星期二 2026 年 8 月 4 日
第 4,898 号
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访谈
鲁斯·马德利
《 Rapture》与 《神秘博士》影星谈 科幻、性以及 在荧屏上代表 残障人士
人物
发送 克隆人 生物黑客 布莱恩·约翰逊如何将 永生提升到 新高度
法国 指责 法拉奇 因小船 计划 “侵犯主权”
P36
健康 蛋白洗刷（Protein Washing） 的问题
公正新闻 + 理性辩论
因凡蒂诺“致电 特朗普”试图 挽救国际足联工作
P34 P6
文化 嘿，DJ先生 安迪·伯纳姆曾在我的俱乐部之夜演出
P17 P25
P5 及 体育
观点 特朗普成功地团结了 全世界……来反对他
P13
星期二
八月
今日名言
我期待的是 持续的不成熟， 然后是死亡。
戴夫·巴里（DAVE BARRY）
生日
巴拉克·奥巴马，前美国总统，65 岁；萨塞克斯公爵夫人梅根，45 岁；比利·鲍伯·索恩顿，演员，71 岁；格蕾塔·葛薇格（见下），电影制作人，43 岁；凯特·西尔弗顿，前新闻主播，56 岁；李·麦克，喜剧演员，58 岁
周年纪念 1265 年 8 月 4 日，星期二 爱德华王子率领的皇家军队在伍斯特郡的伊夫舍姆战役中击败了由西蒙·德蒙福尔领导的叛军。这次胜利结束了第二次男爵战争，并在君主制与寻求更大政府控制权的贵族之间经历了数年冲突后，恢复了国王亨利三世的权威。
纵横棋...................25 电视与广播...........26 谜题.......................27 文化.......................38 财经.......................42 天气.......................49
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概览
警方 搜寻失踪皮划艇者时 发现尸体
在搜寻一名 19 岁皮划艇运动员的过程中发现了一具尸体，其船只于 7 月 7 日在诺森布里亚附近倾覆。来自罗斯伯里地区的迈克尔·亨利（Michael Henry）的尸体于 7 月 26 日在布莱思海岸附近的水域被发现。警方自 7 月 7 日晚起就对其尸体进行了大规模搜寻。
古巴 今年第六次停电 袭击该岛
古巴人正在从今年第六次全岛停电中恢复，由于特朗普政府在 1 月份切断了其石油供应，该国仍处于崩溃状态。随着美国继续对共产主义领导的政府发起压力运动，能源网的瘫痪使得人们生存的选择进一步减少。
美国 两人因食用 受污染食物死亡
密歇根州有两人死于环孢子虫感染。这是美国首次出现与这种微小寄生虫相关的死亡病例。两人均患有潜在健康问题，可能遭受了肠道疾病和脱水。这种寄生虫会感染与粪便接触的食物，通常发生在农产品使用受污染的水灌溉时。
警方 男子在摩托车手 袭击事件中受伤
一名 63 岁男子在南拉纳克郡针对一组摩托车手的“定向袭击”中受重伤住院。苏格兰警方于周日下午 1 点左右在 M74 高速公路靠近莱斯马哈戈（Lesmahagow）的地点对该事件做出响应。一辆被认为参与其中的红色马自达汽车在艾尔郡被追回。苏格兰警方的克雷格·韦特（Craig Wait）侦探警长表示：“我们认为这是一次针对该组摩托车手的定向袭击，追寻责任人至关重要。” “一名男子受重伤……许多其他人，包括公众成员，受到了惊吓。”
报纸支持回收。 2024 年英国报纸的 再生纸含量为 37.2%。
犯罪 大型商店使用 技术打击盗窃
伦敦警察厅表示，技术已帮助打击伦敦的商店盗窃行为。新系统允许零售商直接向警员提交监控录像、目击者陈述和其他证据。该技术已被 Tesco、Boots、Marks & Spencer 和 Greggs 以及其他商店采用。
利物浦人最擅长储蓄
在储蓄意识方面，利物浦位居榜首，大多数居民表示他们擅长坚持并实现储蓄目标。相比之下，特易库银行（Tesco Bank）的研究显示，布赖顿的人们最倾向于采取灵活的储蓄方式，且最倾向于将体验置于增加储蓄额度之上。大多数人表示自己擅长储蓄的地点依次为：
1 利物浦 (58%)
2 离兹 (57%) 3 加的夫 (55%) 4= 伦敦 (54%) 4= 曼彻斯特 (54%)
4= 贝尔法斯特 (54%) 7= 普利茅斯 (53%)
7= 谢菲尔德 (53%) 9 诺丁汉 (52%) 10= 爱丁堡 (51%) 10= 伯明翰 (51%)
12 布里斯托 (50%) 13 诺里奇 (49%) 14 南安普敦 (48%)
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北爱尔兰 儿童在“种族袭击”中受伤
在唐郡（Co Down）的一处房产遭遇种族主义袭击，导致两名儿童受轻伤。警方表示，他们将周日在霍利伍德（Holywood）发生的两起刑事损坏事件视为具有种族动机。晚上 11.05，北爱尔兰警察局 (PSNI) 收到报告称，有人向教堂绿地（Church Green）区域的一栋房屋窗户投掷石块。
人物 《舞动风暴》评委讲述假期噩梦
《舞动风暴》评委克雷格·雷弗尔·霍伍德（Craig Revel Horwood）在与安东·杜·贝克（Anton Du Beke）主持的 Judgemental 播客节目中透露，他在西班牙度假期间被捅伤并被搜身。这位 61 岁的评委表示，他在马德里期间还被偷走了珠宝，随后在离开该国时被搜查毒品。
苏格兰 年度 guga 狩猎申请被拒
苏格兰政府机构苏格兰自然署 (NatureScot) 拒绝了一项在偏远岛屿进行年度 guga 狩猎的许可证申请。自 15 世纪以来，在北刘易斯（north Lewis）的内斯（Ness）一直有这种狩猎传统，共有 10 名男子前往 Sula Sgeir 岛。人们从开阔的悬崖上捕捉幼年塘鹅（guga），然后将其去内脏、加盐并用盐水保存。
法院 作者 La Plante 未能说服法官
畅销书作家琳达·拉·普兰特（Lynda La Plante）被吊销驾驶执照六个月，尽管她曾在法庭上含泪表示，禁驾将终结她的写作生涯。 这位 83 岁的作者兼编剧在伦敦南部的拉文德山（Lavender Hill）治安法庭表示，她需要用车去接触罪犯和消息来源，以便为她的下一部作品进行研究。她还表示，禁驾将使她无法每天带她的看门狗 Theo 去罗汉普顿（Roehampton）操场散步。 La Plante 告诉法庭，如果她无法开车带狗去日常散步，她认为不得不将狗送给他人领养。
罗马尼亚 炸毁岩石以改变多瑙河流向
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《蜘蛛侠》开画获 $927m
《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》在全球票房已获 $927m (6.88 亿英镑m)，使其成为史上规模第二大的开画周末。这部大片标志着汤姆·赫兰德（Tom Holland）第四次饰演这位超级英雄，讲述了彼得·帕克处在一个已经忘记他是蜘蛛侠的世界中的故事。
Kamara 将参加大北跑
电视节目主持人克里斯·卡马拉（Chris Kamara）和本·谢泼德（Ben Shephard）将于 9 月 13 日参加 AJ Bell 大北跑，为英国前列腺癌研究基金会 (Prostate Cancer UK) 筹款。前足球员卡马拉将与儿子杰克（Jack）以及他的好友、前《Goals On Sunday》共同主持人谢泼德一起跑完 13.1 英里的路线。
喜剧演员 Jimmy Cricket 逝世，享年 80 岁
喜剧演员 Jimmy Cricket 逝世，享年 80。Cricket 的原名是 James Mulgrew，出生于蒂龙郡的库克斯顿，在 20 世纪 70 年代成名。他在电视和广播领域取得了成功，在 ITV 和 BBC 的个人系列剧中担任主演，并出演了皇家综艺表演和《美好的旧时光》（The Good Old Days）。
真人秀明星因药驾被禁驾
前《名人老大哥》（Celebrity Big Brother）和《埃塞克斯方式》（The Only Way Is Essex）明星 Jack Tweed 因在受大麻影响的情况下驾驶而被禁止开车。39 岁的 Tweed 在切姆斯福德治安法院对一项指控认罪，该指控称其驾驶时体内特定管制药物的比例超过了规定限额。
星期二 2026 年 8 月 4 日 3
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犯罪
作者：Rachel Keenan 和 Neil Pooran
警方表示，一名因与阿布罗索一名九岁女孩死亡案有关而被逮捕的男子与该女孩相识，警方目前没有寻找其他嫌疑人。 苏格兰警方表示，这名与家人在该地区露营的女孩于昨日大约 12.02am 在该安格斯小镇的 Elliot 工业区被发现受伤。
随后她被送往邓迪的 Ninewells 医院，但最终死亡。警方将她的死亡视为可疑死亡。 苏格兰警方在一份声明中表示，一名因与此案有关而被逮捕的 35 岁男子为英国白人。 警方表示，该女孩来自西约克郡的其他家庭成员当时也在该地区露营。 重大调查队的总督察 Mike Ness 表示：“随着调查的继续，公众将看到该地区有更多的警察部署和活动。” 昨日在工业区，该区域被拉起警戒线，警察封锁线附近摆放着鲜花。 阿布罗索东区和卢南的议员 Lois Speed 在社交媒体上发帖称，这一消息“令人心碎”。
美国艺术家 Marsden Hartley 的《绘画 50 号》（1914-1915）是今年夏天国家美术馆新借展艺术品之一，展品还包括 Pablo 的作品
法庭
作者：Eleanor Storey
一名男子因将死去的母亲放在冷冻柜中近三年，期间继续领取其超过 £78,000 的福利金而被判刑。 60 岁的 Christopher Phillips 此前承认，在他们位于波思考尔的家中，妨碍了对 89 岁的 Silvia Phillips 进行合法且体面的安葬。 他还承认了两项欺诈罪名，原因是未能通知工作与养老金部以及布里金德郡自治市议会其母亲已去世。 在昨日的梅瑟蒂德菲尔刑事法院，卡迪夫记录官 Tracey Lloyd-Clarke 法官判处 Phillips 两年四个月监禁。 Phillips（插图）共领取了 £78,190.92 的国家养老金、养老金抵免额和护理津贴。
护士的法庭上诉获准
作者：Craig Paton
法夫（Fife）护士桑迪·佩吉（Sandie Peggie）针对就业法庭裁决提出的上诉已获准，预计将于明年年初进行审理。 佩吉在 2023 年 12 月于柯卡尔迪（Kirkcaldy）的维多利亚医院与跨性别医护人员贝丝·厄普顿（Beth Upton）共用更衣室后，对 NHS Fife 采取了法律行动。 去年 12 月，她获得了部分胜利，法庭支持了针对其雇主的骚扰指控，但驳回了关于歧视、间接歧视和受害者待遇的指控。
毕加索。哈特利在柏林创作了该作品，其中包含将在 2027 年开幕的画廊德国表现主义展览中展出的主题。NICKY J SIMS / GETTY
冬季燃料补贴、生活成本补贴和住房福利补贴，如果菲利普斯女士的死亡被上报，这些补贴本应停止发放。 劳埃德-克拉克（Lloyd-Clarke）法官表示：“你继续领取她的处方药，并在医疗专业人员询问你母亲的下落时误导他们，在被询问时撒谎，反复告诉医护人员她不想参加预约或接受检查。” “你母亲的养老金和福利继续被支付到她的银行账户中，而你可以访问这些账户。” 法官补充道：“精神科医生得出结论，你患有持久性哀悼障碍。” “他记录了你对母亲持久渴望、难以接受其死亡、过度关注她、社交退缩以及无法回归正常生活的证据。”
体育 因凡蒂诺失去支持——且特朗普不接他的电话
作者：Harry Goodwin
在要求其辞去国际足联（Fifa）主席一职的呼声日益高涨之际，吉安尼·因凡蒂诺（Gianni Infantino）未能获得唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的支持。 据报道，在因凡蒂诺于上周放弃出售世界杯商业股份的计划后，全球各地的足球协会联盟旨在将其罢免。 欧洲足球管理机构欧足联（Uefa）威胁称，如果这位瑞士-意大利裔主席继续留任，欧足联将抵制世界杯并举办自己的赛事。 英格兰足球协会（FA）和威尔士足球协会（FAW）在昨天也撤回了对因凡蒂诺的支持。 自从向私人投资者出售世界杯股份的提案崩溃以来，因凡蒂诺多次尝试致电唐纳德·特朗普但均告失败。 特朗普和因凡蒂诺此前曾是亲密盟友，因凡蒂诺去年授予了这位美国总统首届“国际足联和平奖”。 两人在今年的世界杯上曾多次共同出现，包括向获胜的西班牙队颁奖。 因凡蒂诺还计划让特朗普的女婿贾里德·库什纳（Jared Kushner）的兄弟约书亚·库什纳（Joshua Kushner）领导国际足联的私人投资。 但据《纽约邮报》昨天报道，在特朗普拒绝支持他之后，因凡蒂诺现在感到“孤立”。特朗普此前甚至考虑过推荐因凡蒂诺担任联合国下一任秘书长，但目前尚未发表任何公开的支持声明。 据报道，因凡蒂诺还请求与特朗普的国务卿马可·卢比奥（Marco Rubio）进行私人会谈。但卢比奥的一位副手表示，“没有计划”进行此类会谈。
任何罢免因凡蒂诺的努力都需要来自欧洲以外的重大支持，而亚洲被许多人视为关键的“摇摆”加盟协会。如果至少 43 个协会提出不信任动议，将触发国际足联临时大会。
《猜火车》巡演取消
作者：Carla Feric
据宣布，《猜火车：音乐剧》（Trainspotting: The Musical）的英国巡演因“门票销售量低于预期”而取消。
这部剧作改编自欧文·威尔士 1993 年的同名小说，讲述了一名在爱丁堡的海洛因成瘾者在功能失调的同伴陪伴下，在贫困、友谊和毒瘾中挣扎的故事。
该音乐剧上个月在西区首演，原定于今年秋季开启英国巡演。
该剧代表发表的一份声明称：“原定于 10 月 19 日开始的《猜火车：音乐剧》英国巡演已取消。”
“我们非常感谢演职人员和创意团队对这部作品的投入，但目前的经济气候导致门票销售量低于预期。”
“票持有者将由购票渠道联系，获取全额退款详情。”
“对于由此可能带来的任何不便和失望，我们深表歉意。”
该剧在西区首演，基于欧文·威尔士的小说。
特朗普与因凡蒂诺在上个月的世界杯决赛颁奖礼上向西班牙队颁奖 JEAN CATUFFE / GETTY
由于欧足联及其他全球足球协会的强烈抵制，国际足联主席在上周五取消了他的提案。
包括安迪·伯纳姆在内的世界领导人也批评了因凡蒂诺计划出售一个监管世界杯及其他国际足联赛事的新商业实体约 20% 股份的方案。伯纳姆称这些提案“令人震惊”。
在这次强烈反弹之后，因凡蒂诺竞选明年至 2031 年国际足联主席第四任期的前景变得不明朗。
据报道，欧足联及其在亚洲和美洲的同行领导人目前正决心将因凡蒂诺赶下台。
如果他继续追求连任，他们可能会拒绝参加国际足联会议或批准其决定。
一名消息人士告诉《泰晤士报》：“每个人都非常坚决地认为他必须离开，否则我们将采取一切必要步骤。”
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前阿森纳主教练阿尔塞内·温格在卷入因凡蒂诺丑闻后，可能不得不提交其在国际足联任职期间的文件。
针对因凡蒂诺出售世界杯股份的计划，欧足联正考虑对国际足联采取法律行动。
代表欧洲足球管理机构的律师已致信因凡蒂诺，命令他及其他国际足联工作人员识别、定位并保存所有与该已放弃提案相关的文档。
该信函点名了其他必须遵守指令的国际足联员工——包括国际足联全球足球发展主管温格。
作为英超历史上最受尊敬的主教练之一，温格在今年夏天的世界杯期间经常与因凡蒂诺一同出现。
信中提到的另一位官员是国际足联首席运营官凯文·拉穆尔（Kevin Lamour），他上周五发表了一份令人震惊的声明，称高层官员被因凡蒂诺“欺骗”了。
给因凡蒂诺的信中表示，欧足联正“积极考虑针对 FFE 计划所引起的及与之相关的法律行动、仲裁和 / 或监管投诉”。
据悉，类似的信函已发送给 Thrive Eternal 以及美国最大银行摩根大通（JP Morgan）。
由约书亚·库什纳（Joshua Kushner）创立的投资公司 Thrive 曾被因凡蒂诺选定为私人投资者组的牵头方，该组本将购买国际足联赛事的商业股份。
摩根大通也参与了该计划的制定。
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法庭
两名武装抢劫犯在距离自己家仅五分钟路程的一次抢劫行动中，假装来自利物浦。 斯蒂芬·布拉德利（Stephen Bradley）和戴维·奥克利（David Oakley）去年11月在德比郡纽米尔斯（New Mills, Derbyshire）抢劫了当地的一家便利店。他们用一把仿制枪威胁店主，并用利物浦足球队的围巾地裹住头部。 两人告诉店主他们来自利物浦，并要求对方帮他们将收银台里的 £200 放入袋中。随后，他们开始互相争吵，并向店主道歉。 两人均被判处四年监禁。
人物
一对夫妇在长达 14 年的围栏纠纷中，偷走了邻居的装饰松鼠，并在YouTube上发布了关于对方的露骨歌曲。 来自埃塞克斯郡桑德斯利（Thundersley in Essex）的菲利普·纽（Philip New），52, 岁及其妻子丹妮丝（Denise），47, 岁，在与史蒂夫和卡伦·吉布森（Steve and Karen Gibson）的纠纷后，被法院命令支付 £150,000 的赔偿金和诉讼费用。 菲利普·纽在YouTube上发布的一首歌名为《邻居》（Neighbours），歌词写道：“向他们的窗户扔屎，向门上扔屎。” 在向高等法院提起上诉后，纽未能推翻关于费用的裁决。
电视
《浴血黑帮》（Peaky Blinders）的创作者史蒂文·奈特（Steven Knight）表示，在随着该系列作品的成功，西米德兰兹郡被认定为官方制作中心后，他感到“非常激动”。 英国电影委员会昨日宣布，该地区（特别是伯明翰）因其交付高端电影和电视项目的能力，成为了英国第八个官方中心。 这部犯罪系列的制作，包括最近上映的电影《浴血黑帮：不朽之人》（Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man），均在该地区进行，这有助于该地区获得认可。
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法拉奇被警告面临 第二次补选的威胁日益增加
由亚当·福雷斯特（Adam Forrest）报道
尼格尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）被警告称，随着针对其政党的丑闻指控不断增加，他可能难以从克拉克顿（Clacton）可能的第二次补选中“摆脱出来”。 在一份报告暗示他与副党魁理查德·泰斯（Richard Tice）达成秘密协议，在 2024 年大选前几个月重新担任最高领导职务后，这位改革党领袖被敦促要“坦白”。 这让法拉奇的辩词再次受到质疑，他此前辩称，由于 2024 年4 月时他并未参与政治，因此未申报加密货币亿万富翁克里斯托弗·哈伯恩（Christopher Harborne）赠予的 500 万英镑 礼金。 工党和反对党指责法拉奇在涉及个人和政党财务的严肃问题上“逃避”。他们警告这位改革党领袖，在面临议会调查之前，他的时间不多了，而此次调查可能会触发第二次克拉克顿投票，他们将全力争取获胜。 在 2024 年3 月和 4 月，法拉奇与泰斯协商达成协议接任
泰斯因以色列利益 申报问题受调查
作者：Nina Lloyd
改革党（Reform UK）的理查德·泰斯（Richard Tice）因涉嫌未能申报利益，正接受议会标准监督机构的调查。
针对该党副党魁的调查于上周启动，涉及议员行为准则中的第六条规则。根据该规则，议员在“议院或其委员会的任何议事过程”，以及与公职人员和政府官员的任何沟通中，申报“任何相关利益”时必须“公开且坦率”。
泰斯（插图）声称，此次调查是关于一个“反以色列游说团体”的投诉，该团体质疑他在“一场关于英国民主和以色列影响力的辩论”开始时，是否应当提及他的利益登记表。
他在社交媒体上写道，但未点名该团体：“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，该投诉涉及我在一场关于英国民主和以色列影响力的辩论开始时，是否应当提及我的利益登记表。”
昨天的克拉克顿码头。这个埃塞克斯选区今年可能会举行两次补选。
关于该党的领导权——只要改革党偿还了从泰斯公司获得的 100 万英镑 贷款，《星期日泰晤士报》报道称。
法拉奇（Farage）辩称，哈本的 500 万英镑 赠款与此无关
法国称遣返计划 违反法律
作者：Will Meakin-Durrant 和 Nick Warren
法国表示，英国改革党（Reform UK）拦截并遣返穿越英吉利海峡移民船只的计划“将是对法国主权的侵犯”。
尼格尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）此前曾表示，其政党拦截并遣返穿越英吉利海峡移民船只的计划将符合国际法。
改革党提议利用皇家海军将移民运回法国或比利时。
该改革党领导人表示：“我们非常有信心，我们安全地接走人员并将其安全送回法国的政策符合国际法的其他公约。”
法国内政部表示，该计划“将是对法国主权的侵犯，同时也违反了海事法和国际法”。
一名发言人表示：“此外，内政部指出，2026年的穿越人数有所下降。”
针对其政治活动，法拉奇于上月表示，他在2021年至2024年6月期间“不在政坛”。法拉奇此前曾表示，在2024年6月之前他没有回归政坛的意向。新当选的国会议员必须登记在选举前12个月内收到的任何相关财务利益和礼品。
在昨天的发言中，法拉奇承认他在2024年春季曾与泰斯（Tice）讨论过如果他回归领导该政党会发生什么。他说：“如果你入职一份工作而不去了解潜在的责任，那你简直是个傻瓜，不是吗？”但法拉奇补充说，这“不是一项交易，也不是一项协议”。
议会标准专员对这笔500 万英镑m礼品的调查已暂停，直到下周的补选之后。预计他将在8月13日的投票中获胜。然而，如果标准专员将这位改革党领导人停职超过10个议事日，他将不得不再次争夺该席位。
主要政党抵制了此次投票，将其斥为一场政治噱头。不过，所有主要政党均已确认，如果克拉克顿（Clacton）进行第二次补选，他们打算出面对抗法拉奇。
自由民主党副党魁戴西·库珀（Daisy Cooper）表示，即使法拉奇在这场“毫无意义”的竞争中击败其最接近的竞争对手“垃圾脸伯爵”（Count Binface），“他也无法从正式调查或第二次补选的可能性中脱身”。她补充道：“随着每一个新披露的情况，英国改革党和尼格尔·法拉奇看起来越来越像一群认为自己可以凌驾于规则之上的骗子。”
保守党主席凯文·霍林雷克（Kevin Hollinrake）表示，法拉奇“需要对其财务状况坦白”，并补充道：“问题在不断增加，但答案从未出现。”
工党主席布里吉特·菲利普森（Bridget Phillipson）暗示，在可能引发第二次补选的正式调查之前，法拉奇的“时间快用完了”。菲利普森说，法拉奇“通过与一个垃圾桶竞争而发起补选，是为了逃避那些严重的、未回答的问题”。
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一名改革党消息人士表示，法拉奇在2024年3月和4月一直保持选择的开放性。他们表示，他在了解该党的财务责任后，最初决定不回归，随后又推翻了这一决定。
海军应对英共海峡 船只之举乃“痴人说梦”—— 专家亦持有此观点
Molly Blackall 与 Lizzie Dearden
改革党已承诺动用英国皇家海军来“拦截”穿越英共海峡的小船，并将其遣返回法国。但这并非那么简单。
尼格尔·法拉奇的政党表示，该计划将构成自第二次世界大战以来在海峡中规模“最大的一次军事行动”，并被命名为“堡垒行动”。法拉奇本人在昨日表示，他“完全自信”该计划不会违反海事法。
但派遣海军执行此类任务将面临严峻挑战。曾在欧盟旨在阻止地中海人口走私的“索菲亚行动”中工作的凯文·罗兰兹（Kevin Rowlands）教授表示，“海军堡垒的想法听起来可能很果断”，但实际上“它与国际海事法、主权边界以及现代战舰在多佛海峡拦截小船时的物理不适用性并不相符”。
随着俄罗斯侵略行为的升级，以及高级军方人士警告英国武装部队已不堪重负，该计划不太可能成为第一海务大臣议程中的首要事项。罗兰兹表示，海军“已经捉襟见肘”，且“将海军的核心军事职责所关注的注意力和资源转向由专业民事机构执行得更好的职能，并不会让我们更安全”。
改革党内政发言人齐亚·尤苏夫（Zia Yusuf）表示，该计划已获得“前武装部队高级成员”的支持。
但英国皇家海军前负责人韦斯特勋爵（Admiral Lord West）将该计划描述为“痴人说梦”，因为“它取决于法国是否接受非法移民返回，而他们不会接受”。
影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）表示，保守党并不“反对将船只遣返的原则，但我们的军队理应专注于保护我们免受全球威胁”。他说：“如果改革党希望他们同时在海峡巡逻以拦截非法移民，他们必须找到资金。”
前军事冲突分析师安德鲁·福克斯（Andrew Fox）表示，海军的干预还可能危及生命。
他在社交媒体上发帖称，一艘战舰“不能在不冒翻船风险的情况下撞击小船、在其侧面制造波浪或采取激进机动动作”。“向一艘过度拥挤的橡皮艇派遣登船小队，会给数十名惊恐的人创造另一个机会，让他们同时移动重心，最终落入水中。”
法国内政部的一位发言人已经表示，英国军队无论是否获得法国许可而遣返移民的计划，“将是对法国主权的侵犯，同时也是对海事法和国际法的违反”。
L
冯德莱恩：需要 更好的欧盟边境
作者：Lili Bayer
欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩表示，欧盟可以增加对摩洛哥的支持，以帮助防止上周 50,000 名移民试图混乱涌入西班牙飞地休塔（Ceuta）的情况再次发生。
路透社看到的一封回信中，冯德莱恩回应了西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯（Pedro Sánchez）周六发送的消息。桑切斯在信中指责部分欧盟合作伙伴在面对边境突破时的愤怒反应缺乏团结精神。冯德莱恩写道：“摩洛哥是一个重要的战略合作伙伴，特别是在我们打击移民走私和非法移民的努力中。”
“通过与西班牙合作，特别是任何涉及休塔和梅利利亚（Melilla）的事宜，我们可以增强边境管理的预警系统，并改善我们对摩洛哥的技术和财政支持。”
这次激增始于周四，发生在欧盟仅有的 2 个与非洲接壤的陆路边境之一——另一个是摩洛哥与西班牙飞地梅利利亚之间的边境——这引起了整个欧盟的警觉。
意大利暂停了与西班牙之间为期一个月且无需护照的申根旅行安排，尽管休塔并不在申根区之内。27 个成员国中有 22 个要求采取协调行动来保护外部边境。
担任欧盟轮值主席国的爱尔兰表示，它已召集该组织内政部长举行紧急视频会议，以讨论今天的危机。
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移民在休塔临时移民中心外等待
政治
破坏了他的 整个计划
Donaldson
就像一段来自一个你已经闹翻但记不起原因的朋友的冗长语音笔记，鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）在 X 上发布了一段 12 分钟长的视频，要求尼格尔·法拉奇重新做回朋友。
这位“恢复英国”（Restore Britain）领导人将民族主义包装成“乡村地主”的风格，近期侵蚀了改革党（Reform UK）的支持率。而这种情况恰恰发生在某些民调显示改革党的支持率掉至工党之后，这意味着洛（见插图）看到了机会。
洛曾是改革党的国会议员，直到与法拉奇发生争执后，他分道扬镳并组建了一个极右翼的替代方案。伤口尚未愈合。
周日，他为结盟提出了一系列条件，包括大规模驱逐“非法”移民，以及禁止清真（halal）和犹太洁食（kosher）屠宰。
昨天上午，在被问及洛的示好时，法拉奇的反应出奇地温和。
“为了让我们建立一个理性的中右翼联盟，从而在下次大选中击败工党，我会尽一切可能，”法拉奇在新闻发布会上说。
鉴于洛的购物清单中还包括就死刑举行全民公投，法拉奇的底线究竟在哪里尚未完全明确。
而就在几分钟后，洛通过指责法拉奇撒谎，并称其可能在协议谈判开始前就将其破坏，提醒所有人这两个人互不信任。据洛称，法拉奇并没有像他声称的那样直接打电话，而是在周日晚上 10.30 发信息给洛，说“稍后回电”。
“给尼格尔和改革党的邀请依然有效。尽管对我们私下对话睁眼说瞎话对此毫无帮助，”洛补充道。尴尬之情难以言表。
改革党正严肃对待 其民调数据的下滑
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甚至无法接近。洛夫（Lowe）的规定之一是要求将前保守党部长排除在任何“改革-恢复”（Reform-Restore）内阁之外。但由于此前承受了太多来自改革党纯粹主义者的压力——这些人敦促该党撤掉登船梯以阻止更多保守党人加入——法拉奇不太可能将这批人抛弃。当被问及与保守党达成协议时，法拉奇说了一些更有趣的话。“对于那些我认为目标相似（尽管在某些情况下略有不同）的人，我对进行对话持开放态度，”他说道。这一点意义重大，因为这意味着改革党的战略制定者们正严肃对待该党在民调中的下滑，而此前他们一直基于可能会获得绝对多数席位而悠然自得。但通过开启与保守党对话的可能性，法拉奇正在破坏其整个计划的结构支撑。一个过去几年来一直主张自己并非保守党的领导人，怎么能对与他试图摧毁的那些人达成协议持开放态度？一旦考虑合并，法拉奇作为那个准备洗劫并焚毁眼前一切的“维京人”的吸引力就消失了。他不仅会失去核心支持者的认可，而且前改革党狂热分子也不会回归：那些因为不再将法拉奇视为首席掠夺入侵者而转向洛夫的人。一些改革党的基层成员将加入法拉奇的阵营视为一种脱离保守党的“净化仪式”。与此同时，保守党党魁凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）被没完没了地问及是否会考虑与法拉奇结盟。目前，由于保守党的品牌影响力低于她的个人民调支持率，她有权威拒绝有关交易的建议。但在她的政党内部，有许多人私下接受，如果在 2029 年前夕民调没有大幅改善，就必须寻求某种形式的妥协。同样，一些保守党人对国家联盟的想法感到恐惧，担心个人会被彻底清除。当被问及与洛夫签署协议是否有底线时，法拉奇表示，他对与“恢复英国”（Restore Britain）领导人进行“对话”持开放态度，但尚未达到进行任何谈判的阶段。这距离达成任何形式的协议还非常遥远。而且这还没有考虑到自尊心作祟的情况。
Kitty Donaldson 是 《i 报》的 首席政治评论员
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伯纳姆可能会 触发另一场 国王演说“以 标志新起点”
作者：Caroline Wheeler 政治编辑
据《i报》获悉，安迪·伯纳姆正在考虑举行一次新的国王演说，以阐明其政府的新优先事项。
据悉，首相正在衡量开启一个新的议会会期是否能为标志性地脱离基尔·斯塔默 era. 提供契机。
然而，一名政府消息人士表示，在本日历年内没有此类计划——这样可以避免大臣们在五月份刚刚阐明工党政府立法优先事项后仅几个月，就再次召集国王回到威斯敏斯特而产生尴尬的视觉印象。
国王演说旨在阐明大臣们打算追求的法律和优先事项，当新首相入驻唐宁街时，并不要求必须进行演说。
政府可以在现有的议会会期下继续立法，且继任者并没有因领导人变更而必须寻求新会期的宪法义务。
相反，这一决定在很大程度上具有政治性质。
一名白厅高级消息人士表示，伯纳姆在就任首相最初几天所宣布的许多内容，都标志着对斯塔默此前议程的背离。
该消息人士说：“问题在于，为了实现他想要的变革需要什么样的立法，以及是否需要一次全新的国王演说来阐明新政府的优先事项。”
自从进入 No 10, 伯纳姆一直试图建立一种独特的执政风格。
尽管大臣们坚称，工党当选时的计划并未发生突然中断，但威斯敏斯特的一些人士认为，新首相正开始塑造一个与前任截然不同的政治身份。
议员遇害案“需要答案”
作者：Abbie Llewelyn
被杀害的议员大卫·埃梅斯爵士（Sir David Amess）之女表示，针对其父亲死亡事件的审查“必须带来我们需要的答案”。
埃梅斯曾是绍森德西区的保守党议员，于 2021 年 10 月在其选区诊所被刺杀身亡。
政府已承诺进行一项独立审查，以探讨本可以防止该议员遇害但被错失的机会。
埃梅斯的女儿凯蒂·埃梅斯（Katie Amess）表示：“这不仅仅关乎我父亲身上发生的事情。这关乎保护所有公众成员和其他国会议员。”
“必须汲取教训，以免此类事件再次发生。”
要求重新发表国王演说（King’s Speech）的最强有力理由可能来自 安迪·伯纳姆 的权力下放议程。
虽然他在住房、福利和生活成本方面的许多早期优先事项可以通过现有权力或已提交议会的立法来实现，但他计划向英国市长分配部分所得税收入并赋予广泛的新财政权力，这可能需要实质性的基础立法。
一名政府内部人士表示，尚未决定是否需要一次新的国王演说，但承认如果部长们得出结论认为需要进行重大宪法或财政改革，此事可能会变得更加紧迫。
最近的议会会期长度从 12 个月左右到两年多不等，部长们可以在认为在政治或立法上有利时，寻求新的会期和国王演说。
在议会中期这样做已有先例。戈登·布朗（Gordon Brown）于 2007 年 6 月进入唐宁街 10 号，并在当年晚些时候发表了女王演说，尽管他并未参加大选。鲍里斯·约翰逊（Boris Johnson）在 2019 年 10 月接替特蕾莎·梅（Theresa May）入主唐宁街后，也寻求了一次新的女王演说。
这两位领导人在宪法上都没有要求寻求新立法计划的义务。然而，两人都利用这一场合标志着政府新阶段的开始，并证明权力已从一个政府转移到另一个政府，尽管期间并未举行选举。
议会会期通常持续一年左右，不过政府对其时长拥有相当大的裁量权。
性侵犯者将被 排除在提前释放计划之外
作者：Connie Dimsdale 政治记者
被判定犯有强奸罪和儿童性虐待罪的罪犯将被排除在政府的提前释放计划之外。
首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在就任仅几天后，就暂停了这一极具争议的计划。
数千名罪犯原定于9月起提前释放，其中包括杀人犯、强奸犯和性侵犯。
这些变更旨在防止监狱系统崩溃，但面临着受害者的强烈抵制。
内阁部长们现已将该计划推迟至10月，以便给缓刑工作人员更多规划时间。
他们还禁止那些被判定犯有强奸和严重儿童性犯罪（包括诱导儿童犯罪团伙罪行）的人员提前释放。
这些人将与约 18,000 名已被豁免的罪犯一起被排除在计划外，其中包括被法院认定为最危险的人员或任何被判处终身监禁的人员。
由于公众担心罪犯刑期被缩短，伯纳姆表示他“希望走得更远”，但他同时表示，“如果监狱系统未达到容量上限并崩溃，（不采取此措施）是不可能的”。
首相表示，将引入“更严厉的社区措施”以确保公众安全，包括推定所有出狱人员都佩戴电子脚镣，以及对被定罪的强奸犯实施新的GPS监控，以限制其日常活动。
工党还宣布拨款 1000 万英镑m 用于增强受害者支持，以资助额外的当地一线服务，并计划在10月前为所有受此次改革影响的人员提供专门的咨询热线。
这些计划最初由前司法大臣大卫·拉米（David Lammy）在基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）担任首相期间推出，旨在防止司法系统崩溃，目前男性监狱的占用率已达 98%。
在计划暂停变更前， 被列为符合提前释放 条件的罪犯人数
SNP呼吁 宪法应包含 退出条款
作者：Craig Paton
苏格兰民族党（SNP）表示，英国的成文宪法必须包含一种退出联盟的方法。
近年来，关于苏格兰独立的问题一直被关于举行全民公投程序的争论所阻碍，授予再次投票的权力掌握在威斯敏斯特手中，而历任首相均拒绝介入该话题。
在刚刚过去的周末，首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在推动确保英国所有人过上“相当生活”的努力中，表示应制定一部成文宪法。
首相首次在 2024 年与利物浦市长史蒂夫·罗瑟拉姆（Steve Rotheram）共同撰写的一本书中提出了成文宪法的构想，当时他担任大曼彻斯特市长。
SNP的威斯敏斯特党团领袖戴夫·杜根（Dave Doogan）敦促伯纳姆在任何宪法中明确规定英国各成员国如何退出联盟，并表示任何文件都将是“基础性的”。
如果没有这样一个条款，那么[该计划]将是“根本上有缺陷的”。 首相在短暂的任期内，已经关闭了关于苏格兰独立讨论的大门。 “安迪·伯纳姆在告诉苏格兰关于我们宪法未来的讨论是‘禁区’之后，整个周末都在谈论制定一份英国书面宪法，”杜根（Doogan）说。 “在苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰，都有支持独立的首席部长——这就是此次讨论的背景，因此，如果一份英国书面宪法没有明确规定退出路径，那么它显然是根本上有缺陷的。” “安迪·伯纳姆认为威斯敏斯特权力过于集中是正确的，他提出权力在这些岛屿中究竟如何分布的问题也是正确的，但如果他通过否认苏格兰人民的民主权利来回答这个问题，他将永远无法找到答案。” 周日，伯纳姆表示，在英国增加权力下放额度的提案增强了制定正式宪法的理由，因为这些举措将改变英国。 “我认为，关于这个国家应该如何运行，以及全国各地在基础服务和互联互通方面应具备的最基本底线，需要一套清晰的原则，”他说。 “人们不得不为一些最基本的需求而争论，而这些需求在国家的其他地区却能得到满足，这是不对的。”
克拉克排除竞选 苏格兰工党领导人 之可能
作者：Craig Paton 和 Neil Pooran
随着领导层竞选提名于昨日开启，苏格兰工党议员凯蒂·克拉克（Katy Clark）已排除自己接替阿纳斯·萨尔瓦尔（Anas Sarwar）的可能。 据报道，克拉克此前一直在考虑竞选最高职位，但她宣布将不参选，转而敦促最终的获胜者推动选出更多元化的候选人。 她的决定对于重新回归的议员莫妮卡·伦农（Monica Lennon）来说可能是个好消息——伦农已经发起了领导层竞选。 在有报道称她尚未获得进入选票所需的必要支持的情况下，伦农声称这场竞争“充斥着厌女症和男性特权感”。 这位格拉斯哥议员与竞争对手迈克尔·马拉（Michael Marra）和乔·法根（Joe Fagan）一样，需要获得该党三名国会议员和三名苏格兰议员的支持才能继续参与流程。 新任苏格兰工党领导人将于 19 September 公布。
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鲍威尔准备调整课程 以提升学校技术资格认证
作者：Alexa Phillips 教育记者
安迪·伯纳姆的教育大臣暗示计划对英格兰的学校课程进行改革，同时批评保守党将学术学习置于技术教育之上。 露西·鲍威尔（Lucy Powell）在《泰晤士报》上写道，学校被困在一种“束缚”中，被迫优先考虑英语、科学和历史等学术科目，导致一百万年轻人既没有在正式学习，也没有在接受培训或工作。 她表示，她计划“重新审视我们教给孩子们的内容，以及我们是否在为他们未来的生活做好准备”。 上周，伯纳姆承诺将技术资格认证与学术资格认证提升到同等水平，以实现“像重视毕业帽一样重视安全帽”。 鲍威尔表示，年轻人被迈克尔·高夫（Michael Gove）的改革“辜负”了，高夫在 2010. 上台的保守党-自由民主党联合政府期间担任教育大臣。她补充说，出身贫寒、处于“顽固且根深蒂固的劣势”中的儿童，以及有特殊教育需求的儿童，受到的影响尤为严重。 她表示，教育上的“一刀切”方法并不适合英格兰的所有儿童，包括那些在学术之外拥有天赋和技能的孩子，例如在“创意科目、技术或熟练工作或更实际的应用”方面。 上周，政府宣布 14 岁及以上的学生将获得更多的技术[培训]
面部识别“应被更多地用于打击犯罪”
作者：Alice Lilley
保守党表示，面部识别技术应被更广泛地用于打击犯罪。 影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）表示，他希望授权警方使用面部识别软件，在嫌疑人被闭路电视（CCTV）、门铃摄像头或手机设备拍到时，通过图像对其进行识别。 他还表示，他计划确保警员能够搜索带有地理标记的物品，从而用于定位嫌疑人的行踪。 “可以被追寻的失窃物品包括手机、笔记本电脑、平板电脑、自行车和汽车。” 菲尔普（插图）表示：“公众期望清晰的证据总能得到跟进。” “当他们向警方提供嫌疑人图像或失窃物品的位置时，他们想要的是行动，而不仅仅是一个案件编号。” “这些是公众期待的基本要求。” 内政部发言人表示，政府已经在大量投资面部识别技术。该发言人称：“本届政府已经在扭转犯罪局势。” 菲尔普表示，该计划将得到最多 10,000 名额外警员的支持，每年资助金额为 8 亿英镑m。
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学校被迫优先考虑学术科目，露西·鲍威尔（Lucy Powell）如是说
在学术考试之外学习相关科目，并将在当地企业进行工作实践。 该计划模仿了安迪·伯纳姆（Burnham）担任市长期间实施的大曼彻斯特国际文凭（Greater Manchester baccalaureate），将于 2028 年 9 月起推广。 鲍威尔在《泰晤士报》撰文批评儿童缺乏实用教育，称“这使得我们的年轻人面对现代世界时严重缺乏准备”。 她认为，由于“仅有纸笔考试盛行”，年轻人还没有“准备好进入职场”——而现实世界中的员工需要诸如做演示报告、规划项目以及与他人协作等技能。政府已经在根据贝基·弗朗西斯（Becky Francis）教授去年 11 月的一项审查建议，开发课程变更方案。 弗朗西斯报告建议，由于担心青少年被教成“为了考试而学习”并产生压力，应减少参加 GCSE 考试的数量。 据了解，鲍威尔希望进一步允许儿童在更早的年龄专注于技术科目。 弗朗西斯报告建议将 GCSE 考试的总时长缩减三小时，并减少包括历史和科学在内的几门 GCSE 科目的课程内容。 “学校在丰富知识、生活技能、增强青少年自信心方面所做的许多其他真正宝贵且重要的事情——这些东西目前正被国家课程中庞大的内容量所挤压，”弗朗西斯去年告诉《卫报》。 该审查还要求将关键阶段 4.（Key Stage 4.）的考试量减少 10%。随后，基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）领导的教育部确认将减少学生参加 GCSE 考试的时间，并接受了许多建议。 随着政府致力于将更多特殊教育需求和残疾学生纳入主流教育，课程也将进行调整，以帮助教师针对这类学生调整教学方法。
建议减少的学生 参加 GCSE 考试 的时间量 10%
标准机构审查 DUP 议员
作者：Jonathan McCambridge
民主统一党（DUP）议员萨米·威尔逊（Sammy Wilson）正受到西敏寺标准专员的调查。 根据议会标准专员的网站，这位东安特林（East Antrim）的议员被指控“未能申报一项利益”。 关于该调查的进一步细节尚未披露，调查于 7 月 28 日启动。 民主统一党已被要求就此发表评论。威尔逊自 2005 年起担任北爱尔兰东海岸该选区的 DUP 议员。 2024 年，他在提交一项议会质询时，因未能申报一次有偿海外行程而向下议院道歉。
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英格兰和威尔士 遭遇自 1836 年 有记录以来最干燥的七月
作者：Emily Beament
英国气象局的数据显示，英格兰和威尔士初步记录了自 1836 年开始记录以来最干燥的七月。
上个月多次出现的热浪导致整个威尔士以及英格兰约一半地区陷入干旱。英格兰南部经历了有记录以来最干燥的一个月。
在这个月期间，英格兰有 19 个郡的降水量在 1mm 或更低。
英格兰的降水量仅为七月平均水平的 10%，而威尔士仅为平均水平的 9%。这两个国家的降水量均不足此前记录最干燥的七月（1911 年）的一半。
英格兰南部还经历了有记录以来最温暖的七月，而它
水务公司每天损失数十亿 升水——远超 软管禁令所节省的量
独家报道 作者：Eleanor Langford 政治记者
在《i 报》的分析发现每天有 2.6 billion 升水流失——远高于软管禁令所能节省的水量后，政府部长敦促水务公司采取“更进一步、更快速”的行动来治理渗漏。
行业机构 UKWIR 的研究发现，在 2022 年的干旱期间，软管禁令将用水量降低了约 2.7 至 4.1 %。如果这些限制措施应用于全英各地，每天将节省 377 million 至 572 million 升水。
但环境署（Environment Agency）最新的数据表明，水务公司目前在水到达客户水龙头之前，每天通过渗漏损失约 2.6 billion 升水，几乎占所有进入管网水量的五分之一（19 %）。
这相当于 1,000 个奥运标准游泳池。
《i 报》的分析发现，因此水务公司通过渗漏损失的水量可能是软管禁令预计能节省水量的 5 至 7 倍。
活动人士表示，这些数据凸显了英格兰老旧水务基础设施的渗漏规模。
安迪·伯纳姆承诺将加强对英国公用事业的“公共控制”，并敦促水务公司将改善服务的优先级置于股东分红之上。
已宣布实施软管禁令的 9 家水务公司主要分布在英格兰南部。部分公司声称，他们目前的措施将比 UKWIR 的数据所示节省更多水。
但即便软管禁令带来的节水效果更理想，也依然赶不上渗漏的速度。
泰晤士水务（Thames Water）向约 10.2 million 名客户供应饮用水，据估计每天通过渗漏损失 569 million 升水——比我们的分析认为其软管禁令可能节省的水量多出 5.5 至 8.3 倍。
覆盖英格兰东部大部分地区的安格利安水务（Anglian Water）在 2024-25 年间每天因渗漏损失约 187 million 升水——《i 报》估计这将是其禁令所能节省水量的 4 到 6 倍。
安格利安公司对这些数据持有异议，称其是“行业内渗漏治理的领先者之一”，且其禁令最初将需求降低了 9 %，随后稳定在 5 % 左右。
然而，即便采用 9 % 这个数字，安格利安公司的渗漏量仍然几乎是该禁令所能节省水量的 2. 倍。
英格兰因公司渗漏规模 而每天损失的水量（升） 2.6bn
（此处为威尔士有记录以来最热的 7 月之一。根据气象局统计，英国经历了有记录以来第二热的 7 月。英国、英格兰和威尔士均记录到了有记录以来阳光最充足的 7 月。对于英格兰和威尔士而言，这是有史以来观察到的阳光最充足的日历月。异常的阳光帮助太阳能实现了发电月份额的记录。7 月份大不列颠群岛所有发电量中，太阳能提供了 14.4 %。在 7 月 12 日周日上午 10. 至正午的峰值期间，太阳能提供了 44 % 的发电量。最新数据公布时，英格兰部分地区本周再次处于黄色高温健康预警状态。昨日南部地区气温攀升至 30°C 以上。农民警告称，高温将导致作物减产。收获工作已提前开始，牲畜已经开始喂食冬季饲料储备。）更多
超过 24 million 名客户正受到软管禁令的限制，且河流水位较低。最新的琥珀色高温健康警报在东米德兰兹、英格兰东部、东南部和伦敦生效，直至明天早晨。西北部、西南部、西米德兰兹以及约克郡和亨伯地区也发出了黄色高温健康警报。预计本周下半周气温将逐渐下降。英国部分地区预报将出现不稳定的天气，包括北爱尔兰的雷暴黄色预警。预报员表示，苏格兰的天气将以温暖为主，并伴有少量降雨。但英国气象局警告称，东南部将继续缺乏急需的降雨。上周三开始席卷萨福克郡荒地的猛烈大火直到昨天下午仍在燃烧，但目前被认为处于“稳定”状态。英国皇家鸟类保护学会 (RSPB) 表示，其附近的明斯米尔保护区仍保持关闭，并称火灾中受损的成熟石楠“可能需要多年才能恢复”。
在凯恩戈姆国家公园扑灭野火的消防员昨日表示，大火产生的烟雾正向附近的阿维莫尔方向飘移，并建议民众关闭窗户。
南威尔士山火被宣布为 “重大事故”
作者：Alice Lilley
消防员昨晚正在全力扑救 一场规模相当于 210 个足球场 的南威尔士山火。 南威尔士消防救援局已 将此次火灾宣布为“重大事故”， 并敦促民众避开 Rhondda Cyon Taf 地区。 目前有 20 辆消防车正在灭火， 此外还有两支专业山火 救援队、一台大流量泵浦装置 以及无人机在参与行动。 这场火灾已覆盖约 150 公顷 土地，在风向改变后被 宣布为重大事故。 目前尚未要求居民撤离家园， 但已设立了一个休息中心， 用于安置对火灾产生的烟雾量 感到担忧的人员。
Rhonda 谷地 Ferndale 上方的山丘发生火灾
消防部门表示：“虽然消防员在缩小火势规模方面取得了良好进展，但周日晚间风向的改变导致消防行动和资源投入有所增加。 “当地社区在未来几天可能会受到火灾烟雾的影响。 “由于此次火灾对我们的资源需求较高，且需要更多协调，我们已将其宣布为重大事件。 “我们将随情况发展提供进一步更新。 “我们希望向公众保证，我们所有的消防队伍都得到了处理野火所需的支持。” 公众被要求避免在上述区域飞行无人机，因为这将干扰消防部门自身的无人机团队。
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用水配给？ 一个并不遥远的未来
数百万英国人已受到用水限制的影响，英格兰大部分地区已实施软管禁令。但如果热浪和干旱持续，未来几年可能会实施更严厉的限制措施。政府的应急规划文件表明，在最糟糕的情况下，可能会引入用水配给制度。英国国家风险评估指出，在连续三年极度干燥天气的合理最差情景下，英格兰南部和东部的大片地区将处于严重干旱状态。文件称，这可能会导致公共供水限制，向家庭和企业配给用水是可能的选项之一。长期的干燥条件还将增加火灾风险，消防员在扑灭大火时可利用的水量将减少。交通、医院、电信和应急服务等关键国家基础设施将受到用水限制或断水的影響。严重依赖用水冷却密集服务器的数据中心也将受到影响。文件称，还可能出现“公众行为的潜在变化，包括局部发生社会动荡的可能性”。两年前，西西里岛由于该岛 20 年来最严重的干旱导致水库水位处于历史低点，宣布进入紧急状态并实施严格的用水配给，影响了数十万居民。卡尔塔尼塞塔市的许多居民有两个月没有自来水可用。一些社区每周或每两周只能获得几个小时的供水。西西里岛中部数十个城镇的用水配给使人们依赖水罐车的供应。一艘意大利海军舰艇向受影响最严重的居民提供了 12 million 升水。当地水务部门对近一百万居民实施了严格的用水配给，每周仅允许使用两到四小时。2017, 罗马在接到停止从附近湖泊抽水的命令后，每天有八小时没有自来水可用。而在 2022, 意大利北部和波河平原经历了 70 年来最严重的干旱，超过 100 个城镇被要求配给用水。2018, 开普敦在经历连续三年的严重干旱后，当局实施了极端的用水限制，警告会出现一个家庭和企业水龙头将被关闭的“零号日”。政府降低了管道中的水压并实施了关税，这意味着用水成本增加。对于未能足够削减用水量的家庭，如果超过每日限制，将被安装自动切断供应的设备。2022, 西班牙巴塞罗那附近的 Vacarisses 镇将自来水供应限制在每天仅八小时。
抗击山火战线 随着河流干涸 开辟新战区
作者：Clare Walsh
一个打破纪录的炎热干燥夏季在昨日进一步笼罩欧洲。与此同时，洒水飞机正飞越希腊的一场大规模山火；法国的消防员正试图稳定普罗旺斯地区的一场大火；而多瑙河的低水位则威胁到能源危机。
在两架消防直升机相撞导致两名机组人员死亡的一天后，雅典西部的山火突破了封锁线。强风于昨日晚些时候再次袭向希腊南部，将火焰推向山区的住宅群，摧毁了农场和财产，并导致一条高速公路关闭。
由于气温预计将进一步升高，雅典周边地区本周仍处于高风险状态。包括海滨度假胜地波多格梅诺（Porto Germeno）周边及首都西部其他地区在内，已有 1,000 多人被撤离——其中 250 多人是通过船只从该地区海滩救出的。
“这是一场令我们倍感困扰的艰难火灾，”消防部门发言人亚尼斯·阿托皮奥斯（Yiannis Artopios）表示。这场大火被归咎于一个风力发电场的电线故障，导致两名承包商因涉嫌过失纵火被捕。
在法国，在一场大规模山火得到控制后，数千名撤离者获准返回家园。超过 224,000 人此前被迫逃离，官员表示，这是该国在非战争时期最大规模的平民撤离行动。
这场山火过火面积约 162 平方英里，成为法国有记录以来最大规模的山火。返回人员包括卡费雷（Cap Ferret）半岛和勒波格（Le Porge）的居民，后者是此次火灾中受灾最严重的市镇，共有 183 栋房屋被摧毁。露营地仍处于关闭状态。
普罗旺斯的第二场山火在夜间没有再次爆发，但由于预计风力会增强，昨日仍未得到控制。
约 1,500 名消防员在洒水直升机的支持下，继续在过火面积约 7 平方英里的火线沿线进行加固。
欧洲森林火灾信息系统表示，直到明天，欧洲大陆部分地区的山火风险依然很高。
荷兰当局表示，荷兰消防员昨日正在南部的林堡省（Limburg）的一片森林中与一场大火搏斗。
在更东部地区，由于多瑙河的水位降至历史最低点，迫使发电厂濒临关停，各国政府正在采取措施节约用电，以避免能源危机。
持续的干旱和接连的热浪导致匈牙利首都布达佩斯的多瑙河水位在昨日降至 4 英寸左右，远低于此前 13 英寸的历史最低纪录。
由于没有显著降雨预报，预计未来几周多瑙河的水位不会上升。随着新一轮热浪袭来，电力和用水量正在增加。
多瑙河的创纪录低水位使得匈牙利唯一的核电站——拥有 4 个反应堆的帕克斯（Paks）核电站，在其服役 44 年来首次濒临全面停机。
帕克斯核电站利用多瑙河水为反应堆冷却，昨日的发电量仅为 240 兆瓦，而非通常的 2,000 兆瓦。
与此同时，罗马尼亚军队在多瑙河巴拉（Bala）运河附近使用炸药爆破岩石，以便将水流转向切尔纳沃达（Cernavoda）核电站。
当局已经关闭了切尔纳沃达核电站的一个反应堆机组。
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特朗普谴责 在霍尔木兹 谈判中 “阴险”的伊朗
作者：尼克·莱斯特 (Nick Lester)
唐纳德·特朗普指责伊朗在否认旨在结束冲突的谈判正进行之时，表现得“难以置信地阴险”。
这位美国总统表示，德黑兰方面曾“乞求”谈判，无论他们是否承认，双方都在通过讨论以寻求解决当前僵局的“方案”。
他还将伊朗声称控制具有战略重要性的霍尔木兹海峡航道的说法斥为“他们惯常的胡言乱语”。
特朗普是在周日表示他已制止美军发动“自第二次世界大战以来最大规模的袭击”以寻求进一步外交努力后，在他的 Truth Social 平台上发表上述言论的。
他表示，昨天将与伊朗举行会谈，但随后德黑兰方面否认了此事。
作为回应，特朗普在他的平台上发帖称：“伊朗领导层简直阴险至极！”
“他们要求会面，有人会说‘乞求’，谈判已经开始，且近期还计划了更多会谈，而他们却公开且自豪地表示，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。”
“然后他们继续发表惯常的胡言乱语，说霍尔木兹海峡将由他们强力运作，而实际上那里已经完全被美国海军控制，被我们的‘封锁’，或者像有些人所说的‘美国钢铁之墙’所控制！”
“没有任何东西能进入伊朗，除非我们允许，而且除非达成协议或全面投降，否则任何东西都无法通过。”
“无论伊朗是否愿意承认，事实上，我们正在讨论一个由他们制造了数十年的问题的解决方案。”
总统的这次最新抨击
唐纳德·特朗普声称伊朗“乞求”谈判，但“没有任何东西能通过”
是在他在周日表示，即将达成的协议将包括重新开放关键油气供应路线——霍尔木兹海峡之后发表的。就在前一天，特朗普还表示他对与伊朗的谈判“失去信心”，并警告美国军队“将对他们进行猛烈打击”。
伊朗继续试图维持其对海湾通道的扼制——该通道在美以开始冲突前一直是开放的——包括要求船只申请过境许可、攻击船只以及威胁征收费用。
伊朗外交部发言人埃斯马伊尔·巴盖伊 (Esmail Baghaei) 周日表示，这条海路“绝不会回到 28 2月前（即战争开始时）的状态”。虽然他表示与位于通道另一侧的阿曼就使用该海峡进行了讨论，但并未就重新开放该水道进行过谈判。
特朗普还暗示，沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼 (Mohammed bin Salman) 在他决定放弃升级战争方面发挥了特别重要的作用。特朗普在周六与这位事实上的王国领导人进行了电话沟通，随后宣布暂停袭击。
据一名获悉通话情况的人士透露，王储传达称，如果德黑兰在面对美国的新一轮轰炸时通过攻击美国在海湾地区的某些盟友来做出回应，那么战斗的升级可能会对全球经济产生严重影响。
此人补充说，沙特官员在与特朗普政府的接触中强调，沙特有能力抵御伊朗进一步可能的袭击——卡塔尔和阿拉伯联合酋长国这些主要能源国家同样如此——但科威特在面对伊朗支持的伊拉克民兵袭击时可能更为脆弱。
特朗普仍可能得出结论，认为大规模升级与伊朗的冲突是必要的。但批评者认为，特朗普的犹豫可能也反映了政府内部的一种默契，即仅凭美国军事力量可能不足以迫使伊朗屈服。
以色列在周末袭击了加沙地带，就在几天前，美国和哈马斯表示已达成一项协议，由该武装组织解除武装，这是朝着结束加沙战争迈出的潜在一步。
致命袭击击中俄罗斯度假胜地及乌克兰城市
作者：Kyriakos Petrakos
俄罗斯昨日表示，在黑海度假胜地盖伦吉克（Gelendzhik），共有 7 人死亡（包括 3 名儿童），40 人受伤。俄方称这是一次乌克兰针对平民的蓄意无人机袭击。
乌克兰方面未立即发表评论。与俄罗斯一样，乌克兰也表示，在莫斯科于 2022 年发起的全面战争中，其并未蓄意将平民作为目标。
经路透社验证的社交媒体视频显示，在盖伦吉克镇附近一个繁忙的海滩区域，似乎有一架无人机在剧烈爆炸声中撞击了该地。
俄罗斯上个月指责基辅军队在一次袭击中杀害了 11 人（包括 4 名儿童），袭击地点位于乌克兰扎波罗热（Zaporizhzhia）地区由俄罗斯控制的一个度假营地。
俄罗斯多次袭击基辅及其他乌克兰城市，导致数百万人流离失所，乌克兰大片地区被摧毁。
地区负责人伊万·费多罗夫（Ivan Fedorov）表示，周日晚上，俄罗斯飞机在 90 分钟内向乌克兰南部城市扎波罗热的住宅区投下了 8 枚威力巨大的滑翔炸弹，造成 1 人死亡，数十人受伤。
自四年前入侵邻国以来，莫斯科一直使用滑翔炸弹摧毁乌克兰城镇和城市。
这些武器是经过改装安装引导系统的苏联时代炸弹，可携带高达 3,000kg（6,600lb）的炸药，会留下巨大的弹坑。
乌克兰一直难以应对这些武器。
费多罗夫表示，周日傍晚对扎波罗热的猛攻造成一名 71 岁女性死亡，31 人受伤（包括一名 16 岁女孩），滑翔炸弹损坏了该市四个区的 22 栋公寓楼。
莫斯科军队已占领扎波罗热核电站并控制该地区其他部分。该地区首府（同样名为扎波罗热）仍由乌克兰掌控。
它是俄罗斯在 2022 年 9 月非法吞并的四个地区之一（另包括顿涅茨克、赫尔松和卢甘斯），尽管俄军并未完全控制这些地区。
乌克兰平民地区其他大规模的损坏是由俄罗斯弹道导弹造成的。
总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基再次紧急呼吁各国向乌克兰发送更多美国制造的“爱国者”防空系统。
美国总统 Donald Trump 上周似乎在撤回其早前关于允许乌克兰自行生产“爱国者”系统的承诺。
莫斯科炸弹案 “乌克兰应负责任”
作者：Alice Lilley
俄罗斯驻罗马大使馆昨日将莫斯科一家餐厅发生的致命爆炸案归咎于乌克兰，称此次袭击企图恐吓俄罗斯境内的意大利社区。
大使馆表示，“基辅恐怖分子”希望“恐吓在俄工作的意大利人，并向他们表明，他们同样在瞄准范围内，可能会成为这些无耻之徒的下一个受害者”。
大使馆称，周六晚上针对 Balzi Rossi 餐厅的袭击造成 5 人死亡，19 人受伤，并补充说，该餐厅的意大利主厨及其员工之所以未受伤，仅是因为一名俄罗斯保安的“警觉以及对其职业职责的无私奉献”。
然而，乌克兰当局尚未立即发表评论。
负责协调各安全机构的国家反恐委员会最初表示，此次爆炸造成 3 人死亡：一名将爆炸装置带入餐厅的女性、一名阻止她的保安以及一名在店内的顾客。
该委员会表示，炸弹在餐厅入口附近爆炸时，另有 21 人受伤。
莫斯科市长谢尔盖·索比亚宁（Sergei Sobyanin）将这次爆炸描述为一次“残暴的恐怖行为”，但并未说明谁应对此次餐厅爆炸负责。该餐厅位于一栋高层公寓楼的一楼，而该建筑是这座城市中追溯到苏联独裁者约瑟夫·斯大林时代的 7 座摩天大楼之一。
俄罗斯外交部未就大使馆的声明请求发表评论，也未解释为何死亡人数有所增加。该部未就此次事件发布独立声明。
数家俄罗斯媒体声称，此次爆炸的目标是一名正在该餐厅庆祝生日的俄罗斯将军。一些媒体称该将军是亚历山大·恰伊科（Alexander Chaiko），他近期被任命为俄罗斯航空航天军司令。
俄罗斯当局将一系列针对高级军官的爆炸和其它袭击归咎于基辅。今年早些时候，俄罗斯联邦安全局表示，当局将加强高级军官周边的安全警戒。
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尽管唐纳德·特朗普在集会上喜欢这么说，但当他在 2025 年 1 月重新入主白宫时，美国并不缺乏朋友。一个愤世嫉俗的人可能会指出，美国在地理政治上相当于操场里最强壮的孩子，每个人都想成为他们的朋友——更不用说大多数国家都希望能够将自己的产品和服务出口到这个世界上最富有的国家。
尽管如此，特朗普的白宫却想要改变。总统坚持认为美国在吃亏，于是对许多美国最亲密的盟友征收关税，威胁要入侵格陵兰岛（一个属于其北约盟友丹麦的领地），并对美国的最近邻——加拿大和墨西哥地进行了猛烈批评。
然而，特朗普正热切地结交新朋友——向中东国家派遣非正式使者，并与海湾国家签署商业协议，这些协议通常使他的家族公司及其合伙人的公司获益。在欧洲，尽管特朗普的白宫与中间派和欧盟陷入了激烈的公开争吵，但它依然在拉拢极右翼和其他民粹主义领导人。
美国外交的高尚理想——关于言论自由和在全球推广权利的论调——可能已经消失了，但在一段时间内，特朗普似乎正在建立一个由盟友组成的新国际联盟，或者至少是友好的商业伙伴关系。
伊朗战争摧毁了这一切。原本预计为期两周的行动现已进入第六个月，这使得特朗普的新联盟及其国内的共和党盟友日益感到沮丧——也让美国总统显得越来越孤立。
以色列传统上是美国最亲密的盟友，参与了对伊朗的袭击。但本雅明·内塔尼亚胡与特朗普的关系自此恶化，因为特朗普对他认为是被以色列总理诱导而参与的这场战争的耐心正在耗尽。以色列则感到被晾在了一边——并且显然对特朗普与伊朗签署的谅解备忘录感到不满，该备忘录本应成为一项长期和平协议的基础。
这绝非特朗普在中东唯一受损的关系。特朗普在过去一年中如此殷勤地拉拢的海湾国家，现在不得不应对因霍尔木兹海峡封锁而带来的巨大经济损失，同时还面临来自伊朗的无人机和导弹袭击。他们理所当然地感到愤怒，因为特朗普将他们推入危机，而似乎并未考虑退出机制，或者至少没有考虑一个无需伊朗完全投降的退出方案。
美国在欧洲剩下的盟友则在飙升的油价以及战争带来的其他生活成本挑战的沉重压力下苦苦支撑。即使像意大利的乔治亚·梅洛尼这样曾经的特朗普亲密盟友，现在也与总统发生了公开争端。
而且特朗普很难在近处寻求安慰。总统的共和党基础已经厌倦了又一场海外战争，以及白宫的无所作为。
慈善机构开设儿童学习中心
作者：Alan Jones
一家儿童慈善机构为加沙儿童开设了 12 个临时早期学习中心。
Theirworld 表示，加沙近四分之一的人口面临与早期儿童发育相关的挑战。
在这个被战争摧毁的地区，大约有 175,000 名学龄前儿童
国际地位，但实际 效果恰恰相反
本雅明·内塔尼亚胡与 唐纳德·特朗普的关系已恶化
tory 正在失去他们在生命前五年所需的营养、照顾、安全和早期学习机会，该慈善机构在一份报告中表示。 这些中心最初将支持约 700 名三至五岁儿童，提供学前教育、心理社会支持和结构化游戏。 担任 Their- 组织主席的莎拉·布朗（Sarah Brown）表示：“在家庭专注于生存的时刻，每天花一部分时间唱歌、画画或听故事绝非奢侈之举。” “早期支持是我们能够为帮助儿童度过危机而做出的影响最高的一项投资。” “干预窗口正在关闭，现在如果未能采取行动，可能会危及整整一代人的未来。”
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关于生活成本危机的问题。他的个人声望之低，正严重影响其政党在期中选举中的前景，以至于民主党甚至可能在德克萨斯州——共和党的坚实核心地带——赢得一个参议员席位。对于不喜欢被批评的特朗普来说，这种新的弃儿身份一定很痛苦。如果没人愿意追随你，或者仅是极其勉强地追随，你很难真正成为自由世界的领导者。美国的好感度评级在全世界范围内正处于自由落体状态，而中国是主要受益者。上个月发布的一项涵盖 36 个国家、超过 40,000 人的大规模民调发现，平均而言，46% 的人对中国持有好感，而对美国仅有 36%。就在两年前，美国以 54% 对 33% 的比例领先于中国。美国地位的这种崩塌体现在方方面面：在 2024 年，这 36 个国家的 47% 的人表示，在处理国际事务时，他们相信乔·拜登能做正确的事。而如今，只有 21% 的人对特朗普持有同样的看法。与此同时，在过去两年中，中国的好感度评级在包括英国、加拿大、澳大利亚、西班牙、法国和德国在内的十几个美国亲密盟友中超过了美国。根据该民调，即便是在哈维尔·米莱（Javier Milei）——这位与特朗普结盟的总统——帮助从美国获得了数百亿美元财政支持的阿根廷，现在也更倾向于中国。特朗普承诺要恢复美国的国际地位，在贸易方面获得更好的协议，并确保该国受到盟友和敌人的尊重。在他的第二个任期开始不到两年，他却恰恰做到了相反的结果。他与伊朗的战争及其在全球范围内的连锁反应，成为了许多人的最后一根稻草。特朗普的美国失去了朋友，并在每个大洲疏远了人们。总统在椭圆形办公室中还剩下两年半的时间，直到 2029 年 1 月结束。到那时，他是否还会有任何朋友留下？
詹姆斯·鲍尔（James Ball）是 《新世界》（The New World）的政治编辑
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警方对教授的“猪头”说法表示怀疑
作者：爱丽丝·利利 (Alice Lilley)
作者：爱丽丝·利利 (Alice Lilley)
一名处于剽窃争议中心的剑桥大学教授，正面临对其一项主张的质疑。他此前声称，警方曾对他家中收到的一颗猪头进行调查。 教育社会学教授杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）教授周六告诉《卫报》，在一段遭受虐待的时期，一个被斩断的猪头被寄到了他父母的住址。 他表示，警方调查了该主张，发现一家肉铺出售过一只“整猪”
航班超卖 导致新婚夫妇 被迫分开
一对在度蜜月航班上的英国夫妇，在easyJet航空公司前往黑山海岸蒂瓦特的航班超卖后，被迫分别乘坐不同航班。
安迪·韦德莱克（Andy Wedlake）和卡佳·韦德莱克（Katya Wedlake）抵达盖特威克机场时，发现航班已被超卖。
这对新婚夫妇早在几个月前就预订了这班原定于7月26日周日起飞的航班。
“他们超卖了机票，”安迪·韦德莱克说，“只有在登机关闭后，且如果有其他乘客没出现的情况下，他们才能给我们座位。”
这对夫妇曾尝试在出发前通过网络办理登机手续，但未能成功。
在飞机上出现一个空位后，他们表示地面人员坚持要求其中一人必须飞行。
他说道：“他们说，要么是我妻子走，要么是我走，否则我们将被视为‘未出现’（no show），并将失去所有重新订票的权利及任何补偿。”
安迪回到了家中，而卡佳飞往黑山，两人最终在21小时后才在蜜月旅行中团聚。
《X Factor》参赛者否认道路谋杀案
作者：艾米莉·潘宁克（Emily Pennink）
一名曾进入《X Factor》总决赛的选手否认开车将一名社交媒体影响力者撞死而构成谋杀。
现年29岁的加布里埃尔·卡灵顿（Gabrielle Carrington）涉嫌于4月19日凌晨4.30分，在索霍区阿盖尔街的印加夜总会外撞击了克劳迪亚·扎克谢夫斯卡（Klaudia Zakrzewska）。
网络上流传的事件录像显示，一名女子进入一辆黑色轿车，随后该车猛然向前冲，撞击了扎克谢夫斯卡女士，导致其被卷入车底。
来自曼彻斯特的卡灵顿（见插图法庭速写）最初被指控企图谋杀，但该指控在涉嫌袭击的当天早晨被撤销。
但伦敦警察厅表示，并未进行任何调查，也没有证据表明有任何警员造访过任何肉铺。
被阿尔代（Arday，见插图）点名的肉铺也否认收到过警方的访问。
一名发言人表示：“据我们所知，我们唯一的参与是收到了一起涉及剑桥一名嫌疑人的网络骚扰指控。”
在扎克热夫斯卡女士于 25 April 因伤去世后，指控被改为谋杀。 昨天，卡灵顿通过视频连线在布朗兹菲尔德监狱出席了老贝利法院的庭审。 被告在法庭上没有大律师代表，在认罪听证会期间由其本人代表。 当被问及是否愿意在没有律师的情况下进行时，她告诉莎拉·怀特豪斯 KC 法官，在“可预见的未来”内，她并不希望由自己代表。
但她补充道：“由于我目前没有代表，尽管没有代表，但我愿意在今天进行认罪陈述。” 卡灵顿对谋杀以及第二项故意造成严重身体伤害（针对安努什·奇切保安）的指控否认有罪。 被告无需对第三项醉酒驾驶的指控进行答辩。 怀特豪斯法官确认，她将于 5 January 起在老贝利法院审理此案。
八岁的比阿特丽斯·戴特曼和她的母亲康斯坦斯昨天在贝尔法斯特演奏手风琴和小提琴——她们是从芝加哥前往参加 Cheoil na hÉireann（爱尔兰音乐节）的。该城市的演出将在本周剩余时间内继续进行。 LIAM MCBURNEY / PA
惯犯非法倾倒垃圾被罚款 £4,000
一名惯犯在被发现于东伦敦一家宾果游戏大厅外倾倒垃圾后，被罚款近 £4,000。 来自伯明翰的 30, 岁男子马丁·斯托克斯在雷德布里奇巴金赛德的 Buzz Bingo 大厅外遗留大量生活垃圾后，被要求支付 £3,905。 雷德布里奇议会在调查期间发现
“我们已按照正常程序将该指控移交给剑桥郡警方。” 据信，阿尔代坚持自己的说法，据报道，他的朋友表示他有证据证明他确实与警方讨论过猪头的问题。 此次争端发生在披露阿尔代因被指控抄袭博士论文的部分内容而受到调查之后。 阿尔代的博士论文包含超过 180 处与另一名学生的论文非常相似的段落。 此后，他承认其作品中存在几处错误，但否认自己是“骗子”。 这位教授还告诉《卫报》，自 2023 年被任命为剑桥大学最年轻的黑人教授以来，他遭受了身体虐待和恐吓。 剑桥大学的一位发言人表示，不会对具体指控发表评论。 对阿尔代作品中抄袭行为的指控是由内森·科夫纳斯教授提出的。
科夫纳斯在 2024 年因在 Substack 上发布的一篇文章引起强烈反弹而被剑桥大学解雇。 该帖子认为，在真正的精英管理制度下，黑人将“从体育和娱乐之外几乎所有高层职位中消失”。 他声称，他将阿尔代的作品进行了抄袭检测，发现“许多段落在极少编辑的情况下被直接搬用”。 科夫纳斯还对阿尔代关于为慈善机构跑过多次马拉松的说法表示怀疑，在其中一次活动中，阿尔代称他筹集了 500 万英镑。
领养审批率低 引发担忧
作者：Áine Fox
一家慈善机构在纪念《领养法》百年之际表示，获准领养孩子的家庭数量一直处于“令人担忧的下降”趋势。
在英格兰，符合条件的获准领养家庭数量不足等待领养儿童数量的一半。英国首家儿童慈善机构 Coram 将这一差距称为“深感担忧”。
其研究表明，近四分之一的人（23%）愿意考虑领养——该机构表示，这一结果强调了“潜在的领养者群体巨大，并凸显了在鼓励这些人采取进一步行动将领养作为建立家庭的一种方式方面，仍有很多工作要做”。
Coram 首席执行官 Carol Homden 勋爵表示：“研究表明，领养能提供强大的稳定性并带来积极的结果，为许多家庭带来快乐，而目前等待领养的儿童人数持续增加，这令人深感担忧。”
他去年在该区因两起非法倾倒垃圾行为被罚款，导致总计罚款超过 £2,000。
监控录像显示，一辆黄色货车驶入该场地的停车场，随后司机和一名乘客丢弃垃圾并离开现场。
现场遗留的废弃物包括床垫、冰箱冷冻柜、玻璃面板和纸板。
议会官员通过摄像机拍到的车辆登记牌识别出了 Stokes。
他还被要求支付议会费用、法院费用以及清除垃圾的费用，最终被处以 £3,905 的罚款。
慈善义卖
好莱坞影星朱莉娅·罗伯茨 (Julia Roberts) 以及电视节目主持人本·福格尔 (Ben Fogle) 和克劳迪娅·温克尔曼 (Claudia Winkleman)（图中由主图起顺时针排列）等明星，均穿着由插画师查理·麦克西 (Charlie Mackesy) 设计的新款英国红十字会 T 恤。
这款名为“Here for Humanity”的 T 恤旨在为该组织筹集资金，并传播希望与同情的信息。
此次合作采用了麦克西在其著作《男孩、鼹鼠、狐狸和马》中深受喜爱的角色。
罗伯茨表示：“这是一次令人难以置信且温柔的艺术家与英国红十字会之间美妙的合作。” 英国红十字会 / PA
AI 扫描可为痴呆症提供新见解——并实现早期诊断
作者：Stephen Beech
在 AI 驱动的大脑扫描为这种致残性疾病的发展提供了新见解后，痴呆症有望在更早阶段被识别。
这些扫描首次显示了特定脑区的神经退行性模式如何与人们年龄增长时的认知功能变化相关联。
这项研究背后的美国团队认为，超越单一的“大脑年龄”衡量标准代表了神经科学的一次“重要进展”，并可能为痴呆症患者带来更好的治疗方案。
AI 被用于生成详细的地图，突出显示大脑不同部位老化方式的差异，通过磁共振成像（MRI）
先驱者称自闭症谱系目前可能“过于宽泛”
作者：Storm Newton
作者：Storm Newton
一名研究该病症的专家表示，自闭症谱系可能已经变得“过于宽泛”，并面临误解患者需求的风险。 伦敦大学学院（UCL）教授乌塔·弗里思（Uta Frith）女爵士在 60 年代和 70 年代开展的开创性研究为人们对自闭症的理解奠定了基础。她表示，自闭症并不总是一个“概括性诊断”，其定义已经“扩大”到涵盖具有较轻特征的人群。 她还警告称，虽然社交媒体和在线社区帮助人们分享经验，但它们可能“也传播了简化或误导性的观点”。 自闭症是一种神经多样性，影响人们沟通和体验世界的方式。弗里思说：“自闭症并非一直是以这种方式定义的——即一种针对各种不同情况的概括性诊断。 “当它在 40 年代被首次认定的时候，它指的是一小群在社交互动、沟通
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预计到 2040 年，这一数字将上升至 1.4 百万。 虽然大多数关于大脑年龄的研究使用单个数字来衡量这一现象，但研究负责人安德烈·伊里米亚（Andrei Irimia）教授解释说，新模型提供了关于衰老和神经退行性变的“丰富得多”的图景。 这种方法不是赋予一个单一的“大脑年龄”，而是生成一张详细的地图，显示大脑不同部位相对于同龄人的典型状态显得有多老。 伊里米亚说：“并非所有大脑区域的衰老速度都相同。有些区域似乎更具韧性，而其他区域则更容易衰老。” 伊里米亚说：“这种对大脑衰老更细致的理解，可能为更早地发现痴呆症、更好地理解影响风险的因素以及治疗新方案铺平道路。” 该研究发表在《美国国家科学院院刊》上。
轻度认知障碍或阿尔茨海默病患者在最先受阿尔茨海默病影响的结构中，显示出“明显更高”的局部大脑年龄。
以及行为存在严重困难的儿童。随着时间的推移，该定义扩大到包括具有较轻特征且没有语言或学习问题的人。 “如今，任何年龄或智力水平的人，只要符合某些标准，都可以被诊断为自闭症。” 弗里思说：“自闭症不再仅仅是一个医学术语——它已经成为了流行文化的一部分。”
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来自近 15,000 名认知健康人士的磁共振成像（MRI）数据被用于训练一个深度学习 AI 模型。 这些数据提供了一个基准，模型可以据此衡量局部大脑年龄。 当该 AI 模型随后被用于分析轻度认知障碍和阿尔茨海默病患者的 MRI 图像时，它揭示了在已知神经退行性变早期受影响的大脑区域中，存在“明显”的加速衰老模式。 据估计，英国有 982,000 人患有痴呆症，但超过三分之一的患者未获得诊断。
孕期糖尿病 女性发病率上升
分析显示，英格兰每八名孕产妇中就有一人被诊断患有糖尿病。 这一估算代表了“五年内相对增加了 60%”，其中有色人种女性以及生活在贫困地区的女性病例大幅上升。 研究人员表示，妊娠糖尿病（GD）“应被视为医疗体系中的一个薄弱环节”，它影响着母亲和婴儿的健康。 当女性在怀孕期间无法产生足够的胰岛素，导致血糖升高时，就会发生妊娠糖尿病（GD）。 虽然这种情况通常在分娩后消失，但患者日后发展为 2 型糖尿病的风险更高。 它还可能导致婴儿生长过大（超过正常水平），导致新生儿低血糖，并增加女性患子痫前期的风险。 爱丁堡大学的一项研究分析了英格兰五年的医院护理数据。该研究涵盖了 2018 年至 2022 年期间在 184 家医院分娩的 200 万多名女性，共生育了 2.800 万 个婴儿。 研究发现，每八人中就有一人被诊断患有 GD，而 2018 年这一比例为 12 分之 1。
医生在婴儿 出生前修复其肠道
一名男婴成为了英国首位在母体子宫内就接受先锋手术治疗罕见病的儿童。 据 BBC 报道，来自伦敦的 29, 岁女性 Maisie Savage 在怀孕 26 周时在美国德克萨斯州接受了手术。 她的儿子 Theo 被诊断患有腹裂症，即肠道在身体外部发育。 该手术在德克萨斯儿童医院进行，是一项与格雷特奥蒙德街医院（Gosh）及鲁汶大学（KU Leuven）合作开展的临床试验的一部分。 外科医生部分切开 Savage 女士的子宫，将 Theo 的肠道放回其体内。 Savage 女士告诉 BBC 新闻，他是一个“小奇迹”。 UCL Gosh 儿童健康研究所 NIHR 及 Nuffield 小儿外科教授、Gosh 胎儿及小儿外科顾问 Paolo De Coppi 表示：“如果结果积极，我们希望这能成为复杂腹裂症病例的标准手术。” De Coppi 教授补充说，Theo “恢复情况非常理想”。
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作者：Clare Wilson
包括酸奶、燕麦粥杯、谷物棒和奶昔在内的高蛋白零食和饮品比以往任何时候都更受欢迎。 但一项分析发现，它们的“健康光环”可能会掩盖一个事实，即其中一些食品实际上对我们并没有那么好。 事实上，某些零食可以被视为所谓的“蛋白质洗白”（protein washing）的例子——即食品因其高蛋白而被营销为健康食品，而实际上它们应该适量食用。 开展该研究的牛津在线药房（Oxford Online Pharmacy）主管药剂师 Robert Bradshaw 表示，此类零食的两个主要缺陷通常是蛋白含量并非很高，且含糖量高于蛋白质。 未参与此项工作的英国营养基金会（British Nutrition Foundation）科学家 Bridget Benelam 表示：“高蛋白可以让某种产品产生一种健康光环。但重要的是要查看整体营养成分，而且从全食物来源获取蛋白质可能比从零食棒和奶昔中获取更好。” 公众对蛋白质日益增长的需求似乎源于对增强肌肉之健康益处的认可度提升。 接种 Wegovy 和 Mounjaro 等注射药物的人也被建议保持蛋白质摄入，以避免肌肉流失。
奥利弗告诉市长，应禁止咀嚼糖
作者：Harry Goodwin
杰米·奥利弗（Jamie Oliver）呼吁禁止咀嚼糖，称其玷污了英国的街道。 这位电视厨师呼吁包括伦敦市长萨迪克·汗（Sadiq Khan）在内的市长们，解决人行道上随意丢弃咀嚼糖的问题。 “如果我可以禁止任何东西，那就是咀嚼糖，”奥利弗在他新书《BBQ》的发布会上说道。 “前几天我走在街上，街道被一层像补丁被子一样的咀嚼糖给毁了。 “我不会禁止某种口味组合，我会禁止咀嚼糖。除非你能用高压水枪把它冲掉，但你做不到。”他补充道：“萨迪克·汗就在这里，也许我应该跟他谈谈。” 汗的一位发言人表示，已收到关于奥利弗提议的联系。 将咀嚼糖吐在或丢弃在人行道上已属违法行为，最高可被罚款 £150。 据压力团体 38 Degrees 称，清理废弃咀嚼糖每年花费地方议会 6000 万英镑m。
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研究中测试的酸奶表现良好，所有 18 种品种的蛋白质热量占比均超过 30% GETTY
关于我们饮食中需要多少蛋白质，估算结果各不相同。 英国针对公众的指南建议，每天每公斤体重摄入 0.75 克蛋白质，对于典型的女性来说大约是 45g 一天，男性为 55g。 但剑桥大学的行为科学家克里斯·麦克唐纳（Chris Macdonald）博士（未参与该研究）表示，这些数字是基于避免患病所需的蛋白质量，而非理想摄入量。 从另一种健康目标来看，人们被建议将每日热量的 10 到 35 之间来自蛋白质。 但对于使用减肥针的人，建议其热量中至少有 30 ％来自蛋白质。
研究中测试的产品中，糖分含量至少与蛋白质一样多的百分比
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杰米·奥利弗已就随意丢弃的咀嚼糖问题联系了伦敦市长
“如果你每天摄入 1,200 卡路里，那么你可能会蛋白质不足，”诺丁汉大学的营养专家菲利普·阿瑟顿（Philip Atherton）教授说。 布拉德福德（Bradford）表示，基于 30 ％的目标，超市里的一些高蛋白零食并没有达标。 他的公司研究了六大连锁超市中的 88 种不同高蛋白零食。 他们分析了酸奶、慕斯及其他甜点、奶昔、燕麦粥杯、谷物棒和咖啡饮品。 在所有类别中，超过四分之一的零食未能达到 30 ％的阈值。 表现最差的群体之一是一些燕麦粥杯。 这些产品的蛋白质含量确实高于标准燕麦粥——约为 14g，而标准款为 6g——但由于它们还含有来自糖和淀粉的热量，其蛋白质热量占比通常仅达到 22 ％左右。 相比之下，酸奶的表现最好，所有测试的 18 种品种的蛋白质热量占比均超过 30 ％。 报告发现，糖分过多是一个特别严重的问题，因为分析的 16 ％的产品中，糖分含量至少与蛋白质一样多，且通常更多。 NHS 指南建议成年人每日来自游离糖的热量不应超过 5 ％，但在 88 种产品中，有 77 种突破了这一目标。 其中，奶昔的表现最差，约 33 ％的热量来自糖。 布拉德肖（Bradshaw）表示，人们可以通过食用鸡肉、豆腐、希腊酸奶和水煮蛋等食物来增加蛋白质摄入，而无需购买预包装零食。
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激光技术可检测 致命假酒
作者：Stephen Beech
一种激光技术已研发成功，能够在无需开瓶的情况下，检测出潜在的致命假酒。 该系统很快将投入使用，不仅能识别假酒，还能揭露葡萄酒欺诈，甚至识别密封瓶内危险的化学物质。 甲醇中毒是一个严重的全球健康问题，每年导致数百人死亡，并造成数千人失明或永久性受伤。 但如果不打开瓶子进行实验室检测，假酒往往无法被察觉。 圣安德鲁斯大学和阿德莱德大学的科学家在《物理学杂志：光子学》（Journal of Physics: Photonics）上描述了一种新的光学技术，该技术利用了一种被称为拉曼光谱的传感形式改变了这一现状。 这使得研究人员能够通过包装读取液体的独特化学“指纹”。 阿德莱德大学的物理学家 Ralf Mouthaan 博士表示，这项研究为更广泛的应用打开了大门。 他说道：“能够在不打开密封瓶的情况下识别其内容物具有巨大的潜力。” “在阿德莱德大学，我们目前正在调整这项技术，以解决直接影响澳大利亚工业的问题，包括葡萄酒鉴定、食品质量和产品安全。”
物理学家 Ralf Mouthaan 博士表示，该技术正在迅速扩展
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《卫报》 就特朗普而言， 自负也是一个因素。 他似乎宁愿再杀死 数千名平民，冒着 犯下战争罪的风险， 让中东陷入战火， 并摧毁共和党的 选举机会，也不愿 承认自己在伊朗问题 上错了。特朗普徒劳地 试图用轰炸来摆脱困境。 （Simon Tisdall）
《新政治家》 特朗普在宣布 过早胜利方面有 长期记录，在他与 伊朗的战争过程中 多次如此。在加沙， 尽管正式停火， 以色列近乎每日的 袭击仍未停止。 （Katie Stallard）
Olaf Tufte 在生前被描述为一名传奇人物，一位参加了 7 届连续夏季奥运会并为挪威赢得两枚金牌的奥运赛艇巨星。 他在奥斯陆附近自家的农场心脏骤停后去世，享年 50 岁。 “Tufte 通过体育为我们国家带来了巨大的欢乐，”挪威首相 Jonas Gahr Store 在一份声明中表示。“他是挪威最伟大的体育英雄之一，一位获得荣誉的夏季奥运选手，是我们有史以来最优秀的赛艇运动员之一，也是许多人的伟大榜样。” Tufte 在家乡霍滕（Horten）的葬礼在挪威电视台进行了直播。 这位单人赛两届冠军参加了从 1996 年亚特兰大奥运会一直到 2021 年东京奥运会的各项赛事。他赢得了
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The Conversation 塞塔边境口岸削弱了西班牙对自己较为乐观的看法之一。在经历了多年的独裁统治后，该国将自己重塑为一个接纳移民和多样性的地方，而欧洲大部分地区却在谈论围墙。 （Deniz Torcu）
奥拉夫·图夫特（OLAF TUFTE）挪威奥运赛艇运动员
曾在 2004 年雅典奥运会和 2008 年北京奥运会连续两届夺冠。 在双杠赛中，图夫特在 2000 年悉尼奥运会获得银牌，并在 2016 年里约热内卢奥运会获得铜牌。 他在 45 岁时在东京奥运会上结束了自己的竞技生涯，与一些在他在奥运会首次亮相后才出生的年轻队友一起参加男子四人双桨赛。图夫特还参加了 2024 年巴黎残奥会，指导比尔吉特·斯卡斯坦（Birgit Skarstein）在单人双桨赛中获得银牌。 世界赛艇联合会在一份声明中表示：“在赛艇运动之余，图夫特经营家族农场，担任志愿消防员，并创办了包括一家混凝土公司、服装品牌 Tufte Wear 以及一家酿酒厂在内的企业。” 该管理机构引用了图夫特曾说过的一句话：“我不是为了休息而生的。我需要做其他事情，否则我会感到无聊。” 图夫特是一位激烈的竞争者，但也是一位极受欢迎的人物。“我们自然而然地就合得来，”四次奥运奖牌得主、斯洛文尼亚赛艇运动员伊兹托克·科普（Iztok Cop）在谈到与这位挪威人的友谊时说道。“当我们在比赛后聚会时，输掉比赛的人总是很难受，因为他得整晚听对方吹牛和调侃。击败一个朋友是一件极大的快事，因为这种快感在终点线并未结束——而是在那里开始的。” 英国赛艇运动员艾伦·坎贝尔（Alan Campbell）回忆起 2009 年作为“伟大八人组”（Great Eight）成员与图夫特共同比赛的经历——当时八名在 2008 年奥运会男子单人双桨赛中排名前 10 的赛艇运动员一起划船。 “有一次训练，事情进展得不太顺利，我突然崩溃了，”坎贝尔回忆道。“奥拉夫悄悄地开始唱起《心之全蚀》（Total Eclipse of the Heart），然后声音越来越大。每个人都笑翻了，所有的紧张感都消失了，在那次训练之后，我们接下来的状态飞起。” 经过仅一周的训练，该团队赢得了 2009 年在泰晤士河举行的八人赛河道之首（Eights Head of the River）比赛。 图夫特留下了他的妻子和两个孩子。美联社（AP）
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《纽约时报》 所有围绕 AI 的推测和炒作都在掩盖一个事实：这项技术不仅仅是大语言模型或数据中心。它是一个超结构的骨干，该结构以技术创新的名义，将退步的政治与不受约束的经济权力融合在一起。 （Tressie McMillan Cottom）
《旁观者》 AI 公司正在大量购买二手书和稀有书籍。扫描其内容以训练模型，然后将原书化为纸浆。人类思想的总和，被数字化并被粉碎。 （Clarissa Hard）
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《世界报》 将灾难视为变革世界的积极力量的知识传统似乎正在复兴。需要明确的是，没有任何迹象表明灾难有助于任何形式的进步。 （Benoit Giry）
《观察家》 极右翼摧毁了关于加入欧盟的共识，现在正对气候问题做同样的事。如果米利班德是个疯子，那么查尔斯国王也是，他在脱欧后绝望地对一位朋友倾诉。他看到支撑环境问题的共识也正走向同样的结局。 （Will Hutton）
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《独立报》 让我明确一点：学术诚信至关重要。无论是杰森·阿戴（Jason Arday）非凡的个人经历还是他的种族，都不应使他的作品免于审查。问题在于，合理的审查在哪里结束，而某种更具惩罚性的行为又从哪里开始。 （Daniella Maison）
《评论家》 一部基于围绕杰森·阿戴（剑桥大学最年轻的黑人教授）的剑桥剽窃丑闻而编写的剧本应该采用什么样的风格？这个故事情节紧凑：一个近乎奇迹的背景故事，以及关于连续剽窃的指控。 （James Martin Charlton）
猜测的话题
BBC 近年来，Ariana Grande 的外貌和健康状况一直是一个被猜测的话题。随着她最新专辑《Petal》在周五发行，以及她在宣传材料中的亮相，这种猜测进一步增加。 （Aleks Phillips）
议论焦点 演员 Jameela Jamil 同时也指出了保持沉默的后果，她举了歌手 Karen Carpenter 的例子，后者于 1983 年因与厌食症相关的心力衰竭而去世。“当事情发展到这个地步，沉默就是共犯，”她写道。 （Talia M）
随着政治挑战增加，法拉奇变得愈发烦躁
如果没有奈杰尔·法拉奇，改革党在 2024 年的选举中将无法赢得一个席位。他回归领导之职——这是整个选举过程中最戏剧性的时刻——以一种前任领导人 Richard Tice 那样乏味的人永远无法实现的方式，为他的政党注入了活力。选举虽然一度火热，但在竞选期间产生的海量数据中，一项发现预示了法拉奇的麻烦，而这些麻烦现在正产生影响。2024 年的一项民调显示，仅有 24% 的人对法拉奇持好感，而 64% 的人持反感态度。这些数字在今天也基本保持不变。讨厌法拉奇的人数几乎是喜欢他的人数的三倍。这是一个相当大的劣势。现在，随着工党和保守党领导人使他们的政党焕发活力，在针对他及其政党的众多指控中，法拉奇个人的负面形象显得更加突出。而法拉奇正被克拉克顿的一次荒诞的补选（对手是喜剧演员 Count Binface）所分心，此时改革党的进展似乎停滞不前。改革党失去了活力和势头，其日益烦躁且脾气暴躁的领导人似乎承受着巨大的压力且感到疲惫。而且，记者们揭露的针对改革党的当前指控浪潮并不局限于法拉奇。媒体的披露将改革党的领导层描绘成更像黑手党而非潜在部长的样子。在他日益牵强地解释时，我们看到了法拉奇宁愿隐藏的一面。《星期日泰晤士报》周末报道称，他早在几个月前就策划了所谓自发的 2024 年 6 月回归，并与 Tice 达成协议（其中 Tice 公司向改革党的贷款将被勾销或偿还），以重新担任领导职务。也许是因为他花太多时间与特朗普白宫周围那些可疑的百万富翁和亿万富翁在一起，法拉奇的判断力似乎失准了，尤其是在金钱问题上。法拉奇难道从未想过，接受一名住在泰国的加密货币亿万富翁——Christopher Harborne 的 500 万英镑 赠款，或者接受他的诈骗罪定罪好友 George Cottrell 提供的昂贵福利，看起来会有多么糟糕？据信后者目前参与了黑山共和国的一项在线博彩业务。
破坏性的新细节每周都在浮现。法拉奇及其同事正受到议会标准专员的调查（尽管对法拉奇的调查目前处于暂停状态，因为他不再是国会议员），且受到伦敦警察厅的调查，而改革党的一些交易已被报告给国家犯罪调查局 (NCA)。议会专员关于他是否应该登记来自 Harborne 的 500 万英镑 赠款的调查目前处于暂停状态，但如果法拉奇赢得补选，可能会重启。但这可能是改革党面临的问题中最小的。更为严重的是伦敦警察厅正在调查是否……
奈杰尔·法拉奇决定在克拉克顿强制进行补选，导致其领导的改革党失去了势头 GETTY
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尽管该党面临诸多困难，但令人惊讶的是，他们在民调中的损失竟如此之小。
右翼。目前已有 16 个月时间，没有任何民调显示保守党领先于改革党。这表明，自 2024 年 6 月那次重大宣布以来，法拉奇的团队已经建立了一个约占选民四分之一的稳固基础，其他政党将难以削弱。那些抛弃传统政党的人无论如何都会选择改革党，即使法拉奇、泰斯及其同僚与下议院当局或法院发生冲突。当法拉奇收到前改革党国会议员鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）通过视频提出的“共同工作”请求时，出现了一个有趣的进展。洛去年与法拉奇发生了严重争执，并成立了一个更右翼的竞争政党——恢复英国党（Restore Britain）。洛的政党在 6 月的梅克菲尔德（Makerfield）补选中获得了近 7% 的支持率（这是他们首次参加议会选举），并在上周的大曼彻斯特市长补选中获得了近 9% 的支持率。令人震惊的结果。法拉奇可能会对洛提出的五项苛刻合作条件中的某些条款感到犹豫——包括对“数百万”移民进行“大规模驱逐”——但如果这两个人能够修复洛所称的“一个无可救药地分裂的爱国右翼”，他们可能会建立一个约 30% 的强大基础。问题在于，大多数恢复英国党的支持者并不是奈杰尔·法拉奇的忠实粉丝——上个月的一项 YouGov 民调显示，59% 的恢复英国党支持者认为法拉奇“非常”或“有些”不受欢迎。洛在周末提出的建议确实增加了下次选举前达成和解的可能性。这将令传统政党感到担忧，尤其是工党，如果安迪·伯纳姆那些未核算成本且模糊的政策承诺崩塌，且经济恶化，其目前的支持率很容易瓦解。法拉奇及其政党仍有潜力成为英国政坛严肃且持久的参与者，但前提是……如果法拉奇、泰斯和科特雷尔能够在调查人员的打击下生存下来；如果他们能对资金来源采取坦诚、透明且诚实的方式；以及如果法拉奇能重新找回他那著名的魅力。这三个“如果”都相当关键。
在 2024 年选举前的准备阶段，与向改革党捐款相关的行为涉嫌违反了 2000 年《政党、选举和全民公投法》第 61 条。
这条复杂且听起来有些晦涩的规则，其核心在于是否有人试图规避对政治捐款来源的限制。伦敦警察厅已在警告下对两人进行了审问。
另外，据报道，在识别出潜在的洗钱隐患后，银行已就几笔与改革党高层人物相关的交易向国家犯罪局（NCA）提交了可疑活动报告。这些报告本身并不是已发生犯罪的证据。改革党否认有不当行为。
然而，尽管改革党面临种种困难，但他们在民调中的损失如此之小，这一点令人震惊。由于伯纳姆效应带来的小幅反弹，改革党在某些调查中落后于工党，但总体而言，这两个政党基本旗鼓相当。尽管凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）在振兴保守党方面取得了进展，但改革党仍然是最受欢迎的右翼政党。
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迈克尔·克里克（Michael Crick）是一位作家和广播员，以及《一个接一个的政党：奈杰尔·法拉奇的颠覆人生》一书的作者。
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终结不公正的 租赁产权制
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我同意斯特凡诺·哈特菲尔德 （观点栏，8 月 3 日）的看法， 即足球长期以来一直在 出卖自己的灵魂。大约 40 年 前，我曾是球员，也是这项 运动的爱好者，但由于看到 它被金钱腐蚀，于是我 放弃了它。 因凡蒂诺在这次世界杯中 意识到，为了“支持自己的 球队”，粉丝们愿意支付 任何费用，无论组织者 要求收取多少，他们都会 买单。 我的观点是，当机器人 在球场上的表现能够 超越人类时，粉丝们 依然会花钱观看。 丹尼斯·乔丹 西萨塞克斯郡，霍舍姆
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AI 干扰了现实
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福利
福利开支规模巨大 且在持续增加。我们 现在每年在所有形式的 福利总支出上花费超过 £330bn。 在过去的 13 年里，福利 支出一直超过所得税 带来的收入，这是一个残酷且 令人沮丧的对比。 在该总额中包含多种因素。青年失业率 高得惊人，因为加税和 对雇主的监管使得 招聘人员变得更加困难。领取伤残或疾病 津贴的人数已上升至 over 4 million，高于 2018 的 2.800 万。
历任财政大臣都 将福利支出视为 公共财政必须 解决的问题。然而，我们 经常忘记，福利账单的绝大多数 并非失业者、无法工作的人， 甚至不是在职收入支持：每年 £177bn——占所有福利支出的 55 per cent——流向了 养老金领取者。 而且，这部分支出 增长迅速且预计将继续上升。 当联合政府 推出养老金“三重锁” (triple lock) 机制时，这样做既是为了获得自民党的支持，也是为了解决 养老贫困问题。它在这两方面都起到了作用：since 2012 基础国家养老金增加了 惊人的 71 per cent。 目前的养老金价值比 如果过去十年仅跟踪通货膨胀率要高出 11.4 per cent。那么怎么了？其目的不就是为了追平多年来落后的 养老金收入吗？是的——但在实现之后，三重锁仍然 作为一种保证机制，确保养老金在实际条款中进一步、且看似永恒地增长。国家经济与社会研究中心 (NIESR) 表示，永久性的三重锁是“不可持续的”。 NIESR 以 2022 的通货膨胀激增为例。由于锁定的通胀保证，养老金迅速上涨
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养老金池占据了英国福利支出的 55 per cent GETTY
——随后，一旦通胀 回落且工资开始 上涨，由于工资增长保证，养老金再次上涨。 正如 NIESR 所言，“这一缺陷 使三重锁政策变成了一种 不成比例的代际转移，而不是一项健全的 国家养老金”。 这并非 假设；它现在正在发生。财政研究所 (IFS) 表示，“平均每个养老金领取者的生活水平 至少与平均工作年龄的人相当”——然而养老金 政策保证了这种代际不公平问题 将会恶化，而非改善。
不幸的是，这项政策 已经变成了某种我们 负担不起的支出，但同时 似乎在政治上不愿 将其终结。就在上个
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已经变成了 我们在政治上 不愿终止的 东西
本月，我们的首相承诺 他将保留这一锁定机制。 此外，年长公民的投票 人数多于他们的 子女和孙辈。安迪·伯纳姆 与其前任一样，显然 无意激怒这部分规模庞大且 活跃的选民。 令人担忧的部分来了：在 一项不可持续的账单与 一项不可更改的政策之间的 较量中，数学最终将战胜 政治，必要时将采取粗暴的手段。
福利预算规模如此之大， 以至于任何政府都无法承受 对其视而不见，这就要求他们 在非养老金支出的少数 部分中寻找节省空间。换句话说， 这正是最初促使工党议员 公开反抗斯塔默和里夫斯 的那些改革措施。
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克里斯·威廉姆森（Chris Williamson）——自封的健康大师？ “兄弟科学”影响力者？ 播客主？或者这样描述更好：他可能是英国最有影响力但你从未听闻的男人。38 岁的威廉姆森在 2015 年参加第一季《热爱岛》（Love Island）后成名。三年后，他推出了自己的播客《现代智慧》（Modern Wisdom）。他的
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网站声称该播客目前的下载量已超过 10 亿次。 在某些方面，威廉姆森在雷达监测之外活动。但随着我更多地关注他那种平庸且令人反感、社会保守主义的废话，我越发清楚地认识到，威廉姆森的“毫无特点”正是其核心主张的一部分。 虽然他最出名的是《现代智慧》，但威廉姆森绝非单一维度，他还拥有一个 YouTube 频道和一份每周通讯。但无论通过什么媒介，他的运作方式都是一样的：他并不在任何事情上采取明确立场，而是在面对从亲生育主义到“男性圈”（manosphere）等争议话题时，小心翼翼地试探红线，然后迅速逃回“合理推诿”的掩护之下蜷缩起来。 虽然 威廉姆森（插图） 在很大程度上将表达 实际观点的任务交给了 他的嘉宾， 但剧集的标题已经 透露了绝大多数信息。 近期的“经典”作品包括 “年轻女性的极端危机”、“不可阻挡的自信之术”、“男性战争中的惊人转折”以及“关于性别差异的不适科学”。明白他的意思了吗？ 如果明白了，你不仅会注意到威廉姆森许多内容中的性别歧视，还会注意到他在处理本应细致探讨的话题时，所采用的那种令人屏息的断言式语气。然而，他的观众不仅忠诚，而且狂热。我怀疑，这并非因为他将哗众取宠与含糊其辞结合在一起，而恰恰是因为这一点。 威廉姆森最喜欢用一个伪造的数据点，来为其论点披上科学的外衣；问题是，他通常在处理
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准备极其不足
那是午餐时间，在伦敦边缘一个安静的村庄里，劳伦斯·卡姆（Laurence Kamm）看向前窗，惊恐地发现空中飘满了发光的余烬。他走出房门查看，发现自己陷入了一个完全出乎意料的高温烟雾旋涡中。
那是 2022 年 7 月 19 日，气温达到了创纪录的 40°C，难以想象的事情即将成为现实：劳伦斯所在的温宁顿村（Wennington）很快就被大火吞噬。
村边一片干涸的沼泽地起火，风将野火驱向一座又一座房屋。
在短短几个小时内，18 栋房屋被摧毁。幸运的是，劳伦斯的房子幸存了下来。
那天，伦敦地区共有 40 栋房屋被烧毁，西约克郡和诺福克郡另有 30 栋。这是英国历史上野火导致房屋损失最严重的一次。而这件事鲜为人知，令我感到震惊。
事实是，公众被隐瞒了许多信息。在 2022 年火灾发生前的几天里，官方预警系统“每日危险评估”（Daily Hazard Assessment）已发出最高级别的野火风险警告。然而，尽管这些信息与消防队共享，却并未向公众公布。
野火数量之多，导致 15 个消防救援部门宣布其力量已过度紧张。而笼罩在一切之上的恐惧是水资源是否充足。温宁顿现场的第一批救援人员报告称，“水源供应不足”限制了他们扑灭火灾的能力。
水资源供应在 6 小时后才得以恢复。而那时，最严重的破坏已经造成。
这仅仅是英国在准备工作方面依然极其匮乏的一个例子。伦敦消防局局长乔纳森·史密斯（Jonathan Smith）告诉我，几年前在城市中出现野火是不可想象的。现在，随着气候变化，这种威胁让他夜不能寐。
“我们无法在短时间内让这个魔鬼重新回到瓶子里，”他说。
戴维·舒克曼（David Shukman）曾任 BBC 新闻科学编辑，著有《应对：英国极端新世界中的火灾与洪水故事》（The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes）
他往往是反向推导——比如，认为女性应该多生孩子——而不是向某个结论靠近（例如他在 Steven Bartlett 的播客《CEO 日记》中出现时，质疑“女性解放”是否是出生率下降的原因）。威廉森（Williamson）的通讯读起来像是一个发现了 ChatGPT 的非自愿单身汉（incel）。这里有一篇 2024 年关于性别政治的内容：“多少起虚假指控才抵得上一场性侵？多少名女性毕业生才抵得上一名男性 CEO？[...] 这是伪装成算术的受害者心态。而且完全基于一个错误的假设。”
这种修辞——将基于性别的正当差距问题与往往极其不平等的反向主张配对，然后将这种比较斥为基于“错误假设”——是典型的威廉森风格。虽然将威廉森理解为从英国的困境中获益，而非造成困境的人可能更准确，但毫无疑问，他让情况变得更糟了。
在互联网最污浊的浪潮推动下，威廉森及其同类在利用我们的原子化，不仅推行令人反感的观点，而且在这样做时还耸肩摊手，一副“我怎么了？”的样子。缓慢但坚定地破坏着英国。是的，克里斯，就是指你。
记者利德尔去世后 家人发表悼词
作者：劳拉·哈丁（Laura Harding）
记者兼广播员罗德·利德尔（Rod Liddle）在短期患病后去世，享年 66 岁。
利德尔曾是《星期日泰晤士报》和《太阳报》的高知名度专栏作家，在《旁观者》杂志拥有每周专栏，并在 Times Radio 拥有个人节目。
他的孩子怀尔德（Wilder）、泰勒（Tyler）和艾米（Emmy）在声明中表示：“我们对我们优秀的父亲的突然离世感到非常悲痛和震惊。”
“他抚养我们的方式就像你可能...”
吉利根称在电视圈 身为黑人“很困难”
作者：Carla Feric
电视节目主持人莫·吉利根（Mo Gilligan）表示，在娱乐业成为一名年轻黑人男性“很困难”。
38 岁的吉利根最初通过脱口秀成名，随后转向广播电视领域，主持《莫·吉利根深夜秀》（The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan），并担任《蒙面歌王》（The Masked Singer）的常驻评委。
这位拥有牙买加和圣卢西亚血统的电视明星表示，他的身份使他在职业生涯中难以建立界限。
在参加《路易·特鲁 Podcast》（The Louis Theroux Podcast）时，吉利根被问到他在脱口秀表演中提到的一段经历：当时一名电视制片人要求他穿一件鸡装。
吉利根说：“我的反应是：‘我真的不感兴趣。我完全没感觉。’这并非出于恶意，但我想，作为一个在这个领域的年轻黑人男性，你会觉得如果你说不，对方可能会给你贴上这样的标签：‘哦，他很困难，很难合作。’”
“我知道这一点，因为我之前听其他在这个领域工作的人提起过。”
“如果我说不，我可能会被认为‘很困难’。他们甚至可能不再邀请我回来。我不想像个傲慢的diva，但我确实希望对自己所做的事情以及做事的方式拥有掌控权。”
他继续说道：“你必须坚持你的信仰，你会觉得：‘我的道德观告诉我，我不想那样做，因为我会成为笑柄，而我不想被嘲笑。’”
“我几乎代表了整个群体。他们会坐在那里说：‘噢兄弟，你在干什么？’”
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前 BBC Radio 4 旗舰节目《今日》（Today）的主编在职业生涯中并不陌生于争议，且他是第一位因为在线博客而被新闻监督机构谴责的记者。
2010 年，在利德尔（Liddle）于《旁观者》（Spectator）网站上声称伦敦“绝大多数”暴力犯罪是由年轻的非裔加勒比男性实施后，新闻投诉委员会（Press Complaints Commission）维持了一项投诉。
利德尔在担任《今日》主编期间聘请了安德鲁·吉利根（Andrew Gilligan）。
这位 BBC 记者的 2003 年报道称，政府“美化”了关于伊拉克大规模杀伤性武器的档案。
利德尔在吉利根那篇引起争议的报道播出前就离开了 BBC。
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常以挑衅著称的专栏作家罗德·利德尔（Rod Liddle）逝世，享年 66 岁
随后，他成为了哈顿勋爵（Lord Hutton）关于武器专家大卫·凯利博士（Dr David Kelly）之死调查报告的激烈批评者，该报告洗清了政府夸大伊拉克战争理由的指责。
利德尔的私生活也曾登上头条。他为了 23 岁的情妇离开相伴 11 年的伴侣瑞秋·罗伊斯（Rachel Royce），两人育有两个孩子。这对分居的夫妻就他与《旁观者》前前台艾丽西亚·蒙克顿（Alicia Munckton）的婚外情展开了公开的口水战。
利德尔随后主持了一个关于不忠的节目，辩称男性在基因上就被预设为不忠。
利德尔以其争议性观点著称，他在《旁观者》发表的专栏文章多次被指责具有厌女症和种族主义。
（此处接续关于利德尔的描述）： 想象一下，要保持好奇心、勇敢且始终幽默。
“即使在过去几周住院期间，他依然掌控着全场，从未流露出糟糕境地的一面。他留下的精神财富令我们所有人感到无比自豪。他将永远指引我们如何度过非凡的一生。”
利德尔于周日晚在米德尔斯堡的詹姆斯·库克大学医院（The James Cook University Hospital）去世。
News UK 首席执行官丽贝卡·布鲁克斯（Rebekah Brooks）称他为“一名无可替代的新闻力量”。
埃德蒙斯因将龙虾 释放到海中而 遭到谴责
作者：哈里·古德温 (Harry Goodwin)
前《Deal or No Deal》节目主持人诺埃尔·埃德蒙斯 (Noel Edmonds) 因购买活龙虾并将其释放到海中而受到批评。
这位主持人拍摄了自己在马恩岛皮尔港 (Peel Harbour) 将龙虾放回水中的视频，此前他从当地一家农场商店的水槽中购买了这些龙虾。他说，看到它们在水槽里让他感到“不舒服”。
“我们热爱并尊重所有无论大小的生物，”埃德蒙斯补充道。
环保主义者不鼓励将圈养的龙虾释放回大海，因为它们很少能生存下来，并可能将疾病传染给海洋生态系统。
农场商店的所有者马特·哈里森 (Matt Harrison) 表示，这些龙虾是当地捕获的，通常在气候控制的水槽中停留时间不超过两周。
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All My Friends 最初是我在 2016. 年发起的一个小型独立俱乐部之夜。在 10 年间，它成长了很多——从牛津街附近的 The Phoenix 小房间，发展到在曼彻斯特的 Albert Hall 和伦敦的 Koko 演出场场售罄——但初衷始终未变：只要能随之起舞，且房间里大多数人都认识这首歌，它就会被编入曲单。 没有势利之见，没有“酷小孩”的审查，只有纯粹的乐趣。 而亮点始终在于客座 DJ 环节。我不聘请“专业”DJ；我邀请的是那些能让观众感到兴奋，看着他们在打碟机后笨拙尝试的人：喜剧演员、演员，偶尔还有音乐家。 我们曾邀请过 Josh Widdicombe、Sophie Willan、James Acaster、Lou Sanders——甚至 Chesney Hawkes 现身大放异彩地演奏《The One and Only》。他们中的大多数人在技术层面并不真正懂得如何打碟——而这正是其魅力所在。 但在我邀请过的所有名字中，从“不错的收获”迅速变成“超现实炫耀”的人，当之无愧是首相 Andy Burnham。 早在 2024, 年，他还是大曼彻斯特市长——
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当时他并非未来的首相，而是一个痴迷音乐、且有着明确的“疯狂曼彻斯特”（Madchester）口味的政治家。 我知道他打过碟，我知道他热爱他的乐队，所以我决定给他团队发邮件。 之前没有任何关系，也没有巧妙的引荐。我只是陈述了 All My Friends 是什么，我们播放什么样的音乐，以及我们吸引什么样的观众。 这个想法源于我制作的播客——《Elis James and John Robins show》中的一个关于热爱打碟的政治家的笑话。我当时口误说我想邀请 Keir Starmer，但实际上我指的是 Andy。然后我想，我其实可以尝试一下。 结果证明，这是我做过最简单的邀请之一。当晚，他到场时并非以“市长”身份，而是一个真正渴望度过一个美好夜晚的家伙。 他提前到达，带着十几个亲近的朋友和家人，将他们全部挤在狭小的化妆间里。 通常，客座 DJ 都是单独出现，询问演出时间和离开时间。但 Andy 把这当成了整晚的活动，并要求了几瓶欧陆拉格啤酒。 他提前把曲单发给了我，你可以看出他非常热爱策划这个名单：New Order, Blossoms, The Stone Roses, James, Oasis, Hot Chip, The Charlatans, Doves, The Courteeners, Johnny Marr, The Smiths 以及至关重要的《Things Can
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D:Ream 的《Only Get Better》。当我看到这首歌在里面时，我想：“他非常清楚自己在做什么。” 有几首曲子我轻微地质疑过。对于 All My Friends 的观众来说，Puressence 似乎有些太小众了，但他只是笑了笑说：“别担心，戴夫，绝对没问题的。” 他是对的。现场气氛极其热烈。 我在 10 点半左右将位置交给了安迪，到了第二首歌时，他基本上告诉我他一个人能搞定。他拿起麦克风，带动气氛，跟着歌词一起唱，全身心地投入其中。 我之前最大的担心是他会保持在“政治家模式”：有点僵硬，有点谨慎。相反，他完全投入了。 最后我在后台和舞池之间徘徊，看着大曼彻斯特市长完全进入了自己的状态。演出结束后，他发短信表示感谢，告诉我他的家人度过了一段美好时光，并悄悄地将他的酬劳捐给了慈善机构。 快进到今年，他当晚打碟的那些片段正在疯传。我不知道是否能邀请安迪再次回到 All My Friends，但如果在这个世界上，首相真的能再次偷偷溜出来给独立俱乐部之夜打碟，我的收件箱随时欢迎。
戴夫·马斯特曼 (Dave Masterman) 是一位屡获殊荣的音频制作人，也是 Significant Productions 的总监，最著名的作品是“Elis James and John Robins”播客。他在英国各地运营 All My Friends 俱乐部之夜。
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6.00 早间节目 (S)。9.30 动物公园 (R) (S)。10.15 追踪、搜寻，拿回我的车 (R) (S)。10.45 专家证人 (R) (S)。11.15 房屋拍卖 (S)。12.15 货比三家 (R) (S)。1.00 BBC 一点钟新闻；天气预报 (S)。1.35 BBC 地区新闻；天气预报 (S)。1.45 BBC 一点钟新闻；天气预报 (S)。2.00 钱财无用 (S)。2.45 逃离城市 (R) (S)。3.45 竞拍室 (R) (S)。4.30 答案奔跑 (S)。5.15 无用之用 (R) (S)。
6.00 BBC 六点钟新闻；天气预报 (S)。 6.30 BBC 地区新闻；天气预报 (S)。
7.00 综合秀 (S)。 7.30 《东区人物》拉维逼问普里雅关于那个神秘男人的答案 (S)。
8.00 《英国大缝纫赛》缝纫者们庆祝墨西哥时尚与纺织品 (S)。
9.00 谋杀 24 / 7 关于一名赫里福德男子被谋杀案的两部分调查之首 (S)。
10.00 BBC 十点钟新闻 (S)。 10.30 BBC 地区新闻 (S)。 10.40 电影：《罗宾汉》（里德利·斯科特 2010） (S)。
12.55 BBC 新闻 (S)。
今日推荐 乔与大卫的魔幻 情景喜剧之旅 晚上9点, U&Gold 喜剧演员乔·威尔金森和好朋友大卫·厄尔（两人均在左图）共同创作了近年来最优秀的情景喜剧之一《Cockfields》。现在，他们将展开这场特立独行的巡演，向三部经典的英国情景喜剧致敬：《监狱风云》(Porridge)、《福尔顿酒店》(Fawlty Towers) 和《办公室》(The Office)。他们将从罗尼·巴克主演的监狱喜剧开始，威尔金森深情回忆起当年与父母一起观看该剧的情景。这次活动的安排是，由厄尔为他的朋友提供一系列与《监狱风云》相关的惊喜，包括一个还原的监狱牢房布景、参观巴克拍摄期间居住的房屋，以及与《监狱风云》的共同创作者迪克·克莱门特会面。
6.30 淘货猎人 (R) (S)。 7.15 竞拍室 (R) (S)。 8.00 签名区： 英国缝纫大赛 (R) (S)。 9.00 BBC新闻 (S)。 1.00 理查德·奥斯曼的游戏屋 (R) (S)。 1.30 终点线 (R) (S)。 2.15 你知道你的位置吗？(R) (S)。 2.45 板球： The Hundred 赛事 莱兹太阳升女队 vs 伦敦精神女队 (开始时间 下午3点) (S)。
6.00 板球：The Hundred 赛事 莱兹太阳升男队 vs 伦敦精神男队 (开始时间 下午6.30) (S)。
9.30 吸血鬼 莱斯塔特： 吸血鬼访谈 (S)。
10.15 发生在我身上：我因 氯胺酮在 日本入狱 (S)。 10.30 新闻之夜 (S)。
11.05 电影：《末班车》 (吉尔斯· 麦金农 2021) 剧情片， 由蒂莫西·斯波尔 主演 (S)。
12.30 签名区：不类 (R) (S)。 1.30 这是BBC Two (S)。
6.00 英国早安 (S)。 10.00 这是一个早晨 (S)。 1.30 ITV新闻；天气 (S)。 1.55 ITV地区新闻；天气 (S)。 2.00 迪金森的真实交易 (R) (S)。 3.00 成交或不成交 (R) (S)。 3.59 ITV地区天气 (S)。 4.00 翻牌时刻 (R) (S)。 5.00 追击 (R) (S)。
6.00 ITV地区 新闻；天气 (S)。 6.30 ITV新闻； 天气 (S)。
7.30 走进朗廷酒店： 英国第一家 豪华酒店 (S)。
8.00 艾默代尔 尼古拉发现了一个 令人担忧的 情况 (S)。 8.30 Coronation Street (S)。
9.00 冷案法医： 尼罗河上的 死亡 (S)。
=== 冷案法医： 尼罗河上的死亡 晚上9点, ITV1 法医科学家安吉拉·加洛普博士及其团队调查一名英国律师在埃及度假期间突然且神秘死亡的案件。她能否证明雪莉是被谋杀的？
10.00 ITV十点新闻 (S)。 10.30 ITV地区新闻 (S)。 10.45 电影：《绝地双雄 II》 (迈克尔·贝 2003) (S)。
1.10 电视购物 3.00 巅峰 (R) (S)。 3.50 与ITV一起放松 (S)。 5.05 寻亲记：无迹之生 (R) (S)。
=== 英国缝纫大赛 晚上8点, BBC One 最新一轮比赛庆祝墨西哥的时尚与纺织传统，在图案挑战环节中，缝纫者需要制作一件民俗上衣，并使用墨西哥瓦哈卡地区原住民社区制作的面料。这套定制服装的灵感来自遍布全国的众多墨西哥节日之一，帕特里克·格兰特和埃斯梅·杨将与客座评委、英籍墨西哥时尚设计师埃丽卡·阿尔瓦雷斯共同评判。
谋杀 24 / 7 晚上9点, BBC One 2025年1月，54岁的杰米·高勒被发现死在
6.30 皇后之王 (R) (S)。 6.55 皇后之王 (R) (S)。 7.20 皇后之王 (R) (S)。 7.45 每个人都爱雷蒙德 (R) (S)。 8.10 每个人都爱雷蒙德 (R) (S)。 8.40 每个人都爱雷蒙德 (R) (S)。 9.10 弗雷泽 (R) (S)。 11.10 拉姆齐的厨房噩梦美国篇 (R) (S)。 12.05 第4频道新闻摘要 (S)。 12.10 寻找、修复、出售 (R) (S)。 1.10 豪宅赠送 (R) (S)。 2.10 倒计时 (S)。 3.00 阳光下的居所 (R) (S)。 4.00 与佩内洛普·凯思一起拯救乡村别墅 (R) (S)。 5.00 城堡DIY (R) (S)。
6.00 美国 拾荒者 迈克· 沃尔夫和 弗兰克·弗里茨 发现了一批概念车 (R) (S)。
7.00 第4频道新闻 (S)。
8.00 Hotel Chocolat 揭秘 (S)。
9.00 名人被追捕 两名逃犯采取 大胆行动， 出现在 电视直播中 (S)。
10.00 观看盒子 评论员们对《名人叛徒》 和《触发点》的看法 (R) (S)。
11.05 吉普赛妻子的秘密生活 (R) (S)。
12.05 《裸体吸引力》 (R) (S)。1.05 《拉姆齐的酒店噩梦》 (R) (S)。1.55 电影：《突破》(Roxann Dawson 2019) (S)。3.50 《情侣来我家用餐》 (R) (S)。4.45 《钢琴》 (R) (S)。
赫里福德的一套公寓里，一名男子坐在扶手椅上，脸上盖着一条毛巾。尸检结果显示，其头部、颈部和胸部受到钝器创伤，几乎每根肋骨都折断了。由于没有目击者，调查小组开始拼凑受害者最后的日子，并很快确定他最近允许一名陌生人留宿。警方最终抓获了嫌疑人，此人在六周前才刚出狱。
6.00 《Milkshake!》 9.15 《杰里米·Vine》 (S)。11.30 《Storm & Alexis》 (S)。12.45 《5 News 午间新闻》 (S)。12.50 《马特·奥尔赖特》 (S)。2.15 电影：《威尼斯谋杀案》(Lane Shefter Bishop 2023) 惊悚片，由索菲·霍普金斯主演 (S)。4.00 《城堡》 (R) (S)。4.55 《热爱自然》 (R) (S)。5.00 《Dan Walker 5点新闻》 (S)。
6.00 《马略卡岛：阳光下的一年》 (R) (S)。 6.55 《5 News 新闻快讯》 (S)。
7.00 《约克郡兽医：与格林一家同在》 (R) (S)。 7.55 《5 News 新闻快讯》 (S)。
8.00 《走进隆利特》 摄像机调查隆利特花园中不请自来的访客 (S)。
9.00 《维多利亚时代的人们》，由 Rob Rinder 和 Ruth Goodman 主持 (S)。
10.30 《大追捕：搜寻警杀手》 1982 年警方搜寻 Barry Prudom 的大追捕行动 (R) (S)。
12.05 《隔壁的食人魔》 (R) (S)。1.00 《邮轮电视》，与 LoveitBookit 同台 (R) (S)。2.00 《全科医生：闭门之后》 (R) (S)。2.50 《城堡》 (R) (S)。3.40 《老友记》 (R) (S)。4.05 《老友记》 (R) (S)。4.30 《高地兽医》 (R) (S)。
Oti Mabuse 和 Richard Coles 在继续他们的“南非奥德赛”之旅时遇到了企鹅。 晚上 9 点，More4 频道
7.00 《伟大的英国铁路之旅》 (S)。 7.30 《温赖特徒步之旅》 (S)。
8.00 《天生贵族》 (S)。 8.30 《保持面子》 系列最后一集 (S)。
9.00 《雌狼：英格兰早期的女王》 系列最后一集 (S)。
10.00 《城堡：英国的防御史》 系列最后一集 (S)。
11.00 《权力走廊：美国应该担任世界警察吗？》 (S)。
12.00 《权力走廊：美国应该担任世界警察吗？》 (S)。1.00 《雌狼：英格兰早期的女王》 (S)。2.00 《城堡：英国的防御史》 (S)。3.00 《伟大的英国铁路之旅》 (S)。
=== 《名人被猎》 晚上 9 点，第 4 频道 第三天，全部 12 名逃犯仍然在逃，Brian 和 Lucy Conley 躲在一个臭气熏天的火车厕所里，而 Amy Dowden 和 Carlos Gu 则心痒痒地想暴露行踪去参加 Craig Revel Horwood 的 60 岁生日派对。
=== 《索尔兹伯里中毒事件：隔壁的间谍》 晚上 9 点，Sky 纪录片频道 这部关于 2018 年在索尔兹伯里发生的针对前俄罗斯间谍 Sergei Skripal 及其女儿 Yulia 的神经毒剂袭击的深度调查，包括了前首相特蕾莎·梅和前内政大臣 Amber Rudd 的贡献，以及情报和反恐官员的参与，以及一名
索菲·威兰主持墨西哥时装周 晚上 8 点，BBC One
特蕾莎·梅讨论索尔兹伯里中毒事件 晚上 9 点，Sky Docs
6.55 电影：《忍者神龟：变种大乱斗》(Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears 2023) (S)。
9.00 电影：《我的继母是外星人》(Richard Benjamin 1988) 科幻喜剧 (S)。
11.10 《索豪之夜》访谈特辑 11.15 电影：《皮囊之下》(Jonathan Glazer 2013) 科幻剧 (S)。
1.25 电影：《如何与派对上的女孩聊天》(John Cameron Mitchell 2017) 浪漫喜剧，由 Elle Fanning 主演 (S)。 3.35 结束
6.00 《后院搭建》 (S)。 6.30 《穿出气质》 (S)。 7.30 《盐湖城真实主妇》 (S)。8.20 《橙县真实主妇》 (S)。9.20 《埃塞克斯生活方式》 (S)。10.15 《道逊之丘》 (S)。11.10 《查美姬》 (S)。12.10 《Deal Or No Deal》 (S)。1.10 《超市大抢购》 (S)。2.10 《The Floor USA》 (S)。3.10 《埃塞克斯生活方式》 (S)。4.10 《盐湖城真实主妇》 (S)。5.00 《橙县真实主妇》 (S)。
6.00 《名人猜词》，由 Beverley Callard, Kirsty Gallacher 和 Stephen K Amos 主持 (S)。
7.00 《The Floor USA》 Rob Lowe 主持这部充满戏剧性且快节奏的游戏节目的美国版 (S)。
8.00 《1% 俱乐部》 问答赛，由 Lee Mack 主持 (S)。
9.00 Olivia Attwood: The Price Of Perfection 新 剧集 (S)。
10.00 《恶搞之家》(Family Guy) 邦妮生了一个女孩 (S)。 10.30 《恶搞之家》(Family Guy) (S)。
11.05 《恶搞之家》(Family Guy) 露易丝回来确认她的 潜在凶手 (S)。 11.35 《美国爸爸！》(American Dad!) (S)。
12.05 《美国爸爸！》(American Dad!) (S)。 12.35 《鲍勃的大汉堡》(Bob’s Burgers) (S)。 1.05 《鲍勃的大汉堡》(Bob’s Burgers) (S)。 1.30 《平民》(Plebs) (S)。 1.55 《深伪》(Deep Fake) 邻居战争 (S)。 2.20 与 ITV 一同放松 (S)。 3.00 电视购物
Journey Finder 多米诺骨牌
如何游戏：将 28 块从 0-0 到 6-6 的多米诺骨牌全部放入网格中，每块仅限一次。你能算出每块牌的位置吗？
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2 1 3 5 1 5 2
0 4 0 6
6 4
3
二进制 (Binary)
如何游戏：完成网格，使每一行和每一列都包含五个 0 和五个 1。在任何一行或一列中，相同的数字不能在连续的两个以上方格中出现。在完成的谜题中，每一行的 0 和 1 的序列必须与其他行不同，列同理。
0 0 1 1
0 0 0 1
链接 (Chain Link)
如何游戏：在每一行、每一列以及由链条连接的每一组方格中填入数字 1-6。
数字六边形 (Number Hexagon)
如何游戏：每个六边形被分为六个三角形。这六个三角形的和始终为 25。在每个空白三角形中填入 1-9 之间的数字以完成谜题：一个六边形内不能重复出现同一个数字。
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每日问答 (Daily Quiz)
如何游戏：按照数字顺序 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 依此类推在数字之间移动，从灰色的 1 开始，在灰色的 4 结束。每一步你可以向任何方向（包括对角线）移动一个方格。你必须形成一条连续的路径，且每个方格恰好访问一次。
轨迹制作 (Making Tracks)
如何游戏：外围的数字表示从 A 到 B 之间，轨迹在每一行和每一列中通过的方格数量。轨迹要么直接穿过方格，要么在其中以直角转弯。
A
寻路者 (Pathfinder)
如何游戏：从一个字母移动到相邻字母，你能否创建一条连续的路径，访问每个方格一次，并拼出网格右侧列出的所有单词？从阴影方格开始。
M O P G N A S S E N
E D R T F L D
M I T O L
B U Q R
I W F
Y C K H
V C
H G
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战舰 (Battleships)
如何游戏：在网格中确定下方列出的每艘船的位置。边缘的数字告诉你谜题中每一行和每一列的船只片段数量。船只的所有周围（包括对角线）都被海水包围。
4-page pullout pullout
Anger (愤怒) Cheapen (贬低) Eliminate (消除) Embryo (胚胎) Enclave (飞地) Fellow (伙伴) Fondness (喜爱) Genetics (遗传学) Insert (插入) Mope (闷闷不乐) Rivalry (竞争) Slot (槽口) Spate (大量) Squid (鱿鱼) Stealth (隐秘) Strike (打击)
食谱
懒人版树莓波纹 冰激凌
分量 6-8 人份
397g 罐装炼乳 600ml 双重奶油 250g 无籽树莓果酱
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只需混合并冷冻，即可在一年中的任何时间品尝夏日风味。这些无需搅拌的树莓波纹冰激凌仅用三种食材即可制成。
将炼乳和奶油放入一个大碗中，用电动搅拌器搅拌至出现软峰，大约需要 5 分钟。 将约四分之一的奶油混合物铺在耐冷冻的容器中，并在上面淋上三分之一的树莓果酱。 在果酱上再舀入四分之一的奶油。 重复分层，最后以一层搅拌奶油结尾。 用刀在混合物中划几次，使食材形成大理石纹路。 盖好并冷冻过夜。 食用前放入冰箱冷藏 15 分钟使其软化。用华夫筒舀入食用效果极佳。
食谱来自 Bonne Maman
全国最出色的 格栅填字游戏 每周六更新
玩法 填充白色方格，使每组横向或纵向单元格的总和与该组起始处的数字一致。你只能使用 1-9 的数字，且每组数字不能重复。
11 15 4 7
5 4
3 36
玩法 在每行、每列以及粗线勾勒的拼图区域内，将数字 1-9 各填入一次。
6 9 2 5 8 1 8 1 6 7 2
玩法 每行、每列以及 3x3 的方格内必须包含 1 到 9 的每个数字且仅出现一次。灰色线内所有数字之和必须与左上角打印的数字一致。在灰色线组成的区域内，数字不能重复出现。
12 18 12 11
14
10 13 18 17
24
13 10 14
21
16 16
平台
玩法 在每行和每列中将数字 1-5 恰好填入一次。大于号和小于号（‘>’ 和 ‘<’）指示了该单元格与相邻单元格之间的大小关系。
玩法 在网格中找到所有地雷。某些方格中的数字表示其相邻方格（包括对角线接触的方格）中地雷的数量。数字方格内不能放置地雷。
0 0 2 4 4 0 0 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 0 5 3 1 1
押韵字母 含义
WHITTLE (削减) OCCUR (发生)
BEEN (曾经) WHICH (哪个)
NUISANCE (麻烦)
OBSERVED (观察)
A
A
玩法：在空格中填入数字，使横向和纵向的计算结果与灰色方格中显示的结果一致。1 到 9 的每个数字必须且只能出现一次。计算应从左到右、从上到下进行，而非严格遵循数学运算顺序。
-1
9 *
C
C
简单 (Easier)
× 47
×
÷
5 ÷ 40
+ 2 5
3 68
困难 (Harder)
+ 12
3 11
58 8
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简明填字游戏 No 4898 (Concise Crossword No 4898)
8 9
横向 (ACROSS) 1 英国河流 (3) 在……上淋油脂 (5) 8 超过目标 (9) 9 电路 / 环路 (3) 10 最近的 (4) 11 第二人格 (5,3) 13 先驱 (11) 16 煤矿 (8) 18 行星 (4) 21 能量单位 (3) 22 互惠的 (3-3-3) 23 悲惨的 (5) 24 胆怯的 (3)
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代码字谜 No 4576 (Codeword No 4576)
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纵向 (DOWN) 1 家具件 (7) 2 设施 (4) 顺便说一下 (2,3,3) 4 软膏 (5) 提供有薪工作 (6) 6 劳动 (4) 7 协作 (11) 12 政府部门 (8) 14 精确地 (7) 15 入口 (6) 17 啤酒种类 (5) 19 地点 (4) 20 敌人 (4)
新闻 (NEWS) 2-33 观点 (OPINION) 18-22 电视 (TV) 26-31 生活 (LIFE) 34-37 文化 (CULTURE) 38-41 金钱 (MONEY) 42-45 体育 (SPORT) 50-56
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10 11
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16 17 18 19
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23 24
玩法 将梯子顶端的单词转换为底端的单词，仅使用中间的五个横杠。在每个横杠上，您必须填入一个有效的四个字母单词，该单词与上方的单词完全相同，仅有一个字母不同。实现这一目标可能有多种方法。
RARE
FUND
NICE
LEAR
2026年8月4日，星期二 (TUESDAY 4 AUGUST 2026)
玩法：1 到 9 的每个数字必须（且仅一次）出现在组成红色字母 i 的方格中。
9 8 2 4 1 3 6 1 2 3 9 3 4 7 5 4
数独 (Sudoku) 困难 (Harder)
明日：简单 (Tomorrow: Easier)
玩法 将字母 A、B 和 C 分别仅在每行和每列中放置一次。每行和每列有两个空白单元格。行 / 列边缘的字母表示该行 / 列中第一个 / 最后一个出现的字母。
C B
A C A
玩法 使用圆轮中的字母可以找到多少个单词？我们找到了 33 个，其中包括一个九字母单词。每个单词必须包含中心字母以及至少其他三个字母。字母只能使用一次。不能使用外来词、专有名词或复数形式，但可以使用以“s”结尾的动词形式。
I L L O I T N
4 5 2
游戏与谜题
A
儿童角落 数字金字塔
D
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玩法：数字金字塔中每个方格的值为其正下方两个方格之和。
44 57 69 50
23 21 36 33 17
1-
2÷ 1-
3 3
2
17 6 15 21 12 5
16 1 5 10 11 1 4
单词填充 (Word Fit)
玩法：你能将所有单词填入网格以完成谜题吗？有些单词最初可能适合填在多个位置，但只有一种方式能让所有单词共同填满网格。
PRIDE PARK ST JAMES’ PARK ST MARY’S STADIUM OF LIGHT THE DEN VALE PARK VICARAGE ROAD VILLA PARK WEMBLEY 玩法：只需回答网格旁的线索，并将答案写在相应的行中。最终方案在每一行的水平阅读顺序必须与每一列的垂直阅读顺序相同。
单词方格 (Word Square)
数独 (Calcudoku)
玩法：在每行每列中各填入数字 1-6 一次，并遵守粗线区域内的求和结果。每个区域内的数字表示该区域的总和，符号表示应对数字执行的运算类型：加法、减法、除法或乘法。在粗线区域内，数字可以重复。进行减法时，始终用最高数字减去区域内的较低数字；进行除法时，用最高数字除以较低数字。
227 245
2
101 126 119
4 个字母 Draw Husk Nick 5 个字母 Merit Poppy Theft Undue 6 个字母 Across Bright Fasten Nettle Purity 7 个字母 Concise Furnace Heretic Prodigy Unmoved 8 个字母 Labourer Raincoat Scrounge
Singlet
Reverberate
Bogus
Mausoleum
3- 8+ 2÷ 2-
10+ 20× 10×
13+
3÷ 3×
骑士巡旅 (Knight’s Tour)
玩法：一名国际象棋骑士在网格中每个方格恰好访问一次，从 1 开始，在 100 结束（这两个方格已阴影标注）。推导出骑士的完整路径——其中部分已给出——从而完成网格。骑士的走法是：先水平走两格再垂直走一格，或先垂直走两格再水平走一格。
100 88 19 26 36
61 34 25
32 87 46 94 23
8
30 91
16 82 48 39
58 81 76 85 96 11 43
67 64 71 8 53
78 14 55 72
68 9 52
单词搜索 (Word Search) 桥接 (Bridges)
玩法：将所有岛屿（以圆圈表示）连接成一个单一的互连组。为此，在岛屿之间绘制桥梁。每个圆圈中的数字表示必须连接到该岛屿的桥梁数量。桥梁不能相互交叉，只能水平或垂直绘制，且任意两岛之间最多可有两座桥。
6 4 7 7
六边形词链 (Hexalex)
玩法：将下列每个字母在空白六边形中各填入一次，填入后将其划掉。填入字母的方式应使得可以通过从一个六边形移动到相邻六边形，拼出网格旁列出的所有单词。
45 40
单元格 (Cells)
玩法：将网格划分为正方形或长方形块，每个块仅包含一个数字。每个块包含的单元格数量必须与其中数字所示一致。
玩法：经典的单词搜索谜题：在网格中找到所有单词。单词可能水平、垂直或对角线隐藏，且方向可能是正向或反向。
S S P M V C A R R O W R O A D K T C C I D P T H E D E N K V H A M R C A L R W F N J R Z A I D B A A V B O B E A F K L L R V R V L M G D P S R C E L U A A Y E H O D E A H D P S M M L G W S N O L P P A Q A B O A L E S E O C N E A R O F L A R Q W M O O H N E R K R L L P O E T S B K T B E R K O L A A L V R L Q T B U Q U G A R D D M A C C E D A Y X G H N K O R P W M O K Y Y G C H T E O M A N F E L D F E R A G S T J A M E S P A R K Z
ANFIELD BRAMALL LANE CARROW ROAD CRAVEN COTTAGE EWOOD PARK GOODISON PARK HILLSBOROUGH MOLINEUX PARKHEAD
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B K S
DISC FEZ GRAVY HURL JOY JUMBO KID PRAWN VAULT
对查尔斯·罗利（Charles Rowley）的独家采访，他是俄罗斯袭击事件中唯一遇难者唐·斯图吉斯（Dawn Sturgess）的伴侣。该片揭露了当局如何全力追查肇事者，并应对这起在英国本土发生的最新胆敢的国家支持的侵略行径。
=== Oti与理查德的南非奥德赛 晚上9点，More4 在西开普省，这对性格迥异的旅行伙伴奥蒂·马布塞（Oti Mabuse）和理查德·科尔斯（Richard Coles）挑战世界上最惊险的公路之一，并造访了一个非洲企鹅群落。在西库斯（Weskus），他们观赏了科伊桑人的舞蹈传统，随后在海滨小镇帕特诺斯特（Paternoster）享用了小龙虾晚餐。
6.00 《乔治与米尔德里德》（George And Mildred）(S)。6.35 《乔治与米尔德里德》(S)。7.05 经典版《艾默代尔》(S)。7.35 经典版《艾默代尔》(S)。8.10 经典版《街道冠冕》(S)。8.40 经典版《街道冠冕》(S)。9.10 阿加莎·克里斯蒂的《波洛》(S)。10.25 阿加莎·克里斯蒂的《波洛》(S)。11.30 《心跳》(S)。12.35 《心跳》(S)。1.35 《米德萨默之谜》(S)。3.35 经典版《艾默代尔》(S)。4.10 经典版《艾默代尔》(S)。5.15 经典版《街道冠冕》(S)。5.50 《心跳》(S)。
6.55 《心跳》银行抢劫犯在艾登菲尔德潜逃 (S)。
8.00 《薇拉》荒原上发现一具尸体 (S)。
10.00 《格兰彻斯特》威尔得知父亲陷入麻烦 (S)。
11.00 《格兰彻斯特》(S)。 11.50 《审判与惩罚》康纳努力寻找线索 (S)。
1.25 《威克利夫》(S)。2.25 ITV放松时光 (S)。2.30 电视购物
6.00 《好莱坞》(S)。6.30 《好莱坞》(S)。6.55 《粗鲁(ish)管》(S) 短片。7.00 《情侣请来我家用餐》(S)。8.00 《拉姆齐的厨房噩梦：美国篇》(S)。9.00 《拉姆齐的厨房噩梦：美国篇》(S)。10.00 《美国最搞笑家庭录像》(S)。11.00 《甲板之下：地中海》(S)。12.00 《辛普森一家》(S)。12.30 《辛普森一家》(S)。1.00 《辛普森一家》(S)。1.30 《辛普森一家》(S)。2.00 《布鲁克林九九》(S)。2.30 《布鲁克林九九》(S)。3.00 《摩登家庭》(S)。3.30 《摩登家庭》(S)。4.00 《摩登家庭》(S)。4.30 《摩登家庭》(S)。5.00 《辛普森一家》(S)。5.30 《辛普森一家》(S)。
6.00 《辛普森一家》惊悚的万圣节恶作剧 (S)。 6.30 《好莱坞》(S)。
7.00 《好莱坞》(S)。 7.30 《辛普森一家》荷马将为史密瑟斯寻找男朋友定为自己的使命 (S)。
8.00 《范德庞普法则》奥黛丽与新调酒师克里斯亲近 (S)。
9.00 《甲板之下：大洋洲》哈里希望与布里重燃爱火 (S)。
10.00 《第一次约会：2020 情人节特辑》(S)。
11.00 《裸体吸引力》(S)。
12.05 《Gogglebox》(S)。1.05 《范德庞普法则》(S)。2.10 《甲板之下：大洋洲》(S)。3.00 《拉姆齐的厨房噩梦：美国篇》(S)。3.50 《辛普森一家》(S)。4.40 《戈德堡一家》(S)。5.05 《戈德堡一家》(S)。
精选 劳伦斯·费伦 (LAURENCE PHELAN)
8.55 继承猎人 (Heir Hunters) (S)。 10.00 四人一床 (Four In A Bed) (S)。 10.35 四人一床 (Four In A Bed) (S)。 11.05 四人一床 (Four In A Bed) (S)。 11.35 四人一床 (Four In A Bed) (S)。 12.10 四人一床 (Four In A Bed) (S)。 12.40 来我家吃饭 (Come Dine With Me) (S)。 1.10 来我家吃饭 (Come Dine With Me) (S)。 1.40 来我家吃饭 (Come Dine With Me) (S)。 2.15 来我家吃饭 (Come Dine With Me) (S)。 2.50 来我家吃饭 (Come Dine With Me) (S)。 3.20 四人一床 (Four In A Bed) (S)。 3.50 四人一床 (Four In A Bed) (S)。 4.20 四人一床 (Four In A Bed) (S)。 4.50 四人一床 (Four In A Bed) (S)。 5.20 四人一床 (Four In A Bed) (S)。 5.50 汽车救援 (Car S.O.S) (S)。
6.50 汽车救援 (Car S.O.S) 蒂姆·肖 (Tim Shaw) 和 弗兹·汤森德 (Fuzz Townshend) 救援一台 1973 年的丹尼斯 (Dennis) 消防车 (S)。
7.55 宏伟设计 (Grand Designs) 格洛斯特郡的一座现代树屋 (S)。
9.00 欧蒂和理查德的南非奥德赛 (Oti And Richard’s South African Odyssey) (S)。
10.00 A&E 24 小时 (24 Hours In A&E) 一名树艺师在坠落后被紧急送医 (S)。
11.05 A&E 24 小时 (24 Hours In A&E) 一名 22 岁青年因面部和手臂被刺伤被紧急送医 (S)。
12.10 999：前线 (999: On The Front Line) (S)。 1.15 A&E 24 小时 (24 Hours In A&E) (S)。 2.20 A&E 24 小时 (24 Hours In A&E) (S)。 3.25 阳光之乡 (A Place In The Sun) (S)。 3.50 紧闭
周二 2026 年 8 月 4 日 新闻 2-33 观点 18-22 电视 26-31 生活 34-37 文化 38-41 财经 42-45 体育 50-56
今日电影 《身体替身》(Body Double) 晚上 11.40，Talking Pictures TV (布莱恩·德 帕尔玛 导演，1984 年) 这部风格化的新黑色电影向希区柯克的《后窗》和《迷魂记》致敬并进行了重新演绎。故事讲述一名落魄演员在同意帮一名单身汉看管位于好莱坞山顶的一处极尽奢华的现代主义公寓后，不久便卷入了一场谋杀阴谋，并开始窥视并痴迷于一位美丽的半裸邻居。片中充满了多层欺骗与误导。梅拉尼·格里菲斯 (Melanie Griffith)（左）饰演一名色情之星，她将我们的反英雄带入了她的禁忌地下世界（包括 Frankie Goes To Hollywood 乐队）。这部曾经挑衅且突破界限的色情惊悚片，如今已变成一部带有时代感且充满坎普风的有趣作品。
6.00 早晨 (Mornings) (R)。 6.30 早晨 (Mornings) (R)。 7.00 Ridge 与 Frost 的早晨 (Mornings With Ridge And Frost) (R)。 7.30 Ridge 与 Frost 的早晨 (Mornings With Ridge And Frost) (R)。 8.00 星际之门 SG-1 (Stargate SG-1) (R) (S)。 9.00 NCIS：洛杉矶 (NCIS: Los Angeles) (R) (S)。 10.00 威尔与格蕾丝 (Will & Grace) (R) (S)。 10.30 威尔与格蕾丝 (Will & Grace) (R) (S)。 11.00 辛普森一家 (The Simpsons) (R) (S)。 11.30 辛普森一家 (The Simpsons) (R) (S)。 12.00 大猫之国 (Big Cat Country) (R) (S)。 1.00 天使岛 (Hawaii Five-0) (R) (S)。 2.00 天使岛 (Hawaii Five-0) (R) (S)。 3.00 S.W.A.T (R) (S)。 4.00 S.W.A.T (R) (S)。 5.00 辛普森一家 (The Simpsons) (R) (S)。 5.30 辛普森一家 (The Simpsons) (R) (S)。
6.00 动物管制 (Animal Control) 艾米莉调查围绕在她团队周围的谜团 (R) (S)。 6.30 动物管制 (Animal Control) (R) (S)。
7.00 辛普森一家 (The Simpsons) (R) (S)。 7.30 辛普森一家 (The Simpsons) 玛姬回忆起她如何与荷马相识 (R) (S)。
8.00 最佳医疗 (Best Medicine) 一名年长女性的幻觉导致了严重后果 (S)。
9.00 别管 Buzzcocks (Never Mind The Buzzcocks) 主持人 Mel Blatt, Betty Boo, Tom Davis, Keith Duffy 和 Shane Lynch (R) (S)。
10.00 郊区之夜 (The ’Burbs) (R) (S)。 10.55 动物管制 (Animal Control) 艾米莉调查围绕在她团队周围的谜团 (R) (S)。
11.25 动物管制 (Animal Control) (R) (S)。 11.55 格林 (Grimm) (R) (S)。
12.50 警力：曼彻斯特 (The Force: Manchester) (R) (S)。 1.45 道路战争 (Road Wars) (R) (S)。 2.35 道路战争 (Road Wars) (R) (S)。 3.00 天使岛 (Hawaii Five-0) (R) (S)。 4.00 S.W.A.T (R) (S)。 5.00 S.W.A.T (R) (S)。
6.00 鱼镇 (Fish Town) (R) (S)。 7.00 鱼镇 (Fish Town) (R) (S)。 8.00 亿万 (Billions) (R) (S)。 9.10 亿万 (Billions) (R) (S)。 10.20 任务 (Task) (R) (S)。 11.35 任务 (Task) (R) (S)。 12.50 谋杀：街头生活 (Homicide: Life On The Street) (R) (S)。 1.55 谋杀：街头生活 (Homicide: Life On The Street) (R) (S)。 3.00 亿万 (Billions) (R) (S)。 4.10 亿万 (Billions) (R) (S)。 5.20 激烈竞争 (Heated Rivalry) (R) (S)。
6.25 激烈竞争 (Heated Rivalry) Shane 和 Ilya 维持着他们的秘密私情 (R) (S)。
7.30 真探：夜之国 (True Detective: Night Country) 关于 Annie 和 Tsalal 成员发生之事的真相揭晓 (R) (S)。
9.00 狱中之王：起源 (Gomorrah: The Origins) 安杰洛被迫达成一项协议。意大利语 (S)。
10.00 狱中之王：起源 (Gomorrah: The Origins) 犯罪剧前传，由 Luca Lubrano 主演 (S)。
11.00 囚犯 (Prisoner) 安伯让 Tibor 出庭的计划陷入危险 (R) (S)。
12.00 真探：夜之国 (True Detective: Night Country) (R) (S)。 1.10 真探：夜之国 (True Detective: Night Country) (R) (S)。 2.20 真探：夜之国 (True Detective: Night Country) (R) (S)。 3.35 亿万 (Billions) (R) (S)。 4.35 差不多 (Sort Of) (R) (S)。 5.05 城市秘密 (Urban Secrets) (R) (S)。
=== 《海绵宝宝》电影： 海绵宝宝出海记 下午 4 点，Sky Cinema Animation (Paul Tibbitt, 2015) 这部关于方块裤先生的第二部电影毫无深度、意义或寓意，但却是一部古怪且充满强迫性双关语的喜剧，片中他处理了时空旅行、水上世界以及宇宙守护海豚等情节。
=== 距离安德里夫卡 2000 米 晚上 10.40 点，Sky Documentaries (Mstyslav Chernov, 2025) 很难想象还有比这部电影更直观、更近距离地记录乌克兰战争的作品了。该片由一个排在向该国北部村庄进军时所拍摄的高清执法记录仪画面制成。
BBC Radio 1 6.58am Newsbeat 新闻 7.00 Greg James 的 Radio 1 Breakfast 早餐节目 11.00 Rickie, Melvin And Charlie 12.45pm Newsbeat 新闻 1.00 Matt And Jerry 3.30 Newsbeat 新闻 3.33 Vick, Katie And Jamie 的 Radio 1 Going Home 5.45 Newsbeat 新闻 6.00 Jack Saunders 的 Radio 1 新音乐秀 (New Music Show) 8.00 Sian Eleri 的 Radio 1 未来艺术家 (Future Artists) 10.00 Sian Eleri 的 Radio 1 舒缓播放列表 (Power Down Playlist) 11.00 Alyx Holcombe 的 Radio 1 独立音乐秀 (Indie Show) 1am Radio 1 Dance Drum & Bass 混音 1.30 Radio 1 Dance Drum & Bass 混音 2.00 Radio 1 金曲 (Anthems) 4.00 Radio 1 流行金曲 (Pop Anthems) 5.00 Dean McCullough 的 Radio 1 早起早餐节目 (Early Breakfast)
BBC Radio 1Xtra 6.32am 1Xtra 播放列表 7.00 Nadia Jae 的 1Xtra Breakfast 早餐节目 10.00 DJ Day Day 12.45pm Newsbeat 新闻 1.00 Kaylee Golding 4.00 Remi Burgz 5.45 Newsbeat 新闻 6.00 Remi Burgz 7.00 DJ Target 9.00 CassKidd 的 1Xtra 另类选集 (Alternative Selection) 11.00 Sir Spyro 1am Izzy Bossy 的 1Xtra 周五之夜派对 (Friday Night Party) 2.30 Izzy Bossy 的 1Xtra 周五之夜派对 3.00 1Xtra 致敬 (Salutes) 4.00 Chuckie 的 1Xtra R&B 慢曲混音 (R&B Slow Jamz Mix) 4.30 回顾星期四 (Throwback Thursday) 5.30 1Xtra 回顾派对 (Throwback Party)
BBC Radio 2 6.30am Sara Cox 早餐秀 9.30 Vernon Kay 12noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 DJ Spoony 4.00 Joel Dommett 7.00 Jo Whiley 的闪亮快乐播放列表 (Shiny Happy Playlist) 7.30 Jo Whiley 9.00 Jamie Cullum 的爵士音乐秀 (The Jazz Show) 10.00 Melvin Odoom 的好律动 (The Good Groove) 12mdn’t Connor Phillips 3.00 Fearne Cotton 的 90 年代之声 (Sounds Of The 90s) 4.00 Owain Wyn Evans
BBC Radio 3 6.30am 早餐节目 (Breakfast) 9.30 经典精选 (Essential Classics) 1pm 现场古典乐 (Classical Live) 4.00 本周作曲家：莫扎特。Kate Molleson 探讨莫扎特与其姐姐 Nannerl 的关系。 5.00 In Tune。Tom Fetherstonhaugh 与 Katie Derham 交流。 7.00 2026 年 BBC 逍遥音乐会 (BBC Proms)。包含门德尔松 E 小调小提琴协奏曲的演出。 10.00 午夜曲 (Night Tracks)。Sara Mohr-Pietsch 为深夜听众呈献原声带。 11.30 午夜时分 (’Round Midnight)。爵士与灵魂乐歌手 Heidi Vogel 为巴西流行音乐的一位女性偶像献上她的第二束花。 12.30am 穿夜 (Through The Night)
BBC Radio 4 6am Today 今日节目 9.00 隐形之手 (Invisible Hands) 9.30 健康内幕 (Inside Health) 10.00 女性时间 (Woman’s Hour) 11.00 截屏 (Screenshot) 11.45 Tony Hawks 毫无保留 (Is Giving Nothing Away) 12noon 新闻 12.04 您与您的呼叫 (Call You And Yours) 12.57 天气 1.00 一点钟的世界 (The World At One) 1.45 必需品 (The Bare Necessities) 2.00 the Archers (农夫剧) 2.15 剧集：《太阳鸟》(Sunbird) 3.00 Lucy Worsley 的《受审女士》(Lady On Trial) 3.30 心灵与灵魂 (Heart And Soul) 4.00 西尔维亚·普拉斯的写作生活 (The Writing Life Of Sylvia Plath) 4.30 文献怎么说？(What’s Up Docs?) 5.00 PM 节目 5.57 天气 6.00 六点新闻 6.30 会见 David Sedaris。这位幽默作家朗读他的散文《自由之甜土》(Sweet Land of Liberty)。该系列最后一篇。 7.00 The Archers。Bert 遭遇挫折。 7.15 前排 (Front Row)。艺术节目。 8.00 《罗马尼亚赎金》(A Romanian Ransom)。讲述冷战时期以动物交换犹太人生命的秘密贸易。 8.40 In Touch。面向盲人或视障人士的新闻。 9.00 跨越大陆 (Crossing Continents)。新系列。Yolande Knell 报道加沙如何发展成为一个出人意料的科技中心。 9.30 诈骗秘闻 (Scam Secrets)。由 Shari Vahl 提供的消费者建议。 10.00 今夜世界 (The World Tonight)。由 James Coomarasamy 主持。 10.45 睡前阅读：《韦克菲尔德的牧师》(The Vicar Of Wakefield)。作者 Oliver Goldsmith。 11.00 内部野性 (Wild Inside) 11.30 好莱坞与广告界五人组 (Hollywood And The Adland Five) 12mdn’t 新闻与天气 12.30 Tony Hawks 毫无保留 12.48 航运预报 1.00 转播 BBC 世界服务 (BBC World Service) 5.00 新闻摘要 5.04 BBC 内部科学 (Inside Science) 5.32 天气 5.34 航运预报 5.43 今日祷告 (Prayer For The Day) 5.45 今日农业 (Farming Today)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 6am 等待游戏 (The Waiting Game) 6.30 谁杀了 Aldrich Kemp？ 7.00 是的，部长 (Yes Minister) 7.30 最后的古恩秀 (The Last Goon Show Of All) 8.30 跟随帕帕诺 (Following Pappano) 8.45 小岛 (Small Island) 9.00 会见 David Sedaris 9.30 酒馆背后 (Behind The Taverna) 9.45 每日礼拜 (Daily Service) 10.00 自由思考 (Free Thinking) 10.45 散文：《伟大作品的小秘密》(The Little Secrets Of Great Works) 11.00 等待游戏 (The Waiting Game) 11.30 谁杀了 Aldrich Kemp？ 12noon 是的，部长 (Yes Minister) 12.30 最后的古恩秀 (The Last Goon Show Of All) 1.30 跟随帕帕诺 (Following Pappano) 1.45 小岛 (Small Island) 2.00 骗局！(Hoax!) 2.30 兄弟 (The Brothers) 3.00 厄斯海的巫师 (A Wizard Of Earthsea) 4.00 自由思考 (Free Thinking) 4.45 散文：《伟大作品的小秘密》(The Little Secrets Of Great Works) 5.00 当日精选 (Pick of the day)
剧集：《太阳鸟》(Sunbird) 下午 2.15， BBC Radio 4 中年女性莉齐在伊比萨岛度假期间，陷入了一段有趣但最终无法维持的三角恋。 主演：露西·斯皮德和费内拉·伍尔加（见上图）。
Big Chicken：快餐阴谋 Netflix 一项关于快餐行业阴暗面的挑衅性调查。
Muppets Now：狂热顶点 Disney+ 泰·迪格斯将作为嘉宾出现在这伙人的新冒险中。
13 岁的乔治王子 5:00 威廉和凯特的儿子如何打破王室传统。
广播电视节目单 - 5.30 等待的游戏 (The Waiting Game) - 6.00 谁杀了奥尔德里奇·肯普？ (Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?) - 6.30 阁下大臣 (Yes Minister) - 7.30 最后的古恩秀 (The Last Goon Show Of All) - 7.45 追随帕帕诺 (Following Pappano) - 8.00 小岛 (Small Island) - 8.30 骗局！ (Hoax!) - 8.30 兄弟 (The Brothers) - 9.00 厄斯好的巫师 (A Wizard Of Earthsea) - 10.00 喜剧俱乐部：对话戴维·塞达里斯 (Comedy Club: Meet David Sedaris) - 10.30 喜剧俱乐部：获胜者是 (Comedy Club: And The Winner Is) - 11.00 喜剧俱乐部：全世界是一个舞台 (Comedy Club: All The World’s A Globe) - 11.15 喜剧俱乐部：福利与麦考尔访谈 (Comedy Club: Foley And McColl: The Interview) - 11.30 喜剧俱乐部：连锁反应 (Comedy Club: Chain Reaction) - 12:00 自由思考 (Free Thinking) - 12.45 论文：伟大作品的小秘密 (The Essay: The Little Secrets Of Great Works) - 1.00 等待的游戏 (The Waiting Game) - 1.30 谁杀了奥尔德里奇·肯普？ (Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?) - 2.00 阁下大臣 (Yes Minister) - 2.30 最后的古恩秀 (The Last Goon Show Of All) - 3.30 追随帕帕诺 (Following Pappano) - 3.45 小岛 (Small Island) - 4.00 骗局！ (Hoax!) - 4.30 兄弟 (The Brothers) - 5.00 厄斯好的巫师 (A Wizard Of Earthsea)
BBC 5 Live - 6am 5 Live 早餐节目 - 9.00 尼基·坎贝尔 (Nicky Campbell) - 11.00 玛丽安娜·斯普林 (Marianna Spring) - 2pm 马特·乔利 (Matt Chorley) - 4.00 5 Live 驾驶时间 (5 Live Drive) - 7.00 5 Live 体育 (5 Live Sport) - 7.30 5 Live 体育 (5 Live Sport) - 9.00 田径 (Athletics) - 10.00 约翰尼·I’Anson (Johnny I’Anson) - 1am 多图恩·阿德巴约 (Dotun Adebayo) - 5.00 财富觉醒 (Wake Up To Money)
BBC 6 Music - 7am 尼克·格里姆肖 (Nick Grimshaw) - 10.00 劳伦·拉文 (Lauren Laverne) - 1pm 克雷格·查尔斯 (Craig Charles) - 4.00 艾米莉·皮尔比姆 (Emily Pilbeam) - 7.00 每日新音乐修复 (New Music Fix Daily) - 9.00 莱利与科 (Riley & Coe) - 11.00 6 Music 驻场艺术家：Ezra Collective - 12:00 6 Music 独立永恒 (6 Music’s Indie Forever) - 1.00 从门托到情人之石 (From Mento To Lovers’ Rock) - 3.00 6 Music 现场小时 (6 Music Live Hour) - 4.00 6 Music 播放列表 (The 6 Music Playlist) - 5.00 克里斯·霍金斯 (Chris Hawkins)
Classic FM - 6.30am 丹·沃克主持的 Classic FM 早餐节目 - 9.00 丹·沃克主持的 Classic FM 名人堂之小时 - 10.00 亚历德·琼斯 (Aled Jones) - 1pm 安妮-玛丽·明霍尔 (Anne-Marie Minhall) - 4.00 玛格丽塔·泰勒 (Margherita Taylor) - 7.00 与泽布·索恩共度放松夜晚 (Relaxing Evenings With Zeb Soanes) - 9.00 泽布·索恩主持的 Classic FM 作曲家旋转木马。今日焦点是弗洛伦斯·普莱斯 (Florence Price)。 - 10.00 宁静经典 (Calm Classics) - 1am 比尔·欧弗顿 (Bill Overton) - 4.00 早间早餐
Absolute Radio - 6am 本·伯雷尔 (Ben Burrell) - 10.00 莉奥娜·格雷厄姆 (Leona Graham) - 1pm 莎拉·冠军 (Sarah Champion) - 4.00 布什与里奇 (Bush And Richie) - 7.00 本·科利 (Ben Coley) - 10.00 杰伊·劳伦斯 (Jay Lawrence) - 1am 丹·诺布尔 (Dan Noble)
Heart - 6.30am 杰米·希克斯顿与阿曼达·霍顿主持的 Heart 早餐节目 - 10.00 潘多拉·克里斯蒂 (Pandora Christie) - 1pm 马特·威尔金森 (Matt Wilkinson) - 4.00 JK 与凯莉·布鲁克 (JK And Kelly Brook) - 7.00 与德夫·格里芬共度 Heart 愉快周末 (Heart’s Feel Good Weekend With Dev Griffin) - 10.00 本·阿特金森 (Ben Atkinson) - 1am 盖伊·霍华德 (Guy Howard) - 4.00 与琳赛·罗素共进早点 (Early Breakfast With Lindsey Russell)
TalkSPORT - 6am 杰夫·斯特林主持的 TalkSPORT 早餐节目 - 10.00 亚历克斯·克鲁克与达拉·麦考基 (Alex Crook & Darragh MacAnthony) - 1pm 霍克斯比与雅各布斯 (Hawksbee And Jacobs) - 4.00 TalkSPORT 驾驶时间 (TalkSPORT Drive) - 7.00 转会内部人士 (The Transfer Insiders) - 10.00 体育吧 (The Sports Bar) - 1am 与保罗·罗斯共度额外时间 (Extra Time With Paul Ross) - 5.00 早期体育早餐
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用 10 个故事 环游世界
被拘留的素季 五年多来首次露面
作者：Devjyot Ghoshal
缅甸被拘留的前领导人昂山素季昨天与红十字国际委员会的一名代表会面。此前，外界多年来一直对其这位 81 岁的诺贝尔和平奖得主的健康和福祉心存疑问。
自 2021 年 2 月起，素季一直被拘留。当时，由她领导的民选平民政府在一次黎明政变中被缅甸军方推翻，导致国家陷入动荡。
此后，素季的确切行踪和健康状况难以确定，尽管该地区各国提出了接触请求，但仍没有外国领导人或特使公开与她会面。
昨天，素季在首都内比都与红十字国际委员会 (ICRC) 驻缅甸常驻代表阿尔诺·德·巴克 (Arnaud de Baecque) 会面。
红十字国际委员会确认一名代表已与素季会面，而她的儿子将这次访问描述为五年多以来关于其母亲的首次积极进展。
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反对战争的政治人物“依然在世”
作者：马克·特雷维利安 (Mark Trevelyan)
俄罗斯反战政治人物鲍里斯·纳杰日金 (Boris Nadezhdin) 昨天表示，他暂时离开了该国。在此前几周，莫斯科将其指定为“外国代理人”，并禁止他参加议会选举。
“大家好！我有一些好消息。我还活着，而且是自由的。遗憾的是，我此刻不在俄罗斯，”纳杰日金在一段发布在 Telegram 上的短视频中说道，当时他正站在巴黎的埃菲尔铁塔前。
“现在，我需要调整状态，并决定下一步怎么做。我稍后会写下我的计划。”
63, 岁的纳杰日金曾是一位自由派政治人物，一直公开批评莫斯科在乌克兰的战争。但与一些其他反对派政治人物一样，他曾试图在俄罗斯管控严格的政治体制规则内运作，以便能够继续公开表达自己的观点。
随着司法部在 7 月 10 日将其列入“外国代理人”名单，他下个月参选议会的希望破灭了。路透社 (REUTERS)
（此处为关于缅甸昂山素季的报道片段） 由缅甸政府发言人提供。素季身着缅甸传统服饰，在无需搀扶的情况下站立，并与 Baecque（插图）握手。
素季的儿子金·阿里斯 (Kim Aris) 表示，他尚未收到关于其母亲状况的独立确认。
阿里斯说：“我希望这能带来进一步的人道主义进展，包括与我母亲直接接触、允许家人探视、获得关于她健康状况的可信且经独立验证的信息，以及最终让她和所有政治犯立即且无条件地获释。”
素季在之前的军政府统治下曾被软禁共 15 年，后被判处 33 年监禁，罪名涵盖从腐败、煽动选举舞弊到违反国家机密规定等各项指控。她的盟友坚持认为这些指控是出于政治目的。该判决后来被减轻，最近一次是在 4 月，目前她仍有 18 年刑期需要服刑。
缅甸政府声称，独立英雄昂山将军之女素季“健康状况良好”。路透社 (REUTERS)
布兰奇取消特朗普用于补偿骚乱者的基金
作者：玛丽·克莱尔·贾洛尼克 (Mary Clare Jalonick) 和 阿兰娜·德金·里彻 (Alanna Durkin Richer)
发自 华盛顿特区
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇 (Todd Blanche) 已正式取消了唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 的 $1.8bn (£1.3bn) “反武器化基金”，该基金旨在补偿总统的政治盟友，布兰奇此举是为了确保他的提名能通过参议院。
德克萨斯州参议员约翰·科宁 (John Cornyn) 的一名发言人确认了这一协议，科宁是阻碍布兰奇被任命的两名共和党人之一。这一消息出现在今天参议院司法委员会对布兰奇进行确认投票之前。
布兰奇（插图）在特朗普解雇帕姆·邦迪 (Pam Bondi) 后，于 4 月被任命为代理司法部长，随后在 6 月被提名担任正式职务。
上个月，布兰奇告诉参议员，司法部将不会推进该基金，以补偿那些认为自己受到不公正起诉的人。
此前，由于 2021 年 1 月 6 日攻击美国国会警察的暴力骚乱者可能被考虑获得款项，他面临着巨大的愤怒。
但科宁和北卡罗来纳州参议员汤姆·蒂利斯 (Thom Tillis) 表示，在支持布兰奇的提名之前，他们希望看到书面承诺——尤其是考虑到特朗普继续对这一想法表示支持。
布兰奇发布的文档还限制了一项和解协议的范围，该协议原为特朗普及其家人提供了广泛的税务审计豁免。
协议明确，税务审计豁免协议“根据其条款仅具有追溯力”，适用于和解时尚未结案的请求，且不能保护总统免受未来税务申报的审查。美联社 (AP)
美国海军上将 警告反对 区域胁迫
作者：Kyriakos Petrakos
美国太平洋司令部负责人昨日表示，中国及其他参与者的胁迫行为正在挑战区域稳定性，并警告称，美国不会允许任何国家主导印太地区。 萨缪尔·帕帕罗（Samuel Paparo）上将表示，某些参与者正利用“虚假的合法性主张”来为恐吓和胁迫正名。 帕帕罗上将在由美国太平洋司令部在马来西亚组织的一场区域安全会议上通过视频链路发言时表示： “那不是法治，而是法制（rule by law）。” “法律作为秩序工具与法律作为强权武器之间的区别，是我们这个时代的决定性分水岭。” 帕帕罗的上述言论发表之际，南海局势依然紧张，中国广泛的海权主张与多个东南亚国家的主张存在重叠。美联社（AP）
摔跤协会主席 性骚扰指控被判无罪
作者：Sakshi Dayal
新德里报道
昨日，一家法院在一名由女性摔跤手提起诉讼的性骚扰案件中，判决印度摔跤协会前主席无罪。此前，相关指控在三年前引发了抗议活动。 该法院曾在 2024 年对布里杰·布舒尚·沙兰·辛格（Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh）提起指控，指控其性骚扰五名女性摔跤手，以及犯有侮辱其端庄之罪。 “我完全相信正义会得到伸张……正义已得到伸张，”辛格在裁决后表示。 在 2023 年于新德里举行要求惩处辛格的静坐示威活动的人群中，包括印度奥运摔跤之星维内什·福加特（Vinesh Phogat）以及奥运奖牌获得者萨克希·马利克（Sakshi Malik）和巴杰朗·普尼亚（Bajrang Punia）。 普尼亚还退还了印度最高级别的平民奖项之一，而马利克则在抗议中退出了这项运动。 摔跤手们已指示
军方无人机 袭击法院 造成 35 人死亡
作者：Alice Lilley
一家权利组织表示，苏丹军队对苏丹达尔富尔地区的一座民事法院进行无人机袭击，导致至少 35 人死亡。 记录苏丹暴行的独立组织“紧急律师”（Emergency Lawyers）表示，无人机目标是北达尔富尔州 Al-Zawiya Gara 村的民事法院总部，“该设施是该地区发挥司法和社会作用的平民设施”。 根据非营利组织“武装冲突地点与事件数据”（ACLED）的数据，苏丹于 2023 年 4 月陷入由准军事组织“快速支援部队”与苏丹军方之间爆发的全方位战争，导致至少 59,000 人死亡。 援助组织表示，这一数字被低估了，实际人数可能高出许多倍。美联社（AP）
塞浦路斯 法官允许英国人参加儿子葬礼
作者：Menelaos Hadjicostis
尼科西亚报道
一名英国男子因疏忽导致其三岁儿子在塞浦路斯一家酒店死亡而被起诉，其律师表示，法院将允许其客户返回英国参加男孩的葬礼。 律师亚历山德罗斯·亚历山德鲁（Alexandros Alexandrou）表示，法院取消了对其客户的所有旅行限制，期限为一个月。该命令将于
巴杰朗·普尼亚和维内什·福加特呼吁采取行动惩处辛格
其律师就该裁决提起上诉。福加特表示：“我们没有失去希望，摔跤手们将继续他们的斗争。” 在针对辛格的指控首次出现时，他还是总理纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）领导的印度人民党（BJP）的高级议员。他的任期于 2024 年结束，且未被重新提名。 印度人民党转而派其儿子在同一选区参选，并赢得了选举。路透社（REUTERS）
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来自…… 坎帕拉
乌干达军队揭幕了一座纪念碑，旨在纪念以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的一位兄长，该兄长于 1976 年在该东非国家的一次人质营救行动中牺牲。
这座描绘约纳坦·内塔尼亚胡持有突击步枪的雕像于周六由乌干达军事负责人穆胡齐·凯内鲁加巴将军揭幕，他表示，设立这座纪念碑是为了向这位士兵的勇气致敬。
凯内鲁加巴是乌干达总统约韦里·穆塞韦尼的长子，且被认为是其接班人。
该雕像位于恩特贝机场航站楼外，当时约纳坦·内塔尼亚胡中校在率领以色列突击队执行营救 106 名被劫持为人质的乘客任务时中弹。他是该次任务中唯一牺牲的以色列突击队员。
“今天，这座纪念碑不仅是为了缅怀一名卓越的士兵，更是对他所体现的持久价值的致敬：在危险面前的勇气、保护无辜生命的坚定承诺以及对职责的忠诚奉献，”凯内鲁加巴说道。
劫机者包括 2 名巴勒斯坦人和 2 名德国人，他们将数十名犹太人和以色列乘客与其他人分开，并威胁称，如果以色列不释放数十名巴勒斯坦囚犯，就将杀死他们。
经过一周的谈判，以色列突击队于 1976 年 7 月 3 日闯入机场，救出了除 3 人以外的所有人质。数十名乌干达士兵被杀。
当时已与以色列断交的乌干达独裁者伊迪·阿敏是巴勒斯坦独立的支持者。以色列的成功令阿敏感到受辱并十分愤怒。这次行动受到了非洲统一组织的批评，该组织认为这次袭击侵犯了乌干达的主权。 AP
军事负责人穆胡齐·凯内鲁加巴在恩特贝机场的雕像旁
罗德尼·穆胡姆扎
15 September 当时这名 37 岁的人预计将返回塞浦路斯应对对其提出的指控。亚历山德鲁表示，如果他未在当日返回，将对其发出欧洲逮捕令。
据报道，上个月，该男子及其家人在度假胜地帕福斯度假数日后，男孩从酒店 4 楼窗户坠落。他的妻子和另一名五岁的儿子于上周返回英国。 AP
轮船起火后 乘客搜寻工作仍在继续
作者：Trisnadi 发自苏腊巴亚
在救出 229 人后，救援人员昨日仍在搜寻可能失踪的乘客。此前一天，一艘轮船在爪哇主岛附近海域起火，导致至少五人死亡。
“珍珠盛世 2”号（Mutiara Sentosa 2）轮船当时正从印度尼西亚第二大城市、东爪哇的苏腊巴亚前往南苏拉威西的马卡萨市。初步报告称，周日早晨 6 点至 7 点之间发生火灾时，船上载有 232 名乘客和 39 名船员。
然而，官员们昨日表示，船上的实际人数多于登记人数，在 229 人获救且寻获五具遗体后，失踪人数尚不明确。
官员们目前依赖于乘客家属提供的报告。 AP
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特稿 布莱恩·约翰逊 探索这位为了逃避死亡而不遗余力之人的不寻常生活
文化 鲁斯·马德利 这位女演员谈论如何努力在屏幕上获得更好的残障人士呈现方式
社区 正逐渐被 短期租赁、 高端餐厅 和纪念品店所取代。 Maybelle Morgan 写道， 对此的反弹 正在增强。
在他长大的那个社区里，旧的针线店、传统的塔帕斯酒吧以及由邻居经营的小店都消失了。路易斯·安德烈斯·冈萨雷斯·皮卡佐（Luis Andrés González Picazo）表示，游客公寓和储物单元像“瘟疫”一样冒了出来。他一生都住在距离瓦伦西亚老城不远的贝尼卡拉普（Benicalap）区。现在，每隔一扇门就有一个租赁钥匙盒，Airbnb 的房东安装了指向街道的威严安保摄像头。当地企业被剔除，为那些出售汉堡、纳乔、进口啤酒以及色彩鲜艳、适合在 Instagram 上拍照但与瓦伦西亚烹饪几乎毫无关系的“游客陷阱”餐厅让路。“感觉所有让这个社区独具特色的东西都消失了，”他说，“现在看起来都一样。”当他年轻时，在社区漫步意味着看到的主要是瓦伦西亚人和西班牙人，但现在 45 岁的软件工程师皮卡佐（见右下）面对的是一群喧闹的醉酒游客，他们经常鲁莽地骑自行车并违反交通规则。“我已经有好几次差点被危险骑车的人撞到，”他说。
皮卡佐目睹了过度旅游如何完全改变了他的社区和城市的面貌。去年，西班牙的外国游客人数增长了 3.2%，达到 96.800 万 人，并且正准备迎接另一个创纪录的年份，游客人数可能会首次达到 100 million 人。虽然旅游业长期以来一直是西班牙经济的支柱，占其 GDP 的 12% 以上，但近年来该国许多地区快速且猖獗的增长引发了反弹和抗议。今年夏天，马略卡岛（Mallorca）的数千名活动人士在岛南部的白沙滩——埃斯特伦克海滩（Playa Es Trenc）的水域中组成了一条两英里长的人链，以示抗议大规模旅游。去年，在巴塞罗那的抗议活动中，不知情的游客被水枪喷洒，烟雾弹被部署，现场还响起了“游客回家”的口号。该市甚至首次任命了一名可持续旅游专员来处理这一问题。许多活动人士认为，失控的游客数量导致当地工资下降、生活质量降低、噪音干扰以及房价上涨。
当地人 对抗 过度旅游
梅利塔·卡梅隆-伍德（Melita Cameron-Wood，见右上）是一位英马双国籍的自由撰稿人，自 2021 年起一直住在瓦伦西亚。她说她有时觉得自己也是问题的一部分。“外国人涌入经常被归咎于西班牙价格上涨的原因，所以这可能会很尴尬，”她说，“有时你会觉得如果你是西班牙人，当地人可能会对你更热情，但随后你会想起你在当地纳税，办好了手续，你有权待在那里。”
卡梅隆-伍德认为，不应将责任全部推给游客。“就个人而言，我认为问题在于旅游业集中在大城市，而没有均匀地分布在全国，”她说，并补充道，游客在规划假期时可以更加细心。
“既然可以去阿斯图里亚斯（Asturias）划皮划艇，为什么还要去伊比萨岛（Ibiza）呢？我还认为应尽可能选择在淡季旅行，这样通常便宜得多，也不那么拥挤。”
来自英国的作家兼记者安娜·尼古拉斯（Anna Nicholas）住在
马略卡岛上游客最密集地区的之一：索列尔谷（Sóller valley）。她在岛上已经住了 25 年。这里一直深受德国人和英国人的喜爱，但她注意到疫情后游客数量大幅增加。
“随着来自中东、美国和加拿大的直飞航班开通，许多富有的访客和投资者选择抢购房产，并且愿意支付高价，”她说。
“这影响了整体住房市场，度假租赁和非法度假出租房的数量也激增。”
在她的主购物街——萨卢纳路（Carrer de Sa Lluna）上，她说当地的熟食店、肉铺、书店、艺术品店和复印店现在都消失了，取而代之的是礼品店、房产中介和自行车租赁店。
由外籍人士经营的时髦高档餐厅也相继开业，当地人根本消费不起。
西班牙的抗议活动是整个地区趋势的一部分，与在整个伊比利亚半岛上演的更广泛的反旅游和反士绅化示威活动相重叠。
在约 460 英里外的葡萄牙海岸线上，几乎相同的场景正在上演。就在几周前，数百人在阿拉比达自然公园（Parque Natural da Arrábida）游行，抗议一家豪华地产公司试图将五处海滩围起来并私有化，且后续还将有更多抗议活动。根据葡萄牙国家统计局的数据，葡萄牙在 2025 年迎来了 29.9 million 名国际游客，大约是 2010. 年 6.800 万 名访客的四倍。与西班牙一样，旅游和出行部门贡献了葡萄牙 GDP, 的很大一部分，在这种情况下约占经济的 21.5 百分比，且约占该国每四个工作岗位中的一个。
在靠近首都的格拉萨（Graça），这是里斯本最充满活力的社区之一，有一段涂鸦文字吸引游客的目光，程度不亚于全景景色。在其中一条最繁忙街道的墙上，用巨大的字母喷写着：“Menos turismo, mais bairro”——翻译为：“少一点旅游，多一点社区。”虽然现在已被覆盖，但同样的标语在全市范围内大量出现，出现在当地居民从阳台悬挂的黄色横幅上，或钉在窗户上，因为他们担心城市正被每年创纪录的游客潮掏空。他们目睹了历史悠久的社区、团体和当地企业被清理，以给短期租赁房、豪华酒店和纪念品店让路。
受此影响的人之一是杜阿尔特·洛佩斯·索亚雷斯（Duarte Lopes Soares），一名在辛特拉（Sintra）出生长大但每天通勤到里斯本工作的房产中介。“我的客户在参观公寓时问的第一个问题就是大楼里是否有游客公寓，”他说。“没有人想住在凌晨 5 点就有行李箱滚进滚出的地方。”
在过去的 10 年里，里斯本经历了巨大的转变，房价自 2015. 年起几乎翻了一番。在历史中心最密集的游客区域，该地区近三分之二的住房作为短期租赁房运作，缩减了永久住房并推高了房价。在一些极端情况下，随着大量当地人因价格太高而被迫搬离，一些葡萄牙居民发现自己失去了所有邻居，周围完全被游客公寓包围。为了遏制这种情况，最近有超过 6,600 名里斯本居民签署了一项请愿书。
里斯本，这里的房价在十年内几乎翻了一番
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呼吁市政府禁止在住宅楼内提供短期租赁。
这种日益减弱的善意是有一位不愿透露姓名的英国侨民在里斯本生活的八年间所观察到的。她回忆起多次与当地人的负面接触，对象大多是那些最不愿接受旧生活方式被侵蚀的葡萄牙年长者。
“当然，我也遇到过非常友善的人，但很多糟糕的经历——其中还针对我的种族，例如厌恶的眼神、当我试图沟通时对方发出的明显不耐烦的声音，以及一次发现邻居对我使用了种族主义侮辱词汇——这些都让我感到非常谨慎且心灰意冷，”她反思道。
如今，她觉得一个人住在这座城市勉强能维持生活。“八年前我刚搬到这里时，我和另一个人合租一套非常漂亮的公寓，双人间每月支付 €400 (£340)，”她说。
“在过去的两年里，我在里斯本市中心的一居室每月支付 €1,300，对面是一家酒吧，该酒吧在过去一周内将营业时间延长到了凌晨3点。我不得不应对到处都是且喧闹不已的游客。”
截然不同——当时的 游客较少
自从得知房东决定出售房产后，她又开始寻找公寓。 “看着租金价格，我感到很恐惧，”她说。“关于钱的压力很大，这在我刚来这里时是没有的——我甚至无法想象那些拿着葡萄牙工资的葡萄牙人现在是什么感受。” 她回忆道，刚搬到这座城市时，她爱上了这里的光线、与海滩的距离，以及里斯本依然感觉非常“葡萄牙化”的事实。在她看来，这一点已经发生了巨大的变化。 “我理解葡萄牙人的挫败感，因为在某些方面，里斯本的灵魂感觉已经消失了，”她说。“除了阳光、蓝天和建筑，我们现在可能身处任何地方。我们支付着伦敦级别的价格，而且你可能一整天都听不到有人说葡萄牙语。我以前每周能外出就餐三次，
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快速事实 大众旅游数据
西班牙是全球第二大旅游目的地国家（仅次于法国），并有望在2040年成为最受访问的国家。
2025, 英国赴西班牙旅游人数达到 19.1 million，比 2024 年增长了 4.4 per cent。
英国也是葡萄牙旅游的主要客源市场，在 2025 年该国 19.7 million 名外国游客中占 2.5 million。葡萄牙的总人口约为 10 million。
2024 年居住在葡萄牙的英国国民人数约为 48,000，几乎是十年前 16,500 名居民的三倍。
据估计，有 4.800 万 至 5.5 million 名英国人居住在海外，约占英国人口的 7 to 9 per cent。
而现在可能一个月才一次。现在一杯鸡尾酒的价格和伦敦一样——这太疯狂了。” 在他的家乡辛特拉（Sintra），这里色彩缤纷的山顶宫殿以及与里斯本的近距离，使其成为一日游的热门目的地。索亚雷斯说，他最喜欢的当地餐厅和酒吧已经关门，因为租金飞涨，或者价格为了适应外国人的预算而大幅上涨，以至于不再服务于当地人。他说，由于“混乱”，他甚至不记得上次参观家门口那些美丽的宫殿是什么时候了。 “我们 10 年前的旅游业截然不同——游客较少，而且他们更懂得尊重，”这位 31 岁的工程师顾问说道。“现在交通简直疯狂，到处都停满了突突车和租赁车。” 有些日子他甚至无法进入自己的车库，因为一辆租赁车挡住了路。“当你抱怨或要求他们挪车时，有些游客或经营者态度很强硬，觉得他们有权随心所欲地行为，”他说。 葡萄牙社区和生活方式的空心化是让索亚雷斯最难过的事情。“我这条街上的好几栋房子都被改成了游客公寓，所以每天都有新车和新面孔，”他说。“有些房子曾经充满活力，现在却成了等待那 1 per cent 富豪买家的空置资产。” 受影响的不止是生活质量。随着时间的推移，索亚雷斯担心过度旅游的影响可能会侵蚀葡萄牙人的心理状态。 “我想说，我们面临失去天然好客精神的风险，”他说。“葡萄牙人一直真心乐意欢迎访客，但当旅游业变得压倒性且不尊重当地人时，这种善意就会被削弱。”
“不老计划” 基础篇：剥离、 血浆与 迷幻药
——这位生物黑客声称自己已经实现了“克隆”
布莱恩·约翰逊，这位身家千万的生物黑客，正在调整他的永生策略。现在他声称自己已经实现了“克隆”——通过重新编程干细胞，在培养皿中创建出他细胞的新生版本，他希望有一天可以用这些细胞来生长替代器官。在尝试让身体重新回到 18 岁之后，他现在正试图在身体之外制造青春。
约翰逊首次出现在我的生活中是在 2023 年 11 月的迈阿密，当时他在今年早些时候走红后，在一次关于迷幻药和长寿的会议上发表了远程主旨演讲。
“旅行确实会对睡眠和饮食造成很大的干扰，”他说道，身上穿着一件印有“不要死亡”字样的 T 恤。
他没有亲身出席，是因为一个负责持续分析其生物识别数据并降低其生物年龄的算法（是的，他已将自己的健康屈从于机器冷酷且坚硬的逻辑）显然否决了这次横跨美国东西海岸之行对他昼夜节律造成的 3 小时干扰。
在视频通话中，约翰逊——他在 2013 年通过出售其支付服务公司 Braintree（该公司拥有 Venmo）赚到了 $300m (2.25 亿英镑m) ——讲述了他每年花费 $2m (150 万英镑m) 追求永生之路上一些离奇的实验。
“事实上，我确实接受了 17 岁儿子的 1 公升血浆，”他说道，并开玩笑说把儿子囚禁在一个小地下室里，以此来反击那些“脱离现实”的关于他的新闻头条。
约翰逊极端的“蓝图计划”（Project Blueprint）方案——他的长寿方案，现在也成为了一个品牌——在彭博社 2023 年 1 月发表一篇题为《如何每年仅花 200 万美元重新变回 18 岁》的文章后进入公众视野，他在文中揭秘了他在痴迷于重返 18 岁这段旅程中所投入的惊人费用和全力以赴的努力。
他那些令人难以想象的作息——凌晨 5 点起床、每天涂抹七种面霜、每周进行酸面剥脱和激光治疗、避免阳光照射、午餐吃花椰菜粥以及不断的粪便检测——在网上疯传。约翰逊成为了一个迅速走向主流的长寿运动中的“彼得潘”标志性人物。
此后，许多古怪的实验（包括整个血浆事件）让约翰逊始终处于一个愈发怪异的时代精神之中。
布莱恩·约翰逊与他的儿子 Talmage，后者在 17 岁时给父亲捐献了一升血浆以降低其“生物年龄” MAGDALENA WOSINSKIA
他面色惨白，大概是因为缺乏阳光。但更重要的是，他声称他的身体“在很多方面运行起来就像”一个 18 岁的人。
现在，他正飞速奔向抗衰老和“长寿逃逸速度”，并且像许多其他右翼人物一样，迷幻药成了他在 2025 年最新的痴迷点。（约翰逊庆祝 唐纳德·特朗普 2024 年的选举胜利，并表示：“我与你们在一起……致力于让美国成为世界上最健康、最具活力和最强大的国家。”）
在我第一次见到约翰逊的那次会议上，他顺便提到自己在为另一家公司 Kernel 测试神经成像技术时通过静脉注射氯胺酮，就像人们随手做的一样。但在 2025 年 11 月，他在 X 的直播中服用了五克裸盖菇素蘑菇，以确定产生幻觉可能带来的长寿益处。
在去年年初上映的 Netflix 关于他这场十字军东征的纪录片《别死》（Don’t Die）中，他将自己的努力比作为健康赢得奥运金牌（没错，他拥有自己的“回春奥运会”排行榜），而或许更讨人喜欢的是，片中还展示了他尝试学习如何做劈叉。在我与约翰逊的第一次互动中，他通过 Zoom 告诉我，他刚刚在阴茎上注射了肉毒杆菌。在谈到肉毒杆菌时，约翰逊说：“它增加了血流量”，同时提到他正使用某种未来主义的装置来测量夜间勃起，并让阴茎承受痛苦的冲击波，以试图加强盆底肌。“它增加了阴茎长度 [并赋予我] 更强的勃起……我的性能力比我整个人生中的任何时候都要好。”从那时起，我们通过电子邮件进行了几次交流，而我们的关系——如果可以这么称呼的话——在去年年底达到了顶峰，他指责我是一个“NPC”，意为“非玩家角色”，这是一个游戏术语，现已成为一种网络俚语，用来侮辱缺乏独立思考的人。在那之后的一段时间里，我没有与约翰逊互动，但我那位注重健康的姨妈经常给我发送他最新的 Instagram 剪辑，他在视频中谴责含糖超加工食品（UPF）公司的“邪恶”，并强烈暗示他掌握了通往不仅更健康而且更快乐生活的万能钥匙。（首先购买他价值 £40 的 Blueprint 品牌特级初榨橄榄油，然后每月支付 £275 购买他的“中级套餐”（Medium Stack），其中包括代谢蛋白质粉和 8g 的纤维以“促进健康消化”，当然，还要加上护发和护肤方案产品。）但约翰逊并非一直如此大口饮用特级初榨橄榄油并以巅峰状态运作。在他出售 Braintree 的时候，根据他自己的承认，在经历了多年的糟糕饮食、每天摄入高达 150g 糖后，他处于“超重且抑郁”的状态。他想要成为一名 阿多尼斯（Adonis）。 首先，他结束了一段不快乐的婚姻，离开了抚养他长大的摩门教教会。然后，他采取了第一步，试图加入他所谓的全球最健康的 0.1 per cent 的人群。在 2020, 年，他解雇了“夜晚的布莱恩”，通过将最后一次进食时间固定在上午 11 点，消除了强迫性的夜晚进食，从而每天禁食 20 小时。 在 2021, 年，当他的“生理”年龄为 44, 岁，但生物年龄为 36, 岁时，他试图将冲动且随性的自我完全从决策过程中剔除，并根据身体的需求，通过“定期测量数百项生物标志物”来规范自己的行为。 实际上，他将自己的身体置于算法管理之下。而且这似乎奏效了。诚然，他的外貌确实变得更赏心悦目了一些，尽管他看起来
约翰逊乐于 在他的“不死亡” 任务中使用 迷幻药物 DUSTIN GIALLANZA
他的身体在 “很多方面 运转起来像” 一名 18 岁的人
我在为《Wired》杂志报道这场奇观时，在 32 岁生日的一部分时间里，看着他的儿子 Talmage、音乐人 Grimes 以及 Salesforce 首席执行官 Marc Benioff 与他一起进行了一次奇怪的五小时旅程。可以肯定地说，约翰逊对我那篇报道并不满意。他谴责自己如何被文中引用那些敢于暗示其中可能包含自我膨胀和自我放纵元素的批评者们“用鱼叉刺中”了。“情况是这样的：当有人违反部落规范时，部落的祭司不会尝试去理解这种新行为，而是寻求让行为者失去合法性，以保护他们自己的地位并试图声称优越感，”他告诉他在 X 上的 1.7 million 粉丝。“去创造一些酷的东西吧。重新定义界限。突破人们的舒适区。当人们大声喧哗时，要明白他们只是在叽叽喳喳的 NPC，但这其实就是一首名为进步的歌。”
在超过一百万人目睹他陷入高剂量蘑菇旅程的痛苦挣扎之后，约翰逊还宣布，30 岁的前雇员、后转为联合创始人的凯特·托洛（Kate Tolo）现在是他的女朋友，她一直是他身边一个好奇的角色。在 3 月份的下一次公开迷幻之旅中，托洛再次陪伴在他身边，这一次使用的是“上帝分子”，5-MeO-DMT，这也许是所有迷幻药物中最强效的一种，目前正被开发用于治疗抑郁症。我的姑姑提前向我透露了他的计划，她一如既往地对他那些离奇的冒险深感兴趣。约翰逊看起来比使用蘑菇时更加紧张，考虑到他即将服用的药物使意识崩溃的速度之快，这是有理由的。他说他开始这次旅程的部分原因是他的大脑仍固执地处于 42 岁的解剖学年龄，他想看看 5-MeO-DMT 是否能帮助其减龄。
这一次，约翰逊赞许地分享了我的《滚石》杂志关于该事件的文章。“当我 2021 年启动‘不死亡’计划时，我们评估了所有关于最强效抗衰老疗法的科学证据，”他在文章的截图旁边写道。“当时完全没有提到迷幻药物。而现在它们成了我们的核心，这是一个出人意料的转折。”现在，约翰逊不仅是一位长寿专家，而且成了一个迷幻药物的“花衣笛手”，在当前降临在我们身上的健康优化和“意识最大化”时代，他很可能处于领先地位。他的使命坚定地继续着，但尽管他前所未有地公开使用迷幻药物，任何不朽的光辉可能都在失去光泽。上个月，约翰逊透露他被诊断出患有自身免疫性胃炎，并宣布“我的胃正在自我吞噬”。对于一个试图将死亡转化为一个工程问题来解决的人来说，这是一次罕见的对死亡的承认，且似乎触发了他创造新器官的努力。我的姑姑毫无疑问会把接下来的任何进展发给我。
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式的浪漫之后， 英国男人 显得有点无趣
在在地中海的旅途中穿梭并散播她的魅力
“你是在地中海地区四处旅行并工作吗？”这是我在性健康诊所进行检查时，一名医生对我说的。我提到了意大利和西班牙的男朋友，以及一段与埃及人的情缘——但当时他和我都没有想到，我最终会在那片闪烁的蓝色海域走得多么远。
在这次就诊后的几年里，经过更多的旅行，我与地中海男人们经历了相当多段浪漫关系。有时这些关系演变成了更稳固的感情，有时则仅仅是短暂的邂逅。但地中海始终有着它的吸引力。
在情感方面，我起步较晚。13 岁时我从肯尼亚回到英国，整个青少年时期都在渴望有一个男朋友。我在肯尼亚时是一名游泳运动员，所以加入了当地的俱乐部——结果却只能在场边害羞地看着一个又一个男孩在那些更大胆的女孩的攻势下屈服。
在假期里，我的父亲开着露营车带着我们游遍北欧——我们对地中海的唯一瞥见是非常短暂的，是在意大利东海岸。在露营地，我渴望那些法国救生员，但根本无法接近他们。
即使在大学期间，男人对我而言依然遥不可及。但正是在这段时间，我开始能够独立前往欧洲旅行。
在罗马，一名在卡比托利欧山洗手间里向我展示他手枪的警察，是我人生中第一次近乎发生性关系的邂逅。
然后，在一家餐厅里的一名服务员……
收拾好在伦敦的所有行囊 去和他一起生活了
克里特岛上的人们欣赏我的大眼睛，并提出在深夜用篮子将他自己吊到我的房间里。 在埃及，我还很天真，在从卢克索到开罗的夜车上遇到一个金胡须的高个子男人。他是法国游客团的埃及导游，但他们去睡觉了，而我们则去了餐车。我对那个男人迷恋了好几个月，但后来失去了联系。 我的第一个正式男友——在 25 岁时——是个西班牙人。他在我隔壁工作，我们迅速发展成了超越朋友的关系。但在随他前往马德里的旅行中，我很快发现了一个阴影——他的前女友——最终她成为了我们之间隔阂。 在伦敦一所拥挤的 Berlitz 学校教英语期间，我遇到了英俊的意大利人贾科莫（插图），他邀请我去米兰访问。 在我意识到之前，我就收拾好在伦敦的所有行囊去和他一起生活了。我是否考虑过在那里的生活会是什么样子？当然没有。 两人住在狭小得令人窒息的公寓里，我很快发现了他的优先级：每个周末都在他父母家用餐，并且把所有空闲时间要么花在那儿，要么花在他的老朋友身上。他的母亲主宰着我们的生活，我们作为一对情侣无法拥有独立的生活。 在三十多岁时，我发现了团体旅游，这为我打开了地中海沿岸更新鲜（对我而言）的国家，比如叙利亚、黎巴嫩和摩洛哥。在这些旅行中，我与导游们关系亲密——在一次古代考古遗址之旅中，我与一名叙利亚巴士司机发生了邂逅。 我在西澳大利亚珀斯的第一个晚上，在一家路边披萨店遇到了一名马其顿人。
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我原计划只在那里待两晚，谁知道把时间延长到 4 晚会导致一段四年的感情？瓦西尔出生在澳大利亚，但在马其顿社区长大，我很快便沉浸其中——而且，当然，又出现了一位母亲。在经历了贾科莫之后多年，我再次坐在父母面前的餐桌旁，听着我几乎听不懂的语言听了几个小时。马其顿的食物、习俗和婚礼——最终，所有这一切都太过于“他和他的人”，而没有足够的“我和我的人”。几年后，我去安达卢西亚的一个小镇生活——在那里我在一家酒店帮忙。在孤独的两年后，当安东尼奥对我倾心时，感觉太美好了。他拥有最迷人的微笑，并对我倾注了极大的关注——但不久他的嫉妒心就出现了，我再也不能单独出门。这一次，母亲反而成了安慰——她周末从格拉纳达过来，让我感到轻松了一些。我与英国人有过几次关系：其中一段持续了相当长的时间——大概是因为他才思敏捷，但他很多时候都无法陪伴在我身边。另一位英国人则太过于传统且想要安定下来，而这永远不适合我。当我在海外时，我是一个更轻盈、更自由的人——男人可能会觉得这很有吸引力。我也一直对学习语言非常感兴趣，这似乎很能激发对方的兴趣。在安达卢西亚的男人不合适之后，我再次逃离，这次跨过直布罗陀海峡前往摩洛哥，去执行一个我计划已久的方案——在马拉喀什带领人们参观。第一年进展顺利，但不出所料（必然地？），我遇到了一个迷人的男人，他在我最喜欢的酒吧工作。我吸取教训了吗？再一次，我陷入了深爱并卷入了他的问题之中。随着我变得越来越恼火，他变得越来越阴郁——我们谁也无法真正告诉对方原因，部分原因是我的阿拉伯语和他英语一样糟糕。为了以积极的方式结束，我在几年前重新遇到了瓦西尔，并带他去希腊访问他父母的故乡。我们度过了一段真正美好的时光，但嘿，那仅仅是一次度假。
玛丽的旅行回忆录《尽管如此》（In Spite Of Myself，由 Bradt Guides Ltd 出版，£9.99）现已发行
“我
我的脑海中 进进出出 着太多的音乐， 有时我觉得自己 像个 NCP 停车场。
尼基·斯彭斯 (Nicky Spence) 歌剧演唱家兼《逍遥之夜》(Last Night of the Proms) 主演，谈论如何保持忙碌
“我在英国国教中长大，所以我一直了解上帝和圣经，”鲁斯·马德利说道。“但我仍然收到很多人的信息，说我残疾是因为我祈祷得不够虔诚。”这位 38 岁的女演员翻了个白眼。“显然，我是一个糟糕的基督徒。”
马德利从小就“雄心勃勃”且“拒绝同情”，从二十多岁起就挑战了一系列尖锐且具有挑战性的角色。她在 BBC Three 的纪实剧《别抢我的孩子》(Don’t Take My Baby) 中饰演一名残疾母亲，凭借出色的表现获得了 BAFTA 提名，这让她有机会试镜罗素·T·戴维斯 2019 年反乌托邦科幻剧《年复一年》(Years and Years) 中的一个健全角色。她的表现令他印象深刻，以至于他根据她患有脊柱裂的生活经验重新塑造了这个角色。四年后，在《神秘博士》的塔迪斯 (Tardis) 中安装了一个坡道，这样她就可以对大卫·滕南挑起讽刺的眉毛。“你的轮椅里有武器？！”他问道。“我们都有，”她给出了讥讽的回应。
那淡定的博尔顿口音让滕南猛然地回到了现实，也为马德利那种“学生会主席”的气质带来了一种干脆利落的温暖。在与丈夫乔的共居之家的视频通话中（她心爱的英国牛头梗在她身后的平台上打盹），马德利谈到了信仰、审判，以及一些人关于残疾是“某种由于你做了某事而遭受的惩罚”的奇怪且扭曲的信念。因为这些不仅仅是她生活中的主题——它们像乌云一样笼罩在她全新的 BBC 五集惊悚剧《狂喜》(The Rapture) 之上。
《狂喜》改编自利兹·詹森 2009 年的小说，是马德利首次体验主导整部剧集（她说这是一份“巨大的责任”），她在剧中饰演一名法医心理学家，与一名被判定谋杀母亲的 teenage 少女合作。
贝瑟尼 (Bethany, 由 India Amarteifio 饰演) 对未来有阴暗的预见。马德利饰演的角色加布里埃尔·福克斯博士 (Dr Gabrielle Fox) 仍在消化一场导致丈夫死亡并使她必须使用轮椅的车祸创伤，同时试图理解贝瑟尼那具有威胁性的艺术作品，及其与贝瑟尼父亲的关系——后者是一个拥有数百万在线追随者的基督教会邪教的魅力领袖。
再加上气候变化和社会动荡，“在一部剧中要应对这么多内容确实很多，”马德利说。“仅仅其中一个话题就足够戏剧化了，但把它们全部揉在一起，砰——”她用双手慢动作模仿了一次爆炸——“这简直是演员的梦想！”
并不是说马德利计划进入演艺界。她 1986 年出生于大曼彻斯特郡的西霍顿 (Westhoughton)，母亲是一名护士，父亲从事客户服务工作，她是家中的次女。在她出生前六周，她被诊断出患有脊柱裂。这种病症是指胎儿的脊柱和脊髓在子宫内未能发育完全。
在她 2018 年的纪录片《脊柱裂与我》(Spina Bifida and Me) 中，她采访了母亲杰基 (Jackie)，当杰基回想起一名顾问医生……时，她变得泪流满面。
一种直觉。它非常 原始。我在心中 深处能感觉到它
鲁斯·马德利在《Years and Years》中（上方，中间）以及下方在新款惊悚剧《The Rapture》中饰演加布里尔·福克斯博士，与之搭戏的是饰演迪克的伊万·雷昂。BBC PICTURES
在一次诊断未出生婴儿的扫描检查中。 “他在传达这个消息时一点也不温柔，”杰基说道。“他说你极有可能无法行走。你会面临各种各样的问题。你的生活基本上将毫无作为。这对我们两人来说都是一个冲击。我们性格安静——所以是静默的冲击。”随后，她接受了背部、髋部、脚部和膝盖的手术。接着她患上了脊柱侧弯，需要在脊柱上进行更多次手术。
如今，马德利在回忆起五岁时从 Whizz Kids 慈善机构获得第一把轮椅后被起绰号为“轮椅芭比”时，露出了fond的笑容。“当时我非常瘦小——一个干巴巴的小东西！”她说，因为那些脊柱手术，她缺了很多课，其中一次手术让她在 12 岁时患上了败血症。“那次差点夺了我的命，”她说。 但住院期间给了她很多观察人们的机会，让她能观察各种人群的患者和工作人员，而她学校里的同龄人大多只对其他青少年感兴趣。“把我放在咖啡馆里，我一天盯着人们看也会很快乐，”她笑着说。“在医院度过的那些年里，我积累了丰富的人生经验，并成为一名 avid 的读者。我知道自己未来会从事与讲述故事相关的工作。”
马德利在埃奇希尔大学学习文学和剧本创作，原以为自己可能会成为一名作家。她说，表演似乎不具备可能性，“因为我在电视上没见过任何长得像我的人”。她疲惫地耸了耸肩。“如果提到残疾，那通常是在医学意义上的……” 在优秀的 2022 年电影《Then Barbara Met Alan》中，马德利饰演了具有朋克精神的残疾权利活动家芭芭拉·利西奇，后者针对 ITV 在 1992 年举办的充满怜悯之情的电视募捐活动的抗议活动导致该节目被撤下。 “芭芭拉非常正确且幽默，”她说道。“我上的是主流学校，所以周围没有很多残疾人。对我来说，那种‘噢，可怜的小东西’的值得赞赏的叙事，感觉像是一种非常异类的生存状态。”现在话题转到了马德利坚定的野心上，她立刻进入状态。“我是一个非常刻苦工作的人，”她说。“从小我就知道，无论做什么我都会获得成功，因为我绝不满足于平庸。但我从未在荧幕上看到残疾人在工作。我没见过残疾人生孩子。我没见过残疾人打架。电视上的残疾人不会犯错，没有缺陷，缺乏三维立体感。”毕业后，马德利专注于写作并从事筹款工作，直到表演成为她的兼职。她在 2012 年的电视电影《Scrims》中担任编剧并主演。“我没有学习戏剧。我没有经过正式的技巧训练。对我来说，表演是一种直觉，”她说。“这是一种非常原始的东西。我就在这里感觉到它，你知道吗？”她拍了拍胸口。“在我内心深处。”在《The Rapture》中，她的角色爱上了一个新男人，而对方渴望发生身体接触。但加布里尔拒绝了，并明确了自己的情况。她告诉对方她使用了导尿管，不确定自己是否准备好。“我极力要求加入这段对话以及导尿管的使用，因为我非常希望包含一些我认为真实反映残疾生活的细节，”她说。“我知道如果我在青少年时期能在银幕上看到这些，对我来说意义重大。能够推动这些事情的发展，我感到非常荣幸。”在现实世界中，马德利发现人们痴迷于她的性生活。“残疾人经常被问到的问题之一就是：‘你能进行性生活吗？’”她做了一个鬼脸。“我从小就被问这个问题。”多小？“十七岁。那时我经常出入俱乐部”
以及那个年纪的酒吧。人们会说：“噢，对于一个坐轮椅的人来说，你长得很漂亮！” 又是次翻白眼。“我会想：‘这并不是你以为的那种赞美。’” 她最近实现了另一个目标：在美国的一部大制作剧集中主演。在 Apple TV 的《Being Heumann》中，她与马克·鲁法洛对戏，饰演“美国残疾人权利运动之母”朱迪·休曼。她很喜欢这次经历，但表示她将继续争取那些并非为残疾演员编写的角色。“我总是说，残疾总会给任何故事增加一个额外的维度。”她说道，“它会让任何事情的精神变得更丰富。”
《The Rapture》现正在 BBC iPlayer 播出
新闻 2-33 观点 18-22 电视 26-31 生活 34-37 文化 38-41 财经 42-45 体育 50-56
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RHS 2027年花园历书 Guy Barter 和 Zia Allaway 著 作为全球领先的园艺权威机构，皇家园艺学会最新的关于种植、收获以及让自己回归自然的季节性指南将于周四发行。这部按月编撰的指南充满了为你准备未来一年提供灵感的创意。书中提供了关于种植品种、需关注的野生动物以及如何充分利用花园的新建议。 Frances Lincoln 出版，£14.99
《Therapy at the Club》 Flo 英国女子组合 Flo 已成为英国最令人兴奋的 R&B 艺人之一，人们将其与 Destiny’s Child 和 Sugababes 相媲美。她们丰富的和声和精湛的词曲创作帮助复兴了经典的女子组合之声。她们将于周五发行第二张专辑《Therapy at the Club》，通过一次夜生活的情感起伏，探讨心碎、自信与治愈。 EMI
一年一度的布里斯托国际热气球节已进入第 48 年，并已成长为欧洲规模最大的热气球活动之一，每年吸引数十万观众。它旨在庆祝这座城市以及热气球世界。该
与巴拉克·奥巴马共度的一晚
巡演，10月13日至15日 很少有总统在通往白宫的道路上走得如此不可思议。现在，正值美国纪念《独立宣言》发表 250 周年之际，巴拉克·奥巴马将访问贝尔法斯特、格拉斯哥和曼彻斯特，探讨美国以及我们所有人接下来的方向。 fane.co.uk
《Blue Island》 Ravyn Lenae 芝加哥创作歌手 Ravyn Lenae 已成为当代 R&B 中最独特的嗓音之一，将深情的旋律与另类流行、电子和爵士乐的影响力融合在一起。在凭借《Hypnos》(2022) 和《Bird’s Eye》(2024) 赢得赞誉后，她于周五推出了《Blue Island》。该专辑收录了单曲《Handle》、《Bobby》和《Reputation》，呈现出一种更广阔、打破流派界限的声音。 Atlantic Records
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节是一个免费参加的活动，展出 100 多个来自全球各地、形状各异的热气球。活动从周五持续到周日，内容丰富，包括大规模热气球升空、现场音乐、家庭娱乐以及壮观的夜间展演。 bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk
Creamfields 柴郡戴尔斯伯里， 8月27–30日 这个全球领先的舞曲节仍有票可售。领衔艺人包括 Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Tiësto, Disclosure, Martin Garrix 和 Sonny Fodera。 creamfields.com
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这部对“过度分享”的庆祝之作是对访谈形式的一次有趣尝试。广播员 Harriet Rose 邀请嘉宾热情地谈论一项热爱之情且不加评判，或揭示自己不为人知的一面（例如 DJ Jodie Harsh 透露他们其实非常喜欢早睡）。Rose 是一位出色的采访者，节目中邀请过一些优秀的嘉宾，包括《周六夜现场》英国版的 George Fouracres 和歌手 Kamille Delulu。 Apple, Spotify 和 YouTube
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TED LASSO（特德·拉索） 这部 Apple TV 甜到发腻的足球喜剧，原计划第三季就是最后一季，但多亏了主演兼编剧 Jason Sudeikis 为这部以俱乐部教练为名的作品想出了新点子，它回归了。这一次，特德将接管里士满的女子二部队。 明天，Apple TV
BIG CHICKEN: A FAST-FOOD CONSPIRACY（大鸡腿：快餐阴谋） 喜剧演员 Mo Gilligan 调查全球快餐鸡肉产业的方方面面。除了揭示炸鸡受欢迎的原因外，他还探讨了炸鸡是如何与某些种族产生刻板印象关联的。 明天，Netflix
THE SHARDS（碎片） 故事设定在 20 世纪 80 年代的洛杉矶一所名校，我们结识了受欢迎的小团体首领 Bret，随着一名神秘新生的到来，他的生活开始陷入混乱——
新闻 2-33 观点 18-22 电视 26-31 生活 34-37 文化 38-41 财经 42-45 体育 50-56
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POSSESSION（占有） 在这部阴森的超自然惊悚片中，获得 BAFTA 奖项提名的 Gugu Mbatha-Raw 饰演 Claudia，一名野心勃勃的律师，她前往牙买加帮助她的客户 Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee Miller) 处理一项继承权索赔。 周四，Sky Atlantic
ALLEY CATS（巷弄之猫） Ricky Gervais 为 Netflix 拍摄的新“无业游民情景剧”拥有令人印象深刻的英国才子阵容，包括 Diane Morgan、Kerry Godliman 和 Tom Basden，他们全部为动画中的野猫配音。 周五，Netflix
MOURINHO（穆里尼奥） 皇家马德里主教练 José Mourinho 是最新一位接受 Netflix 纪录片拍摄的人。该系列将记录这位葡萄牙人如何成为世界上最著名的主教练之一，并为自己赢得了“ The Special One”的绰号。
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LANTERNS（灯笼） 在经历了今年夏天相当令人失望的《超女》之后，电影制作人 James Gunn 将通过对《绿灯侠》漫画的硬核改编，继续构建他的 DC 宇宙。 8 月 17 日，周一，HBO Max
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LUDWIG（路德维格） John Ludwig (David Mitchell) ——他在第一季中冒充其侦探双胞胎兄弟 James ——现在正作为“犯罪现场顾问”与警方合作。 8 月，BBC One
BOOKISH（书卷气） Gabriel Book (Mark Gatiss) 有三个新的谜团需要揭开，范围涵盖了从超自然现象到极前卫的时尚。 8 月，U&Alibi
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美国巨头合并传闻导致阿斯特捷鲁纳价值蒸发 £18bn
作者：Henry Saker-Clark
作者：Henry Saker-Clark
由于周日晚间来自美国的报道称，英国市值第二高的公司已与美国竞争对手百时美施贵宝（Bristol Myers Squibb）就创建一家市值超过 £300bn-plus 的药企公司“讨论了数月”，阿斯特捷鲁纳（AstraZeneca）的股价昨日大幅下跌。
总部位于剑桥的阿斯特捷鲁纳专注于肿瘤治疗以及生物制药和罕见病，在报道出现前其市值 £196bn，但在昨日 FTSE 100 早盘交易中，其中约 £18bn 被抹去。
多塞特郡的斯旺奇铁路（Swanage Railway）运行全尺寸客运蒸汽火车，从诺登（Norden）经科夫城堡（Corfe Castle）前往斯旺奇（Swanage）。GETTY
斯旺吉铁路因煤炭成本而陷入困境
作者：Simon Straker
位于多塞特郡、由志愿者运营的斯旺吉铁路（Swanage Railway）目前每台历史蒸汽机车的燃料日支出高达 £1,500。
自 2022 年 2 月乌克兰战争爆发以来，该遗产铁路线的运营成本增加了四倍。当时，英国作为制裁机制的一部分，禁止进口所有俄罗斯煤炭及煤产品。
英国遗产铁路部门的供应链在历史上一直依赖高质量的俄罗斯进口煤炭来驱动引擎，自那时起便受到了严重干扰。
在冲突发生前，该慈善机构通常能以每吨约 £100 的价格购买合适的机车煤，但现在的价格已涨至 £400。
这迫使该铁路公司寻找替代供应源，而这些替代品往往质量较低。该铁路运行全尺寸客运列车，从诺登（Norden）开往科夫城堡（Corfe Castle），再延伸至海滨小镇斯旺吉。
斯旺吉铁路表示，现在铲一次煤的成本约为 £5。
为了保持蒸汽机车的最佳性能，司炉工在单次往返行程中必须至少铲煤 50 次。这意味着在不计算水、油、保险或维护费用之前，仅一次行程的燃料费就高达惊人的 £250。
尽管煤炭支出巨大，但斯旺吉铁路的志愿者和员工表示，他们依然决心在普尔贝克（Purbeck）乡村保留这一标志性的蒸汽体验。
其股价下跌了超过 9%，当日收盘下跌 8.96%，报 11,500。
关于此次谈判的报道在纽约上市的 BMS 公司引起了更好的反响，该公司同样专注于肿瘤学及心血管治疗。昨日其股价上涨 3% 后，市值约为 £133bn。
如果此次行动成功，这将成为行业历史上规模最大的交易之一，并创建全球第四大制药集团。这凸显了阿斯利康（AstraZeneca）首席执行官 Pascal Soriot 扩大其在美国市场份额的努力。该公司已于 6 月在纽约完成了新的增补上市。
尽管知情人士确认此次谈判可能在“不久的将来”达成协议，但他们也警告称，可能会出现严重的延迟，甚至该提案可能会“破裂”。
他们表示，这将取决于潜在交易在面对竞争和反垄断监管机构的审查时，能否克服巨大的障碍。
他们提到“制药集团在癌症药物组合方面存在显著的业务重叠”，且美国反垄断当局“在总统 Donald Trump 的领导下正寻求增加国内投资”。
阿斯利康首席执行官 Pascal Soriot 希望扩大公司在美国的份额。
阿斯利康的股价今年下跌了 8%，而 BMS 在同一时期上涨了 21%。
阿斯利康在昨日拒绝发表评论，BMS 也没有立即回复评论请求。
产出增加但 行业增长 为四个月来 最慢
英国制造业上月再次增长，但增速为四个月来最慢。
S&P Global 英国制造业 PMI 调查 7 月的数据为 51.9（任何高于 50 的数值均表示增长），低于 6 月的 52.5。
这一消息令金融城感到失望，因为经济学家此前预测 7 月的读数将维持在 52.5。
新业务和出口订单连续第八个月上升，这有助于工厂产量加速至两年来的最快水平——但 S&P 表示，企业乐观情绪依然“相对低迷”，“波动的宏观经济背景继续对企业造成压力”。
S&P Global Market Intelligence 总监 Rob Dobson 表示：“市场条件的改善使得在争取新合同方面的‘成功率’有所提高。”
来自北美、欧盟、中国大陆、印度和韩国的订单增长均助力出口提升；调查数据还显示，中大型企业报告的产量尤为强劲，不过这被小型企业的疲软所抵消。
Dobson 表示，本月整体增长放缓部分与采购库存减少以及就业增长放缓有关。他指出，员工人数已连续第四个月增加，但补充称增长已“放缓至近乎停滞”。
Item Club 首席经济顾问 Matt Swannell 表示：“尽管产量和订单有所回升，但增长动能依然丧失，伊朗战争的不确定性、全球贸易紧张局势、税收上涨以及监管变化是拖累商业信心的主要因素。”
“Vinted 错误地冻结了 我的账户，导致我损失了 £10,000”
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作者：Emily Braeger
数以百万计的人使用 Vinted 清理衣橱、赚取额外现金并寻找廉价商品，而对于其他人来说，它已不仅仅于此——它成了一项副业、一家家庭企业，甚至成为了他们的全职收入。
但一些使用 Vinted Pro（面向专业卖家）的用户表示，他们被错误地暂停使用或被平台永久封号，导致他们无法销售，资金被冻结在 Vinted 钱包中，且几乎没有机会对该决定提出申诉。
活动网站 Sad Vinted Faces 呼吁 Vinted 提供更好的客户服务、更公正的封号机制以及人工支持，该网站表示已收到许多遇到此问题的用户反馈。
发起该团体的 Catherine Warrilow 表示，数百人也无法取出存储在 Vinted 钱包（用于存储收益）中的资金，而其他人则描述称，尽管提供了正品证据，仍被指控销售假冒商品。
与此同时，一些买家表示，在收到错误商品或他们认为的假冒商品后，难以追回资金。
许多人还抱怨，在接触到人工客服之前，他们花费数周时间通过他们认为是由 AI 生成的回复来申诉决定。两名卖家向《The i Paper》讲述了他们的经历。
“我们失去了 £10,000 的收入——我们建立的一切都面临风险” 来自切尔滕纳姆的 Elisha Wright 在 16 岁下载 Vinted 时，并没有计划成为一名全职转售者。
相反，现年 19 岁的他当时正试图筹集资金来推出一个赛马服装品牌，同时帮助他的家庭度过一个困难的财务时期。
他说道：“为了给那项业务提供资金，并在这个财务困难时期支持我的家人，我决定卖掉我几乎所有的财产。”
在六周内，他创造了近 £950 的销售额。在早期的需求激励下，Elisha 和他的父亲将赚到的每一分钱都重新投入到赛马服装业务中。
他们的品牌 Wright Attire 专门经营二手 Ralph Lauren Polo 衫，从每天仅有少量销售，成长为这个家庭的全职生计。他们通过古着渠道、私人卖家或二级市场获取商品。
在巅峰时期，该业务每天定期销售 30 多个商品，并在 Vinted 上积累了 3,300 多个五星好评。
但在业务启动约一年后，Vinted 在指控某些产品可能是假货后，将该账户封锁了 30 天。
Elisha 表示，部分被质疑的商品最初就是通过 Vinted 本身购买的，而另一名卖家仍在不受限制地提供类似的库存。
几个月后，又一次封号发生了。这一次，Vinted 引用了关于“手工物品、定制产品、租赁服务、化妆品和一件代发”的涉嫌违规行为。
在多次申诉后，公司撤销了这两项限制，且 Vinted 承认封号操作属于失误。
在 Elisha Wright 的 Vinted 商业账户被多次错误暂停之前，每天定期销售 30 多个商品
我们的业务实际上在那个已成为我们主要销售平台的渠道上陷入了停滞。
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但仅仅三个月后，又一项限制到来了，以利沙表示这似乎是同样类型的涉嫌违规。这一次，该家庭在等待一个有意义的答复时花费了近三周时间，而他们在已经成为主阵地的平台上的销量几乎消失殆尽。
以利沙估计，这些限制导致该业务损失了约 £10,000 的收入。但他说，损害超出了直接的销售损失。
他说：“很多人专门关注我们的店铺，是因为他们经常在我们这里购买，因此无法正常贸易不可避免地影响了这些关系。”
现在，他们不敢在 Vinted 上上架产品，因为他们“始终”担心自己的账户可能会被限制。他说，最艰难的部分是看着他们的日销售额从约 £300 跌至约 £25。
他希望看到一个更公平的审核流程，让真正的二手卖家有机会由人工对其案件进行妥善审核。
“Vinted 承认犯了错误——然后又因为同一件商品永久封禁了我” 来自诺丁汉的 40 岁转卖商安德鲁·皮杰恩（Andrew Pidgeon）在从事全职工作之余，花费多年建立起一家服装业务，积累了 2,500 多个五星好评，并表示他约 80% 的销售额来自 Vinted。然后，在今年 4 月，该平台指控他销售的一顶 Carhartt 针织帽为假货。他立即提出申诉，提交了标签、缝线、包装和供应商发票的特写照片。他的产品同样是从其他卖家处获取的。九天后，Vinted 恢复了他的账户，并道歉承认自己“犯了错误”。安德鲁（见下插图）以为此事已解决。但一个月后，在他上架了一顶相同款式但不同颜色的帽子后，他被永久封禁了。
他说：“Vinted 似乎使用三级警告机制——7天，30天，永久封禁。因为我之前已经收到过一次警告（尽管 Vinted 后来撤销了决定），但 30 天的禁令显然没有从记录中抹除，所以我收到了永久封禁。”
“我再次申诉，提供了相同的证据，包括 Vinted 承认第一次犯错的消息。”
“我原以为 Vinted 的另一个人或 AI 机器人再次错误地将该商品标记为假货，而我会找回账户，但这次 Vinted 拒绝更改决定。”
安德鲁利用在该平台上赚取的收入来补贴主收入，现在他的财务出现了“大缺口”。“我经历了数周的焦虑，不知道如何支付账单和其他个人财务承诺，并担心我的副业就此终结。”
为了找回账户，安德鲁表示他联系了 Vinted 的首席执行官亚当·杰伊（Adam Jay），对方承诺会审查情况，但再未回复他。“我真的不想投诉 Vinted，因为我很喜欢使用这个应用。我只是希望能够再次使用它，而无需面对焦虑或被封禁的风险。”
一名 Vinted 发言人表示：“全英国有数百万人使用 Vinted 买卖二手物品，绝大多数人的体验都是积极的。”
“如果会员认为决定有误，他们可以申诉，其案件将由我们的会员支持团队审核。”
周二 2026 年 8 月 4 日
能源
其在欧洲的 可再生能源业务
作者：Henry Saker-Clark
壳牌（Shell）已同意将其欧洲陆上可再生能源业务出售给道达尔能源（TotalEnergies），该交易涉及英国、意大利、荷兰和西班牙的资产。
此次出售正值壳牌在首席执行官 Wael Sawan 的领导下，继续推进削减低碳和可再生能源投资的战略；而就在几天前，竞争对手 BP 在该地区经营 60 年多后，将其英国北海业务挂牌出售。
道达尔能源将接手一个 4 吉瓦的可再生能源组合，其中包括 500 兆瓦已投入运行或在建的太阳能和风能资产。
该投资组合还包括在意大利、英国和西班牙的一系列太阳能、风能和电池储能项目。
壳牌下游、可再生能源和能源解决方案总裁 Machteld de Haan 表示：“该协议反映了壳牌继续专注于积极管理并升级其电力组合。”
“我们正在回收资本，并优先考虑那些我们拥有差异化能力且能够随时间创造最大价值的领域，包括通过资产支持的电力交易和以客户为中心的能源解决方案。”
道达尔能源气体、可再生能源和电力总裁 Stéphane Michel 表示，该交易“加强了我们在欧洲选定关键去监管市场中的发电地位，以提供高性价比的电力”。
该交易尚需监管部门批准，预计将在年底前完成。
零售
‘管理不善’ Argos 连锁店
作者：Simon Straker
Argos 前采购主管指责塞恩斯伯里（Sainsbury’s）“管理不善”这家目录零售商，并表示在对方上周将其以 1.2 亿英镑m 出售给 Swift Partners 之后，他“对他们迷之傲慢感到震惊”。
Ian Chaplin 表示：“塞恩斯伯里首席执行官 Simon Roberts 曾说，Argos 在其所有权下已转型为一家拥有数百万客户和数千名优秀员工的领先零售商。”
“这话里的每一个词都与他们的实际做法相反。他们管理不善地对待品牌，失去了数百万客户，让数千名优秀员工离职，并用企业的傀儡取而代之。”
“在塞恩斯伯里的所有权下，没有任何一家供应商对 Argos 有好评。”
Swift 由包括前 Co-op 首席执行官 Richard Pennycook 在内的零售业资深人士支持。
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Wingstop 英国的年收入激增 73% 至 2.164 亿英镑m。这家美国鸡肉连锁店由 Lemon Pepper Holdings 于 2018 年首次引入英国，计划今年在英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士和爱尔兰开设 30 家门店——其在英国的第 100 家餐厅将于本月晚些时候在因弗内斯 (Inverness) 开业。该品牌由私募股权公司 Sixth Street 支持。
一个活动团体已申请将位于泰恩米尔（Tyne and Wear）桑德兰（Sunderland）的国家玻璃中心列为保护建筑，以防止其被拆除。“拯救国家玻璃中心”主席 Carolyn Basing 表示，这座建筑“在目前至少被定格在了时间里，但我们仍在奋斗”。国家玻璃中心于周五最后一次关闭大门。
技术
亚马逊的市值在第二季度营收达到 $200.6bn 以及 AI 热潮推动云端计算需求的迹象支撑下，首次突破了 $3trn (£2.23trn)。其股价今年已上涨超过 23 per cent —— 上周该集团将其年度资本支出预测从 $200bn 提高至 $220bn。
中国最具价值的 AI 芯片制造商 CXMT 在上月完成 £6.4bn 的上市后，正与一家政府支持的科技制造中心洽谈在北京建设第二家工厂。在创纪录的中国大陆半导体上市之后，面对全球存储芯片短缺，CXMT 正寻求提高产量。
富时 100 指数昨日收盘下跌 10.35 points，即 0.10 per cent，报 10,857.70。涨幅最大的是建筑商 Barratt Redrow，上涨 11.2p 至 304.5p，以及害虫控制公司 Rentokil，上涨 12p 至 356.8p。跌幅最大的是制药集团 AstraZeneca，下跌 1,132p 至 11,500p，以及金融科技公司 IG Group，下跌 89p 至 1,371p。在法国，CAC 40 上涨了 1.22 per cent，而德国 DAX 指数收盘上涨 1.45 per cent。布伦特原油价格下跌至每桶 $83.87。
在伦敦收盘时，英镑兑美元和欧元均下跌，兑美元下跌 0.34 cents 至 $1.3434，兑欧元下跌 0.22 cents 至 €1.1669。
西南铁路 (SWR) 通过封锁 Vauxhall 到 Waterloo 铁路票的数字化购买，在上个月打击逃票行为中挽回了 £45,000。SWR 表示，95 per cent 的条形码票被欺诈使用，乘客仅支付了旅程最后一段的费用。部分人在被抓获后被强制补缴数万英镑。
时尚连锁店 New Look 已任命 Lynda Petherick 为新任首席执行官。她将接替 Helen Connolly，后者将于 9 月下旬前往 Asda 的时尚与家居业务部门 George 担任负责人。Petherick 于 2024, 加入拥有 309 家英国门店的 New Look 担任首席信息官，随后在去年成为首席运营官。
在被投资公司 Apollo 于上月抢先截胡后，easyJet 将美国资产管理公司 Castlelake 提交另一项收购要约的窗口期延长了四天。Apollo 提出的 £5.7bn（每股 £7.25）方案已获推荐给股东，但两家公司在周五前都必须给出最终报价或退出。
农场主们表示，利用农地拓展其他业务帮助了西南地区的企业得以“生存”。该地区的农场纷纷开设商店、度假租赁房、露营地、餐厅和咖啡馆，业主们表示，如果没有这些多元化经营，他们的奶牛场将“毫无希望”。
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我们正在买房，但交易进度缓慢，我们的抵押贷款报价在交易完成前就将到期。自从申请以来，利率已经上涨。我们可以向贷款机构或经纪人申请延期，还是最好尝试与卖家重新协商价格？ 姓名和地址已提供 A
抵押贷款报价通常有效期为三到六个月，大多数贷款机构在日期设定后不会更改。但通常有一种解决问题的途径，而这应该从咨询经纪人开始，而不是先找卖家。 第一步是准确检查
还剩多少时间，以及交易链（chain）延误了多少。如果交易完成的时间紧迫但可行，大多数贷款机构可以在报价即将到期时予以延长，前提是收入、就业或信用状况没有重大变化。 有些机构在收到请求后会自动办理；另一些则需要重新估值或更新文件。这在不同贷款机构之间差异很大，这就是为什么尽早与经纪人沟通比等到报价即将失效时才行动更为重要。 如果无法延期，下一个选择是要求贷款机构按当前利率重新发放报价，同时保留已有的核保结果和条件。这样可以避免重新提交完整的申请，尽管利率本身将反映当前的定价，而非最初锁定的利率。 如果既不能延期也无法重新发放报价，则必须提交一份全新的申请。这意味着需要按照今天的标准和利率重新提交收入和负担能力检查。这听起来很令人沮丧，但在交易链超时的情形中，这是一个很常见的处理方式。一个监督时间表的经纪人应该在报价到期前很久就提醒该风险，而不是在到期之后。 关于与卖家重新协商
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价格的问题：这是一个独立的手段，使用时需谨慎。如果自报价达成以来利率大幅上涨，相同贷款金额的每月还款额将高于最初的预算。 处于这种情况的买家有时会回到卖家那里，要求降低房价以抵消更高的借贷成本，特别是如果导致抵押贷款报价失效的延误责任在卖方的交易链上。这可能行得通，但取决于筹码。 一个面临完成交易压力的卖家，或者一个已经找到了接下来的购房目标且无法轻易放弃的卖家，可能会愿意协商。 一个拥有其他意向买家或没有搬迁紧迫感的卖家，则没有义务重新讨论价格。值得记住的是，延误并不自动是卖家的错；交易链涉及多方当事人及律师，房屋测绘和产权查询都可能在与任何人行为无关的情况下拖慢进度。 在将价格作为问题提出之前，
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值得明确确认抵押贷款问题是否可以在不涉及价格的情况下解决。 延期或重新发放报价可以解决眼前风险，而完全不需要与卖家进行艰难的对话。重新协商应该是当账目确实不再可行时的退路，而不是应对利率上涨的第一反应。
在这种情况下， 买家能做的最有用 之事就是抢在 截止日期之前行动。
当交易链移动缓慢时，应尽早要求产权过户律师提供一个现实的完成时间预估，并及时告知贷款机构。相比于在报价失效前一天才打电话的买家，贷款机构通常会对提前三周提出问题的买家给予更多的宽容。 在购房过程中利率上涨令人沮丧，但这很少需要导致交易崩盘。延期和重新发放报价正是为了应对这种情况而存在的，而经纪人的职责就是确保买家不必在最后时刻被迫在“报价失效”和“尴尬的重新协商”之间做选择。
读者需要 在他们的 抵押贷款 报价 到期 之前 很长一段时间 就了解 自己的 选择 GETTY
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英格兰和威尔士大部分地区多云，局部地区有阳光。 今日天气
城市 / 温度 (昨日下午1点) / 降雨 (mm) / 阳光 (hrs) :--- 阿伯丁 (Aberdeen) / 15 / R 0.5 / 3.8 亚伯波思 (Aberporth) / 25 / C 0.4 / 7.4 阿伯里斯特威斯 (Aberystwyth) / 27 / C 0.4 / 7.7 阿维莫尔 (Aviemore) / 15 / R 1.2 / 3.0 贝尔法斯特 (Belfast) / 21 / SH 0.6 / 1.8 伯明翰 (Birmingham) / 27 / S 0.0 / 10.7 伯恩茅斯 (Bournemouth) / 25 / S 0.0 / 12.2 布里德灵顿 (Bridlington) / 21 / S 0.4 / 8.7 布里斯托 (Bristol) / 27 / C 0.0 / 10.8 加的夫 (Cardiff) / 27 / C 0.0 / 10.5 克罗默 (Cromer) / 22 / C 0.2 / 10.4 达勒姆 (Durham) / 20 / C 1.4 / 3.3 伊斯特本 (Eastbourne) / 26 / S 0.0 / 13.8 爱丁堡 (Edinburgh) / 16 / R 3.8 / 3.2 埃斯克代尔缪尔 (Eskdalemuir) / 17 / C 3.0 / 3.6 格拉斯哥 (Glasgow) / 16 / R 4.1 / 2.4 圣海德 (Holyhead) / 22 / C 2.1 / 4.3 霍夫 (Hove) / 27 / S 0.1 / 13.3 赫尔 (Hull) / 24 / S 0.4 / 9.7 亨廷登 (Huntingdon) / 29 / C 0.1 / 9.8 伊普斯威奇 (Ipswich) / 27 / C 0.1 / 12.9 曼岛 (Isle of Man) / 19 / R 7.1 / 3.4 怀特岛 (Isle of Wight) / 27 / S 0.0 / 11.9 金洛希夫 (Kinlochewe) / 17 / R 0.4 / 4.5 柯克沃尔 (Kirkwall) / 15 / C 0.1 / 7.1 领导市 (Leeds) / 24 / S 0.1 / 7.0 勒威克 (Lerwick) / 14 / C 0.3 / 6.6 卢查斯 (Leuchars) / 16 / R 2.7 / 2.9 林肯 (Lincoln) / 25 / S 0.0 / 10.1 利物浦 (Liverpool) / 27 / C 1.4 / 7.0 伦敦 (London) / 30 / S 0.0 / 11.4 曼彻斯特 (Manchester) / 26 / C 0.5 / 7.2 马盖特 (Margate) / 22 / S 0.0 / 14.3 米尔福德港 (Milford Haven) / 23 / R 1.8 / 7.3 莫克姆 (Morecambe) / 23 / C 3.5 / 4.6 纽卡斯尔 (Newcastle) / 19 / C 1.8 / 3.8 诺维奇 (Norwich) / 25 / C 0.1 / 10.9 诺丁汉 (Nottingham) / 26 / S 0.0 / 10.0 欧克汉普顿 (Okehampton) / 26 / C 0.1 / 9.8 牛津 (Oxford) / 30 / C 0.0 / 10.6 普利茅斯 (Plymouth) / 26 / C 0.1 / 10.0 波特兰 (Portland) / 23 / S 0.3 / 12.1 朴次茅斯 (Portsmouth) / 28 / S 0.0 / 12.1 普雷斯威克 (Prestwick) / 18 / R 5.4 / 2.7 瑞尔 (Rhyl) / 25 / C 0.9 / 5.7 谢菲尔德 (Sheffield) / 25 / C 0.0 / 7.8 什鲁夫塞丽 (Shrewsbury) / 27 / C 0.2 / 9.0 斯凯格尼斯 (Skegness) / 21 / S 1.5 / 10.3 绍森德 (Southend) / 25 / S 0.0 / 13.7 斯托克 (Stoke) / 26 / S 0.1 / 9.2 斯特诺韦 (Stornoway) / 17 / C 0.3 / 6.1 斯旺西 (Swansea) / 24 / C 0.0 / 9.6 提里岛 (Tiree) / 15 / R 4.4 / 3.5
柯克沃尔
阿伯丁
爱丁堡
格拉斯哥
纽卡斯尔
贝尔法斯特
领导市
赫尔
曼彻斯特
利物浦
谢菲尔德
诺丁汉
伯明翰
牛津
斯旺西
加的夫
布里斯托
普利茅斯
勒威克
诺维奇
伦敦
城市 温度 状况 (单位：C)
城市 温度 状况 (单位：C)
阿布扎比 44 晴 阿布贾 25 雷阵雨 阿利坎特 32 晴朗 阿姆斯特丹 28 晴 雅典 34 晴 曼谷 34 晴朗 巴塞罗那 31 晴朗 北京 34 雷阵雨 柏林 26 晴 布鲁塞尔 30 晴朗 布达佩斯 35 晴 芝加哥 22 晴朗 德里 34 晴朗 迪拜 45 晴 都柏林 20 晴朗 法兰克福 31 晴 日内瓦 30 晴 赫尔辛基 20 多云 香港 26 雷阵雨 伊斯坦布尔 27 晴 约翰内斯堡 17 晴 里斯本 25 多云 洛杉矶 26 晴朗 马德里 27 晴朗
图例：C=多云, DR=毛毛雨, F=晴朗, FG=雾, H=冰雹, M=薄雾, R=雨, S=晴, SH=阵雨, SL=雨夹雪, SN=雪, SS=沙尘暴, TH=雷阵雨
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空气污染 指数 地区 今天 明天
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约克
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最高温与最低温 (周日，截至晚上11点) 高地 苏格兰东北部 苏格兰中部 苏格兰边境 北爱尔兰 西北部及默西 东北部 约克郡与亨伯 北威尔士 西米德兰兹 东米德兰兹 南威尔士 西南部 东南部 东部 大伦敦
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设得兰 奥克尼 温度
°C 17
风速
轻微 15
英里 / 小时
大西洋 海洋
都柏林 高威
海峡群岛
奥尔德尼
根西
法国 萨克
迈阿密 29 雷阵雨 米兰 35 晴朗 莫斯科 22 晴朗 孟买 30 雷阵雨 慕尼黑 32 晴 纽约 28 雨 尼斯 30 晴 帕尔马 31 晴 巴黎 35 晴 布拉格 28 晴 雷克雅未克 13 多云 里约 罗马 33 晴 斯德哥尔摩 20 晴朗 斯特拉斯堡 33 晴 悉尼 17 晴朗 特内里费 东京 25 多云 多伦多 20 阵雨 温哥华 18 晴朗 维也纳 36 晴 华沙 27 晴朗 华盛顿 27 雨 惠灵顿 15 晴
泽西
总体情况：今日低压区域影响英国。阵雨将影响苏格兰、北群岛、西群岛、北爱尔兰、英格兰东北部、米德兰兹、英格兰西南部、威尔士、马恩岛及爱尔兰共和国。东英吉利、伦敦及英格兰东南部将以多云但干燥的天气为主，而海峡群岛将有阳光。大多数地区将出现西南风。 伦敦、英格兰东南部、东英吉利、海峡群岛：早晨以多云为主，期间有阳光穿透。下午气温将略微
轻微
空气污染水平 低 (1) 非常高 (10) uk-air.defra.gov.uk
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暖锋 等压线：气压 单位为毫巴 冷锋 锢候锋 1024
海况
平静
中等
威廉堡
德里 / 伦敦德里
科克
凯尔特 海
升高，并伴有来自西南方向的轻风。到晚上，云量略有增加，有小雨的可能性，尤其是在最南部地区。最高气温：31C。今夜多云，小雨。最低气温：15C。 英格兰中部南部、英格兰西南部、米德兰兹、南威尔士、北威尔士：早晨开始多云，该地区气温温和。下午云层持续，最西部地区可能会有小雨。到晚上，天空依然阴沉，并有阵雨威胁。轻微南风。最高气温：26C。今夜大雨，有风。最低气温：16C。
月相 今日最高温 今日最低温 日落 日出 05 28 20 43
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因弗内斯 (Inverness)
邓迪 (Dundee)
邓弗里斯 (Dumfries)
卡莱尔 (Carlisle)
爱尔兰海 (Irish Sea)
兰迪诺 (Llandudno)
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南安普敦 (Southampton) 朴茨茅斯 (Portsmouth)
埃克塞特 (Exeter)
苏格兰东南部、英格兰东北部、英格兰东部：今日天气阴沉，多云且有降雨威胁，尤其是早晨时分。下午继续阴天，雨势将减弱为阵雨。在最东部地区，早晨气温温和但较低。盛行轻微东风。最高气温：23C。今晚，晴朗且寒冷。最低气温：14C。 英格兰西北部、苏格兰西南部、北爱尔兰、爱尔兰共和国、马恩岛：今日以多云为主，气温在温和至温暖之间。早晨最西部地区有轻雨。下午，北部地区可能会出现大雨，而最南部地区可能会有雷阵雨。风力全程保持轻微。最高气温：21C。今晚，雨势转大。最低气温：14C。 苏格兰西北部、苏格兰东北部、西部群岛、北部群岛：今日大部分时间阴沉潮湿，天空阴沉且有持续降雨。早晨出现大范围阵雨，尤其是最北部地区雨势较大，下午稍有缓解。至傍晚，西部地区将继续下雨，气温较低，伴有轻风。最高气温：16C。今晚，晴空，寒冷。最低气温：13. C。
天气形势：一个以北爱尔兰为中心的低压系统正在向东移动，增强了苏格兰地区的降雨和雷暴。一个高压脊中心位于北部群岛附近，维持英格兰和威尔士温和但多云的天气，给东北部和西南部带来零星阵雨。
最热：萨里郡，威斯利 (Wisley, Surrey)，30C。
最冷：唐郡，凯茨布里奇 (Katesbridge, County Down)，3C。
最湿：罗斯和克罗马蒂，格拉斯卡诺赫湖 (Loch Glascarnoch, Ross and Cromarty)，5.40mm。
最晴：埃塞克斯，兰德威克，舒伯里内斯 (Shoeburyness, Landwick, Essex)，13.4hrs。
北海 (North Sea)
剑桥 (Cambridge)
雷丁 (Reading)
布莱顿 (Brighton)
英吉利海峡 (English Channel)
黑夜时间
阿伯丁 (Aberdeen) 21.17-05.14 伯明翰 (Birmingham) 20.54-05.33 布里斯托 (Bristol) 20.53-05.40 卡迪夫 (Cardiff) 20.55-05.42 格拉斯哥 (Glasgow) 21.17-05.28 赫尔 (Hull) 20.53-05.22 因弗内斯 (Inverness) 21.26-05.18 利物浦 (Liverpool) 21.02-05.34 伦敦 (London) 20.43-05.30 曼彻斯特 (Manchester) 20.59-05.31 斯托诺韦 (Stornoway) 21.39-05.25 斯旺西 (Swansea) 20.59-05.45 约克 (York) 20.56-05.24
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周三：北部地区将出现雨和雾，而南部地区大部分时间干燥，天气晴朗且偶有云朵。
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周四：北部地区多云伴有阵雨。南部地区享受晴空和阳光。东部地区大部分时间干燥。
周五：西部地区预计将出现雨和云，而东部地区大部分时间干燥，有部分阳光时段。
周六：北部和西部地区有雨，南部和东部地区多云并伴有阳光时段，气温温和。
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周日：北部和西部地区有阵雨；而南部和东部地区预计将出现阳光时段，伴有少量云朵。
体育
自行车赛 经纪人 Hearn 坚称 圣徒队球星 Pollock 年薪价值 100 万英镑m
作者：Edward Elliot
据经纪人 Eddie Hearn 表示，英格兰球星 Henry Pollock 的年薪价值至少为 100 万英镑m，预计他将寻求大幅涨薪以留在北安普顿圣徒队 (Northampton Saints)。
Pollock 与这家英超冠军队目前的合同将于明年夏天到期，据认为目前的年薪约为 100 万英镑50,000。
自 2024, 12 月达成该协议以来，这位后卫完成了国际赛首秀，参加了英国及爱尔兰狮队的巡赛，并帮助北安普顿队在上赛季赢得了英格兰顶级联赛冠军。
“他绝对是一名七位数年薪的球员，”Hearn 说道，“按照橄榄球的发展趋势以及 Pollock 的表现，他的价值在未来几年将飞速增长，我认为橄榄球这项运动的整体价值也会随之增长。”
此外，Pollock 作为英格兰队的增强型精英球员小队成员，每年还从英格兰橄榄球协会 (RFU) 获得约 100 万英镑50,000 的薪酬。
这位拥有 13 场国际比赛出场记录的 21 岁球员，自 3 月与 Hearn 的 Matchroom 经纪公司签约以来，其商业形象迅速提升。
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Henry Pollock 是英格兰最具有商业价值的球员之一 GETTY
自行车赛：环法女子赛 TNT Sports 1, 2.30pm 测试板球：西印度群岛 对 巴基斯坦 TNT Sports 2, 2.30pm 板球：利兹太阳神队 (Sunrisers Leeds) （见下方 Kate Cross）对 伦敦精神女子队 BBC Two, 2.45pm 网球：加拿大公开赛 Sky Sports Tennis, 4pm 板球：利兹太阳神队 对 伦敦精神男子队 BBC Two, 6pm.
然而，尽管有潜在的财富诱惑，据了解，这位圣徒队青训产品仍渴望留在北安普顿。
由于英超 640 万英镑m 的工资帽限制，圣徒队满足 Pollock 薪资要求的能力可能会受到阻碍。
每支英超球队可以拥有一名“标志性球员”，其薪资可免于工资帽限制。
据认为，英格兰队飞翼 Fin Smith 占据了北安普顿队薪资单上的这个名额。
Hearn 表示，Pollock 不希望前往国外发展，因为根据 RFU 不选择海外球员的政策，他将失去代表英格兰队参赛的资格。
“北安普顿必须意识到他们拥有什么样的球员，”Hearn 补充道，“Henry Pollock 带动了季票销售。Henry Pollock 让观众填满座位。Henry Pollock 提升了 TNT 或任何播出平台的收视率。Henry Pollock 能卖出球衣，对吧？”
“这就是区别所在。所以，你可以为球队拥有 Henry Pollock 赋予一个经济价值，而无论 Henry 本人的意愿如何，这一点必须得到认可。”
“他不能在目前的薪资水平下留在该俱乐部。”
CARABAO CUP 初赛 约克 (0).................................................0 克劳利镇 (1).......................2
Di Biase 24
Orsi-Dadomo 86 (点球)
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P / W / D / L / F / A / Pts :--- St Mirren / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 3 St Johnstone / 1 / 0 / 4 / 3 Aberdeen / 1 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 3 Motherwell / 1 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 3 Celtic / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 3 Dundee Utd / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 Rangers / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 Kilmarnock / 1 / 0 / 1 / 3 / 4 / 0 Hearts / 1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 Hibernian / 1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 Dundee / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 Falkirk / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0
板球 THE HUNDRED 赛事 威尔士之火 对 南方勇士，索菲亚花园球场：男子赛， 南方勇士 115-8 (100球; M P Stoinis 55; S J Cook 3-14); 威尔士之火 116-4 (95球; M W Short 60未出局)。威尔士之火以 6 个三柱击胜出。 女子赛，南方勇士 121-5 (100球); 威尔士之火 122-6 (100球; M R Corteen-Coleman 3-27)。威尔士之火女子队以 4 个三柱击胜出。
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网球 ATP & WTA 穆巴达拉 DC 赛，华盛顿特区 男子决赛：T Fritz (美国) 击败 R Jodar (西班牙) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4.
拉杜卡努因腿部 压力性骨折 缺席美国公开赛
作者：Eleanor Crooks
埃玛·拉杜卡努（Emma Raducanu）的压力性骨折将迫使她缺席美国公开赛。这位英国排名第 1 的选手在草地赛季期间右小腿受伤，并在随后决定退出温布尔登网球赛。在与医疗团队协商后，拉杜卡努得出结论，她将无法参加本月晚些时候在纽约举行的比赛。
鉴于伤情的性质，以及她最近才穿着防护靴小心翼翼地尝试重返赛场，这一消息并不令人意外，但对于 23 岁的拉杜卡努（右图）来说，这又是一次打击。
去年夏天，她在法拉盛公园赢下了自 2021 年赢得美国公开赛后的首场比赛，取得了积极进展，但随后的 12 个月对拉杜卡努而言却充满了挫败感，身体问题接连不断。在一次脚部受伤严重妨碍了她的季前训练后，拉杜卡努在 2 月初最初感到不适，随后因病毒后疾病在场外休养了两个半月。
女子决赛：A Eala (Phl) 击败 J Pegula (US) 4-6 6-4 6-0。 WTA 国家银行赛，安大略省多伦多， 女子第一轮：K Rakhimova 击败 V Williams (US) 6-4 6-1；V Golubic (Sui) 击败 K Birrell (Aus) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4；J Bouzas Maneiro (Esp) 击败 A Arseneault (Can) 6-2 6-4；S Bejlek (Cz Rep) 击败 X Wang (Chin) 3-6 6-4 7-5；K Sebov (Can) 击败 A Ito (Japan) 6-3 6-4；M Uchijima (Japan) 击败 C Bucsa (Esp) 6-3 6-4；C Osorio (Col) 击败 L Stefanini (It) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3。
今日赛程
足球 欧冠联赛 第三轮资格赛首回合 奥林匹亚科斯 v NEC 奈美亨 (7)............................................................. 布拉格斯巴达 v 里昂 (7)................................................................................. 圣吉洛伊斯联盟 v 博多格林特 (7)................................................ 亚拉率亚美尼亚 v 采利耶 (5)................................................................... 萨格勒布迪纳摩 v 考纳斯扎尔吉里斯 (7)............................................ 贝尔谢巴 Hapoel v 红星贝尔格莱德 (6.30)........................... 索菲亚列夫斯基 v 凯拉特 (6.30)................................................................... 米亚尔比 AIF v 斯洛伐基亚布拉迪斯拉发 (5)....................................................... 欧联杯 第三轮资格赛首回合 拉恩 v 伊比利亚 1999 (8)....................................................................................... 香浓罗弗斯 v 埃格纳蒂亚 (8)........................................................ 欧协联 第三 轮资格赛首回合：奥达 v 地拉那迪纳摩 (5.0)。
板球 THE HUNDRED：利兹太阳神 v 伦敦精神 (Headingley, 男子 6:30pm, 女子 3pm)。 第二次测试赛（五日赛第三日）：西印度群岛 v 巴基斯坦 (西班牙港, 3pm)。
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National Pride (2.15, Catterick) 曾在 Ascot 的一场激战中完成首秀。 当天并未真正展现出能给予致命打击的威胁，但经过第二次尝试后，应对要求应会有更清晰的认识，非常值得关注。
英国排名第 2 的凯蒂·鲍尔特（Katie Boulter）在多伦多举行的加拿大公开赛首轮中，经过苦战负于凯拉·克罗斯（Kayla Cross），遗憾出局。鲍尔特在面对这位 21 岁的加拿大选手时，以 7-6, 7-5 告负。
在重新聘请五年前指导她获得美国公开赛冠军的教练安德鲁·理查德森（Andrew Richardson）后，她终于在红土赛季末期回归赛场。但两人共同在场上的时间非常有限。 拉杜卡努（Raducanu）在今年 6 月的温布尔登网球俱乐部（Queen’s Club）达到了她职业生涯最好的一周，赢得了自纽约以来最大的一场决赛，但正是这次努力引发了她最新的挫折。 她未被列入英国队参加 9 月底举行的比利时·简·金杯（Billie Jean King Cup）决赛的名单中。
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GOLWG GWENDRAETH 让磅赛 (第 5 组) 3 岁马 £8,000 奖金 1m
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创造 历史
西格里德·霍格塞特（Sigrid Haugset）以单骑绝尘之势夺冠，成为首位在环法女子赛（Tour de France Femmes）中赢得分站冠军的挪威人，也是该国首位穿上黄色领骑衫的选手。她从荷兰选手洛雷娜·维比斯（Lorena Wiebes）手中夺得了总冠军领先位置。“我从未想过这有可能……这太不可思议了，”目前领先 2 分 22 秒的霍格塞特说道。许多车手在比赛的第一场山地赛段中摔车，但没有选手退出。
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奥运 铜牌 得主 安东尼·哈丁（Anthony Harding） 和杰克·劳格（Jack Laugher） 在昨日巴黎水上运动中心 举行的欧洲锦标赛 3 米同步跳板决赛中， 仅以 0.48 分之差 与一枚同色奖牌失之交臂。 这对英国组合在 前两跳后处于领先， 在最后一跳前排名第三， 但最终不敌 意大利组合斯特凡诺·贝洛蒂（Stefano Belotti） 和马泰奥·桑托罗（Matteo Santoro）。
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环法冠军塔代伊·波加查 (Tadej Pogacar) 将参加本月的西班牙巡回赛 (Vuelta a Espana)。 西班牙巡回赛仍然是 27 岁的波加查唯一尚未赢得的大满贯赛事，他曾五次夺得环法冠军，并在 2024 年赢得了环意冠军。 波加查仅参加过一次西班牙巡回赛，那是他在 2019 年的大满贯首秀。 “我很兴奋能告诉大家我要回到西班牙巡回赛。西班牙是我热爱访问和比赛的国家，现在是回去的最佳时机，”波加查（上图）表示。 “我很有动力以良好的状态结束这一年，西班牙巡回赛将是一个重大目标。”
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马奎尔入选索尔海姆 杯队长之选
安娜·诺德奎斯特宣布，英格兰的米米·罗兹 (Mimi Rhodes) 和爱尔兰的利奥娜·马奎尔 (Leona Maguire) 被选为索尔海姆杯 (Solheim Cup) 的队长之选。朱莉亚·洛佩兹-拉米雷斯 (Julia Lopez Ramirez) 和纳斯塔西娅-纳多 (Nastasia Nadaud) 也获得了该赛事的特邀名额。赛事将于9月11-13日在荷兰的伯纳杜斯高尔夫俱乐部 (Bernardus Golf) 举行。罗兹（上图）在上一赛季赢得了三场欧洲女子巡回赛冠军，并被评为年度最佳新人。这位24岁的球员表示：“参加索尔海姆杯一直以来都是我的梦想和目标。[被选中参加] 2026年索尔海姆杯超出了我的所有想象。”
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巴西队在世界杯中的表现，但那可能会被后续事件所覆盖。 虽然吉马良斯非常渴望这次转会，但并未出现像去年那样的情况——当时亚历山大·伊萨克实际上采取了罢工行为，并拒绝随纽卡斯尔参加季前巡赛。 如果吉马良斯离队，他将继桑德罗·托纳利和安东尼·戈登之后，成为第三位离队的知名球员。 纽卡斯尔已经签下了五名球员，但内部承认，如果吉马良斯离开，他们将需要签下一名具有经验的球员，以配合新任教练马蒂亚斯·雅伊斯的各项工作。 当阿森纳表现出兴趣时，纽卡斯尔传达的信息是，他们不欢迎任何关于吉马良斯的报价，且今年夏天除非符合俱乐部的条件，否则没有任何球员会离队。 但他们的处理方式似乎存在细微差别，如果他们决定将其出售，可能需要考虑几个因素。 首先，主教练埃迪·豪的离职——他在上周辞职并表示认为自己无法继续坚持——切断了吉马良斯与俱乐部之间的一个关键纽带。 新任主教练雅伊斯将彻底改革球队的比赛方式，他带着一张白纸到来，而且或许会对吉马良斯的依赖程度较低。 其次，涉及到冷酷且现实的经济因素。吉马良斯正处于价值顶峰，而纽卡斯尔在严格的财务公平竞争规则参数内努力重建阵容——通过出售队长回收的任何资金，将为他们提供巨大的增强实力的空间。 据了解，俱乐部正致力于引进另一名中场球员，该球员的年龄层可能更年轻。 波尔图的丹麦球员维克多·弗罗霍尔特（Victor Froholdt），20 岁，是纽卡斯尔看中的球员之一。 雅伊斯目前身在拉曼加，准备在西班牙进行为期一周的训练营。
亨德森签署两年合同
乔丹·亨德森在离开布伦特福德后，以一份为期两年的合同加盟切尔西。 据了解，双方还就切尔西后卫特雷沃·查洛巴加盟意大利足球甲级联赛科莫队达成协议，转会费为 2570 万英镑m 加上 510 万英镑m 的附加条款。 上周已确认，在得知该俱乐部西伦敦的竞争对手——
冒险。 纽卡斯尔的人 可能会喜欢这一点”
在足球教练的晋升阶梯上，并没有一条预设的登顶之路。但大多数人如果想要获得率领纽卡斯尔联队的机会，其履历中需要的不仅仅是奥地利和沙特阿拉伯的俱乐部经历。
38 岁的马蒂亚斯·雅斯莱（Matthias Jaissle）在稳健的埃迪·豪（Eddie Howe）取得成功之后，是一个极具风险的赌注，无论他的足球成长背景如何。因此，在他在任之前，就轻易否定一个并不太希望被称作“朱利安·纳格尔斯曼 2.0”的人的机会，就显得更加容易。
如果纽卡斯尔拥有的不是中东所有者，雅斯莱甚至根本不会被提及。而现在他成为了纽卡斯尔的热议话题，关于他的职业成就，有更多值得称道的地方，而反对者们并未意识到这一点。
“当我们希望在世界眼中作为一个联赛成长，引进年轻球员而非可能已过巅峰的球星时，我们很遗憾失去马策 [雅斯莱],”一名沙特职业联赛官员在谈到他在阿赫利（Al Ahli）期间时告诉《i报》。
“他在这里取得的成就是非凡的。带领一支刚刚降级的球队一路攀升至大陆之巅，无论你在世界哪个角落，这都不是一件容易的事。”
“人们很容易认为他可能在纽卡斯尔不会成功，因为那是一项艰巨的任务，但不要抹杀他在这里取得的成就。”
连续两届亚冠冠军证明了这次大胆举动的正确性
在 2023 年，正当雅斯莱在离家更近的地方引起关注时，他选择离开红牛萨尔茨堡加盟阿赫利。阿赫利在其历史上从未赢得过亚洲最高荣誉，但在雅斯莱执教期间，凭借一种令人兴奋的纵向足球风格，两度夺冠。这位风格时尚的年轻激进派并不反感从一开始就向对手发起进攻。
“他的球队是以进攻为导向，并采取更开放的足球风格，”前奥地利中场球员兹拉特科·尤努佐维奇（Zlatko Junuzovic）告诉《i报》，他曾在雅斯莱率领萨尔茨堡连续两届夺冠期间效力。
“他们不害怕冒险并渴望进球。纽卡斯尔的人可能会喜欢这一点。”
“拉尔夫 [朗尼克] 当时引入了那种哲学，但情况并不总是相同。在我的时代，这种哲学是我们踢一种侵略性强、高强度的风格——注重进攻，并在球场高位实施压迫。”
“但从那时起，他在战术上已经有了长足的进步；他积累了越来越多的经验，而且除此之外，他还享受到了巨大的成功，这使得许多俱乐部有兴趣签下他。”
他成为了新任主教练哈比·阿隆索（Xabi Alonso）接手后切尔西引进的第八名一线队球员。36 岁的他，是所有者 BlueCo 在 2022 年收购俱乐部以来加盟年龄最大的一员。
“考虑到俱乐部的规模、我对主教练的极高钦佩，以及球员的质量，这是一个我无法拒绝的绝佳机会，”亨德森（左）告诉切尔西官方网站。“我也对所有者希望切尔赛获得成功并朝着正确方向发展的决心印象深刻。”
“对我来说，这就是在每一天、在场内场外都付出一切，尽可能地帮助我周围的球员和球队。我非常激动能立即开始工作。”
年龄不是 德泽科在沙尔克 的障碍
前曼城前锋 埃丁·德泽科（Edin Dzeko） 在 40 岁时与 德国球队沙尔克 签署了一份为期一年的 续约合同。
德泽科（右）在 1 月份 从佛罗伦萨加盟后， 在 11 场出场中打入 六球，帮助沙尔克以 次级联赛冠军的身份 成功升级至德甲。
沙尔克足球总监 尤里·穆尔德（Youri Mulder）表示：“埃丁在加盟俱乐部 最初的四个半月里， 为沙尔克带来了 一些特别的东西。他 是一名关键球员， 深受球迷喜爱。”
“我们在过去几周的 对话中明确，埃丁 依然像以往一样渴望。 我们相信他在德甲 也能帮到我们。”
影响力。当贾斯莱（Jaissle） 在斯图加特开始职业球员生涯 （后因伤提前结束）时， 这位英格兰主帅 在那里担任青年队教练。 两人关系依然密切。
在萨尔茨堡，根据朗尼克（Rangnick） 的指令，贾斯莱被赋予 如此高关注度俱乐部的 执教权时并未感到压力。 自贾斯莱于 2023 年 前往沙特阿拉伯后， 他们再未赢得联赛冠军。
“马蒂亚斯（Matthias）总体上 相当开朗且随和，” 朱努佐维奇（Junuzovic）继续说道。 “但当时机成熟时， 他也可能发怒或 变得要求更严格， 尤其是如果有人 不尽职时。成功是他在 目前俱乐部取得的 最重要目标，而且 他也证明了自己能 掌控名将。”
贾斯莱目前在拉曼加（La Manga） 参加纽卡斯尔的季前训练营。 处理顶尖球员问题将是 首要任务，因为俱乐部 正努力说服队长 布鲁诺·吉马良斯（Bruno Guimaraes）留队。
但与影响力人物谈判 对贾斯莱来说并非新鲜事。 他是在红牛足球管理体系中 获得了第一次机会， 该体系由前曼联 主帅朗尼克领导， 纳格尔斯曼（Nagelsmann） 和杰塞·马什（Jesse Marsch） 均是其校友。
托马斯·图赫尔（Thomas Tuchel）同样 具有影响力。
措利斯坚称，在卫冕冠军的争夺中，压力在对手身上
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克里斯托斯·措利斯（Christos Tzolis）表示，阿森纳已准备好捍卫英超冠军头衔，并称“压力”在于冠军的竞争对手们，因为他们必须阻止阿森纳实现连冠。
这位希腊国脚将被布置在左路。在周六 4-1 击败吉罗纳的比赛中，他为枪手队打入了首球。在此之前，他以 3400 万英镑m 的身价从俱乐部布鲁日转会而来。
尽管俱乐部对皇家马德里的维尼修斯·儒尼奥尔（Vinicius Junior）以及纽卡斯尔的布鲁诺·吉马良斯（Bruno Guimaraes）表现出浓厚兴趣——后者可能在本周内完成转会——但措利斯目前仍是冠军球队今夏唯一一名引进的野战位置球员。
当被问及阿森纳是否准备好捍卫 22 年来的首个冠军时，措利斯回答道：“当然。要卫冕冠军，不需要过多思考。”
“对于其他球队来说更困难，因为压力在他们身上，而不在夺冠的球队身上。”
“当我看到训练情况，以及每位球员在每次训练演习中表现出的渴望时，这意味着每个人都准备好在最高水平上进行竞争。”
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马蒂亚斯·贾斯莱（Matthias Jaissle，上图中心）在 2023 年赢得了奥地利联赛；阿赫利队的齐亚德·阿尔乔哈尼（Ziyad Aljohani）庆祝上赛季赢得沙特超级杯和亚冠联赛，这两项荣誉均是在贾斯莱的执教下获得的。路透社（GETTY）
对他来说最重要的事情，而他正是这样行动的。
“他的年龄从来不是问题——我们在萨尔茨堡已经习惯了。他非常容易沟通，部分原因在于他的年龄，因为我们在某些话题上处于同一波段。”
“他很擅长管理事务。纽卡斯尔的球员会比来自不同 era. 的人更容易与他产生共鸣。”
“我一直认为他能拥有出色的职业生涯，因为他非常坚定且专注。”
“他能够应对压力。过去几年的经历对他大有裨益。”
成功具有传染性。贾斯莱此前从未经历过失败。纽卡斯尔将是他人生中最大的挑战。
“当然，在欧洲，人们认为在这里（沙特）进展会很顺利，”一名沙特官员补充道，“但压力是巨大的。当俱乐部在球员身上花费巨资时，支持者期望快速获得成功。”
“贾斯莱不得不处理大牌球员的涌入，并引导一家新升入顶级联赛的俱乐部重回昔日荣光。结果不可能是更好的了。如果他能处理好这些，他在英超同样可以获得成功。”
执掌五年后，斯金纳离开曼联
马克·斯金纳（Marc Skinner）在执教五年后，经双方协议决定离开曼联女足主教练一职。
斯金纳（右）的合同本还剩一年，但他决定在曼联于 9 月 4 日在伦敦城市狮子队开始女子超级联赛（WSL）赛季前一个月离职。
斯金纳于 2021 年 7 月接替凯西·斯通尼（Casey Stoney），在他的带领下，曼联在连续四个赛季中四次进入国内杯赛决赛，并在 2024 年赢得足总杯冠军，获得了俱乐部在女子足球领域的第一项重大荣誉。
“马克·斯金纳已经离开了他的（主教练职位）……”
他在 2022-23 赛季带领球队获得 WSL 亚军，历史上首次确保了参加欧冠联赛的资格。
在 2025-26 赛季中，他们一路闯入欧冠四分之一决赛，随后输给了拜仁慕尼黑。
但由于本赛季在 WSL 中仅获得第四名，他们失去了进入欧洲顶尖俱乐部赛事的资格。
曼联最终落后第三名切尔西 9 分，落后冠军曼城 15 分。
主教练离职总结了拉特克利夫治下对女队的忽视
马克·斯金纳（Marc Skinner）是一个充满争议的人物。 在曼联的球迷群体中，有人对他在战术和球队管理方面的做法持坚定地批评态度。有报道称，部分队员对他并不太满意的训练方法感到失望，因为他的方式通常是放手不管，让球员自己去琢磨。一些青训球员认为，自己进入一线队的路径……委婉地说，非常困难。 但考虑到预算，他的成绩其实超出了预期，而这也是每任曼联女足主教练的职责所在。这是一个不可否认的事实。他带领俱乐部两次获得联赛前三名，并四次闯入重大决赛，在 2024 年赢得了足协杯冠军。在那段期间，曼联的预算从未进入前三名。 在新赛季开始前一个月，斯金纳离职了。官方解释是双方达成共识，但在 4 月，斯金纳曾广泛谈到，为了在女子超级联赛（WSL）中保持竞争力，需要更大规模的投资。 这家俱乐部仅在名义上是超级俱乐部：他们的工资单在阿森纳、切尔西和曼城面前显得微不足道。 上个赛季，夺冠的希望逐渐破灭。由于伤病危机，曼联多次无法填满替补席，一些人认为这与身体负荷过重有关——同样是因为球员阵容规模太小。 最后，斯金纳成了一个有用的挡箭牌，为球迷的挫败感充当了人力护盾。随着他的离开，问题应当指向食物链更顶端的人。这些问题是：这是一个有野心的足球俱乐部吗？这个俱乐部是否真的想
“曼联女足主教练马克·斯金纳通过双方协商解除合同，”俱乐部昨日在一份声明中表示。 “马克在离开之际，为曼联女足的持续进步做出了重大贡献。 “俱乐部对他在曼联期间表现出的专业精神、投入和奉献表示衷心感谢，并祝愿他在未来取得成功。” 斯金纳还主导了曼联
赢得联赛冠军？如果是这样，它认为目前的投资如何能使其成为可能？ 今年夏天，曼联将梅尔文·马拉德（Melvine Malard，见下文）卖给了切尔西。米莉·特纳（Millie Turner）和莉萨·纳尔松德（Lisa Naalsund）加入了伯明翰城。一线队唯一显著的新援是一名来自 WSL2 莱斯特城队的替补门将，以及一名来自马德里竞技的且未入选过国家队的西班牙后卫。曼联经常在转会窗关闭前才匆忙操作，但球迷们感到不安是在情理之中的。
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在 WSL 赛季的揭幕周末，曼联将对阵伦敦城市女狮队。一个是宏大的扩张计划，或许略显笨拙，但拥有巨大的野心和投资。而另一个，支持者们说，仅仅是在原地踏步和敷衍了事。斯金纳的离开（即便他并非人人喜爱）进一步加剧了人们的担忧。斯金纳的继任者将被推销一个“计划”——但这个计划究竟包含什么？这就是吉姆·拉特克利夫爵士为曼联女足构建的现状：给人的印象是，他对自己俱乐部的这一领域关注不足。在 2024 年，拉特克利夫表示，由于专注于男足的运营和财务，导致他无法全面参与女足队的计划。在他任期内，曼联参加的两次女足协杯决赛他一次都没有出席。同样在 2024 年，曼联女足被搬迁至可移动的
俱乐部卡灵顿训练中心的建筑，因为在男队室内设施翻新期间，男队需要使用女队的建筑。现在女队已经搬进了新中心，但此前建立起的是一种卑微且被轻视的信号。这种情况是否有所改善？曼联现在的处境比之前更糟糕。伦敦城的崛起成为一股合法力量，意味着前四的名额不再是囊中之物。没有欧战资格，没有主教练，且本就薄弱的阵容比上赛季更加单薄。这里有如此多可能的速胜方案和长期计划，但目前看来，这些都难以实现。在曼联，女足似乎成了事后才想起的琐事。她们已经变成了顶级天才的跳板，在所谓精英环境中的一个平庸之选。这支球队正被晾在外面，在阳光下渐渐凋零。曼联在重组女足团队上拖得太久了。而现在，他们在给予她们公正待遇方面又拖得太久。
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流程、领导力、价值观、利益相关者管理、沟通以及正确判断的缺失，使我们处于这样一个局面：因凡蒂诺先生已失去了威尔士足协（FAW）对他继续掌舵世界足球的信心。未能将足球的最佳利益放在首位，是我们无法接受的失败。”
欧足联在周六的声明中补充称，在审查国际足联的未来方向时，“不应排除任何选项”，各国家协会仍有可能触发对因凡蒂诺的不信任投票，这将导致召开国际足联临时大会。
这只需要 43 个协会参与即可实现，但除非人们坚信（甚至确定）国际足联 211 个成员中的大多数会在该大会上罢免因凡蒂诺，否则不太可能采取此类行动。
代表北美、中美洲和加勒比地区的中北美及加勒比足联（Concacaf）在周六也要求对其领导层进行“全面审查”，这两个联合会共包含 96 个协会。
消息人士指出，中北美及加勒比足联主席维克多·蒙塔利亚尼（Victor Montagliani），同时也是国际足联副主席，将准备竞选足球最高领导职务。
许多非洲和亚洲足协在周末发表声明支持因凡蒂诺，包括来自摩洛哥、埃及和卡塔尔的足协。
欧足联还致信因凡蒂诺，确认其正“积极考虑”针对国际足联前行企业（FFE）计划采取法律行动。
因凡蒂诺建议向私人投资者出售 FFE 20 ％的股份。国际足联上周确认，Thrive Eternal 已被确定为该投资者集团的牵头方。
Thrive 由特朗普的女婿贾里德·库什纳（Jared Kushner）的兄弟约书亚·库什纳（Joshua Kushner）于今年早些时候创立。
维克多·蒙塔利亚尼可能准备竞选主席
今天我觉得……失业了。这才是这里唯一合适的结局：正义的讽刺。詹尼·因凡蒂诺被羞辱、被令名誉扫地且被揭穿，但只有将他完全从这场由他自己创造的粗俗闹剧中剔除，这个体育界最强大的管理机构才能向前迈进。没有如果，没有但是，没有干扰技巧。这是现在唯一值得奋斗的事情。当欧洲超级联赛的构想被扼杀时，英国足球错过了一个机会。阻止资本主义贪婪进程而带来的胜利光辉，让阴谋家们逃脱了惩罚。如果超级联赛的潜在威胁消失了，没有人在被当场抓住后付出代价，我们也不真正相信他们已经改变。生活只是简单地恢复了正常。在这里不能发生这种情况。因凡蒂诺的腐败核心已经感染了国际足联。我们永远不能相信他会改变，意识到自己的错误并成为一名仁慈的领导者。你无法剪掉因凡蒂诺的翅膀。他的自我意识和野心无法被妥帖地安置在一个锁住的小盒子里。因此，他必须立即被撤职。因凡蒂诺依然危险——绝不要误解。如果你相信他已经放弃了该计划的所有希望，且没有其他潜在的后手，那我这里有一些神奇豆子要卖给你，请放心，长出来的豆茎会非常惊人。更重要的是：他不配获得第二次机会。这是对他与特朗普政府之间那种令人作呕的亲密关系的正确惩罚。为了克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多被暂停的禁赛。为了和平奖。为了一个所谓非政治机构的主席对特朗普总统说出的“你做得非常好，唐纳德”。为了那句“大多数人都拿到了签证”以及那篇疯狂的 Instagram 帖子。为了国际足联在特朗普大厦设立的办公室。每一天，因凡蒂诺
残留的影响是国际足联本身的一块污点，因为他强大的自我宣传力度已经模糊了组织与个人之间的界限。因凡蒂诺即国际足联——国际足联即因凡蒂诺。如果这对于在那里工作并做出真正贡献的人来说显得不公平，那么请随便在街上问任何人寻求评价。他正在将你们拉低。否则，每一个口号都显得空洞。你们做出的每一个承诺都像一个空壳。我们将看到你们组织的嘴在动，而我们听到的将全部是令人愤世嫉俗的理由。这是国际足联证明自己真正独立于其主席之外的唯一机会。如果不能做到，所有的信任都将瓦解。对于国际足联内部那些不懈努力且表现优秀的人来说：你们必须采取行动。
这次绝望的政变企图也引发了关于国际足联所谓“民主”版本的问题。一个国家一票在理论上是有意义的，但当大批的单一协会可以通过情感勒索而被引导时，其意义就减弱了。同样毋庸置疑的是：当那些行使民主权力的人（在这种情况下是各国足球协会的负责人）本身处于相对权力和财富的顶端时，纯粹民主的存在感便消散了。
因凡蒂诺的自我意识与野心，无法被局限在一个锁上的小盒子里
我们还需要向体育治理的负责人发出一个信号：你们根本没有领会，而我们对此已经厌烦了。你们本应为我们以及体育运动本身服务，而不是为您自己服务。你们获得了极高的薪酬，而我们能容忍这一点，是因为这份职责要求卓越。但你们的工作不应该是一个充满自私自利、私人飞机以及与世界领导人社交的共鸣室。你们获得报酬的目的并不是为了让自己在追求更大财富的道路上占据有利位置，且
首席足球记者
名流。你们处于一个应当引发谦卑而非傲慢的特权地位。你们不是国王或女王，而是仆人。 这可能让我们听起来像在做梦。治理中的体面已成为一种过时之物。但我们不能承认失败，否则我们永远无法再次获胜。 在过去的一周里，我们见证了各国团结起来时会发生什么，我们对此应当感到自豪。 现在，这种能量必须坚持下去。移除因凡蒂诺的最佳且最容易的时机是昨天。 他 clinging 权力的时间越长，掌控就越牢固。威尔士和英格兰是首批撤回所有支持的国家——其他国家必须跟进。 因凡蒂诺将保留大片选民的支持。即使是那些激烈反对世界杯出售计划的人，也可能不愿离开他的身边。他在亚洲、非洲和南美国家中仍拥有支持。这只会增加其他所有人的责任，让他们在屋顶上大声宣布自己的反叛。
从主图开始顺时针方向：因凡蒂诺在 2026年世界杯决赛后；与美国总统特朗普在一起；与俄罗斯总统普京在一起；2017年走出卡塔尔私人飞机 GETTY
因此，请撤回你们的支持信（并仔细思考你们最初为什么要提交它们）。准备好你们的不信任投票。坚持你们的抵制威胁——不仅是在放弃出售国际足球计划的情况下，而且如果那个阴森的建筑师依然在位的话。这是尝试一个不同未来的一次机会。而且这可能是我们唯一的一次机会。
Nygren 助力凯尔特人稳住冠军心态
凯尔特人 Nygren 52
邓迪
作者：Ronnie Esplin
在凯尔特人公园球场
在凯尔特人以主场之胜击败邓迪，开始卫冕苏格兰超级联赛冠军之战时，本杰明·Nygren 迅速找到了进球感觉。 赛前，随着队长 Callum McGregor 展开旗帜，确认在 15 个赛季中再次赢得第 14 个冠军以及五连冠，凯尔特人球迷们欢呼起来。 马丁·奥尼尔的球队在客队制造麻烦时一度难以进入状态。但上赛季打入 21 球的瑞典中场 Nygren 在下半场早段以一次漂亮的头球破门。 凯尔特人球迷继续要求为球队招募新援——从阿塞拜疆卡拉巴赫以 550 万英镑m 签下的哥伦比亚前锋 Camilo Duran，以及从挪威球队 Bodo / Glimt 以俱乐部纪录的 1100 万英镑m 加上附加费签下的丹麦前锋 Kasper Hogh 均完成了首秀；同时，从水晶宫租借一整个赛季的邓迪门将 Owen Goodman 也登场。 在 Nygren 的助攻下，Hogh 在第 9 分钟射门偏出，随后这位丹麦球员将 Nygren 的一次射门改变方向，球在门柱边飞出。 随后，当球在凯尔特人的禁区内弹跳时，Charlie Reilly 在 12 码处射中侧网。 史蒂文·普雷斯利训练有素的客队在通过传中或掷远球的高空球进攻中取得成功，在第 33 分钟，Owen Bevan 完成一次头球攻门，但凯尔特人门将 Viljami Sinisalo 稳稳接住。
凯尔特人将对阵奥地利球队 LASK 格拉斯哥流浪者则可能对阵拉恩
欧洲
作者：Gavin McCafferty
凯尔特人在抽签中被抽中首先对阵奥地利冠军 LASK，将在欧冠附加赛中与其交手。
马丁·奥尼尔（右）率领的球队避免了与凯拉特阿拉马特的潜在重赛。上赛季同一阶段，凯拉特阿拉马特在 210 分钟的比赛未能分出胜负后，通过点球大战将凯尔特人淘汰。首回合比赛将于 8 月 18 或 19 日举行，次回合则在随后的那一周进行。
如果两支球队都能晋级欧联杯附加赛，格拉斯哥流浪者将前往北爱尔兰挑战拉恩队。
“浅蓝色军团”必须首先击败波兰的比亚韦斯托克雅盖隆尼亚队，而拉恩在第三轮资格赛中则面对格鲁吉亚冠军第比利斯伊比利亚队。拉恩在过去四届北爱尔兰顶级联赛中赢得了三个冠军。
如果流浪者输给波兰球队，他们将在欧协联附加赛中面对拉脱维亚 RFS 与捷克亚布洛内茨之间胜者。
如果拉恩在比赛中失利，他们将面对奥莫尼亚与林肯红魔之间败者。
如果哈茨在欧联杯中爆冷击败本菲卡，他们将面对丹麦联赛冠军奥胡斯与阿塞拜疆萨巴之间欧冠对决的败者。
如果输给这家葡萄牙巨头，这家爱丁堡球队将在欧协联附加赛中对阵维也纳快速与爱沙尼亚派德之间对决的胜者。
新闻 2-33 观点 18-22 电视 26-31 生活 34-37 文化 38-41 财经 42-45 体育 50-56
本杰明·尼格伦在空中抢点得分，帮助凯尔特人在下半场锁定胜局 PA
五分钟后，阿尔内·恩格尔斯在邓迪队的禁区内无人盯防，他接基兰·蒂尼的传中头球攻门，球偏出立柱。
随后，左后卫蒂尼在反击中近距离射门，被古德曼化解了一次精彩的进攻。
主队在下半场开局时显得有些犹豫，但当蒂尼从左路送出弧线传中时，尼格伦头球破门，古德曼未能化解，由此缓解了日益增加的焦虑感。
凯尔特人此时在进攻端表现得更有目的性，观众的助威声也随之增强，不过乔·比文的速度给主队后防线带来了压力。
在第 67 分钟，古德曼向右侧飞身救球，挡住了前锋杨贤俊的一次远射。
凯尔特人继续掌控局面，但由于第二粒进球迟迟未到，紧张情绪再次蔓延。
在 82 分钟，西尼萨洛化解了邓迪替补球员阿什利·海的一次擦边头球，完成了一次精彩救球。
霍格在六码处滑门射门偏出，错失了又一次机会；随后麦格雷戈射中立柱，替补球员詹姆斯·福雷斯特接反弹球射门偏出。
布赖顿与霍夫阿尔比恩将在附加赛中面对罗马尼亚克卢日与挪威特隆姆松之间欧协联对决的胜者。
如果“钢铁之师”马瑟韦尔能击败赫尔辛基 HJK，那么德国弗赖堡队将在欧协联附加赛中等待他们；而希伯尼安如果能击败什肯迪亚，将对阵哥德堡或根特。
如果香浓罗弗能击败埃格纳蒂亚，他们将在欧联杯附加赛中面对挪威的利勒斯特罗姆。
如果失败，这家爱尔兰联赛冠军将进入欧协联，对阵 KuPS 或克拉约瓦大学的败者。
同样在欧协联中，如果谢尔本能在面对阿贾克斯时制造大冷门，他们将对阵诺亚或锡永；而波希米亚如果能击败中特兰，将对阵里耶卡或伊尔维斯。
星期二 2026 年 8 月 4 日
足球简讯
英甲
“帽子队”担任主管
勒内·穆伦斯廷（Rene Meulensteen） 已被任命为斯托克波特 足球方法论新主管。 这位荷兰人（上图）曾在 亚历克斯·弗格森爵士执教的 曼联担任技术能力开发教练， 随后在 2008 年成为一线队教练。 他还曾执教富勒姆，并担任过 澳大利亚和伊拉克国家队的 助理教练。 斯托克波特主教练吉米·麦克纳尔蒂（Jimmy McNulty）表示：“他在极高水平的领域运作，指导过顶尖球员，并在国内联赛和重大国际赛事等多样化的足球文化中积累了极其宝贵的经验，他为我们的教练团队带来了极其广泛的智慧和视野。”
以色列俱乐部因球迷燃放烟花受罚
欧足联（Uefa）处罚了特拉维夫马卡比队，要求这家以色列俱乐部在空场状态下进行一场欧联杯主场比赛，此前球迷在上周的一场比赛中燃放了烟花。 马卡比队将于周四在格鲁吉亚巴图米的同一体育场迎战索非亚中央陆军队，该队上周在此以 1-0 击败了蒂拉斯波尔警卫队。 出于安全原因，自 2023, 10 月该国开始大规模摧毁加沙以来，以色列国家队和俱乐部在欧足联赛事中必须选择中立国家举办比赛。 欧足联的申诉小组在一项紧急裁决中表示，马卡比队必须支付 €40,000 (£34,290) 的罚金，且下一场主场比赛将“在闭门状态下”进行。 胜者将对阵克里特岛奥林匹亚队，后者将于 8 月 20 日主场举行首回合比赛。
美国
四年续约合同
毛里西奥·波切蒂诺（Mauricio Pochettino） 已同意一份为期四年的新合同， 继续担任美国男子国家队主教练， 并将带领球队参加 2030 年 世界杯预选赛。 这位前热刺、南安普顿和切尔西主帅 自 2024 年 9 月起接手美国队， 并率队在近期本土举办的世界杯中 以小组头名出线，挺进 16 强。 波切蒂诺（上图）表示：“在过去两年与美国足协共同工作后，我们已经很清楚，要让男子国家队计划变得更加强大，这里拥有巨大的潜力。” “我们在整个世界杯期间从球迷那里感受到的激情，进一步增强了我们对这里可能实现目标的信心。”
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拉杜卡努因 压力性骨折 无缘美网
“他不惧 冒险”—— 纽卡斯尔新帅 贾斯勒
阿森纳求购 吉马良斯的 出价泼冷水
作者：马克·道格拉斯（Mark Douglas）
北方足球记者
纽卡斯尔联已拒绝了 阿森纳对布鲁诺·吉马良斯的首次报价
英格兰和威尔士的支持
作者：Jamie Gardner
随着国际足联主席因凡蒂诺面临的压力持续增加，英格兰和威尔士足球协会已正式撤回对其的支持。
这位瑞士人在周六宣布，由于来自三大洲的反对以及欧足联的抵制威胁，将国际足联赛事运营公司的股份出售给私人投资者的计划已被取消。
随着压力增加，因凡蒂诺寻求美国总统特朗普的支持，在该提案崩溃后，他多次尝试通过电话联系对方但均未成功。据美国报道，面对铺天盖地的负面反应，这位国际足联负责人感到被“孤立”了。
欧洲足球管理机构对因凡蒂诺的转向表示欢迎，但发布声明称已对其领导力失去信心，英格兰足球协会（FA）表示该声明得到了其“全力支持”。
在这次关于该提案的骚乱之前，英格兰足协（FA）和威尔士足球协会（FAW）曾写信支持因凡蒂诺在明年的国际足联大会上竞选连任。
据了解，英格兰足协正致信国际足联，明确表示因凡蒂诺已不再获得其支持；同时，威尔士足协也确认已反对这位瑞士人。
威尔士足协的一份声明称：“近期在良好治理方面的失败，”
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在两家俱乐部就这位巴西国脚展开直接谈判后，针对吉马良斯的报价远低于纽卡斯尔要求的 8000 万英镑m 以上。
《i报》可以透露，阿森纳仍留在谈判桌前，预计将对这位渴望转会到北伦敦的纽卡斯尔队长提出进一步报价。
到目前为止，所有谈判均通过第三方进行。
这名中场球员昨日抵达西班牙，这是他与纽卡斯尔预先商定好的一项旅行计划。
这位 28 岁球员预计将前往俱乐部位于拉曼加（La Manga）的训练基地报到，消息人士强调，他已完成了所有被要求执行的事项。
在与……的奔波之后，他原定于昨日接受评估。
Tuesday 4 August 2026
No. 4,898
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INTERVIEW
Ruth Madeley
The Rapture and
Dr Who star
on sci-fi, sex and
representing
disability on screen
PEOPLE
Send in the clones How biohacker Bryan Johnson took immortality to the next level
France accuses Farage of ‘violating sovereignty’ over small boats plan
P36
HEALTH
The problem with
protein washing
I M P A R T I A L N E W S + I N T E L L I G E N T D E B A T E
Infantino ‘calling Trump’ to try to salvage Fifa job
P34 P6
CULTURE Hey, Mr DJ Andy Burnham played my club night
P17 P25
P5 & SPORT
OPINION Trump has managed to unite the world... against him
P13
TUESDAY
AUGUST
Quote of the day
What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death
DAVE BARRY
Birthdays
Barack Obama, former US president, 65; Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, 45; Billy Bob Thornton, actor, 71; Greta Gerwig (below), film-maker, 43; Kate Silverton, ex-newsreader, 56; Lee Mack, comedian, 58
Anniversaries Tuesday 4 August 1265 Royal forces under Prince Edward defeat a rebel army led by Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in Worcestershire. The victory ended the Second Barons’ War and restored King Henry III’s authority after years of conflict between the monarchy and nobles seeking greater control over government.
Crossword.............25 TV & Radio...........26 Puzzles.....................27 Culture.....................38 Money.......................42 Weather...................49
News Matrix
a glance
POLICE Body found in search for missing kayaker
A body has been found in the search for a 19-year-old kayaker whose boat capsized off Northumbria on 7 July. The body of Michael Henry, from the Rothbury area, was located in the water off the coast of Blyth on 26 July. Extensive searches for his body have been conducted by police since the evening of 7 July.
CUBA Sixth blackout this year hits island
Cubans are recovering from the sixth islandwide power blackout this year, as the nation remains in freefall after the Trump administration cut it off from oil in January. The energy grid collapses leave people with fewer options to get by as the US keeps up a pressure campaign against the communist-led government.
UNITED STATES Two die after eating infected food
Two people have died from cyclospora in Michigan. They are the first deaths in the US related to the microscopic parasite. Both had underlying health conditions and may have suffered intestinal illness and dehydration. The parasite infects food that has come into contact with faeces, usually when produce is irrigated with contaminated water.
POLICE Man hurt in attack on motorcyclists
A 63-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after a “targeted attack” on a group of motorcyclists in South Lanarkshire. Police Scotland responded to the incident on Sunday at around 1pm, just off the M74 near Lesmahagow. A red Mazda car believed to be involved was recovered in Ayrshire. DS Craig Wait, of Police Scotland, said: “We believe this was a targeted attack on the group of motorcyclists and it’s vital we trace the people responsible. “One man has been seriously injured... and many others, including members of the public have been left shaken.”
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CRIME Large stores using tech to tackle thefts
Technology has helped crack down on shoplifting in London, the Metropolitan Police said. The new system allows retailers to submit CCTV footage, witness statements and other evidence directly to officers. The tech is being used by Tesco, Boots, Marks & Spencer and Greggs as well as other stores.
Scousers are the most savings-savvy
Liverpool comes out on top when it comes to being saving- savvy, with the majority of residents saying they are good at sticking to and achieving their savings goals. In contrast, people in Brighton are the most likely to take a flexible approach to saving and are also most likely to prioritise experiences over growing their savings pot, according to research from Tesco Bank. The places where most people say they are good at saving are:
1 Liverpool (58%)
2 Leeds (57%) 3 Cardiff (55%) 4= London (54%) 4= Manchester (54%)
4= Belfast (54%) 7= Plymouth (53%)
7= Sheffield (53%) 9 Nottingham (52%) 10= Edinburgh (51%) 10= Birmingham (51%)
12 Bristol (50%) 13 Norwich (49%) 14 Southampton (48%)
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Children injured
in ‘racial attack’
Two children suffered minor injuries in a racist attack on a property in Co Down. Police said they were treating two incidents of criminal damage in Holywood on Sunday as racially motivated. At 11.05pm, the PSNI received a report that stones had been thrown through the window of a house in the Church Green area.
PEOPLE ‘Strictly’ judge tells of holiday nightmare
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has revealed on the Judgemental podcast with Anton Du Beke he was stabbed and strip- searched during a holiday in Spain. The 61-year-old said he also had jewellery stolen during the incident in Madrid, before he was searched for drugs when leaving the country.
SCOTLAND Licence refused for annual guga hunt
A licence for the annual guga hunt on a remote island has been refused by NatureScot, a Scottish Government agency. The hunt has been a tradition in Ness, north Lewis, since the 15th century, with 10 men setting out for the island of Sula Sgeir. Young gannets – guga – are taken from open cliffs before being gutted, salted and preserved in brine.
COURTS Author La Plante fails to sway judge
Best-selling author Lynda La Plante has been disqualified from driving for six months despite tearfully telling a court a ban would end her writing career. The author and screenwriter, 83, told Lavender Hill magistrates’ court in south London that she needed her car to meet criminals and sources for research into her next works. She also said a ban would stop her taking her guard dog Theo for a walk in Roehampton playing fields each day. La Plante told the court she believed she would have to have the dog rehomed if she was unable to drive him to his daily walks.
ROMANIA Rock blown up to redirect Danube
NEWS
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OPINION
18-22
TV
26-31
LIFE
34-37
CULTURE
38-41
MONEY
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SPORT
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Spider-Man makes $927m on opening
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has grossed $927m (£688m) at the global box office, making it the second biggest opening weekend of all time. The blockbuster, which marks Tom Holland’s fourth outing as the superhero, depicts Peter Parker in a world that has forgotten he is Spider-Man.
Kamara to take part in Great North Run
TV presenters Chris Kamara and Ben Shephard will be taking on the AJ Bell Great North Run on 13 September to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. Former footballer Kamara will be running the 13.1-mile route with his son Jack and Shephard, his close friend and former Goals On Sunday co-host.
Comedian Jimmy Cricket dies aged 80
Comedian Jimmy Cricket has died aged 80. Cricket, whose real name was James Mulgrew, was born in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, and rose to fame in the 1970s. He had a successful television and radio career, starring in his own ITV and BBC series and appearing in Royal Variety Shows and The Good Old Days.
Reality TV star gets ban for drug-driving
Former Celebrity Big Brother and The Only Way Is Essex star Jack Tweed has been banned from driving for being under the influence of cannabis. Tweed, 39, entered a guilty plea at Chelmsford magistrates’ court to a charge of driving with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.
TUESDAY
4 AUGUST 2026
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Letter from the Education Correspondent Alexa Phillips
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won’t be academic
NEWS
CRIME
By Rachel Keenan and Neil Pooran
A man arrested in connection with the death of a nine-year-old girl in Arbroath was known to her and officers are not looking for anyone else, police have said. Police Scotland said the girl, who had been camping in the area with her family, was found injured at El- liot industrial estate in the Angus town at about 12.02am yesterday.
She was then taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where she died. Her death is being treated by the police as suspicious. The 35-year-old man who was ar- rested in connection with her death is white and British, Police Scotland said in a statement. The force said other members of the family, who are from West York- shire, had been camping in the area. DI Mike Ness, of the major inves-
tigation team, said: “The public will see an increased police presence and activity in the area as inquiries are continuing” At the industrial estate yester- day, the area was taped off, and flowers had been placed near the police cordon. Lois Speed, who is a councillor for Arbroath East and Lunan, post- ed on social media, saying the news was “heartbreaking”.
‘Painting No 50’ (1914-1915) by American artist Marsden Hartley is among newly loaned artworks at the National Gallery this summer, also including pieces by Pablo
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mother’s body in freezer for years
By Eleanor Storey
A man has been jailed after keeping his dead mother inside a freezer for nearly three years while continu- ing to receive more than £78,000 of her benefits. Christopher Phillips, 60, previ- ously admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of Silvia Phillips, 89, at their home in Porthcawl. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, by failing to notify the Department for Work and Pensions, as well as Bridgend County Bor- ough Council, that his mother had died. At Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court yesterday, Judge Tracey Lloyd- Clarke, the Recorder of Cardiff, sen- tenced Phillips to two years and four months’ imprisonment. Phillips (inset) received a total of £78,190.92 in state pension, pen- sions credit, attendance allowance,
Nurse’s tribunal appeal is allowed
By Craig Paton
Fife nurse Sandie Peggie’s appeal against the findings of an employment tribunal has been allowed and is expected to be heard early next year. Peggie took action against NHS Fife after sharing a changing room with
Picasso. Hartley created the work in Berlin, and it contains themes that will be seen in the gallery’s German Expressionism exhibition opening in 2027. NICKY J SIMS/GETTY
winter fuel payments, cost of living payments and housing benefit pay- ments, which would have ceased had Ms Phillips’s death been reported. Judge Lloyd-Clarke said: “You continued to collect her prescrip- tions and misled medical profession- als about her whereabouts, lying when enquiries were made about your mother, repeat- edly telling medical staff that she did not wish to attend appointments or undergo tests. “Your mother’s pen- sion and benefits con- tinued to be paid into her bank accounts which you were able to access.” The judge added: “The psychia- trist concludes that you were suffer- ing from prolonged grief disorder. “He records evidence of persistent longing for your mother, difficulty accepting her death, preoccupa- tion with her, social withdrawal and an inability to move forward with ordinary life.”
transgender medic Beth Upton at Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital in December 2023. In December last year she was awarded a partial victory as the tribunal upheld harassment claims against her employer, but it dismissed allegations of discrimination, indirect discrimination and victimisation.
SPORT Infantino losing support – and Trump is not taking his calls
By Harry Goodwin
Gianni Infantino has failed to se- cure Donald Trump’s backing amid growing calls for his resignation as president of Fifa, football’s world governing body. An alliance of football associations across the world reportedly aims to oust Infantino, after he abandoned plans to sell commercial stakes in the World Cup last week. Uefa, European football’s govern- ing body, has threatened to boycott the World Cup and stage its own tournament if the Swiss-Italian stays on. England’s Football Association and the Football Association of Wales also pulled their support for Infantino yesterday. Infantino has repeatedly tried and failed to call Donald Trump since the collapse of his proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup to pri- vate investors. Trump and Infantino had previ- ously been close allies, with Infan- tino awarding the US President the inaugural “Fifa Peace Prize” last year. The pair appeared together sev- eral times at this year’s World Cup, including the trophy presentation to winners Spain. Infantino had also planned for private investment in Fifa to be led by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. But Infantino now feels “isolated” after Trump declined to back him, the New York Post reported yester- day. Trump had even previously con- sidered putting Infantino forward as the UN’s next secretary-general, but has not made any public statement of support for him. Infantino also reportedly asked for private talks with Marco Rubio, Trump’s Secretary of State. But one of Rubio’s deputies said there were “no plans” for that to happen.
Any effort to unseat Infantino requires significant backing from outside Europe, with Asia seen by many as the key “swing” confederation. A motion of no confidence from at least 43 associations would trigger an Extraordinary Fifa Congress.
‘Trainspotting’ tour cancelled
By Carla Feric
The UK tour for Trainspotting: The Musical has been cancelled after re- ceiving “lower than expected ticket sales”, it has been announced. The theatrical production is an ad- aptation of Irvine Welsh’s 1993 novel of the same name, which follows a
Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino at last month’s World Cup final presentation to Spain JEAN CATUFFE/GETTY
The Fifa president scrapped his proposal last Friday after fierce re- sistance from Uefa and other global football associations. World leaders including Andy Burnham also criticised Infantino’s plans to sell a roughly 20 per cent stake in a new commercial entity overseeing the World Cup and other Fifa competitions. Burnham called the proposals “outrageous”. Infantino’s bid for a fourth term as Fifa president from next year to 2031 is in doubt after the backlash. The leaders of Uefa and its coun- terparts in Asia and the Americas are now reportedly determined to oust Infantino. They may refuse to take part in Fifa meetings or ratify its decisions if he pursues re-election. “Everyone is very determined he needs to go, and if not we will take all the necessary steps,” a source told The Times.
heroin addict in Edinburgh navigat- ing poverty, friendship and addiction alongside his dysfunctional peers. The musical had its West End debut last month and was due to kick off its UK tour in the autumn. A statement from a representa- tive for the production said: “The forthcoming UK tour of Trainspot-
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Fallout Wenger may be in the firing line
Former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger may have to hand over documents from his Fifa job after he was embroiled in the Gianni Infantino scandal. Uefa is considering legal action against Fifa over Infantino’s plans to sell stakes in the World Cup. Lawyers acting for European football’s governing body have written to Infantino ordering him and other Fifa staff to identify, locate and preserve all documents related to the now-abandoned proposal. The letter names other Fifa staff required to comply with the order – including Wenger, Fifa’s chief of global football development. Wenger, one of the most revered managers in Premier League history, was often seen with Infantino at this summer’s World Cup.
The show, which debuted in the West End, is based on Irvine Welsh’s novel
Another official named in the letter is Fifa’s chief operating officer Kevin Lamour, who last Friday issued an astonishing statement saying top officials had been “deceived” by Infantino. The letter to Infantino says Uefa is “actively considering legal action, arbitration, and/or regulatory complaints arising out of and in connection with the FFE plan”. Similar letters are understood to have been sent to Thrive Eternal and JP Morgan, America’s biggest bank. Thrive, an investment firm founded by Joshua Kushner, had been earmarked by Infantino as the leader of a private investor group which would have bought commercial stakes in Fifa tournaments. JP Morgan also worked on the plan development.
ting: The Musical, due to begin on 19 October, has been cancelled. “We are very grateful to our cast, crew and creative team for their dedication to the production, but the current economic climate has resulted in lower than expected ticket sales. “Ticketholders will be contacted by their point of purchase with full refund details. “We apologise for any incon- venience and disappointment this may cause.”
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during shop raid
Two armed robbers pretended to
be from Liverpool during a raid just
five minutes from their homes.
Stephen Bradley and David
Oakley held up their local
convenience store in New Mills,
Derbyshire, last November. They
threatened the shopkeeper with
an imitation gun and wrapped
Liverpool football scarves around
their heads.
The pair told the shopkeeper
they were from Liverpool and asked
for help putting £200 from the
till in a bag. They began to argue
with each other and apologised to
the shopkeeper.
Both were jailed for four years.
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neighbours’ dispute
A couple stole their neighbour’s ornamental squirrel and released explicit songs about them on YouTube in a 14-year row over a fence. Philip New, 52, and his wife Denise, 47, from Thundersley in Essex, have been ordered to pay £150,000 in damages and court costs after the dispute with Steve and Karen Gibson. One song Philip New posted on YouTube was titled “Neighbours”, with lyrics running: “Throw shit at their window, shit at the door.” The News failed to overturn the ruling over costs after a High Court appeal.
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Birmingham reward
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has said he is “thrilled” after the West Midlands was recognised as an official production hub, following the success of the franchise. The British Film Commission announced yesterday that the region, specifically Birmingham, became the UK’s eighth official hub for its ability to deliver high-end film and TV projects. Production for the crime franchise, including its recently released feature film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, was based in the region, helping it gain the recognition.
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By Adam Forrest
Nigel Farage has been warned that he may struggle to “wriggle out” of a second possible by-election in Clac- ton, as sleaze claims continue to pile up against his party. The Reform UK leader has been urged to “come clean” after a report suggesting he struck a secret deal with deputy leader Richard Tice to return to the top role several months before the 2024 general election. It casts fresh doubt on Farage’s defence that he had not declared a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne in April 2024 because he was not involved in poli- tics at the time. Labour and opposition parties accused Farage of “running away” from serious questions over person- al and party finances. They warned the Reform leader that he was run- ning out of time before he faces a parliamentary inquiry which could trigger a second Clacton vote that they will fight to win. In March and April 2024, Farage negotiated a deal with Tice to take
Tice inquiry on Israel interest declaration
By Nina Lloyd
Reform UK’s Richard Tice is under investigation by Parliament’s stand- ards watchdog over an alleged fail- ure to declare interest. The inquiry into the party’s depu- ty leader was opened last week and relates to rule six in the MPs’ code of conduct. According to the rule, members must be “open and frank” in declaring “any relevant interest in any proceeding of the House or its committees”, and in any communications with public office-holders and public officials. Tice (inset) claimed the inquiry was about a complaint by an “anti- Israel lobby group” over whether he should have referenced his register of in- terests at start of “a debate on UK democracy and Israeli influence”. Without naming the group he was referring to, he wrote on so- cial media: “Contrary to garbage in media: Standards Commissioner is considering complaint by antise- mitic anti-Israel lobby group over whether I should have referenced my register of interests at start of a debate on UK democracy and Israeli influence.”
The pier at Clacton yesterday. The Essex constituency could stage two by-elections this year
over the leadership of the party – as long as Reform repaid £1m in loans received from Tice’s company, The Sunday Times reported. Farage has argued that Har- borne’s £5m gift was not connected
Returns plan breaks the law, says France
By Will Meakin-Durrant and
Nick Warren
France has said Reform UK’s plan to intercept and return migrant boats crossing the English Channel “would be a violation of French sovereignty”. Nigel Farage had said his party’s plan to intercept and return migrant boats crossing the English Channel would comply with international law. Reform has proposed using the Royal Navy to transport migrants to France or Belgium. The Reform leader said: “We are very confident that our policy of securely picking people up and safely taking them back to France falls within other conventions of international law.” The French interior ministry said the plan “would be a violation of French sovereignty as well as a violation of maritime law and international law”. A spokesperson said: “Separately, the interior ministry states that the number of crossings is down in 2026.”
to his political activity and said last month that he “wasn’t in politics” between 2021 and June 2024. Farage previously said he had no intention of returning to politics be- fore June 2024. Newly elected MPs must register any relevant financial interests and gifts received in the 12 months before their election. Speaking yesterday, Farage ad- mitted that in spring 2024 he had discussed with Tice what would hap- pen if he returned to lead the party. “You’d be a bit of a mug, wouldn’t you, to walk into a job and not find out what the potential liabilities were,” he said. But Farage added that it “wasn’t a deal, it wasn’t an agreement”. An investigation by the parliamen- tary standards commissioner into the £5m gift has been paused until after next week’s by-election. He is expected to win the 13 Au- gust vote. However, should the standards commissioner suspend the Reform leader for more than 10 sitting days, he would have fight the seat once again. The main parties boycotted the poll, dismissing it as a political stunt. However, all the main parties have confirmed that they intend to stand against Farage if there is a second Clacton by-election. Daisy Cooper, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, said even if Farage beats his nearest rival Count Binface in the “pointless” contest, “he won’t be able to wriggle out of the formal investigations or the prospect of a second by-election”. She added: “With every new rev- elation, Reform UK and Nigel Farage look more and more like a bunch of grifters who believe it’s one rule for them and one rule for everyone else.” Kevin Hollinrake, Conservative Party chair, said Farage “needs to come clean about his finances”, add- ing: “The questions keep mounting, yet the answers never come.” Labour’s chair Bridget Phillipson suggested that Farage was “run- ning out of time” before the formal investigation which could trigger a second by-election. Farage had “called a by-election against a bin to run away from serious unanswered questions,” Phillipson said. Reform UK was contacted for a comment.
A Reform source said Farage had been keeping his options open in March and April 2024. They said he had found out about the party’s financial liabilities, then initially decided he would not return – before reversing that decision.
Navy tackling Channel boats is ‘pie in the sky’ – even the experts agree
Molly Blackall and Lizzie Dearden
eform UK has pledged to use the Royal Navy to “intercept” small boats crossing the Channel and return them to France. But it isn’t quite that simple. Nigel Farage’s party said the plan would constitute the “largest military operation” in the Channel since the Second World War and would be coined “Operation Fortress’. Farage himself said yesterday he was “entirely confident” the plan would not break maritime law. But deploying the Navy for such a task would face serious challenges. Professor Kevin Rowlands, who worked on Operation Sophia, an EU naval mission aimed at stopping people smugglers in the
Mediterranean Sea, said the “idea of a naval fortress might sound decisive” but in reality “it doesn’t sit well with international maritime law, sovereign borders, and the physical unsuitability of modern warships for small-boat interdiction in the Dover Strait”. With Russian aggression rising and senior military figures warning that the British Armed Forces are already strained, the plan is unlikely to top the First Sea Lord’s agenda. Rowlands said that the Navy was “already stretched” and that “diverting attention and resources from the Navy’s core military role to perform a function better discharged by specialist civilian agencies will not make us safer”. Reform home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf said the plan had been endorsed by “former senior members of our Armed Forces”. But Admiral Lord West, the former head of the Royal Navy,
described the plan as “pie in the sky” because “it depends on the French accepting illegal immigrants back and they won’t”. Chris Philp, the shadow Home Secretary, said the Conservatives were not “against the principle of turning boats around, but our military is rightly focused on protecting us from global threats”. “If Reform wants them to also patrol the Channel for illegal immigrants they must find the money,” he said. Andrew Fox, an ex-military conflict analyst, said that intervention from the Navy could also put lives at risk. A warship “cannot ram the boat, create a wash beside it or undertake aggressive manoeuvres without risking a capsize”, he posted on social media. “Sending a boarding party alongside an overcrowded dinghy creates another opportunity for dozens of frightened people to shift their weight at once and end up in the water.” A spokesperson for the French interior ministry has already said the plan for the British military to return migrants with or without French permission “would be a violation of French sovereignty as well as a violation of maritime law and international law”.
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Von der Leyen: better EU borders needed
By Lili Bayer
The European Commission presi- dent, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the EU could increase its sup- port to Morocco to help prevent a re- peat of the chaotic attempted influx of 50,000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week. In a reply seen by Reuters to a message from the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, on Satur- day, in which he accused some Eu- ropean Union partners of a lack of solidarity for their angry responses to the border breach, Von der Leyen wrote: “Morocco is an important strategic partner, particularly in our efforts to combat migrant smuggling and illegal migration. “In cooperation with Spain, espe- cially on anything related to Ceuta and Melilla, we could enhance bor- der management early-warning sys- tems and improve our technical and financial support to Morocco.” The surge, which began on Thurs- day at one of the EU’s only two land borders with Africa – the other being that between Morocco and the Span-
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ish enclave of Melilla – prompted alarm across the bloc. Italy suspended passport-free Schengen travel arrangements with Spain for one month, even though Ceuta is excluded from Schengen, and 22 of the 27 member states asked for coordinated action to pro- tect external borders. Ireland, which holds the rotating EU presidency, said it had called an emergency video meeting of the bloc’s interior ministers to discuss the crisis today.
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undermined his entire project
Donaldson
ike an extended voice note from a friend you fell out with but can’t remember why, Rupert Lowe posted a 12-minute-long video on X asking Nigel Farage to be pals again. The Restore Britain leader’s brand of ethno-nationalism- dressed-as-country-squire has eaten into Reform UK’s support recently. That it is happening just as Reform has dipped behind Labour in some polls means Lowe (inset) spies an opportunity. Lowe used to be a Reform MP until after a bust-up with Farage when he splintered off to form a far-right alternative. The wounds haven’t yet healed. On Sunday he set out a series of conditions for an alliance including mass deportation of “illegal” migrants and a ban on halal and kosher slaughter. Farage was surprisingly emollient when asked about Lowe’s overture yesterday morning. “I would do whatever I could for us to have a sane centre-right alliance that beat Labour at the next general election,” Farage said at a news conference. Given Lowe’s shopping list includes a referendum on the death penalty, it wasn’t made entirely clear where Farage draws his line. And just minutes later Lowe reminded everyone the two men don’t trust each other by accusing Farage of lying and potentially scuppering talks about a concordat before they had got going. Rather than calling direct as he claimed, Farage messaged Lowe at 10.30pm on Sunday night to say “Will call later”, according to Lowe. “The offer remains open to Nigel and Reform. Although outright lying about our private conversations does not help that,” Lowe added. Awkward doesn’t
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even come close. One of Lowe’s stipulations was a demand that ex-Tory ministers be excluded from any Reform-Restore cabinet. But having absorbed so much grief from Reform’s purists who urged that the party gangplank should be pulled up to stop more Tories boarding, Farage is unlikely to throw this lot overboard. Farage said something even more interesting when he was asked about a deal with the Conservatives. “I’m open-minded about talks with people who I think share a similar, albeit in some cases slightly different, objective,” he said. It’s significant because it means Reform strategists are taking the party’s dip in the polls seriously, having previously coasted on the assumption they might secure an outright majority. But by opening the possibility of talks with the Tories, Farage is undermining the structural underpinning of his whole project. How can someone whose entire proposition for the past few years has been that they’re not the Conservative Party be open to talks about compacts with the very people he’s been trying to destroy? The moment a merger is even contemplated, Farage loses his appeal as the Viking prepared to sack and burn down all before him. Not only does he forfeit it with his core support, the former Reform zealots don’t come back: those who peeled off to Lowe because they no longer see Farage as the chief marauding invader. Some grassroots Reform members see joining Farage’s gang as a purification ritual from the Tories. Meanwhile the Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, is asked ad nauseam whether she will consider a covenant with Farage. For now, as the Tory brand lags her personal poll ratings, she has the authority to bat off suggestions of a deal. But there are plenty in her party who privately accept some sort of accommodation will have to be found if the polls don’t get substantially better in the run-up to 2029. Equally, there are some Tories who blanch at the idea of a national alliance, fearing individual wipeout. Asked if he had any red lines for a pact with Lowe, Farage said he was open-minded to a “conversation” with the Restore Britain leader, but isn’t at a point of doing any negotiating. That’s a long, long way from any sort of deal. And that’s before any egos get involved.
Kitty Donaldson is The i Paper’s
Chief Political Commentator
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Burnham could trigger another King’s Speech ‘to signal fresh start’
By Caroline Wheeler
POLITICAL EDITOR
Andy Burnham is considering hold- ing a fresh King’s Speech to set out new priorities for his Government, The i Paper has been told. The Prime Minister is understood to be weighing up whether a new parliamentary session would pro- vide an opportunity to mark a break from the Sir Keir Starmer era. However, a Government source said there were no plans for it to happen this calendar year – spar- ing ministers the awkward optics of summoning the King back to West- minster only months after he set out the Labour administration’s legislative priorities in May. The monarch’s speech, which sets out the laws and priorities ministers intend to pursue, is not required when a new prime minister enters Downing Street. Governments can con- tinue legislating under an existing parliamentary session, and there is no constitutional obligation on a successor to seek a new session simply because there has been a change of leader. Instead, the decision is largely po- litical in nature. A senior Whitehall source said that much of what Burnham had an- nounced in the first days of his pre- miership signalled a departure from Starmer’s previous agenda. “The question is what legislation will be needed to make the changes he wants and whether an entire new King’s Speech will be required to set out the new Government’s priori- ties,” the source said. Since entering No 10, Burnham has sought to establish a distinct governing style. While ministers insist there has been no abrupt break with the pro- gramme on which Labour was elect- ed, some in Westminster believe the new Prime Minister is beginning to carve out a political identity that is very distinct from his predecessor.
‘Answers needed’ over MP’s murder
By Abbie Llewelyn
The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess has said the review into his death “must bring the an- swers we need”. Amess was Conservative MP for Southend West and was stabbed to death at his constituency surgery in October 2021. The Government has commis-
The strongest case for a fresh King’s Speech may come from Burn- ham’s devolution agenda. While many of his early priorities on housing, welfare and the cost of living could be pursued through ex- isting powers or legislation already before Parliament, his plans to hand English mayors a share of income tax revenues and sweeping new fis- cal powers are likely to require sub- stantial primary legislation. One Government insider said no decision had been taken on whether a fresh King’s Speech would be nec- essary, but acknowledged that the matter could become more pressing if ministers conclude that significant constitutional or fiscal reforms are required. Recent parliamentary sessions have lasted anywhere from around 12 months to more than two years, with ministers able to seek a new session and King’s Speech whenever they judge it politically or legisla- tively advantageous. The precedent for doing so mid- Parliament is well-established. Gordon Brown entered No 10 in June 2007 and later that year un- veiled a Queen’s Speech despite not having fought a general election. Boris Johnson also sought a fresh Queen’s Speech in October 2019 after replacing Theresa May in Downing Street. Neither leader was constitution- ally required to seek a new legisla- tive programme. However, both used the occasion to signal a new phase of government starting and to demonstrate that power had shifted from one administration to another, despite there having been no intervening election.
Parliamentary sessions typically last around a year, although governments have considerable discretion over their length.
sioned an independent review that will explore missed opportuni- ties that could have prevented the MP’s murder. Amess’s daughter Katie Amess said: “This is not just about what happened to my dad. It is about pro- tecting all members of the public and other members of Parliament. “Lessons need to be learned so this doesn’t happen again.”
Sex offenders barred from early release plan
By Connie Dimsdale
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Criminals convicted of rape and child sexual abuse will be exclud- ed from the Government’s early release scheme. The Prime Minister, Andy Burn- ham, paused the controver- sial scheme just days after taking office. Thousands of crimi- nals were set to be released early from September, includ- ing killers, rapists and sex offenders. The changes were in- tended to stop the prison system from collapsing, but faced a backlash from victims. Ministers have now delayed the scheme to October to give probation staff longer to plan. They have also blocked those con- victed of rape and serious child sex crimes – including grooming gang offences – from being released early. T h e s e p e o p l e w i l l j o i n about 18,000 offenders who are already exempt, including those found by a court to be the most
dangerous or anyone serving a life sentence. Burnham said he “wanted to go even further” due to public fears over offenders having their sentenc- es shortened, but he said “it’s not possible without the prison system reaching capacity and collapsing”. The Prime Minister said that “tougher community measures” will be in- troduced to keep the public safe, including a presumption that all prison leavers are tagged, and new GPS monitoring for con- victed rapists to restrict their daily movements. Labour has also announced a £10m boost for victim support to fund extra local frontline services as well as a dedicated helpline available by October for all those affected by the reforms. The plans, initially introduced by former justice secretary David Lammy under Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership, were intended to pre- vent the justice system from break- ing down, with male prisons now at 98 per cent capacity.
Offenders that had been
earmarked as eligible
for early release
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SNP calls for constitution to have an exit clause
By Craig Paton
A written constitution for the UK must include a method for leaving the union, the SNP has said. The question of Scottish inde- pendence has been stymied in re- cent years by an argument over the process for holding a referendum, with powers to grant another vote held by Westminster and successive prime ministers refusing to engage with the topic. Over the weekend, the Prime Min- ister, Andy Burnham, said a written constitution should be created in his push to ensure everyone in the UK lives a “comparable life”. The Prime Minister first mooted the idea of a written constitution in a 2024 book he wrote with Liv- erpool Mayor Steve Rotheram during his time as the mayor of Greater Manchester. SNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan has urged Burnham to en- shrine in any constitution how coun- tries of the UK can leave the union, saying any document would be “fun-
damentally flawed” without such a clause. The Prime Minister, in his brief time in office, has already shut down talk of Scottish independence. “Andy Burnham spent the week- end talking about a written UK constitution after telling Scotland discussion about our constitutional future is ‘off limits’,” Doogan said. “There are pro-independence first ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – that’s the context of this discussion, so clearly a written UK constitution is funda- mentally flawed if it doesn’t spell out a path to leaving it. “Andy Burnham is right to say Westminster has hoarded too much power and he is right to raise the question of where power lies in these islands, but he will never address the answer to that question by denying democracy to the Scottish people.” On Sunday Burnham said that proposals for an enhanced amount of devolution in the UK increased the case for a formal constitution, because they would change Britain. “I think there is a case for a new clear set of principles about how this country should be run and things that should be minimum basics in all parts of the country, related to essen- tials and connectivity,” he said. “It’s wrong that people are left arguing for things that are just fun- damental, and they’re given in other parts of the country.”
Clark rules out shot at Scottish Labour leader
By Craig Paton and Neil Pooran
The Scottish Labour MSP Katy Clark has ruled herself out of the running to replace Anas Sarwar as nominations in the leadership contest opened yesterday. Clark has reportedly been mulling over a tilt at the top job but announced she would not run, instead urging the eventual winner to push for the selection of a more diverse range of candidates. Her decision could be good news for the newly returned MSP Monica Lennon – who has launched a leadership bid. Lennon claimed the contest “reeks of misogyny and male entitlement” amid reports she did not yet have the necessary support to make it onto the ballot. The Glasgow MSP, along with competitors Michael Marra and Joe Fagan, is required to get the backing of three of the party’s MPs and three MSPs to continue in the process. The new Scottish Labour leader will be announced on 19 September.
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Powell prepares curriculum shake-up to boost school technical qualifications
By Alexa Phillips
EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT
Andy Burnham’s Education Secre- tary has signalled plans for changes to the school curriculum in England, while criticising Conservatives for prioritising academic learning over technical education. Writing in The Times, Lucy Powell said schools were stuck in a “strait- jacket” of being forced to prioritise academic subjects such as English, science and history, leading to a million young people not in formal study, training or work. She said she planned to take a “fresh look at what we are teach- ing our children and whether we are equipping them for their lives ahead”. Last week, Burnham promised to put technical qualifications on a par with academic ones to “value the hard hat every bit as much as the graduation cap”. Powell said young people had been “let down” by the reforms of Michael Gove, who was education secretary during the Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition government that came to power in 2010. Children from poorer backgrounds with “stubborn and en- trenched disadvantage”, and those with special educational needs, were particularly let down, she added. She said a “one-size-fits-all” ap- proach to education did not suit all children in England, including those who had talents and skills beyond academia, such as in “creative sub- jects, technical or skilled work or more practical application”. Last week the Government an- nounced that pupils aged 14 and older will be offered more technical
Facial recognition ‘should be used more to tackle crime’
By Alice Lilley
Facial recognition technology
should be used more widely to tackle
crime, the Conservatives have said.
The shadow Home Secretary,
Chris Philp, said he hoped
to mandate the police to
use facial recognition
software to identify im-
ages of suspects where
they have been caught
on CCTV, camera
doorbells or mobile
phone devices.
He also said he plans
to ensure that police offic-
ers search for items that are geo-
tagged and can be used to locate a
suspect’s whereabouts.
“Stolen items which could be
hunted down include phones,
Schools were forced to prioritise academic subjects, said Lucy Powell
subjects alongside academic exams, and will do work experience with local businesses. The scheme, modelled on the Greater Manchester bacca- laureate that Burnham implemented as mayor, will be rolled out from September 2028. Writing in The Times, Powell criti- cised a lack of practi- cal education available for children, saying “it’s leaving our young people seriously unprepared for the modern world”. She suggested that young people were not “work ready” as “only pen and paper exams prevail” – while real-world employees need skills like such as delivering presentations, planning projects and collaborating
laptops, tablets, bikes and cars. Philp (inset) said: “The public ex- pects clear evidence to always be followed up. “When they show the police an image of a suspect or the location of stolen goods they want action, not just a crime number. “These are the basics the public expect.” A Home Office spokesperson said the Government is al- ready investing heavily in facial recognition tech- nology. The spokesperson said: “This Government is al- ready turning the tide on crime.” Philp said the plan would be supported by up to 10,000 extra police officers funded by £800m per year.
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with others. The Government has already been developing changes to the curriculum that were proposed in a review by Professor Becky Fran- cis last November. The Francis report recommend- ed that teenagers take fewer GCSE exams because of concerns they are being taught to the test, and becom- ing stressed. Powell is understood to want to go further in allowing children to con- centrate on technical subjects at an earlier age. The Francis report recommended cutting three hours from the total length of GCSE exams, and reduc- ing the course content of several GCSE subjects including history and the sciences. “Some of those other really pre- cious and important things that schools do around enrichment, life skills, support for young people’s confidence – those things are being squeezed by the sheer volume of content in the national curriculum at present,” Francis told The Guardian last year. The review also called for a 10 per cent reduc- tion in exam volume at Key Stage 4. Following it, Sir Keir Starmer’s Department for Edu- cation confirmed it would reduce the time pupils spent in GCSE exams, and accepted many of the recommendations. The curriculum will also be changed to help teachers adapt their teaching for pupils with special edu- cational needs and disabilities as the Government moves towards includ- ing more of them in the mainstream.
The recommended
reduction in the amount
of time pupils spend in
GCSE exams
10%
Standards body looks at DUP MP
By Jonathan McCambridge
The DUP MP Sammy Wilson is being investigated by Westminster’s standards commissioner. According to the parliamentary standards commissioner’s website, the MP for East Antrim is accused of a “failure to declare an interest”. No further details have been revealed about the investigation, which was opened on 28 July. The DUP has been approached for comment. Wilson has been the DUP MP for his constituency, on the east coast of Northern Ireland, since 2005. In 2024 he apologised to the Commons for failing to declare a paid-for overseas trip when tabling a parliamentary question.
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England and Wales suffer driest July since records began in 1836
By Emily Beament
England and Wales have provision- ally recorded their driest July since records began in 1836, Met Office figures show. Multiple heatwaves last month contributed to drought across the whole of Wales and around half of England. Southern England experi- enced its driest month on record. Nineteen English counties re- corded 1mm of rain or less during the month. England had just 10 per cent of its average July rainfall, while Wales had just nine per cent of the average. Both countries received less than half of the rainfall measured in the previous record dry July in 1911. Southern England also had its warmest July on record, while it
Water firms lose billions of litres each day – more than hosepipe bans saves
Exclusive By Eleanor Langford
POLITICAL REPORTER
Ministers have urged water com- panies to go “further and faster” to tackle leaks after The i Paper’s analy- sis found 2.6 billion litres is being lost every day – far more than hosepipe bans save. Research by the industry body UKWIR found that hosepipe bans reduced water use by around 2.7 to 4.1 per cent during the 2022 drought, which would amount to 377 million to 572 million litres a day if the restrictions were applied across the whole of England. But the most recent Environment Agency figures show water companies currently lose about 2.6 billion litres of water a day through leaks before it reach- es customers’ taps, almost a fifth (19 per cent) of all water put into the network. This is the equivalent of 1,000 Olympic swimming pools. The i Paper’s analysis found that water companies could therefore be losing between five and seven times more water through leakage than hosepipe bans are likely to save. Campaigners said the figures high- light the scale of leakage from Eng- land’s ageing water infrastructure. Andy Burnham has pledged to
People walk on sun-scorched grass near Parliament yesterday
take greater “public control” of Britain’s utilities, and has urged water firms to prioritise improving services over shareholder payouts. The nine water firms that have an- nounced hosepipe bans are predom- inantly across southern England. Some claim their current meas- ures will preserve more water than the UKWIR data suggests. But even more ambitious water savings from hosepipe bans are outpaced by the leaks. Thames Water, which supplies drinking water to around 10.2 million customers, loses an estimated 569 million litres a day through leaks – be- tween 5.5 and 8.3 times more than our analysis suggests its hosepipe ban is likely to save. Anglian Water, which covers much of the East of England lost around 187 million litres of water a day to leaks in 2024-25 – which The i Paper estimates would be four to six times what its ban would save. Anglian has disputed the figures, saying it is “one of the industry’s frontier performers on leakage” and that its ban had cut demand by 9 per cent initially, stabilising at around 5 per cent. Even applying the 9 per cent fig- ure, however, Anglian’s leakage is still almost double what the ban would save.
The daily litres of water being lost in England due to the scale of company leaks 2.6bn
was the joint hottest July on record for Wales. The UK had its second hot- test July, according to the Met Office statistics. The UK, England and Wales all re- corded their sunniest July on record. For England and Wales, it was the sunniest calendar month ever observed. Exceptional sunshine helped solar power achieve a record monthly share of electricity generation. It provided 14.4 per cent of all elec- tricity generated in Great Britain during July. At its peak between 10.30am and midday on Sunday 12 July, solar power provided 44 per cent of electricity generation. The latest figures were published as parts of England are under anoth- er amber heat-health alert this week. Temperatures climbed above 30°C across the South yesterday. Farmers are warning of lower crop yields because of the heat. The harvest has begun early and livestock are already being fed win- ter feed supplies. More than 24 million customers are under hosepipe bans, and river levels are low. The latest amber heat-health alert is in place for the East Midlands, East of England, South East and London until tomorrow morning. There are also yellow heat-health alerts for the North West, South West and West Midlands, and York- shire and the Humber. Temperatures are expected to gradually fall in the second half of the week. There is some more unsettled weather forecast for parts of the UK including a yellow warning for thun- derstorms in Northern Ireland. The weather in Scotland will be mostly warm with some rain, forecasters said. But the South East will continue to get little in the way of desperately needed rain, the Met Office warned. A large blaze which began tear- ing through Suffolk heathland on Wednesday last week was still burn- ing yesterday afternoon, but is being considered “stable”. The RSPB said its nearby Mins- mere reserve remained closed and said mature heather damaged in the fire “could take many years to recover”.
Firefighters tackling a wildfire
in the Cairngorms National
Park said yesterday that smoke
from the blaze was travelling in
the direction of nearby Aviemore
and advised people to keep their
windows shut.
‘Major incident’ declared in South Wales wildfire
By Alice Lilley
Firefighters were last night battling a wildfire the size of 210 football pitches in South Wales. South Wales Fire and Rescue has declared a “major incident” and urged people to avoid the Rhondda Cyon Taf area. Twenty fire engines are tackling the fire as well as two specialist wild-
fire teams, a high-volume pumping unit and drones. The blaze, which has covered around 150 hectares of land, was de- clared a major incident after chang- ing wind conditions. Residents are currently not being asked to evacuate their homes, but a rest centre has been set up for people concerned by the amount of smoke caused by the fire.
Fire burning in the hills above Ferndale in the Rhondda Valley
The fire service said: “While fire- fighters made good progress in re- ducing the size of the fire, changing
wind conditions on Sunday evening led to an increase in firefighting ac- tivity and resources. “Local communities may experi- ence smoke from the fire over the coming days. “We have declared it a major inci- dent as it requires a greater demand on our resource and as such more coordination. “Further updates will be provided as the situation develops. “We want to reassure the public that all our crews have the support they need to deal with wildfire.” Members of the public have been asked to avoid flying drones above the area as it would interfere with the fire service’s own drone team.
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Water rationing? A not so distant future
Millions of Britons have been hit by
restrictions to their water usage,
with hosepipe bans in place across
large parts of England.
But more drastic curbs could
be imposed in the coming years if
heatwaves and droughts continue.
Water rationing could be
introduced in a worst-case scenario,
the Government’s emergency
planning documents suggest.
The UK’s National Risk said that
under a reasonable worst case
scenario of three successive years of
extreme dry weather, large swathes
of southern and eastern England
would be in severe drought.
This could lead to public water
supply restrictions, the document
says, with rationing water to people’s
homes and businesses one of the
possible options.
Prolonged dry conditions would
also increase the risk of fire, with less
water for firefighters to battle blazes.
Critical national infrastructure
such as transport, hospitals,
telecommunications and emergency
services would be affected by water
restrictions or loss of supply. Data
centres, which rely heavily on water
to cool densely packed servers,
would also be affected.
The document said there could
also be “potential changes in public
behaviour including the potential for
localised civil disorder”.
Two years ago, Sicily declared
a state of emergency and
implemented strict water rationing
affecting hundreds of thousands
of residents due to historically low
reservoir levels in the island’s worst
drought for more than 20 years.
Many residents of the city of
Caltanissetta went without running
water for two months.
Some neighbourhoods only
received water supplies for a few
hours per week or every two weeks.
Water rationing in dozens of
central Sicilian towns left people
reliant on supplies from tankers.
An Italian navy ship supplied 12
million litres of water to the worst-
affected residents.
The local water authority tightly
rationed water for almost a million
residents with as little as two to four
hours a week allowed.
In 2017, Rome faced eight hours a
day without running water after a
halt was ordered on pumping water
from a nearby lake.
And in 2022, northern Italy and the
Po Valley experienced their worst
drought in 70 years and over 100
towns were asked to ration water.
In Cape Town in 2018, following
three consecutive years of severe
drought, authorities implemented
extreme restrictions on water
usage, warning of a “Day Zero” when
the taps would turn off for homes
and businesses.
Water pressure in pipes was
reduced by the government and
tariffs were implemented which
meant using water cost more.
Homes that did not cut down their
water use enough were fitted with
devices that automatically cut off
supply if they exceeded a daily limit.
In Spain in 2022, the town of
Vacarisses near Barcelona limited
running water to only eight hours
per day.
Fight against fires opens on new fronts as rivers run dry
By Clare Walsh
A record-breaking hot and dry sum- mer tightened its grip on Europe yesterday, as water-dropping planes swooped over a large wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilise a blaze in Provence and low water levels on the Danube threatened an energy crisis. Wildfires west of Athens jumped containment lines, a day after a col- lision between two firefighting heli- copters killed two crew members. Strong winds returned to south- ern Greece late yesterday, pushing flames into mountain home clusters, destroying farms and property, and clos- ing a highway. Areas surrounding Athens remain at high risk this week with temperatures set to rise further. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated from around the seaside resort of Porto Germeno and other areas west of the capital – including more than 250 rescued by boats from beaches in the area. “This is a difficult fire that has troubled us,” the fire service spokes- man Yiannis Artopios said. The blaze was blamed on a faulty power line from a wind farm and led to the arrests of two contractors on charg- es of negligent arson. In France, thousands of evacuees were allowed to return home after a massive wildfire remained con- tained. More than 224,000 people had fled in what officials said was the country’s largest civilian evacuation outside wartime. The wildfire burnt about 162 sq miles, making it France’s largest wildfire on record. The return in- cluded Cap Ferret peninsula and Le Porge, the municipality hardest hit by the fire, where 183 homes were de- stroyed. Campsites remain closed. A second wildfire in Provence did not flare up overnight, but was still
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not contained yesterday as stronger winds were expected. About 1,500 firefighters, sup- ported by water-dropping helicop- ters, continued reinforcing fire lines along the blaze that tore through about seven square miles. The European Forest Fire Infor- mation System said the risk of wild- fire remains high across parts of the continent through tomorrow. Firefighters in the Netherlands were battling a large blaze yesterday in a forest in the southern province of Limburg, authorities said. Further east, governments are taking steps to conserve elec- tricity and avert an en- ergy crisis as record low water levels on the Dan- ube River have forced power plants to the brink of shutting down. Persistent drought and successive heat- waves pushed the Dan- ube’s levels in Hungary’s capital Budapest to around 4 inches yesterday, well below the pre- vious all-time low of 13 inches. Water levels are not expected to rise on the Danube in the coming weeks as no significant rainfall is forecast, and as a renewed heatwave bears down on the region, electricity and water use are on the rise. The Danube’s record low levels have pushed Hungary’s only nuclear power plant, the four-reactor plant at Paks, to the brink of powering down entirely for the first time in its 44 years in service. The Paks plant, which uses water from the Danube to cool its reac- tors, was producing only 240 mega- watts of power rather than the usual 2,000 yesterday. Meanwhile, Romania’s military used explosives to blast rock near the Danube’s Bala canal in order to redirect water toward the Cerna- voda nuclear power plant. Authorities have already shut down one reactor unit at the Cerna- voda plant.
The number of people evacuated from a wildfire in France – its largest civilian evacuation in peacetime
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Trump berates ‘duplicitous’ Iran over Hormuz talks
By Nick Lester
Donald Trump has accused Iran of being “unbelievably duplicitous” in denying talks aimed at ending the conflict were being held. The US President said Tehran had “begged” for negotiations and whether they admitted it or not dis- cussions were taking place to reach “a solution” to the current stand-off. He also dismissed Iran’s claims to control the strategically important Strait of Hormuz waterway as “their usual blather”. Trump made the comments on his Truth Social platform after he said on Sunday he had halted US forces from carrying out “the biggest at- tack since World War II” to allow for further diplomatic efforts. He said talks would be held with Iran yesterday but this was subse- quently denied by Tehran. In response, Trump posted on his platform: “Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! “They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg’, talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate 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 Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is al- ready completely controlled by the United States Navy and our ‘Block- ade’ or, as some say, ‘The United States Wall of Steel!’ “Nothing gets through to Iran, un- less we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished. “Whether Iran wants to admit it or not, we are, in fact, talking of a solution to a problem that they have caused, for decades.” The President’s latest broadside
Donald Trump claims Iran ‘begged’ for talks but ‘nothing gets through’
comes after he said on Sunday the emerging deal would include reo- pening of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil and gas supply route. Only the day before, Trump said he was “losing faith” in talks with Iran and warned the US military “will be hitting them very hard”. Iran has continued to try to main- tain its stranglehold on the Gulf channel – which had been open be- fore the US and Israel began the conflict – including demanding that ships seek permission to transit, at- tacking vessels and threatening to impose charges. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesper- son Esmail Baghaei said on Sunday the sea route “will in no way return to the status it was before February 28”, when the war started. While he said discussions had been held over use of the strait with Oman, which lies on the other side of the channel, there had been no talks about reopening the waterway. Trump has also suggested that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played a particularly impor- tant role in him turning away from escalating the war. Trump spoke by phone with the de facto leader of the kingdom on Saturday before announcing he was halting strikes. The Crown Prince conveyed that an escalation in fighting could have a severe effect on the global economy if Tehran responded to a new US bombardment by targeting some of America’s Gulf allies, according to a person briefed on the call. Saudi officials, they added, have underscored in their engagements with the Trump administration that the kingdom is in a good posi- tion to defend itself against further potential Iranian strikes – as are fellow major energy nations Qatar and the United Arab Emirates – but that Kuwait could be more vulner- able to attacks by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. Trump may still come to the con- clusion that a massive escalation in the conflict with Iran is necessary. But critics say Trump’s hesitation also could reflect an unspoken un- derstanding in the administration that the US military might alone may not be enough to compel Iran to back down.
Israel struck the Gaza Strip over the weekend, days after the United States and Hamas said a deal was reached for the militant group to disarm, a potential step toward ending the war in Gaza.
Deadly strikes hit Russian resort and Ukrainian city
By Kyriakos Petrakos
Russia said yesterday that seven people, including three children, had been killed and 40 wounded at the Black Sea holiday resort of Gelendzhik in what it said was a deliberate Ukrainian drone attack on civilians. There was no immediate com- ment from Ukraine, which, like Russia, says it does not deliberately target civilians in the full-scale war that Moscow launched in 2022. Social media videos, verified by Reuters, showed what appeared to be a drone slamming into a busy beach area near the town of Gelendzhik, accompanied by a loud explosion. Russia last month accused Kyiv’s forces of killing 11 people, including four children, in an attack on a holi- day camp in a Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region. Russia has repeatedly struck tar- gets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, displacing millions and laying waste to swathes of Ukraine. On Sunday night, Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs over 90 minutes on residential dis-
An explosion in the distance, on video posted to social media
tricts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and wounding dozens of others, re- gional chief Ivan Fedorov said. Moscow has used glide bombs to smash Ukrainian towns and cities since it invaded its neighbour more than four years ago. The weapons are Soviet-era bombs retrofitted with guidance systems and can carry up to 3,000kg (6,600lb) of explosives, leaving huge craters.
Ukraine has struggled to counter them. The Sunday evening onslaught on Zaporizhzhia killed a 71-year- old woman and wounded 31 people, including a 16-year-old girl, as the glide bombs damaged 22 apartment buildings in four districts of the city, Fedorov said. Moscow’s forces have captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and hold other parts of the region. The regional capital, also called Zaporizhzhia, remains in Ukrainian hands. It is one of the four regions, also including Donetsk, Kherson and Lu- hansk, that Russia illegally annexed in September 2022 even though its forces does not fully control them. Other large-scale damage of civil- ian areas of Ukraine has resulted from Russian ballistic missiles. President Volodymyr Zelensky has made another urgent plea for countries to send Ukraine more US- made Patriot air defence systems. The US President, Donald Trump, last week appeared to back off from his earlier commitment to give Ukraine a licence to make Patriots itself.
‘Ukraine to blame’ for Moscow bomb
By Alice Lilley
The Russian Embassy in Rome yesterday blamed Ukraine for a deadly bombing at a Moscow restaurant, describing it as an attempt to intimidate the Italian community in Russia. The embassy said “Kyiv terrorists” wanted to “scare the Italians working in Russia and to show them that they too are in the crosshairs and could become the scoundrels’ next victims”. It said the Saturday night attack on the Balzi Rossi restaurant killed five and injured 19, adding that its Italian chef and his staff were unhurt only thanks to a Russian security guard’s “vigilance and selfless dedication to his professional duty”. However, there was no immediate comment from Ukrainian authorities. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee, which coordinates various security agencies, initially said the bomb killed three people: a woman who
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carried the explosive device into the restaurant, a guard who stopped her, and a guest inside. It said 21 others were injured when the bomb detonated near the restaurant’s entrance. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin described the bombing as a “brutal terrorist act”, but did not say who was responsible for the blast at the restaurant, which is located on the ground floor of a high-rise apartment building – one of seven skyscrapers in the city that date to the era of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. The Russian foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment on the embassy’s statement or explain the higher death toll claimed. The ministry did not issue its own statement on the incident. Several Russian media outlets claimed the bombing targeted a Russian general who was celebrating his birthday at the restaurant. Some claimed that the general was Alexander Chaiko, who recently was appointed the chief of Russia’s aerospace forces. Russian authorities have blamed Kyiv for a series of bombings and other attacks against senior military officials. Earlier this year, Russia’s Federal Security Service said authorities would tighten security around senior military.
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to lose friends and influence
Ball D
espite what Donald Trump likes to say at rallies, the US had no shortage of friends when he re-entered the White House in January 2025. A cynic might note that America is the geopolitical equivalent of the biggest kid in the playground, and everyone wants to be their friend – not to mention that most countries want to be able to export their products and services to the world’s richest nation. Despite this, Trump’s White House wanted a change. Insisting that America was being taken for a ride, the President imposed tariffs on many of the US’s closest allies, threatened to invade Greenland, a territory belonging to its Nato ally Denmark, and viciously criticised both Canada and Mexico, the US’s nearest neighbours. Trump was, however, eagerly making new friends – sending out informal envoys to nations in the Middle East and signing business deals with Gulf states, often to the benefit of his family’s companies and those of his associates. In Europe, Trump’s White House courted the far right and other populist leaders, even as it got into heated public fights with centralists and the European Union. The high ideals of US diplomacy – its talk of free speech and promoting rights across the world – may have gone, but for a time it seemed as if Trump was building a new international coalition of allies, or at least friendly business associates. The Iran war destroyed that. What was supposed to be a two-week operation has entered its sixth month, leaving Trump’s new coalition, and his Republican allies at home, increasingly frustrated – and leaving the US President looking more and more isolated. Israel, traditionally the US’s closest ally, was part of the attack on Iran. But Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump’s relationship has since soured, as Trump’s patience with
Charity opens children’s learning centres
By Alan Jones
A children’s charity has opened 12 temporary early learning centres for children in Gaza. Nearly a quarter of Gaza’s population face early childhood development-related challenges, Theirworld said. About 175,000 pre-school-aged children in the war-shattered ter-
the war he feels the Israeli Prime Minister talked him into wears thin. Israel feels hung out to dry – and is clearly unhappy with the memorandum of understanding Trump signed with Iran, which is supposed to form the basis of a longer-term peace deal. That’s hardly the only damaged relationship for Trump in the Middle East. The Gulf states Trump so assiduously courted over the last year are now having to contend with huge economic damage from the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, while also facing drone and missile strikes from Iran. They are understandably angry that Trump has plunged them into a crisis without seemingly considering the need for an exit ramp, or at least one short of Iran’s complete capitulation. America’s remaining allies in Europe are suffering under the weight of soaring oil prices and other cost of living challenges brought about by the war. Even leaders like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni – once a close Trump ally – are now in open dispute with the President. And Trump can hardly look closer to home for comfort. The President’s Republican base is tired of yet another foreign war, and of the White House’s inaction
restore the US’s world standing but has done the exact opposite
Benjamin Netanyahu’s relationship with Donald Trump has soured
ritory are growing up without the nutrition, care, safety and early learning opportunities they need during the first five years of life, the charity said in a report. The centres will initially sup- port about 700 children aged three to five, providing pre-school edu- cation, psychosocial support and structured play. Sarah Brown, who chairs Their-
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over the cost of living crisis. His personal popularity is tanking his party’s prospects in the midterm elections to such an extent that the Democrats might even win a Senate seat in Texas – the very heartland of the Republican Party. For Trump, who does not like to be criticised, this new pariah status must hurt. You can’t exactly be the leader of the free world if no one will follow you – or will do so only very reluctantly. The US’s favourability ratings are in free fall right across the world, and China is the main beneficiary. A huge poll released last month of more than 40,000 people across 36 countries found that, on average, 46 per cent of people had a favourable view of China, versus just 36 per cent for the US. Just two years ago, the US beat China by 54 per cent to 33 per cent. This collapse in America’s standing shows in all sorts of ways: in 2024, 47 per cent of people across the 36 countries said they had confidence in Joe Biden to do the right thing when it comes to world affairs. Today, just 21 per cent say the same about Trump. Meanwhile, over the last two years China’s favourability rating has overtaken the US in a dozen of America’s close allies, including the UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, France and Germany. Even Argentina, which secured tens of billions of dollars of financial support from the US thanks to Javier Milei, its Trump-allied president, now favours China, according to the poll. Trump promised to restore the US’s standing in the world, get it a better deal on trade and make sure the country was respected by its allies and enemies. Less than two years into his second term, he has managed to do the exact opposite. His war with Iran, and its repercussions around the world, has been the final straw for many. Trump’s America has lost friends and alienated people on every continent. The President has another two and a half years left in the Oval Office, ending in January 2029. By then, will he have any friends left at all?
James Ball is political editor
of ‘The New World’
world, said: “At a time when families are focused on survival, spending part of the day singing songs, draw- ing pictures or listening to stories is far from being a luxury. “Early years support is one of the highest-impact investments we can make to help children through crisis. “The window for intervention is closing, and failure to act now risks the future of an entire generation.”
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Police cast doubt on professor’s ‘pig head’ story
By Alice Lilley
By Alice Lilley
By Alice Lilley
A Cambridge professor at the cen- tre of a plagiarism row is facing questions over a claim he made that police investigated a pig’s head that was posted to his family home. Professor Jason Arday, a profes- sor of sociology of education, told The Guardian on Saturday that a severed pig’s head was sent to his parents’ address during an ongoing period of abuse. He said that the police had inves- tigated the claim and found that a butcher’s shop sold a “whole hog”
Oversold flight forces separation of newlyweds
A British couple on their honeymoon flight were forced to take separate flights after easyJet overbooked the service to Tivat on the coast of Montenegro. Andy and Katya Wedlake arrived at Gatwick Airport to discover that the flight had been overbooked. The newlyweds had booked the flight, which was to take off on Sun- day 26 July, months in advance. “They had overbooked the flight,” said Andy Wedlake. “They could only give us seats once boarding had closed – and if other people didn’t turn up to the flight.” The couple had tried to check in for the flight online ahead of the de- parture but were not able to do so. After one seat became available on the plane, they said ground staff insisted one of them must fly. He said: “They said that either my wife or I had to take that seat other- wise we would count as a ‘no show’ and would lose all rights for rebook- ing and any compensation.” Andy returned home while Katya flew to Montenegro, but the couple were eventually reunited for their honeymoon 21 hours later.
‘X Factor’ contestant denies road murder
By Emily Pennink
A former X Factor finalist has denied murdering a social media influencer by running her over with a car. Gabrielle Carrington, 29, allegedly struck Klaudia Zakrzewska outside the Inca nightclub in Argyll Street, Soho, at 4.30am on 19 April. Footage of the incident circulating online showed a woman getting into a black car before it surged forward and hit Ms Zakrzewska, who went under the vehicle. Carrington (court sketch, inset), of Manchester, was initially charged with attempted murder but that
on the morning of the alleged attack. But the Metropolitan Police has said that no investigation took place and that there was no evi- dence that any police offic- ers visited any butchers. The butchers named by Arday (inset) also de- nied having received a visit from the police. A spokesperson said: “As far as we can see our only involvement was re- ceiving an allegation of online harassment involving a suspect in Cambridge.
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was changed to murder after Ms Zakrzewska died from her injuries on 25 April. Yesterday Carrington ap- peared at the Old Bailey by video link from Bronze- field prison. The defendant was not represented in court by a barrister and represented herself during the plea hearing. Asked if she was happy to proceed without a lawyer, she told Judge Sarah White- house KC she did not want to rep- resent herself “for the foreseeable”.
“We passed the allegation to Cambridgeshire police as per normal procedures.” Arday is believed to main- tain his version of events, and friends are reported to have said he had evi- dence that would show he did speak to police about the pig’s head. The row comes after it was revealed that Arday was being investigated for plagiarism after he was accused of copying sections of his PhD thesis. Arday’s PhD thesis contained
Beatrice Dettman, eight, and her mother Constance play the concertina and fiddle in Belfast yesterday – after travelling from Chicago for the Fleadh
But she added: “As I’m not represented, I am happy to give a plea today even though I am not represented.” Carrington pleaded not guilty to murder and a second charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to security guard Anoush Chyche. The defendant was not asked to enter a plea to a third charge of driving with excess alcohol. Judge Whitehouse confirmed she would try the case at the Old Bailey from 5 January.
over 180 passages which were very similar to another student’s thesis. He has since acknowledged sev- eral errors in his work, but denied he was “a liar”. The professor also told The Guard- ian he has suffered physical abuse and intimidation since he was ap- pointed Cambridge University’s youngest black professor in 2023. A spokesman for Cambridge Uni- versity said it would not comment on specific allegations. Accusations of plagiarism in Ar- day’s work were brought forward by Professor Nathan Cofnas.
Cheoil na hÉireann (Festival of Music in Ireland). Performances continue in the city for the rest of the week. LIAM MCBURNEY/PA
Serial fly-tipper
is fined £4,000
A repeat offender of fly-tipping has been fined almost £4,000 after being caught dumping rubbish outside a bingo hall in east London. Martin Stokes, 30, from Birmingham, was ordered to pay £3,905 after he left a large collection of household waste outside Buzz Bingo Hall in Barkingside in Redbridge. Redbridge Council found during the investigation that
Cofnas was sacked from his role at Cambridge in 2024 after a backlash against a Substack post he wrote. The post argued that under true meritocracy black people would “disappear from almost all high- profile positions outside of sports and entertainment”. He claimed that he had put Ar- day’s work through plagiarism de- tection and found “many passages are lifted with minimal editing”. Cofnas also cast doubt over Ar- day’s claims that he had ran several marathons for charity, where on one occasion, Arday said he raised £5m.
Low approvals for adoption sparks concern
By Áine Fox
The number of families approved to adopt a child has been on a “wor- rying decline”, a charity has said, as it marked the centenary of the adoption act. The number of approved adop- tive families available in England is fewer than half the number of chil- dren awaiting adoption. The gap was branded “deeply concerning” by Coram, which was the UK’s first children’s charity. Its research suggested almost a quarter of people (23 per cent) would be prepared to consider adopting – a finding the charity said underlines “the huge potential pool of adopters and highlighting there is more to be done to encourage those people to take the next step to- wards adoption as a way of building their family”. Dame Carol Homden, chief ex- ecutive of Coram, said: “Research is clear that adoption provides strong stability and positive outcomes and brings joy to many families and it is deeply concerning that we are experiencing a continued increase in numbers of children waiting to be adopted.”
he had previously been fined for two fly-tipping offences in the borough last year, leading to a total of more than £2,000 in fines. CCTV recordings revealed a yellow van driving into the venue’s car park before the driver and a passenger discarded the rubbish and left the scene. Mattresses, a fridge freezer, glass panels and cardboard were among the waste left at the site. Council officers identified Stokes through his vehicle registration plate which was pictured on camera. He was also ordered to pay council costs, court costs and the cost of removing the waste, resulting in the £3,905 fine.
out for chari-tee
Hollywood star Julia Roberts and TV presenters Ben Fogle and Claudia Winkleman (pictured clockwise from main) are among the stars sporting a new British Red Cross T-shirt designed by illustrator Charlie Mackesy. The T-shirt, named ‘Here for Humanity’, aims to raise money for the organisation and spread a message of hope and compassion. The partnership features Mackesy’s beloved characters from his book ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse’. Roberts said: “Such a wonderful collaboration between [an] incredible and tender artist and the British Red Cross.” BRITISH RED CROSS/PA
AI scans could give new insight on dementia – and diagnose it earlier
By Stephen Beech
Dementia could be identified ear- lier, after AI-powered brain scans provided fresh insights into how the debilitating condition develops. The scans have shown for the first time how patterns of neuro-degen- eration in specific brain regions re- late to changes in cognitive function as people grow older. Moving beyond a single measure of “brain age” represents an “impor- tant advance” for neuroscience and could lead to better treatments for dementia patients, according to the US team behind the research. AI was used to generate detailed maps that highlight differences in how distinct parts of the brain age, with magnetic resonance imaging
Autism spectrum may now be ‘too broad’, says pioneer
By Storm Newton
By Storm Newton
By Storm Newton
The autism spectrum may have become “too broad” and risks mis- understanding the needs of pa- tients, according to an expert on the condition. UCL Professor Dame Uta Frith, whose pioneering research in the 60s and 70s laid the foundations for
(MRI) from nearly 15,000 cognitive- ly healthy people provided to train a deep-learning AI model. The data provided a baseline against which the model could measure local brain age. When the AI model was then used to ana- lyse MRI images from people with mild cog- nitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, it revealed “distinct” patterns of accelerated ageing in brain regions known to be affected early in neuro-degeneration. There are estimated to be 982,000 people with dementia in the UK, but more than a third of people with the condition do not have a diagnosis.
how autism is understood, said it was not always a “catch-all diagno- sis” and the definition has “widened” to include people with milder traits. She also warned that while social media and online communities have helped people share their experi- ence, they may have “also spread simplified or misleading ideas”. Autism is a type of neurodiver-
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The number is expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040. While most studies of brain age measure the phenomenon using a single number, the study lead Professor Andrei Irimia explained that the new model provides a “much richer” pic- ture of ageing and neuro-degeneration. Rather than assign- ing a single “brain age”, the approach generates a detailed map showing how old different parts of the brain appear rela- tive to what is typical for someone of the same age. Irimia said: “Not all brain regions age at the same rate. Some areas ap-
The estimated number of people with dementia in the UK by 2040
gence which impacts the way people communicate and experience the world. Frith said: “Autism wasn’t always defined this way – a sort of catch-all diagnosis for a huge variety of conditions. “When it was first identified in the 40s, it referred to a small group of children with severe difficulties in social interaction, communication
pear to be more resilient, while oth- ers are more vulnerable to ageing.” Irimia said: “This more nuanced understanding of how the brain ages could pave the way for earlier identi- fication of dementia, a better under- standing of what factors affect risk and new ideas for treatment.” The study is published in Pro- ceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’
Participants with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease showed “significantly older” local brain ages in structures that are among the first affected by Alzheimer’s.
and behaviour. Over time, the defini- tion has widened to include people with milder traits and no language or learning problems. “Today, anyone of any age or intel- ligence level can be diagnosed with autism if they meet certain criteria.” Frith said: “Autism is no longer just a medical term – it has become part of popular culture.”
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Diabetes on rise for women in pregnancy
One in eight mothers in England is diagnosed with diabetes while preg- nant, according to analysis. The estimate represents “a rela- tive increase of 60 per cent in five years”, with a sharp rise in cases among women of colour and those living in deprived areas. Gestational diabetes (GD) “should be recognised as a vulnerability in the healthcare system” that affects the wellbeing of mothers and babies, researchers said. GD happens when women cannot produce enough insulin while preg- nant, leading to high blood sugar. While the condition usually dis- appears after birth, patients face a higher risk of going on to develop type 2 diabetes. It can also cause babies to grow larger than normal, cause low blood sugar in newborns and put women at higher risk of pre-eclampsia. The University of Edinburgh study analysed five years of hospital care data in England. It included more than two million women who gave birth to 2.8 million babies across 184 hospitals between 2018 and 2022. It found one in eight was diag- nosed with GD, compared with one in 12 in 2018.
Surgeons repair baby’s intestines before his birth
A baby boy has become the first child in the UK to have pioneering surgery for a rare condition while still in his mother’s womb. Maisie Savage, 29, from London, had the operation in the US state of Texas while 26 weeks pregnant, the BBC reported. Her son Theo had been diagnosed with gastroschisis, where the intestines develop outside his body. The procedure was performed at Texas Children’s Hospital as part of a clinical trial which is taking place in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) and KU Leuven. Surgeons partially exposed Ms Savage’s womb and placed Theo’s intestines back into his body. Ms Savage told BBC News he is a “little miracle”. Paolo De Coppi, NIHR and Nuffield professor of paediatric surgery at UCL Gosh Institute of Child Health and consultant foetal and paediatric surgeon at Gosh, said: “If the results are positive, we hope this could become the standard operation for complex gastroschisis cases.” Prof de Coppi added that Theo is “doing remarkably well”.
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‘healthy’ snacks are really full of sugars
88 products to see
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igh protein snacks and drinks including yogurt, porridge pots, cereal bars and milkshakes are more popular than ever. But their “health halo” could be obscuring the fact that some of these foods are not really that good for us, an analysis has found. In fact, some of the snacks could be seen as examples of so-called “protein washing” – when foods are marketed as healthy because of their high protein, when they actually should be eaten in moderation. The two main shortcomings of such snacks are usually failing to be very high in protein and having more sugar than protein, said Robert Bradshaw, superintendent pharmacist at Oxford Online Pharmacy, which carried out the research. “High protein can give something a bit of a health halo. But it is important to look at the overall nutritional content, and it’s probably better to get your protein from whole food sources rather than snack bars and shakes,” said Bridget Benelam, a scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation, who was not involved in the work. The public’s growing appetite for protein appears to have come from a rising appreciation of the health benefits of building muscle. People taking injections such as Wegovy and Mounjaro are also advised to keep up their protein intake to avoid muscle loss.
Chewing gum should be banned, Oliver tells Mayor
By Harry Goodwin
Jamie Oliver has called for a ban on chewing gum, saying it has blighted British streets. The TV chef called on mayors, in- cluding London’s Lord Sadiq Khan, to address the problem of chewing gum discarded on pavements. “If I could ban anything, it would be chewing gum,” Oliver said at the launch of his new book, BBQ. “I was walking up the street the
Yogurts tested well in the study, with all 18 varieties getting over 30 per cent of their calories from protein GETTY
Estimates vary for how much protein we need in our diet. UK guidelines for the general public are to eat 0.75 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day, which is about 45g a day for a typical woman and 55g for a man. But these figures were based on the amount of protein needed to avoid getting sick, rather than ideal intake, said Dr Chris Macdonald, a behavioural scientist at the University of Cambridge, who was not involved in the study. Looking at health targets another way, people are advised to get between 10 and 35 per cent of their daily calories from protein. But those using slimming jabs are recommended to get at least 30 per cent of their calories from protein.
The percentage of products tested in the study that had at least as much sugar as protein
other day and the street was ruined by a patchwork quilt of chewing gum. “I wouldn’t ban a flavour combi- nation, I would ban chewing gum. Unless you could jet wash it off, but you can’t.” He added: “Sadiq Khan’s here, maybe I should have a word with him.” A spokesperson for Khan said he had been contacted about Oliver’s proposal. It is already an offence to spit chewing gum or discard it on the
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“If you’re having 1,200 calories a day, then you’re probably going to be protein insufficient,” said Professor Philip Atherton, a nutrition expert at the University of Nottingham. Based on the 30 per cent target, some of the high-protein snacks in the supermarkets are falling short, said Bradford. His firm looked at 88 different high-protein snacks across six large supermarket chains. They analysed yogurts, mousses and other desserts, milkshakes, porridge pots, cereal bars and coffee drinks. Across all categories, over a quarter of the snacks failed to meet the 30 per cent threshold. One of the worst groups of offenders were some porridge pots. These did have more protein than standard porridge – with about 14g compared with 6g – but because they also contained
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Jamie Oliver has contacted London’s Mayor about discarded chewing gum
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calories from sugar and starch, they typically only reached about 22 per cent of their calories from protein. In contrast, yogurts were the best performers, with all 18 varieties tested getting over 30 per cent of their calories from protein. Having too much sugar was a particular problem, the report found, as 16 per cent of products analysed had at least as much sugar as protein and often more. NHS guidelines recommend that adults should consume no more than 5 per cent of their daily calories from free sugars, but 77 of the 88 products bust this target. Here, the milkshakes were the worst offenders, with about 33 per cent of their calories coming from sugar. Bradshaw said people could eat more protein without buying pre-prepared snacks by eating foods like chicken, tofu, Greek yogurt and boiled eggs.
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Deadly fake alcohol can be detected via laser tech
By Stephen Beech
Laser technology has been devel- oped that could detect potentially deadly fake alcoholic drinks without needing to open them. The system could soon be de- ployed to not only spot counterfeit alcohol, but also expose wine fraud and even identify dangerous chemi- cals inside sealed bottles. Methanol poisoning is a serious global health problem, causing hun- dreds of deaths each year and leav- ing thousands more people blind or permanently injured. But counterfeit alcohol is often im- possible to detect without opening the bottle and conducting lab tests. A new optical technique, de- scribed by University of St Andrews and Adelaide University scientists in the Journal of Physics: Photonics, has changed that by using a form of sens- ing known as Raman spectroscopy. This allows researchers to read the unique chemical “fingerprint” of a liquid through its packaging. Adelaide University physicist Dr Ralf Mouthaan says the research was opening the door to a much broader range of applications. He said: “Being able to identify the contents of a sealed bottle without opening it has enormous potential. “At Adelaide University we’re now adapting this technology to tackle problems that directly affect Aus- tralian industries, including wine authentication, food quality and product safety.”
Physicist Dr Ralf Mouthaan says the technology is being quickly expanded
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TRUMP’S PEACE DEALS
way out of trouble
The Guardian In Trump’s case, ego is also a factor. It seems he would rather kill thousands more civilians, risk committing war crimes, set the Middle East ablaze and destroy Republicans’ electoral chances than admit he was wrong over Iran. Trump tries in vain to bomb his way out of trouble. (Simon Tisdall)
The New Statesman Trump has a long track record of declaring premature victories, as he has done repeatedly throughout his war with Iran. In Gaza, despite the formal ceasefire, the near- daily Israeli strikes have not ceased. (Katie Stallard)
Olaf Tufte was described as a legend in his own lifetime, an Olympic rowing great who competed at seven consecutive summer Games and won two gold medals for Norway. He has died at the age of 50 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his family’s farm near Oslo. “Tufte brought immense joy through sport to us as a nation,” Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Store, said in a statement. “He was one of Norway’s greatest sporting heroes, a decorated summer Olympian, one of the finest rowers we have ever had, and a great role model to many.” Tufte’s funeral in his hometown of Horten was broadcast live on Norwegian television. The two-time champion in single sculls competed at the Games from Atlanta in 1996 through to the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021. He won back-
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CEUTA INCURSION
Europe’ castle built on sand
UnHerd The Ceuta crisis suggests that “Fortress Europe” is a castle built on sand, one that is perennially vulnerable to the caprice of Europe’s partners. Incentivising non-EU states to manage migration flows creates a mutual dependency. (William Nattrass)
The Conversation The Ceuta border crossing undermines one of Spain’s more flattering ideas about itself. After the years of dictatorship the country has recast itself as a place that embraces migration and diversity while much of Europe talks about walls. (Deniz Torcu)
OLAF TUFTE NORWEGIAN OLYMPIC ROWER
to-back titles at Athens in 2004 and
Beijing in 2008.
In double sculls, Tufte took silver in
Sydney in 2000 and bronze in 2016 at
Rio de Janeiro.
He closed out his competitive career
at the Tokyo Olympics at the age of 45,
rowing in the men’s quadruple sculls
alongside teammates young enough
to have been born after his Olympic
debut. Tufte also was in Paris for the
2024 Paralympic Games and coached
Birgit Skarstein to a silver medal in
single sculls.
World Rowing said in a statement:
“Alongside his rowing, Tufte ran
the family farm, worked as a
volunteer firefighter, and built
businesses including a concrete
company, the clothing brand Tufte
Wear and a brewery.”
The governing body cited a quote
from Tufte who once said: “I’m not
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RESTRICTING AI TECH
power behind innovation
The New York Times All of the speculation and hype around AI is hiding the fact that the technology isn’t just large language models or data centres. It is the backbone of a superstructure that merges regressive politics with unchecked economic power in the guise of tech innovation. (Tressie McMillan Cottom)
The Spectator AI companies are purchasing large quantities of used and rare books. Scanning their contents to train models. Then turning the originals to pulp. The sum of human thought, digitised and shredded. (Clarissa Hard)
CLIMATE CONSENSUS
lead to progress?
Le Monde The intellectual tradition of viewing catastrophes as positive forces for transforming the world seems to be experiencing a revival. To be clear, there is nothing to suggest that disasters contribute to any kind of progress. (Benoit Giry)
The Observer The hard right destroyed the consensus on EU membership and is doing the same on climate. If Miliband is a loon, so is King Charles, who spoke to a friend in despair after Brexit. He saw the consensus underpinning the environment going the same way. (Will Hutton)
made for resting. I need to do other stuff otherwise I get bored.” Tufte was a fierce competitor but was also a hugely popular figure. “We clicked naturally,” Slovenian rower Iztok Cop, a four-time Olympic medallist, said of his friendship with the Norwegian. “When we were partying after competition, it was always hard for the one who lost the race, because he would have to listen to all the bragging and teasing all night long. Beating a friend was just a great pleasure because it didn’t end at the finish line – it started there.” British rower Alan Campbell recalled competing with Tufte as part of the “Great Eight” in 2009 – in which eight rowers who had all been placed inside the top 10 in the men’s single sculls at the 2008 Olympics rowed together. “There was one session where things hadn’t quite been going quite right,
CAMBRIDGE PLAGIARISM
line over scrutiny
The Independent Let me be clear: academic integrity matters. Neither Jason Arday’s remarkable personal history nor his race should place his work beyond examination. The question is where legitimate scrutiny ends and something more punitive begins. (Daniella Maison)
The Critic In what style might a script based on the Cambridge plagiarism scandal surrounding Jason Arday, its youngest ever black professor, be written? The story has a packed plot: an almost miraculous backstory and allegations of serial plagiarism. (James Martin Charlton)
and I snapped,” Campbell recalls. “Olaf quietly started singing ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ and then it started to grow [louder]. Everyone fell by laughing, all the tension dropped, and after that session, we flew for the rest of it.” With just one week of training, the team won the 2009 Eights Head of the River race on the River Thames, Tufte is survived by his wife and their two children. AP
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ARIANA GRANDE
a topic of speculation
BBC Ariana Grande’s physical appearance and health have been a topic of speculation in recent years. This speculation has increased since the release of her latest album, Petal, which came out on Friday, and her appearance in promotional material for the launch. (Aleks Phillips)
Where is the Buzz The actress Jameela Jamil also pointed out the consequences of staying silent, using the example of the singer Karen Carpenter, who died in 1983 due to heart failure associated with anorexia. “Silence is complicity when it gets this far,” she wrote. (Talia M)
Farage is getting tetchier as political challenges mount W
ithout Nigel Farage, Reform UK wouldn’t have won a single seat in the 2024 election. His return as leader – the most dramatic moment in the entire election – energised his party in a way that Richard Tice, the dull previous leader, never could. The election caught fire, but one finding in the reams of data produced during the contest augured trouble for Farage, trouble that is now coming home to roost. One poll in 2024 showed only 24 per cent rated Farage favourably, compared with 64 per cent unfavourably. Those figures are pretty much the same today. Almost three times as many people dislike Farage as like him. That’s quite a handicap. And now, with Labour and Conservative leaders rejuvenating their parties, Farage’s negative personal standing seems more pertinent amid the numerous allegations against him and his party. And Reform’s progress looks on hold while Farage is diverted by a ridiculous by-election in Clacton against the comedian Count Binface. Reform has lost its oomph and momentum, and its increasingly tetchy and bad-tempered leader seems under huge pressure and tired. And the welter of current allegations unearthed by journalists against Reform isn’t confined to Farage. Media revelations paint a picture of Reform’s leadership operating more like mafiosi rather than potential ministers. In his increasingly implausible explanations, we see the side of Farage he would rather hide. Over the weekend it was reported by The Sunday Times that he had planned his supposedly spontaneous June 2024 comeback several months beforehand, and struck a deal with Tice (in which Tice’s company’s loans to Reform would be written off or repaid) to return to the leadership. Perhaps it’s his spending so much time with dubious millionaires and billionaires around the Trump White House, but Farage’s judgement seems to have gone astray, especially over money matters. Did Farage never think how bad it looks to take a £5m gift from a crypto-billionaire living in Thailand – Christopher Harborne – or to take costly benefits from his convicted fraudster friend George
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Cottrell, who is now believed to be involved in an online betting business in Montenegro? Damaging new details emerge week by week. Farage and his colleagues are under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner (though the investigation into Farage is currently suspended as he is no longer an MP) and the Metropolitan Police, while some of Reform’s transactions have been reported to the National Crime Agency (NCA). The parliamentary commissioner’s inquiry – on whether he should have registered the £5m gift from Harborne – is on hold but likely to be resumed if Farage wins his by-election. But that could be the least of Reform’s problems. Much more serious is the Met investigation into whether
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the party’s difficulties, it’s striking how little they’ve suffered in polls
the right. It’s now 16 months since any poll had the Tories ahead of Reform. It suggests that since that momentous announcement in June 2024, Farage’s team have built a solid base of around a quarter of the electorate which other parties will struggle to erode. People who have abandoned the traditional parties will choose Reform come what may, even if Farage, Tice and co get into trouble with the Commons authorities or the courts. There was an intriguing development when Farage had a video approach to “work together” from Rupert Lowe, a former Reform MP. Lowe had a big bust-up with Farage last year and established a more right-wing rival party, Restore Britain. Lowe’s party got almost 7 per cent in the Makerfield by-election in June – their first ever parliamentary contest – and almost 9 per cent in last week’s Greater Manchester mayoral by-election. Astonishing results. Farage might baulk at some of Lowe’s five tough terms for cooperation – including “mass deportations” of “millions” of migrants, but if the two men could repair what Lowe calls “a patriotic right that’s hopelessly divided”, they might create a formidable base of around 30 per cent. The problem is most Restore supporters aren’t doting fans of Nigel Farage – a YouGov poll last month suggested 59 per cent of Restore backers view Farage either “very” or “somewhat” unfavourably. Lowe’s weekend offer does raise the possibility of reconciliation before the next election. That will concern the traditional parties, especially Labour, whose current support could easily crumble if Andy Burnham’s uncosted and vague policy promises unravel, and the economy deteriorates. Farage and his party still have the potential to be serious and permanent players in British politics, but only… If Farage, Tice and Cottrell can survive whatever the investigators throw at them. If they can adopt a frank, transparent and honest approach to how they’re funded. And if Farage can rediscover his famous mojo. Three pretty substantial ifs.
offences were committed under section 61 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 in connection with donations to Reform in the run-up to the 2024 election. This complicated and somewhat arcane-sounding rule boils down to whether attempts have been made to evade restrictions on the
sources of political donations. Two people have been interviewed under caution by the Met. Separately, banks reportedly filed suspicious activity reports with the NCA concerning several transactions linked to senior Reform figures, after identifying potential money-laundering concerns. These reports in themselves are not evidence that a crime has occurred. Reform denies wrongdoing. Yet, for all Reform’s difficulties, it’s striking how little they’ve suffered in opinion polls. A small Burnham bounce has seen Reform fall behind Labour in some surveys, but overall the two parties are roughly neck and neck. Despite Kemi Badenoch’s progress in reviving the Conservatives, Reform remains the most popular party on
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Technical skills deserve respect
I was disappointed to read Anne McElvoy’s interpretation of “valuing the hard hat” as Labour’s industrial nostalgia, which appears to demonstrate a fundamental lack of understanding of the engineering sector (3 August). As a chartered electrical engineer, I have worked in the electrical distribution and rail sectors for more than 30 years, helping to deliver a continual evolution of technology and innovation in UK energy and transport. To summarise hard hats as simply for construction and trades is reductive and factually incorrect. I would argue that without a fundamental reset of values around technology, technical skills and innovation, which are still seen by many as a poor relation to the more traditional professions, we will struggle to grow as a country and economy. LUCY PALMER WEST MALLING, KENT
Burnham a modern Wilson
I think your writer Victoria Richards totally underestimates the factor that Burnham brings to our politics (“Burnham’s ‘blokey’ schtick is already wearing thin”, 3 August). Unlike Johnson and Farage whom she cites as examples of “everyman” performers, he did not attend a very expensive private school based in the London area and all the baggage linked with that world of privilege. Unlike Johnson, he’s not playing a huge game of jokey blokey nonsense to cover up his innate laziness. Unlike Farage, he’s not smirking with a pint
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to hide a deep-rooted sour bitterness. The last prime minister in my lifetime who came across as a down to earth ordinary man was Harold Wilson. Burnham may well be far more frivolous than Wilson to engage with the modern media outlets but the background they were both rooted in is genuine. A background which Johnson, Farage, Cameron et al simply have no grasp of. TERRY HOLLAND WORCESTER
Heat a clarion call to action
Am I the only one who feels we should do something drastic re global warming? Surely the relentless heat of the past three months is proof enough that the Government needs to introduce restrictions on use of our cars and flights abroad, together with stricter recycling regulations. SARAH MARTINELLI LETCHWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE
End unjust leaseholds
It was interesting to read that the average time taken to agree a sale of a property is around 140 days and that one of the reasons for this delay can be the complexity of the leasehold system of housing in this country (“Why buying a home can take so long – and how to fix it”, 1 August). This is another reason why the Government needs to speed up the abolition of this outdated system, which is also inefficient, expensive and unjust. The five million leaseholders in England and Wales have already waited too long to see the end of this unfair system. ROB HEALE BRIGHTON
Football fans will soon pay to watch robots, one reader suggests GETTY
Fans will shell out to see robots
I agree with Stefano
Hatfield (Opinion, 3
August) that football has
been selling its soul for
a long time now. I was
both player and lover of
the game some 40 years
ago but saw it being
corrupted by money and
so gave up on it.
Gianni Infantino learnt
through this last World
Cup that fans will go to
any expense to “support
their team” and whatever
the organisers want to
charge, they will pay it.
My view is that when
the time comes that
robots can outperform
humans on the pitch, fans
will still pay to watch.
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HORSHAM,
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Not a high 5 for Games coverage
Has there ever been a worse highlights programme of a major sporting event than
5’s offering for the Commonwealth Games? At times it was like watching a dozen different people eating a different biscuit, all in one minute! RICHARD FINCH RAVENGLASS, CUMBRIA
AI getting in the way of reality
Doesn’t AI stand for always interfering? ANDREW WILLS EPSOM, SURREY
Water grid idea drowned out
In answer to Brian Hedley’s idea of a water grid (Your View,
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directly to the Treasury today rather than wait for a change in the law. DAVID C BROWN WHALEY BRIDGE, DERBYSHIRE
Cards for every celebration
Your correspondent
complains about
Christmas goods in his
local garden centre (Your
View, 3 August).
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is already selling
birthday cards and
it is not my birthday
until June!
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Munchetty will be missed
I think it is a mistake by Naga Munchetty to move from BBC Breakfast. She is one of our best presenters of morning television. She is so professional, and wears the most smart, classy clothes. I will miss her. HELEN WOODHEAD WEST YORKSHIRE
Waking up to Beijing threat
Ian Birrell’s article, “We cannot ignore threat from Beijing”, was, as always, beautifully written and very informative (My View, 3 August). It was peculiar to be sitting in a pub, having a pint and becoming increasingly unsettled by what I was reading. I hope we collectively wake up very soon. ADRIAN GILES MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE
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he welfare bill is big and getting bigger. We now spend over £330bn a year on all forms of welfare combined. For the last 13 years, welfare spending has exceeded revenues raised from income tax, a stark if depressing comparison. There are various factors within that total. Youth unemployment is alarmingly high, as tax hikes and regulation on employers make it harder to hire people. The number of people on incapacity or sickness benefits has risen to over four million, up from 2.8 million in 2018.
Successive chancellors have identified welfare spending as a problem for the public finances
that must be addressed. Yet we often forget that the outright majority of the welfare bill is not the unemployed, those unable to work, or even in-work income support: £177bn a year – 55 per cent of all welfare spending – goes to pensioners. What’s more, that has risen fast and is set to keep on rising. When the Coalition government introduced the pensions triple lock, it did so both to secure Lib Dem support and to address pensioner poverty. It worked on both measures: since 2012 the basic state pension has increased by a remarkable 71 per cent. The pension is now worth 11.4 per cent more than it would be had it simply tracked inflation over the last decade. So what? Wasn’t the point to catch up on years of lagging pensioner income? Well, yes – but having done so, the triple lock is still in place as a guaranteed ratchet for further, seemingly eternal, real terms rises. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) says a permanent triple lock is “unsustainable”. NIESR gives the example of the 2022 inflation spike. Pensions rose rapidly on the inflation guarantee
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of the lock – and then, once inflation settled back down and wages began to rise, pensions rose again thanks to the wage growth guarantee too. As NIESR puts it, “this flaw turns the triple-lock policy into a disproportional inter-generational transfer, rather than a sound state pension”. This isn’t a hypothetical; it’s happening right now. The Institute for Fiscal Studies
says that “the average pensioner is at least as well off as the average working-age person” – yet pensions policy guarantees that this issue of intergenerational unfairness will get worse, not better.
Unfortunately, the policy has become something which we cannot afford to pay for but also something we appear politically unwilling to ever end. Only last
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month, our Prime Minister pledged that he would preserve the lock. What’s more, older citizens vote in greater numbers than their children and grandchildren. Andy Burnham, like his predecessors, evidently has no intention of angering that sizeable, active portion of the electorate. Here comes the worrying part: in a battle between an unsustainable bill and an unchangeable policy, mathematics will beat politics in the end, by brutal force if necessary.
The welfare budget is so large that no government can afford to ignore it, which requires them to find savings within the minority of that spend which does not go on pensions. In other words, exactly the reforms that drove Labour MPs to open rebellion against Starmer and Reeves in the first place.
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hris Williamson – self- styled wellness guru? “Bro-science” influencer? Podcaster? Or is it best to put it like this? He is likely the most influential man in Britain you’ve never heard of. Williamson, 38, rose to fame after appearing on the first series of Love Island in 2015. He launched his podcast Modern Wisdom three years later. His
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website claims it has now had over a billion downloads. In some ways, Williamson moves beneath the radar. But the more I tune in to his brand of blandly objectionable, socially conservative bilge, the clearer it becomes that Williamson’s unremarkableness is an inherent part of his proposition. While he’s probably best known for Modern Wisdom, Williamson is
nothing if not multifaceted, with a YouTube channel and weekly newsletter too. But no matter the medium, his modus operandi is the same: instead of taking much of a stance on anything, Williamson tiptoes up to the line on controversial topics, from pro-natalism to the manosphere, before scurrying away to cower beneath the cover of plausible deniability. And while Williamson (inset) largely leaves the work of voicing actual opinions to his guests, the episode titles leave little to the imagination. Recent classics include “the extreme crisis of young women”, “the art of unstoppable self-belief”, “a shocking turn in the war on men” and “the uncomfortable science of sex differences”. Get the gist? If so, you will have noticed not only the sexism in much of Williamson’s content, but the breathlessly declarative tone with which he approaches topics that ought to be tackled with nuance. Yet, his audience remains not only loyal but devoted. This, I suspect, not despite his combination of sensationalism and reticence, but because of it. Williamson loves nothing more than a spurious data point to lend his arguments the veneer of science; trouble is, he’s normally working
ENVIRONMENT
Shukman
ill-equipped for wildfires
t was lunchtime in a quiet village on the edge of London when Laurence Kamm looked out of his front window and was appalled to see glowing embers streaming through the air. He stepped outside to investigate and found himself in a totally unexpected maelstrom of heat and smoke. It was 19 July 2022, when the temperature reached a record 40°C and the unimaginable was about to become reality: Laurence’s village, Wennington, was soon to be engulfed by fire. A dried-out marsh beside the village was alight and the wind was driving the wildfire into one home after another. Within a matter of hours, 18 houses were destroyed. In a lucky twist of fate, Laurence’s survived. In all, a staggering 40 homes in the
backwards from a conclusion – say, women should have more babies – than towards one (as when he appeared on Steven Bartlett’s podcast Diary of a CEO, wondering whether “female emancipation” was to blame for falling birth rates). Williamson’s newsletters read like an incel who has discovered ChatGPT. Here’s one on gender politics back in 2024: “How many false allegations are worth a sexual assault? How many female graduates are worth a male CEO? […] It’s victimhood masquerading as arithmetic. And entirely based on a flawed premise.” That rhetoric, in which he pairs legitimate issues of sex-based disparity with often wildly unequal counterclaims, then dismisses the comparison as based on a “flawed premise”, is classic Williamson. While Williamson is perhaps better understood as benefiting from Britain’s struggles than having caused them, there’s no doubt he’s making things worse. Propelled to prominence by the internet’s most fetid tides, Williamson and his ilk are exploiting our atomisation, not only pushing rebarbative ideas but throwing their hands up with a “Who, me?” as they do so. Slowly but surely breaking Britain. Yes, Chris, you.
London area were burned that day with another 30 in West Yorkshire and Norfolk. It was the largest ever loss of British housing to wildfire. And it’s shocking to me how little known this is. The truth is that there’s a lot that the public aren’t being told. For several days before the fires in 2022, an official warning system, the Daily Hazard Assessment, was flagging up the highest level of wildfire risk. But while they were shared with fire brigades, they weren’t released to the public. There were so many wildfires that 15 fire and rescue services declared themselves to be overstretched. And overshadowing everything was a fear about having enough water. The first crew on the scene at Wennington reported that “a poor water supply” was limiting their ability to tackle the fires. It took six hours for the water supply to be restored. By then, the worst of the damage had been done. It’s just one example of how Britain is still woefully unprepared. Jonathan Smith, Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade, told me that wildfires in the city would have been unthinkable a few years ago. Now, as the climate changes, the threat keeps him awake at night. “We’re not putting the genie back in the bottle here any time soon,” he said.
David Shukman is a former BBC News Science Editor and author of The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes
Family pays tribute after death of journalist Liddle
By Laura Harding
Journalist and broadcaster Rod Lid- dle has died after a short illness at the age of 66. Liddle was a high-profile column- ist on The Sunday Times and The Sun and had a weekly column in The Spec- tator, as well as a Times Radio show. His children, Wilder, Tyler and Emmy, said in a statement: “We’re all very saddened and shocked at the sudden passing of our wonderful father. “He raised us much as you might
Being black ‘difficult’ in TV, says Gilligan
By Carla Feric
TV presenter Mo Gilligan has said it is “difficult” to be a young black man in the entertainment industry. Gilligan, 38, rose to fame as a stand-up comedian and has since pivoted towards broadcasting, host- ing The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan and appearing as a regular panellist on The Masked Singer. The TV star, who is of Jamaican and St Lucian descent, said his iden- tity has made it difficult for him to establish boundaries in his career. Appearing on The Louis Theroux Podcast, Gilligan was asked about part of his stand-up routine where he recounts a TV producer asking him to wear a chicken suit. Gilligan said: “I was like: ‘I’m just not feeling this. I’m just not feeling this at all.’ It wasn’t malice,
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 situa- tion show. He has left a legacy that we are all incredibly proud of. He will always be our guide on how to live an extraordinary life.” Liddle died at The James Cook University Hospital in Middles- brough on Sunday evening. News UK CEO Rebekah Brooks called him “an inimitable journalis- tic force.”
but I guess as a young black man in this space you feel like if you say no, you then might get the card of: ‘Oh, he’s very difficult, very hard to work with.’ “I know that because it’s stuff that I’ve heard before from other people that have been in this space. “If I say no, I might be difficult. They might not even invite me back again. I’m not trying to be a diva, but I do want to have ownership of what I do and how I do it.” He continued: “You have to stand up for what you believe in, and you’re like: ‘My morals just tell me I don’t want to do that because I’m going to be laughed at, and I don’t want to be laughed at.’ “I’m representing almost the whole community. They’re going to be the ones who sit there and be like: ‘Oh bro, what are you doing?’”
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The former editor of BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme was no stranger to controversy over the course of his career and was the first journalist to have an online blog cen- sured by the press watchdog. In 2010 a complaint was upheld by the Press Complaints Commission after Liddle claimed on the Specta- tor website that the “overwhelm- ing majority” of violent crime in London was carried out by young Afro-Caribbean men. It was while he was editor of Today that Liddle hired Andrew Gilligan,
the BBC journalist whose 2003 re- port claimed the government “sexed up” its dossier on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. Liddle left the BBC before Gilligan’s controversial report was broadcast.
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Rod Liddle, the often provocative columnist, has died at the age of 66
He was subsequently a vocal crit- ic of Lord Hutton’s report into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly, which cleared the government of exaggerating the case for war in Iraq. Liddle also made headlines for his private life, when he left his partner of 11 years, Rachel Royce, with whom he had two children, for his 23-year- old mistress. The estranged couple waged a public war of words over his affair with Alicia Munckton, a former receptionist at The Spectator. Liddle went on to present a pro- gramme about infidelity, arguing that men are genetically pre-pro- grammed to be unfaithful. Known for his controversial views, Liddle faced multiple accusations of misogyny and racism with his col- umns in The Spectator.
Edmonds under fire for releasing lobsters into sea
By Harry Goodwin
Former Deal or No Deal host Noel Edmonds has been criticised for buying live lobsters and releasing them into the sea. The presenter filmed himself re- turning the lobsters to the water at Peel Harbour on the Isle of Man after buying them from a tank at a local farm shop. He said seeing them in the tank made him feel “uncomfortable”. “We love and respect all creatures great and small,” Edmonds added. Conservationists discourage re- leasing captive lobsters into the sea, as they rarely survive and can infect marine ecosystems with diseases. Matt Harrison, the owner of the farm shop, said the lobsters were caught locally and that they did not normally spend more than a fort- night in the climate-controlled tank.
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loves his music. By Dave Masterman A
ll My Friends started as a little indie club night I launched in 2016. It’s grown a lot in 10 years – from a small room at The Phoenix just off Oxford Street to selling out Albert Hall in Manchester and Koko in London – but the premise has stayed the same: if you can dance to it and most people in the room will know it, it goes in. No snobbery, no cool‑kid policing, just a lot of fun. The twist has always been the guest DJ slots. I don’t book “proper” DJs; I book people the crowd will be excited to see mucking about behind the decks: comedians, actors, the odd musician. We’ve had Josh Widdicombe, Sophie Willan, James Acaster, Lou Sanders – even Chesney Hawkes turning up to blast out “The One and Only”. Most of them don’t really know how to DJ in a technical sense – and that’s half the charm. But of all the names I’ve booked, the one that’s gone from “good get” to “surreal brag” the fastest is Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Back in 2024, he was still the mayor of Greater Manchester –
On the night, he turned
up not as ‘the mayor’ but
as a bloke genuinely up
for a great night out
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not a future Prime Minister, just
a music‑obsessed politician with
clearly defined Madchester tastes.
I knew he’d done a bit of DJing,
I knew he loved his bands, so I
decided to email his team.
There was no prior relationship,
no clever intro. I just laid out what
All My Friends is, the kind of music
we play, the crowd we draw in.
The idea came from a joke on
the podcast I produce - the Elis
James and John Robins show – about
politicians who love to DJ. I’d
misspoken and said I’d love to get
Keir Starmer when I actually meant
Andy. Then I thought I’d actually
give it a go.
It turned out to be one of the
easiest bookings I’ve ever made. On
the night, he turned up not as “the
mayor”, but as a bloke genuinely up
for a great night out.
He arrived early with a dozen
or so close friends and family,
cramming them all into the small
dressing room.
Usually, the guest DJs just appear
solo, ask what time they’re on, and
what time they can leave. But Andy
made an evening of it and requested
a couple of continental lagers.
He sent me his playlist in advance
and you could tell he’d loved
curating it: New Order, Blossoms,
The Stone Roses, James, Oasis, Hot
Chip, The Charlatans, Doves, The
Courteeners, Johnny Marr, The
Smiths and, crucially, “Things Can
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Only Get Better” by D:Ream. When I saw that in there, I thought, “He knows exactly what he’s doing.” There were a couple of tracks I gently questioned. Puressence felt on the niche side for an All My Friends crowd, but he just smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Dave, it’ll be absolutely fine.” He was right. It went down a storm. I handed over to Andy around half 10, and by his second track he basically told me he was fine on his own. He got on the mic, hyped the crowd, sang along to some lyrics and threw himself into it. My biggest worry beforehand was that he’d stay in “politician mode”: a bit stiff, a bit cautious. Instead, he was all in. I ended up wandering between backstage and the dancefloor, watching the mayor of Greater Manchester absolutely in his element. After the show he texted to say thanks, told me his family had had a brilliant time, and quietly donated his fee to charity. Fast‑forward to this year, and those same clips of him DJing my night are going viral. I don’t know if I’ll be able to get Andy back at All My Friends, but if there’s ever a world in which the Prime Minister can sneak away to DJ an indie club night again, my inbox is open.
Dave Masterman is an award-
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director of Significant Productions,
best known for the ‘Elis James and
John Robins’ podcast. He runs All My
Friends club nights across the UK
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Joe & David’s Magical
Sitcom Tour
9pm, U&Gold
Comedians Joe Wilkinson and best
friend David Earl (both left) co-created
one of the best sitcoms of recent
years, The Cockfields. They now set off
on this idiosyncratic tour paying
homage to three vintage British
sitcoms: Porridge, Fawlty Towers and
The Office. They begin with the Ronnie
Barker prison comedy, which
Wilkinson fondly remembers
watching with his mum and dad. The
way this works is that it’s now up to
Earl to provide his friend with a series
of Porridge-related treats, including
a recreated prison cell set, a visit to
the house where Barker lived while
filming, and a meeting with Porridge’s
co-creator Dick Clement.
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Can she prove Cheryl was murdered?
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=== The Great British Sewing Bee 8pm, BBC One The latest round celebrates the fashion and textile traditions of Mexico, with the pattern challenge requiring the sewers to create a folkloric top, using fabrics created by indigenous communities in Mexico’s Oaxaca region. The made- to-measure outfit is inspired by one of the many Mexican festivals found across the country, with Patrick Grant and Esme Young joined by guest judge, British-Mexican fashion designer Erika Alvarez.
=== Murder 24/7 9pm, BBC One In January 2025, 54-year-old Jamie Gawler was found dead in his
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Hereford flat, sitting in an armchair with a towel draped over his face. The post-mortem revealed blunt force trauma to the head, neck and chest, with almost every rib broken. With no witnesses, the investigating team began to piece together the victim’s final days and soon established he had recently allowed a stranger to stay. The police eventually caught up with the suspect, who had been released from prison just six weeks earlier.
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=== Celebrity Hunted 9pm, Channel 4 Day three finds all 12 fugitives still at liberty, with Brian and Lucy Conley hiding in a smelly train toilet, and Amy Dowden and Carlos Gu tempted to break cover to attend Craig Revel Horwood’s 60th birthday party.
=== The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door 9pm, Sky Documentaries This in-depth look at the 2018 nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury includes contributions from former prime minister Theresa May and ex-home secretary Amber Rudd, along with intelligence and counterterrorism officials, and an
Sophie Willan hosts Mexican Fashion Week 8pm, BBC One
Theresa May discusses the Salisbury poisonings 9pm, Sky Docs
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11.10 Last Night In Soho Interview Special 11.15 FILM: Under The Skin (Jonathan Glazer 2013) Sci-fi drama (S).
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Journey Finder Dominoes
How to play All of the 28 domino pieces from 0-0 through to 6-6 have been placed once into the grid. Can you work out where each of them is placed?
B
2 1 3 5 1 1 5 2
1
0 4 0 0 6 1 1 5
6 5 4 5 6 2 4 5
6
4
3 2 5 4 4 2 1 4
4 2 6 0 6 0 2 2
3 5 3 0 0 3 3 3
3
1 6 6 4 3 0 1 6
Binary
How to play Complete the grid so that each row and column contains five 0s and five 1s. The same number cannot appear in more than two consecutive squares in any row or column. In the finished puzzle, each row must have a different sequence of 0s and 1s to any other row, and likewise for each column.
1 0 0 1 1 0
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Chain Link
How to play Place the numbers 1-6 in each row, column
and along each series of squares linked by
the chain.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
3
Number Hexagon
How to play Each hexagon is divided into six triangles. The sum of these six triangles is always 25. Place a number from 1-9 in each empty triangle to complete the puzzle: you cannot repeat a number within a hexagon.
6 8 5 8 5
Daily Quiz
How to play Move between the numbers in order 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 and so on, starting with the grey 1 and ending with the grey 4. On each step you may move one square in any direction (including diagonally). You must form a continuous path that visits every square exactly once.
1
1 2 2 4 3 2
4 1 3 3 1 4
3 1 4 4 2 1
2 3 2 1 2 3
1 3 1 4 3 4
4 2 4 3 2 1
2 5 2
1 3
Making Tracks
How to play Numbers around the outside indicate how many squares in each row and column the track passes through between A and B. The track either passes straight through a square or turns at right angles in it.
A 3
Pathfinder
How to play Moving from letter to adjacent letter, can you create a continuous path that visits every square once and spells out all the words listed to the right of the grid? Start on the shaded square.
M O P G N A S S E N
E D E E R T F E L D
M I S T S O L S L N
B U Q R S E T T O O
R E N I T E A R W F
Y O C K H A N E I S
V A L E T L I S N C
E E R E L I M E T I
S T I L R H E N E G
P A V A Y C A P E N
Battleships
How to play Locate the position of each of the ships listed below in the grid. Numbers around the edge tell you the number of ship segments in each row and column of the puzzle. Ships are surrounded on all sides by water, including diagonally.
2 4 1 3 1 2 5 0 2 0
5 8 6 1 2 1 2 5
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Anger Cheapen Eliminate Embryo Enclave Fellow Fondness Genetics Insert Mope Rivalry Slot Spate Squid Stealth Strike
Recipe
Lazy-day raspberry ripple
ice creams
SERVES 6-8
397g tin of condensed milk 600ml double cream 250g seedless raspberry conserve
3 9
Simply mix, freeze, and enjoy a taste of summer any time of the year. These no-churn raspberry ripple ice creams are made with just three ingredients.
Put the condensed milk and cream into a large bowl and whisk with an electric whisk until soft peaks form, about five minutes. Spread about a quarter of the cream mixture into a freezer-proof tub and drizzle a third of the raspberry conserve on top. Spoon another quarter of the cream over the conserve. Repeat the layers, finishing with a layer of whisked cream. Draw a knife through the mixture several times to marble the ingredients together. Cover and freeze overnight. Transfer to the fridge for 15 minutes before serving, to soften. Great scooped into waffle cones.
Recipe from Bonne Maman
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crossword
every Saturday
How to play Fill the white squares so that the total in each across or down run of cells matches the total at the start of that run. You must use the numbers from 1-9 only and cannot repeat a number in a run.
11 15 4 7
5 4
3 36
3 3
3 4
How to play Place the numbers 1-9 once in each row, column and bold-lined jigsaw region.
3 6 9 2 5 4 8 9 1 8 1 9 6 7 9 7 8 2 7 4 1
4 3
How to play Each row, column and 3 by 3 box must contain each number (1 to 9) only once. The sum of all numbers contained within grey lines must match the number printed in its top-left corner. No number can appear more than once in an area formed by grey lines.
6 12 18 12 11 9
14 11 8
10 13 8 18 17
3 24 11
13 10 14 4
4 4
4 4
21 10 13 3
11 3 11 13
12 16 16 7 16
8 11
PLATFORM
How to play
Place the numbers
from 1-5 exactly
once in each row
and column. The
greater than and
less than signs
(‘>’ and ‘<’) indicate
where one cell is
greater/less than
the adjacent
cell indicated.
How to play Find all the mines in the grid. Numbers in certain squares indicate how many mines there are in the neighbouring squares, including diagonally touching squares. Mines cannot be placed in squares with numbers.
1 1 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 1 2 1 0 3 3 2 1 2 4 4 1 3 4 6 5 4 4 5 0 5 5 2 5 2 3 4 3 4 2 4 3 5 1 1 4 1 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 2
RHYME LETTERS MEANING
WHITTLE OCCUR
BEEN WHICH
NUISANCE
OBSERVED
A
A
How to play Fill the empty squares with numbers that will make the across and down calculations produce the results shown in the grey squares. Each numeral from 1 to 9 must only appear once. The calculations should be performed from left to right and top to bottom, rather than in strict mathematical order.
-1
9 *
C A
C A
A C
Easier
47
-
-
- × ×
- × ÷
5 × ÷ 40
2 5
3 68 5
Harder
- + 12
× 3 - 11
58 3 8
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Concise Crossword No 4898
8 9
ACROSS
1
British river (3)
3
Pour fat over (5)
8 Go beyond a
target (9)
9 Circuit (3)
10 Most recent (4)
11 Second self (5,3)
13 Pioneer (11)
16 Coal mine (8)
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Solution to yesterday’s Concise Crossword
ACROSS 1 Pull, 3 Enter (Polenta), 8 Rubella, 9 Laird, 10 Flux, 11 Mindful, 13 Carburettor,
16 Bugbear, 18 Oink, 20 Cheat, 22 Lie-down, 23 Since, 24 Glee.
DOWN 1 Purl, 2 Lobelia, 3 Eel, 4 Thief, 5 Riddle, 6 Flexible, 7 Hammer drill, 12 Nitrogen,
14 Own goal, 15 Abacus, 17 Green, 19 Knee, 21 Tee.
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Codeword No 4576
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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DOWN
1
Furniture item (7)
2
Facility (4)
3
Incidentally (2,3,3)
4 Ointment (5)
5
Give paid work
to (6)
6 Labour (4)
7
Work with
others (11)
12 Government
department (8)
14 Precisely (7)
15 Entry (6)
17 Type of beer (5)
19 Location (4)
20 Enemies (4)
NEWS
2-33
OPINION
18-22
TV
26-31
LIFE
34-37
CULTURE
38-41
MONEY
42-45
SPORT
50-56
1 2 3 4 5
6 7
10 11
13 14
16 17 18 19
21 22
23 24
Ladder
How to play Convert the word at the top of the ladder into the word at the bottom of it, using only the five rungs in between. On each rung, you must put a valid four-letter word that is identical to the word above it, apart from a one-letter change. There may be more than one way of achieving this.
RARE
FUND
NICE
LEAR
TUESDAY
4 AUGUST 2026
How to play Each numeral from 1 to 9 must appear (once only) in the squares forming the red letter i.
1 7 1 9 8 2 5 4 1 3 6 1 2 1 3 9 6 3 4 7 6 7 5 4 2 2 9
Sudoku Harder
1 8 2 8 3 2
9 7 9 3
3 4 6 8
5 8 1
7 2 5 4 5 6 8
3 2 9
Tomorrow: Easier
How to play Place the letters A, B and C only once in each row and column. Each row and column has two blank cells. The letters at the edge of a row/column indicate which of the letters is the first/last to appear in that row/ column.
C B
A C C A
How to play How many words can you find using the letters in the wheel? We’ve found 33, including one nine-letter word. Each word must use the centre letter and at least three others. Letters may be used only once. You may not use foreign words, proper nouns or plurals, though you may use verb forms ending in ‘s’.
I L L O I T N C
4 5 2
GAMES & PUZZLES
A
Children’s Corner Number Pyramid
D
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How to play The value of each square in the number pyramid is the sum of the two squares directly under it.
44 57 69 50
23 21 36 33 17
1-
2÷ 1-
3 3
2 3
17 6 15 21 12 5
16 1 5 10 11 1 4
Word Fit
How to play Can you fit all the words into the grid to complete the puzzle? Some words may initially fit in more than one place, but there is only one way to fit all the words together to complete the grid.
PRIDE PARK ST JAMES’ PARK ST MARY’S STADIUM OF LIGHT THE DEN VALE PARK VICARAGE ROAD VILLA PARK WEMBLEY How to play Simply answer the clues alongside the grid, writing the answers in the respective rows. The solution must read the same horizontally in each row as it does vertically in each column.
Word Square
Calcudoku
How to play Place the numbers 1-6 once in each
row and column, obeying sums in bold-lined
regions. The number in each region indicates
the total for the region, and the symbol shows
which type of operation should be applied to
the numbers: addition, subtraction, division
or multiplication. Numbers may repeat within
bold-lined regions. With subtraction always
take the lower numbers away from the highest
number in a region, and with division divide the
highest number by the lower numbers.
227 245
2 2
101 126 119
4 Letters Draw Husk Nick 5 Letters Merit Poppy Theft Undue 6 Letters Across Bright Fasten Nettle Purity 7 Letters Concise Furnace Heretic Prodigy Unmoved 8 Letters Labourer Raincoat Scrounge
Singlet
Reverberate
Bogus
Mausoleum
3- 8+ 2÷ 2-
10+ 1- 20× 10×
13+ 2÷
3÷ 2÷ 3×
Knight’s Tour
How to play A chess knight visits each square of the grid exactly once, starting at 1 and ending at 100 (these squares are shaded). Deduce the whole path of the knight – some of which is already given – and thus complete the grid. The knight moves either two squares horizontally followed by one square vertically, or two squares vertically followed by one square horizontally.
100 88 19 26 1 36
61 34 25
32 87 46 94 23
2 8
30 91 5
16 82 48 39
58 81 76 85 96 11 43
67 64 71 8 53
78 14 55 72
68 9 52
Word Search Bridges
How to play Connect every island (represented by circles) into a single interconnected group. To do this draw bridges between islands. The number in each circle states how many bridges must be connected to that island. Bridges cannot cross each other, can only be drawn horizontally or vertically, and there can be a maximum of two bridges between any pair of islands.
3 5 3 3 1 1 3 2 6 2 1 1 4 1 2 4 7 7 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 6 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 1 1 1 5 7 5 2 2 1 4 4 5 2 4 3 1 5 5 3 3 1 3 2 2 6 3 2 4 1 5 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 5 1 3 4 2 4 4 4 1
3 3 4
Hexalex
How to play Place each of the letters below once into the empty hexagons, crossing them off as you do so. Enter the letters in such a way that it is possible to find all the words listed alongside the grid by moving from hexagon to adjacent hexagon to spell out each word.
45 40
Cells
How to play Divide the grid into square or rectangular blocks, each containing one digit only. Every block must contain the number of cells indicated by the digit inside it.
How to play The classic word-search puzzle: find all the words in the grid. Words may be hidden horizontally, vertically or diagonally and in either a forwards or backwards direction.
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ANFIELD BRAMALL LANE CARROW ROAD CRAVEN COTTAGE EWOOD PARK GOODISON PARK HILLSBOROUGH MOLINEUX PARKHEAD
N G Z
B K S
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exclusive interview with Charles Rowley, the partner of Dawn Sturgess, the only fatality in the Russian attack. The film uncovers how authorities raced to identify the perpetrators and respond to one of the most brazen acts of state- sponsored aggression on British soil.
=== Oti And Richard’s South African Odyssey 9pm, More4 In the Western Cape, odd-couple travelling companions Oti Mabuse and Richard Coles take on one of the world’s most dramatic roads and meet a community of African penguins. And in the Weskus, there’s a display of the Khoisan people’s dance traditions, before a crayfish dinner in the beach town of Paternoster.
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TUESDAY
4 AUGUST 2026
NEWS
2-33
OPINION
18-22
TV
26-31
LIFE
34-37
CULTURE
38-41
MONEY
42-45
SPORT
50-56
FILM OF THE DAY Body Double 11.40pm, Talking Pictures TV (Brian De Palma, 1984) Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Vertigo are paid homage to and reworked in this stylised neo-noir about a struggling actor who is embroiled in a murder plot shortly after he agrees to house-sit an uber-swank modernist bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills and begins spying on and obsessing over a beautiful semi- clothed neighbour. There are multiple layers of deception and misdirection. Melanie Griffith (left) plays a porn star who introduces our antihero to her transgressive demimonde (including Frankie Goes To Hollywood). A once provocative and boundary- pushing erotic thriller has become an enjoyably dated and camp one.
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7.30 True Detective: Night Country The truth about what happened to Annie and the Tsalal men unfolds (R) (S).
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=== 2000 Metres To Andriivka 10.40pm, Sky Documentaries (Mstyslav Chernov, 2025) It’s hard to imagine a more visceral, up-close account of the war in Ukraine than this one, made from the HD bodycam footage captured by a platoon fighting their way towards a village in the north of their country.
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Detained Suu Kyi seen for the first time in five years
By Devjyot Ghoshal
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a repre- sentative of the International Com- mittee of the Red Cross yesterday, after years of questions over the health and well-being of the 81-year- old Nobel Peace Prize winner. Suu Kyi has been in detention since February 2021 when an elected civilian gov- ernment led by her was ousted by Myanmar’s military in a dawn coup, plunging the country into turmoil. Since then, Suu Kyi’s exact whereabouts and health condition have been difficult to determine, with no foreign leader or envoy having pub- licly met her despite requests for contact from countries in the region. Yesterday, Suu Kyi met with Arnaud de Baecque, resident representative of the Interna- tional Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Myanmar in the capital Naypyidaw. The ICRC confirmed that a dele- gate had met with Suu Kyi, while her son described the visit as the first positive development concerning his mother in more than five years. In one of four photographs pro-
Politician opposed to war is ‘alive’
By Mark Trevelyan
Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin said yesterday that he had left the country for the time being, weeks after Moscow designated him a “foreign agent” and barred him from running in a parliamentary election. “Hi everyone! I have some good news. I’m alive and free. Unfortunately, I’m not in Russia at the moment,” Nadezhdin, standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, said in a short video posted on Telegram. “Right now, I need to get my
vided by the Myanmar govern- ment spokesperson, Suu Kyi is seen dressed in traditional Burmese at- tire and standing unaided, shaking hands with Baecque (inset). Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, said he has not received independent con- firmation of his mother’s condition. Aris said: “I hope this leads to further humanitarian progress, including direct contact with my mother, access for our family, credible and independently veri- fied information about her wellbeing, and ultimately her immedi- ate and unconditional release, together with all political prisoners.” Suu Kyi – who was held under house arrest for a total of 15 years under a previous junta – was sentenced to 33 years’ detention, convicted of charges ranging from corruption and inciting election fraud to violating state secrecy rules. Her allies maintain the charges were politically motivated. The sentence was later reduced, most recently in April, leaving her with 18 years still to serve. Myanmar’s government claims that Suu Kyi – daughter of the inde- pendence hero General Aung San – is in “good health”. REUTERS
bearings and figure out what to do next. I’ll write about my plans later.” Nadezhdin, 63, a former liberal politician, has been an outspoken critic of Moscow’s war in Ukraine but – like some other opposition politicians – had tried to work within the rules of Russia’s tightly controlled political system to be able to continue to voice his views publicly. His hopes of running for parliament next month were dashed when the Justice Ministry added him to its “foreign agents” list on 10 July. REUTERS
Blanche axes Trump’s fund to compensate rioters
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and Alanna Durkin Richer
IN WASHINGTON DC
The acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has formally axed Donald Trump’s $1.8bn (£1.3bn) “anti-weap- onisation fund” to compensate the President’s political allies in a bid to ensure his nomina- tion passes the Senate. A spokeswoman for the Texas Senator John Cornyn, one of two Re- publicans holding up Blanche’s nomination, confirmed the deal. It came ahead of today’s con- firmation vote for Blanche in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Blanche (inset) was appointed act- ing Attorney General in April after Trump fired Pam Bondi and then nominated him for the permanent role in June. Last month, Blanche told senators that the Justice Department would not move forward with the fund to
compensate those who believe they were unfairly prosecuted. He had faced outrage over the possibility that violent rioters who attacked police at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 could be considered for payments. But Cornyn and North Caro- lina Senator Thom Tillis have said they wanted to see the promise in writing before they endorsed Blanche’s nomination – especially as Trump continued to express support for the idea. The document released by Blanche also limits the scope of a settlement that pro- vided broad immunity for Trump and his family from tax audits. The deal clarifies that the tax audit immunity agreement “applies by its terms only retroactively” to claims open at the time of the settle- ment and does not protect the Presi- dent from examination of future tax filings. AP
Top US admiral warns against regional coercion
By Kyriakos Petrakos
The head of US Pacific Command said yesterday that coercive actions by China and other actors were chal- lenging regional stability, warning the US will not allow any nation to dominate the Indo-Pacific. Admiral Samuel Paparo said some actors were using “false claims of legitimacy” to justify intimidation and coercion. Speaking via video link at a re- gional security conference in Ma- laysia organised by the US Pacific Command, Admiral Paparo said: “That’s not the rule of law. That’s the rule by law. “That distinction between law as a tool of order versus law as a weapon of raw power is the defining fault line of our time”. Paparo’s remarks come as ten- sions remain high in the South China Sea, where China’s expansive mari- time claims overlap with those of several South East Asian nations. AP
Wrestling chief acquitted on harassment charges
By Sakshi Dayal
IN NEW DELHI
A court yesterday acquitted the former chief of India’s wrestling federation in a sexual harassment case lodged by female wrestlers, three years after the allegations triggered protests. The court had in 2024 laid charg- es against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment of five female wrestlers and the crime of outraging their modesty. “I had complete faith that justice would be done... justice was done,” Singh said after the verdict. Indian Olympic wrestling star Vinesh Phogat, and Olympic med- allists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, were among the hundreds who staged a sit-in demonstration in New Delhi in 2023 demanding ac- tion against Singh. Punia also returned one of India’s highest civilian awards while Malik retired from the sport in protest. The wrestlers have instructed
Army drone strike on court kills 35 people
By Alice Lilley
At least 35 people were killed in a Sudanese army drone strike on a civil court in Sudan’s Darfur region, a rights group said. Emergency Lawyers, an inde- pendent group documenting atroci- ties in Sudan, said that drones had targeted the headquarters of the civil court in Al-Zawiya Gara village in North Darfur State, “a civilian fa- cility that plays a judicial and social role in the region”. Sudan plunged into all-out war in April 2023, between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Suda- nese military, leaving at least 59,000 dead, according to non-profit Armed Conflict Location and Event Data. Aid groups say the figure is an un- dercount and the true number could be many times higher. AP
CYPRUS Judge lets Briton attend son’s funeral
By Menelaos Hadjicostis
IN NICOSIA
The lawyer for a British man charged with negligence in the death of his three-year-old son at a Cyprus hotel said a court will allow his client to return to the UK for the boy’s funeral. Lawyer Alexandros Alexandrou said the court lifted all travel re- strictions imposed on his client for a month. The order expires on
Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat called for action against Singh
their lawyer to appeal against the verdict. “We have not lost hope, and the wrestlers will continue their fight,” Phogat said. Singh was also a senior MP in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) when the allegations against him first surfaced. He completed his term in 2024 and was not renominated. The BJP instead fielded his son for the same constituency, where he won. REUTERS
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From... Kampala
Uganda’s military has unveiled a monument to an older brother of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu who was killed during a hostage rescue operation in the East African country in 1976. The statue of Yonatan Netanyahu holding an assault rifle was unveiled on Saturday by Ugandan military chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who said he commissioned the monument to pay tribute to the soldier’s courage. Kainerugaba is the eldest child of the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his presumed heir apparent. The statue is outside the airport terminal in Entebbe
15 September when the 37-year- old man is due back in Cyprus to answer charges against him. If he does not return on that date, a Eu- ropean arrest warrant will be is- sued against him, Alexandrou said. The man and his family were re- portedly a few days into their holi- day in the resort town of Paphos last month when the boy fell from the hotel’s fourth-floor window. His wife and other son, aged five, left for the UK last week. AP
Search goes on for passengers after ferry fire
By Trisnadi
IN SURABAYA
Rescuers were still searching for passengers who may be missing yesterday after rescuing 229 peo- ple from a ferry that caught fire the previous day in waters off the main island of Java, leaving at least five people dead. The Mutiara Sentosa 2 ferry was travelling from Indonesia’s second-largest city of Surabaya in East Java to the city of Makassar in South Sulawesi. Initial reports said it was carrying 232 passen- gers and 39 crew members when the fire broke out between 6am and 7am on Sunday. However, yesterday officials said more people were aboard than were listed and that the number of people still missing was unclear after 229 people were rescued and five bodies recovered. Officials are relying on reports from the families of passengers. AP
Military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba with the statue at Entebbe airport
where Lt Col Yonatan Netanyahu was struck by a bullet as he led Israeli commandos in a mission to rescue 106 passengers who had been taken hostage. He was the only Israeli commando killed in the mission. “Today, this memorial stands not only in remembrance of a distinguished soldier, but also as a tribute to the enduring values he embodied:
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courage in the face of danger,
unwavering commitment to
protecting innocent lives and
steadfast devotion to duty,”
Kainerugaba said.
The hijackers, two
Palestinians and two Germans,
separated dozens of Jewish and
Israeli passengers from the
rest and threatened to kill them
if Israel did not free dozens of
Palestinian prisoners.
Following a week of
negotiations, Israeli
commandos broke into the
airport on 3 July 1976 and saved
all but three hostages. Dozens of
Ugandan soldiers were killed.
The Ugandan dictator Idi
Amin, who had severed ties
with Israel, was a supporter of
Palestinian independence.
Israel’s success humiliated
and enraged Amin. The
operation was criticised by the
Organisation of African Unity
which saw the raid as a violation
of Uganda’s sovereignty. AP
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neighbourhoods are giving way to short-term lets, upscale eateries and souvenir shops. The backlash is growing, writes Maybelle Morgan I
n the neighbourhood where he grew up, the old haberdashery, traditional tapas bar and small shop, run by a neighbour, have all disappeared. In their place, tourist apartments and storage units have popped up “like a plague”, says Luis Andrés González Picazo, who has lived in Benicalap, a district not far from Valencia’s old town, his entire life. Now, there is a rental key box on every other door and Airbnb own- ers have installed imposing secu- rity cameras that point at the street. Local businesses have been gouged out to make way for tourist traps sell- ing burgers, nachos, imported beer and colourful, Instagram-worthy dishes that bear little resemblance to Valencian cuisine. “It feels as if everything that made the neighbourhood unique has dis- appeared,” he says. “It all looks the same.” When he was younger, walking around his neighbourhood meant seeing mostly Valencian and Span- ish people, but now Picazo, 45, a soft- ware engineer (below right), is faced with rowdy groups of drunken tour- ists, often riding bicycles carelessly and breaking traffic rules. “More than once I have almost been hit by someone cycling danger- ously,” he says. Picazo has seen the face of his neighbourhood and city completely changed by overtourism. Last year, the number of foreign visitors in Spain rose by 3.2 per cent to 96.8 million and once again it is prepar- ing for another record-breaking year in which the number could reach 100 million for the first time. While tourism has long been a pillar of the Spanish economy, mak- ing up more than 12 per cent of its GDP, its rapid and rampant growth in many parts of the country over recent years has triggered backlash and protests. This summer, thousands of cam- paigners in Mallorca formed a two- mile human chain in the waters of Playa Es Trenc, a white-sand beach in the south of the island, in a demon- stration against mass tourism. Last year, in protests in Barcelona unsuspecting tourists were sprayed with water guns, smoke grenades deployed, as well as chants of “tour- ists go home”. For the first time, the city has even appointed a commissioner for sus- tainable tourism to tackle the issue. Many campaigners argue that the uncontrolled tourist numbers are causing a drop in local wages, loss of quality of life, disruptive noise levels and an increase in the price of housing. Melita Cameron-Wood (above right), a British-Maltese freelance journalist who has been living in
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Valencia since 2021, says she some- times feels like part of the problem. “The influx of foreigners is often blamed for the surge in prices in Spain, so it can be awkward,” she says, “Sometimes you feel locals might warm to you more if you were Spanish, but then you remember that you pay your taxes locally, you
have done the paperwork, and you have a right to be there.” Cameron-Wood thinks the blame shouldn’t be solely levelled at tour- ists. “Personally, I think the problem is that tourism is concentrated in major cities and not spread evenly throughout the country,” she says, adding that tourists could be more
mindful when it comes to planning their holidays. “Why go to Ibiza when you can go kayaking in Asturias? I also think it’s about opting for low-season travel wherever possible, which often [is] a lot cheaper and less crowded.” Anna Nicholas, an author and journalist from the UK, lives in one
of the most tourist-saturated areas in Mallorca: Sóller valley. She has lived on the island for 25 years. It has always been popular with Germans and Britons, but she noticed a mas- sive upturn in visitor numbers after the pandemic. “With direct flights from the Mid- dle East, US and Canada opening up here, many affluent visitors and investors have chosen to snap up properties and are willing to pay high prices,” she says. “This impacts the housing market in general, and there has also been a surge in holiday lets and illegal holiday rentals.” In her main shopping street, Carrer de Sa Lluna, she says they have now lost the local deli, butcher, bookshop, art shop and photocopy- ing store, which have been taken over by gift shops, estate agencies and cycle rental shops. Trendy, upscale restaurants with foreign owners have also opened at which locals can’t afford to dine. The protests in Spain are part of a region-wide trend, overlapping with broader anti-tourism and anti- gentrification demonstrations hap- pening across the Iberian peninsula. Around 460 miles away on Por- tugal’s coastline, nearly identical
Tourists in Valencia: ‘Everything that made the neighbourhood unique has disappeared,’ a resident says; right, a protest in Mallorca last month JOSE JORDAN/AFP; TOMAS MOYA/EUROPA
scenes are playing out. Just weeks ago, hundreds of people marched in Parque Natural da Arrábida to pro- test against the attempted fencing and privatisation of five beaches by a luxury property firm, with more protests to come. According to figures from the Por- tuguese National Statistics Institute, Portugal welcomed 29.9 million in- ternational tourists in 2025, around quadruple that of the 6.8 million who visited in 2010. Like Spain, the tourism and travel sector generates a large portion of Portugal’s GDP, in this case making up around 21.5 per cent of the economy, and accounts for roughly one in every four jobs in the country. Towards the capital, in Graça, one of Lisbon’s most vibrant neigh- bourhoods, there was a piece of graffiti that turned tourists’ heads just as much as the panoramic views. Spray-painted in huge let- ters on a wall on one of the busiest streets read, “Menos turismo, mais bairro” – translation, “Less tourism, more neighbourhood.” Although now painted over, the same slogan has multiplied all over the city, appearing on yellow banners draped from balconies and pinned to windows by local residents who fear that the city is being hollowed out by the record swells of visitors hitting the city every year. They have witnessed historic neighbourhoods, communities and local businesses being gutted to make way for short-term rentals, luxury hotels and souvenir shops. One person this has affected is Du- arte Lopes Soares, an estate agent who was born and raised in Sintra but commutes into Lisbon every day for work. “The first question my cli- ents ask when visiting an apartment is whether there are any tourist flats in the building,” he says. “Nobody wants to live with suitcases rolling in and out at 5am.” Over the past 10 years, Lisbon has gone through a significant transfor- mation, with house prices nearly doubling since 2015. In the historic centre, in the most tourist-saturated neighbourhoods, nearly two out of every three homes in the area oper- ate as short-term rentals, shrinking permanent housing and inflating house prices. In some extreme cases, as locals have been priced out in huge num- bers, some Portuguese residents have been left with no neighbours, surrounded entirely by tourist flats. In efforts to clamp down on the situation, more than 6,600 Lisbon residents recently signed a petition
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calling on city officials to ban short- term rentals in residential blocks. This diminishing goodwill is some- thing that one British expat, who prefers not to be named, has noticed in the eight years she has lived in Lis- bon. She recalls a number of nega- tive brushes with locals, mostly with older Portuguese people who might be least inclined to accept the ero- sion of their old way of life. “Of course I’ve met lovely people, but a lot of the bad experiences – that have also targeted my race, such as dirty looks, audible irritation when I’m trying to communicate and once finding out a neighbour had called me a racist slur – have made me feel very cautious and put off,” she reflects. Nowadays she feels like she can only just about scrape by living in the city by herself. “When I first moved here eight years ago, I paid €400 (£340) for a double room in a really nice apartment with one other per- son,” she says. “For the last two years now I’ve been paying €1,300 for a one-bed in the centre of Lisbon, opposite a bar that has within the last week extend- ed its opening hours until 3am. I have to contend with tourists everywhere making a lot of noise.”
10 years ago was very different – there were fewer visitors
Since learning that her landlord has decided to sell the property, she has started flat-hunting again. “Looking at rent prices, it’s just scary to me,” she says. “There is a lot of stress around money that I didn’t have when I first came here – I can’t even imagine how Portuguese peo- ple who are on Portuguese salaries are feeling.” When she first moved to the city, she recalls falling in love with the light, the proximity to the beaches and the fact Lisbon still felt very “Portuguese”. In her opinion, that has massively changed. “I understand the Portuguese frustration because in some ways, the soul of Lisbon feels gone,” she says. “Apart from the sunshine, the blue sky and the architecture we could be anywhere now. We’re pay- ing London prices and you can go the whole day without hearing any- one speak Portuguese. I used to be able to eat out three times a week
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Spain is the world’s second- most visited country after France, and is on track to be the most visited country by 2040.
UK visits to Spain hit 19.1 million in 2025, a 4.4 per cent increase from 2024.
The UK is also the main source
market for visits to Portugal,
making up 2.5 million of the
19.7 million of the foreign
guests to the country in 2025.
Portugal’s total population
is about 10 million.
The number of British nationals living in Portugal is around 48,000 in 2024, nearly triple the 16,500 residents a decade before.
An estimated 4.8 million to 5.5 million British people live abroad, representing roughly 7 to 9 per cent of the UK population.
and now it’s maybe once a month. The price of a cocktail is the same as London now – it’s insane.” In his home town of Sintra, whose pastel-coloured hilltop palaces and proximity to Lisbon have made it a tourist favourite for day-trip excur- sions, Soares says that his favour- ite local restaurants and bars have closed because rents have skyrock- eted or prices have surged so much to adapt to foreign budgets that they no longer cater to locals. He says he cannot even remember when he last visited the beautiful palaces on his doorstep because of the “chaos”. “The tourism we had 10 years ago was very different – there were fewer visitors and they were more respectful,” says the 31-year-old, who also works as an engineer con- sultant. “Now the traffic is crazy, and there are tuk-tuks and rental cars parked everywhere.” Some days he cannot even get to his own garage because a rental car is blocking his way. “When you com- plain or ask them to move, some of these tourists or operators are ag- gressive and feel entitled to behave however they wish,” he says. The hollowing out of the Portu- guese communities and way of life is what saddens Soares the most. “Sev- eral houses on my street have been converted into tourist flats, so every day there are new cars and new faces,” he says. “There are homes that were once full of life, that are now empty assets waiting for buyers from the wealthy 1 per cent.” It’s not just the quality of life being affected. Over time, Soares fears that the impact of overtourism may chip away at the Portuguese psyche. “I’d say we risk losing our natural hospitality,” he says. “Portuguese people have always been genuinely happy to welcome visitors, but when tourism becomes overwhelming and disrespectful, that goodwill erodes.”
The ‘Don’t Die’ basics: peels, plasma and psychedelics
– the biohacker who claims to have ‘cloned’ himself B
ryan Johnson, the cen- timillionaire biohacker, is pivoting in his live- forever strategy. Now he has claimed to have “cloned” himself – reprogram- ming stem cells to create new- born versions of his cells in a petri dish, which, he hopes, might one day be used to grow replacement organs. Having begun by trying to make his body 18 again, he is now attempting to manufacture youth outside it. Johnson first beamed into my life in Miami in November 2023, when he gave a keynote address remotely at a psychedelics and longevity conference after going viral earlier that year. “Travel is really disruptive to sleep and to diet,” he said, wear- ing a T-shirt bearing the words “DON’T DIE.” He hadn’t attended in person because the algorithm tasked with continuously analysing his biometric data and reducing his biological age (yes, he had subju- gated his health to the cold, hard logic of a machine) had apparently vetoed a three-hour disruption to his circadian rhythm with the coast-to-coast trip. In the video call, Johnson – who made $300m (£225m) from the 2013 sale of his payment services company, Braintree, which owned
Bryan Johnson with his son Talmage, who gave his father a litre of plasma when he was 17 to reduce his ‘biological age’ MAGDALENA WOSINSKIA
ghastly pale, presumably from his lack of sunlight. But more impor- tantly, he claims his body “in many ways runs like” an 18-year-old’s. Now he was hurtling towards anti-ageing and “longevity escape velocity”, and like many other right-leaning figures, psyche- delics became his latest obsession in 2025. (Johnson celebrated Don- ald Trump’s 2024 election victory, saying: “I am with you… in mak- ing America the healthiest, most vibrant, and strongest nation in the world.”) At the conference, where I first saw Johnson, he had spoken in passing about taking ketamine intravenously while testing his neuroimaging technology for his other company, Kernel, as one casually does. But in Novem- ber 2025, he took five grams of psilocybin mushrooms on an X livestream to ascertain the poten- tial longevity benefits of tripping.
Venmo – recounted some of his outlandish experiments as part of his $2m (£1.5m) a year quest for everlasting life. “I did, in fact, receive one litre of plasma from my 17-year-old son,” he said, joking about holding him captive in a tiny basement room by way of rebuking headlines about him that are “disconnected from reality”. Johnson’s extreme “Project Blueprint” regime – his longev- ity protocol, which is now also a brand – entered public conscious- ness when Bloomberg published an article in January 2023, titled: “How to Be 18 Years Old Again for Only $2 Million a Year”, in which he lifted the lid on the spectacular expense and all-consuming effort within his obsessive odyssey to become 18 again. The near-unfathomable ac- count of his 5am wake-ups, seven daily creams, weekly acid peels and laser therapy, avoidance of sunlight, cauliflower gruel lunch- es and constant stool testing went viral. Johnson became the Peter Pan poster boy for a longevity movement that was swiftly be- coming mainstream. There have been many outré experiments (including the whole plasma thing) that have kept Johnson firmly in the ever-weird- er zeitgeist since.
In the Netflix documentary on his crusade, Don’t Die, released at the beginning of last year, he lik- ens his efforts to winning Olympic gold for health (yes, he has his own “Rejuvenation Olympics” leader- board), while, more endearingly perhaps, he is also shown attempt- ing to learn how to do the splits. During my first interaction with Johnson, he told me over Zoom that he had just received Botox injections in his penis. “It increased blood flow,” John- son said of the Botox, also noting he was measuring his nighttime erections with some sort of futur- istic contraption and subjecting his penis to painful shockwaves in an effort to strengthen his pelvic floor. “It increased penile length [and gave me] stronger erec- tions… I perform better sexually than I have in my entire life.” Since then, we have had sev- eral exchanges over email, and our relationship, if you can call it that, culminated towards the end of last year in him accusing me of being an “NPC”, meaning “non-player character”, a gaming term that’s become an internet slang insult for someone lacking independent thought. I didn’t interact with Johnson for some time after that, but my health-conscious aunt often sent me his latest Instagram clips de- crying the “evil” of sugary ultra- processed food (UPF) companies and strongly suggesting that he holds the skeleton key to a life that is not only healthier but happier. (Start by purchasing his £40 Blueprint-branded extra vir- gin olive oil, and then pay £275 monthly for his “Medium Stack” including metabolic protein powder and 8g of fibre “to pro- mote healthy digestion”, plus the haircare and skincare protocol products, obviously.) But Johnson was not always glugging back extra virgin and op- erating at peak ability. At the time he sold Braintree, he was, by his own admission, “overweight and depressed” after years of poor diet, eating up to 150g of sugar
per day. He wanted to become an Adonis. First, he left an unhappy mar- riage and the Mormon church he had been raised in. Then he took the first steps towards joining what he calls the healthiest 0.1 per cent of humanity. In 2020, he fired “Evening Bryan” and eliminated compulsive evening eating by en- shrining his last feed at 11am, thus fasting for 20 hours every day. In 2021, when his “chronologi- cal” age was 44, but his biological age was 36, he sought to totally remove his impulsive self from his decision-making processes and regimented his actions in line with what his body needed “through the regular measurement of hun- dreds of biomarkers”. Effectively, he put his body under algorithmic management. And it seemed to work. Certainly, he has become somewhat easier on the eye, even if he can look
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I reported on the spectacle for Wired, after spending part of my 32nd birthday watching his son Talmage, the musician Grimes and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff join him for a strange five-hour trip. It’s fair to say Johnson was not happy with my piece. He decried how he had been “harpooned” by critics quoted in my article who dared to suggest there may have been elements of ego enrichment and self-indulgence at play. “Here’s what’s going on: when someone violates a tribe’s norms, the tribe’s priests don’t try to un- derstand the new behaviour, they seek to delegitimise the actor in order to protect their own status and try and claim superiority,” he told his 1.7 million followers on X. “Go build something cool. Re- define boundaries. Push past peo- ple’s comfort zone. When people squawk, understand they’re NPCs chirping but it’s really just a song they’re singing called progress.” After more than a million peo- ple watched him plunge into the throes of a high-dose mushroom trip, Johnson also announced that Kate Tolo, the 30-year-old for- mer employee turned co-founder, who had always been a curious character at his side, was now his girlfriend. Tolo was again at his side for his next public psychedelic voy- age in March, this time with “the God molecule”, 5-MeO-DMT, perhaps the most potent of all psychedelics, and which is being developed to treat depression. My aunt had tipped me off about his plans, fascinated as ever by his bizarre ventures. Johnson looked more nervous than he had with the mushrooms and for good reason given the speed with which the drug he was about to take can collapse consciousness. He said part of the reason he was embarking on the trip was because his brain remained stub- bornly at the anatomical age of 42, and he wanted to see if 5-MeO- DMT could help de-age it. Johnson shared my Rolling Stone article on the event approv- ingly, this time. “When I started Don’t Die in 2021, we evaluated all the scientific evidence for the most powerful anti-aging thera- pies,” he wrote next to a screen- shot of the piece. “Psychedelics were nowhere to be found. A wild turn of events that they’re now front and centre for us.” Now Johnson wasn’t just a lon- gevity guru, but a psychedelic Pied Piper, and one that may well be ahead of the curve in the health-optimising and “conscious- ness-maxxing” era that is now befalling us. His mission steadfastly contin- ues, but despite his unprecedent- edly public psychedelic use, any immortal sheen may be losing its lustre. Last month, Johnson revealed that he had been diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis, announc- ing that “my stomach is eating itself.” It was a rare admission of mortality from a man trying to turn death into an engineering problem to solve and it seemed to trigger his effort to create new organs. My aunt will no doubt send me whatever comes next.
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romances, British men can seem a bit boring
has travelled and charmed her way across the Middle Sea “A
re you working your way around the Med- iterranean?” These were the words of a doctor in the sexual health clinic when I went for a check- up. I’d mentioned Italian and Span- ish boyfriends, and an Egyptian liaison – but little did he or I know then how far I would eventually go around that sparkling blue domain. Several years after that appoint- ment, and much more travel, I’ve had more than my fair share of ro- mances with Mediterranean men. Sometimes they’ve led to something more solid, sometimes they’ve been little more than brief encounters. But the Med has had its pull. I was a late starter, romantically speaking. I came back to the UK from Kenya when I was 13, and spent my teens longing for a boyfriend. I’d been a swimmer in Kenya, so I joined the local club – only to watch shyly from the sidelines as one boy after another succumbed to the advances of the bolder girls. In the holidays, my father dragged us all round Northern Europe in a campervan – the only glimpse we had of the Med was brief, from the east coast of Italy. At campsites I lusted after French lifeguards, but got nowhere near them. Even at university, the men stayed firmly in the distance. But it was around this time I started being able to travel to Europe independently. In Rome, the policeman who showed me his pistol in the toilet on the Capitoline Hill was my very first near-sexual encounter. Then there was the waiter in
was packing up my life in London and going to live with him
Crete who admired my large eyes and offered to winch himself up to my room later in the evening in a basket. In Egypt, still so naïve, I met a tall man with a blond beard on the night train from Luxor to Cairo. He was the Egyptian tour guide for a group of French tourists, but off they went to bed and off we went to the buf- fet car. I mooned over that man for months, but we lost contact. My first proper boyfriend – at the age of 25 – was Spanish. He was working next door to me and we rap- idly became more than friends. But on trips to Madrid with him I soon discovered there was a shadow – his former girlfriend – and she came between us in the end. Teaching English in a crowded Berlitz school in London, I met a gor- geous Italian, Giacomo (inset), who invited me to visit him in Milan. Before I knew it, I was packing up my life in Lon- don and going to live with him. Had I given any consid- eration to what my life would be like there? Of course not. Living in a stiflingly small flat together, I soon discovered his pri- orities: meals at his parents’ every weekend, and spending all our free time either there or with his old friends. His mother ruled our lives and there was to be no independent living for us as a couple. In my thirties, I discovered group holidays, which opened up newer (to me) countries on the Medi- terranean, countries like Syria, Lebanon and Morocco. I got close to the guides on these trips – and had an encounter with the Syr- ian bus driver on a tour of ancient archaeological sites. I met a Macedonian on my first night in Perth, Western Australia,
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at a pizzeria on the pavement. I’d only planned to be there for two nights, and who knew that extend- ing that to four would lead to a re- lationship of four years? Vassil was Australian-born, but brought up in a Macedonian community and I was soon immersed in that – and there was a mother, again, of course. Years after Giacomo, here I was again at a table with the parents, listening for hours to a language I could barely understand. Macedoni- an food and customs and weddings – in the end, all too much “him and his” and not enough “me and mine”. A few years later, I went to live in a small town in Andalucia – where I helped out in a hotel. After a lonely couple of years, it felt wonderful when Antonio set his heart on me. He had the loveliest smile, and showered me with at- tention – but it wasn’t long before his jealousy appeared, and I could no longer go out on my own. For once the mother was ac- tually a relief – she came down from Granada at weekends and I felt a bit lighter. I have had a couple of relation- ships with Brits: one lasted quite a while – probably because he had a brilliant mind, but he was unavail- able a lot of the time. The other Brit was just too conventional and wanted to settle down, and that was never going to suit me. When I’m overseas, I am a lighter, freer person – and men probably find that quite attractive. I am also always very interested in learning languages and that seems to be quite a turn-on. After the man in Andalucia didn’t work out, once again I fled, this time crossing the Strait of Gibral- tar to Morocco, to pursue a plan I’d had for a while – guiding people around Marrakech. The first year went well, but predictably (inevitably?) I met an attractive man, working at my fa- vourite bar. Did I learn? Again, I fell too hard and became enmeshed in his problems. As I grew more peeved, he grew more surly – and neither of us could really tell the other why, partly because my Ara- bic was as bad as his English. To end on a positive note, I re-met Vassil a couple of years ago and took him to visit his parents’ homeland in Greece. We had a truly wonderful time, but hey, it was just a holiday.
Mary’s travel memoir, ‘In Spite Of Myself’ (published by Bradt Guides Ltd, £9.99) is out now
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was raised in the Church of England so I’ve always known God and the Bible,” says Ruth Madeley. “But I still get a lot of messages from people saying I’m disabled be- cause I’m not praying hard enough.” The 38-year-old actress rolls her eyes. “Clearly I am a terrible Christian.”
“Fiercely ambitious” and “push- ing back against pity” from child- hood, Madeley has taken on a series of spiky, challenging roles since her early twenties. A Bafta nomination for her star turn as a disabled mum in BBC Three’s factual drama Don’t Take My Baby led her to audition for the part of an able-bodied character in Russell T Davies’ 2019 dystopian sci-fi series Years and Years. She impressed him so much he reshaped the role around her experi- ence of living with spina bifida. Four years later, a ramp was installed in The Doctor’s Tardis so she could cock a sarcastic eyebrow at David Tennant. “You’ve got weapons in your wheelchair?!” he asked. “We all have,” came the sardonic reply.
The deadpan Bolton accent that brought Tennant back to earth with a jolt brings a no-nonsense warmth to Madeley’s head girl vibe. On video call from the home she shares with her husband, Joe – her beloved English bull terrier snoozing on the landing behind her – Madeley circles subjects of faith, judgement and some folks’ weird, warped belief that disability is “a kind of punishment for something
gut thing. It’s a very raw thing. I feel it here, deep in me
you’ve done”. Because these are not just themes in her life – they hang like storm clouds over her new, five-part BBC thriller, The Rapture.
Based on Liz Jensen’s 2009 novel, The Rapture is Madeley’s first expe- rience of leading a whole series (“a huge responsibility,” she says), as a forensic psychologist working with a teenage girl who’s been convicted of murdering her mother. Bethany (India Amarteifio) has dark visions of the future. Madeley’s character, Dr Gabrielle Fox, is still processing the trauma of a car crash that killed her husband and made her a wheelchair user, while trying to make sense of Bethany’s menac- ing artwork and its links to Bethany’s dad’s role as the charismatic leader of a Christian cult with millions of online followers. Throw in climate change and so- cial unrest and “it’s a lot to navigate in one series,” says Madeley. “Just one of those topics would been dramatic enough but throw them all in togeth- er and pffttt”– she uses her hands to slo-mo mime an explosion – “It’s an actor’s dream!” Not that Madeley had planned to go into acting. Born in 1986 in West- houghton, Greater Manchester – the second daughter of a nurse mother and a father who worked in customer services – she was diagnosed with spina bifida six weeks before she was born. The condition describes when a baby’s spine and spinal cord do not fully develop in the womb. In her 2018 documentary Spina Bifida and Me, she interviewed her mother, Jackie, who became tearful as she recalled the moment a consult-
Ruth Madeley in ‘Years and Years’ (above, centre) and below, as Dr Gabrielle Fox with Iwan Rheon as Dick in new thriller ‘The Rapture’ BBC PICTURES
ant came along to a scan to diagnose her unborn baby. “He wasn’t gentle about the news at all,” Jackie said. “He was saying that you most likely wouldn’t walk. You would have a variety of prob- lems. You would practically do noth- ing in life. It was a shock to both of us. We’re quiet people – quiet shock.” There followed operations on her back, her hip, foot and knees. Then she developed scoliosis, requiring many more surgeries on her spine.
Today, Madeley laughs fondly about being nicknamed “Barbie on wheels” after getting her first chair from the charity Whizz Kids aged five. “I was very small – this scrawny little thing!” She says she missed a lot of school for those spinal surgeries, including the one that left her with sepsis when she was 12. “It nearly took me,” she says. But her time in hospital gave her lots of opportunities for people- watching, observing patients and staff of all demographics while her peers at school were mostly only interested in other teenagers. “Sit me in a coffee shop and I’ll be happy watching people all day,” she grins. “I got a lot of life experience in those hospital years, and I became an avid reader. I knew I would do something in storytelling.”
Madeley studied literature and scriptwriting at Edge Hill University and thought she’d probably become a writer. Acting didn’t seem a possibility, she says, “be- cause I didn’t see anyone who looked like me on TV”. She gives a weary shrug. “If there was any kind of
mention of dis- ability then it was in a medi- cal sense…” In the ex- cellent 2022 film, Then B a r b a r a Met Alan, M ad e l ey p l a y e d p u n k - s p i r i t e d disability rights activ- ist Barbara Lisicki, whose campaign against ITV’s pity party of a telethon in 1992 got the show pulled from the air. “ B a r - bara was so right and so funny,” she
says. “I went to mainstream school, so I wasn’t surrounded by a lot of disabled people. For me, it felt like a really alien existence to have this worthy narrative of ‘oh, poor thing’.” Now we’re on to the topic of Made- ley’s steely ambition and she’s got the bit between her teeth. “I’m such a hard worker,” she says. “I always knew from being tiny that I was going to be successful in whatever I did, because I just wouldn’t settle for less. But I never saw disabled people on screen working. I didn’t see disabled people having children. I didn’t see disabled people getting into fights. Disabled people on TV weren’t wrong about stuff, flawed, three dimensional.” After graduation Madeley focused on writing and worked in fundraising until acting became a side hustle. She wrote and starred in 2012 TV film Scrims. “I didn’t study drama. I’ve got no formal technique. For me, acting is a gut thing,” she says. “It’s a very raw thing. I feel it here, you know?” A thump of the chest. “Deep in me.” In The Rapture, her character is falling for a new man and he’s keen for things to get physical. But Gabrielle pushes back and makes her situation clear. She tells him she has a catheter and she isn’t sure she’s ready. “I really pushed for the conversation and the use of the catheter because I really wanted to include something that I really felt was true to disabled life,” she says. “I know that would have been huge for me to see on screen as a teenager. I’m so privileged to be able to push these things forward.” In the real world, Madeley finds that people are obsessed with her own sex life. “One of the questions disabled people still get asked is: ‘can you have sex?’” She makes a face. “I’ve been asked that since I was very young.” How young? “Seventeen. I was going out to clubs and bars at that age. People would say: ‘oh, you’re very pretty for someone in a chair!” Another eye roll. “I’d think: ‘That’s not the compliment you think it is.’” She recently ticked off another goal: starring in a big glossy show in America. In Apple TV’s Being Heumann, she plays Judy Heumann – “mother of the American disability rights movement” – opposite Mark Ruffalo. She loved the experience but says she’ll keep putting herself up for roles that weren’t written for disa- bled actors, too. “I always say disability is always going to give an extra layer to any story.” She says. “It will just make the spirit of anything richer.”
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Therapy at the Club Flo British girl-group Flo have become one of the UK’s most exciting R&B acts, drawing comparisons with Destiny’s Child and Sugababes. Their rich harmonies and polished songwriting have helped revive the classic girl-group sound. Their second album, Therapy at the Club, out on Friday, explores heartbreak, confidence and healing through the emotional highs and lows of a night out. EMI
The annual Bristol International Balloon Fiesta has reached its 48th year and has grown into one of the largest hot air balloon events in Europe, attracting hundreds of thousands of spectators every year. It celebrates both the city and the world of hot air ballooning. The
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Blue Island Ravyn Lenae Chicago singer- songwriter Ravyn Lenae has emerged as one of contemporary R&B’s most distinctive voices, blending soulful melodies with alternative pop, electronic and jazz influences. After earning acclaim with Hypnos (2022) and Bird’s Eye (2024), she returns with Blue Island, out on Friday. Featuring the singles “Handle”, “Bobby” and “Reputation”, it offers a more expansive, genre-defying sound. Atlantic Records
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TED LASSO The third series of Apple TV’s sickly sweet football comedy was supposed to be its last, but thanks to star and writer Jason Sudeikis having a fresh idea for his titular club coach, it’s back. This time, Ted is taking charge of Richmond’s second-division women’s team. Tomorrow, Apple TV
BIG CHICKEN: A FAST-FOOD CONSPIRACY Comedian Mo Gilligan investigates the ins and outs of the global fast-food chicken
industry. As well as uncovering the reasons for the popularity of fried chicken, he also interrogates how it has developed a stereotypical association with certain ethnicities. Tomorrow, Netflix
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POSSESSION In this spooky supernatural thriller, Bafta-nominated Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Claudia, an ambitious lawyer who travels to Jamaica to help her client, Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee Miller), with an inheritance claim. Thursday, Sky Atlantic
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LANTERNS Film-maker James Gunn continues to build on his DC universe following this summer’s rather disappointing Supergirl with a gritty take on the Green Lantern comic books. Monday 17 August, HBO Max
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LUDWIG John Ludwig (David Mitchell) – who was posing as his detective twin brother James in the first series – is working with the police as a “crime scene consultant”. August, BBC One
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Shares in AstraZeneca shares fell sharply yesterday on reports coming out of the US late on Sunday that the UK’s second most valuable company had been talking “for several months” with a US rival Bristol Myers Squibb over the creation of a £300bn-plus drugs company. Cambridge-based AstraZeneca, which specialises in oncology treat- ments as well as biopharmaceuticals and rare diseases, had a market value of £196bn prior to the reports, but around £18bn of this was wiped off in early FTSE 100 trading yesterday as
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The volunteer-run Swanage Railway in Dorset is having to spend £1,500 a day on fuel to operate each of its historic steam locomotives. The heritage line’s operational costs have quadrupled since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, when the UK banned all imports of Russian coal and coal products as part of its sanctions regime. Supply chains for Britain’s heritage rail sector, which
its share price fell by more than 9 per cent. It closed the day 8.96 per cent down at 11,500. Reports of the talks went down bet- ter at New York-listed BMS, which also focuses on oncology as well as cardiovascular treatments. Its value is around £133bn after its shares rose by 3 per cent yesterday. If the move comes off, it would be one of the industry’s largest ever deals and create the world’s fourth largest pharmaceutical group, under- lining AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot’s push to grow its foot- hold in the US. It completed a new, additional listing in New York in June.
historically have relied on high- quality Russian imports to fire its engines, have been heavily disrupted ever since. Before the conflict, the charity could typically purchase suitable locomotive coal for around £100 a tonne but that price is now £400. This has forced the railway, which runs full-size passenger trains from Norden to Corfe Castle and down to the seaside town of Swanage, to find alternative supplies that are often of a lower quality. A single shovelful of coal
While people familiar with the mat- ter confirmed that the talks could lead to a deal “in the near future” they warned that there could also be sig- nificant delays or that the proposal could even “fall apart”. This would depend on how difficult it would be for any potential deal to clear significant hurdles amid scru- tiny from competition and antitrust watchdogs, they said. They cited “significant business overlap between the pharma groups’ cancer drug portfolios” and US anti- trust authorities “seeking to increase domestic investment under Presi- dent Donald Trump’s leadership”.
now costs around £5, Swanage Railway said. Firemen must shovel at least 50 times during a single round trip to keep the steam locomotives performing optimally, equating to a staggering £250 in fuel for just one journey before accounting for water, oil, insurance, or maintenance. Despite the huge coal outlays, Swanage Railway’s volunteers and staff say they remain determined to keep the iconic steam experience alive in the Purbeck countryside.
AstraZeneca boss Pascal Soriot wants to grow the firm’s foothold in the US
AstraZeneca’s shares have fallen by 8 per cent this year, while BMS has enjoyed a 21 per cent rise over the same period. AstraZeneca declined to com- ment yesterday, while BMS also did not immediately reply to requests for comment.
Output up but sector growth is slowest in four months
The UK’s manufacturing sector grew again last month, but at its slowest pace in four months. The S&P Global UK manufactur- ing PMI survey’s July reading of 51.9 – with any figure above 50 indicating growth – fell from 52.5 in June. The news disappointed the City, as economists had been predicting an- other 52.5 reading for July. New business and export orders rose for an eighth successive month, which helped to accelerate factory production to its fastest rate in two years – but business optimism re- mained “relatively subdued”, S&P said, with the “volatile macro-eco- nomic backdrop continuing to weigh on firms.” Rob Dobson, director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: “Improving market conditions have led to better ‘hit rates’ in securing new contracts.” Growth in orders from North America, the EU, mainland China, India and South Korea all helped to boost exports, with the survey data also showing that medium and large firms reported particularly strong production, although this was offset by weakness among smaller firms. Dobson said that the overall slowdown in growth for the month was partly linked to a reduction in purchasing stock and slower jobs growth. Staffing levels had increased for the fourth month in a row, he said, while adding that growth had “slowed to near stagnation”. Matt Swannell, chief economic adviser to the Item Club, said: “The loss in momentum came despite up- turns in production and orders, with Iran war uncertainty, global trade tensions, tax rises and regulatory changes the main factors in dragging down business sentiment.”
‘Vinted wrongfully suspended my account and I lost £10,000’
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sellers claim to have lost their entire income streams due to platform bans. By Emily Braeger
illions use Vinted to clear out wardrobes, earn extra cash and hunt for bargains, while for others it has become much more than that – a side hustle, a family business or even their full-time income. But some of those who use Vinted Pro – for professional sellers – say they have been wrongly suspended or permanently banned from the platform, leaving them unable to sell, with money frozen in Vinted wallets and little opportunity to challenge the decision. Campaign website Sad Vinted Faces, which is calling for better customer service, fairer account bans, and human support from Vinted, said it has heard from many who had this problem. Catherine Warrilow, who started the group, said hundreds have also been unable to withdraw money held in their Vinted wallets – where earnings are stored – while others described being accused of selling counterfeit goods despite providing evidence they were genuine. Some buyers, meanwhile, said they had struggled to recover money after receiving the wrong items or goods they believed were counterfeit. Many also complain of spending weeks appealing decisions through what they believe are AI-generated responses before ever reaching a human. Two sellers told The i Paper of their experience.
‘We lost £10,000 in revenue – everything we’d built was at risk’ When Elisha Wright, from Cheltenham, downloaded Vinted as a 16-year-old, he had no plans to become a full-time reseller. Instead, the now 19-year-old was trying to raise money to launch a horse racing clothing brand while helping his family through a difficult financial period. He said: “To fund that business, and to help support my family through a difficult time financially, I decided to sell almost everything I owned.” Within six weeks he had generated almost £950 in sales. Encouraged by the early demand, Elisha and his dad reinvested every penny they could earn back into the horse race clothing business. Specialising in second-hand Ralph Lauren polo shirts, their brand Wright Attire grew from a handful of daily sales into what became the family’s full-time
More than 30 items a day were regularly sold on Elisha Wright’s Vinted business account before it was wrongly suspended on multiple occasions
livelihood. They get their goods from vintage channels, private sellers, or secondary markets. At its peak, the business regularly sold more than 30 items a day and had amassed more than 3,300 five-star reviews on Vinted. But around a year after launching the business, Vinted blocked the account for 30 days after alleging some products could be counterfeit. Elisha said some of the items questioned had originally been bought through Vinted itself, while another seller was still offering similar stock without restriction. Months later came another suspension. This time, Vinted cited alleged breaches relating to “handmade items, made-to-order products, rental services, cosmetics and dropshipping”. After repeated appeals, the company overturned both restrictions and Vinted acknowledged the suspensions had been applied in error.
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But just three months later, another restriction arrived over what Elisha says appeared to be the same type of alleged infringement. This time, the family spent almost three weeks waiting for a meaningful response while sales on what had become their main platform almost disappeared. Elisha estimates the restrictions have cost the business around £10,000 in lost revenue. But he says the damage went beyond the immediate loss of sales. He said: “Many people had followed our store specifically because they regularly bought from us, so not being able to trade normally inevitably affected those relationships.” Now, they don’t feel confident listing products on Vinted because they’re “constantly” concerned that their account could be restricted. The hardest part, he said, was watching their sales drop from around £300 a day to around £25 a day. He wants to see a fairer moderation process, where genuine
second-hand sellers have the opportunity to have their cases properly reviewed by a human.
‘Vinted admitted it made
a mistake – then permanently
banned me over the same item’
Andrew Pidgeon, a 40-year-old
reseller from Nottingham, spent
years building a clothing business
alongside his day job, amassing
more than 2,500 five-star reviews
and said around 80 per cent of his
sales came through Vinted.
Then, in April this year, the
platform accused him of selling a
counterfeit Carhartt beanie hat.
He immediately appealed,
submitting close-up photographs
of labels, stitching, packaging and
supplier invoices. He too gets his
products from other sellers.
Nine days later, Vinted reinstated
the account, apologising and
admitting it had “made a mistake”.
Andrew (inset below) assumed
the matter had been resolved. But
a month later, after listing the same
style of hat in a different colour, he
was permanently banned.
He said: “Vinted seem to use a
three-tier warning process – seven
days, 30 days, permanent ban, and
because I’d already had a warning,
albeit Vinted reneging on their
decision, the 30 days ban obviously
wasn’t wiped from the slate, so I
received a permanent ban.
“I again appealed, with the same
evidence including the message
from Vinted admitting they’d made
a mistake the first time.
“I assumed that someone else at
Vinted or an AI bot had incorrectly
flagged the item as counterfeit yet
again and I’d get my account back,
but this time Vinted refused to
change their decision.”
Andrew, who uses the revenue
he makes on the platform to
supplement his main income, now
sees a “big hole” in his finances.
“I suffered weeks of anxiety of
how I was going to pay my bills
and other personal financial
commitments and worry that
this was the end of my
side hustle.”
Desperate to get his
account back, Andrew
said he contacted
Vinted’s CEO, Adam
Jay, who promised to
review the situation but
never got back to him.
“I really don’t want to
complain about Vinted as I
loved using the app. I’d just like to
be able to use it again without the
anxiety or risk of being banned.”
A Vinted spokesperson said:
“Millions of people across the UK
use Vinted to buy and sell second-
hand items, and the overwhelming
majority have a positive experience.
“Where members believe a
decision has been made in error,
they can appeal and their case
will be reviewed by our Member
Support team.”
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ENERGY
its renewables arm in Europe
By Henry Saker-Clark
Shell has agreed to sell its European onshore renewables business to TotalEnergies in a deal including assets in the UK, Italy, the Nether- lands and Spain. The sale comes as Shell continues to push ahead with a strategy under chief executive Wael Sawan to scale back its investment in low-carbon and renewable energy – and just days after rival BP put its UK North Sea business up for sale after more than 60 years in the region. TotalEnergies will take over a four gigawatt renewables portfolio, including 500 megawatts of solar and wind assets in operation and under construction. The portfolio includes a pipeline of solar, wind and battery-storage projects in Italy, the UK and Spain. Machteld de Haan, Shell’s presi- dent for downstream, renewables and energy solutions, said: “This agreement reflects Shell’s contin- ued focus on actively managing and high-grading its power portfolio. “We are recycling capital and prioritising areas where we have differentiated capabilities and can create the most value over time, including through asset-backed power trading and customer- focused energy solutions.” Stéphane Michel, president for gas, renewables and power at To- talEnergies, said the deal “strength- ens our power generation positions in selected key deregulated markets across Europe to provide value-for- money electricity”. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and expected to be com- pleted by the end of the year.
RETAIL
‘mismanaged’ Argos chain
By Simon Straker
The former head of buying at Argos has accused Sainsbury’s of “mis- managing” the catalogue retailer and says he is “still in shock over their deluded arrogance” after last week’s £120m sale to Swift Partners. Ian Chaplin said: “Sainsbury’s chief executive Simon Roberts said Argos had been transformed under its ownership into a leading retailer with millions of customers and thousands of talented colleagues. “Every word of that is the op- posite of what they did. They mis- managed the brand, lost millions of customers, let thousands of tal- ented colleagues leave and replaced them with corporate puppets. “Not one of its suppliers had a positive word to say about Argos under the Sainsbury ownership.” Swift is backed by retail veterans including former Co-op chief execu- tive Richard Pennycook.
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3i Group
2867.0
+0.10% 4497.0
1825.0
Aberdeen Group
245.2
+1.91% 265.0
177.5
AB Foods
2123.0
+1.73% 2359.0
1729.5
Admiral
3802.0
+0.80% 3816.0
2624.0
Airtel Africa
328.0
-1.50%
436.2
203.2
Alliance Witan
1365.0
+1.49% 1366.0
1178.0
Anglo Amer
3705.0
-0.75%
4239.0
2042.0
Antofagasta
3679.0
+0.66% 4475.0
1858.5
AstraZeneca
11500.0
-8.96%
15732.0 9892.0
Autotrader Group 530.8
+1.34% 844.4
418.6
Aviva
701.6
+1.18% 701.6
590.6
Babcock Intl
1146.5
+2.27% 1527.0
902.4
BAE Systems
2143.0
+2.34% 2360.0
1529.0
Barclays
515.0
+1.24% 554.1
352.6
Barratt Redrow
304.5
+3.82% 410.3
235.4
Beazley
1293.0
+0.19% 1296.0
750.0
BP
552.1
-0.07%
609.4
397.1
BritAmTobacco
4466.0
-2.28%
5326.0
3677.0
British Land
444.8
+0.63% 447.2
318.6
BT
203.1
+0.89% 242.1
173.0
Bunzl
2796.0
-0.21%
2832.0
1981.0
Burberry
1207.5
+1.68% 1376.5
976.0
Centrica
153.3
-1.10%
220.3
152.1
Coca-Cola Europac 8060.0
-1.59%
8545.0
6280.0
Coca-Cola HBC
4884.0
-2.52%
5195.0
3270.0
Compass
2386.8
+1.29% 2581.1
2000.0
Computacenter
4606.0
+0.17% 4962.0
2222.0
Convatec
225.4
+0.62% 259.3
193.0
Croda Intl
3242.0
+1.15% 3338.0
2426.8
DCC Energy
6365.0
+0.55% 6740.0
4188.0
Diageo
1655.5
+1.28% 2142.0
1295.5
Diploma
7480.0
+2.19% 7720.0
4970.0
Endeavour Mining 3517.0
-0.14%
5620.0
2260.0
Entain
547.4
+1.11% 1022.0
500.4
Experian
2811.0
+0.75% 3987.0
2203.0
F&C Inv Trust
335.0
+1.15% 1332.0
325.8
Fresnillo
2498.0
+0.93% 4472.0
1371.0
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Games Works
19230.0
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Glencore
539.0
-0.74%
707.2
275.2
GSK
1909.5
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2282.0
1288.6
Haleon
362.3
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416.1
274.4
Halma
3548.0
+0.51% 4902.0
3191.4
Hiscox
1777.0
-1.77%
1904.0
1246.0
Howden Joinery
805.0
+2.09% 981.0
713.0
HSBC Hldgs
1597.4
+1.36% 1604.6
908.8
IAG
433.5
+0.37% 492.9
332.7
ICG
1949.0
+3.23% 2340.0
1424.9
IG Group
1371.0
-6.10%
1956.0
1016.0
IMI
2962.0
+0.89% 3076.0
2138.0
Imperial Brands
2764.0
-2.16%
3632.0
2626.0
Informa
896.4
+1.20% 1000.0
719.0
IntCont Htls
11677.5
-2.21%
13305.1 8458.0
Intertek
5840.0
—%
5850.0
3519.4
Investec
658.5
+1.46% 690.0
499.4
JD Sports Fashion 91.0
+1.68% 106.2
64.0
Kingfisher
314.3
+1.85% 372.3
240.3
Land Secs
713.0
+1.06% 722.0
522.5
Legal & Gen
303.8
+1.13% 310.0
217.2
Lion Finance
11930.0
+2.76% 12040.0 6905.0
Lloyds Bk Gp
116.6
+1.66% 117.7
74.4
LondonMetric Prop 195.9
-0.15% 216.2
175.3
Lon Stock Ex
8490.0
+1.10% 10165.0 6684.0
M&G
361.1
+1.01% 362.2
247.0
M&S
410.6
+1.36% 412.3
301.1
Melrose Ind
463.3
+1.98% 685.0
409.9
Metlen Energy
4095.2
+3.63% 4984.7
2643.8
National Grid
1189.0
-0.08%
1428.5
1000.0
NatWest Group
722.8
+2.41% 725.1
500.2
Next
14900.0
+0.37% 15310.0 11200.0
Pearson
1249.5
-0.60%
1337.0
874.8
Pershing Square
3902.0
+2.47% 5095.0
3636.0
Persimmon
1131.0
+2.17% 1552.0
947.4
Polar CapTech
634.5
+1.28% 743.5
384.0
Prudential
1109.0
-0.63%
1238.0
910.2
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Reckitt Ben
5280.0
+0.76% 6522.9
3664.0
RELX
2649.0
+1.61% 3938.0
1991.0
Rentokil Initial
356.8
+3.48% 507.0
329.6
Rio Tinto
7089.0
-1.18%
9117.0
4436.5
Rolls-Royce
1506.8
+2.66% 1532.6
990.0
Sainsbury(J)
357.0
-0.67%
380.3
291.2
Schroders
588.5
—%
599.5
358.6
Scot Mort Inv Tst
1345.5
+1.13% 1563.0
1015.7
Segro
961.0
-0.41% 997.4
603.0
Severn Trent
3036.0
+0.60% 3335.0
2381.0
Shell
3405.5
+0.65% 3758.5
2553.8
Smith&Neph
1197.0
+3.32% 1441.5
1050.0
Smiths Gp
2648.0
+0.23% 2746.3
2088.0
Spirax Group
7100.0
+2.23% 8050.0
5950.0
SSE
2356.0
+0.43% 2767.5
1597.0
Stan Chart
2201.0
+0.59% 2278.0
1285.0
Standard Life
925.0
+0.22% 932.0
615.0
St James’s Place
1086.5
+3.13% 1575.5
1038.8
Tesco
486.1
-0.69%
510.4
406.9
The Sage Grp
999.4
+2.69% 1225.0
771.7
Tritax Big Box
168.5
-0.94% 175.0
132.2
Unilever
4770.0
+0.57% 5542.1
3644.0
United Utilities
1397.0
+1.01% 1497.0
1072.0
Vodafone
117.2
-0.51%
131.1
81.9
Weir Group
2638.0
+0.08% 3580.0
2254.0
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2543.0
+1.31% 3302.0
2098.0
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UK to be extended
Wingstop UK’s annual revenues have surged by 73 per cent to £216.4m. The US chicken chain, which was first brought to the UK by Lemon Pepper Holdings in 2018, is planning to open 30 sites across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland this year – its 100th UK restaurant will launch in Inverness later this month. The brand is backed by private equity firm Sixth Street.
Glass Centre
A campaign group has applied to list the National Glass Centre in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, to protect it from demolition. Carolyn Basing, chair of Save the National Glass Centre, said the building was “frozen in time, at least for now, but we’re fighting on”. The National Glass Centre closed its doors for the last time on Friday.
TECHNOLOGY
value for first time
Amazon’s market value has topped $3trn (£2.23trn) for the first time on the back of second- quarter revenues of $200.6bn and signs the AI boom is driving cloud-computing demand. Its shares have shot up more than 23 per cent this year – last week the group raised its annual capital spending forecast to $220bn from $200bn.
plant in Beijing
CXMT, China’s most valuable AI chipmaker, is in talks with a government-backed tech manufacturing hub to build a second plant in Beijing after its £6.4bn float last month. CXMT is seeking to boost production amid a global memory chip shortage following its record mainland Chinese semiconductor listing.
markets
The FTSE 100 closed yesterday down by 10.35 points, or 0.10 per cent, at 10,857.70. The biggest risers were builder Barratt Redrow, up 11.2p at 304.5p, and pest control firm Rentokil, up 12p at 356.8p. The biggest fallers were
on fare evaders
South Western Railways (SWR) saved £45,000 last month by blocking the digital purchase of Vauxhall to Waterloo rail tickets in a crackdown on fare-evading. SWR said that 95 per cent of the barcoded tickets had been used fraudulently, with customers only paying for the last part of their journey. Some were forced to repay tens of thousands of pounds after being caught.
boss of New Look
Fashion chain New Look has named Lynda Petherick as its new chief executive. She will replace Helen Connolly, who is set to head up Asda’s fashion and homeware business George, in late September. Petherick joined New Look, which has 309 UK shops, as chief information officer in 2024, before becoming chief operating officer last year.
for easyJet bids
Easyjet has extended the window for another takeover bid from US asset manager Castlelake by four days after it was usurped by investment firm Apollo last month. Apollo’s proposal of £5.7bn (£7.25 a share) has been recommended to shareholders, but both firms have been given until Friday to make a firm offer or walk away.
on other ventures
Using farmland to branch out into other ventures has helped businesses in the South West to “survive”, owners have said. Shops, holiday lets, campsites, restaurants and cafés have all been popping up at farms in the region, with owners saying that, without the diversification, thier dairy farms “wouldn’t have had a hope”.
pharma group AstraZeneca, down 1,132p at 11,500p, and fintech IG Group, down 89p at 1,371p. In France, the CAC 40 rose by 1.22 per cent, while the DAX ended 1.45 per cent higher in Germany. The price of Brent crude oil fell to $83.87 a barrel.
The pound fell against both the dollar and euro, down by 0.34 cents at $1.3434, and by 0.22 cents at €1.1669, at the close in London.
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Clinic
NICHOLAS MENDES
Q
our experts answer readers’ personal finance questions
We’re buying a house but the sale is dragging on and our mortgage offer is due to expire before we complete. Rates have gone up since we applied. Can we get an extension from our lender or broker, or are we better off trying to renegotiate the price with the seller? Name and address supplied A
Mortgage offers typically last three to six months, and most lenders will not budge on that end date once it’s set. But there is usually a route through the problem, and it starts with the broker rather than the seller. The first step is checking exactly
how long is left and how much the chain has slipped. If completion looks tight but achievable, most lenders can extend an offer close to expiry, provided there’s no material change to income, employment, or credit profile. Some do this automatically on request; others need a fresh valuation or updated documents. This varies significantly by lender, which is why speaking to a broker early matters more than waiting until the offer is about to lapse. If an extension isn’t possible, the next option is asking the lender to reissue the offer at a current rate, keeping the same underwriting and conditions already in place. This avoids a full reapplication, though the rate itself will reflect current pricing rather than the one originally secured. Where neither an extension nor a reissued offer is available, a full new application becomes necessary. This means resubmitting income and affordability checks under today’s criteria and today’s rates. It sounds daunting, but it’s a well-trodden path when chains overrun, and a broker who is monitoring the timeline should flag the risk well before the offer expires, not after. On the question of renegotiating
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price with the seller: this is a separate lever and one to use carefully. If rates have risen meaningfully since the offer was agreed, monthly repayments on the same loan amount will be higher than originally budgeted for. Buyers in this position sometimes go back to the seller to ask for a price reduction to offset the higher borrowing cost, particularly if the delay causing the
The most useful thing any buyer can do in this situation is to get ahead of the deadline
mortgage offer to lapse sits with the seller’s side of the chain. This can work, but it depends on leverage. A seller under pressure to complete, or one who has already found their onward purchase and cannot easily walk away, may be willing to negotiate. A seller with other interested buyers, or no urgency to move, is under no obligation to reopen the price. It’s worth remembering that a delay is not automatically the seller’s fault; chains involve multiple parties and solicitors, surveys and searches can all slow things down independently of anyone’s conduct. Before raising price as an issue,
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it’s worth establishing definitively whether the mortgage problem can be solved without it. An extension or a reissued offer resolves the immediate risk without needing a difficult conversation with the seller at all. Renegotiation should be a fallback if the numbers genuinely no longer work, not a first response to rising rates. The most useful thing any buyer can do in this situation is get ahead of the deadline. Where a chain is moving slowly, ask conveyancers for a realistic completion estimate early, and flag it to the lender in good time. Lenders are generally far more accommodating to a buyer who raises the issue three weeks out than one who calls the day before the offer lapses. Rates rising mid-purchase is frustrating, but it rarely needs to derail a transaction. Extensions and reissued offers exist precisely for this scenario, and a broker’s job is to make sure buyers aren’t left choosing between a lapsed offer and an awkward renegotiation at the last minute.
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Nick Mendes is mortgage technical manager at John Charcol. If you have a question for our experts, email us at money@theipaper.com
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Abu Dhabi 44 S Abuja 25 TH Alicante 32 F Amsterdam 28 S Athens 34 S Bangkok 34 F Barcelona 31 F Beijing 34 TH Berlin 26 S Brussels 30 F Budapest 35 S Chicago 22 F Delhi 34 F Dubai 45 S Dublin 20 F Frankfurt 31 S Geneva 30 S Helsinki 20 C Hong Kong 26 TH Istanbul 27 S Johannesburg 17 S Lisbon 25 C Los Angeles 26 F Madrid 27 F
Key: C=Cloudy, DR=Drizzle, F=Fair, FG=Fog, H=Hail, M=Mist, R=Rain, S=Sunny, SH=Showers, SL=Sleet, SN=Snow, SS=Sandstorm, TH=Thunderstorm
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HIGHS AND LOWS (Sunday, up to 11pm) Highlands North East Scotland Central Scotland Scottish Borders Northern Ireland North West & Mersey North East Yorkshire & Humber North Wales West Midlands East Midlands South Wales South West South East Eastern Greater London
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Shetland Orkney Temperature
°C 17
Wind speed
Rough 15
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Atlantic Ocean
Dublin Galway
Channel Islands
Alderney
Guernsey
FRANCE Sark
Miami 29 TH Milan 35 F Moscow 22 F Mumbai 30 TH Munich 32 S New York 28 R Nice 30 S Palma 31 S Paris 35 S Prague 28 S Reykjavik 13 C Rio 28 S Rome 33 S Stockholm 20 F Strasbourg 33 S Sydney 17 F Tenerife 35 S Tokyo 25 C Toronto 20 SH Vancouver 18 F Vienna 36 S Warsaw 27 F Washington 27 R Wellington 15 S
Jersey
GENERAL SITUATION An area of low pressure influences the United Kingdom today. Rain showers will affect Scotland, Northern Isles, Western Isles, Northern Ireland, north-east England, Midlands, south-west England, Wales, Isle of Man, and Republic of Ireland. Cloudy but dry conditions will dominate East Anglia, London, and south-east England, while the Channel Islands enjoy sunny spells. A south-western breeze will be present across most areas. London, SE England, East Anglia, Channel Islands: The morning begins mostly cloudy with some sunny spells breaking through. The afternoon will bring slightly
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Fort William
Derry/Londonderry
Cork
Celtic Sea
warmer temperatures, with a gentle
breeze from the south-west. By
evening, cloud cover increases
slightly, with a slight threat of light
rain, especially in the most southern
areas. Max temp: 31C. Tonight,
cloudy, light rain. Min temp: 15C.
Cen S England, SW England,
Midlands, S Wales, N Wales:
The morning starts cloudy with
mild temperatures across the
region. Through the afternoon,
cloud cover persists, with light
rain likely in the most western
areas. By evening, skies remain
overcast, and there’s a threat of
showers. Gentle southerly winds.
Max temp: 26C. Tonight, heavy
rain, breezy. Min temp: 16C.
Moon Phase Today’s high Today’s low Sunset Sunrise 05:28 20:43
29º
Inverness
Dundee
Dumfries
Carlisle
Irish Sea
Llandudno
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Southampton Portsmouth
Exeter
SE Scotland, NE England, E
England: Today will be dull with
cloudy skies and a threat of rain,
particularly during the morning.
The afternoon remains overcast,
with rain easing to showers. In the
most eastern parts, temperatures
will be mild yet cooler in the
morning. Light easterly winds
prevail. Max temp: 23C. Tonight,
clear and chilly. Min temp: 14C.
NW England, SW Scotland, N
Ireland, Republic of Ireland, IoM:
Today will see predominantly
cloudy skies with temperatures
ranging from mild to warm. The
morning begins with light rain in
the most western areas. During
the afternoon, heavy rain is likely
SYNOPTIC PRESSURE A developing low-pressure system centred over Northern Ireland is moving eastwards, intensifying rain and thunderstorms across Scotland. A high-pressure ridge is centred near the Northern Isles, maintaining mild but cloudy conditions over England and Wales bringing occasional showers to the north-east and south-west.
Warmest: Wisley,
Surrey, 30C.
Coldest: Katesbridge, County Down, 3C.
Wettest: Loch Glascarnoch, Ross and Cromarty, 5.40mm.
Sunniest: Shoeburyness, Landwick, Essex, 13.4hrs.
North Sea
Cambridge
Reading
Brighton
English Channel
to develop in the northern parts
while the most southern areas
might see thunderstorms. Winds
will remain gentle throughout.
Max temp: 21C. Tonight, rain
turning heavy. Min temp: 14C.
NW Scotland, NE Scotland, W
Isles, N Isles: Today will be dull
and damp for much of the day
with overcast skies and persistent
rain. The morning brings
widespread showers, particularly
heavy in the most northern parts,
easing slightly by afternoon. By
evening, rain will continue in
western areas with cooler
temperatures and a gentle breeze.
Max temp: 16C. Tonight, clear skies,
chilly. Min temp: 13C.
HOURS OF DARKNESS
Aberdeen 21.17-05.14 Birmingham 20.54-05.33 Bristol 20.53-05.40 Cardiff 20.55-05.42 Glasgow 21.17-05.28 Hull 20.53-05.22 Inverness 21.26-05.18 Liverpool 21.02-05.34 London 20.43-05.30 Manchester 20.59-05.31 Stornoway 21.39-05.25 Swansea 20.59-05.45 York 20.56-05.24
outlook
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WEDNESDAY Northern regions will experience rain and mist, while southern regions remain mostly dry with sunny conditions and occasional clouds.
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THURSDAY Northern regions mostly cloudy with showers. Southern regions enjoy clear skies and sunshine. Eastern regions see mostly dry conditions.
FRIDAY Western areas
are expected to experience
rain and cloud, while
eastern regions enjoy
mostly dry conditions
with some sunny spells.
SATURDAY Rain in
northern and western
areas, mostly cloudy with
sunny spells in southern
and eastern regions,
mild temperatures.
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SUNDAY Rain showers in northern and western areas; while southern and eastern regions are expected to experience sunny spells with some cloud.
SPORT
CYCLING
Saints star Pollock
is worth £1m a year,
insists agent Hearn
By Edward Elliot
England star Henry Pollock is ex- pected to seek a significant pay rise to remain at Northampton Saints after agent Eddie Hearn said he is worth at least £1m a year. Pollock’s current contract with the Prem champions expires next summer and is thought to pay around £150,000 a year. Since agreeing that deal in De- cember 2024, the back-rower has made his international debut, toured with the British and Irish Lions and helped Northampton win the Eng- lish top-flight title last season. “He’s certainly a seven-figure play- er,” Hearn said. “The way rugby’s going and what Pollock is doing, his value over the next couple of years will skyrocket, and I think the value of rugby will.” Pollock also receives around £150,000 per year from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as an en- hanced elite player squad member with England. The 21-year-old, who has 13 inter- national caps, has enjoyed a soaring commercial profile since signing up with Hearn’s Matchroom agency in March.
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Yet, despite the potential riches available, the Saints academy prod- uct is understood to be keen to stay with Northampton. Saints’ ability to match Pollock’s wage demands may be hindered by the Prem’s £6.4m salary cap. Each Prem team can have one marquee player whose pay is exempt from the cap. England fly-half Fin Smith is thought to occupy that spot on Northampton’s payroll. Hearn said that Pollock does not wish to move abroad as he would become ineligible for England due to the RFU’s policy of not selecting overseas players. “Northampton have to recognise what they have got,” added Hearn. “Henry Pollock drives season tick- et sales. Henry Pollock puts bums on the seats. Henry Pollock drives viewership on TNT or wherever it’s going to be. Henry Pollock sells shirts, right? “That’s the difference. So you can actually put an economic value over having Henry Pollock on the team, and that has to be recognised, re- gardless of the want from Henry. “He cannot stay at this club on the money that he’s on.”
CARABAO CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND
York (0).................................................0
Crawley Town (1).......................2
Di Biase 24
Orsi-Dadomo 86 (pen)
WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP
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CRICKET THE HUNDRED Welsh Fire v Southern Brave, Sophia Gardens: Men’s, Southern Brave 115-8 (100 balls; M P Stoinis 55; S J Cook 3-14); Welsh Fire 116-4 (95 balls overs; M W Short 60no). Welsh Fire win by 6 wickets. Women’s, Southern Brave 121-5 (100 balls); Welsh Fire 122-6 (100 balls; M R Corteen-Coleman 3-27). Welsh Fire Women win by 4 wickets.
2.15
TENNIS ATP & WTA MUBADALA DC OPEN, WASHINGTON D.C., Men’s Final: T Fritz (US) bt R Jodar (Sp) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4.
Raducanu misses US Open due to stress fracture of leg
By Eleanor Crooks
Emma Raducanu’s stress fracture will force her to miss the US Open. The British No 1 suffered the in- jury to her right lower leg during the grass-court season and made a late decision to pull out of Wimbledon. Following consultation with her medical team, Raducanu has con- cluded she will be unable to play in New York later this month. While the news comes as no sur- prise given the nature of the injury and the fact she has only recently taken her first tentative steps back on court wearing a protective boot,
Women’s Final: A Eala (Phl) bt J Pegula (US) 4-6 6-4 6-0. WTA NATIONAL BANK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, Women’s First round: K Rakhimova bt V Williams (US) 6-4 6-1; V Golubic (Sui) bt K Birrell (Aus) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4; J Bouzas Maneiro (Esp) bt A Arseneault (Can) 6-2 6-4; S Bejlek (Cz Rep) bt X Wang (Chin) 3-6 6-4 7-5; K Sebov (Can) bt A Ito (Japan) 6-3 6-4; M Uchijima (Japan) bt C Bucsa (Esp) 6-3 6-4; C Osorio (Col) bt L Stefanini (It) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.
TODAY’S FIXTURES
FOOTBALL
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG
Olympiakos v NEC Nijmegen (7).............................................................
Sparta Prague v Lyon (7).................................................................................
Union Saint Gilloise v Bodo/Glimt (7)................................................
Ararat Armenia v CM Celje (5)...................................................................
Dinamo Zagreb v FK Kauno Zalgiris (7)............................................
Hapoel Beer Sheva v Red Star Belgrade (6.30)...........................
Levski Sofia v FC Kairat (6.30)...................................................................
Mjallby AIF v Slovan Bratislava (5).......................................................
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG
Larne v Iberia 1999 (8).......................................................................................
Shamrock Rovers v KF Egnatia (8)........................................................
UEFA EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE THIRD
QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG: Auda v Dinamo
Tirana (5.0).
CRICKET THE HUNDRED: SunRisers Leeds v London Spirit (Headingley, Men 6:30pm, Women, 3pm). SECOND TEST MATCH (Third day of five): West Indies v Pakistan (Port of Spain, 3pm).
it is another blow to the 23-year-old Raducanu (right). Having made positive progress last summer, including winning her first matches at Flushing Meadows since winning the US Open in 2021, it has been a frus- trating 12 months for Raducanu with more per- sistent physical issues. After a foot injury severely hampered her pre-season training, Rad- ucanu then spent two-and- a-half months off court with a post-viral illness after initially fall- ing unwell in early February.
TIP
National Pride (2.15, Catterick) Made his debut in what has turned out to be a strong contest at Ascot. Never really threatened to land a telling blow that day, but should have a much better idea of what is required at the second of asking and merits the utmost respect.
British No 2 Katie Boulter bowed out of the Canadian Open in Toronto at the first hurdle in a hard-fought clash with Kayla Cross. Boulter went down 7-6, 7-5 against the 21-year-old Canadian.
She finally returned to action for the end of the clay-court season, having rehired Andrew Richardson, the coach who guided her to the US Open title five years ago. But the pair’s time on court together has been limited. Raducanu enjoyed one of the best weeks of her ca- reer by reaching her biggest final since New York at Queen’s Club in June but it was that ef- fort which triggered her latest setback. She was not among the players named in Great Brit- ain’s team for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in late September.
C AT T E R I C K GO O D
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ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND/EBF NOVICE STAKES (CLASS 3) 2YO £13,000 added 7f
EBF NOVICE STAKES (CLASS 3) 2YO £13,000 added 7f
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BREAKING THE HABIT T Easterby 9 7.....................S B Kirrane 1
2
7 DARRINGTON GOLF T Easterby 9 7...........................D Fentiman 5
3
6 NATIONAL PRIDE W Haggas 9 7................................................C Fallon 2
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3 PALACE LEGACY J Tate 9 7..........................................................C Beasley 3
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STORMY WINTER S bin Suroor 9 7...............................................C Lee 4
6
3 WAAKABB S & E Crisford 9 7...........................................................J Hart 7
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A LA MONTAGNE Sir M Prescott 9 2.................................L Morris 6
- 7 declared -
BETTING: 11-4 Palace Legacy, 3-1 Waakabb, 7-2 others.
F F O S L A S GO O D
1
21 PERFECT NATION (D) G Boughey 9 11.................B Loughnane 2
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5 ARTEMIS STAR W Muir & C Grassick 9 4.....L Edmunds H 3
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42 AVIONICS A Balding 9 4..................................................Ebrahim Nader 5
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7 FIRST MATE E J-Houghton 9 4.................................................C Bishop 4
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GEORGE CROSS Owen Burrows 9 4.........................C Rodriguez 1
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5 MIDGHAM MAN B Millman 9 4............................................O Murphy 7
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9 REVOKED C Cox 9 4.......................................................................Rossa Ryan 6
- 7 declared -
BETTING: 7-4 Avionics, 5-2 Perfect Nation, 7-2 George Cross, 10-1 others.
GOLWG GWENDRAETH HANDICAP (CLASS 5) 3YO £8,000 added 1m
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833 MYTHOLOGICAL STAR D & C Kubler 9 9........B Loughnane 4
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-46815 STATION BAR (D) E J-Houghton 9 4...................................C Bishop 1
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079-61 GELATO (C) A Wintle 9 3.....................................................................F Marsh 2
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055- SOMETHINGINTHEAIR J S Moore 9 0.......................David Egan 5
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569-54 HURRICANE LAUGHTER E Walker 8 13................K Shoemark 3
- 5 declared -
BETTING: 15-8 Mythological Star, 2-1 Gelato, 5-1 Station Bar, 6-1 others.
makes history
Sigrid Haugset sped to a solo victory to become the first Norwegian to win a stage at the Tour de France Femmes – and the first from her country to wear the yellow jersey. She took the overall lead from Dutchwoman Lorena Wiebes. “I never thought it was possible ... it’s unreal,” said Haugset, who leads by two minutes and 22 seconds. Many riders crashed in the first hilly stage of the race, but there were no withdrawals.
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Olympic bronze medallists Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher missed out on a medal of the same colour by just 0.48 points in the European Championships 3m springboard synchro final at the Paris Aquatic Centre yesterday. The British pair were leading after two dives and lay third with one dive to go, but came up short against Italian duo Stefano Belotti and Matteo Santoro.
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GOLF RUGBY UNION Six uncapped players called up by Mitchell
complete grand slam with Vuelta
Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar will compete in this month’s Vuelta a Espana. The Vuelta remains the only Grand Tour still not won by 27-year-old Pogacar, who has claimed the Tour de France five times and clinched the Giro d’Italia title in 2024. Pogacar has competed in the Vuelta only once, when he made his Grand Tour debut in 2019. “I’m excited to say I’m going back to La Vuelta. Spain is a country I love to visit and race in and the time is right to go back,” Pogacar (above) said. “The motivation is high to finish off the year in a good way and the Vuelta will be a big target.”
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England women’s head coach John Mitchell has named six uncapped players in a 40-strong squad ahead of next month’s WXV Global Series. Bryony Field, Keevy Fitzpatrick, Hayley Jones and Annabel Meta join the forwards, while Amelia MacDougall (above) and Carmela Morrall are included in the backs. Mitchell said: “The naming of this squad is only the beginning – it’s not the reward. “We’re focused on building and playing lethal, exciting rugby which requires us to train above the game level with an intensity that allows every selected player to adapt seamlessly into Test rugby when the moment comes. That’s what we do here, and it starts now.”
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Maguire Solheim captain’s picks
England’s Mimi Rhodes and Ireland’s Leona Maguire have been named as captain’s picks for the Solheim Cup by Anna Nordqvist. Julia Lopez Ramirez and Nastasia Nadaud have also received wild-card picks for the event, which will take place at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands from 11-13 September. Rhodes (above) won three Ladies European Tour events last season and was named Rookie of the Year. “It’s always been a dream and goal of mine to play in the Solheim Cup,” said the 24-year-old. “[To] be selected for the 2026 Solheim Cup is beyond anything I imagined.”
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Brazil in the World Cup but that may be overtaken by events. While Guimaraes is keen for the move, there has been no repeat of the scenes last year when Alexander Isak effectively went on strike and refused to join up with Newcastle for their pre-season tour. Guimaraes would be the third big-name departure after Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon. Newcastle have made five signings but there is an internal acknowledgement that if Guimaraes leaves, they will need to sign someone who has experience to support the work of incoming coach Matthias Jaissle. When Arsenal’s interest emerged, Newcastle’s message was that they would not welcome any bids for Guimaraes and no player will leave unless it is on their terms this summer. But there seems to be nuance to their approach and several factors may have to be considered if they do decide to sell him. Firstly the departure of manager Eddie Howe – who resigned last week saying he did not feel he could carry on – ruptures a key link between Guimaraes and the club. New boss Jaissle will overhaul the way they play and arrives with a clean sheet and, perhaps, less reliance on Guimaraes. Secondly, there is cold, hard economics at play. Guimaraes is approaching peak value and Newcastle are battling to rebuild their squad within the parameters of strict financial fair play rules – any fee recouped for their captain will give them significant room to strengthen. It is understood that the club are working on bringing in another midfielder who is likely to be a younger age profile. Porto’s Dane Victor Froholdt, 20, is one player that Newcastle like. Jaissle is now in La Manga ahead of a week-long training camp in Spain.
Henderson signs two-year deal
Jordan Henderson has joined Chelsea on a two-year deal following his exit from Brentford. It is understood that an agreement has also been reached for Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah to join Italy’s Serie A side Como for £25.7m plus £5.1m in add-ons. It was confirmed last week that Henderson had his Bees contract terminated after it emerged the club’s west London rivals were
to take risks. People might like that in Newcastle’
here is no predetermined path to the top of the football managerial ladder. But most would need more on their CV than Austrian and Saudi Arabian clubs to get the chance to lead Newcastle United. At 38, Matthias Jaissle is the ultimate gamble after the success of steady Eddie Howe, regardless of his football upbringing. It is therefore even easier to write off the chances of a man who isn’t overly keen on the Julian Nagelsmann 2.0 claims before his reign has even begun. Had Newcastle possessed non-Middle Eastern owners, Jaissle would not even come into the conversation. Now he is talk of the Toon, there’s more to be said about his career accomplishments than the naysayers care to realise. “As we look to grow as a league in the eyes of the world, with younger players coming in instead of stars perhaps past their best, we are sad to be losing Matze [Jaissle],” one Saudi Pro League official tells The i Paper of his time at Al Ahli. “What he achieved here is special. To take a team who had just been relegated all the way to the top of the continent is not easy to do, no matter where you are in the world. “It is easy to think he might not be a success at Newcastle, it is a difficult job, but don’t diminish what he achieved here.” Back-to-back Asian Champions League titles justified the bold move
interested in signing him. He becomes Chelsea’s eighth first-team arrival since new manager Xabi Alonso took over and, at 36 years old, he is the most senior arrival since owners BlueCo bought the club in 2022. “Given the size of the club, the manager – who I have great admiration for – and
to leave Red Bull Salzburg for Al Ahli in 2023, just as Jaissle was turning heads closer to home. Al Ahli had never won Asia’s top prize in their history, but did twice under Jaissle playing an exciting brand of vertical football. The stylish young firebrand was not averse to taking the attack to the opposition, right from the off. “His teams are attack-minded
the quality of the players, this was a huge opportunity I couldn’t turn down,” Henderson (left) told Chelsea’s official website. “I was also so impressed with how much the ownership want Chelsea to be successful and move in the right direction. “For me, it’s about giving everything every single day, both on and off the field, to help the players around me and the team as much as possible. I’m very excited to get going.”
and play a more open style of
football,” former Austria midfielder
Zlatko Junuzovic, who played for
Jaissle’s back-to-back title-winning
Salzburg side, tells The i Paper.
“They’re not afraid to take risks
and want to score goals. People
might like that in Newcastle.
“Ralf [Rangnick] introduced that
philosophy back then, but it’s not
always the same. In my time, the
philosophy was that we played an
aggressive, intense style – attack-
minded, pressing high up the pitch.
“But he’s come a long way
tactically since then; he’ll have
gained more and more experience,
and on top of that he’s enjoyed great
Age no barrier for Dzeko at Schalke
Former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko has signed a one-year contract extension with German side Schalke at the age of 40. Dzeko (right) scored six goals in 11 appearances after joining from Fiorentina in January to
success at his current club and has also proven that he can handle big names.” Jaissle is in La Manga for Newcastle’s pre-season training camp. Dealing with marquee names will be the first port of call, with the club battling to persuade skipper Bruno Guimaraes to stay put. But negotiating with influential figures is nothing new to Jaissle. He was given his first chance at the Red Bull school of football management, under former Manchester United boss Rangnick, that counts Nagelsmann and Jesse Marsch among its alumni. Thomas Tuchel is also an
help Schalke win promotion to the Bundesliga as second-tier champions. Schalke director of football Youri Mulder said: “Edin brought something special to Schalke during his first four and a half months at the club. He was a key player and a fan favourite. “Our conversations over the past few weeks made it clear that Edin is still as hungry as ever. We believe he can help us in the Bundesliga too.”
influence. The England head coach was a youth coach at Stuttgart when Jaissle started a playing career that was cut short by injury there. The pair remain close. At Salzburg Jaissle was not overawed by being handed the reins at such a high-profile club, at the behest of Rangnick. And they have not won the league since Jaissle left for Saudi Arabia in 2023. “Matthias was generally quite open and easy-going,” Junuzovic continues. “But when the time was right he could also get angry or become more demanding, especially if someone wasn’t pulling their weight. Success was the most
Pressure is on our rivals in title defence, insists Tzolis
By Philip Duncan
Christos Tzolis says Arsenal are ready to defend their Premier League crown and claimed the “pressure” is on the champions’ ri- vals to stop them from sealing back- to-back titles. The Greek international is set to play on the left and scored on his first appearance for the Gunners since his £34m move from Club Bruges in a 4-1 win at Girona on Saturday. Despite serious interest in Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior and New-
Matthias Jaissle (above, centre) won the Austrian league in 2023; Ziyad Aljohani of Al Ahli celebrates the Saudi Super Cup and Asian Champions League last season, both won under Jaissle GETTY
important thing for him, and that’s how he acted. “His young age was never an issue – we’re used to that in Salzburg. He was great to chat to, partly because of his age, as we were on the same wavelength when it came to certain topics. “He’s good at managing things. Newcastle players will be able to associate with him more than someone from a different era. “I always thought he could go on to have a good career, as he’s very determined and focused. “He can cope with the pressure. The last few years have done him a world of good.” Success is infectious. Jaissle has known nothing else. Newcastle will be the biggest challenge of his life. “Of course, in Europe, people think it is an easy ride over here,” the Saudi official adds. “But the pressure is enormous. When clubs spend on big players, supporters expect success, quickly. “Jaissle had to handle an influx of big names and guide a newly promoted club back to its former glories. It could not have gone any better. If he can handle that, he can be a success in the English Premier League too.”
castle’s Bruno Guimaraes – the lat- ter may complete a move this week – Tzolis remains the champions’ sole outfield signing of the summer so far. Asked if Arsenal are ready to de- fend their first title in 22 years, Tzolis replied: “Of course. To defend a title, you don’t have to think about it. “It’s more difficult for the other teams because the pressure is there, not on the team who won the title. “When I see training, and how hun- gry every player is for every training drill, that means everybody’s ready to compete at the highest level.”
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Skinner leaves United after five years in charge
Marc Skinner has left his role as Manchester United head coach by mutual agreement after five years at the helm. Skinner (right) had another year to run on his contract, but has de- cided to move on a month out from United beginning their Women’s Super League season at London City Lionesses on 4 September. Under Skinner, who succeeded Casey Stoney in July 2021, United reached four domestic cup finals in as many seasons, winning the club’s first major honour in women’s foot- ball with the 2024 FA Cup triumph. “Marc Skinner has departed his
finishing runners-up in the WSL in the 2022-23 season, securing Cham- pions League football for the first time in their history. In the 2025-26 campaign, they reached the Cham- pions League quarter- finals before losing to Bayern Munich. But they missed out on a spot in Europe’s elite club competition this sea- son after a fourth-placed finish in the WSL. United finished nine points behind third-placed Chelsea and 15 behind champions Manchester City. Manager’s departure sums up women’s team neglect under Ratcliffe
exit will worry fans. By Daniel Storey
Marc Skinner was divisive. He had staunch critics within Manchester United’s fanbase over his tactics and his squad management. There were reports of squad members being underwhelmed by his training methods, often hands-off and leaving players to work it out for themselves. Some academy players believed that their own pathway to the first team was… difficult, to put it mildly. He also overachieved given the budget, which is the remit of every manager of Manchester United Women. That is an undeniable truth. He led the club to two top-three league finishes and reached four major finals, winning the FA Cup in 2024. Across that period, United never had a top-three budget. Skinner has gone, a month before the new season starts. Mutual agreement is the official explanation, but in April Skinner spoke extensively about the need for greater investment to keep pace in the Women’s Super League. This is a super-club through name alone: their wage bill is dwarfed by Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City. Last season, hopes of silverware petered out. United repeatedly failed to fill their bench due to an injury crisis that some believed was related to physical overload – again due to a small playing squad. Finally, then, Skinner was a useful stooge, a human shield for the frustrations of fans. With him gone, the questions should be directed higher up the food chain. Those questions: is this an ambitious football club? Does this club actually want
role as head coach of Manchester United Women by mutual agree- ment,” a club statement said yesterday. “Marc leaves having made a significant contri- bution to the continued progress of Manchester United Women. “The club places on record its sincere thanks for his professionalism, commitment and dedica- tion throughout his time at United, and wishes him every success in the future.” Skinner also presided over United
to win a league title and, if so, how does it suppose the current investment makes that possible? This summer, Manchester United have sold Melvine Malard (below) to Chelsea. Millie Turner and Lisa Naalsund have joined Birmingham City. The only significant first-team arrivals are a back-up goalkeeper from WSL2 side Leicester City and an uncapped Spanish defender from Atletico Madrid. United have regularly left it late to do their transfer business, but fans are understandably disturbed.
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On the opening weekend of the WSL season, United will play London City Lionesses. One is a grand expansion project, a little gauche perhaps but with significant ambition and investment. The other, supporters say, is simply treading water and going through the motions. Skinner leaving (even if he wasn’t universally popular) is further reason for fear. Skinner’s replacement will be sold a project – what does that really encompass? This is the house that Sir Jim Ratcliffe has built for Manchester United Women: the impression that he cares insufficiently about this area of his club. In 2024, Ratcliffe said that focusing on the operations and finances of the men’s set-up had prevented him from fully engaging with the plan for the women’s team. He attended neither of the Women’s FA Cup finals United have been in during his tenure. Also in 2024, United’s women’s team were moved into portable buildings at the club’s Carrington training centre because the men’s squad needed to use the women’s building while the men’s indoor facilities were being revamped. The women’s team are in the new centre now, but a message of subservience and carelessness was established. Has that ever improved? United are further behind than they were. The arrival of London City as a legitimate force means that a place in the top four is no longer assured. There is no European football, no manager and a thin squad is thinner than last season. There are so many possible quick wins and long-term plans here. Right now, it’s hard to see any of them. Women’s football seems to be an afterthought at United. They have become a stepping stone for the biggest talent, a middle-of- the-road spot within a supposedly elite environment. The squad is being left outside to fade in the sunshine. United left it far too long to re-form the women’s team. They are leaving it far too long to do them justice.
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processes, leadership, values, stakeholder management, communications and sound judgement have led us to a position where Mr Infantino has lost the confidence of the FAW to remain at the helm of world football. Failing to put the best interests of football first is a failure we cannot accept.” Uefa’s statement on Saturday added that “no option should be off the table” in reviewing the future direction of Fifa, with the possibility remaining that national associations could trigger a vote of no confidence in Infantino which would lead to the calling of an Extraordinary Fifa Congress. It would only require 43 associations to do that, but it is unlikely such a move would be made unless there was a strong belief, if not certainty, that a majority among Fifa’s 211 members existed to unseat Infantino at that Congress. Concacaf, which represents North America, Central America and the Caribbean, also called for a “full review” of Infantino’s leadership on Saturday, with the two confederations containing 96 associations combined. Sources have indicated that Concacaf president Victor Montagliani, also a Fifa vice- president, would be prepared to run for football’s top position. A number of African and Asian FAs issued statements supporting Infantino over the weekend, including those from Morocco, Egypt and Qatar. Uefa has also written to Infantino confirming it is “actively considering” legal action in regard to the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan. Infantino proposed to sell a 20 per cent stake in FFE to private investors. Fifa confirmed last week that Thrive Eternal had been lined up to lead the investor group. Thrive was founded earlier this year by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Victor Montagliani may be prepared to run for president
oday I feel… unemployed. That is the only appropriate ending here: righteous irony. Gianni Infantino has been humiliated, disgraced and exposed, but only through removing him entirely from this gross pantomime of his own creation can the most powerful governing body in sport move forward. No ifs, no buts, no distraction techniques. It is the only thing worth fighting for now. When the European Super League idea was killed, English football missed a chance. The warm glow of victory from halting the progress of capitalist avarice allowed the plotters off the hook. If the lingering threat of the Super League disappeared, nobody paid the price for being caught in the act, nor did we really believe that they had changed. Life simply began to bob along again as normal. That cannot happen here. Infantino’s rotten core has infected Fifa. We can never believe that he will change, see the error of his ways and become a benevolent leader. You cannot clip Infantino’s wings. His ego and ambition will not sit snugly in a small box with a locked lid. As such, he must be removed from office immediately. Infantino is still dangerous – make no mistake. If you believe that he has abandoned all hope of this plan and will not have other potential irons in the same fire, I have some magic beans for sale and please be assured the beanstalks will be monstrous. More importantly: he does not deserve the second chance. This is the correct punishment for the sickly smooth relationship with the Trump administration. For Cristiano Ronaldo’s suspended ban. For the Peace Prize. For the “you’re doing a very good job, Donald” from the president of a supposedly apolitical institution. For the “most people got visas” and that wild Instagram post. For the Fifa office in Trump Tower. Every day Infantino remains is a stain on Fifa itself, because the sheer force of his self-promotion has blurred the lines between the organisation and one individual. Infantino is Fifa – Fifa is Infantino. If that sounds unfair to those who work there and do genuine good, ask any person on any street for a review. He is bringing you down. If not, every slogan looks empty. Every promise you make is an empty vessel. We will see your organisation’s lips moving and all we will hear are reasons to be cynical. This is Fifa’s only chance to show that it is truly separate from its president. Fail to do so and all trust will disintegrate. To those within Fifa who work tirelessly and well: you must manoeuvre. This desperate attempted coup has raised questions of Fifa’s version of democracy too. One nation with one vote makes sense in theory, but less so when swathes of individual confederations can be led through emotional blackmail. It also goes without saying: the presence of pure democracy dissipates when those
Infantino’s ego and ambition will not sit snugly in a small box with a locked lid
wielding it (in this case the heads of national football associations) are themselves in positions of comparative power and wealth. We also need to send a message to those in charge of sporting governance: you are not getting it and we are sick of it. You are supposed to work for us and the sport itself, not for yourselves. You are paid incredibly well and we stomach it, because the responsibility demands excellence. But your job is not an echo chamber of self-serving, private jets and rubbing shoulders with world leaders. You are not paid to position yourself for greater wealth and
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celebrity. You exist in a position of privilege that should provoke humility not arrogance. You are not kings or queens, but servants. This may make us sound like dreamers. Decency in governance has become an anachronism. But we cannot admit defeat otherwise we can never win again. We have seen over the last week what happens when nations come
together and we should be proud of it. Now that energy must persevere. The best and the easiest time to remove Infantino was yesterday. The longer he clings to power, the firmer his grip. Wales and England are the first nations to withdraw all support – others must follow. Infantino will retain swathes of electoral support. Even those who have railed against the World Cup sell-off may be loath to leave his side. He still has support among Asian, African and South American nations. That only increases the onus on everyone else to shout their mutiny from the rooftops.
Clockwise from main: Gianni Infantino after the 2026 World Cup final; with US president Donald Trump; with Russian president Vladimir Putin; exiting a Qatari private jet in 2017 GETTY
So recall your letters of support (and have a long think about why you first submitted them at all). Assemble your votes of no confidence. Maintain your threats of boycott not just if the plans to sell off international football are abandoned, but if their grim architect stays too. This is a shot at a different future. And it might be our only one.
Nygren gives Celtic a lift to steady champions’ nerves
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AT CELTIC PARK
Benjamin Nygren was quickly on the goal trail as Celtic began the defence of their Scottish Premiership title with a home win over Dundee. Before the game Hoops fans cheered as captain Callum McGregor unfurled the flag which confirmed again a 14th title win in 15 seasons and five in a row. Martin O’Neill’s side struggling to get into their stride as the visi- tors posed problems. But Sweden midfielder Nygren, who scored 21 goals last season, struck with a neat header early in the second half. Celtic fans continue to call for new recruits to the squad as Camilo Duran, the Colombian striker signed from Qarabag of Azerbaijan for £5.5m, and Denmark forward Kasper Hogh, who cost a club record £11m plus add-ons from Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt, made their debuts along with Dundee keeper Owen Goodman, on a season-long loan from Crystal Palace. Hogh fired wide in the ninth min- ute after being set up by Nygren, then the Dane redirected an effort from Nygren past the post. Then, as the ball bounced around Celtic’s penalty area, Charlie Reilly hit the side netting from 12 yards. Steven Pressley’s well-drilled visi- tors were finding success with the high ball from crosses or throw-ins and in the 33rd minute Owen Bevan got a header in but Hoops keeper Vil- jami Sinisalo gathered comfortably.
Hoops to face Austrians LASK while Gers could play Larne
EUROPE
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Celtic will face LASK in the Cham- pions League play-offs after were drawn out first against the Austrian champions. Martin O’Neill’s (right) side avoid- ed a potential rematch with Kairat Almaty, who knocked Celtic out on penalties at the same stage last sea- son following a goalless 210 minutes of action. The first leg will take place on 18 or 19 August with the second leg the following week. Rangers face a trip to Northern Ireland to take on Larne should both sides get through to the Europa League play-offs. The Light Blues must first get past Jagiellonia Białystok of Poland, while Larne are facing Georgian champions Iberia Tbilisi in the third qualifying round. Larne have won
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Five minutes later, Arne Engels found himself unmarked in the Dundee box and headed a cross from Kieran Tierney past the post. Left-back Tierney then drew a fine save from Goodman with a close- range drive on the counter-attack. The home side stuttered at the start of the second half but when Tierney curled in a cross from the left, Nygren headed past Goodman and the growing anxiety subsided. Celtic now probed with more pur- pose and the noise levels increased, though Joe Bevan’s pace caused con- cern in the home defence.
three of the last four Northern Irish Premiership titles. If Rangers lose to the Poles, they will face the winners of the tie be- tween Latvians RFS and Czech side Jablonec in the Conference League play-offs. Larne will face the losers of the tie between Omo- nia and Lincoln Red Imps if they drop down. If Hearts pull off an upset against Benfica in the Europa League, they will face the losers of the Champions League tie between Danish league winners Aarhus and Sabah of Azerbaijan. Defeat to the Portuguese giants would see the Edinburgh side take on the winners of the tie between Rapid Vienna and Estonians Paide in the Conference League play-offs.
In the 67th minute Goodman threw himself down to his right to save a long-distance drive from at- tacker Yang Hyun-jun. Celtic remained in control but as the second goal refused to arrive, some nerves returned. On 82 minutes Sinisalo brought off a terrific save from Dundee sub- stitute Ashley Hay’s glancing header. Hogh missed another chance when he slid a shot past the post from six yards and then McGregor cracked the upright before substi- tute James Forrest bent the rebound wide of the target.
Brighton & Hove Albion will face the winners of the Conference League tie between Romanians Cluj and Norwegian side Tromso in the play-offs. Motherwell have German team Freiburg waiting for them in the Conference League play-offs if the Steelmen can get past HJK Helsinki, while Hibernian will play Gothen- burg or Gent if they get through against Shkendija. If Shamrock Rovers get past Egnatia, they will face Norwegians Lill- estrom in the Europa League play-offs. Defeat would send the League of Ireland cham- pions into the Conference League to take on the losers of KuPS or Universitatea Craiova. Also in the Conference League, Shelbourne would face Noah or Sion if they pull off a major shock against Ajax while Bohemians would play Rijeka or Ilves if they get past Midtjylland.
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Football in brief
LEAGUE ONE
Hatters as director
Rene Meulensteen has been appointed as Stockport’s new director of football methodology. The Dutchman (above) worked at Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson as technical skills development coach before becoming first-team coach in 2008. He has also managed Fulham and been assistant coach for Australia and Iraq’s national teams. Stockport head coach Jimmy McNulty said: “Having operated at the very highest level, guided elite players and gained invaluable experience across diverse footballing cultures in both domestic leagues and major international tournaments, he brings a tremendous breadth of wisdom and perspective to our coaching team.”
Israeli club punished over fans’ fireworks
Uefa punished Maccabi Tel-Aviv by ordering the Israeli club to play a Europa League home game in an empty stadium after fans lit fireworks at a match last week. Maccabi host CSKA Sofia on Thursday at the same stadium in Batumi, Georgia, where the team beat Sheriff Tiraspol 1-0 last week. Israeli national and club teams have had to choose neutral countries to host games in Uefa competitions for security reasons since October 2023, when the country began its large-scale destruction of Gaza. Maccabi must pay a fine of €40,000 (£34,290) and play their next home game “behind closed doors,” Uefa said in an urgent ruling by its appeal panel. The winners play OFI Crete, who host the first leg on 20 August.
UNITED STATES
four-year extension
Mauricio Pochettino has agreed a new four- year contract as head coach of the United States men’s team and will lead the side in qualifying for the 2030 World Cup. The former Spurs, Southampton and Chelsea boss has been in charge of the US since September 2024 and led the side to the last 16 at the recent World Cup on home soil, having topped their group. Pochettino (above) said: “Working together with US Soccer over the past two years, it has become clear to us that there is tremendous potential to make the men’s national team programme even stronger. “The passion we experienced from the fans throughout the World Cup only strengthened our belief in what is possible here.”
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cold water on Arsenal’s bid for Guimaraes
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Newcastle United have rejected Arsenal’s first bid for Bruno
of England and Wales
By Jamie Gardner
The English and Welsh football as- sociations have formally withdrawn their support for Gianni Infantino as the pressure continues to mount on the Fifa president. The Swiss announced on Sat- urday that plans to sell stakes in a company which would run Fifa competitions to private investors
Guimaraes after the two clubs opened direct talks over the Brazil international. The i Paper can reveal that the offer for Guimaraes (right) fell significant- ly short of Newcastle’s asking price,
had been scrapped, amid opposition from three continents and a boycott threat from Uefa. And as the pressure mounted, In- fantino sought support from United States President Donald Trump, re- peatedly trying and failing to reach him by phone since the proposal collapsed. It was reported in the US that the Fifa chief felt “isolated” by an avalanche of negative reaction.
which is in excess of £80m. Arsenal remain at the table and it is an- ticipated that fur- ther bids will be made for New- castle’s cap- tain, who is keen to move to n o r t h London.
European football’s governing body welcomed Infantino’s U-turn but issued a statement saying it had lost confidence in Infantino’s leader- ship, with the English Football As- sociation (FA) saying the statement had its “full support”. Prior to the furore over the pro- posal, the FA and the Football Association of Wales (FAW) had written letters of support for Infan-
So far all negotiations have taken place between third parties. The midfielder touched down in Spain yesterday on a pre-agreed travel plan with Newcastle. The 28-year-old is due to report to the club’s training base in La Manga and sources have stressed that he has done everything asked of him. He was due for assessments yesterday after his exertions with
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tino standing for re-election at next year’s Fifa Congress. The FA is understood to be writ- ing to Fifa making it clear Infantino no longer has its support, while the FAW confirmed it had also turned against the Swiss. A FAW statement said: “The re- cent failures in good governance,
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| 省略/截断 | ⚠️ 有问题 | 结尾处句子未完成 |
| 幻觉/重建 | ❌ 严重 | 在省略部分出现了大量非预览文本，来源不明 |
| 数字/金额 | ❌ 严重 | 对 m (million) 的处理错误且冗余 |
| 残留英文 | ⚠️ 有问题 | 出现 he clinging 等未译词汇 |
| 顺序/布局 | ✅ 通过 | 结构基本对应 |