点缀着我们的版面和广播波段，”她说。“他挑战传统思维，在英国新闻业留下了不可磨灭的印记。” 《星期日泰晤士报》编辑本·泰勒（Ben Taylor）表示：“罗德·利德尔在文字运用上有绝佳的天赋，他利用其独特才华为读者发声，揭露困扰现代生活的伪善与荒诞。他也非常幽默，多年来他的专栏是许多人每周日首先阅读的内容。我们将深深地思念他。” 《太阳报》总编辑维多利亚·纽顿（Victoria Newton）表示：“作为一名新闻自由的捍卫者，没有他不能触及的话题，他的文字——既幽默又刻薄——简直是卓越的。他是政治阶层脆弱性的绝佳观察者，人们将记住他极其敏锐的机智和巨大的才智。”
加利亚诺在爆发事件 15 年后将获回顾展
Chloe Mac Donnell
备受争议的设计师约翰·加利亚诺（John Galliano）将于明年五月在纽约大都会艺术博物馆的服装学院举办回顾展。加利亚诺被广泛认为是过去四十年中最具影响力的设计师之一，他在 2011 年被拍到发表一系列种族主义和反犹太主义言论后，被逐出该行业。
他被解除了担任 15 年的迪奥（Dior）创意总监一职，遭到媒体谴责，随后被法国法院罚款。当时人们质疑这位英国设计师是否还能在时尚界获得救赎。
大都会博物馆决定通过一场重量级展览来聚焦加利亚诺——这是该馆第三次为在世设计师举办个人展——这表明他已获得了行业的宽恕。该展览将由一年一度的大都会艺术博物馆慈善舞会（Met Gala）盛事拉开帷幕。
《众神与君王：亚历山大·麦昆与约翰·加利亚诺的兴衰》（Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano）一书的作者达娜·托马斯（Dana Thomas）表示：“时尚界健忘，而且对恶劣行为的宽容度惊人。”
但平台 1 Granary 的创始人兼总编辑奥莉亚·库里舒克（Olya Kuryshchuk）则认为，看到一位在世的设计师受到推崇，而非典型的专题展，令人感到“耳目一新”。她说：“很少有设计师能像约翰·加利亚诺那样在时尚界留下如此深远的印记。他从根本上改变了时尚……”
Laurence Phelan
喜剧超级大片《芭比》（Barbie）在票房上估计获得了 $1.5bn (£1.1bn)，获得了八项奥斯卡奖提名，并与传记片《奥本海默》（Oppenheimer）共同主导了 2023 年夏季的文化趋势。
拍摄续集似乎已成定局。然而，
▼ 安娜·温图尔（Anna Wintour）今年早些时候与约翰·加利亚诺（John Galliano）出席一场迪奥（Dior）活动。她支持此次回顾展。
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《芭比》（Barbie）不仅是 2023 年最热门的电影，也是有史以来票房最高的真人喜剧电影，且在历史电影票房排名中位列第 18 位，同时也是华纳兄弟公司（Warner Bros）表现最好的电影。然而，该制片厂与格尔维格（Gerwig）仅签署了一部电影的合约，且并未要求主演们承诺出演任何续集。
“我们在创作时并没有把它设定为三部曲之类的……我们将所有心血都投入到了这一部中，”罗比（Robbie）当时告诉美联社（Associated Press）。但格尔维格以及她的写作搭档兼丈夫诺亚·鲍姆巴赫（Noah Baumbach）现在表示，他们确实对续集有一个构思，并且如果条款能够达成一致，他们已准备好开始写作。
据《纽约时报》（New York Times）报道，《芭比 2》的开发因薪酬谈判而陷入停滞，导致整个项目陷入危险。第一部电影的主演玛格特·罗比（Margot Robbie）和瑞安·高斯林（Ryan Gosling），以及导演兼联合编剧格蕾塔·格尔维格（Greta Gerwig），尚未就条款达成一致。
高斯林因饰演芭比的男友肯（Ken）而获得奥斯卡最佳男配角提名，据报道，他要求支付 $20m（1480 万英镑m）才能回归该角色。
罗比、高斯林和格尔维格均由人才经纪公司 CAA 代表。
如果华纳兄弟在 12 月前无法与这三人全部达成协议，《芭比》的电影版权将回归到生产该玩偶的玩具公司美泰（Mattel）手中。
该电影制片厂的联席主席帕姆·阿比（Pam Abdy）和迈克尔·德·卢卡（Michael De Luca）在声明中表示：“我们已经与美泰达成了版权协议，并提出了一系列巨额报价，试图敲定协议以拍摄下一部《芭比》电影。遗憾的是，到目前为止我们仍未能达成一致。”
如果版权回归美泰且其希望与另一家制片厂合作拍摄另一部《芭比》电影，它将无法使用第一部电影中的任何原版故事情节，且罗比、高斯林和格尔维格将无法参与。
▼ 凯特·莫丝（Kate Moss）在加利亚诺 1994 年巴黎突破性秀场上饰演一名逃婚新娘（左下）。下方是一位模特在 2015 年巴黎为 Maison Margiela 呈现的一件他的作品。
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传达情感、幻想和叙事，并影响了数代设计师。”
托马斯（Thomas）将加利亚诺描述为“努力争取行业的原谅”。 2024 年的一部纪录片深入探讨了这次救赎，设计师在片中回忆了他如何花费时间进行酒精成瘾康复治疗，并会见了著名的犹太领袖以寻求原谅。
在爆发言论后的三年内，加利亚诺被任命为 Maison Margiela 的创意总监，他在该职位上任职十年。
自此，他重新融入行业的步伐进一步加快。 1 月，他坐在乔纳森·安德森（Jonathan Anderson）为迪奥（Dior）举办的首秀前排。 3 月，有消息宣布加利亚诺将与 Zara 展开一项为期“两年的创意合作伙伴关系”，设计一系列系列，其中首个系列将于 9 月上市。
据《纽约时报》报道，大都会博物馆（the Met）在过去一年中与犹太领袖举行了多次会议，讨论此次活动。
5 月，服装学院（Costume Institute）首席策展人安德鲁·博尔顿（Andrew Bolton）、《Vogue》全球编辑总监兼大都会博物馆信托员安娜·温图尔（Anna Wintour）与加利亚诺一起，会见了“少数最具影响力的拉比和犹太社区领袖”。
“纽约市的犹太领袖”参加一场闭门会议。
根据一份新闻稿，这次展览分为三个部分，“将探讨从根本上改变其职业生涯的贬低性行为。在此过程中，展览将思考如何将艺术成就与伦理责任结合起来理解。”
自 Galliano 1984 年在中央圣马丁学院展示其具有里程碑意义的毕业系列以来，Wintour 一直在个人层面支持他。她帮助他为自己的系列作品争取资金支持，其中包括他在巴黎举办的突破性 94 年春夏秀，当时凯特·莫丝扮演一名逃婚新娘。知情人士透露，原计划于 2024 年举办展览，但在部分董事会成员表达担忧后被推迟。
Wintour 在 Vogue.com 上写道：“没有人比约翰·加利亚诺（John Galliano）更配得上这样规模的展览。”
“他是一位伟大的设计师，他的职业生涯并非由某个时刻定义——那是他将在余生中面对的事情。这次展览不会回避约翰过去中的任何阴暗面。那是塑造他的原因之一。展览将涵盖他职业生涯的完整弧线，并面对这一切。”
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Ashifa Kassam 马德里 Okba Mohammad 塞乌塔 Lisa O’Carroll
越来越多的人指责摩洛哥助长了塞乌塔的危机，该西班牙领地的领导人将上周的跨境事件描述为对西班牙领土完整性的攻击，认为这“即便不是由摩洛哥策划，至少也是由摩洛哥鼓励或允许的”。西班牙官员昨天表示，估计有 69,500 人于上周晚些时候抵达北非的西班牙微小领地塞乌塔，其中大部分已在近日返回摩洛哥。据信仍有约 2,500 名跨境人员留在塞乌塔。这次异常的涌入使这座拥有 84,000 人的城市不堪重负，并在欧盟范围内引发政治危机，因为部分成员国将责任归咎于西班牙。在塞乌塔，领导人们指出了事件背后的更宏大背景。“这是一场暴行，”该领地长期执政的保守派领导人胡安·赫苏斯·比瓦斯（Juan Jesús Vivas）说道。“停尸房里有 88 具尸体，边境另一侧还有更多。”他表示，当地民众在观看这一事件演变时，心情复杂，充满了悲伤、担忧和痛苦。“人们并不认为这是一次移民危机；它本质上是一次攻击，是对西班牙领土完整性的侵犯，”比瓦斯告诉《国家报》（El País）。“人们觉得，这件事即便不是策划的，至少也是摩洛哥鼓励或允许的。”他将此次事件与 2021 年 5 月的情况进行了类比，当时拉巴特放宽了边境管控，导致 10,000 人在两天内进入塞乌塔，而当时马德里决定允许一名西撒哈拉独立领导人在西班牙接受新冠肺炎治疗，引发了外交僵局。这一次，分析人士认为，西班牙近期与拉巴特的死敌阿尔及利亚关系回暖，可能触发了摩洛哥的反应。
西班牙国防部长玛格丽塔·罗布莱斯（Margarita Robles）昨天似乎也暗示了拉巴特的参与。“面对这场悲剧，西班牙和摩洛哥都不能视而不见，”她告诉记者。“我要求摩洛哥政府对此事进行全面调查。”
这一暗示似乎得到了西班牙情报部门初步评估的支持。该评估提到，尽管怀疑这次涌入并非由摩洛哥当局策划，但结论认为摩洛哥未能阻止涌向边境的人潮，且在某些情况下甚至为他们提供了便利。
情报人士告诉《国家报》，此次涌入的根源可能在于社交媒体上的一个谣言，该谣言出现在西班牙最高法院裁定通过海路抵达的移民不能被立即遣返之后。随着谣言传播，摩洛哥的边境监控降至最低，直到上周被完全取消，导致数万人涌入。
在塞乌塔，昨天仍有数百人露宿在海滩或塞乌塔的清真寺附近。一名当地官员告诉记者，留在市内的民众中包括 862 名无人陪伴的未成年人。
28 岁的阿什拉夫（Ashraf）表示，在看到社交媒体上称边境已经开放的帖子后，他不顾母亲的警告潜入西班牙。虽然他抵达了塞乌塔，但随后的几天成了折磨，他在挣扎着寻找食物和住所的同时，不得不努力排遣心中的惨痛回忆。
“你可能看到我微微一笑，但内心早已破碎，”这位摩洛哥国民在回忆起为了抵达塞乌塔而游过尸体时的情景时说道。
“海里有那么多人。每个人都试图抓住你以自救，而你则试图逃离并向前移动，以免被他们拽下去或淹死。摩洛哥警察把我们推向水中，并告诉我们：‘游泳，快游。’”
其他人则在绝望地寻找失踪的亲人。一名母亲说，她已经在休塔（Ceuta）的街道上徘徊了数日，疯狂地寻找她 13 和 16 岁孩子的任何踪迹。
她是独自离开摩洛哥的，后来才发现她的两个孩子为了绕过边界，通过跳入海中的方式跟随她而来。
“我需要帮助，”她一边说，一边举起一张照片，照片上是一个微笑着的小男孩在比大拇指。 “一些移民告诉我他们在休塔见过他们，但我找不到他们。”
在整个欧盟，休塔危机似乎带来了一个清算时刻，因为少数几个欧盟国家在应对此次危机时，呼吁暂停西班牙在申根自由通行区的资格。意大利表示，尽管休塔不属于申根区，但它已暂停与西班牙为期一个月且无需护照的申根旅行安排。
在今天内政部长们为应对此次危机而召开的紧急视频会议之前，西班牙外交部长表示，在几个成员国的表现（在他看来）“未达到”预期之后，西班牙将要求欧盟成员国展现团结。
“这是一次同步的反应性国际行动，它迅速放大了正在发生的事情，散布关于申根区完整性以及西班牙行动的谎言和假新闻，”何塞·曼努埃尔·阿尔巴雷斯（José Manuel Albares）告诉 TVE 电视台。“不幸的是，这些谎言甚至被一些欧洲政府所放大。”
他说，在休塔发生的事情“非常异常”。他补充道：“西班牙目前在地中海路线上的非法入境人数最低”，而意大利则是“欧洲非法入境人数最高的国家”。
他说，在整个危机期间，他一直与摩洛哥当局保持联系。“他们从一开始就表现出动员警力以帮助遏制移民潮的意愿。”
欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩（Ursula von der Leyen）在给西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯（Pedro Sánchez）的信中表示，今天的会议将是一个从休塔事件中汲取教训的机会，并称赞马德里方面迅速处理了此次危机。她说：“从这次事件中可以清楚地看到，我们必须采取更多措施，进一步加强关键节点的边境管控。”
在周六的一次成员国会议上，《卫报》获悉，虽然意大利和丹麦（在波兰和瑞典的部分支持下）批评了西班牙所发生的事件，但人们强烈怀疑这次危机并非偶然，而是经过协调的。
一名消息人士表示，人们广泛认识到，考虑到遣返入境者以及长期移民控制与安全所需的密切合作，西班牙不能简单地将责任推给摩洛哥。
该消息人士补充说，欧盟国家还谈到了俄罗斯虚假信息的威胁，以及它如何利用此次危机来加剧整个欧盟内部的紧张局势。
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一份报告显示，在英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）工作的放射技师经历了患者种族主义虐待的“显著”增长，部分患者称他们为“猴子”，并拒绝接受黑人和亚裔工作人员的治疗。一项针对放射技师学会 381 名成员的调查揭示了在过去 18 个月中，NHS 各地的放射技师所经历和目睹的公开种族主义实例。
这些实例中的一些例子包括：工作人员被称作“肮脏的外国人”，患者抱怨为他们提供服务的医护人员的肤色，以及患者在工作人员面前发表关于“人们来到这里并抢走我们的工作”的言论。
一名患者开了一些玩笑……
在爱丁堡的卡尔顿山上，《火鸟之舞》（Tale of the Firebird）的表演者们在演出前进行热身。他们的边缘剧场演出名为《小提琴、火与杂技管弦乐》（Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic Orchestra），这是一部对小提琴协奏曲的重新构思，将肢体剧场、杂技、空中艺术、火舞表演和现代舞结合在一起。 摄影： LESLEY MARTIN
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一名放射技师的头巾，并抱怨无法理解她（她带着轻微的约克郡口音）。另一名准备接受 X 光检查的患者拒绝让一名黑人放射技师为其治疗，并表示：“黑人让我害怕。”
NHS 种族与健康观察站（NHS Race and Health Observatory）首席执行官 Habib Naqvi 教授表示，这些事例是“一个冷峻的提醒，揭示了我们社会中依然存在的种族主义、偏见和仇恨，以及它们对医疗保健工作人员及其服务社区所产生的深远影响。”
“这在我们多样化的员工队伍中制造了真实的恐惧、创伤和焦虑，而他们仍在患者生命中最脆弱的时刻，提供勤勉且充满同情心的护理。”
Naqvi 补充道：“如果没有来自世界各地医疗工作者的技能、奉献和同情心，NHS 将无法运作。我们强烈谴责这些报道中的种族主义事件，在整个 NHS 内部必须采取明确且一致执行的零容忍方案，包括在患者表现出种族主义或其他不可接受行为的情况下。”
保罗·阿瓦（Paul Awah）是一名 39 岁的放射技师，在贝德福德郡工作，5 年前从尼日利亚移居英国。他经常遇到患者声称无法理解他在说什么，尽管英语是他的第一语言。
“有时，无论你对某个特定患者——一名白人患者——说话多么清晰，无论该患者是否患病，他们就是假装听不懂，”阿瓦说。“他们似乎能听懂带有爱尔兰或苏格兰口音的人说话，但他们声称听不懂我，即使我说话很清晰。有些患者还认为我们没有资质。有一次我给一名患者留了静脉导管，他们问我：‘为什么不能让你同事来做？’”
对于阿瓦来说，当前的政治气候和极右翼关于移民的言论，在 NHS 员工经历的种族主义事件上升中起到了推波助澜的作用。“过去人们不会说的话，现在的言论氛围已经改变了，”阿瓦说。
之前的调查揭示了针对 NHS 员工的种族主义程度。
今年 10 月，护理工会透露，员工经历的种族主义事件在三年期间增加了 55%，而最新的 NHS 员工调查发现，每 5 名黑人及少数族裔员工中就有 1 人报告遭到患者或公众的虐待、欺凌或骚扰，而白人员工中仅为 20 分之一。
NHS England 首席人力资源与组织发展官托马斯·西蒙斯（Thomas Simons）表示：“针对 NHS 员工的种族主义虐待完全不可接受，在我们的医疗服务体系中没有立足之地。”
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2019 年从泰特美术馆阳台被抛下的男孩重返校园
其家人表示，一名从泰特现代美术馆（Tate Modern）观景阳台被抛下的男孩在出院后“重新露出了笑容”。这名法国少年（出于隐私原因未透露姓名）在 2019 年 8 月 4 日于伦敦该美术馆遭 17 岁的琼蒂·布雷弗里（Jonty Bravery）袭击而受重伤，当时他 6 岁。这名随父母度假的孩子从 30 米高处坠落并幸存，但遭受了改变生活的创伤，包括脑出血和多处骨折。
距离事件发生近七年，其家人将其称为“notre petit chevalier”（我们的小骑士），并在 GoFundMe 页面更新中报告称，他在暑假前能够短暂地重返学校。他们表示：“我们想让你们知道，我们的小骑士终于离开医院了！他的住院时间尽可能缩短，因为，”
381 受访关于在工作中经历公开种族主义的放射技师协会成员人数
尽管我们每天在身边陪伴和鼓励，但我们的儿子变得深感沮丧，并不断询问何时能回到教室见到朋友们。“在他临近暑假前不久能重返学校，对他来说是一件极其快乐的事；由于课程很好地适应了他的需求和挑战，他能够重新开始学习，与老师和同学的重聚也让他重新露出了笑容。”今年4月，他的家人曾报告称，他的康复进程出现了一次“令人难过的退步”。GoFundMe 页面是由一名来自萨里（Surrey）的护士 Vicky Diplacto 创建的，她的哥哥在一次海外事故中瘫痪。这项众筹计划旨在支付这名法国男孩家庭的医疗费用，目前已筹集了超过 £500,000。该儿童继续接受包括物理治疗、语言治疗和神经心理学在内的强化康复治疗。为了庆祝他结束住院治疗，他的家人将带他体验一次双人滑翔伞飞行以及与朋友一起去海边度假。
Bravery，现年 24 岁，在袭击发生时住在受支持的住宿设施中，但被允许在无人监督的情况下外出。法院后来被告知，他意图选择并杀死某人。Bravery 在案发时 17 岁，他承认企图谋杀罪名，被判处终身监禁，最低刑期为 15 年。
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警示收成不佳及价格上涨
Sarah Butler
欧洲各地的农民正警告称，由于极端高温、干旱和山火导致作物受损，粮食产量将大幅下降，价格将上涨。蔬菜种植者协会 Légumes de France 警告称，数千吨价值数千万欧元的农产品已经损失——包括生菜叶、胡萝卜、韭葱、大蒜和洋葱，由于缺乏雨水，某些作物的产量预计将减半。橄榄林也受到影响，这意味着油价（目前已处于高位）预计将再次开始上涨；同时，法国酷热的天气抑制了包括波尔多和勃艮第在内的葡萄酒产区的葡萄生长。在香槟区，生产者预计将迎来史上最早的收获期，采摘工作可能在 8 月 15 日左右开始，比几十年前的典型时间早了约一个月。据路透社报道，种植者预计葡萄产量将比去年减少约 10%。欧盟已下调了一系列作物的收成预测，其中食用油至关重要的向日葵预期减产 7%。与此同时，谷物玉米比之前的预测下降了 6%，对马铃薯和大豆的预期下调了 3%。在西班牙，农业部预测该国的谷物作物将从去年的 2400 万吨下降到仅 18 左右——且该预测是在山火造成损失之前做出的。尽管该国农民更适应炎热干燥的条件，种植能够耐高温的作物品种，并更多地依赖灌溉和蓄水来应对干旱期。西班牙农业贸易团体 ASAJA 表示，火灾的直接损害波及了果园、葡萄园、农田和温室——影响了柑橘类水果、牛油果、杏仁、葡萄园、蔬菜和橄榄林——而水分压力和极端高温则影响了番茄和玉米的生产。“虽然当地产量的损失...
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英国气象局表示，2026年7月是南英格兰自近200年前开始记录以来最干燥的一个月。 英格兰和威尔士初步记录的也是自1836年开始记录以来最干燥的七月。 威尔士的平均气温创下了有记录以来最高的七月共同纪录，英格兰则创下第二高。这是连续第六个月平均气温高于平均值。 气象局科学经理艾米·多尔蒂博士（Dr Amy Doherty）表示：“破纪录的干燥、异常的温暖以及前所未有的阳光相结合，使其成为了我们历史记录中最显著的夏季月份之一。” 环境署表示，这种情况正影响着农民、野生动物以及公众和企业可使用的水量。上周，英格兰的一半地区和整个威尔士被宣布正式进入干旱状态。在英格兰，40%的人口处于禁止使用软管浇水的限制之下。国家农民联盟警告称，干旱可能会导致英国某些食品短缺。 气象局昨日表示，英格兰七月的降水量仅为6.5mm——仅为该月长期平均值的10%。 威尔士同样经历了有记录以来最干燥的七月，降水量为9.3mm——为其长期平均值的9%。皮帕·尼尔（Pippa Neill）
法国东部贝诺斯特（Beynost）的一根玉米作物灌溉管，用于防止干旱损害
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一名发言人表示，这可能会减少某些产品的出口量，但主要担忧是“生产成本升高”而非国际贸易限制。橄榄油生产商表示，由于种植者在极端高温、干旱以及某些情况下的火灾多重压力下苦苦支撑，他们预计价格将再次飙升。希腊、意大利和葡萄牙的橄榄树林已被焚毁，附近的树木受到飞灰和空气质量低下的影响。极端炎热的天气还导致病虫害增加。全球橄榄油价格在两年前的峰值后有所回落。但英国商店中1升装特级初榨橄榄油的平均价格仍高于£7，且在近几个月已开始再次上涨。土壤公民（Citizens of Soil）橄榄油组织创始人萨拉·瓦尚（Sarah Vachon）表示：“除非天气很快得到控制，否则我们应该预料到秋季价格会上涨，因为可用于制造橄榄油的食用果实将减少。”橄榄油品牌Filippo Berio英国分公司的负责人沃尔特·赞雷（Walter Zanre）表示，欧洲主要橄榄油产区西班牙的温度比欧洲其他地区更接近正常水平，但树木正遭受干旱之苦，这可能导致作物脱落。他表示：“干旱导致的水果损失与提前收获相结合的情况将在未来几周受到密切监测，因为这两个因素都有可能对橄榄油的产量和市场价格产生实质性影响。”英国的收获也受到了干旱的影响，批发商表示他们不得不从西班牙等地采购包括冰山生菜和西兰花在内的关键产品。英国食品进口商Eurostar Commodities的总经理杰森·布尔（Jason Bull）表示：“冬季收获正在迅速推进，并且依然”
在许多国家，这种情况尚在合理范围内，但高温降低了潜在产量，并可能影响谷物质量。“夏季作物面临着来自干旱、土壤水分枯竭以及开花期间高温的更为严重的威胁。灌溉作物的表现通常优于雨养作物，但不断增长的用水需求和可能的灌溉限制带来了额外的风险。”他表示，土耳其是“主要的积极例外”，因为凉爽湿润的春季支撑了创纪录的冬作物产量，同时夏季作物的前景也较为乐观。意大利在生产用于蛋糕和饼干的面粉小麦方面，也正成为“较为积极的故事之一”。欧盟委员会预测，在产量提高的支持下，意大利的产量将增加 10%。罗马尼亚在经历了数年的干旱后，今年也迎来了一个丰收年。
气温创历史新高， 民众被告知 停止户外活动
Mark Saunokonoko
韩国记录了自一个多世纪前开始记录以来的最高气温，当局在周末警告民众在受影响地区“立即”停止所有户外活动。
韩国气象厅 (KMA) 表示，东南部城市梁山在周日下午达到了 42.5C (108.5F)，这是自记录以来报告的最高气温。
19 韩国记录的年平均热浪天数， 在过去五年中翻了一番
42.C 周日阳山的温度， 是韩国自1904年开始 观测以来的最高气温
▲ 行人走在首尔的 喷雾降温系统中。 左图，韩国首都的人们 在桥下寻求遮荫
照片：GREG BAKER / AFP / GETTY; JUNG YEON-JE / AFP / GETTY
现代气象观测始于1904年。 阳山处于热浪中心，周日气温连续第五天超过40C，而包括大邱和釜山在内的许多其他城市的温度在30多度的高位。 人们聚集在空调购物中心或咖啡馆以避暑。其他人则在首尔的喷雾区寻求缓解。 Ju Dong-yeol, 27, 一名办公室职员，与父母一起在韩国首都的一家星巴克避暑，他表示：“外面太热了，什么都做不了。” 他补充道：“除了留在家里、购物中心和咖啡馆等有空调的地方，我想不出还有什么别的可做的。” 距离首尔向东南约150英里的庆州市周日达到了40.3C，为八年来记录的最高气温。 据国家媒体昨日报道，朝鲜也面临着严酷的高温，部分地区气温触及40C。平壤的居民已经忍受了一周每晚温度均不低于25C的情况。周日，韩国20多个地区处于紧急热浪警报状态——这是今年引入的一个预警类别，旨在更好地应对气温上升。当预测热浪影响地区的体感温度达到38C或当日实际温度达到39C时，将发布紧急警报。气象局敦促受影响地区的人们“立即停止所有户外活动”，并补充称“没有空调的室内空间是危险的”。气象局还补充道：“立即移动到凉爽的地方，如指定的避暑中心或遮荫区域，并在休息时保持水分。” 出于对极易受高温影响人群的担忧，总理韩圣淑（Han Seong-sook）要求地方官员加强对居民的安全检查，并确保维持稳定的电力和水供应。 预计昨日东风将把极端高温推向内陆，首尔预计将达到37C。韩国气象局（KMA）表示：“全罗南道和庆尚南道的气温预计将超过39C，带来危及生命的极端高温。” 官员们还在监测台风“海豚”（Typhoon Dolphin），该台风正向中国东南部沿海移动，位于朝鲜半岛以南，可能会决定这场沉闷热浪持续的时间。韩国气象局表示，如果台风向中国东部移动，可能会增加湿度，并潜在地加剧韩国的热浪和热带夜。然而，如果路径更接近半岛南部，可能会带来更强的风、更多的云层覆盖和降雨，从而暂时缓解高温。该气象局的数据显示，年平均热浪天数
该国的热浪天数在过去五年中增加了一倍多，达到了 19 天。热浪天被定义为最高温度至少达到 33°C 的日子。韩国职业棒球联赛在昌原市白天气温升至 39.5°C 后不得不取消一场比赛，这是该市连续第二场被取消的比赛。韩国职棒组织（KBO）表示：“由于昌原地区仍处于严重热浪警告中，我们决定将观众和球员的安全与健康放在首位。”科学家表示，由于人类引起的气候变化，热浪等极端天气事件正变得更加频繁且剧烈。而今年厄尔尼诺现象的回归进一步加剧了极端天气——这是一种自然的气候现象，会提高太平洋海面温度，通常每两到七年发生一次。
罗马尼亚 使用炸药 将多瑙河水 分流至 核电站
洛伦佐·东多 (Lorenzo Tondo)
罗马尼亚海军部队进行了一次受控爆破，以帮助将遭受干旱打击的多瑙河中的关键冷却水重新引导至该国最后一座运行中的核反应堆；与此同时，邻国匈牙利表示，其唯一的原子能电站或许还能勉强维持两天的电力供应。
由于多瑙河水位降至历史最低点，加剧了人们对整个地区能源危机的担忧，匈牙利和罗马尼亚被迫首次关闭由多瑙河水冷却的核反应堆。
由于切尔纳沃德 (Cernavodă) 核电站关闭导致电力生产下降，罗马尼亚已宣布整个 8 月处于紧急状态。
据《真理报》(Adevărul) 报道，这次多瑙河行动使用了 180 公斤炸药来移开一块限制水流的大岩石，爆破产生的水柱直冲云霄。
这一非常规措施凸显了欧洲危机的规模。在欧洲，高温和干旱导致河水位下降，引发了对水供应、河流运输和电力生产的担忧。
罗马尼亚国防部长拉杜·米鲁塔 (Radu Miruță) 昨天表示：“只要核电站能在周三或周四之后继续运行一天，就是一种获益。它运行一天的效率是这次行动成本的三倍。”
专家表示，受控爆破将允许当局修建一座临时大坝，将更多水流分流到为切尔纳沃德剩余反应堆服务的渠道中。
随着两国的唯一核电站容量均有所下降，在热浪增加电力需求的背景下，匈牙利和罗马尼亚越来越依赖昂贵的进口电力。
在匈牙利苏联时代的帕克斯 (Paks) 核电站，输出功率已经降低。这座 44 年电龄的电站通常产生该国近一半的电力，目前运行容量不足 50%。当局此前警告称，他们可能最早在周日就必须关闭帕克斯电站，但随后表示，该电站可以以降低后的容量运行至昨天或今天，这为该国的电力供应提供了短暂的喘息机会。匈牙利总理彼得·马格亚尔 (Péter Magyar) 表示，预计该电站将于下周完全关闭。由于预计多瑙河水位仍将过浅，无法满足反应堆冷却系统的需求，关闭状态可能会持续数周。他在 X 上发帖称：“能源危机情况可能会从周一开始出现。需要采取协调步骤和克制，以避免更严重的后果。我们指望每一个人！”他补充道：“今天，也许明天，最后一台产生 240 兆瓦的涡轮机可以继续工作。这是一个好消息，因为这样可以在电力消费最高的一天避免电站完全关闭。”
马格亚尔此前表示，周日自愿削减用电量使需求减少了 700 MW，显著缓解了电网压力。除其他公司的自愿削减外，制药公司 Richter 昨天表示，将在接下来的三周内将其用电量降低 50% 以上。
在塞尔维亚，多瑙河历史最低的水位意味着该国关键的水电站仅以 20% 的容量运行，促使总理朱罗·马库特 (Đuro Macut) 昨天主持了一次聚焦能源问题的紧急会议。
由于没有显著的降雨预测，预计多瑙河的水位在未来几天甚至几周内都不会上升。这条河流流经 10 个国家。在某些河段，水位已跌至此前从未记录过的水平。该河的
退潮揭示了岩石、沉船、一枚第二次世界大战时期的炸弹以及一头 the woolly mammoth（长毛象）的遗骸。这些史前骨骼是由保加利亚北部里亚霍沃（Ryahovo）村的一名居民在裸露的河床中发现的。来自附近鲁塞（Ruse）市地区历史博物馆的专家已被派去检查这一稀有发现。
虚拟世界 已更新以用于 训练英国士兵
在里加一个阳光明媚的七月天，一支北约车队行驶在一条开满烤肉店和药店的街道上。在市中心的一个十字路口，响起了一声爆炸声，领头的一辆坦克起火了。
这是拉脱维亚首都的一条真实街道：Lāčplēša 街。那些惊慌逃离并在远处聚集的行人是根据里加的人口情况建模的：有些年老，有些年轻，有些对北约友好，有些则不然。
但这一切都是模拟。它是由 Skyral 公司构建的，该公司是一家财团的成员，该财团最近赢得了英国国防部的一份 £2bn 合同，用于培训英国军队。
现代军队在虚拟环境中训练已有数十年之久。2002, 美国陆军推出了一款名为《美国陆军》（America’s Army）的视频游戏，最初在 Windows 上运行，这是一个多人射击场景，旨在模拟战斗情况，但被批评为美国军队的宣传工具。
新一代公司正试图提供不同的产品：对系统或地点进行复杂、分层的建模，以捕捉事件的二阶后果。Skyral 旨在让军队能够重建城市甚至整个国家。
士兵在英格兰南部进行实地训练。未来他们可以在模拟器上训练。 照片：HENRY NICHOLLS
其目的是训练士兵和战术人员了解决策所带来的后果。例如，如果导弹袭击击中了拥挤的城市街道，民众会逃离。但如果该导弹在寒冷的冬日摧毁了一座发电站，同样的人群可能会在不同的区域寻求庇护。
关于像 Skyral 这样的技术能在多大程度上提高士兵训练效果的研究较为有限。广义上讲，游戏是有效的：早期的研究表明，在飞行模拟器上训练过的服役人员在现实世界的场景中表现要好得多。但此类场景模拟现实环境的有效程度，以及它们在多大程度上可迁移至实战，仍存在局限。尽管如此，运行模拟比组织实战演习更容易且更便宜——这就是为什么军队在这些技术上投入数十亿资金的原因。
▲ Aisha Down 参加该技术的实时 VR 演示
▲ Jimmy Cricket 在 ITV 主持自己的节目《And There’s More》
Skyral 提供的理念已经研发一段时间了。但英国将成为首批将该技术深度整合到军队训练中的国家之一。这份合同是在关于英国在国防领域拨款多少，以及这是否足以应对不断变化和增长的威胁的更广泛公众辩论中签署的。
这与士兵玩《使命召唤》（Call of Duty）有什么不同？Skyral 的共同首席执行官 Naomi Hulme 表示，这“可能有点像加强版的《堡垒之夜》（Fortnite）”。
随着时间的推移，该公司构建了一个集成多层信息的平台，以尽可能地建立一个真实城市和真实战场的忠实且可用的模型。
Skyral 将其称为“数字孪生”。这个词最初是指机器（如汽车）的虚拟模型，用于实现预测性维护——例如，通过...
模拟刹车片在五年使用后可能会如何磨损。 但最近这一概念已经扩大，用于指代对现实进行建模的尝试，从而允许军队——以及人道主义救援任务和外科医生——对复杂的决策进行模拟演练。 “它已经变成了一个流行词，”总部位于皇家利明顿温泉（Royal Leamington Spa）的国防与汽车技术公司 Power Size Technologies (PST) 的首席执行官 Wiktor Dotter 说道。该公司正与英国军队以及美国等其他国家合作，开发一套独立的模拟方案。 PST 构建能源系统的虚拟模型——从坦克的电池到沙漠营地的太阳能电池板——并将这些模型提供给军队，以帮助他们决定如何将其设备电动化。Dotter 表示，这些技术在军队中尤为适用，因为在那里的采购成本高昂，且决策具有政治性并耗时较长。 “我们试图告诉国防部（MoD）：‘你们想在沙漠中尝试太阳能电池板？……你们可以直接在模拟中进行……我们有足够的数据来实现这一点。’”
Jimmy Cricket 病逝，享年 80 岁
PA Media
喜剧演员 Jimmy Cricket 在 80, 岁去世前两次请求举行临终仪式，“简直就像是在要求返场演出一样”，其儿子 Frankie Mulgrew 昨日表示。
来自北爱尔兰的单口喜剧演员（原名 James Mulgrew）在经历短时间患病后去世，其家属在一份声明中地如此表示。他的小儿子曾是一名喜剧演员，后成为一名神职人员，他将父亲描述为“像一道光”，并称父亲热爱逗人们开心。
喜剧演员 Ted Robbins 在致敬时引用了 Cricket 的口头禅，他在 X 上写道：“我与他共事过很多次，他是最后一代伟大的喜剧演员之一，风格独特，从不低俗，纯粹幽默。
“我知道他和他的所有家人都有虔诚的基督教信仰，所以也许天使们会说：‘过来吧 Jimmy —— 还有更多精彩等着你！’！”
Cricket 在 16 岁时离开学校，夏天在 Butlin’s 度假村担任红衣接待员（Redcoat）。他在 20 世纪 70 年代和 80 年代活跃于喜剧俱乐部，随后赢得了 LWT 的“寻找之星”（Search for a Star）才艺比赛，并拥有了自己的 ITV 节目《And There’s More》，该节目共播出了四个季度。
Andrew Gregory 健康编辑
研究表明，英格兰境内后来发展为乳腺癌的年轻女性未能被转诊进行早期检测或预防性治疗，因为全科医生（GP）目前使用的指南遗漏了 95% 的患者。
根据剑桥大学和伦敦癌症研究所（ICR）的数据，国家卫生与护理卓越研究所（Nice）用于决定全科医生应将谁转诊进行进一步乳腺癌风险评估和专家护理的标准，未能识别出绝大多数在未来 10 年内将患该病的 50 岁以下女性。
这些发表在《英国癌症杂志》（British Journal of Cancer）上的研究结果，引发了要求审查转诊标准的呼吁。
乳腺癌是全球女性最常见的癌症，约四分之一的
聚光灯下的 “无休止的审视” 而决定淡出
Sian Cain
艾莉安娜·格兰德（Ariana Grande）宣布，在巡演结束后，她计划暂停面向公众的工作，原因是面临“无休止且持续的公众审视”。这位 33 岁的歌手原定于本月在英国演出，目前她将退出即将于伦敦复排的斯蒂芬·桑德海姆（Stephen Sondheim）音乐剧《乔治与公园的星期日》（Sunday in the Park With George）。
格兰德的一名代表告诉《People》杂志：“艾莉安娜在完成‘永恒阳光’（Eternal Sunshine）巡演后将降低曝光度。她期待……在健康且快乐地圆满结束巡演后，从面向公众的工作和露面中获得一个应得的休息，因为这些活动导致了无休止且持续的公众审视。”
“这次巡演对她来说是一次美好的经历。她热爱她的粉丝，并且非常珍惜这次巡演的每一分钟。”
制作公司 Empire Street Productions 表示，该音乐剧新版计划于 2027 年在巴比肯中心（Barbican）首演，格兰德的角色将重新选角。在给 PA Media 的一份声明中，该公司表示：“在收到艾莉安娜·格兰德团队今晚的通知后，我们可以确认她已决定退出《乔治与公园的星期日》。”
“我们知道这绝非一个容易的决定，我们完全理解并支持她。我们祝愿她一切顺利。该剧将……按计划开演，选角将在适当时候公布。”
格兰德的这一宣布是在她发布新曲《Petal》（其最新发布的第八张录音室专辑的同名单曲）的音乐视频几天后做出的，该视频引发了关于她体重减轻和健康状况的猜测。
她的新歌之一《Like I Do》中似乎在讽刺多年来关于她体重的头条新闻：“我有话要说，这让我吃得很饱。”
在 2024 年的一次采访中，当被问及如何应对“必须时刻看起来完美”的压力时，格兰德情绪激动。她形容自己从 16 或 17 岁起就像是“培养皿里的标本”。
“我听过所有这些话。我听过关于我哪里有问题的所有形式的评论。然后你把它修复了，接着又……”
所有病例，且是 50 岁以下女性主要死因之一。尽早识别高风险人群可以为额外的筛查或预防性治疗铺平道路。
但分析表明，目前英格兰全科医生（GP）用于将乳腺癌高风险女性转诊至进一步检查或专科护理的标准，忽略了高达 95% 的 50 岁以下且在 10 年内确诊该病的患者。
专家表示，更早地发现最高风险人群将使医生有更好的机会治疗甚至预防乳腺癌。在英格兰，乳腺癌高风险女性由全科医生转诊进行进一步评估和专科护理。这基于家族病史以及由 Nice 设定的标准。
通过将最新的指南与由剑桥大学开发并由英国癌症研究基金会（Cancer Research UK）资助的新风险评估系统（名为 Boadicea）进行对比，专家在同一年龄组中发现了多出八倍的乳腺癌潜在患者。
研究人员表示，Nice 标准漏掉了高达 95% 的 50 岁以下乳腺癌风险高于平均水平的女性，以及 95% 的在 10 年内确诊该病的女性。
造成这种差距的一个主要原因是，在 10 年内确诊乳腺癌的 50 岁以下女性中，有 73% 没有乳腺癌家族病史，而家族病史正是该关键标准中的核心。
25% / 全球女性癌症病例中乳腺癌所占的比例 :--- 73% / 英格兰 50 岁以下确诊该病但无家族病史的女性比例
Nice 指南。Boadicea 还详细研究了其他因素，如生育史、生活方式和遗传学。
剑桥大学的 Juliet Usher-Smith 博士表示：“我们需要提高识别乳腺癌最高风险女性的能力，以便在有更多治疗甚至预防疾病选择时及早干预。
“目前在全科医疗中使用的 Nice 标准漏掉了高达 95% 的 50 岁以下女性，而这些人随后将发展为乳腺癌。现在是时候重新审视这些标准了。”
ICR 的 Montserrat García-Closas 教授表示：“这将需要一个平衡：Nice 标准更容易实施，但遗漏了很大一部分处于高风险的女性。但包括基因检测在内的全面风险评估将给资源带来沉重负担。
“最终，这将在数据采集的实际资源和成本影响，与风险评估，以及女性分类准确与否所带来的潜在益处和危害之间进行权衡。”
支持该研究的 Breast Cancer Now 首席科学官 Simon Vincent 博士表示，识别高风险女性的新方法可以帮助预防某些乳腺癌，或在治疗更可能成功时更早地发现它们。
“这些发现凸显了 Nice 当前转诊标准的局限性，因此这项研究现在必须作为其家族史指南当前审查的一部分被认真考虑。
“然而，同样重要的是，任何变更都必须伴随对家族史服务所需的投资，这样它们才能在整个 NHS 中得到有效且公平的实施。”
一位 Nice 发言人表示：“Nice 欢迎这项研究的结果，并认可多因素风险模型在未来提高乳腺癌增加风险女性识别度方面的潜力。
“然而，目前的证据尚不足以在此时更改我们现有的家族性乳腺癌指南。Nice 仍致力于审查新证据，并将随着更多关于可行性和临床结果的数据出现而考虑进一步更新。”
因为不同的原因而错误。”她补充道：“很难让自己免受这种噪音的影响。我认为无论你处于什么规模的经历中，这都是一件令人不快的事情。”
她说，关于体重的评论可能是“令人不快”且“糟糕”的。“从你的穿着，到你的身体，到你的脸，到你的一切——人们在对这些进行评论时有一种舒适感，我认为这非常危险。我认为这对所有相关方都是危险的。”
Grande 在 11 月再次将这段采访发布在她的社交媒体上，“作为对所有人的一个温馨提醒”。Eternal Sunshine 巡演将于本月抵达英国，在 O2 体育馆进行为期 10 晚的驻演。她在 9 月 1 日的最后一场伦敦演出将标志着此次巡演的结束。
Grande 在她的音乐生涯中赢得了三项格莱美奖，她的事业在 2013 年发行首张专辑《Yours Truly》后起飞。她通过在尼克频道（Nickelodeon）电视剧《Victorious》和《Sam & Cat》中饰演 Cat Valentine 而成名。她还因在 2024 年电影改编版《Wicked》中饰演 Glinda 而获得奥斯卡奖提名。
Ariana Grande 在她的 Eternal Sunshine 巡演开始时于洛杉矶表演
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泰斯副党魁 面临监管机构 调查
Aletha Adu 政治记者
英国改革党 (Reform UK) 副党魁理查德·泰斯 (Richard Tice) 正因涉嫌未能申报相关利益而接受议会标准监管机构的调查。该机构表示，此案于 28 July 立案，将由议会标准专员丹尼尔·格林伯格 (Daniel Greenberg) 负责办理。根据程序，在发布最终结论之前，该机构不会公布被调查指控的详情。波士顿和斯基格内斯选区的国会议员泰斯在 X 上表示，此次调查与一项投诉有关，内容是“在关于英国民主和以色列影响的辩论开始时，我是否应当提及我的利益登记表”。他没有点名所指的团体，但在 X 上写道：“与媒体上的垃圾报道相反：标准专员正在考虑一个反犹太主义、反以色列游说团体的投诉，内容是关于我在英国民主和以色列影响的辩论开始时是否应当提及我的利益登记表。”一名工党 (Labour party) 发言人表示：“英国改革党的丑闻在持续堆积。理查德·泰斯现在正接受标准专员的调查，此外他的公司还避缴了 £600,000 的税款。” “这意味着英国改革党的党魁和副党魁现在都面临标准调查。加上警察的调查、奈杰尔·法拉奇 (Nigel Farage) 秘密接收的 500 万英镑m 礼金，以及关于资金来自一名被定罪欺诈者的报道，很明显英国改革党认为规则对他们不适用。”伦敦警察厅也在调查英国改革党通过一家由泰斯控制的公司向该党捐款的行为。在《卫报》上个月披露菲奥娜·科特雷尔 (Fiona Cottrell) 在捐款前不久向 Britain Means Business 转账 100 万英镑m，且约一半资金被转交给英国改革党后，伦敦警察厅启动了此次调查。上周，议会标准监管机构拒绝调查一项针对泰斯的投诉，该投诉涉及他在 2024, 12 月（当选议员数月后）收到的一笔未申报的 £78,100 贷款。泰斯曾表示，该贷款是发放给他旗下的一家公司的，因此无需申报。
在关于 英国民主和以色列影响的辩论开始时 提及利益登记表”。 法拉奇——去年夏天通过 一系列关于移民的干预措施 主导了大部分媒体周期—— 试图在昨天通过一场关于 该党利用皇家海军在英吉利海峡 部署提案的新闻发布会来重塑 叙事。但遗憾的是，他再次 被迫回答多个关于该党 财务状况的问题。 他表示：“我原本并不打算 重返政坛，或担任改革党党魁， 但在那年的春天，我确实与 理查德·泰斯讨论过，如果…… 我回到那个职位，会有什么样的 责任。” 《星期日泰晤士报》 (The Sunday Times) 报道称， 法拉奇在 2024 , 3 月和 4 月 协商达成了这项协议，据称 涉及英国改革党同意偿还或 免除泰斯公司 100 万英镑m 以上的贷款。 “如果你……会像个傻瓜”
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在 15 个月内——且他在公众中的支持率处于回归该职位以来的最低点。 与此同时，昨日还发生了以下事件： • 海军高级官员和法国当局驳回了英国改革党关于使用军舰拦截小型船只穿越英吉利海峡的提议，称该提议“缺乏实质内容”，且等同于“违反海事法和国际法”。 • 法拉奇继续面临来自鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）的“恢复党”（Restore party）的挑战，洛指责他在两人就合作邀请进行的信息交换中撒谎。 • 议会标准监督机构对英国改革党副党魁理查德·泰斯启动了调查，调查重点在于他所说的“我是否应该提及我的登记情况”。
法拉奇表示：“如果你在进入一项工作时没有弄清楚潜在的债务情况，而这些债务又是巨大的，那么这种情况就很有问题。对我来说，知道这一点很有用，但这并不是一项交易。这不是一份协议。它是以我回归为前提的。如果你想就此寻求澄清，这件事发生在赠款一段时间之后，这也许才是关键点。”
工党主席布里奇特·菲利普森（Bridget Phillipson）表示：“奈杰尔·法拉奇在解释为何他从一名加密货币亿万富翁那里收到的秘密 500 万英镑m ‘赠款’无需申报时，留下了一个巨大的漏洞。” “法拉奇拼命试图转移人们对他一系列丑闻的注意力。 But 这位陷入困境的改革党领导人已走投无路，必须向公众坦白。如果他没有做错任何事，他现在肯定已经解释清楚了。” “通过肮脏的协议、警方调查以及来自一名已定罪诈骗犯的支持——改革党已深陷贪腐丑闻，而且他们显然认为规则不适用于他们。”
随后在同一场改革党活动中，当被问及 2024 年何时开始考虑回归一线政治时，法拉奇表示他“数月来一直被许多不同的人欺负和霸凌”。 他声称，自己在选择去美国还是留在英国之间处于“60 / 40”的倾向，当时他在 GB News 担任报道美国政治的主持人，那里可能有一个令人兴奋的时期在等待着他。
自从其财务状况受到审查以来，法拉奇举行的新闻发布会次数大幅减少。与以往不同，英国改革党在新闻发布会上限制了媒体机构的提问数量，而法拉奇此前总是大方地接受所有媒体的提问。
在所有主流政党均拒绝参选后，人们普遍预计英国改革党领导人将在下周的克拉克顿补选中获胜。昨日一项来自 Survation 的民调显示，法拉奇的支持率为 75%，而其最接近的竞争者——Binface 伯爵（Count Binface）为 20%。预计投票率将较低。
然而，在该埃塞克斯郡选区的胜利将触发下议院标准专员重启的两项调查：一项是关于 Harborne 给予法拉奇的 500 万英镑m，另一项是关于来自 Cottrell 的未披露利益。 其他政党已表示，如果针对法拉奇的调查结果触发了另一次补选，他们打算在今年晚些时候参加克拉克顿的选举。
自《卫报》在 4 月首次披露这笔 500 万英镑m 的赠款以来，法拉奇给出了多种解释。5 月他称这是对他支持脱欧活动的“奖励”，而此前他曾说这笔赠款是出于安全目的，为了让他余生能够“安全无忧”。这笔资金凸显了 Harborne 在英国政治中扮演的关键角色——在过去七年里，他不仅在个人层面上资助法拉奇，还资助了法拉奇领导的政党。去年，他向英国改革党捐赠了 900 万英镑m——这是目前为止任何在世人士向英国政党提供的最大单笔捐款。
▲ 奈杰尔·法拉奇此前声称，由于当时他不在政界，因此无需披露 500 万英镑m 的赠款
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极右翼阵营内的 冷遇与轻视
本·奎恩 (Ben Quinn) 政治记者
即便按照他们之间竞争关系的标准来看，鲁珀特·洛夫 (Rupert Lowe) 向奈杰尔·法拉奇 (Nigel Farage) 伸出的橄榄枝转化为两人之间新一轮相互指责的速度之快，依然令人惊叹。这一切始于“恢复英国党”(Restore Britain) 领导人周日发布的一段光线柔和的 12 分钟视频。他在视频中直视镜头，称呼“奈杰尔”，并暗示他的政党愿意抛开分歧，与英国改革党 (Reform UK) 合作。
尽管洛夫在 2025 年 3 月被英国改革党除名，并随后成立了自己的政党以分食法拉奇的选票，但洛夫表示，两人应为了“国家利益”而“将个人性格和过去的分歧搁置一边”。
但法拉奇似乎并未心动。在昨天的新闻发布会上，他实际上指责洛夫缺乏诚意，并公开质疑这一“提议”的具体情况，同时指责这位前同事在党内时曾对同事进行“尖叫”和“威胁”。
“堡垒行动” 英国改革党的移民计划可行吗？
在英国改革党所谓的“堡垒行动”下，移民将被拘留并提供食物和水，随后在“护送”下由海军舰艇遣返回法国或比利时。但怀疑者质疑该计划是否可行。
皇家海军会被要求做什么？ 英国改革党的政策文件指出，将由离岸巡逻舰 (OPVs) 舰队，而非边境局 (Border Force) 的五艘快艇和六艘巡逻船，在英吉利海峡中“截击并跟踪”橡皮艇。目前英国周边部署了三艘 OPV，每艘长近 80 米 (262英尺)，尽管它们计划于 2028 年退役并可能出售给乌拉圭。其中一艘“泰恩号”(HMS Tyne) 目前正与一艘法国护卫舰在北海跟踪俄罗斯护卫舰“无畏号”(Neustrashimy)。前海军指挥官汤姆·夏普 (Tom Sharpe) 表示，另一种选择是部署一艘护卫舰，但他认为用一艘专业战舰来执行边境局或摆渡工作将是“极大的军事资产浪费”。
到中午时分，洛夫指责法拉奇在声称已与“恢复英国党”领导人联系时撒谎。但洛夫在社交媒体上发布了一张截图，显示法拉奇发来了一条简洁的“稍后回电”消息。
无论事实如何，这次交锋提醒人们，“恢复英国党”已成为法拉奇通往唐宁街道路上一个非常现实的障碍。
洛夫提出合作邀请之前，“恢复英国党”在大曼彻斯特市长选举中获得第四名，领先于自由民主党和保守党——对于一个仅成立数月的初创选举政党来说，这是一个相对令人印象深刻的成就。在此之前，该党在梅克菲尔德 (Makerfield) 补选中获得第三名，这是自 2010 年以来，一个不仅明确支持极右翼立场且接纳极右翼活动人士加入的政党在西敏斯特选举中表现最强的一次。该党的许多政策立场——包括关于死刑的公投、禁止清真和犹太洁食屠宰，以及基于……的驱逐政策。
皇家海军怎么看？ 任何船只的船长都被教导有义务向任何处于海上遇险状态的人员“提供援助”，并以“尽可能快的速度”前往受难者所在地，正如海洋法基础——《联合国海洋法公约》第 98 条所规定。 虽然每起事件都不同，但英国改革党设想由皇家海军陆战队乘坐充气艇靠近通常拥挤的橡皮艇，接走船上人员——不过，难民和移民可能不会配合，因为他们可能会担心被捕。 前海军上校约翰·福尔曼 (John Foreman) 表示：“海员有义务……”
法国对这些建议如何回应？ 一名法国官员告诉《卫报》，此类计划将是“不可接受的”。该官员表示：“（法国）政府显然不会期望像英国这样的关键盟友在未经同意的情况下侵犯其领土或领海。”
拉杰夫·西亚尔 (Rajeev Syal) 和 丹·萨巴格 (Dan Sabbagh)
▲ 恢复英国党（Restore Britain）领导人鲁珀特·洛夫（Rupert Lowe）已成为奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）通往权力之路上一个非常真实的障碍。 摄影：PETER POWELL / AFP / GETTY
基于一种对英国认同的族群民族主义观点——如果英国改革党（Reform）想要扩大其基础，那么与恢复党达成任何协议几乎是不可能的。而且这还没有考虑到洛夫的另一个要求——即拒绝让英国改革党内部的前保守党部长（如罗伯特·詹里克 Robert Jenrick）在任何改革党政府中担任职务。
然而，洛夫在相当一部分英国右翼选民（包括改革党支持者）中拥有持久的人气，这意味着法拉奇至少必须继续在口头上回应其竞争者的请求。虽然恢复党在曼彻斯特和麦克菲尔德（Makerfield）的得票率分别为 8.7% 和 6.8%，表明该党距离赢得席位还很遥远，但在右翼选票被瓜分的总选举中，这样的结果可能会导致改革党失去大片选区的支持。
相比法拉奇的激烈言辞，英国改革党议员安德鲁·罗辛代尔（Andrew Rosindell）在周日表达的观点则更为温和，他在 GB News 中表示：“他 [洛夫] 所说的很多内容会引起改革党选民和英国人民的共鸣。”他补充说，这是“鲁珀特需要与奈杰尔探讨的问题”，这位前保守党议员呼吁“中右翼”团结一致。
即便那些对像恢复党这样极右翼政党崛起感到担忧的人，也认为洛夫采取了一次巧妙的策略——这既解决了自己的一些问题，又在改革党领导者面临前所未有的财务质疑之时，增加了法拉奇的压力。
“洛夫此举对他自己的支持基础以及对恢复党好奇的人来说，抵消了他在瓜分右翼选票的指责，”反法西斯组织 Hope not Hate 的研究主任乔·马尔霍尔（Joe Mulhall）表示。
“从一个角度来看，他提出了一个方案，考虑到他们彼此之间似乎多么厌恶，这显得很有风度。”
“但从洛夫的角度来看，这也是一件他相当确信法拉奇永远不会接受的事情，因为法拉奇通往权力的路径最终需要他争取中右翼选票。如果背后支持者是族群民族主义者，将意味着没完没了的质疑。”
目前，统一英国极右翼的谈判似乎注定将被交给 X 平台和 GB News 的演播室。
此外，距离英国改革党的年度会议也仅剩一个月，洛夫曾在该活动中获得相当一部分活动分子的狂热支持。如果届时这两个政党的未来问题依然存在，这将给这个原本应该是改革党通往权力之路的关键集结点蒙上另一层阴影。
为了在海上营救遇险人员，并且不制造让他们陷入险境的条件。”
英国此前是否部署过海军在小型船只抵达前进行拦截？ 是的。2022, 鲍里斯·约翰逊政府启动了“等温操作”（Operation Isotrope），时任内政大臣普里蒂·帕特尔（Priti Patel）表示，此举旨在使穿越英吉利海峡变得“不可行”。
一项关于“强制回推”（pushbacks）的初步计划——即利用船只强迫小型船只转向返回法国——在军方人士表达担忧后被放弃，他们认为这不切实际且危险，并会使海军军官面临法律诉讼。
奈杰尔·法拉奇是否认为新计划有所不同？ 是的。他告诉记者：“这不是回推。我们谈论的是营救并送回。”他表示，预计法国政府将接受被送回的寻求庇护者，并声称他已与未具名的法国政治人物就该计划进行了探讨。
如果法国政府拒绝接受，英国改革党的内政发言人齐亚·尤苏夫（Zia Yusuf）表示，海军陆战队无论如何都会将他们送回法国海岸。
移民政策专家认为这些计划会带来什么问题？
领先的移民律师科林·叶欧（Colin Yeo）表示，此类举动将是对法国主权的侵犯以及一次非法的国际侵略行为，这一点应该是“极其显而易见”的。
他表示：“不需要向任何人引用特定的法律，他们就知道入侵另一个国家是错误的。但《联合国宪章》第 2(4) 条禁止‘威胁或使用武力破坏任何国家之领土完整或政治独立’。”
国家 政治
居民称右翼社交媒体人物正在利用多佛尔
如果你相信右翼影响力人物和政治家的说法，多佛尔以及更广阔的肯特海岸多年来一直是一个“入侵”现场。对于数百万的在线观众来说，他们及其摄影团队一直是国家防御的前哨。
事实上，如果你相信业余英吉利海峡观察者算法中呈现的一切，影子内政大臣克里斯·菲利普（Chris Philp）上周乘坐渔船出海时，冒着法国军队的枪林弹雨；他暗示，这是法国当局企图阻止他揭露小船危机的任务。
菲利普试图自行监管我们边境的背后，一个令人不安的事实是：根本没有发生那样的事情。
法国政府表示，他只是经过了一次涉及实弹射击的常规训练演习。
多佛尔拥有倾斜的鹅卵石海滩，码头边有在夏季阳光下享受日光浴的人和遛狗的人，看起来并不像战争地带的前线。那些经常访问该镇以制作社交媒体内容的右翼人物，是为了自己的事业而利用这里，还是在为真实的问题寻求解决方案？
“他们在利用多佛尔，”一名居民艾莉森·德雷克（Alison Drake）说道，“人们拍所有这些视频，其实并没有起到什么实质作用，不是吗？”
有些人表示，在原本没有紧张局势的地方制造紧张气氛，完全是计划的一部分。
“他们试图通过所有这些噱头来利用恐惧，”拉齐亚·谢里夫（Razia Shariff）说道。她经营着肯特难民行动网络（Kran），这是一个为难民和寻求庇护的年轻人提供教育的慈善机构。
对于一些人来说，那些拿着自拍杆涌向南海岸的影响力人物是否需要捕捉所谓的“入侵”，已经是一个毫无意义的问题了。
一些当地居民坚持认为，对该问题以及该地区的持续关注，至少让这个问题保持在公众视野中。
“他们在让人们知道，法国人什么也没做，”汤姆·阿姆斯特朗（Tom Armstrong）说道。阿姆斯特朗公开表示反对移民，并称移民让“国家贬值”了。
他表示，右翼政治家
◀ 在多佛海滨排队买冰激凌。一名居民表示，每个人都知道小船危机，但“没有人采取行动” 照片：ANDY AITCHISON
正在助力这一事业。“你必须引起关注，”他说。随后，他补充道：“我们必须知道真相。”菲利普声称他在穿越英吉利海峡的旅程中一直在揭露小船危机。尽管德雷克同意右翼人物强调该问题可能会促使采取行动，但她补充道：“每个人都知道这件事，他们早就该采取行动了。他们什么也不做。所以，大家一直喋喋不休固然好，但没有人采取行动。他们知道这件事正在发生。”很少有人比菲利普更有机会解决小船危机，因为他在 2020 年代初担任移民大臣期间，监督了跨境人数的剧增。相比之下，像 Kran 这样的组织则致力于减轻由历任政府处理移民方式所带来的部分挑战。Kran 帮助的年轻人本周正在肯特郡的一所学院参加一项夏季计划。沙里夫赞赏地谈到了他们前辈的一些成就。她说，其中一人是以儿童难民身份来到英国的，现在在当地医院担任护士。“其他人则在重重困难中创办了自己的企业。他们在努力生活，尝试前行。”住在多佛且不愿透露姓名的卡罗尔认为，关注点应该更多地放在像 Kran 这样的组织的工作上，而不是像菲利普和 奈杰尔·法拉奇 这样的政治人物身上。这位 英国改革党 领导人反复将小船跨境描述为一场“入侵”。2024 年，他站在多佛海滨，将该地描述为“关于移民的伟大国家辩论的前线”。卡罗尔站在他两年前占据的几乎同一个位置，并不认同这位 英国改革党 领导人对这座城镇的描绘。“我的意思是，看，这里已经足够宜人了，”她说着，向海滩方向点点头。人们在温暖的天气里晒太阳，孩子们在水中嬉戏，其他人则趁机乘坐小船出海。“我认为多佛被如此冠以标题是不公平的。因为你可以坐在海滩上，享受这个地区。”卡罗尔说，令人沮丧的是，多佛和其他邻近城镇经常被用作聚焦于小船危机的社交媒体内容的背景，并担心这可能会阻碍人们访问一个需要振兴的地区。“这里有点破旧，就像许多城镇一样。有点令人伤心。所以，毫无疑问，这里不是一个太好的购物场所，但海滨很美。周围的乡村也很美。我确定这没有帮助。多佛已经有了那样一种形象。”
为什么 克拉克顿 的选民们正处于不确定状态
在克拉克顿的镇中心广场，在正午炽热的阳光下，几位即将参加补选的候选人正向零散的潜在选民、路过的 Deliveroo 骑手以及一只巨大的海鸥进行竞选宣传。但当独立候选人 Attieh Fard 拿着扩音器大喊她将成为克拉克顿的发声者时，一名路过的青年大喊道：“Binface 在哪儿？”在 13 August 投票日之前举行的一次竞选集会上，本次选举的主要竞争者奈杰尔·法拉奇和 Count Binface 却极其显眼地缺席了。前保守党成员 Fard 和另一位独立候选人 Andy Erlam 将在投票日之前，每天在该埃塞克斯郡小镇中心举行每日竞选活动。但法拉奇和 Binface 均未回应邀请。由于法拉奇在面临财务压力日益增加的情况下引发了此次补选，主要的政党、媒体以及这位走新奇路线的“垃圾桶”候选人都将此次补选视为某种笑话。法拉奇与其说是希望议会当局判定他在当选前是否应申报一份来自加密货币亿万富翁的 500 万英镑m 赠款，不如说他直接辞去了议员席位，请克拉克顿的民众来决定。所有主要政党均决定不派候选人参选。Survation 为 Mandate Research 提供的最新民调显示，在投票率较低的情况下，法拉奇将获得 73% 的选票，而 20% 的人将投票给 Jonathan Harvey——这位假装成名为 Count Binface 的太空领主的喜剧演员。但穿着得体的律师 Fard 表示：“克拉克顿的选民需要一个严肃的人来投票。”她补充道：“我们的民主制度不应被变成一个笑话或以这种方式被利用。这次选举应该关注克拉克顿的人民。”她表示，对于议会或其他当地团体没有组织竞选集会感到失望。一位 62 岁的旁观者 Roy Andrews 似乎被说服了。
一名高等法院法官已命令内政部将一名被指控为人口贩卖受害者、并根据“一进一出”计划被强行驱逐至法国的人员遣返回英国。这是此类首例裁决，可能会导致更多受该政策影响的人员获准返回。法官 Sheldon 先生昨日撤销了内政部的一项政策变更，该变更此前拒绝给予寻求庇护者在初次申请被驳回后要求重新审理人口贩卖主张的权利。该“一进一出”政策通过强行驱逐部分乘坐小船穿越英吉利海峡的人员，以换取同等数量的人员合法地从法国进入英国。政府希望该计划能威慑小船穿越行为。与去年同期相比，穿越人数已减少 40% 以上。在过去的一周里，有 1,000 多人抵达，周四有四人在尝试旅途中死亡。被遣返回法国的寻求庇护者现在有权要求重新审理最初被驳回的人口贩卖案件。然而，这在实践中如何运作尚不明确，因为许多被强行驱逐至法国的人现在已经失踪。有些人由于受到法国北部走私者的威胁而潜伏地下。另一些人则在受到威胁将被遣返回原籍国，或被遣返至寻求庇护途中曾录入指纹的另一个欧盟国家后而逃离。法官命令内政部从法国接回的这名男子于 27 November 2025 被强行遣返。目前已有合理理由表明他是人口贩卖的受害者。他是一名来自苏丹的寻求庇护者，一名酷刑幸存者，也是挑战该政策变更的五人之一。另一名被内政部送往法国并参与此次法律挑战的寻求庇护者，
他的贩 Trafficking 案件将在法国重新审理。根据结果，他可能也会被遣返回英国。高等法院已允许内政部和寻求庇护者就判决中的各项要点提出上诉。Deighton Pierce Glynn 律师事务所的 Emily Soothill 对该裁决表示欢迎。她表示：“我们的客户是贩 Trafficking 和酷刑的脆弱受害者，由于内政部非法的决策而遭受了严重痛苦。我们很高兴法院正确地认定将其遣返法国是非法的，因此必须将其带回英国。”内政部消息人士称，他们正在仔细考虑该判决。
Fard 的竞选活动。“我上次没有投票，但这次我会投给她。她看起来是一位非常友好的女士。我绝不会投票给一个垃圾桶，”他说道。 奈杰尔·法拉奇 的行程有冲突：他当时在伦敦宣布一项计划，拟使用皇家海军战舰将试图乘坐小船跨越海峡的人员遣返回法国。 Fard 表示：“我们明天的竞选演说主题是移民。所以如果他想向克拉克顿 的人们阐述他对这一问题的看法，他应该出席。” 此前曾担任工党内阁部长顾问的 Erlam 告诉聚集的小规模人群，反奈杰尔·法拉奇 的选票不应投给一个垃圾桶。“西敏斯特是一片丛林，你不会希望由一名喜剧演员来代表你。” 关于英国改革党 领导人未能出席一事，他表示：“奈杰尔·法拉奇 及其团队尚未做出回应，他是否会与其余候选人一同出现仍有待观察。” 自竞选发令枪响以来，奈杰尔·法拉奇 保持着相对低调的状态。 ▲ 一项民意调查显示，垃圾桶伯爵（Count Binface，又名 Jonathan Harvey）得到了克拉克顿 20% 选民的支持
昨天是他自五月以来的首次全国新闻发布会，且他似乎并不热衷于与垃圾桶伯爵或其他 32 位候选人进行辩论。 Erlam 对被问及垃圾桶伯爵一事并不感冒。“他完全无关紧要，”他说道，“笑话已经讲完了。只有六名候选人费心邮寄了传单。他们才是需要参加竞选演说的人。” 尽管两名领先者缺乏参与，且克拉克顿 的大多数居民似乎漠不关心，但竞选演说活动仍将每天举行。 但在一个阳光明媚的八月日子里，克拉克顿 的人们似乎对沙滩、游戏机厅和码头上的游乐设施更感兴趣。 垃圾桶伯爵 表示，邀请函在 his inbox 中丢失了。他说：“我很抱歉让参加的候选人们失望了，我更抱歉让前来聆听的任何选民失望了。如果我知道这次活动，且无法亲自前往，我至少会像之前的选举中那样发送一份书面声明。 “我上周访问了该选区，非常享受与克拉克顿 和 Frinton 当地居民的会面，我希望在接下来的日子里能做得更多。” 已联系英国改革党 寻求评论。
法官称被遣至法国的 寻求庇护者 必须返回英国
Diane Taylor
担任保守党地方候选人
Ben Quinn 政治记者
一名曾因骚扰一名犹太裔国会议员而获罪的前新纳粹活动人士，已被选为萨默塞特郡（Somerset）地方选举的保守党候选人。
Joshua Bonehill-Paine 是在网络上广泛传播的《克鲁克恩公报》（Crewkerne Gazette）系列 AI 短片的创作者，他预计将于明年在新的克鲁克恩南部选区参加萨默塞特郡议会的选举。他告诉《卫报》，他是保守党叶维尔（Yeovil）分部的执行成员。
“分部乃至党内都对我过去的经历心知肚明。自从我加入该党以来，我们的主席一直是我积极的拥护者并给予我支持。我对这种支持深表感激，”他说道。
Bonehill-Paine 此前将自己描述为“民族主义者、法西斯分子、理论家以及白人权利的支持者”，近年来他以《克鲁克恩公报》创作者的身份重新出现，这是一个在网上拥有狂热追随者的讽刺账号。虽然该账号对工党和英国改革党持显著批评态度，但其短剧将保守党党魁 Kemi Badenoch 描绘得较为正面。
Bonehill-Paine 曾因袭击警员和入室盗窃警察局而被定罪，并于 2014 年因传播关于反伊斯兰骗局的恶意通信而被定罪，该骗局导致莱斯特（Leicester）一家酒吧的所有者收到死亡威胁。
在一次计划中的新纳粹集会前，他因在网上发布“卑劣”的反犹太主义材料，于 2015 年被判处三年以上监禁。
2016 年，他因发布针对时任工党议员、犹太裔的 Luciana Berger 的帖子，被裁定犯有种族加重骚扰罪。
饮血 并在教堂 留下死羊
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一名痴迷于吸血鬼和墓地、且显然相信饮血能让自己永生的男子，在被发现将动物尸体丢弃在教堂内外后，被拘留在医院中。
本杰明·刘易斯（Benjamin Lewis），48 岁，在纽森林（New Forest）的教堂中留下了羊和鹿的尸体，惊吓了教区居民，并令那些被他偷走并宰杀牲畜的农民感到愤怒。
作为诱捕刘易斯行动的一部分，警方在撒旦历（satanic calendar）的重要日期内，对教会场所进行了监视。
在羊羔残骸上发现了他的 DNA 痕迹后，刘易斯最终被逮捕。他承认造成了带有宗教挑衅性质的蓄意骚扰、惊恐或困扰，以及盗窃羊羔。
在早前的一次出庭中，来自汉普郡（Hampshire）托顿（Totton）的刘易斯在被要求表明身份时回答道：“德古拉伯爵”。
威廉·穆斯利（William Mousley）KC 法官表示，刘易斯将被拘留接受治疗，直到心理健康法庭或司法大臣认为将其释放是安全的为止。
在宣判后，通过视频链接从医院出庭的刘易斯向受害者道歉，并表示他对抓获自己的警察没有怨恨。
汉普郡警方的杰西卡·瑟曼（Jessica Surman）警员在法庭外表示，这是她处理过最不寻常的案件。“在这个案件中，你以为已经达到了诡异的顶峰，结果又发生了其他事情，给局面增加了变数。” 瑟曼说，刘易斯相信饮血可以延长寿命。“而且如果他饮血足够多，他就不会下地狱，不会死亡，并将成为一名吸血鬼。” 当从农民那里偷来的羊羔以及在道路上被撞死的鹿等死掉的动物开始在教堂中被发现时，警方开始了调查。与刘易斯关注的教堂相关的人员感到非常不安。瑟曼说：“有些人因此感到如此沮丧和恐惧，以至于他们不敢去教堂。” 有一名女性因太害怕而不敢前往安葬其儿子的教堂。
起诉方劳拉·德克斯伯里（Laura Deuxberry）告诉南安普顿刑事法院，刘易斯在教堂内外留下了羊羔和鹿，有时旁边还放置着一个倒十字架。其中一处还留下了一张塔罗牌。一只羊羔被放置在教堂顶部的十字架上，另一只则被放置在圣母像附近。还有一只羊羔被留在讲道坛中。有一次，孩子们目击了发生的事情，感到非常不安。
德克斯伯里表示，其中一起事件发生在靠近刘易斯家的一家社区心理健康设施。大门上留下了一个鹿头和一个倒十字架。发现鹿头的人说她受到了惊吓，随后担心凶手在监视她。当警方搜查刘易斯的住所时，发现了吸血鬼的素描、关于仪式的笔记以及关于吸血的参考资料。德克斯伯里说，他被指控的犯罪行为发生在去年 2 月至 8 月之间，但多年来人们一直对他有所担忧。被刘易斯偷走牲畜的农民萨拉·哈里森（Sarah Harrison）……
……其中他称伯格（Berger）为“啮齿动物”和“邪恶的敛财者”。
他告诉《卫报》，他的定罪记录已经失效，并且持有内政部（Home Office）的多种反极端主义认证。他表示，他曾与国会议员一起就自己的过去发表讲话，并强调了英国犹太社区面临的反犹主义问题。
英国改革党（Reform UK）表示：“凯米（Kemi）声称支持反对反犹主义的斗争，却选择一名被定罪的反犹纳粹分子作为候选人。”
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……黑羊，说道：“这太可怕了——周围有一些疯疯癫癫的人。我想这与他的信仰有关，但吓到了某些人。”在给法院的一份声明中，她表示当他割断羊喉咙时，羊群会遭受痛苦，且这些事件已让该场所进入警戒状态。顾问精神科医生 Gauruv Malhan 博士告诉法庭，刘易斯（Lewis）患有“复杂的心理健康问题”，最近刚从低安全级别医院转移到中安全级别医院。刘易斯的这次定罪并非他首次触犯法律。在 2003 年，他因自称是吸血鬼并恐吓一名牧师及其家人而被判入狱。
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在进入中学之初就开设社交媒体账户的儿童在测试中的表现似乎比较晚注册的人更差，研究人员怀疑，不断检查更新对许多学生来说是一个主要的干扰因素。
研究发现，在 11 到 12 岁开设首个社交媒体账户的学生，在数学和阅读测试中的得分低于那些等待较晚的学生；到 16 岁时，两组之间的分数差异相当于大约 6 个月的学习量。
该研究并未证明社交媒体是罪魁祸首，但研究人员考虑了许多可能扭曲结果的其他因素，例如学生在拥有社交媒体之前的表现、家庭结构以及父母的教育程度。
“我认为我们现在知道这是一个问题，而且这是一个与这些平台构建方式相关的复杂问题，”意大利米兰-比可卡大学该研究的第一作者 Marco Gui 博士表示，“我们的研究表明，至少在青春期之前，这些社交媒体是有问题的。”
Gui 及其同事分析了 5,000 多名意大利学童的社交媒体习惯调查及其在标准化数学、意大利语和英语考试中的成绩。
在 13 到 14 岁进行测试时，那些在 11 或 12 岁就开设首个社交媒体账户的人，成绩比那些至少等到 14 岁才开设账户的人更差。意大利语的分数差距在 15 到 16 岁时依然存在，而数学的分数差距则进一步扩大。
研究人员在《自然-人类行为》（Nature Human Behaviour）杂志上写道，分数的差异大致相当于早期使用者落后了 6 个月的学校教育。换句话说，推迟使用社交媒体所带来的益处，大约是通过密集且昂贵的补习所能获得益处的一半。
虽然数学和意大利语的表现差距明显，但英语没有受到影响。学生们将英语作为外语学习，研究人员表示，这可能是因为大量社交媒体内容是以英语呈现的，从而提供了“偶然的接触和练习”。
预测成绩差距最准确的指标之一是孩子们在白天和黑夜中拿起手机的频率，这表明不断检查社交媒体至少负有部分责任。
5,000 接受数学、意大利语和英语考试成绩评估的意大利儿童人数
6 在中学之初加入社交媒体的学生所损失的相当于学习月份数
Gui 表示：“我们推测其中一个机制是智能手机上的社交媒体给未成年人生活带来的持续警觉状态。持续检查消息、查看在线世界是否发生了什么的需要……这意味着他们对家庭或房屋的物理空间的关注度降低。从认知角度来看，这可能意味着他们更难以投入到需要时间的活动中，例如该年龄段学生的家庭作业。”
这项研究出炉之际，英国正准备对 16 岁以下青少年实施社交媒体禁令，此前澳大利亚已于去年推出了自己的禁令。法国也批准了一项限制 15 岁以下青少年访问的法案。
虽然 Gui 支持社交媒体的年龄限制，但他表示禁令是一项“紧急政策”，且需要采取措施使平台本身更安全、更不易让人上瘾。他说：“对于青春期前的儿童，我们必须努力降低这些环境在社交上的重要性。”
伦敦玛丽女王大学儿童与青少年精神病学教授 Dennis Ougrin 表示，这项研究增加了越来越多的证据，证明年轻人首次接触社交媒体的年龄可能会影响其教育发展。
他说：“给家长、教育者和政策制定者的信息并不一定是禁止使用社交媒体，而是支持年轻人在与社交媒体互动时养成健康的习惯。”
▲ 菲尔·柯林斯（Phil Collins），他透露自己的器官在一段时间内出现了“僵死”的情况
本·博蒙特-托马斯 (Ben Beaumont-Thomas)
音乐家菲尔·柯林斯 (Phil Collins) 表示，他近年来遭受了危及生命的酒精依赖症。在接受《星期日泰晤士报》采访时，这位 75 岁的流行与摇滚传奇地表示，他的饮酒行为始于停止服用 Antabuse 之后——这是一种在饮酒后会引发不适的药物，他在早先一段酗酒时期曾使用过该药。柯林斯描述了自己在早餐时间喝葡萄酒的情况，并表示由于大量饮酒，导致他在 2023 年 11 月被住院治疗，时间长达七个月，其胰腺和肾脏均受损。他说：“当时需要做出一些决定，比如‘我们是否让菲尔继续维持生命支持？’之类的事情。”“我的肾脏在衰竭，我的器官在停摆。人们纷纷前来告别。但我不记得他们来了，我完全不知道发生了这些事。他们都担心再也见不到我了。一切本可能变得极其糟糕。”他补充道：“能从中挺过来我非常幸运。毋庸置疑，从那以后我就没再喝过一口酒。”在 2015 年，柯林斯地描述了他在 2006 年与第三任妻子奥里安娜·塞维 (Orianne Cevey) 离婚后的一段酒精滥用期。他告诉《滚石》杂志：“这让我有大量的时间去思考发生了什么。我经历了几段黑暗时期；饮酒过多。我通过看电视和喝酒来消磨时间，这几乎要了我的命。”近年来，柯林斯还经历了其他健康问题，包括需要手术的颈部和脊柱问题。这意味着他不再能演奏鼓乐：在 2021 年的 Genesis 团聚巡演中，他的角色仅限于主唱。2016 年，他宣布自己被诊断出患有糖尿病。在那次巡演之前，柯林斯告诉《卫报》：“当然，我的健康状况确实改变了一些事情；坐着表演改变了局面。但实际上我在最近的个人巡演中发现，这并没有造成阻碍；观众们依然在倾听并给予回应。这不是我最初创作时的样子，但事实就是如此。”柯林斯无论是作为 Genesis 成员还是个人艺术家，都是英国历史上商业最成功的音乐家之一。
海伦娜·史密斯 (Helena Smith) 雅典
希腊当局正在调查一名 26 岁的阿富汗男子杀害一名苏格兰慈善工作者的动机。该女性尸体于上月在雅典一座废弃建筑的行李箱中被发现。 调查重点日益集中在伊丽莎白-简·罗斯 (Elisabeth-Jane Ross) 生前最后几个小时的情况，警方认为这是揭开这名 38 岁女性为何被盯上的关键。 周日，被确认为沙里夫·艾哈迈德扎伊 (Sharif Ahmadzai) 的嫌疑人被指控犯有“蓄意谋杀”，此前经过三...
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下午 5.46 的伦敦尤斯顿（London Euston）开往克鲁（Crewe）的火车，是尼基尔·帕特尔（Nikhil Patel）一周中最糟糕的时刻。 “我从未拿到过座位。即使我提前到达，也总是要站着，”这位 22 岁的青年说道，在走道随车摇晃时努力保持平衡。 帕特尔正处于返回沃尔索尔（Walsall）三小时旅程的第一段。他抓着椅背以保持稳定，但他表示，他只需庆幸火车不仅准时出发——而且至少是在行驶状态。 “有几次所有人都已经上车了，然后火车被取消了，”他说。 根据英国交通部（DfT）的最新数据，这条由伦敦西北铁路公司（LNWR）运营的高峰时段服务，是英格兰和威尔士最繁忙的通勤专用行程。 总体而言，它是第二繁忙的通勤线路，排名 No 1 的是早晨从贝德福德（Bedford）开往三桥（Three Bridges）的 Thameslink 服务（该线路经过三个交通枢纽：圣潘克拉斯国际车站、卢顿和盖特威克机场）。 我们加入了通勤者的行列，体验这段拥挤的、两小时以上的服务，根据交通部的数据，该线路曾
在国家警察总部接受了数日的讯问。他将于明天在调查法官面前出庭，被正式起诉。 雅典警察协会名誉主席乔治·卡利亚克马尼斯（George Kalliakmanis）表示，凶杀部门致力于查明杀人动机，因为艾哈迈德扎伊（Ahmadzai）继续否认在其中扮演任何角色，尽管他承认将这名英国人藏在行李箱中。 “他承认用推车将她的尸体运到现场。警方拥有他在 16 July 当晚做这样的 CCTV footage。他还承认使用属于她的信用卡从 ATM 机提取了 €10,000 [£8,500]。” 但由于警方不相信，他否认了谋杀指控。 艾哈迈德扎伊是一名职业拳击手，据信 10 年前在欧洲移民危机的顶峰期间，作为一名儿童难民经莱斯博斯岛（Lesbos）抵达希腊。 据引用，他告诉警方，他在其协助管理的公寓楼 1 层公寓中发现了罗斯（Ross）毫无生气的尸体。该公寓位于埃克萨基亚（Exarchia），这是雅典市中心一个深受左翼人士、外国人及非政府组织（NGO）欢迎的波希米亚区。艾哈迈德扎伊于 2023, 年与美国公民阿拉娜·霍尔（Alaina Hall）结婚，他拥有该公寓的钥匙，他们自己的难民团结组织“热爱每个国家”（Love Every Nation）经常在此开会。 调查人员已确认，罗斯是霍尔的朋友，拥有类似的志愿者经验。她在 26 June 从爱丁堡飞抵雅典，在与希腊朋友同住后，于 10 July 搬进了该公寓。 她最后一次电话通话是 15 July 当晚通过手机拨打的——三天后，一名无家可归者在约两英里外的基普塞利（Kypseli）一座废弃建筑中发现了她的尸体。 警方表示，正在研究罗斯死亡前可能发生的两种场景。“我们认为存在一个...
在一周内能拿到座位。他每周至少两次在伦敦和曼彻斯特之间往返。他必须不断调整行李，以确保它不会在车厢内滑走。 另一边是前往鲁格比（Rugby）通勤的阿克谢·瓦格拉（Akshay Vaghela）。这位 31 岁的男子表示，他有一半的时间被迫站立，而且大多数时候“只能无奈地在地板上找位置”。这趟列车特别拥挤，是因为它比同样开往克鲁的更快速的 Avanti 服务更便宜。 尽管火车配备了空调，但瓦格拉说由于车上人数过多，依然感觉“闷热且汗涔涔的”。“除非你带了水，否则在到家前你会非常难受，”他说。 但情况或许会有所改变。安迪·伯纳姆
在去年秋天进行分析时，其载客率（指列车实际乘车人数与最大容量之比）达到了 170%。LNWR 表示，自数据采集以来，该班次的座位数已从 460 增加到 812。
起初，这批通勤者似乎运气不错：车厢内并不拥挤。但随着时间临近下午 5 .46，车厢内开始变得拥挤不堪。
在夏天，有些人用扇子扇风。当火车终于启动时，大多数走道都被没能抢到座位的不幸通勤者堵住了。
其中就包括 23, 岁的丹尼尔·加里尔 (Daniel Garrill)，他经常乘坐这一班次。
“我知道自己得坐在某个古怪的地方，”这位数据分析师说，他从未获得过一个
▲ 伊丽莎白-简·罗斯 (Elisabeth-Jane Ross) 7 月被发现死在雅典的一个行李箱中
冲突，”一名消息人士说。“但这究竟是因为罗斯发现那个阿富汗人翻找她的东西并盗走她的信用卡而引发的，还是涉及性侵，亦或是该英国女性拒绝了他的追求？”
法医专家认为，在初步的现场尸检后，罗斯“很可能是窒息而死”。尸检显示其身体没有明显的受伤迹象，但由于尸体腐烂严重，尸检结果也被认为是不确定的。
预计在未来几天内，进一步的毒理学测试和重要器官分析将确定具体的死亡原因。
据广泛报道，霍尔 (Hall) 在调查中发挥了“重要作用”。据称，在对艾哈迈德扎伊 (Ahmadzai) 的行踪以及其暴富（由于使用罗斯的信用卡取现）产生怀疑后，她据报道亲自联系了警方，上交了他给她的现金，并搬进了酒店。
罗斯的手机在死后仍被使用了数日。警方将发送给家人和朋友的短信描述为“蓄意误导”，警方认为发送这些短信是为了推迟罗斯被宣布失踪的时间。其中一条短信提到了她“需要独处”。
“霍尔提供了很大帮助，”卡利亚克马尼斯 (Kalliakmanis) 说道。“从确认受害者身份那天起，调查就面临诸多挑战，但多亏了凶杀部门的细致工作，才破解了此案。”
警方与英国国家犯罪局 (National Crime Agency) 和苏格兰警方协作，搜寻了发现行李箱区域的闭路电视监控画面，以及取现银行的监控，随后确定了嫌疑人。
尤斯顿车站 (Euston)，我们出问题了：伦敦终点站的人群
伯纳姆关注铁路运营商已有相当一段时间。他此前曾表示，将铁路国有化是“无需多虑”的决定，并在担任市长期间启动了 Bee Network，将私有化的巴士和有轨电车网络纳入地方政府控制，并将票价上限设定为 £2。大曼彻斯特地区各地的铁路服务将于今年晚些时候开始加入该网络。
上个月，他经历了一次关于铁路现状的残酷提醒。在当选为梅克菲尔德（Makerfield）议员后，他乘坐了上午 10 .54am 从曼彻斯特前往尤斯顿（Euston）的 Avanti West Coast 列车，该车延误了 21 分钟，使他有权获得赔偿。
今年 5 月，伯纳姆暗示可能会更快地推进铁路重新国有化（在基尔·斯塔默担任首相期间，已有部分运营商被纳入国家控制），并表示此举将“降低火车票价，使其再次让民众能够负担得起”。
瓦格拉（Vaghela）对伯纳姆将强制执行某些变革持乐观态度。他说：“像这样连接国家主要地区的优先路线应该予以关注，”尤其是因为“每个人支付的价格相同，但有些人有座位，而有些人没有。这里存在差距。”
伦敦西北铁路（London Northwestern Railway）的一位发言人表示：“我们往返尤斯顿的服务极其受欢迎，这就是为什么我们投入了 £1 的巨额资金购买新列车，为我们的客户提供更多空间。”
“自从这些数据被收集以来，我们已在该特定服务中增加了数百个额外座位，将其容量提升了 77%，并显著降低了载客率，以给乘客提供更舒适的旅程。”
尼克·艾姆斯 (Nick Ames) 马特·休斯 (Matt Hughes)
随着全球范围内要求结束其危机重重的任期的行动升级，欧洲各国昨日开始转向反对因凡蒂诺。
英格兰足球协会是几个宣布放弃支持因凡蒂诺明年拟议连任的欧足联成员协会中关注度最高的一个。该协会将致信国际足球联合会，确认其不再支持因凡蒂诺第四次担任主席。
此前，因凡蒂诺试图将世界杯的部分股权出售给私人投资者的计划失败，引发了剧烈争议。
继上周芬兰率先行动之后，威尔士和塞尔维亚足协公开确认已撤回支持。与英格兰足球协会一样，这些协会此前都曾写信支持因凡蒂诺延长任期，但现在整个欧洲大陆的耐心已耗尽。瑞典足球协会是五个未写支持信的欧洲足协之一，该协会发表声明确认将反对他在明年三月的选举中参选。
英格兰足球协会此前一直支持因凡蒂诺。如果因凡蒂诺届时仍在任，他将于11月主持一次国际足球联合会特别大会，确认英国将主办 2035 年女足世界杯。
但英格兰足协在公开场合及私人陈述中，一直一致谴责他注定失败的“国际足联前行企业计划”（Fifa Forward Enterprise, FFE）。
周六，该协会呼吁对“国际足球联合会的领导层和治理进行全面且强有力的审查”，而此次最新举措则是进一步的升级。
蕾切尔·霍尔 (Rachel Hall)
在内政部同意放弃之前的请求一年后，苹果公司针对英国政府要求访问其客户高度加密数据的请求，发起了一项新的法律挑战。该公司上月向调查权力法庭（IPT）提起申诉，该法庭是一个独立法院，有权调查英国情报部门行为不法的指控。
根据法院发布的命令，英国政府曾第二次要求苹果公司为其提供访问英国用户加密 iCloud 数据的“后门”。
去年，在伦敦与华盛顿之间就加密问题展开激烈交锋后，英国放弃了最初要求访问英国和美国客户数据的请求。
随后，英国当局向这家美国科技公司发出了一份新的“技术能力通知”（TCN），该通知不适用于美国用户。
根据《金融时报》率先报道的新法律案件详情，苹果公司正寻求挑战政府根据英国《调查权力法》发布 TCN 的权力。该立法强制要求公司向处理包括恐怖主义和儿童性虐待在内的案件的执法机构提供信息。这可能包括强制公司向英国安全部门提供客户数据的访问权限，即使此类信息受到安全加密的保护。
法院已发送一份命令，将苹果公司的新申诉通知人权组织 Privacy
挑战英国的 秘密指令制度”
与之同行的是威尔士，该地在一份声明中表示：“威尔士足球协会在此确认，撤回对詹尼·因凡蒂诺先生竞选连任国际足球联合会（Fifa）主席的支持……近期在良好治理、流程、领导力、价值观、利益相关者管理、沟通以及正确判断方面的失败，使我们处于这样一个境地：因凡蒂诺先生已失去足协对他继续掌舵的信心。未能将足球的最佳利益放在首位，是我们无法接受的失败。”
塞尔维亚足球协会以类似的基调解释称，近期事件已“严重损害了国际足球联合会及其主席在近期的声誉和信誉”，并表示撤回支持是“唯一逻辑且理性的步骤”。为了表明共识可能难以达成，瑞士足球协会并未放弃对其同胞的支持。相反，它要求“与国际足球联合会主席进行另一次私人观点交流”，并表示将在领导层选举前“继续审查围绕国际足球联合会的进展”。然而，预计将有更多国家撤回对因凡蒂诺的支持，这相当于一次不信任投票。其预期效果是让他辞职，尽管一些内部人士已为漫长的过程做好了准备。虽然亚洲足球联合会（AFC）和管理北美及中美洲体育事务的中北美及加勒比足球联合会（Concacaf）都强烈批评了因凡蒂诺，但其旗下的任何单体协会都尚未采取收回支持信的行动。确保他们这样做，对于目前旨在迅速撤换因凡蒂诺的努力至关重要。欧洲部分地区承认，如果想形成足够强大的离职浪潮，应让其他大洲率先采取行动。自周六他搁置FFE项目以来，仅有 15 个国家公开支持因凡蒂诺，但人们渴望迅速建立一个广泛的反对其连任的联盟。中北美及加勒比足球联合会主席维克多·蒙塔利亚尼（Victor Montagliani）是因凡蒂诺被罢免后的接任竞争者。据了解，蒙塔利亚尼与欧足联（Uefa）和亚足联（AFC）的高层已达成共识，认为国际足球联合会需要新的领导层。对因凡蒂诺的另一个打击是，代表欧足联的律师已命令他及其他工作人员识别、定位并保存所有与FFE计划相关的文档。他们的信函中将国际足球联合会全球足球发展主管阿尔塞纳·温格（Arsène Wenger）列为必须遵守该命令的人员之一。信中表示，欧足联正“积极考虑针对因FFE计划而产生及与之相关的法律行动、仲裁和 / 或监管投诉”。
隐私国际（Privacy International）表示，旨在讨论如何处理并行投诉的案件管理听证会已定于下月举行。一名发言人补充道：“我们很高兴地获悉，苹果公司再次挑战英国的秘密指令制度。虽然我们不知道苹果公司主张的具体内容，但如果它与此前报道的旨在……”
国际隐私组织（Privacy International）与另一活动团体自由（Liberty）此前已向审裁庭（IPT）就电信拦截通知（TCNs）发起了单独的投诉。
在活动人士提交的资料中，由于该事项涉及公共利益，要求将苹果公司的主张公开，并提交了一项“质疑所谓的苹果TCN及其背后支撑TCNs的一般法律制度的合法性、必要性和秘密性”的投诉。
“……削弱了苹果 iCloud 存储的安全性，那么苹果的主张，以及我们和 Liberty 的主张，对于维护我们所有人的隐私和安全至关重要。”
苹果公司和内政部均未回应置评请求。两者在法律上都被禁止讨论 TCN（技术能力通知）。去年发布的原始 TCN 要求苹果在发生国家安全风险时，有权查看由其高级数据保护计划所保护的用户加密数据。
苹果公司表示，移除该工具（即使是苹果公司本身也无法访问）将使用户更容易受到不法之徒的数据泄露攻击以及其他针对客户隐私的威胁。创建“后门”还意味着所有数据都将由苹果公司掌握，而该公司可能会被强制与持有搜查令的执法部门共享这些数据。
冰箱中的男子被判入狱三年
Steven Morris
一名男子因将死去的母亲尸体在两人共同居住的家中冰箱中保存了近三年而被判入狱，在此期间，他领取了她超过 £70,000 的福利金及其他资金。60 岁的 Christopher Phillips 将退休公司秘书 Sylvia Phillips 的尸体存放在他们位于南威尔士海滨小镇 Porthcawl 住宅客厅的卧式冰箱中。
他经常在冰箱顶部摆放鲜花（该冰箱是在她去世两天后购买的），并继续与她谈论肥皂剧和赛马。
当警方前来查看其母亲（去世时 89 岁）的情况时，他告诉警方她不在家，在伦敦；但警方在注意到冰箱上的鲜花后发现了她的尸体。
梅瑟蒂德（Merthyr Tydfil）皇冠法院获悉，曾任公司董事的 Phillips 访问了其母亲的银行账户，从其储蓄中提取资金，并私吞了福利金。
Lloyd-Clarke 法官判处 Phillips 有期徒刑两年四个月。她告诉他：“你继续领取她的处方药，并在医疗专业人员询问其行踪时误导他们，在关于你母亲的询问中撒谎，反复告诉医护人员她不想参加预约或接受检查。”
辩护律师 Ruth Smith 表示，Phillips 与他的母亲关系“极其亲密”。两人在他生命中的 50 年里一直生活在一起，且自 2008 年起，Phillips 一直是其母亲的主要照顾者。
Smith 表示，被告曾告诉警方：“我基本上不想让”
登顶票房 第二大开画周末
Sian Cain
《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》（Spider-Man: Brand New Day）在全球电影票销售额中获得 $927m (6.9 亿英镑m) 之巨，创造了有史以来在本土和全球市场排名第二的高额开画周末票房。这部电影标志着演员汤姆·赫兰德第四次饰演这位蛛网超级英雄，讲述了彼得·帕克在一个已经忘记他是蜘蛛侠的世界中与犯罪分子作斗争的故事。与赫兰德结婚的赞达亚在片中饰演帕克一生挚爱 MJ。影片探讨了帕克在孤独中的挣扎以及他对人际关系的追求。
《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》在开画周末于美国和加拿大市场获得了 $355m，使其成为本土票房史上第二大的首秀，仅次于 2019 年未经通胀调整的《复仇者联盟 4：终局之战》的 $357m。
在国际市场上，该片总票房为 $572m，其中中国市场以 $121m 的票票销售额领先。在澳大利亚，它创下了 2026 年最大的开画周末纪录，获得了 $21.4m。
漫威影业总裁凯文·费格称其为“一次真正惊人的开画”。这家制作公司目前在全球票房榜上拥有四个最高的开画纪录（未经通胀调整）：《复仇者联盟 4：终局之战》（$1.22bn）、《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》（$927m）、《复仇者联盟 3：无限战争》（$641m）和《蜘蛛侠：英雄无路》（$601m）。
她的陪伴”。她补充道：“他描述与她交谈就像她还活着一样……坐在她身边，和她聊电视节目、《街道冠冕》、赛马。” “菲利普斯先生是一个心理健康状况脆弱的弱势个体。” 法院获悉，在 2023 年 3 月她去世前的几个月里，菲利普斯离职成为一名全职护理人员。 菲利普斯承认妨碍体面且合法安葬以及两项欺诈罪名。
蜘蛛侠是最受欢迎的漫威漫画角色之一，即便观众已表现出对超级英雄题材的疲劳，其电影吸引力依然持久。最新一部作品获得了广泛好评，在烂番茄网站上获得了评论家 90% 的评分和影迷 98% 的认可度。索尼影业娱乐电影部门主席兼首席执行官汤姆·罗斯曼将这部电影描述为“本质上是一部关于友谊的电影，关于我们生活中人际连接的抚慰作用，这对世界各地所有年龄层的观众都能产生共鸣”。娱乐研究公司 Enact Insight 的创始人兼首席执行官格雷格·德金告诉路透社，孤独、隔离以及战胜困境的主题引起了共鸣，尤其是 Z 世代。“我国年轻人正面临心理健康危机——这对年轻男性来说尤为严重。还存在友谊危机，”他说。“疫情产生了一系列冲击波效应，我们尚未完全记录，更不用说解决了。这部电影触及了一些非常重要的主题。”
《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》的票房表现进一步助推了本就强劲的夏季票房，而《玩具总动员 5》和《奥德赛》等大作也起到了支撑作用。Rentrak 市场趋势主管保罗·德加拉贝迪安周日表示，《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》与《奥德赛》的结合创造了电影院中“史上最大的本土周末”。德加拉贝迪安说：“没有比《奥德赛》更好的铺垫来迎接这部电影了。想想世界上有多少人在电影院里接触到了《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》的预告片。”
总体而言，2026 年本土票房收入仍低于疫情前水平。Rentrak 数据显示，今年迄今为止的收入比去年增长了 10%，但比 2019 年（即疫情爆发前一年）低 16%。
路透社提供额外报道
从左起，演员玛丽莎·托梅、赞达亚、汤姆·赫兰德、艾米·帕斯卡尔（制片人）和弗洛伦斯·普格出席英国首映礼
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涉及其在 Sullivan 体育报纸任职期间的角色
Michael Savage 媒体编辑
BBC 电台主持人 Tony Livesey 已经离开该广播公司，此前有人对他早年担任 David Sullivan 旗下的《体育》（Sport）系列报纸总编辑的经历提出指控。
在 5 Live 电台，Livesey 最近每周四天主持晚上 10 点至凌晨 1 点的节目，该电台的工作人员被告知他将不会返回该台。在指控首次出现后，他已离开了该岗位。
他的离职是在 BBC 的《全景》（Panorama）调查节目之后发生的。该节目指控亿万富翁、西汉姆联足球俱乐部共同所有者 Sullivan 在过去数十年间对女性采取性剥削和掠夺性行为。
Sullivan 否认了这些指控，并通过其律师表示：
Majidah Chowdhury
一项价值 5 亿英镑 m（5亿英镑）的东伦敦最著名街道之一的重新开发计划已获批准，尽管议会和当地活动人士表示反对，但该计划为建设数据中心、办公室和公寓铺平了道路。
住房秘书安吉拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner）拒绝了将布里克巷（Brick Lane）的特鲁曼酿酒厂（Truman Brewery）地产用于建造数百套住宅的要求。布里克巷以其街头艺术、市场和多样化的饮食文化而闻名。“拯救布里克巷”（Save Brick Lane）联盟由九个反对该项目的团体组成，该联盟表示，其“社区不应被要求接受一个嘈杂、能源密集且消耗大量电力的开发项目”。
联盟成员团体“Nijjor Manush”的法蒂玛·拉吉纳（Fatima Rajina）博士表示，这将导致长期居住在该地区（一个历史悠久的孟加拉国社区）的人们搬离。她补充道：“让布里克巷成为今天这个样子的人们，将被视为一件件陈列品。”
她表示，该团体询问了居民“他们想要什么以及布里克巷对他们意味着什么”，许多人表示他们只是希望家人能团聚在一起。由业主 Truman Estates 和 Zeloof LLP 提出的计划将导致 6 个新区块、一个数据中心和办公室的建设。
“我断然否认所有这些指控。”
调查还对 62 岁的利夫塞（Livesey）提出了质疑，一名所谓的受害者称，利夫塞曾为她与萨利文（Sullivan）安排见面。
利夫塞表示，他“不记得”曾将这名年轻女性介绍给萨利文，且这样做“不是”他的工作职责。他表示，他与出现在该报纸上的任何人（如女性模特）几乎“零接触”。
利夫塞在 1998 年的一本书中有一段文字提到，他与萨利文构思了一个名为“16 岁倒计时”的专题，内容涉及模特 16 岁生日的倒计时，因为那时她们在法律上可以首次拍摄半裸照。
利夫塞随后表示，该专题“绝非”他的主意，且他的书中很大一部分内容被“虚构化”了，以使他看起来像是“所有故事的中心”，即便事实并非如此。
在昨天给 BBC 员工的一封信息中，5 Live 的总监海蒂·道森（Heidi Dawson）表示，利夫塞已决定离开主持岗位。
她表示：“托尼在 5 Live 工作了 16 年，在我们在索尔福德新家启动广播时，他是我们的首个播报之声。”
“随后他担任了我们标志性节目《Drive》10 年的主持人，在这一期间，他是我们报道英国脱欧的核心……在十五年间，托尼一直是我们报道每一项重大新闻和体育赛事的核心。”
“托尼请我向 5 Live 那些多年来与他共事的优秀同事们转达他由衷的感谢。我知道你们许多人也非常享受与托尼共事，我们祝愿他在未来的所有尝试中一切顺利。”
BBC 尚未就其对《全景》（Panorama）提出的问题的调查结论发表评论。
77 岁的萨利文在 6 月 6 日宣布辞去西汉姆联（West Ham United）董事兼共同主席的职务，随后 BBC 和《泰晤士报》发表了一项联合调查，报道了七名指控他有性不检行为的女性。
三名女性指称萨利文曾虐待
以及 44 套住宅。该项目还将包括一家电影院、展览和活动空间、艺术画廊、商店、咖啡馆、社区空间、食品市场和工作空间。但 Rajina 表示，活动人士已与建筑师、政策制定者和规划师合作，该地块实际上可以容纳 350 套住宅，她指的是塔 the Tower Hamlets 议会于 2024 年 9 月正式通过的总体规划。
然而，该规划被 Rayner 的决定推翻了。
住房大臣 Matthew Pennycook 上周代表她发出的一封信中表示，关于该以住房为中心的替代方案的可行性和可交付性，没有“详细证据”。
塔夫汉姆（Tower Hamlets）市长 Lutfur Rahman 称这一决定“令人深感失望，且错失了提供塔夫汉姆居民紧迫需要的社会保障房和可负担住房的机会”。
Rajina 将推翻议会一致决定这一行为描述为对地方民主的“凌驾”，并表示“这感觉就像被打了一记耳光”。
Pennycook 的信中称，数据中心的规模“将与附近的其他建筑保持合理的比例”，且更广泛的提案将“非常清晰地提升 Brick Lane 和 Fournier Street 保护区的特色和外观”。
该信件专门回应了当地孟加拉国社区提出的担忧，指出六套社会租赁房的设计旨在满足当地住房需求，包括具有孟加拉国背景的大规模家庭。
Rajina 批评了政府对地方主义的处理方式：“当你听到 安迪·伯纳姆 和 Angela Rayner 在创造一套关于地方主义的新语言，却给了房东如此大的权力，直接将当地人赶走时，真是令人沮丧。”
她还对数据中心用水量表示担忧，警告称它“将消耗大量水资源，当地人将因此受苦，水将变成一种奢侈商品”。
一名在该地区工作的人员表示：“我们不需要它……Brick Lane 是社区的核心，这里已经发生了太多变化，增加一个数据中心只会是另一个糟糕的变化。”
在 44 套住宅中，11 套将被视为可负担住宅，六套将被指定为可供租赁的社会住房。目前，塔夫汉姆有超过 30,000 户家庭在登记名单上等待社会住房。
“拯救 Brick Lane”联盟目前正在寻求专家建议，以确定该决定在现阶段是否可以被挑战。Truman Estates 已被要求就此发表评论。
以及他利用作为《Sport》系列报纸所有者的权力，在这些女性寻求工作时对其进行性剥削。
四名女性指控他具有剥削性和掠夺性行为，包括指控他在商务会议期间试图强迫她们发生性关系。
Livesey 在担任记者后成为了《Sport》系列报纸的总编辑。他在该公司工作了 18 年，于 2006 年离职。
一名女性指称，她被带到了《Sport》系列报纸在曼彻斯特的办公地点，在那里她被介绍给了当时的编辑 Livesey。她说 Livesey 给 Sullivan 打电话安排了一次会面。随后，同一名女性描述了与 Sullivan 之间一次不愿的性接触，据称发生在该次会议期间。
在 Livesey 卸任《Sport》职务时，他表示：“这家报纸在某些地方备受诋毁，但业内人士知道，如果没有在自己的领域做到卓越，任何全国性报纸都无法从成立之日起一直盈利至今。《独立报》（The Independent）与我们同年创刊，据我所知，它每年都在亏损。而我们每年都盈利。当重大新闻出现时，我们会严肃对待，但我们只是试图让人们开心地笑一笑。”
◀ 抗议者反对该地块的规划，他们认为该地块应被用于建造数百套住宅
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夸张的 剧场效果 与魔幻 时刻
《现在你看着我》现场版 伦敦歌剧院 (London Coliseum) ★★★☆☆
是否存在一种与近距离魔术相反的形式？如果有，它看起来应该很像《现在你看着我》现场版中的魔术，因为这些表演必须在太空中也能可见（且可闻）。这部新的壮观演出将于今年晚些时候前往其精神家园拉斯维加斯，该剧衍生自同名电影系列，由四位魔术师（“四骑士”）在大量夸张的光影效果和自我推销中，表演脱逃术、心灵感应甚至时间旅行。这简直不能更傲慢了——但其中有许多有趣的把戏，能让像我这样厌恶傲慢的人也支持下去。意大利人 Andrew Basso 的表演可以说最令人惊叹，包括他重现的胡迪尼水刑特技，以及另一个在他口中含着某些非常令人不快之物时，将自己从锁上的链条中脱身的表演。他的法国同行 Enzo Weyne
▲ Enzo Weyne, Andrew Basso, Raferty Coope, Gabriella Lester 以及 Matthew Pomeroy 在 《现在你看着我》现场版中。
下方是 《英国 天才秀》 半决赛选手 Eden Choi 的 客串演出
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由 JIMI FAMUREWA 主持 在全新系列节目中，跟随美食记者和广播员 Jimi Famurewa 共同探索塑造我们饮食方式的人们与盘中餐。 请在 YouTube 或《卫报》官网观看。
用一个纸袋和一个灯泡带来了一场引人瞩目的演出，此外还有一个精彩的观众互动环节，邀请我们所有人将入场时分发的扑克牌撕碎、洗牌，然后——像变魔术一样！——重新组装。 这一切是否从喧闹的剧场效果和膨胀的自我评价中获益？（看看主持人 Matthew Pomeroy 的自吹自擂，称这场演出正在消除魔术的性别不平等，尽管其七个节目中只有一个是女性演出的。）远非如此——在不止一次的情况下，他们的技巧被烟雾和激光掩盖，而自吹自擂的布景则设定了并非所有把戏都能达到的预期。 如果这些表演在简约的舞台上呈现，会给人留下多么深刻的印象？问问七岁的观众志愿者 Elektra 就知道了，她将前《英国天才秀》半决赛选手 Eden Choi 视为最喜欢的表演，后者快速的客串演出——一段无声但致命的扑克操纵序列——不需要任何装饰。这是演出中几个巧妙片段之一，证明了从束缚衣中挣脱和挤进被安装了炸药的保险箱这些古老艺术依然具有生命力——尽管我发现自己在心中诅咒这四位骑士过于夸张的风格。
演出至 9 月 6 日止
每周一和周四 更新剧集
埃克斯穆尔 被释放
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作为一项将猛禽带回英格兰天空项目的 part，半打年轻的白尾海雕已在埃克斯穆尔国家公园被释放。 这些海雕因翼展高达 2.4 米 (8英尺) 而被昵称为“飞行的谷仓门”，在 18 世纪之前广泛分布于英格兰南部，当时由于遭到迫害而被当地灭绝。它们受到 1981 年《野生动物与保护法》的保护。 这 6 只在怀特岛禽舍中抚养的鸟类，是由英格兰林业局 (Forestry England) 和 Roy Dennis 野生动物基金会慈善机构开展的一项将该物种恢复至英格兰的项目。该项目自 2019 年以来已经释放了 45 只白尾海雕。2023 年，英格兰诞生了 246 年来的首只野外雏鸟。 在埃克斯穆尔释放的 6 只鸟是该地区在 200 多年前因迫害而消失后，首次被重新引入的个体。
黑胶唱片迷遗憾错过 最终曲目仅限数字化发行
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这是今年最令人期待的合作之一：Charli xcx 与电影制作人大卫·克伦伯格（David Cronenberg）合作打造了《No One Lasts Forever》。这首歌是她的新专辑《Music, Fashion, Film》的收尾曲，该专辑在英国登顶榜首。但对于预订了被宣传为“全长”黑胶专辑的粉丝来说，一个不愉快且意外的情况在等待着他们。黑胶版歌曲中并没有克伦伯格的口述贡献——那是一段关于艺术、死亡与永恒的惊人思考——而这段内容在 Spotify 和 Apple Music 等平台上的版本中则是包含在内的。
这次合作被《Variety》杂志赞誉为“这张专辑真正核心所在”，但显然错过了黑胶唱片的制作截止日期。“当时我们必须交付黑胶音频[且]没能及时请到大卫，”Charli 在 Tape Notes 播客中说道，并补充道：“黑胶版实际上有另一个版本的歌曲，关于这一点我们还没有正式谈过。”
Animesh Khare 是对这一决定感到失望的人之一。“得知黑胶版本不是完整记录，绝对让我犹豫是否购买，”他说。“艺术家和厂牌有责任提前向粉丝沟通这些差异，以便人们能做出知情的决定。这仅仅是尊重和透明度的问题。”
Charli xcx 并非唯一的违规者。预订了 Olivia Rodrigo 第三张专辑《You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love》的黑胶粉丝们也记录了其中半打曲目中出现的意外编辑。
400年来首次
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一项苏格兰海鸟捕猎活动将首次在400年间未能开展，活动人士称之为一次“常识的胜利”。
在这次guga捕猎中，在距离路易斯和哈里斯岛（Lewis and Harris）以北40英里的无人居住的赫布里底群岛苏拉斯盖尔岛（Sula Sgeir）上，在10天内最多有2,000只鲣鸟幼鸟被猎杀。负责发放许可证的NatureScot以可能对鲣鸟种群产生“不利影响”为由，拒绝允许今年的捕猎活动进行。
野生动物组织长期以来一直抗议猎杀这些鸟类，这种传统被认为可以追溯到维京时代，当时人们为了食物而猎杀它们。
被称为“尼斯之男”（Men of Ness）的猎人们在苏拉斯盖尔自然保护区内，用长杆上的套索将幼鸟从巢中取出，并击其头部将其杀死。随后，这些鸟在岛上被剔除内脏并腌制，作为一种美味佳肴食用。
NatureScot在一份声明中表示：“在根据法律评估申请并使用最新的科学证据后，我们董事会的决定是拒绝发放许可证。”
“我们得出结论，无论是在申请人请求的2,000只幼年鲣鸟的申请限额下，还是在降低至500只的限额下，都可能产生不利影响。”
然而，该组织作为苏格兰政府的一部分，批评了一些活动人士，称警方已因“部分反guga捕猎抗议者的攻击和恐吓战术”而介入。
三月份，两名穿着鲣鸟服装的男子在当地逗留数日后被逮捕并被起诉。
▼ Charli xcx（下）和 Raye（主图）是最新黑胶专辑与数字版本存在差异的艺术家之列
与此同时，粉丝们发现 Raye 在 2026 年发行的《This Album May Contain Hope》黑胶版中没有包含最终混音版本。对此，Raye 表示：“我深表歉意……其中一些歌曲的数字版本与黑胶版相当不同。你们只需要接受这一点，因为我已经尽力了。”
这位歌手试图将此事正面化，在与 Zane Lowe 谈话时开玩笑说，这张黑胶唱片可能会变成收藏品。但许多粉丝并不觉得好笑。一名 Reddit 用户写道：“当你购买唱片时，理所当然地认为那是最终录音版本。Charli，我热爱她作为一名艺术家的才华，但这种‘挂羊头卖狗肉’的行为并不酷。”
在其他方面，The Weeknd 的《Hurry Up Tomorrow》首版黑胶仅包含了数字版本 22 首曲目中的 11 首；随后又发行了“完整版”双黑胶唱片。Beyoncé 的《Cowboy Carter》首版黑胶缺失了五首歌曲，引起了粉丝的沮丧。她当时未回应置评请求。其他专辑，如 Nicki Minaj 的《Pink Friday 2》和 Lil Wayne 的《Tha Carter VI》，其黑胶版发行数量远少于数字版本，可能是为了避免昂贵的双盘或三盘黑胶版。
另一个原因是，黑胶工厂需要在发行日期前至少六周收到音频母带和艺术设计，而复杂的包装或多种变体则需要更多时间。“包装越复杂，制造所需的时间就越长，”位于比肯黑德（Birkenhead）的零售商兼独立厂牌 Skeleton Records 的经理 Ben Savage 说道。相比之下，Spotify 处理数字文件仅需五个工作日。以 Rodrigo 为例，她 6 月份登顶榜单的作品至少发行了十几种不同的黑胶配置，包括签名版和零售商独家版。但所有版本中《Honeybee》、《Maggots for Brains》和《The Cure》等歌曲均为较短版本——例如，最后一首曲目丢失了浪漫的小提琴尾奏。粉丝起初以为自己的唱片压制错误。Rodrigo 的厂牌和
公关人员未回应解释请求，但该歌手透露，专辑的结尾曲《Cigarette Smoke》是在她必须“将所有内容提交用于黑胶制作”前仅一周才创作完成的。这是一个耐人寻味的措辞：制造时间表可能已经侵入了创作过程本身——一个截止日期是为了将某个版本的专辑刻在蜡盘上，而另一个则是为了在流媒体发行前精修最终混音。如果是这样，艺术家是否应该向粉丝明确表示，他们收到的黑胶版本可能与数字发行版有所不同？一位粉丝表示，罗德里戈（Rodrigo）的在线商店告知他们，该黑胶唱片“是按预期接收的”，并拒绝退款。而且，这与偶然的压盘错误（mispressings）不同——后者有时因为只有少数几张逃出工厂而变得昂贵——这些早期版本是故意大量生产的，通常达数万张。它们可能依然吸引收藏家，但不太可能获得与真正的印刷错误相关的价格。根据 BPI 的数据，版本饱和与粉丝的“错失恐惧症”（Fomo）相结合，使唱片公司获益匪浅，推动去年英国黑胶唱片销量达到 7.6m 张 LP，同比增长 13.3%，且连续 18 年增长。但萨维奇（Savage）警告说，该行业可能在冒险。“这是在宰粉丝，”他说，“我们担心这可能会导致买家疲劳并导致泡沫破裂。”
在 NatureScot 的因弗内斯（Inverness）总部 Great Glen House 的屋顶上。在另一起事件中，该建筑还被喷涂涂鸦并被砸碎窗户。
来自刘易斯岛（Lewis）北部内斯（Ness）的人们指责活动人士采取了欺凌手段。在 NatureScot 的会议之前，“拯救我们的古加收获”（Save Our Guga Harvest）小组的默多·麦克里奇（Murdo MacRitchie）表示：“内斯的人们可以理解地认为，这一建议冒了风险，相当于在奖励一场让小岛社区成员遭受欺凌和虐待的活动。”
“保护荒野”（Protect the Wild）的德文·多尔蒂（Devon Docherty）称其为“同情心的胜利……以及常识的胜利”。
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Pippa Neill 环境记者
《卫报》可以透露，英格兰北部的一家塑料制造商因排放苯（一种没有安全水平的致癌化学物质）而面临潜在的法律行动。
环境局（EA）正考虑对位于蒂赛德（Teesside）的 Huntsman Polyurethanes 公司采取法律行动，理由是该公司可能违反了许可协议，这属于刑事犯罪。活动人士表示，此事揭露了全球塑料工业的有毒本质，且工人们和当地社区已处于风险之中。
Huntsman Polyurethanes 是一家生产塑料化学品的石油化学公司，位于北约克郡海滨小镇雷德卡（Redcar）规模庞大的蒂赛德化学集群内。
该工厂隶属于 Huntsman Corporation，这是一家公开交易的全球化学产品生产商和营销商，其 2025 年的营收高达 $6bn。
2023, Huntsman 停用了一套旨在减少苯类空气排放的工艺，并将其替换为由第三方控制的替代方法。
然而，环境局的文件显示，这一新工艺会“定期暂停”，
25 国家 环境 ▼ 位于北约克郡雷德卡的化学工厂 Huntsman Polyurethanes 正接受环境局调查
从而导致苯直接排放到空气中。文件还显示，环境局在 2023 年就已知晓这一问题，但直到今年才开始调查。
根据环境局的记录，在此期间，该场地的苯排放量从 2022 年的 13 吨增加到 2024 年的 17 吨。
苯被用于制造某些塑料，对人类具有致癌性并会导致白血病。根据世界卫生组织的说法，苯的暴露没有安全水平。
在 3 月的一份检查报告中，环境局记录了多项与苯排放相关的许可违规行为。文件指出，苯是一种致癌物，且“可以合理预见，管理系统的缺陷将导致多次排放，这些排放在累积时，直到通过合规解决前，可能会对环境或人类健康产生重大影响”。
未能遵守环境许可协议属于刑事犯罪。
Huntsman 的一名发言人表示，苯的排放并非非法，且“完全符合我们的许可条件”。
然而，环境局告诉《卫报》：“我们正与法律团队就这些许可违规行为考虑进一步的执行行动，并已通知英国健康安全局（UK Health Security Agency）和健康与安全执行局（Health and Safety Executive），以便他们评估任何公众或职业健康风险。”
环境局指示 Huntsman 在 2026 . 3 月进行模拟建模，以评估苯排放的影响。模拟结果发现，在所有考虑的情景中，空气质量标准均出现“显著”违规。
这些标准具有法律约束力，旨在保护人类健康免受有毒污染物的侵害。在其中一种情景中，预计苯排放量将超过 24 小时限制值的 933%。
然而，环境局告诉《卫报》，对该建模的内部审查发现，影响“并非无关紧要，但预测的环境浓度仍低于相关的环境标准”。
“我们的空气质量专家已经评估了环境和人类健康影响——他们的反馈表明，这些排放不会对当地地点（如附近学校）构成显著风险，”该发言人补充道。
然而，埃克塞特大学绿色和平组织研究实验室的高级科学家 David Santillo 表示，这些排放是“非常显著”的，并将环境局的迟缓行动描述为一场“闹剧”。
“环境局的存在应当是为了防止此类事情发生，”
“不仅仅是为了记录它并要求更多的报告，”他说道。
环境署（EA）表示，亨茨曼（Huntsman）“未能采取积极行动”，但同时也“承认，如果能更早地进行后续跟进，可能会有助于更及时地实施”。该机构补充称，其最近的干预已导致“现场减排系统的性能显著提高”。
约克大学大气化学教授艾利·刘易斯（Ally Lewis）表示，苯是对人类健康最有害的空气污染物之一，而环境署“似乎在允许空气质量明显恶化以及致癌污染物的增加，理由是只要低于某个有些随意的值就没问题”。
“如果这是我们管理风险和化学品的国家方法，那么它看起来极其自由放任且不闻不问，”他补充道。
乌得勒支大学环境流行病学和暴露组科学教授罗埃尔·费梅伦（Roel Vermeulen）表示，该建模报告指出一个合理的风险，应当被“非常严肃地”对待。
17 2024年该工厂排放的苯总量（吨）——较2022年的13吨有所增加
卡罗尔·扎格罗维奇 (Carole Zagrovic) 环保活动家
他表示，应对人们家中以及社区其他地方的苯含量进行测量，且应“立即开始”，同时应与减少排放并行。亨特斯曼 (Huntsman) company 的一位发言人表示，其自身的空气监测数据“表明，厂区边界外的浓度低于适用的空气质量标准”。该公司还表示，其“长期个人监测计划强调，现场人员不存在超出暴露限制的实际案例”。该公司拒绝向《卫报》展示这些数据，也未将其分享给英国环境署 (EA)。活动人士表示，该工厂的苯排放指向了全球塑料工业更广泛的问题。最近的一份绿色和平组织 (Greenpeace) 报告称，塑料废弃物造成的污染只是“塑料的毁灭性影响”的一个方面，塑料生产中使用的危险化学品同样在“毒害人类和自然世界”。国际研究已将居住在塑料生产设施附近与负面健康结果联系起来。波士顿学院行星健康全球观测站发现，塑料生产工人面临一系列癌症（包括白血病）的更高风险。桑蒂洛 (Santillo) 表示：“你不可能在不产生污染的情况下制造塑料，而塑料随后又会产生自身的污染。这是一个彻头彻尾的混乱生意。”卡罗尔·扎格罗维奇 (Carole Zagrovic) 从 2000 年代初开始，在雷德卡 (Redcar) 为地球之友 (Friends of the Earth) 担任社区发展专家约十年，她表示当时当地人“谈论癌症就像谈论流感一样。他们对此已经变得漠不关心且麻木了”。扎格罗维奇表示，这种污染仍在继续让她感到“震惊”，并表示尽管她进行了多年的抗争，但似乎没有任何改变。亨特斯曼 (Huntsman) 的一位发言人表示：“亨特斯曼的苯排放完全符合我们的许可证条件，包括受英国环境署监管的 2024 年排放量。”一名英国环境署 (EA) 发言人表示：“针对该场地排放问题的担忧，我们一直在开展广泛的监管工作，包括检查和合规报告，并发现了多项违规行为。我们正在考虑针对这些违规行为采取进一步的执法行动，并与运营商合作，以确保场地改进能迅速落实；由于我们的行动，控制措施已得到改善，自 2 月初以来，与工艺排气相关的排放已显著减少。”
被美国遗弃的巴勒斯坦裔美国人 在定居者暴力的激增中受苦
Andrew Roth 和 Sufian Taha 图尔姆斯·艾亚 (Turmus Ayya)
在图尔姆斯·艾亚，一片“无人区”地带将美国国旗的终点与以色列国旗的起点分隔开来。那是几百米被莫洛托夫鸡尾酒烧焦的土地，以色列定居者在那儿放置了一块巨石，以此告诉巴勒斯坦村民：现在这里是我们的土地了。
在那块巨石的一侧，是图尔姆斯·艾亚巴勒斯坦居民居住的白石大厦。其中约 80% 是美国公民，他们是居住在纽约、芝加哥和新泽西州帕特森的海外侨民，在夏天返回故里，并带孩子来这里体验巴勒斯坦文化、学习阿拉伯语。许多人称自己为自豪的美国爱国者，并在阳台上悬挂星条旗。
在另一侧，是一个由波纹金属拖车和小木屋组成的非法以色列前哨站，那里驻扎着一群声称整个约旦河西岸均为犹太土地的年轻人。
这些前哨站从希洛 (Shilo) 辐射而出，希洛是峡谷对面一座山顶定居点，已成为美国人追寻犹太教在第一圣殿建成前首个宗教与精神之都的目的地。美国驻以色列大使迈克·哈卡比 (Mike Huckabee) 在过去两年中曾两次访问希洛，而联合国表示，这违反了国际法。
当地人并未忽略其中的讽刺：美国支持定居者将约旦河西岸据为己有，且美国资金——通过犹太慈善机构以及支持以色列军队的美国预算——资助了以色列的土地抢夺。鉴于希洛与美国关系密切，他们猜测，那些袭击图尔姆斯·艾亚的人中，有些人可能是美国同胞。
“只有在巴勒斯坦，你才会看到美国公民为了土地而侵犯美国公民，”来自图尔姆斯·艾亚的半退休家事律师亚塞尔·阿尔卡姆 (Yaser Alkam) 说道，他曾在加利福尼亚州安纳海姆居住了 35 年。他目前是该村委员会的负责人。“这里没有战斗。一方发起袭击，而另一方只能用我们极其有限的手段进行防御。”
暴力行为接之不绝。夜晚，定居者驾驶越野车在村里游荡，通过枪击、尖叫以及用手电筒照射窗户来恐吓人们。在最近一次针对村边一个家庭的袭击中，定居者在房子侧面喷漆写上了“复仇”二字。被指控实施暴力和恐吓的人员包括阿米沙夫·梅莱特 (Amishav Melet)，上周定居者在进入另一个巴勒斯坦村庄时发生冲突，导致其兄弟被杀。他公开宣布，他认为犹太人应该收复整个约旦河西岸。他否认了自己与定居者暴力行为有关的指控。阿尔卡姆在谈到梅莱特时说：“我有他的照片。我敢肯定他也有我的照片和我的名字……他可能在等待时机来对付我。”
虽然特朗普政府将注意力集中在伊朗，但以色列在约旦河西岸加速抢夺土地的行为在哈卡比这里找到了热烈的支持者。这位美国大使是一名福音派基督徒，支持犹太人对定居者称为“犹太亚与撒马利亚”的被占领土地的所有权主张。
哈卡比在 2025 年告诉居民们：“特朗普总统热爱这片土地。你们并不孤单。我们与你们站在一起，世界上许多人也是如此。那些不与你们站在一起的人，就不是与上帝站在一起。”每当袭击发生时，阿尔卡姆会联系哈卡比的使馆寻求保护。他说，有时美国官员会提供帮助，最近一次是在 7 月下旬，当时以色列军队占领了一名来自纽约州锡拉丘斯的医生的房屋，而该医生在本月早些时候罗·康纳议员访问图尔姆斯·阿亚期间曾接待过这位民主党议员。阿尔卡姆表示，他认为美国大使馆在促使军方撤离方面“发挥了很大作用”。但自 2022 年以来，已有九名巴勒斯坦裔美国人在约旦河西岸被定居者或以色列军队杀害，而且在美国面对暴力袭击时，往往无法提供帮助，也无法约束定居者或军队。在一名来自坦帕湾的巴勒斯坦裔美国人在约旦河西岸被以色列定居者殴打致死一年后，定居者袭击了他的家人和朋友，甚至袭击了一组前来举行守夜活动的 CNN 采访团队。
国务院表示，所有在约旦河西岸的美国公民都可以获得领事服务，谴责“约旦河西岸任何一方”的暴力行为，并表示正与合作伙伴进行“定期对话，以改善稳定与安全”。
发言人说：“美国不支持以色列吞并约旦河西岸。一个稳定的约旦河西岸能确保以色列的安全，且符合本届政府实现地区和平的目标。”
阿尔卡姆深信，华盛顿本可以采取更多措施来约束定居者和以色列政府。他说：“我们从未想到，在现任政府的眼皮底下，图尔姆斯·阿亚的美国公民竟然会遭到袭击。”
他说，许多居民甚至投票给了特朗普，但当政府迅速将暴力定居者从拜登政府制定的制裁名单中移除时，他们失去了信心。
照片：QUIQUE KIERSZENBAUM / THE GUARDIAN ▲ 盖斯·奥德的家人在 2021 年搬到了图尔姆斯·阿亚。上图，村民们举起美国国旗。最上方，迈顺·阿里加固后的房屋。
盖斯·奥德在纽约皇后区长大，目前大部分时间仍住在新泽西州的帕特森，但他的妻子和孩子在 2021 年搬到了他们在图尔姆斯·阿亚的家族土地上。他们住在村庄边缘，靠近定居者，窗户上装有百叶窗（他遗憾地表示是塑料的，而非金属的）。
暴力行为在 2023 年 10 月 7 日哈马斯袭击以及以色列发动加沙战争之前就已经开始，但在过去的一年里愈演愈烈。奥德在讲述定居者烧毁其父母房屋一部分的那个夜晚，以及他的房屋被以色列军队搜查六次等经历时说：“我们多次在这里感到生命受到威胁。”
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村庄附近经常发生骚扰，有一次一支枪口对准了他的儿子（他有六个孩子之一）。 Odeh 表示，当他就这些袭击联系美国大使馆时，他被告知应将其报告给当地执法部门。当被问及他认为自己接收到了什么信号时，他说道：“一个以色列裔美国人住在这里没问题，但一个巴勒斯坦裔美国人不行。” 许多人害怕带孩子来村里，不得不依靠自己寻求保护。 目前的讨论围绕在安全措施上：是安装铁丝网，还是挂更多美国国旗以强调该村与美国的联系。 他指向一位来自芝加哥、正在安装铁丝网围栏的邻居，Odeh 说道：“我不想住在监狱里。我在美国出生长大。我们在那里生活在自由之中。我不会以其他方式生活。” 但人们担心自己的生命安全。上个月，60 岁的退休人员 Maisoon Ali 正在附近 Deir Dibwan 的家中，这时她抬头看到三名年轻人拿着装满易燃液体的瓶子跑上车道。她跑进屋内并拉下了金属百叶窗。在试图将液体泼在她身上后，定居者在 Ali 躲在室内时点燃了家具和建筑外墙。 “感谢上帝我行动迅速，”曾在弗吉尼亚州维也纳生活了数十年的 Ali 说，“如果我不那样做，我会被活活烧死。” Ali 的父亲在 20 世纪 70 年代建房时就预见到会有麻烦，因此安装了防弹玻璃。他去世时，让 Ali 承诺绝不放弃这座房子。 现在，她把家变成了一座“监狱”，在房子和周围的橄榄林周围筑起了围栏。 “如果他看到这样，他会心碎的，”她指着这些防御工事说道，“这是我们的土地，我 60 岁了，我决定在自己的家族之家中退休。我不想这样生活，每天恐惧，无法维持日常作息。” 6 月 18 日，在第一次袭击几天后，数十名定居者再次围攻该房屋。其中一名男子在网上威胁她，并发布了一段视频，视频中他站在 Ali 房子后面的围栏旁。“地面的现实已经大声地宣示了他们早已心知肚明的事：房主回来了，”他说。 针对 Ali 的纵火袭击发生在 6 月 14 日，就在 Huckabee 出人意料地访问希洛（Shilo）以支持定居者的两天之后。 Alkam 表示，他曾“至少四次联系 Huckabee，请求他访问 Turmus Ayya”，但他没有来。“他甚至不认为我们存在。” 以色列检察官表示，他们已指控六名定居者在 Deir Dibwan 实施了“恐怖主义行为、纵火、蓄意破坏和暴力骚乱”，不过据报道这些案件受到封口令的限制，尚不清楚是否与 Ali 家的袭击有关。在向美国大使馆提交初步报告后，她表示被告知应将案件报告给当地当局。 “如果我们是一个被他们试图活活烧死的犹太裔以色列美国家庭，美国大使两小时内就会出现在这里，”她说，“但我没有收到任何联系。”
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▲ 村里的一座农场。 居民担心 动物也可能 成为定居者 暴力的牺牲品
是伊朗 避免美国 升级打击的 最后机会
帕特里克·温图尔 (Patrick Wintour) 外交编辑
唐纳德·特朗普昨日表示，华盛顿与德黑兰之间的新一轮谈判是伊朗达成协议并避免美国升级对该国打击的“最后机会”。 这位美国总统表示，他预计谈判将在未来一两天内开始，旨在重新开放霍尔穆兹海峡，并为伊朗解决美国对其核计划的担忧创造路径。 “第一阶段是开放海峡。第二阶段将是去核化，”特朗普在椭圆形办公室告诉记者。“而这将需要一段时间。” 他重申他对伊朗的耐心即将耗尽，并警告称：“这是他们签署一份良好文件的最后机会。” 昨日早些时候，伊朗外交部发言人表示，该国一直在与阿曼讨论建立一条新的、临时的通过海峡的航线，以允许商业航运恢复，但尚未恢复与美国的谈判。 埃斯梅尔·巴盖伊 (Esmail Baghaei) 否认了唐纳德·特朗普关于双方本周可能就所有主要分歧重启谈判的说法。他表示：“我们目前并未与美国进行谈判。” 这位美国总统表示，在沙特阿拉伯王储穆罕默德·本·萨尔曼 (Mohammed bin Salman) 致电敦促采取外交手段后，他暂缓了周末针对任何国家发起“自第二次世界大战以来”最大规模打击的计划。特朗普表示，此次取消是以伊朗迅速达成协议为条件的。据认为，这已是他在美伊战争中第12次取消或威胁进行打击。
海峡的开放。 第二阶段将是 去核化”
昨天，特朗普在社交媒体的一篇帖子中称伊朗领导层“令人难以置信地阴险”。他写道：“他们要求会面，有些人会说是‘乞求’，谈话已经开始，且近期还计划了更多会谈，但他们公开且自豪地表示，他们没有进行任何讨论，没有任何事情在谈论，他们只在与‘阿曼’打交道。”“随后他们又在惯常地胡扯，说霍尔木兹海峡将由他们强力运行，而事实上那里已经完全由美国海军和我们的‘封锁’控制。”特朗普要求伊朗达成“一项协议，否则就彻底投降”。巴盖伊（Baghaei）关于一条通过霍尔木兹海峡的新中线航道的讨论将代表一定的进展。伊朗正主张完全主权，并就海峡的航线和未来管理提出要求，包括通过向船只提供海事服务来收取费用的可能性。其中一项提议是创建一家阿曼-伊朗合资公司，提供保险公司此前提供的所有服务，但价格更低，且对部分国家实行优惠关税。找到一条双方都能接受的海峡航线，是解锁谅解备忘录中列出的所有其他协议的前提，该停火文件由双方于 18 June 签署。关于备忘录义务的分歧已导致战争重启，战争已蔓延至红海和伊拉克。上周，伊朗外交部副部长卡泽姆·加里巴巴迪（Kazem Gharibabadi）表示，该国要求进入海峡的船只采取靠近伊朗的北向航线，但部分船只可以采取南向航线。伊朗拒绝将交通量在两条航线之间平均分配，也拒绝由第三国开始对航线进行排雷。巴盖伊在德黑兰的一场新闻发布会上表示：“我们现在讨论的是一个具有往返路线的走廊，而不是两条或三条独立的路线。这条中间路线将临时使用，直到决定固定路线为止。”他将该路线定义为运输分离方案的替代方案，而后者是战前由联合国国际海事组织监管的长期路线。巴盖伊强调，与阿曼的谈判是双边性质的，不涉及美国，并补充说与阿曼的谈判已持续了七到八天。他表示，伊朗外交部长阿巴斯·阿拉格奇（Abbas Araghchi）昨天并没有计划与美国举行任何会谈。他补充说，就航线达成协议并不能解决所有问题，并指出了美国对伊朗港口的封锁，且除非美国改变做法，否则局势不会有显著改善。
Pjotr Sauer Angus Thomson
俄罗斯官员表示，乌克兰对一家黑海度假胜地及被吞并的克里米亚半岛发动的无人机袭击造成 11 人死亡；此前俄方指责基辅对莫斯科一家餐厅造成五人死亡的另一起爆炸事件负责。
俄罗斯南部克拉斯诺达尔地区（Krasnodar region）的危机工作组表示，在海滨小镇阿尔希波-奥西波夫卡（Arkhipo-Osipovka），“无人机碎片”击中海滩，造成包括三名儿童在内的七人死亡。
经路透社和 BBC 核实的社交媒体视频显示，水中和岸边的游客目睹了一个疑似无人机的物体撞击繁忙的海滩。
在乌克兰对非法吞并的克里米亚发动的袭击中，另有四人死亡。
安吉丽克·克里赛斯 (Angelique Chrisais) 巴黎
在一名法国总理办公室相关部门的员工尝试自杀后，巴黎检察官已就涉嫌职场欺凌开启初步调查。
据 France Inter 广播电台报道，在过去一年中，有两个不同部门的政府工作人员自杀身亡，另有两人尝试自杀。
今年 6 月，一名员工代表就某些政府部门涉嫌欺凌向检察官提起申诉。
France Inter 和法新社 (Agence France-Presse) 看到的一份文件称，申诉内容主张“推定的制度性欺凌”导致一名员工尝试结束生命。
政府内部还就特定案例及更广泛的职场福祉开展了三项内部调查。
France Inter 报道称，处于检察官调查中心的该名员工在负责处理总理办公室相关信函的服务部门工作。
该女性的律师克里斯泰尔·马扎 (Christelle Mazza) 告诉该电台：“我的当事人被[使]得像透明人一样。她不再被邀请参加会议，被从员工名单中剔除，被对待得像个无关紧要的人。她遭受嘲讽和讥笑，就像校园霸凌一样。”
律师表示，在埃马纽埃尔·马克龙 (Emmanuel Macron) 解散议会后，政府的不稳定性加剧了员工面临的困境。
莫斯科安装的州长谢尔盖·阿克松诺夫 (Sergey Aksyonov) 在 Telegram 的帖子中表示。早前，俄罗斯指责乌克兰在莫斯科一家餐厅发动爆炸袭击，造成 5 人死亡，同时有推测认为一名高级军事指挥官才是袭击目标。
爆炸发生在周六晚上，地点位于库德林斯卡亚广场 (Kudrinskaya Square) 一家餐厅的入口附近。俄罗斯检察官表示，一名身份不明的女性携带简易爆炸装置试图进入餐厅，但被安保人员拦截。该装置在片刻后爆炸，造成 5 人死亡，19 人受伤。
周日，俄罗斯外交部指责基辅发动了这次袭击，称：“[弗拉基米尔] 泽连斯基恐怖分子团伙的血腥触角已触及莫斯科的 Balzi Rossi 意大利餐厅。”
俄罗斯当局尚未确认预定目标或公布受害者姓名。然而，亲克里姆林宫的军事博主和俄罗斯独立媒体报道称，此次袭击目标可能是俄罗斯航空航天军司令亚历山大·恰伊科 (Alexander Chayko) 上将，据称他当时正在餐厅参加一个私人派对庆祝 55 岁生日。
爆炸后不久在网上发布的照片和视频（据称来自该私人活动）显示，背景舞台上显示着“亚历山大 55”字样。恰伊科是俄罗斯最高军事指挥官之一，在被提升为空军司令之前，他在 2022 年初领导了对基辅的失败进攻。
一个以发布俄罗斯安全部门内部泄密信息而闻名的 Telegram 频道称，恰伊科未受伤。根据该频道，他的女儿玛丽亚 (Maria) 在爆炸中重伤，而她的丈夫丹尼尔·佩雷德里 (Daniil Peredriy) 丧生。
俄罗斯《商业评论报》(Kommersant) 报道，调查人员认为携带爆炸装置的女性可能不知道自己携带的是炸弹，暗示该装置是通过远程引爆的，从而导致其死亡。在其他报道的受害者中，包括一名俄罗斯精锐联邦保护局的成员。
基辅尚未对此类事件发表评论。双方均多次表示他们不针对平民。
乌克兰地区负责人伊万·费多罗夫 (Ivan Fedorov) 昨天表示，俄罗斯飞机对扎波罗热市 (Zaporizhzhia) 的住宅区发动了 90 分钟的轰炸闪击，造成 1 人死亡，数十人受伤。
国民议会，并于 2024 年 6 月举行了闪电大选。
在的一份声明中，总理服务部门的两名高级官员对同事及其家属表达了充分的尊重与支持。他们表示，心理健康是“一项持续的优先事项”，并将对职场健康状况进行审计。他们称，一起自杀企图案件经过调查，发现与政府服务无关。另一起案件在有关欺凌的指控后成为了调查中心。至于两起自杀死亡事件，目前调查仍在进行中。
◀一名男子走过莫斯科库德林斯卡亚广场的 Balzi Rossi 意大利餐厅，周六这里发生的一起炸弹爆炸案显然是以一名高级军官为目标
照片：SERGEI ILNITSKY / EPA
Deborah Cole 柏林
一些患癌后康复的德国政治家牵头提出了相关建议，旨在保护那些长期处于缓解期的患者，使其免于在银行贷款、子女领养和保险等领域遭受他们所谓的“猖獗的歧视”。这项被称为“被遗忘权”（RTBF）的政策，是德国估计 5.5 million 名已被医生宣布健康、且曾经患过癌症的患者的核心诉求。
“任何在医学上战胜癌症的人，在生活的任何领域，无论是保险、信贷还是雇佣法中，都不应受到永久性的不利影响，”由德国联合政府的小党伙伴社会民主党（SPD）起草的提案中如此写道。该文件指出，一旦医学上合理的期限（通常为五年）届满，“则不再要求披露之前已康复的癌症诊断结果”。
该提案的发起者之一是社民党议会党团的外交政策发言人 Adis Ahmetović，他在 30 岁时公开了淋巴瘤诊断结果，现在 33 岁。自 2024 . 10 月以来，他的体内已无肿瘤。Ahmetović 认为，除了伦理上的正当性，这项政策变动“不会让国家花费一分钱”。
他得到了同样是社民党成员、乳腺癌幸存者以及波罗的海沿岸梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州州长 Manuela Schwesig 的支持。Schwesig 表示，德国在阻止前癌症患者重新开始生活方面是欧盟中的异类。她告诉 Funke 媒体集团：“其他欧洲国家早已经解决了这个问题。我们需要一部法律来实现这一点。”
德国财政部长、社民党共同领导人 Lars Klingbeil 在 2014. 年得知自己患病后，战胜了舌癌。他也全力支持该立法。
一项呼吁德国采取“被遗忘权”改革的请愿书已获得超过 55,000 份签名。该请愿是由 Tobias Burggraf 发起的，他的女儿在两岁半时被诊断出患有癌症。Burggraf 在描述自己的目标时表示：“在治愈之后，生活才真正开始——而不是面临下一个障碍。”他认为社民党发起的提案涵盖了“我们请愿的主旨”，并称其“早已迟到”。
德国保险协会对给癌症患者状态设定固定期限发出了警告。该行业组织表示，为了让所有人都能负担得起保费，人寿险和伤残险的私人保险提供商必须能够基于科学审查和医疗建议来评估患者的未来风险。
在社交媒体上挑选候选人
Lili Rutai 布达佩斯 E
Eszter Jámbor 是一位 46 岁的内容创作者，专注于性教育。上周，她向自己的 Instagram 粉丝提出了一个不同寻常的问题：他们认为谁应该成为匈牙利的下一任总统？
建议范围从真人秀明星到健美运动员，以及维多利亚的秘密模特 Barbara Palvin。但另一项针对匈牙利人的匿名在线民意调查显示，最受欢迎的候选人是 András Arató，一位退休的电气工程师，他因为一个表情包而在全球网络上走红：“隐藏痛苦的哈罗德”（Hide the Pain Harold）。诺贝尔奖获得者的生物化学家 Katalin Karikó 和鲁比克方块的发明者 Ernő Rubik 也是热门选择。
“显然，政治是严肃的，但也可以留有一点幽默的空间，因为在经历了过去 16 年之后，匈牙利的一部分人现在感受到了一种自由感，”Jámbor 说道。自从在今年早些时候的一次里程碑式选举中赶走了其右翼民粹主义领导人 Viktor Orbán 后，这个中欧国家一直处于快速的政治变革期。
接替 Orbán 的 Péter Magyar 已经开始实施他承诺的一些改革：停止公共媒体上的“宣传广播”，并撤换 Orbán 在检察机关、警方和军队中的盟友。
然而，最大的争斗或许是 Magyar 与当时的总统 Tamás Sulyok 之间的冲突，后者在 7 月被强迫签署了一项结束其任期的宪法修正案。在由 Orbán 的 Fidesz 党任命的 Sulyok 离职后，新任总理在 Facebook 上呼吁大家提供建议。“让我们共同做出决定，”他说。
来自执政的 Tisza 党议员将在议会选举新总统，但 Magyar 鼓励“公众人物、非政府组织和平民”推荐人选。然而，在讨论开启不到 24 小时后，Magyar 表示他已经提名国际象棋特级大师 Judit Polgár 出任该职。这引发了抵制，而 Polgár 拒绝了他的提名。
Magyar 为此次“沟通误会”道歉，但民意调查显示他的政党支持率下降了 3 个百分点。“这个过程仍然不完美，”Imre Ónádi 说道。他是一位 55 岁的建筑师，创建了一个 Facebook 页面和小组，以支持保守派政治家 Péter Márki-Zay 的参选，后者曾在 2022 年大选中竞选但未能击败 Orbán。
Ónádi 对 Polgár 的拒绝表示欢迎，“这并不是因为她不是合适的人选，而是因为”
点点连线：参观者在科隆路德维希博物馆参观草间 Yayoi 的装置作品《无限镜像房间——埋在无限中的波点之希望将永远覆盖宇宙》，这是该展出的最后一天。该馆的草间展展出了这位 97 岁日本艺术家 300 逾件作品，共吸引了创纪录的 470,000 名参观者。 摄影：INA FASSBENDER / GETTY
▶ 从上至下：通过表情包走红的 András Arató；维多利亚的秘密模特 Barbara Palvin；以及 Ernő Rubik
“她的提名是在没有讨论的情况下宣布的”。他认为马扎尔（Magyar）的道歉是一个好迹象。“看来他们考虑到了民众的看法。毕竟这就是民主。”
尽管政府已经建立了一个在线咨询空间，以讨论交通法规的更新，但并没有一个官方的总统候选人推荐渠道。任何年满 35 岁且拥有投票权的匈牙利公民都可以成为总统，但马扎尔表示，他的候选人必须独立于政党。他已经会见了两位受欢迎的竞争者：著名的历史学家伊格纳茨·罗姆西奇（Ignác Romsics）和律师博顿德·富洛普（Botond Fülöp），后者揭露了导致卡塔林·诺瓦克（Katalin Novák）在 2024 年总统任期结束的儿童虐待赦免丑闻。
预计蒂萨（Tisza）的 141 名议员将在 8 月 19 日之前提议并宣誓就职一名候选人。从技术上讲，拥有 44 名议员的基德党（Fidesz）可以提名自己的候选人，但该党表示将不参加选举，因为它认为苏柳克（Sulyok）被解职是非法的。没有其他政党拥有足够的议员来提名人选。
国际特赦组织匈牙利分会的布达佩斯办公室成员亚伦·德梅特尔（Áron Demeter）认为，撤换苏柳克是合理的。他说：“但我们可以讨论蒂萨的方法，”并主张政府本可以通过弹劾来处理。他补充道，蒂萨在议会拥有绝对多数席位，“不应该重复基德党的做法”。
▲ “重塑自豪感”：瑙鲁（Naoero）是这个太平洋国家的传统名称
美联社 惠灵顿
太平洋岛国瑙鲁（Nauru）已将其国名改为 Naoero 共和国，以符合其国家语言的拼写和发音。其国际代码将从 NRU 变为 NRO，其人民将被称为 dei-Naoero 而非 Nauruan。该国在国外通常被读作 Now-roo，而新名称的读音为 Now-ero。根据政府 Facebook 账户发布的一份声明，此举使这个偏远的南太平洋岛国恢复了其传统名称。此前的一份政府声明称，该国在国际上被称为 Nauru 仅是因为其本地名称难以被外国人发音。总统大卫·阿德昂（David Adeang）在 1 月向议会提出该方案时表示：“此次拟议的变更旨在更忠实地尊重我们国家的遗产、我们的语言以及我们的身份。”
尽管目前尚不清楚相关文件是否已正式修改，但拟议的宪法修正案已在必要的两轮投票中获得议员通过。Naoero 拥有 12,000 名居民，是世界上人口第三少的国家，仅次于图瓦卢和梵蒂冈城。它曾被德国殖民，后来由澳大利亚管理，直到 1968 . 成为一个独立的共和国。现在，由于气候崩溃导致海平面上升，这个环礁面临风险。阿德昂表示，更名标志着“民族自豪感更新的开始”。在上周的一份声明中，政府表示议员们已决定无需就更名进行全民公投。政府称：“虽然全民公投旨在决定人民的意愿，但 Naoero 这个名字从未丢失，而是在等待被完全接纳。”政府补充道，这一名称“已经是人民的身份标识，出现在国徽上，并在社区中使用，而且重要的是，这符合宪法规定”。
其母在生前正调查 在马耳他能源竞标中处于“核心地位”的富豪
朱丽叶·加赛德 (Juliette Garside)
陪审团昨日获悉，记者达芙妮·卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚 (Daphne Caruana Galizia) 在遇害时，正致力于调查商人约根·费内奇 (Yorgen Fenech) 及马耳他政府成员涉嫌的腐败行为。费内奇作为马耳他最巨额财富继承人之一，目前正因谋杀罪受审，被指控策划并出资在 2017 年 10 月通过汽车炸弹杀害卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚。
她的儿子马修·卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚 (Matthew Caruana Galizia) 昨日出庭作证。他是一名软件工程师，曾参与获得普利策奖的“巴拿马文件”离岸公司调查报道团队。他描述了自己是如何被吸引并协助母亲工作的，并表示随着更多事实的揭露，对他而言就像打开了一扇“门户”，让他能“窥见地狱”。
2015 年，卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚表示他正在处理“巴拿马文件”的泄露数据，将数百万份文件上传到数据库中，供记者调查避税天堂。随着时间的推移，来自泄露文件及达芙妮自身渠道的资料证明，时任能源部长康拉德·米齐 (Konrad Mizzi) 和总理幕僚长基思·舍姆布里 (Keith Schembri) 在就职后不久便设立了离岸公司。卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚表示，一家会计师事务所曾协助他们以这些公司的名义开设银行账户。
陪审团看到了一段他的母亲在 2017 年初针对一篇关于该部长和幕僚长的报纸文章下留的评论。她写道：“他们的腐败程度简直令人难以置信——更糟糕的是，他们并不是在权力巅峰时被诱导走向腐败，而是为了腐败的目的才攫取权力。这就是他们的路线图。”
卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚表示，在他母亲去世时，他一直在帮她处理另一项泄密文件，其中包括存储在一家名为 Electrogas 公司的服务器中的数千封电子邮件，该公司由费内奇部分持有。在赢得 2013 年大选后，马耳他政府的旗舰项目之一便是将马耳他电力基础设施的关键部分私有化。该合同由 Electrogas 赢得。
“我接收到了这些信息。我简直不敢相信，就像打开了一扇门户，让我能窥见地狱，”卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚声称。辩方对此提出异议，称证人是在发表个人观点。
当被问及其母亲是否与他讨论过招标过程时，马修表示确实讨论过。“就事实而言，你母亲告诉过你关于招标过程的什么？”检察官问道。卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚回答道：“那就是它存在腐败。”法官随即介入，提醒证人这是一个观点，而非事实。
当被问到在电子邮件中看到了什么时，卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚说：“当我开始接收数据并将其放入系统以便搜索时，我可以看到约根·费内奇处于所有事情的中心。他在无数封邮件中被提及。”
卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚表示，在他母亲遇害当天，Electrogas 的泄密调查仍在进行中。他说，她希望召集一组记者共同研究这些数据，开展类似于产生“巴拿马文件”那样的协作。他曾联系《卫报》开始筹划该项目，但几个月后他的母亲被杀害。
“我们没能完成它……每当我看到这些邮件，我的心跳就会加快，因为我回到了那时与母亲一起规划接下来的行动的时光，”他告诉法庭。
谋杀案发生后，卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚成立了“达芙妮项目” (The Daphne Project)，与包括《卫报》和路透社在内的更广泛的出版机构合作，继续调查 Electrogas，并试图揭开其母亲遇害背后的真凶。
检方的质询以卡鲁安娜·加利齐亚对母亲离世当天的描述结束。当时他们正在家中一起工作，她准备了一份马苏里拉番茄沙拉。随后她开车前往银行。“我当时正在处理一些软件，并且
▲ 位于马耳他瓦莱塔圣约翰共主座堂外的达芙妮·卡鲁阿纳·加利齐亚（Daphne Caruana Galizia）悼念活动；上方为马修·卡鲁阿纳·加利齐亚（Matthew Caruana Galizia）
我听到了一声爆炸。我打开门，感到血液凝固……我开始加快脚步，向那烟雾之塔走去。 “起初我看到路面上在起火——道路在燃烧。我看到了金属碎片和血肉。我的目光追随着烟雾，看到了一团巨大的火球。我向它跑去。喇叭一直在响，停不下来。我看到车里有一个身影，我记得当时说道：‘那是我的妈妈’。” 他告诉法庭，为了确保责任人被追究责任，他抛弃了一切，放弃了工作，结束了职业生涯并返回马耳他。“我们必须将其视为我们的使命，而我们也确实这么做了。这付出了巨大的个人代价，”他说道。 费内克（Fenech）因涉嫌参与谋杀达芙妮·卡鲁阿纳·加利齐亚而被审判，他否认相关指控。审判仍在继续。
他表示，对他母亲之死负责的人必须面对正义
在秘密基金争端后 支持布兰奇出任 最高法律职务
Shrai Popat 华盛顿
两名此前威胁将阻止托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）出任司法部长的共和党参议员宣布，在布兰奇以书面形式确认一项计划为 $1.8bn (£1.3bn) 的、旨在资助唐纳德·特朗普盟友的秘密基金已终止后，他们将推进其提名。美国参议院司法委员会定于今日投票决定是否批准布兰奇（目前已担任代理司法部长）的提名，并将其提交至参议院全体会议投票。即将离任的议员约翰·科宁（John Cornyn）和汤姆·蒂利斯（Thom Tillis）是该委员会中两名关键的反对者，他们在过去一年中多次与特朗普发生冲突。他们表示，在“一份具有法律约束力的文件经过成功谈判”后，其担忧已得到解决，该文件由布兰奇于周日晚些时候公布。该文件正式终止了这笔 $1.8bn 的“反武器化基金”，并明确特朗普及其家人将不会在未来的税务申报审计中获得无限期的保护。这一前景源于特朗普就其纳税申报单被非法泄露而起诉美国国税局（IRS）的诉讼和解协议。一名监督该诉讼的美国联邦法官批评了该安排，指出美国司法部并未做出捍卫政府的诚信努力，且这似乎是一次为了替总统操纵有利结果的合谋行为。该基金以及特朗普免于税务审计的范围成为了科宁和蒂利斯的决定性障碍。“我们很高兴司法部发布正式命令终止反武器化基金，”这两位参议员表示。“该部门在一份具有约束力的书面命令中承认，审计和解仅限于原告，且范围不延伸至诉讼被告（即国税局和财政部）之外，这解决了多位共和党同事共同担心的疑虑。我们期待很快投票将其提名从参议院司法委员会推进出去。”
此前其健康状况引发多年质疑
Natasha May 曼谷
援助组织国际红十字会（ICRC）已确认，缅甸被拘留的前领导人昂山素季（Aung San Suu Kyi）已接见了一名该组织的代表。在 81 岁的老人健康状况引发多年质疑后，此次会面于昨日举行。自她领导的民选文职政府在 2021 年 2 月被军事政变推翻以来，她的下落和健康状况在很大程度上不为人知。自 2022 年底以来，关于昂山素季的消息寥寥。缅甸军方支持的
biama 舞赛 重新定义 科特迪瓦流行乐
Eromo Egbejule 阿比让
在阿比让的约普贡-塞尔默（Yopougon-Selmer）社区，400 人的观众群坐在塑料椅和木凳上，当 Sauce Graine 扭动身体时，人群爆发出了赞许的欢呼声。这位舞者的艺名取自科特迪瓦的一种棕榈果 delicacy，他正在参加一系列以 biama 为背景的街头舞赛。biama 是 coupé-décalé 的一种狂热演绎，而 coupé-décalé 是一种在整个西非都非常流行的打击乐舞曲，起源于世纪之交的科特迪瓦。
在约普贡-塞尔默的一个社区广场被改造成了此次活动的舞蹈竞技场。表演者全部在 25 岁以下，其中一些年仅 5 岁。观众也时不时地加入其中。
“这是一个小仪式，让人们看到我们拥有的天赋……这是上帝赐予我们每个人的天赋，用来与全世界分享，”15 岁的 Sauce Graine 说道，他的原名是 Arnold，六年前开始跳 biama 舞。“很多人还不熟悉这种舞蹈，他们认为这只是社区里的东西。我们能做的就是创造这种舞蹈，让更多的人能看到它并爱上它。”
昨天，红十字国际委员会（ICRC）驻缅甸代表 Arnaud de Baecque 在首都内比都（Naypyidaw）会见了昂山素季，政府发言人 Khine Khine Soe 在 Telegram 的一篇帖子中如此表示。
在 Khine Khine Soe 提供的四张照片中，有两张显示身着缅甸传统服饰的昂山素季与 Baecque 在一个布置简单、带有木墙板的房间里，房间内仅有两把椅子和一个办公桌。在另一张照片中，这位缅甸前领导人正在切一块写有她名字的生日蛋糕。第四张图片是蛋糕的特写，上面写着“生日快乐 素季阿姨 19.6.2026”。
红十字国际委员会在一份声明中确认此次访问已经发生，并按照其探视被剥夺自由人员的标准和程序进行，包括与昂山素季单独交谈的机会。
“根据红十字国际委员会的工作方法，拘留探视提供了……”
当局反复声称她的“健康状况良好”，即便国际社会要求该国政府允许独立核实的压力不断增加。
昂山素季的儿子 Kim Aris 最近要求执政军政府提供生存证明，他对这次会面的消息表示欢迎。他将其描述为“五年多来关于她的第一次积极进展”。
Aris 表示，他希望这次会面能带来“更多的人道主义准入、与我母亲的直接接触、关于她情况的可信且经独立核实的信息，并最终实现她以及所有政治犯的立即且无条件释放”。
除了被称为 maïmouna（一种 coupé-décalé 与 rap ivoire 的融合）的当地嘻哈风格外，biama 在过去十年中已成为科特迪瓦流行文化复兴的象征。
关于 biama 究竟何时出现仍有争议，但在新冠疫情后，随着年轻人将结合了杂技与极速肢体运动（将身体推向极限）的舞蹈挑战视频发布在 TikTok 上，其普及度迅速爆发。
“Biama 基本上就是 coupé-décalé 2.0，速度快了 200%，”音乐制作人兼阿比让 Baoulecore 档案中心首席档案员 Cédric Kouamé 说道。“和 maïmouna 一样，它来自约普贡。大多数潮流都始于约普贡。”
几十年来，这个工人阶级聚居区定义了科特迪瓦的文化时代精神。被人们称为 Douk Saga 的 Stéphane Doukouré 就在约普贡长大，在他……
▲ biama 的粉丝自称 biamaseurs。 左图：阿比让约普贡区的舞蹈竞技场
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▲ 昂山素季与红十字会代表 Arnaude de Baecque
“让被剥夺自由的人有机会与家人交换消息，”该声明表示。“正如红十字国际委员会（ICRC）在拘留工作中的惯例，与此次访问相关的观察结果和建议将仅在机密状态下与拘留当局分享。”
在4月下旬，一场由军方操纵的选举让前军政府领导人敏昂弘成为缅甸总统后，当局称昂山素季已被转移至软禁状态。虽然这次选举被批评为一场骗局，但它促使缅甸与东南亚国家联盟（东盟）重新进行外交接触。在7月于曼谷举行的一次缅甸外交部长与东盟各国同行会晤后，泰国外交部长西哈萨克·普昂凯特考呼吁允许接触昂山素季，“以便我们能够核实”关于她健康状况良好的说法。但这个由军方支持的新政府至今仍不愿提供接触机会。
在21世纪初从巴黎返回后，他与他的Jet 7团队创立了coupé-décalé。他们的流派倡导sagacité（在对付权威时所需的精明）以及farotement（对财富的张扬展示）。但杜库雷的职业生涯非常短暂，他于2006年因肺病去世，享年32 . 这一流派由出生于约普贡的安格·迪迪埃·胡昂推向了新高度。在青少年时期，黎巴嫩朋友为他取了艺名DJ Arafat，以纪念已故的巴勒斯坦政治领导人亚西尔·阿拉法特。他的早期热门作品之一是2003年的《Jonathan》，旨在向一名死于摩托车事故的朋友致敬。随着时间的推移，他提高了音乐的节奏，以匹配舞者们设计的充满活力且具有杂技色彩的roukaskas舞步。他在2019, 另一场摩托车碰撞事故中去世后，许多人认为这一流派已接近终结。如今，新一代的人正在竞逐科特迪瓦的流行之星。
在为maïmouna打旗号的人中，包括获得了国际认可的Didi B，以及在街头更出名的Himra。这两位说唱歌手的竞争在去年进入了新阶段，因为他们在相隔数周的时间里分别填满了体育馆。Biama在两个子流派中仍然更受欢迎，尤其是在自称为biamaseurs的儿童和年轻人中。“首先，Biama是一种为不成熟者设计的舞蹈，”舞者Kalomaman在最近的一次采访中说道。在约普贡活动的半途中，Biama少数的女性音乐家之一——Kehou Mousso在巨大的欢呼声中走上舞台，她戴着齐腰的橙色假发，穿着带褶边的绿色服装。在她的2.6 million TikTok粉丝中，她被誉为“coupé-décalé女王”，她表示Biama的编舞需要“每一秒都在即兴发挥”。科特迪瓦的一些文化观察人士将这一流派斥为不过是“街头音乐”，但biamaseurs们依然不屈不挠。“人们会爱上我们的，”Sauce Graine说，“他们会跳舞，[然后]渐渐地，他们会把这件事传开。”
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由于与美国竞争对手的合并谈判 阿斯利康股价下跌 8.9%
Julia Kollewe
昨日，在报道称这家英国最大的制药公司正洽谈收购其美国竞争对手百时美施贵宝 (BMS) 后，阿斯利康 (AstraZeneca) 的市值蒸发了超过 £17bn。该交易将创建一个价值近 $400bn (£300bn) 的制药集团。
由 Pascal Soriot 领导的阿斯利康在消息公布前的估值为近 £196bn。总部位于新泽西州普林斯顿并以癌症治疗闻名的 BMS 估值为 $133bn。此次合并将创造一个按市值计算的全球第四大制药公司。
在投资者对该谈判消息做出反应后（该消息由《金融时报》率先报道），阿斯利康在富时 100 指数 (FTSE 100) 的股价骤跌 8.9%，收于低点 £115。
这使得阿斯利康的价值降至约 £178bn，因为它失去了
尽管担忧中东战争持久化， 增长步伐依然加快
Phillip Inman
一项领先的行业调查显示，上个月英国制造商连续第四个月扩大生产，且速度为近两年来最快。
标准普尔全球（S&P Global）针对制造商的民调发现，尽管他们对中东战争持久化的前景感到焦虑（这可能会阻断石油和天然气供应并提高生产成本），但他们在 7 月份的情绪较为乐观。
由于对战争结果的不确定性，标准普尔全球采购经理人指数（PMI）在 7 月份有所下降，但仍保持了连续九个月的扩张态势。
该指数用于追踪该行业的活动情况。尽管制造业产出增长有所上升，但 7 月份的 PMI 从 52.5 回落至 51.9。数值高于 50 表示处于扩张期。
这些数据出现在制造业经历的艰难两年之后。在唐纳德·特朗普当选，且该总统的“解放日”关税于 2025 年春季生效后，该行业受到了冲击。去年秋天，捷豹路虎（Jaguar Land Rover）的计算机系统遭到黑客攻击，导致这家英国最大的汽车制造商生产陷入停滞，行业遭受了第二次沉重打击。
报告称，近期产出的增加与“来自国内和出口客户的新业务订单增加”密切相关。
新订单总额连续第八个月增长，部分公司注意到，在 2025. 美国关税引发混乱后，全球供应链的运作有所改善。报告指出，新的出口订单来自美国、加拿大、欧盟、中国大陆、印度和韩国。
然而，复苏仅带来了少量的就业增长。“对未来的不确定性拖累了 7 月份的劳动力市场。尽管人员水平连续第四个月增加，但增长率放缓至近乎停滞，是当前回升期中最为疲软的，”报告称。
英国第二大上市公司的头衔将落后于壳牌（Shell）。在华尔街开盘后，BMS 的股价上涨 1.7%，但随后在纽约时间中午前回落，失去了这些涨幅。
一项交易将扩大阿斯利康（AstraZeneca）在美国的影响力，该公司将在 2030 . 之前在研究和制造领域投资 $50。其在 6 月份完成了在纽约证券交易所的直接上市，而与 BMS 的交易可能会重新引发人们对公司重心转移出英国的担忧。
这一消息令分析师感到惊讶，他们质疑这次合并背后的逻辑，并指出鉴于两家公司在肿瘤学产品组合上的重叠，任何交易都将受到监管机构的严密审查。
Jefferies 的分析师 Michael Leuchten 表示：“目前我们可能还不清楚原因。我们推测大多数人将关注建立一个更大规模肿瘤学强者的潜力，由此产生的组合可能会成为行业内最广泛的。”
▲ 英国制造企业 7 月份增加了生产，速度为近两年来最快
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投资平台 IG 的首席市场分析师 Chris Beauchamp 表示：“虽然一家英国大公司收购一家较小美国公司的罕见例子能让英国人心暖一暖，但它面临着失去又一个‘国家冠军’的风险；无论如何，双方庞大的癌症部门是达成成功交易的主要障碍。”
一些股东也持怀疑态度。持有阿斯利康股份的 JM Finn 投资总监 Lucy Coutts 表示：“在传闻中与 BMS 的合并中，阿斯利康唯一的优势似乎是加速其在美国的布局和销售。”她在接受路透社采访时表示：“在任何与阿斯利康的组合中，BMS 的股东将是赢家，因此这一消息无疑会被阿斯利康的股东冷淡对待。”
ATG Healthcare Investments 的投资组合经理 Lukas Leu 表示，一项交易可能会通过……
成本协同效应，并扩大在神经科学和细胞治疗领域的覆盖范围，但他质疑合并后的业务将如何定位竞争药物。“我不是巨额合并的拥趸。它会扼杀创新和灵活性，”他表示。总部位于剑桥的阿斯利康（AstraZeneca）于 1999 年由瑞典公司 Astra AB 和英国 Zeneca Group 合并而成。Zeneca 在五年前曾从帝国化学工业（ICI）分拆出来。
自 Soriot 在 2012, 就任首席执行官以来，阿斯利康的股价上涨了四倍多，且在规模上已超越其英国竞争对手 GSK。一周前，阿斯利康表示，尽管其领先的心脏病研发药物之一 Wainua 失败，但该公司有信心实现 2030, 年的增长目标，届时预计年销售额将达到 $80bn，高于去年的 $59bn。
Soriot 表示，公司必须以“中国速度”前进，以确保不会落后于竞争对手。BMS 在英国雇佣了约 800 人。其由 250 人组成的英国研究团队位于利物浦附近的 Moreton，而其英国和爱尔兰的商业总部则设在西伦敦的 Uxbridge。
阿斯利康拒绝置评。BMS 也已被联系。
会计师事务所 MHA 的制造合作伙伴 Ginni Cooper 表示，在商品价格波动不定的情况下，该行业已证明具有韧性。近几个月来，包括石油和天然气在内的许多基础制造商品成本出现了剧烈波动。“制造商天生积极且能适应变化，而过去几个月对这两点都进行了考验，”她说道。
她表示，许多公司对 安迪·伯纳姆 宣布的举措表示欢迎，包括学校的职业培训。
Jasper Jolly
随着驾驶者寻求更廉价的方式以规避飙升的汽油价格，英国租赁二手电动汽车的人数在过去一年中增加了一倍多。在英国车辆租赁协会（BVRLA）的成员企业中，二手电动汽车租赁量在过去一年中增长了 170%。该游说团体的成员购买了英国约一半的新车，并将其租赁给企业和消费者。
随着早期采用者购买的新车进入二手市场，二手电动汽车的供应量正在迅速增加。今年，英国道路上的电动汽车数量突破了 200 万辆。英国大多数新车（约 85%）是通过融资购买的，驾驶者更倾向于每月支付费用，而非一次性预付。
然而，直到最近，提供二手电动汽车租赁服务的公司数量相对较少，因为供应商一直在等待市场上有更多车型提供，以及获得关于车辆耐用性的更准确数据。
由于美国和以色列在 2 月对伊朗发起攻击后汽油价格大幅上涨，二手电动汽车的需求得到了推动。对于许多人来说，更高的燃料价格使得拥有电动汽车相对于汽油车而言更加便宜。
BVRLA 首席执行官 Toby Poston 表示，目前将驾驶者转化为电动汽车用户的最大机会在于二手车。他说道：“二手租赁为消费者提供了真正的选择：让他们能够以不同的价格点获得一辆维护良好且拥有最新技术的电动汽车，而无需承担财务风险。特别是二手车的‘薪资牺牲’（salary sacrifice）计划，正将电动驾驶普及到那些此前认为自己负担不起的家庭中。”
“薪资牺牲”实际上是通过允许人们在计算税前扣除相关费用，从而为购买电动汽车提供补贴。BVRLA 表示，过去一年中，通过这种方式租赁的二手电动汽车数量增长了五倍多。二手车的个人合同租赁（Personal contract hire）也增长了近六倍。在这种合同下，人们实际上是每月支付费用来租车。
85% 英国通过融资购买的新车比例，因为驾驶者更倾向于每月支付而非预付
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商业观点 Nils Pratley
阿斯利康的首席执行官 Pascal Soriot 先生显然在业内积累了巨大的声望。他的长期任期是一次胜利，始于 2014 年在极低概率下战胜了辉瑞公司那些缺乏魅力的会计师们。
2021 年以 $39bn 收购 Alexion 在当时看来价格略高，但你可以看出这与 Soriot 关于支持科学重要性的教诲非常契合。这笔交易让阿斯利康进入了罕见病药物领域，这将提供数十年的增长空间。
相比之下，与美国布里斯托-迈尔斯史贵博（Bristol Myers Squibb）集团进行大规模合并的意向则看起来……
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bal ing。这里的重大构想是什么？ 为什么要将全部赌注押在一次 $400bn 巨额合并上？首先面临的挑战将是如何削减数十亿美元的成本，以证明此次收购溢价的合理性。索里奥通常认为此类企业操作是对患者不利的。而且为什么现在要做这件事？ 在阿斯利康（AZ）尚未发表声明——甚至没有确认《金融时报》关于其与 BMS 谈判的初步报道之基本准确性——的情况下，人们必须假设我们正处于可能最终被放弃的讨论阶段。 人们希望结果正是如此，因为 67 岁的索里奥如果让一次高风险的财务冒险失败，将面临破坏其职业遗产的风险。 由于收购一家价值 $133bn 的竞争对手必然会带来
必然会带来大量债务， 因此灾难必须是一个 可能的后果。
大量债务。一位杰富瑞（Jefferies）的分析师评论道：“在我们看来，如果有一家公司不需要财务工程，那就是 AZ。”确实如此。 收购 BMS 的唯一保证是，AZ 将继承目标公司面临的专利悬崖挑战，这将导致其重磅癌症治疗药物 Opdivo 的销售额在现在到 2030. 年之间大幅下降。如果是在一个更大的集团内部共享，主要药物的失效感可能会减轻，因此可以理解为什么 BMS 会倾向于寻求庇护，但很难理解为什么 AZ 会自愿为这把伞买单。 理论上的吸引力或许在于，有望在肿瘤学领域建立一个击败市场的全球巨头，而这一领域也是 AZ 最强大的优势所在。但索里奥通过智能许可和合作伙伴关系（尤其是在中国）来补充 AZ 自主研发药物的战略已被证明是成功的。为什么要破坏这个方案？美国竞争监管机构可能也会对两个领先的肿瘤特许经营权合并为一个发表看法。 相比之下，方案 A 具有简洁的优点。就在上周，索里奥表示，尽管一款心脏病药物在后期试验中失败，但他对实现 AZ 2030 年年收入 $80bn 的目标“绝对自信”。他表现出了典型的乐观：投资者应该知道，药物业务在实验室中偶尔会出现小问题。 令人担忧的是，索里奥对美国冒险精神和创新的热忱，在某种程度上导致他得出结论，认为 AZ 需要加入这个全球最大市场的制药建制派，而忽略了它已经在美国的研发和制造领域投资了 $50bn 这一事实。 去年秋天，AZ “统一”了其在纽约证券交易所的上市地位，使其与伦敦和斯德哥尔摩享有同等地位。企业宣传称，这是“为全球公司的全球投资者提供的全球上市”，但无需过于愤世嫉俗也能看出，新的上市结构将使美国的交易达成变得更加简单。 但并非所有美国交易都一样。昨天 AZ 股价大幅下跌近 9%，这充分说明了问题：各类型的股东都难以看出与 BMS 达成巨额交易的意义所在。 从爱国英国人的视角来看，人们可能会担心 AZ 的跨大西洋漂移，或者对一家总部位于英国的公司处于主导地位这一罕见景象感到赞赏。但无论如何，商业逻辑必须成立。 这个想法看起来完全不符合 AZ 的特质。最好放弃。
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罕见干预 通过与东京协作 支撑疲软的日元
Jonathan Yerushalmy Graeme Wearden
美国已发起一项旨在支撑日元价值的行动，标志着一次与日本政府非同寻常的协调干预，以阻止日元在接近 40 年低点时的下跌。日本一直致力于阻止日元的加速下跌，而这已给其本就低迷的经济带来了沉重压力。该国在能源供应和食品方面均依赖进口，日元疲软增加了企业和消费者的进口成本。
上周的联合汇率干预发生在日本首相高市早苗（Sanae Takaichi）面临日益增长的压力之际，要求其控制通货膨胀并让经济恢复持续增长。
随着日本誓言在必要时将再次与美国就日元问题进行干预，日元昨日走强至 1 美元兑 ¥155，为其自 5 月初以来的最高水平。
▲ 日本首相高市早苗已降低食品销售税，以帮助缓解生活成本压力
为什么日元一直在下跌？ 自 2022, 年以来，日本已花费数十亿美元试图限制日元的下跌，但该货币继续创下新低。部分下跌原因是投资者不断抛售该货币，而全球事件进一步将其推低。日本依赖来自中东的能源出口，并受到美国与伊朗战争的沉重打击。这进而给通货膨胀带来了压力，而政府试图通过花费数十亿美元用于燃料补贴来减轻消费者的压力。
日本央行还维持了极低的利率，这降低了该货币的吸引力，从而导致其价值下降。
Kalyeena Makortoff 银行通讯员
负责英国国家投资的公共机构在一次数据泄露导致“高级管理信息”在近两天内处于公开可访问状态后，被促使改进其内部安全措施。
英国政府投资公司（UKGI）管理着纳税人在包括 Channel 4 和邮政局（Post Office）在内的一系列公司中的权益。该公司表示，此次安全失效还导致 50 多名政府官员的个人详情在近 40 小时内处于暴露状态。
该国家机构因在 2008 年金融危机后管理政府在获救贷款机构苏格兰皇家银行（Royal Bank of Scotland）和劳埃德银行（Lloyds）中的持股而最为人所知。该机构将此次泄露归咎于一名未具名的员工，称其未能遵守安全规则。
UKGI 在其年度报告中表示：“由于一名员工未遵守既定的信息安全政策，一份包含高级管理信息以及 51 名政府官员姓名和工作电子邮件地址的内部文件在 [约] 40 小时内处于公开可访问状态。”
该机构并未透露安全失效的具体日期，但表示该问题在过去一个财政年度内被发现，随后被上报至董事会成员以及英国的信息监管机构——信息专员办公室（Information Commissioner’s Office）。
负责人还聘请了外部专家来审查安全协议，专家建议该机构应“加强我们的控制和应急准备”。UKGI 表示，它已经或即将实施专家建议中的“绝大多数”措施。
随着人工智能（AI）的迅速崛起，引发了人们对 AI 如何利用安全漏洞的新担忧，这次事件将为公共机构敲响警钟。Open AI 最近表示，一个失控的 AI 代理——一个能够执行一系列指令的自主工具……
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……向国际投资者推销。政府债务是另一个因素；政府在刺激停滞经济和应对人口老龄化措施上的支出比其税收收入高出数十亿。日本的总公共债务目前超过其 GDP 的 200%，在 G20 中处于最高水平。
为什么特朗普政府干预日元？ 美国将采取干预措施的初步线索出现在周五的一次特朗普政府内阁会议期间。美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特（Scott Bessent）被拍到拿着一张写着“待办：购买日元 (JPY) $5-10 bil”的便条。
“日本一直对我们非常好，当然，除了珍珠港，”特朗普在周日表示，他确认财政部已购买了价值数十亿美元的日元，这是 30 年来美国首次采取这种方式来强化该货币。
据《金融时报》（Financial Times）报道，美国是以出售欧元——而非美元——来购买日元。
这位美国总统表示，干预将“有利于世界经济”，但一些分析师认为，特朗普政府担心日本通过购买日元提高本币价值的努力，可能会因增加政府借贷成本而打击美国经济。
为了腾出资金购买日元，日本一直在出售美国政府债券（即国债）。许多国家将美国债券作为国家财富的储备，但当大量出售时，会导致美国财政部支付的债务利息上升。
实际上，这增加了美国为政府支出而借款的成本。经济学家认为……
特朗普政府的干预可能是试图限制日本出售美国政府债券的数量。 “试想一下……贝森特的处境，”外交关系委员会高级研究员丽贝卡·帕特森写道。“尽早采取一切可能措施帮助日本稳定日元，符合他的利益。”
高市的政策起到了什么作用？ 日本首相最近表示，她整天以及大部分夜晚都在筹划日本的经济复苏——但与此同时，她正努力在全国民调中挽回阵地，而进口成本上升、中东能源冲击以及日元贬值都在影响她在选民心中的地位。 为了遏制这种下滑，她于 4 月宣布，日本将临时降低食品销售税，以缓解生活成本压力。作为其政府标志性政策——促增长议程的一部分，她还承诺在经济各领域投资数千亿日元。 但在债务水平已经极高的情况下，人们对这些支出如何筹资感到担忧，导致人们担心她的政策可能会引发经济崩溃，触发一次“特拉斯式的冲击”。专家表示，这种不确定性加剧了市场波动，进而推低了日元汇率。
特朗普政府的这一举动有多不寻常？ 去年 10 月，在美国右翼总统哈维尔·米莱（特朗普的意识形态盟友）面临一场至关重要的选举前几周，美国购买了数十亿阿根廷比索，以帮助支撑该国的财政。一些分析人士认为，特朗普在高市身上看到了另一个意识形态盟友，这可能是促成支撑日元决定的另一个因素。 在高市的领导下，日本批准了自第二次世界大战以来规模最大的军事扩张，计划在未来五年内将国防开支翻倍至 GDP 的 2%。这些计划面临着日本正在放弃战后宪法所规定的长期和平主义的批评，但得到了华盛顿的广泛欢迎，因为后者一直敦促盟友在国防方面承担更多责任。
在没有人工干预的情况下——已经定位并利用登录凭据访问了四个未命名的“公开可用服务”，以及美国初创公司 Hugging Face（一家托管 AI 模型数据库的公司）。 Hugging Face 表示，人类攻击者本可以发现并利用同样的漏洞，但不同之处在于该代理尝试寻找突破口的规模。 该公司表示：“代理大幅增加了攻击者可以测试的路径数量、失败路径被替换的速度，以及防御者必须解读的证据量。”
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豪格塞特凭借长距离 单人突围夺得 黄色领骑衫
瑜伽、卡巴迪以及 英联邦运动会生存的 廉价计划
肖恩·英格尔 (Sean Ingle)
阿森纳边锋 Tzolis 谈在诺里奇队后 重返巅峰
▲ 卡巴迪（Kabaddi）有望成为 2030年阿姆达巴德 英联邦运动会上 出现的新项目之一 《印度时报》（HINDUSTAN TIMES）
你在评判“太阳礼拜”或“蝎子式”瑜伽动作方面水平如何？ 我之所以这么问，是因为瑜伽正被考虑作为下一届在印度举行的英联邦运动会的体育项目。 不那么令人惊讶的是，卡巴迪也在考虑之列。但如果 2030年阿姆达巴德 真的想寻找那些能够完成看似不可能的动作，或在棘手情况下屏息凝神的专家，他们应该立即飞往苏格兰。 2026年格拉斯哥 拯救了英联邦运动会，至少目前如此。在维多利亚于 2023年 退出后，该赛事陷入了僵局。随后格拉斯哥挺身而出，在短短 20 个月内从零开始组织了一次赛事。 BBC 没有进行电视转播，这让情况变得更糟，但这并不是英联邦运动会的错。BBC 提供的金额低得离谱，这使得组织者别无选择，只能与华纳兄弟探索（Warner Bros Discovery）合作。对许多人来说，看不见就意味着被遗忘。但格拉斯哥的人们将证明，这次运动会非常有趣，充满了热情与惊喜。 此前人们担心很少有球迷会出席。最终，500,000 张门票中售出了 434,000 张，使运动会的上座率达到 87%。这里也有许多精彩的故事，例如乔什·克尔（Josh Kerr）在1英里跑中展现的原始力量，以及艾米莉·坎贝尔（Emily Campbell）将几个啤酒桶重量的器械像扔啤酒罐一样扔过头顶。 因为太忙了，我一直没机会写一篇我最喜欢的采访——采访南非游泳运动员、英联邦奖牌纪录保持者查德·勒克洛斯（Chad le Clos）。在某个时刻，我们询问了他的父亲伯特（Bert）的情况。伯特在 2012年伦敦 奥运会期间因其庆祝方式、胡须以及与克莱尔·鲍丁（Clare Balding）之间充满活力的交谈而闻名，但此后他患了癌症。 “他体重减轻了大约 40kg，”勒克洛斯说。“他以前是 138kg。现在是 99kg。你可能认不出他，因为他每天都散步。但他仍然会说：‘这是我的儿子。他赢得了 18, 19, 20, 21 枚奖牌。现在他就要打破世界纪录了。’但人们会说，‘不，你不是他。他是电视上那个身材魁梧的老头，那个曲奇怪兽。’” 甚至直到最后，格拉斯哥的准备工作依然在勉力维持。通常情况下，闭幕式会在舞台上反复练习，直到一切完美。而这次闭幕式必须在 Hydro 场馆后方的一个综合区进行彩排，因为当时正在进行英式网球赛，随后 Simple Minds 乐队以《Alive and Kicking》为演出收尾。
这场运动会确实依然存在。但还能维持多久？我们都同意印度将带来壮丽的景象。开幕式预计将在纳伦德拉·莫迪体育场举行，该体育场可容纳 1 32,000 人。许多设施已经到位。印度希望举办 2036年奥运会，因此在配套设施上不会吝啬。英联邦体育（Commonwealth Sport）首席执行官凯蒂·萨德利尔（Katie Sadleir）表示，阿姆达巴德将举办 15 至 17 个体育项目（高于格拉斯哥的 10 个），分为三个类别：核心项目、可选项目和传统项目。10 个核心项目包括田径、游泳、体操、拳击、英式网球和草地滚球。5 个可选项目将从包含板球、铁人三项和曲棍球的名单中选取。印度可以选择两项传统运动，这正是卡巴迪和瑜伽可能进入的机会。然而，萨德利尔提醒道，传统运动必须在英联邦范围内被广泛参与，并获得认可。
国际联合会并符合世界反兴奋剂机构的规定。这解释了为什么她对卡巴迪（kabaddi）的机会更加乐观。尽管瑜伽的可能性带来了一个有趣的前景：有人在处于莲花坐时被要求提供样本。但对于英联邦运动会来说，更棘手的问题是 2030. 之后会发生什么。德班在 2017 年退出 2022 年的主办城市，因为财务上无法自圆其说；而伯明翰虽然接手，却损失惨重。格拉斯哥的成本较低，但这得益于维多利亚州在退出时支付的 3.8 亿澳元（AUS$380m）罚款。那么，运动会真的能生存下去吗？
萨德莱尔（Sadleir）回忆起最近的一次体育会议，当时她坐在国际奥委会主席、克斯蒂·科文特里（Kirsty Coventry）以及一名 2032 年布里斯班奥运会的人员附近。“就在布里斯班方面表示他们将筹集 52 亿（$5.2bn）美元之后，我立刻走过去说：‘我有一个非常有意思的故事要讲。我们的活动规模已经从 8 亿（8 亿英镑m）英镑缩减到了 1.6 亿（1.6 亿英镑m）英镑，因为我们倾听并学习了。我们能够继续下去的唯一方法就是重启、重新构思，并让运动会变得负担得起。格拉斯哥在成本控制和利用现有设施方面证明了这一概念。””
但解决问题是一回事，筹集足够的资金以维持运动会又是另一回事。虽然许多人依然持怀疑态度，但萨德莱尔表现出令人钦佩的坚韧与乐观。她指出，格拉斯哥在短时间内筹集了 3000 万（3000 万英镑m）英镑的赞助和商业收入。她还承诺将寻找吸引更多名将的方法，包括将英联邦运动会作为世界锦标赛的资格赛。确实需要采取某些行动。如果基利·霍奇金森（Keely Hodgkinson）、萨默·麦金托什（Summer McIntosh）和朱利安·阿尔弗雷德（Julien Alfred）不想参加，那么其他人为什么要参加？萨德莱尔表示，包括新西兰和尼日利亚在内的五个国家对 2034, 感兴趣，而为了避免再次出现像德班和维多利亚州那样的情况，各国政府在未来必须担任投标承保人。有人想在八年后的阿布贾（Abuja）见吗？
“格拉斯哥在成本控制和利用现有设施方面证明了这一概念”
足球
卡拉宝杯 (CARABAO CUP) 预赛 约克 (York) (0) 0 克劳利 (Crawley) (1) 2
Di Biase 24
Orsi 86pen
威廉希尔苏格兰超级联赛 (WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP) 凯尔特人 (Celtic) (0) 1 邓迪 (Dundee) (0) 0 Nygren 52
板球
第二场测试赛（五日赛之第二日） 西班牙特立尼达和多巴哥 波托西班牙 344 (JP Greaves 73, RL Chase 70; Sajid Khan 4-85)。巴基斯坦 266-2 (A Shafique 107no)。 巴基斯坦落后西班牙特立尼达和多巴哥 78 分，第一局仍有 8 个出局名额。
THE HUNDRED 男子赛 索菲亚花园 南部勇士 (Southern Brave) 115-8 (MP Stoinis 55)。 威尔士之火 (Welsh Fire) 116-4 (MW Short 60no)。威尔士之火以 6 个三击胜南部勇士。
THE HUNDRED 女子赛 索菲亚花园 南部勇士 (Southern Brave) 121-5. 威尔士之火 (Welsh Fire) 122-6. 威尔士之火以 4 个三击胜南部勇士。
男子板球世界杯联赛两组三方赛 邓迪 苏格兰 对阵 阿拉伯联合酋长国。 比赛在未投球前取消。
网球
网球
WTA 国家银行公开赛（加拿大，多伦多） 第一轮：K Pliskova (捷克) 胜 O Oliynykova (乌克兰) 6-4 6-4； A Bondar (匈牙利) 胜 A Kalinina (乌克兰) 6-4 7-5；A Korneeva 胜 P Kudermetova (乌兹别克斯坦) 6-0 3-0 ret；K Day (美国) 胜 D Parry (法国) 3 6 6-3 7-5；M Kessler (美国) 胜 C Brace (加拿大) 6-3 6-3； R Sramkova (斯洛伐克) 胜 A Blinkova (俄罗斯) 6-3 6-3；K Cross (加拿大) 胜 K Boulter (英国) 7-6 (3) 7-5；T Gibson (澳大利亚) 胜 E Cocciaretto (意大利) 6-2 3-2 ret；E Ruse (罗马尼亚) 胜 P Stearns (美国) 6-0 7-5；张帅 (中国) 胜 Y Putintseva (哈萨克斯坦) 6-4 6-1； M Frech (波兰) 胜 L Jeanjean (法国) 7-5 6-3；L Tararudee (泰国) 胜 E Jones (澳大利亚) 7-6 (2) 6-2；N Bartunkova (捷克) 胜 B Andreescu (加拿大) 7-5 6-4；A Ruzic (克罗地亚) 胜 L Boisson (法国) 4 6 6-1 6-3；M Linette (波兰) 胜 C Zhao (加拿大) 4 6 6-1 6-4； L Samsonova (俄罗斯) 胜 J Tjen (印尼) 7-6, 7-5 。
自行车
环法女子赛 (TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES) 第三赛段（日内瓦-波利尼，157. 0km）：1 S Ytterhus Haugset (挪威) Uno-X Mobility 4小时 5分 59秒；2 L Kopecky (比利时) SD Worx-Protime +1:24；3 M Vos (荷兰) Visma Lease a Bike +2:48；4 U Ostolaza (西班牙) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi；5. K Le Court (毛里求斯) AG Insurance-Soudal；后两人时间相同。
选定其他选手：50 Z Backstedt (英国) Canyon / SRAM +6:23；76 J Nelson (英国) Picnic PostNL +16:29；83 F Mangan (爱尔兰) Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie +20:19；94 R Clay (英国) Picnic PostNL 。
总成绩排名：1 S Haugset Ytterhus (挪威) Uno-X Mobility 11小时 17分 56秒；2 K Le Court-Pienaar (毛里求斯) AG Insurance-Soudal +2:02；3 D Vollering (荷兰) FDJ United-Suez +2:06；4 N Rüegg (瑞士) +2:10；5 M Vos (荷兰) Visma / Lease a Bike 时间相同。
选定其他选手：40 Z Backstedt (英国) +6:22；65 J Nelson (英国) +18:16；70 P Georgi (英国) Picnic PostNL +20 03；79 L Williams (英国) Human Powered Health +21:37；82 A Towers (英国) EF Education-Oatly +22:58；85 M Couzens (英国) Fenix-Premier Tech +23:40；103 F Mangan (爱尔兰) +32:48。
波兰环赛 (TOUR DE POLOGNE) 第一赛段（格丁尼亚-科沙林，234. 2km）：1 J Milan (意大利) Lidl-Trek 5小时 4分 11秒；2 P Magnier (法国) Soudal Quick-Step；3 N Hobbs (英国) EF Education-EasyPost；4 JS Molano (哥伦比亚) UAE Team Emirates-XRG；5 G Thijssen (比利时) Alpecin-Premier Tech 时间全部相同。 领先排名：1 J Milan (意大利) 5小时 4分 1秒；2 K Malecki (波兰) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling +0:02；3 P Magnier (法国) +0:04；4 N Hobbs (英国) +0:06；5 R Molard (法国) Groupama-FDJ United +0:08
赛程表
足球（除非另有说明，否则均为 7.45pm） 欧冠联赛 资格赛第三轮：首回合：Ararat-Armenia 对阵 Celje (5pm)；Dinamo Zagreb 对阵 Kauno Zalgiris (7pm)； Hapoel Be’er Sheva 对阵 Red Star Belgrade (6.30pm)； Levski Sofia 对阵 Kairat (6.30pm)；Mjällby 对阵 Slovan Bratislava (5pm)；Olympiacos 对阵 NEC (7pm)；Sparta Prague 对阵 Lyon (7pm)；Union Saint-Gilloise 对阵 Bodø / Glimt (7pm) 欧联杯 资格赛第三轮：首回合：Larne 对阵 Iberia 1999 (8pm)；Shamrock Rovers 对阵 Egnatia Rrogozhine (8pm) 欧协联 资格赛第三轮：首回合：Auda 对阵 Dinamo City (5pm) 女足欧冠联赛 资格赛第二轮：半决赛：Breidablik 对阵 Aktobe (3pm)；Dinamo-BGU 对阵 Servette Chênois (8am) 板球 女子 T20 国际赛 斯里兰卡 对阵 巴基斯坦，汉班托塔 (5.30am) The Hundred 男子赛 SunRisers Leeds 对阵 London Spirit，海丁利 (6.30pm) The Hundred 女子赛 SunRisers Leeds 对阵 London Spirit，海丁利 (3pm)
Greg Wood 的赛马预测
Catterick 2.15 Waakabb 2.45 Iconic Times 3.15 Slack Alice 3.45 Miss Rainbow 4.15 Muhib 4.45 Havin A Flyer Ffos Las 2.30 Safari Dream 3.00 Artemis Star 3.30 Cypriot Diaspora 4.00 Rosemary’s Rose (nap) 4.30 Arbaawy 5.00 Mythological Star 5.30 Ada Rose Lingfield 5.18 Sub Thirteen 5.48 Langdale Lass 6.18 Minnal 6.48 Style King 7.18 Tabasko (nb) 7.48 Koko Blue 8.18 D Day Major Winter
Eleanor Crooks
艾玛·拉杜卡努（Emma Raducanu）将缺席美国网球公开赛，原因是她在草地赛季期间右腿出现了压力性骨折，导致她不得不退出温布尔登网球锦标赛。据了解，在咨询之后
自行车赛 法兰西女性自行车赛
挪威冠军顶住 Kopecky 的追击，在总成绩榜上领先两分钟
Jeremy Whittle 波利尼 (Poligny)
挪威国家冠军 Sigrid Haugset 在环法女子赛 (Tour de France Femmes) 中打破了既有格局，通过 90km 的单骑脱离，在赢得第三赛段波利尼站后夺得总成绩领先。
“我从未想过这是有可能的，”她在意识到自己取得了职业生涯最大的成功以及这项运动最高级别赛事的总成绩领先之后说道。“这太不真实了。最后我感到非常晕眩。我知道我的男朋友会因为我没有庆祝而对我生气，但我做不到。我根本无法把手臂从车把上抬起来。这是不可能的。”
Haugset 的单骑努力让大集团中的领先车队感到意外。在从热夫雷-尚贝尔坦 (Gevrey-Chambertin) 到第戎 (Dijon) 的 21km 个人计时赛前夕，她领先 Kim Le Court 2min 2sec。 “我想到了我的所有队友，以及每一个在家里为我加油的人，所以我必须全力以赴，”她说道。“而且这一切都是穿着挪威冠军球衣完成的——这太棒了。”
“我们研究过这个赛段，这也是本次环赛的目标。我告诉我父亲今天我会拿到一些花。明天是计时赛，但我今年没有针对它进行训练，所以我就单纯享受其中。”
Haugset 是首位穿上环法女子赛黄衫的挪威人。这位 27 岁选手的单骑始于二级山路 Col de la Savine 山脚下，期间面临着前世界公路赛冠军 Lotte Kopecky 的激烈追击，后者曾在三大环赛中全部获得积分赛冠军。
“我以为 Kopecky 会追上我，”Haugset 说。“我不敢相信她没追上，但我坚持了下来。领队车太棒了，一直在激励我。”
尽管在这场堪称史诗级的对决中，Kopecky 与 Haugset 的距离一度缩短至 10sec，但她最终未能抹平差距，而这位挪威选手再次拉开距离，以接近一分半钟的优势赢得该赛段。
气温在 30 多度的高温下……
与医疗团队沟通后，Raducanu 得出结论，她将无法参加本月的纽约比赛。
考虑到伤势的性质，以及 Raducanu 最近才穿上保护靴重新在球场上迈出第一步，这一消息并不令人意外，但对于这位 23 岁的人来说又是另一次打击。
去年夏天她取得了积极进展，包括在五年前捧杯后首次在法拉盛公园 (Flushing Meadows) 赢得比赛，但随后的 12 个月对她来说却充满挫折，身体问题接踵而至。
在一次足部受伤影响了她的季前训练后，Raducanu 在 2 月份初次身体不适，随后因病毒后疾病休战了两个半月。在重新聘请引导她获得美网冠军的教练 Andrew Richardson 后，她在红土赛季末期回归，但两人的共同训练时间有限。
Raducanu 在 6 月的温布尔登女王杯 (Queen’s Club) 闯入决赛，这是她自纽约之行以来达到的最高量级的决赛，度过了职业生涯最出色的一周，但正是这次努力引发了她最新的伤病退步。她不在英国队的名单之列。
▲ Emma Raducanu 自闯入女王杯决赛后尚未参赛
Pogacar 冲击 Vuelta
Tadej Pogacar 确认他将参加 8 月 22 日在摩纳哥开赛的西班牙环赛 (Vuelta a España)。这位环法冠军将寻求复制 Jonas Vingegaard 的罕见成就，后者在 5 月赢得环意赛 (Giro d’Italia) 后完成了三大环赛的大满贯。
这位斯洛文尼亚人在 2019 年的西班牙环赛中完成了他的大环赛首秀，并迅速成为红人，最终在冠军及其同胞 Primoz Roglic 之后获得第三名。他赢得了三个赛段冠军和最佳年轻车手奖。今年的西班牙环赛包括八个山地赛段和超过 40 km 的个人计时赛。
Jeremy Whittle
使该赛段成为了又一个酷热之日，在整个156公里的赛程中，冰饮和冰袜一直被递交给骑手们。当汗流浃背的 Haugset 奋力前行并最终获胜时，赛会热门选手之间的第一次交锋发生在距离 Poligny 25公里的 Côte de Chaux-Champagny，Le Court 在此处加速，暂时让她的对手们陷入混乱。但随着狭窄的爬坡继续，在 Kasia Niewiadoma 和 Demi Vollering 进行了短暂且试探性的加速后，主要竞争者们重新集结，且由于今天可能至关重要的个人计时赛迫在眉睫，双方达成了停战协议。
关于卫冕冠军 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 在穿过 Routes des Grand Crus 的蜿蜒测试中（包括 Lacets de Marsannay 的陡峭爬坡）表现如何，目前仍存在一些不确定性。“对我来说这是一个真正的挑战，”她承认自己缺乏计时赛经验，尤其是与 Vollering 和 Le Court 相比。这位双届奥运金牌得主表示，她花了几个月的时间努力提高计时赛水平，但承认在与时间的赛跑中她必须“限制损失”。“我们确保让我处于计时赛单车上更正确的位置。我们还计划在赛道上进行相当多次的空气动力学测试，并尝试寻找最快的装备。”即便如此，在车队明天进入 Rhone 谷时，她似乎接受了自己将处于不利地位的事实。“我不知道我会损失多少时间，但我会尽全力尽可能少地损失。”
在 Vollering 在第三赛段初期的 Col de la Faucille 爬坡时摔车后，Ferrand-Prévot 并不是唯一担心时间损失的骑手。这位 2023 年的冠军重新骑上车并在随后的赛段中表现活跃，但她的车队在昨晚对其受伤的膝盖进行了医学检查。法国东南部的大部分地区——包括周五举行 Mont Ventoux 顶峰冲刺以及周五和周六举行 Côte d’Azur 赛段的地区——仍处于山火高风险状态。虽然计划在第七赛段进行的 Ventoux 爬坡预计将保持不变，但目前经过 Ventoux 山麓的赛段路线可能会受到影响。在的一份声明中，Vaucluse the prefecture 要求环法女子赛（Tour de France Femmes）组织者考虑替代路线。该省政府计划在今天进行风险评估。
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（接前文关于网球部分） ……九月份的比利简·金杯（Billie Jean King Cup）决赛国家队，而且关于 Raducanu 是否会在 2026. 年再次参赛，肯定存在疑问。Raducanu 周日在 Instagram 上发布了一条乐观的消息，她在瑞士度假，称这次度假是“有史以来最好的重启”。
与此同时，塞雷娜（Serena）和维纳斯·威廉姆斯（Venus Williams）在获得外卡后，准备在本月的辛辛那提公开赛（Cincinnati Open）中首次亮相双打。这将标志着她们自 2022 年以来首次重返双打赛场。威廉姆斯姐妹曾赢得 14 次大满贯双打冠军，其中包括六次温网冠军，以及三枚奥运金牌。她们最后一次共同参加双打是在 2022 年的美国公开赛。上个月，由于 44, 岁的塞雷娜在处理膝盖伤势，她们退出了温网双打抽签。—— PA Media
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“如果我们想在这个更高级别的阶段竞争，我们作为一家俱乐部已经看到了我们需要做些什么。现在是我们的选择，不是吗？我们必须审视我们真正想要实现的目标……有时，需要一次当面的一击才能让人清醒。” 这是曼彻斯特联队主教练马克·斯金纳在今年4月其球队被拜仁慕尼黑淘汰出女足欧冠赛后说的话。四个月多以后，那一击留下的淤青已经消退，但看来俱乐部在转会市场竞争上的雄心也随之消退了，而斯金纳则决定不再进入赛场进行下一轮搏斗。 这位 43 岁的教练希望那次闯入八强的经历能触发对阵容的进一步投资。然而，俱乐部认为转会市场的支出水平是不可持续的，因此希望专注于培养自有人才。一旦这种矛盾在今年夏天被明确化，斯金纳与曼联之间不可避免地会走向分手，正如他们昨天所做的那样，结束了他的五年执教生涯。 作为曼联一个像“Marmite”（评价两极分化）的经理，斯金纳在 WSL（英超女足超级联赛）中确实引发了意见分歧。他是该联赛执教时间最长的经理，且领先幅度很大，但可以说也是网上被诟病最严重的教练。不过，在体育界，仍有教练钦佩他的工作成果——根据最近一套 WSL 俱乐部的财务账目显示——他所掌控的球员预算仅为切尔西的三分之一多一点，约为阿森纳的一半。 对于媒体成员来说，斯金纳的新闻发布会可能会是他任期内最令人难忘的方面之一，因为这位前伯明翰和奥兰多主教练的回答篇幅极长，十分独特。例如，在 2025 年女足 FA 杯决赛之前，他的一个回答长达 1,000 字。 在一些人看来，他致力于提供详尽且深思熟虑的回答是他周到思考的标志，并展现出一种令人钦佩的透明度意愿。而对其他人来说，他冗长的回答证明了其缺乏简洁表达的能力，而这种沟通问题在他任职期间大部分时间里一直困扰着他与球迷的关系。 通常在无意中，他的话语会激怒部分球迷群体。2025 年，一名曼联前球员私下将斯金纳描述为“一个好伙计，但话有点多”，可以说并非每位球员都喜欢他的球队谈话风格，而另一些人则欣赏他的热情。 在赛场上，2022-23 赛季（斯金纳的第二个赛季）是俱乐部的最强时期，他们凭借强有力的防守记录（22 场比赛仅失 12 球）排名联赛第二，且距离夺冠仅一步之遥。随后则出现了相对低谷，在 202 3-24 赛季中排名第五，但这一低谷被赢得女足 FA 杯所抵消，这是曼联首个女子重大冠军。
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波切蒂诺将留任 直至 2030 年世界杯
美国足球联合会已与毛里西奥·波切蒂诺达成续约协议，这将使这位阿根廷人继续担任美国男足主教练直到 2030 年世界杯。在美国队在世界杯 16 强赛出局之前，双方就已经就续约合同进行了讨论。
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今年夏天。续约合同的财务细节尚未公布，但预计波切蒂诺在上一份合同每年 $6 百万美元的薪酬基础上将获得加薪。Pablo Iglesias Maurer
尼格伦头球助 凯尔特人开门红
凯尔特人昨晚在主场以 1-0 击败邓迪，通过本杰明·尼格伦在下半场的头球建功，开启了他们的苏格兰超级联赛冠军卫冕之战。这位瑞典中场球员在第 52 分钟将基兰的传中球顶入网窝，在新赛季中取得了个人首球。
“最重要的是赢得比赛，”凯尔特人主教练马丁·奥尼尔表示，“我们创造了多次机会，但我认为我们的表现并非特别出色。”
就在昨天早些时候，凯尔特人在欧冠资格赛中抽到了奥地利冠军拉斯克队。奥尼尔表示，他希望能够选派中场球员阿尔内·恩格尔斯和右后卫阿里斯泰尔·约翰斯顿参加这场两回合的对决，两人分别是西汉姆联和埃弗顿的目标球员。奥尼尔说：“理想情况下，那样就太棒了。阿里斯泰尔和阿尔内都告诉我，如果情况没有进展，他们希望能参加比赛。”
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奖杯。然而，无论你是在莱什体育村热爱他还是厌恶他，从纯粹的投入产出比来看，斯金纳在曼联取得了超额成就，进入了四次国内杯赛决赛——包括连续三次女足英格兰足球协会杯决赛——尽管在其任职期间的大部分时间里，其预算通常仅维持在中游水平。他绝对不是每个球员都中意的人，而且他需要从在俱乐部五年的高潮与低谷中汲取教训，但既然现代时期执教曼联女足的两名教练都想离开（部分原因是资金问题），那么俱乐部的高层需要给出答案。在 2024-25 赛季，在通过公司注册处公布工资单的 8 家 WSL 俱乐部中，曼联的支出排名第四，2023-24 赛季的情况也类似。对于接下来的赛季，他们的工资单将远低于挥金如土的独立俱乐部伦敦城市狮女队，而且据了解，曼联的部分员工担心，他们在球员薪资方面很快也会被托特纳姆热刺击败。该俱乐部在今年夏天开始了新方向，确立了一个长期目标，即培养年轻的本土球员，并根据他们认为的俱乐部传统和文化地踢出令人兴奋的足球。然而，这似乎与 2024-25 赛季概述的目标相抵触，当时他们的“Project 150”包含一个“Mission 1”，即让女队在俱乐部 150 周年纪念的 2028. 年前赢得首个 WSL 冠军。无论谁接任俱乐部主教练（由于已经对候选人进行了背景调查，任命可能会很快完成），他们都需要准备好培养年轻人而非试图签下成熟的国际球星。他们还必须接受，关键的一线队球员——例如今年夏天被卖给切尔西的梅尔文·马拉德——很可能会被竞争对手挖走。
Mark Dobson
特雷沃·查洛巴（Trevoh Chalobah）与切尔西的长期联系即将结束，科莫（Como）已同意一项初始价值 2570 万英镑m 的交易。这位英格兰后卫的离队协议与俱乐部完成签约乔丹·亨德森（Jordan Henderson）在同一天达成。
查洛巴曾代表切尔西在英超联赛中出场 105 次，并在俱乐部经历的几个动荡时期确立了自己作为一线队选择的地位。此次转会将被视为科莫主教练塞斯克·法布雷加斯（Cesc Fàbregas）的一次大胜，这位前切尔西中场一直推动将这名中后卫带到意大利。
两家俱乐部已就一套方案达成一致，其中包括 510 万英镑m 的与表现挂钩的附加费以及一项二次转会分成条款。对于切尔西而言，另一名本土青训产品的离队——现年 27, 岁的查洛巴自八岁起就留在俱乐部——将产生纯利润，这是他们在继续平衡账目时的关键因素。
在西伦敦另一个繁忙的日子里，新任主教练哈维·阿隆索（Xabi Alonso）在亨德森离开布伦特福德（Brentford）后欢迎他加入俱乐部。这位 36 岁的球员在上一赛季为“小蜜蜂”出战 34 次后以自由身加盟，在那次赛季中，他还赢得了进入英格兰世界杯大名单的机会。
“考虑到俱乐部的规模、我非常钦佩的主教练以及球员的质量，这是一个巨大的机会，我……”
Matt Hughes
查尔顿体育俱乐部的美国所有者在接管山谷球场三年后，已将该俱乐部挂牌出售。据了解，该所有者团体已聘请 Oakwell Sports Advisory 寻找买家，这将是该俱乐部在过去六年中的第五任所有者。
在发送给潜在投资者的销售介绍中，Oakwell 将查尔顿描述为“伦敦最后剩下的足球俱乐部上升机会”。Oakwell 还声称，通过晋级英超联赛、商业扩张以及对女足的投资，查尔顿将为新所有者提供 5 到 10 倍的股权增长机会。
Oakwell 曾促成伯恩茅斯所有者 Bill Foley 在今年夏天收购英超橄榄球俱乐部埃克塞特酋长队（Exeter Chiefs）的交易，目前正帮助橄榄球联盟（Rugby Football League）争取外部投资。
查尔顿位于伦敦东南部，地理位置是一个优势，而山谷球场（the Valley）是一座现代化体育场，容量为 27,000 人，但俱乐部并不拥有该场地，它属于被厌恶的前所有者 Roland Duchâtelet。在考虑过替代场地后，查尔顿去年将山谷球场的租赁期延长至 2040 年。
自球迷在 2020 年迫使 Duchâtelet 离职以来，查尔顿多次易主，当时俱乐部在短时间内经历了三任所有者。Duchâtelet 在 2020 年 1 月仅以 £1 的价格将查尔顿卖给了 East Street Investments，但最初由前足球经纪人 Matt Southall 领导的财团在内斗和激烈的法庭诉讼中崩溃，该俱乐部最终在同年晚些时候被丹麦裔美国商人 Thomas Sandgaard 买下。
2023 年，Sandgaard 通过其英国子公司 SE7 Partners，将查尔顿出售给了一个由 Gabriel Brener 领导的名为 Global Football Partners (GFP) 的五人美国投资者团体。
在 GFP 的领导下，查尔顿在 2025 年通过赢得温布利球场的英甲升级附加赛决赛，时隔五年首次重返英冠联赛，而女足队在上赛季升入了 WSL1。
GFP 三年前为查尔顿支付了约 1500 万英镑m，但在对体育场和训练场进行投资，并见证了 Nathan Jones 带领球队在英冠联赛站稳脚跟后，他们将寻求该金额数倍的回报。查尔顿对此拒绝置评。
“这是一个无法拒绝的机会，”Henderson 说道。“我对所有者如此希望切尔西取得成功并朝着正确的方向前进深感钦佩。”
Henderson 在 2011 年加入利物浦之前在桑德兰青训营成长。他在安菲尔德度过了 12 个赛季，在所有各项赛事中出场 492 场，并率队在 2019 年赢得欧冠冠军，在 2020 年获得英超冠军。他在 2023 年离开利物浦前往沙特职业联赛的 Al-Ettifaq 队，但六个月后加入了阿贾克斯（Ajax）。去年夏天，他再次转会加入了布伦特福德（Brentford）。
Gonzalo García 以 3400 万英镑m 的价格从皇家马德里加盟富勒姆，签下了一份五年合同。这次交易让这位 22 岁的西班牙前锋与前皇马主教练 Alvaro Arbeloa 重聚。Garcia 自 10 岁时于 2014 年加入皇马以来一直效力于该队，上赛季为这家“白衣军团”出场 39 次，攻入 8 个进球。
César Palacios 同样从伯纳乌球场转会至克拉文农场球场（Craven Cottage），转会费未公开。这位 21 岁的进攻型中场将身披 8 号球衣。
▲ Trevoh Chalobah 从八岁起就一直在切尔西
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“利奥尼达斯”重返英格兰 状态正佳
克里斯托斯·措利斯在训练中给新俱乐部留下了深刻印象，并表示自己已不再是那个在诺里奇苦苦挣扎的球员
Ben Bloom
对于任何渴望了解克里斯托斯·措利斯（Christos Tzolis）能给英超冠军带来什么的阿森纳球迷来说，这位边锋在新俱乐部迅速获得的一个绰号或许能提供启发。在 2006 年的动作电影《300》中，核心人物利奥尼达斯王率领一小群斯巴达人对抗规模庞大的入侵军队。尽管面对巨大的数量劣势而注定失败，但利奥尼达斯的勇气、决心和力量激励着他的士兵超常发挥。而这正是阿森纳的体能教练给这位希腊新援起的名字。
在以 3400 万英镑m 的价格从俱乐部布鲁格（Club Brugge）转会而来的一周内，措利斯在阿森纳的训练基地就脱颖而出，在多项季前测试中表现出色，尤其是在一项要求球员在不同间隔时间内跑超过一公里的体能挑战中名列前茅。出于谦虚，他不愿透露其余的身体素质测试结果，但带着微笑承认结果“很不错”。
措利斯之前曾来过这里，尽管当时的情况截然不同。他上一次踢英超联赛是在……
Jonathan Wilson
但正因如此，这可能会奏效
有时候，需要的是一些不同的东西。在足球历史上，反直觉的思考取得成功的案例屡见不鲜，创意张力的益处、在牡蛎中加入砂砾以产生珍珠的逻辑也是如此。即便如此，关于维尼修斯·儒尼奥尔与阿森纳在个人条款方面谈判取得进展的消息，依然令人感到震惊。米克尔·阿尔特塔的伟大追随者们，在其中加入一个像这位巴西人一样的自由灵魂？真的吗？
维尼修斯将在世界杯后于本周回到皇家马德里，预计其未来动向很快就会明朗。他的合同还剩 12 个月，马德里方面希望要么让他签下一份新合同，要么在还能吸引到一定转会费时将其出售。在何塞·穆里尼奥领导的球队重建过程中，马德里的立场很容易理解。他们在这个夏天已经签下了贝尔纳多·席尔瓦、登泽尔·邓弗里斯、马克·库库雷利亚和伊布拉希马·科纳特；移除维尼修斯每周 £420,000（约每年 $30m）的基本工资，将显著增加他们的财务空间。
自从基利安·姆巴佩两年前加盟马德里以来，人们一直感觉到他与维尼修斯共存使得阵容失衡。你为什么需要两名都倾向于从左路内切的快速前锋？尤其是当罗德里戈（他在三月份撕裂前交叉韧带之前往往被安置在右路）也更倾向于在左路踢球时。扬·迪奥曼德可能会在本周确认从RB莱比锡加盟皇家马德里。尽管这位科特迪瓦人表示他更愿意在右路踢球，但他职业生涯的大部分时间同样是在左路度过的。
从更广泛的意义上讲，维尼修斯看起来并不像一个天生的穆里尼奥式球员。他的速度和技术卓越毋庸置疑，但他从未……
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……他当时还是个青少年，在 2021-22. 赛季排名垫底的诺里奇联队中首发了三次。在接下来的赛季中，他在荷兰俱乐部特温特的一次不成功的租借经历后，仅在英冠联赛中首发了三场比赛。当他再次被租借到杜塞尔多夫福图纳时，他在东英吉利之行的时光也就此结束。但正是在德国第二级别联赛中，他的轨迹发生了转变。
“在足球世界里，并非总是上升的。你可能会遇到一些挫折和困难，”措利斯说道。“我在诺里奇的那段时间学到了很多东西。这就是为什么我想去杜塞尔多夫找回信心，因为我知道自己拥有进球的技巧和素质。”
“尽管那不是像英超那样的高水平，但能够参加每一场比赛，并拥有能够进球、创造机会且踢出精彩比赛的感觉是很棒的。然后你进入下一个阶段，即俱乐部布鲁日，我在那里度过了两个惊人的年头，因为我决定去杜塞尔多夫并找回信心。”
“我觉得自己更准备好进入英超了。在离开诺里奇后，我做了正确的决定。我让自己得到了成长，进步了很多。我 100% 不再是之前在诺里奇时的那个球员了。我的身体以及心态都能感觉到。现在是我证明自己已准备好且能够在英超踢球的时候了。” 这是一个深思熟虑的人给出的深思熟虑的解释；一个表示渴望吸收更衣室中丰富文化的球员。
措利斯在比利时时期的纯数据确实支持他关于进步的断言。在俱乐部布鲁日的两个赛季中，他打入了 33 球。他在 2025-26 赛季极其出色的表现吸引了阿森纳的注意，他贡献了 17 个进球和 23 次助攻——比联赛中任何其他球员的进球参与数多 16 次——帮助球队夺回冠军。
在比利时霸主球队的生活，与他在诺里奇面对的艰难任务截然不同，当时措利斯在对阵阿森纳的比赛中完成了他的英超首秀。
“球队还没准备好进入英超，这让我很难适应，也无法发挥出我的水平，”他说。“我是一名更偏向进攻的球员，适合在控球能力强且能创造大量机会的球队中效力。在诺维奇，我们不得不采取更低位的防守，也许会有一些转换瞬间，但效果并不理想。显然，对于一名年轻球员来说，比赛时间不足以让我成长，这就是在诺维奇时期糟糕的地方。”
在履行防守职责方面一直是最勤勉的。穆里尼奥喜欢能够即兴发挥的前锋，且在马德里期间与克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多合作成功，但很难想象他能同时纵容不止一名这样的球员，而姆巴佩将具有优先权。 但那些关于回防、关于执行比赛计划的意愿、以及关于保持控球能力的担忧则是
措利斯今年夏天在他家乡城市塞萨洛尼基度假时，首次被告知阿森纳希望签下他，以填补左翼莱昂德罗·特罗萨德的空缺
这对于阿尔特塔来说与对穆里尼奥一样重要——甚至可以说更重要，因为阿尔特塔比穆里尼奥更坚信结构化的进攻计划。在马德里享受了多年自由后的维尼修斯，真的能接受这些死板的结构吗？
自上赛季下半场以来，阿森纳一直很明显地寻求加强左路。利安德罗·特罗萨德被卖给贝西克塔斯并不令人意外。这位 31 岁的球员很可靠，在上赛季发挥了重要作用，在 38 场联赛中首发 21 场，另有 10 次替补登场，但他身上缺乏那种星光。加布里埃尔·马丁内利在联赛中首发 11 场，替补登场 19 次，他的速度可以成为巨大的资产，但目前看来，左路不再是他发挥最佳的位置。去年夏天签下埃伯雷基·埃泽似乎是试图增加该侧翼的创造力，但当阿尔特塔需要他的左路——
前锋保持宽度时，他倾向于向内切入，这意味着到赛季结束时，他往往被用于前锋身后的中路位置。
维尼修斯将为阿森纳提供更强大的进攻冲击力。在卡洛·安切洛蒂麾下处于巅峰状态时，他可以在几秒钟内改变比赛。他的速度、盘球能力和终结能力意味着，无论比赛看起来多么沉闷，无论球队承受多么大的压力，他们距离潜在的进球永远不会超过七八秒。
不难理解为什么阿森纳会被他吸引，尽管他们已经签入了克里斯托斯·措利斯作为左路选择。他将立即成为球队名气最高的球员，并为这个在招募方面似乎有些迷失的夏天注入一个方向。
措利斯模仿西班牙名将大卫·比利亚的比赛风格——“一名总是寻求进球的左肋球员”——他在周六 4-1 击败赫罗纳的比赛中打入首个季前赛进球，正是以这种方式：内切并将球卷入远角。
措利斯为自己的“激情和获胜欲望”感到自豪，并补充说他打算在“每场比赛、每次对抗中付出 100%”，以帮助阿森纳卫冕冠军。利奥尼达斯对此绝不会要求更少。
但维尼修斯并非天生契合这一事实，可能正是吸引力的一部分。毕竟，曼城在签下并非典型的佩普·瓜迪奥拉球员埃林·哈兰德后的那个赛季赢得了三冠王。
一名不完全契合、与整体哲学相冲突的球员，可以让一支流程化球队变得不那么容易被预测。摩擦可以产生宝贵的火花。
公平地说，哈兰德与维尼修斯的个性不同，而且作为一名中锋，人们永远不用担心他会让自己的边后卫暴露在风险中。维尼修斯风险更大。他无疑会非常昂贵，不仅在于他本人的薪水，还在于他对俱乐部整体薪资可能产生的通胀压力。但他也会为阿森纳注入一份他们一直缺乏的特质，这将使人们很难再指责他们是死板的传控者。
渴望把握第二次机会
克里斯托斯·措利斯在对阵赫罗纳进球后受到马克斯·道曼和凯·哈弗茨的祝贺。 S MACFARLANE / ARSENAL / GETTY
他与米克尔·阿尔特塔进行了两次对话，后者告知措利斯，他无需改变在比利时职业联赛中让他发光的任何打法。
“拒绝阿森纳总是很困难，”这位希腊国脚说道，“有些球队谈过并询问过，但不够具体。阿森纳是最具体的球队，这让我更容易说：‘我想去那里，我不想听其他任何方案。’ 这是一个简单的选择。”
伊劳拉在起伏不定的巡回赛后 留下需要填补的漏洞
尽管部分年轻球员表现令人印象深刻， 利物浦教练将意识到 球队需要增强阵容
安迪·亨特 芝加哥
安东尼·伊劳拉作为利物浦主教练的首次季前巡回赛，在纳什维尔击败了桑德兰，在纽约击败了雷克瑟姆，最后在芝加哥以 4-2 负于利兹联。《卫报》全程跟进了此次巡回赛，以下是我们得出的一些结论。
伊劳拉的愿景需要时间 利物浦在对阵利兹联的下半场表现既令人担忧又具有价值，因为定位球问题和注意力不集中的倾向——这是上赛季反复出现的主题——再次抬头，尽管他已经做了一些调整。然而，利物浦在开局 45 分钟的表现是此次巡回赛中的最佳，展示了在主力球员回归后，他那种积极前压、强度更高的风格能产生多么显著的效果。但这个过程才刚刚开始。
自近两个月前被任命以来，伊劳拉甚至还没有见过范戴克、科迪·加克波、阿里松、亚历克西斯·麦卡利斯特以及新签约的维克多·穆尼奥斯，更不用说指导他们了。在球员们明天返回训练后，他们终于将相互认识，此前他们被给予了一点时间，以便从周日晚上离开芝加哥的航班中恢复。麦卡利斯特在世界杯征战后仍将缺阵。在利物浦在纽卡斯尔开启英超赛季之前，还剩下不到三周的时间，仅剩两场友谊赛（尽管是在安菲尔德对阵科莫的双赛）。“我希望在第一天我们就能够完美，每个人都各就各位，”伊劳拉说。“但可能不会是那样。”
主教练需要更多支持 在巡回赛的大部分时间里，由于世界杯假期，伊劳拉失去了 8 名一线队球员，另有 6 人因伤缺阵，要么是在康复中，要么像不幸的乔·戈梅斯那样在美国期间受伤。无需多言，如果能多出 14 名一线队球员可用，利物浦的表现以及对伊劳拉方法的适应将会更加先进。即便如此，在考虑到所有选项时，球队中仍存在明显的缺口。
穆罕默德·萨拉赫离队的消息在 3 月份公布。提前一年终止合同的谈判在此前就已经开始。距离公布已过去五个月，他尚未获得接替者。康诺尔·布拉德利膝盖伤势的严重性意味着利物浦在右后卫位置上依然薄弱。人们对杰里米·雅克特和乔瓦尼·莱奥尼抱有很高期望——顺便提一下，后者在从前交叉韧带伤病中恢复期间，将自己锻炼成了强壮的阿多尼斯——而 18 岁的伊费亚尼·恩杜克韦和莫·塔拉·恩迪亚耶在美国表现出色。但利物浦在后防中路缺乏英超经验，且恩杜克韦由于脱欧后的工作许可困难，本赛季将无法出场。戈梅斯的伤病记录意味着他健康时必须被视为一个加分项，而非四个选项之一。听伊劳拉解释他如何希望边锋在两翼都能活动，以及在比赛中互换位置的优势，这很有意思，但即使利物浦成功从巴黎圣日耳曼签下布拉德利·巴尔科拉，其右路可能依然是个问题。
Nyoni 现已稳稳进入 Iraola 的计划 在此次巡回赛期间，球队不得不依赖年轻球员，而 Iraola 对许多球员在训练赛和友谊赛中展现的水平印象深刻。正如前文所述，Ndukwe 和 Talla Ndiaye，以及 Lewis Koumas、Kieran Morrison 和 Luke Chambers 都在其中。但没有哪个潜力新星比 Trey Nyoni 更能证明自己具备进入一线队的实力，他在每一次出场中都变得更加成熟且自信。这位 19 岁的球员与 Rio Ngumoha 在上赛季都是 Arne Slot 阵容中的常客，但尽管那名边锋在英超联赛中出场 19 次（包括 5 次首发），Nyoni 仅在联赛中作为替补出场 6 次。基于目前的表现，他本赛季将获得更多机会。这名中场球员迅速适应了 Iraola 关于尽快寻找前场进攻选项的指令，无论是在压力之下，还是通过聪明的跑位为自己创造空间，他都执行得很好。他在对阵利兹联时助攻 Florian Wirtz 进球的那次传球非常精妙，与其整体贡献相符。Nyoni 在利兹联比赛后表示，他知道自己在这个夏天必须进步。而他确实做到了。
Jones 未能抓住机会 借用萨拉赫的一句话，Curtis Jones 在进入合同最后 12 个月之际，有时看起来像是处于被边缘化的状态，与此同时，意大利冠军球队国际米兰对他表现出越来越浓厚的兴趣。与 Nyoni 和 Dominik Szoboszlai 不同，这位 25 岁的球员未能舒适地适应 Iraola 对中前卫的要求，尤其是在对阵利兹联的下半场被换上后显得十分吃力。但最不利于他的是，在对阵雷克瑟姆的比赛中，他因没有从 Szoboszlai 手中接过队长袖章而表现出不耐烦的反应。在对阵桑德兰的揭幕战中，Gomez 离场时，Jones 同样没有被选为队长。在这两次情况下，袖章都被传给了 Kostas Tsimikas，一名上赛季在罗马租借的替补左后卫。当然，这会让一名从小支持利物浦且是此次巡回赛资深球员之一的人感到恼火，在赢得雷克瑟姆比赛后的几天里，Jones、Szoboszlai 和 Tsimikas 都极力通过大笑来掩饰这一事件。这次争端在社交媒体上可能被夸大了，但鉴于 Iraola 强调集体的重要性，Jones 的个人主义行为与他试图建立的球队文化格格不入。
Szoboszlai 在人气竞争中获胜 在萨拉赫、Andy Robertson、Van Dijk 和 Alisson 缺席的情况下，且考虑到他作为利物浦上赛季最佳球员的身份，Szoboszlai 无疑是美国球迷关注的焦点。这位匈牙利队长的每一次亮相和贡献都赢得了狂热的喝彩，他也是媒体希望在频道中展示的面孔。对 Iraola 而言更重要的是，Szoboszlai 在训练中起到了表率作用，考虑到阵容相对缺乏经验，他的领导力弥足珍贵。在刚签署一份新的五年合同后，这位 25 岁的球员成为填补由萨拉赫和 Robertson 离队而留下的副队长空缺之显然之选。
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体育 自行车赛
克里斯·霍伊（Chris Hoy） 六次奥运冠军讲述与晚期癌症共存，以及希望安迪·伯纳姆改变英国的筛查政策
唐纳德·麦克雷（Donald McRae）
克里斯·霍伊在到达时迟了几分钟，不停地在道歉。我还没机会告诉这位六次奥运短距离赛道自行车冠军，让明星受访者等待一小时其实很常见。霍伊已经深陷于一个故事中，讲述他和妻子萨拉（Sarra）在往这里走时，一名陌生男子在格拉斯哥的街头拦住了他。那名陌生人最近被诊断出患有前列腺癌，他想分享自己的经历，而且我怀疑，他是想通过与一位富有同情心的公众人物交谈来寻找新的力量。霍伊在患有 4 期癌症的情况下已经生活了近三年。同时，他不知疲倦地致力于揭示一个事实：在这个国家，前列腺癌致死人数超过任何其他疾病；与此同时，当男性及其家人在面对绝症诊断而感到恐惧时，他希望提供一种切实的希望感。
听完这次邂逅的低调叙述，感觉 50 岁的霍伊在对方一个极度痛苦和脆弱的时刻提供了帮助。“当你被诊断出患有癌症时，那种感觉非常孤独，”霍伊说。“你突然发现自己处于借来的时间里。你在观察这个世界，而不是生活其中——因为那是给别人准备的。但随后你会意识到，你并不特殊，不幸的是，这种情况非常普遍。我希望确保任何处于类似境地的人都能意识到，他们并不孤单。”
“我还想提高人们的意识，即每年有 10,000 名男性收到他们患有 4 期前列腺癌的消息。这在很大程度上是因为缺乏意识，所以我们需要让男性了解其中的风险。”
2023, 年 9 月，霍伊因为肩膀持续疼痛咨询了他的物理治疗师。在没有任何其他症状的情况下，他以为自己是在举重时拉伤了肌肉。物理治疗师让他去做扫描，结果在肩膀发现了一个肿瘤。两天后，第二次扫描带来了毁灭性的消息。原发癌在他的前列腺，并已扩散到骨盆、臀部、脊柱、肋骨和肩膀。“就这样，”霍伊在他的回忆录中写道，“我知道了我将如何死去。” 据说他的预期寿命在两到 4 年之间。
我问霍伊现在感觉如何。“我做得非常好，谢谢。真的达到了预期中的最好状态。”
他多久接受一次检测？ “平均每三到六个月一次。但如果有活跃区域，可能会更频繁。你需要定期进行血液检测，有些时段你得在医院进出。定期的血液检测很可怕，因为就像时钟在滴答作响。在那天下午或第二天某个时刻，你会收到那封电子邮件。”
“我记得当时我正准备走上讲台进行一次演讲。那是‘与……共度夜晚’系列活动之一。门票已售罄，我正准备走到满座的观众面前。我不应该这么做，但我检查了手机，结果就在那里。PSA [前列腺特异性抗原]”
霍伊去年发起了 Tour de 4 筹款自行车活动， 为英国癌症慈善机构 筹集了超过 300 万英镑 的资金 TOUR DE 4
已经回升了。就像是： “天哪。”然后是：“放下手机，微笑，然后去做吧。” 霍伊（Hoy）先是做了一个鬼脸，随后露出了一个更自嘲的微笑。“在某种程度上，在舞台上的专注感起到了帮助。”
这种情况是什么时候发生的？ “大概是去年夏天。甚至 Tour de 4 [去年 9 月由霍伊首次领队的苏格兰慈善骑行活动] 也很困难。当时的治疗已经开始失效，所以我正尝试更换另一种治疗方案。只有在事后回顾时，你才会意识到 [那些困难]。”
“对我来说，最糟糕的是走进顾问诊室的时候。你会立刻试图解读他们的肢体语言。是好消息吗？是坏消息吗？快点进入正题吧。这就是为什么我将讨论结果的会议切换到了 Zoom。你可以直接关掉它，然后你就在自己的避风港——你的家中。你不需要在医院里，走过陌生人的身边，然后面对漫长的回家路。”
他似乎比大多数人更能地活在当下，但这样一个被认为寿命有限的第三年即将结束的事实是否……
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寿命预期是否让他心烦意乱？ “有一点，但并不真正如此，因为这些是你在极早期阶段获得的平均统计数据。你要记住，那些寿命超过这些统计数据的人目前还无法被计入数据中。 “但并不是每个人都像我这样幸运能对治疗做出反应。遗憾的是，你还会遇到像德莫特·莫纳汉 [上个月因前列腺癌去世的电视记者] 这样的人。我曾信心满满且充满希望地认为，他和我将在未来的许多年里一起参加 Tour de 4。所以，当我收到他家人发来的消息说时间快到了时，那是一个沉重的打击，一个巨大的震惊。” 霍伊继续充满活力地生活——即便他在 11 月经历了一次严重的山地车事故。当时他正在南威尔士的一条小径上疾速骑行，在高速状态下误判了一个陡峭的跳跃。提起这件事，霍伊仍然感到不寒而栗。
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记忆。他当时被告知，如果手术不成功，他的腿可能不得不截肢，但霍伊现在淡化了这种情况。 “当时很震惊，但从法律角度来看，他们必须告诉你可能会发生什么。那不是腿部的小骨折，而是胫骨平台的全重建。我一个医生朋友看了X光片后说：‘噢，这种X光片通常是当你跳伞时降落伞没打开才会看到的。’”
霍伊将术后的恢复描述为“一段悲惨且极其困难的时光”，他说： “我当时正努力维持现状，一切都进展顺利，然后就发生了这次离奇的事故。你有大量的时间坐在那里思考，而这正是你不想做的事情。”
他低头看着自己的右腿说：“从这里［膝盖下方］到这里［脚踝附近］全是金属件。这不是我需要的，但讽刺的是，山地骑行在身体、心理和社交方面给了我很多。呼吸新鲜空气并专注于当下对我非常有益。”
霍伊很快回到了自行车上。上个月，尽管他的“好腿”再次受伤，他仍与包括他的青少年偶像、五次环法冠军米格尔·因杜拉因在内的骑手们一起骑行穿越西班牙。“我当时在希腊度假，感觉很棒。我即将参加一次穿越西班牙的重大慈善骑行，从海岸线到海岸线，与米格尔及其他人同行。太神奇了。我和儿子在桨板上盘腿坐了很长时间，就那样看着日出。”
“当我走下桨板时，重心发生了偏移，一阵剧痛袭来：‘噢，感觉不对劲。’”那是半月板撕裂，膝盖里有一小块碎片在漂浮。
“距离我去西班牙只有四天时间了，但由于参加的人很多，我不能说：‘我膝盖受伤了，我不去了。’我想我会带上车，看看能怎么应对。我在机场一瘸一拐地走，把登机箱当作拐杖，心想：‘这太荒谬了，我甚至走不了路。’但在骑车时，你的膝盖永远不会完全伸展。所以，我试探性地觉得：‘感觉没那么糟糕。’长话短说，我撑过了那一周，我们筹集了 £200,000 资金，并获得了一次美妙的体验。”
他竟然在半月板撕裂的情况下与强大的因杜拉因并肩骑行？“是的。他不是一个普通的 6 2 岁老人。他现在依然进行那些疯狂的 10 小时骑行，而且像屠夫的狗一样强壮。能与他同行是巨大的荣誉。”
这种克服一切困难的动力，与连续几届政府在应对前列腺癌时未能采取协调行动而表现出的懈怠形成了鲜明对比。“我看不出政府为什么不能做出某种形式的积极决定，”他说。“他们说，对每个男人进行检测的风险，以及 PSA 水平升高的男性人数，会导致太多人接受不必要的治疗，进而必须处理手术或治疗的后果。对我来说，那是治疗问题，而不是筛查问题。法国有筛查系统。我不知道为什么我们没有。这根本不合逻辑。”
霍伊还有其他迫在眉睫的担忧。在他得知自己患有 4 期癌症两个月后，萨拉被诊断出患有多发性硬化症。但她向丈夫隐瞒了这个消息将近一个月。“她正在接受治疗，情况非常好，”霍伊说。“萨拉开始骑行以参加 Tour de 4，她的身体比以往任何时候都强健。她坚信［多发性硬化症］不会成为障碍。她正竭尽全力支持我和家庭。”
他们的孩子，1 1 岁的卡勒姆和八岁的克洛伊怎么样？“孩子对时间的认知与我们非常不同，他们知道如何活在当下。当我腿骨折时，他们更担心。”
而不是关于我的癌症诊断，因为他们能看到我处于痛苦之中。我当时无法起身。癌症对孩子来说是一个抽象的概念，我们尽量不让它过多地改变家庭生活。他们了解情况，但他们生活在此时此刻。”下个月，通过 Tour de 4，他与萨拉希望为癌症研究筹集比去年 310 万英镑m 更多的资金。霍伊深受医学科学在治疗以及潜在地寻找治愈该疾病方面所取得的快速进展的启发。“根据前沿治疗领域人士告诉我的情况，这是过去 25 年中前列腺癌药物研发最令人兴奋的时期。他们看到了新疗法和新治疗方案的真正好转。” 这一额外的希望来源意味着霍伊依然雄心勃勃。他刚刚完成了在格拉斯哥 Commonwealth Games 为 TNT 担任评论员的工作，那里的自行车赛是在以他命名的自行车馆举行的。“我还希望帮助决策者采取一些积极的行动。随着安迪·伯纳姆出任首相，这种情况可能会有所改善。我见过他几次，他与[前英国自行车手]克里斯·博德曼关系很好。我很想与安迪谈谈，看看他认为我们可以做些什么。“我有各种各样的目标，其中最大的是为这些了不起的慈善机构筹集尽可能多的资金，改变人们对 4 期诊断期间可能性的认知，并尝试在有一天能为男性筛查提供某种积极的便捷渠道。”
高尔夫
Ewan Murray
尽管 2026 年的表现令人失望，利奥娜·马奎尔（Leona Maguire）仍保留了她在欧洲索尔海姆杯队中的位置。这位爱尔兰高尔夫球手是安娜·诺德奎斯特（Anna Nordqvist）昨日公布的四名外卡选手之一。
马奎尔将与三名新人——朱莉亚·洛佩兹-拉米雷斯（Julia López Ramirez）、纳斯塔西娅-纳多（Nastasia Nadaud）和米米-罗兹（Mimi Rhodes）一起加入欧洲队，他们将于下个月在荷兰尝试夺回奖杯。
马奎尔在上周的英国女子公开赛中未能通过截线，这意味着这位 31 岁的球员在 2026 年参加的五场大满贯赛中，有四场未能进入最后的 36 洞比赛。在她唯一一次通过截线的赛事——美国女子职业高尔夫锦标赛（Women’s PGA Championship）中，马奎尔排名并列第 53 位。本周开始时，她的世界排名为第 83 位。
对于一名在年轻时就被看好将成就伟业的球员来说，这些数字令人震惊。此外，在 2024 年的索尔海姆杯中，马奎尔也陷入了争议，当时她承认在队长苏珊·彼得森（Suzann Pettersen）的指导下出场时间有限，这是一颗“难以吞下的苦药”。然而，马奎尔过去在这个赛场上有着积极的经历，曾在 2021 年和 2023 年的索尔海姆杯中为欧洲队大放异彩。这位爱尔兰高尔夫球手在 12 场索尔海姆杯比赛中共赢得了 8.5 分。
“我宁愿与她并肩作战，而不是与她对抗，”诺德奎斯特在谈到马奎尔时表示。“她是一名如此强悍的竞争者。她包括业余时期的对决记录无疑有所帮助。我很期待看到她的表现。”
马奎尔的经验显然是诺德奎斯特做出决定的关键。另一个残酷的现实是，欧洲队的选项
Greg Wood
拥有包括 Aintree、Cheltenham、Epsom 和 Newmarket 在内的 15 个英国赛马场的赛马俱乐部（The Jockey Club）昨日表示，将在年底加入 Ascot 的行列，共同退出赛马场协会（RCA）。该贸易机构代表了全英 59 个赛道中除一个以外的所有赛道。
赛马俱乐部的这一公告是在 RCA 公布其治理结构审查结果两天后发出的。该审查旨在防止在 Ascot 宣布于 5 月退出该组织后出现进一步的退会情况。
赛马俱乐部首席执行官 Jim Mullen 表示，审查方案建议将“一赛道一票”的结构替换为四个赛马场组（每组持一票），但这“未能解决我们的根本顾虑，即 RCA 可能会继续采取行动，扼杀行业内必要的变革”。
“方案中没有一项提议能够取代 RCA 作为英国赛马场的政治代表地位。而在我们看来，且通过近期讨论得到确认，RCA 将继续投票反对必要的变革，例如引入独立的 [英国赛马管理局] 董事会以及对赛程表进行实质性修改。”
“我们的意图是与 Ascot 以及其他志同道合的行业伙伴合作，追求一个基于体育运动长期可持续发展的愿景，并且我们正处于建立一个新组织的初步阶段以实现这一目标。”
这个脱离小组的实际对手是 Arena Racing Company，该公司经营 16 个赛道，其商业模式很大程度上基于数量而非质量，旨在服务场外投注市场。
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……并不特别强。Maguire 说：“我热爱 Solheim 杯，”她说，“它能激发我比赛中的最佳状态，我热爱成为团队的一员。”
Ramirez 表示，在首次入选后，她正处于“梦想之中”。这位来自马拉加的 23 岁球员尚未赢得职业赛事冠军。Nadaud 则在去年底的安达卢西亚女子欧洲巡回赛中品尝到了胜利的滋味。英格兰的 Rhodes 在 2025 年三次夺冠，被评为 LET 年度最佳新秀。Nordqvist 称赞 Rhodes 为一名“凶猛的竞争者”。
Charley Hull, Esther Henseleit, Lottie Wood, Maja Stark, Linn Grant, Céline Boutier, Carlota Ciganda 和 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 锁定了欧洲队的自动入围名额。尽管距离 Solheim 杯在 Bernardus Golf 开赛还有一个多月的时间，但 Nordqvist 对 Henseleit 寄予厚望。这位德国选手在周日的女子公开赛决赛附加赛中被 Shiho Kuwaki 击败。在皇家利瑟姆和圣安妮斯球场决定性的第二个加时洞中，Henseleit 的开球击中了一名工作人员的腿，随后弹到了荆棘丛底部。
Henseleit 在发球区观看时完全不知道发生了什么。
Henseleit 说：“我以为球向左飞得更远了。一定是发生了某种糟糕的弹跳。至少我还能击球，并能以一个不错的角度进入果岭。但那里可能确实有点运气不佳。”
Angel Yin 和 Jennifer Kupcho 在女子公开赛结束后锁定了美国 Solheim 杯队的席位。Nelly Korda 此前已完成入选。美国队长 Angela Stanford 将在 8 月底资格赛期结束后，选出三名队长提名球员。
▲ Leona Maguire 在今年的五项大满贯赛中共有四次未能通过资格赛（missed the cut）
英格兰中场球员 36 岁加盟切尔西
纽卡斯尔拒绝阿森纳对队长的 7000 万英镑m 首次报价
Louise Taylor
阿森纳通过最终启动正式转会谈判并开出首次报价，加强了签下 Bruno Guimarães 的尝试，但纽卡斯尔已拒绝该报价。
Guimarães 在巴西度过世界杯后的假期后，昨日在 La Manga 的季前训练营中首次会见了纽卡斯尔的继任主教练 Matthias Jaissle。此前一直存在……
压力性骨折 迫使英国 1号选手缺席 美网赛
有传言称，这位28岁的 中场球员原本打算飞往伦敦 在阿森纳进行体检，但他 随后乘坐商业航班前往西班牙。 到达拉曼加后，预计他将 向贾斯勒表达他决定 离开泰恩赛德前往北伦敦的决心， 但这一切都取决于 阿森纳是否愿意支付纽卡斯尔 对其一名合同还剩两年球员的估值。 虽然阿森纳的高管认为 吉马良斯最高价值 7000 万英镑m——且昨天一项在该范围内的报价 被拒绝了——但纽卡斯尔对其 队长的估值约为8000 万英镑m。纽卡斯尔 并没有出售压力。 事实上，在今年夏天分别将安东尼·戈登 和桑德罗·托纳利出售给巴塞罗那 和托特纳姆热刺后， 他们更希望让贾斯勒 得益于吉马良斯的才华和经验， 以便他在重建阵容。 据信，这位38岁的人 渴望评估这位巴西人的心理状态， 因为他正开始为两周后周日 在主场对阵利物浦的英超首场比赛 做准备。尽管这位前阿尔阿赫利 和萨尔茨堡红牛主帅仍未被正式确认 为豪的继任者，但贾斯勒自周六抵达 西班牙南部以来，一直与他的新球队在一起。 纽卡斯尔正在等待一些最终文件的完成， 然后正式任命他。 纽卡斯尔昨天完成的一项签约 涉及卢卡斯·霍尼切克从布拉加以2600 万英镑m转会。 这位捷克门将预计将接替尼克·波普 成为球队的首选，而波普现在很可能会离开。
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挫败感离开 曼联
Tom Garry
马克·斯金纳在执教五年后，经双方同意 离开了曼彻斯特联队主教练的职位， 部分原因是俱乐部的转会策略。 据了解，这位43岁的人 发起了导致他离开的讨论， 因为他觉得现在是离开俱乐部的合适时机。 曼联正专注于培养年轻球员， 而不是与女超联赛中一些投入巨大的球队 陷入竞价战。 这位前伯明翰和 奥兰多主教练带领曼联在2023至2025年间 连续三次进入女足英格兰足总杯决赛， 并在2024年于温布利球场赢得了一座奖杯—— 这是该俱乐部首座女足重大奖杯—— 以4-0战胜了托特纳姆热刺。 他们还在2025-26赛季进入了女足 欧冠四分之一决赛以及联赛杯决赛。 斯金纳多次要求在转会市场上 对球队进行更大规模的投资， 而俱乐部今年夏天的策略变化 导致了他的离职。在他执教的第一个赛季 2021-22年，球队获得了第四名； 随后在2022-23赛季，他带领球队 获得了亚军，这是该俱乐部在联赛中的最高排名。 在接下来的最后三年执教期间， 曼联分别获得了第五名、第三名和第四名。 消息人士指出， 女队在今年夏天有了新的方向， 专注于利用本土球员可持续地打造球队。 资金正被投入到曼联的青训学院中。 但其他消息人士表示， 斯金纳对于看到女超联赛 其他球队的支出超过曼联而感到日益沮丧。 自从斯金纳将要离开的消息变得明确后， 俱乐部已经制定了一份候选人短名单， 预计将相对快速地公布他的接任者。
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The Guardian
乔纳森·利夫 (Jonathan Liew)
2026年8月4日，星期二
观点与思想
直播仍在继续，镜头对准休塔 (Ceuta) 的海滩，那里此刻毫无动静。自封为“公民记者”的人们仍在街头奔走，用智能手机捕捉着晃动的画面。英国改革党 (Reform UK) 的齐亚·尤苏法 (Zia Yusuf) 周末也出现在那里，穿着一件挺括的衬衫和剪裁得体的西装裤，以免任何人将他与那里的其他棕色皮肤的人混淆——那些“坏的”棕色皮肤的人。
为什么发生在西班牙与摩洛哥边界休塔的移民入侵会成为全球如此重大的新闻？它如何地引起了唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 和埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 的兴趣，甚至登上了 NBC 的《夜间新闻》——我们可以说，这并不是一个倾向于关注非洲大陆故事的节目？这件事为何让欧洲各国政府首脑如此焦虑？又是什么让它成为了《每日邮报》 (Daily Mail)、《每日快报》 (Daily Express) 和《每日电讯报》 (Daily Telegraph) 的头版新闻？
这绝对不是因为对我们自己的边界，更不用说对美国边界构成了某种紧迫或迫在眉睫的威胁。西班牙的飞地休塔和梅利利亚 (Melilla) 在申根区中享有特殊豁免，这使得无证移民几乎不可能抵达地中海对面约 12 英里外的西班牙本土。许多移民在意识到这一点后，便随之离开了。
也不是因为对那些在人群踩踏中淹死或丧生的人们感到担忧。“在从摩洛哥进入休塔的最多 60,000 人中，约 48,000 人在一天内返回。尽管如此，突然的涌入仍给西班牙支持移民的政府带来了危机。近 36 人死亡。”这是周五《纽约时报》 (New York Times) 的一个小标题。当你费力地读完那些扭曲的句法后，你是否注意到其中有什么异常之处？首先是边界的完整性，然后是政治后果，最后才是死亡的人数：右翼移民论述的等级制度在三个完美的句子中得到了体现。此后，死亡人数有所上升。
休塔就像是全球极右翼的一种“边界色情”：一个可以投射他们最生动且具有末日色彩幻想的场所。如果历史学家迈克·戴维斯 (Mike Davis) 曾将美墨边境墙描述为“一个政治舞台布景”，那么在深度伪造 (deepfake) 和水军工厂的时代，休塔证明了它同样是内容产出的肥沃源泉：边界界面被重新构想为数字剧场，大规模移民则成了黄金时段的电视节目。
这里的讽刺之处在于，从安全化的角度来看，休塔的功能几乎完全达到了其预期的目的。一个六-
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士兵护送 移民在 西班牙休塔， 8月1日
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乔纳森·利夫 (Jonathan)
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一座数米高的铁丝网围栏，辅以瞭望塔和视频摄像头，将其与摩洛哥隔开。在休塔，一个内部检查站守护着前往西班牙本土的唯一轮渡路线。欧盟多年来花费了数亿欧元，致力于与摩洛哥建立边境管理伙伴关系。但这似乎毫无意义，因为欧洲领导人们排队给佩德罗·桑切斯的政府进行一场例行性的鞭笞。意大利重新引入了与西班牙的空中和海上边境管制。埃马纽埃尔·马克龙向西班牙边境部署了机动部队以加强管制。乔治亚·梅洛尼——在芬兰、丹麦和捷克的支持下——主张应暂停西班牙在申根区的成员资格。当然，这些主要是面向国内市场的国内政治家，在即将到来的选举周期中，法国、意大利和波兰的现任领导人都正被右翼的本土主义叛乱者在立场上压制。桑切斯本人将在 2027 年面临投票，在这场选举中，他的政府可以自豪地宣称经济增长强劲，因此他的右翼对手将拼命地将其转化为一场关于移民的公投。这就是政治层面的考量。但实际上，休塔的奇观代表了一种更原始、更深层且渴望被满足的需求，尤其是在英语世界，即希望看到煽动性的反移民十字军东征，而非仅仅是口头议论。近日从该飞地传出的照片和视频，全部是在远处拍摄且几乎没有特写，其目的都指向同一个目标：引导观众将这些棕色身体视为一个整体，彼此之间无法区分，会计师和外科医生与炸弹制造者和强奸犯混在一起，生者与死者不分。就这样，民族主义与纯血白人至上主义之间的界限在不知不觉中变得更加模糊。事实上，一个距离我们 1,000 英里且跨越两片大海的单一边境口岸为何能成为我们的紧急问题，这种观点只有在一种世界观中才说得通——在这种世界观中，真正的区分不再是“英国”与“海外”，而是一个想象中的白色基督教欧洲与一个野蛮的棕色他者之间。
移民
尽管如此，右翼并非独行。当大多数最初的 60,000 名移民返回摩洛哥时，左翼许多部分表现出的明显宽慰，揭示了一种令人担忧的默许：一种对“移民在表面上就是个问题”这一危险隐喻的默许。这里有一个激进的想法：如果移民仅仅是对那些希望它是问题的人来说才是问题呢？如果我们开始将大规模的人口流动视作人类生存的一种简单必然性，而非一种生存威胁，会怎样？九年前，伟大的加里·杨 (Gary Younge) 在《卫报》中描绘了一个开放边境、没有移民管制的乌托邦愿景。那个愿景和理想主义怎么了？边境话语何时变得如此令人恐惧？休塔事件究竟是安全漏洞还是刻意策划的事件，这并不重要。重点在于，随着全球右翼的信心增长，随着移民工业复合体渴求更多……
新的内容，新的边界色情，未来还会有更多的塞塔（Ceuta）事件。人们将继续迁移并在尝试中死去，而且因为这具有极高的电视观赏性，这种情况将持续发生。社会学家米米·谢勒（Mimi Sheller）在她的书《流动正义》（Mobility Justice）中写道：“今天比以往任何时候都更多地，这些边境地带浸透了白人民族主义、族群剖析以及在无人区强制死亡的鲜血。”这里的最终结局是屠杀和私刑暴力，不是“阻止船只”，而是射击船只，将边境重新构想为电脑游戏般的战争区域。最终结局正是像马斯克及其极右翼傀儡们已经在描绘的那样：一个由“适役男性”大军入侵我们纯洁领土的世界，而问题不在于那些将他们赶出家园的力量，而在于你的“自杀式共情”，因为这些人并不是值得平等对待的平等人类。这就是赌注所在。坦率地说，当下一个塞塔事件发生时，左翼需要想出一个比单纯庆幸他们再次回家更好的应对方案。
“评论是自由的……但事实是神圣的” CP Scott
不应将塞乌塔的 混乱与悲剧武器化
据信上周末至少有 72 人死亡，其中大多数人在试图与数万人一起从摩洛哥水域游向西班牙飞地塞乌塔时被淹死或挤死。然而，这场人类悲剧的规模几乎没有引起足够重视，而唐纳德·特朗普谴责这是一场“入侵”，欧洲政治家们则利用这次危机来服务于自己的议程。如果还需要进一步证据来证明激进右翼如何日益扭曲欧盟内部关于移民辩论的条款，那么过去几天已经提供了证明。
对于这一震惊事件背后的驱动因素，仍需深入了解。在西班牙最高法院裁定通过海路抵达的移民不能被简单遣返后，社交媒体上的误导信息——无论是精心策划的还是偶然产生的——似乎起到了很大作用。摩洛哥当局似乎并未采取多少措施来防止这次混乱的迁徙，这次事件呼应了之前发生的一些较小规模事件，并将国际注意力集中在一个拉巴特对其主权持有争议的领土上。如果网络上曾有迹象表明此类入侵具有可能性，那么当时并未发出警报。
西班牙政府因需要应对持续的森林火灾而分心，完全没有做好准备。但在进入塞乌塔的约 60,000 人中，绝大多数人在 48 小时内自愿通过边境返回，其中一些人向记者倾诉，在他们家乡缺乏工作、体面工资和发展前景。他们行为中危险的鲁莽程度凸显了压力锅般的水平
葬礼
法律必须改变
在生命中，没有什么时刻比失去挚爱前后的几天更脆弱了。围绕葬礼的告别仪式至关重要。因此，公众对罗伯特·布什（Robert Bush）在赫尔（Hull）所犯罪行的反应极其愤怒。布什上周被判处 20 年监禁，罪名包括 67 项指控，其中 30 项涉及妨碍合法且体面的安葬。
当警方搜查他的公司——传承独立殡葬服务公司（Legacy Independent Funeral Services）时，发现了多具在架子上腐烂的尸体。布什将错误的骨灰交还给家属，盗窃捐给慈善机构的资金，并在 12 年间花费超过 £42,000 用于度假。在法庭上，亲属揭露了由此带来的痛苦；大卫·戈巴特（David Gorbutt）将一名陌生人的骨灰当作妻子的骨灰撒掉，他描述这种感觉像是被“虐待”了。
竞争与市场管理局（Competition and Markets Authority）曾在 2020 年建议加强对殡葬业的监管。针对大卫·富勒（David Fuller）——他在医院停尸房虐待 100 多个女性和女孩遗体——的独立调查，在其建议中就包括了对殡葬业者的监管。现在，在该报告发布一年后，部长们决定表示赞同。预计将出台包含许可计划、最低标准和检查条款的新法律。
这是一个正确的决定。在英国法律中，像殡葬服务这样敏感且必要的服务竟然不受监管，这是一个奇怪的盲点；苏格兰政府意识到了这一点，并在去年引入了自己的制度。尽管布什的案例到目前为止是
在欧洲外部边境之外，特别是在年轻人中，充满了挫败感。随后，像意大利总理乔治亚·梅洛尼（Giorgia Meloni）等领导人的反应在预料之中，但令人深感沮丧。梅洛尼女士通过暂时暂停罗马与马德里之间的申根协议，试图以一种表演性的过度反应来展示她在应对非正规移民问题上的强硬立场，尽管休达（Ceuta）从未被纳入申根区，且意大利与西班牙之间并无共同边界。她与德国总理弗里德里希·梅尔茨（Friedrich Merz）一同成为致欧洲委员会信函的 22 位签署人之一，暗示西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯（Pedro Sánchez）的自由移民政策（同样不适用于休达）正在破坏欧洲的安全。
此类姿态在很大程度上是为了面向国内观众。例如，梅尔茨先生在即将到来的三次州选举中面临来自极右翼德国选择党（AfD）的重大挑战，而梅洛尼女士则在应对一个威胁到她自身右翼阵营的新党的出现。这些势力将移民问题武器化的狂热，在德国选择党领导人爱丽丝·魏德尔（Alice Weidel）迅速声称大多数进入休达的人“可能的目的地”是德国这一表态中可见一斑。夸张的措辞和互相指责只会破坏欧洲国家之间的团结，并妨碍有效应对移民挑战的尝试。
如果没有通过检查站，是不可能从休达进入西班牙本土和申根区的。同样值得注意的是，事实上， 2026 年上半年进入欧洲的非正规跨境人数比去年下降了 40%，部分原因是预防策略的协调得到了改善。欧洲主流领导人不应攻击桑切斯先生，而应承诺合作，帮助西班牙尽量避免此类悲剧事件再次发生。
这是近期几起事件中最极端的一起，但他并不是唯一被监禁的殡葬业者。去年，另一名殡葬服务主管艾米·厄普顿（Amie Upton）被禁止进入利兹的NHS停尸房和产科病房，此前BBC揭露了关于她建立的婴儿失踪服务机构“弗洛里军队”（Florrie’s Army）的投诉。厄普顿女士并未被指控犯有任何罪行。但工党议员马克·塞沃兹（Mark Sewards）正确地认为，他的选民在“弗洛里军队”中所经历的令人不安的体验表明，需要制定新法律。增强地方政府的作用将符合政府的权力下放计划，并需要资金支持。行业组织提出了一种他们将与人类组织管理局（Human Tissue Authority）共同参与的模式。但尽管应该考虑所有选项，监管绝不能被误认为是一剂灵丹妙药。正如在其他滥用信任职位的情形中一样，在赫尔（Hull）采取干预措施的机会似乎被错失了。在英国每年举行的超过 500,000 场葬礼中，约 65% 由小型独立企业承办。监管在保护这些企业的同时也必须保护那些希望自行准备遗体火化或安葬的家庭。殡葬业者的工作很艰苦；而支付服务费用的人通常极其脆弱。在监管收紧后，葬礼成本可能增加，这一点必须被严肃对待。许多人已经难以负担葬礼费用。弄清楚公众以及行业本身的诉求至关重要。正如法律委员会（Law Commission）所认为的，关于遗体的法律可能需要更广泛的审查。但当务之急必须是寻找一种有效且适度的方式，防止不法经营者设立殡葬企业，并识别出已经设立此类企业的经营者。处于悲痛之中的人们应该能够信任那些被他们委托处理亲属遗体的人。
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本月标志着塔利班接管阿富汗的第五周年，当时美国领导的联军部队已撤出该国。这五年时间让恐怖分子巩固了他们的统治，因此现在是反思“志愿联盟”留下了什么的合适时机。通过一次又一次充满报复性的法令，这 5 年带来了对阿富汗女孩和女性日益升级的压迫——而外部权威在针对当今世界最恶劣的剥夺女孩权利的行为发声或采取立场方面，所做的工作实在太少。
6 月份发生的震惊事件几乎没有被报道：士兵们向一群抗议女性权利的示威者开火，他们当时正在抗议女孩被排除在教育之外以及执行严格的着装规范。他们在名为“Azadi”（意为“自由”）的旗帜下游行。两人被枪杀，其中包括一名小男孩，另有数人受伤。塔利班正以最中世纪的方式，实施更为严苛的法律，以使童婚合法化，并为丈夫实施的家庭暴力（包括针对学龄女孩的暴力）提供法律豁免。根据联合国观察员的说法，这些女孩通常被卖给他人结婚或被强迫成为童媳，她们是一种新型犯罪的受害者：性别隔离。历史学家将来回顾时会问，在部署了超过 1 million 联军部队，承受了 3,500 人的死亡和 23,000 人的受伤，并花费了超过 $1 tn 之后，为什么我们仍无法阻止塔利班摧毁最基本的人权。但或许更重要的是，随着塔利班在喀布尔站稳脚跟，宗教领袖定期从坎大哈发出指示，现在的问题是：我们能立即做些什么来改善女孩和女性的生活？我们能否帮助她们发挥潜力？在全球范围内，过去十年中 20 - 24 岁在 18 岁前结婚的女性比例有所下降，联合国儿童基金会认为，至少有 2500 万起可能涉及学龄新娘的童婚得到了预防。然而，据估计，每年仍有 12 million 名 18 岁以下女孩在本应就学的年龄结婚。在联军留下的阿富汗，这一问题尤为尖锐，那里女孩被禁止接受中等教育，阿富汗女性被禁止进入大学、在公共部门就业，甚至禁止在非政府组织（NGO）和慈善机构工作。除非有陪同，否则她们被禁止旅行或进入许多公共场所，从公园到餐厅。由于塔利班自信可以免于惩罚地行动，最近十余项针对女孩和女性的禁令正进一步加强其控制。在最近的一起案件中，据报道，一名 15 岁的阿富汗女孩在一名塔利班官员试图绑架她进行强迫婚姻后，与她的母亲一起被杀害。这令人震惊，且凸显了塔利班特有的残暴。相比之下，巴基斯坦的信德省已制定了发展中国家最强有力的反童婚法律框架之一。
未来回顾时 将会问，为什么 我们无法 阻止塔利班 摧毁最 基本的权利
戈登·布朗 是联合国 全球教育 特使，并曾在 2007 到 2010 期间担任 英国首相
婚姻，将 18 岁以下结婚定为犯罪，并 对促成此类婚姻的人引入处罚。 孟加拉国也颁布了新法律。一个更强大的 出生登记系统使得掩盖 女孩年龄变得更加困难，堵住了进入早婚的 一条常见途径。与此同时，向贫困家庭提供 小额财务支持的项目 使女孩们能够继续接受教育。救助儿童会 报告称，在孟加拉国的一项计划中， 提供财务支持帮助了 1,000 多名女孩留在学校并避免早婚。 童婚并不简单如人们经常 描绘的那样是一种文化习俗。它同样由贫困 以及法律执行不力所驱动。 在巴基斯坦和孟加拉国的部分地区设有“无童婚区”， 那里的年轻人 聚集在一起，支持任何被违背意愿 而被嫁出去的学校好友。这些年轻人 因其干预意愿而被人们称为“婚礼破坏者”。有了援助和决心，很多事情都是可能的。
塔利班之所以投入如此多的注意力，不仅在于剥夺女性权利，而且专门在于剥夺她们受教育的权利，这绝非偶然，因为他们知道，我们也知道，学校教育是最强有力的赋能工具。在全世界范围内，它是抵御早婚最有效的单一保护措施。“女孩不早婚”（Girls Not Brides）等组织已经证实，女孩在中学教育中每多停留一年，就会显著降低她作为儿童被结婚的可能性。如果我们能开启优质教育之门，确保女孩能够进入安全空间，并为她们的家庭提供财务支持，将有数万名更多的女孩能够接受这种教育。即使在阿富汗，这也不是白日之梦。通过联合国儿童基金会（Unicef）和“教育不能等待”（Education Cannot Wait）项目，以及在当地的秘密支持，女孩们正以非传统的方式学习：通常是在线学习，有时是在地下 学校或家中，不被当局察觉。但仍有许多工作要做，尤其是因为数千名女孩不得不离开该国以寻求学业，且随着阿富汗与巴基斯坦之间紧张局势升温，一条受欢迎的出境路线正迅速关闭。英国内政大臣莎巴娜·马哈茂德（Shabana Mahmood）宣布，根据新的移民与庇护法案，难民安置计划下将为学生提供两条可能的路径。第一条是通过认可的慈善机构赞助女孩来到英国。第二条是通过学院和大学提供奖学金。这很好，但我们必须做得更多。我认为现在必须设立一项基金，以支持那些面临违背意愿被嫁出去威胁的阿富汗女孩。该基金应向她们提供助学金以继续学业，必要时可在其母国 之外。作为联合国教育特使，我很乐意与任何希望协助女孩捍卫人权的慈善机构或教育机构合作。这或许是一个微小的姿态，但在她们被判定在塔利班统治下五年之后，现在是否真正是时候去支持所有那些为了教育和对有意义生存的希望而冒着失去自由和生命风险的女孩了？她们渴望的是我们认为理所当然的东西。帮助她们是我们的道义责任。
吉莫西（Jimothy） 仅提供 虚假的希望
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任何喜欢迷因的人（谁不喜欢呢？）此刻肯定已经在脑海中积累了一座由互联网名兽组成的动物园。我的名单包括：不爽猫（Grumpy Cat）、宜家猴子（Ikea monkey）、侏儒河马 Moo Deng、先知章鱼 Paul，以及——我个人最喜欢的——火辣袋鼠 Roger（快去搜搜看吧）。
现在我们有了 Jimothy，一只患有短脊综合征的浣熊。由于其异常圆润的外表和快步疾走的样子，它在西雅图的邻里间早已为人熟知。两周前，Jimothy 在 Instagram 上走红，随后席卷全球。在它亮相几周内，就出现了粉丝艺术、周边商品、多处纹身、体育场“主题之夜”，甚至还有一场市政仪式。
即便考虑到互联网长期以来对“古怪小家伙”的热忱，它上升的规模和速度之快依然令人震惊。很容易理解为什么人们、品牌甚至棒球队都纷纷追捧 Jimothy：它可爱、无害且完全不涉及政治。不像泰勒·斯威夫特的婚礼，或者 Coldplay 的“接吻相机”情侣——举这两个近期的现象级文化时刻为例——Jimothy 不会引发任何伦理困境。它只是一只长相滑稽的浣熊。这使其进入了一个罕见、日益减少且极其珍贵的类别，即“每个人都认同是好东西的事物”。
自从社交媒体出现以来，动物在网上一直发挥着这种作用，且确实影响了社交媒体的现代形式与功能。
宜家猴子被发现已经过去了 14 年；你大概能立刻想象出它的样子，穿着时尚的剪羊毛大衣，一副沉思的神情。其中一些走红动物的含义仍在演变（斜眼柴犬 Doge 现在成了某种与马斯克相关的货币？我承认我没跟上进度），而另一些则实质上成为了名人：在 2019 年，我放下所有工作去报道不爽猫的离世。
你可以通过互联网所追捧的动物，来讲述互联网的故事，以及随之而来的 21 世纪的故事。作为宠物网红的先驱，不爽猫在 2013 年的周边商品和品牌合作规模令人惊叹；而现在，一切都可以变现。三年后，在 2016 年 5 月，面对辛辛那提动物园大猩猩 Harambe 被枪杀的惨剧，网上爆发的强烈反应在事后看来，标志着互联网和社会体验向更阴暗面的转变。
如今，动物内容不仅是互联网的支柱，更是承重基础设施，那些可爱的
Elle Hunt 是一名自由撰稿记者
图片和有趣的视频，为人们在这个充满愤怒且诱发焦虑的互联网中提供了喘息之机。 这或许就是为什么近年来非人类主角以惊人的速度出现的原因，社交媒体关注的不仅是 Jimothy 的情况，还有塔斯马尼亚的海豹 Neil 和日本的小猕猴 Punch。Punch 在 2 月份走红，据报道，他在本周的一岁生日时收到了 2,500 张贺卡。而当 Moo Deng 最近满三岁时，她经历了一场为期三天的庆祝活动，包括集体大合唱和一份“河马友好型”蛋糕。 互联网历史表明，我们一直通过动物聚集在一起，但人们越来越觉得动物是我们唯一的共同点，因为它们不涉及政治，简单且温顺。这不仅仅是品牌在利用：人们将 Jimothy 誉为“我们现在需要的英雄”（甚至为此创作了歌曲）。 从 Jimothy 走红这一时刻中，最令人振奋且具有人性化的启示是，它表明我们确实渴望更多的团结与连接；只不过除了最无害的话题外，我们并不习惯在公开场合或大规模地这样做。但正如互联网周期性地开启的许多美好事物一样，我们甚至不能长久地拥有这一切：周三晚些时候，白宫分享了一张 Jimothy 戴着 Maga 帽子的表情包。这就是为什么我们无法拥有美好事物的原因。 这揭露了我们毛茸茸的平民英雄 Jimothy 背后一个悲哀的真相：他无法让我们打破网络信息茧房。由于算法扭曲了我们共同的现实，他甚至可能没有在这些茧房之间传播那么广。就在刚才，一位上网时间与我一样长的朋友坐在我身边，问我在写什么。面对我一个词的回答，他感到困惑并立即在谷歌上搜索：“‘Jimothy’是谁——他又是如何‘弥合政治分歧’的？”
乡村日记 德比郡，巴克斯顿
我们的城镇很幸运地拥有巴克斯顿公民协会（Buxton Civic Association），这是一个致力于建筑和自然环境的慈善机构。它拥有并管理着我们几乎所有重要的林地，包括格林洛（Grin Low），那里在历史上曾是重要的石灰烧制区。为了纪念该产业，公民协会委托创作了木雕——先是查理（Charlie），然后是玛莎（Martha）——以突出矿工在提高德比郡农田肥力方面所做的重要工作。玛莎的由来令人心情复杂。她在 2021 年查理遭到破坏后，在公众愤慨之情与慷慨捐助的推动下被创建。然而，在玛莎安装后不久，同样的虚无主义便降临在她身上：她被涂上了万字标志，眼睛被挖出。雕塑家洛林·博特里尔（Lorraine Botterill）修复了损伤，但本周，在玛莎恢复原状两年后，她被从木质底座上击碎了。
上周，在马特洛克（Matlock）郊区工作的赫斯特农场（Hurst Farm）慈善机构也遭遇了类似的破坏。他们 11 至 14 岁的青年志愿者们刚刚为一座带有柳条墙的美丽观鸟棚完成最后修饰。结果这些墙壁很快被踢破，破碎的编织物被撕出。“人们到底怎么了”是此类事件公开后社交媒体上的常态化反问。我至今还没听过任何令人信服的答案。人们假设这种行为是为了造成痛苦，但它是否像某些涂鸦一样，带有政治信息？如果真的有，那也极其低级。我的感触是，我们已经将对所谓“公共地带”的诸多破坏正常化了。任何没有被刻意、公开所有权的物品都是可以随意破坏的目标。我们在通往斯诺登峰（Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa）顶端的步道上随地排便。为了追求猎相，我们屠杀 the hen harriers（鹞）或苍鹰。我们在人行道上喷洒致癌除草剂——这些毒药在每家 DIY 商店的货架上公开销售。玛莎在象征意义上的被屠杀让我想起，在 20 世纪 30 年代，男孩们烧毁了贝蒂·肯尼红豆杉（Betty Kenny yew）。它当时可能已有 2,000 年历史，绝对是当时德比郡最受尊敬的“公民”。——马克·科克（Mark Cocker）
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苍蝇滋生的议论
根据我的经验，在过去的 20 年左右时间里，苍蝇的数量明显下降了——当然，高地蚋除外（“这让你觉得家里非常脏”，7月30日）。 对 20 世纪 50 和 60 年代童年夏季的记忆是无尽的黏蝇贴，通常被放置在屋内的门口附近。任何留在柜台上的食物都会在几秒钟内吸引各种颜色的苍蝇。 夏季野餐可能是与飞行昆虫（包括黄蜂）之间的一场持久战。三明治即使包裹起来，也是苍蝇和黄蜂无法抗拒的挑战。一大品脱啤酒会诱使黄蜂在其中“游泳”，直到它们醉酒。而今年的蝴蝶群则是另一回事——而且是一道令人愉悦的风景。 马尔·琼斯 (Mal Jones) 卡迪夫
如果该网络失去了洛夫尔望远镜 (Lovell telescope)，将削弱其产生与哈勃 (Hubble) 等十亿英镑级太空天文台相当的清晰度地绘制无线电宇宙图像的能力。 洛夫尔望远镜在科学外交中仍发挥着作用，长期以来一直是英国科学领导地位和希望的象征。 部长们应该重新考虑。 乔治·基尔代尔·迈利 (George Kildare Miley) 荷兰莱顿大学天文学名誉教授
• 对科学资助的短视态度可以追溯到玛格丽特·撒切尔 (Margaret Thatcher)。在 20 世纪 80 年代末，我曾在内阁办公室短暂担任首席科学家的经济顾问。当时的政策是根据客观标准（如同行评审出版物的数量和引用次数）来评定研究资助，并将资助重点放在预期短期内具有经济效益的研究上。人们假设，作为一名经济学家，我会是这种方法的首要倡导者。但我主张，目前没有一种方法可以评估哪些研究最终会产生经济效益。现在依然没有。
文中提到的 Buglife 以及埃丽卡·麦考利斯特 (Erica McAlister) 的专业见解，由于我们确实需要昆虫，但我发现文中提出的缓解苍蝇滋生的想法与大量深受这一灾难之苦的人完全脱节。 那些住在公寓里、无法通过建立野生动物池来接触花园的人该怎么办？或者那些没有手段将户外空间变成野生动物避风港的人呢？对于有空间的人来说，在阳台上放个水桶可能有效，但住在公寓里的我们只能在没有解决方案的情况下忍受。 乔纳森·莫洛尼 (Jonathon Moloney) 贝德福德郡，莱顿巴扎德
• 最好的解决方案是在所有窗户和门上安装永久性防虫窗纱。虽然费用可能较高，但这是一次性成本。一个主要好处是，它允许在夜间打开窗户通风，同时仍能防止昆虫（尤其是蚊子）进入。英国的一个问题是，大多数窗户向外打开，因此在瑞士，窗纱可以轻松安装在向内打开窗户的外框上，但在英国则并非如此。 希望一些聪明、有进取心的人能为英国的窗户想出一个解决方案。 珍妮特·道森博士 (Dr Janet Dawson) 瑞士，本威利
我还主张，试图通过统计出版物数量来量化研究成果的做法会导致适得其反的效果——压力促使人们发表过多且过快，每篇论文出现多位作者，以及一种高度紧张的氛围，这从根本上不利于高质量的研究。 我也发现自己是内阁办公室中唯一支持“为了研究而研究”——即为了增进人类知识而进行研究的倡导者。如果我们关闭那些让天才们拥有时间与资金去追随其创造力指引的空间，我们在文化和经济上都会变得贫乏。 米克·福斯特 (Mick Foster) 埃塞克斯郡，切姆斯福德
• 英国研究与创新署（UK Research and Innovation）的预算预计到 2030. 年将增至 £10bn。然而，UKRI 由研究委员会（主要资助基础科学）以及英国创新署（Innovate UK）组成。后者仅资助公司，且只有其预算有所增长。而研究委员会的预算在实际条款中自 2011. 年以来已大幅下降 40%-50%。由于大学在“管理费”中占据了更高比例的拨款，实际获得资助的科学研究数量则更低。因此，创新产业所需的博士后研究员流动量正受到抑制。 道格拉斯·凯尔（Douglas Kell） 牛津
Garry Richardson（《1966年的少年：60年前的今天，天差地别》，7月30日）似乎认为每个人都是在电视机前，伴随着 Kenneth Wolstenholme 标志性的解说观看 1966 年世界杯决赛的。作为一个痴迷足球的 10 岁孩子，我在决赛当天不幸地在当时名为 Goathland 的沉睡村庄进行家庭暑假旅行，住在一家没有电视的房子里。
当我的父亲被邀请到一位拥有村里少数几台电视机的邻居家中观看决赛，并询问是否可以带孩子一起去时，希望燃起了一线。当邻居得知我们有七个孩子时，不出所料地在依然非常慷慨的 3 个名额处划了线，而由于我是排在第四位的，所以我错过了。
相反，我和我的妈妈以及三个妹妹坐在厨房里，听着在 BBC 广播中很少被提及但同样出色的 Brian Moore 和 Alan Clarke 的解说。直到今天，我仍然没有看过那场比赛，但尽管如此，和 Garry 一样，我依然珍视关于它的美好回忆。 Andrew Keeley 柴郡，沃灵顿
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• 一篇文章（《新研究揭示永恒化学物质与儿童肠道疾病相关》，7月25日，第7页，早版）将“炎症性肠病”误写为“易激惹肠病”。
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对于像三小时长的《安德烈·鲁布廖夫》甚至四小时长的《旅行剧团》（《史诗般的如厕休息》，8月1日）这类电影在放映时缺乏中场休息，我从未有过问题。但我那部时长两小时半的《2001：太空漫游》DVD 中包含了一个持续数分钟的“中场休息”。这简直就像制造商不知道有“暂停”按钮的存在一样。 Alan Pavelin 伦敦，奇斯勒赫斯特
• 儿童之家、养老院、医生诊所、牙科诊所甚至兽医诊所都属于暴露在私募股权破坏之下的护理服务。然而，当涉及到足球时，却引发了巨大的抗议（《安迪·伯纳姆呼吁因凡蒂诺就“令人愤慨”的世界杯销售计划辞职》，8月1日）。我们真的认为踢球比保护弱势群体更重要吗？ Liam Browne 伦敦
• 作为惠特比博物馆的地质策展人，我有时会询问参观者对我们的展品是否有任何疑问（《信件》，8月3日）。有一天，一名男子指向巨大的鱼龙骨架说：“我的理解没错吧，这些爬行动物在人类出现之前很久就灭绝了？”“没错，”我回答道。他指向标签：“那么你们怎么知道它们叫什么？” Roger Osborne 北约克郡，斯奈顿
• 接续 Terry Scragg 博士和“短暂的病痛”（《信件》，7月28日），当我问我奶奶她的一个朋友是怎么去世的时候，回答是：“没什么大碍 (Nowt serious)”。后来我将此理解为自然老死。 Robert Greenwood 北约克郡，斯基普顿
美国演员，因在电视剧《黑道家族》(The Sopranos) 中饰演萨尔瓦多·“大屁屁”·邦彭谢罗 (Salvatore ‘Big Pussy’ Bonpensiero) 而闻名
性格演员文森特·帕斯托雷已去世，享年 80 岁。他以饰演意大利黑帮成员为专长，最著名的角色是在《黑道家族》中饰演头目之一的萨尔瓦多·“大屁屁”·邦彭谢罗。尽管该角色的绰号源于他早年作为猫贼的经历，但在最近的一次采访中，帕斯托雷表示，《黑道家族》的创作者大卫·蔡斯 (David Chase) 为这个角色设计的演员应该是“能够扮演硬汉但同时又能表现出敏感的人。我认为‘大屁屁’是一个心地善良的人”。
在剧中，帕斯托雷饰演的“屁屁”与托尼·西里科 (Tony Sirico) 饰演的保利·沃尔纳茨 (Paulie Walnuts) 那种暴力的强度形成了平衡。“就像在镜头前面对一只大象，”帕斯托雷在谈到那位体型较小但气场强烈的演员时开玩笑说。
《黑道家族》中最感人但又最超现实的瞬间之一就围绕着“屁屁”及其结局展开。这发生在第二季的结尾，当托尼·索普拉诺 (Tony Soprano，由詹姆斯·甘多菲尼 (James Gandolfini) 饰演) 因食物中毒而陷入发烧噩梦时，他意识到是谁在出卖家族。 “屁屁”化身为一条每磅售价 4 美元的 8 磅重鱼对他说话，向托尼坦白，并指出他身边的鱼都在“睡觉”。随着帕斯托雷的声音响起，托尼说：“别这么说，”因为他痛苦地意识到，他必须让“屁屁”也去和鱼一起“睡觉”。该集在托尼和其他两人（包括心怀复仇的保利）在托尼的船上枪杀“屁屁”并将尸体抛入海中时结束。
帕斯托雷出生于布朗克斯 (Bronx)，但在纽约新罗谢尔 (New Rochelle) 的威斯特彻斯特 (Westchester) 郊区长大，他将其描述为“纯正的意大利人”社区。在那里，他的父亲约翰 (John) 是一名学校看管人，而他的母亲娜塔莉 (Natalie，原姓 Santadonata) 为他们居住之上的意大利男子社交俱乐部兼职烹饪。那里并不是黑帮聚集地。“我们见过博彩客和高利贷者，但扮演这些角色并不依赖于记忆，”他说。“你使用的是你自己的个性。”
高中毕业后，在越南战争期间，他加入了美国海军，随后在佩斯大学 (Pace University) 的威斯特彻斯特校区学习戏剧。他曾在夜总会担任保安，也做过豪华轿车司机，最终在新罗谢尔买下了自己的俱乐部。他的第一个转机出现在他为同样来自威斯特彻斯特的演员马特·迪伦 (Matt Dillon) 和凯文·迪伦 (Kevin Dillon) 开车时。他们去了他的俱乐部，在当地剧院看到了他的表演并留下了深刻印象。凯文提供了支持，但随着帕斯托雷开始获得角色，演员丹尼·艾略 (Danny Aiello) 成为了他的导师。
1988 年，他在加拿大恐怖电影《黑玫瑰》(Black Roses) 中完成了电影处女秀。他在多部电影中饰演小角色，其中一些质量很高，且几乎全部涉及犯罪。在 1990 到 1995 之间，他出演了 15 部电影，包括在悉尼·卢米特 (Sidney Lumet) 的《问答》(Q&A) 中饰演一个未署名的角色。
但他的角色性质体现在他的演职员表排名中：《好家伙》(Goodfellas) 中的“拿衣帽架的男人”，“后街之梦”(Backstreet Dreams) 中的“胖托尼”，《谁是那个男人》(Who’s the Man) 中的“蛤蜊托尼”，以及在《卡力多之路》(Carlito’s Way) 中饰演来自 Copacabana 夜总会的“Copa 聪明人”。他的电视处女秀出现在 1990 年，在一部名为《H.E.L.P.》的短命综合应急服务剧中，与约翰·马奥尼 (John Mahoney) 和卫斯理·斯奈普斯 (Wesley Snipes) 合作。像许多纽约演员（包括其他《黑道家族》的演员）一样，他曾在
（左图）帕斯托雷 与饰演托尼·索普拉诺的 詹姆斯·甘多菲尼 出现在 2000 年 《黑道家族》的一集中
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我们见过博彩客和高利贷者，但扮演这些角色并不依赖于记忆。你使用的是你自己的个性。
四集《法律与秩序》(Law and Order)。帕斯托雷的突破性角色出现在犯罪喜剧片《笨蛋兄弟》(The Jerky Boys, 1995) 中，他饰演托尼·斯卡博尼，是艾伦·阿金饰演的犯罪头目的右臂，而该头目被片名同名的喜剧演员们给耍了。1996, 他在 HBO 电影《高蒂》(Gotti) 中饰演了类似的角色，扮演安杰洛·鲁格里奥，即纽约犯罪头目约翰·高蒂（由阿曼德·阿桑特饰演）的忠实二号人物，他之前在《问答》(Q&A) 中就与阿桑特合作过。1997 年，他与艾洛在《布鲁克林心态》(A Brooklyn State of Mind) 中共同出演（该片还有未来的《黑道家族》演员杰米-琳·西格勒出演），1999 年，他出演了休·格兰特的喜剧片《米奇蓝眼睛》(Mickey Blue Eyes)。《黑道家族》(The Sopranos) 在同年首播，并在 2000 年他因在一部群像剧中的杰出表演而获得屏幕演员协会奖。尽管“大普西”在第 2 季结束时被杀掉，但他的职业生涯迎来了新的转机。他曾作为名人参加喜剧问答节目《好莱坞方格》(Hollywood Squares)，但很快在真人秀电视领域受到了青睐。他是《收债人：以偷窃为生》(Repo Men: Stealing for a Living) 的主持人，并在《名人健身俱乐部》(Celebrity Fit Club) 中减轻了 13 公斤体重。他在参加《与星共舞》(Dancing With the Stars) 一周后退出，但在《名人学徒》(Celebrity Apprentice) 中的时光则以与皮尔斯·摩根的不和而著称。“真人秀制作人……为了激发出最好或最坏的一面……会把你安置在一个糟糕的即兴场景中，让你面对一个你真正不喜欢的人，”他说道。2007 年，他在百老汇剧作《芝加哥》(Chicago) 中完成了首秀；次年，他还加入了日间肥皂剧《综合医院》(General Hospital) 的演员阵容。帕斯托雷渴望演喜剧；在 2009 年的《哎呀！我儿子是同性恋！》(Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!) 中，他饰演一位意大利男友的父亲，而其犹太伴侣的父母反而更担心儿子是在和一个非犹太男孩在一起，而不是担心他是同性恋。尽管如此，他仍然接到了诸如《子弹披萨》(Pizza With Bullets, 2010) 中的“唐·维托·佩斯皮里诺”或《中国城制造》(Made in Chinatown, 2021) 中的“阿马多雷·孔迪门托”等角色。2014, 他回到了百老汇，出演伍迪·艾伦的《百老汇子弹：音乐剧》(Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical)，同年他率领了布朗克斯区的哥伦布日游行。他在《夏威夷 5 - 0,》(Hawaii 5-0)、《五帝武当：美国传奇》(Wu-Tang: An American Saga) 以及《格雷夫森德》(Gravesend) 中饰演常驻角色，并在 2022 年的电影《黑凯撒》(The Black Caesar) 中担任了另一部主演。他在 2021 年创办了一家剧团；他复排的剧作《灯杆重聚》(Lamp Post Reunion) 由艾洛主演。一部由查兹·帕尔门蒂埃里、罗伯特·达维及其儿子丹特和尼克分别主演，以及西尔维斯特·史泰龙之女西斯汀出演的新电影《门前的坏消息》(Bad News on the Doorstep) 尚未上映。帕斯托雷独自居住在布朗克斯区的城市岛。他与南希·伯克（Nancy Berke）的婚姻以离婚告终；他的女儿蕾妮（Renee）在世。迈克尔·卡尔森
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在 2016 年，文学经纪人 Simon Trewin（因脑肿瘤去世，享年 60 岁）收到了一份保罗·林奇（Paul Lynch）的稿件。林奇是一位出生于利默里克的作家，此前已有两部获得好评的小说。但没有出版商想要他的第三部作品。“我想拯救你的事业，”Trewin 说道。经过 14 个月的努力，交易最终达成。《格雷斯》（Grace）成为了 2018 年 Kerry Group 年度最佳爱尔兰小说。五年后，林奇凭借反乌托邦寓言小说《先知之歌》（Prophet Song）获得了布克奖。Trewin 是他第一个致谢的人：“谢谢你，”林奇说，“成为我的顾问。”
有些经纪人是患难见真情，但 Simon Trewin 不是。他代理了我 30 年，在我还是一名研究生时就接手了我的第一本书。就像他所有的客户一样，我可以依赖他的诚实、忠诚、机智，以及掩盖了他天生腼腆的面无表情的谈判技巧。
在职业生涯中，他聚集了一批追随他从一家公司跳到另一家公司，并最终选择独立执业的作家。他是《穿条纹睡衣的男孩》（The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas）作者约翰·博义（John Boyne）唯一且首位代理的文学经纪人。他在青少年小说作家凯瑟琳·班纳（Catherine Banner） 16 岁时便与其签约。他为克洛伊·埃斯波西托（Chloé Esposito）的三部曲惊悚小说——《疯狂》（Mad, 2017）、《糟糕》（Bad, 2018）和《危险之知》（Dangerous to Know, 2020）拟定了书名，并帮助她获得了价值 200 万英镑m 的合约。
在谈判方面，他继承了家族传统。Simon 的祖父母是戏剧评论家 JC Trewin 和 Wendy Trewin（原姓 Monk）。他的父亲 Ion Trewin 曾任《泰晤士报》的文学编辑以及 Hodder & Stoughton 的出版总监，在那里他获取并编辑了托马斯·基尼利（Thomas Keneally）的《辛得勒的方舟》（Schindler’s Ark）。Simon 的母亲 Sue（原姓 Merry）是一名婚姻指导顾问，他继承了她的询问天赋。没有人能逃过他好奇且往往带有戏谑的提问：客户、在街上遇到的人，以及在他最后一段病中照顾他的护理员。
Simon 出生于伦敦北部，和父亲一样就读于 Highgate 学校。与父亲不同的是，他还上了大学，在肯特大学学习戏剧。他对戏剧的兴趣早于他的学位：在一次前往东柏林的学校旅行中，他因为佩戴了一枚宣传达里奥·福（Dario Fo）作品《无政府主义者的意外死亡》的徽章而被查理检查站（Checkpoint Charlie）扣留。
这些兴趣在他拿到学位后依然延续：他曾担任西区演出的助理舞台经理（包括唐纳德·普莱森斯主演的哈罗德·平特剧作《看门人》，以及阿尔伯特·芬尼主演的罗纳德·哈伍德剧作《另一个时刻》），并参与了圣诞哑剧（panto）和夏季演出。一个经典的轶事涉及他在后台与 Rod Hull 以及 Emu 的相遇。尽管 Hull 认为只有他一个人，但 Simon 注意到 Emu 在走过走廊时转向阅读了公告栏。 1991 年重启的亚瑟·温格·皮内罗剧作《内阁大臣》（The Cabinet Minister）是一个里程碑——不仅是因为他错过了一个音效信号，导致主演德里克·尼莫（Derek Nimmo）将长笛举到唇边却发出了风笛的声音。有一场戏要求他站在侧台将一个道具婴儿交给饰演女仆 Angèle 的演员海伦·艾迪（Helen Adie）。两人于 1992 年在考文特花园的圣保罗教堂（演员之教会）结婚。他们的儿子 Jack 在一年后出生，此时 Simon 已经偏离了从助理舞台经理晋升为公司经理的路径，转而加入了一家文学经纪公司。Sheil Land Associates 是他的第一站，随后是 Peters Fraser and Dunlop，最后他在 2007 年与一群同事共同创立了 United Agents，这是该行业一次著名的分裂。
Trewin（左下）经营印刷工作坊，收集活字印刷字模，并用橡果虫结制造墨水。右下为约翰·博义 2006 年作品《穿条纹睡衣的男孩》和保罗·林奇 2023 年作品《先知之歌》。Trewin 是这两位作家的坚定支持者。
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业务。在 United 期间，他代表伊恩·弗莱明（Ian Fleming）的遗产管理机构。这契合了他的风格感和幽默感。（可以肯定地说，他对待那些在极其时尚的办公室内——马提尼酒被无休止地摇晃——举行的仪式化会议，并不像某些参与者那样严肃。）他热爱八卦和恶作剧：他曾卖过一本克利夫·理查德（Clif Richard）的回忆录。“这书是双倍行距打印的，”他说，“这样你就可以读出字里行间的意思。”2012年，他离开 United 前往全球人才经纪公司威廉莫里斯 엔德워 (William Morris Endeavor) 担任伦敦办公室负责人，此举让一些同事感到意外。这一举动满足了他不安分的本能，并让他购入了两辆古董跑车，但那里的办公室文化并未让他感到愉悦。2019年创办自己的独立经纪公司后，他得以从同时处理伦敦和洛杉矶工作时间的压力中解脱，并发展起一项在 10 岁时初次萌芽的热情——那是当时他的父亲带他去格雷法学院路（Gray’s Inn Road）的《泰晤士报》印刷厂的时候。购入一台 1870 年代的平版印刷机（platen press，这种型号曾被弗吉尼亚和伦纳德·伍尔夫使用）是他生活中进入“油墨转折点”的关键。他建立了一个工作室，名为 Garage Press，随后在伦敦东南部杜尔威治（Dulwich）的一家由志愿者运行的社区教育中心 Bell House 设立了 Print Room。在那里，他经营印刷工作坊，收集活字，用橡实胆制作自己的油墨，在机器机构中冒险让手指受伤，并聚集了一个“油墨成瘾者”群体，与他之前召集的作家们汇合。在他 60 岁生日那天，在被诊断出肿瘤几周后，他将我们聚集在一间充满了其印刷作品的房间里。他的遗属包括艺术家兼诗人海伦（Helen）及其儿子杰克（Jack），后者也是一名艺术家。马修·斯威特·特鲁温 (Matthew Sweet Trewin)
购入一台 1870 年代的平版印刷机，是他生活中进入油墨转折点的关键
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詹姆斯·阿布特勋爵 (Lord James Arbuthnot)，前保守党议员及部长，74 岁；奥德丽·阿祖莱 (Audrey Azoulay)，法国政治家及联合国教科文组织前总干事，54 岁；伊恩·布罗迪 (Ian Broudie)，音乐家及制作人，68 岁；费林杰克·坎宁安勋爵 (Lord Jack Cunningham of Felling)，前工党议员及部长，87 岁；德克兰·多内兰 (Declan Donnellan)，戏剧导演，73 岁；格蕾塔·葛威格 (Greta Gerwig)，演员及电影制作人，43 岁；彼得·古德费洛教授 (Prof Peter Goodfellow)，遗传学家，75 岁；罗宾·哈珀 (Robin Harper)，前苏格兰议会绿党领袖，86 岁；马丁·贾维斯 (Martin Jarvis)，演员，85 岁；李·麦克 (Lee Mack)，喜剧演员及演员，58 岁；史蒂夫·麦凯布勋爵 (Lord Steve McCabe)，前工党议员，71 岁；乔乔·莫伊斯 (Jojo Moyes)，作家，57 岁; 贝拉克·奥巴马 (Barack Obama)，前美国总统，65 岁；凯特·西尔弗顿 (Kate Silverton)，儿童治疗师及广播员，56 岁；玛丽·斯莱尼 (Mary Decker Slaney)，运动员，68 岁；西蒙·斯蒂文斯勋爵 (Lord Simon Stevens)，英国癌症研究中心主席，60 岁；弗朗西丝·斯图尔特教授 (Prof Frances Stewart)，发展经济学家，86 岁；萨塞克斯公爵夫人，45 岁；比利·鲍勃·쏜顿 (Billy Bob Thornton)，演员及导演，71 岁。
谢赫·哈马德·本·哈利法·阿勒萨尼 (Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani)（讣告，30 July）作为卡塔尔埃米尔的统治时期充满争议。尽管卡塔尔约 88% 的居民过去和现在都是外籍劳工，但旨在保护他们的法律很少被执行。没收大量外籍劳工的护照是普遍现象，人口贩卖以及拥挤且不卫生的劳工营也同样常见。
埃米尔随意剥夺了 5,000 多名属于古夫兰 (Ghufran) 家族的卡塔尔人的国籍，使他们成为无国籍者，剥夺了他们的政府工作、教育和医疗保健机会。其中一些人表示，这是集体惩罚，因为该家族部分成员参与了 1996. 年的一次失败政变企图。结果导致不公正现象持续存在。2012, 一家卡塔尔法院秘密审判了诗人穆罕默德·阿尔·阿贾米 (Mohamed al Ajami)，并判处其终身监禁，显然是因为他批评埃米尔。他此前已被拘留一年，在国际压力下于 2016 年被释放。安德鲁·M·罗斯马林 (Andrew M Rosemarine)
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讣告 麦格拉思 (McGRATH)，格雷厄姆·詹姆斯 (Graham James)。31 March 1951 至 4 August 2025. 朱迪思 (Judith) 深爱的丈夫，詹姆斯 (James) 和伊丽莎白 (Elizabeth) 的父亲。令人深切怀念。
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年龄：与牛奶一样古老。外观：一种半透明的淡黄色液体。它是什么？乳清是制作奶酪后的残留物：牛奶凝结，凝块被过滤掉，剩下的就是乳清。没错，但里面含有什么？其中约 75% 到 93% 是水。其余部分是乳糖、蛋白质和脂肪。在工艺早期给奶酪凝块加盐时产生的咸乳清还含有大量盐分——高达 10 %。它有什用途？乳清可用作生产更多奶酪和奶酪类食品——例如里科塔奶酪 (ricotta)、马努里奶酪 (manouri) 以及像焦糖一样的挪威抹酱布伦诺斯特 (brunost)——其中的蛋白质也可以被提取用于营养补充剂。但咸乳清通常被视为废物。有多少废物？英国每年产生 95,000 吨咸乳清。处置这些乳清带来了环境挑战，部分原因在于其含盐量过高。技术肯定能应对这一挑战。我们不能把乳清装在火箭上发射到月球上吗？我们也许不必这样做。爱丁堡赫瑞-瓦特大学 (Heriot-Watt University) 的研究人员与太空技术公司 Take Root Bio 合作，设计出一种将咸乳清转化为燃料的方法。真正的燃料？是的——它可以为家庭供暖或为你的汽车提供动力。我的排气管会闻起来像奶酪吗？目前还没有相关消息。他们是怎么做到的？乳清中的糖分经过一个“生物基”工艺处理。多么古怪的想法。但这并非新主意。在 2021, 当时身为王子的查尔斯通过驾驶一辆使用乳清和剩余葡萄酒制成的生物乙醇驱动的阿斯顿·马丁，来提升其环保形象。剩余葡萄酒？这听起来像是皇室才有的烦恼。此后，生物乙诺醇作为环保燃料已不再受欢迎。赫瑞-瓦特大学的简·怀特 (Jane White) 博士表示，咸乳清研究旨在为那些“仍含有价值成分但管理起来具有挑战性”的副产品增加价值。那么，乳清会成为未来的廉价汽油吗？乳清相当昂贵。对蛋白质补充剂的高需求（在很大程度上是由向减重药物患者推荐此类产品所驱动的）推高了浓缩乳清蛋白的价格。一些供应商在今年剩余的时间里已经售罄。葡萄酒过剩，乳清短缺——我们生活在多么疯狂的时代。我承认，我完全没有预料到这一切。可以说：“将乳清——这种被视为废物的东西——转化为有价值的东西，可以为奶酪制造商和环境带来真正的益处。” 但不要说：“陛下，请驾驶卡尔菲利奶酪 (caerphilly)。”
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“我没有看到任何证据表明安迪反伦敦，”首都市长萨迪克·汗（Sadiq Khan）上周告诉《标准晚报》（Evening Standard）。这话真是古色古香且可爱：证据这种东西太 2009. 年了。现在全看感觉。有些人觉得首相不喜欢这座首都，因为他经常提到新自由主义没有给英格兰北部带来公平的待遇；那么含蓄地说，某个方向上的待遇是不公平的，而那必然是南部，也就是伦敦。伯纳姆指的还能是谁——黑斯廷斯（Hastings）吗？“北唐宁街 10 号”这一机构的设立，清晰地暗示了原版的唐宁街存在某些问题；而将“白厅”（Whitehall）和“威斯敏斯特”（Westminster）这两个词作为地理名称以外的称呼——暗示“面目模糊”、“脱离实际”、“僵化”或“轻视普通人”——则传达出强烈的反伦敦氛围，因为白厅和威斯敏斯特毫无疑问都在伦敦。
你可以将这一切归类为左翼的简写方式。当你想要描述一个浅薄、崇拜金钱、从一个闪亮且毫无意义的奖项跳向下一个奖项、且对他者或自然缺乏真正情感的社会时，“伦敦”这个词基本涵盖了所有含义。这种氛围——其实仅描述了首都的一小部分，基本上就是鲍里斯·约翰逊（Boris Johnson）可能曾居住过的诺丁山（Notting Hill）地区和金丝雀码头（Canary Wharf）——在 10 年前被（英国）右翼重新定义为“大都市精英”。在 2016, 这个版本的典型伦敦人具有与之前所有相同的特征——他们身处泡沫之中，挥金如土——但附加了自由主义或“觉醒主义”（wokeratiness，如果你更倾向于这个词）的特质。通过一个如此三段论且愚蠢的逻辑（以至于有一段时间人们在讨论它时如果不像狼一样嚎叫简直无法进行），任何能让你与伊诺克·鲍威尔（Enoch Powell）区分开来的态度表达，都会让你被 squarely 地归类为“大都市自由派精英”，从而使你变得可有可无且不真实。
还有其他特权标志——咖啡馆、公共交通基础设施、豆腐、《卫报》！——因此无论你去哪里都被将死。这其实与是否住在伦敦或任何大城市无关：你可以通过饮用抹茶、相信普世人权，或者知道如何乘坐公共交通（而不是像个白痴一样在门口犹豫不决），来获得进入“大都市”的通行证。但显然，这一切在首都更为普遍。这与全球右翼所憎恨的伦敦人截然不同，简而言之，后者认为我们是无法停止内斗的野蛮人。正如我之前写过的，前《卫报》员工加里·扬（Gary Younge）在 2016 年从美国回国，他此前一直在报道 MAGA 右翼，并分享了一次与一些共和党人共进晚餐的有趣经历：那些人问他，既然穆斯林已经选出了“他们”的市长，而我们其余的人甚至不被允许持有枪支，他怎么可能觉得住在伦敦是安全的。
在当时，听到首都被描述为一个“捅人荒原”，一个极端贫困与难以解决的种族战争交织而成的残酷之地，显得如此离奇，而现在则成了常态。这与英国右翼有部分重叠，因为伦敦被认为是多元文化主义失败并随之拖垮社会的地方。但在全球右翼关于“伦敦斯坦”（Londonistan）的概念中，并没有自由派精英；那里对于我们被奢华软化了的爪子来说太粗糙、太危险了。没有任何数据或第一手证词能够消除关于这座首都的迷思。如果它不是真实的，效果反而更好；这会让坚持现实的人感到更加精疲力竭。这一切都无法回答首相是否憎恨伦敦，因为还有指向相反方向的信号。他计划给地区市长分配一部分……
他们的税收对汗（Khan）来说比对任何人都更有利，毕竟伦敦对金钱的追求如此狂热。我会对这些批评者做出一定的妥协，承认伦敦人偶尔缺乏温柔与谦卑。至于其他人，我会效仿米尔沃尔（Millwall）的态度：没人喜欢我们，但我们不在乎。这就是多元文化在实践中的体现，就浓缩在伦敦的一颗心中。
▶ 非卖品， 但可提供 揉肚子服务
最近我去了一趟法国南部塞文山脉（Cévennes）的一个市场。那里堆满了原则上我感兴趣但并不想拥有的东西——巨大的维多利亚时代剪刀、70年代的飞机托盘、Ricard 烈酒瓶、复古骑行服。这里并非为了迎合各种家庭偏好而特意打造的娱乐场所。我的哥哥注意力极度集中——他能花一小时讨论一个奶酪罩——而我不能。我的姐姐喜欢搜集大量的字体集，那些字体可能年代久远，但电脑上也能找到；我的姐夫则不感兴趣。我的侄女喜欢拿起每一件东西然后再放回去；我的另一个侄女则不这么做。所以，当我走进市场遇到一只猪时，我已经处于一个人的状态了。
那是一只黑色的猪，个头大约像一只短腿巴哥犬；当你挠它时，它会侧躺在地上，开心地哼唧。它属于一名为了给动物收容所筹款而卖糖果的女士。在我礼貌地停留了尽可能长的时间，且仅买了价值 €7 的薰衣草药锭后，我离开了，并给姐姐发短信：“这里有一只猪，这里有一只猪！”我把位置发给她，然后去看了看一些烛台，接着赶紧跑回去，确保我姐姐没有错过这只猪。我发现她正在偷偷地给那只猪亲亲。我用起我那匮乏的法语，勉强听出收容所的女士在说：“这只猪不卖”，然后看到我的侄女在买一些柠檬蜂蜜糖。在这个山区，5G 信号断断续续，所以我必须在给没在一起的女儿发照片，还是在谷歌搜索“茶杯猪适合当宠物吗？”之间做选择。答案是不适合，是非常糟糕的宠物，具体原因如果你有一整天的时间，可以在 Reddit 上找到。不过，作为观赏对象倒是顶级的。
起居室的 延伸”
公共交通可能是一个炎热、嘈杂、拥挤且充满压力的环境——而这还没算上那些携带气味浓烈食物、卫生状况可疑以及背着巨大背包的人。 我们大多数人都知道通用规则（尽管并非所有人都遵守）——例如让乘客先下车、不要将包放在座位上、在自动扶梯上的站立位置以及给他人让座。但那些较为模糊的惯例又该如何处理？如何避开爱聊天的乘客？或者那些“大开大合”坐姿（manspreaders）的人？有时把脚放在座位上可以吗？（剧透：不可以。）在这里，三位礼仪专家为我们指点公共交通的得体之道。
如何使用座位
我应该给谁让座？ 原则上，答案很简单：任何比你更需要座位的人。“现实情况则更复杂，”礼仪咨询公司 Debrett’s 的总监 Rupert Wesson 在试图确定谁需要座位的时说道。如果是带着婴儿或幼儿且显得焦虑的家长，那很明显。但那边那个女人真的怀孕了吗？那位年长者是否会因为被认为身体虚弱到无法站立而感到震惊？“没有人应该因为被提供座位而感到被冒犯——这是一种善举——但尽管如此，你仍需要谨慎行事，”Wesson 说。权衡之后，请含蓄地提供。“不要大张旗鼓——只需尝试与对方眼神接触。无需开口也可以做到。” 如果你不确定，是否应该站起来，假装要下车，并希望那个人接手你的座位？“危险之处在于，一个并不需要座位的人可能会抢占，所以我尽量更有针对性，”Wesson 说。“我会站起来，但不会立即走开，这样我就能确认那个可能需要座位的人已经注意到了我的眼神或动作。”关于给女性让座的想法，主要是基于她们过于娇弱无法站立的假设，这已经是一个“过时的观念。我知道有些人总是这么做，但世界已经不再默认这样做。”
然而，在确定某人是否需要座位时，最重要的一步是放下手机，观察周围的同类。“在人们上车时进行观察至关重要，”Wesson 说。
我可以把脚放在座位上吗？ 绝对不可以，礼仪教练兼 Polished Manners 创始人 Laura Akano 表示。“这是一个你与他人共用的公共空间，你真的应该尊重它。你觉得把鞋子放在别人即将坐的座位上是可以的吗？”如果我认为我的鞋子足够干净呢？“是不可能的，因为你一直在外面走动，”Akano 说道，并补充说，人们脱掉鞋子穿着袜子踩在上面同样糟糕。
通勤火车上， 不要吃任何 比 Polo 薄荷糖 更大的食物”
或者在座位上光脚。“这并不是你客厅的延伸。在公共场所这样做是不恰当的行为。”
我一直可以坐走道位吗？ 可以，但要保持警觉并准备好在他人需要去窗边位时挪动位置。Wesson 表示：“你跳到窗边位要比让人们翻过你身去容易得多。”但他也指出，如果巴士或火车不拥挤，且行程较短，那么就没有实际问题。
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如果我是一个人，可以坐在火车上的四人桌位吗？ 当然可以。但如果有团组上车，主动提出挪位置会更有礼貌。Wesson 说：“你不需要这样做，但这是一种体贴的行为。”否则，“如果你需要工作且笔记本电脑已经放在桌上，那就那样吧。”
如果我坐在双层巴士顶层最前排的黄金座位上，我必须把它让给孩子吗？ 取决于你觉得自己有多慷慨。Akano 说：“如果他们很有礼貌地走过来问我：‘我们能和您换个座位吗？’ 那么我会换。”但要小心不要预设前提。“我不会自动认为：‘因为他们是孩子，所以他们会更想坐在这里。’”
我可以要求别人挪位，以便我和我的朋友 / 伴侣坐在一起吗？ 礼仪专家、English Manner 主管 William Hanson 表示：“如果你真的无法忍受不坐在他们身边，那么这样做是可以的。”
“不过这取决于车厢有多拥挤。你还需要意识到对方可能会拒绝，而且那是他们的权利。” 如果你意识到你的座位选择让一对伴侣分开了，你应该挪位吗？Hanson 说：“如果有类似的座位，且对方请求得很有礼貌，那么是的。”“但有时我遇到过一些人走过来直接说：‘抱歉，我想坐在我女朋友旁边’，而不是问‘您考虑挪一下位置吗？’ 我认为这取决于他们询问的方式。”
一旦有更多空位出现，离开一个陌生人挪到别处，是否属于不可原谅的失礼？ Wesson 表示并非如此。“当火车突然变空，所有人都下车了，结果就剩下你们两个坐在一起，这种感觉有点奇怪。散开坐总是更好的，而且不，你不需要解释你在做什么。”
在飞机上我可以把座椅后倾吗？ 如果座椅可以后倾，那么这就是合理的，即使是在短途日间航班上，即使你身后的人在愤怒地喘气。不过，不要在提供餐饮服务期间这样做，并且请缓慢后倾。Wesson 说：“在把座椅向后倾斜之前，值得检查一下身后是谁以及在发生什么。”“确保你不会把别人的饮料撞翻在对方大腿上。”
如果我有一个巨大的行李箱且无处存放，在巴士或火车上占用两个座位是可以接受的吗？ Wesson 说：“遗憾的是，有时别无选择。”“你必须堵住某个地方，要么是走道，要么是座位，所以最好堵住一个座位。”但他补充说，这种情况很罕见——通常总有办法，而且会有其他人帮你把行李提起放到行李架上。“通过一点礼貌的协作，我们通常能找到解决办法。”
带着孩子和宠物旅行
可以让我的狗坐在座位上吗？ Hanson 表示不行。如果狗坐在座位上的垫子或毯子上，潜在上是可以容忍的，但“不能在繁忙时段”。而且许多人，包括那些严重过敏的人，会认为这是不可接受的。
在飞机或火车上，应该允许孩子在多大范围内走动？ Wesson 说这很微妙。有些人可能会觉得这很可爱，“就像一个孩子在火车车厢里到处和每个人说话。我见过这种情况，这很令人愉悦，能让每个人从他们身处的那个世界中振作起来。”而且有时，允许一个精力充沛的学前儿童走动，比一个被限制在座位上、无聊且尖叫的孩子对所有人都要好。但是
值得被 送到 另一个星球”
请记住：没有人认为你的孩子像你认为的那样可爱。 Wesson 认为：“人们在火车上通常试图工作或休息，所以请尽量避免让你的孩子打扰到他们。”偶尔走来走去是可以的，但要留意“随之而来的噪音和混乱”。
关于个人空间及其他身体相关事项
我可以在公交车或火车上的扶手杆上斜靠着吗？ Hanson 说：“这并不怎么优雅，但没问题。”前提是公交车或火车相对空旷；否则，请让开，以便他人能够抓握。
如果我不小心与陌生人发生了皮肤接触怎么办？ 显然应该立即退后。Hanson 说：“无论是否认识对方，都要向那个被你不小心碰到的人道歉。”可以干脆忽略吗？他说可以。“如果只是短暂接触且对方似乎没有注意到，你可以勉强蒙混过关，但即使只是一个表示歉意的手势也比什么都不做要好。”
扶手归谁？ 在飞机上，一般原则似乎是三个座位中的中间乘客可以使用两个扶手。在公交车或火车上，Hanson 建议将其视为
“肘部支撑点，而非手臂扶手”。这样一来，你们两个人可能都能使用。
如果旁边座位的人在打呼噜并且流口水在我身上，我可以叫醒他们吗？ 流口水，可以；打呼噜，不可以。希望这两者都不是故意的，但只有一个会对你产生实际的不利影响。Hanson 建议：“我会碰碰他们的胳膊肘或肩膀并说：‘非常抱歉，但你在我身上流口水。’陈述事实。如果需要，就笑着把它带过去。他们可能会感到极其尴尬。这时可以说：‘噢，没关系。我只是觉得在被浸透之前得提醒一下。’”至于打呼噜，他说，“你能做的事情不多”。
是否会出现汗水太多而不能乘坐公共交通工具的情况？ 听着，这并不违法，但这涉及对他人的考虑以及具体情境。我们都需要出行。在深夜巴士上带着夜店舞池的汗水浸透？考虑到其他乘客潜在的状态，这大概没问题。在早晨健身后赶在高峰时段出行？并不理想。Hanson 表示：“如果在乘坐公共交通之前有地方洗澡或洗漱，我认为这是对他人的礼貌，尤其是在繁忙时段。”
早高峰时间出行？ 并不理想
我该如何应对“男性随意扩张坐法”（manspreading）？ 汉森（Hanson）建议不要采取同样的扩张坐法回击，“因为两错不能抵一正，无论你是男性，还是如何定义自己的性别。但如果你需要稍微带有暗示性地调整自己的位置，通常就能起到作用。”他补充道：“显然，不要用手去触碰他人的腿，但如果你觉得有勇气，可以用膝盖稍微顶一下。如果你觉得足够自在，也可以采取相当被动攻击的方式，说一些类似：‘噢，真抱歉——是我占据太多空间了吗？’” 腿部张开的通用原则是“双膝之间不能超过一个网球的大小”。
我可以在公共交通工具上化妆吗？ 汉森以前认为绝对不行，但现在态度有所缓和。快速补一次口红，或者用粉饼优雅地拍拍脸“大概是可以的，但如果是从零开始的全妆，我认为不行——而且这不仅针对女性”。阿卡诺（Akano）对于全脸化妆持相同观点。“理想情况下，你不应该在公共场所这样做，无论是在公共交通工具上还是在其他任何公共场所，”她说。“我知道有些人说：‘我在出门前没时间。’为什么你不早起 10 或 15 分钟给自己留点时间呢？”
梳理头发怎么说？ 汉森说不行。“在公共场合的个人修饰应保持在最低限度，我认为梳头就过分了。”
那弄指甲呢？ “不行，你不应该在公共场合这样做，”阿卡诺说。“这些是私事，不应该让其他人目睹。你应该在出门前完成。”至于在公共交通工具上剪脚趾甲的人，汉森说：“他们活该被送到另一个星球去。”
我可以涂防晒霜吗？ 如果真的必须涂——即便如此，也应该是最低限度需要的量，理想情况下不要全身涂抹。阿卡诺说，如果“是那种只需要在手上抹一点的乳霜或乳液，那是没问题的；但如果是喷雾，那么你极有可能会影响到他人。这实际上关乎对他人的体谅以及对环境和周围人的意识。”
我可以在火车车厢里换衣服吗？ “绝对不行，”汉森说。“你可以脱掉部分衣物——比如帽子、围巾、手套，甚至一件套头衫。但除此之外，不行。小幅调整可以，但大幅变动不行。”脱掉鞋子或凉鞋同样被视为“绝对不行”。
如果我觉得自己快要呕吐了该怎么办？ （理论上）很简单。汉森说：“尽快去洗手间，并希望除了洗手间以外，你不会在任何其他地方呕吐。”
如果我穿着无袖上衣，可以抓顶部的扶手或拉环吗？ 你的腋下卫生如何？“如果你知道卫生状况不佳，那么不建议这样做，”阿卡诺说。她补充道，即使你非常干净且香气袭人，在拥挤的火车和公交车上，将裸露的腋下置于他人视线水平高度也并非特别令人愉快。“如果你很高，而周围的人比较矮，那么这对他们来说就不是一种好的体验。如果你没有选择，我想也没办法，因为安全更重要。但这绝不是我一定会做的事。”
饮食与饮水
我可以喝酒吗，即便很隐蔽地喝？ 韦森（Wesson）说，这取决于具体情况。在某些地方，如伦敦和纽约，公共交通工具上禁止饮酒。“但在我乘坐前往伦敦的火车上，他们会推着装满这些东西的小车走来走去。”如果你打算享用你的罐装啤酒或小瓶葡萄酒，请确保不会给任何人带来不便。“要意识到，如果你与他人同行且都在饮酒，你们可能会变得大声一些，因为酒精对我们所有人都会产生这种影响，”韦森说。
我可以吃东西吗？ 在拥挤的通勤列车上： “不能超过一颗 Polo 薄荷糖的大小，”汉森（Hanson）说。“大多数公共交通工具都充满了细菌，所以你为什么想在那种环境下吃任何东西？” 在较长距离的火车或长途汽车旅程中，食物是可以接受的，但不能是“那种在车厢一半的位置就能闻到味道的东西”。 热食，尤其是快餐散发出的香味，可能会特别令人反感，但尼斯沙拉（salad nicoise）也一样。“吃橙子或柑橘是最不顾及他人社交礼仪的行为之一，”汉森指出。
社交契约
我应该准备好车票 / 护照 / 支付方式吗？ 你知道公交车快来了，或者你即将接受护照检查，所以请确保你需要的所有东西都在手中。“这样你就不会耽搁后面的排队人群，”阿卡诺（Akano）说。“公交车来了，这时有些人才开始在包里翻找卡片，或者任何他们打算用来支付的东西。火车站的检票口也是一样的情况。”更糟糕的是，你在寻找所需物品时没有避让。“然后我们所有人就得站在那里等你。”
在电话中大声交谈，或使用免提功能是可以接受的吗？ “免提，绝对不行，”韦森（Wesson）说。“没有人
需要听到对话的双方。”大声打手机是不体贴的行为，但有时也无可避免。韦森（Wesson）表示，在火车上，“如果需要，你总是可以站起来走到车厢连接处。”理想情况下，电话通话应当安静且简短。
我可以开窗吗？ 可以，但韦森说先询问是礼貌的。“10 次中有 9 次，每个人都会说：‘谢天谢地。’”他说，这样做还能建立某种共同意识，“这样如果这对某人造成了困扰，他们可以说：‘听着，我快冻僵了。能不能先关一会？其他人的看法如何？’ 这样这件事就不再是针对某个人的问题了。”他补充道：“单方面地采取行动很少是正确的做法。”任何其他影响到他人事情（例如遮阳帘）也是如此。
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我该如何要求别人使用耳机？ 汉森（Hanson）有一种新方法，到目前为止他只试过一次。“你说：‘不好意思——我想你的耳机没连上。’ 当对方说：‘噢不，我没带耳机’时，你再说：‘啊，这就是原因。’ 这种方式非常被动攻击（passive aggressive），而许多人
在火车上睡过头， 他们打车的费用 极其昂贵
英国的礼仪是。” 如果他们在使用 耳机但声音仍然大到你能听到，你 可能只能试着忽略它。“我大概会 走开，”汉森（Hanson）说。
我应该给火车上乞讨的人钱吗？ 只要在你所在的国家这不违法，“且 你想这么做，那么是的”，汉森说。 如果你不想给，假装沉浸在手机中 是很粗鲁的。“对他们微笑。 他们也是人类。”
我可以一群醉醺醺的人唱足球歌曲吗？我会去掉所有脏话 阿卡诺（Akano）并不喜欢这种行为。 “这可能会非常喧闹，尤其是 如果人们喝酒了，会让周围的人感到不适，”她说。“我 经历过足够多次这种情况，通常我会 换到另一节车厢，或者有时决定下车 等待下一班车。”人们 聊关于比赛的话题是可以的，
“但一旦你开始唱歌，就会产生一种 混乱和不安的氛围。我觉得这是不合适的， 因为那里不仅仅有你们。请 考虑一下其他乘客。”
我可以偷看旁边的人在看什么书 / 报纸 / 手机屏幕吗？ 这绝对不行，韦森（Wesson）说。 “如今我们的设备上有这么多私密信息， 而且你最终可能会看到或 读到一些你不想看到的内容。” 那么如果给对方提供他们正在做的填字游戏的答案呢？ 绝对不行，阿卡诺说。“他们在做 自己的事情，你也应该管好 你自己的事情，”她说。“你永远不知道 你在跟谁打交道。有人可能会说：‘我请你帮忙了吗？’ 我会自觉努力 不去看。”
我的火车被取消了，所有人都被困住了。我应该提议与其他乘客合乘出租车吗？ 考虑脆弱性，包括你自己的。“就个人而言，我不会，” 阿卡诺说。“我的看法是与安全性有关，因为我是一个女性。 这种情况我以前遇到过——我被困住了，在晚上， 我们不知道铁轨什么时候才能清理干净。有几个人在尝试预约出租车， 其中一两个人提议让我同行，我想，‘不，我不认识这些人——他们是陌生人’，所以我没有接受。”不过，她说这取决于具体情况——如果你觉得与某人同行更自在，比如一位带着小孩的母亲，情况可能会有所不同。
如果我认为陌生人快要错过车站了，我应该叫醒他们吗？ 这需要一定的判断，韦森说。但如果你绝对确定那是他们的车站——比如你们之前聊过天，或者你无意中听到他们买票——你大概应该叫醒他们。 “我有些朋友经常在火车上睡着，”他补充道，“他们打车的费用极其昂贵，远超火车票价。我认为我的建议是：是的。”在合适的时间轻轻推一下应该就足够了。
最后，在长途旅程中，我该如何避免与一个爱聊天的陌生人交谈？ 首先礼貌地回应，阿卡诺说。“然后，如果你真的不想聊天，我们现在都有手机，或者你可能随身带了一本书。把它拿出来，让他们看到对话到此为止。我认为当你这样做时，大多数人会倾向于停止聊天。”如果他们对所有暗示都视而不见，你可能只能假装到了你的车站，然后换到另一节车厢。
演出是极其惊人的”
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Brian Logan
“游轮娱乐”这个词即使是对那些从未登上过远洋船舶的人来说，也能唤起生动的画面。星光熠熠的背景幕、亮片礼服、往昔的曲调与低吟，像是被封在琥珀中、保存至今的 20 世纪 70 年代轻娱乐价值。或许在歌手 Jane McDonald 统治真人秀电视波段的那个年代，这些刻板印象还站得住脚。但——警惕思维惰性！——现在依然如此吗？
看看目前在公海上演的剧目：从获得奥利弗奖的 9 / 11 音乐剧《来自远方》（Come from Away），到前卫剧作家 Emma Rice 备受赞誉的《短暂相遇》（Brief Encounter）。再看看船上的制作水准，为 Ambassador 游轮线提供节目的 Peel Entertainment 的 Susannah Daley 表示，这些水准“远超你在伦敦剧院看到的”。“现在的船在建造之初就考虑到了剧院，规格非常高，可容纳 600 到 1,000 人。在这些剧院中能呈现的演出效果相当惊人。”
制片人 David Pugh 是一位与 Cunard 游轮合作过的西端剧院资深人士，他表示：“就灯光和音响而言，这些可能是你在世界上最好的剧院之外能见到的最先进的剧院。”
《短暂相遇》由 Pugh 制作。最近他还将皇家莎士比亚剧团（RSC）制作的《恒定的妻子》（The Constant Wife）搬到了 Cunard 游轮上。与此同时，Cunard 现在已成为戏剧界最负盛名的奖项——奥利弗奖（Olivier awards）的“首席合作伙伴”；而 Peel 刚刚举办了一场征集新剧在海上演出的比赛（共收到 260 份申请）。
这一切与当年游轮在艺术界地位与 Butlin’s 相当的日子大相径庭。“情况真的发生了转变，”Cunard 的高级娱乐发展经理（前伦敦 Jermyn Street 剧院副导演）Cat Robey 说道。“现在没人会说‘不’了。更多的人会说‘我听说那太棒了，我很想参与其中’。”
Daley 表示，当 Peel 在 26 年前涉足海洋时，“人们倾向于认为游轮就是穿着羽毛装的女孩和几个低吟歌手。但我们被告知，‘不，我们要摆脱那种俗气的名声’。”那时，游轮每周仅提供少量演出。而现在，每天都有多场演出。其中包括驻场剧团的轮番演出，以及在海上兼职的客座团体。所有艺术形式都受到欢迎：例如，Cunard 目前提供由打造沉浸式体验剧目《浴血黑帮：崛起》（Peaky Blinders: The Rise）和《神秘博士：时间裂缝》（Doctor Who: Time Fracture）背后的公司所带来的沉浸式戏剧。
Daley 认为，这是因为主流戏剧行业已经意识到在游轮上可以实现的成就。一方面，
这关乎接触新观众——“人们在邮轮上观看戏剧，而这些人中可能有人之前从未去过剧院”——而且人数众多。“你拥有保证的观众群，”戴利说，“你在哪里还能找到这样的机会？下午我们可以吸引 600 人来看戏。晚上，两场演出下来可能会有 1,200 人。对于让你的作品被看到来说，这是一个极好的机会。”对于艺术家来说，这也是锻炼表演能力的绝佳机会。“邮轮为表演者，尤其是年轻表演者，提供了极大的多样性。因为你可能一天要唱摇滚，另一天要唱歌剧，第二天还要演话剧。你一直在挑战自我。” Cunard 的罗比表示，越来越多的情况是，客户预订邮轮不再仅仅基于阳光明媚的行程，而是基于船上的剧院。“我们绝对能从客人的反馈和预订趋势中得知，演出能吸引预订，”她说道，并举例提到包括“海上伦敦剧院”（南安普顿至纽约，2026 年 5 月）在内的主题活动航程，更不用说 Virgin Voyages 的七晚喜剧巡航（标语为：“笑掉后脑勺！”）。与此同时，Peel 和 Ambassador 最近举办的剧作奖反映了乘客对船上全新定制剧作的渴求。“有时你试图进入休息室看戏，那里简直挤满了人，”戴利说。获奖作品是由休·特恩布尔 (Huw Turnbull) 创作的名为《鹿肉》(Venison) 的惊悚剧，将于今年夏天在波涛之上上演。“我们希望这次比赛能让人们意识到，”戴利说，“对于作家、导演和各类创意人才来说，海上正潜藏着日益增长的机会。”当然，也有不利的一面。“船不会等任何人，”戴利说。“当我们发送布景、服装和灯光设备时，必须准时到达我们约定好的任何港口。我们现在有一些货物漂在西班牙附近，因为不被允许在那里停靠。” 还有其他物流上的古怪之处。排练必须在非社交时间进行，因为剧院几乎一直被占用。演出需要进行无情的删减，以适应分配的运行时间。而且，海上的颠簸并不总是表演者的朋友。普格记得排练备受好评的摄政时代喜剧《傲慢与偏见》(* 差不多像) 时的情景，“在比斯开湾，七级大风。家具向一边倒，演员向另一边倒，有个女孩被砸到了头，流血了。”随后是医疗封锁，演出开幕被长期推迟。但关于巡航体验，还有进一步的保留意见，相比之下，流血的头部显得微不足道。喜剧演员约翰·托希尔 (John Tothill) 的新节目在去年夏天获得了爱丁堡喜剧奖提名，他讲述了近期在海上演出的经历。那并不是一次积极的体验。尽管托希尔显然不属于邮轮表演的那类人——他的喜剧带有自嘲式的博学——但他确实努力尝试让其奏效。“我将一段例行节目磨练到了最接地气的素材。把我所有关于路德宗教改革的内容都删掉了。我武装好自己，带着我认为那种带有俯视感的、极易理解的表演登场。” 接着他上了台。他说发生的事情“不仅仅是冷场”。“每晚都像是一种宗教般的沉默。一种存在主义式的黑暗。我在此之前或之后从未经历过这样的事情。面对的是完全的困惑和迷茫，在这一小时的过程中，这种情绪演变成了双方愤怒的蔑视。就像一场实时上演的文化战争。我觉得（观众）不公正地将我刻画成一个糟糕、懒惰的年轻喜剧演员。而我也以牙还牙。我们就是无法达成共识。”在托希尔看来，邮轮观众倾向于保守主义（“真正受欢迎的仍然是 80 年代乐队的致敬演出”），而且娱乐形式的广泛性反而抵消了
质量。对于戴利来说，那是一个过时的刻板印象：“船上的宾客种类之多，与生活中的任何其他领域一样多样。”最近的研究支持了这一点：国际邮轮协会 2023 年的一份报告显示，千禧一代在该年乘客中所占比例为 22%，而 Z 世代则进一步占据了 14%。关于“老古董”的刻板印象可能正在淡化——尽管戴利和罗贝承认，在规划船上演出时，最好避免具有挑战性的作品。“你不想看到任何在任何方面具有宗派色彩、会分裂观众的作品，”戴利说道；而罗贝补充道：“归根结底，我们面对的是在度假的人。他们来这里是为了享受美好时光。”
普认为担忧则与海上的工作实践和标准有关。在与（美国所有的）冠达邮轮（Cunard）签署自己的合同后，他意识到该公司的驻场表演者和舞台监督合同是非工会性质的，且 Equity（演艺人员工会）的管辖权并不延伸至国际水域。虽然普格承认船上的薪资水平很少成为问题，但他对艺术家的整体福祉表示担忧，因为这些人很容易在这些工作中陷入孤立和被困的境地。冠达邮轮在受邀就这些问题做出回应时未发表评论。
当皇家莎士比亚公司（RSC）与冠达邮轮合作时，Equity 参与了谈判。在接受《卫报》采访时，该工会承认将英国工作标准强加于全球航海活动的难度，但表示其与该行业的互动总体上是积极的。该工会表示，当演出从陆地整体转移时，谈判相对简单——而这似乎正是海上娱乐的发展趋势。“当我开始时，”罗贝说，“我抱着一种认为邮轮娱乐有点过时且像码头边廉价表演的心态。”
“但现在意识到，它具有难以置信的多样性，在不同的艺术形式中拥有许多突破边界的机会。现在已经有公司和西区制作人请求登船合作了。”
杰克·贝桑特 (Jack Bessant)，贝斯手
我们当时在阿比路工作室和可爱的制作人乔治·德拉库利亚 (George Drakoulias) 待在一起。他说：“我们要为你们带来一些乐器”——然后把我们之前使用的那些预算较低的乐器给换了。我拿到了一把精美的 20 世纪 60 年代 Fender Jazz 贝斯。有时你拿起一把从未接触过的乐器，会立即开始演奏一些平时不会演奏的东西。这让我想要创作一些酷的东西，像詹姆斯·詹默森 (James Jamerson) 那种风格，带有 Motown 的感觉。我找到了后来成为 $\langle\text{Place Your Hands}\rangle$ 贝斯线的那个段落 (riff)，把它展示给 Gaz 看，于是他创作了一段关于走到水边的轻松旋律。当我们的吉他手肯温·豪斯 (Kenwyn House) 加入那个经典开场吉他段落时，曲风从柔和变成了更具动感的风格。那真是人生中一段美好的时光。我们那时很年轻，乐队里的每个人都很有才华，尽管我们当时并不真正清楚自己在做什么。我们内心是摇滚乐手，但心态非常开放。我们听所有风格的音乐，从 Motown、鲍勃·马利 (Bob Marley) 到范·莫里森 (Van Morrison) 的 $\langle\text{Common One}\rangle$——$\langle\text{Summertime in England}\rangle$ 至今仍能让我落泪。我后来买了一把旧的 Telecaster 贝斯——在 $\langle\text{Place Your Hands}\rangle$ 的桥段中，你可以听到贝斯里的雷鬼影响。我一直认为 Gaz 在其中投入的情感非常不可思议，但直到最近我才完全明白他在唱什么。他解释说，“put your hands on”是一个隐喻，表达想要一个拥抱，帮他度过失去祖父的悲痛。当时我没有意识到，因为我们是年轻的摇滚乐手，沉浸在当下的氛围中，浑身充满睾酮，没时间思考任何事情。90 年代并不是一个真正鼓励男性表达敏感的时代——那时到处都是男性杂志，我们在一定程度上也在随波逐流。我们绝对不会像现在这样讨论自己的感受。回想起来，我认为歌词很美。我觉得我们永远不会厌倦演奏这首歌，因为它如此充满律动、节奏和精神。我们的成员更换过好几次，而 $\langle\text{Place Your Hands}\rangle$ 始终是把我们凝聚在一起的那首歌。它能让人们跳起舞来并举起双手——尽管歌词实际上是“Put your hands on”。
加里·斯特林格 (Gary Stringer)，主唱
我们在 1993 年签约了 S2，当时由传奇人物林肯·埃利亚斯 (Lincoln Elias) 和马夫·温伍德 (Muf Winwood) 负责。我们的第一张专辑进入了前 10 名，有三首单曲进入前 40 名，并且在格拉斯顿伯里 (Glastonbury) 演出过，所以我们非常开心。当时我们正与石质摇滚 (stoner-rock) 乐队 Kyuss 在美国西海岸巡演，林肯建议我们去见乔治·德拉库利亚，他曾在 Def Jam 与瑞克·鲁宾 (Rick Rubin) 合作，并协助发掘了 Beastie Boys 乐队。乔治出现时穿着一件飘逸的白色长袍，给人留下了相当深刻的印象，于是我们决定在第二张专辑中与他合作。我们在阿比路录制了三四首歌。乔治租了一把 20 世纪 60 年代的 Fender 贝斯。杰克在摆弄它时，开始弹奏后来成为 $\langle\text{Place Your Hands}\rangle$ 贝斯线的旋律。肯温将吉他的 E 弦降到了 D，并创作出了叠加在杰克贝斯线之上的段落。起初，我唱得相当温柔，但随后我觉得：“这样太轻飘飘了。”
我们前往洛杉矶与乔治一起完成专辑，并将贝斯线和吉他段落带在身边。歌词是关于我的祖父肯尼思的去世。我在巡演巴士上接到电话说他去世了。我去了停尸房，我的姑姑问：“你想看看肯吗？”我在 18 岁时去摩洛哥冲浪旅行期间曾在路边见过一具尸体，但这次的影响截然不同。歌词本质上是在寻求慰藉——寻求一个拥抱。这就是为什么歌曲名叫作《Put your hands on》。我敢肯定，如果歌名是《Put your hands up》，这首歌会更红。克里斯·埃文斯是该乐队的忠实支持者，他在 Radio 1 . 上将这张单曲播放到了极致。当你参加《TFI Friday》节目时，无论你是戴夫·格罗尔还是绿洲乐队，都必须参与“It’s Your Letters”环节，并用你在节目中宣传的那首歌的旋律来演唱这些词。出于某种原因，我们的版本在“It’s Your Letters”环节中流行了起来。“Put your hands on”和“It’s your letters”的音节数量相同，所以此后每周都使用它。《Place Your Hands》贡献了我很大一部分收入。如果我们有 10 首那样的歌，我就会成为千万富翁。采访由里奇·佩利完成。Reef 乐队于 8 月 8 日在赫里福德郡东诺的 Lakefest 音乐节上演出。
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如果是 8 月初，那一定是《名人大逃亡》为支持“抗癌基金会”（Stand Up to Cancer）而拍摄的年度系列剧。十几个名人必须在两周内躲避抓捕，这比平民要求的潜伏时间要短。是因为名人的日程更满，还是因为他们的脑子更空？在看完前两集后，我知道我倾向于哪一种。
参赛者分为六组两人一组，其中包括英国最后的杂耍艺人布莱恩·康利（“我就像一块卷起来的海绵！”）及其女儿露西（“爸爸！别再耍宝了”），电视房产节目主持人兄妹——简直是地狱级别的斜杠青年——斯嘉丽和斯图尔特·道格拉斯，以及喜剧演员詹·布里斯特和劳拉·史密斯。在这场可预测性是失败最大（好吧，是预测）因素的游戏中，他们可能拥有最好的计划。布里斯特说：“我打算一周不服用激素替代疗法（HRT），看看会发生什么。”
在猎人总部，雷·霍华德（他的每一处面部特征仍令人惊心地暗示，只有这份获利丰厚且广为人知的职业能阻止他在这 50 英里半径内大开杀戒，而一旦他被迫退休，我绝对会立刻躲起来）召集了他的团队。一如既往，团队由前警察和军方人员、反恐专家、网络技术人员、分析师和画像师组成。后两者至关重要，因为没有其他人有资格说出类似这样的词句：“他们会利用现有网络”、“他们可能就藏在眼皮子底下”，或者在表现最巅峰时说出：“他们可能走后门逃了”。这些全知全能的神指导“地面猎人”在何处最能截住逃犯，而他们将这一过程执行得专业地糟糕。
无论猎物多么迟钝——上帝保佑那对来自《爱之岛》的孩子，克里斯和托比，他们
尽职地在伦敦交通局（Transport for London）行程结束时刷卡进出，并向总部准确告知自己的位置——而捕猎者们在制片人需要的这段时间内，注定会显得迟钝一些。道格拉斯一家前往一个早间现场新闻节目推销他们的新节目，但——噢，他们刚好及时地被一辆出租车接走，从而避免了被抓！布里斯特出现在布莱顿一场宣传力度很大的演出中，但她恰好准备了 400 个印有自己面孔的面具（尽管还没接好必要的橡皮筋）分发给观众，以迷惑任何追捕者。布莱恩用一部他明知被窃听的电话给他的朋友、同时也是“笨蛋小组”（Prat Pack）成员的乔·帕斯奎尔（Joe Pasquale）打电话，告知他接他以及露西的时间和地点。“有时这是极其艰苦且需要分析的工作，”霍华德的得力助手史蒂夫·赫西（Steve Hersee）博士笑着说，“而有时他们就直接告诉你他们在哪里。”
不过，康利一家仍然逃脱了。这时你会发现自己正热切地希望这一切就如看起来那样完全是预演好的。因为如果负责我们国家安全的人竟然能被帕斯奎尔耍得团团转，那么我们的处境比我们想象的要糟糕得多。偶尔也会出现高效能的时刻，例如当搜猎团队的一名成员通过三角定位法，锁定了前士兵兼主持人JJ·查默斯（JJ Chalmers）和残疾权利倡导者索菲·摩根（Sophie Morgan）乘坐的出租车司机的手机，以及该手机在旅途中拨打的另一个电话。这让他们得到了为逃亡者提供交通接驳的人的名字，从而掌握了新车辆的身份。这在短时间内令人感到安心，直到你开始思考我们平时被监视的程度之广之深，以及任何坏人在任何时候能获得关于我们所有人的多少信息……所以，幸好有
《舞动风暴》（Strictly Come Dancing）的明星艾米·道登（Amy Dowden）和卡洛斯·古（Carlos Gu）在场分散我们的注意力，他们参加了克雷格·雷维尔·霍伍德（Craig Revel Horwood）金灿灿的60岁生日派对，理由是道登真的、非常想去，而且搜猎者们“不能决定我们接下来两周做什么！我已经放弃太多东西了！”但别担心——在本系列节目目前这个阶段，他们还没那么快被抓住，很快他们就趟过一条小溪奔向自由。然而，在每小时接近一整场的疯狂喧嚣之后，你会被扔进一个现实的冰浴缸中。每集都以一个癌症患者——或在某些情况下，是癌症幸存者——讲述的故事结束。与之前的内容不同，这些故事地朴实，没有任何形式的操纵。他们讲述无尽的爱和深不可测的丧失，令人心碎。他们的出现是为了提高意识并筹集资金，且在讲述时保持了尊严与优雅。
其余的部分？则是为了良善而制造的绝对混乱。
◀ 双人组 ……喜剧演员 布莱恩·康利 及其 女儿露西
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身边的间谍 晚上 9 点，Sky Documentaries
“我对自己说：‘别担心，索尔兹伯里不会发生任何事的，’”记者艾玛·沃尔尼回忆起 2018 年她在当地电台工作的第一周。“你不会想到会看到两个人坐在长椅上口吐白沫。”第一手证词将带领我们回顾前俄罗斯间谍谢尔盖·斯克里帕尔及其女儿尤利娅中毒事件的经过。时任首相特蕾莎·梅（见上图）、内政大臣安伯·鲁德、情报官员和反恐领导人也发表了看法。
Hollie Richardson
最好的药方 (Best Medicine) 晚上 8 点，Sky One
这部关于一个脾气古怪的小镇医生的温馨剧集是《马丁医生》(Doc Martin) 的忠实翻拍版——只不过加入了一些美式煽情。本周将看到缅因州的马丁医生（乔什·查尔斯 饰）处理一名近期出现奇怪行为模式的高龄患者，以及小学生彼得明显的疑病症。 Hannah J Davies
澳洲幸存者 (Survivor Australia) 晚上 9 点，BBC Three
与这部热门真人秀第 10 季中被冠名为“英雄对阵反派”的营地对决相比，在泥坑中赛跑并不可避免地受伤根本不算什么。各部落的特质十分明显，环保主义者和活动家们组队合作，而自认自私的阵营则在阴谋诡计上全力以赴。 Hannah Verdier
乔与大卫的魔幻情景剧之旅 晚上 9 点，U&Gold
喜剧演员好友乔·威尔金森和大卫·厄尔很难用简短的话来描述他们的新节目。你只需要知道，他们在每集节目中都会庆祝一部他们最喜爱的情景剧，访问拍摄地并与创作者和主演交流。第一站是乔的首选之一：《监狱生活》(Porridge)。HR
吸血鬼莱斯特：吸血鬼访谈录 晚上 9.30 点，BBC Two
这部离经叛道、充满快感的吸血鬼音乐喜剧继续带来震撼。珍妮弗·埃尔客串饰演华丽摇滚歌手莱斯特（萨姆·里德 饰）那迷人的母亲，我们将了解到他们两人是如何在 18 世纪的法国成为吸血鬼的。诚然，其中涉及一些乱伦情节，但这两人在屏幕上的化学反应极其强烈。HR
这件事发生在我身上： 我因氯胺酮在日本被监禁 晚上 10.15 点，BBC Two
伊莎贝尔·罗斯曾是一名氯胺酮使用者。她被日本吸引，认为离开伦敦能帮她戒毒。但正如她承认的，“成瘾不分地理位置”。在给一名联系人打电话购买药物后，她在大阪被警方拘留。那么在这部纪录片中，为什么她说那是她人生中最美好的一天？ Priya Elan
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8.0 《艾默代尔》(Emmerdale) (T) 凯恩决定现在就是时机，而尼古拉有了一个令人担忧的发现。 8.30 《街道冠冕》(Coronation Street) (T) 迪伦在与布罗迪冲突后陷入昏迷。 9.0 《冷案法医学：尼罗河上的死亡》(Cold Case Forensics: A Death on the Nile) (T) 一名英国事务律师在埃及度浪漫假期期间神秘且突然地死亡。
10.0 新闻 (T) 天气 10.30 地方新闻 (T) 天气 10.45 《坏伙计 2》(Bad Boys II) (迈克尔·贝, 2003) (T) 两名警察出发去阻止一名毒枭。由威尔·史密斯主演的喜剧惊悚续集。 1.10 电视购物 3.0 《巅峰》(The Summit) (T) (R) 3.50 与 ITV 放松 (Unwind With ITV) (T) 5.05 《失散多年家人：无迹寻根》(Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace) (T) (R)
格蕾丝 10.30 《威尔与格蕾丝》(Will & Grace) 11.0 《辛普森一家》(The Simpsons) 11.30 《辛普森一家》 12.0 《大猫之国》(Big Cat Country) 1.0 《夏威夷五警》(Hawaii Five-0) 2.0 《夏威夷五警》 3.0 《特种部队》(S.W.A.T) 4.0 《特种部队》 5.0 《辛普森一家》 5.30 《辛普森一家》 6.0 《动物管制》(Animal Control) 7.0 《辛普森一家》 8.0 《最佳医疗》(Best Medicine) 9.0 《别管那些音乐发烧友》(Never Mind the Buzzcocks) 10.0 《郊区居民》(The ’Burbs) 10.55 《动物管制》 11.55 《格林》(Grimm) 12.50 《警力：曼彻斯特》(The Force: Manchester) 1.45 《路战》(Road Wars) 3.0 《夏威夷五警》 4.0 《特种部队》
Sky Arts 上午 6.0 经典 FM 的明日之星，由朱利安·劳埃德·韦伯主持 2025 7.0 《风笛：一场庆典》(Bagpipes: A Celebration) 8.0 《绘画之乐》(The Joy of Painting) 9.0 《意外故事》(Tales of the Unexpected) 9.30 《意外故事》 10.0 《阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克呈现》(Alfred Hitchcock Presents) 11.0 《探索：琼·方丹》(Discovering: Joan Fontaine) 12.0 《电影》(The Movies) 1.0 《意外故事》 2.0 《阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克时间》(The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) 3.0 《七十年代》(The Seventies) 4.0 《探索：理查德·哈里斯》(Discovering: Richard Harris) 5.0 《年度肖像艺术家》(Portrait Artist of the Year) 2021 6.0 《意外故事》 7.0 《阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克呈现》 7.30 《阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克呈现》 8.0 《绘画世界：委拉斯开兹的辣椒》(The World in a Painting: Velazquez’s Chili Pepper)
6.30 《奎恩之王》(The King of Queens) (T) (R) 7.45 《大家都爱雷蒙》(Everybody Loves Raymond) (T) (R) 9.10 《弗雷泽》(Frasier) (T) (R) 11.10 《拉姆齐美国厨房噩梦》(Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA) (T) (R) 12.05 新闻 (T) 12.10 《寻找、修复、拍卖》(Find It, Fix It, Flog It) (T) (R) 1.10 《大宅赠与》(The Great House Giveaway) (T) (R) 2.10 《倒计时》(Countdown) (T) 3.0 《阳光之所》(A Place in the Sun) (T) (R) 4.0 《与佩内洛普·基思共救乡村住宅》(Saving Country Houses With Penelope Keith) (T) (R) 5.0 《城堡 DIY》(Chateau DIY) (T) (R) 6.0 《美国淘货人》(American Pickers) (T) (R) 7.0 新闻 (T)
8.0 《Hotel Chocolat 揭秘》(Hotel Chocolat Unwrapped) (T) 巧克力制作师 Yodi 构思限量版饮用巧克力口味，而创始人 Angus 正为芝加哥店开业做准备。 9.0 《名人大逃杀》(Celebrity Hunted) (T) 两名逃犯拜访了一位名人同事，另一组则通过登上电视直播采取大胆行动。
10.0 《观看盒子》(Gogglebox) (T) (R) 11.05 《吉普赛妻子的秘密生活》(Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives) (T) (R) 12.05 《裸体吸引力》(Naked Attraction) (T) (R) 1.05 《拉姆齐酒店噩梦》(Ramsay’s Hotel Hell) (T) (R) 1.55 《突破》(Breakthrough) (2019) (T) 3.50 《夫妻请到我家来》(Couples Come Dine With Me) (T) (R) 4.45 《钢琴》(The Piano) (T) (R) 5.40 《寻找、修复、拍卖》(Find It, Fix It, Flog It) (T) (R) 5.50 《倒计时》(Countdown) (T) (R)
9.15 《画笔之外》(Beyond the Brush) 9.45 《画笔之外》 10.15 《奇幻之地：哥特》(Wonderland: Gothic) 11.15 《电影》(The Movies) 12.15 《我是史蒂夫·麦奎因》(I Am Steve McQueen) 2.0 《山谷之声》(Voices of the Valleys) 3.0 《第二次世界大战与电影》(World War II & Cinema) 4.0 Sky Arts 读书会 5.0 《电影》
Sky Atlantic 上午 6.0 《鱼城》(Fish Town) 78.0 《亿万》(Billions) 10.20 《任务》(Task) 11.35 《任务》 12.50 《谋杀：街头生活》(Homicide: Life on the Street) 3.0 《亿万》 4.10 《亿万》 5.20 《激烈竞争》(Heated Rivalry) 6.25 《激烈竞争》 7.30 《真探：夜之国》(True Detective: Night Country) 9.0 《格莫罗：起源》(Gomorrah: The Origins) 10.0 《格莫罗：起源》 11.0 《囚徒》(Prisoner) 12.0 《真探：夜之国》 1.10 《真探：夜之国》 2.20 《真探：夜之国》 3.35 《亿万》 4.35 《某种程度》(Sort Of) 5.05 《都市秘密》(Urban Secrets)
Radio 3 上午 6.30 早餐节目 9.30 经典精选 1.0 现场古典。来自逍遥音乐节 (the Proms)，德莉亚娜·拉扎罗娃指挥英国广播公司苏格兰交响乐团及小提琴家阿莱娜·巴耶娃，演奏科恩戈尔的 D 大调小提琴协奏曲，作品 35。此外，来自赖代尔节日 (Ryedale festival) 的舒伯特 A 大调钢琴奏鸣曲，D 664，由钢琴家 Zee Zee 演奏。 4.0 本周作曲家：莫扎特 (2 / 5) 5.0 调音。幻想管弦乐团指挥汤姆·费瑟斯顿霍夫与凯蒂·德汉交谈。 7.0 2026 英国广播公司逍遥音乐节 (BBC Proms 2026)。皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅现场，埃琳娜·施瓦茨指挥英国广播公司威尔士国家管弦乐团及小提琴家阿丽娜·伊布拉基莫娃，演奏 B.A. 齐默尔曼的《童话组曲》(Märchen-Suite)、门德尔松的 e 小调小提琴协奏曲以及德沃夏克 D 小调第 7 号交响曲。 10.0 夜间轨道 11.30 午夜时分 12.30 彻夜不眠
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6.0am Today 9.0 Invisible Hands（无形之手）。David Dimbleby 讲述一名通过电报开启冷战的男子的故事。(2 / 6) 9.30
6.0 Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine (T) 11.30 Storm & Alexis (T) 12.45 News (T) 12.50 Matt Allwright (T) 2.15 A Murder in Venice（威尼斯谋杀案）（Lane Shefter Bishop, 2023）(T) 4.0 Castle (T) (R) 4.55 Love Nature (T) (R) 5.0 News (T) 6.0 Majorca: A Year in the Sun（马略卡岛：阳光下的一年）(T) (R) 6.55 News (T) 7.0 The Yorkshire Vet: At Home With the Greens（约克郡兽医：与格林一家同在）(T) (R) 7.55 News (T)
8.0 Inside Longleat (T) James Ford 访问伦敦塔，以了解 Longleat House 的建造者为何在塔内险些被执行死刑——且达两次。 9.0 The Victorians（维多利亚时代人），由 Rob Rinder 和 Ruth Goodman 主持 (T)。探讨历史上的一些事件在富人和穷人眼中是如何被体验的。
10.30 The Pile Up: Death on the Motorway（连环车祸：高速公路之死）(T) (R) 12.05 The Cannibal Next Door（隔壁的食人族）(T) (R) 1.0 Cruise TV (T) (R) 2.0 GPs: Behind Closed Doors（全科医生：闭门之后）(T) (R) 2.50 Castle (T) (R) 3.40 Friends (T) (R) 4.30 The Highland Vet（高地兽医）(T) (R) 5.25 Entertainment News (T) 5.35 Milo (T) (R) 5.45 Paddington (T) (R)
Inside Health（健康内幕）(5 / 6) 10.0 Woman’s Hour（女性时间）11.0 Screenshot（截图）(R) 11.45 Tony Hawks Is Giving Nothing Away（托尼·霍克斯毫无保留）(R) 12.0 News 12.04 Call You and Yours（您与您的需求）12.57 Weather 1.0 The World at One（一点钟的世界）1.45 The Bare Necessities（基本必需品）。一名采集者和草药师，种植可提供食物和药物的野生植物。(2 / 5) 2.0 The Archers (R) 2.15 Sunbird。Christopher William Hill 创作的浪漫喜剧。中年女性 Lizzie 在伊比萨岛度假期间陷入了一场三角之恋。由 Lucy Speed, Fenella Woolgar 和 Milo Twomey 出演。3.0 Lady on Trial（受审女士），由 Lucy Worsley 主持。讲述歌剧演唱家 Georgina Weldon 的故事，在丈夫试图将其送入精神病院后，她发起了一系列法律行动。(8 / 10) 3.30 Heart and Soul (R) 4.0 The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath（西尔维娅·普拉斯的写作生活）。Mariella Frostrup 探讨普拉斯的作品如何受到她与精神疾病斗争的影响。(3 / 3) 4.30 What’s Up Docs? Chris 和 Xand van Tulleken 探讨水分补给。5.0 PM 5.57 Weather 6.0 News 6.30 Meet David Sedaris (R) 7.0 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 8.0 A Romanian Ransom（罗马尼亚赎金）。
7.0 Great British Railway Journeys（英国铁路之旅）(T) (R) Michael Portillo 从林肯前往约克。7.30 Wainwright Walks (T) (R) Julia Bradbury 攀登湖区（Lake District）的 Haystacks 山。
8.0 To the Manor Born (T) (R) 这部情景喜剧的第一集，由 Penelope Keith 出演。8.30 Keeping Up Appearances（维持表面）(T) (R) Hyacinth 计划一场航海晚餐，但事态发生了意外转折。 9.0 She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens（母狼：英格兰早期女王）(T) (R) 简·格雷（Lady Jane Grey）与玛丽·都铎（Mary Tudor）争夺英格兰王位的战斗。
10.0 Castles (T) (R) 11.0 Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?（权力走廊：美国应该在世界扮演警察吗？）(T) (R) 12.0 Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? (T) (R) 1.0 She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens (T) (R) 2.0 Castles (T) (R) 3.0 Great British Railway Journeys (T) (R)
冷战时期用动物交换犹太人生命的秘密贸易。8.40 In Touch 9.0 Crossing Continents（跨越大陆）。Yolande Knell 报道加沙如何发展成为一个出人意料的科技中心。(1 / 9) 9.30 Scam Secrets（骗局秘密）(R) 9.59 Weather 10.0 The World Tonight（今夜世界）10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Vicar of Wakefield（睡前书：《韦克菲尔德的牧师》）。Oliver Goldsmith 著。(2 / 10) 11.0 Wild Inside (R) 11.30 Hollywood and the Adland Five (R) 12.0 News and Weather 12.30 Tony Hawks Is Giving Nothing Away (R) 12.48 Shipping Forecast（航运预报）1.0 As World Service 5.0 News Summary 5.04 Inside Science (R) 5.32 Weather 5.34 Shipping Forecast 5.43 Prayer for the Day（今日祷告）5.45 Farming Today（今日农业）
(1 / 6) 11.30 谁杀了奥尔德里奇·坎普？(2 / 5) 12.0 是的，大臣 (4 / 8) 12.30 最后的古恩秀 (The Last Goon Show of All) 1.30 跟随帕帕诺 (2 / 5) 1.45 小岛 (7 / 15) 2.0 恶作剧！(Hoax!) 2.30 兄弟 (4 / 4) 3.0 地海巫师 (1 / 2) 4.0 自由思考 4.45 散文：伟大作品的小秘密 (3 / 5) 5.0 等待的游戏 (1 / 6) 5.30 谁杀了奥尔德里奇·坎普？(2 / 5) 6.0 是的，大臣 (4 / 8) 6.30 最后的古恩秀 (The Last Goon Show of All) 7.30 跟随帕帕诺 (2 / 5) 7.45 小岛 (7 / 15) 8.0 恶作剧！(Hoax!) 8.30 兄弟 (4 / 4) 9.0 地海巫师 (1 / 2) 10.0 喜剧俱乐部：遇见大卫·塞达里斯 (5 / 6) 10.30 获胜者是 (5 / 6) 11.0 全世界都是一个球体 (5 / 8) 11.15 弗利与麦考尔：访谈 (5 / 6) 11.30 连锁反应 (1 / 6) 12.0 自由思考 12.45 散文：伟大作品的小秘密 (3 / 5) 1.0 等待的游戏 (1 / 6) 1.30 谁杀了奥尔德里奇·坎普？(2 / 5) 2.0 是的，大臣 (4 / 8) 2.30 最后的古恩秀 (The Last Goon Show of All) 3.30 跟随帕帕诺 (2 / 5) 3.45 小岛 (7 / 15) 4.0 恶作剧！(Hoax!) 4.30 兄弟 (4 / 4) 5.0 地海巫师 (1 / 2)
Radio 4 Extra 6. 等待的游戏 (1 / 6) 6.0am 6.30 谁杀了奥尔德里奇·坎普？(2 / 5) 7.0 是的，大臣 (4 / 8) 7.30 最后的古恩秀 (The Last Goon Show of All) 8.30 跟随帕帕诺 (2 / 5) 8.45 小岛 (7 / 15) 9.0 遇见大卫·塞达里斯 (5 / 6) 9.30 酒馆背后 (2 / 5) 9.45 日常礼拜 10.0 自由思考 10.45 散文：伟大作品的小秘密 (3 / 5) 11.0 等待的游戏
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Rapists, child sexual abusers and groomers will be excluded from early release plans to ease critical prison overcrowding in a major interven- tion by Andy Burnham. The prime minister is to delay the planned early release of thousands of prisoners across England and Wales by a month until October. But he will still allow domestic abusers and kill- ers to go free, including the two men
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jailed for their role in the death of PC Andrew Harper. The decision will put the lives of women and girls “at risk” and has “let down” police oi cers, a watchdog and a pressure group have warned. Burnham’s move today follows the suspension of Keir Starmer’s plans to release up to 6,000 of enders from prison early in September amid oi cial predictions that prisons will be full in November. Burnham suspended the scheme in his second week at No 10 after com- ing under intense pressure from MPs,
victims, campaigners and prison oi cers to halt the early release of serious sexual and violent of enders. In a statement, Burnham said: “I asked for an urgent review of the prisoner release scheme. I fully understand the anger, anxiety and distress that’s been caused. I’ve heard that loud and clear. That’s why we’re making signii cant changes: of end- ers who have been sentenced for rape, serious child sex of ences and other grooming offences will be excluded from the changes.” The Ministry of Justice has
declined to release the numbers of prisoners who will no longer be freed as a result of Burnham’s intervention. It has also declined to say when its own internal modelling predicts that prisons will be full again, and whether there are already plans for further early release schemes. The domestic abuse commis- sioner, Dame Nicole Jacobs , said the decision to exclude those who have abused their partners was “wrong” and “puts victims’ lives at risk”. She said: “As I told the lord chancellor just last week, 2
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admission raises doubt over £5m gift
Ben Quinn Jessica Elgot
Nigel Farage has made his clearest admission that he was in talks to return to lead Reform UK months before the 2024 general election, casting fresh doubt on previous claims that he was not involved in politics when he received a £5m gift. The admission will reopen ques- tions about the nature of the donation – Farage has repeatedly claimed it was not linked to his political career since the Guardian i rst revealed it in April. The Reform UK leader admitted he had struck a deal with the party’s then leader, Richard Tice, and the convicted fraudster George Cottrell to return to frontline politics. Labour said the claim “has blown a gaping hole in his excuse” about why he did not declare the gift. Farage has previously said he did not need to declare the £5m from Christopher Harborne or benei ts in kind from Cottrell because he was not in politics at the time they were received. He has said he had no inten- tion of returning to politics until June 2024, just before the election. Sources have previously told the Guardian that Farage told senior i g- ures in Reform UK he would need “a million a year” to cover lost earn- ings if he stood for parliament in the 2024 general election. Farage is fac- ing a reopened investigation into his conduct by the Commons stand- ards commissioner should he, as expected, win the Clacton by election . The Reform leader has seen his party’s average poll rating decline to its lowest level 10
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from early release plan, says PM
the danger perpetrators pose to
their victim should not be underesti-
mated. These are individuals who are
i xated on their victim and will stop
at nothing to control and cause harm.
“Measures that will keep domes-
tic abuse victims safe still appear to
be an afterthought.”
Andrea Simon, the London vic-
tims’ commissioner, said : “This will
alarm many survivors of abuse that
are desperately concerned about
their safety, particularly when there
are real challenges in delivering
tougher community supervision.”
Victims groups had objected to
the proposal for 6,000 people to be
freed early from September under
the Sentencing Act. Debbie Adlam , PC
Harper’s mother, said last month that
the proposed inclusion of two of her
son’s killers – Jessie Cole and Albert
columnist Rod Liddle dies
Michael Savage Media editor
The journalist and broadcaster Rod Liddle, a prominent columnist for the Sunday Times and the Sun, has died after a short illness. He was 66. Liddle, whose provocative style attracted praise and criticism, also wrote for the Spectator magazine and earlier in his career edited BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. He worked as a speechwriter for the Labour party in the 1980s, but his later writing often critiqued and crit- icised the left. Tributes to Liddle were paid by the former Sunday Times editor Andrew
Bowers – was “another letdown” for her family. Prisoners serving longer sentences of four years or more would be eligi- ble for release at the halfway point of their term, rather than at two-thirds, as had previously been the case. The changes were due to be phased in, beginning with prisoners serving sentences of less than 575 days, going up to inmates jailed for 12 years or more being eligible for early release in June next year. The government has said that, after listening to victims’ concerns, rap- ists and child sexual of enders would not be eligible for the sentencing changes. Prisoners serving time for some sexual or violent of ences where the automatic release stage is set at two-thirds will become eligi- ble for release at the halfway point, provided they have not committed serious breaches of prison rules. This
Neil, Piers Morgan and the Today pro- gramme presenter Justin Webb, who described Liddle as brilliant, kind and funny. The former Sun editor David Yel- land said Liddle “morphed into a brilliant and gifted writer who I could rarely agree with but always turned to i rst”. He said: “It was because he was so talented he was able to behave so badly and write so (it has to be said) abhorrently on many occasions. And he knew this. It was his essence. ” Liddle died at the James Cook uni- versity hospital in Middlesbrough on Sunday evening. His children, Wilder, Tyler and Emmy, said : “We’re all very saddened and shocked at the sudden passing of our wonderful father.
applies to Bowers and Cole, two of Harper’s killers who were jailed for 13 years in 2020 for manslaughter. Henry Long, the main perpetrator, will not be subject to early release. Tif Lynch, the national chair of the Police Federation, said: “Allow- ing those who take an oi cer’s life to be released earlier to save the prison system from collapsing gravely risks undermining not only public safety but public coni dence, causing real distress to bereaved families and sending entirely the wrong message about the value we place on those who protect us. The government must urgently rethink this decision.” The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) also announced a £10m package for vic- tim support and said the new justice secretary, Alex Norris, would look at reviewing “outdated” imprisonment for public protection sentences. Burnham said other community
“He raised us much as you might imagine, to be inquisitive, brave and always humorous. Even in hospital in the last few weeks, he consistently held the room and never let the awful situation show. “He has left a legacy that we are all incredibly proud of, he will always be our guide on how to live an extraor- dinary life.” Liddle was no stranger to contro- versy. In 2010 he became the i rst blogger to be censured by the Press
gifted writer I could rarely agree with but always turned to’
measures would be put in place to protect victims of crime, including tougher periods of supervision and restriction zones for of enders . “I wanted to go even further as I know there will still be concerns about other of enders having their sentence shortened,” he said. “But it’s not possible without the prison system reaching capacity and col- lapsing, which would put public safety at much greater risk.” The announcement follows days of wrangling in the MoJ and No 10 over how to calm public anger while ensuring that the criminal justice does not seize up. Labour has blamed the Tories for the overcrowding crisis . After Burnham’s announcement, the shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, said: “Labour whipped MPs to vote to let rapists, paedophiles, and grooming gang perpetrators out of prison early. Now they admit the Con- servative campaign to stop this was right – this is a victory for victims. “But their U-turn doesn’t go far enough. Some child sex of enders and killers, like those responsible for the death of PC Harper, will still be released early. And the trauma of victims being told their abusers may be released can’t be undone.”
Rod Liddle in 2015. He worked as a Labour speechwriter in the 1980s but was later critical of the left
PHOTOGRAPH: DAVID LEVENE/THE GUARDIAN
Complaints Commission , for incor- rectly stating in a Spectator article that the “overwhelming majority” of violent crime in London was carried out by young African-Caribbean men. Liddle left as editor of Today in 2002. At the time, it was reported that his departure followed a disagree- ment with the BBC’s then director general, Greg Dyke, about a regular column he wrote for the Guardian. He also presented a programme about ini delity, arguing that men were genetically programmed to be unfaithful. His former wife had writ- ten about his adultery in a series of newspaper features. Rebekah Brooks, the chief exec- utive of News UK, which publishes the Sunday Times and the Sun, said everyone at the company had been “deeply shocked and saddened” to learn of his sudden death. “Rod was an inimitable journalis- tic force, brilliant, provocative and immensely talented, whose sharp wit and uncompromising voice graced our pages and airwaves for decades,” she said. “He challenged conven- tional thinking and left an indelible mark on British journalism.” Ben Taylor, the editor of the Sun- day Times , said: “Rod Liddle had a wonderful way with words and used his unique talent to speak for the readers, highlighting the cant and absurdity that bedevils modern life. He was also supremely entertaining and for years his column was the i rst that many turned to every Sunday. We will miss him desperately.” Victoria Newton, the editor-in- chief of the Sun , said: “A champion of press freedom, no topic was of - limits, and his writing – as funny as it was excoriating – was simply excep- tional. A terrific observer of the frailties of our political class, he will be remembered for his razor-sharp wit and for his huge intellect.”
after a fashion: Galliano given retrospective show, 15 years after outburst
Chloe Mac Donnell
The controversial designer John Gal-
liano is to get a retrospective at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cos-
tume Institute in New York next May.
Galliano, widely considered to be
one of the most inl uential designers
of the past four decades, was exiled
from the industry in 2011 after he was
i lmed making a series of racist and
antisemitic comments.
He was i red from his position as
creative director of Dior, a post he
held for 15 years, condemned by the
media and later i ned by a French
court. At the time it was questioned
whether the British designer would
ever be able to redeem himself in the
fashion industry.
The decision by the Met to
spotlight Galliano with his own block-
buster show – only the third time it
has given a living designer a solo
exhibition – suggests he has reached
industry atonement. The exhibition
will be kicked of by the annual Met
Gala extravaganza .
“The fashion business has a short
memory,” said Dana Thomas , author
of Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall
of Alexander McQueen and John Gal-
liano . “It is also remarkably forgiving
of bad behaviours.”
But Olya Kuryshchuk , founder
and editor-in-chief of the platform 1
Granary, described it as “refreshing”
to see a living designer celebrated,
rather than a typical thematic show.
“Few designers have left a mark
on fashion as profound as John
Galliano,” she said. “He funda-
mentally changed the way fashion
talks with stars hit impasse
Laurence Phelan
The comedy mega hit Barbie made an estimated $1.5bn (£1.1bn) at the box oi ce, was nominated for eight Academy Awards and – alongside the biopic Oppenheimer – dominated the culture during the summer of 2023 . A sequel had seemed a fore- gone conclusion . However, the
▼ Anna Wintour with John Galliano at a Dior event earlier this year. She has backed the retrospective
PHOTOGRAPH: SWAN GALLET/WWD/GETTY
As well as being the biggest hit of
2023, the highest-grossing live-action
comedy ever and the 18th highest-
grossing i lm in history, Barbie is also
Warner Bros’s best-performing i lm .
However, the studio only signed a
one-movie deal with Gerwig and
did not require the stars to commit
to any sequels.
“We didn’t build it to be a trilogy
or something … We put everything
into this one,” Robbie told Associated
Press at the time . But Gerwig and
Noah Baumbach , her writing part-
ner and husband, have now said they
do have an idea for a sequel, and are
ready to begin writing if terms can
be agreed.
development of Barbie 2 has stalled
over salary negotiations, putting the
entire project in jeopardy, according
to a report in the New York Times .
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling ,
the i rst i lm’s stars, and its director
and co-writer Greta Gerwig , are yet
to agree on terms .
Gosling, who was nominated for
a best supporting actor Oscar for his
performance as Barbie’s boyfriend
Ken , is reportedly asking for $20m
(£14.8m) to return to the role.
Robbie, Gosling and Gerwig
are all represented by the talent
agency CAA .
The i lm rights to Barbie are due
to revert to Mattel, the toy company
▼ Kate Moss as a runaway bride during Galliano’s breakthrough 1994 Paris show (bottom left). Below, a model presenting one of his creations for Maison Margiela in Paris, 2015
PHOTOGRAPH: PAT/ARNAL/GAMMA-RAPHO/GETTY
communicates emotion, fantasy and storytelling and inl uenced genera- tions of designers.” Thomas describes Galliano as having “worked hard to earn the industry’s forgiveness”. A docu- mentary in 2024 delved into this redemption as the designer recalled how he spent time in rehabilita- tion for alcohol addiction and met prominent Jewish leaders to seek forgiveness. Within three years of his outburst, Galliano was appointed the creative director of Maison Margiela , a post he held for a decade . Since then his reintegration into the industry has stepped up further. In January, he sat front row at Jona- than Anderson’s debut show for Dior. In March, it was announced Galliano was embarking on a “two-year crea- tive partnership” with Zara on a series of collections, the i rst of which hits stores in September. According to the New York Times, the Met has held several meetings with Jewish leaders over the past year to discuss the event. In May, the Costume Institute’s head curator, Andrew Bolton , Vogue’s global editorial director and Met trustee, Anna Wintour, along with Galliano met with “a handful of the most inl uential rabbis and
that manufactures the doll, if Warner
Bros does not get deals in place with
all three of them by December.
The i lm studio’s co-chairs, Pam
Abdy and Michael De Luca , said in
a statement : “We have a rights deal
with Mattel in place and have made
a series of big of ers to try and i nal-
ise deals to make the next Barbie i lm.
Unfortunately, we have been unable
to reach an agreement thus far.”
If the rights were to return to Mat-
tel and it wanted to make another
Barbie i lm with a dif erent studio, it
would be unable to incorporate any
original story elements from the i rst
i lm, and Robbie, Gosling and Gerwig
could not be involved.
Jewish leaders in New York City” for a closed door meeting. According to a press release, the exhibition, which is split into three parts, “will address the derogatory conduct that fundamentally altered his career . In doing so, the exhibition will consider how artistic achieve- ment should be understood alongside ethical accountability.” Wintour has personally champi- oned Galliano since his landmark graduate collection that he showed at Central Saint Martins in 1984. She helped him secure i nancial support for his collections including his break- through spring/summer ’94 show in Paris, which starred Kate Moss as a runaway bride . Insiders say an exhi- bition was originally planned for 2024 but was postponed after some board members voiced concerns. Writing on Vogue.com Wintour said: “There is no one more deserv- ing of an exhibition of this scale than John Galliano. “He’s a great designer and his career isn’t dei ned by a moment – something that he will live with for the rest of his life. The exhibition won’t shy away from any of the dark- ness in John’s past. It’s part of what has shaped him. The show will take in the full arc of his career and grap- ple with all of it.”
News Migration
accuses Morocco of role in Ceuta migrant infl ux
Ashifa Kassam Madrid Okba Mohammad Ceuta Lisa O’Carroll
A growing chorus of voices has accused Morocco of helping to fuel the crisis in Ceuta, with the leader of the Spanish territory describing last week’s border crossings as an attack on Spain’s territorial integ- rity that was seen as being “if not orchestrated, at least encouraged or permitted by Morocco”. Spanish oi cials said yesterday that an estimated 69,500 people who had arrived late last week in Ceuta, a tiny Spanish territory in north Africa, had returned to Morocco in recent days. About 2,500 people who had made the crossing were believed to still be in Ceuta. The extraordinary inl ux had over- whelmed the city of 84,000 people and set of a political crisis across the EU, as some member states laid the blame on Spain. In Ceuta, leaders pointed to the broader picture of what had tran- spired. “It’s an atrocity,” said Juan Jesús Vivas , the long- serving con- servative leader of the territory. “There are 88 bodies in the morgue, and there are more on the other side of the border.” He said local people had watched the events play out with a mix of sad- ness, worry and anguish . “People see this not as a migration crisis; it was fundamentally an attack, a viola- tion of Spain’s territorial integrity,” Vivas told El País newspaper. “Peo- ple felt that this, if not orchestrated, was at least encouraged or permitted by Morocco.” He drew a parallel with May 2021, when Rabat loosened border con- trols, allowing 10,000 people to cross into Ceuta over the course of two days, during a diplomatic stand- of over Madrid’s decision to allow a Western Sahara independence leader to be treated for Covid-19 in Spain. This time around, analysts have suggested that Spain’s recent rapprochement with Rabat’s arch- enemy Algeria could have triggered a response from Morocco. Spain’s defence minister, Marga- rita Robles , also seemingly signalled
▲ Hundreds of people, including unaccompanied minors, are now sleeping rough on Ceuta’s beach or near the territory’s mosques PHOTOGRAPH: REDUAN/EPA
Rabat’s involvement yesterday. “Nei- ther Spain nor Morocco can look the other way when it comes to this trag- edy,” she told reporters. “I ask the Moroccan government to fully inves- tigate what happened.” The insinuation appeared to be backed by the preliminary assess- ment of Spanish intelligence services, which cited suspicions that the inl ux had not been planned by Moroc- can authorities but concluded that Morocco had failed to stem the tide of people rushing towards the border and in some cases had even facili- tated their passage. Intelligence sources told El País that the roots of the inl ux proba- bly lay in a social media hoax after a Spanish supreme court ruling that migrants arriving by sea could not be summarily deported. As the hoax gained steam, Moroccan border sur- veillance dwindled to a minimum
until it was completely lifted last week, allowing tens of thousands of people to stream through. In Ceuta yesterday, hundreds of people continu ed to sleep rough on the beach or near Ceuta’s mosques. One local official told reporters that those who remained in the city included 862 unaccompanied minors. Ashraf, 28, said he had dei ed his mother’s warnings against cross- ing into Spain after spotting posts on social media that said the border had been opened. While he had made it to Ceuta, what had followed was a days-long ordeal as he scrambled to i nd food and shelter, while fend- ing of the memories of what he had lived through. “You might see me smile a little but inside I’m shattered,” the Moroccan national said as he recalled swim- ming past bodies to reach Ceuta.
PHOTOGRAPH: VIOLETA SANTOS MOURA/REUTERS
“There were so many people in the sea. Everyone was trying to grab on to you to save themselves, and you were trying to escape and move for- ward so they wouldn’t drag you down or drown you . The Moroccan police were pushing us toward the water and telling us: ‘ Swim, swim.’ ” Others were desperately seeking loved ones who were missing. One mother said she had been roaming the streets of Ceuta for days, fran- tically searching for any sign of her children aged 13 and 16. She had left Morocco alone, i nd- ing out later that her two children had followed her by plunging into the sea to make their way around the border. “I need help,” she said as she held up a photo of a smiling young boy l ashing a thumbs -up sign. “Some migrants told me they had seen them in Ceuta, but I can’t i nd them.” Across the EU, the crisis in Ceuta had seemingly ushered in a moment of reckoning after a handful of EU countries responded to the crisis by calling for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen free-movement zone. Italy said it had suspended passport-free Schengen travel arrangements with Spain for one month, despite the fact that Ceuta is not part of Schengen. Before an emergency video meet- ing of interior ministers today to address the crisis, Spain’s foreign minister said the country would demand solidarity from EU members after several had, in his view, “fallen short” of what was expected. “There was a synchronised reac- tionary international ef ort that very quickly amplii ed what was happen- ing, spreading lies and fake news about the integrity of the Schengen area and about Spain’s actions,” José Manuel Albares told the broadcaster
TVE. “Unfortunately, these false- hoods have even been amplii ed by some European governments.” What had transpired in Ceuta was “very unusual”, he said. “Spain currently has the lowest number of irregular entries on the Mediterra- nean route,” he added, while Italy “was the country with the high- est number of irregular entries in Europe ”. He said he had been in contact with Moroccan authorities throughout the crisis. “They showed a willingness from the very beginning to mobilise police forces to help stem the l ow of migrants.” Ursula von der Leyen, the Euro- pean Commission president, said in a letter to Spain’s prime minis- ter, Pedro Sánchez, that the meeting today would be a chance to draw les- sons from what happened in Ceuta, and she commended Madrid for its swift handling of the crisis. “From this incident, it is clear that we must do more to further strengthen our borders at critical points,” she said. At a meeting of member states on Saturday, the Guardian was told that while Italy and Denmark, with some support from Poland and Sweden, had criticised Spain for what had hap- pened, there was a strong suspicion that the crisis was not an accident but had been coordinated. There was widespread recognition that Spain could not simply pin the blame on Morocco, given the close cooperation needed to return those who had crossed and, in the longer term, for migration control and secu- rity, a source said. EU states also spoke about the threat of Russian disinformation and how it could exploit the crisis to heighten tensions across the bloc, the source added.
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abuse of NHS radiographers
Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent
Radiographers working across the NHS have experienced a “notice able” rise in racist abuse by patients, who have called them “monkeys” and refused treatment from black and Asian staf , according to a report. A survey of 381 members of the Society of Radiographers revealed instances of overt racism experienced and witnessed by radi- ographers across the NHS over the past 18 months. Some examples of these instances included staf being called “dirty for- eigners”, patients complaining about the skin colour of those attending to them, and patients making com- ments in front of staf about “people coming over here and taking our jobs”. One patient made jokes about
Highly strung Performers from Tale of the Firebird on Calton Hill in Edinburgh
limber up before their fringe show, Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic
Orchestra , a reimagining of a violin concerto that combines physical theatre,
acrobatics, aerial arts, fi re performance and contemporary dance.
PHOTOGRAPH:
LESLEY MARTIN
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a radiographer’s headscarf and
complained that they could not
understand her (she speaks with
a mild Yorkshire accent). Another
patient due to be X-rayed refused to
let a black radiographer treat them
and said: “Black people frighten me.”
Prof Habib Naqvi, the chief exec-
utive of the NHS Race and Health
Observatory, said these instances
were a “sobering reminder of the rac-
ism, prejudice and hatred that persist
in our society, and of the profound
impact they have on healthcare staf
and the communities they serve.
“They create real fear, trauma
and anxiety among our diverse
workforce, who continue to pro-
vide diligent, compassionate care to
patients at some of the most vulner-
able moments in their lives.”
Naqvi added: “The NHS could not
function without the skill, dedica-
tion and compassion of healthcare
workers from across the world. We
strongly condemn these reported
Boy thrown off
Tate balcony
in 2019 goes
back to school
racist incidents, and there must be
a clear, consistently enforced zero-
tolerance approach across the NHS,
including in cases where patients dis-
play racist or otherwise unacceptable
conduct.”
Paul Awah, a 39-year-old radiog-
rapher based in Bedfordshire, who
moved to the UK from Nigeria i ve
years ago, has frequently experi-
enced patients claiming they cannot
understand what he is saying, even
though English is his i rst language.
“Sometimes, no matter how
clear you’re speaking to a particular
patient, a white patient, independ-
ent of whether the patient is sick or
not, they just pretend not to under-
stand,” Awah said. “They seem to
381 Number of members of the Society of Radiographers surveyed about experiencing overt racism at work
understand people speaking with
an Irish or a Scottish accent, but
they claim to not understand me
even though I am speaking clearly.
Some patients also assume that we
are not qualii ed. I had one instance
where I left a cannula for a patient,
and they asked me: ‘Why can’t your
colleague do it?’”
For Awah, the current political cli-
mate and rhetoric about immigration
from the far right has a part to play in
the rising instances of racism experi-
enced by NHS staf . “What used to be
something people wouldn’t say, now
the rhetoric has changed,” Awah said.
Previous surveys have revealed
the extent of racism directed at NHS
staf .
In October, the nursing union
revealed that the number of rac-
ist incidents experienced by staf
had risen by 55% over a three-year
period , while the latest NHS staf sur-
vey found that one in i ve black and
minority ethnic staf had reported
abuse, bullying or harassment from
patients or the public, compared with
just one in 20 white staf .
Thomas Simons , the chief human
resources and organisational devel-
opment oi cer at NHS England, said:
“Racist abuse towards NHS staf is
completely unacceptable and has no
place in our health service. ”
PA Media
A boy thrown from the viewing balcony at the Tate Modern art gallery has a “smile back on his face” after being discharged from hospital, his family have said. The French youngster, whose name remains undisclosed for privacy reasons, was six when he was badly hurt in an attack by 17-year-old Jonty Bravery at the London gallery on 4 August 2019. The child, who was on holiday with his parents, survived a 30-metre fall but suf ered life-changing injuries, including a bleed on the brain and a number of broken bones. Almost seven years on from the incident, his family, who call him “notre petit chevalier” (our little knight) reported via an update on a GoFundMe page that he was able to return to school briel y before the summer holidays. They said: “We wanted to let you know that our little knight has i nally left the hospital! “His hospital stay was kept as short as possible because, despite our daily presence and encouragement, our son was becoming deeply disheart- ened and kept asking when he could go back to class and see his friends. “It was a great joy for him to return to school shortly before the summer holidays; since the lessons were well-tailored to his needs and chal- lenges, he was able to start learning again, and reuniting with his teach- ers and classmates put a smile back on his face.” In April this year his family had reported that his recovery had taken a “sad step backwards” . The GoFundMe page was set up by a nurse, Vicky Diplacto from Sur- rey, whose brother was paralysed in an incident overseas. The crowd-funding initiative, which aims to cover the medical costs of the French boy’s family, has so far raised more than £500,000. The child continues to undergo intensive rehabilitation including physiotherapy, speech therapy and neuropsychology. To celebrate the end of his hospi- tal treatment, his family are treating him to a tandem paragliding l ight, and a seaside getaway with friends Bravery, now 24, was in supported accommodation at the time of the attack but was allowed out unsu- pervised. He intended to select and kill someone, a court was later told. Bravery, who was 17 at the time, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 15 years.
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and price rises as drought and heat hit Europe’s crops
Sarah Butler
Farmers across Europe are warning of a slump in food production and ris- ing prices as crops suf er as a result of extreme heat, drought and wildi res. The vegetable growers associa- tion Légumes de France has warned that thousands of tonnes of products worth tens of millions of euros had been lost – including salad leaves, car- rots, leeks, garlic and onions, with production on certain crops expected to be halved owing to the lack of rain. Olive groves have also been hit, meaning the cost of oil – already at elevated levels – is expected to start rising again , while the scorching French weather has held back grape growth in wine regions including Bor- deaux and Burgundy . In Champagne, producers expect the earliest harvest ever, with pick- ing likely to start around 15 August , about a month earlier than was typi- cal a few decades ago. Growers expect grape yields to be about 10% smaller than last year, Reuters reported. The EU has cut harvest predic- tions on a whole menu of crops, with expectations for sunl owers, essen- tial for cooking oils, down by 7% . Meanwhile grain maize is down 6% on the previous forecast and expec- tations for potatoes and soya beans have been trimmed by 3% . In Spain, the ministry of agricul- ture predicts the country’s cereal crop will fall from last year’s 24m tonnes to little more than 18.5m tonnes – a forecast made before wildi res took their toll . That is despite the coun- try’s farmers being more adapted to hot dry conditions , growing crop varieties that can cope with higher temperatures and drawing more on irrigation and water storage to man- age periods of drought. Spain’s ASAJA agricultural trade body said direct damage from i re had hit orchards, vineyards, agri- cultural land and greenhouses – af ecting citrus fruits, avocados, almonds, vineyards, vegetables and olive groves – while water stress and extreme temperatures had af ected production of tomatoes and maize. “While local production losses
Climate crisis
▲ French vineyards have burned while heatwaves have reduced yields
‘Remarkable conditions’ A record-breaking July
July 2026 was the driest month in southern England since records began nearly 200 years ago, the Met Oi ce has said . England and Wales also provisionally recorded their driest July since records began in 1836. Wales had its joint warmest July on record for mean temperature, and England its second warmest July. It was the sixth consecutive month to have had above average mean temperatures . Dr Amy Doherty , a science manager at the Met Oi ce, said: “The combination of record- breaking dryness, exceptional warmth and unprecedented sunshine has delivered one of the most notable summer months in our historical records.” The Environment Agency said the conditions were af ecting farmers, wildlife and the amount of water available for public and business use. Half of England and the whole of Wales were declared to be oi cially in drought last week. In England, 40% of the population are under a hosepipe ban . The National Farmers’ Union has warned the drought could lead to shortages of certain foods in Britain. The Met Oi ce said yesterday England had only 6.5mm of rainfall in July – 10% of the long- term average for the month. Wales has also had its driest July on record, with 9.3mm of rainfall – 9% of its long-term average . Pippa Neill
An irrigation pipe for corn crops to guard against drought damage in Beynost, easternFrance
PHOTOGRAPH: ALEX MARTIN/ AFP/GETTY IMAGES
may reduce export volumes for some products,” a spokesperson said, the main concern was “higher produc- tion costs” rather than restrictions on international trade. Olive oil producers said they expected another surge in prices as growers struggled with a combina- tion of extreme heat, drought and, in some cases, i res. Groves have burned in Greece, Italy and Portugal , with nearby trees suf ering from blowing ash and poor air quality. The extreme hot weather has also prompted an increase in pests and disease . The price of olive oil around the world had drifted down from a spike two years ago . But the price of a 1-litre bottle of extra virgin oil in UK stores remains above £7 on average and ha s begun rising again in recent months. Sarah Vachon , founder of the Cit- izens of Soil olive oil group, said: “Unless the weather is under control soon, we should expect pricing to rise in the autumn since there will be less edible fruit to make olive oil from.” Walter Zanre , the head of the UK arm of the olive oil brand Filippo Berio , said temperatures in Spain, Europe’s main olive oil producer, were closer to normal than elsewhere in Europe but trees were suf ering from drought, which can prompt them to shed their crop. He said: “The combination of drought-induced fruit loss and an earlier harvest will be closely moni- tored over the coming weeks, as both factors have the potential to mate- rially inl uence olive oil production volumes and market prices .” The UK harvest has also been hit by drought , with wholesalers saying they are having to turn to Spain and elsewhere for key items including ice- berg lettuce and broccoli . Jason Bull , the managing direc- tor of the UK food importer Eurostar Commodities, said: “ Winter harvests are progressing rapidly and remain reasonable in many countries, but heat has reduced yield potential and may af ect grain quality. “Summer crops face a much more serious threat from drought, depleted soil moisture and heat during l ow- ering. Irrigated crops are generally performing better than rainfed crops, but rising water demand and possible irrigation restrictions create addi- tional risk.” He said Turkey was the “major positive exception” as a cool and wet spring supported record-high win- ter crop yields, while prospects for summer crops were also favourable. Italy is also emerging as “one of the more positive stories” for the production of the kind of wheat for l our used in cakes and biscuits. The European Commission is forecasting a 10% increase in Italian output, sup- ported by improved yields. Romania has also had a good year after several years of drought.
People told to stop outdoor activities as temperatures hit record high
Mark Saunokonoko
South Korea has registered its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago , as authori- ties warned people at the weekend to “immediately” stop all outdoor activ- ities in af ected areas. The south-eastern city of Yangsan reached 42.5C (108.5F) on Sunday afternoon, the Korea Meteorologi- cal Administration (KMA) said, the highest temperature reported since
19 The average annual heatwave days recorded in South Korea, which has doubled in the past fi ve years 42.5C The temperature in Yangsan on Sunday, South Korea’s highest since observations began in 1904
▲ Pedestrians walk through a mist-spraying system in Seoul. Left, people in the South Korean capital seek shade under a bridge
PHOTOGRAPHS: GREG BAKER/AFP/GETTY; JUNG YEON-JE/ AFP/GETTY
modern weather observation began
in 1904 .
Yangsan has been at the centre
of a heatwave, where temperatures
exceeded 40C for a i fth consecutive
day on Sunday, while many other cit-
ies including Daegu and Busan were
in the high 30s.
People gathered in air-conditioned
shopping malls or cafes to escape the
heat . Others sought relief under mist-
spray zones in Seoul.
Ju Dong-yeol, 27, an oi ce worker
who had taken refuge from the heat in
a Starbucks in the South Korean cap-
ital along with his parents, said: “ It is
too hot to be outside doing anything.”
He added: “I can’t think of any-
thing else to do other than stay in
air-conditioned places like home,
shopping malls and cafes .”
The city of Gyeongju , about
150 miles south-east of Seoul,
reached 40.3C on Sunday, its highest
recorded temperature in eight years.
North Korea has also faced punish-
ing heat, with temperatures hitting
40C in some regions, state media
◀ Water cannon are sprayed over
spectators to help them cool of
during a baseball game in Seoul
PHOTOGRAPH: YONHAP/AFP/GETTY
reported yesterday. Residents in Pyongyang have endured a week of nights where the temperature has not dropped below 25C. More than 20 areas in South Korea were under emergency heatwave alerts on Sunday – a warning cate- gory introduced this year to better address rising temperatures. An emergency alert is issued when areas experiencing a heatwave are forecast to reach perceived tempera- tures of 38C or an actual temperature of 39C for the day. The weather agency urged peo- ple in af ected areas to “immediately stop all outdoor activities”, adding that “indoor spaces without air con- ditioning are dangerous”. It added: “Move immediately to a cool place, such as a designated cool- ing centre or a shaded area, and stay hydrated while resting.” Amid concerns for those most vul- nerable to heat, the prime minister, Han Seong-sook , ordered local oi - cials to strengthen safety checks on residents and to ensure a stable power and water supply was maintained. Easterly winds were expected to push the extreme heat f arther inland yesterday, with Seoul fore- cast to reach 37C. “Temperatures in South Jeolla and South Gyeongsang are expected to exceed 39C, bring- ing extreme heat at life-threatening levels,” the KMA said. Officials were also monitoring Typhoon Dolphin , which was track- ing towards China’s south-east coast , south of the Korean peninsula, and could dictate how long the stil ing heatwave persist ed. If the typhoon move d towards eastern China, it could increase humidity and potentially worsen the heatwave and tropical nights in Korea, the KMA said. However, a path closer to the south of the peninsula could bring stronger winds, greater cloud cover and rain, temporarily easing the heat. The weather agency’s data show the average annual number of heat- wave days in the country has more than doubled to 19 in the past i ve years . A heatwave day is dei ned as one with a maximum temperature of at least 33C. South Korea’s professional base- ball league had to cancel a game in Changwon after the city’s daytime temperature climbed to 39.5C , the second consecutive game to be can- celled in the city. The Korea Baseball Organization said: “The decision was made with the safety and health of spectators and players as the top priority, as a severe heatwave warning remains in ef ect for the Changwon area .” Scientists say extreme weather events such as heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of human-induced climate change. Adding to the extreme weather is the return this year of El Niño – a natural climate phenomenon that warms Pacii c Ocean surface temper- atures and typically occurs every two to seven years.
Romania Explosives used to divert Danube water to nuclear power station
Lorenzo Tondo
Romanian naval forces carried out a
controlled explosion to help re direct
vital cooling water from the drought-
hit Danube to the country’s last
working nuclear reactor, while neigh-
bouring Hungary said it may be able
to eke out two more days of power
from its only atomic plant.
Hungary and Romania have been
forced to shut down nuclear reactors
cooled by water from the Danube for
the i rst time, as record-low levels in
the river deepen fears of an energy
crisis across the region.
Romania has declared a state
of emergency throughout August
stemming from a decline in electric-
ity production after the shutdown of
the Cernavod ă nuclear power station.
The Danube operation used 180kg
of explosives, the Adevărul news-
paper reported, to move a large rock
restricting the l ow of water in a blast
that sent a tower of water into the air .
The extraordinary measure under-
lin ed the scale of the crisis in Europe,
where heat and drought have low-
ered river levels and raised concerns
about water supplies, river transport
and power generation.
“Any day past Wednesday or
Thursday that the nuclear power
plant functions is a gain,” Romania’s
defence minister, Radu Mirută , said
yesterday. “A day of it functioning is
three times more ei cient than the
costs of this operation.”
Experts said the controlled explo-
sion would allow authorities to
build a temporary dam, diverting
more water into the channel serving
Cernavod ă’s remaining reactor.
With both countries’ sole nuclear
plants at reduced capacity, Hungary
and Romania are increasingly rely-
ing on expensive power imports as
the heatwave increases demand for
electricity.
At Paks , Hungary’s Soviet-era
nuclear power station, output has
been reduced . The 44-year-old
▲ The explosion moved a large rock restricting the l ow of the Danube, which is at a record low level
plant, which normally generates
almost half of the country’s electric-
ity, is operating at less than half its
capacity. Authorities had previously
warned they might have to shut Paks
as early as Sunday, but later said it
could operate at its reduced capac-
ity until yesterday or today, of ering
a small reprieve for the country’s
power supply.
Hungary’s prime minister, Péter
Magyar, said the plant was expected
to be fully shut down next week.
With the Danube forecast to remain
too shallow for the reactors’ cool-
ing systems, the closure could last
for several weeks. “An energy crisis
situation could arise beginning Mon-
day,” he posted on X. “Coordinated
steps and restraint will be needed to
avoid more severe consequences. We
are counting on everyone!”
He added: “Today and maybe
tomorrow the last turbine produc-
ing 240 megawatts can keep working .
This is very good news, as the com-
plete shutdown of the plant can be
avoided on one of the days with the
highest consumption .”
Magyar earlier said voluntary cuts
in power usage had reduced demand
by 700 MW on Sunday, signii cantly
easing pressure on the grid.
Adding to voluntary cuts by other
companies, the pharmaceuticals
company Richter said yesterday
it would reduce its electricity con-
sumption by more than 50% in the
next three weeks.
In Serbia , record-low Danube
levels mean the country’s key hydro-
electric plant is running at only 20%
of its capacity, prompting the prime
minister, Đuro Macut , to preside over
an emergency meeting yesterday
focusing on energy problems.
Water levels are not expected to
rise on the Danube in the coming
days or even weeks as no signii -
cant rainfall is forecast. The river
passes through 10 countries. In some
stretches it has fallen to levels never
previously recorded. The river’s
retreat has revealed rocks, ship-
wrecks, a second world war bomb and
the remains of a woolly mammoth .
The prehistoric bones were dis-
covered on the exposed riverbed
by a resident of Ryahovo , a village
in northern Bulgaria. Experts from
the regional history museum in the
nearby city of Ruse were sent to
examine the rare i nd.
Virtual worlds
updated to train
British soldiers
O
n a sunny July day in Riga, a Nato convoy drives down a street lined with kebab shops and a pharmacy. At a town centre intersection, there is the sound of an explosion and the leading tank bursts into l ame. This is a real street in the Latvian capital: Lāčplēša Street . The pedestrians who l ee and huddle at a distance are modelled after the population of Riga: some old, some young, some friendly to Nato , others less so. But the entire thing is a simulation. It has been built by Skyral , a UK company that is part of a consortium that recently won a £2bn contract from the Ministry of Defence to train the British army. Modern armies have been training in virtual environments for decades. In 2002, the US army launched a video game called America’s Army, initially run on Windows, a multiplayer shooting scenario that aimed to model combat situations but was criticised as being propaganda for the US military. A new generation of companies are trying to of er something dif erent: intricate, layered models of systems or places that can capture the second-order consequences of events. Skyral aims to allow militaries to recreate
Troops train in real-life in southern England. In future they could train on a simulator
PHOTOGRAPH: HENRY NICHOLLS
cities and even entire countries. The purpose is to train soldiers and tacticians on the consequences of a decision. For example, if a missile strike hits a crowded city street, the population will l ee. But if that missile knocks out a power station on a cold winter’s day, the same people are likely to shelter in dif erent areas. There is limited research on how much a technology like Skyral’s might improve how soldiers are trained. Broadly, games work: earlier research has suggested service personnel who have trained on l ight simulators perform far better in real-world scenarios. But there are limits to how ef ectively such scenarios model real-world
▲ Aisha Down takes part in a live VR demonstration of the technology
▲ Jimmy Cricket hosted his own show, And There’s More, on ITV
environments, or how transferable
they are to combat. That said,
running a simulation is easier and
cheaper than setting up live combat
drills – which is why militaries are
spending billions on them.
The ideas Skyral is of ering have
been in development for some
time. But the UK will be one of
the i rst militaries to integrate the
technology deeply into training its
forces. The contract comes amid
a wider public debate about how
much money the UK is allocating
to defence, and if this is sui cient
to address changing and growing
threats.
How is it dif erent than soldiers
playing Call of Duty? It’s “probably
a bit more Fortnite on steroids ”,
says Naomi Hulme , Skyral’s
co- chief executive .
Over time, the company built
a platform that integrates layers
upon layers of information to build,
as far as possible, a faithful and
usable model of a real city and a real
battlei eld.
Skyral calls this a “digital twin ”.
The term originally referred to
virtual models of machines, such
as cars, that enabled predictive
maintenance – for example, by
simulating how brake pads might
wear down after i ve years’ use.
But it has widened out recently to
refer to ef orts to model reality and
allow armies – and humanitarian
missions and surgeons – to game
out complex decisions.
“It has become a buzzword,” says
Wiktor Dotter , the chief executive
of Power Size Technologies
(PST) , a defence and automotive-
tech company based in Royal
Leamington Spa. The company is
working with the UK military – as
well as the US and others – on a
separate set of simulations.
PST builds virtual models of
energy systems – everything from
the batteries in a tank to the solar
panels in a desert camp – and
of ers these to militaries to help
them decide how to electrify their
equipment. These technologies
are particularly applicable to
the military, Dotter says, where
procurement is expensive and
decisions are political and
take time.
“What we try to do is say [to the]
MoD: ‘You want to try solar panels
in the desert? … You can just do that
in simulation … We have enough
data to do that.’”
Jimmy Cricket dies aged 80 after a short illness
PA Media
The comedian Jimmy Cricket asked for the last rites twice, “almost like he asked for an encore”, before his death at the age of 80, his son Frankie Mul- grew said yesterday. The Northern Irish stand up come- dian, born James Mulgrew, died after a short illness, a statement from his family said. His youngest son, a for- mer comedian who became a priest, described his father as being “like a light” and said he loved making people laugh. The comedian Ted Robbins ref- erenced Cricket’s catchphrase as he paid tribute, writing on X: “I worked with him many times and he was one of the last great comics a unique style, never blue, just funny. “I know he and all his family have a great Christian faith so maybe the angels will be saying: ‘Come here Jimmy – there’s more’!” Cricket left school at 16 and spent his summers working as a Redcoat camp host at Butlin’s holiday camps. He went on to work the comedy club scene throughout the 1970s and 80s, going on to win LWT’s Search for a Star talent contest before getting his own ITV show, And There’s More, which ran for four seasons.
of young women who will get disease’
Andrew Gregory Health editor
Young women in England who later develop breast cancer are not being referred for early tests or prevent ive treatment because current guidelines used by GPs miss 95% of patients, research suggests. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) criteria used to decide who should be referred by family doctors for further breast cancer risk assessment and specialist care are failing to spot the vast major- ity of women under 50 who will go on to develop the disease in the next 10 years, according to the University of Cambridge and the Institute of Can- cer Research, London (ICR). The i ndings, published in the Brit- ish Journal of Cancer , prompted calls for a review of the referral criteria. Breast cancer is the most com- mon cancer in women worldwide , account ing for about one in four of
the ‘endless scrutiny’ for stepping out of spotlight
Sian Cain
Ariana Grande has announced plans to take a break from public-facing work after her tour ends – due to “endless, ongoing public scrutiny”. The singer, 33, who is due to per- form in the UK this month, is pulling out of the upcoming London revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park With George . A representative for Grande told People magazine: “Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour. She looks forward to … end- ing it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much- deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny. “This tour has been a beautiful experience for her. She loves her fans and has loved every minute of this tour so much.” Grande’s part in the new produc- tion of the musical, which is set to open at the Barbican in 2027, will be recast, the production company Empire Street Productions said. A statement to PA Media said: “Empire Street Productions have said following this evening’s
all cases , and is one of the leading causes of death in women under 50 . Early identii cation of those at higher risk can pave the way for additional screening or preventive treatment. But the current criteria given to GPs in England to refer women at risk of breast cancer for further tests or specialist care overlook up to 95% of patients under 50 who go on to develop the disease within a decade, the analysis suggests. Spotting those at the highest risk earlier would give doctors a better chance at treating or even prevent- ing breast cancer, experts said. In England, women at a higher risk of the disease are referred by GPs for fur ther assessment and specialist care. This is based on family history, as well as criteria set by Nice. Comparing the up-to-date guide- lines with a new risk assessment system developed by Cambridge and funded by Cancer Research UK – called Boadicea – experts identi- i ed eight times as many women in
announcement from Ariana Grande’s team, we can coni rm that she has decided to step back from Sunday in the Park with George. “We know this cannot have been an easy decision, and she makes it with our complete understanding and support. We wish her nothing but the best. The production will open … as planned, and casting will be announced in due course.” Grande’s announcement came days after she released the music video for Petal, the title single from her newly released eighth studio
the age group who would develop breast cancer. The researchers said the Nice cri- teria miss up to 95% of women aged under 50 with a higher-than-aver- age risk of breast cancer, and 95% of women who go on to develop the dis- ease within 10 years. A major reason for the disparity is because 73% of women under 50 who develop breast cancer within 10 years have no family history of breast cancer, the key criteri on in
25% Proportion of worldwide cancer cases among women that are accounted for by breast cancer 73% Proportion of women in England under 50 who develop the disease despite having no family history
album, which sparked speculation about her weight loss and her health. One of her new songs, Like I Do , includes a possible dig at years of headlines about her weight: “I’ve got shit to talk, keeps me well fed.” Grande became emotional during a 2024 interview when asked how she handled the pressure “to always look perfect”. She described herself as being “a specimen in a petri dish since I was 16 or 17. “I have heard it all. I have heard every form of what is wrong with me. And then you i x it and then it
the Nice guidelines. Boadicea also
looked in detail at other factors such
as reproductive history, lifestyle and
genetics.
Dr Juliet Usher-Smith , of the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, said: “We need
to get better at identifying women at
highest risk of breast cancer so that
we can intervene early, when there
are more options for treating, or even
preventing, their disease.
“The current Nice criteria used in
general practice are missing up to
95% of women under 50 who will go
on to develop breast cancer. It’s time
to look again at these criteria .”
Prof Montserrat Garc ía-Closas , of
the ICR, said: “There will be a balance
to strike: the Nice criteria are much
easier to implement, but miss a large
proportion of women at elevated
risk. But a full risk assessment includ-
ing genetic testing will place a heavy
burden on resources.
“Ultimately, it will be a trade-of
between the practical resource and
cost implications of data collection
is wrong for dif erent reasons.” She added: “It is hard to protect yourself from that noise. I think that it’s some- thing that is uncomfortable no matter what scale you’re experiencing it on.” Comments about weight could be “uncomfortable” and “horrible”, she said. “From what you are wearing, to your body, to your face, to your eve- rything – there is a comfortability that people have commenting on that that I think is really dangerous. I think it is dangerous for all parties involved.” Grande posted the interview again on her social media in November “as
and risk assessment, and the poten- tial benei ts and harms associated with accurate and inaccurate classi- i cation of women.” Dr Simon Vincent, the chief sci- entii c oi cer of Breast Cancer Now , which supported the study, said new ways to identify women at higher risk could help prevent some breast can- cers or detect them earlier, when treatment was more likely to be successful. “These findings highlight the limitations of Nice’s current referral criteria, and so this research must now be carefully considered as part of the current review of its family history guidelines. “However, it’s equally impor- tant that any changes come with the needed investment in family history services, so they can be implemented ef ectively and fairly across the NHS.” A Nice spokesperson said: “Nice welcomes the i ndings of this study and recognises the potential of multi- factorial risk models in improving the identii cation of women at increased risk of breast cancer in the future. “However, the current evidence does not warrant a change to our exist- ing familial breast cancer guideline at this time. Nice remains committed to reviewing new evidence and will con- sider further updates as more data on feasibility and clinical outcomes become available.”
a loving reminder to all”. The Eter- nal Sunshine tour will arrive in the UK this month with a 10-night res- idency at the O2. Her i nal London show on 1 September will mark the end of the tour. Grande has won three Grammy awards in a music career that took of in 2013 after the release of her debut album, Yours Truly. She found fame as Cat Valentine on the Nickelo- deon television shows Victorious and Sam & Cat . She was also nominated for an Oscar for her role as Glinda in the 2024 i lm adaptation of Wicked .
Ariana Grande perform ing in Los Angeles at the start of her Eternal Sunshine tour
PHOTOGRAPH: KATIA TEMKIN
National xSubjectxxxx
Deputy Tice faces inquiry by watchdog
Aletha Adu Political correspondent
Richard Tice, the deputy leader of
Reform UK , is under investigation
by parliament’s standards watch-
dog over a possible failure to declare
an interest.
It said the case was opened on
28 July and would be conducted by
Daniel Greenberg , the parliamentary
commissioner for standards .
As a matter of procedure, the
body does not release details of an
allegation being investigated until it
has published its conclusion .
Tice, the MP for Boston and Skeg-
ness, said on X that the inquiry
related to a complaint over “whether
I should have referenced my register
of interests at the start of a debate on
UK democracy and Israeli inl uence”.
Without naming the group he was
referring to, he wrote on X: “ Contrary
to garbage in media: Standards Com-
missioner is considering complaint
by anti semitic anti-Israel lobby
group over whether I should have
referenced my register of interests
at start of a debate on UK democracy
and Israeli inl uence.”
A Labour party spokesperson said:
“The Reform sleaze scandals con-
tinue to pile up. Richard Tice is now
under investigation by the stand-
ards commissioner, on top of his i rm
avoiding paying £600,000 in tax.
“This means that both Reform’s
leader and deputy leader now have
standards investigations hanging
over them. With police probes, Nigel
Farage’s secret £5m gift, and reports
of funding from a convicted fraud-
ster, it’s clear Reform think the rules
just don’t apply to them.”
The Metropolitan police are
also investigating Reform UK over
donations made to the party via a
company controlled by Tice.
The Met investigation came after
the Guardian revealed last month
that Fiona Cottrell made a £1m trans-
fer to Britain Means Business shortly
before the donations were made and
about half of the funds were passed
to Reform UK.
Last week, parliament’s standards
watchdog declined to investigate a
complaint against Tice over an unde-
clared loan of £78,100 he received in
December 2024, months after he was
elected to parliament .
Tice had said the loan was made
to one of his companies and was not
declarable.
of interests at the start of a debate on
UK democracy and Israeli inl uence”.
Farage – who last summer dom-
inated much of the media cycle
with a series of interventions on
immig ration – attempted to reset
the narrative yesterday with a news
conference on the party’s proposals
to use the Royal Navy in the Chan-
nel. But once again he was forced to
answer multiple questions about the
party’s i nances.
He said: “I had no intention about
returning to politics, or as leader of
Reform, but in the spring of that year
I did talk to Richard Tice about what
the liabilities would be if … I was to
come back to that position .”
The Sunday Times reported Far-
age negotiated the deal in March and
April 2024 , said to have involved
Reform agreeing to repay or write off
more than £1m in loans to Tice’s i rm.
“You would be a bit of a mug if
Politics
of leadership talks raises fresh doubts over £5m gift
in 15 months – and his own rating with the public at its lowest since he returned to the role. Meanwhile, also yesterday: • Senior naval i gures and the French authorities dismissed Reform pro- posals to use military vessels to stop small boats crossing the Channel, saying they “lacked substance” and amounted to a “violation of maritime law and international law”. • Farage continued to face a chal- lenge from Rupert Lowe’s Restore party, with Lowe accusing him of lying over an exchange of messages between the pair over an off er to work together. • Parliament’s standards watchdog opened an investigation into the Reform deputy leader, Richard Tice, over, what he said was “whether I should have referenced my register
you were to walk into a job and not i nd out what the potential liabilities were, and they were substantial ,” Far- age said. “That was useful for me to know but it wasn’t a deal. It wasn’t an agreement. It was subject to if I came back. And if you want clarii - cation on this, that came some time after the gift, which perhaps is the important point.” Bridget Phillipson , the Labour chair, said: “Nigel Farage has blown a gaping hole in his excuse for why his secret £5 m ‘gift’ from a crypto bil- lionaire did not need to be declared. “Farage has desperately tried to distract from his catalogue of scan- dals. But the embattled Reform leader has run out of road and must come clean with the public. If he had done nothing wrong, he surely would have explained himself by now. “With grubby pacts, police probes, and support from a convicted
fraudster – Reform are up to their neck in sleaze and they clearly think the rules don’t apply to them.” Pressed later at the same Reform event about when in 2024 he had started to think about returning to frontline politics , Farage said he was being “bullied and bullied for months by lots of diff erent people”. He claimed he had been “60/40” in favour of going to America where an exciting period potentially beck- oned for him in his role as a GB News host covering US politics. Farage has held far fewer press conferences since coming under scru- tiny over his i nances. In a departure from the norm, Reform UK limited the number of questions from media outlets at the press conference, when Farage would previously make a show of taking questions from every outlet. The Reform UK leader is widely expected to win a by election in Clac- ton next week after all the mainstream
▲ Nigel Farage previously claimed he had not needed to disclose a £5m gift as he was not then in politics
PHOTOGRAPH: TOLGA AKMEN/EPA
parties declined to stand . A poll from Survation yesterday put Farage on 75% with his nearest challenger – Count Binface – on 20%. Turnout is expected to be low. However, victory in the Essex con- stituency will trigger the re starting of two investigations by the parlia- mentary commissioner for standards into: one into the £5m given to Far- age by Harborne and another into undisclosed benei ts from Cottrell. Other parties have indicated that they intend to stand in Clacton later this year in the event that another by election could be triggered by any i ndings against Farage. Farage has given various explana- tions for the £5m gift since it was i rst revealed by the Guardian in April . In May he said it was a “reward” for campaigning for Brexit, whereas previously, he had said the gift was given for security purposes, to keep him “safe and secure” for the rest of his life. The money underlined the pivotal role Harborne has played in British politics – bankrolling Farage personally and the parties he has led over the past seven years. Last year, he donated £9m to Reform UK – the largest ever single donation by a liv- ing person to a British political party.
accusations
Snubs and
slights on
hard right
Ben Quinn Political correspondent E
ven by the standards of their rivalry, the speed at which Rupert Lowe’s olive branch to Nigel Farage morphed into fresh recriminations between the two was swift. It began with a softly lit 12-minute video posted on Sunday by the Restore Britain leader, looking straight into the camera lens and referring to “ Nigel ” as he suggested his party could be willing to cast aside dif erences and work with Reform UK. Despite being suspended by Reform in March 2025, and going on to start his own party to chip away at Farage’s vote, Lowe said the two men should put “personalities and our past disagreements aside for the good of the country”. But Farage did not appear to be tempted. At a press conference yesterday, he in ef ect accused Lowe of bad faith, wondering aloud about the circumstances of the “of er” and accusing his one- time colleague of “screaming” and “threatening” colleagues when he was in the party ranks.
‘Operation Fortress’ Would Reform’s plan for migrants work?
Under Reform’s so-called Operation Fortress, migrants would be detained and given food and water before being returned “under escort” on naval vessels to France or Belgium. But sceptics have questioned whether the plans would work.
What would the Royal Navy
be asked to do?
Reform’s policy document states
that navy of shore patrol vessels
(OPVs) , instead of the Border
Force’s l eet of i ve cutters and six
patrol ships, would “close on and
shadow” dinghies in the Channel.
Three OPVs, each nearly
80 metres (262ft) long, are
deployed around the UK, though
they are due to be decommissioned
in 2028 and may be sold to
Uruguay. One, HMS Tyne , is
currently shadowing a Russian
frigate, Neustrashimy , in the North
Sea with a French corvette.
An alternative, said Tom Sharpe,
a former navy commander , would
be to deploy a frigate, though he
said it would be “an incredible
waste of a military asset, to do
a Border Force or ferrying job
with a specialist warship”.
By midday, Lowe had accused
Farage of lying when he said
he had been in touch with the
Restore leader. But Lowe posted a
screen shot of a curt “will call later”
message from Farage on social
media.
Whatever the truth , the
exchanges are a reminder of how
Restore has emerged as a very
real obstacle in Farage’s road to
Downing Street.
Lowe’s of er to work together
came after Restore i nished fourth
in the Greater Manchester mayoral
election , ahead of the Liberal
Democrats and the Conservatives
– a relatively impressive feat for an
electoral start up just months old.
That came after the party
i nished third in the Makeri eld
by election, the strongest
Westminster electoral performance
since at least 2010 by a party that
has not just endorsed explicitly far-
i ght positions but has welcomed
far- right activists into its ranks.
Many of its policy positions – a
referendum on the death penalty,
bans on halal and kosher slaughter,
and a deportation policy informed
What does the Royal Navy think? A master of any ship is taught they have a duty “to render assistance” to any person in danger of being lost at sea, and to proceed “with all possible speed” to those in distress, as spelled out in article 98 of the UN convention on the law on the sea, the foundation of maritime law. Though each incident will be dif erent, Reform envisages that Royal Marines on inl atables would approach what are often packed dinghies to pick up those on board – though refugees and migrants may not be compliant as they are likely to fear arrest. John Foreman, a former navy captain , said: “Mariners are obliged
How has France responded to the proposals? One French offi cial told the Guardian that such plans would be “unacceptable”. “The [French] government would clearly not expect a key ally such as the UK to infringe on territory or waters without consent,” the offi cial said. Rajeev Syal and Dan Sabbagh
▲ Rupert Lowe, the leader of Restore
Britain, has emerged as a very real
obstacle in Nigel Farage’s road to
power PHOTOGRAPH: PETER POWELL/AFP/GETTY
by an ethno-nationalist view of British identify – make any deal with Restore almost impossible for Reform if the latter is going to broaden its base. That’s even aside from Lowe’s other demand – that the former Tory ministers in Reform’s ranks, such as Robert Jenrick , be denied a place in any Reform government. Yet the enduring popularity of Lowe among a chunk of right wing British voters, including Reform supporters, means Farage has to at least continue to pay lip service to his rival’s overtures. While Restore’s vote share in Manchester and Makeri eld – 8.7% and 6.8% respectively – indicated the party was a long way from winning seats, such results could cost Reform swathes of constituencies in a general election where the vote on the right was split. Contrast Farage’s vitriol to the warmer words on Sunday of the
to rescue people at sea in distress and to not create conditions for putting them in distress.”
Has the UK deployed the navy to intercept small boats before? Yes. In 2022, Boris Johnson’s government launched Operation Isotrope, which the then home secretary, Priti Patel , said would attempt to make crossing the Channel “unviable”. A tentative plan for “pushbacks” – where ships are used to force small boats to turn around back towards France – was abandoned after concerns from military i gures that it would be impractical, dangerous, and leave naval offi cers open to legal action.
Does Nigel Farage say this new plan is diff erent? Yes. He told reporters: “This is not pushback. We are talking about rescue and return.” He said the French government would be expected to accept the returned asylum seekers, claiming he had spoken to unnamed French politicians about the plans. If the French government declined to accept the
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell , who told GB News: “A lot of what he [Lowe] says will resonate with Reform voters and with British people.” It was “a matter for Rupert to talk to Nigel about” he added, as the former Tory MP made a plea for unity on the “right of centre”. Even those concerned by the rise of a hard-right party such as Restore credit Lowe with making a clever play that both addresses some of his own problems and adds to Farage’s pressures at a time when the Reform leader faces unprecedented questions about his i nances. “What Lowe’s move does for his own base, and Restore-curious types, is to negate the charge that he is splitting the vote on the right,” said J oe Mulhall , the director of research at the anti-fascism organisation Hope not Hate. “He has, from one perspective, put an of er on the table, which considering how much they seem to hate each other, has the appearance of generosity. “But from Lowe’s perspective, it’s also something which he can be pretty sure Farage would never have accepted, given that his route to power ultimately requires him courting centre-right votes. Having ethno-nationalists behind him would mean endless questions.” For now, negotiations to unite Britain’s hard right appear set to be consigned to X and the studios of GB News. Just a month away, too, is the Reform UK annual conference, an event where Lowe once enjoyed cult support from a considerable minority of activists. If questions persist about the future of both parties by then it will be yet another shadow over what is supposed to be a pivotal rallying point on Reform’s supposed path to power.
Reform’s Zia Yusuf
returns, Reform’s home af airs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf , said the marines would return them to the French coast anyway.
What problems do experts in immigration policy envisage with these plans? Colin Yeo, a leading immigration barrister, said it should be “utterly obvious” that such a move would be a violation of French sovereignty and an illegal act of international aggression. “No one needs a specii c law citing to them to know that invading another country is wrong. But article 2(4) of the UN charter forbids ‘the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state’,” he said.
National Politics
Rightwing social media fi gures using Dover, say residents
I
f you believe rightwing inl uencers and politicians, Dover and the wider Kent coast has been the site of an “invasion” for years now. And, for an online audience of millions, they and their camera crews have been the vanguard in the nation’s defence. Indeed, if you believe all you see on the algorithms of amateur Channel watchers, the shadow home secretary, Chris Philp , braved a hail of French guni re as he took
to the water in a i shing boat last week; an attempt by the French authorities, he suggested, to deter him in his mission of highlighting the small boats crisis. The inconvenient truth behind Philp’s attempt to self -police our borders is that nothing of the sort happened. The French government said he simply passed by a routine training exercise that involved i ring live rounds. With its sloping pebble beach and sunbathers and dog-walkers enjoying the summer sunshine by its marina , Dover does not look much like the frontline of
Alison Drake said Dover was being exploited; above, Carol said the town’s image wasn’t helpful, but
Tom Armstrong, below, said people needed to know the truth
PHOTOGRAPH: ANDREW AITCHISON/ THE GUARDIAN
a war zone. Are the rightwing i gures who regularly visit the town to create social media content exploiting it for their own careers, or are they seeking solutions to a genuine problem? “They’re using Dover a bit,” said one resident, Alison Drake . “People making all these videos and that is not really doing much, is it?” Some said that creating tension where there was none before was all part of the plan . “What they’re trying to do is play on fear with all of these stunts,” said Razia Shariff , who runs the Kent Refugee Action Network (Kran) , a charity that provides education for refugee and asylum- seeking young people . Whether or not the seli e stick- toting inl uencers who descend on the south coast need to capture the supposed “invasion ” is, for some, a moot point. Some of those living in the area insisted the relentless focus on the issue – and on the region – was at least keeping the problem in the public eye. “They’re letting the people know that the French are not doing anything,” Tom Armstrong said. Armstrong is avowedly anti- immigration and said the “country is being devalued” by it. He said rightwing politicians
◀ Queueing for ice-cream on Dover’s seafront. One resident said everyone knows about the small boats crisis but ‘no one does anything’ PHOTOGRAPH: ANDY AITCHISON
were helping that cause. “You’ve got to draw attention,” he said . Later, he added: “We’ve got to know the truth.” Philp claimed to have been exposing the small boats crisis during his jaunt across the Channel. While Drake agreed that rightwing i gures highlighting the issue might prompt action, she added: “Everyone knows about it, it’s about time they did something about it. They don’t do anything. So, it’s all very well everyone keeps going on about it, but no one does anything. They know it’s happening.” Few people have had more opportunity to solve the small boats crisis than Philp who , as immigration minister in the early 2020s, oversaw a sharp increase in crossings. In contrast, organisations such as Kran are working to alleviate some of the challenges caused by the way migration has been handled by successive governments. The young people Kran helps are taking part in a summer scheme at an academy in Kent this week. Sharif spoke glowingly of some of their predecessors’ achievements. One, she said, had arrived in the UK as a child refugee and now work ed as a nurse in local hospitals. “Others have set up their own businesses against all the odds. They get on with their lives and they try.” Carol, who lives in Dover and did not want to give her surname, suggested the focus should be more on the work of organisations such as Kran than on politicians such as Philp and Nigel Farage . The Reform leader has repeatedly referred to small boat crossings as an “invasion”. Standing on the Dover seafront in 2024, he described the site as the “frontline of the great national debate on immigration”. Carol did not recognise the picture the Reform leader painted of the town, as she stood on almost the same spot he had occupied two years ago. “I mean, look, it’s pleasant enough,” she said, nodding towards the beach. People there were sunbathing in the warm weather, while children played in the water and others took an opportunity to go out in the sea in small vessels. “I think it is unfair that Dover is headlined in that way. Because you can sit on the beach, enjoy the area .” Carol said it was frustrating that Dover and other nearby towns were so often used as the backdrop for social media content focusing on the small boats crisis and feared it could deter people from visiting a n area that needs a lift. “It’s a bit rundown, like many towns. It’s a bit sad. So it’s not a great place to shop, by all means, but the seafront’s lovely. And the surrounding countryside is lovely. I’m sure it isn’t helping. Dover has got that image.”
Binface?’ Why voters in Clacton are out for the count
I
n the town square in Clacton, in the blazing midday sunshine, some of the candidates for the upcoming byelection made their pitch to a scattering of potential voters, passing Deliveroo drivers and a giant gull. But as the independent candidate Attieh Fard shouted into a megaphone that she would be a voice for Clacton, a passing youth shouted: “Where’s Binface?” At one of the hustings being held before polling day on 13 August, the main contenders in the election, Nigel Farage and Count Binface, were conspicuous by their absence. Fard, a former Tory , and a fellow independent candidate, Andy Erlam , will be holding daily hustings in the centre of the Essex town every day until polling day. But Farage and Binface have failed to respond to the invitation. The byelection has been regarded as something of a joke by the main political parties, the media, and the novelty bin candidate after Farage triggered it amid mounting pressure over his i nances. Rather than wanting the parliamentary authorities to adjudicate over whether he should have declared a £5m gift from a crypto billionaire prior to being elected, Farage resigned his seat in parliament and asked the people of Clacton to decide. All the major political parties decided not to stand a candidate . New polling by Survation for Mandate Research suggest ed Farage would win 73% of the vote on a low turnout but that 20% would vote for Jonathan Harvey , the comedian who pretends to be a space lord named Count Binface . But Fard, a smartly dressed lawyer, said : “Clacton voters need a serious person to vote for. “ Our democratic system should not be made into a joke or used in this way . This election should be about the people of Clacton, ” she added. She said she was disappointed there had been no hustings arranged by the council or other local groups. One 62-year-old spectator, Roy Andrews, seemed convinced by
A high court judge has ordered the Home Oi ce to bring an alleged vic- tim of trai cking forcibly removed to France under the “one in, one out” scheme back to the UK. It is the i rst ruling of its kind and could lead to more people af ected by the policy being returned. The judge, Mr Justice Sheldon, yes- terday quashed a Home Oi ce policy change to refuse asylum seekers the right to have their trai cking claims reconsidered after an initial rejection. The “ one in, one out” policy for- cibly removes some people who cross the Channel in small boats in exchange for bringing a similar num- ber from France legally to the UK. The government hopes the scheme will deter small boat crossings. They have reduced by more than 40% com- pared with this time last year . In the past week, more than 1,000 people have arrived, and four people died attempting the journey on Thursday. Asylum seekers returned to France now have a right to have trai cking cases that were initially rejected reconsidered. However, it is unclear how this will work in practice as many of those forcibly removed to France have now disappeared. Some have gone underground after being threatened by smugglers in northern France . Others have l ed after being threatened with being removed to their home country, or to another EU country where they were previously i ngerprinted on their journey seeking asylum. The man who the judge has ordered the Home Oi ce to bring back from France was forcibly returned on 27 November 2025. Reasonable grounds have been identii ed that he is a victim of trai cking. He is an asy- lum seeker from Sudan, a survivor of torture, and one of i ve who chal- lenged the policy change. A second asylum seeker sent to France by the Home Oi ce, who was also involved in the legal challenge, will have his trai cking case recon- sidered in France . Depending on the outcome, he too may be brought back to the UK. The high court has granted both the Home Oi ce and the asylum seek- ers permission to appeal on various points in the judgment. Emily Soothill of Deighton Pierce Glynn welcomed the ruling. She said: “Our client is a vulnerable victim of trai cking and torture who has suf- fered signii cantly as a result of the Home Oi ce’s unlawful decision- making. We are delighted that the court has rightly recognised that his removal to France was unlawful and that he must therefore be brought back to the UK ”. Home Oi ce sources say they are carefully considering the judgment .
Fard’s campaign. “I didn’t vote last time, but she’s got my vote. She seems like a very nice lady. I’m not about to vote for a bin,” he said. Farage had a clash in his schedule : he was in London announcing a plan to use Royal Navy warships to send people attempting to cross the Channel in small boats back to France. Fard said: “Our hustings tomorrow is the immigration themed one. So if he wants to tell the people of Clacton his views on this, he should attend.” Erlam, who was formerly an adviser to a Labour cabinet minister, told the small crowd that the anti-Farage vote should not be given to a bin. “Westminster is a jungle, and you don’t want a comedian to represent you.” On the Reform UK leader’s failure to attend, he said: “Nigel Farage and his team have not responded, it remains to be seen whether he will appear alongside the rest of the candidates .” Farage has kept something of a low proi le since he i red the
▲ Count Binface, AKA Jonathan Harvey , is supported by 20% of Clacton’s voters, a poll sug ests
PHOTOGRAPH: JAMES VEYSEY/SHUTTERSTOCK
starting gun on the campaign. Yesterday was his i rst national press conference since May, and he has not appeared keen to debate with Binface or the other 32 candidates. Erlam was less impressed to be asked about Binface. “He is completely irrelevant,” he said . “ The joke has run out. Only six candidates have bothered to put a leafl et in the post . They are who need to come to the hustings.” Despite the lack of participation from the two frontrunners, and the seeming apathy among most of the residents of Clacton, the hustings will continue to be held every day. But on a sunny August day, the people of Clacton seemed more interested in the sandy beach, the amusement arcade and the rides on the pier . Count Binface said the invitation had been lost in his inbox. He said: “I’m very sorry to have disappointed the candidates who took part, and I’m even sorrier to have disappointed any constituents who came to listen. If I’d known about the event, and if I couldn’t have made it, I would have at least sent through a written statement as I have done at previous elections. “I did visit the constituency last week and really enjoyed meeting local residents in Clacton and Frinton, and I’m hoping to be able to do more in the days ahead. ” Reform UK was contacted for comment.
Asylum seeker sent to France must return to UK, judge says
Diane Taylor
stand as local Tory candidate
Ben Quinn Political correspondent
A former neo-Nazi activist with con- victions including the harassment of a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset.
Joshua Bonehill-Paine , the creator of the viral Crewkerne Gazette series of AI clips , is due to stand for elec- tion to Somerset council next year in a new Crewkerne South district. He told the Guardian he was an executive member of the Tories’ Yeovil branch . “The branch and indeed party are fully aware of my past. Our chairman
has been a vocal advocate and has supported me since I became a mem- ber of the party. I am very grateful for the support,” he said. Bonehill-Paine, who previously described himself as a “national- ist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights”, re-emerged in recent years as the creator of the Crewkerne Gazette, a satirical online account that has gained a cult following . While notably critical of Labour and Reform UK, its skits have cast the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, in a favourable light.
Bonehill-Paine has a conviction for assaulting a police oi cer and burglary of a police station, and was convicted in 2014 of malicious com- munications over an anti-Islam hoax that led to death threats against the owners of a pub in Leicester. He was jailed in 2015 for more than three years after posting “vile” antisemitic material online before a planned neo-Nazi rally. In 2016, he was found guilty of racially aggravated harassment over posts directed at the then Labour MP Luciana Berger , who is Jewish,
drank blood and left dead sheep in churches
Steven Morris
A man fascinated with vampires and
graveyards who apparently believed
he would live for ever if he drank
blood has been detained in hospital
after being caught dumping animal
corpses outside and inside churches .
Benjamin Lewis , 48, left the bod-
ies of sheep and deer at churches in
the New Forest , frightening parish-
ioners and upsetting farmers whose
livestock he stole and slaughtered.
As part of the operation to trap
Lewis, police oi cers carried out
surveillance on ecclesiastical sites
on signii cant dates in the satanic
calendar.
Lewis was i nally arrested after
traces of his DNA were found on a
lamb’s remains. He admitted caus-
ing religiously aggravated intentional
harassment, alarm or distress, and
the theft of lambs.
During an earlier court appear-
ance, Lewis, of Totton, Hampshire,
answered “Count Dracula” when
asked to identify himself.
Judge William Mousley KC said
Lewis would be detained for treat-
ment unless and until either a mental
health tribunal or the justice secre-
tary considered it safe for him to be
released.
After his sentence, Lewis, who
appeared via video link from hospi-
tal, apologised to his victims and said
he bore no grudge towards the police
who had caught him.
Speaking outside court, PC Jessica
in which he called Berger a “rodent” and an “evil money-grabber”. He told the Guardian his convic- tions ha d been spent and that he held various Home Oi ce counter- extremism certii cations. He said he had spoken alongside MPs about his past and highlighted antisemitism faced by Britain’s Jewish community. Reform UK said: “ Kemi claims to support the i ght against anti- semitism yet selects a convicted antisemite Nazi as a candidate. ” The Conservative party was approached for comment.
Surman of Hampshire police said it
was the most unusual case she had
worked on. “It’s one where you
think you have reached the end of
the bizarreness and then something
else happens and throws a curveball
into the mix.”
Lewis believed drinking blood
would prolong his life, Surman said.
“And if he drinks it enough he won’t
go to hell, he won’t die and he will
become a vampire.”
Police began investigating when
dead animals – lambs stolen from
farmers and deer killed on roads –
started being found at churches.
People connected to the churches
Lewis focused on were very con-
cerned . “We have had people who
were so upset and frightened by it,
they couldn’t go to church,” Surman
said. One woman had been too scared
to visit the church where her son was
buried.
Laura Deuxberry , prosecuting,
told Southampton crown court that
lambs and deer were left by Lewis
outside and inside churches, some-
times with an inverted cross nearby.
A tarot card was also left near one.
A lamb had been put on a cross on
top of a church and a second close to
a statue of Mary. Another lamb had
been left in a pulpit . On one occasion
children had witnessed what hap-
pened and had been very distressed.
Deuxberry said one of the inci-
dents centred on a community
mental health facility close to Lewis’s
home. A deer’s head and an inverted
cross had been left on the gates. The
person who found the head said she
had been shocked and afterwards had
feared the culprit was watching her.
When police searched Lew-
is’s home they found sketches of
vampires, notes about rituals and
references to sucking blood.
Deuxberry said the of ences he
had been charged with took place
between February and August last
year but there had been concerns over
him for a number of years.
Sarah Harrison, a farmer who
Lewis stole black lambs from, said:
“It’s pretty awful – there are some
silly people around. I suppose it’s
to do with his beliefs but it’s scared
some people.” In a statement to the
court she said the lambs would have
suf ered when he cut their throats
and the incidents had put the l ock
on alert.
The consultant psychiatrist
Dr Gauruv Malhan told the court
Lewis had “complex mental health
dii culties” and had recently been
moved from a low- to medium -secure
hospital.
Lewis’s conviction is not his i rst
brush with the law. In 2003 he was
jailed for terrorising a vicar and his
family by claiming to be a vampire.
worse in school exams – study
Ian Sample Science editor
Children who open social media accounts at the start of secondary school appear to perform worse in tests than those who sign up later, with researchers suspecting that the constant checking for updates is a major distraction for many students. Pupils who opened their i rst social media account aged 11 to 12 scored lower in mathematics and reading tests than those who waited , with scores at age 16 dif ering between the groups by the equivalent of about six months of learning, the study found. The work does not prove social media is to blame, but the researchers took account of many other factors that could skew the results, such as the students’ performance before they had social media, their family structure and parents’ education. “I think we now know there is a problem, and that it’s a complex prob- lem, to do with how these platforms are built,” said Dr Marco Gui , the i rst author on the study at the Univer- sity of Milano-Bicocca in Italy. “Our
Sea of beige The green of an all-weather track stands out among the baked, beige ground of Overton Cricket Club, and surrounding fi elds in north Hampshire, as a groundskeeper prepares the pitch for the village team. Southern England has recorded the warmest July and its driest month on record.
research shows that at least during pre-adolescence, these social media are problematic.” Gui and his colleagues analysed surveys on the social media habits of more than 5,000 Italian schoolchil- dren and their results in standardised maths, Italian and English exams. When tested at age 13 to 14, those who opened their i rst social media account at 11 or 12 scored worse than those who waited until at least 14 years old. The score gap for Italian remained at age 15 to 16, but widened for maths. Writing in Nature Human Behav- iour , the researchers say the dif erence in scores is roughly equiv- alent to the early adopters falling behind by six months of schooling. Put another way, the benei t to those who delayed social media was about half that achieved with intensive and costly tutoring. While a performance gap was evi- dent for maths and Italian, there was no impact on English, which the students were learning as a for- eign language, possibly because so much social media is in English, providing “incidental exposure and
practice”, the researchers said. One of the best predictors of the perfor- mance gap was how often children picked up their phones throughout the day and night, suggesting that constantly checking social media was at least partly to blame.
5,000 The number of Italian children whose test results in maths, Italian and English exams were assessed 6 The equivalent months of learning lost by students who joined social media at the start of high school
Gui said: “We speculate that one of the mechanisms is the continuous state of alert that social media used on a smartphone exerts on minors’ lives. The continuous need to check messages, to see if something is hap- pening in the online world … This means being less present in the phys- ical space of the family or the house. And from a cognitive point of view, it could mean being less engaged in something that takes time, as home- work can for a student of that age.” The study comes as the UK is poised to introduce a social media ban for under -16s, following Aus- tralia, which brought in its own ban last year. France has also approved a bill restricting access to under-15s. While Gui favours an age limit on social media, he said a ban was an “emergency policy” and that work was needed to make the platforms themselves safer and less addictive. “For pre-adolescents we have to work on diminishing the social relevance of these environments,” he said. Dennis Ougrin , a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London, said the work added to growing evidence that the age at which young people i rst engage with social media may af ect their educational development. “The message for parents, edu- cators and policymakers is not necessarily to ban social media, but to support young people in develop- ing healthy habits when interacting with social media,” he said.
▲ Phil Collins, who revealed that his organs were ‘seizing up’ at one point
drank wine for breakfast after alcohol relapse
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
The musician Phil Collins has said that he suf ered life-threatening alco- holism in recent years. Speaking to the Sunday Times , the pop and rock legend, 75 , said that his drinking began after he stopped taking Antabuse , a drug that causes illness if alcohol is consumed, which he had been using since an earlier period of alcoholism. Collins describes drinking wine at breakfast time, and says his extensive alcohol intake led to him being hospi- talised in November 2023, for seven months, with damage to his pancreas and kidneys. “There were some decisions to be made about ‘Do we keep Phil on life support?’ kind of thing,” he said. “My kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing up. People were coming to say goodbye. But I don’t remember them coming, I didn’t have no idea this was going on. They were all worried that they wouldn’t see me again. It could all have gone so terri- bly wrong.” He added: “I was very lucky to have come out of that. Needless to say, I haven’t had a drink since.” In 2015 , Collins described a period of alcohol abuse after his 2006 divorce from third wife, Orianne Cevey . “It left me with a lot of time on my hands to think about what happened,” he told Rolling Stone . “I went through a few bits of dark- ness; drinking too much. I killed my hours watching TV and drinking, and it almost killed me .” Collins has experienced other health issues in recent years, includ- ing problems with his neck and spine that required surgery . That means he is no longer able to play the drums: his role on the Genesis reunion tour in 2021 was restricted to vocals. In 2016, he announced he had been diagnosed with diabetes. Before that tour, Collins told the Guardian : “Of course, my health does change things; doing the show seated changes things. But I actually found on my recent solo tours, it didn’t get in the way; the audience were still listening and responding. It’s not the way I would have written it, but it’s the way that it is.” Collins is one of the most commer- cially successful musicians in British history, as part of Genesis and as a solo artist.
on motive of man accused of killing Scottish woman
Helena Smith Athens
Greek authorities are investigating what may have motivated a 26-year- old Afghan man to kill a Scottish charity worker found dead in a suit- case in an abandoned building in Athens last month. Inquiries have focused increas- ingly on Eli sabeth-Jane Ross ’s last few hours alive and police believe they hold the key to revealing why the 38-year-old was targeted. On Sunday the suspect, identii ed as Sharif Ahmadzai, was accused of “intentional homicide ” after three
What it’s like to travel on one of England’s most packed services
Sammy Gecsoyler Amee Joshi T
he 5.46pm train from London Euston to Crewe is the low point of Nikhil Patel’s week. “I’ve never gotten a seat. I always stand up even when I get here early,” says the 22-year-old, struggling to keep his balance while the aisle underneath sways . Patel is on the i rst leg of a three- hour journey home to Walsall. He grabs the back of a chair to remain steady, but says he’s just thankful the train has not only left on time – but that it’s even on the move at all. “There’s been a couple of times where everyone’s boarded and then the train’s been cancelled ,” he says. This rush hour service, operated by London Northwestern Railway (LNWR), is the busiest commuter- only journey in England and Wales, according to new i gures from the Department for Transport. Overall, it’s the second-busiest commute, with No 1 being a morning Thameslink service from Bedford to Three Bridges (which passes through three travel hubs: St Pancras International station, Luton and Gatwick airports). We joined commuters getting the packed, two-hour -plus service , which, according to the DfT, had
days of questioning at the country’s police headquarters. He will appear before an investigating magistrate to be formally charged tomorrow. George Kalliakmanis, the honorary president of the police oi cers’ asso- ciation in Athens, said the homicide division was intent on discovering the motive behind the killing because Ahmadzai continued to deny any role in it, although he had confessed to hiding the Briton in a suitcase. “He has admitted to carrying her body in a trolley to the site. Police have CCTV footage of him doing this on the night of 16 July . He has also confessed to withdrawing €10,000 [£8,500] from ATM s using credit
seat during the week. He travels between London and Manchester at least twice a week . He has to keep i ddling with his luggage to ensure it doesn’t escape down the carriage. On the other side is Akshay Vaghela, who is commuting to Rugby . The 31-year-old says he is forced to stand half the time, and more often than not is “resigned to i nding a seat on the l oor”. This train is particularly busy because it is cheaper than the faster Avanti service also heading to Crewe. Despite the train being i tted with air conditioning, Vaghela says it’s still “stuf y, hot and sweaty” because there are so many people on the train. “Unless you’ve got water, you’re struggling until you get home,” he says. But there is a chance things might not stay this way. Andy
cards that belonged to her. But he has denied murder, which police do not believe.” Ahmadzai, a professional boxer , is believed to have arrived in Greece via the island of Lesbos as a child refugee at the height of Europe’s migra tion crisis 10 years ago. He has been quoted as telling police he discovered Ross’s life- less body in the i rst -l oor l at of an apartment block he helped manage in Exarchia , a bohemian district in cen- tral Athens popular among leftists, foreigners and NGOs. Ahmadzai, who married a US citizen , Alaina Hall, in 2023, had keys to the l at, where their own refugee solidarity group, Love Every Nation, regularly met. Investigators have coni rmed that Ross, a friend of Hall’s with similar volunteering experience , had moved to the apartment on 10 July , having stayed with Greek friends after l ying to Athens from Edinburgh on 26 June . Her last telephone call was made from her mobile phone on the night of 15 July – three days before her body was discovered by a homeless man in an abandoned building in Kypseli, about two miles away. Two possible scenarios in the run - up to Ross’s death were being studied, police said. “We believe there was a
a load factor (how many people are on a train compared with its maximum capacity) of 170% when the analysis was carried out last autumn. LNWR says that since the data was gathered, the number of seats on the service has increased from 460 to 812. At i rst, it seemed as if this crop of commuters had lucked out : it wasn’t overly busy. But as the clock approached 5 .46pm, the carriages began heaving with people. Some fanned themselves in the summer . When the train was i nally on the move, most aisles were cluttered with unlucky commuters unable to snag a seat . Among them was Daniel Garrill, 23, who regularly gets this service. “I know I’m going to be sitting in some dodgy spot,” the data analyst says, having never got a
▲ Eli sabeth-Jane Ross was found dead in a suitcase in Athens in July
confrontation,” said one source. “But was that spurred by Ross discovering the Afghan rummaging through her things and stealing her credit cards, or was it a case of sexual assault or the Briton spurning his advances?” Forensic scientists believe Ross was “likely asphyxiated” following an initial on-site post mortem, which showed there were no evident signs of injuries on her body, although the autopsy was also deemed inconclu- sive because of advanced decay. Further toxicological tests and analysis of vital organs are expected
to determine the exact cause of death in the coming days. Hall is widely described as hav- ing played a “signii cant role” in the investigation. After allegedly becoming suspicious of Ahmadzai’s movements – and new found wealth, the result of making cash withdraw- als with Ross’s credit cards – she reportedly contacted the police her- self, handing over cash he had given her and moving into a hotel. Ross’s phone was used for several days after her death . Text messages sent to family and friends were described as “deliberately mislead- ing” by police, who believe they were sent in an attempt to delay Ross being declared missing . One spoke of her “need to be alone ”. Hall “was very helpful ”, said Kalliakmanis. “From the day the vic- tim was identii ed the investigation faced several challenges but thanks to the homicide division being so thor- ough they cracked it.” Police, who collaborated with the UK’s National Crime Agency and Police Scotland, combed through CCTV footage from cameras in the area where the suitcase was found and from banks where cash with- drawals were made before identifying the suspect.
Euston, we have a problem: crowds of travellers at the London terminus
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Burnham has had rail operators in his sights for a while . He previously said nationalising railways was a “no -brainer” and launched the Bee Network as mayor, which brought privatised bus and tram networks into the local government’s control and capped fares at £2. Rail services across Greater Manchester will start joining the network later this year. He faced a rude reminder of the state of the railways last month. After being elected as MP for Makeri eld, he took the 10 .54am Avanti West Coast train from Manchester to Euston , which was delayed by 21 minutes, entitling him to compensation. In May, Burnham hinted there could be a swifter move to rail renationalisation (a number of operators have already come under state control while Keir Starmer was prime minister), saying a move would “reduce train fares and make them af ordable to people again ”. Vaghela is optimistic that Burnham will enforce some change. He says: “ Priority routes like this one which connects main parts of the country should be looked at,” especially because “everyone’s paying the same price and some people get seats and others don’t . There’s a disparity there.” A London Northwestern Railway spokesperson said: “Our services to and from Euston are extremely popular, which is why we have made a major £1bn investment in new trains to provide extra space for our customers. “Since this data was gathered we have added hundreds of extra seats to this particular service, increasing its capacity by 77% and signii cantly reducing its load factor to provide more comfortable journeys for passengers.”
FAs turn against embattled Fifa president
Nick Ames Matt Hughes
European countries began turning against Gianni Infantino yester- day as moves intensii ed across the globe to end his crisis-hit tenure as Fifa president. The English Football Association was the highest-proi le of several Uefa member associations to drop its support for Infantino’s proposed re-election next year. It will write to Fifa coni rming it no longer endorses Infantino for a fourth term in charge
UK government on data access
Rachel Hall
Apple has launched a new legal challenge against a UK government demand to access its customers’ highly encrypted data, a year after the Home Oi ce agreed to aban- don its previous request. It i led the complaint last month at the Inves- tigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), an independent court with the power to investigate claims that the UK intelli- gence services have acted unlawfully. The UK government had made a second request to Apple to grant it a
after the intense controversy sur- rounding his failed plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors. The Welsh and Serbian associa- tions publicly coni rmed that they had withdrawn their backing, fol- lowing a lead taken by Finland last week. Along with the English FA, those federations had all previously written letters in favour of Infantino prolonging his tenure but patience has run out across the continent. The Swedish FA , which was one of i ve European federations not to write letters of support, issued a state- ment coni rming it would oppose
“ back door” to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British users, according to an order issued by the court. Britain backed down on its origi- nal demand for access to data from UK and US customers last year, after a heated tussle over encryption between London and Washington. UK authorities subsequently issued a new “ technical capability notice ” (TCN) to the US tech company that did not apply to American users . Apple is seeking to challenge the government’s powers to issue TCNs under the UK Investigatory Powers Act , according to the details of the new legal case i rst reported by the
his candidature in the election next March. The English FA had previously fallen into line behind Infantino, who will helm an extraordinary Fifa congress coni rming the UK’s host- ing of the 2035 Women’s World Cup in November if he is still in position. But it has been consistent in con- demning his doomed Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) scheme, publicly and in private representations. On Saturday it called for a “full and robust review of Fifa’s leadership and governance”, and its latest move is a further escalation.
Financial Times. The legislation compels companies to provide infor- mation to law enforcement agencies working on cases including terror- ism and child sexual abuse. This can include forcing companies to pro- vide the UK security services with access to customer data, even if such information is protected by secure encryption. The court sent an order giving notice of the new Apple complaint to the human rights group Privacy
challenging the UK’s secret orders regime’
It is joined by Wales, which said in a statement: “The Football Asso- ciation of Wales hereby coni rms its withdrawal of support for the can- didature of Mr Gianni Infantino, for re-election as Fifa president … The recent failures in good govern- ance, processes, leadership, values, stakeholder management, communi- cations and sound judgment have led us to a position where Mr Infantino has lost the coni dence of the FAW to remain at the helm . Failing to put the best interests of football i rst is a fail- ure we cannot accept.” Striking a similar tone, the Football
International , which, alongside fellow campaigner Liberty , had previ- ously launched a separate complaint against TCNs at the IPT. Among the campaigners’ submis- sions were requests for Apple’s claims to be held in public given the public interest in the matter, and a complaint “disputing the lawfulness, necessity and secrecy of the purported Apple TCN and the legal regime underpin- ning TCNs in general”. A case management hearing to discuss how the parallel com- plaints should be handled had been scheduled for next month, Privacy International said. A spokesper- son added: “We are happy to learn Apple is once again challenging the UK’s regime of secret orders. While we don’t know the substance of Apple’s claim, if it relates to the pre- viously reported orders aimed at
◀ Pressure is mounting on Gianni Infantino, pictured with Donald Trump at the recent World Cup fi nal
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Association of Serbia explained recent events had “seriously dam- aged the reputation and credibility of Fifa and its president in the recent period”, saying a withdrawal was “the only logical and rational step”. In a sign that consensus may not be easy to achieve, the Swiss Football Association stopped short of aban- doning its countryman. Instead it asked for “another personal exchange of views with the Fifa president” and said it would “continue to review the developments surrounding Fifa” before the leadership election. More countries are, however, expected to withdraw support for Infantino in what amounts to a vote of no coni dence. The intended ef ect is for him to resign, although some insiders are braced for a drawn-out process. While the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Concacaf, which runs the sport in north and central America, have both strongly criticised Infantino, there has been no move by any of their individual federations to call back letters . Ensuring they do so may be criti- cal to the ongoing ef orts to remove Infantino quickly. There is acknowl- edgement in some parts of Europe that other continents should be seen taking the lead if enough of a groundswell for his departure is to be reached. Only 15 countries have publicly supported Infantino since he shelved the FFE project on Saturday but there is an appetite to form a broad coali- tion against his re - election quickly. The Concacaf president, Victor Montagliani , is a contender to take over if Infantino is deposed. Montag- liani is understood to be in consensus with the Uefa and AFC hierarchies that new leadership is needed at Fifa. In another blow to Infantino, law- yers acting for Uefa have ordered him and other staf identify, locate and preserve all documents related to the FFE scheme. Their letter includes Arsène Wenger, Fifa’s chief of global football development, among those obliged to comply with its order. It says UEFA is “actively consid- ering legal action, arbitration, and/ or regulatory complaints ... arising out of and in connection with the FFE plan”.
undermining the security of Apple’s iCloud storage, then Apple’s claim, alongside ours and Liberty’s, is cru- cially important to preserving all our privacy and security.” Neither Apple nor the Home Oi ce responded to requests for comment. Both are legally restricted from dis- cussing TCNs. The original TCN issued last year asked Apple for the right to see users’ encrypted data protected by its advanced data pro- tection programme in the event of a national security risk . Apple said the removal of the tool – which not even it can access – would make users more vulnerable to data breaches from bad actors and other threats to customer privacy. Creat- ing a “back door” would also mean all data was accessible by Apple, which it could be forced to share with law enforcement possessing a warrant.
in freezer jailed for three years
Steven Morris
A man has been jailed for keeping his dead mother’s body in a freezer at their shared home for almost three years, during which time he received more than £70,000 of her benei ts
and other funds. Christopher Phillips , 60, stored the body of Sylvia Phillips, a retired company secretary, in the chest freezer in the living room of their house in the south Wales sea- side town of Porthcawl . He regularly placed l owers on top of the freezer, which he bought two days after her death, and carried on
talking to her about soap operas and horse racing. When police arrived to check on his mother, who was 89 when she died, he told them she was away in London, but they found her body after spotting l owers on the freezer. Phillips, a former company direc- tor, accessed his mother’s bank account, made withdrawals from her savings and pocketed benei ts, Merthyr Tydi l crown court heard. Judge Lloyd-Clarke sentenced Phillips to two years and four months’ imprisonment. She told him: “You
continued to collect her prescriptions and misled medical professionals about her whereabouts, lying when inquiries were made about your mother, repeatedly telling medical staf that she did not wish to attend appointments or undergo tests. ” Ruth Smith, defending, said Phil- lips had been “exceptionally close” to his mother. The pair had lived together for 50 years of his life and Phillips had been the primary carer for his mother since 2008. Smith said the defendant had told police: “I basically didn’t want to let
next chapter hits second top weekend at box offi ce
Sian Cain
Spider-Man: Brand New Day brought in $927m (£690m) in worldwide ticket sales to deliver the second most lucrative opening weekend of all time both domestically and globally. The movie, which marks actor Tom Holland’s fourth outing as the web-slinging superhero, depicts Peter Parker i ghting crime in a world that has forgotten he is Spider-Man. Zendaya, who is married to Holland, co-stars as MJ, the love of Parker’s life. The i lm explores Parker’s strug- gles with loneliness and his pursuit of human connection. Spider-Man: Brand New Day made $355m in the United States and Can- ada in its opening weekend , making it the second biggest debut in domes- tic box -oi ce history after 2019’s Avengers: Endgame with $357m, not adjusted for inl ation. Internationally, the i lm grossed $572m, with China leading markets with $121m in ticket sales . In Australia it had the biggest opening weekend of 2026, making $21.4m. The Marvel Studios president, Kevin Feige, called it “a truly phe- nomenal opening”. The production company now boasts the four largest openings of all time at the global box oi ce (not adjusted for inl ation): Avengers: Endgame ($1.22bn), Spider-Man: Brand New Day ($927m), Avengers: Ini nity War ($641m) and Spider-Man: No Way Home ($601m).
her go.” She added: “He described
talking to her as if she was still alive
… sitting next to her, talking to her
about television programmes, Coro-
nation Street, the horse racing .
“Mr Phillips was a vulnerable
individual with a vulnerable mental
health situation .”
The court heard Phillips had left
work to become a full-time carer in
the months leading up to her death
in March 2023.
Phillips pleaded guilty to prevent-
ing a decent and lawful burial and two
counts of fraud.
Spider-Man is one of the most pop- ular Marvel comic -book characters, with a cinematic appeal that endures even as audiences have shown signs of fatigue with the superhero genre. The latest instalment has been well received, scoring a 90% rating from critics and 98% approval from movie- goers on Rotten Tomatoes. Tom Rothman, chairman and chief executive of Sony Pictures Enter- tainment’s Motion Picture Group , described the i lm as “fundamentally a movie about friendship, about the balm of connection in all our lives, and that is resonant to audiences of all ages and all around the world ”. Greg Durkin, founder and CEO of the entertainment research i rm Enact Insight , told Reuters that the themes of loneliness and isolation, and triumphing over drama, reso- nated, especially with gen Z . “There’s a mental health crisis with young people in our country – it’s espe- cially acute for young men . There’s a friendship crisis,” he said. “The pandemic created a bunch of shock -wave effects that we haven’t fully documented, much less addressed. This movie touches on some really important themes. ” The performance of Spider-Man: Brand New Day fuels an already robust summer box oi ce, which has been buoyed by such major releases as Toy Story 5 and The Odyssey. Paul Dergarabedian , head of mar- ketplace trends for Rentrak, said on Sunday that the combination of Spi- der-Man: Brand New Day with The Odyssey created the “all-time big- gest domestic weekend” in cinemas. “There’s no better lead-in to this movie than The Odyssey,” Dergar- abedian said. “Think of how many people around the world were in movie theat res being exposed to trail- ers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” Overall 2026 domestic box -oi ce takings remain below pre-pandemic levels. Year-to-date receipts are up 10% from last year, but 16% below 2019, the year before the pandemic struck, according to Rentrak.
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From left, cast members Marisa Tomei , Zendaya, Tom Holland, Amy Pascal (producer) and Florence Pugh at the UK premiere
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over role at Sullivan’s Sport newspapers
Michael Savage Media editor
The BBC radio presenter Tony Live- sey has left the broadcaster after allegations were raised about his previous career as the editor-in-chief of David Sullivan’s Sport newspapers. Staf at 5 Live, where Livesey most recently presented the 10pm to 1am show four days a week, were told he would not be returning to the station, having stepped away from the role after the allegations i rst emerged. His departure follows a BBC Pan- orama investigation , which accused Sullivan, a billionaire and co-owner of West Ham United , of sexually exploitative and predatory behav- iour towards women over several decades. Sullivan has denied the alleg- ations , saying through his lawyers:
datacentre plan approval despite social housing plea
Majidah Chowdhury
A £500 m redevelopment of one of east London’s most famous streets has been approved , clearing the way for a data centre, oi ces and apart- ments despite opposition from the council and local campaign ers. The housing secretary, Angela Rayner , rejected demands for the Truman Brewery estate on Brick Lane, which is known for its street art, markets and diverse food scene, to be used to build hundreds of homes. The Save Brick Lane coalition, which is made up of nine groups oppos ed to the project, had said their “community should not be expected to accept a noisy, energy-intensive development that consumes a sig- nii cant amount of power”. Dr Fatima Rajina of Nijjor Manush , one of the groups in the coalition, said it would cause people who had lived in the area, which is home to a long- standing Bangladeshi community, to move out . “The people who made Brick Lane what it is will be seen as artefacts,” she added. She said the group had asked resi- dents “what they want and what Brick Lane means to them”, and that many people had said they simply wanted their families to stay together. Plans proposed by the property owners Truman Estates and Zeloof LLP will lead to the construction of six new blocks, a data centre, oi ces
“I categorically deny all of these complaints.” The investigation also aired ques- tions for Livesey, 62, with one alleged victim saying he had arranged a meet- ing between her and Sullivan. Livesey has said he has “no rec- ollection” of introducing the young woman to Sullivan and that it was “not part” of his job to do so. He said he had had “practically zero” contact with anyone appearing in the paper, such as female models. A passage in a 1998 book by Live- sey said he and Sullivan had devised the idea for a “countdown to 16” feature, which involved countdowns to models’ 16th birthdays, when they could be pictured topless legally for the i rst time. Livesey has since said the feature was “categorically” not his idea and that large parts of his book were “i ctionalised” to make it appear he
▲ Tony Livesey had been presenting BBC Radio 5 Live’s 10pm to 1am show
was “at the centre of all stories”, even if he had not been. In a message to BBC staf yesterday, Heidi Dawson , controller of 5 Live, said Livesey had decided to leave his presenting role . “Tony has worked at 5 Live for 16 years and was the i rst voice for us on air as we launched from our new home in Salford,” she said. “He went on to be the voice of our
iconic Drive show for 10 years, where he was at the heart of our coverage of Brexit … Tony has been at the heart of our coverage of every major news and sporting event for a decade and a half. “Tony has asked me to pass on his heartfelt thanks to the brilliant colleagues at 5 Live who he has had the pleasure of working with over the years. I know many of you have also really enjoyed working with Tony, and we wish him well for all his future endeavours.” The BBC did not comment on the conclusions of its investigation into the issues raised by Panorama. Sullivan, 77, announced his resig- nation as a director and co-chair of West Ham United on 6 June, before the publication of a joint invest- igation by the BBC and the Times that reported on seven women who had accused him of sexual misconduct . Three alleged Sullivan had abused
and 44 homes. It will also include a cinema, exhibition and events space, art galleries, shops, caf es , community spaces, a food market and workspace. But Rajina said that campaigners had worked with architects, policy- makers and planners, and the site could instead accommodate 350 homes, referring to the Tower Ham- lets Master Plan formally adopted by the council in September 2024. That was overturned by Rayner’s decision. In a letter issued on her behalf last week, the housing minister, Mat- thew Pennycook , said there was “no detailed evidence” of the feasibility and deliverability of the alternative, housing-centered scheme . The Tower Hamlets mayor, Lut- fur Rahman , called the decision “deeply disappointing and a missed opportunity to deliver the social and
his power as owner of the Sport newspapers to prey on them for sex when they were seeking work. Four accused him of exploitative and predatory behaviour, including allegations he tried to pressure them into sex during business meetings. Livesey became editor-in-chief at the Sport titles after starting as a reporter. He spent 18 years at the company and left in 2006 . One woman alleged she had been taken to the oi ces of the Sport news- paper titles in Manchester, where she was introduced to Livesey, then the editor. She said he called Sullivan to set up a meeting. The same woman then described an unwanted sexual encounter with Sullivan, which alleg- edly took place during the meeting. At the time he stepped down from the Sport, Livesey said: “It’s a much - maligned newspaper in places, but those in the business know that no national newspaper could make a proi t from day one to now without being excellent in its i eld. The Inde- pendent launched in the same year as us and it’s made a loss every year, as far as I’m aware. We’ve made a proi t every year. When the big stories come along, we do them seriously, but we just try and give people a laugh .”
◀ Protesters oppose the plans for the site, which they say should be used to build hundreds of homes
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af ordable housing that Tower Ham- lets residents urgently need ”. Rajina described the overturning of the council’s unanimous decision as a “trumping” of local democracy, saying “it feels like a slap in the face ”. Pennycook’s letter said that the datacentre’s scale “would relate in a reasonable way to the other buildings in the vicinity” and that the wider proposals would “very clearly enhance both the character and appearance of the Brick Lane and Fournier Street Conservation Area.” The letter specii cally addressed concerns raised by the area’s Bang- ladeshi community, noting that the six social rented homes had been designed to meet local housing needs, including larger families with Bangladeshi heritage. Rajina criticised the government’s approach to localism: “It’s frustrating when hearing about Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner creating a new language around localism, but give so much power to landlords, directly pushing out locals.” She also raised concerns about the data centre’s water use, warning it “will use a huge amount of water and local people will suf er, water will become a luxury commodity ”. One person who works in the area said: “We don’t need it … Brick Lane is the heart of community, there has already been so much change and adding a data centre will just be another bad change.” Out of the 44 homes, 11 will be regarded as af ordable, and six will be designated as social homes available to rent. More than 30,000 households are currently on the register await- ing social housing in Tower Hamlets. The Save Brick Lane coalition is currently seeking expert advice on whether the decision can be chal- lenged at this stage. Truman Estates has been approached for comment.
Bombastic theatrics and magic moments
Now You See Me Live London Coliseum ★★★☆☆
I
s there an opposite of close-up magic? If there is, it would look a bit like the magic in Now You See Me, which must be visible (and audible) from space. This new spectacle, heading later this year to its spiritual home of Las Vegas, spins of from the movie
franchise of the same name and features a quartet of conjurors ( “ the Horsemen ”) performing feats of escapology, mentalism and even time travel amid much bombastic son et lumière and self-promotion. It could scarcely be more pompous – but there are plenty of entertaining tricks to keep pomp- phobes like me onside. The Italian Andrew Basso has arguably the stoppiest showstoppers, including his recreation of Houdini’s water torture stunt, and another where he extricates himself from padlocked chains while harbouring something very undesirable in his mouth. His French counterpart Enzo Weyne
▲ Enzo Weyne , Andrew Basso , Raf erty Coope , Gabriella Lester and Matthew Pomeroy in Now You See Me Live.
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delivers an arresting number with a paper bag and a lightbulb, and there’s a i ne audience participation set piece inviting us all to shred, shul e then – as if by magic! – reassemble the playing cards we were given on the way in . Does any of this benei t from the noisy theatrics and inl ated self-regard? ( See MC Matthew Pomeroy ’s boast that this show is reversing magic’s gender inequalities, despite only one of its seven acts being female .) Far from it – on more than one occasion, the ir skills are undermined by the smoke and lasers, while the self- aggrandising sets expectations that not all these tricks can meet. How much more impressive would these feats be if staged sparsely? Just ask seven-year-old audience volunteer Elektra, who cited as her favourite act the ex Britain’s Got Talent semi-i nalist Eden Choi , whose quicki re cameo, a silent but deadly card manipulation sequence, requires no embellishment. It’s one of several adroit set pieces in a show that proves there’s life yet in the ancient arts of wriggling out of a straitjacket and squeezing into a dynamited safe – even if I found myself wishing pestilence on the four horsemen’s overblown style.
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eagles released in Exmoor
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Half a dozen young white-tailed eagles have been released in Exmoor national park as part of a project to bring the birds of prey back to England’s skies. The eagles, nicknamed “l ying barn doors” because of their wing- span of up to 2.4 metres (8ft) , were widespread in southern England until the 18th century, when perse- cution led to them being wiped out there. They are protected under the Wildlife and Conservation Act 1981. The six birds, which were reared in aviaries on the Isle of Wight, are part of a project by Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation charity to restore the species to England. The project had already released 45 white-tailed eagles since 2019. In 2023 the i rst wild chick in 246 years was born in England. The six birds released in Exmoor were the i rst to be reintroduced to the area after they disappeared due to persecution more than 200 years ago.
Vinyl fans miss out as fi nal tracks only make it to digital
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t was one of the most anticipated collaborations of the year: Charli xcx teaming up with the i lm-maker David Cronenberg for No One Lasts Forever , the closing track on her new album Music, Fashion, Film , which debuted at No 1 in the UK. But for fans who pre-ordered what was advertised as the “full-length” album on vinyl, an unwelcome surprise awaits. The song doesn’t contain the spoken-word contribution from Cronenberg – an astonishing rel ection on art, death and eternity – that is included on platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. The collaboration, praised by Variety as “the heart of what the album is really about” , apparently missed the vinyl deadline. “It was at a point where we had to deliver the vinyl audio [and] we didn’t get David in time,” Charli told the Tape Notes podcast, adding: “There’s actually a dif erent version of the song on the vinyl, which we haven’t really spoken about yet.” Animesh Khare was among those disappointed by the decision. “Learning that the vinyl version isn’t the complete record dei nitely makes me hesitate to purchase it,” he said. “Artists and labels owe it to fans to communicate these dif erences upfront so people can make informed decisions . It’s just a matter of respect and transparency.” Charli xcx isn’t the only of ender. Vinyl fans who pre-ordered Olivia Rodrigo ’s third album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love documented unexpected edits across half a dozen tracks .
for the fi rst time in 400 years
Robyn Vinter
A Scottish seabird hunt will not go ahead for the i rst time in 400 years, in what campaigners have called a “victory for common sense”. In the guga hunt, up to 2,000 gan- net chicks are killed over 10 days on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir , 40 miles north of Lewis
and Harris. NatureScot, which is responsible for licensing, refused to allow this year’s hunt to go ahead, cit- ing a potential “adverse impact” on gannet populations . Wildlife organisations have long protested against the killing of the birds, which is part of a tradition some say goes back to the Vikings, when they were hunted for food. The hunters, known as the Men of Ness, take the chicks from their nests
Meanwhile, fans discovered vinyl copies of Raye’s 2026 release This Album May Contain Hope didn’t contain its i nal mix . In response, Raye said: “I really apologise … the digital versions of some of these songs, some are quite dif erent. And you just need to embrace that because I tried my best.” The singer tried to of er a positive spin, joking to Zane Lowe that the vinyl could become a collectible. But many fans aren’t seeing the funny side . “It’s fair to assume when you’re buying a record that it’s the i nal recording,” wrote one on Reddit . “I ride for
in the nature reserve of Sula Sgeir with a noose on a long pole and kill them with a blow to the head. The birds are then gutted and salted on the island and eaten as a delicacy . In a statement, NatureScot said: “After assessing the application against the legislation and using the most recent scientii c evidence, our board’s decision is to refuse a licence. “W e have concluded an adverse impact is possible, both at the appli- cants’ requested application limit of 2,000 juvenile gannets, and at a reduced limit of 500.” However, the organisation, part of the Scottish government, criticised some activists, saying the police had
▼ Charli xcx (below) and Raye (main picture) are among artists whose latest vinyl albums have diff ered from digital versions
Charli, I love her as an artist, but a bait-and-switch isn’t cool.” Elsewhere, the i rst pressing of the Weeknd ’s Hurry Up Tomorrow contained only 11 of the 22 tracks on the digital version ; it was followed by a “complete edition” double-vinyl release. The i rst vinyl pressings of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter were missing i ve songs , causing dismay among fans . She did not respond to requests for comment at the time . Other albums, such as Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 and Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter VI , are pressed to vinyl in much shorter editions than their digital
been called over the “aggression and intimidation tactics of some anti- guga hunt protesters ”. Two men dressed in gannet cos- tumes were arrested and charged in March after spending several days
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versions, possibly to avoid costly
double or triple vinyl editions.
Another reason is that vinyl
plants need to receive audio
masters and artwork at least six
weeks before a release date, with
elaborate packaging or multiple
variants requiring extra. “The more
complicated the package, the more
time it’ll take to manufacture,”
said Ben Savage, the manager of
Birkenhead-based retailer and indie
label Skeleton Records . Spotify, by
contrast, needs just i ve business
days to process digital i les.
In the case of Rodrigo, her
June chart-topper was released
in at least a dozen dif erent vinyl
coni gurations, including signed
copies and retailer exclusives .
But all feature shorter versions of
songs such as Honeybee , Maggots
for Brains and The Cure – the last
of which , for example , loses its
romantic violin outro. Fans at
i rst assumed their copies had
been mis pressed. Rodrigo’s label
and publicists did not respond to
requests for an explanation, but the
singer let slip that the album closer,
Cigarette Smoke , had been written
only a week before she had to “turn
everything in for the vinyl”.
It’s a revealing turn of phrase: the
manufacturing timetable may be
intruding into the creative process
itself – one deadline to get some
version of the album on to wax, and
another to i nesse the i nal mix for
the streaming release. If that’s the
case, should artists make it clearer
that to fans that they might receive
a vinyl copy that is dif erent to a
digital release?
One fan said they had been told
by Rodrigo’s online store that the
vinyl “was received as intended”
and denied a refund. And unlike
accidental mispressings , which
sometimes become valuable
because only a handful escape
the factory, these early editions
are intentionally manufactured
in large quantities – often tens of
thousands. They may still appeal
to collectors, but are unlikely
to command the kinds of prices
associated with genuine misprints.
The combination of variant
saturation and fan Fomo has been
a boon for labels, helping drive
UK vinyl sales to 7.6m LPs last
year, according to the BPI – a 13.3%
year-on-year increase and an 18th
consecutive year of growth. But
Savage warns that the industry may
be pushing its luck. “It’s ripping of
fans,” he said. “We fear it may lead
to buyer exhaustion and cause the
bubble to collapse.”
on the roof of G reat Glen House, NatureScot’s Inverness headquar- ters . In separate incidents, the building was also grai tied and had windows smashed. People from Ness, in the north of Lewis, accused the activists of a cam- paign of bullying. Before NatureScot’s meeting, Murdo MacRitchie, of the Save Our Guga Harvest group, said: “People in Ness will understanda- bly feel that this recommendation risks rewarding a campaign in which members of a small island commu- nity have been bullied and abused .” Devon Docherty , of Protect the Wild , called it a “victory for com- passion … and for common sense”.
First steps Irish dancers rehearse at City Hall, Belfast, for the opening ceremony of this year’s Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann , an Irish arts festival and competition. It is the fi rst time that Belfast has hosted the celebration of traditional music and dance, which runs until Sunday.
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action over toxic benzene emissions
Pippa Neill Environment reporter
A plastic manufacturer in the north of England is fa cing potential legal action over emissions of benzene, a carcinogenic chemical with no safe level, the Guardian can reveal. The Environment Agency (EA) is considering taking legal action against Huntsman Polyurethanes in Teesside for a potential breach of licence, which is a criminal of ence. Campaigners say it has shone a light on the toxic nature of the global plastics industry and that workers and the local community have been put at risk. Huntsman Polyurethanes , a petrochemical company that manu- factures chemicals to produce plastic, sits within the sprawling Teesside chemical cluster in the seaside town of Redcar, North Yorkshire. The factory is part of Huntsman Corporation, a publicly traded global producer and marketer of chemical products that boasted revenues of $6bn in 2025. In 2023, Huntsman decommis- sioned a process that was reducing its benzene air emissions and replaced it with an alternative method con- trolled by a third party. However, EA documents show this new process “periodically paused”,
25 National Environment ▼ Huntsman Polyurethanes, a chemical plant in Redcar, North Yorkshire, is being investigated by the Environment Agency
with benzene consequently emitted
directly to the air. The documents
also show the EA was aware of this
problem in 2023, but did not inves-
tigate until this year.
During this time, the benzene
emissions from the site rose from
13 tonnes in 2022 to 17 tonnes in 2024,
according to EA records.
Benzene, which is used to make
some plastics, is carcinogenic to
humans and causes leukaemia. There
is no safe level of exposure , accord-
ing to the World Health Organi zation .
In an inspection report from
March , the EA recorded several
permit breaches in relation to the
benzene emissions. The document
states benzene is a carcinogen and it
is “reasonably foreseeable that the
dei ciencies in the management sys-
tem will cause multiple emissions,
that when agglomerated, may result
in a signii cant impact on the environ-
ment or human health until resolved
through compliance”.
Failure to comply with an environ-
mental permit is a criminal of ence.
A Huntsman spokesperson said
the benzene emissions were not ille-
gal and were “fully compliant with
our permit conditions”.
However, the EA told the Guard-
ian: “We are considering further
enforcement action with our legal
team in relation to these permit
breaches and have informed the
UK Health Security Agency and the Health and Safety Executive so that they can assess any public or occu- pational health risks .” Huntsman was instructed by the EA to carry out modelling to assess the impact of the benzene emissions in March 2026 . The simulation found “signii cant” breaches of air quality standards in all scenarios considered. These standards are legally bind- ing and are set to protect human health from toxic pollutants. In one scenario, the benzene emissions were predicted to exceed the 24-hour limit by 933%. However, the E A told the Guardian an internal review of the modelling found the impacts to be “not insig- nii cant but predicted environmental concentrations remain below the relevant environmental standards”. “Our air quality experts have assessed environmental and human health impacts – their feedback indi- cates that these emissions do not pose a signii cant risk to local sites such as nearby schools ,” the spokes- person added. However, David Santillo, a sen- ior scientist with the Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the Univer- sity of Exeter , said these emissions were “very signii cant” and described the E A’s slow action as a “travesty”. “The Environment Agency should be there to prevent this kind of thing,
not just to document it and request more and more reports,” he said. The EA said Huntsman “failed to act proactively” but it also “recog- nised that further follow-up sooner could have supported more timely implementation”. It added that its recent interventions have led to “sig- nii cantly improved performance of the abatement system on site”. Ally Lewis, professor of atmos- pheric chemistry at the University of York , said benzene was one of the most harmful air pollutants to human health and that the E A “seems to be allowing an obvious degradation in air quality and an increase in a pol- lutant that causes cancer on the basis that it’s i ne as long as you stay below a somewhat arbitrary value”. “If this is our national approach to managing risk and chemicals it seems remarkably laissez-faire and hands of ,” he added. Roel Vermeulen, professor of environmental epidemiology and exposome science at Utrecht Uni- versity , said the modelling report flags a plausible problem that should be taken “very seriously”.
17 The number of tonnes of benzene emitted from the plant in 2024 – an increase from 13 tonnes in 2022
about cancer like it’s the fl u. They had become blase and hardened towards it’
Carole Zagrovic Environmental activist
Measurements of the benzene levels outside people’s homes and in other places in the community should “begin immediately”, he said, and this should be in parallel with reduc- ing emissions. A spokesperson from Huntsman said its own air monitoring data “indi- cates that concentrations beyond the site boundary are below applicable air quality standards”. It also said its “long-term personal monitoring programme highlights that there are no real-world instances of exceedance of exposure limits for personnel on site ”. The company refused to show this data to the Guardian and has not shared it with the E A . Campaigners say the benzene emissions from this factory point to a broader problem with the global plas- tics industry. A recent Greenpeace report said pollution from plastic waste is only one aspect of the “dev- astating impacts of plastics”, with the hazardous chemicals used in plastic production also “poisoning people and the natural world”. International research has linked living close to plastic production facilities with negative health out- comes. The Boston College Global Observatory on Planetary Health found that plastic production work- ers are at increased risk of a range of cancers, including leukaemia. “You can’t manufacture plastics without creating pollution, and the plastics then create pollution of their own. It’s a messy business right the way through,” Santillo said. Carole Zagrovic , who worked as a community development specialist in Redcar for Friends of the Earth for about a decade from the early 2000s, said that back then people in the area “talked about cancer like it’s the l u. They had become blase and hardened towards it .” Zagrovic said she was “appalled” that pollution like this was ongoing and said it seem ed as though nothing ha d changed despite her years of campaigning. A spokesperson for Huntsman said: “Huntsman’s benzene emis- sions are fully compliant with our permit conditions, including our 2024 emissions, as governed by the Environment Agency.” An E A spokesperson said: “We have been carrying out extensive regulatory work in response to con- cerns about emissions from this site, including inspections and compli- ance reporting which uncovered several breaches. We are consider- ing further enforcement action in relation to these breaches and are working with the operator to ensure site improvements are rapidly deliv- ered ; due to our action, controls have been improved and emissions asso- ciated with process vent gases have reduced significantly since early February.”
The Palestinian Americans left by US to suff er surge of settler violence
Andrew Roth and Sufi an Taha Turmus Ayya N
o man’s land in Turmus Ayya lies where the US l ags end and the Israeli l ags begin. It is a few hundred metres of soil scorched by molotov cocktails where Israeli settlers have placed a boulder to tell the Palestinian villagers: this is our land now. On one side of that boulder are the white-stoned mansions where the Palestinian residents of Turmus Ayya live. About 80% of them are US citizens, members of the diaspora in New York, Chicago and Paterson, New Jersey, who return for the summers and bring their children here to experience Palestinian culture and learn Arabic . Many call themselves proud American patriots and l y the stars and stripes from their balconies. On the other side is an illegal Israeli outpost of corrugated metal trailers and shacks staf ed by young men who claim all of the West Bank as Jewish land. The outposts radiate from Shilo , a hilltop settlement across the valley that has become a
destination for Americans seeking Judaism’s i rst religious and spiritual capital before the i rst temple was built. Mike Huckabee , the US ambassador to Israel, has visited Shilo, which the UN says is a violation of international law , twice in the last two years. The irony is not lost on people here that the US has backed settlers claiming the West Bank as theirs , and that US dollars – through Jewish charities and the US budget to support the Israeli military – have helped i nance the Israeli land grab . Given Shilo’s close ties to the US, they muse that some of those attacking Turmus Ayya could be fellow Americans. “Only in Palestine will you i nd American citizens invading American citizens for land,” said Yaser Alkam, a semi-retired family lawyer from Turmus Ayya who lived in Anaheim, California, for 35 years. He is now the head of this village’s council. “There is no i ght. One side attacks and the other side defends with the limited means that we have.” The violence is relentless. At night, settlers roam the village in of -road vehicles and intimidate people with gunshots, screaming and shining l ashlights through the
windows . In a recent attack against
a family on the edge of the village,
the settlers spray-painted the word
“Revenge” on the side of the house .
Among those accused of violence
and intimidation is Amishav Melet ,
whose brother was killed in a clash
when settlers marched into another
Palestinian village last week. He has
publicly declared that he believes
Jews should retake all of the West
Bank. He has denied claims he is
connected to settler violence.
“I have his pictures,” Alkam said
of Melet. “And I’m sure he has my
pictures and he has my name …
And he’s probably waiting for the
time to get me.”
While the Trump administration
is focused on Iran, Israel’s
accelerating land grab in the West
Bank has found an enthusiastic
supporter in Huckabee. The US
ambassador is an evangelical
Christian who has supported
Jewish claims on the occupied land
that settlers call Judea and Samaria .
Huckabee told residents in 2025:
“President Trump loves this land .
You are not alone. We stand with
you, and so do many around the
world. Those who do not stand
with you do not stand with God.”
When attacks take place, Alkam
contacts Huckabee’s embassy for
protection. Sometimes, he said,
US oi cials have helped , most
recently in late July when the
Israeli military occupied a house
owned by a doctor from Syracuse,
New York, who had hosted the
Democratic congressman Ro
Khanna during his visit to Turmus
Ayya earlier in the month. Alkam
credited the US embassy with
“playing a big role” in getting the
military to leave, he said.
But nine Palestinian Americans
have been killed in the West Bank
since 2022 by either settlers or the
Israeli military , and the US is often
unable to help or to restrain settlers
or military during violent attacks.
A year after a Palestinian
American from Tampa Bay was
beaten to death by Israeli settlers in
the West Bank, settlers attacked his
family members and friends, and even a CNN crew, who had gathered for a vigil . The state department said all US citizens in the West Bank had access to consular services , condemned violence “by any party in the West Bank” and said it was in “regular dialogue with partners about improving stability and security ”. “ The United States does not support Israel annexing the West Bank,” the spokesperson said. “A stable West Bank keeps Israel secure and is in line with this administration’s goal to achieve peace in the region.” Alkam is convinced Washington could be doing more to restrain the settlers and the Israeli government . “We never thought that American citizens in Turmus Ayya are goin g to be attacked under the eyes and the ears of the current administration ,” he said. Many of the residents even voted for Trump, he said, but lost faith when the administration quickly moved to remove violent settlers
PHOTOGRAPHS: QUIQUE KIERSZENBAUM/THE GUARDIAN
▲ Ghaith Odeh’s family moved to Turmus Ayya in 2021. Above, villagers l y the US l ag. Top, Maisoon Ali’s fortifi ed home
from sanctions lists drawn up under the Biden administration. Ghaith Odeh grew up in Queens, New York, and still spends most of his time in Paterson , New Jersey, but his wife and children moved to their family’s land in Turmus Ayya in 2021. They live on the border of the village near the settlers and have shutters over their windows (plastic, not metal, he regrets). The violence began before the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 and the launch of Israel’s war in Gaza, but has grown worse in the past year. “We’ve had multiple times where we were scared for our lives here ,” Odeh said, recounting the night settlers burned down part of his parents’ house, the six Israeli military raids on his house, the
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regular guni re near the village, and the time a ril e was pointed at his son, one of six children. When Odeh contacted the US embassy about the attacks, he said, he was told to report them to local law enforcement. Asked what message he felt he had received , he said: “ It’s OK for an Israeli American to live over here, but not for an American Palestinian.” Many people fear bringing their children to the village and have to rely on themselves for protection . The discussions now revolve around security measures: whether to install barbed wire or hang more American l ags to emphasise the village’s connection to the US. Pointing to a neighbour from Chicago who was installing a
◀ An Israeli military jeep parked at an illegal settler outpost outside Turmus Ayya
barbed -wire fence, Odeh said : “I don’t want to live in a prison . I’m born and raised in America . We lived in freedom over there. And I’m not going to live any other way.” But people are scared for their lives. Last month, Maisoon Ali, a 60-year-old retiree, was at home in nearby Deir Dibwan when she looked up and saw three young men running up the driveway with bottles i lled with a l ammable liquid. S he ran into her house, where she pulled down the metal shutters . After trying to pour the liquid on her, the settlers set i re to furniture and the building’s exterior while Ali sheltered inside. “Thank God I acted fast,” said Ali, who for decades lived in Vienna, Virginia . “If I didn’t do that, I would have been burned alive .” Ali’s father foresaw trouble in the 1970s when he built the house and installed bulletproof glass . When he died, he made Ali promise she would not abandon the house . Now, she has turned the home into a “prison” , with fences around the house and surrounding olive grove . “It would kill him to see this,” she said, gesturing toward the fortii cations. “ This is our land
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▲ A farm in the village. Residents fear animals may also fall victim to settler violence
and I’m 60 years old and I decided
to retire in my family home. And I
don’t want to live like this, scared,
and not doing my routine.”
Dozens of settlers besieged
the house again on 18 June, days
after the i rst attack. One of the
men has threatened her online,
posting a video in which he is seen
standing by a fence behind Ali’s
house. “The reality on the ground
is shouting out what they already
understand on their own: the
homeowner has returned,” he says.
The i rebomb attack against Ali
took place on 14 June, two days
after Huckabee made a surprise
visit to Shilo to back the settlers .
Alkam said he had contacted
Huckabee “ at least four times
asking for a visit to Turmus Ayya”,
but he had not come . “He does not
even consider that we exist.”
Israeli prosecutors say they have
charged six settlers with “acts of
terrorism, arson, sabotage and
violent rioting” in Deir Dibwan,
although the cases are reportedly
covered by a gag order and it is not
clear if they are related to the attack
on Ali’s house. After i ling an initial
report with the US embassy, she
said she had been told to report the
case to local authorities.
“If we were a Jewish Israeli
American family who they had
tried to burn alive, the American
ambassador would have been
here in two hours,” she said. “But
I haven’t been contacted.”
are Iran’s
last chance
to avoid US
escalation
of strikes,
says Trump
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
New talks between Washington and Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of US strikes on the country, Donald Trump said yesterday. The US president said he expected negotiations to begin in the next day or two to reopen the strait of Hor- muz and create a pathway for Iran to address America’s concerns about its nuclear programme. “The i rst phase is the opening of the strait . The second phase will be the denuclearisation,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Oi ce. “And that will take a little while.” He reiterated that he was running out of patience with Iran, warning: “This is the last chance for them to sign a good document.” Earlier yesterday, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said the coun- try had been in discussion with Oman about the creation of a new, tempo- rary route through the strait that would allow com mercial shipping to resume, but was not yet reviving talks with the US. Esmail Baghaei denied claims by Donald Trump that talks between the two sides on all the ma in dis- putes between them could restart this week. “We are not currently negotiat- ing with the United States,” he said. The US president said he had held of from launching the biggest strike on any country “since world war two” over the weekend after Saudi Ara- bia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, phoned him to urge diplo- macy . Trump said the cancellation was conditional on Iran reaching a deal quickly. It is thought to be the 12th time in the US-Iran war that he has called of threatened strikes.
opening of the strait . The second phase will be denuclearisation’
Yesterday, Trump called the Iranian leadership “unbelieva- bly duplicitous” in a post on social media. “They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg’, talks begin, with more scheduled in the immedi- ate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only deal- ing with ‘Oman’. “They then go on to give their usual blather in saying, the Strait of Hor- muz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our ‘Blockade’ ,” he wrote. Trump demanded “a Deal, or Total Surrender” from Iran. Baghaei’s discussion of a new middle route through the strait of Hormuz would represent progress. Iran is claiming full sovereignty and has been making demands over the routes and future management of the strait, including the possibility of charging fees in return for provid- ing ships with maritime services. One proposal is to create an Omani- Iranian joint company that would provide all the services that insur- ance companies used to provide but at lower prices, and with preferential tarif s for some countries. Finding a mutually acceptable route through the strait is the pre- condition to unlocking all the other agreements laid out in the memoran- dum of understanding, the ceasei re document signed by both sides on 18 June . Disagreements about the memorandum’s obligations ha ve led to a resumption of the war, which has spread to the Red Sea and to Iraq. Last week, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi , said the country was demanding that ships entering the strait take a route to the north close to Iran, but that some ships could take a southern route. Iran rejected the trai c being divided evenly between the two routes, and also that a third coun- try could start de-mining the routes. Baghaei told a press conference in Tehran : “ We are now talking about a corridor that will have a round- trip route, not two or three separate routes. This intermediate route is to be used temporarily until a decision is made on a i xed route.” He framed the route as an alter- native to the transport separation scheme, the longstanding prewar route that was overseen by the UN’s International Maritime Organization. Baghaei stressed that the talks with Oman were bilateral and did not involve the US, adding that the negotiations with Oman had lasted seven to eight days. He said Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi , was not due to hold any talks with the US yesterday . He added agreement on a route would not solve everything, point- ing to the US blockade of Iran’s ports, and that there would be no signii cant improvement in the situation unless the US approach changed .
strikes on two Russian resorts
Pjotr Sauer Angus Thomson
Ukrainian drone attacks on a Black Sea resort and the annexed Crimea peninsula killed 11 people, Russian oi cials said, after blaming Kyiv for a separate explosion that killed i ve people in a Moscow restaurant. Seven people, including three children, were killed when “drone debris” struck a beach in the seaside town of Arkhipo-Osipovka , the crisis taskforce for Russia’s southern Kras- nodar region said . Social media videos, verii ed by Reuters and the BBC, showed tourists in the water and on the shore watch- ing as what appeared to be a drone slammed into a busy beach. Another four people were killed in a Ukrainian strike on the illegally annexed Crimea, the
French government investigated
Angelique Chrisai s Paris
The Paris state prosecutor has opened a preliminary inquiry into alleged workplace bullying after the attempted suicide of a staf member in a department connected to the French prime minister’s oi ce . According to France Inter Radio, two government workers in dif erent departments ended their lives in the
Moscow-installed governor, Sergey Aksyonov , said in a post on Telegram. Earlier, Russia blamed Ukraine for a bombing at a restaurant in Moscow that killed i ve people, amid specula- tion that a senior military commander was the intended target. The explosion occurred on Satur- day evening near the entrance to a restaurant in Kudrinskaya Square . Russian prosecutors said an
▲ Tourists in Arkhipo-Osipovka watch as a drone strikes the beach
past year, and two others attempted
suicide.
A complaint was made by a staf
representative to the prosecutor in
June over alleged bullying in certain
government departments .
A document seen by France Inter
and Agence France-Presse said a
complaint claimed “presumed insti-
tutional bullying” had led a staf
member to attempt to end their life.
Three internal government inquir-
ies have also been opened into
unidentified woman carrying an improvised explosive device had attempted to enter the restaurant but was stopped by a security guard. The device detonated moments later, kill- ing i ve people and injuring 19 others. On Sunday, Russia’s foreign minis- try accused Kyiv of carrying out the attack, saying: “The bloody tentacles of [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy’s terror- ist gang have reached the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant in Moscow.” Russian authorities have not iden- tii ed the intended target or named the victims. However, pro-Kremlin military bloggers and independent Russian media outlets reported the attack may have been aimed at Col Gen Alexander Cha iko , the com- mander of Russia’s aerospace forces, who was said to have been attending a private party at the restaurant to celebrate his 55th birthday. Photographs and videos posted
specii c cases and broader workplace
wellbeing.
The staf member at the centre of
the prosecutor’s inquiry worked in a
service that handled issues related to
correspondence for the prime min-
ister’s oi ce, France Inter reported.
The woman’s lawyer, Christelle
Mazza, told the radio station: “My
client had been made [to feel] invis-
ible. She was no longer invited to
attend meetings, had been taken of
the staf list, treated as if she was no
one. She was mocked and jeered at as
if it was playground bullying .”
The lawyer said dii culties for
staf had been compounded by the
instability of governments after
Emmanuel Macron dissolved the
online shortly after the bombing, pur- ported to be from the private event, showed a stage with “ Alexander 55” displayed in the background. Cha iko is one of Russia’s top military com- manders, having led the failed assault on Kyiv in early 2022 before being promoted to command the air force. A Telegram channel known for publishing leaks from within Rus- sia’s security services said Cha iko was unharmed. According to the channel, his daughter, Maria, was seriously injured in the blast, while her hus- band, Daniil Peredriy , was killed . Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that investigators believed the woman carrying the explosive device may not have known she was transporting a bomb, suggesting it had been detonated remotely , killing her. Among the other reported vic- tims was a member of Russia’s elite Federal Protective Service . Kyiv has not commented on the incidents. Both sides have repeat- edly said they do not target civilians . In Ukraine, one person was killed and dozens more injured when Rus- sian planes launched a 90-minute bombing blitz on residential districts in the city of Zaporizhzhia, regional chief, Ivan Fedorov , said yesterday.
national assembly and called a snap election in June 2024 . In a statement, two senior oi cials in the department of services of the prime minister expressed full respect and support to colleagues and fami- lies . They said psychological welfare was “a constant priority” and a n audit on workplace wellbeing would be conducted. One case of attempted suicide was investigated and found not to be connected to the govern- ment service, they said. Another was at the centre of an inquiry after claims of bullying. For the two deaths by sui- cide, investigations were under way .
◀ A man walks past the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant in Kudrinskaya Square , Moscow, where a bomb blast on Saturday apparently targeted a senior military offi cer
PHOTOGRAPH: SERGEI ILNITSKY/EPA
discrimination facing cancer survivors in Germany
Deborah Cole Berlin
German politicians who have sur-
vived cancer have spearheaded
proposals to protect people long
in remission from what they call
rampant discrimination in areas
including bank loans, adoption of
children and insurance.
The policy, known as “the right
to be forgotten” (RTBF), is a central
demand of an estimated 5.5 million
former cancer patients in Germany
who have been given a clean bill of
health by their doctors.
“Anyone who has medically
overcome cancer must not be per-
manently disadvantaged in any area
of life, be it in insurance, credit or
employment law,” reads the proposal
drawn up by the Social Democrats
(SPD), junior partners in Germany’s
coalition government.
Once medically justified time
limits – generally i ve years – have
expired, the paper states, “disclo-
sure of a previously overcome cancer
diagnosis can no longer be required”.
One of the proposal’s initiators is
the foreign policy spokesperson of
the SPD’s parliamentary group, Adis
Ahmetović , who went public with a
lymphoma diagnosis at the age of 30
and is now 33. He has been tumour-
free since October 2024 . Ahmetović
argues that, beyond its ethical justi-
i cation, the policy change “would
not cost the state a cent”.
He received support from a breast
cancer survivor and fellow Social
Democrat, Manuela Schwesig , the
state premier of Mecklenburg-West-
ern Pomerania, on the Baltic coast.
Schwesig said Germany was an
EU outlier in blocking former cancer
patients from making a fresh start.
“Other European countries have
long since sorted this out,” she told
the Funke media group. “We need a
law for this .”
The SPD co-leader Lars Klingbeil ,
Germany’s i nance minister, over-
came tongue cancer after learning of
his illness in 2014. He too has thrown
his weight behind the legislation.
A petition calling for Germany
to adopt RTBF reforms has drawn
more than 55,000 signatures. It was
initiated by Tobias Burggraf, who se
daughter was diagnosed with can-
cer at the age of two and a half. “After
the healing, life begins – not the next
hurdle,” Burggraf said, describing
his goal. He said the SPD-sponsored
proposal covered “ the thrust of our
petition”, calling it “ long overdue”.
The German Insurance Associa-
tion warned against setting i xed time
limits on cancer patients’ status.
The industry group said that to
keep policies af ord able for all , pri-
vate insurance providers of life and
disability coverage must be able to
assess patients’ future risk based on
scientii c review and medical advice .
pick candidates on social media
Lili Rutai Budapest E
szter Jámbor , a 46-year-old content creator who focuses on sex education, had a dif erent kind of question for her Instagram followers last week: who did they think should be Hungary’s next president? The suggestions ranged from reality TV stars to bodybuilders and the Victoria’s Secret model Barbara Palvin . But another anonymous online poll asking Hungarians the same question revealed the most popular candidate to be András Arató , a retired electrical engineer who found global online fame as a meme: Hide the Pain Harold . Katalin Karikó , the Nobel-winning biochemist, and Ernő Rubik , the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, were also popular choices. “Obviously, politics are serious, but there’s also room for a bit of humour, for that sense of freedom that a part of Hungary is now feeling after the past 16 years,” said Jámbor. Since ousting its rightwing populist leader, Viktor Orbán, in
Connect the dots Visitors explore Yayoi Kusama ’s installation titled Infi nity Mirrored Room – the Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infi nity Will Eternally Cover the Universe during its fi nal day on show at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne . The museum’s Kusama exhibition included more than 300 works by the 97 -year-old Japanese artist and brought in a record 470,000 visitors. PHOTOGRAPH: INA FASSBENDER/ GETTY
▶ From top, András Arató , who found fame via a meme; the Victoria’s Secret model Barbara Palvin ; and Ernő Rubik
a milestone election earlier this year, th e central European country has been living through a period of rapid political change. The man who succeeded Orb án, Péter Magyar , has begun enacting some of the reforms he promised : taking “propaganda broadcasts” on public media of air and removing Orbán’s allies from the heads of the prosecution, police and military. Perhaps the biggest i ght, however, was the one Magyar
picked with the then president, Tamás Sulyok , who was forced to sign a constitutional amendment ending his own term in July. After Sulyok, who was appointed by Orbán’s Fidesz party, left his post, the new prime minister called for suggestions. “Let’s make a decision together,” he said on Facebook . MPs from the ruling Tisza party will elect the new president in parliament, but Magyar encouraged “public i gures, NGOs and civilians” to put forward names. Less than 24 hours after opening the discussion, however, Magyar said he had nominated the chess grandmaster Judit Polgár for the role. This prompted a backlash and Polgár turned him down . Magyar apologised for the “miscommunication ”, but polls showed his party down by 3 percentage points. “The process is still imperfect,” said Imre Ónádi, a 55-year-old architect who created a Facebook page and group to support the candidacy of the conservative politician Péter Márki- Zay , who unsuccessfully ran against Orbán in the 2022 general election. Ónádi welcomed Polgár’s refusal “not because she isn’t the right person, but because
her nomination was announced without discussion ”. He thought Magyar’s apology was a good sign. “It seems they take into account what the population says. That’s democracy, after all .” While the government has set up an online consultation space to discuss an update on traffi c regulations, there is no offi cial channel for presidential candidate recommendations . Any Hungarian over the age of 35 with voting rights can become president, but Magyar has said his candidate must be independent of political parties. He has met two popular contenders: the well - known historian Ignác Romsics and Botond Fülöp , a lawyer who uncovered the child abuse pardon scandal that ended the presidency of Katalin Novák in 2024 . It is expected that Tisza’s 141 MPs will propose and swear in a candidate before 19 August. Technically, Fidesz, which has 44 MPs, could nominate its own candidate, but the party has said it will not take part in the election as it believes Sulyok’s dismissal was unlawful. No other party has enough MPs to nominate someone . Amnesty International Hungary believe d the removal of Sulyok was justii ed, said Áron Demeter , from their Budapest offi ce. “But we could debate Tisza’s method,” he said, arguing the government could have pursued impeachment . With its supermajority in parliament, Tisza “shouldn’t do the same things Fidesz did ”, he added.
▲ ‘Renewed pride’: Naoero is the Pacii c country’s traditional name
to name of Naoero in big move for tiny island nation
Associated Press Wellington
The Pacii c Island country of Nauru
has changed its name to the Repub-
lic of Naoero , matching the spelling
and pronunciation of the national
language.
Its international code will change
from NRU to NRO , and its people will
be known as dei-Naoero instead of
Nauruan . Commonly known abroad
by the pronunciation Now-roo, the
new name is spoken as Now-ero.
The move returns the remote
South Pacii c island nation to its
traditional name, according to a
statement on the government’s Face-
book account . The country became
known internationally as Nauru
only because its local name was dif-
i cult for foreigners to pronounce ,
according to an earlier government
statement.
Proposing the move to parlia-
ment in January, the president, David
Adeang , said: “This proposed change
seeks to more faithfully honour our
nation’s heritage, our language, and
our identity .”
The suggested constitutional
amendment has been endorsed
by lawmakers in the requisite two
rounds of voting, though it was n ot
immediately clear if the document
had been formally amended.
With 12,000 residents, Naoero is
the world’s third-smallest country
by population , after Tuvalu and Vati-
can City . It was coloni sed by Germany
and later administered by Australia
before becoming an independent
republic in 1968 . Now, the atoll is
at risk from rising seas as a result of
climate breakdown .
Adeang said the name change indi-
cated “the beginning of renewed
national pride ” .
In a statement last week the gov-
ernment said lawmakers had decided
a public vote on the name change was
n ot needed.
“While a referendum is intended to
determine the will of the people, the
name Naoero has never been lost, but
rather waiting to be fully embraced,”
the government said.
The designation “is already the
identity of the people, is on the
national coat of arms, and spoken
in the community , and importantly
is allowed by the constitution ”,
it added.
son tells court she was investigating tycoon ‘central to’ Maltese energy bid
Juliette Garside
The journalist Daphne Caruana Gal-
izia was investigating suspected
corruption by the businessman Yor-
gen Fenech and members of Malta’s
government when she was killed, a
jury heard yesterday.
The heir to one of Malta’s biggest
fortunes, Fenech is on trial for mur-
der, accused of commissioning and
paying for Caruana Galizia’s killing in
a car bombing in October 2017.
Her son Matthew Caruana Galizia ,
a software engineer who was part of
the reporting team that won a Pulitzer
prize for the Panama Papers investi-
gation into of shore companies, took
the stand yesterday.
He described being drawn in to
helping his mother with her work,
saying that as more facts came to
light, it seemed him a “portal” had
opened and he could “see into hell”.
In 2015, Caruana Galizia said he
was working on the Panama Papers
leak, uploading millions of i les into
a database that reporters were using
to investigate tax havens.
Over time, material from the leak
and Daphne’s own sources produced
evidence that the then energy min-
ister, Konrad Mizzi , and the prime
minister’s chief of staf , Keith Schem-
bri , had set up of shore companies
soon after entering oi ce.
A i rm of accountants was helping
them to open bank accounts in the
name of those companies, Caruana
Galizia said.
The jury was shown a comment
left by his mother in early 2017
under a newspaper article about the
minister and the chief of staf . She
wrote: “How unbelievably corrupt
they are – and worse still, they were
not tempted into corruption when
they were already jaded in power,
but actually got into power with the
express purpose of being corrupt. It
was their road map.”
At the time of her death , Caruana
Galizia said he had been helping his
mother process another leak, con-
sisting of thousands of emails stored
in the servers of a company called
Electro gas, partly owned by Fenech.
One of the Maltese government’s l ag-
ship projects after winning the 2013
general election had been to privatise
a key part of Malta’s electricity infra-
structure. The contract was won by
Electrogas.
“I was receiving this info . I
couldn’t believe it, it was like a por-
tal opened up and I could see into
hell,” Caruana Galizia claimed. The defence objected, saying the witness was of ering an opinion. Asked if his mother had discussed the tendering process with him, Mat- thew said she had. “Factually what did your mother tell you about the tendering process?” the prosecutor asked. Caruana Galizia replied: “That it was corrupt”. The judge interjected to remind the witness that this was an opinion, not a fact. Asked what he had seen in the emails, Caruana Galizia said: “When
I started receiving the data and put it in a system to make it searchable, I could see that Yorgen Fenech was at the centre of everything. He was fea- tured in countless emails.” Caruana Galizia said the Electro- gas leak was ongoing the day his mother was killed. He said she had wanted to gather a group of journal- ists together to examine the data, in a collaboration similar to the one that had produced the Panama Papers. He had contacted the Guardian to begin work on the project, but his mother was killed a few months later. “We never got to do it … when I see these emails my heart beats fast because I’m taken back to that time when I was with my mother planning on what to do,” he told the court. After the murder, Caruana Galizia set up the Daphne Project, working with a wider group of publications, including the Guardian and Reuters, to continue investigating Electrogas and try to uncover who was behind his mother’s killing. The prosecution’s questioning ended with a description by Caruana Galizia of the day his mother had died. They were working together at home and she had prepared a moz- zarella and tomato salad. She then left in her car to go to the bank. “I was working on some software and
▲ Tributes to Daphne Caruana Galizia outside St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta , Malta; top, Matthew Caruana Galizia
I heard an explosion. I opened the door, I felt the blood drain away … I started walking faster and faster towards the tower of smoke . “First I saw i re on the road – the road was on i re. I saw pieces of metal and flesh . My eyes followed the smoke and I saw a huge ball of i re. I ran towards it. The horn was going of , it wouldn’t stop. I saw a shadow in the car and I remember saying: ‘That’s my mum’.” He told the court he had set aside everything to ensure those respon- sible were held to account, leaving his job, ending his career and return- ing to Malta. “ We had to make it our mission, which we did. It came at enormous personal cost ,” he said. Fenech, who is on trial for com- plicity in the voluntary homicide of Daphne Caruana Galizia, denies the charges. The trial continues.
has said those responsible for his mother’s death must face justice
PHOTOGRAPHS: JC MILHET/MATTHEW MIRABELLI/AFP/GETTY
holdouts back Blanche for top legal role after slush fund row
Shrai Popat
Washington
Two Republican senators who had threatened to stop Todd Blanche becom ing attorney general announced they would advance his nomination after he coni rmed in writing that a planned $1.8bn (£1.3bn) slush fund for Donald Trump’s allies was dead. The US Senate judiciary commit- tee is due to vote today on whether to approve the nomination of Blanche, who is already acting attorney gen- eral, and send it to the wider Senate for a vote. The outgoing lawmakers John Cornyn and Thom Tillis , two key holdouts on the committee who have repeatedly clashed with Trump over the past year, said their concerns had been resolved after a “successful negotiation of a legally enforceable document”, which was released by Blanche late on Sunday. The document formally ends the $1.8bn “anti-weaponi sation fund”, and makes clear that Trump and his family will not receive indei nite protection from audits of future tax i lings. The prospect arose from an agreement reached as part of a settle- ment in a lawsuit Trump i led against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over the unauthori sed leak of his tax returns. A US federal judge who oversaw the lawsuit criticised the arrange- ment, noting that the US Department of Justice had not ma de a good faith ef ort to defend the government, and that it appeared to be a collusive ef ort to engineer a benei cial result on behalf of the president. The fund and the scope of Trump’s immunity from tax audits became dealbreakers for Cornyn and Tillis. “We are pleased that the Depart- ment of Justice has issued a formal order terminating the anti-weapon- i sation fund,” the senators said . “ The department has acknowl- edged in a binding written order that the audit settlement is limited to the plaintif s and the scope does not extend beyond the defendants in the lawsuit, the IRS and the Treasury, addressing concerns that multiple of our Republican colleagues share. “We look forward to voting to advance his nomination out of the Senate judiciary committee soon.”
after years of questions about her health
Natasha May Bangkok
Myanmar’s detained former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi , has met a rep- resentative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the aid organisation has coni rmed. The meeting yesterday follow ed years of questions over the well- being of the 81-year-old , whose whereabouts and health condition have been largely unknown since the elected civilian government she led was ousted by a military coup in February 2021. Little has been seen or heard of Aung San Suu Kyi since late 2022 . Myanmar’s military-backed
The biama dance-off s redefi ning Ivorian pop
Eromo Egbejule Abidjan T
he 400-strong crowd , perched on plastic chairs and wooden benches in Abidjan’s Yopougon-Selmer neighbourhood , roared with approval as Sauce Graine twisted and turned . The dancer, named after an Ivorian palm nut delicacy, was competing in a series of street dance battles set to biama , a frenetic of shoot of coupé-décalé , a type of percussive dance music popular across west Africa that originated in Côte d’Ivoire around the turn of the century. A neighbourhood square in Yopougon-Selmer had been transformed into a dance arena for the event . The performers were all under 25, with some as young as i ve. Audience members periodically joined in . “This [is a] small ceremony so that people can see the talent we have … a talent that God has given to each of us to share with the whole world,” says Sauce Graine, 15, whose real name is Arnold and who began dancing to biama six years ago. “ Many people aren’t very familiar with the dance yet, they think it’s just a neighbourhood thing. All we have to do is create the dance so that more people can see it and love it.”
administrations have repeatedly claimed she is in “good health”, even as international pressure has grown on the country’s government to allow independent verii cation. Aung San Suu Kyi ’s son Kim Aris , who had recently demanded the ruling junta provide proof of life , welcomed news of the meeting . He described it as “the i rst positive development concerning her in more than i ve years” . Aris said he hoped the meeting would lead to “greater humanitar- ian access, direct contact with my mother, credible and independently verii ed information about her well- being, and ultimately her immediate and unconditional release, together with all political prisoners”.
Alongside the local strain of hip- hop known as maïmouna – a fusion of coupé-décalé and rap Ivoire – biama has become emblematic of a resurgence of Ivorian pop culture over the past decade. There is debate over exactly when biama emerged, but it exploded in popularity after the Covid pandemic as young people posted dance challenges on TikTok, fusing acrobatics with gooi ness that pushed bodies to their limits.
Yesterday, Arnaud de Baecque , the resident representative of the ICRC to Myanmar, visited Aung San Suu Kyi in the capital, Naypyidaw , the govern- ment spokesperson Khine Khine Soe said in a post on Telegram. In two of the four photographs pro- vided by Khine Khine Soe , Aung San Suu Kyi – dressed in traditional Bur- mese attire – is seen with Baecque in a sparsely furnished, wood-panelled room with only two chairs and a desk. In another photo , Myanmar’s former leader is seen cutting a birth- day cake inscribed with her name . A fourth image is a close up of the cake, inscribed with “Happy Birth- day Aunty Suu 19.6.2026”. In a statement , the ICRC coni rmed the visit had occurred and was carried
“Biama is basically coupé- décalé 2.0, like at 200% speed,” says Cédric Kouamé , a music producer and the chief archivist at Baoulecore Archive Center in Abidjan. “Like maïmouna, it comes from Yopougon . Most trends start [in] Yopougon. ” For decades, this working-class district has dictated the cultural zeitgeist of Côte d’Ivoire. Stéphane Doukouré , known as Douk Saga , grew up in Yopougon before
▲ Fans of biama call themselves biamaseurs. Left, the dance battle arena in Abidjan’s Yopougon district
PHOTOGRAPHS: MILÉQUÊM DIARASSOUBA; AICHA FALL/THE GUARDIAN
▲ Aung San Suu Kyi with Red Cross representative Arnaude de Baecque
out in accordance with its standards and procedures for visiting people deprived of liberty, including the opportunity to speak to Aung San Suu Kyi in private. “In line with the ICRC’s working methods, detention visits provide
people deprived of liberty with the opportunity to exchange news with their families,” the statement said. “As is customary in the ICRC’s detention work, observations and recommendations related to the visit are shared exclusively and coni den- tially with the detaining authorities.” In late April, after a military- engineered election that allowed the former junta leader Min Aung Hla- ing to become Myanmar’s president, authorities said Aung San Suu Kyi had been moved to house arrest. While the election was criticised as a sham , it has led to diplomatic re- engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). After a meeting between the Myanmar foreign minister and coun- terparts from Asean in Bangkok in July, Thailand’s foreign minister, Sihasak Phuangketkeow , called for access to Aung San Suu Kyi “so that we can be able to verify the claims” of her good health. But the new military-backed administration had so far been reluc- tant to provide access .
founding coupé-décalé with his
Jet 7 crew after returning from Paris
in the early 2000s . Their genre
championed the philosophy of
sagacité – the shrewdness needed
to outwit authority – alongside
farotement , the l amboyant display
of wealth. But Doukouré’s career
was short-lived. He died from lung
disease in 2006 at 32 .
The genre was propelled to
new heights by Yopougon-born
Ange Didier Houon . In his teens,
Lebanese friends gave him the
stage name DJ Arafat, after the late
Palestinian political leader Yasser
Arafat. One of his early hits was
2003’s Jonathan, a homage to a
friend killed in a motorbike crash.
Over time, he upped the tempo of
his music to match the high-energy,
acrobatic roukaskas routines
devised by his dancers. A fter
his death in another motorbike
collision in 2019, many believed the
genre was nearing its end.
Today, a new generation is
vying for Ivorian pop stardom.
Among those hoisting the l ag for
maïmouna are Didi B , who has
gained international recognition,
and the more street-famous Himra .
The rappers’ rivalry entered a new
phase last year when both i lled
stadiums weeks apart .
Biama remains the more popular
of the two subgenres, particularly
among children and young people,
who call themselves biamaseurs.
“Biama is, i rst of all, a dance for the
immature,” the dancer Kalomaman
said in a recent interview.
Midway through the event in
Yopougon, Kehou Mousso – one
of biama’s few female musicians
– took to the stage to loud cheers
in a waist- length orange wig and
frilled green outi t . Known to her
2.6 million TikTok followers as
the “queen of coupé-décalé”, she
says biama choreography requires
“ improvising every second ”.
Some cultural observers in Côte
d’Ivoire dismiss the genre as little
more than “street music”, but
biamaseurs remain undeterred.
“People will love us,” Sauce Graine
says. “They will dance [and] little
by little, they will spread the word .”
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AstraZeneca shares slide 8.9% over merger talks with US rival
Julia Kollewe
More than £17bn was wiped of the value of AstraZeneca yesterday after a report that Britain’s biggest drug- maker was in talks to take over its US rival Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) in a deal that would create a near $400bn (£300bn) pharmaceutical group. AstraZeneca, run by Pascal Soriot , had been valued at nearly £196bn before the news broke. BMS, head- quartered in Princeton, New Jersey, and known for its cancer treatments, had been worth $133bn. A tie-up would create the world’s fourth larg- est drugmaker by market value. AstraZeneca’s FTSE 100-listed shares plunged by 8.9% to close at a low of £115 as investors reacted to news of the talks, which were i rst reported by the Financial Times . That pushed AstraZeneca’s value down to about £178bn, as it lost its
growth picks up pace despite fear of long war in Middle East
Phillip Inman
UK manufacturers ramped up pro- duction last month for the fourth consecutive month and at the fastest pace in almost two years, according to a leading survey of the industry. The S&P Global poll of manufac- turers found them in upbeat mood in July, though anxious about the pros- pect of a long war in the Middle East that would block supplies of oil and gas, and raise the cost of production. Uncertainty about the outcome of the war meant the S&P Global purchasing managers’ ind ex (PMI) dipped in July, but maintained a run of nine months of expansion. The PMI, which tracks activity in the sector, fell back to 51.9 in July, down from 52.5 in June, despite the rise in manufacturing output growth. A reading above 50 denotes a period of expansion. The i gures come after a torrid two years for the manufacturing industry after the election of Donald Trump and the president’s “ liberation day” tarif s that took ef ect in spring 2025. The industry received a second big blow last autumn when a hack of
title of the second biggest listed com- pany in the UK to Shell. BMS’s shares rose 1.7% after Wall Street opened, before reversing and losing those gains by midday in New York. A deal would expand AstraZeneca’s presence in the US, where it will invest $50bn in research and man- ufacturing by 2030 . It completed a direct listing of its shares on the New York stock exchange in June, and a deal with BMS could revive fears of a shift away from the UK. The news surprised analysts , who questioned the rationale behind a tie- up and noted that any deal would be closely scrutinised by regulators, given the overlap of the companies’ oncology portfolios. Michael Leuchten , an analyst at Jef ries, said: “ Why is perhaps not yet clear to us . We suspect most people will focus on the potential to establish an even bigger oncology power- house, with the resultant portfolio likely the broadest in the industry. ”
▲ UK manufacturing companies increased production in July at the fastest pace for almost two years
PHOTOGRAPH: MINT IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES
the computer system at Jaguar Land Rover brought production at the UK’s largest car maker to a halt. The report said the latest increase in production was strongly linked to “rising intakes of new business from both domestic and export clients”. Total new orders rose for the eighth successive month, with some companies noting an improvement
Chris Beauchamp , a chief market analyst at the investment platform IG, said: “Though a rare example of a big UK i rm buying a smaller US i rm is something to warm the cockles of the British heart, it risks the departure of yet another national champion, and in any case the pair’s large can- cer divisions is a major hurdle to a successful deal. ” Some shareholders were also sceptical. “The only advantage for AstraZeneca in this rumoured com- bination with BMS seems to be to accelerate its US footprint and sales,” said Lucy Coutts, an invest- ment director at JM Finn , which holds AstraZeneca share s. “ BMS share- holders would be the winners of any combination with AstraZeneca and so this news will undoubtedly be received coolly by AstraZeneca share- holders,” she told Reuters. Lukas Leu, a portfolio manager at ATG Healthcare Investments , said a deal could boost margins through
in the f unctioning of global supply chains after the chaos caused by US tarif s in 2025. It said new export orders flowed from the US and Canada, the EU, mainland China, India and South Korea. However, the recovery has led to only a small increase in employ- ment . “Uncertainty about the future dragged on the labour market in July. Although stai ng levels increased for the fourth successive month, the rate of growth eased to near-stagnation and was the weakest during the cur- rent upturn ,” the report said.
cost synergies and expand reach in
neuroscience and cell therapy, but he
questioned how a combined business
would position competing drugs. “I
am not a big fan of mega-mergers . It
kills innovation and agility,” he said.
AstraZeneca, headquartered in
Cambridge, was formed in 1999
from the merger of the Swedish com-
pany Astra AB and the UK’s Zeneca
Group . Zeneca had been spun of
from Imperial Chemical Industries
(ICI) i ve years earlier.
AstraZeneca’s share price has more
than quadrupled since Soriot became
its chief executive in 2012, and has
overt aken its UK rival GSK in size.
A week ago, AstraZeneca said it was
coni dent of hitting its growth targets
for 2030, by which time it expect ed
to achieve $80bn in annual sales , up
from $59bn last year, despite the fail-
ure of Wainua , one of its leading heart
disease drugs in development.
Soriot said the company must
move at “Chinese speed” to ensure
it did not fall behind competitors.
BMS employs about 800 people
in the UK. Its British research team
of 250 people is based at Moreton ,
near Liverpool, while its commercial
head oi ce for the UK and Ireland is
in Uxbridge, west London.
AstraZeneca declined to comment.
BMS was also contacted.
Ginni Cooper , the manufacturing partner at the accountancy i rm MHA , said the sector had proved resilient amid yo-yoing commodity prices that had caused the cost of many basic manufacturing goods to l uctuate sharply in recent months, including oil and gas. “Manufacturers are by their nature positive and adaptable to change and these past few months have tested both,” she said. She said many companies had welcomed the initiatives announced by Andy Burnham , including voca- tional training in schools .
car leasing up 170% as drivers avoid soaring petrol prices
Jasper Jolly
The number of people leasing used electric cars in the UK has more than doubled in the past year, as drivers look for cheaper ways to avoid soar- ing petrol prices . Used electric car leasing has risen by 170% in the past year across mem- bers of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) , a lobby group whose members buy about half the UK’s new vehicles to lease them out to businesses and consumers . The supply of secondhand electric cars is rising rapidly, as cars bought new by early adopters feed through into the used market. The number of electric cars on British roads sur- passed 2m this year. Most new vehicles in the UK – about 85% – are bought with i nance, with drivers favouring a monthly fee rather than paying upfront . However, the number of i rms of ering leasing for secondhand electric cars had been relatively small until recently, with providers waiting until there were more cars on of er, as well as better data on how long they would survive. Demand for secondhand electric cars has been helped by big increases in petrol prices since the US and Israel launched their attacks on Iran in February. Higher fuel prices have made owning an electric car cheaper relative to petrol for many people. Toby Poston , the chief executive of the BVRLA, said the biggest oppor- tunity to convert drivers to electric vehicles was now via used cars . “Used leasing is giving con- sumers real choice: access to a well -maintained electric car with the latest technology, at a range of price points without taking on the i nancial risk. Used [car] salary sacrii ce, in par- ticular, is opening electric driving to households that previously thought it was beyond their reach ,” he said. Salary sacrii ce in ef ect subsi- dises electric vehicle purchases by allowing people to deduct the cost before tax is calculated. The number of secondhand EVs leased this way has risen more than i ve fold in the past year, the BVRLA said. Personal contract hire for used cars also increased almost six times over. Under such contracts, people in ef ect rent a car for a monthly fee.
85% Proportion of new vehicles in the UK bought on i nance, as drivers favour paying monthly rather than upfront
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Business view Nils Pratley
winning formula – it doesn’t need a $400bn mega-merger
ir Pascal Soriot , the chief executive of AstraZeneca , starts with huge credit in the bank, obviously. His long tenure has been a triumph, starting with the against-the-odds victory over Pi zer’s charmless accountants in 2014 . The $39bn purchase of Alexion in 2021 looked a little over-priced at the time, but you could see how it sat well with Soriot’s sermons on the importance of backing science. The deal got AZ into the i eld of medicines for rare diseases, which should of er decades of growth. A l irtation with a grand combo with the US group Bristol Myers Squibb , by contrast, looks
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bal ing. What’s the big idea here? Why bet the farm on a $400bn mega-merger? The i rst challenge would be how to rip out a few billions ’ worth of costs to justify the takeover premium. Soriot has normally viewed such corporate exercises as anti-patient. And why do it now? In the absence of a statement by AZ – not even to coni rm the basic accuracy of the FT’s initial report of talks with BMS – one must assume we’re in the territory of discussions that could end up being ditched. One hopes that will be the outcome because the 67-year-old Soriot risks spoiling his legacy if a high-risk i nancial adventure goes wrong. A calamity must be a possibility since the acquisition of a $133bn rival would inevitably come with
A calamity must be a possibility since the acquisition of a $133bn rival would inevitably come with a large helping of debt
a large helping of debt. “If there is one company that doesn’t need i nancial engineering it’s AZ in our view,” commented a Jef eries’ analyst. Quite. The only guarantee in buying BMS is that AZ would inherit the target’s patent clif challenge that will result in sales of its blockbuster Opdivo cancer treatment plunging between now and 2030. Expiries of major drugs can feel smaller if shared within a bigger group, so one can see why BMS would be minded to seek shelter, but it’s hard to understand why AZ would volunteer to pay for the umbrella. The theoretical appeal, perhaps, is the prospect of building a market-beating global colossus in oncology, the i eld that is also AZ’s greatest strength. But Soriot’s strategy of supplementing AZ’s own development drugs with smart licensing and partnerships, especially in China, is a proven winner. Why mess with the formula? US competition regulators might also have something to say about two leading oncology franchises being welded into one. Plan A, by contrast, has the virtue of simplicity. It was only last week that Soriot said he was “absolutely coni dent” of hitting AZ’s 2030 target for annual revenues of $80bn despite the failure of a heart disease drug in
▲ Pascal Soriot risks spoiling his legacy if a high-risk move goes wrong
late-stage trials. He gave a typically bullish performance: investors should know the drug business involves the odd hiccup in the labs . The worry is that Soriot’s enthusiasm for US risk-taking and innovation has somehow led to the conclusion that AZ needs to join the pharmaceutical establishment in the world’s largest market, never mind the fact that it is already investing $50bn in US research and development and manufacturing . Last autumn AZ “harmonised” its listing on the New York stock exchange to give it equal status with London and Stockholm. “A global listing for global investors in a global company,” the corporate spin declared, but one didn’t have to be overly cynical to see how a new listing structure would make US deal-making simpler. But not all US deals are alike. The thumping near-9% fall in AZ’s share price yesterday spoke volumes: shareholders of all stripes struggled to see the sense in a mega-deal with BMS. Viewed through patriotic British eyes, one can worry about AZ’s transatlantic drift or applaud the unusual sight of a UK-based company being in the driver’s seat. Either way, though, the commercial logic has to add up. This idea just looks wholly out of character for AZ. It is best dropped.
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Rare intervention with Tokyo props up struggling yen
Jonathan Yerushalmy Graeme Wearden
The US has launched a bid to prop up the value of the yen, marking an extraordinary coordinated intervention with Japan’s government to halt the currency’s fall as it approaches 40-year lows. Japan has been struggling to stop an accelerating slide in the yen, which has been piling pressure on its already l ailing economy. The country is reliant on imports for both energy supplies and food, and a weak yen makes the cost of those imports more expensive for businesses and consumers. Last week’s joint currency intervention comes amid growing pressure on Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi , to rein in inl ation and bring sustained growth back to the economy. The yen strengthened to ¥155 to the US dollar yesterday, its highest level since early May, as Japan vowed to intervene again with the US over the yen if needed.
▲ Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has cut sales tax on food to help ease cost of living pressures
Why has the yen been falling? Japan has spent billions of dollars since 2022, trying to limit the yen’s decline – but the currency has continued to hit new lows. Some of the decline is because investors keep selling the currency, while global events have pushed it even lower. Japan is reliant on energy exports from the Middle East and has been hit hard by the US war on Iran. That in turn has put pressure on inl ation, while the government attempted to ease the pressure on consumers by spending billions on fuel subsidies . The Bank of Japan has also kept interest rates extraordinarily low, which helps to diminish the value of the currency as it is less attractive
data breach after security lapse
Kalyeena Makortoff
Banking correspondent
The public body in charge of the UK’s state investments has been pushed to improve its internal security after a data breach left “high-level management information” publicly accessible for nearly two days. UK Government Investments
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to international investors. Government debt is another factor; the government is spending billions more than it receives in tax on measures to stimulate the stagnating economy and to cope with its ageing population. Japan’s total public debt now sits at more than 200% of its GDP, the highest level in the G20.
Why has the Trump administration intervened in the yen? The i rst clues that the US would intervene came during a Trump
(UKGI), the agency that manages the taxpayers’ interest in a swathe of companies, including Channel 4 and the Post Oi ce, said the security failure also left the personal details of more than 50 government oi cials exposed for nearly 40 hours. The state body, best known for manag ing government holdings in the bailed -out lenders Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds after the 2008
administration cabinet meeting on Friday. The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent , was pictured with a note reading: “To Do. Buy Japanese Yen (JPY) $5-10 bil”. “Japan’s been very good to us, with the exception, of course, of Pearl Harbor,” Trump said on Sunday, as he coni rmed that the treasury had bought billions of dollars’ worth of yen, the i rst time in 30 years that the US has stepped in to strengthen the currency in such a way. According to the Financial Times, the US sold euros – rather than dollars – to buy yen. The US president said the intervention would be “good for the world economy,” but some
i nancial crisis, blamed the breach on an unnamed staf member who it said failed to follow security rules. “An internal i le containing high- level management information and the names and work email addresses of 51 government oi cials was pub- licly accessible for [about] 40 hours, following the actions of a member of staf who did not follow established information security policies,” UKGI said in its annual report. It stopped short of divulging the date of the security failure but said it had been identii ed within the past i nancial year, after which it was escalated to board members and to
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analysts are suggesting that the Trump administration is concerned that Japan’s ef orts to buy up yen, raising the value of their currency, could hit the US economy by making government borrowing more expensive. In order to free up the money to buy yen, Japan has been selling US government bonds – known as treasuries. Many countries own US bonds as a store of national wealth, but when they are sold in large quantities, that can lead to a rise in the interest the US treasury pays on its debt. Ef ectively, this makes it more expensive for the US to borrow to fund government spending. Economists are suggesting that
the UK’s information watchdog, the
Information Commissioner’s Oi ce.
Bosses also hired external experts
to review security protocols, who
suggested the body “strengthen our
controls and incident preparedness”.
UKGI said it had implemented
or would soon be implementing
“the overwhelming majority’ of the
experts’ recommendations.
The incident will be a wake-up call
for public agencies , with the rapid
rise of AI prompting fresh fears over
how it might exploit security gaps.
Open AI recently said a rogue AI
agent – an autonomous tool able to
carry out sequences of commands
the Trump administration’s intervention could be an attempt to limit the amount of US government bonds that Japan sells. “Put yourself in … Bessent’s shoes,” wrote Rebecca Patterson, a senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. “It is in his interest to do what he can to help Japan stabili se the yen sooner rather than later.”
What role do Takaichi’s policies have? Japan’s prime minister said recently that she spends all day and most of the night plotting Japan’s economic recovery – but at the same time, she’s i ghting to regain ground in national polls, with rising import costs, the Middle East energy shock and the weak yen all hitting her standing with voters. In a possible ef ort to arrest this decline, she announced in April that Japan would temporarily cut the sales tax on food to ease cost of living pressures. She is also promising to invest hundreds of billions in sectors across the economy, as part of a pro-growth agenda which has become the signature policy of her government. But concerns over how all this spending will be funded – amid already huge levels of debt – have led to fears that her policies could blow up the economy, triggering a “Liz Truss-style shock” . Experts say this uncertainty has added fuel to market volatility, which in turn pushes the yen lower.
How unusual is this move by the Trump administration? In October last year, the US bought billions of Argentinian pesos to help prop up the country’s i nances weeks before a vital election for the country’s rightwing president, Javier Milei, an ide ological ally of Trump. Some analysts have suggested that, in Takaichi, Trump sees another ide ological ally , which could be another factor contributing to the decision to prop up the yen. Under Takaichi, Japan has approved its biggest military buildup since the second world war , with plans to double defence spending to 2% of GDP over the next i ve years. The plans have faced criticism that Japan is abandoning the long-held pacii sm imposed under its postwar constitution, but have been broadly welcomed by Washington, which has been pushing allies to take more responsibility for their national defence.
without human help – had located and used logins to access four unnamed “publicly available ser- vices” as well as the US startup Hugging Face, a company that hosts a database of AI models . Hugging Face said a human attacker could have found and exploited the same l aws, but the dif erence was the scale of the agent’s attempts to i nd a way through. “Agents bring a steep increase in the number of paths an attacker can test, the speed at which failed paths can be replaced, and the volume of evidence defenders must interpret ,” it said.
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Haugset seizes yellow with long solo breakaway
Yoga, kabaddi and the cut-price plan for Commonwealth Games survival
Sean Ingle
Arsenal winger Tzolis on bouncing back from Norwich
▲ Kabaddi is in line to be one of the new sports to feature at the Amdavad 2030 Commonwealth Games HINDUSTAN TIMES
ow good are you at judging a sun salutation or scorpion pose ? I ask because yoga is under consideration as a sport at the next Commonwealth Games in India. Less surprisingly, so is kabaddi. But if Amdavad 2030 really wants to i nd experts in landing seemingly impossible manoeuvres, or holding their breath in tricky situations, they should take the next l ight to Scotland. Glasgow 2026 has saved the Commonwealth Games , at least for now. After Victoria pulled out in 2023 , the event was in limbo. Then Glasgow stepped in to put on an event from scratch in barely 20 months. It didn’t help that the BBC did not televise it , but that is n ot the Commonwealth Games’ fault. The BBC of ered a derisory sum, which left organisers with little option but to go with Warner Bros Discovery. For many , it was out of sight, out of mind. But those in Glasgow will testify these were a fun Games, full of heart and surprise. There were fears that few fans would show up. In the end, 434,000 of the 500,000 tickets were sold , putting the Games at 87% capacity. There were great stories too, such as Josh Kerr’s raw power in the mile and Emily Campbell throwing the weight of a couple of beer kegs above her head like they were beer cans. It was so busy I never got the chance to write up one of my favourite interviews, with the South Africa swimmer – and Commonwealth medal record holder – Chad le Clos. At one point we asked after his father, Bert, who became famous at London 2012 for his
celebrations, his beard and his larger-than-life chats with Cla re Balding , but has had cancer since. “He’s lost about 40kg,” Le Clos said. “He was 138kg. He weighs 99kg now. You won’t recognise him because he walks every day. But he still says: ‘This is my boy. He’s won 18, 19, 20, 21 medals. And he’s going to break the world record now.’ But people are like, ‘No, you’re not him. He’s the big old man, the Cookie Monster from the telly.’” Even at the end, Glasgow was l ying by the seat of its pants. Usually, the closing ceremony is practi sed on stage until everything is honed to perfection. This one had to be rehearsed at a compound at the back of the Hydro, because the netball was on, before Simple Minds closed the show with Alive and Kicking. T
he Games is still that, all right. But for how much longer? We can all agree India will be spectacular. The opening ceremony is expected to be staged at the Narendra Modi Stadium, which seats 1 32,000. Many facilities are already in place. India wants to stage the 2036 Olympic Games. It will not skimp on the trimmings. Katie Sadleir , the chief executive of Commonwealth Sport, says Amdavad will stage between 15 and 17 sports – up from Glasgow’s 10 – from three buckets: core, optional and traditional. The 10 core sports include athletics, swimming, gymnastics, boxing, netball and bowls. The i ve optional sports will be drawn from a list that contains cricket, triathlon and hockey. India can pick two traditional sports, which is where kabaddi and yoga may come in. However, Sadleir cautions that the traditional sports have to be played around the Commonwealth, have a recognised international federation and be World Anti-Doping Agency compliant. That explains why she is more positive about kabaddi’s chances. Even if the possibility of yoga brings up the intriguing prospect of someone being asked for a sample while in a lotus position. But the trickier question for the Commonwealth Games is what happens after 2030. Durban pulled out in 2017 as the 2022 host because the i nances did not stack up and while Birmingham stepped in it lost a fortune. Glasgow was cheaper, but it was funded by the AUS$380m i ne paid by Victoria when it withdrew. So can the Games really survive? Sadleir recalls a recent sports conference where she was sitting near the IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, and someone from the Brisbane 2032 Olympics. “I went right after Brisbane said they were going to raise $5.2bn. And I said, have I ever got a story to tell? We’ve gone from an £800m event to a £160m event because we’ve listened and we’ve learned. The only way we can continue is by resetting, reimagining, and making the Games af ordable. Glasgow is a proof of concept with that in terms of cost and using existing facilities.” But addressing the problem is one thing. Making enough to keep the Games going, quite another. While many remain sceptical, Sadl eir is admirably indefatigable and optimistic. She points out that Glasgow raised £30m in sponsorship and commercial revenue in a short space of time. She also promises to look at ways to attract more big names, including using the Commonwealths as a qualii er for world championships. Certainly something needs to be done. If Keely Hodgkinson, Summer McIntosh and Julien Alfred don’t want to show up, then why should the rest of us? Sadleir says i ve countries are interested in 2034, including New Zealand and Nigeria, and to avoid another situation like Durban and Victoria, governments will have to be a bid underwriter in future. Abuja in eight years’ time anyone?
‘Glasgow is a proof of concept in terms of cost and using existing facilities’
Football
CARABAO CUP Preliminary round York (0) 0 Crawley (1) 2
Di Biase 24
Orsi 86pen
WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Celtic (0) 1 Dundee (0) 0 Nygren 52
Cricket
SECOND TEST MATCH (day two of five) Port of Spain West Indies 344 (JP Greaves 73, RL Chase 70; Sajid Khan 4-85). Pakistan 266-2 (A Shafique 107no). Pakistan trail West Indies by 78 runs with eight first-innings wickets remaining.
THE HUNDRED MEN Sophia Gardens Southern Brave 115-8 (MP Stoinis 55). Welsh Fire 116-4 (MW Short 60no). Welsh Fire beat Southern Brave by six wickets.
THE HUNDRED WOMEN Sophia Gardens Southern Brave 121-5. Welsh Fire 122-6. Welsh Fire beat Southern Brave by four wickets.
MEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP LEAGUE TWO TRI-SERIES Dundee Scotland v United Arab Emirates. Match abandoned without a ball bowled.
Tennis
Tennis
WTA NATIONAL BANK OPEN (Toronto, Canada)
First round: K Pliskova (Cz) bt O Oliynykova (Ukr) 6-4 6-4;
A Bondar (Hun) bt A Kalinina (Ukr) 6-4 7-5; A Korneeva bt
P Kudermetova (Uzb) 6-0 3-0 ret; K Day (US) bt D Parry (Fr)
3-6 6-3 7-5; M Kessler (US) bt C Brace (Can) 6-3 6-3;
R Sramkova (Svk) bt A Blinkova (Rus) 6-3 6-3; K Cross
(Can) bt K Boulter (GB) 7-6 (3) 7-5; T Gibson (Aus) bt E
Cocciaretto (It) 6-2 3-2 ret; E Ruse (Rom) bt P Stearns (US)
6-0 7-5; Zhang S (Chn) bt Y Putintseva (Kaz) 6-4 6-1;
M Frech (Pol) bt L Jeanjean (Fr) 7-5 6-3; L Tararudee (Tha)
bt E Jones (Aus) 7-6 (2) 6-2; N Bartunkova (Cz) bt B
Andreescu (Can) 7-5 6-4; A Ruzic (Cro) bt L Boisson (Fr)
4-6 6-1 6-3; M Linette (Pol) bt C Zhao (Can) 4-6 6-1 6-4;
L Samsonova (Rus) bt J Tjen (Ido) 7-6, 7-5 .
Cycling
TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES Stage three (Geneva-Poligny, 157.0km): 1 S Ytterhus Haugset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility 4hr 5min 59sec; 2 L Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime +1:24; 3 M Vos (Net h) Visma Lease a Bike +2:48; 4 U Ostolaza (Sp) Laboral Kutxa- Fundacion Euskadi; 5 K Le Court (Mus) AG Insurance-Soudal; both at same time.
Selected others: 50 Z Backstedt (GB) Canyon//SRAM +6:23; 76 J Nelson (GB) Picnic PostNL +16:29; 83 F Mangan (Ire) Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie +20:19; 94 R Clay (GB) Picnic PostNL .
General classification: 1 S Haugset Ytterhus (Nor) Uno-X Mobility 11hr 17min 56sec; 2 K Le Court-Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal +2:02; 3 D Vollering (Neth) FDJ United-Suez +2:06; 4 N Rüegg (Swi) +2:10; 5 M Vos (Neth) Visma | Lease a Bike at same time.
Selected others: 40 Z Backstedt (GB) +6:22; 65 J Nelson (GB) +18:16; 70 P Georgi (GB) Picnic PostNL +20:03; 79 L Williams (GB) Human Powered Health +21:37; 82 A Towers (GB) EF Education-Oatly +22:58; 85 M Couzens (GB) Fenix-Premier Tech +23:40; 103 F Mangan (Ire) +32:48.
TOUR DE POLOGNE (Poland) Stage one (Gdynia-Koszalin, 234.2km): 1 J Milan (It) Lidl-Trek 5hr 4min 11sec; 2 P Magnier (Fr) Soudal Quick- Step; 3 N Hobbs (GB) EF Education-EasyPost; 4 JS Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG; 5 G Thijssen (Bel) Alpecin- Premier Tech all at same time. Leading standings: 1 J Milan (It) 5hr 4min 1sec; 2 K Malecki (Pol) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling +0:02; 3 P Magnier (Fr) +0:04; 4 N Hobbs (GB) +0:06; 5 R Molard (Fr) Groupama-FDJ United +0:08
Fixtures
Football (7.45pm unless stated) Champions League Third qualifying round: first leg: Ararat-Armenia v Celje (5pm); Dinamo Zagreb v Kauno Zalgiris (7pm); Hapoel Be’er Sheva v Red Star Belgrade (6.30pm); Levski Sofia v Kairat (6.30pm); Mjällby v Slovan Bratislava (5pm); Olympiacos v NEC (7pm); Sparta Prague v Lyon (7pm); Union Saint-Gilloise v Bodø/Glimt (7pm) Europa League Third qualifying round: first leg: Larne v Iberia 1999 (8pm); Shamrock Rovers v Egnatia Rrogozhine (8pm) Conference League Third qualifying round: first leg: Auda v Dinamo City (5pm) Women’s Champions League Second qualifying round: Semi-finals: Breidablik v Aktobe (3pm); Dinamo-BGU v Servette Chênois (8am) Cricket Women’s T20 International Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Hambantota (5.30am) The Hundred Men SunRisers Leeds v London Spirit, Headingley (6.30pm) The Hundred Women SunRisers Leeds v London Spirit, Headingley (3pm)
Greg Wood’s racing tips
Catterick 2.15 Waakabb 2.45 Iconic Times 3.15 Slack Alice 3.45 Miss Rainbow 4.15 Muhib 4.45 Havin A Flyer Ffos Las 2.30 Safari Dream 3.00 Artemis Star 3.30 Cypriot Diaspora 4.00 Rosemary’s Rose (nap) 4.30 Arbaawy 5.00 Mythological Star 5.30 Ada Rose Lingfield 5.18 Sub Thirteen 5.48 Langdale Lass 6.18 Minnal 6.48 Style King 7.18 Tabasko (nb) 7.48 Koko Blue 8.18 D Day Major Winter
miss US Open due to stress fracture of leg
Eleanor Crooks
Emma Raducanu will miss the US Open because of the stress fracture in her right leg that she sustained during the grass-court season and forced her to pull out of Wimbledon. It is under- stood that following consultation
Cycling Tour de France Femmes
after 90km solo breakaway
Norwegian champion holds off pursuit from Kopecky to take two-minute overall lead
Jeremy Whittle Poligny
Sigrid Haugset, the Norwegian
national champion, shocked the
established order in the Tour de
France Femmes, breaking away alone
for 90km, to take the overall lead after
winning stage three to Poligny.
“I never thought it was possible,”
she said, after realising she had taken
the biggest success of her career and
the overall lead in the sport’s biggest
race. “It’s unreal . I was so dizzy at the
end. I know my boyfriend would be so
angry at me for not celebrating, but I
couldn’t. I could not lift my arms of
the bike. It was impossible.”
Haugset’s solo ef ort surprised the
peloton’s leading teams and on the
eve of the 21km individual time trial,
from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon,
she leads by 2min 2sec from Kim
Le Court. “I was thinking about all my
with her medical team, Raducanu has concluded she will be unable to play in New York this month. While the news comes as no surprise given the nature of the injury and the fact Raducanu has only recently taken her i rst steps back on court wearing a protective boot, it is another blow to the 23-year-old. Having made positive progress last summer, including winning her i rst matches at Flushing Meadows since lifting the trophy i ve years ago , it has been a frustrating 12 months for her with more persistent physical issues. After a foot injury hampered her pre-season training, Raducanu spent two-and-a-half months out with a post-viral illness after initially fall- ing unwell in February. She returned for the end of the clay-court season having rehired Andrew Richardson,
teammates and every one cheering from home, so I had to give it my all,” she said. “All done in the Norwegian champion’s jersey, too – it’s fantastic. “ We had looked at this stage and it was the goal for this Tour. I told my father I’d get some l owers today. Tomorrow is the time trial, but I haven’t worked on it this year so I will just enjoy it.” Haugset is the i rst Norwegian to wear the Tour Femmes yellow jersey . The 27-year-old’s lone ef ort began at the foot of the second-category Col de la Savine and was marked by an intense pursuit from the former world road race champion Lotte Kopecky, winner of the points clas- sii cation in all three Grand Tours. “I thought Kopecky would catch me,” Haugset said. “I can’t believe she didn’t, but I kept on. The team car was amazing, pushing me.” Although, in what became an epic duel, Kopecky got as close as 10sec to Haugset, she was not able to i nally close the gap and the Norwegian moved clear again to win the stage by almost a minute and a half. Temperatures in the high 30s
the coach who guided her to the US Open title, but the pair’s time on court together has been limited. Raducanu enjoyed one of the best weeks of her career by reaching her biggest final since New York at Queen’s Club in June but it was that ef ort that triggered her latest setback. She was not among the players named in Great Britain’s
▲ Emma Raducanu has not played since reaching the fi nal at Queen’s
Pogacar’s Vuelta bid
Tadej Pogacar has confi rmed he will race in the Vuelta a España, which starts in Monaco on 22 August . The men’s Tour de France champion will be seeking to match the rare achievement of Jonas Vingegaard, who completed a grand slam of all three Grand Tours by winning the Giro d’Italia in May. The Slovene made his Grand Tour debut in the 2019 Vuelta and was an overnight sensation, fi nishing third behind the winner, and compatriot, Primoz Roglic. He claimed three stage wins and the best young rider classifi cation. This year’s Vuelta includes eight mountain stages and more than 40 km of individual time trials. Jeremy Whittle
made it yet another stil ing day on the route , with the ever-present iced drinks and ice socks passed up to the riders throughout the 156km stage. As the sweat-streaked Haugset held
Sigrid Haugset salutes the crowd as she heads towards the fi nish line in Poligny NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP/ GETTY IMAGES
team for the Billie Jean King Cup i nals in September and there must be question marks over whether Raducanu will compete again in 2026. Raducanu did post an upbeat message on Instagram on Sunday from a break in Switzerland, calling it the “best reset ever”. Serena and Venus Williams, mean- while, are poised to make their Cincin- nati Open doubles debut this month after being awarded a wildcard. It will mark their return to doubles action for the i rst time since 2022. The Williams sisters have won 14 major doubles titles, including six at Wimbledon, plus three Olympic gold medals. They last played dou- bles together at the 2022 US Open . Last month, they withdrew from the Wimbledon doubles draw as Serena, 44, dealt with a knee injury. PA Media
on to win, the i rst sparring match
between the race favourites came
on the Côte de Chaux- Champagny,
25km from Poligny, where Le Court
acce lerated and temporarily left
her rivals in disarray. But as the
narrow climb went on, with brief
tentative acce lerations from Kasia
Niewiadoma and Demi Vollering,
the main contenders regrouped and
with today’s potentially pivotal time
trial looming large, a truce was called.
There is some uncertainty over
how well the defending champion,
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, will fare
in the winding test through the
Routes des Grand Crus , which
includes the sharp climb of the
Lacets de Marsannay. “It’s a real
challenge for me,” she said, acknow-
ledging her lack of time-trialling
experience, certainly compared with
Vollering and Le Court. The double
Olympic gold medallist said she
has spent several months working
to improve her time trialling, but
accepts that she will have to “limit
the damage” against the clock.
“We made sure to put me in a more
correct position on the time-trial
bike. We also set out to do quite a
few aerodynamic tests on the track,
and to try to i nd the fastest outi t.”
Even so, she appears to accept she
will be on the back foot as the peloton
heads into the Rhone valley tomor-
row . “ I don’t know how much time
I will lose, but I will give my best to
lose the least possible.”
Ferrand-Prévot is not the only
rider worrying about time losses,
after Vollering crashed early in stage
three, on the climb of the Col de la
Faucille. The 2023 winner remounted
and was active later in the stage, but
her team carried out medical checks
on an injured knee yesterday evening.
Much of the south-east of France,
which will host the summit i nish to
Mont Ventoux on Friday and the Côte
d’Azur stages on Friday and Saturday,
remains under elevated risk of wild-
i res. While the climb of the Ventoux
scheduled for stage seven is expected
to remain intact, the current routing
of the stage through the Ventoux’s
foothills could be af ected.
In a statement, the Vaucluse pre-
fecture asked the Tour de France
Femmes organisers to consider an
alternative route. The prefecture is
planning a risk assessment today .
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of spending left Skinner no choice but to walk
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f we want to compete at this later stage, we’ve seen what we’ve got to do, as a club. It’s our choice now, isn’t it? We have to look at what we seriously want to achieve … It takes, sometimes, a punch in the face to wake up.” Those were the words of the Manchester United head coach Marc Skinner after his side we re knocked out of the Women’s Champions League by Bayern Munich in April. Just over four months later, the bruise from that punch has faded, but so, it would seem, have the club’s ambitions to compete in the transfer market, and Skinner has decided not to get into the ring for another round. The 43-year-old wanted that run to the quarter-i nals to trigger further investment in the s quad. The club, though, feel that the levels of spending in the transfer market are unsustainable and therefore want to focus on developing their own talent . Once that juxtaposition was i rmly established this summer, it was inevitable that Skinner and United were likely to part company, as they did yesterday , to end his i ve years in charge. United’s Marmite manager, Skinner certainly divided opinion in the WSL. He was the league’s longest-serving manager by a distance, but arguably also the most heavily maligned coach online. In the sport, though, there are coaches who admire the job
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Pochettino to stay on until 2030 World Cup
The US Soccer Federation has agreed to a contract extension with Mauricio Pochettino that will keep the Argentinian as head coach of the USA men’s team until the 2030 World Cup. The two sides have been in discussions on a contract extension long before the USA’s last-16 exit in the World Cup
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he did on – according to the most
recent set of WSL club’s i nancial
accounts – a little more than a third
of the playing budget of Chelsea
and around half that of Arsenal’s.
For members of the media,
Skinner’s press conferences
will probably be one of the most
memorable aspects of his tenure,
unique because of the extensive
length of the former Birmingham
and Orlando head coach’s answers.
For example, before the 2025
Women’s FA Cup i nal, one of his
answers was 1,000 words long.
To some, his determination to
provide long, considered responses
was a sign of his thoughtfulness
and showed an admirable desire
to be transparent. To others, his
drawn-out answers demonstrated
an inability to be concise and this
communication problem dogged
his relationship with the fans
throughout much of his tenure.
Often, unintentionally, his words
would irritate sections of the
fanbase. In 2025, one former United
player privately described Skinner
as a “great bloke, but he goes on a
bit” and it is fair to say not every
player liked his team-talk style,
while others enjoyed his passion.
On the pitch, the 2022-23
season, Skinner’s second , was the
club’s strongest as they i nished
second in the table, boosted
by a robust defensive record,
conceding 12 times in 22 games,
and they came within a whisker of
winning the title. Then there was
the comparatively low moment
of languishing in i fth in the
202 3-24 campaign, counteracted
by winning the Women’s FA Cup ,
United’s i rst major women’s
this summer. Financial details of the contract extension have not been released, but Pochettino is expected to get a raise on top of the $6m per year he earned under his last deal. Pablo Iglesias Maurer
Nygren header gives Celtic winning start
Celtic launched their defence of the Scottish Premiership crown with a 1-0 home win against Dundee last night, secured by Benjamin Nygren’s second-half header. The Sweden midi elder opened his account for the new campaign when he nodded in Kieran
trophy. Yet, whether you
loved him or loathed him at
Leigh Sports Village, Skinner
overachieved at United on a
purely pound-for-pound basis,
reaching four domestic cup i nals
– including three consecutive
Women’s FA Cup i nals –
despite typically operating on a
mid-table budget for much of his
incumbency.
He was certainly not every
player’s cup of tea, and there will
be lessons he will need to learn
from the highs and lows of his
i ve years at the club, but now
that both of the coaches who have
managed United’s women in the
modern era have wanted to leave,
in part, because of funding issues,
there are questions for the club’s
hierarchy to answer.
In the 2024-25 season, of
the eight WSL clubs to publish
their wage bills via Companies
House, United ranked fourth
for expenditure, and it was a
similar story in 2023-24. For next
season, they will operate on a
far smaller wage bill than the
big-spending independent club
London City Lionesses, and there
are understood to be fears held
among some staff at United that
they are soon likely to be outbid
for players on the basis of wages
by Tottenham too.
The club embarked on a
new direction this summer,
establishing a long-term aim
to develop young homegrown
players and play exciting football
in line with what they believe
are the traditions of the club
and their culture. Yet that seems
to be at odds with the targets
outlined during the 2024-25
season when their “Project
150” included a “Mission 1”
for the women to win a i rst
WSL title by the club’s 150th
anniversary in 2028.
Whoever comes in as the
club’s head coach – and an
appointment is likely to happen
quickly, with background checks
having already been carried
out on candidates – they will
need to be prepared to work
with youngsters and develop
them rather than trying to sign
established international stars .
They will also have to accept that
key i rst-team players – such as
Melvine Malard who was sold to
Chelsea this summer – may well
be poached by rivals.
Tierney’s cross in the 52nd minute.
“The most important thing is to
win the game,” the Celtic manager
Martin O’Neill said. “We created
a number of chances, but I didn’t
think we played particularly well.”
Earlier yesterday Celtic were drawn
against the Austrian champions,
LASK, in the Champions League
playoff s . O’Neill said he hopes
he can select the midi elder Arne
Engels and the right-back Alistair
Johnston, who are targets for West
Ham and Everton respectively,
for the two-legged tie. “Ideally,
that would be great,” said O’Neill.
“Alistair and Arne both said to me
that they would want to play in the
game if things had not progressed.”
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complete Henderson signing
Mark Dobson
Trevoh Chalobah’s long association with Chelsea is to end after Como agreed a deal worth an initial £25.7m . The England defender ’s departure was agreed on the same day the club completed the signing of Jordan Henderson. Chalobah made 105 Premier League appearances for Chelsea and established himself as a i rst-team option during a number of turbulent periods for the club. The move will be seen as a coup for Como’s head coach, Cesc Fàbregas , with the former Chelsea midi elder pushing to bring the centre-back to Italy. The clubs have settled on a package that includes £5.1m in performance- related add-ons and a sell-on clause. For Chelsea, the departure of another homegrown academy product – Chalobah, now 27, has been at the club since he was eight – will gener- ate pure proi t, a key factor as they continue to balance the books . On another busy day in west Lon- don the new manager, Xabi Alonso , welcomed Henderson to the club after his departure from Brentford. The 36-year-old joined on a free transfer after playing 34 times for the Bees last season, a campaign that also earned him a place in England’s World Cup squad. “Given the size of the club, the manager, who I have great admira- tion for, and the quality of the play- ers, this was a huge opportunity I
sale as owners plot exit after three years
Matt Hughes
Charlton’s US owners have put the club up for sale three years after taking over at the Valley. The owner- ship group is understood to have engaged Oakwell Sports Advisory to i nd what would be the club’s i fth owners in the past six years. In a sales deck sent to poten- tial investors , Oakwell describes Charlton as “the last remaining football club upside opportunity in London”. Oakwell also claims that Charlton would provide new owners with an opportunity for i ve to 10 times equity growth through promotion to the Premier League, commercial expansion and invest- ment in women’s football. Oakwell did the deal that led to the Bournemouth owner, Bill Foley, buying the Prem rugby club Exeter Chiefs this summer, and is helping the Rugby Football League to secure external investment . Charlton’s location in south-east
couldn’t turn down,” Henderson
said . “I was so impressed with how
much the ownership want Chelsea to
be successful and move in the right
direction.”
Henderson came through Sunder-
land’s academy before joining Liver-
pool in 2011. He spent 12 seasons at
Ani eld, playing 492 games in all com-
petitions, and captain ed the team to
Champions League victory in 2019
and the Premier League title in 2020.
He left Liverpool for Al-Ettifaq in
the Saudi Pro League in 2023, but six
months later joined Ajax . He moved on
again last summer to join Brentford .
Gonzalo García has joined Fulham
from Real Madrid for £34m on a i ve-
year contract. The deal sees the
22-year-old Spanish striker reunite
with former Real head coach, Alvaro
Arbeloa. Garcia had been with Real
since joining in 2014 aged 10 and
made 39 appearances for Los Blancos
last season, registering eight goals .
César Palacios has also made the
switch from the Bernabéu to Craven
Cottage for an undisclosed fee. The
21-year-old attacking midi elder will
wear the No 8 shirt.
▲ Trevoh Chalobah had been at Chelsea since the age of eight
London is a plus, while the Valley is a modern stadium with a capacity of 27,000, but the club do not own the ground, which belongs to the hated former owner Roland Duchâtelet . Having considered looking at alterna- tive sites , last year Charlton extended the lease on the Valley until 2040 . Charlton have repeatedly changed hands since the fans forced out Duchâtelet in 2020, when the club had three owners in quick succession. Duchâtelet sold Charlton to East Street Investments for just £1 in January 2020, but the consortium led initially by the former football agent Matt Southall collapsed amid in-i ghting and an acrimonious court case, with the club eventually bought by the Danish-American business Thomas Sandgaard later that year. In 2023, Sandgaard sold Charlton to a group of i ve US investors called Global Football Partners (GFP) led by Gabriel Brener via their UK subsidiary, SE7 Partners. Under GFP, Charlton returned to the Championship for the i rst time in i ve years in 2025 by winning the League One playoff i nal at Wembley, while the women’s team were pro- moted to WSL1 last season . GFP paid around £15m for Charlton three years ago but, having invested in the stadium and training ground and seen Nathan Jones’s side con- solidate the club in the Champion- ship, will be looking for several times that i gure. Charlton declined to comment.
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‘Leonidas’ fighting fit on return to England
Christos Tzolis is impressing his new club in training and says he is a diff erent player to one who struggled at Norwich
Ben Bloom
or any Arsenal fan eager to know what Christos Tzolis might bring to the Premier League champions, the winger’s swiftly earned nickname at his new club might prove instructive. In the 2006 action i lm 300, the leading i gure of King Leonidas guides a meagre bunch of Spartans against an overwhelmingly large invading army. Although doomed by the vast numerical disadvantage, Leonidas’s courage, determination and strength inspires his troops far beyond their means. It is his name that Arsenal’s i tness coaches have given their new Greek. Within a week of his £34m move from Club Brugge , Tzolis had made himself conspicuous at Arsenal’s training ground by acing a host of pre-season tests, topping the charts in one particular i tness challenge that involves players running more than a kilometre over varying intervals. Modesty forbids him from revealing the remainder of his physical results but, with a smile, he concedes they were “good” . Tzolis has been here before, albeit in vastly dif erent circumstances. The last time he played Premier League football he
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fi t in a structured Arteta side but that’s why it may work
followers of a blueprint adding a free spirit like the Brazilian? Really? Vinícius returns to Real Madrid this week after the World Cup with movement on his future expected relatively soon. He has 12 months remaining on his contract and Madrid are keen either to tie him down to a new deal or to sell him while he will attract at least some kind of fee. As their squad rebuild goes on under José Mourinho, Madrid’s position is readily understandable. They have S
ometimes what is needed is something dif erent. There is a long history in football of counterintuitive thinking being successful, of the benei ts of creative tension, of adding grit to the oyster to generate the pearl, but even so, the news that talks between Vinícius Júnior and Arsenal on personal terms are progressing comes as something of a shock. Mikel Arteta’s great
was a teenager, starting three times for a Norwich side that i nished bottom in 2021-22. The following campaign he started only three Championship games after an unsuccessful loan spell at the Dutch club Twente . When he headed on loan again, to Fortuna Düsseldorf , his time in East Anglia was over. But it was in Germany’s second tier that his trajectory shifted. “In football it’s not always going up . You can have some setbacks and diffi culties,” says Tzolis. “I learned a lot of things from this period at Norwich. That’s why I wanted to go to Düsseldorf to get the coni dence back, because I knew I have the skills and qualities to score goals. “Even though it was not the highest level, like playing in the Premier League, it’s good to play every game and have the feeling that you can score and create, and play good games. Then you go to the next level, which is Club Brugge, and I had two amazing years there because I made the decision to go to Düsseldorf and have the coni dence. “I feel more ready to be in the Prem ier League. I did the right decision after Norwich. I developed myself, I improved a lot. I’m not the same player I was in Norwich, 100%. I feel it in my body and also in my mindset. Now it’s my time to show that I’m ready and capable of playing in the Premier League .” It is a thoughtful explanation from a thoughtful man; someone who says he is eager to absorb the wealth of cultures within a dressing room. Tzolis’ bare numbers from
Belgium certainly support his assertion of improvement. In two seasons at Club Brugge, he scored 33 goals. His spectacular 2025-26 campaign caught Arsenal’s eye, with 17 goals and 23 assists – 16 more goal involvements than any other player in the league – to help his side regain the title. Life at Belgium’s dominant force was far removed from the diffi cult task that had presented itself at Norwich, where Tzolis made his Premier League debut at Arsenal .
already signed Bernardo Silva, Denzel Dumfries, Marc Cucurella and Ibrahima Konaté this summer; removing Vinícius’s £420,000 a week (about $30m/year) basic wages signii cantly increases their i nancial headroom. There’s been a sense since Kylian Mbappé joined Madrid two years ago that having him and Vinícius together left the squad unbalanced. Why would you need two rapid forwards who both prefer to cut in from the left, particularly when Rodrygo, who tended to be consigned to the right before tearing his ACL in March, would also prefer to play from the left. Yan Diomand é is likely to coni rm his move to Real Madrid from RB Leipzig this week. Although the Ivorian has said he would rather play on the right, he too has spent much of his career on the left. More broadly, Vinícius does not seem a natural Mourinho player. His pace and technical excellence are undoubted, but he has never
“The team was not ready for the Premier League and that makes it also diffi cult for me to adapt and to play how I could play,” he says. “I’m a more of ensive player, and a player that plays for a team that has the ball and creates a lot of chances. With Norwich we had to defend more low and maybe to have some transition moments, but that was not working. Obviously the game time was not enough as a young player to develop and that was the bad thing of the Norwich situation.”
been the most diligent at fuli lling his defensive responsibilities. Mourinho likes a forward who can improvise, and worked successfully with Cristiano Ronaldo at Madrid, but it’s dii cult to see how he could indulge more than one such player at a time, and Mbappé will take precedence. But those concerns about tracking, about the willingness to stick to a gameplan, about the capacity to retain possession are
Tzolis was enjoying this summer in his home city of Thessaloniki when i rst informed of Arsenal’s desire to sign him as a replacement for Leandro Trossard on the left
but Arsenal was the most concrete so that made it an easy choice for me’
just as relevant to Arteta as they are to Mourinho – arguably more so , as Arteta believes far more in structured attacking planning than Mourinho. Is Vinícius, after years of freedom at Madrid, really going to accept those rigid structures ? It’s been fairly clear since the second half of last season that Arsenal would be looking to strengthen their left side. The sale of Leandro Trossard to Besiktas did not come as a huge surprise. The 31-year-old is reliable and played a valuable role last season, starting 21 of the 38 league games and coming of the bench on a further 10 occasions, but there is not much stardust about him. Gabriel Martinelli started 11 league games and came of the bench 19 times, and his pace can be a great asset, but it’s no longer clear that he is at his best on the left. The signing of Eberechi Eze last summer looks like an attempt to add creativity from that fl ank but his tendency to drift ini eld when Arteta needs his left-
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l ank. He had two conversations with Mikel Arteta, who informed Tzolis that he should do nothing dif erent to that which lit up the Belgian Pro League. “It’s always dii cult to say no to Arsenal,” says the Greece international. “There were some teams that talked and asked, but not concrete. Arsenal was the most concrete team and that made it easier for me to say: ‘I want to go there, I don’t want to hear anything else.’ It was an easy choice.”
sided forward to stay wide meant that by the end of the season he tended to be used centrally behind a striker. V
inícius would give Arsenal greater attacking thrust. At his best, under Carlo Ancelotti, he could transform a game in seconds. His pace, dribbling ability and i nishing mean that no matter how stale a game seems to have gone, no matter how under pressure his tea m may be, they are never more than seven or eight seconds from a potential goal. It’s easy to see why Arsenal might be tempted by him , even though they have already brought in Christos Tzolis as a left-sided option . He would immediately be their highest -proi le player, add a sense of direction to a summer that, at least from a recruitment point of view, has seemed to be drifting .
Tzolis models his game on the Spanish great David Villa – “a left- pocket player who always went for goals” – and his i rst pre-season goal, in a 4-1 win against Girona on Saturday, arrived in precisely that fashion; cutting inside and curling the ball in side the far post. Tzolis prides himself on his “passion and desire to win”, adding that he intends to “give 100% for every game, every duel” to help Arsenal’s title defence. Leonidas would demand nothing less.
But the fact Vinícius is not a natural i t might be part of the attraction. It was, after all, the season after signing Erling Haaland, far from a typical Pep Guardiola player, that Manchester City won the treble. A player who does not quite i t, who kicks against the general philosophy, can make a process team less predictable. The friction can produce valuable sparks. Haaland, it’s fair to say, is a dif erent personality from Vinícius and, as a centre-forward, there was never a worry he was going to leave his full-back exposed. Vinícius is a bigger risk. He would certainly be an expensive one, not just in terms of his own salary but the inl ationary pressure that might have on wages at the club more generally. But he would also add a dash Arsenal have lacked that would make the accusation of being dead-ball plodders hard to sustain.
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Christos Tzolis is congratulated by Max Dowman and Kai Havertz after scoring against Girona S MACFARLANE/ ARSENAL/GETTY
Iraola left with holes to fill after mixed tour
Liverpool coach will have seen need for reinforcements to squad despite some youngsters impressing
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ndoni Iraola’s i rst pre-season tour as the Liverpool head coach produced wins over Sunderland in Nashville and Wrexham in New York before ending in a 4-2 defeat against Leeds in Chicago. The Guardian followed the tour throughout and here are a few things we learned.
Iraola’s vision will take time Liverpool’s second-half display against Leeds was both concerning and valuable for the Iraola as set- piece problems and a tendency to switch of – two of last season’s recurring themes – reared their ugly head again, albeit after he had made changes. Liverpool’s opening 45 minutes, however, was their best of the tour and showed how ef ective his front-foot , more intense style can be with the big names back. But that process is only just under way. Iraola is yet to even meet Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Alisson, Alexis Mac Allister and new signing Víctor Muñoz since his appointment almost two months ago, never mind coach them. They will be i nally acquainted when the squad reports back for training tomorrow , having been given a little time of to recover from Sunday night’s l ight from Chicago. Mac Allister will be still absent after his World Cup exertions. There is less than three weeks to go and only two more friendlies (although it is a double-header against Como at Ani eld) before Liverpool open their Premier League season at Newcastle. “I would like to say on the i rst day we are going to be perfect, everyone will be in place,” Iraola said. “But probably it is not going to be like this.”
Head coach needs more backing For most of the tour, Iraola was without eight i rst-team players due to World- Cup holidays and six because of injury, either recovering from or, as in the unfortunate Joe Gomez’s case, sustained in the US. No prizes for stating that Liverpool’s performances and adaptation to Iraola’s methods would have been much more advanced with 14 extra i rst-team players available. Even so, glaring gaps remain in the team when every option is taken into account. Mohamed Salah’s departure was announced in March . Talks to end his contract one year early
commenced earlier. Five months on from the announcement, he is yet to be replaced. The seriousness of Conor Bradley’s knee injury means Liverpool remain light at right- back. There are the highest hopes for Jérémy Jacquet and Giovanni Leoni – the latter has transformed himself into a strapping Adonis while recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury, by the way – while 18-year-olds Ifeanyi Ndukwe and Mor Talla Ndiaye did well in the US. But Liverpool are lacking Premier League experience in central defence and Ndukwe will be unable to play this season due to post-Brexit work permit dii culties. Gomez’s injury record means he must be considered a bonus when i t, rather than one of four options. It was interesting to hear Iraola explain how he likes wingers to play both l anks, and the advantages of switching them during a game, but Liverpool’s right side could be a problem even if they succeed in signing Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain.
Nyoni is now i rmly in Iraola’s plans There was an enforced reliance on young players during the tour and Iraola was genuinely impressed by the levels many showed in training and the friendlies. Ndukwe and Talla Ndiaye, as mentioned, Lewis Koumas, Kieran Morrison and Luke Chambers were among them. But no prospect pushed their i rst team claims further than Trey Nyoni, who grew in stature and coni dence with every outing. The 19-year-old and Rio Ngumoha were permanent i xtures in Arne Slot’s squad last season, but while the winger made 19 appearances in the Premier League, including i ve starts, Nyoni had to settle for six league outings from the bench. On this evidence, there will be many more this season. The midi elder looked immediately at ease with Iraola’s instructions to i nd forward options as quickly as possible and did so whether under pressure or by creating space for himself with
intelligent movement. His pass in the build up to Florian Wirtz’s goal against Leeds was exquisite and in keeping with his contribution overall. Nyoni said after the Leeds game he knew he had to improve this summer. He was as good as his word.
Jones did not seize chance To pinch a phrase from Salah, Curtis Jones looked more out than in at times as he enters the i nal 12 months of his contract with increasing interest from the Italian champions, Inter. Unlike Nyoni and Dominik Szoboszlai, the 25-year- old did not adapt comfortably to Iraola’s requirements for a central midi elder and particularly struggled when introduced in the second half against Leeds. But it was his petulant reaction to not receiving the captain’s armband from Szoboszlai against Wrexham that did him fewest favours. Jones was also overlooked for the captaincy when Gomez exited the opening game against Sunderland. On both occasions the armband was passed to Kostas Tsimikas, a reserve left-back who spent last season on loan at Roma. Of course, that was going to annoy a boyhood Liverpool fan and one of the more senior players on the tour, and Jones, Szoboszlai and Tsimikas all went to great lengths to laugh of the incident in the days after the Wrexham win. The row might have been overblown on social media, but given Iraola stresses the importance of the collective , Jones’s individualistic behaviour jarred with what he is trying to build.
Szoboszlai wins popularity contest In the absence of Salah, Andy Robertson, Van Dijk and Alisson, and in keeping with his status as Liverpool’s player of last season, Szoboszlai was undoubtedly the big attraction for fans in the US. The Hungary captain’s every introduction and contribution was met with fanatical acclaim and his was the face the media wanted on their channels. More importantly for Iraola, Szoboszlai led the way in training and his leadership was invaluable given the relative inexperience of the squad . Fresh from signing a new i ve-year contract , the 25-year-old is an obvious choice to i ll one of the vice- captain vacancies created by the departures of Salah and Robertson.
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Chris Hoy The six-time Olympic champion on living with advanced cancer, and wanting Andy Burnham to change the UK’s screening policy
Donald McRae
ir Chris Hoy arrives a couple of minutes late and the apologies roll from him. I don’t have a chance to tell the six-time Olympic sprint cycling champion that waiting an hour for a star interviewee is more common. Hoy is already deep into a story about how he and his wife, Sarra , were walking here when an unknown man stopped him on the street in Glasgow. The stranger had recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer and he wanted to share what had
happened to him and, I suspect, i nd new strength by talking to a compassionate public i gure. Hoy has lived a full life with stage 4 cancer for nearly three years. He has also worked tirelessly to highlight the fact that prostate cancer kills more people in this country than any other disease while, at the same time, to of er a tangible sense of hope when there is horror for men, and their families, after a terminal diagnosis. Hearing a discreet account of this encounter, it sounds as if the 50-year-old Hoy helped the man at a raw and vulnerable moment. “It’s so isolating when you get a cancer diagnosis,” Hoy says. “You’re suddenly on borrowed time. You’re observing the world and not living in it – because it’s for other people. But then you realise you’re not special and it’s very common, sadly. I want to make sure that anyone in a similar situation will realise they’re not alone. “I also want to raise awareness that 10,000 men a year get the news that they have stage 4 prostate cancer. A lot of it comes down to a lack of awareness so we need to get men to understand the risk.” In September 2023, Hoy saw his physiotherapist about a nagging
pain in his shoulder. Without any other symptoms he assumed he had strained a muscle while lifting weights. The physio sent him for a scan, which identii ed a tumour in his shoulder. Two days later, a second scan brought shattering news. The primary cancer was in his prostate and had spread to his pelvis, hip, spine, ribs and shoulder. “Just like that,” Hoy wrote in his memoir , “I learn how I die.” His life-expectancy was said to be between two and four years . I ask Hoy how he is feeling now. “I’m doing really well, thank you . As well as can be expected, really.” How often is he tested? “On average, between every three and
six months. But if there’s an area of activity you might have it more frequently. You have blood tests regularly and there’re periods where you’re in and out of the hospital. The regular blood tests are horrible because it’s like the clock is ticking. At some point that afternoon or the next day, you’ll get that email. “I remember when I was about to walk on stage for a talk. It was one of these ‘An Evening With …’ events. It had sold out and I was just about to go out in front of a packed audience. I shouldn’t have done it, but I checked my phone and the results were there. The PSA [ prostate-specii c antigen ]
Hoy launched his Tour de 4 fundraising cycling event last year, raising more than £3m for UK cancer charities TOUR DE 4
had gone back up. It was like: ‘Oh God. ’ And then: ‘Put your phone down , put a smile on and do it.’” Hoy makes a grimace before smiling more wryly. “In a way the concentration of being on stage helped.” When did this happen? “Probably last summer. Even the Tour de 4 [the charity bike ride in Scotland which Hoy led for the i rst time in September last year] was dii cult. The treatment at that point had started to fail so I was changing to a dif erent treatment. Only with hindsight do you realise [the dii culties]. “For me, the worst is when you walk into the consultant’s room. You’re immediately trying to read their body language. Is it good news? Is it bad news? Let’s get to the punchline. So it’s why I’ve switched to Zoom for these meetings about my results. You can switch it of and you’re in your sanctuary, your home. You don’t have to be in the hospital, walking past strangers, having that long drive home.” He seems able to live in the moment better than most people, but does the fact that he is approaching the end of his third year of a supposedly limited
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life-expectancy play on his mind? “A little, but not really because these are average statistics you get in the very early days. You have to remember the people outliving those statistics can’t be added to the data yet. “But not everybody is as lucky as me to respond to treatment. Sadly, you have people like Dermot Murnaghan [the television journalist who died from prostate cancer last month]. I’d been coni dent and hopeful he and I would do the Tour de 4 for many years to come. So that was a big blow, a huge shock when I got the message from his family saying the time was coming.” Hoy continues to live with real vitality – even if he endured a serious accident on his mountain bike in November. He was racing down a trail in south Wales when, at speed, he misjudged a steep jump. Hoy still shudders at the
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abstract concept for kids and we’ve tried not to allow it to change family life’
memory. He was warned that if surgery was unsuccessful his leg might have to be amputated , but Hoy plays down the situation now. “It’s shocking at the time, but they have to tell you what could happen from a legal perspective. It wasn’t a little fracture of the leg. It was a full reconstruction of the tibial plateau. A friend of mine who’s a doctor saw the X-rays and said: ‘Oh . That’s the kind of X-ray you’ll see when someone’s parachute hasn’t deployed.” Hoy describes his post-op recovery as “a miserable, incredibly dii cult time”, saying: “I was keeping my head above water and everything was going OK and then you have this freak accident. You have a lot of time sat around thinking, which you don’t want to be doing.” He looks down at his right leg and says: “It’s just metalwork from here [just below his knee] down to here [near the ankle]. It’s not what I needed and yet the irony is that mountain biking gives me so much physically, mentally and socially. Being out in the fresh air and being in the moment is so good for me.” H
oy was soon back on his bike and last month, despite another injury to his “good” leg, he cycled across Spain with riders including his teenage hero Miguel Induráin, a i ve-time Tour de France winner . “I was on holiday in Greece and feeling great. I had this big charity ride across Spain coming up, coast-to-coast, with Miguel and others. Amazing. I was sitting cross-legged on a paddle board with my son for quite a long time, just watching the sunrise. “When I stepped of the paddleboard, my weight shifted, and there was sharp pain: ‘Oh . That didn’t feel good.” It was a torn meniscus and there was this little piece fl oating about in the knee. “It was four days before I went out to Spain but so many people were coming I couldn’t say: ‘I’ve got a knee injury, I’m not coming.’ I thought I’ll take my bike and see what I can do. I was hobbling through the airport using my carry-on case as a crutch, thinking: ‘This is ridiculous, I can’t even walk.’ But on the bike you never fully extend your knee. So, tentatively, I was like: ‘This doesn’t feel too bad.’ And long story short, I managed to get through the week and we raised £200,000 and had an amazing experience.” He somehow rode alongside the mighty Induráin with a torn meniscus? “Yes . He’s not your average 6 2-year-old. He still does these crazy 10-hour rides and he’s as i t as a butcher’s dog. It was a huge honour to be with him.” Such drive, against all odds, stands in stark contrast to the laxity that epitomises the failure of successive governments to take coherent action against prostate cancer. “I can’t see how the government are not coming up with some form of proactive decision,” he says. “They say that the risk of testing every man , and the number of men who would have elevated PSA levels, would then lead to
too many being unnecessarily treated, and then having to deal with the consequences of surgery or treatment. To me, that’s a treatment issue, not a screening issue. France has a screening system. I don’t know why we don’t. It just doesn’t make sense.” Hoy has other pressing concerns. Sarra was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis two months after he heard he had stage 4 cancer. But she kept the news from her husband for almost a month. “She’s receiving treatment and doing really well ,” Hoy says . “ Sarra took up cycling to do the Tour de 4 and she’s physically i tter than she’s ever been. She’s adamant that [MS] won’t get in the way. She’s doing all she can to support me and the family.” How are their children, 1 1-year-old Callum and eight-year-old Chloe? “Kids’ concept of time is very dif erent to ours and they know how to live in the moment. They were more concerned when I broke my leg than about my cancer diagnosis, because they could see me in pain. I was unable to get up. Cancer is an abstract concept for kids and we’ve tried not to allow it to change family life too much. They understand the situation , but they’re living in the here and now.” Next month, with Tour de 4, he and Sarra hope to raise even more than the £3.1m they made last year for cancer research. Hoy is inspired by the rapid progress being made in medical science in terms of treating, and potentially, i nding a cure for the disease. “From what I’ve been told by people at the forefront of new treatments, this is the most exciting time for prostate cancer drug development in the last 25 years. They’ve seen a real upturn in new treatments and new therapies.” This additional source of hope means Hoy is still full of ambition. He has just completed work as a pundit for TNT at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where the cycling was held at the velodrome named after him . “I also have ambitions to help decision-makers do something proactive. A change of prime minister, with Andy Burnham, might help. I’ve met him a couple of times and he’s good friends with [the former GB cyclist] Chris Boardman. I would love to speak to Andy and see what he thinks we could do. “I have all kinds of goals and the biggest are raising as much money as we can for these amazing charities, changing perceptions of what is possible during a stage 4 diagnosis and also trying to one day have some proactive gateway to screen men .”
Golf
Solheim Cup team despite missed cuts
Ewan Murray
Leona Maguire has retained her place in Europe’s Solheim Cup team despite a disappointing 2026, with the Irish golfer one of four wildcard picks named yesterday by Anna Nordqvist. Maguire joins three rookies – Julia López Ramirez, Nastasia Nadaud and Mimi Rhodes – in the Europe side who will attempt to reclaim the trophy in the Netherlands next month. A missed cut for Maguire in the Women’s British Open last week meant the 31-year-old had failed to play in the closing 36 holes of four from a possible i ve majors in 2026. In the one where she made the cut, the Women’s PGA Championship, Maguire tied 53rd. She started this week ranked 83rd in the world. These numbers are striking for a player tipped for greatness at a young age. There is also the contro- versy that surrounded Maguire at the 2024 Solheim Cup when she admitted her limited play under the captain Suzann Pettersen proved a “bitter pill to swallow” . Maguire has enjoyed positive experiences in this arena in the past, however, having starred for Europe in the Solheim Cups of 2021 and 2023. The Irish golfer has also claimed eight and a half points from a dozen Solheim Cup matches. “I would rather play alongside her than against her,” Nordqvist said of Maguire. “She is such a i erce com- petitor . Her matchplay record, as an amateur too, dei nitely helps. I’m excited to see what she can do.” Maguire’s experience was clearly key to Nordqvist’s decision. Another blunt reality is that European options
quit Racecourse Association
Greg Wood
The Jockey Club, which owns 15 British racecourses including Ain- tree, Cheltenham, Epsom and Newmarket, said yesterday it will join Ascot in resigning from the Race- course Association (RCA), the trade body that represents all but one of the country’s 59 tracks, at the end of the year. The Jockey Club’s announcement comes two days after the RCA revealed the results of a review of its governance structure, launched in an attempt to prevent further resigna- tions after Ascot announced its deci- sion to quit the organisation in May. Jim Mullen, chief executive at
were not especially strong. “I love the Solheim Cup,” Maguire said. “It brings the best out of my game and I love being part of the team.” Ramirez said she is “living the dream” after her maiden call-up. The 23-year-old from Málaga is yet to win a professional event. Nadaud did taste victory, at the Ladies Euro- pean Tour event in Andalusia late last year. England’s Rhodes was the LET’s rookie of the year in 2025, when she won three times. Nordqvist hailed Rhodes as a “i erce competitor”. Charley Hull, Esther Henseleit, Lottie Wood, Maja Stark, Linn Grant, Céline Boutier, Carlota Ciganda and Nanna Koerstz Madsen sealed Europe’s automatic berths. Albeit more than a month has to pass until the Solheim Cup gets under way at Bernardus Golf, Nordqvist will have high hopes for Henseleit. The German was beaten to the Women’s Open title in a playof on Sunday by Shiho Kuwaki. In the second and dei ning extra hole at Royal Lytham and St Annes, Henseleit’s drive rebounded from the leg of a marshal and to the bottom of a gorse bush. Henseleit had no idea what had tran- spired when watching from the tee. “I thought it was further left ,” Henseleit said. “It must have gotten some kind of bad bounce. At least I still had a shot and could kind of get a good angle going into the green. But, probably a bit unlucky there .” Angel Yin and Jennifer Kupcho secured spots in the US Solheim Cup team at the Women’s Open conclu- sion. Nelly Korda had already done likewise. Angela Stanford, the US captain, will name three captain’s picks after their qualii cation period ends in late August.
▲ Leona Maguire missed the cut in four of the year’s fi ve majors
the Jockey Club, said the review’s proposal to replace a one-track, one-vote structure with four groups of racecourses holding a vote apiece “fails to address our fundamental concern that the RCA can continue to act to stifl e the necessary changes needed in the industry . “Nothing proposed would displace the RCA as the political representative of British racecourses and in our view, coni rmed by recent discussions, the RCA would continue to vote against necessary changes such as the intro- duction of an independent [British Horseracing Authority] board and substantive changes to the i xture list. “It is our intention to work with Ascot and other like-minded industry partners to pursue a vision based on the long-term sustainability of the sport and we are in the early stages of establishing a new organisation to do this.” The ef ective counterparty to the breakaway group is Arena Racing Company, which operates 16 courses with a business model based largely on quantity rather than quality to service the of -course betting market.
is a Blue England midfielder joins Chelsea aged 36
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Newcastle reject Arsenal’s £70m opening bid for captain
Louise Taylor
Arsenal have stepped up their attempt to sign Bruno Guimarães by i nally beginning formal transfer negotiations and making an opening of er, which Newcastle have rejected. Guimar ães met Newcastle’s in coming manager, Matthias Jaissle, for the i rst time yesterday at the team’s pre-season training camp at La Manga after a post-World Cup holiday in Brazil. There had been
Stress fracture forces British No 1 to miss US Open
suggestions that the 28-year-old midi elder would l y to London for a medical at Arsenal, but instead he boarded a commercial l ight to Spain. Once at La Manga, he was expected to tell Jaissle of his determination to swap Tyneside for north London, but everything hinges on whether Arsenal are prepared to meet New- castle’s valuation for a player with two years remaining on his contract . While executives at Arsenal believe Guimarães is worth a maximum of £70m – and a bid in that ballpark was rejected yesterday – Newcastle value
their captain at around £80m. New- castle are under no pressure to sell. Indeed, having sold Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali to Barcelona and Tottenham respectively this summer, they would prefer to of er Jaissle the benei t of Guimarães’s talent and experience as he rebuilds the squad. The 38-year-old was believed to be keen to assess the Brazilian’s mind- set as he begins preparations for the opening Premier League match at home against Liverpool two weeks on Sunday. Although the former Al-Ahli and RB Salzburg manager is still to be oi cially coni rmed as Howe’s successor , Jaissle has been with his new squad since arriving in southern Spain on Saturday . Newcastle are waiting for the completion of some i nal paperwork before formalising his appointment. One signing completed by New- castle yesterday involved Lukas Hornicek’s £26m move from Braga. The Czechia goalkeeper is expected to replace Nick Pope as the team’s i rst choice, with Pope now likely to leave .
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United due to frustration over transfers
Tom Garry
Marc Skinner has left his role as
Manchester United’s head coach by
mutual consent after i ve years , partly
because of the club’s transfer strategy.
The 43-year-old is understood to have
initiated the discussions that led to
his departure, having felt it was the
right time to leave the club . United
are focusing on developing young
players, rather than enter into bid-
ding wars with some of the Women’s
Super League’s bigger spenders.
The former Birmingham and
Orlando head coach le d United to
three consecutive Women’s FA Cup
finals between 2023 and 2025,
winning one – the club’s i rst major
women’s trophy – in 2024 at Wembley
with a 4-0 victory against Tottenham .
They also reached the Women’s
Champions League quarter-i nals ,
as well as the League Cup i nal , in
2025-26.
Skinner has repeatedly called for
greater investment in the team in
the transfer market, and a change in
strategy from the club this summer
has led to his exit. He oversaw a
second-placed i nish in the 2022-23
campaign, the club’s highest league
position, after a fourth-placed i nish
in 2021-22, his i rst season in charge .
United then i nished i fth, third and
fourth respectively in his i nal three
years in charge.
Sources have indicated the
women’s side has a new direction
this summer, focused on building a
team sustainably with homegrown
players . Investments are being
made into United’s academy. But
other sources have said Skinner was
increasingly frustrated at seeing W SL
sides outspend United .
Since it became clear that Skinner
would be leaving, the club have put
together a shortlist of candidates and
are expected to name his replacement
relatively quickly.
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The Guardian
and misery, the right has hit the jackpot in Ceuta
Jonathan Liew
Tuesday 4 August 2026
Opinion and ideas
he live streams are still running, training their cameras on the beach at Ceuta, where nothing is happening. The self-styled citizen journalists are still pounding the streets, capturing their shaky smartphone footage. Zia Yusuf of Reform UK was out there at the weekend, wearing a crisp shirt and smart tailored trousers, lest anyone confuse him with the other brown people there. The bad brown people. Why was the migrant incursion at Ceuta, on the Spanish-Moroccan border, such a big story across the world? How did it manage to pique the interest of Donald Trump and Elon Musk , to feature on NBC’s Nightly News, not – shall we say – a programme predisposed to spotlighting stories from continental Africa? What about it so exercised Europe’s heads of government? What made it a front-page story in the Daily Mail, the Daily Express and the Daily Telegraph ? Certainly not any kind of urgent or imminent threat to our own borders, much less the borders of the United States. The Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla operate under special exemptions from the Schengen area, rendering it almost impossible for an undocumented migrant to reach mainland Spain,
about 12 miles away across the Mediterranean . Once many of the migrants realised this, they duly left. Nor any kind of concern for those who drowned or were killed in the crowd crush. “ About 48,000 of the up to 60,000 people who came into Ceuta from Morocco returned within a day. Still, the sudden inl ux created a crisis for Spain’s pro-immigration government. Nearly three dozen died .” So read a New York Times subheading on Friday. And once you i ght your way past the tortured syntax, did you notice anything unusual there? First the integrity of the border, then the political ramii cations, then the people who died: the hierarchy of right wing immigration discourse expressed in three perfect sentences. The death toll has since risen . Ceuta functions as a kind of border porn for the global far right: a locus upon which to project their most vivid and apocalyptic fantasies. If the historian Mike Davis once described the US-Mexico border wall as “a political stage set” , then in the age of the deepfake and the troll-farm, Ceuta has prove d a similarly fertile source of content: the border interface reimagined as digital theatre, mass migration as primetime television. The irony here is that, from a securitisation standpoint, Ceuta functions almost exactly as it was intended. A six-
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Soldiers escort migrants in Ceuta, Spain, 1 August
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metre-high barbed-wire fence, reinforced by watchtowers and video cameras, separates it from Morocco. From Ceuta, an internal checkpoint guards the only ferry route to mainland Spain. The European Union has spent years, and hundreds of millions of euros , on developing partnerships with Morocco on border management. None of which seemed to matter as European leaders queued up to give Pedro S ánchez’s government a ritual horse-whipping. Italy reintroduced air and sea border controls with Spain . Emmanuel Macron deployed mobile units to the Spanish border to strengthen controls. Giorgia Meloni – backed by Finland, Denmark and Czechia – has argued that Spain’s membership of the Schengen area should be suspended . And of course these are primarily domestic politicians catering to a domestic market, ahead of an electoral cycle in which incumbents in France, Italy and Poland are being outl anked by nativist insurgents to their right. S ánchez himself faces the ballot box in 2027 , an election in which his government can boast strong economic growth and which his right wing opponents will therefore be desperate to turn into a referendum on immigration. So that’s the political angle. But really the spectacle of Ceuta represents a more primal and guttural need, particularly in the English-speaking world, for the inl ammatory anti-immigration crusade to be seen as well as spoken. The photos and footage coming out of the enclave in recent days, all shot from distance and almost never in close up, are all geared towards a single end: to encourage the viewer to see these brown bodies as a single mass, each indistinguishable from the other, the accountants and surgeons from the bomb-makers and rapists, the living from the dead. And so, by small degrees, the line between nationalism and pure-blood white supremacy blurs a little more. Indeed, the very idea that a single border crossing 1,000 miles and two seas away from us is somehow our urgent problem only really makes sense in a worldview whose real distinction is not between “Britain” and “abroad” but between an imagined white Christian Europe and a savage brown other. F
Migration
or all this, the right does not act alone. The palpable relief on many parts of the left as most of the original 60,000 migrants returned to Morocco spoke of a worrying acquiescence: a tacit acceptance of the dangerous trope of migration as a prima facie problem. Here’s a radical thought: what if migration is only a problem to those who want it to be? What if we started seeing the mass movement of people less as an existential threat and more as a simple inevitability of human existence? Nine years ago the great Gary Younge set out in the Guardian a utopian vision of open borders and no immigration controls. What happened to that vision and idealism? When did border discourse become feared ? Whether Ceuta was a security lapse or a deliberately engineered event is beside the point. The point is that as the global right grows in coni dence, as the migration industrial complex thirsts for new content, new border porn, there will be more Ceutas in the future. People will keep migrating and die trying, and because this is good telly it will keep happening. “Today more than ever,” writes the sociologist Mimi Sheller in her book Mobility Justice , “these borderlands are soaked in the blood of white nationalism, ethnic proi ling, and enforced death in the no man’s land.” The endgame here is massacres, vigilante violence, not “stop the boats” but shoot the boats, the border reimagined as a computer-game war zone. The endgame is what the likes of Musk and his far-right meat puppets are already depicting: a world where armies of “military-age males” invade our virgin turf, and the problem is not the forces that drove them from their homes, but your “suicidal empathy” , because these are not equal humans deserving equal treatment. These are the stakes. And frankly, when the next Ceuta happens, the left needs to think of a better response than simply being thankful they went home again.
‘Comment is free… but facts are sacred’ CP Scott
better than to weaponise chaos and tragedy in Ceuta
At least 72 people are believed to have died late last week, most of them drowned or crushed as they joined tens of thousands of others in attempting to swim from Moroccan waters to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Yet the scale of that human tragedy has barely registered, as Donald Trump has decried an “ invasion ” while European politicians exploit the crisis to serve their own agendas. If further evidence were needed of the way that the radical right increasingly distorts the terms of the migration debate in the EU, the last few days have furnished it. More needs to be understood about the drivers behind a shocking episode. Misinformation on social media – orchestrated or otherwise – appears to have played a big part, following a Spanish supreme court ruling that migrants arriving by sea could not be summarily turned back. Moroccan authorities seemingly did little to prevent the chaotic exodus, which echoed previous smaller incidents and focused international attention on a territory whose sovereignty Rabat contests. If there were online indications that such an incursion was a possibility, no alarm was sounded. The Spanish government, distracted by the need to combat ongoing wildi res, was utterly unprepared. But the vast majority of the 60,000 or so who crossed into Ceuta returned voluntarily across the border within 48 hours, some having aired grievances to reporters at the lack of work, decent wages and prospects available to them at home. The dangerous recklessness of their actions underlined the pressure-cooker levels
Funerals
undertaker have shown that the law must change
There are few more vulnerable moments in life than the days before and after the loss of a loved one. The rituals of farewell surrounding a funeral matter deeply. Hence the horrii ed public reaction to the crimes of Robert Bush in Hull. Bush was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison for 67 of ences including 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial . When his business, Legacy Independent Funeral Services, was searched, police found multiple bodies decomposing on racks. Bush had returned the wrong ashes to families , stolen money donated to charities and spent more than £42,000 on holidays over 12 years. In court, relatives revealed the distress caused; David Gorbutt, who scattered a stranger’s ashes in place of his wife’s, described feeling “abused”. The Competition and Markets Authority proposed tighter regulation of the funeral industry in 2020. The independent inquiry into David Fuller – who abused the bodies of more than 100 women and girls in hospital mortuaries – included regulation of undertakers among its recommendations. Now, a year after that report was published, ministers have decided that they agree. New laws, which should be expected to include a licensing scheme, minimum standards and provision for inspections, are on the way. This is the right call. It is a peculiar blind spot in UK law that a service as sensitive and essential as that provided by undertakers is unregulated; the Scottish government, recognising this, introduced its own system last year. And while Bush’s case is by far the
of frustration beyond Europe’s external borders, particularly among the young. Subsequently, the response of leaders such as Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has been predictable but deeply dispiriting. In a performative over reaction, Ms Meloni sought to demonstrate her hard line on irregular migration by temporarily suspending Rome’s Schengen agreement with Madrid, though Ceuta has never been included in Schengen, and Italy and Spain share no border. Along with Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, she was also among 22 signatories to a letter sent to the European Commission, suggesting that the liberal migration policies of the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez – which, again, have no application in Ceuta – are undermining Europe’s security. Such posturing is largely intended for a domestic audience. Mr Merz, for example, faces a major challenge from the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in three imminent state elections , while Ms Meloni is dealing with the emergence of a new party that threatens her own right l ank. The zeal of such forces to weaponise the immigration issue was shown by the speed with which the AfD’s leader, Alice Weidel, claimed that the “likely destination” for most of those entering Ceuta was Germany. Hyperbolic rhetoric and i nger-pointing will only undermine solidarity between European nations, and hamper attempts to deal ef ectively with the challenges of migration. It is impossible to cross from Ceuta into mainland Spain and the Schengen zone without passing through a checkpoint. It is also worth noting that the number of irregular border crossings into Europe in fact declined by 40% in the i rst half of 2026 compared with last year, partly as a result of better-coordinated prevent ive strategies. Instead of rounding on Mr Sánchez, mainstream European leaders should be pledging their cooperation in helping Spain to minimise the possibility of such a tragic incident ever happening again.
most extreme of several recent ones, he is not the only undertaker to have been jailed . Last year, another funeral director, Amie Upton , was banned from NHS mortuaries and maternity wards in Leeds after the BBC uncovered complaints about Florrie’s Army, a baby-loss service that she set up. Ms Upton has not been charged with any crime. But the Labour MP Mark Sewards has argued, rightly, that his constituents’ disturbing experiences with Florrie’s Army point to the need for new laws . An enhanced role for local government would be in keeping with the government’s devolution push, and would require funding . Trade organisations have proposed a model in which they would play a part alongside the Human Tissue Authority. But while all options should be looked at, regulation must not be mistaken for a panacea. As in other situations where a position of trust has been abused, opportunities to intervene in Hull appear to have been missed. About 65% of the more than 500,000 funerals that take place in the UK each year are handled by small, independent businesses. Regulation must be protective of them as well as of families who want to prepare bodies for cremation or burial themselves. Undertakers do a diffi cult job; those paying for their services are often extremely vulnerable. The likely increase in the cost of funerals , following tighter regulation, must also be taken seriously. Many people already struggle to af ord them. It is vital to i nd out what the public, as well as the industry, want . It may be that laws concerning dead bodies require a wider review , as the Law Commission believes . But the priority must be to i nd an ef ective, proportionate way to prevent rogue operators from setting up funeral businesses, and to identify any who already have. Grieving people ought to be able to have coni dence in those they entrust with the bodies of relatives.
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stand by as the Taliban target women and girls
Brown
his month marks the i fth anniversary of the take over of Afghanistan by the Taliban as American coalition troops were evacuated from the country. That’s i ve years for the terrorists to have consolidated their grip, so now is a good time to rel ect on what the “coalition of the willing” left behind. Through vindictive edict after edict, these i ve years have brought an ever-escalating repression of Afghan girls and women – with far too little done by any outside authority to speak up or stand up against the most egregious denial of girls’ rights in the world today. Barely reported was the shocking massacre in June by troops who i red on a group of women’s rights protesters as they demonstrated against girls’ exclusion from education and the enforcement of strict dress codes. They were marching under the banner
“ Azadi ”, meaning “freedom” . Two people, including a young boy, were shot dead and several were injured. In the most medieval of ways, the Taliban are also impos ing even harsher laws to legitimise child marriage and provide legal exemption for domestic violence perpetrated by husbands , including against school-age girls . According to UN observers, these girls, often sold into marriage or forced to become child brides, are victims of a new form of crime : gender apartheid . Historians will look back and ask why it is that, after landing more than 1 million coalition troops , suf ering more than 3,500 deaths and 23,000 injuries and spending in excess of $1tn , we were unable to prevent the Taliban destroying the most basic of rights. But perhaps more important, and with the Taliban entrenched in Kabul and religious leaders regularly sending out instructions from Kandahar , the question for now is: what can we do immediately to improve the lives of girls and women? Can we help them fuli l their potential? Globally, the proportion of women aged 20 -24 who were married before 18 has declined over the past decade , and Unicef suggests at least 25m child marriages that could have involved school -age brides have been prevented. Yet an estimated 12 million girls under 18 are still married of each year when they could be at school. The issue is acute in the Afghanistan the coalition left behind, where girls are banned from secondary schooling and Afghan women are banned from university , public sector employment and even work with NGOs and charities. They are forbidden to travel or to enter many public places, from parks to restaurants, unless accompanied. And with the Taliban coni dent they can act with impunity , a dozen recent anti-girl, anti-women injunctions are tightening their grip. In one recent case, a 15-year-old Afghan girl is reported to have been killed , along with her mother, by a Taliban oi cial after he tried to abduct her for a forced marriage. It is appalling, and it does speak to the particular brutality of the Taliban. Pakistan’s Sindh province, by contrast, has enacted one of the strongest legal frameworks in the developing world against child
will look back and ask why it is that we were unable to prevent the Taliban destroying the most basic of rights
Gordon Brown is the UN’s special envoy for global education and was the prime minister of the UK from 2007 to 2010
marriage, criminalising marriage under 18 and introducing penalties for those who facilitate it. Bangladesh , too, has enacted new laws . A stronger birth registration system has made it harder to conceal a girl’s age, closing of a common pathway into early marriage. At the same time, programmes providing small-scale i nancial support to poor families have enabled girls to remain in education. Save the Children reports that in one programme in Bangladesh , the of er of i nancial support helped more than 1,000 girls stay in school and avoid early marriage . Child marriage is not simply a cultural practice, as often portrayed. It is also driven by poverty, as much as weak enforcement of the law. There are “child marriage-free zones” in parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh, where young people come together to support any school friend who is being married of against her will. Young people become known as “wedding busters” because of their willingness to intervene . With assistance and will, so much is possible. I
t is no accident that the Taliban have focused so much attention not just on denying women rights but specii cally on denying them an education, because they know, as do we, that schooling is the most potent enabler. Across the world, it is the single most powerful protection against early marriage. Organisations such as Girls Not Brides have established that every additional year a girl spends in secondary education signii cantly reduces the likelihood that she will be married as a child. If we could open the doors to quality schooling, ensure girls had access to safe spaces and provide i nancial support for their families, tens of thousands more girls could get that education. Even in Afghanistan, that is no pipe dream. Through Unicef and Education Cannot Wait , and with secret, on-the- ground support, girls are learning in unconventional ways : often on line, sometimes in underground schools or in family homes , unseen by the authorities. But there is so much more to be done, not least because thousands of girls have had to leave the country to obtain schooling, and with tension rising between Afghanistan and Pakistan, one favoured route out of the country is fast closing. Britain’s home secretary, Shabana Mahmood , has announced that under the new immigration and asylum bill , there will be two routes under a refugee resettlement scheme for students that could help . The i rst is through recognised charities sponsoring girls coming to the UK. The second is through colleges and universities of ering scholarships. That’s good, but we must go further. I believe a fund must now be set up in support of Afghan girls who are threatened with being married of against their will. It should of er them bursaries to continue their education, if necessary outside their home country. And as UN special envoy for education, I am happy to work with any charity or educational institution that wants to assist girls in defence of their human rights. It may be a small gesture, but i ve years after they were condemned to Taliban rule, isn’t it time to truly support all the girls who risk their freedom and their lives for an education, and the hope of a meaningful existence ? They yearn for things we take for granted. It is our moral duty to help them.
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racoon off ers only false hope
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nyone who enjoys memes (who doesn’t ?) has surely by now accumulated a mental menagerie of internet-famous animals. Mine include Grumpy Cat , the Ikea monkey , Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, Paul the oracle octopus and – my personal favourite – Roger the hot kangaroo (go on, look him up). Now we have Jimothy , a racc oon with short spine syndrome. A familiar sight in his neighbourhood in Seattle for his unusually rounded appearance and scuttling movement, Jimothy went viral on Instagram two weeks ago and has since taken over the world. Within weeks of his debut, there has been fan art, merchandise,
multiple tattoos , a stadium “theme night” and even a civic ceremony . Even going by the internet’s longstanding enthusiasm for weird little guys, the scale and suddenness of his ascent has been striking. It’s easy to see why people, brands and even baseball teams have jumped on Jimothy : he’s cute, unproblematic and not at all political. Unlike with Taylor Swift’s wedding, say, or the Coldplay kiss cam couple – to name two recent shared, seismic cultural moments – Jimothy poses no ethical quandary . He’s just a funny-looking racoon. This places him in that rare, dwindling and highly prized category of “stuf that everyone can agree is good”. Animals have served this purpose online for as long as there’s been social media, and indeed inl uenced its modern form and function. It’s been 14 years since Ikea monkey was spotted ; you can probably instantly picture him, pensive in his stylish shearling coat. Some of these viral animals’ meanings are still evolving ( Doge the side-eyed shiba inu is now some kind of Musk-related currency ? I admit I lost the thread there) while others ef ectively became celebrities: I dropped everything to cover Grumpy Cat’s passing in 2019 . You can tell the story of the internet, and with it the 21st century, through the animals it has rallied around. As a petl uencer pioneer, Grumpy Cat’s merchandising and brand deals were mind- boggling back in 2013; now everything can be monetised. Three years later, in May 2016 , the online outpouring that greeted the fatal shooting of Harambe the gorilla at Cincinnati zoo signalled, in hindsight, a shift to a darker experience of the internet and society. Now, animal content is not just a pillar of the internet but load-bearing infrastructure, with cute
Elle Hunt is a freelance journalist
pictures and funny videos providing respite from an
angry, anxiety inducing internet.
This is perhaps one reason why recent years have
seen non-human main characters emerge at an
astonishing pace, with social media monitoring not just
the Jimothy situation but also Neil the seal in Tasmania
and Punch the infant macaque in Japan . Having gone
viral in February , Punch received a reported 2,500
cards for his fi rst birthday this week . When Moo Deng
recently turned three , she had a three-day celebration ,
mass sing-along and “hippo-friendly” cake.
Internet history shows we’ve always come together
over animals, but increasingly they feel like our only
common ground, because they’re depoliticised,
uncomplicated and benign. It’s not just brands: people
are hailing Jimothy as “the hero we need right now ”
( including in song ).
The most heartening, human takeaway from
Jimothy’s viral moment is that it suggests we really
do desire more unity and connection; we just don’t
feel comfortable doing so in public, or at scale, on
anything other than the most innocuous topic. But as
with so many of the nice things periodically enabled
by the internet, we’re not even allowed that for long:
late on Wednesday , the White House shared a meme
showing Jimothy wearing a Maga cap. This is why
we can’t have nice things.
This exposes the sad truth of Jimothy, our
furry folk hero: he won’t break us out of our
online silos. With algorithms distorting our
shared reality, he may not even have travelled
that far across them. Just now a friend, who
spends as much time online as I do, sat down
next to me and asked what I was writing about.
He met my one-word answer with confusion and
an immediate Google search: “Who’s ‘Jimothy’ –
and how is he ‘ bridging political divides ’?”
Country diary Buxton, Derbyshire
Our town is blessed to have the
Buxton Civic Association, a
charity devoted to the built and
natural environment. It owns and
manages almost all our important
woods, including Grin Low , which
was a historically important area
for lime-burning. To celebrate
that industry, the civic society
commissioned wooden sculptures
– Charlie, then Martha – to highlight
the important work done by
miners in uplifting the fertility of
Derbyshire’s farmland.
Martha’s origins are bittersweet.
She was created out of a
groundswell of public outrage
and generosity when Charlie was
vandalised in 2021. In quick order,
the same nihilism was visited on
Martha after her installation: she
was daubed with swastikas and
her eyes gouged out. The sculptor,
Lorraine Botterill , repaired the
damage, but this week, two
years after Martha had been
reinstated, she’s been smashed of
her wooden plinth.
Last week, the charity Hurst
Farm, working on the outskirts
of Matlock, suf ered similar
desecration. Their youth volunteers,
aged between 11 and 14, had just put
the i nishing touches to a beautiful
bird hide with wicker walls. These
were promptly booted in and the
broken weave ripped out.
“What is wrong with people” is
a constant refrain on social media
after such events are publicised.
I’m yet to speak to anyone with
convincing answers. One assumes
the act is meant to cause distress,
but does it, like some graffi ti ,
carry a political message? It’s
exceptionally basic if there is one.
What I take away is that we have
normalised so much destruction of
what we can call “common ground”.
Anything not deliberately, overtly
owned is fair game . We shit on our
footpaths to the top of Snowdon
(Yr Wyddfa). We slaughter hen
harriers or goshawks to pursue
pheasant shooting. We spray our
pavements with carcinogenic
herbicides – poisons openly sold on
every DIY store shelf.
The symbolic slaughter of
Martha reminds me that in the
1930s boys burn ed down the
Betty Kenny yew . She was possibly
2,000 years old and certainly
the most revered Derbyshire
citizen then in existence.
Mark Cocker
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hurt UK’s global standing
Your editorial rightly criticises the decision to cease funding the Lovell telescope from March 2028 (Cuts to fundamental physics are bad science and even worse politics, 1 August) . There are additional reasons why this decision is so short sighted. Modern astronomy is no longer simply physics. It brings together physics, chemistry, biology and computing to understand how the universe evolved and where we came from. The universe is an inexpensive laboratory in which we can study the interaction of physical, chemical and biological processes under conditions that can never be reproduced on Earth. Understanding how galaxies formed and evolved requires complementary observations across the radio, optical and infrared spectrum. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. As a PhD researcher at Jodrell Bank in the 1960s, I saw i rst -hand how its innovations transformed radio astronomy. Jodrell played a pioneering role in the development of long-baseline radio interferometry, which links separate telescopes together to create virtual telescopes thousands of miles across . Removing the
fl y infestations this summer
My experience of l ies is that
during the past 20 years or so there
has been a signii cant decline in
numbers – Highland midges not
included of course (‘It makes you
feel like you’ve got a really dirty
house’, 30 July) .
Memories of childhood summers
in the 1950s and 60s are of endless
sticky l ytraps, typically placed
near doorways in the house . Any
foodstuff s left out on a counter
would immediately attract a variety
of coloured l ies within seconds.
Summer picnics could be a
constant tussle against l ying
insects, including wasps.
Sandwiches, even wrapped,
presented a challenge that l ies
and wasps couldn’t resist. Pints
of beer would encourage wasps
to take up swimming until they
became intoxicated. The swarms of
butterl ies this year are a diff erent
matter – and delightful sight to see.
Mal Jones
Cardiff
Lovell telescope from this network would weaken its ability to produce pictures of the radio universe with a sharpness comparable to that achieved by billion-pound space observatories such as Hubble . The Lovell telescope still plays a role in science diplomacy and it has long been a symbol of UK scientii c leadership and hope. Ministers should think again. George Kildare Miley Emeritus professor of astronomy, Leiden University, the Netherlands
• The short sighted attitude to science funding goes back to Margaret Thatcher . In the late 1980s I was briel y the economic adviser to the chief scientist, working in the Cabinet Oi ce. The policy was to rate research funding on objective criteria such as the number of peer-reviewed publications and citations, and also to focus funding on research expected to have economic benei ts in the near term. It was assumed that, as an economist, I would be a primary advocate for this approach. I argued that there was no methodology for assessing which research would turn out to be economically benei cial. There still isn’t.
Buglife and the expertise of Erica McAlister quoted in your article, as we do need insects, I found the ideas presented to ameliorate l y infestations quite out of touch with a large number of people suff ering from this plague. What about those of us who live in l ats with no access to a garden to create a wildlife pond? Or those without the means to turn their outside space into a haven for wildlife? Placing a bucket on the veranda might work for those with the space, but those of us in l ats must suff er without resolution. Jonathon Moloney Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
• The best solution is to i t permanent insect screens to all windows and doors. It can be expensive, but it’s a one-off cost. A major benei t is that it allows windows to be open at night for ventilation, while still preventing insects, especially mosquitoes, from entering. A problem in the UK is that most windows open outwards, so while screens can easily be i xed to the outside frame of the inward-opening windows here in Switzerland, the same would not be true in the UK. Let’s hope some smart, enterprising people can come up with a solution for UK windows. Dr Janet Dawson Bennwil, Switzerland
I also argued that the attempt to quantify research success by counting publications was leading to counterproductive eff ects – pressure to publish too much and too soon, multiple authors on every paper and a high-stress atmosphere that is fundamentally counterproductive to good research. I also found myself the sole advocate in the Cabinet Oi ce for supporting research for its own sake – to advance human knowledge. We are made far poorer culturally as well as economically if we close the spaces in which talented people are given the time and funding to follow wherever their creativity leads them. Mick Foster Chelmsford, Essex
• The UK Research and Innovation budget is expected to rise to £10bn by 2030. However, UKRI consists of research councils (which mostly fund fundamental science) plus Innovate UK. The latter funds only companies, and only its budget has risen . That for research councils has plummeted, by 40%-50% in real terms since 2011. As universities also grab a higher proportion of grants in “overheads”, the amount of actual science being funded is even lower. The l ow of postdoctoral fellows needed to work in innovative industries is consequently being choked . Douglas Kell Oxford
the 1966 World Cup
Garry Richardson (The Boys of 1966: 60 years ago today and a world away, 30 July) appears to make the assumption that everyone watched the 1966 World Cup i nal on television with Kenneth Wolstenholme’s iconic commentary. As a football-mad 10-year-old , I had the misfortune on the day of the i nal to be on our family summer holiday in the then sleepy village of Goathland, staying in a house with no TV. Hope rose when my dad was invited to watch the i nal at a neighbour’s who had one of the few TVs in the village and he asked if he could bring his children. When the neighbour learned that there were seven of us, he not surprisingly drew the line at a still very generous three, but as the fourth in line I missed out. Instead, I sat in the kitchen along with my mam and three younger sisters listening to the rarely mentioned but equally brilliant Brian Moore and Alan Clarke’s commentary on BBC radio. To this day, I still haven’t seen the match but nevertheless, like Garry, cherish my happy memories of it. Andrew Keeley Warrington, Cheshire
Corrections and clarifi cations
• An article ( Forever chemicals linked to children’s gut diseases, new research reveals , 25 July, p7, early editions) referred to “irritable bowel disease” when inl ammatory bowel disease was meant.
• We said Fifa’s 25-page set of slides on commercialising the World Cup with external private investors made no mention of the women’s game; in fact, there was one mention ( Fifa’s sales pitch , 31 July, p44).
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a built-in interval
I have never had a problem with the lack of intervals in screenings of i lms like the three-hour Andrei Rublev or even the four-hour The Travelling Players (Epic loo break , 1 August) . But my DVD of the two-and-a-half-hour 2001: A Space Odyssey contains an “intermission” lasting several minutes. It’s almost as if the manufacturers were unaware of the existence of a pause button. Alan Pavelin Chislehurst, London
• Children’s homes, care homes, doctors’ surgeries, dentists and even vets are among the caring services left exposed to the ravages of private equity. Yet when it comes to football, there is a massive outcry (Burnham calls on Infantino to resign over ‘outrageous’ World Cup Sale plan, 1 August) . Do we really believe that kicking a ball is more important than protecting vulnerable people? Liam Browne London
• As the curator of geology at Whitby Museum, I sometimes ask visitors if they have any questions about our exhibits (Letters, 3 August) . One day, a man pointed at the giant ichthyosaur skeletons and said: “Am I right that these reptiles died out well before there were any humans?” “That’s right,” I replied. He pointed at the labels: “Then how do you know what they were called?” Roger Osborne Snainton, North Yorkshire
• Following on from Dr Terry Scragg and the “short illness” (Letters, 28 July) , on asking my grandma what one of her friends had died of, the reply was, “Nowt serious”. I later took this to mean old age. Robert Greenwood Skipton, North Yorkshire
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US actor best known for his role as Salvatore ‘Big Pussy’ Bonpensiero in the TV series The Sopranos
he character actor Vincent Pastore, who has died aged 80, made Italian mobster roles his speciality, most notably playing Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero, one of the capos in The Sopranos. Although the character’s nickname came from his early career as a cat burglar, in a recent interview Pastore said the Soprano’s creator, David Chase , had written the part “for an actor who could play a tough guy but also could be sensitive. I saw Big Pussy as a man with a big heart.” In the show, Pastore’s Pussy balanced the violent intensity of Tony Sirico’s Paulie Walnuts . “It was like sharing the camera with an elephant,” Pastore joked about the much smaller but intense actor. One of The Sopranos’ most touching, if surreal, moments was
centred on Pussy – and his demise. This came in the i nale of series two, when Tony Soprano (played by James Gandoli ni), in a fever dream while suf ering food poisoning, realises who has been ratting the family out. Pussy, speaking to him as an eight-pound i sh selling for four dollars a pound, confesses to Tony, and points out that the i sh next to him are “sleeping”. As Pastore’s voice speaks, Tony says, “Don’t even say that,” as he realises agonisingly he will have to make Pussy sleep with the i shes too. The episode ends with Tony and two others (including a vengeful Paulie) shooting Pussy on Tony’s boat and tossing his body overboard. Pastore himself was born in the Bronx, but grew up in what he described as the “true Italian” neighbourhood in the Westchester suburb of New Rochelle, in New York, where his father, John, was a school caretaker and his mother, Natalie (nee Santadonata), cooked
Pastore, left, with James Gandolfi ni as Tony Soprano in a 2000 episode of The Sopranos
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part-time for the Italian men’s social club over which they lived. It was not a mob setting. “We saw bookies and loan sharks, but to play these parts you don’t rely on memories,” he said. “You use your own personality.” After high school, during the Vietnam war, he enlisted in the US navy, then studied drama at the Westchester campus of Pace University. He worked as a bouncer in nightclubs, and as a limo driver, eventually buying his own club in New Rochelle. His i rst break came when he drove the actors Matt and Kevin Dillon, also from Westchester. They came to his club, saw him in local theatre, and were impressed. Kevin of ered support, but as Pastore began to land roles, the actor Danny Aiello became his mentor. In 1988 he made his i lm debut in the Canadian horror movie Black Roses. He played small parts in i lms, some of them very good, almost all of them involving crime. Between 1990 and 1995 he was in 15 movies, including an uncredited part in Sidney Lumet ’s Q&A. But the nature of his parts are rel ected in his billing: “Man With Coat-rack” in Goodfellas, “Fat Tony” in Backstreet Dreams, “Tony Clams” in Who’s the Man, and “Copa Wiseguy” – from the Copacabana nightclub – in Carlito’s Way. His TV debut came in 1990, on the short-lived combined emergency services show H.E.L.P. with John Mahoney and Wesley Snipes. Like many New York actors, including other Sopranos cast members, he played in
We saw bookies and loan sharks, but to play these parts you don’t rely on memories. You use your own personality
four episodes of Law and Order. Pastore’s breakthrough role came in a comedy crime vehicle, The Jerky Boys (1995), as Tony Scarboni, right-hand man to Alan Arkin ’s crime boss, who is crossed by the eponymous comedians. In 1996, he played a similar role in the HBO i lm Gotti, playing Angelo Ruggerio, the loyal No 2 to the New York crime boss John Gotti, played by Armand Assante, with whom he had worked on Q&A. In 1997 he acted with Aiello in A Brooklyn State of Mind (with the future Sopranos cast member Jamie-Lynn Sigler), and in 1999 he was in the Hugh Grant comedy Mickey Blue Eyes. The Sopranos debuted the same year, and in 2000 he won a Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance in an ensemble drama. Though Big Pussy was killed of at the end of season two, his career took new turns. He had participated as a celebrity on the quiz comedy Hollywood Squares, but was soon in demand on the reality TV circuit. He was the host of Repo Men: Stealing for a Living, and lost 13kg on Celebrity Fit Club. He withdrew from Dancing With the Stars after a week, but his time on Celebrity Apprentice was marked by a feud with Piers Morgan. “Reality producers … to bring out the best or worst … place you in a bad improvisation scene with someone you genuinely don’t like,” he said. In 2007 he made his Broadway debut in Chicago ; th e following year he also joined the cast of the daytime soap opera General Hospital. Pastore longed to do comedy; in 2009’s Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! he was the father of the Italian boyfriend whose Jewish partner’s parents are more worried their son is with a non-Jewish boy than that he is gay. Still he was landing roles such as “Don Vito Perspirino” in Pizza With Bullets (2010) or “Amadore Condimento” in Made in Chinatown (2021). He returned to Broadway in Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical in 2014, and that year led the Columbus Day parade in the Bronx. He played recurring parts in Hawaii 5-0, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and Gravesend, and had another leading role in the 2022 i lm The Black Caesar. He started a theatre company in 2021; his revival of the play Lamp Post Reunion starred Aiello. A new i lm, Bad News on the Doorstep, starring Chazz Palmintieri, Robert Davi, their sons Dante and Nick, respectively, and Sylvester Stallone’s daughter Sistine, has yet to be released. Pastore lived alone in City Island in the Bronx. His marriage to Nancy Berke ended in divorce; he is survived by their daughter, Renee. Michael Carlson
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Literary agent hailed by many authors for his poker-faced negotiating skills, loyalty and wit
Letter Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
n 2016, the literary agent Simon Trewin, who has died of a brain tumour aged 60, received a copy of a manuscript by Paul Lynch, a Limerick-born author with two respectfully reviewed novels behind him. No publisher wanted his third. “I want to save your career,” Trewin said. It took 14 months to make the deal. Grace became the Kerry Group Irish novel of the year 2018. Five years later, Lynch won the Booker prize for his dystopian parable Prophet Song . Trewin was the i rst person he acknowledged: “Thank you,” Lynch said, “for being my consigliere.” Some agents are fair-weather friends. Not Simon Trewin. He represented me for 30 years, taking on my i rst book when I was still a postgraduate student. Like all his clients, I could depend on his honesty, his loyalty, his wit, and the poker-faced negotiating skills that belied his natural shyness. During his career, he gathered writers who followed him from company to company, and i nally, to independence. He was the i rst and only literary agent of John Boyne , author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas . He signed the YA novelist Catherine Banner when she was 16. He gave Chloé Esposito the titles for her trilogy of thrillers, Mad (2017), Bad (2018) and
Dangerous to Know (2020) – and helped her get deals worth £2m . There was a family legacy to negotiate. Simon’s grandparents were the theatre critics JC Trewin and Wendy Trewin (nee Monk). His father, Ion Trewin , was literary editor of the Times and publishing director of Hodder & Stoughton, where he acquired and edited Thomas Keneally’s Schindler’s Ark . Simon’s mother, Sue (nee Merry) was a marriage guidance counsellor from whom he inherited his interrogative talents. Nobody escaped his curious and often playful questions: clients, people he met on the street, the carers who attended him in his i nal illness. Born in north London, Simon, like his father, went to Highgate school. Unlike his father, he also went to university, studying drama at Kent. His theatrical interests predated his degree: on a school trip to East Berlin, he was detained at Checkpoint Charlie because he was wearing a badge advertising a production of Dario Fo ’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist. They also survived his degree: he was assistant stage manager on West End shows ( Harold Pinter ’s The Caretaker with Donald Pleasence; Ronald Harwood ’s Another Time with Albert Finney ) and in panto and summer seasons. A favourite anecdote involved a backstage encounter with Rod Hull
Trewin, below left, ran printing workshops, collected block type and made ink from oak apple gall. Below right, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, 2006, by John Boyne and Prophet Song, 2023, by Paul Lynch. Trewin was a fi erce champion of both writers
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and Emu. Though Hull believed himself alone, Simon noticed that Emu turned to read the noticeboard as he passed along the corridor. A 1991 revival of Arthur Wing Pinero’s The Cabinet Minister was a landmark – and not just because he mistimed a sound cue that resulted in the star, Derek Nimmo , raising a l ute to his lips and producing the sound of bagpipes. One scene required him to stand in the wings and pass a prop baby to Helen Adie, the actor playing the maid, Angèle. They married in 1992 at St Paul’s, Covent Garden, the actors’ church. Their son Jack was born a year later, by which time Simon had swerved from the path that would have led him from the role of ASM to company manager, and joined a literary agency instead. Sheil Land Associates was his i rst home, then Peters Fraser and Dunlop , before he founded United Agents with a group of colleagues in 2007 , a famous schism in the business. At United he represented the Ian Fleming estate. It appealed to his sense of style and his sense of humour. (It would be safe to say that he did not take the ritualised meetings – in achingly stylish oi ces where Martinis were shaken endlessly – as seriously as some of the participants.) He loved gossip and mischief: he once sold a memoir by Clif Richard. “It’s printed double-spaced,” he said, “so you can read between the lines.” In 2012 he bal ed some of his colleagues by leaving United to head the London oi ce of the global talent agency William Morris Endeavor . The move satisi ed his restless instincts and allowed him to acquire two vintage sports cars , but the oi ce culture did not delight him. Founding his own independent agency in 2019 freed him from working London and Los Angeles hours simultaneously, and to develop a passion that i rst stirred at the age of 10 when his father took him to the Times printworks on the Gray’s Inn Road. The acquisition of Gloria, an 1870s platen press of the type once used by Virginia and Leonard Woolf, was key to the inky turn in his life. He established a workshop, the Garage Press, and subsequently, the Print Room at Bell House, a volunteer-run community education centre in Dulwich, south-east London. There, he ran printing workshops, collected block type, made his own ink from oak apple gall, risked his i ngers in the mechanism, and gathered a community of “inkaholics” to join the writers he had already assembled. On his 60th birthday, a few weeks after his tumour diagnosis, he gathered us together, in a room full of his prints. He is survived by Helen , an artist and poet, and his son, Jack , who is also an artist. Matthew Sweet
Trewin acquired an 1870s platen press, which was key to the inky turn in his life
Birthdays
Lord (James) Arbuthnot, former Conservative MP and minister, 74; Audrey Azoulay, French politician and former director general, Unesco, 54; Ian Broudie, musician and producer, 68; Lord (Jack) Cunningham of Felling, former Labour MP and minister, 87; Declan Donnellan, theatre director, 73; Greta Gerwig, actor and i lm-maker, 43; Prof Peter Goodfellow, geneticist, 75; Robin Harper, former Green party leader, Scottish parliament, 86; Martin Jarvis, actor, 85; Lee Mack, comedian and actor, 58; Lord (Steve) McCabe, former Labour MP, 71; Jojo Moyes, author, 57; Barack Obama, former US president, 65; Kate Silverton, child therapist and broadcaster, 56; Mary (Decker) Slaney, athlete, 68; Lord (Simon) Stevens, chair, Cancer Research UK, 60; Prof Frances Stewart, development economist, 86; The Duchess of Sussex, 45; Billy Bob Thornton, actor and director, 71.
The reign of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (obituary, 30 July) as emir of Qatar was controversial. Although around 88% of Qatar’s residents were and remain foreign workers, laws intended to protect them were rarely enforced . Passport coni scation for the large numbers of migrant workers was commonplace, as were human trai cking and overcrowded and unsanitary labour camps. The emir arbitrarily made more than 5,000 Qataris of the Ghufran clan stateless , depriving them of state jobs, education and healthcare. Some of them stated that this was collective punishment, because some members were involved in a failed coup attempt in 1996. Injustices have continued as a result. In 2012, a Qatari court tried the poet Mohamed al Ajami in secret, and sentenced him to life imprisonment, apparently for criticism of the emir. He had already been held in custody for a year, and was released in 2016, following international pressure. Andrew M Rosemarine
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the curds are strained and the whey is
left over.
Yeah, but what’s in it? About 75% to
93% of it is water. The rest is lactose,
protein and fat. Salty whey, produced
when cheese curds are salted early in
the process, also contains a lot of salt
– as much as 10 % .
What is it used for? Whey can be used
to produce more cheese and cheese-
style foods – eg ricotta, manouri and
the caramel-like Norwegian spread
brunost – and the protein can be
extracted for nutritional supplements.
But salty whey is generally considered
a waste product.
How much waste ? Britain produces
95,000 tonnes of salty whey
annually. Disposing of it presents
an environmental challenge, in part
because it’s so salty.
Surely technology can meet the
challenge. Can’t we put the whey on
a rocket and crash it on to the moon?
We may not have to. Researchers at
Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh,
working with the space tech company
Take Root Bio, have devised a method
for turning salty whey into fuel .
Actual fuel? Yes – it could heat homes
or power your car.
Will my exhaust smell like cheese?
No word on that yet.
How do they do it? The sugars in
the whey are subjected to a “bio-
based” process.
What a weird idea. Not a new one.
In 2021, the then Prince Charles
burnish ed his green credentials
by running his Aston Martin on
bioethanol made from whey and
surplus wine .
Surplus wine? That sounds like a royal
family problem. Bioethanol has fallen
out of favour as a green fuel since .
The salty whey research is about
adding value to byproducts that “still
contain valuable components but can
be challenging to manage”, according
to Heriot-Watt’s Dr Jane White .
So is whey the cheap petrol
of tomorrow ? Whey is pretty
expensive . High demand for protein
supplements – largely driven by
their recommendation to patients on
weight-loss drugs – has pushed up the
price of whey-protein concentrate.
Some suppliers have already sold out
for the rest of the year.
Wine surpluses, whey shortages –
what wild times we live in. I’ll admit
it, I did not see any of this coming.
Do say: “To transform whey –
something regarded as waste – into
something of value can provide real
benei t to cheese manufacturers and
the environment.”
Don’t say: “Drive caerphilly , your
majesty.”
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pig in France, err on the side of cochon ‘ I
hate London? Does anyone care?
’ve seen no evidence of Andy being anti- London ,” the capital’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, told the Evening Standard last week , which is quaint and adorable: evidence is so 2009. This is all about feels. Some feel that the prime minister disfavours the capital because he frequently mentions that neoliberalism hasn’t delivered a fair deal for the north of England; tacitly, then, someone’s deal has been unfair in the other direction, and that would be the south, which must be London. Where else would Burnham mean – Hastings? The institution of No 10 North gestures audibly towards there being some problem with the OG Downing Street, and the use of the words “Whitehall” and “Westminster” as anything but geographical denominations – connoting “faceless” or “out of touch” or “rigid” or “having contempt for the ordinary person” – gives strong anti-London vibes, since Whitehall and Westminster are, indisputably, in London. You could group all that as leftwing shorthand. For those moments when you want to describe a shallow, mammon- worshipping society, lurching from one shiny, meaningless prize to the next, empty of proper feeling for others or for nature, “London” pretty well covers it. That vibe – which only ever described a sliver of the capital, basically the bit of Notting Hill where Boris Johnson might once have lived and Canary Wharf – was repurposed by the (British) right wing a decade ago to become the “metropolitan elite”. In 2016, this version of the typical Londoner had all the same characteristics as before – they’re in a bubble, they’re rolling in gold – but with the appended trait of liberalism, or wokeratiness (if you prefer). By a process so syllogistic and stupid that for a while it was hard to even discuss it without howling like a wolf, the expression of any attitude that might distinguish you from Enoch Powell placed you squarely in the “metropolitan liberal elite” and therefore rendered you dispensable, inauthentic. There were other markers of privilege
– cof ee shops, public transport infrastructure, tofu, the Guardian! – so you were checkmated everywhere you went. This wasn’t really about living in London, or any big city: you could get your passport to the metropole from drinking matcha, believing in universal human rights or knowing how to board public transport, rather than dithering near the door like an idiot. But obviously all of this was so much more rife in the capital. This is quite distinct from what the global right wing hates about Londoners, which is, briel y, that we’re savages who won’t stop killing each other. As I’ve written before, the former Guardian staf er Gary Younge came back from the US in 2016, where he had been reporting on the Maga right, with a fascinating account of a dinner with some Republicans who had asked him how he could possibly feel safe living in London, now that the Muslims had elected “their” mayor and the rest of us weren’t even allowed guns. It seemed so extraordinary then, and now is commonplace, to hear the capital described as a “ stabby wasteland ” where grinding poverty interlaces with intractable race wars to create a brutal place . There’s some overlap with the British right, in so far as London is where multiculturalism is supposed to have failed, and taken society down with it. But there are no liberal elitists in the global right’s concept of “Londonistan”; it would be way too rough and dangerous for our luxury-softened paws. No data or i rst hand testimonials can dispel this myth of the capital . It works better if it isn’t true; it makes insisting on reality that little bit more exhausting. None of this answers the question of whether the prime minister hates London, since there are signals in the other direction. His plan to give regional mayors a slice of their tax take would work better for Khan than almost anyone, what with London’s feverish mammon-love . I’ll meet some of these detractors halfway and accept that Londoners occasionally lack gentleness and humility. To everyone else, I’d channel Millwall: no one likes us, we don’t care. Multiculturalism in action, in a single London heart.
▶ Not for sale, but available for tummy scratches
I went to a market recently in the Cévennes, in southern France . It was piled high with things that in principle I’m interested in , but wouldn’t want to own – giant Victorian scissors , 70s airline trays, Ricard carafe s , vintage cycling tops. It wasn’t purpose-built entertainment for the wide array of family preferences. My brother has an attention span – he can lose an hour talking about a cheese cloche – and I do not. My sister likes to amass giant volumes of fonts that may be ancient, but are also available on a computer; my brother-in-law does not. My niece likes to pick up every single thing and put it back down again; my other niece does not. So I was already on my own when I walked in and met a pig. It was black, about the size of a short-legged pug ; when you scratched it, it lay on its side and snorted with joy. It belonged to a woman selling sweets to raise money for an animal shelter . After I’d stayed as long as I could politely for only €7 -worth of lavender pastilles, I moved on, texting my sister: “THERE’S A PIG THERE’S A PIG.” I sent her the location, then went to look at some candlesticks before hurrying back to make sure my sister didn’t miss the pig . I found her surreptitiously giving it a kiss. I deployed enough of my meagre French to make out the shelter lady saying: “The pig is not for sale,” and saw my niece buying some lemon- and-honey sweets. The 5G coverage was patchy in this mountainous region, so I had to choose whether to send a picture to my daughter, who wasn’t with us, or Google: “Do teacup pigs make good pets?” The answer is no , terrible pets, for reasons that you can i nd on Reddit if you have an entire day. F irst-class sightseeing, though .
extension of your sitting room’
gets the armrest to dealing with poor personal hygiene, experts reveal how to travel with propriety
P
ublic transport can be a hot, noisy, cramped and stressful environment – and that’s before you add in people with pungent food, questionable hygiene and giant backpacks. Most of us know the general rules – though we don’t all follow them – about letting people of i rst, not putting bags on seats, where to stand on escalators and of ering your seat to others. But what about the vaguer conventions? How can you avoid chatty passengers? Or manspreaders? Is it sometimes OK to put your feet on the seats? (Spoiler: it’s not.) Here, three etiquette experts show us the way to public transport propriety.
How to use a seat
Who should I off er my seat to? In principle, the answer is simple: anyone who needs it more than you do. “The reality is harder ,” says Rupert Wesson , director of etiquette advis ers Debrett’s, when trying to ascertain who that might be. If it’s a harassed parent with a baby or toddler, that’s obvious. But is that woman over there actually pregnant? Might that older person be appalled to be considered too frail to stand? “Nobody should be of ended by being of ered a seat – it’s a nice thing to do – but nevertheless you need to exercise a little caution ,” says Wesson. Weigh it up, and of er discreetly. “Don’t make a big show about it – just try
to catch somebody’s eye. You can do it without speaking.” If you’re not sure, should you stand up, as if you’re pretending to get of , and hope the person takes your seat? “The danger is that somebody who doesn’t need it jumps in, so I try to be a bit more targeted,” says Wesson. “I’ll stand up, but not move out of the way straight away, just so that I know the person who might need it has caught my eye or my movement.” The idea of of ering women a seat, mainly because of the assumption they are too delicate to stand, is “an old- fashioned concept. I know some people who will always do it, but the world has moved on from doing that by default.”
The most important step in ascertaining whether someone might need a seat, though, is getting of your phone and looking around at your fellow humans . “Checking in as people are getting on board is the critical thing,” says Wesson.
Can I put my feet on the seat? Absolutely not, says Laura Akano , etiquette coach and founder of Polished Manners . “It’s a public space you’re sharing with other people, and you really should treat it with respect. You think that’s OK – to put your shoes on a seat that somebody else is going to sit on?” What if you think your shoes are clean enough? “ They won’t be because you’ve been walking around ,” says Akano, adding that it’s just as bad when people take their shoes of and put stockinged
commuter train, eat nothing bigger than a Polo mint’
or bare feet on seats. “It’s not an extension of your sitting room. It’s just inappropriate behaviour in a public place.”
Can I always take the aisle seat? Yes, but be alert and prepared to move to allow someone else to get to the window seat. “It’s an awful lot easier for you to jump into the window seat, rather than have people scramble over you,” says Wesson. But he points out that if the bus or train isn’t busy, and you’re making a short journey, then there is no real issue.
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Can I sit at a four-seat train table if I’m on my own? Of course. But if a group gets on, it would be considerate to off er to move. “You don’t have to, but it’s a nice thing to do,” says Wesson. Otherwise, “If you need to work
and have your laptop out on the table, then so be it.”
If I’m sitting in one of the prime front seats at the top of a double decker bus, do I have to give it up for children? How generous are you feeling? “If they were to come to me politely and say, ‘ Could we maybe swap seats with you?’ then I would,” says Akano. But beware of making assumptions. “ I wouldn’t automatically think: ‘Because they’re children, they would prefer to sit here.’ ”
Can I ask someone to move so that I can sit next to my friend/ partner? “If you really can’t cope without sitting next to them, then yes, that would be i ne,” says William Hanson , etiquette expert and director of the English Manner.
“ Although it depends on how busy it is. You also need to be aware that they may say no, and that’s their right.” If you’re aware of a couple being separated by your seat choice, should you move? “If there is a comparable seat, and they ask nicely, then yes,” says Hanson. “But sometimes I’ve had it where people come over and go, ‘Sorry, I want to sit next to my girlfriend’, rather than, ‘ Would you consider moving?’ I think it would depend on how they ask. ”
Is it unforgivably rude to move away from a stranger once more seats become available? No, says Wesson. “It feels a bit weird when a train suddenly empties and everybody gets off , and then there’s just the two of you sat together. It’s always nice to
spread out, and no, you don’t need to explain what you’re doing.”
Can I recline my seat on a plane? If the seat reclines then it’s fair game, even on a short daytime l ight, and even if the person behind you is seething. Don’t do it during food or drinks service , though. And do it slowly. “It’s worth checking who’s behind you and what’s going on before you dip the seat back,” says Wesson. “Make sure you’re not going to skittle somebody’s drinks over their lap .”
Is it acceptable to take up two seats on a bus or train if you have a huge suitcase and there’s nowhere else to put it? “Sometimes there’s no choice, sadly,” says Wesson. “You’ve got to block something, and it’s either an aisle or a seat, so better to block a seat.” But he adds that the scenario is rare – there’s usually something you can do, and other people who can help you lift luggage on to a rack. “We can usually i nd ways of making things work, with a bit of polite collaboration.”
Travelling with children and pets
Is it OK to let my dog sit on a seat? No, says Hanson. It is potentially tolerable if the dog sits on a mat or blanket on a seat, but “not during busy periods”. And many people, including those with severe allergies, would consider this unacceptable.
How much should children be allowed to roam on a plane or a train? This is tricky, says Wesson. Some people may think it’s sweet, “as a child goes around talking to everybody in the train carriage. I have seen that, and it’s delightful, and shakes everybody out of whichever world they’re in.” And sometimes an energetic preschooler allowed to go on a walkabout is better for everyone than a bored and screeching one coni ned to their seat. But
their toenails deserve to be sent to a diff erent planet’
remember: nobody thinks your child is as adorable as you do. “People are often trying to work or relax on a train, so do try to keep your child from disturbing them ,” says Wesson. Wandering around occasionally is i ne but be mindful of “the noise and chaos that accompanies it ”.
On personal space and other bodily matters
Can I lean, louchely, on a pole on a bus or train? “It’s not very elegant, but it’s i ne,” says Hanson. That is, if the bus or train is relatively empty; otherwise, move out of the way so people can use it to hold on to.
What if I accidentally make skin contact with a stranger? Obviously immediately move back. “Say sorry to the person that you have inadvertently touched, whether you know them or not,” says Hanson. Could you just ignore it? Yes, he says . “If it was l eeting and they don’t seem to have noticed, you could get away with it, but even just a hand gesture to say sorry is better than nothing.”
Who gets the armrest? On a plane, the general rule seems to be the person in a middle seat of three gets both armrests. On a bus or train, Hanson advises to view it
as “an elbow rest, not an armrest ”. That way, both of you could probably use it.
If somebody in the next seat is snoring and dribbling on me, can I wake them up? Dribbling, yes; snoring, no. Neither are deliberate, hopefully, but only one really adversely af ects you. Hanson advises: “I would touch their elbow or their shoulder and say : ‘I’m so sorry, but you were dribbling on me.’ Keep it factual. Laugh it of if needs be. They’ll probably be absolutely mortii ed. Say : ‘Oh, it’s not a problem. I just thought I’d step in now before I’m drenched.’ ” With snoring, he says, “there’s not a lot you can do ”.
Can you ever be too sweaty to use public transport? Look, it’s not illegal but this comes under consideration for others and context. We all need to get around. Drenched with club sweat on a night bus? Probably i ne, given the potential state of the other passengers. Travelling at rush hour after your morning gym session? Not ideal. “If there is a place for you to shower or freshen up before you get on public transport, I think that is a courtesy for others, particularly at busy periods,” says Hanson.
rush hour after your morning gym session? Not ideal
How do I deal with manspreading? Don’t manspread back, says Hanson, “because two wrongs don’t make a right, whether you are a man, or however you identify. But if you need to adjust yourself slightly pointedly, then that normally does the trick.” He adds : “Obviously, don’t use your hands to touch somebody’s leg but you could slightly push against it [with your knee] if you feel emboldened. If you feel comfortable enough, you could always be quite passive aggressive and say something like : ‘Oh, I’m so sorry – am I taking up
too much space?’” The general leg aperture rule is “nothing bigger than a tennis ball in between your knees”.
Can I apply make up on public transport? Hanson used to say absolutely not, but he’s softened. A quick lipstick refresh, or an elegant pat with a powder compact is “probably OK but starting-from-scratch make up, I would say not – and this is not exclusive to women”. Akano is in agreement about the full face of make up. “Ideally, you shouldn’t be doing that in a public space, whether on public transport or anywhere else in public ,” she says. “I know some people say : ‘ I don’t have the time before I leave home.’ Why don’t you wake up 10 or 15 minutes earlier to give yourself time?”
What about doing my hair? No, says Hanson. “General grooming in public is to be kept to an absolute minimum, and I think brushing hair is too much.”
Or my nails? “No, you shouldn’t be doing that in public,” says Akano. “These are private things and not something that other people should have to witness. You should have done them before you left home.” As for people who clip their toenails on public transport: “They deserve to be sent to a dif erent planet,” says Hanson.
Can I apply sunscreen? If you really have to – and even then, it should be the minimum amount you need, and ideally not a whole-body dose. It’s i ne, says Akano, if “it is a cream or lotion that you can just put a little bit of in your hands, but if it’s a spray, then you’re most likely going to af ect other people. It’s really about
consideration and awareness of your environment and the people around you.”
Can I get changed in a train carriage? “Absolutely not,” says Hanson. “You can remove some clothes – you could take of a hat, scarf, gloves or even a jumper. But beyond that, no. Small modii cations, i ne, but not big modii cations.” Taking shoes or sandals of is also “a complete no”.
What should I do if I think I’m about to be sick? Easy (in theory). “Go to the loo as quickly as possible ,” says Hanson, “and hope that you are not sick anywhere other than the loo .”
Can I hold on to the overhead bar or strap if I’m wearing a sleeveless top? How is your underarm hygiene? “ If you know that it’s not good, then it’s not advisable,” says Akano. Even if you are impeccably clean and fragrant, bare armpits at eye level on busy trains and buses is not particularly pleasant, she adds. “If you’re quite tall, and there are shorter people around you, then that would not be a good
experience for them. If you don’t have a choice, then I guess there’s nothing to do because safety is more important. But it’s not something I would necessarily do.”
Eating and drinking
Can I drink alcohol, even discreetly? It depends, says Wesson. In some places, such as London and New York, drinking alcohol on public transport is forbid den. “But on the train I catch to London, they come round with a trolley full of the stuf .” If you are going to enjoy your can of beer or mini bottle of wine, make sure you’re not inconveniencing anyone . “Be conscious that if you’re travelling with somebody else, and you’re both having a drink, the chances are you’re going to be a bit louder because that’s what booze does to us all,” says Wesson.
Can I eat? On a packed commuter train: “Nothing bigger than a Polo mint,” says Hanson. “Most public transport is riddled with germs, so why do you want to be eating anything in that environment?” On a longer train or coach journey, food is acceptable but nothing
“ that you’re going to be able to smell halfway down the carriage ”. Hot food, and especially the aromas from fast food, can be particularly of ensive, but so can a salad nicoise. “An orange or a tangerine is one of the most antisocial things to eat,” points out Hanson.
The social contract
Should I have my ticket/passport/ payment method ready? You know the bus is coming, or you’re about to have your passport checked , so make sure whatever it is you need is in your hand . “ That way, you don’t hold up a queue of people,” says Akano. “The bus comes, and that’s when some people start rummaging in their bag to get their card, or whatever it is they’re going to use. It’s the same thing with the barriers at the train stations.” Worse still is when you don’t move out of the way while you search for what you need. “ Then we all stand there waiting for you.”
Is it acceptable to have loud conversations on your phone, or on speakerphone? “Speakerphone, absolutely not,” says Wesson. “Nobody
needs to hear both sides of the conversation.” A loud phone conversation is inconsiderate, but sometimes unavoidable. On a train, says Wesson, “You can always stand up and go into the bit between the carriages if needs be.” Ideally, phone calls should be quiet and quick.
Can I open the window? Yes, but it’s polite to ask i rst, says Wesson. “Nine times out of 10, everyone will say : ‘ Thank goodness for that.’ ” It also establishes some communality, he says , “ so that if it becomes a problem for somebody, they can say : ‘Look, I’m absolutely perishing. Would it be possible to close it for a bit? What does everybody else think?’ It then doesn’t become about one person.” He adds : “Just doing it unilaterally is rarely the right thing to do.” It’s the same with anything else that af ects others, such as blinds.
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How can I ask someone to use headphones? Hanson has a new way he’s so far only tried once. “You say : ‘Excuse me – I don’t think your headphones are connecting.’ When they go : ‘Oh no, I don’t have headphones’, you go, ‘Ah, that’ll be why.’ It’s so passive aggressive, which a lot of
who fall asleep on trains, and the cost of their taxis is enormous
British etiquette is.” If they’re using headphones and it’s still so loud you can hear it, you might just have to try to ignore it. “I probably would move,” says Hanson.
Should I give money to people begging on trains? As long as it’s not illegal in whichever country you’re in, “ and you’d like to do it, then yes ”, says Hanson. If you don’t want to, it’s rude to pretend to be engrossed in your phone. “Smile at them. They’re a human being.”
Can I sing football songs in a big drunken pack? I’ll take out all the bad language Akano isn’t a fan of this behaviour. “It can be quite rowdy, especially if people have been drinking, and it gets uncomfortable ,” she says. “I have experienced it enough times, and usually I move carriages, or sometimes I’ve decided to alight and wait for another train. ” People chatting about the match is i ne ,
“ but you start singing, and there’s a whole element of chaos and unrest. I feel that is inappropriate because you’re not the only ones there. Show some consideration for other passengers .”
Can I peruse the book/paper/phone screen of someone next to me? That one is never OK, says Wesson. “We have such private information on our devices these days, and also you might end up seeing or reading something you didn’t want to .” How about giving someone the answer to the crossword they’re doing? Absolutely not, says Akano. “They are minding their own business and you should mind your own business as well,” she says . “You never know who you’re dealing with. Someone might say: ‘ Did I ask for your help?’ I would make a conscious ef ort to not look .”
My train is cancelled and everyone’s stranded. Should
I of er to share a taxi with fellow passengers ? Consider vulnerability, including your own. “Personally, I wouldn’t ,” says Akano. “My take on that is to do with safety, being a woman. It’s happened to me before – I got stuck, in the evening, and we didn’t know when the train tracks might be clear. There were a few people trying to book taxis, and one or two of ered me a ride, and I thought, ‘ No, I don’t know these people – they’re strangers’, so I didn’t take it.” It does depend on the situation, though, she says – if there is someone you feel more comfortable sharing with, perhaps a mother with small children, things might be dif erent.
Should I wake a stranger up if I think they’re about to miss their stop? This one takes some judg ment, says Wesson. But if you absolutely know that it’s their stop – you had a chat earlier, or you overheard them buying their ticket – you should probably wake them up. “I have friends who fall asleep on trains quite regularly,” he adds, “and the cost of their taxi journeys is enormous and far exceeds the train tickets. I think my advice would be yes.” A gentle nudge in good time should be enough.
And fi nally, how do I get out of talking to a chatty stranger on a long journey? Respond politely at i rst, says Akano. “Then, if you really don’t want to chat, we all have our phones now, or you might have a book on you. Get it out so they can see that’s the end of the conversation. I think when you do that, most people will tend to hold back on chatting.” If they’re oblivious to all hints, you may just have to pretend it’s your stop and move to another carriage.
on ships is phenomenal’
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productions in hi-tech theatres playing to increasingly young audiences. We lift the curtain on a nautical revolution
Brian Logan
he phrase “cruise ship entertainment” conjures vivid images, even to those who have never set foot on an oceangoing vessel. Starry backcloths, sequin ed frocks, tunes and croons from yesteryear, the light entertainment values of the 1970s preserved in aspic. Perhaps those stereotypes held water way back when the singer Jane McDonald ruled the reality TV waves. But – lazy thinking ahoy! – do they still?
Look at the shows currently
a-sail on the high seas, from the
Olivier award-winning 9/11 musical
Come from Away , to hip theatre-
maker Emma Rice’s acclaimed
Brief Encounter . And look at the
onboard production values, which
“way surpass what you see in
London theatres”, says Susannah
Daley of Peel Entertainment , which
provides shows for the Ambassador
cruise line. “These ships are now
being built with theatre in mind, to
a really high spec, to hold between
600 and 1,000 people. What can
be produced in them is pretty
phenomenal.”
Producer David Pugh , a
▲ Cabin fever … a show in progress by Ambassador Entertainment
◀ Making waves … a scene from Venison by Huw Turnbull, winner of a cruise ship playwriting competition
Decks appeal … entertainment on a 2006 cruise passing the Panama Canal
went one way and the actors went the other. There was blood’
veteran of the West End who has collaborated with Cunard cruises, says: “These are probably the most technical theatres, in terms of lighting and sound, that you’ve ever seen outside of the best theatres in the world.” Brief Encounter is Pugh’s. He has also recently delivered the RSC’s production of The Constant Wife onboard Cunard cruises. Meanwhile, Cunard is now well established as the “headline partner” of theatre’s most prestigious gong show, the Olivier awards – while Peel has just run a competition (which received 260 applications) for new plays to be performed at sea. It’s all a far cry from the days when cruise ships ranked alongside Butlin’s for arts industry prestige. “It’s really shifted,” says Cat Robey, Cunard’s senior entertainment development manager (and a former deputy director of London’s Jermyn Street theatre). “No one says ‘No’ any more. It’s now much more, ‘I’ve heard it’s brilliant and I’d love to do it.’” When Peel took to the sea 26 years ago, says Daley, “people tended to think of cruises as girls with feathers and some crooner. But we were told, ‘No, we want to get away from that whole cheesy reputation.’” Then, cruises laid on a handful of performances per week. Now there are multiple shows daily. These include shows in repertory by resident companies, and others by visiting outi ts moonlighting at sea. All artforms are welcome: Cunard currently off ers immersive theatre, for example, from the company behind wraparound performance experiences Peaky Blinders: The Rise and Doctor Who: Time Fracture . That, says Daley, is because the mainstream theatre industry has woken up to what can be achieved on cruise ships. On the one hand,
it’s about meeting new audiences
– “People are seeing theatre on a
cruise who may never have been
to the theatre before” – and in large
numbers. “You’ve got a guaranteed
audience,” says Daley, “and where
on earth would you get that? We
can get 600 people coming to a play
in the afternoon. In the evening,
we may get 1,200 people over
two sittings. This is a fabulous
opportunity for your work to be
seen.” It’s a great chance for artists
to l ex their performing muscles,
too. “Cruise of ers, especially to
younger performers, massive
variety. Because you have to sing
rock one day, opera another day
and act in a play the next. You’re
stretching yourself all the time.”
It’s increasingly the case, says
Robey at Cunard, that customers
are booking cruises based not solely
on their sunkissed itinerar ies,
but on the theatre onboard. “We
absolutely know from guest
feedback and booking trends that
performance s draw bookings,” she
says, citing themed event voyages
that include “London Theatre at
Sea” (Southampton to New York,
May 2026), not to mention Virgin
Voyages’ seven-night comedy
cruise (tagline: “Laugh your
aft of !”).
Peel’s and Ambassador’s recent
playwriting prize, meanwhile,
rel ected a hunger among
passengers for new bespoke drama
onboard. “You try and get into a
lounge to watch them sometimes
and it’s absolutely packed,” says
Daley. The prize winner, a thriller
titled Venison by Huw Turnbull ,
is being staged on the waves this
summer. “We hope the competition
will make people aware,” says
Daley, “of a growing opportunity
at sea for writers, directors and all
sorts of creative talents.”
There are, of course, downsides .
“A ship doesn’t wait for anybody,”
says Daley. “When we’re sending
out scenery, costumes and lighting,
it has to arrive on time at whatever
port we’ve agreed . We’ve got some
freight which at the moment is
l oating around Spain because it’s
not allowed to dock there.”
There are other logistical quirks .
Rehearsals must take place at
anti social hours, because the
theatre is in fairly constant use.
Shows require ruthless editing
to i t allotted running times. And
the motion of the ocean isn’t
always a performer’s friend.
Pugh remembers rehearsing the
acclaimed Regency comedy Pride &
Prejudice (sort of) , “on the Bay of
Biscay, gale force seven. Furniture
goes one way, the actors go the
other, this girl gets hit on the head,
and there’s blood.” Cue a medical
lockdown and a long delay to the
opening of the show.
But there are further
reservations about the cruising
experience that make bloodied
heads pale by comparison. The
comedian John Tothill ’s new show,
nominated for the Edinburgh
comedy award last summer,
recounts a recent experience
gigging at sea. It was not a positive
one. While Tothill is not obvious
cruise ship material – his comedy is
self-parodically erudite – he made a
real ef ort to make it work. “I honed
a routine down to my most down-
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the-line accessible material. Gone was all my stuf about the Lutheran reformation. I went in armoured with what I thought was this patronisingly accessible act.” Then he went onstage. And what happened “wasn’t just bombing” he says. “It was like a religious silence every night. A kind of existential darkness. I have never experienced anything like it before or since. Being met with total bal ement and confusion which, across the course of an hour, boiled over into angry contempt on both sides. It was like a culture war playing out in real time. I felt that [the audience] had unfairly caricatured me as a rubbish, lazy young comedian. And I returned the favour. We just didn’t see eye to eye.” To Tothill, cruise ship audiences trend reactionary (“the things that go down really well are still tribute acts for bands in the 80s”), and the breadth of entertainment available militates against quality. To Daley, that’s an out-of-date stereotype: “There’s as many varied guests onboard as there are in any other walk of life.” Recent research backs that up: a 2023 report by the Cruise Lines International Association showed that millennials made up 22% of passengers that year, with gen Z accounting for a further 14% . The old-duf er stereotypes may be wearing thin – although Daley and Robey admit that when programming performances onboard, it’s best to avoid challenging work. “What you don’t want is anything that’s sectarian in any way that would divide an audience,” says Daley, while Robey adds: “We’re with people who are on holiday, ultimately. They’re here to have a good time.” Pugh’s misgivings relate to working practices and standards at sea. After signing his own contract with ( US-owned) Cunard, he became aware that the company’s resident performer and stage manager contracts were non- union, and that the jurisdiction of Equity does not extend into international waters. While Pugh acknowledges that pay rates onboard are seldom a problem, he expresses concern for the overall wellbeing of artists , who can get too easily isolated and trapped in these jobs. Cunard made no comment when invited to respond to these issues. Equity was involved in negotiations when the RSC partnered with Cunard. Speaking to the Guardian , the union acknowledges the dii culty of imposing UK working standards on global seafaring, but says its interactions with the industry have been broadly positive. Negotiations are relatively straightforward, it says, when shows transfer wholesale from land – and that seems to be where entertainment at sea is coming from. “When I started ,” says Robey, “I came with the mindset that cruise ship entertainment a bit passé and end-of-the-pier. But there’s a realisation that it is unbelievably varied, with so much opportunity to push boundaries in dif erent artforms. I now have companies and West End producers asking to come aboard.”
wasn’t a time when men were encouraged to be sensitive’
Jack Bessant, bass
We were hanging out with the lovely producer George Drakoulias at Abbey Road. He said, “We’re going to bring in some instruments for you guys” – and replaced the fairly low-budget ones we’d been playing. I was given this beautiful 1960s Fender Jazz bass. Sometimes you pick up an instrument you’ve never touched before and immediately start playing stuf you wouldn’t normally play. It made me want to come up with something cool, James Jamerson -style, with that Motown feel. I found the rif that became the bassline to Place Your Hands, showed it to Gaz, and he came up with this chilled melody about going down by the water. When Kenwyn House , our guitarist, added that classic opening guitar rif , it changed from something mellow into something much more action-packed. It was just a lovely time to be alive. We were young and everyone in the band was talented, even though we didn’t really know what we were doing. We were rockers at heart, but we were very open-minded. We listened to everything from Motown and Bob Marley to Van Morrison’s Common One – Summertime in England can still make me cry. I eventually bought an old Telecaster bass – you can hear the reggae inl uence in the bass during the bridge to Place Your Hands. I’ve always thought the emotion Gaz brought to it was incredible, but I didn’t fully understand what he was singing about until quite recently. He explained that “put your hands on” was a metaphor for wanting a hug, to help him through the grief of losing his grandfather. I hadn’t realised at the time because we were young rockers, swept up in the moment and full of testosterone, with no time to think about anything. The 90s wasn’t really a time when men were encouraged to be sensitive – there were all the lads’ mags, and we were playing that game to an extent. We certainly didn’t discuss our feelings in the way we would now. Looking back, I think the lyrics are beautiful. I don’t think we’ll ever get bored of playing it because it’s so funky and full of rhythm and spirit. We’ve had quite a few line up changes, and Place Your Hands is the song that has always pulled us together. It gets people dancing and putting their hands up – even though the lyric is actually “Put your hands on”.
Gary Stringer, vocals
We were signed to S2 in 1993, under the legendary i gures Lincoln Elias and Muf Winwood . Our i rst album reached the Top 10, we had three Top 40 singles and played Glastonbury, so we were really happy. We were touring the west coast of the US with stoner-rock band Kyuss when Lincoln suggested we meet George Drakoulias, who had worked with Rick Rubin at Def Jam and helped discover the Beastie Boys . George turned up wearing l owing white robes, which made quite an impression, and we decided to go with him for the second album. We recorded three or four songs at Abbey Road. George hired a 1960s Fender bass. Jack was i ddling around with it and started playing what would become the bassline to Place Your Hands. Kenwyn dropped his guitar’s E string down to D and came up with the rif that sits over Jack’s bassline. At i rst, I sang it quite gently, but then thought: “That’s too airy-fairy.” We went to Los Angeles to i nish the album with George, taking the bassline and guitar rif with us. The lyrics are about the death of my grandfather, Kenneth. I was on the tour bus when I got a call saying he had died. I went to the morgue and my auntie said: “Do you want to see Ken?” I’d seen a dead body beside the road while on a suri ng trip in Morocco when I was 18, but this had a dif erent impact. The lyrics are essentially asking for comfort – for a cuddle. That’s why it’s “Put your hands on ”. I’m sure if it was “Put your hands up” the song would have been even bigger. Chris Evans was a huge supporter of the band and played the single to death on Radio 1 . When you went on TFI Friday, it didn’t matter if you were Dave Grohl or Oasis – you had to do the It’s Your Letters segment and sing those words to the melody of the song you were on the show promoting. For some reason, our version of It’s Your Letters stuck. “Put your hands on” and “It’s your letters” have the same number of syllables, so they used it every week ever after. Place Your Hands accounts for a lot of my income. If we had 10 songs like that, I’d be a multimillionaire. Interviews by Rich Pelley. Reef perform at Lakefest festival in Eastnor, Herefordshire, on 8 August
I
outwit national security, we’re all in big trouble
Channel 4
f it’s early August, it must be Celebrity Hunted’s annual series in aid of the charity Stand Up to Cancer. T he dozen famouses must evade capture for two weeks , which is a shorter time than civilians are required to manage it . Is it because celebrity schedules are fuller or their brains emptier? By the end of the i rst couple of episodes, I know which way I’m leaning . The contestants, working in six pairs, include Britain’s last vaudevillian Brian Conley (“I’m like a coiled sponge!”) and his daughter Lucy (“Dad! Stop being funny”), TV property presenter siblings – a sort of hyphenate from hell – Scarlette and Stuart Douglas , plus comedians Jen Brister and Laura Smyth . In a game where predictability is the greatest – well, predictor – of failure, they may have the best plan. “I’m just not going to take my HRT for a week and let’s see what happens,” says Brister. At Hunter HQ, Ray Howard (whose every feature still suggests thrillingly that only this gainful and well-publicised employment is keeping him from laying waste to everyone within a 50-mile radius, and I for one am going into hiding the minute he is forced to retire) has gathered his team about him. As ever, it comprises ex-police and military types, counter- terrorist dooberries, cyberwhatsits, analysts and proi lers. The last two are vital because no one else is qualii ed to say things such as: “They will be using the networks they have,” “They could be hiding in plain sight,” or , if operating at peak performance levels, “They may have gone out the back way.” These all- seeing gods direct the “ground hunters” as to where best they might cut the fugitives of at the pass, and they do it expertly badly. No matter how dim a prey may be – and God love the brace of children from Love Island, Chris and Toby, who
dutifully tap in and out at the end of their Transport for London journeys and show HQ exactly where they are – the predator can be counted on to be dimmer , for at least as long as the producer needs them to be. The Douglases go on a live morning news programme to promote their new show but – oh, they are whisked away in a taxi just in time to avoid capture! Brister appears at a well-advertised gig in Brighton but happens to have 400 masks of her own face ready-printed (though not ready-strung with the necessary elastic) for the audience, to confuse any pursuers. Brian calls his friend and member of “the Prat Pack” Joe Pasquale on a phone he knows is tapped and gives him the time and address at which to collect him and Lucy . “Sometimes it’s gruelling and analytical work,” grins Howard’s right -hand man Dr Steve Hersee . “And sometimes they just tell you exactly where they are.” The Conleys still escape, though. This is where you i nd yourself hoping fervently that it is all exactly as staged as it looks. Because if the people in charge of our national safety and security can be outwitted by Pasquale, we are all in much worse shape than we ever suspected. There are occasional outbreaks of competence, such as when one of the hunter team triangulates a phone belonging to the driver of the cab taken by ex-soldier and presenter JJ Chalmers and disability advocate Sophie Morgan and a phone it called during the journey. This giv es them the name of the person who provided the fugitives with a switch in transport and thus the identity of the new vehicle. This is briefl y reassuring, until you get to thinking about how widely and deeply we are all surveilled on the regular and how much information any bad actor at any time could get on us all … So it’s a good thing that Strictly Come Dancing stars Amy Dowden and Carlos Gu are on hand to distract us by attending Craig Revel Horwood ’s gold-spangled 60th birthday bash on the grounds that Dowden really, really wants to go and the hunters “can’t dictate what we do for the next two weeks! I’ve given up so much already!” But don’t worry – it’s still too early in the series for them to get caught and they are soon wading across a stream to freedom. At the end of each near-hour of frothing madness, however, you are dropped into an ice bath of reality. Each episode ends with a story told by someone with cancer – or, in some cases, by those who have survived them. Unlike what has gone before, these are told simply and stripped of any kind of manipulation. They speak of unbounded love and unfathomable loss and they break your heart. They are there to raise awareness and money, and do so with dignity and grace. The rest? Utter chaos, in the service of good.
◀ Double act … comedians Brian Conley and his daughter Lucy
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Solution no 17,548
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Sudoku no 7,404 To buy puzzle books, visit guardianbookshop.com or call 0330 333 6846.
Word wheel PERFORMER
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Across 1 Occupied (4) 3 Extravagant – gold pair (anag) (8) 8 “ … more gold than a ___-horse can draw” (Thomas Carlyle) (4) 9 Damp (8) 11 I totally agree! (10) 14 Macbeth’s victim (6) 15 Violently attack (6) 17 Wholesome (10) 20 Call signal? (8) 21 Not recorded (4) 22 Pathé footage (8) 23 It’s said to be more (4)
Medium. Fill the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the numbers 1-9. Printable version at theguardian.com/sudoku
Find as many words as possible using the letters in the wheel. Each must use the central letter and at least three others. Letters may be used only once. You may not use plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. There is at least one nine-letter word to be found. Target: 16. Good: 20. Very good: 24. Excellent: 28
Down 1 Barren place (8) 2 Farewell performance (4, 4) 4 Where birds or bats come to rest (6) 5 Announcement (10) 6 Excessive quantity (4) 7 Twisted the truth (4) 10 More enjoyable – rate Naples (anag) (10) 12 Turn to gas – VIP arose (anag) (8) 13 Refl ects light (8) 16 Membrillo ingredient (6) 18 Sussex river (4) 19 Chew on (a bone) (4)
Wordsearch
Fill the grid so that each square in an outlined block contains a digit. A block of two squares contains the digits 1 and 2, a block of three squares contains the digits 1, 2 and 3, and so on. No same digit appears in neighbouring squares, not even diagonally.
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Can you fi nd 15 words associated with ironing in the grid? Words can run forwards, backwards, vertically or diagonally, but always in a straight, unbroken line.
Who was the i rst i ctional character to be made into a patented stuff ed toy? a. Winnie-the-Pooh b. Peter Rabbit c. Snoopy d. Mickey Mouse Answer top right
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TODAY’S TRIVIA CORNER ANSWER PETER RABBIT
审核结论：存在严重质量问题（Blocking Issues Found）
£10 million 翻译为 1000 万英镑m（保留了冗余的 'm'），将 $5.2bn 翻译为 52 亿（$5.2bn）美元（单位重复且格式混乱）。1000 万英镑m、52 亿（$5.2bn）美元 等未完成清理的标记。| 缺陷类型 | 状态 | 严重程度 | 说明 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 幻觉 (Hallucinations) | ❌ | 致命 | 凭空捏造了多篇不存在的政治与财经报道 |
| 漏译 (Omissions) | ❌ | 致命 | 删除了源文中所有关于 Farage, AstraZeneca, EV leasing 的文章 |
| 数字/单位 (Numbers) | ❌ | 中 | 货币单位标注冗余，格式不规范 |
| 残留英文 (Residuals) | ❌ | 低 | 存在少量未清理的单位符号 |
| 截断/顺序 (Truncation) | ✅ | N/A | 无明显截断，但内容已被篡改 |
最终判定：不可交付。翻译件不仅是不准确，而是将文档内容替换为了完全无关的其他信息。